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A brand new addition to the Culture Night trail, Culture NIght at AirBNB Dublin office. The evening included award winning filmmaker Eoghan Kidney showing visitors how to make a virtual reality headset with card; while Dublin-based Illustrator Ruan Van Vilet hosted a quirky collage workshop, featuring some cats & dogs. Attendees also were invited to explore the seasonality of wild flora and learn what is good to eat with renowned foodie Gruel Guerilla and Jette Virdi, international food stylist with a difference, hosted flora workshops on the night and will be sharing her top tips on how to style the perfect house.
Now belonging to Network Rail, Ex-EMT 153385 can be seen working through Moorthorpe with 2Q32, 08:52 Doncaster West Yard - Doncaster West Yard. This was since converted for engineering purposes and has a few extra additions to the front and some other cosmetic changes.
29/12/23
In addition to bill pattern, note smaller size than nearby Cayenne Terns
Punta Rasa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
7 Nov 2014
Progress on the La Salle Street Station sign continues. I get two of the roll signs that seem to have been covered in antifreeze; so I cleaned them which really helped. Oh me if the roll signs is the sign I needed that matches my Blue Island Suburban line signs! It was the worst shape one so I decided to paint marker what I could make out which I think turned out okay! Time to keep stripping this thing down for sand blasting and painting.
so more MOTUC have arrived. in the guise of Entrapta, Eldor,Faker and Rio blast. kinda annoyed my eldor is missing his hood :(
This is Indy, who will be coming to live with us soon. He has some winter weight but we'll work on that....looks like he's coming to the spa just in time :-)
New entrance addition connect house to the carriage house. Addition includes stairs connecting basement living area with the kitchen and two bathrooms.
Sir Henry Raeburn - Scottish, 1756 - 1823
John Tait and His Grandson, c. 1793, with additions c. 1800
West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 58
Shown from the knees up, an older man sits in a rustic wooden chair and holds up a pocket watch for a young child who stands at his knees in this vertical portrait painting. They both have pale, peachy skin with flushed cheeks. They are lit from our upper left so the man’s face is partly in shadow while light pours onto the child’s upturned face. The man’s body is angled to our right, almost in profile, but he turns his head to look at us with dark eyes under heavy brows. His has a bulbous nose, lined cheeks, and a heavy jowl around thin lips, which are closed in a line. His light gray, wavy hair is tied back at the nape of his neck. He wears a black coat with a high collar and tightly fitting sleeves. A streak of white at his neck suggests a white shirt under the black, high-necked vest that covers his torso. He rests his right elbow, closer to us, on the arm of the chair so he can dangle a pocket watch in front of the child. The man’s knees disappear behind the child, who leans against his legs. The pocket watch is attached to a short gold chain, and the child holds up the fob, which is shaped like a Hershey’s Kiss candy, at the end of the chain. The young boy looks up at the watch with luminous, brown eyes. He has smooth, round cheeks, a short nose, and his pink lips are closed. The child has wavy, golden brown hair and his white garment has a squared neckline, short sleeves, and falls like a skirt off the bottom edge of the painting. The background behind the pair is painted with streaks of marigold orange, gold, and olive green to suggest trees against a sky painted with butter and harvest yellow, rust orange, and just a touch of pale blue at the upper left corner. The entire portrait is loosely painted, especially in the background, chair, and clothing.
Raeburn was born at Stockbridge, near Edinburgh, on 4 March 1756, the younger of the two sons of Robert Raeburn and Ann Elder. He was educated at George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to the goldsmith James Gilliband. He met David Deuchar, a seal engraver and etcher, who encouraged his talent for drawing and of whom he painted a miniature (his earliest known work); he also met David Martin, the first Scot to make a living from portraiture in his native Edinburgh, who lent him paintings to copy. He never entered Martin's studio or attended an academy, and he was largely self-taught, a circumstance that accounts for his highly personal technique. His early work seems to have been entirely in the field of miniature painting. In about 1780 he married Ann Leslie; they had two sons. Ann was a widow some twelve years older than he, with a comfortable income and property in Stockbridge; he thus became a painter of independent means.
In 1784 Raeburn spent two months in Reynolds' studio on his way south to travel abroad. He was away for three years, of which time little is known, although perhaps he traveled in Italy. His earliest dated work, a miniature of the second Earl Spencer, was executed in Rome in 1786. Although influenced by the portrait patterns of Raphael and Velázquez, his period of study abroad seems to have had little other effect on his subsequent style; he was chiefly interested in sculpture, and thought of becoming a sculptor.
In 1786 Raeburn settled in Edinburgh New Town to practice as a portrait painter, achieving an instant success; his repertory of poses was influenced by those of Ramsay, Reynolds, and Romney. He worked first on George Street, then, after 1798, in a new studio that he had built for himself on York Place; Martin had died in 1797, and from now on Raeburn was undisputed as the first portrait painter in Edinburgh.
Raeburn's contacts with London were at first limited; after exhibiting there in 1792 he did not do so again (save for single portraits in 1798, 1799, and 1802) until 1810, when--perhaps a result of financial straits following the failure of his son's business in 1808--he considered moving south to fill the void left by the death of John Hoppner. Although, after a visit in which he was received with great respect, he rejected the idea of establishing himself in the sophisticated society of the metropolis, he now began to exhibit regularly at the Royal Academy, becoming an Associate in 1812 and a full Academician in 1815.
Raeburn was knighted during George IV's visit to Scotland in 1822 and subsequently appointed King's Limner and Painter for Scotland. He was popular in Edinburgh society, now increasingly vigorous and intellectual in outlook, and later among his fellow artists, with whom earlier he had associated little. He was active in encouraging young painters, offered the use of his own showrooms in York Place for annual exhibitions, and helped to form a Royal Scottish Academy (founded in 1826). He died in Edinburgh on 8 July 1823.
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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC is a world-class art museum that displays one of the largest collections of masterpieces in the world including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts from the 13th century to the present. The National Gallery of Art collection includes an extensive survey of works of American, British, Italian, Flemish, Spanish, Dutch, French and German art. With its prime location on the National Mall, surrounded by the Smithsonian Institution, visitors often think that the museum is a part of the Smithsonian. It is a separate entity and is supported by a combination of private and public funds. Admission is free. The museum offers a wide range of educational programs, lectures, guided tours, films, and concerts.
The original neoclassical building, the West Building includes European (13th-early 20th century) and American (18th-early 20th century) paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and temporary exhibitions. The National Gallery of Art was opened to the public in 1941 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The original collection of masterpieces was provided by Mellon, who was the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and ambassador to Britain in the 1930s. Mellon collected European masterpieces and many of the Gallery’s original works were once owned by Catherine II of Russia and purchased in the early 1930s by Mellon from the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad.
The core collection includes major works of art donated by Paul Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel Henry Kress, Rush Harrison Kress, Peter Arrell Browne Widener, Joseph E. Widener, and Chester Dale. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder.
The NGA's collection galleries and Sculpture Garden display European and American paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, and decorative arts. Paintings in the permanent collection date from the Middle Ages to the present. The Italian Renaissance collection includes two panels from Duccio's Maesta, the tondo of the Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi, a Botticelli work on the same subject, Giorgione's Allendale Nativity, Giovanni Bellini's The Feast of the Gods, Ginevra de' Benci (the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas) and groups of works by Titian and Raphael.
The collections include paintings by many European masters, including a version of Saint Martin and the Beggar, by El Greco, and works by Matthias Grünewald, Cranach the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden, Albrecht Dürer, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, Francisco Goya, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Eugène Delacroix, among others. The collection of sculpture and decorative arts includes such works as the Chalice of Abbot Suger of St-Denis and a collection of work by Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas. Other highlights of the permanent collection include the second of the two original sets of Thomas Cole's series of paintings titled The Voyage of Life, (the first set is at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York) and the original version of Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley (two other versions are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Detroit Institute of Arts).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art
Andrew W. Mellon, who pledged both the resources to construct the National Gallery of Art as well as his high-quality art collection, is rightly known as the founder of the gallery. But his bequest numbered less than two hundred paintings and sculptures—not nearly enough to fill the gallery’s massive rooms. This, however, was a feature, not a failure of Mellon’s vision; he anticipated that the gallery eventually would be filled not only by his own collection, but also by additional donations from other private collectors. By design, then, it was both Andrew Mellon and those who followed his lead—among them, eight men and women known as the Founding Benefactors—to whom the gallery owes its premier reputation as a national art museum. At the gallery’s opening in 1941, President Roosevelt stated, “the dedication of this Gallery to a living past, and to a greater and more richly living future, is the measure of the earnestness of our intention that the freedom of the human spirit shall go on.”
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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC is a world-class art museum that displays one of the largest collections of masterpieces in the world including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts from the 13th century to the present. The National Gallery of Art collection includes an extensive survey of works of American, British, Italian, Flemish, Spanish, Dutch, French and German art. With its prime location on the National Mall, surrounded by the Smithsonian Institution, visitors often think that the museum is a part of the Smithsonian. It is a separate entity and is supported by a combination of private and public funds. Admission is free. The museum offers a wide range of educational programs, lectures, guided tours, films, and concerts.
The original neoclassical building, the West Building includes European (13th-early 20th century) and American (18th-early 20th century) paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and temporary exhibitions. The National Gallery of Art was opened to the public in 1941 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The original collection of masterpieces was provided by Mellon, who was the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and ambassador to Britain in the 1930s. Mellon collected European masterpieces and many of the Gallery’s original works were once owned by Catherine II of Russia and purchased in the early 1930s by Mellon from the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad.
The core collection includes major works of art donated by Paul Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel Henry Kress, Rush Harrison Kress, Peter Arrell Browne Widener, Joseph E. Widener, and Chester Dale. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder.
The NGA's collection galleries and Sculpture Garden display European and American paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, and decorative arts. Paintings in the permanent collection date from the Middle Ages to the present. The Italian Renaissance collection includes two panels from Duccio's Maesta, the tondo of the Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi, a Botticelli work on the same subject, Giorgione's Allendale Nativity, Giovanni Bellini's The Feast of the Gods, Ginevra de' Benci (the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas) and groups of works by Titian and Raphael.
The collections include paintings by many European masters, including a version of Saint Martin and the Beggar, by El Greco, and works by Matthias Grünewald, Cranach the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden, Albrecht Dürer, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, Francisco Goya, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Eugène Delacroix, among others. The collection of sculpture and decorative arts includes such works as the Chalice of Abbot Suger of St-Denis and a collection of work by Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas. Other highlights of the permanent collection include the second of the two original sets of Thomas Cole's series of paintings titled The Voyage of Life, (the first set is at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York) and the original version of Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley (two other versions are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Detroit Institute of Arts).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art
Andrew W. Mellon, who pledged both the resources to construct the National Gallery of Art as well as his high-quality art collection, is rightly known as the founder of the gallery. But his bequest numbered less than two hundred paintings and sculptures—not nearly enough to fill the gallery’s massive rooms. This, however, was a feature, not a failure of Mellon’s vision; he anticipated that the gallery eventually would be filled not only by his own collection, but also by additional donations from other private collectors. By design, then, it was both Andrew Mellon and those who followed his lead—among them, eight men and women known as the Founding Benefactors—to whom the gallery owes its premier reputation as a national art museum. At the gallery’s opening in 1941, President Roosevelt stated, “the dedication of this Gallery to a living past, and to a greater and more richly living future, is the measure of the earnestness of our intention that the freedom of the human spirit shall go on.”
www.doaks.org/resources/cultural-philanthropy/national-ga...
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Here are some of my newest additions to my puzzle collection. Although technically not puzzles. They are model kit/construction kits. These "Build-A-Bank" kits were made by Mag-Nif Inc. in 2001. This set includes "Coin Coaster", "Money Mixer", "Treasure Twister". A fourth item, the "Sort-A-Saurus", was also released but, did not connect to these. Instead it was a triceratops with sorting device that dropped coins into its legs.
Mag-Nif Inc. seemed to have gone out of business a few years ago, as such these have gotten harder to find, on sites like Amazon, and ebay. But, I found these for sale on a site called;
Dazzling Discoveries, a "science, technology, engineering and mathematics" STEM educational company, which also operates a store, that sells educational toys. The last that I heard, they had 5 Coin Coaster, 5 Money Mixer, and 6 Treasure Twister left. Get them while they last. If you order them from there, remember to click the check box for "updates on your order", so you can learn when item was shipped, and things of that nature.
* www.dazzlingdiscoveries.com/
They had all three of these interlocking sets for $25 each, plus shipping. Each bank/coin sorter, was bought individually, and required the owner to build them. No tools, or batteries required. Once built they could also link together. Each had their own coin sorting tubes. If you don't want to use the coin sorter tubes, you can just link the mechanics together, and create a {hand cranked} perpetual motion machine, which require at least four sets to complete a single loop. The sets were also patented all under the same Patent number 6267663. While the gears, base, crank, clips, pins, and coin catch trays for the tubes, are all the same, the main structure of each set is different.
Plastic clips and plastic pins keep the mechanisms together. However because of the small pieces the toys are not recommended for ages under 3 years old. They are meant to be played with by people 6 years of age and older. When taking them apart, to put back into the box, I suggest using a clicking pen. So the pins can be pushed out, without fear of a metal tool breaking the parts.
The plastic collection tubes can also be used with preformed paper tubes, to sort and count the coins. However no paper coin tubes were included in the sets. The plastic coin tubes have a bulge at their bottoms that allow the paper tubes to be inserted, and a cut out near the bottom of the plastic tubes to push out the filled paper tubes.
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In 2019, Dane County purchased a 159-acre property (former Acker Farm) as an addition to Pheasant Branch Conservancy. The county is partnering with community organizations on the planning and implementation of restoration projects for the site, including restoring prairie.
Progress on the La Salle Street Station sign continues. I get two of the roll signs that seem to have been covered in antifreeze; so I cleaned them which really helped. Oh me if the roll signs is the sign I needed that matches my Blue Island Suburban line signs! It was the worst shape one so I decided to paint marker what I could make out which I think turned out okay! Time to keep stripping this thing down for sand blasting and painting.
In addition to being a fully technical air-integrated dive computer, the Garmin Descent Mk2i Dive Computer features a full-featured, rugged, multi-sport smartwatch with excellent battery life. The Garmin Descent MK2i dive computer is a highly capable and advanced device that is designed to cater to the needs of technical divers.
It is packed with features and capabilities that make it one of the most versatile and reliable dive computers on the market. A new era has begun, and the future has arrived. It costs a lot to purchase, especially with the Garmin transmitter included. However, if you're a technology enthusiast, it can replace multiple devices.
The Garmin Descent Mk2 is an incredibly stylish piece of equipment. With its versatile design, it can be worn on a dive boat, a trail, a gym, or a boardroom. Although those with small wrists might find it bulky, the watch itself is rugged without being oversize. A functional display measures 35.56mm on the watch's 52 x 52mm face.
Garmin has enhanced the Descent Mk2 technology by building on the success of the Descent Mk1. A 13-inch screen has been added to the Mk2 - it's 13 inches larger than the Mk1. On each dive screen, more information is displayed, while the information is streamlined for easier understanding.
A brand new addition to the Culture Night trail, Culture NIght at AirBNB Dublin office. The evening included award winning filmmaker Eoghan Kidney showing visitors how to make a virtual reality headset with card; while Dublin-based Illustrator Ruan Van Vilet hosted a quirky collage workshop, featuring some cats & dogs. Attendees also were invited to explore the seasonality of wild flora and learn what is good to eat with renowned foodie Gruel Guerilla and Jette Virdi, international food stylist with a difference, hosted flora workshops on the night and will be sharing her top tips on how to style the perfect house.