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Looking from outside into an open window one never sees as much as when one looks through a closed window. There is nothing more profound, more mysterious, more pregnant, more insidious, more dazzling than a window lighted by a single candle. What one can see out in the sunlight is always less interesting than what goes on behind a windowpane. In that black or luminous square life lives, life dreams, life suffers.
Across the ocean of roofs I can see a middle-aged woman, her face already lined, who is forever bending over something and who never goes out. Out of her face, her dress, and her gestures, out of practically nothing at all, I have made up this woman's story, or rather legend, and sometimes I tell it to myself and weep.
If it had been an old man I could have made up his just as well.
And I go to bed proud to have lived and to have suffered in some one besides myself.
Perhaps you will say "Are you sure that your story is the real one?" But what does it matter what reality is outside myself, so long as it has helped me to live, to feel that I am, and what I am?
Windows/Charles Baudelaire ~ Translated/Louise Varèse ('Paris Spleen', New Directions Paperbacks,1970)
Stained glass and purple glass globs on vintage window, wine bottle cut in half using tile wet saw. This also hangs on my from porch.
The Quay Merchant’s Bar of The Star Hotel on Hall Quay in Great Yarmouth
In ABCs and 123s: W is for Window
I want to introduce you to the tram shack I grew up in. I slept in the beds, staring at the ceiling. I opened the windows and dropped into the dining table the other side.
I hurt myself on the bars near the doors and lost toys down the retractable windows. I crawled under the tram and have many Christmas memories of this tram.
This is the Jenkin Tram shack at Pt Parham and if you ask the right people, you can rent it for some relaxing time at the beach.
My Grandfather bought the Tram and land back in 1955.
I believe the tram is a Type C. It has been in my family since the 1950's.
It is a Straight roof combination car - nickname 'Desert Gold'
This class of Adelaide tram included No's 171 - 190. (This is a photo of 190)
They were introduced in: 1918
Withdrawn: 1954
Electrics: 2 x 50hp GE 202 motors, magnetic track brakes
Size: 34ft x 8ft 11in
Seating/Crush load: 40/102
These trams were very fast cars which were used to compete with unlicensed private (known as pirate) buses in the 1920s.
www.trammuseumadelaide.com.au/01_things_02history.html
Originally known as ‘Desert Golds’ after a fast race horse of the time.
During the First World War (1914-18), the MTT (Municipal Tram Trust) urgently needed more tramcars because of passenger traffic generated by line extensions and the Port Adelaide system. Wartime conditions made it hard to obtain equipment, so twenty tram cars similar to the seventy type A trams were built – again by Adelaide car-building firm Duncan & Fraser. They looked very modern because of the simple arched roof, but this was simply a cost saving measure, not a design feature.
Larger motors made them faster. Like the A types they were modelled on, they seated forty passengers and carried a further sixty-two standees.
A planned purchase of large trams was delayed by World War I. Type C trams were small combination cars, built in 1918–1919 as an interim measure. They were similar in basic design to the older A type but had a more modern curved roof rather than a clerestory roof. During their construction, the old motors from the E type (General Electric 202 motors) were fitted to these new trams. Rated at 50 hp each compared to the 33 hp units fitted to the A types, these trams were considerably faster.
Due to the their consequent higher speeds they became known as Desert Gold trams, after a New Zealand racehorse that had won races in Australia at the same time. This speed became useful in competition against unlicensed buses in the 1920s, and they were used in peak service until 1952 with the last use for the royal visit of 1954. Trams 181 to 190 inclusive were allocated to the Port Adelaide system for a short period in the 1930s before closure of the system, mainly used on the Port Adelaide - Albert Park line.[49] During the 1930s, the original Hale Kilburn seating fitted to these trams were replaced with Brill Winner seats taken out of 20 A type trams (numbers unknown).
Introduced 1918–1919
Builder Duncan and Fraser
Weight 11.20 tons
Height 10' 5"
Length 34' 0"
Width 8' 11"
Truck type Brill 21E
Traction motor type (2x) General Electric 202
HP per motor 50 hp per motor
Type of controller Westinghouse T1F
Canon EOS 5D, EF L 24-70
2011
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Sitting on window sill, will probably paint the frame black , hard to get a good photo as it is quite large. Done in recycled window frame.
St Gregory's church at Rendlesham lies in a beautifully rural setting a short distance to the west of the village itself (which I didn't even see, approaching from the north down a quiet country lane), one of those picturesque places that simply begs you to stop and look. The tall tower appears quite slender side on but increases in width when viewed from the east owing to large buttresses that give it a rather muscular look from this angle. Most of the building appears to be of 14th or 15th century date, though its hard to be certain externally as the main body of the church is covered with a layer of render (with patches betraying repairs at different stages), only the tower and south porch have their flint exposed.
The interior comes as a bit of a surprise, but a pleasant one; this is an interior left alone by the Victorians, the furnishings are simple and rather 'low church', with box pews in the nave in a grey finish whilst the walls throughout the building have a colour-wash of terracotta-pink. It is unusual to find a church interior given such a distinct colour scheme but here it works, especially given that the windows are entirely clear-glazed, giving the space a sense of warmth.
The most notable features here are the monuments in the chancel, the earliest being the canopied tomb of a 14th century priest whilst nearby are marble monuments to the local aristocrats from the early 19th century with some expressive Neo-Classical pieces. Back at the west end is another 15th century font of the classic East Anglian design, carved with chubby-faced angels and cheerful lions.
I really liked this church, a surprising contrast to my previous stop where Victorian restorers had been much in evidence, whereas here they were all but absent. It was invitingly kept open when I called in pre-Covid days, and I hope it will welcome visitors and worshippers again before long.
For more see its entry on the Suffolk Churches site below:-
Fenesta provides information about interior design of windows, window interior design so that interior windows can be constructed or modified so as to give maximum benefit to it users.
A closer look at the large stained glass window placed over the main entrance of St. Patrick's Cathedral
The Berlin S-Bahn tracks run right across Museumsinsel, between the Bodemuseum and the Pergamon. As they pass, the train windows capture a reflection of the museum windows by the tracks.
Showing The Council at Jerusalem, surrounded by various other scenes from The Acts of the Apostles.
In memory of Jacob Clements, (1820-98) sometime SubDean at the Cathedral.
Glass by Clayton & Bell.
Window in my apartment, looking out to a thorough, crap-ass backlot.
Nikon D700
Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Ai-S @ f/1.2
Single, unedited JPEG
This window display allowed people to walk up, write their secret, and post it anonymously. Sort of like a Grouphug.us IRL.
I am a BIG fan of window lighting. It softens everything, and adds a warm glow. Here, there are 3 different windows one looks through.
It's all in the details ... this car was parked outside an auto detailing centre . Here's one way to get splashed and stay dry!
A bird left this imprint when it crashed into my window. It may have been an owl, as they have a powdery coating on their feathers.
If you find a bird which is just dazed after such a collision, move it to a quiet place where predators cannot easily find it and leave it to recover. If after an hour or two it is still alive but hasn't flown away please seek veterinary help.