maanantai 31. lokakuuta 2022

Macau

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Ruins of St. Paul Macau

The Ruins of Saint Paul's are the ruins of a 17th-century Catholic religious complex in Santo António, Macau, China.  Today, the ruins are one of Macau's best known landmarks and one of the Seven Wonders of Portuguese Origin in the World. In 2005, they were officially listed as part of the Historic Center of Macau, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


Traditional Chinese costumes
Two postcards sent by Jose from Macau

Men

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Crowded House. Photo Dennis Keeley
Crowded House are an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1985.
Sent by Ros on 30 May 2022 from Tasmania

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Portrait of Adrian Paul Alllinson, 1909 by Emil Otto Hoppé 

Adrian Paul Allinson  (1890 –  1959) was a British painter, potter and engraver known for his landscapes of Southern Europe and North Africa, and for a series of notable posters he made for London Transport.


Emil Otto Hoppé (1878 – 1972) was a German-born British portrait, travel, and topographic photographer active between 1907 and 1945. Born to a wealthy family in Munich, he moved to London in 1900 to train as a financier, but took up photography and rapidly achieved great success.


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Mahatma Gandhi 
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 –1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.


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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
 Copperplate etching, based on a silver-pencil drawing by Dorothea Stock, 1789
Sent by Rebecca on 24 Jan, 2021 from Hamburg, Germany 


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Hairdresser Lwowski and his hairdressing salon
Sent by Olga on 29 Jan, 2015 from Warsaw


 

sunnuntai 30. lokakuuta 2022

Sunday Churches

Warm Greetings from Lenggries
Parish Church of St. Jakob and Brauneck, Lenggries, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany
Sent by Marcus on 8 May 2015 from Lenggries


Mainz am Rhein 
Cathedral with Leichhof
Sent by D. on 14 Mar, 2015 from Frankfurt



lauantai 29. lokakuuta 2022

Summer Memories

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Snufkin is a philosophical vagabond who wanders the world fishing and playing the harmonica. He carries everything he needs in his backpack, as he believes that having too much stuff makes life overly complicated. My Favorite character in Moomin Valley
Sent by Airi on 1 Jun, 2022 from Kemi, Finland


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Fishing with best friend
Illustration Maarit Ailio, Finnish artist
Sent by Tanja on 27 Jun, 2022 from Vaasa, Finland


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Secret Garden
Illustaion Virpi Pekkala, Finnish artist
Sent by Dolores on 27 Jun, 2022 from Parainen, Finland


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Sent by Yujkari on 17 Jam, 2022 from Fukushima, Japan 






 

perjantai 28. lokakuuta 2022

Waterfalls

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Krkonoše - Mumlavsky - waterfall
Mumlava waterfall is to be found on the river Mumlava. It belongs among the most popular touristic places in western part of the National park. 
Sent by Andrea on 17 Mar, 2015 from, Hradek Karlove 


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Julian Alps, Slovenia, Kozjak Fall
Photo Marko Pintaric
Sent by Majda on 16 Feb, 2015 from Ljubljana, Slovakia 


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Summer, Buachaille Etive Mor, Glencoe, The Highlands of Scotland
Sent by Nick on 15 Oct, 2014 from Glasgow.


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Tocco Falls, Georgia U.S.A.
At 186 feet high, Toccoa Falls is one of the tallest (taller than Niagara Falls) freefalling waterfalls east of the Mississippi. 
Sent by Hank on 12 May 2017 from Marietta, Georgia  U.S.A. 


Kuerlinkka Waterfalls, Kolari, Finland
Sent by my aunt on 29 Sep, 1970


 

torstai 27. lokakuuta 2022

On the beach

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View of the beach, Positano, Italy
Sent by Lamberto on 24 Jan, 2012 from Belluno


Pigadia, Karpathos, Greece 
My travels 2018


Liepaja, Latvia
Sent by my nephew and family on 23 Jul, 2008 from Liepaja


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Sea Beach, Krabi, Thailand
Sent by Mint on 3, Nov, 2016 from Bangkok, Thailand


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Vlissingen beach,  Netherlands, Photo Riet Lieferink
Sent by Jeanine on 2 Sep, 2016 from Huist


Pefkari, Thassos, Greece
8 Aug, 1992



keskiviikko 26. lokakuuta 2022

Dali

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Casa Slvador Dali, Portlligat 
The Salvador Dalí House-Museum is the house in Portlligat, Catalonia, Spain, where Salvador Dalí lived and worked from 1930 to 1982. After the death of his wife Gala Dalí, he took up residence at Púbol Castle.
Sent by Joe on 3 Oct, 2015 from Catalonia, Spain


The Enigma of Desire



Archeological Reminiscence of Millet's Angelus