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At the weekend we had high visitors in our garden. A group of admirals sat down on the overripe fruits of our honeysuckle to fortify themselves with the (probably) very sweet juice of the berries. Unfortunately they were too shy to let me photograph the open wings.
Since they first appeared this year and then too numerous (at least 4 at a time) I think they are preparing for their journey.
Admirals are migratory butterflies that fly over the Alps to southern Europe and sometimes even as far as Africa in autumn, at least 1,500 to 2,500 km, to spend the winter there. An overwhelming achievement for such a delicate creature. So I'm happy to provide them with a refueling station.
Am Wochende hatten wir hohen Besuch bei uns im Garten. Eine Gruppe Admirale hatte sich auf den überreifen Früchten unseres Geißblattes niedergelassen um sich mit dem (wahrscheinlich) sehr süßen Saft der Beeren zu stärken. Leider waren sie zu schüchtern, um mich die geöffneten Flügel fotografieren zu lassen.
Da sie das erste Mal dieses Jahr und dann auch noch so zahlreich erschienen sind (mindestens 4 auf einmal) glaube ich, dass sie sich gerade auf Ihre Wanderung vorbereiten.
Admirale sind nämlich Wanderfalter, die im Herbst über die Alpen nach Südeuropa und manchmal sogar bis nach Afrike fliegen, immerhin 1.500 bis 2.500 km, um dort zu überwintern. Eine überwältigende Leistung für so ein zierliches Geschöpf. Da stelle ich ihnen doch gern eine Tankstelle zur Verfügung.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
Schoolwork finished and broom in hand, the little seeker heads to the Quidditch pitch...
Come one! Come all! There is an exciting new event in town. It's called The World of Magic, and it is now open! Be enchanted as you enter a wondrous universe where anything is possible and magic is all around us!
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following magical creations:
Merak's Desk, Chair, and Notes, which are all part of the Hermione's Belongings Collection!
Contraption's Orbitus, Auric Discondo, Reflector, and Mysterious Box, which are all part of The Eccentric's Curios Collection!
Candle and Cauldron's The Gryffin's Perch!
Kopfkino's The Magic Traveller Chest!
Noxturnal's Dangerous Beasts Book!
Sari-Sari's Sock Bookmark and Book!
Raindale's Magic World Music Box!
Cubic Cherry's Oeilvert Orb!
Krescendo's Wizard's Work Candle!
Insomnia Angel's The Mischief Map!
Elm's Scrolls Stack, and Crystal Ball, which are both part of the School Supplies Collection!
All of the above can be found at The World of Magic!
The little wizard also created his world with the following:
Booger's Grurfernder Berr Bear!
8f8's Storyteller's Burrow Old Rugs!
Lift your head up, do your best, and shine your light so bright, my friends!
Sagrada Familia, is considered a major achievement for its designer, the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. Sagrada Família basilica has a status, not a cathedral, as is sometimes believed.
The construction of the church was begun in 1882. Initially the project was commissioned another architect, but this came into conflict with the association of funding the construction of the temple. Then the building was commissioned by Gaudí, which completely changed the design, giving it its own style. Over the next four decades he worked intensively on the design, giving it a completely last 15 years of age. During the work, continually adapted and changed the original design.
Towers of the church was completed in 1920, six years later, the architect came up with the passing omnibus. He died not recognized in a shelter for the poor.
November 7, 2010 on Sunday during a solemn Mass, which was attended by 62 thousand. people, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the Basilica of the Holy Family (Sagrada Familia), raising it to the rank of Minor Basilica.
Completion of construction scheduled for 2026, the 100th anniversary of Gaudi's death.
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Sagrada Familia, uważany jest za główne osiągnięcie jej projektanta, katalońskiego architekta Antoniego Gaudí. Sagrada Família ma status bazyliki, a nie katedry, jak czasem się uważa.
Budowę kościoła rozpoczęto w 1882 roku. Początkowo jej projekt zlecono innemu architektowi, ale ten wszedł w konflikt ze stowarzyszeniem finansującym budowę świątyni. Wówczas zlecenie na budowę otrzymał Gaudí, który całkowicie zmienił projekt, nadając mu własny styl. Przez następne cztery dekady pracował intensywnie nad konstrukcją, poświęcając jej całkowicie ostatnich 15 lat życia. Podczas prac nieustannie dostosowywał i zmieniał pierwotne założenia. Wieże kościoła ukończono w 1920 r. Sześć lat później architekt wpadł pod przejeżdżający omnibus. Zmarł nie rozpoznany w przytułku dla biedaków.
7 listopada 2010 w niedzielę podczas uroczystej mszy świętej, w której uczestniczyło 62 tys. osób, papież Benedykt XVI konsekrował Bazylikę Świętej Rodziny (Sagrada Familia) podnosząc ją do godności bazyliki mniejszej.
Zakończenie budowy przewidziano na rok 2026, 100 lecie śmierci Gaudiego.
group of trees in Val d’Orcia, Tuscany
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Thousands of people poured into Manchester City Centre on 24th August 2024 for the annual Pride celebrations.
The streets were filled full of colour as the Manchester Pride parade set off from Deansgate. Taking on a 'Buzzin to be Queer Theme' inspired by the hardworking Manchester bee, 17,000 took part in the parade - the biggest ever number of participants according to Pride bosses.
Held each year, the parade takes place from Deansgate towards the Gay Village and sees thousands of people line the streets to take in the positive vibes of the event and to show unity with the LGBTQ+ community.
As usual, this year’s parade saw drag artists, community groups and allies take part, with the likes of Danny Beard, Tia Kofi, Su Pollard, DJ Paulette, Russell T Davies and Charity Shop Sue amongst some of the famous faces taking part.
Amongst the corporations, community groups and clubs taking part in this year’s parade were the Manchester Runners, George House Trust, Aer Lingus, Moxy Manchester, African Rainbow Family, The Proud Trust, Village Manchester Football Club and Heart radio station.
Speaking about the parade, Mark Fletcher, CEO of Manchester Pride, told the Manchester Evening News: “I am overwhelmed by the turnout of the Parade this year - it is the longest parade we have ever had, and that’s an achievement considering what we’ve had in the past. It’s free for all the community groups and LGBTQ+ organisations to take part, and we always encourage them to take part as much as possible. One of the things I always say is how proud I am of our allies who take part in the parade too.”
Adding about the theme to this year’s parade, Mark said: “We wanted to take the worker bee, which represents Manchester, and adopt that almost in a way that charts the progress of how far we’ve come in terms of LGBTQ+ equality as well as the need to ‘buzz’ the progress on a little bit too. That’s why we created the Progress Bee - we’ve used that symbol as a degree of ownership and identity. It’s part of the fabric of what Manchester stands for, and the support that we’ve had and that so many pioneers have stepped out and pushed the movement forward.
“We wanted to chart it as a hive of progress recognising all of those that have gone before us and those who take the bee on today and march for continued progress.”
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Photo taken in the Harz
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I'm in Flickr since a month and a half (I joined in the middle of february). For a guy who have around 200 followers, wich are pretty few, it's hard to appear in a cover or have a hundred of favorites. For some great artists with thousand of followers, this achievement could mean less than means for me.
That's the reason I'm so proud and gratefull to reach to Second Life Amazing Pics Hall of Fame. In order to have a shot there, your pic has to receive 22 nominees from other artist who are in the same process. It's hard for a begginer like me.
I want to thank Erish Sonata, my dear friend and the model who had the patience to let me take 47 shots that compound this picture and stood still for about 1 and half hour.
My compliments to Daisie Larkspur, who manage the pics who climb up over it's levels.
Likewise, I wish to thank everybody who follow and fav my pics. It's an extre fuel to do more.
Finally, I want to thank personally all people who nominated this shot in the different levels of SLAP:
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Thank you very much once more.
C.G.
In the 11th century, William de Volpiano, the Italian architect who had built the Abbey of Fécamp in Normandy, was chosen by Richard II of Normandy to be the building contractor of the new Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel. He designed the Romanesque church of the abbey, daringly placing the transept crossing at the top of the mount. Many underground crypts and chapels had to be built to compensate for this weight; these formed the basis for the supportive upward structure that can be seen today. Today Mont Saint-Michel is seen as a building of Romanesque architecture.
Robert de Thorigny, a great supporter of Henry II of England (who was also Duke of Normandy), reinforced the structure of the buildings and built the main façade of the church in the 12th century. In 1204, Guy de Thouars, regent for the Duchess of Brittany, as vassal of the King of France, undertook a siege of the Mount. After having set fire to the village and having massacred the population, he was obliged to beat a retreat under the powerful walls of the abbey. Unfortunately, the fire which he himself lit extended to the buildings, and the roofs fell prey to the flames. Horrified by the cruelty and the exactions of his Breton ally, Philip Augustus offered Abbot Jordan a grant for the construction of a new Gothic architectural set which included the addition of the refectory and cloister.
Charles VI is credited with adding major fortifications to the abbey-mount, building towers, successive courtyards, and strengthening the ramparts.
I have been off flickr for a few years. I am trying to revive this account in order to better organize, archive my various photography/printing projects. So pardon the “work in progress” as I clean up and get things updated. I’m excited to see everyone’s work again :-D and I hope I will be motivated to keep this up! I’m still on insta, but it just doesn’t cut it when it comes to archives and organization.
This is an image from my project Aftermath.
Aftermath is a photography series I created during the pandemic, using a range of experimental techniques to explore the human condition in times of crisis. By employing methods such as film soup, developing color film with black-and-white chemistry, and innovative and alternative darkroom printing, I aimed to reflect the uncertainties and disruptions of the era. The work delves into themes of resilience, vulnerability, and the broader existential challenges posed by capitalism, offering a layered social commentary on our shared experiences during turbulent times.
Peul (Fulani, Fulbe, Fula) herdsmen with traditional wide-brimmed fibre-and-leather conical hats meet at the weekly market in front of Djenné's Great Mosque. A colourful multiethnic gathering of herders and traders converges at the mosque from the surrounding regions and fertile flood plains of the Niger River inland delta in central Mali. Digital film scan, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, shot directly under the noonday sun, circa 1976.
The Great Mosque of Djenné towers over the market in a seemingly apocalyptic backdrop on this day. The mosque is considered the world’s largest adobe building and one of the greatest achievements of Sudano-Sahelian architecture, unique to the semi-arid Sahel zone that stretches across northern Africa just south of an encroaching Sahara.
These Peul herdsmen are likely from the class of “free nobles” (mostly nomadic herders, religious and political leaders, some tradesmen and sedentary cultivators) at the top of a highly stratified caste-based Peul society.
Ethnographers distinguish this class from lower-tiered occupational groups or “castes” (griot story tellers and song-praisers, artisans, blacksmiths, potters, woodworkers, dress makers) and descendants of slaves (labourers, brick makers, house builders).
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Postrscript - The enchanting Arabian Nights imagery emanating out of this ancient marketplace at the time if this photo shoot (1976) is reminiscent of a seemingly bygone Sahelian era devoid of smartphones, credit cards and packaged safari tours.
Nowadays, nascent tourism is on hold and easy access to markets, pastures and farmlands is hampered as ethnic strife and inter-communal violence continue to erupt under a fragile or failed Malian state with a troubled history of military coups.
The current military junta relies on mercenaries from the private Russian-backed Wagner Group for its security needs, coinciding with the recent French withdrawal of troops from the region. By providing protection to the Malian military regime, the Moscow-centered paramilitary group has increased its power and access to Mali's scarce natural resources.
In 2018, Human Rights Watch reported that the Mopti region of central Mali has become an epicentre of inter-rethnic conflict, fuelled by a steady escalation of violence by armed Islamist groups largely allied with Al Qaeda’s advance from the north since 2015.
Recruitment to the militant Islamist movement from Peul pastoral herding communities has inflamed tensions within sedentary agrarian communities (Bambara, Dogon, Tellem, Bozo and others) who rely on access to agricultural lands for their livelihood.
Predominantly Muslim but opposing ethnic self-defence militias on both sides have been formed for the protection of their own respective communities. This has contributed to a continuous cycle of violent attacks and reprisals touching villages and hamlets, pastures and farmlands, and some marketplaces.
While communal tensions are profoundly connected to a larger ethnopolitical conflict unfolding in northern Mali, chronic insecurities around the ancient town of Djenné and in the broader central regions of Mali are exacerbated by longstanding indigenous concerns over a struggle for scarce natural resources - agricultural land for settled farmers versus water and grazing land for semi-nomadic Peul herdsmen.
Efforts at mediation in the area around Djenné and the grand mosque include a Humanitarian Agreement specifically among Bambara and Bozo farmers, Dogan "hunters" protecting farmers' interests and Peul herders, all committed to guaranteeing the freedom of movement of people, goods and livestock in the "Circle of Djenné" situated in the Mopti region of central Mali.
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"Knowledge is an achievement sublime.
A learning experience, one day at a time.
Knowledge is power...even if we
choose not to use it, imperatively.
From the day we are born,
we are blessed with the right
to study our world, to give our minds flight.
To hunger for more, to expand our potential.
Knowledge is something truly essential.
Answers to questions the mind can impart,
nurtures the hunger for knowledge, to start
the process of learning, the beginning of growth,
a personal quest and a personal oath,
to become the very best one can be.
Yes, that is the road I have chosen for me!
It's all up to us...that desire to learn.
An impression within our hearts, it should burn,
and daily, the blessings, upon us will shower.
Always hold to the truth,
that...Knowledge Is Power!"
(Knowledge is Power - Poem by Patricia Ann Brazee, source:
www.voicesnet.com/displayonepoem.aspx?poemid=65026)
~~The Look~~
Shoes: Stiletto Moody Bare - Ava Gold (Black) - my fave shoes from 2010 {oldie but goodie :-)};
Earrings: Sn@tch - Fierce earrings Silver {Designer Circle Anniversary Gift 2017};
Mini dress: *Dafnis Clothes - Creative Studio - Corset dress Lara with HUD (fitted and standard mesh);
Tattoo: Cyberstar Bodyart [CBAT] -- Animal Art {gift};
Headpiece: Sentinus - Tiara;
Pose: {NanTra};
Mesh body: Slink Physique;
Taken at: Penumbra, Sunshine Coast
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So here we are... achievement unlocked: 7000 followers. Thank you all, truly, I'm overwhelmed with the love <3.
Some of us have personal goals that we set for ourselves, long ago, I had descided that this was it, and now that I'm here... I'm not really sure what to do with myself.
A few things are coming to mind: Continue blogging for a few of my long-term sponsors and events, possibly get back into creating some new BOM stuff, or straight out retire.
Maybe it's a ten year itch, a Mid-(second)Life-Crisis... who knows, it will likely pass... just know that I have no more expectations of myself or anyone else, it's super empowering.
Love the MadPea Games and events. This one was so much fun, and even better then the spy hunter game. I left it late to start but still managed to squeze in all the achievement. Thank you Madpea for another awesome adventure.
Medellin, Columbia 2018
Achievements:
2nd Place - SiENA Awards 2020
Finalist - Italian Street Photography Festival 2019
Making of story --> streetphototip.com/interviews/making-of-medellin-mirror-i...
In the series "Hands and the City" michaelkowalczyk.eu/photo-series/hands-and-the-city/
The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.
Harold Taylor quotes (Architect 1895-1919)
this 30 day challenge was an incredible journey for me. not just artistically, but creatively and technically as well....not to mention all the new friends i've made. you guys & gals are so talented!
because of this challenge, i have taken some of my favorite shots of my career, and sure there were a couple that i wish i had given more thought to and taken a little more time on, but in the end, i did it! in an effort to become the best that i can be, i did it! and i'm really proud of the results.
still not sure i could do a 365, but you never know. :)
day 30: self portrait