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Brussels.
Sobieski park
Created at the beginning of the last century, this is above all a park for walking and recreation; it is also a part of the Brussels “green network” that, in this capacity, plays an ecological role in the Brussels landscape. SobieskiPark was not originally a public park. It was part of the royal gardens of Leopold II and produced fruit for the court.
A wooded bed runs along the two streets that border the garden. A 3000-square-metre body of water, now colonised by numerous palmipeds, has been excavated in the lower portion.
In the centre of the garden, some tall stock fruit trees have been planted in a large mowed meadow. This leads to the upper portion, where espaliered fruit trees and a very beautiful bed of rhododendrons grow.
A colony of Egyptian geese lives around the pond, and a fox has chosen to live on the site. Four plant specimens are on the Brussels list of remarkable trees. Others are worth a detour, such as a magnificent catalpa and an impressive weeping willow.
The meadow is only mowed once or twice a year, and thus has become a natural space that contrasts with the rest of the park, maintained by the gardeners of Brussels Environment.
LA PIEVE DI SAN PIETRO IN CARNIA
La Pieve di San Pietro in Carnia, in stile gotico, sorge sulla cima del colle omonimo, su un rilievo sovrastante Zuglio; la prima notizia certa della sua esistenza si ha dal 1146, anche se - pare - che esistesse già nel 490. Il patriarca di Aquileia Ottobono e il preposto di San Pietro in Carnia, Manno Mannini, contribuirono all'erezione della chiesa; si trattò in realtà di un rifacimento che inglobò nel nuovo edificio parte di quello preesistente. La chiesa è stata ampliata più volte nel corso dei secoli e fu sempre un centro religioso, non solo della Vallata, ma di tutte le Pievi che gradatamente andavano sorgendo nelle Valli adiacenti: nel 1312 e nel 1485 sono state costruite una nuova abside e una navata laterale, mentre ha subito più volte restauri negli ultimi 100 anni.
Immagine realizzata con lo smartphone SAMSUNG NOTE 4
Almost lay on the floor to get the angle to include the street sign!
Taken with my Samsung Note 4 camera phone.
As I was driving down the street in my neighborhood, I saw the newspaper delivery person taking a picture of the sunrise. As I drove from my house to the interstate highway, I kept an eye on it thinking I might try to capture a shot near the river. Luckily, this morning the traffic was actually light and I was able to capture a decent shot with my phone camera. I really like how the focus is very clear near the sweet/center spot of the image, but subtly blurred moving out giving it a rich depth, and the colors are so alive.
The #lamp in our front room. Edited in VSCO Android app and shot with Samsung Note 4.
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DEDICATO A TUTTE LE DONNE PERCHE' ANCHE OGGI E' LA LORO FESTA.
Il nidularium innocentii fiorisce una volta sola nella vita,in appartamento la pianta ha una durata limitata.
Le foglie centrali rimangono di un rosso ramato per tutto il periodo della fioritura.
IMMAGINE realizzata con lo smartphone SAMSUNG NOTE 4
While camping last season, a weekend camper set up camp near our camper and he shared with us some samples of old copper pipe and hoses that he used to turn his campfire into a dancing kaleidoscope of colors. As soon as we placed the pieces in our fire, we were mesmerized by the ever-changing colors. Because the colors were constantly changing, it was a challenge to release the shutter in anticipation of filling the frame with color. The other challenge for me is photographing fire so that the flames aren't blurred too much, but they aren't too frozen either. Hope you enjoy the colors as much as I do in this little experiment of mine. As always, thank-you for the views, faves, and comments!
Some friends of mine and myself just completed a successful hike of the entire Maryland Heights trail this past Saturday (11/19/16). The entire hike is 5.3 miles and you rise in elevation by 1,600 feet! In hindsight, I'm shocked that I came up with the idea to hike this as I'm not in the best "hiker" shape, and this was a pretty intense hike.
There are two separate, but linked trails that you can hike. One is shorter and leads to the overlook that I took this shot from. Then there is a longer, more challenging trail that leads to the top of Maryland Heights where there are the remains of a Union Army fort there. We hiked to the extreme top first, then on our way back down, went to the overlook. By the time we went down the overlook trail, my gas tank was running on empty and I barely had enough power to hike back to where we started. Numerous breaks were necessary!
When I took this shot, the overlook was being assaulted by extreme winds. I was being pelted in the face by dust, dirt, pebbles and even leaves. Almost all of it stung when it impacted skin. It was also a challenge to stay still to take some shots. This one I snapped with my phone, but I plan to upload more that I took with the Nikon soon.
I have several pics to play with and probably upload from my D90, but this is one shot I took with my Note 4 at the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. If you haven't seen this bridge, but can get there someday, do it! It's pretty impressive to see in person. The architecture of the bridge just draws your eyes to it immediately.
There is a welcome center right beside the bridge where there are multiple places to see the bridge from overlooks. Be ready to walk a lot of steps to get to the overlook that this shot was taken from! The info at the bridge says that a Washington Monument and two Statue of Liberty's could be stacked on top of each other and there would still be 20 feet to spare to reach the bridge from the river below. I've been to "Bridge Day" at this bridge where they close one side of the bridge to allow for foot traffic, and they allow BASE jumpers to jump and parachute to a landing area below. So, next time you're in southern West Virginia, be sure to stop and check this bridge out!