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what some part of the Lake Ontario waterfront might look like without all the paraphenalia?
unsigned neo-city artwork hanging in Alexandra Hotel lobby, Toronto Canada
unsigned, this is for "everyman".
Blyth Beach, high tide, high noon, yet still some solitary bliss and room for thought.
[where the answers are .....P1400028]
Radiant Fog at Sunrise along the Boardwalk at Bodie Island Lighthouse
Dare County, Coastal North Carolina
Accessed via the Outer Banks Scenic Byway (NC-12 Beach Highway)
Date taken: October 2013
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The presence of fog was a topic of conversation as I explored the Outer Banks this past week. After some light research, I found that radiant fog forms overnight as the ground releases its heat to the atmosphere and water droplets are suspended in the air when the relative humidity at ground level is near one-hundred percent. However, in coastal areas the presence of salt in the air as the result of nearby crashing waves allows low fog to form even when the relative humidity is only around seventy percent, giving the visitor a greater than average chance of seeing this ground cloud activity at certain locations such as Bodie Island Lighthouse in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. I loved the brownish autumn colors and fog in this photograph because of their strong connection to the autumn season, thus making this a strong depiction of a place during a specific time.
Bodie Island Lighthouse's restoration began in January of 2010 with a budget of roughly three million dollars. Scaffolding surrounded the structure by February of the same year; however, the structural integrity of the platform on the tower was found to be insufficient and outside of the budget. The scaffolding was removed by March of 2011 and the project was stalled. In January of 2012 a new contract just shy of two million was awarded, by March of 2012 the scaffolding once again surrounded the lighthouse, and a year later, around March of 2013 most of the repairs were completed. In April of 2013 Bodie Island Lighthouse was once again re-opened to visitors to climb the tower.
Alicia Boyle RBA (1908 - 1997)'
Watercolor drawing
Unsigned
H 10" x W 14" (H 25.5cm x W 35.5cm)
Size (framed): H 15.5" x W 19.5" (H 39.5cm x W 49.5cm)
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Alicia Boyle was born in Bangkok in 1908 where her father worked for the British Dock Company. The family soon returned to Derry where she spent her early years before relocating to London in 1920. There she trained at the Clapham Art Training College and later at the Byam Shaw School under Francis Ernest Jackson. While still a student she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1932.
After completing her studies Boyle taught part time at various art schools across England while continuing to lecture and paint. In 1938 she accepted an invitation to the School of Fine Art in Mykonos an experience she later said helped her break free from traditional constraints. During World War II she remained in England teaching at Northampton School of Art. By the mid 1940s she was exhibiting regularly including a solo show at the Peter Jones Gallery and by the early 1950s her work was being shown in prominent London and Irish galleries.
Throughout the 1950s Boyle traveled and painted in France Mallorca and Spain where she found the landscape particularly inspiring. She frequently returned to Ireland for painting trips and eventually established a studio near Bantry in West Cork moving there permanently in 1971.
Her later career brought increased recognition including a major retrospective organized by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1983 followed by further exhibitions in Cork and Dublin. Her work is held in several important public collections including the National Gallery of Ireland and the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Art historian Dr Hilary Pyle later observed that Boyle resisted easy categorization. Although sometimes overlooked by critics she maintained a steady presence in exhibitions and collections. Influenced by artists such as Paul Nash David Jones and Graham Sutherland as well as by Japanese printmaker Hokusai and a formative period in Greece she developed a distinctive approach to light and color. Her intellectual life shaped by wide reading and deep engagement with literature and art informed her work throughout her career.
After the war Boyle increasingly turned to Ireland as her primary source of inspiration drawn by what she described as a unique quality of Irish light. Settling in West Cork allowed her to devote herself fully to painting producing some of her most confident and luminous work. Even in later years after moving to Dublin she continued to draw and paint from observation and memory remaining intellectually engaged and artistically active until the end of her life.
Pyle emphasized that Boyles art remained grounded despite its imaginative reach. She had a gift for transforming ordinary natural forms into something striking and monumental while maintaining a firm connection to the physical world that inspired her.
Dr Hilary Pyle, September 1998
Headed up to the Blue Ridge Parkway this morning to see if we could get some shots in the morning fog. The fog was so thick that there weren't any views from the parkway to be seen, so we headed up on Black Balsam and found this cool foggy atmosphere under a stand of trees.
Shot with a Nikon D300, the 18-200mm VR walkaround lens, and a Nikon circular polarizer...
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Just experimenting with What3words, this is a picture of an unidentified brick tower at ///really.messy.preparing taken from the top of the very unusual rocky hill known as North Berwick Law or
///unsigned.saves.cookbooks.
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Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Spanning approximately 309 miles (497 km) along a northwest–southeast axis, the turnpike is in two sections. The SR 91 mainline runs roughly 265 miles (426 km), from its southern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Miami Gardens to an interchange with I-75 in Wildwood at its northern terminus. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (abbreviated HEFT and designated as unsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another 48 miles (77 km) to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is "The Less Stressway". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4.
Tolls on the turnpike are an average of 6.7 cents per mile (4.2 ¢/km) for cars and other two-axle vehicles using SunPass. A trip on the entire turnpike (not including the Homestead Extension) would cost $22.59 with Toll-by-Plate, and $17.45 with SunPass.
The turnpike was originally entirely on the ticket system, but due to congestion in the Miami and Orlando metro areas, a coin system was implemented from the Three Lakes toll plaza north to the terminus at I-75, and from Lantana south to I-95, in the 1990s. In 2015, the portion between the Golden Glades toll barrier and I-595 in Davie was converted to a cashless toll system. Additional projects to convert the turnpike to an electronic collection system were completed between I-595 and Lantana in 2019, and from SR 429 north to I-75 in Wildwood in 2020.
The final stretch of the turnpike to use the ticket system ran between what are now electronic toll gantries at Lantana (mile 89.4 in Palm Beach County) and Three Lakes (mile 236.5 in Osceola County). This section was converted to a cashless system on November 8, 2021, removing the final cash-based toll collections and converting the entire length of the turnpike to electronic toll collection.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system, in use since 1999, has become the primary method of paying tolls on the turnpike, with 80% of customers using the electronic tolling as of October 2009. SunPass can be used on most Florida toll roads, in conjunction with other electronic toll collection systems in Florida (E-Pass and LeeWay). SunPass users benefit from an average of a 25% discount on tolls and access to SunPass-only exit ramps. SunPass transponders are available at the gift shop and gas stations at all service plazas, as well as Walgreens, Publix, and CVS stores statewide.[18] Since 2021, E-ZPass, which is used primarily in the Midwest and Northeast U.S., has also been accepted on Florida's Turnpike.
As the Turnpike and its system of roads are primary routes for emergency evacuations, tolls may be suspended, in cooperation with the state's emergency operations center and county governments, when a state or national emergency, most common being a hurricane watch, warrant rapid movement of the population.
Eight service plazas are located along the turnpike, spaced about 45 miles (72 km) apart. All eight plazas are open 24 hours a day and located on the center median of the turnpike for access from both directions and offer gasoline, diesel fuel, internet access, travel and tourism info and tickets, picnic areas, TV news, gift shops offering Florida Lottery, family-friendly restrooms, and pay phones. A convenience store/gas station is located at the Snapper Creek plaza on the Homestead Extension of the turnpike, while the remaining seven are full-service plazas, featuring a selection of franchised fast food restaurants. Three of the service plazas (Pompano, Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, Turkey Lake) also provide E85 ethanol. The Turkey Lake plaza also has a Tesla Supercharger for Tesla electric vehicles. Superchargers are also located at Ft. Drum plaza, and Canoe Creek and Okahumpa are scheduled to open Superchargers in 2021/22.
The operation of Sunshine State Parkway gas stations and service centers was originally bid out under separate contracts, and as a result, differing petroleum brands operated concurrently along the parkway, with varying levels of service and pricing. This practice was discontinued in 1995 when all service center operations were combined to improve supply and continuity of service; with Martin Petroleum, a Florida corporation, operating the stations with Citgo brand fuel at its stations. Since then, the Venezuelan government, under President Hugo Chávez, nationalized Citgo, and in 2006, political controversy resulted in a movement to remove the brand from the turnpike.
In 2009, Areas U.S.A. signed a 30-year contract for operation of food and retail concessions, taking over operations from Martin Petroleum and HMSHost. Florida Turnpike Services, L.L.C., Areas' partner, replaced the Citgo brand with Shell, the current brand for gas stations along the turnpike. Many of the restaurant brands were also changed over, with Dunkin' Donuts replacing Starbucks locations as well as KFC, Pizza Hut, Villa Pizza and Wendy's replacing most Popeyes and Burger King locations. The reconstruction and renovation of six of the service plazas began on November 1, 2010, to be completed in 2012. The Okahumpka and Ft. Pierce plazas will begin reconstruction when the other plaza projects are complete. Total renovation costs are estimated at $160 million.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_Turnpike
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Unsigned wooden coyote figure in a zoot suit (I hear they're coming back), apparently by artist Markus Pierson. (Google his name to see other works by him.) Jazzy coyotes in brightly colored zoot suits are a common theme of his. The field of view is 2 inches.
A more professional piece of his I encountered can be seen here.
For Flickr Friday's "Old Style" and Macro Mondays' "Made of Wood" challenges.
Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Spanning approximately 309 miles (497 km) along a northwest–southeast axis, the turnpike is in two sections. The SR 91 mainline runs roughly 265 miles (426 km), from its southern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Miami Gardens to an interchange with I-75 in Wildwood at its northern terminus. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (abbreviated HEFT and designated as unsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another 48 miles (77 km) to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is "The Less Stressway". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4.
Tolls on the turnpike are an average of 6.7 cents per mile (4.2 ¢/km) for cars and other two-axle vehicles using SunPass. A trip on the entire turnpike (not including the Homestead Extension) would cost $22.59 with Toll-by-Plate, and $17.45 with SunPass.
The turnpike was originally entirely on the ticket system, but due to congestion in the Miami and Orlando metro areas, a coin system was implemented from the Three Lakes toll plaza north to the terminus at I-75, and from Lantana south to I-95, in the 1990s. In 2015, the portion between the Golden Glades toll barrier and I-595 in Davie was converted to a cashless toll system. Additional projects to convert the turnpike to an electronic collection system were completed between I-595 and Lantana in 2019, and from SR 429 north to I-75 in Wildwood in 2020.
The final stretch of the turnpike to use the ticket system ran between what are now electronic toll gantries at Lantana (mile 89.4 in Palm Beach County) and Three Lakes (mile 236.5 in Osceola County). This section was converted to a cashless system on November 8, 2021, removing the final cash-based toll collections and converting the entire length of the turnpike to electronic toll collection.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system, in use since 1999, has become the primary method of paying tolls on the turnpike, with 80% of customers using the electronic tolling as of October 2009. SunPass can be used on most Florida toll roads, in conjunction with other electronic toll collection systems in Florida (E-Pass and LeeWay). SunPass users benefit from an average of a 25% discount on tolls and access to SunPass-only exit ramps. SunPass transponders are available at the gift shop and gas stations at all service plazas, as well as Walgreens, Publix, and CVS stores statewide.[18] Since 2021, E-ZPass, which is used primarily in the Midwest and Northeast U.S., has also been accepted on Florida's Turnpike.
As the Turnpike and its system of roads are primary routes for emergency evacuations, tolls may be suspended, in cooperation with the state's emergency operations center and county governments, when a state or national emergency, most common being a hurricane watch, warrant rapid movement of the population.
Eight service plazas are located along the turnpike, spaced about 45 miles (72 km) apart. All eight plazas are open 24 hours a day and located on the center median of the turnpike for access from both directions and offer gasoline, diesel fuel, internet access, travel and tourism info and tickets, picnic areas, TV news, gift shops offering Florida Lottery, family-friendly restrooms, and pay phones. A convenience store/gas station is located at the Snapper Creek plaza on the Homestead Extension of the turnpike, while the remaining seven are full-service plazas, featuring a selection of franchised fast food restaurants. Three of the service plazas (Pompano, Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, Turkey Lake) also provide E85 ethanol. The Turkey Lake plaza also has a Tesla Supercharger for Tesla electric vehicles. Superchargers are also located at Ft. Drum plaza, and Canoe Creek and Okahumpa are scheduled to open Superchargers in 2021/22.
The operation of Sunshine State Parkway gas stations and service centers was originally bid out under separate contracts, and as a result, differing petroleum brands operated concurrently along the parkway, with varying levels of service and pricing. This practice was discontinued in 1995 when all service center operations were combined to improve supply and continuity of service; with Martin Petroleum, a Florida corporation, operating the stations with Citgo brand fuel at its stations. Since then, the Venezuelan government, under President Hugo Chávez, nationalized Citgo, and in 2006, political controversy resulted in a movement to remove the brand from the turnpike.
In 2009, Areas U.S.A. signed a 30-year contract for operation of food and retail concessions, taking over operations from Martin Petroleum and HMSHost. Florida Turnpike Services, L.L.C., Areas' partner, replaced the Citgo brand with Shell, the current brand for gas stations along the turnpike. Many of the restaurant brands were also changed over, with Dunkin' Donuts replacing Starbucks locations as well as KFC, Pizza Hut, Villa Pizza and Wendy's replacing most Popeyes and Burger King locations. The reconstruction and renovation of six of the service plazas began on November 1, 2010, to be completed in 2012. The Okahumpka and Ft. Pierce plazas will begin reconstruction when the other plaza projects are complete. Total renovation costs are estimated at $160 million.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_Turnpike
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Florida's Turnpike, designated as unsigned State Road 91 (SR 91), is a toll road in the U.S. state of Florida, maintained by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). Spanning approximately 309 miles (497 km) along a northwest–southeast axis, the turnpike is in two sections. The SR 91 mainline runs roughly 265 miles (426 km), from its southern terminus at an interchange with Interstate 95 (I-95) in Miami Gardens to an interchange with I-75 in Wildwood at its northern terminus. The Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike (abbreviated HEFT and designated as unsigned SR 821) continues from the southern end of the mainline for another 48 miles (77 km) to US Highway 1 (US 1) in Florida City. The slogan for the road is "The Less Stressway". The mainline opened in stages between 1957 and 1964, while the extension was completed in 1974. The turnpike runs through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach, where it parallels I-95, and through Orlando, where it crosses I-4.
Tolls on the turnpike are an average of 6.7 cents per mile (4.2 ¢/km) for cars and other two-axle vehicles using SunPass. A trip on the entire turnpike (not including the Homestead Extension) would cost $22.59 with Toll-by-Plate, and $17.45 with SunPass.
The turnpike was originally entirely on the ticket system, but due to congestion in the Miami and Orlando metro areas, a coin system was implemented from the Three Lakes toll plaza north to the terminus at I-75, and from Lantana south to I-95, in the 1990s. In 2015, the portion between the Golden Glades toll barrier and I-595 in Davie was converted to a cashless toll system. Additional projects to convert the turnpike to an electronic collection system were completed between I-595 and Lantana in 2019, and from SR 429 north to I-75 in Wildwood in 2020.
The final stretch of the turnpike to use the ticket system ran between what are now electronic toll gantries at Lantana (mile 89.4 in Palm Beach County) and Three Lakes (mile 236.5 in Osceola County). This section was converted to a cashless system on November 8, 2021, removing the final cash-based toll collections and converting the entire length of the turnpike to electronic toll collection.
The SunPass electronic toll collection system, in use since 1999, has become the primary method of paying tolls on the turnpike, with 80% of customers using the electronic tolling as of October 2009. SunPass can be used on most Florida toll roads, in conjunction with other electronic toll collection systems in Florida (E-Pass and LeeWay). SunPass users benefit from an average of a 25% discount on tolls and access to SunPass-only exit ramps. SunPass transponders are available at the gift shop and gas stations at all service plazas, as well as Walgreens, Publix, and CVS stores statewide.[18] Since 2021, E-ZPass, which is used primarily in the Midwest and Northeast U.S., has also been accepted on Florida's Turnpike.
As the Turnpike and its system of roads are primary routes for emergency evacuations, tolls may be suspended, in cooperation with the state's emergency operations center and county governments, when a state or national emergency, most common being a hurricane watch, warrant rapid movement of the population.
Eight service plazas are located along the turnpike, spaced about 45 miles (72 km) apart. All eight plazas are open 24 hours a day and located on the center median of the turnpike for access from both directions and offer gasoline, diesel fuel, internet access, travel and tourism info and tickets, picnic areas, TV news, gift shops offering Florida Lottery, family-friendly restrooms, and pay phones. A convenience store/gas station is located at the Snapper Creek plaza on the Homestead Extension of the turnpike, while the remaining seven are full-service plazas, featuring a selection of franchised fast food restaurants. Three of the service plazas (Pompano, Port St. Lucie/Fort Pierce, Turkey Lake) also provide E85 ethanol. The Turkey Lake plaza also has a Tesla Supercharger for Tesla electric vehicles. Superchargers are also located at Ft. Drum plaza, and Canoe Creek and Okahumpa are scheduled to open Superchargers in 2021/22.
The operation of Sunshine State Parkway gas stations and service centers was originally bid out under separate contracts, and as a result, differing petroleum brands operated concurrently along the parkway, with varying levels of service and pricing. This practice was discontinued in 1995 when all service center operations were combined to improve supply and continuity of service; with Martin Petroleum, a Florida corporation, operating the stations with Citgo brand fuel at its stations. Since then, the Venezuelan government, under President Hugo Chávez, nationalized Citgo, and in 2006, political controversy resulted in a movement to remove the brand from the turnpike.
In 2009, Areas U.S.A. signed a 30-year contract for operation of food and retail concessions, taking over operations from Martin Petroleum and HMSHost. Florida Turnpike Services, L.L.C., Areas' partner, replaced the Citgo brand with Shell, the current brand for gas stations along the turnpike. Many of the restaurant brands were also changed over, with Dunkin' Donuts replacing Starbucks locations as well as KFC, Pizza Hut, Villa Pizza and Wendy's replacing most Popeyes and Burger King locations. The reconstruction and renovation of six of the service plazas began on November 1, 2010, to be completed in 2012. The Okahumpka and Ft. Pierce plazas will begin reconstruction when the other plaza projects are complete. Total renovation costs are estimated at $160 million.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s_Turnpike
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
This giant mural stands in an open area of Weston Super Mare
Although it isn't signed i suspect it is the work of Curtis Hylton who uses flowers in his art: Sorry about the seally title...
Location 16 Beach Rd, Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AY
Unsigned postcard mailed to a Mr. John Eichsen (?) within Lockridge, IA on December 30th, 1908. One the back: "Wishing you a bright and Happy New Year".
Unsigned sketches attributed to William Buelow Gould
Inscribed on the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register on 1 April 2011
Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office: Allport Library & Museum of Fine Arts
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I missed the unsigned, designated trail for Wind Mountain and ended up hiking on an abandoned road which turned into a boot trail which turned into no trail at all. I knew I'd lost my way but wasn't lost per se. I could see the sun and the river and the top of Wind Mountain which was my goal. So I just launched myself up the hill. Uff da!
It was far longer and steeper than the trail but I was rewarded with better views of the Gorge and lots of sunshine. I laid down here, on the warm slope of moss covered rocks and got some sunbathing in while catching my breath. Whoa was it steep! I could use all the miles and elevation gain I can get as I entertain notions of climbing mountains.
The trail to Wind Mountain is only as wide as a foot path so if you are still on the dirt road and see the wider, abandoned road trail on the right, you've gone too far and missed the trail. Scott Cook's Curious Gorge book is wonderful but is a bit slight on descriptions. Later I saw someone else randomly coming up through the woods as I did so I'm not the only one!
I eventually got to the actual trail as I neared the top of Wind Mountain. After eating lunch at the top, I jogged the trail down (easier on the downhill than walking) and was amazed by how fast I got back to my car. It really is a short trail, if you take the trail. My way was prettier but definitely harder!
The top of Wind Mountain has long been used (and still is) by Native Americans as a spirit quest site. I think this is part of why there isn't much signage though it is a Forest Service trail. Please be respectful; don't disturb the rock structures and stay on the trail and at the specific viewpoints at the top.
Although unsigned, this scarce lamp is often attributed to the great Arthur von Frankenburg. The birds - be they eagles, falcons, hawks or albatrosses - are strikingly similar to the couple of bird bookeneds he's designed and released by his company, Frankart.
The lamp dates to the late 1920's or very early 1930's, and an on/off switch was subsequently added (likely in the late 1940's or early 1950's, judging by the hardware). The glass shade did not originally come with it; the shade I bought with it was amber, and definitely not original to the lamp. The crystal deco shade photographed here was original to some Frankart lamp or another, and happens to be one of the rarest. It compliments the lamp nicely I think.
North Carolina Outer Banks Herbert C. Bonner Oregon Inlet Bridge
Dare County, Coastal North Carolina
Accessed via NC-12 Outer Banks National Scenic Byway
Date taken: June 12, 2013
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The Herbert C. Bonner bridge was built in 1963 and provides the ONLY land access between Hatteras Island--a chain of seven villages, including Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras--to the mainland area of Nags Head and Roanoke Island. The seven villages of Hatteras Island generate roughly $300 million dollars in tourist revenues annually, all courtesy of the Herbert C. Bonner Oregon Inlet bridge. The useful life of the bridge was engineered to be thirty years, and as it stands, the Oregon Inlet Bonner Bridge has nearly doubled its estimated lifespan, shuffling five to ten thousand travelers per day over the waters of the Oregon Inlet for over twenty more years than its engineered life span. An inspection report by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) in the year 2006 reported that the bridge was in "poor" condition and numerically rated 2 out of 100 in terms of operating condition! The Bonner Bridge spans the Oregon Inlet, a waterway that was the result of an 1846 hurricane. It has been estimated that a fleet of over two hundred commercial and small fishing boats use this channel daily to reach the Atlantic Ocean, having estimated economic impacts upwards of one hundred million dollars annually just for the boating and fishing industry. The bridge connects to Pea Island Wildlife Refuge on the southern end, a mass of land 13 miles long and consisting of roughly 5800 acres of land and 26,000 acres of boundary waters. Naturally a dynamic and changing coastal environment, the Oregon Inlet migrated 75 feet south and 15 feet west annually before the NCDOT built a massive rock groin to restrain this movement and prevent the land mass from pulling away from the bridge. This man-made solution has created conditions along the roadway, NC-12, on Pea Island that requires constant creation of temporary dunes, removal of sand from the roadway, relocations of sections of roadway and so forth that cost upwards of one million dollars annually--anyone driving through Pea Island can probably attest to the presence of yellow construction equipment along the roadside or actively working to clear the road and rebuild temporary, man-made dunes.
Attempts to replace and rebuild the bridge have been extremely controversial and are ongoing. Many solutions were presented, among them two that are relatively different: the first, a simple rebuild of the existing bridge a couple hundred feet west of the current bridge and parallel to its existing path, with an expectation of continuing to spend massive dollars to maintain stretches of NC-12 and the channel through the Oregon Inlet. This option is the shortest bridge span and the least cost. The second, and most drastically different option, is an elevated roadway from Oregon Inlet to the s-curves in Rodanthe, bypassing and eliminating the stretch of NC-12 on Pea Island Wildlife Refuge. This option is more expensive in first costs, but would eliminate annual maintenance costs along NC-12 and protect the wildlife of Pea Island. while this is a drastic simplification of a very touch topic, the situation is a classic short-term, first-cost solution versus a longer-term, life-cycle cost situation where money must be viewed in non-traditional terms in order to see parity. The NCDOT went forward with option one; construction was slated to begin in 2013. However, several environmental groups have filed lawsuits and stalled the process, indicating that the bridge plan and process for selection was unlawful and failed to accurately assess environmental impacts. I've been visiting this area every year of my life since I was born and I recently camped for several nights within earshot of the bridge. While my opinion matters not, I tend to lean towards a seventeen mile elevated roadway that bypasses Pea Island altogether--this seems to utilize our best intelligence about the environment and the local economies, as well as fit the spirit of the place while providing a long-term solution. But then again, selling this option will be much harder and take much longer and the clock is not in favor of the existing stressed and taxed bridge as it stands.
The Erawan Waterfall was really an impressive series of seven waterfalls each with a shape and character all its own. All the waterfalls typically fell over limestone cliffs resulting in colorful plunge pools as well as interestingly rounded rock formations reminiscent of something that would belong in a cave. Moreover, we also saw some unsigned waterfalls that seemed legitimate but didn't appear to count towards the seven.
Unsigned, probably French, c. 1840
Both Karl XIV Johan and Crown Prince Oskar (later Oskar I) are depicted on table clocks. The Crown Prince's portrait in the uniform of a hussar, sabre drawn, is based on a painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg. The clock must have been manufactured in relatively large numbers, several of which are in the royal collections. One of them occupied the place of honour in Karl XIV Johan's bedchamber in Stockholm.
Temporary exhibition in Stockholm Royal Palace
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Bordsur med kronprins Oskar till häst
Osignerat, troligen franskt, ca 1840
Både Karl XIV Johan och kronprins Oskar (I) förekommer som krönfigurer på bordsur. Kronprinsens porträtt i husaruniform och med dragen sabel bygger på en målning av Johan Gustaf Sandberg. Uret måste ha tillverkats i relativt många exemplar, varav flera ingår i de kungliga samlingarna. Ett av dem stod på hedersplats i Karl XIV Johans sängkammare på Stockholms slott.
Tillfällig utställning i Kungliga Slottet, Stockholm
Fontana di Trevi
A seguir, um texto, em português, do Blog do Noblat:
Nenhuma semana sobre fontes poderia ser feita sem falar na Fontana di Trevi, a linda, a inteiramente diferente de todas as outras fontes. Numa pequena praça, formada pelo cruzamento de três vias, em italiano tre vie, e é daí que vem seu nome, a fonte marca o ponto final do aqueduto Acqua Vergine, um dos mais antigos de Roma.
Reza a lenda que em 19 a.C, uma virgem ajudou os Romanos a encontrar uma fonte de água pura. Essa nascente supriu Roma de água por mais de 400 anos, e isso só terminou entre 537 e 538, quando os visigodos sitiaram Roma e destruíram seus aquedutos.
A reconstrução do aqueduto só terminou em 1453, sob o papa Nicolau V que mandou fazer ali uma bacia em mármore para acolher a água.
Em 1629, o papa Urbano VII pediu a Bernini que embelezasse a fonte; o grande arquiteto começou por mudar o local da escultura: seu projeto a colocava do outro lado da praça e ela ficaria de frente para o Palácio Quirinal, de modo que o papa pudesse apreciar a vista. Mas o papa morreu, o projeto foi abandonado. Ainda assim muitos dos detalhes que Bernini criara foram respeitados pelo arquiteto Nicola Salvi, que assina a fonte.
Em 1730, Salvi recebeu do papa Clemente XII a incumbência de reiniciar a decoração da fonte. Os trabalhos começaram em 1732 e terminaram em 1762, depois da morte de Clemente. A estátua principal, do deus Oceano, só foi colocada após a morte do papa.
O pano de fundo da estrutura é o Palazzo Poli que, para compor o cenário perfeito, recebeu uma nova fachada com colunas gregas que unem os dois andares.
O tema principal é “O Domínio das Águas”. A biga de Oceano, em forma de concha, é puxada por cavalos alados dominados por Tritãos. O nicho do deus é um imenso arco do triunfo; nos laterais estão as estátuas da Abundância e da Salubridade.
No alto, em baixo relevo, a origem dos aquedutos romanos e, acima, as armas de Clemente XII. O conjunto mede 25.9m de altura x 19,8m de largura e é a maior fonte barroca dessa cidade com tantas fontes.
Reza a lenda que ao jogar uma moeda na fonte, está assegurada sua volta a Roma. Se jogar três moedas com a mão direita sobre o ombro esquerdo, você garante sua boa sorte. Parece brincadeira? Cerca de 3mil euros são jogados por dia na Fontana di Trevi!
Esse cenário deslumbrante serviu a Federico Fellini para uma das cenas mais famosas de sua obra-prima, o filme La Dolce Vita. Difìcil alguém que não conheça a cena interpretada por Anita Eckberg e Marcello Mastroianni. Pois bem, quando Mastroianni faleceu, desligaram a água e cobriram a fonte de panos negros. Foi o luto de Roma pelo grande ator.
Um texto, em português, da Wikipédia, a Enciclopédia livre:
A Fontana di Trevi (Fonte dos trevos, em português) é a maior (cerca de 26 metros de altura e 20 metros de largura) e mais ambiciosa construção de fontes barrocas da Itália e está localizada na rione Trevi, em Roma.
A fonte situava-se no cruzamento de três estradas (tre vie), marcando o ponto final do Acqua Vergine, um dos mais antigos aquedutos que abasteciam a cidade de Roma. No ano 19 a.C., supostamente ajudados por uma virgem, técnicos romanos localizaram uma fonte de água pura a pouco mais de 22 quilômetros da cidade (cena representada em escultura na própria fonte, atualmente). A água desta fonte foi levada pelo menor aqueduto de Roma, diretamente para os banheiros de Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa e serviu a cidade por mais de 400 anos.
O "golpe de misericórdia" desferido pelos invasores godos em Roma foi dado com a destruição dos aquedutos, durante as Guerras Góticas. Os romanos durante a Idade Média tinham de abastecer-se da água de poços poluídos, e da pouco límpida água do rio Tibre, que também recebia os esgotos da cidade.
O antigo costume romano de erguer uma bela fonte ao final de um aqueduto que conduzia a água para a cidade foi reavivado no século XV, com a Renascença. Em 1453, o Papa Nicolau V determinou fosse consertado o aqueduto de Acqua Vergine, construindo ao seu final um simples receptáculo para receber a água, num projeto feito pelo arquiteto humanista Leon Battista Alberti.
Em 1629, o Papa Urbano VIII achou que a velha fonte era insuficientemente dramática e encomendou a Bernini alguns desenhos, mas quando o Papa faleceu o projeto foi abandonado. A última contribuição de Bernini foi reposicionar a fonte para o outro lado da praça a fim de que esta ficasse defronte ao Palácio do Quirinal (assim o Papa poderia vê-la e admirá-la de sua janela). Ainda que o projeto de Bernini tenha sido abandonado, existem na fonte muitos detalhes de sua idéia original.
Muitas competições entre artistas e arquitetos tiveram lugar durante o Renascimento e o período Barroco para se redesenhar os edifícios, as fontes, e até mesmo a Scalinata di Piazza di Spagna (as escadarias da Praça de Espanha). Em 1730, o Papa Clemente XII organizou uma nova competição na qual Nicola Salvi foi derrotado, mas efetivamente terminou por realizar seu projeto. Este começou em 1732 e foi concluído em 1762, logo depois da morte de Clemente, quando o Netuno de Pietro Bracci foi afixado no nicho central da fonte.
Salvi morrera alguns anos antes, em 1751, com seu trabalho ainda pela metade, que manteve oculto por um grande biombo. A fonte foi concluída por Giuseppe Pannini, que substituiu as alegorias insossas que eram planejadas, representando Agrippa e Trivia, as virgens romanas, pelas belas esculturas de Netuno e seu séquito.
A fonte foi restaurada em 1998; as esculturas foram limpas e polidas, e a fonte foi provida de bombas para circulação da água e sua oxigenação.
A text, in english, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The fountain at the junction of three roads (tre vie) marks the terminal point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, the revivified Aqua Virgo, one of the ancient aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BC, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water some 13 km (8 miles) from the city. (This scene is presented on the present fountain's façade.) However, the eventual indirect route of the aqueduct made its length some 22 km (14 miles). This Aqua Virgo led the water into the Baths of Agrippa. It served Rome for more than four hundred years. The coup de grâce for the urban life of late classical Rome came when the Goth besiegers in 537/38 broke the aqueducts. Medieval Romans were reduced to drawing water from polluted wells and the Tiber River, which was also used as a sewer.
The Roman custom of building a handsome fountain at the endpoint of an aqueduct that brought water to Rome was revived in the 15th century, with the Renaissance. In 1453, Pope Nicholas V finished mending the Acqua Vergine aqueduct and built a simple basin, designed by the humanist architect Leon Battista Alberti, to herald the water's arrival.
In 1629 Pope Urban VIII, finding the earlier fountain insufficiently dramatic, asked Bernini to sketch possible renovations, but when the Pope died, the project was abandoned. Bernini's lasting contribution was to resite the fountain from the other side of the square to face the Quirinal Palace (so the Pope could look down and enjoy it). Though Bernini's project was torn down for Salvi's fountain, there are many Bernini touches in the fountain as it was built. An early, striking and influential model by Pietro da Cortona, preserved in the Albertina, Vienna, also exists, as do various early 18th century sketches, most unsigned, as well as a project attributed to Nicola Michetti, one attributed to Ferdinando Fuga and a French design by Edme Bouchardon.
Competitions had become the rage during the Baroque era to design buildings, fountains, and even the Spanish Steps. In 1730 Pope Clement XII organized a contest in which Nicola Salvi initially lost to Alessandro Galilei — but due to the outcry in Rome over the fact that a Florentine won, Salvi was awarded the commission anyway. Work began in 1732, and the fountain was completed in 1762, long after Clement's death, when Pietro Bracci's Oceanus (god of all water) was set in the central niche.
Salvi died in 1751, with his work half-finished, but before he went he made sure a stubborn barber's unsightly sign would not spoil the ensemble, hiding it behind a sculpted vase, called by Romans the asso di coppe, "the "Ace of Cups".
The Trevi Fountain was finished in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini, who substituted the present allegories for planned sculptures of Agrippa and "Trivia", the Roman virgin.
The fountain was refurbished in 1998; the stonework was scrubbed and the fountain provided with recirculating pumps.
The backdrop for the fountain is the Palazzo Poli, given a new facade with a giant order of Corinthian pilasters that link the two main stories. Taming of the waters is the theme of the gigantic scheme that tumbles forward, mixing water and rockwork, and filling the small square. Tritons guide Oceanus' shell chariot, taming seahorses (hippocamps).
In the center is superimposed a robustly modelled triumphal arch. The center niche or exedra framing Oceanus has free-standing columns for maximal light-and-shade. In the niches flanking Oceanus, Abundance spills water from her urn and Salubrity holds a cup from which a snake drinks. Above, bas reliefs illustrate the Roman origin of the aqueducts.
The tritons and horses provide symmetrical balance, with the maximum contrast in their mood and poses (by 1730, rococo was already in full bloom in France and Germany).
A traditional legend holds that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, they are ensured a return to Rome. Among those who are unaware that the "three coins" of Three Coins in the Fountain were thrown by three different individuals, a reported current interpretation is that two coins will lead to a new romance and three will ensure either a marriage or divorce. A reported current version of this legend is that it is lucky to throw three coins with one's right hand over one's left shoulder into the Trevi Fountain.
Approximately 3,000 Euros are thrown into the fountain each day and are collected at night. The money has been used to subsidize a supermarket for Rome's needy. However, there are regular attempts to steal coins from the fountain.
Ganoga Falls Ricketts Glen State Park Spring
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Accessed via PA-487 & the Waterfall Loop Trail
Date taken: May 17, 2014
Unsigned prints are available for purchase at Fine Art America.
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When I awoke this past week in my hotel room about a half-hour from Ricketts Glen State Park in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania I scrolled through my Facebook feed and found an article titled, “I Quit.” One of my full-time photography contacts wrote that because of limited time and resources he was no longer going to chase waterfall photographs because frankly the market did not bear results in comparison to other landscape types. I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit, not because he was wrong in any way—my financials and statistics would lead me completely in the same direction. And not because it was the first time I heard this sentiment: some of my most respected photography friends have uttered the same words, repeatedly. No, I chuckled because I was sitting in the dark of morning lacing up my hiking boots and heading towards Ricketts Glen State Park, a veritable waterfall heaven for landscape photographers with several dozen amazing waterfalls one after the other after the other along a five mile loop of rugged trail. Waterfall overdose! And I was happy. This was what it’s all about for me. I’m drawn like a magnet to water. I respect its importance in the landscape and I feature it at every chance I get. There’s one thing you can always count on with me: I’m going to shoot waterfalls and water in every form for that matter, market or no. The other dominant sentiment, that waterfalls are somehow juvenile in comparison to the capture of grand landscapes is also a philosophy that will likely never find traction in my own work. I’ll lose a few bucks to reinforce my own passions—if not, I would just return to my previous career track and put in time.
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania State Park in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties along the Allegheny front escarpment in what some local publications refer to as Susquehanna Life after the dominant feature of the landscape below, the Susquehanna River. A waterfall loop trail follows Glen Leigh and Ganoga Glen as they spill over a couple dozen waterfalls along five or so miles of trail. It is one of the largest bang-for-your-buck waterfall locations I’ve ever personally been to. This photograph is a copy of one I tried for the first time last autumn at the top of the tallest waterfall in the park, the 94-foot Ganoga Falls. Following a day of several inches of rainfall, the falls were rolling with a purpose, perhaps the highest I’ve seen water levels in the park over the past few years. More to come from the trip soon!
Unsigned/Unrest is a compilation CD put together by two charities: Burlington Art & Music Foundation and Believe in Something (HOC). The CD is being professionally pressed by Broken Heart Records & will be sold in stores; ALL profits will be going to St. Jude’s Children Hospital. GADE and myself were contracted early on by BA/MF to design the album and we eagerly jumped at the opportunity to design and donate this artwork, in order to help others and make a difference. I’ve always wanted to use TPL as a vessel to help others in need and I’m so grateful I was presented with this opportunity.
The CD’s full track listing hasn’t been revealed to me, and a lot of the support this CD will be receiving has been kept secret. However, I do know big acts like Mike Felumlee (ex Alkaline Trio member), Kut U Up (from blink-182 Tour DVD “Riding in Vans with Boys”) and Socratic (who had their album produced by Mark Hoppus, of blink-182) are all participating and donating exclusive songs. The CD will be released and sold in stores first quarter 2013.
For more info and to see our previous drafts and all the revisions that went into this project, check out the post on our website here: www.livethephantomlife.com/
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