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A workshop in Kent Town, near where I used to work. I think that bent rusty thing is a broken light.
Yes, spring is now well and truly in the air, as winter in Melbourne fades into memory... almost... and there have been days of glorious sunshine and blue skies.
On one such sunny, blue sky day I went for an afternoon stroll. Whilst on the walk, my eye was caught by this wonderful mauve rose bloom, reaching up to the sun, exposing a wonderful cluster of petals. I am not sure what variety it is, but the rose has a light, sweet fragrance, which I think suits this magnificent mauve beauty!
Looking down Rose Street, off West Terrace. Fire-engine red doors against lemon yellow walls brighten up this drab laneway.
A daisy bush pushing its way out of its city garden onto the footpath. The IGA supermarket has its advertising sign fixed onto the garden fence as it is on the same street.
One of the many rooted source of the leafy vine provide cool refreshing shade on the exposed metal grill wall of the parking station at the Chowrasta Market in Georgetown, Penang. There are many of these post along each level, placed at intervals along the top of the brick and metal railing at the base of the metal grill.
Although there are many pots on all the levels, I don't think they need anyone to water them as by virtue of their position on the edge of the building, they get watered by the regular rain here in the tropics.
Naples, Italy, red wall with windows and stains
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A conglomeration of air condition unit compressors mounted outside a building that was built without a central cooling. It's every man for his own room.
The hands that built the Castle, art installations at Caernarfon Castle are a comprehensive and integral part of the Project's design approach.
These installations located across King's Gate, aim to provide visitor's with a deeper
Understanding of the Castle's history and the people involved in its construction.
The Artworks take the form of sculptures, glass floors, window, ceilings, video, and detailed features on downpipes, seamlessly
integrated into a new layer of Architecture.
The installations encourage visitors to form their own interpretations of The Castle's history.
Surrounded by thirteen acres of parkland and a medieval moat, Tudor Barn Eltham dates back to the 16th century. With its connections to royalty and as the location of some of history's most celebrated marriages, including The Railway Children's author Edith Nesbit and Hubert Bland, it is a place steeped in history and tradition.
I just stopped of to hand in a repeat prescription at the local doctor's surgery and saw about four of the parking spots were coned off . Looking closer I can see why , somebody parking had forgotten to stop !! The downpipe is well demolished and if you look large you can see just how much of the wall has been shifted inwards at damp proof level ! Think that might be a bit of a job putting this right again - any thoughts David P ??
Just shopping in Leatherhead and looking up at some of the old building and not shop facades at ground level I saw this bit of architecture . At ground level this was once the local Lloyds Bank building which of course is empty now as are all of the other banks !! What we see here are the second and third floors , and they just caught my eye . At ground level is just the empty shell of the once bank and outside is what can be a pretty busy bus stop !!
Mynydd Gwefru is the Welsh name for Electric Mountain
When I saw this downpipe in the middle of the quarry, my thoughts went straight to the immense tunnel system and gigantic tubes deep inside this Mount Elidir Fawr.
After two centuries of mass excavation Dinorwic Quarry came to an end. When the mine was closed in 1969, at least 350 men were out of work and there were big changes to a way of life of a community that had existed since the 1780s. Elidir mountain seemed to provide an ideal location for a hydro-electricity station. The miners were asked to pave the way for the engineering marvel Dinorwic Power Station. This hydroelectric system was fully commissioned in 1984. It includes 16km of underground tunnels, deep below Elidir. Six huge generating units stand in the largest man-made cavern in Europe, which is big enough to contain St. Paul’s Cathedral, the treasure of London.
The power is generated by the force of water falling from Marchlyn Mawr reservoir, a high level lake in Snowdonia behind Elidir Fawr. The water turns turbines before it flows into Llyn Peris, which was modified for its new function. When demand for electricity is low, usually at night, water is pumped back up to Marchlyn Mawr – where it will be ready to generate electricity again when required, at peak moments.
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