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Friday 21 February 2014: Neltner Refuge (3207 m / 10 522 ft) - Tizi n'Ouanoums (3684 m / 12087 ft) - Neltner Refuge (3207 m / 10 522 ft) - Sidi Chammharouch (2350 m / 7710 ft) - Aremd / Aroumd (1920 m / 6300 ft) - Imlil (1740 m / 5708 ft) - Marrakech (مراكش)
A long day, but with an extra half hour in bed before the watch/phone alarms went off. This morning's objective was Tizi n'Ouanoums (3684 m / 12087 ft) from where, the trip notes promised, we would "look down the steep southerly face to the emerald green of the Lac D'Ifni below" - hmmmmm.
The first part of our route followed in yesterday's footsteps (literally at times) half way up the Assif n'Isouhouanem n'Ouagounss before turning due east and straight up a very steep snow slope. After a few hundred metres of side steeping ascent and a welcome breather under a bare rock buttress with magical views back down into and across the valley, a short zig zag along a scree lined path brought us out at the pass (~9.25am).
We could just about distinguish the waters of the western-most tip of the lake, but the view down was outshone by those out over mountain ridges beyond and Mt Toubkal (جبل توبقال) to the north.
Over photos of the views, album cover poses, push ups and collected Grivel yellow crampons Jagged Edges was born - and then (~10am) it was time to head back downhill to the Neltner Refuge, encountering an Eastern European couple en route who thought they were on the Toubkal path .... uh oh.
Back at the refuge by 11am, we had an early lunch (~11.20am!), then a final sort out of daypack, kitbag and layers before setting off around 12.30pm back down the valley, feeling slightly sad. Crampons on, crampons off, crampons on, crampons off.
Back at the shrine at Sidi Chammharouch (~2.50pm) as we enjoyed another glass of mint tea at the cafe Chammharouch (and used their loo to de-layer discretely) our kit was transferred from porters to donkeys which then ferried our bags plus crampons and ice axes back to Aremd. We continued our descent in the sunshine - a striking difference to the weather during our outbound walk in only a few days previously.
Having said farewell to Hussein-the-cook at Aremd (~4.20pm) we said a fond farewell to Hussein-the-guide at the top end of Imlil, rendezvousing with our minibus at the other side of town around 5pm.
A beautiful sunset over the High Atlas mountains, a stork, a flock of egrets, a Tachograph traffic fine and a count down to hot showers marked our journey back to Marrakech (مراكش), and we drew up outside the Hotel Les Trois Palmiers a little after 7pm.
Rendezvousing clean, fresh and fragrant an hour later we walked a few doors down Rue Loubane to Chez Joel at the Hotel Le Caspien where I feasted on pizza, frites and other non-Moroccan fayre washed down with beer (1 bottle of Casablanca, 1 large draught mug of Flag), serenaded by a Mark Knopfler sound-a-like.
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A favourite from my own collection: this is a hybride between my 2 loveaffairs; Lego and Thunderbirds. This shows I'm not crazy; even Lego loves the spaceage of Gerry Anderson! Why? Because in 1965 Tb was suddenly hot in the UK, on tv, in the shops, with boys&girls. Gerry was the only one who used the term '2065', a thousand years later then the actual days the lived back then. Lego used that popularity in this ad to underline you could make even spaceships with Lego. This is almost the only outing into space by Lego, until about 8 years later with their own range of NASA-stuff in blue&white.
Taken from my personal collection.
Sticks & Buds,
(c) 2012 Barbara Gilhooly
Annealed Steel wire
3.5' h. x 11' l.
Commision for a company in Denver
Auburn, IN: the A-C-D Museum and former home of the Auburn Automobile Company. I remember taking field trips there when I was in elementary school.
Exposición de Collages realizada por la "Sociedad de Collage de Madrid" interpretando libremente las leyendas más populares de la ciudad de Segovia.
13 de Diciembre de 2014 - 1 de Febrero de 2015
Palacio de Quintanar
C/ San Agustín, s/n
Segovia
Horario del Palacio:
Martes: 17:00 a 21:00 horas
De Miércoles a sábado: 11:00 a 14:00 y 17:00 a 21:00 horas
Domingos y festivos: 11:00 a 14:00 horas
Lunes: cerrado
*Entrada gratuita
La Sociedad de Collage de Madrid presenta por primera vez en Segovia una muestra colectiva de collages interpretando las leyendas populares de la ciudad. Por iniciativa del Palacio Quintanar, los miembros que conforman la Sociedad de Collage de Madrid reciben la propuesta de realizar una serie de collages basándose en las leyendas tradicionales de la ciudad de Segovia. Las leyendas son historias ficticias que tienen más de maravilloso o fantasioso que de real y que la creencia popular junto al paso del tiempo se encargan de convertir en verdaderas.
Son muchas las leyendas que abundan en la ciudad de Segovia y sus alrededores que hacen referencia a momentos históricos, personajes singulares, monumentos milenarios y lugares emblemáticos. Por primera vez, la Sociedad de Colllage de Madrid, interpreta las leyendas más populares de Segovia a través de una serie de 26 collages. La leyenda de la Mujer Muerta, la de María del Salto o la del Acueducto son sólo algunos de los temas que pueden verse en esta exposición bajo el prisma de los miembros de la Sociedad de Collage de Madrid.
El colectivo está formada por 27 artistas que, a pesar de emplear diferentes técnicas y usar materiales distintos en sus obras, comparten la pasión por el collage como disciplina artística. Todas las obras expuestas en esta muestra responden a la elección particular de cada uno de ellos. Los artistas han recogido con entusiasmo el testigo ofrecido por el Palacio Quintanar y han sabido ofrecer una visión muy personal y al mismo tiempo de gran valor artístico. La libre interpretación entronca con la propia filosofía temática de la leyenda en cuanto que pueda tener como génesis un aspecto real de la historia acontecida, pero que tras su paso por el ideario y cultura del pueblo, llega a adquirir cotas de exageración o magnificencia que rozan lo irreal.
El universo del collage posee la virtud de modelar el contenido de las leyendas siendo fiel a una estructura básica que las identifica y las hace reconocibles, pero que las otorga elementos secundarios, que al igual que ocurre con la leyenda, las engrandece y embellece al mismo tiempo. Collages y leyendas se fusionan como elementos fragmentados creando piezas de belleza poética de carácter exclusivo. Esta exposición es un ejemplo de la perfecta conjunción entre el arte más contemporáneo y la tradición popular más arraigada.
LA SOCIEDAD DE COLLAGE DE MADRID
La Sociedad del Collage de Madrid, colectivo de artistas españoles dedicados a la realización, creación y difusión del arte del collage, está formada por 27 miembros que, aunque con técnicas y formas de trabajar distintas, tienen en común su pasión por el collage.
Nace por iniciativa de varios amantes del arte del collage con el objetivo de compartir, sin distinción de estilos ni barreras geográficas, el interés por una disciplina artística a la que muchos de ellos se dedican profesionalmente. Aunque nació siendo una asociación artística con sede en Madrid, entre sus miembros se encuentran artistas de otras comunidades autónomas como Castilla y León, Aragón o Canarias. Varios de ellos colaboran regularmente con medios gráficos de tirada nacional como El País, ABC y revistas visuales como Esquire o Visual. En sus propias palabras: “La sociedad la componemos personas con características, personalidades y técnicas propias pero unidos por el collage. Realizamos sesiones colectivas en las cuales jugamos a obtener resultados inesperados. Partiendo de una base y entre dos o varias personas realizamos un collage colaborativo. Exponemos colectivamente y de forma individual, proponemos talleres y workshops tanto para adultos como para niños. Y sobre todo… ¡jugamos!”, indican. Como colectivo han realizado numerosas exposiciones tanto en galerías como en museos como por ejemplo la exposición temática sobre los viajes de Julio Verne en el Museo del Romanticismo de Madrid en 2013 y en el Museo Cerralbo bajo el título “Los viajes del marqués”.
Para la presente exposición en el Palacio Quintanar, 12 de sus 28 miembros aceptaron el desafío de interpretar las leyendas de la ciudad de Segovia por el atractivo que supone la diversidad temática de la leyenda y el potencial interpretativo en una disciplina artística como el collage. La versatilidad que ofrece el papel, unido a la creatividad, permite un resultado artístico de alta calidad plástica. Las piezas expuestas en esta exposición son piezas originales y únicas.
Jefferson Avenue and East Clay Street
Nebe's Inn
The text on the sign:
Drink TRU-Ade
Pasteurized
Not carbonated
On the bottle: Vacuum Sealed
I took this picture not long after an outer layer of siding was removed from this building. The current exterior siding is made of tin, stamped with a brick pattern, and painted with the signage.
I put this picture up on the blog ages ago, along with a picture of the signage on the end of the building. A lot of people out there like Tru-Ade, because it shows up in my referral logs all the time.
Cpl. David Merwin (1842-1916) letters, Company I, 76th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Gift of Fred D. Merwin
Copyright Massillon Museum
Transcription:
To: Father and Mother
From: Joseph K. Merwin
Date: February 10, 1862
Camp Andrews--Mount Vernon, Ohio
Dear Father and Mother
I presume you are waiting anxiously to hear from us again. I advised you in my last letter of the fact that several Companies had been transformed out of the 61st to other Regiments and among the number Briggs [Company where David and George are] and the one I belong, the former going to the 76th Regiment and the latter to the 43rd. I have been ordered to report to the 43rd Regiment with the men and I therefore expect to return to Camp Medill at Lancaster tomorrow. Ema [Joseph’s wife] who has been stopping here with an old acquanitance will also return and remain with me at Camp Medill as long as we shall remain there. After which she will return to Massillon.
I am going to try to get my pay this week. I presume the boys will also get their pay in a day or two. I saw in the morning paper that the 76th Regiment has taken up its march for Kentucky. I am not sure whether David made it back before his Regiment started out (see 71.36.6 - David did). David and George seem to be much more attached to each other than formerly. I gave George some good advice which I think he will treasure and practice upon. Ema did also.
Do not let yourselves be unnecessarily troubled about the boys, for although they are on the way to Kentucky, they will not be likely to be placed in the advance column. Above all, pay no attention to the exaggerated rumors you may hear.
Your Son, Jos. K. Merwin
P.S. The 61st Regiment is not broken up but will probably be full in the course of six or eight weeks. I remain, of course, a Second Lieutenant.
Source: Sold on Ebay via BIN for $99.99 Jan. 2012.
Fruits of Industry
Points and Pictures Along the Central Railroad of Georgia.
Through two States, Georgia and Alabama
AUTHOR Photos by O. Pierre Havens. Text by Pleasant A. Stovall.
PUBLISHER
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COPYRIGHT Issued by the Passenger Department of the Central Railroad of Georgia System. Copyright 1895 for the Central Railroad of Georgia by J. C. Haile, general Passenger Agent
SIZE and ATTRIBUTES
Softcover book book. 10" x 7", Unnumbered pages, cover-to-cover photographs in black-and-white
CONDITION
Acceptable. Cover worn. Cellophane tape along spine, with part of spine paper missing. Covers are loose from body, and the last page is loose.
COMMENTS
Despite the condition issues this book presents, this is a hard-to-find Souvenir of both the Cotton States and International Exposition held in Atlanta, Georgia from September 18 to December 31, 1896, and of the Central Railroad of Georgia (which changed its name to Central of Georgia Railway Company on November 1, 1895.)
An entry in the American Magazine described this book this way:
Under the auspices of the Central Railroad of Georgia is published a book of value and high artistic excellence, entitled "Fruits of Industry." It contains nearly a hundred half-tone photographic views of interesting points on the line through the two States of Georgia and Alabama, whit descriptive text and statistical information by Pleasant A Stovall.
Some of the views found in this book include a map of the Central RR of Georgia, views from Savannah wharf, Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus GA; Peach tree farms with workers; Atlanta capitol; Acme Brewing Company, Macon, GA;; Mercer University, Macon, GA; Albany Fertilizer Co, Albany GA; Cuthbert Fair; Cotton Mill, Bibb Manufacturing, Macon; Steamship off Pier 35; Corn and Cotton near Marshallville, GA; White Hickory Wagon Works, Atlanta; Coosa Tunnel of the Columbus & Western Railroad; Troy Spoke and Handle Factory, Troy, Alabama; Old Capitol, Milledgeville, GA;; State Lunatic Asylum, Milledgeville; Bacon and Son's Lumber Mill, Savannah; Experiment Station near Griffin, GA; Barnesville Buggy Company; Georgia Chemical Works, Augusta; Plum orchard at Vineyard, GA' Savannah Water Works; truck farm near Savannah; Eufaula Oil and Fertilizer Co, ; Montgomery Brewing Co, Montgomery, AL; Scott's Jerseys near Montgomery; Savannah cotton mills; peeling peaches at Gray's Canning Factory, Fort Valley, GA; Chewalla Cotton Mills, Eufaula, AL; Weslyan Female College, Macon, GA; Furman Farm Improvement Co., Atlanta; Maj. Ryals' Plantation, Savannah; Atlanta Guano Co.; Fertilizer works, Comer, Hull & Co.; Coosa River Railroad Bridge; Naval stores wharf of Central Railroad at Savannah; Confederate Obelisk on the Augusta Canal; First Baptist Church, Troy; shipping melons at Dietzen's Crossing; Lummus cotton gin works, Juniper, GA; Old Executive Mansion, Milledgeville GA; Swift Manufacturing Co., Columbus, GA; Opelika Milling Co.; Georgia Cotton Oil Col Macon; Rossdale Jersey Farm, Opelika; Union Springs Cotton Mills; Sample Lumber Co., Hollins, AL; Fox Henderson residence, Troy AL; Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co near Birmingham, AL; Georgia Normal and Industrial College; Visscher's Vineyard, Fort Valley, GA; Howard-Harrison Iron Co. near Birmingham, AL; Americus Guano Co; turpentine farm;; City Mills Company, Columbus GA; Ocean Steamship Co's Wharf, Savannah; Coweta Fertilizer Co. Newnan, GA; Andrew Female College, Cuthbert; Griffin Manufacturing, Griffin; Sibley Manufacturing Co., Augusta; Chattahoochee River Bridge near Eufaula, AL; New England and Savannah Steamship Co's wharf, Boston; Horticultural Fair, Cuthbert; Gordon Institute, Barnesville; Southern Cotton Oil Co, Atlanta; Hamberger Mills and Electric Co., Columbus; Oden's Mills; State Capitol at Montgomery AL; the John P. King Cotton Mill, Augusta; view of the Augusta Canal; residence of peach king near Marshallville, GA; Exposition Cotton Mils, Atlanta; peach carnival in Macon GA; Gate City Oil Co., Atlanta; Central Park, Cuthbert; Enterprise Manufacturing Co., Augusta; Confederate Monument at Montgomery; Fort Valley Crate Factory; Offices of Central Railroad of Georgia in Savannah; Augusta Brewing Co; Crescent Mills Augusta; Peach packing house near Fort Valley, GA; Washington Street, Albany GA; a mile of pear trees Marshallville, GA; Eagle and Phenix Mills and Water Power, Columbus, GA; loading peaches and melons in GA; Jasper Monument and Hotel De Soto, Savannah; Windsor Park, Americus, GA; watermelon party at Fort Gaines, GA; public buildings and government posts Augusta adn Atlanta; Hotel Tybee, Tybee Island.
General Electric Christmas Lighting and Decorating guide from 1963. This was the first season GE offered complete light sets. Up until this point GE only manufactured Christmas Lamps for retail sale as replacements and as a lamp supplier to lighting string manufacturers. This would begin their dominance in the US Christmas Lighting Industry for well over two decades.
A bit of a teaser from a larger image I’ve been slaving away on!
Tumbled: alexisbarattin.tumblr.com/post/34703718791/a-bit-of-a-tea...
Much of the text in this piece is far too personal for me to talk about comfortably at this point. i will, however, say that i chopped up one of my favorite postcards, a photo of the brilliant Ray Charles in mid-song, belting his ass off. It's an incredible picture, the creases on his brow like a topographical map. i'm still not sure why i did it, because i do really admire the postcard. It could be that his expression was how i was feeling at the time.
i've had two distinct dreams of my mom since she died, and the second was just this morning, May 2nd, 2007, close to the two-year anniversary of her death. Both of these dreams felt more like visitations than the product of sleep.
In the first dream, which happened just before her one year memorial, i got a phone call from her, and it was exactly the kind of phone call i might have received from my mom had she been living. She was calling to tell me that my uncle had given me the wrong time and that because of the train schedule from Chicago to Holland, Michigan, i was going to miss her memorial. A dead woman calling to help me attend the anniversary of her death... And my uncle giving me the wrong information about the memorial is also something that could have easily happened. Even the tone in my moms voice on the phone in my dream was perfect, a breathy mix of frustration, panic, and disappointment in her brother, a tone i had heard more than once from her while she lived. This dream came to me the day before i left for Michigan to attend the actual memorial.
The second dream was more emotional for me. i woke up from it with tears on my cheeks. i was in some kind of lobby, a restaurant or hotel, and my mom approached me and gave me a hug. She looked just as she did during her last period of really good health, and she said it was nice to see me. i asked her if my grandmother, my yia-yia was with her, and my mom said "we're all here, it's kind of circular where we're all connected." She made a twirling motion with her finger which implied that while i was talking to my mom in the dream i was also talking to my yia-yia, who died when i was ten. There was a little more dialog but of course i've lost it over the course of the work day. i was rushing this morning and some of it slipped away from me.
i felt good, sad but good, when i woke from the dream. Right away i realized that it's been nearly two years since her death and i wondered if this would last, if every year before her anniversary i would get some kind of message from her. i hope so. It's important to stay in touch with family.
Marker and collage on watercolor paper.
April 2005 - 18 x 24
Custom Dream cast cover for Cover Design By (dcFanatic!) All Rights Reserved. To copy or Save, Right click on Upper right corner of picture then (Available Sizes) option.