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Mr Fox and Mrs PB have been getting a bit old and crusty, so we've replaced them with newer models. We hope you don't mind.
The sun had come up but a light breeze had come up with it putting a ripple to the lake's surface. There used to be a regular run that came up in the wee hours, switched the mine and returned in the morning. This day the trains were more clustered, not sure why. It did make for a nice study of the changing conditions between daybreak and a little while later. Now if only I'd found this spot before the C&NW was gone. May 30, 2016.
captured within the captivating architecture of the oculus, part of the world trade center complex, this image showcases the vast, open space and unique structural design that defines this iconic transportation hub. the repetition of lines and curves draws the eye into the distance, where a solitary figure walks, adding a human element to the grandeur of the space. the high-contrast black and white composition emphasizes the geometric patterns and creates a dramatic, timeless feel. this photograph captures a moment of quiet amidst the flow of daily commuters, highlighting the blend of art and functionality in modern urban architecture.
Probando un poco de fotografía de producto o bodegón con cartas coleccionables, en este caso con una carta de Final Fantasy.
Trade with Raquel Fernandez, Tole Tole. Very excited for her to have this girl I created especially for her!
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,731,571 in 2016, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people (as of 2016) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) proper had a 2016 population of 6,417,516. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city.
Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 43 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.
The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, aerospace, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Centre
Rogers Centre, originally named SkyDome, is a multi-purpose stadium in Downtown Toronto, Canada, situated just southwest of the CN Tower near the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Opened in 1989 on the former Railway Lands, it is home to the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Previously, the stadium was also home to the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL) played an annual game at the stadium as part of the Bills Toronto Series from 2008 to 2013. While it is primarily a sports venue, it also hosts other large events such as conventions, trade fairs, concerts, travelling carnivals, circuses and monster truck shows.
The stadium was renamed "Rogers Centre" following the 2005 purchase of the stadium by Rogers Communications, which also owns the Toronto Blue Jays. The venue was noted for being the first stadium to have a fully retractable motorized roof, as well as for the 348-room hotel attached to it with 70 rooms overlooking the field. It is also the last North American major-league stadium built to accommodate both football and baseball. The stadium served as the site of both the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2015 Pan American Games (renamed the Pan-Am Dome or Pan-Am Ceremonies Venue due to sponsorship regulations).
I recently did a trade with ponyguru and her pile of stuff showed up at my door today. I initially just traded for the two Graces you see, but she found a lot of 70s doll clothes and accessories she figured I might like.
I had to leave the house but I managed a few pics. I already see some Best Buys and other later 70s stuff like chairs and accessories so I’m excited to dig through all this when I get home.
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* Prime Ministers of Great Britain:
George Grenville (1712–1770), Prime Minister of Great Britain (1763–1765)
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834), his son and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1806–1807)
** Others:
Bevil Grenville (1596–1643), English soldier
George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent (1789–1850), British politician
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753–1813), also Earl
Henry Grenville (1717–1784), British diplomat and politician
Kate Grenville (born 1950), Australian author
James Grenville (1715–1783), British politician
James Grenville, 1st Baron Glastonbury (1742–1825), British politician
John Grenville (1928–2011), British historian
Richard Grenville (1542–1591), English sailor
Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet (1600–1658), English soldier
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple (1711–1779), British politician
Richard Temple-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776–1839)
Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889), British politician
Thomas Grenville (1755–1846), British politician
Thomas Grenville (Royal Navy officer) (1719–1747), British politician and naval officer
“Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice....I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, great and strong! He made me love him without looking at me.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
By the time the Emperor Hadrian entered the purple, Rome controlled a vast area stretching from northern Europe to the Middle East. Sea trade and transport were vital to the functioning of the Empire and so numerous ports sprung up along the coast of Britannia. On the Tyne side of Hadrian’s Wall the fort of Arbeia (now known as South Shields) grew into one such port and was the destination of many supply shipments to the wall.
Trading ships, such as the one depicted in this scene, were common visitors to Arbeia and came from all corners of the empire. A funeral monument found at the site tells us much about what this trade meant to the area. It is dedicated to a lady called Regina and is unique in Britain for its bilingual inscription, written in Latin and Palmyrene. The inscription reveals that Regina was of the Catuvellaunian tribe while her husband Barates, was a Palmyrene merchant living at Arbeia, which had attached to it a substantial civilian settlement. From Barates’ own funeral monument we know that he supplied military standards to the cohorts along the wall.
Despite being on the edge of the Empire, the civilian settlement at Arbeia must have been home to a diverse polyglot population. Thanks to the trade bought by the Empire’s many ships, people, ideas and symbols must have circulated frequently, making it lively and interesting place to live.
OK... So I'm looking for a figure. Just one. I'm after a Jay Garrick Flash figure by Christo. I'd like to trade the figures in this photo for it. Christo Nick Fury, Christo Iron Spider, MRM Bullseye, CustomBricks Steel, FigNation Arkham Origins Batman, SolarSuit Superman, LeyileBrick 2011 SDCC Superman, Slightly modded MH80 Flash, custom Knightmare Batman and Green Lantern Batman. 10 of these figures for the Jay Garrick.I'm in the UK if interested and I'd need the Jay Garrick sending first. I've completed several trades on Flickr and at Eurobricks so I'm sure I can find people to vouch for me if needed.
Two half-timbered houses on Place Saint-Sauveur at the port of Saint-Goustan, Brittany, France
Some background information:
The port of Saint-Goustan is a former fishing harbour and trading centre located beside the Auray river. It is named after Saint Goustan, the patron saint of sailors and fishermen and dates back at least to the 12th century. In modern times Saint-Goustan has become one of the quarters of the town of Auray in the French department of Morbihan in Brittany.
The Breton name of the Auray river is Loc’h. It has its source near the commune of Plaudren from where it flows southwestern bound into the Gulf of Morbihan near the little harbour town of Locmariaquer and hence, into the Atlantic Ocean. The river has a length of 56 kilometres (35 miles) and its estuary is more than 10 kilometres (6 miles) long. Saint-Goustan is alreay situated at the river’s estuary and from there the river has to cover just a distance of another 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) before it reaches the Gulf of Morbihan.
A documented examination of port taxation in 1537 illustrates the commercial activity in Saint-Goustan: At that time, wine, salt, leather, iron and Biscay steel where imported, while conversely, wheat, rye, oats, butter, meat, fish, cloth and fabrics were exported. In 1641, the development of a larger port was completed, with the construction of a wharf and two ramps between the old pier, which had been built in 1615. Around 1680, the dock in front of the Place Saint-Sauveur was extended further.
In 1776, the famous diplomat, physicist and engineer Benjamin Franklin landed in Saint-Goustain to ask for French aid in the American War of Independence. Today, the port’s wharf is named after him. In 1936, it collapsed, but its reconstruction was already completed in 1939. The dock is adjacent to restaurants and hotels now. And it has also become a venue for markets, art exhibitions, sales of postcards, a carousel and other seasonal activities, as well as sailing instruction.
The town of Auray, to which the port of Saint-Goustan belongs, is located about 17 kilometres (10.5 miles) to the west of the city of Vannes, about 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) to the southeast of the city of Lorient and about 7 kilmetres (4.3 miles) to the north of the Gulf of Morbihan. It has more than 23,000 residents and is traversed by the Auray river. The town is situated on the river’s first crossing point from the mouth of the river located downstream. Hence, it always had a strategically important position through the centuries.
Auray was first mentioned in a document in 1069. In 1168, the town was taken by the Henry II, King of England. Originally, Auray was located on a promontory at the edge of a plateau, from where the coastal river and the port of Saint-Goustan could be overlooked. At the time, when it was occuppied by the troops of Henry II, it already had a castle, which was erected in the 11th century. In 1201, the castle was rebuilt for Arthur I, Duke of Brittany and the designated heir to the throne of England. In the decades that followed, the castle was the residence of several dukes of Brittany.
In 1341 Charles de Blois, the legitimate candidate for the crown of Brittany, took possession of the Château d'Auray. He resided there until his death in 1364 at the Battle of Auray. This battle took place on the nearby plateau of Rostevel. It ended with the defeat of the troops of Charles de Blois and Bertrand du Guesclin by the english troops of John V, Earl of Montfort-l’Amaury and alo Earl of Richmond. The Battle of Auray also put an end to the War of the Breton Succession and John V became the new Duke of Brittany.
In 1442, the Château d'Auray was the location of the wedding of Francis I, Duke of Brittany, and Isabella of Scotland. But subsequently, the castle fell into decay. In the 16th century, its demolition was decided and in 1559, its stones were sold and transported to the island of Belle-Île, where they were used to build a fort. In 1626, a Capuchin convent was founded in Auray, and in 1632, also a Clarisse convent was brought into being.
In 1776, at the beginning of the American War of Independence, Benjamin Franklin landed at the port of Saint-Goustan, to request military aid from France under Louis XVI. In 1778, France actually intervened in the war, and hence, was jointly responsible for the British defeat of 1781. After the French Revolution, Auray became the capital of a district from 1790 to 1795.
The second Battle of Auray took place in 1795, during the so-called Chouannerie, which was an armed revolt of Catholic royalists. After a royalist division hat entrenched themselves behind the walls of Auray, the town was attached by Republican forces. The royalist revolt was finally broken and the counterrevolution was put to a stop. A third Battle of Auray was waged during the Chouannerie of 1815. But the result remained the same and the royalists were defeated again.
During World War II, the railway station of Auray was a transit point for the concrete used to build numerous bunkers of the Atlantic Wall on the coast of the region. On March 1, 2020, the town of Auray was one of the first French centres of the coronavirus epidemic. The town still has a beautiful historic district and serves as the gateway to the popular Presqu'île de Quiberon. Furthermore, it benefits from its privileged position between the cities of Lorient and Vannes.
I hate this building since i'm a conspiracy believer! :-)
and the new flickr geo tagging drive me freakin nuts. when I click zoom in/out BOOOOM took me to the middle of an ocean. WTF?
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Bio, TATS cru rolling through - Ante, London 10th
It came about that i was to do an exchange with Bio from the infamous TATS Cru, NYC.
To say it was a pleasure is an understatement - the man has been dropping heaters for three decades and has been someone that i've looked up to since day one in my graf career.
Remember seeing TATS cru productions in the mid 90's and they were the top bar that i wanted to get to and there's no arguing they still are pushing that bar up today.
The man is a true king in my eyes, you can def say he's been there done it and got the t-shirt.
Set out doing the outline and then it hit me to do the I as the flame from the statue of liberty and then it all snow-balled from there with basically all what him and his crew represent to me being thrown down. I tried to rock as much as i could in a day but still wanted to add more.
To Bio - thank you man, it was a true honour.
Seeing that he was one of the people that inspired me when I started painting i've got to rock a tune that was one of the soundtracks to my early days sketching in my room...