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Cocido madrileño (Madrilenian stew)
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Knights and squires
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Traboules
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Graffiti
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Cave
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Casual encounter
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Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch
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Sri Lanka Hoppers
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Virgin and Child
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Bodgurri (Boab)
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Cocido madrileño (Madrilenian stew)
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PostSun Aug 03, 2025 6:41 pm
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This Madrilenian stew is a traditional chickpea-based stew associated with the Madrid region. It is most popular as Sunday lunch during the winter. Long-cooking cocidos are thought to be derived from Sephardic adafina recipes. Societal discrimination against conversos (Jewish people who became to Catholics) in early Modern Iberia and the subsequent fear of being denounced as a crypto-Jew favoured the incorporation of pork into meals. Soon lard, bacon, chorizo (pork sausage) and morcilla (blood sausage) were added to the dish.

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Traboules
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PostSat Jul 26, 2025 7:01 pm
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The word ‘traboules’ is a corruption of the Latin ‘trans-ambulare’, or ‘to pass through’, dating back to the 4th century, allowing folk more direct access to the town’s fresh water source than the winding streets provided. Lyon’s secret covered passageways, or traboules, are an ideal way of visiting the city’s hidden and colourful past. Every traboule is different though. Each has a unique pastel colour, a particular curve or spiral staircase, vaulted ceilings or Renaissance arches. Some have counted as many as 400 traboules i ...
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Knights and squires
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PostSun Jul 20, 2025 12:25 pm
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In Spain, as in other parts of medieval Europe, knights were mounted warriors of noble birth who received formal training in arms and warfare. Squires were young men, also of noble birth, who served as attendants to knights, assisting them with their equipment, horses, and daily needs, while also receiving training in arms themselves. I took the picture in Avila (Spain) when we visited a Medieval Market.

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Graffiti
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PostSun Jul 13, 2025 5:22 pm
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Modern graffiti began in the New York City subway system and Philadelphia in the early 1970s and later spread to the rest of the United States and throughout the world. Melbourne is renowned for its street art (graffiti), and pop culture. I took the picture of this week at the AC/DC Lane in Melbourne, its message is raw and very relevant to current world events.

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Cave
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PostSun Jul 13, 2025 5:20 pm
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This particular cave is one of the many wind caves in Uluru (Ayers Rock). These caves are typically rather shallow. Overhanging rocks, shelters which have been used by the Australian aborigines of the area since time inmemorial. The caves are cool, provide shadow and sometimes have springs or some remains of the last rain.

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Casual encounter
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PostSun Jun 29, 2025 6:25 pm
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The picture of this week falls into documentary photography. It is an unusual street scene. A young guy with two cats in his shoulders walks casually along the street as it is the most natural thing in the world. Three young ladies stops him and talks to him in an Asian language and one of his cats watch the women with intense curiosity.

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Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch
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PostSat Jun 21, 2025 8:06 pm
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In 1993, Alison Weaver and Paul Quinn were appointed to make their mark on the corner of Bourke and Swanston Streets, which they did with their sculpture called Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch. It represents Batman, Swanston and Hoddle, who were Melbourne's early pioneers. It is a humorous representation of society's consumerism.
Batman came from Hobart and negotiated with the local Aboriginal peoples in 1835, to acquire land in the Port Phillip area for the Port Phillip Association.
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Sri Lanka Hoppers
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PostSun Jun 15, 2025 9:06 am
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Sri Lanka Hoppers are popular due to their unique flavour and texture. They are made with fermented batter for a crispy exterior and soft, spongy interior, which many people find appealing. Hoppers can be served for breakfast or as a snack, or with curry. They are enjoyed with chutneys and sambols (accompaniment dishes). In the picture, the hoppers compliment a chicken and an okra curry. The sambols are caramelised onions and a chilli-based coconut blended with lime juice, ginger, curry leaves and spices, which add extra flavour and interest to ...
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Virgin and Child
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PostSun Jun 01, 2025 12:20 pm
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau painted this “Virgin and Child” oil on canvas painting in 1888, during the Neoclassicism movement. The painting is housed in the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, Australia. The work captures devotional and aesthetic values of the religious art. Bouguereau created a sense of sanctity and dignified serenity within the scene.

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Bodgurri (Boab)
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PostSun May 25, 2025 11:08 am
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This tree is in Careening Bay on Coronation Island, where King (Phillip Parker King was an early explorer of the Australian) careened his cutter, HMS Mermaid, to make repairs in 1820. The ship's carpenter engraved the name of the ship on a Boab tree, and it is still visible. Nowadays, Careening Bay is within the Prince Regent National Park and a permit is required to visit the site.

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Wedding Cake
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PostSat May 17, 2025 7:25 pm
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I took the picture in Germany. It certainly doesn’t look like the traditional cake served at a wedding receptions following dinner, but it was in the shop window as a wedding cake. Traditionally, wedding cakes were made to bring good luck to all guests and the couple. Nowadays, however, they are more of a centrepiece to the wedding and are not always even served to the guests. I guess this one is just one of these cakes or perhaps it was made to demonstrate the craftsmanship of the cake maker.

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Water Lily
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PostSun May 11, 2025 12:46 pm
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The family contains about 70 known species. Water lilies are rooted in soil in bodies of water, with leaves and flowers floating on or rising from the surface. I took this picture at the resort I was staying in Port Douglas a few weeks ago.

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