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Griffon vulture feeding on the cadaver (not visible)
showing some parts of its head and neck tinged with blood.
Buitre leonado alimentándose de un cadáver (no visible)
mostrando partes de su cabeza y cuello teñidas de sangre.
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The Church of the Nativity of Christ in the refectory chambers of the New Jerusalem Monastery was built simultaneously with the three vast chambers themselves in 1686-1692. By order of Princess Tatyana Mikhailovna, who donated money for the construction, each of the three chambers of the refectory served its purpose. Thus, the middle "meal", connected to the Nativity Church, was intended for all pilgrims who arrived at the monastery, the second - for the brethren's meals, and the third, apparently, more ceremonial, "a living room for worldly food of all ranks to people."
The Christmas refectory church was made two-story, with the second floor communicating with the chambers. Its architecture is typical of the late 17th century - in the Moscow Baroque style. The lower floor - the "warm" church - was originally surrounded by an open porch, which in the 18th century was replaced by an arcade that has survived to this day, decorated with classic rustic woodwork and pilasters.
The upper, "summer" church is in two tiers of windows, covered with a closed vault, on which there are two octagonal with a dome. The entire decor of the temple: architraves, columns on the apse, octagons under the cupola, are made in the Moscow Baroque style. Not only the church is decorated in the same way, but all the refectory chambers.
In 1792, a hundred years after its construction, the refectory chambers were badly damaged by a fire in the monastery kitchen. All the chambers were burnt out, and the church utensils were barely saved, while much was still damaged by fire. After renovation, in 1810, a wooden ceiling was made in the upper part of the Nativity Church, supported by two brick pillars. This greatly reduced the space of the large baroque temple and made it much darker. Therefore, already in the 1850s. this "innovation" was removed and the restoration was carried out under the direction of the architect K.A. Ton.
The luxurious tyablo iconostasis of the Nativity Church was burned down in 1922. Museum expositions were housed in the premises of the temple. During the colossal destruction of the monastery by the Nazis in 1941. The Nativity Church was almost not damaged, and during the restoration the original appearance of the interior of the church and the refectory chambers was restored.
In 1995, the Church of the Nativity of Christ was transferred to the newly formed monastic brethren; in 1996, restoration work began there, and in 1997 the church was re-consecrated.
Now the temple is a very interesting picture - it is practically side by side adjacent to the museum remaining in the refectory chambers, and the visitor may well seem at first to be an exhibition hall as well. Only by looking more attentively, one can notice that there is no longer museum life going on here.
Every year, the Tesselaar family, famous for their tulips, host two flower festivals at their show garden premises in Silvan in the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. They began many years ago with their Tulip Festival in spring, which attracts visitors locally, from interstate and internationally. However in the last few years, the Tesselaar family have started hosting an autumn festival too, called “Ka-Bloom”. The Ka-Bloom festival sees the gardens filled with colour from mass plantings of snapdragons, marigolds, salvias and dahlias.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 9th of June is "a single white flower". Of course I could have submitted one of the many white roses shots I have (white roses are my favourite flower), however when the theme was announced, I remembered the photograph I had taken of a perfect white dahlia bloom in the gardens of the Tesselaar Ka-Bloom festival, just a short while ago, in April this year. This bloom is what I settled on. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
These twin lion cubs, nammed, Ysis and Yoda, female and male around 8 months old, were rescued from wildlife trade by the Foundation "30 Millions d'Amis" then placed in the premises of the Association "Tonga Terre d'Accueil" which works to find them a better future like those saved in 2019 and who now live in South Africa ...
Fondation 30 millions d'Amis : fight against abandonment, animal testing and animal trafficking, make aware of public awareness, change the laws and status of animals.
Tonga Terre d'Accueil : wildlife refuge for animals victims of wildlife trade, seized or abandoned.
"If we kill off the wild, then we are killing a part of our souls." Dr. Jane Goodall
My Korner #389 - These Premises Are Protected!
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I have been killed by two men but I still have 7 lives left!
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HAIR: Exile - Felicia @Fetish Fair
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S&P Kitty Costume is rigged for Legacy, Legacy Perky, Maitreya and Maitreya Petite and has so many options. Bodysuit comes in 8 solid and 8 ombre colors. Mask, gloves with claws, and tail all come 16 color choices and can be worn with and without drips. Gloves can be worn with or without claws and claws HUD has 7 metal colors. Tail is animated. Great halloween costume.
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Normally, I don't let Rooster out until I know Mama moose has left the premises but she came back so it was a surprise that her and Rooster met up. Now, If any of you wonder what would happen if you encounter any wildlife on the trail how your dog would react....well, they bring them back to you. That's right, Mama moose came galloping right past me down my driveway. She doesn't perceive me as a threat so I was safe. Imagine if that was a bear? Something I learned from this picture is when a moose is perturbed their ears go comically sideways. She has never showed me that facial expression.
Of course, Rooster thinks it is all a game, just another horse on the property.
As a side note, sadly Rooster got ran over by a truck just outside my ranch gate by a passerby going about 80, he was rushed to the Dog ER on Sunday. He suffered a pulmonary contusion so he is on bed rest and as you can imagine not happy about it now that he is on the mend. All a very traumatic ordeal, I will forever be haunted by his cry as he got run over. Hope he has learned his lesson about cars as I never had a dog that didn't respect motorized vehicles. Had I known, I wouldn't have rescued him, there is only one ending, but apparently Rooster has a guardian angel. BTW- ER Vets think you shit out money, just saying. $1600 a night. This dog is going to give me a heart attack yet. Where is my beloved Sadie Dawg when I need her? Heavy sigh....
The James Ryan Ltd Retail and Wholesale Distributors buildings are part of the Ryan Premises National Historic Site located in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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The James Ryan Ltd Retail and Wholesale Distributors buildings are part of the Ryan Premises National Historic Site located in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
James Ryan Ltd. was established in the Bayley's Cove section of Bonavista in 1857 where it operated a pub as well as a retail store. The main operation was relocated to its present location on Bonavista harbour in 1869 and liquor was only sold in bulk and the fishery became the main focus. The company bought and sold salt cod, supplied salt and other materials for the cod fishery, and sold general merchandise. By 1895 James Ryan Ltd exported 100,000 quintals (approximately 5,000,000 kg) of salt cod, approximately 10% of the total for Newfoundland.James Ryan Ltd. exited the fishing industry in 1952 and continued on as a general store until closing in 1978. In 1987, the Ryan Premises at Bonavista were designated as a National Historic Site. Parks Canada took over the property and it was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on June 24, 1997 to mark the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's landfall at Bonavista.
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Ryan Premises National Historic Site located in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
The Ryan Premises is a National Historic Site of Canada located in the town of Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is preserved as an example of a large-scale merchant operation in a Newfoundland outport.
The site consists of the proprietor's house, a carriage shed, a retail shop, a retail store, a fish store and a salt store. The staff house, adjacent to but not part of the historical site, is a Registered Heritage Structure. Earlier, the premises also included a larger salt store, a cooperage, a powder magazine, a telegraph office, wharves, fish flakes, a lumber yard and a shipyard.
James Ryan Ltd. was established in the Bayley's Cove section of Bonavista in 1857 where it operated a pub as well as a retail store. The main operation was relocated to its present location on Bonavista harbour in 1869 and liquor was only sold in bulk and the fishery became the main focus. The company bought and sold salt cod, supplied salt and other materials for the cod fishery, and sold general merchandise. By 1895 James Ryan Ltd exported 100,000 quintals (approximately 5,000,000 kg) of salt cod, approximately 10% of the total for Newfoundland.James Ryan Ltd. exited the fishing industry in 1952 and continued on as a general store until closing in 1978. In 1987, the Ryan Premises at Bonavista were designated as a National Historic Site. Parks Canada took over the property and it was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on June 24, 1997 to mark the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's landfall at Bonavista.
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NW55plus Monatsthema - Schwarz Weiß
Der 1938 in Düsseldorf geborene Bildhauer Ulrich Rückriem realisierte zahlreiche Gruppen- und Einzelausstellungen im In- und Ausland. Er sieht sich Räumlichkeiten an, zeichnet mögliche Entwürfe für den Aufbau und wählt Skulpturen aus. Im Laufe seiner Ausstellungstätigkeit entstand der Wunsch nach eigenen Räumen, die seinen Vorstellungen und den Anforderungen des Materials entsprechen. So entwickelte sich die Idee, hier in Sinsteden eigene Hallen zu errichten.
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NW55plus Monthly Theme - Black White
The sculptor Ulrich Rückriem, born in Düsseldorf in 1938, has realized numerous group and individual exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He looks at premises, draws possible designs for construction and selects sculptures. In the course of his exhibition activities, the desire for his own rooms that corresponded to his ideas and the requirements of the material arose. This is how the idea developed to build our own halls here in Sinsteden.
Another photo taken in the premises of Yamada Ryokan.
The building in the right is called Nagaya (長屋) that is an Edo period construction. The building in the centre is Yudono (湯殿) that houses a hotspring bath, and the three -story building is called Shinkan (新館, new wing) for guest rooms although it is old enough. The two were constructed in 1914 during the Taishou era (大正時代 1907-1926). These three architectures are listed as Registered Tangible Cultural Heritage.
They are traditional structures supported by wooden pillars and beams, which allow installing plenty of glass windows.
In my opinion, this is architecturally the best part of the Japanese inn.
The building behind Shinkan is Bekkan (別館, annex) that is a reinforced concrete structure built in late 20th century. It may be comfortable to stay but is less attractive for photo shooting.
Shabash Bangladesh (Bravo Bangladesh) (Bengali: সাবাশ বাংলাদেশ) is a sculpture in Bangladesh. It is located at Rajshahi University premises. Shabash Bangladesh is another state of the art sculpture created to pay tribute to those killed in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.[2]
Nitun Kundu is the sculptor of Shabash Bangladesh.
Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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E.B.S. [European Bulk Services] were so kind to allow me to shoot on their premises.
Wicked razor wire combined with barbed wire mounted on top of the back fence of a business premises in Kent Town. It was a bright sunny spring day, with the sun shining on the razor wire while the space beyond was in shade. I kinda liked the hanging lamp, which is why I went for this symmetrical composition.
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Hello Everyone,
I'm back and will try to continue posting. Please forgive me for not commenting as I ease back into my Flickr routine. I've tried a few times over the last couple of years, and failed. This time, I am going to shoot and post from work, during my lunch break.
Love,
Theen.
Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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© 2016 Bart van Damme
E.B.S. [European Bulk Services] were so kind to let me shoot on their premises.
Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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© 2016 Bart van Damme
E.B.S. [European Bulk Services] were so kind to allow me to shoot on their premises.
The present church is on the site of a chapel built in 1747. A larger building was constructed in 1822 and the present building dates from 1865 although it was substantially rebuilt following a fire in 1915. A map showing the location of the church and the manse is reproduced.
By the beginning of the 20th century there were three Congregational churches in Maidstone. In addition to Week Street there were churches at Westborough and King Street. In 1965 the three churches came together to form one united church and since 1973 when the King Street church was acquired for the construction of a shopping centre, the church has been based at the present premises in Week Street.
The 1865 building has been considerably modified and adapted in recent years but retains much of the original sanctuary although parts were rebuilt following the 1915 fire.
100 Years Old. Picturedrome, 286 Kensington, Liverpool 7. 2010 photo.
Opened 26 December 1910
This was built on the site of Lindley's Kensington Brewery which dated from at least the 1840s, and closed about 1905.
(The boundary wall on the right of the building must date from this period).
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In 1909 at the height of the Roller Skating craze, a rink was proposed to be built on the site, and in September it was stated that "The Old Brewery site being laid out as a Roller Rink. Work not yet complete. Application (for approval of plans) withdrawn." The withdrawing of the application tells us that the scheme had been abandoned, and the skating rink never opened. The craze had quickly come and gone.
Instead, on 11 August 1910 a plan was submitted of a "New Cinematograph Hall".
The argument surrounding Liverpool's first purpose-built cinema has to be raised again. It has been stated that the Bedford Hall in Walton opened on Boxing Day, 1908, exactly two years before the Kensington Picturedrome. This is definitely wrong, and I hope to prove that both cinemas opened in December 1910.
(it's since been discovered that J. F. Wood - the original owner - hoped to open it on Boxing Day, 1910.)
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Regarding the Bedford, the Wood family (who were the original owners), Frank Unwin, Derek Whale, and other local historians have all said that it opened in 1910, but the actual date remained hard to prove, although Derek Whale said it was on Boxing Day. (The Kensington certainly opened on Boxing Day [in 1910], and I believe that this is where the confusion over the opening date of the Bedford originates.)
The Cinematograph Act, which came into force on 1 January 1910, dictated, among other things, that the projection equipment should be in a fireproof room, outside the auditorium. This prompted the building of purpose-built cinemas. Nearly all cinemas before 1910 were conversions of existing buildings.
The first purpose-built cinema anywhere near Liverpool was the Southport Picturedrome, on Lord Street. It opened on 9 May 1910 (since demolished). The second didn't open until 17 December 1910, and that was the Widnes Picturedrome (the basic shell survives, but the front has been demolished). Campbell & Fairhurst, the Southport firm of architects designed the above two cinemas, as well as the Kensington, and at least another ten cinemas to be built on Merseyside before the First World War. The Kensington Picturedrome was built by L.Marr & Son.
The plan of the Kensington Picturedrome was submitted on 11 August 1910 and was plan number 29705. The plan of the Bedford was number 29676, and was submitted no earlier than late July 1910.
The Cinematograph Act of 1910 was also responsible for the introduction of Cinematograph Licenses, and premises wanting to show films could not do so without being issued with a license. The licence for the Kensington was granted on 23 December 1910, and the cinema opened, by invitation only, on Saturday, the 24th, and to the public on Monday, the 26th. (There was no Sunday opening for cinemas in those days, not that it would have opened on Christmas Day). Unfortunately the opening of the Bedford was neither advertised, nor reported on in the local press, but the licence was issued on December 24th. With Boxing Day being a favourite time of year for places of public amusement to be opened, it seems very likely that the Bedford did indeed open on that day, but in 1910, certainly not in 1908. If further proof is needed, Kelly's Directory of Liverpool for 1911, published at the end of 1910, states in its entry for Bedford Road: "site for new Picture Theatre", and the Bedford's first Cinematograph Licence wasn't issued until 24 December 1910.
The company formed to operate the Kensington Picturedrome was called The Liverpool Picturedrome Ltd, and the Licensee was Rex Dooley. There were seats for 860, and they were all on one level. There were nine exits. The Liverpool Picturedrome Ltd lasted until the cinema closed in 1958.
The arrival of the new cinema was the subject of the following article which appeared in the "Liverpool Daily Post & Mercury" dated Monday, 26 December 1910:
"The Picturedrome, Kensington."
"Kensington folks desiring a couple of hours enjoyment of a really first-class "moving-picture" show need not henceforth depart from their own neighbourhood, for the elegant Picturedrome, which has been erected in Kensington near the junction of that thoroughfare with Holt Road, bids fair to become one of the most popular halls devoted to this class of entertainment in Liverpool and district. Structurally the building leaves nothing to be desired, the architects Messrs. Campbell and Fairhurst, of Southport, having succeeded most admirably in designing a really comfortable hall. The appointments are luxurious, the ventilation perfect, and the scheme of decoration most pleasing. The management proposes to show the best class of pictures only, whilst the prices of admission to the three performances to be given at 3, 7 and 9 o'clock will be the moderate prices which obtain elsewhere. An entire change of pictures will be made twice each week - on Mondays and Thursdays. On Saturday last a large number of people attended the hall at the special invitation of the proprietors, and a capital programme was sustained. In addition to a number of excellent story films, several current events were pictured on the screen, these including scenes at the Hulton Colliery after the terrible explosion, and views of the funeral of the brave London police officers who were shot. Solos and duets were given by Miss Wilmot and Mr W.H. Atkinson. The hall will be opened to the public today."
Films were far from being a novelty in the area as the Sun Hall - almost opposite - had shown occasional films as far back as June 1905. On 22 October 1907 "Cinematograph Entertainments (were) sanctioned for 12 months" by the Licensing Committee. This permission was repeated on 20 October 1908 and again on 19 October 1909. (Note that even though Cinematograph Licenses didn't exist before 1910, premises showing films still needed official permission to operate, and a music license to cover the piano or orchestra. The fact that the Bedford doesn't feature in any of the Licensing Records before 1910 is yet further proof that it didn't then exist.) On 25 October 1910, the Sun Hall was due to make an application for a Cinematograph licence, but didn't do so, and as far as can be ascertained films were never again shown there.
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In 1918 a new waiting room was built for the Kensington Picturedrome. This was situated at the left side of the rear of the building, and was demolished in 1988.
In September 1921 the premises were enlarged by building an extension at the rear with a new stage area, (and consequently a new screen). The seating capacity was subsequently increased to 1,100, and the architects in charge of the alterations were the Liverpool firm of Gray & Evans.
Mr Dovenor was a director by March 1922.
By 1929 the Kensington was part of the North Western circuit of cinemas, and had dropped the old-fashioned sounding "Picturedrome" part of its name. It was then called the Kensington Cinema. It remained part of the North Western circuit for the rest of its days.
British Thomson-Houston talkie equipment was installed in April/May 1930 under the supervision of Gray & Evans.
In 1935 the seating capacity was 1,050.
The Kensington closed on 6 December 1958 with (local boy) Frankie Vaughan in "Wonderful Things" plus "Johnny Bravo".
Television was claimed to be the major cause of closures of cinemas in the late 1950s, and, as if to rub salt in the wound, workmen moved into the former cinema in January 1959 to convert it into offices and stores for Stuart & Dorfman, a television rental firm! The foyer was then used for Offices and Rentals, and Hire Purchase accounts. The auditorium was partitioned off to form Maintenance Workshops and a store. 30 Males and 15 Females were to be employed, and the building was renamed (shades of the past) Teledrome. Stuart & Dorfman seem to have left the premises in 1970.
The building remained unused until Seldons took it over about 1977 and converted it into an Amusement Arcade and Bingo Hall. While the work was going on the original prices from 1910 (3d, 6d & 1/-) could be seen - carved in stone - over the entrance.
During the summer of 1980, the building had a £100,000 facelift. It was then called Seldon's Arcadia. A sign reading "The World in Motion" was uncovered above the main arched entrance. This slogan can be seen on an early photograph of the Southport Picturedrome, as well as some other early cinemas, and may well indicate a circuit of early cinemas (it's since been discovered that this was the Weisker Circuit). It is hoped that the sign was left where it was. The area in question was covered over again.
By 1988 a Snooker Club was operating in the building as well as Seldons and that phase lasted until 1995, at least.
About 1997 the cladding which for years (since 1980?) had covered the upper part of the facade was removed, revealing once again the first floor windows. The building was then renamed the Kensington Palace.
Wetherspoons have since converted the building into one of their pubs. *
The facade is one of only about four from the first year of purpose-built cinemas to survive in its original condition in the UK. Two others being the Picture House in Birmingham (now the entrance to the Piccadilly Arcade), and the Duke of Yorks in Brighton, and possibly the Electric Theatre in Portobello Road, London (although it's been said that that's been altered at some stage).
Unfortunately, nothing remains of the interior of the Kensington Picturedrome's auditorium.
Original research by Philip G Mayer.
* Edit: 2021.
Congratulations if you've read this far.
Wetherspoons has left the building.
I still don't believe that over 66,000 pepole have viewd this photo.
Edit: January 2024.
80,000+ 'Views', but more 'faves'.
Town of Bonavista Flag on display in one of the Ryan Premises National Historic Site of Canada buildings in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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The Hospital of St. John (Oud Sint-Janshospitaal) was a medieval hospital in Bruges. It was founded in the mid-12th century.
Located next to the Church of Our Lady, the premises contain some of Europe's oldest surviving hospital buildings. The hospital grew during the Middle Ages and was a place where sick pilgrims and travellers were cared for. The site was later expanded with the building of a monastery and convent. In the 19th century, further construction led to a hospital with eight wards around a central building.
Not until 1977 did the building's function as a hospital stop, at which time it was moved to a newer modern hospital in Brugge Sint-Pieters. The city of Bruges took over the buildings. Today part of the hospital complex holds the popular Hans Memling museum, named for the German-born Early Netherlandish painter, where a number of works, such as triptychs are displayed, as well as hospital records, medical instruments and other works of art.
The hospital site is also used as a congress and exhibition centre, the site Oud Sint-Jan.
Aqua Magica is the park of the magic waters located between Löhne and Bad Oeynhausen in East Westphalia. The premises is a great location where children can play and learn all about water and nature. We took a little walk enjoying the evening sun.
(5/5) Premises by premises, public space by public space, inch by inch we hand over our belongings, our ownership to be treated back to safety and security. We trusted to be treated the way we should. We are trading our lives now. When our quarantines are broken, permissions issued, it is the system that is ready to 'treat' us, us and our diseases, us and our corpses, us and our insurances. Pegs return to stations, ready to turn and let turn.
Interestingly, an equality comes with this disease. We all have to line up to get inside the supermarket to get toilet paper or bleach. We all have to buy the unpopular pasta brand now. We all have to report to the young admission desk clerk to walk into the clinic. It is all military and we must be grateful. We certainly don't want to die like those people who are not as fortunate as we are.
What we treasure more, some consciously and some not, is the untouchable world inside, the ocean of consciousness, the land of the truly free. We hide in it, take refuge in it, treasure it.
With the question of how are you doing these days, we take our defenses up. What? Now you need to know what goes inside? "I'm all right. It's a small price to pay."
The fact is it is a huge price to pay. Here in America being was limited by confusion due to an abundance of options and now we are limited by our inabilities or even worse by lack of permissions. We lost permissions and those who do not want it, have to learn how to live without.
Old confusions due to a plethora of options are gone. Old choices are gone, old options, old confusions. We are limited by lacks, lack of permissions.
Now confusion belongs to those who push the limits without permissions or beyond permissions. Confusion belongs to those trying to separate themselves from collective security that government aparatus promises with no guarantee.
Private premises of
Lord Aberconwy.
Bodnant Garden is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau mountains. Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was given to the National Trust in 1949.
I succumbed to a moment of nostalgic weakness and perused my archives. Given my complete lack of organizational know-how, matched only by my supreme hoarding skills (this, by the way, is a recipe for disaster), I was pleasantly surprised to find this little gem languishing there. I was even more impressed by the fact that, apparently, I had already done most of the processing on this. I began to ponder what made me abandon those efforts in favour of whatever else I ended up doing. Was it the Instant Pot and my quest for the perfect Hungarian Goulash recipe? Who knows and who really cares. (It did end up tasting delicious, however).
So, I am sharing with you now the female Downy as she does her best Nuthatch impression. Actually, she needs to rotate some more, but not bad for a first try. Just as a point of interest, I am proud to report that no canoe was involved here to move myself into position to obtain the best possible perspective and light on the iris. The reason I mention a canoe is that I have found that some of the best iris shots I have ever seen were taken from the vantage point of a canoe (Jerome). So I did some research and I found that a canoe can indeed be quite instrumental in navigating to the position required for a perfect iris shot. As my mind drifts off to ponder the possibilities of this, I quickly realize that my circumstances up here differ somewhat drastically from Jerome’s . For one thing, there is no bayou in this area and I do appreciate that a canoe is best used on water. Yes, we do have some lakes that might do the job but I don’t think they would really function as adequate stand-ins for the bayou. I would also have to acquire a trailer and permit to transport the canoe but then I’d need some practice backing up with the trailer … the more I contemplate this, the more I discover the difficulties with this plan. Of course, I could just plant the canoe in the yard and use it as a stationary structure to take my shots from. But the sun does travel during the day which would require me to push/pull/drag the canoe to the most advantageous spot, given the time of day. How likely am I to do that? Right, … not! I could invest in multiple canoes and position them strategically in the yard to solve the placement variation quandary. But wait, wait … wait! I realized quickly when I knew I should I already have something that works quite nicely for me without having to invest in a pelican box. Yes, you got it … The Adirondack. Much more easily positioned in my location of choice – I actually have two, which simplifies matters even further. True, it’s not as exotic as a canoe but really we are after results here and not the actual journey. And another benefit is that it’s much easier to sip a Krombacher in the Adirondack and maintain my balance and a semblance of decorum, especially if it’s more than one during the course of the day. And … I don’t have to leave the premises …
What’s up – 4 Non Blondes Cover by Aleksandra Josic This one blows me away. Certainly not worse than the original.
How the heck do I just find out about this song and Linda Perry now? Oh yeah, not leaving the house …
Shot around a temple premises in the middle of a forest. The temple rituals involve sacrifices of goats which are then cooked into a meal and distributed to the poor as free food. This happens once a week and the leftover blood attracts several flycatchers.
The Taiga flycatcher is a small flycatcher from Palearctic region that winters in India. They are not easy to sight and harder to id since the Red-Breasted Flycatcher looks very similar except for a few minor differences (like feet color, beak and tail colors). We sighted 2-3 of them and they were quite wary of some monkeys nearby. Monkeys tend to grab birds for food and hence birds fly away quickly.
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This shot was the result of me making the (for me) monumental decision of leaving the premises and venturing out into Big Lake Park, northeast of Edmonton.
I hadn’t got out much this summer, mostly because it’s raining a lot (actually, I really hate going out) and the air was not that great in June due to the wildfires up north (yes, even further north than Edmonton) but I could not resist taking part in the Big Lake Bird Walk sponsored by the folks from Wild Birds Unlimited. These are the guys that keep me in peanuts. The walk just about did not take place since in the afternoon we had another stormy and rainy weather scenario. But by walk start time, 6:30pm, things had cleared up and the group took off. I had been to that area before, several years ago, so it was not completely alien to me, and had heard people talking about the yellow-headed black birds that call these wetlands their home. That was the main reason I found myself there. Since, for me, this was mainly an exploratory excursion, I left the big equipment at home and chose the more walk-friendly lighter combo of EOS 70D and 100-400mm EF. That was a great decision, since at first we did not see any of my targeted birds. So, to get at least some juice (lemons, etc), I concentrated on ordinary black birds and some swallows and began to dawdle, dropping way behind the main pack of bird watching individuals. All of a sudden, I hear “Franz … Franz” being called out. I wondered who the hell knew my name here and what was I doing to attract all this attention. Then I remembered telling Vicki (bestest peanut supplier and one of the walk leaders) that I had high hopes to capture one of these blackbirds. Well, her eagle eyes had scouted one of these elusive little guys and after surfacing from my self-induced trance I hurried over and set up camp.
I was getting despondent because the light was dwindling and I feared not being able to get a shot. Then I remembered the remote lighting equipment I was carrying in my pack. I grabbed it and hurried into the swamp trying not to disturb my target nor to drown my equipment. Ok, there goes another pair of hiking boots. No chance of getting decent reflections since I disturbed the water way too much. And wouldn’t you know it, it worked. I will, however invest in some hip waders … damn, these things are expensive. Ok, ok, I cannot continue with this joke… Much easier to set up the spot lights in Affinity than to attempt this in real nature while being consumed by mosquitos.
In addition to getting the shot of a new bird I also had a great time talking with Don Delaney who was sharing his unlimited birding expertise with anyone having questions and thanks to Vickie for pointing out the attractions.
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Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor a monument of history and architecture of the 18th century, in the past - the central wholesale Gostiny Dvor, from the beginning of the 20th century - a department store. Architect Jean Baptiste Wallen-Delamot. It is under the protection of UNESCO. Located in the historical center of St. Petersburg, it occupies a quarter between Nevsky Prospekt (house number 35), Sadovaya Street, Lomonosov Street and Perinnaya Line. The building overlooks the lobby of the Gostiny Dvor metro station.
The commercial premises of the Gostiny Dvor are 13,000 m², while the area of the entire complex of buildings of the department store is 78,000м
The forerunner of this Gostiny Dvor was the Mytny Dvor near the Green Bridge by architect N.F. Gerbel. When it burned down in a fire in 1738, it was decided not to restore the old building, but to build a new Gostiny Dvor closer to the city border.
Gostiny Dvor was created as the largest retail space in the Russian Empire.
The history of its creation begins with the decree of Elizabeth (1748) on the construction of Gostiny Dvor on one floor in the cellars with galleries. In 1752, the building was conceived as a two-story building.
In the 1750s, Rinaldi's project was rejected.
In 1757, the Rastrelli project was approved. The construction was to be financed by merchants. In 1758, a decree was issued "on the construction of the stone Gostiny Dvor according to the plan of the chief architect Rastrelli"; the shops built by the merchants were commanded to give them into the eternal and hereditary possession .According to Rastrelli's project, the building was supposed to be richly decorated with stucco and sculptures and not be inferior to palaces in splendor. Work began in 1757, but funding issues dragged on, and the project was eventually revised.
Ultimately, Vallen-Delamot became the author of the Gostiny Dvor. He retained the general layout of Rastrelli and built the building in the early classicism style. Construction lasted over twenty years - from 1761 to 1785 .
In the 1840s, Gostiny Dvor became one of the first buildings where gas lighting was
Nevskaya line, view from the street
During the war, the building was badly damaged by bombing and shelling. The competition of projects for the restoration of Gostiny Dvor began to be held back in the blockade - in 1942. In 1945-1948, the Gostiny Dvor was restored.
The restoration of the building was carried out according to the project and under the guidance of the famous Leningrad architect O. L. Lyalin. The facades again took on a form close to Delamot's plan; a new pediment decorated with deep bas-reliefs was erected over the main portico. A linden alley was planted along the main facade along Nevsky Prospekt.
On October 14, 1948, by a resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, Gostiny Dvor was recognized as an architectural monument subject to state protection.
In 1955-1967, a new reconstruction was carried out. Architects I. A. Vaks and L. S. Katonin and engineer M. I. Yunoshev (Lenproekt Institute) turned the previously isolated shops into a cross-section. 178 stores were replaced by a single department store "Gostiny Dvor" - the main department store in Leningrad. On November 3, 1967, a metro station was opened in the building. The ground lobby, built into the building of the department store, was designed by architects A.K. Andreev, Ya. E. Moskalenko, engineer S.P.Schukin. From the lobby you can get to the trading halls of the Nevskaya and Sadovaya lines. Above the escalator is a stained-glass window (artist A. L. Korolev), which depicts the shooting of the July 1917 demonstration at the intersection of Sadovaya Street and Nevsky.
Location of trading places along the lines. 1917
The line, near the Gostiny Dvors, is the same as the shopping mall in relation to a part of the market; a chain of trading places ("shops"), stretching in a straight line along the city passage or (in the case of an internal location) parallel to other lines. The names of the lines were given according to the type of goods offered in the corresponding malls, or by the names of the streets to which the given mall goes.
The building of Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor in St. Petersburg has four street facades of different lengths. In a clockwise listing:
Sadovaya street - the longest facade
Chernyshev Lane (now Lomonosov Street) - the shortest facade
Perinnaya Street (together with Dumskaya Street were considered two separate streets) - the second longest facade
Nevsky Prospect is the third longest facade
In addition to trading places located in lines along the facades of the historic building, as well as in its courtyard, as of 1917, the Bolshoi Gostiny Dvor also included lines located in buildings on the opposite side of the streets:
along Chernyshev Lane
along Dumskaya street in two parts, north and south
on Nevsky Prospect
This enumeration includes facades (lines):
buildings of Maly Gostiny Dvor on Chernyshev Lane and Dumskaya Street, which together with the facade along the Catherine Canal (now the Griboyedov Canal) made up the so-called furniture rows
the building of the City Duma at the corner of Nevsky and Dumskaya streets, where the so-called silver rows were located on the first floor.
As of 1917, the lines and independent trading rows of Gostiny Dvor, both in the main building and outside it, were called:
Mirror line (now Sadovaya line) - all rows along Sadovaya street
Bolshaya Surovskaya line (now Perinnaya line) - all rows of the main building facing Perinnaya street, and through it to Dumskaya (today both of them are considered to be sides of the same Dumskaya street)
Malaya Surovskaya Line (now Lomonosovskaya Line) - the rows of the main building facing Chernyshev Lane (now Lomonosov Street)
Banking Line (ceased to exist) - shopping arcade on the side of Chernyshev Lane opposite to the buildings of Bolshoy and Maly Gostiny Dvors, from Sadovaya Street to Ekaterininsky Canal
The line along Nevsky Prospekt (the current name is Nevskaya Line) - the historical name Sukonnaya Line was lost by 1916.
Art Gallery Putti
Gallery is located in the spacious premises in the architectonically historical centre – Vecrīga – in the Art Nouveau building built in 1907 as a dwelling house with a shop on the ground floor, designed by an architect Paul Mandelshtam (1872 – 1941).
All works you see are created by artist Elita Patmalniece.
Elita Patmalniece is a Latvian artist who was born in 1964. .
Elita has created an art space as a dedication to each and every one of us. A work of art that makes you look around, feel the energy, time and the moment that is constantly changing. Visitors of the exhibition can literally enter the world created by Elita, see themselves from several sides as part of the exhibition, be reintroduced with different aspects of their personality. Entering the colourful vortex of life, travelling to the center of it, can lead us to see exactly what is important to each of us at this moment. Surviving, feeling, being grateful for what we have.
Black billed Roller is a common resodent of Thailand. Captured at Asia Pacific International University premises, Muaklek, Thailand
A Nata mandira (or Nata mandapa) is the dance hall of a Hindu temple. It is one of the buildings of the temple, especially in the Kalinga architecture. The name comes from the sanskrit Nata (=dance) and Mandira (=temple).
The Nata mandira refers to the time of the devadasis tradition when it was prevalent in India. Dancers lived in temple premises solely dedicating their lives to reputed dance forms like Odissi and Bharathanatyam. Though modern times saw the decline of this tradition, the platforms built for performances still stay as major component of the temple architecture.
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When visiting an interesting museum, it's all about the external impact, the premises, the artworks, and the visitors.
When you visit a building designed by Richard Meier, you expect white, glass, lots of transparency and brightness, and above all, total aesthetics.
Here, even more so, because he has connected a new building with an old one, a train station no less, and all this in the beautiful setting of the Rhine Valley, in honor of Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp... painter, graphic artist, sculptor, poet, and Dadaism, enriched by textile art ...
At first, the image was very dark due to strong backlighting, and the hand looked frightening and eerie. The image editing process was intended to emphasize this... However, I then opted for brightness and more aesthetics, as I often do ...
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Beim Besuch eines interessanten Museums geht es um die Außenwirkung, die Räumlichkeiten, die Kunstwerke und die Besucher.
Wenn man ein Gebäude von Richard Meier besucht erwartet man Weiß, Glas, viel Transparenz und Helligkeit und vor allem totale Ästhetik.
Hier sogar noch viel mehr, weil er ein neues Gebäude mit einem alten, zudem einem Bahnhof, verbunden hat und das ganze noch in der schönen Lage des Rheintals, zudem noch zu Ehren von Hans Arp und Sophie Taeuber-Arp ... Maler(in), Grafiker(in), Bildhauer(in) Lyriker(in) und Dadaist(in), bereichert noch durch Textile Kunst ...
zunächst war das Bild, dank starkem gegenlicht sehr dunkel und die Hand sah erschreckend und unheimlich aus, der Bildbearbeitungsprozess dazu gedacht, dies zu betonen ... jedoch habe ich mich dann für die Helligkeit und mehr Ästhetik entschiden, wie oft ...
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Grade ll listed corner banking premises circa 1880. Two tall storeys, painted stone and terracotta. Eclectic design combining Gothic with Renaissance and Dutch gable motifs. Tall corner oriel surmounted by octagonal cupola with scrolled consoles. Dutch gables, ogee capped finials. Banking hall windows, in grooved ground floor, have massive keystones. End bays of each front have 2 storeys contained in main ground floor with boldly carved acanthus leaf decoration to aprons of upper windows. Steep slate roofs, ribbed chimney stacks (historicengland.org.uk)
The Lazzaretto di Ancona, also known as Mole Vanvitelliana, is a building in Ancona designed by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli. It stands on an artificial pentagonal island located inside the port. It is connected to the mainland by three bridges and occupies an area of 20,000 m². The channel that divides it from the mainland is called mandrač.
Originally it was reached only by boats; the water supply was ensured by an underground network of cisterns. The water was drawn through three wells, located in the small neoclassical temple dedicated to San Rocco (protector from the plague and epidemics), present in the center of the internal courtyard. The temple is open on 5 sides, which allowed people locked in the rooms overlooking the courtyard to attend mass without coming into contact with each other and with the officiant.
The place could accommodate up to 2,000 people, as well as a large amount of goods. In the internal part of the building there are the premises of the Lazzaretto proper, which were intended for quarantine, while the rooms in the external part were used as a warehouse for goods. Towards the open sea, the hospital is equipped with a ravelin, designed for the military defense of the port. So from its origins the work was designed as a multifunctional structure: port warehouse, quarantine place, fortification.
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