Photo taken from bus window showing boats moored at Whau River mouth this morning. The sky is cloudy & grey, the tide is in.
Grey skies & the tide was in this morning on the bus commute into town. #publicTransport #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #bus #somethingBeautiful #aucklandScenes
An American Coot stands in a shallow brackish march looking for a meal below the snags.
#SomethingBeautiful #SketchOfTheDay Archive- #SkagitCounty #Coot in the marsh. From at photo taken on 3/1/26. Water based felt pen sketch on #hobonichiweeks paper
Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth - metal shelves of slim volumes of poetry, and a display shelf at front with sign saying 'Northern Poetry Library'
Another in my series of libraries
Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth, Northumberland.
Not so 'scenic', but a library dedicated to poetry is inherently beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #poetry
An iron dragon handmade by a blacksmith, hanging from a bracket on a stone wall with wooden beam rafters visible above.
#SomethingBeautiful a modern Florentine iron dragon
Wood and iron shutters that fit over the window of the shop like a box
#SomethingBeautiful the shops on the Ponte Vecchio when they're looking all closed up and medieval, shop as casket.
Ram in blues Aberdeen Bestiary
Another in my series of images from medieval manuscripts
#SomethingBeautiful #MedievalSky
New York Public Library - huge reading room with desks and desklamps, chandeliers, arched windows, and decorated ceiling painting with blue sky and clouds
Another in my series of libraries
New York Public Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
An arch that says SPQR and a stone water fountain made of stone books and a stag's head.
#SomethingBeautiful the book fountain in Rome, where I was yesterday
Finely wrought iron gate with circles and swirls, through which you see green Yorkshire hills
#Thursgate in North Yorkshire
#SomethingBeautiful
Melk Abbey library, Austria - ancient beautifully bound tomes on wooden shelves, with decorations on panels, and gold leaf. Huge globe in stand.
Another in my series of libraries
Melk Abbey library, Austria
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
A crowded silhouette forest spilling out of the foreground, black pines and palms filling almost the entire image given shape only by the smallest scraps of tender blue and blush pink evening sunset.
A graceful arc of palm leaves in bold black shadow carves dark lines our of a darkening blue sky.
some beautiful things about the last few days have been loving my partner with my whole heart and long evening walks in warm weather under huge sky
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#SomethingBeautiful
A stone inner courtyard, with many many stone coats of arms on the walls. You can also see a staircase going up to a gallery, with a stone lion at the base of the staircase.
#SomethingBeautiful the inside courtyard of the Bargello, all those coats of arms are nobles from elsewhere who were brought in for a year to be chief of police, and at the end of the year exiled forever, as a measure against tyranny.
A stone castle with a high tower, absolutely surrounded by red rooftops of houses on all sides, just totally part of the fabric of the city.
#SomethingBeautiful the Bargello, Florence's traditional prison and home of the chief of police, now a sculpture museum, seen from the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio.
Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany - marvelous photo of metal winding staircase between high bookstacks, leading to balcony-bridges crossing from one side to the other
Another in my series of libraries
Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
The Arno river, with some clouds, Florence on both sides, framed by one of the arches of the Vasari corridor
#SomethingBeautiful clouds over the Arno in the early morning
Boats moored at Whau River mouth during dawn twilight. The sky is a dull blue, which is reflected by the water's surface & the longer exposure has resulted in motion blur especially evident on the boats in the photo.
Winter is coming. The days are getting shorter & this morning's photo taken through the bus window of the boats moored at the Whau River mouth has motion blur. #publicTransport #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #bus #somethingBeautiful #aucklandScenes
..a zen moment, feel free to watch, relax and share ✨
#sunset #TimelineCleanse #SomethingBeautiful
A white horse with panniers of children's books strapped to her, visiting remote homes. Luna is eating some grass while a very excited child is running towards the books with his mother
Another in my series of libraries
Luna the Library Horse - mobile library in Indonesia!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
A duck-like bird perched on a stone wall, with yellow stone pillars in the background. The bird is a vibrant brown with white underwings and a white head, with a red beak and feet.
#SomethingBeautiful a bird by the Ponte Vecchio. Maybe some kind of duck?
Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire - mini library in a box on a post outdoors on a hill by a bench
Another in my series of libraries
Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire.
Small but beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
The corner of the Baptistery with the facade of the Duomo and Giotto's belltower visible behind
#SomethingBeautiful but here's the reason why, awesome as it is, you don't see it celebrated much. It's literally overshadowed by the Duomo
The slices of the white roof, among the red tiles rooftops of the city
#SomethingBeautiful the roof of the Baptistery seen from the Palazzo Vecchio, looking like a white tent. This is also the only view that shows you how close it is to San Lorenzo. And you can see that it is big.
The green and white octagonal building with other Florentine buildings around it
#SomethingBeautiful the corner of the Baptistery in context of the street
Angled looking up so you see the door, the wall, and the sky
#SomethingBeautiful close up of the doors Ghiberti made for the Baptistery starting around 1400. You can also see how the walls are essentially mosaics. This isn't a facade, it's what they're made of, it's the same inside.
The octagonal baptistery, green and white striped marble with bronze doors
#SomethingBeautiful the Baptistery in Florence, built in 1100, seventy years later they were already saying it was a repurposed temple of Mars, because for them Roman meant "awesome". A thread.
Most of the image is clear golden sunrise sky, and at the bottom a line of trees silhouetted against the sky.
Sky is golden during sunrise this clear morning. The tops of trees provides a nice silhouette. #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #somethingBeautiful #aucklandScenes
A pair of white swans stand in a bright green grass field under a clear blue sky. The two swans look in opposite directions- the one on the right looks off the page to the left, while the one on the left looks right. The butt of a third swan can be seen in the lower left corner.
#SomethingBeautiful #SketchOfTheDay Archive- #SkagitCounty #Swans From at photo taken on 3/1/26. Water based felt pen and prismacolor pencil sketch on #hobonichiweeks paper
