Under Hospitals in Berlin-Buch several hospitals and homes in the Berlin district Berlin-Buch are summarized, which originated between 1898 and 1930 under the direction of the Berlin architect and city architect Ludwig Hoffmann

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at the Berlin-Buch location. Since 1977, the entire system is under ensemble protection. In addition, most buildings are protected as individual monuments and centrally located green areas as a garden monument.

The hospital is a T-shaped building with three wings, which should be modeled on a neo-baroque castle. The front faces south. At the back of the highlighted middle section is a narrow tract, which was planned as a kitchen wing. The main building is long stretched, with the sickrooms in the back of several loungers were preceded. The central part as well as the side buildings on both sides are a bit out of the overall building. In addition to the optics, this also serves above all to improve the distribution of sunlight and fresh air, since here, too, lying areas were planned. The Mittelrisalit is slightly higher built and equipped with a mansard whale roof.

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Unter Heilanstalten in Berlin-Buch sind mehrere Krankenhäuser und Heime im Berliner Ortsteil Berlin-Buch zusammengefasst, die zwischen 1898 und 1930 unter der Leitung des Berliner Architekten und Stadtbaurates Ludwig Hoffmann entstanden

Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie am Standort Berlin-Buch. Seit 1977 steht die gesamte Anlage unter Ensembleschutz. Darüber hinaus sind die meisten Gebäude als Einzeldenkmale geschützt sowie zentral gelegene Gründflächen als Gartendenkmal.

Beim Krankenhaus handelt es sich um einen T-förmigen Bau mit drei Gebäudeflügeln, der einem neobarocken Schloss nachempfunden werden sollte. Die Vorderseite weist dabei nach Süden. An der Rückseite des hervorgehobenen Mittelbaus schließt sich ein schmaler Trakt an, der als Küchentrakt geplant wurde. Der Hauptbau ist lang gestreckt, wobei den Krankenzimmern im hinteren Teil mehrere Liegehallen vorgelagert wurden. Der zentrale Teil sowie beidseitig die Seitenbauten treten ein wenig aus dem Gesamtgebäude hervor. Dies dient neben der Optik vor allem auch der besseren Verteilung des Sonnenlichts und der Frischluft, da auch hier Liegehallen eingeplant waren. Der Mittelrisalit ist leicht höher gebaut und mit einem Mansardenwalmdach ausgestattet.

It's Thanksgiving Day in the United States. We get sidetracked onto eating, travel, and football on that day, and all of these things are OK, but we have a lot to be thankful for. The poster above tries to summarize the characteristics of creation/the universe that we depend on and enjoy. No doubt there are important things left out.

The background is a combination of rocks and the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks for looking.

The impression of Recoleta is one of faded glory… Buenos Aires was rebuilt in the early 20th century to look a bit like Paris, Madrid and Rome. Part of its appeal and romance is due to its resembling a faded, time-worn version of all these, and a stroll round Recoleta feels far more Old World than anything on offer in European cities of the twenty first century. The shady plazas, huge parks, corner cafés and newspaper kiosks provide all you need for a pleasant metropolitan experience. The picture summarizes the above whilst also demonstrating Argentina’s passion for soccer…- Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Pilot Jean-Claude Andruet

9th 24 Heures du Mans 1974, Andruet Zeccoli

Team NART, North American Racing Team

Photo with Zenit E and Kodak Ektachrome 64 film

24 Heures du Mans 1969, Chris Amon and Peter Schetty accident first lap

Scuderia Ferrari

24 Heures du Mans 1970,Tony Adamovicz and Shuck Parsons 10th unclassified

North American Racing Team

This car does have a V12 engine, derived from Formula 1 and it is a 312P.

We must not confuse the 312 PB, which it vaguely resembles, see a photo below and have flat 12 engine derived from formula one too.

It has a complicated story that I summarizes:

This car was manufactured in 2 copies of which were barchetta and have been transformed into berlinetta to run the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1968.

This one has the chassis 0872. It has undergone a transformation and is the first back tray, keeping its original lines, and then went through the form shown in the photo Nigel Smuckatelli.

It is further amended in 1974 to run Le Mans, see my picture above, and begins to resemble a 312 PB without having the beauty of the lines.

It was restored recently and has found its berlinetta of beautiful forms.

You don't even want to know what happened after this image was made. We'll summarize by noting that it involved two Hasselblads, a tripod, a close-up filter, two photographers, a tall stack of books balanced precariously, and Fergus.

And yes, this is my second post of the night. But don't worry; I'm done until tomorrow ;-)

This is an article about a DIY macro diffuser I've been using a lot during the past year.

In the comment section below you'll find a somewhat summarized translation of the Swedish version available on on makrofokus.se »

This diffuser is specifically made for use with the Canon MP-E65 macro lens. It can be used with various flash units (including built in flashes). I prefer to use it as in the above configuration – with a Canon 270EX mounted on a 11" friction arm attached to the tripod mount via a §CB Mini-RC bracket from Custom Brackets.

In the above image it's mounted on a tripod for convenience, but I generally use it hand held as a flash diffuser. For early morning tripod shooting, it works great as a sunlight diffuser, reflector and/or "wind screen" though.

Pros & Cons

+ Good flexibility in terms of the resulting lighting. Inspires creativity and experimentation.

+ Works equally well with flash and natural light. Which in turn means it works well for movie recording. (As opposed to flash mounted diffusers)

+ Lightweight, durable and easy relatively easy to pack.

+ Solid fit and easy to adjust to different angles and working distances.

+ Provides fairly ample room around the subject compared to similar solutions.

+ Relatively high transmittance – saves flash batteries, keeps recycling times short and shortens effective exposure time.

– Specifically designed for use with one lens (the MP-E in my case). If you want to change lens, you also need a different diffuser. Flash mounted diffusers obviously have an advantage in this respect.

– Relatively high transmittance can result in harsher lighting than more opaque options.

– Slightly more demanding than the average diffuser. If you want to get the most out of it you may need to change flash positioning and camera settings.

Obviously some of the pros and cons go hand in hand here – the higher transmittance makes it more flexible and power effective while at the same time requiring more care. Adding layers of some semi-translucent material to the dome would shift its properties towards a more typical "high-diffusion-low-maintenance-diffuser". This would be an option for photographers who are more interested in consistent (rather than dynamic) results.

This picture pretty much summarizes the folk life festival in one photograph. It was a lovely little moment I happened to witness.

I'll tell you: it was pouring down. Rab and I was on our way back to the civilization after spending some days in the Scottish Highlands meeting up with Jim, Gregor and Daniel. Some of UK's highest mountains are behind this curtain of water.

Needless to say there will be more to come from this trip but I though I'll start with an abstract pretty much summarizing the weather we had: sun and rain.

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Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Jul 18, 2015.

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This was one of several photos that I took with a little Sony RX-1R full-frame camera that I had rented for a few days ... I was curious to see if the full-frame format would make any noticeable difference.

It did make a difference, though not one that you would notice right away: because of the sensor and full-frame size, I had a lot more freedom in terms of cropping out all of the distractions that I did not want to include in the final picture.

On the other hand, the camera has no zoom capability: it's a wide-angle lens whether you like it or not. Perhaps more important, the LCD display screen does not swivel or tilt -- and that meant I had to actually hold the camera up to my face in order to see what the camera lens was pointing at. It didn't matter very much for these photos, since nobody was paying attention to me (a common occurrence, leading me to think that I'm actually invisible) -- but so much for "candid" photos, when people do notice me, e.g., out on a busy street. Conclusion: it's not a camera I want to buy, though I'm now tempted by the new Sony RX-100 Mark IV, which is every bit as compact as the RX-1R that I was playing with here ...

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As I have noted in several earlier Flickr albums, as long as I continue going to the same NYC dentist, you can count on two or three sets of photos of Bryant Park each year. The reason is simple: my dentist is located in mid-town Manhattan, about a block from the park — and when I'm done, I'm always tempted to walk over and see how the park looks. Consequently, I've collected almost a dozen separate sets of Bryant Park photos, which you can see summarized here on Flickr. (At least one or two of those other sets will provide you with the historical details of the park; or you can look it up here on Wikipedia.)

In mid-June of 2015, I took another stroll through the park, not having been there for almost two years. I wandered mostly around the periphery of the park, looking for interesting scenes to capture with the Sony RX-1R camera whose results I'm showing in this album, and also a Sony RX-10 camera whose results you'll see in a separate album in a couple days. I locked the camera into a wide-angle setting and a fixed f/8 aperture, and I just pointed the camera in the general direction of an interesting scene, and pushed the shutter button. Of the several hundred shots that I took during these strolls, there were a handful that seemed worthy of uploading; that's what you'll be seeing in this set and the next one. All of this took roughly an hour, at the end of which I put away my camera, and headed back uptown, content that my teeth would survive for another several months...

'Smelting Winter'

Sringtime come as soon as possible! Wild water in the Bavarian Alps and in the middle fresh grass. The 'Kuhfluchtwasserfälle' are a group of three waterfalls above 'Farchant', a small town in the district of 'Garmisch-Partenkirchen', in Bavaria, Germany. The water falls in three steps and there summarize is about 270 meters. This falls belong to the highest falls in Germany.

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The mosque-cathedral's hypostyle hall dates from the original mosque construction and originally served as its main prayer space for Muslims. The main hall of the mosque was used for a variety of purposes. It served as a central prayer hall for personal devotion, for the five daily Muslim prayers and the special Friday prayers accompanied by a sermon. It also would have served as a hall for teaching and for Sharia law cases during the rule of Abd al-Rahman and his successors.

The hall was large and flat, with timber ceilings held up by rows of double-tiered arches (arcades) resting on columns. These rows of arches divided the original building into 11 aisles or "naves" running from north to south, later increased to 19 by Al-Mansur's expansion, while in turn forming perpendicular aisles running east–west between the columns. The approximately 850 columns were made of jasper, onyx, marble, granite and porphyry. In the original mosque, all of the columns and capitals were reused from earlier Roman and Visigothic buildings, but subsequent expansions (starting with Abd al-Rahman II) saw the incorporation of new Moorish-made capitals that evolved from earlier Roman models. The nave that leads to the mihrab – which was originally the central nave of the mosque until Al-Mansur's lateral expansion of the building altered its symmetry – is slightly wider than the other naves, demonstrating a subtle hierarchy in the mosque's floor plan. The double-tiered arches were an innovation that permitted higher ceilings than would otherwise be possible with relatively low columns. They consist of a lower tier of horseshoe arches and an upper tier of semi-circular arches. The voussoirs of the arches alternate between red brick and white stone.  Colour alternations like this were common in Umayyad architecture in the Levant and in pre-Islamic architecture on the Iberian Peninsula.  According to Anwar G. Chejne, the arches were inspired by those in the Dome of the Rock. Horseshoe arches were known in the Iberian Peninsula in the Visigothic period (e.g. the 7th-century Church of San Juan de Baños), and to a lesser extent in Byzantine and Umayyad regions of the Middle East; however, the traditional "Moorish" arch developed into its own distinctive and slightly more sophisticated version.

The mosque's architectural system of repeating double-tiered arches, with otherwise little surface decoration, is considered one of its most innovative characteristics and has been the subject of much commentary. The hypostyle hall has been variously described as resembling a "forest of columns"  and having an effect similar to a "hall of mirrors".  Scholar Jerrilynn Dodds has further summarized the visual effect of the hypostyle hall with the following:

Interest in the mosque's interior is created, then, not by the application of a skin of decoration to a separately conceived building but by the transformation of the morphemes of the architecture itself: the arches and voussoirs. Because we share the belief that architectural components must by definition behave logically, their conversion into agents of chaos fuels a basic subversion of our expectations concerning the nature of architecture. The tensions that grow from these subverted expectations create an intellectual dialogue between building and viewer that will characterize the evolving design of the Great Mosque of Cordoba for over two hundred years.

Reconstructed mosque ceiling, as seen in the southwestern part of the building today

The mosque's original flat wooden ceiling was made of wooden planks and beams with carved and painted decoration. Preserved fragments of the original ceiling – some of which are now on display in the Courtyard of the Oranges – were discovered in the 19th century and have allowed modern restorers to reconstruct the ceilings of some of the western sections of the mosque according to their original style. The eastern naves of the hall (in al-Mansur's expansion), by contrast, are now covered by high Gothic vaults which were added in the 16th century by Hernan Ruiz I. On the exterior, the building has gabled roofs covered in tiles.

There wouldn't have been much standing in the way of late 19th/ early 20th century people designing buildings like they did from the 60's onward. Simplistic, utilitarian, built for efficiency. Large glass panes weren't easily manufactured yet, and anything that would require a computer was out of the question obviously, yet at the same time I keep getting astonished how much can be achieved without those, from the Eiffel Tower to gothic cathedrals to the great ocean liners of old. It certainly would have been feasible to mass-produce buildings with plain facades void of any and all ornamentation. It just didn't occur to people.

Also, speaking of efficiency, I don't like that. Often times that's just a euphemism for no built-in redundancies. Just good enough for an ordinary day, but when things get even a bit rough, it's bound to fail. Whether that's a machine, the healthcare system, or the storm drain under the street. If you design something for efficiency, you admit it's not that important, or maybe just that you're unable or unwilling to come up with something better.

That doesn't necessarily mean to throw out the Kiss principle - "Keep it Simple, Stupid!" Redundancy and complexity are two different things and in most cases indirectly related at best. The instances where they are linked more closely tend to be the ones often summarized as rocket science, regardless of whether actual rockets are involved.

Just an abstract close-up of the outside-wall structure and colors of an old home in Alsace.

I had heard that the Alsatians have used bright colors in connection with half-timbered architecture for centuries.

Apparently, this is not the quite the case. Bright colors only began to be used in the late 1800s. Before then, white or ochre plaster and natural or dark-stained timbers were the norm.

Below is a translation into English (by Google) of a quote summarizing an apparently authoritative French source on brightly-colored buildings in Alsace. .

But first, I personally like the bright-colored houses. I find most modern private homes and small multi-family dwellings terribly drab. Where I live, new construction with exterior plaster the color of mud is in vogue. If bright colors are currently an architectural no-no, then I prefer white to mud.

Quote: "Denis Steinmetz then turns to the planned kitsch of the vineyard towns whose variegation is used more for commercial promotion than for real enhancement of a historic heritage. A more consensual solution, that adopted by Wissembourg or Strasbourg, the city by which the "scandal" of color had broken out and which, today, without denying the polychromy, tends towards a happy harmony.

The transition from systematic white or ochre to the use of the whole palette of colors has thus become an inevitable fact of society. Alsace does not have the privilege of it, any more than other European regions. The main thing is to control the phenomenon, to respect the harmony of what must remain one of the most beautiful regions of Europe."

For the complete text, see:

alsace.revues.org/790

Location: Village of Blotzheim, Alsace FR.

In my album: Dan's Old Architecture.

(more details later, as time permits)

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As I have noted in several earlier Flickr albums, as long as I continue going to the same NYC dentist, you can count on two or three sets of photos of Bryant Park each year. The reason is simple: my dentist is located in mid-town Manhattan, about a block from the park — and when I'm done, I'm always tempted to walk over and see how the park looks. Consequently, I've collected almost a dozen separate sets of Bryant Park photos, which you can see summarized here on Flickr. (At least one or two of those other sets will provide you with the historical details of the park; or you can look it up here on Wikipedia.)

In mid-June of 2015, I took another stroll through the park, not having been there for almost two years. I wandered mostly around the periphery of the park, looking for interesting scenes to capture with the Sony RX-1R camera whose results I'm showing in this album, and also a Sony RX-10 camera whose results you'll see in a separate album in a couple days. I locked the camera into a wide-angle setting and a fixed f/8 aperture, and I just pointed the camera in the general direction of an interesting scene, and pushed the shutter button. Of the several hundred shots that I took during these strolls, there were a handful that seemed worthy of uploading; that's what you'll be seeing in this set and the next one. All of this took roughly an hour, at the end of which I put away my camera, and headed back uptown, content that my teeth would survive for another several months...

Hans Memling (Seligenstadt, c. 1436 - Bruges, August 11, 1494) - diptych Madonna of the Bower of Roses and Saint George with donor (1480-90) Oil on panel size 43.3 x 31.2 cm (each) - Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Fu tra i principali maestri della "seconda generazione" della pittura fiamminga, dopo quella dei pionieri come Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin e Rogier van der Weyden. Le sue opere sono caratterizzate da un'eleganza raffinata, a tratti malinconica, che riassume al meglio la breve ma intensa stagione artistica promossa dai mercanti di Bruges

Temperamento contemplativo, Memling si compiace degli atteggiamenti immobili del raccoglimento e della preghiera, attraverso un armonico uso della luce e dei colori, in una visione essenzialmente intima e spirituale. Suoi committenti furono ricchi borghesi di Bruges ed eminenti esponenti stranieri del mondo mercantile e finanziario attivi nella città; compaiono come donatori in opere di soggetto religioso ma furono anche singolarmente ritratti dal pittore.

He was one of the main masters of the "second generation" of Flemish painting, after the pioneers such as Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden. His works are characterized by a refined elegance, sometimes melancholic, which best summarizes the brief but intense artistic season promoted by the merchants of Bruges.

Contemplative temperament, Memling enjoys the motionless attitudes of recollection and prayer, through a harmonious use of light and color, in an essentially intimate and spiritual vision. His clients were rich bourgeois of Bruges and eminent foreign exponents of the mercantile and financial world active in the city; they appear as donors in works of religious subjects but were also individually portrayed by the painter.

www.fluidr.com/photos/barrentrees

Have a great weekend my very talented friends! These spoonbills are such a treat to photograph!

Roseate Spoonbill en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseate_spoonbill

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

A Clean Slate: How to Forgive Someone Who Has Hurt You

by Charles R. Swindoll

Walking closely with the Lord means we must come to terms with forgiving others. Yes, must. We can’t avoid or deny the fact that relationships often bring hurt and the need to forgive. Whether we have been wronged by another or the responsibility is ours, Ephesians 4:31-32 beautifully summarizes how we can have a clear conscience and be free to love and serve God with all our heart:

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

In different stages in our life, we may be confronted with the difficult task of forgiveness. The following chart and steps help us get started toward a choice of obedience and godly love.

Cultivate a Heart of Forgiveness

Deepen your understanding of God’s forgiveness through Bible study and meditation. God has been astoundingly, absurdly generous to us. Let that grace prompt humility and gratitude. See Romans 5:8.

Learn to recognize the signs of a forgiving heart: letting go of the need for punishment, looking at the offender with pity and compassion, and choosing to reach out in love.

Learn to respond well when old feelings come back. Rely upon the Shepherd’s help to change your heart. Turn (repent), tune in to the Shepherd’s voice (depend), and travel His path for us (obey).

Steps to Forgiveness

First, realize that forgiveness is risky. Even a repentant offender is likely to fail again, perhaps in the same area.

Second, rely on God. Cry out, “Lord, I lean on You for the grace and strength to love this one who has hurt me and to work for what is best for him.”

Third, actually cancel the debt. Through prayer, express to God that you relinquish the right to collect debt on any level and to release your bitterness.

Fourth, evaluate whether you should tell the offender what you have done before God.

Fifth, if appropriate, verbally offer them forgiveness. If they repent, your relationship can resume. If not, the relationship cannot be resumed; but with forgiveness offered, good can be returned for evil (Romans 12:21).

What If Forgiveness Can’t Be Had?

If you want to make things right with someone you’ve hurt, but they are unavailable, allow God’s forgiveness to suffice. Trust Him to intervene on your behalf to ease any heartache you have caused. It may help to confess your sin to a trusted friend.

If the person is available but refuses to forgive you, ask yourself, Does their refusal indicate that I haven't genuinely repented? Test yourself by the standards found in 2 Corinthians 7:8-11. If genuine, then God’s forgiveness is sufficient. Realize, too, that forgiveness can be a process. They may need time to be willing to forgive.

May the following prayer help you get started on the journey of forgiveness today.

Dear Forgiving Father,

Thank you for your greatest gift, Your Son Christ Jesus, who came that we might be forgiven. Thank You so much for Your mercy.

Give us the courage to show that mercy and the humility to ask for it. When we have offended, make us quick to acknowledge our wrong and do whatever is necessary to be reconciled. And with those who have hurt us, may we release all resentment and grudges. Enable us to forget all that holds us back from a grace-filled life.

Finally, may we find our greatest joy in granting others what they don't deserve . . . and thereby modeling Your mercy that has set us free. Amen." written by Chuck Swindoll

Outline n.

1.

a. A line marking the outer contours or boundaries of an object or figure.

b. The shape of an object or figure.

2.

a. A style of drawing in which objects are delineated in contours without shading.

b. A sketch done in this style.

3.

a. A general description covering the main points of a subject.

b. A statement summarizing the important points of a text.

c. A summary of a written work or speech, usually analyzed in headings and subheadings.

4. A preliminary draft or plan, as of a project or proposal.

Games of light an Tuscan afternoon...

Colonia Hogar Ricardo Gutierrez

En Historias de Irregularidades y abandono, la autora Diana Rossi hace referencia a cómo surgió la modalidad de las Colonias como lugar para chicos judicializados. Con la ley 10.903, por primera vez se incorporaba el concepto de “protección integral del menor”. En su momento, el entonces senador J.A. Roca, único que interviniera en la sesión de la Cámara de Senadores que trató la ley, resaltaba el objeto perseguido por el Proyecto Agote (luego ley 10.903): “corregir los males que dimanan de la infancia, y de la infancia criminal, en todo el territorio de la Nación y, especialmente, en el de la Capital Federal.” Algunos hechos puntuales –la huelga de inquilinos de 1907 y los sucesos de 1919 en la fábrica de Pedro Vasena– favorecieron el tratamiento y aprobación de su proyecto legislativo. Por aquella época, los defensores de menores estaban encargados del destino de los niños y niñas calificados de vagos o delincuentes. La cárcel compartida con los adultos era el derrotero habitual, hasta que se les encontraba colocación en alguna familia. “En 1897 fueron colocadas por órdenes judiciales 767 jóvenes mujeres junto a criminales considerados culpables”, detalla la autora.

Las colonias-escuelas y las colonias-reformatorios ubicadas cerca de las ciudades o en pleno campo serán el tipo preferido de estas casas de prevención y reforma de los menores.

La colonia Marcos Paz, que devendrá a posteriori instituto “Gutiérrez”, resume en sus características las del modelo previsto en la legislación. Si bien ya existían los institutos correccionales cuando se creó en 1904, se adoptó para él el modelo de colonia agrícola tan difundido durante el siglo anterior en Estados Unidos.

El predio en el que se situó la Colonia había pertenecido al general Francisco Bosch, cuya viuda, Laura Sáenz Valiente, vendió al ministerio de Menores. El decreto que aprueba la compra en noviembre de 1903 dispone en su art. 1º: “que la propiedad de que se trata reúne las condiciones necesarias para implantar en ella un instituto destinado a la instrucción práctica de la ganadería, agricultura y de la industria, en el cual puedan instruirse los menores que por falta de padre y de hogar o por sus malas inclinaciones necesitan de la protección del Gobierno o de una dirección especial que les inculque hábitos de trabajo y corrija su deficiencia…”

Extracto de la Revista "Furias"

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Colonia Hogar Ricardo Gutierrez

In Histories of Irregularities and abandonment, the author Diana Rossi makes reference to how the modality of the Colonies arose as a place for judicialized children. With Law 10,903, the concept of "integral protection of the minor" was incorporated for the first time. At the time, the then senator J.A. Roca, the only one to intervene in the session of the Senate that dealt with the law, highlighted the object pursued by the Agote Project (later law 10,903): "correct the evils that arise from childhood, and from criminal childhood, in all the territory of the Nation and, especially, that of the Federal Capital. "Some specific events - the strike of tenants of 1907 and the events of 1919 in the factory of Pedro Vasena - favored the treatment and approval of their legislative project. At that time, the defenders of minors were in charge of the destiny of the boys and girls described as lazy or delinquent. The jail shared with the adults was the usual course, until they were placed in a family. "In 1897, 767 young women were placed by judicial orders together with criminals considered guilty," says the author.

The colonies-schools and the colonies-reformatories located near the cities or in the countryside will be the preferred type of these houses of prevention and reform of minors.

The Marcos Paz colony, which will become a posteriori "Gutiérrez" institute, summarizes in its characteristics those of the model foreseen in the legislation. Although the correctional institutes already existed when it was created in 1904, the model of agricultural colony so widespread during the previous century in the United States was adopted for him.

The estate in which the Colony was located belonged to General Francisco Bosch, whose widow, Laura Saenz Valiente, sold to the Ministry of Minors. The decree approving the purchase in November 1903 provides in its art. 1º: "that the property in question meets the necessary conditions to establish in it an institute for the practical instruction of livestock, agriculture and industry, in which minors can be instructed because of lack of father and home or because of their bad inclinations they need the protection of the Government or of a special direction that inculcates work habits and corrects their deficiency ... "

A small peregrine falcon. He is 10 years old. The age of the man in the old uniform, I do not know. :))) I now visit again your pictures. I'm curious what has been done since. :)

So, unsere 800 Jahr Feier ist rum, morgen wird alles wieder abdekoriert und ich finde wieder etwas Zeit zum fotografieren.

I was now a long time not on Flickr. Our village had 800-year celebration. Our house is already summarizes 400 years old. We have the old house something must get ready.

We had a lot of work on our old house. Luckily we still had much old farm tool for decoration. :))

Hier nun ein paar aufnahmen die zwischen durch machen konnte.

Ich besuche jetzt auch wieder Eure Seiten. Ich bin gespannt was sich da getan hat. :)

This image summarizes the life of frasca: a piece of cheese on a wooden tray, an old hand and a glass of red wine.

For unreleased photos of my "Osterie/Frasche 2016 reportage": www.giuliomagnifico.it/osterie-friulane

Thanks for your comments and favs!

this pretty much summarizes Christmas up here in the PNW...we made it without snow! what a blessing :) :) :)

F11: maximal/extended view, return to normal F11 again

View in lightbox: press L, normal view press L again or Esc.

Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Commonly called lime trees in the British Isles, they are not closely related to the lime fruit. Other names include linden and basswood. The genus occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but the greatest species diversity is found in Asia. Under the Cronquist classification system, this genus was placed in the family Tiliaceae, but genetic research summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has resulted in the incorporation of this genus into the Malvaceae.

Tilia species are mostly large, deciduous trees, reaching typically 20 to 40 metres (66 to 130 ft) tall, with oblique-cordate leaves 6 to 20 centimetres (2 to 8 in) across. As with elms, the exact number of species is uncertain, as many if not most of the species will hybridise readily, both in the wild and in cultivation. Limes are hermaphroditic, having perfect flowers with both male and female parts, pollinated by insects.

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Linde (Tilia) is een geslacht van bomen uit de kaasjeskruidfamilie (Malvaceae). De soorten van dit geslacht komen voor op het noordelijk halfrond in Europa, Noord-Amerika en Azië. Er worden ongeveer 25 ondersoorten binnen dit geslacht onderscheiden.

The Landscape of Ladakh is just magnificent if one were to summarize. Located at the crown of the nation, Ladakh is the rugged mountainous terrain, each season shows a different beauty, and it gets mesmerizing during winters!!

With the holiday season in play, and as the end of the year is approaching it's time to sit back and relax a bit.

I mostly summarized my thoughts under this earlier post, so I'm not going to repeat myself here.

At the end of 2020, I wished for a calmer and better 2021. The latter kind of fulfilled itself, the calm part, not so much :)

Anyways, I wish Happy Holidays to all of you with this snowy frame from early February!

And do not worry, with some free time on my hands (at last) between holidays you can expect some more uploads before the end of the year ;)

Lush greenery amidst impressive infrastructures: the iconic Esplanade Theatre a.k.a. 'Durian', and backdrop of the Central Business District (CBD). Perfectly summarizes Singapore as a whole - a Garden City

Taken at Marina Square Shopping Centre, City Hall, Singapore, 2013

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Please do not copy, reproduce, download or use in any way without permission.

Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Jul 20, 2015.

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As I have noted in several earlier Flickr albums, as long as I continue going to the same NYC dentist, you can count on two or three sets of photos of Bryant Park each year. The reason is simple: my dentist is located in mid-town Manhattan, about a block from the park — and when I'm done, I'm always tempted to walk over and see how the park looks. Consequently, I've collected almost a dozen separate sets of Bryant Park photos, which you can see summarized here on Flickr. (At least one or two of those other sets will provide you with the historical details of the park; or you can look it up here on Wikipedia.)

In mid-June of 2015, I took another stroll through the park, not having been there for almost two years. I wandered mostly around the periphery of the park, looking for interesting scenes to capture with the Sony RX-1R camera whose results I'm showing in this album, and also a Sony RX-10 camera whose results you'll see in a separate album in a couple days. I locked the camera into a wide-angle setting and a fixed f/8 aperture, and I just pointed the camera in the general direction of an interesting scene, and pushed the shutter button. Of the several hundred shots that I took during these strolls, there were a handful that seemed worthy of uploading; that's what you'll be seeing in this set and the next one. All of this took roughly an hour, at the end of which I put away my camera, and headed back uptown, content that my teeth would survive for another several months...

To summarize in a word ... Happiness

Ok, This is my contribution to #WorldPhotographyDay

‪ It's an oldie, not that great of a photo and the processing is, errm, adventurous!

It does however perfectly summarize the place which helped me finally pursue a keen interest in photography, descover a whole new hobby and community and find I was not the only weirdo with a fascination for derelict buildings!

I also have found many awesome people and made some great, lifelong friends and finally it has helped me through one of the darkest times I am ever to experience in my life. For all that I think it's a worthy contender!

It is far from my 'best photo' but I will leave you with a quote from Imogen Cunningham- “Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow

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This summarizes my Christmas break this year. Drinking (too much) lovely wine, eating (too quickly) beautiful macaroons, receiving (too perfect) lingerie from Agent Provacteur and a (too cute) bunny ring.

Oh and please do check out my microblog (inherwar.tumblr.com)

Old soldier of the Republic Army (Spanish Civil War 1936-1939). Sportsman (winner of Spanish Championship of Ski). Mountain lover (He made me to love it). Jewelry maker and painter. Summarizing, an artist. My uncle.

photo of the things I love summarized on a canvas, Rio de Janeiro, museum, art exhibition and photography.

the 12 days and nights after the Winter Solstice are said to predict the 12 months of the year ahead. I summarized each of my 12 magical days with a painted sketch.

Für jede Rauhnacht ein Bild. Inzwischen das vierte Mal, das ich das mache.

Colonia Hogar Ricardo Gutierrez

En Historias de Irregularidades y abandono, la autora Diana Rossi hace referencia a cómo surgió la modalidad de las Colonias como lugar para chicos judicializados. Con la ley 10.903, por primera vez se incorporaba el concepto de “protección integral del menor”. En su momento, el entonces senador J.A. Roca, único que interviniera en la sesión de la Cámara de Senadores que trató la ley, resaltaba el objeto perseguido por el Proyecto Agote (luego ley 10.903): “corregir los males que dimanan de la infancia, y de la infancia criminal, en todo el territorio de la Nación y, especialmente, en el de la Capital Federal.” Algunos hechos puntuales –la huelga de inquilinos de 1907 y los sucesos de 1919 en la fábrica de Pedro Vasena– favorecieron el tratamiento y aprobación de su proyecto legislativo. Por aquella época, los defensores de menores estaban encargados del destino de los niños y niñas calificados de vagos o delincuentes. La cárcel compartida con los adultos era el derrotero habitual, hasta que se les encontraba colocación en alguna familia. “En 1897 fueron colocadas por órdenes judiciales 767 jóvenes mujeres junto a criminales considerados culpables”, detalla la autora.

Las colonias-escuelas y las colonias-reformatorios ubicadas cerca de las ciudades o en pleno campo serán el tipo preferido de estas casas de prevención y reforma de los menores.

La colonia Marcos Paz, que devendrá a posteriori instituto “Gutiérrez”, resume en sus características las del modelo previsto en la legislación. Si bien ya existían los institutos correccionales cuando se creó en 1904, se adoptó para él el modelo de colonia agrícola tan difundido durante el siglo anterior en Estados Unidos.

El predio en el que se situó la Colonia había pertenecido al general Francisco Bosch, cuya viuda, Laura Sáenz Valiente, vendió al ministerio de Menores. El decreto que aprueba la compra en noviembre de 1903 dispone en su art. 1º: “que la propiedad de que se trata reúne las condiciones necesarias para implantar en ella un instituto destinado a la instrucción práctica de la ganadería, agricultura y de la industria, en el cual puedan instruirse los menores que por falta de padre y de hogar o por sus malas inclinaciones necesitan de la protección del Gobierno o de una dirección especial que les inculque hábitos de trabajo y corrija su deficiencia…”

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Colonia Hogar Ricardo Gutierrez

In Histories of Irregularities and abandonment, the author Diana Rossi makes reference to how the modality of the Colonies arose as a place for judicialized children. With Law 10,903, the concept of "integral protection of the minor" was incorporated for the first time. At the time, the then senator J.A. Roca, the only one to intervene in the session of the Senate that dealt with the law, highlighted the object pursued by the Agote Project (later law 10,903): "correct the evils that arise from childhood, and from criminal childhood, in all the territory of the Nation and, especially, that of the Federal Capital. "Some specific events - the strike of tenants of 1907 and the events of 1919 in the factory of Pedro Vasena - favored the treatment and approval of their legislative project. At that time, the defenders of minors were in charge of the destiny of the boys and girls described as lazy or delinquent. The jail shared with the adults was the usual course, until they were placed in a family. "In 1897, 767 young women were placed by judicial orders together with criminals considered guilty," says the author.

The colonies-schools and the colonies-reformatories located near the cities or in the countryside will be the preferred type of these houses of prevention and reform of minors.

The Marcos Paz colony, which will become a posteriori "Gutiérrez" institute, summarizes in its characteristics those of the model foreseen in the legislation. Although the correctional institutes already existed when it was created in 1904, the model of agricultural colony so widespread during the previous century in the United States was adopted for him.

The estate in which the Colony was located belonged to General Francisco Bosch, whose widow, Laura Saenz Valiente, sold to the Ministry of Minors. The decree approving the purchase in November 1903 provides in its art. 1º: "that the property in question meets the necessary conditions to establish in it an institute for the practical instruction of livestock, agriculture and industry, in which minors can be instructed because of lack of father and home or because of their bad inclinations they need the protection of the Government or of a special direction that inculcates work habits and corrects their deficiency ... "

I snapped this picture last week while lying in bed feeling miserable. The picture looks like it's in B&W but you can see from the bit of brick in the unit across the street that it's actually in color. It pretty much summarizes the week.

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Maple Ridge, BC

Jerry Sulina Park is actually an off-leash dog park which is situated along the Trans Canada Trail.

The park itself consists of a fenced area enclosing a small pond and marsh area with a short series of trails. The pond and surrounding habitat is apparently home to many animals including turtles, cranes and several species of waterfowl.

The Trans Canada Trail system that runs through Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge is one of a kind. In total the portion of the TCT that runs through our communities is over 21 km. It winds its way along the dykes and through city streets. There are many places to access the TCT trail system, Jerry Sulina Park is just one of them.

The sections of the TCT which are along the Alouette and Pitt rivers are absolutely stunning. The waterways and blueberry fields with the Golden Ears mountains as a backdrop summarize the beauty of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows perfectly.

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"Summarize His Existence to Decisions Dictated by Reason, It is To Renounce Life and Its Delightful Pleasures ..."

I Am Alive, So It Is Not Possible

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4-30-18 Macro Monday - Plugs and Jacks

For all you strobist readers out there, here's how the shot was set up.

When I saw the theme for this week, I tossed some ideas around in my head and finally settled on doing a connector of some sort and wanted a dark blue vignetted background. Scrounging around in my desk I found this Audio-Technica Mini 4 pin lav microphone jack and decided it would make the perfect subject.

I set this all up on my desktop, so I didn't have a lot of room to work with. I wanted to get the background working first, so I set up one Godox TT600 pointed right at the camera through a sheet of diffusion. My first shot was way too bright even at F16 and using HSS at 1/2000. I stuck a CTB on the flash and still too bright. Barely getting any blue. I found a really dark blue gel and stuck in on with the CTB and still just a light blue. I wanted dark blue. Not having any ND gels, I just stuck a sheet of printer paper over the flash head and voila, almost there. One more sheet of printer paper and I had the background exactly where I wanted it. On to the subject....

I positioned the jack with my handy Panavise Junior....they're good for more than just soldering. Took a test shot with just the background flash and got no light spill, just a black shadow in the shape of my connector. Perfect. Now to light the connector. I wanted a softish light so I stuck a mini soft box onto my second TT600 and took another test shot. Very nice soft light, but my background went from a nice dark saturated blue to baby blue. That wasn't going to do it. Took off the soft box and threw on a 1/4" MOVO grid. I positioned the flash as close as possible to get an as soft as possible light with essentially a "bare" flash. The flash was literally resting on the lens directly over the subject. Keep in mind that this connector is maybe 1cm wide, so a bare speedlight is large compared to it. Flash was set at 1/8 power. I liked the exposure and the way this was headed, but the bottom of the connector was pitch black. I wanted it to be shadow, but I wanted a little detail to come out down there as well. I stuck a 3x5 white index card on the desktop directly opposite the flash and.....Bingo. Just that little bit of fill and I liked the way it looked.

So, to summarize. Background TT600 pointed at camera with 2 blue gels shot through 2 sheets of copy paper set at 1/128. Key TT600 with 1/4" grid set at 1/8 power directly above lens shooting back at about 45 degrees with fill card below. Flashes triggered with Godox X1T-N.

Happy Macro Monday everyone.

How should we live?

What and how do we need to think when we face a problem?

Where do we come from?

Where or what is our final destination?

There is a source where all information is collected and is summarized.

In reality, this source is always the same. It is called in different names in different beliefs. Unfortunately the script of the source faced interferences and was degenerated. But one script among them remian untouched, unmodified, uninterpreted.

For the ones who think on it are able to find sequels at multiple levels of depth of information from it.

Where must we learn from?

...from televisions, smart phones, tablets, computers?

Where are we headed to?

We need to think about it seriously. But our attention is heavly distracted. We are lost under a heavy heap of distractions.

When we think, our conscious awakens.

When our conscious awakens, we begin to see.

Are we conscious?

... really?

Do you think so?

... hoping that you are among the ones who can see.

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Paris, France

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Arjun Purkayastha • travel & fine art photography •

Explored #39!

I guess that's how you can summarize me ending up with this as my self-portrait for today (didn't really have an idea, but I did have a frame...) Infinite loops are fun! I would recommend viewing this full-size :)

And seeing as how this is my second 365 to feature multiple Joeys lined up in a particular order, I suppose making them more often wouldn't be so bad. It's kinda fun working on it.

All this photoshop work is making me miss my Nicolas Cage Movie Poster Remake Series. It's too bad I already used up all the good posters. =\

Happy September, too! Holy cow, this year is going by fast. Well, the quicker the next couple months go, the quicker my birthday will get here...

This is the last photo I took in Iceland before my camera ended up at the bottom of a waterfall. Read the amazing story below from my point of view.

What happened to your camera?

That has been the question I have been asked most frequently since returning. Everyone wanted to know and they all had their assumptions; wind, I bumped it, land gave way, or I dropped it. All are valid assumptions and cover the gambit of scenarios that could happen but unfortunately, none of those are the reason I don't have my gear anymore. I set up my tripod in a somewhat precarious position next to the waterfall so I could get a beautiful vertical panorama of the falls and Kirkjufell mountain in the background.

My friend Kate said "Ryan, smile!", I looked at her and smiled. A few seconds later I saw her face drop and I heard a loud "CRACK" as if two rocks had just collided. I looked toward the waterfall and I saw my tripod go over the edge of the waterfall. I hadn't bumped it with my backpack, I hadn't pushed it or anything else. No gusts of wind, no earthquakes, nothing. It had simply fallen over.

After more than 20 minutes of searching, jumping in the water, swimming, and walking up/down the stream, we gave up our search because we couldn't get close enough to the falls underwater without endangering ourselves. One of my friends on the trip got hypothermic due to the amount of time she spent in the glacial creek.

One month later.

When my camera when into the water at Kirkjufellsfoss, I was standing by the edge of the river in disbelief and without saying a word, she wrapped her arm around mine and leaned against my shoulder. I knew then that I hadn't "lost it all".

Fast forward a couple of days and we're together and talking about her making a trip out to Boulder to visit. As the days go by, she starts teasing a surprise that she had for me. I couldn't even fathom a guess so I was thinking along the lines of a nice cast-iron skillet or heck, maybe a cat. I thought that she might even try to buy a camera for me but she knew that I would be getting insurance money back so that wouldn't be practical. With her visit nearing ever closer, she even said that the surprise would be the surprises to end all surprises. I was excited but in a weird way, I wasn't because I had no idea what the surprise could be so it was hard to be "excited" per se.

During her visit, we had an incredible time and I wouldn't want to spend the weekend doing anything different. She is the sweetest person that I have ever met, she's fun to be around, she thinks critically and I love seeing her smile. We agreed that the surprise would come after lunch on Sunday, which we had prepared for her older sister and her brother-in-law.

We get done eating a delicious meal complete with an Icelandic-style skyr cake and she asks if we can look through some of her photos from the trip. She has 30 photos loaded onto her SD card so we start going through her photos and there is a photo of her and her younger sister, Kate, while in Iceland. She is even holding her camera in the photo. I was confused by the photo but at the same time, we had three other photographers on the trip and it wouldn't be surprising that she would have a photo of her and Kate. We look through the rest of the photos and the last one is a pretty good photo of Kirkjufellsfoss where I lost my camera. I tell her that I was impressed with the photo and that she did really well capturing that beautiful scene. She tells me that she didn't take the photo because she didn't have a wide-angle lens. While the photo was taken with a wide-angle lens, I tell her that nonetheless it's a good photo. She then says that she didn't take that photo. I ask "who did?".

She says "you did".

I laugh and tell her that I didn't use her camera that day, that I was busy looking for my own camera at the bottom of the waterfall. She pulls out a 64GB CF card that was similar to the one that I had in my camera when it took it's faithful trip. I stare blankly at the CF card but cannot comprehend what is going on because it's impossible to retrieve my camera so surely that CF is brand new.

I look over at her older sister and she pulls out a Canon 5D Mk. III with a 16-35mm f/4 lens attached to it with a 10x ND filter screwed onto the lens. My exact setup when I last saw my camera going over the waterfall. Then I realize, that IS my camera. That IS my CF card. But they were in Iceland at the bottom of a waterfall, right?

My sweet girlfriend then starts spilling the beans which can be summarized like this; she contracted a scuba diver to retrieve my camera from the waterfall, then coordinated with one of my friends who was visiting Iceland to pick up the gear while there. Oh. My. God.

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The Guardian newspaper featured my snowdrop photo from Abbey Park on its ‘Readers’ Best Photographs’ page. Capturing the beauty of nature is always special, but having it shared on such a platform makes it even more meaningful! 🌿📷 www.theguardian.com/community/gallery/2025/mar/26/slate-f...

Snowdrops: The First Whisper of Spring - As a nature photography enthusiast in Britain, the weather becomes a crucial factor—when the sky is covered in gray clouds and rain, nature photographers are often forced to stay indoors. On cloudy and overcast days, light is more diffused than direct sunlight, which affects shutter speed—a key concern for us. However, modern technological advancements allow mirrorless cameras to capture grain-free images even at high ISO settings without adequate sunlight.

Rain is best captured when shot against the light and a dark background. Despite the challenges, shooting in bad weather—whether on a rainy or windy day—can create striking photographic opportunities. The emergence of pure white snowdrops after a long spell of harsh winter weather in early February is sure to bring joy to all of us. Sometimes, no matter the conditions, there is nothing better than being out in the field with your camera. You never know what opportunities nature might present. Just remember: extreme weather often results in extraordinary photos.

To summarize in a single sentence—what I love most about winter conditions in photography is the unique angles we can achieve with backlit morning and evening sunlight reflections. Meanwhile, photographs from around the world remind us that global warming is not a distant threat. Wildlife photographers, in particular, face increasing challenges due to environmental changes. The loss of natural habitats has become more apparent in recent years. We simply observe, document, and try to showcase what we see.

Despite witnessing the negative effects of the climate crisis, we eagerly anticipate the arrival of spring and the blooming beauty in gardens. The first signs of spring are snowdrops, followed by colorful crocuses. These are not rare or difficult subjects for photographers to find. If you don’t grow them in your own small backyard, check roadside areas, local parks, or woodland paths—you are bound to find some.

Flower photography requires getting close to the subject. Given that the ground is still cold and muddy, I always carry knee pads and a small yoga mat to get lower to the ground. For macro photography, I rely on my Nikon 105mm f/2.8 lens, which I upgraded last year. However, I always insist on bringing my long-time favorite, the Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 AF-D ED lens, which produces stunning bokeh and colors. Older, heavy glass lenses come with their own challenges, but the effort is always worth it. A short minimum focusing distance of about six inches provides the ideal depth of field I seek. Every lens reflects and refracts light uniquely, and I strategically use this effect to create artistic bokeh compositions in my flower photography. For capturing snowdrops and crocuses, the best approach is to get as low as possible, which is why my tripod makes the job much easier.

This morning, when I saw the sky turning blue during breakfast, my wife and I quickly finished our meal and headed to Leicester Abbey Park. Compared to last year, snowdrops and crocuses seem to be blooming a few weeks earlier. I noticed the same trend last week near Bradgate Park. However, since the snowdrops were not fully open and the sun was absent, I had to settle for just a few shots. By the end of the month, if daffodils start blooming as well, I may need to make another round.

As I briefly outlined above, sunlight transforms a photograph in unique ways. I am sharing a small selection of my images—hope you like them! Wishing you all a great evening.

Snowdrops and Climate Change

Over the past few decades, snowdrops in the UK have been blooming earlier due to warmer winters, disrupting their traditional flowering cycle. However, this year, many areas have seen a slight delay in their appearance, possibly due to fluctuating temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns. These subtle changes in nature reflect the ongoing impact of climate change on seasonal cycles.

Whether found in ancient woodlands, historic gardens, or even roadside verges, snowdrops remain a cherished symbol of resilience and renewal in the UK’s natural landscape.

"Snowdrops and Climate Change: A Silent Warning of Shifting Seasons"

Snowdrops, typically the first herald of spring, have started blooming earlier in recent years, but this year, they seem to be delayed by about two to three weeks. This delay is a subtle indicator of the shifts in our environment caused by climate change. While these delicate flowers have always been associated with the end of winter, their appearance is now being influenced by increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and warmer-than-usual winters.

In the past, snowdrops would typically bloom by the end of February or the beginning of March, but now they’re emerging as early as mid-January. The milder winters, fluctuating rainfall patterns, and shifting seasonal cycles disrupt natural rhythms. This isn’t just affecting flowers—it’s impacting everything from pollinators to migratory birds, as ecosystems struggle to adapt.

The early blooms of snowdrops may seem like a beautiful sign of spring, but they are, in fact, a silent reminder that something is amiss. Climate change is affecting our natural world in ways that we may not fully comprehend yet. Snowdrops, with their delayed appearance, may be showing us how the natural world is responding to the dramatic changes happening around us. Nature is speaking. Are we listening!

Snowdrops in the UK: A Brief Guide

Snowdrops (Galanthus) are among the first flowers to bloom in late winter and early spring, often pushing through frost and snow to signal the changing seasons. The UK is home to several species and cultivated varieties of snowdrops, each with its own unique characteristics.

Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)

The most widespread species in the UK, Galanthus nivalis is a small, delicate flower with pure white, nodding petals and a distinctive green marking on the inner tepals. It thrives in woodlands, gardens, and along riverbanks, often forming beautiful white carpets in early spring.

Giant Snowdrop (Galanthus elwesii)

Larger than the common snowdrop, Galanthus elwesii has broader leaves and bigger flowers with more prominent green markings. It is known for its ability to bloom slightly earlier in the season, sometimes as early as late December.

Double Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno')

This cultivated variety of Galanthus nivalis has multiple layers of petals, giving it a fuller, more intricate appearance. It is popular in gardens due to its striking look and resilience in cold weather.

I've captured some unforgettable moments with my camera, and I hope you feel the same joy viewing these images as I did while shooting them.

Thank you so much for visiting my gallery, whether you leave a comment, add it to your favorites, or simply take a moment to look around. Your support means a lot to me, and I wish you good luck and beautiful light in all your endeavors.

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Your comments and criticism are very valuable.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and explore :)

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"I'm working on a novel about the 60s that should sell millions of copies if and when it is published. But who among us who enjoys writing aren't working on the 'great American novel'."

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My dad's dad, my grandfather, was nine years old when President Lincoln died.

Most people think I am speaking of my GREAT GRANDFATHER. NO, I am referring to my dad's father, my paternal Grandfather, Robert Levi Huffstutter, born in 1856.

What does this information have to do with my profile? It might help the reader understand that I have a sense of being much older than I am in that only one generation seperates me from President Lincoln. Sometimes, I feel this short time span has some historical significance in the way I respond to history; it has created a mindset that I consider a grass-roots advantage

Perhaps this is the reason I value certain truths, standards and idealogies of older Americans, the men who were the soldiers and sailors I saw when I was a small boy.

A BRIEF AND UNEDITED ESSAY ON WISDOM AS I UNDERSTAND IT ONE DAY AT A TIME, NEVER CLOSING MY MIND TO NEW IDEAS, NEW IDEOLOGIES AND NEW PHILOSOPHY, BUT ALWAYS WISHING THAT THIS LIFE COULD BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR A NEW BEGINNING WHEN THIS LIFE ENDS....

Amusement is one of the joys of life. Now, about life: you have yours and I have mine. This is true of each individual in the world. It is my personal belief that with this life is a freedom to choose; we can choose to be yoked to bondange through organized religion, political affiliations or the forces of evil which are most definitely as real as the astroids that zip about. Oh, and there is the force of goodness.

If you have studied science, you realize that almost every action has a reaction; every positive has a negative. That is, until our minds and spirits mature to the point where we can control these forces, harness this energy for goodness or evil. As children, we flitter about doing good and evil; as adults, we do much the same. It is only with the use of our minds do we manage to make decisions that will identify us as positive or negative. There should be no debate over the values or standards involved in goodness and evil.

Evil is that which hates and destroys; goodness is that which constructs and loves. Surely, this is a knowledge that must have been instilled in our minds by whoever or whatever created this vast universe and holds the secret of life. This, of course, is only my opinion. If yours is different, no problem; this world is large enough for both of us, even if you or I decide to move to an island where there is no dialogue or media to try and stir up world wars. Again, an opinion.

I have opted to join what I deem the legions of goodness and love, though it has taken some time to overcome the superficial thorns that will constantly pierce me and cause conflict in my mind and heart.

About patriotism; I am a patriotic American. I have served in the military under three Commanders-in-Chief, Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson. It was my good fortune to have seen all three of these Presidents while serving in the U.S. Navy. What's more, I had a face-to-face or one-on-one moment with President Truman shortly after entering civilian life and returning to college. While it was only a brief moment in time, it was a moment in time I will always remember; it was a most surreal moment. There is more about this meeting in my photostream.

If you continue reading my work in my various journals you will note that I have complex views, simple views and sometimes no view whatsoever, especially about sports and opera. If you follow my journals you have probably already realized that I am sometimes quick to judge. If I have offended you in any way, I apologize.

Sometimes I display more ignorance than wisdom in my attempt to be humorous. And yes, I have an impulsive and emotional strain that will grab my arm and cause me to vent on issues I am not qualified to comment on, but want to anyway.

I am probably what some might call an "old soul", only a generaton away from President Lincoln.

My grandfather was born in 1856 and was nine years old when President Lincoln died; my father was born in 1912 and I was born in the very early 40s. Do you understand my comment about the "old soul" issue and that sometimes, because of this generational nearness, it causes me to look at life in a different perspective.

About my country: I love America and enjoyed growing up in the USA in the 1960s. Do I believe the USA has made some big errors? Yes, the biggest one was beginning a nation while slavery was permitted. I cannot believe that this happened. Thus, I understand many of the problems that exist in this world.

I also realize that much of Europe dealt in slavery long before America was discovered. Do I feel that there should be reparations for those enslaved prior to the Civil War? Perhaps, but in my mind, the price was paid by those who fought to rid this nation of slavery; the issue was sealed in blood on the battlefields such as Gettysburg.

Do I believe that America is still the land of opportunity? I believe that the election of President Obama has proven that America is-- now--the land of opportunity.

Because each President has the right to introduce plans and changes that he believes are best for the nation, I have no issues with the programs he is introducing so far. If he does not do the job America elected him to do, there will be another election in 2012. In the interim, I shall support him and honor his office. Personally, I think he is a sincere American, a good father, and has the interest of the USA in his heart and mind.

About religion: I believe it is best kept within the minds of each individual and services should be private, taking place within the heart, mind and soul of each person. However, I believe in the right for assembly, religious assembly and all peaceful assembly.

I do believe that no laws should be made about religion unless they are made for the protection of the populace. To present an example of religion freedom that should be regulated by law:

human sacrifice should be against the law; corporal punishment for what might be termed as "religious sins" by some religious groups should not be tolerated and should be against the law. Laws about religion must be considered only when religion breaks the law.

About world peace: there will be no world peace until the mothers of this world love their own children more than they hate the children of those whose religions and ethnic origins are different than their own.

Women must bear some of the fault for the tragedy of war for not teaching their children about loving others. The men who wage these wars are instruments of ignorant leaders who are selfish and without love or wisdom.

To summarize: If I could create a perfect world, I would. However, we would most likely be robots, following orders to do good, thus it would not be genuine. There are times when I feel we have been created for the amusement of some distant enity or creator And then I look at the beauty and miracles of Springtime. It is my belief that mankind will never find all of the answers sought, that some wisdom will never be discovered. It is my belief that there is a Creator with wisdom and knowledge that is beyond our ability to comprehend.

Like many people throughout the world, I am hoping there will be a joyful and serene experience waiting for us at the end of this lifetime, that a new life will begin in some way, shape or form that we can comprehend.

Although I am older than most of the American and world population, my mind still has the ability to learn; I can still change my views if I see the wisdom. At the present time, my opinion of political events and the entire political arena in the United States, no matter what the party affiliation might be, is less than enthusiastic. During the past ten years, America has lost much respect and credibility throughout the world. Hopefully, this is changing.

Robert L. Huffstutter

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- FINALE -

結婚して下さい。

"Will you marry me?"

The final and last piece of the series. With this, its done. A last photo to summarize the whole reason I did this series. Rin is love, and will always be..

Thank you ~

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As I have noted in several earlier Flickr albums, as long as I continue going to the same NYC dentist, you can count on two or three sets of photos of Bryant Park each year. The reason is simple: my dentist is located in mid-town Manhattan, about a block from the park — and when I'm done, I'm always tempted to walk over and see how the park looks. Consequently, I've collected almost a dozen separate sets of Bryant Park photos, which you can see summarized here on Flickr. (At least one or two of those other sets will provide you with the historical details of the park; or you can look it up here on Wikipedia.)

In mid-June of 2015, I took another stroll through the park, not having been there for almost two years. I wandered mostly around the periphery of the park, looking for interesting scenes to capture with the Sony RX-1R camera whose results I'm showing in this album, and also a Sony RX-10 camera whose results you'll see in a separate album in a couple days. I locked the camera into a wide-angle setting and a fixed f/8 aperture, and I just pointed the camera in the general direction of an interesting scene, and pushed the shutter button. Of the several hundred shots that I took during these strolls, there were a handful that seemed worthy of uploading; that's what you'll be seeing in this set and the next one. All of this took roughly an hour, at the end of which I put away my camera, and headed back uptown, content that my teeth would survive for another several months...

The mosque-cathedral's hypostyle hall dates from the original mosque construction and originally served as its main prayer space for Muslims. The main hall of the mosque was used for a variety of purposes. It served as a central prayer hall for personal devotion, for the five daily Muslim prayers and the special Friday prayers accompanied by a sermon. It also would have served as a hall for teaching and for Sharia law cases during the rule of Abd al-Rahman and his successors.

The hall was large and flat, with timber ceilings held up by rows of double-tiered arches (arcades) resting on columns. These rows of arches divided the original building into 11 aisles or "naves" running from north to south, later increased to 19 by Al-Mansur's expansion, while in turn forming perpendicular aisles running east–west between the columns. The approximately 850 columns were made of jasper, onyx, marble, granite and porphyry. In the original mosque, all of the columns and capitals were reused from earlier Roman and Visigothic buildings, but subsequent expansions (starting with Abd al-Rahman II) saw the incorporation of new Moorish-made capitals that evolved from earlier Roman models. The nave that leads to the mihrab – which was originally the central nave of the mosque until Al-Mansur's lateral expansion of the building altered its symmetry – is slightly wider than the other naves, demonstrating a subtle hierarchy in the mosque's floor plan. The double-tiered arches were an innovation that permitted higher ceilings than would otherwise be possible with relatively low columns. They consist of a lower tier of horseshoe arches and an upper tier of semi-circular arches. The voussoirs of the arches alternate between red brick and white stone.  Colour alternations like this were common in Umayyad architecture in the Levant and in pre-Islamic architecture on the Iberian Peninsula.  According to Anwar G. Chejne, the arches were inspired by those in the Dome of the Rock. Horseshoe arches were known in the Iberian Peninsula in the Visigothic period (e.g. the 7th-century Church of San Juan de Baños), and to a lesser extent in Byzantine and Umayyad regions of the Middle East; however, the traditional "Moorish" arch developed into its own distinctive and slightly more sophisticated version.

The mosque's architectural system of repeating double-tiered arches, with otherwise little surface decoration, is considered one of its most innovative characteristics and has been the subject of much commentary. The hypostyle hall has been variously described as resembling a "forest of columns"  and having an effect similar to a "hall of mirrors".  Scholar Jerrilynn Dodds has further summarized the visual effect of the hypostyle hall with the following:

Interest in the mosque's interior is created, then, not by the application of a skin of decoration to a separately conceived building but by the transformation of the morphemes of the architecture itself: the arches and voussoirs. Because we share the belief that architectural components must by definition behave logically, their conversion into agents of chaos fuels a basic subversion of our expectations concerning the nature of architecture. The tensions that grow from these subverted expectations create an intellectual dialogue between building and viewer that will characterize the evolving design of the Great Mosque of Cordoba for over two hundred years.

The mosque's original flat wooden ceiling was made of wooden planks and beams with carved and painted decoration. Preserved fragments of the original ceiling – some of which are now on display in the Courtyard of the Oranges – were discovered in the 19th century and have allowed modern restorers to reconstruct the ceilings of some of the western sections of the mosque according to their original style. The eastern naves of the hall (in al-Mansur's expansion), by contrast, are now covered by high Gothic vaults which were added in the 16th century by Hernan Ruiz I. On the exterior, the building has gabled roofs covered in tiles.