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Most recent knitting class here at the Labs...don't forget to come by knit night and knit or crochet with us every monday night at 6pm!!
Most of these fabrics came from the last two studio sales. (Not the pink bikes and stripes, though!)
I love the bright color combination--hope Miss Abigail does, too.
Was raining most of yesterday so amused myself doing some more bluebell shots. I can't get over the colours of these.
Focus stacked using zerene stacker
Most Okies have never seen a wild alligator in their home state, but there are a few in the extreme southeast. This female is about 8-feet long and lives in Red Slough. Last year's babies and the previous year's hatch were both present as well.
RAW, PS Elements.
A most unusual banana, '1000 Fingers' is a beautiful solid green plant that grows 8 to 10 feet tall and produces sweet 1 ½” tiny bananas too numerous to count. The stem of fruit can be as long a 8 feet. The fruit are seedless and sweet with a pleasant flavor. A large plant that likes a hot summer, it bears large bunches of very small fruit. It seems to continue to flower and form fruit for as long as the parent plant can nourish it. The fruits don't become bitter when very ripe and seem enormously resistant to bruising. Those with blackened skins can usually be peeld to reveal fruit that is essentially undamaged beneath except they sometimes get slightly corky directly under the worst areas. The texture is smooth, dense and very creamy, yellowish in color but sometimes with an orange tint. The flavor is very sweet, fragrant and slightly acidic.
One of the most popular lighthouses in the USA is the Split Rock Lighthouse in Minnesota. Imagine the surprise when a Minnesotan learns there is another light with the same name. This automated light on the west shore of Lake Champlain in New York has in recent years been moved from the eyesore steel tower and placed in the original tower. The house and grounds are on a private estate, so I shot this from the other side of the lake in Vermont.
We had a real time finding a spot from which to shoot. We were out on Thompson's Point for the second time when Sue spotted the house through the trees. There was a workman at a nearby "camp" (we call them "cabins" in Minnesota) who assured us that the absent owner would not object to our respectful presence. We walked into the back yard which sits on an overhanging cliff.
Please add any information you have in a comment and/or tags. I'll rename photos by each rocket's owner or name if information comes in.
This set contains Saturday September 20th, 2008 PM launches only. See other folders for Friday and Sunday.
most of you know this has been my web avatar for years.
no idea how old I am in this, but I was 5 or 6 when the 80's hit and I am guessing this is somewhere near then.
In any case it's the only one I have. I think my nephew incinerated most childhood pics of me when he torched my sister's house 2 years ago.
Keep BBQ lighters away from toddlers.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia
Philadelphia, commonly referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the second-most populous city in the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Philadelphia is known for its extensive contributions to United States history, especially the American Revolution, and served as the nation's capital until 1800. It maintains contemporary influence in business and industry, culture, sports, and music. Philadelphia is the nation's sixth-most populous city with a population of 1,603,797 as of the 2020 census and is the urban core of the larger Delaware Valley (or Philadelphia metropolitan area), the nation's seventh-largest and one of the world's largest metropolitan regions consisting of 6.245 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and 7.366 million residents in its combined statistical area.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker and advocate of religious freedom. The city served as the capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's independence following the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, preserved the Liberty Bell, and hosted the Second Continental Congress during which the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, which historian Joseph Ellis has described as "the most potent and consequential words in American history". Once the Revolutionary War commenced, the Battle of Germantown and the siege of Fort Mifflin were fought within Philadelphia's city limits. The U.S. Constitution was later ratified in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Philadelphia remained the nation's largest city until 1790, when it was surpassed by New York City, and it served as the nation's first capital from May 10, 1775, until December 12, 1776, and on four subsequent occasions during and following the American Revolution, including from 1790 to 1800 during the construction of the new national capital of Washington, D.C.
With 18 four-year universities and colleges, Philadelphia is one of the nation's leading centers for higher education and academic research. As of 2018, the Philadelphia metropolitan area was the state's largest and nation's ninth-largest metropolitan economy with a gross metropolitan product of US$444.1 billion. The city is home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters as of 2022. As of 2023, metropolitan Philadelphia ranks among the top five U.S. venture capital centers, facilitated by its proximity to New York City's entrepreneurial and financial ecosystems. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, owned by Nasdaq since 2008, is the nation's oldest stock exchange and a global leader in options trading. 30th Street Station, the city's primary rail station, is the third-busiest Amtrak hub in the nation, and the city's multimodal transport and logistics infrastructure, includes Philadelphia International Airport, and the rapidly-growing PhilaPort seaport. A migration pattern has been established from New York City to Philadelphia by residents opting for a large city with relative proximity and a lower cost of living.
Philadelphia is a national cultural center, hosting more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other city in the nation. Fairmount Park, when combined with adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the same watershed, is 2,052 acres (830 ha), representing one of the nation's largest and the world's 45th-largest urban park. The city is known for its arts, culture, cuisine, and colonial and Revolution-era history; in 2016, it attracted 42 million domestic tourists who spent $6.8 billion, representing $11 billion in economic impact to the city and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties.
With five professional sports teams and one of the nation's most loyal fan bases, Philadelphia is often ranked as the nation's best city for professional sports fans. The city has a culturally and philanthropically active LGBTQ+ community. Philadelphia also has played an immensely influential historic and ongoing role in the development and evolution of American music, especially R&B, soul, and rock.
Philadelphia is a city of many firsts, including the nation's first library (1731), hospital (1751), medical school (1765), national capital (1774), university (by some accounts) (1779), stock exchange (1790), zoo (1874), and business school (1881). Philadelphia contains 67 National Historic Landmarks, including Independence Hall. From the city's 17th century founding through the present, Philadelphia has been the birthplace or home to an extensive number of prominent and influential Americans. In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia one of the world's greatest 100 places.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodin_Museum
The Rodin Museum is an art museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that contains one of the largest collections of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The museum houses a collection of nearly 150 objects containing bronzes, marbles, and plasters by Rodin.
In 2012, the museum re-opened after a three-year, $9 million renovation that brought the museum back to its original vision of displaying Rodin's works.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis"
(Pennsylvania) "بنسلفانيا" "宾夕法尼亚州" "Pennsylvanie" "पेंसिल्वेनिया" "ペンシルベニア" "펜실베니아" "Пенсильвания" "Pensilvania"
(Philadelphia) "فيلادلفيا" "费城" "Philadelphie" "फिलाडेल्फिया" "フィラデルフィア" "필라델피아" "Филадельфия" "Filadelfia"
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Most Virginia State Parks offer boat rentals for canoes, kayaks, paddleboats, stand up paddle boards, Jon boats, various motorized boats, tubes or some mix of them all. The parks below are sorted by region. Rental fees vary by park so contact the park for more detail.
Most macro photographers skip shooting these pholcids because they hardly stay still and are too skinny to produce a nice photograph.
Look closer and you'll see the eyes of this male positioned on a pair of eye-stalks tipped with a thorn pointing to the front!
Most beautiful asian woman cosplay vibe #chinesegirls #japanesegirls #koreangirls
The beauty of Asian women is a blend of tradition and modernity, where physical features come together with cultural aspects. In many Asian countries, fair skin, almond-shaped eyes, and straight black hair are seen as the ideal. However, it’s not just about looks; inner beauty plays a huge role too. In Japan, for example, refinement and modesty are highly valued, in China, it's all about modesty and virtue, and in Korea, the focus is on clear, youthful skin. In recent years, Asian beauty standards have spread worldwide, thanks to globalization, movies, and the beauty industry. It's important to remember that the true beauty of Asian women is not only their appearance but also their deep connection to culture, traditions, and inner harmony.
Facade most famous Catholic Church (Est. 1163) with two towers and a very impressive with lots of artwork decorated entrance.
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Notre-Dame de Paris (Est. 1163) - UNESCO monument "Our Lady of Paris"), a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité in Paris. Considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture with the rib vault and flying buttress, its enormous and colourful rose windows, and the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration. Other major components that make Notre Dame stand out include one of the world's largest organs and its immense church bells.
The cathedral's construction was begun in 1160 under Bishop Maurice de Sully and was largely complete by 1260, though it was modified frequently in the following centuries. In the 1790s, Notre-Dame suffered desecration during the French Revolution; much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. In the 19th century, the cathedral was the site of the coronation of Napoleon I, and the funerals of many French presidents.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris
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Most cruise ships employ thrusters and are more maneuverable than freighters. Cruise ships do not require tugboats.
6-7 апреля 2022, Благовещение Пресвятой Богородицы / 6-7 April 2022, The Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
Karlov Most.
Praga, junio, 2007.
Ha sido incluida en la expo "PRAGA 2":
www.flickr.com/photos/53738001@N02/galleries/721576283091...
Ganadora del reto "Estatua / Statue" dentro del grupo "A3B Challenge":
8 сентября 2019, Неделя 12-я по Пятидесятнице. Сретение Владимирской иконы Пресвятой Богородицы / 8 September 2019, 12th Sunday after Pentecost. Commemoration of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale published by Marcel Raitre of Rouen.
Rouen
Rouen is a city on the River Seine in northern France, and is relatively close to the English Channel. Formerly one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe, the population of the metropolitan area is 702,945 (2018). People from Rouen are known as Rouennais.
“Upon approaching Rouen one is sure to be struck
by the insolent daring of its situation. Lying on a
sloping plain beside the river, it seems to disdain the
well-nigh impregnable site afforded by the steep cliffs
which rise just to the northeast.
The history of the city bears out the audacity of its
location. Through all the centuries, its inhabitants
concerned themselves so continuously in conquering
other peoples that little time was left in which to
consider the security of their own homes.”
-- Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, Stained Glass Tours in France (1908).
Rouen was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy during the Middle Ages. It was one of the capitals of the Anglo-Norman dynasties, which ruled both England and large parts of modern France from the 11th. to the 15th. centuries.
From the 13th. century onwards, the city experienced a remarkable economic boom, thanks in particular to the development of textile factories and river trade. Claimed by both the French and the English during the Hundred Years' War, it was in Rouen that Joan of Arc was tried and burned alive.
Severely damaged by a wave of bombing in 1944, Rouen nevertheless regained its economic dynamism in the post-war period thanks to its industrial sites and busy seaport, which is the fifth largest in France.
Endowed with a prestige established during the medieval era, and with a long architectural heritage in its historical monuments, Rouen is an important cultural capital. Several renowned establishments are located here, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, the Secq des Tournelles Museum, and Rouen Cathedral.
“Perhaps the most characteristic feature of Rouen
when viewed from a distance is the great number
of its spires that shoot up above the housetops,
earning for it the sobriquet of the City of Churches.”
-- Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, Stained Glass Tours in France (1908).
Sadly not all of those churches are still there because of the ravages of war.
Seat of an archdiocese, Rouen also hosts a court of appeal and a university. Every four to six years, Rouen becomes the showcase for a large gathering of sailing ships called "L'Armada"; this event makes the city an occasional capital of the maritime world.
Rouen Cathedral
Rouen Cathedral was commenced in the 12th. Century on the site of an earlier structure. It has a Roman crypt.
The Butter Tower dates from the 16th. century. The name of the Tour de Beurre comes from the fact that butter was banned during Lent, and those who wished to carry on eating it had to donate 6 Deniers Tournois towards the building of the tower. Practically everyone in Rouen must have carried on eating butter in order to fund a tower like that!
The Victorian cast-iron Lantern Tower in the centre of the building made the cathedral the tallest building in the world from 1876 until 1880, when it was overtaken by Cologne Cathedral.
The Lantern Tower was designed by the architect Jean-Antoine Alavoine who proposed the use of cast iron, a modern material for the time, because it was less combustible than wood, and lighter than stone. The Lantern Tower took 50 years to construct. The 151 metre height of the spire still makes Rouen Cathedral the tallest cathedral in France.
The presence of a lantern tower at the crossing of the transept is a frequent feature in churches in Normandy (St. Ouen in Rouen, and Bayeux) and in England (Gloucester, Salisbury, and Winchester).
The lantern is in a bulge in the ironwork near the top of the spire, which is surmounted by a weathercock.
The Cathedral holds the heart of Richard the Lionheart. His bowels were buried within the church of the Château de Châlus-Chabrol in the Limousin. The cathedral seems to have got the better end of that particular deal!
Claude Monet painted a series of studies of the cathedral's façade 1894. Roy Lichtenstein also made a series of pictures of the front of the building.
The Cathedral has had to put up with a lot of wilful destruction during its lifetime:
- The Calvinists damaged much of what they could easily reach during the religious wars of the 16th. Century - the furniture, tombs, stained glass and statuary.
- The French State nationalised the building in the 18th. Century, and sold some of its furniture and statues to make money. The chapel fences were melted down to make guns.
- In WW2 the Cathedral was first bombed in 1944, taking 7 bombs. The bombs narrowly missed destroying a key pillar of the Lantern Tower, but damaged most of the south aisle, and destroyed two medieval rose windows. One of the bombs was fortunately a dud and failed to explode.
- As a consequence of a subsequent WW II bombing, the north tower, on the left of the façade, was entirely burned. During the fire the stonework calcified and the bells melted, leaving molten metal on the floor. The cathedral is still being restored after the extensive damage incurred during World War II.
Also, during the violent storm of December 1999, a copper-clad wooden turret weighing 26 tons fell into the Cathedral and damaged the choir and the stalls. The three other turrets were removed for maintenance and safety purposes before being replaced in 2012.
The Execution of Jeanne d'Arc
Jeanne d'Arc was executed not far from the Cathedral in the Vieux-Marché on Wednesday the 30th. May 1431.
The famous depiction of 19 year old Joan of Arc's execution showing her on top of a pile of wood and straw is wrong.
The site for her execution comprised a stake at the centre of a large ring of wood, with a gap left for Joan to be led to the stake. Once she was tied to the stake and the gap closed, she was hidden from sight.
One authority has suggested that her body would have burnt in the following sequence: calves, thighs and hands, torso and forearms, breasts, upper chest and face.
However in all likelihood she would have died from heatstroke, loss of blood plasma and carbon dioxide poisoning before the fire attacked the upper parts of her body.
After Jeanne had expired, the English exposed her charred body so that no-one could claim that she had escaped alive, then burned her body twice more to reduce it to ashes in order to prevent the collection of relics.
They then cast her remains into the Seine.
A modern church now stands on the site of her execution.
Most of the people sleep on the bus... since the bus journey is so long. It takes 4 hours from Parc du Futuroscope to Paris.
Most Popular Waterfall on the Atherton Tableland. Very scenic and great swimming. Set in thick rainforest at Millaa Millaa on the Atherton Tablelands.
Most puppies pee on the carpet or chew furniture. We caught Gomez smoking in the kitchen. Have some respect and take it outside.
(Actually it's a beefstick)
3 декабря 2018, Предпразднство Введения во храм Пресвятой Богородицы / 3 December 2018, Forefeast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple
Most complete T-Rex skeleton found...or something like that :) ....smaller than you would think in person.
The Most Rev. Joseph R. Cistone, Bishop of Saginaw, began his fall tour of the diocese’s Catholic schools, celebrating Masses with the students, teachers, parents and grandparents. He began by thanking all those who generously support Catholic schools, and asked for God’s blessing on the year ahead. In his homily message to the young people, Bishop Cistone encouraged them to “Be the difference” in their schools, communities and world.
“We are all called to be like Jesus in making a difference,” Bishop Cistone said. “You should do this because it will make you feel good and because our world needs your help, but most importantly because God wants us to reach out and care for one another.”
The bishop celebrated Masses last week with students at All Saints Central in Bay City, Nouvel Catholic Central in Saginaw, St. Elizabeth Area Catholic School in Reese. This week, Bishop Cistone has celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Lake Huron at Harbor Beach, St. Brigid of Kildare School and Blessed Sacrament School, both in Midland, St. Joseph the Worker in Beal City, and Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleasant.
He looks forward to celebrating Masses with the following school communities:
· St. Mary School, Alma, Mass at 1 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 29
· St. Michael School, Pinconning, Mass at 10 a.m., Fri., Sept. 30
· Auburn Area Catholic School, Auburn, Mass at 9 a.m., Tues., Oct. 4
The Catholic Diocese of Saginaw is home to 13 Catholic schools. School leaders, teachers and staff are committed to excellence in faith formation, academics, athletics, the arts and community service. The legacy of Catholic school education in Saginaw began in 1868. For information about Catholic school education or to schedule a school tour, visit the diocesan website www.saginaw.org