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After a while, I started shooting the smaller ponds of water that are at the edge of the Inkwells, under the bridge. Seen here are the streaming effects of those photos...
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Those piers look so tall but a recent storm with a high tide and strong winds had the waves battering the underside of the pier that in many places the wooded board walk was ripped off its mountings causing £ 1 million of damage
North Pier is the most northerly of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England. Built in the 1860s, it is also the oldest and longest of the three. Although originally intended only as a promenade, competition forced the pier to widen its attractions to include theatres and bars. Unlike Blackpool's other piers, which attracted the working classes with open air dancing and amusements, North Pier catered for the "better-class" market, with orchestra concerts and respectable comedians. Until 2011, it was the only Blackpool pier that consistently charged admission.
The pier is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building, due to its status as the oldest surviving pier created by Eugenius Birch. As of 2014 it is still in regular use, despite having suffered damage from fires, storms and collisions with boats. Its attractions include bars, a theatre, a carousel and an arcade. One of the oldest remaining Sooty glove puppets is on display commemorating Harry Corbett buying the original puppet there.
History here; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pier,_Blackpool
“Those who keep sitting idle and waiting for miracles to happen cannot be a part of the process and hence, their ideas never get any closer to reality.”
― Dr Prem Jagyasi
Moonta.
The original occupants of the land around Moonta were the Narrunga people who lived across Yorke Peninsula. Once white settlements appeared in the Copper Triangle towns a group of interdenominational zealots formed a committee in 1867 to set up a mission for Aboriginal people. A year later the group was granted 600 acres of land by the government for the establishment of Point Pearce Aboriginal Mission near Port Victoria. The first superintendent of the Mission was the Reverend Julius Kuhn. White settlement really began in the district in 1861 when Walter Watson Hughes of the Wallaroo run began mining operations at Wallaroo Mines. Patrick Ryan, one of his shepherds had discovered copper ore in a wombat burrow the year before. At that time in the 1860s copper was binging as much as £87 per ton so Walter Hughes became a wealthy man quickly. He developed the mine with capital from Elder Smith and Company and his fellow company directors. The first miners in the Copper Triangle were Cornish miners moving down from Burra. The majority of settlers though came directly as sponsored immigrants from Cornwall. In 1865 some 43% of all immigrants to SA came from Cornwall. This direct migration continued especially after the closure of some big mines in Cornwall in 1866. Mining began at Moonta about the same time as mining at Wallaroo Mines (1861.) Hughes was the major investor in both the Wallaroo Mining Company and the Moonta Mining Company. The smelters for the district were located at Wallaroo. The Moonta Mines were the richest in the whole district and in its first year of operations the Moonta Mines made a profit of £101,000.
One of the first shafts sunk at Moonta was the Ryan shaft, after Watson’s shepherd. From 1864 the mine superintendent was Henry Hancock and consequently the second shaft was named the Hancock shaft. Hancock was the one who made sure the mines operated efficiently. His “reign” lasted until 1898. He also had advanced social welfare ideas for the times and he established a school of mines for the boys and a library for the miners. By 1876 under Hancock’s expert management the mine had produced £1,000,000 in dividends. Upon his retirement in 1898 Hancock’s son took over management of the Moonta mines which had been amalgamated with the Wallaroo mines into one company in 1890. Mining operations at Moonta were complex and some shafts exceeded 700 metres in depth. This created problems with water (and heat for the miners) so large pump houses were required such as the Hughes Engine House which still stands, albeit in ruins. The Moonta mine lasted for over sixty years and Cornish miners influenced the style of buildings in the town and the design of pump and engines houses as they were all the same as those in Cornwall. Some engines were made in Cornish foundries but others were made by James Martin‘s large foundry in Gawler. After World War One the price of copper fell dramatically and the mines became financially unviable and closed in 1923. Their heyday had been between 1900 and 1910 when much of the mining equipment had been replaced and modernised and prices were good, but a disastrous underground fire in 1904 in Taylor’s shaft began a slow decline in returns for the mine investors.
The Copper Triangle towns of Moonta-Wallaroo- Kadina had 12,000 people by 1890, representing about 10% of Adelaide’s population which was only 130,000. Consequently government services for the area were given priority and by 1878 the Triangle had a daily rail connecting service to Adelaide via Port Wakefield, Balaklava and Hamley Bridge. Apart from their mining skills the Cornish brought with them their religious faith hence the numerous Methodist chapels and churches in the area. All three branches of Methodism were well represented- Bible Christian Methodists, Primitive Methodists and Wesleyan Methodists. The 1891 census showed that 80% of the residents of the Moonta district were Methodists. Not surprisingly the Moonta Methodist Circuit (like a synod) had more church members than the big circuits in Adelaide such as Pirie Street, Norwood or Kent Town. The old Methodist Church at Moonta Mines was built in 1865 and with its gallery it can hold 1,250 worshippers. It seldom gets 50 worshippers these days! At one stage there were 14 Methodist churches in Moonta with a further 10 in Wallaroo/Kadina. As the Cornish used to say “Methodist churches are as common as currents in a cake.” The pulpits of the churches provided good training ground for public speaking as lay preachers were often used in these churches. One such trainee was John Verran who was Premier of SA between 1910-12. He once remarked “he was a MP because he was a PM” i.e Primitive Methodist!
The miners built their own cottages on the mining lands so many were poorly built and did not last but some still remain. In 1878 the very large Moonta Mines School opened as a model school. It soon had an enrolment of 1,000 children, although it was built to accommodate 800. Today the old school is the town museum. The biggest problem facing the Cornish miners was a lack of water. There are no rivers on Yorke Peninsula. Rainwater was gathered from puddles in roads and from roofs and in 1863, in just one week, 110 deaths were registered during a typhoid outbreak. The Moonta cemetery has many sad tales to tell and it is well worth a visit. Reticulated water was not piped to the town until 1890 when the pipeline from Beetaloo Reservoir reached the town and ended the summer typhoid outbreaks. Moonta was declared a town in 1863; the local Council was instituted in 1872; and by 1873 the town had 80 businesses, five hotels, numerous churches, its own newspaper, four banks and an Institute. A horse tramway connected the suburbs of Moonta Mines, Moonta and Moonta Bay. Other “suburban” areas of Moonta were Yelta, North Yelta, Cross Roads and Hamley Flat. When the mines closed in 1923 many left the town and it had a population of just over 1,000 people in 1980. Today it has a population of just over 4,000 people.
Moonta Historical Walk. See map on previous page.
1. Moonta Area School, Blanche Terrace. Selina Hancock first started a licensed school on this site, with 41 children, in 1865. After the passing of the compulsory school act of 1875, a school building was erected by the Colonial Architect in 1877, at a cost of £6,400– a large sum for those days. The local builders were Rossiter and Davies and almost immediately the school had an enrolment of 800 – a solid number of students! The school was extended further in 1903. The original school had six classrooms plus three other large rooms (65’ by 24’), one for boys and one for girls and another for infants. Until 1978 this was the Moonta Primary School.
2. St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church, Blanche Terrace. This simple Gothic style limestone building was completed in 1869. Priests from Kadina serviced this church. Four buttresses support each side. The modern additions on the sides of the building unfortunately detract from its general appearance.
3. The Masonic Temple, Blanche Terrace. This magnificent Italian style building was completed in 1875. It has cement dressings and fine fretwork quoins. It is believed to be the oldest purpose built Masonic Temple still used for that purpose in Australia. The first lodge meetings were held in Moonta in July 1868 as lodges were strongly supported by the Cornish miners. The interior was especially fine and described in 1899 as having ornate ceilings, with chocolate, gold and salmon coloured scrolls painted on the walls. It has a fine tile floor and wooden benches and fittings. The building was fitted out in 1899 with gas hanging lamps. Like most Masonic Temples it has half windows only. The side and rear parts of the building are like a medieval crenulated castle. A good limestone garden wall surrounds the whole complex.
4. All Saints Anglican Church, corner of Blanche Terrace & Milne Terrace. This limestone church with brick quoins has a fine hammer and beam ceiling inside. The bell was made of local copper in 1874, whilst the church itself dates from 1873. The bell was donated by the Wallaroo Smelter Company. It stands in a separate wooden bell structure on the west side of the church. Unfortunately the original slate roof was replaced with asbestos imitation slate in 1973. The stone is local and the bricks were made at the Woods Brickyard at Moonta Mines. It is commonly regarded as the Anglican “cathedral” church of Yorke Peninsula. Note the fine triangular stone windows above the larger Gothic windows. Stone was left near the doorway for the addition of a stone porch that has not happened yet! The adjoining church hall was built in 1903.
5. School of Mines, Ellen Street on cnr of Robert Street. This important building was built in two stages, the southern half being built in 1866 as a Baptist Chapel (with a manse next door). In 1891 it became the School of Mines, the first school outside Adelaide for the training of adults and youths in trades and bookwork. The northern half of the School of Mines was built in 1903 to match the southern half. It is a fine limestone building in the Gothic style with a pediment to the roofline. When the School of Mines opened in 1891 it started with 33 students and a government grant of £200 per annum. The first subjects taught were Mine Surveying, Mechanical Drawing and Mathematics. By 1896 there were 100 students enrolled and by 1898 this had grown to 275 students. New subjects were added to the curriculum such as Sheet Metalwork, Plumbing, Carpentry, Bookkeeping and Metallurgy. Scholarships were made available to underground mine workers and early in the 20th century the government grant increased to £1000 per annum. There is a stable block next to the building.
6. Bible Christian Church, Cnr Henry and Robert Streets. This imposing and distinctive old church dating from 1873 was built for the Bible Christians. It was built by Nettle and Thor. In 1913 it was sold to the Church of Christ but it has been unused for religious services for many years and is now almost derelict. It is a Romanesque style church with a grand arched central doorway with three small Romanesque arched windows above. It is one of the most distinctive buildings in Moonta. Made of local stone, it has a fine finial on top of the gable façade. As with most Romanesque style buildings it has relatively small windows and this gives an impression of mass and solidness. Note the fretwork dividing the windows. The triple arched rounded windows above the doors are typical of this style of building.
7. The Uniting Church, Robert Street facing Queen’s Square. This former Wesleyan Methodist Church is a grand building reflecting the prominence of Methodism amongst the Cornish miners of Moonta. £4,000 was raised to build this church in 1873. Its Gothic style is offset with some fine Mintaro slate steps and a slate roof. The pulpit, large enough to hold four speakers, is a decorative example made of imported Bath stone from England. Delabole Slate Yards in Willunga carved it. The main window facing the street and square displays stone tracery dividing the stained glass panels. The church has seven buttresses and the symmetry of the façade is emphasised by four stone spires. It is a fine example of a Gothic style church designed by architect Roland Rees. The church was placed alongside the town square to indicate its importance to the town. Mining company officials and the first Mayor of Moonta, Mr Drew worshipped here. He laid the foundation stone on October 6th 1873. The adjoining hall was built in 1866.
8. Polly Bennet’s Shop, Robert Street facing Queen’s Square. This interesting little shop was a fashionable milliner’s shop. The wealthiest of the Methodist ladies purchased their hats here to wear to the Sunday services. The shop was built between 1864 and 1874. It is a nondescript little building only of historical interest because of its links to the premier Moonta Methodist congregation.
9. Queen’s Square. This attractive town square was named after Queen Victoria. It was planted and laid out in 1897 – (the 25th anniversary of the town) and in the centre a fountain commemorates the work of Charles Drew. The pretty cast iron three tiered fountain was erected in 1893. A rotunda for bands and concerts was also erected in 1893, but pulled down in 1947. However a modern replica was later erected. Some of the trees planted in 1897 include Moreton Bay Figs, Tamarisks and Norfolk Island Pines. Until 1945 the square was fenced.
10. Moonta Town Hall, George Street facing the Square. This prominent structure was built in 1885 as the fourth local institute, using volunteer labour. Mrs Corpe, wife of the then chairman of the Institute committee and a major Moonta mines investor, laid the foundation stone and the Governor of South Australia, Sir W. C. F. Robinson opened the building. Thomas Smeaton of Adelaide designed it. The grand design reflects the prosperity of the times for Moonta. It has a three storey clock tower with French metal roof, classical half round windows, and the ground level window sills have the original metal spikes on them to stop loitering! The clock tower was added in 1907 and the new clock faces were fitted in 1963. Around 1907 the Institute became the Town Hall. In 1928 some internal remodelling saw the introduction of a cinema room and Art Deco entrance leadlight doors. Outside the Town Hall is a cast iron drinking fountain erected in 1890 to commemorate the arrival of reservoir water from Beetaloo Dam.
11. Shop – formerly an Institute Building at 55 George Street. This quaint building was the third Institute erected in Moonta. It dates from 1870. The land was donated by David Bowers for the Institute. It is a classical designed building with Greek triangular pediments above the two doors and a rounded arch over the central window. It has had many uses in latter years. The current veranda ruins the classical appearance of the building and it must be seen from across the street to appreciate its architecture. Note the round louvred roof vent.
12. Former Bank of South Australia, 46 George Street. Built in 1864, this was the first bank in Moonta. It later became the Union Bank. The arched porch is very distinctive and the quoins around the windows and corners give the building an attractive frontage. The Moonta Mining Company banked here.
13. Prince of Wales Hotel, George and Ellen Streets. This pug, limestone and plaster building is one of the oldest in Moonta, dating from 1863, which was the year the town was laid out. The first meetings of the Moonta Council were held here and the first licensee of the hotel was Mr Weekes. The hotel lost its licence in 1911. It has been an antique shop for many years. It is one of the few partly pug buildings left in Moonta as opposed to Moonta Mines which has many pug buildings. Its large 160,000 gallon rain water tank was used by many townspeople in times of drought.
14. Old Union Bank, Ellen Street. This grand façade dates from 1865 when it was opened as the Bank of South Australia, later becoming the Union Bank in 1892 and trading as a bank until 1943. The façade is noted for its classical arches, symmetry and balustrades along the parapet roof. This is the finest commercial building in Moonta. A fine photograph of the building and Ellen Street in 1874 appears on the cover of Philip Payton’s, Pictorial History of Australia’s Little Cornwall, Rigby, Adelaide, 1978. Note the wooden louvred rounded window on the southern wall, the bricked up one, and the five half rounded windows of grand proportions and two half rounded doors on the front. Note the fine scrollwork around the windows. You can still faintly see “Union Bank” on the front parapet.
15. Cornwall Hotel, Cnr Ellen and Ryan Streets. This old public house was licensed and erected in 1865 with the upper storey added in 1890. The wood worked veranda clearly dates the upstairs to this time. There are four stables for coaches at the rear. It is a solid limestone building with cement rendered quoins.
16. Post Office, Ryan Street opposite Cornwall Hotel. This typical Georgian style Post Office was built in 1866, one of the early buildings of Moonta. The bull-nosed veranda was added in 1909 destroying the Georgian appearance of the building. Note the fine semi-circular small paned windows - half rounded and rectangular. This complex included the postmaster’s residence. A similar style police station next door was demolished in the 1960’s.
17. Druid’s Hall, Ryan Street. This small gothic building was erected as an Anglican schoolroom in 1866 and taken over by the Druids in 1902. Its simple façade with a gable, scrolls and Gothic arched windows is quite pleasing.
18. Royal Hotel, Cnr Ryan Street and Blanche Terrace. Dating from 1865 this is one of the three original hotels of Moonta. Originally it was called the Globe. After fire damage it was extensively rebuilt in 1885. The upper storey is an unusual mixture of half rounded windows with rectangular doors! The Ryan Street façade has a beautiful Art Nouveau style leadlight semi-circular window.
19. Moonta Railway Station and Information Centre. A display of old photographs and a number of books are available for reading here etc. The building is a typical Art Nouveau style station that was built in a number of South Australian country towns. Although there was a horse tramway between Wallaroo and Moonta as early as 1866 the government did not acquire the line until 1878. It was then converted to a 3’6” rail gauge track in 1891 with the first train arriving from Wallaroo in 1892. This line was converted to the usual South Australian 5’3’’ gauge at the time when the station was built in 1914. The building cost £2,000. The last passenger train to Adelaide ran in 1969 and the line closed in 1979.
20. Moonta Cemetery. Just 5 minutes’ walk from the Anglican Church is the cemetery established in 1866 just 5 years after mining began. The first recorded burial was for the infant son of the licensee of the Cornwall Hotel (then known as the Globe). There is a fine Gothic style gatehouse and a limestone wall complete with broken glass atop, surrounding the cemetery which was completed in 1874. The cemetery bell was erected in 1896 from local copper and cast in Adelaide by Horwood and Company. The bell called mourners to funerals. A small area of the cemetery was allocated for Jewish burials in 1875. It is located along the eastern wall (ie on your left when standing at the gatehouse) opposite the old original toilet block, which is on the right hand wall of the cemetery. The “new” section of the cemetery begins immediately beyond the Jewish section. The “new” section was opened in 1897! The area to the left of the main entrance is for unmarked children’s graves. There is a small memorial to them all. As noted previously typhoid and other epidemics caused by lack of freshwater caused many childhood deaths. This area also has an unusual wooden “headstone” dating from 1865 for Samuel Jones, which predates the opening of the cemetery! The cemetery has about 9,000 burials in it. In the 19th century over a quarter of all deaths recorded were of people 21 years or younger.
An American 737 departing runway 10L at Ft. Lauderdale. This jet carries the yellow ribbon on the tail as a tribute to all those who serve.
One of those ATS officers who operated in Kent was Miss Edwina Burton. She spent 18 months at the Hollingbourne Control and Zero Stations. She was living in Malvern when researchers investigating Auxiliary Units in Herefordshire and Worcestershire interviewed her in 2002. Miss Burton's radio duty was shared by another ATS girl and their activities were controlled by a Royal Signals captain and a small staff occupying a large house nearby. Her radio hide was fitted with two camp beds for use by the operators and they were provided with a supply of food and water. Miss Burton thought the radio supplied was the fairly standard British Army No. 17 R/T set. The aerial for the station was fixed in the branches of a nearby tall tree with the connecting wires carefully hidden within the bark of
the tree trunk.
Edwina Burton probably owes her transfer to Auxiliary Units Signals as a radio operator to the fact her sister was the civilian secretary to Major Petherick, who was part of the SDO staff at Hannington Hall. It seems likely therefore that recommendation and personal contact influenced recruitment of ATS operators to the SDO staff, rather than simple transfers from general duties. Miss Burton's induction to the clandestine radio service
followed an interview with a Captain Jones of the Royal Signals. Part of Miss Burton's training included weapons firing in ThetfordForest. She preferred the Sten to the rifle and revolver as spraying the target with bullets was more successful.
Miss Burton's 18 months at Hollingbourne were only punctuated by visits from Royal Signals' personnel to change the radio batteries and to check the radio was working. Practice transmissions to South East Command, Home Forces, involved reciting various passages of text in 'plain' language. No coding of messages was involved nor was Morse Code used.
Sometime in 1944 after the German V1 flying bomb campaign started Miss Burton
was transferred back to ATS general duties.
For those that are not familiar with Transnistria (AKA Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic) is a self-declared but unrecognised independent state with a population of around 470,000 that lies sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine. The capital is Tiraspol with a population of around 130,000). Around 34% are Russian, around 27% Ukrainian and around 33% are Moldovan.
Transnistria declared independence from what at the time was the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic 2 September 1990 as communism was collapsing and Moldova was showing signs of both declaring independence from the USSR and reconnecting with its Romanian heritage (there was even talk of a union with Romania at the time). The Russian/Ukrainian majority in Transnistria wanted to stay closely aligned with the USSR.
Unfortunately for Transnistria the USSR itself did not survive the collapse of Communism which left them in a rather awkward situation… instead of sharing a border with a powerful state they could remain a part of, they found themselves 100s of miles from what was now their closest ally, the Russian Federation.
A couple of years of sporadic fighting intensified into civil war in 1992 with Moldova supported by Romania and Transnistria supported by Russia. A ceasefire in July 1992 brought the fighting to an end after somewhere between 1000 and 2000 deaths among combatants and civilians.
But the ceasefire agreement failed to clearly establish the status of Transnistria, resulting in the current peaceful but tense situation. Transnistria is a de facto independent state with its own government, army and currency (the Transnistria Ruble), but no recognition from any UN member states (though they receive significant economic support from Russia).
Today Transnistria is probably most famous for it’s nostalgic insistence on keeping it’s symbols of Soviet power… Tiraspol’s main street is called 25 October Street, there is an enormous statue of Lenin outside the parliament building, and there is a hammer and sickle on their flag and coins.
On 2 September each year Transnistria celebrates it’s self-declared independence with a military parade followed by an enormous party. I was lucky enough to be in Tiraspol on that date in 2019 and it was a hoot and a half! Transnistria may be a small country, but boy do they know how to throw a party! The day begins at 9am sharp with a military parade, followed by a street party that lasts all day and into the night. I hope I captured a little of the atmosphere in these photographs.
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'Squares from London' is a collection of 13 seemingly unrelated photographs. Far from being like that, they are a personal memory that connects all those dots that are not seen when a photographer returns from a trip and shows his final pictures. It's a 'making of' of my most recent trip to London made by myself and for myself, a puzzle whose pieces can only be fitted by my memory. That is the reason why I didn't plan to show them. However, over time I decided to give a square format to some of them and show them on Instagram to see the people feedback. The result surprised me very pleasantly and I decided to give the same format to the entire collection. And friends, this is the story! I hope you like them :)
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'Squares from London' es una colección de 13 fotografías aparentemente inconexas. Lejos de ser así, son un recuerdo personal que va conectando todos esos puntos que no se ven cuando un fotógrafo vuelve de viaje y muestra sus fotos finales. Es un 'making of' de mi viaje más reciente a Londres hecho por mí mismo y para mí mismo, un puzzle cuyas piezas solo pueden ser encajadas por mi memoria. Ese es el motivo por el que no tenía pensado enseñarlas. Sin embargo, con el tiempo decidí dar un formato cuadrado a algunas de ellas y mostrarlas en Instagram a ver cómo reaccionaban quienes las veían. El resultado me sorprendió muy gratamente y decidí dar el mismo formato a toda la colección. Y amig@s, ¡esta es la historia! Espero que sean de vuestro agrado :)
2022 - Dedicated to those who fell and to those who carry on - 9/11 Twin Tower Memorial Wall Relief World Trade Center plaque - WTC Bronze Plaque outside of Firehouse Engine 54 Ladder 4 Battalion 9 at the corner of 8th Ave and 48th Street Hell's Kitchen Manhattan West Side Clinton Area 05/10/2022 May
Haha. It was so funny watching her get in this pose, I can't even explain the awkwardness of it haha.
For those of you who don't know, I started a new group today. It's called Shmobist, and it's for the ghetto light technician in all of us...please feel free to join :)
Today's inspiration brought to you by:
TOTW - Lighting - Ghetto
FGR - :::Tiny Words::: & Twinkle Lights
The Vent - Color Cartel (such an awesome choice this week CB!)
Shmobist Info: Ikea lamp 1.4ft left of subject, twinkle lights from Christmas shot on at full power, bedroom blinds open for additional crowd control.
Texture by LadyAmada.
For those who aren't familiar with this case, here's the story : D. B. Cooper, was an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft on November 24, 1971.
During the flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, Cooper told a flight attendant he had a bomb, demanded $200,000 in ransom and four parachutes upon landing in Seattle.
After released the passengers in Seattle, Cooper instructed the flight crew to refuel the aircraft.
About thirty minutes after taking off from Seattle, Cooper opened the aircraft's back door, and parachuted into the night over southwestern Washington carrying the money in a suitcase.
Cooper's true identity and whereabouts have never been determined.
The light melts the night, and time slowly fades out
And suddenly dawn its gone, like the smoke of my last cigarette -
I took this shot right after work, whil going home. Thought the light was nice, and I had my camera :)
When chasing an Indiana Railroad train on the Monon from Louisville to Jasonville, the appetizers for the main course of signal shooting started around Borden.
After these old searchlight signals, one could get their fill of the semaphores on the way north to Bedford.
This line is dormant now.
Autumn/Fall starting from the Mid-Atlantic States and northward into the Northeast is truly a special time of year for those who appreciate the seasonal changes in landscape. The variety of trees blanketing the hills and mountains offer endless beauty with the spectacular array of colors, and it is only a matter of looking out ones window to get a taste of these changes with most of the trees nearby—even in urban settings.
But, to really take in the glorious scenery, it is worth heading out to nearby parks with woods and lakes or toward the mountainous regions, which are aplenty in this part of America.
One of our favorite areas to visit is Harriman State Park, located in Southern New York State and situated in two counties—Rockland and Orange. It occupies 46,613 acres (188.64 square km), and has 31 lakes and reservoirs with 200 miles of hiking trails, two sandy beaches, and a number of public camping areas and group camps. This is nature at its best. Hiking can be easy to strenuous, depending on your preference. If the latter is the case, reaching any one of the multiple summits provides some wonderful panoramic views—worth the effort.
The series of the autumn/fall foliage shots we have here were taken on a day that was quite rainy to start. But as the precipitation began to wane during early afternoon, and the sun began to peek out now and then, we decided to take the 30 mile drive north to Harriman State Park, believing that most, who had planned to go there for the spectacular foliage, would wait until the following day.
Knowing the park very well, we did not need the entire day to get our taste of the beautiful colors. Mentally, the exact roads and arteries off the main Seven Lakes Drive were set, and specific spots were predetermined for pulling over and taking in the views of the incredible landscape by the lakes.
Arriving after 4:00 PM was perfect, for any signs of rain had vanished, and the mix of sun and clouds enabled ideal conditions for enjoying and photographing the lovely seasonal treat. We could not have asked for a better setting.
It always amazes us to see how subtle changes in light and angles can make the same subject appear as if not the same—especially when dealing with the vast array of colors at this time of year. The reflections in the lakes add so much to the overall appeal of the scenery.
... the dedication series ... drawing inspiration from my flickr contacts.
Today I met someone for the first time and the conversation turned to photography. They are not a photographer but they did make an interesting comment about how "black and white" photographs sometimes seem more real than those in colour. There is something classic and timeless about black and white photography. Maybe the appeal lies in the fact that when we view such images our mind has to paint in the colour. We are surrounded and immersed by colour. Colour can express how we feel and can affect how we feel. I have a tendency to associate people with different colours, that is a particular colour will come to mind when I think about them and it probably influences how I relate to them.
Some of my contacts have a definite passion for purple, and maybe I am drawn to their streams because I share that favouritism. Purple is a colour that can divide opinion - it can be rich and regal and in some hues quite oppressive, or there are shades so light and ethereal that it makes the heart dream.
Today's post is dedicated to parrotlady66 and stezzer who share not only a love for purple, but also they each have a great sense of humour and big hearts.
Sandy and Stezzer you may be strangers to each other, but it is an honour to have you in my circle of contacts.
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"The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers at their business. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a house of trade." His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house will consume me." The Jews then said to him, "What sign have you to show us for doing this?" Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?" But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did; but Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man"
– John 2:13-25, which is today's Gospel for the 3rd Sunday of Lent.
This stained glass window of the Cleansing of the Temple is in Newcastle Cathedral.
The Lord confronts those sins which have, as it were, set up stall in our hearts and bodies. And he does so with righteous anger because of his zeal for our souls, for our salvation. Because we are to be Temples of the Holy Spirit, and the light of that Spirit is obscured by our greed, envy, hatred... Hence, this Lent we pray that the Lord will enter and cleanse us of our sins, so that we may once more be filled with divine Love, and thus, enjoy the glory of the Resurrection of our bodies in union with him.
Apologies to those of you who have no interested in St. Patrick’s Day but I am about to upload many photographs of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin. I will begin with photographs of Shorecrest High School and over the next few days I will upload photographs of other bands and pageant groups. I selected Shorecrest because they are a favourite of mine.
I had a few problems this year [1] The organisers had in the past provided two buses as platforms for the media and this year they also supplied buses but one was for international media and the other was for local media. The bus that I was assigned was badly located because multiple street signs obstructed the view to a unacceptable extent and the result was that I had to shoot at an unsuitable angle or crop my photographs to an unacceptable degree [many of the photographers were really annoyed however as I am a street photographer rather than a professional I was not especially annoyed and I can’t really complain] [2] I used a camera/lens combination that I had not used before and this also impacted on my photographs especially as some were out of focus. [3] I was suffering from a really bad cold [that’s life, is it not].
The good news is that the weather was excellent and the parade was interesting and I enjoyed. After the parade I had an excellent lunch at Hanoi Hanoi and the owner supplied me with a special treat to cheer me up … thanks!
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Lewis called in to make sure all the wedding arrangements are going to plan not long after that it was ice-cream time!! Oh, I do remember these wonderful days!!
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St Vedast alias Foster, Foster Lane, London
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Huddled at the east end of St Paul's cathedral, across the road to St Augustine Watling Street, St Vedast is one of my favourites of all the City of London churches, especially of the smaller ones. It is one of those City churches which has no real reason for existing - indeed, it nearly didn't. There are no resident parishioners, it has no particular splendour or historical significance. It is small enough to almost disappear behind the shopping temples of modern Cheapside. Perhaps that is why I love it so much.
St Vedast was a Bishop of Arras in Picardy whose cult was popular in the 13th Century. Probably, there were merchants from Flanders in this part of Cheapside who dedicated the church to him. His name was corrupted into English as St Forster or St Foster, and although the church is ordinarily dedicated to St Vedast these days thanks to the medieval enthusiasms of the Victorians, it still sits on Foster Lane.
The church is one of a jigsaw of little churches around St Paul's, their ingenious spires intended by Wren and Hawksmoor to emphasise the sheer bulk of the cathedral dome. In fact, St Vedast was almost not part of this puzzle. After the Great Fire, the energetic parish got to rebuilding its church against its old tower independently on the lines of the old one, and it wasn't until as late as 1695 that the Wren workshop came along, pulled it down and put up a new church, drawing the north aisle into a widened nave and leaving the south aisle towards Cheapside. The tower and steeple at the west end of the aisle was the final touch, erected about 1710 to Hawksmoor's design. As Pevsner says, it is the most baroque of all the City steeples. It was, however, the Wren church that came in at the cheapest price, which may be explained when you know that restoration work in the 1990s revealed much of the outer walls to be medieval in construction. Wren had reused the shell of the old church.
In 1919, St Vedast was one of 19 City churches selected for demolition by the Diocese of London's City of London Churches Committee. The plan was to sell off the land and use the money to build churches in the north-western suburbs. The church, measuring only 23 yards by 17 yards, would perhaps not have provided a fortune, especially as it was hoped that the tower would be kept.
Ewan Christian had reordered the interior quietly in the 1880s, leaving alone the 17th Century reredos and communion table, which everyone seems to have admired: the table supported by caryatid saints, the reredos an ordered but complicated array of Corinthian pilasters, flowers, fruit, mitres, flaming torches, putti musicanti, and a pelican in her piety over and around the four tables of the Creed, the Commandments and the Paternoster, wrote Wayland Young. There was a west gallery - Christian moved the organ out of it into the south side of the chancel - and a royal arms on the north wall. Margaret Tabor, writing in 1917, was struck by the large number of old monuments, none of them of very great interest.
This, then, was the church which was destroyed by incendiaries and high explosives on the night of Sunday 29th December 1940. The London Blitz had the two-fold effect of ridding the Diocese of more churches than it had originally planned to demolish, and also completely reducing the value of City land for a generation to come. When the dust settled, it was decided that St Vedast would after all be one of the churches to be repaired and restored - St Augustine Watling Street across the road would only be kept as a tower, to be worked into the replacement choir school. St Vedast was never a major City church, and perhaps the architect chosen for the job was secretly glad that he could get on without too much interference or noise from those keeping a beady eye on the likes of St Bride and St Mary le Bow.
He was Stephen Dykes Bower, the last of the unrepentant Gothicists. In his 1994 obituary in the Times, Stephen James described Dykes Bower as a devoted and determined champion of the Gothic Revival style through its most unpopular years. He rejected modernism and continued traditions from the late Victorian period, emphasising fine detail, craftsmanship and bright colour. It is also worth recalling what Pevsner had written about Dykes Bower's restoration of the great church of St Nicholas at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, similarly destroyed in the Blitz: What an opportunity was lost! What thrilling things might have been done inside! A modern interior, airy, noble, of fine materials could have arisen to affirm the vitality of C20 church architecture inside the C13 walls. How defeatist does the imitation-Gothic interior appear, once this has been realized!
In the early 1960s, Dykes Bower reimagined St Vedast as a college chapel. The seating, with rests, faces inwards across a mosaic-tiled floor. All memorials, some of which came from churches of parishes subsumed into that of St Vedast, were relegated to the south aisle, which is screened off from the nave, access only possible at the eastern end. The glass is by Brian Thomas, who had worked successfully with Dykes Bower at Great Yarmouth and other places. Everything is of the highest quality. Not all the furnishings are to Dykes Bower's design. The 17th Century reredos from St Christopher le Stocks, which had been taken by Ernest Geldart to Great Burstead in Essex, was brought back to London and installed here.
Despite Dykes Bower's reactionary enthusiasm for the past, there is a Festival of Britain jollity to the interior - prayerful, yes, but also with that confidence of the post-war years. It is a thrilling interior, perfect for music-led worship, especially candle-lit on a winter evening. And Dykes Bower has been proved right, of course. His reinvented interiors here, and at Great Yarmouth, and especially at St Edmundsbury Cathedral are perfectly suited to quiet 21st Century Anglican worship.
(c) Simon Knott, December 2015