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Well, and after the creation of the island, people came to it and started building houses and villages with their churches.
The sea was their friend, but at the same time their enemy because on the one hand they provided a source of income through fishing, but on the other hand the sea had its terrible quirks and she could rage like a raging rage and devourded houses, villages in short everything what got in her way and therefore also people.
And in order to avoid the seething desolation of the sea, dikes were always built higher, higher and higher, so that you no longer see the villages from the sea side, except for a small part of the church tower........
(english follow)
À Irina, mon amie
FACE À LA MER
C’était un jour tranquille
Face à la mer
Face à nos origines
Dont elle garde bien les secrets
J’ai suivi le rivage
Le visage fouetté par un vent chargé de brumes salées
Des odeurs familières pour tant de générations humaines
Qui ont reconnu, dans la voix rythmée des vagues qui se brisent sur le rivage,
Des sons primordiaux
C’était un jour tranquille
Aux abords de dunes protégées par leurs herbes folles
De modestes habitations
Souvent occupées par des écrivains et autres artistes
Chacun cherchant à retrouver au plus profond de soi, ces poussières de vie
qui deviendraient poèmes, romans, tableaux, photos ou musique
Comme autant d’harmonies de leurs voix intérieures
Inspirées par la magie de ces lieux
Je m’en souviens…
C’était un jour tranquille
Face à la mer
Patrice
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To Irina, my friend
IN FRONT OF THE SEA
It was a quiet day
In front of the sea,
Facing our origins
Whose she keeps the secrets.
I followed the shore
Face whipped by a wind loaded with salty mist;
Familiar smells for so many generations
Who recognized, in the rhythmic voice of the waves breaking on the shore, primordial sounds.
It was a quiet day;
On the edge of dunes protected by their weeds
Modest homes,
Often occupied by artists
Each seeking to find in the deepest of oneself, this dust of life
which would become poems, novels, paintings, photos or music
Like so many harmonies of their inner voices
Inspired by the magic of this place.
I remember…
It was a quiet day
In front of the sea
Patrice
Martre des pins (Martes martes), Neuchâtel, Suisse.
Découlant d’une longue lignée de petits mammifères, les martres ont gardé plusieurs particularités primitives de leurs ancêtres mustélidés. Leurs habitudes solitaires, leurs capacités d'adaptation et leurs grandes aptitudes de chasseurs ont probablement contribué à les préserver des humains attirés par la beauté de leur fourrure.
La plus ancienne espèce retrouvée qui appartienne à ce genre, Martes vetus, occupait déjà il y a quelque 2,5 millions d'années les spacieuses forêts du Gondwana, le continent primitif. Par contre, sa parenté avec la fouine est nettement moins sûre.
Occupant aussi les régions forestières, la martre européenne, parut en Europe centrale au milieu du pléistocène, il y a peu près un million d'années, puis peu à peu, elle étendit son aire de répartition vers l'Europe de l'Ouest et l'Angleterre. Vers l'est, elle dut s'adapter à de nouvelles conditions de vie et devint Martes zibellina, la zibeline, au-delà des monts de l'Oural, puis Martes melampus au Japon. Il semble que la martre du Japon soit à l'origine de l'espèce américaine.
À l'origine, l'église se composait d'une nef et d'un chœur séparés par une tour centrale remplacée par une flèche d'ardoise élevée au-dessus du portail occidental dans les années 1880. La tour et le chœur sont dotés d'une voûte de pierre. Celle du chœur pourrait remonter au XIIIe siècle. La nef est datée du XVIIIe siècle.
I visited the open Art Museum and noticed that this art piece is very similar to my Gorilla Tripod :-). I took this picture for a fun.
Every design gets inspired by something who knows that the design of this tripod was inspired by this.
Taken on Acropolis in Lindos on the Island of Rhodes in Greece. According to myths the Acropolis is the place where the worship of the hellenistic gods origined. Later this became the worship of the goddess Athena among other gods.
HCS 😊😊😍
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The meaning and origin of the expression: Go out on a limb
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/out-on-a-limb.html
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Assassin's Creed: Origins
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The origin of these "pearls of nature" is a miracle. As I looked more closely at the ground, I saw a small blade of grass that was slightly higher than the others. For this reason, I was able to take my camera closer to the object and take this detail bigger. I was fascinated when I could look at this little wonder of nature at home.
While I was photographed, the sunrays warmed the ice crystals on the grasshammer so that they just slid down the stalk, when I finished with photography. What a wonderful experience that fascinated me once again and I could learn from nature.
This picture shows me both sides of the winter. The first is cold and somehow fancinating, the second shows me that the cold of the wafting sun has to give way. At least in the spring, when the life awakens again.
I am happy to share this here with you.
Enjoy everybody and a wonderful weekend to all of you.
Thank you for all your sympathy for my pictures here and the dear comments, which always give me great pleasure.
Have a wonderful time in the nature.
in explore: 17.12.2016
Rain falling in the dark in the Cueva del Esplendor (cave of splendor). A beam of light enlightens the scene. Jardin, Antioquia, Colombia.
Anamorphosis art installation by French artist Pascale Peyret; it is a terraced garden suspended in the air, where shoots of tradescantia (a.k.a. dragon tree) grow from glowing plastic (transfusion) bags
Valle de Estós, La Ribagorza, Huesca, Aragón, España.
El valle de Estós (en aragonés benasqués Vall d'Estós o Ball d'Estós) es un valle pirenaico situado en la comarca aragonesa de La Ribagorza.
Se ubica en la zona noroccidental del valle de Benasque (noreste de la provincia de Huesca) y dentro del parque natural Posets-Maladeta. Al norte de este valle, que es de origen glaciar, está el macizo del Perdiguero (3.221 m), y al sur el macizo del Posets (3.375 m). Este valle, orientado de oeste a este, tiene una longitud aproximada de 12 km y en el fondo de él transcurren las aguas del río Estós, afluente del río Ésera. Clarabides, Gías, Oô, son picos que también superan los 3.000 m y hacen frontera con Francia. La altitud del valle oscila entre los 1.400 m y los 3.375 m.
Desde el año 1994 forma parte del parque natural de Posets-Maladeta por sus importantes valores ecológicos. El paisaje predominante es el de la alta montaña pirenaica con buena representación de los pisos climáticos alpino, subalpino y montano. La flora predominante son los pastizales de montaña y los bosques, de coníferas (pino negro y abeto), de caducifolios (haya, álamo temblón, abedul, sauce, arce y avellano) y como principales arbustos el boj, enebro y rododendro. También se encuentran algunos endemismos pirenaicos. En cuanto a la fauna, encontramos a todos los animales presentes en los ecosistemasde la alta montaña pirenaica destacando una importante población de sarrios y corzos y como aves más representativas el urogallo, la perdiz nival y el quebrantahuesos.
El río Estós, al que afluyen múltiples barrancos y torrentes procedentes de los numerosos ibones (lagos de origen glaciar), de las nieves perpetuas y de algunos de los glaciares más meridionales de Europa, recorre el fondo del valle.
El valle tiene un gran atractivo turístico para los amantes de las excursiones de montaña, de la escalada, el esquí de montaña y el alpinismo. También se practica la pesca de la trucha y la caza mayor (sarrios, corzos y jabalíes). En la época veraniega sus laderas son lugar de pasto de un gran rebaño de vacas.
El acceso al valle se realiza preferentemente a pie a través de una red de senderos bien señalizados, aunque hay una pista forestal restringida al tránsito de vehículos autorizados. A lo largo del camino encontramos numerosas cabañas de pastores y un refugio de montaña guardado (1.895 m) gestionado por un guarda de la Federación Aragonesa de Montaña.
The Estós Valley (in Benasquese Aragonese, Vall d'Estós or Ball d'Estós) is a Pyrenean valley located in the Aragonese region of La Ribagorza.
It lies in the northwestern part of the Benasque Valley (northeast of the province of Huesca) and within the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park. To the north of this valley, which is of glacial origin, is the Perdiguero massif (3,221 m), and to the south, the Posets massif (3,375 m). This valley, oriented from west to east, is approximately 12 km long, and the Estós River, a tributary of the Ésera River, flows through its bottom. Clarabides, Gías, and Oô are peaks that also exceed 3,000 m and form the border with France. The valley's altitude ranges from 1,400 m to 3,375 m.
Since 1994, it has been part of the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park due to its significant ecological value. The predominant landscape is that of the high Pyrenees, with a good representation of the alpine, subalpine, and montane climate zones. The predominant flora consists of mountain pastures and forests, including conifers (black pine and fir), deciduous trees (beech, aspen, birch, willow, maple, and hazel), and, as main shrubs, boxwood, juniper, and rhododendron. Several Pyrenean endemic species are also found. As for the fauna, all the animals present in the high Pyrenean mountain ecosystems are found here, with a significant population of Pyrenean chamois and roe deer, and the most representative birds being the capercaillie, the ptarmigan, and the bearded vulture.
The Estós River, fed by numerous ravines and streams originating from the many glacial lakes (ibones), the permanent snowfields, and some of the southernmost glaciers in Europe, flows through the valley floor.
The valley is a popular tourist destination for mountain hikers, climbers, ski mountaineers, and alpinists. Trout fishing and big game hunting (chamois, roe deer, and wild boar) are also popular. In the summer, its slopes serve as grazing land for a large herd of cattle.
Access to the valley is primarily on foot via a network of well-marked trails, although there is a forest track restricted to authorized vehicles. Along the way, you'll find numerous shepherd's huts and a staffed mountain refuge (1,895 m) managed by a warden from the Aragonese Mountain Federation.
Fuchsia magellanica, commonly known as the Hummingbird fuchsia or Hardy fuchsia, is a species of flowering plant native to South America, from the temperate southern regions of Argentina and Chile to the Straits of Magellan, in general growing near the waterways.
In the southern part of Chile (Western Patagonia) it grows at the edge of the woods.
This sub-shrub can grow to 10 feet (3.0 m) in height and width in frost-free climates, and 4–5 feet (1.2–1.5 m) where is colder. The plant blossoms profusely over a long period with many small and tubular pendent flowers, in brilliant shades of red and purple, softer shades of pink and lavender, and some in white.
It is naturalized in the United Kingdom and Bolivia, regions where it was introduced for gardening. It arrived in England in the late 18th century. According to tradition, the English gardener James Lee discovered it on the windowsill of a seaman's house and bought it for a considerable sum. As early as 1793 Lee is said to have sold a large number of pieces that he had pulled from this one copy.
In Australia, the species is recorded as naturalised in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
The species is widely used in gardening, as an ornamental plant, due to the color and shape of its flowers. Many of the existing cultivars of Fuchsia are hybrids of this species with another of the genus, generally originating in warmer climates, since their main use as a source of hybridization is due to their resistance to cold.
It is grown in temperate and subtropical gardens, or in containers on patios, balconies, and indoors, but prefers a sunny position.
The plants are quite cold-hardy compared to other species from more tropical climates, and only die in hard frosts.
The profuse pendent flowers are a nectar source attractive to hummingbirds.
This Fuchsia is one of the species hybridized in obtaining "Brinco-de-princesa" (Princess earring), the name by what is known in Brazil.
Informations by Wikipedia
In certain sense we can say that Fuchsia magellanica can be the mother of many species of fuchsias.
C'est dans sa livrée d'origine que la 754.066, ou plutôt T478.4066 assure l'Os 7416 Plzeň - Domažlice. Notez que même la numérotation sur la locomotive a été remise dans son état d'origine.
view of Ljubljanski Grad (Ljubljana Castle), Tromostovje (Triple Bridge) and old town from Prešernov Trg (Prešeren Square)
Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia, located along a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, north of the country's largest marsh, inhabited since prehistoric times. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center.
The exact origin of the name Ljubljana is unclear. In medieval times, both the river and the town were also called Laibach in German. This name was used within the region until 1918 and continues to be used in German. In Italian, the city is referred to as Lubiana, and in Latin, it is known as Labacum.
The German name was first documented in 1144, and the Slovenian form appeared in records as early as 1146. The 10th-century work "Life of Gregentios" provides the Greek variant Λυπλιανές (Lyplianes) and situates it among the Avars in the 6th century. This account is influenced by an earlier northern Italian source written shortly after the conquest of 774.
The connection between the Slovene and German names has posed a puzzle for scholars. In 2007, linguist Tijmen Pronk, an authority in comparative Indo-European linguistics and Slovene dialectology from the University of Leiden, provided strong support for the theory that the Slavic ljub- meaning "to love, like" was the most likely origin. He argued that the river's name likely stemmed from the settlement's name. Silvo Torkar, a linguist with expertise in Slovene names, put forth the idea that Ljubljana's name has its roots in "Ljubija", the original name of the Ljubljanica River. This can be traced back to the Old Slavic male name "Ljubovid", which translates to "the one with a lovely appearance". Torkar also asserted that the name "Laibach" is a combination of German and Slovene, sharing its origins with the same personal name.
Prešeren Square (Slovene: Prešernov trg) is the central square in Ljubljana. It is part of the old town's pedestrian zone and a major meeting point where festivals (like the annual Ljubljana Dragon Carnival), concerts, sports, political events, and protests take place. It was redesigned according to plans by Edvard Ravnikar from a funnel-shaped to a circular form in 1987–88 and renovated in 2007.
The Triple Bridge (Slovene: Tromostovje, in older sources also Tromostje) comprises three bridges spanning the Ljubljanica River. It connects the historical medieval town on the southeastern bank with the central Prešeren Square on the northwestern bank. Dating back to the 13th century, it stands as the oldest bridge in Ljubljana. In the early 1930s, the architect Jože Plečnik redesigned and expanded it. In August 2021, the Triple Bridge was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of Plečnik's enduring legacy.
Florença - Firenze - Italia
"Querida pela família Medici, a marca não demorou a se tornar famosa em outros países. Um de seus produtos mais emblemáticos, o perfume L’Acqua della Regina, foi criado especialmente para Catarina di Medici usar no dia de seu casamento com Henrique II o então rei da França" ...
in:
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"The history of Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica, known throughout the world as Pharmacy of Santa Maria Novella, is closely linked to the convent of the Dominican Friars of Santa Maria Novella, and its origin is part of the religious ideal of charity and assistance and healing of sick."
in:
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The origins of the square date back to the sixteenth century, when the confluence of roads (streets today) of Toledo and Atocha, just outside the medieval village, was celebrated on this site, known as 'plaza del Arrabal' the main market of the town, being built at this time a first home arcades, or market, to regulate trade in the square.
In 1580, after having moved the court to Madrid in 1561, Philip II commissioned the project to remodel the plaza Juan de Herrera, beginning itself the demolition of the 'houses of blocks' of the old place that year. The construction of the first building of the new square, the Casa de la Panaderia, would begin in 1590 by Diego Sillero, on the site of the old fish market. In 1617, Felipe III, ordered the completion of works to Juan Gómez de Mora, who completed the square in 1619.
The place of origin of Iris Japonica seems to be China. It grows well in clusters at shaded and damp places such as bamboo grove and evergreen tree forest.
霧雨なのでちょいと車を走らせてシャガの群生地に赴きました。シャガはアイリス・ジャポニカと言う名前ですが, 原産地は中国だそうです。アヤメ科アヤメ属なので, 木陰のやや湿った場所が居心地良いと言って居ります。シャガは一体どう撮って良いのか分からないので、取り敢えず、しゃがんで撮ってみました(^^;
撮影地：伊豆市
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#Candle
Mikado, also known as pick-up-sticks or jackstraws, is a game of skill of European origin that, at least according to (German) Wikipedia, was already played in ancient Rome. It is named after the highest scoring stick (blue), the "Mikado", which refers to the Japanese emperor.
This is a slightly different, new type of Mikado, and its rules are simple: clear the game board without tossing the burning candle over or lighting the "active" playing candles in the process, and do it before the red candle burns down (which happens quite fast with these thin candles).
Initially, I wanted to build a much larger Mikado pile with more candles, but they kept rolling away, so I focused on creating a nice-looking pile instead.
Size info: Each candle (except the lit red one, which I cut in half) is 6 cm/2,36 inches long, so together with the negative space (I also slightly cropped the image), the width is about 2,75 inches.
HMM, Everyone!
Louvignies Castle
Louvignies castle is said to owe its origin to a tower built in the 8th century, the Tour des Sarrasins. This tower would have been used to keep an eye on the traffic on the road from Brunehaut.
In 1716, the estate passed into the hands of the current owner's family by marriage. The current Louvignies château acquired its final appearance in 1875, after eight years of renovation work by Count Léon de Villegas de Saint-Pierre and his wife Ferdinande de Maillen. Count Léon gave up his diplomatic career in 1880 to become mayor of Louvignies.
The castle has 60 rooms and houses a wealth of family portraits, works of art, furniture and curiosities from the 19th century.
Countess Albertine de Villegas, the last descendant of the de Villegas de Saint-Pierre family, had no children. She adopted Jean-Marie de Moreau de Villegas and left him the chateau when she died in 1971.
Today, Florence de Moreau de Villegas de Saint-Pierre owns the chateau.
A few times a year, the castle opens its doors to the public.
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Het kasteel van Louvignies zou zijn oorsprong te danken hebben aan een toren die in de 8ste eeuw werd gebouwd, de tour des Sarrasins. Die toren zou het verkeer op de heerbaan van Brunehaut in de gaten hebben gehouden.
In 1716 kwam het domein door een huwelijk in de handen van de familie van de huidige eigenares. Het huidige kasteel van Louvignies kreeg zijn definitieve uitzicht in 1875, na een verbouwing die acht jaar duurde onder impuls van graaf Léon de Villegas de Saint-Pierre en zijn echtgenote Ferdinande de Maillen. Graaf Léon gaf in 1880 zijn diplomatieloopbaan op om burgemeester te worden van Louvignies.
Het kasteel telt 60 kamers en herbergt een schat aan familieportretten, kunstwerken, meubelen en rariteiten uit de negentiende eeuw.
Gravin Albertine de Villegas, de laatste afstammeling van het geslacht de Villegas de Saint-Pierre, had geen kinderen, zij adopteerde Jean-Marie de Moreau de Villegas en liet hem bij haar dood in 1971 het kasteel na.
Momenteel is Florence de Moreau de Villegas de Saint-Pierre eigenares van het kasteel.
Een paar keer per jaar opent het kasteel de deuren voor het publiek.