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On the Birmingham canals in choppy waters between rain showers.
It was ok when I got onto Gas Street Basin, but by the time I got off the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal it started raining again!
We have had a month long heatwave in July 2018.
Ice cream narrowboat on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal near Arena Birmingham
A National Trust property just north of York.
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Packwood House is a timber-framed Tudor manor house near Lapworth, Warwickshire. Owned by the National Trust since 1941, the house is a Grade I listed building. It has a wealth of tapestries and fine furniture, and is known for the garden of ancient yews.
History
The house began as a modest timber-framed farmhouse constructed for John Fetherston between 1556 and 1560. The last member of the Fetherston family died in 1876.[3] In 1904, and the house was purchased by Birmingham industrialist Alfred Ash.[4] It was inherited by Graham Baron Ash (Baron in this case being a name not a title) in 1925,[3] who spent the following two decades creating a house of Tudor character. He purchased an extensive collection of 16th- and 17th-century furniture, some obtained from nearby Baddesley Clinton. The great barn of the farm was converted into a Tudor-style hall with sprung floor for dancing, and was connected to the main house by the addition of a Long Gallery in 1931.[5]
In 1941, Ash donated the house and gardens to the National Trust in memory of his parents but continued to live in the house until 1947 when he moved to Wingfield Castle.[6]
Gardens
The famous Yew Garden containing over 100 trees was laid out in the mid-17th century by John Fetherston, the lawyer. The clipped yews are supposed to represent "The Sermon on the Mount". Twelve great yews are known as the "Apostles" and the four big specimens in the middle are 'The Evangelists'. A tight spiral path lined with box hedges climbs a hummock named "The Mount". The single yew that crowns the summit is known as "The Master". The smaller yew trees are called "The Multitude" and were planted in the 19th century to replace an orchard.
The Yew Garden is entered by raised steps and a wrought-iron gate. The garden path follows an avenue of trees, which leads up a spiral hill[1] where a wooden seat is placed beneath a yew tree. This vantage point provides views of the house and the Yew Garden.[5]
Some of the yews at Packwood are taller than 50 feet (15 m).[7] The soil on the estate has a high level of clay, which is detrimental to the trees during wet periods. As a result, parts of the garden are often closed to the public while restoration work is undertaken[7] The house and gardens are open to the public throughout the whole year as of 2013.
Images from the two night dinner event for Trust America with Jeb Bush. Joel Silverman Photography, serving the Denver Metro area.
Iqbal Said, Chairman, Indonesian Trade Union Confederation, Indonesia, in Trust or Bust? at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 20, 2015. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
Iqbal Said, Chairman, Indonesian Trade Union Confederation, Indonesia, in Trust or Bust? at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 20, 2015. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
Our middle cat, TJ must be the most curious feline on the planet. He investigates everything, and wants to see firsthand whatever is going on in our house. He's a good companion to me and my husband, and follows us around and asks to see and smell anything we touch. But when it comes to other people, TJ has no interest. He positively hates when we have guests in our home. He instantly runs and hides and stays hidden until the guests leave, no matter how long that takes. As soon as they are gone, TJ reappears as if nothing has happened.
Except for Bert. Our friend Bert has this mysterious relationship with TJ that no other human besides my husband and I have ever experienced. TJ simply loves Bert, and trusts Bert to be gentle with him and give him quality loving when he visits us.
I captured these pics of Bert and TJ in our hallway on New Year's Eve. TJ had been hiding under the guest room bed, but when he realized it was Bert in the hallway, he came out to greet him and rub his legs, as if to say "Long time no see, buddy!". And I just had to capture the special moment with my camera.
The trust has over forty charities including the Oxford University "seat" of the Carroll Chair of Irish History the US Capitol Hill Historical Society in conjuction with the Carroll Institute and the Leap Castle Trust County Offaly Ireland. The HM Queen Elizabeth II Gerald Carroll charitable interests including the Royal Society of Portrait Painters together with the HRH Prince of Wales Prince's Trust.
September 25, 2016 - The following text comes from Galapagos Conservation Trust website: "The Galapagos flightless cormorant is an endemic species to Galapagos and is not only the heaviest cormorant species, but also the one which cannot fly out of 29 species. As the name suggests, they cannot fly away and are therefore confined to the lava shoreline and beaches of Isabela and Fernandina. The adults are black on top and dark brown underneath with bright turquoise eyes. They have stunted wings that are one third the size of the wingspan they would require to fly. They have four webbed toes (like all members of the cormorant family) and the females tend to be smaller than the males. Natural selection led to the species no longer having functional wings as they had very few land predators, and individuals that were better suited to swimming were more successful in passing on their genes.
Currently there are around 1,000 breeding pairs of flightless cormorants on Isabela and Fernandina. Although their wings are stunted, they are used for balance when the cormorant jumps from rock to rock along the coast. As their wings don’t produce very much oil, they have lost some of their waterproofing so after a dive they can be seen to hold their wings out in order for them to dry.
Their diet consists mainly of eels and octopus, which they reach by diving deep to the ocean floor. Unlike penguins, they do not ‘fly’ underwater, but tuck in their wings and kick with their powerful hind legs, using their flexible necks to spear octopus and fish from inside small refuges in the reefs and rocks. On the surface they sit very low in the water, with only their necks visible from a distance.
Couples perform a strange and unique courtship dance that involves them intertwining their necks whilst twirling in a tight circle. The mated pair then makes a nest a few metres from the sea out of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam.
Most eggs are laid between May and October, which are the coldest months, resulting in an abundance of marine food and less heat stress on the hatchlings. The eggs are incubated for 35 days until they hatch, after which the parents take turns to feed the chicks. Eventually the male is left to care for the chick and the female starts a new breeding cycle, which can happen up to three times in one season. When the chicks become adults, they develop the trademark blue eyes"
- See more at: galapagosconservation.org.uk/wildlife/flightless-cormoran...
George Dunlop of Aberbrothock Skea Trust presented a cheque for £2,000 to Arbroath Volunteer centre in October, 2010. From left were - Michael Crighton, Andrew Morton, George Dunlop, Edward Ferris and Lydia Banks.
I was drinking coffee with Abby yesterday and the postman arrived. Elsie clambered on to the large basket by the window whilst Abby dealt with the post. Then, Abby encouraged Elsie to jump into her arms. Usually Elsie is picked up and swirled round, but this jump required Elsie to trust her mother to catch her before being whirled through the air. By the time I had my camera ready they were on jump 2 or 3 . . . there were about 8 in all. This little series is of the moments in between the jumps
The National Trust
We’re a charity founded in 1895 by three people who saw the importance of our nation’s heritage and open spaces and wanted to preserve them for everyone to enjoy. More than 120 years later, these values are still at the heart of everything we do. We look after special places throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland for ever, for everyone.
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Moseley Old Hall
"The estate was owned by a Cordsall family until it was purchased by Henry Pitt of Bushby, one of the Merchants of the Staple, in 1583. He constructed the Hall around 1600 (the exact date is unknown). Originally known as 'Mr Pitt's new Hall at Moseley', it was a half-timbered building located in remote woodland. When Henry died in 1602, the Hall was inherited by Alice Pitt, his daughter, who later married Thomas Whitgreave from Bridgeford, Staffordshire, whose family came from the nearby Whitgreave.
After the final battle of the English Civil War, the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, King Charles II escaped and was on the run from Parliamentarians. Charles arrived at the back door of Moseley Old Hall in the early morning of 8 September,[1] after the journey from Boscobel House. He arrived cold and wet, disguised in workman's clothing and ill-fitting shoes that had made his feet bleed. He was welcomed by Thomas Whitgreave, the owner of the house, Alice Whitgreave, Thomas's mother, and John Huddleston, the Catholic priest of the house. They gave Charles dry clothes, food, and a proper bed (his first since Worcester on 3 September)."
Since we fought I been
Healing from the things that happen
And when I'm with you I lie that I'm alright
I never said if I even...
Trust
Sadly enough I can't believe you
Sometimes I do
But when I ask you if your okay
You just say "nothing's wrong"
Why do I feel like something is wrong
Can't you even trust me again?
Trust
Even if you do
I don't
Since the fight I just lost it
Trust
Is the main thing I want
No love, No nothing
Just...
Trust
I need to hear it from you and honesty
Everything else can wait
Trust
I want to hear it please
Tell me the truth...
(poem I made)