The Picture Thread

[CarolKing]

Challenge Accepted

Beautiful fall morning in North Georgia (USA) by Ben Thomas - BenLThomas

Living in Spain for 9 months and took a day trip to Alicante today. Saw this view and had to stop and ask myself if this was real life

 

[Seren]

 

[momofthegoons]

 

[Seren]

​

 

[pakalolo]

The major art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London, marking one hundred years since the first full day of Britain's involvement in the First World War. Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, with setting by stage designer Tom Piper, 888,246 ceramic poppies will progressively fill the Tower's famous moat over the summer. Each poppy represents a British military fatality during the war.

The poppies will encircle the iconic landmark, creating not only a spectacular display visible from all around the Tower but also a location for personal reflection. The scale of the installation intends to reflect the magnitude of such an important centenary creating a powerful visual commemoration.

We are hoping to sell all of the poppies that make up the installation and, in doing so, raise millions of pounds which will be shared equally amongst six service charities.

That's a fantastic idea.

When my wife and I were on Maui for November 11 in 2010, we tried to find a November 11 ceremony to attend and discovered that there were none. We couldn't even find anywhere to buy a poppy, so we bought the materials and made our own. In fact, we made about 140 of them for our own ceremony. We placed one at the grave of each WW I veteran in the Makawao Veteran's Cemetery and left the rest wrapped around the flagpole.

​

Sidenote: we ran into a WW II vet in the cemetery who told us that Americans put much more emphasis on Memorial Day (which is in May), and that poppies weren't nearly as well known in the US.

 

[Aezhenn]

 

[Reflections]

 

[momofthegoons]

 

[crawdad]

 

[Seren]

 

[Aezhenn]

Fall in Brittany (Huelgoat)

 

[StickyShisha2]

 

[Radio]

 

[BuzzDanklin]

 

[DDave]

 

[lwien]

Windsbornkratersee (A Green Volcano in Germany)

 

[grokit]

 

[Aezhenn]

 

[Seren]

 

[Reflections]

 

[Seren]

 

[momofthegoons]

 

[momofthegoons]

 

[Aezhenn]

 

[Reflections]

Green apartments in vertical forests