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"A generous bequest three years ago from the late Miss Kathleen White emboldened us to undertake what at least two of my predecessors considered, namely, the providing of the church with images of its two patrons in a restored reredos and sanctuary. The original reredos had three panels covered in Spanish leather, which forty years ago was replaced with wallpaper. By 2005 the wallpaper, though originally of high quality, was in a sorry state, faded and peeling. The parish, working closely with the diocesan Historic Churches Committee, commissioned the English painter James Gillick, his architect brother Gabriel, and other members of the Gillick family of Catholic artists to undertake the work of restoration. In the left-hand panel James has painted an image of Pope St Gregory, resplendent with Papal tiara, cope, and cross, and accompanied, as he is traditionally shown in Christian iconography, with the Dove, representing the Holy Ghost. On the right-hand side is St Augustine of Canterbury, sent by Pope Gregory to bring the Faith to England, and shown here as a simple Benedictine monk carrying, in accordance with the account given us by St Bede, an icon of the Divine Saviour. In the centre of the reredos, and above the two patron saints, is Our Lady with the Holy Child. I have christened her “Our Lady of Summertown” – the name for this suburb of Oxford."
- Fr John Saward, parish priest.
Or she may be called "The Fat Lady", I've no idea.
From the Sculpture Park beside the Cascade in Yerevan, Armenia.
a 50/2 Nikkor in Leica screw mount. A gift for my Tower Type-3 from a generous donor. Really, too generous--I'll have to send them some money for this one!
NPS | Mary O'Neill
The Exploring Earth Science Teacher Workshop 2017 took place over August 2nd and 3rd. Participating teachers spent two days in Shenandoah National Park learning and participating in activities around the theme "Shenandoah Salamander: Climate Change Casualty or Survivor."
This program is supported by a generous donation from the Shenandoah National Park Association and the Shenandoah National Park Trust.
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Annapurna trekking region of Nepal enjoy with magnificent view close to highest and impressive mountain range in the world. Day exploration in Pokhara and morning morning flight to Jomsom or drive to Besishisahar from Kathmandu begin of trek. High destination, Muktinath 3800m and in generally highest point of whole Annapurna is 5416m. Thorangla la is situated in Buddhist Monastery, an eternal flame, and Hindus Vishnu Tempe of Juwala Mai making it a pilgrimage site for both Hindus and Buddhists and Muktinath is on the way down from popular trekking it call Thorang la pass which is incredible view in Annapurna region. Whenever possible we will arrive at lodging mid-afternoon, which should leave plenty time for explore the local villages, enjoy the hot springs at Tatopani, continue to Ghorepani where there is forever the possibility of sunrise hike to Poon Hill for spectacular views of Dhaulagiri, Fishtail, Nilgiri and the Annapurna Himalaya range. Continue on to Birethanti finally between with the Baglung road where we will catch cab to Pokhara, next day drive or fly to Kathmandu.
Everest trekking region, although fairly effortless compare to some of other trek, takes you high along trails to Tengboche monastery Everest Solu Khumbu is the district south and west of Mount Everest. It is inhabited by sherpa, cultural group that has achieve fame because of the develop of its men on climbing expeditions. Khumbu is the name of the northern half of this region above Namche, includes highest mountain (Mt. Everest 8848m.) in the world. Khumbu is in part of Sagarmatha National Park. This is a short trek but very scenic trek offers really superb view of the world's highest peaks, including Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt. Thamserku, Mt. Amadablam and other many snowy peaks. Fly from Kathmandu to Lukla it is in the Khumbu region and trek up to Namche Bazzar, Tyangboche and into the Khumjung village, a very nice settlement of Sherpas people. This trek introduction to Everest and Sherpa culture with great mountain views, a very popular destination for first time trekkers in Nepal. Justifiably well-known world uppermost mountain (8848m.) and also for its Sherpa villages and monasteries. Few days trek from Lukla on the highland, takes you to the entry to Sagarmatha National Park and town of Namche Bazaar is entrance of Everest Trek. Environment of the towering Himalayas is a very delicate eco-system that is effortlessly put out of balance.
Langtang trekking region mixture of three beautiful trek taking us straight into some of the wildest and most pretty areas of Nepal. Starting from the lovely hill town of Syabrubensi our trek winds during gorgeous rhododendron and conifer forests throughout the Langtang National Park on the way to the higher slopes. Leads up to the high alpine yak pastures, glaciers and moraines around Kyanging. Along this route you will have an chance to cross the Ganja La Pass if possible from Langtang Valley. Trail enters the rhododendron (National flower of Nepal) forest and climbs up to alpine yak pastures at Ngegang (4404m). From Ngegang we make a climb of Ganja La Pass (5122m). We start southwest, sliding past Gekye Gompa to reach Tarkeghyang otherwise we take a detour and another unique features of trekking past, the holy lakes of Gosainkund (4300 m.) cross into Helambu via Laurebina to Ghopte (3430 m) and further to Trakegyang. Northern parts of the area mostly fall within the boundaries of Langtang National park.
Peak Climbing in Nepal is great view of Himalayas and most various geological regions in asia. Climbing of peaks in Nepal is restricted under the rules of Nepal Mountaineering Association. Details information and application for climbing permits are available through Acute Trekking. First peak climbing in Nepal by Tenzing Norgey Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hilary on May 29, 1953 to Mt. Everest. Trekking Agency in Nepal necessary member from Nepal Mountaineering Association. Our agency will arrange equipment, guides, high altitude porters, food and all necessary gears for climbing in Nepal. Although for some peaks, you need to contribute additional time, exertion owing to improved elevation and complexity. Climbing peaks is next step beyond simply trekking and basic mountaineering course over snow line with ice axe, crampons, ropes etc under administration and coaching from climbing guide, who have substantial mountaineering knowledge and for your climbing in mountain.
Everest Base Camp Trek well noon its spectacular mountain peaks and the devotion and openness of its inhabitants, the Everest region is one of the most popular destination for tourists in Nepal. While numerous of the routes through the mountains are difficult, there are plenty places to rest and enjoy a meal along the way. Additionally, don't worry about receiving lost. Just ask a local the way to the next village on your route, and they will direct you. Most Sherpas under the age of fifty can at least understand basic English, and many speak it fluently.
Annapurna Base Camp Trek is the major peaks of the western portion of the great Annapurna Himalaya, Annapurna South, Fang, Annapurna, Ganagapurna, Annapurna 3 and Machhapuchhare and including Annapurna first 8091 meters are arranged almost exactly in a circle about 10 miles in diameter with a deep glacier enclosed field at the center. From this glacier basin, known as the Annapurna base camp trek (Annapurna sanctuary trek), the Modi Khola way south in a narrow ravine fully 12 thousand ft. deep. Further south, the ravine opens up into a wide and fruitful valley, the domain of the Gurungs. The center and upper portions of Modi Khola offer some of the best short routes for trekking in Nepal and the valley is situated so that these treks can be easily joint with treks into the Kali Gandaki (Kali Gandaki is name of the river in Nepal) region to the west.
Upper Mustang Trekking name Make an escapade beginning from world deepest gorge Kaligandaki valley into world's highest area of Lo-Mangthang valley that passes through an almost tree-less barren landscape, a steep stony trail up and down hill and panorama views of high Annapurna Himalaya including Nilgiri, Annapurna, Dhaulagiri and numerous other peaks. The trek passes through high peaks, passes, glaciers, and alpine valleys. The thousands years of seclusion has kept the society, lifestyle and heritage remain unaffected for centuries and to this date.
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Kathmandu Pokhra Tour is an exclusive tour package specially designed for all level travelers. Kathmandu Pokhara tour package is effortless tour alternative for Nepal visitors. This tour package vacation the historically significant and ethnically rich capital (Kathmandu ) of Nepal and the most stunning city of world by the nature, Pokhara. Mountain museum and world peace stupa are another charming of Pokhara tour. Pokhara is the center of escapade tourism in Nepal. Package tour to Kathmandu Pokhara is design to discover highlighted areas of Kathmandu and Pokhara valley. Nepal is the country which is socially and geographically different that’s why we powerfully recommend you discover Nepal to visit once in life time. It is hard to explore all Nepal in one Nepal tours trip in this way we design this trip to show you the highlights of Nepal especially in Kathmandu and Pokhara.
Hiking in Nepal in the southern part of the asia continent there lays a tiny rectangular kingdom squeezed between two hugely populated countries, China to the north and India to the south, this country is Nepal a world of its own. Adventure trekking is a type of tourism, involving exploration or travel to remote, exotic and possibly hostile areas. Adventure trekking in Nepal is rapidly growing in popularity, as tourists seek different kinds of vacations. The land of contrast is presumably the exact way to define the scenery of Nepal for you will find maximum world highest peaks high high up above the clouds determined for the gods above. Straight, active and attractive learning experience adventure trekking in Nepal that engross the whole person and have real adventure. Mt. Everest, Kanchenjunga, Daulagiri, and Annapurna and many more are there for the offering for mountain-lovers, adventurers and travelers.
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The Hawker Hurricane Mk l replica US-X has been most generously donated to the Battle of Britain Memorial Trust by the Tory Family Foundation. It represents as precisely as possible the 56 Squadron aircraft in which 20-year-old Pilot Officer Geoffrey Page was shot down and terribly burned on 12 August 1940. The Hurricane fighter had been designed under the control of Hawker’s Chief Designer, Sydney Camm. The first flight took place on 6 November 1935 and the first operational examples joined 111 Squadron at Northolt at the end of 1937. During the Battle of Britain the Hurricane was in service with Fighter Command in greater numbers than the Spitfire and shot down far more enemy aircraft. In the later years of the war, the Hurricane achieved further fame in its “tank buster” role and it was not until 1947 that the type left squadron service with the RAF.
Geoffrey Page developed a fascination with aircraft and flying as a child, but his ambition to attend the RAF College, Cranwell was thwarted by his father’s opposition. Instead Geoffrey went to Imperial College, London University and learned to fly at Northolt with the University Air Squadron. Called up in September 1939, Geoffrey served briefly with 66 Squadron in 1940 before moving to 56 Squadron. The squadron was operating from North Weald on 12 August when, following a late afternoon scramble, an attack was made on a German formation reported as “70 plus”. Geoffrey’s Hurricane was hit by return fire.
In his book Shot Down in Flames (originally published as Tales of a Guinea Pig), Geoffrey described the struggle to leave the burning cockpit and then to open his parachute despite the agony of his burns. “Realising that pain or no pain the ripcord had to be pulled, the brain overcame the reaction of the raw nerve endings and forced the mutilated fingers to grasp the ring and pull firmly,” he wrote.
Rescued from the sea by a tender, which transferred him to the Margate lifeboat. Geoffrey became a founder member of the Guinea Pig Club for RAF personnel who underwent plastic surgery at the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. Geoffrey eventually returned to operations and became a wing leader before being badly injured again in 1944.
Right after the massive earthquake in 2001 in NW India, village craftsmen made hand-embroidered quilts to raise funds for relief efforts. I bought a couple and donated to families too. This photo is a detail of one of the quilts. Amazing how quickly these huge disasters fade from collective memory. The India quake cost 22,000 lives and 600,000 families' homes but it's already forgotten in the context of more recent tragedies.
at the Hammer Museum 15th Annual Gala in the Garden with Generous Support from Bottega Veneta on October 14, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Alesha out on the Town Old Street Shoreditch London Street Sign: Butter Like Love Best when spread generously. The Department of Dairy Scrumptious Affairs
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Behold, my Yashica Mat, generously given to me by a friend. It is the classic example of not judging a book by its cover. It lacks a Yashica Mat nameplate (but I hope to solve that), is dusty and the leather is peeling (I have a kit to replace that), but what it gives up in looks, it more than makes up in performance. It is all boxed up and today I will send it to Mark Hama for CLA and repair.
Update (10/14/2011): spoke to Mark Hama today. What a great guy. He said "your camera looks awful without a name plate" and he has started a quest to find one. He also says it will be a beautiful camera and work wonderfully when he is finished. Can't wait.
Or she may be called "The Fat Lady", I've no idea.
From the Sculpture Park beside the Cascade in Yerevan, Armenia.
Generously donated by the Deming Fire Department. The unit will be first out on all EMS calls for service.
In sacred memory of Cecily wife of Edward Dixon, esquire, daughter of Sir James Whitlocke, gent,.justice of the peace in the reign of King Charles .(.it praises her piety and her devotion to reading the scriptures, her generosity to the poor and her friendship......the spotless wife of a spotless husband to whom she gave 10 children .. She died 20th July 1647 aged 40 . Edward Dixon, armiger, erected this monument, to himself, his wives and children. so that the tomb should bring together those whom life separated".
The monument with white alabaster figures of Edward Dixon clad in armour, kneeling between his 2 wives, Cecily Whitlocke & Anne Dickins, was erected c1655 after the death of Cecily & after his 2nd marriage
Above the arch is a panel inscribed Domus viventium " (the home of the living)
The heraldic arms on the shield above the monument are those of Dixon, Blower and \Vhitelocke
Cecily was the daughter of Judge Sir James Whitlocke 1632 of Fawley Court, Bucks by Elizabeth daughter of Edward son of Thomas Bulstrode of Hedgeley Bulstrode by Cecily daughter of Speaker John Croke of Chilton flic.kr/p/6mkdJB
Her father records her birth "Cecill my daughter was born in Fleet Street house, 10 March, 1607, in the 5th year of King James . She was christened in St.Dunstan's church, 26 March being Easter even. Her godfather was Sir John Harrington, Knighte of the Bathe, sun and heir to the lord Harrington, and on of the prince's gentlemen ordinarye; her godmothers, my wifes sisters Cecill and Dorothy Bulstrodd, gentlewomen of the queen's bed chamber."
Her brother Bulstrode Whitlocke 1675 Lord Keeper of the Great Seal m2 Frances Willoughby 1649 daughter of Frances Manners d1643 flic.kr/p/HCbaQa daughter of John Manners 4th Earl of Rutland 1588 & Elizabeth Charlton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/55857n
She m 1632 (1st wife) Edward 1601 - 1659 son of Henry Dixon 1644 of Hilden Park Tunbridge Kent (bought by his grandfather Humphrey Dixon) , Wandsworth & Braughing, Herts, by Mary 1646 co- heiress daughter of William Blower 1597 & 2nd wife Mary 1619 heiress of Zachary Bucat / Bewchet / Brancate from Eeklo in Flanders. Mary who brought "a greate porcion in moneyes 'was also to be heiress of her brother William Blower who died unmarried in 1618 , bringing the manor here to the Dixons. More money came after her mother's death in 1619)
Children - 7 sons & 3 daughters
1 Henry Dixon of Hilden 1634-1669 m 1662 …. having 2 heiress daughters Jane & Sarah who inherited half of the manor each - Jane m 1699 Nathaniel Booth of Grays Inninl 1699 but died childless : Sarah m 1689 Percival Hart of Lullingstone Castle 3 x great grandson of Sir Percival Hart 1580, flic.kr/p/sVtjjh having 1 daughter Anne Dyke (d. 1763) flic.kr/p/sToCnN who inherited the whole manor and her son Sir John Dixon Dyke sold the manor in 1767 to Sir John Reade of Shipton Court, Shipton.under Wychwood. flic.kr/p/4Q4SuH bringing to an end the Dixons' I 50 year tenure
2 James b/d 1635
2. John
1. Elizabeth 1668 m Wiliam Barker of Tonbridge
(Their fathers had been friends for some years. Her brother Bulstrode Whitlocke signed a bond to Edward for £2,000, conditioned for payment of £1,400, June 1632, Dixon in due course, borrowed from Whitelocke and, in return settled land in Wandsworth and Braughing on Whitelocke's son Willoughby)
(In his diary, her brother Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke's records "Mr Dixon desired the consumation of his marryage & to see the Judges Will how the portion might be secured, butt Whitelocke told his the Will was not materiall, bicause the Judge had by deed of guift (which he produced) conveyed all his personall estate to his son, & for the portion Whitelocke offered to secure to them £1,300 to make up the £1,200 they had already received, [to] the summe of £2,500 being the portion agreed uppon, with which they then seemed to be satisfyed, & preparations for the wedding went on, the writings for settlement of Mr.Dixons estate & for the jointure were sealed, & old Mr.(Henry) Dixon with his sons and friends, & Whitelocke with his sister & friends were ready to goe into the Chappell att Fawley Court, to see the marryage solemnised betwixt them." The issue here was that the Judge had put his daughter's inheritance into his will at £2,500. The wedding plans were underway and £1,200 had been paid over to Mr.Dixon when the Judge died in June 1632 When the will was read the son refused to pay his sister £2,500 as £1,200 had already been paid. The wedding would not proceed until Bulstrode had secured the remaining £1,300 and his sister and her fiance had signed that was their full inheritance. The couple were married July 2nd 1632 at Fawley in Buckinghamshire.
One of the items held in the archives at Longleat House is the bills for Cecily' wedding. Ruth quotes . "Her 'milliner's' bill before the wedding amounted to £46.18s.3d. which included rolls of taffeta to line, £1.1s.0d.; 'Left unpaid of the last workinge £7.3s.3d.'; binding for petticoats 2s.; making petticoats and waistcoats 3s.6d.; 20½ yards of straw-yellow satins £15.7s.6d.; 3 rolls of taffeta to line, 'at 14d the elle', £1.4s.6d.; 16 yards of material for Lady Muston / Mostyn, Cecilia's elder sister)
Ruth Spalding in her Contemporaries of Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke 1605-1675 quotes papers at Longleat House showing Anne Bowers (d.1660) wife of Henry Dixon resented her husband's generosity towards the Whitelocke family, - She and her son Whitelocke were joint executors to her husband's estate;
Cecily & Edward spent their first years at Hilden until 1636 when their house building at Little Rollright was finished.
After her death her brother Bulstrode described her as " a good woman of a plain & tender heart, loving to her husband. children, & relations. carefull in her household afcayres, kind to her neighbors & very religious". She had great troubles living in the country in the Lime of the war. the soldiers on both sides being most injurious & insolent. A troupe of the Parlements quartered all her housee in her husbands absence, she then lying in, having bin brought to bed about 14 dayes before. Yet the barbarous domineering soldiers, would not admit this for an excuse, nor be content with their quarters, though fit for better men, but compelled her (though in that condition) to rise out of her bed. to make better preparations for them. with which, she tooke cold, fell into a feaver & dyed"
Edward and his family remained at Lillie Rollright for several years after Cecilia's death.
By 1654 Edward had moved his household back to Hilden
He also had remarried by 1655 to Anne widow of William Dickins esq
When Edward died, 'sicke and weake in body' in March 1660, his will betrayed some anxiety about his financial affairs. Much of his real and personal property was earmarked for the payment of his debts, annuities for his widow Anne and his unmarried daughter Elizabeth and £2,000 for Elizabeth's marriage portion. Edward did not make his son Henry his executor, nominating his daughter instead, and the hint of paternal disapproval is strengthened by a bequest of £ I0 to Dr Thomas ' Walker, 'further desireing my sonne Henry Dixon ... to bee advised by him uppon all occasions'. On 15 March 1660 Edward was buried in Tonbridge church near his father, as he had requested, and a stone in the chancel floor commemorates him there:-.
"Near this place lyeth the body of Edward Dixon of Hllden, esq; having been the tender husband of two wives; the former Cecilia the daughter of Sir James Whitlock; the second Anne (widow of William Dickins esq) of the ancient familie of the Bickertons of Leicester; who surviving, hath set up this memoriall. He exchanged this life for a better the 9th of March, anno redemptionis 1659 aged 58
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- Church of St. Philip, Little Rollright Oxfordshire
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Generous size sewing bag, perfect for carrying all your supplies and a bonus Project bag for the times when you need something smaller.
Andrew Dickson White Library
Andrew Dickson White, Cornell University’s co-founder and first president, built a great library. Although seldom identified today as one of the foremost collectors of the 19th century, his achievements have left a remarkable legacy. Unlike other famous book collectors of his time—J. Pierpont Morgan, Henry Edwards Huntington, John Jacob Astor, and James Lenox—he did not establish a separate institution to house his personal collections of books and manuscripts. Instead, White donated his entire collection of 30,000 books to the Cornell University Library—at a time when the Library possessed a collection of just 90,000 volumes. White’s great generosity reveals his utilitarian approach to collecting and, in his words, a “strong belief in the didactic value of books.” As an educator and historian he believed that one could not have a great university without a great library, and he wanted his books to be read and used by Cornell’s faculty and students.
White’s collections of materials on architecture, witchcraft, the Reformation, the French Revolution, Abolitionism and the Civil War were among the finest in the world during his lifetime. Originally shelved in the large, three-story room within Uris Library that bears his name, White’s collections are no longer kept together in one place. Many of his books were moved to the stacks in Olin Library when it opened in 1961. In recent years, most of White’s books have been transferred to the Division of Rare & Manuscript Collections for their continued protection and preservation. Today, the Andrew Dickson White Library holds a portion of the humanities and social science collections found in the combined Olin and Uris Libraries.
It is perhaps more fitting and accurate to say that Andrew Dickson White built two great libraries. The first was his large and significant personal book collection. The second was the Cornell University Library. White hired Willard Fiske to be Cornell’s first University Librarian, and he worked closely with him to develop innovative and progressive policies for their library. White purchased its first books, and played an active role throughout his life in developing the library’s collections.
Even in his student days, White had considered the merits of the most prestigious European libraries, imagining what it would be like to build an important new research library. White conceived and developed his vision for an upstate New York university during a miserable first year at college. White’s visions of a beautiful university were honed during his first year at a college whose architecture he called “sordid,” and later at Yale, where he urged classmates to “adorn and beautify the place.” While his classmates occupied themselves with shenanigans, the sixteen-year-old consoled himself in the library, where he found a book on the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. As a University of Michigan professor in the late 1850s, he planted elms and evergreens with the help of his students and was appointed superintendent of grounds. Two decades later he would preside over an institution that embodied the vision of his youth. The faculty included professors of modern history and literature, as well as classics and mathematics. They were free of control by religious sects and political parties. And learning was accomplished not by rote memorization and recitation, but through analysis, discussion, and experience. The Victorian beauty of the A. D. White Reading Room in Uris Library would probably have satisfied White’s exacting standards.
A trace of this inspiration can be found in the stained-glass windows that line the room. They portray the crests of several Oxford and Cambridge colleges. In the north windows, for instance, the blue escutcheon contains the motto for Oxford University, “Dominus Illuminatio Mea.” Translated from Psalm 27, it means, “The Lord is my Light.” Visitors from a new generation find the room’s ambiance comes from another source, calling it the “Harry Potter” library.
When White offered his personal library to the university, he set two conditions. He asked that the university provide a suitable space to house his collection—he stipulated a fire-proof room—and he requested that proper provision be made for the ongoing maintenance of his collections. That “suitable space” is the Andrew Dickson White Library. White played an active role in helping the building’s architect, William Henry Miller, design and ornament this space.
The maintenance and cataloging of the collection became the responsibility of George Lincoln Burr, a member of the Cornell class of 1871. Burr was White’s secretary and personal librarian as well as the first curator of the White Historical Library. Originally hired by White when he was a Cornell sophomore, Burr worked closely with White to develop and care for his library. We can safely posit that after 1879, the White collection must be seen as a collaborative effort between the two scholars. Each traveled to Europe on extended book-buying tours. Burr, also a renowned professor in the Cornell History department, is given special credit for building and enriching the Library’s collections on the Reformation and witchcraft.
Burr’s portrait by Cornell art professor Christian Midjo is prominently displayed on the north wall of the room, and a small drawing by R. H. Bainton on the first tier shows Burr as Cornell historian Carl Becker once described him: an “indefatigable scholar and bibliophile . . . browsing and brooding in the stacks.”
The Andrew Dickson White Library is filled with art work, furniture, and artifacts from White’s academic and diplomatic careers. He served as U.S. minister to Germany while still president of Cornell, and later also served as minister to Russia. Several pictures and photographs in the room depict Russian scenes. The artwork and the case of plaster casts of European coins and medallions were all collected by Mr. White.
Originally, this space had skylights and an open archway into the adjacent Dean Room (where the Burr portrait now hangs). Those features were lost to renovations, but the original three tiers of wrought-iron stacks still offer an open and dramatic display of their books. Upon first seeing these shelves filled with White’s books in September of 1891, George Lincoln Burr wrote that it “gave one such an idea of a multitude of books. You see and feel them all. They quite overawe one.” Setting the objective for the collection, he promised to make the White Library, in his words, “the great living, growing historical workshop of the University.
HM Government Emergency Food Package. I am in the Sheltered group in respect of COVID-19 Coronavirus. Consequently, I was eligible for assistance to stay fully isolated. I am suitable impressed by the kindness shown by these food packages. It is beyond my expectations. I am humbled by the state generosity and feel sorry for those less privileged.
Daniel Koper was kind enough to gift me this figure, so I put it at the head of the line with regards to "things that I need to look at". It was a generous gift from a very generous guy, so thanks again - I hope that once this COVID stuff is out of the way I'll find my way out to your neck of the woods again.
So here we go - Lightning Collection MMPR Yellow.
I occasionally dabble into Hasbro non-Transformer action figures, typically when it's a new line and I'm curious. It's a good thing that I'm not a hardcore collector because 2020 has been a piss poor year in the GTA for this sort of thing. That's another reason why I appreciate this gift - if I was looking for one, I'd probably be crawling on the ceiling by on with annoyance.
While there have been two characters to don the MMPR Yellow suit (or at least I think it's just two), this figure is for none other than the OG herself, Trini Kwan, who also was the first female to take over a male Sentai character role.
As this is a Hasbro product, I again take a deep breath when looking at it, and try not to be overly critical. They serve a different purpose than what I'm used to, they're definitely more mass marketed than my usual stuff, and for what it's worth, I can see why people like them.
My only other Lightning is female (surprise) and is none other than Kimberly, the MMPR Pink Ranger.
The Lightning female body (I'm going to guess that they're all the same, seeing how Hasbro usually works) is a definite improvement over the Legends one. Though not quite as sturdy as the GI Joe body (a material choice thing), it is more robust in that there are butterfly joints, allowing for lateral arm movement such that the arms can actually come together and spread out further, something very helpful if you're trying to get your Rangers to pull off ALL their gang signs.
The MMPR Yellow Ranger comes with the figure, an unhelmeted head, Blade Blaster, Power Daggers, energy effects for said daggers, and two martial arts posing hands.
Articulation is the same as Kim, having ankles, double jointed knees, thigh rotation, hips, mid torso ball joint, shoulders with lateral movement, single jointed elbow, wrists, and head. It'll get the general job done, just don't expect any nuanced posing.
Paint is minimal and mainly consist of the diamonds on the outfit, non yellow parts of the helmet, the Morpher, the Trini sculpt, and of course, the paint on the weapons. Paint work isn't going to win any awards, but for most part the larger details are not bad. It's just that the amount of paint itself is on the low side.
Build quality, well those annoyingly weak joints are back. I guess if you're a hardcore collector of this line you're probably used to this by now, but for me I have to be particularly gentle, though credit is given to the fact the knee wasn't warped out the gate. Otherwise, if you follow the usual "give the figure a hot water bath prior to playing" guidelines, it should. QC isn't bad, and is about what I expect from this line.
Of course, when it comes to these figures, the real difference between them is the unhelmeted head. If you don't remember, Kim was a disaster. The general shape wasn't bad, but the paint work on the head made her look like some sort of drug addled gremlin.
Trini is somewhat of a particularly sensitive sculpt. For those not in the know, the actress who played her died a after she left the show. So, she's not exactly around to critique her head. Also, kudos to Hasbro for going through the necessary hoops to get this one done. I mean, they could have stuck with Aisha and fans probably would have grudgingly accepted it.
Anyway back to the point - Hasbro didn't screw it up. The head isn't exactly photo accurate, but it's not bad and is a complete 180 from the Kim disaster. At the very least, the face is cleanly painted with a neutral expression - hair is decently detailed as well.
I can only imagine the hate mail Hasbro would be getting if they made a bad Trini head.
So that was a quick look at the Lightning MMPR Yellow figure. It serves it's purpose of filling out the Lightning ranks, mercifully having an unhelmeted sculpt that I'd actually consider displaying once in a while.
Is this it for me and Lightning? Well.. no. There's a few more female Rangers I'm eager to add to the collection, namely Kat (MMPR Pink 2.0) and Jenn (Time Force Pink) but those are quite a ways away, especially in this COVID reality of ours.
Thanks for reading!
MacroMondays Theme: Generosity
When the sun gets low in the sky all creatures, great and small, are granted a generous shadow.
of our firm that the coffee cups are so big! Me in the bus depot Altstätten, Switzerland, Sep 6, 2007. (Photo by Charlie with my camera)
I am willing to share. I have a couple of tiny chocolate chip cookies I will share with you.
Photo taken for Macro Mondays. Each week we post a cople of photos that follow our depiction of the theme.
This week's theme is 'Generosity.'
CAKE's limited edition Motorcade of Generosity 180 gram orange vinyl disc and digital download card.
With generous support, the Barrier Island Parks Society has restored the Gasparilla Island Lighthouse to its 1927 splendor and will preserve this legacy for future generations! The lighthouse is now open for tours!
God generous
Gave Man a boon
To festoon
Woman to play with
A gas filled balloon
That attracts , devours
And goes in a frantic swoon
Temperamental tragedy
That even time cannot prune
An empty morsel
A cavernous Mouth
Man born with a silver spoon
Lubricates Copulates , fornicates
And the climax ..as an anti climax
Happens far too soon
Kinsey report tattered tissue paper
Backed to lampoon
A trickle on a litmus paper
Clitoral claustrophobia
For the woman
And for the man
Rainshadow region
No cloud burst
No dam bursting as monsoon
Water vapoured dried out
labial luckless lagoon
Testicular trauma
Man fishing
shark infested waters
helpless and no harpoon
... with minced meat and leek - our dinner on Tuesday.
For 4 servings:
- 200 g minced meat (I took a mixture of organic beef and pork)
- 1 clove garlic
- 3 small, thin leeks
- 400 g noodles (I took tagliatelle)
- 200 ml whipping cream
- salt
- freshly ground pepper
- freshly grated nutmeg
- paprika powder
- cheese (I had some gouda left)
- 1 tbs. vegetable oil
Preparation:
Preheat oven at 180 °C fan/convection.
Start with cooking the noodles in salted water. They should be still very firm to the bite because they go on cooking in the casserole, too.
Clean the leeks and cut the white and light green parts of them into small rings. Finely dice garlic.
Heat vegetable oil in a wide pan, fry the meat while crumbling it. Add garlic, leek rings and some tablespoons of the noodle water; sauté for some minutes.
Decant noodles when still very al dente. Pour the cream into a large oven-proof dish and season generously with the spices. Add noodles and meat-leek-mixture, stir carefully to make sure that everything is lightly covered in cream.
Top with cheese and bake for 20 minutes.
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Nudelauflauf...
... mit Hackfleisch und Lauch - unser Abendessen am Dienstag.
Für 4 Portionen:
- 200 g gemischtes Hackfleisch
- 1 Knoblauchzehe
- 3 schmale, dünne Lauchstangen
- 400 g Nudeln (z. B. Tagliatelle)
- 200 ml Schlag- oder Kochsahne
- Salz
- frisch gemahlener Pfeffer
- frisch geriebene Muskatnuss
- Paprikapulver
- Käse (z. B. Gouda)
- 1 EL Pflanzenöl
Zubereitung:
Den Ofen auf 180 °C Umluft vorheizen.
Damit beginnen, die Nudeln in Salzwasser zu kochen. Sie sollten noch ziemlich bissfest sein, da sie im Auflauf noch weiter garen.
Pflanzenöl in einer weiten Pfanne erhitzen, das Hack krümelig anbraten. Knoblauch und Lauchringe sowie ein paar Esslöffel Nudelwasser zugeben und einige Minuten dünsten.
Nudeln abgießen, wenn sie noch ziemlich al dente sind. Die Sahne in eine große Auflaufform füllen und großzügig würzen. Nudeln und Fleisch-Lauch-Mischung zugeben, vorsichtig verrühren, so dass alles leicht von Sahne benetzt ist.
Mit dem Käse belegen und 20 Minuten backen.
Andy of Westie Bears have me darling Ping as a birthday present! I was amazed at such a generous gift. Thank you so very much.
This image, from her music video 'Generous' (2017), shows the then 20-year-old blonde American actress and singer Olivia Holt in a most flattering hotel chambermaid costume. She is wearing a short, frilly white apron over a black, short-sleeve minidress with white collar and cuffs. She is also wearing black, stiletto-heel shoes. This outfit shows off her lovely legs to great effect! In this image, she has taken off her frilly white cap and let her beautiful, long, blonde hair down. She is seated on a shelf in an alcove. The video can be watched at, for example:
when my dad and i talk, he often tells me tales about this place, a lighthouse on the mississippi river delta that was my first real home...
near this memory are many generous fishes...
may all travellers find stories!!
jeanne
downloaded and altered image, december 17, 2006
(my father and mother, our dog, and i - in my mother's arms - look at the doctor as he walks up to our house after landing on our yard in a helicopter. see the original and read the whole story on the coast guard history website...)
Free bookmark from Oxfam GB shop, June 2009. The bookmark encourages you to donate books as part of the Oxfam Bookfest, 4-18 July 2009.
JAKE (pastel on pastel card)
This was a rather special commission for me. Everything about it from was hugely heart-warming and showed me the incredible kindness, consideration and generosity of all involved. I will remember it for a long time.
The portrait of Jake, a much-loved four-legged friend who had not long passed away, was commissioned as a surprise present.
Jake's owner had rescued him as a puppy from a skip park in Battersea, 'He was constantly by my side for his whole life and there will never be another like him. He would come everywhere with me, including work where he was the best ice-breaker when I was photographing people in the studio or on location. He didn't have a bad bone in his body and loved everybody and they loved him. Being half Collie and half Jack Russell he was two very intelligent dogs in one and was so clever and obedient that he would never need to be on a lead even in a busy crowd. You will think I've lost it, but he was a kind of a (short legged) sheep dog!'
I don't usually do this but I wanted to share part of the thank you message that I received from Jake's owner as I really appreciated it and think that it's rather lovely (and will probably make us all want to go and hug our animals!):
'Dear Ali, Susie and I were completely and utterly stunned to receive your portrait of Jake from Katie and Dan. Actually you will think I'm a soft fool but I couldn’t hold back the tears and cried like baby. I miss that dog so much and when I saw that picture it really got me. I haven't been able to look at photos of him since he died so I was choked!
These kinds of paintings are usually impressions, illustrations or 'likenesses', but what you have done is the most difficult thing of all and create a real portrait. You perfectly got his character and gaze, that only we could recognise and the detail is stunning. More so than any photograph. I love what you did with the wall and the background colours, it's a really happy and serene painting. I think you are so talented and am really grateful for the thoughtful work and care you put into it.
We've hung the picture where we can see it all the time so at last I'm getting used to seeing the old chap!!
Perhaps we could thank you in person some day,
Will'
Ahh, isn't that lovely? :0)
(If anyone is interested in limited edition prints of Jake's portrait they are available here): www.alibannister.com/cart/jake-p-136.php
As always, Information on commissions can be found here:
Generosity comes in all shapes and sizes. On 30 July 2016, six of us from Calgary had the honour of meeting a 92-year-old gentleman who has lived most of his long life on a huge area (380 hectares, 939 acres) of beautiful land near Hanna, Alberta. Though Gottlob Schmidt (known as Schmitty) has now moved into town (Hanna), he is not far from his beloved land and still loves to spend a lot of time there. My friends and I understand why. This untouched land is not only beautiful to the eye, with its undulating hills with small, scattered pockets of Aspen woodland, but it also hides all sorts of natural treasures, including the wildlife that enjoys this native grassland. There are so few areas of native grassland left in Alberta, so each one is very precious. Schmitty told us that he has never seen his land looking so green! Perhaps not too surprising, as we have had so much rain recently, usually accompanied by thunderstorms. In fact, the rain started on our return journey to Calgary and I was driving from our meeting place in Calgary back to my house in torrential rain. I found a good scattering of small hailstones covering my lawn, too.
This is where the word 'generosity' comes in. Two years ago, Schmitty donated all his land to Alberta Parks, along with certain strict regulations (listed on a link below) on how the land was to be used, such as no hunting, no camping, no motorized vehicles. He was very warmly recognized for his extreme generosity. The Park is known as Antelope Hill Provincial Park and, when Schmitty is no longer able to visit and enjoy his old, family homestead, the Park will be opened to the public. For now, it remains his own, private property.
The highlight for us was meeting Schmitty himself. I can only hope that I might be lucky enough to be in half his shape if I ever reached that age! It was an absolute delight to spend a little time with this man with the big heart, when we first arrived and again later in the day, when it was time for us to head back to Calgary. We also got to meet Schmitty's good neighbours, Donna and Ken.
www.albertaparks.ca/media/5788002/antelope-hill-pp-fact-s...
calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/you-can-thank-this-man-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIVVBdkoUVY&feature=youtu.be
My friends (specialists in mosses, lichens and liverworts and other things) and I, were given permission to spend the day there, to list all our findings. Our time was spent climbing one main hill and walking part way around it, calling in at several of the small areas of Aspen woodland. This is where we found a number of wonderful mushrooms - Amanita muscaria / Fly agaric. These were the other highlight for me! It is quite rare that we come across one of these Amanita muscaria mushrooms, and it is so exciting and such a treat when we do! Of course, it's just a "fungi nut" talking, ha. They are so attractive, especially at the earlier stage when the cap is like a round ball, covered in white flecks, but also poisonous.
"A large conspicuous mushroom, Amanita muscaria is generally common and numerous where it grows, and is often found in groups with basidiocarps in all stages of development. Fly agaric fruiting bodies emerge from the soil looking like a white egg, covered in the white warty material of the universal veil... Amanita muscaria poisoning occurs in either young children or people ingesting it to have a hallucinogenic experience... A fatal dose has been calculated at an amount of 15 caps. Deaths from this fungus A. muscaria have been reported in historical journal articles and newspaper reports. However, with modern medical treatment a fatal outcome because of the poison of this mushroom would be extremely rare."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria
Various plants were good to see, too, including about four Prairie Crocuses that were still in bloom. I hadn't seen Skeletonweed for a long time, but there were quite a few small clusters of it. A new plant to me was a tall one with white flowers - White Evening Primrose (seen in this photo). The occasional gorgeous Gaillardia flower and wild Rose made a bright splash of colour, too, as did the Thistles.
Of course, for me, any visit to a ranch would not be complete without wandering by any old barn/shed/cabin. Another find was a beautiful, old, glass doorknob on one of the sheds.
On our return walk back to the cars, I suddenly spotted a huge, green caterpillar on the trail. A Tomato hornworm. It had been years since I saw any kind of huge, green larva and, though not my favourite things, I was glad to get a photo of it.
After a few hours of exploration, the only things that we were so happy and relieved to leave behind were the mosquitoes! Never had I seen so many of them - the air was filled with these tiny, blood-sucking insects that followed us every step of the way! Thankfully, they are not the noxious Canada (Creeping) Thistle.
Thanks so much, Heide, for driving Sandy and myself all the way out there - about a two and three-quarter hour drive. Much of the distance was on the same roads that I had driven last week with my daughter, but this was the first time I had ever been as far as Hanna and just beyond. Hanna now has a Tim Horton's, opened around three months ago : ) Thanks, Heide, too, for trying to find the old railway roundhouse - unfortunate that there was too much construction in the area, so one can't get to the roundhouse. And thank you so much, Peter, for arranging and organizing this wonderful trip! Most importantly of all, our thanks to Schmitty, who so kindly allowed us to share the special land that he has called home for so many decades. Our thanks for allowing us to spend the day there and, even more importantly, thank you for your great gift to all Albertans, with your incredibly generous donation of Antelope Hill Provincial Park.