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Refreshingly honest character busking at California's Venice Beach, who tells you
straight up that your loose change will be converted into booze. Check out his 'beer goggles'.
One of the things I wanted to retake in Stratford was The American Fountain, as I only previously had one dark shot of it. I went all around it getting detailed shots of it.
A quote by Washington Irving.
It is in Market Place, near the top corner of Rother Street. By this point the market was mostly packed up.
From BBC h2g2 - The American Fountain, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, UK
Standing prominently in the Market Square of Stratford-upon-Avon, is a remarkable piece of masonry - the American Fountain. Whether you are wandering into the town from the railway station, or even just passing through by car or bus, the edifice is practically impossible to miss, and it is certainly worth stopping to take a closer look.
An Historical Monument
The Shakespeare Memorial Fountain and Clock Tower (as it is officially known) was presented to the town of Stratford by American journalist, and some would say philanthropist, George W Childs of Philadelphia in 1887. Built to honour not only William Shakespeare, but also Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, the amazing monument was unveiled at the time by actor Sir Henry Irving1. Victorian Gothic in style, the fountain is constructed mostly from Peterhead granite and freestone, resembling a small gothic cathedral of sorts, complete with a set of bells designed by JA Cossin's of Birmingham and a clock above each face of which sits a caricature of a fairy from Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Also prominent on the fountain are carved stone lions and eagles, representing Great Britain and the United States of America respectively, while horse-troughs line each side. However, the fountain no longer provides water, so neither do these, and flowers happily grow in them instead. In 1984, the local council and other benefactors had the clock repaired after a long period of stoppage, and an 'American Fountain Centenary Celebration' was held in 1987.
George W Childs
The man responsible for the Memorial Fountain was George William Childs, a journalist and publisher of note. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 12 May, 1829, he was given a state school education. At the age of thirteen, Childs served a short fifteen months with the United States Navy before making his way to Philadelphia, where in 1843 he became a clerk in a bookshop. A mere two years later, he was a partner in the publishing house of Childs & Peterson. So successful was this publishing business that in 1864 he was able to purchase the Philadelphia Public Ledger, which at the time was a very little-known newspaper.
George Childs was instrumental in changing the newspaper into a respected publication, and it soon became one of the most influential journals in the country. With his newfound wealth, Childs did not become a greedy miser. He gave money freely to support education and charity; and with a deep love of England and its writers, he funded memorial windows to William Cowper and George Herbert in Westminster Abbey in 1877, another window to John Milton in St Margaret's Church, Westminster in 1888, plus other monuments both in England (the Shakespeare Memorial Fountain amongst them) and America (a monument to the writer Edgar Allen Poe one of many). His selflessness continued, along with his love of all things literature-related, right up until his death in Philadelphia on 3 February, 1894.
Meet Me at the Fountain
Despite the importance of the presence of Shakespeare's residence, and the Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre by the River Avon, it could safely be argued that the American Fountain is the focal point of the town of Stratford. Situated at the junction of Rother Street and Windsor Street, it's just right as a central meeting place from which you can easily walk to many of the nearby tourist attractions. Also sitting opposite is the White Swan pub, a venue for many jazz bands and visitors, plus a Farmers Market bustles around the fountain every Friday.
There are a plethora of things to buy at these markets, from carrots and tomatoes to old books, from collectable 'antiques' to watch batteries. The fresh foods available are mostly local produce and are not only reasonably priced but very good eating. A lot of locals prefer to get their fresh fruit and vegetables from the market, rather than trekking to the local supermarket. Thus, the American Fountain provides not only a memorial to Shakespeare as intended, but also upholds the ideals of the man who came up with it in the first place, by having people share their wealth.
This gothic monument is called the American Fountain, a gift from George Childs of Philadelphia to Stratford in Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year (1887).
On each corner it has a lion and an eagle. The lion represents Great Britain, the eagle the United States.
It is Grade II* listed.
From Heritage Gateway:
Shown on OS map as Shakespeare Memorial Fountain.
Clock tower incorporating horse troughs and drinking fountain.
1886-7. By Jethro Cossins of Birmingham; for George W Childs
of the United States. Ashlar with Peterhead granite plinth.
Square plan. Gothic style.
3-stage tower with conical spire. Lower stage has gabled
diagonal buttresses capped with British Lion and American
Eagle holding shields: Royal arms and Stars and Stripes;
arched recess to each face has shafts and relief carved
tympanum over inscription; to south: trefoil-headed entrance
with strap hinges to plank door and flanking trefoil-headed
recesses, once containing barometer and thermometer; to east
and west: horse trough with dog bowl below; to north: drinking
fountain. Middle stage has round pinnacles to angles, and
weathered sills to triple pointed lights with shafts;
dripcourses with beasts to ends. Top stage has gabled clock
faces, the gables crocketed with fairies to pinnacles. Round
base to spire has 4 round pinnacles to angles, spire with
lucarnes, all with wrought-iron finials.
Erected to the memory of William Shakespeare, dedicated by the
actor Henry Irving. An impressive monument at the north end of
the Rother Street market place, said to be on the site of the
medieval market cross.
(Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and
Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 49; Jaggard G: Stratford Mosaic:
London: 1960-: 60-67; Forrest H E: The Old Houses of
Stratford-upon-Avon: London: 1925-: 147).
Fotos tomadas durante el Akihabara Deep, en la mini kedada con Alegna ;)
Fotos tomadas durante el Akihabara Deep, en la mini kedada con Alegna ;)
'Qué bien que se está al fresco, ¿verdad Tsukasa?'
Yoko, Pullip Chill y Tsukasa, Pullip Papin
Deep springs College
From its official website:
Students often rise before the sun. At 6:00, when the Feed Man sets out on his first feed run, the dairy boys are already up, half asleep and milking cows. A Farm Teamer may have been in the tractor baling hay since 4:30. All are especially thankful for the breakfast cook, who's up early preparing the morning's meal.
But they're not the only ones up. Some students pull all-nighters to get committee work done. Others sleep first and wake up excruciatingly early to do class work. At every hour of the day, there are at least a few people awake and discussing Heidegger, playing chess, or strumming guitars.....
A form of therapy in which electrical impulses are sent to neurons via tiny electrodes implanted in the brain.
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I'm eternally fascinated by the peek a boo light that escapes through tumultuous clouds. I tried to record the spot of turquoise in the middle of this deep sea diving spot. Lembongan, Bali
CP 2216 and the last unit painted in Canadian Pacific's "dual-flag" livery, GP38-2 4406, pull into Muskego Yard at sunset with the Menomonee Belt job.
Mallard hen (Anas platyrhynchos) Thomson Brook, Kelowna, BC. I stopped to photograph the drake, but ended up preferring this image....
Way Back Machine
My great uncle Joe Lance, deep sea fishing off the gulf coast of Florida. You might remember him when he was younger, pouring a cup of coffee.
This small beach was once locally infamous as a nudist beach, but changing times and attitudes have changed this trend.
The literal meaning of photography is painting with light. I see these slightly long exposures as painting with water as the shots are timed so that the water movement is virtually painted during the exposure. Would that make it hydrography? I know, it's not actually a word :-))
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No, neither a chess computer nor a video game!
Would you have expected the shown car to be a boring almost 9 years old Opel Astra G Caravan?
I was surprised that from this perspective it looks more like a modern sports car. :-)
Anyway, that doesn't matter. Most important are colours here.
Best viewed in fullscreen mode (and/or on black)!?
We are having some beautiful weather lately. It's getting warmer and the snow is starting to melt away. I have tulips in the front of my house and the snow is off of them and they are starting to sprout through the soil .... spring is on it's way!
Our Daily Challenge Topic: SILHOUETTE
67/365 365: The 2013 Edition
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Seen in Albury NSW
Set-up: Nikon D800 fitted with a Yamasaki Congo 21cm f/4.5 (sn# 27617) large format lens (aperture range f/4.5 to f/45), held in a M54 to Nikon F adapter cone (with small tightening screw), Nikon PN-11 52.5mm spacer , Nikon-mount extension tube 20mm DG and finally the Meike N-AF 46–68mm focussing helicoid.—as part of the Antique Camera Simulator project.
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Deep Space Night Deluxe Edition.
Infos zur Deep Space Night:
Interview mit DJ LXR zum Nachlesen:
ichwillschnee.blogspot.com/2016/05/DJ-LXR.html
Video Interview mit DJ LXR:
It's a great movie, came out when I was seven.
I took this photo because of the interesting fact I'd realized in the movie: When the comet is split up in to two, one smaller half and one larger, their trajectories are interesting: The smaller half in the movie is expected to hit the Atlantic Ocean, which it does hit (this photo is the result of that, with the wave advancing on New York).
The larger half, although destroyed before it could do so, was expected to impact elsewhere. Guess where? Canada. In the movie, they determined that the larger half would impact the western prairies, particularly Saskatchewan and Alberta.
The tragic aspect aside, if it did hit, it would, in the movie, fill the entire Earth's atmosphere with dust for two years. What's so interesting is that it would mean that the entire plant and animal life would be killed off within months, all due to Canadian soil. The stuff farmers till near Regina would be responsible for blocking out the sun for the entire planet!
If that happened in real life, I could certainly not be thankful of my position - while Ottawa is nowhere near the prairies, we'd likely be destroyed by the tsunami wave created by the smaller asteroid - and that actually hit Earth in the movie, while the bigger comet was destroyed before it could hit. I'd much prefer to be in places like Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Calgary, or Saskatoon. Nothing happened over there, they were saved, the wave didn't get that far inland.
More images & higher resolution images of the project and info regarding the photographer is located at www.michaelearley.info/deeptunnel Images at that location can be printed or downloaded.
This image was taken after the TBM was backed out. Notice no ventilation segments. Train tacks used in the construction of the "Deep tunnel Project" 400 feet (40 stories) underground. The 40 mile tunnel was built under the cal sag canal to relive flooding in the Chicago area. They had a really great system. There was a 40 foot cutting head that drilled the hole and as they moved forward, a track was built under the machine. Then the trailing floor rolled onto the new track. Trains would run from the main shaft carrying the rock out, there was a switching floor on the trailing floor that moved the box cars from one side to the other for the return joureny. when the train reached the main shaft, the entire car was spun round to dump the load. Really impressive system.