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Le grandi e splendide Dolomiti, con le loro cuspidi ardite, il loro imponenti circhi glaciali e le loro impressionanti pareti, sarebbero soltanto un deserto se mancasse l'elemento di coltura della Vita costituito dall'acqua. E' lei, la limpida e gelida acqua di fusione nivale, che scivolando dalle pareti, immergendosi nel versanti detritici e riemergendo dalle sorgenti, dona la vita al deserto di pietra e lo rende sublime ..... ..
Comme bon nombre de stations balnéaires, celle du Touquet possède les incontournables cabines de plage. Elles font partie intégrante du patrimoine de la plage. Les familles aiment s’y retrouver d’avril à septembre et passent même la journée dès que le soleil brille dans le ciel de la station. Elles ont la particularité d’être construites en dur, sous la digue.
Jean Dubuffet en a choisi les couleurs.
6. Y me gusta por la noche escuchar a las estrellas, que suenan como quinientos millones de cascabeles. (Antoine de Saint Exupéry)
Del autor de El Principito.
Para que sigamos publicando fotos y mas fotos y para que este estado de alarma se acabe pronto
Le Grèbe huppé niche entre avril et juillet. À cette époque, les adultes portent une double huppe et des oreillettes brunes encadrant la tête. Lors de la parade nuptiale complexe, le mâle et la femelle se font face et dressent le cou. Il nagent de concert, se frottent le cou tout en émettant des cris sonores, plongent puis réapparaissent, l'un des deux présentant des algues à l'autre. Le couple s'immobilise, poitrine contre poitrine, et chaque oiseau tourne la tête d'un côté puis de l'autre. Ce manège peut se perpétuer même lorsque les grèbes sont occupés à la construction du nid. Ce dernier est constitué principalement d'algues . Il peut reposer sur un fond vaseux mais il est conçu en principe pour affleurer la surface. Il peut également flotter mais il est alors arrimé à une souche ou à un paquet de végétaux entremêlés. Les adultes en garnissent la coupe peu profonde de végétaux qui servent à recouvrir les œufs si les adultes s'absentent du nid. La ponte est composée de 3 à 6 œufs blancs qui virent ensuite au brun et deviennent de ce fait plus discrets. Les adultes couvent en se relayant toutes les quelques heures. L'éclosion intervient au bout de 28 jours. Les jeunes sont capables de nager aussitôt mais ils restent dépendants de leurs parents plusieurs semaines.
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The Great Crested Grebe nestles between April and July. At this time, adults wear a double crest and brown atria framing the head. During the complex courtship, the male and the female face each other and raise the neck. They swim together, rub their necks while emitting loud cries, dive and then reappear, one of them having algae to another. The couple stands still, chest to chest, and each bird turns its head on one side then the other. This ride can continue even when grebes are busy building the nest. The latter consists mainly of algae. It can rest on a muddy bottom but it is designed in principle to be flush with the surface. It can also float but is then stowed to a stump or a bundle of plants intermingled. Adults fill the shallow cut of plants that cover the eggs if adults are absent from the nest. The egg is composed of 3 to 6 white eggs which turn brown then become more discreet. Adult convent by taking turns every few hours. The hatching occurs after 28 days. The young are able to swim immediately but remain dependent on their parents for several weeks.
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John Clare
Young Lambs
The spring is coming by a many signs;
The trays are up, the hedges broken down,
That fenced the haystack, and the remnant shines
Like some old antique fragment weathered brown.
And where suns peep, in every sheltered place,
The little early buttercups unfold
A glittering star or two--till many trace
The edges of the blackthorn clumps in gold.
And then a little lamb bolts up behind
The hill and wags his tail to meet the yoe,
And then another, sheltered from the wind,
Lies all his length as dead--and lets me go
Close bye and never stirs but baking lies,
With legs stretched out as though he could not rise.
Suffolk, Monk’s Eleigh – St Peter’s Church
Monk’s Eleigh is a small village about 15 miles from Ipswich in Suffolk. St Peter’s Church was erected around 1350 although there had been a Saxon church on the site for many years. There are a few things in the church that predate the church itself. Namely, the font, which is 13th century. This is made of Barnack stone and one of the six bells dates to 1330.
Over the next 100 years the church was enlarged, clerestory windows and the west tower was added. The tower has a beautiful exterior doorway. The South door also at the time very ornate, however has worn down over the years.
There is also a fine medieval pulpit, reputed to be one of the oldest in the county. There is an alms box with the date 1636.
The chancel and north vestry were added 1845 and in 1867 there was a programme of restoration and re-seating. There are some fine stained glass windows these were installed around 1880-1900 and were designed by Ward and Hughes
Built between 1908-1912, Fonthill was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930). Archaeologist, anthropologist, ceramist, scholar and antiquarian, Mercer built Fonthill both as his home and as a showplace for his collection of tiles and prints. The first of three Mercer buildings in Doylestown, Fonthill served as a showplace for Mercer’s famed Moravian tiles that were produced during the American Arts & Crafts Movement. Designed by Mercer, the building is an eclectic mix of Medieval, Gothic, and Byzantine architectural styles, and is significant as an early example of poured reinforced concrete.
Baptisterium, Cathedral Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Van 1417–1431 werkten Jacopo della Quercia en Donatello aan het ontwerp en de uitvoering van het doopvont. Dit zeshoekig bekken -gemaakt van marmer, brons en email- staat op twee treden en is een fundamenteel voorbeeld van Renaissance beeldhouwkunst van de vroege vijftiende eeuw. Erboven een zuil met een zeshoekige ciborie met daarop een beeld van Johannes de Doper. Het bekken is versierd met bas-reliëfs met scènes uit het leven van Johannes de Doper.
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I can't for the life of me keep an orchid alive.
I've had three or four but they never survive.
I may try once more in hopes to achieve,
the most beautiful flower I've ever perceived.
La Fonte Capattoli è un sito storico situato nel comune di Campiglia Marittima, in Toscana. Riconosciuta come parte dell'antico acquedotto monumentale, oggi ne restano visibili le rovine e la fonte, spesso meta di escursioni e percorsi ad anello nei dintorni della Rocca
The Capattoli Spring is a historic site located in the municipality of Campiglia Marittima, Tuscany. Recognized as part of the ancient monumental aqueduct, its ruins and spring remain visible today, often a destination for hikes and circular routes around the fortress.
Et au loin le Jura Suisse (et entre les 2 les Lac de Neuchâtel)
Les fonts baptismaux du XIIe siècle, sculptés dans un seul bloc de pierre, sont ornés de quatre petits lions sculptés.
269-309 + TECo, operado por CEFSA, procedente de Valencia-FSL MercancÃas y con destino en Córdoba MercancÃas a su paso por las proximidades de La Font de la Figuera; en el anterior trazado de la lÃnea 300, actualmente desmantelado.
The Salisbury font was designed by the renowned British water sculptor William Pye. It was installed in September 2008 and dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury during the celebration of the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral. There is stillness expressed in the smooth surface which reflects and extends the surrounding architecture.
The green spots in the bottom right and left corners of the photo are the sediments at the bottom of the Font.
The picture in www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/visit-what-see/cathedral-font shows the Font in the context,
DUOMO DI ORVIETO
Nel 1372 si portava alla fabbrica del Duomo un grande blocco di marmo rosso da utilizzare per il fonte battesimale, fin dal 1373 venivano preparati i modelli dei leoni che dovevano sostenere il fonte. Nel 1385 la si trasportò all’interno del Duomo e nel 1390 Luca di Giovanni di Siena procedeva a scolpirla. L’opera andò forse persa e nel 1402 Pietro di Giovanni di Friburgo ebbe l’incarico di scolpire un nuovo fonte con figure, foglie e fiori e sempre in marmo rosso, opera tuttora conservata. Giacomo di Pietro di Guido da Firenze l’anno dopo la fissò dove ancora la vediamo. Nel 1407 Sano di Matteo da Siena compiuta la copertura del fonte a piramide ottagonale vi poneva la data e la sua firma. Nel 1424 Donato da Firenze, il Donatello, fuse per il fonte una figura di San Giovanni Battista, oggi mancante