Local legend suggests that this bridge was started by Bishop Henry Cheyne in the late 13th or early 14th century and completed by Robert the Bruce. Whilst this may or may not be true, historical documents show that the bridge we see today was the result of rebuilding work in three phases in the early 17th century.

This was the main crossing on the Don leading to the north from Aberdeen and vice versa prior to the construction of the adjacent Bridge of Don in 1831. Today the Brig o’ Balgownie is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

el paso del tiempo, casa abandonada en Uglich, Rusia.

Úglich es una ciudad del óblast de Yaroslavl, en Rusia, siendo el centro administrativo del rayón de Úglich. Se encuentra sobre el Volga, poco antes de que deje el embalse de Ríbinsk, a 92 km al noroeste de Yaroslavl.

Seen in South Italy, ps creation.

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Seen in Andalusia, Spain.

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La Casina vanvitelliana è una suggestiva costruzione all’interno dell’omonimo parco sul lago del Fusaro a Bacoli, in provincia di Napoli.

Nata come casino di caccia e pesca dei Borbone, la costruzione deve il suo nome all’architetto Luigi Vanvitelli (già architetto della Reggia di Caserta) che iniziò i lavori alla metà del Settecento, che vennero completati alla sua morte dal figlio Carlo. Nel corso della sua storia la Casina Vanvitelliana ha avuto tantissimi ospiti illustri: Mozart, Rossini, ma anche reali come lo Zar di Russia e Francesco II Imperatore d’Austria e, negli anni ’50, l’allora Presidente della Repubblica Luigi Einaudi.

Sembra che nessuno di loro sia riuscito a resistere al fascino senza tempo della Casina Vanvitelliana che, ancora oggi, non manca di incantare i suoi visitatori soprattutto all’ora del tramonto, quando svela il suo volto non solo più suggestivo ma anche romantico.

Timanfaya, Lanzarote, Canary Islands.

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I drove across Beverley Westwood yesterday an ancient area of pasture land on the edge of Beverley, were cattle still graze unfenced. In all my years of crossing the Westwood I have never seen it so carpeted in buttercups. I had time to stop and take a quick grab shot as you can see the sky was heavy with clouds a few minutes after taking the shot it was pouring with rain

Apart from a crop it is SOOC with no filters

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Back to my trip up to St Cyrus at the weekend for this shot. The whole scene was every bit as tranquial as this image suggests.

You can see the rock formation and cottage in my earlier post on the left hand side of this.

"La Scala dei Turchi è una falesia viva costituita da uno sperone di marna bianca prominente sul mare, le cui falde degradanti a strato conferiscono un aspetto molto suggestivo, accentuato, a sua volta, dai forti contrasti cromatici se si pensa all'azzurro del mare e del cielo contrapposto al bianco accecante della roccia.

La forma che questo monumento della natura assume è quella per l'appunto di una scalinata, dove secondo la leggenda, durante le invasioni moresche che imperversarono nel '500, i turchi (così erroneamente chiamati) approdarono nel territorio dell'odierna Realmonte inerpicandosi sulle stratificazioni di questa falesia."

da: www.comune.realmonte.ag.it/?option=com_content&view=a...

Lido Rossello è la località marittima di Realmonte da cui dista circa 1,8 km. Ubicato proprio nella Baia di Capo Rossello il piccolo centro abitato si trova inserito in un contesto ambientale molto suggestivo: a nord infatti è chiuso dall'arco della Costabianca, ad ovest da Capo Rossello e ad est dalla continuazione dell'arco costiero che finisce con lo sfondo di Scala dei Turchi, a sud invece si apre sul mare con una spiaggia di modeste dimensioni ma molto composta e raccolta.

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

Thraupis palmarum (Palm Tanager / Tángara palmera)

The Palm Tanager is one of the most widespread and familiar birds of the neotropics, from Nicaragua south to southern Brazil. They are common at forest borders, but also occur in the canopy of the interior of forest. As the name suggests, Palm Tanagers often are associated with palm trees, but by no means are they restricted to living in palms.

Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...

Lido Rossello è la località marittima di Realmonte da cui dista circa 1,8 km. Ubicato proprio nella Baia di Capo Rossello il piccolo centro abitato si trova inserito in un contesto ambientale molto suggestivo: a nord infatti è chiuso dall'arco della Costabianca, ad ovest da Capo Rossello e ad est dalla continuazione dell'arco costiero che finisce con lo sfondo di Scala dei Turchi, a sud invece si apre sul mare con una spiaggia di modeste dimensioni ma molto composta e raccolta.

"La Scala dei Turchi è una falesia viva costituita da uno sperone di marna bianca prominente sul mare, le cui falde degradanti a strato conferiscono un aspetto molto suggestivo, accentuato, a sua volta, dai forti contrasti cromatici se si pensa all'azzurro del mare e del cielo contrapposto al bianco accecante della roccia.

La forma che questo monumento della natura assume è quella per l'appunto di una scalinata, dove secondo la leggenda, durante le invasioni moresche che imperversarono nel '500, i turchi (così erroneamente chiamati) approdarono nel territorio dell'odierna Realmonte inerpicandosi sulle stratificazioni di questa falesia."

da: www.comune.realmonte.ag.it/?option=com_content&view=a...

This is the main staircase in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) which is part of the White House complex in Washington, D.C.

It was built between 1871 and 1888, on the site of the original 1800 War/State/Navy Building and the White House stables, in the French Second Empire style. As its first name suggests, it was initially built to house three departments. While the building's elaborate style received substantial criticism at first, it has since been designated as a National Historic Landmark. It was for years the world's largest office building, with 566 rooms and about 10 acres (40,000 m2) of floor space. Most White House staff have their offices in the EEOB.–from Wikipedia

The Schwanenburg is the landmark of the city of Cleve in North Rhine-Westphalia near the Dutch border. It was built presumably in the 11th century by the counts and later dukes of Cleve on a spur-like runner of the mountain range from the Lower Rhine and is therefore one of few height castles on the Lower Rhine. Their castle mountain was name-giving for the later originating settlement: From Cleef (for cliff, cliff) became Cleve.

She received the name because of her weather vane in the form of a big swan whose wings were the crest of the ducal coat of arms.

The arrangement was also called "het slot by Cleef", and also if it the name suggests, it concerns with the Schwanenburg not around a castle arrangement, but around one by rebuildings of a castle in the 17th century resulted castle in the style of the baroque.

Donostia 2015. I saw the vessel with the red spinnaker coming from afar (you got it Cordula ) and waited for about 10' til it reached a visually attractive point in my framing without sacrificing the nothern cliffs of Santa Clara island. I was iffy about whether or not entirely letting out at the top of frame the narrow Urgull's shoreline, but I also wanted to include the surf, which helps to suggest an eye path across the picture.

My son's cat when she was just a little kitteh:-) Behind her is my son's dog.

* I know for many people the big day falls on Saturday but for me personally the day of the winter solstice is much more important. It's the day the sun begins its slow return to the Northern hemisphere. In Britain it will occur at 15.58 GMT on Tuesday

Tomorrow many people will visit Stonehenge to celebrate the day. The stones have been in place for 5,000 years so they have seen a great many solstices . While much is not known about the reasons these stones were erected by the Neolithic people . Recent research does suggest that the way the stones are lined up suggests it was the winter solstice not the summer one that was the main ritual event . For these agrarian people to return of the sun and the promise of another years harvest would have been a very significant

Talking of the sun we could use some on the East Coast its been grey dark and damp for a week now with no sunshine forecast for the next seven days its so gloomy

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Le montagne di Socotra sono un mondo a parte, fuori dal tempo e dalla storia. Un mondo consegnato alla Natura di questi luoghi, generosa di organismi esclusivi e di manifestazioni violente e suggestive. Sugli altopiani rocciosi, dove le foreste di albero del sangue di drago sono state rimosse millenni addietro, è signore il vento e regine sono le piccole capre devastatrici. E' così da millenni e così sarà per millenni ancora ..... ..

I absolutely suggest that you binge this show if you haven't yet.

♫♫Nuje Vulimme 'na Speranza♫♫

♫Theme Song♫

♫♫O' Primmo Ammoreo♫♫

"il terremoto è volere di Dio fa bene alla terra

"The earthquake is God's will. It is good for the ground"

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Today is a red day at Color my world Daily and the theme at Macro Mondays is bottles. Which is awesome, since we all know by now, how much I love bottles and their contents… especially if it is gin. Today, however, I have a miniature bottle of Absolut Vodka next to a real glass bottle (just in case if the miniature bottles aren’t allowed…) whispering secrets to each other. And that is what I will call this picture: bottles complicity.

Today is my last day of work and then I will be off until the next year. I love the sound of that !! Isn’t that awesome ? I suggest we open a bottle to celebrate the beginning of my holidays ;-). Unfortunately, everybody else in my family is either at work or at school or in Cuba (drinking rum and sunbathing like there is no tomorrow !!). So the only thing left for me will be to get some of that Christmas spirit and prepare Christmas celebrations while I babysit my parents house until they come back from Cuba. But first, I will have to work until 5pm today !

Until then, see you later ! And have beautiful day my friends ! Mucho, mucho amor for you all !!

FYI: my tiny bottle is about 2cm high.

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!!

The blacksmith lapwing or blacksmith plover (Vanellus armatus) is a lapwing species that occurs commonly from Kenya through central Tanzania to southern and southwestern Africa. The vernacular name derives from the repeated metallic 'tink, tink, tink' alarm call, which suggests a blacksmith's hammer striking an anvil.

Blacksmith lapwing - Wikipedia

These petunias seem to be subject to some sort of somatic mutation, where the color gene(s) are not expressed in an early cell, and the white spot that cell develops into enlarges as the flower grows. I think. At any rate, these petunias are both beautiful.

Thank you for looking. Isn't God a great artist?

ai piedi dell‘imponente abbazia, si snoda il piccolo borgo … da qui parte un camminamento sulle mura …

a discapito dei saliscendi e della fatica lo spettacolo che ci aspetta è suggestivo : un tripudio di antiche case normanne, di viottoli e di scalini , tanti scalini …

e su e giù … mentre i gabbiani ad ali spiegate, fieri signori del luogo e padroni del cielo ,. si avvicinano paurosamente , volteggiano sopra le nostre teste per poi tuffarsi in basso lanciando grida stridule in una danza affascinante …

tutt’intorno al monte una inquietante palude di sabbia , all’orizzonte il verde dei prati e degli alberi …

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Cape Otway Lighthouse, Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. At the southern tip of the continent guiding the ships into safe passage to the city of Melbourne ca. 100 kms (62 miles) away. It was established in 1848 on these towering sea cliffs 90 metres above where Bass Straight (between the Australian mainland and the island Australian state of Tasmania) and the Southern Ocean merge (which goes on down to the Antarctica).

The first town, built by Celts in the first century BC, occupied about 30 hectares along the slopes of Gellért Hill. Archaeological finds suggest that it may have been a densely populated settlement with a separate district of craftsmen (potteries and bronze foundries). It may have been a trading centre as well, as coins coming from different regions would indicate. The town was occupied by the Romans at the beginning of the Christian era. Its inhabitants moved to the Danube plains to a city retaining the Celtic name (Aquincum) in the first century AD. In AD 106, the city became the capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Inferior. The headquarters of the governor and significant military force were stationed here, and its population numbered about 20,000. It was frequently involved in wars on the border of the Roman Empire (formed by the Danube River).

The city of Budapest was officially created on 17 November 1873 from a merger of the three neighboring cities of Pest, Buda and Óbuda. Smaller towns on the outskirts of the original city were amalgamated into Greater Budapest in 1950. ( wikipedia )

“Spring drew on…

and a greenness grew over those brown beds,

which, freshening daily, suggested the thought

that Hope traversed them at night,

and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”

― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

♪

Oh no, tonight I find it hard to swallow

The bed is made and I feel hollow

My friends suggest that I should take it slow

I took it slow

I sweat it out, I'm not okay, I'm shaking on the floor

I lay awake and I count the days and I wait beside the door

For love, I only want you next to me

Sweet love, how long before you hurt for me?

Hurt for me, do you hurt for me?

Blackout the night before inside of my mouth

Too much it's what I like to do now

My mind explodes and I can't make it out

I'm falling down

I see your face in blurry shades and I reach out for your hand

All your ways I can't explain but I want to understand

My love, I only want you next to me

Sweet love, how long before you hurt for me?

Hurt for me, do you hurt for me?

I sedate my mind with hope of your return

Just enough to weigh me down

I can fake my heart and I love to watch it burn

But it knows you ain't around

My love, I only want you next to me

Sweet love, how long before you hurt for me?

Hurt for me, will you hurt for me?

***

SYML - Hurt For Me

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Somewhere close to Berlin, one of my favorite places.

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walking by a roadside garden last summer ....l paused for a moment to admire this red zinnia ....and the pretty flower attracted another admirer as well :-)

Roberts, Idaho

As the name suggests, these don't play well with each other.

Percorrendo la suggestiva strada provinciale 17 si può ammirare la bellissima costa sud-orientale dell’isola. Superata la frazione sinnaese turistica di Solanas (provenendo da Cagliari), la strada inizia a salire considerevolmente attraverso alcuni tornanti. Giunti alla sommità di un piccolo rilievo, sulla destra, si trova un’ampia piazzola di sosta sterrata che si erge sul mare. Percorrendo una stradina sterrata che si dirige a sud è possibile visitare la torre di Capo Boi, edificata nel 1591. Se si prosegue sulla suddetta stradina si può tornare al punto di partenza (con un percorso ad anello) transitando nel versante occidentale del rilievo noto come monte Turri, da cui si può ammirare la sottostante spiaggia di Solanas.

Hover flies, also called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae.

As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.

Plant Info…

(Pilosella aurantiaca, Syn. Hieracium aurantiacum) Orangerotes Habichtskraut

Pilosella aurantiaca (fox-and-cubs, orange hawk bit,  devil's paintbrush, grim-the-collier)

is a perennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is native to alpine regions, of central and southern Europe, where it is protected in several regions.

Thanks for your Views Faves and Comments, have all a Nice Week. 🌞✌

I don't want to be rude, But it's almost impossible for me to comment on all your Beautiful Pictures,

I hope you understand that.

Thank you very much.

Ich will nicht unhöflich sein, Aber es ist mir schier unmöglich alle eure Wundervollen Bilder zu kommentieren, ich hoffe ihr habt Verständnis dafür.

Herzlichen Dank.

A standout of the London skyline is the Shard, a 95 storey building that as the name suggest looks like a ‘shard of glass’. This structure is so imposing that I was able to capture the top of it as we travelled east on the Thames River into the wharf district. Ironically Metropolitan Wharf is on the north bank of the Thames and the Shard is on the south bank. I had to look at a map to put this into perspective for myself. I love the contrast between these old industrial buildings from the 1800s with this piece of modern architecture.

For Davy Renney a wonderful friend on flickr, who suggested I do last photo in Black and White

Flickr is my life and it makes me happy to share my photos and see other wonderful photos from all over the world.

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

The Palm Tanager is one of the most widespread and familiar birds of the neotropics, from Nicaragua south to southern Brazil. They are common at forest borders, but also occur in the canopy of the interior of forest. As the name suggests, Palm Tanagers often are associated with palm trees, but by no means are they restricted to living in palms.

Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...

it seems very likely that St Anthony's Chapel was closely associated with Holyrood Abbey, which stood just a few hundred yards away to the north-west. The two were linked by a well-made stone track (now heavily worn) with prominent kerbstones that can in places still be seen, and about three quarters of the way along this track up to the chapel is the spring and carved stone bowl known as St Anthony's Well.

It's tempting to think of St Anthony's Chapel as an outlying chapel for Holyrood Abbey, perhaps constructed as a means of getting pilgrims out from under the feet of the monks in the abbey. It has also been suggested that the chapel served as a sort of religious beacon, designed to be clearly visible to sea-borne pilgrims coming to Holyrood Abbey as they sailed up the River Forth.

As for dating, there are references to a grant paid for repairs to St Anthony's Chapel by the Pope in 1426, suggesting the building could date back into the 1300s or beyond. Details of its demise are equally unclear, but presumably, like Holyrood Abbey itself, St Anthony's Chapel fell into disuse and disrepair after the Reformation in 1560.

Today, all that remains of the chapel are parts of the north wall plus remnants of another building a little to the south-west, which has sometimes been called a hermitage but was probably just a store room. The remaining chapel wall shows signs of vaulting, and it is thought that when complete the building would have comprised a small three-bay chapel, with a three-storey tower at its west end. This odd shape, almost as tall as it was long, supports the idea that the chapel was designed as much to ensure distant visibility as to accommodate worshippers.

This small owl was introduced to the UK in the 19th century. It can be seen in the daylight, usually perching on a tree branch, telegraph pole or rock. It will bob its head up and down when alarmed. In flight it has long, rounded wings, rapid wingbeats and flies with a slight undulation.

Breeding Bird Survey data suggest that little owl numbers are declining, with the UK population estimated to be down by 24 per cent between 1995 and 2008.What they eat: Small mammals and birds, beetles and worms. (Courtesy RSPB).

I liked the setting of this group of buildings on the edge of Austnesfiord just north of Svolvar in the Lofoten Islands. I think the shot was taken on the day of the summer Solstice

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Dendrochilum Oxylobum

Tropical weather

Origin: Borneo

Orchid with long stems and fragrant flowers, each less than 1cm in diameter.

* I suggest you zoom the image :)

ساري واصوت لك ابيك

والرعشه في قلبي ياقلبي تبيك

شعوري ذا الليله غريب

كيف الحبيب يشكي الحبيب

انا ملكتك وانا فقدتك

ليتني لمن عرفتك ماتركتك

لما عيوني عانقوك

في غمضه وحده ضيعوك

اسال زماني والمكان

واجمع سواليف الحنان

قلب وليلي به سرى

والي جرالي ماجرى

امشي وادور في الوجوه

تايه عيونك توهوه

=(

ساري

View from Howth Head looking south over the Bailey lighthouse. The rain clouds gather as the evening light begins to fade.

The Sealink car ferry can be seen plying its way to north Wales , UK with the Wicklow mountains where I live, and the County Wexford coastline 70 miles away being clearly visible, stretching away into the distance. Zooming in will show some great detail.

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P@t.

Im trying to compile a list of groups that dont use their own award system and dont have silly rules. If anyone can suggest some of these groups, it would be great. I have discovered about 45 so far which I use.

Hope your weekend is super!

P@t.

:: May I suggest..... BIGGR ......it is definitely ..BETTR!

:: One by One

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200 fav+, .......... 100 to 200 favs,........ 50 to 100 favs

IMG_5762: Since Saturday we've got about 12" of snow where I live. I ran out to take this photo of the yard lights illuminating the fresh stuff last night. Nothing puts me in the holiday spirit more than a bit of fresh snow :)

This is the other way through the Hobbit road that you can see in the comment below.

I'm sure someone will suggest a crop, and I had some difficulty deciding. Do have a look here -- What do you think?

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View On Black

Not suggesting for a moment that this is postcard quality but I've been away from Flickr for a while and wanted to let you know that my shutter finger is still operational.

This shot was taken from a recent overnight trip to Oban on the west coast of Scotland. The island of Kerrera can just be seen on the left, the small Maiden Island is on the right, and the cloud covered mountains of Mull are in the far distance behind the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry.

It's good to be back folks....and it used to be traditional to send a card when you've been away.

I am still trying to decide if I should put up a tree...we will be going away from the 24th to 30th and it is a lot of work if no one is here to enjoy it... I just chatted on the phone with my dear sister, Hug a Horse..http://www.flickr.com/photos/hug-a-horse/ and I guess I may only decorate my stair rails and mantelpiece, as she suggested.