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for Macro Mondays: pink
this rose is called Compassion, has a scent of ripe peaches and grows on the back wall of our house
memories of Clare and 'rose madder'
for Macro Mondays:small and smaller
two rings: on the left, chunky, antique-style silver (2cm diameter); the smaller one copper, silver and reticulated brass
created by our **late daughter Clare in her silversmithing enterprise 'rose madder', part of her livelihood, importantly so precious to her as a creative/therapeutic outlet
Clare's friends in Scotland were invited to chose a piece of jewellery in her memory from the wealth found in her flat
a very few pieces remain and Iovely for me to now see new examples of her work
Alexander McCall Smith's use of the word **late in his 'No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' novels always felt rather quaint to me; the word now serves me rather well.
Earlier this summer I met up with another Flickr photographer who is even madder about vintage lenses and cameras than I am. Simon (see links below) has a well supported YouTube channel where he talks about vintage lenses and photography in general. If you are at all interested in vintage lenses his videos are informative, interesting, and entertaining. One of the features of Simon's videos is that he never shows himself to the audience but he has a voice that is memorable. We had a moment of magic on this outing together to the V&A. While we were sitting having a coffee and chatting (about lenses as always!) Simon's first ever fan recognition took place. A chap sitting at the next table recognised Simon's dulcet tones and came over to chat. Turns out he was a fan of Simon's YouTube channel and instantly recognised the voice. 😂
Simon's Flickr stream:
www.flickr.com/people/95859572@N06/
Simon's YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/channel/UC7R1RMn59iq5_f_IT_oDMrA
The image here is of the Dale Chihuly glass sculpture on display in one of the main foyers at the V&A. I'm not sure if this is a permanent acquisition by the museum or not. In some ways my own opinion is that while the artistry of Chihuly's work is indisputable (anyone seeing his work on display at Kew Gardens a few years back will know that) I'm not sure whether the setting for this piece works. It seems at odds with it's surroundings in the very Victorian style of the V&A building. I've tried to photograph it in a sympathetic way here, which I think works reasonably well, but when you see the sculpture "in the flesh" my feeling is that it is a little too bold for the setting it's in.
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These stacking rings and heart pendant in silver and amethyst were made for me by my late daughter, Clare, in her silversmithing enterprise, 'rose madder'. Of all the pieces which she gave me, they are my favourites and, since we lost her in May this year, will always have an extra special significance.
posted for Crazy Tuesday: container and its contents
all your visits are appreciated 💜💜
...remembering my daughter, Clare, who wrote "the shades of light to deepest pink...have always been favourite colours" and therefore named her silversmithing enterprise 'rose madder'.
Blue-Field Madder
These flowers are tiny, about 0.1”/2.5mm in diameter.
Larger than life size magnification. The lens was set a 1:1 magnification. A 25mm extension tube was on the lens. Focused using a macro rail. Actual size crop from the original.
Photographed near the house
Backyard photography
for Looking close... on Friday! - Gold & Silver (colour)
The silver of this ring is actually silver; the gold is reticulated brass (the process turns the brass a gold colour) which Clare explained to me as she gave it as a gift, made in her silversmithing enterprise 'rose madder'.
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Sherardia arvensis
Thanks Barbol for the ID !
Blue field-madder
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I saw this beautiful little fabric-covered box in a local charity shop and brought it home to house all the special pieces of jewellery which my late daughter Clare made me.
I like that the colour references her love of pink, for which reason she named her lovely silver jewellery-making enterprise 'rose madder'.
Happy Crazy Tuesday, everybody!
When I was twelve, I entered a drawing competition, and I won my first set of Derwent pencils: a tin case of 36. As a designer and illustrator as well as a photographer, over the years I have acquired several different sets of Derwents for different purposes, including my beloved Derwent Studio Pencil set of 72 which I use predominantly these days for designing clothes.
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 9th of April is “pencil points”. What better way to meet the theme (although now I look at them, some are pointier than others) than with my beloved Derwent Studio Pencil set? Colours in this photo from bottom left to top right are: Number 25 Dark Violet, Number 33 Light Blue, Number 45 Mineral Green, Number 48 May Green, Number Zink Yellow, Number 11 Spectrum Orange, Number 15 Geranium Lake, Number 22 Magenta, Number 17 Pink Madder Lake, Number 19 Madder Carmine, Number 23 Imperial Purple, Number 29 Ultramarine and Number 32 Spectrum Blue. The pencil point printed ribbon was a Christmas gift from a friend who gave me a whole box of ribbons to be creative with.
Derwent, or the Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company, is a manufacturer of pencils and other stationery. The business began in 1832 in Cumberland under the name of Banks, Son & Co. The company was bought by Acco UK and became a brand of their product range.
Alongside the hawthorn in memory of Clare, Ray has now planted a spindle tree in our front garden We were surprised and happy that the hawthorn gave deep pink blossom in May in its first season with us. And now the spindle tree is amazingly already decked with bright pink berries in July. **
The pink blossom and berries of these two trees have been chosen in reference to Clare's silversmithing enterprise, Rose Madder, which meant so very much to her and from which I have so many beautiful pieces.
** I checked it out online:
Spindle fruits are perhaps the most unusual of all our native trees and shrubs. They consist of green 'capsules' that become bright pink when they are ripe in September and October
thank you for all your visits
the wild madder (R. peregrina) was formerly cultivated for a red dye known as alizarin, which was obtained from the ground-up roots. That dye was used for cloth and could be prepared and applied in such a way as to yield pink and purple shades as well as red. Cloth dyed with madder has been found on ancient Egyptian mummies, and madder was used for dying the cloaks of Libyan women in the time of Herodotus (5th century bce)
When I was twelve, I entered a drawing competition and I won my first set of Derwent pencils: a tin case of 36. As a designer and illustrator as well as a photographer, over the years I have acquired several different sets of Derwents for different purposes, including my beloved Derwent Studio Pencil set of 72 which I use predominantly these days for designing clothes.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a weekly challenge called “Snap Happy”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each week, and the image is to be posted on the Monday of the week.
This week the theme, “think pink” was chosen by Margaret, The Pocket Rocket.
What better way to express the joy of the colour blue than with the spectrum of pink from my beloved Derwent Studio Pencil set? I have done a previous pencil collage for “Snap Happy” for the theme “blue”, so rather than a starburst like last time, I have opted for a top-to-tail formation, and my side picture this time is of a range of coloured pink papers I have in my craft boxes. Derwent colours in the main photo include: Number 16 Flesh Pink, Number 17 Pink Madder Lake, Number 18 Rose Pink, Number 19 Madder Carmine, Number 20 Crimson Lake, Number 21 Rose Madder Lake, and Number 22 Magenta. There are also three Faber Castel pencils from a set of watercolour pencils I was given by a friend for Christmas. They are rose, pink and magenta.
Derwent, or the Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company, is a manufacturer of pencils and other stationery. The business began in 1832 in Cumberland under the name of Banks, Son & Co. The company was bought by Acco UK and became a brand of their product range.
There’s nothing like a freezing cold shower to energize you in the morning ... or so this Ring-necked duck thought when he jumped into the pond. Well, he WAS energized and, after a couple of seconds, he was the most enthusiastic duck on the pond. Pity the poor ducks within 10 feet of him!
After succeeding with a Canada Goose on my first attempt (flic.kr/p/ovvE2e),I had been trying to get a photo of a duck stretching its wings for years. Then, on the way back from the dentist this morning, I stopped at the HF Pond, and managed to get this one shot! Awfully glad I have a spare camera in the car at all times.
Exuberance personified ... or duckified!
Quite out of the blue a new baby for the madder family arrives! After three truly Mediterranean days in Edinburgh it was back to cooler temperatures, and a sea fog with some drizzle, ushering in the month of October.
Not a day you might say to be out with the camera but when my friend James Pringle called me up and said "I've just seen Dart 85 in madder on the 21" I had to ask "are you sure James?" In the company of Dr. Anderson of Edinburgh University I didn't really feel like doing any bus work as the drizzle was beckoning more strongly. I did though ask James where the Dart was and worked out it would arrive at Clermiston within the half hour from where we were situated.
Dr. Anderson suggested we go hunting and, never one to require much encouragement for this sort of thing, I nibbled at the bait and off we went. After all, how could I miss an opportunity to see another of my all-time favourite buses - and with a new coat of paint too?
So here we are back at one of my favourite haunts, Clermiston terminus (though not a terminus for the 21) high up alongside Corstorphine woods in the north-west of the city.
Marine based Dennis Dart SLF, Plaxton Pointer SPD number 85 (SK52 OKF) enjoys some attention as Dr. Anderson boards the bus (and taking a little more time to pay than usual!) while I managed to capture two shots in the misty atmosphere of an autumnal day.
It is thought the reasoning behind the repaint of this Dennis Dart is owing to possible accident damage and so 85 joins the other Darts in weinrot und weis 'classic' livery 60, 185 and 189.
For a numerical tour of all of Lothian's Darts and Volvo Eclipse's see my set of single deckers in harlequin livery:
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_montgomery/sets/721576233314...
Individual flowers are white, trumpet shaped, about 1/3 inch long. The flowers form a dense cluster ¾ to 1 inch in diameter.
Plant Height: A 4 to 16 foot shrub/tree.
Native.
Likes a wet, part shade to sun habitat in floodplains, river banks, shores, marshes, swamps.
Blooms June - July.
Lothian's madder red and white livery always sparkles and see here the sprays working on all sides - 271 is almost smiling at this treatment and feeling very proud at us visitors looking on in delight. But wait! Here's 267 at the rear preparing to perform her show too. What a magical scene under the blue beams of Marine depot.
During the second world war, the Marine gardens were used for the war effort and demonstrations of fire-fighting, dealing with bombs etc were staged in the cycle racing track.
Motor cycle racing moved to Meadowbank after the war. The government sold off the Marine Gardens for industrial use after the war. The bus garage was opened (on the site of the cycle track) on 9th December 1962, by Provost John Dunbar. There was quite a party that day.
The Marine Gardens had a concert hall seating about 2,500, a huge dance hall where the leading orchestras of the 20s and 30s would play. Tommy Sampson was the local big band and played a lot in the late 30s. There was the speedway track, and many restaurants and gardens.
One of the drawbacks of the venue initially was that the nearest tram stop was at top of Kings Road. This was resolved on 26 October 1924 when the tram route from Seafield to Portobello was opened and stopped right at the door!
43/80
On her first day in new madder and white here's 746 at Balerno terminus and note the Mobitech number digits (44) on the destination screen. Lothian's first Gemini B7's were from fleet number 701 and the first 45 (701 to 745) have Hanover screens - that's separate digit tracks for each of the roller blind service numbers. From 746 all numbers within this screen are on one track - so the effect is that the numbers are placed more narrowly together.
Lothian Buses Plc is the only municipal bus company in Scotland and the largest provider of bus services in Edinburgh.
The City of Edinburgh Council own 91.01% of the company with the remainder being owned by East Lothian and Midlothian councils. As well as serving Edinburgh, Lothian Buses also serve parts of East Lothian and Midlothian.
Lothian Buses area registered company based in Annandale Street, Edinburgh and operates the majority of daytime bus services in Edinburgh, extending to outlying suburbs, towns and villages. The company also operates several limited stop express routes, an Airport service, Park and Ride services and a night bus network as well as several tourist services.
LB has 4 travel shops (three in the city centre and one in Dalkeith), and operates buses from three depot locations; Longstone, Annandale Street (Central) and Marine. The company also maintains a driver training school and an engineering depot at Seafield.
Male Rethera komarovi stipularis (Madder hawkmoth), Charyn, Almaty region, Kazakhstan, bred 2018/19.
Individual flowers are white, trumpet shaped, about 1/3 inch long. The flowers form a dense cluster ¾ to 1 inch in diameter.
Plant Height: A 4 to 16 foot shrub/tree.
Native.
Likes a wet, part shade to sun habitat in floodplains, river banks, shores, marshes, swamps.
Blooms June - July.
Lothian Buses continue to operate a critical service across key routes of its network.
Lothian Country have been operated by a fleet of standard madder vehicles throughout and continue to do so. Lothian 588 on a service 43 arriving in from South Queensferry. 09th June 2020.
Madder Madden Falls
Waterfalls are meant to be relaxing, tranquil, a place of rest they say - clearly someone forgot the whole fact that waterfalls are fing noisy, you can't hear the birds, you can't hear yourself think, you can't hear the shutter of your camera next time i'm bringing some ear buds and some sweet tunes, Bronski Beat-Smalltown Boy remix anyone 😉
It has been lovely to be able to offer all the friends of our daughter, Clare, the choice of a keepsake in her memory from the wealth of jewellery found in her flat after she died last year.
These pieces had all been made in 'Rose Madder', her silversmithing enterprise which meant so much to her.
Over the years, as Flickr friends will know, I have been the recipient of many beautiful items from Clare which, perhaps strangely enough, have often seemed appropriate to use as subject matter for my own love of participating in group themes here.
Now I have this last piece, also found among the jewellery, but then in a slightly wabi-sabi state and not improved by my efforts at cleaning it when the female figure suddenly flew off from the silver ring. (Clare, no doubt, would have been amused!)
At first, I did not want to even let it out of my sight but recently a local jeweller restored the figure to its rightful place and cleaned the pendant beautifully. And I have found a silver chain for it.
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