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Growing up, I knew all about living with parents who have addictions. I had both types, the present parent who was a functioning addict, and the parent who was so far into their addiction, that they were never around.
I remember being three or four, up in bed at night, exhausted, with my mom...
A westbound BNSF unit grain train leaves Amboy, California on a hazy afternoon. It had nine locomotives: four up front, three at mid-train, and two at the tail end.
Seriously gettin' crazy with the iPhone and all the camera apps available. And next up, Lomo! Can't wait to try out my 'new' Lomo LC-A camera.
Saturday, and I was feeling a little better. Better enough to realise how shit I had felt the previous two days, and needing something to break the cabin fever, soo it would be churchcrawling.
Off to Tesco for supplies, and delight that "party food" has appeared, and although there would be no party at Chez Jelltex, there would be party food to munch on during the evening game.
Back home for breakfast, and Jools decided not to join in the church fun, instead stay home to do overdue chores.
And so the great round of revisits to record details of the stained glass that I previously missed continues.
Elmsted not Elmstead.
Off Stone Street and down past Yockletts Bank and along towards Hastingleigh, before taking a lane back up the down, which double hairpins to the village above, and by the village crossroads is St James.
A huge church for what is a farm and a handful of houses now. I parked beside the road, in a narrow strip between the tarmac and where the verge turned to swamp, got my bag out of the car and walked through the gate, noticing better the shapes of the grave markers repurposed for the path, some even dates being still visible.
The church is cool and still, I had done a pretty good job before, windows excepted, so got to work snapping and moving about. Sun poured in through the mostly clear glass windows, making it seem a place of divine light, even if the sun shone from the south, not the Orient.
Back to the car, and down the down, back to the main road a a quick climb up to Hastingleigh, where the church is a good mile outside the village, beside a farm. It does, at least, have a large car park, so no parking in people's drives or blocking the lane through the village.
A poor wren was trapped inside, but I made it even more desperate than it had been when I entered, and try as I might I couldn't get close to it. And the two fine windows, one of St Michael the Archangel, that I came out especially to photograph had boards up outside, so they could barely be seen.
The rest of the Victorian glass is of a very fine standard, so record all that.
Next church was a twenty minute drive away, Mersham, which can be seen from the train just before entering the outskirts of Ashford, its spire pointing into the morning skies as I zoom past en route to Denmark.
Here there is a most extraordinary west window. Cathedral sized, though it has lost of of the ancient glass that filled it, fragments remain, and I wanted to record those.
Outside a lady was clearing leaves, and inside another was refreshing the floral displays with poppies for services on Sunday.
The window is a wonder, and a burden, as it lets in so much light, that during the summer months the cinema nights they have cannot take place.
I very much like Mesham, and received a quite wonderfully warm and friendly greeting from the two ladies.
One last church to try would be Nackington, back near Canterbury, where the small church has some of the oldest glass in the country.
It was quite a hike across the county to get there only to find the church locked. This was a church that was always open before COVID, and was a major disappointment.
So, back home through Bridge and onto the A2 back to Dover, to get back at midday, just in time to cook lunch.
And settle down then for an afternoons groaning at the football on the wireless.
Norwich were away at Cardiff, and after four straight defeats, hopes were low. But City took the lead, only to concede twice before half time, which suggested the same old story.
But in the second, City played better, and in the closing ten minutes, scored twice to nick the three points.
Well.
The party food was aptly enjoyed as I watched the evening game.
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At the end of narrow lanes. A small simple building of tower, nave, chancel and wide south aisle. The nave is Norman and displays a very narrow twelfth-century window high in its north wall. The rest of the church appears to be thirteenth century - the two-bay south arcade unmistakably dating from this period. There are also faint traces of later wall paintings in the aisle. The rood screen is fifteenth century and leads the visitor into an exceptionally long and light chancel whose floor level is, rather unusually, lower than that of the nave. A south window contains sixteenth-century armorial glass whilst a northern lancet shows excellent grisaille glass of the thirteenth century.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Hastingleigh
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St. Mary the Virgin is situated in a beautiful quiet valley about a mile from the village centre of Hastingleigh. Worship is recorded from 1293 but there was probably a church here prior to 1066. Today in its well kept and florally decorated interior there are some fine pieces of craftsmanship from local sculptor, Michael Rust and local artist, the late Gordon Davis. There is also a very symbolic and attractive all seasons altar frontal.
Hastingleigh is part of the United Wye Benefice and one of the four “up the hill” parishes; hence there are close links with Elmsted, Petham and Waltham. Services are at 11 a.m. on the 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays. On the 2nd Sunday there is a joint family service in Bodsham C of E primary school, which is shared with the parishes of Elmsted and Waltham.
www.wyebenefice.org.uk/hastingleigh-history
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HASTINGLIGH
IS the next parish northward from Braborne, being called in the record of Domesday, Hastingelai, taking its name from the two Saxon words, hehstan, highest, and leah, a field or place, denoting its high situation. Though that part of this parish which contains the village and church is in the hundred of Bircholt Franchise, yet so much of it as is in Town Borough, is in the hundred of Wye, and within the liberty of that manor. There is only one borough, called Hastingligh borough, in the parish.
HASTINGLIGH is situated in a healthy poor country, the greatest part of it very high, at a small distance northward from the summit of the chalk, or Down hills, though it extends southward to the foot of them, and comprehends most of what is called Brabornedowns. The church, and the court-lodge which adjoins the church-yard, are in a valley on the northern side of the parish. The whole of it is a continuation of hill and dale; the soil of the former being chalk, and the latter a reddish earth, mixed with quantities of stones; the whole very poor and barren. There is much open down in it, especially towards the south, though there are in different parts of it, several small pieces of coppice wood. The house in it are about twenty, and the inhabitants about one hundred. There is not any fair held in it.
THE MANOR OF HASTINGLIGH, being within the liberty of the duchy of Lancaster, was formerly part of the possessions of Odo, bishop of Baieux; accordingly it is thus entered in the survey of Domesday, under the general title of that prelate's lands:
In Briceode hundred, Roger, son of Anschitil, holds of the see of the bishop, Hastingelai, which Ulnod held of king Edward, and was then taxed at one suling, and now for three yokes, because Hugo de Montfort holds another part within his division. The arable land is three carucates. In demesne there are two, and two villeins, with six borderers having one carucate. There are four servants, and wood for the pannage of one hog. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth sixty sbillings, and afterwards thirty shillings, now sixty sbillings.
Four years after the bishop of Baieux was disgraced, and all his estates were consiscated to the crown, whence this manor was afterwards granted to the earl of Lei cester, of whom it was held by the family of St. Clere; but they had quitted the possession of it before the 20th year of king Edward III. when Thomas de Bax held it by knight's service of the above-mentioned earl. How long his descendants continued in the possession of it, I have not found; but it afterwards became the property of the Hauts, one of whom, Richard Haut, died possessed of it in the 3d year of Henry VII. holding it of the king as of his duchy of Lancaster. Soon after which this manor passed to Sir Edward Poynings, who died in the 14th year of king Henry VIII. not only without lawful issue, but without any collateral kindred, who could make claim to his estates, upon which this manor, with his other lands, escheated to the crown, where it continued till the king granted it, with the manors of Aldglose, Combe, Grove, Fanscombe, and Smeeds-farm, in this parish, among other estates, to the hospital of the Savoy, in London, which being suppressed in the 7th year of king Edward VI. he gave them that year to the mayor and commonalty, citizens of the city of London, in trust, for the hospital of Bridewell, and St. Thomas's hospital, in Southwark; some few years after which a partition was made of these estates, when this manor, with those of Aldglose, Combe, Grove and Fanscombe, in this parish, with Smeedsfarm, and other lands adjoining, were allotted to St. Thomas's hospital, part of whose possessions they remain at this time, Mr. Thomas Kidder being the present lessee of the demesne lands of the manors of Hastingligh and Aldglose; but the manerial rights, royalties, and quit-rents, the governors of the hospital retain in their own hands.
ALDGLOSE, as it is now usually called, but more properly Aldelose, is a manor here, which at the time of taking the survey of Domesday was part of the possessions of the bishop of Baieux, under the general title of whose lands it is thus entered in it:
In Bilisold hundred, Osbert holds of William, son of Tau, Aldelose. There lies half a suling. The arable land is two carucates. In demesne there is one carcate, and three villeins having half a carucate. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, it was worth thirty shillings, afterwards twenty shillings, now forty shilling. This land is of the fee of the bishop of Baieux, and remained without his division. Godric held it of king Edward, with Bradeburne manor.
Upon the bishop's disgrace four years after the taking of the above survey, all his possessions were confiscated to the crown, whence this manor was granted to Jeffry de Saye, of whom it was held by a family who assumed their surname from it, several of whom were benefactors to the priory of Horton. (fn. 1) But in the 20th year of king Edward III. it was separated in the hands of different possessors. After which, that part of Aldelose which comprehended the manor, passed into the family of Haut, and was afterwards esteemed as an appendage to the manor of Hastingligh, and as such passed with it from that name to Poynings; and thence again, in like manner as has been related before, in the account of that manor, to St. Thomas's hospital, in Southwark, part of the possessions of which it continues at this time. The manerial rights the governors of the hospital retain in their own hands; but the demesne lands are let to Mr. Thomas Kidder.
KINGSMILL DOWN is a small hamlet in the southern part of this parish, in which is a seat, which formerly belonged to a family named Beling, or Belling, which name was till lately in the west window of this church. It afterwards came into the possession of the family of Jacob, and Mr. Abraham Jacob, of Dover, owned it in the reign of king George I. from which name it passed to Mr. John Sankey, whose son Mr. Richard Sankey is the present owner of it.
There are no parochial charities. The number of poor constantly relieved are about ten, casually five.
HASTINGLIGH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Elham.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, consists of two isles and a chancel, having a square tower steeple at the west end of the south isle, in which is only one bell. The chancel, which is at the end of the north isle, is nearly of the same length with it. The two isles and tower seem very antient, and the chancel much antienter still, having small narrow windows, and several circular arches or door-ways in the outside walls, now walled up. In the east window of the chancel are two circular shields of arms; the first, within the garter, of four coats, Poynings, Fitzpaine, Bryan, and 4th as first; the other shield is obliterated. There is no other painted glass in the church. In the chancel are memorials for several of the Sankeys. In the north isle, on a brass plate, a memorial for John Halke, obt. 1604, and on a brass plate a hawk.
¶The church was antiently part of the possessions of the family of Poynings, one of whom, Michael de Poynings, of Terlingham, in Folkestone, held the advowson of it in capite at his death in the 43d year of king Edward III. and in his descendants the property of it continued down to Sir Edward Poynings, who died possessed of it in the 14th year of king Henry VIII. holding it in capite by knight's service, and by the service of supporting and repairing the moiety of a chapel and hall in the castle of Dover, as often as necessary, at his own expence, and by the service of paying to the great and the small wards of the castle, on his death, without lawful issue, and even without any collateral kindred, who could make claim to his estates, the advowson of this church escheated to the crown, whence it was afterwards granted to White, whose heirs sold it to Sir John Baker, of Sissinghurst, and he in the 38th year of Henry VIII. conveyed it to the king, and it remained in the hands of the crown till Edward VI. in his Ist year, granted this advowson and three acres of land in this parish, to archbishop Cranmer. Since which it has remained parcel of the possessions of the see of Canterbury, his grace the archbishop being the present patron of this rectory.
On Jan 25th 2005 four UP SD60m's and a lone tunnel motor head west with a heavy train from El Centro
Motor bikes are the favoured means of transport in and around Kathmandu. Three up (or in this case four up if you look closely) seems acceptable locally and at least the driver is wearing a helmet....
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The Apollo theatre proudly presents the Fab Four up in lights on Broadway (Hammersmith)
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Four UP and one SP AC4400's or whatever they call them struggle west on the Adams Sub.
Sussex, WI.
06-21-14
Today we visited the Jardins de Métis, also known in English as the Reford Gardens, an English-style garden located at Grand-Métis, Quebec. Originally private, the gardens were opened to the public in 1962. The gardens were designed a Canadian National Historic Site in 1995 and as a Quebec heritage site by the Ministry of Culture and Communications of Quebec in 2013.
The gardens were developed by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958. The site was originally a fishing lodge owned by George Stephen, Reford's uncle who later gave the property to Reford. While she was recovering from surgery, her doctor suggested that she take up gardening as a less strenuous alternative to fishing.
Her uncle - George Stephen - was also known as Baron Mount Stephen, the founder of the Canadian Pacific Railway and president of the Bank of Montreal.
www.refordgardens.com/english/
I have no idea what kinds of flowers these are. All I know is that they're pretty and they're straight-out-of-camera.
Here is a member of the Texas Draft Horse & Mule Association (TDHMA) driving a four-abreast hitch during the TDHMA Plow Day event at a farm in Tolar, Texas.
The TDHMA sponsors events like this to give draft horse owners and enthusiasts the chance to practice and preserve farming-related horsemanship skills.
These horses are pulling a disc harrow, which is often called "discing". Disc harrows are primarily used to chop up soil that has been recently plowed to eliminate clumps and loosen the soil if it has been packed. They are also used to chop up old crops, such as cornstalks, to make the land easier to plow and to eliminate clogging in the plowing process.
The woman driving the horses does not seem to have much experience driving four at once and so has someone walk along to help her keep control of the horses. Fortunately, she saw me taking her picture and I managed to take a photo of her smiling in between all the reins.
March of 1984 finds four UP SD40-2s easing a loaded all-rail out of Superior at Saunders. Initially these trains fielded run-through UP units and cabooses to Superior, but Missabe units and cabs took over for the trip to and from Minntac (C&NW units/cabooses would eventually run-through to Minntac). I loved the "big" UP ore cars they used on these, but they didn't last long after a few derailments.
This delightful two-story Craftsman bungalow and the Grove Park Inn have something in common. Both were constructed in 1913 during the last decade of the Arts & Crafts era (1890-1920). The Arts & Crafts movement began in England and emphasized comfort, simplicity, honesty, handicraft and the dignity of work. L.S. Bradshaw Construction built this home and matching garage possibly for W. B. Taylor, one of the home’s first owners. The rock Bradshaw chose was locally-quarried granite. He added wooden shingles to the gable ends, six working fireplaces on the first floor, oak woodwork throughout and more rooms than one would imagine – six down and four up with full baths on both floors. The Gapen’s have decorated the home in period and reproduction Arts & Crafts furniture, pottery, textiles, Navaho rugs, and lighting. The paint colors are also classic Arts & Crafts. This is only the second time the Rock House has opened its doors for Octobertour; its debut was 1980.
Clydebank 7 v 0 Lossiemouth United
Scottish Junior Cup
Round 2
Holm Park, Clydebank
Saturday 25th October 2014
These are two spoons from a series, from four up for sale. Perhaps confusingly, this is #2, showing Rumi's family arriving in Larande (Karaman), supposedly on their way to Mecca. On the left is Rumi's father, Baha Valad, himself a well-known Sufi theologian. The date is given as 1221, when Rumi, on the right, would have been about 15, while in the middle is probably his mother. The family stayed for several years, during which time Rumi was married and his mother and older brother died.
Spoon #3 was also on sale, and showed Shams al Tabrizi arriving in Konya on a donkey. The fact that the series leaps over the 25 years during which Rumi's fame as a preacher grew, to focus on the arrival of Shams suggests that the painter wanted to emphasize Rumi's Sufi identity.
A westbound BNSF unit grain train approaches the grade crossing at Amboy, California on a hazy afternoon. It had nine locomotives: four up front, three at mid-train, and two at the tail end.
Hadiyma is a custom Ghoulia Monster High doll. As you might have caught on by now, all my MH customs are Shadowrunners (cyberpunk). Hadiyma is the antagonist in the story, as Sykra's main rival. She's a human and I am thinking of eventually her some cyberwear...
And yes, I'm finally getting around to getting the rest of my Monster High customs photographed... I got the first four up but these guys had to wait (despite being done shortly after the first round of photos...) because I had so much else going on!
Taste. Kind of a new idea about the 5 senses. I will probably get the other four up on other days of the 365 :D
Four-up drafts showing exhibition only in cones. Needless to say, these big guys completely obliterated the cones :-)
The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the island of Mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site.
The name "Stenness" comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 3/4 mile away Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 3/4 mile to the east of the Standing Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance.
The stones are thin slabs, approximately 12 inches thick with sharply angled tops. Four, up to about 16 feet high, were originally elements of a stone circle of up to 12 stones.
At RAF Locking May 1955. On loan from Kathy's father. The following day four up we took a trip to Lyme Regis. Radiator leak, brake cable snapped and rear drums full of oil. an Interesting day!
mike takes off on the not ready for prime time honda 500 four, up on horsepower but down on handling , mike known for bending bikes to his riding style , rides the honda to the limit
Kyle is my custom Monster High doll, she's a Shadowrun (cyberpunk) Ork. She goes by "Kyle" because her real name is too hard to pronounce, lol.
And yes, I'm finally getting around to getting the rest of my Monster High customs photographed... I got the first four up but these guys had to wait (despite being done shortly after the first round of photos...) because I had so much else going on!
The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on Orkney. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument.
The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 0.75 miles away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 0.75 miles to the east of the Standing Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance.
Although the site today lacks the encircling ditch and bank, excavation has shown that this used to be a henge monument, possibly the oldest in the British Isles. The stones are thin slabs, approximately 12 in thick with sharply angled tops. Four, up to about 16 ft high, were originally elements of a stone circle of up to 12 stones, laid out in an ellipse about 105 ft diameter on a levelled platform of 144 ft diameter surrounded by a ditch. The ditch is cut into rock by as much as 6.6 ft and is 23 ft wide, surrounded by an earth bank, with a single entrance causeway on the north side. The entrance faces towards the Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement which has been found adjacent to the Loch of Harray.
The Watch Stone stands outside the circle to the north-west and is 18 ft high. Once there were at least two stones there, as in the 1930s the stump of a second stone was found. Other smaller stones include a square stone setting in the centre of the circle platform where cremated bone, charcoal and pottery were found. This is referred to as a "hearth", similar to the one found at Barnhouse. Animal bones were found in the ditch. The pottery links the monument to Skara Brae and Maeshowe. Based on radiocarbon dating, it is thought that work on the site had begun by 3100 BC
The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on Orkney. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument.
The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 0.75 miles away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 0.75 miles to the east of the Standing Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance.
Although the site today lacks the encircling ditch and bank, excavation has shown that this used to be a henge monument, possibly the oldest in the British Isles. The stones are thin slabs, approximately 12 in thick with sharply angled tops. Four, up to about 16 ft high, were originally elements of a stone circle of up to 12 stones, laid out in an ellipse about 105 ft diameter on a levelled platform of 144 ft diameter surrounded by a ditch. The ditch is cut into rock by as much as 6.6 ft and is 23 ft wide, surrounded by an earth bank, with a single entrance causeway on the north side. The entrance faces towards the Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement which has been found adjacent to the Loch of Harray.
The Watch Stone stands outside the circle to the north-west and is 18 ft high. Once there were at least two stones there, as in the 1930s the stump of a second stone was found. Other smaller stones include a square stone setting in the centre of the circle platform where cremated bone, charcoal and pottery were found. This is referred to as a "hearth", similar to the one found at Barnhouse. Animal bones were found in the ditch. The pottery links the monument to Skara Brae and Maeshowe. Based on radiocarbon dating, it is thought that work on the site had begun by 3100 BC
I had a couple of photo books from my cousin's wedding printed out of Aperture as Christmas gifts. I totally didn't expect to get them in time for Christmas -- they were ordered late on the night of December 16th. Apple and FedEx totally came through - they arrived on Christmas Eve in the middle of a snowstorm.
I think they turned out pretty well. *I* can see a couple of little flaws and things I'd have done differently, but I know they'll go over very well with the recipients.
The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on Orkney. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument.
The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 0.75 miles away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 0.75 miles to the east of the Standing Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance.
Although the site today lacks the encircling ditch and bank, excavation has shown that this used to be a henge monument, possibly the oldest in the British Isles. The stones are thin slabs, approximately 12 in thick with sharply angled tops. Four, up to about 16 ft high, were originally elements of a stone circle of up to 12 stones, laid out in an ellipse about 105 ft diameter on a levelled platform of 144 ft diameter surrounded by a ditch. The ditch is cut into rock by as much as 6.6 ft and is 23 ft wide, surrounded by an earth bank, with a single entrance causeway on the north side. The entrance faces towards the Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement which has been found adjacent to the Loch of Harray.
The Watch Stone stands outside the circle to the north-west and is 18 ft high. Once there were at least two stones there, as in the 1930s the stump of a second stone was found. Other smaller stones include a square stone setting in the centre of the circle platform where cremated bone, charcoal and pottery were found. This is referred to as a "hearth", similar to the one found at Barnhouse. Animal bones were found in the ditch. The pottery links the monument to Skara Brae and Maeshowe. Based on radiocarbon dating, it is thought that work on the site had begun by 3100 BC
The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on Orkney. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument.
The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 0.75 miles away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 0.75 miles to the east of the Standing Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance.
Although the site today lacks the encircling ditch and bank, excavation has shown that this used to be a henge monument, possibly the oldest in the British Isles. The stones are thin slabs, approximately 12 in thick with sharply angled tops. Four, up to about 16 ft high, were originally elements of a stone circle of up to 12 stones, laid out in an ellipse about 105 ft diameter on a levelled platform of 144 ft diameter surrounded by a ditch. The ditch is cut into rock by as much as 6.6 ft and is 23 ft wide, surrounded by an earth bank, with a single entrance causeway on the north side. The entrance faces towards the Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement which has been found adjacent to the Loch of Harray.
The Watch Stone stands outside the circle to the north-west and is 18 ft high. Once there were at least two stones there, as in the 1930s the stump of a second stone was found. Other smaller stones include a square stone setting in the centre of the circle platform where cremated bone, charcoal and pottery were found. This is referred to as a "hearth", similar to the one found at Barnhouse. Animal bones were found in the ditch. The pottery links the monument to Skara Brae and Maeshowe. Based on radiocarbon dating, it is thought that work on the site had begun by 3100 BC
Here is a member of the Texas Draft Horse & Mule Association (TDHMA) driving a four-abreast hitch during the TDHMA Plow Day event at a farm in Tolar, Texas.
The TDHMA sponsors events like this to give draft horse owners and enthusiasts the chance to practice and preserve farming-related horsemanship skills.
These horses are pulling a disc harrow, which is often called "discing". Disc harrows are primarily used to chop up soil that has been recently plowed to eliminate clumps and loosen the soil if it has been packed. They are also used to chop up old crops, such as cornstalks, to make the land easier to plow and to eliminate clogging in the plowing process.
These are two spoons from a series, from four up for sale. This one is #5 of probably eight telling the story of Rumi's life. It shows Shams al Tabrizi - After the disarray, or perhaps roughhouse, leaving Konya.
Rumi's intense friendship with Shams began around 1250 A.D. Shams was older than the Mevlana, and had led a wandering life before their meeting, while the Mevlana had established a reputation as a scholar and cleric in Konya over more than 20 years. Their meeting, and seclusion together, changed him deeply, bringing out more of the Sufi in him, and led to his poetic writings. However, Shams inspired jealousy and hostility among many of Rumi's followers, and after some months of feeling this, he turned suddenly and left.
White Admiral - Hockley Woods, Essex. There were four up and about yesterday plus the usual Heath Frits and a Ringlet or two
The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on Orkney. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland as a scheduled monument.
The surviving stones are sited on a promontory at the south bank of the stream that joins the southern ends of the sea loch Loch of Stenness and the freshwater Loch of Harray. The name, which is pronounced stane-is in Orcadian dialect, comes from Old Norse meaning stone headland. The stream is now bridged, but at one time was crossed by a stepping stone causeway, and the Ring of Brodgar lies about 0.75 miles away to the north-west, across the stream and near the tip of the isthmus formed between the two lochs. Maeshowe chambered cairn is about 0.75 miles to the east of the Standing Stones of Stenness and several other Neolithic monuments also lie in the vicinity, suggesting that this area had particular importance.
Although the site today lacks the encircling ditch and bank, excavation has shown that this used to be a henge monument, possibly the oldest in the British Isles. The stones are thin slabs, approximately 12 in thick with sharply angled tops. Four, up to about 16 ft high, were originally elements of a stone circle of up to 12 stones, laid out in an ellipse about 105 ft diameter on a levelled platform of 144 ft diameter surrounded by a ditch. The ditch is cut into rock by as much as 6.6 ft and is 23 ft wide, surrounded by an earth bank, with a single entrance causeway on the north side. The entrance faces towards the Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement which has been found adjacent to the Loch of Harray.
The Watch Stone stands outside the circle to the north-west and is 18 ft high. Once there were at least two stones there, as in the 1930s the stump of a second stone was found. Other smaller stones include a square stone setting in the centre of the circle platform where cremated bone, charcoal and pottery were found. This is referred to as a "hearth", similar to the one found at Barnhouse. Animal bones were found in the ditch. The pottery links the monument to Skara Brae and Maeshowe. Based on radiocarbon dating, it is thought that work on the site had begun by 3100 BC