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- I saw you standing in the corner, on the edge of a burning light..I saw you standing in the corner..Come to me again, in the cold, cold night..You make me feel a little older, like a full grown woman might but when youre gone I grow colder, come to me again in the cold, cold night..I see you walking by my front door, I hear the creaking of the kitchen floor..I dont care what other people say, Im going to love you, anyway..Come to me again in the cold, cold night..I cant stand it any longer, I need the fuel to make my fire bright so dont fight it any longer..Come to me again, in the cold, cold night..And I know that you feel it too, when my skin turns into glue, you will know that its warm inside and youll come run to me, In the cold, cold, night
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Old John is the highest hill in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, on the southern edge of Charnwood Forest. It gives its name to the folly that stands at its top. The hill rises to 212 metres (696 ft) high, and is a prominent landmark across Leicester and Leicestershire. The earliest recorded use of the name is on a map of 1754, which records a windmill on the site.
The tower itself began life as a ruined folly, built in 1784, during the time of George Grey, 5th Earl of Stamford. He got Thomas Sketchley of Anstey to build him the mock ruin, which had strong similarities to Mow Cop, Staffordshire. It was adapted in the mid-19th century by the seventh Earl to serve as an observation tower for the practice circuit he laid out for his horses, along with the building of a stable block lower down the hill.
The tower is well known for its "mug-shape" — there was a longer section of wall adjoining the tower after the 19th century extension but this reduced in size over the years leaving the present 'handle' shape. The mug shape has given rise to false accounts of the tower's origins supposedly relating to a beer-loving miller who was killed after being hit by a pole during a bonfire.
In the past it has also been used as a meeting place for hunters with their fox hounds, and a luncheon house for shooting parties in the park, prior to the park being donated for public use in 1928.
Vollmond in Wilhelmshaven am Ems-Jade-Kanal. Im Hintergrund ist die alte Kammgarnspinnerei KSW zu sehen // Full moon in Wilhelmshaven: Unfortunately, the strong wind has shaken the tripod.
© Bildwerfer • Stephan Gies.
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my wife asked me,
where have you been the last three hours ?
I created a picture.
Wow, she said, looks like a Mackintosh.
I didn't think of Charles Rennie ... I was just in a flow ...
I said, pretending to be indignant
and smiled at her ...
:::))) ...
have left the grid several times, that's the only way good things happen ...
grid versus texture versus pattern ...
;-) ...
Because I mentioned Ch.R.Mc ...
I could have also mentioned Oswald Mathias Ungers ...
Mackintosh was contradictory in a contradictory time of upheaval ... he admired the style, Wiki thinks, because of its restraint and economy of means rather than ostentatious accumulation; its simple forms and natural materials rather than elaboration and artifice; and its use of texture and light and shadow rather than pattern and ornament. In the old western style, furniture was seen as ornament that displayed the wealth of its owner; the value of the piece was established according to the length of time spent creating it. In the Japanese arts furniture and design focused on the quality of the space, which was meant to evoke a calming and organic feeling to the interior.
At the same time a new philosophy concerned with creating functional and practical design was emerging throughout Europe: modernism. The central aim in modernism was to develop a purity of expression with designs explicitly responsive to intended building use. Ornament and traditional styles were demoted. Although Mackintosh has been counted as a pioneer of modernism, his work always retained a decorative sensibility and features ornament. Mackintosh took his inspiration from his Scottish upbringing and blended them with the flourish of
Art Nouveau
and the simplicity of Japanese forms.
While working in architecture, Charles Rennie Mackintosh developed his own style: a contrast between strong right angles and floral-inspired decorative motifs with subtle curves (for example, the Mackintosh Rose motif), along with some references to traditional Scottish architecture. The project that helped make his international reputation was the Glasgow School of Art (1897–1909). During the early stages of the Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh also completed the Queen's Cross Church project in Maryhill, Glasgow. It is the only built Mackintosh church design and is now the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society headquarters. As with his contemporary
Frank Lloyd Wright,
Mackintosh's architectural designs often included extensive specifications for the detailing, decoration, and furnishing of his buildings. The majority, if not all, of this detailing and significant contributions to his architectural drawings were designed and detailed by his wife Margaret Macdonald whom Charles had met when they both attended the Glasgow School of Art. Their work was shown at the eighth
Vienna Secession Exhibition
in 1900.
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Altho his friends seemed unimpressed, this herring gull seemed to be admiring his prize orange in the watery reflection on the melting ice.
In the 1830s, Chicago's emerging government adopted the motto "Urbs in horto," a Latin phrase meaning "City in a Garden." The slogan proved to be prophetic. For nearly two centuries, Chicago's citizens have rallied for the creation and protection of parkland, and many of the city's parks have served as testing grounds for important ideas and social movements. --Chicago Park District
Original poster - 'Blowing in the Mind/ Mister Tambourine Man', colour screen-print from multiple stencils on gold foil paper, designed by Martin Sharp, London, 1968. It is a complex multi-stencil design in red and black inks screen-printed on gold foil paper, the design featuring multiple radiating circular motifs with two portraits of Bob Dylan, the large central frontal profile with reflecting dark glasses and caption 'Blowing in the Mind', the smaller side profile placed in front of an entwined 'Mister Tambourine Man'. Lyrics of the song are written within letters and circles. This was the first "serious" poster I bought.
Another from my smoke session. This is a combination of two images duplicated and flipped in photoshop plus a little saturation painting and sharpening.
All exposed at 160th sec, f11, ISO 100 at 70mm focal length. I used a slave flash slightly behind and below the smoke and used a home made snoot on my speedlight set at 50% power. With black card at the rear and also a nightlight candle on the floor hopefully to help the smoke form more interesting swirls from the rising heat.
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"Surgeons' Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the headquarters of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSED). It houses the Surgeons' Hall Museum, and the library and archive of the RCSED. The present Surgeons' Hall was designed by William Henry Playfair and completed in 1832, and is a category A listed building.
Surgeons' Hall Museum is the major medical museum in Scotland, and one of Edinburgh's many tourist attractions. The museum is recognised as a collection of national significance by the Scottish Government.
The museum reopened in September 2015, after being closed for an eighteen-month period of redevelopment.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was incorporated in 1505, when it received its Seal of Cause or charter and became styled as 'The Incorporation of Surgeons and Barbers of Edinburgh'. The Museum at Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh dates from 1699 when the Incorporation announced that they were making a collection of ‘natural and artificial curiosities’. and advertised for these in the first edition of a local paper, the Edinburgh Gazette. Daniel Defoe, an early visitor in 1726, wrote in his Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain that the 'chamber of rarities' contained many curious things too numerous for him to describe. Much of this early collection was given to the University of Edinburgh in the 1760s.
By the early years of the 19th Century, the Incorporation had received a Royal Charter to become the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The College saw its primary role as the teaching of anatomy and surgery, the training of surgeons, and examination of their acquired knowledge. Anatomy and pathology specimens were crucial to that function. The museum expanded dramatically with the acquisition of two large collections. John Barclay, a successful anatomy demonstrator in the extramural school of medicine donated his collection, while Sir Charles Bell, Professor of Surgery in the University of London and latterly in the University of Edinburgh sold his collection to the museum. These collections were much too large to be housed in the original 1697 Surgeons' Hall, and so the surgeons commissioned the leading Edinburgh architect William Playfair to build the present day Surgeons Hall, which opened in 1832. At first the entire upper floor of the building was devoted to the museum collections, which were open to the public and attracted large visitor numbers. Throughout the 19th and early 20th century the collection expanded as it became customary for surgeons and pathologists to donate not only specimens which they regarded as interesting or instructive, but surgical instruments and equipment. With the great scientific and technical advances of the time, the museum began to acquire anaesthetic equipment, histology slides, X-rays and photographs.
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, philosophy, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom (after London) and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most visited tourist destination attracting 4.9 million visits including 2.4 million from overseas in 2018.
Edinburgh is Scotland's second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The official population estimates are 488,050 (2016) for the Locality of Edinburgh (Edinburgh pre 1975 regionalisation plus Currie and Balerno), 518,500 (2018) for the City of Edinburgh, and 1,339,380 (2014) for the city region. Edinburgh lies at the heart of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region comprising East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian.
The city is the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It is home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, is placed 20th in the QS World University Rankings for 2020. The city is also known for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the latter being the world's largest annual international arts festival. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town built in the 18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Back in -88.. I was 16 the first time I heard Dan Reed Network. They blew me away and that was all I listened to for quite some time.
Two years ago, I got a chance to meet the man, Dan Reed.
We connected in a good way and I showed him some of the stuff I've done and he was so impressed that he asked me to do the cover for his latest album. I don't have to say I was excited about that. This, besides my son, is one of my greatest accomplishments.
This is my shot that made cover for the album "In between the noise"
The coast of the Gulf of Porto is one of Corsica's most famous landscapes, and rightly so - with its dramatic sculpted red rock and sweeping bays it has to be seen to be believed.
Porto is tucked away at the end of the gulf, and although deprived of the best views across the bay, it is well placed for exploring and has plenty of amenities. The Route de la Marine, lined with stately old eucalyptus trees, links the two parts of the resort. A strip of supermarkets, cafés and hotels is at one end of the village but the focus of activity is in the marina. From here it is about a 15-minute walk up to the recently restored Geonese watchtower. Amongst other amenities there is a well established aquarium and a helpful tourist office.
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We spent the last three days of our week-long Corsica trip on the north-west coast in the small and pretty village of Porto - cannot imagine how it does look like during summer season, but at the end of October everything was peaceful and quiet here.
Couple of weeks ago I decided to challenge myself and I posted a picture here and another forums that I purposely added a fake moon on it. I got mostly positive comments but somehow I was quite frustrated with my own work. There wasn't an apparent reason for that, in the end it is my picture I do whatever pleases me but there was something telling me that it wasn't right. Not the picture. Me.
I felt lost (got the name of this picture now?) and these two weeks I have been sort of meditating what I want and where I am standing (well, and I also got sick... So did my daughter).
I do manipulate my pictures: they are color and I change it to black and white. That by itself is already huge change. Some would say it is not the same picture, all that bla, bla, bla. But if that is my trade mark and that is what I am and part of my work, how would you do it?
You do it. And you might get successful or not. It is a path that you follow, work hard and and try, try again, try once more till you get it right.
So, I was lost. It wasn't me. That is the right answer. I went too far I could say. Maybe not for some, but to my soul I was doing something that was hurting my conscious. But we often see that on internet and it is fine. Yeap, but that is how that particular person works. And it is fine, absolutely. Every day I navigate trough don't know how many pictures just for the joy of doing that and we all do change things here and there. But the joy of felling good about yourself and your work, that is something particular to each one of us.
Hope you like this calm, relaxing (and lost) stone... Just waiting for the next big wave to be carried over.
Nikon D800 & Nikkor 16-35 F4 VR
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In the wetlands a difference in elevation of just a meter can change the nature of the ground from wet to dry. This has dramatic impact on what will grow and what will not. Within a couple meters one elevation can grow grasses and the other trees. The difference in ground level leaves one submerged in water the other on dry land. Thus when something changes and the water lowers or rises one of the occupants is sure to suffer.
Such Singing in The Wild Branches
It was spring
and finally I heard him
among the first leaves—
then I saw him clutching the limb
in an island of shade
with his red-brown feathers
all trim and neat for the new year.
First, I stood still
and thought of nothing.
Then I began to listen.
Then I was filled with gladness—
and that's when it happened,
when I seemed to float,
to be, myself, a wing or a tree—
and I began to understand
what the bird was saying,
and the sands in the glass
stopped
for a pure white moment
while gravity sprinkled upward
like rain, rising,
and in fact
it became difficult to tell just what it was that was singing—
it was the thrush for sure, but it seemed
not a single thrush, but himself, and all his brothers,
and also the trees around them,
as well as the gliding, long-tailed clouds
in the perfectly blue sky— all, all of them
were singing.
And, of course, yes, so it seemed,
so was I.
Such soft and solemn and perfect music doesn't last
for more than a few moments.
It's one of those magical places wise people
like to talk about.
One of the things they say about it, that is true,
is that, once you've been there,
you're there forever.
Listen, everyone has a chance.
Is it spring, is it morning?
Are there trees near you,
and does your own soul need comforting?
Quick, then— open the door and fly on your heavy feet; the song
may already be drifting away.
Mary Oliver
in "Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays
2003
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In addition to the ear tufts, a caracal has a similar build to a lynx, though with shorter, unspotted fur and a (smiley!) face more reminiscent of a puma (in my opinion). When ancient Greeks and Romans wrote of lynxes, it seems likely that they meant caracals, which occupy an arc from southern Africa, through the Middle East to northern India. They're more closely related to servals than lynxes, pumas or indeed Felis, and have the ability to leap 3–4 m into the air to catch birds in flight.
I'm not sure whether this is the zoo's male, Yoda, or the female, Yoda's Wife. Yes, that's her name, though following the birth of kittens in 2020, the zoo asked visitors to propose names for both the twins and their mother.
One of my favourite zoos (and we've visited quite a few), Exmoor Zoo has a remarkable collection of species, particularly mammals rarely seen in other UK zoos. I'm particularly drawn to the ten different cats. Unfortunately, in a rural location near(ish) Barnstaple, it's also the zoo furthest from home (fully five hours each way), so visiting is a rare treat.