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 Alberobello 

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Milano, Italia by Walter_7.3

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St Dunstan-in-the-East | keziasgray

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Jesuiten Kirche Luzern | andante__grazioso

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Berlin Cathedral, Germany (by Pauline Galna)

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Coloured figures of the birds of the British Islands 

By Lilford, Thomas Littleton Powys, Baron, 1833-1896   Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard), 1842-1912  Newton, Alfred, 1829-1907  Salvin, Osbert, 1835-1898  Thorburn, Archibald, 1860-1935

Publication info London :R. H. Porter,1885-1897. BHL Collections: Ernst Mayr Library of the MCZ, Harvard University

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Plant of the Day Tuesday 11 September 2018

Here Persicaria alpina (alpine knotweed) shows how a tall herbaceous perennial can fulfil the role of a shrub in this border. The plant reaches up to 1.8m in height with small creamy-white flowers on strong stems followed by pinkish-red seed heads in late summer.

Jill Raggett

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The CalEdison in Downtown Los Angeles looks pretty bitchen in color, too.

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Lisbon | brancoprata

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Giulio Monteverde - 8 October 1837 – 3 October 1917, Italy - “Monument Oneto” (1882)

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Colmar, France (by MaViDar)

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Santa Maria Novella, Firenze

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Ernst Neizvestny , Ashgabat Turkmenistan

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Mask of Sorrow

Magadan, Russia

59°35′30.62″N 150°48′43.65″E / 59.5918389°N 150.8121250°E / 59.5918389; 150.8121250 

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~ Bas Relief: Herakles Wearing Lion Skin Headdress.

Culture: Roman

Place of origin: Italy

Date: 1st century B.C. - A.D. 1st century

Medium: Terracotta

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“We are disclosing animals, wired for unburdening. It’s what we do as a species. When I am being told, I listen, mindful of the honor, remembering all the while that the shore would be mistaken to believe that the waves lap up against him because he is so beautiful.”

― David Rakoff, Half Empty

Image: The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Photo by Tybo.

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Mask of Sorrow

Magadan, Russia

59°35′30.62″N 150°48′43.65″E / 59.5918389°N 150.8121250°E / 59.5918389; 150.8121250