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Shown: The landing stage at Talladh-a-Bheith, the senior school for the top two years. Also shown the first form classroom.
The high degree of care and concern for academic progress is reflected in the reports written by all members of the staff, but particularly by John Boyce and Billie Williamson. These were supplemented by periodic letters to parents given out to us for inclusion in the obligatory weekly letter home - and which were sometimes read in the safety of the lavatories before the envelope was sealed.
Life in the classroom for the boys seemed to continue as it had done in Broadstairs. The Juniors were well looked after in the simple but adequate surroundings at Finnart. The central years at Rannoch were followed by two years at Talladh-a-Bheith and it is this final stage which probably left the strongest impression for the boys. Latin seemed to dominate their lives. The day began with a lesson before breakfast when the gender rhymes from the back of Kennedy's Shorter Latin primer or irregular verbs and paradigms were learnt by heart. The Latin gender rhymes were sung at lights-out time to melodies from Gilbert and Sullivan. Equally memorable were Billie Williamson's scripture notes, written up overnight on the blackboard and illustrated with drawings of the more vivid and blood-thirsty scenes of Old Testament history.
Mathematics were taught by Frank Fraser (a formidable person who taught Maths, with swept back grey hair and baggy plus-fours, piecing eyes and a fiery temper wich ill tolerated any form of carelessness or untidiness). Many other subjects were taught by Major Tireman, who had retired from the Army and corrected everything in magenta ink, while languages were the responsibility of F.Dotto from Gibralter, Miss R Donaldson-Hudson and CH Hesketh. Other staff came and went. It cannot have been easy to recruit assistant masters during the war to come to the wilds of Rannoch and it a noteworthy achievement that all subjects were covered throughout the school for the whole of the war years.
Also shown: Michael Walden and the Juniors at Finnart. Finnart, on the south side of the Loch, was leased from Colonel Wentworth's Dall Estate.
Taken the following morning, with me on a ladder + flash because the wind was blowing the plant to and fro. The very deep depth of field with phone lenses really helped getting this nymph in focus.
Date: c 1931/32
Maker: Chr. Carstens KG, Steingutfabrik, Hirschau, Bayern
Model/Size/Form: 157
Decoration Number: B 160
Notes: Information from Volker Hornbostel pers. comm.
Suspended ironically by the same monofilament used for hooking fish in the wild, these (larger than?) life-sized models are arranged to give visitors a close-up view of their features and habitat.
Here and there in the museum are bright orange wall notices to remind visitors to keep themselves 6 feet apart, as illustrated by the length of an average sized adult freshwater sturgeon seen in Michigan waters. This video clip concludes on that note.
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the hills are yellow with mustard grass. it's a reassuring sign that spring has arrived. it's a late start this year and the plants are shorter than usual. but given the drought it's actually amazing we get bloom at all. these plants are quite weedy in appearance, not something you want in your garden. but they do make spectacular stands in the wild with their abundant flowers. these flowers are quite delicate and ephemeral. a light breezy can send petals falling like a million tiny yellow sticky notes. kinda reminds me all those 'important' things we put down on sticky notes, in the end, they seldom matter
Left this margarine tub outside in the lobby with a post-it note that reads, "There is NOTHING wrong with this!" Good to know.
Super Mario balances on the E's tweeter while aligning the Io1 cartridge using only the power of his mind.
Oh wow, look at my totally awesome and concise notes from class today...oh wait, no, that's just a bunch of zombies and flowers. And a little doodle portrait of me saying "I <3 zombies." Yup...
Musical notes: Scattered around the market are 18 musical notes painted on walkways, where registered musicians and performers entertain. They stay for an hour at one spot, then move, so you never know where they will be. The chance to perform for a street crowd so appealed to Hilary Hahn, a virtuoso violinist in town to play with the Seattle Symphony, that she got a permit to perform at the market.
It's not always music. I watched a card sharp perform tricks by identifying cards. Since he was selling decks of cards that made his tricks possible, he revealed his secret. One side of the cards was shaved slightly narrower than the other side. When he wanted to find the four aces, all he had to do was insert them in the deck in the opposite direction of the other cards. Their width gave them away.
Sapna Jahan (Brothers) - Sargam And Flute Notes For Beginners
SCALE OF THE FLUTE IS D# BASE/MIDDLE
Sapnaa jahann dastak naa dee
S.R.S.R.G. S.R.S.n.d.p.
Chaukhat thii wohh aankhein merii
S.S.R.S.R. d.n.S.n.S. R.S.n.
Baatonn see thii tadaad meinn
S.R.S.R.G. S.R.S.n.d.p.
Khamoshiyann zyaadaa merii
S.S.R.S.R. d.n.S.n.S. R.S.n.
Jabsee padee teree kadamm
P.G.R.G. P.D.P.M.
Chalnee lagii duniyaa merii
R.M.D.M.D. N.N.D.S'.N.
Meree dil meinn jagah khudaa kii khaali thii
G.P.D.S'.D. S'.D. S'.D.N. P.D.N.S'.
Dekhaa wahan pee aaj teraa chehraa haii
S'.R'.G'.R'.S'.N.D. S'.D.P.D.
Mainn bhataktaa huaa saa ekk baadal hoonn
G.P.D.S'.D. S'.D. S'.D.N. P.D.N.S'.
Joo teree aasmaan pee aakee thehraa haii
S'.R'.G'.R'.S'.N.D. S'.D.P.D.
NOTES is a series I started in 1968. NOTE TO ERIK was the second one completed but the footage goes back to 1966. When I saw the footage I loved it, but didn't feel ready to deal with it. Seeing Sharon Moss again, who had moved to NYC from Storrs, CT inspired me to return to this footage to make a note to a mutual friend ERIK KIVIAT. It took about 2 years for me to feel I could respond to the generosity of her performance and the images I had gathered and shaped in my camera. Sharon Moss and her cats play and dance naked in the snow.
... the cameraman ALWAYS gets it :P
Unless you are an experienced herpetologist with a need to handle reptiles I don't recommend that you attempt to handle any kind of monitor. I wouldn't attempt to handle one myself except in an emergency. Although they lack venom they are very dangerous - they are a powerhouse of muscle and claws and use them to great effect. They also have plenty of bad bacteria in their mouth and since their bites are often very nasty you don't want to have to battle the subsequent infection.