Entries from 2019-06-01 to 1 month
"Doubt is the father of invention." - Ambrose Bierce #Quote - - - - - - - - - - "Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into." - Henry Ward Beecher #NatureQuote - - - - - - - - - - 【着画いっぱい】100均の手…
Roof of a heritage barn built in circa 1920. Main beams including the ladders are hand hewn. The barn is part of Ruckle Heritage Farm at Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada, the oldest working farm in British Columbia which is stil…
Portrait of mute swan (Cygnus olor) on the background of Windermere Lake, Bowness-on-Windermere, England. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I'm a holy man minus the holiness." - E. M. Forster #FunnyQuo…
Desna river, feeder of the Southern Bug, at meadow. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Raion. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love." - Jane Auste…
78 years ago on this day, the Continuation War by co-belligerents Finland and Germany against the Soviet Union began in coordination with Operation Barbarossa. The photograph depicts a Finnish soldier enjoying the spring sun with a reindee…
Frontal view of the Bayerische Staatskanzlei (Bavarian State Chancellery), Hofgarten, Munich, Germany. The institution is serving as the executive office of the Minister-President as head of government. The State Chancellery is represented…
Mt Hochtor (2,369 m) from Hesshütte. Gesäuse National Park, Ennstal Alps, Austria. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." - Friedrich Nietzsche #Quote - - - -…
Linden trees and the sky with clouds in Planina, Postojna, Slovenia. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where …
Standing Suricata suricatta (meerkat) looking behind, in the Singapore zoo. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Being in love is the only transcendent experience." - Armistead Maupin #LoveQuote - - - - -…
British Columbia Parliament Building, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known." - Walt Disney #FunnyQuote - - - -…
This image is created from eight images shot in sequence as a tornado formed north of Minneola, Kansas on May 24, 2016.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "A person will sometimes devote all his life to…
Night view of the Pashkov house, Moscow, Russia. The palace, of neoclassical style, was erected in 1784-1786 by Pyotr Pashkov, a Muscovite nobleman, and pressumably designed by Vasili Bazhenov. Today it is owned by the Russian State Librar…
A peat bog below the top of Doune Hill, Luss Hills, Scotland. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Man - a being in search of meaning." - Plato #Quote - - - - - - - - - - "The secrets of success are a goo…
Munich's HVB Tower and "Mae West", a sculpture on Effnerplatz, at dusk.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing." - Aldous Hu…
Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758), Killer whale; Loro Parque, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants." - Joseph …
Balkan fritillary (Boloria graeca balcanica) This little butterfly lives at 2,300m above sea level at the top cable car station on Yastrebets, in the Rila Mountains: the ski resort of Borovets in Bulgaria. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pi…
An old man carrying a yoke in the countryside of Jaflong, Sylhet, Bangladesh.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!" - Emily Dickinson #Na…
Remains of the church of St Mariña Dozo, Cambados, Pontevedra, Spain. The gothic church was built in the 15th century over a former Romanesque church of the 12th century by order of María de Ulloa, mother of Alonso III Fonseca. In 1943 it …
Hanse harbour at blue hour, Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I am following Nature without being able to grasp her, I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers." - C…
Aratinga solstitialis (Linnaeus, 1758), Sun parakeet; Loro Parque, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body." - Barbar…
Portrait of Michael Ancher.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change." - Nicholas Sparks #LoveQuote - - - - - - - - - - "Anytime you see a …
Mountain hike of Gimillan (1805m) at Colle Tsa Sètse Cogne Valley (Italy). Waterfall above Gimillan partly in the fog.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with s…
A pier and a path to the beach during the sunset. Campsite at Sidney Spit (part of Gulf Islands National Park Reserve), Sidney Island, British Columbia, Canada.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Love …
Blue-hour view of the Juma (Friday) Mosque, Shamakhi, Azerbaijan. This mosque, built in 743, is considered the first one in the Caucasus after the Friday mosque of Derbent (constructed in 734). It was built during the governance period of …
Church of Saint Lazarus' Resurrection on Kizhi Island of Lake Onega, Republic of Karelia (Russia). Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another." - Juvenal #Natu…
Detail of Wasserglockenbrunnen, also known as Wasserpilzbrunnen on Frauenplatz, next to Frauenkirche, Munich, at night. It was designed by Bernhard Winkler in 1972.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "Y…
The small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) is one of the UK's rarer butterflies and the peak time to find them is the beginning of June. Wyre Forest, Worcestershire is one prime location in England.. Learn more. Source : Wikipedi…
Stairs to Central Station at Tietgensbroen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Learn more. Source : Wikipedia pictures of the day - - - - - - - - - - "A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books." - Walt Whitman #NatureQ…
Petrol is sold by the (mainly liquor) bottle in Bénin. There are thousands of these shops in the capital Cotonou, where motorbikes can refuel. It is said that the petrol is illegally imported by sea from Nigeria. Cotonou is one of the most…
Temple of Augustus, Pula, Croatia. The Roman temple is dedicated to the first Roman emperor, Augustus, it was probably built during the emperor's lifetime at some point between 27 BC and his death in AD 14. The richly decorated frieze is s…