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This MC12 Corsa was perfecly placed away from the crowds to get some seriously amazing looking shots of it! :)
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The Skanderbeg Square ,Albanian: Sheshi Skënderbej) is the main plaza in the centre of Tirana, Albania. The square is named after the Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu. The total area is about 40.000 square metres. The Skanderbeg Monument dominates the square.
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The Original Perch Rock
Perch Rock, New Brighton Lighthouse, sits next to the fort, it was originally, a wooden "Perch", hence its name. A large post held a light on top and was supported by a sort of tripod. It was erected on the Black Rock in 1683 by the Liverpool Corporation.
When foreign ships, passed the old perch, they were charged sixpence for its respect and to keep it in repair. But it was often washed away and a boat had to be launched to recover it from Bootle Bay. In February 1821, the pilot boat "Liver" crashed into the perch and carried it away. It has been said that it was washed away in March 1824 and not recovered until the December.
However the cost of replacing it all the time grew too expensive and it was decided to build a new one.
Construction of the Lighthouse
The foundation stone of the new lighthouse was laid on 8th June 1827 by Thomas Littledale, Mayor of Liverpool. It was designed on the lines of Eddystone by Mr. Foster and built of marble rock from Anglesey by Tomkinson & Company. It rises 90 feet above the rocks and is considered to be a masterpiece of craftsmanship. The granite cost 1/6d a cubic foot.
Each piece of stone is interlocked into the next. The whole stonework, when finished , was coated with what is known as "Puzzellani" a volcanic substance from Mount Etna which, with age, becomes rock hard. The first 45 feet is solid. A spiral staircase leads to where the keeper lived and then on to the lantern house. The revolving light was said to be the first in the country. It cost £27,500 to construct.
The Lighthouse In Use
Work was only possible at low tide and it was not completed until 1830. Its first light shone on the 1st March of that yea and consisted of two white flashes, followed by one red, with a range of 14 miles. The light was 77 feet above the half-tide level. It was eventually electrically connected to the mainland.
The Lighthouse last shone its light on 1st October 1973 as it was no longer needed on account of the radar system operating in the River.
a close up of one of the tulips I bought to enjoy for the holidays.
Once it's done blooming, I'll plant it somewhere near the house where, hopefully the deer won't get it next year if it comes back up.
Fotografia feita com luz natural, câmera compacta, ano 2004. Frutas sobre a mesa da minha sala, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
The cave, long around two kilometers, is one of the masterpieces of the ancient roman engineering. Built around 39 before Christ, was attributed for error by the great humanist Giovanni Pontano to the period of Tiberio and baptized with the name of Seiano, while it is more ancient, probable work of Lucio Cocceio Aucto. It served as private gallery of access to the villa of Pausylipon (in greek "break to the pain", that has given the name to the whole promontory of Posillipo in the centuries) done build from the rich Publio Vedio Pollione, friend of the August emperor. After the death of the owner the villa passed to the imperial domain and the gallery it became public, as it testifies a headstone of the IV century whose copy is preserved in loco. Abandoned during the Middleage, it slipped in more points and it was rediscovery in the XIX century when, for order of the king of the Two Sicilies (Naples) Ferdinando II was dearly restored and reopened to the visitors. After the annexation of the Kingdom at Piedmont-Italy it began a new period of decadence that culminated with the use as anti-aircraft shelter in the Second World War and the total closing. Has been reopened by fifteen years but it needs financings public because fragile.
As the sun began to rise over Myrtle Beach, a touching moment was captured between a grandmother and her grandson. The beauty of the surrounding scenery provided the perfect backdrop to this heartfelt interaction. The soft colors of the sky and the gentle sounds of waves crashing against the shore all added to the emotional ambiance. As they gazed out into the horizon, it was clear that this moment would be remembered for years to come. This snapshot of love, family bonding and appreciation for nature served as a reminder of how important it is to cherish our loved ones and take time out to appreciate life's simple pleasures. Moments like these capture human emotions in their purest forms; an unbreakable connection between generations set amongst serene natural beauty- a true masterpiece in its own right.
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Masterpiece Prowl being...well...a badass.
Flare created by this guy - hakeryk2.deviantart.com
Figures:
ransformers Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor (Sideswipe)
Transformers Masterpiece MP-17 Prowl
Continuing my tour of architecture. 😊
A must see when in Little Rock is the Heifer International HQ. It is a LEED Platinum certified building. Made out of recycled, local, and sustainable materials it maximizes the use of sunlight and captures rainwater in a tower hidden behind the colorful images at the left of the frame. Alison and I got to tour it last year.
Created for Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces:New Challenge 181 INSECTS
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For the first churchly visit of that November 2023 trip to the southern French provinces of Roussillon and Languedoc, I will treat you to a truly unique place, the so-called “priory” of Serrabone, which features an absolute world-class masterpiece of Romanesque sculpture: its tribune.
I said “so-called” above because a priory, in the genuine acception of the word, is a secondary monastery established by an abbey. It is populated by monks sent by that abbey. Those monks are led by a prior, whose superior is the abbot of the founding abbey. In the case of Serrabone, there first was a late Carolingian parochial church established in this mountainous locale and first mentioned in writing in 1069. The walls of the nave are, for some part, still those of that ancient church.
It was then, at a time when local lords used to meddle more and more in the affairs of the Church (which was one of the reasons that prompted the coming of the Gregorian reform), that the viscount of Cerdagne and the local lord of Corsavy installed on the Serrabone mountaintop an unusually mixed group of canons and canonesses to live in accordance with the Augustinian Rule.
A new college church was built (mostly by enlarging the previous one) and consecrated in 1151. Its architecture is harmonious but very simple, as one would expect: in the Middle Ages, those mountains were populated (hence the creation of the parish) and did feed their inhabitants (serra bona in Catalan means “good mountain”), but there was precious little commerce with the outside world and the locals had nothing of real value to export. Therefore, the local economy was pretty much a closed circuit and money was far from flowing in abundantly. The style of the church, even though there were donations from the aforementioned lords, reflects this paucity of financial resources.
It is therefore a total mystery how the magnificent sculpted tribune, which would have cost a veritable fortune, was funded, and by whom. Nothing has ever been demonstrated in that matter, although many have conjectured in various directions. The only certainty we have is that it was built around the time when the church itself was completed, i.e., the mid–1150s.
The culmination of the “priory” did not last very long: canons and canonesses are not monks and nuns, their commitment is found throughout history and places to be much less strong, and by the late 1200s they had already broken communal life and begun to live in their own separate homes. Decadence went to such extremes that the “priory” was secularized by the pope in the 16th century and made a dependency of the chapter of the cathedral of Solsona. The last “prior” died in 1612 and the church returned to its simple parochial status.
The place was progressively abandoned as people left the mountains to go live easier lives in the valleys. It was almost in ruins when it was listed as a Historic Landmark in 1875 and the restoration began. Fortunately, the tribune had been protected and its capitals and columns hidden by the locals.
The lions of Serrabone.
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Bluestreak prepping for a throw down in some fog!
Figure:
Transformers Masterpiece MP-18 Streak (Bluestreak)
The Swan ~ by Mary Oliver
Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air -
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black beak?
Did you hear it, fluting and whistling
A shrill dark music - like the rain pelting the trees - like a waterfall
Knifing down the black ledges?
And did you see it, finally, just under the clouds -
A white cross Streaming across the sky, its feet
Like black leaves, its wings Like the stretching light of the river?
And did you feel it, in your heart, how it pertained to everything?
And have you too finally figured out what beauty is for?
And have you changed your life?
. . . thanx to Playingwithbrushes for these great textures . . . www.flickr.com/photos/playingwithpsp/4657279214/in/faves-... . . . www.flickr.com/photos/playingwithpsp/4122616005/
freeform crochet spiral design pendant. crocheted in silk and cotton, and mounted in a Mini Masterpiece frame from www.etsy.com/shop/ewoodstory