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A real blizzard is a severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least 35 mph (56 km/h) and lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically three hours or more.
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We have only "small" snowstorms.
Tonight there were extraordinary "snow-hail" - "Hagel- Schnee " like corn.
St Anne's Pier is a Victorian era pleasure pier in the English seaside resort of St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire. It lies on the estuary of the River Ribble. The pier, designed by A. Dowson, was completed in 1885 and was one of the earliest public buildings in St Anne's, a 19th-century planned town. Wikipedia
Cloudy evening over Madrid, in one of the earliest sunsets of the year (5:48 pm). Today´s highest in the capital was 52ºF (11ºC) while the lowest was 41ºF (5ºC). It's not too cold yet.
The image of the financial district of Azca and Cinco Torres ready to welcome a new weekend.
From the terrace of the Fine Arts Circle, the perspective of the city is really nice, and I had the pleasure to enjoy a delightful meal there with some beloved friends.
I hope you like the picture.
And I take advantage to wish you a happy weekend!
Press "L or Z" if you wish to enlarge the picture.
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Buenas noches desde Madrid, España
Atardecer nublado sobre Madrid, en uno de los atardeceres más tempranos del año (17:48 h). La temperatura máxima de hoy en la capital fue de 11 °C, mientras que la mínima fue de 5 °C. Todavía no hace demasiado frío.
La imagen del distrito financiero de Azca y las Cinco Torres, preparados para recibir un nuevo fin de semana.
Desde la terraza del Círculo de Bellas Artes, la perspectiva de la ciudad es realmente hermosa, y tuve el placer de disfrutar de una deliciosa comida allí con unos queridos amigos.
Espero que os guste la foto.
¡Y aprovecho para desearos un feliz fin de semana!
Pulsad "L" o "Z" si deseáis ampliar la imagen.
From my earliest time I can remember my pops would take me fishing. He always knew the best spots to go and had his secret ones that never failed. When he first started taking me I hated it…all the dirt and smells, days without showering, the scrapes and cuts and the daym bugs! For more of the story..go here: darthkline.wordpress.com/2014/06/08/it-calms-the-soul/
One of the earliest photos in my collection, this CB&Q freight is crossing the Des Plaines River at Riverside Illinois. I would have either ridden my bike the three and a half miles from home to get here, or perhaps I had just turned 16 and had mom's car. But no matter - every time I've gone back and looked at this shot I've wondered if the brakeman is waving at the group of kids on the other side or shaking his fist. My bet is on the latter.
CB&Q, Riverside IL, c. 1964
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Possibly the earliest domed garden building in England, the summerhouse dates from around 1635 and has been used as a banqueting house and a dovecote. Designed by John Webb and built in the shape of a Greek cross, it is one of two originally built.
Today, the remaining summerhouse is the focus of the formal garden with beds which reflect the shape of the structure itself. The bedding plants are chosen to complement the shades of the summerhouse during the seasons and the garden is enclosed by a yew hedge.
Frail but still standing, the Hundred Guinea Oak is now over 600 years old. William John Chute, who owned The Vyne in the late Georgian period, was offered £100 and later 100 guineas for the timber.
He flatly refused to sell the oak, which is at the top of the Lime Avenue.
The earliest Anglican church in Canterbury is believed to have been built at Port Levy in the 1840s, and a monument to it stands there still. Several reiterations later, the current Anglican Church (build in 1888) stands at the corner of the Purau-Port Levy Road and Western Valley Road.
One of the 9 earliest consecutive sunsets of the year over Madrid (from December 4 to December 12), specifically at 5:48 p.m.
This photo was taken at 18:37, almost an hour later, with the last colors of a fabulous sunset that we could enjoy today in the capital.
In the image, the Five Towers of Madrid´s skyline.
I wish you a happy Wednesday and good health and hope.
Better viewed large.
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Uno de los 9 anocheceres seguidos más tempranos del año sobre Madrid (desde el día 4 de diciembre hasta el 12 de diciembre), concretamente a las 17:48 h.
Esta foto fue tomada a las 18:37, casi una hora más tarde, con los últimos colores de un fabuloso atardecer que pudimos disfrutar hoy en la capital.
En la imagen, las Cinco Torres del skyline de Madrid.
Os deseo un feliz Miércoles y mucha salud y esperanza.
Mejor visualizar ampliada.
The Church of Edward the Confessor
Situated in the Market Place, Romford, RM1 3AB. The earliest known house of worship was built in 1177 and was known as St Andrew’s Chapel. This building was demolished in the 14th century after many years of neglect. A new church was erected towards the end of the 14th century and completed in 1410. This was dedicated to The Virgin Mary and Edward the Confessor. Originally built with a Nave, a Chancel and extended North Aisle. It also featured a brick tower for five bells. Later a gallery was built for a charity for orphaned children. In 1710 it was renamed St Edward’s School and was later moved to another part of Market Place in 1728.
The church building was still in use but again fell into disrepair then work on a new church on the same site was started in 1844 and in 1849 the last service was held in the old church, then it was demolished. Only Blore’s chapel remained and was used as a burial yard until 1953, when this was also demolished.
The new building was consecrated in 1850 by Bishop of Rochester, George Murray. He was resident of Danbury Palace, Danbury, Essex. Architect John Johnson designed the church (he also designed Alexandra Palace). The church was designed in ‘Gothic Style’ and built from Kentish ragstone, it also used materials from John Nash’s in Regent Street. There are many carved heads situated in the church and this is thought to be the explanation of their being there.
It did suffer some war damage, but only minor. The biggest loss was the bells were used in the war effort and in 1944 a set of chime bells and an electric clock were installed.
Since then, major renovation work was completed in1988 and again in 1992. A new organ was installed in 1979 and in 2001 a statue of Edward the confessor was installed in the main porch.
Legend
There is a legend that the name Havering, a district close by to Romford, was named after a connection to Edward the Confessor and St John the apostle in the form of a ring. This was commemorated in a stain glass window of 1407, in the old chapel. I believe that this window does not exist now but a more modern one was installed in 1850 the 600th anniversary of the church.
This is the second of three postings.
What would a series about early bloomers be without the earliest of all (at least in my garden), the winter aconites? Correct. It would be incomplete.
And since nothing is further from my mind than embezzling these tough guys, I'll do it right now.
These two are part of a convention of perhaps 30, which become more every year (much to my delight) and which surprises me every year. Because it usually still feels like winter when I can already see the first yellow dots there. And every time I know that the new beginning in my garden is imminent.
And so I wish you a week full of pleasant surprises. It shouldn't matter whether you're the surprised one or the "surpriser" (I honestly don't know, if this word exists).
Was wäre eine Serie über Frühblüher ohne die frühesten von allen (zumindest in meinem Garten), die Winterlinge? Richtig. Sie wäre unvollständig.
Und da mir nichts ferner liegt, als diese harten Kerle zu unterschlagen, hole ich das jetzt sofort nach.
Diese beiden sind Teil einer Versammlung von vielleicht 30 Exemplaren, die jedes Jahr mehr werden (sehr zu meiner Freude) und mich jedes Jahr aufs Neue überraschen. Denn meist fühlt es sich noch wirklich wie Winter an, wenn ich dort schon die ersten gelben Punkte sehe. Und jedes Mal weiß ich, dass der Neuanfang in meinem Garten unmittelbar bevorsteht.
Und so wünsche ich Euch eine Woche voller angenehmer Überraschungen. Dabei spielt es keine Rolle , ob Ihr der Überraschten seid oder der Überrascher.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
The earliest parts of the house were built for the prosperous Cheshire landowner William Moreton in about 1504–08.
The house remained in the possession of the Moreton family for almost 450 years, until ownership was transferred to the National Trust in 1938.
The earliest part of this beautiful manor house dates from 1633, with further building dating from 1665. As with most older buildings, there have been further additions and alterations over the years. The building is Grade II-listed, and there is an adjacent dower house dating from the late 1700s. The village of Pytchley is three miles south-west of Kettering. It has a beautiful Grade I-listed church, dating primarily from the 13th century. Interestingly, the famous Pytchley Hunt has its kennels at Brixworth, quite a few miles from Pytchley itself.
Full details of the building are at: britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101213913-pytchley-manor-hou...
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis) is one of the earliest flowering plants to show up in forests and damp rich soil in my region.
This fragile spring flower develops and rises from the center of its curled leaf, opening in full sun, and closing at night. Like most members of the Poppy Family, it lasts for a relatively short time. The red juice from the underground stem was used by Native Americans as a dye for baskets, clothing, and war paint, as well as for insect repellent. The generic name, from the Latin sanguinarius, means "bleeding."
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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis) est l'une des premières plantes à fleurs à apparaître dans les forêts et les sols humides et riches de ma région.
Cette fleur printanière fragile se développe et s'élève du centre de sa feuille enroulée, s'ouvrant en plein soleil et se fermant la nuit. Comme la plupart des membres de la famille du coquelicot, il dure relativement peu de temps. Le jus rouge de la tige souterraine était utilisé par les Amérindiens comme colorant pour les paniers, les vêtements et la peinture de guerre, ainsi que comme insectifuge. Le nom générique, du latin sanguinarius, signifie «saignement».
The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century – some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce, and Charles I lived there as a child. Following the Battle of Otterburn in 1390, it ceased to be a royal stronghold Instead, it fell into the possession of five successive families – Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith – each of whom added a new tower to the castle. The oldest of these, the Preston Tower (located on the far right as one faces the main facade of Fyvie), dates to between 1390 and 1433. The impressive Seton tower forms the entrance, and was erected in 1599 by Alexander Seton. He commissioned the great processional staircase several years later. The Gordon Tower followed in 1778 , and the Leith in 1890.
Inside, the castle stronghold features a great wheel stair, a display of original arms and armour, and a collection of portraits.
The earliest parts of Fyvie Castle date from the 13th century – some sources claim it was built in 1211 by William the Lion. Fyvie was the site of an open-air court held by Robert the Bruce, and Charles I lived there as a child. Following the Battle of Otterburn in 1390, it ceased to be a royal stronghold Instead, it fell into the possession of five successive families – Preston, Meldrum, Seton, Gordon and Leith – each of whom added a new tower to the castle. The oldest of these, the Preston Tower (located on the far right as one faces the main facade of Fyvie), dates to between 1390 and 1433. The impressive Seton tower forms the entrance, and was erected in 1599 by Alexander Seton. He commissioned the great processional staircase several years later. The Gordon Tower followed in 1778 , and the Leith in 1890.
Inside, the castle stronghold features a great wheel stair, a display of original arms and armour, and a collection of portraits.
The earliest record from 1137 gives the owner of the estate as Lambert de Scoteni. Roger Ashburnham is credited with building the castle c.1378-80.
Construction of the castle began as a roughly rectangular fortified house with towers in each corner. The original plan may never have been finished, and by 1558 it is likely only the southern tower remained. In 1580 the south wing was rebuilt in Elizabethan architecture style, and around 1630 the eastern range was rebuilt in three story Inigo Jones style. The Elizabethan wing remained a bailiff's residence until 1905, but the eastern range was partly dismantled on the completion of the new house in 1843, leaving the ruin as a garden feature.
Modified Nectaar Prototype, one of the earliest units developed for aerial combat.
It wasn't specced for use in outer space however, and required a ████████ Support Unit to manoeuvre outside of a planets atmosphere.
The earliest written record of shiitake cultivation is seen in the Records of Longquan County in 1209 . The Japanese cultivated the mushroom by cutting shii trees with axes and placing the logs by trees that were already growing shiitake or contained shiitake spores. Shiitake are now widely cultivated all over the world, and contribute about 25% of total yearly production of mushrooms. Commercially, shiitake mushrooms are typically grown in conditions similar to their natural environment on either artificial substrate or hardwood logs, such as oak.
Shiitake mushrooms so much more flavoursome than white button mushrooms and I think very delicious.....if you like mushrooms.
Earliest records of a mill date back to 1779, the mill shown is a Tower Mill built in 1790 after the original post mill was blown down in strong gales
The Church of Edward the Confessor
Situated in the Market Place, Romford, RM1 3AB. The earliest known house of worship was built in 1177 and was known as St Andrew’s Chapel. This building was demolished in the 14th century after many years of neglect. A new church was erected towards the end of the 14th century and completed in 1410. This was dedicated to The Virgin Mary and Edward the Confessor. Originally built with a Nave, a Chancel and extended North Aisle. It also featured a brick tower for five bells. Later a gallery was built for a charity for orphaned children. In 1710 it was renamed St Edward’s School and was later moved to another part of Market Place in 1728.
The church building was still in use but again fell into disrepair then work on a new church on the same site was started in 1844 and in 1849 the last service was held in the old church, then it was demolished. Only Blore’s chapel remained and was used as a burial yard until 1953, when this was also demolished.
The new building was consecrated in 1850 by Bishop of Rochester, George Murray. He was resident of Danbury Palace, Danbury, Essex. Architect John Johnson designed the church (he also designed Alexandra Palace). The church was designed in ‘Gothic Style’ and built from Kentish ragstone, it also used materials from John Nash’s in Regent Street. There are many carved heads situated in the church and this is thought to be the explanation of their being there.
It did suffer some war damage, but only minor. The biggest loss was the bells were used in the war effort and in 1944 a set of chime bells and an electric clock were installed.
Since then, major renovation work was completed in1988 and again in 1992. A new organ was installed in 1979 and in 2001 a statue of Edward the confessor was installed in the main porch.
Legend
There is a legend that the name Havering, a district close by to Romford, was named after a connection to Edward the Confessor and St John the apostle in the form of a ring. This was commemorated in a stain glass window of 1407, in the old chapel. I believe that this window does not exist now but a more modern one was installed in 1850 the 600th anniversary of the church.
This is the first of three postings.
This early visitor from the Arctic was sitting on an abandoned building material by Lake Ontario and kept looking around to enjoy the view. And of course a few lucky humans observed him from a higher vantage point at a distance. This is definitely the earliest I have seen a Snowy Owl in a season. It appears to be an immature male, not quite an adult yet. Colonel Sam Smith Park, Lake Ontario, Toronto.
The Church of Edward the Confessor
Situated in the Market Place, Romford, RM1 3AB. The earliest known house of worship was built in 1177 and was known as St Andrew’s Chapel. This building was demolished in the 14th century after many years of neglect. A new church was erected towards the end of the 14th century and completed in 1410. This was dedicated to The Virgin Mary and Edward the Confessor. Originally built with a Nave, a Chancel and extended North Aisle. It also featured a brick tower for five bells. Later a gallery was built for a charity for orphaned children. In 1710 it was renamed St Edward’s School and was later moved to another part of Market Place in 1728.
The church building was still in use but again fell into disrepair then work on a new church on the same site was started in 1844 and in 1849 the last service was held in the old church, then it was demolished. Only Blore’s chapel remained and was used as a burial yard until 1953, when this was also demolished.
The new building was consecrated in 1850 by Bishop of Rochester, George Murray. He was resident of Danbury Palace, Danbury, Essex. Architect John Johnson designed the church (he also designed Alexandra Palace). The church was designed in ‘Gothic Style’ and built from Kentish ragstone, it also used materials from John Nash’s in Regent Street. There are many carved heads situated in the church and this is thought to be the explanation of their being there.
It did suffer some war damage, but only minor. The biggest loss was the bells were used in the war effort and in 1944 a set of chime bells and an electric clock were installed.
Since then, major renovation work was completed in1988 and again in 1992. A new organ was installed in 1979 and in 2001 a statue of Edward the confessor was installed in the main porch.
Legend
There is a legend that the name Havering, a district close by to Romford, was named after a connection to Edward the Confessor and St John the apostle in the form of a ring. This was commemorated in a stain glass window of 1407, in the old chapel. I believe that this window does not exist now but a more modern one was installed in 1850 the 600th anniversary of the church.
This is the second of three postings.
The earliest snow on record in the Ozarks yesterday (November 12) -- lovely coming down, but slick for drivers and enough for an early school dismissal. . .yay!
The earliest records show a church on this site in the twelfth century built by Geoffrey de Clinton sometime between 1100 and 1135. Geoffrey or his successor later made over the manor of Hughenden including the church to the priory of Kenilworth and it seems that the monks established a small priory in what is now Church House.
A small chapel and a bell tower were added in the thirteenth century on the north side, and later still a small nave, about half the length of the present one was added, and a rounded Norman Arch used for the porch, though where this was originally we do not know. By 1870 the church was in a very bad state of repair, and the vicar, Canon Blagdon, with considerable financial help from his father-in-law, James Searight, set about rebuilding it. He raised the floor of the chancel, altered the pitch of the roof in the vestry, rebuilt the nave, moved the tower to its present position and raised it two stories. The result is an interesting example of Victorian Church architecture at its best.
The earliest reference to the church, dedicated to St Peter, is in 1175 when we hear of its close association with the abbey that once stood to the east of the church. The present building dates from the 1450s
Allium tricoccum
These are among the earliest plants to show new leaves in early spring, so it seems odd that the flowers appear in midsummer, long after the foliage has withered. Summer flowering is of course typical of the Alliums.
If you like to eat ramps, please be aware of their conservation status in your locale. They reproduce slowly, so harvesting them to sell is NOT SUSTAINABLE. If you claim to love walking in the wood yet buy or sell ramps for selfish benefit, nature has a special pit of vipers hiding somewhere along your path. Wild leeks are protected in Quebec, but poachers will cross the border to Ontario where ramps can be legally sold. Don't buy. Their conservation status is similarly a problem in a few eastern states.
Quebeckers are allowed to harvest 50 per annum for personal consumption. I know where ramps grow abundantly in my woods, but I will not harvest more than a dozen each spring to eat with special reverence. If you prefer things black and white, I agree it's better to harvest no wild leeks at all.
Thank you to everyone who visits, faves, and comments.
One of the earliest changes that occurred with the creation of CSX was the shifting of C&O's eastern terminus of manifests No's. 90 and 91 from Newport News to Portsmouth. In hindisght, it likely resulted in a significent increase in traffic. The new terminus was reached over Seaboard Coast Line trackage between Richmond and Portsmouth. On May 15, 1982, eastbound No. 890, its number over the SCL, grinds upgrade approaching Hermitage Road in Richmond over former Seaboard Air Line trackage. Power was B&O GP40-2 No. 4195, two C&O B30-7's and a C&O U30B. The caboose behind ther power was to facilitate a run-around move to move required at Weldon, NC to move from the North End Subdivision to the Portsmouth Subdivision, a problem that was being addressed at the time of this image with a new connection. A helper with two C&O SD40's was shoving hard on the rear.
One of the earliest Spring migrants. Middle Georgia. This species breeds along clear running streams but can also be found singing and foraging along more brackish slower moving streams during migration. What this species may lack in beauty it certainly makes up in personality. It is entertaining to see them strut along on the ground foraging while pumping and wagging their tail region. Their song is boisterous so they are relatively easy to locate. I chose this view to post as it highlights the usual clean white throat of this species and the smudgy streaked markings on the white underside both helpful differentiators from the N0rthern Waterthrush which begins its northward migration a few weeks later than this species.
The earliest verifiable reference to stick candy is a record of the 1837 Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, where confections were judged competitively. A recipe for straight peppermint candy sticks, white with coloured stripes, was published in 1844. The 'candy cane' is found in literature in 1866, though no description of colour or flavour was provided. Its earliest known association with Christmas was in 1874 and by 1882 canes were being hung on Christmas trees.
From our earliest childhood we have been fascinated by mirrors.
It is like contemplating a world parallel and symmetrical to ours.
It is very funny when we first show a big mirror to a baby.
The image he sees is another human being, a child like him, since he is still not capable of recognizing himself... He touches him, tries to kiss him...
Something similar happens with our pets, the first time they see themselves in the mirror...
Photo taken in Vía de las Dos Castillas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain.
EL HOMBRE EN EL ESPEJO, 2022
Desde nuestra más tierna infancia nos han fascinado los espejos.
Es como contemplar un mundo paralelo y simétrico a nuestro.
Resulta muy divertido cuando por primera vez nosotros le mostramos un gran espejo a un bebé.
La imagen que él ve es otro ser humano, niño como él, pues todavía no es capaz de reconocerse a sí mismo... Le toca, le intenta besar...
Algo parecido ocurre con nuestras mascotas, la primera vez que se ven en el espejo...
Foto tomada en la Vía de las Dos Castillas, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, España.
The earliest walls of this church are from the beginning of the 12th century. The present building then is not more than about 900 years old. About 1100 years before that the Romans came to what they were to name “Calleva Atrebatum”, later called “Silchester” by the Saxons Among the early Roman residents there would have been Christians who initially may have had to be secret about their faith. Some consider that the excavated remains of one building in the old Roman Town may be interpreted as a place for Christian worship dating from about 340AD, though this cannot be certain.
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(Continuation. See the texts of the earliest images of this series. The whole images from these series are already on my insta and behance www.behance.net/gallery/140662555/Give-Peace-a-Chance-%28..., but without these texts)
It’s like living in the nightmare, which have all the signs of nightmare but one or two. You’re pinch your elbow. You could feel it. You couldn’t wake up. So, it’s not the nightmare. But it definitely is. You know the feeling. And now all of us, trapped in this nightmare, are desperately need to stop it from within.
In Russia it’s worse because of living in it more than 20 years. And our lives turned into a nightmare little by little so as not to be noticed. Teeny-weeny little nightmarish element in the more or less normal life. More nightmare but partly acceptable one. Even more but we get used to it. Just a little bit more but we got Stockholm syndrome and our sensitivity dropped and severely damaged. After all we had the good old Europe to skip in emergency and every time when we needed just one more breath of fresh air, please. As well as all the beautiful world. We had our blessed inner emigration, we have the cosmopolitan circle of our own. We and the nightmare system barely noticed each other. That’s the very point. The system had nothing to do with our true real lives. Like the street crime, TNCs and sects. We had the biggest thing after our loves – our arts. Our tops of our semi-private worlds. And than – February 24th, the full-scale nightmare and not any comfortably numbness and Stockholm tricks and all other mean psychological manipulation which is those bread and high don't work anymore. Even the last vestige of all the system, the instinct for self-preservation, sometimes is ready to give up and now telling from its depths: “It depends”.
To be continued…
Inkendael Castle
The earliest history of the castle dates back to the late 15th century. At the end of the 17th century, the forerunner of today's castle Inkendael was built. The old castle was demolished around 1860 and replaced by the current castle. Presumably, the old castle remained in use until the new one was fully completed.
The castle was once the country house of Count de Coloma.
Around 1910, the castle was bought by Albert Richir, a notary from Brussels.
In the late 1920s, he had Inkendael Castle extended and modified. He sold it in 1946 to a social organisation that turned it into a medical and healing centre. In the second half of the 20th century, the objectives of the social organisation were constantly adjusted, resulting in an adaptation and extension of the building. The castle has since been integrated into a spacious complex serving as a rehabilitation clinic.
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De vroegste geschiedenis van het kasteel gaat terug tot eind 15e eeuw. Op het einde van de 17e eeuw werd de voorloper van het huidige kasteel Inkendael gebouwd. Het oude kasteel werd omstreeks 1860 gesloopt en vervangen door het huidige kasteel. Vermoedelijk bleef het oude kasteel in gebruik tot het nieuwe volledig voltooid was.
Het kasteel was ooit het landhuis van graaf de Coloma.
Rond 1910 werd het kasteel aangekocht door Albert Richir, een notaris uit Brussel.
Einde jaren 1920 liet hij het kasteel Inkendael uitbreiden en aanpassen. Hij verkocht het in 1946 aan een sociale organisatie die er een genees- en heelkundig centrum van maakten. In de tweede helft van de 20e eeuw werden de doelstellingen van de sociale organisatie voortdurend bijgestuurd, wat een aanpassing en uitbreiding van het gebouw tot gevolg had. Het kasteel is sindsdien geïntegreerd in een ruim complex dat dienst doet als revalidatiekliniek.
The Church of Edward the Confessor
Situated in the Market Place, Romford, RM1 3AB. The earliest known house of worship was built in 1177 and was known as St Andrew’s Chapel. This building was demolished in the 14th century after many years of neglect. A new church was erected towards the end of the 14th century and completed in 1410. This was dedicated to The Virgin Mary and Edward the Confessor. Originally built with a Nave, a Chancel and extended North Aisle. It also featured a brick tower for five bells. Later a gallery was built for a charity for orphaned children. In 1710 it was renamed St Edward’s School and was later moved to another part of Market Place in 1728.
The church building was still in use but again fell into disrepair then work on a new church on the same site was started in 1844 and in 1849 the last service was held in the old church, then it was demolished. Only Blore’s chapel remained and was used as a burial yard until 1953, when this was also demolished.
The new building was consecrated in 1850 by Bishop of Rochester, George Murray. He was resident of Danbury Palace, Danbury, Essex. Architect John Johnson designed the church (he also designed Alexandra Palace). The church was designed in ‘Gothic Style’ and built from Kentish ragstone, it also used materials from John Nash’s in Regent Street. There are many carved heads situated in the church and this is thought to be the explanation of their being there.
It did suffer some war damage, but only minor. The biggest loss was the bells were used in the war effort and in 1944 a set of chime bells and an electric clock were installed.
Since then, major renovation work was completed in1988 and again in 1992. A new organ was installed in 1979 and in 2001 a statue of Edward the confessor was installed in the main porch.
Legend
There is a legend that the name Havering, a district close by to Romford, was named after a connection to Edward the Confessor and St John the apostle in the form of a ring. This was commemorated in a stain glass window of 1407, in the old chapel. I believe that this window does not exist now but a more modern one was installed in 1850 the 600th anniversary of the church.
This is the second of three postings.
Anaklia (Georgian: ანაკლია) is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River flows into the Black Sea.
The earliest settlement on Anaklia's territory dates back to the mid-Bronze Age and is typical to the Colchian culture. It is the Classical Heraclea of Colchis, Anaclia of later authors, and Anarghia of Archangelo Lamberti and Jean Chardin (both the 17th-century travelers). After the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century, it was an important fortified town, sea port and fishing station within the Principality of Mingrelia. In 1723, the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire and converted into its maritime outpost and slave-trading locale. Western Georgian kingdom of Imereti regained control over Anaklia in 1770, seizing the opportunity of Ottoman Empire being at war with Russia (Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)). Solomon I, the king of Imereti, was supposed to be supported in this endeavor by a small Russian contingent under General Totleben, but the Russian troops retreated before a clash against the Turks.
In 1802, Kelesh-Bey Sharvashidze, the pro-Turkish ruler of the neighboring Principality of Abkhazia, capitalized on the internecine feuds in Mingrelia, and forced Prince Grigol Dadiani of Mingrelia into surrendering Anaklia, taking Grigol’s son and heir, Levan, as a hostage. When Mingrelia accepted the Russian protectorate in 1803, the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince Tsitsianov, demanded that Kelesh-Bey release Levan. On his refusal, Tsitsianov sent Major General Ion Rykgof into Abkhazia. In March 1805, the Russians took hold of Anaklia and threatened to march against Sukhum-Kaleh, forcing the Abkhazian prince to release Dadiani. The capture of Anaklia drew an Ottoman protest, however, and Tsitsianov hastened to disavow his subordinate and even apologize for his action, removing a Russian garrison from Anaklia. However, the incident added to an increasing tension between the two empires. When the next Russo-Turkish War broke out in 1806, the Russian forces restored Redoubt Kali and Anaklia to the Mingrelian prince Levan who would later relinquish the control of these forts to the Russian administration. (See Russian conquest of the Caucasus#Black Sea Coast.) In the 1850s, Anaklia was a small but strongly fortified seaport, which had a custom-house and carried on a considerable trade with Turkey.
Subsequently, the importance of the Anaklia port significantly reduced, but it remained a minor Black Sea Fleet base in the Soviet times.
After the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), a Russian peacekeeping post was opened at Anaklia in 1994. In 2006, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia reported numerous damages inflicted by the Russian soldiers upon the 17th-century fortress of Anaklia and accused the peacekeepers of installing latrines and baths within the walls of the fort. Following a series of protests by the Georgians, the Russian military post was withdrawn in July 2007.
A monument has been erected in Anaklia on May 21, 2012, commemorating Russia's expulsion of the Circassian people from the region following the conclusion of the Caucasian War in the 1860s. The May 21 date was chosen to coincide with the day on which the Circassian people themselves commemorate the expulsion, which the Georgian government has recognized as an act of genocide. The monument was designed by Khusen Kochesokov, a sculptor from the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Bailgate in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Street running from Castle Hill to Newport. Earliest reference as Ballium aronud 1146-61 referring to whole area of upper town. In 1667 "the streete called the Bayle". Bail on Padley 1819-1830 map, but "High Street" on lease plans 1817-1830. From 1830 it was renamed Ermine/Hermine/Hermin Street, by the Lighting and Paving Commissioners, but Bailgate seems to have been the norm from 1850.
Pigots 1835 directory has Bail and Hermin Street used apparently randomly for the street. A series of metalled limestone/mortar surfaces 1.5m-1.0m below modern street level, found in 1997 during the installation of traffic calming measures, may be medieval in date. Other surfaces were recorded in 1992/3 during trenching operations and in 2010 during the Bailgate Restored project.
Bailgate curves away eastwards and back to the line of the Roman street, on the stretches both north and south of Westgate. The street was widened at Eastgate in 1885 and at Chapel Lane in 1897. Major programme of restoration of road surfaces and pavements January -July 2010 called Bailgate Restored. Carriageway removed to depth of 0.4m and new tarmac, sand and stone setts laid, together with new water drainage and widening of pavements and new curbing.
Information Source:
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In the earliest days of the Conrail split, some things changed and others did not. In the case of this particular train, CSX power certainly wasn't foreign to Conrail's River Line. Train symbols didn't change immediately either, as my notes show this CSX train as having a very "Conrail" symbol: SEOI-3X. There were plenty of extras and strange symbols in those days, but SEOI (Selkirk-Oak Island) was certainly familiar. This train operates today as Q433. I used to refer to these consists as "merger consists" since Conrail, NS and CSX were well represented. SEOI was holding at the Pedestrian Crossing north of CP7 in Bogota, NJ on the River Line, most likely without a crew. Outlawed trains were also common in those days!
CSX SEOI-3X:
CSXT 8430 SD40-2 (ex-CO 7579 SD40)
PRRX (NS) 8392 C40-8W (ex-CR 6184)
NS 9188 C40-9W
My earliest railroad memories were of these beasts sorting cars next to my house in Trout Lake. I wasn't old enough to be shooting any kind of photos but picked this Karl Henkels shot up somewhere of 399 seemingly already out of service at Marquette in July 1966.Chuck Schwesinger collection. A rescan.
My earliest memories of Metro North derive from seeing FL9s wizz up and down the Hudson line at Bear Mountain. I faintly remember seeing these unique units in the "beach ball" paint scheme doing what they were meant to do, move people.
In the past few weeks, Metro North has been working on a unit that displays the iconic "beach ball" scheme, Metro North 208. The unit was chosen as Metro North FL9 2008, was the last to be pulled from service.
On the evening of May 28th, 2023, Metro North train 8843 headed north up the Hudson line, with 208 leading the full shoreliner III blue consist to Poughkeepsie.
The earliest parts dating from the early 13th century formed a monastic grange as the administrative centre for the great Benedictine Abingdon Abbey. It was handed over to the Courtenay family, Lords of the Manor of Sutton in 1284.
The earliest Catholic services in the Galveston area were conducted in 1838. In 1884, as a result of the church’s growth under the direction of such leaders as Bishop J. M. Odin, the Galveston Diocese established Sacred Heart as the fourth church on the island. Services for Sacred Heart Church were held in the St. Mary’s University building until 1892, when the parish’s first structure was completed. Designed by the noted Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton, it was destroyed in the 1900 hurricane. The present building, the second for the parish, was constructed in 1903-04 during the pastorate of the Rev. D. J. Murphy. A prominent landmark in the city, it features ornate octagonal towers, flying buttresses, elaborate ornamentation, and a variety of arches. The design reflects influences of the Moorish, Byzantine, Gothic and Romanesque styles. The building’s original dome, damaged in a 1915 hurricane, was redesigned by Nicholas Clayton. Sacred Heart Church has played a significant role in the growth and development of Galveston. Since the 1880s, many of the city’s prominent business, professional, civic and religious leaders have been associated with the parish.
“Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 1981”
The Church of Edward the Confessor
Situated in the Market Place, Romford, RM1 3AB. The earliest known house of worship was built in 1177 and was known as St Andrew’s Chapel. This building was demolished in the 14th century after many years of neglect. A new church was erected towards the end of the 14th century and completed in 1410. This was dedicated to The Virgin Mary and Edward the Confessor. Originally built with a Nave, a Chancel and extended North Aisle. It also featured a brick tower for five bells. Later a gallery was built for a charity for orphaned children. In 1710 it was renamed St Edward’s School and was later moved to another part of Market Place in 1728.
The church building was still in use but again fell into disrepair then work on a new church on the same site was started in 1844 and in 1849 the last service was held in the old church, then it was demolished. Only Blore’s chapel remained and was used as a burial yard until 1953, when this was also demolished.
The new building was consecrated in 1850 by Bishop of Rochester, George Murray. He was resident of Danbury Palace, Danbury, Essex. Architect John Johnson designed the church (he also designed Alexandra Palace). The church was designed in ‘Gothic Style’ and built from Kentish ragstone, it also used materials from John Nash’s in Regent Street. There are many carved heads situated in the church and this is thought to be the explanation of their being there.
It did suffer some war damage, but only minor. The biggest loss was the bells were used in the war effort and in 1944 a set of chime bells and an electric clock were installed.
Since then, major renovation work was completed in1988 and again in 1992. A new organ was installed in 1979 and in 2001 a statue of Edward the confessor was installed in the main porch.
Legend
There is a legend that the name Havering, a district close by to Romford, was named after a connection to Edward the Confessor and St John the apostle in the form of a ring. This was commemorated in a stain glass window of 1407, in the old chapel. I believe that this window does not exist now but a more modern one was installed in 1850 the 600th anniversary of the church.
This is the third and final of three postings.
The Church of Edward the Confessor
Situated in the Market Place, Romford, RM1 3AB. The earliest known house of worship was built in 1177 and was known as St Andrew’s Chapel. This building was demolished in the 14th century after many years of neglect. A new church was erected towards the end of the 14th century and completed in 1410. This was dedicated to The Virgin Mary and Edward the Confessor. Originally built with a Nave, a Chancel and extended North Aisle. It also featured a brick tower for five bells. Later a gallery was built for a charity for orphaned children. In 1710 it was renamed St Edward’s School and was later moved to another part of Market Place in 1728.
The church building was still in use but again fell into disrepair then work on a new church on the same site was started in 1844 and in 1849 the last service was held in the old church, then it was demolished. Only Blore’s chapel remained and was used as a burial yard until 1953, when this was also demolished.
The new building was consecrated in 1850 by Bishop of Rochester, George Murray. He was resident of Danbury Palace, Danbury, Essex. Architect John Johnson designed the church (he also designed Alexandra Palace). The church was designed in ‘Gothic Style’ and built from Kentish ragstone, it also used materials from John Nash’s in Regent Street. There are many carved heads situated in the church and this is thought to be the explanation of their being there.
It did suffer some war damage, but only minor. The biggest loss was the bells were used in the war effort and in 1944 a set of chime bells and an electric clock were installed.
Since then, major renovation work was completed in1988 and again in 1992. A new organ was installed in 1979 and in 2001 a statue of Edward the confessor was installed in the main porch.
Legend
There is a legend that the name Havering, a district close by to Romford, was named after a connection to Edward the Confessor and St John the apostle in the form of a ring. This was commemorated in a stain glass window of 1407, in the old chapel. I believe that this window does not exist now but a more modern one was installed in 1850 the 600th anniversary of the church.
This is the first of three postings.
The earliest reference to the church of [the parish of] Cardross occurs in a 13th century charter whereby the Earl of Lennox granted the income to the Bishop of Glasgow (1208-33). In the early 14th century this was the parish church for Robert I's manor nearby at Cardross. The Rector of Cardross played an important part in the funeral arrangements of Robert I in 1329, and a tradition emerged as early as the 17th century that the viscera of the Robert I were buried in this church following his embalming. Quoted from the Ancient Monuments website
(Left and right): As fall sets in, this buffalo treehopper is trying to stay sheltered. They are around 6 to 8 millimetres in length (0.24 to 0.31 in), with transparent wings, and are camouflaged to look like thorns or bumps. Buffalo treehoppers mate during summer, males attract females with a song that is perceived by the females as vibrations through the plant. Eggs are laid on host trees, from July to October, and hatch the following May or June. Nymphs (centre image) resemble adults, except that they have spiny protuberances along the back and are wingless. The nymphs descend from trees to feed on non-woody plants — weeds and grasses. They moult several times before reaching adulthood. Both adult and nymph treehoppers feed on sap.
Nikon - Z6, Nikon 105 Micro-Nikkor ƒ2.8 Ai, 32 mm Ext tubes, Godox TT685/N flash, DIY macro flash diffuser, handheld, insect, Buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia — aka: Ceresa bisonia)
(Center): The exoskeleton of a Buffalo treehopper nymph. This is from my way-back machine archives, and is one of my earliest macro images, from somewhere around the late 70’s. Found on an understory leaf.
Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP1000, Super Takumar 55mm ƒ1.8 on extension tubes. Handheld, natural light, Original shot scanned from transparency.
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