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~ spring colours are just gorgeous, no? they make even a mundane
suburban street look amazing! (well, passable, anyway)
Spring is here!!! Well, almost.....
Another rainy day means another opportunity to practice with the droplet refraction :-) I refused to cut the daffodils from the garden, so ended up bringing in the entire planting pot (very large one!!) indoors, as it was raining too heavy outdoors to work there. Having the daffodils 'fixed' in the pot made lining up the flower with the droplets a lot more of a challenge than if I had a cut flower, but ultimately meant that the daffodil lived to see another day and cheer us on, reminding us it's nearly spring :-)
View on The Diana Temple in the Spring day. Park in Arkadia, Poland.
The Diana Temple was designed and raised by Szymon Bogumił Zug in 1783. The construction of classical proportions decorated with the openwork ornamentation is based on four lonic columns. Under the tympanum facing the pond you can see Latin inscription: "Dove pace trovai d'ogni mia guerra" (it was here that I found peace after each of the battles).
The interior of the temple constitute: the Vestibule, the Etruscan Cabinet, the oval Bedroom abd the Presence Chamber called Pantheon decorated with the stucco columns, ornamented mould and the plafond depicting Aurora pained by Jan Piotr Norblin.
The park was founded in 1778 by Princess Helena Radziwiłł, who lived in Nieborow. For designing and decorating its numerous pavilions she employed the most outstanding Polish architects and painters of the time. She also gathered one of the first antique art collections in Poland in the park. Owing to her, Arkadia enjoyed the status of one of the greatest cultural centers of the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. In the park, nature and art are in harmony: the complex is composed of buildings imitating ancient ruins or the English Gothic style (Murgrabia House, Little Gothic House, Stone Arch, Diana's Temple with a Pantheon and Etruscan Room, the Sanctuary of the High Priest, the Cave of Sybil, the Tomb of Illusions, Circus and Amphitheatre). Arkadia is the only such classical-romantic historical complex in Europe, and the Museum received the European Award for the Protection of Historic Sites in 1994 for its restoration.
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Wiosenny widok na Świątynię Diany w parku w Arkadii :)
Świątynia Diany wzniesiona została w roku 1783. Usytuowana nad stawem budowla prezentuje styl klasycystyczny. Jej fasadę frontową zdobi portyk kolumnowy z umieszczonym w tympanonie napisem Dove pace trovai d'ogni mia guerra. Jest to cytat z sonetu Petrarki - "tutaj odnalazłem spokój po każdej mojej walce". Do stawu prowadzą kamienne schody, zakończone dwiema rzeźbami: lwem i sfinksem. Najciekawsze jest jednak wnętrze. Oglądać tu można dekorację sztukateryjną, oraz plafon autorstwa J. P. Noblina „Jutrzenka” z lat 1783-1785, usytuowany na drewnianej kopule. Za salą główną, po lewej stronie znajduje się sześcioboczny Gabinet Etruski, pełniący rolę muzeum. Oglądać tu można ciekawe polichromie. W roku 1995 zakończyły się prace renowacyjne Świątyni.
Arkadia - park romantyczny w stylu angielskim założony przez Helenę z Przeździeckich (1753-1821), żonę Michała Hieronima Radziwiłła właściciela pobliskiego Nieborowa. Koncepcja takich ogrodów wykluczała jakąkolwiek symetrię czy regularność. Poprzez umiejętne połączenie urozmaiconego ukształtowania terenu, zbiorników i cieków wodnych, swobodnego rozmieszczenia różnorodnych gatunków roślinności oraz wkomponowania najróżniejszych form architektonicznych (antycznych, neogotyckich, średniowiecznych, renesansowych, wiejskich) tworzono malownicze enklawy o bajkowym krajobrazie, zmieniającym się w zależności od pory roku, dnia, aktualnej pogody itp. Były to wymarzone miejsca kontemplacji, romantycznej zadumy, spacerów, lektury, wypoczynku, kontaktu z naturą i sztuką. Do zakładania ogrodu księżna przystąpiła w 1778 roku, a rozwijała go i komponowała do swojej śmierci. Obecnie park w Arkadii zajmuje obszar 14 ha położony między drogą Łowicz - Skierniewice a rzeką Skierniewką. Mimo licznych zmian jakie zaszły przez ponad dwa wieki jego istnienia jest jedynym w Polsce zabytkiem architektury ogrodowej w Polsce który zachował pierwotną koncepcję przestrzenną z końca XVIII wieku. Jest unikatowym zabytkiem klasy "0" chętnie odwiedzanym przez liczne rzesze turystów.
For macro mondays 'pastel'
I can't quite get enough of these pretty little forget-me-nots at the moment!
Spring Valley, IL five-span through truss bridge on IL Rt 89 spanning the Illinois River. This two lane highway bridge was constructed in 1934. The longest span (center) is 364 ft, overall length 1,775.1 ft.
Unfortunately, this beautiful riveted iron bridge is scheduled to be replace. Get your pictures now.
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Spring
Again, the violet bows to the lily.
Again, the rose is tearing off her gown!
The green ones have come from the other world,
tipsy like the breeze up to some new foolishness.
Again, near the top of the mountain,
the anemone's sweet features appear...
Again there are sufis everywhere!
The bud is shy, but the wind removes
her veil suddenly, "My friend!"
The Friend is here like water in the stream,
like a lotus on the water.
...Again the season of Spring has come
and a spring-source rises under everything,
a moon sliding from the shadows.
Rumi
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Spring 2020. While the world's population deals with Covid-19, a magnolia tree wakes up from its winter sleep.
Spring thoughts, beams of light!.
My Day 4-30-2018.
Sony SLT-A77MkII.
Minolta MC Rokkor PF 58mm f1.4.
Manual focus lens
It was lovely to see first signs of spring at Finemere last Sunday. Not very spring-like out there today, perhaps something to do with it being the first day of the school holidays..!
View large!!
A doe quartet seems to be posing for a spring portrait while the lone male slinks away into a cedar forest
A beautiful spring evening on the downs, the light was rewarding and uplifting. Single exposure and no filters.
South Downs, Hampshire England
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May the Light of Spring
Make your heart with joy sing! :)
A warm greeting from my garden to you, my dear friends! :)
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When You have buckets of rain, when the sun returns so does the fresh green. I shot this under the pines. I could smell the pines The weather was cool but the sun was out in complete abundance!
Our Thursday Morning Photography Group was out and about in the city yesterday to look for Spring colour combinations. Of course, flowers are an easy subject, so I photographed a few in the Mall displays.
The spring snowflake is a popularly cultivated bulbous plant with delicate white flowers, and belongs to the same family as the snowdrops.
"Is the spring coming?" he said. "What is it like?"...
"It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine..."
- Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
Sounds just like the day we had today
It rained on and off with sunshine
Simply Beautiful :)))
Have yourselves a wonderful day
xxxx