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A BNSF steel train wraps itself around downtown Tacoma, WA sometime about eleven years ago. Kind of digging that consist of pre-swoosh power.
Note the old Union Station with arches to the right. I always liked visiting Tacoma for a day. Good trains, weather, seafood, scenery...
An archived shot of sunset at Penclawdd. With travel restrictions being eased in Wales as from tomorrow July 6th 2020, I hope one day , though not all that soon to be able to get here to capture the sunset. Until then .. heaven can wait :)
Amsterdam City Archives.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam_City_Archives
Housed in a building called De Bazel, after Dutch architect Karel de Bazel. It was built from 1919 to 1926 as the head office of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij.
De Bazel died before the building was finished.
Since 2006 the building has been home to the city's public record office, designed by Claus and Kaan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bazel
The style is called Brick Expressionism. I wonder why ?
on a rainy day.
This image is from my computer archive. It's time to make another visit to the Biltmore Estate which is about 10 minutes from our house. The grounds and gardens are at their most glorious at this time of year.
Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) immature
While looking through my archives for this day I came across this Night Heron flight image. I really didn't know it was there.
I had taken a bike ride along Federation Trail from Sneydes Rd. to Werribee. This image was taken as I approached the Werribee River - with an older camera and a 250mm kit lens.
The image has been cropped.
Ophrys sphegodes, Antanges, Vaud, Switzerland. Back to my love: orchids. One of the early sites for ophrys.
... for a peaceful start into the penultimate week of the year!
Larkspur / Rittersporn (Delphinium)
7 years ago in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
Since their founding, the Marble Sisters had only one task: to watch the archives. They spent every day caring for the scrolls; returning borrowed texts, replacing fragments too torn or faded to understand, and, every once in a while, creating new manuscripts to join the ranks of the endless rows in their vast library. Although the sisters were able to achieve great knowledge and wisdom thanks to the scrolls, they received a curse as well: a hunger, a never-ceasing addiction for more knowledge. This drove most of the sisters to madness, however, those who managed to control their urge gained more than anyone could possibly imagine...
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Built for Brickscalibur in the 12x12 vignette category.
I decided to build this as my entry for the 12x12 category after I was inspired by some concept art for the wheel of time Amazon show. I figured I'd venture beyond libraries and books and take my chances with some scrolls instead. Let me know what you think!
Feedback is always appreciated,
Happy Building!