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Vi ho già parlato di loro, Milo Isabel e Kenia, ma mentre altri hanno trovato adozione, loro si trovano ancora al Rifugio Ohana di Banda a 4 Zampe Umbria.

Lei è Isabel, una cagnolina bionda e di piccola taglia che è al rifugio con la mamma Danielle. E' più timidina della mamma, ma ora comincia anche a uscire in passeggiata, e con un po' di pazienza si farà coraggio. Ad ogni modo non verrà data in adozione da sola, ma con la mamma. Non è molto dolce?

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Tropiquarium, Servion (Switzerland)

A feast served for ones eyes on a misty summer morning at Mehlinger Heide, Germany

Ein Festmahl für die Augen, serviert an einem nebliger Sommermorgen in der Mehlinger Heide.

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All day, every day!

This is the first time I've edited a pic with shadows/materials enabled. Love love love.

By the way, I'm not a blogger but these are the credits for the outfit/pose:

Hair: [DUE] - Suzy

Bodysuit: -Pixicat- Siren Set nr2

Chains: .aisling. Diane

Glasses: #Foxy Big City Sunglasses

Body: Maitreya Lara

Head: Lelutka

Pose: slouch poses

Lipstick: ITGirls

the old brewery in İstanbul, of "serv"ing beer and food.

The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist is a historical landmark of Cananéia, known for being one of the oldest churches in Brazil, built in 1570 and which once functioned as a defensive fort.

The church is an important cultural and historical heritage of the city. Visitors often notice the interesting details of the original construction, such as the windows designed for defense against invaders, which reveal its dual function as a place of worship and a military fort.

The construction of the Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist, in Cananéia, is fascinating for mixing faith and military defense.

Here are the most striking construction details:

"Armored" Walls: The walls are extremely thick, made of a mixture of stones, shell lime and whale oil. Whale oil was used to waterproof the structure against sea air and humidity.

Church-Fort: The building was designed to serve as a refuge against attacks by pirates and invaders. Therefore, it originally had no side windows, only small slits called arrow slits.

Combat Loopholes: These vertical slits in the walls allowed defenders to position muskets and firearms to fire at invaders without exposing themselves.

Massive Gates: The entrance has enormous and heavy gates, reinforced to withstand invasion attempts.

Colonial Simplicity: Unlike the baroque churches of Minas Gerais, the interior is known for its extreme simplicity and lack of ostentation, maintaining the Portuguese colonial style of the time.

Fujifilm X-T1 XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS

Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil.

Built in 1892 in collaboration with British engineer Charles Assheton Whately Pownall during the Meiji era (1868–1912) when Japan was rapidly modernizing. It served as a railway passage between Yokokawa in Gunma and Karuizawa in Nagano. Services stopped in 1963, and the bridge was repurposed as part of a nature trail in 2001.

Fairhaven Fish & Chips (served from a red double-decker bus no less), Fairhaven, WA.

The exceptional view from Titterstone Clee, all the better for being served up on a crisp, clear winters morning when the distant hills of Malvern and the Brecon Beacons are all clearly visible...

My Dad took this shot of Extra 712 West at Newberry on August 16, 1986. Lighting was poor but I thought it was pretty neat after looking at it awhile with the Conductor heading for the power with a lunch to go for his crew from Timber Charlie's Restaurant & Bar which is just west of the M-123 crossing that's behind Dad in this shot. 712 and 4418 have 13 cars and will soon be off for the next stop which appears to be Munising Junction by the trains make up. Much work done in Lightroom/Photoshop to bring this Thirty Thursday submission.

(Serves 4)

4 salmon steaks

8 cherry tomatoes, cut in two

2 zucchinis, washed and sliced

4 teaspoon butter (or cheese)

8 slices lemon

basil or dill

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Place each salmon steak, skin side down, in the middle of a large piece of parchment paper. Cut 2-3 slits into the fish. Season. Brush with butter and cover with 2 slices of lemon, sliced tomatoes and chopped basil or dill.

Fold edges of paper to seal and to create an airtight packet.

Place on baking sheet.

Bake about 25 minutes.

Mute Swan family, Long Island, New York

Many thanks for visiting :)

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Built in 1881 by Mr. R. D. Hume of Astoria, Oregon, the vessel Hume was named after his wife. The Mary Duncan Hume spent her first ten years hauling goods from Oregon to San Fransisco. Purchased in 1889 by Pacific Whaling Co., the vessel spent the ten years following her sale as an Arctic whaling vessel and obtained a record catch of Baleen in a single 29 month voyage. Another of her whaling voyages made history when the Mary D. Hume spent six years at sea. Both instances setting records for the ship's impressive performance.

In 1899, the Mary D. started in towing service on the Nushagak River in Alaska, and was then sold to The American Tug Boat company. In 1914 she briefly served in the Alaska Halibut industry before returning to work as a tug boat for another 60 years.

Finally in 1978 the Mary D. Hume was retired to Gold Beach where she now sits, slowly sinking into the mud, only a few hundred feet from where she was originally constructed. In 1979 the ship was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Oostwold, Groningen

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, commonly known as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. Located at the bottom of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, at the opposite end to Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood has served as the principal royal residence in Scotland since the 16th century, and is a setting for state occasions and official entertaining.

The palace adjoins Holyrood Abbey, and the gardens are set within Holyrood Park. The King's Gallery was converted from existing buildings at the western entrance to the palace and was opened in 2002 to exhibit works of art from the Royal Collection.

King Charles III spends one week in residence at Holyrood at the beginning of summer, where he carries out a range of official engagements and ceremonies. The 16th-century historic apartments of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the State Apartments, used for official and state entertaining, are open to the public throughout the year, except when members of the royal family are in residence. The palace also serves as the official residence of the Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland during the annual meeting of the General Assembly.

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Fog-drenched spider web as the sun comes out.

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Seventeen year old Julius Lehrkind fled compulsory service in the German militia by stowing away on a ship bound for America in 1860. Already having served as a brew master's apprentice, Lehrkind easily found employment. Eight years later, a sizable inheritance enabled Julius and his brother, Fred, to establish their own brewery in Davenport, Iowa. When both Fred and his wife died unexpectantly, Julius added their four children to his own six, sold the Iowa brewery and headed for Montana. High quality water and plentiful barley grown by Dutch settlers near Manhattan brought his large extended family and crew of brewery workers to Bozeman in 1895. Under Julius' direction, the brewery was operating by the end of the year. Julius built his Queen Anne style residence (above) in 1898, and his nephew and son followed suit building their own modest homes adjacent to the family mansion in 1908 and 1912. As brewing technology improved and world lager production tripled, the Bozeman Brewery prospered turning out 40,000 barrels of beer annually and distributing malted barley to breweries statewide. Prohibition, however, curtailed brewing operations in 1919 and was said to have broken Julius' heart. He died several years later. In 1925, grandson Carl Lehrkind opened a bottling plant for soft drink production across the street. The brewery then served as an ice plant and warehouse and later as a creamery. Despite removal of the malt house and an addition built in 1948, the original function of the main building remains obvious. The brewery bottling plant and attendant residences recall Old World family business traditions Julius Lehrkind carried to Montana and passed to two generations.

This is on the side of one of my Die cast Model Cars.

Sat parked up inside the Marshalls Coaches depot in Leighton Buzzard is (K858LMK) a 1992 Northern Counties bodied Scania N113 seen not in use during the half term period. New to East London as S58 & served with Stagecoach East Kent as 15358.

Dinner Served @ 2022 Akrotiri

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Theme : Long Exposure Photography

Series : Blue Hour Madness

Location: Limassol

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"Remember the fallen. Honor those who serve. Teach the next generation the value of freedom."

These are the words from Wreaths Across America's (WAA) website noted as "Our Mission". And, it is clearly observed in their commitment to the soldiers buried across the country in the many "national cemetery's" with the wreaths placed against the headstones. However, this is just one of the many ways that WAA remembers, honors, and teaches the next generation about our fallen. Please check out their website for more information about the many ways they accomplish this goal...

www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/

Additionally, the location of the photograph above is the Nashville National Cemetery in Madison, Tennessee (just north of Downtown Nashville) which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). More information about this "national cemetery" can be found here:

npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/96001516

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

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ALTHOUGH THE CHAIN IS GOLDEN, it serves the same purpose.

FRASE DE WILLIAM PAUL YOUNG

Dinner is Served - Adult female Belted Kingfisher with prey. Not sure exactly what the fish was, but looked like some sort of sunfish. The heavy rains and flooding have caused the river to swell, and the kingfishers were enjoying good hunting. A tight crop, but my first prey shot with this species.

Species: Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Location: Santa Clara County, CA, USA

Equipment: Canon EOS R5 + EF 100-400mm IS II + EF 1.4x III Extender

Settings: 1/100s, ISO: 500, f/8 @560mm, Electronic Shutter, Handheld

The Blautopf (German for Blue pot) is a spring that serves as the source of the river Blau in the karst landscape on the Swabian Jura's southern edge. It is located in Blaubeuren, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

It forms the drain for the Blau cave system; the Blau after 14.5 km (9.0 mi) flows into the river Danube in the city of Ulm. Because of its high water pressure, the spring has developed a funnel-like shape with a depth of 21 metres (69 ft). The water's peculiarly blue color, varying in intensity depending on weather and flow, is the result of physical properties of the nanoscale limestone particles densely distributed in the water. They cause Rayleigh scattering of light, preferentially scattering the blue color of the visible light. A similar effect is observed at the Blue Lagoon near Reykjavík, where the color originates from nanoscale silica particles.

The Blautopf is a spring in a karst environment. One characteristic of a karst environment is that water, which drains quickly through the limestone in one area, surfaces in another. Karst environments only have subterranean drainage, and there are no bodies of water above ground. Therefore, the size of the Blautopf depends greatly on the level of rainfall, though it never entirely dries out. The Blautopf is the second largest spring in Germany, after the Aachtopf.

Over millennia, subterranean water has created a huge system of caves in the area. Prominent examples are the Blauhöhle (Blau-cave), discovered by Jochen Hasenmayer in 1985,[2] and the Apokalypse (Apocalypse), discovered on 23 September 2006 by Jochen Malmann and Andreas Kücha, members of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blautopf, a club dedicated to the exploration of the Blautopf's cave system.[3] While the Blauhöhle is completely filled with water for a length of about 1,500 metres (approximately 4,935 ft), the Apokalypse is dry; because of its dimensions—170 metres long, 50 metres wide, 50 metres high—it is a special feature of the region.

The entry to the Blauhöhle lies at a depth of about 22 meters (about 70 ft). Therefore, access is restricted to experienced and well-trained divers. In the 1980s, city authorities were forced to prohibit diving in the Blautopf after several accidents, including some fatal ones. Permission to dive in the Blautopf has only been granted to a few organizations: among them, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blautopf, a group of scientific speleologists led by Jochen Hasenmayer, and rescue services. The most recent fatal accident occurred in 2003, killing Bernd Aspacher, a member of Hasenmayer's team.

The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place for both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Informally known as the Houses of Parliament, the Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London, England.

Its name, which derives from the neighbouring Westminster Abbey, may refer to several historic structures but most often: the Old Palace, a medieval building-complex largely destroyed by fire in 1834, or its replacement, the New Palace that stands today. The palace is owned by the Crown. Committees appointed by both houses manage the building and report to the Speaker of the House of Commons and to the Lord Speaker.

Shade sail over outdoor seating at The Oyster Farm cafe, where they serve all kinds of delightful seafood in Kangaroo Island.

The beautiful colours of the plates really pop in the african sun pop art modern

Havana, Cuba 2023

Textures by Mat.

Poste Air Cargo (formerly Mistral Air until 30 September 2019) is an Italian cargo and former passenger airline headquartered in Rome and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Poste Italiane. Its hubs are at Brescia Airport and Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport in Rome. The airline used to serve domestic scheduled and international charter passenger services which it ceased in mid 2018 to focus on cargo operations.

Natural forces

Wind influence

Manipulating matter

Last weekend we harvested the last of our lemons (see photo in the first comment) and we had to figure out stuff we could do with the bounty. This brought Jasper back to when he served in North Africa. He said the locals would preserve lemons with salt. So a couple of YouTubes later, we gave it a shot. They should be fully cured in about 4 weeks. I've never tried preserved lemons before, but they say that the rind provides a wonderful citrus umami to vinaigrettes, salads, etc.

(Jasper served in North Africa? Yes. He's a very worldly dog. He served in the Special Forces, so he can't really talk about his missions, but we're proud of his service)

(hopefully it's clear I'm kidding, he's actually lived with us here in Phoenix area since he was about 5 months old)

This is the Smith Interpretive Center / Greenhouse. It originally was administrative offices and laboratory/greenhouse.

Now it serves its special function as an interpretive center and a greenhouse.

"Crude masonry and rustication characterize the initial architecture at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. The Smith Building, the arboretum’s original visitor center and administration building, designed by Thompson and built by local contractor and mason Jack Davey in 1925–1926, is sited on the canyon floor. The rustic edifice, composed of locally quarried rhyolite, originally featured lichen-covered interior walls and flagstone floors. The 6,500-square-foot space contained offices, laboratories, a library, a herbarium, a seed room, a photography studio, supply rooms, and a fireproof vault; a soft-water cistern filled the basement. Flanking the structure are two attached greenhouses that display indigenous and exotic cacti and succulents. Measuring 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, the prefabricated iron-frame and glazed structures were supplied by the Lord and Burnham Company of New York."

sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AZ-01-021-0017

I haven't been here since I was a child. I consider it more of a walk rather than a hike. But it is incredibly interesting. Especially for photography. My Grandfather - Joseph Harris - was the Superintendent of Col. Thompson's Miami Inspiration Mines.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyce_Thompson_Arboretum

Boyce Thompson Arboretum is the oldest and largest botanical garden in the state of Arizona. It is one of the oldest botanical institutions west of the Mississippi River. Founded in 1924 as a desert plant research facility and “living museum”, the arboretum is located in the Sonoran Desert on 392 acres (159 ha) along Queen Creek and beneath the towering volcanic remnant, Picketpost Mountain. Boyce Thompson Arboretum is on U.S. Highway 60, an hour's drive east from Phoenix and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Superior, Arizona.

The arboretum was founded by William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), a mining engineer who made his fortune in the copper mining industry. He was the founder and first president of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company at Globe-Miami, Arizona and Magma Copper Company in Superior, Arizona. In the early 1920s, Thompson, enamored with the landscape around Superior, built a winter home overlooking Queen Creek. Also in the 1920s, as his fortunes grew, he created and financed the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research in Yonkers, New York (now at Cornell University), and the Boyce Thompson Arboretum on the property of the Picket Post House, west of Superior.

Boyce Thompson wrote: “I have in mind far more than mere botanical propagation. I hope to benefit the State and the Southwest by the addition of new products. A plant collection will be assembled which will be of interest not only to the nature lover and the plant student, but which will stress the practical side, as well to see if we cannot make these mesas, hillsides, and canyons far more productive and of more benefit to mankind. We will bring together and study the plants of the desert countries, find out their uses, and make them available to the people. It is a big job, but we will build here the most beautiful, and at the same time the most useful garden of its kind in the world.”[3]

btarboretum.org/about/

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Planet Earth Vintage Architecture, PEVA,

Kylie Minogue ~ Kylie Christmas ~ Royal Albert Hall ~ Saturday December 10th 2016.

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So I went to the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday to see Kylie Minogue in her now Annual Kylie Christmas event & the gorgeous Katherine Jenkins made a surprise guest appearance, which was nice..especially as I have meet and greet tickets to meet Katherine on the 27th...so I got a sneak preview..:)

Have a Fabulous Hump day Wednesday Y'all..:)