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This is Bob's mother and siblings posing for a photograph in their war time garden. I'm not sure who took this photograph but it was used for government publicity during the war and also appeared on a modern book all about wartime cooking. I shall endeavour to find our copy of the book to find out who wrote it, I have a feeling it was something to do with Margaret Patterson. It is a wonderfully iconic photoghraph.
On 12th January, 2010 a 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti, killing more than 250,000 and leaving more than 1.3 million residents homeless. EDV responded to the Haiti earthquake in early June 2010, and we are working with Classique
school.
The school survived the earthquake undamaged. As one of the only surviving schools in the community, it has been inundated with children wanting to attend classes. The school’s director also allows many of the children in local orphanages attend for free.
But in attending, the children were facing health risks because of the flooding which affected the property.
Working with our local partners, GrassRoots United, and the school’s staff, we engaged international and Haitian volunteers to dig a large drain and relieve the flooding on the school’s property.
As there is very little working sanitation in the area, the mud also contained human faeces. Many of the children do not have shoes, so there was a risk of them contracting a waste borne illness. The standing water also provided a haven for mosquitoes which carry malaria and dengue.
The school also hosts a vocational training school which was severely affected by the earthquake. We hope that this drainage project will be the first step toward helping the vocational training school get back on its feet.
To learn more about this project please visit www.edvolunteers.org/projects-programmes. To donate donate, please visit www.EDVolunteers.org/donate
Altered construction work sign. The sign is all bent out of shape, so it was difficult to get a clean shot.........hehehehe!
Getting started on digging a hole. It's hard to describe how awesome and powerful these things are, and these were only relatively small excavators.
At Dig This in Las Vegas, NV.
"Well Digging" by Lumen Martin Winter on the second floor of the Kansas State Capitol. A well was a necessity for Kansas pioneers, particularly those on the high plains. The woman with a hoe offers a prayer for rain. The men dig deeper under a blazing sun as the diviner looks eagerly on.
One of 8 murals that are on the second floor of the capitol. Commissioned in 1976 and completed in 1978. Originally John Steuart Curry was going to do murals for the second floor rotunda but due to a dispute with legislature Curry left. The legislature then directed a new artist to "refer to" Curry's sketches for ideas on the new murals.
The Kansas State Capitol in Topeka Kansas. Built from 1866-1903 at a cost of $3,200,588.92. The capitol is 399 feet north and south and 386 feet east and west and is 304 feet high. It was completely restored from 1999-2014.
NRIS #71000330. Added in 1971.
To see the National Register Nomination Form:
www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/S...
Getting those perennials in the ground before it gets too cold.... (Self-portrait for Sept. 19, 2008.)
© Jim Gilbert 2008 all rights reserved
Fortunately, just a trial nest, since it was located where it would almost certainly have been flooded.
Sandy Hook, NJ
i'm in my closets uncovering jems. i don't know what is more frightening, that i still have these shoes or that i have the sox to match.
I have literally thousands of photos from this trip. If any one wants more of a particular vehicle, let me know.
This is day 1, trip along the Border Track - Dog Fence.
This must be one of the best sand tracks to be found in Victoria/South Australia. It follows the border from near Pinnaroo right down to near the Melbourne - Adelaide hwy.
This track has very large sand hills to get over. Most of these hills have tracks to get around them if you are not able to get over them. Some of these hills are so extreme there's no way anyone will get over them, so this track can very easily be classed as a 'Difficult' track.
Very Important. Check with the SA National Parks and Reserves for information on when the track is closed, and what direction you need to go in.
The track is about 107km. Allow a full day to make this trip. For a more enjoyable weekend, take your time and camp anywhere along the track. Stop in or camp at Red Bluff - scenic red sandstone hill.
(This is where we stopped). Dress warm though as it gets hot in the day, freezing at night.
Make sure you pack all your recovery gear, and travel in a group with other 4wd's. (We had to recover 2 vehicles).
Check the depths of the mud holes. Some for us were over 1 meter deep. Watch out for the holes towards the end, they are really deep!
Momentum is your friend on the sand dunes. We used 15psi tyre pressures. (Try the sand dunes 3x, if you fail, take the chicken path)
We ended up getting lost around the supposed turnoff to red bluff, that according to the maps was "well signposted".
We ended up with broken eggs and bottles.
This is mostly a sandy track with dunes and provides you with a remote location for testing self and equipment without travelling deeper into the outback.
The environment is typical Victorian desert – Mallee country. Expect some scratching from Mallee scrub particularly in the Wyperfeld section and some parts of the Northern Border Track may be overgrown. Soft sand is to be found on the tracks as well as corrugations and hard gravel.
The border track is steeped in history largely due to the dispute which arose from the original survey completed between 1847 and 1850. The result is that the border is actually sighted some 3kms too far West. A fascinating account of this can be obtained from John Deckert at Westprint Heritage Maps if you manage to visit whilst in Nhill.
There is an abundance of wildlife to enjoy whilst undertaking this trip, so watch out for Emu and Kangaroo. Aboriginal rock holes can be found close to the junction with South Bore Track.
We were lucky to reach the top speed of 40 kms/hr.
This photo was taken with a Canon EOS 5D, 70-200 IS L USM 2.8 lens, AEB, RAW, HDR
2011
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Best of the best. Cat one men fly through the final turn of the Capitol Criterium in Olympia Washington.
Northumbria Vikings No 5 Gavin Parr looks determined to keep the lead in heat 15 coming out of turn two at Firth Park during a Northern League cycle speedway match against hosts Heckmondwike Saints, represented by Adam Watson (left) and Darren Kent. The visitors from Cramlington won 93-57.
Three helpers digging a basement at the Congregational Church in 1918. The church, built in 1886, was located at the SW corner of Streetsboro (303) and Brecksville (21) Roads, and was torn down in 1953.