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Kinderdijk maybe a show for tourists and history lesson for Dutch kids but it also a home village for the 15 families that live in the mills leaving all but 4 of Kinderdijks 19 mills inhabited.
The park keeps two of the uninhabited windmills on display as museum exhibits and they are staffed by wooden clog wearing staff millers that give a fascinating overview of the innerworkings of the mills.
As fun and unique as living in an UNESCO site would be there is a practical purpose to the occupation of the mills in Kinderdijk and that is maintenance, the mill are much easier to maintain if they are kept functional and that requires someone to release the sails and run the machinery when the conditions require it.
The children of the mills are taught from a very young age to avoid the wind sails that may come as close as 30cm from the ground when in operation, these type of mills are called bonnet mills and the top portion rotates with wind direction.
I took this on Sept 17th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 28mm 1/5 sec f/22 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Weaver ants moving a dead millipede.
Wikipedia: Weaver ants or green ants (genus Oecophylla) are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae (order Hymenoptera). Weaver ants live in trees (they are obligately arboreal) and are known for their unique nest building behavior where workers construct nests by weaving together leaves using larval silk. Colonies can be extremely large consisting of more than a hundred nests spanning numerous trees and containing more than half a million workers. Like many other ant species, weaver ants prey on small insects and supplement their diet with carbohydrate-rich honeydew excreted by small insects (Hemiptera). Weaver ant workers exhibit a clear bimodal size distribution, with almost no overlap between the size of the minor and major workers. The major workers are approximately 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) in length and the minors approximately half the length of the majors. Major workers forage, defend, maintain, and expand the colony whereas minor workers tend to stay within the nests where they care for the brood and 'milk' scale insects in or close to the nests.
Weaver ants vary in color from reddish to yellowish brown dependent on the species. Oecophylla smaragdina found in Australia often have bright green gasters. Weaver ants are highly territorial and workers aggressively defend their territories against intruders. Because they prey on insects harmful to their host trees, weaver ants are sometime used by indigenous farmers, particularly in southeast Asia, as natural biocontrol agents against agricultural pests. Although weaver ants lack a functional sting they can inflict painful bites and often spray formic acid directly at the bite wound resulting in intense discomfort.
Credit @ Sway's in FLF (19th April)
Vase bunny : Sway's [Flower Pot Bunny] mocha
Vase bunny : Sway's [Flower Pot Bunny] charcoal
Vase bunny : Sway's [Flower Pot Bunny] cotton
Sway's [Bunny Egg] Mr.
Sway's [Bunny Egg] Mrs.
Credit @ Park Place in Swank
bed : [Park Place] Oriana Boho Chic Bed - Adult
ceiling lamp : [Park Place] Oriana Pine Ceiling Lamp
wall cloth : [Park Place] Oriana Boho Chic Wall Hanging
side table : [Park Place] Oriana Boho Bedside Table
dresser : [Park Place] Oriana Dresser
table lamp : [Park Place] Oriana Lamp - Teal
sofa : [Park Place] Oriana Boho Pallet Sofa - Adult
hanging chair : [Park Place] Oriana Boho Chic Hanging Chair - PG
chair : [Park Place] Oriana Papasan Chair - PG
table chair : [Park Place] Oriana Dinette Chair
table : [Park Place] Oriana Dinette Table
table lamp : [Park Place] Oriana Lamp - Yellow
Credit @ Magnum Opus in On9
wall clock : [MO] Functional Wall Clock Shiplap
wall clock (right) : [MO] Functional Wall Clock Green
Credit @ [CIRCA]living
[CIRCA] - "AZIZA" Tall Vase - Tropica Plant - Russet Metal (L)
[CIRCA] - "Aziza" Hanging Fern Basket (long)
[CIRCA] - "AZIZA" Bowl Vase - Snake Plant - Umber Ceramic (L)
[CIRCA] - "AZIZA" Tall Vase - Tropica Plant - Gold Metal (L)
View from the Sedrun multi functional station inside the Gotthard base tunnel.
The exit of the tunnel in this direction is 20 km away, in the other direction it is even 37 km away.
By chance I had the opportunity to visit the tunnel through the SBB gottardino program. Once the tunnel goes into full operation in December 2016, it will no longer be possible for the public to have such a close look.
This is my first image posted using my new Z8. While somewhat smaller than the Z9, the Z8 retains the majority of the functionality of its "big brother." This is also the first image I have posted from my new backyard shooting gallery. I'm still able to get creamy backgrounds while getting closer to my subjects without spooking them. Fun!
Male lesser goldfinch.
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Crazy Tuesday theme Creased Paper
Traditional Japanese Fan made from handmade paper printed with the famous Hokusai Wave, particularly for our current mini heatwave, HCT 😄
A la rencontre du passé, de nos racines ... Peut-être pour mieux comprendre demain.
Once upon a time there was the PALAIS/GALERIE des MACHINES : 1889 - 1910 ... 2021 !
The Galerie ( or Palais) des Machines was built like the EIFFEL Tower for the Universal Exhibition of 1889.
The Two towering buildings towered together over the Champ de Mars in the heart of PARIS, FRANCE.
The EIFFEL Tower still exists today. The Galerie des Machines is no more !
What happened to this colossal metal structure, more functional, more expensive and taller than the EIFFEL Tower ?
We invite you here on a guided tour into the past and to pay tribute together to all those, workers, craftsmen, artists, engineers and architects who have put their energy into this titanic project.
The Galerie des Machines in SL was born 10 years ago !
It has housed many SL and RL exhibitions.
This year, the idea came to us of paying tribute to this gallery, of bringing it back to live.
You will find:
- on the ground floor : the history of the construction of the gallery.
- 1st basement: Machines and boilers, orientation room, train.
- 2nd basement: the Seine flood of 1910, with direct acces to the Catacombs
- On the 1st floor: Panoramic view - The Universal expo of 1889 in PARIS - The history of the Universal Exhibitions - The romantic parisian kiosk.
- On the 2nd floor: FANTIN LATOUR exhibition - Sarah BERNHARDT exhibition - Child's dream.
- On the 3rd floor: The galerie des Machines after 1889 and until 1910, the year of its demolition.
- On the 4th floor: Steampunk theater and Clockwork Machines workshop - Pub - Périod cinema - "MARY POPPINS animation" which will take you to various monuments of PARIS 1900.
- Skybox: the SOUVENIRS Gallery.
--> PLEASE NOTE: we advise you to choose your language at the entrance (French or English) to receive information in the language of your choice, throughout your visit.
Click on the lanterns ! 😉
.... and then, you will certainly see this ghost which haunts the gallery whith its benevolent presence..... Sarah BERNHARDT whispers her impressions and declaims Phèdre....
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ENJOY YOUR VISIT ! 💗
Ciamis West Java .
a famous bridge and border between ciamis and tasikmalaya district , it was functional bridge since the upper side is for train and the below side is for cars and motor bike
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☽●☾ The MOoH! Stuff Moon swing in black is absolutely stunning and has a magical look to it. The grass changes color and the swing has 4 animations. Oh and! The swing is functional, it really swings!
The swing is 15 landimpact, also available in white.
*At Enchantment Twisted Fairytales from August 13 until the 4th of September.
*The swing has 4 animations and it swings too!
*The grass is magical and changes color
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☽●☾ The Nova outfit comes with a hud with 6 color options and it is for Maitreya (Lara), Physique, Hourglass, Freya, Isis and Venus.
This outfit is a groupgift at Papparazzi, wear your Papparazzi group tag to get it here -> Landmark Papparazzi
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A hospital ward, could be anywhere I would think. It is functional too, as long as you know what kind of functions are included or excluded. Is a "sense of beauty" functional? Is a piece of art included in the functions offered by a hospital? A flower perhaps? Small things can make a big difference. Most important is the other thing one cannot see in this picture - the humanity of the hospital staff and the person-to-person contact between nurses, doctors and patients. Whatever the architecture. Fuji X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 wide-open.
Two Mississippi style pleasure boats on The Thames. I suspect that the rear paddles are decorative rather than functional.
As much as this scene begs to be displayed in traditional monochrome New topographics style it has so much more to offer in color.
The nuances of hues across the water and grass present themselves nicely in color as does the mist of the fountain.
But her beauty is only skin deep.......
As I had previously noted; humanity has bastardized nature by replacing streams with stagnant industrial ditches, waterfalls with fountains, and sad bronze statues where once herds of elk roamed.
The harder the landscape architects try to recreate nature in their 'functional public parks' the more they demonstrate the degree of change for natural wilderness.
New Topographic artists "primarily concerned with relationships of land to culture and the particularities of social existence"
"In reality there are no "before" pictures when photographing landscape. Only an endless sequence of "afters". book New topographics - photographs of a Man altered landscape. 1975 - page 41.
In example; this was an open midwest prairie. Then a working farm in the 1800's. now a sprawling industrial park. And someday as Chicagoland expands into the the suburbs the land will again be transformed into a row of high-rise apartments.
And yes, that's an airplane attesting to our effects upon the skies as well. No, contrails are not beautiful !!!!!
Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000)
Painter, architecture doctor, ecological activist and philosopher
The work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser (born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna) is one of the most important contributions in the art history of post-war modernism. As an important member of the international avant-garde in Paris in the 1950s, he developed his unique visual language. One of the central motifs of his colorful picture world is the spiral.
If today Hundertwasser is considered one of the most popular European artists of our time, his graphic work has made a great contribution. His goal in the art of graphics was to create variations within one edition, with the result that each sheet of an edition is unique, different in color and design from all others.
Hundertwasser's commitment to a more human architecture in harmony with nature and his visionary ecological commitment developed from his belief in the power of nature and individual creativity. Since the 1980s, he has been realizing architectural projects in which there is the window right and tree tenants, the uneven floor, forests on the roof and spontaneous vegetation. His buildings testify to his commitment to diversity instead of monotony, for romanticism, for the organic and for unregulated irregularities, for spontaneous vegetation and for living in harmony with nature.
At the center of his ecological activities were tree planting and greening campaigns, the restoration of natural cycles, the protection of water and the fight for a waste-free society.
He disseminated his socio-critical and ecological positions with manifestos, letters, speeches and public demonstrations in which he criticized the pure functionality of all areas of life, the uninhibited growth doctrine and the adaptation to social conformism.
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A small piece of the mosaic ("Fuctional Vibrations" by Xenobia Bailey) overhead the entrance of the Hudson Yards station of the #7 Flushing Line station, Tenth Avenue and 34th street. Chelsea, NYC -- March 28, 2019
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At the foot of the Spanish lies the Fontano della ,Barcaccia , a Baroque fountain and design by Pietro Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1626, shaped like a sinking boat , it commemorate a historic flood of Tiber River that left a boat stranded in this area . The fountain is both a functional water source and a work of art
Celebrating a week of Christmas magic with my family in Rome , Wishing all my Flickr friends a joyful holiday season filled with love , laughter and cherished moments. May your days be merry and bright ...
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The Metronome is a 23 m tall functioning metronome in Letná Park, overlooking the Vltava River and the city center of Prague. It was erected in 1991, on the plinth left vacant by the demolition in 1962 of an enormous monument to former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The metronome was designed by international artist Vratislav Novak.
Although the metronome is functional, it is not always in operation. The site is now mostly a scenic vista and a meeting place for young people. [thx Wikipedia]
They fly sooo fast when directly overhead..favored to close in on this one in the short instant available.
It’s dinner time in Chania, north-west Crete, and this is our view of the lighthouse that guards the Venetian harbour. It’s one of the oldest lighthouses in the Mediterranean, the base dating from around 1595. It was rebuilt in the 1800s.
It ceased being a functional lighthouse decades ago, and these days it’s purely decorative; a romantic sight to delight the many visitors to this beautiful old Cretan town.
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The Zollverein Coal Mine Complex in Essen (More images in my series Zollverein) is one of the most impressive surviving examples of industrial culture from the modern era.
With their design of the central shaft facilities for Shaft XII, built between 1928 and 1932, Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer created the single most important part of the complex, both technically and architecturally. The industrial monument has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
The site of the Zollverein coal mine and coking plant stands symbolises industrial history and structural transformation in the economy. Here, Schupp and Kremmer created a high-performance industrial complex with clear aesthetics and a high degree of functionality. Symmetry, axiality and gradation of scale – the organising principles of the modernist formal idiom – came into their own here in a new context.
The curtain wall façades, designed in the style of New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) and made of a steel framework inset with clinker bricks, earned the colliery the reputation of being “the most beautiful coal mine in the world”, even back in its working days. Clearly visible from afar, the 55-metre-high double winding tower rises above the other buildings as an icon of mining architecture and a symbol for the entire Ruhr region. Years later, Fritz Schupp built the Zollverein Coking Plant, which went into operation in 1961, in the same style as the coal mine complex. In its day, the mine was regarded as the largest and most efficient one in the world. An era came to an end when the coal mine ceased operations in 1986 and the coking plant in 1993. A total of 600,000 people were employed here and coal was last extracted from a depth of 1,000 metres.
In the context of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Emscher Park, the facility, which is protected as a historical monument, was promoted as a model project; the first phase of refurbishment began in 1989. Today, the Zollverein complex is the central anchor point of the Route of Industrial Heritage – a 400-kilometre-long trail along the industrial and cultural heritage of the Ruhr region. Based on a master plan by Rem Koolhaas and his firm OMA in collaboration with the architectural firm of Heinrich Böll, the site was transformed with conversions and new buildings by Norman Foster and SANAA into a site for culture, business and education. Today, the Zollverein is a popular tourist destination that is home to the Ruhr Museum, the Red Dot Design Museum, the Zollverein Monument Trail, and the new Folkwang University of the Arts with its design department, plus the studios and ateliers of four dozen creative companies.
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The success of the Cistercian adventure is what actually accounts for Poblet. Cister was founded in 1098, and Poblet in 1151, less than a hundred years later. Both the 12th and 13th centuries are essential to the history of our monastery. Most rooms and buildings were, in fact, finished during those centuries : a space, both beautiful and functional, whereby to seek God. Such a space has come down to us virtually intact. The 14th century was a century of great achievements, but also that of the decline, slow but sure. We must point out that the known records of the time, and which refer to the private life of the community of Poblet, don’t show any noticeable deviations from the original ideals of the founders of Cister and, likewise, the founders of Poblet, who originated from Fontfroide. In fact, this, which is the true history of Poblet, has never been written and probably never will. The history of the monks who, day after day, made the growth and continuity of the house possible, the domus Populeti. Thus we could explain the succession of the days and years over the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries: Poblet, the institution, the community, its monks, all hasten to find a new visage, new features, forms different from what they intimately live in their hearts. Not always, though, will they succeed in doing so with the transparency and vigour of the first ideal. The 19th century will sow, in a society going through radical changes, the seed of a future recovery, in spite of the abandonment and subsequent plunder of the monastery. A recovery that, along with the monks in 1940, brought back that old way of life, purer, truer, more deeply Benedictine and, therefore, more evangelical. Today the monks, the ancestral ones’ heirs, are perpetually grateful for this legacy, because authenticity is possibly one of the most important values that we can and must offer the men and women of our time.
We haven’t spoken of illustrious abbots of Poblet, nor of counts, kings, nor constructions… We like to think it is humility that writes history, the true history, which is something the tomb slab of a former abbot of Poblet makes overwhelmingly ostensible. The tomb slab of that abbot, fray Vicenç Ferrer, who died in 1411, was put right in front of the Chapter House so that everybody steps on it upon entering or leaving the room, and where we can read a sole revealing inscription: Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam [God, have mercy on me in Thy great mercy], borrowed from Psalm 50, the psalm with which St. Benedict tells us to start our daily morning praise, at daybreak, and at which he wants a most scrupulous attendance (cf The Rule of St. Benedict 13,2). A prayer that we, like abbot Ferrer, should make ours, with confidence and gratitude, because after all, the monk’s life is summed up in this unrestrained abandonment to God: «and never to despair of God’s mercy» (The Rule of St. Benedict 4, 73).
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