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This abandoned factory was located next to my hotel on the confusing border area (Lechmere) between Cambridge and Somerville.
'The Packing Shed is one of its (Mersea Island's) best known landmarks. At the end of the 19th century the oyster industry in Mersea,Essex was a flourishing business. Mersea Natives (native oysters not people!) were being exported to Europe and sent to London by the barrel. As a result, cleaning and sorting them by size became an important part of the preparation process for export and sale. The Packing Shed was built around 1890 on the island which became to be called Packing Shed Marsh Island, by the Tollesbury & Mersea Native Oyster Fishing Company Limited – or “The Company” as it has now become known ... At that time over 60 fishermen worked on Packing Marsh Island and old men and young boys would sit and grade and clean then pack the oysters that the oystermen brought to them once they had dredged them up from the oyster beds, ready for dispatch to London. The oysters were then shipped by Thames Barge to Billingsgate Fish Market in London, while some went further afield to the Continent.' packing-shed.org.uk/history.htm
After the oyster industry collapsed in the 1950s due to disease of the oysters the shed was used to store fishing gear for a while. Now it's apparently pretty much disused but is a popular feature for local artists to paint ... as well as visiting photographers to shoot ;-)
PS This is actually a mini island off the main island and I shot the photo from a boat as we cruised nearby.
Webby has been having a lot of fun climbing on all of our moving boxes and finding some fun new hiding spots. We think she's going to be pretty freaked out by the move, but hopefully she will like it in sunny Santa Fe!
Although it does mean I'm flying home tomorrow for vacation...all I can say is that my family better appreciate their gifts - it was no mean feat to get them all in!
23 January 2009
I have to take a break from uploading my cruise pictures in order to drive a pickup load of my daughter's stuff to Texas. I'll resume when I get back.
In the meantime I am reminded of a sign I saw on the side of an independent moving van in Wisconsin years ago.
HERNIA MOVERS - THE POTENTATE OF TOTE'N' FREIGHT
I've got the truck packed to absolute capacity. It's just like one of those three dimentional puzzles where you not only have to figure out the correct position of each of the pieces, but you have to assemble them in the proper order to get them to fit. There's only enough room left for me to drive.
Here's an incomplete inventory of what I've got in the truck:
1 Bed Frame with Headboard and Footboard.
1 Set Box Springs
1 Mattress
1 Nightstand
1 Dinette Table and 4 Chairs (unassembled)
2 Sets of Folding Book Cases
2 Wood Folding Chairs
1 Padded Foot Stool with Folding Legs
1 Collasible "Circle" Chair
2 Lamps
1 Electric Fan
1 Foot Locker
Several Large Plastic Tubs
Half a Dozen Cardboard Boxes
Several Pieces of Framed Artwork
1 Tent
Sleeping Bag
1 Cot
Several Pillows
Several Blankets
1 Printer
Map Tube
Assorted Books
Snorkle, Fins, Etc.
Fishing Pole
Assorted Shoes
Hat Box
Etc., etc., etc....
Another Puddle has come and gone, and I still can't believe how much fun this year was. I met some of the greatest people, won the prize I set out to, and sold a few items along the way. Here's Andie wearing one of my purchases, and packing her new suitcase for the trip home.
Thanks to the owner of Skinny Scalps for the wonderful little suitcase and for picking up an item or two from my humble shop. Also thank you to Taylor for the good luck charm, Keely for making adorable Loli-wa Kimonos, and my new friend Nicole for the sushi :)
packing blankets and dirty sheets
staring at the pile of my stuff
kitchen sounds in the background
dad talking to grandpa, repeating himself,
louder and louder, grandpa doesn't get it,
gentle orange light of the late summer falling through the windows
staring at the pile of my stuff, listening, smiling
One is packing while the other is admiering all the treasures from the stay here, - and which is going in the mail or else the suitcase would be to heavy...
En pakker mens den andre beundrer alle skattene som er samlet underveis, - og som nå går i posten til hjemmeadressen fordi kofferten ellers blir litt tung.
We made a lot of progress this weekend. Shelves and cabinets are looking pretty sparse around here, and the dining room is filling with boxes. We still have 1 more full weekend to finish packing the rest.
one of our services is packing and co-packing.
Still, even after 11 years of experience, every time we are surprised how much time and effort it takes.
Dear clients, partners, friends- if you plan packing projects, call us, we will tell you much good things you should know about it or better- just hire us to do it for you! We like jobs like this also.
Well we are supposed to be packing up but... I'm not sure if they really are packing or just playing ^^;
With a view of the rest of the campground from the boulders. There was only one other vehicle there overnight, at the far end. There is a picnic table at that spot. With the rest of the area it is kind of hard to tell if there are individual camp sites. There isn't anything formal. A forest service worker came by the day before and told us about the campfire zone. You can have campfires within the campground, but nowhere else in the area. We didn't bother with one. We usually go to bed early instead.
We did have a lot of Pacific Crest Trail hikers staying the night. Much more than the year before. Well over a dozen. I think they all start off at about the same time in order to do the entire thing by the end of the summer. They always stop here because of the spring. They have some hot and water-less hiking ahead of them, with little shade. Can't remember how many miles it was to the next water, but I'm sure it was over 10. We found a guide for it and it mentions an animal trough that is several miles off the trail that you can use. Even Walker Pass does not have reliable water. We sort of followed the route on the drive out of the area. Not sure how they do it.
Taken while I was packing 3 of my boys up to send out to faceup artist. XD Well.. actually it's 2 boys... Ashe has two heads the regular Miho head and the Janus Miho head. xD
I was lucky enough to get 3 slots for faceups by Xhanthi thanks to a lovely friend, Soenatte. ;A; So off my boys go~! I'll miss them TT^TT
Sorry that I only upload cell pics as of late... I don't have any time to take proper pictures... Work, class, sleep, homework, and i'm currently in the process of moving rooms in my house.
Newly reorganised and ultra efficient! Or something. It's really just a small computer desk, which is perfect as it takes up minimal space and has a slide out keyboard drawer, where I keep my wrapping paper and which is used as extra working space when I'm packing things.