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"Always remember," the storyteller told the wide-eyed children, "once-upon-a-time in a tale also means Now."
Quote - Dr. SunWolf
Have a lovely weekend!!
A variation of my image, posted a few days ago, of the view from the rock platform at Kirribilli, Sydney.
See: www.flickr.com/photos/41942765@N08/53049495868/in/datepos...
Today's view incorporates the Opera House, whereas the other image included only the city and the bridge. It was a matter of trying to get the best angle with my 16-35mm wide lens, without falling into Sydney harbour, lol.
Photographed last Friday, 14th July, 2023. The winter sunset in Sydney.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
No filter. No saturation. This is the Sydney sunset.
But it could be a bit sharper on the top of the city buildings.
It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. The most important things are the hardest things to say.......
...of history.
Oxford University
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Came upon this view while hiking up to Lake Agnes there in Banff National Park. Just had to stop and take a shot ... hard to do this view justice but liked the interplay of tall pines and the peaks and the patch of blue sky through the clouds.
Stumbling upon this beautiful scene during our stroll felt like discovering a peaceful secret in the heart of the bustling city. This is the Fontaine des Tritons, a historic fountain nestled in the lovely Jardin Albert Ier. The statue of Triton, a mythological sea figure, stands as a silent guardian, while the surrounding pine trees and elegant buildings capture the timeless charm of Nice. It’s a quiet reminder that even in a city known for its vibrant energy, you can find a moment of beauty, where history and nature stand still.
Soaking up the sun and a bit of history in Nice. What a beautiful place to pause, breathe, and take it all in.
Patterns in Nature is the topic for Macro Mondays, July 15th
and for Monday Music Mania, one of the songs I love the most: Fields of Gold, by Sting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVq0IAzh1A
~~~ You'll remember me when the west wind moves upon the fields of barley
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky as we walk in fields of gold
So she took her love for to gaze awhile upon the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down among the fields of gold..... ~~~
and:
Photographic Lines... is the topic for Sunday ~ July 14th, 2019, Group Our Daily Challenge
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Mostly reflection, Phoenix lake stream, Town of Ross, Marin County, Northern California, USA.
Kreative People group August Contest: 'People'
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Can't help jumping the gun a little on the fall images. This was taken on my trip to Wisconsin last year.
Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
In 1835, Berwick was told that its prison in the Town Hall was unsuitable and needed to be replaced. It took sometime to find a site, agree on plans and raise the money to do this. However, this project finally came to fruition with the opening of this building in Wallace Green in 1849 as a Prison. It's history as a prison was relatively short lived as it closed in 1878. However, having cost so much to build, a new use had to be found for it. Initially it was used as a Court house and by Berwick's Police Force, but then in the early 1890s it was purchased by Berwick's
Urban Sanitary Authority, it was converted to office
accommodation and stables were built on the back of the site. A plaque above the main door commemorates the completion of this work in 1892. From then until 2009, the building was used a Council administrative buildings, being eventually sold after 2015 to a local developer, who has converted it to four properties, retaining many of its original features, including some of the prison cells on the top floor.
The Upside Down- www.flickr.com/groups/theupsidedown/
Welcome to the 2018 Elysion Halloween Sim inspired by the series Stranger Things. Enjoy the Upside Down
È un tipico borgo medioevale immerso nella campagna senese.
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C'era una volta un paese chiamato Montichiello :
E' questa la frase con cui di solito si comincia a raccontare una storia..perchè è proprio così che ci si sente una volta arrivati a Montichiello. Sembra proprio di calarsi in un'atmosfera d'altri tempi percorrendo le stradine di questo piccolissimo borgo medievale, immerso in una quiete ed in un silenzio che abbiamo dimenticati.Tutt'attorno lo sguardo si perde fra le colline sconfinate e dorate della Val d'Orcia e si gode di un senso di bellezza e serenità.
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It is a typical medieval village nestled in the Sienese countryside.
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Once upon a time there was a village called Montichiello:
This is the phrase with which we usually start telling a story ... because that's how you feel when you arrive in Montichiello. It really seems to be immersed in an atmosphere of other times along the streets of this tiny medieval village, immersed in a quiet and in a silence that we have forgotten. All around you look lost in the boundless and golden hills of the Val d ' Orcia and enjoys a sense of beauty and serenity.
Once upon a time a had a forest... I visited it everyday... It was my personal landscape.... Now I miss it...
Raindrop
Yay, it has been raining! We have had 11mm/0.4 inch so far with more in the forecast. I liked the way this raindrops on the Jade Buds was refracting the leaves.
Incredible, at least to me, as I rarely saw this pond in this condition. But even several minutes later when the Helpers clawed their way by the surface was still very still and mirror like. Count me as surprised as the wind seems to blow frequently on Marias Pass.
Closeup on the building reflections of Auckland's skyline in the harbour. I love the variety of colours.
Today was the first day in four months that the temperature climbed above 60 degrees here in Oregon. It has been a long, cold wet Winter here.
It's finally Friday!
Explore - Apr 1, 2011 #131
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