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Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle here with you today with my June post in the Buildings & Architecture Photography section on LatinosUSA – English Edition. For this post, I am focusing on Light fittings and lamps.

Next week, is the June nature photography post and I am featuring any kind of sea creature.

If you have any kind of sea creature photograph to share in the Nature Photography section, please email me at cheadlerobbie@gmail.com and use the title Photography – Nature. Please also include a short write up about your photograph.

Brass chandelier dedicated to the Brontës by Robbie Cheadle

When my family visited the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth, York, we also visited the Haworth Parish Church (St. Michael and All Angels). This church includes the Bronte Memorial Chapel where Charlotte, Emily, and Branwell are buried. Inside the chapel is an antique brass chandelier salvaged from the original Bronte-era church building. This chapel is dedicated to the Bronte family and has their names inscribed on it.

A selection of lamps and chandeliers from around the world by Thomas Wikman

Thomas Wikman has two wonderful blogs. The first, https://leonbergerlife.com/, features amusing and heartwarming stories about his late Leonberger dog Bronco, as well as other Leonbergers. It also has a lot of information about the Leonberger breed, the history, care, training, Leonberger organizations, etc. Thomas also wrote a wonderful book about Leonbergers which is available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Bronco-von-L%C3%B6wenh%C3%B6hle-ebook/dp/B0B5NN32SR

Thomas’s second blog, https://superfactful.com/, aims  to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.

Thomas is a dog lover and I enjoyed his special book about his Leonberger which also includes entertaining stories about his other dogs. I love all animals so his blog is a must read for me.

Thomas’ comments about his photographs are above the pictures.

Below are photos of the chandelier in the lobby of the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjârvi in northern Sweden. The ice hotel in Jukkasjârvi is the original and largest ice hotel in the world, and it is located above the arctic circle. We stayed there overnight some years ago. The kids loved it. The faint figure behind one of the pillars in the lobby is my younger son. The chandelier was made entirely out of ice, and the lights were provided by fiber optics.

Photo from the ice hotel, the same trip. It shows LED lights lighting up one of the rooms in the ice hotel. Incandescent lights could not be used because they would melt the ice.

Photo of several bright lights inside the Unirea Salt Mine Complex in Romania. This large room was located 300 meters below ground and would of course be totally dark without the lights. This was from our trip to Romania/Transylvania.

These three pictures are chandeliers in the People’s Palace or as it also called the palace of the parliament in Bucharest, Romania. It was built by the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu.

A variety of lamps and street lights by Derrick Knight

Derrick Knight is a wonderful photographer and shares delightful book reviews and garden and home posts on his blog. You can find links to the related blog posts beneath each set of photographs.

Derrick has provided some wonderful seed photographs which feature in the gallery below. You can find some of his seed pictures in this post from his blog: https://derrickjknight.com/2023/08/16/seed-heads/

Picture of a colourful lamp in Derrick’s flat in Soho in November 1976. Behind it, through the window is a Chinese kitchen which was active all night long. You can read the story here: https://derrickjknight.com/2014/01/04/if-you-dont-like-it-move/

Wasps were attracted to this light and interfered with the home decorator. You can read the story here: https://derrickjknight.com/2020/11/04/somewhat-disconcerting-2/

A Christmas window display, probably Selfridges, taken in December 1966. You can read more here: https://derrickjknight.com/2015/02/11/engagement/

Interesting lights with quotations painted on the ceiling. Read further here: https://derrickjknight.com/2024/02/26/the-bearded-pony/

A pretty lamp and its reflection. Find the related story here: https://derrickjknight.com/2017/01/28/from-antiques-to-ancestors/

A stained glass lampshade made by Derrick’s late friend, Giles Darvill, and given as a 50th birthday gift. The first picture shows the children, Ellie, Jack, and Ella, gathered in front of the lamp.

 These street lamps in Gosport Street are typical of those in Lymington. These photographs reflect a conversation in the High Street.

Suzette Benjamin

Photograph contributed by Suzette Benjamin. You can find more of Suzette’s lovely photography on her blog here: https://suzetteb.home.blog/.

Beautiful pendants lights.

All sorts of street and other lights by Ray Whitaker

Ray Whitaker is the editor of MasticadoresCanada. You can find out how to submit your poetry and other work here: https://masticadorescanada.wordpress.com/submissions-guidelines/

Ray also has some lovely poetry books, one of which, Animals, I am currently reading. You can find Ray’s books on Amazon US here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ray-Whitaker/author/B09BPNZ65F

Photograph 1: A night view of a Rhine river Cathedral near Augsburg, Germany.

Photograph 2: The narthex interior of the Cathedral in Buda-Pest, Hungary.

Photograph 3: A lit signpost outside a Gasthaus in Cologne, Germany.

Photograph 4: The Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany. A view from across the Rhine river. This Cathedral escaped the WWII bombing by some miracle. That’s an amphitheater in the blue lights next to it.   

Click on the slideshow to view the photographs.

Thank you to the contributors!

About Robbie Cheadle

South African author, photographer, and artist, Robbie Cheadle, has written and illustrated seventeen children’s books, illustrated a further three children’s books, written and illustrated four poetry books and written and illustrated one celebration of cake and fondant art book with recipes. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.

Robbie also has two novels and a collection of short stories published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

You can find Robbie Cheadle’s artwork, fondant and cake artwork, and all her books on her website here: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/

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