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Excerpt from historicalhamilton.com:
This Italianate style House (55 Barton Street West) was erected in 1854 for George Roach, an early Hamilton Mayor. With a clear view down to Burlington Bay, the large property once housed stables and a keeper's cottage. The estate was later subdivided to accommodate residential housing.
Excerpt from historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=ontari...:
This bridge was built over a long period reportedly from 1929 to the mid 1930s; the exact completion date was not given. The location was tricky to construct with a rocky ledge nearby. Indeed, south of this bridge is a separate truss span of unknown age and construction that appears to cantilever this road off of the cliff. The design of this bridge's main span is a Pennsylvania through truss. However the end panels do not have the subdivided panels and are more like a Parker truss, making it an unusual design.
Aside from loss of original railings, some bolted alterations, and other repairs, the overall bridge retains good historic integrity in terms of design and materials.
This bridge is next to a railway bridge.
In 1938, this bridge had decorative lights added to it. The bridge still is lit up at night today. This appears to have helped make this bridge into a local landmark and icon, long before the bridge gained heritage value. Today, the bridge also enjoys the heritage value as a noteworthy truss bridge of uncommon design given the modified Pennsylvania configuration.
As of 2015, the logo for Bracebridge included a stylized likeness of this bridge. It is hoped that given the iconic status of this bridge that it will, unlike so many of Ontario's heritage truss bridges, be preserved rather than demolished and replaced.
I have mentioned this before, but if you have not googled Marie Scott you should. She was quite the business woman and rancher. The story of her life is very special. I remember her well and she was a colorful icon of the community.
Anyone who has visited the Sneffles Range of the San Juan mountains has seen this scene from the highway over Dallas Divide. It is now part of the Double RL Ranch. As a native of this area I am pleased that Ralph Lauren purchased the ranch from Marie's heirs. It is still a working ranch and it will not be subdivided in my life time. Only someone like him would be able to preserve this vast acreage and the life style.
The clouds were dramatic on this fall day, as you can see. Thanks for viewing and leaving comments or favs.
Susan
A small glimpse of the Hebron Valley, Virginia. The entire valley covers 18310 acres / 74.1 square kilometers. When I first moved to Virginia, about one eight of the Valley had been purchased by a developer whose plan was to flood the area with waters from the Robinson River and create a luxury resort. Thankfully the folks in the county showed up in masses to tell the Board of Supervisors, NO!!!!
The developer hung on to the property, hoping that one day he could persuade a new Board of Supervisors otherwise, but that never happened. Meanwhile the county put into place new protective ordinances. After the developer died, his heirs followed those ordinances to subdivide the property into fifty acre lots for single dwellings with a construction set back of 1/4 mile / .4 km from the road to preserve the beauty. Many of those lots were purchased by generational homeowners in the valley.
I've tried to photograph the beauty of the full valley many times, without success.
Eristalis est un large genre de syrphes (insectes diptères de la famille des Syrphidae, de la sous-famille des Eristalinae). Certaines espèces comprises dans ce genre, ressemblent de façon superficielle à des abeilles. C'est le cas de la plus commune d'entre elles, Eristalis tenax, dont le nom commun en anglais est dronefly, « drone » désignant dans cette langue le mâle de l'Abeille à miel (Apis mellifera), le faux-bourdon.
Les Syrphidae ou Syrphides (ou Syrphes), sont une famille de mouches du sous-ordre des Brachycera. La famille se subdivise en 3 sous-familles qui comprennent environ 200 genres et plus de 5 000 espèces décrites.
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Eristalis is a large genus of hoverflies (dipterous insects from the family Syrphidae, from the subfamily Eristalinae). Some species included in this genus superficially resemble bees. This is the case with the most common of them, Eristalis tenax, whose common name in English is dronefly, "drone" designating in this language the male of the honey bee (Apis mellifera), the drone .
Syrphidae or Syrphids (or Syrphids), are a family of flies of the suborder Brachycera. The family is subdivided into 3 subfamilies which include about 200 genera and more than 5,000 described species.
Frank and Amanda Clark had this Late Eastlake-style cottage constructed in 1895. Frank Clark was a printer and later owned the Clark Print Shop.
Gustav and Anna Emmert bought the property in 1912. They had a large family of four sons, four daughters, and nearly as many business interests. Among their many enterprises was a restaurant that served workers constructing the Capitol and, later, an automobile livery on Congress Avenue, which employed the four sons as chauffeurs.
The home was subdivided into two apartments in 1935. During World War II, the larger of the two flats was further divided to create three separate apartments. The house was restored in 1982. The wrap-around veranda had its original gingerbread detailing duplicated from historic photographs, and the house was repainted with exterior colors that approximated the original paint scheme.
Except for a few years, members of the Emmert family lived in the house or portions of it from 1912 through 1999.
The Clark-Emmert House was designated a City of Austin Historic Landmark in 1982.
The Hyde Park Historic District includes an eclectic mixture of architectural styles, from late 19th-century Queen Anne and Classical Revival homes to 20th-century bungalows and ranch houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Additionally, many of the houses in Hyde Park have been designated City of Austin Historic Landmarks and Texas Historic Landmarks.
Source: Historic Hyde Park Homes Tour 1989
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Seydou Nourou Tall (1862-1980) was the grandson of the famous El Hadj Umar Tall.
Seydou Nourou Tall was born in 1862 in Nioro du Sahel (Mali). This is an important place for the Tijaniyyah, the Sufi tariqa (order, path) within Sunni Islam. The Tijaniyyah originated in North Africa but is now more widespread in West Africa.
Ahmad al Tijani was born in Algeria and died in Fes, Morocco.
About the Sufi orders in Senegal; the most important are:
The most important brotherhoods in Senegal are:
- The Xaadir (Qādiriyya), the oldest, founded in Baghdad by the Sufi mystic Abdul Qādir al-Jilānī in the 12th century, spread to Senegal in the 18th Century.
- The Tijaniyyah, the largest in membership, founded in Fez, Morocco by the Algerian born Cheikh Sīdī 'Aḥmad at-Tijānī.
- The Mourides, the richest and most active, founded by the Islamic leader Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba (1850–1927) of French West Africa, now Senegal.
- The Layene are a smaller Sufi order, centered at Yoff, north of Dakar.
The mosque officially opened in January 2008.
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The Tijâniya is the largest of Senegal’s Sufi orders in terms of number of affiliates but the order is subdivided into several distinct branches, each independent of the other.
Within certain branches too there are important internal divisions. This fractured political and administrative structure explains the large number and diversity of Tijânî shrines and settlements in Senegal.
The principal branches of the Tijâniyya in Senegal are:
- The most important of the Tijâni branches, at the national level, is the Sy Zâwiya based in Tivaouane. Established there in 1902 by El-Hadj Malik Sy (1855-1922), this branch was the first to organize zâwiyas in the emerging colonial towns, in the capital cities: Saint Louis and Dakar, as well as in the main rail escales.
- At the international scale, the most active Senegalese branch of the Tijâniya is Al-Tarbiyya, established in Kaolack’s Madina Baye neighborhood by El-Hadj Ibrahima Niass (1900-1975) in the 1930s. Its network of zâwiyas extends across West Africa (the Gambia, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria) and to the US.
- Also in the 1930’s Tierno Mamadou Seydou Baa (1898-1980), a Tijânî sheikh from the Fuuta Tooro, established his branch of the order in Madina Gounass, in the Upper Casamance.
- The Mahdiyya branch of the Tijâniyya was established in Tiénaba in 1882 by Amari Ndack Seck (1830-1899).
- The Senegalese branch of the Umarian Tijâniya, established by El-Hadj ‘Umar Tall (1797-1864), is based in Dakar. It owes its presence in the capital to the career of El-Hadj Tierno Sydou Nourou Tall (1862-1980).
(source: Eric Ross)
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Barlia robertiana (Orchidaceae) 072 25
This unmistakeable orchid grows to over a meter in height. Although widespread throughout the Mediterranean region it is localised and rare except in Rhodes, where it can occur in particularly large colonies. In recent years, it may be that the higher temperatures resulting from global warming enable the Giant Orchid to extend its territory.
Everything about this orchid is big, from the robust stem, the large leaves that clasp the stem, and the massive flowers that are arranged in a dense spike. The strongly fragrant flowers are very variable in colour, from white-and-green combinations to dark pink and purple with strong lip markings. The lip is divided into three lobes, with the central lobe being subdivided again.
This orchid usually growing in open ground with alkaline substrate and it can also appear in open woodland and old olive groves; it likes plenty of sunshine.
This orchid flowers very early in the year - from the end of February to the beginning of April.
References sources
The Plant List
Pierre Delforge (2005) Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East; A&C Black
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point,_Ontario:
Long Point is a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie, part of Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada.
It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) across at its widest point. Lake Erie lies to the south of Long Point, and Long Point Bay lies on the north side. The bay is subdivided into the Inner Bay and Outer Bay by a line that runs between Turkey Point to the north and Pottahawk Point to the south. Some of the towns along the bay's north shore include Port Rowan, Turkey Point and Port Dover. Long Point is north of and across the lake from Presque Isle and Erie, Pennsylvania.
The Frederick Douglass Centre, Newcastle University, UK.
The story and importance of Frederick Douglass can be found here:
www.ncl.ac.uk/who-we-are/frederick-douglass/
Design (2019): Sheppard Robson.
The auditorium uses a cladding system inspired by the Newcastle-born mathematician Louis Fry Richardson whose pioneering work defined modern methods of weather forecasting. Fry Richardson’s work, which subdivided the planet into hexagonal zones, has been expressed in expanded aluminium mesh on the external elevations of the auditorium. A pattern has been created by the changing the orientation of the mesh, varying the opacity of the material.
The Alwyn Court,also known as The Alwyn,is an apartment building at West 58th Street in Midtown Manhattan,New York City.The building is at the southeast corner with Seventh Avenue,one block south of Central Park.The Alwyn Court was built between 1907 and 1909 and was designed by Harde & Short in the French Renaissance style.It is one of several luxury developments constructed along Seventh Avenue during the late 19th and early 20th century.
The facade as seen in 2007 from Seventh Avenue and 57th St.The building is thirteen stories tall.Its facade is clad with elaborate terracotta ornamentation in the Francis I style,with a main entrance on Seventh Avenue and 58th Street.Inside is an octagonal courtyard with a painted facade by artist Richard Haas,as well as a location of the Petrossian caviar bar.The Alwyn Court was originally built with twenty-two elaborately decorated apartments,two on every floor, which typically had fourteen rooms and five bathrooms.The interior was subdivided into 75 apartments in 1938.
The Alwyn Court was named after Alwyn Ball Jr.,one of the building's developers.Despite a fire shortly after opening,the Alwyn Court quickly became one of New York City's most expensive apartment buildings. During the early 20th century, ownership changed several times.By the 1930s,the last luxury tenant had moved out, and the building's interior was completely rebuilt.The Alwyn Court was made a New York City designated landmark in 1966,and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.The building was renovated and converted to cooperative apartments in 1980, and the facade was restored in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkville,_Toronto
Yorkville is a neighbourhood and former village in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is roughly bounded by Bloor Street to the south, Davenport Road to the north, Yonge Street to the east and Avenue Road to the west, and it is part of the Annex neighbourhood. Established as a separate community in 1830, it was annexed into Toronto in 1883. Yorkville comprises residential areas, office space, and retail shopping.
The Mink Mile shopping district on Bloor Street is located in Yorkville.
Yorkville was funded in 1830 by the entrepreneur Joseph Bloor (after whom Bloor Street, one of Toronto's main thoroughfares, is named) and William Botsford Jarvis of Rosedale and began as a residential suburb. Bloor operated a brewery northeast of today's Bloor and Church Street intersection, and Jarvis was Sheriff of the Home District. The two purchased land in the Yorkville area and subdivided it into smaller lots on new side streets for those interested in living in the cleaner air outside York.
The Chinese Wall in the ceter of the photo is a volcanic dike in Wapiti Valley west of Cody Wyoming that cuts through Eocene sedimentary and volcanics rocks. Dikes form as lava is injected into the fractures the host rock and then solidify. In the volcanic areas like the Absarokas these dikes radiate in swarms out from volcanic eruptive centers. The Chinese Wall radiates out from a volcanic center north of Wapiti Valley.
Since my childhood, I have always looked for the Wall on any trip up the North Fork, usually on my way to Yellowstone National Park. It stood by itself on the beautiful north side of the valley. But recently (in the past 10 years), ranches have been sold, land subdivided and homes are starting to clutter Wapiti valley. Even on the northside of the valley, a couple of homes encroach on the Chinese Wall.
53 Qingdao Rd., Shanghai
I photographed this storefront (flic.kr/p/2nzTDop) in the summer of 2022. Over three years on, there have been some subtle changes here.
The section on the right is for selling vegetables. The yellow lettering on the red paper in the shop says ‘Butterfly Crisp’, which means Palmier (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmier). Three years ago, at the end of 2021, a film based on life in Shanghai was released in China, and it was a big hit. Even I didn't see it, I know that one of the plot points of the film was that one of the female characters liked to buy palmiers. As a result of this plot point, palmiers became a hot item in many pastry shops in Shanghai, with many non-Shanghai tourists even queuing up for more than four hours just to buy a bag of palmiers, a food item that before then was virtually unknown in China except for old Shanghainese people. This in turn led to many businesses that didn't sell palmiers to start selling them, but three years on, the palmier craze has cooled off and this vegetable shop is now selling them.
The left side has not changed much from three years ago. There are two pieces of white paper taped to the glass door with a tip about selling tea - the tea should be in the cupboard behind the door. In addition, two pieces of paper on the glass window contain information about rental properties and the agent's mobile phone number.
The lintel of the shop is full of small adverts for roller shutters, which didn't exist three years ago.
Pepperoni fork and shadow. Dada, Dadaism, Surrealistic movements.
Dada or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (1916). New York Dada began in 1915 and after 1920 Dada flourished in Paris. Dadaist activities lasted until the mid 1920s.
Developed in reaction to World War I, the Dada movement consisted of artists who rejected the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works. The art of the movement spanned visual, literary, and sound media, including collage, sound poetry, cut-up writing, and sculpture. Dadaist artists expressed their discontent toward violence, war, and nationalism, and maintained political affinities with radical left-wing and far-left politics.
There is no consensus on the origin of the movement's name; a common story is that the German artist Richard Huelsenbeck slid a paper knife (letter-opener) at random into a dictionary, where it landed on "dada", a colloquial French term for a hobby horse. Jean Arp wrote that Tristan Tzara invented the word at 6 p.m. on 6 February 1916, in the Café de la Terrasse in Zürich. Others note that it suggests the first words of a child, evoking a childishness and absurdity that appealed to the group. Still others speculate that the word might have been chosen to evoke a similar meaning (or no meaning at all) in any language, reflecting the movement's internationalism.
The roots of Dada lie in pre-war avant-garde. The term anti-art, a precursor to Dada, was coined by Marcel Duchamp around 1913 to characterize works that challenge accepted definitions of art. Cubism and the development of collage and abstract art would inform the movement's detachment from the constraints of reality and convention. The work of French poets, Italian Futurists and the German Expressionists would influence Dada's rejection of the tight correlation between words and meaning. Works such as Ubu Roi (1896) by Alfred Jarry and the ballet Parade (1916–17) by Erik Satie would also be characterized as proto-Dadaist works. The Dada movement's principles were first collected in Hugo Ball's Dada Manifesto in 1916. Source Wikipedia.
TD : 1/2000 f/2.8 400 ISO @50 mm
Simply colour photography and certainly not selective colour, for those who might think so :))
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.
The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:
“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.
The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.
It goes on to state:
“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.
Designation of the District
The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.
The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.
Barlia robertiana (Orchidaceae) 076 24
This unmistakeable orchid grows to over a meter in height. Although widespread throughout the Mediterranean region it is localised and rare except in Rhodes, where it can occur in particularly large colonies. In recent years, it may be that the higher temperatures resulting from global warming enable the Giant Orchid to extend its territory.
Everything about this orchid is big, from the robust stem, the large leaves that clasp the stem, and the massive flowers that are arranged in a dense spike. The strongly fragrant flowers are very variable in colour, from white-and-green combinations to dark pink and purple with strong lip markings. The lip is divided into three lobes, with the central lobe being subdivided again.
This orchid usually growing in open ground with alkaline substrate and it can also appear in open woodland and old olive groves; it likes plenty of sunshine.
This orchid flowers very early in the year - from the end of February to the beginning of April.
References sources
The Plant List
Pierre Delforge (2005) Orchids of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East; A&C Black
Reserva Natural Río Blanco, Manizales Colombia.
Grallaria ruficapilla
(Chestnut-crowned Antpitta / Tororoi comprapán)
This strikingly plumaged antpitta is both easily identified and one of the most easily seen of an extremely wary and notoriously shy family of birds.
Chestnut-crowned Antpitta ranges from northern Venezuela south to central Peru, and is subdivided into seven subspecies, which mainly differ in the details of their head patterns. It has a broad altitudinal range, from 1200 to 3600 m, and is found in all manner of forest types, but especially favors borders, clearings, second growth, patches of bamboo, and other disturbed habitats.
Photo taken at Reserva Natural Río Blanco. Here travelers can walk by ecological trails. It has an area of 4,932 hectares of cloud forest and is between 2,150 meters and 3,700 meters above sea level.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic realm. The species is subdivided into multiple subspecies, including Pararge aegeria aegeria, Pararge aegeria tircis, Pararge aegeria oblita, and Pararge aegeria insula. The color of this butterfly varies between subspecies. The existence of these subspecies is due to variation in morphology down a gradient corresponding to a geographic cline. The background of the wings ranges from brown to orange, and the spots are either pale yellow, white, cream, or a tawny orange. The speckled wood feeds on a variety of grass species. The males of this species exhibit two types of mate locating behaviors: territorial defense and patrolling.The proportion of males exhibiting these two strategies changes based on ecological conditions. The monandrous female must choose which type of male can help her reproduce successfully. Her decision is heavily influenced by environmental conditions.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point,_Ontario:
Long Point is a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie, part of Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada.
It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) across at its widest point. Lake Erie lies to the south of Long Point, and Long Point Bay lies on the north side. The bay is subdivided into the Inner Bay and Outer Bay by a line that runs between Turkey Point to the north and Pottahawk Point to the south. Some of the towns along the bay's north shore include Port Rowan, Turkey Point and Port Dover. Long Point is north of and across the lake from Presque Isle and Erie, Pennsylvania.
Excerpt from uwaterloo.ca:
Description of the District
The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District runs along Markland Street and includes Park Street and MacNab Street between Markland Street and Herkimer. Chilton Place is also included.
The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is found in the City of Hamilton and consists of 51 residential properties.
Cultural Heritage Value of the District
The Heritage Conservation District Plan describes the heritage character as:
“Although a few residents were built in the 1850s and 1860s, the Durand-Markland study area is characterized by a predominance of late nineteenth century to early twentieth century building construction. There is a range and diversity of structures from small, vernacular worker’s cottages to large classically detailed houses of the upper middle class.
The most prominent architectural styles are nineteenth century Italianate (1850-1900), and Queen Anne (1880-1910), and twentieth century Tudor Revival (1900-1930s) Examples of such architectural styles as Second Empire (1860-1880), Colonial Revival (1900-present), Edwardian Classicism (1900-1930), and four-square (1900-1930) are also represented in the district ”.
It goes on to state:
“The distinctive architectural features of the area are its scale, mass, decorative detailing and building sitting. Remarkably few individual buildings and properties have been extensively altered or subdivided over time due to changing tastes, economics and fashion The overall nineteenth century residential character coupled with a distinctive treeline and canopied streetscapes have generally been retained and occasionally enhanced”.
Designation of the District
The designation of Durand-Markland was initiated by local residents. Unterman McPhail Cumming Associates Heritage Conservation and Planning Consultants and Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect Limited completed the plan in 1994 for the City of Hamilton.
The Durand-Markland Heritage Conservation District is protected by By-law 94-184, which was passed in 1994 by the City of Hamilton.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point,_Ontario:
Long Point is a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie, part of Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada.
It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) across at its widest point. Lake Erie lies to the south of Long Point, and Long Point Bay lies on the north side. The bay is subdivided into the Inner Bay and Outer Bay by a line that runs between Turkey Point to the north and Pottahawk Point to the south. Some of the towns along the bay's north shore include Port Rowan, Turkey Point and Port Dover. Long Point is north of and across the lake from Presque Isle and Erie, Pennsylvania.
Bixby Creek Bridge, also known as Bixby Canyon Bridge, on the Big Sur coast of California, is one of the most photographed bridges in California due to its aesthetic design, "graceful architecture and magnificent setting" It is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge. The bridge is 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County on State Route 1.
Before the opening of the bridge in 1932, residents of the Big Sur area were virtually cut off during winter due to blockages on the often impassable Old Coast Road, which led 11 miles (18 km) inland. The bridge was built under budget for $199,861 (equivalent to $3.29 million in 2021 dollars) and, at 360 feet (110 m), was the longest concrete arch span in the California State Highway System. When it was completed, it was the highest single-span arch bridge in the world, and it remains one of the tallest.
The land north and south of the bridge was privately owned until 1988 and 2001. A logging company obtained approval to harvest redwood on the former Bixby Ranch to the north in 1986, and in 2000 a developer obtained approval to subdivide the former Brazil Ranch to the south. Local residents and conservationists fought their plans, and both pieces of land were eventually acquired by local and federal government agencies. A $20 million seismic retrofit was completed in 1996, although its 24-foot (7.3 m) width does not meet modern standards requiring bridges to be 32 feet (9.8 m) wide.
Location
The bridge is "one of the most photographed features on the West Coast" and in the world. It has been featured on "postcards, TV ads, everywhere," according to Debra Geiler, project manager for the Trust for Public Land. The bridge's location on the scenic Central Coast of California, the parabolic shape of the arch, the tall spandrel columns, and the architectural piers contribute to an "intense aesthetic experience." "It's the gateway to Big Sur and the interior has never been logged. The land is pristine." Zad Leavy, former executive director of the Big Sur Land Trust, described the land as "...the most spectacular meeting of ocean and land in the entire United States."
Characteristics
The bridge is 714 feet (218 m) in total length and 24 feet (7.3 m) wide, with 260 feet (79 m) of clearance below, and has a main span of 360 feet (110 m), which places 50% of the total roadbed above the arch. The arch ribs are five feet thick at the deck and nine feet thick at the springing line, where they join the towers at their base. The arches are four and one-half feet wide. The bridge was designed to support more than six times its intended load.
The two large, vertical buttresses or supporting pillars on either side of the arch, while aesthetically pleasing, are functionally unnecessary. Engineers of later arch bridges such as the Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge omitted them from the design. The Rocky Creek Bridge and the Malpaso Creek Bridge to the north are also open-spandrel arch bridges built of reinforced concrete.
Construction
The state first began building Route 56, or the Carmel–San Simeon Highway, in 1919. A number of bridges needed to be constructed, the largest among them across Bixby Creek.
A bill to regulate rent at about 110,000 subdivided flats in Hong Kong, home to some of the city’s poorest residents, will be presented to the legislature next week and is expected to take effect as early as the end of the year.
The Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Bill 2021 is a government measure designed to tackle the problem of unaffordable housing that has long plagued the city. A severe shortage of public housing has meant that tens of thousands of low-income families have no choice but to live in shoebox dwellings in rundown buildings.
They are often overcharged by landlords and can be evicted easily when the market level of rent goes up and they cannot afford the increase.
(20210707 SCMP)
This old barn / horse stable hasn't been used in many years, and, judging from the planning permission request posted next to the gate, it may not be around much longer, as new homes are in the works for the site. Seen near Headford, Co. Galway, Ireland.
But when two of us, knowing ourselves to be nothing, prompted Jesus-Eucharist to seal a pact of unity upon our two souls, I became aware that I was Jesus. I felt the impossibility of communicating with Jesus in the tabernacle. I experienced the elation of being at the peak of the pyramid of all creation, as on the point of a pin; at the point where the two rays meet, where the two who are God (so to speak) seal a pact of unity, becoming trinitized.
-Lubich, cited in Hubertus Blaumeiser, “Il patto d’unità come accesso esistenziale e metodo della teologia: Alcune riflessioni alla luce dell’esperienza della ‘Scuola Abbà,’” Nuova Umanità 22 (2000): 782-83 (translation revised).
[T]hey will become distinct, detach themselves . . . as it were into many petals, each of which will take the form of a rose, of a rosebud with other petals subdividing themselves, unfolding and in turn forming other buds . . . The whole then will return to the heart bud . . . Then the rose will open up in other ways, according to other relationships among the souls, and the patterns and the harmonies will be perennially new.
-Lubich, cited in Piero Coda, “’Viaggiare’ il Paradiso,” Nuova Umanità 19 (1997): 110 (translation revised).
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. R_11517
In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol consisting of a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or other particles suspended in the atmosphere of a planetary body or similar space. Water or various other chemicals may compose the droplets and crystals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to its dew point, or when it gains sufficient moisture (usually in the form of water vapor) from an adjacent source to raise the dew point to the ambient temperature. They are seen in the Earth's homosphere, which includes the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere. Nephology is the science of clouds, which is undertaken in the cloud physics branch of meteorology. There are two methods of naming clouds in their respective layers of the homosphere, Latin and common. Genus types in the troposphere, the atmospheric layer closest to Earth's surface, have Latin names due to the universal adoption of Luke Howard's nomenclature that was formally proposed in 1802. It became the basis of a modern international system that divides clouds into five physical forms which can be further divided or classified into altitude levels to derive ten basic genera. The main representative cloud types for each of these forms are stratus, cirrus, stratocumulus, cumulus, and cumulonimbus. Low-level clouds do not have any altitude-related prefixes. However mid-level stratiform and stratocumuliform types are given the prefix alto- while high-level variants of these same two forms carry the prefix cirro-. Genus types with sufficient vertical extent to occupy more than one level do not carry any altitude related prefixes. They are classified formally as low- or mid-level depending on the altitude at which each initially forms, and are also more informally characterized as multi-level or vertical. Most of the ten genera derived by this method of classification can be subdivided into species and further subdivided into varieties. Very low stratiform clouds that extend down to the Earth's surface are given the common names fog and mist, but have no Latin names. R_122
The City of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux, administrative districts, more simply referred to as arrondissements. These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the larger French departments.
The number of the arrondissement is indicated by the last two digits in most Parisian postal codes (75001 up to 75020). In addition to their number, each arrondissement also has a name, often for a local monument. For example, the 5th arrondissement is also called "Panthéon" in reference to the eponymous building. The first four arrondissements have a shared administration, called Paris Centre.
Chartreuse du Reposoir, Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
La Chartreuse du Reposoir es una antigua cartuja situada en el territorio del municipio del mismo nombre, en el departamento de Alta Saboya, en la región de Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes.
Situado en el valle del Foron du Reposoir, en un circo boscoso al borde de un pequeño lago, los edificios que bordean el río están dominados por la cadena Reposoir al este y la cadena Bargy al noroeste. El establecimiento fue fundado en 1151 por el Beato Cartujo Juan de España y estuvo ocupado ininterrumpidamente hasta la Revolución Francesa y luego entre 1866 y 1901. La antigua Cartuja alberga una comunidad de monjas carmelitas desde 1932 y hoy se llama Monasterio del Carmelo de Reposoir. La Chartreuse está clasificada como monumento histórico.
La cartuja forma una plaza orientada de oeste a este, y reúne en su recinto lo que originalmente se llamaba la Correrie que estaba separada del monasterio.
El gran claustro rodea todas las casas de los Padres Cartujos; sus bóvedas en forma de silbato penetran los muros sin apoyo. Así llega cada monje a su casa. Las celdas de los Padres constituyen el cuadrado al norte y al sur y lo completan al este. El muro del cerramiento conecta los del norte entre sí; al sur y al este, se desprenden de él. Al pie de cada uno hay un parterre de flores de forma cuadrada. En la pared de enfrente está fijada una gran cruz negra, que el cenobita ve necesariamente cuando mira hacia afuera.
Las celdas se indican con una letra del alfabeto. Al lado de la puerta hay un pequeño portillo donde el solitario viene a recoger sus provisiones. Si necesita otras cosas, sólo tiene que dejar allí una nota con la letra de su celular. La cama tiene forma de armario, la ropa de cama se compone de un gran palet de lona, un almohadón, sábanas y unas cuantas mantas de lana que sustituyen a las de antaño. Junto al lecho se encuentra el oratorio, formado por una sillería y un reclinatorio, donde el monje recita la mayor parte de los servicios.
Al oeste de este claustro se encuentran la iglesia, la sala capitular y el pequeño claustro que data del siglo XVI y restaurado en 1929. Su construcción se atribuye a la generosidad de la Casa de Saboya cuyas armas aparecen entre las dieciséis claves policromadas. Este claustro está formado por cuatro galerías cubiertas que rodean un patio. Cada arcada de arco apuntado que da al patio se subdivide en una red de tres pequeños arcos polibados y tracería flamígera. Los grandes pilares cuadrados, la prohibición sistemática de la decoración escultórica y el rechazo de la vertical dan a este edificio del gótico tardío un aspecto achaparrado, pesado y austero. Las bóvedas de crucería, características de la arquitectura gótica, se basan en dos arcos apuntados que se cruzan en diagonal. Estas bóvedas y arcos están formados por claves, piedras talladas en forma de cuñas, apoyadas unas sobre otras. La clave es la llave central colocada en lo alto de una bóveda y que bloquea las demás piedras en la posición deseada.
La iglesia, cuya primera piedra fue colocada por Aymon I de Faucigny, hermano de Ardutius de Faucigny, obispo de Ginebra, es de estilo ojival. A lo largo del muro norte de la iglesia se encuentran la Capilla del Beato Juan de España (ahora sacristía interior) y la Capilla de San Antonio (hoy sacristía exterior para sacerdotes).
The Chartreuse du Reposoir is a former charterhouse located on the territory of the municipality of the same name, in the Haute-Savoie department, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Located in the valley of the Foron du Reposoir, in a wooded cirque on the edge of a small lake, the buildings bordering the river are dominated by the Reposoir chain to the east and the Bargy chain to the northwest. The establishment was founded in 1151 by the Blessed Carthusian John of Spain and was occupied continuously until the French Revolution and then between 1866 and 1901. The former Carthusian has housed a community of Carmelite nuns since 1932 and today is called the Monastery of the Carmel of Reposoir. La Chartreuse is classified as a historical monument.
The charterhouse forms a square oriented from west to east, and brings together in its enclosure what was originally called the Correrie, which was separated from the monastery.
The great cloister surrounds all the houses of the Carthusian Fathers; Its whistle-shaped vaults penetrate the walls without support. This is how each monk arrives at his house. The cells of the Fathers constitute the square to the north and south and complete it to the east. The enclosure wall connects the northern ones to each other; to the south and east, they detach themselves from it. At the foot of each one is a square flower bed. On the opposite wall is fixed a large black cross, which the Cenobite necessarily sees when he looks out.
Cells are indicated by a letter of the alphabet. Next to the door there is a small gate where the loner comes to collect his supplies. If he needs other things, he just has to leave a note there with the handwriting on his cell phone. The bed is shaped like a wardrobe, the bedding consists of a large canvas pallet, a pillow, sheets and a few wool blankets that replace those of yesteryear. Next to the bed is the oratory, made up of a chair and a kneeler, where the monk recites most of the services.
To the west of this cloister are the church, the chapter house and the small cloister dating from the 16th century and restored in 1929. Its construction is attributed to the generosity of the House of Savoy whose arms appear among the sixteen polychrome keys. This cloister is made up of four covered galleries that surround a patio. Each pointed arch arcade facing the courtyard is subdivided into a network of three small polybate arches and flamboyant tracery. The large square pillars, the systematic prohibition of sculptural decoration and the rejection of the vertical give this late Gothic building a squat, heavy and austere appearance. The cross vaults, characteristic of Gothic architecture, are based on two pointed arches that intersect diagonally. These vaults and arches are formed by keystones, stones carved in the shape of wedges, resting on each other. The key is the central key placed at the top of a vault and which locks the other stones in the desired position.
The church, whose foundation stone was laid by Aymon I de Faucigny, brother of Ardutius de Faucigny, bishop of Geneva, is in the ogival style. Along the north wall of the church are the Chapel of Blessed John of Spain (now the interior sacristy) and the Chapel of Saint Anthony (today the exterior sacristy for priests).
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point,_Ontario:
Long Point is a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie, part of Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada.
It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) across at its widest point. Lake Erie lies to the south of Long Point, and Long Point Bay lies on the north side. The bay is subdivided into the Inner Bay and Outer Bay by a line that runs between Turkey Point to the north and Pottahawk Point to the south. Some of the towns along the bay's north shore include Port Rowan, Turkey Point and Port Dover. Long Point is north of and across the lake from Presque Isle and Erie, Pennsylvania.
One of my favorite roads is Highway 25 with its unique blend of Annual grasslands, Coastal shrubland and Blue Oak woodlands it supports many cattle operations and even more wildlife. Stock ponds of winter rain are the focal points of the often heat stricken cattle herds.
It consists of many intergenerational family ranches dating back to the Mexican Land Grant era and usually devoted to cattle. With the great Williamson Act, conservation of land is assured as many of these ranches have signed up for reduced current property taxes in exchange for promising to never develop or subdivide their land.
You can drive the whole way seeing maybe 5 to 10 vehicles going the other way -- ah heaven, maybe I should go back tomorrow !
(Oh did I mention many great curves?)
Parrots, also known as psittacines /ˈsɪtəsaɪnz/,[1][2] are birds of the roughly 398 species[3] in 92 genera comprising the order Psittaciformes /ˈsɪtəsɪfɔːrmiːz/, found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). One-third of all parrot species are threatened by extinction, with higher aggregate extinction risk (IUCN Red List Index) than any other comparable bird group.[4] Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia.
Characteristic features of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. Most parrots exhibit little or no sexual dimorphism in the visual spectrum. They form the most variably sized bird order in terms of length.
"In Nature all tones and tints are gradated. Light blends into half light, half light into half tone, half tone into shade, dividing and subdividing indefinitely."
Southbound CSX manifet No. 411 hammers through Centralia, VA on Nov. 29, 1986 with three SD40-2's. The train is on the North End Subdividion, the former ACL main line. The track to the right is diverging to the Bellwood Subdivision, the former SAL route into Richmond.
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The Roman Aqueduct is one of the most impressive monuments in Lesvos. The best preserved section is 170 m. long and includes seventeen arches. It is located in the area of Moria, about 6 km north of the city of Mytilini and it’s called “Kamares”. Every opening is subdivided into three successive arches supported by a column and the imposts of each column are decorated with moulding and abacus. The columns and the vault arches were constructed with local gray marble.
The Roman Aqueduct dates back to the Roman period (2nd century – 3rd century AD) and it was used for the water transportation from the springs of Olympos Mountain to the city of Mytilini, in a distance of about 26 km. Because of its classical characteristics it was considered to have been built by Hadrian. It is said that it was supplying the city with large quantities of water, about 127.000 m³ per day.
Today, the Roman Aqueduct of Moria is a significant archaeological site. It’s open all year long without entrance fee.
They are still there (little to be found due to the many moss now) in my black container, started in May 2016.
Commissioned by King Ludwig I, this memorial to victorious battles against Napoleon in the Wars of Liberation from 1813-1815 was begun by Friedrich Gärtner, who based his design on central ancient and Christian architectural concepts, and completed by Leo von Klenze in 1863 after modifications were made to the plans.
The buttresses on the outer façade are crowned by 18 monumental statues serving as allegories of the various Germanic tribes. The number 18 also symbolizes the date of the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig (on 18 October 1813), in which Napoleon’s troops suffered a crushing defeat by the Coalition. The 45-meters-high dome hall is subdivided into alcoves, arcades and a gallery and finished with a coffered ceiling. Thirty-four monumental goddesses of victory made by Ludwig Schwanthaler in white “Carrara marble” are holding hands for a ceremonious round dance. The external gallery offers visitors an exceptional view above the surrounding valley of Altmühl and Danube.
(Wikipedia)
Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy; like Venice itself, it could more correctly be called an archipelago of four islands linked by bridges. It is situated near Torcello at the northern end of the Lagoon, and is known for its lacework and brightly coloured homes.
Burano is situated 7 kilometres (4 miles) from Venice, a 40-minute trip by Venetian motorboats, "vaporetti".
The island is linked to Mazzorbo by a bridge. The current population of Burano is about 2,800. Originally, there were five islands and a fourth canal that was filled to become via e piazza Baldassare Galuppi, joining the former islands of San Martino Destra and San Martino Sinistra.
Burano has historically been subdivided into five sestieri, much like the historical center of Venice. They correspond to the five original islands. The sixth sestiere is neighboring Mazzorbo.
All visitors of Burano remain intrigued by the many colours and the coloured houses that are reflected into the green waters of channels, by the Oblique Bell Tower, by the tranquility and the calmness with which the elderly ladies embroider original Burano lace by their tombolo (or lace pillow), while they are laughing and chatting in squares among them. It seems to be in paradise. Children who dart freely with their bicycles, balconies with multicolored flowers, fishermen who put up fresh fish from their traditional boats.
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Frederik's Church, popularly known as The Marble Church for its rococo architecture, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Copenhagen, Denmark. The church forms the focal point of the Frederiksstaden district; it is located due west of Amalienborg Palace.
The church was designed by the architect Nicolai Eigtved in 1740 and was along with the rest of Frederiksstaden, a district of Copenhagen, intended to commemorate the 300 years jubilee of the first coronation of a member of the House of Oldenburg.
Frederick's Church has the largest church dome in Scandinavia with a span of 31 m. Eigtved finished the drawings of the church around 1740, but his original design was much more pompuous; the dome should have been significantly taller and rest on the exterior walls with a diameter of 45 m. The dome rests on 12 columns. The dome is roman baroque style with its curved, pompous expression and multiple fine details. It has gold window frames, multiple statues on the exterior walls and beautiful, colorful fresco inside the dome ceiling, which most likely is inspired by Peter's Basilica in Rome.
The foundation stone was set by king Frederick V on October 31, 1749, but the construction was slowed by budget cuts and the death of Eigtved in 1754. A French architect, Nicolas Henri Jardin, continued the construction from 1756 after revising the design and changing it to a more classical, marble church.
In 1770, the original plans for the church were abandoned by Johann Friedrich Struensee. The church was left incomplete and, in spite of several initiatives to complete it, stood as a ruin for nearly 150 years.
A few years later, when Struenesee lost his power and position, several ideas were created and considered in trying to make a modified construction plan for the church. Among these intellectual minds was C.F. Hardsdorff, a danish architect and advocate for neoclassicism.
In 1874, Andreas Frederik Krieger, Denmark's Finance Minister at the time, sold the ruins of the uncompleted church and the church square to Carl Frederik Tietgen for 100,000 Rigsdaler — none of which was to be paid in cash — on the condition that Tietgen would build a church in a style similar to the original plans and donate it to the state when complete, while in turn he acquired the rights to subdivide neighboring plots for development.
Tietgen, not only wanted the church to represent a folklore to The Royal House, but also as a great monument for the grundtvigianismen, created by danish pastor and philosopher, N.F.S Grundvig. At the front entrance, at statue of Grundtvig was raised and the exterior walls around the church is also decorated with statues of important people from the danish and international church history.
The deal was at the time highly controversial. On 25 January 1877, a case was brought by the Folketing at the Court of Impeachment (Danish: Rigsretten), Krieger being charged with corruption over this deal. He was, however, eventually acquitted.
Tietgen got Ferdinand Meldahl to design the church in its final form and financed its construction. Due to financial restrictions, the original plans for the church to be built almost entirely from marble were discarded, and instead Meldahl opted for construction to be done with limestone. The church was finally opened to the public on August 19, 1894.
Inscribed in gold lettering on the entablature of the front portico are the words: HERRENS ORD BLIVER EVINDELIG (the word of the Lord endureth for ever – 1 Peter 1:25, KJV).
A series of statues of prominent theologians and ecclesiastical figures, including one of the eminent Danish philosopher Kierkegaard (who, incidentally, had become very critical of the established church by the end of his life), encircles the grounds of the building.
Frederik'c church is a parish church, also known to be an Evangelical-Lutheran church, which is the national or most common church in Denmark. It also became a place for concerts, monument of the constitution, and a display of Thorvaldsens works of art (a famous danish sculptor)." Many people in Denmark call it the Marble Church instead of Frederik's Church due to its prominent feature of the marble dome.
Today, Frederik's church stands as vast architectural monument in Frederiksstaden as a tribute to the roman baroque and danish philosopher Grundtvig.
Naples Botanical Gardens
60 Acre Wildlife Reserve
Naples, FL
Different anhinga than my last image.
The anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird. The origin of the name snakebird is apparent when swimming: only the colored neck appears above water so the bird looks like a snake ready to strike. They do not have external nares (nostrils) and breathe solely through their epiglottis.
The anhinga is placed in the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to Indian (Anhinga melanogaster), African (Anhinga rufa), and Australian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters. Like other darters, the anhinga hunts by spearing fish and other small prey using its sharp, slender beak.
Anhinga species are found all over the world in warm shallow waters. The American anhinga has been subdivided into two subspecies, A. a. anhinga and A. a. leucogaster, based on their location. A. a. anhinga can be found mainly east of the Andes in South America and also the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. A. a. leucogaster can be found in the southern United States, Mexico, Cuba, and Grenada. A fossil species Anhinga walterbolesi has been described from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene of Australia.
Only birds that live in the extreme north and south of their range migrate and do so based on temperature and available sunlight. Anhingas will migrate towards the equator during winter but this range is "determined by the amount of sunshine to warm the chilled birds". Although not in their usual range, anhingas have been found as far north as the states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States.
The Hill County Courthouse dominates the center of the Hillsboro Texas on a stormy April day. Hill County was created in 1853 by a special session of the State Legislature by subdividing Navarro County. The plan for a new county had been devised a year earlier by doctor Josephus Murray Steiner and Elijah Sterling Clack Robinson in order to stimulate land speculation. The County bears the name of local resident, Dr. George Washington Hill, who had served as Secretary of War for President Sam Houston and was a member of the State Legislature when the county was formed. Hillsboro was laid out, named the county seat, and settled. The towns growth was slow until 1881 when the railroad arrived bringing with it accelerated growth and prosperity with cotton and other agricultural products being at the center of that economic growth.
As the town and county grew so did the need for a new courthouse. In the late 1880s, Waco architect W. C. Dodson was hired to design a county courthouse. The building finished in 1890 was the third and arguably the grandest of three similar courthouses designed by Dodson. The Hill County Courthouse is regionally recognized as a architectural marvel. The three-story limestone structure design is patterned after the Second Empire style, but it incorporates Classical Revival and Italianate influences. The building’s two story high Corinthian columns, mansard roof treatment, and a wood framed three-tier 70 foot high clock tower covered with ornate tin work sets it apart from other county courthouses of the time.
The Courthouse caught fire on the night of January 1, 1993. The destruction was nearly complete. All that remained standing was the four limestone walls. The courthouse was a wooden frame structure and the clock tower and wooden truss supported interior collapsed onto the basement. The massive iron staircases survived and during the rest of the 1990’s the county residents lovingly worked on the old courthouse until it was restored almost perfectly in nearly every detail.
The Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Reference: www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Hillsboro/Hill-County-Courthou...
The brown corn bolt (Libellula fulva) is a species of dragonfly from the family of corn bolts (Libellulidae), subdivided real dragonflies (Anisoptera). It is a striking orange or blue appearance that is quite rare in the Netherlands.
De bruine korenbout (Libellula fulva) is een libellensoort uit de familie van de korenbouten(Libellulidae), onderorde echte libellen (Anisoptera). Het is een opvallende oranje of blauwe verschijning die in Nederland vrij zeldzaam is.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Point,_Ontario:
Long Point is a sand spit and medium-sized hamlet on the north shore of Lake Erie, part of Norfolk County in the province of Ontario, Canada.
It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) across at its widest point. Lake Erie lies to the south of Long Point, and Long Point Bay lies on the north side. The bay is subdivided into the Inner Bay and Outer Bay by a line that runs between Turkey Point to the north and Pottahawk Point to the south. Some of the towns along the bay's north shore include Port Rowan, Turkey Point and Port Dover. Long Point is north of and across the lake from Presque Isle and Erie, Pennsylvania.