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The word 'Istanbul' adds magic to our imagery.
Architecture, tapestry, jewellery, silks, species... all beauties of Istanbul (Turkey) still come to Life in the city.
In its long history, Istanbul has served as the capital city of the Roman Empire (330–395), the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922).
The Ottoman Turks built the Anadoluhisarı on the Asian side of the Bosphorus in 1394, and the Rumelihisarı at the opposite (European) shore, in 1452, a year before the conquest of Constantinople. The main purpose of these castles, armed with the long range Balyemez (Faule Metze) cannons, was to block the sea traffic of the Bosphorus and prevent the support ships from the Genoese colonies on the Black Sea ports, such as Caffa, Sinop, and Amasra, from reaching Constantinople and helping the Byzantines during the Turkish siege of the city.
The city was chosen as joint European Capital of Culture for 2010. The historic areas of Istanbul were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1985.
Thanks to JoesSistah
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I've promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep...
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machine stitching in book with short stories by Edgar Allen Poe. The first story being "The Tell-Tale Heart"
It could always be worse - a Yiddish folk tale retold and illustrated by Margot Zemach.
Reminds me of Chagall.
Texture: www.flickr.com/photos/27805557@N08/4558214854/
So many things I would like to say!
First of all, a huge thank you to Nai for exhibiting my works at DBL. Without her constant support and encouragement, I would have been a lot less today.
A huge thank you as well to all who came for the opening, and I MAY be planning something for those who bought my works that day. ;) The works will be up there until the end of May, featuring fabulous work from Zolar Merlin as well, do feel free to drop by slurl.com/secondlife/Casablanca Estates Two/87/234/1927
Well, I can't believe the last time I posted something was nearly two months ago. RL work swarmed in and I couldn't go back to SL at all.
I was finally free last week, but after stopping for so long, it was really very difficult to get back. I'm woefully rusty and behind with everything SL and flickr. I had waited eagerly for the holiday and I thought I could bounce back quickly, but I was wrong; I was generally uninspired and rather confused.
Well, enough of my ranting! I saw an outfit featured by carthalis rossini www.flickr.com/photos/carthalis/4608378193/ and immediately knew that I had to check out AVid. I was amazed by the range and quality, and this outfit really caught my eye, and finally something inspired me to do something. It wasn't easy though, I'm still terribly rusty.
Well, I'm still ranting. Pardon me, I have been saving up nearly two months of rant. Glad to be back and hope to get more inspired and get used to everything again :D
Outfit: Darklander by AVid Gothic
On a hike at the Lake District, we got little lost when taking a wrong path that took us further inland and not so much uphill. But I was quite happy when I found other interesting things, and this tree trunk covered in moss took me to my fairytale mood.
Protected from the developments of the modern world, the town of Suzdal is like something out of a Russian fairy tale.
Many years ago at the Saarbrücken library I started reading my kid a story from a book of Russian fairy tales. It was quite long (a story of twists and turns it was) so we left the pretty princess emprisonned in an impregnable copper tower to be delivered by her hardy hearted suitor on the next Saturday. Damnation... the book was gone. And the next week it was not back yet. It didn'tshow up the week afterwards either. Then we moved out of Saarbrücken, and to this day, wonder how the story went on. And this is why I insist on owning the books I read. The facade here reminded me of the copper tower, but that still doesn't tell me the end of the story.
Canon AE-1 Program and Canon FD 35-70mm 1:2.8-3.5 S.S.C., Agfa Precisa CT 100 slide film developed at DM and digitalized using the kit lens with extension rings.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
A wonderful tree to sit under...
listen to the music or
hear the poems of a storyteller ...
My love
Has told me
That she needs me.
That's why
I take good care of myself
Watch out where I'm going and
Fear that any drop of rain
Might kill me.
Shot taken with Canon EOS 350 D - Berlin "Glienicker Park" 2008