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Spool Quilt designed by Edyta Sitar, pieced by Dianne Civak and quilting by Kelly Corfe of The Quilting Bee Quilt Shop in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada, www.thequiltbee.com
Canadian Innova longarm dealer
One of my favorite places to visit, this is the first time I have been able to do photography within the Castle. www.mercermuseum.org/ Access gained via a tour with roaminwithroman.com/
An attractive pub not far from the station. (Older photos of it as The Fonthill from 2013, as N4 from 2011 and as Red Rita from 2008.)
Address: 20 Fonthill Road.
Former Name(s): The Fonthill; N4; Red Rita; The Duke of Edinburgh.
Owner: Rosgoff Taverns; Taylor Walker (former).
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During this shoot at the Fonthill Museum, I gradually worked my way in for some closer shots of walls and windows. The museum had closed, so no one was around, but I still felt a little bit like an intruder.
I may have tipped my hand with the previous image, and maybe I shouldn’t say this, but there was no cat inside the building. At least I didn’t see one. Like I mentioned earlier, sometimes I just can’t resist placing things into shots with prominent empty windows. Perhaps it’s a bad habit of mine! I know some people, those who are into photorealism, no doubt, look down on this sort of manipulation.
Nevertheless, I do like playing with the meaning of an image by inserting a new element into it. What you add makes a big symbolic difference. It’s also a technical challenge that I enjoy. All sorts of questions and decisions come up. How big should the intruder image be? Is that the right size for the cat's head relevant to the window? Does the perspective of the inserted image need an adjustment? Does the cat’s head appear as if I am looking down at it? Are the colors, contrast, and shadows consistent with the background image? After placing the cat in the shot, I had to give it a blue tint, lower the contrast, and create a shadow along its left side, consistent with the direction of the light.
Inserting a new element into an image helps me develop my eye for what makes an image look “real.”
One of my favorite places to visit, this is the first time I have been able to do photography within the Castle. www.mercermuseum.org/ Access gained via a tour with roaminwithroman.com/
2018 Canadian Women's Mid-Amateur & Senior Championship in Fonthill, Ontario on August 30, 2018. Photo: Claus Andersen
Jackie Little
[Fonthill, ON] – August 29, 2018 – Canadian Women's Mid Am & Senior Lookout Point Country Club
Photo by: Golf Canada
A bar named for the postal code area, since renamed The Fonthill and then The William Butler Yeats. (Older photo of it as Red Rita from 2008.)
Address: 20 Fonthill Road.
Former Name(s): Red Rita; The Duke of Edinburgh.
Owner: Taylor Walker (former).
Links:
London Pubology (The William Butler Yeats)
Judith Kyrinis
[Fonthill, ON] – August 28, 2018 – Canadian Women's Mid Am & Senior Lookout Point Country Club
Photo by: Golf Canada
Built between 1908-1912, Fonthill was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930). Archaeologist, anthropologist, ceramist, scholar and antiquarian, Mercer built Fonthill both as his home and as a showplace for his collection of tiles and prints. The first of three Mercer buildings in Doylestown, Fonthill served as a showplace for Mercer's famed Moravian tiles that were produced during the American Arts & Crafts Movement. Designed by Mercer, the building is an eclectic mix of Medieval, Gothic, and Byzantine architectural styles, and is significant as an early example of poured reinforced concrete. - from Bucks County Historical Society
Wool appliqué quilt beautifully stitched by Lynda Zonneveld. Appliqué designs by Edyta Sitar. www.thequiltbee.com
A view to the gazebo in the garden, from the balcony which is richly decorated with tiles at Fonthill Castle's Library room. Fonthill Castle was home to Henry Chapman Mercer and is over a century old.
One of my favorite places to visit, this is the first time I have been able to do photography within the Castle. www.mercermuseum.org/ Access gained via a tour with roaminwithroman.com/
227+228 pass through Clondalkin and Fonthill station with the 0810 Inchicore - Mallow test run. The tests earlier in the month were unable to identify the fault with 227
Found this place again finally. Saw it years ago and could never find it again. Figured I'd shoot my car while it was there.
Fonthill Castle, named for Beckford's English manse, was the first of three eye-popping (and eye-poppingly early) poured-in-place concrete structures designed and built by former academic and Arts-and-Crafts tile magnate Henry Chapman Mercer. See text on the Mercer Museum for background and commentary.
Made and designed by Jacki Morningstar and longarm quilted by Kelly Corfe of The Quilting Bee Quilt Shop in Fonthill, Ontario, Canada.
This is the back side of the super cool museum . Read the following but they don't talk about the real vampire hunting kit or the gallows that the kids love to see .
The Mercer Museum is a history museum of everyday life in America during the 18th and 19th centuries. Henry Mercer (1856-1930) gathered the collection and constructed the Museum.The collection of some 40,000 objects documents the lives and tasks of early Americans through the tools that met their needs and wants prior to the Industrial Revolution, or about 1850. Visitors can choose their own paths through the Museum. Most of the 55 exhibit rooms and alcoves display the tools or products of an early American craft, trade or occupation. Other rooms show categories of objects such as lighting devices or architectural hardware.
Fonthill was the home of the archeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms. The interior was originally painted in pastel colors, but age and sunlight have all but eradicated any hint of the former hues. It contains much built-in furniture and is embellished with decorative tiles that Mercer made at the height of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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Unexpected bonus! Inspection car no. 723 trundles through Clondalkin/Fonthill. Oh for a career where I could bounce around in something like this across the network! Maybe someday.
1970s Family portrait possibly at either Winterthur Museum Garden and Library in Delaware or the Mercer Museum Fonthill Castle Doylestown PA or Longwood Gardens PA - photo by Debby Alexander