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Mr. Meowington is what some friends called the neighbourhood cat. Here he's enjoying the view. Such a sleepyhead, lol!
Happy new week my friends =)
For Window Wednesdays
These windows are at the front of The Sun Hotel in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. I previously posted a photo of the window at the rear of the hotel (in comments). The Sun dates back to the 16th century when it was a coaching inn. The rear is part of an extension added later. HWW
Looking and shooting through the chain link fence. This house is in an area that is being revitalized so it may be renovated.
🔸◾️ L U X U L Y A N - T U N N E L ◾️🔸
Having parked in Luxulyan Valley's small car park, I walked the footpath along the river to reccy some Autumn compositions.
I walked a little further than I had done before - out of the woods, along a tree lined path with some long disused narrow gauge railway under foot in places. I'd guess these were a remnant of an industrial past along the river.
Along the path, I was taken by this tunnel. The diffused sunlight through a cloudy sky seemed to set off the red bricks against the greenery.
*Confession... I replaced the background through the tunnel with a shot I took earlier on the walk - as there was an unsightly roadworks sign bang in the middle of the foliage!
Canon 6D MkII | 24-105mm lens at 73mm | ƒ/8 | 1.3 sec | ISO 400 | Tripod | Polarising filter | Taken 04-10-2020 at Luxulyan Valley
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Uspenski Cathedral is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary). Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word uspenie, which denotes the Dormition. Designed by the Russian architect Aleksey Gornostayev (1808–1862). The cathedral was built after his death in 1862–1868.
The crypt chapel of the cathedral is named after the holy Alexander Hotovitzky, who served as vicar of the Orthodox parish of Helsinki 1914–1917.
The Cathedral is set upon a hillside on the Katajanokka peninsula overlooking the city. On the back of the cathedral, there is a plaque commemorating Russian Emperor Alexander II, who was the sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Finland during the cathedral's construction. Main cathedral of the Finnish Orthodox Church in the diocese of Helsinki, Uspenski Cathedral is claimed to be the largest orthodox church in Western Europe.
Text courtesy of Wikipedia.
Taken during the walking by my hometown Żyrardów :)
Building of a former bowling, build in 1905. It was comprised a seat of the exclusive Bowling Club the "Kamm", established in 1885. Now there is a permanent exhibition concerning the history of Żyrardów.
Pstryknięte podczas spacerku po Żyrardowie :)
Budynek dawnej kręgielni z 1905r. Był on siedzibą założonego w 1885r. ekskluzywnego Klubu Kręglarskiego "Kamm". Obecnie znajduje się tam stała wystawa poświęcona historii Żyrardowa.
Red brick corner, Buenos Aires (CABA).
Handheld shot, no tripod, old Huawei 2019.
The corner itself is not symmetrical but I centered it by eye.
Minimal edit: Brightness -1 / Contrast +1. Nothing else.
Left the cables and A/C unit on purpose to keep it natural and real.
Easier this way, no heavy editing.
Watson Fothergill designed Alms Houses, Forest Fields, Nottingham. Built in 1893, these 8 one bedroom homes still operate as Alms Houses. © All Rights Reserved.
The old seed and garden supply, Carthage, Missouri. Always something intersting on the back streets of a town.
17C corn mill on the River Stour at Sturminster Newton. Still stone grinding bread flour using water power to this day.
I love these half-timber farmhouses with large entrance doors and cute lattice windows. Here, I found the ensemble with outhouse, fence and pebbled drive an enchanting view.
taken at Yokohama Minato Mirai...
meet my classmate in High School Mr. Jun,
After almost 33 years , we meet again and never ending chatty, Thank you for your time, see you next time ,Jun,
Thank you for the visit ,comments and faves, Always greatly appreciated.. Arlene Kato.
In June we visited friends, who live in Łódź and we went for a walk around the city with them. On the photo you can see the place called Monopolis :)
Former Vodka Monopoly Plant, which was established at the end of the 19th century, transformed now into an office, entertainment and cultural center called Monopolis. Today, Monopolis combines various areas of activity in an unusual way. Guests will easily find restaurants with Italian, Japanese or Mediterranean cuisine or cafes with freshly baked bread, best quality desserts and aromatic coffee. For theater and art lovers, Monopolis offers to admire unique paintings, sculptures, photographs or posters.
Łódź is the third largest city in Poland and a former industrial centre. Located in the central part of the country, it is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship. Łódź was once a small settlement that first appeared in 14th-century records. It was granted town rights in 1423 by Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło and it remained a private town of the Kuyavian bishops and clergy until the late 18th century. The Second Industrial Revolution brought rapid growth in textile manufacturing and in population owing to the inflow of migrants, notably Germans and Jews. Following the end of the Second World War, Łódź informally and temporarily took over the functions of Poland's capital, and most of the government and country administration resided in the city prior to Warsaw's reconstruction. On 8 March 1948, the National Film School was opened, later becoming Poland's primary academy of drama and cinema.
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W czerwcu wybraliśmy sieęz wizytą do znajomych mieszkających w Łodzi i razem z nimi zwiedzaliśmy miasto. Na zdjęciu - Monopolis :)
Byłe Zakłady Monopolu Wódczanego, które powstały pod koniec XIX wieku, przekształcone obecnie na centrum biurowo-rozrywkowo-kulturalne nazwane Monopolis. Obecnie Monopolis w niezwykły sposób łączy różne obszary działania. Goście z łatwością znajdą restauracje z kuchnią włoską, japońską czy śródziemnomorską albo kawiarnie ze świeżo wypiekanym pieczywem, najlepszą jakością deserami i aromatyczną kawą. A dla miłośników teatru i sztuki Monopolis proponuje podziwiać unikatowe obrazy, rzeźby, fotografie czy plakaty.
Łódź – trzecie miasto w Polsce pod względem liczby ludności (po Warszawie i Krakowie). Miejscowość ma metrykę średniowieczną. Łódź początkowo była małą wsią leżącą w granicach historycznej ziemi łęczyckiej, którą władali książęta łęczyccy. Do końca XVII w. Łódź rozwijała się jako małe miasteczko rolnicze, będące własnością biskupstwa włocławskiego. W 1820 rząd Królestwa Polskiego włączył Łódź do grona osad przemysłowych w kalisko-mazowieckim okręgu przemysłowym i przeznaczył jej rolę ośrodka tkackiego i sukienniczego. Industrializacja oparta była przede wszystkim na napływających do miasta rzemieślnikach różnych specjalności włókienniczych, którzy zachęcani byli licznymi przywilejami. Gwałtowny rozwój Łodzi przeobraził ją w ciągu kilkudziesięciu lat z małej mieściny w przemysłową metropolię liczącą 500 tys. mieszkańców w 1914 r. W 1945 powstała w Łodzi Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, która wkrótce stała się największym ośrodkiem produkcji filmowej w Polsce.
An early morning picture of 3 Snowhill which dominates the Cityscape. I cropped into the picture to highlight the building via the framing from the redbrick buildings either side
This large house is being renovated but being an older building has only relatively small windows to look out on to Mills Beach. Combe Martin, a historic and heritage-listed waterfront mansion located at 819–820 Esplanade in Mornington, Victoria. The prominent residence is celebrated for its distinct Old English-style architecture, featuring reddish-brown brickwork, striking tall chimney stacks, and a steeply pitched tiled roof. Approx 3.5million $!
www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mornington-...
Happy Window Wednesday
Dieses schöne alte Bank-Gebäude mit der güldenen Kuppel über dem Uhrturm habe ich schon unzählige Male fotografiert, aber in Kombination mit dem blauen Himmel ist es immer wieder unwiderstehlich...
Quer über die Straße, keine 300m entfernt, steht das Weiße Haus.
The National Saving And Trust Company, presently occupied by Sun Trust Bank is a historic bank building located at the corner of New York Avenue and 15th Street, NW in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was designed by architect James H. Windrim and built in 1888. The Queen Anne Style building is constructed in red brick, and elaborately detailed with copper and terracotta (Wiki)
I like to look out for the first signs of Spring. Here is the coltsfoot blooming near the old building :)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a plant in the groundsel tribe in the daisy family Asteraceae, native to Europe and parts of western and central Asia. It is also a common plant in North America and South America where it has been introduced. The flowers, start to bloom in early Spring, before the leaves appear. The leaves of coltsfoot appear after the flowers have set seed and wither and die in the early summer. The plant is often found in waste and disturbed places and along roadsides and paths. In some areas it is considered an invasive species. Coltsfoot leaves have been used in the traditional medicine internally (as tea or syrup) or externally (directly applied) for treatment of disorders of the respiratory tract, skin, locomotor system, viral infections, flu, colds, fever, rheumatism and gout.
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Lubię wypatrywać pierwszych oznak wiosny w mieście. Niedawno znalazłam kwitnący podbiał :)
Podbiał pospolity (Tussilago farfara) – gatunek rośliny z rodziny astrowatych (Asteraceae Dum.). Rodzime obszary jego występowania obejmują Europę, dużą część Azji oraz Algierię i Maroko. W Polsce jest pospolity. Kwiatostany pokazują się, zanim rozwiną się liście. Kwitnie od marca do maja. Liście pojawiają się pod koniec kwitnienia. Preferuje gleby gliniaste, miejsca kamieniste, piarżyska, żwirowiska nadrzeczne, osuwiska, skarpy przydrożne, urwiste brzegi rzek i potoków, hałdy węglowe i pogorzeliska. W uprawach rolnych uznawany za chwast. Jest rośliną leczniczą. W zielarstwie wykorzystuje się liście oraz kwiaty podbiału w stanach zapalnych oraz nieżytach dróg oddechowych, jamy ustnej i krtani. Odwar z podbiału stosuje się też zewnętrznie do okładów na skórę przy stłuczeniach, zaczerwienieniu i siniakach.
POSTCARDS FROM SNODLAND
Beer towels drip-drying outside the Snodland Working Men's Club.
As a footnote, for anyone who might be out there this weekend, I was approached a couple of days ago by the University of Sheffield in conjunction with Kodak, wanting to use my photostream as part of a research project into the use of tags as part of the photo-sharing process. Just for fun, therefore, please feel free to add your own tags at any time. The more and the weirder the merrier. Let's muck up their entire project, just for the sake of it..! Or is that childish? Who cares?
When I first saw this, I thought that the vine was the intruder, but after thinking about it, maybe man is. The earth doesn't need us, but we need the earth, it was here before and will likely be here after us.
Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track
I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black.
I suppose I’ve passed it a hundred times, but I always stop for
a minute
And look at the house, the tragic house, the house with nobody in
it.
I never have seen a haunted house, but I hear there
are such things;
That they hold the talk of spirits, their mirth and sorrowings.
I know this house isn’t haunted, and I wish it were, I do;
For it wouldn’t be so lonely if it had a ghost or two.
This house on the road to Suffern needs a dozen
panes of glass,
And somebody ought to weed the walk and take a scythe to the grass.
It needs new paint and shingles, and the vines should be trimmed
and tied;
But what it needs the most of all is some people living inside.
If I had a lot of money and all my debts were paid
I’d put a gang of men to work with brush and saw and spade.
I’d buy that place and fix it up the way it used to be
And I’d find some people who wanted a home and give it to them free.
Now, a new house standing empty, with staring window
and door,
Looks idle, perhaps and foolish, like a hat on its block in the
store.
But there’s nothing mournful about it; it cannot be sad and lone
For the lack of something within it that it has never known.
But a house that has done what a house should do,
a house that has sheltered life,
That has put its loving wooden arms around a man and his wife,
A house that has echoed a baby’s laugh and held up his stumbling
feet,
Is the saddest sight, when it’s left alone, that ever your eyes
could meet.
So whenever I go to Suffern along the Erie track
I never go by the empty house without stopping and looking back,
Yet it hurts me to look at the crumbling roof and the shutters fallen
apart,
For I can’t help thinking the poor old house is a house with a broken
heart. Author: Joyce Kilmer
View on the buildings of the old flax factory from another old 19-th century building :)
Smile on Saturday - theme: "Room with a View" :)
It is a long time since this lovely dark redbrick building on Donegall Street in Belfast has been a school—it's currently the Roman Catholic chaplaincy for the new campus of the University of Ulster next door—but the signs are still up.
Remarkably, this is Belfast's last surviving neo-Gothic building. It was built in 1828 to the designs of the Newry architect, Timothy Hevey, and was the first Catholic school to be built in Belfast. The land was donated by the 2nd Marquess of Donegall, and had been the town dump until the school was built.
The go-ahead boomtown that was Victorian Belfast did not treasure the buildings that had come before, so this is, remarkably, one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city, full stop.
To its left is the enormous Gothic mass of St Patrick's Church, completed in 1877.
Thanks to the "Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland" blog for much of the information in this description.
The redbrick building barely visible, beyond and beneath, the sign, is the Mater Private Hospital, Dublin.
Miracle required - head for Heaven!