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  • Jilly 1:23 am on February 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    The Russian Orthodox Chapel – the Door Handles 


    A beautiful but damaged door handle, the wood, the stonework - everything will need restoration.

    With 6 Princes of the Russian royal house buried here, it's fascinating to wonder how many hands - amd whose? - have touched these handles. The one of the left is jammed upright. I tried pulling it down so it swung loose to match the other, but it wouldn't budge.
     
  • admin 12:10 am on February 9, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Bulb Specialists 

    Darkness is something hates by everyone in this planet. Since Thomas Alpha Edison invents the first lamp in 31 December 1879, gradually the world is entering the bright. The first lamp invented by Thomas Edison is not like we see now. The first incandescent he invents needs too much energy to light on. Now, the technology makes lamp need lower technology.

    Who is bulb specialist? What is bulb specialist? Well, the bulb specialist is a company from New York named as Specialty Bulb Co. Inc. This company is a truly expert of bulb or lamps. This company is a distributor of lamps from many manufacturers. When you need lamp and you don’t know where to find it then you should go to this company. Many customers have trusted this company. So, why don’t you also trust this company for your lighting need.

    Every side in this globe is using lamps to make bright. Each building, each side of the road, home, park and other places are using the power of bulbs. But, do you know that bulbs now are made in various kinds, like fluorescent lamps, halogen lamps, fuse lamps, indicator lamps, etc? It makes us sometimes confuse to choose which kind is suitable with our need. This is the use of company like Bulbspecialists.com. Their duty to show and to provide various kinds of lamps is useful. People can understand about what kinds of bulbs they have to buy for their need.  I’m sure you can find lamp that you are looking for there. There is no doubt about the quality since most of customers are satisfy. And don’t worry about the price is totally affordable. Okay, the product is great, what about the shipping? Specialty Bulb Co. Inc. can shipped your items in a same day. Is that really great?

    

     
  • Susanne49 1:29 pm on February 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    In case of… 


    A tsunami (津波?) (English pronunciation: /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/)

    is a series of water waves (called a tsunami wave train) that is caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean. The original Japanese term literally translates as "harbor wave." Tsunamis are a frequent occurrence in Japan; approximately 195 events have been recorded. Due to the immense volumes of water and energy involved, tsunamis can devastate coastal regions. Casualties can be high because the waves move faster than humans can run.

    Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (detonations of nuclear devices at sea), landslides and other mass movements, bolide impacts, and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.

    The Greek historian Thucydides was the first to relate tsunami to submarine earthquakes, but understanding of tsunami's nature remained slim until the 20th century and is the subject of ongoing research. Many early geological, geographical, and oceanographic texts refer to tsunamis as "seismic sea waves."

    Some meteorological conditions, such as deep depressions that cause tropical cyclones, can generate a storm surge, called a meteotsunami, which can raise tides several meters above normal levels. The displacement comes from low atmospheric pressure within the center of the depression. As these storm surges reach shore, they may resemble (though are not) tsunamis, inundating vast areas of land. Such a storm surge inundated Burma (Myanmar) in May 2008.



    Hi my friends,

    today we are learning something about Tsunamis. I have photographed the sign above at one of the pretty beaches here at the Space Coast in Florida. I've discovered recently that sign and for seconds I had all those sad pictures in my mind we got to see on TV, when that catastrophically big Tsunami hit Myanmar in 2008. And I realized in seconds, that it can happen here the same too, anytime. We hope and pray it will never happen!

    Thank you my friends for all your wonderful comments to my "Wordless Sunday" yesterday, and for all comments ever. I'm happy you like my photos.

    I wish you a wonderful day and as we say here in Florida:
    Sunshine's to you! See you....

    Susanne
     
  • Jilly 2:53 am on February 8, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    The Russian Orthodox Chapel – Generosity 


    We saw the newly restored dome yesterday and here it is again - and in the smaller photo you get an idea of the amount of restoration needed on this beautiful Russian orthodox chapel.

    It will be undertaken by a private and generous individual, the Russian architect, Andrei Smirnov. The dome was restored by Menton Council but the rest of the work will be at Mr. Smirnov's own expense.

    This beautiful chapel contains the remains of Prince Troubetzkoy (1822-1892). It was built in memory of Alexandrine de Tapliakoff, who died in Menton in 1884. No less than 6 princes of the Russian royal house are buried in Menton.

    Thanks so much for everyone for 3rd birthday wishes yesterday - I so appreciated it.
     
  • Susanne49 11:05 am on February 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    My Wordless Sunday in 2010 – # 6 

     
  • Jilly 2:05 am on February 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    3 Years of Menton Daily Photo – Going for Gold! 


    The beautiful Russian chapel in the Cimetière du Vieux Château of Menton has just had its onion-shaped dome painted gold. It's my favourite building in the cemetery and so today - Menton Daily Photo's 3rd birthday - seems a good day to show it to you as it gleams in the sunshine. The photo below shows it before the paint job.

    The chapel was built in 1886 by Count Protassov-Bechmetieff and is the final resting place of several Russian Princes. The building is crumbling in places and becoming dangerous for visitors but happily, the Russian architect Andrei Smirnov will undertake, at his own expense the remains of the restoration.

    And so on this 3rd birthday - one post a day for three years and never a day missed and the same on Monte Carlo Daily Photo - I wish I could invite you all for a glass of champers but we'll have to do it 'virtually' - please open that bottle!

    Joining the City Daily Photo community has truly changed my life bringing a new field of creativity, so many new and valued friends and even a new job as journalist/photographer for CITYOUT Côte d'Azur. None of this would have happened without our dear Eric Tenin who started it all with Paris Daily Photo - thank you, Eric, and thank you to Demosthenes and Igor who keep us up and running every day.

    Thanks to my fellow bloggers, some of whom I've been lucky enough to meet, others are valued friends from afar. So many of you, over these three years, have helped and encouraged me and even more of you inspire me. And thank you to everyone, blogger or not, who takes a look at my photographs each day.

    I know I'm lucky to live in such a beautiful place and the pleasure for me in blogging is to share the place I love so much. Photography has changed the way I see the beauty around me. Once I used to just 'look' but now, thanks to seeing my world through the lens of a camera, I really 'see' it. How lucky I am.


     
  • Susanne49 4:49 pm on February 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    It’s the artist business… 


    It is the artist's business to create sunshine when the sun fails.
    ~ Romain Rolland ~


    Hi my friend,

    I know a lot of you are sitting just now up there in the North, covered again with a lot of snow and cold temperatures.

    As you can read in the quote above, where R.Rolland says:
    It's the artist business, to create sunshine.

    Here it comes!
    Catch the 1000 tons of sunshine from the Sunshine State of Florida - for YOU to ENJOY....*smile*...

    Thank you all for your kind comments and compliments to my post yesterday, my friends. Love you all!

    Have a wonderful day and please come back tomorrow also for my "Wordless Sunday" photo, here on this blog. Thanks!

    Susanne
     
  • Jilly 2:30 am on February 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Wood: 6 – the Rubbish 


    Renovating a house in a medieval village is not for the faint-hearted.

    Do come back tomorrow when Menton Daily Photo celebrates its 3rd birthday.
     
  • Susanne49 4:11 pm on February 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Pretty close to the ground 

    It's pretty close....!

    This is the spot where the air plains in training are landing - and also starting - to their training flights. It's impressive and also scary looking, to see them fly so close to the ground.

    Patrick Air Force Base
    (IATA: COF, ICAO: KCOF, FAA LID: COF)
    is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It was named in honor of Major General Mason Patrick. An Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) base, it is home to the 45th Space Wing. Additional tenant activities include the 920th Rescue Wing, the Air Force Technical Applications Center and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute.

    (If you are interested, read more about PAFB on Wiki here)

    *****

    My last CLENDARS 2010, still available. Hurry up and get one!

     
  • Jilly 1:20 am on February 5, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Wood: 5 – the Old Gate 


    This wooden gate in Gorbio village is never opened these days.

    Note the tiny 1445 Chapelle des Pénitents Blanc, photographed last summer before it was repainted. Soon, we'll come back here for the Festival of the Pénitents Blancs which takes place at this little chapel in August. The photos have been waiting since then but there is always so much to show you and not enough days! Soon...

    Meanwhile do come back on Sunday when Menton Daily Photo celebrates its 3rd birthday.
     
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