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Feelin kinda weird tonight. Took a couple random pictures. This one was weird enough to catch my imagination, so I'm posting it.
maybe my favorite spot of the whole trip. it was once a fortress, then it was given to the church. now it's a home for pigeons.
Pasadena Tournament of Roses 2010
Post Parade: Showcase of Floats
FLOAT THEME: Salute to the Bands (Farmers Insurance)
Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is the "Official Supporter of Rose Parade Bands" and wants to present to all viewers a "Salute to the Bands."
www.ktla.com/entertainment/roseparade/ktla-roseparade2009...
Post Parade: A Showcase of Floats is a unique opportunity for the viewing public to step up close and see for themselves the majestic beauty and splendor of the floral floats. After every Rose Parade, the floral masterpieces are parked along Sierra Madre and Washington Boulevards in Pasadena and exhibited for visitors to walk by and see in close detail the design and workmanship that goes into these floats. Visitors are able to walk within a few feet of the floats and appreciate for themselves the creativity and the imagination of the floral displays. The Rose Parade floats have been a Pasadena tradition for over 100 years.
More information: www.tournamentofroses.com
One of the lifeboats from the Mariner of the Seas returning from a drill in the waters around Roatan.
"The body of the Cathedral is nearly square, and the roof slopes are wonderfully regular and symmetrical, the ridge trending northeast and southwest. This direction has apparently been determined by structure joints in the granite. The gable on the northeast end is magnificent in size and simplicity, and at its base there is a big snow-bank protected by the shadow of the building. The front is adorned with many pinnacles and a tall spire of curious workmanship. Here too the joints in the rock are seen to have played an important part in determining their forms and size and general arrangement. The Cathedral is said to be about eleven thousand feet above the sea, but the height of the building itself above the level of the ridge it stands on is about fifteen hundred feet. A mile or so to the westward there is a handsome lake, and the glacier-polished granite about it is shining so brightly it is not easy in some places to trace Front of Cathedral Peak the line between the rock and water, both shining alike." ~ John Muir
From the Glacier Point view, far off into the distance past and to the left of Half Dome lies the other Cathedral of Yosemite National Park. The Cathedral Range, a mountain range in the south-central portion of Yosemite National Park in eastern Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties is an offshoot of the Sierra Nevada.
In this image are the Echo Peaks, part of the same range and next door to Cathedral Peak (behind), both of which were formed by glacial activity: the peaks remained uneroded above the glaciers in the Pleistocene.
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The Hendrix College Hall of Honor Brunch and Induction Ceremony, hosted by the Warrior booster club, was held Saturday, Nov. 12. Ted Darragh '42, Julie Gunderson '06, Jill Greshowak Piro '06, and Mike Daniel were installed into the Hall of Honor this year. Photo by Jazmin Calixto.
Three of the crosses that had apparently been added -- note the other crosses in the background.
These three cross suggest something unusual must have happened since all three died in the same year (1882), 2 at age 5 who must have been twins, and one (in the center, probably the mother) at age 22.
Part of CA Central Coast set. View on black, courtesy of B l a c k M a g i c
Detail from Capital in the cloister
Saint-Guilhem Cloister (West Elevation of West Arcade), late C12th/early C13th
Limestone
From the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Desert, near Montpellier, Languedoc
Nestled in a dramatic landscape of gorges and waterfalls, the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, from which this cloister comes, was founded in 804 by Saint William (Guilhem), legendary duke of Aquitaine and a member of the court of Charlemagne. Saint-Guilhem thrived as a pilgrim's destination on the road to the shrine of Saint James (Santiago de Comostela) in northern Spain.
The capitals attest to the skill and imagination of the medieval sculptor. Many imitate the leaf forms of ancient Roman types; others appear as if covered by vines. Still others present stories from the Bible, including the Last Judgement, where a procession of condemned souls descend into the Mouth of Hell. Inventively carved columns and pilasters imitate the bark of a palm tree, cascades of water, or clusters of foliage.
In the wake of the French Revolution, many elements of the cloister were acquired by local citizens. The elements seen here were purchased by the American sculptor George Greay Barnard before World War I.*
Saint-Guilhem Cloister
Natural light streams through a skylight into this cloister, which was reconstructed with more than 140 fragments from the Benedictine abbey of St-Guilhem-le-Désert. Located northwest of Montpellier, it was founded in the early ninth century and quickly became a major pilgrimage site. The exquisite limestone carvings of both narrative scenes and intricate plant motifs come from the now-destroyed upper story of the abbey's cloister, dating from the late twelfth century. Important twelfth-century sculptures from France, Italy, and Spain on the peripheral walls provide informative comparisons.
[*Met Cloisters]
The Met Cloisters, Washington Heights
An extension of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the building references French monasteries and abbeys, and incorporates four cloisters acquired in 1913 - Bonnefont, the Cuxa, Saint-Guilhem, and Trie. The building was designed by Charles Collens and resides in Fort Tryon Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr and the Olmsted Brothers; construction began in 1934, the building and gardens opened in 1938. The Cloisters were commissioned by John D Rockefeller Jr as an extension to the Metropolitan Museum, to hold a collection he had purchased from George Grey Barnard in 1925 (including elements from abbeys in Sant Miquel de Cuixà, Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, Bonnefont-en-Comminges, Trie-sur-Baïse and Froville), a collection boosted by donations from JP Morgan and Joseph Brummer.
Taken in Manhattan
One of the very first pictures I took when I got my camera last year. It reminds me so much of summer, and today the weather in southern Hampshire, UK is soooo nice. I'm off to enjoy....
Paul Cezanne (1890).
The first time I visited Oslo in the summer of 2017, I went to a handful of museums: The Munch Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Gallery of Norway (because they have the original of The Scream, though you'd think that would be at the Munch), the Astrup Fearnley Museum, even the Mini Bottle Gallery. That's a niche museum...of mini bottles. (Surprisingly worth the visit, too, though I didn't go back this time -- just walked by it. Pressed for time.)
I also went to the Kon-Tiki Museum, Fram Museum, Vikingskipshuset, and the Norsk Folkemuseum across the fjord in Bygdoy -- reachable by ferry. The Bygdoy museums are all worth a day trip, too. Very enjoyable, each one. (The Viking Ship Museum is temporarily closed, though, and that -- along with enough time -- was also enough to keep me from heading out there this trip.
As a bonus, there are also two outstanding sculpture parks in Oslo: Ekebergparken on the south end of downtown and Frognerparken (its official name, but also known as Vigelandsparken) on the north end of downtown. Oh...and Oslo has statues, monuments, sculptures all around town. I think I saw somewhere there are about 600 different sculptures around town, but I could be completely remembering that wrong. The point is...Oslo is a darned fine place to come if you love art. The museums charge admission, but the sculpture parks and sculptures around town are all free.
Fast forward 6.5 years, and I find myself back in town. The museum scene changed. A good number of those museums have merged. In 2017, they were in separate locations.
The Munch (hasn't merged -- just moved) is now on the waterfront next to the Opera House. Others have merged.
In 2003, the National Museum was established by merging the Museum of Architecture, the Museum of Industrial Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, and the National Gallery of Art into one large building. Though this happened in 2003, none of them had moved by 2017. In 2022, they finally all moved under one roof in the new National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design...or Nasjonalmuseet. The building is located on the edge of Radhusplassen, behind the Nobel Peace Prize Museum in a large space that makes for a great half day to day visit.
Squirrels out and about during the winter in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan. These were taken on Monday February 8, 2016. Over my the Clements Library (on South University), I saw a tree with a squirrel condo (a knothole where a squirrel has nested). I hope to see juveniles soon out of this nest!
These photos were taken at the Luces in the Sky fireworks show (competition?) at SM City, Iloilo City, Iloilo Province, Philippines, on 2015.01.22 as part of the Dinagyang festivities.
Fox Squirrels on a wet Winter's day in Ann Arbor. Taken in Ann Arbor on Tuesday February 5th, 2019 at the University of Michigan.