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Trickling into May
Two more recent catches which I will keep brief as they were just that!
Of note, Nematopogon swammerdamella was on the side of the trap come Monday morning, not a common moth in my garden and my only encounter previously was in the daytime in 2015.
Along with 3 other new for year species, Flame Shoulder, Brimstone Moth, Mompha subbistrigella and Agonopterix arenella (last seen in 2014!)
Catch Report - 30/04/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap – Full cloud cover mild with a rain shower but cool and clear by 6am
Macro Moths
2x Brimstone Moth [NFY]
2x Shuttle-shaped Dart
Micro Moths
1x Mompha subbistrigella [NFY]
1x Nematopogon swammerdamella [NFY]
1x Anthophila fabriciana (daytime)
1x Emmelina monodactyla
1x Epiphyas postvittana
Catch Report - 01/05/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 2x 20w Actinic Robinson Trap – Partly cloudy and breezy, cool by 6am, 4 degrees
Macro Moths
1x Flame Shoulder [NFY]
Micro Moths
1x Agonopterix arenella [NFY]
I Don't really know what to say about this. I just couldn't get a good image today... If I am more successful later, I will do a different one
At the Southern edge of Birch Marsh Glade at Chid two male Bullfinches, there was a female but she went East across Woodstack Glade
Day Forty Two 2-9-11
"You lie through your teeth. You won't let me down, you lie, I deserve better than this," Silverstein. I hate homework. I hate working with a passion, especially math. AP Chemistry = Math, and I do not understand any of this new homework we were given, ugh. Probably my fault, I should have payed more attention in class, but I did thank good notes. :/ Hmmm ahh well. We'll see how it goes tomorrow, thank goodness there is no quiz this week, nor is there a test!
It's always a pleasure to be invited to photograph this fabulous event, and even though I missed Saturday night, the memories will always live on! To all the Bands & Artists fell Free to download as many images as you want, but please remember to credit RUDIROCKSTARS.
Thank You to everyone who made my day special, and I hope to see you all next year.
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One of the gargoyles (the non functioning kind) adorning the exterior of the Lady Chapel; all were replaced in the Victorian restoration, though three badly eroded ones have been replaced very recently with new sculptures, like this two-faced gorgon-like demon.
Lichfield is our best known three-spired cathedral, and one I have visited many times over the years (both for business and pleasure).
The cathedral suffered more than most during the Civil War when the Close was besieged (twice) and the central spire shot down (the aftermath of which is memorably conjured in one of Kempe's windows). As a result of this (and the soft red sandstone) the cathedral has been heavily restored and nearly all the furnishings are Victorian, but there are some notable tombs and monuments, and every time I come here I seem to notice more medieval survivals of some kind in various corners.
After taking off panels and sanding we found the original doors, so old they are from the two-door period..
The two resident creatures meet... One of them seems to be a bit more excited about it than the other.
On the sandbar/beach outside our room, last night. Joan spotted these while we were preparing to go out to her birthday dinner.
Not a particularly good photo, I'm afraid, but we had other things on our minds.
Fort Rotterdam is a 17th-century fort in Makassar on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is a Dutch fort built on top of an existing fort of the Gowa Kingdom. The first fort on the site was constructed by the a local sultan in around 1634, to counter Dutch encroachments. The site was ceded to the Dutch under the Treaty of Bongaya, and they completely rebuilt it between 1673 and 1679. It had six bastions and was surrounded by a seven meter high rampart and a two meter deep moat.
The fort was the Dutch regional military and governmental headquarters until the 1930s. It was extensively restored in the 1970s and is now a cultural and educational centre, a venue for music and dance events, and a tourist destination.
HISTORY
Fort Rotterdam was built on the location of an earlier Makassarese fort, called Ujung Pandang. Although it has been claimed by some authors that this fort dates back to 1545, there is no direct evidence for this. It seems more likely that the fort was built in 1634, as part of a fortification programme that the Makassar rulers undertook in response to a war with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) which broke out in that year. The original fort, Jum Pandan (allegedly named after the pandanus trees growing in the vicinity), gave its name to the city Ujung Pandang, another name for the city of Makassar.
In 1667 Fort Ujung Pandang was ceded to the Dutch as part of the Treaty of Bongaya, after the defeat of the Sultanate of Gowa in the Makassar War. In subsequent years it was entirely rebuilt on the initiative of Dutch admiral Cornelis Speelman, to become the center of Dutch colonial power in Sulawesi. It was renamed Fort Rotterdam after Speelman's place of birth. In the years 1673–1679 it got its five bastions and the 'turtle' shape it still has to this day. This shape gave the fort the nickname "Benteng Penyu" ("sea-turtle fort").
The stone for the construction of the fort was taken from the karst mountains in Maros, the limestone from Selayar and the timber from Tanete and Bantaeng. Following the Java War of 1825–1830, Javanese prince, and now national hero, Diponegoro was imprisoned in the fort following his exile to Makassar in 1830 until his death in 1855. It was also used as a Japanese prisoner of war camp in World War II.
Fort Rotterdam remained the regional Dutch military and governmental headquarters until the 1930s. After 1937, the fort was no longer used as a defense. During the brief Japanese occupation it was used for conducting scientific research in the field of linguistics and agriculture, after which it fell into disrepair. In the 1970s, the fort was extensively restored.
DESCRIPTION
Fort Rotterdam lies in the centre of Makassar. It is rectangular in shape, surrounded by a seven meter wall. It was originally equipped with six bulwarks, five of which are still visible: Bastion Bonie (after Bone state) to the west; Bastion Boeton (after Buton Island) to the northwest; Bastion Batjang (after the Bacan Islands) to the southwest; Bastion Mandassar to the northeast; and Bastion Amboina (after Ambon) to the southeast. The sixth bulwark, Bastion Ravelin, is no longer visible. Some of the bastions still contain cannons. It is possible to walk over most of the ramparts. A two meter deep moat system used to surround the perimeter of the fort, however only the southwest portion of the moat can still be seen.
CURRENT STATUS
Inside the fort are thirteen buildings, eleven of them are 17th-century original buildings of the fort; most are still good in condition. At the centre of the fort is a church building. Several buildings along the north and south curtain walls still exist. The buildings along the northern curtain wall were some of the oldest buildings, dating from 1686, such as the residence of the governor, residence of the senior merchant, of the captain, the predikant, and the secretary, with several storage buildings for weapons. The governor's residence at the north-westernmost corner is nicknamed as "the Speelman's House", however Speelman himself never actually lived in this house. The house was used by the governor of Celebes until the mid 19th-century when he moved to a more comfortable villa in Jalan Ahmad Yani. The Speelman's House now houses part of La Galigo museum. La Galigo museum has some prehistoric megaliths from Watampone, as well as ancient weapons, coins, shells, utensils, sketches and stamps.
The buildings on the south curtain, originally used for storage, house a museum displaying local skills in silk weaving, agriculture and boatbuilding; and scale models of indigenous boats. The barracks on the eastern wall now house a small library, featuring old Dutch books that mostly belonged to Reverend Mates, a 19th-century missionary. There are also ships' logs of VOC captains and ancient lontar manuscripts. The department of archaeology is housed in the former building of the head of administration for the VOC; the ground floor of the building, located in the southeast corner of the fort, was formerly a prison. The other two buildings inside Fort Rotterdam were built by the Japanese during the Japanese occupation period. The southwestern Bastion (Bastion Bacan) contains a prison where Prince Diponegoro was imprisoned at the end of his life.
The fort is now used to hold various events. There is a conservatory for music and dance, an archive of the city, and a historic and archaeological institute.
WIKIPEDIA
The Two Tubs public house on The Wylde in Bury by the Castle Street junction. Thursday 28th May 2009
Note, the building possibly originates from the 16th century, it was opened as The Globe Inn in the 17th century but not officially registered until 1724. In 1830 (some sources say in the 1830s), in order to compete with a neighbouring public house’s sign the landlord sawed a barrel in half and fixed them to the gable wall to represent two halves of a globe. The public house then became known as the Two Tubs, although the name was not officially changed until the 20th century. The building was awarded Grade II listed building status on 29th January 1985
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