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At long last the front garden is now complete, and with Spring here it is now in full flower, it has turned out better than I expected as the plants were very small to start with and the soil was just awful. All good now.
Front Idun crude oil tanker heads down river outbound for sea after departing Tranmere Oil Terminal north
Name: Front Idun
Flag: Marshall Islands
IMO: 9600944
MMSI: 538005762
Call sign: V7GT8
AIS transponder class: Class A
Detailed vessel type: Crude Oil Tanker
Gross Tonnage: 81670t
Deadweight: 156657t
Design Draught: 16m - 17m
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 274.5m x 48m
Year Built: 2015
Registered owner: FRONT IDUN INC
Ship manager/Commercial manager: FRONTLINE MANAGEMENT AS
ISM: OSM MARITIME SHIP MANAGEMENT
Shipyard: JIANGSU RONGSHENG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., China
Hull number: H1153
Contract date: 16 Jun 2010
Steel Cutting: 08 Dec 2011
Keel laid: 16 Dec 2011
Launch: 15 Jun 2014
Date of build: 06 Jan 2015
Engine: x1 Doosan MAN B&W 6S70ME-C 4 stroke 6 cyls @ 91rpm
Engine Power kW: 16860kW
X1 Wärtsilä fixed Pitch propeller
Speed: 15.1 knots
Here is a colony of little fern fronds, three to four inches long. This is on the east side of this giant oak in our front yard. As the Mississippi summer grows hotter and drier, this little colony will disappear, only to reappear next spring.
I blogged about this here.
Yes, looks like Owens Corning Fiberglass Insulation. There is/was a ring around the circumference. I pulled as much as I could easily remove, away from the driver to try and ascertain if there were any rips, etc. My belief on this item is that it was installed to keep the grille taut, and to remove and speaker/grille interference (buzz) during long-throw excursions.
Front·run·ner (frÅnt'rÅn'É™r) n.: One that is in a leading position in a race or other competition.
In this case, the first leaf of a low tree branch I was passing under
View of the front room as you enter. Notice the vintage fireplace -- now converted to ventless gas for the ease of no-maintenance and convenience of instant on & off ambience and warmth. There is a large coat cloest to the left and an original leaded glass window over the picture window. This room flows into the extended living room area.