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Happy Valley- Stenness Parish Orkney
Scottish Registered Charity No: SC044724
Happy Valley was created by Edwin Harrald who settled in the Russa Dale of Stenness in 1948. His cottage was called Bankburn. The man lovingly brought his vision to life over several decades.
Happy Valley is a much loved and enjoyed, magical woodland garden in Stenness, Orkney and was created over many years by Edwin Harrold who lived there from 1948 and who created this small woodland over his lifetime. Edwin welcomed visitors to his garden and people came from near and far to visit Happy Valley and to chat to Edwin.
In the end, he'd created a rare garden of trees and blossoms that would shelter wildlife - a place of beauty to share with his neighbours. having no mains electricity service to his house. Instead, he built a dam for a water supply and developed his own mini-hydroelectric system.
Edwin once said in an interview, “I can’t have anything modern in an old house like this, but I miss nothing … I don’t envy anybody. I have none of the problems that these things (modern conveniences) bring.”Edwin was 82 years old at the time of the interview. He lived to be nearly 100. Maybe he had the right idea?
Following the death of Edwin, the property was ultimately gifted by its owner, Professor Isbister, to Orkney Islands Council so that it could remain somewhere the public could continue to visit and enjoy for free. An informal group of Orkney residents came together to help maintain the site and to keep its story alive. This led eventually to the formation of a charity who are funded entirely by public donations.
Friends of Happy Valley-Scottish Registered Charity No: SC044724 www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/happyvalley
The center door representing Charity, is also called the Door of Christian Love.
All the names of Christ's genealogy are engraved on the column above the center door.
Above the Nativity scene, which splits the doors in the central section, is the Annunciation (or Incarnation) when "The Word" was made flesh.
There is also a scene in heaven, where Jesus crowns Mary queen of Heaven.
The Coronation scene takes place in a kind of cave with icicles; Joseph is also present.
Six music-playing angels frame the scene of the nativity.
Sagrada Família
Barcelona, Spain
Coronavirus.
Charity shop window looking towards the crossroads, North Street, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.
Explained the way of the painting.a is the drawing of me,bb is the texture selfmade with watercolor,c is a plus b.The advantage of working this way You can later paint the texture after seeing the results,thanks for the visit have all a nice weekend
Woman in the audience at the last show of the 'Blues Against Hunger' series of blues-rock concerts/jams - San Felipe, Baja - Mexico on the Sea of Cortez.
I like these charity lighthouses and the messages they bring. This one was outside Peterhead Prison Museum when I visited in May 2023.
The artist is Nicola Boom Illustration.
As with her last Wild in Art illustration, Nicola is keen to take the opportunity by using the ongoing threat to the environment. Puffins and Kittiwakes remain on the red list which is the highest conservation priority. Other birds such as guillemots, razorbills and fulmars are on the amber list. With this in mind Nicola wished to create a piece that incorporate all these species. Nicola is inspired by the spectacular cliffs at Fowlsheugh near Stonehaven.
These lighthouses were sold in aid of Clan Cancer Centre and some of them sold very well.
Stained glass window by Louis Davis 1938 depicting Charity (Love). Based on his wife Edith Webster. Part of a set of 3 windows at All Saints Church, Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, UK.
My mom's been knitting baby clothes for charity, and she asked me if I could knit some baby socks for her packages. I haven't felt that inspired to knit lately, in fact, my knitting has hit an all time low – I've even watched tv without knitting! But baby socks are quick, so I promised her to knit a few pairs. So that's what I've been doing, knitting tiny socks with sock yarn scraps. Hopefully they'll bring back my knitting mojo.
Charity by Damien Hirst
Charity is recognisable as based on Scope collection boxes which were commonly seen on British high streets between the 1960s and 1970s. A young girl wearing a calliper forlornly cradles a teddy bear and a donations box which reads ‘please give generously’. The work questions historic and outdated ways of depicting disability and seeking charity.
Autumn #PolaroidWeek 🍁
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Bought this fabulous wedding dress many years ago from a charity shop for just £30. Brand new it still had all its tags in place!
I have entered this image in to the Flickr group Charity Print Auctions:
www.flickr.com/groups/charityprintauctions/ for the Haiti Earthquake Appeal.
The print that is for auction is 8 x 10 inches and will be printed on Professional Matte paper.
To bid, you need to comment below the image with the amount that you would like to bid. Bidding starts at $5.
When the auction closes, the person that has bid the most, wins the print.
The auction will close on the date set in the thread, in the case of the Haiti Earthquake Appeal, it will finish on Monday 25th of January 2010 at midnight.
The winning bidder has to pay that amount to the Red Cross:
www.redcross.org.uk/emergencysite/default.aspx?id=88916
When they do this, they MUST make a screen grab of the donation confirmation page to send to me. This is the only way that I will know that you have paid and can arrange for the print to be sent to you.
I will pay the costs of production of the print and the postage to the winning bidder.
Please help, all proceeds will go to the Haiti Relief Fund.
BTW, this is a slightly different version that the original. If the winning bidder would like the original instead, just let me know.
If the bidding gets high enough, then I will be willing to send the winner two prints.
Don't have a flickr account? Send me an email with your bid to mreddin@optonline.net
THIS IS AN OLD PHOTO, UPLOADED ONLY FOR THE AUCTION. DO NOT COMMENT UNLESS YOU ARE BIDDING. IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THE ORIGINAL PHOTO GO HERE:
www.flickr.com/photos/edgedonkey/4182500894/
Highest Explore Position: 22 on Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Imagine if you were unable to touch or kiss your newborn baby. This is an ordeal thousands of families, whose child arrives too soon, too small or too sick, are forced to go through each year.
Some facts and figures:
• There is a shortage of 1,150 nurses to care for the 70,000 babies in need of specialist hospital care in England. Less than a third of units have enough nurses to meet minimum standards.
• Neonatal units are working way above recommended occupancy levels meaning there is no safety net for peaks in the number of babies being admitted to units.
• Families of babies admitted to specialist hospital care face a crippling financial strain on top of the normal costs of having a new baby.
• Over half of parents face the prospect of not being able to stay near their baby in hospital due to a shortage of overnight rooms for families.
Cake A Difference is the annual fundraising initiative from Bliss, the special care baby charity. Bliss offers guidance and information at a critical time in families' lives, funds ground-breaking research and campaigns for babies to receive the best possible level of care regardless of when and where they are born. Cake A Difference 2011 takes place from 14-20 February 2011. For more ideas on how you can support Bliss contact katiaw@bliss.org.uk
I have completed my train MOC which I will be donating to this year's Esther Walner Charity Auction at Brickworld 2019. The auction item will include as seen here:
1. Santa Fe EMD F7A Warbonnet Locomotive with full power Function equipment and stickers by OKbrickworks. This model is 8-wide and is ready-to-run.
2. Santa Fe EMD F7B locomotive, unpowered, with stickers by OKbrickworks.
3. Power Functions remote.
4. USB drive (16 GB) with the PDF of the instructions for both locomotives
(Track not included)
Credit where credit is due, I would like to thank and recognize the following:
OKbrickworks - for not only donating the stickers for both locomotives, but for offering to sponsor the B unit, which prompted me to include it in the auction.
Nick O'Donnell - for donating a large chunk of the parts from his Bricklink shop - Cincinnati Brick Co.
Karl Joffre - for donating all of the Power Functions elements, allowing this model to be ready-to-run - motors, battery box, remote, everything.
And last but not least Nate Brill, who's peerless work on his NYC E unit windshield made my original MOC possible.
If you are attending Brickworld this year, I encourage you to attend, even if you have no interest in bidding. There has been discussion that if you are not attending, but know someone who is, you could bid by proxy. Bryan Bonahoom is happy to take your money (for charity, of course).
Since the pandemic I've been working from home. In the last month I've been working one day a week in an office, not too far from home. It really breaks the week up, and has helped me feel a bit more connected to the world again.
The other good thing is that there's a big charity shop close by, so ideal for some lunchtime browsing!
Julia's House charity shop, Creekmoor Poole 27.07.2022
66782 Charity Railtours approching Cwmrhydyceirw with the 6V32, 10.23 hrs Tilbury to Trostre (Photo By Steve Powell)
Amazing show! Thank you everyone who were invovled and came to support!
See full show: youtu.be/wPTXC5pSeJE