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I just noticed this number on a retail store, and checked the group to see if we were still stuck at 3490, and we were! Carry on!
Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha with their new baby daughter Florence Rose Endellion outside Number10. 3 September 2010, Crown Copyright.
Southeastern's class 375 dual voltage Electrostar electric multiple unit (EMU) number 375604 comprised of coaches 67804, 74253, 74254 and 67854 works 2K16 from London Victoria to Dover Priory on 10 December 2015. Owned by and leased from Eversholt Rail Group (formerly HSBC Rail) 375604 was built by Bombardier Transportation (previously ADtranz) assembled at Litchurch Lane Works, Derby between 1999 and 2001 the traction motors, train control and communications equipment having been manufactured at Vasteras, Sweden.
According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;
London Victoria [VIC] 6.....1034.........................1042...........................8L
Voltaire Road Junction.....1038 1/2...................1046 1/4.....................7L
Brixton [BRX]........................1040 1/2..................1049...........................8L
Denmark Hill [DMK] 2........1043 1/2/1044 1/2..NoRep/1052.............7L
Crofton Road Junction......1045 1/2...................1053 1/4.....................7L
Peckham Rye [PMR] 4.......1046.........................1053 3/4....................7L
Nunhead [NHD] 2...............1047 1/2...................1055 1/4.....................7L
Bellingham [BGM]...............1052.........................1059 3/4....................7L
Shortlands Junction...........1054 1/2...................1101 3/4......................7L
Shortlands [SRT].................1055.........................1102 1/2......................7L
Bromley South [BMS] 4.....1057/1058...............1103 1/2/1104 1/2......6L
Bickley Junction[XLY].......1100 1/2...................1107............................6L
St Mary Cray Junction.......1101 1/2.....................1108 1/4.....................6L
Swanley [SAY] 4..................1107 1/2/1108 1/2....1115 3/4/1115 3/4.......7L
Fawkham Junction ............1116...........................1123.............................7L
Sole Street [SOR] 2............1124 1/2/1125..........1135/1136...................11L
Rochester Bridge Jn..........1135 1/2....................1143.............................7L
Rochester [RTR] 3..............1137 1/2/1138 1/2....1144 1/2/1146.............7L
Chatham [CTM] 2...............1140/1141..................1147 1/2/1148 1/4.......7L
Gillingham [GLM] 3.............1144 1/2/1145 1/2....1151 1/2/1152 3/4.......7L
Rainham [RAI] 2...................1149 1/2/1150..........1156 1/2/1157.............7L
Sittingbourne [SIT] 2..........1158/1159.................1203 1/2/1204 1/4...5L
Faversham [FAV] 3.............1206 1/2/1208........1215 1/4/1216 1/2......8L
Canterbury East [CBE] 2...1219/1220 1/2.........1227 3/4/1228 3/4..8L
Shepherds Well [SPH] 2...1229 1/2...................1237............................7L
Dover Priory [DVP] 3..........1237.........................1245 1/2....................8L
There was a snap frost a few days ago and the temperature suddenly plummeted to below freezing. Everything was misty and grey and covered with frozen rime, so I took a few shots on the way in to work...
This 1974 Citroën CX 2000 is the oldest known CX in the world. Its production number is 0048.
Oswald Jones, who also bought the first DS and SM in the UK, saw this car at the Earls Court Motorshow in 1974 and bought the car.
The car is left hand drive, as there was no RHD available yet at the time.
Since a few years this car is now in the Netherlands.
ICCCR 2016, Netherlands.
Video: youtu.be/zysttFiA0yY
Crystal lent me a little black dress. I don't really like black, it doesn't show any curves. I have too few to conceal! But this doesn't look too bad.
I found some new little creatures called Moops that look an awful like Simon's vintage Glooks. The Moops are much smaller though. That's why I took photos of them with all of my little creatures. <3
vicolo ad Albissola Marina da piazza Nostra Signora della Concordia - Riviera ligure di ponente
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GRG26/5/4 Photographic Portraits of South Australian Soldiers, Sailors and Nurses who took part in World War One
Number 10 BRINDAL, Sidney Gordon
26th Field Artillery Battery, 7th Brigade, 3rd Dividion
Place of birth: St Peters
Residence: Henley Beach South
SRSA ref: GRG26/5/4/10
Another taken for the background as the new school is under construction although the area to the left of the photo where the construction vehicles is actually the new car park, what I hadn’t realised is the size and volume of the trees in the background. This is a 2010 view and the last I have at this spot, I must take another up to date view but it’s not that easy to find anything but a similar Enviro 400 on the 231 these days.
I have not edited these shots in any particular order, so, in the end I miss out some, or post others twice or even more. But, it was such an experience, saw so many wonderful things, I could post everything at once, but trying not to.
Anyway, on with the show, and some more wide angle shots with the camera on a rickety tripod.
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Christianity reached Roman Britain in the second-century AD. A number of Roman artefacts - pots, tiles and glass - have been found in excavations around St Paul’s, however no evidence has emerged that the site of St Paul’s, as once believed, was ever used for a Roman temple. The official withdrawal of Roman administration in 410 AD did not end Christian belief in England but it was to be almost two hundred years before St Paul’s Cathedral was founded. The two names most associated with the establishment of the first St Paul’s are Saint Mellitus and Saint Erkenwald. The former, a monk who arrived in Britain with Saint Augustine on a mission from Rome instigated by Pope Gregory the Great, founded St Paul’s in 604 AD. The latter was the Abbot of Chertsey whose consecration as Bishop of London in 675 AD, following the city’s brief return to paganism, confirmed the return of the Roman Church to London. The earliest Cathedral buildings were relatively short-lived structures, repeatedly damaged by fires and Viking attacks. It was the Cathedral begun in about 1087 AD by Bishop Maurice, Chaplain to William the Conqueror, which would provide the longest standing home for Christian worship on the site to date, surviving for almost six hundred years.
1087–1559: Medieval Splendour
The Cathedral quire was the first part of the new building to be completed in 1148, enabling the Cathedral to function as a place of worship as quickly as possible. Up to the Reformation of the Church in England St Paul’s was a Catholic cathedral in which the celebration of the Mass, the preaching of sermons, the veneration of many saints, shrines, reliquaries, chapels, the observance of Saints’ feast days, masses for the dead said in chantry chapels, a wooden cross known as a rood, and a chapel devoted to The Virgin, all played a part in the liturgical life of the building. A great deal of public activity also took place; although not always welcomed by those looking after the Cathedral, trade, sports and ball games were common and a north/south route through the Cathedral transepts was used as a general thoroughfare. Paul’s Cross was an important feature of Cathedral life from at least the mid thirteenth-century. It was an outdoor covered pulpit from which proclamations were made and leading prelates expounded, often controversially, on theology and politics. It ceased to be used in the 1630s, and stood in the north churchyard until 1642.
The Cathedral School was re-established with new statutes just to the east of Paul’s Cross in 1512 by John Colet (1466–1519) a Renaissance scholar and friend of Erasmus who viewed education as prerequisite for spiritual regeneration.
All of these enterprises, the spiritual, the educational, and the civic, took place within or beside the largest building in medieval England: longer, taller and wider than the present building and richly decorated.
The reign of King Henry VIII saw the beginning of the end for many aspects of the religious life of the building associated with Roman Catholicism. The shrine of St Erkenwald was plundered and waves of iconoclasm followed in which shrines and images were destroyed. The full suppression of Catholic worship and fittings was carried out under Edward VI by the first Protestant Bishop of London, Nicholas Ridley, who was martyred by Mary I's government in 1555. After a restoration of Catholic rites under Mary, settled Protestant worship was confirmed finally under Elizabeth I's first Bishop of London, Edmund Grindal, in 1559.
1560–1666: Reformation to Conflagration
The new form of worship continued at St Paul’s in the wake of the Reformation, with the choir singing in English instead of Latin at Mattins and Evensong according to the new Book of Common Prayer. The Cathedral already had a long history as a place of commemoration and some of the grandest tombs were still to be added to the building in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. One of the most remarkable monuments from this period still survives, that of John Donne (1572–1631), the poet and clergyman who, after a raffish youth, went on to become Dean of St Pauls from 1621 until his death. During his lifetime, St Paul's and Paul's Cross were leading centres of a newly confident and thriving Protestant culture in England.
The physical destruction wrought during the Reformation had only been the start of a series of threats to the fabric. In June 1561 lightning struck the Cathedral spire igniting a fire which destroyed the steeple and roofs, the heat and falling timbers causing such damage to the Cathedral structure that it would never fully recover. Plans were made for restoration and the architect Inigo Jones (1573–1652) was engaged to carry out work in 1633, but his work was left incomplete at the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642. Parliamentary forces took control of the Cathedral and its Dean and Chapter dissolved; the Lady Chapel became a large preaching auditorium, while the vast nave was used as a cavalry barracks with, at one point, 800 horses stabled inside.
By the 1650s the building was in a serious state of disrepair and it was only after the Restoration in 1660 of King Charles II (1630–1685) that repair was once again considered in earnest as an architectural proclamation of the restored Church of England and the monarchy. Leading architects wrestled with the how to restore the medieval structure and were often in disagreement. Inspired by his travels in France and his knowledge of Italian architecture, Christopher Wren (1632–1732) proposed the addition of a dome to the building, a plan agreed upon in August 1666. Only a week later The Great Fire of London was kindled in Pudding Lane, reaching St Paul’s in two days. The wooden scaffolding contributed to the spread of the flames around the Cathedral and the high vaults fell, smashing into the crypt, where flames, fuelled by thousands of books stored there in vaults leased to printers and booksellers, put the structure beyond hope of rescue.
1666–1711: A new Cathedral for London
Sir Christopher Wren was a brilliant scientist and mathematician and Britain’s most famous architect. The building he designed to replace the pre-Fire Cathedral is his masterpiece. Nine years of planning were required to ensure that the new design would meet the requirements of a working cathedral; the quire was to be the main focus for liturgical activity, a Morning Chapel was required for Morning Prayer, vestries were needed for the clergy to robe, a treasury for the church plate, a home had to be planned for the enormous organ, bell towers were essential, and the interior had to be fitted for the grandest of occasions and ceremonies. The building which Wren delivered in thirty five years fulfilled all these needs and provided a symbol for the Church of England, the renewed capital city, and the emerging empire.
Construction commenced in 1675: the process involved many highly skilled draughtsmen and craftsmen and was pursued in phases, largely dependent on the availability of funding and materials. Portland stone predominated but other types of stone were necessary as well as bricks, iron and wood. All of the building accounts, contracts and records of the rebuilding commission survive, and many original drawings. A detailed history of the design of the cathedral can be found in the online Wren Office Drawings catalogue written by Dr Gordon Higgott (2012). Christopher Wren lived to see the building completed: the last stone of the Cathedral’s structure was laid on 26 October 1708 by two sons named after their fathers, Christopher Wren junior and Edward Strong (the son of master mason). The first service had already been held in 1697 – a Thanksgiving for the Peace between England and France.
1712–1795: Perilous painting and memorialising the Greats
The violent and iconoclastic transition from Roman Catholicism and the debate over the reformed faith which followed were tumultuous. The Cathedral was built at a time when the Civil War and Protectorate had again heightened sensitivity to the confluence of art and Protestantism. What constituted appropriate decoration for the Cathedral was the subject of great debate. After a competition Sir James Thornhill was chosen to provide a decorative scheme for the interior of the Cathedral dome in 1715 and immediately began work to produce eight scenes from the life of St Paul. Working precariously over fifty metres from the ground he completed the work within two years and was soon commissioned to continue his scheme into the lantern and onto the drum beneath the dome.
Daily rounds of worship were observed within view of the new murals, but despite the efforts to enliven the interior of the building, St Paul’s proved an unpopular venue with the Hanoverian dynasty and royal attendance dwindled; after George I’s visit in 1715 no monarch came again for seventy-four years. The capture of the French fortress of Louisburg during the course of the Seven Years War was marked by an impressive service in 1758, but it would not be until 1789 that George III marked his recovery with a special Thanksgiving service attended by thousands.
A monument to the philanthropist and prison reformer John Howard which was placed on the Cathedral floor in 1795 was the first of a host of sculptures commemorating the lives of clergy, writers, artists, scientists and military figures which were to populate vacant floor and wall space in the next century.Two of the most distinguished military commanders of the Napoleonic Wars were commemorated with state funerals and later great monuments on the church floor: Admiral Horatio Nelson in 1806 and Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington in 1852, both of whom are interred in the Cathedral crypt.
1800–1905 Heat, light and colour: St Paul’s in the age of industry
Institutional reform was matched by physical changes to St Paul’s in the nineteenth-century. Queen Victoria lamented that St Pauls was "most dreary, dingy and un-devotional” adding her voice to the general criticism of the Cathedral for being, dark, dirty and cold .The Cathedral Chapter took steps to make the building more inviting and began work on the so called "completion of the decoration”. While the use of vivid mosaic in the dome and the quire area were being explored, and programmes of stained glass were designed. The rearrangement of the quire by the Surveyor F C Penrose (1817–1903) was the most significant of many changes to the interior made under his supervision. By removing the screen dividing the quire from the nave many more people were able to participate in services. Great Victorian Deans, especially Henry H Millman and Robert Gregory, seized the opportunity to hold routine worship under the dome and in the nave, as well as in the quire – thus for the first time actively making the whole of the vast building a place of worship and Christian teaching. The full ceremonial potential of St Paul’s was also realised by this reordering, something anticipated in the state funeral for Nelson, and confirmed with that for Wellington.
Victorian philanthropy more generally flourished at a reinvigorated St Paul's. During the first half of the nineteenth-century Maria Hackett (1783–1874) devoted her time and money to a campaign to improve the living and educational conditions of boy choristers in St Paul’s and other cathedrals and Anglican choral foundations. In 1860 the Chapter of St Paul's presented William Weldon Champneys (1807–1875), to the vicarage of St Pancras, where he developed the schools, ragged schools, and Sunday schools and provided an invalids dinner table. The Canons of St Paul’s focused on the welfare of the thousands of clerks and warehousemen who worked in the vicinity of the Cathedral through the Amen Court Guild. At the end of the century St Paul’s had one of its most dynamic of English cathedral Chapters, with the many facets of the life of the Cathedral attaining new levels of distinction and in 1897 the organisation of the Diamond Jubilee Thanksgiving Service for Queen Victoria (1819–1901) proved an outstanding success.
906–1960 Belt and Braces: Strengthening the Dome and Defending the Building
Cracks had appeared in some parts of the Cathedral as a result of settlement even before the Cathedral was topped-off in 1710 and concern over the structural stability of the Cathedral persisted in to the early years of the twentieth-century. After various investigations, fears culminated in the Corporation of London's serving of a dangerous structure notice to the Dean on Christmas Eve 1924: the Cathedral was closed from 1925 to 1930 while the piers and dome were strengthened under the supervision of the surveyor Walter Godfrey Allen (1891–1986). Some of the strengthening interventions may have been excessive; however they were to provide valuable structural support when the Cathedral suffered two significant bomb strikes during the Second World War.
St Paul’s Watch, the group of volunteers who defended the Cathedral during The Blitz, enabled the continuation of services as normally as possible throughout the war years. At the end of the conflict, on 8 May 1945, ten consecutive services were held in thanksgiving for peace, each attended by over three thousand people. The last of the services focused on the work of the St Paul’s Watch. In the years that followed St Paul’s played an important role in commemorating those who had sacrificed their lives and in reconciliation. The American Memorial Chapel was constructed and consecrated in the presence of President Eisenhower (1890–1969) and on 21st October 1958, Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), President of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1959, visited St Paul’s to present an altar set with the words "The German people have asked me to hand to you, Mr Dean, and to the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral this crucifix and these two candlesticks. Our gifts are a token of our sincere wish to serve, together with the British People, the cause of Peace in the World”.
1960–2012: Royal events and Social reformers
With the major structural issues resolved and war damage repaired, the Cathedral continued to welcome world leaders, thinkers, theologians, politicians and the public in pursuit of hope for a better society. Canon John Collins (1905–1982), who had been a leader in the drive for post-war reconciliation, campaigned tirelessly for peace, human rights, and nuclear disarmament, and against apartheid in South Africa. Dr Martin Luther King (1929–1968) stopped at St Paul's to speak from the west steps en route to collect his Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and his widow Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) became the first woman to preach in a statutory service in St Paul’s. On January 30th, 1969 the Cathedral Choir was joined by Indian singers and instrumentalists, and addresses were given to mark the centenary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) the champion of non-violent resistance, civil rights and freedom across the world. Continuing this tradition, in 2012 the Dalai Lama (b. 1935) was welcomed to receive the Templeton prize ('for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities'). The St Paul’s Institute was established in 2003 to foster an informed Christian response to the most urgent ethical and spiritual issues of our times and engaged with the Occupy Protests of 2011/12 seeking constructive debate on financial ethics.
The wedding in St Paul’s of HRH the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer gripped the nation and much of the world in 1981, and Queen Elizabeth II officially marked both her Golden and Diamond Jubilees with Thanksgiving services in St Paul’s Cathedral. There have been occasions for national mourning: in 1965 Winston Churchill (1874–1965) who had led Britain during the war received a state funeral, a ceremony reserved for heads of state and others who have given significant leadership in the defence of the nation. A large ceremonial funeral was held for former Prime Minister, Baroness Thatcher, in 2013. Vast crowds gathered at St Paul's following the terrorist attacks on New York on September 11 2001, as London expressed its solidarity with the people of New York at a time of grief; and the victims of the 7/7 bombings were mourned in special services in 2005. The Diamond Jubilee and the special summer service at St Paul's celebrating the Paralympic Games made 2012 a spectacular year for the Cathedral.
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Haynes Apperson Surrey (1902) Engine 500cc 8 HP Two Cylinder
Country of Origin USA (Kokomo, Indiana)
Registration Number BS 8683
Body Type Runabout
2021 London-Brighton Number 151
Entrant Martin Bodenham
Pilote Martin Bodenham
HAYNES (HAYNES APPERSON) ALBUM
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With a badge that carried the slogan - Americas First Car, the Haynes Automobile Company can trace its car making history back to 1898 when the company, formerly known as Haynes-Apperson company was established in Kokomo, Indiana, by brothers Edgar Apperson, Elmer Apperson and Elwood Haynes. Elwood Haynes was a talented metallurgist who invented a very special stainless steel alloy called Stellite which is still used to this day on the space shuttle to this day, he approached the Apperson Brothers to build his first car. The cars were powered by 5 HP engines while the heavy parts were made of aluminium alloy.
In 1905 the Apperson brothers left the company to form Apperson Brothers Automobile Company. Elwood Haynes remained renaming the old company simply the Haynes Automobile Co. from 1914,
Haynes offered a Light Six at $1485. Their ads boasted that it was, - The result of 22 years successful experience in building motor Haynes also proclaimed it Americas greatest light six, and that it will travel 22 to 25 miles on one gallon of gas and has more than 1 horsepower to every 55 pounds of weight.
For 1916 Haynes introduced the twelve cylinder Light Twelve, sold alongside a refined Light Six in the guise of Models 36 and 37
1923 saw the introduction of the 57, with a 121 inch wheelbase in five-seat four-door sedan, three-seat coupelet, and two-seat roadster advertised as being complete with front and rear bumpers, six disc (as opposed to wire) wheels, wind wings, sun visors, artistically fashioned individual steps (for the running boards), and individual fenders
But the end was in sight, Haynes Automobiles was declared bankrupt in 1924 and went out of business in 1925.
Haynes was a relatively expensive make, film star Cleo Madison drove a Haynes Light Six as did composer Louis F. Gottschalk .
In 1915 a Haynes 50-60 Model Y Touring Car achieved notoriety when it was featured in what has been called the worlds oldest known pornographic film - A Free Ride
Diolch am 89,601,768 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 89,601,768 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 06.11.2021 Regents Street In that London in the South (London-Brighton weekend). Ref. 123-060
Active Assignment Weekly challenge: A Circle and A Square
This week's challenge requires photos that contain at least one circle and at least one square somewhere within the image, but no restrictions beyond that. My starting point was to do some online research about street art in my home of Brisbane, and I discovered that an artist by the name of Mace Robertson has installed a series of fairy doors in various locations in the city. When I realised that this door contains a circle (the doorknob) and squares (in the panels) I knew I had my subject. The figure adds a couple more circles (eyes). I purchased it on holidays in Belgium and Holland (where I spent a fabulous afternoon on a photo walk with fellow-AAWer Clare White). The photo itself is fairly straightforward, with the main post-production treatment being to enhance the contrast and clarity to bring out more texture in the bricks.
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
Accession Number: 15/5/3090.00050
Title: Interior of the Suleymaniye Mosque, Nave
Photographer: J. Pascal Sébah (Turkish, active 1860-1880)
Architect: Mimar Sinan (Turkish, 1489-1588)
Building Date: 1550-1570
Photograph date: ca. 1865-ca. 1888
Location: Asia: Turkey; Istanbul
Materials: albumen print
Image: 13.5 x 10.375 in.; 34.29 x 26.3525 cm
Style: Ottoman
Provenance: Transfer from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5s86
There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.
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The vast number of birds, both migratory and resident, enables anyone who enjoys the wonders of these winged friends a great experience whenever visiting Richard DeKorte Park, a quiet, almost hidden, sanctuary of wildlife, practically a stone throw away from Manhattan. The variety of bird and plant species is incredible, so if one is appreciative of such, then learning something new is pretty much the norm here. In addition, a wealth of insect species are present, each with its own unique traits that always keeps things interesting, and the furry, adorable critters such as the muskrats and groundhogs, to name a few, along with several kinds of turtles, including quite large snappers provide visitors endless opportunities to experience the fascinating world of nature. Seasonal changes do present fresh new looks . . . So, getting bored is difficult.
This view was from the World Trade Center 911 Memorial Platform during the morning, thus, the slight film in the air and the bluish tones. As you can see, the new FREEDOM TOWER is very near completion, ultimately to stand, officially, at 1,776 feet, which includes the antenna spire. The 911 double platform tribute, when seen from certain angles, draws the visitors into the past, as one cannot help but to also remember and feel the exact location of downtown Manhattan where the great TWIN TOWERS once adorned the landscape, a symbol of world trade and commerce. Regardless of how many visits my wife and I make to this spot, our hearts tighten from the horrific memories of that infamous day, for whenever looking to the east from where we reside, and during our drives into the great city of New York, between the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center, the landscape would always have us in awe of its magnificence. After the recent historic Hurricane Sandy, massive damage was sustained throughout the region, and Richard DeKorte Park was also a sad victim of nature’s wrath. The simple grace and design of the 911 memorial platform had been terribly damaged; however, thankfully, the original concept and layout was restored, allowing, once again, for visitors to pay tribute to the thousands who lost their lives, while honoring the “Never Say Quit” resolve of the American people, powerfully reflected in this new, great landmark: THE FREEDOM TOWER.
I think that Georgian townhouses have to be one of the most elegant and pleasing examples of architecture I have come across. The proportions of the walls and windows, and the panes within the windows, are all so "right". I'm fortunate to live near Bath which is full of them!
Almost forgot to post this pic as part of my mini-series on cows! Taken a couple weeks ago in Sequim, Washington.
Registration: SK07CGY
Fleet Number: 140
Operator: Lothian
Chassis/Body: Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse
Route: 30 Clovenstone
Location: Princess Street
The number of railroads obviously represented in this shot is kinda intriguing: WSOR of course, also Utah, UP Puget Sound & Pacific/Rail America and Independent Locomotive Service.
Except for the ILS GP10 on the consist of an inbound JMA, this scene could still be repeated, but the 4053 & 4076 have since been repainted.
Then there is what's not so obvious under several layers of paint: Heritages including C&O, CSX, EJ&E, IC/ICG, MKT & MP.
The trackage too has gone through it's wide and varied owners and operators: WSOR, ICE, IMRL, CP/Soo, MILW, CWRC, CM&N and of course, the mighty WICT.
I can't believe I lucked out with a numbered Jett Dawson! Mine is #499/1000. I preordered two from Amazon US on release day, and because presales were restricted to the US, I had to resort to using a freight forwarder to ship her to me.
Her box came a little beat up, and most of those gold corner pieces came loose so I had to glue them back on. Because she's numbered, I do want to keep her on display in her box, so it's a little frustrating she came this way. Sadly it's one of the perks of ordering from the US. I'm just grateful nothing is broken, cracked or damp. The deboxed Jett showing here is the other unnumbered one I got.
I also shipped a bunch of other dolls along with Jett, including the De'Vious twins, Barbie Extra deluxe dolls, made to move barbies, Barbie BMR1959 and the 2021 Lunar New Year Barbie. The entire package weighed a whopping 9kg!
Now onto the Jett doll herself. She's gorgeous. I love how edgy and bold she is with her monochromatic black and white graphic sketch style. I appreciate her extra articulation in the chest and ankles, and her buttery smooth and soft rainbow pastel hair is to die for. She also sports a different skin tone from the other girls? She seems to have more pink undertones than the fairest dolls like Ruby and Poppy, and it's so radiant and beautiful. They've also really toned down on the face shimmer and she her face is mostly matte, which is a treat for photos.
So I'm fully aware of all the controversy surrounding this "collector's edition" doll. And on one hand, I do agree that she's somewhat overpriced compared to other Rainbow High dolls such as Avery Styles. However, you're really getting bang for your buck if you compare her with let's say, a limited edition Disney doll. And it's mostly in her second outfit.
It's a runway style burgundy red mermaid dress, fully lined and embroidered. It definitely plays a big part in driving her cost up. And that's unfortunate. Because while I do appreciate the craftsmanship and time that went into this fashion piece, I can't say I'm a fan. I wish they'd put their time and budget on something more cohesive and less restrictive for Jett. I just don't see myself putting this impractical and extravagant dress on any of the current Rainbow High dolls. It will likely just act as a background decor or prop, which is a real pity. There are already several YT videos showing how problematic the dress is to get on and pose in.
Before I sign off, I do have to note that I'm so glad MGA finally released an east asian doll (even though her surname doesn't sound asian at all?) because we asians get so little representation in most doll lines. I hope to see more asian dolls enter the Rainbowverse.
So all in all, while I do adore this doll and she's definitely amongst my top favourites, she is not without issues. I have already ordered two more of her from Amazon (I'm trying to get one with deep red ombre lips like my numbered one which I will not be deboxing). As of now, my absolute favourite Rainbow High doll is Laurel De'vious. She's absolutely breathtaking, and I am so in love with her fiery colours and new face mould. More on that soon!!
Spanish Fans Took To The Streets To Celebrate After Spain Won The World Cup Defeating The Netherlands by 1-0! Police Were Forced To Close A Section Of The Trendy Saint Laurent Street After It Became Apparent The Crowds Were Only Going To Get Bigger!
World Cup 2010 Fever In Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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15/06/2021. London, United Kingdom. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson, greets Scott Morrison in front of Number 10 Downing Street. Picture by Tim Hammond / No 10 Downing Street
Text in numbers: the number '28', in white on black 'P&O' style, on the street-side brickwork of a house.
A dashing arrangement in an elegant color scheme (white on black). 'P&O' was a variant of Art Deco, especially popular in seaside suburbs in Australia. Manly Council has an interesting Art Deco brochure, with good illustrations, to assist residents doing work on houses retain important style elements.
This mini-exhibition of type and text was inspired by the designer PennyCandy (Amy Peppler Adams)'s tutorial on typography; one of Amy's tips is to "Try to choose appropriate typefaces to convey your message. A great way to get in the habit is to observe type around you; it's everywhere!" I set out to see if this was so.
- See more at: en.blog.spoonflower.com/2016/03/design-a-day-spoonchallen...
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Another beautiful veteran car. This was also taken by the Incheba exhibition pavilion, during a veteran rally.
HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens.
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She's still in labor. I'm giving her space and time alone. She was really struggling earlier and hadn't had another one in 45 minutes, so I gave her some oxytocin. I'm going back outside to hover some more.
Updated: I've called the vet -- I can feel a stuck piglet but can't get it out. Send good thoughts our way, would you? Minnie is having a hard time.
Updated again: No good update, really. The vet came, pulled two piglets. One dead, one alive. There was another too high up to reach, and he hoped she'd start to deliver the rest when she got a second wind. But she hasn't delivered anymore. I left her when it got dark, and she was asleep, breathing heavy. Thanks for all the good thoughts. Keep them coming for my poor girl. She was a real trooper today, amazed my vet with how tame she was, and the rest of the herd as well. Frank's on his way home and will be able to help me in the morning.
Friday morning update: Minnie delivered one stillborn piglet overnight, which is not enough, but is up and moving around mid-morning, which I think is a good sign. But that's only four piglets, not enough, so she is still under close observation. Thanks for all your good thoughts.
Friday afternoon update: We gave her another dose of oxytocin at noon, and she delivered one more stillborn piglet. I gave her some time to rest and then made her get up and walk around for a bit. She seems much better. Took a drink, potty break, even dug herself a new spot to rest. I think we may be past the hump. She laid with her head in my lap for a while and I snuggled the one live piglet, a boy.