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Broken Hill is a well-known mining town in the far west of New South Wales. Whilst it is most famous for its mineral wealth, Broken Hill also has a reputation for its hotels, with no less than 71 being licensed in the city's history.
The Royal Exchange Hotel is an imposing two storey art deco style hotel building, and being situated at the corner of Argent and Chloride Streets, it is arguably at the centre of Broken Hill's central business district. In considering its history, it is important to take into account the history of Broken Hill hotels generally.
The Broken Hill settlement grew spectacularly from the first ore discoveries of 1883. On the 31st of July 1885 the first hotel, the Bonanza Hotel, was opened on the corner of Argent Lane and Delamore Street by William Delamore. Unfortunately, it was destroyed by fire on the 6th of February 1894 and the license was cancelled on the 8th of September 1894. The hotel site is now a car park for the City Art Gallery. The only other hotel to be licensed in 1885 was the nearby Silver King Hotel on the corner of Delamore and Argent Streets which was licensed on the 9th of October 1885. It closed in 1993, but its building survives today, and is among the oldest surviving hotel buildings. Five hotels were licensed in 1886, one of which, the BHP, (or, the West Darling Hotel), is the city's oldest surviving licensed hotel. Five more hotels were licensed in 1887 and in 1888 no less than 40 hotels received licenses, making a total of 52 licenses issued in Broken Hill's first five years.
The fifty third hotel license for Broken Hill was granted at the Silverton Licensing Court by Messrs Wyman Brown and J J Williams, LM's, to Barnett Harris on the 25th of Janurary 1889 for the Royal Exchange Hotel and the hotel opened that day. The Royal Exchange Hotel most likely takes its name from the nearby Broken Hill Stock Exchange which was in operation at the time. An Exchange Hotel (now the Theatre Royal Hotel) had opened almost opposite the Stock Exchange in 1886, and it is not unusual to use the "exchange" name for buildings near a Stock Exchange. The Broken Hill Stock Exchange was situated in Argent Street almost next door to the Royal Exchange Hotel, and the facade of the building survives.
The original Royal Exhange Hotel building was of single storey made from stone and brick with an iron roof. It was built and owned by Barnett Harris who was alsot the first licensee. The Argent Street for on the 5th of November 1888 caused £800 (about $110 000) worth of damage to three shops also being built by Harris and it is reasonable to assume that this damage extended to the partially built Royal Exchange Hotel. The damage must not have been to severe however, as the hotel opened for business 11 weeks later.
A newspaper article has stated that the Royal Exchange Hotel building was brought in from Parramatta by means of bullock wagon in 1886. It was said to have been owned by W Reynolds and destroyed in the Argent Street fire of 1888. This story is incorrect and refers to the Exchange (now Theatre Royal) Hotel nearby which Reynolds owned and transported from Prunamoota. Reynolds was the first licensee of the Exchange Hotel, but never a licensee of the Royal Exchange Hotel.
In its early days the Royal Exchange Hotel was no stranger to dramas. On the 6th of March 1889, fire destroyed a small building owned by licensee Harris in Argent Lane (Gawler Place) behind the hotel. In November 1890 a William Kilroy died after being ejected drunk from the hotel. The inquest into his death was conducted at the Mayflower Hotel which was situated at 196 Chloride Street. The Mayflower Hotel closed in 1893.
Rebuilding the Hotel:
By the 1930s the Royal Exchange Hotel was owned by the South Australian Brewing Company (SABC), who also owned the Freemasons (now BHP/West Darling) Hotel. In 1936 the SABC disposed of the Freemasons Hotel to rival brewers Tooth & Co of Sydney and this then left SABC without a quality hotel in Broken Hill. As early as 1936 SABC had announced that they were considering rebuilding the Royal Exchange as a luxury hotel, to give them a means to satisfy the growing market for such accommodation. The lack of quality accommodation in Broken Hill was receiving much unfavourable press coverage, so the move by the SABC was well timed and well received, but nothing happened for about two years.
In Janurary 1938, the SABC proposed to rebuild the Royal Exchange Hotel as a four storey building with 44 rooms, at a cost of £45000 (about $3.6mil), but the project was reduced in scale to a new two storey building with the cost estimated at the time of £33000 (about $3.35mil). The architects were F Kenneth Milne and Associates of Adelaide. In December 1939 an Application was made to the Licensing Court for approval for the rebuilding work which involved demolition of the existing hotel and the erected of a new two strorey building. This was approved by the Licensing Court on the 14th of December 1939. Local folklore says that the construction stone came from the old shearing sheds at Mount Gipps Station, however this is not confirmed in the architect's specifications. The construction of the new hotel was carried out by builders Fricks Bros, and completed in late 1941 at a final cost reported as £48000 (about $3.5mil). During the construction period, demolition of the old hotel was carried out progressively and sections of the new hotel built. This allowed the hotel to continue to trade temporary bar facilities, which were moved several times during the rebuilding work.
The completed building had 33 rooms and 13 bathrooms, and boasted a number of features which were modern for their day including air conditioning (claimed to be one of the first hotels in Australia to be so equipped), telephones in most rooms, a public bar counter 100 feet (30m) long and a saloon bar counter 46 feet (14m) long.
The 1941 building is substantially the building which exisits today, but there have been a number of alterations to the interior of the hotel over the years since.
Of interest, whilst the SABC were rebuilding their Royal Exchange Hotel, Tooth & Co were upgrading the Freemasons (now BHP/West Darling) Hotel which they had bought from the SABC in 1936. Tooths also owned the luxury Grand Hotel, diagonally opposite the Royal Exchange (now trading as a guesthouse), and were eager to keep their dominance in the luxury hotel market. Whilst the Freemasons was not completely rebuilt as was the Royal Exchange, none the less Tooths spent 46000 (about 3.5mil) on their purchase of the Freemasons Hotel from SABC and on its rebuilding work. All this building work on the Royal Exchange and Freemasons Hotels happened whilst there was wartime restrictions on building works generally, but somehow in Broken Hill $7mil in today's money was spent on luxury hotels. How this got around the wartime building restrictions remains a mystery.
The Royal Exchange Hotel Today:
The Royal Exchange was acquired by the Broken Hill Legion Club in 2001, and they set about undertaking a complete refurbishment of it, providing the facilities that it presents today. There are currently 23 rooms and all have ensuite bathrooms. The lounge and dining areas are superbly furnished giving the hotel a magnificent ambience. In a link with the past, some of the former 1941 "business" facilities remain near the reception desk.
On the 8th of December 2011, the Royal Exchange Hotel was purchased by the current owner, John Gavranich.
Source: Barrier Miner 26/1/1889, Silver Age 7/11/1888, Barrier Miner 6/6/1969, Barrier Miner 7/3/1889, Barrier Miner 25/11/1890, Noel Butlin Archives Centre, Russel & Yellan Architects, Barrier Miner 14/12/1939, Barrier Miner 6/12/1941, K Dansie (1986), the Broken Hill City Library, University of SA Architectural Museum, the Tooth & Co Files N60 - YC (ANU Canberra).
Buddy Patrick Photography would like to acknowledge and extend warm regards to John Gravranich for allowing this photographic session to take place Saturday 19 July 2025.
in september 1968, the royal academy in london, england, hosted a remarkable "50 years of bauhaus" exhibition. this extraordinary and unique german design and art school flourished between 1919 and 1933, but its influence is still felt today – even unknowingly by people who have never heard of it.
the bauhaus has touched on everything in life – architecture, art, furniture, fittings, typography, habidashery, photography and much more.
and by the way, the 363-page london book/catalogue (now very much a rarity) contains not a single capital letter! this is the cover, and more is here.
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"Impressive in the details, overwhelming in its entirety: The BMW M6 Gran Coupé is more than a combination of high-performance technologies. It represents the art and craft of BMW M engineers. So passionate, you just have to experience it for yourself. The enormous power of the 560 hp-strong M TwinPower Turbo V8 petrol engine makes the experience into a thrilling encounter with the M philosophy..."
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Photographed at Cars & Coffee Ireland
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Der Hühnermarkt ist ein Platz in der Altstadt von Frankfurt am Main am Markt zwischen Kaiserdom und Römerberg. Der Hühnermarkt wurde durch die Luftangriffe auf Frankfurt am Main im Zweiten Weltkrieg und den Abriss der letzten stehengebliebenen, ausgebrannten Gebäude in der direkten Nachkriegszeit zerstört. Zwischen 1974 und 2012 war der Platz mit dem Technischen Rathaus vollständig überbaut. Im Rahmen des Dom-Römer-Projekts entstand der Hühnermarkt nach dem Abriss des Technischen Rathauses mit seinem historischen Grundriss und Rekonstruktionen von bedeutsamen Altstadthäusern von 2014 bis 2018 neu.
Der Hühnermarkt öffnet sich nach Süden zum Alten Markt, der als eine der Hauptverkehrsadern der Frankfurter Altstadt vom Kaiserdom aus zum Römer führt. Er wird heute auch als Krönungsweg bezeichnet, den die römisch-Deutschen Kaiser nach ihrer Krönung im Dom durchschritten. Nördlich schließt sich an den Hühnermarkt die Neugasse an und westlich von der Nordseite des Platzes die Gasse Hinter dem Lämmchen. Alle Häuser am Hühnermarkt tragen die Adresse Markt, bis auf das nordwestliche Eckhaus, das schon zur Gasse Hinter dem Lämmchen gehört.
Der Stoltze-Brunnen ist ein Denkmal im Stil der Neorenaissance. Er wurde nach Entwurf von Friedrich Schierholz zu Ehren des Dichters und Schriftstellers Friedrich Stoltze (1816–1891) geschaffen und 1892 auf dem Frankfurter Hühnermarkt in direkter Nähe zu Stoltzes Geburtshaus Zum Rebstock aufgestellt. Die feierliche Einweihung erfolgte am 2. November 1895. Der bisher auf dem Hühnermarkt stehende Freiheitsbrunnen wurde an das Roseneck am Weckmarkt versetzt.
Der Stoltze-Brunnen zeigt einen stufigen Aufbau mit Wasserbecken, Brunnenstock aus Rotem Mainsandstein mit einem Relief der Francofurtia (Kopie), darüber Bronzebüste des Dichters. Das Kapitell der Säule zeigt Figuren aus Stoltzes Werken, darunter der David mit der Kapp,[1] der Kranke Mann[2] und der Rote Schornsteinfeger.[3] Auf der Säule eingemeißelt ist der Sinnspruch
„Der lebte nicht vergebens
Auch ihm sei Dank und Sang
Der um den Ernst des Lebens
Den Menschen Rosen schlang“
Nach den Luftangriffen auf Frankfurt am Main im Jahr 1944 wurde der Brunnen vom zerstörten Hühnermarkt entfernt. Von 1981 bis 2016 hatte er seinen Standort auf dem Friedrich-Stoltze-Platz hinter der Katharinenkirche
Die Neue Frankfurter Altstadt (auch bekannt als Dom-Römer-Viertel bzw. -Quartier) ist das Zentrum der Altstadt von Frankfurt am Main, das von 2012 bis 2018 im Rahmen eines städtebaulichen Großvorhabens rekonstruiert wurde. Unter dem Namen Dom-Römer-Projekt wurde ein rund 7.000 Quadratmeter großes Grundstück zwischen Römerberg im Westen und dem Domplatz im Osten, begrenzt durch die Braubachstraße im Norden und die Schirn Kunsthalle im Süden, neu gestaltet und bebaut. Der Alte Markt verbindet als sogenannter Krönungsweg die beiden für die Krönung der römisch-deutschen Könige und Kaiser bedeutenden Orte. Das Gebiet bildet den Kern der Altstadt, die bis zur Zerstörung bei den Luftangriffen 1944 mit ihren rund 1250 größtenteils aus dem Mittelalter und der Renaissance stammenden Fachwerkhäusern als eine der größten und bedeutendsten Fachwerkstädte galt. Von Anfang der 1970er-Jahre bis 2010 war das Grundstück vollständig mit dem Technischen Rathaus und dem U-Bahnhof Dom/Römer bebaut.
Im Zuge des Dom-Römer-Projekts wurden die Plätze und Straßenzüge Alter Markt, Hühnermarkt, Hinter dem Lämmchen und Neugasse mit ihren historischen Grundstücken und Innenhöfen, darunter dem Hof Rebstock am Markt und dem Goldenen Lämmchen, weitgehend wiederhergestellt. Insgesamt entstanden 35 Neubauten, darunter 15 als schöpferische Nachbauten bezeichnete Rekonstruktionen von historischen Altstadthäusern. Als wertvollste Rekonstruktion und Prunkstück des Areals gilt das Haus zur Goldenen Waage. Für alle Neubauten galt eine 2010 erlassene Gestaltungssatzung, die unter anderem ausschließlich steile Satteldächer zuließ und die Verwendung bestimmter Baumaterialien vorschrieb, die für Frankfurt regionaltypisch waren und sind.
Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde die mittelalterliche Altstadt von Frankfurt am Main, bis dahin eine der besterhaltenen Mitteleuropas, durch Bombenangriffe nahezu komplett zerstört. Nur wenige Gebäude mit historischer Bausubstanz blieben erhalten, in der Nachkriegszeit wurden zudem weitere beschädigte Gebäude überwiegend zugunsten „autogerechter“ Verkehrsplanungen abgerissen. Sehr vereinzelt kam es zur äußerlichen Rekonstruktion von Bauwerken, der überwiegende Teil der einstigen Altstadt wurde unter weitgehender Aufgabe des historischen Straßennetzes im Stil der 1950er-Jahre neu bebaut.
Nur der Bereich zwischen Römerberg und Dom blieb nach der Enttrümmerung Brachland, über dessen Bebauung lange Zeit gestritten wurde. Währenddessen konnten Archäologen ab 1953 auf dem Areal unter den hochmittelalterlichen Schichten die Überreste einer römischen Niederlassung, aber auch jüngere Spuren, vor allem aus karolingischer Zeit freilegen. Damit galt eine jahrhundertelange Suche nach dem Ursprung der Stadt als beendet, wenngleich auch die zuvor nur durch Urkunden überlieferte Königspfalz Frankfurt nicht vom legendären Gründer Frankfurts, Karl dem Großen, sondern nach Befund erst von seinem Sohn, Ludwig dem Frommen, erbaut worden war.
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Blois Chateau. Gaston d'Orleans wing. This time in B&W. Some handy history here
In 1626, King Louis XIII gave the Château of Blois to his brother Gaston d'Orléans as a wedding gift. In 1635 there was another attempt to develop the castle but on Gaston's death in 1660, it was abandoned 'clouds rush in' On Black
Was in Champagne yesterday, in the middle of the grape harvesting season. All the little villages next to Reims are full of grape-pickers bustling about picking the grapes on time. Champagne grape can't stay for a long time outside in the boxes (as illustrated) and they need to rush to get it a the "coopérative"
I took these pictures in the commune of Trigny, a beautiful village with hillsides full of vineyards.
See the site of the commune (in French): www.trigny.com/
And if you want to know more about this wonderful region: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_(wine_region)
Have a look at my most interesting pictures:
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The web site of the local producer: www.champagne-blin-et-fils.com/index.htm
In the last of the days light, Freightliner's 90005 & 90047 power the "Fresh Air Express" Crewe Basford Hall - Mossend past Euston on the WCML - 27/02/2023
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Vacationing at the beach Ngliyep is one attraction located in the coastal Donomulyo, Malang. When compared to many other beaches in the area of Malang Raya, Coastal Ngliyep bring another beach nuance than others. This is evident from the condition of the beach filled with rocks that are characteristic of the beach Ngliyep.
The sound of roaring waves crashing surf rock located around the coast makes its own nuances for the tourists who are vacationing here.
In addition to presenting the stunning natural beauty, on the beach this Ngliyep you can also find a small island called Mount Kombang which are often used as a place to enjoy a romantic evening ambiance. Ifyou are on vacation to the beach Ngliyep is recommended that you should still be careful when swimming off the coast due to the famous surf beach Ngliyep big enough.
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In Naples, the Umberto I Gallery is an amazing trace of a glorious past.
A Naples, la Galerie Umberto I est un impressionnant vestige d'un passé glorieux.
Hazy clouds move over Franconia Notch and the summits of Mount Lincoln, Little Haystack, and Cannon Mountain on a beautiful July day in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
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The Library of Congress Steel workers in Denver
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Title
Denver, Colorado. Twenty-four hours a day the sparks from acetylene torches of steel workers in eight Denver fabricating plants are flying thick and fast that the U.S. Navy may carry the battle to the enemy in all parts of the world. Here in secluded Denver, the world's largest city not on a navigable waterway, this war production worker, who has never seen a battleship or an ocean, fashions the steel hull parts which are being assembled at Mare Island Navy Yard--1,200 miles from where he and his fellow wokers are on the job to help "keep 'em sailling."
Created / Published
1942?
Subject Headings
- United States--Colorado--Denver County--Denver.
- Colorado--Denver County--Denver
Format Headings
Nitrate negatives.
Notes
- Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
- Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card.
- LOT 2113 (Location of corresponding print.)
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
- Film copy on SIS roll 34, frame 393.
Medium
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USE6- D-010589 [P&P]
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8b08625 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8b08625
Control Number
oem2002009002/PP
Reproduction Number
LC-USE6-D-010589 (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8b08625 (digital file from original neg.)
Online Format
image
Description
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions on publication.
In honor of Earth Day 2016 and a grant from San Francisco Community Challenge, the wall was designed and installed by locals.
We went over to England again for Christmas 2024 to visit the children. We first spent Christmas with one of our sons in Suffolk, and while we were there, I took an afternoon off to go visit the impressive and atmospheric ruins of the Saint Botolph Priory in Colchester, in the neighboring county of Essex.
Colchester used to be Camulodunum, an important Roman town. Many monuments and buildings were left from that period when, after the Norman Conquest by Duke William in 1066, the Augustinian regular canons decided to found there their first establishment in England. Re-using Roman building materials, mostly bricks, allowed construction to move ahead quickly, and the church was erected between 1093 and 1100. Protected since 1912, it shows how remarkably adept the architects and masons of the Romanesque Age were at adapting their building and decorative formulæ to available “building bricks”, as this phrase is indeed very apt here.
Like many religious establishments in England, Saint Botolph was dismantled in the 1530s, and its materials were, in turn, cannibalized to build other structures. Today, only the western façade remains, together with the westernmost rows of the nave. The apparel alternates those Roman bricks with local pebbles in a manner often seen in English churches, which would seem careless by continental Europe standards, or indicative of a very old monument or of very limited skills and financial means; in England, it doesn’t necessarily, as many churches of the Romanesque Age are built like that.
The motif that dominates the façade is the rows of blind arcatures, apparently reminiscent of Castle Acre, which I do want to see one day.
The northern elevation. Beyond is the more recent parochial church, also dedicated to Saint Botolph.
This was a pleasant surprise to find out in the woods while cruising around with my friend Jacob. The owner, who has had it since 2000, was cruising with his daughter and decided to stop here to take some pictures. As I was also taking pictures Jacob was talking to the owner.
Turned out that the person who ordered this car was quite a tall fellow. To make him comfortable they didn't just put floorboards in but the deepened out the floor between the chassis instead. You can see this clearly in the picture of the back seat.
The first shots of this serie I took at the end when they drove off, I think these are the best shots but I'll let everyone decide that for themeselves.
portfolio shoot with model Fatou Saho in Gothenburg, Sweden
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In a garden..... this cake was made for a dear little girl.... Rachel who turned 4 yesterday. When I asked her a few weeks ago what color would she like her cake to be she said " I like....hmmmm...pink, yellow, red, blues, green, purple, white...in that short time she almost listed the entire range of the rainbow. She also told me she liked lady bugs and pretty flowers.
So here is my little version of a beautiful garden....for a dear little girl.
Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did in make it.
Double barrel bottom 9 inch choc'n cherry and 6 inch choc'n cherry layered with Swiss butter cream, covered with dark chocolate ganache and fondant finish.
Yeah! Made Flickr explore on 2010-05-29 #331
The Lion of Saint Mark, representing the evangelist St Mark, pictured in the form of a winged lion is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Republic of Venice. It appears also in both merchant and military naval flags of the Italian Republic. The Lion of Saint Mark is also the symbol of the award of the Venice Film Festival, the "Golden Lion", and of the insurance company Assicurazioni Generali.
Other elements often included in depictions of the lion include a halo over his head, a book, and a sword in its paws.
Venetian tradition states that when St. Mark was traveling through Europe, he arrived at a lagoon in Venice, where an angel appeared to him and said "Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum." (May Peace be with you, Mark, my evangelist. Here your body will rest.) This (possibly apocryphal) tradition was used as justification by Rustico da Torcello and Bon da Malamocco in 828 for stealing the remains of St. Mark from his grave in Alexandria, and moving them to Venice, where they were eventually interred in the Basilica of St. Mark.
St Mark, represented as a lion, is a typical Christian iconography derived from the prophetic visions contained in the verse of the Apocalypse of St John 4:7. The lion is one of the four living creatures described in the book as a place around the throne of the Almighty and they are chosen as symbols of the four evangelists. These "beings" were previously described by the prophet Ezekiel.
"Behold, I send my messenger ahead of you, he will prepare your way."
The voice of the one who cries in the wilderness: "Prepare Ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths." (Gospel according to Mark 1:1–3)
The lion also symbolizes the power of the Evangelist's word, the wings symbolize the spiritual elevation, while the halo is the traditional Christian symbol of holiness.
However, the lion symbols express also the significance of majesty and power (drawn especially from the upward feline tail), while the book expresses the concepts of wisdom and peace and the halo gives an image of religious piety.
There are many symbolic interpretations with the possible combination of sword and book:
An open book is a symbol of the state's sovereignty (many depictions are of doges kneeling before such representation);
A closed book, however, is considered as a symbol of a delegated sovereignty, and hence the public courts;
An open book (and the sword on the ground is not visible) is popularly considered as a symbol of peace for the state of Venice, but this is not corroborated by any historical source;
A closed book and a drawn sword are popular but mistakenly considered as a symbol of the state in war;
Finally, an open book and a sword are considered as a symbol of public justice.
However, these interpretations are not universally accepted as the Republic of Venice (La Serenissima) never codified its symbols. Rare, but are presented, are also depictions of the lion without a book or a sword and sometimes without the halo (especially in a representation of a statue).
In some depictions the lion rests his front paws on the ground, often in cities with rivers or in ones close to water, indicating the Venetian balanced power on land and sea
The Venetian lion appears in two distinct forms. One is as a winged animal resting on water, to symbolise dominance over the seas, holding St. Mark’s Gospel under a front paw. You can see these mighty animals all round the Mediterranean, usually on top of a classical stone column.
The other form is known as the lion “in moleca”, in the form of a crab. Here the lion is depicted full-faced with its wings circled around the head resembling the claws of a crustacean. It is emerging from water, so that the lion “in moleca” is associated with the lagoon and the city, whereas the standing winged lion is thought to be more associated with Venetian territory around the Mediterranean.
Photographed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Elmwood Wisconsin
In the United States, there are an estimated 25 million lightning flashes each year.
www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/overview.htm
Lightning—The Underrated Killer. When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors! Remember, SAFETY FIRST!
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Le nabuchodonosor est affiché au prix de 590€ ! Oui, mais c’est du rosé de Provence et plus précisément du rosé appellation « coteaux d'Aix » élaboré dans le village de Jouques, au Nord Est d'Aix-en-Provence. Les vins rosés, y sont légers, fruités et agréables. (BB)
Le nabuchodonosor est une bouteille en verre conçue pour contenir l'équivalent de vingt bouteilles de 75 cl, soit quinze litres. Le nom est celui d'une dynastie babylonienne fondée par Nabuchodonosor Ier, un roi considéré comme le plus grand roi de la dynastie de Pashe (la « Seconde dynastie d'Isin »). (Wikipédia)
Le nabuchodonosor is shown at the price of 590 €! Yes, but it is the rosé of Provence and more precisely the rosé appellation "coteaux d'Aix" elaborated in the village of Jouques, north-east of Aix-en-Provence. The rosé wines are light, fruity and pleasant. (BB)
The nabuchodonosor is a bottle designed to hold the equivalent of twenty bottles of 75 cl, or fifteen liters. The name is that of a Babylonian dynasty founded by Nebuchadnezzar I, a king considered the greatest king of the dynasty of Pashe (the "Second Dynasty of Isin").
In the Garden, Cobourg, Ontario. Arriving or leaving? The bee was leaving this flower and on to the next.
GSD K2 Cradling Big Stick Sitting In -7°C Hardened Long Island Snow Contemplating His First Snow (White Christmas) - IMRAN™
It’s funny to imagine I always lay extra layers of blankets atop my (once spotless) light colored carpets in the blessed NewYork home to ensure my dogs never feel cold. But both Kennedy and K2 always showed love of cold weather over hot. Kennedy loved being in cold Tampa Bay waters even in winter, which usually K2 stayed out of.
There was no snow during the 2022 NY home roadtrip that I made with both German Shepherds. However, K2 got to experience his first snow (and white Christmas) this year, 2024.
Clearly, his choosing to comfortably settle down into snow-hardened ground at -7°C (~19F) actual temperature — and -15°C windchill — suggests he doesn’t need extra blankets. 😂 Cradling a huge fallen tree branch as an oversized toy stick, he calmly watched the scene in my backyard.
It was a frigid Sunday as I took this unedited iPhone 16 Pro Max photo. I loved how the rear-sunlight lit up the edges of his forehead and profile.
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