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I expect you've all seen John Betjeman Goes By Train, a 1950s telly discourse on the charms of the branch line (since closed) along the Norfolk coast. During the film the great man avers that Hunstanton should be pronounced "Hunston" and Snettisham as "Snetchum". I'm a bit doubtful about this and, domiciled not far away for some nine years now, have never heard either place pronounced like this. Betjeman's daughter, Candida Lycett-Green, mentioned once that she suffered embarassment in later years because her father taught her as a girl that a well-known Bristol Channel resort was pronounced "Weston-super-Marry.
Anyway, on my few visits to Hunstanton I've never known the weather to be other than vile. Towards the end of the winter, on what seemed, in our back garden, quite a balmy day, we took our dog with us. The poor pooch, swaddled in his doggy overcoat, stood on the pebbles shivering in any icy blast straight from the fjords. On the occasion illustrated, in mid-June, rain slanted unrelentingly down from a sky like a clammy sheet. We took refuge in one of those pubs with a built-out glass structure wherein old-age pensioners tuck into their £6.50 three-course lunches and request glasses of "medium dry white wine" as an accompaniment.
So rather a joyless outing. I took the above during what promised to be a cessation of the rain, but soon proved a mere pause. A few dunlin sheltered in the lee of a groyne. Once we had ventured far from shelter the rain resumed with new tenacity. Having suffered some recent focus malfunctions with my autofocus Fuji GA645Zi ...I'll have to adapt my technique... I once more took up the same maker's GW690 II and used its smallest aperture, f32, to ensure front-to-back sharpness.
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Wasn't expecting to see these in Tenterden!, and these vehicles were on Route 12 to Maidstone and Mondays and Fridays 293 to and from Appledore.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
I really wasn't expecting to find vineyards in the south of Saudi Arabia, to be honest, but here they are in the wide wadi of Najran. The garpes, of course, are not used to make wine but to make sultanas, which are often added to rice to increase the flavour. There is always something wonderful about vineyards and they are so often to be found in the most beautiful parts of theworld. I will be expecting to see the first buds appearing on my grapevine when I get home (which I am now hoping will be on Wednesday),
Brad and Steph are awaiting the arrival of their third daughter. Should be any day now....
Strobist with Pentax 360 FGZ with silver umbrella to left, natural light from window on the right. Triggered with Cactus V2s. I didn't use much light from the flash because I didn't want to loose the feel of the natural light. I used just enough to fill in the shadows a tiny bit.
Blogged: www.scotthawker.com/blog/ladyhawker/2008/02/02/Have-strob...
”You did rather well against Cain. Better than I expected.”
”Try not to sound too sarcastic.”
”I’m not. You genuinely did better than I expected.”
”Oh?”
”I thought Cain would have killed you.”
”Well he wasn’t exactly friendly. The stab wound on my back would agree to that.”
”It’s a lesson. You’ll know never to allow your opponent to dictate the position of your body again.”
”AHHHH! Watch it will ya?”
”I can leave it to get infected if you really want.”
”No it’s just…”
”Sore? I’d hope so. Last thing I want is for Cain to be going easy on you.”
”Your concern is greatly apprecia…….ah Christ!”
”Stop being such a cry baby. Face the consequences of your actions.”
”I am!”
”I don’t just mean this wound. You also must confront what your actions caused that night in Crime alley.”
”I do. Every single day I open my eyes.”
”You dream about the life you might have had had you simply managed to sit through the show. The life you’ve always wanted. With them….”
”Leave them out of this.”
”It’s unavoidable. They’re part of you, and thus they can never be left in the past. No matter how desperately you attempt to bury their memory.”
”Stop talking about them.”
”Your inability to discuss them freely confirms my suspicions. Like most, you fear the consequences of your actions and rather than confront them, you choose to deny them.”
”I’m warning you Talia. Stop mentioning them.”
”Or what? You’ll lash out at me in anger? Run as you’ve always done? Or will you be a man and confront the consequences of your actions. Take responsibility for all that you have done.”
”There was nothing I could do.”
”There’s always something that can be done Bruce. You simply need the will to act.”
Despite my attempts to purge the memories of that night in Crime alley, it’s inescapable. Then again, the truth often is….
“Thomas are you sure we should be walking out the back door of the theatre? Surely we could just walk out the front door.”
“Yeah we could do Martha but it’ll take us five minutes to get to Alfred through the sea of press. This way he can pick us up at the end of the alley without being hounded by the press and we can get Bruce back to bed. He does have school tomorrow after all.”
“Well I don't like the look of this place. Stay close to me Bruce.”
“Alright Mom. But I think we’ll be all right. Father tends to know best after all.”
“Well I wouldn’t go that far, but he does know Gotham better than most people so I’m sure he knows what he’s doing. Come along.”
“Well, well. Looks like we’ve got the whole Wayne brigade out tonight!”
The figure remains hidden in the shadows but raises his right hand to reveal a gun. Mother panics and grabs hold of me. Father pulls out his wallet from his inside suit pocket and reaches into it before pulling out all the money he has.
“Pffft you think I can be bought off just like that? Sorry Wayne, but it’s not money I’m after. It’s vengeance.”
“Vengeance? What have I done to you? What has my family ever done to you?”
<“You’ve done a lot to me, even if you don’t want to admit it. Tommy.”
“Tommy?”
“Here’s a hint.”
Instinctively, I race forward and grab the robber’s hand before he has a chance to pull the trigger.
“Bruce!”
In the distance I hear Mother calling out to me but I’m transfixed on ensuring that I don’t let go of this guy’s hand. Almost immediately, my Father comes to my aid and punches our attacker in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Before the robber has a chance to make another move, I bite his hand causing him to drop the gun.
“AHHH! YOU LITTLE BASTARD!”
Immediately, he takes a swing towards me only to be greeted by my Father’s fist. Evidently it was a hell of a blow as the assailant collapses to the ground.
”Martha. Take Bruce. Get Alfred.”
“But Thomas…”
”JUST DO IT!”
Without another word, Mother follows Father’s instructions and grabs hold of my hand to lead me out of the alley way as Father picks up the gun.
Deep down, I dream of that scenario every night. Or at least, I tell myself that I do. What might have happened had I been willing to act. Would they have still died? Or would my life have changed for the better? Sadly, there’s no way that I’ll ever know. All I can do now is look forward and accept that I can’t change the past. But I can change the future. My future.
”If it wasn’t for me. They’d still be here.”
”It’s possible.”
”I know that they would be.”
”It’s a big world Bruce. You can’t stop it from taking lives.”
”No, but I could have stopped it had I not been born.”
”…You shouldn’t things like that?”
”Why? It’s true. The world would be a better place were it not for me. My father probably would have transformed Gotham into the perfect utopia he envision, my Mother would have eliminated poverty in Gotham and Alfred would probably be more than happy not having to raise an ungrateful little brat.”
”You really think the world would be better without you?”
”I don’t think it would be. I know it would be. I have nothing worth living for without them, at least if I’d died they would have had each. ”
Talia pauses for a moment, clearly uncertain about what she’s just unearthed within me. After a good few seconds though, she responds by lifting her blade from the nearby table and presenting the hilt to me.
”What are you doing?”
”If you really have nothing to live for. Why draw things out any longer?”
To say her response caught me by surprise would be an understatement. Talia had hardly been the living embodiment of friendship, but her willingness to allow me to take my own life caught me off guard. This wasn’t the first time I’d considered suicide. Hell I almost jumped off the roof of Wayne Manor hours after my parents were gunned down. But to see someone willing to indulge my desire threw everything in perspective.
As I grabbed the hilt of her blade and took a moment to inspect it, my mind was racing whilst trying to decide what action to take. Am I brave enough to take my own life? Is it that simple? Can I do it?.....Is it what I want?
My hesitation on performing the act says it all to Talia though, and she proceeds to slowly walk up to me and gently take the blade from me. Unable to move due to my indecision, I simply stand still and watch as she returns the blade to its spot on the table.
What comes next though is what shocks me the most.
Talia walks up to me, I fear she’s about to punish me for considering the coward’s way out.
Instead, she simply grabs hold my hands and looks straight into my eyes.
”We all have something to live for Bruce. For good or bad. Whether you want to admit it or not, there are people who would miss you if you were gone.”
With that, she kisses me on my left cheek.
Miraculous. I’d seen Talia gut men before my very eyes and be more than dismissive about my chances of survival under her father’s tuition, and yet in those few moments. I saw something beautiful. I saw the real Talia Al-Ghul.
”You’ll always matter here. Don’t ever forget that.”
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Happy Batman day everyone!
Dublin is Ireland's most popular port for cruise liners. In 2010 a total of 85 cruise vessels visited Dublin currently they visit at a rate of two or three per week. Smaller liners can come up the River Liffey close to the city centre while the larger vessels berth in Alexandra Quay, located 2kms from the city centre. Cruise ships expected in Dublin Port over the coming months are listed below.
MS Caribbean Princess is a modified Grand Class cruise ship owned and operated by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of over 3,600 passengers, the largest carrying capacity in the Princess fleet until June 2013 when the new Royal Princess, another Princess ship superseded its record. She has 900 balcony staterooms and a deck of mini-suites.
Caribbean Princess is slightly larger than the other ships in her class (Star Princess, Golden Princess, and Grand Princess), due to the addition of an additional deck of cabins called the Riviera deck. Another difference is that, being initially designed to cruise the Caribbean year-round, there is no sliding roof over the pool area for shelter in poor weather.
Expecting and nursing mothers require social protection but workers in the informal economy are often not covered. Maternity protection has been a primary concern of the ILO since its creation in 1919. Workplace support for mothers who are breastfeeding has been a basic provision of maternity protection. The Philippines expanded maternity leave benefits in 2019 to align with international labour standards. The ILO also promoted exclusive breastfeeding in the workplace to advance women’s rights to maternity protection and to improve nutrition security for Filipino children.
Photo : E. Tuyay / ILO
Date : 2011/11
Country : Philippines
Wasn't expecting to see this in Dover today, and this vehicle had brought School Groups to the Dover Museum, and this awfull shot was the best I could do of this vehicle, due to not being able to find where it was hiding from me, and the sun being out, and my atempts at better shots round the corner were ruined by cars and camera problems.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
I wouldn't normally expect to find a bargain price model at the LT Museum, but did well on this Britbus model of MBA 582! This is the representative of the class that is preserved at the Acton Depot. The Merlins and later Swifts were not particularly successful in London. The fact that the rear engines were more remote from the driver; the 36' length was considerably bigger than previous vehicles caused difficulties. However perhaps the most successful sphere of operation was on the central London Red Arrow routes, where they began and ended their career. The model is shown here in my small garage diorama built from Kingsway Models card parts.
I know nobody should expect tourist tat to represent historically verifiable truths, but I'd like to put the record straight on this one.
It's not just that the seal displayed is not the seal of the university.
The shirt says says "University City" and "MCXCVI", which is 1196, giving the distinct impression that it was Heidelberg university that was established in that year.
Not so.
It is the city of Heidelberg that was founded in 1196. That's nice, but Trier was founded in 16 BCE, Mainz in 15 BCE, Wiesbaden around 15 CE, Speyer in 150 CE. To name but a few cities in the vicinity, and we are talking about over a thousand years of age difference. .
So firstly: Hey Heidelberg, 1196 isn't that old. And secondly: that's the founding of the city, not the university. That was founded in 1386, almost 200 years later that what this sweatshirt appears to imply.
1386 still makes it the oldest university in Germany, but Oxford (1096), the Sorbonne in Paris (1200), Cambridge (1209) are centuries older.
Please keep that in mind before you buy an overpriced shirt.
That said, when you walk through the various campus locations in Heidelberg, especially at Neuenheimer Feld, it certainly looks and feels like a hotshot place of science and research.
If you want bona fide Heidelberg University merch with the correct seal and year on it, and probably at better quality and a lower price than in some tourist trap, then please check out the university shop.
It's dinner time at the Somersleys' home.
Jania eats her nuggets and drinks some milk while singing ABCs.
As I began to scroll down Instagram while attempting to eat, but I start to get nauseous and very bad headache has came on... Thinks to self "hmm it's kind of weird for the past couple of days around the same time I get like this..." Exits out of Instagram and clicks the calendar app and looks at the date. Gasps "I'm Late, c'mon Jania look like we have to make a store run."
Later... (in the bathroom) yells out "Jania sit on mommy's bed and play with your toys until I come out." Pulls out pregnancy test out of the box and reads the instructions, breathes "Here goes nothing" Waits 5 mins... Glances at the test "positive" 😳 grabs another test and repeats the process "positive" blinks "Okay one more time" "positive" whispers to self "I'm preg... I'm pregnant..." sheds a few tears "It's been a rough year and now I am blessed to bring another life onto the grid."
Jania runs into the bathroom with a sign that says 'Mommy is Pregnant' "How did you get that?" "Yaya gibes me its mommy" says Jania "Oh really? Well since yall just knew that I was pregnant let's take a picture."
Jania: Cheese!
To Be Continued.....
I never expected to be doing Moroccan henna on Indian woman at a Diwali party, but in NYC anything goes! The hostess made all the food which was delicious and her friends were all very cool and appreciative of the henna. Great day!
Wasn't expecting to see this passing through Dover today!, and this is not the best shot as this vehicle snuck up on me, and my atempts to get better shots near my house later on failed.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
This shot was taken in a parking garage under the garage light...an all natural light shot which is my fav.
Model: Meylys Swaby
MUA: Tracey Seymour
Concept Title: Expecting
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
I'm not dead.
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Sorry for the long absence. It may not yet be over, sadly; I still have some other projects on my plate, and desktop modding just isn't a priority. I have no intention of abandoning it entirely, however. There are still plenty of ideas that I want to play with, just don't expect a blitz for a while.
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Enigma
Anyone who's e-mailed me about Enigma deserves my deepest apologies. I'm doing my best to respond to as many of you as possible, but there are still hundreds of messages that have gone unanswered, some of them for months, and I feel terrible about that. If I ever run into some money, I'll hire an assistant to respond to them all. I know it's become cliché to say something like this, but it's humbling to see how passionate and genuinely appreciative you are, and I really have read each message.
Since interest clearly has yet to die, I'm making it a goal to release Enigma 3 by the end of the year. Rather than piling on with new functions, I want to keep the focus on making it easier to set up and use:
- As I've talked about in the past, my chief objective for this is to make Enigma part of a fully-developed Litestep theme. Beyond the eye candy, this would ideally let the user switch between skins, profiles and templates using shell-integrated controls. (For those who aren't interested in a shell replacement, don't worry - the package will still and always be available as a Rainmeter module.)
- Setting modesty aside for a moment, I believe a lot of Enigma's success comes from its detailed documentation and its (albeit crude) installer tool, which made it far more accessible to the average user. The only other Rainmeter suite I've seen with any such automation is Vista Rainbar. This has been a successful policy, and if possible, I hope to continue it by streamlining the installation of Litestep and the Enigma theme as much as possible.
- I realize the existing version has some problems that need fixing. The Location skin is still plagued by servers thinking it's a web crawler and cutting it off, so the search is still on for a permanent provider. I also realize that MoxaWeather is no longer working - this is the fault of Weather.com, who shut down the convenient XML feed that we've all been using. I know there are talks going on between Weather.com and the Rainmeter community, and they've asked that skin developers refrain from exploiting a well-known loophole to fix the problem until they've worked out a deal. I'm happy to oblige.
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Liquid Crystal Discourse
still exists, technically. I got to write one post, and then, naturally, Real Life™ swept in and buried it like a hurricane. I've heard from a few people who were disappointed about that, so I'm now reaffirming my commitment to the blog. My plan is to post at least once a week.
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Desktop
As you can tell, another reason I haven't posted in a while is that very little has changed. I'm no longer running Google Desktop, because, well, I don't use it anymore. Autohotkey, Rainmeter and Notepad pretty much joined forces to render it obsolete.
I'm really looking forward to Windows 7, which shall, I'm sure, initiate a new stage of evolution for my dear laptop.
See the notes for more trivia.
Theme:
- NOOTO VS. Requires patched uxtheme.dll - patcher here.
- Wallpaper: Remnants, by freelancah, resized and rotated.
Startups:
- Autohotkey.
- Launchy.
Programs running:
- Rainmeter. Skin: Enigma, customized with Amana Icons.
- Yod'm 3D 1.4.
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I need to get this off my chest.
I love churchcrawling, the visiting and photographing of churches, I have learned so much, met some wonderful people and seen some wonderful buildings and details.
But sadly, it's those places that you receive a less that welcoming reception that sticks in your memory.
The one place I wasn't welcomed before last weekend was Dartford, where the warden wasn't going to let me take photos.
Se did in the end, and was very happy as I pointed out things she didn't know.
Anyway, on to St Dunstan.
We arrived from East Peckham, with me not expecting the church to be open, but it was.
THere was a one way system marked out on the floor, but as we were the only ones there, we didn't follow it. Nor did I see a board with requirements for being masked.
About halfway through the visit, a warden came and hissed at us that we should be masked. This we dd willingly, but it was clear she was angry with us.
I carried on taking shots.
A second came in and complained that the gate to the porch was open, we were not the last ones to enter the church, but there you go.
And as we left, our welcome clearly at en end, the second complained about people visiting the church.
It was open.
She didn't say it loudly, but loud enough to hear.
Sad then that St Dunstan is in my top ten Kentish churches, so full of detail and delight.
And it is a delight.
As usual I had not read up on what I would see inside the church, so was stunned by the Geary Family Pew, now so elevated above the tomb it sits on, that those look down as if from a balcony.
Here too is a fine wall mounted memorial, with the two looking at each other through eternity, while above, hatchments fill the wooden roof.
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Saxo-Norman, with a good early double-splayed window on the south face of the tower. The church is small, dark and welcoming, dating in the greater part from the fourteenth century. The north chapel contains the private pew of the Geary family. When the burial vault beneath became full the floor of the pew was raised by 8 ft to provide more burial space, creating a solid-floored galleried pew! It is panelled and benched and appears to be of expensive construction although closer inspection reveals that it is made of cheap wood grained and painted to look like oak! On the ceiling of the pew is a good collection of hatchments, and the top of the earlier monuments, lost when the floor was raised, may still be seen. Behind the altar is a series of continental wooden statues representing the Twelve Apostles which were a twentieth century gift from Mereworth Castle. The chancel screen is also twentieth century in date, and although it is a good example of craftsmanship it is patently the wrong size - its loft is far too high for the medieval door opening that still survives in the north wall!
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=West+Peckham
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WEST, ALIAS LITTLE PECKHAM.
EASTWARD from Shipborne lies the parish of West, alias Little Peckham, called in Domesday, PECHEHAM, and in the Textus Roffensis, PECHAM.
It has the appellation of West Peckham, from its situation westward of Great, or East Peckham, and of Little, from its smallness in regard to that parish. They both probably had their name from their situation, peac signifying in Saxon, the peke, or summit of an hill, and ham, a village, or dwelling-place.
THE QUARRY STONE HILLS bound the northern side of this parish, consequently the whole of it is within the district of the Weald. The soil is in general a stiff clay, and in the lower or southern part of it where it is mostly pasture, it is very rich grazing land. The northern part adjoining to the hill is covered with those woods, commonly called the Herst woods, from which there are several fine springs of water, which extend over the eastern parts of this parish, where, near the boundary of it, next to Mereworth, is the village, with the church. The northern side of this parish is watered by the stream which flows hither from Plaxtool, and from hence into the Medway at Brandt-bridge, a little above Yaldham, having turned two corn-mills in its course within this parish. The seat of Hamptons, now almost in ruins, stands near the east side of this stream, in a wild gloomy situation, and at a small distance, that of Oxenhoath, an antient brick building, situated on a rise of ground, having a most extensive prospect over the Weald, and again to the hills north-eastward, the ground about it is finely wooded, and is the greatest part of it exceeding rich pasture.
There were antiently two parks in this parish, both of which were disparked at the time Lambarde wrote his Perambulation in 1570.
There is a fair held in this village yearly, on the 16th of June.
This parish, with others in this neighbourhood, was antiently bound to contribute to the repair of the fifth pier of Rochester bridge.
LITTLE PECKHAM before the conquest was in the possession of earl Leofwine, who as well as his brother, king Harold, lost their lives in the fatal battle of Hastings. After which William the Conqueror gave it to Odo, bishop of Baieux, his half-brother, whom he likewise made earl of Kent, under the general title of whose lands it is thus entered in the survey of Domesday, taken about the year 1080.
Corbin holds Pecheham of the bishop (of Baieux). It was taxed at two sulings; the arable land is six carucates. In demesne there is one, and twelve villeins, having five carucates, and eight borderers, and five servants, and three acres of meadow, wood for the pannage of ten bogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards, it was worth twelve pounds, now eight pounds, and yet it yields twelve pounds. The king has of this manor three dens, where four villeins dwell, and are worth forty shillings. Earl Leuin held it.
On the disgrace of the bishop of Baieux, about four years afterwards, this among the rest of his estates was confiscated to the crown.
In the reign of king John, the manor of West Peckham, then valued at fifteen pounds, was held in sergeantry, by a family of the name of Bendeville, by the service of bearing one of the king's goshawks, beyond sea, from the feast of St. Michael to that of the Purification, when the king demanded it, in lieu of all other services. Soon after which it came into the possession of a family who took their surname from it.
John de Peckham held it in the reign of king Henry III. and his descendant, John de Peckham, died possessed of it in the 21st year of king Edward I. holding it in capite, by the service above-mentioned. (fn. 1) Soon after which it passed into the possession of Robert Scarlet, who died possessed of it in the 33d year of that reign, but in the next of king Edward II. Adam at Broke was possessed of it. He died in the 11th year of it, both of them holding it in capite by the service mentioned above. And it appears, that in the latter year it was accounted a manor, and that there were here a capital messuage, pidgeon-house, rents of assize, and one hundred and eighty-four acres of land and wood.
His widow, Dionisia at Broke, died possessed of it in the 5th year of king Edward III. after which this manor seems to have been separated into moieties.
John de Mereworth, of Mereworth, died in the 39th year of that reign, possessed of a moiety of the manor of West Peckham, which he held of the king in capite, by the service before mentioned. Since which it has passed through the same tract of ownership that the manor of Mereworth has; as may be more fully seen hereafter in the description of it, and it is now, as well as that manor, in the possession of the right hon. Thomas Stapleton, lord le Despencer.
THE OTHER MOIETY of the manor of West Peckham, after the death of Dionisia at Broke, in the 5th year of king Edward III. came into the possession of Lionel, duke of Clarence, the king's third son, in right of his wife Elizabeth, sole daughter and heir of William de Burgh, earl of Ulster. She died in the 38th year of that reign, leaving by him an only daughter, Philippa, surviving her, who died in the 43d year of it, and the duke being then possessed of the moiety of this manor, which he held by the law of England, as of the inheritance of Elizabeth his late wife deceased, in capite by knight's service, Philippa, his daughter above-mentioned, then countess of March, was found to be his next heir. Upon which Edmund Mortimer, earl of March, her husband, had possession granted of it that year. Soon after which this moiety came into the possession of that branch of the family of Colepeper settled at Oxenhoath, in this parish, in which it remained till Sir John Colepeper, one of the judges of the common pleas, in the reign of king Henry IV. gave it to the knight's hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, in the 10th year of that reign, anno 1408.
They established a preceptory within this manor, which continued part of their possessions till the general dissolution of their hospital in the 32d year of king Henry VIII. when this order was suppressed by an act then specially passed for that purpose, and all their lands and revenues were given by it to the king and his heirs for ever. It was at that time stiled the Preceptory, or commandery of West Peckham, otherwise called the Chantry Magistrale. A preceptory or commandery, was a convenient mansion belonging to these knights, of which sort they had several on their different estates, in each of which they had a society of their brethren placed to take care of their lands and rents in that respective neighbourhood.
This manor of West Peckham, for so it was then stiled, together with the preceptory, was valued at the above dissolution at 63l. 6s. 8d. annual revenue, and sixty pounds clear income.
King Henry VIII. in his 33d year, granted the fee of this manor, with it appurtenances to Sir Robert Southwell, of Mereworth, to hold in capite by knight's service, and he in the 35th year of that reign, alienated it to Sir Edmund Walsingham. In which name and family this manor continued till the latter end of the reign of king Charles I. when Sir Thomas Walsingham, of Scadbury, (fn. 2) alienated it, with Yokes-place, and other estates in this neighbourhood, to his son in law, Mr. James Master, of Yokes, in the adjoining parish of Mereworth, Sir Tho. Walsingham having married the widow of Mr. Nathaniel Master, Mr. James Master's father; since which it has passed in like manner as that seat, into the possession of the right hon. George Bing, viscount Torrington, the present possessor of it.
HAMPTONS is a seat in this parish, situated at the western extremity of it, which, as well as the borough of that name, is accounted within the hundred and manor of Great Hoo, near Rochester. In the reign of queen Elizabeth it was in the possession of John Stanley, gent. who resided here, being the son of W. Stanley, gent. of Wilmington, whose grandfather, John Stanley, gent. was of Wilmington, in Lancashire, and bore for his arms, Argent, on a bend, azure, three bucks heads caboshed, or, a chief gules. And it appears, by an antient pedigree of the family of Stanley, well drawn with the several bearings of arms, now in the hands of William Dalison, esq. that the Stanleys of this county were descended of the eldest branch of that family, being the direct descendants of William de Stanley, lord of Stanley, in Staffordshire, and of Stourton, in the 10th year of king Richard II. the elder brother to John de Stanley, lieutenant of Ireland, who by the daughter and heir of Latham, of Lancashire, was ancestor to the Stanleys, earls of Derby, of the lords Montegle, and of those of Holte and Wever. (fn. 3) He died possessed of this seat in 1616, and his eldest son Thomas Stanley, esq. of Hamptons, dying in 1668, was buried in this church near his father. He left issue an only daughter and heir Frances, married to Maximilian Dalyson, esq. of Halling, who in her right became entitled to this seat, to which he removed on her father's death.
This family of Dalyson is of good account for its antiquity in this kingdom. William d'Alanzon, the first ancestor recorded of it, is said to have landed in this kingdom with William the Conqueror, whose direct descendant in the eighth generation, was of Laughton, in Lincolnshire, and first wrote himself Dalyson. His great grandson, William Dalyson, esq. of Laughton, was sheriff and escheator of Lincolnshire, and died in 1546, leaving two sons and three daughters; George Dalyson, the eldest son, was of Laughton, whose grandson, Sir Roger Dalyson, was lieutenant-general of the ordnance, and was created a baronet in 1611.
William Dalyson, the second son, represented the county of Lincoln in parliament in 1554, and was afterwards one of the judges of the king s bench, in the time of queen Mary, whose coat of arms, Gules, three crescents, or, a canton ermine, are still remaining in a window in Grays-inn chapel, and in another window is a like coat belonging to Charles Dalyson, anno 1660. He died in 1558, and was buried in Lincoln cathedral. He left four sons, of whom William, the eldest, will be mentioned hereafter, and Thomas was of Greetwell, in Lincolnshire, and was afterwards knighted. Lloyd in his memoirs says, Sir Thomas Dalyson, of Lancashire, lost his life for his loyalty at Nazeby, and 12,000l. in his estate, and that there were three colonels more of this name in the king's army, viz. Sir Charles Dalyson, Sir Robert Dalyson, and Sir William Dalyson, who spent 130,000l. therein, being men of great command in their country, and bringing the strength thereof to the king's assistance.
William Dalyson, the eldest son, on his marriage with Silvester, daughter of Robert Dene, gent. of Halling, in this county, in 1573 settled in this county, and resided at the bishop's palace, in Halling,' where he died in 1585, and was buried in Clerkenwell church. His widow afterwards married William Lambarde, gent. of Greenwich, our Kentish perambulator, and dying in 1587, was buried in Halling church, leaving issue by both her husbands.
Maximilian Dalyson, esq. the direct descendant of William Dalyson, by Silvester his wife, resided, in like manner as his ancestors had done at Halling, but having married Frances, only daughter and heir of Thomas Stanley, gent. of Hamptons, in this parish, as has been before related, on the death of her father, he removed thither, where he died in 1671, and was buried in this church, as was Frances his wife, who survived him, and died in 1684. They left two surviving sons, Thomas, of whom hereafter; and Charles, who was of Chatham, gent.
Thomas Dalyson, esq. the eldest son, of Hamptons, was twice married; first, to Susan, daughter of Sir Thomas Style, bart. of Watringbury; and secondly, to Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Twisden, bart. of Bradborne, by the latter of whom he had no issue. He died in 1636, leaving by his first wife a daughter Elizabeth, who married John Boys, esq. of Hode-court, in this county, and Tho. Dalyson, esq. who was of Plaxtool, where he resided during his father's life-time, and afterwards removed to Hamptons, where he died in 1741, and was buried in Plaxtool chapel, as were his several descendants.
He married first Jane, only daughter of Richard Etherington, gent. of Essex, by whom he left Mary, who died unmarried, and Jane, who married Sir Jeffery Amherst, of Riverhead, afterwards created lord Amherst. His second wife was Isabella, second daughter of Peter Burrell, esq. of Beckenham, who surviving him, died in 1762. By her he had William, of whom further mention will be made hereafter. Frances Isabella married to William Daniel Master, esq. of Mereworth, and Thomas Dalison, clerk, A. M. Wm. Dalison, esq. the eldest son, is the present possessor of Hamptons, but resides at Plaxtool, and is as yet unmarried.
The family of Dalyson, of Hamptons, has a right to quarter the arms of Stanley, and with them the coats of Hooton, Houghton, Grosvenor and Harrington; and with those of Dalyson, the coats of Elkinton, Greenfield, Dighton and Blesby.
THE BOROUGH OF OXENHOATH in this parish, is within the hundred and manor of Hoo, near Rochester, at the court of which a borsholder is appointed for this borough yearly.
THE MANOR OF OXENHOATH, alias Toxenhoath, is held of the manor of Great Hoo, by the service of the yearly payment of a pair of gilded spurs, but the payment of them has been forborne many years. It was in antient times part of the possessions of a branch of the family of Colepeper, or Culpeper, as they were called, and sometimes wrote themselves, in which it continued till it became part of the possessions of Sir John Colepeper, justice of common pleas, in the 7th year of king Henry IV. in the 10th year of which reign, he gave his manor of West Peckham to the knights hospitallers, as has been mentioned before. He resided at Oxenhoath, of which he died possessed in, or soon after, the 3d year of king Henry V. and was buried in this church with Katherine his wife, by whom he left Sir William Culpeper, of Oxenhoath, sheriff of this county in the 5th year of king Henry VI. whose son, Sir John Colepeper, likewise resided here. His son, Sir William Colepeper, was of Aylesford, and sheriff in the 5th year of king Henry VI. By his wife, daughter of Ferrers, of Groby, he had three sons; Sir Richard Colepeper, of Oxenhoath, William, of Preston-hall, in Aylesford; and Jeffry.
Sir Richard Colepeper was sheriff in the 11th year of king Edward IV. and died possessed of Oxenhoath, in the 2d year of king Richard III. leaving by Isabella, daughter and coheir of Otwell Worceley, of Stamworth, three daughters, his coheirs, Margaret, married to William Cotton, third son of Sir Thomas Cotton, of Landwade, in Cambridgeshire; Joyce, to the lord Edmund Howard, younger son of Thomas, duke of Norfolk; and Elizabeth, to Henry Barham, of Teston. (fn. 4) And on the division of their inheritance, this estate was allotted to William Cotton, in right of his wife Margaret. He resided here, bearing for his arms, Sable, a chevron between three griffins heads erased, argent. (fn. 5) He was succeeded by his son, Sir Thomas Cotton, who alienated this manor to John Chowne, gent. of Fairlawne, and his great grandson, Sir George Chowne, of Fairlawne, intending to confine his possessions within Sussex, passed away this manor to Nicholas Miller, esq. of Horsnells Crouch, in Wrotham, sheriff of this county in the 8th year of king Charles I. who bore for his arms, Ermine, a fess gules, between three griffins heads erased, azure. He died in 1640, and was buried in Wrotham church, leaving by Jane his wife, daughter of John Polley, esq. of Preston, two surviving sons, Nicholas of Oxenhoath, and Mathew of Buckland, in Surry, and several daughters.
His eldest surviving son, Sir Nicholas Miller, resided at Oxenhoath, which he greatly, augmented and beautified. He died in 1658, leaving four sons and four daughters surviving, of whom Humphry became his heir; and Nicholas, to whom his grandfather, Ni cholas Miller, bequeathed his family seat of Crouch, in Wrotham, and other estates. Humphry Miller, esq. the eldest son, succeeded his father in this manor and seat, where he resided, and in 1660, was created a baronet, and in 1666 was sheriff of this county, and kept his shrievalty at Oxenhoath. He died in 1709, leaving a son and heir, Borlase, and a daughter, Elizabeth, who will be mentioned hereafter.
Sir Borlase Miller, bart. was of Oxenhoath, of which he died possessed in 1714, s. p. leaving his wife, Susanna, daughter of Thomas Medley, esq. of Sussex, surviving. On which this estate came by survivorship to Elizabeth his sister, before-mentioned, then the wise of Leonard Bartholomew, esq. of Rochester, who afterwards resided at Oxenhoath, who served the office of sheriff in 1713, and bore for his arms, Or, three goats heads erased, sable. He died in 1720, being buried with Elizabeth his wife in this church, and leaving three sons, Philip, Leonard, and Humphry; the eldest of whom, Philip Bartholomew, esq. possessed and resided at Oxenhoath. He first married the only daughter and heir of Mr. John Knowe, gent. of Ford, in Wrotham; by whom he had two sons, Leonard, and John-Knowe-Bartholomew, the latter of whom died before his brother, without issue. He married secondly Mary, younger daughter of Alexander Thomas, esq. of Lamberhurst, by whom he had a daughter Mary, married to Francis Geary, esq.
Philip Bartholomew died in 1730, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Leonard Bartholomew, esq. who was of Oxenhoath. He died without issue in 1757, and by will gave Oxenhoath, with his other estates in this county, to the second son, then unborn, of Francis Geary, esq. of Polesdon, in Surry, afterwards admiral of the royal navy, and created a baronet on August 10, 1782, by Mary, his half sister abovementioned, in tail male, with remainder to the admi ral's eldest son, in like tail, remainder to the family of Beaumont, in Yorkshire.
His second son before mentioned was afterwards born and christened William, and his eldest brother having died unmarried, became his father's heir, and succeeded on his death in 1796, to the title of baronet, being the present Sir William Geary, bart. who resides at Oxenhoath, of which he is the present possessor. He is M. P. for this county, and at present unmarried. The arms of Geary are, Gules, two bars argent, on each three mascles of the first, a canton ermine.
Charities.
DAME MARY CHOWNE gave by will in 1619, to be distributed to the poor of this parish on Michaelmas day yearly, the sum of 40l. with which a house was bought, which is vested in trustees, and now of the annual produce of 40s.
THOMAS STANLEY, esq. gave by deed in 1637, to an aged married pair for life, or an antient widow, a house and land, vested in the churchwardens and overseers, and now of the annual produce of 1l 10s.
THE REV. SAMUEL COOKE gave by will in 1637, to ten poor persons of this parish yearly, on Lady-day, a sum of money, vested in the minister of this parish, and now of the annual produce of 5l.
NICHOLAS JAMES and THOMAS DUNMOLL gave by their several wills in 1695, 1705, and 1708, the sums of 20s. each, to be paid out of lands in this parish, and to be distributed to the poor on Christmas day, which sums are vested in the churchwardens and overseers, and now of the like annual produce.
MILDMAY, EARL OF WESTMORELAND, gave a field, containing two acres, to the inhabitants of this parish, for a sporting place and for a more commodious way to the church.
WEST OR LITTLE PECKHAM is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester and deanry of Malling.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Dunstan, is a small building, with a low pointed steeple.
King Edward I. in his 14th year, granted to the prior and convent of Ledis, in this county, the advowson of the church of Parva Pecham, to hold in free, pure, and perpetual alms; and he granted that they should hold it appropriated to their own use, whensoever they would, without any hindrance of him, his heirs and successors. (fn. 6)
In the 21st of the above reign, a quo warranto was brought before the justices itinerant against the prior and convent, to enquire by what right they possessed this church, then valued at forty pounds per annum, and formerly in the king's gift; and on their pleading the above grant, the jury gave it for them.
In the reign of king Edward III. the valuation of this church was, forty acres of the endowment of it, twenty shillings hay; twenty shillings tithe of pannage and herbage; ten shillings tithe of geese, calves, pigs, and mills; with oblations and other small tithes belonging to it.
Bishop Thomas de Brinton, by his instrument in 1387, the 11th year of king Richard II. granted licence to the prior and convent of Ledes to appropriate this church, then vacant and of their own patronage, to their own uses, saving a competent vicarage in it, the presentation of which should belong to them, which he ordained to consist of all small tithes, oblations, obventions, pannages, and all other things belonging to the altarage, except the tithe of hay itself of the parish wheresoever, excepting of twenty acres of meadow, then belonging to the earl of Gloucester, in the western part of the parish; the tithe of which twenty acres the vicar of the church for the time being, should take and have for ever. And that the vicars themselves should have the hall, with the chambers adjoining to it, and the garden, together with four acres of land, with the tithe arising from them, and two acres of wood of the demesne of the church, as they were bounded off; and also two shillings annual rent, which John, called le Kinge, of this parish, and his heirs, should pay to the vicars for ever, for land which he held of the fee of this church, together with the tithes arising from it; and that the vicars should take all tithes in the gardens of the whole parish, which were dug with the foot. But that the prior and convent should, for their portion, sustain all burthens, as well ordinary and extraordinary, happening to the church, saving the right, dignity and custom of his church of Rochester, and of all others.
The advowson and parsonage of West Peckham continued with the priory of Leeds till the time of its dissolution in the reign of king Henry VIII. when the same, together with all the lands and revenues of it, was surrendered into the king's hands, after which the king, by his dotation-charter, in his 33d year, settled this church of Peckham Parva, and the advowson of the vicarage, on his new-erected dean and chapter of Rochester, with whom they now remain.
On the intended dissolution of deans and chapters, after the death of king Charles I. the parsonage of Little Peckham was surveyed in 1649; when it appeared that it consisted of a barn, yard, &c. and twentyfive acres and an half of glebe land, of the improved rent of sixty pounds per annum; which premises were let anno 13 Charles I. to James, Elizabeth, and Duke Stonehouse, for the term of their lives, or the longest liver of them, by the dean and chapter of Rochester, at the yearly rent of six pounds. In which lease the advowson was excepted, and the lessess covenanted to repair the premises, and the chancel of the parish church. (fn. 7)
The present lessee of this parsonage, under the dean and chapter, is Sir William Geary, bart.
In the reign of queen Anne, the small tithes of this vicarage amounted to about twelve pounds per annum. It had then an augmentation of fourteen pounds per annum which had been given to it by the dean and chapter of Rochester about the year 1690. There was likewise a small augmentation to it from John Warner, bishop of Rochester, of about ten pounds per annum, but not fixed to it.
The vicarage is now a discharged living, of the clear yearly certified value of forty-five pounds, the yearly tenths of which are 14s. 7d.
¶In 1732 it was augmented by the governors of queen Anne's bounty, and by the benefactions of one hundred pounds per annum, from the trustees of Sir William Langhorne, bart. being part of his legacy towards the augmentation of small livings, and of 100l. 17s. 6d. by Henry Burville, vicar of this parish, with which, and fifty pounds, added by George Richards, the succeeding vicar, a farm of fifteen pounds a year was purchased in this neighbourhood. The vicarage, which is a handsome sashed brick house, situated near the church, was built by the bounty of Philip Bartholomew, esq. of Oxenhoath.
...to enjoy the most...
The strange feeling I had at this moment is impossible to describe... A mist of sadness, happiness, gratefulness...
This was the ending of a beautiful weekend...
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Don't expect to get this close to an Avocet at Arne. Lodmoor and Radipole downgraded to D status, i'm told. Bare minimum maintenance now, monies pumped into Arne.
A Woodpecker with a Roman Heritage
Not too long ago, while fixated on a Pileated Woodpecker, I was told, "Informed birders with an education say pill-lee-a-ted."
My reply: "If indeed they're informed and a bit educated, they'll expect me to say pie-lee-a-ted."
The number of consonants following a Latin vowel usually governs whether that vowel is pronounced long or short. This applies to Latin words incorporated into English. An example is "bill" derived from "billis", Medieval Latin for an itemized list, versus "bile" from Classical Latin "bilis", a liver secretion.
A Latin dictionary shows that "pileum" is an exceptional Latin noun, for it has two spellings: pileum and pilleum. Consequently, this noun has two pronunciations, depending on whether the "L" is single or double.
The "i" in pileum is long as in "ice" (pie).
The "i" in pilleum is short as in "is" (pill).
Now, it so happens that the American Ornithologist Union (AOU) has adopted the single "L" spelling, Dryocopus pileatus or Pileated Woodpecker--and not pilleatus nor Pilleated Woodpecker.
The adjective form of pileum is pile + atus.
The suffix -atus = "provided with".
In this case, the woodpecker is provided with a pileum or pileus.
And just what is a pileum? In pre-Christian Rome, a pileum was a pointed felt cap, fitting close to the head, worn at feasts, especially at those of Saturnalia.
Saturnalia was celebrated from the 17th to 23rd of December in honor of Saturn (Saturnus the sower), the Roman deity of agriculture. It was a period of continual partying and overturned social norms. Masters waited on their slaves who wore a pileum in recognition of their temporary freed status. Saturnalia was also the prototype, if not the origin, of our Christmas. Candles were lit, for Saturnalia was the festival of light that leads to the winter solstice, to be followed by the coming renewal of light and the new year. Presents were given. The 25th of December was the Birthday of the Sun, the source of light.
In ensuing Christian centuries, the pileum became the pileolus or "little pileum", the skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clerics. (One of the former book names for "Cardellina pusilla" was Pileolated Warbler or Wilson's Pileolated Warbler--take your pick.)
In my opinion, despite its rich etymology, "pileated" is too alien and too dry a word to serve as a vernacular name for such a spectacular North American endemic. In parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, country people still call it the "Indian-Head" on account of its red headdress and facial black-and-white war paint. A vibrant name, Indian-Head has deep roots that reach back to the days of homesteading the American frontier. Fortunately, the colorful names flicker and sapsucker have not suffered a purblind outcome by the academic-publishing business.
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The Pileated Woodpeckers of Macomb County
The Pileated Woodpecker is the source of passion within me. The world comes to a standstill when I see one. Therefore, I feel compelled to give my historical view about our local Pileateds where I reside in Macomb County.
I rode my bike the four miles to the J. L. Hudson Department Store at the Eastland Shopping Center in 1957, the year that it opened, and for the first time in my life, I entered a book store. I wasted no time and started looking at bird books. I had never seen the likes of a field guide. I opened a Peterson and went straight to the woodpecker plate. And there it was at the center of the plate, the bird of birds, within a ring of woodpeckers of lesser pedigree. Yes, I recognized royalty.
In those days the Flicker, the Downy, and the Red-headed were among the familiar backyard birds of St. Clair Shores. But this woodpecker was something else. I was instantly possessed. I just had to see this bird. Little did I know that my obsession was going to be lifelong. Being just a kid, I innocently expected to find a Pileated in one of the remaining woodlots of St. Clair Shores. After several years of fruitless searching, I bowed to the inevitable: this was going to be a bird of "Up North," a bird of the real woods, the kind of woods you can get lost in. .
For a while my Pileated Woodpecker experiences were limited to the St. Clair Shores library. I would open an old obsolete tome, Birds of America, and study a magnificent painting of a pair of Pileateds in courtship. Fuertes, the genius bird artist, had captured the vibrant energy of their heads and the majestic flash of their outstretched wings. This painting still haunts my eyes.
But I was restless. Why do you have to wait for a chance to go Up North?
Luckily, I had the support of three seasoned naturalists. I went to Thelma Sonnenberg, a lifetime resident of Mt. Clemens. She was one of the three founders of the Michigan Nature Association. (Initially known as the Macomb Nature Association.) She was old enough to be my grandmother. "Thelma, where are the nearest Pileateds?" She told me.
So I hitch-hiked up Gratiot Avenue to the Belle River bridge
in St. Clair County and started walking downstream on river ice until I could see the big white pines. Then I knew I was on McGary's Farm. When I encountered Mr. McGary, he was hauling some big oak logs up a slope with a team of horses. He was easily in his seventies. It turned out that Thelma and McGary knew each other for quite some time. He said that ever since he was a kid he saw Pileateds in the Belle River bottom. He gave me permission to wander his land whenever I wished. And I did. His property had beautiful timber. The feeding holes and ensuing wood chips on top of the fresh snow were evident. But, to actually see the birds--that was easier said than done. These birds were shy. It took a little more than a year.
In February 1964 I told Alice Kelley that Pileateds are still in the Belle River bottom. She was the second of the three seasoned naturalists who took an interest in me as a kid bird-watcher. Alice introduced me to the world of bird-book dealers, the history of bird art, the accurate taking of field notes, bird banding, and the Cranbrook Institute of Science with its eminent naturalist Walter Nickell. Alice was one of the authors of Birds of the Detroit-Windsor Area: A Ten-Year Survey (1963). She had incorporated into this work Thelma's 1953 Pileated sightings of Columbus Twp., St. Clair County. Evidently, Alice told some birders from Ann Arbor about my sightings. Consequently I guided them into the Belle River bottom and they saw a Pileated Woodpecker. It turned out to be a life bird for one of them. (I was amazed. There actually were university people who had never seen a Pileated Woodpecker? Something was wrong. Higher education could do better than that.) My sightings are the basis for Alice's continuing inclusion of Columbus Twp., St. Clair County, in her update: Birds of Southeastern Michigan and Southwestern Ontario (1978).
Thereafter I have seen Pileated Woodpecker in Columbus Township in sections 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and 33. My most recent sightings in that general area were on 10 December 2005 in sections 20 and 21, as well as on 21 December 2006 in section 2 of adjoining Casco Township. (I no longer roam this area like I used to.)
There is a story behind the Pileated Woodpeckers of New Baltimore, Macomb County, which brings me to the third naturalist mentor of my youth--my Uncle Clarence. He knew nature. He grew up at the tail end of an era that belonged to Ernest Thompson Seton, not to Peterson. He was at his best while tracking, trapping, fishing, and hunting. His father grew up in the 1880s and was the last of the big market hunters who brought in the cans, bluebills, redheads and butterballs. He took them down to the rich-man's restaurants in Detroit. The family, on the other hand, had to put up with the fishy-taste of sautéed saw-bills. In my uncle's world there also was high art--the carving of duck decoys--as well as the carving of any other kind of bird.
And yes, my Uncle Clarence had firsthand knowledge of many of our birds. Around 1966, he moved to Elsey Street on Lake St. Clair in New Baltimore, about one-half mile from the St. Clair County line. Whenever he wanted to wander through good woods, he just walked up the street and across State Highway 29. In 1968 he gave me the good news, "There are Pileated Woodpeckers in the woods." It did not take him long to show me one. And this was our little secret to enjoy: the New Baltimore Pileateds.
Sometime around 1950, Bertha Daubendick, a close friend of Thelma and a co-founder of the Michigan Nature Association, started the Anchor Bay Christmas Bird Count. After Bertha and Thelma had switched from bird-watching to habitat preservation, the Christmas Count died. That was too bad. It is one of the top two or three counts in our state. Then along came Martin Blagdurn in 1977. He revived the count and asked me to help out on a pre-count survey. Well, I knew that competitive Martin wanted every species that he could get. So, on December 3, I took him on a walk through the New Baltimore woods and the rest became Pileated history. That is how the word got out about the Pileated Woodpeckers of New Baltimore.
One of my better finds in Macomb County was the Pileated Woodpecker that spent December 1973 in the woods along Metropolitan Parkway just before Metropolitan Beach Metropark. My other Macomb County records are for Armada, Bruce, Richmond and Washington Townships, spanning from the late 60s to the present.
Yes, they are around, but they seem to prefer privacy. The best way to enter their strongholds is by canoe or on the winter ice.
Alan Ryff
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Date: 25th June 1942
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Expected express train delayed due to heavy snow.
Taken at Kitakata station.
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Expecting and nursing mothers require social protection but workers in the informal economy are often not covered. Maternity protection has been a primary concern of the ILO since its creation in 1919. Workplace support for mothers who are breastfeeding has been a basic provision of maternity protection.
The Philippines expanded maternity leave benefits in 2019 to align with international labour standards. The ILO also promoted exclusive breastfeeding in the workplace to advance women’s rights to maternity protection and to improve nutrition security for Filipino children. Know more: www.ilo.org/manila/projects/WCMS_379090/lang--en/index.htm
Photo ©ILO / E. Tuyay
November 2011
Manila, Philippines
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