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Kåkbrinken is the name of this small street in Stockholm Old Town (Gamla stan). The name is first attested in 1477. 'Brink' is not a word really used today, but mostly survives in names. It means a short slope. 'Kåk' is used today, it is slang for 'house' - and Kåken ('the kåk') actually means prison. But that was not what it meant back in the 15th century, then it meant pillory. This street was named after the pillory found on the square at one end of this street. But it is safe to say that most Swedes today would not know that is the case! (I myself, and I've studied history, found out when I read up on the name.)
In hunting mode, studied the ground below and took a dive in the long grass, presumably caught something as it didn't reappear.
NW Leicestershire
Mallow (lat. Malva), or kalachik, or stem-rose - the type genus of the Malvaceae family - a herbaceous plant, usually annual, sometimes biennial and perennial. Today, about 30 species of mallow grow naturally in the temperate climates of North Africa, North America, Asia and Europe. Mallow was cultivated in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece: a description of the healing properties of the plant was found in the writings of Hippocrates and Pliny the Elder. In the twenties of the last century, scientists discovered ecological plasticity and high fodder qualities in mallow. And large bright pink flowers have always aroused the admiration of artists who depicted them in paintings, and poets who sang about them in verse.
Mallow has long been known in folk medicine. The beneficial properties of mallow have been studied by healers in many countries. For example, an infusion of mallow flowers and leaves cures stomach inflammation and intestinal disorders. Hot baths with steamed leaves or flowers of mallow (mallow) help relieve swelling of the spleen. The forest mallow grass is a constant component of chest collections.
Street art Barcelona
Banys Vells street /Old city
By Gastón Liberto
Gastón Liberto was born in Sierra Grande, Argentine, Patagonia.
He studied Art and Philosophy. The Circus and the Carnival are
the source of his former images of his childhood, they are his a
esthetic paradigm. Since the year 2000 he lives in Barcelona,
the city which inspires him for its culture and for its international
artistic community. His work is influenced by the Latino American
Magic Realism, the Surrealism Pop, the people, the travels, the
nature, the social events, the music, the technology. All the
chaos, and the anxiety of the post–modernity is wat he tries
to anderstand througt art. He has been working in painting
illustration and sculture for 12 years.
A White Admiral Butterfly on Echinacea flower. I was surprised to see the entropy theme in both the butterfly wing and the flower petals.
Photo taken Aug 13, 2020
Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis. It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
The 250 km2 (97 sq mi) ice formation, 30 km (19 mi) in length, is one of 48 glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field located in the Andes system shared with Chile. This ice field is the world's third largest reserve of fresh water.
The Perito Moreno Glacier, located 78 kilometres (48 mi) from El Calafate, was named after the explorer Francisco Moreno, a pioneer who studied the region in the 19th century and played a major role in defending the territory of Argentina in the conflict surrounding the international border dispute with Chile.
Despite most of the innumerable glaciers worldwide retreating, one of the few unusual glaciers that maintains in a state of equilibrium is the Perito Moreno Glacier because it continues to accumulate mass at a rate similar to that of its loss
📍 Perito Moreno Glacier (North side), Los Glaciares National Park, El Calafate, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina
Hospitalfield House is an arts centre and historic house in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, regarded as "one of the finest country houses in Scotland". It is believed to be "Scotland's first school of fine art" and the first art college in Britain. It is a registered charity under Scottish law. A range of prominent Scottish artists have worked there, including Joan Eardley, Peter Howson, Will Maclean, Robert Colquhoun, Robert MacBryde, William Gear, Alasdair Gray, Wendy McMurdo, and Callum Innes.
A hospital was founded on the site in the 13th century by monks from nearby Arbroath Abbey as a leprosy and plague hospice called the Hospital of St John the Baptist. The property was purchased by the Reverend James Fraser around 1664 and was subsequently owned by successive generations of the Fraser family. Walter Scott visited the house in 1813, and he used it as the model for "Monkbarns" in his novel The Antiquary (1816).
The last Fraser to own the property was the wealthy heiress Elizabeth Fraser (1805–1873). In 1843, she married Scottish artist Patrick Allan, who later added the Fraser surname to his and became known as Patrick Allan-Fraser. The son of an Arbroath weaving merchant, he had studied art in Edinburgh and became a painter. In 1842, he had been commissioned to do a series of illustrations for an edition of Scott's The Antiquary. While carrying out this work, he had visited Hospitalfield House that year and met Elizabeth Fraser, who was a widow eight years his senior, and they were married the following year.
Together, they embarked on substantial remodelling of Hospitalfield House. The renovations used mainly local craftsmen and converted an 18th-century barn into a gallery, added a five-storey bartizan and a large wing. He had a keen interest in the arts and set up the Patrick Allan-Fraser of Hospitalfield Trust to support young artists. Hospitalfield House was bequeathed "for the promotion of Education in the Arts" upon the death of Allan-Fraser in 1890, there being no heirs to his estate.
The building is now a residential art centre, music and conference venue. It is open to the public for four open weekends per year and for other events, including afternoon tours on the first Wednesday of each month.
In 2008, it was used as a film location for the docu-drama "Children of the Dead End", starring Stephen Rea.
In 2015, Hospitalfield curated and organised Graham Fagen's exhibition for Scotland + Venice, a collateral event of the 56th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
Architecture
The red sandstone building is in the Gothic style and draws on medieval domestic architecture. Allan-Fraser was heavily indebted to the Arts and Crafts movement; this is evident in the design of the building, which features crenallated parapets, crow-stepped gables and oriel windows. In 1901, a new studio block was added with north-west facing windows. A smaller room contains a skylight, and there are yards for outdoor sculpture
Seen at Dorset Wildlife Trust Higher Hyde Heath Reserve.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings, lending it the name of the silver-studded blue. P. argus can be found across Europe and east across the Palearctic, but it is most often studied in the United Kingdom where the species has experienced a severe decline in population due to habitat loss and fragmentation.
P. argus engages in mutualism with ants that contribute to the butterflies' reproductive fitness by providing protection from predation and parasitism from the point of egg laying to their emergence as adults. P. argus adults emerge at the end of June and beginning of July and engage in flight until the beginning of August.
The butterfly is adaptable to different habitats and is found in heathland, mossland, and limestone grassland. Tending towards a sedentary lifestyle and typically flying less than 20 metres (66 ft) a day, P. argus maintains a small radius home range. Their habitats lend themselves well to both foraging and egg laying as the host plants are ubiquitous in all three environments they occupy.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, West Yorkshire
Artist details :-
Niki de Saint Phalle was born in France in 1930 and grew up in the USA. After an early career as a fashion model, she studied theatre and acting in Paris before giving this up to become an artist.
Yeah, I know it's not pronounced like that 😁
I fully expect a grand total of none of you watch this video, but got to say I found it fascinating and hugely thought provoking:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey93GV-oKQY
Dave Mac is a bit of a climbing ledge, and someone has studied nutrition for many years. Anyway, it's given me a much needed nudge to stop being lazy with my diet and properly commit to a ketogenic way of eating again. I did it solidly for 5 years, but have drifted to a low carb diet for the last 2. It's health benefits for me have been pretty remarkable, and would like to get back to that state!
Wasn't sure if I was going to post this photo, but seeing as I've got something to prattle about I will 😁 During my week at Glenmore, I was reminded of why a standard Western diet and me just don't mix!
The rather incredible view from the ridge linking Creag Dhubh and Bodaich Dubh. Note the tiny people!
This styling challenge was all about the design house of Fendi. I studied the looks of the Fall 2020 Menswear Collection through both pictures and videos. I noted the garment colors, textures, fabrics, and silhouettes. These things are the inspiration base I used in my styling of today's presentation.
My first selection was the [Dope+Mercy] ~ Zen Pants in Black with Meridian Chain to create an illusion of height. I also chose the Midna ~ Yellow Jacket and a colorful turtleneck top to bring a pop of color.
The Kanye synthetic fur from Diram is sure to keep me warm and adds a perfect flare. My platform shoes are from GUTCHI as well as the goggle-style glasses in Red and Yellow for a dash of personality. Completing my Fendi Challenge inspired styling I have included an umbrella and shopping tote.
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Arizona, USA
The geology of the Grand Canyon area includes one of the most complete and studied sequences of rock on Earth. The nearly 40 major sedimentary rock layers exposed in the Grand Canyon and in the Grand Canyon National Park area range in age from about 200 million to nearly 2 billion years old. Most were deposited in warm, shallow seas and near ancient, long-gone sea shores in western North America. Both marine and terrestrial sediments are represented, including lithified sand dunes from an extinct desert. There are at least 14 known unconformities in the geologic record found in the Grand Canyon.
Uplift of the region started about 75 million years ago during the Laramide orogeny; a mountain-building event that is largely responsible for creating the Rocky Mountains to the east. In total, the Colorado Plateau was uplifted an estimated 2 miles (3.2 km). The adjacent Basin and Range Province to the west started to form about 18 million years ago as the result of crustal stretching. A drainage system that flowed through what is today the eastern Grand Canyon emptied into the now lower Basin and Range province. Opening of the Gulf of California around 6 million years ago enabled a large river to cut its way northeast from the gulf. The new river captured the older drainage to form the ancestral Colorado River, which in turn started to form the Grand Canyon.
Wetter climates brought upon by ice ages starting 2 million years ago greatly increased excavation of the Grand Canyon, which was nearly as deep as it is now, 1.2 million years ago. Volcanic activity deposited lava over the area 1.8 million to 500,000 years ago. At least 13 lava dams blocked the Colorado River, forming lakes that were up to 2,000 feet (610 m) deep. The end of the last ice age and subsequent human activity has greatly reduced the ability of the Colorado River to excavate the canyon. Dams in particular have upset patterns of sediment transport and deposition. Controlled floods from Glen Canyon Dam upstream have been conducted to see if they have a restorative effect. Earthquakes and mass wasting erosive events still affect the region.
During a walk today, it seemed that I saw more bees busily gathering pollen.Perhaps some scientist were correct when they studied bees, finding the bees spent more time out of the hive foraging and stopped work later in the afternoon when the following day proved to be rainy rather than sunny.They seemed to be responding to cues such as changes in humidity, temperature and barometric pressure that preceded rainstorms.
www.newscientist.com/article/2075606-honeybees-know-its-g...
Another shot of my new look. For more information, please visit my blog:
Pose: Lush Poses - Alec- Men Bento Pose Pack at the Men's Closet event from Feb 26th to March 19th
Event SLURL: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zen%20Soul/139/223/24
On February 11, 2023, at 11 am slt, we are going to celebrate a graduation show for the students of the Ayuda Virtual Modeling course. For several months they have studied modeling ethics, catwalk management, styling and posing, fashion research, Second Life photography and blogging. We have the Luxe Paris store as a sponsor, and Jho, who is going to win the second edition of the SL TOP MODEL Competition by Frolic Mills and the agency One and One Modeling Agency, participates as a guest model.
We ask for your assistance to support the efforts of our students and the support of Jho and Luxe Paris. Thank you!
The event landmark in Ayuda Virtual
** Ayuda Virtual is Linden Lab's Community Gateway in Second Life for the Spanish-speaking community. They celebrate events and free courses to help the integration of newcomers to SL.
** LUXE Paris is a high quality fashion brand for women and men, inspired by the French haute couture & established since 2012 by Parisian Skytower and Mika Palmyra..
The history of Gzowski arrival and success in North America is quite interesting, but the reason I took the photo was the light reflecting from the edges of the structure.
Polish immigrant Casimir Gzowski came to US as unwanted refugee from Austria. He studied law, but was more interested in railway engineering, came to Canada to work on Welland Canal and never left. Those were the days, when crossing borders and working really anywhere was not a problem, if you had the skills. Canadians will know Peter Gzowski better than Kaz, as Peter (grandgrandgrandson) was quite popular radio host.
The Memorial was erected in 1968 (Richard D’wonnik and Frederick Dunbar)
960. Toronto 2022-Feb 18, P1200551. Uploaded 2022-Feb-28. Lmx -ZS100.
The groom has studied a lot about the battle at Gettysburg. So on the rehearsal evening after dinner, we headed into the dark to get some captures of the couple at Little Round Top.
Bouncing the flash here at high ISO to capture them in front of the monument.
The Saffron Toucanet is restricted to humid forests of southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and eastern Paraguay, and usually is uncommon. Despite its distinctive appearance, the Saffron Toucanet has not been well-studied, and little is known about its natural history. Saffron Toucanets often are quiet, even secretive; they forage for fruit, and perhaps young birds and eggs, in mid levels and the canopy of forest. This is a wild individual photographed at Tapirai - São Paulo.
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White-crowned sparrows are one of the most studied of bird species in North America and are well known for the amazing range of dialects from one location to another. Young males learn their songs in their first few months of life, "picking up" a song style in the local environment where they are raised. As individual birds often return to the same general area for breeding, local populations have thus developed their own dialects. Their habitat includes forest edges, brush thickets, parks, residential areas and farms. Most summer in Northern Canada, Alaska and the Rocky Mountains. Most winter in the southern half of the U.S., the west coast and Mexico. However, there is a non-migratory population along the coastline of California. (Information From sdakotabirds.com) This beauty was seen while I was hiking with my husband at Peter's Canyon in Irvine, California.
Había planificado tomar un hermoso atardecer con el sol escondiéndose detrás de la iglesia de Pitigliano; todo estaba estudiado, la hora y el lugar exactos pero algo falló, el día estaba nublado, sin embargo la imagen sigue siendo hermosa
I had planned to take a beautiful sunset with the sun hiding behind the Pitigliano church; Everything was studied, the exact time and place but something went wrong, the day was cloudy, however the image is still beautiful
Excerpt from www.railwaycitytourism.com/murals.html#portfolio-be37304d...:
PLAY TIME
A fun and playful take celebrating Jumbo at Rosethorn Park painted by Emily Jacques-Hawco.
Emily is an artist located in St. Thomas ON, she studied at OCAD University in Toronto ON and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Emily's works are heavily influenced by her passion for colour. The content of her work is inspired by the natural world through portraiture, landscapes, abstraction, and animals.
When I initially studied this Autumn leaf, I was enchanted by the its colors. It was only later that I noticed the profile. The tiny eye was always there, but difficult to notice at first.
Canada Jays have been studied extensively over the years at Algonquin Provincial Park. One day, we happened upon a group of researchers who were weighing the birds. The jays were lured to the scaled by a piece of cheese attached to the pot, and the resulting weight was photographed remotely with the little camera set up in front. Apparently, this process works really well!
Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. March 2013.
Having studied sculpture at a German academy of arts, I was always disappointed that a great deal of sculptural form and surface gets lost photographing rock formations at night - even when applying low level lighting. Therefor I made a series of pictures using daylight shots of the landscape combined with the milky way sky. This series was taken at a location about one mile east of "Valley of Dreams" in New Mexico, all shots facing south.
Пять обнаженных, мускулистых и трудолюбивых мужчин, зянятых тяжелой работой на механическом прессе, олицетворяют собой всех тех настоящих сильных мужчин конца 19 и начала 20 века, благодаря труду которых был преобразован наш мир. Впечатление очень сильное.
The Mechanics Monument, also known as The Mechanics, Mechanics Statue, or Mechanics Fountain since it originally featured as the centerpiece of a pool of water at the base during the first five years, is a bronze sculpture group by Douglas Tilden, located at the intersection of Market, Bush and Battery Streets in San Francisco, California, United States.
The bronze Mechanics Monument was created by sculptor Douglas Tilden.
Tilden was born in Chico, California, in 1860. At age four, he contracted scarlet fever which left him deaf and mute for life.
Tilden attended the California School for the Deaf and UC Berkeley, then he studied art in Paris.
The Mechanics Monument was commissioned to honor industrialist Peter Donahue, founder of the San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad.
The bronze depicts five men struggling to punch a hole through a metal plate with a punch press. At the base are symbols of Donahue's professions: an anvil represents foundries, a propeller represents shipping, and the driving wheel and connecting rod represent railroads.
I've told the story before, so long time 'listeners' feel free to left click on by..... :)
I'd been to Johnstons Ridge Observatory several times and always wandered along Boundary Trail #1 taking picks of our most volatile volcano, I'd never seen a spur and thought that was it due to the fact that this land is being studied to see how it reacts over time after the 1980 eruption. On a whim I stuck my head in and asked the ranger at the desk what else is out there, she said Loowit Falls. Falls?.... Where? she hands me a map and says eight miles, she looks me up and down (I kid you not!), both ways. Challenge accepted! I had NO idea that people were allowed down into the pumice fields and I was freakin' elated. I'd come without a plan, certainly hadn't packed for a 16 miler but I was going.
It was several miles before the Truman Trail and I walked it in thick fog, never saw Saint Helens until I made that right and descended into the decimated Toutle Valley and then, there it was ...... :)
Loowit Falls is actually visible from here just below the killer cloud to the right. It's a much shorter hike from Windy Ridge, but you won't get this view.
Zoom in and look at the hummocks, fancy word for large pieces of mountain strewn about. A closer look at the falls in comment section, along with a description.
Having studied sculpture at a German academy of arts, I was always disappointed that a great deal of sculptural form and surface of the rock formations gets lost at night - even when applying low level lighting. Therefor I made a series of pictures using daylight shots of the landscape combined with the milky way sky. This series was taken at a location about one mile east of "Valley of Dreams" in New Mexico, all shots facing south.
1993 Terrasson won the Thelonious Monk Competition. Few years later he was talk of the Jazz World and can now look back on a terrific career. Born in Berlin (father American; mother French); he studied at Berklee in Boston and met and played with many, who are by now celebrated jazz musicians. He started young (5) with classical piano, but discovered jazz through his mom records, before he became a teen.
At Havana Jazz Festival Jacky Terrasson played with two Cubans; drummer Lukmil Perez and Felipe Cabrera on bass.
418. Havana P1320322; Taken 2025- Jan 31. Upload 2025-Apr 07.
Recently I studied the work of Werner Mantz who predates the New Topographics photographers back to the 1920's. His approach toward image making was quite similar to the NT movement of the 1970's, but more towards 'art'.
reference: Werner Mantz; Bridge 1929
Bridge in Cologne 1927
In post editing I tried to emulate his development style and lean to a warmer monochrome with heavier shadows. An analog shot with a modest yellow/green filter would have brought out the clouds better and made a much nicer image.
The reason I decided not to stand directly in the center of the road was because I did not want the emphasis to be on perspective, but rather the form of the bridge.
My Dane actually persuaded me to take a romantic walk by the harbor in the evening and then there was the first snow - after autumn, winter is my favorite season, my sweet ones ♥
The man simply studied Romanticism♥
Hey my cuties, this time a new outfit made by Mellowcute! It looks so amazing, come and try it here at the DollholicMainstore or check out the Marketplace for so many more cute clothes♥
Next one its an older release made by Extra. Its a very very cute couple pose and you can grab it here at the -Extra-Mainstore or take a look here in the Marketplace ♥
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And of course TEARS has some new Products to, one of them you can see on my lips and its so gorgeous like always, come and grabt it here at the TEAR-Mainstore and check out their TEAR-Marketplace my cuties ♥
♥[TEAR] Volly Gloss - Lel Evo/EvoX - PALE
and because its goin cold here i wanna show you this amazing face blush made by Moon Dust - its so kawaii and you can grab it at theKawaii Project, my loves♥
♥Moon Dust - "A Lil Cold" Blushes Set
...or check out the Moon Dust-Mainstore or visit the Marketplace♥
Pic is taken on North Pole , a beautiful Sim for pics - take a look girls and guys! They changing actually on winter season ♥
Head:
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[Heaux] Tulip - Browless - Blush *VE
identity faces - scars 9 //light// left
Stealthic - Perla (S Head/M Breast)
Body
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Picasso Babe Skin for Legacy (MODELESQUE/BLUSH) S
*KUNDALA* Abdominal Muscles BOM A19 (Legacy)
[theSkinnery] BodyScars Addon 7 light 50%
As Decor:
Parts of the Spirit Farer set made by Foxcity
..and my beloved Butterflys♥
This Nkisi Nkonde, captured at Faro Municipal Museum, is a type of power figure from the Congo Basin in Central Africa, specifically associated with the Kongo people. It is a form of Nkisi, a term referring to sacred objects in Kongo spirituality that are believed to house spirits or spiritual forces. The Nkonde (meaning "hunter") is a particular type of Nkisi known for its aggressive, protective, and judicial roles.
Key Features of Nkisi Nkonde:
Appearance:
Typically, these figures are humanoid in shape and made of wood.
They are often adorned with metal objects like nails, blades, or other sharp implements driven into their surface.
The inclusion of these materials is symbolic of the figure's activation or its use in fulfilling spiritual or legal purposes.
Function:
Hunter of Justice: Nkisi Nkonde was used to enforce laws, settle disputes, and exact punishment for wrongdoers. It was believed to "hunt down" those who broke oaths or contracts.
Protector: It served as a guardian against evil forces, illness, or malevolent spirits.
Healer: In some cases, Nkisi Nkonde was associated with healing, balancing spiritual forces within the community.
Activation and Ritual Use:
A spiritual specialist known as an nganga would "charge" the Nkisi Nkonde by embedding medicines (bilongo) into cavities in the figure.
The bilongo materials could include herbs, animal parts, minerals, or other substances with symbolic or spiritual significance.
The act of hammering nails or driving blades into the figure was a way to "wake" or "activate" it, often accompanying rituals and invocations.
Cultural Context:
Nkisi Nkonde reflects the Kongo people's intricate belief systems, which intertwine law, spirituality, and community order.
It was both a physical and metaphysical tool, acting as a tangible focal point for spiritual forces and social accountability.
Colonial Misunderstandings:
When European colonists and missionaries encountered Nkisi Nkonde, they often misinterpreted them as "fetishes" or objects of idolatry, failing to grasp their deeper cultural and spiritual significance.
Many Nkisi Nkonde figures were taken to museums, where they remain as artifacts of African spiritual heritage.
In Modern Times:
Nkisi Nkonde is studied as an important symbol of Kongo art and spirituality.
It is often featured in museum collections and exhibits focused on African art and the spiritual practices of Central Africa.
"The kiskadee’s bold behavior and mix of foraging styles gave early naturalists fits in trying to classify it. In 1766, Linnaeus started things off by calling it a kind of shrike. In 1920, the naturalist William Henry Hudson wrote that the bird “seems to have studied to advantage the various habits of the Kestrel, Flycatcher, Kingfisher, Vulture, and fruit-eating Thrush; and when its weapons prove weak it supplements them with its cunning."
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
MEASUREMENTS
Both Sexes
Length: 7.9-11.0 in (20-28 cm)
Weight: 2.7-3.0 oz (77-85 g)
Wingspan: 12.2-15.8 in (31-40 cm)
Photographed in the wild, San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico.
"One of the least-studied birds of North America, the Northern Hawk Owl has a bold nature and seems to lack fear of humans, delighting birders, who often travel great distances to observe it. It is atypical in morphology and behavior compared to other Northern Hemisphere owls, resembling in many ways the Accipiter hawks—hence the name hawk owl. Primarily diurnal, this species usually perches atop prominent trees." Birds of the World
I have lived and studied right next to the BNF for a couple of months, but never went to take any photos of it on a cloudy day. And it seems that it does get much more interesting on cloudy days:)
Below my last attempt in December 2008
Welcome to Bondi's 'Sculptures By The Sea' for 2025.
See the videos:
sculpturebythesea.com/sculpture-sea-bondi-2025-exhibition...
sculpturebythesea.com/sculpture-sea-bondi-2025-exhibition...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVJbwsWK2i0
This is a sculpture by Danish artist Jens Ingvard Hansen.
The sculpture is called 'Settlement'.
The artist says: "Settlement is a sculpture that, like human habitation, encompasses both an overarching structure but also an element of chaos".
Jens Ingvard Hansen studied at Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark. He has worked with famous Danish sculptors Keld Moseholm and Søren West.
See:
Photographed by me at sunset at Marks Park, Bondi. On the coastal walk from Bondi Beach to Tamarama Beach.
In the distance you can see the suburbs of Tamarama (right) and Bronte (left). You can also see Bronte Beach.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom.
Antony Gormley (1950, London) studied archaeology, anthropology and art history. He continued his studies in sculpture at renowned institutions in the United Kingdom and received many awards and prizes, including the Turner Prize in 1994.
'ANOTHER TIME XVI' is part of the series 'ANOTHER PLACE' (2007), a permanently installed sculpture group on Crosby Beach of a hundred cast iron figures at the mouth of the Mersey in Liverpool. Gormley's images 'appear' in the most unexpected places in the world.
The British artist's favorite theme: an isolated human body in the grandeur of the space in which it is placed. The work was designed to be placed in the movement of lived time and questions the place of man within the larger framework. The stylized human figure measures 1.91 meters high. It is made of solid cast iron and weighs 630 kg.
Some fascinating historical information can be found on San Diego’s Embarcadero, right next to Tuna Harbor where many commercial fishing boats dock downtown. The sign, erected by the San Diego Port Commission in 2008, is titled Tuna Fleet Service World War II (1941-1945). It provides a glimpse of how dozens of San Diego-based Tuna Clippers joined the American war effort during the Second World War.
Here is the text on the sign:
During World War II, 600 fishing vessels were taken by the Navy, Army, and Coast Guard, including 52 “Tuna Clippers”.
On Pearl Harbor Day, the U.S. canned tuna industry was located almost exclusively in Southern California, and canners received most of their tunas from “baitboats”. Fishermen on these boats chum live bait (sardines, anchovies) to attract the tunas into a feeding frenzy and then use rigged bamboo poles to pull the hooked tunas aboard. Dating from 1924, a fleet of large “baitboats” was developed and became know as “Tuna Clippers”. These large ships, equipped with powerful diesel engines and newly developed brine refrigeration, fished for tunas found migrating thousands of miles from San Diego on trips of 90 days or more. During the 1930s, this San Diego high seas fleet was studied by the U.S. Navy, resulting in wartime plans that included the conversion of Tuna Clippers to minesweepers.
Having studied Georgia O’Keeffe, I created a folder of images that I have tried to give her “look” to flowers. This one of the wilted rose is one of my favorites. I froze it in the freezer and then let it thaw out… what do you think?
Having studied sculpture at a German academy of arts, I was always disappointed that a great deal of sculptural form and surface of the rock formations gets lost at night - even when applying low level lighting. Therefor I made a series of pictures using daylight shots of the landscape combined with the milky way sky. This series was taken at a location about one mile east of "Valley of Dreams" in New Mexico, all shots facing south.
Seed - The Eden Project
Peter Randall-Page
"Peter Randall-Page was born in the UK in 1954 and studied sculpture at Bath Academy of Art from 1973-77. During the past 25 years he has gained an international reputation through his sculpture drawings and prints. He has undertaken numerous large-scale commissions and he has exhibited widely. His practice has always been informed and inspired by the study of organic form and its subjective impact on our emotions.
In recent years his work has become increasingly concerned with the underlying principles determining growth and the forms it produces. In his words "geometry is the theme on which nature plays her infinite variations, fundamental mathematical principle become a kind of pattern book from which nature constructs the most complex and sophisticated structures."
Peter and his team spent more than two years at De Lank Quarry on the edge of Bodmin Moor painstakingly sculpting Seed. They began by reducing a 167-tonne block of granite into a giant ovoid, then carving 1,800 nodes in Fibonacci spirals, representing the extraordinary growth pattern found across the natural world in sunflowers, pine cones and daisies and integral to the design of the Core building in which it sits. At 70 tonnes the finished work is larger than any sarsen at Stonehenge and weighs the equivalent of ten African bull elephants."
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Francesca Albaneze on the 'peace' plan initiated by Trump:
"The only road map to peace is about ending the root causes of violence, ending the occupation now, ending and remedying the genocide and then ending apartheid. I don't see that there is another way forward. The peace plan has continued to keep the Palestinians under occupation and in fact doesn't take into account international law at all and creates the conditions for an occupation in disguise... We must be honest about what we are confronting. What Israel has built is not at all exceptional. It's the colonial order... This is racial domination and possession updated for our century and enforced with the weapons and technologies of this century."
The genus Pan consists of two extant species: the common chimpanzee and the bonobo. Taxonomically, these two ape species are collectively termed panins; however, both species are more commonly referred to collectively using the generalized term chimpanzees, or chimps. Together with humans, gorillas, and orangutans they are part of the family Hominidae (the great apes, or hominids). Native to sub-Saharan Africa, common chimpanzees and bonobos are currently both found in the Congo jungle, while only the common chimpanzee is also found further north in West Africa. Both species are listed as endangered. Chimpanzees and bonobos are equally humanity's closest living relatives. As such, they are among the largest-brained and most intelligent primates: they use a variety of sophisticated tools and construct elaborate sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. Their learning abilities have been extensively studied. 60741
For the Saturday challenge "Reflector"
This is the first time I've really studied the rear end of my car! This panel (one of two - on each side of the car) combines both reflectors and lights. The design is cut by the boot hood, which makes it quite a complex piece of kit. The sun will shine and reflect the light ... which sometimes looks like the braking light ... it can make this very useful assembly rather confusing too!
HCC and HSoS ;o)
Shot with the oldest Lensbaby optic I have - the Composer Pro 'double glass' optic, with the F-stop set at f5 by inserting a disk manually.
Lensbaby "double-glass": Here
On my website:
More about the Double Glass optic Here
More about the Lensbaby system as a whole Here A system that is ever growing and developing new optics!
Cliché and Smile on Saturday: Here
Everyday Things : Here
My Lines & Curves: Here
Naples Botanical Gardens
Southwest Florida,
USA
The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and northwestern Costa Rica. It may winter as far north as Pennsylvania and British Columbia.
Claims have been made that it is the most abundant living land bird in North America, as bird-counting censuses of wintering red-winged blackbirds sometimes show that loose flocks can number in excess of a million birds per flock and the full number of breeding pairs across North and Central America may exceed 250 million in peak years.
It also ranks among the best-studied wild bird species in the world. The red-winged blackbird is sexually dimorphic; the male is all black with a red shoulder and yellow wing bar, while the female is a nondescript dark brown. Seeds and insects make up the bulk of the red-winged blackbird's diet.
The red-winged blackbird is omnivorous. It feeds primarily on plant materials, including seeds from weeds and waste grain such as corn and rice, but about a quarter of its diet consists of insects and other small animals. It prefers insects. – Wikipedia