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Another closeup view on some skyscrapers of Frankfurt in the sunset. You can see the Fair Trade Tower, the Westend Tower and the Selmi Haus.
Have a great start into the week. I'll catch up to you guys tonight.
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The morning 10th of Februari I woke up to see Amsterdam covered in a coat of fresh snow. The snow fell in sudden flurries and gusts and turned the world white and wonderful. With the canals in the city and occasional high winds, there can be a nip in the air, but packing gloves and a scarf should keep you warm enough. There is something very beautiful about Amsterdam in the winter. It does occasionally snow in Amsterdam in February, but that almost always means just a light dusting. I walk in my neighbourhood and made some photos of the snow. When it snows the light and atmosphere is really beautiful. The steep bridges over the canals in Amsterdam are really slippery, especially for cars. The best way to travel in the snow is by bicycle, tram, walking or better by sleds. Who knows times of Hendrick Avercamp are coming back this year. Avercamp was the first Dutch artist to specialize in paintings of winter landscapes featuring people enjoying the ice. Some 400 years on, our image of life in the harsh winters of the Golden Age is still dominated by Avercamp’s ice scenes with their splendid narrative details of couples skating, children pelting each other with snowballs and unwary individuals falling through the ice.
After the snow blizzard of last night in Amsterdam the weather cleared up dramatically and we were treated to bright blue skies and lot of sunshine. This morning I walk in my neighbourhood and made some beautiful photos of the snow. The virgin white carpet of snow is crunching under my shoes. I began to remember why I love the winters so much. Besides the inconvenience causes by the snow there is also fun for children here in the Jordaan. Snowballs, snowmen or sledding. All fun activities that children and even adults above do in this beautiful snowy world. Reliving childhood memories when snowball rolling.
10 februari werd ik wakker en zag Amsterdam bedekt met een laagje verse sneeuw. De sneeuw die vannacht viel bedekte de wereld om ons heen wit en prachtig. Ik heb mijn camera gepakt en op pad gegaan in m'n buurtje. Ik geniet van het geluid van knarsende sneeuw onder mijn schoenen en het prachtige gezicht op de Amsterdamse grachtenpanden. Het is min één graden en de grijze sneeuw wolken trekken weg. Mijn handschoenen en m'n sjaal houden mij warm genoeg. Er is iets heel moois over Amsterdam in de winter. De Jordaan is bedolven onder dik pak sneeuw zoals hierboven op de Leliegracht. Het beste advies is dan maar om lekker binnen te blijven en de kachel iets hoger te zetten. Of natuurlijk even naar buiten te gaan om wat mooie plaatjes te schieten. Naast de overlast zorgt de sneeuw ook voor veel plezier bij kinderen hier in de Amsterdamse Jordaan. Sneeuwballen gevecht, sneeuwpoppen maken of sleetje rijden. Allemaal leuke activiteiten die kinderen en zelfs volwassenen zoals hierboven doen in deze mooie besneeuwde wereld. Wie even wegdenkt kan zich vandaag in Hendrick Avercamps wereld wanen. Als eerste Amsterdamse kunstenaar uit de 17de eeuw specialiseerde hij zich in het schilderen van winterlandschappen met ijspret. Ons beeld van het leven in de strenge winters in de Gouden Eeuw wordt na 400 jaar nog altijd bepaald door Avercamps ijsgezichten met prachtige verhalende details van schaatsende paartjes, kinderen die elkaar bekogelen met sneeuwballen of een man die door het ijs zakt.
“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
― Karl Lagerfeld.
Syed Mehdi Bukhari, a great photographer busy in capturing the beautiful Hiran Minar, Shaikupura, Punjab, Pakistan on a lovely winter evening.
Large View (L) recommended.
This photo is taken at Búðir on the mythological peninsula of Snæfellsnes. Already during the middle ages the magnificent glacier and volcano, which is situated on the peninsula's outmost post, was well-known on the European continent.
It was the scene for Jules Verne's famous science fiction, "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" - the only one of his literary works that was too futuristique to ever come true :-).
Lumaha'i Beach is located on Kauai’s northern shore, but do not let the picturesque views fool you. It is a beach best viewed from a distance rather than swimming. The beach has no protective reef, making the coast totally exposed to the open ocean. Nicknamed "Luma-die" by the locals, the slippery rock ledges, powerful waves, strong undertow and currents make this one of Kauai’s most dangerous beaches. I played it safe and went to the beach with my camera and left the swimming trunks behind.
Was there every a time you felt endangered while photographing?
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I actually wanted to upload another shot of the huge miners lamp from my last upload, but the weather was great last night to get out and play with some light painting. I was inspired by some shots of Vicki Tate who gave me some advice how to do shots like this. I think for my first try the result is not that bad :)
Have a wonderful weekend every one!
This weekend I had the pleasure of catching up with Paul C Stokes, Martin Turner and The Green Album for some photography. First off we started off shooting in Bristol but after an hour or so we made it over to Weston-Super-Mare to catch a sunset. There were some very nice looking clouds in the sky and I was really looking forward to grabbing a rare sunset picture to add to my collection; unfortunately it was low tide so there wasn’t the opportunity to get a perfect reflection of the pier but I decided to try and see what the wet sand would offer.
Many thanks very much guys for driving me around!!!
I’ve got a few more pictures to go through but after a long journey home, the travelling has finally caught up with me, so I’ll have to take a look at these later in the week.
Have a great evening all and I’ll catch up with you guys tomorrow :-)
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Quick candid shot of a Venetian local enjoying his Sunday paper in a strong winter sun, with fashionably attired dogs in attendance.
Hope everyone is having a fantastic week!
I saw two of these white morph Reddish Egrets while helping to lead an Audubon birding trip at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. The white morph is much less common than the dark morph and I was happy to see one this close. The bill turns this beautiful two-tone color during breeding season and is mostly dark the rest of the year.
Taken this winter on Black Point Wildlife Drive, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Brevard County, Florida, USA
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... not one of the newest fashion but Mother Nature was very creative in designing this model and ice formation on a side window of a car.
Looks like Winter, right? But the fern frost was actually taken on 2nd of April, Denver, Colorado.
Much better in Large On Black to see the details.
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A Ponte Presidente Costa e Silva, popularmente conhecida como Ponte Rio-Niterói, localiza-se na baía de Guanabara, estado do Rio de Janeiro, no Brasil, e liga o município do Rio de Janeiro ao município de Niterói.
O conceito de seu projeto remonta a 1875, visando a ligação entre os dois centros urbanos vizinhos, separados pela baía de Guanabara ou por uma viagem terrestre de mais de 100 km, que passava pelo município de Magé. À época havia sido concebida a construção de uma ponte e, posteriormente, de um túnel.
Entretanto, somente no século XX, em 1963, foi criado um grupo de trabalho para estudar um projeto para a construção de uma via rodoviária. Em 29 de dezembro de 1965, uma comissão executiva foi formada para cuidar do projeto definitivo de construção de uma ponte.
O Presidente Costa e Silva assinou decreto em 23 de agosto de 1968, autorizando o projeto de construção da ponte, idealizado por Mário Andreazza, então Ministro dos Transportes, sob a gestão de quem a ponte foi iniciada e concluída.
A obra teve início, simbolicamente, em 9 de novembro de 1968, com a presença da Rainha da Grã-Bretanha, Elizabeth II e de Sua Alteza Real, o Príncipe Filipe, Duque de Edimburgo, ao lado do ministro Mário Andreazza. As obras tiveram início em janeiro de 1969.
O banco responsável por parte do financiamento da obra foi N M Rothschild & Sons. Não foi permitida a participação única de empresas inglesas no processo de licitação da fabricação dos vãos principais de aço. Para concretizar a realização da obra, o Ministro da Fazenda, Delfim Neto, o engenheiro Eliseu Resende e a Rotschild & Sons assinaram, em Londres, um documento que assegurava o fornecimento de estruturas de aço, com um comprimento de 848m, incluindo os vãos de 200m+300m+200m e dois trechos adicionais de 74m, e um empréstimo de, aproximadamente, US$ 22 milhões com bancos britânicos. O valor destinava-se a despesas com outros serviços da ponte, totalizando NCr$ 113.951.370,00. O preço final da obra foi avaliado em NCr$ 289.683.970,00, com a diferença paga pela emissão de Obrigações Reajustáveis do Tesouro Nacional. Em 1971, o contrato de licitação para construção da obra foi rescindido devido a atraso nas obras, e a construção passou a ser feita por um novo consórcio das construtoras Camargo Correa, Mendes Junior e Construtora Rabello designado Consórcio Construtor Guanabara, sendo concluído três anos depois.
Extensão: 13,29 km (8,26 mi);
Inauguração: 1974
Limite norte: Av. do Contorno em Niterói, RJ
Limite sul: Av. Brasil no Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Concessão: CCR Ponte norte
> Trânsito sobre a Ponte
A ligação rodoviária foi entregue em 4 de março de 1974, com extensão total de 13,29 km, dos quais 8,83 km são sobre a água, e 72 m de altura em seu ponto mais alto, e com previsão de um volume diário de 4.868 caminhões, 1.795 ônibus e 9.202 automóveis, totalizando 15.865 veículos. Atualmente é considerada a maior ponte, em concreto protendido, do hemisfério sul e atualmente é a sexta maior ponte do mundo. No ano em que foi concluída, era a segunda maior ponte do mundo, perdendo apenas para a Causeway do lago Pontchartrain nos Estados Unidos. Ela continuou no posto de segunda maior ponte do mundo até 1985 quando foi concluída a Ponte Penang na Malásia. Na época de sua construção a sua travessia era gratuita, não existindo a cobrança de pedágio, implantado anos depois. a promessa era que o investimento fosse quitado por recursos obtidos do pedágio num prazo de oito anos, mas que o usuário deveria continuar a pagar o valor após a liquidação da dívida do Estado. Ao ser inaugurada, o pedágio da ponte custava Cr$ 2,00 para motocicletas; Cr$ 10,00 para carros de passeio, Cr$ 20,00 para caminhões, ônibus e caminhões com três eixos e rodagem dupla Cr$ 40,00, e Cr$ 70,00 para os caminhões com seis eixos e rodagem dupla.
Em 1995 foi feita uma concorrência para concessão da administração da ponte para a iniciativa privada, que foi vencida pelo consórcio Ponte S/A, atualmente, empresa do Sistema CCR.
Cinco operários morreram durante a construção do vão central da ponte, devido à altura em relação ao nível do mar.
> Projeto
O projeto da ponte Rio Niterói foi preparado por um consórcio de duas empresas. A firma Noronha Engenharia, sediada no Rio de Janeiro, preparou o projeto dos acessos no Rio de Janeiro e em Niterói, assim como a ponte de concreto sobre o mar. A firma Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorf, dos EUA, projetou o trecho dos vãos principais em estrutura de aço, incluindo as fundações e os pilares.
Os engenheiros responsáveis pelo projeto da ponte de concreto foram Antônio Alves de Noronha Filho e Benjamin Ernani Diaz[1] e o engenheiro responsável pela ponte de aço foi o americano James Graham.
> Construção
O canteiro principal da Ponte Rio de Niterói do Consórcio Construtor Guanabara se localizava na Ilha do Fundão, pertencente à Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Havia, também, canteiros secundários em Niterói. As firmas executoras da superestrutura em aço foram Dormann & Long, Cleveland Bridge e Montreal Engenharia. A estrutura foi toda fabricada na Inglaterra em módulos, que chegaram ao Brasil por transporte marítimo.
A fabricação final da ponte de aço, com os elementos pré-soldados da Inglaterra, foi feita na Ilha do Caju, na Baia de Guanabara. A montagem das vigas de aço também foi feita pelas mesmas firmas fabricantes da estrutura.
Location: Malsha Para, Sirajganj, B A N G L A D E S H.
A group of bengali kids hanging out at their village near Sirajganj, Bangladesh. More than 60 million children live in Bangladesh. They don't get enough foods, shelter, education, protection, but still they are happy. Because happiness doesn't come from luxury, it comes from the freedom of your soul. This image was captured at a small village in Bangladesh.
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I've found about 3 hours for this work, improving only one concept, and at the end I lost a sense to determine whether the effect is satisfactory for me, I hope so. And finally I broke square format.
Thank you for all comments and invitations.
Mi amiga Julia ( www.flickr.com/photos/juliatedesco_rauch_argentina/ ) me comenta más adelante lo siguiente:
Jabi, magnífica captura; ha sido un gran éxito tu intento de contrariar las inexorables agujas del reloj paralizándolo en este bello paisaje.
En cuanto al plano de expresión, tu técnica y creatividad nos permite revivir ese instante, en el cual los rayos de sol son una esperanza de calidez en el frío, y dan fuerza a la escena.
Muy buen ángulo de toma. Impresiona la magnitud.
Excelente equilibrio compositivo.
Beautiful autumn canopy from below in backlight in Stuttgart Rotenberg, Germany.
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Levanto is the Hidden Gem on the Italian Riviera and the doorway to the Cinque Terre. A town of pre-roman origins, lies at the northern end of the enticing little villages. Levanto literally means the land situated east of Genova. It has a long sandy beach, an interesting old center, many delightful painted villas, a bustling Wednesday market, and good restaurants and shops. Levanto is a real town with a city park where families get together and the children have fun. You can actually even find a laundromat here as well as normal shops not always found in larger touristy locations. It's most picturesque, fun and quaint at the same time, very accessible, and terrific for swimming. Being on the water makes the cliffs more dramatic, the colors more intense, and the water a deeper shade of blue. Enjoying a partcularly mild climate, from here it's easy to visit the fascinating ports of the Cinque Terre, either by train, by sea or hiking.
Beautiful cycle path built on the route of the old coastal railway from Levanto to Bonassola. Along the stretch these young couple can also access to beaches and hidden coves otherwise unreachable except by sea. Among the most loveliest paths there is in Italy. Recommended to all.
Levanto ligt in de Italiaanse regio Ligurië en valt onder de provincie La Spezia. Levanto is voor vele Cinque Terre bezoekers de verblijfplaats voor hun bezoek. Er zijn heel wat hotelletjes en B&Bs, die doorgaans iets goedkoper zijn dan deze in de vijf dorpen van de Cinque Terre. Met de trein ben je vanuit Levanto op enkele minuten in Monterosso. Maar Levanto is ook zelf meer dan de moeite waard. Omringd door een uiterst vriendelijke plaatselijke bevolking en verwend met alle culinaire geneugtes van Italië is het een weldaad om in Levanto door te brengen. Onthaasten op een terrasje, heerlijk uitrusten aan het prachtige strand en 's avonds lekker eten. Het dorp is omringd door heuvels die zijn bezaaid met wijngaarden en olijfbomen en heeft fantastische stranden, adembenemende riffen en kristalheldere wateren. Leuk en erg gezellig, zeer toegankelijk en geweldig voor zwemmen. Het strand in Levanto wordt in de zomermaanden altijd druk bezocht door Italianen.
The view of the Sturgeon Banks marshes at sunset along the West Dyke Trail, in Richmond BC Canada.
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Monterosso is one of the five villages in Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre have come to be among the most popular areas of Italy among tourists. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all encapsulated in a national park by the same name. The Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It's most picturesque, fun and quaint at the same time, very accessible, and terrific for swimming. Monterosso al Mare is actually two towns—a bustling, character-filled old town built behind the harbor. Narrow and winding streets, colorfully-painted buildings, unique shops, people at work and play - similar to most Italian towns. Somehow, though, it just never gets old. The medieval Torre Aurora or Dawn Tower separates the old part of Monterosso from the new part. It is located on a headland, jutting out into the sea. The tower is the only one remaining of an original 13 towers which surrounded Monterosso in the 16th century. In addition to the spectacular scenery, Monterosso’s beaches are favorites with tourists because they provide easy access to the culinary delights for which the region is so famous. The grapes and olives cultivated on terraces carved into the surrounding mountainside are turned into award-winning wines, liqueurs, and olive oils. Anchovies are a local specialty, as is the pesto sauce, made from locally produced basil, garlic, pine nuts, and pecorino cheese.
Clothes drip dry from washing lines above the restaurants, the narrow streets are clad in stone, and in the evenings, the sea gentle tumbles the shoreline's boulders. Monterosso may be the busiest of the Cinque Terre towns, with the most hotels, restaurants, and bustle, but calling it "busy" is a relative thing. The town remains little more than an oversized fishing village, with all the attendant charms.
Monterosso is het meest noordelijke dorp van de Cinque Terre en het enige met een zandstrand. Het dorpje wordt in twee gesplitst door een uitstekende rots, met bovenop een kasteel. Het havengebied is rijk aan oude steegjes, typische smalle kleurrijke straatjes van Ligurië, waar je wijnbars, restaurants, focaccia en ijssalons kunt vinden. Het oude stadsdeel ligt achter de spoorlijn en in de kleine straatjes liggen talrijke winkeltjes en eetgelegenheden.Monterosso heeft een leuke boulevard en pleintjes. De restaurants in de oude binnenstad zijn van goede kwaliteit, het slimste is van te voren te reserveren anders is er wellicht geen plaats meer. Het dorp ligt in het natuurpark Cinque Terre, een groene, bosrijke en heuvelachtige omgeving met authentieke dorpjes en hoge rotskliffen. Langs de kust loopt een wandelpad die de Cinque Terre met elkaar verbindt, nl. van Monterosso al Mare via Vernazza, Corniglia en Manarola naar Riomaggiore. Je kan op verschillende manieren de prachtige omgeving bekijken, wandelen, trein en boot.
Spaziergang auf der herbstlichen Neckarinsel in Tübingen
Walk on the autumn Neckar Island in Tübingen / Germany
Svatopluk Čech Bridge or Čech Bridge (Most Svatopluka Čecha or Čechův most in Czech) is a arch bridge over river Vltava (Moldau) in Prague, Czech Republic.
Construction of the bridge started in 1905 and finished in 1908. Its length is 169 meters (one of the shortest in Prague) and width is 16 meters.
The bridge connects the Prague districts Holešovice and the Old Town (Staré Město). Construction materials are stone (pillars) and iron (arches). Up to 1961 the roadway was made of wood - a hard specie named Jarrah from Australia. The roadway got very slippery during rains.
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We see Moravia, Andante and Regina boats
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Cuando éramos niños los viejos tenían como treinta,
un charco era un océano, la muerte lisa y llana no existía.
Luego cuando muchachos los viejos eran gente de cuarenta,
un estanque era océano, la muerte solamente una palabra.
Ya cuando nos casamos los ancianos estaban en cincuenta,
un lago era un océano, la muerte era la muerte de los otros.
Ahora veteranos ya le dimos alcance a la verdad.
El océano es por fin el océano, pero la muerte empieza a ser la nuestra.
(MARIO BENEDETTI)
Adoor in Kerala holds its famous Bull Races every year around the time of Onam. It is a celebration of agrarian existence and is carried on without any grants or aid from the Government. This is a spectacular fiesta of rural Kerala. There are 2-3 other such events that are held in Kerala.
Two racing bulls are hitched together and three men come into action. Two racers with lead ropes on either side of the bulls who try to control the direction and speed if possible and one often obscured by sprays of mud and water, a jockey who rides on a small flat strip of wood.
The bulls race ahead with the men keeping desperately abreast of the thundering hooves. At the end of the racing track there is a 4-6 feet embankment of earth which acts as a protection and a marker for the bulls. The embankment gets totally crowded with onlookers. The bull racers need to turn the bull around and do a 360 degree here but most times that effort fails as the bulls in their racing frenzy would be uncontrollable.
I have no idea on the current status of the bull races. There are enough organisations howling to stop such races but the Supreme Court of India in a judgement a few months ago allowed bull/bullock cart races to go on in Punjab. So chances are that the tradition may still live on.
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Taken on August 15, 2007 at 1.16pm IST (edit)
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crow agency, montana.
I nativi americani (tutti), assistono alla loro gara di ballo, durante il loro pow wow.
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sorprendersi, stupirsi, è iniziare a capire.
(Josè Ortega y Gasset)
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le apparenze sono un modo di vedere l’invisibile
(Anassagora)
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la meraviglia è propria della natura del filosofo; e la filosofia non si origina altro che dallo stupore.
(Platone)
♬♪♭ sul mondo - lucio dalla ♫♪
madonna quanta luce là in fondo
che mi viene quasi voglia di uscire
e poi magari i miei mi stanno aspettando
è già ora di partire
via che preparo una valigia di sogni
e due tre voglie dentro una sportina
oh Madonnina chi l'avrebbe mai detto
vado a incontrare la vita
vado a incontrare la vita
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Chianti is a red Italian wine produced in Tuscany. The first definition of a wine-area called Chianti was made in 1716. The earliest documentation of a Chianti wine dates back to the thirteenth century when viticulture was known to flourish in the Chianti Mountains around Florence. Discover the most celebrated region of Tuscany. The vineyards of this area produce one of the best wines in the world: Chianti Classico. This Wine represents a major source of wealth for the Chianti area, no wonder then that this product has been particularly looked after and protected, in order to distinguish its quality from other wine productions. This is why a rigid legislation has been introduced to regulate the production of Classic Chianti. The first limit obviously regards the geographical area where the grape must grow. But not only the vineyards must be cultivated in the prescribed area: the whole process of wine-making, storage and bottling must take place inside the protected zone. The grape variety from which Chianti is produced is Sangiovese. The alcoholic strength must not exceed 12 %. In addition to this, there are other requirements that must be followed, regarding the average amount of dry product (24 g/l); the acidity rate (4,5 g/l), the colour (intense ruby red), the smell (fruity, with nuances of wildflowers, berries, cherries or plums) and taste (harmonious, dry, strong and with respectable tannin).
We drive on the glorious wine roads of Tuscany. We visit the farms and cellars and of-course taste the great Chianti wine. Here we visit Casale Dello Sparviero. Harmoniously set in the hills of Castellina in Chianti, in the Siena's Classico area, the estate is spread 380 hectares. The vineyards are set on the altitude of 250 metres and encircled by woods and self vegetation. The Casale dated back to XVI century. The building houses the wine cellars, where wine continues its precious evolution in large oak barrels for quality wine.
Denk je aan Toscana, dan zie je stadjes op heuveltoppen, wijngaarden omzoomd door cipressen zover het oog reikt. Liefhebbers weten dat je overal tussen die landerijen. wijnhuizen kunt vinden waar je ook nog eens kunt proeven... het idee alleen al doet je toch bijna het water in de mond lopen. Ook als je weer thuis bent en je neemt een slok van je meegebrachte wijn, ben je er in je gedachten weer helemaal: op dat zonovergoten terras in Castellina in Chianti of bij dat fantastische restaurant met die truffelgerechten in Monteriggioni. Zeg je wijn in Toscana, dan zeg je Chianti, een wijn die zich in de laatste 30 jaar tot Classico heeft ontwikkeld. Chianti is de bekendste en populairste van alle Italiaanse wijnen. De wijn wordt gemaakt van de alom aanwezige Sangiovese-druif, die graag veel zon heeft en goed bestand is tegen grote temperatuurschommelingen. De belangrijkste Chianti-zones worden gevormd door de streek Chianti Classico gelegen rond Castellina. Zoals met zoveel in Italia, is ook de wijnbouw begonnen in het zuiden, maar hebben de noorderlingen het later overgenomen. Na de Romeinse tijd kwam de zuidelijke wijnbouw in de versukkeling. De oudste ononderbroken wijntraditie. In de Renaissance kwam de productie weer helemaal terug en wel in...Toscana. Rijke handelaars en bankiers zoals de families Frescobaldi en Antinori namen druivenrassen mee uit Frankrijk en legden daarmee de basis voor het feit dat Toscana tegenwoordig de oudste onononderbroken wijntradities van Italië kent.
This is from the danish championships in decathlon. The weather conditions were perfect and we had a great time with other track and field clubs.
En compañia de nuestro amigo Shadi nos trasladamos hasta el concejo de Cudillero a esta preciosidad de playa para hacer amaneceres que es Gueirua.
Es una pequeña playa escondida, de dificil acceso, pero que brinda uno de los paisajes costeros mas bonitos que jamas haya visto que se encuantra en el pueblo de Santa Marina.
Espero sea de vuestro agrado
Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas
Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro
Día 9 de caminata, ahora con el Sol de vuelta, abajo queda el campamento en el valle de Tayapampa y nos preparamos para cruzar dos portezuelos ese día: Mesapata a 4460 metros (donde vamos llegando en la foto) y Gara Gara a 4830 metros, donde encontraremos la mejor vista de toda la caminata, superando todo lo que habíamos visto.
Parque Nacional Huascarán, Cordillera Blanca, Perú.
29/52 - self portrait challenge
Our past molds the person we are. We cannot choose our family and their influence, but we can make the most of our circumstances in a positive light.
Family is weird thing. Some families are close, some have profound disagreements and rifts. Ultimately they are part of your life, even if only in the past tense.
Family dynamics are wrought with emotional drama and all the baggage that comes with it. Often if requires diplomacy of great magnitude to maintain some peace and stability, not unlike politics.
On my lap beautiful Queen with the big green eyes. She is part of my present joy!
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Taken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in the wing that has the Temple of Dendur, which is an Egyptian monument built ~ 15 BC. There is a reflecting pool in the room, and great glass walls, and always lots of people milling about.
Took lots of pictures that day! :-)
Hope everybody is doing great!
He was so happy to see the sunrise! It has been a very long time since I photographed Plankton! He was very miffed and uncooperative, but finally I got him to oblige. Even toys can't resist a good sunrise over the lake!
It has also been a long time since I posted a Toy on Thursday! *gasp* In fact ... the last time I posted was way back in January, and ... incidentally, that one was taken in Chicago too!
Happy Toy-in-the-Frame Thursday!!