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Chapel from Notre-Dame-du-Bourg at Langon
Made in Aquitaine, France, after 1126
Parts of this chapel-like gallery were constructed with twelfth-century limestone blocks from the church of Notre-Dame-du-Bourg at Langon, located about nineteen miles east of Bordeaux. According to one seventeenth-century document, the small parish church—which had a single apse nave, slightly projecting transepts, and a semi-circular apse—was founded in 1126 as a dependency of the nearby abbey of Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve. Seven capitals from the crossing and choir of Langon are installed in this gallery, all of them decorated with human heads or figures carved almost in the round. The crowned female bust on one of the capitals has often been identified as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122?–1204), one of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages. However, other than a trip she took to the region with her husband, King Henry II of England (r. 1154–89), in the 1150s—when they might have spent one night at the nearby Notre-Dame-de-la-Grande-Sauve—there is no documentary evidence that Eleanor ever visited Langon or that the bust was intended to portray her. The blind arches lining the walls (below, left) and the predominantly geometric patterns decorating the abaci, arches, and cornices (below, right) are all characteristic of the late-twelfth century architecture in western France.
Like many religious monuments in France, Notre-Dame-du-Bourg suffered repeated damage, especially from the Hundred Years' War and the French Revolution. By the early nineteenth century the choir had been divided into two levels: the lower served as a stable, while the upper became a dance hall, then a theater. When the Museum purchased the chapel fragments in 1934, the upper level was being used to store tobacco (above). The reconstructed chapel is about three-quarters of its original size.
Taken in 2013.
An "iteration of an accumulative project for Maine-based artist Rollin Leonard." So says the Space Gallery in Portland, Maine, of this "modular and flexible" work, which will be "subtly rearranged over the course of time, slowly scrambling the forms."
At least since first revealed, GO has relocated the number from the corner of the nose to the cabside, but at a minimum the logo needs to move back into the stripe. Not a fan of the two tone puke greens compared to the traditional bold green GO has used.
Osprey diving for fish.
My favorite pic from a two day birding photoshoot with a local camera club.
Some of the members have extensive and (life)long experience on birding. A novice bird photographer like me can get great results by just following what the others do.
Surprisingly there's no need for long telezoom, for example this was taken with my Tamron 70-200mm @70mm. Of course cropping is needed in post. And good close-by hides to shoot from.
One of the club members was shooting with the new Sony A9III (120fps with precapture..). That seems to be the top-of-the-line king-of-the-hill birding camera. However, my "slow" mechanical shutter A7RV is totally fine for me.
If interested on how this dive went, check the photo set in IG: www.instagram.com/p/C6UCQcfImdE/
Believe it or not, this iPhone still works! All those cracks on the screen aren't affecting the display or the touch screen functionality. Pretty amazing engineering, Apple! :D
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Los Angeles, CA – This building is called “Two California Plaza” located in the Bunker Hill District. It is 229 meters high and was part of a three skyscraper project that never finished. Only two of the originally planned three buildings stand. Los Angeles is so spread out it’s difficult to get a perspective of a skyline. There seems to be very little continuity when it comes to the architecture in downtown LA, but then again if you are familiar with the diversity of the city it really does make sense.
dis·place
[dis-pleys]
–verb (used with object), -placed, -plac·ing.
1.
to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
I'm built for bigger things, than where I am right now.
A Tale of Two Cities collaboration with Nialler78...
The Birmingham image is from the Bullring, with the Selfridges building visible in the top left as a rather high key image. The foreground is one of the cube fountain things.
Barre Rear Entrance Tonneau (1903) Engine 12 HP Two Cylinders
2019 London-Brighton number 217
Registration Number 6 BXG (Middlesboro)
Country of Origin France
Body Type Rear Entrance Tonneau
Entrant Michael Kent
Pilote Michael Kent
Barre was a French automobile manufacturer, established by Gaston Barre around 1900, although his first car powered by a Gallardet engine was exhibited one year earlier at the 1899 Paris Motor Show. Barre was one of the first manufacturers to establish after-sales service centres, and also integrated into his business model a driving school. Vehicles were assembled largely from components manufactured by specialist, rather than in-house policy of many of his rivals. Initially using engines manufactured by Aster, Butchet and De Dion Bouton. At the World Fair held in Paris in 1900 a Barré voiturette won a gold medal. Business grew, and by 1908 the enterprise had approximately 50 employees, and was registered using the company name G. Barré et Cie. In 1912 a Barre won the Tour de France Automobiles an event covering 13 stages over 4,000 km. Manufacturing was centered in Niort in the West of France. Production continued into the early 1930s
Diolch am 78,783,706 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 78,783,706 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 03.11.2019 Redhill, Surrey 144-90
Gertrude and Dagmar
Feeling alienated from her peers, Lilith demanded I create a two-headed companion for her
2015 Design Build Intensive: MFA in Applied Craft + Design
The MFA in Applied Craft + Design degree program (AC+D) in Portland, OR (a joint program of Oregon College of Art and Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art) begins each year with a 10 day pre-semester, collaborative Design Build Intensive project intended to help students get to know each other and learn how to work together by designing and building a project for an actual client who will benefit from the students' skills.
This year's collaborator is Outgrowing Hunger whose mission is "to get healthy food into the mouths of Hungry People". The organization "transforms unused private, public and institutional land into Neighborhood Gardens, where healthy food, resilient community, and economic opportunity spring up together". For this Design Build Intensive the AC+D students will focus on the East Portland Neighborhood Garden (EPNG), which provides personal gardening and fresh produce work-trade opportunities.
The East Portland Neighborhood Garden has plots that range from 360 – 1550 square feet, tended primarily by 115 Bhutanese, Burmese refugee and Latino immigrant families who literally live off of the garden's harvest. Many must commute up to two miles on foot to get to the garden, after which they often work 6 – 8 hours a day tending, harvesting and preparing traditional fermented vegetables. The entire site is almost 100% garden space with little area for rest and relief, not to mention protection from the rain and sun.
There is so much AC+D can do for EPNG!
The magic of the AC+D Design Build Intensive is the conversation and connection that happens between two communities who normally would not have come together. EPNG and ACD will meet to collaboratively discover the true needs of the community. It is clear already that there is much that can be improved. The design process will not begin until the students meet with the gardeners, but to give a sense of the potential scope the project could include: benches with shaded cover for tired gardeners and nursing mothers; raised beds with ADA accessibility for the Senior Gardens; a protective shed to secure the five wheelbarrows; a privacy shield for the portable restroom; a removable cover for the outdoor kitchen used to prepare the harvests for community and fundraising events, and the list goes on…
AC+D DESIGN BUILD: MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH MAKING
Designers in education and industry fields routinely and assuredly assert that design thinking strategies can deliver the “game-changing” ideas needed to address the critical and complex problems of our times. Frequently, however, it seems we’re seduced by and fall in love with the promise(s) of these ideas, and are less committed to following through with their actual realization with the same degree of passion. The AC+D Design Build Intensive is an effort to provide a ‘proof of the pudding is in the eating’ model of design education and practice of the first year MFA AC+D students working together designing and building a project for an actual client.
Emphasizing a philosophy of civic engagement, The AC+D Design Build Intensives are selected based on their potential to benefit an organization or population that generally does not have access to the services of designers, builders and makers. These projects put design thinking into action and solve local community problems.
Photos by Mario Gallucci
Today was our second anniversary. We took the day off and went to where we had our wedding, Yonekura Hotel. As you can see in the picture, it was a beautiful place to have a wedding. We strolled around the Japanese garden, took a few pictures, reminisced, and of course kissed. The garden wasn't as near as beautiful as it was two years ago, I think because of the harsh winter. Then we ate at the Indian restaurant, Golden Palki, that is located in the hotel and which catered our reception.
After doing a little shopping we went to our favorite secluded beach for a relaxing time in the sun. It really just turned in to nap time, a savored experience these days. We gathered a few sand dollars and I scrolled a "HAPPY 2nd ANNIVERSARY" in the sand for all to see.
Last year we were in Hawaii so we didn't get to eat the famous anniversary cake so we took this day to courageously open the Tupperware to try two-year-old cake. And, it was still GOOD.
I am so thankful that God has given me such a wonderful life with Trish and now Roxanna too. I'm in awe of the change that can take place in such a short time, not only in circumstances, but in my heart. My love for Trish continues to mature and I am grateful that I have such an awesome wife to grow with.
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The church at the front is called the Vlacheraina monastery and the one at the back is Pontikonisi monastery..which is on Mouse Island. It's called that because the white stairs leading up to the monastery is supposed to look like a mouses tail....but it's not on this...maybe it's round the back.
Two photos merged together because for some reason I didn't get a single photo of both!
© SJC Photography 2012
5.5 Inch Wire MkI Breech Loading Naval Gun Ex HMS Hood
Made 1918
No 56 COW -Coventry Ordnance Works
No 78 RGF - Royal Gun Factory
Removed from Hood during refit in 1935
Installed 1941 Fort Bedford , Ascension Island.
When completed HMS Hood carried 12 of these guns as secondary armament.
By 1940 all the 5.5 inch guns had been replaced by 4 inch dual purpose twin mountings.
Of the original 12 on HMS Hood these two are likely to be the only ones still existing.
See www.hmshood.com/ship/secondary.htm
81 of these guns were made, One – No21 Ex light Cruiser HMS Chester, is in Imperial War Museum and two Nos 35 & 42 Ex HMS Furious at Fort Skansin, Tórshavn, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands.
Fort Bedford, Ascension Island.
If you are interested in historic ordnance see the Ordnance Society Web Site