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It is basically a challenge to Mr Sherlock Holmes
if you, Mr, think you can deduct if a guy has a mistress by how much his shoe soles are worn or stuff like that, knock yourself out on this one,
I am no Sherlock but I can tell you for free that the guy, number three from the bottom right, has no mistress but he's got a pet chinchilla called Beth, and he likes to dress her up on the week-ends, he also is a high flying executive of a tech firm. If the fact of his affection to his pet chincilla became public that would ruin his career and destoy his company but most importantly that would send tech market into a free fall given the size of the share his company has. You may well wonder how I know all that. Ask Mr Holmes. He knows how.
German postcard, no. 708. Steve Reeves' surname is misspelled as Reves
Handsome, musclebound Steve Reeves (1926-2000) was an American bodybuilder and actor, who was a huge success in Hercules (1958) and other Peplum films, the Italian sword-and-sandal epics. At the peak of his career, around 1960, he was reputedly the highest-paid actor in Europe.
Stephen L. Reeves was born on a cattle ranch in the small town of Glasgow, Montana, in 1926. At the age of six months, he won his first fitness title as Healthiest Baby of Valley County. When Steve was 10, his father, Lester Dell Reeves, died in a farming accident. With his mother Goldie Reeves, Steve moved to California. In high school in Oakland Reeves began to work out regularly with weights, and he eventually came to the attention of Ed Yarick, who ran a bodybuilding gym. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served in the Philippines during World War II and in Japan afterward. After his military service, at the age of 20, he won Mr. Pacific Coast (1946) in Oregon, which led to his titles of Mr. Western America (1947), Mr. America (1947), Mr. World (1948), and, ultimately, Mr. Universe (1950). The very night after he won the Mr. Universe title, he announced his retirement from the bodybuilding competition at the age of 25. With all the body-worshipping publicity he garnered, Reeves had become interested in pursuing an acting career. He moved to New York and studied acting under Stella Adler but after arguments, was refunded his tuition. He was selected by Cecil B. DeMille for the lead role of Samson in the biblical costumer Samson and Delilah (1949) after Burt Lancaster proved unavailable. In order to look convincing on-camera, he was told to lose 15 pounds as the camera added weight. He would not be able to compete in bodybuilding with the diminished weight., so he turned the movie offer down. The part instead went to Victor Mature. In 1949 Steve did film a Tarzan-type television pilot called Kimbar of the Jungle. He was one of the Olympic Team members not interested in the charms of Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953). In 1954 he had a small role in the musical Athena (Richard Thorpe, 1954) playing Jane Powell's boyfriend. The same year Reeves had a small role as a detective in Ed Wood’s attempt to make a serious Film Noir, Jail Bait (Edward D. Wood Jr., 1954). On TV, Reeves guest-starred on The Ray Bolger Show (1954) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1957). These roles were mostly posing bits or walk-ons. To Hollywood, Reeves was just a body. But then his fortunes turned.
Italian film director Pietro Francisci’daughter saw Steve Reeves in Athena (1954) and Francisi invited him to come to Cinecitta, the Roman film studios. In 1957, Reeves went to Italy and played the lead character in Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules (Pietro Francisci, 1958), opposite gorgeous Sylva Koscina. Hercules was a relatively low-budget epic based loosely on the tales of Jason and the Argonauts, though inserting Hercules into the lead role. Gary Brumburgh at IMDb: “Though he did not possess a Herculean acting talent by any stretch, handsome bodybuilder Steve Reeves certainly had an enviable Herculean physique, and made plenty good use of it in Europe.” Independent film producer Joseph E. Levine took a big chance and bought the rights to the film's American release. He added a soundtrack dubbed in English and after a major US advertising campaign on television and in the newspapers, Hercules became one of the surprise hits of 1959. Reeves became ‘overnight’ a star. The film’s international success quickly led to the sequel Ercole e la regina di Lidia/Hercules Unchained (Pietro Francisci, 1959), again with Sylva Koscina. Hercules Unchained made even more money and became one of the year's biggest grossing films. Although he is now best known for his portrayal of Hercules, Reeves played the character only twice. Next, he played 19th-century Tatar hero Hadji Murad in Agi Murad il diavolo bianco/White Warrior (Riccardo Freda, 1959) with Giorgia Moll. This was followed by his role as Goliath (in Italy Emiliano) in Il terrore dei barbari/Goliath and the Barbarians (Carlo Campogalliani, 1959) with Chelo Alonso. While filming Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei/The Last Days of Pompeii (Mario Bonnard, Sergio Leone (uncredited), 1959), the chariot Reeves was driving struck a tree and he dislocated his shoulder. This put an end to his more intense exercise routines and caused problems in the following years.
By 1960, Steve Reeves was ranked as the number-one, box-office draw in twenty-five countries around the world. From then on through 1964, Reeves went on to appear in a string of Peplum (sword & sandal films) shot on relatively small budgets, He played a number of characters on-screen, including Welsh pirate and self-proclaimed governor of Jamaica, Captain Henry Morgan in Morgan il pirata/Morgan the Pirate (André De Toth, Primo Zeglio, 1960), Karim, the fabled Thief of Baghdad in Il ladro di Bagdad/The Thief of Baghdad (Arthur Lubin, Bruno Vailati, 1961), and Randus, the son of Spartacus in Il figlio di Spartacus/The Slave: The Son of Spartacus (Sergio Corbucci, 1962). He also played Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome in Romolo e Remo/Duel of the Titans (Sergio Corbucci, 1961) opposite Gordon Scott as his twin brother Remus. Reeves reportedly turned down two roles that became international sensations. He was offered the role of James Bond by Cubby Broccoli in Dr. No (1962) but refused it because of the low salary the producer offered. Reeves also turned down the role of ‘The Man with No name’ that finally went to Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars (Sergio Leone, 1964) because he could not believe that "Italians could make a western". He played Aeneas of Troy in La leggenda di Enea/The Avenger (Giorgio Venturini, 1962) and twice he played Emilio Salgari's Malaysian hero, Sandokan in Sandokan, la tigre di Mompracem/Sandokan the Great (Umberto Lenzi, 1963) with Geneviève Grad, and I pirati della Malesia/The Pirates of Malaysia (Umberto Lenzi, 1964) with Jacqueline Sassard as the romantic interest. Reeves’ injury of The Last Days of Pompeii, would be aggravated by his stunt work in each successive film, ultimately leading to his retirement from film making. In 1968 he appeared in his final film, Vivo per la tua morte/I Live For Your Death!/A Long Ride From Hell (Camillo Bazzoni,1968), a Spaghetti Western he co-wrote. His first wife had been Sandra Smith (1955-1956). In 1963, he married Aline Czarzawicz and the couple moved in 1969 to Valley Center, California, northeast of San Diego. He had bought a ranch there with savings from his film career. The next two decades Reeves bred horses and promoted drug-free bodybuilding, and stayed with Aline, until her death in 1989. In 1994, Reeves and business partner George Helmer started the Steve Reeves International Society, which became through its Internet site, a leading proponent of drug-free bodybuilding. In 1996, it incorporated to become Steve Reeves International Inc. Reeves also wrote the book Powerwalking, and two self-published books, Building the Classic Physique - The Natural Way, and Dynamic Muscle Building. His last screen appearance was in 2000 when he appeared as himself in the made-for-television A&E Biography: Arnold Schwarzenegger — Flex Appeal. In 2000, Reeves died in a hospital in Escondido, California, from a blood clot after having surgery two days earlier. He passed away on the very day that Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) premiered, the first sword-and-sandal epic to be produced by Hollywood in many years. Steve Reeves was 74.
Sources: Gary Brumburgh (IMDb), Rick Lyman (The New York Times), Wikipedia, and IMDb.
Tappen is a settlement in British Columbia. It is colloquially known as "Rust Valley", and is the location of the TV show Rust Valley Restorers. Tappen is located 6 miles north of Salmon Arm. It was named after Herbert Tappen, CPR constuction contractor in the 1880's, from Massachusetts; was a cousin of Andrew Onderdonk, chief CPR contractor in British Columbia, and a partner or sub-contractor of Temple Frederick Sinclair. A misspelling of Tappan, the name of one of the sub-contractors who laid the CPR track along here in 1884.
(from - Wrigley's 1918 British Columbia directory) - TAPPEN - a post office and fruit-growing settlement 9 miles west of Salmon Arm, in Kamloops Provincial Electoral District, on main line C. P. R. Has Presbyterian church. The population in 1918 was 200. Local resources: Fruit-growing and dairying.
Sawmill located here c. 1883; Tappen Siding Post Office opened here - 1 July 1892, F. McCulla, postmaster; closed - 1 February 1897. Brightwater Post Office was opened in this location - 1 August 1908, H.C. Banks, postmaster; name changed to Tappen Post Office - 1 August 1911.
LINK to all of the Postmasters who served at the TAPPEN Post Office - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
sent from - / TAPPEN / JUL 27 / 36 / B.C / - split ring cancel - this split ring hammer (A1-1) was proofed - 19 August 1911 - (RF B).
GLENEDEN - While it is now a rural suburb of Salmon Arm, Gleneden was once a thriving Finnish farming community where residents shared a passion for sports, theatre, potlucks, music and other social activities. According to Hans Kusisto, the son of one of the area’s early Finnish pioneers, it was the first settler, Emerson Bowman, who chose the name Gleneden, as the valley reminded him of a glen back in his native country England and he deemed that its paradise nature was like the biblical Eden.
Addressed to: Mrs. G. Stirling / Gleneden / R.R. 2 - Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Daisy Gertrude "Burcher" Stirling
Born - 19 December 1881 in Derby, England
Death - 21 February 1972 in Victoria, British Columbia
Her husband was: George Faulds Stirling (February 26, 1877 – November 7, 1966) was an English-born educator, rancher and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Salmon Arm in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1942 to 1945 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was born in Middlesbrough and moved to Canada in the early 1900s. Stirling first worked in lumber camps in British Columbia as a logger and carpenter. He next worked as a clerk and immigration agent, then as a teacher in the Okanagan region. Stirling ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1912 as a Socialist candidate, in 1924 as a Labour candidate and in 1933 and 1937 as a CCF candidate before being elected in a 1942 by-election held after the death of Rolf Wallgren Bruhn. He was defeated when he ran for re-election in 1945. He also ran unsuccessfully for the Kamloops federal seat in 1935. Stirling later owned a ranch on Shuswap Lake. He died in Victoria at the age of 88.
The Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a protected area consisting of wetlands and surrounding monsoon and dry forests approximately 70 km (43 mi) east of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia (a comfortable 1 hour drive from Darwin CBD or suburbs).
The Reserve lies within the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains, which is an Important Bird Area.
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve was created after the demise of an unsuccessful rice farming project which operated in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The dam was originally created as dry season water storage facility for the rice crop.
The reserve attracts a wide range of local and migratory water birds and other wildlife including one of the largest populations of snakes within Australia (including the Water Python and Death Adder), and includes a several raised observation platforms.
Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) and Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) can be seen at Fogg Dam all year around.
Fogg Dam is open 24 hrs per day all days of the year. The only limitation is that during very heavy monsoon rain periods, water may overflow the dam wall (which serves as a road through the reserve) and limit traffic to high-clearance vehicles.
In some years, the dam wall may be temporarily damaged by monsoon rain overflows and be impassable for a short section.
The open nature of the reserve along the dam wall makes it an excellent site for birds in flight (BIF) photography.
The highest bird activity for BIF photography occurs later in the wet and early dry season (say March to June) when thousands of waterbirds and other water-attracted species are moving around the reserve.
Passerine species can be best photographed from treed areas, and the Woodlands and Monsoon Forest tracks.
"Autumn is coming"
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Dear friends here on flickr,
Summer is finally here and me and my girls are ready to hit the beach with the fashions from my new collection “Sommer” (summer in German) !
This is again very picture intense, so please bear with me *lol*.
Hope you all are well and safe,
wishing you the best, have a wonderful summer this year!
Nina & Gigi
She is Kid delf Nana from Luts :D
I am totally in love with her~
Ever since Luts released Nana sculpt, I've wanted to bring her home with Bory (boy). She made home first~~ <3
Cannon Beach is a small coastal city in northwest Oregon. It’s known for its long, sandy shore. Standing tall in the ocean, Haystack Rock is a seasonal haven for tufted puffins.
On a headland to the north, trails in Ecola State Park offer sweeping views of the ocean, coves and a lighthouse. South is Arcadia Beach, with tide pools and a picnic area. Nearby Hug Point has sea caves. Boutiques and galleries dot downtown.(Wikipedia)
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She is such a cutie <3
I am in terrible need of downsizing and it's just impossible to do :( How do you choose? I always used to try a Last one in first one out Approach but my last ones in were awesome so UGH! lol
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This is the most dramatic and elegant doorbell-ringing device I have ever seen. The pull handle is at the bottom of the photo, just left of center. Above that, the handle is connected to an elegant spiral of gold-painted wrought iron flowers and leaves, wrapped around a metal rod. Then the bare rod connects at its top to a grandly decorated hinge mechanism.
From the hinge, a metal actuator extends through the villa wall and jangles the bell inside the entry hall. Kid must love ringing it...and probably lots of grownups too. I could barely resist.
Location: The Villa, Wenken Park, Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Roaming Riehen.
“Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” | Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn
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This design is my rendition of Jim Garrett's MOC (www.flickr.com/photos/decojim/24322330618). I stumbled on it online a while back and immediately recognised how effectively it had been captured in Lego. The original was brick-built, and I was only able to find two low-res photos, but a few hours later in Stud.io and this is what I came up with.
The Frazi-class Heavy Fighter was briefly seen several times in Babylon 5, often used in scouting and intelligence gathering missions.
Carcassonne is a fortified town in the French département of Aude in the Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées region in the south-east of the country. It has a population of around 47,634 (2008).
A substantial medieval fortress or citadel, The Cité de Carcassonne, for which the town is best known, stands atop a hill overlooking the remainder of the town and the snow-capped mountains of Pyrénées. The citadel has two outer walls, 53 towers, a drawbridge and barbicans. It was placed on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997 and is arguably, apart from Paris, one of the most popular tourist sites in France.
A walkway inside the outer wall of the fortress encircles the inner cité and it is possible to walk all the way around it and under some of the many arches and towers.
This is the Pre sunrise shot taken on my recent visit to Southwold. Taken at about 04:00 a 60+ second exposure using only a polariser. I'm not sure the polariser has the same effect as on a fast exposure but I used it to try to keep the light reflection on the water slightly subdued.
"The exhibition 'To be or not to be' is dedicated to the skull, which has always been used in art history as a reminder of human mortality is now an ephemeral symbol, deprived of its sanctity, used in fashion, design... contemporary art. Orticanoodles reproduce the image of the skull in a series of portraits from well-known media personalities, which are shelled and in fact made into empty skulls. To be or not to be, the Shakespearean dilemma, leads us to reflect on what remains of these men and women after removing the image that creates their status. Through the skillfully applied technique of stencils, Orticanoodles confront us with the question of identity, the image built, to pass a message. The artists offer their works through which the viewers can mirror and ask theirselves about their own appearance. The language of Wally and Alita actually uses the visual parameters of pop culture and advertising to distort the message and make social commentary. Their skulls are asking: What really matters? Appear or act? Live or die? To be or not to be?"
From 26/11 to11/12 2010, dal martedì al sabato
Open 15:00 to 20:00
Lab_Comacina, Viale Cassarate 4, Lugano
It is a boring Sunday and I just take some random shots like this one...
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L IS, Canon Speedlite 580 EXII
Here is another panoramic. Its still not where I want the image to be, might be over-processed. For some reason, panoramas are a challenge for me. Exposure never seems to be correct, there's blending issues, processing issues, etc. Im not sure if I should be blending the images first then process or vice versa. None the less it's fun and guess that's what matters.
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YJ67 CZY is a Van Hool EX17H C53FLt coach in the fleet of Turners, Bristol and employed on Flixbus work. It had been new to Arriva, Gomersal (Q) as a Demonstrator in December 2017. It served in the Republic of Ireland with Kavanagh (B), Urlingford from April 2019, where it was reregistered 172-KK-954. It returned to the UK with Lancashire Bus (Vantage Coaches), Blackburn as YJ67 CZY in January 2020. It joined Turners in October 2020.
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This is what I use to lay my tracks. Attach the blue piece to your cross axle piece. Click on the green piece one time, drag it down until the wheel barely clears the tread piece. Click the select all icon, drag the entire model over the tread until it lines up. After that, it is just a matter of duplicating treads until you reach a gear. Then use the hinge tool and "bend" the links around the gears. Takes a bit of practice, but once you get it, it goes pretty fast. Do not rely on the number of treads that LDD requires, the program does not account for tightness or looseness in the chain links. The links sometimes won't get really close to some gears, you just have to fudge it a bit. I saved the "track laying helper" as a file so that I can import it quickly into a model. Hope this helps. Any probs just ask.
This is one of the few birds willing to brave the 8:00am crowds (yes, crowds!) at Irvine Regional Park on Memorial Day. Acorn Woodpeckers are always a given at IRP and they didn't disappoint. I managed a few close shots at various times during the morning. Most of the other birds opted to stay high in the trees to escape the human onslaught.
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Cleo is a lazy girl but if she wants she is usually a good hunter. When I took this shot she was sitting on the porch and fancying to pounce onto a butterfly who had landed on a tile below her (see photo in the comments). Thankfully the peacock butterfly took off again before she had made up her mind if it was worth the effort. :)
What is less? Colors
What is more? Everything besides colors.
If you give yourself a few more seconds on this photo, you will know what I mean, maybe.
This is the memorial to not one but two mining disasters at Auchengeich. In 1931 six miners were killed by an explosion - a number of their comrades tried to go back to save them, but were overcome by fumes and had to be rescued themselves.
The second disaster was in 1959, when 47 men were trapped by a blaze, a thousand feet below the surface of the Earth. So severe was the fire and smoke (most were overcome by the smoke, it is thought) that the rescue attempts could not get close, and eventually they were left with no choice but to flood the put to dowse the flames.
47 men gone just like that, dozens of families shattered. My mother was a wee girl when it happened, but she remembered some of the children whose family members were in the pit being taken out of school, wailing and screaming their grief. The history books like to talk about the Great Events - the Industrial Revolution, exploration, empire and all of that, but often neglects that everything was built on the broad backs of men who laboured in such dangerous conditions for little reward.
Surfing is Poetry in Motion! Athletic & Talented Professional Surf Girl Goddess! Lower Trestles San Clemente! Athletic Bikini Swimsuit Wetsuit Models Surfing Trestles Beach, San Diego! Nikon D810 + Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2! Surf's Up!
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This is a totally different post...feel free to watch these clips and read the "Rainbow Bridge" story.
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I love trees...love to support animals and the environment...Through a whole year I let my passion slip away.
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I sat at the doctor's office today. I looked at a magazine and the first page that opened up - it was a story about an Illegal monkey buisness. It hit me -- I was too much self centered the last couple of months...did not focus on the importance anymore.
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Rainbow Bridge by Author unknown...
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Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
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All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
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The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
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They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
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You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
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This view is looking into East Berlin from the western sector. The border lies 40 metres past the notice. Despite what was commonly thought, the whole of the Brandenburger Tor was in East Berlin.
This and many other of my photographs are featured in my book "Berlin in the Cold War, 1959-1966" (Allan Hailstone, Amberley Publishing, October 2017), together with the story of my experiences of photographing divided Berlin in those years.
"Surgeons' Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the headquarters of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSED). It houses the Surgeons' Hall Museum, and the library and archive of the RCSED. The present Surgeons' Hall was designed by William Henry Playfair and completed in 1832, and is a category A listed building.
Surgeons' Hall Museum is the major medical museum in Scotland, and one of Edinburgh's many tourist attractions. The museum is recognised as a collection of national significance by the Scottish Government.
The museum reopened in September 2015, after being closed for an eighteen-month period of redevelopment.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was incorporated in 1505, when it received its Seal of Cause or charter and became styled as 'The Incorporation of Surgeons and Barbers of Edinburgh'. The Museum at Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh dates from 1699 when the Incorporation announced that they were making a collection of ‘natural and artificial curiosities’. and advertised for these in the first edition of a local paper, the Edinburgh Gazette. Daniel Defoe, an early visitor in 1726, wrote in his Tour thro' the whole Island of Great Britain that the 'chamber of rarities' contained many curious things too numerous for him to describe. Much of this early collection was given to the University of Edinburgh in the 1760s.
By the early years of the 19th Century, the Incorporation had received a Royal Charter to become the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The College saw its primary role as the teaching of anatomy and surgery, the training of surgeons, and examination of their acquired knowledge. Anatomy and pathology specimens were crucial to that function. The museum expanded dramatically with the acquisition of two large collections. John Barclay, a successful anatomy demonstrator in the extramural school of medicine donated his collection, while Sir Charles Bell, Professor of Surgery in the University of London and latterly in the University of Edinburgh sold his collection to the museum. These collections were much too large to be housed in the original 1697 Surgeons' Hall, and so the surgeons commissioned the leading Edinburgh architect William Playfair to build the present day Surgeons Hall, which opened in 1832. At first the entire upper floor of the building was devoted to the museum collections, which were open to the public and attracted large visitor numbers. Throughout the 19th and early 20th century the collection expanded as it became customary for surgeons and pathologists to donate not only specimens which they regarded as interesting or instructive, but surgical instruments and equipment. With the great scientific and technical advances of the time, the museum began to acquire anaesthetic equipment, histology slides, X-rays and photographs.
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, philosophy, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom (after London) and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most visited tourist destination attracting 4.9 million visits including 2.4 million from overseas in 2018.
Edinburgh is Scotland's second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The official population estimates are 488,050 (2016) for the Locality of Edinburgh (Edinburgh pre 1975 regionalisation plus Currie and Balerno), 518,500 (2018) for the City of Edinburgh, and 1,339,380 (2014) for the city region. Edinburgh lies at the heart of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region comprising East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian.
The city is the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It is home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, is placed 20th in the QS World University Rankings for 2020. The city is also known for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the latter being the world's largest annual international arts festival. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town built in the 18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself."
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The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is a large, gooselike duck
with a long neck, long legs, and short tail. In flight, look for their broad wings, long neck, and hunched back. The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck is also a boisterous duck with a brilliant pink bill
and an unusual, long-legged silhouette. In places like Texas and Louisiana, watch for noisy flocks of these gaudy ducks dropping
into fields to forage on seeds, or loafing on golf course ponds. Listen for them, too—these ducks really do have a whistle for
their call. Common south of the U.S., Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks occur in several southern states and are expanding northward.
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Cayucos is a quiet beach town located on California Highway 1, a short drive from Morro Bay (about 7 miles) and 20 miles from San Luis Obispo. Details are available at Cayucos by the Sea.
During our stay, the daytime temperature was a delightful 90 degrees F, and two years ago when we stayed at the same location it reached 100!
This is a photograph I scanned in of my Wife's Mother - Elizabeth Craigie Baird - (b 1907 Hull - d 1995 Cardiff) - in her late teens or very early 20's as she was 22 when she was married.
The scene is of her gutting fish but we're undecided as to where it was taken. It could be in Milford Haven or in Hull.
It was in a sorry state when handed to me with several large creases, rips, and 'sellotaped' tears running through the centre / diagonally, and at both the centre top and bottom of the 'photo. Add to this the hundreds of scratches / blemishes / pieces missing etc.
I set about repairing the image and removing the 'defects' etc. and emphasising my Mother-in-Law. It's not perfect by a long way, but I'm in my Wife's 'Good Books' for attempting it ! ;-)
Click on the RHS 'arrow' to see the repaired image ...