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Hernen Castle, locally known as Kasteel Hernen, lies in the village with the same name, in the Gelderland province in the Netherlands.
Hernen Castle started out as a tower house probably in the 14th century, because the Lords of Hernen were first mentioned in a document in 1247. This tower-house stood at the southeast corner of a rectangular bailey. The defence wall of the bailey was some 2,5 meters thick and had three corners towers beside the tower-house. This defence wall was equipped with crenellations, arrow loops, a wall walk on arches and a moat circling the castle.
With the passing of time the need arose for more room for servants, soldiers and new family members. Therefore several buildings were built against the inside of the defence wall of the bailey, thus reducing the size of the bailey. The arches supporting the wall walk however can still be seen in some of the rooms. Hernen Castle has a covered wall walk which makes it unique in the Netherlands.
In 1682 the castle was auctioned and became the property of a Philip Hendrik van Steenhuys. Later the castle went to the families De Béthune and D'Ennetieres. These families from the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium) weren't very interested in their castle in Hernen and almost never visited it so they didn't modernize the castle. This saved its medieval appearance although the moat at the eastern side of the castle was filled in.
The great tower-house however which formed the origin of Hernen Castle is now gone. It was still standing at the beginning of the 19th century, but when the first pictures of Hernen Castle were taken about 1890 it was gone. What happened to it is recorded nowhere. Probably it collapsed during a winter storm due to the fact that its late-medieval occupants had cut out the walls from the inside to gain space and so had weakened the walls of the structure.
Kaba volcano (locally known as Bukit Kaba), a beautiful and natural panorama with moderate temperature, has a number of visitors from domestic and foreign tourists who love trekking or mountain climbing to catch a view of a unique and spectacular sulfuric crater. Read more at my blog virtualadrian.blogspot.com/2013/03/bukit-kaba-beautiful-v...
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A BESPOKE locally-crafted unicorn sculpture has been donated to Helix Park in Falkirk – home of the Kelpies – by artist David Powell as part of the Meet Your Maker project run by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Craft Scotland.
The unicorn, which has been named Spirit of Scotland, is made of metal armature and woven with white willow. It joins the world’s largest equine structure at the site.
Completed in 2019, Spirit of Scotland was featured at HES’s Magical Unicorn event at Stirling Castle last year.
……Went for a walk locally yesterday and came back to the village via the canal tow path, the still water made a good mirror I thought. A few extra nudges on the sliders for Sliders Sunday - hope it’s a good one. Stay local & locked down to stay safe and to keep EVERYONE else safe too! A VERY BIG THANK YOU to ALL the key workers who are carrying on to benefit the rest of us - we applaud you all. Alan;-)👏👏👏👏👏
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Locally popular eatery in Delmar, New York, located in a converted house. Serves breakfast and lunch daily. Homey atmosphere.
Locally the hamlet is called 'Uqsuqtuuq' in Inuktituk, which translates to 'Place of Many Blubber'.
Longitude 95° 51’ W
Latitude 68° 38’ N
Elevation 47m
Known locally as the New Cathedral (Catedral Nuevo), the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is famous for it's unusual triple blue domes, here illuminated at night.
Cuenca (Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca) is the third largest city in Ecuador, located in the Andes Mountains in the southern part of the country. It's crossed by multiple rivers and its landscape reminded its Spanish founders of Cuenca, Spain. The Spanish even built some smaller versions of the famous hanging houses of Cuenca de España along the river on the edge of town. The historic center of Cuenca de Ecuador is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Durbuy Castle, locally known as Château de Durbuy, lies in the town of the same name, in the province of Luxembourg in the Wallonia region in Belgium.
According to archives a first castle was destroyed at this site in 900 A.D. Although Durbuy has known human occupation since long before, as archaeological finds in the town date back to Gallo-Roman and even prehistoric times.
In 1024 the estate was yielded to Henri I, by his mother Regelinde. Henri then built himself a castle here. That castle was destroyed by a fire in 1156. In 1199 the rebuilt castle went to the Luxembourg family through inheritance.
Durbuy Castle was ravaged by the people from Liège during several wars; first in 1237 and again in 1317. Durbuy then served as the northern defense of the Duchy of Luxembourg and defended it especially against the expansionist aims of the city of Liège. In 1331, John of Bohemia granted Durbuy city rights. This now makes Durbuy claim the title of 'smallest city in the world'.
In 1412 Durbuy Castle passed to the House of Burgundy. In. 1484 and 1492 the castle was taken and razed during the civil war between William I de La Marck and the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
Durbuy Castle was acquired, in 1628, by Anthony II Schetz, a military commander in Spanish service during the Eighty Years' War. Through inheritance it went to the present Counts of Ursel. In 1636 the castle was damaged again during fighting. During the Campaign of Maastricht in 1676 the castle was destroyed and finally dismantled by French troops.
Only in 1731 was the castle again rebuilt by the then Count of Ursel. Between 1880 and 1882 the castle was modernized and enlarged. During WW II Durbuy Castle was occupied by German forces and later by the Americans who used it as a military hospital.
At present Durbuy is the private habitation of the Count of Ursel and can therefore not be visited. A nice small castle in a touristic, but nice, little town. (castles.nl)
Uncommon to locally fairly common but secretive and easily overlooked.
Favours fresh marshes and wetlands with reed beds, where clambers high in reeds as well as feeding low along edges.
Most likely to be seen in flight, early or late in the day, low over reed beds.
Very small for a heron, and rich buffy overall with black cap.
Big pale panel on upper-wing visible in flight;
male has dark back, female back streaked.
Lesser Violetear is locally common in montane regions of southern Central America and of South America, from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina, and east to the coastal mountains of northern Venezuela. Formerly Lesser was included with Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus), which occurs from Mexico to Nicaragua, as a single species ("Green Violetear", C. thalassinus), but Mexican and Lesser violetears differ significantly from one another in plumage, and now are classified as separate species. All species of violetears (Colibri), including Lesser, have a patch of elongated violet feathers on the sides of the head (hence the English name). Lesser Violetear otherwise is mostly glittering green; most populations have a purely green breast, lacking the bright blue breast patch of Mexican Violetear, but reportedly some specimens of Lesser, from the northern part of the range, in Costa Rica, also may have some blue on the underparts. Lesser Violetear inhabits highland humid forest borders, clearings and highland pastures, and is resident throughout its range. doi.org/10.2173/bow.lesvio1.01
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Locally called "The Craigie", Duncarnock is host to an Iron Age hill fort and sits above Glanderston Dam in East Renfrewshire.
Croy Castle, locally known as Kasteel Croy, lies south of the village of Aarle-Rixtel, in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands.
Croy Castle was first mentioned in 1472 when it was owned by a Rutger van Erp. Then it probably consisted of a simple fortified house with a tower. In 1477 he sold his lands and 'castle' to Jacob de Croy, son of the Count of Chimay.
In 1494 it was again sold, this time by Jacob to a Cornelis I van Bergen. It was probably Cornelis who gave the castle its present appearance and who built the gate building. In the following centuries Croy Castle was owned by several noble families.
In 1772 Croy Castle was acquired by the Van der Brugghen family. In 1809 they recieved the King of Holland, the French Louis Bonaparte, as a guest at their castle. In 1873 the last private owner of the castle; Lady Constance van der Brugghen, died. In her will she stipulated that the castle should be used to house elderly locals. This was carried out in 1873 when a Catholic congregation opened up a residence for the elderly in the castle. The residence was in operation until 1977 when it had to close due to safety regulations.
In 1990 the castle was restored and is since then used as an office building.
At present Croy Castle houses offices of several companies. The barn in front of the castle is used as a shop and the gate building is part private residence, part bed & breakfast accomodation. The interior of the castle can not be visited. Too bad! I like its exterior very much.
This is one of the few that are still actively in explore.
I am surprised it never got to 100 faves.
It is still #5.
Point State Park (locally known as The Point) is a Pennsylvania state park on 36 acres (150,000 m2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.
Built on land acquired via eminent domain from industrial enterprises in the 1950s, the park opened in August 1974[4] when construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The park also includes the outlines and remains of two of the oldest structures in Pittsburgh, Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne 229
Locally known as Stingray Cove or Stingray Bay this beach cove on Waewaetorea Island in the Bay of Islands lacks an official name. That fact may be helpful in keeping it low key or 'world famous in New Zealand' as the saying goes here.
Locally, the last two breeding seasons have produced one of the best, then one of the worst recorded.
Weathers been very wet lately so I've been going through some old shots. This was taken over 2 and a half years ago........time flies!
It's the male of a breeding pair, the female was sat on the nest a couple of trees behind him.
Hernen Castle, locally known as Kasteel Hernen, lies in the village with the same name, in the Gelderland province in the Netherlands.
Hernen Castle started out as a tower house probably in the 14th century, because the Lords of Hernen were first mentioned in a document in 1247. This tower-house stood at the southeast corner of a rectangular bailey. The defence wall of the bailey was some 2,5 meters thick and had three corners towers beside the tower-house. This defence wall was equipped with crenellations, arrow loops, a wall walk on arches and a moat circling the castle.
With the passing of time the need arose for more room for servants, soldiers and new family members. Therefore several buildings were built against the inside of the defence wall of the bailey, thus reducing the size of the bailey. The arches supporting the wall walk however can still be seen in some of the rooms. Hernen Castle has a covered wall walk which makes it unique in the Netherlands.
In 1682 the castle was auctioned and became the property of a Philip Hendrik van Steenhuys. Later the castle went to the families De Béthune and D'Ennetieres. These families from the Southern Netherlands (present-day Belgium) weren't very interested in their castle in Hernen and almost never visited it so they didn't modernize the castle. This saved its medieval appearance although the moat at the eastern side of the castle was filled in.
The great tower-house however which formed the origin of Hernen Castle is now gone. It was still standing at the beginning of the 19th century, but when the first pictures of Hernen Castle were taken about 1890 it was gone. What happened to it is recorded nowhere. Probably it collapsed during a winter storm due to the fact that its late-medieval occupants had cut out the walls from the inside to gain space and so had weakened the walls of the structure.
The San Diego–Coronado Bridge, locally referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a prestressed concrete/steel girder bridge, crossing over San Diego Bay in the United States, linking San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge is signed as part of State Route 75.
Known locally as the chapel in the valley, this building is in fact Cwm Dyli hydro electric power station.
Opened in 1906 it is fed by a mile long pipeline from Llyn Lydaw, and is still active producing power for the national grid.
Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer" (French for "Iron Lady"), it was constructed from 1887 to 1889, The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building,
Locally fairly common in the high Andes. Often in flocks, sometimes by the hundreds, and associates readily with other seed-eating birds. Feeds mainly on the ground, often on roadside gravel or in animal corrals. Distinctive in most of range, and distinguished readily from other yellow-finches by combination of silvery-gray cheeks and grayish back and flanks. The namesake bright rump is usually hidden and is a poor field mark. In Chile, Greenish Yellow-Finch occurs mainly at lower elevations.
Another poorly named Tanager.
Casapalca, Peru. October 2018.
Wikipedia: Prasat Phanom Wan, also locally known as Wat Phanom Wan is an unfinished ancient Khmer Hindu temple in the area of Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. It was first constructed as a Hindu temple and later adapted into a Buddhist temple, regarded as the fifth largest Khmer Hindu temple in Thailand.
It is believed that it was built in the 11th century. Later during the 13th-14th centuries, a stone building was built over it. Although most of the place was ruined, the main prang (Khmer style stupa) and a tiered stupa are still remaining. The main stupa facing east was built of sandstone and was connected to the cloister by a square path. The stupa has three arched gateways. In the north gate, it enshrines a standing Buddha statue in the posture of forgiveness according to the Ayutthaya style.
The San Diego Coronado Bridge, locally referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a prepossessed concrete/steel girder bridge, crossing over San Diego Bay in the United States, linking San Diego with Coronado, California.
In 1926, John D. Spreckels recommended that a bridge be built between San Diego and Coronado, but voters dismissed the plan. The U.S. Navy initially did not support a bridge that would span San Diego Bay to connect San Diego to Coronado. They feared a bridge could be collapsed by attack or an earthquake and trap the ships stationed at Naval Base San Diego. In 1935, an officer at the naval air station at North Island argued that if a bridge was built to cross the bay then the Navy would leave San Diego.
In 1951–52, the Coronado City Council initiated plans for bridge feasibility studies. By 1964 the Navy supported a bridge if there was at least 200 feet (61 m) of clearance for ships which operate out of the nearby Naval Base San Diego to pass underneath it. To achieve this clearance with a reasonable grade, the bridge length was increased by taking a curved path, rather than a more direct path to Coronado. The clearance would allow an empty oil-fired aircraft carrier to pass beneath it – it is not sufficient for Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carriers in light load condition.
Locally named Ngarai Sianok, the Sianok Canyon is located in the Minagkabau highlands in West - Sumatra, near Bukittinggi. Once created by an earthquake, it is now a national park and you could say it is the Grand Canyon of Sumatra. Next we will walk down there....
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Found locally in marshes and wetlands with extensive reed-beds. Mainly seen in flight, quartering fairly low over marshes, with wings raised in shallow V. Commonest plumage dark brown overall with variable creamy cap, throat, and narrow leading edge to wing. Brightest adult males have a brown back, gingery belly, pale head and neck, and long, grey wings with black tips.
Heemstede Castle, locally known as Kasteel Heemstede, lies in a field west of the town of Houten, in the Utrecht province in the Netherlands.
Heemstede Castle is not a real medieval castle. It was built in 1645 as a manor in Dutch Baroque style by Hendrick de Pieck. Its medieval predecessor, also called Heemstede Castle, was situated some 500 meters to the west/south west, in what is now the Vuilcopse Polder.
When Heemstede Castle was built everything was focused on comfort and luxury and it became one of the most famous estates in the province of Utrecht. It is characterized by its severe symmetrical exterior. The four corner towers gave the castle a feudal appearance and the castle can be seen as a 17th century variant of a medieval tower house.
After Hendrick de Pieck several other owners followed. Between 1680 and 1695 Heemstede Castle was owned by Diederick van Veldhuysen who embellished the interior and laid out the large baroque gardens. In 1720 the castle again changed hands. Its new owner however destroyed the gardens; most of the trees were cut down and the lead of the fountains was sold.
In 1919 L.J. Heijmeijer, coming from an Amsterdam family of corn merchants, bought the dilapidated castle which had been standing empty for several years. He restored the castle and the gardens and used it as a summer residence. During World War II the castle was inhabited by friars from Zeist and after 1968 the castle stood empty again. In 1972 the castle was sold by the Heijmeijer family and under the new owner restorations were carried out in 1974. On January 10th, 1987 however the castle was destroyed by a large fire.
In 1999 the castle was bought by a building company who rebuilt the castle. This restoration was finished in 2002. The castle is now used as an office for a real estate company and there is a restaurant with 1 Michelin Star in the basement. It can only be visited as a guest of the restaurant.
Known locally as "Whalley Arches", Whalley Viaduct is a 48 span railway bridge crossing the River Calder and a listed structure.
It was built between 1846 and 1850 under the engineering supervision of Terrence Wolfe Flanagan and formed part of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe and West Yorkshire Railway. It is a red brick arch structure and the longest and largest railway viaduct in Lancashire.[4] It carries the railway, now known as the Ribble Valley Line, 21.3m over the river for 620m.
Whalley Arches, east side, from the road
Over 7 million bricks and 12,338 cubic metres of stone were used in construction. 3,000m of timber were used for the arch centring, temporary platforms and the permanent foundation piles. During construction on 6 October 1849, two of the 41 arches then completed collapsed, with the loss of three lives.
The east side of the bridge, nearest the remains of the Abbey, has the only decorative treatment
Known locally as the magic tunnel in Wishaw, Lanarkshire by the youths, the lights when on glow in purple which bounce off the curved walls creating a very alien glow hence the name. Not able to get the image with lights on as you have to pick a time when the kids art running through it
Uncommon to locally fairly common summer migrant to warmer regions, from winter grounds in Africa. Favors open and semiopen country with scattered trees and wooded patches; feeds on larger insects, such as grasshoppers. Mostly seen singly or in small groups, perched on bare snags, wires, and other prominent perches, also on the ground. Spectacular and distinctive: overall brilliant blue, with rusty back, stout crowlike bill; juvenile plumage duller overall. (eBird)
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We saw these lovely birds several times in Bulgaria, but they succeeded in staying far away from us. This is a big crop of distant birds.
Dolna Kula, Bulgaria. May 2016.
Neophron Tours.
Taken for the sky above on our walk today...THE BLUE IN THE SKY IS ALL CLOUDS - there is no clear blue sky here at all. It is actually all layers of clouds and we thought would develop into the thunderstorm that was forecast but we didn’t get caught in any rain although it was thundering as we walked. The colours may appear saturated- they are not it was strange light that comes preceded a storm...
This is the most southerly of three closely spaced windmills on the hills overlooking the Trent valley, and although correctly Shelford Mill, is also referred to as Newton Mill, as it is significantly closer to that village. It's the smallest of the three and the only one that has become derelict.
It was a post mill with a timber superstructure, and last worked around 1918. The superstructure inevitably became progressively derelict and was demolished in 1950 or 1951. Damage to brickwork which can be seen in contemporary views has since been repaired. A picture of the mill in 1906 can be found in Wikimedia Commons
Avon Water, also known locally as the River Avon, is a 24-mile-long (39 km) river in Scotland, and a tributary of the River Clyde.
The Avon Water rises in the hills on the boundary between East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire, close to the head of the Irvine Water. The river flows in a north easterly direction, following the A71 road past Drumclog, and running to the south of Strathaven, where the river enters a more pronounced valley. The Avon flows between the village of Glassford, and Stonehouse to the south, before merging with the smaller Cander Water just south of Larkhall. The river then skirts the west side of Larkhall in a deepening gorge, crossed by the disused Larkhall railway viaduct.
Beyond this the gorge is part of Chatelherault Country Park, to the south of Hamilton. There are several public footpaths along this section of the gorge, although the area was once the preserve of the Duke of Hamilton, forming the hunting and pleasure grounds of the Dukes' former home, Hamilton Palace. Many features of this period remain in the park, including the Duke's Bridge which crosses the gorge. Older structures along the gorge include the ruins of Cadzow Castle, started in the 13th century, and the Cadzow Oaks, a group of Oak trees, some of which are over 600 years old.
The river bends to the east at the end of the gorge, flowing beneath three bridges: one carrying the Argyle railway line, one carrying the A72 road, and the Old Avon Bridge, now a footbridge. The Avon Water flows north beneath the M74 motorway, merging into the Clyde between Hamilton and Motherwell, beside Junction 6 of the M74.
The Avon River that flows through the centre of the city Christchurch, New Zealand was named Avon at the request of the pioneering Deans brothers to commemorate this Scottish Avon, which rises in the Ayrshire hills near what was their grandfathers' farm,[1] Over Auchentiber.[2]
Joinville, SC, Brazil.
Known locally as "guará". This Tupi–Guarani name, "guará", is part of the name of several municipalities along the coast of Brazil.
This species resembles most of the other ibis, but its remarkably brilliant scarlet coloration makes it unmistakable. It inhabits tropical South America and part of the Caribbean.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Subfamily: Threskiornithinae
Genus: Eudocimus Wagler, 1832
Species: E. ruber (Linnaeus, 1758)
Binomial name: Eudocimus ruber
Beverweerd Castle, locally known as Kasteel Beverweerd, lies north of the village of Werkhoven, in the province of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
The castle was built in the first half of the 13th century on a small island in the Kromme Rijn river. It then consisted of a simple tower house of 2 floors. In the second half of the 13th century the 2 square corner towers were added. The oldest known inhabitant of Beverweerd Castle was a Zweder van Zuylen and his wife Hildegardis or Hillegonda van de Velde. The castle was a fief of the Bishop of Utrecht and probably held by the family of Hildegardis. Because when she died in 1296 the castle did not go to Zweder but to a family member of her; Nicolaas van de Velde.
In later centuries Beverweerd Castle went to several families through marriages and inheritances, amongst them the Van Vianen, Van Bouchout and the De Lannoy families. In 1563 Philip William, Prince of Orange, inherited the castle. It stayed in the Orange-Nassau family for the next 200 years. During those times the castle was rebuilt several times though still keeping much of its medieval character.
In 1782 Beverweerd Castle went to the Van Heeckeren family. Between 1835 and 1862 the castle was rebuilt into a regular Gothic Revival style mansion by the architect C. Kramm for Baron H.J.C.E. van Heeckeren. Then it also recieved the white plaster on its exterior. This was removed in 1934, only to be applied again in 2010.
In 1958 the castle was sold to a foundation for Quaker schools. It served as a school until 1997 under the name International School Beverweerd. The boarded up outbuildings for housing the students can still be seen in the park next to the castle.
At present Beverweerd Castle is private property. It is now inhabited by the Dutch painter and former art forger Geert Jan Jansen.
Went out locally yesterday it was freezing a north wind was blowing off the beacons and the sun was very intermittent. I was over the moon to watch this female grey wagtail hawking and catching a hatch of flies (wow its bloody freezing . Great practice as she darted off her perch but the flight of these are so erratic I took pics for over an hour most were not the bes but great practice.
Even more challenging than a swallow I would say.
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Iowa Chicago and Eastern train 920 was westbound through Kirkland behind a pair of former Southern Pacific GP40-2s on a grubby day in 2006.
The 920 was the Davis Junction to Spaulding and Back local was a fun job to chase around the farmlands and small towns of rural Illinois.
I'm not sure if Canadian Pacific still runs this local now; they most likely have pissed away any lineside business so that they can run three mile long land barges with a GE working its guts out.
Varda Viaduct
locally known as "Alman Köprüsü" or "Koca Köprü" (literally: German Viaduct or Big Viaduct), is a railway viaduct situated at Hacıkırı (Kıralan) village in Karaisalı district of Adana Province in southern Turkey. Designed and built by Imperial German engineers as part of the Baghdad Railway (Haydarpaşa Terminal, Istanbul-Baghdad), the stone arch structure is 63 km (39 mi) from Adana Central Station and 306 km (190 mi) from Konya.
The building of the viaduct was coupled with the construction of the Ottoman-German project of Istanbul-Baghdad railway line to connect Berlin with Basra, then part of the Ottoman Empire, to enable direct supply of oil to German industry
The construction began in 1905, and in 1907, the main works were completed. Technical details were accomplished in 1912. The railway on the viaduct went into service in 1916.
The 172m (564 ft) long and 98 m (322 ft) high structure consists of eleven ashlar arch spans in total. The central portion has three 30 m (98 ft) arches, with spandrel arches over the piers, and is flanked on each side by four arch spans, at one side one of 6 m (20 ft), three of 12 m (39 ft) and at the other side four of 10 m (33 ft). After erecting the masonry pillars, the arches were built over a temporary falsework steel frame, which was placed on the pillars. The viaduct, which spans in north-south direction, is curved having a radius of curvature of 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
Known locally as the hollow hill, the extensive workings for Copper and Lead on Ecton hill took place from the Bronze age right up until the late 19th century. During its heyday in the late 18th century it was reputed to have the deepest mine shaft in the country.
Engelstein Castle, locally known as Burg Engelstein, lies in the village of the same name, in a province of Lower Austria in Austria.
Engelstein Castle was first mentioned in 1417. However, the castle is probably much older. It is probable that at first it was a simple watch tower, guarding a nearby road crossing. It was situated on a granite cliff surrounded on 3 sides by small lakes.
At present Engelstein Castle is privately inhabited and can thus not be visited. It can relatively easily be seen from the public road.
Locally popular eatery in Delmar, New York, located in a converted house. Serves breakfast and lunch daily. Homey atmosphere.
Part of the Galloway Creek flow on its way past yesterday's 'Hanging on' tree. The creek must have been channelized at some point but now the concrete just makes a cataract before it goes under a road.
Locally famous for watching aeroplanes taking off and landing at the nearby airport. Precious few flights taking place at this time though - the one we arrived on was only of only 6 regular flights at the time
Locally, it reached 100F today (95F) at my house. It was hot enough to spark some convective afternoon showers but rain fell mostly as virga.
These clouds at sunset were the remnants of the first summer-like day this year.
Picture of the Day
Locally grown apples, generously given to us by our friends who have a fantastic little orchard.
One flash head with reflector umbrella.
4 photos stacked using Helicon software.
Locally, this was not the best year for blossoms, perhaps because of extended cold followed by a rather torrid heat wave. I kept driving by this park waiting for the beauty to unfold, but it never did. Not really. These trees were so beautiful last year and a few photos have remained in my Flickr queue ever since, so I remember them in passing.
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