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Skimming stones. Connor skims stones on the beach at Berwick upon Tweed.
Day 2
Berwick upon Tweed to Edinburgh
A Morning spent in Berwick upon Tweed, walking up on the walls that formed the town’s defences followed by a long walk around to the lighthouse. More stone skimming on the beach before a walk around the southern part of the wall earning a stop for a filled baguette.
The drive into Edinburgh was made complicated by not being to find the park and ride, luckily the alternative to Ferrytoll was recognized by the Sat-Nav. Found the Travel Lodge without too many problems and after a cup of tea Jane and I went out for an hour and half to look around the city whilst Connor stayed in the room.
Fell foul of restrictions in Wetherspoons where children aren’t allowed in pubs after eight so found a good Italian instead.
Today I was working in Bacchus Marsh, so during my lunch hour I grabbed the chance to get a shot of this old building and advert for my Project 365 pic.
The ad was very hard to read in colour, so I have made it B&W (with a touch of sepia).
The advert is for Dr Morses Indian Root Pills.
I have found an article in Wikipedia about the product:
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills was one of the most successful and enduring products to be manufactured and marketed in North America as part of the lucrative patent medicine industry, which thrived during most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its manufacturer claimed the pills contained herbal ingredients that would help "cleanse the blood," as "impurity of the blood" was believed to be the cause of all disease.
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills have their genesis in William Henry Comstock's father, Edwin P. Comstock, who founded a drug company in New York City in 1833. The Comstock patent medicine business was involved in the sale of a number of successful drugs, including Carlton's Pile Liniment, Oldridge's Balm of Columbia, Kline's Tooth Ache Drops and Judson's Worm Tea. Between 1833 and the time of the acquisition of the rights to Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, the company remained under the control of the Comstocks through the additional involvement of Edwin's brothers; Lucius, Albert Lee, John Carlton and George Wells.
The Indian Root Pills were first formulated and manufactured in 1854 by Andrew B. Moore, who was then operating under the name A.B. Moore in Buffalo, New York. Rights to the pills were then transferred through a number of different business partnerships under the control of Moore, Andrew J. White, Baldwin L. Judson, George Wells Comstock and his nephew, William Henry Comstock. These reorganizations all occurred amid numerous disputes and lawsuits. During that long period of instability, the manufacturing operations moved from Buffalo to New York City and then to dual sites on opposite sides of the St. Lawrence River, one at Brockville, Ontario and the other at Morristown, New York. Ownership of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills finally stabilized in 1867 when it settled solely in the hands of William Henry Comstock, and thereafter business was carried out under the name W.H. Comstock Co. Ltd.
When William Henry Comstock died in 1919, control of the company passed to his son, William Henry Comstock II, known as "Young Bill." William Henry Comstock II died in 1960, and W.H. Comstock Co. Ltd. ceased operations a year later, patent medicines having already been in decline.
It's been almost a month since I replaced my Time Manager personal management system with the Midori traveller's notebook.
The Midori is much more compact than the TMI binder. There are inserts where I slot in my passport and boarding cards. My receipts are safely stored in the sealable plastic envelope insert. I'm pleased I made the move to Midori.
Preparing for a meeting in Paris and realised I'd forgotten to get some Euro's. Managed to find some left over from my last trip abroad.
Tonights Project365 photo is another laneway in Ballarat.
This is Hancock Lane which is between Lydiard and Armstrong Street.
I took several shots here in drizzling rain, but this was the one that had the least amount of lens flare from the drops on the lens.
Acer Aspire One. The boy has been working loads and treated himself.
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This is photo 7/100 of my 100 Strangers project.
I met Leanne and Christine at the Goat this morning and came across Eli, 2. He came over and smiled at me, so I asked his mother if I could photograph him for my 100 strangers project. She agreed, and then Eli's father walked out. I recognized him as a photographer who is doing a story on some of the youth from one of SAY's programs.
I decided that even though I did know his dad, I had never met Eli, so it would still counts as an entry in my 100 strangers challenge. And, with a professional photographer for a dad it's no wonder that Eli was modelling for the camera.
10 Things I like about Domo. #2. The eyes have it. Set to the outer corners of his face, these seemingly lifeless dark orbs have the ability to exhude emotion.
Project365 photo for 24 feb, 2009. Went to Cracker Barrel with my wife for breakfast. This was in a shadow box/display case next to our table. The box reads: "De Luxe/ Two Speed/ Electric Vibrator/ Both Medium and High/ Satisfying all members of the family".
I waited for this little guy for an hour, and each time he came by I had diverted my attention to my vodka tonic.
I did manage to get one shot.
God Damn why did I even buy so many cards. Decided to whip some out for tomorrow's ,hopefully, epic yugioh card battle in the honor of Nerd Day. Had good times playing this game though.
10-05-12 A "urine sample" was as close as I could get to butt chugging ;) We would have ordered jazz hands juleps were they available. Why is my head so big?
Worms in an old garage door.
I love the texture and silver colour of these old wooden doors that are covered in worm holes. I presume the doors have been made from wreck timber, reclaimed from a ship wreck or cargo and that the worm holes are from time spent in the sea.
NES station! Man, I love that thing. It's so cool. I have to admit I'm a bit jelous of the owner :(
Anyway, it was a lot of fun doing this one (and the borrowed camera was astounding), so, yeah, cool :)
Post Me a Letter
Found this interesting little old post box built in to a wall. Just captured my attention as I walking to the market