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Many have commented on my photos of small Texas towns and those comments are sincerely appreciated. I have a love for rural and small town Texas because that is where my roots are, going back many generations. This particular series is special to me, however. My mother would have turned 100 this month and I visited Thornton, Texas, her home town, during the summer to take this series of photographs. The place holds many memories for me from my trips there to visit my grandmother and aunts and uncles while growing up. Sadly, many of the old buildings that I remember so well are gone, including Fisher Hardware (that was nothing like the modern big box hardware stores) and Black’s Drug Store, with its “old fashioned” soda fountain. My grandmother’s house is gone, too, destroyed in a fire several years ago. My visit to the local cemetery was very poignant, as well. My mom and dad are buried in Houston but Mom’s parents and all of her siblings and their spouses are buried in Thornton.
Thornton is located on State Highway 14 in Limestone County. Settlement began in 1868. In 1870, the Houston and Texas Central Railway ran a line through the area from Hearne to Groesbeck. The community became a railroad stop and was named for John E. Thornton, an early resident. (The story of how my grandfather, mayor of Thornton in the 1930’s and early 1940’s, convinced the railroad company not to discontinue using Thornton as a railroad stop, which would have ended their passenger service, is a family legend.)
A post office was established in 1873 and, soon thereafter, cotton gins were set up nearby. Ceramics manufacturing also took place in Thornton, though agriculture was the mainstay of the area. Thornton Institute, an early college, was established in 1877 but later became Thornton School. The Thornton Masonic lodge No. 486 was chartered in 1878 and other organizations followed.
By 1880 Thornton had a population of 200, thirteen businesses, and three churches. Within ten years, the population had more than doubled and Thornton had steam gristmills and a local newspaper. In 1904, the population was 586 and, after unsuccessful attempts, the town was incorporated in 1907.
During this period of time the population grew, reaching 678 between 1910 and 1920, and business continued to expand. In addition to the cotton gins, schools, churches, and steam gristmills, the town soon had eighteen brick stores (mostly gone now), a bank, a commission house, a hotel, and electric lights. In 1918, the first airplane landed in Thornton, piloted in from Houston. By 1926 Thornton had 733 residents, a deep water well, and telephone connections. The population peaked at nearly 2,000 in the late 1920’s and then began a decline. Between 1969 and 1989 Thornton had a population between 408 and 498, and the number of businesses was five. The population currently remains at approximately 500 (as of the 2000 census).
For more information see: www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlt15
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Ready for Leeds with the daytime look, a simple, cami and sheer top with jeans and ankle boots.
Our hotel room was not great for taking pictures especially without a tripod so I've had to make the best of what limited shots I got.
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My lovely friend Trisha was in Hull for the day so I met up with her and we had a couple of drinks in 80 Days Bierhaus.
I love a dog-friendly pub, and 80 Days had 2 canine visitors while we were in. So cute!
Our family friend, John, has what he calls his funeral suit. I suppose we are now reaching the point where I need one too. In fact, I have lost several friends, former colleagues from The Mob, something that will accelerate as the years pass.
Last week, I noticed that a friend of mine on Flickr, Günter, had not commented on any shots for a few weeks. He used to leave funny one sentence comments that almost always brought a smile.
The lastest shot on his photostream was of a fresh grave.
His.
Sadly, Günter passed away on New Year's Day, and his family posted this last shot to let the world know. Or his friends, anyway.
We had visited his and his wife in Bonn, and he had come to stay with us too, we share interests in railways, photography and beer.
It came quite a shock I can tell you.
Online, people come and go, mostly without fanfare or announcement. One day they are there, and then they're not. Did they just get fed up, or something more terminal?
Most of the time, we'll never know.
I am lucky in that I have met many online friends in real life, sometimes here in Kent, but also in the US too, so know they are more than screen names and photos, but real people with lives, who are pretty much as wonderful as thei online presence would have you believe.
Life goes on, of course, but I will miss Günter, and sad for the fact we will not raise beers in a friendly toast to each other.
We woke at half six, I went to the bathroom and looked out the window. Still too early for birds, but there wasn't a breath of wind either, nor any cars to be seen moving. So it looked like someone had paused time.
Cleo is perpetual motion, however, and coming downstairs revealed her to be always on the move until her food is placed just where she wants it.
I went to Tesco by myself, with a list as long as a long thing, while Jools stayed behind and fed the hungry washing machine two loads of dirty laundry. Good news is that Tesco was fully stocked with fresh produce, including rapsberries from Spain. We like them for breakfast at weekends, its a hard habit to break.
Back home to unload and makaid breakfast; fruit and yogurt followed by warmed croissants.
Jools said she had been sitting all week, so would not come with me to go churchcrawling, so I go on me tood, driving up the M20 to Maidstone, to revisit All Saints church, where I had not been for over 12 years. I had checked Google, and it said the church would be open from 10:00.
I timed it to arrive dead on ten. I parked the car opposite, and didged traffic to get over the main road, I went to the first door only to find it locked. But a sign suggested there were two more possible ways in, so walked round, checked the north door, and that was locked too. That only left the west door, under the tower, to try. That was ajar, so my hopes lifted. Only to find the inner door locked.
Maybe I was too early?
A lady came in, I asked about the church. She said she was a bellringer, and disappeared up the steps to the ringing loft, where sounds of poorly rung bells could be heard.
I went round the church one more time, ending back at the west door, and again all way in were locked.
Sigh.
But there was a runners up prize; a church on the edge of town, in what used to be a village, at Bearsted. THe sat nav told me it was just a ten minute drive away.
So, I drove across town, through the crazy one-ways system, out the other side and along to Bearsted, where there were ancient timber framed houses, so old they had settled over the centuries into strange angles, none of which were right ones.
I found church lane, which wound its way through a modern housing estate, parked outside the chuchyard, and I could see a nice "church open" sign before I got out.
Although it looked spendid from the outside, inside it had been reordered at least twice, so that any ancient features were well hidden indeed. Even the glass, usually a rescuing act for over restored churches, were either just average or poor here. But it was my first visit here, so another tick in the box.
I now had to get home, as Jools is joining the speaking ciruit, as a lady has asked Jools to lead classes in beaded jewellery making.
I hightailed it back to the motorway, and once on, settled down to cruise back down to Dover and home, getting back at half twelve, with an hour to spare before Jools had to leave for the class.
So, it was just me an the cats for a few hours. There was football to entertain me, so I sat beside Scully on the sofa and watched the Championship game while she dozed beside me.
At three, it was time to concentrate on Norwich away at Millwall, one of six teams above us, and a win here would put us back in the play-offs. It was an exciting game, Millwall took the lead, only for City to level before half time, and then score two more early in the 2nd half. Millwall plled one back in the last ten minutes, but we hung on to win 3-2.
Not perfect, but a win at the New Den where they had been unbeated since September. And then, along came Nodge.
Dinner was a rushed one of pizza and iced squash, as we were going out to a gig.
Lawrence was the singer in an indie band in the 80s called Felt. He then formed Denim, an ironic pop band for the 90s, which also stiffed. He now fronts Mozart Estate, which does a fine line in ironic pop. Still.
We drive over th Ramsgate, to a small venue called The Music Hall. We were early, but got in, and went to the bar where we chatted to a couple about our age about music. In fact, most folks were about "our age".
First up was a young female singer/songwriter, who strummed her guitar along to her 6th form poetry.
The hall, which was barley bigger than our living room was about 50% full, but comfortable. We went to find somewhere to sit, thinking that the bar would be empty, only to find it rammed with more people than when we left it half an hour before.
We went to get some air, and finding nowhere to sit, went to the car.
Jools was shattered and fell asleep, and I really did not feel like being rammed into that room unable to see the band, and not able to lean against a wall to rest my back.
I said we'd go home.
So we did.
I don't regret it.
We got back at ten, Jools went to bed, while I had a glass of sloe port.
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Holy Cross church stands to the south of the village green at the end of a cul de sac. Its noble tower is crowned with queer sculptures, slightly reminiscent of Alnwick Castle. The exterior has a nicely textured effect, but this leads to an unexpectedly clean interior - the result of much care and attention and recent reordering. Whilst it cannot pretend to be in the top league of Kent churches it offers a fine selection of 19th and 20th century glass and some fine wall tablets. West tower, nave, chancel, north aisle and chapel, south porch.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Bearsted
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BERSTED.
BERSTED lies the next parish north-westward from Leeds. It was antiently written Bergestede, and most probably took its name from its situation, Berg, in Saxon, signifying a hill, and stede, a place or village.
THE PARISH lies mostly on what may be called high ground, a pleasant, and the greatest part of it a dry situation; the soil is in general a deep sand, though towards the south-west part it partakes of the quarry rock, and on the south side of the Lenham river a black moorish soil of fertile meadow ground. This river parts it towards the south from Osham, another smaller stream, which rises near Boxley, separates it on the western side from that parish and Maidstone, leaving within the bounds of it a part of the hamlet of Maginford. Besides the above, this parish is watered by two or three other smaller rivulets, which rise northward, and run here into the Lenham river, the easternmost of them separating it from Hollingborne and Leeds. The high road from Ashford and Lenham towards Maidstone, runs along the northern boundaries of it, passing over Bersted-green, the houses round which form the parish village, near it stands the church; besides this there are two other hamlets, called Ware and Roseacre-streets. In the south-east part of the parish is the seat of Milgate, pleasantly situated and wellcloathed with trees, at the back of which the ground descends to the river, and at a small distance that of Lower Milgate, so called from its lower situation still nearer the river.
A fair used to be held here on Holy Cross day, September 14, now by the alteration of the style, changed to Sept. 25, for pedlary, toys, &c.
The noble family of Bertie own this parish to have been their most antient habitation in this kingdom, for they are said to have possessed lands in it near the parsonage, at Strutton-street, and elsewhere in this neighbourhood, as early as the reign of king Henry II. and among the Harleian MSS. there is a grant of arms, anno 2 Henry VI. to Bartie, of Berested, in Kent; they continued here in king Henry the VIIth.'s reign, as appears by an antient rental of that time, and there are still lands, called Barty lands, in this parish and Thurnham; and from those of this name settled here, in a direct line was descended the dukes of Ancaster, now extinct, and from them the lady Willbughbye, of Eresbye; the earls of Abingdon, and other distinguished branches of this family claim their descent.
The manors of Leeds, Moathall, and Thurnham, extend over this parish, in which there is an estate belonging to the former of them, which has constantly passed through the same succession of owners, from the family of Crevequer, who were proprietors of it in the reign of William the Conqueror, to the Rev. Dr. Denny Martin Fairfax, of Leeds-castle, who is at present in the possession of it.
MILGATE is an eminent seat, situated in the southeast part of this parish, which was formerly esteemed a manor, though it has long since lost the reputation of ever having been one.
The family of Coloigne antiently possessed this estate; one of whom, Robert de Coloigne, died possessed of it in the 35th year of king Edward III. In process of time, his descendants came to be called Coluney; one of whom, Thomas Coluney, as appears by an old survey of Bersted, possessed it in the 14th year of Edward IV. Soon after which, that is, in the beginning of king Henry VII.'s reign, it was become the property of the family of Stonehouse, whose antient seat was at Haslewood, in Boughton Malherbe.
Robert Stonehouse, esq. was of Bersted, at the latter end of king Henry VIII.'s reign. His son, George Stonehouse, esq. was clerk of the green cloth to queen Elizabeth, and resided at West Peckham, where he died in 1575, whose eldest son William was created a baronet anno 4 Charles I. and Nicholas, the second, was of Boxley, in this county. He bore for his arms, Argent, on a fess sable, between three hawks volant, azure, a leopard's face, between two mullets, or. (fn. 1) In the beginning of the reign of queen Elizabeth he alienated this seat to Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards knighted, who was son of John Fludd, esq. of Morton, in Shropshire, and bore for his arms, Vert, a chevron between three wolves heads, erased, argent; which coat, with his quarterings, was confirmed to him by Robert Cook, clarencieux, in 1572. He resided at Milgate, where he died in 1607, and was buried in this church, having considerably improved and augmented this seat. His son Thomas Fludd, esq. afterwards of Otham, succeeded him in this estate, which he alienated in 1624, to William Cage, of Farringdon, in Hampshire, barrister-at law, who resided here. He was bred at Lincoln's-inn, an utter barrister, and was descended from Richard Cage, of Packenham, in Suffolk. He bore for his arms, Per pale, gules and azure, a saltier, or, and a chief, ermine, which was an alteration from the antient arms of this family, viz. Azure and gules, over all a saltier, or; and, together with an addition to the crest, was granted to him by St. George, clarencieux, in 1624, (fn. 2) and in his descendants it continued down to Wm. Cage, esq. who was likewise of Milgate, and was sheriff in 1695, and represented the city of Rochester in several parliaments during queen Anne's reign. Of his sons, William died s. p. Lewis will be mentioned hereafter; and John was of Lower Milgate, esq. Lewis Cage, the second son, became at length possessed of Milgate, where he resided, and left one son Lewis, and a daughter Catherine, who married first, Mr. George Eastchurch, of Maidstone; and secondly Christopher Hull, esq. but died s. p. On his death, Lewis Cage, esq. his son, succeeded him in this seat, where he now resides.
He married Annetta, second daughter and coheir of Edward Coke, esq. of the White Friars, in Canterbury, by whom he had four sons; Lewis Cage, esq. of Lower Milgate, who married Fanny, eldest daughter of Sir Brook Bridges, bart. the Rev. Edward Cage, rector of Easling, who married Jane, second daughter of Charles Van, esq. of Monmouthshire; John, who died in the West-Indies unmarried in 1789, and the Rev. Charles Cage, of Cristmell, vicar of Bersted, who married Elizabeth, daughter of colonel Graham, and one daughter Catherine, as yet unmarried.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE westward from Milgate, there is a good house, called COMBES, alias LOWER MILGATE, which on the death of William Cage, esq. came to his youngest son John Cage, as before-mentioned, who died s. p. It is now the property of Mrs. Brander, the widow of Gustavus Brander, esq. and daughter of Francis Gulston, esq. by a daughter of William Cage, esq. Lewis Cage, esq. junior, at present resides in it.
MOAT-HALL is a manor in this parish, the mansion of which, from the materials with which it was built, was called Stonehouse. It antiently belonged to the neighbouring priory of Leeds, as appears by several old boundaries and papers, and was most probably part of those demesnes given to it at its first foundation, by Robert de Crevequer, in the reign of king Henry I. These demesnes appear by a rental of the time of king Henry VII. to have been held of the manor of Leeds, though they have been long since accounted parcel of this manor of Moat-hall.
On the dissolution of the priory in the reign of king Henry VIII. this manor, among the rest of the possessions of it, was surrendered into the king's hands, who afterwards, by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, settled this manor, among other premises, on his new founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom it remains at this time.
The present lessee of it, under the dean and chapter, is Mr. William Usborne. There is a court baron held for this manor.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE southward from the church lies an estate called OTTERIDGE, formerly Oterashe, which in the reign of king Henry VIII. belonged to Simon Bertyn, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, beside Sandwich, who by will in 1530, devised it to Jeffry Merchant, of Rainham.
It afterwards came into the possession of the family of Munns, who continued possessors of it for several generations, till at length one of them sold it, with Aldington, in the adjoining parish of Thurnham, to William Sheldon, esq. whose descendant Richard Sheldon, esq. at his death, bequeathed it to his widow, and she re-marrying with William Jones, M. D. entitled him to it. He died in 1780, leaving by her two daughters; Mary, married to Lock Rollinson, esq. of Oxfordshire, and Anne, to Thomas Russell, esq. and they in right of their wives, are respectively entitled to it.
Charities.
SIMON BERTYN, one of the brethren of St. Bartholomew's hospital, near Sandwich, owner of Otteridge, in this parish, which he devised, together with his messuage called Buds, with its lands and appurtenances, in Allyngton, beside Thurnham, by his will in 1530, to Jeffry Marchant, ordered that the said Jeffry and his heirs male, should for ever yearly distribute, on the first Sunday of Lent, in the church of Berghsted, to the parish clerk there, and to other poor people, four bushels of green peas; that is to say, to every one of them, one peck.
EDWARD GODFREY, gent. of Thurnham, gave by his will in 1709, thirty shillings yearly out of lands in this parish, called Crouch field, for the schooling of poor children; half of them to be of this parish, and half of that of Thurnham. And he left 30s. yearly for the same use, to be paid out of an house called Rose acre, in this parish; the payment of which has been constantly refused, upon pretence, that he had no right to devise that charge on it.
The poor constantly relieved are about forty-five; casually twenty five.
BERSTED is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and deanry of Sutton.
The church is situated on high ground, at a small distance southward of Bersted-green. It is dedicated to the Holy Cross, and is a handsome building, consisting of two isles and two chancels, with a square beacon tower at the west end of it. On three corners of the summit of the tower, are the figures of three dogs, or bears sejant, for they are so defaced by great length of time, that they can but be guessed at. If they represent the latter, they might have been placed there in allusion to the name of this parish: if not, these figures might perhaps be the crest of the founder of the church. In this church in the Milgate chancel, are monuments for the Cage family, and for Robert Fludd, M. D. A memorial for William Godfrey, jun. in 1690; and for Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Bosvile, esq. of Bradburne, justice and clerk of the court of wards, married first to Edward Mabb, gent. of this parish; and secondly, to William Godfrey, of Bersted, yeoman, obt. 1614. In the porch, against the east wall, is a small monument for Stephen Mason, of Boxley, citizen and vintner of London, obt. 1560, arms, A thevron, between three tuns, or barrels.
There were some lands and tenements in this parish, given by several persons, who stiled themselves the fraternity of the Holy Cross of Bersted, for a priest to sing mass yearly for one quarter of a year, in this church.
The church of Bergnestede, with all its rights and appurtenances, was given in the reign of Henry I. by Robert de Crevequer, son of Hamo de Crevequer, junior, to the priory of Leeds, then founded by him; which gift was confirmed by Baldwin, archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Henry II. who then appropriated this church to the canons there, towards the finding of lights and ornaments in their church. Archbishops Theobald and Hubert confirmed it likewise, as did John, prior, and the convent of Christ-church, in 1278, by the description of the church of Berghestede, with the tithes of Strutton. King Edward III. likewise confirmed it by his charter of inspeximus in his 41st year.
This church, together with the advowson of the vicarage, remained part of the possessions of the priory of Leeds till the dissolution of it, in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it was surrendered up into the king's hands, among other estates belonging to it.
After which, the king, by his dotation charter, in his 33d year, settled both the parsonage and advowson of the vicarage of this church on his new-founded dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom they now remain.
¶On the intended dissolution of deans and chapters, after the death of king Charles I. the possessions of the dean and chapter of Rochester, in this parish, were surveyed in 1649, by order of the state; when it was returned, that the parsonage or rectory of Bersted consisted of a messuage, barns, &c. which, with the tithes and glebe land of forty acres, were of the improved rent of 46l. 8s. per annum, which were let anno 13 Charles I. at the yearly rent of 9l. 13s. 4d. and four bushels of malt, for the term of twenty-one years; and the lessee covenanted to discharge the pension of forty shillings to the vicar, and to repair the chancel of the church. Out of which lease was excepted, the advowson of the vicarage, and the portion of tithes called Vintners Portion.
The vicarage is a discharged living in the king's books, of the clear yearly certified value of thirty pounds, the yearly tenths of which are 12s. 9d.
In 1649, the vicarage was valued in the abovementioned survey at twenty pounds per annum.
The parsonage is leased out by the dean and chapter to Mr. John Packman, but the advowson of the vicarage they reserve in their own hands.
The vicarage is endowed with all manner of tithes, except grain, and the vicar now enjoys the abovementioned pension of forty shillings from the lessee of the dean and chapter.
I am using the UEFA comment for the game, since I am lost for word after this spectacular game, which can be found on the link below:
www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15276...
My opinion is that that man of the match should be Mario Balotelli since he scored on and assisted two. Also flop of the match is the Swedish guy with the Bosnian name Salada, or Zalatan or something. The guy is wasting Inter's money and Jose Mourinho's time!
Julio Cruz denied Anorthosis Famagusta FC an improbable victory against FC Internazionale Milano with a late goal in Cyprus on a night when the Italian champions flirted with disaster.
Defensive errors
The UEFA Champions League Group B game looked to be going with the form book as Mario Balotelli gave Inter an early lead, although a Nicolas Burdisso slip allowed Cedric Bardon to level. Marco Materazzi put Inter ahead again, but Georgios Panagi scored more by luck than judgement to equalise again before half-time and Nikolaos Frousos's goal five minutes into the second half seemed to have given Anorthosis a memorable victory. Cruz equalised with ten minutes remaining, however, and Inter had chances to win it in the closing minute although they nevertheless remain three points clear of Anorthosis at the top of the pool. The Italian side will qualify by defeating Panathinaikos FC in Milan on 26 November, when Anorthosis could also go through with victory here against Werder Bremen.
Tidy finish
Both teams showed attacking intent from the off, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's close-range effort being cleared in the second minute, and on 13 minutes Inter took the lead as Arian Beqaj parried the Swedish striker's blistering free-kick from long range, Balotelli reacting quickest to knock in the rebound. Jose Mourinho's side almost added a second on 26 minutes, Dejan Stankovic playing a clever one-two with Ricardo Quaresma before firing just wide. However, the mood changed just past the
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A couple of anti-video comments that people made in the comments section of one of my videos. This one.
I thought it was really thoughtful that these users took the time to actually seek out my video (which had nothing to do with the pro vs. anti video debate), and post negative comments in my photostream.
As I recall, one of the main worries that anti-video folks have expressed is that the comments on videos would degrade into the vitriolic "u suck" negativity often found on YouTube. So what do they do about it? Apparently, they post negative "u suck" comments on flickr videos. They are becoming the change they DIDN'T want to see.
Talk about a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Comments from the IMDB.com message boards.
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The Blue and Yellow Macaw is one of the most photogenic birds that live in the Peruvian rainforest by merit of their large size and the bright blue upperparts that combine perfectly with rich yellow underparts.
Intelligent and long-lived: As with other large macaw species, many Blue and Yellows are believed to be as smart as a 3-4 year old person and can live to the age of 70 in captivity.
Interesting & amazing Information about the blue & yellow macaw:
• The white face of the bird turns light pink when it gets excited.
• The blue and yellow macaw bird has only one mate, with whom it stays for life.
• These birds can fly at a speed of 35 miles per hour.
• Macaws can live up to 80 years.
• At times they can be stubborn, but they are extremely witty. Their learning capacity is that of 3-4 year old human child.
• Not all fruits or seeds are healthy for the macaws. Cherries and avocados, for example, are toxic for these birds. Oranges, apples, peanuts, grapes, walnuts and sunflower seeds are among safer foods.
• A macaw’s diet needs to be diverse, which means, it cannot survive on seeds only. It needs to have fruits, fresh vegetables and nuts as well.
The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California is a 20-acre zoo focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America.
It hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened in 1952 and is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana.
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Gemma and I had waited for this day for a long long time! The first chance to go back to Cognac, our favourite French restaurant. And it was, as expected, glorious!
Afterwards, the pub we were going to go to just around the corner turned out to be closed so we took a drive to the Country Park Inn on Hessle foreshore. Fantastic backdrop for photos here! All in all, a top evening!
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Tonight I hung out with some really great friends and I picked these up on the way home for a family treat. Gah even looking at them just makes you salivate.
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Sorry I've been very poor keeping my photostream up to date recently - I must make a concerted effort to catch up.
Pictures from February when some friends came to Hull and we went out round a few bars in Hull. We took in Monroe's, Zinnia, Unit 49 then on to the King Edward. A great night!
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L'idée est venue à mes enfants , ils m'ont rapporté du Burkina Faso , quelques calebasses comme support pour peindre .
Le premier essai retournera aux origines .
Coupée en deux, vidée et séchée, la calebasse, fruit du calebassier, est le récipient idéal pour transporter les produits du marché. C'est aussi le récipient utilisé pour la conservation des produits liquides et solides, la préparation du couscous de mil.
C'est aussi une excellente caisse de résonance pour des instruments de musique à cordes comme la cora (sorte de harpe) ou à percussion tel que le "tog".
C'est incroyable ce que l'on peut faire avec une calebasse : entière ou coupée au milieu, plongée dans un récipient d'eau, associée à des tiges de bois pour former un"arc" musical aux sons riches et subtils, remplie de graines et frappée sur le sol, ou percutée avec les doigts bagués, elle est mise...à tous les sons.*
...Et pourquoi pas un chat - chapeau .... :-)! un support bien plus léger qu'une pierre ;)
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Photo: Copyright David Taylor
David's comments:
"Starting up on the 'western dispersal' at Changi, Bristol Freighter NZ5912, wearing the logo Royal New Zealand Air Force Transport Wing, with the Auckland City crest on the tail. It was later to join Changi based 41 Sqn and NZ5912 was one of the last three Bristol Freighters retired by the RNZAF and then had a varied civilian career, but finally crashed in 1996 after being brought to the UK.
Behind the Freighter is A MATS C-124 Globemaster 00110 and Britannia XM518."
This photo may not be copied without permission.
David is planning to publish a book featuring his photographs.
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