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Locomotive No. 1410, a Vulcan 2-6-0 (works no.2573 built in 1916), prepares to move loaded cane cars out of one of the loading points from the Cuba Libre (306) sugar mill, Matanzas Province, on March 6th 1999.
Grace: Taken by Megan.
Again, as the sunshine was too beautiful to ignore we carried lots of empty jars down to a near photo spot - and we're quite pleased with the results! We'll be uploading more in the next few days :)
Ed Hulse - The Art of Pulp Fiction
An Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks
Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff
Elephant Books, 2021
Front cover montage: Clockwise from top left - George Gross cowboy from the cover of 'Duel on the Range'; Baryé Phillips femme fatale from 'Satan Is a Woman'; Rudolph Belarski couple (with Big Green Hand) from 'Tales of Chinatown'
In the wine cave at the Gibbston Valley Winery
We toured the Gibbston Valley vineyards on a frosty morning, tasted award winning wines in the underground wine cave and savored cheeses at the on-site cheesery. Gibbston Valley Winery is an award winning winery (produces world-champion wine), centered in one of the world's most celebrated Pinot Noir producing regions.
16-17th Cents
"Situated in Les Halles, an area of Paris once home to the country's largest food market, the origins of Saint Eustache date back to the 13th century. A modest chapel was built in 1213, dedicated to Saint Agnes, a Roman martyr. The small chapel was funded by Jean Alais, a merchant at Les Halles who was granted the rights to collect a tax on the sale of fish baskets as repayment of a loan he gave to King Philippe-Auguste.[4] The church became the parish church of the Les Halles area in 1223 and was renamed Saint-Eustache in 1303.
The name of the church refers to Saint Eustace, a Roman general of the second century AD. He was a passionate hunter; his conversion followed a vision he had of a crucifix in the horns of a deer he was hunting, He was martyred, along with his family, for converting to Christianity. He is now the patron saint of hunters.[5] The church was renamed for Saint Eustache after receiving relics related to the Roman martyr as donations from the Abbey of Saint Denis.
As the area prospered, the church became too small for its congregation; the church wardens decided to build a larger building. Construction of the current church began in 1532, during the reign of François I and continued until 1632, and in 1637, it was consecrated by Jean-François de Gondi, Archbishop of Paris.
Although the architects are unknown, similarities to designs used in the extension of the church of Saint-Maclou in Pontoise (begun in 1525) point to Jean Delamarre and/or Pierre Lemercier, who collaborated in that work.[7] The Italian-born architect Domenico da Cortona has also been suggested.
The project [3] Some of the architects associated with the church's construction include Pierre Lemercier, his son Nicolas Lemercier,[10] and Nicolas' son-in-law Charles David." Wikipedia
The church also contains one of the finest organs in Paris.
Me, at the landing zone of a property that used Treasure Quest tokens to collect for free Lindens.
There are a variety of groups you can join in Second Life to make money, however, not all games require a group membership and are available to anyone. I think of the games offered as the current version of "camping," where residents used to stay in a designated area or on a chair in location for a period of time before they could earn some Lindens. Sometimes, camping residents might have to perform a service like scrub a floor, etc.
Property owners purchase the items that distribute Linden money in order to attract visitor traffic to their properties or businesses. The number of visitors is then used to rank these properties in terms of popularity when people use keywords to search for places in Second Life that match keywords in the description of the location.
For me, collecting money through these games helps provide me with an income that I can use in turn to not only buy goods and supplies for myself, but also to use for tipping entertainers and businesses...spreading around the wealth, as they say. Second Life definitely has a diverse economy to support!