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Another sunset, this time with Pickerel Lake in the distance. It's not really that far away from where I took this shot, but the trees hide its narrow south end from view. The north end is wider and thus easier to see.
And for those of you that might not know, that's a field of corn we're looking over - sorry about the pun.
and some whom I hold in utter contempt. Indeed, I sometimes wonder why "You're an animal" is an insult; it seems to me that, if animals could talk, "You're a human" would be one of their favorite insults :-)
Richard E. Turner (1937–2011), The Grammar Curmudgeon, a.k.a. "The Mudge," "Animal People," 2004
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chipmunk, sprague lake, rocky mountain national park, colorado
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
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A view upstream the Pegnitz river. The building on the left is the Heilig-Geist-Spital, built 1339. The Reichskleinodien (Imperial Regalia) were stored there from 1424 to 1796.
The Schuldturm tower in the center was built in 1323 as part of the town fortifications. As the city grew and new fortifications were built further outside the town, the tower found new use as debtors' prison, thus the name Schuldturm (lit. "debt tower").
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De aankomst van een vracht tulpenbollen vanuit Turkije in 1562 in Antwerpen betekende het begin van de Europese tulpenteelt.
Ottomaanse sultans droegen een tulp op hun tulband als symbool. De naam tulp is zo afkomstig van het Perzische woord "doelband" dat tulband betekent.
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The arrival of a cargo of tulip bulbs from Turkey in Antwerp in 1562 marked the beginning of European tulip cultivation.
Ottoman sultans wore a tulip on their turban as a symbol. The name tulip is thus derived from the Persian word "dulband" meaning turban.
"Gaslighting" is a technique used by NARCISSISTS to make their victims doubt their own memories, their perceptions about interactions and events and conversations, etc.
Narcissists can even get their victims to doubt their own sanity. Some people can start doubting themselves, and thus become disempowered through not being able to trust their own memories and perceptions.
On Youtube there is a lot of info about all the tricks and manipulations used by Narcissists. Links below to two of the best channels on the subject, Dr Ramani:
and Lisa A. Romano:
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Sirocco is a warm wind from the southeast. In the maps, the wind rose was positioned within the Mediterranean and specifically between the Ionian Sea and the island of Malta. Thus the wind that came from the North-East came from Greece and took the name of Grecale. the libeccio wind from Libya.The one that came from the South-East came from Syria and took the name of Scirocco. According to some Sicilian popular beliefs, this wind was considered a harbinger of misfortune and disease. These beliefs had their roots in the distant past, when North Africa was the permanent site of outbreaks of endemic infectious diseases whose germs were transported to southern Italy by mosquitoes and midges, bad flyers but very skilled in exploiting the Sirocco air currents .
and every picture becomes an authentic chapter in the history of the world :-)
Lady Elizabeth Eastlake
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prunus mume, pink japanese flowering apricot, 'Nicholas', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Chamaepetes goudotii goudotii (Sickle-winged guan / Pava maraquera)
The sickle-winged guan (Chamaepetes goudotii) is a species of bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
The subspecies of sickle-winged guan are distributed thus:
C. g. goudotii, western and central Andes of Colombia south to Nariño Department
C. g. sanctaemarthae, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northeastern Colombia
C. g. fagani, west slope of the Andes from Colombia's Nariño Department south to Ecuador's El Oro Province
C. g. tschudii, east slope of the Andes from southern Colombia through Ecuador to Peru's Department of San Martín
C. g. rufiventris, east slope of the Andes from central to southern Peru and isolated areas in north and central Bolivia.
The sickle-winged guan inhabits humid and wet forest, preferring tall forest but also found at edges and in secondary forest. The sickle-winged guan is generally a bird of middle elevations. In Colombia is mostly between 1,100 and 2,500 m (3,600 and 8,200 ft).
Short Eared Owl - Asio flammeus
Over much of its range, short-eared owls occurs with the similar-looking long-eared owl. At rest, the ear-tufts of long-eared owl serve to easily distinguish the two (although long-eared owls can sometimes hold its ear-tufts flat). The iris-colour differs: yellow in short-eared, and orange in long-eared, and the black surrounding the eyes is vertical on long-eared, and horizontal on short-eared. Overall the short-eared tends to be a paler, sandier bird than the long-eared.
The short-eared owl occurs on all continents except Antarctica and Australia; thus it has one of the most widespread distributions of any bird. A. flammeus breeds in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands. It is partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of its range. The short-eared owl is known to relocate to areas of higher rodent populations. It will also wander nomadically in search of better food supplies during years when vole populations are low.
Hunting occurs mostly at night, but this owl is known to be diurnal and crepuscular as well. Its daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high-activity periods of voles, its preferred prey. It tends to fly only feet above the ground in open fields and grasslands until swooping down upon its prey feet-first. Several owls may hunt over the same open area. Its food consists mainly of rodents, especially voles, but it will eat other small mammals such as mice, ground squirrels, shrews, rats, bats, muskrats and moles. It will also occasionally predate smaller birds, especially when near sea-coasts and adjacent wetlands at which time they attack shorebirds, terns and small gulls and seabirds with semi-regularity. Avian prey is more infrequently preyed on inland and centers on passerines such as larks, icterids, starlings, tyrant flycatchers and pipits.
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Jökulsárlón sits south of Vatnajökull, Europe's largest glacier. Huge blocks of ice calve from the glacier and those icebergs float into a lagoon ("Glacier Lagoon"). From there they keep floating towards the Atlantic Ocean, where some of them get washed ashore and sparkle on the black beach like diamonds, after having been polished by the waves. Thus, the beach designation: Diamond Beach.
This photo was taken at sunrise, on a glorious day, with beautiful weather. When I've arrived to the beach a couple of hours before sunrise, seals were easily seen in the water, looking for their morning's meal... And when the sun rose in the sky, well, the least we can say is that it was monumental! This place is utterly beautiful and will remain always in my memories as being the most extraordinary spot I've been in a marvellous trip to Iceland.
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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thus quoth the statue, gently patting
on the fur head of it's tiny, oh so humble, little pet 😁
Hercules statue in the Hofgarten of Schleißheim Palace.
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Corinth Canal - crosses the Isthmus of Corinth, thus separating the Peloponnese peninsula from the main part of Greece.
The first plans for digging the canal at this place dates back to the sixth century BC and attributed to Periandr. Only in the 19th century, the development of technology has enabled the completion of the work. In 1881, the construction took a French company, and in 1893 he graduated from the Greek Government.
Dimensions of canal;
length: 6343 m
width: 24.6 m (above sea level) and 21 m (at the bottom channel)
depth of canal: 8 m
wall height above the water: max 79 m
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Kanał Koryncki – przecina Przesmyk Koryncki, oddzielając tym samym półwysep Peloponez od głównej części Grecji. Dzięki niemu niektóre statki mogą zaoszczędzić 400 km podróży, którą musiałyby odbyć wokół Peloponezu. Kanał używany jest głównie przez statki turystyczne. Rocznie pokonuje go około 11 000 statków. Ponadto przez kanał został przerzucony most kolejowy i 3 samochodowe.
Pierwsze plany przekopania kanału w tym miejscu sięgają czasów VI w. p.n.e., a przypisuje się je Periandrowi. Dopiero w XIX wieku rozwój techniki umożliwił ukończenie prac. W roku 1881 budowy podjęło się francuskie przedsiębiorstwo, a w 1893 ukończył ją rząd grecki.
Wymiary kanału
długość: 6343 m
szerokość: 24,6 m (na poziome morza) i 21 m (na dnie kanału)
głębokość kanału: 8 m
wysokość ścian nad lustrem wody: max 79 m
It's been such a long time since we've had a genuine pea soup fog around here and on Sunday we were blanketed all day. I was finally persuaded to get my camera out of the bag after almost a year and it was the thick fog that did it.
I know many people like cemeteries for different reasons. I like them because they demonstrate an important and inevitable aspect of the life cycle. It's also because reading the inscriptions makes me wonder about what made up the life of the one who has shuffled off this mortal coil.
Graveyards are generally peaceful places and deliberately designed to be so. The fog seemed to emphasize that peace as well as a kind of timelessness, so there, in the quiet, I couldn't help but think while the people buried there may have finished with this life they are certainly busy in their next one--another part of the cycle.
Thus, the great hope: life goes on.
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Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps Cristatus
The great crested grebe has an elaborate mating display. Like all grebes, it nests on the water's edge, since its legs are set relatively far back and it is thus unable to walk very well. Usually two eggs are laid, and the fluffy, striped young grebes are often carried on the adult's back. In a clutch of two or more hatchlings, male and female grebes will each identify their 'favourites', which they alone will care for and teach
Unusually, young grebes are capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. The adults teach these skills to their young by carrying them on their back and diving, leaving the chicks to float on the surface; they then re-emerge a few feet away so that the chicks may swim back onto them.
The great crested grebe feeds mainly on fish, but also small crustaceans, insects small frogs and newts.
This species was hunted almost to extinction in the United Kingdom in the 19th century for its head plumes, which were used to decorate hats and ladies' undergarments. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was set up to help protect this species, which is again a common sight.
The great crested grebe and its behaviour was the subject of one of the landmark publications in avian ethology: Julian Huxley's 1914 paper on The Courtship‐habits of the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Population:
UK breeding:
4,600 pairs
UK wintering:
19,000 individuals
Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps Cristatus
BIRD GUIDES NOTEABALE PHOTO May 26-4 June 2019
The great crested grebe has an elaborate mating display. Like all grebes, it nests on the water's edge, since its legs are set relatively far back and it is thus unable to walk very well. Usually two eggs are laid, and the fluffy, striped young grebes are often carried on the adult's back. In a clutch of two or more hatchlings, male and female grebes will each identify their 'favourites', which they alone will care for and teach
Unusually, young grebes are capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. The adults teach these skills to their young by carrying them on their back and diving, leaving the chicks to float on the surface; they then re-emerge a few feet away so that the chicks may swim back onto them.
The great crested grebe feeds mainly on fish, but also small crustaceans, insects small frogs and newts.
This species was hunted almost to extinction in the United Kingdom in the 19th century for its head plumes, which were used to decorate hats and ladies' undergarments. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was set up to help protect this species, which is again a common sight.
The great crested grebe and its behaviour was the subject of one of the landmark publications in avian ethology: Julian Huxley's 1914 paper on The Courtship‐habits of the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Population:
UK breeding:
4,600 pairs
UK wintering:
19,000 individuals
The rugged limestone cliffs on the Great Ocean Road (Victoria, Australia) are a soft rock that experience constant erosion beginning 10-20 million years ago. The stormy Southern Ocean and blasting winds gradually eat the limestone, and form caves in the cliffs, which moves the cliff face gradually back.
These particular cliffs stand behind the 12 'Apostle' stacks, and thus are also gradually being eroded. Over enduring time, with erosion of the cliffs, new stacks (and new 'Apostles') will then slowly appear: thus, well illustrating the wonder of nature!
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Short Eared Owl - Asio flammeus
Norfolk
Over much of its range, short-eared owls occurs with the similar-looking long-eared owl. At rest, the ear-tufts of long-eared owl serve to easily distinguish the two (although long-eared owls can sometimes hold its ear-tufts flat). The iris-colour differs: yellow in short-eared, and orange in long-eared, and the black surrounding the eyes is vertical on long-eared, and horizontal on short-eared. Overall the short-eared tends to be a paler, sandier bird than the long-eared.
The short-eared owl occurs on all continents except Antarctica and Australia; thus it has one of the most widespread distributions of any bird. A. flammeus breeds in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands. It is partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of its range. The short-eared owl is known to relocate to areas of higher rodent populations. It will also wander nomadically in search of better food supplies during years when vole populations are low.
Hunting occurs mostly at night, but this owl is known to be diurnal and crepuscular as well. Its daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high-activity periods of voles, its preferred prey. It tends to fly only feet above the ground in open fields and grasslands until swooping down upon its prey feet-first. Several owls may hunt over the same open area. Its food consists mainly of rodents, especially voles, but it will eat other small mammals such as mice, ground squirrels, shrews, rats, bats, muskrats and moles. It will also occasionally predate smaller birds, especially when near sea-coasts and adjacent wetlands at which time they attack shorebirds, terns and small gulls and seabirds with semi-regularity. Avian prey is more infrequently preyed on inland and centers on passerines such as larks, icterids, starlings, tyrant flycatchers and pipits.
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Wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa L.) is a perennial that belongs to the buttercup family. It massively blooms in early spring, thus embellishing deciduous forests all over Poland. Wood anemone grows vegetatively by rhizomes, but also by seeds.
It is also a cultivated plant but has larger flowers and different colors.
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Zawilec gajowy (Anemone nemorosa L.) jest byliną który należący do rodziny jaskrowatych. Masowo zakwita wczesną wiosną upiększając tym lasy liściaste w całej Polsce. Zawilec gajowy rozrasta się wegetatywnie za pomocą kłączy, ale również przez nasiona.
Jest również rośliną uprawianą ale posiada większe kwiaty i inaczej zabarwione.
Winter morning time in La Chaux de Fonds. No. 4860.
"La Chaux-de-Fonds, the birthplace of Le Corbusier, was the world capital of the watch-making industry for over a hundred years. It thus makes sense that the first house designed by the world-famous architect and the International Watch Musuem are located here."
My Switzerland.
Fading away like the stars of the morning,
Losing their light in the glorious sun—
Thus would we pass from the earth and its toiling,
Only remembered by what we have done.
Horatius Bonar
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Construit en 1871 avec la pierre d'une carrière de granit voisine et restauré en 1999, le phare de Rose Blanche se dresse comme une fière sentinelle de nos côtes. Le phare a été désigné structure patrimoniale enregistrée le 7 septembre 2002 - le premier phare de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador à être ainsi reconnu.
Built in 1871 with stone from a nearby granite quarry and restored in 1999, the Rose Blanche Lighthouse stands as a proud sentinel of our shores. The lighthouse was designated a Registered Heritage Structure on Sept 7, 2002 - the first NL Lighthouse to be thus recognized.
Rose Blanche, Newfoundland, Canada
Thanks a lot for your visits, comments, faves, invites !
Regards, Serge
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the Ice chunks leading to the platform which is used by the swimmers as a resting spot, the platform is roughly 250m distant from the bank of the lake.
Lake Constance was formed by the Rhine Glacier during the ice age and is a zungenbecken lake. After the end of the last glacial period, about 10,000 years ago, the Obersee and Untersee still formed a single lake. The downward erosion of the High Rhine caused the lake level to gradually sink and a sill, the Konstanzer Schwelle, to emerge.
The Rhine, the Bregenzer Ach, and the Dornbirner Ach carry sediments from the Alps to the lake, thus gradually decreasing the depth and reducing the extension of the lake in the southeast.
In antiquity the two lakes had different names; later, for reasons which are unknown, they came to have the same name.
In the 19th century, there were five different local time zones around Lake Constance. Constance, belonging to the Grand Duchy of Baden, adhered to Karlsruhe time, Friedrichshafen used the time of the Duchy of Württemberg, in Lindau, the Bavarian Munich time was observed, and Bregenz used Prague time, while the Swiss shore used Berne time. One would have needed to travel only 46 kilometres (29 mi) to visit five time zones. Given the amount of trade and traffic over Lake Constance, this led to serious confusion. Public clocks in harbors used three different clock faces, depending on the destinations offered by the boat companies. In 1892, all German territories used CET, the Austrian railways had already introduced CET the previous year and Switzerland followed in 1894. Because traffic timetables had not been yet updated, CET became the sole valid time around and on Lake Constance in 1895.[7] ( copied from Wikipedia )
Ein sehr seltener Besucher in den Rieselfeldern, entsprechend viele Ornithologen waren vor Ort.
Das Tüpfelsumpfhuhn ist ein Vogel aus der Familie der Rallenvögel. Es ist kleiner als eine Wasserralle und hat etwa die Größe einer Drossel.
Die Trends sehen eine gleichbleibende Entwicklung bei einer Revierzahl in Deutschland von 1000 - 1500 Revieren.
A rare visitor in the Rieselfelder Münster SPA, thus many ornithologists were there.
The spotted crake is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. It is smaller than the water rail and has roughly the size of a thrush.
Trends see it neither incline or decline with about 1.000 - 1.500 territories in Germany.
Sitting on 5 eggs.....Fingers x'd!
Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps Cristatus
The great crested grebe has an elaborate mating display. Like all grebes, it nests on the water's edge, since its legs are set relatively far back and it is thus unable to walk very well. Usually two eggs are laid, and the fluffy, striped young grebes are often carried on the adult's back. In a clutch of two or more hatchlings, male and female grebes will each identify their 'favourites', which they alone will care for and teach
Unusually, young grebes are capable of swimming and diving almost at hatching. The adults teach these skills to their young by carrying them on their back and diving, leaving the chicks to float on the surface; they then re-emerge a few feet away so that the chicks may swim back onto them.
The great crested grebe feeds mainly on fish, but also small crustaceans, insects small frogs and newts.
This species was hunted almost to extinction in the United Kingdom in the 19th century for its head plumes, which were used to decorate hats and ladies' undergarments. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was set up to help protect this species, which is again a common sight.
The great crested grebe and its behaviour was the subject of one of the landmark publications in avian ethology: Julian Huxley's 1914 paper on The Courtship‐habits of the Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus).
Population:
UK breeding:
4,600 pairs
UK wintering:
19,000 individuals
The Quran describes the oppressor or tyrant as "deaf, dumb and blind", which is essentially the spiritual reality of the tyrant. He cannot hear the cries of his victims; he cannot communicate with those he oppresses because he imperiously views them as representatives of a lower order of being than himself, and thus as mere commodities to be exploited or, even worse, as plagues to be cleansed; and he cannot see the harm he does. Aristotle (d. 322 BC) reminds us that all tyrants invariably surround themselves with sycophants because they cannot bear the truth. But the tyrant also needs these sycophants because he demands tacit approval of his beliefs and actions, and most of all he fears an honest and critical view of himself. The more the tyrant's power grows, the less he tolerates dissent. What is true of the tyrant is also true of the tyrannical nation. He demands that everyone agree with him and affirm his position because he cannot see, hear or speak to anyone but himself. He believes that his vision is clear, his understanding is unsurpassed, and his words, and only his words, are worthy of utterance or consideration. As human beings, only through others can we truly see ourselves, hear ourselves and talk to ourselves; but in his fixation on himself the tyrant is totally incapable of such reflection.
(Hamza Yusuf. Introduction to the "The prayer of the oppressed")
seen only once in a lifetime and enables the fortunate possessor to go back by the light of his own fireside to scenes which would otherwise fade from memory and be lost :-)
George Eastman
1900 - speaking of the Brownie camera
HMM!
acer, green leaf japanese maple, 'Nishiki Momiji', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
«Prendete un tempio greco, incorporatelo per intero in un edificio cristiano, al quale Successivamente si aggiungono le modifiche e la ricostruzione dell'edificio per il culto cristiano adoperate dai normanna, tra le altre, la facciata abbattuta dal grande terremoto del 1693. Senza scoraggiarvi vi rimettete all'opera e, cambiando completamente direzione, sostituite la vecchia facciata con una deliziosa composizione barocca all'incirca del 1728‑54. E il tutto, deteriorato com'è, continua a vivere e a sorridere, diffondendo nel mondo la sua immagine come se fosse stato ideato da un Leonardo o da un Michelangelo"»
(Lawrence Durrell parla della Cattedrale di Siracusa)
La cattedrale della Natività di Maria Santissima sorge sulla parte elevata dell'isola di Ortigia, incorporando quello che fu il principale tempio sacro in stile dorico della polis di Syrakousai, dedicato ad Atena (Minerva) e convertito in chiesa con l'avvento del cristianesimo.
Considerata la chiesa più importante della città di Siracusa, è entrata a far parte dei beni protetti dall'UNESCO in quanto patrimonio dell'umanità. Il suo stile è all'esterno principalmente barocco e rococò, mentre al suo interno alterna parti risalenti all'epoca siceliota, poiché appartenenti al tempio greco e parti risalenti all'epoca medievale, costruite dai Normanni e così lasciate fino ai giorni attuali. La sua struttura interna è composta in diverse navate e cappelle, le quali hanno uno stile classico e decorato, tipico del barocco anch'esso.
Di grande significato religioso, custodisce statue, reliquie e spoglie di santi, martiri e nobili siracusani. I suoi arredi hanno visto il susseguirsi di artisti provenienti da più parti d'Italia e dall'estero. Da sempre simbolo della religiosità siracusana, la cattedrale attraversò le varie fasi storiche e culturali della città.
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"Take a Greek temple, incorporate it entirely in a Christian building, to which are subsequently added the modifications and reconstruction of the building for Christian worship used by the Normans, among others, the facade demolished by the great earthquake of 1693. Without discouraging you you get back to work and, changing completely direction, replace the old facade with a delightful baroque composition from around 1728-54. And everything, deteriorated as it is, continues to live and smile, spreading its image throughout the world as if it had been designed by a Leonardo or a Michelangelo "»
(Lawrence Durrell speaks of the Cathedral of Syracuse)
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Maria Santissima rises on the elevated part of the island of Ortigia, incorporating what was the main Doric style sacred temple of the polis of Syrakousai, dedicated to Athena (Minerva) and converted into a church with the advent of Christianity.
Considered the most important church in the city of Syracuse, it has become part of the assets protected by UNESCO as a world heritage site. Its style is mainly baroque and rococo on the outside, while inside it alternates parts dating back to the Siceliot era, since they belong to the Greek temple and parts dating back to the medieval era, built by the Normans and thus left to the present day. Its internal structure is composed of several naves and chapels, which have a classic and decorated style, typical of the Baroque too.
Of great religious significance, it houses statues, relics and remains of saints, martyrs and noblemen from Syracuse. Its furnishings have seen the succession of artists from many parts of Italy and from abroad. Always a symbol of Syracusan religiosity, the cathedral went through the various historical and cultural phases of the city.
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They said their eyes
Are red as flame
I heard it told
From hell they came
Their breath is fire
Their tongues are forked
Thus are the beasts
Of Dragon's Gate.
I heard my father's words
Deep in my heart
"Son, know your enemy
As I know my son."
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The weird sisters, hand in hand,
Posters of the sea and land,
Thus do go about, about,
Thrice to thine and thrice to mine
And thrice again, to make up nine.
Peace! The charm’s wound up.
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Redshank - Tringa Totanus
The common redshank is a widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. It is a migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Ireland and Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia. They are uncommon vagrants outside these areas.
They are wary and noisy birds which will alert everything else with their loud piping call. Like most waders, they feed on small invertebrates. Redshanks will nest in any wetland, from damp meadows to saltmarsh, often at high densities. They lay 3–5 eggs.
The common redshank is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
It is widely distributed and quite plentiful in some regions, and thus not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
La cascata delle Marmore, in provincia di Terni, nella Valnerina, ha un dislivello complessivo di 165 metri, su tre salti. È la più alta d’Europa di origine artificiale, essendo stata formata, ai tempi dei Romani, con la modifica del percorso del fiume Velino, che confluisce così nel Nera, affluente del Tevere. È una meta turistica molto apprezzata, raggiungibile in un paio di ore da Roma, in auto.
The Marmore waterfall, in the province of Terni, in the Valnerina, has an overall height difference of 165 metres, over three jumps.
It is the highest in Europe of artificial origin, having been formed, in Roman times, with the modification of the course of the Velino river, which thus flows into the Nera, a tributary of the Tiber.
It is a very popular tourist destination, reachable in a couple of hours from Rome, by car.
Spring is my favorite season, thus, many, many flowering trees, bushes and plants in bloom. I'd have tons of shots to upload, maybe 2-3 shots a day. :-))
Thus I have baptized the rock that resists the force of the tide.
Así he bautizado la roca que resiste los envites de la marea.
Yesterday, it was extremely cold ( below -15 °C) in the Bavarian Forest. Thus, the visibility of the Alps was spectacular. Here, we look southwards and in the middle of the image, we see the Dachsteingruppe, which is approximately 150 km apart from the peak of the Lusen. The Lusen is one of the highest and most interesting mountains of the Bavarian Forest.
I would like to recommend a very helpful webpage, which allows one to create panoramas:
So after heartbreakingly loosing 5 years worth of work thanks to the shitty design of eternal hard drives, coupled with me being so concerned with other things to afford cloud computing or yet another EHD, I decided I will slowly have to retrace my steps over time and replace my work with new stuff in the same categories. It will probably take me most of the year to be honest.
Thus above is another new one for "Where the Wild Lights Are", which from the bonnet of my best friends new car, name Eddie, and it's a metallic electric blue Volkswagen T-Cross, and he's a beauty! Expect more to come.
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you!
This night photograph was taken from the small lily pool adjacent to ArtScience Museum. It was a breezy evening and part of the water surface was thus blurred. The water lilies in the foreground provided different effects on the reflected lights of the Museum and some high-rise buildings in the background.
St James’ Court has a historical provenance dating back to Tudor England and the court of Queen Elizabeth I. It is during this tumultuous period that a prestigious landowner and treasurer to the Queen, Lord Dacre, drew up a scheme to build almshouses on the “Tothill Fields” of Westminster.
The small cottages known as the Emmanuel Almshouses were built on the current site of the hotel, to house and educate 20 underprivileged children. This charitable endeavor prospered over the years, culminating in five schools, identifiable by their distinct blazers as Bluecoat, Greencoat, Greycoat and Browncoat schools. In 1701 the cottages were replaced by ‘the most picturesque Almshouses in London’.
Then in 1897, a retired military man, Major Pawley, who learned his architectural trade in the Royal Engineers, acquired the site. The proposed construction of eight redbrick prestigious townhouses was drawn up, at great cost, and to the highest of architectural standards. These are the buildings that make up the two Taj hotels today, Taj 51 Buckingham Gate Suites and Residences, and St. James’ Court A Taj Hotel.
Due to its outstanding location right in the heart of London’s royal, cultural, political and social elite, Major Pawley’s vision was to create an oasis of calm and sophistication for the aristocratic and political establishment, who would not only pay to stay but who would also relish in its exclusivity. Thus began the most sought after and fashionable London address for prominent guests to enjoy a home away from home experience, in walking distance of all the most significant locations: Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, Downing Street, St James Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.
Each townhouse was named (the Almoners, Dukes, Regents, Queens and Priors) in keeping with its fascinating historical legacy; names that they hold to this day. All maintain the patina of their yesteryears, but in distinctly individual and contemporary style.
Text Ref: www.stjamescourthotel.co.uk/about/historyandheritage/
Thus begins a (slow) flood of images from our recent trip to Iceland. This is Kirkjufell at sunset and is quite possibly the highlight location of a trip filled with amazing locations, light and well sheep... lots of sheep. :)
(multiple exposures)
"So I tell you - Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream. " (Buddha)
It has been an extremely wet and windy winter this year thus far putting increased pressure on Brown Hares needing food and shelter all year round. I photographed this beautiful Brown Hare early in January resting along a strip of uncultivated land bordered on one side by woodland and the other by tall grasses and weeds providing a windbreak as well as a diversity of food - a perfect place!
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El edificio Harpa es un centro de conciertos y conferencias de Reikiavik, la capital de Islandia. Es la sede de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Islandia y de la Ópera Islandesa. Sus fachadas están formada por una entramado de hexágonos de cristal. Así, el interior es despejado y en el exterior se busca un juego de reflejos, conforme al sol y la meteorología. La inauguración formal tuvo lugar el 20 de agosto de 2011.
The Harpa building is a concert and conference center in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. It is the home of the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra and the Icelandic Opera. Its facades are made up of a network of glass hexagons. Thus, the interior is clear and the exterior looks for a game of reflections, according to the sun and the weather. The formal inauguration took place on August 20, 2011.
L'edifici Harpa és un centre de concerts i conferències de Reykjavík, la capital d'Islàndia. És la seu de l'Orquestra Simfònica d'Islàndia i de l'Òpera Islandesa. Les seves façanes estan formada per una entramat d'hexàgons de vidre. Així, l'interior va fora ia l'exterior es busca un joc de reflexos, d'acord amb el sol i la meteorologia. La inauguració formal va tenir lloc el 20 d'agost del 2011.