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One of the several groundhogs that wander around on our property. I don't mind having them around as long as they just nibble on weeds and not my garden plants. This groundhog is my buddy, and was strolling across our patio. Backyard wildlife.
Bodnant Garden (Welsh: Gardd Bodnant) is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, in the county borough of Conwy, Wales, situated overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau range of mountains. Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was gifted to the care of the National Trust in 1949. The garden spans 80 acres of hillside and includes formal Italianate Terraces, informal Shrub Borders stocked with plants from around the world, and The Dell, a gorge garden with UK Champion Trees and a waterfall. Since 2012 new areas to open have included the Winter Garden, Old Park Meadow, Yew Dell and The Far End, a riverside garden. There are plans to open more new areas in future. Bodnant Garden is visited by around 190,000 people every year and is famous for its Laburnum Arch, the longest in the UK, which flowers in May and June. The garden is also celebrated for its link to the plant hunters of the early 1900s whose expeditions formed the base of the garden's four National Collections of plants – Magnolia, Embothrium, Eucryphia and Rhododendron forrestii.
Coordinates 53° 14′ 3.12″ N, 3° 48′ 2.16″ W
53.2342, -3.8006
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In 1878 the American Hotel was constructed at 763-767 Talbot Street. This was THE hotel of the rail officials and its V.I.P.s. The buildings are located directly across the street and facing the Canadian Southern Depot and the Michigan Central Park.
Since then, there has been numerous businesses located here including Erie Smallwares, Hong Kong Variety, The Golden Crust Bakery and currently Streamliners Espresso Bar.
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Happy Fence Friday
Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!
My recent limestone train photography excursion had me reminiscing about the Franklin Industrial Minerals in Tennessee. While the line still remains interesting, todays EMD power is significantly less cool than the GEs that made up the entire roster now over a decade ago (Oh....Im getting old...) I believe the three B23-7s are still on the property but used far less. The locomotives at that time were also still wore their original red and grey colors, imo a bit nicer than the current blue logos. Here the 4023 and 3138 are preparing their outbound train at the plant in Crab Orchard.
Thanks to Karol for all the interesting information which I copied here: ".... a splendid Gothic palace named La Conciergerie built under King Philip the Fair, later transformed into a revolutionary prison. "
about the history of this building:"La Conciergerie built under King Philip the Fair, later transformed into a revolutionary prison.“
During my education I went twice on a week-long study trip to Paris with the class. The first trip was in 1974.
I had my first SLR camera , an Asahi Pentax SP II which I bought second hand from my long time and hardly saved pocket money, and only one slide film roll with 36 exposures with me! My pocket money wasn't enough for more.
The film material has suffered a lot over the years, but I only have a small selection here for those friends who are interested in seeing what it was like in Paris at the time.
I took the photo with an analogue Asahi Pentax SP II (M42) camera and slide film, then scanned with a Nikon Coolscan LS 40ED film scanner
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Ich war zweimal während meiner Ausbildung mit der Klasse auf eine einwöchige Studienreise in Paris.
Das erste Mal war 1974. Ich hatte meine erste Spiegelreflex Kamera , eine Asahi Pentax SP II gebraucht von meinem lang ersparten Taschengeld erworben dabei mit nur einem Dia Film mit 36 Aufnahmen! Für mehr hatte mein Taschengeld nicht gereicht
Das Filmmaterial hat in den Jahren sehr gelitten, ich habe hier nur eine kleine Auswahl für die Freunde die interessiert sind zu sehen wie es damals in Paris aussah.
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E. Jinling Rd. & S. Zhejiang Rd., Shanghai
However, the bike is not hers, but a ‘’shared bike‘’,which is from the Bike-sharing business. She uses it to transport her belongings, angrily hostile to his surrounding and scursing angrily into the air. No one knows exactly what she had encountered.
She doesn't look like a rascal does she? Just uploading a few shots of my brother's cats from our visit in Mariposa, CA in July, taken on an early morning walk around their property, keeping my eyes and ears open wide since this kitty apparently brought a baby rattlesnake home one day...
I loved the early morning light in the trees....i should get up early all the time ...
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A female red-winged blackbird perched on a cattail reed with caterpillars in its mouth, likely bound for its young. Panama Flats, Saanich, Vancouver Island, BC.
“Female Red-winged blackbirds are not actually black, and any red they have on their wings is rather muted in comparison to the males of the species. Their streaky dark brown plumage allows them to remain well hidden in vegetation, where they construct their nests and incubate their eggs.” (Source: Birdfact.com)
The Panama Flats property was previously used for agricultural purposes for many decades as early as the 1800s drastically altering the land. The District of Saanich acquired the Panama Flats in 2011 to provide floodplain management, create new trails and provide a place to grow food. The Colquitz River, which is an important fish habitat, runs along the western edge of the flats and overflows its banks during the wet fall and winter months. This seasonal flooding fills parts of the Panama Flats attracting a wide variety of birds and wildlife. Consequently, this is a very popular spot for bird watching and is one of British Columbia’s top hotspots on Ebird.Org.
Photography: Nikon Z50, Nikkor 200-500mm, @f6.3, 500mm.
The farmhouse of Dimas / Vilanova i la Geltrú (Catalonia)
The farmhouse of Dimas is a center located to the right of the road of
Cubelles, near the Aragai and the school of the Franciscans.
Currently the constructions of the windmill district
they surround it. It was built in the 1880s as a second
home. Despite its name as a farmhouse, it has not had
agricultural dependencies. Since 1983, the land of property
they are classified as developable land.
Dimas Ynglada y Moragas (1828-1884) was the son of José Ynglada and
Marqués, who had built his family home in Vilanova, in
street of Sant Gervasi, in 1778, popularly known as Can
Dimas, to reside more time his son Dimas. Ynglada Dimas and
Moragas followed the military career, which he abandoned when he married
with Lucía Puig y Solà, heiress of numerous properties. Dimas
start the construction of the farmhouse of Dimas, but died the year
1884, before being finished; his wife, Lucia Puig, the
Finalize. In 1989, interior renovations were carried out.
I've only been down to the edge of Crater Lake once, but it was an unforgettable experience. This was taken with my Zero Image 2000 pinhole camera, a couple of years ago. I've forgotten the exactly month and year... these memories of Oregon are becoming so plentiful that they tend to run together.
Not a flood victim. This house is actually built on a small island in the middle of the St. Lawrence River.
Matera, Italy at sunset.
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From my archived folder.
Japanese Itoh hybrid peonies (intersectional peonies) are a cross between tree and herbaceous peonies, offering the best traits of both: large, 8-inch, long-lasting flowers (yellows, reds, pinks, corals) on strong, 3-foot shrubby stems that don't need staking. They are extremely cold-hardy, disease-resistant, and bloom for 3–4 weeks.
Coral Sunset Intersectional Itoh Peony .
A sunset in a flower! Aptly named for its awe-inspiring transformation from a radiant, vivid coral through a range of peaches, and finally, a creamy white colour, the flower is a masterpiece at every step of this sunset, and one might argue a bloom only improves with age. Unique from other coral varieties in that it opens with the most intense coral colour and has petals that are more ruffled, which perhaps contribute to a fuller appearance. Has a lower, more compact growing habit than Coral Charm. Mass plantings are recommended as flowers at different colour stages provide a visual riot in the landscape.
Side buds are possible, extending the bloom period. A favourite of the peony garden, this outstanding peony produces intense sunset coral, semi-double blossoms with rose overtones and a fluffy deep yellow stamens in the center. The lightly fragrant flowers are long lasting in fresh bouquets. ‘Coral Sunset’ blooms early in the peony season, around late spring in Ontario It is highly prized for its exemplary plant habit. and by florist as cut flower in bouquets.
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At long last, made it to this infamous location on the NC500 route with that red roof - simply a matter of driving around the road far enough, something I've never done before. I would like to think that the owner of this property is having a bit of a laugh at all the tourists wanting its photograph and he has attached a ladder to the roof!
Thanks to SkyeBaggie for title inspiration!
My cousin has some Matilija poppies growing on his property so I documented the one that I could get closest to.
Lighting stuff: Lit with one manual Yongnuo flash in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box, hand held at 10 o'clock above the flower. The flash and my tripod mounted camera were triggered with a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set that has over 1300 images in it. In the description for each image, I describe the lighting setup that I used. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/
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Prompt: watercolor wet on wet painting of closeup macro white and orange daffodil on white background soft delicate tones in the style of Guo Pei --ar 1:1 --v 5.1
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National Trust Properties
Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland
Cragside was the dream of the Victorian entrepreneur, William Armstrong. Originally trained as a solicitor, was a keen amateur scientist who then conducted experiments in electricity and hydraulics. In 1847 he left the law to set up his own company W. G. Armstrong & Co. just outside Newcastle. During the 1850’s he made his fortune supplying arms to the British Army. He was knighted in 1859.
The original house was a small shooting lodge which was built between 1862-64. In 1869 Armstrong employed the services of architect Richard Norman Shaw to enlarge Cragside, firstly in 1869 and again in 1882. Between these years the house blossomed, not only with the breath-taking architecture but the house was filled with wonderful works of art. Both of the Armstrong’s were great patrons to the Arts.
However after Armstrong’s death in 1900, Cragside ran into difficulty and in 1910 the best of the art was sold off. Eventually with heavy death duties in the 1970’s the family sold up and the National Trust in 1977. Cragside is a Grade I listed building and was opened to the public in 1979.
There is much to see both inside the house and the garden to enjoy, it is well worth a visit.
The Lithgow Blast Furnace is a heritage-listed former blast furnace and now park and visitor attraction at Inch Street, Lithgow,
It was built from 1906 to 1907 by William Sandford Limited. It is also known as Eskbank Ironworks Blast Furnace site; Industrial Archaeological Site.
The property is owned by Lithgow City Council. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.
Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia.
the property yard from outdoors is more stunned and amazing of the area of building and plants is looking sharp of the area for the temperature weather of the sunlight of the natural the and nature of plants
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape - the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn't show. -- Andrew Wyeth
Sun coming up over a for sale property in rural Columbia County, GA. It was a very cold and foggy sunrise on New Year's Day 2015.
Revisiting forests and woodlands that I've wandered over the years. Here, it's the Smith Property off Watson Road east of Guelph.
Petra (Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα), originally known as Raqmu (Nabataean Arabic: الرقيم), is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Petra lies on the slope of Jabal Al-Madbah in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah valley that run from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Established possibly as early as the 4th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom. The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who invested in Petra's proximity to the trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub.
The trading business gained the Nabataeans considerable revenue, and Petra became the focus of their wealth. The earliest recorded historical reference to the city was when an envious Greek dynasty attempted to ransack the city in 312 BC. The Nabataeans were, unlike their enemies, accustomed to living in the barren deserts, and were able to repel attacks by utilizing the area's mountainous terrain. They were particularly skillful in harvesting rainwater, agriculture and stone carving. The Kingdom's capital continued to flourish until the 1st century AD when its famous Al-Khazneh facade was constructed, and its population peaked at an estimated 20,000 inhabitants.
Encroaching troops of the Roman Empire in 106 AD forced the Nabataeans to surrender. The Romans annexed and renamed the Kingdom to Arabia Petraea. Petra's importance declined as sea trade routes emerged, and after a 363 earthquake destroyed many structures. The Byzantine Era witnessed the construction of several Christian churches. By 700, the city became an abandoned place where only a handful of nomads grazed goats. It remained an unknown place until it was rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812, sparking renewed interest in the city.
The city is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved. It is a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction.
It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".
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IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Fotografia feta amb la Hasselblad 500 C/M, fabricada el 1979; objectiu Carl Zeiss Planar f2.8/80mm; pel·licula Ilford FP4+ revelada en Rodinal 1+25.
Al nord del Solsonès, en una de les zones amb menys habitants de Catalunya, podeu trobar aquesta barreja d'allotjament japonès dins d'una masia catalana. Es tracta del Mas Puigpinós, ara convertit en hotel japonès, el que vindria a ser un ryokan (petit allotjament rural al Japó). Els propietaris són una parella formada per una catalana i un japonès, pel que tot l'hotel reflecteix aquesta barreja. De fet, la masia mateixa és propietat familiar des de fa segles (obviament per la part catalana).
L'estructura principal és obviament una preciosa masia d'origen medieval, al terme de Lladurs, prop de l'església de Timoneda (a Lladurs no hi ha poble propiament dit, només masies aillades). La part japonesa la trobareu en la decoració, el mobiliari (algunes habitacions tenen futons i tatami) i el menjar, plenament japonès però amb aires del paisatge del Solsonès. Només faltaria, sobretot als mesos freds de l'any, que tinguessin un onsen, però potser d'aquí un temps...
hoteljaponespuigpinos.com/hotel/
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Picture taken with a Hasselblad 500 C/M, made in 1979; Carl Zeiss Planar f2.8/80mm lens; Ilford FP4+ film developed in Rodinal 1+25.
At the feet of the Catalan Pyrenees, in the comarca of Solsonès, one of the least populated areas of Catalonia, you can find this mixture of Japanese accommodation inside a Catalan manor (masia). This is Mas Puigpinós, now converted into a Japanese hotel, what you can call it a ryokan (small rural accommodation in Japan). The owners are a couple made up of a Catalan woman and a Japanese man, so the whole hotel reflects this mix. In fact, the manor itself has been family property for centuries (obviously on the Catalan side). Puigpinós means "pine hill" in Catalan.
The main structure is obviously a beautiful masia of medieval origin, in the district of Lladurs, near the church of Timoneda (in Lladurs there is no village proper, only isolated churches and manors). You will find the Japanese part in the decoration, the furniture (some rooms have futons and tatami mats) and the food, fully Japanese but with elements of the Solsonès landscape. The only thing missing, especially in the cold months of the year, would be for them to have an onsen, but maybe in a while...