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this was some freebie thing from an ebay seller from whom I got a really spectacular number of fantastic unmounted images ages ago (unmarked obviously, but suspected leavenworth jackson, ken brown, and some of my super damn favorite ones ever).
I'd always just been meh about these but I'm gonna finally mount them and try 'em out, but I wanted to preserve the details of the sheet just, you know, in case it ever came in handy.
This sheep is part of a small flock at Moulton in Norfolk.
The Border Leicester is a polled, long-wool sheep and is considered a dual-purpose breed as it is reared both for meat and for wool. The sheep are large but docile.
The Border Leicester was developed in 1767 in Northumberland, England. Their name derives from the fact that their birthplace is near the Scottish border with their foundation stock being Dishley Leicester rams.
The Dishley Leicester was created and bred by Robert Bakewell (1726-1795) by crossing the old Lincolnshire breed with the Leicestershire type sheep. The Dishley Leicester became very popular with local farmers. George and Mathew Culley bought some of Robert Bakewell's Dishley Leicesters and the breed was soon found on both sides of the border. Around the 1830's two distinct types of Dishley Leicesters were developing on the two sides of the border. The Culley brothers were crossing their sheep with Teeswater sheep while other farmers in different areas along the border were crossing with Cheviots. This variation in the breed resulted in the two being nicknamed 'bluecaps' and 'redlegs'. Many farmers preferred the hardier redlegs and around 1850 this variation of the Dishley Leicester became known as the Border Leicester. They were a fairly common breed in the UK by the 19th. century.
Registered flocks are now found in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Border Leicester sheep have been exported to Australia in 1871, British Guiana, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Hungary, India, Iran, Japan, New Zealand in 1859, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, where the first breed association was formed in 1888, and Yugoslavia.
Border Leicester's are all white with a distinct long body, well-developed chest, well-sprung ribs and a wide, strong back. The nose should be black and the ears should be large, upright and alert. Feet should also be dark in colour. The head and legs should be free of wool and only covered in short white hair making it easier for shearing. Sheep of this breed should also have a distinct 'Roman' nose
The weight of a mature Border Leicester ram is in the range of 309 to 386 lb. (140 to 175 kg) and a mature ewe 200 to 260 lb. (90 to 120 kg). A yearling ewe is around 141 lb. (64 kg).
Their white wool tends to be very long and is prized by spinners because of its crimp and lustre. Sheep are normally shorn twice a year when the wool has reached a length of around 3.9 in. (100 mm). Lambs yield an average of 4 lb. (1.8 kg) of wool, yearlings may yield 7.1 lb. (3.2 kg) at each shearing.
The Border Leicester is an excellent breed for farmers. They produce good milk and are good mothers with a lambing percentage of about 150%. Lambs finish quickly due to their high growth rate and produce high quality, desirable meat. The breed is also hardy and easy to keep and manage.
My first Metra-Pace trip to Gurnee; many hours including a canceled (!) 2pm return train, which was never announced to the 100+ passengers waiting at Waukegan (station's closed then). Also, if you do a 4 1/2 hour (actually 7 with having to take the 4pm train) round trip, make sure you haven't forgotten your bank card, or you'll have to put back a few good books. Oops!
As my Mother's ancestors were from the Scottish Borders, this painting represents events my Kin may have been involved with. In the background is a Fortified Tower, prevalent in Northumberland known as a Pele or Peel Tower. Cattle underneath and family above, both protected from Raiders (or Reivers).
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I lied. More scanned in photos for your viewing pleasure. This is the northern border of Papua New Guinea with Indonesia (Irian Jaya / West Papua province). I'm in PNG looking west, the border is on the top of the hill.
This bus was new to First Borders as 67782 in 2012.
Seen here at Newtongrange.
This is bus was transferred to First Midland Bluebird after First Borders was sold to West Coast Motors
The X95 was Edinburgh to Carlisle via Galashiles and Hawick.
This route stopped when First Borders puled out of the Scottish Borders.
This route recomenced when West Coast Motors took over operations as Borders Buses
U.S. Border Patrol agents keeps watch over beach goers along the border between the U.S. and Mexico just outside Friendship Park near San Diego. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.
In El Paso Texas, Franklin Mountains in the background. Although we normally have very sunny weather, it is cloudy and therefore very cool and nice for walking around. For more information about the museum, please go to www.borderpatrolmuseum.com/
It took me just a few minutes short of two hours to cross. The US immigration at Tecate has only one lane open and are closing it at 2 PM instead of 11 PM.
They are doing that, they say, to cut the possibility of coronavirus crossing the border. All it's doing is cramming all the normal traffic into one lane and cutting out 8 hours being open, consequently jamming all that traffic in a much shorter window to cross.
A section of the steel border fence between the U.S. and Mexico corrodes in the salt air of the Pacific Ocean at El Faro Park in Tijuana, Mexico. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.
Letojanni is a comune (municipality), and coastal resort in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 170 km east of Palermo and about 32 km southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,634 and an area of 6.8 km².Letojanni borders the following municipalities: Castelmola, Forza d'Agrò, Gallodoro, Mongiuffi Melia, Taormina.Main economic activities are agriculture and fishing. Products mostly cultivated are corn, olives, wine-grapes, almonds, lemons, mulberries, fruit. Interesting is the yearly manifestation "Agosto a Letojanni" (August at Letojanni) in which the festival of fish and water-melon and the parade of the Sicilian cart take place. It is also to underline the strong inclination of territory to tourism. In fact in the place there is a good receptive offer both hotel and camping supplied with facilities fit to receive very many tourists especially during summer.The etymology of Letojanni is a mixture of Latin and Arabic. The place-name derives in fact from Latin Laetum,that is "rich", and from Arabic Ayn, that means "spring". There are not many information about origin of the little town but it is known that until half of the XVIII century it has been under the jurisdiction of Gallodoro town. In the XIX century it was involved in a high economic increase and in 1880 it gained administrative equality with Gallodoro. The earthquake of 1908 damaged some of its buildings later rebuilt. In 1952 it became an independent commune. The most interesting monuments are the Parish Church in neogothic style, rebuilt in 1929 and keeps inside a beautiful picture of Piety of 1700. An important figure original of Letojanni is the famous surgeon Francesco Durante (1844-1934), who was teacher of surgery of the joints and bony at the University of Studies of Roma and he was together with Guido Baccelli founder of the General hospital of Roma and finally he was also named senator of the Reign.
Letojanni è un comune italiano di 2.760 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.Distante 32 km da Messina e 45 km da Catania, la cittadina fa parte del comprensorio turistico di Taormina.Sino alla metà dell'Ottocento Letojanni fungeva da marina, o borgo dei pescatori, del comune di Gallodoro; la costruzione di una strada provinciale e successivamente della ferrovia favorirono lo sviluppo del borgo, al punto che nel 1879 la sede comunale fu trasferita da Gallodoro a Letojanni, e il comune prese il nome di Letojanni-Gallodoro.Ricco di infrastrutture alberghiere in estate ospita innumerevoli turisti.Sorge in una zona litoranea pianeggiante, posta a 5 metri sopra il livello del mare . Le colture principali sono il grano, le olive, l'uva da mosto, le mandorle, i limoni, i gelsi e la frutta Interessante è l'annuale manifestazione "Agosto a Letojanni" durante la quale si svolgono la Sagra del pesce e dell'anguria e la sfilata del "carretto siciliano". Da sottolineare anche la forte vocazione turistica del territorio, con una ricca offerta di ricettività sia alberghiera che in camping attrezzati in grado di accogliere moltissimi turisti, in particolar modo nell'arco della stagione estiva. L'etimologia di Letojanni risulta un misto di latino e di arabo. Il toponimo deriva infatti dal latino Laetum, ossia "abbondante", e dall'arabo Ayn, che vuol dire "sorgente". Nel XIX secolo fu interessata da un notevole sviluppo economico e nel 1880 ottenne la parità amministrativa con Gallodoro. Il terremoto del 1908 danneggiò diversi suoi edifici che vennero in seguito ricostruiti. Nel 1952 divenne comune autonomo. Tra i monumenti, di notevole interesse architettonico è la Chiesa Parrocchiale in stile neogotico, ricostruita nel 1929, che conserva al suo interno uno splendido quadro raffigurante la Pietà risalente al 1700. Un personaggio illustre originario di Letojanni è l'insigne chirurgo Francesco Durante (1844-1934), che fu docente di Chirurgia ossea e articolare all'Università degli Studi di Roma, fondatore insieme a Guido Baccelli del Policlinico di Roma e fu anche nominato senatore del Regno.
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Guillermo Navarrete, a lay leader with the Methodist Church of Mexico, invites parishioners of the Border Church in Tijuana, Mexico, to the Communion Table alongside the steel fence that marks the boundary with the U.S. The Methodist Church of Mexico and The United Methodist Church in the U.S. share communion each Sunday across the fence. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.
Border Sampler. Did these ten years ago.
These are really samples of borders. Instead of using the borders for parts of other cross stitch, I stitched the whole page! There are three pages of this book I did.
I am a sucker for samplers alpha or borders or anything sample like. I also like shadow cross stitch.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent keeps watch over beach goers along the border between the U.S. and Mexico just outside Friendship Park near San Diego. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS.
Border collie. CM Breyer.
Gift for my mother, handpainted. We don't have room for real border collies.
This is the border of Croatia and Bosnia just behind Dubrovnik at Brgat. Look carefully to the left of the flag. That is an old border marker stone. The police refused to let me take a proper photo of it. Is it pre-1918? Did the Austro-Hungarian provinces of BH and Dalmatia have border markers or is it even older, pre-1878? Any answers?