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It's the only thing people are talking about all over North America this week.. the frigid temperatures.. -25 in my car as I left for work this morning.. the roads were super icy.. cars sliding all over the place but drivers were smart about it keeping their distance from each other.. I had my heater on full blast, hat and scarf bundled around me the whole 40-45 minutes of my drive... on the bright side it warmed up a but tonight and should be better tomorrow..
It's not very green. It's more blue at this time of day. And white, of course. This was looking south from the window seat I got on the wrong side of the plane - the other side is better when you're heading west.
Ostgronland (apparently), Greenland.
Did I say cat? I meant of course, dog. ;-) Both seem to enjoy watching what's going on on the street below.
Now my paintings from America have returned , they have been re-stretched and are getting ready for framing. I had to do some minor touch up work etc before they could be put in frames.
The exhibition will open on September 24th at WOA.
There's been a lot of it.
But fortunately (depends on the way you look at it I don't get out much at the moment with finals approaching!
I can't wait for the summer!
Theme Of The Week - Window
This is the stained-glass window in my house. It's really in pretty bad shape. It's bowed outward and a lot of the panes have cracks in them. I think one of the previous residents must have fallen into it or dropped a piece of furniture down the stairs.
Almost SOOC, had to do some taming of the poodle-hat
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"...In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.
The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes..."
What looks like a terribly bad and fluffy hair day for M, is just the big, chunky & furry hood on his jacket!
Looking out my daughter's window - when I took this shot earlier - it certainly looked like rain with those stormy clouds in the distance When uploading the photo it is pouring with rain! Another horrible day made more horrible by the fact Andy Murray got beat in the final of the Australian Open - better man, Djokovic, won!!
Now, that Kindle shot for my 365 is on my agenda!!
Our Daily Challenge - SEEN FROM A WINDOW .....
The view from the back balcony of my apartment. #igers_seattle #capitolHillSeattle #apartmentliving #view #lookingOut #blue #architecture #building
Montpelier, Vermont USA • A view out a window of the state Capitol building. • After 140 years, the Vermont State House still commands the landscape of Montpelier, the smallest capital city in America. The House and Senate chambers are the oldest legislative chambers in their original condition anywhere in the country. – from the State of Vermont's website.
Between 1778 and 1808, Vermont had no permanent seat of government, and its legislature met 47 times in 13 different towns around the state. In 1805, Montpelier was established as the permanent seat of the legislature, contingent on the town erecting suitable buildings and conveying them and the land to the State by September, 1808. Subscriptions and pledges were made, and the land was donated by Thomas Davis, son of Jacob Davis, the first permanent settler of Montpelier. The first wooden State House, "whittled out of use" by representatives' pocket knives, was replaced in the late 1830s with a Barre granite building designed by Ammi B. Young. It looked similar to the present Capitol, but was smaller, In January 1857, fire destroyed the Capitol so that reconstruction was necessary, with only the Greek Revival portico remaining. For the third time, Montpelier raised the funds. Architects Thomas W. Silloway and Joseph R. Richards designed the exterior and interiors, respectively. Standing on a small rise with a spacious and carefully landscaped approach, this Renaissance Revival building combines dignity of purpose with grace and beauty. Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, stands atop a gold-leafed dome. – per Central Vermont Historic Walking Tour's Montpelier's State Street Tour list.
From Wikipedia: The dome is topped by a statue titled Agriculture though more commonly referred to as Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture. The original statue was carved by Vermont artist Larkin Goldsmith Mead, who carved the large bust of Lincoln in the Hall of Inscriptions on the State House's ground floor. The current statue is a replacement, and something of a piece of folk art, based on Mead's original. It was carved in 1938 by then 87-year old Dwight Dwinell, Sergeant-at-Arms (in Vermont this official position is similar in nature to the White House Chief Usher).
☞ On December 30, 1970, the National Park Service designated this structure a National Historic Landmark (#70000739); one of only 17 in Vermont.
National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of the Interior because they possess exceptional value or quality in illustrating or interpreting the heritage of the United States. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. [And only 17 in Vermont.] Working with citizens throughout the nation, the National Historic Landmarks Program draws upon the expertise of National Park Service staff who work to nominate new landmarks and provide assistance to existing landmarks.
National Historic Landmarks are exceptional places. They form a common bond between all Americans. While there are many historic places across the nation, only a small number have meaning to all Americans--these we call our National Historic Landmarks. – from the National Park Service.
☞ This Statehouse has also been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#70000739), since 1970.
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☞ Shot during a visit to Montpelier, Vermont, to participate in the Third Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, one of 1,000 locations around the world where photographers meet-up & shoot away, all on the same day. • Why? More info.
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In July, 2010, I started a project to visit and document all seventeen Landmarks in Vermont. Here they are (in order of designation by the National Park Service):
[01] 09/22/60 – JUSTIN S. MORRILL HOMESTEAD, Strafford, Orange County
[02] 01/28/64 – TICONDEROGA (Side-paddle-wheel Lakeboat), Shelburne, Chittenden County
[03] 06/23/65 – CALVIN COOLIDGE HOMESTEAD DISTRICT, Plymouth Notch, Windsor County
[04] 12/21/65 – EMMA WILLARD HOUSE, Middlebury, Addison County
[05] 11/13/66 – ROBBINS AND LAWRENCE ARMORY AND MACHINE SHOP, Windsor, Windsor County
[06] 06/11/67 – GEORGE PERKINS MARSH BOYHOOD HOME, Woodstock, Windsor County
[07] 05/23/68 – ROBERT FROST FARM, Addison County
[08] 12/30/70 – VERMONT STATEHOUSE, Montpelier, Washington County
[09] 11/28/72 – MOUNT INDEPENDENCE, Addison County
[10] 12/20/89 – STELLAFANE OBSERVATORY, Springfield, Windsor County
[11] 11/04/93 – NAULAKHA (Rudyard Kipling House), Dummerston, Windham County
[12] 06/19/96 – OLD ROUND CHURCH, Richmond, Chittenden County
[13] 06/19/96 – ST. JOHNSBURY ATHENAEUM, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County
[14] 12/09/97 – ROKEBY, Ferrisburgh, Addison County
[15] 05/16/00 – ROCKINGHAM MEETING HOUSE, Windham County
[16] 05/16/00 – SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY HALL, Barre, Washington County
[17] 01/03/01 – SHELBURNE FARMS, Shelburne, Chittenden County
A view of The Strand in London from one of London's new type double deck buses. Sometimes known as 'New Bus for London', or 'NB4L', they were introduced in 2012. I think they have caught the spirit of the old Routemaster double deck buses beautifully and have a gorgeous interior.
www.thecoffeehopper.com/page/87/the-music-room.htm
Upstairs seating looking out over Sun Square with, drum roll, sun actually present.
Looking through the window of a crypt
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Photo shoot of Michael Mando in the summer of 2008. The shots were taken in Tim Leyes' studio, while listening to the Queen song "Love of my Life".
I looked up today and realized I have a young man on my hands. Where did time go, it seems like he was just a baby! I am happy and I am sad.
Some time later he said to the disciples who stood about him: “I have no worries with regard to myself. For I know quite clearly: I am going out at one door and I shall go in at another.” And again he spoke and said: “Now I know for what I was created.”
-Tales of the Hasidim by Martin Buber
Quite a deep red/maroon (and dingy) feel to the interior of a NBFL - it should hide the dirt though. This is London United LT72 on a cold day in central London in 2016.
Black Friday brought out the shoppers and with the rain and gusty winds made driving virtually impossible. however viewed from the comfort of a first bus in Bristol and some handheld night shots yah baby
Here I am today in Witney checking on my iPad prints (on MDF) for my forthcoming exhibition "Looking Out" with Andrew Hazelden . There will be two groups of iPad works that will be shown alongside the recent paintings from USA. Each drawing has been printed in archival inks on specially coated paper and adhered to MDF, these will then be shown as a group of 50 images on the gallery wall, opposite the earlier group from 2016 drawn in England. For many years Blueprint Imaging Limited of Witney have been involved with my work, from the "Journeying" series of 2007 right up until today. They take great care in getting the colours right and the finish entirely professional.