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Another view of Croagh Patrick this time from an area called Kilmeana. I was looking for my previous image location when a gap in the hedgerow revealed this view. The light was too nice not to stop and make a photo.
While I was photographing the little castle ruin (previous photo) I decided to make a pano of the view over the bay. Center piece is Croagh Patrick but the keen eye will spot Clare Island, Inishgort Lighthouse and other local landmarks.
We had such a beautiful sunset Tuesday evening. I decided to pop into town with my drone and flew just over the border of the Westport House Estate. The front garden was still covered in frost from the night before. The sun has just sun set behind Croagh Patrick leaving behind beautiful twilight colous.
An aerial pano of last nights sunset.
I took my drone and regular camera with me last night as I set off to find a suitable sunset. I stopped a few places along the way and ended up at Bertra beach just in time before the sun set over the horizon. The clouds picked up some nice colours helping to frame the scene.
After thunder and lightening last night we awoke to a snow capped Croagh Patrick this morning. I felt obliged to make a photo.
Although you can't tell, this was taken along the quay as the sun was setting in the distance. There were lots of dandelions waiting for a breeze.
Earlier today (Sunday) I took a short hike up to the old lookout above Keem Bay, Achill Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Storm Dennis was also going on today but it wasn’t too bad. Perched on a clifftop above the empty Atlantic on the edge of Europe, the weather here can change in moment’s notice. It wasn’t a day for exploring the cliffs.
During World War I, the British built an observation post to prevent the Germans from debarking arms for the Irish Republican Army.
The Irish Defence Forces rebuilt this post during World War II as a Look Out Post for the Coast Watching Service. It was in use until 1945. (www.mayo-ireland.ie/en/wild-atlantic-way/keem-strand.html)
A 20sec video can be viewed via Youtube youtu.be/9A_X4EX0-ls
In a corner of Northern New Mexico is one of the largest Earthship communities. The above structures are in the El Prado (Taos) area. "Michael Reynolds has been described as a radical and a maverick. He was a qualified architect until he was – in his own words – “defrocked”. He now calls himself a ‘biotech’. And instead of houses he describes his buildings as ‘Earthships’ – which refers to the fact they’re designed for self-sufficiency.
The largest of the seven Blasket Islands off the Co. Kerry coast. A Gaelic speaking island (when inhabited), Blasket Mór has a rich literary heritage including Peig Sayers & Tomás Ó Criomhthain among others. The last inhabitants moved to the mainland in 1953. Nowadays the island is mostly deserted apart from a few farmers, fishermen and day trippers like ourselves!
It's a short (20 min) but quite choppy crossing with frequent swells. You also need to hop out into a dingy for the last few hundred meters so the trip may not be to everyone's liking.
We had a lovely day out here about 3 weeks ago. In the photo is one of a few preserved cottages on the island. You can see there's a beautiful beach (trá ban - white beach), with a herd of seals in the background.
Aan de Rietgors in Olst staan 12 aardehuis woningen met een noordmuur van autobanden, gevuld met aangestampte aarde /// The Aadehuizen Project is a housing development of 23 houses and a Community Building, the first ecovillage project in the Netherlands. The original idea was for them all to be Earthships (buildings with walls made from tyres packed with rammed earth), but after 12 were built, they switched to straw bale walls, given the labour-intensive nature of Earthship construction. Most of the materials used in the construction were sourced from within 50 kilometres, including reclaimed materials such as tyres and scrap wood, as well as straw, cob and earth plasters. The building work was completed during the summer of 2015. Source: transitionnetwork.org/stories/aardehuis-earth-house-proje...
Original Caption: Empty Steel Beer and Soft Drink Cans Are Being Used to Build Experimental Housing near Taos, New Mexico. Designer Michael Reynolds Stands Next to an Interior Wall in One of the Structures. The Inside Walls Are Built with Cans in the Position Shown. The Outside Walls Are Constructed Using an Eight Can Unit as a Building Block. (See #14164) Some 70,000 Cans Are Needed to Build a House Which Reynolds Says Can Be Built as Much as 20% Cheaper Than Conventional Homes, 06/1974.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14166
Photographer: Hiser, David, 1937-
Subjects:
Taos (Taos county, New Mexico, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/556618
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Original Caption: Owner of the First House Made Completely from Empty Steel Beer and Soft Drink Cans in His Bathroom Finished with Aged Barn Wood. Architect Michael Reynolds Reports Houses Made of Can Result in Savings of as Much as 20% over Conventional Structures with th
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14174
Photographer: Hiser, David, 1937-
Subjects:
Taos (Taos county, New Mexico, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/556626
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To close the week we might have "one" in the Brazen Head Hotel courtyard, Bridge Street, Dublin. Photographed here in the 1960s, this public house reputedly dates from the 12th Century. While Sean's Bar Athlone (~10th Century) and Kyteler's Inn Kilkenny (~14th Century) also feature in a list of "Ireland's oldest pubs", the Brazen Head's title as the capital's oldest is largely undisputed - and it has seen its share of notable patrons...
Niall McAuley relates a story from the great www.comeheretome.com about graffiti in the Brazen Head from the 1,720's
I was always thought that the No EEC graffiti near my house, dating back to the early 1970s, was old. That’s before I found out about the following. Have a look. Do you know of any other 18th, 19th or early 20th century graffiti or ‘unauthorized’ inscriptions? If so, leave a comment or drop me an email.
Brazen Head landing window, 1726:
“John Langan halted here, 7th August, 1726.”
A personal reflection from Inverarra takes the eye, his granduncle on retiring went to live in the Brazen Head (I could do that!)
My granduncle retired to the Brazen Head after he was disbanded from the R.I.C. after independence. He never returned to his native place in Co Galway. My uncle once told me of his uncle meeting him off the train in Dublin in the 30s and bringing him to Clery's for a new suit. This was a great treat for a teenage boy. He died in the late 40s. Thanks for the photo.
Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire
Date: 1965
NLI Ref: WIL 15[1]
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tentoonstelling 'Michael Reynolds – An Englishman Abroad', tot en met 24 september in Museum De Buitenplaats
Toki Music School, a building by the US architect Michael Reynolds, on the outskirts of Hanga Roa. The fabric of the building incorporates an abundance of reused materials—car tyres, drinks cans, bottles...
www.lowcarbon.co.uk/ - Brighton home
www.garbagewarrior.com/ - recent documentary outing about earthships
earthship.net/ - home of the originator many a welcome imitator
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9jdIm7grCY - earthships 101 video
#LaptopStolenAtStarbucks #StarbucksNeverAgain #StarbucksNuncaMas #Starbucks #StarbucksCoffee #StarbucksPerú #StarbucksLima #Benavides #Lima #Peru #HowardSchultz #Lasino #LasinoSA #ObstructionOfJustice #ObstrucciónDeLaJusticia
ATTENTION MY DEAR AMIGOS Y AMIGAS: I would sincerely appreciate if you would share this post with your friends and family on your social networks so these problems can be resolved and prevented so other people don't have to go through the absolute nightmare I have gone through! Muchas gracias! Abrazos fuertazos! :) :D <3
As I write to you now, the day crossed from ¨night¨ into ¨midnight¨, which also happens to mark the one month anniversary, since my most prized possession, ¨my baby¨, was stolen from #StarbucksPerú #Coffee Store on Avenida #Benavides 778, in the #Miraflores district in #Lima , #Peru .
You know that store. The store that is also inside the University of ISIL at the cross section of Paseo del Republica.
My #laptop, also affectionately known as ¨lappy¨, just happened to be the most expensive possession I owned as a human being. ¨What happened?¨, you may ask? It was savagely ripped from the clutches of my fingers while I was sitting down, enjoying a cup of my non-#organic, most likely non-#Peruvian #Starbucks Coffee (Café Americano to be exact) as I had done for many years, while diving deep into super interesting conversations about Pre-Incan and #Peruvian history with a new friend and possible new business partner as we discussed opportunities on how to help the #indigenous communities in the Peruvian #Andes and the #Amazon jungles to develop #sustainable and environmentally-conscious #economies using eco-tourism as a means to explore the rich cultural traditions of this fascinating country I’ve come to call home: el #Perú.
It was only later, after our riveting conversation, did I come to realize that my laptop had been silently whisked off to the ¨Never-Neverland¨ of missing laptops where they disappear forever. Never to be never seen again. Usually, never ever.
Ok, so the laptop wasn’t exactly ripped out of my hands. I completely fabricated that part only to demonstrate how this #theft felt on the inside. I was in a state of absolute shock honestly. It was as if my #heart and #soul was ripped out of my chest (assuming that’s where the soul resides of course).
As strange as this may sound, it was like a family member dying. My entire life was on that laptop. All of the projects I have worked on since I arrived to #Guatemala more than 3 years ago today to teach indigenous #Mayan #communities how to build their very own ¨#Earthship¨ homes made with #RecycledMaterials . A life altering experience thanks to the U.S. non-profit organization #LongWayHome and the indisputable visionary and super weird genius of #MichaelReynolds of #EarthshipBiotecture .
All of my photos I have taken in the last three years, travelling and working in #LatinAmerica from #Mexico to #Guatemala, from #CostaRica and to #Columbia, and finally in ¨el Perú.¨ They were photos that can´t be replaced but I will never forget them.
I realize backing up my data is my responsibility and that my data will probably never be recovered, I somehow, for some reason, miss my laptop even more than all of those photos.
He was my travel buddy as I made my ¨Run for the border¨ in the opposite direction of conventional wisdom. He came with me as followed my heart and swam south and waded through the incredibly beautiful and breath-taking rivers and lakes of #CentralAmerica and #SouthAmerica, or what I also call the ¨#LatinAmericaDream¨.
If I were #Maverick of ¨#TopGun¨, my lappy was definitely my ¨#Goose¨.
He was my co-pilot when I was offered new projects to work on #Permaculture design projects like the 5 family Eco-village in #Pachacamac, Peru, or creating and designing #Environmental #Campaigns for the #schools of Peru that teach Peruvian #children how to take care of ¨#Pachamama¨ with their hands in the dirt, mud in their hair, and smiles on their faces.
Yep. My ¨lappy¨ was the best.
One month later, after my laptop was stolen from Starbucks, while sitting next to my feet, it appears that I am now a victim of #IdentityTheft as well. Only two days ago someone attempted to fraudulently access my bank account in the #UnitedStates AND was even able to get past the security authentication of my bank, over the phone, with either my social security number, my bank account number, and or my pin number.
Good thing I’m broke and don’t have a penny to my name, otherwise this entire situation could have been even more devastating than it already still is.
It has now taken #Starbucks exactly ONE MONTH for them to deliver the security cam video from this store to the police so the ¨investigation¨ can begin since my laptop was stolen on May 2nd.
Pardon my language, but are you fucking kidding me? How can justice ever be served in this manner?
In #LatinAmerica , where there is not a chance in hell it would be recovered? Is this that ¨Great and Premium Executive Service¨ Starbucks keeps proclaiming in their advertisements? Is Starbucks really taking care of their clients when they deliberately obstruct justice after you’ve been robbed in board day light in their store?
That’s not only bad service. It’s criminal.
So after much frustration in dealing with the absolutely atrocious customer service of Starbucks and their management, after speaking with a very tenured business professional and a damn good friend, I decided to write #HowardSchultz , the #CEO of Starbucks, a small but brief letter of what transpired and my promise to never, never ever, set foot inside another Starbucks again until these problems are resolved.
I also happened to find the email addresses and phone numbers of almost the entire Board of Directors of Starbucks, the Executive Vice Presidents of Starbucks Latin America and many other divisions, and I copied them in the same email I sent to Howard, the CEO.
Thanks, #Google .
Here is what I wrote:
Dear Mr. Howard Schlutz,
Let me first begin by thanking you for taking a quick moment out of your busy day to read this letter. Most of us have very busy lives to attend to, and I am no different. Let me briefly introduce myself. I am a U.S. citizen currently working and living in Lima, Peru, where many of your stores are located. Like you, I came from a blue collar family and was the first person in my family to receive a college degree, and after receiving my degree in Finance, I worked for some of the biggest companies in the United States, including Centex, Dell, and IBM, to name a few. I now own and operate my own consultancy company in Peru and I have been working with some of the largest companies in Peru for the last two years, including companies such as Repsol and Graña y Montero. When I need to meet with any of my clients, I tell them, ¨meet me in my office¨, warmly referring to one of your Starbucks stores as our meeting place of business.
I am certain that you are well aware that you and your company have revolutionized the social meeting place for business professionals, and others alike, which is why I have felt so comfortable in inviting some of my most important clients to meet in your stores.
However, as of May 2nd 2016, I no longer have confidence in the bringing my clients to your stores, nor do I feel safe going to your stores as I was robbed in broad daylight in your Starbucks store located at Avenida Benavides 778, Miraflores, Lima, Peru, (Store STB-37), which resulted in my very expensive laptop being stolen while it was in my possession and thousands of dollars of time and work lost that I will never get back. On top of an already traumatizing situation, your management staff at this store, Maria Casteñeda, Jardani Atoche, Paulo Villegas, and Ana Lenguz, have completely ¨mis-managed¨ this incident from the very beginning. Not only did they refused to let myself and the police to see the video immediately after the theft took place to identify the thief, they have offered absolutely nothing in return for my stolen laptop – Not even not even a free coffee. Additionally, this store has not one security guard in it where many of your stores in Lima do because of previous robberies.
The very reason I visited your store(s) every day, sometimes 3 times a day, for the last 3 years was because of the environment you and your company have created at Starbucks. I felt safe. Safe enough to bring my clients and discuss business in your stores. I keep all of my receipts from Starbucks for tax purposes. After reviewing my all of my transactions with your company, I was spending between $80 and $100 USD a month in your stores. Is this how Starbucks treats its loyal customers who have helped make Starbucks the billion dollar company it is today?
To resolve the problem, I need my laptop to be replaced equal or greater in value. Attached are copies of the police report concerning the theft that occurred in your store, the complaint filed with the Peruvian Government Consumer Rights organization Indecopi, and the receipts of my purchases at Starbucks to demonstrate my loyalty to your company.
I look forward to your reply and a resolution to my problem. I will wait 3 business days before seeking third-party assistance. You may contact me at my email address or by my Peruvian phone number.
Sincerely,
Justin Lee Henson
The screen capture photo attached to this post is the email I received tonight from ¨Kurt¨ of the Executive Office of Howard Schlutz, the CEO, Founder, and Chairman of the Board of Starbucks… or what is more commonly referred to as the ¨Armed Services¨ division of Starbucks. Have a look at the bottom of Kurt’s signature to see what I’m talking about.
I have given them three days to act and they only have a day and half before I proceed with ¨Third Party Assistance¨. Wish me luck! :)
No te preocupes hermanitos y hermanitas! Voy a tener lo mismo post en castellano mañana! Buenas noches! :)
Original Caption: Another Experimental House Made of Empty Steel Beer and Soft Drink Can Construction near Taos, New Mexico. This House Will Be Plastered with Adobe Like the Other Homes in the Area, But Will Have Cost Up to 20% Less, According to Architect Michael Reynolds
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14176
Photographer: Hiser, David, 1937-
Subjects:
Taos (Taos county, New Mexico, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/556628
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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SOLAR POWER, USA. New Mexico, near Taos. A community of Earthship eco-buildings in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. The Earthships are designed by Michael Reynolds and built from discarded vehicle tyres and earth. They incorporate passive solar deisgn features and photovoltaic cells for generating electricity. More pictures on this subject available on request.
Original Caption: A View of the Experimental House Made of Empty Steel Beer and Soft Drink Cans after Completion with Adobe Exterior. Persons Using Can Construction Can Save Up to 20% over the Cost of Conventional Housing, Reports Architect and Designer Michael Reynolds. P
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14177
Photographer: Hiser, David, 1937-
Subjects:
Taos (Taos county, New Mexico, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/556629
Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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Original Caption: Architect and Experimental House Builder Michael Reynolds Who Lives near Taos, New Mexico. He Currently Is Building Houses Using Empty Steel Beer and Soft Drink Cans, and Believes They Can Be Constructed as Much as 20% Cheaper Than Conventional Housing. He Also Is Experimenting with Solar Heating Using Cans Painted Black. Discarded Tires Are Among the Objects He Has Used. Reynolds Believes in Using Whatever Is Available in His Particular Environment, 01/1975.
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-14170
Photographer: Hiser, David, 1937-
Subjects:
Taos (Taos county, New Mexico, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/556622
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CIVIL WAR
ISAAC JUDD
JOHN GIBLIN
FRANK HENSON
SIMEON BROOKS
JOHN BUCKLEY
ROBERT W. BRISTOL
MILES JACKSON
WILLIAM H. DOOLITTLE
WILLIS BUNNELL
HENRY B. MUNSON
ALEXANDER MERCIER
LEONARD K. ANDREWS
FRANKLIN A. HOTCHKISS
JOHN DAWSON
MICHAEL REYNOLDS
CHARLES C. HALL
JOHN H. PRESTON
HORACE B. HOTCHKISS
WILLIAM BURKE
CHAUNCEY J. RICE
ROBERT TRIBUE
NEEDHAM GREY
EDWARD A. ATWATER
JOSEPH PORTER
ALLEN GARVER
WILLIAM C. DOOLITTLE
CARLOS HUNTLEY
JAMES T. CLARK
EDWIN S. CHURCH
GEORGE W. BENHAM
MARTIN BURKE
JOHN LYNCH
WILLIAM J. MOORE
Cover artist uncredited. Fontana Books thirteenth impression paperback (1968).
First published 1959.
I thought Michael Reynolds, the architect behind the earthships, was going to be a cranky, anti-establishment, radical, given the tone of the earthship books, so was pleasantly surprised to see, in this film, that he is an old softie and humanitarian who started out as a traditionally trained architect.
This Australian film directed by Oliver Hodge actually has a story beyond just the techniques used in building the earthships. There is the idea of self-sustaining, energy generating, food producing houses and the ecotopia self-built, earthship community that sprung up around this dream. There is the government to contend with and onerous building codes, so the long haired Mr. Reynolds ties back his grey locks, dons a suit and fights city hall. There's also a beautiful, dark haired, heroine inside the system who goes to bat with him to attempt to pass a new law that will allow experimental housing in New Mexico fully illustrating what we're up against in attempting to bring innovative change through government. Michael Reynolds makes the point that New Mexico was a test site for the bomb so why can't it be a test site for housing too.
He makes the poignant comment that would apply universally to artists, regarding the building codes that were created to insure that houses were fullproof. "I had lost my freedom to fail."
He wanted real people to be able to discover for themselves how to make better shelter. The government representatives wanted to know what he meant by real people. Government regulations require state certified contractors and inspectors. They wanted to know what he meant by independent. They wanted to know what ideas he thought were out there that hadn't already been incorporated into current building practices. One can't know that until one is allowed to find out. That's the point.
And like so many leaders and innovators before him, he makes the point that outside of the law is where the information lies. And that's why real people must be allowed to discover this information as they live it.
He was advised to watch his language and not mention global warming or oil shortages for fear of sounding like a crazed radical.
The films turning point is the inspiring 14 day build out, when six white guys go to India to build a house for poor brown people on the coast after the tsunami. It was a sustainable house built of plastic and glass bottles, bamboo and cement as a demonstration of how ordinary people can help themselves with locally available materials. The local engineers lapped it up. Not to mention that the building looked beautiful as did all the earthship buildings. So here we have disaster innovation to illustrate how people can evolve enormously when they've lost everything and not just become fodder for disaster capitalists to exploit them and enslave them.