Bling

I couldn't tie the two themes together this week so they each have a separate entry.  My bling comes from the Czech Republic.  It was everywhere!  These pictures were taken nearly two years ago now, in Prague.

Numerical analysis

A sandy beach, on a Friday before the schools had broken up for the holidays, taken in the early afternoon.

A shingle (pebbled) beach, taken on a Saturday in the early afternoon, during the school holidays.

It seems obvious that, numerically, people prefer sandy beaches.  I am perfectly happy with that distribution of numbers.  I like having a beach almost to myself.

A clock of course has a numerical basis, even if the numbers themselves are Roman.  This one wasn't numerically accurate though, because the photo was taken at 9:30 in the morning, in Pisa.

This magnificent astronomical clock in Prague must be based on numerical calculations....

... because it even has every day of the year marked on the lower face, the calendar.  However the one thing it doesn't tell, is the time of day.

Pay a visit to TNchick's site where you can find more interpretations of "numerical".

PS I'm still struggling with line spacing and sometimes other formatting disappearing when I switch from HTML to Compose mode in Blogger.  It makes posting very, very laborious.  Is nobody else having problems?

Count the triangles

The wonderfully grand staircases in the National Museum in Prague making beautiful shapes, among them are triangles.

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I am not going to be able to be at the computer very much this weekend, but I'll catch up with you as soon as I can.

Black

This morning I was very much focused on the black clouds above me, but I've just realised that Prague offers a good selection of opportunities.  It's often called the city of 100 spires and most of them are black.

There is even a tower called the Black Tower.

Not very black, I know, but that's its name.  Built in 1135, it's the oldest building in Prague. It wasn't until the big castle fire in the 16th century that it became known as the Black Tower but the name seems to have stuck.

I was intrigued to spot a black chandelier for sale in one of the shops selling Bohemian crystal.

It seems almost a contradiction in styles - black glass tells me modern, but the style of the chandelier is very traditional.  Besides, I don't think you'd get too many of them to the pound, judging by the price tag.

However, returning to the spires, they are everywhere you look, even among the modern chimney pots and satellite dishes.

But the most well known black spires are those on St Vitus Cathedral.

Because of where it is, inside the castle complex, it's really quite hard to get a close view of the cathedral.

But at a distance it's almost always there on the horizon.

To return briefly to the black clouds, they eventually disappeared but not before soaking me thoroughly.   There comes a time in the procedure of being soaked when you realise it's just not worth trying to stay dry any longer.  You may just as well walk right through the puddles and hope to dry off later.  It was that bad.

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I made it!

Back in a few days.