Many of the houses in the Martinsviertel in Darmstadt are more storey buildings from around the turn of the century (19th to 20th century, not the millenium). They were not free standing houses but terraced houses, originally with uniform looks. But more than 100 years … Continue reading Martinsviertel
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Abstract or Detailed
I mirrorred the image in order to block out a cluttered hut to the right, a clear case of neccessity being the mother of invention.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Minimalism
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Macro Monday
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I’ve been digging around in my archive. This statue of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh stands in front of the National Museum of Scotland. The most amazing thing about this photo was the reaction of KI. I asked google who this was (photo search). The answer was a description that it was the photo of a statue of a man, possibly in Edinburgh, “but no guarantees”. When I confirmed the information about the location in Edinburgh it stated that the man depicted was Prince Albert. First KI was humble, then with more information it was confidently wrong. A bit more searching and looking at various sculptures, I’m pretty sure that KI is wrong and I am right: it’s Sir William Chambers (incidentally in Chambers Street).
Monday Portrait
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We bought this glass ornament in Cyprus, a modern day variation of the “evil eye” or “Nazar”. It’s a reminder of our wonderful holiday on the island. I manually removed some of the background distractions and slightly changed the colour. This is a filter called … Continue reading Not the evil eye
Holy Island, or Lindisfarne, in the north east of the UK, is only an island when the tide is in. At low tide it can be reached by car. But you have to watch the times or your car will swim away.
Made this post this morning but didn’t post it.
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But I could if I let me. That’s my last on the card on my phone. It was a quick grab in the parking lot because I was standing behind this car. Since it is a car number I have to break one of Brian’s … Continue reading I’m not nagging
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