Le Romain Caecina Paetus, impliqué dans la conspiration contre l'empereur Claude en 42 après J.-C., est condamné à mort. Pour l'encourager, son épouse Arria se frappe la première, puis lui tend le poignard en disant : "Paete, non dolet" ("Pætus, on ne souffre pas"). Ce trait célèbre est raconté par l'écrivain latin Pline le Jeune (61-v. 114).

Le modèle fut réalisé par Jean-Baptiste Théodon (sculpteur français qui fit une longue carrière à Rome), qui commence le marbre en 1685. En janvier 1691, en raison de la lenteur du travail, son achèvement est confié à Pierre Lepautre par La Teulière, directeur de l'Académie de France à Rome. Il est terminé en 1695.

The Roman Caecina Paetus, involved in the conspiracy against the emperor Claudius in 42 AD, is sentenced to death. To encourage him, his wife Arria strikes herself first, then hands him the dagger, saying: "Paete, non dolet" ("Pætus, we do not suffer"). This famous line is told by the Latin writer Pliny the Younger (61-c. 114).

The model was made by Jean-Baptiste Théodon (a French sculptor who had a long career in Rome), who began working in marble in 1685. In January 1691, because of the slow pace of the work, its completion was entrusted to Pierre Lepautre by La Teulière, director of the French Academy in Rome. It was completed in 1695.

اعترف لك ما بقى من عالي الهمه سفــــــوح

انحدر كلي مثل طفل تحدر مدمـــــــــــــــــــعه

Thanks for all your faves and comments everyone!

I really appreciate them!

I translated my website to English. Check it out!

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What with illustrating a friends "New Roman History" and writting my own book time is little thin at the momment. But I did manage capture a splendid Fly and Man Orchid whilst taking Max for his walk this morning, fingers crosed and weather permiting I should be able to grab some time back for botonising sometime this week...oh, and I have started writing my book today "The Cycling Orchid Man"

[ Train tunnel, too dark

for me to write : that

"Men are ignorant" ]

Jack KEROUAC - Le Livre des haïku

[ Tunnel ferroviaire, trop sombre

pour que j'écrive : que

"les hommes sont ignorants" ]

LACPIXEL - 2024

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What do you think, should I rather write in english ? maybe english and spanish ?

Tomada durante el atardecer visitando las dunas de Bilbao en Viesca, Coahuila.

Planeando el viaje, todo lo que esperaba era un buen atardecer, buena luz, buenas figuras, buenas líneas y bueno sí había mucho de eso aunque la mayor parte de la textura natural de la arena ya estaba pisada por pies o vehículos.

Thanks to all - merci à tous

Here's this week's "Steam Sunday" offering a day late....because well I was a little distracted yesterday!

This photo should need no introduction given the massive amount of coverage of this event not just in the railfan community but in mass media and by the general public writ large. This is truly, without hyperbole, the railfan event of a generation and perhaps THE event of our lifetime. Never in any of my wildest dreams would I have believed a Union Pacific Big Boy would be under steam traveling far off "home rails" touring the eastern half of the nation. But here we are....the biggest on the biggest.....the largest steam locomotive in the world ever designed and built by the hand of man steaming across the largest concrete railroad bridge on the planet. This view looks down from Spencer Hill Road as UP 4014 accompanied by diesels from UP and host road Norfolk Southern both numbered 1776 steams south 240 ft above the valley of Tunkhannock Creek at about MP 653.2 on modern day NS' Sunbury Sub mainline.

As a tribute the semiquicentennial the Union Pacifc 4014 embarked on a coast to coast tour that saw it steam from Cheyenne on March 29th and travel to California to visit Milepost 0 denoting the start of the Central Pacific Railroad in Sacramento. It returned to Cheyenne on April 24th for a month before starting east on this much anticipated and unprecedented journey on May 25th. 4014 will celebrate the 4th of July in Philadelphia before starting back west ultimately scheduled to return home on July 29th! The 1.2 million pound 4-8-8-4 rolled off the erecting floor of the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, NY in Dec. 1941 and went cold on July 21, 1959 before returning to steam and moving again under its own power on May 1, 2019. Check out UP's official steam site to learn much more: www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/big-boy-4014

This is one of those legendary places in railroading everyone should see at least once for themselves. It truly is breathtaking and hard to wrap your head around when you see it for the first time. I've photographed trains in many places where they are dwarfed by the environment. In all those other cases it is nature that humbles the train be it towering mountains, or mighty rivers, or the vastness of the desert southwest but not here. Here it is the work of man that dwarfs the train....even one this big.....in the form of Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct...the lagest concrete railroad bridge in the world.

Built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad between 1912 and 1915 as part of the railroad's Nicholson Cutoff project which as a new 39.6 mile alignment between Clarks Summit, PA and Hallstead, PA that shortened the line by 3.6 miles but more importantly reduced the gradient and 2400 degrees of curvature for the massive amount of freight traffic (much of which was anthracite coal) flooding the line. The cutoff also included the construction of a 3600 ft tunnel and the shorter but no less impressive Martins Creek Viaduct in a similar concrete arch style. The DL&W was a pioneer in concrete construction using the material for depots and towers and had built two smaller but concrete arch bridges over Paulins Kill and the Delaware River five years earlier as part of its Lackawanna cut off project.

To learn more about this structure check out these links:

www.nicholsonheritage.org/tunkhannock-creek-viaduct/

www.worldrecordacademy.org/2022/05/worlds-largest-concret...

This route remained important and busy even after the Lackawanna's 1960 merger with the Erie. However after Erie-Lackawanna was folded into Conrail in 1976 the big blue government railroad had little use for the line and in 1980 sold it to the Delaware and Hudson between Binghamton and Scranton so they could replace and abandon their challenging Penn Division over Ararat Summit. The D&H continued to operate the line which during the Guilford years was a link in the 752 mile long Freight Main Line reaching from Mattawamkeag, Maine to Kase Tower in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Guilford spun the D&H off into bankruptcy in 1988 and Canadian Pacific purchased the road in 1991 continuing to send up to a dozen trains a day over this route. Finally in 2015 CP sold all of the former D&H south of Mohawk Yard in Schenectady, NY to Norfolk Southern which continues to operate it a decade later, though these days little more than one giant train in each direction normally travels via this now single tracked route.

Nicholson, Pennsylvania

Saturday June 13, 2026

An agate slab from my collection transilluminated to show banding.

* Gisèle FREUND - Une écriture du regard - Pavillon Populaire - Montpellier

LACPIXEL - 2025

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Built between 1866 and 1883 in the classical Greco-Roman style by architect Joseph Poelaert, this courthouse is the largest building constructed in the West in the 19th century. With a length of 186 m, a width of 177 m and a height of 116 m, the building has a built area of 26,000 m², dominated by a massive dome (24,000 t) that rises to a height of 116 m. Listed as a historical monument since May 3, 2001.

Address: Place Poelaert 1, 1000 Brussels

FR : Palais de Justice de Bruxelles

Adresse : Place Poelaert 1, 1000 Brussels

NL: Brusselse Justitiepaleis

Het werd tussen 1866 en 1883 gebouwd in de klassieke Grieks-Romeinse stijl door architect Joseph Poelaert en is het grootste gebouw dat in de 19e eeuw in het Westen werd opgetrokken. Met een lengte van 186 meter, een breedte van 177 meter en een hoogte van 116 meter heeft het gebouw een bebouwde oppervlakte van 26.000 m² en wordt het gedomineerd door een enorme koepel (24.000 ton) op een hoogte van 116 meter. Beschermd sinds 3 mei 2001 op de monumentenlijst.

De steigers werden in 1984 neergezet voor restauratiewerken, die in 2024 nog lang niet voltooid zijn.

Foto genomen in 2012 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.

Azimut 212.2°, 3.68 km ver, 116 m hoog.

Adres: Place Poelaert 1, 1000 Brussels

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Vorige week had ik voor het eerst geweizwammen gezien. Toen geen macrolens bij me, mede daarom gisteren nog een keer naar de Veluwezoom geweest. Bij deze foto gekozen voor een abstracte benadering. Foto behoord zeker tot een van mijn favoriete zelf gemaakte beelden van dit jaar.

Meer MACRO

Meer Mushrooms

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''Fotoğraflarımın izin alınmadan kopyalanması ve kullanılması 5846 sayılı Fikir ve Sanat Eserleri Yasasına göre suçtur.!!''

Bottrop / A42

Ruhrgebiet

NRW

„...Aus meinen Kopf entspringen meine Gedanken wie Bögen, die mich selbst mit meiner Umwelt zu verbinden versuchen. Ich werde dabei selbst zu einer Brücke. Einer Brücke, die für viele nicht befahrbar geworden ist. Ich arbeite an mir selbst. Und glaube mir, um diese Arbeit würdest Du mich nicht beneiden. Was für Dich selbstverständlich ist, ist für mich nicht möglich. Aber ich bin kein Geisterfahrer. Hier zu sein ist fühlt sich für mich genau so sicher an wie meine Anwesenheit an jedem anderen Ort... Ich nutze die Räume, die sich mir bieten. Und bin dabei meine eigene Selbstreflexion... Die Auseinandersetzung mit mir selbst. Diese ständige Auseinandersetzung mit mir selbst... Ich pendele dabei nicht zwischen den Extremen. Nein. Ich pendele dabei zwischen Tränen und Lachen. Beides gehört zu meinem Leben. Wie die Prise Salz in den Kuchenteig... The thoughts that I had, I tried to write them down but they got lost in the wind that came up. And I climbed all over this place, I still stand up...“

Seba & Paradox (feat. Robert Manos) - Move On

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXrE_aTrzaQ

Vi auguro di iniziare di nuovo.Un'altra volta.E un'altra volta ancora.E soprattutto di mettere nero su bianco quello che vi può rendere migliori.E più felici (cit.)

I wish you to start again, another time, and another time, and above all to write down what can make you better and happier (cit.)

Geen recente foto's van futen dit jaar maar nog genoeg in mijn archief :-)

Zie ook mijn vogel set: Birds

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the fencing should have been obvious but as he was walking towards me, cocky and a very fat threat, i didn't see it. (he photographs slim, unlike most portrait studies.) in the past, this farm has had free-range something or others running across the street, so who can blame me. anyway, butch or chubs or kevin bacon or whoever he is eventually struck this pose and waited patiently for me to finish. in the meantime, we had a nice chat. he has no intention of frying up in a pan.

Me encanta escribir con lápiz ¡ Tengo una colección grande, tanto de lápices de madera como portaminas. Me gusta que sean suaves y cremosos. Y he visto unos preciosos en "Maisons du monde".

Tubos de extensión 12+20+36 mm.

This is one of two glass buildings I often want to photograph, and occasionally do; they're located just off I-83, just north of I-695, barely north of Baltimore. The glass is a green, but often reflects the weather; on this day, it was reflecting some pretty heavy clouds. I'm shooting from about 150-200 yards from the glass. I've colored the window frames a bit, to keep them from overpowering the reflection. As my title suggests, my focus is on the combination of the architecture and the reflection.

A - B - C - D - ...... I love the Result ... ♡

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A - B - C - D - ..... Ich liebe das Resultat ... ♡

Wenn Shakespeare 2016 gelebt hätte, dann hätte er mit diesen Schreibgeräten seine Theaterstücke schreiben können

"Writers Edition Shakespeare Limited Edition1597"

Ein Kugelschreiber und zwei Füllfederhalter von 2016

If Shakespeare had lived in 2016, he could have written his plays with these writing instruments.

"Writers Edition Shakespear Limited Edition1597"

One ballpoint pen and two fountain pens made in 2016

Actually it looks like a broccoli/cauliflower hybrid, writ large.

I asked around for answers as to what this is called.

Mary says “Crepe myrtle.”

Tom says: Melaleuca linariifolia. Also known as Paperbark or "snow in summer" tree. www.marinatreeandgarden.org/treelist/melaleuca_l.html

Miguel Delibes, Spanish writer, born in Valladolid (1920-2010).

"I am like a tree that grows where it is planted"

Miguel Delibes, escritor español, nacido en Valladolid (1920-2010).

"Soy como un árbol que crece donde lo plantan".

JOSIE: Honored audience, today in the spotlight the adventures of Winnie the Pooh and his friends. You are not allowed to talk during the performance. Eating brought honey is strictly forbidden! Afterwards, you can buy a book from me, which I would gladly sign for you, I can write my name!

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JOSIE: Hooggeëerd publiek, vandaag in de schijnwerpers de avonturen van Beer Poeh en zijn vrienden. Julllie mogen niet praten tijdens de voorstelling. Het eten van meegebrachte honing is streng verboden! Na afloop kan je bij mij een boek kopen, dat ik graag voor je signeer, ik kan mijn naam schrijven!

View On Black

No manipulations here, just an ocean-side reed on a pure background of white sand. Sometimes you just can't improve upon the scene that nature gives you. :-)

اكتب وامحـــي شي في داخل النوته

واقرا اسمـــك يابعد كل طاري وسيره

::₪ ₫ōŐ7aдт ::₪

Just me, flamingoes, a salty breeze....

and a kite writting poems in the sky.

No noise, no rush..

just the hum of the sea

and wings I didn't know I had.

The sun paints stories on my skin

and I remember :

his is what lightness feels like. ✨

Pose by OMY : Avery @ Anthem

"Wings to sell" Flügel zu verkaufen quote from the novel "Die größere Hoffnung" "the bigger hope"

wikipedia English: Ilse Aichinger

wikipedia deutsch Ilse Aichinger

Ilse Aichinger:

"Positiv denken ist das Gegenteil von Denken"

"Ich habe es immer als Zumutung empfunden, dass man nicht gefragt wird, ob man auf diese Welt kommen möchte. Ich hätte abgelehnt"

Part of: Paseos at Viennese Cemeteries Zentralfriedhof // "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" 11.11.2016 Tod Ilse Aichinger - Faschingsbeginn // "Weaving Diary Tapestry Aktion Tagebuch Teppich Tapisserie Tagebuch weben 365 days project 2: 2015 2016" All Saints` Day Allerheiligen Allerseelen All Souls` Day

"die größere hoffnung" "wundert euch nicht" "flügel zu verkaufen" #roman #teufel #krampus #heilig #nikolaus #tot #tod #death #aichinger #nachruf #obituary #writer #author #authoress #schriftstellerin #poem #poetry #gedicht #dichterin #autorin #roman #novel #buch #book #handschrift #typography #typographie #schrift #letter #writing #form #inhalt #flügel #wing #feder #feather #schreibfeder #found #fund #find #trove #cemetery #graveyard #friedhof #zentralfriedhof #pflaster #verpackung #hansaplast #weiß #white #black #schwarz #tinte #ink #red #rot #klarsicht #durchsichtig #durchsicht #transparent #blau #blue #grey #gray #grau #graustufen #gelb #yellow #elfenbein #ivory #farbe #color #faschingsbeginn #aktion #aktionismus

I wonder if this title is correct expression. no self-confidence writting English all the time. ^^

Modèle K. Z.

Abandoned Paper mill

СМСы пищущим, посвящается.........

Carbonate deposits under the surface of the Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Taken from the boardwalk. Clouds are reflected in the very shallow mineral-laden waters of the hot spring.

Selfie en creux

Norderney

Niedersachsen

Nordsee

BIld X von Y

„... Manchmal mögen meine Gedanken unpassend wirken. Aber hier musste ich an meinen Farbfächer zu Hause denken. Und daran, dass ich ihn eigentlich überhaupt nicht mehr benutze. Ansichten wie diese sind es, die meine Farbkonzepte beeinflussen. Und Gedanken wie dieser sind es, die mir sagen, woher ich eigentlich komme. Und dass ich überhaupt keine Lust mehr darauf habe, mich zu erklären. Oder gar zu Rechtfertigen. Ich bin fertig damit. Hätte ich 1989 geahnt, wohin mich meine Reise führen wird, hätte ich diese Welt aus Formen und Farben vielleicht nie betreten. Aber so bin ich geworden, wer ich jetzt bin. Cause and Effect... Darum habe ich in den letzten Monaten meinen Frieden gemacht. Meine Frau meinte vor Kurzem: Du kehrst gerade zurück zu Deinen Wurzeln. Und für diese Worte habe ich sie geküsst... Ich bin kein Künstler, wenn ich male. Und was ich mache, ist keine Kunst. Der Teenager von damals, der über Graffiti eine Familie gefunden hat, ist jetzt ein Mann in den besten Jahren geworden, der schon lange wieder alleine ist. Ich bin ein Unwissender in Sachen Kunst. Ich bin ein Süchtiger, der keine Entziehungskur zu Ende gebracht hat... Mir gehört diese Welt nicht. Und darum stelle ich nur die provokative Frage, wer sich das Recht heraus nimmt zu behaupten, die Stadt gehört ihm... Jede Kunstrichtung hat einen Ursprung, eine Art gedanklichen Urknall. Und jeder, der kreativ ist, wird in seiner Kreativität durch irgend etwas beeinflusst. Ohne das alles zu kennen, kann ich nichts davon verstehen. Ich bilde mir darum auch kein Urteil über irgend etwas, das aus diesem Drang nach dem kreativ sein entsteht. Architektur, Kunst und vor allem Werbung im öffentlichen Raum sind omnipräsent. Ob sie mir immer gefallen? Nein, aber bei all dem ist Geld im Spiel. Und nein, damit rechtfertige ich nichts. Aber ich muss an diese Worte denken: Those who can't speak must write...“

Greenery Force - Frag Warum (feat. raiwun)

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Quand on écrit un livre -ON FOOT IN FRANCE- et qu'on peut le lire sur son Kindle. Disponible sur Amazon. Mon aventure sur le Chemin de Compostelle en France en mai/juin 2019/ Version en anglais pour le moment. En français en 2023.

When you write a book- title: -ON FOOT IN FRANCE- and you can read it on your Kindle. Available on Amazon. My adventure on the Camino de Santiago in France ( GR65). English version for the moment.

I.A. par/buy Nightcafé

John Keats

The painted lady (Vanessa cardui) is the most widespread of all butterflies in the world. It is found throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and Central America. Other less well-known names for this butterfly are cosmopolitan and thistle butterfly because thistle plants are its favorite nectar plant for food.

The species mainly occurs in warmer areas, but migrates in spring to temperate zones. The migrating populations that move from North Africa to Europe may include millions of butterflies.

The upper side of the wings (wingspan 5 - 7.5 cm) are orange-brown with thick black lines and white spots near the tips of the forewings. The underside is a pattern of black, brown, red-orange and gray with four small spots near the margins. Females are generally larger than males.

De trek van de Amerikaanse monarchvlinder is beroemd, maar minstens zo indrukwekkend is de trek van de distelvlinder. Die steekt de Sahara en de Middellandse Zee over en zwerft via Zuid-Europa naar het noorden. Begin mei arriveert deze kleurrijke vlinder in Nederland. Met in zijn kielzog de atalanta en de kolibrievlinder.

Het aantal distelvlinders dat jaarlijks Nederland bereikt, varieert sterk. Wel blijkt dat in jaren waarin er veel saharazand richting Europa waait, er ook veel distelvlinders zijn.

De migrerende populaties die van Noord-Afrika naar Europa trekken, kunnen miljoenen vlinders bevatten. Waarschijnlijk profiteren ze van de wind in de rug.

De distelvlinder (Vanessa cardui) is wereldwijd de meest voorkomende vlinder. De soort komt voor in heel Europa, Afrika, Noord-Amerika en Midden-Amerika.

De distelvlinder komt vooral voor in warmere gebieden, maar migreert in het voorjaar naar gematigde zones.

De bovenkant van de vleugels (spanwijdte 5 - 7,5 cm) is oranje-bruin met dikke zwarte lijnen en witte vlekken bij de uiteinden van de voorvleugels. De onderkant is een patroon van zwart, bruin, roodoranje en grijs met vier kleine vlekken bij de marges. Vrouwtjes zijn over het algemeen groter dan mannen.

Deze foto is gemaakt in de buitenvolière van zorgboerderij De Passiflorahoeve bij Harskamp op de Veluwe noordelijk van Arnhem. Info www.passiflorahoeve.nl/

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Sitting on a bench in the shade of the Chapelle de la Charité, a woman in her seventies stares at a simple statue of the Virgin Mary. In full sunlight, five white metal chairs are at rest. As a photographer, I've always had a penchant for empty chairs. As a writer too. One of the first texts I published was called ‘Chaise Vide’. I wrote it in Cuba after walking alone early one morning on a beach near Havana. The empty chair had moved me enough to inspire me to write a text. It appeared in issue 3 of the magazine Sapriphage, which I've just checked by consulting the list of all my publications. Where can I find a copy of this magazine? Apparently not at home. But does that really matter? I don't really feel like rereading myself: it could be painful.

Even today, the empty chairs touch me. That's important to me. And I don't know why an empty chair touches me more than a statue of the Virgin Mary, whether it's the masterpiece of a great artist or not? I don't believe in the possibility of a mother's virginity, whether it was that of Jesus or not. I believe in the existence of Rabbi Yeshua, a rebellious rabbi of Judea, condemned to crucifixion like so many others, murderers and thieves, rebels and resistance fighters, who inspired a hermit sitting in a desert of stones, not on a chair, to invent the famous Jesus. For this hermit, this rabbi could not have been a simple rebel. The truth was too banal: Yeshua was undoubtedly the son of a poor Mariam, a young woman like so many others of the time. But that's about all. I don't have an answer to my question about the empty chairs.

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Un banc et cinq chaises

C’est assise sur un banc à l’ombre de la chapelle de la Charité qu’une septuagénaire fixe une sobre statue de la Vierge Marie. En plein soleil, cinq chaises métalliques blanches sont au repos. En tant que photographe, j’ai toujours eu un penchant pour les chaises vides. En tant qu’écrivain aussi. Un des premiers textes que j’ai publiés s’intitule « Chaise Vide ». Je l’ai écrit à Cuba après m’être promené seul un matin très tôt sur une plage proche de La Havane. Cette chaise vide m’avait ému suffisamment pour m’inspirer un texte. Il a paru dans le numéro 3 de la revue Sapriphage, je viens de le vérifier en consultant la liste de toutes mes parutions. Où pourrais-je trouver un exemplaire de ladite revue ? Apparemment pas chez moi. Mais est-ce bien grave ? Je n’ai pas vraiment envie de me relire : cela pourrait être douloureux.

Aujourd’hui encore, les chaises vides me touchent. Voilà qui est important pour moi. Et je ne saurais dire pourquoi une chaise vide me touche plus qu’une statue de la Vierge Marie, qu’elle soit le chef d’œuvre d’un grand artiste ou non ? Je ne crois pas en la possibilité de la virginité d’une mère, qu’elle soit ou non celle de Jésus. Je crois en l’existence du rabbin Yeshoua, rabbin rebelle de Judée, condamné à la crucifixion comme tant d’autres, assassins et voleurs, rebelles et résistants, qui allait inspirer à un ermite assis dans un désert de pierres, non pas sur une chaise, l’invention du fameux Jésus. Pour cet ermite, ce rabbin ne pouvait pas être un simple rebelle. La vérité était trop banale : Yeshoua était sans doute le fils d’une pauvre Mariam, une jeune femme comme tant d’autres de l’époque. Mais c’est à peu près tout. Je n’ai pas de réponse à ma question sur les chaises vides.

chapelle de la charité (0823r1024)

Amazing stairs making bold designs running beyond the confines of the beholders minds. They have several signs of older fittings and renovations that keep their glory functional. Somehow they stand so well against the tests of times and float above the wavering heights of fashions staying an icon of their era and fitting testament of their fabulous form and very fantastic function as they like Jacob’s Dream Ladder somehow seem to spring forth from stone and generate a link between world’s of dream and of faith and of hope all together almost impossible and also all the more magnificent for being born of simple stone pillows that release intricate passageways out of our material marvels into our celestial contemplations.

Ascending and Descending are not very good with me at the moment as four broken toes on my left foot are hampering my struggles with elevation. The allure of these stairs may have been vastly increased by their increased difficulty to access. The focus upon them as hazardous areas for fresh injuries was an increased attention they did not require, as they are rather gorgeous without fear of falling.

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Auditorio de Tenerife "Adán Martín", an expressionist performance venue located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2003.

Calatrava explained that he was particularly influenced by the work of the early 20th century Swiss engineer Robert Maillart (1872–1940), which taught him that, "with an adequate combination of force and mass, you can create emotion.

What with illustrating a friends "New Roman History" and writting my own book time is little thin at the momment. But I did manage capture a splendid Fly and Man Orchid whilst taking Max for his walk this morning, fingers crosed and weather permiting I should be able to grab some time back for botonising sometime this week...