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I’m a wise bird, a sky bird, a wild bird and shy,
I’m a park bird, an ark bird with no need to fly.
I’ll never be a migrant bird, flying the trackless sky,
I’m a sleek bird, a fat bird, who hates to say goodbye.
I’m a tame bird, a local bird, swimming lakes and ponds
I love the Front Range view — why venture far beyond?
I’m a resident goose and step with waddling gait.
I’m a stay-here goose and have a stay-here mate.
No going south for me; no unseen path to follow,
Only gravel paths: I’m no Capistrano swallow.
Belle Schmidt
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In late 2003 the Press Association (PA) completed building work on what it calls its 'Operations Centre', despite notable opposition from the residents of Howden, and it stands on the site of the old Georgian police station. This left Howden without a police presence in the town until late 2005. The building was officially opened by the Prince of Wales, continuing Howden's relations with the Royal Family.
PA has several hundred employees, most of whom have been brought into the town from Leeds and London, at this building and others in the town. The local public transport facilities have proved inadequate for many staff who commute, as much of the work is done round the clock. This has led to considerable strain being put on Howden's parking facilities, leading to the creation of a Controlled Parking Zone embracing most of the central area of the town.
Kayak, yak yak, yak. Racing sailors hang the spinnaker for to catch the really big air and outstanding speed; great for running with the wind and a real problem racing into wind. I have never seen one on a kayak before but why not? It looks factory made. There are two guy lines attached to the shoulders of his preserver. Taken at the end of last March and it's clear folks wanted back on the water again. That was a good fit for a day on McIntosh Lake. He was probably just a sl-yaker.
It looks like the ice was gone for the spring. Our fall was stolen last year and global warming gave us the warmest October (one of a string) on record, world wide. November brought us a deep freeze that took the toll of many trees and plants. That was before the spring rains hit causing everything to grow in the valley. Texas was as dry as a methane balloon before they got enough to cover the state with 8 inches of rain. I gather that puff-brain Ricky Perry must never have noticed. And that is with jackass Cruz, happy to turn down the Sandy FEMA Cruz, began bleating for Texas FEMA. After all, Sandy is not a REAL part of Texas and probably not qualified. He'd be a class Bozo if he were not a pschypath! Broadcast TV advertises fracking 24/7 as the scientists tell us to not burn another pound of carbon into the atmosphere; those are not the Faux scientists. Neither are they any of the 1.8 million people hired by the renewable energy industry last year. Thank you Kochs and your paid political cruisers. It's time for residents of New Orleans, Miami and New York find higher land whether the cruisers suggest it or not. Florida? Geeze, could it all be bad with Boy Boy Jeb and Ricky Snott under water? Will your homes be above water when you return from simulated corporate work in the evening?
Water sports were on again McIntosh again and now we have nearly normal precipitation here but we are not California nor Texas. We have some more dandy storms to send to the flats. Incoming... Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma! We just got a crawl on the TV alerting us to avoid windows. Boy is Billy Gates furious! There are flooding warnings today along with the other storm warnings. It's starting to rain right now.
Latin Name: erithacus rubecula
One of our resident pair of robins who have reared some young. Not sure how many, but we have seen two.
Taken with my Canon Telephoto Zoom 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM EF Lens and apart from being framed in Photoshop, is SOOC.
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le manoir des Tourelles à Rumilly les Vaudes (Aube)
Edifice rural classé 16ème siècle, il héberge aujourd'hui la mairie.
Classé aux monuments historiques en 1903.
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It is official, at just a bit over 6 months old Bo has produced himself big enough to eat hay and pull a plow. Plus, he is my stalker.
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Vita Sackville-West, the poet and writer, began the transforming Sissinghurst Castle in the 1930s with her diplomat and author husband, Harold Nicolson. Harold's architectural planning of the garden rooms, and the colourful, abundant planting in the gardens by Vita, reflect the romance and intimacy of her poems and writings. Sissinghurst Castle was the backdrop for a diverse history; from the astonishing time as a prison in the 1700s, to being a home to the women’s land army. It was also a family home to some fascinating people who lived here or came to stay. Today you can take in the ruined architecture of the extensive original buildings, vast panoramic views from the top of the Tower, the current working farm and the 450-acre wider estate along with Vita and Harold's gardens. Now we're well into our new season there are lots of events for you to enjoy. The National Trust took over the whole of Sissinghurst, its garden, farm and buildings, in 1967. The garden epitomises the English garden of the mid-20th century. It is now very popular and can be crowded in peak holiday periods. In 2009, BBC Four broadcast an eight-part television documentary series called Sissinghurst, describing the house and garden and the attempts by Adam Nicolson and his wife Sarah Raven, who are 'Resident Donors', to restore a form of traditional Wealden agriculture to the Castle Farm. Their plan is to use the land to grow ingredients for lunches in the Sissinghurst restaurant. A fuller version of the story can be found in Nicolson's book, Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History (2008). The garden at Sissinghurst Castle in the Weald of Kent, in England at Sissinghurst village, is owned and maintained by the National Trust. It is among the most famous gardens in England. Sissinghurst's garden was created in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West, poet and gardening writer, and her husband Harold Nicolson, author and diplomat. Sackville-West was a writer on the fringes of the Bloomsbury Group who found her greatest popularity in the weekly columns she contributed as gardening correspondent of The Observer, which incidentally—for she never touted it—made her own garden famous. The garden itself is designed as a series of 'rooms', each with a different character of colour and/or theme, the walls being high clipped hedges and many pink brick walls. The rooms and 'doors' are so arranged that, as one enjoys the beauty in a given room, one suddenly discovers a new vista into another part of the garden, making a walk a series of discoveries that keeps leading one into yet another area of the garden. Nicolson spent his efforts coming up with interesting new interconnections, while Sackville-West focused on making the flowers in the interior of each room exciting. For Sackville-West, Sissinghurst and its garden rooms came to be a poignant and romantic substitute for Knole, reputedly the largest house in Britain, which as the only child of Lionel, the 3rd Lord Sackville she would have inherited had she been a male, but which had passed to her cousin as the male heir. The site is ancient— "hurst" is the Saxon term for an enclosed wood. A manor house with a three-armed moat was built here in the Middle Ages. In 1305, King Edward I spent a night here. In 1490, Thomas Baker purchased Sissinghurst. The house was given a new brick gatehouse in the 1530s by Sir John Baker, one of Henry VIII's Privy Councillors, and greatly enlarged in the 1560s by his son Sir Richard Baker, when it became the centre of a 700-acre (2.8 km2) deer park. In 1573, Queen Elizabeth I spent three nights at Sissinghurst. Rose arbour in Sissinghurst's White Garden room, which set a fashion for 'white gardens' After the collapse of the Baker family in the late 17th century, the building had many uses: as a prisoner-of-war camp during the Seven Years' War; as the workhouse for the Cranbrook Union; after which it became homes for farm labourers. Sackville-West and Nicolson found Sissinghurst in 1930 after concern that their property Long Barn, near Sevenoaks, Kent, was close to development over which they had no control. Although Sissinghurst was derelict, they purchased the ruins and the farm around it and began constructing the garden we know today. The layout by Nicolson and planting by Sackville-West were both strongly influenced by the gardens of Gertrude Jekyll and Edwin Lutyens; by the earlier Cothay Manor in Somerset, laid out by Nicolson's friend Reginald Cooper, and described by one garden writer as the "Sissinghurst of the West Country"; and by Hidcote Manor Garden, designed and owned by Lawrence Johnston, which Sackville-West helped to preserve. Sissinghurst was first opened to the public in 1938.
An oast, oast house or hop kiln is a building designed for kilning hops as part of the brewing process. They can be found in most hop-growing areas and are often good examples of vernacular architecture. Many redundant oasts have been converted into houses
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