Architectural Photographs

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:41 pm

England and indeed Europe in general looks pretty tame to this American Westerner. Beautiful, but tame.

I love the empty spaces we still have out here, even though it's not quite the romantic untrammeled freedom it once was. There is a lot of wilderness, but one must sign up to hike into it, and follow all regulations as to how many people can be in one hiking party, how far from open water you must pitch your tent, and what you must pack back out again with you when you leave (everything, and I do mean everything, except for what bears leave in the woods).

But it will still be wilderness in a hundred years (if climate change hasn't killed the trees, I guess).

Post by **Lalaith** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:00 am

truehobbit wrote: How old are the mounds, Lali? Are they burial places?

Many of them are; some were probably ceremonial in nature, with astronomical applications. The one in Miamisburg was a burial mound from the Adena people, I believe. I think that puts it around 2000 years old, but I can't find an exact date for sure.

Lali

Post by **eborr** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:47 pm

Couple of interesting points from Prim, Europe, and especially countries like England, Holland and Belgium is very cramped and overfull of people, and I can well understand folks who come from places with a lot of space saying there is little true wilderness, and that may well be the case.

It's also aposite the mention of climate change effecting the enviroment.

One of the main theories behind the effective abandonement of Stonehenge and the other henge monuments at the end of the Early Bronze age has been attributed to climate change. The floral evidence from the Late Neolithic and Earl Bronze age suggests that the UK had a Mediterranean climate, which changed to become one which was wetter and cooler. The thoery goes on to say that this led the people to adandon the "Sun" temples and to adopt different religous practices including the dumping of valuable stuff in rivers

Post by **eborr** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:17 pm

i know you have seen this before but earlier tonight I got this

I was a couple of seconds late the sunlight is kissing the top of Constantines arch - promise you the real sight was magical

taken from the Domus - Nutty neros attempt at rebuilding Rome post fiddling

Post by **Lalaith** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:10 am

Neat!

Lali

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:03 am

I was in Rome . . . in 1969.

I wanna go back! Because I have seen this.

But I was TEN YEARS OLD—did I appreciate it? Hah! I wanted to know where my next ice cream sandwich was coming from.

Post by **Trazúviel** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:01 pm

Oh that is gorgeous, eborr!

Post by **eborr** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:15 pm

pure hapenstanse Traz, as I inimated earlier if I had been a little quicker, I really would have got the money shot, you could see just a tiny gap between the falling sun and Constatines arch - and that was really a magical vision. Rome is September is lovely - warm in the daytime and cooling at night.

Am staying in a different hotel in a former monestry at 5.00 pm the church wakes up the bells and the organ are magical, I can almost forgive the Popes the sacrilgous damage they did to the city of Augustus, of Hadrian, Trajan, Diocletian and Constatine

I want to live here

Post by **Erunáme** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:01 am

See the full set of my Louisiana pictures here (they'll look better/sharper on flickr as I used photobucket to resize them): http://www.flickr.com/photos/12514987@N ... 868244806/

Post by **Trazúviel** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:52 am

I enjoyed going through all your pics...some really beautiful shots you got there! I love the live oaks, and the clouds were stunning! Chantry's shots were beautiful as well, and he wrote some interesting stuff about the buildings and the cotton presses.

...and I really love that front porch...

Post by **eborr** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:18 pm

A Cotswold Church - thing I like about this pic is that the tower in the background is not part of the Church, it belongs to the Priory which is 30 m away.

Shot with a camera phone so quality is not that great but done at 5.00 pm ish.

Church is St Marys at Cogges approx 9 miles due west of Oxford

Post by **Primula Baggins** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:23 pm

Beautiful, eborr!

Post by **Trazúviel** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:07 pm

Yes, very beautiful!

Post by **Inanna** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:39 pm

lovely!!

Post by **Frelga** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:19 am

Nothing as artistic as what's been posted here, but my photos from Bath are below

Bath Trip

Post by **Trazúviel** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:21 pm

Hiya Frelga! I just now took a peek at your pics and they are lovely!

Mon May 05, 2008 10:35 pm

Hey Trazzie! Long time no see! I've missed you.

Post by **Trazúviel** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:11 pm

I've missed you too!

Post by **Jnyusa** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:11 am

Those are great pics, Frelga. I'm partial to ruins (being one myself).

When did you visit Bath?

Post by **eborr** » Thu May 15, 2008 11:00 pm

Bath is a special place for me -this is my favourite Bath photo - sorry v cheesy and some of you have seen it before.

from my honeymoon - sorry bit short on the architecture