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It's the leaning tower of Talacre. Over time the lighthouse foundations have loosened and now the tower leans at a few degrees off the vertical.
“A good book is a lighthouse; a wise man is a lighthouse; conscience is a lighthouse; compassion is a lighthouse; science is a lighthouse! They all show us the true path! Keep them in your life to remain safe in the rocky and dark waters of life!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
Memories of yesterday
they were a moment in time
A warm summer's breeze
the smell of fresh air
a dog barks, the birds sing
amidst the ...echoes of laughter.
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When the golden sun is setting and your mind from care is free,
When [of] others you are thinking, will you sometimes think of me?
Think of me when you're happy. Leave for me a little spot.
In the garden of your memory, plant a sweet forget-me-not.
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The Heraion of Perachora (Greek, Modern: Ηραίον Περαχώρας) was a sanctuary of the goddess Hera situated in a small cove of the Corinthian gulf at the end of the Perachora peninsula. In addition to a temple of Hera of unusual construction and antiquity, the remains of a number of other structures have also been found, including a L-shaped stoa, a large cistern, dining rooms, and a second potential temple. The Sanctuary of Hera at Perchora is located 14.2 km NNW of Ancient Corinth, and 75.9 km W of Athens. Although there is debate between Argos, Megara and Corinth, the sanctuary was probably under the control of Corinth, as it faced the harbors of that powerful city across the Corinthian gulf. Cult activity at the site continued from perhaps the 9th century BCE to 146 BCE, when the Roman general Mummius sacked Corinth during the war with the Achaean League. In the Roman period, domestic structures were built on the site, indicating that the area was no longer a sanctuary. This site is significant for the study of the origins of Greek temple architecture and rural cults.
Summer in the Vale of Belvoir, UK. This was shot from the Dowager Duchess of Rutland's gardens which she so generously opens for Vista's annual Jazz in the Garden fundraiser.
Dedicating this to Mike, ~EvidencE~. He sent a gorgeous calendar of his work, it arrived today...if you don't know of him, please pop over to his site. You'll love it!
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Sunrise in San Diego.
Il mare spesso parla con parole lontane, dice cose che nessuno sa. Soltanto quelli che conoscono l'amore possono apprendere la lezione dalle onde, che hanno il movimento del cuore...
(Romano Battaglia)
The Quiraing
The Isle of Skye is one of my favourite places in the world but prices for accommodation there have more than doubled even for the old, shabby hotels, without any increase in quality or value, sheer profiteering.
I cant afford to go there anymore so I am dredging through all my old shots.
The chances of good weather are very slim, most of my visits had really wet and windy weather which makes the high booking costs even harder to bear. Also, when the weather is fine you will be eaten alive by midges so invest in one of those wide-brimmed hats with the protective net hanging down.
Another image of the view across Lake Geneva from Montreux, Switzerland. This image, "Light Fantastic" and "Shades of Yellow" are of the same view, all taken with varying degrees of light and it's effects through the clouds and/or on the water.
This shot, although quite strong in colour, specifically brings out the turquoise which works quite well with the traces of yellow in the distance creeping through the clouds.
Walking through the streets of Girona is a great experience, it makes you feel and live the immensity of art and architecture that forged our ancestors, live it in first person, makes you feel small, almost insignificant before so much beauty, my eyes hallucinate and enjoy the charm of such mastery ...
With this minimalist photography, I would like to put in value the greatness of art in this world, the idea is to transmit this, so that we take care of it and enjoy it ... I hope I have succeeded!
Seriously, thanks for the visits and kind comments I receive, I really appreciate it and I don't always deserve it!
"Thank you very much my friends!"
South out of Elko toward Eureka – “jack” speaks good English with a throat full of sugar but keeps mostly to himself. As Melinda (who seems to know everything about everyone) tells it he’s from Spain where he and his brother worked in the shipyards. They were close. Worked together, lived together, inseparable. A night of big drinking led to some spirited pushing around. Enrique tripped over backwards and broke his neck. Dead. A dark fluke unfazed by disbelief or agony. At the trial despite three generations of restraint, jack’s great grandmother periodically leapt to her feet screaming that hanging was too good for a Bolshevik. No one questioned that it was an accident. After three years in prison jack left for America. Inland, away from the sea.
A few days ago I had some polaroids taped to the shady side of the cortez making digital copies. Jack watched for awhile then offered that it was the polaroids that made me a busker instead of a pickpocket. Later when I told Melinda what he’d said she shot back that if that didn’t cause me to feel deeply humbled then I was missing his point .
Today it’s either Thursday or Friday . . . . a cool and windy nowhere
Couldn't think of an adequate story to go with this image. I'm drawn back to what it means to me looking at it. All I could think about was this song. It reminds me of my older brother I guess. Perhaps because I sat alone when photographing this scene, watching the darkness envelope these beautiful mountains and wished I wasn't. It brought back memories of many a late night spent with my older brother when we were teens. I took great comfort and trust in our conversations, his advice and opinion. We talked about everything under the sun and I remember many times sitting together and watching the stars rise high in the skies like a million tiny lanterns. It was my brother who also showed me this song before he left for boot camp. Since then we've both grown up and moved to different states but I think of those nights often when I'm up late.
Here's to
starry skies and memories of long nights... to loved ones who were willing to sit with us in both the cover of darkness and in the beauty of light.
Thank you as always for listening to my ramblings...
xx
Rachel
One of the stunning beaches on the fabulous Isle of Harris, Scotland.
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I was completely mesmerized when I saw this scene on my drone at sunrise. Mount Bromo is pretty amazing when photographed from the rim of the caldera, but from the air the perspective leaves you speechless. If you look closely you can see a trail leading from the base of the volcano up to the rim. I stood on the rim of Bromo shooting sunrise on my first trip here, and the view was spectacular in its own way, but it can't compare to this aerial view. You can also see a Hindu temple, Luhur Poten, at the base of the mountain between Bromo and Batok. Behind Bromo is Mount Kursi. Mount Widodaren sits behind Kursi, and Semeru stands tall in the background outside the caldera.
Obviously, as can be seen in the amount of people circumambulating the stupa on the kora at ground level, the stupa is of significance to Tibetan buddhists, who have established a large community in Bodhnath or Boudha - many of them fled Tibet after the failed uprising in 1959. At the same time, it is a gathering place for many people, and indeed, is as pleasant a place as any to while away your time.
The sun has unobstructed access to the sides of the stupa, and, with a little caution for the sloping sides of the stupa, you can sit virtually anywhere. As the sun goes down and the colours of the stupa become warmer, there are more people around. The prayer flags flying above your head, the murmur coming from below, the friendly eyes of the omnipresent god that never even blink looking down on you, make for a peaceful experience, whether you are a buddhist or not.
I am the master of the lake
You come to me, love we make
I feel your wetness, we ride the wave
You become my obedient slave
As you surrender to my hands
That explore your hidden lands
That are wet, soft and sweet
i devour you and do eat
Your treasure, as waves they break
On your master of your lake
Our backyard is full of Lady Bugs this year. We have lots of aphids so there is plenty of food for them to feast on. We also have lots of finches too which I suspect are eating the lady bugs.
Photographed with a Nikon D500, 50mm lens, 36mm extension tube and Raynox 250, Meike320 flash.
Southern Alberta, Canada.
The "AP Hogeschool Antwerpen" is an interesting piece of architecture. This shot was taken on a rainy day - just between to showers :)
Lots of outdoor seating at the restaurants in the old town area of Brussels, Belgium.
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Head over to Gia's World to see the full outfit and get all the Slurls! <3 Have a fantastic weekend luvs!
The Ministry of Urban Development and Environment in Hamburg, Germany. Designed by Sauerbruch Hutton Architects.
I have rarely seen a building that made such an astonishing, overpowering impression on my heart and soul. I am sure that inside very serious matters are discussed and decided upon, but what matters for me is that the outside of the building radiates pure creative joy and inspiration. And even though the weather was very far away from sunny and warm, I did not care at all. I just kept watching and admiring all of its angles and details. I hope that the positive energy of this cascade of pleasure will also be transported to you through this image.
The rain water ran down the middle of the road in Old Montreal in Canada.
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sense of smell
#itsalive #MM #macromondays #HMM
A Cat's nose is alive with hundreds-of-millions of nerves, is 14-times more sensitive than a human's and is a feline's most important sense.
This archived photograph was taken with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens mounted to a Canon 40D. Shot at MFD for a lifesize reproduction of 1:1.
Chloe's (R.I.P. sweetie) nose was about 10mm, side-to-side.
Thanks all.
I'm in the ground floor of a Georgian town house, built in 1805. The rooms are huge - this is just half the sittingroom! It still has a lot of original features such as the cornices & marble fireplace and very high ceilings. A bugger to keep warm though!
Poor little guy. I always feel sorry for pets with these cones not only because of their medical procedure but that they are forced to appear in public with the "cone of shame."
It was the 14th day of continuous, round-the-clock, still peaceful protest demanding the resignation of the government, but the authorities were already preparing to use force and destroy the Maidan. Everyone began to talk about the arrival of a special unit from Russia in Kyiv. Tension grew with each passing day. Opposition parties held fruitless negotiations with Yanukovych.
when the sun is gone I see you
beautiful and haunting, but cold
like the blade of a knife
so sharp and so sweet
nobody knows
your heart.
- Princess Mononoke.
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Model: Landy
Photo: me
Makeup/hair: Qian
Styling by me
There. The most expensive fabrics I'd bought yet. Happy new year. <3
Mysteries of autumn
L'automne est sûrement ma saison préférée pour faire des photos. Les couleurs y sont vraiment particulières, les lumières souvent magnifiques et les lieux touristiques sont vidés des touristes.
Ce matin là, le soleil venait de se lever dans le Jura et c'est au pied de la cascade des Tufs que j'ai pu admirer ce spectacle magique. Les oiseaux chantaient, l'eau chuchotait au rythme de la cascade et le soleil venait éclairer les feuilles au second plan, déjà bien colorées par l'automne.
On était bien loin des bruits de klaxons, des trains qui passent ...
J'ai comme la sensation d'avoir vécu un moment hors du temps, magique en harmonie avec la nature qui m'entourait ce matin là.
J'en redemande ...
Bonne soirée à toutes et à tous.
Mathieu Rivrin - www.mathieurivrin.com/
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Of course, it isn't fishing for fish only...Montana Rail Link eastbound freight passes by "Gold Creek" behind an all BN consist of two GP50's and a B30-7Ab.
The Felker Round Barn NW of Mt. Morris,IL. The barn is constructed of poured concrete with a central silo for feed storage.Round barns were said to be more efficient,but the difficulty and cost of construction caused them to be the exception,not the norm in barn construction....
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Katowice - Poland
Architect: BAAS Arquitectura + Grupa 5 Architekci + Małeccy Biuro Projektowe
On the estuary of the Loire (south shore), a traditional fishery.
Sur l'estuaire de la Loire (rive sud), une pêcherie traditionnelle.
Saint-Brevin
France
Les pêcheries sur pilotis sont des esplanades en bois, souvent agrémentées d'une cabane, permettant la pêche au carrelet. Elles sont accessibles par un ponton ou bien par une échelle. Une perche amarrée à un câble soutient deux cerceaux où se fixe le carrelet, filet qui nécessite un treuil pour être relevé. La plupart des pêcheurs appâtent en vers de terre le fond de leurs mailles, lesté par quelques plombs.
En France, les pêcheries appartiennent à des personnes privées ou à des associations, mais occupent le domaine public maritime. À ce titre, elles font l'objet d'une autorisation d'occupation temporaire, précaire et révocable. S'agissant du domaine public naturel, les dispositions législatives en vigueur (article 2124 du Code général de la propriété des personnes publiques) imposent que les activités pratiquées tiennent compte de la vocation des espaces concernés, incluant notamment la pêche maritime, mais excluant l'hébergement (location de nuitées comme chambre d'hôte par exemple). La pêche au carrelet est essentiellement une activité non professionnelle, un loisir qui se pratique au printemps et à l'automne. Les prises (mulets, athérines appelées éperlans, anguilles ou bars) restent dépendantes des secteurs, des saisons, voire des jours.
Souvent équipées de façon rudimentaire, très régulièrement dépourvues d'eau courante et d'électricité, les pêcheries peuvent être louées pour une partie de pêche le temps d'une marée, sans hébergement, sous réserve du respect de prescriptions techniques relatives aux établissements accueillant du public et dans des conditions qui ne soient pas assimilables à une exploitation commerciale.
Le bassin d'Arcachon accueille des cabanes tchanquées, accessibles par bateau ou à marée basse. Plus au nord, les pêcheries occupent l'estuaire de la Gironde et de la Charente, le littoral de la Charente-Maritime, de la Vendée et de la Loire-Atlantique, ainsi que l'estuaire de la Loire. Une quarantaine de pêcheries sont construites le long de la rive sud de cet estuaire, de Saint-Brevin-les-Pins à Corsept. Elles sont accessibles par des passerelles horizontales dont les plus longues font jusqu'à 120 mètres. Essentiellement constituées de perches en bois de châtaignier, les ossatures sont enfoncées dans la vase à plus d'un mètre par endroits. Des ancrages au sol sont nécessaires pour supporter la cabane, souvent constitués de bidons enfoncés dans la vase à marée basse et évidés avant d'être remplis de gravats ou de béton.
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Abandoned Fishing Boats, Salen Bay, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Faced with another dull, shadowless day, I opted to use a 10 stop, Neutral Density Filter and a 30 second exposure to attempt to add some life and movement, into the image, without detracting from the Fishing Boats. Not sure how well this works as it's not my main photography genre.
The wooden chariot has long since rotted away. The ongoing excavations of the mausoleum of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, revels that it was laid out to resemble a palace complex. The Terracotta Army formed the garrison for the palace. The army was arranged in long trenches with wooden roofs covered in earth that rotted away and collapsed centuries ago. Every terracotta figure was broken into fragments that have been painstakingly reassembled and is still ongoing. As stated below many other types of figures have been found in other pits including palace animals such as birds and pets.
—from Wikipedia
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late 200s BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their rank, the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army hold more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remain in situ in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other, non-military terracotta figures have since been found in other pits, including those of officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.
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Vlkolínec, situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement of 45 buildings with the traditional features of a central European village. It is the region’s most complete group of these kinds of traditional log houses, often found in mountainous areas. Vlkolínec is small community part of the town of Ružomberok. It was historically referred to as a street of Ružomberok, yet is situated about 7 kilometres from the town itself, in the mountains of the northern part of central Slovakia. It is a remarkably well preserved rural medieval settlement featuring wooden architecture typical of hillside and mountain areas. Its layout, defined in part by the hilly terrain of the mountains of Veľká Fatra, features log houses situated on narrow lots with stables, barns and smaller outbuildings in the rear. A canalized stream flows through the centre of the village. The surrounding landscape is formed by narrow strips of fields and pastures with haylofts.
Vlkolínec, situated in the centre of Slovakia, is a remarkably intact settlement with the traditional features of a central European village. Vlkolínec has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1993, and is one of ten Slovak villages that have been given the status of a folk architecture reservations. Originally it was the settlement of loggers, shepherds and farmers.
Vlkolínec – in het midden van Slowakije – is een opmerkelijk intact gebleven nederzetting met gebouwen kenmerkend voor een centraal Europees dorp. De huizen worden gebouwd op stenen funderingen, de muren bedekt met klei en vervolgens wit of blauw geschilderd. Er zijn 47 van dit soort traditionele woningen in Vlkolínec en daarmee de meest volledige groep van dit soort traditionele Slowaakse houten huizen, die vaak voorkomen in bergachtige gebieden. Naast de traditionele woningen staan er in het plaatsje een winkel en school uit het einde van de 19e eeuw en de kerk van de Heilige Maagd Maria uit 1875, met een belfort gebouwd in 1770. Vlkolínec staat sinds 1993 op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO omdat het dorp, onaangetast is door de moderne tijd.