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Thingvellir is one of Iceland’s most important historical and natural sites, located about 45 km northeast of ReykjavÃk. In 930 AD, it became the meeting place of the Alþingi, one of the world's oldest continuously existing parliaments, making Þingvellir a cornerstone of Icelandic history and national identity. The area is also famous for its unique geology, situated in a rift valley between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.
Today, Þingvellir is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the three stops on Iceland’s famous Golden Circle route. Visitors come to explore its dramatic landscapes, historic assembly sites, lava fields, waterfalls, and crystal-clear fissures.
Notable locations within Þingvellir
Almannagjá – the largest rift in the park and the historic route to the assembly grounds.
Lögberg – the "Law Rock," where laws were recited and speeches delivered during Alþingi gatherings.
Öxarárfoss – a picturesque waterfall surrounded by lava formations.
Silfra – a famous water-filled fissure known for exceptional underwater visibility.
Þingvallavatn – Iceland’s largest natural lake.
This is a very old and historic trail about 5.5 km in length, climbing the southeastern flank of the mountain. It starts from the main park office in Amphoe Phu Kradueng, at an elevation of about 300 m. There are many places to rest on the way up. These rest plateaus are called Sam (ซำ). At each there are several vendors selling food and drinks, and some provide toilet facilities and/or medical services as well. There are eight of these on the way up.
The last 1300 metres from Sam Khrae to the top is the hardest and steepest part of the hike. There are ladders and ramps at parts where it would otherwise be impossible to walk. Once reaching the highest point of the trail (1288 m elevation) at the edge of the summit plateau, it is still a 3.6 kilometre walk over flat terrain to the Wang Kwang visitor center and campsite, where tents and lodging buildings are available
Is that you looking at my picture? I'm still here in England but will be in America soon!
Happy Mother's Day!
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Dr. Anurag Batra is a serial Entrepreneur and mentor to many successful entrepreneurs. He also an author, TV show host and an angel investor and the founder of the iconic exchange4media group and chairman BW Businessworld group. According to him, India needs more sportsmanship. As Indians we do not support failure, we only celebrate success and the beauty about sports is that it helps you celebrate failure.
Addressing India's sports Congress held 6 years ago, Anurag Batra the chairman of BW Businessworld stressed 2 things. One is the fact, that he believes that India has been media core. It’s a debatable topic and one can either agree or disagree with his statement. It’s because India does not have a sports culture. According to Anurag Batra, India’s media core is everything. India hasn’t produced a lifesaving drug or we haven’t done an invention that changes life. We are doing the Flipkart for the world which is great but they are cheap imitations of what happens in the West and he believes the reason we haven’t got a product or service that is world-class out of India, in the way Silicon Valley does it, is because we do not have a sports culture.
As Indians we do not support failure, we only celebrate success and the beauty about sports is that it helps you celebrate failure. Because there is nothing like a failure, there’s another game tomorrow. you can extend like that so there is no failure. He thinks sports as a culture glue, as a game-changer in the real sense of the nation’s destiny can play a big role. And he is particularly happy that BW has been doing conferences like this in exchange for media for the last 10 years and we’ve been talking about how non-cricket sports should come to the forefront. when this conference is conducted in the last 3 years, for the first time we can say that non-cricket sports are finally coming to the Fort. He means tomorrow we are the protesting league starting who imagine 5 years back there. Be it a pro wrestling league and you know every possible sport is getting more attention more money and more mind space which occurs well for this country.
Anurag Batra has 2 young children and if there is a choice on their career, he would want them to be sportspeople for the reason that I told him explained above. He also mentioned the event conducted by his team may act as a catalyst to the development of sports in the country.
Chairman of BW Businessworld Mr Anurag Batra believes India is struggling to get one of the top positions. Being a developing nation from more than 5 decades, India is still on the path of development. He concluded by saying we should worship sports as a religion, study as a science and play with enthusiasm as it accepts failures and encourages and inspires to win the next.
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Pt Tewfic and entrance to Suez Canal
Entrance to port on right and to Canal on left.
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This is a seismograph station record from the Norris Museum in Yellowstone, Wyoming. The increase in noise at the bottom of the graph (click on the image to zoom in) is a major eruption of Steamboat Geyser. The eruption started at 3:53 PM on 30 October 2019.
Steamboat is the world's tallest geyser. Its eruptions are normally unpredictable - it can go years or even decades without erupting. Steamboat entered an exciting active phase in spring 2018. From fall to the end of 2018, Steamboat continued to erupt about once every 5 to 9 days. 2018 set the record for the most active year ever, with 32 eruptions. 2019 broke that record - this is the 42nd eruption of Steamboat Geyser this year. In January 2019, intervals (= eruption start to eruption start) were about 9 to 11.5 days. In February 2019, intervals were about 7 to 9.5 days. March 2019 intervals were about 6 to 8 days. In April 2019, intervals were 14 days and 17 days. Longer intervals between Steamboat eruptions are known to occur during "disturbances" at Norris Geyser Basin (this also happened in summer 2018). In May 2019, after the disturbance ended, intervals were 7 days, 5 days, 5.5 days, 6.8 days, 7 days, and 5 days. In June 2019, intervals were 5 days, 5.5 days, 3 days, 3.4 days, 4.5 days, and 5.5 days. ~Three day intervals are remarkably short for Steamboat Geyser. In July 2019, intervals were 5 days, 6.75 days, 7.5 days, 5.8, and ~6.25 days. In August 2019, intervals were 13.6 days, 7.6 days, and 6.9 days. The two week long interval in August was due to another Norris Basin disturbance. In September 2019, intervals were ~6.7 days, 8.8 days, ~6.1 days, ~7.3 days, and ~6.3 days. In October 2019, intervals were ~6.3 days, 8.3 days, 6.4 days, and 8.1 days.
Photo album of Steamboat's 4 June 2018 eruption:
www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/albums/72157670618318878
Video of Steamboat's 4 June 2018 eruption:
Shoreditch London Holywell Lane The Mission New Construction protecting a Grade II listed building. The design around the date is very elaborate and colourful. The cartouche, on which the date is given, has the text "G.T / 1893.
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The Future Is Frightening is a series of paintings I did for a few shows including my solo show at Maison Rouge.
Built in 1826 at no. 180 Elizabeth Street.
"The building at 180 Elizabeth Street, known as Macpherson House, is situated on the north bank of the Napanee River, east of Camden Road, in the Town of Greater Napanee. The two-storey, wood-frame building was designed in the Neoclassical style and was constructed in 1826.
The exterior, select elements of the interior and the scenic character of the property are protected by an Ontario Heritage Trust conservation easement (1982). The property is also designated by the Town of Greater Napanee under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act (By-law 169-77)in 1977. The property is now owned and operated by the Lennox and Addington Historical Society and has operated as a house museum since 1967.
Situated on the north bank of the Napanee River in the East Ward neighbourhood of the Town of Greater Napanee, the Macpherson House is located in the historic centre of Napanee. Prior to the 1840s, most of the important village structures such as Napanee's first store, tavern, church and school were located close to Macpherson's House, in what is now the eastern end of the town. Convenient to Macpherson's house, at the base of East Street, was Macpherson's mill, while his store with post office was nearby, at the foot of Adelphi Street. The broad lawns, kitchen garden and terraces contribute to the integrity of the property.
Macpherson House was the residence of Allan Macpherson (1784-1875), the most prominent and influential citizen of Napanee for much of the first half of the 19th century. The son of a noted British army officer, Macpherson moved from Kingston to Napanee in c. 1812 and became well-known in the community as the operator of the grist mill, the primary feature of the village. In addition to operating the grist mill, Macpherson developed extensive business interests in lumbering and owned a sawmill, a distillery and a general store, that also functioned as the community's first post office, with Macpherson serving as the postmaster. Macpherson was also a civic leader, serving as a magistrate, Justice of the Peace and Major in the Lennox militia. Exemplifying his concern for the improvement of the community, Macpherson personally financed the construction of the village's first school house. Due to this wide involvement in commercial and civic activities, Macpherson earned the nickname 'the Laird of Napanee.' With his wife, Mary, who was the daughter of Judge Fisher of nearby Adolphustown, the cosmopolitan couple made the house a social gathering place. Sir John A. MacDonald, who was related to Macpherson's stepmother, was a frequent visitor to the house, especially after 1832, when MacDonald opened a law office in the village of Clarksville. The house remained in the Macpherson family until 1896, though Allan and Mary moved back to Kingston in 1849.
Macpherson House is a vernacular interpretation of the Neoclassical style and was one of the most substantial houses to be constructed in the County of Lennox and Addington, in the early 19th century. Built in 1826, the Macpherson House incorporates a variety of Neoclassical features, with an otherwise earlier Georgian form, exemplifying the transitional architecture of the period. While the rectangular, five-bay, symmetrical plan of the Macpherson House, with its side gable roof and lapped siding is indicative of Georgian architecture in Upper Canada, detailing characterizes the structure as Neoclassical. On the exterior, this detailing is most evident in the wide, elaborate doorways with their highly decorative sidelights of intricately patterned glazing and the fan-like transom lights. Pilasters framing the doorways survive as part of a larger casing feature or portico, which would have further distinguished the residence. Other key elements of the exterior include the moulded cornice, with returns on the end walls, and the central, tripartite windows of the second storey, which are a variant of the classical Venetian window, and mirror the sidelights below. Handsomely cased archways, windows and doors contribute to the elegance of the interior, as does the second-floor ballroom with its crown mouldings and the open staircase with its hollow newel. The dining room niche is a highly characteristic element of the Neoclassical style. The one-and-a-half storey kitchen wing, off the east end of the house, was built in the 1830s and contains a kitchen, with large cooking fireplace complete with bake oven and smoke closet. High quality limestone was easily obtainable in Napanee, and comprises the foundation of the house and the kitchen chimney base." - info from Historic Places.
"Greater Napanee is a town in southeastern Ontario, Canada, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) west of Kingston and the county seat of Lennox and Addington County. It is located on the eastern end of the Bay of Quinte. Greater Napanee municipality was created by amalgamating the old Town of Napanee with the townships of Adolphustown, North and South Fredericksburg, and Richmond in 1999. Greater Napanee is co-extensive with the original Lennox County.
The town is home to the Allan Macpherson House, a historic 1826 property that is now a museum. Macpherson was a major in the Lennox militia, operated the town's grist and saw mills, as well as the distillery and general store. He served as post master and land agent, operated the first local printing press and helped fund the establishment of many local schools and churches. The home sits on the banks of the Napanee River, which runs through the town.
The largest employer is a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company passenger car tire plant (opened in 1988).
The main streets are Dundas Street (east–west) and Centre Street (north–south). Dundas Street is part of former provincial Highway #2, also known as Kingston Road, and travels through downtown from Toronto in the west and onward to Kingston in the east. Centre Street travels through the centre of the town from the modern commercial area close to Highway 401 to the downtown and onwards, as County Road 8 to Lake Ontario." - info from Wikipedia.
Late June to early July, 2024 I did my 4th major cycling tour. I cycled from Ottawa to London, Ontario on a convoluted route that passed by Niagara Falls. during this journey I cycled 1,876.26 km and took 21,413 photos. As with my other tours a major focus was old architecture.
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This is a photograph from the 4th and final round of the 2015 Mullingar Road League which was held in Belvedere House and Gardens, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 27th May 2015 at 20:00. The weather was perfect for running and racing again and gave bright sunshine with some breeze. The weather conditions were favourable for runners this evening. As this was the final night of a very successful league there were many category prizes up for grabs with runners having to ensure they ran their races to gain the required finish times for the overall calculations. There was a great atmosphere at the finish as spectators cheered on the runners. This year's 5KM is ran on a modified route based on the route from the last couple of years. The final 1KM is within the Belvedere Gardens bringing runners down to the lakeside for a second time and finishing along the aptly named Stream Of Life. The route modification means that the race offers a slightly faster route than the hill finish of previous years. In the prize giving and awards in Belvedere House Cafe there were refreshments served for runners and this brought the curtain down on the Road League for 2015.
The race is promoted by Mullingar Harriers for the Pat Finnerty Memorial Cup. Competitors need to run 3 races out of the 4 races in May (any order) to be considered in the overall placing in categories at the conclusion of the league. Runners can also choose to just run one race without being considered for the overall league placings. Over 330 people took part in tonight's event bring the total from the four nights to so far to well over 1,400 runners. As with all of the previous weeks the new finish area provided a nice space for runners to stay around and chat in the evening sunshine. The Mullingar Road League 2015 is now over but has continued successfully and looks to add to the success in the history of this great series. Despite the bright evenings the photographic conditions in Belevedere are difficult so this photograph is part of a smaller than usual photograph set as there were many blurred photographs this evening.
The "Road League" is something of a misnomer but is an indication of the League's origins on the roads around Ladestown Mullingar prior to it's move into Belvedere in 2008. The Road League is the envy of many other races in the country as the Belvedere locations offers a completely traffic free 5KM route.
We have an extensive set of photographs from tonight in the following Flickr Album: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157653157747838
Timing and event management was provided by Precision Timing. Results are available on their website at www.precisiontiming.net/result.aspx?v=2710 with additional material available on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davidprecisiontiming?fref=ts) See their promotional video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-7_TUVwJ6Q
Photographs from the last number of years of the Mullingar Road League are found at the bottom of this text
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
You can email us petermooney78 AT gmail DOT com to enquire if we have a photograph of you which didn't make the final Flickr selection for the race. But we cannot promise that there will be photograph there. As alternatives we advise you to contact the race organisers to enquire if there were (1) other photographs taking photographs at the race event or if (2) there were professional commercial sports photographers taking photographs which might have some photographs of you available for purchase. You might find some links for further information above.
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Links to previous Mullingar Road League Photographs from over the years
Our photographs from Round 3 of the 2015 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157650853131823
Our photographs from Round 2 of the 2015 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157652357781278
Our photographs from Round 1 of the 2015 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157652342512706
Our photographs from Round 1 of the 2014 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644508131856/
Our photographs from Round 2 of the 2014 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644261638039/
Our photographs from Round 3 of the 2014 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644769714481/
Our photographs from Round 4 of the 2014 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644840050706/
Road League 2014 Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/patfinnertyroadleague?fref=ts (Requires Facebook logon)
YouTube Video for the Promotion of the 2014 Road League: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfvVVwrkgTM
A Vimeo Video for the Promotion of the 2013 Road League: vimeo.com/64875578
Our photographs from Round 5 of the 2013 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633794985503/
Our photographs from Round 4 of the 2013 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633604656368/
Our photographs from Round 3 of the 2013 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633470510535/
Our photographs from Round 2 of the 2013 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633451422506/
Our photographs from Round 1 of the 2013 Road League on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157633397519242/
Belvedere House and Gardens on Google Street View: goo.gl/maps/WWTgD
Chip Timing Results from Precision Timing: www.precisiontiming.net/results.aspx
Belvedere House and Gardens Website: www.belvedere-house.ie/
Mullingar Harriers Facebook Group Page: www.facebook.com/groups/158535740855708/?fref=ts
Our Flickr Collection from Mullingar Road League 2012 (1,800 photographs) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/collections/72157629780992768/
Our Flickr Collection from Mullingar Road League 2011 (820 photographs) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/collections/72157626524444213/
Our Flickr Collection from Mullingar Road League 2010 (500 photographs) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/collections/72157624051668808/
Our Flickr Collection from Mullingar Road League 2009 (250 photographs) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/collections/72157617814884076/
Our Flickr Collection from Mullingar Road League 2008 (150 photographs) www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/collections/72157605062152203/
"The heart is always right -- if there's a question of choosing between the mind and the heart -- because the mind is a creation of society, not by existence. The heart is unpolluted." ~ Osho
Persephone is a colorway inspired by the depiction of the Goddess of the Underworld in the Percy Jackson novels. Persephone to me is all about the fall harvest fruits, so this colorway is a combination of gold, apricot, plum purple, and vermillion. It is available for custom order any time in my Etsy shop at www.etsy.com/shop/storiedyarns.
Tuesday is a leg day.
Back on the bike.
And as Jools goes to a class at eight, I have to be back home by then.
So, I set the alarm for half five and am awake before it goes off.
There enough time for a brew before leaving, just as dawn breaks, but well before the sun rises.
I ride round Doha for forty minutes, then go down to the café for a coffee and a flapjack, as I had a blood test at ten.
I enjoy sitting and drinking. One of the worse things about the kitchen is not being able to make proper coffee, so one at the centre is very good.
Then back home for twenty past seven, just as traffic was building, the sun was up and it was going to be a sunny if blustery day.
Jools leaves, so I wait for Crag to arrive, and when he does I can go upstairs for a shave and shower, and be lovely for the nurse later.
Jools come home, and we're straight out so she can drop me off for the blood test, and once that's done we're off out in the car for the day. Or half day.
I have to wait ten minutes or so, but the good news is that the blood is red, though my weight is far higher than I thought.
But I am doing something about it.
Back outside and into the car, so I drive us to Dover, then up the A20 past Folkestone and Ashford to Maidstone, as we were doing a little churchcrawling.
We turn off at Hollingbourne, then take the road through Leeds, where I pull in to revisit the church, as it was about a decade since I was last here.
The tower is by far the most impressive thing here, thick walls several feet thick, with a small, stumpy spire on top.
But it was open, so I take shots of the glass, all Victorian, but of high quality.
Then back outside to deal with the narrow main road through the village, dodging between parked cars and ancient buildings that jut out into the road.
Across the busy junction, and along to Loose before turning down the main road through Linton and out onto the Weald.
Why are we going to Staplehurst?
Well, All Saints has one of the few confirmed anchorite cells, or the remains of one, and when I came a few years ago, I snapped the small window from inside, not from the outside.
Each time we come across a small window or opening in either the north or south wall of a church, we think anchorite, but it seldom is. But as Staplehurst there are two windows: one larger than the other, and outside the remains of where the cell would have stood.
I had checked that the church would be open; its open most days, so with high spirits, we park on the main road, walk back to the church, and while Jools goes inside, I walk to find the remains of the cell.
On the north wall of the Chancel, there are the two windows, and below a depression showing where the cell would have stood. It was only 10 feet by ten feet or so, and the anchorite could have lived here years.
I walk round and pay attention to the door in the south porch, the ironwork is 11th century Danish, and is very important. Sad then, that the church locks the door away, and last time I came was obscured by stored tables and suchlike. At least now the view is clear.
I go in to take shots. Again the glass is good Victorian, but the Chancel is being dug up, partially uncovered tombs can been seen in the soil, so I could not get to the anchorite windows.
We walk up the hill, and it is a hill, to the Kings Head for lunch, and get a table by the fire. It is very busy, especially for a Tuesday, but the food is great when it comes: steak and al pie for me and a "dirty" burger and fries for Jools.
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One of the largest twelfth-century towers in Kent. The arch between tower and nave is of three very plain orders with no hint of the usual zigzag moulding of the period, and is so large that a meeting room has recently been built into it. The nave has three bay aisles and short chapels to north and south of the chancel. The outstanding rood screen was partially reconstructed in 1892, and runs the full width of nave and aisles - with the staircase doorways in the south aisle. That the chancel was rebuilt in the sixteenth century may be seen by the plain sedilia through which is cut one of two hagioscopes from chapels to chancel. The north chapel contains some good seventeenth- and eighteenth-century tablets and monuments. The stained glass shows some excellent examples of the work of Heaton, Butler and Bayne (south aisle) whilst there is an uncharacteristically poor example of the work of C.E. Kempe & Co. Ltd. in the north aisle. The church has recently been reordered to provide a spacious, light and manageable interior with excellent lighting and a welcoming atmosphere without damaging the character of the building.
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LEEDS
IS the next parish southward from Hollingborne. Kilburne says, that one Ledian, a chief counsellor to king Ethelbert II. who began his reign in 978, raised a fortress here, which was called in Latin, from him, Ledani Castrum, and in process of time in English, LEEDS. This castle was afterwards demolished by the Danes, and continued in that situation till the time of the Norman conquest.
THE PRESENT CASTLE is situated at the southeast boundary of this parish, adjoining to Bromfield, which includes a part of the castle itself. It is situated in the midst of the park, an ample description of it the reader will find hereafter. The Lenham rivulet takes its course through the park, and having supplied the moat, in which the castle stands, and the several waters in the grounds there, and having received into it the several small streamlets from Hollingborne, and one from the opposite side, which comes from Leeds abbey, it flows on, and at a small distance from Caring street, in this parish, adjoining to Bersted, the principal estate of which name there belongs to the Drapers company, it turns a mill, and then goes on to Maidstone, where it joins the river Medway. The high road from Ashford and Lenham runs close by the outside of the pales of Leeds park, at the northern boundary of the parish next to Hollingborne, and thence goes on towards Bersted and Maidstone, from which the park is distant a little more than five miles; here the soil is a deep sand, but near the river it changes to a black moorish earth. Southward from the castle the ground rises, at about three quarters of a mile south-west from it is Leeds abbey, the front of which is a handsome well-looking building, of the time of queen Elizabeth. It is not unpleasantly situated on a gentle eminence, and is well watered by a small stream which rises just above it, and here turns a mill. It is well cloathed with wood at the back part of it, to which the ground still keeps rising; adjoining to the abbey grounds westward is Leeds-street, a long straggling row of houses, near a mile in length, having the church at the south end of it; here the soil becomes a red unfertile earth much mixed with slints, which continues till it joins to Langley and Otham.
LEEDS was part of those possessions given by William the Conqueror to his half-brother Odo, bishop of Baieux; accordingly it is thus entered, under the general title of that prelate's lands, in the survey of Domesday, taken in the year 1080.
Adelold holds of the bishop (of Baieux) Esiedes. It was taxed at three sulings. The arable land is twelve carucates. In demesne there are two carucates, and twenty-eight villeins, with eight borderers, having seven carucates. There is a church, and eighteen servants. There are two arpends of vineyard, and eight acres of meadow. Wood for the pannage of twenty bogs, and five mills of the villeins. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, it was worth sixteen pounds, the like when be received it, now twenty pounds, and yet it pays twentyfive pounds. Earl Leuuin held it.
Of this manor the abbot of St. Augustine has half a suling, which is worth ten shillings, in exchange of the park of the bishop of Baieux. The earl of Ewe has four denns of this manor, which are worth twenty shillings.
The mention of the two arpends of vineyard in the above survey, is another instance of there having been such in this county in early times, some further observations of which the reader will find in the description of the parish of Chart Sutton, not far distant, and he will likewise observe, that at the above time the bishop of Baieux had a park here, which he acquired by exchange with the abbot of St. Augustine, who must therefore have had possessions here before that time.
On the bishop of Baieux's disgrace, about four years after the taking of the above-mentioned survey, this estate, among the rest of his possessions, became consiscated to the crown.
After which it was granted by king William to the eminent family of Crevequer, called in antient charters Creveceur, and in Latin, De Crepito Corde, who at first made Chatham in this county their seat, or caput baroniæ, i. e. the principal manor of their barony, for some time, until they removed hither, being before frequently written Domini de Cetham.
Robert, son of Hamon de Crevequer, who had probably a grant of Leeds from the Conqueror, appears to have held it of the king, as of his castle of Dover, in capite by barony, their barony, which consisted of five knight's sees, being stiled Baronia de Crevequer . (fn. 1) He erected the castle here, to which he asterwards removed the capital seat of his barony. This castle being environed with water, was frequently mentioned in antient writings by the name of Le Mote. In the north-west part of it he built a chapel, in which he placed three canons, which on his foundation of the priory of Leeds, in the 19th year of king Henry I. he removed thither.
His descendant, Hamon de Crevequer, lived in the reign of king Henry III. in the 19th year of which, he was joined with Walterand Teutonicus, or Teys, in the wardenship of the five ports, and the next year had possession granted to him of the lands of William de Albrincis or Averenches, whose daughter and heir Maud he had married. He died in the 47th year of king Henry III. possessed of the manor of Ledes, held of the king in capite, as belonging to his barony of Chatham; upon which Robert, his grandson, viz. son of Hamon his son, who died in his life-time, succeeded him as his heir, and in the 52d year of that reign, exchanged the manor of Ledes, with its appurtenances, together with a moiety of all his fees, with Roger de Leyburne, for the manors of Trottesclyve and Flete. He lest William de Leyburne, his son and heir, who in the 2d year of king Edward I. had possession granted to him of the manor of Ledes, as well as of the rest of his inheritance, of which Eleanor, countess of Winchester, his father's widow, was not endowed. (fn. 2)
His son, William de Leyborne, observing that the king looked on the strength of this fortress with a jealous eye, in the beginning of king Edward Ist.'s reign reinstated the crown in the possession of both the manor and castle; and the king having, in his 27th year married Margaret, sister of Philip, king of France, he settled them, being then of the clear yearly value of 21l. 6s. 8d. among other premises, as part of her dower. She survived the king her husband, who died in 1307, and in the 5th year of the next reign of king Edward II. by the king's recommendation, appointed Bartholomew de Badlesmere, a nobleman of great power and eminence, and much in that prince's favor, governor of this castle. (fn. 3) She died possessed of them in the 10th year of that reign; on which they came once more into the hands of the crown, and in the beginning of the next year the king appointed Bartholomew de Badlesmere, above-mentioned, governor of this castle, as well as of that of Bristol. In the 11th year of that reign, the king granted to him in see, this manor and castle, and the advowson of the priory of Ledes, in exchange for the manor of Addresley, in Shropshire. Being possessed of great possessions, especially in this county, he was usually stiled, the rich lord Badlesmere of Ledes. Being pussed up through ambition and his great wealth, he forgot his allegiance, and associated himself with the earl of Lancaster, and the discontented barons; which the king being well informed of, resolved, if possible, to gain possession of this strong fortress of Ledes: to effect which, under pretence of the queen's going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, she set forward for that city with a large train of attendants, and, with a secret intention of surprising this castle, sent her marshal with others of her servants, to prepare lodging for her and her suit in it. The lord Badlesmere's family, that is, his wife, son, and four daughters, were at that time in it, together with all his treasure, deposited there for safety, under the care of Thomas Colepeper, the castellan, who refused the queen's servants admittance, and on her coming up, peremptorily persisted in denying her or any one entrance, without letters from his lord. The queen, upon this, made some attempt to gain admittance by force, and a skirmish ensued, in which one or more of her attendants were slain, but being repulsed, she was obliged to relinquish her design, and to retire for a lodging elsewhere.
The king, chagrined at the failure of his scheme, and highly resenting the indignity offered to the queen, sent a force under the earls of Pembroke and Richmond, to besiege the castle; (fn. 4) and those within it finding no hopes of relief, for though the lord Badlesmere had induced the barons to endeavours to raise the siege, yet they never advanced nearer than Kingston, yielded it up. Upon which, the lady Badlesmere and her children were sent prisoners to the tower of London, Thomas Colepeper, the castellan, was hung up, and the king took possession of the castle, as well as of all the lord Badlesmere's goods and treasures in it. But by others, Thomas de Aldone is said to have been castellan at this time, and that the castle being taken, he, with the lord Badlesmere's wife, his only son Giles, his daughters, Sir Bartholomew de Burgershe, and his wife, were sent to the tower of London by the king's order; and that afterwards, he caused Walter Colepeper, bailiff of the Seven Hundreds, to be drawn in a pitiable manner at the tails of horses, and to be hung just by this castle; on which Thomas Colepeper, and others, who were with him in Tunbridge castle, hearing of the king's approach, sled to the barons.
After which the lord Badlesmere, being taken prisoner in Yorkshire, was sent to Canterbury, and there drawn and hanged at the gallows of Blean, and his head being cut off, was set on a pole on Burgate, in that city. Upon which the manor and castle of Leeds, became part of the royal revenue and the castle remained in a most ruinous condition till the year 1359, anno 34 Edward III. in which year that munisicent prelate, William of Wickham, was constituted by the king, chief warden and surveyor of his castle of Ledes, among others, (fn. 5) having power to appoint all workmen, to provide materials, and to order every thing with regard to building and repairs; and in those manors to hold leets and other courts of trespass and misdemeanors, and to enquire of the king's liberties and rights; and from his attention to the re-edisying and rebuilding the rest of them, there is little doubt but he restored this of Leeds to a very superior state to whatever it had been before, insomuch, that it induced king Richard to visit it several times, particularly in his 19th year, in which several of his instruments were dated at his castle of Ledes; and it appears to have been at that time accounted a fortress of some strength, for in the beginning of the next reign, that unfortunate prince was, by order of king Henry IV. sent prisoner to this castle; and that king himself resided here part of the month of April in his 2d year.
After which, archbishop Arundel, whose mind was by no means inferior to his high birth, procured a grant of this castle, where he frequently resided and kept his court, whilst the process against the lord Cobham was carrying forward, and some of his instruments were dated from his castle of Ledes in the year 1413, being the year in which he died. On his death it reverted again to the crown, and became accounted as one of the king's houses, many of the principal gentry of the county being instrusted with the custody of it:
In the 7th year of king Henry V. Joane of Navarre, the second queen of the late king Henry IV. being accused of conspiring against the life of the king, her son-in-law, was committed to Leeds-castle, there to remain during the king's pleasure; and being afterwards ordered into Sir John Pelham's custody, he removed her to the castle of Pevensey, in Sussex.
In the 18th year of king Henry VI. archbishop Chichele sat at the king's castle of Leeds, in the process against Eleanor, duchess of Gloucester, for forcery and witchcrast.
King Edward IV. in his 11th year, made Ralph St. Leger, esq. of Ulcomb, who had served the office of sheriff of this county three years before, constable of this castle for life, and annexed one of the parks as a farther emolument to that office. He died that year, and was buried with his ancestors at Ulcomb.
Sir Thomas Bourchier resided at Leeds castle in the 1st year of king Richard III. in which year he had commission, among others of the principal gentry of this county, to receive the oaths of allegiance to king Richard, of the inhabitants of the several parts of Kent therein mentioned; in which year, the king confirmed the liberties of Leeds priory, in recompence of twentyfour acres of land in Bromfield, granted for the enlargement of his park of Ledes.
In the 4th year of king Henry VIII. Henry Guildford, esq. had a grant of the office of constable of Leeds castle, and of the parkership of it; and in the 12th year of that reign, he had a grant of the custody of the manor of Leeds, with sundry perquisities, for forty years. He died in the 23d year of that reign, having re-edisied great part of the castle, at the king's no small charge.
But the fee simple of the manor and castle of Leeds remained in the hands of the crown, till Edward VI. in his 6th year, granted them, with their appurtenances in the parishes of Leeds, Langley, and Sutton, to Sir Anthony St. Leger, lord deputy of Ireland, to hold in capite by knight's service.
His son, Sir Warham St. Leger, succeeded him in this manor and castle, and was afterwards chief governor of Munster, in Ireland, in which province he was unfortunately slain in 1599, (fn. 6) but before his death he alienated this manor and castle to Sir Richard Smyth, fourth son of Thomas Smyth, esq. of Westenhanger, commonly called Customer Smyth.
Sir Richard Smyth resided at Leeds castle, of which he died possessed in 1628, and was buried in Ashford church, where there is a costly monument erected to his memory.
Sir John Smith, his only son, succeeded his father, and resided at Leeds castle, and dying s. p. in 1632, was buried in this church; upon which his two sisters, Alice, wife of Sir Timothy Thornhill, and Mary, of Maurice Barrow, esq. became his coheirs, and entitled their respective husbands to the property of this manor and castle, which they afterwards joined in the sale of to Sir T. Culpeper, of Hollingborne, who settled this estate, after his purchase of it, on his eldest son Cheney Culpeper, remainder to his two other sons, Francis and Thomas. Cheney Culpeper, esq. resided at Leedscastle for some time, till at length persuading his brother Sir Thomas Culpeper, of Hollingborne, (then his only surviving brother, Francis being dead. s. p.) to cut off the entail of this estate, he alienated it to his cousin Sir John Colepeper, lord Colepeper, only son of Sir John Culpeper, of Wigsell, in Sussex, whose younger brother Francis was of Greenway-court, in Hollingborne, and was father of Sir Thomas Culpeper, the purchaser of this estate as before-mentioned.
Sir John Colepeper represented this county in parliament in the 16th year of king Charles I. and being a person, who by his abilities had raised himself much in the king's favor, was made of his privy council, and chancellor of the exchequer, afterwards master of the rolls, and governor of the Isle of Wight. During the troubles of that monarch, he continued stedfast to the royal cause, and as a reward for his services, was in 1644 created lord Colepeper, baron of Thoresway, in Lincolnshire.
After the king's death he continued abroad with king Charles II. in his exile. During his absence, Leeds-castle seems to have been in the possession of the usurping powers, and to have been made use of by them, for the assembling of their committee men and sequestrators, and for a receptacle to imprison the ejected ministers, for in 1652, all his estates had been declared by parliament forfeited, for treason against the state. He died in 1660, a few weeks only after the restoration, and was buried at Hollingborne. He bore for his arms, Argent, a bend ingrailed gules, the antient bearing of this family; he left by his second wife Judith, daughter of Sir Thomas Culpeper, of Hollingborne, several children, of whom Thomas was his successor in title and estates, and died without male issue as will be mentioned hereafter, John succeeded his brother in the title, and died in 1719 s. p. and Cheney succeeded his brother in the title, and died at his residence of Hoston St. John, in 1725, s. p. likewise, by which the title became extinct; they all, with the rest of the branch of the family, lie buried at Hollingborne. Thomas, lord Colepeper, the eldest son, succeeded his father in title, and in this manor and castle, where he resided, and having married Margaret, daughter of Signior Jean de Hesse, of a noble family in Germany, he left by her a sole daughter and heir Catherine, who intitled her husband Thomas, lord Fairfax, of Cameron, in Scotland, to this manor and castle, with his other estates in this neighbourhood.
The family of Fairfax appear by old evidences in the hands of the family to have been in possession of lands in Yorkshire near six hundred years ago. Richard Fairfax was possessed of lands in that county in the reign of king John, whose grandson William Fairfax in the time of king Henry III. purchased the manor of Walton, in the West Riding, where he and his successors resided for many generations afterwards, and from whom descended the Fairfax's, of Walton and Gilling, in Yorkshire; of whom, Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Gilling, was created viscount Fairfax, of the kingdom of Ireland, which title became extinct in 1772; and from a younger branch of them descended Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Denton, who lived in queen Elizabeth's reign, and changed the original field of his coat armour from argent to or, bearing for his arms, Or, 3 bars gemelles, gules, surmounted of a lion rampant, sable, crown'd, of the first, and was father of Sir. T. Fairfax, who was, for his services to James and Charles I. created in 1627 lord Fairfax, baron of Cameron, in Scotland. He died in 1640, having had ten sons and two daughters; of whom, Ferdinando was his successor; Henry was rector of Bolton Percy, and had two sons, Henry, who became lord Fairfax, and Bryan, who was ancestor of Bryan Fairfax, late commissioner of the customs; and colonel Charles Fairfax, of Menston, was the noted antiquary, whose issue settled there.
Ferdinando, the second lord Fairfax, in the civil wars of king Charles I. was made general of the parliamentary forces, and died at York in 1646. His son, Sir Thomas Fairfax, succeeded him as lord Fairfax, and in all his posts under the parliament, and was that famous general so noted in English history during the civil wars, being made commander in chief of all the parliamentary forces; but at last he grew so weary of the distress and confusion which his former actions had brought upon his unhappy country, that he heartily concurred in the restoration of king Charles II. After which he retired to his seat at Bilborough, in Yorkshire, where he died in 1671, and was buried there, leaving by Anne, daughter and coheir of Horatio, lord Vere of Tilbury, a truly loyal and virtuous lady, an only daughter; upon which the title devolved to Henry Fairfax, esq. of Oglesthorpe, in Yorkshire, his first cousin, eldest son of Henry, rector of Bolton Percy, the second son of Thomas, the first lord Fairfax. Henry, lord Fairfax, died in 1680, and was succeeded by his eldest son Thomas, fifth lord Fairfax, who was bred to a military life, and rose to the rank of a brigadier-general. He represented Yorkshire in several parliaments and marrying Catherine, daughter and heir of Thomas, lord Colepeper, possessed, in her right this manor and castle, and other large possessions, as before-mentioned. (fn. 7)
He died possessed of them in 1710, leaving three sons and four daughters, Thomas, who succeeded him as lord Fairfax; Henry Culpeper, who died unmarried, in 1734; and Robert, of whom hereafter. Of the daughters, Margaret married David Wilkins, D. D. and prebendary of Canterbury, and Francis married Denny Martin, esq. Thomas, lord Fairfax, the son, resided at Leeds-castle till his quitting England, to reside on his great possessions in Virginia, where he continued to the time of his death. On his departure from England, he gave up the possession of this manor and castle, with his other estates in this neighbourhood, to his only surviving brother, the hon. Robert Fairfax, who afterwards resided at Leeds-castle, and on his brother's death unmarried, in 1782, succeeded to the title of lord Fairfax. He was at first bred to a military life, but becoming possessed of Leeds castle, he retired there, and afterwards twice served in parliament for the town of Maidstoue, as he did afterwards in two successive parliaments for this county. He was twice married; first to Marsha, daughter and coheir of Anthony Collins, esq. of Baddow, in Essex, by whom he had one son, who died an instant; and, secondly, to one of the daughters of Thomas Best, esq. of Chatham, who died s. p. in 1750. Lord Fairfax dying s. p. in 1793, this castle and manor, with the rest of his estates in this county, came to his nephew the Rev. Denny Martin, the eldest son of his sister Frances, by Denny Martin, esq. of Loose, who had before his uncle's death been created D. D. and had, with the royal licence, assumed the name and arms of Fairfax. Dr. Fairfax is the present possessor of this manor and castle, and resides here, being at present unmarried.
A court leet and court baron is held for the manor of Leeds, at which three borsholders are appointed. It is divided into six divisions, or yokes as they are called, viz. Church-yoke, Ferinland-yoke, Mill-yoke, Russerken-yoke, Stockwell-yoke, and Lees-yoke.
this is a very cute and very happy little cupcake. She is vinilla and has a green and purple wrapper with rosy cheeks. The back ground is sky blue.
This is part of my Cute dessert series. So keep a look out for more coming soon
This is a upcycled bottle cap Pin/button/badge. The image is hand drawn/illustrated by me. It was done in ink and then colored in. This is an actual little drawing not a print out nothing computer generated. Making the image one of a kind similer ones might be drawn but no 2 will ever be alike. The image has been sealed in with a water base sealant and a pinback placed on the back.
This is my first foray into working with PhotoShop. This PhotoShop virgin has just had her first time and I have not decided yet how it was.... Thoughts?
Dockdogs is where dogs compete in different events that involve jumping off a dock in to a pool. This shot was part of the long jump event. There is also a high jump and a timed event to retrieve an object from the end of the pool. This is Wendy Howard from Auburn, WA and her mixed breed dog Riley. The current US distance record is held by a chocolate lab named Buddy from Gig Harbor, WA. His owner Kristi Baird it appears breeds labs and has a number of record holding labs. Almost all of the dogs listed on the dockdogs site are labs. Not surprisingly, I couldn't find a single boxer!
This is the unofficial 'platform' on the Chengalpattu line at Arakkonam Junction, almost 90 degrees to the main station platforms and where everybody gets off. Train 56006, the 08:15 CGL - AJJ Passenger on Wednesday 3rd February 2016.
To completely traverse all the track I stayed on as the train proceeded to curve sharply left and terminate in a set of near derelict platforms at the west end of AJJ proper. I guess this is near to where the old MG line station buildings were, and indeed bits of still are.
This is Herb Robert (geranium robertianum). It's also know in the USA sometimes as Robert Geranium. In traditional herbalism, Herb Robert is used as a remedy for toothache and nosebleeds. (Thanks to Wicked Dark / TheWireSmith for helping me to properly identifying this plant!)
This nature detail was taken from a hardwood forest in Western New York called the "Sacred Grove", and is part of that set. You can also view a slide show of the Sacred Grove and the Smith Farm at www.TheFirstVision.com/.
This is a photograph from the Mullingar Harriers "Pat Finnerty Memorial" 5KM Road Race and Fun run which was held in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland on Wednesday 8th May 2019 at 20:00. This race follows on from the famous and well loved Mullingar Road League of years gone by which was held in Belvedere Gardens outside the town on every Wednesday in May. This league is now compressed to a once-off-race and the race started and finished at Mullingar Harriers' Training Facilities on the Clonmore Link Road. The course was a two loop, left handed course. Electronic timing was provided by MyRunResults.com. Over 100 people took part. The conditions were not ideal for 5KM running with a unseasonably cold evening with a stiff breeze.
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Apeldoorn is de grootste stad op de Veluwe in de provincie Gelderland. Niet alleen bekend vanwege dit prachtige, uitgestrekte natuurgebied maar onder andere ook vanwege paleis Het Loo waar in de afgelopen eeuwen meerdere leden van de Koninklijke familie hebben gewoond. De stad Apeldoorn is overigens ook bekend om zijn ‘groene’ karakter en zijn stadsparken. Het centrum is een mengeling van oud en nieuw: er staan vrij veel monumentale panden maar de winkelmogelijkheden zijn toch vooral modern. Een gezellig centrum ook, waar het altijd bruist van gezelligheid en levendigheid en waar men heerlijk kan winkelen om vervolgens bij te komen op de gezellige terrasjes.
In hartje centrum, op loopafstand van het station en niet ver van de drukke winkelstraat zelf, staat op dit moment een zeer goed onderhouden drie kamerappartement te koop op de eerste verdieping van een verzorgd complex. Mensen die vanaf het station richting centrum lopen, passeren er regelmatig en dat maakt de Stationsstraat energiek. Overigens zonder dat u daar als bewoner last van zult hebben want het pand is uitstekend geïsoleerd. Ook ongewenst bezoek zal u niet verrassen want het appartementencomplex heeft een gesloten ruime entree, voorzien van een intercom/videofoon en een lift. Bij de woning hoort een parkeerplaats aan de achterzijde van het pand dus uw auto heeft z’n eigen gereserveerde plekje en dat geeft rust. Deze parkeerplaats is te koop voor € 12.500,-- k.k.. Met de auto bent u overigens vrij snel op de rondweg die u verder richting de snelwegen A1 en A50 begeleidt.
Het appartement opent graag haar deur voor een nieuwe bewoner en heeft daarbij geen voorkeur voor een bepaalde leeftijd; het complex zelf is gebouwd in 1996. De woning heeft een nette badkamer met douche en een eenvoudige keuken zonder apparatuur dus deze kunt u naar eigen voorkeur installeren. Na een actieve dag heeft u meerdere mogelijkheden om lekker te ontspannen: uw eigen balkon met ideale ligging op het zuidwesten of misschien af en toe ook dat leuke terrasje net om de hoek? De mogelijkheden zijn er, de keuze is aan u!
Stapt u misschien binnenkort over de drempel van dit appartement voor een nadere kennismaking? Wij begeleiden u graag! Voor meer details met betrekking tot de woning of andere vragen kunt u uiteraard altijd bij ons terecht; wij hopen u binnenkort kennis te mogen laten maken met uw mogelijk toekomstige thuis.
Indeling:
Via de centrale hal komt u op het balkon met de voordeur. Hal, slaapkamers (resp. 4.4m x 2.7m en 3.1m x 2m), toilet, badkamer met douche en vaste wastafel, woonkamer (ca. 6m x 5.7m) met erker en open keuken.
Kenmerken:
Type woning: Galerijflat
Bouwjaar: 1996
Woonoppervlakte: 72 m²
Aantal kamers: 3
Servicekosten: € 148,-- per maand
Bijzonderheden:
- Gelegen in het rustige gedeelte van het centrum
- Zeer goed onderhouden
- Op loopafstand van het station
- Parkeerplaats los te koop
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This is a photograph from the sixth annual running of the 'Streets of Athboy' 5KM Road Race and Fun Run which was held in the town of Athboy, Co. Meath, Ireland on Friday 9th August 2019 at 20:00. Tonight's event follows on from the very successful previous five runnings of the event. The race event was organised very successfully again by Mick Priest and his team of volunteers and helpers from the local athletics club Father Murphy AC and the local community. The Fr. Murphy club is based in rural Meath between the towns of Ballivor and Athboy. A credit to their establishment the club boasts facilities on 17 acres including a grass 400m and 1KM all weather walking track. Proceeds of the race this evening will contribute towards Fr. Murphy AC's efforts to build a tartan track at the club facility in Frayne. The support shown by the running community highlights the support which Fr. Murphy's AC has within the county of Meath and beyond.
Event management and electronic chip timing were provided by Popup Races (www.popupraces.ie)
The race itself starts on the Navan road approximately 1KM from the Registration Hall. The race follows a route away along the main street of Athboy and then turns left at the Cosy Pub onto the Kildalkey Road. This brings participants through a series of bends before a long straight stretch leading to a country laneway where there is a short loop before returning back onto the Kildalkey road. This returns back on the route where the race started on. The race finishes in the grounds of Athboy Community Centre. It is a good fair course and many participants feel that it offers the opportunity for fast running and setting personal bests. The first mile is well recognised as being particularly fast. Prizes were given in all of the usual categories. There was also an opportunity for those who registered early to get a lovely technical t-shirt for the race. Overall the race, as part of the Meath AAI series of races, continued and maintained the high standard of road race organisation in County Meath by Meath running and athletic clubs.
Our full set of photographs from tonight's race are available in the Flickr Photoset: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157710197127586
Our photographs from the 4th Streets of Athboy 2017: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157687369978476
Our photographs from the 3rd Streets of Athboy 2016: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157670941683990
Our photographs from the 2nd Streets of Athboy 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157656497977460
Our photographs from the 1st Streets of Athboy 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157646274860062
Nicosia is the capital and largest city on the island of Cyprus, as well as its main business centre.It is located near the centre of the Mesaoria plain, on the banks of the River Pedieos.
Here is my self-portrait. It was taken at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in South Phoenix, which is my new seemingly top secret outdoor photography studio.
I read an online study that says the place averages 21 visitors a day. It was dead on a Saturday evening when I found it. Jerry, the Park Ranger could work at a 5-star resort he was so accommodating. I'm going back soon 'cuz there's a water fall down there somewhere. I'll post a report at www.AccessingArizona.com shortly.
I placed the photo on the geo-map. Whats funny is that when the sat took the photo, the park wasnt even done yet. phoenix.gov/RIOSALADO/
My new Kristoff Animators' doll has been fully deboxed. He is posed free standing. Photographed under natural lighting. Following is my personal review of the doll.
Review of Kristoff Animators' Doll
Kristoff is the first male character in the Disney Animators' Collection. The It's a small world England doll is also a boy, but he doesn't count in my book because he has the same face mold and hairdo as the other small world dolls, so looks like a girl to me, and also because he was never a character in a Disney movie. Kristoff has molded hair, versus the rooted hair of all of the other Animators' dolls. I don't mind that so much, as it permits the hair to be styled and yet avoid excessive hair product to maintain the look. His appearance and outfit are very accurate representations of the character as a toddler as shown in the early scenes of the movie Frozen. He joins the other main characters of the cast, Anna and Elsa, as toddler dolls, although the girls are not yet part of the Animators' Collection.
He stands 16 1/4'' H, about 1/2'' taller than the regular Animators' dolls, for instance Elsa, who is 15 3/4'' H. He as the same body as Elsa, but his head is much larger, which accounts for the height difference. Anna has arms and legs that are 1/2'' shorter, which accounts for her to be 1/2'' shorter than Elsa, so 1'' shorter than Kristoff. Since he has the Animators' doll body, he has ball jointed neck and shoulders, and swivel hips. His head rotates 360 degrees, and can tilt 30 degrees up and 10 degrees down. His arms rotate 360 degress around, and can swing out about 30 degrees. His hips are angled about 45 degrees from the vertical, so it forces his legs to be splayed out towards the sides when he sits down, and are actually 120 degrees apart when he sits down all the way. My Kristoff has a rather wobbly head, which I haven't experienced with any of my other Animators' dolls. It may be due to the size and weight of his head versus the other dolls.
His head is very large and round, topped by a mass of golden blonde molded hair. Most of his forehead is covered by his front bangs. He has large round dark brown close set eyes that are looking to right. He has no eyelashes, and long thick dark brown eyebrows. He has a big broad nose, and a small mouth with very thin salmon colored lips that are just slightly curved upwards, so it isn't quite a smile, but isn't a frown either. He has pink blush over most of cheeks (representing his exposure to cold weather). He has pale brown freckles over his cheeks and nose, and even a couple on his left ear. He has puffy cheeks, a weak chin and big round ears. His skin is a moderate tan tone in his face, with a much paler body, and less pinkish than other Animators' dolls (such as Ariel).
His outfit consists of a combo tunic and shirt, pants, gloves and boots. The tunic is dark gray faux suede with fur trim, a red satin belt and a long Velcro closure in the back. He has a half shirt of dark blue green faux fleece, consisting of long sleeves and false front, that is sewn to the inside of his tunic. His dark blue green faux fleece pants have an elastic waistband, and extend to about an inch short of his feet. He has dark gray faux leather mittens with an additional dark blue green fleece piece over the fingers, fur trim and faux dark brown suede straps. His boots are dark gray plastic with leather look, has artificial wear and curved pointy toes, and a slit in the back for ease of putting on and taking off the boots. This outfit is very close in look to the one worn by the Classic Kristoff doll.
First look at the Animators' Kristoff Doll. I will photograph boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also pose him with comparable dolls.
Box Notes:
Celebrate the heritage of Disney Animation with the Disney Animators' Collection. Created under the guidance of Disney's most renowned animators, these young renditions of your favorite characters are brought to life with creativity and imagination.
Supervising animator for Disney's Frozen, Tony Smeed is an accomplished animator with credits including Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and Chicken Little. Smeed grew up with a passion for drawing and stop-motion, but his excitement grew when he discovered computer animation, which allowed him to bring characters to life in a whole new way.
Character design supervisor for Disney's Frozen, Bill Schwab is an award-winning character designer credited on many Disney hits including Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph. Schwab began drawing at an early age and was further inspired by a Disney animation book he received on his 15th birthday.
Integral in bringing the Frozen characters to life on the big screen, Jin Kim is an accomplished character designer with credits including Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and the Princess and the Frog. Beginning his illustration career in Korea, Kim joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1995.
Disney Animators' Collection Kristoff Doll - Frozen - 16''
US Disney Store
Release online January 6, 2014
Purchased in store January 10, 2014
$24.95
Item No. 6070040580982P
Cool dude
Frozen production artists Tony Sweed, Bill Schwab, and Jin Kim reimagine mountaineer Kristoff as a bold little boy facing a life of adventure and excitement, for this striking doll in the Disney Animators' Collection.
Magic in the details...
Celebrating the heritage of classic Disney animation, our young renditions of your favorite Disney characters were originally created under the guidance of the Walt Disney Animation Studio's most renowned talents, bringing their unique personalities to life in the most creative and authentic way possible.
• Kristoff is outfitted in a faux suede tunic with matching pants
• Faux fur trims
• Embroidered collar
• Satin sash
• Faux leather gloves with soft fabric trim and faux suede ties
• Molded hair
• Sculptured leather-look boots
• Inspired by Disney's Frozen
• Comes in collector's display box featuring character sketches by the animators
• Part of the Disney Animators' Collection, each doll sold separately
The bare necessities
• Ages 3+
• Plastic / polyester
• 16'' H
• Imported
Safety
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.
The Villa Savoye is considered by many to be the seminal work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Situated at Poissy, outside of Paris, it is one of the most recognisable architectural presentations of the International Style. Construction was substantially completed ca. 1929.
Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, is located about 100 km south of the Peloponnese. Crete was the center of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoans, from 3000 to 1400 BC. The Minoan civilization was overrun by the Mycenaean civilization from mainland Greece. Crete was later ruled by Rome, then successively by the Byzantine Empire, Andalusian Arabs, the Byzantine Empire again, the Venetian Republic, and the Ottoman Empire. In 1898 Crete, whose people had for some time wanted to join the Greek state, achieved independence from the Ottomans, formally becoming the Cretan State. Crete became part of Greece in December 1913.
Heraklion is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete. With a municipal population of about 180.000 it is the fourth largest city in Greece. The greater area of Heraklion has been continuously inhabited since at least 7000 BCE, making it one of the oldest inhabited regions in Europe. As a major center of the Minoan civilization it often considered Europe's oldest city.
The Historical Museum of Crete (HMC) was founded by the Society of Cretan Historical Studies, in 1953. The HMC now offers a composite view of Cretan history and art from the early Christian centuries to the 20th century.
Frescoes from a sanctuary niche, Meronas, 13th c.
The Swiss accident insurance fund (Suva) is promoting the use of bicycle helmets. This is not compulsory in Switzerland. The start of the cycling season in spring coincides with Easter. Painted eggs are exchanged at Easter in Switzerland. 200,000 real eggs were used as advertising materials for this campaign.
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Candid shot is not my favorite subject. I prefer to compose my capture on people in the manner of portrait or mug shots while the subjects are fully aware that I am capturing – and on top of it, with their consents. The reason behind it is; I like to see them straight in the eyes and I find it thrilling to exercise my intuition reading what’s hidden behind their eyes.
I’d spend more time talking than just less-than-a-second clicking my shutter. In a sense, I am capturing the lives of people, not just the images of people – for I love life more than pictures.
The man in the picture is Pak Ngah Razak, a farmer in the east coast of Malaysian Peninsular in the state of Kelantan (450km from Kuala Lumpur). This image is taken 6 months ago when I was there for holidays.
It’s amazing when I talked to him in that short minutes, he gave me the opportunity to flip through the pages of his history book. I felt privileged to know about his suffering to raise his 10 kids when he was younger and he is happier now to do what he likes doing to continue working in his farm despite of the children are all grown up and help him out financially.
Local healthcare business Helping Hand Is Here was announced as a finalist in the Home Based Business category at Monday’s Casey Cardinia Business Awards 2015 finalist function. Filming onsite for the awards announcement.
21 mei, maandag. Vidin, hele dag
Het is hier zo een raar hotel! Ik had gister een paar woordjes in het Russisch gezegd, stom. Nou denken ze dat ik dat versta. Verder weer helemaal geen gasten. Gister toen ik kwam was er een meisje bij de receptie, dat goed Engels spreekt maar ze gaf allemaal verkeerde informatie. Eerst dat ik niet met m'n bankpas zou kunnen betalen (geen probleem, dan pin ik wat meer op straat), maar later kon het toch. Ook dat ze geen ontbijt hadden, maar dat stond klaar vanmorgen! Alles kwam dus goed. Ik blijf hier een dag, even uitrusten. Het enige nadeel is dat de wifi echt slecht is, maar die is weer prima bij de maagzuuritaliaan. En daar zit je ook leuk, dus daar ga ik straks een kop koffie drinken en dan verstuur ik dit.
Ja, gisteravond wat zwaar getafeld... Enorm bord carbonara, vet, room, ei, veel spekjes... Lekker! En vannacht ineens "het zuur". Getver! Dat heb ik haast nooit! Nou, als dat alles is...
Zo richting centrum wandelen, langs de Donau, leuk hier. Belachelijk goedkoop, gister een euro of 5 voor spaghetti, bier, goeie koffie. Veel vervallen huizen, maar wel mooi (beetje art-nouveau-achtig) en een flink park en een enorm oud fort en een museum... Dat wordt weer een drukke uitrustdag!
This is Phantom Falls, a spectacular seasonal waterfall located in Coal Canyon, on North Table Mountain. The falls is seasonal, because it only flows during the rainy season, usualy from mid Dec. to early April. The waterfall gets its name because it dissapears when the dry season starts.
All the waterfalls located on Table Mountain are seasonal. This one is most spectacular, and most famous. The falls drops about 164 ft. into the ancient basalt canyon below, and is the second highest waterfall on Table Mountain. A large cave is located right behind the falls. It was created over hundreds of years of the waterfall eroding away at the rock. Five of the waterfalls on Table Mountain contain caves, and the one at Phantom is the largest. The cave also contains and abandoned mineshaft from the Gold Rush.
The area was once a complete secret, and most locals didn't know about it, but now people from all over Northern California come here, so it is not uncommon to see tourists, especialy on weekends. But sometimes, on days like today, you can have the whole place to yourself, and it truely is spectacular.
There are no established hiking trails, so it is recommended you get a map of the waterfalls, and a compass, or ask a local to take you, as the falls can be difficult to find if you don't know the area. If you do find your way though, it truely is spectacular.
I heard recently that they want to out railing up there, and make a safe viewing area. Hopefuly it won't happend.
I've been to this waterfall dozens of times, and never had such beautiful weather as we did today! And the rainbow just added to the beauty!
It was such a nice day, and there were quite a few people.