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First time I've dedicated a photo to a phrase and not a subject or person, ha ha! This is more like a pie than any other dessert and here are the details:
Crispy Banana Caramel Cheesecake, from IHOP
Creamy cheesecake layered with chunks of banana and caramel, quick-fried in a flaky pastry tortilla. Topped with caramel, cinnamon, bananas and whipped topping With a scoop of ice cream
I found this a month ago at an IHOP in Nogales, Arizona and was so curious about it, I ordered it as my entree instead of a normal dinner. Somehow I just knew it would have a zillion calories and fill me up. Sometimes I just have to try the dessert in lieu "real food" but I've learned there is no way I can also order a menu item and also be able to eat a dessert. This is the most excellent dessert I've had in a long time, worth a trip to your local IHOP.
Oh, and "I Like Pie!", see the many references in FlickrCentral...
Original thread by Slingerdoo, in June, 2005:
www.flickr.com/groups/central/discuss/48781/
another thread
Slingerdoo's Law
''..A forza di escludere dall'inquadratura, ci stiamo escludendo noi..''
Dedicata all'inimitabile Cacciatore d'Emozione e alle sue straordinarie parole..
Essenziale. Semplice.
Decisa. Un taglio estremo.
Dedicata a Marco.
Con affetto e stima.
Some background:
After the space-worthy conversion of the CVS-101 Prometheus and the SLV-111 Daedalus carriers, these ships were docked with the SDF-1 Macross and it became clear that this new gigantic vessel required a specialized unit with a heavy armament for medium range defense.
The resulting Space Defense Robot (SDR) Phalanx was tailored to this task. Development of the Phalanx began in a hurry, during the already ongoing Space War I in July 2009. Its systems and structural elements were, to save time and minimize development risks, taken over from a pre-war Destroid standard mass production model. The "Type 04" biped chassis from 2001 was common to several Destroid types, including the Tomahawk medium battle robot and the Defender anti-aircraft robot. The main frame from the waist down included a common module which consolidated the thermonuclear reactor and ambulatory OverTechnology system, and for the Phalanx it was combined with a new, jettisonable torso that was suited to space operations and could also act as a rescue capsule with modest independent propulsion. Thanks to this dedicated mission profile, the Phalanx was the best adapted Destroid to space operations, with the best zero-G maneuverability of any Destroid type during Space War I.
With this proven basis, the Phalanx quickly reached rollout in December of that year. Armed with dozens of missiles in two large launcher pods, the Phalanx made an excellent semi-mobile missile-based battery. On board of spaceships, the Phalanx also performed as a substitution deployment for the much more complex ADR-04-Mk X Destroid Defender, and it complemented this type with its longer-range guided missile weaponry. Minor Phalanx variants featured additional light close-range armament, such as a head-mounted gatling gun that replaced the original search light array, or more sophisticated sensor arrays. The latter led to the dedicated Mk. XIII version for space operations.
During the final battle of Space War I against the Zentraedi Bodol Zer Main Fleet, the Phalanx units, originally delivered in a sand-colored livery, were repainted in dark blue and refitted to fire long-range reaction warheads for use against space warships. The Phalanx’ on board of SDF-1 had their finest hour when the SDF-1 Macross broke through the Zentraedi fleet defenses and entered the interior of the massive Fulbtzs Berrentzs command vessel: all the Phalanx units unleashed their missiles and aided in the swift destruction of the enemy flagship.
However, Phalanx production only reached limited numbers, due to the type’s high grade of specialization and its inherent vulnerability in close combat - the Phalanx’ combat operation capability decreases substantially once the missile ordnance had been exhausted. Beyond the initial production on Earth, roughly 20 more Phalanx Destroids were also built aboard the SDF-1 Macross shipboard factories, and many of these were later updated from the Mk. XII to the Mk. XIII standard. Post-Space War I, Phalanx Destroids were deployed as part of defense forces on various military bases and used in the ground attack role as long-range infantry support artillery units, fighting from the second line of battle. Nevertheless, the Phalanx remained a stopgap solution and was quickly followed by the more versatile Destroid "Nimrod" SDR-04-Mk. XIV.
Technical Data:
Equipment Type: Space Defense Robot/heavy artillery
Accommodation: One pilot
Government: U.N. Spacy
Manufacturer: Macross Onboard Factories
Introduction: December 2009
Dimensions:
Height 12.05 meters overall (11.27 m w/o searchlight array)
Length 5.1 meters
Width 10.8 meters.
Mass: 47.2 metric tons
Powerplant:
1x Kranss-Maffai MT828 thermonuclear reactor, developing 2800 shp;
Auxillary Shinnakasu Industry CT 03 miniature thermonuclear generator, output rated at 970 kW.
Propulsion:
Biped, with limited zero-G maneuverability through many low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hooks/handles all over the hull.
Armament:
2x Howard SHIN-SHM-10 Derringer short-range high-maneuverability self-guided missile pods, one per arm, with 22 missiles each (missiles stored in two rows behind each other).
Production Notes:
The rather obscure Destroid Phalanx made its media debut in Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Episode 27, and it's actually the only occasion where it appears. Original mecha designer is/was Miyatake Kazutaka.
The kit and its assembly:
I have been pushing this build away from the workbench for a long time. I was – after building two conversions - missing a canonical Destroid Phalanx in my Macross mecha collection, and since I had one stashed away (you never know…) I tackled this project now. The kit is Bandai’s re-issue of Imai’s 1982 1:100 kit, a vintage “Matryoshka” construction (= build one element from two halves, place it between two more halves, etc.) which does not make the assembly process easy.
The kit was basically built OOB, but “under the hood” it received some mechanical mods and improvements. These primarily include scratched joints for the arms/launcher pods and the hip. The pods remained detachable through an internal styrene tube construction. An important improvement for the “04 chassis” is a completely now hip joint arrangement because the Phalanx’ OOB posture is pretty stiff, with the legs and feet facing straight forward. The mecha model is just supposed to just stand upright and with the model’s OOB joint options it is really hard to create a vivid poise at all, so that a 3rd dimension improves the posing options a lot. Furthermore, the bolts that hold the legs are prone to break off, even more so because the kit is from the 1st generation of mecha kits without vinyl caps and just a very tight joint fit to hold the appendages in place. My solution was the implantation of a new hip “bone”, made from plastic-coated steel wire, which is stiff in itself but can be bent in two dimensions. The thighs had to be modified accordingly, since the wire is much thinner than the original bolts, and it needs a rigid attachment point. Resulting gaps around the hip joints were filled with bits of paper tissue drenched in white glue.
Other visual improvements include launch tubes inside of the missile pods. These were made from thin plastic drinking straw material, they fill the (rather ugly and well-visible) blank space between the warheads. Additionally, the hollow “heels” were filled on their insides with putty.
While the kit itself is a pretty simple affair, fit is mediocre, and you have to expect PSR almost everywhere. A direly weak spot area is the shank’s rear: there’s a recession with a seam running right through, and there are side walls missing in the section, too. I tried to mend this through putty and decals.
Painting and markings:
Since I wanted to stick to the authentic OOB livery, I gave the model an overall basic color, a greenish-grey, dull beige (RAL 1019) from the rattle can. The canonical Phalanx also features some dark contrast highlights all over the hull, and these were created with RAL 7013 (Revell 46), an olive drab tone that looks, in contrast to the light beige, almost like a dull brown on the model. The box art suggests a very dark grey, but I found that this would not work too well with the overall light beige tone.
Strangely, the characteristic white trim on the lower legs that many Destroids carry was in this boxing provided with the decal sheet – other Destroid kits require them to be painted manually!
Otherwise there's hardly any other color on the Phalanx’ hull. The missile pod exhausts as well as the launcher interior were painted with steel metallizer (Humbrol 27003) and treated with graphite for a shiny finish, the inside of the launcher covers and the missile tips became bright red (Revell 332). The bellows in the knees became anthracite (Revell 06), later dry-brushed with a reddish brown.
Quite a challenge were the three search lights in the “head unit”, because they consist of massive molded opaque styrene. I simulated glass and depth through a bright silver base, with vertical stripes in thinned white and medium grey and a coat with white translucent paint on top of that. Finally, extra artificial light reflexes were added with opaque white paint and, finally, everything was sealed with glossy varnish, which also adds some visual depth.
The model was thoroughly weathered with a black-and-brown watercolor washing and a generous dry-brushing treatment with Hemp 168 (RAF Hemp). The decals came next, taken from the OOB sheet, the Bugs Bunny artwork on the lower right leg is a typical individual detail of many Destroids, taken from a WWII USAAF P-47D.
After some additional weathering with watercolors and some graphite rubbing around the many edges for a worn and beaten look, the model received an overall coat with acrylic matt varnish. After final assembly of the model’s elements, soot stains were added around the missile launchers’ openings as well as to the small thrusters, again with grinded graphite, and some mineral pigments were dusted onto the model with a soft, big brush, esp. around the lower areas.
A build that took some time because of the mediocre fit of the kit and the mechanical mods it IMHO requires. But I am quite happy with the outcome, “just a Destroid” in its gritty heavy ordnance look, and the dull beige suits the Phalanx well.
On July 7, 1919, a group of U.S. military members dedicated Zero Milestone – the point from which all road distances in the country would be measured – just south of the White House lawn in Washington, D.C. The next morning, they helped to define the future of the nation.
Instead of an exploratory rocket or deep-sea submarine, these explorers set out in 42 trucks, five passenger cars and an assortment of motorcycles, ambulances, tank trucks, mobile field kitchens, mobile repair shops and Signal Corps searchlight trucks. During the first three days of driving, they managed just over five miles per hour. This was most troubling because their goal was to explore the condition of American roads by driving across the U.S.
Participating in this exploratory party was U.S. Army Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower. Although he played a critical role in many portions of 20th-century U.S. history, his passion for roads may have carried the most significant impact on the domestic front. This trek, literally and figuratively, caught the nation and the young soldier at a crossroads.
Returning from World War I, Ike was entertaining the idea of leaving the military and accepting a civilian job. His decision to remain proved pivotal for the nation. By the end of the first half of the century, the roadscape – transformed with an interstate highway system while he was president – helped remake the nation and the lives of its occupants.
For Ike, though, roadways represented not only domestic development but also national security. By the early 1900s it become clear to many administrators that petroleum was a strategic resource to the nation’s present and future.
At the start of World War I, the world had an oil glut since there were few practical uses for it beyond kerosene for lighting. When the war was over, the developed world had little doubt that a nation’s future standing in the world was predicated on access to oil. “The Great War” introduced a 19th-century world to modern ideas and technologies, many of which required inexpensive crude.
Oil drilling in Beaumont, Texas in 1901. The U.S. supplied crude to its allies in World War I and relied on domestic production after its entry. AP Photo
Prime movers and national security
During and after World War I, there was a dramatic change in energy production, shifting heavily away from wood and hydropower and toward fossil fuels – coal and, ultimately, petroleum. And in comparison to coal, when utilized in vehicles and ships, petroleum brought flexibility as it could be transported with ease and used in different types of vehicles. That in itself represented a new type of weapon and a basic strategic advantage. Within a few decades of this energy transition, petroleum’s acquisition took on the spirit of an international arms race.
Even more significant, the international corporations that harvested oil throughout the world acquired a level of significance unknown to other industries, earning the encompassing name “Big Oil.” By the 1920s, Big Oil’s product – useless just decades prior – had become the lifeblood of national security to the U.S. and Great Britain. And from the start of this transition, the massive reserves held in the U.S. marked a strategic advantage with the potential to last generations.
As impressive as the U.S.’ domestic oil production was from 1900-1920, however, the real revolution occurred on the international scene, as British, Dutch and French European powers used corporations such as Shell, British Petroleum and others to begin developing oil wherever it occurred.
During this era of colonialism, each nation applied its age-old method of economic development by securing petroleum in less developed portions of the world, including Mexico, the Black Sea area and, ultimately, the Middle East. Redrawing global geography based on resource supply (such as gold, rubber and even human labor or slavery) of course, was not new; doing so specifically for sources of energy was a striking change.
Crude proves itself on the battlefield
“World War I was a war,” writes historian Daniel Yergin, “that was fought between men and machines. And these machines were powered by oil.”
When the war broke out, military strategy was organized around horses and other animals. With one horse on the field for every three men, such primitive modes dominated the fighting in this “transitional conflict.”
Throughout the war, the energy transition took place from horsepower to gas-powered trucks and tanks and, of course, to oil-burning ships and airplanes. Innovations put these new technologies into immediate action on the horrific battlefield of World War I.
It was the British, for instance, who set out to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare by devising an armored vehicle that was powered by the internal combustion engine. Under its code name “tank,” the vehicle was first used in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme. In addition, the British Expeditionary Force that went to France in 1914 was supported by a fleet of 827 motor cars and 15 motorcycles; by war’s end, the British army included 56,000 trucks, 23,000 motorcars and 34,000 motorcycles. These gas-powered vehicles offered superior flexibility on the battlefield.
Government airplane manufactured by Dayton-Wright Airplane Company in 1918. U.S. National Archives
In the air and sea, the strategic change was more obvious. By 1915, Britain had built 250 planes. In this era of the Red Baron and others, primitive airplanes often required that the pilot pack his own sidearm and use it for firing at his opponent. More often, though, the flying devices could be used for delivering explosives in episodes of tactical bombing. German pilots applied this new strategy to severe bombing of England with zeppelins and later with aircraft. Over the course of the war, the use of aircraft expanded remarkably: Britain, 55,000 planes; France, 68,0000 planes; Italy, 20,000; U.S., 15,000; and Germany, 48,000.
With these new uses, wartime petroleum supplies became a critical strategic military issue. Royal Dutch/Shell provided the war effort with much of its supply of crude. In addition, Britain expanded even more deeply in the Middle East. In particular, Britain had quickly come to depend on the Abadan refinery site in Persia, and when Turkey came into the war in 1915 as a partner with Germany, British soldiers defended it from Turkish invasion.
When the Allies expanded to include the U.S. in 1917, petroleum was a weapon on everyone’s mind. The Inter-Allied Petroleum Conference was created to pool, coordinate and control all oil supplies and tanker travel. The U.S. entry into the war made this organization necessary because it had been supplying such a large portion of the Allied effort thus far. Indeed, as the producer of nearly 70 percent of the world’s oil supply, the U.S.’ greatest weapon in the fighting of World War I may have been crude. President Woodrow Wilson appointed the nation’s first energy czar, whose responsibility was to work in close quarters with leaders of the American companies.
Infrastructure as a path to national power
When the young Eisenhower set out on his trek after the war, he deemed the party’s progress over the first two days “not too good” and as slow “as even the slowest troop train.” The roads they traveled across the U.S., Ike described as “average to nonexistent.” He continued:
“In some places, the heavy trucks broke through the surface of the road and we had to tow them out one by one, with the caterpillar tractor. Some days when we had counted on sixty or seventy or a hundred miles, we could do three or four.”
Eisenhower’s party completed its frontier trek and arrived in San Francisco, California on Sept. 6, 1919. Of course, the clearest implication that grew from Eisenhower’s trek was the need for roads. Unstated, however, was the symbolic suggestion that matters of transportation and of petroleum now demanded the involvement of the U.S. military, as it did in many industrialized nations.
The emphasis on roads and, later, particularly on Ike’s interstate system was transformative for the U.S.; however, Eisenhower was overlooking the fundamental shift in which he participated. The imperative was clear: Whether through road-building initiatives or through international diplomacy, the use of petroleum by his nation and others was now a reliance that carried with it implications for national stability and security.
Eisenhower served in the Tank Corps until 1922. Eisenhower Presidential Library, ARC 876971
Seen through this lens of history, petroleum’s road to essentialness in human life begins neither in its ability to propel the Model T nor to give form to the burping plastic Tupperware bowl. The imperative to maintain petroleum supplies begins with its necessity for each nation’s defense. Although petroleum use eventually made consumers’ lives simpler in numerous ways, its use by the military fell into a different category entirely. If the supply was insufficient, the nation’s most basic protections would be compromised.
After World War I in 1919, Eisenhower and his team thought they were determining only the need for roadways – “The old convoy,” he explained, “had started me thinking about good, two lane highways.”
At the same time, though, they were declaring a political commitment by the U.S. And thanks to its immense domestic reserves, the U.S. was late coming to this realization. Yet after the “war to end all wars,” it was a commitment already being acted upon by other nations, notably Germany and Britain, each of whom lacked essential supplies of crude.
theconversation.com/how-world-war-i-ushered-in-the-centur...
Dedicated to my grand-son Lennox Quincy who is so tiny and yet so strong! You are our miracle and we will learn so much from you.
Blossoms outside our condo building remind me of how grateful I am to have such a loving family.
Thanks for visiting and enjoy each day:) #WeTheNorth
Wharf Street Dedicated Bike Lanes VIDEO
Wharf Street bike lane, pedestrian scramble set to open Thursday. A large portion of the Wharf Street bike lane will open Thursday with the rest opening in two weeks (second week in August 2019)
The Wharf Street lanes will run from Pandora Avenue and eventually link up to Humboldt and continue all the way to some streets which will eventually get users to Dallas Road. The final route decisions have not been finalized yet.
The dedicated cycling lane from the Johnson Street Bridge to Fort Street is open for use today, while the section along Wharf Street to Government Street is set to open Aug. 8, and the section from Government to Douglas Street on Aug. 15. Be there!
Dedicated to the Women of the Timber Corps (formed in 1942) and the work they performed in woodland all over the country in WWII.
dedicated to all the children, women or men who are suffering or fighting against cancer...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best, and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child. -Barbara Alpert
I was so upset last night. And I love that my sister is always willing to be there for me. Even when it's just to vent. She does make me miss being a kid because we had the greatest time growing up together. Last night I found out that just recently tulips have become her favorite flowers in the whole wide world. So this one is specially for her. These are flowers I bought to put in a vase. Gorgeous, right?
Sisters are the best. I love you, Karen!
Happy Nifty Fifty Friday, everyone!
ps. I promise this is the last "tulip" flower shot. For now. haha!
View On White or View On Black
*EXPLORED! Thank you so much!*
Malaysia.
Camera : Compact Zoom Olympus MJU Wide 80 ( Flash Mode ).
Film : Cross Processed Fujichrome Velvia 50.
Thanks.
Panavia Tornado GR.1P ZA326 at the South Wales Aviation Museum St Athan Glamorgan. Built at BAe Warton Lancashire in 1980 but suffering a engine fire on ground runs soon after. This delayed its first flight until March 1983, damage to the rear of the aircraft was repaired with new components from the production line, later delivered that same year to RAE Bedford for trials work. This continued after a move to A&AEE Boscombe Down Wiltshire in 1994 finally retiring in 2005 after 22 years of flight test work, also as the UK's last airworthy Tornado. Put into store before moving to the Cold War Jets at Bruntingthorpe Leicestershire in 2013 and a potential for fast taxy runs. After this airfield was sold ZA326 then moved to S.W.A.M. in 2018 where work progressed due to inside hangar work on restoration and spares source including two complete engines. This work done by the dedicated volunteers of the Panavia Tornado Preservation Group.
Footnote:- ZA326 was the only Tornado to be painted in the superb 'Raspberry Ripple' colour scheme.
Dedicated to a fallen brother; a friend to all and a man any one of you would have been proud to know. He fought the good fight for longer than many others could have. Despite his personal troubles, he was always there with his whole heart and soul caring and supporting those around him. He would have given me a serious dressing down had I posted anything somber or depressing, not in his honor. So here's my tribute to you friend, a beautiful autumn scene that I think you would have appreciated. Ride in peace, until that day when we ride together once again.
My apologies for being so sporadic lately, life has a way of creeping up on you at times.
I have only done this a time or two, but I dedicate this image to Little m:) a flickr friend and real life friend as well. She is a true and generous person. She won't put my testimonial up on her profile, but I forgiver her anyway.
Concrete Blond~Darkening of the Light
Like a ghost (Like a ghost)
Is the curtain (Is the curtain)
In the white light of the morning
Dancing (Dancing)
In the morning (In the morning)
Are you there? Are you there?
And the shadows (And the shadows)
Like a sadness (Like a sadness)
Falling all across the garden
Dancing (Dancing)
In the garden (In the garden)
Are you there? Are you there?
Shine on friend
Goodnight
Why then the darkening of the light?
And the leaves (And the leaves)
At my feet (At my feet)
Whisper sounds so familiar
Whisper (Whisper)
So familiar (So familiar)
Are you there? Are you there?
Where the clouds (Where the clouds)
Pull apart (Pull apart)
Where the moon changes faces
In the quiet (In the quiet)
Secret places (Secret places)
Are you there? Are you there?
Shine on friend
Goodnight
Why then the darkening of the light?
A mortuary temple dedicated to the longest ruling female of Ancient Egypt, Queen Hatshepsut. The temple is decorated with statues, sphinxes, and reliefs, which have been meticulously restored over time
Taken @Luxor, Egypt
This song is dedicated to Flickr. Best viewed large on black.
God, I’m worse than a teenage girl with all these hormonal hissy fits. I don’t expect anyone to care about this or to read this brainfart, but it kinda helps me put things in perspective and work things out.
I think I’m having a love hate relationship with flickr and photography at the mo. I’m calling on Flickr to employ a therapist that could help me through my photography journey and through the fuked up world that is flickrland....,then again I could just take my head out my of ass and do some thinking for myself.
I seem to have come to a stumbling block with my photography and think I might be blaming it on flickr to a certain extent. In fact I guess i’m just frustrated and disappointed in myself. I feel like I’ve experienced a speeded up version of photography learning over the past 14 months. You get to a stage quite quickly of being able to compose a shot, to expose it how you want and actually take shots that your mates go... ‘Wow!’ or ‘You are really good’.... but it’s a bit of scam really, It isn’t hard to do that. I know I could go out to take powerful, appealing images.... but i don’t want to. I want to play, experiment and express myself in ways that aren’t about producing pretty or perfect pictures that impress people. But it isn’t that easy, i get sucked in to it and flickr sometimes doesn’t’ help that. I have so many projects and ideas that I would have given a go a year ago, but now there is some sort of expectation on me (only put on by myself, i guess) I find it harder to get out there and do it. Procrastination strikes then the all too familiar feelings of frustration and resentment kick in. i want to get rid of that....
Anycheese, just feel like I had so much excitement at the beginning, I got wowed out that it was possible to capture moment, a mood, to express a feeling or even just capture a pretty scene. I really didn’t care whether others would like it or whether it was any good or not. I want that freedom and awe back. I’m going back to basics. I;m going to take shots for whatever reason i want, maybe just coz it’s pretty, maybe because it has a deep psychological meaning behind it or maybe just because it makes me smile.
Although Flickr can sometimes exacerbate the over inflation of one’s own talent & ability and encourage one down the path of least resistance of popularity and conformity, it does has its major plus points. Not just the incredible photography that does crop up... but the inspiration of people that shoot what they love, for themselves, no matter how others perceive it. I respect those that do that. I’m also astonished at how i really do feel a friendship to some people on here that i;ve never even met, and genuinely feel a care and interest for.... and that gives this place quite a unique, if not scary, appeal.
*Thanks for the comments and flickrmails recently, I really have appreciated it.
لا جنون الحــــــب ينفع في بواد الإحتمــــــال - - - احتمال يكون ضايـــــــع واحتمــــــــــال إنــــــه يبين
الخيال أصبـــح حقيقة والحقيقة من الخـــيال - - - شوف يعني كيف بـــــاجر ضـــاع مــن عمر السنين
لا محبه يــا قليل الحــب مــــن غير اتصــــال - - - ولا تواصــــل بيننــــا يمشي علــــى مـــــــا تشتهين
كــــم عجزت أفهمج والله لـــو أفهم الجمــال - - - يمكـــن الإبـــــل تفهــــــم مــــــــــن قبـــل لا تفهمين
I Like Hl Abyat :)
Dedicated to maorgy (www.flickr.com/photos/marogry/) as a tribute to her presence and gentle comments
- Calendula en existence
dedicated to the memory of a Window Washer .. these two Crimps are what separated and failed ..
After a Window Washer’s 47-Floor Plunge, the Big Question Is: How Did He Survive?
Dedicated Northern Belle loco 57305 'Northern Princess' leads the 1Z22/1533 Rugeley TV to Manchester Piccadilly tour after changing direction at Preston, seen at Leyland on 23/4/17 with 57311 on the rear.
Dedicated to my American family and Flickr friends!
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow" - Melody Beattie © All Rights Reserved
No Usage Allowed in Any Form Without the Written Consent of Judy Meikle
This parent-to-be sat on top of two little eggs throughout Saturday's snowstorm. And some people think animals don't have a soul! (Don't even get me started on the squirrel in my backyard that goes down the birdfeeder pole like a stripper...)
Dedicated to Hamim Chowdhury wishing him a speedy recovery from his painful "tennis elbow".
(Ref: DSCN7045PSA1)
This postcard was published by Charles Frederick Fisher, who had a gift and souvenir shop in Middleton, Nova Scotia. It was most likely made for E.F. McNeil to sell in his general store in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia.
Charles Frederick Fisher - b. 4 May 1874 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - d. 27 Aug 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He moved to Middleton in the Annapolis Valley after his father died in 1894 and went into business running an ice cream parlour and gift shop which sold advertising, postcards, stationery, school supplies, bicycle sundries, toilet articles, jewelry, silverware, china, souvenirs, antiques, and more.
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E.F. McNeil's General Store / Post Office & Home at Melvern Square (Annapolis County), Nova Scotia
- signed / autographed by - Edward Felix McNeil Major 69th Regt / postmaster at Melvern Square from 1891 to 1927.
This original wooden general store as was destroyed by fire in 1925 - it was replaced by a brick structure.
Edward Felix McNeil was born on September 7, 1855 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, his father, William, was 25 and his mother, Sarah, was 21. He married Florence Sophronia Pearce on July 1, 1879, in Aylesford, Nova Scotia. They had nine children in 21 years. He died on August 20, 1929, in Nova Scotia at the age of 73.
The Canada Gazette / Militia General Orders - 14 June 1889 - 72nd "2nd Annapolis" Battalion of Infantry. No. 4 Company, Middleton, Nova Scotia - Lieutenant and Adjutant, Edward Felix McNeil S.I. - to have the rank of Captain.
Name - Colonel Edward Felix McNEIL
Birth - 7 September 1855 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia
Death - 1929 / Age: 73
Burial - United Baptist Church Graveyard; Melvern Square, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupation - Farmer / Merchant / Postmaster
Military Rank - Colonel
Flags - Military
Alias/AKA - Edwin
Father - William McNEIL (1831-1894) in Auburn,Kings Co., N.S.
Mother - Sarah STRONACH (1833-1920) b. 17 Nov 1833 in Annapolis Co., N.S.
Florence Sophronia Pearce was born on December 27, 1858, in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia. She married Edward Felix McNeil on July 1, 1879, in Aylesford, Nova Scotia. They had nine children in 21 years. She died on March 28, 1941, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, at the age of 82.
Father - William Henry PEARCE (1828-1915)
Mother - Sophronia M. CONDON (1831-1918)
Children:
(1) - Blanche Henrietta McNeil was born on October 29, 1881, in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, she died on March 10, 1953, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, at the age of 71.
(2) - Fern Louise McNeil was born in April 1885 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, she died as a child on November 15, 1887.
(3) - Scott McNeil was born in 1888 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, he died in 1998.
(4) - Ella McNeil was born in 1890 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, she died in 1973 at the age of 83.
(5) - Kenneth Harold McNeil was born on July 1, 1893 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, he died on January 26, 1954, at the age of 60.
(6) - Forrest Leroy McNeil was born in 1895 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, he died in 1976 at the age of 81.
(7) - Hazel McNeil was born in 1897 in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, she died in 1976 at the age of 79.
(8) - Jean Stark McNeil was born on June 2, 1900, in Melvern Square, Nova Scotia, she died in 1975 at the age of 75.
(9) - Grace Muriel McNeil was born in 1902 in Melvern Square Nova Scotia, she died on May 31, 1998, in Middleton, Nova Scotia, at the age of 96.
Link to a newspaper article about this postcard - www.melvernsquare.ca/images/store3.jpg
Melvern Square is located in Annapolis County, north of the Annapolis River and less than a mile west of the Annapolis-Kings County line. As Place - Names and Places of Nova Scotia - states: "An early name was Milltown. Melvern Square is probably descriptive of the junction of four roads and may have been suggested by memory of a square in London, England. The name was given on January 3, 1857. Settlement began in the 1790's. A Baptist meeting-house was opened May 16, 1869. An Independent Baptist Church was dedicated August 12, 1951. Melvern Square United Church was dedicated on February 7, 1891 as a Methodist Church. A school house was built at "Melvern" prior to 1866. (A new five-room school was opened in September, 1959, now closed.) A postal way office was established in 1860. In 1932, a community hall was completed in the Village."
The Melvern Square store closes after serving the community for over 100 years. End of an era - Article by Andy Gillis from February 24, 1993 - Links - www.melvernsquare.ca/images/store1.jpg and
Only a couple of coaches wore this short-lived experimental livery of yellow with red and green stripes in a similar layout to the dedicated X10 scheme. A second-hand purchase in 1989, number 177 (A39 MDV) has another Duple Dominant III body but this time on Padbus's first Volvo B10M, and was also withdrawn in 2005 shortly after receiving the then-new style of fleetname. A-registered Dominants are rare as this range had been replaced by the all-new Laser for the 1983 season, but a handful did exist.
Thank you to Rachel and Andy for enabling me to become a Great Uncle to Anabelle who was born at 1.30am this morning. Anabelle weighed in at 6lb 10oz.
May she become the 4th generation to swim in our favourite lake at Bala. If she is anything like her mother, grandmother and great grandmother she will be in there before she can walk !!
Keith - aka - known as MICKMAC37 flat on his back on the floor. Shooting some shots of his infamous, tiny tin toy called "Smashie" ... AND at the same time, tripping up tons of terrified tourists at Liverpool's Pier Head.