...♪♫♫...Octave One - Terraforming...

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Octave Mirbeau constructed a narrative of lovers’ escape into another time and another space as a response to the apparent release from the law of gravity:

"Mademoiselle Camille Claudel has courageously confronted one of the greatest difficulties of sculpture: a dance movement. An infinite art is required, if it is not to become vulgar or remain frozen in stone. Mademoiselle Claudel has conquered that art."

Embracing one another, the woman adorably placing her head on the man’s shoulder, the couple is moving away, turning round and round in slow motion, voluptuous and chaste. They are nearly lifted off the ground, quasi-aerial, supported by a mysterious force which holds their leaning bodies in balance. They fly away, as if carried by wings. But where are they going, lost in the exaltation of their soul and flesh, so closely united? Is it towards love or towards death? The flesh is young, they palpitate with life, but the drapery which envelops and follows them, and turns round with them, clings like a shroud.

Citation: INTELLECTUALITY AND SEXUALITY:

CAMILLE CLAUDEL, THE FIN DE SIECLE SCULPTRESS by CLAUDINE MITCHELL, University of Leeds, Art History Vol. 12, No. 4, December 1989

Located in a private collection

Explored: Highest position: 388 on Saturday, August 18, 2007

My favorite roof bar in Bangkok. The Octave is on 49th floor of the Marriott, Sukhumvit Hotel.

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Garten und Hühnerstall von Octave Mirbeau, 1892

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)

Garden and Henhouse at Octave Mirbeau, 1892

Photo taken at The Octave roof bar on 49th floor of Mariott Hotel, Sukhumvit Bangkok..

Love,

Loyalty,

Friendships,

Authors,

Booksellers,

Bookbinders,

Burns,

Burn-victims,

Compositors,

Examinations,

Lithographers,

Against poison,

Poison-victims,

Art-dealers,

Editors,

Engravers,

Painters,

Papermakers,

Printers,

Publishers,

Scribes,

Scholars,

Tanners,

Theologians

Typesetters,

Writers,

Patronage of

Asia Minor, Turkey and Turks

Taos, New Mexico

Umbria, Italy

diocese of Cleveland, Ohio

diocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Third day of Christmas octave 2022: Lord's servant?

Credit

Hair : Octave by Analog dog Hair

Short : Senna By Beauty Factory

top : Mika print by Beauty Factory

Here :

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TUESDAY IN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER ...

HAPPY TUESDAY, EVERYONE!

I hope your week is going well!

I'm not sure of my ID of this beautiful flower. It didn't look like the Iris I'm familiar with. This is very short. Only a few inches from the ground. Maybe someone out there might know the correct ID. Thank you.

UPDATE: I found out today from the park ranger that this is a California Native Iris. Iris Pacifica (Pacific Coast Iris)

Thank you so much for stopping by and for the kind comments and favs. hey are very much appreciated!

Roman Catholic diocesan clergy (priests and deacons who serve pastorally in parishes); Exeter College, Oxford; Portsmouth, England; Arbroath Abbey; City of London, England

Fifth day of Christmas octave 2022: Authentic Spirituality!

Octave Mandolin

babies, infants, altar servers; children; children’s choir; choir boys; foundlings; students; against ambition; against jealousy

Fourth day of Christmas octave 2022: First Martyrs!

Cusco, Peru

The Octave is the rooftop bar at Marriott Hotel Sukhumvit in Bangkok. The bar is located on the 49th floor with DJ and beautiful views over the Bangkok skyline.

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“Vous ne toucherez point un papillon sans faire tomber la poudre qui colore ses ailes ; vous n'analyserez point l'amour sans en faire évanouir le charme.”

Octave Pirmez

Thank you very much for your comments and for your faves.

(Please do not use without my written permission.)

By Petya Konstantinova

Socorro, New Mexico.

"Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen." ~ Minor White

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L’œuvre visible actuellement n’est pas l’exemplaire original qui s’y trouvait en 2003 lors de Beaufort01. Celui-ci a déménagé cette même année à Ground Zero à New York. Cette nouvelle version est nettement plus grande et monumentale et n’est dotée d’aucun attribut. La première avait à côté d’elle une pelle, des barrières de signalisation et un tas de terre (gothique). L’œuvre actuelle est présentée à cet emplacement depuis 2004. Elle se caractérise par une tension étrange, due à la fusion de deux mondes n’ayant rien en commun: l’ère moderne, symbolisée par le tracteur à chenille et le Moyen-Âge, évoqué par les décors d’une église gothique.

Lieu: Digue, entre Louis Logierlaan et Octave Van Rysselbergheplein, 8430 Middelkerke.

The work currently visible is not the original one that was there in 2003 during Beaufort01. He moved that same year to Ground Zero in New York. This new version is significantly larger and monumental and has no attributes. The first had next to it a shovel, signal barriers and a pile of earth (Gothic). The current work has been on display at this location since 2004. It is characterized by a strange tension, due to the fusion of two worlds having nothing in common: the modern era, symbolized by the crawler tractor and the Middle Ages. , evoked by the decorations of a Gothic church.

Location: Digue, between Louis Logierlaan and Octave Van Rysselbergheplein, 8430 Middelkerke

This is the piece I am playing now. Lots of octaves. Feels like octave exercise.

Created in DDG Text 2 AI filters.

PP work in Luminar Neo AI filters for: Face; Eyes; Mouth; Skin. And much cloning in PS Elements.

Prompt: Cyndi Lauper dressed as a court jester in colorful motley fool attire.

Lauper is known for her distinctive image, featuring a variety of hair colors and eccentric clothing, and for her powerful and distinctive four-octave singing range. She has been celebrated for her humanitarian work, particularly as an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States. Her charitable efforts were acknowledged in 2013 when she was invited as a special guest to attend U.S. President Barack Obama's second inauguration. Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40. I love her flambpyant style and a few of her songs too.

Can be purchased here: 1-irene-steeves.pixels.com

All art works on this website are fully protected by Canadian and international copyright laws, all rights reserved. The images may not be copied, reproduced, manipulated or used in any way, without written permission from the artist. Link to copyright registration:

www.canada.ca > Intellectual property and copyright

The Grand Hotel Bellevue is a special building in the Belgian seaside resort of Westende. It is popularly called “Rotonde”.

It stands like a beacon on the seaside resort’s dike and is a living reminder of the vibrant Belle Epoque with its unique architecture. The hotel was destroyed twice by war violence, but it survived and is therefore a unique relic from a bygone era.

It was built from 1909 to 1911, based on a design by the famous architect Octave Van Rysselberghe (1855 – 1929). The building had a progressive construction method using reinforced concrete. The luxury hotel opened in June 1911 and had 120 rooms at the time. Princes, kings and rich people from all over Europe found accommodation there. After the Second World War, only the ground floor was used as a hotel. The rest of the building was converted into apartments.

In 1984 the building was protected as a monument and in 1996 the interior as well. For several years now the Rotonde has been privately owned and is no longer operated as a hotel.

more from the archives...

Marquette Park is one of Gary's unexpected pleasures. Some monuments and interpretation honor the site's role in the history of aviation. Indiana's Dunes get a lot of wind.

Octave Chanute shared his findings with the Wright Brothers, who chose Kitty Hawk instead of Indiana Dunes for their own flights.

This remote Monastery (aka abbey) was built in 1830 close to Gardiki (one of the Aspropotamos villages in Trikala County, Greece).

The monastery celebrates on August 23, i.e. on the “Apodosis” of the Assuption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Apodosis (“giving-back”) is the last (8th) day of an ecclesiastical “Octave” or “Afterfeast” with repetition of hymns. Vespers are also chanted there in the previous evening (on Aug 22). The church is completely surrounded (or overwhelmed) by an abundance of lush green vegetation.

Aspropótamos (Greek for “White River”) is a toponym for the 2nd largest Greek river, Acheloös or Achelōos. Achelōos runs for 220 km (137 mi) prior to disgorging its waters into the Ionian Sea. The precipitous flow of the river causes its crystal-clear waters to splash and foam over the many stones scattered throughout the river bed; the White River toponym emanates from the white foam occurring all along the river. Achelōos was worshipped as a god in ancient Greece (son of Ocean and Tēthys or Ocean and Naïás).

Sint-Janshospitaal, Brugge

"The statue entitled Pax was sculpted by Octave Rotsaert (21st July 1885 – 26th March 1964) a Bruges born sculptor and painter. He trained in Paris and in 1927 sculpted Pax in plaster of Paris which was awarded a medal of honour. When he returned to Bruges Rotsaert did not have enough money to cast the statue in bronze and it was left in his workroom. It was noticed by Doctor Louis De Winter, a lover of art and he decided that one day he would arrange for it to be cast. After World War II, Dr Louis De Winter wanted to celebrate the end of war with a symbol of peace, but wasn’t sure what to do. He was a head of department in the hospital and often walked in the courtyard. He then remembered the Pax sculpture and together with the ‘Friends of Bruges’ arranged for it to be cast in Bronze in a studio in Ghent.

It was erected in the courtyard in the winter of 1947 with no announcement or ceremony, but has now become a much loved piece of art in this spiritual home of real monks for many hundreds of years".

copied from: www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFD7N_Pax_Bruges_Belgium

Première photo d'une rude journée à supporter ce gosse infernal... *va se faire massacrer*

C'est une pure bombasse cette doll, j'aurais pu continuer de la mitrailler des heures *o*

When I visited the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul, IL on the grounds of the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base back in 2011, it was already facing financial hardship. There were no lights on inside the hanger that housed many of the aricraft. The interior was lit only by light coming through the windows, which actually contributed to some cool photos. Unfortunately the museum closed permanently on November 1, 2015. A good portion of the aircraft on display along with other items were dispersed to other museums, and the rest unfortunately were scrapped.

This is the back side view of a business on Main Street. The upper floor is being renovated for an apartment. All of the brick work looks suspect to me? The building that was attached to it on the left is the one that fell down except for the front wall in a previous photo.

Clifton, Arizona, USA. Once a booming copper mining town but now mostly declining or already in decay and the majority of people and business have moved just up the road to Morenci. The Freeport McMoRan copper mine located in Morenci is one of the largest in the world

Cliff dwellings along the San Francisco and Gila Rivers are evidence of an advanced civilization that existed long before Caesar ruled Rome. Many specimens of pottery and stone implements are still to be found in these ancient dwelling places. In the mid-1500s, both Fray Marcos de Niza and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado passed through the area, following the San Pedro north to the Gila River. Geronimo was born in 1829 near the confluence of Eagle Creek and the San Francisco and Gila Rivers.

In 1856 the first mineral discoveries of the Morenci/Clifton area were found by California volunteers pursuing Apaches, and conflicts between the Apaches and advancing Anglo settlers touched off a 26-year-long war. Mining for gold and silver began in 1864, followed by copper in 1872, and the mine at Morenci quickly grew to become the largest copper producer in North America. Clifton's population ballooned from 600 in 1880 to 5000 by 1910, and it quickly earned its reputation as the wildest of the "Wild West" boomtowns. Neighboring Morenci was swallowed up by an open pit mine in the 1960s, but Clifton was preserved, and today Chase Creek Street is still graced with lovely Victorian-era buildings from the town's halcyon days as the place to quickly make and lose a fortune.

In 1983, Clifton survived two nearly fatal blows, first a nearly three-year-long strike that began on June 30, 1983. Then later that same year, on October 2, 1983, Tropical Storm Octave sent 90,900 cubic feet of water per second into the San Francisco River, which burst its banks, destroying 700 homes and heavily damaging 86 of the town's 126 businesses.

bakers, Catholic converts, Catholic schools in the USA, Educators/Teachers, countesses, against the death of children, against in-law problems, against the death of parents, falsely accused, loss of children, loss of parents, nursing services, tertiaries, widows, and young brides, orphans, seafarers, widows, the homeless, people ridiculed for their piety, those who oppose the Church and Church authorities, those rejected/persecuted for their faith, the quarantine, the State of Maryland, Diocese of Shreveport, Louisiana, the secondary patron of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia,

Eleventh day of Christmastide is her feast day and death date.

Eleventh day of Christmas octave 2022: Lacking virtues?

Explored at www.flickr.com/explore/2023/01/06 as

# 53 on 6 January 2023

# 52 on 4 April 2023

my hands...I have aspan of an octave and a half on the keyboard....the ball is getting huge...part of my new 30 day project...

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I'm stampolina and I love to take photos of stamps. Thanks for visiting this pages on flickr.

I'm neither a typical collector of stamps, nor a stamp dealer. I'm only a stamp photograph. I'm fascinated of the fine close-up structures which are hidden in this small stamp-pictures. Please don't ask of the worth of these stamps - the most ones have a worth of a few cents or still less.

By the way, I wanna say thank you to all flickr users who have sent me stamps! Great! Thank you! Someone sent me 3 or 5 stamps, another one sent me more than 20 stamps in a letter. It's everytime a great surprise for me and I'm everytime happy to get letters with stamps inside from you!

thx, stampolina

For the case you wanna send also stamps - it is possible. (...I'm pretty sure you'll see these stamps on this photostream on flickr :) thx!

stampolina68

Mühlenweg 3/2

3244 Ruprechtshofen

Austria - Europe

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great stamp USA Air Mail 21c us airmail Poste aérienne (Octave Chanute, 1832-1910; aviation pioneer & civil engineer);United States of America amerika u.s. postage timbre briefmarke stamp selo sello states porto franco par avion beautiful stamp Airmail USA United States of America Poste aérienne par avion Stamp USA United States of America timbre États-Unis u.s. postage selo Estados Unidos sello USA francobolli USA Stati Uniti d'America почтовая марка США pullar ABD 邮票 美国 Měiguó USA Briefmarken 郵便切手 切手 アメリカ डाक टिकटों अमेरिका γραμματόσημα ΗΠΑ แสตมป์ ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา Damga pulu pulları ABD poštové známky Spojené štáty americké 우표 미국 perangko perangko Amerika Serikat בולי דואר ארצות הברית marka briefmarke

Panevin dell'Ottavario. Una tradizione iniziata nel dopoguerra. Nel 1948 per le troppe piogge, in paese non si poté fare il Panevin. La settimana successiva ci fu il bel tempo e gli abitanti di Rustignè prepararono il tradizionale falò. Da allora a Rustignè il Panevin si incendia una settimana dopo.

Rustignè, gennaio 2025

Octave Panevin. A tradition that began after the war. In 1948 due to too much rain, Panevin could not be made in the village. The following week there was good weather and the people of Rustignè prepared the traditional bonfire. Since then in Rustignè the Panevin has been burning a week later.

Rustignè, January 2025

carta strappata luci LED

Necklace is new from Kunglers called Mirna and is at the new round of Fameshed

Ring is from Kunglers called Luh ring

The head and shape,edited is from Lelutka called Raven 3.1

Lip and shadow shade is from Sgarose,shade from the Abby hud

The eyes are new from Tville called Glorious Eyes,

shade is from pack 2, shade emerald and you

can get your shade at the new round of Uber

Lash is from Anice, style from the Hessa hud

Blush and moles are from War paint

called woke up like this 7

Highlight is from LB called shine like a star

Lip mole is from Pr.etty called Mole Debora

Applier and brow shape is from Moccino called Lore,

shade Sunkiss and was for the christmas 54 event

Matching body tone in Sunkiss is at the Velour shop

The body is from ebody called Reborn

Top is from Fake Society x called Erika Top, shade nude

and its for the happy weekend sales

Hair is from Analog Dog called octave, shade from the

dark browns and the fat pack is for the happy weekend sales

Hair base i used is from .N X called Aida used HB 4

Clifton can have frequent minor and major flooding. The stone wall in the foreground is part of the flood control system. There are flood walls and a swinging flood door to close off the highway in an effort to protect the town. In between the two power poles you can see one of several large flood warning sirens.

Clifton, Arizona, USA. Once a booming copper mining town but now mostly declining or already in decay and the majority of people and business have moved just up the road to Morenci. The Freeport McMoRan copper mine located in Morenci is one of the largest in the world

Cliff dwellings along the San Francisco and Gila Rivers are evidence of an advanced civilization that existed long before Caesar ruled Rome. Many specimens of pottery and stone implements are still to be found in these ancient dwelling places. In the mid-1500s, both Fray Marcos de Niza and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado passed through the area, following the San Pedro north to the Gila River. Geronimo was born in 1829 near the confluence of Eagle Creek and the San Francisco and Gila Rivers.

In 1856 the first mineral discoveries of the Morenci/Clifton area were found by California volunteers pursuing Apaches, and conflicts between the Apaches and advancing Anglo settlers touched off a 26-year-long war. Mining for gold and silver began in 1864, followed by copper in 1872, and the mine at Morenci quickly grew to become the largest copper producer in North America. Clifton's population ballooned from 600 in 1880 to 5000 by 1910, and it quickly earned its reputation as the wildest of the "Wild West" boomtowns. Neighboring Morenci was swallowed up by an open pit mine in the 1960s, but Clifton was preserved, and today Chase Creek Street is still graced with lovely Victorian-era buildings from the town's halcyon days as the place to quickly make and lose a fortune.

In 1983, Clifton survived two nearly fatal blows, first a nearly three-year-long strike that began on June 30, 1983. Then later that same year, on October 2, 1983, Tropical Storm Octave sent 90,900 cubic feet of water per second into the San Francisco River, which burst its banks, destroying 700 homes and heavily damaging 86 of the town's 126 businesses

This remote Monastery (aka abbey) was built in 1830 close to Gardiki (one of the Aspropotamos villages in Trikala County, Greece).

The monastery celebrates on August 23, i.e. on the “Apodosis” of the Assuption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Apodosis (“giving-back”) is the last (8th) day of an ecclesiastical “Octave” or “Afterfeast” with repetition of hymns. Vespers are also chanted there in the previous evening (on Aug 22). The church is completely surrounded (or overwhelmed) by an abundance of lush green vegetation.

Aspropótamos (Greek for “White River”) is a toponym for the 2nd largest Greek river, Acheloös or Achelōos. Achelōos runs for 220 km (137 mi) prior to disgorging its waters into the Ionian Sea. The precipitous flow of the river causes its crystal-clear waters to splash and foam over the many stones scattered throughout the river bed; the White River toponym emanates from the white foam occurring all along the river. Achelōos was worshipped as a god in ancient Greece (son of Ocean and Tēthys or Ocean and Naïás).

This remote Monastery (aka abbey) was built in 1830 close to Gardiki (one of the Aspropotamos villages in Trikala County, Greece).

The monastery celebrates on August 23, i.e. on the “Apodosis” of the Assuption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Apodosis (“giving-back”) is the last (8th) day of an ecclesiastical “Octave” or “Afterfeast” with repetition of hymns. Vespers are also chanted there in the previous evening (on Aug 22). The church is completely surrounded (or overwhelmed) by an abundance of lush green vegetation.

Aspropótamos (Greek for “White River”) is a toponym for the 2nd largest Greek river, Acheloös or Achelōos. Achelōos runs for 220 km (137 mi) prior to disgorging its waters into the Ionian Sea. The precipitous flow of the river causes its crystal-clear waters to splash and foam over the many stones scattered throughout the river bed; the White River toponym emanates from the white foam occurring all along the river. Achelōos was worshipped as a god in ancient Greece (son of Ocean and Tēthys or Ocean and Naïás).

Hammer scale (or anvil dust) is simply flakes of oxidised white to red hot steel released by hammer blows. It is not an octave created by a hammer on an anvil when forging a hatchet from a piece of truck spring.

In the forge again armed with the Nikon Z6 and a vintage Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 AI-S.

The lens came from fleabay as a box of parts. The previous (late) owner pulled it down and was apparently unable to rebuild it. Such a shame for the guy - the lens has around 5mm of left hand thread that works counter to the helicoid. If you don't know it's there you just can't see how it's put together.

He'd clearly given it everything to get it apart, drilled holes, mounted it in a vice, given it heaps with a pipe wrench etc... As it was I had to heat it with the propane torch to get it to let go and then spend several hours lapping the slightly deformed helicoid with toothpaste before cleaning and re-greasing to make the focus smooth as silk again.

The optical block was perfect. Fabulous lens to use in the forge. Plenty fast and just the right length to get in tight but not be in the way. I have the camera's movie button re-configged to give me the zoomed focus assist for moments like this.

Nikon Z6, Nikkor 105mm f/1.8, 1/800th sec at f/2.8, ISO 800

Les Marches Folkloriques de l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse trouvent leurs origines dans les processions de croix banales du moyen-âge. Celles-ci avaient lieu dans l'octave de la Pentecôte et étaient destinées à rendre hommage et à permettre de verser l'obole à l'abbaye suzeraine voisine dont dépendait le clergé.

L'escorte militaire qui les accompagnait avait pour but d'en rehausser l'éclat mais aussi de préserver les pèlerins contre les bandes de malfrats qui rôdaient à cette époque dans nos contrées. Ces compagnies spéciales d'archers et arbalétriers que l'on appelait "serments" furent les ancêtres des marcheurs.

C'est dans le courant du XVIII siècle qu'une crise importante frappa nos Marches car de plus en plus ces cérémonies devenaient un prétexte pour s'amuser et tourner le religieux en dérision, ce qui ne plut pas au clergé qui interdit ces manifestations.

Les coutumes reprendront en 1802 après le concordat signé entre Napoléon Ier et le Pape Pie VII. C'est à ce moment que les Marches prirent un nouvel essor et devinrent des escortes militaires.

En ce qui concerne les costumes adoptés dans nos manifestations aujourd'hui, ils sont du premier et du second empire. A ce sujet, il est certain que l'on a d'abord marché en premier empire car de nombreuses défroques de l'armée de Napoléon étaient disponibles dans nos régions. Ces uniformes se dégradant, nos Marcheurs ont adoptés les costumes militaires de l'époque qui a immédiatement suivi, c'est-à-dire les uniformes que l'on appelle du second empire.

Bien que l’aspect religieux ne semble pas prépondérant, il s’agit quand même d’une procession religieuse avec sortie de la châsse et des saints patrons, bénédictions, messe, …

L’un des moments les plus forts de la Saint Hubert, c’est le fameux bataillon carré. Un moment solennel, plein de tradition et avec un déroulement codifié et immuable. Il commence par une revue des troupes, suivie de décharges et de feux roulants.

The Folk Marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse find their origins in the banal cross processions of the Middle Ages. These took place in the octave of Pentecost and were intended to pay homage and allow the payment of the mite to the neighboring suzerain abbey on which the clergy depended.

The military escort which accompanied them was intended to enhance its splendor but also to protect the pilgrims against the gangs of thugs who were roaming our region at that time. These special companies of archers and crossbowmen called "oaths" were the ancestors of the walkers.

It was during the 18th century that a major crisis struck our Marches because more and more these ceremonies became a pretext for having fun and making fun of religion, which did not please the clergy who banned these demonstrations.

Customs resumed in 1802 after the concordat signed between Napoleon I and Pope Pius VII. It was at this time that the Marches took on new development and became military escorts.

Regarding the costumes adopted in our demonstrations today, they are from the first and second empire. On this subject, it is certain that we first marched in the first empire because many cast-offs from Napoleon's army were available in our regions. As these uniforms deteriorated, our Walkers adopted the military costumes of the era which immediately followed, that is to say the uniforms we call the Second Empire.

Although the religious aspect does not seem predominant, it is still a religious procession with the release of the reliquary and patron saints, blessings, mass, etc.

One of the strongest moments of Saint Hubert’s Day is the famous square battalion. A solemn moment, full of tradition and with a codified and immutable sequence. It begins with a review of the troops, followed by discharges and rolling fire.

Old loading dock door on the abandoned Morenci Water and Electric Building. This building, built in 1897 is having some serious structural issues with the brick work.

Clifton, Arizona, USA. Once a booming copper mining town but now mostly declining or already in decay and the majority of people and business have moved just up the road to Morenci. The Freeport McMoRan copper mine located in Morenci is one of the largest in the world

Cliff dwellings along the San Francisco and Gila Rivers are evidence of an advanced civilization that existed long before Caesar ruled Rome. Many specimens of pottery and stone implements are still to be found in these ancient dwelling places. In the mid-1500s, both Fray Marcos de Niza and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado passed through the area, following the San Pedro north to the Gila River. Geronimo was born in 1829 near the confluence of Eagle Creek and the San Francisco and Gila Rivers.

In 1856 the first mineral discoveries of the Morenci/Clifton area were found by California volunteers pursuing Apaches, and conflicts between the Apaches and advancing Anglo settlers touched off a 26-year-long war. Mining for gold and silver began in 1864, followed by copper in 1872, and the mine at Morenci quickly grew to become the largest copper producer in North America. Clifton's population ballooned from 600 in 1880 to 5000 by 1910, and it quickly earned its reputation as the wildest of the "Wild West" boomtowns. Neighboring Morenci was swallowed up by an open pit mine in the 1960s, but Clifton was preserved, and today Chase Creek Street is still graced with lovely Victorian-era buildings from the town's halcyon days as the place to quickly make and lose a fortune.

In 1983, Clifton survived two nearly fatal blows, first a nearly three-year-long strike that began on June 30, 1983. Then later that same year, on October 2, 1983, Tropical Storm Octave sent 90,900 cubic feet of water per second into the San Francisco River, which burst its banks, destroying 700 homes and heavily damaging 86 of the town's 126 businesse

Hand-built by Thomas Buchanan of Yorkshire, UK

This remote Monastery (aka abbey) was built in 1830 close to Gardiki (one of the Aspropotamos villages in Trikala County, Greece).

The monastery celebrates on August 23, i.e. on the “Apodosis” of the Assuption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Apodosis (“giving-back”) is the last (8th) day of an ecclesiastical “Octave” or “Afterfeast” with repetition of hymns. Vespers are also chanted there in the previous evening (on Aug 22). The church is completely surrounded (or overwhelmed) by an abundance of lush green vegetation.

Aspropótamos (Greek for “White River”) is a toponym for the 2nd largest Greek river, Acheloös or Achelōos. Achelōos runs for 220 km (137 mi) prior to disgorging its waters into the Ionian Sea. The precipitous flow of the river causes its crystal-clear waters to splash and foam over the many stones scattered throughout the river bed; the White River toponym emanates from the white foam occurring all along the river. Achelōos was worshipped as a god in ancient Greece (son of Ocean and Tēthys or Ocean and Naïás).

ARFF foam truck.