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Whenever we go grocery shopping, I find that I look at the packaging our food comes in as a possible photographic subject. One afternoon my husband came home with a large bag of tangerines. I enjoy that fruit, yet the bag holding the orange orbs made me especially happy.
What do you do with an old copper bowl that has a hole in it? Some people might fix the hole.
Or, you can make the hole bigger and turn it into a small sink.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Love the guys hat in this previously unpublished shot from February 2018 - No. 4201 uploaded to my 'Black and White Streets' album. Enjoy!
The Caldwell County jail was built in 1908-1909. Designed by architect T. S. Hodges, this castellated brick structure served as the county's jail until 1982. Hodges is also known for the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart shown previously in this short series.
The jailer's quarters occupy the ground floor, over a storage area in the basement. The upper floor contain fifteen cells of concrete and steel, with one cell rising from the center of the building. Gallows are said to have been removed from this jail in the 1930s.
Now a museum, the jail also hosts exhibits relating to the history of Caldwell County and the State of Texas. The former jail is not a Texas Historic Landmark.
Lockhart is the seat of Caldwell County, and is located 30 miles (48 km) south of Austin. The estimated population of Lockhart in 2019 was 14,133. Known as the Barbecue Capital of Texas, Lockhart also has played host to many film sets. The 1996 Christopher Guest comedy film Waiting for Guffman and the 1993 drama What's Eating Gilbert Grape were filmed partially in Lockhart, including the historic courthouse and the town square.
On April 30 I had a lovely chat with friendly visitors from space and I even could sneek a peek into their cockpit and take an image of it ! You see the captain of the crew.
Unfortunaltely this space ship was too small for me to hop in myself ... but it was a fun encounter nonetheless !
Crazy Tuesday - theme of May 3rd, 2022: Made of Plastic
This is actually the plastic head of a reusable metal cocktail stick for finger food; taken in front of the keyboard of my tablet with internal lighting switched on; additional lighting with a coloured LED-light
[ taken with the manual Laowa 60mm 2x magnification lens @ about f/4; the "head"' is about 2.5 cm high ]
I will catch up in the evening ! :)
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Am 30. April hatte ich ein nettes Gespräch mit freundlichen Besuchern aus dem All und konnte sogar einen Blick in ihr Cockpit werfen und Aufnahmen davon machen ! Ihr seht den Kapitän der Crew.
Leider war das Raumschiff zu klein für mich, um einzusteigen ... dennoch: eine lustige Begegnung !
Crazy Tuesday - Thema: aus Plastik gemacht / Plastik
Das ist tatsächlich ein Cocktail-Spieß / Partyspießchen für Fingerfood (wiederverwendbar mit Metallspieß und witzigen Plastikfigürchen als Kopf; es sind insgesamt 8 verschiedene in der Packung), die Tastatur meines Tablets mit eingeschalteter Beleuchtung im Hintergrund und zusätzliche Beleuchtung durch farbiges (rotes) LED-Licht
My wonderful SIL created gift bags this year and mailed them early with requests to “open” them!! They are sewn from quilt squares and the back side is red felt— isn’t she clever? The next picture in the photostream shows some of the things that were in the bag!
ANSH scavenger4 something red
LCOF wrapped gifts
……💙 HLCoF 🎁💙
WASHINGTON — The landmark 1899 post office tower on Pennsylvania Avenue — the second-tallest building in Washington — looked out of place in the Federal Triangle of neoclassical government buildings constructed mostly in the 1930s.
To complete the Triangle in an architecturally compatible style, the government wanted to tear it down, leaving only the building’s clock tower to rise above its replacement in homage to the Richardsonian Romanesque structure that would be no more.
The 1970 plan gave rise to Don’t Tear It Down, an organization (now the D.C. Preservation League) that successfully fought the demolition. Yet efforts to reuse the old building as offices for other federal agencies, with a ground-floor food court pavilion below the soaring nine-story atrium, also failed. The Old Post Office, a preservationist success, was a governmental flop, a federal white elephant saved from the wrecking ball — but for what?
In 2011, the General Services Administration, which owns and manages federal properties, invited interested parties to consider the prospects. More than 80 initially showed interest. Ultimately, 10 firms made formal proposals.
Last August, the agency signed a 60-year lease with the Trump Organization to renovate and convert the iconic building into a luxury hotel. Trump formally takes possession on Saturday, allowing work to begin on a $200 million makeover. The deal also includes two 20-year lease renewal options
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Imagine, if you will, the conversation between the developer and investors: Developer ----"So the plan is to take these old grain silos and turn them into an amusement park. We'll have zip lines running between the towers, and we'll build a beer garden and event's centre in the silo foundations. Then there's the ice rink, the Ferris wheel, ax throwing..." Investors--- "You're out of your mind. Let's do it."
This is the Bill Thorpe Walking Bridge located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Many years ago it was repurposed from a Rail Bridge to a walking bridge. In order to visit a family member, we drove from Digby, N.S. to Fredericton N.B.. We had reserved the 4:30pm Ferry but at 3:pm, we received an email stating the Ferry had been cancelled, and in fact never left Fredericton. Bastards!
We kept our cool and decided to make the 6.5 hour drive. We did however, enjoy the scenery along the way. My compliments to those responsible for designing the highway system in Nova Scotia. Other Provinces could learn from those engineers, and how to move traffic both effectively and quickly.
Beautifully shaped jam jars are saved and reused for homemade jam or jelly.
Wiederverwertbare Marmeladengläser
Schön geformte Marmeladengläser werden aufgehoben und für selbstgemachte Marmelade oder Gelee wiederverwendet.
Für "Looking close... on Friday!"
Thema "Reusable or Recycled" am 25.10.2024.
Have a nice Friday and a good start into the weekend. 🌸
Many, many thanks for all your views, faves and comments.
We’re very into the notion of reusable wrapping alternatives, so this is my back-up posting for Macro Mondays theme of wrapping. The actual chosen posting comes up next. .
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This is a composite I used for Father's Day one year ... aarrgghh! Reusing it today 2021 to remember what would have been my Mother's 100th birthday. Thankful for my Lord and Savior!
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Psalm 68:5 NIV A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
So very thankful for my Father Who art in heaven. Hallelujah!
My earthly father was pretty awful ...
Everyday I remove the card from my camera and dump the photos on my computer, then put the card back into the camera for next day. So far just once did I pull out the camera to get the red flash of no card. The reusable card is also on my faux Autumn leaf that gets used each year for accent on mantel.
As individuals we need to stop using plastic that is single use, and manufacturers must stop producing the vast majority of it.
ANSH 123 (6) planet first for earth day
My DD was painting outside and used a plastic mini quiches container as a mixing pallet. It was left outside and various bugs wandered in and got stuck. The orange paint pot was the most popular…..
Anyhow I used my cloning skills in the app Retouch and made it prettier!! Will put the buggy original in the first comment box in a bit
When historic buildings are proposed to be demolished in Over the Rhine, the case is first presented to the Historic Conservation Board (HCB). The HCB makes a determination whether the demolition is appropriate or not (issuing a Certificate of Appropriateness -COA- in cases where it is appropriate).
While most people associate the deteriorating building on the west side of Main Street between Central Parkway and 12th Street with the Davis Furniture Company, the history of the building goes further back than the business' arrival in 1939. Davis Furniture was founded in 1902 and had a store on Sycamore Street until 1931, when they moved to the now-demolished Jefferson Hall at the southwest corner of 12th and Main.
It takes nearly one hour of walking to reach this wreckage of a DC-3 at the black beach of Sólheimasandur. However, for a special wedding photo, this effort seems to be acceptable.
U's (four & a half y-o) teacher was absent & NOT replaced so he stayed home with me. On this pic, he was doing the lacing cards I had made last year, re-using bits of cardboard, and pencils. (and a puncher, obviously !) (Jan. 26th 2009)
Reusing another old pic because no one loves to paint as much as Frances the artist does.
Frances was adopted in 2018 and moved to Australia.
The undisputed highlight of Cordoba (and arguably of Southern Spain) is the magnificent 'Mezquita', the former Great Mosque that since the Spanish reconquest of 1236 has served as Cordoba Cathedral, a unique marriage of styles and cultures and one of the World's greatest architectural masterpieces.
The site dates back to Roman times, the pagan temples giving way to the first Visigothic cathedral which stood here in the 7th and 8th centuries. After the Islamic conquest the church was divided between Christians and Muslims until the Christian side was brought for conversion into the first mosque. In the following centuries the mosque was rebuilt and enlarged in ever more magnificent form up to around 987.
The Great Mosque continued to function until the Spanish reconquest of 1246 when it was converted back to Christian use as the city's cathedral; luckily the unparalled beauty of the Islamic architecture was recognised and largely respected, though new additions were made in various places adding further stylistic layers to the complex, initially in gothic, then Renaissance and latterly Baroque styles.
The biggest alteration came at the end of the Middle Ages when a more recognisable cathedral structure was erected over the centre of the multi-aisled former prayer hall. Begun as a gothic church, it was completed as a largely Renaissance structure with rich vaulting and a low dome over the crossing. Though it required the removal of many of the superb arcades and columns to erect it, the structure's impact is less apparent from within as one might expect, since it has few lower walls, literally growing from the Moorish colonnades.
The complete structure of the Mosque/Cathedral covers a vast rectangular area with an open courtyard to the north with the Baroque bell tower (the former minaret reclad)and the seemingly endless columned halls of the interior, with some 856 columns (many reused from Roman buildings, themselves reused in the previous church). Various chambers and chapels of varying dates and styles open up making the internal layout somewhat confusing to follow. The centre of the complex is dominated by the Renaissance cathedral, whose soaring interior flooded with light actually contrasts well with the more intimate, darker areas of the mosque, if making the experience somewhat surreal and other worldy. One can wander this ever changing interior for hours and still feel like one has barely scratched the surface.
The most notable parts of the Islamic structure are the magnificent double rows of scalloped arches, with multiple cusps and alternating bands of red and white. There are also some truly gorgeous ceilings, masterpieces of Islamic design, including the domes over the former mihrab niche, parts of which retain rich mosaic decoration.
In other areas the contrast of Islamic and Christian styles is quite bizarre, with the perimeter of the building lined with chapels, Moorish in style but many filled by huge gilded Baroque altars, somewhat at odds with the original style.
All in all the Mosque / Cathedral of Cordoba is one of the wonders of the World and for me was the highlight of this trip to Andalusia. As a fascinating fusion of faiths, styles and first rate architecture, there simply is nowhere else remotely like it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%E2%80%93Mosque_of_C%C3%B3...
at the street arts festival in worcester on sunday (9/25/16), some of the vendors/artists had unique sorts of things for sale. this artist, melissa calling her work anxietiart, makes people and animals from "found" items-- reduce reuse recycle
you can see some of her other things here:
I was pleased to find that the Northern Flickers were going to reuse the nest they built last year. They appear to be more comfortable with my presence than last year, so I'm looking forward to getting some more fun photos here.
I'm fairly sure when I took this shot, the eggs were already laid, for after twenty minutes of quiet waiting, this male's head popped out and stayed out until the missus arrived. Then with a quiet chortle of greeting, they quickly swapped spots. The male flew out before the female landed under the nest.
When I checked on the nest yesterday, I was pleased to hear that the chicks had hatched. When a parent returned and entered the nest hole, the tiniest of chicks squeakings could be heard...begging for first dibs on feeding.
This will be my last upload for awhile...again..., as I'm behind on a great many things...including writing an article for a local magazine. More on that to come. So, until next time, enjoy your week/weekend and thank you so much for all your support, faves and comments. They are always appreciated!
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