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Textiles macro - I used to make baby quilts and sold them to my co-workers for their babies and grand-babies. I used the money for all my crafts and to build up my fabrics and supplies.
Hope you are having an enjoyable Sunday!
The angora goat is an ancient breed, with records of the use of goat hair for clothing found as early as the 14th century BC.
In 1550 a Dutchman discovered the goats, which became known as angora goats (angora being a corruption of the word Ankara) and began to generate a demand for their fleece.
In 1554 a pair of angora goats was presented to the Pope in Rome.
Mohair, the name given to the fleece of angora goats, is derived from the Arabic word Mukhaya meaning "cloth of bright lustrous goat hair"
The Sultan of Turkey placed a ban on the export of both raw fleece and goats, and for several centuries they remained incarcerated in Turkey.
Eventually, in the mid-19th century, small numbers of angora goats were exported from Turkey to South Africa and, a little later, to Texas and New Zealand. These animals formed the foundations of the modern national herds in those countries, both by pure breeding and crossing with the indigenous feral goats.
Today, these countries are the biggest producers of angora goats and mohair in the world.
Apart from a few animals presented to Queen Victoria which did not survive, the angora goat did not reach the UK until 1981.
Source: British Angora Goat Society
Owned by the National Trust and a lovely place to eat and drink.
2016 02 18 182308 Worcestershire Bretforton Fleece Inn LR
The Fleece Inn is a public house in Bretforton, in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, England: the half-timbered building, over six hundred years old, has been a pub since 1848, and is now owned by the National Trust.
We stayed here for two nights and had a wonderful stay.
2016 02 18 182136 Worcestershire Bretforton Fleece Inn LR
Snowflake from last year - I guess I never uploaded this one.
Canon Poweshot SD1100 with AGFA macro lens attached magnetically. Handheld, natural light. Background is fleece.
Much better shot through a mirror on the bus. This was taken with a dSLR, which in my opinion is why the quality looks better. It's a good thing the light took its time too - I would have been thrown forward and to the side if the light had changed.
Note* The fleece I got from Vancouver.
Man, I think this is one of my best photos - my fleece is vibrant and it's so very clear and sharp. It looks so real. Did it have to be a photo of me? I really sound narcissistic, but I mean the quality of the photo, not myself.
The golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) from the Qin Mountains in south Shaanxi province, China, is one of four recognized takin subspecies. Its coat is golden in color and may have been the origin of the “golden fleece” of Greek mythology.
San Diego Zoo
Conservation status: Endangered
This is Anna at her fleeciest. She's getting shorn on Sunday, and will look much different afterward, especially around the face. She'll still have a sassy attitude, though. She's always the first to poke her head into the feed room when I'm taking too long in there.
Speaking of retro, this old Golden Fleece sign graces someone's fence in Invermay. Golden Fleece used to be a popular brand of Australian petrol. In 1981 it was sold to Caltex and promptly disappeared. www.goldenfleece.net.au/history
A window, found in Buckingham, which has seen better days, with some of the panes of glass broken. I'm guessing this window belonged to an abandoned industrial building. I liked how the insulation looked like wool and how it was trying to make its way out of the building.
Entered into Buckingham Camera Club's POTY 2020 (R6 Through Glass). It scored 20/20
Olive, the young alpaca, likes to eat hay strands from the fur of Rosa, the Dorset sheep. In the process, Olive sometimes gets wool in her diet.
Late afternoon in the hills on the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. The stock walking pads seemingly exaggerating some of the long shadows of the sheep..
Just back from a weekend in Dorset at my Grandfather's, and this is the first image to be ready. It cost me a set of sunset pictures over Kimmeridge, but the sight of these sheep under the falling sun demanded a stop and leaping of stile.
They're at the foot of the hill near Steeple, and behind those hills is the Jurassic Coast and all manner of wonder, such as www.flickr.com/photos/flatworldsedge/5092591483/ taken the following evening.
Stands out viewed on black. Hope everyone has had a great weekend.
Update: Explored #106. Many thanks to everyone who has commented, fav'ed and viewed. I massively appreciate the attention and insights offered. Thanks to all! Well worth missing Kimmeridge on this occasion.
Rochdale Town Centre- Overlooking the former General Post Office building, now a bar (The Medicine Tap) and offices
Pentax KX, 50mm Takumar, Kodak TMax 400, Xtol-R, Ilford MGIV, Ethol LPD, split toned in selenium and thiocarbamide.
My mom made this adorable jacket from a McCall's pattern. (I will check the # and update here.) We LOVE how it came out!
you can listen to this beautifrul band here
colanademagicbros.bandcamp.com/album/--4
video from this concert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu846a4O1ZQ&list=RDZu846a4O1Z...
(I just can't end the week without Tom Waits)
Challenge- Illustrate a Song
In 1801 John Macarthur was in England in deep discussions with the British government.
These discussions centred heavily on the promotion of the colonial wool industry.
On being granted a commission from Lord Camden Macarthur returned to Australia in 1805 with the aim of developing the wool industry.
His original flock consisted of a ewe which he purchased from King George III and five Spanish merino rams.
Today the flock of merino sheep on Belgenny Farm are the descendants of those original sheep.
Belgenny Farm, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.