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This is the first block I received in a round robin. I hope Jane likes what I did and yes I did the tatting.
More log cabin play--I went with primaries this time, and a mix of prints and solids. I'm thinking this is going to morph into a small blanket or play mat for a friend's new baby.
Today I wrote my first poem ever... in Dutch. I translated it in English, but that turned out to be quite difficult.... Hope you like it!
Blocking The Sunlight
So here I am in the sunlight, the warm light on my skin.
In my soul I am cold, emotions have been replaced by infinite emptiness.
Emptiness where I start to drown in, like an autumn leaf slowly begins to sink to the bottom of the cold river.
I am like the autumn leaf, no hope of a fresh spring and intended to sink to the bottom of the cold river of my thoughts.
At the bottom of the river I can rest, no more turbulence of the autumn leaf that floats on the river.
At last peace, no more maze of currents of all my thoughts....
So here I am in the warm sunshine, here I stand on solid ground. No hope of redemption.
The warmth of the sun feels painful, like when you realize that all hope you had changed into be false hope.
So here I am in the warm sunshine, here I stand on solid ground. The warmth hurts me, I am trying to protect myself, as an umbrella protects you from the rain
The umbrella high in the sky ...... Blocking The Sunlight
The lid to these blocks has a note from my mom stating that the Benton children played with these blocks in 1870 and they have been passed along in the family ever since. I'm not sure exactly when I inherited them but I love them and keep them on display. When I take pictures of children I like to go for a vintage look and give these to children to play with. I think it's interesting that there are blocks with Roman Numerals. I don't think you could find children's blocks with those today. :)
The West Block
“In 1859, architects Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver designed the West Block in a Gothic Revival style. It was designated a Classified federal heritage building in 1987 for its important historical associations, architectural quality and environmental impact.
Designed to accommodate the federal civil service, as more space was required the two large additions were built: the Mackenzie Wing and Tower in 1878 and the Laurier Tower and Link in 1906.
The West Block, with the Centre and East Blocks, makes up the core of Canada’s Parliamentary Precinct. Commanding the western side of Parliament Hill, the West Block was built in three phases starting in 1859, and opened in 1866. The West Block was completed in 1909 by the Department of Public Works (now Public Services and Procurement Canada).
It encompasses:
* the South and East Wings, built from 1859 to 1865
* the Northwest Wing, built from 1875 to 1879
* the North Wing, built from 1906 to 1909
Today, we are at the end of a major project that has both restored the West Block to its original glory and equipped it for the needs of a 20th century Parliament. It now plays host to Canada’s members of Parliament in its. interim House of Commons Chamber, a soaring, glass-roofed structure, built into the central courtyard at the heart of the building.
Since 2011, work has been carried out to repair and modernize the building at a cost of $863 million (excluding Harmonized Sales Tax). The project has brought West Block up to standard and has ensured it will meet the current and future needs of Parliament while preserving its heritage characteristics for the next 150 years.”
Source: Government of Canada. Available at www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprec...
Melbourne is known for a warren of 19th century lanes and arcades in the centre of the city, we had a walk around a few on one of our two days there. Block arcade is very grand and filled with prestigious shops.
Three from Melbourne today...
My son was representing his swim squad in Jersey this weekend. See if he wins another one of these glass block trophies! HMM!
Fred Benson Beach, Block Island, RI
Rolleicord II, Triotar 75mm, Tri-X. Developed Xtol 1:2, printed on Oriental Warmtone FB.
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Latin Name: Galanthus nivalus (Snowdrop)
For our Camera Club January project: 'Wet'.
Unusual for me to load more than one photo at a time, and not even daily(!), but time is getting short before the meeting tonight!
This Snowdrop is in a different group in another part of the garden from the previous image, hence the change in the light on this image. Again, I liked the droplets on the bud and the detail in the bud petals.
Taken with my Canon EOS 7D and Canon EF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens, and framed in Photoshop.
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This is a paper block I made for my dear flickr and blog friend, Elizabeth of Creative Breathing. She recently hosted a "block" party to celebrate her 300th post. To all those who participated in the block party, she created and sent out a block and in return we were to create one and send it to her. So much fun!
Not too often does the CP stop one of there trains and allow a CN train thru first. Don't know why this played out like it did but it is what it is. A southbound CN train glides across the double diamonds at Duplainville while a westbound oil empty is already on the throttle as he tells dispatch he is blocking Barker Road.
Hey, have you seen the latest issue of Blocks magazine? Page 50 & 51? Yep, that's my work there. A commission I received a few months ago, and I'm now able to show to the world (kind of) in what is a beautiful issue of an awesome magazine.
The Block 10 mine, one of the original BHP leases, was floated as the BHP Block 10 Co. Ltd in 1888. A concentration mill was erected at the mine in the 1890s to treat sulphide ore. Underground subsidence seriously affected the mill and, as a result, a new mill was erected on this hill in 1903, about 600 metres from the mine.
An aerial ropeway, the first at Broken Hill, was completed in 1904. This transported broken ore from the mine to a large storage bin above the mill. The mill cost £50 000 and could treat 3500 tons of ore per week.
The mine produced 2.5 million tons of ore and paid £1.5 million in dividends up to 1923 when it and the mill closed and were purchased by BHP. The mine was reworked by Broken Hill South Ltd between 1946 and 1960. Much of the mine site is now covered by overburden dumps from modern open-cut operations.
The concrete foundations on site are the remnants of the Block 10 concentration mill erected in 1903. The mill, designed by Captain John Warren and containing many of his inventions, was the first all electric mill in Broken Hill.
The aerial ropeway delivered broken ore from the mine to a storage bin above the mill. Broken ore was fed to crushing rolls and then passed to cylindrical trommels and hydraulic classifiers for sizing. Subsequent treatment consisted of wet concentration by jigs, Wilfley tables and vanners. These relied on specific gravity to separate the heavier lead and silver minerals from the zinc minerals. The resultant concentrate contained about two-thirds of the lead and one-half of the silver in the original ore, but very little zinc.
Flotation units were added to the mill in 1910 to produce a zinc concentrate from the tailings. Combined gravity-flotation concentration mills were standard at Broken Hill until after 1930 when the first all-flotation plants were installed.
Source: City Of Broken Hill.