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My kitten, μ (mu), curling up to sleep next to my other cat, Rascal. This is the first portrait I've gotten of her that I find pleasing on technical and aesthetic levels.
Same recipe as previous pic --- even though I've got some borderline blown-out skin on her right side, I still like it. Cloned out faint power lines in the background.
This is the olive green (or khaki) blazer - the same cutting pattern as the black one from my DARK collection. I just love this fabric! It has a great feel and the color is gorgeous. As you can see, it fits great on FR2, NuFace, Poppy and made to move Barbies. My girl Yuka is happy to join the model group.
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Dear friends,
The time has come and my new mini collection is online : )! I’m still highly in love with the boho style and there are already many new designs I’d like to sew *lol*.
This collection offers you some fabulous print fabrics and – you all know how much I love that – a lot of fashions that can be mixed and matched again and again : ).
I hope you’ll enjoy looking at the pictures and maybe pay me a visit at my etsy store.
Have a lovely and sunny day,
Dearest greetings,
Nina*
This is a 10 and an 8 point trying to show off for the ladies. They were both cropping grass friendly until four women showed up in the same field...they weren't friendly much anymore, until the ladies kept moving...lol (Jan. 6, 2012)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO-400, 300mm
Nicki watches as Plein Air judge, Mary Ann Inman, explains the judges' reasoning behind the winning entries.
Beloit Daily News Article with front page photo taken at same moment.
February 8, 2023 - "The House Chamber is approximately the same size as the Senate Chamber and accommodates Ohio's 99 elected state representatives. The Chamber was largely designed by Nathan B. Kelley, one of the original Statehouse architects.
Viewing Gallery
Kelley included two ornate side balconies in his design. Because the balconies were supported with cantilever brackets rather than columns, the Statehouse commissioners had to be convinced that the brackets were capable of supporting the weight of guests viewing the proceedings. To prove they were sound, Kelley hung 4,000 pounds of pig iron from each of the brackets. The balconies were able to hold the weight and were approved.
Balcony
A third balcony was added at the rear of the House Chamber 30 years later in 1891. This balcony, referred to as the Ladies' Gallery, is rumored to have been built to accommodate women who wished to view session. It was said at the time that women could not handle the rigors of debate. By 1995, however, a woman, Jo Ann Davidson, was serving as the first female Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and was addressing the gallery, filled with both men and women, almost daily. The gallery, although not original, was preserved due to its significant seating capacity.
Speaker's Lectern & House Floor
The marble Speaker's dais is original and was carved on site. It was carved from a massive piece of marble, which had been placed in the room before all of the walls and ceilings were constructed. The gray pedestal on the wall behind the dais is an example of trompe l'oeil painting, French for "fool the eye." It appears three-dimensional, but is in fact only a two-dimensional painting. The chair is commonly referred to as the "Lincoln Chair," although it was not even constructed until 1878, well after Lincoln's death. The name is likely derived from Lincoln's 1861 address to a joint session of the Legislature in the House Chamber on February 13, 1861. There were so many guests that the House Rules were temporarily suspended, and women were permitted onto the floor of the House for the first time.
The representatives' desks rest on a raised platform, which was added at the turn of the twentieth century. This platform now provides representatives with disabilities easier access to the floor and creates space for computer, telephone and microphone wiring.
Original House Chamber
The representatives' desks are reproductions of the original desks and have been modified with microphones, telephones and computers. Most of the woodwork in this room is original, including the windows and doorframes. As with most of the wood in the Statehouse, pine and poplar has been used and grained to look like oak. A sample of the original graining technique was discovered only by finding one of the original shutters behind a faux window along the north wall of the House Chamber.
The colors used in the Statehouse today also match the originals. Extensive paint research determined the colors actually used in the late 1800s. Layer by layer, paint was removed until the original colors were exposed. Some of the original colors are French blue, straw yellow and salmon. The color scheme in the House Chamber is the same as it appeared in 1861 and features approximately 25 different colors of paint.
The skylights in the House Chamber ceiling have been re-opened. The bronze chandeliers are reproductions based on period sketches, with the center chandelier weighing 1,200 pounds and reaching 12' in diameter." Previous description: www.ohiostatehouse.org/about/capitol-square/statehouse/ho...
Same design as before, but played around with the "edit" option :P
the henna was applied by me, but the original design was copied from "love mehndi" photostream
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Chanthaburi.
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic church and is located in the city of Chanthaburi, in the province of the same name, in Thailand. The cathedral, visible from most of the city, was formally inaugurated in 1909 as one of the largest Catholic churches in Thailand. It was built on a previous structure of more than 300 years. It was constructed in Gothic style during the 10 years of occupation by France on this territory although it remained unfinished at that time (1893–1904). There is a statue of the Virgin Mary in front of the Cathedral.
The centre piece of the inside of the cathedral is the statue of the Virgin Mary. It is covered by semi precious gems donated by the local congregation – estimates of the number of gems range from 200,000 to 500,000. It serves as the Roman or Latin rite seat of the Diocese of Chanthaburi which was created in 1965 with the Bull "Qui in fastigio" of Pope Paul VI. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Silvio Siripong Charatsri.
Chanthaburi's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Catholic building in Thailand. With its two towers, it became the symbol of the city. It is the fifth church built there. The Catholic Church on Chanthanimit Road on the river bank is the largest Catholic edifice in Thailand. Built in 1909, it is of Gothic architectural style. The original tall roof was taken down during World War II to make it less conspicuous as a possible target.
The statue is special, as it is a gift to the church from the Chanthaburi Christian gems dealers and goldsmiths community. It is one of the older communities in Chanthaburi composed mostly of people Vietnamese origin. The first arrivals was about 200 years ago when Vietnamese Catholics were trying to escape the religious persecutions of the Vietnamese emperors. The second was during the French colonial times when Vietnamese people fled the French controlled Indochina and came to settle in Thailand and finally after 1975 and the Communist victory in Vietnam.
The statue of the Virgin Mary is nearly completely covered with gold, gemstones and enamels. The blue of her cloak is composed of several thousand blue sapphires originating from within Thailand ( Chanthaburi and Kanchanaburi ). Her white dress is made of hundreds of white sapphires from Sri Lanka. She is standing on a green globe where the oceans are again a mosaic of blue sapphires from Thailand while the land masses are composed of hundreds of yellow and orange ( probably beryllium treated ) sapphires from Songea ( Tanzania ) and few yellow and orange sapphires from Chanthaburi highly appreciated here as butsarakam. If you stand on Niramon Bridge, which connects the communities on the east and west banks of the Chanthaburi River, you’ll soon spot a remarkably elegant Gothic-style building that’s one of the principal landmarks in Chanthaburi province.
Standing amongst traditional wooden Thai houses, the European style building’s rich history dates back almost 300 years, which was when Chanthaburi’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the largest church in Thailand, was originally established in a rather more modest form.
For several years this beautiful granite shaft lay outside the church, against the south aisle wall, but in July 1889 it was moved, and erected on St. Neot's Stone in the churchyard. This stone is situated opposite to the south porch, and thirty feet from it, and appears to be part of a cross-base, as there is a portion of the mortise remaining on the south side, the rest of that side being broken off.
In plan the shaft is irregular, each face varying in width. It has an entasis, and is beaded on the angles. Each face is divided into three panels by horizontal beads, which are on the same level all round. The bottom panels on the front and back are square, but as the shaft is much narrower on the sides, it causes the panels on the latter to be elongated. The middle panels are now the longest, but the top of the shaft having been broken, it is impossible to say what was the original height of those above. A large piece may be missing, or perhaps only a small portion has been knocked off, in order to make the stone suitable for some purpose. The same reason would probably account also for the loss of the tenon.
This is the best example of interlaced work on a granite cross to be found in Cornwall. The patterns are well designed and well executed, the stone itself being in an excellent state of preservation. As a proof of the superiority in workmanship of this stone compared with others, it will be noticed that all the interlaced cords lap regularly over and under each other, as is always the case in the best work of this kind.
All four sides are ornamented with deeply sculptured, interlaced work, as follows:
Right Side
The design in the upper panel is very curious. It consists of a short piece of six-cord plait-work with breaks made at regular intervals. In the middle panel is an instance of S-shaped knot-work developed out of a six-cord plait. The diagonal treatment of the middle band in this beautiful example is, as far as I have been able to ascertain, unique. On the lower panel is irregular six-cord, broken plait-work, in the upper portion of which two elliptical rings occur, filling up the corners.
Front
The surface here called the front faces north. In the upper panel is the only example in Cornwall of the pattern known as ‘plaits and rings’, which can be developed from an eight-cord plait. There is an instance of this in Devonshire, on the north-west face of the well-known Copplestone Cross, near Crediton, a monument which is mentioned in a charter of King Edgar dated ad974, now in H.M, Record Office, In the middle panel is a fine specimen of irregular plait-work developed out of an eight-cord plait. In the lower panel is a knot formed by two elliptical rings crossing diagonally, combined with two concentric circles, all interlaced; this design also occurs on the cross-shaft in the church of St Just-in-Penwith.
Left Side
All three panels are filled with a regular eight-cord plait.
Back
The upper panel contains broken plait-work; and although somewhat similar to that on the reverse side, and developed from a plait of the same number of cords, it will be seen that the rings in this case are not separated, but are joined together like the figure eight in a horizontal position. In the middle panel is another very good example of broken plait-work developed from an eight-cord plait. At the bottom is a panel with breaks made in an irregular manner, producing an elliptical ring at the left lower corner.
Old Cornish Crosses, AG Langdon (1896)
Ian, stood in front of Blackpool Standard tram 48, Oregon Electric Railway Museum, Brooks, Salem. Saturday 02 July 2022
48 was the last tram to operate on the Marton route from the Royal Oak to Marton tram depot, this was on Sunday night 28 October 1962, at one stage local tramway enthusiast Colin Macleod was at the controls. It was also the trams last day last day in service. 48 left Blackpool for the USA on Monday 24 August 1964.
The last tram from Talbot Square to Marton depot that same night was Standard 159 which is now preserved at the East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft.
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B
Same equipment and details as the image of the 1st, but with a 7nm Ha filter and nearly full moon. 31x7 mins but only the red channel was used for the stack.
©Janine Norton
Dr. Sameer Hinduja, co-director of the Cyberbulling Research Center, spoke to parents at The Williston Northampton School on April 2, 2012.
Standing in the same place as the previous hill shot, turn to the left and this is the entrance to the villa. There are two entrances. The upstairs front door you can see through the jail-like gates. To the left, inside the gate behind the yellow thing, is a walkway with steep stairs down to the lower level.
Once the arguments kicked off I said that we would do most of our stuff in the downstairs area - which was where our bedroom was anyway, so it made perfect sense.