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Amsterdam - Spiegelgracht
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The Macro Mondays theme for today, 8/16, is paper art. This is what is known as an altered book. The artist has glued together the pages of an actual book and then carved out a space for valuables to be secreted away. In the photostream (and in the first comment box) is a picture of the entire secret space.
Am presently dithering amongst the three macro versions that are in the photostream . This one more clearly shows how the compartment was carved. I’ll choose one in a few minutes. Altered book3
A rare sight at the moment - blue sky! And what a nice distraction to have it reflected in a muddy puddle. HSS everyone :)
Seit 2018 beherbergt das Alte Fährterminal Hamburg Altona nach aufwendigem Umbau das Hamburger Privattheater Opernloft. Ausserdem beherbergt das Gebäude das Restaurant "Rive Fish & Faible"
Since 2018, after extensive renovations, the old ferry terminal Hamburg Altona has housed the Hamburg private theater Opernloft. The building also houses the "Rive Fish & Faible" restaurant.
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Secret Poses - "In the Mountains" Single pose includes rocks and 5 different poses. Available today as part of the Happy Weekend Sale for only 60L. (*Pose shown was altered, see product ad for included poses)
Junk Food - "Beer Cans" with 4 flavors to choose from and 3 different different holdable items. Part of the Manly Weekend Sale. Remember, they are always open late!
@http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Junk%20Food/131/169/2
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Happy Fence Friday ;-)
Alter Zaun mit Pflanzen.
Einen schönen Freitag, Danke für Euren Besuch. Kommentare beantworte ich, wenn mir die Zeit fehlt hole ich es später nach. Ein Stern freut mich!
HFF Old fence with plants.
Have a nice Friday, thank you for your visit. I answer comments, if I don't have the time I will catch up later. I'm glad to have a star!
Ancienne clôture avec des plantes.
Bon vendredi, merci d'être venu. Je réponds aux commentaires, si je n'ai pas le temps, je vous rejoindrai plus tard. Je suis content d'avoir une star!
Vieja cerca con plantas.
Que tengas un buen viernes, gracias por venir. Contesto comentarios, si no tengo tiempo me pondré al día más tarde. ¡Estoy feliz de tener una estrella!
Vedação antiga com plantas.
Tenha uma boa sexta-feira, obrigado por ter vindo. Eu respondo comentários, se eu não tiver tempo, eu vou pegar mais tarde. Estou feliz por ter uma estrela!
Vecchia recinzione con piante.
Buon venerdì, grazie per essere venuti. Rispondo ai commenti, se non ho il tempo di recuperare in seguito. Sono felice di avere una stella!
Der Alte Elbtunnel: Historisches Wahrzeichen mit beeindruckenden Fahrstühlen
Der Alte Elbtunnel in Hamburg ist ein faszinierendes Bauwerk und ein bedeutendes Wahrzeichen der Stadt. Seit seiner Eröffnung im Jahr 1911 verbindet er die Stadtteile St. Pauli und Steinwerder unter der Elbe hindurch. Neben seiner historischen Bedeutung zeichnet sich der Tunnel durch seine beeindruckenden Fahrstühle aus. In diesem Bericht werden wir uns genauer mit den Fahrstühlen und der Geschichte des Alten Elbtunnels befassen, einschließlich der Baustellen und der Sanierung der zweiten Röhre.
Die Fahrstühle des Alten Elbtunnels sind wahre Meisterwerke der Ingenieurskunst. Sie wurden speziell für den Transport von Fahrzeugen, Fahrrädern und Fußgängern entwickelt und sind bis heute in Betrieb. Die Fahrstühle sind mit gusseisernen Kabinen ausgestattet und fahren in Schächten, die senkrecht in den Tunnel hinabführen. Sie bieten den Besuchern eine einzigartige Möglichkeit, die Elbe zu unterqueren und gleichzeitig den Charme vergangener Zeiten zu erleben.
Während der Fahrt mit den Fahrstühlen kann man das imposante Mauerwerk des Tunnels bewundern, das mit eleganten Fliesen verziert ist. Die Fahrstühle sind nicht nur ein praktisches Transportmittel, sondern auch eine Attraktion für Besucher, die die historische Atmosphäre des Tunnels genießen möchten.
Der Alte Elbtunnel wurde in den letzten Jahrzehnten mehrmals saniert und modernisiert, um den Anforderungen der Zeit gerecht zu werden. Im Jahr 2003 wurde die erste Röhre des Tunnels für den Fahrzeugverkehr gesperrt, um umfangreiche Renovierungsarbeiten durchzuführen. Während dieser Zeit waren die Fahrstühle die einzige Möglichkeit, den Tunnel zu durchqueren. Die Sanierung umfasste die Restaurierung des Mauerwerks, die Installation moderner Beleuchtungssysteme und die Anpassung an die aktuellen Sicherheitsstandards.
Eine weitere wichtige Baustelle am Alten Elbtunnel war die Sanierung der zweiten Röhre. Diese Arbeiten begannen im Jahr 2016 und wurden abgeschlossen, um den Tunnel sowohl für den Fahrzeug- als auch für den Fußgängerverkehr zu öffnen. Die Sanierung umfasste die Erneuerung der Fahrbahnoberfläche, die Modernisierung der Belüftungsanlagen und die Stärkung der strukturellen Integrität des Tunnels.
Der Alte Elbtunnel mit seinen beeindruckenden Fahrstühlen ist ein historisches Wahrzeichen von Hamburg. Er ermöglicht den Besuchern nicht nur eine praktische Unterquerung der Elbe, sondern auch eine Zeitreise in die Vergangenheit. Die Baustellen und die Sanierung der zweiten Röhre haben dazu beigetragen, die Sicherheit und Funktionalität des Tunnels zu verbessern, während sein historischer Charme erhalten blieb. Der Alte Elbtunnel bleibt ein beliebtes Ziel für Touristen und Einheimische, die die einzigartige Atmosphäre dieses historischen Bauwerks erleben möchten. Die Fahrstühle des Tunnels sind nicht nur ein technisches Highlight, sondern auch ein Zeugnis für die Ingenieurskunst vergangener Jahrzehnte. Der Alte Elbtunnel wird weiterhin als wichtiges Verbindungselement zwischen den Stadtteilen St. Pauli und Steinwerder dienen und seine Besucher mit seiner einzigartigen Geschichte und seinem besonderen Charme faszinieren.
The Painted Desert area is a broad region of rocky badlands encompassing more than 93,500 acres, this vast landscape features rocks in every hue – from deep lavenders and rich grays to reds, oranges and even pinks.
Located in Northern Arizona, the Painted Desert stretches from Grand Canyon National Park eastward to Petrified Forest National Park, with a large portion lying within the Navajo Nation.
A natural canvas millions of years in the making, no one event shaped the Painted Desert. Instead, the area – which is home to many memorable formations and features – serves as proof of the earth’s volatility: volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, floods and sunlight all combined to create the Painted Desert. Deposits of clay and sandstone, stacked in elegant layers, play with the setting Arizona sun in an altering display of colorful radiance.
Both the Navajo and Hopi people have lived in the region for hundreds of years, but it was Spanish Colonialists who gave this landscape the name we know it by today – El Desierto Pintado.
Thank you for your comments.
Gemma
Copyright ©Maria Gemma June, 2015
Amsterdam - Westerdoksdijk - Realeneiland
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Dieses Jahr gibt es leider nicht so viele Möglichkeiten Milchstraße zu fotografieren, denn richtig klare Nächte, vor allem am Wochenende, sind rar. Als sich gestern ein – zumindest kurzes – klares Zeitfenster angekündigt hat, war klar, dass ich es versuchen wollte. Unter der Woche will man natürlich nicht so weit von zuhause weg, also habe ich mich für dieses Motiv im Nachbarort entschieden (vermutlich hätte ich es vor einem Monat besuchen sollen, denn dann wäre neben dem Baum vermutlich ein schönes Getreidefeld gewachsen).
Zu dem Baum ist es ein kleiner Spaziergang und auf halbem Weg haben mir zwei funkelnde Augen aufgelauert. Zuerst bin ich von einem Marder ausgegangen, aber als die Augen plötzlich freudig auf mich zugehoppelt kamen, war klar, dass es sich um eine Katze handelt, die sichtlich glücklich über die nächtliche Abwechslung war. Danach hat sie mich auf dem Spaziergang begleitet und von ihren nächtlichen Abenteuern erzählt.
Am Spot angekommen, habe ich ein paar Einstellungen ausprobiert. Dort ist auch eine kleine Kapelle, die ich ebenfalls fotografiert habe. Die junge Dame ist dabei stets in der Nähe gewesen und hat um mich herum gespielt.
Für diese Aufnahme hat sie sich als Model zur Verfügung gestellt und sich ein wenig auf die Bank gesetzt. Danach hat sie mich wieder brav Richtung Auto begleitet und ist dann dort, wo ich ihr das erste Mal begegnet bin zurück geblieben um weiter nach einem nächtlichen Mahl zu jagen.
It started off as reeds and grasses reflected in a pond but then I went a bit mad with the sliders and ended up with this!!!
Amsterdam - Ringvaartdijk - Nieuwemeerdijk - A4 - Nieuwe Haagseweg
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Amsterdam - Overtoom
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European hornet closeup (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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European hornet (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:
I guess you can tell by the look on its face that this is not a happy hornet. That's not unusual for hornets - truth be told, variations of "not happy" "angry", or at least "badly irritated" seem to be pretty much their natural state of mind - but what's interesting about the fella above is that he also wasn't exactly sober.
To spell it out more clearly: that was one hammered hornet. It was so drunk in fact, it couldn't fly for two seconds straight without crashing. I shot that photo in my garden last fall, but as with all my pictures, I'll try to give you a bit more context.
Every year at least one hornet queen decides that some crack or hole inside the thick stone walls of my 400-year old house in Ticino is the perfect place to raise her royal family.
That in itself wouldn't pose a problem, but if there's one thing we know about "royals", it's that they're a complicated bunch (though it has to be said for both princes William and Harry that they rarely build little palaces inside the walls of some stranger's house, but I digress).
There is a slight potential for conflict; in my experience, all hornets are born with a sweet tooth and a bad temper, and particularly when there's ripe figs in my garden, tensions can rise.
That is entirely my fault though, because I still sometimes foolishly try to negotiate the human place in the food- (or rather: fruit-) chain, despite knowing perfectly well that fig season isn't the time to want to improve human-hornet relations, as any attempt in that regard will inevitably follow the same frustrating pattern:
Human: "Oh hello there Ms Hornet, how nice to meet you here at the fig tree - isn't the weather just lovely?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "There is really no need to be so angry, dear Ms Hornet: we're all friends here, and there's enough figs for all of us! How are the kids, I mean... larvae?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "Jeez, OK - relax! I can see you have a sting, I'm going, all right? You can have all the figs Ms Hornet, see: I'm already leaving!"
Hornet: "Bzzzzz. Yes, I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Don't come back. Bzzzzz."
And that's how THAT conversation goes.
Yet despite our occasional differences (like when I nearly died of smoke inhalation because Her Royal Hornet Majesty had decided my chimney was another suitable place for her nest), I'm happy to report we generally get along quite well, unless... - well, unless the hornets are intoxicated.
It's one of nature's lesser known facts (or perhaps its dirty secret) that many of our friends in the animal kingdom occasionally like to get high, and hornets are no exception. Not on anything illegal, mind; they are law-abiding insects after all, so you won't see them smoke crack or snort cocaine (although with some hornets I wouldn't rule that out completely 😉).
No: their usual drug of choice is alcohol, which my irritable neighbors find - surprise! - in my fig tree. Once some of the overripe fruit start to ferment, their potent juices become a magnet for hornets - and that's when the trouble starts.
It should come as no surprise that "hornets and hooch" are an inherently problematic combination. Because the crux with alcohol is this: it doesn't alter your personality, it only brings out the character traits that are already there without a filter, so you just become a terribly unrestrained version of yourself when you drink too much.
Which with hornets - who aren't the most cheerful bunch even on a good day - is a recipe for disaster. They are MEAN drunks - and I'm not kidding, oh boy. All that bottled-up anger constantly boiling underneath that shiny, chitin surface from the moment they hatch is finally released into the world, and it's not a pleasant sight, let me tell you.
Alcohol REALLY doesn't seem to improve their mood, and the other animals in my garden all agree (and I concur) that the fig tree would be a much happier place if the hornets just smoked weed and listened to Bob Marley instead (if them getting high can't be avoided altogether).
To be fair though, not all hornets have a drinking problem. Most of them behave responsibly and "don't drink and fly" (which I'm sure is a motto that gets taught in hornet school from an early age). And they don't get high all year long: It's only when fall arrives that the hornets like to have a merry get-together in my fig tree to get a good "buzz on".
But you know how it is: just like with any good party, there's always the ONE guy who can't hold his liquor and basically turns into your angry, drunk uncle at Christmas who starts picking fights with every one at the dinner table and insists on letting you know - very loudly - what he thinks about Trump or Biden or the Corona virus once he's had one too many.
Which finally brings me back to the fella in the photo above, because apparently he was THAT guy. That particular "drunk uncle" hornet sat underneath the fig tree on a fallen (and pretty rotten looking) fruit and was deep into its cups. As soon as it saw me, it started to buzz angrily and seemed intent on a confrontation, but it didn't manage to get airborne for more than a second.
After a few more failed attempts to lift off and a few more angry "Bzzzzzz" sounds (I think I actually did hear the words "Trump", "Biden" and "Corona" in there 😉), it just went back to boozing on the juices of the spoiled fig on the ground.
I left it to its own devices, happy that I got this quite expressive shot. 😊
P.S. I think it was actually a crazy, drunk AUNT - not an uncle 😉)
P.P.S. Just to make sure we understand each other (maybe as a disclaimer for readers who come to this gallery for the first time and aren't familiar with my kind of humor): I love the fact that these beautiful insects visit my garden. Watching how these efficient predators hunt wasps, horseflies or other insects is incredibly fascinating (adult hornets themselves mainly feed on sugary plant juices, but they hunt because their young need protein to grow).
Hornets may seem like they're constantly angry (which to me is funny - hence this text), but they're not; they're actually very peaceful towards humans, and even when you compete for a ripe fig with them, their furious buzzing is mostly just a bluff, and I've never been stung (and I don't know anyone who has).
Due to the unfounded fear many people have of hornets, who often get exterminated because they're confused with common wasps, this species is threatened in many countries (in Germany for example, hornets are a protected species). But unless you step (or sit) on them or destroy their nest, hornets don't attack, and even when they're drunk, they are usually so incapacitated that they are completely harmless (just like your uncle/aunt 😉).
So if you have hornets in your garden, just enjoy watching them and please don't harm them! 🙏 🙏 ❤ ❤
With that being said, I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!