On Focus Photo Blog http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog New work by Christy Varonfakis Johnson Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:33:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tortoise, Jardim Botanico da Madeira http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnFocusPhotoBlog/~3/GWKUYQzHV40/ http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2013/01/08/tortoise-jardim-botanico-da-madeira/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:30:56 +0000 Christy http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/?p=1094 A large, friendly tortoise

A large, friendly tortoise follows us along the perimeter of his fenced in area at the Jardim Botanico da Madeira. December 2012.

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Graffiti at Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain. The park was designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built between 1900 and 1914. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia. December 2012.

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The ballroom at Casa Canals, a stately old mansion in Tarragona, Spain. Visitors must walk only on the red carpet. December 2012

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Basilica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia , Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece–under construction since 1882. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. December 2012.

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A small display in a chapel beside Santa Cova Holy Grotto at the Montserrat Monastery, an important place of pilgrimage. December 2012.

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This articulated, ivory doll was found inside a sarcophagus along with the remains of a young girl, about five or six years old, in the paleo-Christian necropolis of Tarragona, Spain. December 2012.

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Ancient Roman Amphitheater, Tarragona, Spain. December 2012.

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One of the black Madonnas of Europe at Santa Maria de Montserrat monastery in the Montserrat mountain, Catalonia. December 2012.

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Illuminated fountains in Salou, Spain. December 2012.

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Colossal Statue of Amenhotep IV, sandstone. King Tut Exhibit at the Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA. June 5, 2012.

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