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Griffon vulture feeding on the cadaver (not visible)
showing some parts of its head and neck tinged with blood.
Buitre leonado alimentándose de un cadáver (no visible)
mostrando partes de su cabeza y cuello teñidas de sangre.
My Korner #389 - These Premises Are Protected!
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BLOG NAME: These Premises Are Protected!
DESIGNERS: Salt & Pepper, Exile & ACT5
I have been killed by two men but I still have 7 lives left!
Today I'm wearing:
BODYSUIT: S&P Kitty suit FATPACK @Fetish Fair
MASK: S&P Kitty mask @Fetish Fair
GLOVES/CLAWS: S&P Kitty gloves & claws @Fetish Fair
TAIL: S&P Kitty bento tail @Fetish Fair
HAIR: Exile - Felicia @Fetish Fair
POSE: ACT5-583-Female Catwoman 5 Pose
S&P Kitty Costume is rigged for Legacy, Legacy Perky, Maitreya and Maitreya Petite and has so many options. Bodysuit comes in 8 solid and 8 ombre colors. Mask, gloves with claws, and tail all come 16 color choices and can be worn with and without drips. Gloves can be worn with or without claws and claws HUD has 7 metal colors. Tail is animated. Great halloween costume.
Felicia hair comes with 150 colors and style HUD with special hair version for S&P kitty mask.
Links:
Fetish Fair
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Salt & Pepper Mainstore
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Salt & Pepper Marketplace
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Exile Mainstore
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Exile Marketplace
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ACT5 Poses Marketplace
Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy (pre-dawn blue hour)
The Ponte Vecchio ("Old Bridge") is a medieval stone closed-spandrel segmental arch bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common. Butchers initially occupied the shops; the present tenants are jewelers, art dealers and souvenir sellers.
The bridge spans the Arno at its narrowest point where it is believed that a bridge was first built in Roman times. The Roman piers were of stone, the superstructure of wood. After being destroyed by a flood in 1117, it was reconstructed in stone but swept away again in 1333. It was rebuilt in 1345.
The bridge has always hosted shops and merchants who displayed their goods on tables before their premises, after authorization of the Bargello (a sort of a lord mayor, a magistrate and a police authority). The back shops (retrobotteghe) that may be seen from upriver, were added in the seventeenth century.
It is said that the economic concept of bankruptcy originated here: when a money-changer could not pay his debts, the table on which he sold his wares (the "banco") was physically broken ("rotto") by soldiers, and this practice was called "bancorotto" (broken table; possibly it can come from "banca rotta" which means "broken bank"). Not having a table anymore, the merchant was not able to sell anything and went bankrupt.
(from Wikipedia)
Normally, I don't let Rooster out until I know Mama moose has left the premises but she came back so it was a surprise that her and Rooster met up. Now, If any of you wonder what would happen if you encounter any wildlife on the trail how your dog would react....well, they bring them back to you. That's right, Mama moose came galloping right past me down my driveway. She doesn't perceive me as a threat so I was safe. Imagine if that was a bear? Something I learned from this picture is when a moose is perturbed their ears go comically sideways. She has never showed me that facial expression.
Of course, Rooster thinks it is all a game, just another horse on the property.
As a side note, sadly Rooster got ran over by a truck just outside my ranch gate by a passerby going about 80, he was rushed to the Dog ER on Sunday. He suffered a pulmonary contusion so he is on bed rest and as you can imagine not happy about it now that he is on the mend. All a very traumatic ordeal, I will forever be haunted by his cry as he got run over. Hope he has learned his lesson about cars as I never had a dog that didn't respect motorized vehicles. Had I known, I wouldn't have rescued him, there is only one ending, but apparently Rooster has a guardian angel. BTW- ER Vets think you shit out money, just saying. $1600 a night. This dog is going to give me a heart attack yet. Where is my beloved Sadie Dawg when I need her? Heavy sigh....
The James Ryan Ltd Retail and Wholesale Distributors buildings are part of the Ryan Premises National Historic Site located in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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Dietes grandiflora is a rhizomatous perennial plant of the family Iridaceae with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa, where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial premises and along roadsides. Wikipedia
The James Ryan Ltd Retail and Wholesale Distributors buildings are part of the Ryan Premises National Historic Site located in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
James Ryan Ltd. was established in the Bayley's Cove section of Bonavista in 1857 where it operated a pub as well as a retail store. The main operation was relocated to its present location on Bonavista harbour in 1869 and liquor was only sold in bulk and the fishery became the main focus. The company bought and sold salt cod, supplied salt and other materials for the cod fishery, and sold general merchandise. By 1895 James Ryan Ltd exported 100,000 quintals (approximately 5,000,000 kg) of salt cod, approximately 10% of the total for Newfoundland.James Ryan Ltd. exited the fishing industry in 1952 and continued on as a general store until closing in 1978. In 1987, the Ryan Premises at Bonavista were designated as a National Historic Site. Parks Canada took over the property and it was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on June 24, 1997 to mark the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's landfall at Bonavista.
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Der Name Levante (italienisch: „der Sonne entgegen“) stammt entweder vom ersten großen Mieter der Geschäftsräume, der Deutschen Levante Schifffahrts-Linie, oder gründet allgemein auf der historischen Ausrichtung des Hauses, das Reedereien als Mieter hatte, die Handel mit dem östlichen Mittelmeer, dem „Morgenland“, trieben. Ein stilisiertes Sonnensymbol (neun gelbe Strahlen im Halbkreis angeordnet) ist das eingetragene und geschützte Warenzeichen des heutigen Eigentümers, der GbR Levantehaus.
Den Namen Levantehaus bekam das Gebäude spätestens 1925.
1995 bis 1997 wurde das Kontorhaus in eine Einkaufspassage und ein 5-Sterne-Hotel umgebaut. Gründe dafür waren das Überangebot an Büroflächen in der Hamburger Altstadt, die übergroßen und daher schwer zu vermietenden Räume im Kontorhaus sowie der Auszug der Verwaltungsberufsgenossenschaft, die den größten Teil der Büroflächen belegt hatte.
The name Levante (Italian: "towards the sun") comes either from the first major tenant of the premises, the Deutsche Levante Schifffahrts-Linie, or is based more generally on the historical orientation of the house, which had shipping companies as tenants that traded with the eastern Mediterranean , the “morning land”. A stylized sun symbol (nine yellow rays arranged in a semicircle) is the registered and protected trademark of the current owner, GbR Levantehaus.
The building was given the name Levantehaus in 1925 at the latest.
From 1995 to 1997 the Kontorhaus was converted into a shopping arcade and a 5-star hotel. The reasons for this were the oversupply of office space in Hamburg's old town, the oversized and therefore difficult to rent rooms in the Kontorhaus and the move out of the administrative trade association, which had occupied most of the office space.
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Ryan Premises National Historic Site located in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
The Ryan Premises is a National Historic Site of Canada located in the town of Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is preserved as an example of a large-scale merchant operation in a Newfoundland outport.
The site consists of the proprietor's house, a carriage shed, a retail shop, a retail store, a fish store and a salt store. The staff house, adjacent to but not part of the historical site, is a Registered Heritage Structure. Earlier, the premises also included a larger salt store, a cooperage, a powder magazine, a telegraph office, wharves, fish flakes, a lumber yard and a shipyard.
James Ryan Ltd. was established in the Bayley's Cove section of Bonavista in 1857 where it operated a pub as well as a retail store. The main operation was relocated to its present location on Bonavista harbour in 1869 and liquor was only sold in bulk and the fishery became the main focus. The company bought and sold salt cod, supplied salt and other materials for the cod fishery, and sold general merchandise. By 1895 James Ryan Ltd exported 100,000 quintals (approximately 5,000,000 kg) of salt cod, approximately 10% of the total for Newfoundland.James Ryan Ltd. exited the fishing industry in 1952 and continued on as a general store until closing in 1978. In 1987, the Ryan Premises at Bonavista were designated as a National Historic Site. Parks Canada took over the property and it was officially opened to the public by Queen Elizabeth II on June 24, 1997 to mark the 500th anniversary of John Cabot's landfall at Bonavista.
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NW55plus Monatsthema - Schwarz Weiß
Der 1938 in Düsseldorf geborene Bildhauer Ulrich Rückriem realisierte zahlreiche Gruppen- und Einzelausstellungen im In- und Ausland. Er sieht sich Räumlichkeiten an, zeichnet mögliche Entwürfe für den Aufbau und wählt Skulpturen aus. Im Laufe seiner Ausstellungstätigkeit entstand der Wunsch nach eigenen Räumen, die seinen Vorstellungen und den Anforderungen des Materials entsprechen. So entwickelte sich die Idee, hier in Sinsteden eigene Hallen zu errichten.
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NW55plus Monthly Theme - Black White
The sculptor Ulrich Rückriem, born in Düsseldorf in 1938, has realized numerous group and individual exhibitions in Germany and abroad. He looks at premises, draws possible designs for construction and selects sculptures. In the course of his exhibition activities, the desire for his own rooms that corresponded to his ideas and the requirements of the material arose. This is how the idea developed to build our own halls here in Sinsteden.
Another photo taken in the premises of Yamada Ryokan.
The building in the right is called Nagaya (長屋) that is an Edo period construction. The building in the centre is Yudono (湯殿) that houses a hotspring bath, and the three -story building is called Shinkan (新館, new wing) for guest rooms although it is old enough. The two were constructed in 1914 during the Taishou era (大正時代 1907-1926). These three architectures are listed as Registered Tangible Cultural Heritage.
They are traditional structures supported by wooden pillars and beams, which allow installing plenty of glass windows.
In my opinion, this is architecturally the best part of the Japanese inn.
The building behind Shinkan is Bekkan (別館, annex) that is a reinforced concrete structure built in late 20th century. It may be comfortable to stay but is less attractive for photo shooting.
Catania - a city built on the premises of Etna - the highest and one of the most active volcanoes in Europe. Sometimes, when the locals feel blessed by the opportunities that it brings them, they call it (her) Etna mountain, or Mother Etna. But when they sense its dangers, they call it (him) Etna volcano instead.
On the premises of Larnach Castle: Flowers in front of a view over Otago Harbour (Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand).
Camera: Canon PowerShot G3.
Edited with Adobe Photoshop.
Please pardon my very deliberate pun and play on words. As well as an alternative name for a cotton spool, a Scottish reel is a lively, traditional Celtic social dance and musical form, popular since the Sixteenth Century. It features pairs or sets of dancers performing quick, energetic movements, alternating between traveling figures and stationary "setting" steps. Danced to fast 2/4 or 4/4 time music, it is a staple of ceilidhs, Scottish country dancing, and Highland culture.
For those of you who follow my photostream, you know that I collect and photograph Dewhurst's Sylko cotton reels, however I also collect beautiful old pre-war cotton reels from British businesses, many of which have fallen into memory and lost to the mists of time. I couldn't think of a better spool than that of one from the prominent high-end department store of Draffen & Jarvie, which was located on Nethergate in Dundee, Scotland to use with this playful pun! This reel has the charming dye shade of "Mist Blue", which is the palest shade of blue that it could almost be white or cream. Therefore, I decided to accessorise it with some of my vintage haberdashery pieces in pale pastel shades. It sits upon a bed of machine embroidered sequin net with an antique velvet grosgrain ribbon in pale pink draped around it. Behind it are two vintage roses: one satin in an almost icy blue and the other cotton in creamy white and pale pink. The tiny silver button at the front is Victorian, whilst the glass button and Bakelite and silver button are from the 1930s. The Art Deco buckle is iridescent pale blue Bakelite, designed to emulate mother-of-pearl.
Draffen and Jarvie was a prominent, high-end department store located on Nethergate in Dundee, Scotland, active from the late Nineteenth Century until its eventual takeover by Debenhams in 1981. The original firm began its career in 1834 when William Moon and John Langlands opened a little store at 10 Overgate. They were the pioneers of a new style of business and were the first shopkeepers in Dundee to deal in fixed prices, instead of selling, as the custom was then, by bargaining. The new method met with an encouraging response from a time when gentlemen wore silks. The quality of the goods attracted a growing custom and Moon and Langlands were soon on the hunt for bigger premises. They moved to 27 Overgate and 1 Tally Street in 1837 and a circular was issued following the switch containing a list of goods for sale. Men could choose their coats from cloths in blues, clarets, dahlias or olives; their vests from silk or swans down; and trousers from cotton drills or painted moleskins. The hosiery offered for sale for men included open-work silk stockings and by 1842 the new Overgate premises were too small for the ever-growing volume of customers. Albion House was erected at the corner of Union Street and the firm stated that “each department will be found to contain a large assortment of very choice goods, and will be under the superintendence of a young man of experience who shall give the most vigilant attention to every customer”. The original partnership came to an end a few years after the move to Union Street when Mr. Langlands retired and was replaced by John Robertson. The business flourished and prospered through the long rein of Queen Victoria until Mr. Moon died in 1887 and the firm was bought by Thomas Blakeney. A serious fire devastated Albion House and Mr. Blakeney instigated a redevelopment of the centre of Dundee after the clearance of slum dwellings. The firm moved into premises which were known as Blakeney’s Building at the corner of Whitehall Street and Nethergate. In 1889 Mr. Blakeney sold the concern to Coatbridge draper George Draffen, who ran the business in partnership with his brother-in-law John Jarvie. In 1891, Mr. Jarvie was bought out by Mr. Draffen. He was the sole proprietor until 1896 when he took his sons – William Stirling Draffen and John J Draffen – into partnership. His sons played a leading part in the expansion of the business following his death and Draffen’s became increasingly well-known for its comprehensive service. The firm celebrated its centenary in 1934 with the opening of a new men’s store and a series of displays and the exhibition "Cavalcade of Fashion – 1834-1833" which included a gown worn by Queen Victoria amongst the vintage costumes on display. Roy Langford, a costume scholar in London, arrived in Dundee to arrange the dresses for the exhibition which were coming from Canada. The department store had a prominent impact on Dundee’s shopping and social scene and gradually introduced various tearooms, lounges and a restaurant on its top floor. The firm continued to be known as Draffen and Jarvie Ltd before becoming Draffen’s of Dundee in 1948. Known as one of Dundee's "big four" retailers – G.L Wilson, Draffen’s, D.M Brown and Smith Brothers, it was a major shopping destination before the rise of modern chain stores. The store and its associated restaurant went into a slow decline before being taken over by Debenhams in March 1981. Debenhams then spent almost two decades at the site before it became the anchor store at the heart of the Overgate’s second reincarnation in Dundee in March 2000. In 2016 part of the basement area was reopened to form a speakeasy bar, which has continued the Draffen’s name, and in December 2019 the green light was given to plans for even more of the old department store’s floors to be opened up and turned into a whisky bar and a restaurant.
Monochrome was a fitting medium for this damp and dreary day, almost at the end of 2022! This was Newark Town Hall, in the Market Place, on the 30th December last year. Most of the Council business is conducted some distance away in bright and modern new premises but the old building is retained for some departments and for town meetings.
Every year, the Tesselaar family, famous for their tulips, host two flower festivals at their show garden premises in Silvan in the Dandenong Ranges on the outskirts of Melbourne. They began many years ago with their Tulip Festival in spring, which attracts visitors locally, from interstate and internationally. However, in the last few years, the Tesselaar family have started hosting an autumn festival too, called “Ka-Bloom” which I think has now eclipsed the tulip festival with its amazing plantongs. The Ka-Bloom festival sees the gardens filled with colour from mass plantings of snapdragons, dwarf dahlias, salvias and marigolds.
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" the 21st of November is "one flower in focus", so when the theme was announced, I remembered a photograph I had taken of the French marigolds in bloom in the gardens of the Tesselaar Ka-Bloom festival, in April of this year. It had been a cool and crisp morning, and when the gates first opened and my partner and I went in, there were still some blooms that had dewdrops on them, like this vibrant French marigold, which is bejewelled with them! As the day progressed, it warmed up quickly and soon the pretty dewdrops I captured on this orange bloom were no more. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
Wicked razor wire combined with barbed wire mounted on top of the back fence of a business premises in Kent Town. It was a bright sunny spring day, with the sun shining on the razor wire while the space beyond was in shade. I kinda liked the hanging lamp, which is why I went for this symmetrical composition.
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Hello Everyone,
I'm back and will try to continue posting. Please forgive me for not commenting as I ease back into my Flickr routine. I've tried a few times over the last couple of years, and failed. This time, I am going to shoot and post from work, during my lunch break.
Love,
Theen.
Cairns Court House Complex is a heritage-listed site incorporating a former courthouse (now a hotel) and a former public administration building (now an art gallery) at 38 - 40 Abbott Street, Cairns, Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. The Court House is a single-storeyed rendered masonry building, with a hipped corrugated iron roof, fronting the Abbott Street gardens to the southwest. The building is T-shaped in plan, with offices and subsidiary court rooms forming the western wing and the main court room forming the eastern wing. The central entrance of the western wing has a recessed porch with a slightly projecting facade surmounted by a stepped parapet with a curved pediment, cornice and a lion and unicorn crest. It was built from 1919 to 1921. It is also known as Cairns Regional Gallery and Cairns Public Offices. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The 1919-21 Court House building was the third court house erected in Cairns. An 1878 marine survey of Cairns harbour indicates that the first court house was located on the customs reserve, and may have shared the same premises as the first customs house. This probably was the temporary court house erected by the Works Department in Cairns in December 1877. 22682
Fondée en 1146 dans la vallée de la Thyle par Bernard de Clairvaux, cette abbaye était l'une des premières filles de l'abbaye de Clairvaux. Elle fut très tôt protégée par les ducs de Brabant et ainsi rapidement féconde. Le XIIIe siècle marque son apogée. Entre les XIVe et XVIIe siècles, l'abbaye a connu une succession de périodes calmes et troublées, durant lesquelles les moines ont quitté les lieux à neuf reprises pour raisons d'insécurité. Au XVIIIe siècle, l'abbaye a connu son second âge d'or, marqué par une grande ébullition architecturale. Après la Révolution française, la communauté monastique a dû se disperser, puis l'abbaye fut vendue comme bien national.
Dès lors, aux XIXe et XXe siècles, le site a connu dégradations et restaurations. L'ancienne abbaye de Villers est devenue un lieu de visite romantique et pittoresque, mais bien que devenu touristique, le site se dégradait. L'État belge a donc procédé à l'expropriation des lieux en 1892 pour y entamer un important chantier de restauration.
Les ruines appartiennent désormais à la Région wallonne, relevant du patrimoine majeur de Wallonie. La gestion du site est confiée à une association sans but lucratif, laquelle organise depuis 1987 des représentations théâtrales, des expositions et autres manifestations.
Founded in 1146 in the valley of the Thyle by Bernard de Clairvaux, this abbey was one of the first daughters of the abbey of Clairvaux. It was very early protected by the Dukes of Brabant and thus quickly fertile. The 13th century marks its peak. Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries, the abbey experienced a succession of calm and troubled periods, during which the monks left the premises nine times for reasons of insecurity. In the 18th century, the abbey experienced its second golden age, marked by great architectural turmoil. After the French Revolution, the monastic community had to disperse, then the abbey was sold as national property.
From then on, in the 19th and 20th centuries, the site suffered damage and restoration. The old abbey of Villers has become a romantic and picturesque place to visit, but although it has become touristy, the site is deteriorating. The Belgian State therefore expropriated the premises in 1892 to begin a major restoration project.
The ruins now belong to the Walloon Region, belonging to the major heritage of Wallonia. The management of the site is entrusted to a non-profit association, which has been organizing theatrical performances, exhibitions and other events since 1987.
The Great view of Humayun tomb in delhi. The foreground shows a gardeners/caretakers cart that makes it easier for the worker to inspect and maintain the premises.
Town of Bonavista Flag on display in one of the Ryan Premises National Historic Site of Canada buildings in the Town of Bonavista on the Bonavista Peninsula in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
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Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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E.B.S. [European Bulk Services] were so kind to allow me to shoot on their premises.
Ryosoku-ji Temple is a famous place for autumn leaves known as Momiji-ji Temple.
From the temple gate to the approach, the precincts, and about 150 maples are placed all over the premises, and in autumn, bright crimson colors the temple.
Brown Falcon (Falco berigora)
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
This Brown Falcon was being 'escorted off the premises' by the Maggies at Point Cook Coastal Park.
The last building of the famous Austrian avant-garde artists Friedensreich Hundertwasser (died in 2000) is the Kuchlbauer Tower on the premises of the Kuchlbauer wheat beer brewery in Kelheim, Bavaria. During Christmas time (there is a beautiful Christmas market as well) the tower is festively decorated.
(5/5) Premises by premises, public space by public space, inch by inch we hand over our belongings, our ownership to be treated back to safety and security. We trusted to be treated the way we should. We are trading our lives now. When our quarantines are broken, permissions issued, it is the system that is ready to 'treat' us, us and our diseases, us and our corpses, us and our insurances. Pegs return to stations, ready to turn and let turn.
Interestingly, an equality comes with this disease. We all have to line up to get inside the supermarket to get toilet paper or bleach. We all have to buy the unpopular pasta brand now. We all have to report to the young admission desk clerk to walk into the clinic. It is all military and we must be grateful. We certainly don't want to die like those people who are not as fortunate as we are.
What we treasure more, some consciously and some not, is the untouchable world inside, the ocean of consciousness, the land of the truly free. We hide in it, take refuge in it, treasure it.
With the question of how are you doing these days, we take our defenses up. What? Now you need to know what goes inside? "I'm all right. It's a small price to pay."
The fact is it is a huge price to pay. Here in America being was limited by confusion due to an abundance of options and now we are limited by our inabilities or even worse by lack of permissions. We lost permissions and those who do not want it, have to learn how to live without.
Old confusions due to a plethora of options are gone. Old choices are gone, old options, old confusions. We are limited by lacks, lack of permissions.
Now confusion belongs to those who push the limits without permissions or beyond permissions. Confusion belongs to those trying to separate themselves from collective security that government aparatus promises with no guarantee.
Private premises of
Lord Aberconwy.
Bodnant Garden is a National Trust property near Tal-y-Cafn, Conwy, Wales, overlooking the Conwy Valley towards the Carneddau mountains. Founded in 1874 and developed by five generations of one family, it was given to the National Trust in 1949.
Tucked away in Barrio Norte, Buenos Aires is a beautiful shop that every bookworm would love to visit, called El Ateneo Grand Splendid. It is built within the almost 100-year-old Grand Splendid Theater, which opened in 1919. The premises were later converted into a movie theater and eventually, in 2000, it was transformed into the El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore, which currently welcomes over one million book lovers each year.
The stunning building was initially designed by architects Peró and Torres Armengol, then later converted from an old movie theater into a bookshop by architect Fernando Manzone, who retained many parts of the theatre, including the stage, the balconies, the interior design details and even the red curtains. In 2008 El Ateneo Grand Splendid was named the second most beautiful bookshop in the world by The Guardian, and that’s no surprise considering its elaborate décor and classic 1920’s theater feel.*
*https://www.boredpanda.com/buenos-aires-bookstore-theatre-el-ateneo-grand-splendid/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
On 6 September 1646, Palafox y Mendoza donated 5,000[4] of his own items to the Colegio de San Juan—which was founded by him—on the condition that they be made available to the general public.[5] He wrote that "it is very useful and convenient that there should be in this city and kingdom a public library, where all sorts of people will be able to study as they wish".[4]
The exterior facade, covered with colonial Talavera pottery
More than a century later, Francisco Fabián y Fuero ordered the construction of the premises which currently house the Biblioteca Palafoxiana. He donated his own collection, and the collections of the bishops Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz and Francisco Pablo Vázquez and the dean of the Francisco Irigoyen Cathedral were gradually added, as were volumes from Pueblan religious schools and individuals.[4] Books confiscated from Jesuits upon their expulsion in 1767 were also added.[5]
The library was finished in 1773, consisting of a 43-meter-long vaulted hall on the Colegio's second floor. Two levels of bookshelves were built, and a retablo of the Madonna of Trapani by Nino Pisano was acquired. By the mid-19th century, the size of the collection necessitated a third level of bookshelves.
This shot was the result of me making the (for me) monumental decision of leaving the premises and venturing out into Big Lake Park, northeast of Edmonton.
I hadn’t got out much this summer, mostly because it’s raining a lot (actually, I really hate going out) and the air was not that great in June due to the wildfires up north (yes, even further north than Edmonton) but I could not resist taking part in the Big Lake Bird Walk sponsored by the folks from Wild Birds Unlimited. These are the guys that keep me in peanuts. The walk just about did not take place since in the afternoon we had another stormy and rainy weather scenario. But by walk start time, 6:30pm, things had cleared up and the group took off. I had been to that area before, several years ago, so it was not completely alien to me, and had heard people talking about the yellow-headed black birds that call these wetlands their home. That was the main reason I found myself there. Since, for me, this was mainly an exploratory excursion, I left the big equipment at home and chose the more walk-friendly lighter combo of EOS 70D and 100-400mm EF. That was a great decision, since at first we did not see any of my targeted birds. So, to get at least some juice (lemons, etc), I concentrated on ordinary black birds and some swallows and began to dawdle, dropping way behind the main pack of bird watching individuals. All of a sudden, I hear “Franz … Franz” being called out. I wondered who the hell knew my name here and what was I doing to attract all this attention. Then I remembered telling Vicki (bestest peanut supplier and one of the walk leaders) that I had high hopes to capture one of these blackbirds. Well, her eagle eyes had scouted one of these elusive little guys and after surfacing from my self-induced trance I hurried over and set up camp.
I was getting despondent because the light was dwindling and I feared not being able to get a shot. Then I remembered the remote lighting equipment I was carrying in my pack. I grabbed it and hurried into the swamp trying not to disturb my target nor to drown my equipment. Ok, there goes another pair of hiking boots. No chance of getting decent reflections since I disturbed the water way too much. And wouldn’t you know it, it worked. I will, however invest in some hip waders … damn, these things are expensive. Ok, ok, I cannot continue with this joke… Much easier to set up the spot lights in Affinity than to attempt this in real nature while being consumed by mosquitos.
In addition to getting the shot of a new bird I also had a great time talking with Don Delaney who was sharing his unlimited birding expertise with anyone having questions and thanks to Vickie for pointing out the attractions.
Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau, Hesse, Germany
The black pattern on the pavement was caused by the shadow of a massive wrought-iron gilded entrance gate behind me, protecting the castle of "unbidden guests" outside the opening hours. I liked the pattern in conjunction with this beautiful(ly illuminated) castle and fountain hence the reason why I made it a part of this picture.
"The impressive baroque palace was built in 1725 in Hanau Kesselstadt on behalf of the Hanau Count Philipp Reinhard. Its present appearance can be traced back to conversions during the founding time. The premises now house the Historical Museum. The surrounding landscape park was originally designed as a baroque garden, but was renovated in the English style in the 19th century. The popular Brothers Grimm Festival takes place every year at the edge of the park in a newly designed amphitheatre. A highlight of the castle is the so called white hall. In the first years of the 18th century these rooms were used to house the cold-sensitive orange and lemon trees. Today the white hall offers sufficient space to host an opulent banquet at major celebrations such as weddings, birthdays or anniversaries, to function as a ballroom or to provide a dignified setting for meetings."
Shot around a temple premises in the middle of a forest. The temple rituals involve sacrifices of goats which are then cooked into a meal and distributed to the poor as free food. This happens once a week and the leftover blood attracts several flycatchers.
The Taiga flycatcher is a small flycatcher from Palearctic region that winters in India. They are not easy to sight and harder to id since the Red-Breasted Flycatcher looks very similar except for a few minor differences (like feet color, beak and tail colors). We sighted 2-3 of them and they were quite wary of some monkeys nearby. Monkeys tend to grab birds for food and hence birds fly away quickly.
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The placename is probably derived from Irish Dún mBó, "hillfort of cattle," suggesting that a Gaelic Irish fort was on this site before the later castle.[3] The castle was built for the D'Arcy family in the mid-15th century and marked the western edge of The Pale. According to the Civil Survey (1654–6) Thomas Darcy owned the entire parish and on the premises there was ‘a Castle, a Church, a Mill, an Orchard and a fishing weare’.
During the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649 the Castle was fired upon from the south bank by passing troops on their way from Drogheda to Athboy, but avoided any real damage.
According to legend, the occupant, George d'Arcy, entertained King James on the night before the Battle of the Boyne (1690) and King William the day after, inspiring the couplet: "Who will be king, I do not know, But I'll be d'Arcy of Dunmoe."
The two-storey building attached to the east may be an 18th-century addition. A drawing of 1795 shows the castle intact. It was burned down during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Now only the two southern towers and some walls remain.[4][5]
Grade ll listed corner banking premises circa 1880. Two tall storeys, painted stone and terracotta. Eclectic design combining Gothic with Renaissance and Dutch gable motifs. Tall corner oriel surmounted by octagonal cupola with scrolled consoles. Dutch gables, ogee capped finials. Banking hall windows, in grooved ground floor, have massive keystones. End bays of each front have 2 storeys contained in main ground floor with boldly carved acanthus leaf decoration to aprons of upper windows. Steep slate roofs, ribbed chimney stacks (historicengland.org.uk)