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Green leather flats from Naturalizer. It's so icky and rainy today in the DC area that I wanted to wear something that wouldn't get ruined if I had to slosh through puddles.
I realize these are the same pants from monday, but they're the only ones I have that are hemmed short enough for flats.
Having fun with the Flat Rodvik Linden Meme started by Strawberry Singh - taken at Windlass on the BlakeSea
I was tagging along with Dorothy as she looked for a garment in the lingerie department when I came across a roadside emergency: a flat tire.
Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, located in the central North Island. It has been acknowledged by UNESCO as one of the 28 mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Sites.
Tongariro National Park was the fourth national park established in the world. The active volcanic mountains Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro are located in the centre of the park.
There are a number of Māori religious sites within the park and the summits of Tongariro, including Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu, are tapu (sacred). The park includes many towns around its boundary including Ohakune, Waiouru, Horopito, Pokaka, Erua, National Park Village, Whakapapa skifield and Turangi.
The mountain summits are of great significance to the local Māori.
In 1886 in order to prevent exploitation of the mountains by European settlers, the local Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi had the mountains surveyed in the Native Land Court and then set aside (whakatapua) as a reserve in the names of certain chiefs one of whom was Te Heuheu Tukino IV (Horonuku), the most significant chief of the Māori Ngati Tuwharetoa iwi. Later the peaks of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe, and parts of Mount Ruapehu, were conveyed to The Crown on 23 September 1887, on condition that a protected area was established there.
This 26.4 km² area was generally considered to be too small to establish a national park after the model of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming (USA), and so further areas were acquired. When the Parliament of New Zealand passed the Tongariro National Park Act in October 1894, the park covered an area of about 252.13 km², but it took until 1907 to acquire the land. When the Act was renewed in 1922, the park area was extended to 586.8 km². Further extensions, especially Pihanga Scenic Reserve in 1975, enlarged the park to its current size of 795.98 km². The last modification to the Act was passed in 1980. Tongariro National Park has been under the control of the New Zealand Department of Conservation since the creation of the department in 1987.
The first activities in the young Tongariro National Park were the construction of tourist huts at the beginning of the 20th century. But it was not before opening of the railway in 1908 and the building of roads in the 1930s that a significant number of people visited the park. The second Tongariro National Park Act, in 1922, started some active conservation efforts, but it was not until 1931 that the first permanent park ranger began work. Road construction into Whakapapa valley had already begun in the 1920s. The first ski hut was built in 1923 at an elevation of 1770 m, thereafter a road, and, in 1938, a ski lift in the area. This early tourist development explains the rather uncommon existence of a permanently inhabited village and fully developed ski area within a national park. The hotel Chateau Tongariro, which is still the centre of Whakapapa today, was established in 1929.
In the early 20th century, park administrators introduced heather to the park, for grouse hunting. Grouse were never actually introduced, but the heather is sprawling, threatening the ecological system and endemic plants of the park. Efforts are being made to control the plant's spread, however complete eradication seems unlikely.
For Eric's birthday this year, we decided to stay in a hotel overnight in Wendover. On our way then, we decided to stop off at the Bonneville Salt Flats where we played around for a bit before heading to our hotel.
piano hinge at floor/lid allow the whole thing to fold flat for access/refueling. on low heat, the tank that came with heater should run over 24 hours easy. I plan on making a external tank in the frame triangle, and moving fuel pump down there(pump looks to need gravity fed to prime if it ever runs out)this will leave room for both a larger battery where existing tank is, and hiding the inverter where current battery is...
Binders in the Account bookbinding department (middle flat ) at George Waterstons in 1917.
George Waterston and Sons, Ltd., Edinburgh, were specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The Company was established in 1752 and sold wax torches. In 1753 began to produce sealing wax and wafers, and later in the century the firm began the production of ink. In 1828, the family opened a retail stationery shop. Trading from 1786 to 1831 as Ferrier and Waterston. The firm became George Waterston and Son from 1831. The company entered into specialist printing in 1864 with the securing of a contract to print banknotes, which they continued to do until 1970.A London office was opened in 1876, and the firm opened new manufacturing premises in Warriston Road, Edinburgh, in 1902, where they remained until 2003 when the Company moved to Newbridge. In 2004 the company went into liquidation.
Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between the City of Edinburgh Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by the City of Edinburgh Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org
3rd flat tire stop of the day. Thankfully we had over 30 patches since we used almost of them this day. I've never had so much trouble patching tubes. The glue wasn't sticking well. We had two different tubes as glue. I still don't know the problem was. A frustrating experience.
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Inverno 2005 no Brasil - Julie and I visited Brazil from mid-July to mid-August. We went to John and Anna Karla's wedding in Vit?ria at the start of the trip. John's from California. His parents and my parents are quite good friends. All 4 of them came to the wedding as well. Anna Karla's from Esp?rito Santo. I met her and her family for the first time in Brazil. A couple days after the wedding in Vit?ria we went to Pancas, Anna Karla's hometown, for another party. Most people returned to Vit?ria, but Julie and I stayed in Pancas with the intention of bicycling from there to Rio de Janeiro.
When John's mother, Katy, left Pancas, she let Julie and me borrow her digital camera for the rest of the trip. It was our first foray into the world of digital photos. Before the end of the trip we had exhausted the two rechargeable batteries Katy had loaned us (sans recharger). So we have some film photos as well. The film and digital photos are mixed together in this slide show...
Stanton Walk on the Woodloes Park estate in Warwick - built and developed throughout the 1960's and 1970's. A large housing estate with a real mixture of tenures - social rented, privately rented, and owner-occupied.
Above is a block of flats (of which there are about 20) some of which are owned by Warwick District Council and other blocks owned by Jephson Housing Association.