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Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment.
Ellis Peters
Gosh, it's bright this morning. And I notice his mom dresses him like Clark Kent.
No, I haven't saturated those colours - for some reason everything is extremely bright.....
So I asked our little two-year old (after we had worked out that "chemistry" meant Christmas tree); what do you want for a Christmas present?
"My Christmas?"
Yes
"Santa?"
Yes. What must Santa bring you for a Christmas present?
"Ehm.... sweets. And eggs. And mushrooms. And meat," says he.
:-)
Sony Blu-ray Launch Nelmari Claassens Marketing Manager Sony Pictures SterKinekor Home Entertainment South Africa with MC Alex Jay.
This King of Swords has managed to rise so far above the Earth, he is totally separated from it. He can see everything with perfect clarity, and has little to bind his emotions when he makes decisions.
The King of Swords represents a good way to deal with a coparenting ex, or anyone who has done you wrong, who you may have done wrong, that you still have to interact with. Cool, cordial, not overly warm, fair, with no tinge of emotion. Fighting dirty can soil our wings, then we cannot soar as high as we are meant to.
This King of Swords is from The Whispering Tarot, lovingly self published by Elizabeth Hazel.
First time in some 20 years I've been way out here....
//Probably one of the most interesting lighthouses in Southern Africa is Roman Rock, the fifth oldest in South Africa, situated in False Bay at the entrance to the historical naval harbour of Simons Town.
But what makes this lighthouse so interesting is the fact that it is the only lighthouse on our coast to have been erected on a single offshore rock (and one of only a few worldwide) and it is completely surrounded by water. It is exposed at low water, while at high tide is covered completely.
The 14m circular cast-iron tower of the landmark is painted white with a white lantern house.
The lighthouse owes its existence to a Joseph Nourse Commodore, Royal Navy, Simons Town, who when writing to the Secretary General of the Admiralty in London, stressed the importance of the safety of His Majesty’s ships coming in to anchor at Simons Town at night.
But the proposed site for this lighthouse was not always to be Roman Rock, and from 1823 to 1853, three or four other possible sites were suggested. But in the end it was Roman Rock who won, despite the great costs of erecting it on this site.
The lighthouse was designed by Alexander Gordon of the British Lighthouse Authority.
The cost was to be between £3,000 and £3,500.
It took four years to complete the installation of the prefabricated cast iron tower, with only 96 working days of calm sea.
But on the 16 September 1861 the Roman Rock lighthouse shone its first light, and still remains today having defied the South-East gales and surging seas which have submerged it every summer for 160 years.
Construction was undertaken by the shipping community of Simons Town who felt the need of a light to be so great that they offered to build it if the colonial government would maintain it.
Stone was quarried from Seaforth beach, assembled there and numbered, before being ferried out to the site. The cast-iron segments of the tower itself were prefabricated in England, shipped out and then bolted together in-situ.
The base of the lighthouse is washed by waves even at low tides so the initial design allowed for a circular trench cut into the rock as the foundation and for the first three metres to be filled with concrete. Despite this cracks soon appeared and the structure was then strengthened with wrought-iron hoops.
However, with the structural integrity of the lighthouse in question, the colonial government would not assume control and the responsibility for manning the lighthouse until their engineers were satisfied with its construction.
The base was then further reinforced with a 4 ft. granite wall cladding of blocks estimated at 3 tonnes each and a granite and Portland cement fill. The lighthouse was then finally handed over to the department of public works on the 28 February 1867.
Roman Rock lighthouse keepers manned the light in 7 day shifts and were amongst the highest paid in the service on account of the light’s isolation. The first keeper, Mr. J. Williams eared £110 per annum and his assistants £95 per annum. In 1914, a gas powered light was installed and since then the lighthouse has been unmanned and in 1919 a fully automatic lighting system was installed.
Helicopters were introduced in the 1960s and the protruding gangway was used as a platform onto which the visiting technical personnel and equipment were lowered.
In 1992 the South African Navy asked for the lighthouse to be electrified as by now the bright lights of Simons Town and Kalk Bay over-shadowed it.
In March 1992 a four-core 25 mm submarine cable was laid to power the new rotating beacon to a candlepower of 147 656 CD with a range of twenty sea miles at a period of 1 flash every 6 seconds.
In 1994, a helipad was installed on top of a freestanding stainless steel tower on a separate protruding rock, and solar power replaced the mains supply. The solar modules were mounted on the 13m walkway linking the lighthouse and the helipad.
An automatic weather station was erected on the Roman Rock Lighthouse during April 2002.
This new facility provides for an ideal monitoring site of maritime air.
You can view a part of the 1914 mechanism on display at the Simon’s Town Museum.
Bookings can be made on 021 786 3046 / 073 936 3786 or email education@simonstownmuseum.co.za for more info.
— Source: capeofstormsdistillery.com/2021/04/18/the-roman-rock-ligh...
He started folding his arms recently; no doubt copying his mother when she lectures us.....
The comment here was: "Oh, no, it's raining again!"
Main Entry: deride
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make fun of; insult
Synonyms: banter, chaff, contemn, detract, dis, disdain, disparage, do a number on, dump on, flout, gibe, jeer, jolly, kid, knock, laugh at, lout, mock, pan, pooh-pooh*, put down*, quiz, rag*, rally, razz*, rib*, ridicule, roast*, scoff, scorn, slam, sneer, taunt, twit
Antonyms: commend, compliment, flatter, praise, revere
I'd be the first to admit that I'm not a fan of the iPhone (yet another phone to enrtich the carriers who charged 100% markups if not more), or even the iMac (Air, or otherwise - who cares, really).
But the iPad - well, that's something else entirely. I've always been a fan of tablet PCs, as clunky as they originally were - I owned one of the first Acer TravelMates and it was astounding. And I've played with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and the Dell, and the BlackBerry - and yes, well. Nice, but oh-so-chunky.
Then I was lucky enough to win an iPad 2 - against my better judgement, probably - and all I can say is "wow". IMHO it will take the rest many months, if not years, to catch up with what Steve Jobs did here, lack of flash memory and that odious iTunes notwithstanding.
It has changed my perception of what tablet computing should be all about, and in my own little, little way, I am glad that Mr Jobs' life was extended just to bring this little beauty to market - and to put the other players on their mark.
Plus to have a five-year-old who thinks this is the best thing since, well, disposable nappies. What can I say.
This is really just quite brilliant; turn your photographs into Polaroids, and no cumbersome or expensive Photoshop plug-ins or edits to mess with.
Shake it as it "develops" and see what happens.
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This is really just quite brilliant; turn your photographs into Polaroids, and no cumbersome or expensive Photoshop plug-ins or edits to mess with.
Shake it as it "develops" and see what happens.
Confused? Let me Explain What a CoParent Actually Is... :)
There are two meanings, a coparent can mean when two parents divorce or split up and then co-parent a child (look after a child living separately). Or it means when one party would like a child but is unable to conceive one in the conventional sense joins another party who want the same thing and can offer each other a solution and a chance to bring up and share in the conception of having a child together.
So for example a gay man or gay couple could have child with a lesbian and or her partner and a heterosexual couple who cannot conceive could have a child with a gay couple or gay single. The different ways it’s possible to co-parent list goes on!
It is a way for gay, lesbian or straight people who can’t conceive to have a child without using an anonymous sperm donor so the child can grow up knowing both it’s biological parents. Lots of people have done this through the ages with friends etc. In fact if you think of how humans were and have been in tribes and older cultures in western society we used to bring up children and families were larger, part of a village and large network where a child would be brought up by not just it’s parents, but the whole community, aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends etc etc
If you have any more questions regarding what a coparent is feel free to contact me any time!
Thanks
Gem :) mycoparenting.org/blog/co-parents/what-is-a-coparent/
Is it normal that everything he touches somehow turns into a gun?
Try viewing this on black with B l a c k M a g i c