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MY PROJECT : Old Doors & Numbers 1 T/M 150
1 t/m 114 completed
Still to go Nr 113,
Join the Group / one door a week / Donderdag /Thursday
Het hoofdbestanddeel moet een deur zijn /
The main component has to be a door
We have number five (back) and three (front) in this image.
(During a short visit to Sabiepark, we went for short late afternoon drive in the Kruger National Park. What a surprise we had. We were treated by lionesses, let me rephrase, by the cubs of two lionesses to the extreme! The two mothers went for an outing and left the 5 cubs behind, and did they enjoy the little bit of freedom, or let me rephrase, did we enjoy the little bit freedom they had. They came closer to use from about two hundred meters to within 10 meters! How fortunate can you get!
These cubs were photographed in the wild in the Kruger National Park.)
Pawns.
I thought of publishing one of my in-camera stacking repeated images thingies for the Crazy Tuesday group's Repeating Object theme.
Then I thought I was probably stretching things too far, and was in danger of incurring the admins' ire. I've done that before (and I have to say this group's admins have a very gentle wrath :) ), and it's an experience I don't want to repeat - for their sakes as much as mine.
So this is a repeat of a subject first published a month or so ago, but not a repeated image or even a repeated point of view. Repeated focus perhaps...
I liked the repeating pawns so much I wanted to repeat the experience of sharing them, but I hasten to repeat that I don't normally like repeating things like that.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. (I always seem to repeat these words don't I?)
Happy happy Crazy crazy Tuesday Tuesday :)
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Bexhill or Bexhill-on-Sea is a seaside town situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local-government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of archaeological sites, a Manor House in the Old Town, an abundance of Edwardian and Victorian architecture, and the famous De La Warr Pavilion: today a centre for contemporary art – which has featured the work of Andy Warhol, Cerith Wyn Evans and Richard Wilson amongst others – and an auditorium, where Bob Marley had his first UK appearance and has since seen performances by Elvis Costello, Goldfrapp, Ray Davies, Years & Years, Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson.
The first reference to Bexhill, or Bexelei as it was originally called, was in a charter granted by King Offa of Mercia in 772 AD. It is recorded that King Offa had 'defeated the men of Hastings' in 771 AD. At this time, the term Hastings would have referred to this whole area rather than the town itself as it does today. In the charter, King Offa established a church and religious community in Bexhill.
During the Norman Conquest of 1066 it appears that Bexhill was largely destroyed. The Domesday survey of 1086 records that the manor was worth £20 before the conquest, was 'waste' in 1066 and was worth £18 10s in 1086. King William I used the lands he had conquered to reward his knights and gave Bexhill manor to Robert, Count of Eu, with most of the Hastings area. Robert's grandson, John, Count of Eu, gave back the manor to the bishops of Chichester in 1148 and it is probable that the first manor house was built by the bishops at this time. The later manor house, the ruins of which can still be seen at the Manor Gardens in Bexhill Old Town, was built about 1250, probably on the instructions of St. Richard, Bishop of Chichester. St Richard's Catholic College, the local Catholic school, was duly for said bishop. The Manor House was the easternmost residence owned by the bishops and would have been used as a place to stay while travelling around or through the eastern part of their diocese. There were often disputes between the Bishops of Chichester and the Abbots of Battle Abbey, usually about land ownership in this area. In 1276 a large portion of Bexhill was made into a park for hunting and in 1447 Bishop Adam de Moleyns was given permission to fortify the Manor House.
In 1561 Queen Elizabeth I took possession of Bexhill Manor and three years later she gave it to Sir Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset. The Earls, later Dukes, of Dorset owned Bexhill until the mid 19th century. Their main residences were Buckhurst Place in Sussex and Knole House in Kent.
In 1804 soldiers of the King's German Legion were stationed in barracks at Bexhill. These troops were Hanoverians who had escaped when their country was overrun by Napoleon's French Army. As King George III was also the Elector of Hanover, he welcomed them and they fought as part of the British Army. At about this time, defensive Martello Towers were built along the south east coast, some near Bexhill, in order to repel any French invasion. In 1814 the soldiers of the King's German Legion left Bexhill, eventually playing an important part in the Battle of Waterloo the following year. The German troops had been here to protect Bexhill from the French. However, many of the local people were actively trading with the enemy by way of smuggling. The best known of the local smugglers were in the Little Common Gang and the most famous incident was the infamous Battle of Sidley Green in 1828.
In 1813 Elizabeth Sackville had married the 5th Earl De La Warr, and when the male line of the Dukes of Dorset died out in 1865 she and her husband inherited Bexhill.
It was the 7th Earl De La Warr who decided to transform the small rural village of Bexhill into an exclusive seaside resort. He contracted the builder, John Webb, to construct the first sea wall and to lay out De La Warr Parade. Webb, in part payment for his work, was given all the land extending from Sea Road to the Polegrove, south of the railway line. Opened in 1890, the luxurious Sackville Hotel was built for the 7th Earl De La Warr and originally included a house for the use of his family. In 1891 Viscount Cantelupe, his eldest surviving son, married Muriel Brassey, the daughter of Sir Thomas and the late Annie, Lady Brassey of Normanhurst Court near Bexhill. The Manor House was fully refurbished so that Lord and Lady Cantelupe could live in style as Lord and Lady of the Manor. Finally, the 7th Earl De La Warr transferred control of his Bexhill estate to Viscount Cantelupe. When the 7th Earl De La Warr died in 1896
Viscount Cantelupe became the 8th Earl De La Warr. At this time he organised the building on the sea front of the Kursaal, a pavilion for refined entertainment and relaxation. He also had a bicycle track made, with a cycle chalet, at the eastern end of De La Warr Parade. These amenities were provided to promote the new resort. Meanwhile, many independent schools were being attracted to the expanding town due to its health-giving reputation. The railway came through Bexhill in 1846, the first railway station being a small country halt situated roughly where Sainsbury's car park is today. This was some distance from the village on the hill. A new station, north of Devonshire Square, was opened in 1891 to serve the growing resort. In 1902 the current railway station was opened and a Bexhill West Station was built for the newly built Crowhurst Branch Line.
1902 was the year that Bexhill became an Incorporated Borough. This was the first Royal Charter granted by Edward VII. Bexhill was the last town in Sussex to be incorporated and it was the first time a Royal Charter was delivered by motorcar. To celebrate the town's newfound status and to promote the resort, the 8th Earl De La Warr organised the country's first ever motorcar races along De La Warr Parade in May 1902. The town was scandalised at this time by the divorce of Earl De La Warr.
Muriel had brought the action on the grounds of adultery and abandonment. She was granted a divorce and given custody of their three children. Muriel, with her children, Myra, Avice and Herbrand, went back to live with Earl Brassey at Normanhurst Court. The 8th Earl De La Warr remarried but was again divorced for adultery. He also suffered recurrent and well-publicised financial difficulties. At the start of the First World War in 1914 the Earl bought a Royal Naval commission. He died of fever at Messina in 1915.
Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville became the 9th Earl De La Warr. He is best known for championing the construction of the De La Warr Pavilion, which was built and opened in 1935. The 9th Earl also became Bexhill's first socialist mayor. He died in 1976.
The Second World War caused the evacuation of the schools and substantial bomb-damage to the town. Many schools returned to Bexhill after the war but there was a steady decline in the number of independent schools in the town. The break-up of the British Empire and in particular the Independence of India in 1947 hastened the process. Most of the schools were boarding and catered largely for the children of the armed forces overseas and of the colonial administration. Although the number of schools decreased, many of the parents and former pupils had fond memories of the town and later retired to Bexhill.
For further information please visit
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexhill-on-Sea and www.discoverbexhill.com/
Lake King Eremophila (Eremophila subteretifolia)
For my 100 Flowers project - 2025
A plant that is endemic to Western Australia. We are seeing more such plants in gardens around our area.
Venezia
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More from Italy in my album Italia...
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die Zahl 2 ...
steile These ? ...
;-) ...
schaut genau hin ...
es sind zwei Sofateile mit 3 Unterteilungen ...
zwei Oberflächen auf dem Sofa (Stoff, Folie) ...
zwei Dreiecke ...
nahezu zwei Farben ...
zwei Frauen ...
und Bisou-Bisou ...
und mit den Spiegelungen ist jedes Objekt "doppelt" vorhanden ... so hätte der Titel auch "Paare" heißen können ...
es geht weiter ...
4x2 Stempel ...
zwei sichtbare Ecke ...
und noch mehr Doppeltes, wenn man es auf die Spitze treibt ...
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Don't go phoning that number by the way........not unless you want to book a table at he Hanoi Bike Club.
Another entrance to the amazing house of nooks and crannies in Novelty, Ohio. This is the newer portion of the house. It's possible that my friend either made the stained glass window himself or found it when they were tearing down a building somewhere ... He's been known to do both, and it makes for a whimsically enchanting place to live. Also note how the trees are reflecting in the regular glass window.
We can't tell much / about the condition at number 2. // The door has not been opened / in the past two months.
Number 87 for 100 Flower 2021
Erysimum Bowles Mauve has done better for me this year as I remembered to keep cutting it back!
So it's still flowering now.
Located in Rockport (Massachusetts, USA) this place is known as "the most often painted building in North America".
The unnoticed, spontaneous cinematic duel that happened at the State Fair. Well-played number 156! Until next time.
BLUE-NECKED TANAGER Tangara cyanicollis. This Blue-necked Tanager is bending over as it drinks nectar from one of the cup-like flowers of the leguminous tree, Erythrina megistophylla Diels, family Fabaceae, along the Vía Cunuco, about two miles north of Mindo, in northwestern Ecuador at 9:17 AM on August 19, 2018.
Endemic to Ecuador, Erythrina megistophylla has flowers adapted to pollination by passerine (perching) birds. We have observed a variety of passerine birds drinking nectar from these flowers as well as a number of hummingbird species. Porotón is one of the common names of this tree species.
The Blue-necked Tanager belongs to the family Thraupidae and is found from Venezuela south to Bolivia and Brazil.
Una Tangara Capuchiazul Tangara cyanicollis está inclinandose para beber néctar de una flor de un árbol leguminoso Erythrina megistophylla, familia Fabaceae, por la Vía Cunuco unos 4 kilometros al norte de Mindo en el noroeste de Ecuador a las 9 y 17 de la mañana el 19 de agosto de 2018. Erythrina megistophylla es un árbol endémico a Ecuador.
In Brazil, Tangara cyanicollis is known by the common name Saíra-de-cabeça-azul.
For OPTIMAL DETAILED VIEWING of this nectar seekiing Blue-necked Tanager, VIEW AT THE COLOSSAL SIZE (2498 x 1400) using the direct Flickr link: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/48067...
TO SEE MORE THAN 40 SPECIES OF TANAGERS, FLOWERPIERCERS, HONEYCREEPERS and ALLIES PLEASE VISIT MY TANAGER ALBUM (SET) AT www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/album...
Number 1 in my allocated Wooded Buildings theme for this week. The Acorn activity house in the Meridian Park, Peacehave, East Sussex, UK taken in 2015.
Secret number fourteen:
I have a lot to be thankful for.
It's true. I have a fibroadenoma, not breast cancer. I may not have children of my own, but I have nieces and nephews that I love as if they were mine. I may not have a significant other, but I know I am loved. I may not be in the best shape of my life, but I can still walk. I may not be wealthy, but I have the greatest job and work with the best people. And lastly, I have "met" some of the most amazing people ever right here on Flickr. Thank you.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I know I sure did.
When this Cape May Warbler landed on the Norway Spruce in our backyard this morning it brought the total to 57 the number of different species of birds that I've observed looking out the back window of our home in the time frame of a little over 1 year. At least 15 of them I've been able to photograph perched on that Norway Spruce.
Hey everyone,
Montville, Qld, Australia.
Here's my 2nd favourite image from this year.
I haven't actually shared this one yet but I shot it back in May this year on a very cold evening with my mates from DK Photography.
Marcus from The Chapel was kind enough to let us shoot this place and even dimmed the lights on the inside and outside of the chapel for us to get the shots we wanted, A huge thanks to him for letting us shoot here.
I really hope you like this one, Cheers!