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Sometimes, in life, you meet someone who just... sticks. I've known my grumpy, delightfully inappropriate Ogre since the first days of my SL, and he's been tolerating me for over a decade now... Here's to forever friends who make me laugh and feel protected and give the best advice on Apple products. ♥
The sprawling two story Earl's Palace in Birsay, Orkney, Scotland was built between 1570 and 1580 by the notorious Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, the illegitimate son of James V. The Earl considered himself the absolute ruler of Orkney and Shetland and was the father of the even nastier tyrant Patrick Stewart, executed for treason in 1615. It was in ruins by 1700 and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
TRF: It takes me an hour to drive to work and an hour to drive home. That's two hours a day or ten hours a week. That's a lot of time...
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Another shot from last months London Flickr Group Photowalk. Not sure which skyscraper this is other than it was somewhere near the Gherkin. If anyone recognises it then please let me know......
We're holding our next London Photowalk on Sunday 24th October if you're interested in coming along. Click here for more details : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577198...
From Wikipedia, "The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the modern city named London has since grown far beyond the City of London boundary. The City is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London, though it remains a notable part of central London.
Administratively, it forms one of the 33 local authority districts of London; however, the City of London is not a London borough, a status reserved for the other 32 districts (including London's only other city, the City of Westminster). It is also a separate ceremonial county, being an enclave surrounded by Greater London, and is the smallest ceremonial county in the United Kingdom.
The City of London is widely referred to simply as the City (differentiated from the phrase "the city of London" by capitalising City) and is also colloquially known as the Square Mile, as it is 1.12 sq mi (716.80 acres; 2.90 km2) in area. Both of these terms are also often used as metonyms for the United Kingdom's trading and financial services industries, which continue a notable history of being largely based in the City. The name London is now ordinarily used for a far wider area than just the City. London most often denotes the sprawling London metropolis, or the 32 London boroughs, in addition to the City of London itself. This wider usage of London is documented as far back as 1888, when the County of London was created."
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Clicked this from the plane as it was making its descent into LAX. Home to 13 million people, LA is the very definition of urban sprawl.
I'm hungry! I'm on my last legs! It's too hot here! FEED ME!
A squirrel at Emerald Bay, South Lake Tahoe looking for
sympathy. Had to laugh when he /she just sprawled out in front of us. Fed it though.
Lou Tingle took me to the largest ginkgo tree in Cave Hill Cemetery this past week. It is definitely worth finding this time of year. I added a yellow filter to my pinhole camera to enhance the fall foliage. I was expecting a more dramatic whiteness, like infrared, from the yellow ginkgo leaves. My results were mixed. Maybe a little underexposed. I could have bracketed my exposures but my film was limited that day.
London at night, taken from the roof of a tower currently under construction.
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Taken at Victoria Park in Hong Kong, which has a stunning viewpoint, though the wait to get up there was excruciatingly long!
A vantage point affords a view of the urban sprawl in the Strijp-S suburb of Eindhoven, Netherlands. Strijp-S used to be the industrial centre of Philips.
This monochrome shot aims at focusing on industrial shapes and patterns alone, so it is stripped of distracting colours.
From there one sees the rear of the Philips Stadion, home of the PSV Eindhoven team (PSV: Philips Sport Vereniging). The football stadium has a 35,000-seat capacity and holds a 4-star rating by UEFA; its last renovation was completed in 2002.
A soaring high-rise dominates the skyline on the left, with glass and steel all around its 21 storeys.
On the right one can see the 70 metre-high tower of St. Catherine’s Cathedral far away. The church was designed in the 1860s by Pierre Cuypers in neo-Gothic style, in juxtaposition with the industrial kind of urban landscape closer.