Bali III: Temples

February 22, 2015 by Howard Dale Posted in Buildings/Structures, Film, Landscapes, Places Leave a comment

In an earlier post (Bali II: Around Ubud) I mentioned that I was disappointed because I knew I had taken pictures of some quite spectacular temples in Bali, but was able to find neither the negatives nor the prints. I later added a note that while going through some moving boxes I had found both the prints and the negatives. So here are some scanned images of the aforesaid temples.

Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple

Pura Besakih Temple

Another temple – I can’t remember its name.

Pura Tanah Lot Temple

Goa Gajah Temple

National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen

February 17, 2015 by Howard Dale Posted in Black & White, Places Leave a comment

These were taken in May 2011 with a Panasonic LX3.

I also took some pictures at the museum and I’d forgotten about them until recently. What I remember most about the visit was the the kids and the teachers had moved to another room and I ran to catch up. Unfortunately I tripped, fell and hit my nose on the floor. Apart from that a great time was had by all.

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

January 31, 2015 by Howard Dale Posted in Landscapes, Places Leave a comment

Mausoleums.

I used to go to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery a lot – see posts below:

Sculpture in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Stained glass at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Even though it’s very close to our house in Briarcliff Manor (maybe about ten minutes away) I haven’t been lately. It’s a great place in winter when options for dog walking are few. We probably have about a foot of snow on the ground at the moment so our usual trails are somewhat hard to walk on. The paths/roadways are usually cleared at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery though. Cars are few and far between and this being a cemetery, when there are cars they are driven slowly. Today was very cold and windy but it was also sunny with cloudless blue skys. The cold doesn’t bother me much and it certainly didn’t seem to bother Harley. He loves to run on the snow. Cairn terriers originated in Scotland where I imagine there is quite a bit of snow in winter so maybe it’s in their genetic makeup to run in the snow (in the same way that terriers seem to know that they were bred to kill rats). We were walking around mid-day while waiting for Eirah to finish her dance class – clearly not the best time for taking pictures. Had a great time walking around in this historic cemetery though. As the Wikipedia article says:

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is set in the adjacent Old Dutch Burying Ground. Incorporated in 1849 as Tarrytown Cemetery, it posthumously honored Irving’s request that it change its name to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

For fans of the TV series don’t come to Sleepy Hollow expecting to see something familiar. Apart from some aerial shots the series was mostly filmed in North Carolina.

Lister Statue.

Washington Irving‘s Grave in the Irving family plot. Washington Irving was, of course, the author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle” as well as many other literary works.

Canon trained on Tarrytown in the background. Near the Battle Monument honoring the Revolutionary soldiers who lived in or near Tarrytown. It sits where a cannon sat during the war, guarding the Pocantico River.

Statues at the Delavan Memorial.

The Old Dutch Church.

Bali II: Around Ubud

January 30, 2015 by Howard Dale Posted in Film, Landscapes, Places Leave a comment

My wife was working at a conference in Bali, Indonesia. I’d never been, had heard great things about Bali and felt in need of a vacation so I thought I’d go along. Eirah was working really hard, often into the early hours of the morning so a typical day went something like this. Get up fairly early and have breakfast together; she would then leave for work and I would go off and do ‘touristy’ things; return to the hotel in the afternoon and have a couple of beers around the pool; watch football (soccer) on the TV as the world cup was taking place in asia at that time and I was in the right time zone; meet up (rarely) with Eirah for dinner – I remember one romantic dinner on a beach somewhere. All in all I had a great time; Eirah probably less so. After her conference was over we did manage to get away for a few days together in Ubud.

I have one regret: Bali has some truly spectacular temples (including one perched on the top of a cliff over the sea). I remember taking pictures, but I can find neither prints nor negatives. UPDATE: I was going through some old moving boxes and came across the negatives. Stay tuned. I’ve now scanned some of these negatives and the images can be found here: Bali III – Temples.

Procession, Ubud. Love the boy in the right foreground’s expression.

Landscape near Ubud

Statue

Cats and an offering.

Hotel, Ubud.

Bali, Landscape

Florence – The Spedale degli Innocenti

January 16, 2015 by Howard Dale Posted in Buildings/Structures, Places Leave a comment

An earlier post documented my association with the beautiful city of Florence, Italy. It also mentioned that another post (this one) would provide some interiors of our office at the Spedale degli Innocenti. Here they are: