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The Hortus Palatinus was commissioned by Frederick V, Elector Palatine (1596-1632) for his wife. In 1619 it was finished and people called it 'Germany's greatest Renaissance garden'. As far as the destruction of the castle and garden goes, I cite Victor Hugo (in translation by whomever): "In 1619, Frederick V, then a young man, took the crown of the kings of Bohemia, against the will of the emperor, and in 1687, Philip William, Count Palatine, by then an old man, assumes the title of prince-elector, against the will of the king of France. This was to cause Heidelberg battles and never-ending tribuluations, the Thirty Years War, Gustav Adolfs Ruhmesblatt and finally the War of the Grand Alliance, the Turennes mission. All of these terrible events have blighted the castle. Three emperors, Louis the Bavarian, Adolf of Nassau, and Leopold of Austria, have laid siege to it; Pio II condemned it; Louis XIV wreaked havoc on it." As far as the restoration goes I cite Wikipedia (article section written by whomever): "The question of whether the castle should be completely restored was discussed for a long time. In 1868, the poet Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter argued for a complete reconstruction, leading to a strong backlash in public meetings and in the press. In 1883, the Grand Duchy of Baden established a "Castle field office", supervised by building director Josef Durm in Karlsruhe, district building supervisor Julius Koch and architect Fritz Seitz. The office made a detailed plan for preserving or repairing the main building. They completed their work in 1890, which led a commission of specialists from across Germany to decide that while a complete or partial rebuilding of the castle was not possible, it was possible to preserve it in its current condition. Only the Friedrich Building, whose interiors were fire damaged, but not ruined, would be restored. This reconstruction was done from 1897 to 1900 by Karl Schäfer at the enormous cost of 520,000 Marks." It was not possible to restore the whole castle. For further information on the garden, try Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_Palatinus
In my next life I think I would like to be a butterfly.... ;)
Shot from my trip last weekend - taken from the car on the highway. See original shot in comments (only with a slight curve adjustment). The shot above (only the sky) was processed with Florabella texture 'Painterly'.
Hope everyone is having a great week!
All Natural
The real thing
I’ve been accused of a nose job, but I’ve had no “work” done, on any part of my body. Well, unless you count my teeth. I did have those straightened.
As I packed my jewelry for this trip, I was struck by how I have come to prefer natural shapes, materials, and textures in my accessories. I made a conscious choice to choose “all natural” with my clothing,* but didn’t make a decision to do the same with my jewelry. This feather necklace (purchased eight years ago!) is a perfect example of my organic jewelry aesthetic. (But I ruined it after these pictures, getting the delicate thing stuck in a zipper. I guess I should have stuck to plastic, after all.)
Jacket, DKNY Jeans (thrifted). Sweater, Banana Republic (consignment). Skirt, Hauber Sporting Life. Shoes, Blondo. Necklace, Urban Outfitters.
I asked him to show me his fangs, but don't use them on me
seen during Village Halloween Parade, Manhattan NY
Sao dạo này mình có hiện tượng ngủ không biết trời trăng mây gió đâu :)) ~
Mỗi sáng khi thức dậy, cái mặt mình nó phì ra thêm 1 miếng :))
HISTORIA
La situación del Alcázar de Segovia, sobre una roca labrada por los ríos Eresma y Clamores, indica el origen militar de esta fortaleza durante siglos inexpugnable.
El testimonio más antiguo de la existencia del Alcázar de Segovia es un documento de principios del siglo XII, fechado en 1122, poco después de la reconquista de la ciudad por Alfonso VI, que menciona la fortaleza como un castro sobre el Eresma. En una carta algo posterior (1155) ya se le da el nombre de Alcázar. No obstante, es muy probable que la fortificación existiese en tiempos más remotos, quizá desde la dominación romana, pues en recientes excavaciones se ha encontrado sillares de granito análogos a los del Acueducto. En la Edad Media, el Alcázar, tanto por la belleza de su situación y su indiscutible seguridad militar, como por la proximidad a famosos cazaderos en los bosques serranos, se convirtió en una de las residencias favoritas de los Reyes de Castilla.
No se han encontrado vestigios arquitectónicos notables de este Palacio Real anteriores a la época de Alfonso VIII "el de Las Navas", aproximadamente a finales del siglo XII y principios del siglo XIII. Sin embargo, lo cierto es que se consolida el proceso que de forma progresiva va convirtiendo la fortaleza en residencia cortesana. La reforma se hizo cuando se iniciaba la transición del románico al gótico, con la sobriedad elegante del estilo del Císter. Sin duda pertenece a este tiempo la gran grujía del lado norte, compuesta por una gran estancia, flanqueada en los extremos por gabinetes, al estilo oriental, llamada "sala del Palacio Mayor". Al mismo impulso constructivo, que constituye el núcleo del Alcázar, corresponde la gran torre del poniente, llamada "Del Homenaje", con su estancia cubierta de cañón apuntado, que sirvió de sala de armas, y sus ventanales germinados. A pesar del tono cisterciense de estas construcciones, lo morisco aparece en la decoración pictórica, con zócalos de lacerías pintadas de rojo sobre el fondo claro del estuco.
Alfonso X El Sabio demostró hacia Segovia una extrema predilección e hizo del Alcázar una de sus residencias favoritas, hasta los últimos años de su vida, en los que celebró Cortes en esta ciudad que le había permanecido fiel.
En el siglo XIV, Segovia fue testigo de combates entre bandos nobiliarios a los que no fue ajeno el Alcázar, obligando el nuevo empleo de la artillería a reforzar sus murallas y ampliar su sistema defensivo.
Los reyes de la dinastía de Trastámara aprovecharon la nueva crujía, construida paralelamente a la primitiva, para convertirla en un suntuoso conjunto de salones al estilo de los alcázares andaluces. La decoración gótico- mudéjar de estas salas se inicia con la reina Catalina de Lancaster, regente de su hijo Juan II. Durante el reinado de este último tuvieron lugar en el Alcázar las grandes fiestas cortesanas evocadas por Jorge Manrique en sus célebres "Coplas".
Enrique IV, tan amante de Segovia, continuó embelleciéndolo y en su reinado debió terminarse la gran torre que lleva el nombre de su padre. Fue el Alcázar fortaleza clave para el dominio de Castilla y de él salió Isabel la Católica para ser proclamada reina en la Plaza Mayor. También tuvo importancia este castillo en las luchas civiles de todas las épocas sucesivas, desde el reinado de Juana la Loca y la Guerra de las comunidades hasta la Guerra de Sucesión en el siglo XVIII y las guerras Carlista en el XIX.
Los reyes de la Casa de Austria lo visitaron frecuentemente y Felipe II celebró en él la boda de velaciones con su cuarta esposa, Ana de Austria. Este rey realizó importantes obras en el Alcázar, como el patio herreriano o cubrir las techumbres con agudos chapiteles de pizarra al estilo de los castillos centroeuropeos.
Más tarde comienza a utilizarse la fortaleza como prisión de Estado, donde estuvieron confinados importantes personajes. Así permaneció hasta que en 1762 Carlos III fundó en Segovia el Real Colegio de Artillería, cuyo primer Director fue el conde Félix Gazola, quedando instalado en el Alcázar en 1764. Este centro permaneció aquí, con leves paréntesis hasta el 6 de mazo de 1862, día en el que un incendio destruyó las techumbres. A partir de esta fecha el Colegio, luego la Academia de Artillería, pasó al Convento de San Francisco de Segovia, El Alcázar fue restaurado, en 1898 se instaló en la primera plante del edificio el Archivo General Militar y en 1953 se creó el Patronato del Alcázar de Segovia, responsable del actual Museo.
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HISTORY
The situation of the Alcazar of Segovia, on a rock carved by rivers and Clamores Eresma indicates the military origin of this impregnable fortress for centuries.
The earliest evidence of the existence of the Alcazar of Segovia is a document of the early twelfth century, dated in 1122, shortly after the conquest of the city by Alfonso VI, which mentions the fortress as a fort on Eresma. In a letter somewhat later (1155) and is given the name of Alcazar. However, it is likely that the fortification existed in ancient times, perhaps since Roman times, as in recent excavations found granite blocks similar to the Aqueduct. In the Middle Ages, the Alcazar, both for the beauty of its situation and its indisputable military security, such as proximity to famous hunting grounds in the mountain forests, became one of the favorite residences of the kings of Castile.
No notable architectural vestiges of this former royal palace at the time of Alfonso VIII "the Las Navas," about the late twelfth and early thirteenth century. However, the truth is that consolidates the process is becoming progressively strength courtly residence. The reform was initiated when the transition from Romanesque to Gothic, with elegant sobriety Cistercian style. No doubt this time belongs to the great grujía north side, consisting of a large room, flanked at the ends by cabinets, oriental style, called "Mayor of the Palace hall." At the same constructive impulse, which is the core of the Alcázar, account for the great western tower, called "The Tribute", by staying tracked gun deck, which was the armory, and its windows sprouts. Cistercian Despite the tone of these constructs, Moorish appears in the pictorial decoration with sockets lacerías painted red on light background stucco.
Alfonso X El Sabio showed extreme predilection toward Segovia's Alcazar and became one of his favorite residences, until the last years of his life, in which Cortes held in this city which had remained faithful.
In the fourteenth century, Segovia witnessed fighting between factions of nobility to which the Alcazar was no stranger, again forcing the use of artillery to strengthen its walls and expand its defense system.
The kings of the dynasty of Castile took the new bay, built parallel to the primitive, to turn it into a sumptuous set of rooms in the style of the Andalusian palaces. The Gothic-Mudejar decoration of these rooms opens with Queen Catherine of Lancaster, regent for her son John II. During the reign of the latter took place in the great feasts Alcázar evoked by Jorge Manrique courtesans in his famous "Verses".
Henry IV, as a lover of Segovia, embellishing and continued his reign had completed the great tower that bears the name of his father. Alcazar fortress was the key to the mastery of Castile and Isabella the Catholic left him to be proclaimed queen in the Plaza Mayor. Also of significance, this castle in the civil strife of all successive epochs, from the reign of Mad Love and War communities until the War of Succession in the eighteenth century and the Carlist wars in the nineteenth.
The kings of the House of Austria and visited him often held at the Philip II's wedding revelations with his fourth wife, Anne of Austria. This king made major works in the Palace, as the patio cover herreriano or roofs with sharp slate spiers style of Central European castles.
Later the fort began to be used as a state prison, where inmates were important people. So in 1762 he remained until Carlos III founded in Segovia the Royal School of Artillery, whose first director was Count Felix Gazola, being installed in the Palace in 1764. The center remained here, with slight parentheses mallet until 6, 1862, the day on which a fire destroyed the roofs. From this date the College, then the Artillery Academy, went to the Convent of San Francisco de Segovia, El Alcázar was restored in 1898 was installed in the first plant of the General Military Archives building and in 1953 created the Board of Alcazar of Segovia, responsible for the present Museum.
There are 24 signal lights in this shot and this is only one corner of the Iron Triangle. The two major railroads that pass thru Fostoria are the NS and CSX with CSX being the major player. There are three main diamonds and several connector tracks that make up the Iron Triangle with a daily average of 120 trains per day. In one 10 hr period this past week we counted 68 trains, many with foreign power units. The brick building center left, is CSX Tower "F" which is still manned and in operation and controls all movement thru the triangle. If you're a train watcher this is the place to go for sure!
1. Changes in Latitude, 2. Hey Bike, 3. Beach Paraphernalia, 4. Record Breaking Launch, 5. Toni & Joe's, 6. Wet Dog, 7. Surpise Visitor, 8. Spring Mountain Ranch, 9. Better Days, 10. Lunar, 11. View, 12. Lunch at Letty's
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Needless to say, quite a few snow geese arriving. Just saw the count was 839,000! Never tire of this spectacle, both sight and sounds. And more were still coming when I left late morning. Sorry for so many and similar photos. Likely more to come. :) Some a bit OOF but still show how crazy it was on a beautiful 60°F morning.
October 31
"So, Marcus, I'm ready for Trick-or-Treat night. I have my bag ready for all those pieces of candy. That will stock my drawers in my room and keep me supplied until Christmas."
"And what, or should I say, whom are you going as?"
"Well, that's easy. I'm the Count. Count Down to Halloween. Brawhhahah."
"Oh, can you do me one favor?"
"What is it, Marcus?"
"Can you change me back to my old self with your magic wand? I look creepy."
Winslow # 26 of 26
31 October 2014
Happy Halloween!
Got stuck at the pharmacy for two hours waiting for a prescription, so I doodled some stars. The blue one at the top is made from a blintz base, and the other three are folded from table bases. Which is your favorite?
Squeezing in one last scene card for the first half of this month's HA contest:)
The sky was stamped with S5215 Clouds bg in Ranger tumbled glass distress ink. The sun is from CL439 Kiss From the Sun and the trees with little hearts are from CL230 Elephants. I embossed the "fence" with S5208 Designer Woodgrain. Sentiment is from CG275 Birthday (4).
Other Materials Used:
Cricut From My Kitchen cart (sheep and #1 die cuts )
Cuttlebug swiss dot embossing folder
Papertrey ink cloud die
Stampin' Up scalloped border punch, ink and cs
A Muse gingham check pp
Kaiser pearls
Felt, Twine
TFL and for all your comments!
or should i say sharp where it counts ,as you can probably see the more i use this new sigma 150-600 sport the better i get used to it .really feel that i'm moving forward now and getting the i/q i have long been after .
shot with the lens wide open and a slow shutter speed to ,bean bag support
Portrait (1670) by Jan de Baen of Johan Maurits, Count of Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679). He was Governor-General of the colony Dutch Brazil, art lover, but he was also involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. At the exhibition Shifting Image - In search of Johan Maurits in Museum Mauritshuis The Hague NL.
The sitter is possibly
Fredrik Wilhelm Rigsgreve von Sponneck
b. 23 March 1842 in Copenhagen – d. 11 June 1921 in Billeburg
Danish Diplomat
m. 30 April 1886 in Nordrup Kirke, Denmark
Countess Anna Sophie Brockenhuus-Schaack (1859-1932)
1861 Student, 1869 cand. jur., 1871 Attaché in Paris, 1872 assistant of the minister of education, 1880 legation secretary in London, 1884 legation secretary in St Petersburg, 1886 Royal marshal hunter, etc.
Date: 1880s
Format: Cabinet
Photographer: Constantine Aleksandrovich Shapiro (1840-1900), famous Russian photographer.
Anna, 2nd wife of Dostoevsky remembers: “In the late 1870s Shapiro was considered as the best photographer in St Petersburg”. In 1880 Shapiro published the first issue of “Portrait Gallery of Russian writers, scientists and artists”
Location: St Petersburg
A total of five trains can be seen in this shot from the East end of Jamaica Station: two outbound and one inbound M7s, an inbound M9, and an MP15AC staged to rescue any broken-down trains.
M7 (Bombardier, 1999-2006)
M9 (Kawasaki, 2019-present)
MP15AC (EMD, 1975-1984)
Jamaica Station
Main Line - LIRR
Small World is always decked out so nicely for the holidays!
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DN33789 (SN13CGY) is seen on the 30 at Hackney Wick.
On Saturday 23rd June 2018 - Metroline have won this route and will be using brand new "VMHs" which are a first with Metroline ordering EvoSetis and it shall be an interesting changeover for sure!
VMHs have been noted at WJ for some weird reason - you can see them if you travel by train
Fabric postcard. I can't draw, so I 'borrowed' someone's basic shape and made slight adjustments and then gave it swirly wool to make it my own breed. I worked very hard on this sheep, so there will be more...well, at least one more at this point. However, this first born is my fave.
shot using Lensbaby Composer Pro with Edge 80 Optic www.lensbaby.com/
© Nuno Caldeira
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Would it be enough for a bus ride
and some left for lunch
or would all going to pay for medical care?
Would it be enough to get a pair of fresh squids or would all going to this month rent?
Would it be enough for a limo ride, with a bottle of champagne, preshow dinner and a broadway show?
Shooting some stars on a canoeing trip at Femunden. The green light to the right might be some aurora polaris, according to the forecast :)
-When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?
An entry into The Best Intentions category of the Colossal Castle Contest.
Count Rosencross and many of his retainers are on their way to participate in the Games of Hradcany. On the way they set up camp near a small river. Elvodug and Flemup were preparing dinner when Flemup placed clumsily bumped a log from the fire into the edge of the cooking tent. The tent caught fire quickly and soon it was all that the men could do to keep the fire from spreading.
See more pictures here: brickbuilt.org/2014/Camp.php
edited by John Barlow.
Toronto, Oversion Press, 25 october 1995. unknown number of unique copies in 2 distinct variants by page count:
a) 1st issue (as shown) of 1o sheets;
b) most later issues of 8 sheets side-stapled
–1. thrice
–2. 4 times
c) some copies top-stapled
d) some copies folded to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 & side-stapled 4 times (as above).
8-1/2 x 11, 8 or 1o sheets white xerographic bond side- or top-stapled thrice, all printed black photocopy with various marker, paint, pen, pencil additions to covers &or elsewhere.
cover by John Barlow.
contributors vary copy to copy but overall include:
Tara Azzopardi, Peter Bakowski, John Barlow, Wade Bell, Joe Blades, Christian Bok, Daniel F.Bradley, Allan Briesmaster, Monika Burkhardt, Clint Burnham, William S.Burroughs, Natalee Caple, Victor Coleman, Mark Connery, Mark Critoph, Nancy Dembowski, Douglas Fetherling, Ciaran Ganley, Martha Hillhouse, Rachel Hoste, Jesse Huisken, Gayle Irwin, M.Kettner, Peggy Lefler, Damian Lopes, Thomas MacKay, Jay Millar, Sheila E.Murphy, Terry Murphy, Edward Mycue, Brian Panhuyzen, Matthew Remski, Stan Rogal, Stuart Ross, Rob Ruzik, Dennison M.Smith, Clive Thompson, Steve Venright, Death Waits, Darren Wershler-Henry, Kerry Zentner.
includes (varies from copy to copy but overall):
i) "a poesy rose", by John Barlow (page collage arond a concrete poem by Monika Burkhardt includes 2 photographs by Barlow that include Peggy Lefler's "G" visual poem broadsheet)
ii) "KEEP ING THE TEETH STRONG", by John Barlow (page collage includes a photograph by Barlow that includes Lefler's "G" broadsheet)
iii) "3 52 6 94 8 0 F D B I E A", by John Barlow (page collage includes 3 photographs by Barlow that include Lefler's "G" broadsheet)
The bartender at the Mansion on Forsyth Park counts the receipts from the evening. I think it had been a slow night. The bar and restaurant are in the historic wing of the hotel, a former mansion and later still a funeral home before becoming part of the hotel.
Counting crossdressing
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The Mean Gurls at Hamshire (TX) High School in 2010.
The Femulate hit counter at the bottom of the right sidebar broke the 12 million mark this past week!
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Time for another Winter Count. Time flies and all that. Had to find a care facility for my mother at the start of the year. She now lives at Malmgården at Dalarö. My flickr buddy Bengt enjoyed a minisemla at my favorite cafe back in February. A nice sign of Spring popped up in March. The old tree had to make an appearance of course, so here is an April snap of the Swedish Whitebeam. I visited a few car meets this year. The first one, Targa Florio Svezia, was at Årsta castle back in May. Celebrated Midsummer with my mother at her care facility, that was a fine day. Bought six new lenses this year. My test model for most of them was my neighbour Danuta. The, (photography), Summer highlight is often the big greaser meet at Vegabaren and that is where I snapped the portrait of the guy with the face tattoo. The annual bike race, Velothon Stockholm, was of course a must, I took many panning shots that day. Autumn is represented by this photo of an old cottage at Ormsta, a tiny hamlet in a rural part of Haninge. Another new lens, this time my model was Mikael who has been my barber for a couple of decades. I almost gave up photography late in the year because of the poor weather, but here is a snap from the first snowfall of the season, taken from the hill at home.