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nrhp # 91000311- Built between 1904 and 1907, the Severs Block at 101 E. 6th St. in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is a two-story generally rectangular brick building which incorporates an earlier two-story stone building (now the west wall and a part of the rear wall). The 1882 F.B. Severs’ General Store was a Romanesque structure, the second stone building in all of Okmulgee and the first two-story stone building. Frederick Severs himself expanded his building with the new construction that included storefronts and office space. The canted corner entrance faces the Creek National Capitol. The building was rehabilitated in 1989; that renovation reversed extensive remodeling efforts made in 1954, reconstructed the entry from historical photographs, and generally returned the building to its appearance at the time of its construction.
Severs Block is significant in the area’s history. The original Severs Building was the primary supplier of general goods in the Creek Nation from 1882 until the turn of the century, and the Severs Block played a significant role In Okmulgee’s commercial development through the first half of the 20th Century. It is also an excellent example of pre-Statehood commercial buildings.
The Severs Block was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1991.
It was further included on the National Register again as a contributing building in the 1992 listing of the Okmulgee Downtown Historic District.
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I took this photo in Point Lobos, September 2017.
Humpback whales are intelligent, playful animals, and I witnessed much more sweetness than my camera captured during that gorgeous California sunset. During that whole trip, actually.
At the same time, in September 2017, in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands, two adult humpback whales were observed protecting snorkeler and whale biologist Nan Hauser from a 4.5 m (15 ft) tiger shark, with one whale pushing the woman away from the shark while the other used its tail to block the predator's advances. This may be the first recorded incidence of humpback whales acting protectively over a human.
Perhaps Nan Hauser is biased in her explanation of whale behavior. Still, I firmly believe that when it comes to communicating basic needs such as survival, animals do it better than us.
We are full of crap, full of biases and egos.
Most of us, because triumph is made more visible than failure, systematically overestimate our chances of succeeding. Naturally, we deserve the shark that bites our ass.
Most of us are gullible too, just like Khaled Hosseini puts it in The Kite Runner: " And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.” Again, naturally, we deserve the shark that bites our ass.
I placed my Simple Skyline block next to my Intermediate Skyline block, just to see how the skyline will look once it's pieced. I've wanted to do a cityscape quilt for the last couple months and am excited to have the Simply Solids group to help me make it happen!
Every now and again, I love playing around with traditional patterns. Tumbling blocks are just timeless-- and the insertion of random striped blocks adds some spunk to this time honored pattern.
Prints for "Mappings" solo show at [DAM]Berlin. Based on sound signals. Last minute decision to scale up to 150x100 cm horizontal format rather than the 60x90 vertical cropping.
Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia, PA
May 26th, 2014
One of the tops views of Cell Block Seven that is often photographed. I lucked out and got there early enough before anyone else was in the shot
Some info from the E.S.P. website:
"Most eighteenth century prisons were simply large holding pens. Groups of adults and children, men and women, and petty thieves and murderers, sorted out their own affairs behind locked doors. Physical punishment and mutilation were common, and abuse of the prisoners by the guards and overseers was assumed.
In 1787, a group of well-known and powerful Philadelphians convened in the home of Benjamin Franklin. The members of The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons expressed growing concern with the conditions in American and European prisons. Dr. Benjamin Rush spoke on the Society's goal, to see the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania set the international standard in prison design. He proposed a radical idea: to build a true penitentiary, a prison designed to create genuine regret and penitence in the criminal's heart. The concept grew from Enlightenment thinking, but no government had successfully carried out such a program.
It took the Society more than thirty years to convince the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to build the kind of prison it suggested: a revolutionary new building on farmland outside Philadelphia."
For More info: www.easternstate.org/learn/research-library/history
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Hidden away in a secret location in the Bighorn Mountains is a very unusual and intriguing rock. The trees are just tall enough that it can’t be seen from below. No trails exist here, aside from those made by the many elk and moose in the area. A near perfect cube 60 feet high sits at the bottom of a rockpile. Each side is a different color. Made of dolomite limestone, the edges are almost impossibly straight, like it was sculpted by a giant. Whoever said there are no right angles in nature got it wrong. Evidently the massive block broke off from the cliff face hundreds of feet above. Deep cracks and crevices are common up top. I had to step carefully to avoid falling into them. It would have been an awesome sight to see this fall and roll down the slope. But exactly how the geometry formed and why the block didn’t break apart remains a mystery.
1. Joy Circle May House Block, 2. House Block Bee block by Four Monkeys Quilts, 3. little house block, 4. Block #2 made for BOAF member Nanotchka..., 5. Clearance Isle Wonky House, 6. Calendar of Houses May block, 7. First Wednesday Bee Tiny House Block January, 8. Around the Block - Helen's House, 9. April Calendar of Houses, 10. House Block for Joy Circle, 11. DQS Block 3/6, 12. House block for Dallas, 13. Wonky House Quilt Block swap, 14. www.flickr.com/photos/blueelephantstitches/5964553801/, 15. House blocks, 16. House block
So I totally want to make some house quilt blocks to make a quilt for my kids. Anyone wanna swap or round robin/bee something? Lol. I've never made one before and looking at all the cute houses makes me want one for their room!
i started this blanket in april 09 and finished it last night.
it contains 108 squares from 200 crochet blocks by jan eaton. some of the squares i used repeatedly, and some i only used a few times. my method was to create nine squares at a time using three different patterns. i crocheted each pattern three times, using alternating variations of the three yarn colors. (does this make sense to anyone besides me?) the squares were then sewn together using a single crochet on the reverse side. i made sure to never put a square next to another one with the same color border.
i absolutely love this blanket to death. it is definitely my most favorite crochet work.
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