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Start your marriage journey on a high note with these cheap honeymoon ideas and resorts that are friendly to your pocket!
The best pubs in London come in all shapes and styles, and this guide will help you find the right one for your tastes and preferences.
インスタでいつも見ている素敵なガーデンがありまして、先日ちょこっとお邪魔してきました。『Herbal House』雑誌にもよく登場する有名なガーデンです。 埼玉なんですが、圏央道のおかげで1時間半くらいで到着。
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Here are 20 amazing photos that will take your breath away from all over the world! There are some photos of the world we have all seen at one point or another, but the ones I'm about to show you, are the rare ones that no one really knows they exist!
There is something about the beauty of hand carved woodworking that touches me. I was struck by it years ago visiting the J R Watkins Mansio...
Palacio de Cristal is a 19th century conservatory located in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain
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杏(@ann_photo05)さんがTwitterに投稿した1枚の写真を見て、多くの人が「夏の思い出」をよみがえらせたよう。「ノスタルジック」「泣きそう」と、大きな反響が集まっています。
Misty hills. Lonely forest roads. Plenty of vines, moss, and unkempt trees. And the cherry on top—a gorgeous abandoned building that radiates eeriness and grandeur in equal measure. That’s our dream home right there. Especially if the place looks haunted.
Like everyone else who preordered the 2018 Creatin' Contest kit I'm still waiting for it to ship. I'm so bummed because I think by this time last year I had the kit and I got to play around with a dry fit and mess around with furniture inside it. It was also good to get a sense of how big it actually was. I can measure and lay out a flat board to my heart's content but without walls I really don't get a good sense of the space I'm working with. So I'm crossing my fingers that the kit comes in on the 21st, which is the latest late on the site, and maybe I'll get it by the 28th? I've been collecting cup trays and molded cardboard that holds toner and computer parts along with egg cartons so that I could have enough cardboard for my stone walls. And I'm researching building structure so I can make the tower top and second floor as authentic as possible. I've been playing with the floor plan and trying to think of a way to not cut off the length but make the house look less huge. And Megan suggested a false wall to make the space feel more cozy. I liked the idea but wasn't sure just how I'd pull it off. It did get me thinking though. I'd been reading a lot about Tudor buildings and it was during the sixteen century that people figured out how to build chimneys and more efficient fireplaces. That led to the development of the kitchen, with the fireplace in the center of the room and serving as a divider between the 'entertaining' space and the food prep area. In Medieval times the great hall was where food was prepared as well as the gathering and dining area. Having separate rooms for different functions was really a modern sort of idea. Since WG has some wealth available to her and added her tower and 'remodeled' her old cottage I decided she would have tried to 'modernize' it when she returned to it after her ungrateful stepdaughter threw her out of the castle when she married her prince charming. So I thought let's put the fireplace in the center of the cottage floor and that'll take up space. I also wanted to move the tower so it's more on the back corner of the cottage rather than behind it. Here's the original layout I showed you. Complete with a little Jack paw playing with the tape. And here's the layout I think might work better. The yellow and black boxes are serving as the fireplace. The sink base will be narrower and I'm going to try and do a window that's more like a bay window in front of it. I've also got an idea based on this. I've got some chimney stacks and I got some plastic dragons so I might try to recreate this chimney stack. I think I might want some bigger dragons though. Thankfully they're cheap. But maybe I could use the little ones on some beams or over the door? I've got some wooden trim on order and I'm hoping to use it on the bed and maybe on the chest I want to build. Here's hoping no more backorders for the kit!
"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading them." - Ray Bradbury St. Florian Monastery Library in Austria.
#LondonReviewed || @markhazeldine Went to the #PaintedHall, Old Royal Naval College, #Greenwich... He created this incredible image by stitching 5 photos together. The reflection is caused by a...
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
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This château dates back from the 17th century and was built for Nicolas Fouquet, who was then superintendant of finances of Louis XIV. It was one of the first projects that saw the collaboration of architect Le Vau, landscape gardener le Nôtre and decorator Le Brun. But Fouquet had been a bit too ambitious with this castle that displayed his wealth. After a magnificien and ill famed party of 1661, Louis the XIV had him arrested by d'Artagnan. He was later tried and died in jail.The king later hired the team of Artists that had built Vaux to design, what would be a much larger project: Versailles
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Wadi Do'an palais Buqshan Khaila Hadhramaut is a historical region of the south Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards from Yemen to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The name of the region is currently retained in the smaller Hadhramaut Governorate of the Republic of Yemen. The people of Hadhramaut are called Hadhramis. Narrowly, Hadhramaut refers to the historical Qu'aiti and Kathiri sultanates, which were in the Aden Protectorate overseen by the British Resident at Aden until their abolition upon the independence of South Yemen in 1967. The current governorate of Hadhramaut roughly incorporates the former territory of the two sultanates. It consists of a narrow, arid coastal plain bounded by the steep escarpment of a broad plateau, with a very sparse network of deeply sunk wadis (seasonal watercourses). The undefined northern edge of Hadhramaut slopes down to the desert Empty Quarter. In a wider sense, Hadhramaut includes the territory of Mahra to the east all the way to the contemporary border with Oman. This encompasses the current governorates of Hadramaut and Mahra in their entirety as well as parts of the Shabwah Governorate. The Hadhramis live in densely built towns centered on traditional watering stations along the wadis. Hadhramis harvest crops of wheat and millet, tend date palm and coconut groves, and grow some coffee. On the plateau, Bedouins tend sheep and goats. Society is still highly tribal, with the old Seyyid aristocracy, descended from Prophet Muhammad, traditionally educated and strict in their Islamic observance and highly respected in religious and secular affairs. © Eric Lafforgue www.ericlafforgue.com
Japan is renowned for its traditional ryokans, which offer travelers a unique and authentic experience. Among the many ryokans available, some of the best are those that provide private onsens. These private onsen facilities allow guests to indulge in a serene and private bathing experience, immersing themselves in the rejuvenating hot spring waters while enjoying the tranquility and beauty of their surroundings.
(via Balat, a photo from Istanbul, Marmara | TrekEarth) Istanbul, Turkey
Whether you're by yourself, you're bored, or it's a nice day and you're looking for something fun to do, this list of activities is perfect.
St. Charles’s Church / Karlskirche - architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, Vienna, Austria (by DragonSpeed)
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Call It Design is an Instagram magazine that shares eye-pleasing examples of what it considers modern design, and it has earned itself 105K followers by doing so.
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凄いパワーの横丁、どこを撮っても絵になる「丸三横丁」。有楽町駅北口にある線路方向のガード下にある横丁。この換気扇凄い、空気の流れが淀むからつけているのだろう。 この横丁をを抜けると東京フォーラムの脇にでる。場所の丸の内三丁目で「丸三
Because of gorgeous lights and night scenes, it is called Little Hong Kong, but it has a unique flavor of Sichuan and Chongqing. In addition to the air are filled with hot pot string of scent, in fact, it is also a particularly suitable for taking pictures of children! This issue we talk about Chongqing suitable for taking pictures of those places.
Late Night Randomness is a collection of photos we have found in searching the web that don't necessarily fit in with our other posts or is perhaps a little too edgy to present earlier in the day. The
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This may have once been a hotel, but appeared to be a private home now. In a ski resort town.
Public domain photo of the Chester Rows as seen from the Cross in Chester, England in the late nineteenth century that was altered with the Topaz DeJPEG plug-in, then the Topaz DeNoise plug-in, then the Topaz Lens Effects plug-in (graduated color blue effect), then the Photoshop paintbrush, then the Topaz Clean plug-in (degrunge effect), then the Topaz Clean plug-in (skin even effect), then the Topaz Lens Effects plug-in (graduated color blue violet effect), then the Topaz Clarity plug-in (contrast boost edgy effect), then the Alien Skin Exposure X plug-in (dodging; base image), then the Topaz Impression plug-in (pastel 2 type 10 effect set to solid), then the AKVIS Sketch plug-in on the base image (detailed sketch effect), then the pastel image was overlaid and merged with the detailed sketch image, and then the Photoshop paintbrush. Public domain image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
