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I took this photo during an evening visit to Ypsilanti on June 13, 2013. The Quirk House is one of several lovely mansions along
Huron Street, Ypsilanti's main north-south thoroughfare. The house is now occupied by a law firm.
The north end of a 1927 addition has this interesting statuette attached to the brickwork. Quirk House.
Quirk Dramatic Arts Building houses the Communication and Theater Arts program; a 400 Seat Theater; Television and Radio Stations. When Quirk opened in 1959, it was said to be the most modern building of its kind.
The Elsie Quirk Library offers activities and opportunities for children to experience the joy of books and reading.
FORTY CARROTS’ PARTNERS IN PLAY—For ages 0-5. Tuesdays, 9:45-10:45 a.m. Forty Carrots Family Center is bringing a FREE class to Elsie Quirk Library for you and your child. Every week you will have the chance to enjoy meaningful playtime together, experience new activities, join in circle-time fun, spend time with other families, and get valuable parenting information. Attendance is limited to 10 families on a first come, first served basis.
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME—For ages 3-5. Wednesdays, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Programs provide an opportunity to develop and reinforce skills such as reading for pleasure, language development, letter knowledge, oral discussion, and comprehension. Programs include reading aloud, rhymes and music, alphabet and letter recognition, creative dramatics, and related crafts.
TODDLER TIME—For ages 1-3 with a caregiver. Thursdays, 10:00-10:45 a.m. Programs provide an introduction to early literacy skills including book sharing, simple concepts, and language development. Programs are related to experiences familiar with toddlers and include reading aloud, music and movement, letter and shape recognition, vocabulary development and playtime with educational toys.
READ TO THE DOGS—For ages 5 and up (younger if accompanied with a caregiver). Children are invited to read to certified pet therapy dogs from Suncoast Humane Society. This program encourages conversation and develops reading and communication skills. The dogs love the attention and the kids love the interaction. Gifts of good used blankets, towels, dog toys and treats are always appreciated.
ART WITH CAROLYN—For ages 5 and up. Learn basic art techniques with certified art teacher Carolyn Johnston. Registration is required and limited to 10 children.
SPECIAL EVENTS!
SUSTAINABILITY MONTH—All Sarasota County Libraries will be offering programs related to sustainability throughout the month of September.
BORN TO READ LULLABY CONCERT—Introduce young children to live classical music as you listen to Musicians Out of the Box perform childhood favorites. Children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver. Registration at the youth services desk, or call 861-2506. Sept. 20, 11-11:30 a.m.
FAMILY GEOGRAPHY NIGHT—For families with children ages 9 and up. Work together to solve geography riddles, puzzles, trivia and brainteasers. Learn while having fun. Program provided by the Friends of Elsie Quirk Library. Sept. 15, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
For more information about library programs and services, please call 941-861-5000.
Image204_DxO_2 - St Eugene, ON 1961
Also called the Connor circuit, this was a former WW2 Commonwealth Air Training Plan airfield located between Ottawa and Montreal.
Before purpose-built tracks like Mosport, Mont Tremblant/Ste Jovite and Westwood came along, former airfields like this one, Edenvale, Harewood and Greenacres were popular venues for racing.
The pavement may not have been in great shape (and tangling with course markers was definitely not recommended), but a lot of domestic racers got their start on these.
Gerry belonged to the Motorsport Club of Ottawa, and he, along with Duane Mattson in a Sprite, Denny Quirk in a BMC Riley 1.5 and an unremembered gent in an Elva Courier were frequent competitors at the time. Other notable competitors were Ross de St Croix, Horst Kroll, Jerry Polivka, Jacques Duval, John Cannon, Francis Bradley, Peter Broeker, Dave Greenblatt, Harry Entwhistle and Ludwig Heimrath.
Prior to the opening of the Redbank Museum, the exhibits were cosmetically restored at Ipswich Workshops. After completion of this work they were placed on the Running Shed bank to enable the Railway Photographer to capture images for Post Cards that were sold at the Museum. Here BB18¼ Nº 1088 hauls C16 Nº 106 into position for the photograph.
I'm sure there aren't too many people out there who haven't heard of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith - Quirk Books' recently released zombie-induced version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Aside from Grahame-Smith's rather controversial adaptation of the Austen classic, which has certainly given it a lot of publicity, the book is easily recognisable from its rather iconic cover - a Regency portrait of a young woman, which has been 'zombiefied' by Quirk's in-house artist Doogie Horner. I love the cover - I have since the first time I spotted it (mainly because I'm a bit of a closet zombie fan), and now, thanks to a very kindly Welsh lady called Bethan Jones, it's a cover I can admire in the flesh, any time the fancy takes me.
Bethan is the MGA (Macdougall Gabriel Associates) publicist for this novel in the UK, and when I found out that she had promotional posters displaying the novel's cover artwork, I sheepishly asked her for one. Bethan responded in the positive, not only sending me a coveted poster, but also a surprise complimentary copy of the novel too, which I'm so grateful for. Thanks a lot Bethan!
Although I'm up to my neck in reading commitments right now, I have read a couple of chapters of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies already, and I've got to say that it looks like a superb choice for a bit of light reading, especially when it's read alongside Austen's original.
Sure it's silly, and perhaps even a bit sacrilegious, but it's oh so clever too. As an example compare these two very short extracts from the opening chapter:
Original:
'My dear Mr Bennet,' said his lady to him one day, 'have you heard that Netherfield Park is let as last?'
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
'But it is,' she returned; 'for Mrs Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.'
Mr. Bennet made no answer
'Do you not want to know who has taken it?' cried his wife impatiently.
'You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.'
Zombie version:
'My dear Mr. Bennet,' said his lady to him one day, 'have you heard that Netherfield Park is occupied again?'
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not and went about his morning business of dagger sharpening and musket polishing - for attacks by the unmentionables had grown alarmingly frequent in recent weeks.
'But it is,' returned she.
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
'Do you not want to know who has taken it?' cried his wife impatiently.
'Woman, I am attending to my musket. Prattle on if you must, but leave me to the defence of my estate!'
Funny stuff eh? And not a little clever too. I recommend you give this one a try, and if you send Bethan a nice message on Twitter (@BethanKJones) who knows. She may be able to grace you with a complimentary copy too. Good luck!
376Up Harlin Brisbane Valley Line 15.11.69 C17 N°991 makes steady progress with 376Up near Harlin in the fertile upper reaches of the Brisbane Valley. The sun has not long risen and there is still sufficient chill in the early morning air to cause some condensation in the locomotive’s exhaust.
AC16 Nº 218A has just left old Rockhampton Station and ventures on to Denison Street with a special passenger train bound for Yeppoon on 27th January 1969
Beaudesert Branch PB15 N°738 & PB15 N°748 – August 1967 PB15 N°738 and PB15 N°748 haul a Down excursion train on the Beaudesert Branch in August 1967.
Rob Stokes www.quirk.biz CEO and Sarah Blake
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Book Exchange
Kinks, Quirks & Caffeine (closed)
113 Colony Square/1303 Jamestown Road, Colony Square, Williamsburg, VA
This was originally part of a Winn-Dixie, which opened in August 1979 and closed in November 1986. It became a Farm Fresh on December 4th, 1986 and Nick's Market/Colonial Market IGA on July 1st, 1990.
Book Exchange opened in the mid 2000s and was originally located here.
Kinks, Quirks & Caffeine opened in June 1997 and closed in August 2010.
In her remarks, Quirk-Silva noted that since 2009, Orange County has seen an increase in the number of Latinos who are graduating high school and are college eligible.
I've recently noticed that my little guy sticks his tongue out of his mouth when he's concentrating - like here, when engrosed in artistic work.
Justin Spratt, is an Australian national, living permanently in South Africa since 2005.
He is currently Managing Partner and board member at Quirk eMarketing, responsible for New Business and Group Marketing.
Formerly Justin ran the Mobile Voice and Wi-Fi business at Internet Solutions and prior to that he work for investment bank Morgan Stanley on the Credit Derivatives trading desk.
Follow Justin on Twitter: @justinspratt
Pidna C17 N° 984 2nd November 1968 The driver has opened the ash ejector cock to clean the smokebox of C17 N° 984 at Pidna on 2nd November 1968. Ash ejectors were a feature of QGR steam engines whereby ash could be removed from the smokebox without opening the smokebox door as was necessary on most other railways. Hot water from the boiler was injected into a bowl at the base of the smokebox and this forced the char out through a chute at the side of the engine. Pidna tank was situated four miles short of Yarraman, the terminus of the Brisbane Valley Branch. It was a time honoured practice to clean smokeboxes on Up trains here after their overnight journey from Ipswich which included the arduous 10 mile assent of the Blackbutt Range.
These double red lights popped up every now and then in South Carolina.
Charleston Highway at Edmund Road, West Columbia.
From knee high to a grasshopper there has always been the quirk to try a decent variety of pink waterlily.
Photo's of James Brydon and Rose Arey were a distant dream. Alas every local reseller and nursery picked their plants up on the cheap from the same motley crew that made a fast buck clearing ponds...
One day the penny dropped, the pond was emptied and bleached to eliminate crown rot and I travelled a long way to a reputable collector who without doubt had a disease free, flowering collection.
Fortunately nowadays there is ebay, which makes finding a decent variety for $10 or so a lot easier. No need to be stuck with iffy plants, from iffy resellers, or scamericanponders, at all...
Regards, andy
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