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Cindrella should've picked ceramic shoes not glass ones. She was incredibly lucky that they reached her in one piece.
"Hemerocallis 'Optimism', 2015, Red Violet Daylily, hem-ur -oh-KAL-iss, 23"" E-M D Re Fr Perennial (Wild-G., 1998), Z3, 5.4"" red violet self , Bloom Month --, In Bed K3 for 2.0 years
Daylily Optimism - 23"" EM. Re. D. F. 5 3/8"" bloom. Lightly creped and ruffled medium red violet with light burgundy veining. Cream rib runs to green heart. Large star shaped flower."
Optimism about DDT's power to vanquish malaria reigned during the postwar years. At a 1950 World Health Organization meeting, one malariologist folded his hands and intoned, "Let us spray." In this 1958 photo, a sprayman does just that, as part of the U.S. National Malaria Eradication Program.
DDT spraying in National Malaria Eradication Program, circa 1958. From Centers for Disease Control.
Name tag in the Mars Yard: "The Operational Perseverance Twin for Integration of Mechanisms and Instruments Sent to Mars."
Scan of design on cotton. Fabrics, wallpaper, wall decal, gift wrap spoonflower.com/profiles/winterblossom
Hand tatted lace black scarf, yellow scarf, & a shrug.
Yellow blouse with black skirt. Skirt has smocking at the waist.
Made a vest out of embroidered cotton. The black and blue lattice work was created by
sewing strips and weaving 'em.
We are open.
The landscapers have done a bit of a shit job, but what do you expect for a pint of Tenants Super and a bag of pork scratchings.
This week we are also pleased to announce that toilet paper has been added to the conveniences, so regulars can stop using their hands.
Sadly, Phil 'The Power' Taylor has cancelled his PA. We are not sure why.
I am constantly amazed that there are actually people who will ride their bikes in the winter. More than once I've been struggling through the snow, trudging along, and some loon goes weaving crazily by on a bike that is sliding everywhere.
Cheylesmore's church is often described as embodying the ‘Festival of Britain’ style and spirit, and this is no exaggeration. Situated in the southern suburbs of Coventry, Christ Church was built in 1954-7 on an ambitious scale to replace the war damaged Christ Church in the city centre (a Victorian rebuilding of the medieval Greyfriars church, of which only the octagonal steeple remains, the third of Coventry’s famous Three Spires). Designed by A.H. Gardner & Partners, this was one of the grandest and most expensive post-war churches in the country, and says much about the vision and optimism with which new churches were constructed at the time.
The church takes the form of a vast triple-aisled hall, the roof forming a low curve over each aisle which gives the main facade with its largely glazed walls a distinctive outline. Next to this rises the tapering oblong tower with its curious chequerboard top storey (originally a mixture of glazed panels and louvered grills, but replaced by brickwork in more recent years).
The interior is the most astonishing sight here, a great open space only lightly divided into three aisles by slender concrete columns, supporting a great expanse of concave plaster ceiling above, replete with perforated panels (decorated with badges of the City Guilds). The expanses of brick and woodwork are relieved by an unusually bold colour scheme of purple columns and a pinkish lilac for wall panelling (again with a chequered configuration on the south side). Each aisle terminates in a decorative wall finish, most notably the chancel with its wooden reredos with carved angels by John Skelton, whose Evangelist figures also adorn the nearby pulpit. Further angels can be found in more surprising places, a pair flank a clock above the tower door, but most eccentric of all are the tiny wooden figurines suspended in oddly birdcage-like light-fittings along the nave, giving these angels the appearance of caged canaries!
The vast windows are mostly of textured glass, but each contains a pair of densely coloured dalle-de-verre stained glass panels, figurative images from the Life of Christ by Pierre Fourmaintraux from 1955. These mosaics of glass chunks set in concrete are very rich, but alas overwhelmed by the clear glass surrounding them. Nevertheless they form a rare scheme in this medium, and illustrate the unusual degree of artistry lavished on this church.
The church isn't normally open to visitors outside of service times so an appointment will be necessary to see inside. I am hugely grateful to Jenny Scragg in the parish office for being so helpful and welcoming to me here.
Optimism umbrella from Bath & Body Works. It was on sale for half price and I needed an umbrella. I thought it was cute. And it did happen to rain the next day (it's open because it's drying out).
Don Camillo and Peppone are the main characters of many stories and several novels by the Italian writer Giovannino Guareschi and some of the resulting feature films from the 1950s.
They sketch rural Italy shortly after the Second World War. The plots show in an equally humorous and dramatic way the contemporary problems of ordinary people, the gap between the old traditions and the social optimism and the political rivalry in the climate of the beginning of the Cold War.
The main characters - the Catholic priest Don Camillo and the communist mayor Peppone - are seemingly irreconcilable.
And yet, in the course of the actions, situations repeatedly arise in which they join hands to overcome small or large challenges.
For me personally, these film adaptations of Giovannino Guareschi's stories have almost cult status - I have known them since my childhood.
When black and white television became fashionable.
The town of Brescello in the Emillia Romagna region, virtually on the banks of the Po River, is the location for all of these films.
The films by Don Camillo and Peppone also have cult status for this place and its residents.
Which is lovingly and successfully marketed.
Further information :
Giovannino Guareschi : it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovannino_Guareschi
his books : www.booklooker.de/B%C3%BCcher/Angebote/autor=Giovannino+G...
Don Camillo : it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Camillo_(romanzo)