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Testing Olympus OM30
Film stock: Kodak Vision 2383 Color Cine Print Film
ISO: 3-6
Format: 135
Camera: Olympus OM30
Lens: MC Zelar Auto Zoom 35-70mm 1:3.5-4.5 Macro
Digitised: Plustek 8100
Developer: Caffenol C-L (minus restrainer)
Time: 35 min @ 24 degC semi-stand
Caffenol is generally a one shot developer but I was too lazy to make up a new batch so I reused a batch from developing another roll (developer was <1hr old). The negative came out thinner than usual but I was still able to extract reasonable images.
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
Delarge T-shirts. New batch of tees coming soon to www.delarge.co.uk
Photo: garage-studios.co.uk
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
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
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
2024 has been a truly dire year for UK Matchbox collectors in terms of finding new batches of basic mainlines in our stores. So much so that all but two mixes i've had to source online so it was with some relief that I found large amounts of Case K at various French Action discount stores. Not only that but their price made them equivalent to just over 1.00 making them pretty much HALF the price we Brits pay!
With its rather challenging red coloured glazing and a fairly unappetising turquoise coloured Forest Ranger themed livery I didn't feel the need to pick up too many of these new Ford Police Interceptors. The casting itself is still a favourite for many and with the help of some added DIY detailing to its front end i've managed to make it more palatable.
Mint and boxed.
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in Whiskey Training Company, during a Route March with full equipment– March 2011
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
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.
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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.
One new batch of 9 vehicles to come straight to Harlow were these new Darts and one of their regular haunts was the 392, which at the time ran all the way through from Old Harlow Churchgate Street to Hertford. They were to remain at Harlow, largely intact, until withdrawal.
Lancashire United has recently placed a new batch of Optare Tempos into service on route 225 between Clitheroe, Whalley, Blackburn, Darwen & Bolton for which they are branded, one of which is 1301, YJ60 KAA pictured at Blackburn Boulevard bus station on a Clitheroe bound journey.
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.
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in Whiskey Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
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 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
New Batch of National Service Recruits just starting out on their Basic Military Training in 5th Training Company, Singapore Army – March 2011
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.
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.
I blogged about all the stitches I used in the Moon project.
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.
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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!
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.
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.
A short drive away, on a sharp bend, a sign points to Plaxtol. A small village but with a church and a new one for me.
The church has no dedication, as it was built during Cromwell's Commonwealth, so is austere and without much decoration, and is remarkably untouched.
I find a place to park outside, the small village square with the war memorial just in front, and behind, a fine row of Kentish cottages, all with white clapboarding. Of which I should have taken a shot of.
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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Although there is no record of a medieval church here, the present building which dates from 1649 may stand on an early site. It is unusual to find a church of the Commonwealth period and for this reason it is not dedicated to a particular saint. Although the basic hall church remains much rebuilding took place in the nineteenth century, giving the building a strangely urban feel. This is not helped by the fact that it is constructed of regular ragstone blocks which are galletted. The interior is now much lighter than the Victorians left it as war damage has removed most of the stained glass. The main feature of the interior is the hammerbeam roof, painted blue and more practical than decorative, and there is also some foreign wood carving incorporated in the reredos and pulpit
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Plaxtol
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Plaxtol Parish Church is one of very few churches built in the Cromwellian period - sometimes called 'The Republic' or 'The Commonwealth' - between the end of the Civil War (1651) and the Restoration of the Monarchy (1660). As such, it has no patron saint or other doctrinal title. The rather plain, puritan box-like structure was developed in the Tractarian style of the late Victorian era, adding transepts, and a riased chancel and sanctuary. A recent appeal and re-ordering is enabling the introduction of toilets and a kitchenette at the base of the tower, and more versatile and comfortable space. We hope and pray that this will help the church to make the most of its geographical setting in the centre of the village, and to fulfill is calling to be an inclusive and special place at the heart of the community.
www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16927/about-us/
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THE CHAPEL OF PLAXTOOL stands at the west end of the village. It was without any fixed establishment for the maintenance of a minister, or for the repairs of the building itself; and the vicar of Wrotham not being obliged to find a curate, divine service was very seldom, or at least, very irregularly performed in it. To remedy which, Mr. Thomas Stanley, gent. of Hamptons, in 1638, conveyed to Sir Henry Vane, and four other feoffees, a house and two acres of land, valued at upwards of seven pounds per annum, for the use and support of the curate, upon condition that the inhabitants of it should raise the sum of eight pounds annnally for the like purpose; in default of which, or the service of the chapel ceasing, the bequest was to revert to the heirs of the donor.
In the year 1647, an ordinance of parliament passed, to divide this district from the parish of Wrotham, and by it a collection was directed to be made throughout this county towards erecting a parochial church here, and establishing a congregation proportionable to it. In consequence of which the present chapel was erected in 1648, which by an inscription at the east end of it, is said to have been built at the charge of the inhabitants of Hale and Roughway boroughs; but this ordinance being rendered of no effect at the restoration, Plaxtool became again united to Wrotham, and remains so at this time. After which the inhabitants refusing to comply with Mr. Stanley's terms of contributing towards the support of a minister, the vicar of Wrotham allowed a salary of twenty pounds towards it; but Mr. Dalison (whose ancestor had married Mr. Stanley's sole daughter and heir) insisting that as the addition was not made by the inhabitants, the proviso in his bequest was not complied with, and that it reverted to him as heir to the donor; a trial at law was had, when it being determined that the intent of the donor was fully answered, in the sum being given by any person whatsoever, a decree was made for the future payment of it.
This curacy has since been augmented with two hundred pounds from queen Anne's bounty. The curate of it enjoys Mr. Stanley's gift to it, besides a very handsome and adequate salary from the vicar of Wrotham, who appoints the curate from time to time. The present curate is Mr. Thomas Dalison.
There was a house and land, worth about twelve pounds per annum, given by one of the Miller family, which continued to be enjoyed by the curate of Plaxtool, who resided at it till about the year 1750; when, upon some dispute with the vicar of Wrotham on the nominating a person to this curacy, it was withdrawn by Leonard Bartholomew, esq. of Oxenhoath, and has been with-held ever since.
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, during a Route March with full equipment– March 2011
We had a cook out before the UFC fight. My buddy and I just got a new batch of soldiers and we figured it would be a good way to get the new guys to get a chance to hang out and get to know the rest of the guys in our group. So we all chipped in and threw down on some grub.
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BTW, 90 % of the people that attended the party are or were Military cooks. It was our last weekend of freedom from the dining facility. Now its back to the grind. Long hours, occasional weekends, and you can forget about the holidays. Boo.
Route 266 passed from Metroline to First from Saturday 19th May 2012. VN36291, a Wright Gemin2-bodied Volvo B9TL seen in Old Oak Lane just south of Willesden Junction during the afternoon of Monday 21st May, demonstrates the new order.
Most of the Volvos for the 266 originally entered service in early 2012 on high-profile Central London route 23, and a new batch was destined for route 266. A change of plan saw a batch of new Enviro400 Hybrids purchased instead, and these have gone onto route 23 to help alleviate pollution levels in Central London, the nearly-new Volvos being cascaded onto the 266. However five of the Volvos are brand-new, and these can be instantly recognised by their '12' registrations.
The houses are some of a number of railway cottages that were built by the London North Western Railway in the 1880s to house its workers. They now form the Old Oak Conservation Area.