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The first bottling of the new batch. It has a specific gravity of 1.01 (making it slightly sweet) and has an alcohol content ot between 9 and 10 %. Also pictured are 3 different types of bottling that I am experimenting with.
This new batch of Volvo B9TL's with Wright 45/29 seat bodies are liveried for the X6 Leeds - Bradford - Huddersfield express service. Seen on Bradford Road, Huddersfield on 18th April 2008.
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in 5th Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
New batch with new energy. A group of new students who have joined September’s 300-hour yoga teacher training course, today participated in the religious opening fire ceremony at AYM Yoga School amidst the Himalayas in Rishikesh. They participated in the religious yajna that was held to mark the occasion and to purify their hearts and souls by Yogi Chetan Mahesh. Join us for upcoming Yoga TTC in Rishikesh, India, www.indianyogaassociation.com #Yoga #WelcomeCeremony #YogaIndia #300HourYoga #YTTC #Rishikesh #AYMYogaSchool
Hunting with birds and dogs. A small museum by the town hall full of Islamic Art. Well worth a visit. As everywhere in Merida helpful friendly person on the desk.
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in 5th Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
For Fashionably Late
CHIC's Fashionably Late weekly event has started back up again for the new year! Each week a new batch of designers will put out a brand new and exclusive item.
This time around I'm offering up my very first go at dresses. It's a mini dress with short sleeves and a narrow leather belt detail. The skirt and sleeves are prims :)
Taxi to * RezIpsa Loc * @ Fashionably Late:
UPDATE!
Apparently there was some kind of glitch in the way Etsy pulled the entries for the initial selection round. A new batch of semi-finalists has been announced and I'm in it! You can VOTE NOW for my piece. Read more on my blog. Spread the word and thank you SO much! :)
This is my entry for the NASA/Etsy Space Craft Contest. It's a high texture hand embroidery of the moon. I didn't make it to the voting round, but you can read more about that and get some great space and embroidery resources over on my blog. You can read more about the project on its Etsy listing page. :)
Stitches used: chain stitch, stem stitch, satin stitch, split stitch, french knot, bullion knot, button hole wheel, button hole wheel cups, button hole, Portuguese stem stitch.
I blogged about all the stitches I used in the Moon project.
Threads used: stranded cotton embroidery floss, pearl cotton, rayon, silk,
Light beading.
Blogged about the class in which I started my embroidery of the moon
This new batch of Volvo B9TL's with Wright 45/29 seat bodies are liveried for the X6 Leeds - Bradford - Huddersfield exress service. Seen on Braford Road, Huddersfield on 18th April 2008.
New batch of thread colors to be used for making wholesale orders this Spring. I love this thread, it's rayon and the colors are bright and lovely, it's also strong and shiny.
STOP DRIVING.
When I first visited Berkeley, all the STOP signs had stickers on them. "STOP Nuclear War," "STOP Eating Animals," etc. I imagined what it would be like as a kid growing up in Berkeley, then going out into the world and wondering why there were no messages on the STOP signs.
At some point the stickers vanished. Then, in the late 1990s, a new batch of stickers mysteriously appeared and many signs in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco carried a vélorutionary "STOP Driving" message.
Nowadays the stickers appear to have been replaced by stencils with the same message. I've seen three distinct stencils.
Shot on a Canon a4e, with "new batch" Agfa Ct Precisa. Over exposed by a stop, I think. Although I suspect my metering was off.
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in 5th Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in Whiskey Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
Everyone knows that Goo is the classic insomnia strain. But our Goo is special. The aroma is stunning! The effect is transcendent! This new batch rates with the best Goo I've ever had and I'm a big Goo fan. Goo is a cross between Hindu-Kush and Blueberry. It is the genetics of each parent that is the key, and these genetics are superb. But good genetics can amount to nothing if the grower falls down on basic issues of nutrients, care, harvest-timing and curing. This grower gets gold stars from me all the way around. When Goo is perfectly done you'll detect something akin to pancakes and chocolate behind the blueberry. I swear I can smell chocolate pancakes among the cherries, blueberries and spice in this strain. The flavor is like the finest hash and spice (use a clean pipe or unflavored rolling paper). Now for the effects: Smiley, giggley, happy bordering on silly. Like a vacation from all the stresses in your life. You can take a deep breath and a full exhale and feel like everything is okay in your life. Then you'll sleep like a baby. Don't try to do math, you'll just draw happy faces. Don't try to have a conference call, you'll just imitate the voices of the people on the other end. Along with the two OG's in our menu, this Goo is one of the best nighttime strains I've ever experienced. Enjoy!
There are between 50 and 60 butterflies in the UK and Ireland, some are more common than others, and of the rarer species, some like to bask, while others play hard to get.
Or see.
Of the latter is the Purple Emperor, which emerges for a few weeks in high summer, spending most of its time in the tree tops of sallow trees feeding on aphid honeydew.
But sometimes males come down to ground, so can be snapped. Over the years, various lures or substances, mostly fish-derived, have been tried to lure the butterflies down. And last week, a friend tried his brew, named "butterfly juice", and got at least two males to land in the car park of a country park and stay for over 15 minutes.
As that was just two days before, I said I would go up, and Billy armed with a new batch of juice would meet up and we hoped that the weather would play ball.
This meant having to get up promptly, get to Tesco, have breakfast and be out before half eight to travel to west Kent to be there to meet Billy.
We had a load of stuff to get at Tesco, so took a half hour to get round, spending what seems like a king's ransom for a week's provisions and supplies.
Jools decided to download Windows 11, but the final stage created a loop of requests, so she had to go into town to drop it off to be fixed, but said she was happy for me to go on my own to chase butterflies.
The forecast had not mentioned rain, or strong winds, but it seems no one told the weather.
Travelling up the M20, I went through two heavy showers, and when I got to the park, the ground was wet for another recent shower.
I met up with another snapper, Mike, and he showed me where the tree was near the car park where the males had come down from on Thursday.
It was cool, breezy and of the Emperor there was no sign.
We wandered round the meadows surrounding the trees, and found Meadow Browns, Ringlets and Gatekeepers, and when the sun came out, a single Silver Washed Fritillary and a White Admiral were seen, though only at a distance.
Billy arrived at 11, and dropped the juice, on the ground where he had on Thursday.
The strong winds blew clouds across the sky, brief periods of blue sky brought sunshine and clouds of brown butterflies.
A while later, we set off on the circular walk which shortly brought us to another of the hotspots, the cross roads of four tracks with hogweed in the centre, perfect for snapping basking butterflies and sever White Legged Damselflies, an uncommon species, but frequently seen here.
The sun came out, so I stayed there while the others walked off. So it was that I was buzzed by a single Purple Emperor, the only sighting of the day, as it swooped past me, the upper winds reflected bright purple. I swung round, but it was gone.
And that was that.
And then the rain came.
I had gone to meet with the others, so we had to shelter for twenty minutes under a tree, while day turned to night and the rain hammered down.
The sun came out and brought brilliant bright light, so we walked back to the car park, I waited half an hour more to see if the sun would come back.
It didn't.
So, I said goodbye and began to long drive back home.
Before leaving home I had checked the area for churches, and two sprung up: Shipbourne and Plaxtol, both were either on the road back home, or just off it.
Shipbourne is a small village set round a large area of grass that I guess was, and maybe still is, common grazing land. It is now a destination for dogwalkers judging by the cars, but of the church there was no sign.
I took the road north, came to to the edge of the village and there was still no church. I turned round and went back, and over the tree tops I could see the tower of the church. Back by the village pub, and behind it, was the church, accessible via a short lane with parking spaces.
I drove in, parked up grabbed all my camera gear and walked to the lych gate. A walker held it open for me, the church rose close the other side, reaching for the skies.
Along the path, I came to the porch with its very welcoming sign saying "church open".
St Giles, the current one, is at least the third church on the site, and when built at the end of the 19th century, the 18th century one was demolished along with the village pub. Leaving what we see now, a fine Victorian church, with just the one surviving memorial from the previous building, and filled with good Victorian glass and light.
On the way up, there was a queue of six miles of trucks for the port, so I drove back along the Alkham Valley, through River and up Whitfield Hill, getting back just before three, in time for a brew.
I had some cheese and crackers and a brew, as Jools had already eaten.
Then at five the football: England v Switzerland.
Two evenly matched teams, that cancelled each other out. Ten minutes to go, the Swiss scored thanks to a defensive lapse, and it all looked lost. But 5 minutes later, Saka cut in from the right and curled a shot into the far corner to level things.
It stayed that was to the end of normal time, and extra time, which meant penalties.
I had used the BBC i player to watch the BBC whilst listening to the commentary from Radio 5, this is usually a few seconds behind the actual TV feed, but a technical issue meant it was closer to two minutes. Which meant when the winning penalty went in in real time, our TV was two penalties behind, so heard the cheers from Bev and Steve next door. And I was watching the feed from the BBC website, which meant I knew when a penalty was missed or not.
Long gone are the days when this would have meant a defeat, so it was England scored all five of theirs, but the Swiss missed their first, so Trent Alexander Arnold hammered the winning spot kick to send England into the semi finals.
Almost straight away the last quarter final, Netherlands v Türkiye kicked off, and a great game it was, end to end stuff with lots of shots.
The Turks scored and looked like they would cling on, but two goals in five minutes in the last quarter put the Oranj armie through to play England on Wednesday.
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The church of St. Giles in Shipbourne, near Tonbridge, overlooks a large open common. Its history is intertwined with the large nearby country estate of Fairlawne, and in 1879-81 the then owners, the Cazelet family, paid for the previous church to be completely demolished and rebuilt. The original church was a small 14th century chapel which was itself replaced between 1721-22 with a Palladian church designed by architect James Gibbs which was paid for by Fairlawne's previous owners, the Lord Barnard, Christopher Vane. Nothing structural remains of either Gibbs' church or the medieval church it replaced; only a large monument to Christopher Vane (died 1723) and his wife and daughter (both named Elizabeth). This monument, carved by Michael Rysbrack, was rehoused in the south transept of the Victorian church we see today. The church is built of local Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings. The style is based on 13th century Gothic and it has a Normanesque capped central tower. The architects are quite obscure: they are listed simply as Mann and Saunders. It could be that this pairing were William G. Saunders and F. Mann. Both worked in Sussex around the same period. The interior has hardly changed since it was built. The total cost was £20,000 - a huge sum at the time, indicating that the Cazelet family of Fairlawne had sufficient wealth to pay for it! Various monuments and plaques in the chancel are dedicated to members of this family including a recent one to Peter Cazelet (died 1973) who trained the Queen Mother's racehorses. The church is of a cruciform shape with a central tower. The transepts are small, with the south transept being used as a small chapel, as well as housing the Vine monument dedicated to the Fairlawne estate's former owners and the benefactors of the first rebuilding of the church. The north transept holds the organ and contains a small vestry with a turreted staircase leading to the tower. The stained-glass windows are German in design, emanating from the workshops of Mayer of Munich. The nave and chancel are beautifully decorated throughout with an eccentric mix of stencilling and sgraffito. The west wall has an intriguing set of canopied and pinnacled wooden stalls running the entire width of it and sited directly behind the font. This was the baptismal pew used by members of the Cazalet family. The west window above the pew previously contained the family crests and coats-of-arms, although the windows were destroyed in WWII. Photography was all-the-rage among the upper classes in 1881 and the idea was that the Cazelet family and the priest performing the baptism could have the event captured via this new medium using this purpose built baptismal pew located beneath the family heraldry. Text by Rob Baker.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Shipbourne
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SHIPBORNE.
SOUTHWARD from Ightham lies SHIPBORNE, called in the Textus Roffensis, SCRIBURNA.
THIS PARISH lies the greatest part of it below the sand hills, and consequently in that part of this county called the Weald. The village is situated at a small distance southward from the foot of the hill, round Shipborne green, having the church at the west side of it; and about half a mile further westward, near the boundary of the parish, is Budd's green, On the rise of the hill is the mansion of Fairlawn, the offices and great part of the grounds of which are within this parish, where the soil is a clay, being a heavy tillage land; in the southern part, at and about the hill, it is a sand and rock stone; at the southeast part of it there is much coppice wood, a deep and miry country at all times, most of it being exceedingly unpleasant either to live in or to travel through.
The fair continues to be held on the day of St. Giles the abbot, being Sept. 1, yearly.
JOHN DE SAY seems in the reign of Henry III. to have held in Siburne, of the earl of Gloucester, one knight's fee, and the fifth part of one, (fn. 1) which soon afterwards passed to Adam de Bavent, the principal possessions of whose family lay in Sussex and Surry.
Adam de Bavent, in the 12th year of Edward I. obtained a grant of free warren for his lands in Shipborne, and a market to be held weekly on a Monday, at his manor of Shipborne, and one fair yearly on the feast of St. Giles the abbot. In the 28th year of that reign, he was with the king at the siege of Carlaverock, in Scotland.
Hawis, widow of Sir Roger de Bavent, his descendant, in the 36th year of king Edward III. released to the prioress and convent of the priory of Dartford, then newly erected, all her right, in the manor of Shipborne, which that king by his patent of endowment, in his 46th year, confirmed to them, together with all knights fees, and other things belonging to it.
This manor continued part of the possessions of the priory of Dartford till the general dissolution of it in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered into the king's hands, who in his 36th year granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. the manor of Shipborne, late belonging to the monastery of Dartford, and the manor of Shipborne, alias Puttenden, lying on the east side of this parish, next to West Peckham, and late belonging to the monastery of Tunbridge, and the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with all their appurtenances, &c. to hold of the king in capite by knight's service; (fn. 2) Soon after which Anthony Tutsham released all his right and interest in them to Sir Ralf Fane.
He had been knighted at the siege of Bulleyn in 1544, and afterwards for his valour at the battle of Musselborough, in the 1st year of king Edward VI. made a knight banneret; but in the 6th year of that reign, having warmly espoused the interest of the duke of Somerset, he was accused of being an accomplice with him, and being found guilty was hanged on Tower-hill, that year. After his death, without issue, these manors, together with the lands and chapel of Shipborne, came into the possession of Henry Fane, great grandson of Henry Fane, of Hilden, in Tunbridge, who was grandfather of Sir Ralph Fane, above-mentioned.
Henry Fane, esq. was of Hadlow, and after the decease of his father was unwarily drawn into that infurrection raised by Sir Thomas Wyatt, in the 1st year of queen Mary, and being taken was committed to the Tower and attainted, but on consideration of his youth he had pardon, and was released from his imprisonment.
Next year being the 1st and 2d of Philip and Mary, he had a grant of these manors, and chapel of Ship borne, from the queen, to hold to him and his heirs, by the same services, by which they were held before his attainder. He died in 1582, the 25th year of queen Elizabeth, possessed at the time of his death, as appears by the inquisition then taken of these manors.
Henry Fane, his grandson, assumed the name of Vane, the antient one of his ancestors, which his posterity have continued to use ever since.
In the 17th year of king James I. he was knighted at Whitehall, from which time he acted a conspicuous part in the public affairs of this nation, and was chosen to sit in every succeeding parliament, both in that and the next reign. King Charles I. entrusted him much in different negociations with foreign princes, made him cofferer of his houshold, and of his privy council, and in 1632 one of the commissioners for executing the office of lord high admiral. He was afterwards much employed in commissions of the greatest weight, with others of the highest office and quality, and was made comptroller of the houshold, at which time he purchased of Sir George Chowne, THE MANSION OF FAIRLAWN, with the lands belonging to it, situated in the borough of Plaxtool, in Wrotham and this parish. (fn. 3) After which he was made treasurer of the king's houshold, and principal secretary of state, and empowered to hold those two offices together.
But not long after, on his appearing forward in the prosecution of the earl of Strafford, who had implacably offended him, by obtaining the title of baron Raby, which was Sir Henry's house, and an honor which he had hopes of acquiring himself, the king took such umbrage at it, that he removed him from all his places, and Sir Henry from that time concurred in all the malicious designs of the king's enemies, and forgetting all former obligations, sacrificed every principle of honor and loyalty to his implacable thirst of revenge; but in the end, finding himself growing into the hatred and contempt of those who had made most use of him, as well as of his own son, (fn. 4) he retired to his seat of Raby-castle, in the bishopric of Durham, where he died in the latter end of the year 1654. He left several sons and daughters, of whom Henry became his heir, and George was of Long Melford, in Durham. (fn. 5)
Henry Vane, esq. succeeded his father in his estate, in Shipborne. He had been knighted at Whitehall in 1640, but from his education at Geneva had imbibed such a sharp prejudice and bitterness, as well against regal government as the hierarchy of the church, and this being heightened by the king's giving away the barony of Raby from his family, that following his inclination, he associated with the most discontented persons of that time, so that he became one of the most inveterate of the independent and republican faction. He had been made by the king joint treasurer of the navy, by the interest of the earl of Northumberland, during which he affected to be satisfied with government, and afterwards, when his real inclinations came to be more openly known, he was intrusted with the same office solely by the appointment of the parliament. On the restoration of king Charles II. being excepted out of the general pardon, he was committed to prison, where he was kept some time, and at length being brought to his trial, he was convicted of high treason, and receiving sentence of death, was executed on Tower-hill in 1662. Thomas Vane, esq. his eldest son, succeeded his father in his estates in this parish. He married Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Liddel, of Ravensworth, in Durham, and died without issue, on which his estates devolved to his brother Christopher Vane, esq. who was of Fairlawn, and was afterwards knighted by Charles II. In 1688, he was made by king James of his privy council, and in the 10th year of king William III. anno 1699, created lord Barnard, of Barnard castle, in the bishopric of Durham. (fn. 6)
He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Gilbert Holles, earl of Clare, and sister and coheir of John, duke of Newcastle, by whom he left surviving two sons, Gilbert and William, and a daughter Grace. He died at his seat of Fairlawn, in 1723, and was buried in the new church of Shipborne, built by his own bounty. On which Gilbert, his eldest son, succeeded him in title, and in his estates in the north, and William, his second son, became possessed of his father's estates in Shipborne, Plaxtool, and elsewhere in this county.
The arms of the several branches of the Fanes, or Vanes, are three gauntlets, though differently borne. The earl of Westmoreland bears, Azure, three dexter gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or; as did the lord viscount Fane, a descendant of the same branch. The earl of Darlington bears, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, with their backs affrontee, or. And lord viscount Vane bore, Azure, three sinister gauntlets, or, on a canton ermine, a pile sable, charged with a mullet of five points, argent.
William Vane, esq. the second son, was of Fairlawn, and was chosen to serve in parliament for Durham, in the year 1708, and in 1720 was created viscount Vane, and baron of Duncannon, of Tyrone, in Ireland. He died suddenly of an apoplexy at Fairlawn, May 20, 1734, having on the Friday before, the 17th, been declared duly elected to serve in parliament for this county, and was buried in Shipborne church. Upon which, William Hollis Vane, his only surviving son, became his father's heir, and succeeded him in titles and estate. He married Frances, daughter of Francis Hawes, esq. one of the South Sea directors in 1720, and widow of lord William Hamilton, younger brother of James, duke of Hamilton, by whom he had no issue, and dying in 1789, by his will gave these manors, his seat of Fairlawn, and the rectory of the chapel of Shipborne, among his other estates to David Papillon, esq. of Acrise, the present possessor of them.
BUDDS is a hamlet in this parish, lying about three quarters of a mile westward from Shipborne church, where a family of the name of Collins formerly dwelt. Henry Collins resided here in the reigns of king Henry VIII. king Edward VI. queen Mary, and queen Elizabeth, and dying in the 35th year of the latter, was buried in this church. His eldest son, Richard Collins, gent. was likewise of Budds. They bore for their arms, Vert, a griffin segreant, or, beaked argent, gorged with a coronet of the third. How long it continued afterwards in this name I have not found, but John Turner, gent. in the reign of king James I. resided at Budds, and bore for his arms, Argent and ermine, three fer de molins, or, a pale counterchanged in fess, on a chief, or, a lion passant guardant between two roses. It is now the property of George Children, esq. of Tunbridge.
Charities.
FRANCIS COLLINS, by will in 1599, gave for the use of the poor the annual sum of 1l. charged on the house called the Bull inn, in Rochester, and 2l. likewise on lands in Gillingham, vested in Mr. Page.
N. B. This last pays the land tax, and the two bequests by journeys, expences, &c. reduces them to the annual produce of 2l. 7s. 6d.
JOHN SWAN gave by will 10l. and his executors by deed in 1614, purchased with it an annuity of 10s. for the use of the poor, charged on lands in this parish, vested in the heirs of John Bellingham, lately deceased, and now of that annual produce.
STEPHEN FREMLYN, by will in 1717, gave by deed, for the use of the poor, the annual sum of 1l. to be paid out of lands and tenements in this parish, vested in Mr. William Collias, and now of that annual produce.
SHIPBORNE is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDISCTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Malling.
The church is dedicated to St. Giles, and is a neat fabric. It was entirely rebuilt from the ground by the bounty of Christopher, lord Barnard, in the beginning of this century.
It was antiently esteemed as a chapel to the church of Tunbridge, and paid six-pence chrism rent to the mother church of the diocese.
John, bishop of Rochester, in the 7th year of king Edward II. certified to the king's treasurer and barons of the exchequer, in obedience to the king's writ, directed to him for that purpose, that the prior of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem had within his diocese the appropriation of the church of Tonebregge, with the chapels of Schibourne and St. Thomas the Martyr, which was worth yearly thirty-four marcs, being part of the antient possessions of that hospital, and upon a like writ in the 20th year of Edward III. Hamo, bishop of Rochester, certified to the king's treasurer, &c. a like return. (fn. 7)
The chapel of Shipborne belonged to that part of their revenues which was under the cognizance of their preceptory or commendary of Peckham, otherwise called the chantry magistrale in this neighbourhood, and it remained part of the possessions of the abovementioned hospital till the time of its dissolution in the 32d year of king Henry VIII. when this order of knights was suppressed by an act then specially passed for that purpose, by which all their lands and revenues, &c. were given to the king and his heirs for ever. After which the king, in his 36th year, granted to Sir Ralph Fane, and Anthony Tutsham, esq. among other premises in this parish, the lands and chapel of Shipborne, with their appurtenances, in fee, to hold in capite by knight's service. (fn. 8) Soon after which, Anthony Tutsham released all his interest in them to Sir Ralph Fane, in whose family they continued, as has been already fully related in the account of the manor of Shipborne, down to William Holles viscount Vane, who devised them by will to David Papillon, esq. the present owner of them.
This chapel is now esteemed as a curacy, and is not in charge in the king's books. It pays a fee-farm rent of eight shillings yearly to the crown.
The bottom card is the messed-up batch. The fronts were mis-cut and the black and white images were not very saturated and pixelated. Then I looked on the back and there was the whole phone number issue. Hmm. Not Good for a business card.
The new batch is at the top - all seven digits this time, and I decided not to print B&W to avoid what is probably a printing issue at Moo. Colour is brilliant, black and white kinda sucks.
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in 5th Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in 5th Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
Al novembre del 2.014, es van incorporar una nova remesa de Volvo B12 B LE Sunsundegui Astral procedents de l'empresa Damas (H) que van ser numerats del 955 al 963.
En noviembre del 2.014, se incorporaron una nueva remesa de Volvo B12 B LE Sunsundegui Astral procedentes de la empresa Damas ( H) que fueron numerados del 955 al 963.
In November 2014, a new batch of Volvo B12 B LE Sunsundegui Astral from the company Damas (H) was incorporated and numbered from 955 to 963.
A new batch of the warming spice mix, ready to roast (almost - I took the seeds out of the cardamom hulls before actually roasting - but this makes for a better photo, don't you think?)
Detroit, Michigan
November 9, 2010
Jumped on the 265 SMART bus in Westland at 8:30am and took it to Fairlane for the 200 bus to Michigan Avenue and Michigan Central Station. Cannondale 1FG on front of the bus. I hit MCS and then jumped on Rosa Parks. As I approached Fort Street, 15 minutes into the ride, I hear the rear tire spewing air. Chunk of glass.
Fixed that and hit some fun places. The Detroiter Bar, Detroit Beer Company and The Detroit Pub provided fuel for the ride. Detroit Beer Company was boiling up a new batch IPA and Broadway all the way to Grand Circus Park was smelling like roses.
Caught a crew setting up a set for Detroit 1-8-7 not too far from The Detroit Athletic Club.
Mountain biking Detroit rocks. Just remember a camera.
A new batch of Wright Eclipse 2 bodied Volvo B7RLEs arrived in early 2009 in a new maroon & red livery for the Mainline service between Padiham, Burnley, Nelson & Colne. 1855, FJ58 LSO is pictured on layover at Burnley bus station whilst on crew familiarisation duties prior to entering service.
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in Whiskey Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
Nag Champa.. its a scent that sends me into a nostalgia whirlwind... i can remember the very first time i smelled it and fell in love... it was the 7th grade and my dad took me to scope out the Grateful Dead crowd... i wasnt sure what exactly i was smelling... it was hard to extract it from the mixture of pot and patchouli oil... i did notice it though... years went by and a trip to the mystic shop The Psychic Eye reintroduced me to that aromatic bliss... since then my highschool gal pals and i had visited often and i would scoop up a new batch of their incense sticks....
sadly...since ive been such a busy mommy i havent had the chance to make it to that shop as often as id like... however today... it dawned on me that I AM FREE!!!! kids are in school!! i am a lady of leziure!! i can go Anywhere!!! so what did i do?! i headed right on down to The Psychic Eye and spent an hour drifting slowly from isle to isle taking it all in... there were books and candles and crystals and spells... but Best of all... there were incense... MY incense!!
umm umm umm!!! i left there a Very happy girl!!! came home and lit one up and fell in love All over again ;) ;) ;)
Monsterpalooza is a massive sculture, creature effects, horror, and sci-fi trade show held yearly in Burbank, CA. Not only will you find industry celebrities there, but also some of the most amazing sculpts and mixed-media artwork from your favorite films and TV shows. While Hollywood tends to glorify only the actors, shows like Monsterpalooza allow you to interact with the people behind the film; those who truly make a film come to life.
The Matchbox VW Beetle 4X4 has has been around since 2007 having replaced an earlier similar looking casting. Definitely more Baja in appearance with its massively raised ride height and close together repositioned headlights its the type of vehicle which definitely suits its new Beach Patrol Rescue themed livery.
Part of 2024 Case L sourced directly from the US as that year was very problematic for UK collectors in finding new batches here.
Mint and boxed.
Here is another one I finally finished recently. I've been cutting, shaping and running out of time whenever I go to the clubhouse. Then the next time there, I do the same thing with a new batch. I actually went back and finished this one.
It is a true free-form. I rescued what I could from between the pits and fractures, and ended up with some nice plumes, a small fortification and a little bit of druzy material.
t's from yet another piece of trim I found in the rockyard, and I have a few more cabs left in what I was able to scavenge.
This is the second test shot "selfie" of a new batch of Arista Ortho Litho film that I got in the other day.
I developed this in a 1+150 dilution of Rodinal at 68 degrees for 7 minutes and then fixed with TF-4 for 7 minutes. It definitely brought out more detail in the highlights than the one developed for 10 minutes. I may do another one and try for 5 minutes just to see what happens.
This one had some interesting artifacts show up and I'm not really sure where they came from. There is a line along the left side of the image that appears under-developed, some marks on the shadow side of the face and a line along the transfer edge between the diffused highlight and the shadow that looks almost like the Sabatier Effect. Not sure where these came from but they are kind of cool looking.
I shot this on my Cambo 4x5 with my Schneider-Kreuznach 210mm 5.6 lens. I stood about 1 1/2 to 2 feet away from the camera so that I could reach the shutter release cable, so the depth of field is razor thin - maybe about a centimeter. I managed to get my eye pretty well in focus, but I had to fire the strobe three times during the exposure and I wasn't perfectly still so there is some movement evident there.
I lit the image with my Paul C Buff White Lightning X1600 at full power with a 47 inch gridded octabox about a foot and a half away. I rated the film at about ISO 3 and had to fire the strobe 3 times at full power with the aperture set wide open at 5.6 to achieve the calculated exposure (It's actually about 4/10 of a stop over exposed)
Finished a new batch of 1:6 Scale 1978 Super Outfits
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Grizzly sow (female) 399, as she's known by her wildlife management number, has been a celebrity in Grand Teton National Park since 2006 when she first appeared close to the road where visitors could watch her with, that year, three brand new cubs (cubs-of-the-year, aka, COYs). Since then she has reliably appeared in the same area after emerging from hibernation in a winter den safely out of view in the back country. Every three years she has produced a new litter of cubs, though as is typical with wild bears, some were lost before they reached maturity.
This spring 399 emerged with two nearly-grown cubs (born in 2017) and "liberated" them, that is, she kicked them out as they are old enough to take care of themselves. They had already disappeared into the woods by the time we got there, but she remained in the area where she could be easily observed and where she attracted and welcomed the attentions of a boar (male bear 679) nicknamed Bruno. We were treated to glimpses of their sweet courtship and fully expect to see 399 in the spring of 2020 with new babies. 399 and Bruno parted ways shortly after breeding and will go their separate ways until she becomes receptive again when her new batch of cubs becomes independent in 2022, if all goes well.
Aberdeen Daimler CVG6 / Metro-Cammell 279 (ORG 279), new in 1960, at Byron Square in 1965. One of a batch of twelve buses, 276 - 287 (ORG 276 - 287), that entered service in July 1960.
This bus was the penultimate grey roof repaint. The last grey roof repaint was 1950 Daimler CVG6 / Weymann 98 (DRS 298), which four years later would become the last bus to gain a cream roof in 1968. It was 1964 when roofs started to be painted cream when 1957 AEC Regent V / Park Royal 254 (KRS 254) was out-shopped from its second repaint.
279 was one of eight buses to have painted Prudential adverts. Paper adverts of the same style had been fixed to eight buses in 1964, most of these adverts, if not all eight, featured on the then new batch of buses 317 - 324 (VRS 317 - 324). The corners of the paper adverts were squared, while painted ones were rounded - like 279 as shown here.
322 was the only one of the VRS batch that subsequently got the painted version of the advert in lieu of a paper one. Others buses to have painted adverts applied were 326, 327, 328, 329 & 332 of the 1965 batch 325 - 332 (CRG 325C – CRG 332C), and 272 (MRS 272) a 1959 AEC Regent V.
In mid 1965 when the newer buses had received their painted adverts, there was a period when a total of thirteen adverts featured across the fleet while five buses remaining with paper adverts (317, 318, 320, 321 and 324) awaited replacement adverts from other contractors.
This was the first, and my favourite, of three styles of painted Prudential adverts which I remember on the Aberdeen fleet. The "Ask the man from the Prudential" advert was a colourful one with main background colours of cream, yellow and white with "Ask the man from the" in black, and "PRUDENTIAL" in red lettering shaded in black. The image of a man was applied by transfer.
The second advert was another colourful one featuring a pale blue and white background, a black arrow shape upon which "PERSONAL SERVICE", in white letters, and "where you want it - when you want it", in yellow letters below, pointing towards "Prudential Motor Insurance" in red lettering on a white rectangle.
The third version, which was uninspiring with no visual impact, had a red base with white lettering - "PRUDENTIAL for all your insurance needs".
In 1965 the area behind 279 started to be developed for the new Lord Byron pub. I'm not sure if the pub remains, but 279 doesn't, being withdrawn in 1977 after transfer to Grampian Regional Transport in May 1975 when that organisation assumed control of the former ACT operation.
Arriva London have resumed receipt of new batches of double deckers. Some DWs are going on to the 29 temporarily and here is DW500 at Finsbury Park on its way to Wood Green. It's a Wrightbus 2DL / Gemini 2.
Another new batch of Bombardier 'Traxx' machines, another new livery for private open access freight firm Crossrail AG! Leased from Beacon Rail (ex-BTMU), E185 Class electric No. 91 80 6185 597-2 D-XRAIL is one of 12 locos to wear the familiar Crossrail branding, but this time on a red, black and silver backdrop. The F140 AC2 was photographed departing Mainz-Bischofsheim Yard, Germany, on April 23rd, 2009. Crossrail also does... red, white and black!
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via Instagram ift.tt/1V1o1Aw — Caterpillar with parasitic wasps about to hatch... Or as @sodakmade likes to say, this guy is wearing a snowsuit. The general rule on the farm is that there is no such thing as a good caterpillar... Unless it's about to hatch a new batch of wasps....
I was informed that the best version of these popular maki can be found at Tora Sushi. When I got tot the counter, the sushi chef was beginning to prepare a new batch of california rolls and so I waited until they were done before placing my order. Everything was soft (in a good way) and fresh. The roe was super fresh and popped like pop rocks in my mouth. Since the rice was still warm (and soft), I found the rolls more filling than normal maki with semi-dried rice granules (did I lose anyone there?). Were they the best california maki ever? No. But were they pretty good? Yes.
Tora Sushi (in J-Town)
3160 Steeles Ave. E., Unit 6-11
Markham, ON
(905) 948-8047