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These beautiful peonies were like raspberries and cream in the dappled shade of the flowerbed at NT Sissinghurst Castle.
The gardens were absolutely stunning in the Summer sun and the array of roses was amazing.
The garden at Sissinghurst is the magical creation of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson who moved here in 1930.
Together they transformed the ruins of an Elizabethan mansion and its surroundings into one of the most famous gardens in the world.
Designed as a series of garden ‘rooms’, each filled with different planting schemes, they include the ancient nuttery, carpeted with woodland plants in spring, the Purple Border, the Herb Garden, the Lime Walk and the bold and bright Cottage Garden with its palette of hot colours and the White Garden, that’s inspired countless imitations. (National Trust)
'No garden had greater influence in the second half of the 20th century' according to John Sales, the National Trust's former head gardener. Jack Watkins tells the tale of Vita Sackville-West's momumental achievements in creating the gardens at Sissinghurst.
‘It is impossible to calculate the number of roses which are climbing up old apple trees as a result of visits to Sissinghurst,’ wrote the late Anne Scott-James, author of the best-selling Sissinghurst — The Making of a Garden. Despite its country-house setting conferring a scale beyond that of the most amply proportioned cottage garden, Sissinghurst’s inspirational hold on amateur gardeners spans the generations, because its creator Vita Sackville-West was — or at least started out as — a novice gardener herself.
Although Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson created it for their private pleasure, the overall effect of ramshackle informality, plants bursting free of borders and encroaching on paths, created a cottage-garden air that proved to be a public winner. Some 800 people came on the first day it was opened, in 1938. Sissinghurst was handed over to the National Trust in 1967, five years after Sackville-West’s death, and remains one of Kent’s most popular attractions. (Country Life)
Der Sanderling (Calidris alba) ist ein kleiner Watvogel aus der Gattung der Strandläufer. Die Brutgebiete dieser Art liegen zirkumpolar in der hohen Arktis, die Überwinterungsgebiete des Langstreckenziehers liegen in den gemäßigten Zonen und Tropen der Nord- und Südhalbkugel.
Im Wattenmeer der Niederlande und Deutschlands taucht er vor allem im Winterhalbjahr in teils großen Schwärmen an der Nordseeküste auf, weitaus seltener im Binnenland. Er lässt sich außerdem ganzjährig zumindest in kleiner Zahl beobachten. An der Ostsee überwintert dagegen nur ein kleiner Teil der Sanderlinge. Während der Zugzeiten sind dort höchstens einige wenige hundert Vögel zu beobachten.
The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird from the sandpiper family. The breeding grounds of this species are circumpolar in the high Arctic, while the wintering grounds of this long-distance migrant are in the temperate zones and tropics of the northern and southern hemispheres.
In the Wadden Sea of the Netherlands and Germany, it appears mainly in the winter months in large flocks on the North Sea coast, and much less frequently inland. It can also be observed throughout the year, at least in small numbers. In contrast, only a small proportion of sanderlings winter on the Baltic Sea. During the migration periods, only a few hundred birds can be observed there at most.
In the photo, the flower is Dark Red with a purple tint - almost purple. This was due to the interference of my camera + the ability of your monitor to display color. The natural color of the lily is dark red with a large proportion of black. You could even say it's black with a small amount of red.
Lilium 'Black Out' (Dark Secret) is a fascinating Asiatic Lily with large, dark carmine-red, upward-facing flowers with an even darker red-to-black shading in the center of each petal.
One of the darkest red lilies, it produces clusters of 4-5 blossoms per stem which look fabulous when combined with yellow or creamy colors.
• Blooming in earl-mid summer, this Lily constitutes an excellent border plant, providing striking color and contrast to the perennial border and mixes beautifully with annuals and other summer flowering bulbs.
На фото квітка має Темно-Червоний з фіолетовим відтінком - майже пурпуровий колір. Тут не обійшлося без втручання моєї камери + здатності вашого монітору відображати колір. Природний колір лілії - темно-червоний з невеликою часткою чорного. Можно навіть сказати - чорний з великою часткою червоного.
«Лілія «Black Out» – це захоплива азійська лілія з великими, темно-кармінно-червоними, спрямованими вгору квітами з ще темнішим червоно-чорним відтінком у центрі кожної пелюстки.
Одна з найтемніших червоних лілій, вона утворює суцвіття з 4-5 квіток на стеблі, які виглядають чудово в поєднанні з жовтими або кремовими кольорами.
• Цвіте на початку-середині літа, ця лілія є чудовою бордюрною рослиною, забезпечуючи вражаючий колір і контраст багаторічній бордюрі та чудово поєднується з однорічними та іншими літніми цибулинними рослинами.»
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Die Blaumeise (Cyanistes caeruleus, Syn.: Parus caeruleus) ist eine Vogelart der Gattung Cyanistes aus der Familie Meisen (Paridae). Der Kleinvogel ist mit seinem blau-gelben Gefieder einfach zu bestimmen und in Mitteleuropa sehr h%c3%a4ufig anzutreffen. Bevorzugte Lebensr%c3%a4ume sind Laub- und Mischw%c3%a4lder mit hohem Eichenanteil; die Blaumeise ist auch h%c3%a4ufig in Parkanlagen und G%c3%a4rten zu finden. Au%c3%9fer in Europa kommt sie in einigen angrenzenden Gebieten Asiens vor, in Nordafrika und auf den Kanarischen Inseln. Die Population der Kanaren wird oft auch als eigene Art angesehen (Afrikanische Blaumeise, Cyanistes teneriffae).
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It's worth it. You should zoom in on the picture twice. Then you'll see more details.
The blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus, syn.: Parus caeruleus) is a bird species of the genus Cyanistes from the tit family (Paridae). With its blue and yellow plumage, this small bird is easy to identify and very common in Central Europe. Its preferred habitats are deciduous and mixed forests with a high proportion of oak trees; the blue tit is also often found in parks and gardens. Apart from Europe, it occurs in some neighbouring areas of Asia, North Africa and the Canary Islands. The population of the Canary Islands is often considered a separate species (African blue tit, Cyanistes teneriffae).
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“There is nothing else than now. There is neither yesterday, certainly, nor is there any tomorrow. How old must you be before you know that?
There is only now, and if now is only two days, then two days is your life and everything in it will be in proportion. This is how you live a life in two days."
EVENTS:
DETAILS:
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And check my picture information here too. In my tumblr blog.
La belleza, consiste en el orden, en la medida, la proporción, el acorde y la armonía.
Beauty, consists in order, in measure, proportion, chord and harmony
Beauté se compose de l'ordre,de la mesure , de la proportion, de l'accord et de l'harmonie
(El ave del paraíso o flor del pájaro, de nombre científico (Strelitzia reginae), es una especie de angiosperma herbácea, rizomatosa originaria de Sudáfrica que se desarrolla cultivada en jardines en regiones tropicales y subtropicales)
L'oiseau de fleur de paradis ou oiseau de nom scientifique (Strelitzia reginae) est une espèce de plantes herbacées, originaire rhizome asclépiade en Afrique du Sud qui développe cultivé dans les jardins dans les régions tropicales et sub-tropicales.
The bird of paradise or flower of the bird, of scientific name (Strelitzia reginae), is a species of herbaceous, rhizomatous angiosperm originating in South Africa that develops cultivated in gardens in tropical and subtropical regions.
Taking in the view......
Oystercatcher
(Haematopus ostralegus)
The Oystercatcher is a striking and familiar wader, its pied plumage contrasting with the bright orange bill and pinkish legs.
The species breeds widely, both around the coast and inland, particularly in northern Britain, whilst during winter large flocks congregate on our estuaries. In Ireland the breeding population remains predominantly coastal. Britain & Ireland support a significant proportion of the global population of this species.
Kittiwakes nest in recesses of the castle walls at the harbour of Dunbar, Eastern Scotland. They are constantly threated by the many herring gulls in the area and a proportion of young end up with this gruesome fate
I cannot figure out why the boy looks so large... he seems to be balanced on the edge of hte promenade. Perhaps he was at the top of a ramp - I didn't notice one... his size is out of proportion to the rest of the group... odd!
M62-145 and M62-3xx are arriving at the station Börgönd with their empty freight train.
On the right, the line 44 ends at the station Székesfehár with the Bakony hills in the background.
On the left, the railway Line 944 is heading towards Szabadbattyán where only a very small proportion of the detoured freights passes through.
A large proportion of MÁV passenger locomotives carry special or one off liveries. Pictured passing through Komárom is Bombardier TRAXX Class 480, No.480 006 which livery was applied in 2016 and celebrates 1700 years since the birth of the Hungarian born Saint Martin (Szent Márton).
The train is EC142, the 10:40 departure from Budapest-Keleti to Vienna Hbf.
The little globe is about 10 cm in diameter. That works out to about 31.4159 cm circumference or .314159 meter. According to google, Earth's circumference at the equator is about 40,075.017 km, in the neighborhood of 127,562,848.7 times bigger than this tiny thing. That works out to a earth to globe ratio of something like 1.28x10^8:1 Someone correct me if my calculation is wrong. Enjoy creating on Flickr Friday and thanks for any views, faves, and comments.
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“Napier Art Deco historic precinct, New Zealand
Description
The Napier Art Deco Historic Precinct is part of the central business district of the City of Napier, located between the shoreline of Hawke Bay and the coastal margin of the Heretaunga Plains, Hawke's Bay, North Island.
Napier township was originally surveyed and laid out in the 1850s. Most of the town centre was destroyed on 3 February 1931 by a major earthquake (measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale) and the ensuing fires. The Hawke's Bay earthquake not only destroyed the centre of Napier, but caused radical changes to the surrounding landscape. It was a natural disaster of major proportions. This destruction resulted in a massive reconstruction of the town centre. Napier became New Zealand's (and indeed the world's) newest city with its own Southern Hemisphere version of Art Deco style. Due to the economic climate and the number of casualties caused by falling masonry and decorative features during the earthquake, the scale of the town centre was limited to one or two storeys and the buildings were decorated with low relief ornamentation. Reinforced concrete was used in construction and the use of older materials such as bricks was shunned. Ornamental motifs used on buildings reflect all of the themes prevalent in Art Deco design, and include authentic Maori designs on both exteriors and interiors of some buildings. These motifs are seen not only in exterior low relief stucco but also in interior plasterwork, leaded glass, metal grilles, flooring and joinery.
The central business district was reconstructed mainly over the two years following the earthquake, with planning decisions made by two government-appointed commissioners and an Earthquake Reconstruction Committee. Although the number of architects involved in the town centre reconstruction was relatively small with five main contributors, there is a wide variety of building styles in such a compact area. By the end of the 1930s, central Napier consisted almost entirely of buildings and landscaping of the previous 20 years. Because the creation of a completely new city centre halts the normal cycle of demolition and renewal, no changes occurred at all in central Napier until the 1960s. Buildings have been lost since then, but only a small proportion of the total stock.”
Huge paws, really out of all proportion with the rest of the body at this age.
Puppy love with our friends fox red Labrador puppy. Taken with a DA40mm XS.
An eclectic tenement house, built in 1902, architect Karl Johann Felsko, sculptor August Volz. The facade of this building is one of the best, most artistically expressive and characteristic works of Felsko's oeuvre. The compositionally perfect, perfectly proportioned façade not only uses a wide range of architectural elements but also rich sculptural decoration. There are full sculptures, as well as reliefs, atlases, masks, and various plastic ornaments - just like in a sculpture exhibition. But there is a mood and integrity throughout, which is due to the high artistic tact. The sculptures were created by August Volz, who was one of the most important masters of decorative sculpture in Riga.
Pat Dougherty is one of those guys who makes mere mortals wonder why they're so lame. At least that's the effect he has on your author. Pat's happily married and has raised three kids, he can sing and act, his "Blues Patrol" Blues Brothers stage show has packed New England venues for 20 years, he's an ASA Certified master automotive technician, but most of all, Pat can draw cars.
No computers are involved, and he isn't the type to obtain realism via retouched digital photos. The only digital aspect of his drawings are his 10 fingers. Everything on the paper comes directly from his inquisitive and detail-oriented mind. Ever since elementary school art class, Pat's had an innate ability to create highly realistic renderings without much training beyond the usual public-school curriculum. But it was during architectural graphics class at Stamford High School (the same Connecticut public school that hatched star-crossed Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane a generation earlier) where Pat says, "My teacher, Mr. Burkhardt, was very supportive and fed my interest with helpful commentary. It took off from there."
In particular, Pat's grasp of the technical sideline of drawing, as described with terms like "fineness of line," "perspective," "realism," "shading," and "proportion" is highly calibrated. Beyond that, his attention to realistic details like factory part numbers, correct surface textures, and—to this writer's opinion—getting the correct rocker panel "tuck under" or "fuselage effect" are what separate Pat's work from that of other automotive cartoonists. Check for yourself: too many automotive illustrators and cartoonists fail to properly capture the tube-like surface development of most automobile bodies. They're rendered with vertical slab sides that simply aren't correct. Dougherty's stuff differs.
After high school, Pat went to work at an architect's office. There, he "discovered the empty feeling of doing work that others took credit for." Following his passion for cars, he left the architect after a year and went to work at Fairbanks Racing Transmissions, a leading East Coast retailer of high-performance automatic transmissions and components. At Fairbanks, Pat did a lot of everything, from assembly to marketing to answering tech questions by phone. Yes, Pat even applied Fairbanks' trademark black tiger stripesoverCaterpillar Tractor Yellow graphics to completed transmissions and torque converters prior to shipment: "We used a template to mask off the stripes." No, Pat's transmissions weren't "signed by the artist," but he took extra care to make sure the paintwork was applied with care. Maybe there's one in your garage or under the floorboards of your hot rod.
After leaving Fairbanks, Pat spent the next 30 years working for AAMCO transmission shops in Connecticut. But through it all, Pat remained active at his hobby of drawing automotive subjects while also finding time to raise a happy family of three. Today, Pat is transitioning into the world of self-employment with a business centered around his hand-drawn renderings of cars and trucks. During the car-show season, he can be found at more than 30 outdoor events, including the Syracuse Nationals in New York, Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Pennsylvania, and others where he's given spotlight space to do his thing before the passing crowd. We visited Pat's Stamford, Connecticut, home and studio for a look at his work. If you dig what you see, Pat sells reprints and is also ready to render your vehicle in his unique cartoon-realist style.
Credit: HotRod www.motortrend.com/features/jobs-cars-automotive-art-pat-...
These secretive little frogs spend a large proportion of their lifetime in bromeliads, where they breed. They often reside in bromeliads high off the ground, and are therefore much more frequently heard than seen. After hearing the unmistakable calls of the frog nearby, we were lucky to find this individual sitting in a bromeliad about 3-4 metres off the ground on a steep slope.
This frog is endemic to Cusuco National Park.
Location: Cusuco National Park, Sierra del Merendón, Honduras, Central America
(Aufnahme vom 2019-03-29)
On a nature-photography course I attended, the tutor advised us to study snail-shells as excellent examples of the "Golden Proportion".
Asahi Pentax Macro-Takumar 50mm f:4 (1:1)
PENTAX K-1
Obra de D. Luis Álvarez Duarte (1949-2019), maestro escultor e imaginero de Sevilla.
Está realizado en madera de cedro real, y su cruz arbórea de caoba de Brasil. De tamaño natural, mide 1.80 m. y representa a nuestro Señor crucificado y muerto. Para su autor, su aspecto es sereno y dulce pero al mismo tiempo, nos representa la buena muerte de nuestro Redentor que nos invita a la oración y al recogimiento.
Es proporcionado y recogido, realizándose su talla en directo sin modelado previo alguno. Su estilo es barroco, recordando las grandes obras de los maestros de la escuela sevillana y andaluza de los siglos XVII y XVIII, con la impronta del maestro escultor.
No se utilizó material sintético alguno en su ejecución. Así, la policromía se desarrolló siguiendo los métodos tradicionales a base de óleos y puliéndolo con "tripilla" de borrego. Se patinó con tierras naturales y ceras, bañándolo antes y después de la terminación de la talla en colas animales o "totín", y sulfatos cálcicos para la base de la policromía.
El primer golpe de gubia se da el 25 de octubre de 1998, con el que comienza la ejecución de la talla que culmina con su bendición, el sábado 8 de abril de 2000, en la Iglesia Parroquial de la Virgen del Rosario de Roquetas de Mar (Almería), donde se puede contemplar.
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Work of D. Luis Álvarez Duarte (1949-2019), master sculptor and image maker from Seville.
It is made of real cedar wood, and its tree cross is made of Brazilian mahogany. Natural size, he measures 1.80 m. and represents our Lord crucified and dead. For its author, its appearance is serene and sweet but at the same time, it represents the good death of our Redeemer who invites us to pray and recollection.
It is proportioned and collected, performing its live carving without any prior modelling. Its style is baroque, recalling the great works of the masters of the Sevillian and Andalusian school of the 17th and 18th centuries, with the imprint of the master sculptor.
No synthetic material was used in its execution. Thus, the polychromy was developed following the traditional methods based on oil paints and polishing it with "tripilla" of sheep. It was patinated with natural earths and wax, bathing it before and after finishing the carving with animal glues or "totín", and calcium sulphates for the base of the polychromy.
The first gouge blow was given on October 25, 1998, with which the execution of the carving began, culminating with its blessing, on Saturday, April 8, 2000, in the Parish Church of the Virgen del Rosario in Roquetas de Mar. (Almería), where it can be seen.
I attended the Barrett Jackson Spring 2026 Car Show at WestWorld in Scottsdale.
This is the hood ornament on a 1941 Plymouth P12 Special Deluxe convertible. The car sold for $22,000.
This hood ornament seems to be an art deco abstract.
Details Lot # 1649.1
This 1941 Plymouth P12 Special Deluxe convertible is powered by a flathead inline-6 engine backed by a 3-speed manual transmission. The drivetrain is complemented by hydraulic brakes, which were advanced for the period and contribute to controlled braking performance. Built on a traditional prewar chassis, this Plymouth reflects Chrysler engineering practices of the era. The exterior features long sweeping fenders, an art-deco-influenced grille design, flowing headlamp housings, extensive chrome trim, whitewall tires and a maroon finish. The hard-to-find factory clock was located and is included with the sale. The convertible body style highlights prewar American automotive design, with styling elements that emphasize smooth lines and proportion typical of early 1940s production.
www.barrett-jackson.com/2026-scottsdale/docket/vehicle/19...
Special car
Barrett Jackson 2026
Die Brücke scheint zu klein zu sein für das große Schiff, das durch die Büsche fährt. Es ist aber alles in Ordnung, ein großes Cargo Schiff fährt auf dem Nord-Ostsee-Kanal und passierte die 42 m hohe Levensauer Hochbrücke.
The bridge appears to be too small for the large ship that sails through the bushes. But everything is fine, a large cargo ship is sailing on the Kiel Canal and passed the 42 m high bridge
I've been wanting to build a new Wolverine figure that would be in better proportion to the "claws" that I have. This is one of a small handful that I've built in this scale and the first to feature eyebrows and more realistic eyes. So, what do you think?
I saw this light art installation online and couldn't work out how big it was from the photos, so I thought it needed a sense of scale; waiting for these people in the shot to stand still during the 0.3 seconds' exposure with the colour changing lights hitting the right combination was tricky!
The blurb:
"This large light installation comes to the UK for the first time for Winter Lights at Canary Wharf. On entering OVO, visitors are surrounded by light and soundscapes. Its dynamic form is a combination of 24 crossed spiral pairs based on the Golden Proportion that is present everywhere in the universe, from infinitely small in the DNA helix to infinitely large in the cyclical movement of planets and galaxies. Four artists created OVO: Mostafa Hadi and Pol Marchandise (Odeaubois) designed the sculpture; Koert Vermeulen (ACT Lighting Design) conceived the lighting design and Marcos Viñals Bassols (Art Director) shaped the global scenography."
In Bangladesh, a large proportion of marine and freshwater fish landings are processed by drying. Dry fish is locally called ‘Shutki’. In winter, many fishermen catch fish mainly to make dry fish. But traditional drying methods are used in the absence of a modern dry fish preservation facility. Most of time they dry fish under sun; these dried fish can bring them profit by exporting them. The fish is also exported to different countries after meeting local demand, traders say. Demand for fish drying labor corresponds with the lunar cycle, with two high and two low weeks each month. A flexible labor force is thus required, and most workers are hired on a daily basis. These casual laborers, who often lack alternative employment options, are usually able to find work for around 15 days per month, but sometimes as few as 10. The working day runs from dawn to dusk (roughly 6.00 am to 6.00 pm), and there is a strong gender division of labor. Men perform tasks which include washing fresh fish, applying pesticides to prevent fly infestation, hanging fish up to dry on scaffolding, weighing and bagging dried product and loading it onto trucks. Women are responsible primarily for sorting fresh fish by species, tying pairs of churri and loitya together so that they can be hung up, and turning and further sorting of mixed fish species during the drying process. At least 50% of the causal laborers employed are women & child. Workers said they get daily wage of Tk 300 in addition to some raw fish.
but in proportion to their readiness to doubt ;-)
H.L. Mencken
HMM! Truth Matters! Lies Have consequences.
crab cake, avocado, orange, fennel, shallot, dill and blood orange, Chef's Table, Viking Iceland cruise
www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
Key information
This Arctic-breeding wader sometimes comes to the coasts of the UK after storms. They are most often seen at the coast - around 200 birds per year are seen. Like the other phalarope species, the female is the more colourful and leaves the male to incubate the eggs and bring up the young. In North America, these birds are known as red phalaropes, due to the birds' orangey-red breeding plumage.
What they eat:
In winter, eats marine plankton picked from the sea's surface. On breeding grounds, grey phalaropes eat small insects and aquatic creatures.
Measurements:
Length:20-22cm
Wingspan:34-41cm
Weight:50-75g
Where and when to see them
Grey phalaropes spend a large proportion of their lives out at sea, many miles from land. Birds which turn up in the UK - largely around the coast but occasionally at wetlands inland - have been blown off-course by bad weather and strong winds.
In Bangladesh, a large proportion of marine and freshwater fish landings are processed by drying. Dry fish is locally called ‘Shutki’. In winter, many fishermen catch fish mainly to make dry fish. But traditional drying methods are used in the absence of a modern dry fish preservation facility. Most of time they dry fish under sun; these dried fish can bring them profit by exporting them. The fish is also exported to different countries after meeting local demand, traders say. Demand for fish drying labor corresponds with the lunar cycle, with two high and two low weeks each month. A flexible labor force is thus required, and most workers are hired on a daily basis. These casual laborers, who often lack alternative employment options, are usually able to find work for around 15 days per month, but sometimes as few as 10. The working day runs from dawn to dusk (roughly 6.00 am to 6.00 pm), and there is a strong gender division of labor. Men perform tasks which include washing fresh fish, applying pesticides to prevent fly infestation, hanging fish up to dry on scaffolding, weighing and bagging dried product and loading it onto trucks. Women are responsible primarily for sorting fresh fish by species, tying pairs of churri and loitya together so that they can be hung up, and turning and further sorting of mixed fish species during the drying process. At least 50% of the causal laborers employed are women & child. Workers said they get daily wage of Tk 300 in addition to some raw fish.