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Hardwick Hall has to be one of the most important Elizabethan country houses to be found anywhere in the UK.
Hardwick Hall built by Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury (c. 1521 – 1608), the founder of the Devonshire dynasty and who is more commonly known as "Bess of Hardwick".
Bess was the ultimate Elizabethan social climber, she married four times and with each event climbed the social ladder. She amassed great wealth and a number of important properties including Hardwick and Chatsworth.
It was said that her ultimate goal was to ensure that one of her children gained access to the throne of England by way of marriage, but this is one of her ambitions that never succeeded.
There are in fact two halls at Hardwick, with this being the newest, being built in the late 16th century. Hardwick Hall is now in the care of the National Trust.
The Crane Trust near Grand Island, Nebraska offers customized prairie and Platte River excursions ranging from bicycling to kayaking to flying.
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One of the most elegant country houses in East Anglia.
Truly a hidden gem, the Hall is a place of surprises and delights, a mixture of opulence and homeliness where each room has something to feed the imagination.
Outside, the decorative and productive walled garden is a gardener's delight, providing fruit and vegetables for the restaurant, flowers for the hall and inspiration.
The rolling landscape park with a lake, 211 hectares (520 acres) of woods and waymarked trails is a great place to explore the nature and wildlife on this bountiful estate.
It boasts a fine gothic style library and a magnificent collection of Grand Tour paintings.
The house, its contents, and estate was left to the National Trust by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, the last Squire of Felbrigg Hall, who died in 1969.
The Walled Garden at Felbrigg Hall is widely renowned as one of East Anglia's finest. Get up close to the double borders and herb beds and really breathe in the scent of lavender, sage and mint. You can find a good many modern surprises within this traditionally laid out garden.
A Summer of Celebration with Wallace and Gromit - Join us for a day of celebration to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on Monday 4 June 2012. Come and enjoy a day of fun family films and activities. Throughout the day we will be showing a selection of Wallace & Gromit films on our big outdoor screen. Bring along chairs or a blanket and picnic and enjoy the show.
Cliveden (pronounced Klivd'n) is an English country house and estate in the care of the National Trust in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire. The Italianate mansion, also known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern Hills close to the South Bucks villages of Burnham and Taplow. The main house sits 40 metres (130 ft) above the banks of the River Thames, and its grounds slope down to the river. Cliveden has become one of the National Trust's most popular pay-for-entry visitor attractions, hosting 524,807 visitors in 2019.
Cliveden has been the home to a Prince of Wales, two Dukes, an Earl, and finally the Viscounts Astor. As the home of Nancy Astor, wife of the 2nd Viscount Astor, Cliveden was the meeting place of the 'Cliveden Set' of the 1920s and 30s—a group of political intellectuals.
Later, during the early 1960s when it was the home of the 3rd Viscount Astor, it became the setting for key events of the notorious Profumo affair.
After the Astor family stopped living there, by the 1970s it was leased to Stanford University, which used it as an overseas campus. Today the house is leased to a company that runs it as a five-star hotel.
The emperor tamarins also trust their keepers. As I watched, Lexi fed them by hand. They even stood on her arm for a little conversation.
Chris Gruber, Davidson Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid, is interviewed by CNBC for a feature on the Davidson Trust. View the final video feature here bit.ly/PU1p3u
ok. if it wasn't obvious here it is.
I've been depressed. in a bad way depressed. I'm smart enough and strong enough to know the symptoms and know how to logically think myself thru this.
Medication never really worked for me and trust me I've tried several different forms for long periods of time. Sharing my thoughts and talking about my issues have always been more helpful than the meds, that's something I didn't learn until the recent two years.
This weekend was low, but not as low as last weekend. I couldn't bring myself to get dressed and even eating was difficult. The only thing I did for anybody was feed Cinders and even that was difficult. I only fed her so she would let me go back to sleep.
How selfish and lazy is that?
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My power must have shorted last night. I knew the rain and cold weather was coming. One of the most difficult things to adjust to here is that the sun doesn't come up until after 7. So when my alarm went off this morning I laid in bed expecting my tv to turn on. It never did. Because it rained, the sun didn't exactally make it's appearance either. So when my radio turned off at 7:24 and the tv never turned on . . .
Well shit. You can imagine my frustration.
I didn't take care of myself at all this weekend. Those of you who share my dilemma probably know what I'm talking about. I sat up in bed, growled at the lack of sunshine and stood under a running shower. I have 6 minutes to leave the house ~ you know I didn't make it.
I wasn't expecting the coolness, but it was most definitely welcome. According to the weather it was 58 degrees. My hair was damp, it was raining so at least I had that in my favor for lack of makup. I didn't want to wear mascara cause the rain would wash it off.
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On Sunday, I heard on the news Malibu was burning down. I was reminded of 2003 when something similar happened, except it happened in my own playground.
I know I can't control what's going on over there and I tell myself that but it still affects me. Three of my closest friends are there, one I am almost sure is in an area that has been evacuated. The other two I know are ok, "just tired" according to them. There is another one I want to check on but I don't know if contacting them would be 'proper'.
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I wanted to do something fun for my 100, but it's not in me. I'm too worried about things I can't control. I'm too consumed with other things I don't want to bring into here and I still have to find a way to navigate thru my own day and get over myself.
My life is great and there are people out there who would love to have what I do, why can't I see that?
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So here I am, in my untraditional big ugly bulky tshirt, flannel pj bottoms and knee high socks, sitting on my floor for roulette today because it's the ONE normal thing I can do.
Agoriad Swyddogol Coed Ffos Las /
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Cymraeg isod.
The Princess Royal officially opens Wales First World War Centenary Wood, Coed Ffos Las
It’s been four years in the making, with many hundreds of local people including children helping to plant the trees, and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has now formally opened Coed Ffos Las, Wales’ First World War Centenary Wood, in the Gwendraeth Valley in Carmarthenshire. As the Woodland Trust’s (Coed Cadw’s) most recently planted wood in Wales, it's part of the The First World War Centenary Woods project which is helping to plant millions of native trees to commemorate the First World War.
The Princess Royal was joined by around 40 invited guests on 2 July, who saw demonstrations highlighting the hugely important role that woods and trees played in the First World War. There was horse ploughing, greenwood working and a working blacksmith. The 157 Royal Logistics Corp were also present, a company created as a result of the First World War, who have helped plant the trees at Coed Ffos Las and who are proud to have The Princess Royal as their Patron.
Her Royal Highness then formally unveiled a plaque displaying the name of the life-sized War Horse Sculpture which forms a special Commemorative Feature of the site. Created out of Corten steel by the designer Steve Tomlinson, the statue was named Yr Arwr / Hero, after the poem which won Hedd Wyn the Chair at the 1917 National Eisteddfod. The name was chosen by Jane Hutt, formerly Leader of the House at the National Assembly for Wales, from ideas suggested in a public competition for names organised last summer in which nearly one hundred people took part.
Natalie Buttriss, Director of Wales for the Woodland Trust (Coed Cadw) said: “I’m delighted to be able to welcome The Princess Royal to Coed Ffos Las. Working with the local community and with the support of our members and sponsors we have created a beautiful, poignant new woodland which incorporates 90,000 native trees. There is also an orchard, bee hives, a pond, an area of woodland which can be coppiced, open areas for enjoying the panoramic views, as well as the amazing war horse sculpture as a commemorative feature.
“Coed Ffos Las is a unique woodland in Wales which we are using to tell the story of wood, woodland, workers and soldiers in the First World War. A huge percentage of Wales’ ancient woodland was felled for a wide range of uses in the Great War. Ammunition cases, vehicle bodies, gun carriages, matches, pit props, even hazel hurdles were used to build the walls of trenches. Wales is, in many ways, still feeling the environmental impact of a war that wreaked havoc on soldiers’ and communities’ lives.”
“The creation of the Coed Ffos Las has cost around £1.2m in total. The Woodland Trust is hugely grateful to everyone who supported our fundraising appeal for the site, to our lead partner in the project, Sainsbury’s, to Welsh Government’s Plant! initiative and the players of the National Lottery, through the Heritage Lottery Fund, all of which have generously supported different aspects of the project.”
The First World War Centenary Woods project is supported by the Trust’s lead partner Sainsbury's, helping to plant millions of native trees to commemorate the First World War. Mike Coupe, the company’s CEO, said: “We’re pleased to support such a fitting memorial to those affected by the First World War. It’s important to our customers and colleagues, and commemorative to the colleagues who fell during World War One.
Y Dywysoges Frenhinol yn agor Coed Ffos Las, Coedwig Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghymru, heddiw
Mae hi wedi cymryd pedair blynedd o waith caled. Mae cannoedd lawer o bobl leol gan gynnwys plant wedi plannu'r coed. Yn awr mae ei Huchelder Brenhinol, y Dywysoges Frenhinol wedi agor Coed Ffos Las yn ffurfiol. Dyma Goedwig Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf yng Nghymru, yng Nghwm Gwendraeth yn Sir Gaerfyrddin. Hon yw’r goedwig fwyaf newydd y mae Coed Cadw (Woodland Trust) wedi ei phlannu yng Nghymru mae’n rhan o brosiect Coed Canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf sydd â’i fryd ar blannu miliynnau o goed brodorol i goffau’r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf.
Fe ymunodd oddeutu 40 o westeion â’r Dywysoges Frenhinol ar 2 Gorffennaf. Fe welson nhw arddangosfeydd oedd wedi cael eu trefnu i amlygu rôl hollbwysig coetir a choed yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Fe fu ceffylau gwedd yn aredig y tir, fe fu bobl yn gwneud gwaith coed gwyrdd ac fe fu gof yn gweithio. Roedd y 157 Royal Logistics Corp yn bresennol hefyd. Cwmni yw hwn a grëwyd o ganlyniad i'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Maen nhw wedi helpu plannu'r coed yng Nghoed Ffos Las ac maen nhw’n falch fod y Dywysoges Frenhinol noddwr iddyn nhw.
Wedyn, fe wnaeth ei Huchelder Frenhinol ddatgluddio plac sy’n dwyn enw'r cerflun ceffyl rhyfel, sy'n ffurfio nodwedd goffaol ar y safle. Wedi'i greu o ddur Corten gan y dylunydd Steve Tomlinson, fe gafodd y cerflun ei fedyddio Yr Arwr / Hero, ar ôl y gerdd a enillodd y Gadair i Hedd Wyn yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 1917. Dewiswyd yr enw gan Jane Hutt, a oedd gynt yn Arweinydd y Tŷ yng Nghynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru, o syniadau a awgrymwyd mewn cystadleuaeth gyhoeddus a drefnwyd yr haf diwethaf, y cymerodd bron i gant o bobl ran ynddi hi.
Dywedodd Natalie Buttriss, Cyfarwyddwr Cymru Coed Cadw: "Rwy'n falch iawn i groesawu'r Dywysoges Frenhinol i Goed Ffos Las. Gan weithio gyda'r gymuned leol a chyda chefnogaeth ein haelodau a'n noddwyr, rydym wedi creu coetir newydd sy’n hardd ac yn ingol, sy'n cynnwys 90,000 o goed brodorol. Mae yna berllan hefyd, cychod gwenyn, pwll dwr, ardal o goetir y gellir ei brysgoedio, mannau agored i fwynhau'r golygfeydd panoramig yn ogystal â'r cerflun ceffyl rhyfel fel nodwedd goffaol.
"Coedwig unigryw yng Nghymru yw Coed Ffos Las. Rydym yn ei defnyddio i adrodd stori coed, coetir, gweithwyr a milwyr yn y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Torrwyd canran enfawr o goetir hynafol Cymru ar gyfer ystod eang o ddefnyddiau yn y Rhyfel Mawr. Defnyddiwyd coed i wneud bocsys ar gyfer bwledi, cyrff cerbydau, cerbydau gwn, matsys, pyst pyllau a hyd yn oed clwydi cyll i adeiladu waliau'r ffosydd. Mae Cymru, mewn sawl ffordd, yn dal i deimlo effaith amgylcheddol y rhyfel, a gododd aflonyddwch ar fywydau milwyr a chymunedau."
"Fe gostiodd tua £1.2m i greu Coed Ffos Las. Mae Coed Cadw’n hynod ddiolchgar i bawb a gefnogodd ein hapêl codi arian ar gyfer y safle, i'n prif bartner yn y prosiect Sainsbury's, i brosiect Plant! gan Lywodraeth Cymru, a chwaraewyr y Loteri Genedlaethol, trwy Gronfa Dreftadaeth y Loteri. Mae pob un ohonynt wedi cefnogi gwahanol agweddau o'r prosiect, a hynny’n hael."
Cefnogir prosiect Coed y Canmlwyddiant gan gwmni Sainsbury's, prif bartner Coed Cadw. Mae hyn wedi golygu plannu miliynau o goed brodorol i goffáu'r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Dywed Mike Coupe, Prif Swyddog Gweithredol y cwmni: "Rydym yn falch o gefnogi cofeb mor addas i'r rhai yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf. Mae'n bwysig i'n cwsmeriaid a'n cydweithwyr, ac mae’n coffáu i'n cydweithwyr a syrthiodd yn yr Ryfel Byd Cyntaf. "
On the National Road, in Lisbon, Howard County, Maryland.
The Maryland Historic Trust Historic Sites Survey says the following:
The old Lisbon Hotel faces south on the north east corner of Route 144 and Wodbine Road. It is located on some four 1/4 acre lots, which now comprise .88 acres of ground. It is a three bay wide, two story high, gabled roof (running east-west) brick (laid in Flemish bond and English garden wall brick bond) house with central, rectangular, open bible and cross paneled door, surmounted by a four light transom, flanked by two rectangular shuttered windows.
Fenestration is rectangular, double-hung, vertically aligned and proportionally scaled, decorated with splayed brick, flat arched lintels. A very early two story high, two bay wide frame addition extends eastward from the east wall of the brick house. Its gabled roof (running east-west) is an extension of the brick structure's gabled roof. Along the entire five bay wide south facade of the brick house and its extension runs a two story high shed roofed open porch supported by six square posts with a wooden railing running around the perimeter of its second floor. The original second floor east bay window of the brick house was altered to hold a rectangular entrance on to the porch. An additional first floor entrance on this wall is located in the east bay of the frame addition.
The east elevation of the Lisbon Hotel's frame addition holds two first and second floor rectangular windows and two almost square attic windows. An open bible and cross paneled first floor entrance, located in the north bay, is surmounted by a three light transom. The gabled roof slopes downward on the north elevation to create a salt box effect.
An old wooden one and a half story high, two bay deep, gabled roof house (running north-south) is attached to the north wall of the brick house's west side by a two story high, one bay wide, one bay deep, shed roofed, brick connector. The connector's west wall holds a rectangular first floor entrance, decorated with a stretcher brick, flat arched lintel, which at one time was surmounted by a gabled roof portico, the outlines of which can be seen over the entrance, which has a brick stoop with north and south steps. A second floor, rectangular window rests north of the entrance.
The old frame building, reputed to be the oldest building in Lisbon, features a semi-octagonal first floor bay window crowned by a semi-conical roof on its west wall, a square brick chimney centered into its north wall, and a second tall brick chimney rising from the center of its east wall's gable roof.
The condition of the building is in a deteriorated state with the old frame structure on the north very close to ruins and its gabled roof already caved in. One of the most significant buildings historically. (Please see significance statement), it is hoped that the building will be renovated and restored by its owner or sold to someone who will appreciate its heritage.
8. SIGNIFICANCE
SPECIFIC DATES Circa 1804-05
The Old Lisbon Hotel is significant historically and architecturally.
Architecturally, it is noteworthy as one of five brick houses in the town of Lisbon, which was constructed in the early nineteenth century and with the development of the Baltimore-Frederick Turnpike became a rather grand hotel with its frame addition and two Story high front porch in the 1860's.
The stylistic detail of the old brick house is simple and straight forward, featuring a central, rectangular entrance, proportionally scaled and vertically aligned fenestration and apertures decorated with stretcher brick, flat arched lintels.
The brick building is connected to an older frame building on the north by a two story high hyphen with rectangular west entrance once covered by a gabled roof portico.
Historically this old frame building connected to the brick house is most significant, reputed to be the oldest dwelling in Lisbon, constructed by Caleb Pancoast, circa 1804-1805. It is Caleb Pancoast who laid out Lisbon in 1/4 acre lots, the first to conceptualize in his mind the village at Lisbon. This one story high frame house is presently in a shambles with its gabled roof almost totally deteriorated. It is not beyond the thought of restoration but is in need of immediate attention.
The brick section of the house facing south on Route 144 is significant historically as well as architecturally for with the advent of the railroad, Lisbon became a popular summer resort for a time and this once private home became the Lisbon Hotel, noted on the 1860 Martenet Map.
Not only is the old Lisbon Hotel historically and architecturally noteworthy but it is significant in the area of religion.
Caleb Pancoast was evidently a man of integrity and religious convictions, ecumenical in character, for upon the completion of his home, he invited the area residents to meet there for religious services of their choice until another church or meeting house could be provided. This house was used for such religious meetings until circa 1822 when the Freestone Church was built which was utilized by the Methodists, Episcopalians, the Brethren and any preacher of the gospel who received the approbation of the Board of Trustees.
The religious life of Lisbon was begun on an ecumenical note which we see now in the 20th century new town of Columbia at Interfaith Center which accommodates the Roman Catholics, a Jewish Synagogue, the Lutherans and the Baptists, all under one roof.
For these reasons the old Lisbon Hotel should be considered, along with the village of Lisbon, for recommendation to a National Historic Landmark District and for inclusion into the State Critical Areas Program.
By. Shelaigh Garson
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Through broken hearts and tortured minds,
we shall live through the divine.
Remembering that terrible then,
past yesterdays sorrow, we shall see again.
A shared hope and trust ,
can give tomorrow a oneness of us.
A test of my brand new/old (38 years) Nikkor 28mm f/4.0 PC non AI lens. I did not have a tripod with me, so I had to hand hold camera and did not have the camera perfectly level and parallel to the building. I can see already that I really will need to carry a tripod any time you carry a perspective control lens.
By the way, I spend a lot of time on the third floor of this building. Now if I was just testing at Moose Falls or Sheepeater Cliffs in Yellowstone right now...
Cordova, Tennessee.
Lighthouse in sunset at Mollösund on the Swedish westcoast. Contribution to the group Fotosondag, theme: Negative space.
Min tolkning av temat är att ytan utan egentligt innehåll tillför själva motivet en känsla. Himlen och havet är visserligen vackra, men innehåller inget i sig. Utan detta ingenting hade fyren inte varit ett dugg spännande eller vacker. Ska ses mot svart bakgrund.