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It's been two weeks since Flopsy was spayed, here she is the night of the op. She's doing great now :)
You can see the little one's scar here !
We had a nice bit of snow here in England and i missed loads of time off school which is always good, i took this at about 9:00 am with my E series 50mm Prime lens (which is AMAZING, really cheap, £40-£50, really sharp, just incredible)
I was really lucky that there was blue sky out, normally whens there's snow there's boring, overcast skies. :D
... and influences.
Mannings amusements, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Sadly shrinking, little of the fairground survives but, two generations on, "family fun" is still to be had here it seems.
Discontinued Apr. 1, 1988. Saint Louis County. Photo by J Gallagher, Jul. 1976.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
A beautiful mural airbrushed onto the wall of the Valley, WA post office. See my blog posting “Vintage Valley.”
Serving as both a First and Second World War battery, Houton Head was one of the last defences against enemy boats attempting to gain access to Scapa Flow. Paired with Scad battery on the Isle of Hoy, Houton Head was the termination of a 3km long chain net barrier to slow or stop attacking ships and submarines. The two Quick Firing (QF) guns of each battery able to fire on ships as they approached the barrier if needed.
Houton Head Battery retains three searchlight emplacements placed at the bottom of the cliffs, each built on a raised platform (possibly of WW1 origin). There are two covered 12-pounder QF gun emplacements, each with an associated crew shelter. There is also a workshop and magazine between both emplacements, and a Battery Observation Post (BOP). A Naval signal station sits on top of the hill, which was also used as the BOP until it was relocated closer to the emplacements. A hardened engine house and domestic accommodation is also located on top of the hill.
Separation of the Second World War remains from those constructed 30 years earlier is difficult, much of the earlier site having likely been demolished or built over.
Pictured are John Hynes, Chairman An Post and Denis O'Brien, Chairman Esat Telecom Group plc at the announcement of Esat Telecom Group plc acquiring PostGEM and Ireland On-Line from An Post. PostGEM is a data and Internet Services Provider and Ireland On-Line, its subsidiary, is a leading residential Internet Service Provider. The Group expect to close the acquisition during the fourth quarter. Photo: Des Harris, Fennells.
GIRLS' CURLING
PENN
FIRST ROW: Mrs. Dell, Stephanie Ditta, Anita Geffs, Beth Hitchins, Kirsti Vainio, Lynn Loxton, Ellen Silver, Mrs. Dawkins.
SECOND ROW: Cheryl Hardy, Nancy Hilbert, Sarah Baker, Mary Jane Owen, Susan Cloes, Lori Wardell, Deb Davidson, Wendy Smith, Sharon Birkinshaw. THIRD ROW: Elizabeth Collins, Carolyn Young. Kathy Lane, Suzanne Potter, Rosemary Lane, Michele Lockic, Heather McLachlan, Gwen Kloppenburg, Lori Lucas. MISSING: Jane Hudson, Roseann Post.
SCHOOL TEAM
Stephanie Ditta, Anita Geffs, Ellen Silver, Beth Hitchins, Kirsti Vainio, Lynn Loxton.
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Mercer County. Photo by J Gallagher, Apr. 1992.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Kearney County. Photo by J Gallagher, Jun. 1991.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Windham County. Photo by E Kalish, Oct. 2014.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
Bardd sy’n canu clod coed
Poet branches out into a greener future
As the Welsh Government invites expressions of interest for £1 million1 of support for new tree planting, with a deadline of 10 May
Wales’ former National Poet, Gillian Clarke, has been busy planting trees, four and a half thousand of them, at her smallholding near Llandysul in Ceredigion. And thanks to the Welsh Government’s Glastir Woodland Creation scheme, all farmers and landowners are being encouraged follow her example, maybe making better use of areas of land which are of limited agricultural value in ways that will support the farm business. The grants can amount to up to £9,000 per hectare and the deadline for expressions of interest is 10 May.
Gillian Clarke was Wales’ National Poet from 2008-2016. She was born in Cardiff and lives in Ceredigion. Her work has been on the GCSE and A Level exam syllabus for over thirty years, and she performs her poetry regularly for student audiences at Poetry Live, and in several European cities. She was awarded the Queen’s Gold medal for Poetry in 2010, the Wilfred Owen Award in 2012. Trees are one of her inspirations.
She says: “Four and a half thousand native trees: sessile oak, downy birch, rowan, hazel, wild cherry - even the names are beautiful - newly planted on six acres of our steepest land, fenced off from grazing sheep. Already the first leaves are opening. Red kites float overhead, birds are singing. Trees for the future, alive and hopeful. They inspire me to write poems, and a book about trees."
The Welsh Government’s Woodlands for Wales Strategy2, launched last year, aspires to increase woodland cover in Wales by at least 2,000 ha a year from 2020 to 2030. It proposes an increase in tree cover in the wider environment, on farms, the rural landscape and in areas around towns and cities, both to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and also to create a resilient and productive agriculture and towns that are healthier and more pleasant to live in. The Glastir Woodland Creation grants are intended to encourage landowners to help deliver this.
Sharon Thomas, the Woodland Trust’s Woodland Outreach Manager for Wales says: “It’s brilliant that Gillian Clarke is setting such a wonderful example to other landowners. Native trees can offer us so many benefits, reducing flood risk, improving water quality and providing superb habitats for wildlife, as well of course as a renewable source of valuable timber. At a time when, sadly, there is huge uncertainly around farming in Wales, the Glastir Woodland Creation scheme offers a great opportunity to farmers and other landowners to make use of all of their land in ways that are sustainable both economically and environmentally. Glastir Woodland Creation grants can amount to up to £9,000 per hectare. The Woodland Trust can offer free advice and support in making use of these, and we’re finding there is an increasing interest in this among landowners. There’s more about the help we can offer landowners online at: woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees”
Bardd sy’n canu clod coed
Wrth i Lywodraeth Cymru wahodd datganiadau o ddiddordeb am £ 1 miliwn o gefnogaeth i blannu coed newydd, a’r dyddiad cau ar 10 Mai
Mae cyn Fardd Cenedlaethol Cymru, Gillian Clarke, wedi bod yn brysur yn plannu coed, pedair mil a hanner ohonynt, ar ei thyddyn ger Llandysul yng Ngheredigion. A diolch i gynllun Creu Coetir Glastir gan Lywodraeth Cymru, mae pob ffermwr a thirfeddiannwr yn cael eu hannog i ddilyn ei hesiampl, gan wneud defnydd gwell o ardaloedd o dir sydd o werth amaethyddol cyfyngedig mewn ffyrdd fydd yn cefnogi busnes y fferm. Gall y grantiau fod hyd at £ 9,000 yr hectar, a’r dyddiad cau ar gyfer mynegi diddordeb yw 10 Mai.
Roedd Gillian Clarke yn Fardd Cenedlaethol Cymru rhwng 2008-2016. Fe gafodd ei geni yng Nghaerdydd ac mae'n byw yng Ngheredigion. Mae ei gwaith wedi bod ar faes llafur arholiadau TGAU a Safon Uwch ers dros ddeng mlynedd ar hugain, ac mae'n perfformio ei barddoniaeth yn rheolaidd ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd myfyrwyr mewn digwyddiadau Poetry Live, ac mewn sawl dinas Ewropeaidd. Fe enillodd fedal aur y Frenhines am Farddoniaeth yn 2010, a Gwobr Wilfred Owen yn 2012. Mae coed yn un o'i hysbrydoliaethau.
Mae hi’n dweud: “Mae pedair mil a hanner o goed brodorol: derw digoes, bedw, criafol, cyll, ceirios gwyllt - mae hyd yn oed yr enwau'n brydferth. Fe gafodd y coed eu plannu ar chwe erw o'n tir mwyaf serth, wedi ei ffensio i ffwrdd o’r defaid. Mae'r dail cyntaf yn agor eisoes. Mae barcutiaid yn hedfan uwchben, mae adar yn canu. Coed ar gyfer y dyfodol, yn fyw ac yn llawn gobaith. Maen nhw'n fy ysbrydoli i ysgrifennu cerddi, a llyfr am goed."
Mae Strategaeth Coetiroedd i Gymru2 Llywodraeth Cymru, a lansiwyd y llynedd, yn anelu at gynyddu gorchudd coetir yng Nghymru o leiaf 2,000 ha bob blwyddyn o 2020 i 2030. Mae'n cynnig cynnydd mewn gorchudd coed yn yr amgylchedd ehangach, ar ffermydd, trwy’r dirwedd wledig ac mewn ardaloedd o amgylch trefi a dinasoedd, i amsugno carbon deuocsid o'r atmosffer a hefyd i greu amaethyddiaeth a threfi gwytnach a mwy cynhyrchiol sy'n iachach ac yn fwy dymunol i’r rhai sy’n byw ynddynt. Bwriad grantiau Creu Coetiroedd Glastir yw annog tirfeddianwyr i helpu i gyflawni hyn.
Dywed Sharon Thomas, Rheolwr Allgymorth Coetir Cymru ar gyfer Coed Cadw: “Mae'n fendigedig fod Gillian Clarke yn dangos esiampl mor wych i dirfeddianwyr eraill. Gall coed brodorol gynnig cymaint o fanteision i ni, gan leihau perygl llifogydd, gwella ansawdd dŵr a darparu cynefinoedd gwych ar gyfer bywyd gwyllt, yn ogystal â bod yn ffynhonnell adnewyddadwy o bren gwerthfawr hefyd. Ar adeg pan, yn anffodus, mae ansicrwydd enfawr o gwmpas ffermio yng Nghymru, mae cynllun Creu Coetiroedd Glastir yn cynnig cyfle gwych i ffermwyr a thirfeddianwyr eraill i ddefnyddio eu holl dir mewn ffyrdd sy'n gynaliadwy yn economaidd ac yn amgylcheddol. Fe all grantiau Creu Coetir Glastir fod mor uchel â £9,000 am bob hectar. Fe all Coed Cadw gynnig cyngor a chefnogaeth am ddim am sut i ddefnyddio'r rhain, ac rydyn ni wedi gweld fod yna diddordeb cynyddol yn hyn ymhlith tirfeddianwyr. Mae rhagor am yr help y gallwn ei gynnig i dirfeddianwyr ar-lein yn: woodtrust.org.uk/plant-trees ”
Polk County. Photo by J Emerson, Jun. 2006.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) and auvet collections.
Jones County. Photo by J Gallagher, Jan. 1992.
Part of the Post Mark Collectors Club (PMCC) collection.
I zoom (at a safe and legal velocity I assure you) around a post. Thanks Doug for the shot, I did the post (no pun intended), and helped conceive it.
Canon 5D Mk II
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Post in Apple Aperture