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Trying out my first texture taken from Vaneska's texture set, many thanks V. :)
Here is a lone water lily sitting in a very polluted pond.
Still proud, though:)
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A little video (scuse the quality and my reflection, best just to listen lol) of my Ryan doing his solo at the Queens Coronation Festival Gala, I am one mega proud mum, brought a tear to my eye, he sang beautifully as did the rest of the boys :-)
Sos I haven't been around much, been a bonkers week!
1856 - Wells Family from Glass Plate Negative Found in Uncle Oscar Lyle Dorsey's Attic in Carlinville, Illinois in 1951.
Wells Family – Clockwise: Plutarch H. Dorsey (1833-1915), Hannah Olivia (Williams) Dorsey (1834-1902), Cora (Wells) Dorsey (1827-1861), Geraldine (Wells) Curtis (1833->1880), Eugenia Wells (1820-1903), Hannah (Mayo) Wells (1791-1867)
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Aunt Eugenia Wells Memories
My Grandfather Wells came from Wales and settled in Annapolis; I think before the Revolution, and I believe he was in the Army. He died before I was born and when my father was a young man. There were three sons and a daughter. My father, the oldest, was married and went to Hagerstown where he lived until the war of 1812, when he moved to Washington and was in the Army. I know he was at the Battle of Bladensburg, but that is all I know about his Army life. Soon after the war he was appointed bookkeeper and pay clerk in the War Department, which place he held at the time of his death. His brother Daniel, a young man nineteen years old was one of the young men who fired at Ross and saved Baltimore. The young man who fired at the same time was a friend of his. They were both killed - filled with bullets.
I remember my Grandmother Wells. She was over seventy and I must have been a very little girl. I know she was a distinguished looking woman, tall and straight with very dark eyes - I always heard that she came of good family. Father used to laugh and call her the duchess. They are all dead now. Olivia’s mother, sister, was the first child. A very handsome and attractive woman. How she came to have such a child as Olivia is one of the mysteries.
Then there were four sons. The oldest James Mayo, named for my mother’s father, was appointed a cadet at West Point, graduated a Lieutenant in the Army. He was in Florida during the Seminole War. Then his regiment was ordered to Texas, where he met the girl he married. She had a great deal of Texas land and he seemed to think he would go there and make a fortune. So he resigned his commission and was poor ever after. But the pride of the family was Hanson. He was so handsome, so bright, and so popular. Everyone liked him. I think he was not fifteen when he was appointed midshipman. His first voyage was to China. Then he went around the world in the Potomac. He went ashore at Bassa Cove in Africa, the boat was upset in the surf. It seems the natives swim in the surf. He held on to the boat until all were saved. No doubt he was exhausted and had to sink. It did seem so cruel. Sister grieved so much it was that it hastened her death. My father was never the same man after that. My brother James was very tall. A splendid looking man. We were so proud of both of them.
My mother’s family belonged to the nobility of England. Her grandfather came to this country and settled on South River near Annapolis. He bought a large tract of land on the river and bay and built a large fine house. The bricks were brought from England. He is said to have lived like a lord, with every comfort and elegance. He also built a church and maintained a pastor. The house was burned years before I went to South River, but I often attended the Church. Commodore Mayo kept the place inherited from his father, all the rest has gone out of the family years and years ago. He thought he was living in the same house his father lived in, but it had been so altered and improved that but little of the original remained. I stayed there in my young days. They were very kind to me. He married a daughter of Chancellor Brand. She was a very peculiar woman. Very high tempered, but always kind and liberal to me. She died long ago. Commodore Mayo often met Lord Mayo. He had opportunities as he was so much abroad.
Cousin Isaac was in Europe when he was ordered to Florida during the Seminole War and Lord Mayo came with him and arriving on the coast they went to Tallahassee where Lord Mayo bought some land and gave Commodore Mayo a deed for it. It was done mainly as a compliment and no attention was paid to it. It may have become valuable. He also gave him one dozen fine linen chambray shirts. I had many a pocket-handkerchief made of those shirts. Cousin Isaac resigned at the beginning of the war and died soon after. Mrs. Neer Liede’s husband knew his place, had been there and could tell you all about it.
My mother’s home was on the bay. Her mother was left a widow with three children, two boys. She married a Methodist preacher. He was made guardian for the children and treated them most unkindly. They had no education, no advantages. When my mother was thirteen she told him she was going away and he said he would never give her anything and he never did. Her mother had died and the man married again. My mother lived with an Aunt until she married, when the property was sold but there was nothing left but the base land. There was other property but I heard the lawyer got most of the money. Still I know she had quite a nice little sum if it only had been taken care of. In those days a woman owned nothing. Everything belonged to the husband. My father was luxuriant - fond of good living - so when he died he left nothing.
Mother was considered a beauty in her young days. When I can first remember her she was handsome. After she grew large she lost her good looks.
Eugenia Wells
June 13, 1902
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Plutarch Hines Dorsey (1833-1915) Family Photographs.
It's not often that I find myself this close to a large animal in nature. This mule deer, also known as a black-tailed deer, in the Mariposa Grove at Yosemite showed not the slightest fear as he walked toward the road and crossed in front of us. I love his proud bearing and velvet antlers.
Proudly supporting...for six more days. 😟 We visited this longtime Hillcrest landmark for the first time yesterday, only to be informed it will close in a week. Shame. Interesting store and people/dog watching, plus I got four cool belts for only $6!
These are photos taken of Proud Boys at the second Million MAGA March in Washington, DC in December, 2020. After consideration, I have decided to publish these in Creative Commons for public discourse and for academic and legal researchers. I want to clearly state that I do not sympathize with the Proud Boys, and view them as an extremist organization that backed an insurrection.
There is a good reason to be proud. This male raised up 6 kingfisher chicks.
Kingfisher week! This week I will publish a new kingfisher photo every workday.
Lightning Info: One flash-head pointed at each subject at about 1/2 power. The one use for the bride was in a softbox.
Yesterday Taivas and I took our gold CGC test and we passed! Her behaviour was excellent both during the test and while watching others take the lower grades. Lots of barking from younger dogs which at one time she would have joined in, in fact would have been one of the worst - but yesterday she was calm and quiet. I'm very proud of her.
In the UK there are three levels, bronze, silver and gold. Taivas passed the bronze in 2006 and the silver in 2008 but has been unable to take the gold aswe can no longer get to a class. The SFLS decided to run the tests in conjunction with the AGM so finally we were able to give it a go; here's what we had to do.
Exercise 1 - Road Walk, on lead with distractions, turns and changes of pace.
Exercise 2 - Return to Handler’s Side during a lead free walk
Exercise 3 - Walk Free Beside Handler, with distractions and turns (in park or other safe lead free area)
Exercise 4 - Stay Down in one Place (in and out of sight)
Exercise 5 - Send the Dog to Bed (dog should go to bed, mat or similar and lie down quietly)
Exercise 6 - Stop the Dog (as this is for stopping the dog in an emergency situation, the dog must be moving)
Exercise 7 - Relaxed Isolation (five minutes tied on a two metre line, no whining or other signs of stress)
Exercise 8 - Food Manners
Exercise 9 - Examination of the Dog (by the examiner)
Exercise 10 - Responsibility and Care (my turn!)
Being presented with our certificate
ATSH #96 proud
111 pictures in 2011 #107 In the water
I shot a few family portraits on this day, but this one is one of my favourites! Its my dad and his grand child Daniel! I Shot this at a park close where my dad lives a few days before I returned back to Ireland
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I was killing time at Mumbai Central when I came accross this man holding his baby. I could not talk his language, neither could he talk mine but I passed slowly and he displayed a friendly look. I stopped and showed the camera, he smiled and nodded. I prepared for the photo as he proudly smiled and presented the baby. I nodded back in gratitude and walked away as I noticed my eyes had gone wet. This is one of the most beautiful moments I had in India.
Estava matando tempo pela estação Central de Mumbai quando me deparei com este homem segurando seu bebê. Não sabia sua lÃngua, nem ele a minha, mas passei bem devagar e ele olhava de forma dócil. Parei e mostrei a câmera, ele sorriu e assentiu com a cabeça. Preparei para bater a foto enquanto ele sorria orgulhoso e apresentava o bebê. Eu acenei com a cabeça em agradecimento e me afastei ao mesmo tempo que notava meus olhos estavam molhados. Foi um dos momentos mais memoraveis que tive na India.
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