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Those who sponsored a sleeper as part of the Mail Rail postal museum initiative got to ride on the new visitor attraction and then explore the tunnels and Mount Pleasant station beneath the streets of Farringdon, in order that we could see the commemorative plaque on "our" sleeper. This was a Sub Brit wet dream - they've pretty much left everything alone, just as it was when the last through trains ran in 2003. It even smells of ozone, although today that is generated by the blizzard of large projectors over the platforms telling the story of the Post Office Underground Railway.
Once the ride opens to public on September the 4th, this type of activity will no longer be possible. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore an iconic part of subterranean London!
The Swells
The swells at the sea are rolling to reach
the shoreline’s serene sandy beach,
to fall there to sleep with a wary sigh
in the sweltering days of July.
Silently rolls the message of the billows
to the shelter of shoreline’s willows,
telling dimming tales of the blurring surf
in a patch of sunshine on glowing turf.
When the darkness comes and covers the waves
Vellamo’s fairies awake in their graves,
and wavy fingers start playing their tune
in the gleam of the pearls of the moon.
Then those mellow tunes in the nightly sky
rock the nocturnal sailor with lullaby.
And the sailor who once hears how Vellamo sings,
that melody forever in his soul rings.
- L. Onerva -
(translated by Pentti M. Rautaharju) jewelsfromfinlandtwo.wordpress.com/
(In Finnish mythology, Vellamo is the goddess of the sea.)
(monotype print by me yesterday)
For those of you who watched Sy-Fy's show Alphas, a simple Dr. Lee Rosen.
Recipe:
Count Dooku
Henry Jones Sr.
Alien Conquest Business Man
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UPDATE: 3/1/15: I decided to add this photo to the Lego Film, Literature and other media group, because I thought that I could contribute there. Arguably, all of my photos could be put in there, but I chose to restrict it to what I thought belonged there.
for those interested in iphonography, the itemization of the workflow used for the images in this series might prove helpful.
oh, and i've created a group for black and white images. you might wanna join.
Coleshill's parish church of SS Peter & Paul is marked by it's splendid steeple, a landmark for miles around and similar to those of several other prosperous Midland red sandstone churches. It is a large building which has undergone significant Victorian restoration but retains it's grand medieval town church feel. The nave is rather long and cavernous but is followed by a lighter (despite the sandstone finish and Victorian glass) Perpendicular chancel with large windows.
The real treasures here are the monuments and the Norman font, which is adorned with a Crucifixion and four saints in relief amidst curling foliage, damaged but still enjoyable. The earliest monuments are 13th century knights, one in each aisle, but the rest are concentrated in the chancel, with three large tombs of the Digby Family with effigies of couples, (two late medieval, one Elizabethan) and a further late medieval tomb chest crowned by an incised slab (sadly somewhat engulfed by clutter). There are a couple of small priest's brasses too nearby.
Sadly the church shares the north Warwickshire access problem being normally locked, though it fares better than most of these for having appointed open hours on Saturday & Wednesday mornings between 11am & 1pm. Years ago there used to be a key available from a nearby shop, it's a shame such convenient arrangements as these have declined, not only here but generally.
Those of us on the Petworth Dogs Group would like to thank everyone who came out tonight for the Petworth Dog Walk Halloween, a costume celebration of dogs and owners. Special thanks to Domku Restaurant, our host and our sponsors for prizes in:
* Best Doggie Costume – the classic, dress 'em up!
* Best Twins – Celebrating how dogs and owners can look alike
* Best Trick – Costume or not, show your dog's skills
If you'd like to join our pack other times of the year, be sure to join the Petworth Dogs Group
I don't know why this photograph I took almost 2 years ago didn't speak to me until just now. I pulled out my 1tb harddrive today to look at old pictures from Syria and I found some portraits I absolutely fell in love with. This is pretty close to being one of my favorite portraits i've ever taken.
This exact picture is the definition of what I want out of my photography.
Thanks for all those who worked so hard to make the open house a success - thanks to all those that attended. For those who missed the show please enjoy the photos!
Our grads are out and ready for industry so please contact us with opportunities. We are also accepting applicants to our one year post grad - imm.sheridanc.on.ca
To those of you who photograph babies on a regular basis, I bow. 25 pictures later and this is the only one I felt I could use. Not being able to use my flash made it tricky.
Those looking for impeccable cuisine will not be disappointed when they visit this superb Nigerian restaurant. The menu at the Explorers Restaurantoffers an extensive and superior selection of gourmet meals from Africa to Asia and promises to sate any desire!
Those "test tubes" are actually baby soda bottles before being turned into 2-Liters.
Students had to follow specific directions in order to create the right mixture which turned colors depending on how much liquid they put in the test tubes. Easy project, but they were absolutely in awe!
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One of those chance moments which caught both of us unawares, but which worked out very well. Love the glasses...
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The pinwheel-like flower is Gaillardia X grandiflora found at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens.
Nikon D5100, AF-S Nikkor 55-200 VR, plus a vintage preset, and the image was tweaked some more.
Happy Sliders Sunday!
Rusted lines that were fueled with neon gases lit the sign of an old building fallen victim to urban decay.
Those attendees with Ambassador Club ribbons received first-class treatment at each cocktail reception by moving to the front of the line. TCA thanks those members that have been with the organization for 25 years or more.
...I'm going in full throttle. That ought to keep those fighters off our back!
Having realised that I'd slipped on a performance target I've spent most of the day coding on the website for work. I'm sort of snow blind now so it's definitely time to stop.
On days like this it's a grab shot, so here's my Lego X-wing (a warmly received Christmas gift) about to form up for an assault on the Death Star.
May the force be with us!
Those Scoville twins are cute, but like fire and ice! Usually they are complete opposites, it is only when their interests join that they become troublesome.....
In a side chapel in Southwark's St George's Cathedral, a candle burns for the whole of November in memory of the faithful departed. It's a time when the universal Church reminds us there's a need to pray for the departed souls - especially those still on their journey to Heaven
© Mazur/cbcew.org.uk
Hollywood Vampire e Those Damn Crows in concerto a Marostica foto di Cesare Veronesi per www.rockon.it
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"Let there be light." Thomas Alva Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory and Memorial Tower. Those of us on the Jersey Shore call it the "Big Ass" Lightbulb!
The Edison Tower, located on the site of the original laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, to which Thomas Alva Edison moved in 1876, was erected in 1937 as a monument to the great inventor. The Tower is the gift of William Slocum Barstow to The Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Incorporated, of which˙ he is President, in behalf of the Edison Pioneers. It was dedicated on February 11, 1838, the ninety-first anniversary of the inventor's birth.
Rising 131 ft. 4 in. above the ground, the Tower looms as the highest discernible object for many miles. Surmounting the 117 ft. 8 in. concrete-slab structure is a 13 ft. 8 in. replica of the original incandescent lamp which, illuminated nightly, can be seen for a distance of several miles, serving as an airplane beacon. The foundation of the Tower consists of a structure. The Tower is designed for pressure of wind at a velocity of 120 miles per hour. In its construction, which consumed slightly less than eight months, there were used approximately 1200 barrels of Edison Portland cement and 50 tons of reinforced steel.
The large bulb atop the Tower was cast by the Corning Glass Works, which fifty-nine years ago,, in 1879 furnished from a sketch the first commercial electric light bulb. The replica bulb contains 153 separate pieces of amber tinted Pyrex glass, 2 in. thick, set upon a steel frame. The bulb is 5 ft. in diameter at the neck and 9 ft. 2 in. in diameter at the greatest width and weighs, without the steel frame on which it is placed, in excess of three tons. Inside this Pyrex glass bulb are four 1000 watt bulbs, four 200 watt bulbs, and four 100 watt bulbs. A duplicate of each is so arranged as automatically to cut in should its companion bulb fail.
Date:Oct 20 2013, 11:53 PM
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Re: Catching Up
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Hi Alan
You poor guy. Not a lot of luck. I hope you are not too sore after those bangs. Take care. Hopefully our paths will cross at some point soon. I was due to have another bladder check under G/A on 5th November but that has now been postponed to 19th and then 26th November. It is a pain all this hanging around anticipating as I am sure you know far too well.
Best wishes
John P
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Message Received: Oct 20 2013, 11:15 PM
From: "Alan Outen"
To: "John Pitts"
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Subject: Re: Catching Up
Hello John
Glad you enjoyed your Kent viist. Our son is a Friend of the Secret Garden and we go there every time that we have stayed with him in Sandwich Bay or now Sandwich. It is only just along the road from Sir Roger Manwood Scool where he teaches and now also lives.
We had an IoW excellent foray with wonderful weather and a good turn out. I have made a lot of great friends there over the years. We have a total of well over 200 species at Briddlesford Copse on the Saturday whilst the total for Sunday at Parkhurst Forest looks likely to go over 150 once all the identifications are in and this foray is only until 13.30 so those from the mainland can get the ferry and get home in reasonable time. That way I and others are then able to set things up dropping spores over-night etc. I then spent three days identifying the following week! There were also some excellent finds with many new to the IoW. Following my arrival at lunchtime on Friday four of us went to Culver Down in the hope of seeing the Ring Ouzels that had been there the previous two days, or one of the regular Peregrines. We didn't get either but had a good list of fungi there as well including an inkcap species on cow dung pats that I have identified as Coprinopsis pseudonivea with only 26 previous UK records and of course new to IoW as were two other species. This set the pattern for the weekend as there were plenty of other exciting finds. When I was first shown the bracket fungus Phellinus robustus in the New Forest some 20+ years ago it was only known on that single tree in the UK. There are still only some half dozen trees there and just two other UK sites known for this species so this was a surprise find at Bridddlesford. It will take some time before I have all the records in from others who visited for the weekend but it certainly looks like being the most successful ever in terms of good finds.
You are correct in thinking that you are incorrect that the Woburn Fungi are Russula!! Russula's do not grow in clumps and nor do they have aring on the stem (note the one standing up in the c/u) apart from a host of other reasons! This is definitely a Honey Fungus Armillaria sp. but I cannot see the detail of the ring nor the base of the stalk both of which would be necessary to ascertain the species with certainly. As such it could be either Armillaria mellea or A. ostoyae as the two most likely options!.
I went to Colworth Park to lead a lunchtime foray for Helen M-H and the Unilever NHS last Wed but as it was raining heavily I gave them a slide presentation instead as arranged just before I was about to leave here! On the way there a lorry overtook a parked vehicle on his side of the road when there clearly was not sufficient room. He clipped my wing mirror and totally removed the one on the parked vehicle. I had already had to take evasive action, hit the kerb and the bumper apron detached from my car also damaging the inner plastic mudguard. The rain, and the speed at which it happened and the need to avoid a major collision left me no opportunity to get his number and by the time I could safely open my door and get out he was way down the road. It has proved to be an expensive free lecture! I am not best pleased. Two days later a women backed her car out on the Forecourt at Clifton Post Office without looking and knocked me over as I innocently walked to the pillar box. If I hadn't hammered on her boot she would have run me over as well! She must have seen me coming as she was getting into her car as I saw her do so but she slammed her door, started up and reversed all in one move. She had not even put her seat belt on! It was not a good week!
I have a foray at Harpenden Common on Wednesday morning. Next Sunday to Tues there will be a big display etc on Fungi at Ashridge by the monument. I will be 'on duty' on the Monday. The BNHS/ RSPB Foray at Sandy, always a big one, on 3 Nov will be my last of the season.
Best wishes
Alan
On 20 Oct 2013, at 20:49, John Pitts wrote:
> How are things going Alan? We had a very pleasant few days based in a
> cottage at Ash near Sandwich last week but although we collected a lot of
> ancient building I didn't get near any nature reserves while there. We
> particularly enjoyed the Secret Gardens of Sandwich (despite the heavy rain)
> but Dover Castle was pretty dismal.
> Today we went to Woburn to renew Jane's access card and drove around the
> park watching and listening to the deer rut. While looking around the
> Duchesses's garden I noticed several impressive clumps of fungi as per
> above. I thought they might be Russula sp but I am sure this will be a
> totally incorrect guess.
> While checking dormice boxes yesterday in Maulden Wood there were fungi
> everywhere. Looks like a good period while it stays damp and warm.
> I hope you I o W trip went well even if you missed Steve P.
> Best wishes
> John P
> You have been sent 4 pictures.
At the end of our trip, Brandy finally realized the waves from Lake Michigan weren't scary, but were interesting!
This series of pictures is for all cat lovers, but especially for those who have been wondering how my sister's cat Mirre is. Mirre was hit by a car in July and seriously injured; his hip bone was broken, and I chose surgery which saved his life. Mirre lived in a cage for the first month, and after that he was still indoors for a month. He has been allowed to go outside for some weeks now. His control X-rays last month showed that he has been healing well.
Even though the screw that was attached to Mirre's hip bones did not put the broken bone in its exact old position, Mirre has been showing huge progress in his recovery. He now walks, jumps and especially talks as if nothing ever happened. That was the best 1500 euros I ever spent! :-)
Mirre has a collar and a microchip, and we hope that he won't injure himself like that ever again. He does spend more time safely indoors now that the weather has gotten cold, and he's gaining weight for winter like he always does. ;-)