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been waiting to watch the rugrats movie a lot lately. trying to stay up for stranger things 2 but man oh man, the sleep is sinking in.
Camera: SX-70 Model 2 (I keep forgetting to specify which make)
Film: Polaroid Originals SX-70
"Hello, Igglepiggle!"
-The narrator, pushbutton sound and second SFX
Filmed and sighted at Victoria Shopping Centre in Southend-on-Sea.
Released by Jolly Roger in an unknown year under license from Ragdoll Productions for BBC. This unit is distributed by Photo-Me.
NOTE 1: The V2 has the opening theme and different SFX (including the attract mode as one of its SFX!) In fact, this is the only V2 of this ride that I have ever seen in my entire life!
NOTE 2: I may hate In the Night Garden... and the V1 of the kiddie ride, but I don't care much for the V2 because it's not so common.
Equipments: Canon 5D Mark II. Sigma EX 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM.
It is not unusual that some homeless, or sometimes even street performers, ask you for change when you ask them for a picture. I almost never give them money; I am just not comfortable with it.
Well, things change. Today, I saw Chris on the corner, with his "birthday sign" (I highly doubt it's his birthday, though) and asking passer-bys for change. I thought, it will make a good picture and it has a good story. C'mon, the guy is shirtless, old and has a birthday sign, it got to be good. So, I went up to him, and this was how the conversation went:
"Hi there, I am working on a street photography project, and am just wondering if I can take a picture of you."
"You have change?"
I hesitated a bit, but thought "what the heck, just give him some change." So I reached into my pocket and see what I have.
I gave him a dollar.
"If you want a picture, it will be 2 dollars."
"Alright, then I will take this dollar back and you have a good day."
"Alright alright, just one picture!"
So, this is the picture. For the moment, I couldn't figure out who's taking advantage of whom.
For the rest of the day, I feel terrible for 4 reasons:
1. I broke my principle in order to get a picture.
2. I won't be able to use this picture in the future if I want to make a book out of this project for the charity because, first, I won't be able to track him for a consent; also, he will want more money if I did get a hold of him.
3. I was being "generous" for the wrong reason.
4. And, most importantly, I am a dollar short.
I almost didn't post this picture, because I hated it. However, I post it anyway to remind myself of this little encounter, and to share this story to all of you.
10 Things About Me
1. I love Khatam. The picture above is one of my jewelry boxes.
From Wiki: Khatam is a Persian version of marquetry, artforms
made by decorating the surface of wooden articles with delicate
pieces of wood, bone and metal precisely-cut geometrical shapes.
Khatam kari is the art of crafting a Khatam. Common materials
used in the construction of inlaid articles are gold, silver, brass,
aluminum and twisted wire. Artworks with smaller inlaid pieces
are generally more highly valued.
2. I’m LOVING my new iPhone. Hi, my name is Marcie and I'm an AppAholic!
3. I’m a Southern California native...born and raised and I’ve never
lived anywhere else.
4. I’ve had my own business since I was 24 and I’m now 42.
5. I’m not very good at following rules sometimes. My mother raised
me to follow the rules but after almost 20 years of being my own boss,
I find it difficult to walk to any beat that’s not my own.
6. I got a red light ticket last year that cost me $455! Did the traffic school
online.
7. I love butter! Always have to buy unsalted because that way, you have better control
over the salinity of your dish. Plus, salted butter lasts longer on the shelf so if you
buy unsalted, you’re generally getting a fresher product.
8. I hate paperwork but just started using Excel so I can keep better tax records for the biz. So far, it seems to be pretty cool and I think it’s going to be so much easier doing taxes at the end of the year!
9. I once had a stalker. An old boyfriend who just couldn’t let go. He called and
threatened me for months at work....favorite phrase was "I'm going to carve your face up bitch!".....needless to say, I was pretty freaked out for about a year of my life. He seems to have settled down as I passed him in the Costco about 15 years ago and he didn't bother me then, or since.
10. I don't use a DSLR...I have a Leica D-Lux 4 and love the small, compact size with high quality lens.
1- I have to say, I really like the first of the new Star Trek movies. It's a fresh take on the franchise.
2- I'm looking forward to the newest movie this summer. *fingers crossed* I hope it has the same type of excitement that the first one had.
3- I tend to watch foreign movies late at night. It's a guilty pleasure.
4- I used to dream I could grow long fingernails so I could paint them. Now I can't keep my nails short enough and nail polish is a hassle.
5- I still like to have painted toenails though. Especially in summertime. They are currently bright red.
6- I can almost never dress correctly for NYC. I'm either too cold or too hot or my feet hurt. I now have one pair of shoes that totally rock for pounding the pavement in the city and won't wear any other shoes in the city now if I know I'm going to be walking all day. I am a function over fashion type person in all things.
7- I'm currently listening to The Logical Song by Supertramp....
8- ...also listening to The Lumineers - Ho Hey...
9- ....and Amos Lee - Colors.
10- I have extremely varied tastes in music and don't give a crap what others think about my musical interests. You like what you like and that's that. Music snobs piss me off anyway.
11- I keep dreaming about kittens. Does this mean I want a kitten or is it because I keep seeing cat videos on FB? I think both.
12- I want to go up in Hot Air Balloon. I think they are amazing.
13- The 1940 version of Gaslight is the best. Anton Walbrook is such a fabulous villain.
Bonus - I love rosemary and I'm currently craving garlic mashed potatoes topped with crushed rosemary. Mmm... yum!
Questione di dettagli 2!
Meeting delle Italian Girls Photographer a Firenze. 10 Maggio 2010
Cris {mommy to nicho♥ wifey.}: www.flickr.com/photos/_girlwithcamera/
When Aubrey told me that I was going to be using the megaphone that had been siting in the kitchen office for several months as my next prop I had several ideas, this wasn't one of them. Actually, the only reason I shot this photo was because I looked outside and saw the sunset and decided I wanted to take a photo of it for the 365 but had to incorporate the megaphone somehow. I thought it'd be rather easy but it was quite windy out and getting a composition amongst the poles on the roof was not as simple as I thought.
The few things I learned with this photo:
1) I am not ready to sacrifice any of my gear for a photo. I nearly crapped my pants as a big gust of wind came through and shook both of my lightstands, nearly knocking them over and possibly dropping my speedlights the four stories down to the ground while I was trying to set this up.
2) I have officially jumped onto the cliche strobist photo train. I don't know, I really love it when people shoot these outdoor strobist photos but I just don't care much for the end result of this one. A ton of things I'd change about this one after viewing it on the computer.
3) Even on a rooftop I can't help but draw attention of people wondering what the hell this crazy white guy is doing. I have to love people here though because when they stare, they stare. When I was setting up for the shot one of them asked me if I was a sniper. How do you respond to something like that?
53/365
Aubrey challenge: 10/46 (megaphone)
Strobist info: SB900 @ 1/8 (probably should have been at about 1/16) @ 50mm bare camera right about 4' from me | SB900 @ 1/64 @ 35mm bare camera left about 3' in front of me hanging over the edge of the building | 2 Nigerian women and a baby about 8' camera right staring at me wondering what the hell I was doing | Fired via PocketWizard MultiMax Transceivers
Camera info: Nikon D700 | Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8 | 21mm | 1/160s | f13 | ISO200
Heres another shot of "Dobby" our house guest whilst his family are away. A lovely little dog.
Since getting the Xpr0 2, I am really enjoying the 18-55mm again. The Pro2 just seems to get the very most out of this lens, the forgiving ISO really helps, but for me there is just something that really works with this lens. It just sits nicely on the Pro 2 and it certainly taking up more time than any other lens I have at the moment.
This is the jpeg from camera, shot Classic Chrome, moved into Lightroom CC, cropped slightly, and that is it.
1/100 @f/3.6, ISO 400, 18-55mm @ 37mm
Telecommunications.... Old Skool.
Assignment 2. I feel bad a bout some of these ideas I've been coming up with lately, I feel like I'm phoning it in! So show us a picture of telecommunications. A huge part of our life these days, and surely there's a need for some great stock around this topic. Phone it in! Tag with cwd802
Me no 2 : I just Adore Smsing People . . But I Can't stand " call them "
الحقيقة الثانية :
انا امووت ع شي اسمه مسجات
احب اغربل العالم بمسجاتي واسولف وياهم ..
سوالفي كلها بالمسجات بس
جي مادري احس بمتعة وحماااس
اكثر من استخدام التليفون
بصراحة ما اطييق اني اكلم حد ع الفون ماعرف ليش ..!
افضل المسجاات عن الاتصال ..!
والله ياخي المسجات يعطوونك شعور حلوو حده
جي لما اطرش مسج ياخذني الحماس في انتظار الرد
واقعد اراقب الفوون بطريقة غريبة
ولما اسمع رنة المسج اوووه جوفوني شلون افززز اقرا المسج بكل حب ومتعة واندماج
خخخخخ حتى ولو كانت السالفة عادية ..!
مادري ليش استانس لما اييني مسج واتضايق لما حد يتصل ;P
*16\365 project*
{ 2 \ 35 Me project }
There was I, with my borrowed compact S90 (thank you Nick!) coddled in its safe-to-40-metres waterproof case (thank you again) even though the camera didn't touch the water, and this girl is taking self-portraits with her iPad 2 in the pool!!!
My search-fu must've sucked because I couldn't find a good size comparison of these two lenses. So, here it is.
Left is the Canon FD 55mm 1.2 S.S.C.
Right is the Canon FD 50mm 1.2
I bought the 55mm for my E-P1 but found it to be way too huge for the camera. The 50mm, on the other hand, fits nicely.
These old FD lenses look flat out amazing on Micro 4/3. The crop is 2x, so the 55mm becomes a godly portrait lens. See below:
this shot taken when i wokeup thats why everything is horrible !!
for those who tagged me in 14 facts about your self !!
this is the 14 facts =$ <_<!! hehe XP
1. am a muslim guy n i am proud of it el 7amdulilah!! !! put under muslim 77 red lines hehe XP
2 .i sleep with open eyes *_* thats mean my eyes never reset sicko!! n its kinda funny coz sometimes my friends keep talking to me n they don’t even know that i am sleeping XP !!
3.if i don’t drink coffee when i woke up .. then i am not good the whole day!! i must drink a mug of coffee every morning lolz >_<!!
4. i haaaaaaaaaaaaate milk since i realized that there is something called milk , i mean pure one hehe XP ,, usually i mixed it with coffee !!.
5. i studied Computer Science at Qatar University!!
6. am a photoshop freak actually !! b4 3 years i started photography!! n then i mixed it with photoshop skills , it is so faallaaaaah .
7 Everyday is a challenging to me. Everyday i try to learn something new!! n i always try to make the right choice in my life that serve me n my religion .
8. i am a “tae-kwon-do” player n coach holding 3rd DAN from Kukkiwon World Tae-kwon-do Federation .
9. guess what hehe i have a “ beard “ =P... n i have this “DeJa Vu” thing alot !!
10.i smile but not in the pictures =P ..and i don’t get angry so fast , but when i do so everybody notice that lolz !! .
11. i think alot alot alooooot alot of alot alot o f things n this is a huge problem in my life , n i talk to my self , sometimes i open a huge conversations especially when i am angry heheh XP << sicko!! mom caught me once *_* << besmelah era7man el ra7em !!
12.i haaaaaaaaaaate hate hate hate hate big-headed n racist!! like u cant imagine!!
13. my friends say that i am an arguing guy =D!! n i tell the truth in the face even if it hurts!! .
14.God!!! i wrote the whole thing above @_@ can you imagine!!!!.
tagged b4 www.flickr.com/photos/oth313/3264024430/ !!
Enjoy!!
Huddersfield operates a relatively small fleet of midi Wrightbus Streetlites, one such example is 47494, SN64CHG.
Fleet No. - 47494
Reg. No. - SN64 CHG
Chassis - Wrightbus Streetlite DF
Bodywork - Wrightbus
Seating - B37F
Taken - 26/03/2022
Please Note:
1 - All images are copyright and must not be used without full permission from myself. All images published on here are my own work and taken on public property unless full permission has been given to enter a premises.
2 - I always try to include some information about the bus or the route in picture to the descriptions, however sometimes information may be listed incorrectly, if so I would be grateful if you could let me know what amendments need to be made.
Hello every body =D
i've been tagged by AbdulAziz AlKhalDi Photography ~© and my sweet cuz Danah to write 10 facts aboute my self , soo here we go XD
1- Shadan "شدن" is my real name , i really like it .
2- i'm the eldest in my famliy .
3- i'm a Mac user .
4- i Never Ever eat Kathchab =S.
5- i looove to experience new things in my life.
6- i'm a tall girl and i really injoy to be a tall person XD << 3z allh .
7- i'm a big fan of Jane Austen movies .
8- salt , ice , my phone , (danah, maram and arwa) , cam , pillows, green tee , flickr , Garnada mall , chocolate , things from my daily life and i can't live without them
9- i forgive but never forget !!
10- my fav type of mucis is the old one , such '3reed alsh62 , 3db al7llem songs.
i tag :
Lulu^_*
ShOshe { Aisha M. Al-Othman }
Azoooz Abdullah
F A 6 O M PHOTOGRAPHY ✿
Artsee Fartsy
Nina.M (P2BK)
~ Jewella ~
[ .. FaISaL .. ]
عليّ ~ Ali
LK59 ( very busy )
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Taken in Al Damam .
*without edit =)
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silly comments well be deleted
Driving down Unter Goldschmeid in central Cologne was this Honda CR-V from the United Kingdom. The car was originally registered to the medieval cathedral city of Norwich, located in eastern England. The car was originally purchased at a Honda dealership in Norwich itself, and is currently on its third owner.
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Once the front-line appliance from Mexborough, YR52ODN now takes up a new role in the reserve fleet, standing in for other fire appliances when required. It is seen here in Doncaster Town Centre understood to be working Doncaster2 substituting for Doncaster6-the Combined Aerial Rescue Pump.
The fleet use to house 18 of these Mercedes-Benz Ategos, however 5 have returned off-lease in 2011 and the 52 registered ones are almost at the end of their lives with South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue.
The Mercedes-Benz appliances have been replaced by newer and more technological Scania pumps with Emergency One bodywork.
Fleet No. - n/a
Reg. No. - YR52 ODN
Chassis - Mercedes-Benz 1328
Bodywork - MacNeille/Saxon
Type - Rescue Pump
Please Note:
1 - All images are copyright and must not be used without full permission from myself. All images published on here are my own work and taken on public property unless full permission has been given to enter a premises.
2 - I always try to include some information about the bus or the route in picture to the descriptions, however sometimes information may be listed incorrectly, if so I would be grateful if you could let me know what amendments need to be made.
Bronze (joined lost-wax castings)
Late 5th-early 4th c. BCE
Probably made by a workshop at Velzna/Volsinii (Orvieto)
Found at Todi (ancient Tuder; see on Pleiades), loc. Monte Santo (today Montesanto), site of a Franciscan convent, in 1835, buried beneath travertine slabs
H 1.41 m
The figure, a warrior (not necessarily to identify as the god Mars), wears a tunic and cuirass and once held a patera in the right hand and a spear in the left (the patera and remains of the spear were found together with the statue). The figure's helmet was not found.
One of the pteryges of the lamellar cuirass bears an inscription in Umbrian alphabet and language (Imagines Italicae Umbria / TVDER 2; ST Um 16; Ve 230):
ahal trutitis dunum dede
The exact name of the donor is uncertain (Ahal Trutitis? Ah. Al. Trutitis? Aha. l. Trutitis?); whoever it was "gave (this) as a gift." Trutitis has often been compared to names of Celtic origin, while ImIt compare it to the Italic for quartus.
In the collection of, and photographed on display at, the Museo Gregoriano Etrusco, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
Bought by the Pontifical State in 1836
Inv. MV.13886.2.1
catalogo.museivaticani.va/index.php/Detail/objects/MV.138...
I am required to post a "self-portrait" and list 16 things about myself then tag 16 other people.
First of all...thank you to my friend, georgewashington42 for "Tagging" me in Flickr's newest game.
16 Things About Myself
1.I was rescued from a burning car in 1989 by two strangers. This is one reason why I use a phoenix avatar on Flickr, though actually I was using that nickname before the fire.
2.I plan to sign up to take a workshop on Acrylic Abstract in February, looking to expand my horizons by painting.
3.My favorite colors are purple, blue, and green.
4.I absolutely LOVE winter! Bring on the SNOW !!! :-)
5.On a personality test to determine which Lord of the Rings character I most resemble, I come out as Gandalf the Grey.
6.Similarly, if I were a horse, I would be an Arabian. Fiercely independent, intelligent, playful, a loyal friend.
7.Forrest Gump and I have much in common. Ping pong, distance running, unusual adventurous coincidences out of the blue clear sky …
8.When I bought my first digital camera, I was too scared to even take it out of the box for three whole months.
9.Horses, cats, and birds are very special to me.
10.I love Ohio, especially Amish Country, the Hocking Hills, and Kelleys Island.
11.I used to march as a bell player in a drum & bugle corps sponsored by a firehouse. Being in parades and at fairs was tons of fun.
12.I vastly prefer staying at a Bed & Breakfast out in the country while I’m on vacation … with no television.
13.I once won the jackpot at Bingo under a full moon on a Friday the 13th.
14.As you can see from my portrait, I enjoy Photoshop. :-)
15.One of my best homemade gourmet dishes is shrimp and scallops cooked in rosé wine with butter and lime juice, served with rice.
16.Flickr with its awesome community has been both inspirational to me as a photographer and enriching to my personal life.
I have been tagged a few times so better do this....16 random facts about me:
1. I am the youngest *by 3 minutes* of 4 children. I have a twin sister and 2 older brothers.
2. I am still scared of the dark.
3. I think all.the.time...it never stops!
4. One of my biggest fears is getting cancer, I have always had this feeling for as long as I can remember I am going to get it.
5. This is hard!
6. I am a comfy undie girl...not into the sexy ones that go up my bum!
7. Saying 'no' is hard for me.
8. The Golden Gate bridge is a dream of mine - I am desperate to see it!
9. Don't put me in small spaces, I panic big time!
10. In high school I was voted "the first to own my own business" in my group of friends, instead I was the first to have a baby. But now, the first to have my own business also!
11. Sorry these are so boring.
12. The heat makes me cranky. DH quietly goes and puts the a/c on ;)
13. I cry a lot, sometimes I don't know why...but it feels better after!
14. I enrolled into University - for one day. Never went back.
15. I love Friday nights.
16. Thanks for reading xx
1. I was born March 22, 1964.… I’m 44 today!
2. I’m a SAHM to 4 kids. I substitute teach, baby sit and make and sell jewelry.
3. I think I was a little depressed before I found flickr.
4. I live in a town with a population of 399 in an old, charming house (that needs a lot of work) on about 6 acres.
5. I have a degree from Abilene Christian University, which my dad still kids me about never using. Hey, at least I finished college and did it in 4 years!!
6. I was brought up in a very religious home…. Too strict, but my parents taught me that God was always number one and I still live that way.
7. Purple is my fave color.
8. I have 2 older sisters and 1 older brother… I’m the baby :O)
9. The “F” word offends me… A LOT!
10. I think 70’s rock is my favorite music.
11. I love candles.
12. My purpose in life is to be a mother, but I’m still searching for less important purposes.
13. I love sugar!
14. When I was about 4 or 5 years old a lady at some wedding we were at told my mom that I should be a model. My mom never followed up on it and for years after that I told people I could have been a model :O)
15. My brother makes me laugh harder than anyone in the world.
16. I was in love with and obsessed with the Bay City Rollers in the mid 70’s. I was going to marry Ian Mitchell. I’m now one of his my space friends… who woulda thought.
17. I’ve loved taking pictures since I was in elementary school.
18. I watch way too much TV.
19. I lost 30 lbs on Weight Watchers about 10 years ago and I need to do it again!
20. I’d love to grow a garden, but I think I’m too lazy.
21. My husband and I have been married almost 9 years. We have a very blended family and it’s really hard sometimes.
22. I love, love, love to read!
23. All the things that my mother liked…. Antiques, quilting, jewelry, junk, thrifting, garage sale-ing, goodwill-ing…. Things that I thought were just old and dumb… I now love, but can’t enjoy with her.
24. I was almost 17 before I got my first kiss. I didn’t “waste” it on some goofy boy just to say that I had kissed someone.
25. I was a DJ in college. I hated it! Scared the crap out of me. It was a requirement for my degree. I seriously thought about quitting college over it, but I faced my fear and I got through it! That taught me a huge lesson!
26. I’d rather have an operation than speak in front of a big crowd.
27. About 10 years ago I started having bad panic attacks in restaurants. It wasn’t until recently that I figured out why. My mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and me and my two kids were living with my parents at that time. My security (my mom) was slowly fading away because of the disease, which I believe caused my panic attacks. I still have a fear that my panic attacks will come back.
28. I’ve been making jewelry for about 3 years and I LOVE it! I’ve always been crafty and enjoyed making things.
29. When I was in my teens my fingernails were SO long!! That was the style back then, but when I see pictures of my “claws” now I kinda cringe!
30. I hate prejudice and racism!
31. When I was little I wanted to have blonde hair and blue eyes like my best friend.
32. My favorite school years were in Junior High. My social life was great!
33. I’ve never tasted beer.
34. I’ve never tried a drug, including marijuana.
35. I have no idea who I want the next president to be.
36. I like to stay at home better than I like to go out.
37. Being a mother sometimes sucks the life out of me :O)
38. I like scary movies and scary books.
39. I get my braces off in about 5 months…yay!
40. I met my husband on a blind date.
41. Some moms are embarrassed to drive a minivan, but I love my minivan….even my old one that I just traded in.
42. New friends are great, but there’s nothing better than old friends who just KNOW you!
43. Sometimes I dream of moving to a new city where no one knows me and totally re-inventing myself :O)
44. I’m 44 today….. Yay me!!!!!
This is the second of 2 photos taken back on Sunday, 07 April A.D. 2013, while I was strolling through my backyard garden of my former San Francisco apartment. The first photo was previously uploaded to my Flickr photostream, about 2 years prior to this. The 2 photos are very similar, but this one was taken closer to the camera than the first one, and my pose was a wee bit different.
I love the sight of the pink jasmine in the background, growing on my fence. The fragrance at night could almost be overwhelming!
A mosaic of our satellite on the morning of 2022-09-18 around 4 a.m. 122 tiles acquired with a usually fast camera, attached to a 500mm f/8 scope and equipped here with a red filter.
As said, the camera I used is usually fast, just not this time. For some reason, most likely the icy temperature, the camera's rate was limited to USB 2. I had to adapt the acquisition at last moment. The compromise consisted in pushing the exposure time to 20 milliseconds, working at 8-bit dynamics and recording only 400 frames per video.
Regarding the processing, I converted each video into a tile by selecting the best 80 frames. Each tile was deconvolved with the Wiener algorithm, the PSF being semi-empirical. After assembling the mosaic, some correction and tuning were required: tonecurve adjustment, stitch fixing, halo removal along the limb and assignment of a slight yellowish hue to the originally grayscale image.
If you have a look at full size, you'll probably notice some defects, but this is all I could come to without excessive work :)
A word about hardware and software: ASI290 MM camera, Astrosib 500mm telescope, stacking with AutoStakkert! 3, PSF evaluation, noise estimation and deconvolution with Python (NumPy & SciPy), assembling with Hugin, and final processing with Photoshop.
Finally, a few numbers: the Moon covers 12388 pixels pole to pole, thus a projected resolution of 280m per pixel.
I've been tagged by Uncle Jago, so here goes.....
1. I have read 'Goodnight Mr Tom' by Michelle Magorian at least 20 times and cried nearly every time! I've often wondered whether there's an element of fate happening...?
2. I love cooking and I spend more money on food than pretty much anyone I know. I particularly like baking cakes and puddings but Mr Tom thinks my best dish is Steak and Ale Pie.
3. When I was little we never really watched films, so I've been making up for lost time in the last 5 years!
4. I play the violin (occasionally...!) and absolutely love singing. I was a choir girl until I was 18 but haven't really done much since, I miss it!
5. Contrary to popular belief, I am not a tax collector.
6. I love most fruit, particularly mangoes, but can't stand bananas - bleaaaahhhh.
7. Despite liking lemon, meringue and pie, I have, since childhood, had a phobia of lemon meringue pie.
8. I love shoes.
9. I'm not very good at saving money. Actually, I am terrible at saving money. My mum always used to say it burns a hole in my pocket :-)
10. I know (almost) all the words to 'Life of Brian' and 'Holy Grail'. Although I always like to watch the Monty Python films with my sister, she cracks me up!
11. I drive Mr Tom mad by picking stuff up with my feet and licking my fingers when turning pages. I can't help it.
12. I can touch my head with my feet (and actually get my feet behind my head - eek).
13. I miss London. Really really miss London.
14. In the last five years, I have reduced considerably in size. I have also discovered a love of walking. Coming from the only person ever to refuse running the mini-marathon at school, this is a rather major achievement!
15. I have an MSc in Chemistry but I am truly diabolical at geography. I could really do with a world map.
16. I love Mr Tom, Mr Fox and Mrs PB the mostest - but you already knew that ;-)
- Pentax Spotmatic II
- Helios 44-2 58mm f/2 ( I found my notes )
- Expired Fuji Pro 400H (July 2007) @ ASA 100
- Developed in Unicolor C-41
i'm doing twenty this time, im bored.
1) my cat is lost, AGAIN, he really needs to realise that we worry too much when he is gone.
2) i'm running out of idea's for my photography
3) does nayone actually know who started this whole tagging thing?
4) how and WHAT is EXPLORE?
5) I am asking quite a few questions arent i?
6) if i was doing 10 facts i would already be over halfway by now.
7) I love flickr .
8) i love life
9) that sounds cheesy.
10) HALFWAYYYY.
11) i cannot wait 'till summer holidays.
12) i really really REALLY want to dye my hair auburny ginger.
13) i wish there was a LEGAL free music download site :) that would be heaven
14) i burn more than i tan. but i dont really care for tans, because i look like i'm dirty when i have a tan anyhow.
15) five more to go and none of these facts are interesting
16) I am not interesting.
17) i have braces, and i like to wear geek glasses- i look like ugly betty, minus the block fringe.
18) i love the american phrase for fringe ( bangs ) ITS SO AWESOME.
19) i'm supposed to be in bed.
20 ) im going to bed.
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A full container vessel operated by the Evergreen Line sails under the Golden Gate Bridge, near Fort Point, in San Francisco Bay, California. Evergreen operates the fourth largest container fleet in the world with over 150 ships.
This particular vessel is the "Ever Develop". There are two 'Develop's' in the Evergreen fleet, 'Develop 1' and 'Develop 2'. I could not determine which of the two is pictured in this photo. This is a Panamanian-flagged vessel launched in 1998 with a maximum TEU capacity of 4211 tons. The ship was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Shimonoseki, Japan and can carry up to 476 reefer containers.
Fort Point, at the bottom-right of this photograph, is located on the southern side of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. It was built just prior to the Civil War by the US Army Corps of Engineers in order to protect and defend the Bay against hostile warships. Today, it is a National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service.
If you look closely, you can just make out the diminutive 'Fort Point Lighthouse' on the roof of Fort Point. This is actually the third lighthouse to stand at this location. The first was built in 1853 and torn down a year later to make room for the fort. The second was built on a narrow ledge between the fort and the water in 1855 but strong tidal currents eventually undermined the shore and the lighthouse had to be removed. The tower was replaced with the third and final light placed in its present position atop the fort.
Mickey... laying in the sunshine in his TV room. I didn't like the background so I cut most of it out with the crop. He has one of the most photogenic faces I've had the pleasure to photograph. It also helps that he's extremely well behaved. That's a golden for ya.. (client)
I've been tagged by Jonas Thomen- www.flickr.com/photos/jonasthomen/ , so here are 16 little know facts about me..
1. I'm addicted to ice coffee. Doesn't matter if it's freezing outside, I still want one everyday.
2. I eat everything well done! If it's steak. or a burger, and comes at me bleeding... I feel like the cow is still alive. YUCK!
3. I was raised by politically aware parents but hate politics myself. Just a bunch of people wheeling and dealing to scratch or stab each other in the back. Sorry Mom..
4. I am a serial reader. When I finish one book and put it down, I pick up another immediately. I read mostly suspense novels. Harlen Coben is my favorite author.
5. I believe the soul never dies and our loved ones never really leave us.
6. 11/11 means I love you... it's a long story.
7. My mother means the world to me. She has been my rock all my life.
8. My favorite sport to watch on TV is Tennis. If a Grand Slam Tournament is on... all the TV's are on in the house in case I change rooms. I'm not kidding. I don't want to miss a shot. And if I'm not home, I tivo it.
Football is a close second, although I only use one TV at a time for that one. ;)
9. The sound of the ocean is music to my ears. Someday, before I die, I will live within walking distance to a beach.
10. I believe in God... but am not religious. I've studied metaphysics for the last 20 years.
11. My favorite food is... Haagen Dazs, Vanilla Swiss Almond ice cream with chocolate syrup. OMG good!
12. Putting my dog Chance to sleep was the worst day of my life, he felt more like my son... living with him for 7 years... priceless!
13. Photography is my passion and something I look forward to everyday.
14. I like the quiet, but sometimes feel very lonely among the silence.
15. I don't cook. No time, because I'm in and out so much.
16. My favorite show is Law and Order (all of them). I have a mad crush on Vincent D'Onofrio's character, Det. Robert Goren. I like his vulnerability and intuition.
So that's it! A little bit of me. Now I have to go tag 16 other flickr members. Watch out people! :)
Thought 1: That's really a boring picture of such an interesting building, but don't delete it... yet!
Thought 2: I wonder what it would look like if I cranked the saturation and made it look moodier?
Thought 3: That looks like a crappy, over saturated picture...
Thought 4: I wonder what it would look like if I flipped it upside down?
Thought 5: Better, but why would a building be upside down?
Thought 6: How come I didn't shoot the reflection of this place in a puddle?
Thought 7: Oh yeah, it was a beautiful day...
Thought 8: I don't have any puddle images, can you make one in Photoshop?
Thought 9: Hmm, here's a YouTube video called, "Making Water in Photoshop."
Thought 10: Now that's more like it!!!
Wow, so I actually had ten thoughts in one day... that may be a record. Thanks for the compositing inspiration, Lee!
Las Vegas | Aria Resort & Casino
+1 in comments (it has a better flare!)
So, some new things:
1) I dislike flickr sharpening more than ever before.
2) I just found out iphoto has editing capabilities - very helpful.
3) I'm back from my vacation! Which means that I shall try to catch up on your streams at the next available opportunity and which also means that I have some pictures to upload. :)
Should I make the one in the comments the main one?
Today marked the 6-month anniversary of the opening of the G:link Gold Coast Light Rail.
LRV 009 [left] (bound for University Hospital) and LRV 010 [right] (bound for Broadbeach South), Southport Station.
Bombardier Flexity 2
Gold Coast, Australia
Fondant Gift Cake - Class 3
After class 1 and 2 I really wanted to do my own thing. It's still a gift just not a pink square. First fondant cake.
Inspiration for this image came over the weekend when I went to a viewing of a film entitled The Sandwich Kid, a documentary about siblings of people with disabilities, made by a 12 year old boy who has an older brother with Autism. The boy interviews siblings about what is fun about having a sibling with a disability, what is hard about it, what the future holds for them, etc. The film was quite moving and I encourage anyone who has an interest in the subject to look into it. The older brother with Autism has also made his own documentary entitled Normal People Scare Me.
The image didn't quite turned out as planned, for several reasons:
1. The piece of bread I pulled out was prohibitively small (either that or my head is prohibitively big).
2. I don't seem to be able to take a serious self-portrait for the life of me.
3. I apparently really like the googly-eyed look.
oh, and
4. I am a dork.
(I feel pretty.)
Is getting mentioned by name in someone else's list a good enough reason to do my own list of 16 things? I say yes. Here we go:
1. My fabulous hairstyle in this photo is courtesy of Caryn. It came in a box of Christmas goodness (thanks! so fun!), and really, nothing expresses holiday spirit more than the El Camino of haircuts: the mullet. Caryn knows me so well. Mullets fascinate me and I don't think I will ever stop being entertained by them. "Check out the mullet on that guy!" is probably one of my most frequently-uttered phrases. You can't take me anywhere. The title of this photo comes from a poem I made a guy write about mullets. I also once made him write a poem about ninjas. Awesome poetry. I'm teetering on the edge of a tangent. Let's move on to the next item.
2. I am an irritating stickler about grammar and punctuation, though I tend to abuse commas with abandon, and they like it. "Hurt me!" That's their motto.
3. I cannot fold fitted sheets. I CANNOT DO THIS. Can I fold a round tablecloth perfectly? Yes. Do I know that the only correct way to fold a towel is in thirds (don't argue with me)? Of course. Am I capable of folding a fitted sheet so that it looks neat? Absolutely not. It doesn't matter how many times I have asked for instruction in the art of fitted-sheet-folding, because whatever tactic I try, when I fold a fitted sheet, it always comes out looking like a wadded nightmare. Sort of like how I imagine it would look if it were folded by a bat. Who was maybe having a seizure. I can fold flat sheets. I can fold pillowcases. But the fitted sheets, they defy me and my folding brilliance. Don't bother explaining the secret of how to do this, because I assure you that I will not get it.
4. I can't do simple math in my head. I mean, I can do simple math in my head, but it takes me a really long time, because I have to create a mental picture of a scrap of paper, and then I have to picture myself writing down the numbers and I have to concentrate so hard in order to keep myself from getting distracted and ruining the whole thing that when I finally figure out the answer I can't remember why I needed to know it in the first place. I hate people who can do this sort of thing quickly. Hate.
5. It's cheesy as hell but I love It's A Wonderful Life. Love. Though I always tend to fall asleep in the middle and then wake up when George Bailey is running through Bedford Falls, so excited to have his life back. And then I start crying. Just a little at first, but it builds and builds until by the time his brother toasts him with "To my big brother George, the richest man in town," I'm pretty much weeping. Every. Damn. Time. I guess it's a holiday tradition. I didn't even watch it this year, except I caught the end on TV and cried through the whole thing. It's pathetic.
6. I am very fidgety. I fidget all the time. I'm not nervous, really, it's just that I can't sit still. I fidget with my hair, with my jewelry. I have mostly broken the habit but I still sometimes catch myself buttoning and unbuttoning my shirt while I'm sitting somewhere (that is not a good thing to do, by the way). When I was in 6th grade, my math teacher would tell me to stop playing with my hair. Then one day I raised my hand in class and my bracelet got stuck got stuck in my hair. So I tried to play it cool by pretending that I was pushing my hair behind my ear, but it didn't really work. At that moment my teacher looked at me and told me to stop playing with my hair, but I couldn't move my hand, so I just stared at her for a few seconds before finally saying "I'm stuck." And then my friend who was sitting next to me helped me untangle myself. I believe this was the same day when, after school, I bent over to pick something up from the bottom of my locker and got my hair stuck on the, uh, door-catch-thing in my locker. I couldn't turn my head to look at the problem so I couldn't fix it. So I stayed bent that way until someone came by and I said "Help." Why am I allowed to have hair?
7. I am a terrible chess player. I tend to think I'm doing okay and then I'm in checkmate.
8. I make up for it in Scrabble, though. They have Scrabble on Facebook now! Goodbye, productivity.
9. I am easily distracted.
10. Not sure why exactly, but talking about teeth disgusts me.
11. I'm not a very good dancer but this never stops me.
12. This may come as a surprise to you, but I'm kind of a dork.
13. Another surprise: I like Ryan Adams a lot.
14. Sometimes I get uncontrollable giggles thinking about the Flannery O'Connor story "Good Country People" because I remember the first time I read it (for a class) and then discussing it and saying something about the character Manley Pointer and then saying "Wait. Manley Pointer. Is that on PURPOSE?" and the professor said yes and then I could not stop laughing. So for one thing, I'm so mature, and for another thing, good one, Flannery.
15. I'm pretty good at breaking into my own house.
16. I fear ladders.
Gosh, this is a long description.
Just catching up with recent bus changes whilst in the Ealing since Metroline gained the E1 from RATP using these wonderful B9 Gemini 2, I'm not sure if this is a voith one?
I was out taking bracketed photos while out walking the shoreline on Homer Spit. I decided on this view of the plants, old trees, and rocks to set a foreground to the view beyond of Kachemak Bay and the mountains. I then used HDR Efex Pro to make an HDR photo and finished that up with Capture NX 2. I later noticed the movement of birds in the photo from the bracketed photos. Still, I loved this view this last morning there...
Unsettling consumption.... Artist: Gina Osterloh - turquoise 2
The Luggage Store Gallery celebrates 20 years with their show In the Fullness of Time. A myriad of work shown by many of the artists they have supported over the years. If you are in San Francisco, get thee to The Luggage Store and it's Annex to check out the show. Download or stream KQED's Gallery Crawl profile of this show here.
In the Fullness of Time
Dec 14.2007 - Feb 2.2008
the luggage store
1007 Market Street (nr. 6th St.)
San Francisco, CA 94103
the luggage store annex
aka 509 cultural center
509 Ellis Street (nr. Leavenworth)
San Francisco, CA 94109
I got tagged for this silly game by my flickr friend BrianDTucker. I'm supposed to post a self portait and reveal my soul.
The sixteen (not so) random facts about me:
1) Here's a secret that I'll share, if you don't already know, maybe you couldn't tell, but just in case, I'll set the record straight, so there's no doubt about it, and I don't mind if the whole world knows about it, I like to paddle. Oh, and I'm a stern paddler (and that's why I'm not smiling).
2) I own 5 canoes, and I'd have more, but there's no more room in the garage.
3) I love the water, and am fascinated by the way light plays upon it.
4) I have flat feet, EEE wide, and my podiatrist tells me my feet are really flippers.
5) I eat fish at least 4 times a week, and if I don't, I'll take a wild salmon oil pill (I'm a big believer in the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids).
6) In my past life I was a dolphin.
7) My sign is Pisces (which explains #3-6).
8) My wife, and bow paddler, Mary, and I, both are MDCM's (alternatively,'Mary and Dean Canoe Master', she got hers in 1983, me in 1985).
9)When I'm good, I get to go paddling, when I'm bad I get a paddling.
10) Mary has the most photographed back in the world, except maybe for Michael Phelps.
11) My favorite place is Newfoundland and I'm an honorary Newfie having been officially Screeched 2007 (and yes, I did kiss the Kaplin).
12) My favorite road trip in Newfoundland is along the Baccalieu Trail where you can visit Dildo, Spead Eagle, Backside, Shagg Rock, Hearts Desire, Hearts Content, and, Conception Bay.(No kidding).
13) My favorite Newfie meals include Fish&Brews, Cod Tongues and Cheeks and any Jigs Dinner. (Oh, don't forget the Moose sausage, Harold).
14) I love Northern Ontario having survived a year at Moose Factory.
My first wilderness paddle was on the Moose River where I nearly lost my life.
15) Love photographing sunsets. The absolute best views are from the canoe.
16) Did I mention I like to paddle?
New christmas designs! I am trying to decide which 2 I should order for Christmas card to offer in the shop.
Any advice is much appreciated!
ALso- should I order them as postcards, or cards?
It am the weekend again, but after a week off, so one belnds smoothly into the other.
And next week I have a four day trip to the Isle of Wight for work, which will do me good too.
Not much planned for the day, once shopping was done. And I do that as Jools is still coughing and so did not want to go round the supermarket coughing like that.
So, I d the week's shop, though not much needed as I will be away four days, so I am back with three bags of shopping, and we have the usual Saturday breakfast of fruit followed by bacon sandwiches.
Posting shots on other social media showed me many churches had to be revisited. Just about the last one to be thus revisited was Minster-in-Thanet, as the album had 55 shots from two previous visits, and I thought such a large and imposing church deserved more.
So, it was a quiet drive over to Sandwich, taking the bypass round Stonar, then turning off at the delightfully named Sevenscore for the drive along the back lanes into Minster, passing by the Abbey, outside of which was an actual nun, all dressed in cowl and long black gown.
A little further on is St Mary, and parking is easy just outside the churchyard, and although it looked locked, the west door under the tower was unlocked, and inside there were no others inside, so I had it to myself.
I had hoped I had missed whole or fragments of glass, but there was none to be seen, some nice arts and crafts ones of Queen Bertha, which I record. I think I snap everything, so after half an hour we are done.
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Minster Abbey on the Isle of Thanet was founded in AD 669 by Domneva, niece of King Erconbert of Kent. The enormous parish church, built some distance to the south-west of the abbey, dates from two distinct periods. The nave is Norman, a magnificent piece of twelfth-century arcading with tall cylindrical pillars. The chancel and transepts are thirteenth century, with a three-light east window, each one double shafted inside. This end of the church has a simple stone vaulted ceiling which adds greatly to the grandeur. The glass is by Thomas Willement and dates from 1861. Ewan Christian restored the church in 1863 and added vaulted ceilings to the transepts. They had been intended by the medieval designers, but were never built. There is a set of eighteen fifteenth-century stalls with misericords and an excellent sixteenth-century font and cover.
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MINSTER.
THE next parish to Monkton eastward is Minster, antiently written both Mynstre, and Menstre, being so named from the Saxon word Minstre, signifying a church or monastery. It is divided into two boroughs, viz. Way Borough and Street Borough; the former of which lies on the ascent on the northern side of the street; the latter contains the street and church, with the southern part of the parish.
THIS PARISH is about three miles and an half from east to west, and near as much from north to south. The farms in it are perhaps as large as in any other parish in this county; the occupiers of which are, in general, men of considerable ability. The west part of this parish is bounded by a lynch or balk, which goes quite across the island to Westgate, called St. Mildred's Lynch, an account of which has already been given before, and which is the bounds of this manor from that of Monkton, as well as of the parish. This lynch has formerly been much broader than it is now, many of the farmers, who occupy lands bounding on or near it, having through a coveteous humour, not only dug up the mould or top of it, to lay on their land, but in some places have ploughed upon it. Too many instances of this kind are practised in other places, not only of this island, but of the county in general, so that there is scarce a remembrance left where those balks or lynches have been; such has the greedy avarice of the occupiers been, and this is one instance of the ill consequence of the neglect of the courts leet and baron. The village of Minster lies nearly in the centre of it, on low ground at the foot of the high lands, having the church on the south side of it; northward of the village it rises to high land, being a fine open champion country of uninclosed corn land, on which are situated Minster mill, Allan Grange, and Powcies, the latter at the extremity of the parish, close to which was, till lately, a small grove of oaks, the only one in this island. Lower down, about a mile southward, is Thorne manor, and beyond that Sevenscore farm. At the south-eastern extremity of the parish, and partly in St. Laurence, is Cliffsend, or Clyvesend, so called from its being at the end of the cliff, which extends from Ramsgate; it was antieutly a part of the estate of St. Augustine's monastery, and is called by Thorne in his Chronicle, the manor of Clyvesend. Here are now two considerable farms besides cottages.
About a mile and an half south-east from Minster church, is Ebbsfleet, formerly called by the various names of Hipwines, Ippeds, and Wipped's fleet; this seems to have been a usual place of landing from the ocean in this island; here it is said Hengist and Horsa, the two Saxon generals, first landed with their forces, about the year 449. Here St. Augustine, often called the Apostle of the English, first landed, in the year 596; and here too St. Mildred, of whom mention has been made likewise before, first landed from France, where she had been for instruction in the monastic life; and not many years ago there was a small rock at this place, called St. Mildred's rock, where, on a great stone, her footstep was said, by the monkish writers, to have remained impressed. (fn. 1) Below the church of Minster, southward, is the large level of marshes, called Minster level, at the southern extremity of which runs the river Stour, formerly the Wantsume, which, as has already been noticed before, was antiently of a much greater depth and width than it is at present, flowing up over the whole space of this level, most probably almost to the church-yard fence, being near a mile and an half distance; but the inning of the salts by the landholders, which had been in some measure deserted by the waters of the Wantsume at different places, so far lessened the force of the tide, and of the river waters mixing with it, that it occasioned the sands to increase greatly near this place, where it was at length entirely choaked up, so that a wall of earth was made by the abbot of St. Augustine, since called the Abbot's wall, to prevent the sea at high water overslowing the lands, which now comprehend this great level of marshes, at present under the direction and management of the commissioners of sewers for the district of East Kent. A part of these marsh lands have been much improved by means of shortening the course of the river Stour to the sea, by the cut at Stonar, which lets off the superfluous water in wet seasons with greater expedition, and a very valuable tract of near two hundred acres has been lately inclosed by a strong wall from the sea near Ebbs-fleet. Between the above-mentioned wall and the river Stour lie a great many acres of land, which the inhabitants call the salts, from their being left without the wall, and subject to the overflowing of the tide, so long as it continued to flow all around this island. Over against the church is a little creek, which seems to have been the place antiently called Mynstrefleet, into which the ships or vessels came, which were bound for this place. As a proof of this, there was found some years ago in a dyke bounding on this place, in digging it somewhat deeper than usual, some fresh coals, which very probably had fallen aside some lighter or boat in taking them out of it. (fn. 2)
I ought not to omit mentioning, that on the downs on the north part of this parish, where the old and present windmills were placed, is a prospect, which perhaps is hardly exceeded in this part of the kingdom. From this place may be seen, not only this island and the several churches in it, one only excepted; but there is a view at a distance, of the two spires of Reculver, the island of Sheppy, the Nore, or mouth of the river Thames, the coast of Essex, the Swale, and the British channel; the cliffs of Calais, and the kingdom of France; the Downs, and the town of Deal, the bay and town of Sandwich, the fine champion country of East Kent, the spires of Woodnesborough and Ash, the ruins of Richborough castle, the beautiful green levels of Minister, Ash, &c. with the river Stour winding between them; the fine and stately tower of the cathedral of Canterbury, and a compass of hills of more than one hundred miles in extent, which terminate the sight.
In the marshes on the south of this parish, there was found in 1723, an antique gold ring; on the place of the seal, which seemed to represent an open book, was engraved on one side an angel, seemingly kneeling, and on the other side a woman standing with a glory round her head; on the woman's side was engraved in old English characters, bone; on that of the angel, letters of the same character, but illegible. A fair is kept in this village on a Good Friday for pedlary and toys.
By the return made to the council's letter, by archbishop Parker's order, in the year 1563, there were then computed to be in this parish fifty-three housholds. By an exact account taken of Minster in 1774, there were found to be in this parish one hundred and forty-nine houses, and six hundred and ninety-six inhabitants; of the houses, sixteen were farm-houses, and one hundred and thirty three were inhabited by tradesmen, labourers, and widows.
THE MANOR and ABBEY OF MINSTER was antiently called Thaket manor, and continued so till, from the foundation of the abbey or minster within it, it acquired the name of the manor of Minster, though in the survey of Domesday, taken in the year 1080, it is still called Tanet manor, Kar exoxnv; but I have met with it no where else so late by that name.
This manor was in the year 670 in the possession of Egbert, king of Kent, whose two nephews Ethelred and Ethelbright, sons of his father's elder brother Ermenfride, deceased, (who left likewise two daughters, Ermenburga, called also Domneva, married to Merwald, son of Penda, king of Mercia, and Ermengitha, were left to his care, under promise of their succeeding to the kingdom. These princes were kept under the inspection of one Thunnor, a flattering courtier, who persuaded the king to have them murdered, left they should disturb him in the possession of the throne; which Thunnor undertook and perpetrated. To expiate this crime, the king, by the advice of archbishop Theodore, and Adrian, abbot of St. Augustine's, sent to Domneva, who had taken the vow of chastity on her, to offer her any satisfaction for this crime, when, as an atonement, she requested of the king, according to the custom of those times, to grant her a place in Tenet, where she might build a monastery to their memory, with a sufficient maintenance, in which she, with her nuns, might continually pray for the king's forgiveness, who immediately by his charter, which concludes with a singular curse on the infringers of it, (fn. 3) granted her for the endowment of it full one half of this island, being the eastern part of it, comprehended within the bounds of this manor, and since separated from the western part of the island and manor of Monkton, by a broad bank or lynch, made quite across the island, since called St. Mildred's Lynch, and remaining at this day.
The story of this grant, as told by Thorn, a native of this parish, and a monk of St. Augustine's monastery, in his chronicle of that abbey, is, that Egbert granting Domneva's petition, demanded of her how much land she desired; who replied, as much as her deer could run over at one course; this being granted, the deer was let loose at Westgate, in Birchington, in the presence of the king, his nobles, and a great concourse of people. Among them was Thunnor, the petrator of the murder, who, ridiculing the king for the lavishness of his gift and the method of its decision, endeavoured by every means to obstruct the deer's course, both by riding across and meeting it; but Heaven, continues the chronicler, being offended at his impiety, whilst he was in the midst of his career, the earth opened and swallowed him up, leaving the name of Tunnor's-leap, or Thunor's hyslepe, to the ground and place where he fell, to perpetuate the memory of his punishment, though it was afterwards called Heghigdale. Meanwhile the deer having made a small circle eastward, directed its course almost in a strait line south-westward across the island from one side to the other, running over in length and breadth forty-eight plough-lands; and the king, immediately afterwards delivered up to Domneva the whole tract of land which the deer had run over.
This tract or course of the deer, which included above ten thousand acres of some of the best lands in Kent, is said to have been marked out by the broad bank, or lynch, across the island, since called St. Mildred's Lynch, thrown up in remembrance of it; (fn. 4) but notwithstanding this well-invented story of Thorn, it is more probable that this lynch was made to divide the two capital manors of Minster and Monkton, before this gift to Domneva.
Puteus Thunor, (or Thunor's leap) says the annalist of St. Augustine's monastery, apparet prope Cursum Cervi juxta Aldelond; and the place where the king stood to see this course is represented to be by it, where formerly was a beacon, it being some of the highest land hereabouts, where the king might see the course. This Puteus Thunor, or Thunorslep, is very plainly the old chalk pit, called Minster chalk-pit, which its not unlikely was first sunk when the abbey and church here were built, and the bottom of it in process of time, being overgrown with grass, gave occasion for the invention of this sable of Thunor's being swallowed up by the earth at this place. The name of Thunorslep has been long since obliterated, and even the more modern one of Heghigdate has been long forgotten. Weever says, he lieth buried under an heap of stones, which to that day was called Thunniclam.
Domneva being thus furnished with wealth and all things necessary, founded, in honor of the B.V. Mary, a monastery, or cloyster of nuns, afterwards called ST. MILDRED'S ABBEY, on part of this land, on the south side of the island near the water, in the same placewhere the present parochial church stands. Archbishop Theodore, at the instance of Domneva, consecrated the church of it, and she afterwards appointed the number of nuns to be seventy, and was appointed by the archbishop, the first abbess of it; she died here and was buried on the glebe of the new monastery. Ermengitha, her sister, was after her death sainted, and lived with Domneva, in the abbey here, where she died, and was buried in a place about a mile eastward of it, where the inhabitants have found numbers of bones, and where it is probable, she built some chapel or oratory. In a field or marsh called the twenty acres, a little more than a quarter of a mile eastward of the church of Minster, are several foundations, as if some chapel or oratory had been built there. (fn. 5)
Domneva was succeeded as abbess by her daughter Mildred, who was afterwards sainted. She is said to have been buried in this church. On her death Edburga succeeded in the government of this monastery, who finding it insufficient for so great a number of nuns, built another just by, larger and more stately, which was consecrated by archbishop Cuthbert, and dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul; and to this church she, about the year 750, removed the body of St. Mildred, at whose tomb many miracles were said to be wrought afterwards. Edburga was buried at Minster in her own new church, and was afterwards sainted. She was succeeded as abbess of this monastery by Sigeburga. In her time was the first depredation of the Danes in Thanet; who sell upon the people, laid every thing waste, and pludered the religious in this monastery; from this time they continued their ravages throughout this island almost every year; hence by degrees, this monastery fell to decay, and the nuns decreased in number, being vexed with grief and worn down with poverty, by the continual insults of these merciless pirates, who landed in this island in 978, and entirely destroyed by fire this monastery of St. Mildred, in which the clergy and many of the people were shut up, having fled thither for sanctuary; but they were, together with the nuns, all burnt to death, excepting Leofrune the abbess, who is said to have been carried away prisoner.
The Danes, however, spared the two chapels of St. Mary, and of St. Peter and St. Paul, in one of which divine service was afterwards performed, for the inhabitants of this parish and the adjoining neighbourhood. The antient scite of the monastery, together with this manor, and all the rest of the possessions of it remained in the king's hands, and they continued so till king Cnute, in the year 1027, gave the body of St. Mildred, together with the antient scite of the monastery, this manor and all its land within this island and without, and all customs belonging to this church, to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, which gift was confirmed by king Edward the Confessor. (fn. 6)
The abbot and convent of St. Augustine becoming thus possessed of this manor, fitted up the remains of the abbey to serve as the court-lodge of it; accordingly it has ever since borne the name of Minstercourt. In the survey of Domesday, taken in the 15th year of the Conqueror's reign, anno 1080, this manor is thus described, under the general title of Terra æcclæ Sci Augustini, the land of the church of St. Augustine.
In Tanet hundred. St. Mildred's.
The abbot himself holds Tanet manor, which was taxed at forty-eight sulings. The arable land is sixty-two carucates. In demesne there are two, and one hundred and fifty villeins, with fifty borderers having sixty-three carucates. There is a church and one priest, who gives twenty shillings per annum. There is one salt-pit and two fisheries of three pence, and one mill.
In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth four times twenty pounds, when the abbot received it forty pounds, now one hundred pounds.
Of this manor three knights hold so much of the land of the villeins as is worth nine pounds, when there is peace in the land, and there they have three carucates.
After which king Henry I. granted to the monastery of St. Augustine, about the 4th of his reign, a market, to be yearly held within this their manor of Minster, with all customs, forseitures, and pleas; which was confirmed among other liberties by Edward III. in his 36th year, by inspeximus.
King Henry III. in his 54th year, anno 1270, granted to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, free-warren in all their demesne lands of Minster. (fn. 7) King Edward II. in his 6th year, confirmed to the abbot free-warren in this manor among others, and next year anno 1313, in the iter of H. de Stanton and his sociates, justices itinerant, the abbot, upon a quo warranto, claimed and was allowed sundry liberties therein mentioned, in this manor, among others, and likewise free-warren in all his demesne lands of it, view of frank pledge, and wreck of the sea; one market weekly on a Friday, and one fair yearly on the eve and day of St. Mildred the Virgin, and other liberties therein mentioned; as having been granted and confirmed by divers of the king's predecessors, and allowed in the last iter of J. de Berewick and his sociates, justices itinerant; and that king Edward II. by his charter in his 6th year had sully confirmed all of them, and by the register of this monastery, of about this time, it appears that this manor had within its court the same liberties as those of Chistlet and Sturry. King Edward III. in his 5th year, exempted the abbot's homagers and tenants of this, among other of their manors, from their attendance at the sheriff's tourne, and afterwards by his charter of inspeximus in his 36th year, confirmed to this abbey all the manors and possessions given to it by former kings; and by another charter, the several grants of liberties and confirmations made by his predecessors, among which were those abovementioned; and king Henry VI. afterwards confirmed the same.
Next year the abbot and his servants taking distresses on their tenants of this manor, the tenants, to the number of six hundred, met and continued together for the space of five weeks, having got with them a greater number of people, who coming armed with bows and arrows, swords and staves, to the court of this manor and that of Salmanstone, belonging likewise to the abbot, laid siege to them, and after several attacks set fire to the gates of them. For fear of these violences, the monks and their servants at Salmanstone kept themselves confined there for fifteen days, so that the people enraged at not being able to encompass their ends in setting fire to the houses, destroyed the abbot's ploughs and husbandry utensils, which were in the fields; and cut down and carried away the trees on both these manors.
At the same time they entered into a confederacy and raised money here by tallages and assessments, by means of which they drew to them no small number of others of the cinque ports, who had nothing to lose, so that the abbot dared not sue for justice in the king's courts; but a method it seems was found to punish these rioters, or at least the principal of them, who were fined to the abbot for these damages six hundred pounds, a vast sum in those days, and were imprisoned at Canterbury till the fine was paid. The uneasiness of the tenants under such respective suits and services, seems to have occasioned the abbot and convent to have compounded with them, which they did in the year 1441, anno 20 Henry VI. By this composition the abbot and convent agreed, that the tenants should not in future be distrained for the rents and services they used to pay; but instead of them should pay compositions for every acre of the land called Cornegavel and Pennygavel, (fn. 8) which composition for the Cornegavel and Pennygavel land, continues in force at this time, being sixpence an acre now paid for the Cornegavel land.
In the time of king Richard II. this manor, with its rents and other appurtenances, was valued among the temporalities of the abbot and convent, at 232l. 4s. 3d. per annum; and the quantity of land belonging to it was by admeasurement 2149 acres and one rood.
In which state this manor continued till the final dissolution of the abbey of St. Augustine, which happened in the 30th year of Henry VIII. when it was surrendered, together with the rest of the possessions of the monastery, into the king's hands; at which time the manor and rents were of the value of 276l. yearly. (fn. 9) After which, the see of this manor, with the antient court-lodge of it, formerly the monastery, and then called Minster-court, with all the lands and appurtenances belonging to it, continued in the crown, till king James I. in his 9th year, by his letters patent, granted to Sir Philip Cary, William Pitt, esq. afterwards knighted; and John Williams, citizen and goldsmith of London, this lordship and manor of Menstre, with its rights, members, and appurtenances, late parcel of St. Augustine's monastery, except and reserved to the king's use, all advowsons and patronages of churches, chapels, &c. belonging to this manor; and he granted likewise all the rents of assize called Cornegavel land, in the parish of St. John, parcel of this manor; and the rents of assize of free tenement called Pennygavel land, in the parishes of St. Peter and St. Laurence, (fn. 10) to hold the manor, with its right, members and appurtenances, of the king, as of his manor of East Greenwich, by sealty only, in free and common socage, and not in capite, nor by knight's service; and to hold the rents of assize of the king in capite, by the service of one knight's fee; which grant and letters patent were conconfirmed by an act specially passed for the purpose, that year.
Some years after which, the heirs of the beforementioned Sir Philip Carey and John Williams, then Sir John Williams, bart. of Carmarthenshire, divided this estate; in which division, the manor itself with the court-lodge, part of the demesne lands, royalties, and appurtenances, was allotted to Sir John Williams, bart. (who died in 1668, and was buried in the Temple church, London); whose descendant of the same name, bart. of Carmarthenshire, dying without male issue, his daughter and sole heir, then the widow of the earl of Shelburne, carried it in marriage, at the latter end of king Charles II.'s reign, to Col. Henry Conyngham, afterwards a major-general in king William's reign, who died possessed of it in 1705. He left two sons, William and Henry, and a daughter Mary, married to Francis Burton, esq. of Clare, in Ireland. William, the eldest son of the general, succeeded him in this manor and estate in Minster, but died without surviving issue, upon which this estate descended to Henry Conyngham, esq. his younger brother, second son of the general, who was in 1753, anno 27 George II. created baron Conyngham, of Mount Charles, in Donegall, in Ireland; and afterwards by further letters patent, in 1756, viscount Conyngham, of the same kingdom; and again in 1780, earl Conyngham, and likewise baron Conyngham, of the same kingdom, with remainder of the latter title to his sister's sons. He married Ellen, only daughter of Solomon Merret, esq. of London, by whom he had no issue. He died s.p. in 1781, and was succeeded in his title of baron Conyngham by his nephew Francis Pierpoint Burton Conyngham, eldest son of his sister Mary, by her husband Francis Burton, esq. above-mentioned, which Francis, lord Conyngham, died in 1787, leaving by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Nathaniel Clements, esq. and sister of Robert, lord Leitrim, (who survived him) two sons, Henry, who succeeded him in title, and Nathaniel, and three daughters, Catherine married to the Rev. John Shirley Fermor, of Sevenoke; Ellen, to Stewart Weldon, esq. and Henrietta.
Henry, so succeeding his father as lord Conyngham, was created in December 1789, viscount Conyngham and baron Conyngham, of Mount Charles, in Donegall, to whom the inheritance of this manor and estate now belongs; but the possession of it for life is vested in the right hon. Ellen, countess dowager Conyngham; widow of Henry, earl Conyngham, above-mentioned. The arms of lord viscount Conyngham are, Argent, a shake-sork, between three mullets, sable. Supporters. The dexter—An horse charged on the breast with an eagle, displayed, or, maned and hoofed of the last. The sinister—A buck proper, charged on the breast with a griffin's head, erased, or, attired and unguled of the last. Crest—Anunicorn's head erased, argent, armed and maned, or. Motto—Over fork over.
A court leet and court baron is held for this manor, by the stile of the courtleet, and view of frank pledge, for the manor of Minster, in the hundred of Ringslow, alias Tenet, and the court baron for the said manor.
The court-lodge, formerly a part of the nunnery, was, after the dissolution of it, made use of as a farmhouse, in which some of the monks of St. Augustine resided, to manage the estate of it, which they kept in their own hands. On the north side of it, which seems to have been the front or entrance, is a handsome stone portal, on the top of which, in the middle, within a circle, are the arms of the abbey of St. Augustine, viz. Sable, a cross, argent. At a small distance from it stood antiently a very large barn, sufficient to hold the corn growing on all the demesnes, being in length 352 feet, and in breadth 47 feet, and the height of the walls 12 feet, with a roof of chesnut. When the estate was divided, 154 feet in length of this building was carried to Sevenscore farm, where it was burnt, by an accident unknown in 1700, and the remaining part here was burnt by lightning afterwards. On the south side of the house stood a chapel, said to have been built by St. Eadburga, the third abbess here. In it the body of St. Mildred is said to have been placed by her, or rather translated from the other monastery. Some of the walls and foundations of this chapel were remaining within the memory of some not long since deceased, but it is now so entirely demolished, that there is nothing to be seen of it, excepting a small part of the tower, and of the stairs leading up into it. Just by these ruins of the tower is a small piece of ground, in which lately in digging for mould, several human bones were dug up. There is a view of the remains of this nunnery in Lewis's Thanet.
THE OTHER PART of this estate, the scite of which lies about a mile eastward from Minster-court, since known by the name of SEVENSCORE, on which is built a substantial farm-house, with large barns and other necessary buildings, was allotted to —Carey, in whose successors viscounts Falkland, this estate continued down to Lucius Ferdinand, viscount Falkland, who not many years since alienated it to Josiah Wordsworth, esq. of London, whose son of the same name died possessed of it about the year 1784, leaving two sisters his coheirs, one of whom married Sir Charles Kent, bart. and the other, Anne, married Henry Verelst, esq. who afterwards, in right of their respective wives, became possessed of this estate in undivided moieties; in which state it still continues, Sir Charles Kent being at this time entitled to one moiety, and Mrs. Verelst, the widow of Henry Verelst, esq. above-mentioned, who died in 1785, and lies buried in this church, being entitled to the other moiety of it.
WASCHESTER is an estate lying at a small distance westward from Minster church, part of which was formerly parcel of the demesnes of the manor of Minster, and was included in king James's grant to Sir Philip Carey, William Pitt, esq. and John Williams, goldsmith, as has been mentioned before in the account of that manor; they in the year 1620, joined in the sale of them to Jeffry Sandwell, gent. of Monkton, who purchased other lands of different persons in this parish, Monkton and Birchington, the whole of which he sold in 1658, to John Peters, M. D. Philip le Keuse, and Samuel Vincent, which two latter alienated their shares soon afterwards to Dr. Peters; at which time all these lands together, not only comprehended Waschester farm, but likewise part, if not the whole of another called Acol. From Dr. Peters this estate descended to Peter Peters, M. D. of Canterbury, who died in 1697, upon which the inheritance of it descended to his sole daughter and heir Elizabeth, who in 1722 carried it in marriage to Thomas Barrett, esq. of Lee, whose second wife she was; he died possessed of it in 1757, upon which it descended to their only daughter and heir Elizabeth, who entitled her husband, the Rev. William Dejovas Byrche, to the fee of it. He died in 1792, leaving an only daughter Elizabeth, married to Samuel Egerton Brydges, esq. of the Middle Temple, barrister-atlaw, but now of Denton-court, who in her right possessed it, and afterwards sold it to Mr. Ambrose Maud, who now owns it.
SHERIFFS COURT is an estate lying somewhat less than a mile westward from Waschester, in the hamlet of Hoo in this parish; it was formerly called Sheriffs Hope, from the hope, or place of anchorage for ships, which sailed in the river Wantsume, which once ran close by this place. It is said by some to have taken its name from its having been part of the possessions of Reginald de Cornhill, who was so long sheriff of this county that he lost his own name and took that of Le Sheriff, from whence this place gained the name of Sheriffs hope, or court. He was sheriff from the 4th to the 9th years of king Richard I. in the last year of that reign and during the whole reign of king John. His arms are on the stone roof of the cloysters at Canterbury, being Two lions passant, debruised of a bendlet, impaling three piles. After this name was extinct here, the family of Corbie became possessed of this estate; one of whom, Robert de Corbie, died possessed of it in the 39th year of king Edward III. whose son Robert Corbie, esq. of Boughton Malherb, leaving a sole daughter and heir Joane, she carried it in marriage to Sir Nicholas Wotton, who, anno 3 Henry V. was lord mayor of London. His descendant Sir Edward Wotton procured his lands in this county to be disgavelled by the acts both of 31 Henry VIII. and 2 and 3 Edward VI. and from him this manor descended to Thomas, lord Wotton, who dying anno 6 Charles I. without male issue, his four daughters became his coheirs, of whom Catherine the eldest carried this estate in marriage to Henry, lord Stanhope, son and heir of Philip, earl of Chesterfield, whose widow Catherine, lady Stanhope, sold it to Henry Paramor. He was the tenant and occupier of Sheriff's court, being the eldest son of John Paramor, of Preston, the grandson of Thomas Paramor, of Paramor-street, in Ash, near Sandwich. They bore for their arms, Azure, a fess embattled, counter embairled, between three etoils of six points, or. (fn. 11) . He left it to his brother Thomas Paramor, whose grandson of the same name died possessed of it in 1652, and was buried with his ancestors in this church; from his heirs this estate was alienated to Thatcher, in which name it continued, till at length it was sold by one of them, to Mr. Robert Wilkins, gent. of St. Margaret's, Rochester, who possessed it for many years. He died without issue, and it has since become the property of Mrs. Terry, the present owner of it.
TO THIS MANOR is appurtenant the small MANOR OF PEGWELL, or COURT STAIRS, in the parish of St. Laurence.
ALDELOND GRANGE, usually called Allen Grange, situated about a mile northwardfrom Minster church, on the open high land, was so called in opposition to Newland Grange, in St. Laurence parish. It was antiently part of the possessions of the abbey of St. Augustine, and was in the year 1197, assigned by Roger, the abbot of it, to the sacristy of the abbey, for the purpose of upholding and maintaining the abbey church, as well in the fabric as ornaments, but on the condition that the sacrist for the time being, should perform all such services to the court of Minster as were due, and had been accustomed to be done for the land of it. (fn. 12)
The measurement of this land, according to Thorne, amounted to sixty-two acres; and to this Grange belong all the tithes of corn and grain, within the limits of the borough of Wayborough, excepting those which are received by the vicar. On the dissolution of the abbey of St. Augustine, in the 30th year of Henry VIII. this estate, then amounting to six score acres, came, with the rest of the possessions of the monastery, into the king's hands, where it did not continue long, for he settled it in his 33d year, by his dotation charter, on his new founded dean and chapter of Canterbury, with whom the inheritance of it continues at this time.
It has been demised by the dean and chapter, on a beneficial lease, the rack rent of it being 413l. per annum, for twenty one years, to Mr. Edward Pett, of Cleve-court, the present lessee of it. Messrs. Jessard and Paramor are the under lessees and occupiers of it.
POWCIES, which stands about half a mile northeastward from Allan grange, was formerly a gentleman's mansion, a large handsome building standing on much more ground than it does at present, with a gate house at the entrance into the court before it; all which being pulled down, a modern farm-house of brick has been built on the antient scite of it.
This seat was once in the possession of the family of Goshall, of Goshall, in Ash, where Sir John Goshall resided in king Edward III.'s reign, and in his descendants it continued till about the reign of king Henry IV. when it was carried in marriage by a female heir to one of the family of St. Nicholas, owners likewise of the adjoining manor of Thorne, in whom it continued down to Roger St. Nicholas, who died in 1484, leaving a sole daughter and heir Elizabeth, who entitled her husband John Dynley, of Charlton, in Worcestershire, to the possession of it. By her he had two sons, Henry and Edward, the eldest of whom succeeded to this estate, which he afterwards alienated, about the middle of queen Elizabeth's reign, to John Roper, esq. of Linsted, afterwards knighted, and anno 14 James I. created baron of Teynham; whose great grandson Christopher, lord Teynham, in king Charles I.'s reign, conveyed it to Sir Edward Monins, bart. of Waldershare, who died possessed of it in 1663, leaving Elizabeth his widow surviving, who held it in jointure at her death in 1703; upon which it devolved to the heirs and trustees of Susan, his eldest daughter and coheir, late wife of Peregrine Bertie, deceased, second son of Montague, earl of Lindsey; and they, in the reign of king William and queen Mary, joined in the sale of it to Sir Henry Furnese, bart. of Waldershare, who died possessed of it in 1712, as did his son Sir Robert in 1733. After which it became, with his other estates, vested in his three daughters and coheirs, and on a partition of them, anno 9 George II. this estate of Powcies was wholly allotted, among others, to Anne the eldest sister, wife of John, viscount St. John, which partition was confirmed by an act passed next year; after which it descended down to their grandson George, viscount Bolingbroke, who in 1790 alienated it to Mr. Henry and John Harnett, the present possessors of it.
THORNE, or as it is vulgarly called, Thourne, is a manor in this parish, situated about a mile southward from Powcies above mentioned, being so named from the quantity of thorny bushes growing on and about it. This manor was antiently the seat of a family which took their name from it, one of them, Henry de Thorne, was owner of it in the year 1300, anno 29 Edward I. and resided here; against whom it seems complaint was made to the abbot of St. Augustine, that he caused mass to be publicly said in his private oratory, or chapel, (the remains of which are still so entire as to be made use of as a granary, &c.) at this his manor of Thorne, (apud spinam) to the prejudice of the mother church, and the ill example of others; and he accordingly was inhibited from so doing in future, by the archbishop's letters to the vicar of Minster, dated that year. And under the cross in this church, in the north wall of it, is an antient tomb or coffin of solid stone, let into the wall under an arch of antient Saxon ornaments. On the stone which covers the tomb is a cross flory, on each side of which are two blank shields, and round the edge of the stone these words in old French letters: Ici gift Edile de Thorne, que fust Dna del Espine. This seems probable to have been one of the family, owners of this manor.
After this family of Thorne were become extinct here, that of Goshall, of Goshall, in Ash, appear to have been possessors of this manor; in whom it continued till about the reign of king Henry IV. when it went by marriage by a female heir to one of the family of St. Nicholas, in whose descendants it continued down to Roger St. Nicholas, who died in 1474, and as appears by his will, was buried before the image of St. Nicholas, in the chancel of Thorne, at Minster. Roger St. Nicholas, his son and heir, left an only daughter Elizabeth, who entitled her husband John Dynley, esq. of Charlton, in Worcestershire, to the possession of it. After which it continued down in the same owners as Powcies last above-described, till it came into the possession of George, viscount Bolingbroke, who in 1790 alienated it to Mr. Henry Wooton, the present owner of it.
See a custom for the demise of tenements by will within the borough of Menstre, secundum consuetudinem manerii, anno 55 Henry III. Itin. Kanc. rot. 18, in Robinson's Gavelkind, p. 236.
Charities.
THE OCCUPIER of Salmeston Grange, in St. John's parish, is bound by his lease to distribute to six poor inhabitants of the parish of Minster, to be nominated by the minister and churchwardens, in the first week, and on the middle Monday of Lent, to each of them, nine loaves and eighteen herrings; and to three poor people of the same, to each of them, two yards of blanket; and every Monday and Friday in each week, from the Invention of the Holy Cross to the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, to every poor person coming to Salmeston Grange, one dishfull of peas dressed.
THOMAS APPLETON, of Eastry, yeoman, by his will in 1593, gave to the relief of the poor of this parish, the sum of 5l. to be paid to the churchwardens yearly, for the use of the poor people, inhabitants there, fourteen days before Christmas day, the same to be paid out of certain lands belonging to him, called Hardiles, in the parish of Woodnesborough.
RICHARD CLERK, D. D. vicar of Minster, partly by deed in 1625, and partly by will on Nov 6, 1634, gave 120l. to be lent unto four parishioners, born in Minster, whose fathers were deceased, and they not sufficiently stocked, for the term of one, two, or three years, but not exceeding that; the interest arising from it to be divided among the poor of the parish. With this money the trustees purchased houses, which are at present divided into four tenements, besides the parish work-house, called the seoffees houses; and seven other tenements, called Cheap Row, the rent of which is annually distributed in clothing to the poor persons of the parish. They are all at present let to the churchwardens and overseers for the time being, by a lease of 99 years, from 1729, at the rent of 6l. This trust is now vested in Mr. William Fuller, of Doctors Commons, as heir of the last trustee; the trust not having been filled up since the year 1696.
JOHN CAREY, esq of Stanwell, in Middlesex, by will in 1685, gave 10l. per annum to be paid yearly to the churchwardens, out of his farm of Sevenscore; to be disposed of to the poor yearly, on St. Thomas's day.
THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Westbere.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, is a very handsome structure, consisting of a nave and two side isles, a cross sept, and east chancel; the nave is of Saxon, the transept and chancel of gothic architecture; the last is curiously vaulted with stone, and provision was made for the same in the transept, but it was never completed. In it are eighteen collegiate stalis, in good preservation. At the west end of the church is a tall spire steeple, in which is a clock and five bells.
When the Danes plundered and burnt the abbey of Minster, they seem to have spared the two chapels of St. Mary, and of St. Peter and St. Paul, or however the stone work of them was preserved, and not burnt with the roof and other works of timber. The former of these was afterwards made into the present parish church, and has since been considerably enlarged.—The nave or body of the church seems to have been the old building; the pillars of which are thick and short, and the arches all circular, and a low roof was probably upon them, according to the simplicity and plainness of those times; but since the wall has been built higher, as appears by the distance there is, betwixt the top of the arches and the wall plate across; and an handsome chancel added at the east end, and a square tower on the west, with a high spire covered with lead placed on it. The chancel or choir and the middle of the cross are vaulted, and by the footings which are left, it was certainly intended that the whole cross should have been finished in the same manner. The eighteen stalls mentioned before, have very handsome wainscot behind, according to the mode of those times; in these the monks, vicars, and priests used to sit during the performance of divine service. Besides the high altar in this church, there were before the reformation other altars in it, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, St. James, and St. Anne. At these, as likewise before the Holy Cross, were lights constantly burning; for the maintenance of which, there were societies or fellowships, who contributed towards the maintenance of them, and those who died left in their last wills constantly small sums of money for that purpose. Under the middle of the cross was the rood-lost, the going up to which out of the chancel is yet to be seen, as are the mortice holes in which the timbers were put, on which the lost was built. On the north wall of it is the antient tomb of Edile de Thorne. On the pavement, as well as in the church porch, are several large flat gravestones, the inscriptions, if any on them, entirely worn away; they seem very antient, and are not improbably, memorials of some of the religious of this place, but they do not seem always to have lain where they do now. On the front of the tower of the steeple is a shield, carved in the stone work, viz. A fess, between three lion's passant. Among other memorials in this church, in the chancel, is one for Francis, son and heir to Edward Saunders, gent. of Norbourne-court, which Edward married the female heir of Francis Pendrick, esq. by his wife, who was nurse to queen Elizabeth. He died anno 1643; arms, A chevron, between three elephants heads, impaling a saltier, ermine, between three leopards faces. In the middle isle a monument for Bartholomew Sanders, gent. and Mary his wife, daughter of Henry Oxenden, esq. of Wingham; arms, Per chevron, sable and argent, three elephants heads, counterchanged, impaling Oxenden. On a mural monument are the effigies of a man and woman. kneeling at a desk, for Thomas Paramor, esq. sometime mayor of Canterbury, and Anne his first wife; arms, Azure, a fess embattled, between three stars of six points, or, impaling or, on a chevron, three stars of six points, sable, between as many dragons heads, quartered. In the north isle are several memorials for the Paramors. On a wooden frame, near the altar, a memorial for Col. James Pettit, obt. 1730. On the south side of the chancel, a mural monument for Mary, youngest daughter of Robert Knowler, gent. of Herne, wife of John Lewis, vicar of this church, obt. 1719. A memorial for John Lewis, formerly vicar of this church, obt. 1746, æt. 72. A memorial for Elizabeth Blome, daughter and coheir of John Blome, gent. of Sevenoke, obt. 1731; arms, in a lozenge, A cross fitchee, and cinquefoil, quartered with a greybound, current. A mural monument for Harry Verelst, esq. of Aston, in Yorkshire, formerly governor of Bengal, obt. 1785; he married Anne, coheir of Josiah Wordsworth, esq. of Wadworth, in Yorkshire, and of Sevenscore, in this parish, and left by her four sons and five daughters. In the south isle memorials for the Harnetts, Kennetts, and Colemans. In the middle isle are memorials for several of the Jenking's. Leland, in his Itinerary, vol. vii. p. 130 says, S. Florentius jacet in Cemiterio S. Mariæ in Thanet, cujus Tumba Crescit signis. (fn. 13)
On the top of the spire was formerly a globe, and upon that a great wooden cross, covered with lead, over which was a vane, and above that, an iron cross; but about the year 1647, the noted fanatic Richard Culmer, having got the sequestration of this vicarage, took it into his fancy that these were monuments of superstition and idolatry, and got these crosses demolished by two persons of the parish, whom he had hired, after he had himself before day, by moon light, fixed ladders for them to go up and down, from the square of the tower to the top of the spire. But if all the figures of a cross are monuments of idolatry, and to be removed, the poor caitiff has done his work but by halves, or rather not all, when he took down these from the spire and left the church standing, which is itself built in the form of a cross.
The church of Minster was antiently appendant to the manor, and as such was granted with it, first to Domneva, and afterwards became part of the possessions of the abbey founded by her here; and after the destruction of it came with the manor, by king Cnute's grant, to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, to which it became appropriated in the year 1128, anno 29 Henry I. and was at that time assigned, with the chapels of St. John, St. Peter, and St. Laurence, with all rents, tithes, and other things, belonging to them, to the sacristy of that monastery; which regulation was confirmed by archbishop Theobald, and afterwards, in 1168, by pope Alexander, who consigned it to the reparation of the church of the monastery, which had been but just before burnt down. (fn. 14)
In the year 1176, anno 23 Henry II. the tenants of the Halimot, or manor court of Minster, agreed, that from thenceforth they would all cop their corn; and that they and their heirs, then and for ever afterwards, should pay all their tithes lawfully by cops, and all other matters of tithes, which they were accustomed to pay, as amply as they had ever paid them from the time of the dedication of the church of St. Mary of Menstre.
By an agreement entered into in 1182, between the archbishop and the abbot of St. Augustine's, this church was exempted from the payments of all dues and procurations to the archdeacon; and that year the archbishop confirmed this church to the monastery; which agreement was renewed in 1237, by archbishop Edmund; and further, that the abbot and convent should present to the archbishop, in the chapels of St. Peter, St. John, and St. Laurence, fit perpetual chaplains to the altarages in them, provided those altarages were worth ten marcs, with which the chaplains should be content, on pain of forfeiting the same; the vicar of the mother church of Menstre, having a sufficient vicarage taxed from antient time in the same, taking and receiving in right of his vicarage, the tenths of small tithes, viz. of lambs and pigs, and the obventions arising from marriages and churchings, which were forbid at the chapels, and were solemnized, &c. at the mother church only, and the burials of certain corpses, being those of the tenants or occupiers of lands in these chapelries, who were to be buried at Minster, unless the vicar gave leave to the contrary. At the same time the archbishop, with the consent of the archdeacon, confirmed this church to the abbot and convent, together with the several archiepiscopal confirmations of it, and those of the several kings of England. This part above-mentioned of the revenue of the vicarage of Minster, arising from these chapelries, has long since been lost, except that out of Salmestone Grange, amounting to 10s. a year; which, perhaps, might be a composition for the tenths of the small tithes, &c. in them. The altarages above-mentioned were the customary and voluntary offerings at the altar, for some religious office or service of the priest. To augment these, the regular and secular priests invented many things. For it is to be observed, that only a portion of these offerings, to the value of ten marcs, or 6l. 13s. 4d. was what the chaplains of these three chapels were presented to, and that they were accountable for the residue to the abbot and convent, and that if they presumed to detain any more of these offerings beyond that sum, they were to be deprived even of that. For this reason, they were to swear to the abbot and convent, to give a true account of the offerings made at their several altars, on their respective offering days, and in no shape to detriment their parish of Menstre, as to legacies or obventions, personal or predial, but to conserve all the parochial rights of the same, entire and untouched, to the utmost of their power. Then marcs appear now but a small sum for the maintenance of a parish minster; but when the value of money at the time when this composition was made is considered, it will be found to be a handsome and generous allowance to a chaplain, especially as their stipends were then paid by authority; ten marcs were then equal to more than sixty pounds now, and in a council held at Oxford but fifteen years before, it was decreed, that where the churches had a revenue as far as five marcs per annum, they should be conferred on none but such as should constantly reside in person, on the place, as being a sufficient maintenance. In 1348 H. Kinghton informs us, a chaplain's usual stipend was no more than four or five marcs, or two and his board; as for the chaplains of these three chapels, though they were to receive no more than ten marcs of these altarages, they were not excluded the enjoyment of the manses and glebes, given to these chapels when they were first consecrated, which made some addition to their income, and perhaps enabled them to keep a deacon to assist them. (fn. 15)
On the great and principal festivals, the inhabitants of these three chapelries, preceded by their priests and other officers, with their banners, tapers, &c. were used to go in procession to Minster, their mother church, there to join at the solemn mass and other divine service then performed, to make their offerings and pay their accustomed dues, in token of their subjection to their parochial or mother church.
The appropriation of the church of Minster, together with the advowson of the vicarage, continued, in manner as has been already mentioned, with the abbot and convent till the dissolution of their monastery in the 30th year of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered, together with the rest of the possessions of the monastery, into the king's hands. After the dissolution of the monastery, there could not be said to be any parsonage or appropriation of this church, for the demesne lands of the manor of Minster, which are very extensive in this parish, were subject, as to the tithes of corn, to only a small modus or composition to the vicar, of eighteen shocks or cops of wheat, and eighteen shocks or cops of barley, or thereabouts; and the vicar was intitled, in right of his vicarage, to the corn tithes of the lands in the remaining part of the parish, as will be further noticed hereafter.
When the vicarage of this church was endowed and a vicar instituted, is no where found; but certainly it was before the year 1275; for in the act of consecration of the church or chapel-yard of St. Laurence that year, when that chapel was made parochial, mention is made of the vicar of Menstre, &c. and in the year 1384, anno 8 Richard II. this vicarage was valued at thirty marcs. After the dissolution of the abbey of St. Augustine, the advowson of this vicarage continued in the hands of the crown, till king Edward VI. in his first year, granted it, among other premises, to the archbishop, since which it has continued parcel of the pos sessions of that fee, the archbishop being the present patron of it.
This vicarage is valued in the king's books at 33l. 3s. 4d. and the yearly tenths at 3l. 6s. 8d. In 1588 here were three hundred communicants, and it was valued at 1501. It is endowed with a manse and glebe of about twenty-four acres of land, upland and marsh; all the corn tithes, and other tithes of that part of the parish called Street-borough; and of about one hundred acres in the other borough, called Weyborough, except the corn tithes of the demesnes of the manor of Minster, for which the modus or composition above-mentioned is paid.
¶The land in Minster level, which is pasture, paying but four-pence an acre for tithes, Dr. Richard Clarke, vicar here in 1597, made a composition with his parishioners, by which they obliged themselves to pay him at the vicarage house, within three days after every quarter, after the rate of twelve-pence an acre for their marsh land, or else to lose the benefit of the composition. (fn. 16) Dr. Meric Casaubon, who succeeded Dr. Clarke, would not abide by this composition, but afterwards compounded with the occupiers, at the rate of twelve-pence an acre for the worst of the land, and of fourteen pence and sixteen pence for that which is better; and in the year 1638 he demanded his tithes of the marsh land in kind, or eighteen pence per acre, which was agreed to by the parishioners, and paid by them till the year 1643; when the civil wars being begun, and this county in the power of the parliament, Dr. Casaubon, being continually threatened to be turned out of his vicarage, was content to receive one shilling per acre for the marsh land; in which manner he received it till the end of the year 1644, when this vicarage was sequestered, and one Richard Culmer was put into possession of this vicarage, (fn. 17) who to ingratiate himself with the parishioners, agreed to take no more than twelve pence an acre of them, as did Dr. Casaubon in 1660, on his being restored to this vicarage; at which rate the tithes were afterwards uniformly taken, till the time of the present vicar; the several vicars not being disposed to quarrel with their neighbours, though the land now lets for as much again as it did in Dr. Casaubon's time, viz. at 28s. an acre and upwards. There have been several litigations and issues at law tried between the present vicar, Mr. Dodsworth, and his parishioners, on account of this modus for the marsh land, all which have been decided in the vicar's favor, who set aside the modus of one shilling per acre by the verdict in his favor, and now takes from 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. for the grass land, according to its goodness; yet there are ten acres of grass land late in the possession of Josias Fuller Farrer, esq. which never having paid more than four-pence per acre, remain at that composition. The present value of it is about 350l. per annum.
Here’s a list of 21 things I've learned about myself over the past 21 years! :)
I’ve learned that:
1. Tea is my beverage of choice. I love all kinds!
2. I’m the most amazing singer……when I’m showering. Haha, no records yet! ;p
3. I’m also the worst dancer out there. Music moves me to a different beat, but I like to have fun baby, I like to move my feet! Unfortunately I’m not amazing at this in the shower…
4. I’m a shoe freak. I have a growing collection, and it’s only going to get bigger.
5. Xmas is, and will always be, my favourite season. I expect gifts from all of you ;p
6. I’m not the best at phone conversations, but I like to think that it’s outshined by the fact that I make the effort to call. Haha
7. Curling up in bed is the best way to spend rainy days ^^
8. I get food poisoning every year when I travel. It’s just like clockwork, lol, but street food is my favourite!
9. Chocolates don’t have a food group all to themselves (unfortunately…).
10. My mother's cooking will always be a hundred times better than mine. Amen.
11. No matter how many times I clean my car, my neighbour’s cats will always find a way to make it dirty.
12. I’m easy to please, and the simplest pleasures are always the best! :D
13. Traffic jams make me an impatient driver. Haha, thank goodness for music.
14. The quality of my penmanship decreases as the time my professor speaks increases. They’re inversely correlated.
15. I have tendency to (accidently) fall asleep on people’s shoulders’ when I’m
travelling. It’s a bad habit with strangers, lol.
16. I’m the best secret keeper ever!
17. Lazy Sunday afternoons are my favourite. I like to spend them lounging around.
18. When I go on photowalks, I like to pretend to know what I’m doing. ;p
19. There’s always room for coffee/tea.
20. Hopscotch isn’t just for children. Same goes for tetherball. :)
21. Life is much more interesting when it’s spent with friends. Love you all!! Many thanks to everyone for being a constant inspiration to me. It’s on my big list of things to do to meet every single one of you at least once, or y’know, a bajillion times until you get tired of me! Lol~
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Happy rest of the week! Catching up slowly~~
ビロードクサフジ ‘しげまるくん’
(シラゲクサフジ，ヘアリーベッチ)
台灣名稱: 長柔毛野豌豆 ‘茂丸君’
Vicia villosa Roth, 1793 ‘Shigemaru-Kun’
This name is accepted.
Confirmation Date: 04/28, 2023.
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Family: Fabaceae (APG IV)
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Authors:
Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757-1834)
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Publication:
Tentamen Florae Germanicae
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Collation:
2(2): 182 (1793).
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Type-Protolog:
Locality:In locis limosis prope Vegesack ante aliquot annos inveni plantam, quae quotannis in horto steriliori culta non mutavit habitum
Distribution:cult.
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The native range of this species is Canary Islands, N. Africa, Europe to Central Asia and Afghanistan. It is a scrambling annual or perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.
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Distribution Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia
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Introduced into:
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Belgium, Bolivia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Denmark, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Lesotho, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Sweden, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Xinjiang
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Homotypic Synonyms:
Cracca villosa (Roth) Gren. et Godr. in Fl. France Corse 1: 470 (1848), nom. illeg.
Ervum villosum (Roth) Trautv. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 47 (1874), nom. illeg.
Vicia godronii Rouy in G.Rouy et J.Foucaud, Fl. France 5: 237 (1899), nom. superfl.
Vicia unguiculata Clavaud ex Bonnier et Layens in Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 86 (1894), nom. superfl.
Vicia unguiculata subsp. villosa (Roth) Bonnier et Layens in Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 86 (1894), nom. illeg.
Vicia varia Roth subsp. villosa (Roth) H.J.Coste in Fl. Descr. France 3: 720 (1906), nom. illeg.
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Heterotypic Synonym:
Vicia villosa Roth forma hamata Holmb. in Bot. Not. 1919: 2061 (1919)
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Publications:
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
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Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
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Yakovlev, G.P., Sytin, A.K. & Roskov, Y.R. (1996). Legumes of Northern Eurasia. A checklist: 1-724. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia:
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
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Kew Backbone Distributions:
Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Authier, P. & Covillot, J. (2011). Catalogue actualisé des plantes de l'île de Rhodes (Grèce). Saussurea; Travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève 41: 131-170.
Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
Chrtková-Zertová, A., van der Maesen, L.J.G. & Rechinger, K.H. (1979). Papilionaceae I - Vicieae. Flora Iranica 140: 1-89. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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Herbs annual, 30-150 cm tall, villous or sericeous, or pu-berulent to glabrous. Stem climbing, much branched. Leaves paripinnate, 3-6 cm; stipules lanceolate to semitruncate or bifid to semihastate, 7-12 mm; leaflets 4-12-paired, linear to oblong or lanceolate, 10-30 × 3-7 mm, apex obtuse, acute, or acu-minate, mucronate; lateral veins dense or not obvious; tendril 2- or 3-branched. Raceme shorter than to slightly longer than leaf, 10-30-flowered. Calyx obliquely campanulate, unequally toothed; lower teeth equaling or longer than tube or all teeth shorter than tube. Corolla purple-blue, purple, light purple, light red, light blue, or rarely white, 10-18 mm; standard linear or oblong, constricted at middle; wings shorter than standard and longer than keel. Legume oblong or oblong-rhomboid, 20-40 × 4-12 mm, apex beaked. Seeds 2-8, globose or oblate-globose, ca. 3 mm in diam. Fl. and fr. Apr-Oct. 2n = 14, 28.
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Fantasyland, King Arthur Carrousel. Mary Poppins and Bert on the ride, moving past my spot in the wait line, photo #2 of 2.
I visited Disneyland on Sunday, July 2, 2017. It was seasonably warm (80 F) with a light crowd.
I bought a new booster pin set consisting of 6 hot sauces based on Disney characters ($29.99). I also got a Disney Store Animators' Collection ceramic mug with drawings of Jasmine, Belle and Cinderella ($15.99). I don't recall seeing this mug in actual Disney Stores yet. I also saw some Disney Store Princess medium plush dolls, that I haven't seen before (either in Disneyland or Disney Stores). They were Aurora, Belle, mermaid Ariel and Mulan ($24.99). They were all very pretty. It is surprising that they were selling Mulan, since there is almost never any Mulan merchandise sold in Disneyland.
Most of the rides had short lines. I got a good score at Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, but it wasn't recorded. I also rode on Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion. I took a photo of the Redhead, and also of a pirate fortune teller in a machine near the exit to the ride.
Then I went on some of my favorite rides in Fantasyland. Alice in Wonderland had a posted 30 minute wait time, but I got on the ride in only 15 minutes. I got on the King Arthur Carrousel, just after Mary Poppins, Bert and the Pearly Band were on it. I got some decent photos of Mary and Bert on the ride. I rode the Snow White's Scary Adventures, and got a better photo of the end of the ride mural than last time.
I did lunch at the Red Rose Taverne, as I did last week. I ordered Slow-Cooked Beef Poutine, Gaston's Famous Brew in souvenir mug and Grey Stuff Gateau. Gaston's Brew was Apple Mango punch with Passion Fruit foam. The Grey Stuff frosting tasted like whipped cream to me, although the menu said it was white chocolate mousse. I took more photos of the decor of the restaurant than last time. I was pleasantly surprised to discover a trio of stained glass decorations, including the one from the ending scene of the original animated film.
I'v been tagged by Jiobbe www.flickr.com/photos/jiobbe/ Thanks =)
Here is 16 things about me :
1. My name is Alana Forsyth, I turn 18 in March, And live is wishaw ,Scotland
2. I have been going out with my boyfriend Andrew for 3 years on valentines day
3. I love art, hoping to get into an illustration course soon ! Also I <3 photography
4. I love all animals but my favourite has to be cats =) especially Taz and Lilah
5. Some of my favourite music artists are jimi hendrix, seasick steve, acdc, but my fave has to be Alex Harvey !
6. I used to be a mechanic for nearly two years but had to stop due to a back problem
7. I used to collect ty beanie babies when I was little and have over 500 lol they are hidden under the bed now haha
8. I play guitar and bass, I have a fender stratocaster, an epiphone sg, a hohner 335 pro, a yamaha acoustic and a carlsbro bass
9.I played football for years and won a few medals but again I had to quit because of my back, I occasionally play but then cant move for a week !
10. I love tattoos
11. I have a strange obsession with SAAB 900 TURBOS, they are cool cars lol
12.I love to do research on animals, writing and drawings about them in a sketch book
13. I like going out with my friends at the weekend because everyone is so busy now a days its the only time we get to see each other.
14. As you could probably tell from the football and mechanics I'm not a "girly-girl" and I find it easier to talk to men than women lol
15.I love playing call of duty on the xbox 360, but only for like an hour and then I get bored and Andrew steals it from me lol
16. I <3 Marilyn Monroe =)