Construction of this Canadian national historic site began in 1823 and today nearly 200 years later, the Notre-Dame Basilica, located in Old Montreal is a much venerated and constantly busy historic landmark dedicated to Mother Mary that is an architectural marvel

Zooming in on the butterfly

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Nikon D610, Tamron 150-600mm @ f/6.3 ISO 400 1/125

Photographed in Colombo, Sri Lanka in June this year

Felix

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aka Feelie McWheelie

Intense

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Photographed at the 39th Annual, Thunderbird American Indian Pow Wow, held at the Queens County Farm, New York

Design Detail

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A follow up to my contribution from last week, this design, one of several 100 if not 1000 of stone carvings seen at the Independence Hall in Colombo Sri Lanka.

Open Architecture

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This 10,000 square foot structure known as the Independence Hall was completed in 1953 to commemorate Sri Lanka’s independence from Great Britain gained in 1948 and is located in Colombo and was designed to follow traditional Sri Lankan architectural style and patterns