Nichée au cœur d'un pilier dans une salle attenante à la mairie du 8e arrondissement de #Lyon, une sphère mystérieuse qui doit tout simplement être un éclairage.
Avec en prime un #blason de #lion en haut du pilier 🦁
Well well, some new residents in the zoo. Actually they are two but the other one didn't really want to present more than his butt to the visitors so this one will have to do.
On a side note, they do have a really dedicated hair stylist, just look at that perfectly groomed mane!
Unfortunately, being the rock stars and picky kittens they are, the building with my personal fennecs is closed off, so I have to wait until Sir Lion is comfy with his new enclosure.
The Caledonian Railway Lion on the former Bridge Street Station building in the Laurieston area of Glasgow. It was designed by James Miller and was opened in 1890. It closed in 1905 when it was replaced by the expanded Glasgow Central Station on the other side of the Clyde.
So @deb and I finally checked out The Wild Animal Sanctuary right outside of Denver. They’re really doing some wonderful work to provide a healthy home to so many animals that have had a hard life! If you ever have the chance to check it out I HIGHLY recommend you swing by and help support their work and get to see some new friends while you’re at it. Honestly it’s so nice to see these animals have so much space roam and be happy and healthy.
Oh and this is where a lot of the Tiger King tigers ended up.
Here are some highlights of the obscene amount of photos I got today 😆
#MosaicMonday:
Castellani (Italian, 1814–1930)
Micromosaic #lion brooch, c.1870
gold & glass, 3.5 x 4 in (8.9 x 10.2 cm)
"The imagery of this brooch may have been inspired by the lion's head depicted on a Roman floor mosaic discovered in the House of Doves in Pompeii."
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2021.756: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/567548/micromosaic-lion-brooch
The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis. You are a nearly orphaned pre-teen multiverse traveler who unleashes an egotistical tyrant from their world, who tries to take over ours but you divert her to a brand new world created by a singing cat, thus creating a multi-generational (and multi-book) conflict in Narnia.
In winemaking, CO2 pushes grape skins to the top, where they aromatize into the surrounding air -- resulting in a loss of the tannins and esters that would otherwise be part of your wine.
A simple punchdown, a good stir, is a necessary part in capturing the detail and nuance found in something as simple as grape skins.
No better way to do it than under the sun with @okage1