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cant believe the town i grew up in and live in gets nailed...still in disbelief. Pray for Washington, IL!
Finally finished the first full-pack make-over of the year -tidy dogs for a few days then time to start again!
n 226. 6 May 1972.
Former Stockton Corporation Leyland PD2/Weymann LPT 201 at Teesside Municipal Transport's Stockton depot, ready for scrapping. It had served as a driver trainer for its last few years.
1. Leaves and squares pillow, 2. Curlicue Crush, 3. Axe head patchwork - cushion, 4. IMG_7127, 5. mutter_kind_graziela_04, 6. Beach-Huts, 7. Night and Day finished, 8. Kaleidoscope quilt for Riley, 9. DQS10 Received, 10. girl fox and forsythia, 11. candied hexagons, 12. DQS 10 Received, 13. mumbloo_04, 14. Starry Doll Quilt, 15. DQS 10 Completed Doll Quilt, 16. DQS10 Mary on Lake Pulaski, 17. Favorite little Quilt Swap- Mini Quilt Detail, 18. DQS10 Done, 19. DQS10 - Bendy Bloody Mary - Finished - Front, 20. Pincushion - Stitched, Patched and Quilted
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For weeks, I have been photographing the various trains in the Hunter slowly collecting all of them. One however, I had never seen- the Box Coal train. With todays trip, I had hoped that my card would have a picture of it at the end of the day, and when the train rounded the bend at Singleton, it was a fantastic sight. Here we see RL301, 864 and 872 leading the train under Range Road southbound
The Alhambra (/ælˈhæmbrə/; Spanish: [aˈlambɾa]; Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء [ʔælħæmˈɾˠɑːʔ], Al-Ḥamrā, lit. "The Red One"),[Note 1][Note 2] the complete Arabic form of which was Qalat Al-Hamra,[Note 3] is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It was originally constructed as a small fortress in AD 889 on the remains of Roman fortifications, and then largely ignored until its ruins were renovated and rebuilt in the mid-13th century by the Arab emir Mohammed ben Al-Ahmar of the Emirate of Granada, who built its current palace and walls. It was converted into a royal palace in 1333 by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada.[1] After the conclusion of the Christian Reconquista in 1492, the site became the Royal Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (where Christopher Columbus received royal endorsement for his expedition), and the palaces were partially altered in the Renaissance style. In 1526 Charles I & V commissioned a new Renaissance palace better befitting the Holy Roman Emperor in the revolutionary Mannerist style influenced by Humanist philosophy in direct juxtaposition with the Nasrid Andalusian architecture, but which was ultimately never completed due to Morisco rebellions in Granada.
Alhambra's late flowering of Islamic palaces were built for the last Muslim emirs in Spain during the decline of the Nasrid dynasty who were increasingly subject to the Christian Kings of Castile. After being allowed to fall into disrepair for centuries, the buildings occupied by squatters, Alhambra was rediscovered following the defeat of Napoleon, who had conducted retaliatory destruction of the site. The rediscoverers were first British intellectuals and then other north European Romantic travelers. It is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions, exhibiting the country's most significant and well-known Islamic architecture, together with 16th-century and later Christian building and garden interventions. The Alhambra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the inspiration for many songs and stories.[2]
Moorish poets described it as "a pearl set in emeralds," an allusion to the colour of its buildings and the woods around them.[3] The palace complex was designed with the mountainous site in mind and many forms of technology were considered. The park (Alameda de la Alhambra), which is overgrown with wildflowers and grass in the spring, was planted by the Moors with roses, oranges, and myrtles; its most characteristic feature, however, is the dense wood of English elms brought by the Duke of Wellington in 1812. The park has a multitude of nightingales and is usually filled with the sound of running water from several fountains and cascades. These are supplied through a conduit 8 km (5.0 mi) long, which is connected with the Darro at the monastery of Jesus del Valle above Granada.[4]
Despite long neglect, willful vandalism, and some ill-judged restoration, the Alhambra endures as an atypical example of Muslim art in its final European stages, relatively uninfluenced by the direct Byzantine influences found in the Mezquita of Córdoba. The majority of the palace buildings are quadrangular in plan, with all the rooms opening on to a central court, and the whole reached its present size simply by the gradual addition of new quadrangles, designed on the same principle, though varying in dimensions, and connected with each other by smaller rooms and passages. Alhambra was extended by the different Muslim rulers who lived in the complex. However, each new section that was added followed the consistent theme of "paradise on earth". Column arcades, fountains with running water, and reflecting pools were used to add to the aesthetic and functional complexity. In every case, the exterior was left plain and austere. Sun and wind were freely admitted. Blue, red, and a golden yellow, all somewhat faded through lapse of time and exposure, are the colors chiefly employed.[4]
The decoration consists for the upper part of the walls, as a rule, of Arabic inscriptions—mostly poems by Ibn Zamrak and others praising the palace—that are manipulated into geometrical patterns with vegetal background set onto an arabesque setting ("Ataurique"). Much of this ornament is carved stucco (plaster) rather than stone. Tile mosaics ("alicatado"), with complicated mathematical patterns ("tracería", most precisely "lacería"), are largely used as panelling for the lower part. Similar designs are displayed on wooden ceilings (Alfarje).[4] Muqarnas are the main elements for vaulting with stucco, and some of the most accomplished dome examples of this kind are in the Court of the Lions halls. The palace complex is designed in the Nasrid style, the last blooming of Islamic Art in the Iberian Peninsula, that had a great influence on the Maghreb to the present day, and on contemporary Mudejar Art, which is characteristic of western elements reinterpreted into Islamic forms and widely popular during the Reconquista in Spain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra
Ignore the gigantic eyes and eyelash-less lids! >.< This is her completed face-up though. Am pleased with it as it was my first try and I panicked at the size of her! ^_^
This picture is a better "overall" showing of the beautiful pinwheels. Maybe one day I'll make another of these samplers. I truly am grateful for everyone that participated and the encouragement that pushed me to complete this so quickly. Please see more at why-knot-kwilt.blogspot.com.
after a good bit of time, waiting for my stuff on bricklink, it has all finally arrived, and been built.
in my opinion, i'd like to get some with pinstripes to line the boiler, but even now so, the boiler feels pretty sturdy.
and i'd like to thank the main inspiration for this project, Carl, cheers for the eye candy on you flickr bud ;)
Finally having completed everything my friend asked for, the package is at last going out! Missy the pony, the unnamed fairy, and Cookie the Cheetah. (and the fairy's pet mouse and her blanket...)
Missy's the newest: a bit high end, always ready for a party, but she's also a teetotaler and won't "touch a drop," saying she has more fun having tea parties with little girls or dancing her heart out to just about any kind of music. This is good, because we don't know what kind of music her new home will have! Cookie mostly just wants snuggles. Much less demanding. The fairy is quiet. I think she's waiting to open up to her new young friend.
With a little careful adjustment the focusing is buttery-smooth! A great feature of using an acme screw rather than a traditional rack and pinion is that focus remains securely locked wherever you leave it. No additional knobs to tighten, just focus with the big knob and leave it - it will NOT move. There isn't even any backlash! Of course the drawer slides play a significant role in both the great extent and great stability of the focus movement. They do add some weight, but they sure work well.
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Scroll back to see fexplanation. These drawings are copyright Frances Wilson.
Orange Brutus socks
c/o 02/01/2018
Phloem by Rachel Coopey
small cuff - 68 sts
Zen String Serendipity Deep Orange
2.50mm (US 1.5 )
I will have to use a US 3 needle to cast on the second sock and continue with the US 1.5. The rest of the sock is stretchy enough, but the cast-on row is still a bit too tight on my leg.
This was shot a few days back before I removed all vallisneria on the left and planted HM + Hydrocotyle. Thinking of doing a rescape sometime as I got bored with this setup.
Completed on: 30th May, 2008
A rat rod named "The Reaper".
This is the first of my ~1/17 scale cars based on the Hot Rod / Rat Rod theme.
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(I chose not to remove the specks. I have added noise to the image, and thought the reflections added to that.)
Mosaic installed on the playground perimeter wall, where the pupils can look at and touch it every day - and they do!
Can you spot
1. frog spawn, tadpole and frog?
2. bird's egg in the nest, hatching chick?
3. caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly?
One of several villages completed destroyed during World War I, 1914-1918.
Haumont was originally settled around the first century AD, and evacuated in 1914, and completely destroyed in 1916.
1919 - After the war
Every year on the third Sunday in September, a mass in remembrance of our forebears is celebrated in the chapel followed by a ceremony at the monument to the dead in memory of our ancestors who lived in this place, our parents who lost everything "their homes and their land" in defence of the imperilled homeland, and the valiant soldiers who fell on the field of honour and lay buried in the ruins of our village. Those heroes gave their lives so that France might live free.
In 1920, Haumont and eight other villages were included in the "red zone" (some have come back to life and have inhabitants).
Building in Haumont was prohibited for the following reasons:
1° - the amount of unexploded ordnance still lying buried in the soil (it is still being found today);
2° - pollution of springs caused by dead bodies rotting in the ground (men and horses);
3° - soil contaminated by mustard gas and other pollutants.
In 1920, a three-member commission appointed by the prefect managed the village. They were invested with the full powers of a mayor and municipal councillors (law of 18/10/1919).
See www.cheminsdememoire.gouv.fr/page/affichelieu.php?idLieu=...
Coordinates: N49 16.339 E5 21.074
I was feeling pretty accomplished the other day when I finished the maintenance and upgrades. Now that DevilDuc is put back together and washed, I feel complete :-)
parts gathered from here and there and assembled into a nice machine for summer fun, all for $2K and around 16lbs.
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adrianatak: We'll put a powered up photo in the book.
daveshoemaker: If u really want to mess with their minds make that the back of a painting.
jacqbr: That's lovely. Do you sell your work?
adrianatak: @jacqbrist I do whatever has to be done to pay the rent.