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Today I’ve committed a serious crime,
By kidnapping a moment in time.
The present is put on permanent hold,
As all within my view is denied a right to become old.
Once imprisoned in a 16:9 frame,
They shine as my Trophies of Game.
In return I hand the gift of existence for eternity,
By uploading and releasing them again digitally.
Poem: Jan Elemans
2011
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Canterbury Cathedral
England
Name: Lawrence Armstrong alias Hanby
Arrested for: not given
Arrested at: North Shields Police Station
Arrested on: 30 September 1915
Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-262-Lawrence Armstrong AKA Hanby
The Shields Daily News for 8 October 1915 reports:
“A SOLDIER COMMITTED FOR THEFT.
Today at North Shields, Laurence Armstrong (21) of the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers was charged with having stolen on Sept. 20th a box of cigarettes valued at 5s from the shop of Henry Nicholson, tobacconist, Saville Street. An assistant of the prosecutor’s said she was serving a customer on the above date, when accused entered the shop, picked up a box of cigarettes and went away.
Defendant was further charged with having stolen a dress ring, valued at £1, the property of Valone Harrison, conductress of a tramcar on Sept. 14th. The prosecutrix said the accused boarded a car on which she was following her employment. He asked to look at her ring. She took it off her finger and showed it to him. Witness then went to collect some fares and while she was thus engaged the accused got off the car.
Detective Mason said that when accused was arrested on the previous charge a pawn ticket relating to the ring was found in his possession. Accused pleaded guilty and said he was very sorry. He had been seven months at the front and had been gassed. He was committed to prison for 14 days on each charge”.
These images are taken from an album of photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916 (TWAM ref. DX1388/1). This set is our selection of the best mugshots taken during the First World War. They have been chosen because of the sharpness and general quality of the images. The album doesn’t record the details of each prisoner’s crimes, just their names and dates of arrest.
In order to discover the stories behind the mugshots, staff from Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums visited North Shields Local Studies Library where they carefully searched through microfilm copies of the ‘Shields Daily News’ looking for newspaper reports of the court cases. The newspaper reports have been transcribed and added below each mugshot.
Combining these two separate records gives us a fascinating insight into life on the Home Front during the First World War. These images document the lives of people of different ages and backgrounds, both civilians and soldiers. Our purpose here is not to judge them but simply to reflect the realities of their time.
(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.
Nature paths suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs will wind you around a stunning, safe wetland habitat littered with pockets of woodland and wildflower meadows, and the friendly Kingfisher Tearooms is a great place to you recharge with friends and family. Hides allow you to get up close and personal with birds such as woodpeckers and kingfishers and during your wander you may also encounter mammals such as roe deer and hedgehogs. The ponds provide a home for newts, frogs and whirligig beetles with staff on hand to show you the best spots for pond dipping. The meadows during summer are full of butterflies including small tortoiseshell, in comparison to a snow laden winter where you may be lucky enough to spot our overwintering bitterns – this globally threatened species is a real highlight for any wildlife watcher.
Come summer vivid purple loosestrife and Southern marsh orchids provide plenty of colour.
The Potteric Carr Nature Reserve trail guide* is available to download below, which includes a map with all the hides and paths marked on so that you don't miss out any of the wonderful habitats and species during your visit. Also don't miss out on the Minibeast Totem Pole trail, which has a podcast put together by Pheasant Bank Academy.
For an idea of the geat array of wildlife that can be discovered on the nature reserve take a look at our latest sightings blog.
Please note we unfortunately do not allow dogs or bikes onto the reserve as they may disturb or harm our wonderful wildlife.
Volunteering at Potteric Carr
To find out more about how to get involved at Potteric Carr, including our regular practical conservation task days, please see our volunteering pages.
Education at Potteric Carr
Potteric Carr also offers a fantastic education programme, working with children, young people and adults to encourage a love and understanding of Yorkshire's amazing wildlife!
For more information about visiting Potteric Carr or getting involved in volunteering, send an email to potteric.carr@ywt.org.uk or call 01302 570077.
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Potteric Carr Nature Reserve offers a rich variety of wildlife education programmes for community groups and all key stage level classes from Early Years through to University level.
The activities held at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve aims to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to take an active interest in local wildlife and its conservation. We provide children, young people and adults with fun, relevant, high quality environmental education. Out of classroom learning on site offers fantastic opportunities for positive, progressive and participative learning.
For more information on the sessions available and costs associated please see our learning pages.
Email the Education Team for more information or call 01302 570077.
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As well as formal education programme, we also offer informal sessions for community groups including out of school groups such as Scouts and Guides, youth groups and school holiday clubs, and also for adult groups.
We're a learning destination for the Children's University!
Doncaster Children's University is a Study Support scheme offered by Doncaster College. Children taking part in the scheme can collect credits in a 'Passport to Learning' and work towards a 'National Award' by attending after school clubs or Learning Destinations.
Children's University Learning Destinations provide learning opportunities for children outside of school hours and out of the classroom! For more information about Doncaster Children's University and to find out where you can get a 'Passport to Learning', click here.
Come along to one of our events to get your passport stamped. Find out what events are coming up at Potteric Carr on our What's On pages.
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We offer a range of exciting activities for brownies, cubs, scouts, guides and other groups at Potteric Carr which can be linked to badge work or just for fun!
All activities can be tailored to meet your groups needs. Here are just a few of the sessions you can expect to enjoy at Potteric Carr.
Beneath the water
Pond dipping to capture, identify and study mini-beasts that live under water, before returning them to their natural environment.
Mini-beast madness
Searching, sorting and studying mini-beasts found in leaf litter, log piles or grassland areas.
Where am I?
Discover how to find your way around the Reserve using geography including a map game, and learn to draw simple maps with keys yourself.
A special place
A series of activities aimed at helping children appreciate the wonders of nature including sticky palettes, journey sticks, un-natural trails.
Bush Craft
Try your hand at traditional crafts and help make some wonderful items as well as learning about bushcraft and survival in the wild!
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust received funding from the BIG Lottery to develop a community pond dipping station - an exciting new resource for local community groups to use.
This project provides community groups with an outdoor classroom stocked with all the necessary equipment; ID guides, interpretation and information to ensure a memorable visit to the nature reserve. We also hope discovering the benefits of having a pond will inspire action in the community. Ponds may be small but they are an important part of our landscape and create hotspots for a huge range of wildlife. Making a pond is one of the best ways to quickly and easily attract a variety of wildlife into your own backyard, whilst also providing a fascinating resource for all
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Flutter By at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve started in March 2013 and aims to inspire all about our fascinating winged wildlife. Read on for more...
Generously funded through WREN, we have been able to create a new sensory garden and natural play area to be enjoyed by both the wildlife at Potteric Carr and most importantly you … our visitors!
WREN is a not for profit business that awards grants to community, environmental and heritage projects across the UK from funds donated by Waste Recycling Group (WRG) to the Landfill Communities Fund.
Peter Cox, managing director of WREN explains that "WREN is committed to funding projects that make a real difference to local communities, children and families. The Flutter By project will provide a fantastic space for local people to get outdoors and have some fun. We’re delighted to support Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to make this happen and look forward to the completion of the project in March 2013."
Invertebrates .... The basis of all ecosystems
7-spot ladybird - Credit Rachel ScopesWildflower meadows offer a diverse habitat rich in wildlife but this colourful landscape has been restricted in the UK due to change in land use and management since around the second world war. The decline in these habitats has been shown to have a negative effect on many invertebrate species, which in turn has caused noted declines in various other animals such as farmland birds and other small mammals. Invertebrate populations, ‘minibeasts’, play an important role in all ecosystems, by providing a service to both the environment and the species within it. Minibeasts not only provide an essential source of food for various animals, they also act as waste recyclers, pollinators and pest controllers and can be used to assess the ecological quality of a habitat. For these reasons the conservation of wildflower meadows are of increasing importance.
Flutter By
Flutter By, a component of The Connect Project, has been created to aid public engagement with the Humberhead Levels Nature Improvement Area (NIA), by building an area which can be use for exploration and learning. The old sensory garden at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, which at present can be found along the Dragonfly Trail has undergone a transformation as our team of staff, contractors and volunteers all got their hands dirty rebuilding a natural play space and butterfly garden.
The garden has been filled with wildflowers which will attract numerous invertebrate species, in turn encouraging other species of birds and mammals to take advantage of the increasingly diversified habitat on the nature reserve. Along with the creation of new habitats, a variety of natural play equipment was commissioned which has been built and designed with the minibeast theme in mind! To help you learn more about the importance of invertebrates within the ecosystem and make your visit to the garden even more enjoyable a minibeast audio trail has also been put together. This trail consists of a number of minibeast inspired totem poles, each with a downloadable podcast for you to listen to as you search the garden (see below).
In addition to the environmental benefits Flutter By will create, it gives you a chance to get involved in a project which will benefit conservation and your local community.
There are various ways to get involved in Flutter By, from helping with the construction of the Garden and activity station to attending training sessions to learn how to teach groups in your community.
Children's Events
We have many children's events running throughout the year, many of which take place in or around the Flutter By Garden. Find out what events are coming up at Potteric Carr on our What's On pages.
Corporate Workdays
Flutter By is an ongoing project which needs continuous maintenance; one of the ways in which you can help is by booking a corporate workday. Corporate workdays are a brilliant opportunity to develop better working relationships, spend a day out of your normal working environment and make a difference to your local wildlife! Find out more about corporate workdays by contacting Lizzie Dealey.
Community Leader Training
Community Leader Training events offer a great opportunity to community group leaders to learn about minibeasting activities. Click here to find out more.
Explore the mosaic of habitats and wonderfully diverse wildlife at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve by picking one of four trails, many of which are suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
The four routes are marked by coloured posts which include:
Dragonfly Trail - orange markers; 3 km lasting approx. 50 minutes
Expresso Trail - brown markers; 0.5 km lasting approx. 10 minutes
Railway Walk - red markers; 3 km lasting approx. 50 minutes
Wetland Walk - blue markers; 5 km lasting approx. 1 hour 10 minutes
All four routes cover approximately 8 km if you decide to make a day of it and take in the majority of the nature reserve. Please download the Potteric Carr Nature Reserve leaflet at the bottom of the page which shows all of the footpaths. On all routes you will come across several bird hides, the majority with ramp access. There is also a special iSpy leaflet to download for children, showing the Dragonfly Trail.
For a better view of the wildlife, stop in one of fourteen hides, which offer excellent vantage points.
After your walk be sure to stop in at the Kingfisher Tearooms for a cream tea or cake.
If you've brought along your children or grandchildren then don't miss out on the Discovery Room, open during weekends and in the school holidays and packed full with wildlife-themed books, games and crafts. Activity rucksacks are also available for our younger guests - ask at reception for more details.
We do ask that you keep to the footpaths so as not to disturb our wonderful wildlife, as conservation work is carried out in these areas. Please be aware that if crossing the railway you will need to be in possession of either your membership card or ticket.
We hope you enjoy the walks and don't forget to let us know of your wildlife sightings by adding them to our 'Potteric Carr Sightings' Blog in the left hand menu!
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Come take a browse in the shop at Potteric Carr, with merchandise to tempt all ages
There is something for everyone at the Potteric Carr shop - with binoculars, books, bird seed and much more it really is worth the stop! If you're after something in a hurry and haven't got time to pop down to the shop then why not take a look online.
Stockists of:
Zeiss
Opticron
Vine House Farm
CJ Wildlife
The Nuttery
Jacobi Jayne (Squirrel Busters)
Gardman
Email Richard Sykes or call on 01302 570077.
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Looking to visit Potteric Carr? Here is some useful information...
Opening Times:
Nature reserve: 9am - 5pm
Kingfisher Tearooms: 10am - 4pm (October - May) 10:30 am- 4:30pm (April - September)
Car parking: Locked at 5pm - if you would like to stay later, then arrive before 5pm and ask at the front desk
Open seven days a week (check website for Christmas closure times)
Prices:
Members of The Wildlife Trusts : Free
Adults: £4.00
Children: £2.00
Concessions: £2.50
Family: £7.50 (two adults & up to four under 16's)
No dogs or bikes please, they can disturb and harm our wonderful wildlife.
Address
Potteric Carr Nature Reserve
Sedum House
Mallard Way
Doncaster
DN4 8DB
Directions:
Coming from Doncaster take the White Rose Way (A6182), at the roundabout follow the directions for the M18. Potteric Carr Nature Reserve is signposted.
From the A1 (southbound) come off at Junction 35 for the M18, then take Junction 3 towards Doncaster and follow signs for the A6182 (White Rose Way). At the first set of lights you reach, turn right into Mallard Way. Park at Sedum House.
Nearest train station: Doncaster
For further information get in touch with us by calling 01302 570077 or by emailing potteric.carr@ywt.org.uk.
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Visit the Kingfisher Tearooms
No trip to Potteric Carr Nature Reserve is complete without a rest stop at the Kingfisher Tearooms, where quality home-made food produced from local ingredients is our top priority.
Join us at the Kingfisher Tearooms for a spot of cream tea or a mouth-wateringly delicious sandwich packed full of local ingredients.
A child-friendly menu is available and for those wanting to venture from the tearooms for their lunch a family picnic basket provides the perfect solution.
All of our food is lovingly prepared from scratch, using the freshest of ingredients, with gluten free options available.
Opening Times:
April 1st - October 1st: 10:30am - 4:30pm
October 2nd - March 31st: 10am - 4pm
For more information:
Email Bev Walker or call 01302 364152.
We would love to help you with any bespoke cake orders, just get in touch!
Thank you to Network Rail, Unipart Rail and Phoenix Mechanical Services Ltd who have sponsored the Kingfisher Tearooms
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust with the help of volunteers work to ensure the variety of habitats at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve are maintained.
Reed management at Potteric Carr Nature Reserve - Credit Jim HorsfallSome of this work involves reed cutting, this is carried out on a 10-year rotation with different blocks cut on each year of the cycle.
The grasslands are managed through a conservation grazing programme using Highland cattle and Hebridean sheep to allow the less competitive species to establish. Hay cutting also occurs in some areas to remove nutrients and improve the grassland for wildflowers.
In the woodland some areas are coppiced and other trees are thinned out to let more light through to the woodland floor and encourage woodland flowers to grow.
Footpaths and benches are also maintained to ensure guests enjoy a pleasant visit!
Regular volunteer days are held on site to help with the management of the wonderful habitats and species found here.
For more information call Potteric Carr on 01302 570077.
Someone committed arson and burned this lovely church down on May 20, 2017, just a handful of months after this photo was taken. I was looking forward to photographing it again. There is a long and complicated history of mistreatment of indigenous peoples in Canada, and the arson was possibly linked to that history. There is talk of rebuilding, but that is challenging due to changes in materials and workmanship over the years, and also that aforementioned history.
Committed to Rollei RPX 25 using a Mamiya 645 1000S and 80 mm f1.9 lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
Committed to Lomography Fantome using a Leica M6 and 35 mm Summicron v3 lens. Developed using Ars-Imago R9 (rodinal) 1:50 as per the suggested times and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust removal and further contrast adjustment in Photoshop.
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A deeply religious people committed to their Creed, the Mandalorian Forgemasters serve as priests to their people. Armor and weapons are part of the Mandalorian religion, none more sacred than Beskar. It is the hands of the Forgemasters that shape their most sacred steel.
The Forgemasters tend living as the Morticians tend to the dead, presiding over the day to day lives of their highly communal tribes and distributing supplies among members of the covert under the guidance of their principles of justice, merit, and equity.
The Mandalorians of Taris is now without their Forgemaster, slain in an honor duel with a claimant of the title of Mand'alor. Beloved and respected among the vode of the covert, his death sparks strong emotions among the Faithful that remain.
European court of human rights: Moscow responsible for murder of civilians, and looting and burning of homes
Russia committed a series of human rights violations during its war with Georgia in 2008, the European court of human rights ruled on Thursday, saying Moscow was responsible for the murder of Georgian civilians, and the looting and burning of their homes.
In a landmark judgment, the court said the Kremlin was guilty of unlawfully rounding up ethnic Georgians and their subsequent “inhuman and degrading treatment”. This included the torture of Georgian prisoners of war and the expulsion of Georgian villagers from their homes in South Ossetia.
The ruling comes 13 years after a bitter five-day August conflict between Russian forces and Georgian troops. The then Georgian government of Mikheil Saakashvili launched a doomed attempt to wrest back control of the Russian-backed breakaway territory of South Ossetia.
Russia responded with a full-scale invasion. It evicted Georgian forces, sent tanks into the country, and bombed civilian and military targets. In evidence presented to the Strasbourg court in 2018, Tbilisi accused Moscow of presiding over a “rampage” through Georgian villages inside South Ossetia and in a nearby buffer zone.
South Ossetian forces and local militia groups were responsible for many violations, including the execution of two Georgian soldiers taken prisoner and the beating to death of another, the court said. But it ruled Russia had effective control of the war zone once an EU-brokered ceasefire came into effect from 12 August 2008.
Amid international recriminations, Russia failed to investigate war crimes and systemic human rights abuses, the judges ruled. It further prevented the return of 20,000 Georgians who had previously lived inside South Ossetia, and whose villages were burned to the ground, they said. Nor did it cooperate with the proceedings, they added.
Georgia’s justice minister, Gocha Lordkipanidze, described the verdict of the court’s grand chamber as a “historic victory”. He said it upheld his country’s claim that Russian-occupied South Ossetia – or the Tskhinvali region, as he put it – was an integral part of Georgia, together with Abkhazia, another breakaway territory.
“The European court confirmed that these violations carried out by Russia amounted to ethnic cleansing of Georgians during the 2008 war,” Lordkipanidze declared.
The lawyer Ben Emmerson QC, who acted for Georgia, said the court’s decision to release its findings a day after Joe Biden’s inauguration in Washington was not a coincidence. Biden is set to take a tougher approach to Vladimir Putin than Donald Trump, he suggested.
“After years of delay, the ECHR seems to be finally taking a strong position against Russian human rights violations,” Emmerson said.
The Kremlin is likely to react furiously. It has argued that the court is biased and politicised. It accused Saakashvili of starting the conflict and said its role was that of an honest peacekeeper. The court on Thursday instructed both sides to make submissions about reparations.
Putin’s response could be consequential. In 2015, Moscow said it was on the brink of withdrawing from the European court of human rights, which has found against the Russian state on numerous occasions.
In a separate case last week judges ruled that Russia unlawfully annexed Crimea in 2014 and that the peninsula remains sovereign Ukrainian territory. In an interim finding they said there was prima facie evidence that Moscow had violated the rights of ethnic Ukrainians and Tatars in Crimea, with enforced disappearances and torture.
In its submission, the Georgian government said Russian planes carried out more than 100 attacks on Georgian targets over five days. There was overwhelming proof that Russian bombs were dropped on civilian areas, killing and injuring innocent people, it added. The evidence included witness statements, satellite footage, and video and phone intercepts.
Tbilisi said Russian troops poured into Georgia’s two breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia when the conflict erupted. Approximately 30,000 soldiers were deployed.
Before and after a ceasefire, Russian soldiers entered ethnic Georgian villages, sealing off entrances and exits, it alleged. Ossetian forces and other irregular soldiers then systematically burned down Georgian homes and entire villages, he said, adding that they carried out summary executions and threatened individuals with death if they refused to leave.
Georgia took its claim to Strasbourg the day after the hostilities stopped. In a hearing in 2018, Emmerson told the judges: “It is an open secret that Russia has been lobbying in public and in private for a favourable outcome, mumbling dark threats that it will de-ratify the European convention on human rights and starve the court of funding if the case goes against it.
“There is no middle ground in adjudicating this case. The evidence is all one way.”
More than 30 witnesses gave evidence. Their testimony covered the war’s most gruesome episodes: the alleged ethnic cleansing of 20,000 Georgian villagers living in or adjacent to South Ossetia, who were driven and burned out of their homes, a deadly rocket attack on the town of Gori, and the torture of prisoners.
An Iskander SS-26 rocket exploded in Gori’s central square on 12 August 2008, killing a Dutch journalist, Stan Storimans, and 11 other civilians, the court heard. Cluster marks at the scene and shrapnel recovered from the journalist’s body identified the rocket as Russian.
However, Russian military officials who gave evidence denied an attack had taken place. Instead, they suggested Georgia’s evidence was fake, or that the Georgian army had bombed its own people to falsely implicate Moscow.
www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/21/russia-human-rights...
[Once again I’m writing this for the committed photographer.]
Review: David Ulrich, “Zen Camera: Creative Awakening with a Daily Practice in Photography” (Watson-Guptill, 2018) 217 pages. creativeguide.com/zen-camera/
I do hope that Jim Williams from Canada www.flickr.com/photos/55920888@N08/ doesn’t mind my quoting a recent message from him:
“The way I shoot is very deliberate - almost a Zen exercise.”
I responded that this is exactly the way I like to work too and that indeed photography is my therapy. So I said that I would write a brief review of a book I still find a source of much inspiration.
“Zen Camera employs the camera for its most noble purpose: to learn to see what is.” (p.3)
David Ulrich teaches photography at the Pacific New Media Foundation in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This book is both an inspiration and a practical workbook. Ulrich believes that discipline is required in mastering the craft of photography. The principal discipline in this workbook is to photograph every day. Real progress is only possible he believes by taking 100 to 200 photographs a week following this advice:
“Give yourself the space and luxury of the pure enjoyment of taking pictures for their own sake. Refinement and completion come in their own time. Do not edit. Do not judge. Merely watch with interest what images arise.” (p.17)
Ulrich provides the reader with plenty of his own examples, but the work of many other historic and contemporary photographers is featured as well. He is a Zen Buddhist practitioner by conviction, but everyone can learn from his method. Ulrich has a lovely shot of the Tibetan Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard taken in Hong Kong. Ricard (a former leading French scientist and son of the famous French philosopher Jean-François Revel) also practices photography as a meditative discipline. www.matthieuricard.org/en/photographies
LESSON ONE: OBSERVATION
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” – Dorothea Lange (1895-1965).
I love that quote. Lange of course gave us some of the most powerful images of The Great Depression. She learned to see things that most other people couldn’t, and that is the essence of great photography. So we must begin by looking.
LESSON TWO: AWARENESS
Mindfulness and heightened awareness of the world around us are the two key elements of this lesson. Training our minds to be like a camera sensor soaking in the light (both real and metaphorical). Once again Ulrich quotes one of my favourite photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004):
“I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us which can mold us, but which can also be affected by us. A balance must be established between these two worlds – the one inside us and the one outside us. As the result of a constant reciprocal process, both these worlds come to form a single one. And it is this world that we must communicate.” - From “The Decisive Moment” – one of the most important books ever published on photography.
LESSON THREE: IDENTITY
“Know thyself.” – Socrates.
Here Ulrich deals with two important elements: Personal style and Authenticity. In order to communicate effectively we must find our own voice. But, it’s one voice within a community of voices (so history and context matters).
LESSON FOUR: PRACTICE
This is the central chapter of the book. All forms of success in art flow from its practice. Ulrich cites Malcolm Gladwell’s research that it takes about 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to gain mastery in a field. Nothing comes easily and one must pay their dues. This is not a popular message in a world of instant gratification. But then, that’s why our photographs are so quickly forgotten.
LESSON FIVE: MASTERY
“Freedom flourishes in a climate of discipline.” – David Ulrich.
It may seem counterintuitive, but true freedom always works within boundaries. The true “master of a discipline” can only push the boundaries once the fundamentals have been established. Two of my examples here: (1) Before ever Picasso became the master of Cubism, he had already mastered classical portraiture, and (2) Jazz musicians can only ever succeed in improvisation when they understand the rudiments of musical form.
LESSON SIX: PRESENCE
This is by far the most challenging chapter philosophically. I won’t go into detail here, but a few summary thoughts. Ulrich contrasts “spectacle” with “presence”. What do we mean by photographs with presence? We see plenty of spectacle in social media; in earlier days these sorts of pictures were referred to as “chocolate box”, but today they are probably over-processed spectacular sunsets with more than a little post-production fakery. They are made photographs to attract attention (something essential for social media success).
But “real presence”, that’s something much more difficult to achieve. It is central for instance to the Christian concept of a sacrament. Here the photograph is a representation of something ineffable behind it. You can’t quite define a photograph with presence, but you know when you see it. Try any number of Ansel Adams’ photographs. A mere landscape is somehow transformed into a meditation on the glories of nature with a minimum of darkroom fuss. The scene is spectacular, but only because the photograph reveals the TRUTH about the scene. We are brought face to face with the essence of Nature. The same with a great portrait: It reveals a truth about the character and personality of the sitter, in a way that a selfie doesn’t.
Annie Leibovitz www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQtXoseZMuo
For David Ulrich one of the keys to achieving “presence” in photography is to learn to pay attention. And this takes us back to mindfulness practice. Being awake, alive, attentive, observant, present!
It’s a great book with plenty of practical suggestions for exercises in moving beyond the snapshot to mastering the discipline of photography.
* Cover photos taken with the Leica D-Lux 7.
Committed to Lomography Fantome using a Leica M6 and 35 mm Summicron v3 lens. Developed using Ars-Imago R9 (rodinal) 1:50 as per the suggested times and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust removal and further contrast adjustment in Photoshop.
At this point, the bird in the image is committed to landing on the large branch in the forground. It had flown in from a launch point 100m or so off to my left front, during a photoshoot day at The Hawk Conservancy just outside Andover. You can see another member of the day's group already checking his shots in the upper left of the picture. I will admit it was a mistake on my part to have him in the image, but it gives great context and some sense of size.
The White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) is the least well-known vulture species in Africa. There has been no comprehensive study done of this species and, compared with other vultures, relatively little is known about its basic biology. Key features such as feeding ecology and factors affecting breeding performance remain poorly understood.
In 2007, the category of risk assigned to it by The World Conservation Union (IUCN) increased to ‘Vulnerable.’ This assessment incorporates recently reported severe declines in West Africa. These have exceeded 60% in protected areas, whilst the species has completely disappeared from rural areas.
In southern Africa the population was estimated to number 500 pairs in 1997 and has been revised more recently to 430 pairs in 2004. Zimbabwe holds a significant proportion of the regional breeding population, whilst in South Africa, the Kruger National Park and neighbouring conservation areas contain the largest population of White-Headed Vultures in South Africa. In southern Africa, the species is largely confined to conservation areas. - Hawkconservancy.org
It has a pink beak and a white crest, and the featherless areas on its head are pale. Its has dark brown upper parts and black tail feathers. The feathers on its lower parts and legs are white. It has a wingspan of 2m and spends a lot of time soaring looking for food. It roosts in tall trees near to water at night. - Wikipedia.
The Hawk Conservancy is helping to better understand these birds. Field sites are in South Africa (Kruger National Park) and Mozambique. Research efforts are focused on: habitat requirements; feeding ecology; specific relationships; and biology. Fundraising efforts raise money for supporting fieldworkers and research costs.
Committed to Kodak Ektar 100 using a Hasselblad 503 CX, with Zeiss 100 mm f3.5 lens and 55 mm extension ring. Developed with a C-41 kit from Ars-Imago and scanned using an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and levels done with Negative Lab Pro.
Committed to Ferrania P30 using a Leica M6 and 50 mm Summicron V3 lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
With my rediscovered interest in succulents and, in particular, photographing them, it was an obvious choice for me to pay the well-known Sukkulenten Sammlung (succulent collection) in Zurich a visit. It was actually high time for just that - I'd been hearing about it off and on for a few years already, but never managed to make it there. So on one fine Summer's day I packed up my 500C, extension rings and a handful of Fomapan 200 and set out to see what I could find.
Committed to Fomapan 200 using a Hasselblad 500C and 100 mm lens with a 56 mm extension ring. Developed using Ars-Imago R9 (rodinal) 1:25 as per the Massive Dev chart (though I think the listed times are too short and will be adding at least a minute to them in the future) and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust cleaning, sharpening and final contrast in Photoshop.
Dinosaur National Monument is a United States National Monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa Rivers. Although most of the monument area is in Moffat County, Colorado, the Dinosaur Quarry is located in Utah just to the north of the town of Jensen, Utah.
The nearest communities are Jensen, Utah, and Dinosaur, Colorado. The park contains over 800 paleontological sites and has fossils of dinosaurs including Allosaurus, Deinonychus, Abydosaurus (a nearly complete skull, lower jaws and first four neck vertebrae of the specimen DINO 16488 found here at the base of the Mussentuchit Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation is the holotype for the description) and various long-neck, long-tail sauropods. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915. In April 2019, the International Dark-Sky Association designated Dinosaur National Monument an International Dark Sky Park.
The rock layer enclosing the fossils is a sandstone and conglomerate bed of alluvial or river bed origin known as the Morrison Formation from the Jurassic Period some 150 million years old. The dinosaurs and other ancient animals were carried by the river system which eventually entombed their remains in Utah. The pile of sediments were later buried and lithified into solid rock. The layers of rock were later uplifted and tilted to their present angle by the mountain building forces that formed the Uintas during the Laramide orogeny. The relentless forces of erosion exposed the layers at the surface to be found by paleontologists.
The dinosaur fossil beds (bone beds) were discovered in 1909 by Earl Douglass, a paleontologist working and collecting for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. He and his crews excavated thousands of fossils and shipped them back to the museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for study and display. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the dinosaur beds as Dinosaur National Monument in 1915. The monument boundaries were expanded in 1938 from the original 80-acre (320,000 m2) tract surrounding the dinosaur quarry in Utah, to its present extent of over 200,000 acres (800 km²) in Utah and Colorado, encompassing the spectacular river canyons of the Green and Yampa.
The plans made by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on a ten-dam, billion dollar Colorado River Storage Project began to arouse opposition in the early 1950s when it was announced that one of the proposed dams would be at Echo Park, in the middle of Dinosaur National Monument. The controversy assumed major proportions, dominating conservation politics for years. David Brower, executive director of the Sierra Club, and Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society led an unprecedented nationwide campaign to preserve the free-flowing rivers and scenic canyons of the Green and Yampa Rivers. They argued that if a national monument was not safe from development, how could any wildland be kept intact? On the other side of the argument were powerful members of Congress from western states, who were committed to the project in order to secure water rights, obtain cheap hydroelectric power and develop reservoirs as tourist destinations. After much debate, Congress settled on a compromise that eliminated Echo Park Dam and authorized the rest of the project. The Colorado River Storage Project Act became law on April 11, 1956. It stated, "that no dam or reservoir constructed under the authorization of the Act shall be within any National Park or Monument." Historians view the Echo Park Dam controversy as signaling the start of an era that includes major conservationist political successes such as the Wilderness Act and the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
Those of you that follow my photography closely might recognise this tree - it has been the subject of my posts several times now. Visiting it a few days after the biggest snowfall we've had in years, I was shocked to find it too had fallen victim to the weight of Winter. Here I have portraited it with one of its massive limbs lying by its side, glowing in the last light before sunset.
Committed to expired Kodak Ektachrome 100 using a Hasselblad 503CX and 100 mm f3.5 lens. Developed using an E6 kit from Ars-Imago and scanned using an Epson V850 using Silverfast.
Committed to Ferrania P30 using a Leica M3 and 50 mm Summicron dual-range lens. Developed using Ars-Imago R9 (rodinal) 1:99 in a semi-stand process for 80 minutes and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
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Committed to Lomography Fantome using a Leica M6 and 35 mm Summicron v3 lens. Developed using Ars-Imago R9 (rodinal) 1:50 as per the suggested times and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust removal and further contrast adjustment in Photoshop.
Committed to Film Ferrania P30 using a Leica M6 and 50 mm Summicron V3 lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
Family Church is on mission to make disciples of Jesus in the places where we live, work and play. We are continuing a legacy of people committed to taking the gospel—the good news that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, was buried and raised from the dead—to the ends of the earth.
We were founded as the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach in 1901 when there were fewer than 1,000 people living in the city. A small group met first in a home, then in the city’s reading room and then in a donated building on Clematis Street. As the church grew, we changed location and acquired buildings and property to accommodate the growth. Our current downtown worship center was built in the year 1965. Over the years, buildings have come and gone but our church has reinvented herself to continue spreading the gospel in South Florida.
This mission is more important now than ever before. There are an estimated 1.4 million people in Palm Beach County and 96% of them remain unconnected to God and His church. When Pastor Jimmy Scroggins came as our Lead Pastor in 2008, he brought to us a vision to plant 100 neighborhood churches. We want to more effectively go out to reach people rather than expecting them to come to us.
We are growing as a multicultural, multigenerational and multisite church. The name “Family Church” incorporates this vision and has allowed us to plant campuses across Palm Beach County and beyond. Our church planting residency program trains bi-vocational campus pastors as well as other pastors and ministry leaders in areas such as worship, assimilation, adults, students, kids and operations. These men and women are planting churches all over South Florida—turning a vision into a reality.
Each Family Church campus has been launched by a group of courageous individuals who are willing to go and make disciples. God raised up our first church plant, Family Church Abacoa in October 2010, out of a partnership between Family Church Downtown and Central Baptist Church. Our first Spanish-speaking campus, Iglesia Familiar Downtown, was launched in January 2011 and expanded in April 2014 when we partnered with Centro Familiar Cristiano to form Iglesia Familiar Greenacres. We are intentionally reaching out to the fastest-growing demographic in our area — those whose heart language is Spanish.
Family Church West was launched in October 2013 to reach our western communities, and Family Church Sherbrooke joined them to the south in October 2014. Then in March 2015, believing they would be better together, Family Church Abacoa partnered with Palm Beach Community Church to become Family Church Gardens. Continuing to pursue the vision of planting 100 neighborhood churches, Family Church Gardens launched the first Family Church “grandbaby,” Family Church Jupiter, in October 2015. We all partnered with the Church in The Farms and Harvest Bible Chapel in October 2016 to launch Family Church in The Farms.
God is still writing our story. There is no master plan other than His. We constantly challenge each other to be His ambassadors, joining God in the work He is doing to reconcile broken people to Himself. At each campus, we are committed to teach the Bible, build families and love our neighbors. We are on mission to be the church OUT THERE, helping people discover and pursue God’s design.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
Committed to Ilford HP5+ using a Leica M3 and 50 mm Summilux ASPH lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
Committed to Ferrania P30 using a Leica M3 and 50 mm Summicron dual-range lens. Developed using Ars-Imago R9 (rodinal) 1:99 in a semi-stand process for 80 minutes and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
Committed to expired Fujifilm Provia 100 using a Konica Autoreflex T3 and 50 mm f1.4 lens. Developed using an E6 kit from Ars-Imago and scanned using an Epson V850 using Silverfast.
Committed to long expired Kodak Ektar 25 using a Konica Autoreflex T3 and 50 mm f1.4 lens. Developed using a C-41 kit from Ars-Imago and scanned using an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion, colour and levels done with Negative Lab Pro.
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. It's shocking how much violence it still committed against transgender people every year.
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The cemetery of Taormina has something singular, it contains stories that you do not imagine, when I go to visit my dear departed, I invariably extend the tour "of visits" to the old part, with the various niches located on a long "outdoor tunnel" with tombstones arranged on two wings facing each other, narrow and high, where people, entire families, stories of lives suddenly broken ... because many of these people-families perished under the bombing of Allies of Taormina on 9 July 1943 (the day of the Patron Saint San Pancrazio, who, for not having prevented such bombings on his feast day, was punished for many years, and was no longer celebrated; only recently the recurrence as patron saint has returned); I then go to find the grave of the German photographer Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden, who lies not far from his studio assistant, the photographer Gaetano D’Agata, who was also my great-grandfather; but ... almost as if it were an act of devotion ... I always go, invariably to lay a bouquet of flowers on the tomb of a Jewish family (I also take my children there, they must know and remember): there lies a mother with his three children, they, at the end of the ultimatum of the racial laws in the fascist period, decided to take their own lives all together, closely tied with a rope between them ... in the waters of Taormina, in that of Mazzarò beach.
For several years now, on the occasion of the anniversary for "the day of remembrance" of January 27, I recall on Flickr the tragedy that struck this unfortunate family; until recently I knew nothing about them, except the facts that led to their death: they took all four of them rowing on a boat, until they reached the bay of Mazzarò, they all tied themselves together, they stones in the pockets to weigh themselves down, and thus tied, were thrown into the deep waters near a rock off the coast called "Scogghia Longa" (translated from the Sicilian, High Rock).
Finally, after much research, I was able to find traces of their past lives, it was enlightening to find an online article of the site
"NewSicilia.it", which I report here (in addition to the link), also reporting some discrepancies that appeared in the article on the names and surnames, because it would be necessary to understand who made the mistake, if in transcribing the article, or who recorded the names on the tombstone, for example on the tomb one reads "Lindenfeld Elconorr", while the article talks about "Lindelfeld Eleonor", even the surname is slightly different, where is the mistake?
here the article, the Autor is Aurora Circià:
"Taormina, racial laws and suicide at sea: the story of the Kuerschner family"
TAORMINA - The extreme choice of suicide to escape those who wanted to have the will to decide their death. This is what the Kuerschner family did 81 years ago.
It was March 11, 1939 when 73-year-old Eleonor Lindelfeld and her three children Arthur, Eugene and Renèe, rented a rowboat in Mazzarò to get away from the shore and, offshore, put an end to their lives. They did this by throwing themselves into the water together, weighing their clothes with stones to make sure they wouldn't come back to the surface.
The "fault" of the Kuerschner family? Being Jewish.
For a few weeks, mother and children had been guests in the Flora hotel in Taormina. They tried to escape the racial laws and escape the cruelty of the Nazi and Fascist regimes. Right in their room, following the discovery of the tragic act made by the four, the police at the time claimed to have found a letter according to which the mother and children would have chosen suicide because they were tired of life because they were alone and without friends. A version denied by the letter dated 2 March 1939, which Arthur, a radio journalist expelled from Nazi Germany, had sent to a dear friend, to whom he had entrusted the real reasons for the painful decision taken by the family: "Today the time has come: we all four we will die voluntarily-involuntarily. The deep sea will welcome us more kindly than all the high governments of the countries around us. We will fill our pockets with stones, so as not to return to the surface. Our decision was made half a year ago. It was made easier for us by the awareness of having always led an honest life and happy to work, sometimes crowned with successes and never having done any harm to anyone ”.
The Kuerschners had moved to Germany after the end of the First World War, which Arthur had fought with the rank of captain on the Italian front: a feat that had earned him decorations and medals. In Berlin, having become a German citizen, Arthur had held an official role in the government radio station for 15 years. His life and that of his whole family were, however, turned upside down by the arrival of Adolf Hitler. Racial hatred, in fact, forced them to move to Austria, where they obtained citizenship. In 1938, however, the Austrian country also came under the aegis of the Nazi leader. It was at that point that the Hungarian Jewish family retreated to Italy, where Eugene had already found a job, active in the world of German cinema until the advent of Hitler.
In Italy, Eugene worked as a producer and supervisor on two films: “But it's not a serious thing” (1936), directed by Mario Camerini and the screenplay by Ercole Pattie and Mario Soldati, with Assia Noris and Vittorio De Sica; and “È tornato carnevale” (1937) directed by Raffaello Materazzo, with Armando Falconi and Mario Pisu.
Not even in Italy, however, the Kuerschner family was safe: the decree law of 7 September 1938 n.1381, in fact, provided that the foreign Jews present in the national territory would leave the country by 12 March 1939. It was thus that, on the eve of that ultimatum, mother and children put an end to their lives. The news of their tragic death was reported in the New York Times edition of March 23, 1939 by the Rome correspondent of the American newspaper.
Eleonor Lindelfeld, Arthur, Eugene and Renèe Kuerschner are buried in the non-Catholic section of the Taormina cemetery. On the plaque placed for their memory is engraved: “Under the rose garden we rest, we were placed there when the sad days correan for us poor Jews. We were welcomed to this golden island, we left our future at home. Tremendous is for the mother to choose death for himself and for her. The four of us went by boat, then one after the other we dived into the water. When they found us, the ropes still encircled the body ”.
post Scriptum
- the photo with the inscription "6,000,000 were few" I saw it made many years ago with a black spray can, next to the street name "alley of the Jews" of Taormina, when I was a 16 year old boy, the writing was from me made in post-production, to bring back what I saw in the image;
- see the story by Massimo Gramellini, Italian journalist, writer and TV presenter, who tells of what happens a few kilometers from the borders of Italy, of which I report the link (At 01:20:09 - on a total of the broadcast lasting 01:24:35 - Gramellini in memory of the "day of remembrance of January 27", to remember the victims of the Shoa: Gramellini tells of a tragic event (an event that is a symbol of who knows what unknown tragedies) 400 km from the border Italian, happened to "Ali the crazy".
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Il cimitero di Taormina ha qualcosa di singolare, vi sono racchiuse al suo interno storie che non ti immagini, quando vado a trovare i miei cari defunti, immancabilmente allargo il giro “delle visite” alla parte vecchia, coi vari loculi situati su di un lungo "tunnel all'aperto" con le lapidi disposte su due ali tra loro affacciate, strette ed alte, ove giacciono persone, intere famiglie, storie di vite spezzate all'improvviso...perchè moltissime di queste persone-famiglie perirono sotto i bombardamenti avvenuti a Taormina, da parte degli aerei Alleati, il 9 luglio 1943 (giorno del Santo Patrono San Pancrazio, il quale santo, per non aver impedito, proprio il giorno della sua festa tali bombardamenti, per tantissimi anni fu messo in castigo, e non fu più festeggiato; solo da poco si è tornati a celebrarne la ricorrenza come Santo Patrono); vado poi a trovare la tomba del fotografo tedesco, il barone Wilhelm von Gloeden, che giace a poca distanza dalla tomba del suo aiutante di studio, il fotografo siciliano Gaetano D’Agata, il quale era pure il mio bisnonno; ma…quasi fosse un atto di devozione...vado sempre, immancabilmente a deporre un mazzolino di fiori sulla tomba di una famiglia di ebrei (ci porto anche i miei figli, loro devono sapere, e ricordare): li giace una madre insieme ai suoi tre figli, essi, allo scadere dell'ultimatum delle leggi razziali nel periodo fascista, decisero di togliersi la vita tutti insieme, strettamente legati con una corda tra loro... nelle acque di Taormina, in quel di Mazzarò.
Sono diversi anni che, in occasione della ricorrenza per “il giorno della memoria” del 27 gennaio, rievoco su Flickr la tragedia che colpì questa sventurata famiglia; fino a poco tempo fa nulla sapevo di loro, tranne i fatti che portarono alla loro morte: si portarono tutti e quattro remando su di una barca, fino a giungere al largo della baia di Mazzarò, si legarono tutti tra di loro, si misero delle pietre nelle tasche per appesantirsi, e così legati, si gettarono nelle profonde acque in prossimità di uno scoglio al largo detto "Scogghia Longa" (trad. dal siciliano, Scoglio Alto).
Finalmente, dopo tante ricerche, sono riuscito a trovare traccia delle loro vite passate, illuminante è stato trovare un articolo online del sito "NewSicilia.it", che qui riporto integralmente (oltre al link), riportando anche alcune discrepanze apparse sull'articolo sui nomi e cognomi, perchè sarebbe da capire chi ha commesso l'errore, se nel trascrivere l'articolo, o chi ha inciso i nomi sulla lapide, ad esempio sulla tomba si legge "Lindenfeld Elconorr", mentre nell'articolo si parla di "Lindelfeld Eleonor", anche il cognome dei figli è lievemente differente, dove sta l'errore?
qui l'articolo, la cui Autrice è Aurora Circià :
“Taormina, le leggi razziali e il suicidio in mare: la storia della famiglia Kuerschner”
TAORMINA – La scelta estrema del suicidio per sottrarsi a chi voleva avere l’arbitrio di decidere della loro morte. È quella che 81 anni fa fece la famiglia Kuerschner.
Era l’11 marzo del 1939 quando la 73enne Eleonor Lindelfeld e i tre figli Arthur, Eugene e Renèe, affittarono una barca a remi a Mazzarò per allontanarsi dalla riva e, al largo, porre fine alle loro vite. Lo fecero gettandosi in acqua insieme, appesantendo i propri vestiti con delle pietre per assicurarsi che non sarebbero tornati in superficie.
La “colpa” della famiglia Kuerschner? Essere ebrea.
Da qualche settimana madre e figli erano ospiti nell’albergo taorminese Flora. Cercavano di sfuggire alle leggi razziali e sottrarsi alla crudeltà dei regimi nazista e fascista. Proprio nella loro stanza, in seguito alla scoperta del tragico gesto compiuto dai quattro, la polizia all’epoca sostenne di aver trovato una lettera secondo la quale la madre e figli avrebbero scelto il suicidio in quanto stanchi della vita perché soli e senza amici. Una versione smentita dalla lettera datata 2 marzo 1939, che Arthur, giornalista radiofonico espulso dalla Germania nazista, aveva inviato a un caro amico, al quale aveva affidato i reali motivi della dolorosa decisione presa dalla famiglia: “Oggi è arrivato il momento: noi tutti quattro moriremo volontariamente-involontariamente. Il mare profondo ci accoglierà in maniera più gentile che tutti gli alti governi dei paesi che ci circondano. Riempiremo le nostre tasche con pietre, per non ritornare più a galla. La nostra decisione è stata presa già mezzo anno fa. Ci è stata resa più semplice dalla coscienza di aver fatto una vita sempre onesta e contenti di lavorare, a volte coronata anche da successi e di non aver mai fatto a nessuno del male”.
I Kuerschner si erano trasferiti in Germania dopo la fine della Prima Guerra Mondiale, che Arthur aveva combattuto col grado di capitano sul fronte italiano: un’impresa che gli era valsa decorazioni e medaglie. A Berlino, diventato cittadino tedesco, Arthur aveva ricoperto per 15 anni un ruolo ufficiale nella stazione radiofonica governativa. La sua vita e quella di tutta la sua famiglia venne, però, stravolta dall’arrivo al potere di Adolf Hitler. L’odio razziale, infatti, li costrinse a trasferirsi in Austria, dove ottennero la cittadinanza. Nel 1938, però, anche il Paese austriaco finì sotto l’egida del capo nazista. Fu a quel punto che la famiglia ebrea ungherese ripiegò in Italia, dove aveva già trovato lavoro Eugene, attivo nel mondo del cinema tedesco fino all’avvento di Hitler.
Nel Bel Paese Eugene lavorò come produttore e supervisore a due film: “Ma non è una cosa seria” (1936), per la regia di Mario Camerini e la sceneggiatura di Ercole Pattie e Mario Soldati, con Assia Noris e Vittorio De Sica; ed “È tornato carnevale” (1937) diretto da Raffaello Materazzo, con Armando Falconi e Mario Pisu.
Nemmeno in Italia, però, la famiglia Kuerschner era al sicuro: il decreto legge del 7 settembre 1938 n.1381, infatti, prevedeva che gli ebrei stranieri presenti sul territorio nazionale abbandonassero il Paese entro il 12 marzo 1939. Fu così che, alla vigilia di quell’ultimatum, madre e figli misero fine alle loro vite. La notizia del loro tragico decesso venne riportata nell’edizione del New York Times del 23 marzo 1939 dal corrispondente da Roma del giornale americano.
Eleonor Lindelfeld, Arthur, Eugene e Renèe Kuerschner sono sepolti nella sezione acattolica del cimitero di Taormina. Sulla lapide posta per la loro memoria è inciso: “Sotto il roseto noi riposiamo, posti vi fummo quando i giorni tristi correan per noi miseri ebrei. Fummo accolti in quest’isola dorata, lasciammo in patria il nostro avvenire. Tremendo è per la madre sceglier la morte per sé e per i figli. In barca tutti e quattro andammo, poi uno dietro l’altro in acqua ci tuffammo. Quando ci ritrovarono, le corde ancora il corpo ci cingevano”.
Post Scriptum:
- la foto con la scritta "6.000.000 sono stati pochi" io la vidi molti anni fa, realizzata con una bomboletta spray nera, accanto il nome della via "vico ebrei" di Taormina, quando ero un ragazzino forse di 16 anni, la scritta è stata da me realizzata in post-produzione, per riportare in immagine quello che io vidi;
- vedi il racconto di Massimo Gramellini, giornalista, scrittore e conduttore televisivo italiano, che racconta di ciò che avviene a pochi chilometri dalle frontiere dell'Italia, del quale riporto il link (alla ora 01:20:09 - su di un totale della trasmissione della durata di 01:24:35 - Gramellini in ricordo della “giornata della memoria del 27 gennaio”, per ricordare le vittime della Shoa: Gramellini racconta un tragico evento (avvenimento simbolo di chissà quali tragedie non conosciute) a 400 km dal confine Italiano, accaduto ad “Alì il pazzo”.
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below a series of links, which refer to what I reported in the caption:
Massimo Gramellini: Le parole della settimana
Puntata del 23/01/2021 (da Rai Play):
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
- the journalist, writer, Massimo Gramellini tells of Ali il Pazzo's attempted escape to Italy, he will die from the wickedness suffered:
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
- the article, finally illuminating for me, searched for years without results, which shed light on who was the Jewish family that committed suicide in Taormina (autor, Aurora Circià):
newsicilia.it/messina/cultura/taormina-le-leggi-razziali-...
www.academia.edu/41751608/Taormina_le_Anti-Jewish_Reading...
www.prefettura.it/FILES/AllegatiPag/1157/pannelli_mostra.pdf
www.vaitaormina.com/taormina-longo-classe-1923-bombardame...
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qui sotto una serie di link, che fanno riferimento a quanto riportato da me in didascalia:
Massimo Gramellini: Le parole della settimana
Puntata del 23/01/2021 (da Rai Play):
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
www.raiplay.it/video/2021/01/Le-parole-della-settimana---...
- il giornalista, scrittore, Massimo Gramellini racconta del tentativo di fuga in Italia di Alì il Pazzo, morirà per le cattiverie subite:
Massimo Gramellini, Le parole della settimana
Puntata del 23/01/2021
- l'articolo, finalmente per me illuminante, ricercato per anni senza risultati, che ha fatto chiarezza su chi fosse la famiglia ebrea che si suicidò a Taormina (autrice, la giornalista Aurora Circià):
newsicilia.it/messina/cultura/taormina-le-leggi-razziali-...
www.academia.edu/41751608/Taormina_le_Leggi_antiebraiche_...
www.prefettura.it/FILES/AllegatiPag/1157/pannelli_mostra.pdf
www.vaitaormina.com/taormina-longo-classe-1923-bombardame...
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Eugenen Kurschner worked as a producer and supervisor on two films, one is the film “But it's not a serious thing or "But It's Nothing Serious” (1936), here a link of clip of the film,
But It's Nothing Serious (Ma non è una cosa seria):
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Committed to expired Fujifilm Superia 100 using a Leica M6 and 28 mm Summicron ASPH lens. Developed using a C-41 kit from Ars-Imago and scanned using an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion, colour and levels done with Negative Lab Pro.
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[9/365] Butterflies in my stomach.
I have committed to this Project 365 and I’m trying hard to take a creative new pictures. There are a lot of them but usually I reject the major part of them. It gives me butterflies… I’m only at day nine.
Picture is taken on The Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm. The butterflies where displayed between two narrow sheets of glass and gave this reflection effect.
Family Church is on mission to make disciples of Jesus in the places where we live, work and play. We are continuing a legacy of people committed to taking the gospel—the good news that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, was buried and raised from the dead—to the ends of the earth.
We were founded as the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach in 1901 when there were fewer than 1,000 people living in the city. A small group met first in a home, then in the city’s reading room and then in a donated building on Clematis Street. As the church grew, we changed location and acquired buildings and property to accommodate the growth. Our current downtown worship center was built in the year 1965. Over the years, buildings have come and gone but our church has reinvented herself to continue spreading the gospel in South Florida.
This mission is more important now than ever before. There are an estimated 1.4 million people in Palm Beach County and 96% of them remain unconnected to God and His church. When Pastor Jimmy Scroggins came as our Lead Pastor in 2008, he brought to us a vision to plant 100 neighborhood churches. We want to more effectively go out to reach people rather than expecting them to come to us.
We are growing as a multicultural, multigenerational and multisite church. The name “Family Church” incorporates this vision and has allowed us to plant campuses across Palm Beach County and beyond. Our church planting residency program trains bi-vocational campus pastors as well as other pastors and ministry leaders in areas such as worship, assimilation, adults, students, kids and operations. These men and women are planting churches all over South Florida—turning a vision into a reality.
Each Family Church campus has been launched by a group of courageous individuals who are willing to go and make disciples. God raised up our first church plant, Family Church Abacoa in October 2010, out of a partnership between Family Church Downtown and Central Baptist Church. Our first Spanish-speaking campus, Iglesia Familiar Downtown, was launched in January 2011 and expanded in April 2014 when we partnered with Centro Familiar Cristiano to form Iglesia Familiar Greenacres. We are intentionally reaching out to the fastest-growing demographic in our area — those whose heart language is Spanish.
Family Church West was launched in October 2013 to reach our western communities, and Family Church Sherbrooke joined them to the south in October 2014. Then in March 2015, believing they would be better together, Family Church Abacoa partnered with Palm Beach Community Church to become Family Church Gardens. Continuing to pursue the vision of planting 100 neighborhood churches, Family Church Gardens launched the first Family Church “grandbaby,” Family Church Jupiter, in October 2015. We all partnered with the Church in The Farms and Harvest Bible Chapel in October 2016 to launch Family Church in The Farms.
God is still writing our story. There is no master plan other than His. We constantly challenge each other to be His ambassadors, joining God in the work He is doing to reconcile broken people to Himself. At each campus, we are committed to teach the Bible, build families and love our neighbors. We are on mission to be the church OUT THERE, helping people discover and pursue God’s design.
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Clifford’s Tower is one of the best-loved landmarks in York. It is the largest remaining part of York Castle, once the centre of government for the north of England. The 11th-century timber tower on top of the earth mound was burned down in 1190, after York’s Jewish community, some 150 strong, was besieged here by a mob and committed mass suicide. The present 13th-century stone tower was probably used as a treasury and later as a prison.
Archaeological evidence shows that there was activity in this area in Roman times (with a Roman cemetery lying across the site) and perhaps even earlier, but it was William the Conqueror who first established a castle here. When he marched north in 1068 to suppress a rebellion against his rule, he built a series of castles as he went, including one here where Clifford’s Tower now stands.
The Norman motte-and-bailey castle saw several violent incidents during its earliest years, including further revolts and an attack by Danish invaders. As the political situation settled down in the 1070s, however, the damage of these early years was repaired, and the castle, built largely of earth and timber, probably survived relatively unaltered through most of the 12th century.
The Mass Suicide and Massacre of 1190
The castle of York was the setting for one of the most notorious events in English history: the mass suicide and massacre in March 1190 of York’s Jewish community.
Tensions between Christians and Jews had been increasing throughout England during the 12th century, partly because many people were in debt to Jewish moneylenders and partly because much crusading propaganda was directed not only against Muslims but also against Jews. Anti-Jewish riots in several cities followed the coronation of the crusader king Richard I in 1189, and a rumour (untrue) was put about that he had ordered a massacre of the Jews.
In York, as described by William of Newburgh and other contemporary chroniclers, about 150 people from the Jewish community were given protective custody in the royal castle, probably the site of Clifford’s Tower.
Somehow, though, trust between the royal officials and the Jews broke down. The officials, finding themselves shut out from the tower, summoned reinforcements to recapture it. These troops were joined by a large mob, which soon ran out of control, incited by both anti-Jewish preachers and local gentry eager to escape their debts.
On 16 March, the eve of the Sabbath before Passover, when the Jews realised that there would be no safe way out for them, a rabbi urged his fellow-inmates in the tower to commit suicide rather than fall into the hands of their persecutors. Heads of households killed their own families before killing themselves, and the wooden tower itself was set on fire.
According to several accounts a number of Jews did survive and came out of the tower under an amnesty, only to be murdered by the attackers. A plaque at the base of the mound, commemorating these events, was installed in 1978.
Though Jewish life did in fact revive in York within a few years of the massacre, it came to an end a hundred years later, in 1290, when Edward I expelled all Jews from England. This time their exile lasted until the 17th century.
The Medieval Castle
The tower burnt down in 1190 was rebuilt very shortly afterwards. Further repairs and rebuilding, some in stone, took place in the castle during the early 13th century. Then in the middle years of that century, as war with Scotland loomed, King Henry III decided to build a completely new stone tower on the mound.
A writ of March 1245 may refer to the construction of the tower. It orders Master Henry the mason and Master Simon the carpenter to advise the sheriff on strengthening the castle’s defences. Master Henry is often identified as Henry of Reyns, master mason of the new abbey at Westminster. At the abbey, as at Clifford’s Tower, English architectural detailing was applied to a plan influenced by French prototypes.
Documentary sources show that construction was intermittent and the tower was probably not finished until the 1270s, possibly not until the 1290s.
Despite the regional and national importance of York, its royal castle did not generally act as a royal residence. Together with Clifford’s Tower it was instead used chiefly for administrative purposes, notably for imprisonment, for storage and for judicial sessions. Occasionally it acted as a home for the Exchequer and its various treasuries when wars against the Scots caused the government to relocate to the north of England. It also housed an important royal mint.
The castle’s buildings, particularly Clifford’s Tower, whose mound was scoured by floods of the river Fosse, fell more than once into disrepair. By 1360, several of the structural defects which are visible today had already appeared.
The Tower in Decay
The history of the castle and Clifford’s Tower during the 15th and 16th centuries is obscure. Accounts of Henry VI, Richard III and Henry VIII suggest that several buildings were ruinous, and efforts were concentrated on maintaining a small number of them as gaols.[14] In 1540, just three years after Robert Aske (one of the leaders of the Pilgrimage of Grace) had been hanged ‘on the height of the castle dungeon’, John Leland wrote that the ‘arx is all in ruin’.
In 1596–7 a public scandal arose when the aldermen of York accused the gaoler, Robert Redhead, of trying to demolish the derelict tower and sell the stone for lime-burning. Contemporary correspondence about these events contains the first recorded use of the name ‘Clifford’s Tower’.
The name is sometimes interpreted as evidence that the Clifford family claimed the post of constable to be hereditary. Alternatively, it may refer to the rebel Roger de Clifford, who was executed after the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322 and whose body was displayed on a gibbet at the castle.
War and Explosion
After a brief period when Clifford’s Tower passed out of royal ownership, in 1643 it was occupied again by a royal garrison during the Civil War. The building was re-roofed and re-floored, apparently at the behest of Queen Henrietta Maria, creating storage rooms for ammunition and a gun platform on the roof. The forebuilding was largely reconstructed.
The city fell to Parliamentarians the following year. The tower continued to be occupied by a garrison of between 40 and 80 men and it may also have served occasionally as a prison. The Quaker George Fox was imprisoned here for two nights in 1665, on his way to Scarborough Castle.
The garrison’s dissolute behaviour caused discontent among the citizens of York, who called for the demolition of the tower, scathingly nicknamed ‘the Minced Pie’. On 23 April 1684 the interior was partly gutted by fire, allegedly as a result of the firing of a ceremonial salute for St George’s Day. Destruction was not total, though, and parts of the building remained in use for storage, while cannon were still positioned on the roof.
By 1699, however, when Clifford’s Tower was released to freeholders, sketches of the interior by Francis Place show that it was completely roofless.
Gaol and Monument
The 18th century was a period of changing ownership for the tower and mound. Clifford’s Tower was treated as a garden folly and possibly as a stable or cattle shed.
In marked contrast, the former bailey of the castle was redeveloped as a prison. New courthouses and gaol buildings were built, until in the 1820s and 1830s the prison encompassed the entire castle area. The mound and tower were enclosed and effectively hidden from view. Clifford’s Tower was accessible only with permission from a magistrate.
In 1902 a radical campaign of repairs and investigations was undertaken by Mr Basil Mott, including the partial reconstruction of the mound in an effort to underpin the south-east lobe of the tower with buried concrete ‘flying buttresses’. During these works, the most detailed archaeological investigation to date of the internal structure of the mound was carried out.
On 30 March 1915, Clifford’s Tower was taken into state guardianship. The structure was repaired and public access improved in 1935 with the demolition of the surviving 19th-century prison buildings, notably the wall enclosing the mound on its north and west sides. The lower parts of the slope were restored to their presumed medieval profile, and a stairway leading up to the forebuilding in a straight line was created, replacing a spiral path.
Bright sunshine on a beautiful Autumn day persuaded me to drive to Fraserburgh and re visit its magnificent fishing harbour for the first time in a few months, hence today Tuesday 13th November 2018 I visited and captured as many trawlers and scenes that I could, I had a great couple of hours.
Fraserburgh Harbour is situated in Aberdeenshire in the North East corner of Scotland and is ideally positioned for the fishing grounds of the North and East of Scotland, as well as being in close proximity to the North Sea oil and gas fields and the emerging offshore renewables market. The location also makes it well placed for trade with Scandinavia and the Baltic sea ports.
The Port caters and provides facilities for:
Safe Berthing with a 24 hour advisory service
Fishing, Cargo, Oil Related, Offshore Renewables and Ship Repair
Fuel, water, electricity, Stevedores available as required
Extensive local supply chain
Haulage - UK and Worldwide
Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners are committed to providing first class services to the fishing fleet. This commitment has been demonstrated over the years through deepening projects which have provided safe berthing facilities and two of the most up to date fish markets in the UK. Both markets, which are completely chilled, are capable of maintaining a temperature of +1ºC allowing landings of fish and nephrops over a 24 hour period, five days per week with the fish being kept in prime condition for the sales that take place at a later period. The markets cover 3100 square metres and can handle 6,000 boxes of fish daily. The very successful summer and autumn squid fishery takes place a few miles from the port and vessels often choose to land through Fraserburgh Fishmarket. A Wi-Fi internet connection was recently installed in the market and is available for all users.
The harbour houses a number of full time crab fishermen who operate throughout the year. The vast majority of crab landed is trucked to markets in England with the balance processed locally. Many of these smaller vessels also take part in the seasonal mackerel fishery with line mackerel also being landed and sold through the Fishmarket.
Fraserburgh Harbour is also home to a number of the large pelagic fishing vessels who class Fraserburgh Harbour as their “home” port. These vessels can be seen moored in the Balaclava basin between fishing seasons for mackerel, herring, blue whiting etc. The harbour and bay are designated and approved pelagic landing areas seeing large quantities of herring and mackerel landed during the season with demand coming from local processors as well as continental buyers. Catches can be landed direct into the Lunar Freezing factory, one of the most up to date and modernised processing factory in the country, which is located alongside the pier in the Balaclava Harbour. These catches can be landed either by lorry or by pipeline on specific berths straight into the factory.
The Harbour offers fresh water, shore power, waste disposal, oil reception facilities, etc all essential services for the fishing fleet.
Information on these can be obtained from the Harbour Office or from the Marine Watchtower.
Google and Wiki have the folowing info on this fine town.
Fraserburgh (/ˈfreɪzərbrə/; Scots: The Broch or Faithlie, Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2001 Census at 12,454 and estimated at 12,630 in 2006.
It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Aberdeen, and 17 miles (27 km) north of Peterhead. It is the biggest shellfish port in Europe, landing over 12,000 tonnes in 2008, and is also a major white fish port and busy commercial harbour.
History
The name of the town means, literally, 'burgh of Fraser', after the Fraser family that bought the lands of Philorth in 1504 and thereafter brought about major improvement due to investment over the next century. Fraserburgh became a burgh of barony in 1546. By 1570, the Fraser family had built a castle (Fraserburgh Castle) at Kinnaird's Head and within a year the area church was built. By the 1590s the area known as Faithlie was developing a small harbour.
In 1592, Faithlie was renamed Fraserburgh by a charter of the Crown under King James VI. Sir Alexander Fraser was given permission to improve and govern the town as Lord Saltoun. At present this title is still in existence and is held by Flora Fraser, 20th Lady Saltoun and head of Clan Fraser. The Royal Charter also gave permission to build a college and university in Fraserburgh allowing the Lord Saltoun to appoint a rector, a principal, a sub-principal, and all the professors for teaching the different sciences.
A grant from the Scottish Parliament in 1595 allowed the first college building to be erected by Alexander Fraser, and in 1597 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland recommended the Rev. Charles Ferme, then minister at the Old Parish, to be its first (and only) principal.
In 1601, Fraserburgh became a burgh of regality. The college, however, closed only a decade or so after Ferme's arrest on the orders of James VI for taking part in the 1605 General Assembly, being used again only for a short time in 1647 when King's College, Aberdeen temporarily relocated owing to an outbreak of plague. A plaque commemorating its existence may be seen on the exterior wall of the remains of the Alexandra Hotel in College Bounds.
Fraserburgh thereafter remained relatively quiet until 1787 when Fraserburgh Castle was converted to Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, Scotland's first mainland lighthouse. In 1803, the original 1571 church building was replaced and enlarged to seat 1000 people. The Auld Kirk was to be the standing authority in the town up until the 1840s.
The Statistical Account on the Parish of Fraserburgh, written between 1791–1799 (probably 1791) by Rev. Alexander Simpson of the Old Parish Church, shows that the population of Fraserburgh was growing with peaks due to seasonal employment. He records a population of about 2000 in 1780 of whom only 1000 resided in the town.
There was an additional population of 200 in the village of Broadsea. He makes a point of the arrival of Dr. Webster in Fraserburgh in 1755 claiming that the population then only stood at 1682. By the time the account was written the population had increased by 518 souls since 1755. Rev. Simpson also gives accounts of deaths, births and marriages. Between 1784-1791, he claims to have an average of 37 baptisms, 14 marriages and 19 deaths per year. The statistical account mentions activities with the harbour. He describes the harbour as small but good, telling that it had the capability to take vessels with '200 tons burden' at the time the account was written.
The account also mentions that Fraserburgh had tried and succeeded in shipbuilding especially after 1784. His account finishes speaking of a proposed enlargement of the harbour. He claims that the local people would willingly donate what they could afford but only if additional funding was provided by the Government and Royal Burghs.
The second statistical account, written as a follow up to the first of the 1790s, was written in January 1840 by Rev. John Cumming. He records population in 1791 as 2215 growing to only 2271 by 1811, but increasing massively to 2954 by 1831. He considered the herring fishing, which intensified in 1815, to be the most important reason for this population boom. By 1840 he writes that seamen were marrying early with 86 marriages and 60 births in the parish in the space of one year. On top of this increased population, he explains that the herring season seen an additional 1200 people working in the Parish. There is also mention of the prosperity of this trade bringing about an increase in general wealth with a change in both dress and diet. Cumming also records 37 illegitimate children from 1837–1840 although he keeps no record of death.
The prosperity of the economy also brought about improvement within the town with a considerable amount of new houses being built in the town. The people were gaining from the herring industry as in real terms rent fell by 6% from 1815 to 1840. Lord Saltoun was described as the predominant land owner earning £2266,13s,4d in rents.
This period also saw the extension of the harbour with a northern pier of 300 yards built between 1807–1812 and, in 1818, a southern pier built by Act of Parliament. Cumming states that no less than £30,000 was spent developing the harbour between 1807 and 1840 by which time the harbour held eight vessels of 45–155 tons and 220 boats of the herring fishery.
A railway station opened in 1865 and trains operated to Aberdeen via Maud and Dyce, as well as a short branch line to St. Combs. It was, however, closed to passengers in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts, though freight trains continued to operate until 1979, after which the station site was redeveloped. Currently, the closest operating station is Inverurie, 56 km (35 miles) away.
Climate[
Fraserburgh has a marine climate heavily influenced by its proximity to the sea. As such summer highs and winter lows are heavily moderated, with very mild winter temperatures for a location so far north. The differences between seasons are very narrow as a result, with February averaging highs of 6.7 °C (44.1 °F) and August 17.2 °C (63.0 °F).[6] As a result of its marine influence, there is significant seasonal lag, with September being milder than June and October has slightly milder nights than May, in spite of a massive difference of daylight. The climate is overcast and wet with 1351.8 hours of sunshine. Temperature extremes have ranged from 26.6.C (July 1995) down to -14.4.C (February 1991) 747.7 millimetres (29.44 in) of precipitation per annum.
Committed to Ilford HP5+ using a Leica M3 and 50 mm Summilux ASPH lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
Committed to Rollei RPX 25 using a Mamiya 645 1000S and 80 mm f1.9 lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro.
Returned home to find that my monitor had committed suicide, presumably because of the unbearable heat. While I'm waiting for a replacement, I'm making due with an ancient 19' monitor that had been banished to the basement.
Summer vacation this year was a two-night trip to the Fujigoko area around Mt. Fuji. Given Tokyo's traffic, I always figured traveling by car would be a nightmare, but with the navigation system it was very easy to get around without worrying about bus and train schedules. We managed to get everywhere we wanted with nary a traffic jam.
The weather in Tokyo had been awful leading into our departure, and I was worried that we might arrive and not be able to see Mt. Fuji. On Monday there was no hint of Mt Fuji behind the heavy, low clouds. Happily, the clouds (but not the haze) cleared up a bit on Tuesday and quite a bit more on Wednesday. We were up at 4:00 a.m. on both days, hoping to get a beautiful sunrise. It was totally overcast on Tuesday morning so we went back to bed, but you could see a ghostly outline on Wednesday morning. We hopped in the car and drove to the other side of Lake Kawaguchi and spent an hour and a half watching the morning develop. It was a lovely, quiet, peaceful way to begin the day.