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Garza real
Ardea cinereaFamilia: Ardeidos – ArdeidaeAspecto: Garza grande, de complexión robusta, predominantemente de color gris, con un pico recto, fuerte, en forma de daga. Las garzas pueden diferenciarse de las grullas durante el vuelo, y a menudo también cuando están de pie, por la forma en que encorvan su cuello.Tamaño: Largo 84-102 cm, envergadura alar 155-175 cm, peso 930-1.150 g.Nido: Una gran pila desarreglada de ramas, generalmente construido muy alto en un abeto o pino. Las aves pueden usar el mismo nido durante muchos años.Reproducción: Pone 6 huevos en mayo, incubados de forma alternada por los padres, en 4 a 6 períodos, durante 25 a 28 días. Las aves jóvenes aprenden a volar aproximadamente a los 50 días. Muchas garzas reales anidan en colonias.Distribución: Ave migratoria de verano que se reproduce poco en Finlandia (solo hay alrededor de 100 parejas). En los últimos años, los avistamientos de invierno se han vuelto más comunes.Migración: Pasa el invierno en el oeste y sur de Europa. La migración de otoño puede tener lugar entre mediados de agosto y principios de noviembre, y las aves regresan de marzo a mayo.
Alimentación: Acecha inmóvil a lo largo de costas, lista para emboscar, en espera de que peces y animales acuáticos pequeños estén a su alcance.Sonidos: Un chillido fuerte, molesto, similar al llamado de la pagaza piquirroja.
La garza real tiene partes superiores de color gris claro, y partes inferiores de color blanco grisáceo. Su cabeza es mayormente blanca, excepto por una raya negra que se extiende desde encima de sus ojos hasta la parte posterior de su cuello, donde algunas de sus plumas se alargan para formar una cresta. Los adultos con plumaje de apareamiento pueden tener un color rosáceo a los lados del cuello, y algunas filas de rayas oscuras en el cuello y el pecho. La garza real tiene el pico de color amarillo o naranja amarillento, patas de color marrón opaco e iris amarillo.
Las aves inmaduras generalmente se parecen a las adultas, pero su capuchón y su cuello son más grises (y el cuello no tiene color rosáceo). Su pico es más pardusco y el iris es blanco.
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Dashy is not only stunningly beautiful ~ with a flawless complexion, and a heavenly little face...
She also has the most delightful personality of any of the local kids here . . .
At the same time, quiet, modest, serene and gentle . . . and always contented . . .
She will happily go along with almost any agenda which is suggested, without protest . . .
If I say "Shall we go to 'Palengke ?' ( the local market ) she will smile sweetly, and answer ~
" Ock-Kaaaaaay " in her soft & silky-smooth American accent . . .
She will jump at the chance to accompany me, with Ella, just about anywhere, out of school hours, whether it be to a shopping-mall, or the swimming pools at Fisher's Farm.....
and a Jeepney ride is a real adventure for both of them . . . .
Dashy is totally adult in her demeanour . . . and is the loveliest companion on any outing....
helping me on-and-off the Jeepney, and insisting on carrying the shopping-bag . . .
One of God's Angels, without a doubt . . .
The Beautiful Lottie Locke The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann of Fotofilia Studios.
The location is around the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
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The Beautiful Lottie Locke. The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann at Fotofilia Studios.
Model Lottie Locke
MUA Devon Martin
Artistic Oversight David Rann
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The Beautiful Lottie Locke The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann of Fotofilia Studios.
The location is around the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
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The location is around the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
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The Beautiful Lottie Locke The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann of Fotofilia Studios.
The location is around the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
The Beautiful Lottie Locke The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann of Fotofilia Studios.
The location is around the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
The Beautiful Lottie Locke The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann of Fotofilia Studios.
The location is around the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham.
To the Glory of God
and in
ever grateful memory
of the following men
who gave their lives
for Freedom and Justice
in the Great War
1914 - 1918.
A/40009 Private Sidney John Cook, 5th. Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Born on 2nd.March 1892 at East Harling, Norfolk, the third of eleven children of Harry, foreman at Overa Farm at Eccles, and Mary Crook.
Sidney spelt his name Sydney.
On 7th. April 1910 Sydney sailed on the SS Canada from Liverpool to Portland, Maine, to take advantage of the Dominions Lands Act. He arrived on 16th. April.
His occupation was given as a farm labourer and on 26th. January 1914, he was issued 160 acres at Mancroft, Humboldt Saskatchewan in Canada.
On 21st. December 1914, Sydney enlisted at Saskatoon where it was recorded that he was 5’10” with dark hair, a fresh complexion and blue eyes. He weighed 175 lb. with a 38″ chest and a scar between his eyes.
He did his basic training with 32nd Battalion, and later sailed aboard the SS Scandinavian for Shorncliffe, Kent arriving on 27th. June 1915.
On 3rd. August 1915, he was on his way to France with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and by 14th. August he was posted to 5th. Battalion Canadian Infantry.
Sydney's service record states that attended sniper school for a week in April 1916.
War diary entries show that on 6th. June 1916 the 5th. Battalion were in position directly in front of Hill 60 when a trench mortar bombardment opened up at 09.00 hrs, lasting until 12.30 hrs, when artillery joined in until 16.30 hrs. A further bombardment occurred from 17.30 hrs. until 18.15 hrs. Trenches 40 to 43 are described as being 'practically destroyed.' Sydney was injured and was evacuated to 10 Casualty Clearing Station at Remy Sidings, Lijssenthoek, where he died, aged 24, of multiple shrapnel wounds on Wednesday 7th. June 1916. He is buried in Grave: VII. C. 5. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
20551 Private Samuel Davison, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment, formally with the Norfolk Regment.
Born in East Harling in 1892.
The 1911 census records Samuel employed as a gardener and domesti and living in with his family at Railway Cottage in Eccles.
He married Beatrice Purse in October 1913, and they had a son, Ernest Leonard, born in 1914.
On 28th. July 1915 the 11,117 ton HMT Royal Edward, formally RMS Cairo, embarked 1,367, including members of the Royal Army Medical Corps at Avonmouth. The majority were reinforcements for the British 29th. Infantry Division, and were destined for Gallipoli.
Royal Edward arrived at Alexandria on 10th. August, then sailed for Moudros on the island of Lemnos, a staging point for the Dardanelles.
On the morning of Friday 13th. August 1915, Royal Edward passed the British hospital ship Soudan, heading in the opposite direction. Oberleutnant zur See Heino von Heimburg, commander of the German submarine UB-14, was off the island of Kandeloussa and saw both ships. He allowed Soudan to pass unmolested, and focused his attention on the unescorted Royal Edward some 6 nautical miles (6.8 miles - 11 km) off Kandelioussa. He launched a torpedoes from about 1 mile (1.6 km) away and hit the ship in the stern. She sank by the stern within six minutes.
Royal Edward was able to get off an SOS before losing power, and Soudan arrived on the scene at 10:00 after making a 180° turn. She rescued 440 men in six hours, and two French destroyers and some trawlers rescued another 221.
An Admiralty casualty list, published in The Times in September 1915, named 13 officers and 851 troops as missing believed drowned. It is believed the Royal Edward's death toll was actually 935 and was high because the ship had just completed a boat drill and the majority of the men were below decks re-stowing their equipment.
Samuel has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233 of the Helles Memorial, Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Turkey and on the Kenninghall, Norfolk Roll of Honour.
20713 Private Phill Williams, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment, formally with the Norfolk Regiment.
The son of William Alfred and Anna Williams of The Brickyard Cottages, Shipdham, Norfolk.
Phill died, aged 19, on Friday 13th. August 1915 in the sinking of HMT Royal Albert, described above.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 146 to 151 or 229 to 233 of the Helles Memorial, Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Turkey.
77261 Bombardier Frederick Thomas Matthews, 'K' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.
The eldest son of Joseph Henry and Louisa Mathews.
Frederick died, aged 21, on Friday 30th. November 1917. He is buried in Grave: II. E. 7. at Ribecourt British Cemetery, Nord, France.
Frederick is remembered on his parent's headstone in St. Mary the Virgin churchyard, Eccles.
29563 Private Frederick Robert Ward, 1st. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 22nd. January 1886 at Wretham, Norfolk, the son of Frederick and Ann Ward, nee Saunders, of Hall Cottage, Wilby, Norfolk.
Brother of James, below.
Enlisted on 4th April 1916 where Fredericks occupation was recorded as a goods porter.
Frederick died, aged 31, on Wednesday 30th May 1917 at No. 4 General Hospital, Camiers, near Étaples of gunshot wounds to the legs received on 8th. May during the Battle of Arras. He is buried in Grave; XXV. F. 12A at Étaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription
'REST IN THE LORD'
Frederick is remembered on his brother's headstone in St. Mary the Virgin churchyard, Eccles.
12459 Private James John Ward, 7th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 30th. January 1891 at Eccles, the son of Frederick and Ann Ward, nee Saunders, of Hall Cottage, Wilby, Norfolk.
Brother of Frederick, above.
The 1911 census records James employed as a farm labourer.
Enlisted on 27th. August 1914 at Norwich, Norfolk.
On 6th. September 1915 James was hospitalised with a head wound. Between 8th. October 1915 and April 1916 he was hospitalised again with leg wounds.
On 12th. October 1916, John received shrapnel wounds to both temples while in action in the attack on Bayonet Trench and Scabbard Trench on the Somme. He was evacuated back to Britain and died, aged 25, from septic pneumonia at the Reading War Hospital, Berkshire on Monday 30th. October 1916. He is buried to the north of St. Mary the Virgin church in Eccles.
14488 Private Frederick Nunn, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1896, the son of Alfred Nunn of Overa Farm, Eccles
Frederick was killed in action, aged 20, during the attack on The Quadrilateral (Ginchy) on the Somme on Friday 15th. September 1916. He was buried at map reference 57c.T.14.D.1.6. and was reburied, possibly in December 1918, in Grave: VII. G. 10. at Guillemont Road Cemertery, Guillemont, Somme, France.
Frederick is also commemorated on the Roll of Honour in the church of St. Ethelbert at Larling, Norfolk.
33021 Private Henry William Mowle, 106th. Labour Company, 36th. Labour Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Henry died on Sunday 20th. May 1917. He is buried in Grave:III. A. 10. at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
"Their name liveth for Evermore."
Summary Data
State or Country of birth: Dewitt, Onondaga County, NY
Home prior to enlistment: Dewitt, NY
Occupation prior to enlistment: farmer
Service:
... Co I, B, M & G, 3rd NY Cav. - 1862 - 1865
... Co. B, First NY Mounted Rifles - 1865
... Co. B, 4th NY Provisional Cav. - 1865
Rank at enlistment: private
Highest rank attained: brevet captain
Principal combat experience:
... various small raids and skirmishes in NC
... Petersburg, VA
... Reams Station, VA
Casualties: POW, Reams Station
Photograph by: Hopkins, Annapolis, MD.
Inscription in period ink on front: "Yours Truly James H Bailey Lieut 3rd N.Y. C.."
Inscription in period pencil on front: "Jas. Bailey Lieut"
Inscription in period ink on back: "1st Lieut Jas. Bailey Co. B. 3rd N.Y. Cav. April 16th Suffolk Va 1865"
* * * * *
James Henry Bailey was born in DeWitt, New York on February 4, 1846. On September 11, 1862 the then sixteen-year-old farmer lied about his age, claimed to be eighteen, and enlisted at Syracuse, NY, as a recruit in Company I, 3rd New York Cavalry. He was mustered into the army the same day as a private to serve for 3 years. His descriptive list identified him as having blue eyes, dark hair and a light complexion. He stood only 5'4" but later grew another two inches to reach 5'6" before his enlistment was over. By September 26, two weeks after his enlistment, he had been forwarded from the recruitment center at Syracuse to join his Company then on duty at Washington, North Carolina. For the next year and a half the regiment's theater of operations was restricted to eastern North Carolina, where the troopers engaged in several expeditions, minor battles and small scale skirmishes against Confederate targets in the Tar Heel State.
In August 1863 Bailey had a portion of his army pay withheld for the issuance of excess equipment; $24.00 due the U.S. for a pistol, and 60¢ for a pair of spurs. In March and April of 1864 he was listed as "Sick in Quarters." Yet in spite of these seemingly minor notes in his official records, he must have been an exemplary soldier because on April 19, 1864 he was promoted directly from private to fill a vacancy as 2nd lieutenant, receiving a commission for his new rank to be effective since February 26, 1864. Bailey was not officially mustered at his new rank as 2nd Lieutenant of Company B, however, until June 11, 1864, "in the field near Bermuda Hundred, Va." In May 1864 he had been listed as being "on duty in charge of horses." By that time the regiment had moved up into Virginia and took part in the initial assaults on Petersburg in mid-June.
The troopers also were engaged in General Kautz's Raid on Confederate supply lines. As part of the campaign against Petersburg, Union cavalry moved into southern Virginia where it began destroying sections of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad. On June 29 the cavalry reached Ream's Station south of Petersburg on the Weldon Railroad. Rather than being held by Union infantry as expected, the cavalry troopers discovered heavy concentrations of Confederate infantry instead. The addition of Confederate cavalry soon coming up on their rear meant the Federals were virtually surrounded. Combined assaults by Confederate infantry and cavalry split the Union forces in two and forced them to cut their way out separately, burning their supply wagons and abandoning their artillery in the process. Those who did not succeed in cutting their way out were either captured or killed. James Bailey was thought to have been killed; one member of the regiment going so far as to write home saying that the wounded had all been captured and that Lieutenant Bailey had been killed by "a shell cutting him in two." A few days later, Captain Gustavus F. Jocknick, completed a Final Statement for James H. Bailey and had the paperwork transmitted up the chain of command stating that the lieutenant had been "killed, as such, in battle near Ream's Station, Va. June 29th 1864."
In fact, Bailey was still very much alive and unhurt, although a prisoner in the hands of the enemy. Perhaps Bailey had been dismounted when his horse had been hit by an artillery shell and in the confusion of battle the witnesses assumed that Bailey had likewise been struck. Regardless of the source of the confusion, Bailey found himself a captive of the Confederates and remained in their hands for almost six months. He was eventually paroled at Charleston, South Carolina on December 13, 1864. He arrived at Camp Parole in Annapolis, Maryland on December 17, 1864 and was immediately ordered to report to the Commissary General of Prisoners, in Washington, DC. Two days later, on December 19, he was granted a leave of absence as a paroled prisoner of war for 30 days with instructions to "report in person to the Commanding Officer at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Maryland" upon his return.
While he was being held as a POW by the Confederates vacancies higher up in the regiment created a ripple effect of promotions for those next in line lower down in the chain of command. Thus Bailey was advanced from 2nd lieutenant to 1st lieutenant almost as soon as he was released on parole. While home on his furlough, he was commissioned at his new rank on December 22, 1864 with the rank to be effective from October 10, 1864, the date that the previous 1st lieutenant had been promoted.
Lieutenant Bailey returned from his leave and was assigned to duty at Camp Parole on January 19, 1865, where he remained while awaiting a change in his status as a paroled POW that would allow him to return to his regiment in the field. In the meantime, as a result of a bookkeeping exercise back at his regiment, he was transferred in absentia to Company M on January 10, 1865 and from there to Company G on March 8. After six months as a POW and three more months as a paroled prisoner, Bailey finally rejoined the 3rd New York Cavalry in the field near Suffolk, Virginia, on April 1, 1865. Here at last he was officially mustered into the regiment at his new rank of 1st lieutenant and was assigned back to Company B as company commander.
On May 18, 1865, Lieutenant Bailey was put on detached duty as adjutant at headquarters of the Line of Outposts, Great Bridge, Virginia. He rejoined his company from this detached service on June 24. With the war all but over, the men of the 3rd NY Cavalry were transferred to the First NY Mounted Rifles on July 21, 1865. The designation of the regiment was later changed to the 4th New York Provisional Cavalry on September 6, 1865. Bailey and the rest of the men in the regiment were mustered out of the service at City Point, Virginia, on November 29, 1865. In spite of having served in the army for over three years, upon his discharge the veteran officer was still a teenager.
It's not clear if his regiment learned of Bailey's survival at Ream's Station prior to his being paroled or not. In any event, his descriptive list subsequently had the words "since killed" crossed out. Similarly the Final Statement in his military records has a notation requesting that it be returned for correction because, "This man was not killed, but captured June 29/64, paroled, promoted to 1 Lt. & transferred to 7th [sic] N.Y. Cav. July 22/65." On June 22, 1867, two years after the war was over, Lieutenant Bailey received a brevet promotion to Captain to date from March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war."
Immediately following the war, James Bailey sought adventure in Montana for several years. In 1869 he returned east and settled in New York City, where he was variously employed as a Farm Laborer (1870), Stock broker (1880), Vice President of a Rail Road Paper (1900), magazine publisher (1910), and a secretary in a shipbuilding firm (1920).
James Bailey married Caroline Elmendorf, a widow, at Albany, NY, on June 8, 1880. He had no children of his own, but acquired one stepson through his wife's previous marriage. She died in May 1929. He followed her in death on September 21, 1930 at New York City and was buried up the Hudson River at Albany.
On the seventh night we celebrate Goddess Kalaratri. This form of Durga has a complexion dark as night which symbolises infinity. Goddess Kalaratri is the Devi that accepts everything from the Devotee, not only the good, but all the negative qualities. She just absorbs them.
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“The Lord will appear with a golden complexion, and His beautifully constructed body will resemble molten gold. Sandalwood pulp will be smeared over His body. He will take the sannyasa order, and will be self-controlled. He will be fixed in devotional service, and will spread the chanting of the holy names.”
-Mahabharata
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FIRST ASIAN AMERICAN STAR!
Written by PHILIP LEIBFRIED
Her complexion was described as "a rose blushing through old ivory;" she was beautiful, tall (5'7"), slender, and Chinese-American. The last fact kept her from attaining the highest echelon among Hollywood's pantheon of stars, but it did not affect her popularity, nor keep her from becoming a household name. She was Anna May Wong, nee Wong Liu Tsong, a name which translates to "Frosted Yellow Willows," and she was born, appropriately enough, on Flower Street in Los Angeles' Chinatown on 3 January 1905, above her father's laundry. Anna May Wong's contribution to show business is a unique one; she was the first Asian female to become a star, achieving that stardom at a time when bias against her race was crushing. With determination and talent allied to her exotic beauty, she remained the only Asian female star throughout her forty-year career, never fully overcoming all prejudices in maintaining that position. Perhaps the rediscovery of her art will elevate her star to the pantheon of great performers and serve as a guiding light to Asian performers who still struggle to find their rightful place. Anna May Wong's life and career is something that is important for all who value greatly the Asian / Asian Pacific American communities' many artists and what we can all contribute!
Excerpt from : That Old Feeling: Anna May Wong
Part II of Richard Corliss' tribute to the pioneer Chinese-American star.
Daughter of the Dragon. Paramount 1931.
Based on a Fu Manchu novel by Sax Rohmer.
Daughter of the Dragon extended the curse sworn by Dr. Fu on the Petrie family to the next generation. Fu Manchu (Warner Oland), long ago injured and exiled in an attempt on Petrie Sr., returns to London and confronts the father: "In the 20 years I have fought to live," he says in his florid maleficence, "the thought of killing you and your son has been my dearest nurse." He kills the father, is mortally wounded himself and, on his deathbed, reveals his identity to his daughter Ling Moy (Wong) and elicits her vow that she will "cancel the debt" to the Fu family honor and murder the son, Ronald (Bramwell Fletcher)... who, dash it all, is madly infatuated with Ling Moy. Ronald has seen "Princess Ling Moy Celebrated Oriental Dancer" perform, and the vision has made him woozy. "I wish I could find a word to describe her," this calf-man effuses. "Exotic that's the word! And she's intriguing, if you know what I mean." In a near-clinch, Ling Moy wonders if a Chinese woman can appeal to a British toff. When he begs her to "chuck everything and stay," she asks him, "If I stayed, would my hair ever become golden curls, and my skin ivory, like Ronald's?" But the lure of the exotic is hard to shake. "Strange," he says, "I prefer yours. I shall never forget your hair and your eyes." They almost kiss ... when an off-camera scream shakes him out of his dream. It is from his girlfriend Joan (Frances Dade), and the societal message is as clear and shrill: white woman alerting white man to treachery of yellow woman. Ling Moy, a nice girl, previously unaware of her lineage, might be expected to struggle, at least briefly, with the shock of her identity and the dreadful deed her father obliges her to perform. But Wong makes an instant transformation, hissing, "The blood is mine. The hatred is mine. The vengeance shall be mine." Just before his death, Fu mourns that he has no son to kill Ronald. But, in a good full-throated reading, Wong vows: "Father, father, I will be your son. I will be your son!" The audience then has the fun of watching her stoke Ronald's ardor while plotting his death. When she is with him, pleading and salesmanship radiate from her bigeyes. But when an ally asks her why she keeps encouraging the lad, she sneers and says, "I am giving him a beautiful illusion. Which I shall crush." As a villainess, she is just getting started. Revealing her mission to Ronald, she tells him she plans to kill Joan "Because you must have a thousand bitter tastes of death before you die." (The ripe dialogue is by Hollywood neophyte Sidney Buchman, whose distinguished list of credits would include Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Here Comes Mr Jordan and The Talk of the Town.) She soon ascends on a geyser of madness as she decides on a new torture: "My vengeance is inspired tonight. You will first have the torture of seeing her beauty eaten slowly away by this hungry acid." An aide holds a hose gadget over Joan's soon-to-be-corroded face, and Ronald cries for Ling Moy to stop. Very well she says. "Ling Moy is merciful." She barks at Ronald: "Kill her!" He must decide if his favorite white girl is to be etched with acid or stabbed to death. Great stuff! Melodrama is the art of knowing how precisely too far to goThe film is a triangle: not so much of Ling Moy, Ronald and Joan as of Ling Moy, Ronald and a Chinese detective, Ah Kee, played by Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese actor who in the teens was Hollywood's first Asian male star. He's not plausibly Chinese here, and he is in a constant, losing battle with spoken English. But he is a part of movie history, in the only studio film of the Golden Age to star two ethnically Asian actors. And he gives his emotive all to such lines as "It is the triumph of irony that the only woman I have ever deeply loved should be born of the blood that I loathe." And in the inevitable double-death finale neither the villainess nor the noble detective can survive the machinations of Hollywood justice he gently caresses the long hair of the lady he would love to have loved. "Flower Ling Moy," he says, a moment before expiring. "A flower need not love, but only be loved. As Ah Kee loved you."
The Personal Anna May Wong
This 5'7 beauty loved to study and could speak in an English accent, as well as being fluent in German and French with more than a passing knowledge of other tongues including Italian and Yiddish. For exercise she rode horses, played golf, and tennis. She liked to cook and regaled her guests with succulent Chinese dishes at frequent dinner parties. She preferred casual clothes, wearing slacks and sweaters at home, but cultivated an oriental motif in her very smart formal wardrobe. She studied singing with Welsh tenor Parry Jones before she participated in the film Limehouse Blues as George Raft's mistress. Anna loved to dance to contemporary music. Anna was quoted as saying, "I think I got my first chance because they thought I was peculiar. But, now I like to believe that the public are fond of me because they think I'm nice."
The story of Anna May Wong’s life traced the arc of triumph and tragedy that marked so many of her films. Wong's youthful ambition and screen appeal got her farther than anyone else of her race. But her race, or rather Hollywood's and America's fear of giving Chinese and other non-whites the same chance as European Americans, kept her from reaching the Golden Mountaintop. We can be startled and impressed by the success she, alone, attained. And still weask: Who knows what Anna May Wong could have been allowed to achieve if she
had been Anna May White?
Anna May Wong passed away on Feb. 3rd 1961 she was 56 years old.
Filmography:
The Red Lantern. Metro 1919. The First Born. Robertson Cole 1921.
Shame. Fox 1921. Bits of Life. Assoc. First National 1921.
The First Born. Robertson Cole 1921. Thundering Dawn. Universal 1923
The Toll of the Sea. Metro 1922 Drifting. Universal 1923 Fifth Avenue. PRC 1926.
Lillies of the Field. Assoc. First National 1924. The Thief of Bagdad. United Artists 1924
The Fortieth Door. Pathé serial 1924. The Alaskan. Paramount 1924.
Peter Pan. Paramount 1924. Forty Winks. Paramount 1925.
The Silk Bouquet/The Dragon Horse. Hi Mark Prod. 1926 The Desert's Toll. MGM 1926.
A Trip to Chinatown. Fox 1926. The Chinese Parrot. Universal. 1927.
Driven from Home. Chadwick 1927. Mr. Wu. MGM 1927.
Old San Francisco. Warner Bros. 1927. Why Girls Love Sailors. Pathé short 1927.
The Devil Dancer. United Artists 1927. Streets of Shanghai. Tiffany 1927.
Across to Singapore. MGM 1928. Pavement Butterfly (aka City Butterfly).
The City Butterfly. German 1929. Across to Singapore. MGM 1928.
The Crimson City. Warner Bros. 1928. Song. German 1928
Chinatown Charlie. First National 1928. Piccadilly, British International 1929.
Elstree Calling. British International 1930. The Flame of Love. British International 1930.
Hay Tang. German 1930. L'Amour Maitre Des Choses. French 1930.
Daughter of the Dragon. Paramount 1931. Shanghai Express. Paramount 1932.
A Study in Scarlet. World Wide 1933. Tiger Bay. Associated British 1933.
Chu Chin Chow. Gaumont 1934. Java Head. Associated British 1934.
Limehouse Blues. Paramount 1934. Daughter of Shanghai. Paramount 1937.
Hollywood Party. MGM short subject 1937. Dangerous to Know. Paramount 1938.
The Toll of the Sea. Metro 1922. The Thief of Bagdad 1924
Shanghai Express 1932
The Beautiful Lottie Locke. The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann at Fotofilia Studios.
Model Lottie Locke
MUA Devon Martin
Artistic Oversight David Rann
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May the dark complexioned Ucchishta Ganapati, having a dark blue lotus, pomegranate fruit, veena, corn earns, rosary in His hands, protect me
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Garza real (Ardea cinérea)
•Familia: Ardeidos – Ardeidae
•Aspecto: Garza grande, de complexión robusta, predominantemente de color gris, con un pico recto, fuerte, en forma de daga. Las garzas pueden diferenciarse de las grullas durante el vuelo, y a menudo también cuando están de pie, por la forma en que encorvan su cuello.
•Tamaño: Largo 84-102 cm, envergadura alar 155-175 cm, peso 930-1.150 g.
•Nido: Una gran pila desarreglada de ramas, generalmente construido muy alto en un abeto o pino. Las aves pueden usar el mismo nido durante muchos años.
•Reproducción: Pone 6 huevos en mayo, incubados de forma alternada por los padres, en 4 a 6 períodos, durante 25 a 28 días. Las aves jóvenes aprenden a volar aproximadamente a los 50 días. Muchas garzas reales anidan en colonias.
•Distribución: Ave migratoria de verano que se reproduce poco en Finlandia (solo hay alrededor de 100 parejas). En los últimos años, los avistamientos de invierno se han vuelto más comunes.
•Migración: Pasa el invierno en el oeste y sur de Europa. La migración de otoño puede tener lugar entre mediados de agosto y principios de noviembre, y las aves regresan de marzo a mayo.
•Alimentación: Acecha inmóvil a lo largo de costas, lista para emboscar, en espera de que peces y animales acuáticos pequeños estén a su alcance.
•Sonidos: Un chillido fuerte, molesto, similar al llamado de la pagaza piquirroja.
La garza real tiene partes superiores de color gris claro, y partes inferiores de color blanco grisáceo. Su cabeza es mayormente blanca, excepto por una raya negra que se extiende desde encima de sus ojos hasta la parte posterior de su cuello, donde algunas de sus plumas se alargan para formar una cresta. Los adultos con plumaje de apareamiento pueden tener un color rosáceo a los lados del cuello, y algunas filas de rayas oscuras en el cuello y el pecho. La garza real tiene el pico de color amarillo o naranja amarillento, patas de color marrón opaco e iris amarillo.
Las aves inmaduras generalmente se parecen a las adultas, pero su capuchón y su cuello son más grises (y el cuello no tiene color rosáceo). Su pico es más pardusco y el iris es blanco.
The Beautiful Lottie Locke. The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann at Fotofilia Studios.
Model Lottie Locke
MUA Devon Martin
Artistic Oversight David Rann
The Beautiful Lottie Locke. The star of a Club shoot organised by David Rann at Fotofilia Studios.
Model Lottie Locke
MUA Devon Martin
Artistic Oversight David Rann
Santa brought me the Wacom Intuos 5 tablet to make my post processing easier. I'm not sure it's easier...yet, but my buddy, Les swears by his, so I'm going to try! lol
This is a photo that I took of Nicole @ Lorne Park here in town in the summer. The post processing includes: face smoothing, but restoring pores, powder, blush, eye shadow, false eye lashes (top & bottom). I brightened her irises and added a bit of texture to them. Her lipstick was reapplied in a couple of spots and I even plucked her eye brows a bit. lol Thanks to Les, for the eyelash brushes....they are so cool and I know the ones I used are a little over the top, but they're fun!