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Photo By: Chrissy Sparrowtree
Location: Sapphire Retreat
Allison Grace & Chrissy Sparrowtree
Halloween 2023
There was a time when a dress like this wasn't my style of choice, but nowadays it's a practical outfit to wear on a hot day like today. And the cute floral pattern adds a bit of fun.
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Bree always goes a little too far with her April Fool's pranks. Watch out, June!
Bree is a Lena Elena Middie Blythe doll; her unsuspecting sister is Francoise Ananassa. They are wearing outfits made for Lottie dolls, which fit them well.
For the theme "Practical Jokes" in the Blythe a Day group.
There Are Some Things I Know For Certain:
Always Throw Spilled Salt Over Your Left Shoulder,
Keep Rosemary By Your Garden Gate,
Plant Lavender For Luck,
And Fall In Love Whenever You Can
I'm wearing:
Head: lel EvoX AVALON
Hair: Kuni Ara
Necklace: Orsini Jewelry LIZI
Top: TETRA Vanity buttoned
Skirt:TETRA - Vanity pleated skirt
Kitty: [Rezz Room] European Cat Baby Animesh (Holdable)
Boots:[Deadwool] Shelby boots
Decor scene:
*HEXtraordinary* Boho Meditation Pillows
.random.Matter. - Teller of Fortunes set
[ kunst ] - Vitrola portable ULTRARARE
[ kunst ] - Vintage side table / red
dust bunny . lunar craft . floral ritual
Apple Fall Scented Candle
Pretty and practical doorstops ready to be filled with rice, barley or wheat. Available In my shop. (send me a message if you are interested)
Practical Evanescence
I was feeling as though my day to day life lacked meaning.
As was often the case at such times I decided to go for a drink alone to think things over. I was not alone for long. I met a man in the bar. He told me that he had met another man in the same bar under similar circumstances. He told me that the man had passed on valuable knowledge. That this knowledge had helped him when he needed to evaluate his life. That the stranger had done this for the price of a drink and then disappeared.
I pride myself on not easily being taken for a fool. I had a good feeling about this man. He had a sincere look in his eyes, like one who had gained wisdom, perhaps at some cost to his peace of mind.
I bought him a beer.
We talked for what seemed like a long time but immediately he had gone I consulted my watch to find that time had barely moved on. As we talked he told me what he had learned from the man he had met in this very same bar. As we talked I became aware of music playing quietly in the background, Bach's suite for unaccompanied cello. The recording sounded old and distant but quite beautiful. I recall no other sound but that of my acquaintances voice. He spoke in the form of a series of instructions. What he told me was a revelation. My humdrum life changed from that moment.
When he finished speaking he disappeared.
If we, you and I, should ever meet in a bar I will be willing to pass on that knowledge imparted to me by the stranger. For the price of a beer.
I went to the store to buy practical shoes. I need something to wear on vacation besides my converse, which are really the only shoes I own besides the heels I wear to work which I don't want to wear on vacation.
I was going to get sandals, maybe. I don't know, something comfortable that's not sneakers. I'm not a shoe person. I have never - besides my converse - spent more than 20 dollars on a pair of shoes.
But these called to me. They said "BUY ME!" I walked past them three times and tried on all kinds of practical, comfortable shoes, but I kept sneaking glances at these, and they would return my glance and sort of wink at me in a way that made me think they were trying to come on to me and well, I fell for it.
After I quietly chastised the two pig like women who were trying on every shoe in the store and throwing the boxes and unwanted shoes in the middle of the aisle and one of them said "eh, that's what the help is for, to clean our shit up!", I walked over to the boots, picked them up, put them down, looked at the price, walked away and then came right back.
I tried them on. Yes, they are comfortable. Yes, they look good. No, they are still not practical
But they are mine.
Blind Jack sitting on a bench, with a surveyor's wheel, facing the pub named after him.
John Metcalf (1717–1810), also known as Blind Jack of Knaresborough or Blind Jack Metcalf, was the first professional road builder to emerge during the Industrial Revolution.
Blind from the age of six, John had an eventful life, which was well documented by his own account just before his death. In the period 1765 to 1792 he built about 180 miles (290 km) of turnpike road, mainly in the north of England.
In 1765 Parliament passed an act authorising the creation of turnpike trusts to build new toll funded roads in the Knaresborough area. There were few people with road-building experience and John seized the opportunity, building on his practical experience as a carrier.
He won a contract to build a three-mile section of road between Minskip and Ferrensby on a new road from Harrogate to Boroughbridge. He explored the section of countryside alone and worked out the most practical route.
Metcalf built roads in Lancashire, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Yorkshire, including roads between:
Knaresborough and Wetherby
Wakefield, Huddersfield and Saddleworth (via the Standedge pass)
Bury and Blackburn with a branch to Accrington
Skipton, Colne and Burnley
Metcalf believed a good road should have good foundations, be well drained and have a smooth convex surface to allow rainwater to drain quickly into ditches at the side. He understood the importance of good drainage, knowing it was rain that caused most problems on the roads. He worked out a way to build a road across a bog using a series of rafts made from ling (a type of heather) and furze (gorse) tied in bundles as foundations. This established his reputation as a road builder since other engineers had believed it could not be done.
He acquired a mastery of his trade with his own method of calculating costs and materials, which he could never successfully explain to others.
Competition from canals eventually cut into his profits and he retired in 1792 to live with a daughter and her husband at Spofforth in Yorkshire. Throughout his career he built 180 miles of road. At 77 he walked to York, where he related a detailed account of his life to a publisher.
Blind Jack of Knaresborough died aged 92 on 26 April 1810, at his home in Spofforth. He is buried in the churchyard of All Saints' Church, Spofforth.
A dress with pockets is a fine thing, but one with practical pockets is a whole different ball game.
In the British magazine Practical Photoshop July, 2013. Texts translated by Mark Donnelly (mil gracias, Mark)
Lights that look like they are lighting the scene. This one is supplying some of the light, but it's cleaned up by a small softbox with grid just off to the left.
Bespoke wedding dress: Varvara Boutique
Model: Lotte Jurjendal
Thanks to the person who built this perfect sun filter.I got a little preoccupied with this , and took from all angles, seemed in this shot it were saying to me go west young man, and as that is the direction of mine abode, I did, a little later on.
Shop workers at JR East's Massive General Rolling Stock Center demonstrate to the gathered crowds how they lift and replace bogies on a double decker Tokaido Line "Green Car". These workers put on multiple [free!] demonstrations on this day to educate the general public on how JR keeps their rolling stock in pristine condition, a rarity among railway companies.
JR East General Rolling Stock Center.
Shinagawa City, Tokyo
Je connais quelques personnes qui ont peur des feux, et qui peuvent vérifier plusieurs fois si leurs maison est barré avant de partir de la maison.
I know some people that are very afraid of fire. When they get out of the house they can verify two times if each door is well locked.
My 650 out for a springtime ride. With Tec 2 into 1 stainless exhaust and Hagon shocks. No bling, no flags, no gimmicks. Just practical mods.
Two photos used in latest Practical Photography (March 2009) issue - one further on as well, to publicise a B&W photo competition - wonder if I can enter...:D
Thatta (Sindhi: ٺٽو, Urdu: ٹھٹہ) is a historic town of 220,000 inhabitants in the Sindh province of Pakistan, near Lake Keenjhar, the largest freshwater lake in the country. Thatta's major monuments especially its necropolis at Makli are listed among the World Heritage Sites.[1] The Shah Jahan Mosque is also listed separately on the tentative list since 1993.[2] Located 62 miles (98 kilometeres) east of the provincial capital of Sindh; Karachi, it makes for a practical escape for people from the city seeking to visit the picturesque old town.
HistoryThe city, formerly commanding the delta of the Indus, was the capital of Lower Sindh from the 14th century. During the ruling period of Soomro Tribe Thatta was the capital of Sindh for 95 years. Between 1592-1739, it was governed in the name of the Mughal emperors of Delhi. In 1739 however following the Battle of Karnal the province was ceded to Nadir Shah of Persia, after which Thatta fell into neglect.
Thatta may be the site of ancient Patala,the main port on the Indus in the time of Alexander the Great. Siltation has caused the Indus to change its course many times since the days of Alexander, and the site of Patala has been subject to much conjecture. Ahmad Hasan Dani, director of the Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations, Islamabad, concluded: “There has been a vain attempt to identify the city of Patala. If ‘Patala’ is not taken as a proper name but only refers to a city, it can be corrected to ‘Pattana’, that is, city or port city par excellence, a term applied in a later period to Thatta, which is ideally situated in the way the Greek historians describe”.[3]
The geographer Strabo (c.64 BC–c.24 AD) had said: “The Indus falls into the southern sea by two mouths, encompassing the country of Patalênê, which resembles the Delta in Egypt”.[4] He noted: “All these [nations] were conquered by Alexander, and last of all he reduced Patalênê, which the Indus forms by splitting into two branches… Patalênê contains a considerable city, Patala, which gives its name to the island”.[5] In the late second century BC Agatharchides of Cnidus recorded merchants from Patala, or as he called it, “Potana”, coming to the island of Socotra to trade with Alexandrian merchants.
SightsThatta's monuments include the Jama Mosque (also Shah Jahan Mosque and Badshahi Mosque), built by Shah Jahan in 1647-49 and lined with glazed tiles. This edifice has 101 domes and is designed in such a way that imam's voice can reach every corner of this building without the help of any loudspeaker or other device. There are also the tombs of Jam Nizamuddin, Satihoo Seven Soomro Sisters (reigned in 1461-1509), several Tarkhan rulers and Mughal officials. A vast old necropolis with thousands of graves may be found at the nearby Makli Hills.
Thatta is historically an important region of Sindh which has served as a centre of literature, religious ideologies and socio political clashes. Makli, the heart of interior Sindh is counted among one of the largest necropolis in the world. Located a few kilometers away from Thatta. Makli is a vibrant archaeological site in Pakistan; it covers about 15-1/2 square kilometers. The mausoleums and [[tombs in Makli are one of the greatest ruins of Sindh and also dictate a lot about Sindh's communal structure from 14 to 18th century. Apart from the mausoleums of Jam Nizam al-Din and Jan Beg Takhan, Makli has undertaken a lot of Sufis, warriors, poets, intellectuals. The artistic monuments at Makli show proof of Islamic ideologies and the Hindu mythology.
The huge graves are made of solid rock and the mosuleums of the sun baked brick with different kinds of Quranic verses embossed on them. Another historical landmark that resides in Thatta is the Shah Jahan Masjid built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. This mosque was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, for the people of Thatta because they welcomed him with open hearts when his father died.
The Shah Jahan Mosque is a great example of highly defined tile work. In total this mosque has 33 arches and 93 domes which are of different sizes which adds the flavor to its beauty. White and Blue tiles of glowing texture have been put together in such a manner that it looks like a beautiful mosaic. The most surprising fact about this mega structure is that unlike other Mughal buildings such as Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, this building has negligible amount of pink sandstone in it. The characteristic that makes this mosque unique is that it has no minarets in it and it only has one dome which lies in the central prayer hall.
2010 Pakistan flood
In August 2010 Thatta was one of the worst affected districts of Pakistan as a result of devastating floods. The sea was on high tide when flooded river water reached it multiplying the damage manifold. By August 28, 175,000 people had left their homes due to another levee being breached and forced to camp on the main road under open sky.
The name “Winter Soldier” is a reference to a special hearing that occurred after the Vietnam war called: “The Winter Soldier Hearings”. The soldiers who testified spoke about villages being destroyed, women and children being killed, and helped reveal to the public the secret war in Laos that to this day the U.S government still denies.
The term was explained by current Secretary of State John Kerry when he testified at the hearings on April 22, 1971, saying:
“We call this investigation the “Winter Soldier Investigation.” The term “Winter Soldier” is a play on words of Thomas Paine in 1776 when he spoke of the Sunshine Patriot and summertime soldiers who deserted at Valley Forge because the going was rough. We who have come here to Washington have come here because we feel we have to be winter soldiers now. We could come back to this country; we could be quiet; we could hold our silence; we could not tell what went on in Vietnam, but we feel because of what threatens this country, the fact that the crimes threaten it, not reds, and not redcoats but the crimes which we are committing that threaten it, that we have to speak out.”