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I'm moving. I had manila folders upon manila folders of various stages of CHUNK 666 "clipart". The time was ripe for a cold beer & some sifting & sorting. Amazing how much of this shit you acquire...
Suleyman (51) is standing on the bottom of a hole which not so long was full of rain water. In the dry season he has to buy the water for panning.
January 2014
On 7th January 17 people started digging on the site next to Carter's House at the entrance to the Valley of the Kings. They are involved in the important task of preserving the tombs in the Theban Necropolis. An exact facsimile of the tomb of Tutankhamun will open to visitors next spring.
The project has been funded by Factum Foundation.
More information: goo.gl/Eb6M29
With a little help from her sister-cousin, the girls are tackling the "Princess and the Pea" birthday cake!
more pics here
Roy, Caleb, John Paul, Pastor Carl move dirt in the foreground while Omar tamps and prepares to receive the next load in the classroom
Dirt crew hard at work. 3 wheel barrows running in circles, 2 load, 1 transports. quite the system!
foreground: Roy, John Paul, Ricky, Allen, Caleb.
background: Mike dumping, Pat emptying, Omar watching (behind Pat) and Tom pacing
Before the tank digger goes in, she can assist moving fresh bins under her helpers, digging a hole for her to crawl into.
Both diggers start at the bottom hole and dig their way up to the upper door that opens inward. Then, they can both dig in.
Spent the day chiselling chunks of wayward concrete from beneath the fence, chopping up the cement base exposed when the flags were lifted, gathering up the gravel from the troughs either side of the garden and digging soil that backs up against the breeze block pen.
It's donkey work, but it will open things up. The garden is shaping up nicely.
My sister has a small flock of chickens of various types, including a pair of leghorns one of which is seen digging in the garden.
It is not called Cnoc na Lion (Hill of the Nets) without reason and I have unearthed evidence of its past use. Bits of chain, a boathook head, a rudder pintle, a 1940 penny and the mandatory teaspoon.....
After huge winds in the storms of the past few weeks, Bayshore residents and property managers begin the gritty task of digging out. Sand blows like snow on the Bayshore spit. It just doesn't melt.
Digging the hole to plant this blight-resistant chestnut seedling. This seedling was planted in the open space between the Pennino and Herrity Buildings on the Fairfax County Government Center complex.
More information on trees and forest conservation:
Plenty of Princess Mary's gardening tools were on show in her garden room - and they were needed for the terrace garden.
My sister has a small flock of chickens of various types, including a pair of leghorns one of which is seen digging in the garden.
Excavating at Hierakonpolis, the City of the Hawk, the largest site from the Pre- and Protodynastic period (3800-3100 B.C.)
Here is their website.
Excavation Site
Porter, Indiana
Date: Circa 1930
Source Type: Photograph
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown
Postmark: Not Applicable
Collection: Gordon D. Rogers
Remark: The photograph of an excavation site is believed to have been taken in Porter, Porter County, Indiana. Frank Wannegar is older man. The younger man is unidentified.
Frank Wannegar operated the Porter Livery located on Lincoln Street in Porter, Indiana, from approximately 1905 to 1917. Frank is the man at the far left in this photograph.
The following obituary for Frank Wannegar was published in The Vidette-Messenger in 1934:
FORMER TOWN MARSHAL OF PORTER DIES
Frank Wannegar, one of the oldest residents of the Porter vicinity and who had served as town marshal, died on Thursday afternoon at 1 0'clock at his home in Porter. He was 76 years of age. Death was due to cancer of the stomach. He had been ill since August.
Mr. Wannegar was born in Chicago on February 22, 1856, the son of George and Mary Wanegar. He came to Porter when he was two years old. He was married in March, 1881, to Alice Sczicek, a Porter girl, who preceded him in death.
Mr. Wannegar operated a livery business in Porter before becoming the town marshal and street commissioner.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Bertha Anderson; one grand-daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, and one sister, Mrs. C. A. Anderson of Chesterton.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the home of the daughter. Rev. V. L. Palmer will officiate and burial will be in the Chesterton cemetery.
Source
The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; April 21, 1934; Volume 7, Page 8, Column 6
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