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Away with limited wifi so apologies for not keeping up with everyone...shall catch up properly in a few days. Happy New Year to you all.
Fisherman fishing off the wharf
Bedford Channel, Fraser River
Fort Langley, BC
Across the channel, a ribbon of campfire smoke escapes through the trees.
Fort Langley is a village community forming part of the Township of Langley in British Columbia, Canada. It has a population of 3,400. It is the home of Fort Langley National Historic Site, a former fur trade post of the Hudson's Bay Company. Lying on the Fraser River, Fort Langley is at the northern edge of the Township of Langley. ( Wikipedia )
A special thanks to you all, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I appreciate your visits & kind words of support.
~Christie by the River
**Best experienced in full screen
Different coloured reels of cotton, some old inherited reels that look like they have been used on a spool on a sewing machine (in the foreground) and other more recent reels in the background.
Taken for the Macro Monday theme of 'Cotton'
Old school fishing, two silhouettes in a small pleasure craft... equipped with rods and reels.
Did you happen to notice the swell of the ocean approaching the port side of the boat?
** Best experienced in full screen mode. Your views are so appreciated. Thank-you for visiting.
``Christie
This is the take up spool on an Ihagee 500 35mm camera. These East German cameras were really rather well built. The spool on this 500 has a rather nice anodised green cap on the bottom end. The whole back of the camera slides off to load a film and there doesn't look to be any particularly suitable slot for the anodised cap to sit in, yet it all works rather nicely. Shot here with a green flash pointing down and away and red flash right onto the spool. There is around 2.25 inches of scene here. HMM
Église Baroque Saint Didier d’Asfeld
Classée Monument Historique, l'église Saint-Didier d'Asfeld, de style baroque, est la plus étrange des églises de Champagne-Ardenne et même de France.
Elle fut construite à la fin du XVIIe siècle à l'emplacement de l'ancienne église du village selon les volontés du comte d'Avaux Jean-Jacques III de Mesmes. D'une forme extravagante, elle fut conçue par deux architectes talentueux: le Frère dominicain François Romain et par Fleury, un architecte qui demeurait sur place. Le gros œuvre fut achevé en 1683. L'église fut terminée, reçue et bénie en 1685.
Le plan est tout à fait original puisqu'il a été imaginé en forme de viole de gambe. Entièrement édifiée en briques, son architecture à colonnades, dômes et coupoles est réellement audacieuse.
Aucun des murs de l'édifice ne suit une ligne droite. L'église qui compte 138 piliers et colonnes, a une longueur de 44,82 mètres et un pourtour extérieur de 145 mètres. L'église possède un orgue à 7 jeux construit vers 1900 par Clovis Renault.
Fishing Reel
For Macro Monday - Reels
A couple of years ago our state government decided to give every year five student a fishing rod and reel. This was the reel that came with Sarah's rod. We replaced it with a better quality reel.
The external diameter of this reel is 50mm.
A quick post and run as my physio appointment was changed from this morning to this afternoon so I have to 'hit the road' to Footscray shortly.
Happy Macro Monday!
Please pardon my very deliberate pun and play on words. As well as an alternative name for a cotton spool, a Scottish reel is a lively, traditional Celtic social dance and musical form, popular since the Sixteenth Century. It features pairs or sets of dancers performing quick, energetic movements, alternating between traveling figures and stationary "setting" steps. Danced to fast 2/4 or 4/4 time music, it is a staple of ceilidhs, Scottish country dancing, and Highland culture.
For those of you who follow my photostream, you know that I collect and photograph Dewhurst's Sylko cotton reels, however I also collect beautiful old pre-war cotton reels from British businesses, many of which have fallen into memory and lost to the mists of time. I couldn't think of a better spool than that of one from the prominent high-end department store of Draffen & Jarvie, which was located on Nethergate in Dundee, Scotland to use with this playful pun! This reel has the charming dye shade of "Mist Blue", which is the palest shade of blue that it could almost be white or cream. Therefore, I decided to accessorise it with some of my vintage haberdashery pieces in pale pastel shades. It sits upon a bed of machine embroidered sequin net with an antique velvet grosgrain ribbon in pale pink draped around it. Behind it are two vintage roses: one satin in an almost icy blue and the other cotton in creamy white and pale pink. The tiny silver button at the front is Victorian, whilst the glass button and Bakelite and silver button are from the 1930s. The Art Deco buckle is iridescent pale blue Bakelite, designed to emulate mother-of-pearl.
Draffen and Jarvie was a prominent, high-end department store located on Nethergate in Dundee, Scotland, active from the late Nineteenth Century until its eventual takeover by Debenhams in 1981. The original firm began its career in 1834 when William Moon and John Langlands opened a little store at 10 Overgate. They were the pioneers of a new style of business and were the first shopkeepers in Dundee to deal in fixed prices, instead of selling, as the custom was then, by bargaining. The new method met with an encouraging response from a time when gentlemen wore silks. The quality of the goods attracted a growing custom and Moon and Langlands were soon on the hunt for bigger premises. They moved to 27 Overgate and 1 Tally Street in 1837 and a circular was issued following the switch containing a list of goods for sale. Men could choose their coats from cloths in blues, clarets, dahlias or olives; their vests from silk or swans down; and trousers from cotton drills or painted moleskins. The hosiery offered for sale for men included open-work silk stockings and by 1842 the new Overgate premises were too small for the ever-growing volume of customers. Albion House was erected at the corner of Union Street and the firm stated that “each department will be found to contain a large assortment of very choice goods, and will be under the superintendence of a young man of experience who shall give the most vigilant attention to every customer”. The original partnership came to an end a few years after the move to Union Street when Mr. Langlands retired and was replaced by John Robertson. The business flourished and prospered through the long rein of Queen Victoria until Mr. Moon died in 1887 and the firm was bought by Thomas Blakeney. A serious fire devastated Albion House and Mr. Blakeney instigated a redevelopment of the centre of Dundee after the clearance of slum dwellings. The firm moved into premises which were known as Blakeney’s Building at the corner of Whitehall Street and Nethergate. In 1889 Mr. Blakeney sold the concern to Coatbridge draper George Draffen, who ran the business in partnership with his brother-in-law John Jarvie. In 1891, Mr. Jarvie was bought out by Mr. Draffen. He was the sole proprietor until 1896 when he took his sons – William Stirling Draffen and John J Draffen – into partnership. His sons played a leading part in the expansion of the business following his death and Draffen’s became increasingly well-known for its comprehensive service. The firm celebrated its centenary in 1934 with the opening of a new men’s store and a series of displays and the exhibition "Cavalcade of Fashion – 1834-1833" which included a gown worn by Queen Victoria amongst the vintage costumes on display. Roy Langford, a costume scholar in London, arrived in Dundee to arrange the dresses for the exhibition which were coming from Canada. The department store had a prominent impact on Dundee’s shopping and social scene and gradually introduced various tearooms, lounges and a restaurant on its top floor. The firm continued to be known as Draffen and Jarvie Ltd before becoming Draffen’s of Dundee in 1948. Known as one of Dundee's "big four" retailers – G.L Wilson, Draffen’s, D.M Brown and Smith Brothers, it was a major shopping destination before the rise of modern chain stores. The store and its associated restaurant went into a slow decline before being taken over by Debenhams in March 1981. Debenhams then spent almost two decades at the site before it became the anchor store at the heart of the Overgate’s second reincarnation in Dundee in March 2000. In 2016 part of the basement area was reopened to form a speakeasy bar, which has continued the Draffen’s name, and in December 2019 the green light was given to plans for even more of the old department store’s floors to be opened up and turned into a whisky bar and a restaurant.
Better late than never, I guess. As so often happens, when I can't decide what to do for a challenge, my vintage button collection comes to my rescue. This is a French champlevé enamel button from the 1900s and it's 1" wide.
For this week's Macro Mondays group theme, High Key.
'Where' two worlds collide
A combination or Industry and Recreation
Various craft moored together.
I was truly fortunate to have a photo opportunity on the Lynnwood Docks, North Vancouver, BC.
There is no public access to these docks, marina or surrounding property. I had a special access tour as a guest, from a long time personal friend.
Strive to be different and original , be your own artist.
OCEAN GRANVILLE (IMO: 9833632, MMSI 316020998) is a Tug built in 2019 (1 year old) and currently sailing under the flag of Canada.
Ocean Granville and Ocean Kitsilano are 381 gt vessels built by Damen's Song Cam shipyard in Vietnam
OCEAN KITSILANO Tugboat Built 2019 (IMO: 9833620) Equipped with high-pressure water guns that assist in the dousing of fires. She is currently sailing under the flag of Canada.
Her length overall (LOA) is 28 meters and her width is 13 meters.
PACIFIC MARINER II (IMO: 6709713) is a Tug that was built in 1966 (54 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Canada.
Her length overall (LOA) is 24.39 meters and her width is 7.83 meters.
PACIFIC CHIEF is a Tug boat built in 1966 by FRASER SHIPYARD & INDUSTRIAL CENTRE - NEW WESTMINSTER, CANADA. Currently sailing under the flag of Canada. Formerly also known as PETRO CHIEF, WESTLANE, WESBRIDGE TWO. It's gross tonnage is 143 tons.
*Information has been compiled from various sources and not verified to be correct.
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~Nautical me - Christie
When it was last my birthday, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Those wonderful gifts are what has inspired me to create this series of "Embroider my World" images featuring my vintage bobbin collection. This time the bobbin, satin ribbon and vintage 1930s embroidered Art Deco floral ribbon were already mine. However, the pretty and rather funny Art Deco graphic of two birds carrying away a wee turtle is the top of a French button card featuring four blue Bakelite buttons, and that came from my friend at Christmas time. I have accessorised them on a 1930s embroidered doily with a Dewhurst's Sylko Bitter Lime green reel of cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954 and a matching lime green reel from J. P. Coats.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
In 1802 James Coats set up a weaving business in Paisley. In 1826 he opened a cotton mill at Ferguslie to produce his own thread and, when he retired in 1830, his sons, James & Peter, took up the business under the name of J. & P. Coats. In 1952 J. & P. Coats and the Clark Thread Co. merged to become Coats & Clark's. Today, the business is known as the Coats Group.
My favourite genre is Still Life and I'm hoping at some point I will be able to get back into the regular swing of it _ maybe I could get myself some sort of back support to avoid the inevitable aches and pains! I do find heat pads particularly soothing. Ha ha - forgive my ramblings - this is supposed to be about photography !
Please ZOOM in for a better view | I prefer the real life heroics of people to the reel life heroics of Baahubali and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The reality of the road is infinitely more interesting than the illusion of the screen.
My contribution for this weeks Macro Mondays. My favourite thread for presents got to be my object for today sitting on its reel.
A common obsession here on the coast: Collecting and using them. These belong to one of the fellas here on the farm.
A beautiful day for boating and railfanning finds the "Reel E Wet" 's Captain and Crew watching a CN Coalie for SunCoke Energy's Convent Marine terminal at Convent Louisiana - cross over the divide between Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Marurepas, known as Manchac Pass on CN's McComb Sub. A fairly buzy spot on most afternoons finds Both Amtraks, both CN core trains and usually an extra or two to waste your time between the sun, sights and cold Coronas.. Shot from "The Gator Dens' pier- this is a friendly not half bad place to just hang out and watch the parade.. And keep refreshed!
Les rizières en terrasses de Yuanyang sont sans aucun doute les plus belles et spectaculaires que vous visiterez lors de votre voyage en Chine. Situées tout autour de la vieille ville de Yuanyang, ces rizières ont été sculptées dans les montagnes par la minorité Hani depuis plusieurs siècles. Un lever et un coucher de soleil sur les terrasses sont un vrai moment magique et constitue une réelle motivation pour atteindre cette région reculée et récemment ouverte aux voyageurs. Le meilleur moment pour visiter la région est de Décembre à Mai, quand les rizières sont remplies d’eau. Situé dans les Montagnes, le temps est parfois brumeux, il faut alors prendre son mal en patience pour que le temps se dégage (INFO YUNNAN road (de nombreuses photos de riziéres sur mon album YUNNAN CHINE
In Yunnan China, these rice fields are been curved for thousands of years. many photos on my album yunnan chine