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This is a photo of a cement filled circular drilled hole for a bolt in a wharf plank located on the Yarmouth waterfront.
Motif Number 1, located on Bradley Wharf in the harbor town of Rockport, Massachusetts, is a replica of a former fishing shack well known to students of art and art history as "the most often-painted building in America."
Japanese motif, surprisingly on small set of rental lockers. Amazing where one can find such artful display. Image taken in Japan. Artist unknown.
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May 29, 2016
Rockport's distinctive red fisherman's shack, "Motif #1" at the mouth of the inner harbor. The bow of a blue lobster boat is just one of many work-boats remaining in harbor for the holiday weekend.
Rockport, Massachusetts
Cape Ann - USA
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This is a close-up photo of the design on a glass platter on display on the shelf at the Frenchy's store in Tusket. Scrolling up and down slowly creates a twinkling optical illusion around where the lines converge in the image.
PHEW FINALLY. Theo's wig is about done, all I need to do is add some hair underneath the headcap to make the bangs look thicker and it will be officially done. He looks so cute and boyish now, yay!
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Sable mouillé de la plage Tagharte, à Essaouira, au Maroc
Wet sand on Tagharte beach, Essaouira, Morocco
Look at this poor loser try to look all regal and shit in front of the least majestic background ever. :D
I just got this outfit and I looooove it! It was getting dark so I didn't have time to style his hair properly or iron the sleeves or learn how to tie the cravat, and now I notice I also forgot to hang the shoulder braid the way it's supposed to go - but still! I couldn't not share this. I can't believe it fits so well! It's actually an EID outfit, because who makes outfits just for 5th Motif Timeless body with its weirdass measurements, but aside from the sleeves being a little short (this style of uniform should have sleeves hang down almost to the knuckle, but on the Timeless body's crazy monkey arms it falls to just past the wrist), and perhaps a little looseness at the waist, it fits beautifully. Well, ok, so there is one more issue; the Timeless body is rather overgenerously endowed by dolly standards and resin junk can't exactly be tucked so it's just... it's very apparent. But I figure some would consider that a plus. ;)
I purchased this outfit secondhand, but it is sold by SartoriaJ on etsy. I'm very impressed by the quality and will definitely consider buying more of her clothing in the future.
As a side note - I've not often considered dolls' "characters" or stories or whatnot, but I have to admit the more I look at Kai the more I think there is something to it. He always looks bored and... calculating, kind of, like he's lost in his thoughts, and they are not particularly nice thoughts heh.
The International Space Station passes over the bandstand on Southsea common- possibly the most obvious bearer of the city's Star & Crescent Moon motif, which originates from the city's motto: Heaven's Light, Our Guide.
On a clear night it's very easy to see the ISS but tricky to capture on account of its speed. In this instance I caught it leaving the frame, having used its approach to best guess the angle of departure.
Current mission commander on board the space station is Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield who's been incredibly generous in sharing the reverse view of earth from space via social media channels. If you're not following him on twitter or facebook you're truly missing out on some incredible images from the most unique vantage point off earth. Be quick, though, as he's due to depart the ISS and return to earth in May.
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It is believed that these traditional motifs are derived from the shadows of Tulasi (holy Indian Basil) plant and its raceme of flowers falling on the walls of house.
If you are not French, it’s likely you haven’t ever heard the word “Saintonge”, and have no clue what it means. If you are French, it’s probably the same thing. Unless, that is, you are a fan of Romanesque, in which case you know that Saintonge, that small region of France centered around the town of Saintes (hence the name), not far from the Atlantic Ocean, just North of Bordeaux... features the highest density of Romanesque churches of all the country!
I had never visited that area of France, and so in the middle of October 2021, I took that long overdue trip and stayed two weeks in Saintes, driving left and right daily to photograph all the most significant Romanesque churches... and unfortunately leaving out many others, as they are so thick on the ground!
Being by nature a human activity, even the best and purest of arts can, in time, overdo itself and teeter upon the brink of baroque, exaggeration and overabundance. Built around 1160, about ten years after its magnificent neighbor in Rétaud (which we have seen a few days ago), the Notre-Dame church in Rioux is largely regarded among specialists as having gone slightly over the top in terms of outside decoration.
I have seen the exact same thing with the enclos paroissiaux (“parish enclosures”) in Brittany: the desire to do better and grander than the neighbors, combined with the existence of generous financial means, often leads to an overdoing of things in which the spiritual appears to be drowned in a wave of refinement and superficiality.
This almost exaggerated decoration is often cited as one of the chief reasons why this church was only listed as a Historic Landmark in 1903, while its neighbor in Rétaud was listed in 1862. In the late 1950s, François Eygun, Director of Historic Antiquities, wrote: “This is no more the elegant richness, but the exaggeration of a quality pushed beyond the limits of the reasonable and into bad taste.”
We, visitors of the 21st century, may take a more lenient approach... or maybe it is our own taste that has been distorted over the years by lack of backbone, cheap and self-fulfilling enjoyment (read: selfies!) and reality TV... I will let my viewers decide.
Strangely enough, the façade is probably the most understated part of this church. The top part of the bell tower is from the 15th century, but all the rest shows a remarkable restraint, with only the Virgin in a mandorla and abstract motifs on the voussures around and over the main door.
in the harbor town of Rockport, Massachusetts, It is a replica of a former fishing shack well-known to students of art and art history as "the most often-painted building in America."
My parents bought a set of 3.5"x5" mounted photos of this, a lighthouse, and a pink, piney coastal sunset during a weekend getaway to Scarborough, Maine after Thanksgiving, 1981 (when I was made.) My mother had no idea where any of them where actually shot, they had just bought them in a shop up there. My whole life they were my idea of what Maine was before driving to Newfoundland in 2019, and part of the trip was aimed at discovering for myself if Maine was the way I imagined it. Since then, I've been on a quest to find each of these locations. Imagine my surprise when I discovered this was not in Maine at all. (The lighthouse is the Cape Elizabeth Light. Two down, one to go.)
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"Motif Number 1, located on Bradley Wharf in the harbor town of Rockport, Massachusetts, is a replica of a former fishing shack well known to students of art and art history as "the most often-painted building in America." The original structure was built in 1884 and destroyed in the Blizzard of 1978, but an exact replica was constructed that same year.
Built in 1884 as Rockport was becoming home to a colony of artists and settlement of fishermen, the shack became a favorite subject of painters due to the composition and lighting of its location as well as being a symbol of New England maritime life. Painter Lester Hornby (1882–1956) is believed to be the first to call the shack "Motif Number 1," a reference to its being the favorite subject of the town's painters, and the name achieved general acceptance. It appeared in the work of Aldro Hibbard and of impressionist Harry Aiken Vincent who arrived in Rockport in 1917.
In the 1930s, painter John Buckley used the shack as his studio. He sold it to the town in 1945, dedicated "In 1945, the town of Rockport purchased the Motif as a monument to Rockporters who had served in the Armed Services." The town, recognizing its iconic value, has taken pains to preserve both its structure and appearance, finding a red paint which appears weather-beaten even when new, and keeping the area clear of overhead wires, traffic signs and advertising." (Wikipedia)
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