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Grazing sheep and goats line up in the foreground of Van fortress, which has its origins in the ancient kingdom of Urartu in the 9th to 7th C BC (Iron Age). It is the largest remaining example of Urartian architecture, lying in present day Turkey near the borders of Armenia and Iran. It changed hands many times between successive civilizations including the Armenians, Parthians, Romans, Persians, Byzantines, Arabs, Seljuks, Safavids, Afsharids, Ottomans and Russians.
Simple puddle in my garage produced by the A/C condenser drippings. Caught my attention as an abstract Van Gogh representational portrait as it shows where his ear should be.
We got a new paint job with Line-X and no longer have to worry about hail, scratches, and rust on the paint. We also love how the matte black looks. They really did a terrific job!
Anche la riserva naturale di Van Long è percorsa da numerosi canali che si intrecciano. Veniamo accompagnati da barcaioli (che stavolta remano con le braccia) con barche molto più rustiche che a Tam Coc. L'ambiente è molto più naturale anche se, purtroppo, la troppa presenza di turisti ha tenuto lontano la fauna.
Metrolink 116 makes is stop at Van Nuys on their way to Los Angeles. Shoving on the west end of the train is a now retired Metrolink F59PHI.
The Northern Gannet is a large seabird of the gannet family. Young birds are dark brown in their first year, and gradually acquire more white in subsequent seasons until they reach maturity after five years. Adults are 87-100 cm long and have a 165-180 cm wingspan. Their plumage is white with black wing tips. The bill is light bluish. The eye is light blue, and it is surrounded by bare, black skin. During breeding, the head and neck are brushed in a delicate yellow. They normally nest in large colonies, on cliffs overlooking the ocean or on small rocky islands. These birds are spectacular divers, plunging into the ocean at high speed. They mainly eat small fish which gather in groups near the surface. Although they are powerful and agile fliers, they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings. Old names for the Northern Gannet include solan, solan goose and solant bird.
Yes yes, very close,,,,just a shot before I got bitten ;-)
De Jan van Gent is een vogel uit de familie van pelikaanachtigen. Grote sigaarvormige vogel met lange, smalle vleugels. De volwassenen zijn door formaat, kleur en tekening onmiskenbaar. Jonge vogels kunnen op het eerste gezicht op een grote pijlstormvogel lijken, maar zijn te herkennen aan een lange, spitse kop en snavel, spitse staart en karakteristieke bewegingen. Het volwassen uitzicht wordt pas in het vierde tot zesde jaar verkregen. De okergele kop is buiten het broedseizoen bleker. Volwassen dieren zijn circa 90-100 centimeter groot. En kunnen als ze hun vleugel volledig uitstrekken 170-180 cm breed zijn. Jan-van-genten broeden in de zomer op klippen op rotsige eilanden. De dieren overwinteren op zee, soms langs de kust. Net als Noordse stormvogels staan jan-van-genten erom bekend dat ze schepen volgen. Ze duiken op spectaculaire wijze naar vis.
Happy birthday Ina!
Hardangervidda - Noorwegen. (Takk Kjersti!)
♫♪♫ NOCTURNE - Secret Garden ♪♫♪
Fijne dag!: Jaep Kees, Elise en Rixt.
Dikke tuut!
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Irises is one of several paintings of irises by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, and one of a series of paintings he made at the Saint Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, in the last year before his death in 1890.
Van Gogh started painting Irises within a week of entering the asylum, in May 1889, working from nature in the hospital garden.[1] There is a lack of the high tension which is seen in his later works. He called painting "the lightning conductor for my illness" because he felt that he could keep himself from going insane by continuing to paint.
The painting was probably influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints like many of his works and those by other artists of the time. The similarities occur with strong outlines, unusual angles, including close-up views, and also flattish local colour (not modelled according to the fall of light). The painting is full of softness and lightness. Irises is full of life without tragedy.
i had fun fun fun ! with lots of shots too ! also i bought new camera (Y)
really missed flickr alot *_*
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. A 1639/1, 1937-1938. Photo: Atelier Willott, Berlin.
Handsome, deep-voiced leading man Frits van Dongen (1901 - 1975) was the first Dutch Hollywood star. He started his film career in the Netherlands, and in the mid-1930’s he became a matinee idol in the German cinema. From 1940 on, he worked in Hollywood, billed as Philip Dorn. A tragic stage accident caused him to retire in 1955.
Frits van Dongen was born as Hein van der Niet in Scheveningen, The Netherlands, in 1901. he was the son of shoemaker Leendert van der Niet and maid-servant Femia Schijf. Hein made his amateur stage debut at age 14. He studied at the Acadamey for art and architecture in The Hague. He became a professional actor though. Under the stage name of Frits van Dongen he worked for the renown Dutch theatre company 'De Haeghe-spelers' from 1923 on. From 1929 he made a tour through the Dutch colonies. In 1921, he had made his film debut as an extra in the Dutch silent film De zwarte tulp/The Black Tulip (1921, Maurits Binger), but in 1934 he really started his film career with a leading part in the fisher drama Op hoop van zegen (1934, Alex Benno, Louis Saalborn). This was the third film adaptation of the most famous Dutch stage play, written by Herman Heijermans, and Van Dongen was noted for his natural acting style. Soon more Dutch films followed. Frits starred in the musical Op stap/On the Road (1935, Ernst Winar), the comedy De big van het regiment/The Regiment’s Mascot (1936, Max Nosseck, Jan Teunissen), another comedy De Kribbebijter/The Grumbler (1935, Hermann Kosterlitz aka Henry Koster, Ernst Winar) and the tempestuous tropical romance Rubber (1936, Gerard Rutten, Johan de Meester). In 1936 the German film studio Tobis offered him a contract and Frits traveled to Berlin. There he appeared in Immer wenn ich glücklich bin/Waltz Melodies (1936, Karl Lamac) with Marta Eggerth. The famous director Richard Eichberg gave him the leading part of Maharaja Chandra in the monumental two-part adventure Der Tiger von Eschnapur/The Tiger of Eschnapur - Das Indische Grabmal/The Indian Tomb (1938, Richard Eichberg). This exotic extravaganza would be his breakthrough. The popular matinee idol appeared in the mystery melodrama Verwehte Spuren/Covered Tracks (1938, Veit Harlan) with Kristina Söderbaum, Der Hampelmann/The Jumping Jack (1938, Karl Heinz Martin) with Hilde Krahl, and the psychological drama Die Reise nach Tilsit/The Trip to Tilsit (1939, Veit Harlan), based on the novel by Hermann Sudermann, which was earlier filmed as Sunrise by F.W. Murnau. Van Dongen was now top of the bill, but he disliked the Nazi regime so much that he decided to leave Germany.
In 1939, Frits van Dongen moved to America just before World War II broke out. Director Henry Koster had invited him to come to Hollywood and gave him introductions. Between 1940 and 1951 he acted in dozens of MGM productions under the name Philip Dorn. He started with the low-budget anti-nazi film Enemy Agent (1940, Lew Landers). During the war years, 10 of his 15 films were such propaganda films. He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. His notable films include Escape (1940, Mervyn LeRoy) starring Norma Shearer and Robert Taylor, Ziegfeld Girl (1941, Robert Z. Leonard) with Judy Garland, Underground (1941, Vincent Sherman), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941, Richard Thorpe) starring Johnny Weissmuller, Random Harvest (1942, Mervyn LeRoy) with Greer Garson, the melodrama Reunion in France (1942, Jules Dassin) opposite Joan Crawford, Blonde Fever (1944, Richard Whorf) with Gloria Grahame, and Passage to Marseille (1944, Michael Curtiz) with Humphrey Bogart. In between films he did tours with the Freedoms War Bond Show for the army. Having long suffered from phlebitis, in 1945 he had the first of a series of strokes; and over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He couldn’t work for a period, but in 1947 he appeared on Broadway in The Big Two at the side of Claire Trevor. He began playing more mature film roles in the late 1940’s, notably as a tyrannical symphony conductor in I've Always Loved You (1946, Frank Borzage) and as Papa in I Remember Mama (1948) with Irene Dunne.
When his MGM contract ended in 1952, Frits van Dongen returned to Europe and acted in German films like the drama Hinter Klostermauern/The Unholy Intruders (1952, Harald Reinl) with Olga Tschechowa, the romance Der Träumende Mund/Dreaming Lips (1953, Josef von Baky) starring Maria Schell, and the circus romance Salto Mortale (1953, Victor Tourjansky). He did not succeed in making a really successful come-back in Germany, and in 1954-1955 he appeared opposite former Dutch film star Lily Bouwmeester on the Dutch stages in the comedy play Het Hemelbed (The Four-poster) by Jan de Hartog. When he was visiting his birthtown Scheveningen in 1955, he was the victim of a freak accident. While he walked along a building site, a plank fell on his head. A brain injury eventually ruined his speaking ability; and Van Dongen had to retire. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his comfortable California home. Frits van Dongen died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, USA, in 1975. He was married twice and had several affairs. In 1921 he married Cornelia Twilt with whom he had two children. They divorced in 1930. Three years later, he married the Dutch actress Marianne van Dam. He divorced his Jewish wife in 1937 but they remarried in 1939 and would stay together till his death.
Sources: Hal Erickson (All Movie Guide), Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Henk van Gelder (Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland), Mariska Gravreland (De Filmkrant), Wikipedia and IMDb.
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