Arts and craft in town.
A Flower bed, I liked this one cause the walls look parallel, but aren’t.

Around the house.  
A I was able to capture this butterfly and some High kickers

 
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Just_another_sunset

I revisited Groningen -the city where I work- for the challenge this time.
Groningen with her 42.000 students is one of the biggest city of knowledge in Nederland.
The main city transportation is of course the bicycle
The Railway Station is renovated 4 or 5 years ago. it has a beautiful ceiling

Opposite the station there is a contenporer Museum

This Iron Lady has been keeping an eye on her city for many years.

Today was Constitution Day at school, so we had a special bulletin board explaining the constitution to the children, and a place for them to sign a scroll with a quill and ink.  We also watched a special DVD explaining the constitution in children's language.  I gather that this is suppose to be a National Day in schools to better acquaint our young people with the Constitution of the United States.  I worked at this today, but my Third Graders had a hard time understanding what this means to them.

Hob Nob Corner
Old Mill
Story Inn Front, Story Inn Side

Kirstin and I went on a shoot today in the North Loop neighborhood in Minneapolis. We found remnants of the old wood block roads abutting the cobblestones.  We also found what appear to be one hundred year old shoes and pottery shards in an excavation area for a new building.  Kirstin was weirded out by that.  By the quantity of shoes I suspect it must have been a shoe factory.  The late day light coming through the International Harvester Building was beautiful.

King Frederick the Great lived here in Sans Souci,Potsdam, Germanyfront another front view courtyard courtyard again grapevines flute

Last Thursday’s lunchtime photo mini vaction was to the Flatiron Building, built in 1902, on 23rd and 5th Ave.  Some people thought it would blow over in the wind.  
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Earlier this week I showed an old Dutch street to demonstrate texture and someone suggested that I straighten the picture - here is the Old street straightened.  I also posted some yellow orchids that BusyB suggested that I rework -  Yellow orchids reworked.  Someone in the past couple days showed a nastursiam leaf (not sure of spelling)  and I had these that looked similar - Orange Beauties.
When on the farm in Iowa my brother-in-law was so pleased with his apple trees, he was happy that he would get a good crop this year - Sunlight on Apples and Green apples against blue sky.
I think that these flowers always look so crisp and clean - Daisy Poster.

I’ve been trying to walk over to the Chrysler Building during my lunch hour and get close-ups of the beautiful art deco building.  It’s about a 20 minute walk from my office, but I keep getting distracted by other joyfulobjects of reflection.  

“joyful” is Don Phillip’s composition from his 1946 NYC post, photo number 6.
It is 500 Fifth Ave shot from the steps of the NY Public Library, built by the same architect and in the same year as the Empire State Building.
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Here is a picture a while ago in London.
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Happy Independence Day

First two photos shot 7/3/6, last one 6/21/6.

I saw this view last March when we were doing the architecture challenge, but I could not get back downtown to take the picture until this past weekend.  I had to make Wim park illegally for a brief time so that I could take the picture because there was no where to stop or park nearby. and it was too far for me to walk back to this spot.  Let me know which one is the best one, please.
GVU arches
GVU arches 1
GVU arches 2
GVU arches 3
GVU arches BW
Bonus: Another Mushroom

Saturday night, June 17, 2006
Looking North
       Looking South
              Looking East
                      Looking Up

                            Just Looking

I love to take lunch time photo mini vacations. June 13, 2006 Q train from 34th and 6th to 59th Street. A ten minute subway ride and I'm in Columbus Circle, NYC, where Broadway meets 8th Ave at 59th Street.  I remember visiting the Car Show at the Coliseum on this site as a little boy.

Hop on the uptown loop bus as we tour Columbus Circle.  Within the last year the Time Warner Center opened which contains shops, office space and a state of the art concert venue devoted exclusively to jazz.  Across the street is a Globe in front of the Trump International Hotel and Tower.

Columbus Circle is the South West gateway to Central Park. In the photo, the gold statue is the entrance to the park.  Lincoln Center is located a few blocks north, (left in the photo), of here.  The Plaza Hotel is located a few blocks to the east (right in the photo) on 5th Ave.  Trump Tower, a different tower, is located close by on 5th and 57th street.  The fountain in Columbus Circle is a nice place to relax.  Note the use of a magazine to shade the sun.  It is a fashion catching on through NYC.

Comedic Interlude - Here is a fashionable fellow in Sea Breeze Park two days ago wearing his Brooklyn version of a magazine sun visor.  A  serendipitous sea breeze appeared at the time of this shot.

I took a trip to Wilmington, NC for Memorial weekend.  It was a time to gather with family and enjoy the sights.  I was able to visit the beach and the historic downtown areas.  Take a look and let me know what you think.

doorways of color
garage bits and pieces
gathering of bowls
notes of time
 love these signs!
peeking over a garden wall....
pelican parking
jumping in!

Tonight we drove downtown with friends to walk along the Mississippi.  The new Guthrie Theatre is going in there.  We love to take in live theatre at the Guthrie. The theatre is in the historic mill district. This old burned out mill is actually a museum called the Mill City Museum.  If you're ever in Minneapolis I highly recommend taking it in.

A concerned friend, missed seeing more of my Photos so I got a few new ones uploaded.
Saddams and his sons had a few dwellings beside the lake here.
Dwellings on the Lake
Dwelling in the Lake
Dwelling on the Lake  This Door is in a building nearby.

Wood Door
Check out the great patterns.
Door Detail
This dome ceiling is in the same building.

Dome
Here is a little different view.

Dome2

The previous ceiling detail was part of this chandelier in one of the rooms on the third floor of the palace.  Debora was interested in seeing them so here they are.
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Chandelier2
Chandelier3

Color ceiling detail
B&W Ceiling  Detail

The above two Photographs are the same picture.  I started of course with the color photo, and because I hadn't gotten past some of my limitations I had problems with the white balance and the lack of a tripod.  After playing with the color photo with the limited tools I have here.  I desided to just convert it to black and white.
It is a little better than it was.

Sometimes to keep your spirits up you just got to joke about the place.  My response sometimes is I thought I was in Florida.  Oh my mistake.  These sunsets at least have some of the elements of Florida, we have palm trees, a beach sort of and a body of water(rats its not the Atlantic).
Well I hope you at least enjoy the Photos.
Al Faw Sunset
Al Faw Sunset 2