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Discovered the other day that I’ve only ever taken a very small number of pictures of Chester Town Hall so with an hour free this morning I set out to try and capture this amazing building built back in 1869.
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This animal lives at Africa Alive at Kessingland in Suffolk.
Chapman's zebra is named after its discoverer James Chapman.
They differ from other zebras in that their stripes continue past their knees, and that they also have somewhat brown stripes in addition to the black and white stripes that are typically associated with zebras. Each zebra has its own unique stripe pattern that also includes shadow stripes.
In the wild Chapman's zebra live on average to 25 years of age, however they can live to be up to 38 years of age in captivity. Males usually weigh 600 to 800 lb. (270 to 360 kg) and stand 48 to 52 in. (120 to 130 cm) tall. Females weigh about 500 to 700 lb. (230 to 320 kg) and stand as tall as the males. Foals weigh 55 to 88 lb. (25 to 50 kg) at birth. Adult zebras can run at up to 35 mph (56 km/h) and have strong eyesight and hearing which are essential evolutionary.
Chapman's zebras are highly sociable animals that live in herds of up to tens of thousands of individuals. They are native to the savannah of north-east South Africa, north to Zimbabwe, west into Botswana, the Caprivi Strip in Namibia, and southern Angola.
They spend approximately 50% of the day grazing, largely on a diet of low quality grasses however they occasionally eat wild berries and other plants in order to increase their protein intake. They show a preference for short grasses, but unlike some other grazing animals they also eat long grasses. They tend not to stray too far from a water source as they frequently have to drink. Chapmam's zebras undertake a migration during the wet season to find fresh sources of food and to avoid lions, which are their primary predator.
The gestation period for Chapman's zebras is around 12 months, after which time the female will give birth to a single foal. The foal is quickly able to walk with the rest of the group which is essential for its survival, as it ensures that the mother doesn't have to leave it behind for the good of the other members of the herd. Foals are reliant on their mothers for sustenance for approximately the first 12 months of their lives as their teeth are unable to properly breakdown the tough grasses that the adults eat until the enamel has sufficiently worn away.
While not considered a threatened species, Chapman's zebras are extinct in Burundi and Lesotho, and possibly also in Somalia. Elsewhere there numbers have declined by 25% in recent years due to human activities, including farming, hunting, poaching, and droughts exacerbated by climate change. Human settlements also impact population sizes by interrupting migratory patterns and thus limiting the availability of dense food sources necessary for the sustenance of large herds.
There are many reasons to participate in Flickr I suppose, but sometimes I do wonder if I should. Now I'm only speaking for myself. I know none of you have such doubts. ;-)
One thing that has changed me however, is what can be seen in water. And this would not have occurred if I had not seen the posts of Wesbs. I now see what Wes sees. Or at least something close. When I took the shot above, it was when I stumbled across a fountain, and was immediately reminded of Wes's shots, and began "looking". This shot has only been slid for crop, brightness, contrast, saturation, and some touch up. It hasn't been "warped". This is what was really there.
To now appreciate beauty I did not observe before and to be able to appreciate it from this point forward, well, that is a gift. Thanks Wes.
Seen in Bradford on Avon is one of the 15 B7RLEs (and 3 Solars) that operate the Discover network. First 69506 BJ11XHY is seen having arrived from Bath and about to loop around the town.
“The way a child discovers the world constantly replicates the way science began. You start to notice what's around you, and you get very curious about how things work. How things interrelate. It's as simple as seeing a bug that intrigues you. You want to know where it goes at night; who its friends are; what it eats.” (David Cronenberg)
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This is, basically, a throwaway photograph. The subject matter is uninteresting and there's certainly nothing intriguing about how I took the shot. However, there are two very interesting aspects surrounding this photograph that speaks to something I've mentioned before in how Dona and I take pictures.
On this trip, Dona and I were purposed to find the tombstone of a famous bluegrass musician, Charlie Poole. His grave is in Rockingham County, a place Dona and I go to repeatedly looking for subjects to photograph. I looked up directions to the cemetery online and we set off.
When we got to Eden (Spray) and were following the electronic directions, we came to the end of the line only to discover that the cemetery was nowhere in sight. In our experiences, electronic maps are not as accurate as you would expect them to be. Frustrated, we started traveling the surrounding roads in hopes of coming across the cemetery. After several minutes, I was all for giving up and returning home. Dona, though, is not one to give up once she starts something. So, on we drove looking for the missing cemetery.
I've mentioned before on Flickr how the most interesting and meaningful photos Dona and I have ever taken were found when we became lost. There have also been times when we have searched for subjects we knew of but had no clear idea how to find. Then, all of a sudden, we would awkwardly stumble across our destination. We refer to this as being guided by unseen hands. It happens so frequently, more often than not, we purposefully get lost just to see where we'll end up and what we'll find. It almost always turns out to be we find subject matter we never knew existed.
On this trip, we decided to backtrack our route in hopes of finding a turnoff we might have missed the first time. We found a place to turn around, a church parking lot. Dona was in the process of turning the car around when in her rear view mirror she spied the sign in the photograph above. Immediately, she brought it to my attention. She parked the car and we walked across the road to explore the Old Spray Cemetery.
It appeared to be abandoned. The grave stones were broken and covered with weeds. I had to be careful where I stepped because the area was covered in brambles that tore at my pants.
I took my pictures and we left. Incidentally, we did go down the right street that led us to the cemetery where Charlie Poole was buried. But, that is not the story that I want to tell.
I belong to a Facebook group of people who lived in Spray at some point in their life. In the mid-sixties, the towns of Spray, Draper and Leaksville were combined into the city of Eden, North Carolina in Rockingham County. This group is comprised of older residents and past residents that post photos and memories of growing up in Spray.
I was curious about the Old Spray Cemetery. I had never heard of it before and had never read any comments about it in the group. So, I posted this photograph and asked if anyone knew the history of the place. Yes, people had heard of it. Some people had family buried there. But, over the years, the cemetery had been forgotten. Being a small, Southern community, honoring the dead and the resting place of the dead is an important thing. Immediately, comments were posted about how shameful the cemetery looked. Questions were asked whose responsibility the cemetery was. Someone contacted the City of Eden. They did not own the cemetery. No one claimed ownership. Over the next two or three weeks, the members of the Spray group started a campaign seeking volunteers to go into the cemetery to clean it up. Arrangements were made with the church across the street to allow parking for the volunteers. A date of November 10th is the date for the cleanup. A member of the group took the old sign down, painted it and replaced the letters. The new sign is back in place.
All of this came about as a result of Dona and I getting lost trying to find another grave in another cemetery. Judging from the comments I read on the group page, family members were reconnected to memories of passed family members buried here. And, I hope, the efforts of cleanup will be such that this little resting place of loved ones who have passed over will be restored as best as can be to a maintained cemetery.
It's funny how those who have passed on can remain with us in our memories and our hearts. I have an aunt that died in infancy and is buried in Danville, Virginia. No marker is on her grave. Over the years, I cannot determine if any family members ever visited her grave after moving to North Carolina shortly after Dorothy's death. Yet, for me, I often think of that small child in her forgotten grave in another state. Does she wonder why her family forgot her? I researched online and found the plot information to locate her grave in the cemetery where she is buried. I don't drive. It's been over two years since I got the info to locate her grave so I could stand where she rests and let her know not everyone forgot about her.
Some people think my interest in photographing cemeteries is disrespectful. Some people tell me the past and the people who inhabit it have no bearing on the present. I believe time is a continuum. Much like a river that travels from this place to that, it effects whatever it touches. What went before determines the present just as the present determines the future. I cannot and will not forget my Aunt Dorothy as it appears my family has. Dorothy may not have been around long. But, her death impacted my grandparents' lives more than anyone but them will ever know. No. I do not believe the dead should ever be forgotten.
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At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These award winning gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features 35,000 tulips. During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
Explored! #265 Jan 20, '09.
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Detail view of a cast from the sandstone slab imprinted with more than 70 dinosaur and mammal tracks that Ray Stanford, a local dinosaur track expert discovered at Goddard Space Flight Center in 2012.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth
According to my four-year-old granddaughter, this ancient stone tablet, dicovered by she and Grandma on their journey back from the frog pond, is laced with gold and inscribed with secret, mystical symbols that can make you invisible if you can crack the code. We're working on that now!
American postcard by Max B. Sheffer Card Co., Chicago (M.B.S.C.Co.). Photo: Realart. Mary Miles Minter in The Heart Specialist (Frank Urson, 1922).
Mary Miles Minter (1902-1984) was an American silent screen actress.
Mary Miles Minter was born Juliet Reilly in Shreveport as the daughter of Broadway actress Charlotte Shelby. Shelby himself wanted that Juliet and her older sister Margaret also became stage actresses. One night when there was no babysitter available Juliet accompanied her sister to an audition, was discovered and got her first stage role. In order to avoid the Child Labor Act, she used her cousin's passport and took the name "Mary Miles Minter". As a result, she debuted in film in 1912 and in 1915 got her first substantial lead in a feature, The Fairy and the Waif (Marie Hubert Frohmann, George Irving, 1915). With her innocent appearance, Soon after, she started to work for Metro Pictures, while in 1916 she moved on to Mutual Pictures - always playing the leads, despite her young age. In 1917 she moved to the American Film Company, where Henry King often directed here, and in 1918 she traded American for Paramount. Minter became popular and grew into the rival of Mary Pickford.
In 1919 Mary Miles Minter made her most famous film, Anne of Green Gables (presumably a lost film), with director William Desmond Taylor. The film became a huge success, as a result of which Taylor started to promote the actress so that she would grow into a legendary star. Eventually, she got into a relationship with the 30-year-old man. Several films with Minter in the lead were made by their newly founded production company Realart Pictures, but distributed by Paramount. Taylor initially directed her there, but after a few films, various other directors stepped in, such as Paul Powell and Joseph Henabery.
In 1922 Taylor was murdered in his house. Mary Miles Minter told in an interview in 1970 that she collapsed when she saw his body in the morgue. His death became a popular topic in the media and took place while Minter was in the prime of her career. The perpetrator could not be found and her mother Charlotte Shelby was long known as a suspect. In 1937, when the case was still unresolved, Minter demanded that she be given a prison sentence or that the case would be left alone. Eventually, it was announced in 1999 that Ella Margaret Gibson admitted on her deathbed in 1964 that she had committed the murder. Not much later she died of a heart attack.
After the death of Taylor, Mary Miles Minter made four more films for Paramount. Trail of the Lonesome Pine, her latest film, was released in 1923. After her contract was not renewed, she received many other offers, but she refused all because she said she was never happy during the times that she was an actress. Minter has told in interviews that she was much happier after her Hollywood years, although she was robbed in her own home in the 1970s and 1980s. She also sued her mother for all the money she had gained by filming and got a settlement out of court. Minter died of a stroke at the age of 82. All in all, she did some 55 films of which just a little over a fifth survives.
Sources: Wikipedia (English and Italian) and IMDb.
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The ARC trooper Groop and a 91st reconnaissance corps ARF trooper discover some thing on Geonosis. This is my February MOC!
Next month is my birthday and ill have a Courascant MOC.
Discovered under a grandstand at a fairgrounds in Canada in the 1970s
Particiapated in the Great America Race
Crevier Classic Car Company, Costa Mesa, California, USA
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Discovered in 1986 0n the bottom of the Sea of Galilee, this Roman-era baot has been dated to between 50 BC and 70 AD so was on the sea of galilee at time of Jesus Christ. 2019 "9-12 May" ISRAEL "gallilee boat" D750 boat timber wood dispaly Jesus Christ exhibition centre archaeologyPreserved and on display at the Yigal Alon Centre.
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Please discover the world behind the wildflowers in my eyes. Traipse through the wild, wild, world with me and discover I'm much more than you realize. I am not amused by petty things. I want to fall off the edge of the world and sink to the bottom of the ocean with you. We could have the best time doing the things that have never been done. If you got to know me you would soon realize what a whimsical humdinger of a girl I am.
Sorry for the little diary paragraph. haha.