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Something stupid ♪ ♫ Frank & Nancy Sinatra
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Rosa Louis de Funès, un híbrido de té con un aroma intenso y profundo ......
Como el mundo de las Meigas, nada que ver con las Brujas por cierto, es bastante escurridizo.........os dejo amplia literatura :-)
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Mi visión de los bosques gallegos ......
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Para que no se duerman mis sentidos ♪ ♫ Manolo Garcia
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Condesa de Sástago (Dot, 1930) es una rosa, variedad hibrido de té, creada a principios de los años 30 y muy apreciada en EE. UU.
Sus colores, entre el rojo y el amarillo son bastante mutantes, dependiendo de la época y lugar de floración.
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Cultivada por mi .........Rosas en Flickeflu
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The white old dead tree,
All the leaves have fallen.
The tree just stands there Ahupuaʻa ʻO Kahana State Park.
Dead to the world,
With its whiten branches,
Creaking in the sea shore breeze.
What stories could it tell
of the centuries it had lived,
the passing passengers it had seen, and the storms it had weathered. Canon 70D 18-135mm
THERE'S SERIES IN THE LAST COMMENT
HAY UNA SERIE EN EL ULTIMO COMENTARIO
El Río das Rasas es un afluente del Río dos Peitieiros que a su vez lo es del Río Miñor.......el entramado de rios y riachuelos gallegos es algo absolutamente peculiar......tenemos 10.000 ríos catalogados !!! que ya es decir.....
Este pasa por la aldea contigua a la mia, Couso ...... siempre en el Reino de Gondor.
Asi que como este invierno ha sido tan duro de climatología, optamos por hacer excursiones de cercanias ...... espero que os guste el paseo.
Caballo de pura raza gallega en libertad.
Portavedra (San Vicente) / Mañufe / Gondomar / Galicia / Spain
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Lord Bartleby (aka, "diva cat") always gets jealous when other kitties come around... (anyone else have cats like that?? :D )
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Bento Mesh Head: Ivy by LAQ
Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara
Face/Body Applier: Rozen by Glam Affair
Hair: Gin by eXxEsS Hair
Ensemble: Steam Explorer (incl. shirt, pants, holster, & gun, all with texture HUDs) by Silvery K available September 20th through October 20th @ The Engine Room @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Syndicate/192/131/37
Madam Earrings (w/ metal texture HUD) by RichB. available September 20th through October 20th @ The Engine Room @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Syndicate/192/131/37
Steampunk Blood Extractor Claw & Steampunk Poison Injector Claw by UNGOD available September 20th through October 20th @ The Engine Room @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Syndicate/192/131/37
Wickham Hat & Glasses by Wicca's Originals available September 20th through October 20th @ The Engine Room @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Syndicate/192/131/37
Rose Boots (with or without spikes) by Wicca's Originals
Steampunk Pipe by [NikotiN]
The Gear of Time Bento Rings: [VO.Z]
Mechanical Heart Tattoo: .::NANIKA::.
Nell tights #1: C'est la vie!
POSE: Night Breeze 12 by Body Language (tweaked right arm position for pic)
Lord Bartleby Von Tinkleton Esq. - Companion: HEXtraordinary
SPELL : Gondor's Book by IONIC
Rustic wooden lantern ~ for decoration": ✷~rayheart~✷
Everything else: The room and everything in it (including two kitties & an upstairs room) called "The Witch Cabin" by BOUDOIR (belongs to my friend, Trilby Minotaur (aka "trilbym" on Flickr); I appreciate her letting me use it for the photo)
Mis queridas margaritas........que no paran de florecer ni en plena época de heladas.
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El Margaritero (especie Euryops chrysanthemoides) es una planta vivaz, que adquiere con el tiempo el tamaño de un gran arbusto redondo.
Puede alcanzar más de 1 metro de altura, el mio ya rebasa los dos metros ......y en un clima cálido florece todo el año, de lo cual doy fé.
Es la típica Margarita amarilla con un tamaño de 6 o 7 cms. ........pero ojo, hay docenas de especies que denominamos margaritas amarillas y claro, es dificil saber a que nos referimos si no especificamos más.
En inglés se la conoce como African bush daisy o Golden Daisy.
Esta deliciosa mariposilla verde jade es una Hemithea aestivaria, en inglés Common Emerald de la familia de las Geometridae ......es una polilla, pequeña de 3 cms. escasos, que vuela los meses de Junio y Julio.
He leido que el aroma a menta atrae a ciertas mariposas.......esta especie aparece todos los años por mi jardin, atraida por una planta de Menta piperita.
(detalle en el primer comentario)
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Bichitos en Flickeflu
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Armillaria ostoyae por docenas......y docenas.........no me pregunteis, yo no como esto :-) aunque son comestibles.....
Recolectando setas desde la más tierna infancia, apenas me como media docena de especies, soy para esto tremendamente prudente.
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Francia, Normandia, Mont-Saint-Michel, Estate 2022
Mont-Saint-Michel è un'isola di marea in Normandia, Francia. Nel 2019, l'isola aveva una popolazione di 29 abitanti. La posizione del comune, su un'isola a poche centinaia di metri dalla terraferma, lo rendeva accessibile con la bassa marea ai numerosi pellegrini diretti alla sua abbazia, ma difendibile in caso di alta marea. L'isola rimase non conquistata durante la Guerra dei Cent'anni; una piccola guarnigione respinse un attacco completo degli inglesi nel 1433. Luigi XI riconobbe i vantaggi della sua difesa naturale e la trasformò in una prigione. L'abbazia fu regolarmente utilizzata come prigione durante l'Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel e la sua baia circostante sono state iscritte nell'elenco dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO nel 1979 per la sua estetica unica e l'importanza di sito cristiano medievale. Il sito è visitato da più di 3 milioni di persone ogni anno. Mont-Saint-Michel è servito da ispirazione artistica per una serie di opere. Nel film di Peter Jackson del 2003 Il Signore degli Anelli: Il ritorno del re, la capitale di Gondor è stata modellata sul Mont Saint-Michel. Allo stesso modo, la città e il castello nel film Disney Tangled erano basati su Mont-Saint-Michel, così come il design della location di Dark Souls New Londo Ruins.
Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy, France. As of 2019, the island had a population of 29. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Mont-Saint-Michel served as an artistic inspiration for a number of works. In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Gondor's capital city was modelled on Mont Saint-Michel. Likewise, the town and castle in the Disney hit Tangled were .based on Mont-Saint-Michel, as was the design of Dark Souls location New Londo Ruins
Celebrando San Valentín :-)
......por los Montes de Couso, desde A Torre hacía Chan do Cereixo en Portavedra.
Chan do Cereixo es una llanura que posee uno de los asentamientos neolíticos más importantes de Galicia.
Gondomar / Galicia / Spain
♪ ♫ Killing me softly with his song by Roberta Flack ♪
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Canal del Río das Rasas / Couso / Gondomar / Galicia / Spain
Siempre caminando por el ....... REINO DE GONDOR
Hello !
Today I show you my latest creation, here is the main street leading to the Town Hall of the capital of the duchy.
For people already aware of my new project, they will understand that this is a scene related to my friend Maven's project: "Burgundy in Blood".
We took our inspiration from Dutch architecture and the style of Gondor, from the city of Minas tirith in the Lord of the Rings.
The project will open soon.
Enjoy!
Aragorn Returns to Gondor
"I'm Coming Home" - Diddy - Dirty Money w/ Skylar Grey
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
Tell the world I'm coming home
Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday
I know my kingdom awaits and they've forgiven my mistakes
I'm coming home, I'm coming home
Tell the world I'm coming home
El Pilar d'Almenara és una torre de guaita medieval situada al cor del Urgell i sobre la serra que porta el seu nom. Des d'aquí es pot veure bona part de la plana de Lleida.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilar_d'Almenara
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The Pilar d'Almenara tower is a watch tower built by the christian Catalan feudal lords in the XI-XII Centuries. From this position you can control all the plains of eastern Catalonia. And then there was a frontier with the muslim lords of Lleida and even beyond. In fact 'almenara' means lighthouse in arab. And these places were used as beacons, as in the famous Gondor beacons scene of The Lord of the Rings!
Note that the only door was in the first floor, as protection.
Strider
3 months old
German Shepherd
GSD
From Wikipedia on the name Strider; Aragorn II, son of Arathorn is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. He is one of the main protagonists of The Lord of the Rings. Aragorn was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider at Bree, as the Hobbits continued to call him throughout The Lord of the Rings. He was eventually discovered to be the heir of Isildur and rightful claimant to the thrones of Arnor and Gondor. He was also a confidant of Gandalf and an integral part of the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.
Francia, Normandia, Mont-Saint-Michel, Estate 2022
Mont-Saint-Michel è un'isola di marea in Normandia, Francia. Nel 2019, l'isola aveva una popolazione di 29 abitanti. La posizione del comune, su un'isola a poche centinaia di metri dalla terraferma, lo rendeva accessibile con la bassa marea ai numerosi pellegrini diretti alla sua abbazia, ma difendibile in caso di alta marea. L'isola rimase non conquistata durante la Guerra dei Cent'anni; una piccola guarnigione respinse un attacco completo degli inglesi nel 1433. Luigi XI riconobbe i vantaggi della sua difesa naturale e la trasformò in una prigione. L'abbazia fu regolarmente utilizzata come prigione durante l'Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel e la sua baia circostante sono state iscritte nell'elenco dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO nel 1979 per la sua estetica unica e l'importanza di sito cristiano medievale. Il sito è visitato da più di 3 milioni di persone ogni anno. Mont-Saint-Michel è servito da ispirazione artistica per una serie di opere. Nel film di Peter Jackson del 2003 Il Signore degli Anelli: Il ritorno del re, la capitale di Gondor è stata modellata sul Mont Saint-Michel. Allo stesso modo, la città e il castello nel film Disney Tangled erano basati su Mont-Saint-Michel, così come il design della location di Dark Souls New Londo Ruins
Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy, France. As of 2019, the island had a population of 29. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Mont-Saint-Michel served as an artistic inspiration for a number of works. In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Gondor's capital city was modelled on Mont Saint-Michel. Likewise, the town and castle in the Disney hit Tangled were based on Mont-Saint-Michel, as was the design of Dark Souls location New Londo Ruins.
.....y más ciruelas maduran en el último comentario :-) que buen año de fruta.......
In the last comment more plums are maturing :-) good year for fruit .....
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Francia, Normandia, Mont-Saint-Michel, Estate 2022
Mont-Saint-Michel è un'isola di marea in Normandia, Francia. Nel 2019, l'isola aveva una popolazione di 29 abitanti. La posizione del comune, su un'isola a poche centinaia di metri dalla terraferma, lo rendeva accessibile con la bassa marea ai numerosi pellegrini diretti alla sua abbazia, ma difendibile in caso di alta marea. L'isola rimase non conquistata durante la Guerra dei Cent'anni; una piccola guarnigione respinse un attacco completo degli inglesi nel 1433. Luigi XI riconobbe i vantaggi della sua difesa naturale e la trasformò in una prigione. L'abbazia fu regolarmente utilizzata come prigione durante l'Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel e la sua baia circostante sono state iscritte nell'elenco dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO nel 1979 per la sua estetica unica e l'importanza di sito cristiano medievale. Il sito è visitato da più di 3 milioni di persone ogni anno. Mont-Saint-Michel è servito da ispirazione artistica per una serie di opere. Nel film di Peter Jackson del 2003 Il Signore degli Anelli: Il ritorno del re, la capitale di Gondor è stata modellata sul Mont Saint-Michel. Allo stesso modo, la città e il castello nel film Disney Tangled erano basati su Mont-Saint-Michel, così come il design della location di Dark Souls New Londo Ruins.
Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy, France. As of 2019, the island had a population of 29. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Mont-Saint-Michel served as an artistic inspiration for a number of works. In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Gondor's capital city was modelled on Mont Saint-Michel. Likewise, the town and castle in the Disney hit Tangled were .based on Mont-Saint-Michel, as was the design of Dark Souls location New Londo Ruins.
Francia, Normandia, Mont-Saint-Michel, Estate 2022
Mont-Saint-Michel è un'isola di marea in Normandia, Francia. Nel 2019, l'isola aveva una popolazione di 29 abitanti. La posizione del comune, su un'isola a poche centinaia di metri dalla terraferma, lo rendeva accessibile con la bassa marea ai numerosi pellegrini diretti alla sua abbazia, ma difendibile in caso di alta marea. L'isola rimase non conquistata durante la Guerra dei Cent'anni; una piccola guarnigione respinse un attacco completo degli inglesi nel 1433. Luigi XI riconobbe i vantaggi della sua difesa naturale e la trasformò in una prigione. L'abbazia fu regolarmente utilizzata come prigione durante l'Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel e la sua baia circostante sono state iscritte nell'elenco dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO nel 1979 per la sua estetica unica e l'importanza di sito cristiano medievale. Il sito è visitato da più di 3 milioni di persone ogni anno. Mont-Saint-Michel è servito da ispirazione artistica per una serie di opere. Nel film di Peter Jackson del 2003 Il Signore degli Anelli: Il ritorno del re, la capitale di Gondor è stata modellata sul Mont Saint-Michel. Allo stesso modo, la città e il castello nel film Disney Tangled erano basati su Mont-Saint-Michel, così come il design della location di Dark Souls New Londo Ruins.
Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy, France. As of 2019, the island had a population of 29. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Mont-Saint-Michel served as an artistic inspiration for a number of works. In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Gondor's capital city was modelled on Mont Saint-Michel. Likewise, the town and castle in the Disney hit Tangled were .based on Mont-Saint-Michel, as was the design of Dark Souls location New Londo Ruins.
Francia, Normandia, Mont-Saint-Michel, Estate 2022
Mont-Saint-Michel è un'isola di marea in Normandia, Francia. Nel 2019, l'isola aveva una popolazione di 29 abitanti. La posizione del comune, su un'isola a poche centinaia di metri dalla terraferma, lo rendeva accessibile con la bassa marea ai numerosi pellegrini diretti alla sua abbazia, ma difendibile in caso di alta marea. L'isola rimase non conquistata durante la Guerra dei Cent'anni; una piccola guarnigione respinse un attacco completo degli inglesi nel 1433. Luigi XI riconobbe i vantaggi della sua difesa naturale e la trasformò in una prigione. L'abbazia fu regolarmente utilizzata come prigione durante l'Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel e la sua baia circostante sono state iscritte nell'elenco dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO nel 1979 per la sua estetica unica e l'importanza di sito cristiano medievale. Il sito è visitato da più di 3 milioni di persone ogni anno. Mont-Saint-Michel è servito da ispirazione artistica per una serie di opere. Nel film di Peter Jackson del 2003 Il Signore degli Anelli: Il ritorno del re, la capitale di Gondor è stata modellata sul Mont Saint-Michel. Allo stesso modo, la città e il castello nel film Disney Tangled erano basati su Mont-Saint-Michel, così come il design della location di Dark Souls New Londo Ruins
Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy, France. As of 2019, the island had a population of 29. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Mont-Saint-Michel served as an artistic inspiration for a number of works. In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Gondor's capital city was modelled on Mont Saint-Michel. Likewise, the town and castle in the Disney hit Tangled were based on Mont-Saint-Michel, as was the design of Dark Souls location New Londo Ruins.
Bombo Quarry, NSW, Australia is an amazing landscape made up of basalt column ca. 250 million years old.
Y al fondo las Islas Cíes, el Atlántico .........
Sendero del Matalagartos / GR-58 / Peitieiros / Gondomar
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♪ ♫ Es Mejor Sentir ♥ ♥ Manolo Garcia ♫
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Beautiful sunset glow in Madeira's mountains. We went for the hike to the top of Pico Ruivo in a heavy fog and very strong winds, and were greeted by a sea of clouds, the first one I had ever seen. The light wasn't that great at the peak, but the glow from those pink clouds was amazing on the way down. We therefore stopped by this tree I had already visited last time, which looks a lot like the one of the kings of Gondor in Lotr.
Animaros a subir nubes a mi grupo de nubes y recordar que el cielo con nubes debe de ocupar al menos el 50% de la foto .......Solo nubes / Only clouds
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Se trata de una nube lenticular (Altocumulus lenticularis) formada por los vientos descendentes de las montañas, que tienen forma de lente y parecen platillos voladores.
Se forman a grandes altitudes y entre los montañeros estas nubes son consideradas como presagio de tormenta.
Los pilotos de aerolíneas las evitan debido a la turbulencia creada en los sistemas de rotor.
Permanecen en el mismo lugar mucho tiempo, como estacionarias......
Está fotografiada sobre el tejado de mi casa.
Aparte de sus clases de natación y de montar en columpio........con 8 meses ya toca el piano :-)
Va para concertista .......y como espectadora mi melómana perra Alga.
No se me nota nada la baba que se me cae, esta niña es mi debilidad :-)
.......sigue tocando el piano en el primer comentario.
Francia, Normandia, Mont-Saint-Michel, Estate 2022
Mont-Saint-Michel è un'isola di marea in Normandia, Francia. Nel 2019, l'isola aveva una popolazione di 29 abitanti. La posizione del comune, su un'isola a poche centinaia di metri dalla terraferma, lo rendeva accessibile con la bassa marea ai numerosi pellegrini diretti alla sua abbazia, ma difendibile in caso di alta marea. L'isola rimase non conquistata durante la Guerra dei Cent'anni; una piccola guarnigione respinse un attacco completo degli inglesi nel 1433. Luigi XI riconobbe i vantaggi della sua difesa naturale e la trasformò in una prigione. L'abbazia fu regolarmente utilizzata come prigione durante l'Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel e la sua baia circostante sono state iscritte nell'elenco dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO nel 1979 per la sua estetica unica e l'importanza di sito cristiano medievale. Il sito è visitato da più di 3 milioni di persone ogni anno. Mont-Saint-Michel è servito da ispirazione artistica per una serie di opere. Nel film di Peter Jackson del 2003 Il Signore degli Anelli: Il ritorno del re, la capitale di Gondor è stata modellata sul Mont Saint-Michel. Allo stesso modo, la città e il castello nel film Disney Tangled erano basati su Mont-Saint-Michel, così come il design della location di Dark Souls New Londo Ruins
Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy, France. As of 2019, the island had a population of 29. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Mont-Saint-Michel served as an artistic inspiration for a number of works. In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Gondor's capital city was modelled on Mont Saint-Michel. Likewise, the town and castle in the Disney hit Tangled were based on Mont-Saint-Michel, as was the design of Dark Souls location New Londo Ruins
MELO 2022 Round 3 Entry
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Aragorn finds the Beacons of Gondor have been lit! Rohan must answer.
Here is my entry for round 3 of the Middle Earth LEGO Olympics, competing against the worthy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/195587327@N08], and responding to the theme of this round: "fire".
This was inspired directly from the scene in Return of the King where Aragorn sees the beacon closest to Edoras has been lit. It was a scramble to finish it in time, but I'm pretty happy overall with how it looks! This scene has always been a highlight of mine in the LOTR trilogy. I hope you enjoy it too!
Maranatha!
Sauron burnt down the lands west of Morannon centuries ago. Only the hardiest Gondorian rangers dare the pass these wretched moors.
Built for Palikkatakomo contest with the theme of gradients, got the second place.
More on Cyclopic Bricks.
Looking from Worcestershire Beacon, towards (left to right) Sugarloaf Hill, Table Hill & North Hill on
the range of Malvern Hills that runs along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border, although Worcestershire Beacon itself lies entirely within Worcestershire.
The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit of the hills affords a panorama of the Severn valley with the hills of Herefordshire and the Welsh mountains, parts of thirteen counties, the Bristol Channel, and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
The name Malvern is probably derived from the ancient British moel-bryn, meaning "Bare-Hill", the nearest modern equivalent being the Welsh moelfryn (bald hill). It has been known as Malferna (11th century), Malverne (12th century), and Much Malvern (16–17th century). They are known for their spring water – initially made famous by the region's many holy wells, and later through the development of the 19th century spa town of Great Malvern, a process which culminated in the production of the modern bottled Malvern Water.
Flint axes, arrowheads, and flakes found in the area are attributed to early Bronze Age settlers, and the 'Shire Ditch', a late Bronze Age boundary earthwork possibly dating from around 1000 BC, was constructed along part of the crest of the hills near the site of later settlements. The Wyche Cutting, a mountain pass through the hills was in use in prehistoric times as part of the salt route from Droitwich to South Wales. A 19th century discovery of over two hundred metal money bars suggests that the area had been inhabited by the La Tène people around 250 BC. Ancient folklore has it that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans at the British Camp, a site of extensive Iron Age earthworks on a summit of the Malvern Hills close to where Malvern was to be later established.
J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student of Lewis, and became his biographer, and together with them Tolkien would walk the Malvern Hills. Recordings of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor.
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GBRf's 66757 'West Somerset Railway' passes through picturesque Stamford in charge of 4M29, the 10.28 intermodal from Felixstowe North to Birch Coppice.
With its light coloured stone and its many different towers and tunnels, I always think there's something of Gondor about this view of Stamford.
"L'Ithilien, il giardino di Gondor ormai abbandonato, conservava ancora la scomposta bellezza di una driade"
"Il Signore degli Anelli" - J.R.R. Tolkien
"Ithilien, the garden of Gondor now desolate kept still a dishevelled dryad loveliness."
The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
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Entre mis recuerdos ♫ ♪ Luz Casal
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France, Normandy, Mont-Saint-Michel, Spring 2022
Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy, France. As of 2019, the island had a population of 29. The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognised the reverse benefits of its natural defence and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime. Mont-Saint-Michel and its surrounding bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a medieval Christian site. It is visited by more than 3 million people each year. Mont-Saint-Michel served as an artistic inspiration for a number of works. In Peter Jackson's 2003 film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Gondor's capital city was modelled on Mont Saint-Michel. Likewise, the town and castle in the Disney hit Tangled were based on Mont-Saint-Michel, as was the design of Dark Souls location New Londo Ruins.