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We have a Christmas tradition we call ‘stocking fillers’. Small not very expensive gifts are bought for each other. This is one such from Mrs S. Is she suggesting something?
Mess- und Regeltechniken waren immer schon von hoher Bedeutung in der Schwerindustrie. Hier zu sehen sind alte Thermo- und Manometer in der Gebläsehalle der Henrichshütte Hattingen, heute ein Museum.
(Carl Zeiss Sonnar 3.5 100mm)
Techniques of measurement had always been very important in the heavy industry. Here you can see old thermometers and manometers in the blower hall of the blast furnace plant Henrichshütte Hattingen, Germany.
Die Westerkerk gehört zur Protestantischen Kirche in Amsterdam und liegt zwischen Prinsengracht und Keizersgracht, am Rand des Jordaan, des bekannten Wohngebietes in der Innenstadt von Amsterdam. Ganz in der Nähe befindet sich auch das Anne-Frank-Haus und das Homomonument. Das Gebäude steht als Rijksmonument unter Denkmalschutz. Die Westerkerk wurde von Hendrick de Keyser (1565–1621) im Renaissancestil entworfen und 1620–1631 erbaut. Nach dem Tod des Baumeisters Hendrick de Keyser, der in der Zuiderkerk begraben wurde, wurde der Bau unter der Leitung seines Sohnes Pieter de Keyser (1595–1676) fortgeführt. Am 8. Juni 1631 wurde die Kirche ihrer Bestimmung übergeben. Sie hat eine Länge von 58 m und eine Breite von 29 m. Im nördlichen Teil wurde 1669 Rembrandt van Rijn begraben. Eine 1906 errichtete Gedenktafel erinnert daran. Auch Rembrandts Sohn Titus und seine Geliebte Hendrickje Stoffels liegen in der Kirche begraben. Die Hauptorgel geht zurück auf ein Instrument, das im Jahre 1686 von den Orgelbauern Roelof Barentszoon Duyschot und Johannes Duyschot gebaut worden war. Dieses Instrument hatte zwei Manualwerke und ein Pedalwerk. 1727 wurde das Instrument durch den Orgelbauer Christian Vater, einen Schüler von Arp Schnitger, um ein drittes Manualwerk, das Oberwerk erweitert. Architektonisch formt die Orgel eine Einheit mit dem Kirchengebäude und ist mit Abdeckungen versehen, die von Gerard de Lairesse bemalt wurden (1640–1711).
Westerkerk (Dutch pronunciation: [ʋɛstərkɛrk]; English: Western Church) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant church in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It is next to Amsterdam's Jordaan district, on the bank of the Prinsengracht canal. The 'Westerkerk' was built between 1620 and 1631 in Renaissance style, built according to designs by architect Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621). He is buried in the church he designed earlier: the 'Zuiderkerk'. The building of the Westerkerk was finished and completed by his son Pieter de Keyser (1595-1676) and inaugurated on June 8, 1631. The church has a length of 58 meters and a width of 29 meters. The high nave is flanked by the two lower aisles. The three-aisled basilica has a rectangular plan with two transepts of equal dimensions. As a result, the plan for this church was given the form of two Greek crosses connected with each other.[2] (a patriarchal cross).
Several older churches in Amsterdam, such as Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk, were originally built before the Reformation and were converted to Protestantism during the Reformation in 1578. The Westerkerk was one of the first purposely built Protestant churches. The Noorderkerk and Zuiderkerk preceded the Westerkerk. Today the Westerkerk remains the largest church in the Netherlands that was built for Protestants, and is still in use by the PKN (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland).
Rembrandt van Rijn was buried somewhere under a tombstone in the Westerkerk[2] on October 8, 1669. The exact location of the grave is unknown; the number of his grave was lost. It was in a numbered 'kerkgraf' (grave owned by the church). There is a memorial marker on the north wall, made in 1909 after a model on the 'Nachtwacht'. After twenty years, his remains were taken away and destroyed. That was customary with the remains of poor people at that time. Rembrandt was buried as a poor man[2] Every year on his birthday anniversary the 15th of July he is remembered in the Westerkerk with a lunchtime concert with music from the time of Rembrandt's life and flowers are hung on his memorial marker. The inside of the organ shutters of the 'hoofdwerk' was painted by Gerard de Lairesse. On the left panel we see the dancing an playing King David in front of the Ark of covenant. On the right panel we see the queen of Sheba presenting gifts to King Solomon. Both stories in the old testament of the Bible. Gerard de Lairesse was born in Liège in French Belgium in 1640 and he moved to the Netherlands in 1664. In the second half of the 17th Century, he was one of the most popular painters in the Netherlands. The outside paintings of these panels or shutters were lost in the 19th century. The panels on the 'rugwerk' have paintings of old musical instruments on the inside and on the front side we see grisailles of the four evangelists with their items. The complete organ was re-painted in 1992 in its original state of color in 1686; most of it in marble imitation.
Bought as one of a set of steak knives this sharp saw tooth knife is ideal for cutting fruit and vegetables.
at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. It looked a bit like a violin, but it has 6 strings, and is absolutely beautiful! AS you can tell, I don't know much about these things...and there was not enough time to find the appropriate information as we had to get to a Carol Service.....
Monochrome Bokeh Thursday HMBT!!
Als Leonardo da Vinci sein berühmtes Gemälde "Mona Lisa" zwischen 1503 und 1506 malte wußte er nicht, dass Lisa Gherardini, die Frau eines florentinischen Kaufmanns, sich gelegentlich dem Gitarrenspiel widmete. Vermutlich wissen das selbst heute die Wenigsten .. habt ihr's gewußt!? 😎👉❓
When Leonardo da Vinci painted his famous "Mona Lisa" between 1503 and 1506, he didn't know that Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a Florentine merchant, occasionally played the guitar. Probably very few people know that even today... did you know!? 😎👉❓
When we think of construction, what comes to mind. Heavy equipment, precision made pieces of lumber, metal framing, etc. But when we look and watch God's creatures at work, it is instinctive, simple and it works.
Doesn't this fern look a little like some sort of horn? No? Just me?
Taken near Baboosic Lake, Amherst, NH.
I dug up my very small mini keyboard from my teens to take this weeks photo in Macro Mondays. A kind of photo I've been wanting to shot for a long time actually.
adj. *Festive:
1. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a feast or festival.
2. Merry; joyous: a festive party.
Festive Ambiance, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
PixQuote:
"Some photographers take reality...and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly and a photograph to them is an instrument of love and revelation."
-Ansel Adams
PixNote:
This is from my 2005 archives....I took several shot of this scene, here is a vertical shot that I posted last year, it was called Dreamy......That is to explain why I did not crop this one.
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Strings of a piano, with a hint of hammers in the upper right corner. Is a piano a stringed instrument or a percussion instrument -- I think both!
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