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Star trails and moonlight off of Pozo Road with Brady Cabe: www.facebook.com/bradycabe/?pnref=story

You've been a fantastic month for me :-))

 

Happy Weekend !

 

Misc trees in various colours

Main cemetery / Hauptfriedhof, Frankfurt-Nordend, Germany

www.deutsche-vogelstimmen.de/feldlerche/

 

Die Feldlerche war eine sehr weit verbreitete Vogelart der Felder und Wiesen. Überall konnte man ihren charakteristischen Singflug hören. Sie ist eine der am meisten gebeutelten Arten durch die Massenproduktion und Monokultur auf unseren Feldern und verliert durch die Massenproduktion und Monokultur ihren Lebensraum. Früher alltäglich ist sie heute nur noch selten zu finden.

 

The skylark used to be widely distributed in Germany in open farmland and heath and their characteristic hovering sing flight could be heard everywhere. They are one the species suffering extremely from mass production and monoculture on our fields and they lose their breeding areas more and more. While they used to be abundant they are scarce now.

Funeral hall (Fritz-Schumacher-Halle) at Ohlsdorf cemetery, Hamburg.

Architect: Fritz Schumacher, 1928-32

Windows: Ervin Bossanyi

On a hike with Sarah and Mike and our dogs yesterday morning at sunup in the Greenwood Conservation Area.

You can join me also on my Facebook page.

Die Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias (kat./val. Ciutat de les Arts i de les Ciències, dt. Stadt der Künste und der Wissenschaften) ist ein kultureller und architektonischer Gebäude- und Parkkomplex in Valencia, Spanien. Das moderne Wahrzeichen der Stadt liegt im trockengelegten Flussbett des Turia. Der Komplex wurde von den spanischen Architekten Santiago Calatrava und Félix Candela entworfen und am 16. April 1998 mit der Eröffnung des L’Hemisfèric feierlich eingeweiht.

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Work in progress

 

On this picture:

Trees by Tobias Novi

Rocks by MnM Designs

Bushes by *alirium*

Beach Grass by KIDD

Sea Grape Plant - mine

Textures: ground, wet/dry rocks, underwater structure are all mine

 

VISIT: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lovely%20Lagoon/173/233/23 (sim is not finished) contact me here regarding rentals

The fountain was cast in Paris and completed for the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, the same exhibit at which Bartholdi displayed the Statue of Liberty’s right arm and torch. Bartholdi had originally intended to complete the Statue of Liberty in 1876 in time for the Country's Centennial, but construction was delayed. While the remainder of the statue was being completed in Paris, Bartholdi displayed the arm and torch at the Philadelphia Exhibition, along with his commissioned fountain

O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum,

wie bunt sind deine Blätter! :-)

Fährhafen Puttgarden auf Fehmarn in der Ostsee.

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Die Fährverbindung von Puttgarden nach Rödby wird auch Vogelfluglinie genannt. Diese Schiffsverbindung ist wichtig für den internationalen Straßen- und Eisenbahnverkehr zwischen Deutschland und Dänemark. Sie führt von Puttgarden auf der deutschen Insel Fehmarn über den Fehmarnbelt bis zur dänischen Insel Lolland.

 

Die Vogelfluglinie wurde 1963 von König Friedrich IX. von Dänemark und dem Bundespräsidenten Heinrich Lübke eröffnet. Der Name "Vogelfluglinie" bezieht sich auf die Flugroute der Kraniche und anderer arktischer Wasservögel zwischen Mitteleuropa und Skandinavien.

 

Die Fähren starten in der Regel alle 30 Minuten vom Hafen Puttgarden in Richtung Rodby. Die reine Fahrzeit für die Strecke beträgt ca. 45 Minuten. Der Check-In für reservierte Fahrzeuge sollte min. 15 Minuten vor Abfahrt erfolgen.

Lago Devero ghiacciato.

.Thank you for your kind comments.

Meer MACRO

Zie ook mijn butterfly set: Butterfly

 

© 2016 Wim Boon

Please view LARGE!

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SPILIMBERGO

LA CHIESETTA DELL'ANCONA

Scendendo dalla Piazza del Duomo verso il Tagliamento, si trova a metà costa, la Chiesetta dell’Ancona.

 

Il titolo originario della chiesa, legato alla tradizione, è quella di Santa Sabbata (santa Sabida), una santa inesistente riconducibile a culti precristiani, legati ai corsi dei fiumi. Già nel 1597, però, l'Ancona viene dedicata alla Madonna della Mercede (venerata il 24 settembre) pregata come protettrice dalle insidie del guado del Tagliamento.

 

Oggi la chiesa, molto semplice e sobria, poggia su una pianta regolare e si presenta con un'unica aula. Esternamente è possibile ammirare un grazioso portichetto sorretto da cinque colonne e a metà dei lato sinistro si innalza il campanile. All'interno si trova un altare in marmi policromi e un affresco di fine Quattrocento raffigurante la Madonna con Bambino e due angíoletti.

 

In questo luogo si incontravano dunque mercanti e pellegrini, poiché sorgeva su un passaggio obbligato per attraversare il guado del Tagliamento, dopo aver pagato un dazio, raggiungere poi Gemona, Venzone e proseguire verso le Germanie.

 

Per coloro che entravano a Spilimbergo attraversato il guado, era il tempio dove pregare la Madonna per la protezione accordata e lo scampo dai pericoli, allora frequenti: perdita dei carico, ferite, annegamenti.

E' per questo motivo che qui venivano deposti gli ex voto, tavolette dipinte di gusto popolare, forma di ringraziamento e di devozione (ora raccolti e conservati nell'archivio parrocchiale).

 

Era dunque un punto d'incontro, di scambi commerciali e di preghiera.

 

Nel 1687 l'Ancona venne ampliata con una loggia, al fine di ospitare il numero sempre più grande di fedeli, che si riunivano.

 

Successivamente venne restaurata e ampliata più volte fino al 1968, quando venne inaugurata; nel 1976 venne distrutta dal terremoto e finalmente nel 1978 riacquistò l'antico splendore.

 

Per la sua bellezza e la sua posizione panoramica sul Tagliamento, l'Ancona è per antonomasia considerata a livello locale la chiesetta degli innamorati.

With many thanks to David Hulme (here on Flickr) who's wonderful image of this wreck entirely inspired this picture. One of my all time favourite images here on Flickr, its impact was so strong as to finally make my mind up to visit this area of Scotland, and making my own picture of it was always at the top of my itinerary.

 

This is the image: flic.kr/p/dCQa2E

Once again thank you very much for visits, favorite and comments. It's much appreciated.

Rapanui Stream, Tongaporutu, Taranaki

Pentacon 50 mm 1.8

Little Blue Heron doing his best at looking big.

Copyright © Paolo Prestini 2016. Tutti i diritti riservati. All rights reserved.

early morning, foggy farm fences, looking forward to some Spring sunshine, HFF!

Tortosa Ciudad , Rio Ebro. ( Cataluña España )

 

Museum will be established as a permanent institution with an international scope and mission. It is dedicated to the collection, research, preservation and display of works of art, objects and artifacts of artistic, cultural and historical significance from various periods and geographic areas of the Muslim world

Seen in a barn at a Michigan nature center; submitted for Textural Tuesday

 

HTT!

Scilla bifolia / Tavaszi csillagvirág

HUNGARY 🇭🇺 Vének

For more doors and windows see my album Doors & Windows

 

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