athens

 looking up to the Acropolis

sometimes, it feels like the world is burning

cloisonne

 

Cloisonne enamelware has been used since ancient times. It involves attaching thin metal strips (often gold or copper) on a metal object creating compartments where a coloured enamel powder made into a paste is added and then fired in a kiln.

some fine blue enamelware for Sunday Stamps

ancient

 

Plovdiv is considered the oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe. And this ancient theatre was discovered in 1970 as a result of a landslide. After a few hundred years of use it had been buried by Attila the Hun but has been painstaking reconstructed. In the summer you can attend a theatrical or musical event. I think you might want to bring your own cushion.

temples

 

Temple of Artemis a Roman temple built in the 1st century AD. Artemis was the patron goddess of Jerash

Gamzigrad, Felix Romuliana an ancient Roman  imperial palace built in the 3rd century BC. Gaius Galerius dedicated the palace to his mother Romula

some antiquities for the beginning of the year 

Happy New Year

heavenly

The China Palace Museum (2015)

the Gate of Heavenly Purity

Five different images of the sun that we don't always see. from 2000.

for Sunday Atamps - se-tenant, selvage

blue

 

Ballet slippers with a swan reflection for the 50th anniversary of Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, (Festival Hall) where one can enjoy  opera, ballet, and classical music.

A footed pot from China

perhaps a teapot?

For Sunday Stamps - the colour blue

mysterious rider

A majestic life sized horseman on a near vertical cliff from around the  8th century.

1st century theatre

Roman Theatre of Orange, Vaucluse France

The theatre was a way of spreading (Roman) culture to the colonies, 

and also a distraction from the political activities of the day.