Date: January 30th, 2013 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Arizona, blue, City Streets, Sky, Storms, Travel, Travel USA, winter.
Date: September 26th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Autumn, Canada, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Green, Quebec, Travel, travel Canada, Trees.
Date: September 24th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Canada, Design, Landscape, Ontario, travel Canada, Travel USA, USA.
Date: September 21st, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, blue, City Streets, Cultures, golden light, Iowa, Landscape, Seasonal, Shadows, Sky, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, USA.
Date: April 9th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Alberta, Architecture, Canada, Design, Environmental issues, Landscape, Moon, Mountains, Sky, Travel, travel Canada.
Date: April 6th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Design, Idaho, Travel, Travel USA, Unusual Interest.
Date: October 1st, 2011 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Autumn, City Streets, golden light, Landscape, Moon, Oregon, Smile, Trees, USA.
Date: October 11th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Elements, Green, Landscape, Oregon, Travel USA, Urban and State Parks, USA, Water.
Date: July 3rd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Kansas, Landscape, Silhouettes, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Date: July 1st, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Missouri, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, USA.
Date: June 30th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Illinois, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, USA.
Date: June 28th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, beach, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Flowers, Historic significance, Michigan, Seasonal, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, USA.
Date: June 12th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Malaysia, Travel.
Date: June 3rd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Historic significance, Singapore, Travel.
Date: June 2nd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Landscape, Singapore, Sky, Summer, Travel.
Date: September 26th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Autumn, Canada, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Green, Quebec, Travel, travel Canada, Trees.
Paroisse Saint-Arsène, Rue Bélanger, Montréal, Quebec
Date: September 24th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Canada, Design, Landscape, Ontario, travel Canada, Travel USA, USA.
Thousand Islands Bridge to the US from Ontario
Date: September 21st, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, blue, City Streets, Cultures, golden light, Iowa, Landscape, Seasonal, Shadows, Sky, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, USA.
Brooklyn, Iowa, USA with grain silos right on main street. Open, blue skies and corn fields, driving east from Oregon US to Ontario, Canada. Too many large IHOP and McDonalds billboards in the fields though, disrupting the otherwise gorgeous scenery.
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Date: April 9th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Alberta, Architecture, Canada, Design, Environmental issues, Landscape, Moon, Mountains, Sky, Travel, travel Canada.
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Date: April 6th, 2012 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Design, Idaho, Travel, Travel USA, Unusual Interest.
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Date: October 1st, 2011 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Autumn, City Streets, golden light, Landscape, Moon, Oregon, Smile, Trees, USA.
Date: October 11th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, Elements, Green, Landscape, Oregon, Travel USA, Urban and State Parks, USA, Water.
Multnomah Falls, Hwy 84 along the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
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Date: July 3rd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Kansas, Landscape, Silhouettes, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, Urban and State Parks, USA.
Riverfront Pedestrian Bridge and The Keeper Of The Plains, Mid America All-Indian Center, Wichita, Kansas
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Date: July 1st, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Missouri, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, USA.
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Union Station, old street car, Kansas City, MO
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Date: June 30th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Illinois, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, Unusual Interest, USA.
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The old and the new; the Chicago landmark, John Hancock Center in background, and the Warwick Allerton Hotel on the Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL
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The historic Water Tower was built 1867-69 to house pipes that regulated water pressure in the city, Chicago, Illinois
Date: June 28th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, beach, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Flowers, Historic significance, Michigan, Seasonal, Summer, Travel, Travel USA, Trees, USA.
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The Robert E. Lee Showboat is one of Lowell / Grand Rapids, Michigan’s tourist attractions in the downtown business district.
Date: June 12th, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Historic significance, Malaysia, Travel.
Ornate architectural detail, exterior of Cheng Hoon Teng temple, Malacca, Malaysia. The temple was established in the 1600’s, with two halls added in 1704 and the bulk of it constructed in 1801 by craftsmen from China’s southern provinces. The architecture conforms strictly to the principles of feng shui, incorporating the fundamental belief that every aspect of life is closely related to attaining perfect harmony with nature. The interior is saturated with symbolism and intricate gold-covered carvings framing the walls and ceilings.
The Cheng Hoon Teng temple ministers to Malacca’s Chinese community, particularly those devoted to the order of San Chiao or the Three Doctrinal Systems of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism. Photos here show various methods of prayer for the souls of the deceased, as in candles, photos of the deceased and messages on gold, and offerings in the form of mass-produced objects mocking material items they might desire in afterlife.
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Chinese guardian lions, known in the West as Fu Dogs, represent male and female energies, or yin and yang in Chinese philosophical context, supporting the concept of harmony when displayed together. The lion statues are traditionally known in Chinese as Shi, and are usually depicted in pairs at a property entrance or gateway, as they are here at the front entrance to Cheng Hoon Teng temple. Though artistic interpretations and styles may vary, always the male leans his paw upon a ball or similar representation of strength and supremacy, and the female on the right restrains a playful cub representing nurture.
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Date: June 3rd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Historic significance, Singapore, Travel.
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Date: June 2nd, 2010 | Comments : none | Categories: Architecture, City Streets, Cultures, Design, Landscape, Singapore, Sky, Summer, Travel.
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