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Süleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
The Süleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul.
The mosque was commissioned by Suleiman the Magnificent and designed by the imperial architect Mimar Sinan.
An inscription specifies the foundation date as 1550 and the inauguration date as 1557.
Behind the qibla wall of the mosque is an enclosure containing the separate octagonal mausoleums of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan (Roxelana).
Thistles
Continuing with my Still Life series...
Margate
Looking for cloud elements I found this shot of Margate which I had ignored all these years.
The Fall
After much consideration and doubt...
Blue pot and portraits
This self portrait should in fact have a subtitle "After Ricardo Perez Alcalá", a Bolivian artist considered to be one of the best aquarellist of Latin America, born in 1939 and died 2013, born in Potosí, Bolivia. In his later years he stated: 'I used to paint what I saw, I now paint what I imagine', very close to my own perception of 'not WHAT I see but HOW I see it'
The Elham Valley: The church of St Mary & St Ethelburga
This is the last stage of our walk from Elham to Lyminge in Kent. The fine church of St Mary and St. Ethelburga y Lyminge
Imaginations III
The Third series or collection of imaginary scenes, fantasies, dreams.
Three postcards from Goodnestone Gardens, Kent
Revisiting Goodnestone Gardens in Kent.
The White Cliffs
Digging in forgotten folders...