Sunrise over "Big Sky" ski area in Montana USA. The picture was taken from the comfort of a chair by the cozy fireplace. This house has the advantage of magnificent views from every window. This picture is part of my "Jack Frost" album.

Nurit in the ice cave in Iceland. My Iceland albums are on my home page. Please visit.

"Isla Raton" means: The island of the Rats. This island is at the foot of the tallest waterfall in the world Salto Anjel: close to 1000 meters high. We spent the night in this "fancy" accomodations, Hammocks under the million stars. The interior design of this unit is by "Rugs for all". If you wonder why to spend a night in this place, check out the album, and tell me if you think it's worth it.

The Denver Central Public Library's fifth-floor Western History Department. Opened in 1995, Architect Michael Graves ... photo by Marv (BerryMan)

The Colorado State Capital Dome ... by Marv (BerryMan)

In the "VIP Throne-Room"... United Airlines' "Skybox" at Denver's Mile-High Stadium, home of the Denver Broncos NFL football team. For additional "out-of-the-can" photos see my "Marv's Stuff 5" album. ... by Marv (BerryMan)

The Church in the name of Holy Mother's icon “Our Lady Life-Giving Spring” was founded when the Black Dirt (former name of Tsaritsyno) estate was in possession of the Golicins boyar family. Wooden initially, the church is devoted to the icon, the plot of which appeared in the wall paintings at the beginning of the 14 th century and at the end of the 17 th century - in the icons. The iconography of this canon comes from Constantinople, and in the 17 th century it was associated with healing of physical infirmities.

Indoor swimming pool

I shot this gorgeous piano at Caesar's Palace hotel shopping area, in Las Vegas. There were exposed many works by one sea-pianter (I don't remember the name) and all the works were impressive. There was also a Lamborgini with sea-paintings.

The Jordan staircase

Munich residence, Ancestral Gallery

This baptismal font with its lions and elaborate frieze reliefs was carved by Luca di Giovanni for 16 years, completing in 1406.[33] Many other artists have augmented Luca's work.

©Matt Hansen

All lighting was by candlelight for this picture and all others in this album. Chief Vann celebrated a candlelight Christmas like this in 1805 when he invited the Moravian Missionaries to his home. This two story brick home was built by the Chief and was his residence until he was murdered in 1807. His son lived here until the Cherokee were relocated from Georgia to Oklahoma in what is know as the Trail of Tears during the Georgia Gold Rush in 1838.Chief Vann was one of the richest Cherokee. See the rest of the album for a tour of the entire two stories plus attic and basement.

This is a one room log cabin where the poorer Cherokee lived in Georgia in the early 1800s. A big contrast to the Chief Vann's dinning room in the previous image. All lighting for the capture was by candlelight.

Built by Cherokee Indian, Chief Vann. Candlelight is used for the lighting here in a Christmas Celebration as it was in 1805. The ceiling is tall. I wanted to show the detail of the fireplace mantel area and shot it from an angle off to one side. Lower areas are shown in other pictures in this album of the Candlelight Christmas Celebration as it was in 1805. I find this a most unusual dwelling for a Cherokee Indian. It was built by Chief Vann in 1803 and completely finished in early 1804

Shanghai Museum, China. Photoplo 2008 DSC_8082

Vatican, Rome, Italy. Photoplo 2007

Also known as The Lingering Garden, Suzhou, China. Photoplo DSC_7884

Looks like the black won

Note the long tails on the sheep? look like horses to me.

Just like a country house

Laid for English tea

The house was built around the artwork collection brought back from a 6 year "grand tour" of Europe in early 1700's

Ancient Bhuddist monastery in trans- Himalaya, North India

Sainte-Therese church, Saguenay, Canada

Sainte-Therese church, Saguenay, Canada

Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

"Only law west of the Pecos", Langtry, Texas. This is a fine example of early American southwest Architecture.

"Calm be thy sleep as infants slumber! Pure as angel thoughts thy dreams! May ever joy this bright world numbers Shed o'er thee their mingled beams!"-Thomas Moore, 1779-1852.

While I know this picture is not as sharp as it should be, I think it is a beautiful edifice and should be seen.

The maid (a wax figure) pouring a bath for her mistress.

The view in the window is SNOW!! This is actually my fovorite photo; but you always do your best work in familiar soroundings....BTW I was never in Parish NY before!

Beautifully arched columns hold up the ceiling and allow the light to shine through to the ground below. The Christmas decoration emphasizes the architecture and height of the columns.

The lobby, with it's graceful columns and marble floors. The antique clock stands in the middle of the beautiful curved staircase that leads to the concourse below.

This staircase leads up to the lobby which is shown in the next shot.

Paris

Barcelona

It's an ancient traditional Latvian Xmas decoration called 'puzurs'. It's made from straw. Merry Xmas for all my friends here!

This is in the Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum in Teterboro, NJ. Very comfy seats!

at the top of the Reichstag.

Ham legs at the restaurant we ate Breakfast at

in Barcelona.

The interior of the Basilica of the Holy Blood / Helig Bloed Basiliek. A rock crystal phial kept in this church is said to contain Christ's blood, washed from His body by Joseph of Arimathea. It was probably acquired by the Christians following the Sacking of Constantinople in 1204. When I visited here visitors (including myself) queued up to touch the phial of blood.

The view towards the altar. The statues were restored in the 19th century.

Cutler Majestic in Boston , MA

Interiors and exteriors of the cathedral are designed in Old Byzantine style, which makes the cathedral similar to temples of Old Russia in the times of Saint Prince Vladimir

Like a prayer

This was taken from a small parapet just below the Rose Window

It is hard to imagine this building was once used as an office building. It is utterly spectacular. LOC.gov is the website

I know this really doesn't fit the qualifications for this week CC, but thought I'd throw this in anyway as a kind of a twist on things.

I know this really doesn't fit the qualifications for this week CC, but thought I'd throw this in anyway as a kind of a twist on things.

Interior of basilica, Mission Dolores, San Francisco, CA

Arch in Inner Courtyard - Basilca of Santa Croce - Florence, Italy

a ceiling with chandelier (p3338-627k)

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Love the design of this window wall!-- This is in the main house after the registration office and before the dining area. The flowers change with the season. It is always beautiful. The dinning room is behind the window with all the lights. (ps5649-496k)

Saint Stephen Basilic

Barracão c/ sanitarios / "WC"

one of the most beautiful hotel in the picturesque town of Niagara on the Lake in Ontario

an interior display of city folk (life -size models) circa the turn of the century being entertained on a Sunday afternoon in the park. Located in the rotunda building in Opusztaszer, Hungary

a beutifully preserved, typical, village home's interior circa the turn of the century in Opusztaszer, Hungary

Interior of Atlanta Airport... He couldn't quit beeping it ended up being a rolaid pack in his pocket!!!! I couldn't quit laughing at him and I must have took a dozen pictures. Of course that goes with knowing you have nothing to find. We took in great fun and that started a great laugh for a fun trip.

this manipulation is from a picture in one of my cher albums.

in my cher the beautiful smart cat there is a pix of her sniffing money on the table. i made a drawing of her by manipulating that photo.

These stalactites (hang tight to the ceiling) and stalagmites (might some day reach the top) were formed drop by drop over hundreds of thousands of years. A trip to Luray is just one of the many things to do on vacation in Virginia!

Queen Elizabeth Building, Sydney, Australia

My bedroom in the house I stayed after the wedding

'Bhi craic agus ceol againn': We had fun and music. Craic being an Irish language word for good times, gossip, music, drinking, debauchery of any kind, or good clean fun. No real English equivalent. Fun doesn't really cut it though. General banter, good times had by all. Also, a person who is good fun/great company If asked this question by an Irish person, you are expected to give a reply which includes information on how you are, what you are doing, where are you going, with whom are you going there, have you any interesting gossip one might like to hear about, and so on. The shot was taken in O'Conners famous bar, where people from around the world gather just to have some "craic"

This is an elevatorshaft in a tower in Akita, Japan, made out of glass and steel mostly. It's kinda complicated, I don't understand it myself.

3 chapels

Esqueleto humano / A human skeleton

Helsinki, Finland. here's a link to a video of mine to let you hear how music sounds in this wonderful church: http://travel.webshots.com/video/3014483300069727321UiedxT

This is café Vlissinghe, and it dates back from 1515.

The musical fountain in Opryland danced to Christmas music as it changed colors and delighted viewers from near and far. (dsc_7009cs)

Inside the Windmill De Zwaan there is a large cogged wheel and ring gear system that transfers the horizontal motion of the bladed central vane shaft into vertical motion for the grindstone/millstone, which is then be used for grinding grain. The cogged spur wheel, with its wooden teeth, turns the millstones through the smaller gears, known as stone nuts, which can be moved to disengage them (as in this photo) when the grinding stones are not in use. (dsc_4382nx)

Yaquina Head Lighthouse Stairs. Oregon Coast, USA (Yaquina Head album: http://travel.webshots.com/album/558592969RogKFU?vhost=travel )

This is an old chandelier that is in the dining area of our home.

Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi - new and one of the largest in the world

This is more than 800 years old and still amazing

Religious art in the chapel of the LaPurisima Mission, Lompoc, CA

There are nice paintings on the walls of this opera building.

Beylerbeyi Palace had been built in 1861-1865 by Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz. This Palace was used as a summer palace and has a large garden. Each room is decorated with a different color. The couches and curtains are made of the same fabric. There were gorgeous carpets with matching color and very nice chandelier.

Esto es lo que veía desde el sofá de la casa de mi amiga que me recibió en Seattle. This is the view from the sofa at my friend's place.

Natural History Museum,London

Ravenna Duomo

Neonian Baptistery

As primitive as it looks, this studio seems to be well staged with every item well placed. The artspace is in an old jail cell that was once a part of the Fortress of Santiago, Dominican Republic.

The color is constantly changing from green to orange, pink etc.

This was taken throught the window at Maui, Hi. airport. You can see the reflections in the window if you look close.

The Franklin Park Conservatory has one of the largest collections of Chihuly Glass and this is just one of the many.

A gigantic, circular stained glass window) of the Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris. Europe Vacation 7-2008

Botanic Gardens Ballarat

19th century shot tower that has been preserved and incased into a shopping centre.

Holiday Inn Atrium Singapore

New Year's Eve/ Debutante Ball at Club Campestre. Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Paris, France

Interior, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

We need curtains!

Ceiling in the Paris Hotel. La$ Vega$ Nevada.

Glass jellyfish ceiling. Bellagio Hotel La$ Vega$ Nevada.

Interior lighting in a mall. La$ Vega$ Nevada.

Inside the Bodie Island Lighthouse NC

See Randolph Hall album for explanation.

See Randolph Hall album for explanation.

See Randolph Hall album for explanation.

this is in Columbus, Ohio and this particular room is often used for weddings and other formal events with its large staircases and tall green palms.

a very beautiful and old house in Kashan - Iran

A historical mosque in Shiraz - Iran

Tomb Of Omar khayyam neishaboori ( great poet,astronomer and mathematician )

The new dining room furniture.

London - Natural History Museum interior

these are stairs up to the bar in a converted church

At one time this was a church now it is a pub the ceiling was wonderful

looking down the aisle

nope. that's actually the roof of the church of Saint Joan of Arc in Rouen, France

this mall is called 'GUM' (pronounced as goom), and it's in Moscow, facing Red Square. if i recall correctly, there are 3 floors and 3 main elongated shop galleries that are bridged with innovative metal-and-glass vaults

such a beautiful addition to the 'ny carlsberg glyptotek', a danish museum in K�benhavn

Despite of the "impossible" name, Székesfehérvar is a very nice town in Hungary (near Balaton Lake), with beautiful houses and churches. This photo shows the "Black Eagle's Pharmacy", the oldest in the town, founded in 1758, where the pieces of furniture are original in Rococo style.

Interior of the crypt, in St. Peter's Cathedral. An explosion of colours for this wonderful vaulted ceiling; the crypt is the oldest part of the church and dates back to the XII century (restored in 1881).

In Busum, Northern Germany (Northern Sea Coast) you can have supper in this nice fish restaurant, where the interior is decorated with shells, fish and objects coming from ship and boats.

It's the neatest feeling to walk into the Quarter, where the skies are always blue! This is Little Havana, inside the Tropicana in Atlantic City.

Interior designed to give appearence of an old winery cellar. Is actually a tasting room for Sunstory winery in Southern California

He watches over us

Inside Ronald Reagan Library

The Jewel Box is a landmark building located in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri. PC160147

Granny enjoying some Christmas music.

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It was hard to get this vertical construction into horizontal frame...

The darkness brings no quiet here, the light No waking: ever on my blinded brain The flare of lights, the rush, and cry, and strain, The engines' scream, the hiss and thunder smite: I see the hurrying crowds, the clasp, the flight, Faces that touch, eyes that are dim with pain: I see the hoarse wheels turn, and the great train Move labouring out into the bourneless night. So many souls within its dim recesses, So many bright, so many mournful eyes: Mine eyes that watch grow fixed with dreams and guesses; What threads of life, what hidden histories, What sweet or passionate dreams and dark distresses, What unknown thoughts, what various agonies! Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) *Atocha Train Station, Madrid

Enormous golden clock inside the Musee d'Orsay, Paris

INTERIORS

This Courtyard in located inside the Temperate House at the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri. P2181057

Vista House, Columbia Gorge

Some piece of our house.There are openings in all the walls.

Some piece of our house.There are openings in all the walls.

Some piece of our house. There are openings in all the walls.

What looks like the sky is the ceiling painted to look that way

Chinatown is located in downtown San Francisco. It is roughly bordered by Powell Street and the Nob Hill District on the west. On the east is Kearny Street and The City's Financial District. On the north is North Beach and Green Street and Columbus Street. On the south is Bush Street and the Union Square area. Despite its decline, it has been slowly expanding northward into the North Beach neighborhood north of Green and Columbus Avenue. Within Chinatown there are two major thoroughfares. One is Grant Avenue ,with the famous Dragon gate on the corner of Bush Street and Grant Avenue; St. Mary's Park that boasts a statue of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen; a war memorial to Chinese war veterans; and a plethora of stores, restaurants and mini-malls that cater mainly to tourists. The other, Stockton Street ,is frequented less often by tourists, and it presents an authentic Chinese look and feel, reminiscent of Hong Kong, with its produce and fish markets, stores, and restaurants. Chinatown boasts smaller side streets and alleyways that also provide an authentic character.

This way goes to subway from international arrival.

The light fixtures are colorful, unusual and beautiful in the Arts Hotel Lobby. It is fun just to stand in the lobby and look at all the artwork.

This was just one of several swimming pools on the Grand Princess when we took our 10th Anniversary Cruise. We are ready to go again.

The Christmas lights reflect in the shiny black piano, the New York Skyscrapers mirror and the cut glass vase, a lovely sight.

Christmas lights through our front door.

Worcester, England

Worcester, England

Beautiful Bedroom

Inside Chatham Lighthouse. Chatham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

I found this catgory tough, interior shots for me are notoriously difficult. I will submit my 3 favorites, including family , of course :-)! Merry Chritmas from the interior of my heart!

Little Evie inside the cabin

in former days, of course!

Sainte-Jean-Baptiste. Quebec City CN

L'ile de Orleans, Quebec CN

Joe Merli Carriage Works

Washington D.C.

Concourse between terminals at Detroit Metro Airport.

Washington D.C.

This is one view of the Bedford Springs Resort pool that is filled with water from the famed springs. If you look, you can see the reflection in the windows of the lighting in the hallway, to the sitting area,through the French doors info the lounge chairs at poolside to the crystal blue pool water and the levels of balconies above the pool. Layers of elegance.

Hotel Amadeus, Seville

The ceiling of the church 'Regina Palaestinae', part of a convent near Jerusalem. The patriarch who planed the church wanted to decorate the ceiling and the walls with the first words of 'Hail Mary', in as many languages as possible. He asked bishops around the world to provide him with the officials translation of that prayer. By doing this the patriarch wanted the people of the world to participate in honoring 'the Queen of all people' He received 404 translations and chose 280 to decorate the wall and the ceilings.

A wine cellar near Abu-Gosh on the way to Jerusalem. Getting a picture was quite a challenge. It was dark and in front of me a door with a window. I was lucky the window was clean! The window helped to stabilize the camera, because I had forgotten the tripod . . . . .as always

A spectacular view looking up into the high ceiling of Kirkwall's St Magnus Cathedral.The story of the cathedral is a fascinating one.In the early 12th century the Norse Earldom of Orkney had the misfortune to be governed by the sons of the two brother Earls, Paul and Erlend. Where the brothers had shared the rule of the Earldom peaceably, the two first cousins, Hakon Paulson and Magnus Erlendson did not, and the differences between them widened as time went on, and both cousins attracted followers who enjoyed causing trouble between the Earls.Magnus was said to be the more popular of the two, a man of peace and great authority, while Hakon was known to be warlike and envious of the popularity of his cousin. Matters between the cousins reached a crisis in the year 1116 or 1117, and well-meaning friends of the two Earls sought to bring them together by arranging a meeting in the Easter of that year, on the island of Egilsay. Each Earl was to bring two ships and a limited number of men, and both agreed to this. As Earl Magnus crossed to the island, a great wave appeared out of deep sea and crashed down on the stern of the ship. This was seen as a bad omen, though Magnus carried on. And when Earl Hakon was seen to have landed a large force of fully-armed men from eight longships, Earl Magnus refused to allow his men to defend him from his cousin and sought to settle matters in a friendly way, and prayed to God for help in this. Earl Magnus made three offers to his cousin, rather than have Hakon suffer the guilt of killing him. He offered to go on pilgrimage to Rome or Jerusalem, and never return to Orkney. Hakon refused. Magnus then offered to be held in imprisonment for the rest of his life. Hakon refused. Magnus then said that Hakon could blind him, or maim him, and cast him into a dungeon. And Hakon accepted this, but then the followers of both men became angry, and said that one of them must die. Magnus was killed by Hakon's cook, ordered to do this because no one else would. He was buried on Egilsay and later at Birsay, where miracles of healing were experienced about his tomb. In the meantime, his nephew Rognvald sought to regain the Earldom for the family by subterfuge and force, from Norway. Failing on his first attempt, it was then suggested that he seek other help in this enterprise, that of his saintly martyred uncle, Earl Magnus. Rognvald then vowed to build a great stone church to the memory of his uncle. His next attempt met with success, and he became sole Earl of Orkney, having deposed Earl Paul Hakonsson, the son of Hakon Paulsson. Earl Magnus was made into a saint in the early 1130's

a moving place...

This is an old Dutch living room from about a 100 years ago, to be seen at the Zuiderzee Museum at Enkhuizen, the Netherlands

The exuberant interior of Cafe Fanfare at Giethoorn, the Netherlands. This cafe was the decor of the movie Fanfare in 1958.

TRUST ME.....TO PUT UP SOMETHING ALONG A DIFFERENT LINE!!!