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REFORD GARDENS | LES JARDINS DE METIS
Beautiful flowers at Reford Gardens.
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Photo of a photo taken at ESTEVAN LODGE, REFORD GARDENS, on July 22, 2015.
Mrs Reford leaving the Long Walk. 1934
Mme Reford quittant l'Allée Royale. 1934
Unforgettable Lady!
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From Wikipedia:
Elsie Stephen Meighen - born January 22, 1872, Perth, Ontario - and Robert Wilson Reford - born in 1867, Montreal - got married on June 12, 1894.
Elsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Québec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Born January 22, 1872 at Perth, Ontario, Elsie Reford was the eldest of three children born to Robert Meighen and Elsie Stephen. Coming from modest backgrounds themselves, Elsie’s parents ensured that their children received a good education. After being educated in Montreal, she was sent to finishing school in Dresden and Paris, returning to Montreal fluent in both German and French, and ready to take her place in society.
She married Robert Wilson Reford on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on Drummond Street in Montreal. They both loved the outdoors and they spend several weeks a year in a log cabin they built at Lac Caribou, south of Rimouski. In the autumn they hunted for caribou, deer, and ducks. They returned in winter to ski and snowshoe. Elsie Reford also liked to ride. She had learned as a girl and spent many hours riding on the slopes of Mount Royal. And of course, there was salmon-fishing – a sport at which she excelled.
In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the Montreal Maternity Hospital and she was also the moving force behind the creation of the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, the first women club in Canada. She believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, « something beyond the local gossip of the hour ». Her acquaintance with Lord Grey, the Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, led to her involvement in organizing, in 1908, Québec City’s tercentennial celebrations. The event was one of many to which she devoted herself in building bridges with French-Canadian community.
During the First World War, she joined her two sons in England and did volunteer work at the War Office, translating documents from German into English. After the war, she was active in the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Montreal Council of Social Agencies, and the National Association of Conservative Women.
In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Elsie Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river.”Why not take up gardening?” he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
Elsie Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to a salmon river and its dramatic views – not for the quality of the soil.
To counter-act nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great Depression. Then, as now, the gardens provided much-needed work to an area with high unemployment. Elsie Reford’s genius as a gardener was born of the knowledge she developed of the needs of plants. Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Elsie Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the Royal Horticultural Society and the North American Lily Society. Elsie Reford was not a landscape architect and had no training of any kind as a garden designer. While she collected and appreciated art, she claimed no talents as an artist.
Elsie Stephen Reford died at her Drummond Street home on November 8, 1967 in her ninety-sixth year.
In 1995, the Reford Gardens ("Jardins de Métis") in Grand-Métis were designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as being an excellent Canadian example of the English-inspired garden.(Wikipedia)
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LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Créés par Elsie Reford de 1926 à 1958, ces jardins témoignent de façon remarquable de l’art paysager à l’anglaise. Disposés dans un cadre naturel, un ensemble de jardins exhibent fleurs vivaces, arbres et arbustes. Le jardin des pommetiers, les rocailles et l’Allée royale évoquent l’œuvre de cette dame passionnée d’horticulture. Agrémenté d’un ruisseau et de sentiers sinueux, ce site jouit d’un microclimat favorable à la croissance d’espèces uniques au Canada. Les pavots bleus et les lis, privilégiés par Mme Reford, y fleurissent toujours et contribuent , avec d’autres plantes exotiques et indigènes, à l’harmonie de ces lieux.
Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden. Woven into a natural setting, a series of gardens display perennials, trees and shrubs. A crab-apple orchard, a rock garden, and the Long Walk are also the legacy of this dedicated horticulturist. A microclimate favours the growth of species found nowhere else in Canada, while the stream and winding paths add to the charm. Elsie Reford’s beloved blue poppies and lilies still bloom and contribute, with other exotic and indigenous plants, to the harmony of the site.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Gouvernement du Canada – Government of Canada
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Here’s my 70s dolls made by Ideal. I realise now I have both Misty and a Patch doll also made by Ideal but I’m too lazy to retake the photo.
Enjoy in a Little things in life, for one day you will look back and realize they were the Big things. ;-)
Thanks.
The Desiderata of Happiness
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
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No digáis "Oh!", ya que, por supuesto, no está hecha en un único disparo... sólo es un experimento de lo que me hubiera gustado ver esa noche... ;-)
Torremolinos, Málaga (2009)
The Red & Blue Zeroids are with Zeroid 'Zogg" . It is the base for the Red & Blue of course. Red & Blue are from the STAR Team for any who may not know. Came out in 1977- 78
I like the original Zeroids that came out in 1967.
Zogg was the last Zeroid for the original line. Released in 1969.
The first three Zeroids seem fairly common.
But Zogg does not show up for sale very often. In my searching anyway. I guess because of the later release. And it started out only being sold with the Commander Action Set . Then later sold separately.
This Zogg is missing several bits. A spoiler like part on the top of his head. His motor and its' cover. He comes with a laser ball thing he holds. I am fine with that missing.
I just would like the intact basic robot.
Zogg has two little cone things. on top of his base above the treads. And below their hand like parts. Blue has the two. But Red has only one. Zogg has those with what look like two stacked black rubber donuts. With a chromed tip on top of them. This ones' are gone.
But he has his treads !
And the rest of it, is nice and clean. And the chrome is good.
Even has the forearm stickers intact....
So I am happy to get him. To finally get some version of it !
I got it from a toy shop. Out in the wild.
It was likely, still there because it was incomplete ?
But I don't even see beat up ones for sale. So I am happy to get it.
A nice complete Zogg has been a grail collectable since I learned of it. Because of its' STAR Team connection. So this a good stand in for now :)
Also, got this Zem - 21 too. Its' silver is so good.
Compared to the one I have had for yrs. This one has the silver intact much more. I got it at the same toy store Zogg was at. The electroplated silver chrome is so thin on the Zem- 21 to start with. So after 47 years now, it seems to be disappearing on so many of them.....
Il est vrai que pour ces pêcheurs qui rêvent de belles captures, l'endroit est rêvé !
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Ideal imaging conditions under a crisp, clear sky on the night of January 16th called for a lunar imaging run.
In this image I was able to capture some subtle color from Mare Serenitatis and Mare Tranquillitatis, along with the glorious Apennine Mountain Range and major craters Archimedes, Ptolemeus, Alphonsus, and Magnius.
Image Details:
Celestron Advanced VX 8 Reflector
Nikon D3100
Processed with Photoshop CC
A white cotton petticoat with lace hem is an ideal under garment for a faux leather skirt.
It also fits my fantasy scene in which I think petticoats are much more likely to be worn than in present day.
Here is the living room. It looks like someone is moving in or has moved out! This shell needs to be refurbished with all new furniture. That sounds like a fun project for me!
Palais idéal du Facteur Cheval - Hauterives - France
Calligraphie lumineuse : Julien Breton www.kaalam.com
Photographie : Guillaume J. Plisson www.librearbitre.com
New apartment buildings around the Winx tower. They were not yet finished when that corner took a hit, leaving a gaping hole over some mineral wool that lent a certain Potemkin village quality to the place. It was later patched up with pressed wood which I think is still in place...
Pentax Spotmatic (quite probably with the Takumar 55mm f/1.8), Agfa APX100 in Rodinal 1+50 for 12 min @ 20oC
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
Cardiff Bus purchased a large number of Scanias between 2006 and 2009, and has sourced Alexander Dennis products in recent years. Therefore, with Scania's N250UD chassis now available with Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC bodywork, could this herald a new type of double-decker for the operator ?
Tellingly, demonstrator YN16 CFU is currently on hire for several weeks for evaluation primarily on Services 57 & 58 (City Centre-Pontprennau), alongside Mercedes Citaros and Alexander Dennis E40D MMCs, which sees competition from New Adventure Travel's X1.
Allocated fleetnumber 783 in the demonstrator series, she is passing the attractive Brains-owned Golden Cross Public House on Customhouse Street in the City Centre in mid September 2017.
I had walked from Bloomsbury to Tate Britain. After admiring the work of JMW Turner, especially some of his sketchbooks, I had a look around the British artists, 1700-1950 galleries. This sculpture in particular caught my eye, possibly because it had a handy seat next to it. I really need to practice drawing figures, this was an ideal opportunity. The marble sculpture is by Thomas Brock. The less finished column of stone which helps support the figure is meant to represent Satan. Drawn with my Pentel 0.5mm pencil in a Moleskine, A5 size sketchbook.