Getting there!
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Ulster University buildings Belfast for #WallsonWednesday #WindowsonWednesday - and I suppose I could have used it for #WeekKforKnowledge if Iโd thought ๐
Ladybird books, where UK kids learnt everything from ABC to nuclear power.
Click for instant nostalgia
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This 1,579lb (716kg) pumpkin was grown in a greenhouse that was pumped full of carbon dioxide to accelerate its growth.
Knowledge that in a few hours you can be in a much warmer place than home
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Neo looking for knowledge.
An information board, which is algae overgrown,has been shot at. There are 6 bullet holes in the bottom half.
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Someone has a problem with knowledge, I think? ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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An abandoned and dilapidated country school in a gravel driveway.
A shuttered K-8 "country" school in western Nebraska.
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#AlphabetChallenge with my final #WeekKforKnowledge entry showing a view I know Iโll hopefully still be waking up to for the next 10 days or so . .
Looking up at the Vancouver Public Library, a modern building but it looks very Roman. The sky is really blue.
One of the most beautiful libraries in the world, apparently. It is lovely ๐คฉ #SkySunday #WeekKforKnowledge #AlphabetChallenge
๐Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC ๐จ๐ฆ
glass cabinets with a lot of different glasses in which parts of plants are shown
Collection in the Botanical Garden of Cluj / Kolozsvar, Romania
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An engraving of Georg Ehret holding and drawing a flower. From Christoph Jakob Trewโs โPlantae selectae โฆโ [Nuremberg, 1750-1773], with hand-coloured engraved botanical plates after Georg Ehret by Johann Jacob Haid. Cambridge University Library, MH.1.44
Knowledge of plants.
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Good to know how to behave at a volcanic eruption site ๐
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The top of a crest pole beneath a skylight at the top of a marble-clad staircase. A large stone and marble entrance a few steps below is labelled "Samuel European Galleries."
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The 80-foot tall Crest (or Totem) Pole of Sagฬฑawฬeen (Nisga'a, late 19th century) faces the Samuel European Galleries on Level 3 of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto.
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Ice
Above Artic Circle at N80ยฐ, above the Artic Circle.
Moving ice, it's calming, mesmerizing, and potentially deadly. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKnowledge #SilentSunday
Artic Ocean
๐งญ80ยฐ54'09.0"N 14ยฐ19'07.9"E
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A grand corridor in a Victorian style art museum. 3+ stories high, the top portion has white steel girders and skylights while the other two floors are stone with dramatic archways and an enormous staircase. Hanging from the ceiling and dangling down one to two stories are white head shaped pendants.
Kelvingrove museum, Glasgow 2014
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I knew there was a reason I hung this poster on my wall 30+ years ago!
Imagination, creativity and kindness. It is what this community brings to the table and knowing this is what makes my heart smile.
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A picture of a man sitting in an armchair in a library. The picture is captioned "The person you will be in five years depends largely on the information you feed your mind today. Be picky about the books you read, the people you spend time with and the conversations you engage in." Credit to Ruben Chavez
Iโve been reliably informed by someone in the know over on the dark side that sheโs drying fish! Itโs apparently a Chinese thing. I would guess itโs true as there was a rather odd smell around at the same time ๐ So now we know!
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Knowing how to have fun whilst being begged to strike a perfect pose by proud parents.
Duomo, Milan
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The gateway, diagonally on from the street, into a small yard in front of the entrance to the museum. In it are visible some historical re-enactors in costume with props. There are posters on the wall, museum signs, and shuttered windows in the distance.
Ely Museum, on Market St. In a previous incarnation this was a prison and the street was Gaol St.
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Coulรฉe de lave froide qui descend au bas d'une montagne comme une cascade. Reykjanes (septembre 2023)
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When visiting Iceland, one thing you learn is ''Do not walk on the lava''!
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'They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.' -Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
Merlin Sound ID identified the songs of these birds, part one.
Merlin Sound ID, part two.
Hereโs who is singing in my yard this morning. The cartoon character Woody Woodpecker was based on the Pileated Woodpecker, and their voices are pretty similar.
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And I love the synchronicity of this being on Hope St
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Two examples of early Croft museums, on Papa Westray and Sanday on Orkney. A measure of progress writ large, however often we view the present with such a pessimistic eye.
Closeup of apple tree
The knowledge that apple season is fleeting so pick them when you can! #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKnowledge #apple #travel