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Sometimes you have to be creative and find solutions to reach certain places! The plasterer who did this, didn't want his photo taken while he was standing there, so I just show you this, but he really did. It was quite scary, I can tell you…..
It is also the solution for those who were wondering what they saw in a previous photo ( see first comment box). Same situation but looking from below.
I also want to say that this renovation activities in our new home already have been taken place and everything is finished now. Also that I didn't do any of this work at all, except for making lots of cups of coffee, cleaning afterwards and taking pictures of moments that caught my attention.
I now have the time to make a selection of the most interesting ones. Processed this photo to give it a more dramatic look.
Have a nice weekend ahead ;-))
In 1979 Abraham Hefetz, Henry M. Fales and Suzanna W.T. Batra in Science discussed the wonders of our Plasterer Bee - sometimes aptly called: Cellophane Bee - and her Dufour's Gland. The secretions from that gland are used to transparently coat the inner surface of solitary Colletes' burrow nest to make it not only waterproof and resistant. They also work as a fungicide and bacteriacide. The gland is named for Léon Jean Marie Dufour (1780-1865) who first described it. Colletes doesn't lay her eggs on the nest floor. There it might be too damp but she affixes them to the safe, 'plastic' walls.
No fear for damp on this hot and dry day as I walked my favorite circuit in the Meuse Corridor. I saw this Plasterer Bee gathering pollen on a preferred foraging ground, Common Tansy, Tanacetum vulgare.
Algarve, Portugal. Colletes species build cells in underground nests that are lined with a cellophane-like plastic secretion, which makes them waterproof. Hence the "plasterer" description.
Ripon is located in North Yorkshire, England and is the third smallest city in England
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
This view is taken from Minster Close and the best time to capture is around mid-day to minimise shadows.
Spotted Horsemint is Florida's only native Moranda species. It is a short-lived weedy plant that grows 4-5 feet tall. It attracts a horde of pollinators, including some rare solitary wasps (the pictured wasp, Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp) is more common).
The pink bract, variable in intensity, are not the flowers. The yellow spotted flowers are the mail attraction for the pollinators, which include honeybees, bumblebees, miner bees, the endangered plasterer bees, swallowtail butterflies, and the endangered Karner Blue.
Horsemint makes a nice, intentionally weak tea. Stronger brews are used in herbal medicine. The Native Americans made a “sweating” tea from it to treat colds. The major oil in Horsemint is thymol. Externally it’s an antiseptic and vermifuge, internally, in large amounts, the plant can be fatal. That’s the bad news. So, it makes a nice, intentionally weak, tea.
Rhodes near Faliraki
ID is based on a collected specimen.
Thanks to Jelle Devalez for suggesting the right ID!
This species is fairly common in the frigana around Faliraki, and the only Colletes sp. co-occurring with the cuckoo bee Epeolus transitorius (= Epeolus julliani), and thus it is very likely to be the host of the latter, at least in Rhodes. (Epeolus spp. are more or less species-specific kleptoparasites of different Colletes sp., but, to my knowledge, the host of Epeolus transitorius is not known.)
Ripon is located in North Yorkshire, England and is the third smallest city in England
The Ripon Cathedral we see today is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
Best viewed large to see the beautiful detail
Ripon is located in North Yorkshire, England and is the third smallest city in England
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
This view is taken from Minster Close
Ripon is located in North Yorkshire, England and is the third smallest city in England
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
This view is taken from Minster Close
I’ll not leave you hanging, the car was fixed, the plasterer is not coming until Friday or Monday (the jury is out on this tradesman) and Oscar’s blood test was cocked up so we have to go back again this morning and stress him out more. In between all that I got out to the woods yesterday and although it was technically still autumn winter well and truly presented it self. Anyway today is officially the start of winter so I present Welcome to winter.
The plasterer has finished such a messy job. Mind I can’t the knock plasterer other than nailing him down to do the job in the first place. His boast was he’d been plastering for 65 years and it looked it. He was nobbling around on bad knees talking to Carla a lot of the time drinking tea, but I have to take my hat off to him still doing it at his age. The biggest part of our job was replacing ceiling boards which I ripped out after water Ingres problems with the sunroom roof a couple of winters back. I was concerned as the job involved some heavy lifting, but he managed and put in two days hard grafted, still having plenty of time to natter with Carla. Now the job is done, the cleaning starts. The sunroom facing northwest is freezing cold this time of year, so we use it as make shift fridge for extra Christmas food and drink. It give my visiting family some exercise to walk to the back of the house to get plate of Christmas leftovers or another can of beer. Todays photo was taken in early November, no clever composition, no dramatic lighting, just a pretty view, well I think it is.
aka Plasterer Bee. Colletes probably but as to sub-species, it could be daviesanus but this is just a guess.
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213 Reynolds Street (1887): Italianate L-shaped 2 storey stucco house with gable roof. Round headed windows, decorative bargeboard on front gable and front porch, bay window, decorative frieze over front windows.
I have been photographing these small bees for several years and there's no doubt that they are strongly attracted to Tansey. I particularly like this shot because the bee was positioned in such a way that I was able to get a nice clean background, which is rarely the case.
Ripon is located in North Yorkshire, England and is the third smallest city in England
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
Ripon Cathedral is difficult to get a clear shot of but this is looking along Kirkgate to the front of the Cathedral in North Yorkshire, England
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
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167 Trafalgar Road (1876): Property was originally owned by James Williamson, a farmer. The property was then acquired in 1876 by Henry Gulledge, a crafter of harnesses and leather saddles. The dwelling was constructed in 1876 by the Freestone Brothers, George and John, plasterers, and James, a mason.
Victorian Picturesque architecture. Notable features include the round headed paired windows on the second floor, brick buff coloured quoins, multiple gables and the detailed woodwork over the bay windows.
This slightly unusual view of Ripon Cathedral is take from the delightfully named road Low Saint Agnesgate
Ripon is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell.
The present Ripon Cathedral is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
Ripon Cathedral is difficult to get a clear shot of but this is looking along Kirkgate to the front of the Cathedral in North Yorkshire, England
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
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St. Peter and Paul is the Catholic parish church of Ziemetshausen in the district of Günzburg.
It was built by the well-known plasterer Johann Schmuzer between 1686 and 1894. The stucco of the nave dates from the time it was built, while the high altar and the choir already point to the Rococo. They probably come from Tassilo Zöpf.
For Macro Mondays, 26th July 2021, Theme: Eye
Most likely Colletes daviesanus. There are hundreds of Colletes sub-species throughout the world but this is the most common one found in the UK. It's a very small bee, only around 10mm long. The Tansey on which it is perched here has a diameter of 8mm. The double catch-light in the eye is caused by the twin flash.
The pilgrimage church of Our Lady stands picturesquely on Lake Constance. The builder is Peter Thumb. Construction began in 1746, and the shell was completed in 1748. The church was consecrated in September 1750 with the participation of 20,000 people. The celebrations last for several days.
The plasterer Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer can be won over to design the interior. He not only stuccoed the church, he also made the altars, the pulpit, the seating and the figures. Together with the fresco painter Gottfried Bernhard Göz, the two create a magnificent work of art.
Magnificent, 4-storey neoclassical style villa, probably built in the early/mid 1700's on a former small castle. The villa has been rebuilt twice, mainly the facade area. An imposing avenue once led to the castle, lined with tall, old trees. Unfortunately, the trees had to be felled in the 1990s and the avenue disappeared. The building was surrounded by beautifully landscaped English-style gardens, to the rear of the house was a lily pond and a small river where regattas were held with guests from the nobility and royalty. Today the garden has grown wild, the former beauty can only be guessed at. Over the centuries, the castle has had a variety of owners, influential families, nobles, engineers, lawyers and artists. At the end of the 1930's the property was sold again, the new owner had the castle restored by painters, plasterers and gardeners and lived there until the late 1950's. The property has since been owned by a company and has fallen into disrepair.
This plasterer bee was collecting on ragwort flowers on Meols common. She was extremely obliging turning around and around on the flower allowing multiple shots from different angles. These were used for identification, which initially I still managed to get wrong.
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The Fountaingrove mansion's interior has been sheetrocked by a specialist crew. Some wood framing has been purposely left uncovered. The ceiling insulation (golden color) is also uncovered for now.
Contractor Norman Hudson and plasterer Raúl Durán can be seen through the door's glass. But only if you click on the link and get the better view.
Contractor Norman Hudson called me on February 18, 2021 to tell me he was in line to get the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. He died two days later, at 77 years of age. He thus fulfilled his often-expressed desire never to retire.
Done!
From my archive, shot of a freshly plastered wall, during the renovation work of the then new house, a few years ago.
And no, it is not my hand, but the plasterer's hand ;-))
HWW everyone!!
Ripon Cathedral is difficult to get a clear shot but this taken in Minster Close creates an impression of the size and majesty of this beautiful cathedral in the city of Ripon, England.
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
In my travels round America I have seen few buildings that were genuinely a delight on the eye. The Chrysler building in New York is an exception it must have cost a fortune but this Art deco skyscraper is a masterpiece . I think you have to go into its lobby to fully experience the buildings quality. You won’t be exactly welcomed by the doormen and its very dark inside. I did managed to get one shot which gives an idea of the whole you can see three of the beautifully decorated elevator doors.
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The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco skyscraper on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City. At 1,046 ft , it is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework, and it was the world's tallest building for 11 months after its completion in 1930.
The writer Eric Nash described the lobby as a paragon of the Art Deco style, with clear influences of German Expressionism. Chrysler wanted the design to impress other architects and automobile magnates, so he imported various materials regardless of the extra costs incurred.
The walls are covered with huge slabs of African red granite. The walls also contain storefronts and doors made of Nirosta steel.There is a wall panel dedicated to the work of clinchers, surveyors, masons, carpenters, plasterers, and builders. Fifty different figures were modelled after workers who participated in its construction.
Within the lobby, there are ziggurat-shaped Mexican onyx panels above the elevator doors.The doors are designed in a lotus pattern and are clad with steel and wood. When the doors are closed, they resemble "tall fans set off by metallic palm fronds rising through a series of silver parabolas, whose edges were set off by curved lilies" However, when a set of doors is open, the cab behind the doors resembles "an exquisite Art Deco room". These elements were influenced by ancient Egyptian designs, which significantly impacted the Art Deco style. According to Vincent Curcio, "these elevator interiors were perhaps the single most beautiful and, next to the dome, the most important feature of the entire building."
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One of the most beautiful village churches in Bavaria is in Gabelbach, a municipality in the Augsburg district.
The church was built between 1737 and 1738 under the direction of the master builder Johannes Paulus. The consecration takes place in 1746.
The plasterers Ignaz and Johann Finsterwalder and, probably, Johann Georg Wolcker for the painting are responsible for the splendid furnishings.
On the west gallery is the oldest organ still in use in the Augsburg district from 1609. It is a work by Marx Günzer. Originally built for the Barfüsser Church in Augsburg, it came to Gabelbach in 1758, purchased for 250 guilders by pastor Dominikus Paulus.
The splendid parish church of St. Martin is located in Lamerdingen, a municipality in the Ostallgäu. Built around 1500, it was redesigned in the late baroque style between 1737 and 1738. Matthias Stiller is the plasterer, Johann Georg Lederer paints the frescoes.
The Mother of God Chapel in the Haunstetten district of Augsburg is considered a Rococo pearl in and around Augsburg.
The current chapel was built between 1740 and 1741, by order of Abbot Cölestin Mayr von Ortisei and Afra, as the old chapel has become dilapidated. The builder is probably Johann Paulus. No lesser masters can be recruited for the interior decoration than Christoph Thomas Scheffler for the frescoes and Ignaz Finsterwalder as plasterer.
In 1717 master builder Franz II Beer received the order for the new construction of the monastery church from the abbot of the Premontratian order based in Weißenau. Beer had previously rebuilt the east and south wings of the convent building. Shortly before that, Beer stepped down from the new church in Weingarten. Together with the plasterer from Wessobrunn, Franz Schmuzer, and the painter Jacob Carl Stauder from Constance, Beer built a church that still corresponds to the Vorarlberg cathedral building scheme. The choir, built between 1628 and 1630, is excluded from the new building. The organ by Johann Nepomuk Holzhey is a treasure., It has largely been preserved in its original condition.
Colletes probably but I'm not sure of the sub-species as there are hundreds. Possibly Colletes daviesanus but in truth I'm guessing. What I do know is that they're a very small bee not much longer than 10-12mm.
Ripon Cathedral is a difficult building to capture an overall view of especially in summer so a shot from distance looking over the River Skell which flows into the River Ure
Ripon is located in North Yorkshire, England and is the third smallest city in England
Today's church is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
Only identified as a new species in 1993 the Ivy Bee was only recorded for the first time in the UK in 2001.
Spreading rapidly across the UK it has been on the radar as a new species in Northumberland for quite some time.
A small patch of Ivy was in flower at Warkworth at the weekend and in amongst the Hoverflies and Wasps it appears to be me who gets their name on the first county record with this lone female collecting pollen from the only source they use.
Off the back of my sighting it was then found by a friend in Morpeth just down the road a few hours later so looks like it will turn out to be more established in the county than suspected as more people keep an eye out now they know it is here.
Wettenhausen is a municipality in the Bavarian Kammeltal and belongs to the municipality of Kammeltal.
The townscape is characterized by the former Augustinian lords - Reichsprovost and their collegiate church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
In 1670, Michael Thumb, master builder from Vorarlberg, was commissioned by Probst Dionysos von Rehlingen to build a new church. It is Michael Thumb's first large independent new church building. He previously worked under Michael Beer.
Thumb leaves the choir of the previous church and adds a new barrel-vaulted nave.
Striking in this church is the rich and plastic stucco. It is the work of the Wessobrunn plasterer Matthias Schmutzer II, and plasterers Christoph Gigl and Georg Vogel I from Wessobrunn are also named.
Johann Georg Knappich from Augsburg paints the frescoes. They are considered to be one of the earliest fresco cycles by a German painter. Unfortunately, these frescoes are heavily reworked in 1892 and partially painted over. Knappich also paints the high altar painting "Maria Assumption". Johann Heis from Augsburg paints the altarpieces of the side altars.
The altars and the pulpit are particularly striking. They are dark brown in tone with rich gilded decorations. The altars are the work of Knappich, while the pulpit, the choir stalls, the gallery grille and the organ case are the work of the wood sculptor Ferdinand Zech.
In the southern transept altar the figural group "Marienkronung" from the high altar of 1524 is inserted.
In 1687 the church was completed.
The Jesuit Church of St. Michael belongs to the College of St. Michael in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Giovanni de Rossi built the church between 1604 and 1613 in a post-Gothic style.
The court architect Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti, the painter Franz Anton Ermeltraut and the plasterer Giuseppe Antonio Albuccio redesigned the interior between 1756 and 1771 in the Rococo style.
The organ from 1764 comes from the Constance organ builder Bihler.
Ripon is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell.
The present Ripon Cathedral is the fourth to have stood on this site. Saint Wilfrid brought stonemasons, plasterers and glaziers from France and Italy to build his great basilica in AD 672.
The former monastery church of St. Marinus and Anianus in Rott am Inn is considered a rococo masterpiece in Bavaria. Well-known artists contribute to the magnificent appearance of the church. Starting with the ingenious master builder Johann Michael Fischer, through the fresco painter Matthäus Günther and the plasterer Jakob Rauch.
In 1759 the construction of the church began, which was consecrated by the Freising Auxiliary Bishop in 1763.
The municipality of Stöttwang is located in the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu near Kaufbeuren with around 1800 inhabitants.
The parish church of St. Gordian and Epimachus is located on a slight hill in the middle of the village.
The nave of the church in Stöttwang is rebuilt under Pastor Martin Johann Klein.
The construction work was carried out between 1744 and 1745 under the direction of Joseph Galler, master builder from Kempten.
In 1749 Franz Georg Hermann was commissioned to paint and fresco the interior of the church.
Franz Xaver Feuchmayr, plasterer from Wessobrunn is hired for the stucco work in 1745. The pulpit also comes from him.
Placidus Verhelst makes the high altar and all the figures. His father Aegidius is the creator of the crucifix.
The Augsburg Bishop Johann Jakob Mayr consecrated the new church on September 11, 1746.