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Their one-year anniversary. Photo taken in Disneyland. "He's a treasure," she writes, "and loves me so much."
China, Beijing, ”Yiheyuan” Summer Palace, the Seventeen-Arch Bridge is the only connection to the Nanhu Island & was built during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911. The Seventeen-Arch Bridge is an imitation of the celebrated Marco Polo Bridge “Lugou Bridge” in Beijings Fengtai District.
As the name suggests, it has seventeen symmetrical arches, with the largest one in the centre & the others diminishing in size on either side. The bridge is 150 mtr long & 7 mtr high, which gets corresponds with the grandeur of the imperial garden. The bridge is decorated with 544 delicately carved lions. This vivid lions sitting on the white marble balusters, have different expressions & postures.
The Nanhu Island with an area of over one hectare & the largest one of the three islands in the Kunming Lake. The island situated in the southeast of the lake, is connected by the Seventeen-Arch Bridge. The whole island is edged by laid huge stones & enclosed with carved stone fence. Seen from the distance, the island together with the Seventeen-Arch Bridge looks like a turtle stretching his neck. As turtle is a symbol of longevity in Chinese culture, the similarity in shape justly satisfied Emperor Qianlong, who built this garden in the name of celebrating his mother's sixtieth birthday.
The main structures on the island are the pavilion-style Hanxu Hall is the shelter where Empress Dowager Cixi inspected the navy drill & the Dragon King Temple is said to have been built on the bank in the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644. Its surrounding land was deliberately retained when the lake was excavated & enlarged afterwards, thus the isolated island emerged.
The grand Tower of Buddhist Incense, towering 41 meters, is the symbol of ”Yiheyuan” the Summer Palace, located in the north-western outskirts of Beijing. The garden from early 1750 is the largest & most celebrated imperial garden in China & had once been a summer resort for the emperors. It is acclaimed as a museum of gardens in China, for a visit to this garden bestow on sightseers a glimpse of representative scenes all over China.
The palace features hundreds of architecturally distinct buildings, halls, pavilions, pagodas, bridges & corridors dispersed among magnificent, elegant gardens. It has an area of 290 hectares, three quarters of which is water. The palace has three unique areas, Court Area, Longevity Hill Area & Kunming Lake Area.
The garden was originally named “Qingyi” the Garden of Clear Ripple, was a summer resort for the emperors in the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911. In 1860, the garden was burnt down by the Anglo-French Allied Forces. In 1866, Empress “Dowager Cixi” rebuilt the garden using embezzled funds from the imperial navy & named it the Summer Palace. In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Eight-Power Allied Force ransacked the palace, after another rebuilding in 1903, the garden was restored to its original beauty & magnificence. As the grandest garden in China, it was added to the World Culture Heritage list in 1998.
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There are times when size most definitely matters...
Another entry from my photo recycling project. (cont.)
this is just really odd timing, he was scratching the top of that tree and i got a series of him while he was coming down. This is the last of that.
BJD sizes from left to right: Lati yellow Miel, Lati Yellow SP Cookie, Fairyland LittleFee Lewi, Unoa Chibi Lilin, Fairyland Minifee Moe Line Tan Rheia, Fairyland Minifee Active Line Mirwen, Fairyland Minifee Beauty Line Chloe, Alchemic Labo Unoa Sist
So some time back I changed the original desing for the Bus from 7 wide to 6 wide. I do think it has payed off, the bus looks a bit small compared to my GWR 1442, but that's how it should be, right?
Alyssa is a very talented model and another model I would love to shoot with one-on-one (MM #1367275). Unfortuneately, when there are more photographers than models and a few photographers tend to monopolize them it is tough to get good shots, but that said, it worked out okay. Alyssa did a great job of trying to provide eye contact for each of the photographers working with her. These are two of the three outfits that I saw her wearing at the shoot. I will post the third, but it was a beautiful dress that was some color between red and burgandy (hey I kinw the primary colors and a couple of basic shades :o) ).
In these poses I loved the lighting coming in through the window and providing backlighting for her hair. I suspect that the shoes and probably the outfit were provided. You cannot see it real well in this shot but the shoes still had the size (6) and price tags. No big deal if you are wearing them, but adds color if you decide to hold them.
Every time I walked past Arturo Di Modica (1941-2021)’s Charging Bull at Bowling Green, there were dozens of tourists swarming around the animal’s head to have their picture taken. Some people ignored the bull’s head and concentrated on the other end, usually cradling the taurine family jewels...
For the record, I feel better today.
Had a good day in work as I was out and about doing inspections and observations. Its good to get out from behind my desk.
It also gave me a chance to pop into the shops between visits for a bit of retail therapy.
One pair of leather gloves - tick
Two pairs of thick woollen socks - tick
(It was 'brass monkey' cold this morning)