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WEEK 47.2 – Office Depot, Southaven, MS
Last but not least, to conclude my OfficeMax closure anniversary series, a look at the handle of the newer two-tiered (EDIT: nope, single tier!) carts at this Office Depot location. It's co-branded: evidently cheaper to produce that way. I'm just glad they haven't dropped the OfficeMax brand entirely, though it does seem as if the brand has disappeared in my immediate area (see comments at kingskip1's photos here and here)...
This Office Depot location is one of many stores in Southaven's South Lake Centre. Look for a post covering the rest of the center this weekend on the Mid-South Retail Blog, and the start of next week's photoset tomorrow!
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WEEK 42 – Horn Lake Schnucks Kroger, Set II
So all “tile talk” aside, we're getting close to officially wrapping up our tour of the back actionway of the Horn Lake Schnucks Kroger, and winding things down today with a shot looking over into the frozen foods aisles from near the meat and seafood counter (I knew this one was blurry ever since the day I took it, yet still forgot to get a comparison shot on my return visit, lol!). Next time (in two weeks), we'll wrap around the right-side wall and into the front end in order to close out our stour altogether. Stay tuned!
Next week – it's finally getting chilly outside here in the Mid-South; we had our typical singular week of comfortable fall weather, and now forecasts are pushing us into the 60s and even 50s for highs, which for our region means wintertime! And winterwear... (a hint as to where we're headed! ;) )
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WEEK 22 – Southaven Gordmans Liquidation, Set I
Out in the parking lot, I thought I would take a quick photo of one of the store's shopping carts for posterity. These carts seemed kinda small (or at least awkwardly sized compared to other, more commonly-encountered carts), but served their purpose just as well here. I do have to say I preferred these to those things that Kohl's calls carts, haha! No cart return, though, was a bit of a downside. Of course, I guess it doesn't make a difference for lazy folks who leave them, but I hauled it back indoors.
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I'm uncertain if that's new interior signage laying over sideways in the window, or if it was somewhere within the store previously. I feel like it was here in the window at one time, but I don't recall seeing it in either mine or Retail Retell's recent photos. Could be it was removed for the liquidation signage overkill, or even removed quite sometime prior to that.
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Gordmans, 2006-built (closed 2017-reopened 2017!), Airways Blvd. near Nail Rd., Southaven MS
WEEK 26 – Southaven Gordmans Liquidation, Set III
(cont.) ...then you'll be taken on a ride straight across to the other side of the store! Whoops, I forgot to tell you to brace for impact ;P
Silliness aside, yep, I did get a few more photos of the home side of the store on this visit. Not many at all, sure, and comparatively lots more of the women's clothing side due to it housing the fixture sale, but “some” is better than “none,” I think you'll agree!
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SET 1 – Horn Lake Target, October 2019 Tour
This is the view one would find as he or she walks past Food Avenue Express and into the rest of the salesfloor proper. Most “regular” Target stores, even today, have a fairly consistent layout, and Horn Lake is no exception. The small “Bullseye’s Playground” dollar department is on our left, and as we move forward, we enter apparel, with women’s clothing specifically occupying the entire perimeter wall that we see here. Beyond that, we’ll move past the fitting rooms in the back right corner into men’s apparel, and encounter various other general merchandise departments past that.
Unfortunately this isn’t my best shot of it, so of course it’s naturally the one we’re stopping on today, lol. In any case, though, you can see the beginnings of this store’s wall décor – colorful strands of neon, placed in a repeating wave pattern, subtly but effectively conveying motion to pull you forward into the salesfloor. I don’t believe I’ve ever really talked about the motion aspect before, but the more I think about it, the more I think that the waves were absolutely intentional in that regard. What do y’all think?
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WEEK 33 – Tuesday Morning Relocation
Back outside, here's one last look at the exterior façade – a close-up of the Dressbarn labelscar and Tuesday Morning's “coming soon” signage. Since this shot was taken, the exterior was painted over, likely to try to disguise the previous tenant's identity, but in my opinion it only stands out more now!
It'll be interesting to see how this store is set up compared to the existing one... while it's gained square footage, it's still a more vertically-oriented space as opposed to horizontal. At least the same friendly employees and customers will be making the move, as well as plenty of new faces as a result!
NEXT WEEK – finally taking that trip down Airways Boulevard, as Dressbarn has done, to see what Tanger Outlets Southaven is all about...
Tuesday Morning // 195 Goodman Road W, Southaven, MS 38671
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Here's one more liquidation relic that slipped by (on that cart sign in the previous photo), haha! Forgive me for not posting more interior overview photos, but I thought these were a bit more timely and interesting. Besides, as stated before, while the store was still only about 75-80% restocked (good enough to reopen I guess!), it appeared as if not a whole lot would be changing. But since Retail Retell knows much more about this store (or at least the old version of it!) than I do, and has been in it many more times, he would know more about the changes (both present and future). So look for more updates, from both of us in fact, as Gordmans 2.0 (again, looks more like "Gordmans 1.1" to me - not a bad thing actually!) gets up to speed in the next days and weeks...
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Gordmans, 2006-built (closed 2017-reopened 2017!), Airways Blvd. near Nail Rd., Southaven MS
Seen hiding behind an open backroom door on the upper level of the Laurelwood Sears on my March 15th visit was this neat remnant of a former Visual Merchandising Department! If not original to the store's 1958 opening, this has to have been there for quite some time.
This and the rest of my Sears shots from that visit - plus my Memphis Kmart pics! - are now up on the Mid-South Retail Blog! EDIT - and for a closer shot of this sign: m.flickr.com/#/photos/bluffcityelevators/26262336431/
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Construction, Week 23
It's official: while the Hernando Kroger Marketplace construction project itself has not taken a year, the calendar has turned into a new one twenty-three weeks into the process! I know I promised (well, more like anticipated) smaller upload sets for 2016 as construction gradually moves inward from the exterior of the new store (meaning no visible progress from the outside), but the boatload of pictures I was able to take from the pharmacy drive-thru on Christmas Day when the store was closed has prevented that from happening just yet...!
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SET 5 – Pier 1 Closing, Southaven
Shifting over a little bit from the previous vantage point, here’s another look towards the back of the store, this time focusing more on the left-hand actionway and perimeter wall. Quite a bit of the remaining merch at this point in time – remember, the store only had 13 days left – was stuff that was, shall we say, questionable in taste, and as such a lot of it I was not surprised at all to see still hanging on, unsold, this close to the end. It’s hard to apply that sentiment to, say, the pillows on the wall, or the throws on the table in the foreground, but that abundance of aquatic dishware including fish-shaped whatever-those-things-are? Yep, those I definitely was not shocked to see still had not found a buyer :P
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Igor listens....
A retelling of "Pride and Prejudice", set in present day Brooklyn...very creative and fun!
WEEK 7 – Church Road McDonald's
Moving back to the front of the lot for a moment for another look at the road sign, this one facing east. All the activity on Church Road is unarguably that way, what with Tanger Outlets being the big draw on the other side of the I-55 overpass, and other retail in talks to follow. (cont.)
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The Hector Heritage Quay is one of Nova Scotia's major cultural tourist attractions. Through the depiction of the story of Scottish migration to the New World, the Hector Heritage Quay introduces visitors to the history and culture of the area. A series of imaginative and informative displays retell the story of the Ship Hector voyage in 1773. The centerpiece of the attraction is a full scale reproduction of the ship Hector. This three masted, fully rigged ship is found on Pictou's historic waterfront.
A full rigged Fluyt, the Hector (built in Holland before 1750) was employed in local trade in waters of the British Isles as well as the immigrant trade to North America, having made at least one trip ca. 1770 carrying Scottish emigrants to Boston, Massachusetts.
Her most famous voyage took place in 1773 with a departure date around July 1, carrying 170 Highlanders who were immigrating to Nova Scotia. The vessel's owner, Mr. Pagan, along with Dr. John Witherspoon, purchased three shares of land near Pictou, Nova Scotia. Pagan and Witherspoon hired John Ross as a recruiting agent for settlers willing to immigrate to Pictou with an offer of free passage, 1 year of free provisions, and a farm. The settlers (23 families, 25 single men) were recruited at Greenock and at Lochbroom (Rossshire) with the majority being from Lochbroom. The settlers that boarded the Hector were poor, "obscure, illiterate crofters and artisans from Northern Scotland, who only spoke Gaelic." The school teacher, William McKenzie was one of the few passengers on the Hector to speak both Gaelic and English.
The Hector was an old ship and in poor condition when she left Europe. The arduous voyage to Pictou took 11 weeks, with a gale off Newfoundland causing a 14 day delay. Dysentery and smallpox claimed 18 children among the passengers. The vessel arrived in Pictou Harbour on September 15, landing at Brown's Point, immediately west of the present-day town of Pictou.
The year's free provisions never materialized for the passengers of the Hector. They had to hurry to build shelter without those provisions before winter set in and starved them.
Year built: ca. 1770
Location: Holland
Length overall: 25.9 m (85 ft)
Beam: 6.7 m (22 ft)
Gross tonnage: 200
Number of masts: 3
Owner: Mr. Pagan, a merchant in Greenock, Scotland
To paraphrase (more like outright steal!) a recent, quite humorous line from Retail Retell:
Hope ya'll don't remember
I've parodied this song before!
The bird head is of course part of the décor piece behind the tractor, but definitely a bit on the creepy side at first glance, or maybe just plain creepy in it's own right no matter what!
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Gordmans, 2006-built (closed 2017-reopened 2017!), Airways Blvd. near Nail Rd., Southaven MS
I added in the 2012 Designer Queen Grimhilde, a 2010 Classic Snow White doll in her fashion pack wedding gown, and a 2013 Classic Snow White doll dressed in the 2010 Classic Doll outfit from the Disney Store Princess 10-Pack Classic Doll set. All I would need to do is add in a doll of Snow White in her scullery rags outfit (plus the Seven Dwarfs, of course) and I could almost do a retelling of the story through these dolls.
An exciting and innovative exhibition at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, 'We are Bess' retells the story of Bess's life through the prism of modern women. She may have lived 400 years ago, but Bess's experiences are akin with many women today.
In the late sixteenth century, Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (aka Bess of Hardwick) became the second richest woman in the country after Elizabeth I. Along the way she experienced great loss and hardship - two children and four husbands died, at times she had massive debts and lawsuits against her, while her last, broken marriage became a national scandal. Yet, throughout history she was has been portrayed as greedy, overbearing, and controlling, a view that derives largely from comments made by the disinherited family of her third husband and those of her estranged fourth husband.
‘We are Bess’ is an exhibition featuring 20 modern women who have responded to Bess’s story and consider the similarities between the challenges she faced in the sixteenth century and their own experiences.
'We are Bess' runs until 2 June 2019.
Lifting light vague
-This tale is a fairly reasonably accurate description of a true event that occurred during a Welsh wedding reception some time ago...
-Mention must be made that the expensive looking attire worn by this particular young lady may have helped falsely enhance her jewelry’s appeal as a tempting target.
-Regardless of whether the nicking had been done to tease, or for a hoped for profit !
-Which leads us to the story below: the tone of which is deliberately ambiguous.
It is a retelling: either from the viewpoint of one sibling playing a trick upon another sibling, or the viewpoint of a scoundrel who seeks out profitable opportunities at fancy dress- up affairs.
It is for you, the reader, to guess out....
Title :
Perils of a Living Doll
She was certainly that, a living doll, scurrying about in her fluidly flowing,shiny in the lights, fancy party attire:
An eye catching ensemble made up of a rather glistening emerald green button up back thicke satin blouse with a high ruffled neckline with long sleeves ending in matching ruffles. A long flowing pleated black satin skirt quite nicely completed the darling ensemble.
But very few dolls ever wore jewelry like her’s:
A surprisingly full complement of gleaming white pearls dangle deliciously along her lithe, youthfully curved figure, with her long flowing hair, and a wide eyed doe like curiosity of living life glowing from her pretty face.
Though I had other more pressing business to attend, I kept an eye out on her, relishing each time I caught her in view.
Those baiting pearls kept popping up in my mind when she was out of my sight, making it hard to concentrate fully on anything else!
It was quite in the realm of possibility that those smooth pearls of Her’s were as valuable as they were pretty!
Also knowing the fact that the female in possession of them was quite youthfully gullible, added up to make for an all to tempting target to easily be subtracted from her lustrous possessions !
Being a tad bit assured that somebody else may do the math, and might actually happen to make that subtraction was the reason I waited,with baited breath, to again catch a lingering look to see that she still was in possession of all of them !
Then at the end of another successful work day, as I slipped away, I caught an unexpected final sighting of the girl.
The poor thing had exhausted herself from the busy agendas of her long day looking like a princess,and all that doing so will entail!
Dead Asleep now, peacefully snuggled in on a couch corner, quite isolate, however, not quite alone!
For a girl whom I knew to be her cousin, sat dozing next her.
A girl her age incredibly pretty in a long sleek peach gown, enchantingly wearing what looked like rhinestones, earrings and bracelet, (surprisingly no necklace)! She had now opened her eyes and was looking around incredibly bored.
As I watched she rubbed her eyes, then tugged at the sleeping Lass who did not budge. She rose with a visible sigh and skipping off , her pretty peach colored gown winningly fluttering along her eye catching figure!
Failing to notice me standing nearby in the shadows as she swished past still rubbing her eyes!
Silently I thanked her for being so quite accommodating in leaving her sleeping cousin , and her delectably appealing pearls, quite behind !
It was prime time for that mathematical subtracting I had mentioned earlier!
But then subtracting had always been my best subject, something I was rather keen at doing!
Again on the hunt, I stalked up behind my prey!
I crouched down looked her over from behind.
Her reflection showing up Clearly enough in the polished glass vase on the coffee table in front of her as I silently had treaded in from behind!
Amazingly it appeared, she had made it though the gauntlets of the day with all her pearls in place.
Even when she and her cousin , the girl in peach satin, had startlingly snuck outside to swing on a nearbye schools playground, they had fortunately come back in unscathed!
Untouched by the rather dark lurking elements that sometimes will creep in from societies shadowy outer fringe to feed upon the richly dressed unwary!
Since I won’t deny my desires probably made me a loosely connected part of that rather unconventional brotherhood at times, I still took a personal interest in making sure she came to no distress .
And so I had taken the time to lecture them for taking on such perils , whilst secretly harboring a desire to lift away the very pearls I was scolding her for taking a risk on losing by playing outside!
I now, of course gently sat down on the opposite end of the couch, watching her and the surroundings, planning my strategy.
For this type of subtracting, the distraction for the victim was her sleep.
I only had to make sure my moves along her figure were as nimble as can be and used the lest amount of pressure to work off what I was after!
Also a rule was to keep an eye on any subtle changes in her breathing or movement as I worked!
This would tip me off that it was time to leave with what jewels of hers I had in hand , regrettably leaving the rest perched in place as she was waking!
I saw her cousin quite aways off, she did not appear to be concerned or coming back anytime soon, leaving me a window opened for opportunity!
So I gently, with growing anticipation, slowly inched closer, my earlier desires now sharply reawakening!
Finally Reaching her sleep warmed figure, I ventured in to gently caress her arm, tingling encased in her emerald satin sleeve with its daintily ruffled end.
The young darling did not stir at my cool fingers touch as I eyeballed her wrists bracelet and ringed fingers!
Normally I would have gone for her necklace first, followed by her earrings, since in that order they are usually the most valuable of the jewels a lady would wear!
A procedure I had observed a thief carry out on two different ladies at the same venue! It was watching his moves that had effectively whetted my appetite for this game!
But , in this one’s case, I had an inkling that her bracelets and rings(especially the diamond one on her left pinky) that as a whole, may be the more advantageous route to proceed in case I had to face an early retreat !
I moved my fingers tingling down the sleeve of her right arm that lay upon her lap, carefully peeling back the ruffles to reach the pearled bracelet.
I then moved that bracelet up over her sleeve before lifting it, than delicately slipping it around until the diamond studded clasp was exposed.
Licking my lips I snapped it open, leaving the ends dangle as I moved my hand away and sat looking at her from the corner of my eye!
She kept on breathing heavily with no tell tale signs of waking up soon!
No one was paying our little corner any heed!
I reached over and taking up the bracelets end used the smoothness of her sleeve and her satin skirt between which it was sandwiched, and easily peeled it away !
I Let it lay on her lap, drooling over the pretty thing !
Then I reached down in again, curling my fingers around hers. Ever so delicately, one by one, slowly slipped off her shimmering rings from along each nuckle, feeling my heart beating with exhlileration, until they each were worked free ,laying them one by one on her black pleated satin clad lap till they all lay in a glittery group together!
Her left arm was at her side, and I gingerly grasped it and lifted it limply onto her lap to join her other.
I sat back for a minute, she wasn’t stirring, the cousin was still a distance away.
I went back to work.
Carefully I slipped off her other bracelet, laying it over my growing take. Then I lifted her pinky, where a glittery ring set with 3 dainty diamonds had been sparkling merrily as she had scurried about!
I easily worked it off , having it join in with the collection I had already neatly slipped off from her.
I took a deep exhale of breath of the air I had been holding, then reaching in, scooped them all up from her downy soft lap inside my cupped hand in one fluid motion.
As I pocketed them I watched her necklace do it’s dangly dance.
A fine double strand of glistening perfection laying their ever so elegantly up against the sheer front of her lush emerald green satin blouse.
Both strands dripping down from beneath her blouses’ elegantly ruffled neckline !
The matched strands dangled together just below her heaving chest. Held together by a round diamond set pin about halfway up on the right side.
The rich material of her form fitted blouse pleasurably outlined her petite young curves, with the enticingly baiting pearls adding a very nice accent to the overall picture.
It almost was a shame to relive her neck of the richly gleaming burden.
Almost....
Before making my move I delicately reached over and slipping my fingers underneath the strands, feeling her chest rise up and down in its gently moving heaves, lifted them up for the second time that day , I again drooled over them a bit before making my move...
I slid in daringly closer, placing my arm so it lay on the couch around behind her back.
As I watched around us from the front my fingers worked hidden from behind, locating the jeweled clasp , then prying it open, looking down at her I let the loose ends slither down along her shoulders. The pearls slipped away with an almost silent swish down the front of her slick blouse where they curled up in a dainty nestling pile upon her sleepy shiny lap.
I froze, ready to exit, but she did not stir from her dreams!
Far too exhausted to be awakened by my practiced subtle extraction of her jewelry !
I studied the piled up pearls for a few satisfying seconds,congratulating me on a job well done, well half done actually!
Then I reached in and neatly plucked the gleaming double strand free from where they lay nestled in to finish it!
As I was doing so I now felt something sharply hard inside her skirt against the back of my hand.
I looked it over as I pocketed her pearls and spied a pocket of her own in the side of her skirt, hidden in the pleats .
Wondering what it held, I eagerly pried it open and reached inside and surprisingly came away with a glittery rhinestone necklace !
“Whats this then luv?” I thought silently questioning her as I admire the pretty sparklers.
A necklace as pretty as this belonged around the throat of a girl dressed up fancy, like the one wearing the luxurious peach gown who had been sitting next to her !
Looking up at her angelic face I wondered what games of her own this pretty miss had been up to as I pondered vexingly whether to keep or return her sparkling trophy?
As I made my decision I saw her earrings peeping out .
That was all that was left to take, her pearled earrings with the diamond clasp ! Fortunately her delicate ears were not pierced, which may have been more of a sticky wicket encumbering their removal!
But still this might be tricky enough, her long silky soft hair held them for the most part safely inside.
I looked around then got up and went behind her and put the mirrored vase to use.
Picking up a strand of her hair I watched as I tickled her nose with it. She stirred, and without really waking, pulled her hair back away from her ears Nicely exposing her beautiful twin pearled earrings for an easy lift.
With a touch as delicate as any surgeon’s I reached around and gently pulled as I slipped off each one in turn.
Amazed at how easily they freely slipped off each slightly sweat glistened earlobe!
I cheerfully pocketed them.
Then spent some time watching her figure in my safe haven behind her, making good use of the mirror to assure myself nothing of value had been missed or overlooked !
Her tightly fitting attire still was glistening shiny, but starkly bear naked now that her gleaming jewels had been all been nicked clean away.
This had been almost too easy, not that I was complaining, for it had been a most enjoyably scintillating , guiltily pleasurable, game of it!
I looked around, planning my exit.
Then I spied something glittering in a far corner!
I recognized it as the diamond bracelet being regally worn by her errant cousin! I decided on following in to capture a better last look at the satin peach clad vixen!
Perhaps I may have to ‘bump’ into her and take the ‘opportunity’ to, with feeling, compliment her on her fetchingly pretty attire!
Toodles I endearingly said in silence to the sleeping doll’s shimmery figure still snuggled into the couch,biding her a fond adieu as I walked away, feeling my pockets nicely weighted down with her still warm purloined pearls!
Still finding amazement over the quantity and apparent quality of the jewelry that my victim had been allowed to wear out daringly alone this particular evening !
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Not much later the girl did stir, stretching and yawning. Then laid her hands back onto her Lap, covered as it was in her midnight black pleated satin skirt.
She flexed her fingers along its luxurious length, relishing in the skirts satiny feel.
She looked around. Something was not quite right. Where was her cousin?
As she thought this she reached up to rub her eyes, than gasped...
She was looking at her hands, shocked , her bracelets were gone, and her rings, including her small one set with diamonds!
In her bewilderment she still was feeling cobwebbed from sleep as she, with a puzzled frown, reached up and ran her fingers through her long hair...
Hold on, where are my bloody earrings. Then she felt at her throat! Her necklace of pearls were no longer there, she felt down the front of her shiny blouse to confirm that the strands we’re no longer dangling down!
With a sinking feeling she realized that her pearls, all of them were gone!
And she had a pretty good idea of who had the Gaul to have spirited them away like this
The wanker she hissed under her breath as she mentally pictured her twin brother who liked to play lifting games and picking off items from her, like her jewelry.
He has been up to no good again, even though he had promised he would be in best behaviors after she caught him earlier!
For he had already lifted the rhinestone necklace of thier similarly aged girl cousin wearing a pretty gown of peach satin.
Taking it as he had danced with her!
She had seen him, and demanded he had hand it back to her!
Sulking over being caught and scolded out, he had given it to his twin and tasked her to be the one to somehow sneak it back to their cousin!
Which she had forgotten to do and her hand darted inside her silky skirts pocket to feel for the rhinestone necklace.
Nope it was still there, so she still had that job to do also!!!
She actually did not mind his games , rather the opposite actually! Just had felt a bit jealous he had danced with their cousin over her first !
And now she believed he had lifted her pearls in retaliation for her scolding him!
Of all the bloody Cheek!
That her brother had his eyes her pearls, and the downy softness of her sleekly pretty party outfit was no mystery!
She knew this because he had kept teasingly prodding her, touching at her pearls, on the long drive here as both had been sitting wedged in the back seat of papa’s small sports car.
Though she had also been an antagonist herself, intentionally giving him reasons to grasp her As she squirmed away, knowing full well it was triggering the desires to lift her jewelry that he was trying so hard to suppress with their parents seated up front!
Mum had only to tell them once to settle down, turning around to scold them, the diamonds in her earrings glittering as madly as she was only pretending to be at her children!
Those earrings were very pretty, too pretty to be kept at home. Papa had to go to a bank to get them, along with my pearls!
Thinking the word “bank” made her jump to her feet, as suddenly a cold realization swept over her!
The razor thin feelings that divided between the delicious chills of guilty pleasure that her pearls had been nicked and the cold stark reality of the punishment she would get for losing them if the parents saw her first before she got them back!
No matter how they had been lost!
Now fully wide awake, with a straightening of her glittering long shiny midnight black pleated skirt, she hurried off to call him out !
Or at least that is what she down deep hoped that was all she had to do to get them from him!
For an unsettling inkling was now forming queasily in her gut that it just conceivably may not have been her brother who had lifted her pearls.
For her mum had not really been happy with her insisting to wear them out this evening.
Thinking she may be a bit too young to be wearing them without her parents presence!
For mum and papa were a part of the bridal party and would not be able to keep close eyes themselves on her and her brother!
And it was only with her brothers suspiciously eager promise to keep an eye on her, that she was given permission!
Her mum also had not known about the small diamond ring she had smuggled out of the house to put her on finger once when her parents were finally not around!
She had been lectured to take great care of her fine jewelry, which of course she hadn’t , playing around like she was back at home and not attending a posh reception!
Then she had snuck off to the playground with their cousin, without her brothers knowledge !
And her brother had lectured her when she had admitted to him where she had disappeared off too. Probably mad because he would have like to have been included in!
And then....
Speaking of being scolded...!
She suddenly remember the icy stern lady in a red silk dress , whom she had not recognized, but apparently had seen the girls sneaking off outside to play!
Chillingly she recalled the penetrating look she her and her girl cousin had receive from that strange lady with severe hair and eyes who had caught them sneaking back in after being outside at the playground!
She had admonished them for going off alone dressed like they were!
As she scolded she pawed at the slick fabrics of the girls fancy dress attire caressing them over with clammy fingers, then had lifted my pearl necklace up like she was going to take it for safe keeping.
She doesn’t of course, but it had been a very unsettling experience for both of the startled doe eyed young girls !
But that lady had so unnervingly acted like my pearls belonged with her, she remembered with unsettling clarity!
But of course she was being silly, only men would have a desire to take a girl’s jewels, right!?
That’s the way it appeared on the telle show they had watched once!
But there had been plenty of men there, strangers who had stopped what they were doing and look them over as she and her cousin darted in and out amongst them
In the crowded ballroom.
Most had commented how pretty the pair looked, others just turned away with thoughtful looks on their smug mugs.
Now with a fast growing bit of nagging anxiety , pensively still feeling her still naked ears and the chillingly bare neckline of her ultra-soft satin blouse for still peskily non existent pearls , she urgently sought out her twin brother.
Needing to be assured that he had been indeed up to his tricks and would reunite her with them.
And in doing so, to be relived of her new concerns over the worrisome idea someone else may actually have been responsible for her missing bank vault worthy pearls!
Some unknown individual whose intentional reasons for nimbly lifting them off as she had slept would probably not involve giving them back to her!!
With these uncomfortable swirling thoughts she looked with suspicion through the crowd of handsomely attired guests!
Spotting the peach satin gown her cousin was wearing, she quickly swished to catch up and enlist her help!
“””””””””””””””””
As she did so, the one who had a small cache of guests jewels hidden away in a deep pocket, was watching , with a secret grin, this recent victim’s shiny green and black attired figure’s worried progress from her couch, while standing a reassuringly safe distance away!
Watching with a wicked smirk as she was reaching the equally prettily attired young girl clad so elegantly in peach satin .
The one who had deserted her cousin from the couch leaving her unguarded as she slept.
The one who had turned away blushing,so winningly as the person had so eloquently complimented her while holding her arm to give added meaning to a false sincerity !
The one who in a matter of minutes was probably about to realize that her cousin was not the only one to have had several of her jewels mysteriously taken from her elegantly clad person!
Smirking at these thoughts, with a rather proud cockiness over this evenings accomplishments, shown in a happily haughty demeanor!
The person standing in the shadows slowly moved in , mulling over that in addition to subtracting, there was nothin like a good old fashion game of cat and mouse!
Fini
Now, not everyone likes an open ending to a story...
So If anyone would like to know what the real life solution was to the mystery of who took her jewelry, and whether she got it back , please ask in the comments section and I will privately email the answer
The Ed’s...
Thirty seconds is all that my camera gives me before I have to manually keep the shutter open. I am a fan of shadows in my RAW files and they hold great Gladows that here were taken near Culloden Battle Field in Scotland. The Clava Cairns were created long before notions of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England. Here at the North Eastern Cairn at Balnuaran of Clava the history and mystery both veils and reveals, conceals and tells tales.
Original shadows and dark of night through just slight tickles of editing reveal the gladows and create images that are more like the visions of eyesight on the scene at the time of taking the pictures. Still the bone answers stone and the land gives us our history on which we stand. The long dead that were interred so prominently at Balnuaran of Clava gave rise to the naming of all such similar monuments as Clava Cairns. The battlefield at Culloden saw much destroyed and created written in blood and remembered in much bitter and sweet retelling such that the ancient mysteries at Balnuaran of Clava once had just as sweet and bitter to recount and those former memories have been forgotten.
In prehistory the burial of the tribe in larger monuments that were a place to revisit cleaned bones was stopped and the great tombs forcibly closed. The rise of grand burials for monarchs began with individual tombs for princes. The stars still dance through clouds and mark our ways on Earth with a grand celestial progression such that we formerly called them shepherds and sheep and now we look at them having Queenly and Kingly rulership within our lives. The seasons pass like fluttering frames in a Cosmic Cinema and we draw such import as we can to understand this moment as a triumph, as a fresh new pinnacle of human endeavour superior in every way to any way that was praised before and in doing such self celebration we seem to follow on a bitter tortured sweet song singing just as all of our ancestors have done.
30 seconds of camera open gives me Shadows that I offer you as Gladows from a site of Ancient Hallows.
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Clava Cairns Near Inverness, IV2 5EU
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A Visitors’ Guide to Balnuaran of Clava a prehistoric cemetery
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Balnuaran Of Clava, North-east
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I've talked about this particular item before, in at least one public flickr comment, and in private with Retail Retell, rendering him completely ineligible to guess this one unfortunately. Anyone else though is free to take a stab at what this vintage Kmart object might be. Not sure how big a niche Kmart carved out in the private brand arena, though I do remember a few other Kmart-branded items from time to time.
The photo was taken at very close range, where it became obvious that this item needed a good cleaning with a toothbrush or something similar. Hey, the purchaser of this from our estate sale (whomever they may be) got a really good bargain, so I don't feel too bad about putting that clean up effort all on them! Before this got sold off though, I made sure to get several photos. Needless to say, I plan to post more of those photos in the future.
Excerpt from www.rom.on.ca:
Story
In 2014 a tragic event occurred off the coast of Newfoundland when nine rare blue whales became trapped in ice and died. Their loss represents about three percent of the Northwest Atlantic’s blue whale population; in Canada that’s almost equivalent to the human population of Saskatchewan. Blue whales usually sink when they die, but in an unusual occurrence two of the blue whales washed ashore in Trout River and Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, offering an unprecedented opportunity for research.
Recovery
Working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Research Casting International and the local communities, ROM scientists de-fleshed and recovered the bones of this endangered species, transporting them to Ontario. After a two-year process where the bones were buried in manure, and de-greased, one of these awe-inspiring animals is ready to be displayed at the ROM.
Exhibition
Out of the Depths: The Blue Whale Story is a ROM original exhibition that retells the tragic story of 2014 and the unprecedented opportunity for research and conservation that resulted. Come face to face with the enormous eighty- foot skeleton of Blue, and discover the mind-blowing biology of blue whales; the humongous size of their heart, their unusual feeding behaviour, how they communicate and their evolution from land to sea. Find out how the ROM is studying their DNA to unlock some of the mysteries surrounding these large but elusive creatures, and gain insight into the global decline of the blue whale population and what is being done to protect the world’s largest animal...ever.
WEEK 48.2 – Olive Branch Crossing Post-Opening
With Five Below not open yet and Hobby Lobby closed, the two stores I'd rather check out were busts. Ah well, made for some nice car- and people-free exterior shots! ...except for that one car right there in the corner :-/
Olive Branch Crossing // Goodman Road, Olive Branch, MS 38654
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Last up for today, an even closer look at the center portion of such a kiosk, with the red phone and surrounding 80s-era décor (cool pic here!). Note, too, the missing price scanner to the left of it... unfortunately a common sight across this store, which makes it difficult to try to find the price for something! I've had to walk several departments over for that before, only to find a still intact scanner that has invariably quit working XD Ah well – can't complain about getting exercise, lol! Sharp-eyed viewers will also notice that for this photo, we've migrated over to the blue zone: more in two weeks...
(c) 2017 Retail Retell
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The small Burnett District town of Monto is the location for some of the latest and most northerly example at this time of silo art in Australia. And what a beauty. It's at Three Moon, just outside town and joins a number of murals in the town itself as a way of drawing more tourists.
www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-15/monto-silo-art-most-northe...
A suggestion to brighten up two drab grey walls in the centre of Monto has led to a spellbinding makeover of the town's water tower and grains silos that is sure to give the whole town top billing on Australia's public art trail.
The idea put forward two years ago snowballed into a community survey undertaken by the Monto Magic Tourism Action Group, in which the imagination of the community took off.
Celebrated street artists Travis Vinson (DRAPL) and Joel Fergie (The Zookeeper) were given the concept plans that resulted and waved their painting wands over them.
The result for the silos, according to Monto Magic president and North Burnett Regional Council division one councillor Melinda Jones, is an imaginative retelling of the legends that surround the name of the region's Three Moon Creek.
One is about the Chinese people who arrived in Australia's gold rush era and saw the moon reflected in the creek and a pannikin, another surrounds a cattleman who saw much the same thing, and the other is wrapped up in Aboriginal tradition.
The artwork by DRAPL and The Zookeeper filled in a little more.
"The silo artwork pays homage to the community's past, present and future," Ms Jones said. "The way the artists worked with what we gave them is amazing."
She said one of the many benefits of contracting the two artists, apart from their huge public following, was that they were aware of the subject matter used around the rest of Australia's growing public art trail, to avoid duplication.
The images on the water tower are all about fun and freedom, where three local children have been transformed into six metre high figures playing with the water "bursting" from the concrete structure.
"One is swinging from the platform at the top of the tower," Ms Jones said, recalling the cold day they undertook the photo shoot to capture images to send to the artists.
Six metre high children play among the artwork puddles on Monto's water tower.
Six metre high children play among the artwork puddles on Monto's water tower.
The paintings on the two walls between Heilbronn's Mensland and the old solicitors building show a (breed unspecified) cow on one side and what Ms Jones said was "literally Monto" on the other side.
"It's all the elements from our landscape, all with significant meanings," she said.
"All the murals will provide great opportunities for interesting, quirky and colourful selfies.
"Where else can you find an enormous cow trying to lick your head.
"Where else can you lean against a timber rail for a chat with some larger-than-life locals."
Rounding out this seven-week-long set (!) with this November 2015 shot of the Horn Lake Target and its accompanying retailers in DeSoto Crossing, viewed at dusk. Though this set has really helped to trim the backlog down, I still have plenty of pictures from this store to share, and I'm always getting more, lol! Stick around for more of those in the year to come... and more immediately, stay tuned for the landmark week 53 of Hdo Kroger construction (among other things) on Tuesday.
DeSoto Crossing // Interstate Boulevard, Horn Lake, MS 38637
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So after 20 years in Southaven, what's Chick-fil-A to do for an encore? Build a 2nd Southaven location of course! This one is to be located on the west side of Getwell Rd., more or less just west of the Southaven Monster Kroger. Rumor has it Retail Retell might be thinking about covering the construction (and/or possibly the opening) of this location (new foundation can be seen in the upper left portion of the pic), but with myself *still* not delivering on those photos of the new Whitehaven Krystal, I really can't see taking on yet another new restaurant construction series at this point. It'll certainly be interesting to see the finished product though (which one or both of us will no doubt have at least a few photos of), and you can bet the place will be super crowded once it opens!
“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”
C.S. Lewis
WEEK 39 – Covington Kroger Closing, Set 2
Panning yet further to the right to show a straight-on view back over toward the right-side wall. Like I said: that dang Kroji poster blocks the script décor woodgrain Kroger logo in that corner from practically every angle imaginable, haha! Thankfully, it at least leaves the local flair image to its right uncovered and visible for all to see. Kroger Delta Division seemed to go on a rather large local flair kick back during the millennium days, and that initiative continued strongly through the script décor era, which is always nice to see. In addition to showcasing some community history, the pictures also just plain add some visual interest to what would otherwise be blank stretches of wall… a nice win-win, in my opinion.
As we’ll see later on, most of these local flair images – just as they would in a regular Kroger remodel – sadly would not survive the conversion to Naifeh’s, but a select handful surprisingly did…
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There are no snakes in Ireland. Legend has it that this is thanks to Saint Patrick himself, who ran them out of the country in the 5th century. The pupils from Wexford Educate Together NS imagined a future where they have returned. Buí Bolg's pageant, "The Return of the Snakes" is a futuristic retelling of this story. When massive, intelligent super-snakes threaten to take over Dublin, there's only one man for the job. Together with his athletic team of crosier-wielding warriors, Saint Patrick will protect the people of Dublin from one of the biggest snakes you are ever likely to see!
Buí Bolg is a team of skilled, visual artists and engineers, performers and designers, led by Artistic Director, Colm Lowney. Established in Wexford in 1994, the aim is to bring art onto the streets and make it accessible for all.
WEEK 7 – Church Road McDonald's
A close-up shot of the front and the clock tower. The roof looks more black than green, but that's just due to the shade from the trees off to the left. It was a very nice afternoon on December 5th, the day these shots were taken. This was our (unplanned) first stop of the day. Then something else unplanned happened later on!
McDonald's // 4952 Pepper Chase Drive, Southaven, MS 38671
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Unlike the previous two years, just as I'm not ending on a special number, this year I also didn't have a special picture set aside to commemorate my third flickrversary. So instead, I made sure to hold off on uploading my photo of the Kroger cube sign at the Blytheville, AR, store as a special treat for my annual New Year's Eve photo. (Surely you guys knew as soon as I posted this shot that I had gotten a close-up of the cube sign, and were wondering when I was going to get around to uploading it, haha!)
Anyway, as usual, I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you guys for helping make this such a fun activity. Of course, I have fun simply going and taking my photos, and writing all my descriptions and blog posts... but y'all are the ones who make it all truly worth it; the community is great. I enjoy viewing all of your photos, sharing conversations, and trading tips and research on various aspects of retail. Likewise, I sincerely appreciate and value all the views and faves you've awarded my work. I've seriously had the time of my life doing this, and look forward to continuing to be part of the flickr retail scene in 2018 and beyond!
One last plug... every year, I've made it a point to say here that I encourage everyone who's lurking on the site viewing retail photos to go ahead and join. This year is no different: don't be afraid, we don't bite! :) Even if you don't want to take and post your own photos, consider joining just to take part in the comments sections. This hobby is a lot of fun. You won't regret it!
Happy New Year's Eve everyone, and here's to hoping you have a healthy and prosperous year ahead! :)
Kroger // 400 W Moultrie Drive, Blytheville, AR 72315
(c) 2017 (for about a day or so anyway) then 2018 Retail Retell
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SET 1 – Walmart, Morrilton, AR
Walmart's interior décor packages have a long history of evolving into different (and often cheaper...) versions of themselves over time. I've already discussed this phenomenon as it relates to Project Impact back at this description, and over the course of the past 5-7 years or so we also saw that develop in relation to what we've taken to calling Black Décor 2.0: first, you had the original implementation, as we saw in Hernando... then came BD2.1, with only minor changes, as we saw in Oxford... next, a major font change was brought along with BD2.2, as we saw in Olive Branch... finally (and most recently), an even more drastically different version emerged, which also took the cheapness factor to a mind-bogglingly insane level. One could argue that that package is different enough to where it's not *quite* an evolution of the BD2.0 family, but personally it has enough similarities to BD2.2 for me to consider it effectively BD2.3, even though you're more apt to see other names for it instead, like "cyanominimalist" or my personal favorite, "the blue nightmare" :P Anyway, my most notable reason for considering that package (which I've yet to upload my own photos of, but which you can see in albums from l_dawg2000 and kbable272 here and here, respectively) the last version of the BD2.0 family, though, is because I view this new Airport décor package as a clean slate, a fresh beginning -- the décor cycle once again starting over anew. It will be interesting to see over the next several years where this latest family of décor packages takes us!
(c) 2023 Retail Retell
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Boy, it's been a while since I've written any descriptions in the Word document set aside for such purposes on my desktop – looks like every single photo I've posted since Week 3 of this year has had its description written on my laptop instead! And as we enter Week 21 presently, that trend will likely continue. I'm just popping in here today after spending the day on my desktop writing my latest blog post, documenting the now-former Bonanza Steakhouse location in Tupelo, MS, part of my new “Lost Histories of Mid-South Retail – Broken Chains Edition” series, based on the term originated by the blog of the same name. I encourage you to check out my post – and the Broken Chains Blog, if you haven't!
Bonanza Steakhouse (now closed) // 550 N Gloster Street, Tupelo, MS 38801
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WEEK 42 – Horn Lake Schnucks Kroger, Set II
As we move toward the right side of the store, I want to go on a little bit of a tangent here and talk about the floor tiles in this store. As I noted earlier in today's set, when it received the same remodel, the W Main Kroger in Tupelo removed all of its Albertsons Grocery Palace tile in favor of a trendy concrete floor. This Horn Lake Kroger, on the other hand, opted to keep the tiled look instead of switching to concrete. The snazzy wood flooring we saw in produce, as well as the equally neat two-toned pattern around the perimeter of the store, were added by Kroger in the remodel. However, the tile in the grocery aisles themselves is left over from Schnucks: evidently Kroger must have thought that it was in good enough shape not to bother changing it out. Unfortunately, it's become a little worse for the wear since then. The full-size photo above shows the transition from that now-dingy white Schnucks tile to Kroger's two-toned perimeter pattern.
And as for the inset photo, you ask? Well, believe it or not, that's some old, original Seessel's tile! You may recall that we discussed this here over the summer, but for those of you not viewing my photostream in real-time, I'll quickly summarize that when Schnucks took over the Seessel's stores from Albertsons back in 2002, they were in such a rush to remodel and convert the stores that when they went through to re-tile them, they didn't even bother moving the aisles; instead, they kept them in place, and as such the original Seessel's tile remained if you looked closely enough underneath all of the shelves. Now, when Kroger took over those stores from Schnucks in 2011, they went ahead and ripped out Schnucks's old flooring in most cases, removing all traces of either former operator's tile. (That linked former Schnucks store only managed to keep the Seessel's tile remnants intact because it was bought not by Kroger but by Memphis-based independent grocer Superlo Foods.) However, Kroger decided to be cheap at this Horn Lake store, and as a result retail fans can clearly see some of that old Seessel's tile to this day.
(c) 2017 Retail Retell
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Many brochs are built on prominent sites that look out to sea. To some they give an idea of land defences from sea raiders. To others they show a sea trading marker to encourage boats to stop. The striking locations for these impressive towers does seem to be a part of their purpose, whether to intimidate, or to welcome is still being debated.
The name name Caisteal Grugaig is a reminder of the witch that supposedly lived here. Grugaig had two sons Telve and Todder. The sons are sometimes mentioned as giants and these two giants built and lived in Dun Telve and Dun Troddan the two magnificent brochs just over the hills and past Glenelg. There is also Dun Gruaig Broch that is closer to Dun Telve and Dun Troddan so the witch may have been in two places at once as well as having two giant sons in two magnificent brochs. Which ever way the witch story weaves a narrative, the beauty of the four brochs is tale set in stone that is worth telling and retelling.
The stones rise into open skies that release the imagination to fuel our inspiration until we are in our own ingenious visualisation ready to recount our own narration of witches, giants and brochs. I have my story from listening in to the wind and reflecting the resound of the echoes from the ground that around a campfire can be shared as water bubbles and boils to give accompanying brew to enlighten the story.
There are some further details here. Some useful details here.
Caisteal Grugaig Broch, if not with the white Hare Hind as seen in some of the other pictures, is a phantastique place of solid stone and dreaming design. Something secure rose here to stretch the sky and meet the clouds and even as the stone falls gently back down to the ground the sky still rolls in off the mountains and across the lochs to meet this site next to fresh water and towering over the sea.
Caisteal Grugaig Broch Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference and Global Position
OS Grid Ref: NG 86681 25076
Latitude: 57° 15' 59" N
Longitude: 5° 32' 21" W
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We’re back on the west side of Goodman Road this Saturday for one final photoset out of Horn Lake (that’s one extra hint in addition to the ones I laid in this description, in case anyone wants to squeeze in a last-minute guess as to the subject!), so it’s time to check in on a project I previously mentioned was taking place this fall: the remodel of the town’s Drury Inn and Suites.
This hotel has a prime spot right at the southwest corner of the Goodman Road/I-55 interchange, and shares its lot with an establishment I’ve done a better job of profiling (though still not nearly as good a job as many other places, unfortunately…), the Bob Evans-turned-Hardee's. And after sitting for years complacent with its design, it began undergoing a thorough exterior remodel in the second half of 2017, donning a stucco-heavy, boxier roofline as well as a new, non-italicized logo for the chain.
In my collage of pictures here, you can see on the left two photos of the construction from October 28th; in the center, a better work-in-progress shot from November 5th; and on the bottom right, a very-zoomed-in capture of the final product from Veterans Day this past Saturday, joined for comparison by an earlier pic I discovered while searching through files off of my old phone, taken on January 17th, 2014. (For a better pre-remodel view, see l_dawg’s shot here.) I hope to get a better picture of the final product soon, but this is the best I could do for now!
As I recall, the work started a few months ago, but as far as the exterior is concerned they really seemed to push quickly to get it done these past few weeks; I was surprised to see it finished so soon. (To put that in other terms: the center pic was taken the same week as the finished product pic!!) I imagine the interior of the hotel got a nice remodel as well, although I can’t confirm as I’ve never been inside, haha!
Anyway, just thought I’d share this news and these remodel photos with you guys while they’re still timely. I kept thinking as the remodel continued that I should have been getting more pictures, but it’s fairly hard to do so when driving past, and I didn’t want to take on yet another photo series, haha! Speaking of which – in addition to the regular set, some more Sam’s Club remodel pics are coming this weekend, so stay tuned!
And finally... Thanksgiving Break (for me, anyway) begins in less than 39 hours (not that anyone's counting or anything XD ), so here are some celebratory, time-passing music recommendations: enjoy!
Drury Inn & Suites // 735 Goodman Road W, Horn Lake, MS 38637
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Last but not least, I noticed when checking out that the self-checkout units have been replaced with entirely new ones as well. These are completely unlike any other self-checkout units I've seen in nearby Krogers, including my new Marketplace! Personally, I like the older-style ones better, although I'm sure I'd get used to these with continued exposure. There's also no denying that these look sleeker, and the picture of Christmas cookies on the screen is a nice seasonal touch! Overall, this seems like a very nice refresh for the otherwise sorta-neglected Horn Lake formerly-neon Kroger.
(c) 2016 Retail Retell
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The day was August 29, 2015. I was still less than a year into my tenure on flickr at that point, and as I’d done on many days, was walking around my beloved wavy neon Target in Horn Lake, MS. While my mom was looking at something within the women’s clothing department, I saw this view of the classic P97 department signs as reflected backwards in a mirror and thought this would be a fitting shot to take, and eventually use at some point in the (hopefully very, very distant) future when the store would inevitably remodel away from its awesome original décor. A way to fittingly send off what lasted untouched for so many years, to look back on what was here before as if glancing through the rearview (in an only slightly less literal fashion than I had done the year prior).
Well, friends… it’s now April 29, 2023, and – sadly – the time has finally come to reach way back into my archives and dust off this old photo. Thankfully we were tipped off to the remodel in enough time before it began, lest it come as even more of a shock, but still – there was no way that hearing that news, whenever it would eventually be sprung on us, wouldn’t form a gray cloud above our famous color worlds. Just a few days shy of February 2023, the dreaded remodel bins began appearing in the store’s parking lot, and the fate of the HLT was sealed.
As you all know, I moved away from DeSoto County to Madison County in summer 2021, so it’s been both a blessing and a curse that the wavy neon outlasted my time living there: I’m so glad it continued to survive for another year and a half (heck, that it even survived a full four years after all of its department signs were unceremoniously removed!), but also sad that I’m not able to be in town more regularly to cover the remodel, something which of course I would have made a near-weekly occurrence if only I had the time and opportunity. Thankfully, though, in my absence my trusted local flickr colleagues l_dawg2000 and kbable272 have been monitoring the situation, and updating their respective albums (check out the links when you click their usernames), throughout the year so far. I’ve also been lucky enough to have the chance to go back a few times myself, and catch the neon twice more before its lights went out for good :(
The Horn Lake Target was the store I began my entire photostream with, and for those first several years I posted about it all the time. After May 2019, I quietly dropped off, somewhat adopting l_dawg’s code of not posting any further pictures lest they jinx a remodel into taking place. That’s not to say I stopped *taking* pictures, though. To the contrary, in fact, after getting my new Pixel phone in summer 2019, I went back that fall and got a brand-new, full-on store tour, to test out how well my new camera worked with the neon. I’ve got beaucoudles of assorted unposted photos from all years of my flickr career so far, and plenty of remodel-in-progress pics as well… but it’s that October 2019 tour that we’re going to start this series with, a few days from now. Stay tuned: the Horn Lake Target remodel saga has been years in the making, and in 2023, it's all happening, finally…
(c) 2023 Retail Retell
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So the latest update in the Fred’s downfall saga, if y’all haven’t been following along, is that the company is officially relocating its corporate offices to Dallas from its longtime home of Memphis, abandoning the Mid-South and selling off its headquarters/distribution center complex along Getwell Road. A buyer was just announced yesterday, as a matter of fact, which is highly coincidental since I was planning to write my most recent blog post that day anyway! And the topic of that post just happens to be the liquidation of the store that shared the property with said HQ building, Fred’s onetime flagship location… feel free to check it out here!
Fred's (now closed) // 4280 Getwell Road, Memphis, TN 38118
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WEEK 33 – Carrollton, GA, Target (IV)
Here’s yet ANOTHER thing up here in grocery that I think is very much worth a mention: how often do you see a curved wall inside a Target store?! I definitely got Kroger greenhouse vibes from this find, haha! Now, what I imagine has actually happened here is that we’re looking at the true front left corner of the building, and we all know that Target stores built in this era did indeed have rounded exterior walls… so it naturally stands to reason that the corresponding interior of that corner would also be rounded. Still, though, unless I just have been totally blind to them, I don’t recall seeing anything like this before in photos online. Perhaps the corners are walled off or squared off somehow in most Targets of this era? Especially those with offices and other spaces along the front wall of the store… that would make it much easier to conceal, of course.
As it is, I bet this store wishes it had a square corner here: looks like they’re going to have some difficulties bridging that space between the shelving and the new coolers!
(c) 2021 Retail Retell
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WEEK 44 – HLT Fall Photoset, Part III
Headed back outside now, on a chilly January day, we find this: a lone clearance tag, hanging out in the parking lot. This poor guy was probably gone not too long after this pic, but certainly so by the ice and snow that plagued us about a month later (and for a month or so after that!).
(c) 2015 Retail Retell
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Unbeknownst to you guys (or at least, I hope you didn’t notice any differences while I was gone!), I prewrote all of the last two weeks’ descriptions before heading out on an eight-day long vacation, which I just got back from several days ago. I had lots of fun, and even though it wasn’t intended to be a retail-oriented vacation in full, my parents were very generous and accompanied me to several different stores, all of which I’m excited to share with y’all here and on my blog in the future. The highlights from the trip include my first-ever Pub Sub and Lidl cookie experiences (even though I didn’t get any pictures of those two stores)… visits to a Winn-Dixie that is a Winn-Dixie, a Winn-Dixie that is *not* a Winn-Dixie, and a Kroger that is not a Kroger… seeing some fallen leaves, and some river rock walls… enjoying the rarity of one of the last P97 Target stores (besides Horn Lake!), and what may well be the last surviving Wal-Mart in America (and no, that's not a typo)… and finally, checking out a rogue franchisee of a once-broken, now-extinct foodservice chain. Even cooler, all but three of those were totally unplanned! Teasers for most of those can be seen behind those links; altogether, I managed to compile enough content for nearly half a year on flickr, in addition to three blog posts – wow!
As for the actual vacation itself, even though we only went to three main destinations it feels like we were all over, literally stretching all the way from the Gulf Coast to the Smoky Mountains! We also got in a long-overdue visit to our relatives in-between. For those of y’all who are out there enjoying your own vacations this summer, hope you’re having fun and staying safe! And for those of y’all who are looking forward to seeing my photosets from these retail visits, just fair warning to please be patient with me, as with my backlog it will likely take a long time for me to get to, and through, them. That said, I’ll do my best to sprinkle them in amongst all the other photosets lying in wait, with the first blog post hopefully going up later this year…
More Southaven Walmart photos to come this Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, so stick around for that! :)
(c) 2021 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Construction, Week 66
And here we are along the property's south road, parallel to Commerce Street, with this particular vantage point almost perfectly diagonal to the one used for the first photo of today's set! With this view I again aimed to illustrate how the elevation difference will be taken care of; I hope the multiple directions of my shots help in that regard. Here you can see how everything is even/level in this area of the lot, before diverging higher to the left (site of the old store) and lower to the right (new store).
(c) 2016 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, About this soundYāfō (help·info)) and in Arabic Yafa (Arabic: يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is famous for its association with the biblical stories of Jonah, Solomon and Saint Peter as well as the mythological story of Andromeda and Perseus, and later for its oranges. Jaffa is mentioned in an Ancient Egyptian letter from 1440 BCE. The so-called story of the Taking of Joppa glorifies its conquest by Pharaoh Thutmose III, whose general, Djehuty hid Egyptian soldiers in sacks carried by pack animals and sent them camouflaged as tribute into the Canaanite city, where the soldiers emerged and conquered it. The New Testament account of Saint Peter bringing back to life the widow Dorcas (recorded in Acts of the Apostles, 9:36–42, takes place in Jaffa, then called in Greek Ἰόππη (Latinized as Joppa). Acts 10:10–23 relates that, while Peter was in Jaffa, he had a vision of a large sheet filled with "clean" and "unclean" animals being lowered from heaven, together with a message from the Holy Spirit telling him to accompany several messengers to Cornelius in Caesarea Maritima. Peter retells the story of his vision in Acts 11:4–17, explaining how he had come to preach Christianity to the gentiles. Sourse: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa
Anatomy of a Jewel Thief
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Chatwick’s Chronicles :
A Persistent Saga
Intro
Anatomy
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The study below was derived from facts uncovered while doing research for the following Doctoral dissertation:
Light to the shadows of their mind:
Criminal tactics and strategies
Criminology Department .
Chatwick University
Case Study 48
Anatomy of a Jewel Thief
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Chatwick’s Chronicles: A Retelling
I have not always been this way; at one time as a young adult I had morals, principles, no idea that I was going to eventually follow a life’s path that was anything but on the straight and narrow.
Butt, I cannot now make any apologies for what I have become.
To be quite blunt, I cannot do so( apologize that is), because I believe the desire to steal a Lady’s jewels is now as much a part of my make as any of me senses. I quite simply cannot, and choose not, to resist the urge to acquire gems in the methods I have chosen! Any more than one feels, after giving into the urge to smell a pretty rose, the desire to pluck it for themselves , and sees no logical reason to resist!
And, truth be told, it is not so much the actual stealing( I didn’t need the money) that’s me lure, but more the sport it offers. The challenge, much like a chess player, trying to outguess an unwary opponent’s moves. Better yet An unseen Harlequin from an old medieval play, watching from the wings. Observing the game being played with living pieces, sometimes even secretly guiding the pieces with his own hand, waiting to make his own bold move that will hold a queen( or princess) in a certain position on the board, captured long enough to acquire that of hers which has sparkled ever so brightly upon her. That is what I find to be the adventure in it.
It is the obsessive, yes almost erotic , savoring of her jewels, much like one would simply fawn over the paintings of old masters in an art gallery, that is my passion! But, instead of ( some) art galleries, I get me fix by attending the lavish receptions, ballroom dances, and other posh avenues where the frills of the filthy rich can be both admired, appreciated and appraised.
There is just something all so very inviting as one watches the ladies whom haunt these venues dressed up to their silky nines and sporting their flashy lures … A certain panache that makes their mistresses beautiful and desirable beyond all reason, and I think most chaps would agree with me on this in principle, but quite understandably, not necessarily for the same motives that are mine.
And then, once one has had their fill drinking in all that beauty, the glass is put down, for the game is finally afoot;
Contemplating over the situation, the problematic puzzle of challenges that need to be plotted; selection, planning, execution, and undetected escape.
All are phases of my game , all are just as stimulating, just as alluring and invigorating. So much so, that once it has all been carried out, and the prize is in hand and secreted away, the actual aftermath is actually quite anticlimactic. And so, like some pleasant craving, the urge washes over one again with the quite overwhelming feeling to start all anew. Something like a painter with a fresh white canvas, standing back as he imagines what he can make of it, his raw talents on edge, awaiting inspiration, just eager to start with the first brush strokes that which will become his next masterpiece.
So that is what I have become, why I am, my destiny, my desire, my devilishly roguish lot in life.
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A little something new for me - uploading only one photo of a place, haha! For what it's worth, I anticipate doing this a lot more regularly once I go to college this fall so as to save me some more time during weeks when I won't or shouldn't be able to have enough time to write extensive descriptions for an extensive photoset. In this case, however, these two pictures are just my hand-plucked ones to put on flickr from my most recent blog post, which you can visit here. I've got a whole interior tour of this place at that link, so be sure to check it out!
Rite Aid (now closed) // 3100 Goodman Road W, Horn Lake, MS 38637
(c) 2016 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
Excerpt from artgalleryofguelph.ca:
In 1983, the Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG) grounds were developed into the Donald Forster Sculpture Park to be used for permanently sited sculptures, temporary installations of large-scale pieces, and an outdoor activity space for events like children’s art classes. The outdoor sculpture collection is enhanced with landscaping elements such as paved areas, lighting, berms, and plantings appropriate to the design of the park and siting of individual works. The objective is to acquire sculptures that represent the best work being produced in Canada while including some examples of historical and international works. The Sculpture Park is a unique tourist attraction for the city and region and an important educational resource for area educational institutions. Six commissions have been funded with the generous support of du Maurier Arts Ltd. The AGG Volunteer Association has also contributed to the development of the Sculpture Park by raising art acquisition funds through the annual Gardenscapes garden tour. This outstanding venue for permanent sculpture by Canadian artists ranks among the best and most diverse sculpture parks in Canada.
The Donald Forster Sculpture Park, located on two-and-a-half acres adjacent to the building, is a major curatorial project that contributes significantly to AGG’s overall programming objective to present exhibitions, research, and a dynamic collection of contemporary Canadian Art. It is the largest sculpture park at a public gallery in Canada, featuring 39 works by prominent Canadian and international artists. The Sculpture Park is open daily from dawn to dusk.
Kivioq’s Journey Ends by William Noah (born 1943, lives and works in Baker Lake, NU) is a contemporary retelling of the story of the Inuk hero Kivioq. Kivioq symbolizes the continuation of the Inuit culture and the Inuktitut language in the midst of modern society. The story tells the tale of Kivioq, who slays his unfaithful wife and her lover, and his subsequent unending journey across the unforgiving waters and terrain of the Arctic. Noah’s sculpture re-interprets the story by providing an ending to Kivioq’s journey. When he comes ashore, Kivioq and his kayak, together with a whale and a goose representing sea and land, are all turned to stone. The sculpture Kivioq’s Journey Ends is a contemporary inuksuk, a standing stone landmark that was historically used by the Inuit as a tool for navigation and communication. Noah depicts Kivioq with two standing stones upon which a large stone is placed: Kivioq resting his kayak upon the shore. The glittering quality of the stone reflects the glistening water as he emerges out of the sea. Most of Noah’s sculpture is made of limestone; however, Kivioq himself is represented by the granite stone with amethyst flecks.
Frances Loring’s (1887-1968) Turkey was one of the earliest sculptures acquired for permanent installation in the sculpture park. It depicts a life-sized, fully plumed turkey, cast in bronze. This sculpture was cast posthumously (after the artist’s death in 1968). Loring and her partner and fellow sculptor, Florence Wyle, worked to bring the practice of representational sculpture into the realm of fine arts. They were jointly recognized for their post-war sculpture and became known as “The Girls.” Loring’s first major commission with Wyle was a series of bronze statuettes that depicted the Canadian War effort. Loring became a Charter Member of the Sculptors Society of Canada, performing the roles of treasurer (1928-1952) and vice president (1942).
Mask by Evan Penny (born 1953, lives and works in Toronto, ON) challenges the idea of traditional monumental art and its association with the highest norms in society: as a propaganda tool promoting civic causes, serving the wealthy or powerful figures. Penny states that “the intent of the work is to counter-evoke the authoritative posture of most historical public figurative sculpture.” Mask was created to encourage viewers to interact with the sculpture, as well as to question their perception of the piece. Penny installed his larger-than-life sculpture in a location that would be immediately accessible to the general public, easily visible to passersby and street traffic. Mask depicts the features of a youthful androgynous face, its nose pressed into the slope of the ground and the concave (reverse) side of the mask facing up. The optics of the mask make it appear to be more solid and idealized from the distance, its perspective and dimensionality changing based on the viewer’s proximity to the sculpture. The viewer is placed in an authoritarian position, playing a role in the creation and meaning of the image, a reversal of the traditional public viewer’s role.
Passages by Kosso Eloul (1920-1995) was the first sculpture to be permanently sited in the Donald Forster Sculpture Park, located at the symbolic entrance to the park at the corner of Gordon Street and College Avenue. Eloul intended viewers to experience the sculpture on four different levels: (1) as a physical object that, originally, included an open thruway that could be traversed by visitors; (2) as an emotional experience with the three large rectangular forms in a seemingly precarious balance; (3) on an intellectual level through the high modern aesthetic of minimalist form and colour; and (4) as a symbol of the historic and architectural formalism of traditionally built structures. Made from steel and concrete, Passages evokes strength and reveals something of the human psyche, compelling a multitude of experiential responses in the viewer.
ex ovo omnia was created by FASTWÜRMS, the artist collective formed in 1979 by Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse, who are based in Creemore, ON. The artists’ multidisciplinary practice includes the making of artworks that integrate time based, performance, and visual art in the context of immersive installations, public sculpture, social exchange, and event architecture. ex ovo omnia is designed to be the “egg” of the new millennium, shaped by the future and the adventure of science: the space capsule, the bathysphere, the egg of embryology, the cell of biology, and DNA. The interior of ex ovo omnia suggests a living space as organic shapes appear to grow from the walls like shelf fungi. By day, the interior is illuminated through circular window portholes; by night, ex ovo omnia glows from within. Through ex ovo omnia, FASTWÜRMS celebrate twenty-first century improvements in technology and human society, including the discovery of the human genetic code, while presenting strange animal/human hybrids as talismans for transformation and change.
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Time to leave the town of Pictou and continue on the trip to Cape Breton Island.
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The Hector Heritage Quay is one of Nova Scotia's major cultural tourist attractions. Through the depiction of the story of Scottish migration to the New World, the Hector Heritage Quay introduces visitors to the history and culture of the area. A series of imaginative and informative displays retell the story of the Ship Hector voyage in 1773. The centerpiece of the attraction is a full scale reproduction of the ship Hector. This three masted, fully rigged ship is found on Pictou's historic waterfront.
A full rigged Fluyt, the Hector (built in Holland before 1750) was employed in local trade in waters of the British Isles as well as the immigrant trade to North America, having made at least one trip ca. 1770 carrying Scottish emigrants to Boston, Massachusetts.
Her most famous voyage took place in 1773 with a departure date around July 1, carrying 170 Highlanders who were immigrating to Nova Scotia. The vessel's owner, Mr. Pagan, along with Dr. John Witherspoon, purchased three shares of land near Pictou, Nova Scotia. Pagan and Witherspoon hired John Ross as a recruiting agent for settlers willing to immigrate to Pictou with an offer of free passage, 1 year of free provisions, and a farm. The settlers (23 families, 25 single men) were recruited at Greenock and at Lochbroom (Rossshire) with the majority being from Lochbroom. The settlers that boarded the Hector were poor, "obscure, illiterate crofters and artisans from Northern Scotland, who only spoke Gaelic." The school teacher, William McKenzie was one of the few passengers on the Hector to speak both Gaelic and English.
The Hector was an old ship and in poor condition when she left Europe. The arduous voyage to Pictou took 11 weeks, with a gale off Newfoundland causing a 14 day delay. Dysentery and smallpox claimed 18 children among the passengers. The vessel arrived in Pictou Harbour on September 15, landing at Brown's Point, immediately west of the present-day town of Pictou.
The year's free provisions never materialized for the passengers of the Hector. They had to hurry to build shelter without those provisions before winter set in and starved them.
Year built: ca. 1770
Location: Holland
Length overall: 25.9 m (85 ft)
Beam: 6.7 m (22 ft)
Gross tonnage: 200
Number of masts: 3
Owner: Mr. Pagan, a merchant in Greenock, Scotland
A desperate, throaty 'cawing' broke the quiet stillness...no, actually strangled it, as a flock of seagulls whipped themselves up into a crazed frenzy. Binn's dim silhouette was huddled under the tungsten lamps of the pier, casting furtive glances this way and that, glomming for the mere mention of her imminent arrival. It had indeed become a chaste attempt at exoneration.
Similarly, a reactive counterbalance to all the goings-on was being displayed for all and sundry, not by happenstance but, by chance and...an ill-fated one at that. For, the silvery-haired girl, comb in pocket, gum being channeled about between the lateral incisor and first bicuspid, stood with an identical body stance:
(huddled)
"Damn it!" I ____, kicking at the gravel, shooing a rock or three into the canal, "she said she'd come."