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Mason Jar Series
Lighting Info:
AB800 in softbox, camera left and right Trigger: Optical
580EX and LP160 on BG Trigger:PWII and Optical
480EX Bounced into white above Trigger: PWII
Kayakers at Mason Neck.
jbp
Learn more about Mason Neck State Park here: www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/mason-neck#general_infor...
Mason Musso performing for attendees at a post-SWRC block party hosted at the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Pic from Roger Waters' historic "Wall" show at the 02 Arena in London on 12th May, which saw the remaining members of Pink Floyd reunited. Waters on trumpet and vocals, Gilmour on madolin and Mason on tambourine.
Apologies for the below-par quality!
This interesting structure is high in a tree near a community garden. It is intended to attract and house mason bees, which are known to be good pollinators and non-aggressive.
11. Dwelling Place in 118 pictures in 2018
Courtney Kappa is a member of of the Mason High School Competition Cheerleading team watches during practice.(Photo by Tony Tribble)
The Postcard
A postally unused Mason's Alpha Series postcard published by Roberts & Wrate Ltd. of Portsmouth. The image is a glossy real photograph, and the card, which was printed in England, has a divided back.
Southsea
Southsea is a seaside resort located in Portsmouth at the southern end of Portsea Island, Hampshire. The name originates from Southsea Castle, a fort located on the seafront and constructed in 1544 to help defend the Solent and approaches to Portsmouth Harbour.
When Henry VIII was in the castle he witnessed the sinking of the warship Mary Rose in the Solent.
By the mid to late Victorian era, Southsea had become a largely middle-class neighbourhood, with many naval officers and other professionals in residence. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle moved from Portsmouth to Southsea in 1882 with less than £10 (about £900 today) to his name. He set up a medical practice at 1 Bush Villas in Elm Grove.
Southsea Common
Southsea Common was created when about 480 acres (2sq. km.) of marshland was drained. Because the castle required clear lines of fire, the area was not built on, and remains today as a park and garden.
The Common is home to a remarkable collection of mature elm trees, believed to be the oldest and largest surviving in Hampshire. They escaped Dutch elm disease because of their isolation.
The Ladies' Mile was set out within the Common in 1925. The Ladies' mile is home to several semi-mature date palms. Planted in 1996, these palms are now some of the largest in the UK, and for the last few years have fruited and produced viable seeds, the first time this species of palm has been recorded as doing so in the UK.
Lumps Fort
Lumps Fort is a disused fortification built on Portsea Island as part of the defences for the naval base at Portsmouth.
Early History of the Fort
Lumps Fort dates from the 18th. century. The earliest reference to it is in the records of the Board of Ordnance in 1805 which mention 'Lumps Fort - three 32-pounder guns'.
By 1822 the fort was the site of a semaphore station on the semaphore line from London to Portsmouth. It was constructed here to avoid the smog of the town of Portsmouth so it could see and be seen from Portsdown Hill.
The fort had fallen out of use as a defensive fort by the 1820's, and in 1827 part of the fort fell into the sea. The semaphore station was closed in 1847 when the electrical telegraph took over.
Palmerston-Era Reconstruction
The fort was reconstructed between 1859 and 1869 as one of the Palmerston forts in the line of Portsmouth Harbour defences. It was designed to be fitted with 17 guns, and had a barrack block at the rear to accommodate 100 men.
It was not normally manned, with only a Master Gunner normally in residence at the Fort - in 1885 the Master Gunner was H. Orchard.
The fort was also used by the City of London Artillery Volunteers who undertook gun practice from there in 1889.
The fort was re-armed in the 1890's with three 6-inch rifled breech-loader Mk. IV guns on hydro-pneumatic carriages. These guns were taken away in 1906.
The fort was re-armed in 1914 with a 6-pounder Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun.
In 1942, an elite special forces unit, the Royal Marine Boom Defence Patrol Detachment, was based in two Nissen huts at the fort and trained in the Solent opposite. The unit went on to conduct Operation Frankton, the 'Cockleshell Raid' on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.
Post-Military Use of Lumps Fort
After WW II, the fort was planted as a rose garden, with the Eastern part of the site becoming the Southsea Model Village.
Adjacent to the site is the Canoe Lake, constructed from a large area of marshland, which was opened on 17 June 1886 and used as a boating lake. During World War II, the lake was used for experiments into countermeasures against magnetic mines.
Gabrielle DiTullio (L) Ashley Vanover (R) practice some cheers during a Mason High School Competition Cheerleading team practice.(Photo by Tony Tribble)
Vancouver forward Mason Raymond gets ready for a faceoff during the game between Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild at GM Place, Vancouver on November 8th, 2008. Photo: Brian Poulsen
William C. and Margaret Egloff House
Earle Richard Cone, architect
1938–1939
A mix of Art Deco, Moderne, and International styles, featuring large glass block windows, smooth stucco finish, and pipe railings.
The house was saved from flood damage and moved to a new location to protect it from demolition.
My friend Carl's son..Mason and his yorkshire Samuel. This is on the rooftop gardens (in their 10' x 10' patio!) of their condo complex in Oakland, Calif ... :-)
Kayakers at Mason Neck.
jbp
Learn more about Mason Neck State Park here: www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/mason-neck#general_infor...
Gabbrielle DiTullio (L) Carly Schmidt (R) practice some cheers during a Mason High School Competition Cheerleading team practice.(Photo by Tony Tribble)
Dean's 5th Birthday Party.
Pony rides courtesy of Butterfield Acres for all party-goers under 60lb. Guess which cousins didn't make the cut...
Orchard mason bee (Osmia lignaria) is a half-inch-long, blue-black bee common in the western United States. Here one of the "girls" packs the final mud plug in the center hole, top.
Mason bees are not social and make neither comb nor honey, but they're wonderful pollinators, harmless to flora and fauna alike.
About twelve of the eighteen holes in our Mason Bee home are now populated. Here, one of the "girls" is packing the last mud plug in a hole. Each 5/16" by 4" hole is populated with about five cells--about three females and two males. In each cell is placed a supply of pollen and a single egg. Upon hatching, each bee will consume its stash of nectar, then pupate till late summer. The emergent adults remain in the cell through fall and winter. Come spring, the bees break through the mud plugs, mate, and then the males soon die, leaving the females to gather pollen, build nesting cells and populate them with pollen and eggs.
Each bee pupates in its individual cell, separated from its neighbor by the mud plugs. The males live in the outermost cells and emerge first in spring.
The cell plugs can be distinguished from those of mud wasps, as the latter have a smooth surface, whereas mason bee plugs are typically rough-surfaced.
See more information at
www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthropo...
Mason being sassy. Mary sitting on my hand-made desk. My kick ass mirror (RIP) in the background. Taken at my old apartment during the Catalog.com years
I created the blocks, and the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve, Summer Green Teens, stuffed the holes. Paper was used.
The bees will only lay their eggs in holes of a specific size; in this case 5/16 inch. Using paper also keeps open the option to harvest the bee eggs, clean them (of some potentially nasty mites) and store them until spring.
The blocks need their cool roofs, then they are ready to be hung outside in the early spring.
Kayakers at Mason Neck.
jbp
Learn more about Mason Neck State Park here: www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/mason-neck#general_infor...
U.S. Senator Rand Paul speaks to a crowd of local supporters at Prime N' Wine in Mason City, Iowa, on behalf of his father, Congressman Ron Paul, ahead of the Iowa Caucuses. The final day of campaigning began with a stop in Des Moines, and concluded in Mason City. Congressman Paul recruited the help of his son, in order to better secure a victory in the caucuses. (Photo by Gage Skidmore)