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Less than a month after the Hannukah Eve. storm on December 14, 2006, we had another major windstorm on January 7, 2007.
This is that storm, and this is U.S. Highway 101 @ Shelton Springs Road adjacent to Sanderson Field.
Again, completely dark. View looks north. Taken during an 80MPH wind gust, using a signpost as a tripod.
Less Than Jake in concerto allo Slam Dunk Festival di Bellaria-Igea Marina foto di Andrea Ripamonti per www.rockon.it
Der Gesundheitstag 2017 der PLUS stand unter dem Motto "less-stress@work".
In der NaWi konnten sich die Besucherinnen und Besucher über ihre Gesundheit, interne Kraftquellen, Stressbewältigung und ihren persönlichen Fitnessstand informieren.
Daneben waren der Nordic Walking Aktiv Treff, das Schaukochen und die Vorträge gut besuchte Programmpunkte.
Bilder: Hans-Christian Gruber.
My second muslin sits much better on my shoulders and I prefer the sleeves because they stick out less.
The lowered bust darts are better but there's something still not quite right, so i decided to try the curved waist dart that Gertie suggested.
Also I think the neckline is too high, so for my next muslin I decided to lower it slightly.
Kensington Market is a colourful area with a strong mixed immigrant flavour. It is just west of Toronto’s downtown core. My wife, who was shopping for some dishware for our home, suggested I might want to wander with my camera while she took care of the shopping. That was a timely invitation for me to pursue my project, especially since dropping temperatures, snow flurries, and high winds are forecast and photo walks are going to be far less inviting for the upcoming week.
I met this man after 10 minutes of strolling the streets and I thought he had a friendly face. When I approached him with my project request he said he’d be glad to help me out but didn’t have a lot of time because he was working today (Sunday) in the designer men’s wear store just down the street. We shook hands. Meet Paul who turned out to be the Manager of Tom’s Place, a rather well-known Toronto clothier specializing in quality men’s wear. (www.toms-place.com)
There are interesting backgrounds in Kensington Market (mostly graffiti walls) but we weren’t near one so I posed him against the window of a breakfast restaurant and focused on his face which I found very photogenic. Paul said “Please excuse my aged appearance but I’m just coming through a rather nasty battle with cancer and it hasn’t been easy.” I’m surprised by how often people will agree to not only help me with my project out of the goodness of their hearts but sometimes confide rather personal things about themselves. We connected on the cancer topic because everyone knows someone who has experienced cancer and luckily my connections with cancer have been mostly people who have experienced successful treatment. I could see that Paul was genuinely happy to hear this – not just for himself, but for friends and family members I was telling him about. He has just completed chemo and his upcoming appointments will be for follow-up rather than for treatment.
We exchanged cards and parted with me wishing him well and congratulating him on his successful treatment. A few minutes later, as I was recording my notes, I realized that Paul had told me his age but it had gone in one ear and out the other. I decided to try and catch him in the store to be reminded of his age and the store turned out to be larger than I expected and another staff member helped me locate Paul. When he couldn’t be found right away (he was on the second floor) I explained he had been kind enough to pose for my photo project and although he’d told me his age for the caption story, I’d forgotten it. The man said “He told you his age? His REAL age? I’ve worked with Paul for 20 years and I don’t know his age. It’s a state secret.” I said “You’re kidding! Well, maybe it wasn’t his REAL age” and we both laughed.
Just then Paul was located and greeted me with a big smile. “You came in!” he said. I explained I’d forgotten his age for the caption and he said “Fifty six, five six.” I told him I felt honoured as his co-worker said his age is a state secret. The co-worker said “All I knew about Paul’s age is that he gets younger each year rather than older.” I said I was working on that myself but not having much luck.
I left the store with what I knew would be a nice portrait of Paul but also with that great feeling we get when our project encounters bring us into contact with friendly, trusting people of such good will.
Thank you Paul for participating in 100 Strangers. You are now Stranger #323 in Round 4 of my project. I wish you continued good health and hope your story will inspire others who may be facing medical challenges of their own.
Additional note: I emailed Paul his photo and my write-up, wanting to make sure that I had not infringed on his privacy in sharing our conversation here. He wrote back a very nice note saying " I haven't had many detailed or professional photo's of myself since my journey began so it was a little difficult looking at my weathered appearance I think you captured the reality of my condition If my story can be an inspiration to anyone going through hardship I have no problem." I told him that what I saw in his face was friendliness and strength of character and that his generosity in sharing his face and story in 100 Strangers was greatly appreciated. I wish him well.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
To browse Round 1 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157633145986224/
To browse Round 2 of my 100 Strangers project click here:www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157634422850489/
To browse Round 3 of my 100 Strangers project click here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/sets/72157635541434065/
Doris Lessing and the Portuguese translation of "The Golden Notebook". 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Doris Lessing na tradução portuguesa de "The Golden Notebook" ("O Caderno Dourado"). Prémio Nobel da Literatura 2007.
Die technik ist stark verbesserungswürdig, aber das kommt dann irgendwann. Projekt wo ist denn nur mein Kopf geblieben kann starten :-)
Window by Goddard & Gibbs c1950, replacing war damaged glass.
St John's sits at the entrance to Spon Street, that rare enclave of medieval architecture in Coventry's mostly post-war city centre. Being on the fringe of city's heart it generally gets less attention from visitors, thus one feels that in any other setting it would be far more celebrated, George Gilbert Scott, who restored the church in 1877, considered it 'one of the most beautiful churches in England'. The church luckily escaped major damage in the November 1940 Blitz that destroyed so much else in the city, beyond the loss of much (but not all) of it's Victorian stained glass.
The church was founded in 1342 by Queen Isabella, mother of Edward III, but most of what we see today is 15th century work, though evidently of different phases. The church sits on a relatively small site, but what it lacks in length and width it gains in height, and with it's tapering and unusually narrow clerestorey windows and central tower it gives the impression of a cathedral in miniature. The tower has oddly corbelled-out turrets at it's corners, an over-exaggeration of the original design by Scott; his main intervention on the exterior otherwise was the renewal of much of the stonework, since warm red sandstone is one of the least resistant to weathering.
The interior is surprisingly light for a sandstone church, the result of the large Perpendicular windows and extensive clerestorey that creates a 'glass cage' effect in the higher parts of the church. It is also rather narrow, which accentuates the proportions and sense of height further, a good example of architectural limitations and constraints turned to an advantage. There are some good medieval carvings surviving higher up, but otherwise aside from the fine Perpendicular architecture itself the impression is largely of early 20th century High Church Anglican worship, as most of the furnishings appear to date from this time, though they are nonetheless attractive and sympathetic to the building.
The lack of any relics of the Middle Ages in wood or glass or monuments of later periods is explained by the history of the church, since it actually ceased to be used for worship in the 1590s and for several centuries suffered various indignities of secular use, such as a prison for Scottish rebels captured after the Battle of Preston during the Civil War in 1648 (these rebels, loyal to the King, were shunned in the Parliamentarian held city, thus the phrase being 'Sent to Coventry' was born!). Other uses included as a stables, a market and a winding and dying house for cloth, before being eventually restored to church use in the 19th century. We should at least be glad that being put to other uses at least preserved the structure through it's centuries of hibernation.
The church posesses an interesting mixture of stained glass, from Victorian and Edwardian pieces that survived the bombing, to the more prominent and colourful windows installed in the 1950s. However it is interesting to note how the postwar glass here predates the nearby Cathedral's windows by only a few years, but is still highly figurative and traditional in approach, thus still a far cry from the revolutionary new works that Coventry became famous for less than a decade later.
St John's is open on saturday mornings but otherwise kept locked owing to concerns over security. Sadly it has suffered attacks from stone-throwing idiots on several occasions in recent years (I have repaired minor damage to several of the windows here) but the parishoners remain welcoming and friendly in spite of a difficult environment. It is a lovely church and well worth a visit.
For more detail and images see it's entry on the Warwickshire Churches website below:-
warwickshirechurches.weebly.com/coventry---st-john-the-ba...
Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and 13.8 acre estate in Memphis, Tennessee that was home to Elvis Presley. It is located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about 9 miles south of Downtown and less than four miles north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as a museum that was opened to the public on June 7, 1982. The site was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1991 and declared a National Historic Landmark on March 27, 2006. Graceland has become one of the most-visited private homes in America with over 600,000 visitors a year.
Elvis Presley died at the estate on August 16, 1977. Presley, his parents Gladys and Vernon Presley, and his maternal grandmother, are buried there in what is called the Meditation Garden. A memorial gravestone for Presley's stillborn twin brother, Jesse Garon, is also at the site.
Less fortunate part of Ulaan Baatar
A few days before I arrived, rain was pouring down for several days resulting in floods during which dozens of people lost their life in that neighbourhood.
Laon Cathedral is somewhat smaller than France's greater Gothic cathedrals, but no less important or impressive. It is an example of early, transitional gothic dating from the 1140s, retaining a much more Romanesque feel in it's forms.
The first sight of this hilltop cathedral is unforgettable, it's shilouette unique, being dominated by no less than five towers, two on the west facade, one on each transept (two more were apparently removed at the Revolution) and one low pyramid-capped structure over the crossing.
The towers are famous for a unique feature; those on the main facade include huge stone oxen peering out of their upper stories, considered a memorial to the beasts of burden that enabled transportation of so much stone to this lofty location.
The sculpture of the three main portals was sadly mutilated during the Revolution, so that all the main figures are 19th century replacements whilst the tympana and keystone figures mostly have replacement heads.
The interior is also unusual in having no apse, a straight wall behind the altar as usually found in English cathedrals. There is also so fine early stained glass in the east wall of the choir and in the three rose windows.
This ten year old project stands the test of time with a classic choice of natural materials. Granite shower surround with a built in bench seat accented by chrome fixtures are smart choices for this wet area.Glass block comes and goes with time and is back in again and looking great as well as serving the form and function test, allowing natural light to come into the space but providing privacy.
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