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Finally took the time to drive out to find a new location to take images. This was a perfect spot for a photo idea I had in mind since I watched the movie Marley and Me. I believe my thoughts are now summed up pretty well with this photo.
Also, Purina sent me a box of goodies from its newest campaign and dog food, True Instinct. There was this puzzle you hide food in so I did that and oddly enough, Chuppy goes digging at it to try to get it. Pretty surprising to me because Chuppy doesn't like to dig. Guess it was just his instincts kicking in!
More information can be seen here! It is definitely worth looking at!
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.
~Rachel Carson
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A highlight of fall in Waterdown Village is the annual Scarecrow Walk, starting in this eighth year on October 11 and running right until Hallowe’en.
“Once again, our local businesses and community partners will display uniquely decorated scarecrows, animating our streetscape and giving people of all ages more than 130 reasons to Walk Waterdown,” exclaimed Waterdown Village BIA Board of Management Chair, Amanda Groves.
She added, “The Scarecrow Walk has fast become a signature event for the community. Clues featuring mugshots of favourite monsters will be placed on 20 randomly selected scarecrows for scavengers to find for a chance to win shopping spree prizes. You can discover new businesses, take selfies with your favourite scarecrow entries, and test your detective skills to find all 130+ scarecrows and all 20 clues, for a wonderful day out for the whole family.”
Excerpt from www.flamboroughtoday.com/spotlight/waterdown-village-welc...:
A highlight of fall in Waterdown Village is the annual Scarecrow Walk, starting in this eighth year on October 11 and running right until Hallowe’en.
“Once again, our local businesses and community partners will display uniquely decorated scarecrows, animating our streetscape and giving people of all ages more than 130 reasons to Walk Waterdown,” exclaimed Waterdown Village BIA Board of Management Chair, Amanda Groves.
She added, “The Scarecrow Walk has fast become a signature event for the community. Clues featuring mugshots of favourite monsters will be placed on 20 randomly selected scarecrows for scavengers to find for a chance to win shopping spree prizes. You can discover new businesses, take selfies with your favourite scarecrow entries, and test your detective skills to find all 130+ scarecrows and all 20 clues, for a wonderful day out for the whole family.”
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"A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood." (Rachel Carson)
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[Mama Mary, Bantay Ilocos]
"This heart, my own dear mother, bends,
With love's true instinct, back to thee!"
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.
~Rachel Carson
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the source of our strength.
Rachel Carson
The Sense of Wonder
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To the glory of God
And in loving memory of
Gifford Sherman READE
Of Holbrook House, Ipswich, England
Born 1846 Died at Auckland 5 Dec. 1929
And of his wife
Margaret Augusta Walker
Born 1843 Died 6 July 1929
Mr Reade gave his family property and large fortune to the Admiralty for the benefit of
the Navy and in memory of its services during the Great War 1914-1918
In thee oh Lord have I put my trust
Plaque on top of grave
“Benefactor to The Royal Hospital School
Holbrook, England”
Area 4 Block A Lot No. 10
A GIFT TO THE NATION.
...new Naval College which is to be erected at Holbrook, Suffolk, as the result of the munificent gift of an Auckland citizen, Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade. He has given his ancestral home of 850 acres and an endowment of a total value of £1,000,000. The Admiralty has let a contract for the buildings, which, on their completion in four years' time, will supersede the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, where 1000 boys are educated.
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 159, 8 July 1929, Page 17
OBITUARY.
MRS. G. S. READE,
The death occurred on July 6, at her home, "Summit," 1, Landscape Road, Mount Eden, of Mrs. Margaret Augusta Reade, wife of Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Reade was 84 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Reade came to New Zealand thirteen years ago on a holiday trip and decided to settle in Auckland. Their former home was Holbrook House, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Mr. Reade spent 35 years of his life in India, where he had extensive estates in Assam and acquired interests in various industries. He retired 25 years ago. In July, 1928, the fact was announced by cable that Mr. Reade had donated his ancestral estate of 850 acres on the southern portion boundary of Suffolk, overlooking the estuary of the River Stour, together with a large sum of money, for the purpose of establishing a naval training school to replace the present one at Queen's Hall, Greenwich. The total value of the gift of Mr. Reade was £1,000,000. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of York, and building is expected to be completed within four years' time. The interment of Mrs. Reade took place at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery. [2]
Margaret’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383051
“On the 5th December 2008, two former pupils of the Royal Hospital School attended a service at the grave of Gifford Sherman Reade in Auckland, New Zealand. The gravestone has recently been renovated under the guidance of the New Zealand Navy and service coincided with the 79th anniversary of his death.
Gifford Sherman Reade was born in 1864 at Holbrook House and he became a very successful tea trader and ship owner. In 1921 he gifted his Holbrook estate to the Admiralty enabling the relocation of the Royal Hospital School from Greenwich to Holbrook. Gifford Sherman Reade died in 1929 before the new school buildings were complete but he made a further bequest of funds in his will in gratitude for the Royal Navy's safeguarding of his merchant fleet during the First World War.
The service of rededication of Reade's gravestone at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland was led by a New Zealand naval chaplain and attended by Tom Blackett, son of the Royal Hospital School's Headmaster, Howard Blackett. Fellow former pupil Chris Emmerson also attended with his father Graham, who transferred as an officer serving with the Royal Navy to the New Zealand Navy four years ago.“ [1]
Holbrook Estate
www.grenhosp.org.uk/general/holbrook-estate/
Gifford’s obituary reads similarly, with the addition that “its erection will enable the famous Macpherson collection to be eventually installed at Queen’s House, Greenwich, where the school is at present established”. [3]
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 289, 6 December 1929, Page 5
"I have now given my all to the Navy," was the reply that Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade was in the habit of sending to the numerous begging letters he received, after it was made public that he had donated for the benefit of the British Navy, property and endowments to the value of £1,000,000. This statement was quite true, as Mr. Reade, in July last, divested himself of all but a small income on which to live for the remaining term of his life. Mr. Reade's death took place last evening at his home in Landscape Road East, Mount Eden, at the age of 85 years, his wife having died last July. As is but fitting, the Royal Navy will be represented at the funeral of this giver of wealth to the Empire by the two commanders of the New Zealand Division, and a lieutenant in charge of a firing party of 24 men. Wreaths have also been sent by the officers. Mr. Reade's former home was at Holbrook House, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and it is this valuable property, including 850 acres of land which had belonged to his ancestors for generations, which he donated to the Navy, together with funds to equip and endow a training school. The British Admiralty let a contract for the buildings, the foundation stone of the school was laid in October last year by the Duke of York, who forwarded to Mr. Reade a special cable concerning the ceremony. It is estimated that it will take four years to complete the buildings, which will be capable of accommodating 1000 boys.
During the war Mr. Reade made munificent gifts to the cause of the Allies, including huge consignments of tea for the men at the front. This endowment is to be administered as a national trust. Mr. Reade amassed his fortune as the owner of several tea growing estates in Assam. He was also interested in other industries, including coal mining. He spent 35 years of his life in India, and came to New Zealand with his wife 1 year ago. Having no family, and liking the climate, he made Auckland his headquarters, but travelled extensively over New Zealand. He was a keen fisherman.
Some 20 years ago Mr. Reade retired from active business, and travelled extensively with his wife before coming to New Zealand to spend the evening of their days. It was the splendid work done by the British Navy during the Great War that caused Mr. Reade to decide upon making his munificent gift to the Empire. His idea was to enable the Admiralty to transfer the boys from Queen's College Naval Training School, at Greenwich, to more suitable quarters. The Admiralty sent Mr. Smallwood, principal of the college, to New Zealand to finalise with Mr. Reade the details of his gift, which included the offer of £100,000 to be allowed to accumulate until the principal sum is sufficiently large to produce a, sum which will entirely support the institution.
Mr. Reade was a very quiet, unassuming-: man, but with the true instinct of an Englishman, he recognised that the safety of the Empire depended upon the Navy, hence his munificence in providing for the training of youths to man the ships in the future.[4]
A portrait of Gifford is here:
www.mwadui.com/RHS/Index_rhs.htm
Gifford’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383050
WITH NAVAL HONOURS.
MR. G. S. READE'S FUNERAL
ADMIRALTY SENDS WREATH.
A naval funeral was accorded Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, who was buried at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Reade, who had ardently supported the Navy throughout his life, and who had presented his entire estate to the Admiralty for the establishment of a naval school, which he endowed to the extent of more than £1,000,000, was buried with full honours.
A naval detachment, consisting of Commander Robertson, of H.M.s. Veronica. Commander Jeffries and Lieutenant R. S. Jessall. of H.M.s. Dunedin, and 24 men from the combined vessels of the New Zealand station, was present. Regret at their inability to attend was expressed by Commodore Blake and Commander Tobin. of H.M.s. Philomel, who were detained by the naval manoeuvres conducted by the Royal Naval Reserve. Three wreaths, one from the Lord- Commissioners of the Admiralty, one from the commanders, officers and men of the ships of the New Zealand station, and one from the superintendent, officers and boys of the Royal Naval School at Greenwich were sent.
Mr. Reade, whose wife died last July, was not survived by any relatives in New Zealand, nor had he many acquaintances. Two families of his very intimate friends were represented at the funeral. Mrs. G. Haydock, Mr. R. Haydock and Mr. B. Haydock and Mr. and Mrs. D. Gillies. The Rev. E. P. Willis, vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Epsom, conducted the service; he was assisted by the naval chaplain, the Rev. G. T. Robson. Eight men from the New Zealand station acted as pall-bearers. [5]
SOURCES:
[1]
www.royalhospitalschool.org/default.asp?page=560&news...
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[4]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS...
[5]
To the glory of God
And in loving memory of
Gifford Sherman READE
Of Holbrook House, Ipswich, England
Born 1846 Died at Auckland 5 Dec. 1929
And of his wife
Margaret Augusta Walker
Born 1843 Died 6 July 1929
Mr Reade gave his family property and large fortune to the Admiralty for the benefit of
the Navy and in memory of its services during the Great War 1914-1918
In thee oh Lord have I put my trust
Plaque on top of grave
“Benefactor to The Royal Hospital School
Holbrook, England”
Area 4 Block A Lot No. 10
A GIFT TO THE NATION.
...new Naval College which is to be erected at Holbrook, Suffolk, as the result of the munificent gift of an Auckland citizen, Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade. He has given his ancestral home of 850 acres and an endowment of a total value of £1,000,000. The Admiralty has let a contract for the buildings, which, on their completion in four years' time, will supersede the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, where 1000 boys are educated.
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 159, 8 July 1929, Page 17
OBITUARY.
MRS. G. S. READE,
The death occurred on July 6, at her home, "Summit," 1, Landscape Road, Mount Eden, of Mrs. Margaret Augusta Reade, wife of Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Reade was 84 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Reade came to New Zealand thirteen years ago on a holiday trip and decided to settle in Auckland. Their former home was Holbrook House, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Mr. Reade spent 35 years of his life in India, where he had extensive estates in Assam and acquired interests in various industries. He retired 25 years ago. In July, 1928, the fact was announced by cable that Mr. Reade had donated his ancestral estate of 850 acres on the southern portion boundary of Suffolk, overlooking the estuary of the River Stour, together with a large sum of money, for the purpose of establishing a naval training school to replace the present one at Queen's Hall, Greenwich. The total value of the gift of Mr. Reade was £1,000,000. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of York, and building is expected to be completed within four years' time. The interment of Mrs. Reade took place at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery. [2]
Margaret’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383051
“On the 5th December 2008, two former pupils of the Royal Hospital School attended a service at the grave of Gifford Sherman Reade in Auckland, New Zealand. The gravestone has recently been renovated under the guidance of the New Zealand Navy and service coincided with the 79th anniversary of his death.
Gifford Sherman Reade was born in 1864 at Holbrook House and he became a very successful tea trader and ship owner. In 1921 he gifted his Holbrook estate to the Admiralty enabling the relocation of the Royal Hospital School from Greenwich to Holbrook. Gifford Sherman Reade died in 1929 before the new school buildings were complete but he made a further bequest of funds in his will in gratitude for the Royal Navy's safeguarding of his merchant fleet during the First World War.
The service of rededication of Reade's gravestone at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland was led by a New Zealand naval chaplain and attended by Tom Blackett, son of the Royal Hospital School's Headmaster, Howard Blackett. Fellow former pupil Chris Emmerson also attended with his father Graham, who transferred as an officer serving with the Royal Navy to the New Zealand Navy four years ago.“ [1]
Holbrook Estate
www.grenhosp.org.uk/general/holbrook-estate/
Gifford’s obituary reads similarly, with the addition that “its erection will enable the famous Macpherson collection to be eventually installed at Queen’s House, Greenwich, where the school is at present established”. [3]
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 289, 6 December 1929, Page 5
"I have now given my all to the Navy," was the reply that Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade was in the habit of sending to the numerous begging letters he received, after it was made public that he had donated for the benefit of the British Navy, property and endowments to the value of £1,000,000. This statement was quite true, as Mr. Reade, in July last, divested himself of all but a small income on which to live for the remaining term of his life. Mr. Reade's death took place last evening at his home in Landscape Road East, Mount Eden, at the age of 85 years, his wife having died last July. As is but fitting, the Royal Navy will be represented at the funeral of this giver of wealth to the Empire by the two commanders of the New Zealand Division, and a lieutenant in charge of a firing party of 24 men. Wreaths have also been sent by the officers. Mr. Reade's former home was at Holbrook House, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and it is this valuable property, including 850 acres of land which had belonged to his ancestors for generations, which he donated to the Navy, together with funds to equip and endow a training school. The British Admiralty let a contract for the buildings, the foundation stone of the school was laid in October last year by the Duke of York, who forwarded to Mr. Reade a special cable concerning the ceremony. It is estimated that it will take four years to complete the buildings, which will be capable of accommodating 1000 boys.
During the war Mr. Reade made munificent gifts to the cause of the Allies, including huge consignments of tea for the men at the front. This endowment is to be administered as a national trust. Mr. Reade amassed his fortune as the owner of several tea growing estates in Assam. He was also interested in other industries, including coal mining. He spent 35 years of his life in India, and came to New Zealand with his wife 1 year ago. Having no family, and liking the climate, he made Auckland his headquarters, but travelled extensively over New Zealand. He was a keen fisherman.
Some 20 years ago Mr. Reade retired from active business, and travelled extensively with his wife before coming to New Zealand to spend the evening of their days. It was the splendid work done by the British Navy during the Great War that caused Mr. Reade to decide upon making his munificent gift to the Empire. His idea was to enable the Admiralty to transfer the boys from Queen's College Naval Training School, at Greenwich, to more suitable quarters. The Admiralty sent Mr. Smallwood, principal of the college, to New Zealand to finalise with Mr. Reade the details of his gift, which included the offer of £100,000 to be allowed to accumulate until the principal sum is sufficiently large to produce a, sum which will entirely support the institution.
Mr. Reade was a very quiet, unassuming-: man, but with the true instinct of an Englishman, he recognised that the safety of the Empire depended upon the Navy, hence his munificence in providing for the training of youths to man the ships in the future.[4]
A portrait of Gifford is here:
www.mwadui.com/RHS/Index_rhs.htm
Gifford’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383050
WITH NAVAL HONOURS.
MR. G. S. READE'S FUNERAL
ADMIRALTY SENDS WREATH.
A naval funeral was accorded Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, who was buried at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Reade, who had ardently supported the Navy throughout his life, and who had presented his entire estate to the Admiralty for the establishment of a naval school, which he endowed to the extent of more than £1,000,000, was buried with full honours.
A naval detachment, consisting of Commander Robertson, of H.M.s. Veronica. Commander Jeffries and Lieutenant R. S. Jessall. of H.M.s. Dunedin, and 24 men from the combined vessels of the New Zealand station, was present. Regret at their inability to attend was expressed by Commodore Blake and Commander Tobin. of H.M.s. Philomel, who were detained by the naval manoeuvres conducted by the Royal Naval Reserve. Three wreaths, one from the Lord- Commissioners of the Admiralty, one from the commanders, officers and men of the ships of the New Zealand station, and one from the superintendent, officers and boys of the Royal Naval School at Greenwich were sent.
Mr. Reade, whose wife died last July, was not survived by any relatives in New Zealand, nor had he many acquaintances. Two families of his very intimate friends were represented at the funeral. Mrs. G. Haydock, Mr. R. Haydock and Mr. B. Haydock and Mr. and Mrs. D. Gillies. The Rev. E. P. Willis, vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Epsom, conducted the service; he was assisted by the naval chaplain, the Rev. G. T. Robson. Eight men from the New Zealand station acted as pall-bearers. [5]
SOURCES:
[1]
www.royalhospitalschool.org/default.asp?page=560&news...
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[4]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS...
[5]
To the glory of God
And in loving memory of
Gifford Sherman READE
Of Holbrook House, Ipswich, England
Born 1846 Died at Auckland 5 Dec. 1929
And of his wife
Margaret Augusta Walker
Born 1843 Died 6 July 1929
Mr Reade gave his family property and large fortune to the Admiralty for the benefit of
the Navy and in memory of its services during the Great War 1914-1918
In thee oh Lord have I put my trust
Plaque on top of grave
“Benefactor to The Royal Hospital School
Holbrook, England”
Area 4 Block A Lot No. 10
A GIFT TO THE NATION.
...new Naval College which is to be erected at Holbrook, Suffolk, as the result of the munificent gift of an Auckland citizen, Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade. He has given his ancestral home of 850 acres and an endowment of a total value of £1,000,000. The Admiralty has let a contract for the buildings, which, on their completion in four years' time, will supersede the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, where 1000 boys are educated.
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 159, 8 July 1929, Page 17
OBITUARY.
MRS. G. S. READE,
The death occurred on July 6, at her home, "Summit," 1, Landscape Road, Mount Eden, of Mrs. Margaret Augusta Reade, wife of Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Reade was 84 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Reade came to New Zealand thirteen years ago on a holiday trip and decided to settle in Auckland. Their former home was Holbrook House, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Mr. Reade spent 35 years of his life in India, where he had extensive estates in Assam and acquired interests in various industries. He retired 25 years ago. In July, 1928, the fact was announced by cable that Mr. Reade had donated his ancestral estate of 850 acres on the southern portion boundary of Suffolk, overlooking the estuary of the River Stour, together with a large sum of money, for the purpose of establishing a naval training school to replace the present one at Queen's Hall, Greenwich. The total value of the gift of Mr. Reade was £1,000,000. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of York, and building is expected to be completed within four years' time. The interment of Mrs. Reade took place at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery. [2]
Margaret’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383051
“On the 5th December 2008, two former pupils of the Royal Hospital School attended a service at the grave of Gifford Sherman Reade in Auckland, New Zealand. The gravestone has recently been renovated under the guidance of the New Zealand Navy and service coincided with the 79th anniversary of his death.
Gifford Sherman Reade was born in 1864 at Holbrook House and he became a very successful tea trader and ship owner. In 1921 he gifted his Holbrook estate to the Admiralty enabling the relocation of the Royal Hospital School from Greenwich to Holbrook. Gifford Sherman Reade died in 1929 before the new school buildings were complete but he made a further bequest of funds in his will in gratitude for the Royal Navy's safeguarding of his merchant fleet during the First World War.
The service of rededication of Reade's gravestone at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland was led by a New Zealand naval chaplain and attended by Tom Blackett, son of the Royal Hospital School's Headmaster, Howard Blackett. Fellow former pupil Chris Emmerson also attended with his father Graham, who transferred as an officer serving with the Royal Navy to the New Zealand Navy four years ago.“ [1]
Holbrook Estate
www.grenhosp.org.uk/general/holbrook-estate/
Gifford’s obituary reads similarly, with the addition that “its erection will enable the famous Macpherson collection to be eventually installed at Queen’s House, Greenwich, where the school is at present established”. [3]
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 289, 6 December 1929, Page 5
"I have now given my all to the Navy," was the reply that Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade was in the habit of sending to the numerous begging letters he received, after it was made public that he had donated for the benefit of the British Navy, property and endowments to the value of £1,000,000. This statement was quite true, as Mr. Reade, in July last, divested himself of all but a small income on which to live for the remaining term of his life. Mr. Reade's death took place last evening at his home in Landscape Road East, Mount Eden, at the age of 85 years, his wife having died last July. As is but fitting, the Royal Navy will be represented at the funeral of this giver of wealth to the Empire by the two commanders of the New Zealand Division, and a lieutenant in charge of a firing party of 24 men. Wreaths have also been sent by the officers. Mr. Reade's former home was at Holbrook House, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and it is this valuable property, including 850 acres of land which had belonged to his ancestors for generations, which he donated to the Navy, together with funds to equip and endow a training school. The British Admiralty let a contract for the buildings, the foundation stone of the school was laid in October last year by the Duke of York, who forwarded to Mr. Reade a special cable concerning the ceremony. It is estimated that it will take four years to complete the buildings, which will be capable of accommodating 1000 boys.
During the war Mr. Reade made munificent gifts to the cause of the Allies, including huge consignments of tea for the men at the front. This endowment is to be administered as a national trust. Mr. Reade amassed his fortune as the owner of several tea growing estates in Assam. He was also interested in other industries, including coal mining. He spent 35 years of his life in India, and came to New Zealand with his wife 1 year ago. Having no family, and liking the climate, he made Auckland his headquarters, but travelled extensively over New Zealand. He was a keen fisherman.
Some 20 years ago Mr. Reade retired from active business, and travelled extensively with his wife before coming to New Zealand to spend the evening of their days. It was the splendid work done by the British Navy during the Great War that caused Mr. Reade to decide upon making his munificent gift to the Empire. His idea was to enable the Admiralty to transfer the boys from Queen's College Naval Training School, at Greenwich, to more suitable quarters. The Admiralty sent Mr. Smallwood, principal of the college, to New Zealand to finalise with Mr. Reade the details of his gift, which included the offer of £100,000 to be allowed to accumulate until the principal sum is sufficiently large to produce a, sum which will entirely support the institution.
Mr. Reade was a very quiet, unassuming-: man, but with the true instinct of an Englishman, he recognised that the safety of the Empire depended upon the Navy, hence his munificence in providing for the training of youths to man the ships in the future.[4]
A portrait of Gifford is here:
www.mwadui.com/RHS/Index_rhs.htm
Gifford’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383050
WITH NAVAL HONOURS.
MR. G. S. READE'S FUNERAL
ADMIRALTY SENDS WREATH.
A naval funeral was accorded Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, who was buried at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Reade, who had ardently supported the Navy throughout his life, and who had presented his entire estate to the Admiralty for the establishment of a naval school, which he endowed to the extent of more than £1,000,000, was buried with full honours.
A naval detachment, consisting of Commander Robertson, of H.M.s. Veronica. Commander Jeffries and Lieutenant R. S. Jessall. of H.M.s. Dunedin, and 24 men from the combined vessels of the New Zealand station, was present. Regret at their inability to attend was expressed by Commodore Blake and Commander Tobin. of H.M.s. Philomel, who were detained by the naval manoeuvres conducted by the Royal Naval Reserve. Three wreaths, one from the Lord- Commissioners of the Admiralty, one from the commanders, officers and men of the ships of the New Zealand station, and one from the superintendent, officers and boys of the Royal Naval School at Greenwich were sent.
Mr. Reade, whose wife died last July, was not survived by any relatives in New Zealand, nor had he many acquaintances. Two families of his very intimate friends were represented at the funeral. Mrs. G. Haydock, Mr. R. Haydock and Mr. B. Haydock and Mr. and Mrs. D. Gillies. The Rev. E. P. Willis, vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Epsom, conducted the service; he was assisted by the naval chaplain, the Rev. G. T. Robson. Eight men from the New Zealand station acted as pall-bearers. [5]
SOURCES:
[1]
www.royalhospitalschool.org/default.asp?page=560&news...
[2]
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To the glory of God
And in loving memory of
Gifford Sherman READE
Of Holbrook House, Ipswich, England
Born 1846 Died at Auckland 5 Dec. 1929
And of his wife
Margaret Augusta Walker
Born 1843 Died 6 July 1929
Mr Reade gave his family property and large fortune to the Admiralty for the benefit of
the Navy and in memory of its services during the Great War 1914-1918
In thee oh Lord have I put my trust
Plaque on top of grave
“Benefactor to The Royal Hospital School
Holbrook, England”
Area 4 Block A Lot No. 10
A GIFT TO THE NATION.
...new Naval College which is to be erected at Holbrook, Suffolk, as the result of the munificent gift of an Auckland citizen, Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade. He has given his ancestral home of 850 acres and an endowment of a total value of £1,000,000. The Admiralty has let a contract for the buildings, which, on their completion in four years' time, will supersede the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, where 1000 boys are educated.
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 159, 8 July 1929, Page 17
OBITUARY.
MRS. G. S. READE,
The death occurred on July 6, at her home, "Summit," 1, Landscape Road, Mount Eden, of Mrs. Margaret Augusta Reade, wife of Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Reade was 84 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Reade came to New Zealand thirteen years ago on a holiday trip and decided to settle in Auckland. Their former home was Holbrook House, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Mr. Reade spent 35 years of his life in India, where he had extensive estates in Assam and acquired interests in various industries. He retired 25 years ago. In July, 1928, the fact was announced by cable that Mr. Reade had donated his ancestral estate of 850 acres on the southern portion boundary of Suffolk, overlooking the estuary of the River Stour, together with a large sum of money, for the purpose of establishing a naval training school to replace the present one at Queen's Hall, Greenwich. The total value of the gift of Mr. Reade was £1,000,000. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of York, and building is expected to be completed within four years' time. The interment of Mrs. Reade took place at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery. [2]
Margaret’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383051
“On the 5th December 2008, two former pupils of the Royal Hospital School attended a service at the grave of Gifford Sherman Reade in Auckland, New Zealand. The gravestone has recently been renovated under the guidance of the New Zealand Navy and service coincided with the 79th anniversary of his death.
Gifford Sherman Reade was born in 1864 at Holbrook House and he became a very successful tea trader and ship owner. In 1921 he gifted his Holbrook estate to the Admiralty enabling the relocation of the Royal Hospital School from Greenwich to Holbrook. Gifford Sherman Reade died in 1929 before the new school buildings were complete but he made a further bequest of funds in his will in gratitude for the Royal Navy's safeguarding of his merchant fleet during the First World War.
The service of rededication of Reade's gravestone at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland was led by a New Zealand naval chaplain and attended by Tom Blackett, son of the Royal Hospital School's Headmaster, Howard Blackett. Fellow former pupil Chris Emmerson also attended with his father Graham, who transferred as an officer serving with the Royal Navy to the New Zealand Navy four years ago.“ [1]
Holbrook Estate
www.grenhosp.org.uk/general/holbrook-estate/
Gifford’s obituary reads similarly, with the addition that “its erection will enable the famous Macpherson collection to be eventually installed at Queen’s House, Greenwich, where the school is at present established”. [3]
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 289, 6 December 1929, Page 5
"I have now given my all to the Navy," was the reply that Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade was in the habit of sending to the numerous begging letters he received, after it was made public that he had donated for the benefit of the British Navy, property and endowments to the value of £1,000,000. This statement was quite true, as Mr. Reade, in July last, divested himself of all but a small income on which to live for the remaining term of his life. Mr. Reade's death took place last evening at his home in Landscape Road East, Mount Eden, at the age of 85 years, his wife having died last July. As is but fitting, the Royal Navy will be represented at the funeral of this giver of wealth to the Empire by the two commanders of the New Zealand Division, and a lieutenant in charge of a firing party of 24 men. Wreaths have also been sent by the officers. Mr. Reade's former home was at Holbrook House, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and it is this valuable property, including 850 acres of land which had belonged to his ancestors for generations, which he donated to the Navy, together with funds to equip and endow a training school. The British Admiralty let a contract for the buildings, the foundation stone of the school was laid in October last year by the Duke of York, who forwarded to Mr. Reade a special cable concerning the ceremony. It is estimated that it will take four years to complete the buildings, which will be capable of accommodating 1000 boys.
During the war Mr. Reade made munificent gifts to the cause of the Allies, including huge consignments of tea for the men at the front. This endowment is to be administered as a national trust. Mr. Reade amassed his fortune as the owner of several tea growing estates in Assam. He was also interested in other industries, including coal mining. He spent 35 years of his life in India, and came to New Zealand with his wife 1 year ago. Having no family, and liking the climate, he made Auckland his headquarters, but travelled extensively over New Zealand. He was a keen fisherman.
Some 20 years ago Mr. Reade retired from active business, and travelled extensively with his wife before coming to New Zealand to spend the evening of their days. It was the splendid work done by the British Navy during the Great War that caused Mr. Reade to decide upon making his munificent gift to the Empire. His idea was to enable the Admiralty to transfer the boys from Queen's College Naval Training School, at Greenwich, to more suitable quarters. The Admiralty sent Mr. Smallwood, principal of the college, to New Zealand to finalise with Mr. Reade the details of his gift, which included the offer of £100,000 to be allowed to accumulate until the principal sum is sufficiently large to produce a, sum which will entirely support the institution.
Mr. Reade was a very quiet, unassuming-: man, but with the true instinct of an Englishman, he recognised that the safety of the Empire depended upon the Navy, hence his munificence in providing for the training of youths to man the ships in the future.[4]
Gifford’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383050
WITH NAVAL HONOURS.
MR. G. S. READE'S FUNERAL
ADMIRALTY SENDS WREATH.
A naval funeral was accorded Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, who was buried at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Reade, who had ardently supported the Navy throughout his life, and who had presented his entire estate to the Admiralty for the establishment of a naval school, which he endowed to the extent of more than £1,000,000, was buried with full honours.
A naval detachment, consisting of Commander Robertson, of H.M.s. Veronica. Commander Jeffries and Lieutenant R. S. Jessall. of H.M.s. Dunedin, and 24 men from the combined vessels of the New Zealand station, was present. Regret at their inability to attend was expressed by Commodore Blake and Commander Tobin. of H.M.s. Philomel, who were detained by the naval manoeuvres conducted by the Royal Naval Reserve. Three wreaths, one from the Lord- Commissioners of the Admiralty, one from the commanders, officers and men of the ships of the New Zealand station, and one from the superintendent, officers and boys of the Royal Naval School at Greenwich were sent.
Mr. Reade, whose wife died last July, was not survived by any relatives in New Zealand, nor had he many acquaintances. Two families of his very intimate friends were represented at the funeral. Mrs. G. Haydock, Mr. R. Haydock and Mr. B. Haydock and Mr. and Mrs. D. Gillies. The Rev. E. P. Willis, vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Epsom, conducted the service; he was assisted by the naval chaplain, the Rev. G. T. Robson. Eight men from the New Zealand station acted as pall-bearers. [5]
SOURCES:
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[5]
To the glory of God
And in loving memory of
Gifford Sherman READE
Of Holbrook House, Ipswich, England
Born 1846 Died at Auckland 5 Dec. 1929
And of his wife
Margaret Augusta Walker
Born 1843 Died 6 July 1929
Mr Reade gave his family property and large fortune to the Admiralty for the benefit of
the Navy and in memory of its services during the Great War 1914-1918
In thee oh Lord have I put my trust
Plaque on top of grave
“Benefactor to The Royal Hospital School
Holbrook, England”
Area 4 Block A Lot No. 10
A GIFT TO THE NATION.
...new Naval College which is to be erected at Holbrook, Suffolk, as the result of the munificent gift of an Auckland citizen, Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade. He has given his ancestral home of 850 acres and an endowment of a total value of £1,000,000. The Admiralty has let a contract for the buildings, which, on their completion in four years' time, will supersede the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, where 1000 boys are educated.
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 159, 8 July 1929, Page 17
OBITUARY.
MRS. G. S. READE,
The death occurred on July 6, at her home, "Summit," 1, Landscape Road, Mount Eden, of Mrs. Margaret Augusta Reade, wife of Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, and daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Mrs. Reade was 84 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Reade came to New Zealand thirteen years ago on a holiday trip and decided to settle in Auckland. Their former home was Holbrook House, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Mr. Reade spent 35 years of his life in India, where he had extensive estates in Assam and acquired interests in various industries. He retired 25 years ago. In July, 1928, the fact was announced by cable that Mr. Reade had donated his ancestral estate of 850 acres on the southern portion boundary of Suffolk, overlooking the estuary of the River Stour, together with a large sum of money, for the purpose of establishing a naval training school to replace the present one at Queen's Hall, Greenwich. The total value of the gift of Mr. Reade was £1,000,000. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of York, and building is expected to be completed within four years' time. The interment of Mrs. Reade took place at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery. [2]
Margaret’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383051
“On the 5th December 2008, two former pupils of the Royal Hospital School attended a service at the grave of Gifford Sherman Reade in Auckland, New Zealand. The gravestone has recently been renovated under the guidance of the New Zealand Navy and service coincided with the 79th anniversary of his death.
Gifford Sherman Reade was born in 1864 at Holbrook House and he became a very successful tea trader and ship owner. In 1921 he gifted his Holbrook estate to the Admiralty enabling the relocation of the Royal Hospital School from Greenwich to Holbrook. Gifford Sherman Reade died in 1929 before the new school buildings were complete but he made a further bequest of funds in his will in gratitude for the Royal Navy's safeguarding of his merchant fleet during the First World War.
The service of rededication of Reade's gravestone at Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland was led by a New Zealand naval chaplain and attended by Tom Blackett, son of the Royal Hospital School's Headmaster, Howard Blackett. Fellow former pupil Chris Emmerson also attended with his father Graham, who transferred as an officer serving with the Royal Navy to the New Zealand Navy four years ago.“ [1]
Holbrook Estate
www.grenhosp.org.uk/general/holbrook-estate/
Gifford’s obituary reads similarly, with the addition that “its erection will enable the famous Macpherson collection to be eventually installed at Queen’s House, Greenwich, where the school is at present established”. [3]
Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 289, 6 December 1929, Page 5
"I have now given my all to the Navy," was the reply that Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade was in the habit of sending to the numerous begging letters he received, after it was made public that he had donated for the benefit of the British Navy, property and endowments to the value of £1,000,000. This statement was quite true, as Mr. Reade, in July last, divested himself of all but a small income on which to live for the remaining term of his life. Mr. Reade's death took place last evening at his home in Landscape Road East, Mount Eden, at the age of 85 years, his wife having died last July. As is but fitting, the Royal Navy will be represented at the funeral of this giver of wealth to the Empire by the two commanders of the New Zealand Division, and a lieutenant in charge of a firing party of 24 men. Wreaths have also been sent by the officers. Mr. Reade's former home was at Holbrook House, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and it is this valuable property, including 850 acres of land which had belonged to his ancestors for generations, which he donated to the Navy, together with funds to equip and endow a training school. The British Admiralty let a contract for the buildings, the foundation stone of the school was laid in October last year by the Duke of York, who forwarded to Mr. Reade a special cable concerning the ceremony. It is estimated that it will take four years to complete the buildings, which will be capable of accommodating 1000 boys.
During the war Mr. Reade made munificent gifts to the cause of the Allies, including huge consignments of tea for the men at the front. This endowment is to be administered as a national trust. Mr. Reade amassed his fortune as the owner of several tea growing estates in Assam. He was also interested in other industries, including coal mining. He spent 35 years of his life in India, and came to New Zealand with his wife 1 year ago. Having no family, and liking the climate, he made Auckland his headquarters, but travelled extensively over New Zealand. He was a keen fisherman.
Some 20 years ago Mr. Reade retired from active business, and travelled extensively with his wife before coming to New Zealand to spend the evening of their days. It was the splendid work done by the British Navy during the Great War that caused Mr. Reade to decide upon making his munificent gift to the Empire. His idea was to enable the Admiralty to transfer the boys from Queen's College Naval Training School, at Greenwich, to more suitable quarters. The Admiralty sent Mr. Smallwood, principal of the college, to New Zealand to finalise with Mr. Reade the details of his gift, which included the offer of £100,000 to be allowed to accumulate until the principal sum is sufficiently large to produce a, sum which will entirely support the institution.
Mr. Reade was a very quiet, unassuming-: man, but with the true instinct of an Englishman, he recognised that the safety of the Empire depended upon the Navy, hence his munificence in providing for the training of youths to man the ships in the future.[4]
A portrait of Gifford is here:
www.mwadui.com/RHS/Index_rhs.htm
Gifford’s probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=9383050
WITH NAVAL HONOURS.
MR. G. S. READE'S FUNERAL
ADMIRALTY SENDS WREATH.
A naval funeral was accorded Mr. Gifford Sherman Reade, who was buried at Hillsboro' [sic] Cemetery on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Reade, who had ardently supported the Navy throughout his life, and who had presented his entire estate to the Admiralty for the establishment of a naval school, which he endowed to the extent of more than £1,000,000, was buried with full honours.
A naval detachment, consisting of Commander Robertson, of H.M.s. Veronica. Commander Jeffries and Lieutenant R. S. Jessall. of H.M.s. Dunedin, and 24 men from the combined vessels of the New Zealand station, was present. Regret at their inability to attend was expressed by Commodore Blake and Commander Tobin. of H.M.s. Philomel, who were detained by the naval manoeuvres conducted by the Royal Naval Reserve. Three wreaths, one from the Lord- Commissioners of the Admiralty, one from the commanders, officers and men of the ships of the New Zealand station, and one from the superintendent, officers and boys of the Royal Naval School at Greenwich were sent.
Mr. Reade, whose wife died last July, was not survived by any relatives in New Zealand, nor had he many acquaintances. Two families of his very intimate friends were represented at the funeral. Mrs. G. Haydock, Mr. R. Haydock and Mr. B. Haydock and Mr. and Mrs. D. Gillies. The Rev. E. P. Willis, vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Epsom, conducted the service; he was assisted by the naval chaplain, the Rev. G. T. Robson. Eight men from the New Zealand station acted as pall-bearers. [5]
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paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
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[5]
I am grateful for curiousity and wonder - in kittens and in people.
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”
~ Albert Einstein
A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.
~ Rachel Carson
If your heart is straight with God, then every creature will be to you a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine. No creature is so little or so mean as not to show forth and represent the goodness of God.
~ Thomas A’Kempis
“The final mystery is oneself.”
~ Oscar Wilde
Gratitude Series - photo #67
Watch Viva's kittens continue to grow and develop in Looking for Love: Part 12
“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is
our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what
is beautiful and awe-inspiring is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If
I had influence with the good fairy, who is supposed to preside over the christening
of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of
wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote
against the boredom and disenchantments of later years, the sterile preoccupation
with things that are artificial, the alienation from sources of our strength.”
- Rachel Carson
290
“A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.”
~Rachel Carson
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”
~Albert Einstein
“A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.”
~Rachel Carson
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.”
~Albert Einstein
27/365 "A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood." -Rachel Carson
I have a curious animal, half kitten, half lamb. It is a legacy from my father. But it only developed in my time; formerly it was far more lamb than kitten. Now it is both in about equal parts. From the cat it takes its head and claws, from the lamb its size and shape; from both its eyes, which are wild and flickering, its hair, which is soft, lying close to its body, its movements, which partake both of skipping and slinking. Lying on the window sill in the sun it curls up in a ball and purrs; out in the meadown it rushes about like mad and is scarcely to be caught. It flees from cats and makes to attack lambs. On moonlight nights its favorite promenade is along the eaves. It cannot mew and it loathes rats. Beside the hen coop it can lie for hours in ambush, but it has never yet seized an opportunity for murder.
I feed it on milk; that seems to suit it best. In long draughts it sucks the milk in through its fanglike teeth. Naturally it is a great source of entertainment for children. Sunday morning is the visiting hour. I sit with the little beast on my knees, and the children of the whole neighborhood stand around me.
Then the strangest questions are asked, which no human being could answer: Why there is only one such animal, why I rather than anybody else should own it, whether there was ever an animal like it before and what would happen if it died, whether it feels lonely, why it has no children, what it is called, etc.
I never trouble to answer, but confine myself without further explanation to exhibiting my possession. Sometimes the children bring cats with them; once they actually brought two lambs. But against all their hopes there was no scene of recognition. The animals gazed calmly at each other with their animal eyes, and obviously accepted their reciprocal existence as a divine fact.
Sitting on my knees, the beast know neither fear nor lust of pursuit. Pressed against me it is happiest. It remains faithful to the family that brought it up. In that there is certainly no extraordinary mark of fidelity, but merely the true instinct of an animal which, though it has countless step-relations in the world, has perhaps not a single blood relation, and to which consequently the protection it has found with us is sacred.
Sometimes I cannot help laughing when it sniffs around me and winds itself between my legs and simply will not be parted from me. Not content with being a lamb and a cat, it almost insists on being a dog as well. Once when, as may happen to anyone, I could see no way out of my business problems and all that they involved, and was ready to let everything go, and in this mood was lying in my rocking chair in my room, the beast on my knees, I happened to glance down and saw tears dropping from its huge whiskers. Were they mine, or were they the animal's? Had this cat, along with the soul of a lamb, the ambitions of a human being? I did not inherit much from my father, but this legacy is quite remarkable.
It has the restlessness of both beasts, that of the cat and that of the lamb, diverse as they are. For that reason its skin feels too tight for it. Sometimes it jumps up on the armchair beside me, plants its front legs on my shoulder, and puts its muzzle to my ear. It is as if it were saying something to me, and as a matter of fact it turns its head afterwards and gazes in my face to see the impression its communication has made. And to oblige it I behave as if I had understood, and nod. Then it jumps to the floor and dances about with joy.
Perhaps the knife of the butcher would be a release for this animal; but as it is a legacy I must deny it that. So it must wait until the breath voluntarily leaves its body, even though it sometimes gazes at me with a look of human understanding, challenging me to do the right thing of which both of us are thinking.
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. ~Rachel Carson
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. ~Rachel Carson
We're all a little insane, this is fact.
We all have twisted minds and darkness
In our hearts.
So stop trying to fight your true instincts.
Embrace your insanity; join me in this
never ending madness.
"A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood." -Rachel Carson
Created with itKuPiLLi's Enchandted Trail. Vines from Holliewood's Spring Fairies and ferns from Crystal Rain's Pixie Playground. www.deviantscrap.com
“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.”
“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full or wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment of later year…the alienation from the sources of our strength.”
- Rachel Carson
One I took a few years ago at a horse show.
"A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood."
~ Rachel Carson
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"A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. -RC"
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.
It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring,is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.