The Austrian flag outside the Parliament at Vienna.

Now, that connection escapes me...

Well , Leo , there is a flag in both pictures so....?

Yea, the connection was supposed to be the flag.

Good to see you're all paying attention.

Statue of Velazquez, outside the Prado Museum in Madrid

Columns in front of Theatre Royal Newcastle

15th century Thousand Pillar Jain temple



Another view of the structure

I see columns and some statues, so here's a statue and more columns outside Union Station in Toronto.

More columns and a statue:


This is King Frederick II of Prussia on Unter den Linden in Berlin.

Another statue - Hindu god Shiva

Lovely pic Shannon, that statue looks enourmous!

Another statue this time a local Newcastle hero Jackie Milburn centre forward for Newcastle United in the 1950s FA Cup winning teams.



The statue originally stood in the pedestrianised centre of the city in Northumberland Street but was moved to Milburn Junction on St James Boulevard the approach road to St James Park

A different type of sport... The Great Ball Court at Chichén Itza. The "goals" are the stone rings near the tops of the walls (about midway down the wall).

Thanks, Andrea. It's around 15 meters tall.

I'd love to see more shots of Chichén Itza, PDAZ.

Blue skies again.

My skies were not so blue.

Grey skies and the Sierra Nevada Mountains (Spain) in the background.

Mountains and sky in NC.

I can see trees so here's a betel (areca) nut plantation.

Nuts did you say? Well these are carvings of tagua nuts. Also called vegetable ivory, the nuts grow on palm trees in the Panama/Ecuador region.

Another scaly animal carved out of something which once grew:

Years ago, a workmate gave me this carved hen, folkart from his home in India.
Prophetic? I've since joined The Indian Gang and now enjoy my small flock of backyard hens!

Hens have feathers Here is a feather but the bird has flown

Someone wants his feather back...