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I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.
Claude Monet .
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.
The famous lighthouse on Denmark's west coast has an exciting history. Inaugurated in 1900, it was hit by a shifting dune just ten years later. In 1968, the lighthouse had to stop operating because its light could no longer be seen from the sea. In 2012, the shifting dune completely passed the lighthouse and has been moving north ever since. However, the sea was now increasingly becoming a threat to the lighthouse. There was a risk that it could tip over if it crashed onto the coast. Therefore, it was moved 70 meters inland in 2019.
(Philepitta schlegeli)
Ankarafantsika
Madagascar
This family of passeriformes, consisting of 4 species, all endemic to Madagascar, was entirely unknown to me until we began preparing for the visit to the country.
Ankarafantsika was a bit distant from the route we had initially planned, and the 10-hour journey each way represented an extra 2 days, one for going and another for returning, but it's well worth the effort.
However, the trip offers magnificent landscapes, and the journey ends up being quite enjoyable (despite the potholes on the road, and Ana letting her phone 'fly' while filming the scenery from the car window).
Moreover, we also managed to capture photos of three more species that can't be seen anywhere else in the world (except, perhaps, in zoos): the Vulnerable White-breasted Mesite, the Endangered Van Dam's Vanga, and the Critically Endangered Madagascar Fish-Eagle. All excellent reasons not to ignore this location! We managed to photograph all of them.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Madagascar (2023) (174)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Philepittidae (Filepitídeos) (4)
- All the photos for this species Philepitta schlegeli (3)
- All the photos taken this day 2023/11/19 (16)
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The former monastery church of St. Verena stands high on a hill above Rot an der Rot.
Built between 1777-1786, it is in the transition from late baroque to classicism. In its basic structure, however, it still follows the Vorarlberg cathedral building scheme with the pillars in front and the gallery gallery behind. The decorations, however, are already indications of the emerging classicism. They are no longer ornate and playful, but follow a geometric arrangement.
Against the will of the convent, Abbot Mauritius Moritz decides to rebuild the church. When he dies he leaves behind a ruin and high debt. Between 1777 and 1779 Johann Baptist Laub built the eastern part of the church.
Abbot Moritz's successor, Abbot Willebold Held, sees it as his most urgent task to bring the building of the church to an end. In 1783 the foundation stone was finally laid.
In 1780, Andreas Meinrad from OW produced the late baroque fresco in the choir room. The frescoes in the nave and in the dome are the work of Januarius Zick. Franz Xaver Feichtmayer II and his older brother Simpert equip the interior with stucco. The high altar and the pulpit are also a work by Feichtmayer.
A highlight of this church is the choir stalls, a masterpiece of baroque carving. Created from 1691 - 1693 for the previous church. Andreas Etschmann and Ignatz Waibl, who also created the Buxheim choir stalls, could be the creators of the choir stalls.
In 1784 the choir stalls were taken over in the new church and equipped with choir organs in the classical style.
The Holzhey organ is also of high quality. In 1785 the organ builder was commissioned to manufacture a choir organ, which was completed two years later.
He also made the main organ, which was completed in 1793. It is one of four three-manual large organs made by Holzhey. It is one of the few large organs made by the organ builder, which is still almost in its original condition.
Vault door of the Nye and Ormsby County Bank in Manhattan Nevada USA.. It looks impressive, however the roof was open (inside the building) and one of the walls was wood! Inside was a large safe on wheels.
This is a re-edit of one of my favorite doors. My intention when I first started was to desaturate and tune it up to monochrome.
calm with low water flow. Hoped for a good clear shot. Yes, this is a good clear shot; however, it doesn't look like the same falls as in our
Spring 2021 visit. Disappointing! :-(
See the shot in my, Contrasts Album.
Well this was taken last week as a possible for SSC chairs /seats , but it did not get chosen . However , I took it so here it is .
The throne is a carved seat out of a bit of tree trunk and been in the garden now for quite a few years .
So it is not in the woods but just the pathway through the garden and it seems a popular place for the garden residents to gather !!
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l y a 10 000 ans, la baie d'Hudson était recouverte d'une couche de glace lors de la dernière période glaciaire de la planète.
En hiver, la température oscillait entre -40 et -60 degrés Celsius, tandis qu’en été, elle atteignait 10 à 15 degrés Celsius.
Lors d’une récente expédition, nous avons toutefois été frappés par une vague de chaleur étouffante, où les températures ont dépassé les 30 degrés Celsius” !!!
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Just 10,000 years ago, Hudson Bay was under a sheet of ice during the planet’s last ice age.
The temperature changes over the last few decades have been drastic,” he explains. “In the winter, the temperature would be -40 to -60 degrees Celsius, whereas in the summer it would be 10-15 degrees Celsius.
On a recent expedition, however, we were hit with a sweltering heat wave where the temperatures exceeded 30 degrees Celsius” !!!
Credit : Martin Gregus
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Wow, I've been really busy lately. So busy, that I didn't even have time for creating some great moments. However, I went through my old photos from Korea and discovered this self portrait I took back then. I hope you guys like the surrealist sci-fi touch :)
Oh, before I forget. I've been working on my new website the last couple of weeks. This is my brand new website:
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I like to make Lolita dress.
However, I am not good at photographing cute pictures.
That's why I like to watch cute pictures of everyone taken.
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Hair：*barberyumyum*T01(mix)
In ancient times, it was a narrow strip of land that was the only route towards Athens. In 480 BC 300 Spartans led by Leonidas resisted the huge Persian army. However, the Spartans suffered a defeat because they were betrayed.
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W czasach starożytnych był to wąski pas ziemi stanowiący jedyną drogę w kierunku Aten. W 480 r.p.n.e. 300 Spartan pod wodzą Leonidasa stawiło opór ogromnej armii Persów. Spartanie ponieśli jednak klęskę gdyż zostali zdradzeni.
Die Maginot-Linie war eine massive Verteidigungslinie, die in den 1930er Jahren von Frankreich entlang seiner Ostgrenze gebaut wurde, um eine deutsche Invasion abzuschrecken. Sie wurde nach dem französischen Kriegsminister André Maginot benannt und bestand aus einem Netzwerk von Bunkern, Festungen, Tunneln und Verteidigungsmauern. Die Linie war mit modernster Technologie der damaligen Zeit ausgestattet, darunter unterirdische Eisenbahnen und Artilleriesysteme.
Allerdings umgingen die deutschen Streitkräfte im Zweiten Weltkrieg die Maginot-Linie, indem sie Frankreich über Belgien angriffen – ein strategisches Versäumnis, das zur Niederlage Frankreichs beitrug.
The Maginot Line was a massive series of fortifications constructed by France along its eastern border in the 1930s, intended to deter a German invasion. Named after French Minister of War André Maginot, the line featured a network of bunkers, forts, tunnels, and defensive walls with cutting-edge technology of the time, including underground railways and artillery systems. However, during World War II, German forces bypassed the Maginot Line by invading France through Belgium, a strategic oversight that contributed to its eventual fall. (Quelle: Internet)
Despite being a substantial village before the Norman Conquest, the description of Alwalton in the Doomsday Book makes no mention of a church. However, they were certain that there was a church a century later because the earliest parts of the present building date back from 1170 and were clearly the extension of an existing building.
This 1170 work (the first two bays of the north aisle with their solid piers, round arches and skilfully carved leaf volute capitals) is not only the most ancient part of the church, it is also the most beautiful.
During the early 13th century the church was considerably extended. The tower was built and the nave lengthened by the insertion of an extra bay at the west end and widened by adding a south aisle. It seems likely that the wonderful carving around the west door was also carried out at this time but it could have been earlier, having been moved from another part of the church.
With the completion of the 13th century work the church became much as we see it today, except for the transepts and chancel. But things might have been very different if plans to rebuild the church around 1300 had been successful. At that time work began on the construction of a central tower along with a high vaulted chancel and vaulted transept. Inexplicably, after about 30 years, the work ceased. The partly completed tower was taken down and only the chancel and transepts remain from this grandiose plan.
During the next 500 years there was only one major alteration and this took place during the 15th century. The nave walls were raised to form a clearstory and the church was re-roofed. Adding the clearstory involved building new arches at the crossing and it was at this time that the 13th century vaulting in the chancel and transepts was destroyed. Traces of the vaulting can still be seen on several walls but we can only imagine how splendid the building would now be if this magnificent ceiling had survived.
By the middle of the 19th century the church had fallen in to a sorry state and extensive repairs were begun in 1840
By Catherine Boeckmann
February 9, 2024
The daylily is an amazingly low-maintenance perennial. It’s virtually disease-free, pest-free, and drought-resistant; it’s also not picky about soil quality. Plus, the flower has a long bloom period! Here’s how to plant and care for daylilies in your garden, as well as how to easily propagate them for more plants!
About Daylilies
The daylily’s botanical name, Hemerocallis, comes from the Greek hemera (“day”) and kallos (“beauty”). The name is appropriate since each flower lasts only one day! However, each scape has 12 to 15 buds on it, and a mature plant can have 4 to 6 scapes, which is why the flower seems to bloom continuously.
Originally from Asia, these plants have adapted so well that many of us think of them as natives. Imagine the excitement of a 16th-century explorer cruising the Orient and finding these gorgeous plants! European gardeners welcomed daylilies into their gardens, and when early colonists sailed for the New World, daylilies made the crossing with them.
Despite their name, daylilies are not “true lilies” and grow from fleshy roots. True lilies grow from onion-like bulbs and are of the genus Lilium, as are Asiatic and Oriental lilies. In the case of daylilies, leaves grow from a crown, and the flowers form on leafless stems—called “scapes”—which rise above the foliage.
There are thousands of beautiful daylilies to choose from. Combine early, midseason, late blooming varieties, and repeat bloomers to have daylilies in flower from late spring through the first frost of fall. If you see a height listed alongside a daylily variety, this refers to the length of the scape. Some can reach 6 feet tall!
For more information please visit
www.almanac.com/plant/daylilies
These Daylilies were photographed at Pashley Manor Gardens. At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
Evoking vague memories of the final days of the 'Peak' era, a careworn 45060 'Sherwood Forester' is posed on a short mixed freight at Barrow Hill. The headcode, however, still indicates the classic machine's primary function!
(Serilophus lunatus)
Di Linh
Vietname
I think here you can also notice the unusual shape of the beak, hence it being a broadbill.
I have all my photos organized in albums by species and family. However, so far, this is the only member of this family that I have photographed.
In my opinion, the most beautiful one is the black-and-yellow, but to capture it, I need to return to Malaysia and not miss the opportunity.
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Vietname (2022) (206)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES (3553)
- All the photos for this family Eurylaimidae (Eurilaimídeos) (6)
- All the photos for this species Serilophus lunatus (6)
- All the photos taken this day 2022/12/12 (31)
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A fresh start (:
First most important, i want to apologize to everybody i may have let down, let wait or anything related to my absence.
A lot has happened in my life, good and bad, either way, it was busy!
I am a volunteer for shelters and take dogs into my home to find them a happy family, but i must train them etc, which is super fun but takes some time! :D
Then there is sl, well, i am not very social in game, i have amazing friends in real life, and sure i met awesome people in sl also, however, certain people think it is alright to say bad things about you. Or screw you over. Well, i will not let my guard down anymore!
It is hard to let people close, they make it even harder, if they lie.
I mean there is already so much bs going on in the world. Can we have and keep online as a safe space. Stop the gossip, stop the lying. Lets not go evil just because you are hiding behind screen.
Rant rant rant :p
Anyway i needed a break from all this. Now i am happy and refreshed! And ready for a new start. With this new beginning i wanted a new name.
Mori.
Hope ya`ll dig it!
With love,
Nalena. ♥
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT AND FAVES
ON THE REACTIONS I WILL TRY TO RESPOND BACK
Eikel of een aker
Eikels zijn belangrijk voedsel voor dieren, zoals muizen, eekhoorns, wilde zwijnen, hertachtigen, sommige eenden en andere vogels en beren die in de buurt van eiken leven. Bij deze dieren bestaat soms 25% van de wintervoorraad uit eikels. Eikels werden vroeger gebruikt om varkens te voeren.
Eikels kunnen echter ook giftig zijn voor dieren, bijvoorbeeld voor paarden.
Eikels zijn niet bewaarbaar, omdat ze niet meer dan één seizoen hun kiemkracht behouden.
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Acorn or an aker
Acorns are important food for animals, such as mice, squirrels, wild boars, deer, some ducks, and other birds and bears that live near oak trees. In these animals, sometimes 25% of the winter supply consists of acorns. Acorns used to be used to feed pigs.
However, acorns can also be toxic to animals, for example to horses.
Acorns are not storable because they do not retain their germination capacity for more than one season.
Allons! we must not stop here,
However sweet these laid-up stores, however convenient this
dwelling we cannot remain here,
However shelter’d this port and however calm these waters we must not anchor here,
However welcome the hospitality that surrounds us we are permitted to receive it but a little while.
- Walt Whitman.
"Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind.
Teresa of Avila
The original picture was about the graffiti however I like the way the lamppost divides the picture but yet they all form part of the same composition. Anyway it’s something different at least.
It seems daunting that we aren't even halfway through the year however, I am working daily to learn something new and apply it. I feel like I need to find some direction for my project. It looks like May was full of flowers, hearts, pinks and blues. I experimented with light, processing and now I have a new lens to play with too.
"Finding peace"
The moment you realize that you can have everything you want in life. However, it takes timing,the right heart, the right action, the right passion and a willingness to risk it all. If it is not yours, it is because you really didn't want it!!! ;)
Sarah and I are very sorry to let you know that Chip has passed today, he did not suffer at all.
We told him to head towards the rainbow bridge but Chip being Chip was last seen headed for the beach instead.
We are both heartbroken and his loss will follow us always, however we have tried to give the little fella the best life we possibly could, he has been loved as much as any dog has ever been loved.
Sie fallen weder durch ihre Farbe noch durch ihre Größe auf, denn sie sind ausschließlich weiß und eher bei den Minipilzen zu verorten. Auch die Oberfläche des Pilzhutes ist eher unspektakulär. Ihre wahre Schönheit zeigen sie jedoch auf der Unterseite. Die Lamellen fächern strahlenförmig zum Hutrand hin auf und sind häufig im Endbereich gegabelt. Die drei Pilzkörper der Aufnahme sind in den Ecken eines Dreiecks angeordnet. Dies verleiht dem Bild Stabilität und Ruhe.
They are not noticeable either because of their color or their size, because they are exclusively white and are more likely to be located among the mini mushrooms. The surface of the mushroom hat is also rather unspectacular. However, they show their true beauty on the bottom. The lamellae fan out radially towards the edge of the hat and are often forked in the end area. The three mushroom bodies of the recording are arranged in the corners of a triangle. This gives the image stability and calmness.
I recently showed you a photo of this place. In this one, however, a different motif was in the foreground (maybe you remember, they were mushrooms).
Now, as promised, I would like to show you the entire place and say a few words about its history.
The bear garden, to which this wall belongs, was built in 1609 on the instructions of Elector Christian II. As the name suggests, bears were kept in the area behind it.
However, since from time to time one of the animals escaped into the adjacent forest, which worried the population somewhat (to put it cautiously), it was no longer used from 1756.
Since I have three more versions of the place here, I'll save some information for later. I want to keep you curious.
Vor kurzem habe ich Euch bereits ein Foto von diesem Ort gezeigt. Bei diesem stand jedoch ein anderes Motiv im Vordergrund (vielleicht erinnert Ihr Euch, es waren Pilze).
Nun möchte ich Euch, wie versprochen, den Ort einmal komplett zeigen und ein paar Worte über dessen Geschichte verlieren.
Der Bärengarten, zu dem diese Mauer hier gehört, wurde bereits 1609 auf Anweisung von Kurfürst Christian II. gebaut. Wie der Name vermuten lässt, wurden in dem Bereich dahinter Bären gehalten.
Da jedoch von Zeit zu Zeit eines der Tiere in den angrenzenden Wald entkam, was die Bevölkerung etwas beunruhigte (vorsichtig formuliert), wurde er ab 1756 nicht mehr genutzt.
Da ich noch drei weitere Versionen von dem Ort hier habe, hebe ich mir noch Informationen für später auf. Ich will Euch ja weiter neugierig halten.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-.to-catch.de
Going to a Medieval Times show is a great night in general. It was however even extra special for me because the knight on the horse is my eldest son, Daniel! It is surreal to watch your child ride out on a horse and have an huge audience cheering for him!
This is a designated location in Tbilisi, Georgia, for people to leave their leashed dogs. However, Tbilisi is overrun with stray dogs who spend their days sleeping on the streets. In this case, this stray dog obeyed the rule on his/her own but alas, didn't have a leash. Concern was not too evident here.
Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. There are daily Church of England services in the building, and in 2023 it was reported to receive over 300,000 visitors per year. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral precincts contain the Bishop's Palace and several buildings linked to its medieval chapter of secular canons, including the fifteenth-century Vicars' Close.
The earliest record of a church on the present site is a charter of 766. A bishopric was established in 909, however in 1090 the cathedral of the diocese was moved to Bath Abbey and remained there until Wells became co-cathedral in 1218. The remains of the tenth-century cathedral lie to the south of the present building, beneath the cloister. The present cathedral has a cruciform plan with a chapter house attached to the north and a cloister to the south, and is largely the result of two building campaigns which took place between c. 1180 to c. 1260 and c. 1285 to c. 1345. The western half of the cathedral, including the nave and western transepts, belongs primarily to the first building phase and is constructed in the Early English style of Gothic architecture. The east end, including the lady chapel, eastern transepts, chapter house, and central tower, belongs to the second phase and uses the Decorated Gothic style; it also retains much medieval stained glass. Two towers were added to the west front between 1385 and 1410 in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and the cloisters were remodelled in the same style between 1420 and 1508. The cathedral was restored over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Wikipedia
The key to your heart in the shape of a heart. Claim yours before someone else does!
And now? Off to the airport, again. Hopefully this trip does not take all blasted day. See you from the east coat later tonight.
I happened upon this great grey owl in a location I hadn't seen one previously, perched up high in a tree. Not ideal, but I got out of the car and tried to get a decent photo. Nothing. Eventually, it flew across the road and perched on a fence post with its back to the bright sun. Typically, not ideal. However, the background was a line of frost and snow covered willow shrubs, and the crystals were melting in the warming sun, creating very bright highlights all over.
When photographed, but not in focus, those spectral highlights become discs of brighter light which are called 'circles of confusion'. Of course, bokeh is the out of focus portions of a photo. Hence the long and cryptic title. Hope you enjoy the image. Like the owl, I'm still on the fence about it.
During my last trip in China, I tried to take as much portrait shots I could. However, it's always a little bit difficult to ask, and when people agree, you don't want to disturb them too much, so you have to be super effective and you can only take 2-3 pictures before saying "thank you" and letting them go. It was a very good exercise anyway ...
Here is a violonist that was playing in the little alley of Ciqikou, the ancient town of Chongqing ...
Cap Rouge, Quebec City, Canada
First permanent establishments
In 1635, the first seigneurie was granted on the territory of Cape-Rouge, but revoked the following year by the Company of One Hundred Associates. However, by 1638 Paul Le Jeune, a missionary Jesuit, had noted in The Jesuit Relations the presence of some families in the valley.[1] Between 1647 and 1652, the seigneuries of Maur, on the west, and Gaudarville, in the east, were established on the territory. From that moment, based on taxable citizens, the settlement on the lands of Cap-Rouge are established. The village formed is served by the parishes of Ancienne-Lorette in (1678) to the north; of Saint-Augustin in (1691) on the west; and of Sainte-Foy (1698) in the east.
Geography
The beach of Plage Jacques Cartier and the cliffs of Cap-Rouge.
The name of Cap-Rouge, meaning "red cape", comes from its cliffs facing the Saint-Lawrence river and made of schist rock bearing a reddish tint. The other main topographic feature of Cap-Rouge is the Rivière du Cap Rouge valley where are concentrated some historic buildings as well the archeological remains of a pottery workshop active from 1860 to 1892. It is believed that until the end of its operations the workshop mainly used imported clay rather than the local one, which has a rather red hue.
The Cap-Rouge area is located to the south of the Canadian Shield and Laurentian Mountains, at the confluence of the geological regions of the Saint Lawrence Lowlands and of the northern Appalachians. It mostly sits at the western foot of the Quebec promontory, in the way of the Logan's Line - an inactive fracture in the Earth's crust first documented by Sir William Edmond Logan.
Probably the UK's most beautiful jellyfish.
However I wouldn't like to get too close to it's beauty - "Stings from large lion's mane can be particularly dangerous, as the thousands of thin tentacles can each extend to several meters long. " Initially, a sting may result in itching or localised pain that may radiate to other areas of the body, potentially progressing to severe pain within 20 minutes or more.
Cyanea capillata
Oban Bay - Scotland
Many thanks as always to those who view fave and comment on my photos, however please do not get too close to this one.
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The statue which faces the Menai Strait here may look like a product of the British euphoria and mourning after Lord Nelson met his heroic death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. However, the statue was erected much later, in 1873, by an artist experimenting with concrete. It was also a useful landmark for mariners.
Art lover and sculptor Lord Clarence Paget, a former Lord of the Admiralty, lived at Plas Llanfair, up the slope behind the statue. He had used concrete to make statues for his grounds and noticed they were more durable than marble in this exposed area. He found that concrete was much cheaper than marble, bronze or stone and could be manipulated easily.
Sir Llewelyn Turner, a former Caernarfon mayor, recalled in 1903 that a concrete statue of Neptune, Roman god of the sea, was originally planned but he told Lord Clarence: “What has Neptune done for us? Nelson is the proper subject.”
The Admiralty happened to be surveying the Menai Strait at the time, and Lord Clarence accepted its suggestion that, with only a small alteration to the statue’s planned location, the artwork would serve as a navigation aid for mariners travelling in either direction along this difficult stretch of water.
Portland cement and iron for the internal framework were donated by suppliers. At the unveiling ceremony in September 1873, Lord Clarence acknowledged the help he’d received in creating the statue from a “faithful and patient Welshman named John Jones”.
The Admiralty had already marked the statue on its newest chart by the time of the ceremony.
Lord Nelson became a British celebrity after leading the Royal Navy’s defeat of the French at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Shortly before his final battle against the French at Trafalgar, he used coloured flags on his ship HMS Victory to send a message to the whole fleet: “England expects that every man will do his duty.” The same words are inscribed on the base of the statue, facing the Strait.
El Sukiennice (« Llotja de teixits ») és un dels monuments històrics més emblemàtics de la ciutat de Cracòvia. Aquesta imponent llotja comercial de dos pisos, aixecada el segle xiii i després adaptada a l'època del Renaixement, ocupa el lloc central de la gran Plaça del Mercat i forma part del Patrimoni de la Humanitat de la UNESCO.[1]
A la planta baixa, la Llotja acull avui comerços d'artesania, mentre que el primer pis acull la Galeria d'art polonès del segle xix, una filial del Museu nacional de Cracòvia amb la més important col·lecció d'obres poloneses del món. Entre elles, la famosa tela Les Torxes de Neró, oferta a l'obertura del museu pel seu pintor, Henryk Siemiradzki i el quadre gegant Homenatge prussià de Jan Matejko.
Història
Posicionada segons l'eix nord-sud de la plaça, amb les seves façanes oest i est simètriques respecte als eixos de les entrades, la Llotja de teixits de Cracòvia reuneix elements arquitectònics d'èpoques molt diferents, i constitueix una síntesi global de l'arquitectura de la ciutat.
El nom Sukiennice ve de la paraula polonesa sukno que vol dir teixit, roba. En efecte, els drapers disposaven les seves parades al centre de la plaça del Mercat per a la venda a l'engròs de teixits.
La primera llotja, aixecada al segle xiii, després de la concessió a la ciutat d'una carta de Drets de Magdeburg, es limitava a dues fileres de botigues de pedra que formaven un carrer al mig de la Plaça del Mercat. El comerç als Sukiennice era una font important d'ingressos per a la ciutat: segons el privilegi reial, els venedors vinguts de l'exterior només podien vendre la seva pròpia mercaderia, i només en aquest lloc.
L'any 1358, el Casimir III fa construir el primer edifici de 100 m de longitud amb dos portals ogivals situats al centre de les façanes principals. Després d'un incendi que va consumir l'edifici l'any 1555, es va cridar als italians que havien vingut amb la reina Bona Sforza (esposa italiana del rei Segimon el Vell). La Llotja de teixits renovada a l'estil Renaixement llavors es va dotar d'un àtic decorat amb una cresta amb gàrgoles, estilitzades amb caps humans, realitzades probablement segons els projectes de Santi Gucci. Giovanni Maria Mosca divideix l'edifici en dos pisos i està connectat per escales cobertes per lògies situats sobre els costats més curts.
Els últims treballs importants són duts a terme al segle xix per Tomasz Prylińeski. L'arquitecte transforma la llotja a la planta baixa, instal·lant-hi al llarg dels murs botigues de fusta. El sostre serà adornat més tard amb l'escut de les ciutats poloneses, els emblemes dels gremis i els segells. Prylińeski afegeix també arcades neogòtiques de pedra per tal de donar l'elegància a l'edifici,[1] així com dels mascarons representant caricatures dels presidents de l'època de la ciutat de Cracòvia, realitzats segons un dibuix de Jan Matejko. La llotja superior és adaptada a les necessitats del museu.
The Kraków Cloth Hall (Polish: Sukiennice, pronounced [sukʲɛˈɲːit͡sɛ]), in Lesser Poland, dates to the Renaissance and is one of the city's most recognizable icons. It is the central feature of the main market square in the Kraków Old Town (the historic center of Kraków), which since 1978 has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
t was once a major centre of international trade. Travelling merchants met there to discuss business and to barter. During its golden age in the 15th century, the hall was the source of a variety of exotic imports from the east – spices, silk, leather and wax – while Kraków itself exported textiles, lead, and salt from the Wieliczka Salt Mine.
In the immediate vicinity of the hall, the Great Weigh House and the Small Weigh House existed until the 19th century. Other, similar cloth halls have existed in other Polish as well as other European cities such as in Ypres, Belgium; Braunschweig, and in Leeds, EnglandKraków was Poland's capital city and was among the largest cities in Europe already from before the time of the Renaissance. However, its decline started with the move of the capital to Warsaw at the end of the 16th century. The city's decline was hastened by wars and politics leading to the Partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century. By the time of the architectural restoration proposed for the cloth hall in 1870 under Austrian rule, much of the historic city center was decrepit. A change in political and economic fortunes for the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ushered in a revival due to newly established Legislative Assembly or Sejm of the Land. The successful renovation of the Cloth Hall, based on a design by Tomasz Pryliński and supervised by Mayor Mikołaj Zyblikiewicz, Sejm Marshal, was one of the most notable achievements of this period.[1]
The hall has hosted many distinguished guests over the centuries and is still used to entertain monarchs and dignitaries, such as King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, and Emperor Akihito of Japan, who was welcomed here in 2002. In the past, balls were held here, most notably after Prince Józef Poniatowski had briefly liberated the city from the Austrians in 1809. Aside from its history and cultural value, the hall is still used as a center of commerce.
History
The Central Vermont might be long gone, however thanks to B&M historian-CMO Doug Phillips and the Mass Central RR keeps the EMD 567 tradition alive operating its only GP-9 occasionally while other engines in the fleet receive regular work. B&O built GP-9 now, MCER 1749 leads MCER daily train PA-2 through the village of Three Rivers, MA just north of Palmer. March 3, 2025.
Markyate, Hertfordshire. Coming from the west and down the hill, you would enter the village here - and, as I said somewhere else, enter into a safe place. Most people appreciate this safety and do not wish to have it disturbed. However, recently the Government has rented a hotel or parts of it about a mile outside the village to accommodate asylum seekers - and this, to some, is a real "disturbance". Rather unpleasant comments have been made on social media which I will not repeat. Fuji X-Pro1 plus XF27/2.8.
BR Large Logo 37409 'Lord Hinton' drags Greater Anglia DVT 82103 and 9 MK3s past Bannold Road (Waterbeach) with the 5Z37 0614 Norwich C.Pt. T.&R.S.M.D to Bounds Green T&R.S.M.D tyre turning move. This service normally runs along the GEML, however, because the GEML was blocked between Norwich and Ipswich (due to engineering works), the drag had to be diverted via Ely, Cambridge and the ECML.
"However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light." - Stanley Kubrick
These days I think a lot about a good friend of mine who is currently going through a hard time, but I'm sure that she will shine bright soon.
Angel's birthday is actually tomorrow however I know for you it is already tomorrow. What a strange world we live in..what is time anyway?
When I posted this photo over a decade ago, it got in Explore but over the years I've really felt like I needed to re-edit it so I deleted that one and worked on it all over again. Considering Explore works in a way that you only have one photo that gets on it typically from the same photo stream once every 2 1/2-3 weeks weeks so I've noticed, it probably won't make it to Explore again but I still like this version better as an artist.
I've also thought a lot about Explore and how it encourages a whole group of people to not really be a part of a community because they don't really look and leave thoughtful comments. "Congratulations on Explore" is so blahhhhh. It really irritates me. I think of these people as "Explore hags" because they only look at photos on Explore as if the others are never worth looking at. This is something so interesting to me because I only check photos from the people I follow or who leave meaningful comments and I never actually check Explore-I only know when a photo has "made it" based on the Explore comment.
My goal is not to be popular or famous as much as it is to connect with people all over the world. That is what Flickr is at its best. If you're just checking the Explore page, you're wasting your time on Earth.
Angel Olsen is one of my favorite musicians of all time so I hope you can take a moment to listen. She has such an incredible voice and also a great sense of humor, too. Her covers in addition to her original songs are spectacular.
I hope she has an amazing day filled with music and also ice cream and pickles. If she lived next door, I'd bring her over some.
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The weather is so so, however we are determined to take my new camera for a test drive! LOL
We wait for the evening light, less people, although we do know ‘THE’ places!
Above Otley, a small beautiful Market town in Wharfedale, the ridges of the hills on both sides are great places for spectacular views and skies.
Of course, the higher you go in this landscape the bleaker it gets, that is where you will find the heather and bracken (a widespread, weedy fern) on the Moors, no other vegetation.
If you like solitude and 'a feeling of space', that's where you'll find it.
This winding road, I was on, ends at a place called the Blubberhouses, just a few old houses and an ancient little church.
Such lovely names and I'm sure all with a history!
The Heather is in bloom! It is an evergreen shrub with twiggy stems, that covers our open moorland. Usually lots of heather plants grow together, forming a thick, bushy carpet, sometimes up to half a metre tall. This helps the plant to survive strong winds.
It takes a special kind of plant to thrive in moorland areas, where the weather is often cold, wet and windy.
Hill Sheep eat heather; in summer, as food of second choice if there is no suitable grass available; in the winter because there is no fresh grass so heather shoots are then both palatable and digestible.
Sheep can eat up to 20 percent of a season’s new growth of heather shoots with no detriment to the health of the heather.
Here you clearly sea the boundaries between the cultivated, lower land and the arid Moors! Where hardly anything grows.
I love it when the sun and clouds play peekaboo, it makes for some magic lightly on the land, just be patient, another great virtue of the photographer!
Thanks for viewing, M, (*_*)
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Maligne Lake Boathouse and Spirit Island are my favorite places to photograph, whenever I visit Jasper. The simple structure sitting along the coast, blends in beautifully with the serene back drop of the Glacier and Maligne Lake.
The morning of this photo, I woke up especially early, hoping to capture a sunrise overlooking my favorite boathouse. What I was greeted by however was an incredibly cloudy and foggy scene. Finding myself alone with the fog settling in. I couldn't help but find the moment being incredibly peaceful and pristine. The soothing calmness in the air, that I felt on this morning, will be with me always. Despite the sky staying cloudy and obscuring the sunrise I had hoped to see, I felt quite lucky to have found the fog coming in over the lake as beautifully as it had that morning.
Below are other photos I have taken of Maligne Lake Boathouse in all of it's beautiful seasons of the year. As always, I hope you enjoy and have a wonderful night/day.
It's not yet time for the crocuses to welcome spring here, but the first green tips can already be seen everywhere. This photo was taken last year. However, also in February. So it's not far anymore.
And so I'm using today's Monday flower greeting to show you the last remaining photo of this kind, which has been waiting for its publication for a long time before I will soon be surprised every day by new motifs in my garden.
Noch ist es nicht soweit, dass hier die Krokusse den Frühling begrüßen, doch die ersten grünen Spitzen sind schon überall zu sehen. Dieses Foto hier entstand bereits im letzten Jahr. Allerdings ebenfalls im Februar. Es ist also nicht mehr weit.
Und so nutze ich den heutigen montäglichen Blumengruß um Euch das letzte noch verbliebene Foto dieser Art zu zeigen, was schon lange auf seine Veröffentlichung warten, bevor ich in Kürze täglich von neuen Motiven in meinem Garten überrascht werde.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
"There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few who possess the predisposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death. Then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not pay attention!"
— Severus Snape
John Williams - Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter)
Head: LeL Evo X
Body: e-Body REBORN
Outfit:
AVEC TOI - Panacea Coat & Jacket LEATHER FATPACK
AVEC TOI - Panacea Mask & Hat LEATHER PACK
AVEC TOI - Panacea Gloves LEATHER PACK
Wand: [ContraptioN] Twisted Wand *???*
Probs:
*~*HopScotch*~* Soul Sucker
[ContraptioN] Ride of Delusion *default*
Made at Mischief Managed www.mischiefmanagedsl.net
Here you can see another detail of the Riesenburg castle ruins in the Bohemian Ore Mountains.
This is part of the outer fortifications. Behind the wall, the ground drops away quite steeply.
Over the centuries, many a sentry must have stood on these walls to ensure the castle's safety or even actively defend it in battle.
In the end, however, it wasn't the attackers who sealed the fate of this castle, but a far more powerful adversary: time.
First, in the form of changing times, which rendered the costly maintenance and operation of such a structure unnecessary.
And then came the ravages of time, which, along with its companions (wind and weather), immediately began to dismantle everything back into its original components. This process continues to this day. Recently, however, it has been slowed down a little by people in the form of preservationists.
But it is already clear that time will ultimately prevail. For time always wins.
Hier seht Ihr ein weiteres Detail der Burgruine Riesenburg im Böhmischen Erzgebirge.
Dies ist ein Teil der äußeren Befestigungen. Hinter der Mauer gehts ziemlich steil nach unten.
Auf diesen Mauer wird über die Jahrhunderte hinweg so mancher Wachtposten gestanden haben um für die Sicherheit der Burg zu sorgen oder sie im Kampf sogar aktiv zu verteidigen.
Am Ende waren es jedoch nicht die Angreifer, die das Schicksahl dieser Burg besiegelt haben sondern ein so viel mächtiger Gegner, die Zeit.
Zuerst in Form von Veränderungen im Zeitgeist, die das aufwendige Erhalten und Betreiben einer solchen Anlage überflüssig gemacht hat.
Und dann kam der Zahn der Zeit dazu, der unmittelbar danach mit seinen Freunden (Wind und Wetter) begann, alles wieder in seine ursprünglichen Bestandteile zu zerlegen. Dieser Vorgang hält bis heute an. Er wird jedoch seit kurzem erneut von Menschen, in Form von Denkmalschützern ein klein wenig verlangsamt.
Doch es ist jetzt schon klar, dass die Zeit am Ende obsiegen wird. Denn die Zeit gewinnt immer.
They are the symbols of Love and Prosperity. A pair of Sarus crane (Grus antigone) was standing together in their natural habitat under a cold and misty morning. The situation was not for a handsome portrait as they were located against the light with a small ray of light hitting them by a narrow angle. But as Nature photographers know the wild animals most of the time offer frames in challenging situations. However it was my pleasure to frame such a charismatic frame in a back-lighten foggy condition. Soon the fog faded away and I had a prosperous sunny day for the shooting. Pics was taken from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India.