#LampPosts

Minimalism for the next three posts.
#minimalism #bluesky #lampposts
2025-01-14
Many lampposts in Venice sport a headless eagle along with St Mark's winged lion.

That's because the lampposts aren't Italian or Venetian.

#Venice #Venezia #lampposts #headlessEagles

https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/12/a-headless-eagle/
History Walks in Veniceinfo@historywalksvenice.com
2024-12-24

A headless eagle

Walking my dogs in the nearby Giardini Pubblici (or Giardini Napoleonici as they're also called), my eyes fell on one of the many lampposts.

I've seen them a many times. I walk there several times every day.

They're of cast iron, painted bright green, with some floral designs on them, half obscured by many layers of paint. Close to the base is a coat of arms with the Lion of St Mark, which is on everything the Municipality of Venice makes.

No surprises there.

Then I looked closer at the lion because something was a bit off.

Surrounding the coat of arms with the winged lion is a floral pattern, something that could be a crown, and … a pair of extra wings.

The coat of arms itself had wings.

The dogs had wandered off at this point, doing whatever dogs do when you don't look.

#Curiosities #AustrianDomination #Lampposts #UnificationOfItaly #Venezia #Venice

Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/2024/12/a-headless-eagle/

2024-12-08

Episode two hundred and twenty-four is up now! Today's song is Lamposts by Bell X1.

I discuss this song's slow, mesmerising structure, and how it reminds me of another, better known song, as well as the perfect use of a little Irish in the bridge.

youtube.com/watch?v=q8URy9GcVu

#podcast #dailypodcast #pigeon #pigeonsongspod #music #songs #lamposts #lampposts #bellx1 #paulnoonan #flock #tourdeflock #winter

Jennifer (aka Dr. J)sidewalksafari@pixelfed.social
2024-08-28
I've been away from my keyboard for 2 weeks on vacation and didn't have a chance to post the challengers from the door of the week competition for August 19th. Here they are now!

Our third place finisher for the week of August 19th is Team #Netherlands!

Vote for next week's selection here: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/help-select-the-community-choice-door-of-the-week-aug-26-2024/

#Doors #DoorPhotography #Door #Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #dooroftheweek #lampposts
Black door with a large square transom window. There are large lamps flanking the door. The door frame is a light yellow and the door is set on a red wine colored brick wall
Jennifer (aka Dr. J)sidewalksafari@pixelfed.social
2024-08-28
I've been away from my keyboard for 2 weeks on vacation and didn't have a chance to post the challengers from the door of the week competition for August 19th. Here they are now!

Our second place finisher for the week of August 19th is Team #Portugal!

Vote for next week's selection here: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/help-select-the-community-choice-door-of-the-week-aug-26-2024/

#Doors #DoorPhotography #Door #Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #dooroftheweek #lampposts
Wooden door with a mottled surface set on a yellow facade. There is a lamppost to the left of the door decorated with a container of pink flowers.
Jennifer (aka Dr. J)sidewalksafari@pixelfed.social
2024-08-28
I'm just back from 2 weeks of vacation and that means we have a *double* door of the week reveal!

Here's the second:

The Doors, Glorious Doors by Sidewalk Safari door of the week for August 19, 2024 is... Team #Ireland!

Vote for next week's selection here: https://doors.sidewalksafari.com/help-select-the-community-choice-door-of-the-week-aug-26-2024/

#Doors #DoorPhotography #Door #Travel #Photography #TravelPhotography #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #dooroftheweek #lampposts
There is an ornate historic lamppost in the foreground and the top half of a black Georgian door with an ornate fanlight in the background.
Jennifer | Sidewalk Safarisidewalksafari@flipboard.social
2024-08-20

This week's theme is #lampposts

Open the post to vote for your fave #door and help crown this week's champ! ⬇️
buff.ly/3SLc89t

Will the winner be:
#Ireland
#Portugal
#Netherlands

#Doors
#DailyDoor
#DoorOfTheWeek
#TravelPhotography
#Photography
#Poll
#Polls
#Travel

Black door with a large square transom window. There are large lamps flanking the door. The door frame is a light yellow and the door is set on a red wine colored brick wallThere is an ornate historic lamppost in the foreground and the top half of a black Georgian door with an ornate fanlight in the background.Wooden door with a mottled surface set on a yellow facade. There is a lamppost to the left of the door decorated with a container of pink flowers.
usmu 🍋🏳️‍🌈🤟usmu@kind.social
2024-07-31

Come for the bike infrastructure, stay for the old lampposts.

Or: no matter what kind of object, there's always somebody who enjoys and collects them.

Or: If it has the Netherlands in the title, the Dutch (read me, though I'm certainly not alone in this) will watch the video, regardless of whether or not it speaks to their direct interests.

Or: sometime YT serves up a suggestion too good to not share it.

#lampposts #streetLamps #streetlights #collector #collecting

youtube.com/watch?v=YDfAFh49On

2024-06-24

1981 Nighttime Scene of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey

The image is a painting that captures a serene night scene at the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
It features a street lined with lampposts and buildings illuminated by street lights.
The cityscape is dominated by a mosque with two minarets, which stands out against the night sky.
A bridge can be seen crossing over the waterway, connecting different parts of the city.
Several boats are visible on the waterway, adding to the lively atmosphere.

nocontext.loener.nl/fullpage/0

#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #NighttimeScene #Bosphorus #Istanbul #Turkey #Cityscape #Mosque #Streetlights #Lampposts #Buildings #Boats #Waterway

1981 Nighttime Scene of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey

The image is a painting that captures a serene night scene at the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.
It features a street lined with lampposts and buildings illuminated by street lights.
The cityscape is dominated by a mosque with two minarets, which stands out against the night sky.
A bridge can be seen crossing over the waterway, connecting different parts of the city.
Several boats are visible on the waterway, adding to the lively atmosphere.
2023-07-28

This is one of lamp posts on the Queen Margaret Drive bridge on the west end of Glasgow. From its shape and design, it looks like it might have started its life as a gas-powered lamp and was only later converted to run on electricity. If it is, it's one of the few reminders left of the city's once ubiquitous gas lighting network, which started in 1818 and was finally turned off in 1971.

#glasgow #lampposts #streetfurniture #design #glasgowhistory #pastglasgow #gaslamp

2023-07-20

#RTfromTwitter пока нет (@pokanett@twitter.com):
Спасибо столб! Я как раз не знала куда пойти ⦾ via nitter.poast.org/pokanett/stattwitter.com/pokanett/status/16 #lampposts #signs #marksigns #index #manual #messages #MW

Лист A4, приклеенный к фонарному столбу, на нём напечатано: «Иди прямо, Не сворачивая». Контекст: многополосная дорога, вечернее небо, Москва // A4 sheet pasted to a lamppost, printed on it: “Go straight Without turning.” Context: multi-lane road, evening sky, Moscow

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