Reading in public
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I went to the basement to look for a particular matchbox which I had in mind but then I came across these tiny matchsticks which I didn't even know existed. They are less than 3cm long and the little pot is maybe 1.8 cm high. I have no box for them so the pot will have to do. I combined the matches with other items that are just as tiny (a candelabra, a good book :) and a cup of something hot and comforting). Not that the weather calls for a hot drink at the moment, but it went with my theme :) I used Xmas wrapping as wallpaper. I found lots of good tiny things today, I need to get them out and use them. MM is perfect for it. I sacrificed one matchstick to see if it would burn and yes it definitely does. A surprisingly bright flame and the "stick" burned slow enough not to burn my fingers. I did not try to burn the candles :)
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The inscription over the entrance to one of the Etruscan tombs at the Necropolis del Crocifisso del Tufo (my husband was pointing as he was reading it to me - yeah, he can read Etruscan).
The necropolis is situated below the town of Orvieto (which sadly we did not have time to visit), made by tufa rocks and in use mainly from the middle of the 6th century B.C. and then some hundred years (though the area actually was in use in total from the 8th to the 3rd centuries B.C). There are some 70 family tombs, built almost like small houses, with an entrance and straight walls and a door-opening (and inscriptions over the doors, telling who is buried where).
Behind a market stall in Kunming, the capital of the Chinese province Yunnan
A westbound Herzog "candy cane" train blasts out of Montgomery tunnel with the Reading heritage unit in the lead.
3-9-2022
Since I am home most of the time now, I am looking for things around the house to shoot. These are my reading glasses.
The weekly Conrail power move from Reading to Enola approaches its destination as it crosses the Rockville Bridge. This assemblage of local power from Reading, usually predominated by former Reading SW900’s, SW1500’s, and MP15’s, could also include GP10’s, GP15-1’s and GP38’s. These locos were mostly assigned to five-day a-week jobs, and were serviced at Enola on the weekends. This day’s lineup included eight SW900’s, an MP15, a GP38-2, a GP15-1, and an outlier SD50.
The Reading & Northern “mountain job” serves Universal Forest Products in Gordon, Pennsylvania. The customer’s lumber business is located on the one-time site of the Reading locomotive facility. Gordon gained notice as the base for steam’s last stand on the Reading, when the last active T1 4-8-4’s were assigned to helper service here until 1957.
Taken with a fish eye lens.
Reading Minster, officially the Minster Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest church in Reading, with origins likely in the 7th century. Tradition credits Saint Birinus with founding an early chapel on the site, reflecting Reading’s emergence as a Saxon settlement.
In 979, Queen Ælfthryth established a royal nunnery here, possibly as penance for the murder of her stepson, Edward the Martyr. A Saxon doorway in the church survives from this period.
The minster lost prominence after Reading Abbey was founded in 1121 by Henry I, which became the town’s religious centre for four centuries.
Following the Abbey’s dissolution in 1539 under Henry VIII, the minster was restored (1551–55) using materials salvaged from the abbey ruins, helping it regain importance.
Today, the Grade I listed Gothic church remains a central parish church and historic landmark, standing near St Mary’s Butts in the heart of modern day Reading, where the medieval town first developed.