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A lovely little Tree Sparrow sunning itself on a branch.
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“Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter’s deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg, cider, warmth itself. The leaves as they spark into wild color just before they die are the world’s oldest performance art, and everything we see is celebrating one last violently hued hurrah before the black and white silence of winter.” — Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way
And there goes the annuals 😞. One of the many challenges of gardening in the north is the unpredictable drop in spring temperatures. We are zone 2 for planting so that offers challenges in itself but also spring weather that can go from +24 c to 0 c overnight. The light snow cover is pretty at least.
It is slowly falling in on itself! In the past it was the center of a family's life. Cows were milked two times a day, hay was stored int the second story, and silage filled the silo. Probably beyond repair, the barn will eventually be demolished!
Corporate farms have moved into the area! Small farms are being squeezed out. A way of life will become extinct!
dairy barn
once the center of a family's life
now abandoned
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Did you ever experience that surreal sensation when time itself pauses a moment to let you know that something is about to change for you?
When you decide to step into the spotlight, you surrender to the fickle nature of public opinion and chance. How much attention will you get? Will it be the kind of attention that you were seeking? Sometimes it might turn out best to have remained anonymous in the shadows.
🎵 Trance & Dance 🎶 Martha & The Muffins, Trance & Dance (1980), Martha Johnson
Abandon all your cares and woes
And come with us to a place we know
Just close your eyes and let your body sway
Hypnotic rhythm takes you far away
Trance, trance and dance
Don't resist, just let it flow
And a calm inside will start to grow
Time stands still and a darkness falls
No future, no past, now serenity calls
On and on incantations drone
Echoing still, that eerie tone
You are not aware of your body or mind
But this trance and dance you must leave behind
But this trance and dance you must leave behind
A very odd and daring choice of karaoke tunes to try out at Burrow's Whiskey Bar
By Paul Craig Roberts, a Top-tier Officer of the Reagan Administration,who concludes, " More than the empire is dead. The country itself is dead. " And like it or not, it is laced with Obvious Overtones :
thesaker.is/the-empire-has-collapsed/
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Elegy : Feodor Chaliapin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt3YUreCJl4&list=RDvt3YUreCJl...
Vladimir Shushlin蘇石林- The Islet (小鳥) Rachmaninov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwlydp439cI
Nadezhda Obukhova : Glinka Romance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE32wTArmMM
Nadezhda Obukhova : Plaisir d'Amour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCH0DvFxUgk
Elena Obraztsova :
Tosca - Vissi d'arte
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUzXt6EbDJM
Why Is The Heart Beating So Loud
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPU8TuFRiNA
Joan Brull : 30 Portraits
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juajk3aNNmA&list=RDCMUCWjLl5T...
Russian and Ukrainian Impressionism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1psufJxM0t0
Lev Sibiryakov (Leopoldo Spivacchini) (Bass from Ukraine)
forgottenoperasingers.blogspot.com/2012/03/lev-sibiryakov...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhZVn7pxkUY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xvo8K9qddg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yL4K1ifkJs&list=PL77374B4E58...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i8QNikFJYs&list=RD7i8QNikFJY...
Opera Diva, Renata Tebaldi : "Un bel di vedremo"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1woH96ROG-c
Verdi's Requiem: Confutatis by Nikolai Ghiaurov
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xD6H7mYNp4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHQhY-NjIZ0
A Persian Song by Rubinstein, Boris Shtokolov, 1955
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcgodcP4N_g
Борис Гмиря - Зоре моя вечірняя
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdER4zWQ-Q
袁晨野 :
《三套车》 / Troika
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDRx1XE1N9U&list=RDlDRx1XE1N9...
BEYOND【海闊天空】
Something is going wrong when the camera with its impressive algorithms and countless AF options forces itself into the centre and, hence, between photographer and object. Ideally, I would think, we photographers ought to use the camera as if it was not there. Just focussing on the composition and the 'essence' of the object and having the settings run in the background. I am not advocating 'point and shoot', I am saying that a camera should be built in such a way that we can 'forget' about it and focus on taking the picture. I think my older cameras do that. My newer ones are much more sophisticated and what they are increasingly trying to do is take over decisions I could make myself. What is my reaction? Number one, I prefer using my older cameras. And two, when using my sophisticated ones, I turn off a lot of their computer-powered procedures. I wonder what you think.
House Martin sunning itself on the cliffs of Thornswick Bay, North Landing, Flamborough, East Yorkshire.
Planted itself in my garden... dainty and pretty!
Erigeron annuus, the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane, or eastern daisy fleabane, is a species of herbaceous, annual or biennial flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
La Mésange bleue est une petite mésange qui tire son nom de la couleur bleue de sa calotte, de ses ailes et de sa queue. Sa tête est remarquable. La face, largement blanche, est barrée de trois traits bleu sombre à noirs, deux traits qui passent par l'œil pour rejoindre la nuque de même couleur, et un large trait qui rejoint un collier, qui lui-même borde les joues blanches et rejoint la nuque. Le mâle adulte se distingue à la teinte bleue du plumage plus marquée, surtout à la calotte. Le bleu de la femelle est plus terne.
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The blue tit is a small tit that gets its name from the blue color of its cap, wings and tail. His head is remarkable. The face, largely white, is barred by three dark blue to black lines, two features that pass through the eye to join the neck of the same color, and a broad line that joins a necklace, which itself borders the white cheeks and joined the neck. The adult male is distinguished by the blue hue of the plumage more marked, especially the cap. The blue of the female is duller.
"For love, a bench in the square is enough.
Or stand in front of a gate.
Or a cup of coffee.
Love itself is a low budget film."
Fabrício Carpinejar
This alligator seems to sun itself on the same log most days.It is one of the most photographed animals at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge got it's name from the shape of the river, not due to the fact that there are alligators in the waters. This gator probably lost it's limb from either another gator or a snapping turtle. It seems to have adapted pretty well to having 3 limbs.
It really is nice being able to watch them from my window. Here is a dad with his baby, he has been feeding it, and trying to teach it to eat by itself.
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
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Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Between 1540 and 1556, the abbey had the status of a cathedral. Since 1560, however, the building is no longer an abbey nor a cathedral, having instead the status of a Church of England "Royal Peculiar"—a church responsible directly to the sovereign. The building itself is the original abbey church.
The Indian pangolin, thick-tailed pangolin, or scaly anteater (Manis crassicaudata) is a pangolin found on the Indian subcontinent. It is not common anywhere in its range. Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour. It can also curl itself into a ball as self-defence against predators such as the tiger. The colour of its scales varies depending on the colour of the earth in its surroundings.
It is an insectivore, feeding on ants and termites, digging them out of mounds and logs using its long claws, which are as long as its fore limbs. It is nocturnal and rests in deep burrows during the day.
The Indian pangolin is threatened by hunting for its meat and for various body parts used in traditional medicine.
The Indian pangolin is a solitary, shy, slow-moving, nocturnal mammal. It is about 84–122 centimetres (33–48 in) long from head to tail, the tail usually being 33–47 cm long, and weighs 10–16 kg. Females are generally smaller than the males and have one pair of mammae. The pangolin possesses a cone-shaped head with small, dark eyes, and a long muzzle with a nose pad similar in color, or darker than, its pinkish-brown skin. It has powerful limbs, tipped with sharp, clawed digits. It is an almost exclusive insectivore and principally subsists on ants and termites, which it catches with a specially adapted long, sticky tongue.The pangolin has no teeth, but has strong stomach muscles to aid in digestion. The most noticeable characteristic of the pangolin is its massive, scaled armour, which covers its upper face and its whole body with the exception of the belly and the inside of the legs. These protective scales are rigid and made of keratin. It has 160–200 scales in total, about 40–46% of which are located on the tail. Scales can be 6.5–7 cm long, 8.5 cm wide, and weigh 7–10 grams. The skin and scales make up about one-fourth to one-third of the total body mass of this species.
The Indian pangolin has been recorded from various forest types, including Sri Lankan rainforest and plains to middle hill levels. The animal can be found in grasslands and secondary forests, and is well adapted to desert regions as it is believed to have a tolerance to dry areas, but prefers more barren, hilly regions. This pangolin species may also sometimes reach high elevations, and has been sighted in Sri Lanka at 1100 meters and in the Nilgiri mountains in India at 2300 meters. It prefers soft and semi-sandy soil conditions suitable for digging burrows.
Pangolin burrows fall into one of two categories: feeding and living burrows. Feeding burrows are smaller than living burrows (though their sizes vary depending on the abundance of prey) and are created more frequently during the spring, when there is a greater availability of prey. Living burrows are wider, deeper, and more circular, and are occupied for a longer time than feeding burrows, as they are mainly used to sleep and rest during the day. After a few months, the pangolin abandons the burrow and digs a new one close to a food source. However, it is not uncommon for the pangolin to shift back to an old burrow.
Unlike its African counterpart, the Indian pangolin does not climb trees, but it does value the presence of trees, herbs, and shrubs in its habitat because it is easier to dig burrows around them. Features that promote an abundance of ants and termites (grasses, bare grounds, bases of trees, shrubs, roots, leaf litter, fallen logs and elephant feces) are often present in pangolin habitats.
Few details are known about the breeding behaviour of the Indian pangolin. During the animal's mating period, females and males may share the same burrow and show some diurnal activities. Males have testes in a fold of the skin located in their groin areas. The female's embryo develops in one of the uterine horns. The gestation period lasts 65–70 days; the placenta is diffuse and not deciduate. Usually, a single young is born, but twins have been reported in this species. The young weigh 235–400 g at birth and measure roughly 30 cm. The newborn animals have open eyes, and soft scales with protruding hairs between them. The mother pangolin carries her young on her tail. When the mother and young are disturbed, the young pangolin is held against its mother's belly and protected by the mother's tail.
Sitting by itself in the department lobby with no people around to admire its beauty. We opened the research labs with minimal personal today, so I had the opportunity to water and take a picture of this beautiful orchid.
Saw this stunningl little Bloody-nosed beetle larvae while walking on the Coastal Path between Polperro and Lansallos, Cornwall, UK. I think it was sleeping/sunning itself, just less than long 1cm at rest, handheld, used an Olloclip macro add on lens @ 14x magnification and a Hisy remote for this shot. Gently tickled and cropped in 'Photos' on Mac.
Earlier in day we had actually seen the adult version moving slowly, plodding along the path, they are quite comical, they walk as if they have hobnail boots on that are far too big for them, lifting their legs high into the air, slowly and deliberately, one by one......just wonderful to watch!!! Only now after identification do I know what they are.....
For more info:-
mobile.wildlifetrusts.org/site/wildlifetrusts?url=http%3A...
Was wäre London wohl ohne das Parlament und den Big Ben? Nicht nur das Gebäude an sich, sondern auch das Leben drum herum interessiert mich. Wie ist es so unter all diesen berühmten Gebäuden zu Leben? Klar ich komme aus Bayern, bin es also gewohnt mit altem Zeug um mich rum und trotzdem ist London doch eine ganz andere Welt für mich.
What would London probably without Parliament and the Big Ben? Not only the building itself, but also the lives of all around me interested. As it is so famous among all these buildings to life? Clear I come from Bavaria, am so used to the old stuff around me and yet London is but a completely different world for me.
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Another species of the Bee-Eaters which I find very beautiful. These are resident birds in the country, but locally migratory with movements aligned to availability of water.
When the lakes are full, they do come and perch on the tall trees nearby. This perching behaviour easily differentiates the common green bee eater vs this bird. Additionally they have beautiful blue tail from which they get their name.
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback.
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Zigzag".
These screws are around 3 mm in diameter, so this close to a 4:1 magnification.
Shot with a Tokyo Kogaku "Macro-Topcor 30 mm F 3.5" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
I figured it was about time to share a photo of "The Entrance" itself: the point where the Tasman Sea meets Tuggerah Lake.
It’s such a fascinating area. Tuggerah Lake is an estuary, a unique mix of freshwater and seawater where rivers and streams flow into a coastal lagoon, maintaining an open connection to the sea.
For me, it has been a place of endless photographic opportunities—and kayaking adventures. Whether paddling down rivers into the lake, boating across its waters, or exploring the foreshore teeming with birdlife, this place has been a constant source of enjoyment for me and so many others.
The Entrance is more than just a location—it’s a transition zone, where rivers meet the ocean, where different forces and environments collide. That’s what makes it my favourite kind of place.
Wishing you all a great Monday - "the entrance" to a new week! Thank you for any comments and likes, they are always greatly appreciated!
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One of the Gemeentemuseum’s most prized exhibits is the magnificent Art Deco building itself. Designed by architect H.P. Berlage, it is striking not only for its distinctive yellow brickwork, but also for its spacious interior, natural light and modern colour scheme. Berlage himself believed this would be his greatest ever work. It was also his last, however, and he never saw his masterpiece completed, as he died a year before the building was finished. Eighty years later, we can say that Berlage certainly fulfilled his promise. The building is still highly popular with visitors, artists and architects, and ranks among the most beautiful and most modern museum buildings in Europe.
Dreams of a cultural temple
H.E. van Gelder (1876-1960) became director of the Gemeentemuseum in 1912. He dreamed of building a large new museum complex which would include concert halls and conference rooms. In a 1914 memorandum, he even called for the construction of several new museums. After the First World War the city council made a plot of land on Stadhouderslaan available. Architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856-1934) was commissioned to design the building. Van Gelder and Berlage had known each other for some time, and both were convinced of art’s ability to elevate people. The new museum must therefore avoid any impression of elitism; it should be a cultural temple for the common man. It was also to be a modern museum, complete with the latest gadgets and presentation techniques.
The construction work
Eventually, an entire new museum complex proved politically impossible. In 1927, however, the city council commissioned Berlage to produce a smaller design. Construction work on this more modest structure began in 1931. Berlage oversaw the work together with his son-in-law E.E. Strasser. In the summer of 1934 – a year before the planned completion – Berlage died. Strasser completed the building and the museum opened on 29 May 1935. However, visitors were able to enjoy the new museum only briefly, as the occupying Germans used it as a repository during the Second World War. After repairs, it reopened to the public in 1946.
Glass cut flower holder with some zany lighting. The object itself is a slightly drab slightly funeral thing so my flashlights and colour intrusion are either an abomination or an inspiration. I’m m kinda happy with this however as a macro subject it may be a bit too abstracted.
This island of volcanic origin was given this name for a reason. The uninhabited island of Suluda is washed by clear waters with a turquoise hue. And snow-white sand on it gives even more resemblance to the Maldives. There are many beautiful bays around the island itself. A long anchorage with access to one of the 3 beaches on the island gives unforgettable impressions and beautiful pictures to remember.
*Working Towards a Better World
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light? -
Maurice Freehill
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illumines, and the glare that obscures. - James Thurber
We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own. -
Ben Sweetland
Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. -
Michael Strassfeld
Light is good from whatever lamp it shines. - Anon
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Great Mosque itself has an area of 6400 M2, with capacity 10 thousand worshipers. "Now for the number of poles, was not reached 1000, only 256 poles anyway," he said. Then came word mosque where a thousand pillars? According to Hasan Basri, the Grand Imam of Al Falah mosque to Jambi Independent, the term came from immigrants.
I hiked up a short grass lane that ended in front of this old barn that rests easy with memories of a time long past when it was young and relevant. There was no other building left on the site and only several leafless trees remained as winter approaches here in Minnesota. In the quietness I could hear the faint cries of children playing and the clanks of a farmer doing chores and then I realized the sounds were only in my mind.
While Krabi itself has been a tourism hotspot since the 1980s, Koh Poda's journey as a prime destination began later. Originally, the island was primarily visited by local fishermen and a select group of intrepid travelers searching for unspoiled nature. It wasn't until the early 2000s that Koh Poda started to gain prominence amongst international tourists, drawing attention for its picturesque setting which is perfect for a day trip or a brief sojourn away from the mainland.
The growth of tourism in Koh Poda coincided with Thailand’s larger tourism development plan. The nation's focus on promoting its natural assets to the international community helped islands like Koh Poda rise in prominence. As infrastructure improved and travel agencies began to include the island in their itineraries, Koh Poda saw a steady increase in visitors eager to experience its unexaggerated beauty.
Regno Unito, Worcestershire, Broadway Tower, Estate 2022
Broadway Tower è un "capriccio architettonico" a Broadway Hill, vicino al grande villaggio di Broadway, nella contea inglese del Worcestershire, al secondo punto più alto del Cotswolds. La base della Broadway Tower è a 312 metri sul livello del mare. La torre stessa è alta 20 metri. Da qua è possibile godere di incredibili vedute di questa parte fantastica della campagna britannica.
Broadway Tower is a folly on Broadway Hill, near the large village of Broadway, in the English county of Worcestershire, at the second-highest point of the Cotswolds. Broadway Tower's base is 312 metres above sea level. The tower itself stands 20 metres high. From there it is possible to see incredible views of this fantastic English countryside.
perhaps this is one of my favorite situations of my work, when a hundred years of life in one click of the camera shutter.
The story develops by itself, it remains only to silently smoke outside the edge of the frame ..
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"..The Old Rock has always been here. But there were many worries, and I looked through it.. When we are young we all run.. Now my children and grandchildren drive cattle themselves. Having grown old, I look at these stones all the days, sitting in front of the yurt.."
They are bound, the old rock, and the old woman. Bound in this desert for a century. Soon the woman will leave, and the eagles nesting on this rock will peck at her body in the desert among these stones, as her mother and father too..
In the corral behind the yurt, a small white kid is closed.. he always wants to run... And a little boy, great-grandson, constantly runs away from the old woman to him too,
He is dressed in the clothes of a small girl - Spirits should not know for the time being..
- he is the heir of this old yurt, near the Old Rock
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filmed on Fuji CU21 S-1600 and scanned
Little Grassbird (Megalurus gramineus)
Often heard around wetlands but not often seen. This one chose to grace me with a great opportunity for images at the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands in May 2018.
There is currently one residing near the northern gate to the boardwalk but it has, so far, not shown itself.
The unmistakable Benedictine Abbey Göttweig towers at 422 m above sea level on the eastern edge of the world-famous Danube valley of the Wachau (a UNESCO World Heritage landscape). A World Heritage Site itself since 2001, the abbey not only attracts guests from all over the world but it also serves as a spiritual centre in the heart of Lower Austria and is run by a community of about 45 monks.
The monastery– also called the “Austrian Montecassino” due to its magnificent mountain location – was founded in 1083 as a monastery for the community of canons, who lived according to the Rule of Augustine. In 1094, Göttweig was handed over to the Benedictines. Today, only remains (Erentrudis Chapel from 1072, the Old Castle, the crypt and choir of the church) of the medieval buildings of Göttweig are present as the Baroque reconstruction of the monastery was necessary after a devastating fire in 1718.
Taken on Calshot Beach, Hampshire, England, this pebble beach lies on the Solent, west of Southampton Water's Estuary Mouth. It also falls within the New Forest National Park.
Calshot is famous for Calshot Castle, the destination of the first RAF flying boats that flew in England in the 1930s. It was also in the 1930s that it was used as the base for the RAF High Speed Flight, a unit of the RAF that was set up to support the challenge for the Schnieder Trophy.
A cloudy and damp morning put a stop to any spectacular sunrise but a break in the clouds just off to the east gave the beach huts a wonderful glow while the clouds still shadowed the beach itself.
Taken with a tripod and a relatively slow shutter, very little has been tweaked from the original shot.
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One little deer detached itself from the herd grazing in the background to have a look at the group of passing ramblers.
photo at the Deer Farm, Harting, South Downs National Park thanks to Ray: small edit by me (just claiming part ownership!)
for Happy Fence Friday
Been a long wait. I've gone back to this beach many times .......waiting for that inspiring moment -
1. A huge log of drift wood - same as before :-). Beach was cleaner then.
2. the indiustrial lights from a nearby island - very faintly paint the beach. Gad to use f3.3, ISO 800, 45 sec exposure ! for the wood and frontal beach.
3. Clouds in the sky and the distant industrial lights in the front firing up the horizon.
4. The sky just about turning itself over.
The moment I waited for and for ....
DRI all the way !
Just because I like the way this white boat stood out among its surroundings.
Port of Redwood City, California.
Vasto is a beautiful section of the Adriatic coast, so much so that people get so wrapped up in the water they forget the town itself which has a lot to explore especially on super-hot days when you can take refuge from the sun discovering its many narrow alleys. Captured here is Caldoresco Castle smack dab in the middle of the town a renaissance castle built on the ruins of Roman works and surrounding the old lookout tower that once watched for raiding pirates. Vasto like most on the coast the old towns are supported by the new marinas with the lure of beautiful beaches, great food, superb wine and great people bring new tourist dollars to preserve the old cities.
I took this on Oct 06, 2012 with my D70s and Tamron 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 Lens at 18mm, 1/400s, f10 ISO 200 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO Nik
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
The Wooden Pole on the Peak District's Longshaw Estate is said to stand on the site of an ancient pole. You can see the pole itself in the distance in the top right corner of this photo. Although periodically replaced by the National Trust, who now own the land, the original pole is believed to have served as a way marker/guide post on an old packhorse route and may also have marked the boundary between the villages of Hathersage and Holmesfield. Whatever its original purpose, it occupies a commanding position beside the A6187, and yet many visitors to the area drive past without even noticing it. However, its status as a landmark gives the whole area of countryside surrounding it the name Wooden Pole.
Another from yesterday morning's slightly eerie walk to work. Sadly, the sky didn't tear itself apart and I had to work.
Occasionally, a Green Heron will launch itself into the water to go after a fish beyond its reach from the perch, but rare is the unintended fall from grace. Rarer still, this one didn't even come up with a catch, thus doubling its embarrassment. On Horsepen Bayou.
The Château Wonderland in Winter!!!
During winter, like all of us, I spend more time in front of my computer… And, thus, I went back to some precious photo files…And, ….thus , I re-entered into my old sensations and feelings of taking those older photos… Here, at the Château (… De La Hulpe) fairyland: one bright, enchanting, uplifting, sunny, winter day!!
***What you see here, is “my” Château bridge, a spot that I love very much, and that for me marks the end of my enchanted forest-path in the Château wonderland, and the start of the Château/Villa itself, with its surrounding French-style gardens and prairies..