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'I know you came early to avoid the heat, you Dumb Frog! But that's no reason to wake me up before the sand is hot from the bright sun the way I like it. You really did startle me out of my hammock! and I can't skuttle away very far because my cage is rather small. Lucky you to be able to travel the world. Are you perchance also going out to Komodo to visit my second cousins once removed, those Dragons?'
'Oh! you've already been there... In any case, all this talk has made me less grumpy. Be sure to say 'hi' to my friends, the Monitors of the mangroves on Lombok!'
'But before you go: can you tell my caretakers that I've worried about that sign above my cage calling me in Indonesian: Biawak Goldie. By that name they refer actually to Varanus gouldii, named after the ornithologist John Gould (1804-1881), Darwin's collaborator on Galapagos Finches - actually I wonder what they taste like. So the Bahasa has missed out the 'u'; moreover, 'Goldie' suggests a diminutive not a genitive. But look at me, do I look that small? Anyway, that discussion is moot. Chris van Kalken (see his comment below) has it right: he calls me Varanus panoptes, and probably 'horni'; my heritage, he says, is from New Guinea.
On your way now, Frog!'
PS See Chris van Kalken's comment below, which on good morphological grounds disagrees with the signage in the Zoo... But see for a discussion: www.smuggled.com/iczn1.htm
Incidentally, 'horni' is for Hans-Georg Horn (1935-2019), chemist and herpetologist.
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They close the gate so we can't sit at the outside tables with our own coffee, I suppose.
In slang, "86" means to refuse service, or to skuttle.
A male Barn owl, who was ringed in the nest box as a youngster before he fledged and has continued to stay local to where he was hatched, for the past two winters he has lived with his female partner, but they are yet to have any young to date.
The pair can regularly be seen out quartering the adjacent fields with out having to travel too far to find their prey, spending long periods perched on posts or branches of trees listening out for small mammals to skuttle past underneath.
His partner can be seen on my Flickr using the following link
I have photographed this wondeful location a few times, and often in 4x5. Lugging a Graflex or Chamonix or even the much more compact Mamiya RB67 is no small task. The hike isn't too long - maybe three miles total - but absolutely worth it.
Anyone who had followed me for a few years has likely seen this view. I had a postcard print made of it in color, and I'm sure it's appeared in a zine or two.
From these heights, perspective is all skuttled, even when you're using a normal lens. In this case. the Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat is just old enough to make things interesting.
I miss this place, and will be returning to it this spring. Soon.
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'The Ground was Nomadic'
Camera: Folmer & Schwing RB Cycle 4x5 (c1907)
Lens: Zeiss Kodak Anastigmat f/6.3
Exposure: f/6.3; 1/200sec
Film: Fomapan 200
Process: Foma Retro Special; 5mins
Grant County, Washington
April 2021
“Posh, do you think if I tried harder than hard that I could be a great defective?” Asked Sky his face full of excitement.
“It isn’t defective, Sky, I think you mean detective.”
“Yes, I saw one on the man’s picture thingy and he was defecting things. I was quite interested as I could see so many things that we had in common with one another, this defective and I.”
“What were they, Sky? I think I’d like to become a defective too.” Said Barnaby.
“Me too, it would be great fun.” Added Bertie.
“We could all be great defectives then, even Posh if he wanted.” Said Sky looking even more excited.
“So, what were these things that you had in common with the detective on the picture thingy, Sky?” Asked Posh Bear.
“I solved a mystery, and I did it all on my own by my great defective powers. You will recall that this morning the man was looking for his small picture taking thingy, well he was searching for ages but it was me who solved the mystery. I was quite calm and relaxed about it all, as all great defectives are, but I had worked out exactly where the small picture taking thingy was situated. It took the man ages to find it, while me, I knew right away.” Proclaimed Sky now trying to look as proud as he could while stroking his chin with his paw.
“Wowsers, Sky, that is truly amazing. Did you tell the man of your findings?” Asked Barnaby.
“Kind of Barnaby, but I think I was too skuttle for him to realise. I simply stared at where it was hiding and expected him to follow my gaze, but sadly he didn’t have the intelligence needed.”
“That is very skuttle, Sky, mind I’m not too surprised that the man didn’t work out what you were telling him. He isn’t the sharpest knife in the box.” Said Barnaby.
“Why didn’t you go and take the picture taking thingy from its hiding place and present it to the man?” Asked Bertie.
“Bertie, great defectives don’t do things like that. They work out the problem and then illustrate the clues to those that need to know and leave them to work it out. It is quite simple. That is what the defective did on the picture screen. Oh, and he spoke funny, but I’m practicing that in case it is necessarily a part of the work.”
“Now don’t you three go getting excited because Sky, you saw the man place the picture taking thingy in the drawer, and that is why you knew where it was. It had nothing to do with being a great detective.” Said Posh Bear calmly.
“On the contrary, it is sedimentary my dear Posh, both the man and myself saw where he placed the picture taking thing, but only me, the great defective knew where it was located. If it hadn’t been for my defective work the man probably wouldn’t have ever seen it again, as it is clear that he certainly isn’t anything like a great defective. I rest my case.” Proclaimed Sky, smiling as his two friends applauded his speech.
“Well, you can’t argue with facts like that Posh. I think we have a great defective amongst us.” Said Barnaby full of admiration of his friend.
Posh thought for a moment and was about to ask what else the great “defective” had solved with his “skuttle” ways, but instead, smiled, as he realised it was best to leave them excited and see where it led them to. Who knows, he decided, he might even discover hidden honey and chocolate that everyone had forgotten about. Now that would be a wonderful find for the great ‘defective’.
“Indeed Barnaby, a very clever “defective”. Maybe, he should use his powers to find us extra supplies of honey and chocolate. What do you think, Sky?”
“I’ll do my best, Posh, now where is my special magic-flying glass as I might need to look at things close up?” said Sky looking about the floor.
“I have it here, Sky, my word it does make things look big. How very exciting.” Said Barnaby handing the magnifying glass to his friend.
Posh Bear sat and watched as his three friends went off in search for extra honey and chocolate smiling and enjoying their excitement.
I was taking the picture of the cat above and trying to get a picture of a spider too. This little fella came out and was shocked at the scene...! He quickly skuttled off seconds later in dismay!
(No chickens or mothers were harmed in the creation of this photo...)
Was able to to the crab skuttle for quite a distance and get close enough to this pair to fire off two shots, before mum came along and hustled them away.
Skuttle is designed by Touma to be the mascot of the "One Up" store. It is a combination of a turtle and a skeleton.
A Simple Leaf
A sculpture so beautifully designed,
Becomes a pleasure to the mind,
In colours of yellow, red and brown,
Wearing a true autumnal gown.
It had fluttered down, fully complete,
And landed gently, at my feet,
I picked it up, and then did view,
A passenger, a spider who,
Had settled there, a place to choose,
And awakening from his lengthy snooze,
Quickly skuttled off, making his escape,
Leaving me with just, the perfect shape
Of a simple leaf, with its own story,
Resting in my hand, in all its glory.
© Ernestine Northover
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We have a nicely surreal mystery here in Riehen. Metal remnants of the French Battleship MS Provence (link below) occupy the driveway and cement retaining wall that serve a private home up the street from us. Given my marginal understanding of Swiss German, I have not had the courage to ring the doorbell and ask for details.
But recently, the chain on the wall gained this sandal. That made the mystery even better and more surreal. Now I had to capture and share it.
Mystery Misses Johanna, Katarina and Auguri added their names to the wall in 1988. Maybe one or more of them grew up in this home, and the sandal belongs to the daughter of one of them.
During WW2 the French Battleship MS Provence was sunk once, raised and served again, skuttled, raised and served again, then skuttled once again, raised a final time, and then broken up and sold as scrap. Several interesting scraps (e.g. an anchor) are in this driveway. I suspect the owner of both the home and the scraps has some kind of personal relationship with the ship. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Provence
Location: Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Roaming Riehen.
Ijad Superiority Fighters.
BLUE's are equipped with Sting Blasters, Hardened Carapace, Extra Sensory Eye and External Propulsion Pipes. ORANGE is equipped with Sting Cannons, Multi-Layered Hardened Carapace, and Aerodynamic Fins,
On February 4, 1824, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, famed British public servant and governor-general of Bengkulu, Sumatra, writes from 'Bencoolen':
'We embarked on the 2d instant in the Fame, and sailed at day-light for England with a fair wind, and every prospect of a quick and comfortable passage.
The ship was every thing we could wish; and having closed my charge here much to my satisfaction, it was one of the happiest days of my life. We were, perhaps, too happy; for in the evening came a sad reverse. Sophia had just gone to bed, and I had thrown off half my clothes, when a cry of fire, fire! roused us from our calm content, and in five minutes the whole ship was in flames! I ran to examine whence the flames principally issued, and found that the fire had its origin immediately under our cabin. Down with the boats. Where is Sophia? -Here. The children? -Here. A rope to the side. Lower Lady Raffles. Give her to me, says one; I'll take her, says the Captain. Throw the gunpowder overboard. It cannot be got at; it is in the magazine close to the fire. Stand clear of the powder. Skuttle the water-casks. Water! water!. Where's Sir Stamford? Come into the boat, Nilson! Nilson, come into the boat. Push off, push off. Stand clear of the after part of the ship.'
A few minutes later the Fame exploded and sank some 50 miles from Bengkulu but miraculously no lives were lost; in another two months the Raffles family would sail to England on another ship. His account makes for fascinating and exciting reading.
But literally all their possesions were lost. All their clothes - Lady Sophia had only a light night gown - and all their jewelry. More seriously also 122 boxes of Raffles' papers and a large naturalist collection, among which the specimens found and described by recently deceased William Jack (1795-1822). One of these was his Calla nitida, later renamed Aglaonema nitidum, which he'd collected in 1819 on the island of Penang, Malaysia.
A Pair of Triumph Roadsters with the coal skuttle shaped wings ...one sporting a flying lady ...which was Triumphs answer to the Jaguar car of the time but closer inspection shows these have triple windscreen wipers fitted...Classic british engineering still going strong.(Pomb2)
Anchors aweigh...and then away to...Switzerland!
This HUGE anchor and other nautical items occupy the driveway of a private home up the street from us. They seem highly likely to be remnants of the French Battleship MS Provence. The words "MS Provence" are stenciled on a retaining wall at the side of the driveway.
I suspect the owner of the home and the items had some kind of personal relationship with the ship. So far, I have been afraid to go ask. Here is the story of the ship:
During WW2 the French Battleship MS Provence was sunk once, raised and served again, skuttled, raised and served again, then skuttled once again, raised a final time, to be broken up and sold as scrap. What a history !
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Provence
Location: Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Roaming Riehen.
With a slight shuffle Berko walks through the world with one question on his face. Which question could that be and would anyone ever have the answer, we may never know.
The only time Berko can find thoughtless solace are the moments when the fuzzball from within his thinking stick hops out for a bite or bathroom break. Within this slice of time Berko pauses to watch as it skuttles down his beard, disappears into a bush, and emerges refreshed or clutching a mouthful of berries. Once his little companion is safe and snug, Berko gives his branch a gentle tap and returns to his wandering ways as his brow scrunches bank into deep thought.
Custom 3" Dunny using polymer clay and acrylic paint
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This time I was tagged by EllenBakeman!
1. I shift so easily into nocturnal patterns. It happens every weekend, and then Monday sucks, because I can't fall asleep Sunday night.
2. My favorite dogs are the bully breeds and, more generally, all large dogs. I especially love Bull Terriers (even though I think they're butt ugly), Mastiffs, German Shepherds, and Great Danes.
3. My favorite horses are the enormous ones, especially Clydesdales.
4. In general, my favorite animals are the dangerous ones. The predators.
5. I would love to be able to jump into any book I wanted.
6. I just realized that I'm reading my 17th book about talking cats*. Wow.
7. Skuttle is a barrel of giggles. I love her; she's definitely in my top 10 dogs of all time.
8. I wish I were actually Native American. Some people think I am, but others don't believe me. Or, rather, they don't believe my eyes and skin and hair.
9. I want to leave North America, if only for a trip. The only time I've been out of the States was when we went to Canada. I was little, we were there for less than five hours, and we probably weren't more than five miles over the boarder.
10. That's not my dog; My dog's stunningly beautiful, pitch black, and supremely shiny.
Bonus, especially for this picture: If I had the chance to have working wings grafted onto me, I'd take it.
*all the "Warriors" books when I was younger and now the "Ratha and the Named" series.
I suppose I'll tag 5 people again...
[The background picture was taken by Computer Science Geek and the dog by Loungerie. Brushes by Obsidian Dawn.]
My hands look stupid here.
And my feet.
And the bracelets on my hands made them look detached.
Arg.
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Skin: Lynnsha by [LS] Skins
Hair: Annee by Miamai
Outfit: Skuttle Suit by CHANTKARE
Shoes: Prestige by BAX
Accessories: SENJYU Earrings by Mandala
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The "throne" (ie. toilet) in one of the cells at the public gaol in Colonial Williamsburg. Here's some information from the Colonial Williamsburg website:
Public Gaol
* General Assembly ordered prison built in Williamsburg when town became colony's capital
* Henry Clay named contractor to build gaol
* Debtors' cell added later
* Peter Pelham most famous gaoler
* Building restored in 1936
* Construction authorized by general assembly in August 1701
Virginia's General Assembly ordered a "substanciall Brick Prison" built in Williamsburg soon after it decided to make the city the colony's new capital. Known as the Public Gaol, the building's construction was authorized by an act of August 1701. Contractor Henry Cary got the job – as he had the Capitol and would the Governor's Palace. He had two cells ready in a building just north of the Capitol on Nicholson Street by May 1704.
The word gaol is pronounced "jail." It comes from an Old North French word, "gaole," which in turn comes from "caveola," a diminutive form of the Latin term "cavea," which means "cage." Debtors, runaway slaves – and occasionally the mentally ill – were sometimes confined in the Gaol. During the Revolution, tories, spies, military prisoners, deserters, and traitors were included in the prisoner inventory.
Most occupants, however, were men and women awaiting trial in the General Court and the Court of Oyer and Terminer or convicts waiting to be branded, whipped, or hanged, according to their sentences. Though sentences were harsh by modern standards, first offenders might expect mercy, and some miscreants were merely fined. In ant event, the Gaol was not intended for long-term imprisonment.
The Public Gaol's most celebrated occupants were 15 henchmen of the pirate Blackbeard, caught in 1718, and the infamous Henry "Hair Buyer" Hamilton, lieutenant governor of British Detroit, captured in 1779. Suspected of buying pioneer scalps from Indians, Hamilton was held in a straw-strewn 10-foot by 10-foot cell with six other inmates. "In one corner of this snug mansion," he wrote, "was fixed a kind of Throne which had been of use to such miscreants as us for 60 years past and in certain points of wind renderd the air truly Mephytic. Opposite the door and nearly adjoining the throne was a little Skuttle 5 or 6 inches wide, thro which our Victual was thrust to us."
From Hamilton's description, it is not surprising that the Public Gaol was a place of discomfort and pestilence. Gaol fever – probably typhus – broke out from time to time, and the unheated cells often were overcrowded. Hamilton was kept in handcuffs his first night, and was fitted in leg irons the next day. Manacles and chains were familiar parts of gaol life.
The original Gaol was 20 by 30 feet with two cells, an exercise yard, and lodgings for keeper John Redwood. Strong timbers were laid beneath the cells to prevent "under mining."
The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks was originally a children story book series by veteran businessman John Bittleston, later adapted into series of free online adventure games by creative entrepreneur Aldric Chang and Ngo Chee Yong.
The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World is an exciting new massive online virtual world for kids aged 7 to 14 due to launch in the Christmas of 2009.
The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks promises an experience in which players will be able to travel to places around the world, through time and space, meet famous historical people, play dozens of fun enriching games, make new friends, buy exotic islands, build culture-inspired houses, wear clothes from different countries, explore secret locations, solve mysteries and become a legendary traveler!
Parents can look forward to an educational and safe site for their children where they will be learning about history, geography, landmarks, famous people, inventions, animals and more. And for the children, they can expect hours of exploration fun.
Due to launch in Christmas, The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks has already gained considerable traction and buzz online and tens of thousands of people from more than 130 countries have subscribed to be informed first-hand of the launch.
The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World is conceptualized and produced by award-winning 3d animation studio Mediafreaks Cartoon Pte Ltd.
Aldric Chang is a successful serial creative entrepreneur and internet marketing expert who shares tips on how to make money online and other web strategies on his blog at AldricChang.com. He is also the owner of MediaFreaks - an award winning 3d animation company.
This is one of a number of displays in the Simcoe County Museum. This one as a turn of the century kitchen. When I took this photo, I was focused on all the things on the stove and the walls. It is only now that I realize that I missed taking note of perhaps the most unusual artifact in the display. That being the bathtub with some sort of heater attach to the cookstove flue. I have definitely got to back and get a better look (and photo) of this item.
At any rate, there is a lot of stuff here, most of which I have added as tags. Can you see any to add?
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I am including this picture of the sinking of the Reggio Messina in 1991 for research purposes. This ship was used during the Summer Olympics at Barcelona, but because someone forgot to close the hatches the boat actually sank from rainwater after a torrent!
They then lifted it and moved the 115 metres long boat near the coast of Estartit (Medes Islands). Engineeers and locals quarreled over the right spot and eventually the engineers won. After the first storm the wreck broke in 3 pieces. Nowadays it is not a spectacular dive, because 80% of the Reggio is covered with seasonal sand for more than 7 months a year. Maximum depth 35 metres. This is a hard to find picture of the Reggio Messina. I dived it and still can't tell what I have seen by looking at this picture! The crow's nest is the most distinctive object underwater.
I have not dived the Boreas here, but I believe it is a nicer wreck to dive.
Living up to the Victorian term 'Toy Train', 'Dolgoch' skuttles off up Wharf cutting with the slate train.
3rd May 2015.