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Once a quick shower clears out, the sun shines over the visitor building at Knightshayes Garden (Devon, England), on an afternoon in early October (2008). The converted stables and farm-building complex, built in a Neo-Gothic style, now house a restaurant, gift shop, office, etc., at this National Trust site. The ivy climbing on the walls is just beginning to turn colour.
Knightshayes is a National Trust house and garden near Tiverton, Devon, in southwestern England -- the West Country. The estate belonged to the Heathcote-Amory family when Knightshayes Court was built in the later 19th century (1869-1874) and when the gardens were first designed. It has been a National Trust property since 1973.
(Information from the visitor guide and from the National Trust website, last consulted in 2012.)
(From the "archive" -- 2008)
[Knightshayes visitor building path autumn 2008 oct 2 c; IMG_1005]
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Half Way Inn, Route 95, New Meadows, Idaho
1980.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Restaurants; Eating & drinking establishments: (roadside and Main Street).
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Eating & drinking facilities--1980.
United States--Idaho--New Meadows.
Format: Slides--1980.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00151
Call Number: LC-MA05- 151
This is the Gardner Museum at 4th and Maine in Quincy, IL. The Gardner Museum is a stone Romanesque Revival style building erected in 1888 and was originally the Quincy Public Library until 1974 when it moved to its current location. I know it's kind of odd that the circular corner of the building is bluish towards the top but it's actually like that. Renovations maybe.. I don't know.
My first image of Normanby for 2012. This image taken after sunset was taken with two ND filters on the front of the camera, a 4X and a 2X set on manual mode for 3.2 seconds at F10.
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After photographing the local village church, I took a wander around the village. This is the Bradwell Brook that runs though the centre of the village. Moving rather fast when I was there, maybe all the recent rain and snow had found their way into the stream.
Finishing up the trip back. Seamed to have lost some of the original descriptions so this will have to do as we conclude the ride back from our adventure with our grandson. Enjoy the landscapes and scenes on the Iowa byways.
This is St Mary & St Peter in Waddingham, Lincolnshire. There used to be two churches on this site, hence the name of this one. There are a few headstones in the graveyard that date back to the late 18th Century.
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Margolies, John,, photographer.
Stone Restaurant, Route 77, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
1982.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Restaurants; Eating & drinking establishments.
Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-2).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Restaurants--1980-1990.
United States--Oklahoma--Pauls Valley.
Format: Slides--1980-1990.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.01358
Call Number: LC-MA05- 1358
This is the tiny All Saints church in the equally tiny village of Pilham near to Gainsborough in Lincolnshire. I've been to this church for photos a few times in the past - always seemingly with the same overcast sky. Anyway, this church was open as part of the first weekend of #churchesFest15 in the county and boy are you in for a surprise when you go inside. I was expecting a rough little place but no, this has a stunning interior.
We were driving on a narrow single lane road on Great Bernera to Traigh Bhostadh (Bosta Beach) when I spotted this abandoned stone building and I had to stop. Wanting to stop, and finding a spot to park the car are two entirely different propositions. Nearby was a home with a driveway and an ideal spot to park. Unfortunately, it appears too many people had had that idea also, as there were several LARGE signs stating “Absolutely No Parking”.
Fortunately, not much farther and there was an area to pull off and park. The spot was unoccupied with the exception of a rather large black Highland cow. The cow was unwilling to move, but was willing to share the spot and there was still room for the car too. A walk back along the road and through the boggy field to the abandoned stone building on the shore of Loch na Muilne yielded this image.
Trekking in the Pyrenees, you come often across postcard landscapes. Couldn't avoid making a shot of this one.
The town of Southam in Warwickshire minted its own coins in mediaeval times because local people found ordinary coins too high in value for everyday use. In the English Civil War Charles I used Southam's mint to make new coins to pay his troops. Built in the early 16th century the coin mint house is now a pub – unsurprisingly called ‘the Olde Mint’. The grooves in the stone doorway are said to be the result of soldiers sharpening their swords
Bergenhus Fortress
Bergen, Norway
At the end of June we traveled to Bergen, Norway for a few days. To learn more about our first full day and to see more photos, check out my post Arriving in the Beautiful City of Bergen, Norway on my blog Batteredsuitcase.net
The oldest building in Greenfield Village was imported from England's Cotswold Hills. It is surrounded by a lush country garden.
Sign over Cupán Tae, a tea shop on the edge of the old town of the city of Galway (in County Galway, western Ireland), on a midday of mixed rain and sun in mid-September.
The city's Irish name is Gaillimh, or Cathair na Gaillimhe (City of Galway). The old town is sometimes referred to as the "Latin Quarter."
The sign's upper lettering is in Gaelic type, also called Irish type; it was derived from the early medieval manuscript lettering style known as Insular script (which in turn is related to uncial script). The term "insular," from the Latin for "island," refers to the style's origin in Ireland and spread from there to Britain.
(A picture in my Tea, tea shops, tea rooms album / set.)
[Galway old town tea shop sign 2013 sep 15 p; P1040082]
Margolies, John,, photographer.
Mother Goose Market, horizontal view, Route 476, Hazard, Kentucky
1979.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format).
Notes:
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.
Margolies categories: Mimetic buildings; Main Street.
Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125).
Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Forms part of: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008).
Subjects:
Houses--1970-1980.
Mimetic buildings--1970-1980.
United States--Kentucky--Hazard.
Format: Slides--1970-1980.--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see "John Margolies Roadside America Photograph Archive - Rights and Restrictions Information" www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/723_marg.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Margolies, John John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (DLC) 2010650110
General information about the John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.mrg
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/mrg.00655
Call Number: LC-MA05- 655
The image posted "Memories" and the image posted in the comment box "Picture in Picture" were taken one minute apart.
Members of my family have worked in photographic business since the mid 50's; They always told me they were in the memory business - they sold memories.
Wiener Neustädter Altar, ordered in 1447 by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III for the Cistercian Viktring Abbey. Gothic gilded wood polychrome relief altar of the life of the Virgin Mary. St. Stephen's Dom (Cathedral) Catholic temple (church). Gothic. Begin in 1304 AD, vaulting completed in 1474 AD. North tower begun in 1450 AD and finished in 1511 AD. Austria, Vienna. Copyright 2016, James A. Glazier.
This is the back of the shrine.it was a busy day at the front but not a soul to be seen around here!
This is Alnwick Castle - said as An nick - in Northumberland, UK. Just a stones throw from the main A1 road, it's easy to stop off and take a peek at this place or even park up and take a walk through the access land that surrounds the castle.
School at Fox Creek, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve; near Strong City, Kansas. Known as Lower Fox Creek School, it was built in 1882 of native limestone from a nearby quarry, and closed in 1930. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Campanile
Earlier this year we happened to be in Ames on a Sunday morning. It was a nice day and thought it would be fun to walk the campus we spent so much time on in our young adulthood. A lot has changed and yet not so much from the late 70's and early 80's. It was nice to see that the central campus was still a central campus, and the old buildings that give this place character are still standing tall. Most have been renovated, looking good and still functioning in the pursuit of higher learning.
This is a project I've been contemplating for some time, and it so happened the day was perfect. Enjoy the walk
Note: I hope to do this again when there are students about and when I'm able to get into the buildings.
Vineyard just outside the village of Milly-Lamartine (in the commune of Milly-Lamartine, département of Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne / Burgundy, in eastern France), on an overcast afternoon in early June.
This area is known for its Maconnais wines, particularly white wines from the Chardonnay grape varietal. The village added "Lamartine" to its name in honour of 19th-century French writer and politician Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), who spent part of his childhood in a family home there.
In the background, the steeple of the village church, Église de Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur, can be seen; this Romanesque church was built during the 12th century.
(From the "archives" -- 2009)
[Milly-Lamartine vineyard village rooftops 2009 jun 8 c; IMG_1123]
The impressive marquetry like patterning on the colombier is an unusual mix of sandstone, brick and flint - all local materials. The cornice, called a "larmier", was designed as a barrier against rodents climbing the wall to devour the pidgeons' eggs.
The Crystal River Old City Hall is a historic building in Crystal River, Florida, in the United States. It is located at 532 North Citrus Avenue, off U.S. 19/98. On May 29, 1998, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The building now houses the Coastal Heritage Museum, operated by the Citrus County Historical Society. Exhibits focus on the early history of the west side of Citrus County, Florida and include a 1929 diorama of downtown Citrus Avenue, a fish house facade, and an original jail cell. Admission is free.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_River_Old_City_Hall
web.archive.org/web/20160518114647/http://www.nationalreg...
web.archive.org/web/20070930200247/http://www.flheritage....
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View across part of the the southwestern Burren (County Clare, western Ireland) towards the 15th-century tower of Ballinalacken Castle, on a partly cloudy evening in mid-May. This view is from the West Clare coastal road along Galway Bay.
The Burren is an expanse of distinctive limestone karst landscape, which can appear very windswept and barren. While it is indeed windswept (we can attest to that point!), it is in fact home to wide variety of plants, including wildflowers characteristic of both Mediterranean and Alpine regions.
Ballinalacken -- also spelled Ballynalackan or, in Irish, Baile na Leacan -- which is located in the midst of fields and wildflower meadows on the edge of the Burren, is now the location of a hotel.
(The spellings Ballynalackan and Baile na Leacan are from the Placenames Database of Ireland, consulted 24 July 2015.)
[Burren edge evening view towards Ballinalacken Castle 2011 may 18 o; P5182762]
The majestic Grand Bell Tower situated on the slopes of Mount Fansipan, Vietnam. Blending traditional Vietnamese stone masonry with iconic multi-tiered rooflines, it stands as a spiritual landmark overlooking the Hoang Lien Son mountain range.
A quiet corner at Snowshill Manor (Gloucestershire, in the Cotswold Hills in west-central England): steps beside the limestone manor house, on an overcast afternoon in mid-May.
Snowshill, which has medieval origins, is probably most famous as a home of architect and extreme collector Charles Paget Wade (1883-1956) from 1919 to 1951. (After filling up the main house with an eclectic variety of objects, he moved into a converted estate building nearby.) Since 1951, Snowshill has been in the care of the National Trust. In addition to Wade's collection, the garden and dovecote are attractions, as are the views; the estate sits on the northern edge of the Cotswold escarpment above the Worcestershire village of Broadway.
In this scene, many leaves are just opening; with the cold winter of 2009/2010, plants were running 3-4 weeks behind their usual 21st-century spring schedule.
[Snowshill Manor Garden limestone steps 2010 may 16 o; P5161299]
I don't know how I've driven mere feet from this place countless times over the years and this is the first time I've seen it. I learned about the mill somehow online and made a mental note to stop by.
The current owner is just letting it sit there. It has so much potential to be revived and used for something good.
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This is the parish church of the Holy Cross in Ryton, a village in the Gateshead district of Tyneside. Founded in 1220AD, this church is one of the most fascinating of the hundreds that I've been to over the years for photographs.
The earliest grave is dated 1684 apparently, although I didn't find that out until some hours after I'd left the church. I did though find a lot of graves from the 1700s and also a fair few headstones that are inscribed on both sides - something I've not seen before. Inside the church there's a 'plaque' on a wall that is dated and has been authenticated from 1583. Once a church by the Tyne in the middle of nowhere, it is now still by the same river but on the edge of the bustling Tyneside urban area.