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Whilst walking home, after having had our first pub lunch in 12 months, I came across these two taking a break from their bee keeping.
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NemO’s is an Italian street artist, known for his thought-provoking, dark comedy murals inhabited by characteristic human figures.
NemO’s large public pieces are almost always thought-provoking, displaying his critique towards our society’s modern values, selfish aspects of our society, with banal and thoughtless actions, or towards shallow and shock-addicted press and media.
NemO's es un "street artist" italiano, conocido por sus murales de comedia oscura y provocadores de la reflexión, habitados por figuras humanas características.
Las grandes obras públicas de NemO's son casi siempre estimulantes, mostrando su crítica hacia los valores modernos de nuestra sociedad, los aspectos egoístas de nuestra sociedad, con acciones banales e irreflexivas, o hacia medios y prensa poco profundos y adictos al sensacionalismo.
Fanzara (Castellón/ Spain)
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Local school playing fields.
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In addition to the murals, I just loved the look of the entire space.
Groundswell Community Project in collaboration with Weeksville Heritage Center & Hugh Gilroy Senior Center
Crown Heights
Before the light-pollution of an expanding city made it impractical, Edinburgh's Calton Hill was a perfect vantage point from which to gaze at the night sky. Fanned by the intellectual flames of the Enlightenment, the city granted permission to Thomas Short, an Edinburgh-born optician, to found an observatory on top of the volcanic hill in 1776.
Calton Hill is one of Edinburgh's main hills, set right in the city centre. It is unmistakable with its Athenian acropolis poking above the skyline.
The top of Calton hill is a usually quiet place to come on any day, with its grassy slopes and panoramic views of the city, including down the length of Princes street (the main shopping thoroughfare) and Edinburgh Castle. There is a good view North of the ruddy-coloured cliffs of Salisbury Crags, Arthur's Seat, and the undulating slopes of Holyrood Park.
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Taken for Our Daily Challenge ~ Transparent
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A fantastic way to start the New Year out of the water. Cold but like a mill pond out today.
121 pictures in 2021 #01 lift off
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Not as showy as the magnificent male but a beauty all the same.
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My Mate, Marmite Mug.
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Out walking in one of my favourite places today to take advantage of one of the last really warm days of the year.
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Welcome to NEW HASHIMA(端島) -
AKA @stefans city ... I was so honoured to be asked to join this crazy build. Ever since the first BroLUG CyberCity I've yearned for another to not just come close, but in this case surpass it.
The lower city infrastructure that Stefan single handedly built, and spent 40 hours assembling just sets this whole thing apart and actually makes it feel like a viable city.
When asked to contribute I ended up with the concept of the Police station (Bley with Bright Light Orange highlights building) - with several landing pads so I could mass produce some of my spinner police cars. Plus it lets me also mass produce drones :)
We're already planning the next phase of this city, expanding it to almost 3 times its current size. Yes you read that right. THREE TIMES BIGGER for Brickworld Chicago.
Hit Stefan or I up for an invite, everyone is welcome, contribute anywhere from a few vehicles or a cube, or even a Tower or MEGA 6 foot SpaceSHIP.
Yes we're bringing in an industrial zone / space port next year :)
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credit: @generaljj_builds - super contributor and taking 6+ hours photographing the city.
make sure you check him out.
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Our Daily Challenge ~ Chocolate
Two key ingredients in our family's favourite cookies!
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I just love how this abstract one turned out! A macro shot of oil in water with a coloured background placed underneath the bowl of water!
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ODC - NATURE is the topic for Sunday ~ Janurary 3rd, 2021
I don't think anything is much prettier then a desert Arizona sunset!
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Film: Fuji Velvia 100iso
Camera: Canon A1
Shot: July 2,2015 4:42pm
F-stop: F4
Shutter: 1/250
Lens: 50mm
Location: Maligne Canyon, Jasper Nation Park, Alberta, Canada
The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Italian pronunciation: [katteˈdraːle di ˈsanta maˈriːa del ˈfjoːre]; in English "Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flowers") is the main church of Florence, Italy. Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi. The exterior of the basilica is faced with polychrome marble panels in various shades of green and pink bordered by white and has an elaborate 19th-century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.
The cathedral complex, located in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistery and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major attraction to tourists visiting Tuscany. The basilica is one of Italy's largest churches, and until development of new structural materials in the modern era, the dome was the largest in the world. It remains the largest brick dome ever constructed.
The cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, whose archbishop is currently Giuseppe Betori.
Santa Maria del Fiore was built on the site of an earlier cathedral dedicated to Saint Reparata. The ancient structure, founded in the early 5th century and having undergone many repairs, was crumbling with age, according to the 14th-century Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani, and was no longer large enough to serve the growing population of the city. Other major Tuscan cities had undertaken ambitious reconstructions of their cathedrals during the Late Medieval period, such as Pisa and particularly Siena where the enormous proposed extensions were never completed.
Giotto's bell tower (campanile)
The new church was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio and approved by city council in 1294. Di Cambio was also architect of the church of Santa Croce and the Palazzo Vecchio. He designed three wide naves ending under the octagonal dome, with the middle nave covering the area of Santa Reparata. The first stone was laid on September 9, 1296, by Cardinal Valeriana, the first papal legate ever sent to Florence. The building of this vast project was to last 140 years; Arnolfo's plan for the eastern end, although maintained in concept, was greatly expanded in size.
After Arnolfo died in 1310, work on the cathedral slowed for thirty years. When the relics of Saint Zenobius were discovered in 1330 in Santa Reparata, the project gained a new impetus. In 1331, the Arte della Lana, the guild of wool merchants, took over patronage for the construction of the cathedral and in 1334 appointed Giotto to oversee the work. Assisted by Andrea Pisano, Giotto continued di Cambio's design. His major accomplishment was the building of the campanile. When Giotto died in 1337, Andrea Pisano continued the building until work was halted due to the Black Death in 1348.
In 1349, work resumed on the cathedral under a series of architects, starting with Francesco Talenti, who finished the campanile and enlarged the overall project to include the apse and the side chapels. In 1359, Talenti was succeeded by Giovanni di Lapo Ghini (1360–1369) who divided the center nave in four square bays. Other architects were Alberto Arnoldi, Giovanni d'Ambrogio, Neri di Fioravante and Andrea Orcagna. By 1375, the old church Santa Reparata was pulled down. The nave was finished by 1380, and by 1418, only the dome remained incomplete.
On 18 August 1418, the Arte della Lana announced an architectural design competition for erecting Neri's dome. The two main competitors were two master goldsmiths, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, the latter of whom was supported by Cosimo de Medici. Ghiberti had been the winner of a competition for a pair of bronze doors for the Baptistery in 1401 and lifelong competition between the two remained sharp. Brunelleschi won and received the commission.
Ghiberti, appointed coadjutator, drew a salary equal to Brunelleschi's and, though neither was awarded the announced prize of 200 florins, was promised equal credit, although he spent most of his time on other projects. When Brunelleschi became ill, or feigned illness, the project was briefly in the hands of Ghiberti. But Ghiberti soon had to admit that the whole project was beyond him. In 1423, Brunelleschi was back in charge and took over sole responsibility.
Work started on the dome in 1420 and was completed in 1436. The cathedral was consecrated by Pope Eugene IV on March 25, 1436, (the first day of the year according to the Florentine calendar). It was the first 'octagonal' dome in history to be built without a temporary wooden supporting frame. It was one of the most impressive projects of the Renaissance. During the consecration in 1436, Guillaume Dufay's motet Nuper rosarum flores was performed. The structure of this motet was strongly influenced by the structure of the dome.
The decoration of the exterior of the cathedral, begun in the 14th century, was not completed until 1887, when the polychrome marble façade was completed with the design of Emilio De Fabris. The floor of the church was relaid in marble tiles in the 16th century.
The exterior walls are faced in alternate vertical and horizontal bands of polychrome marble from Carrara (white), Prato (green), Siena (red), Lavenza and a few other places. These marble bands had to repeat the already existing bands on the walls of the earlier adjacent baptistery the Battistero di San Giovanni and Giotto's Bell Tower. There are two side doors: the Doors of the Canonici (south side) and the Door of the Mandorla (north side) with sculptures by Nanni di Banco, Donatello, and Jacopo della Quercia. The six side windows, notable for their delicate tracery and ornaments, are separated by pilasters. Only the four windows closest to the transept admit light; the other two are merely ornamental. The clerestory windows are round, a common feature in Italian Gothic.
During its long history, this cathedral has been the seat of the Council of Florence (1439), heard the preachings of Girolamo Savonarola and witnessed the murder of Giuliano di Piero de' Medici on Sunday, 26 April 1478 (with Lorenzo Il Magnifico barely escaping death), in the Pazzi conspiracy.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_del_Duomo,_Florence
Florence (/ˈflɒrəns/ FLOR-əns; Italian: Firenze [fiˈrɛntse] ( listen)) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the Metropolitan City of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 382,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1,520,000 in the metropolitan area.
Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of the time, is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called "the Athens of the Middle Ages". A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family, and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city was the capital of the recently established Kingdom of Italy.
The Historic Centre of Florence attracts 13 millions of tourists each year, and Euromonitor International ranked the city as the world's 89th most visited in 2012, with 1.8 million visitors. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, it has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Florence is an important city in Italian fashion, being ranked in the top 51 fashion capitals of the world; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub. In 2008, the city had the 17th highest average income in Italy.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence
As more and more Boomers retire, scenes similar to this will be a normal occurrence.
In a month I will be moving back to Wyoming after experiencing this reality first hand.
Although the desert environment can be quite beautiful with its unique ecosystem, seeing it consumed like this is just plain sad.
Well, I might as well have a slice of Battenberg Cake with my coffee this morning ... sometimes, we all need a nice little treat!
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Built in 1900 and expanded in 1908, this Beaux Arts-style flatiron building was designed by Gordon and Paunack to house the Commercial National Bank, and is known as the Wisconsin Building. The building is flatiron-shaped with a curved corner, and features stone cladding on the first floor at the corner and along the State Street facade, with stone cladding featuring fluted doric engaged columns on the first floor, large storefront windows and entrances, a prominent corner entrance with a decorative metal grille above, a cornice at the top of the first floor stone cladding with the words “Commercial Bank” and “Bank” emblazoned on the architrave. Above the first floor and along Carroll Street, the building is clad in red brick with one-over-one windows and decorative brick trim and stone lintels, with curved tripartite windows on the curved corner separated by fluted pilasters, a metal fire escape mounted on the Carroll Street facade, an entrance on Carroll Street surrounded by stone trim with the words “Office Entrance” engraved into the header, and a cornice with dentils at the top of the fourth floor, at the base of the parapet that encloses the building’s low-slope roof. The building is a contributing structure in the State Street Historic District, listed on the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
There must be some connection between nature + government + health, hey? Here in New Zealand, where I am so grateful to live, we just hit 100 days with no COVID-19 transmissions. Maybe this is just my hippy side, but I think being one with nature and taking care of the Earth around you helps the expanded ecosystem. I mean, everything is not perfect here and there are still problems to protect the environment, but we're on the right path. If you want to watch some good movies about this stuff, I recommend Samsara and Baraka. This photo is from the Southern Alps. [ Note this photo is not sponsored by New Zealand Tourism or anything Well, actually I do 0% sponsored posts but I think it's good to say anyway. ]
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Another warm, sunny day and another countryside walk. We seemed to climb over an awful lot of these stiles today, some requiring high levels of athleticism to be able to get over them!
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Briksdalsbreen glacier terminates in Briksdalsbrevatnet, a small lake which lies 346 metres above sea level. The size of Briksdalsbreen depends not only on temperature, but is also strongly affected by precipitation. Measurements since 1900 show small advances of the glacier front in the first decades. In the period from 1934 to 1951 the glacier receded by 800 metres, exposing the glacial lake. In the period from 1967 until 1997 the glacier expanded by 465 metres and covered the whole lake, with the glacier front ending at the lake outlet. After the year 2000, the glacier once again receded. In 2004 it had receded to 230 metres behind the lake outlet and in 2007 the glacier front was on dry land. As Briksdalsbreen has become very narrow at some stretches, it is possible that it will disconnect from the larger Jostedalsbreen glacier in the near future. Sogn and Fjordane county, Norway. Source: www.wikipedia.org.
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On our walk today I spotted some lovely rambling roses climbing through the trees. After the rain of yesterday most were quite battered but this one seems to have weathered the storm.
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The Map (Araschnia levana) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is common throughout the lowlands of central and eastern Europe, and is expanding its range in western Europe.
This is an expanded version of the Lake Railway I built for Brickvention 2020. The original version was a single table (3 x 6 baseplates) and sat behind another table. I have now expanded it forward by 32 studs, and built a new section of mainline to sit in front.
To make it more interesting, the front section is lower, with the track built up on embankments. The rear section now looks a little flat, but I didn’t want to completely redesign it. Also, I was running out of green plates!
The sheep are a cross between Mike’s and another design I found of Flickr.
opens its leaves and expands its petals, at the first pattering of the shower, and rejoices in the rain-drops with a quicker sympathy than the packed shrubs in the sandy desert.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
NO PHOTOSHOP.
Water lilies are a well studied clade of plants because their large flowers with multiple unspecialized parts were initially considered to represent the floral pattern of the earliest flowering plants, and later genetic studies confirmed their evolutionary position as basal angiosperms. Analyses of floral morphology and molecular characteristics and comparisons with a sister taxon, the family Cabombaceae, indicate, however, that the flowers of extant water lilies with the most floral parts are more derived than the genera with fewer floral parts. Genera with more floral parts, Nuphar, Nymphaea, Victoria, have a beetle pollination syndrome, while genera with fewer parts are pollinated by flies or bees, or are self- or wind-pollinated Thus, the large number of relatively unspecialized floral organs in the Nymphaeaceae is not an ancestral condition for the clade.
The Huntington Library and Botanic Gardens. San Marino. California.
Hasbro - Star Wars Expanded Universe Ships
Speeder Bike, Cloud Car, and Airspeeder
Shown closed and open with pilots
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On National Trust Land, this imposing and isolated lodge is available to rent out. Fabulous views but I'm not so sure about being there at night.
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Sculpture Expanded
17.5.-15.9.2019
Anna-Kaisa Ant-Wuorinen
Autokulta
2019
The artwork is part of Sculpture Expanded -Moving Laboratory of Public Art.
Teos on osa Sculpture Expanded -Liikkuva julkisen taiteen laboratorio -hanketta
Konstverket är en del av Sculpture Expanded -Rörliga laboratorium för offentlig konst.
You can see the Works in the following places/
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Du kan se konstverket i följande ställen:
17.5-8.6 Ajurinaukio
8.6.-6.7 Kahvila Kampela / Cafe Kampela
6.7-4.8 Esplanadin puisto / Esplanadi park
4.8-23.8 Töölönlahdenkadun parkkipaikka /
Töölönlahdenkatu parking lot/
23.8-15.9 Kauppakeskus Kaari, parkkipaikka/
Kaari Shopping centre parking lot/
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