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A long exposure, landscape image of Heather growing on the cliff tops of Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland.
Made from my own shots in older gen apps.
Can click for texture if you like.
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"I think I'm going back
to the thing I learned so well in my youth.
I think I'm returning to
all those days when I was young enough to know the truth.
Now there are no games to only pass the time.
No more electric trains, no more trees to climb.
Thinking young and growing older is no sin
and I can play the game of life to win.
I can recall the time when
I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend.
And now I think I've got a lot more than
just my toys to lend.
Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide
and everyday can be my magic paradise.
I can play hide and seek with my fears
and live my days instead of counting my years.
Let everyone debate the true reality
I'd rather see my world the way it used to be.
A little bit of courage is all we lack,
so catch me if you can 'cause I'm going back.
I'm going back,
not just sitting, walking away.
Yes, I'm going back.
Going back to my youth.
Come on, catch me 'cause I'm going back,
I'm going back..."
Happy Bench Monday!!!
HBM!!
I saw this old guy while driving around La Grange, Texas. It's the very first jail house build in the town. Now it's being used as the City of La Grange Visitor’s Bureau and office space for the La Grange Area Chamber of Commerce. In the mid-1930’s, two members of the infamous Bonne and Clyde gang, Raymond Hamilton and Gene O’ Dare were held here for robbing the Carmine Bank.
Here's more info:
Fayette County opened its first jail in July, 1838. The cost of the first structure was $460. It was a primitive structure; prisoners were ironed and chained but within 10 years the building was sold. With no jail, prisoners were parceled out to various citizens for safekeeping. The plan worked until a murderer’s apprehension made arrangements for his incarceration in another town necessary.
In 1852, plans were finalized for a new jail that was in use by 1854. This jail was built by German immigrant Heinrich Kreishe, who was a stone mason by trade when he immigrated. You can see his work still at the Monument Hill/ Kreishe Brewery State Park.
By the early 1880’s, the need for a more modern and larger jail was evident and work began on the structure we now call the Old Jail. In November 1881, the county commissioners selected the Victorian Gothic design of Andrewarthe & Wahrenberger as the new look. The building was opened in 1883.
The monastery was founded by St. Patrick in the 5th century and the remnants of the High Crosses and Round Tower are indicative of its importance. The monastery was linked to St Maelruns monastery of Tallaght and adopted the practices of the Ceile De movement. The Vikings raided the monastery in 932 and it was again burned in 1114. It was the threat from the Vikings, which led to the building of the round tower in the 9th/10th century. A town developed around the monastery with buildings of timber and mud which have since been obliterated by wind and weather.The Round Tower at Old Kilcullen is about 10m high and it has a round-headed doorway. This is less than 2m above ground level and about 1.7m high.
Ancient history books such as the Annals of the Four Masters tell of terrible Danish attacks on Kilcullen in 936 and 944 AD. This probably led to the construction of the Round Tower.
The tower is approximately 40 ft high and the top parts suffered a lot of damage in 1798. An account written in 1782 tells of there being four large windows in the upper part of the tower but only the semblance of one now remains. The village which developed around the edge of the monastery continued to exsist until it was distroyed in a battle on 24th May 1798.
De Princes Street Gardens, une partie de la "skyline" de la vieille ville d'Edimbourg. Deux éléments gothiques emblématiques : la façade de l'Université et la flèche de la cathédrale Sainte Marie.