Copyright Susan Ogden

Today i partially conquered procrastination....mainly because there is some impending bad weather, which will probably miss me here, but....there is always that but!! i have been coaxed and cajoled to make my EMERGENCY BOX.

i had gift cards for Home Depot so i took a drive up island and got the Rubbermaid tub, and began the quest for things on the list for the box. A few packs of antibacterial wipes, hand sanitizer, batteries, flash lights, more batteries, a lantern, bottled water, toilet paper, first aide supplies...candles....a lighter, non perishable snacks....etc.

i went over the list and noted that i had to add things to a separate list because there are just some things you cannot get at Homer D! It was then that i noticed that there were key things missing from FEMA’s emergency list. Mainly, alcohol.

My thought was that if you are stuck on the island in a hurricane, depending on the size of said hurricane, you might need a coping mechanism to mellow you out....mild hurricane conditions, perhaps some Not Your Father’s Root Beer....a bit more intensity, perhaps a bottle or 2 of wine, or maybe some rum...and if things get to the point of “What ever made me think this was a good idea??” being screamed in a loud and terrified voice you might want to break out the Fireball Whiskey! i am thinking of rewriting this list for FEMA. Duct tape, FEMA, REALLLY!!!??? Duct tape!!!!!???? perhaps a boat and oars would be preferable!!!

They actually had “games” on the list!!! In a CAT 4 who the heck will be calmly sitting there playing a game!!!!!???? Is the duct tape reserved for a CAT 4/5 so you can tape yourself to the house???? if it is to put on windows, you are a little late...that needs to be on there BEFORE you need the emergency box!!!!

i am now in search of a NOAA battery operated radio...and maybe a small heater altho i am not sure how many hurricanes happen in January thru February....perhaps a portable stove would be a better option!

The part of procrastination that i did NOT conquer today was the “oil change” one...but to my credit, i tried. There are apparently a lot of people on the OBX that are oil change procrastinators just like me, because there were about 6 of them sitting in the waiting room ahead of me....i opted out. Tomorrow is another day.

My eyes are on the weather and i am hoping my friends all dodge the bullet. If you are one in the path of the storm...please stay safe...dry....warm....and have your emergency box ready! ;)

Variety Farms Inc

Hammonton, NJ

on a glass table;

really enjoyed having fully equipped kitchen and great makings we brought from Portland and perishables we could buy from various places around. Wonderful to cook and eat at home, vegan worked real well. I found vegan burgers in a couple of places out, and they were delicious. I have been trying in Portland to find some places but have not found any great ones yet :) I don't go for meat substitutes. I felt I did not need that but the other day I went to a place that all menu was substitutes, imitation vegan meat food that look like animal sourced, and I found myself enjoying the taste. But, I would not go for it ordinarily.

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Angkor Thom located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer Empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. 170  It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north. The site is one of the major tourist attractions of southeast Asia.

Angkor Thom (Khmer: អង្គរធំ) is the transform name from another alternative name of Nokor Thom (Khmer: នគរធំ), which is believed to be the correct one, due to neglect of calling it in incorrect pronunciation. The word Nokor (Khmer: នគរ, Nôkô) is literally derived from Sanskrit word of Nagara (Devanāgarī: नगर), which means City, combining with Khmer word Thom (Khmer: ធំ, Thum), which means Big or Great so as to form Nokor Thom then being altered to current name of Angkor Thom.

Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building program. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride.: 121 

Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however. Yasodharapura, dating from three centuries earlier, was centred slightly further northwest, and Angkor Thom overlapped parts of it. The most notable earlier temples within the city are the former state temple of Baphuon, and Phimeanakas, which was incorporated into the Royal Palace. The Khmers did not draw any clear distinctions between Angkor Thom and Yashodharapura: even in the fourteenth century an inscription used the earlier name.: 138  The name of Angkor Thom—great city—was in use from the 16th century.

The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived.

The Ayutthaya Kingdom, led by King Borommarachathirat II, sacked Angkor Thom, forcing the Khmers under Ponhea Yat to relocate their capital southeast to Phnom Penh.: 29 

Angkor Thom was abandoned some time prior to 1609, when an early western visitor wrote of an uninhabited city, "as fantastic as the Atlantis of Plato".: 140  It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000–150,000 people.

The Poem of Angkor Wat composed in Khmer verse in 1622 describes the beauty of Angkor Thom.

Angkor Thom is in the Bayon style. This manifests itself in the large scale of the construction, in the widespread use of laterite, in the face-towers at each of the entrances to the city and in the naga-carrying giant figures which accompany each of the towers.

The city lies on the west bank of the Siem Reap River, a tributary of Tonle Sap, about a quarter of a mile from the river. The south gate of Angkor Thom is 7.2 km north of Siem Reap, and 1.7 km north of the entrance to Angkor Wat. The walls, 8 m high and flanked by a moat, are each 3 km long, enclosing an area of 9 km². The walls are of laterite buttressed by earth, with a parapet on the top. There are gates at each of the cardinal points, from which roads lead to the Bayon at the centre of the city. As the Bayon itself has no wall or moat of its own, those of the city are interpreted by archaeologists as representing the mountains and oceans surrounding the Bayon's Mount Meru.[8]: 81  Another gate—the Victory Gate—is 500 m north of the east gate; the Victory Way runs parallel to the east road to the Victory Square and the Royal Palace north of the Bayon. It is around 30 minutes from central Siem Reap.

The faces on the 23 m towers at the city gates, which are later additions to the main structure, take after those of the Bayon and pose the same problems of interpretation. They may represent the king himself, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, guardians of the empire's cardinal points, or some combination of these. A causeway spans the moat in front of each tower: these have a row of devas on the left and asuras on the right, each row holding a naga in the attitude of a tug-of-war. This appears to be a reference to the myth, popular in Angkor, of the Churning of the Sea of Milk. The temple-mountain of the Bayon, or perhaps the gate itself,: 82  would then be the pivot around which the churning takes place. The nagas may also represent the transition from the world of men to the world of the gods (the Bayon), or be guardian figures. The gateways themselves are 3.5 by 7 m, and would originally have been closed with wooden doors.: 82  The south gate is now by far the most often visited, as it is the main entrance to the city for tourists. At each corner of the city is a Prasat Chrung—corner shrine—built of sandstone and dedicated to Avalokiteshvara. These are cruciform with a central tower, and orientated towards the east.

Within the city was a system of canals, through which water flowed from the northeast to the southwest. The bulk of the land enclosed by the walls would have been occupied by the secular buildings of the city, of which nothing remains. This area is now covered by forest.

Most of the great Angkor ruins have vast displays of bas-relief depicting the various gods, goddesses, and other-worldly beings from the mythological stories and epic poems of ancient Hinduism (modified by centuries of Buddhism). Mingled with these images are actual known animals, like elephants, snakes, fish, and monkeys, in addition to dragon-like creatures that look like the stylized, elongated serpents (with feet and claws) found in Chinese art.

But among the ruins of Ta Prohm, near a huge stone entrance, one can see that the "roundels on pilasters on the south side of the west entrance are unusual in design."

What one sees are roundels depicting various common animals—pigs, monkeys, water buffaloes, roosters and snakes. There are no mythological figures among the roundels, so one can reasonably conclude that these figures depict the animals that were commonly seen by the ancient Khmer people in the twelfth century.

Coming soon, new video work at vimeo.com/tizzycanucci. This is a still from it. Combines video of Non-Perishable by ꓟarina ꓟunter at Berg at Nordan Art, my own rl exhibition and archive film from the 1950s.

In Greenlandic Inuit religion, a tupilaq (tupilak, tupilait) was an avenging monster fabricated by a practitioner of witchcraft or shamanism by using various objects such as animal parts (bone, skin, hair, sinew, etc.) and even parts taken from the corpses of children. The creature was given life by ritualistic chants. It was then placed into the sea to seek and destroy a specific enemy.

The use of a tupilaq was risky, however, because if it was sent to destroy someone who had greater magical powers than the one who had formed it, it could be sent back to kill its maker instead, although the maker of tupilaq could escape by public confession of her or his own deed.

Because tupilaqs were made in secret, in isolated places and from perishable materials, none have been preserved. Early European visitors to Greenland, fascinated by the native legend, were eager to see what tupilaqs looked like so the Inuit began to carve representations of them out of sperm whale teeth.

Today, tupilaqs of many different shapes and sizes are carved from various materials such as narwhal and walrus tusk, wood and caribou antler. They are an important part of Greenlandic Inuit art and are highly prized as collectibles.

This tupilak has a height of 11 cm.

The Normanton Railway Terminus:

The railway complex at Normanton consists of the major buildings of an important inland railway terminus connecting this port with the goldfield at Croydon.

A railway line between Normanton and Cloncurry had been discussed as early as 1883 and was approved by Parliament in 1886. This was a difficult stretch for carriers and a rail link would have been valuable to pastoral stations in the area and would also have served the Cloncurry Copper Mine. It was at the time intended to eventually link the new line with the Great Northern Railway connecting Charters Towers and the important port of Townsville. However, in November 1885 a major gold strike was reported at Belmore Station, 145 km east of Normanton and by the end of 1886 the population of the Croydon field was 2000 and 6000 in the following year. Transportation was a major problem and access to this field became more important than the link to Cloncurry. It was decided to divert the line to Croydon. Tenders were called in July 1887 and the first section to Haydon began in May 1888. The work was designed and supervised by George Phillips and this section opened on 7 May 1889. The current route of the line was finalised in 1889 and reached Croydon on 7 July 1891, opening on the 20 July.

In 1867 Phillips had taken part in the exploration of the country around Normanton with William Landsborough, working for him a surveyor. Soon afterwards, he surveyed the area chosen as a port to become the town of Normanton. The country was difficult for conventional railway tracks due to flooding, lack of suitable timber and voracious termites. In 1884 Phillips patented a system for taking railways across such country which utilised special U section steel sleepers laid directly on the ground. During floods the line could be submerged without washing out the ballast and embankments normally used, so that it could quickly be put back into service when the waters subsided. The steel sleepers were also impervious to termite attack, and although initially more expensive than timber sleepers, were cheaper to lay and maintain. It was this system that was specified for the Normanton to Croydon line and Phillips was engaged to supervise the construction. After the railway was completed he maintained an interest in the area, serving as MLA for Carpentaria, inspecting artesian bores and writing a report on ports and railways in 1909.

The station building and carriage shade were designed under Phillips direction by James Gartside, a draftsman for the department. and were built about 1889. The line was opened in 1891. At its peak, the complex at Normanton consisted of a station building containing a telegraph office, station master's and traffic manager's offices, clerks' room, waiting room, parcels and cloak room, booking office, and a ladies' room with a ramp to ladies-only earth closets. Attached to the station building, and sheltering the platform and three tracks, was an arcaded carriage shade with a curved roof .

The terminus also had a large goods shed with a crane and because the line was isolated, a workshop area comprising a maintenance store, suspense stores, a timber shed, tanks, locomotive store, fitting shop, carpenter's and blacksmith's shops, timber shed, gantry and engine shed.. There was also a horse and carriage dock, porters' and lamp rooms, closets, and a tool house nearby. Residences for the station master, enginemen and guard were located south-east of Landsborough St. The traffic manager's house and stables adjoined where the wharf line departed for the Margaret and Jane landing on the Norman River.

The goldfield at Croydon did not sustain its initial success. By the early 1900s its output had dropped considerably and after WWI when widespread mining diminished, it was obvious that the field would not recover. Traffic on the line was never high and steadily declined, although its value as a community service and a vital link during the wet season kept the line open. This was because the Phillips system worked well and the track could be put back into use almost immediately after flooding, whereas roads stayed impassable for much longer. Fortunately, the track took less maintenance than standard track because in the early 1920s the number of services and staff were considerably reduced. In the 1930s, all weather roads made the railway less important, but until the late 1960s the rail remained a vital transport link in the area. The terminus now functions largely as a tourist attraction. One railmotor was restored and named the 'Gulflander' in 1978.

Although the line initially used steam locomotives, supplying enough suitable water for them locomotives was a problem from the beginning on this line and trains eventually carried water trucks. Railmotors were also more economical to run, so in 1922 the first railmotor, a Panhard, was tried on this route. In 1929 steam locomotives were discontinued and railmotors only were used. Diesel locomotives supplemented these in the 1980s.

Some of the working buildings at the terminus deteriorated and were removed including the workshops, carpenters and blacksmiths, though the sites can be still plainly seen.

The Normanton to Croydon Railway Line:

The railway line linking Normanton to Croydon was built between 1888 and 1891 and is the last isolated line of Queensland Rail still in use. It utilised an innovative system of submersible track with patented steel sleepers and retains buildings of considerable architectural and technical interest at its terminus in Normanton.

In 1867 William Landsborough investigated the Norman River area to select a port site to serve the pastoral stations south of the Gulf of Carpentaria. With him was George Phillips who shortly thereafter surveyed the chosen site of Normanton. Phillips later supervised the construction of the Normanton to Croydon Railway, and retained an interest in the area, serving as MLA for Carpentaria in the 1890s.

A railway line between Normanton and Cloncurry had been discussed as early as 1883 and was approved by Parliament in 1886. This was a difficult stretch for carriers and a rail link would have been valuable to pastoral stations in the area and was planned to serve the Cloncurry Copper Mine. It was at the time intended to eventually link the new line with the Great Northern Railway connecting Charters Towers and the important port of Townsville. However, in November 1885 a major gold strike was reported at Belmore Station, 145 km east of Normanton and by the end of 1886 the population of the Croydon field was 2000, rising to 6000 in the following year. Transportation was a major problem and access to this field became more important than the link to Cloncurry. It was decided to divert the line to Croydon.

The line was technically innovative, in response to the terrain and conditions. The country was flat but difficult for conventional railway tracks due to flooding, lack of suitable timber for sleepers and termite attack. In 1884 Phillips patented a system for taking railways across such country which utilised special U section steel sleepers laid directly on the ground. During floods the line could be submerged without washing out the ballast and embankments normally used, so that it could quickly be put back into service when the waters subsided. The steel sleepers were also impervious to termite attack, and although initially more expensive than timber sleepers, were cheaper to lay and maintain. The bridges along the line were also designed to be submersible. This system was particularly suited to the Gulf country and was specified for the Normanton to Croydon line with Phillips engaged to supervise the construction. Tenders were called in July 1887 and the first section to Haydon began in May 1888. The first line laid was between the Normanton station site and the Margaret and Jane landing at Normanton wharf in order to bring materials from ships to the terminal site. This line has not survived.

Some problems were encountered with constructing the line because of the difficulty of maintaining a constant and adequate supply of Phillips sleepers. They were cast at the Toowoomba Foundry at Woolloongabba in Brisbane and also in Glasgow, but in order to keep construction going, timber sleepers were used on some sections and timber was also used for some bridges, originally designed to be made of steel.

The construction method involved clearing a three metre wide band ahead of the rail which was stumped, ploughed, harrowed, rolled and lightly ballasted. The U shaped sleepers were then laid on this prepared surface and the rail attached to them by special clips. The construction train then passed over them forcing the U shape down into the ground and depressing the sleepers for above half their depth. Soft spots were then packed. The finished rails were intended to be 25 to 50 mm above the surface. However, in practice the sleepers became more deeply embedded with time. The first section of 61km to Haydon was opened in May 1889, then to Patterson's (Blackbull) in December 1890, and to Croydon in July 1891.

The buildings for the terminus at Normanton consisted of a station with a large arched carriage shade and a goods shed, all constructed of corrugated iron on timber frames, although the framework for the station building was used to considerable decorative effect. Because the line was isolated, a range of maintenance buildings and facilities such as machine shops, blacksmith and carpenters shops were added over the next few years. At the other end of the line, Croydon had more modest goods and locomotive sheds and a station with a roofed section over 2 tracks. In 1895, a railway water reserve was proclaimed on the flooded Bird-in-the-Bush shaft on True Blue Hill at Croydon.

Most of the timber sleepers on the line were soon replaced because of termite damage, although one section over salt pan used timber rather than metal to prevent corrosion. A number of low level bridges form an important part of this line and were also intended to be metal. In 1900 two bridges at Glenore Crossing which had been built in timber in 1890 were replaced by low level concrete and steel bridges. That at Glenore Crossing number 3 reused fishbelly plate girders from the original 1876 Albert Bridge in Brisbane as main spans. Original metal and concrete bridges survive and those at 80 Mile Creek and Belmore Creek at Croydon are good examples of their type.

Initially the line carried perishables, mail and passengers, and goods like building materials and merchandise. It also ferried firewood for mine boilers and batteries as the land was progressively cleared. During the late 1890s special trains were run for picnics at most of the water holes along the line, particularly the Blackbull lagoon and weekend excursions from Normanton to Croydon or Golden Gate. The Golden Gate mine, some 4 miles west of Croydon and on the railway line, was first mined in 1887. It enjoyed prosperity from about 1895 to 1901, and the Golden Gate township itself had 1500 inhabitants. A service between Croydon and Golden Gate on the weekends was introduced in 1902.

However, the goldfield at Croydon did not sustain its initial success. By the early 1900s its output had dropped considerably and after WWI when widespread mining diminished, it was obvious that the field would not recover. The railway had only run at a profit between 1898 and 1902 and traffic, never high, steadily declined. The line stayed open as a community service and as a vital link during the wet season. This was largely because the Phillips system worked well and the track could be put back into use almost immediately after flooding, whereas roads stayed impassable for much longer. Fortunately, the track took less maintenance than standard track because in the early 1920s the number of staff was considerably reduced. To cut costs, and because the supply of suitable water had always been a problem, the first railmotor, a Panhard, was introduced in 1922. By 1929 steam trains had been completely phased out. In the 1930s, all-weather roads made the railway less important, but until the late 1960s the rail remained a vital transport link in the area. The terminus now functions largely as a tourist attraction. One railmotor was restored and named the 'Gulflander' in 1978 and a railmotor now makes a weekly trip hauling carriages and a flat top wagon for passengers' cars. In the wet season it also carries freight when the roads are cut. Stops are at Clarina (11 miles), Glenore (14m), Haydon (40m), RM Stop No1 (49m), Blackbull (56m), and on to Croydon (94m). There is often also a photo stop at the remains of the Golden Gate mine (92m).

Not all of the buildings have survived; the station at Croydon being destroyed by a storm in 1969. The tank there was demolished in 1972, that at Haydon in 1980, and the blacksmiths shop and workshops in Normanton were sold and demolished in 1980.

Source: Queensland Heritage Register.

UP heritage unit #1996, painted in honor of the fallen Southern Pacific Railroad, leads a hot UP train of cold perishables (figure that one out) east of Nelson, IL.

I wasn't expecting to upload a picture today because we were travelling to the boat. So, after a two hour drive we unpack the car. Where's the red bag?

Even more annoyingly, the red bag only contains food. Perishable food. Raw chicken. We could have just gone shopping again, but the thought of it sitting there... for a week... in the warm weather.... Not to mention another hellish trip to a supermarket on Bank Holiday weekend....

'ckit, we're going home to get it....

Looks like we're not setting sail first thing tomorrow morning then.

Simple Minds: (Don't You) Forget About Me (Prophetic by Pikespice I think)

We're Here: '80s songs

240/365

(2013)

The spices installation "Campo de Color" ("Colour Field") by Sonia Falcone spreads out like a landscape of sensations and provokes synesthetic perceptions. Sweet blue, fiery red and a bitter gold give off a swirl of fragrances; an intense irradiation of all the qualities of matter. As in its original meaning, aesthetics is in this installation, "Campo de Color", a sensation. Throughout history, spieces have motivated marine exploration and trading routes and here inspire the creation of a new landscape. Falcone covered the floor with hundreds of clay pots filled with cocoa, cayenne, chili, achiote, pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, thyme, mjustard, curry, paprika and more... a rich variety of spices to create a minimalist composition in the colour field style. Unlike the smooth cold, surfaces of North American minimalism, Falcone's visual feast displays reliefs composed of pulverised flavours, as hot as Latin American chinli or as sweet as Oriental cinnamon. While the routes of the spieces linked Asia to the ports of Venice in the Middle Ages, "Campo de Color" completes the cartographic picture by drawing in the palette of flavours from the New World. Landscape, banquet, market and altar; these earthbound elements trigger heady sensations and at the same time recall the body's perishable limitations, the ephemeral nature of sensory pleasure and - ultimately - the fleeting nature of life.

San Miguel de Lillo s. IX, ciudad de Oviedo, Principado de Asturias.

Ascendiendo por la ladera del monte Naranco y a unos doscientos metros de Santa María se eleva San Miguel de Lillo. Formaba parte, junto con ésta, de un supuesto conjunto palatino en el que también se incluirían toda una serie de pabellones construídos en materiales perecederos y que hoy día no se conservan. Su advocación, constatada desde el año 908, vincula el templo con el culto al arcángel San Miguel que estaba presente en la Península Ibérica desde finales del siglo VII.

La estructura original estaba compuesta por una planta rectangular de tres naves, la central más ancha y alta que las laterales, una cabecera tripartita y a los pies del templo, un vestíbulo, la tribuna real, escaleras y varias dependencias. Se especula acerca de la posible existencia de dos estructuras a los lados simulando el aspecto de transepto pero todavía no esta demostrado.

Actualmente sólo se mantiene en pie una tercera parte del edificio original porque en fechas anteriores a 1115 sufrió un derrumbamiento que acabó con su triple ábside y tres tramos de la nave. Según las crónicas, las causantes de este hecho fueron sus elevadas bóvedas y las aguas de un arroyo cercano que socavaron los cimientos.

Tras el hundimiento, el ara fue trasladada al mirador oriental de Santa María y transcurrido un periodo indeterminado de tiempo, los restos que permanecieron en pie fueron cerrados con un muro bastante chapucero de materiales reaprovechados del derrumbe y se construye una capilla rectangular con una tosca bóveda de cañón para volver a dotar al edificio de uso litúrgico.

Las cubiertas de las naves que han llegado hasta nosotros adoptan una configuración peculiar. La bóveda que recubre la nave central sigue un eje oeste-este mientras que las laterales se colocan perpendiculares al mismo, es decir, de norte a sur. La gran altura a la que están dispuestas (11 metros la central y 8 las laterales) condiciona el uso de un material ligero para su construcción. Se recurre por ello a la piedra toba como ya se hizo en Santa María del Naranco.

La separación de las naves se lleva a cabo a través de gruesas columnas y no de pilares, caso insólito en la arquitectura asturiana. Sobre éstas se asientan unas arquerías de medio punto con roscas sogueadas y por encima, continúa la pared maciza hasta alcanzar la bóveda, que es reforzada con arcos fajones. Los capiteles son de forma cubicatroncocónica y las basas se caracterizan por estar decoradas con las figuras de los cuatro evangelistas y su símbolo zoomórfico.

Sin lugar a dudas, uno de los elementos más complejos de la construcción es su vestíbulo, sobre el que se emplaza la tribuna real. A diferencia de los realizados en el periodo de Alfonso II, éste introduce gran parte de su volumen dentro del edificio en vez de configurarse como una estructura saliente diferenciada. Se cubre con bóveda de cañón. Las jambas de la puerta son dos grandes piezas monolíticas de piedra cuyo mayor interés reside en los relieves con los que se decoran. Son reproducciones de un díptico de marfil tardorromano datado en el 506. En él se mostraba al cónsul Areobindus inaugurando unos juegos circenses. Con seguridad el monarca poseía una copia que hoy día no se conserva. Su uso como modelo se ha interpretado como signo del poder real.

La tribuna regia evoluciona con respecto a la vista en San Julián. No se coloca en uno de los lados del transepto sino en un nivel superior al vestíbulo y centrado sobre el eje longitudinal de la nave central. Se cubre con bóveda de cañón. Tiene dos puertas con arcos de medio punto a cada lado que la comunican con las escaleras de acceso y una estancia lateral. La ventana abierta en el muro para iluminar el recinto está cubierta con una celosía, realizada en una gran losa de piedra, que presenta un calado minucioso y preciosista.

El templo estaba decorado interiormente con pinturas al fresco. Los motivos son tanto geométricos (hexágonos y círculos, ya vistos también en Santullano) como humanos. Estos últimos revisten mayor interés porque no los volveremos a encontrar después de la etapa ramirense. Las figuras que aparecen son hieráticas, antinaturalistas y desproporcionadas. Dominan los colores rojo, amarillo y verde.

English

Up the side of Mount Naranco and about two hundred meters from Santa Maria San Miguel de Lillo rises. Part along with this , a palatal course set in which a series of pavilions built in perishable materials would also be included and are not preserved today . His dedication , observed since 908 links the temple to worship the Archangel Michael who was present in the Iberian Peninsula from the late seventh century .

The original structure consisted of a rectangular plan with three naves, the wider and taller than the side core , a tripartite head and foot of the temple , a hall , the royal gallery , stairs and several outbuildings . Speculation about the possible existence of two structures on the sides simulating the look of this transept but not yet proven .

Currently only a third of the original building is still standing because dates before 1115 suffered a collapse that ended his triple apse and three sections of the ship. According to the chronicles , the cause for this were its high vaults and the waters of a nearby stream that undermined the foundations .

After the collapse , the altar was moved to the eastern viewpoint of Santa Maria and after an undetermined period of time , the remnants that remained standing were closed with a rather sloppy wall reclaimed materials collapse and a rectangular chapel is built with a rough dome cannon to return to give the building liturgical use .

The decks of the ships that have reached us adopt a peculiar configuration . The dome that covers the nave follows a west-east axis while the side are placed perpendicular to it , ie , from north to south. The great height that are arranged (11 meters and eight central side ) conditions the use of a light construction material . It relies therefore on the tufa stone as was done in Saint Saviour Cathedral .

The separation of the ships is carried out through thick columns instead of pillars , unusual in the case Asturian architecture . Above them a semicircular arches sit with sogueadas threads and above the solid wall continues up to the vault, which is reinforced with arches . The capitals are so cubicatroncocónica and the stands are characterized by being decorated with the figures of the four evangelists and zoomorphic symbol.

Undoubtedly , one of the most complex elements of the building is the lobby , on which the royal gallery is located. Unlike those made in the period of Alfonso II , this introduces much of its volume within the building rather than as a distinct protrusion configured structure. It is covered with a barrel vault. The jambs of the door are two large monolithic pieces of stone whose major interest lies in the reliefs which decorate . They are reproductions of an ivory diptych dating from the late Roman 506. It showed the consul Areobindus inaugurating a circus games . Surely the monarch had a copy that is not preserved today . Its use as a pattern has been interpreted as a sign of royal power.

The royal grandstand evolves with respect to the view in San Julian. No standing on one side of the transept but superior to the lobby and centered on the longitudinal axis of the nave level . It is covered with a barrel vault. It has two doors with arches on each side that communicate with the access stairs and a side room. The open window on the wall to illuminate the enclosure is covered with a lattice , on a large stone slab , which presents a thorough and precious draft.

The temple was decorated inside with frescoes. The reasons are both geometric ( hexagons and circles , as also seen in Santullano ) as humans. The latter are of interest because they do not meet again after Ramirense stage. Figures shown are hieratic , anti-naturalistic and disproportionate . Dominate the red, yellow and green.

The last two Krauss-Maffeis in one frame. Pure serendipity.

I was warned in advance by the signature bleaking horn what's coming on from the north into Athens. Plenty of time to arrange the frame with the waiting 23500.

A-420 arrived on the evening of June 26, 1997 with a work train while A-414 was trailing the A-324 on overnight 23500 which was carrying everything somewhat urgent such as mail&express plus perishables in white reefers.

Those days Athens Stathmos Larissis was such a nice station. Use full screen view to savour all the little details.

In the background you see Hotel Oscar and Hotel Nana, the railfan's favorites. I checked in at the Nana. A nice cool taverna downstairs just the next door.

Carta (Sibiu County): Cistercian monastery

The city and monastery of Carta are located 43 km from Sibiu on the road to Brasov. Here are preserved the ruins of the Cistercian monastery, one of the oldest and most important monuments of the primitive Gothic church in Transylvania. The Cistercians are a monastic order originating in France and widespread in several countries.

The Carta Cistercian Abbey played a major role in the political, economic and cultural history of medieval Transylvania, as well as in the introduction but also in the dissemination of Gothic art in the inter-Carpathian space.

The monastery was founded in the years 1205-1206 by King Andrew II of Hungary.

The beginnings of the monastery are confirmed with the erection of its first buildings, used, as the Cistercians used it, from perishable materials, that is to say wood. These can be dated with relative certainty between the years 1205-1206.

The stone parts of the monastery will be erected between the years 1220 and the end of 1230. The construction of the monastery was carried out in two main phases of execution, chronologically interrupted by the great Tatar invasion of 1241.

In the first phase of construction, which has stylistic characteristics dependent on the late Romanesque, the general plan of the monastery was drawn, the walls delimiting its inner courtyard being raised to a height of 3-4m above the ground.

In 1260, after the assassination caused by the Mongol invasion in the spring of 1241, construction work will resume under the direction of a new architect, trained in the environment of mature Gothic, and with the contribution of a workshop of stone with an eclectic structure.

By 1300, the church and the eastern wing of the Charter Monastery were completed, with the completion and construction of the southern wing of the abbey continuing for approximately two decades.

The fierce struggles with the Ottomans from 1421 to 1432 and the decline of the order made the church and its monastery a ruin. This also led to its closure by King Mathias Corvin in 1474.

However, the west facade is still standing and above the Gothic portal is a large rose window. The tower attached to the facade was built later, in the middle of the 15th century, and its transformation into a bell tower took place later.

Currently, the monastery no longer has all the original buildings and annexes, many of which collapse. The vaults of the huge church have collapsed and there are only a few exterior walls and two interior beams (south and north). To the south, there is still a single Roman column, and the side ships, according to the Cistercian plan, end in a small square choir. The main ship no longer has a ceiling - in its place is a cemetery in memory of the German soldiers killed in the First World War.

The Reformed Church today occupies only the choir and the apse of the old basilica. The Gothic portal has probably been moved from a side entrance and its profile betrays Gothic influences.

Numerous examples of the tombs of the founders of Cistercian churches allow the existence of a royal necropolis under Carta.

....I have truly struggled with writing this .... So here it goes ...

one thing I do not believe in bragging .. but on the other hand, I have never see the out pour, of man kind, love to one another ...

this is the help for HARVEY VICTIMS ... as well as IRMA....

this was on the church lawn, one Friday afternoon, before a ball game .. Prayer and a service of Worship was held ..

i saw folks a coming a carrying , everything from water to baby diapers, and a shovels and brooms .. non perishable goods, and these trucks, have been sent to Houston, already.

the youth pastor here, absolutely poured his heart out on love ..and I never have been blessed, in all my sweet life ..

the donations are still coming in ...

and that is about all I am a going to say ....

Except " HIS Love" Never has, and Never will fail ...

God Bless you Sweet Friends, and many prayers are still GOING UP on your behalf ... and many donations coming in ..

In the Love of the Lord ... Giving all the Thanks for the Cause of Calvary ....

Our Little County, is not but about 25,000 and that is all of us, at that ..

God Is Still on the Throne ... Blessings from TN ..

I am deleting comments, for I absolutely do not want any credits ... nor praise,,,, so glad I could help,

Giving all thanks and glory to the good Lord above ... Cindy

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The Port of Zeebrugge (also referred to as the Port of Bruges or Bruges Seaport) is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles and passenger ferry terminal port on the North Sea.

The port is located in the municipality of Bruges, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, handling over 50 million tonnes of cargo annually.

The port employs directly over 11,000 people and handles over 10,000 ship moorings annually. Together with the indirect employees, the port creates over 28,000 jobs.

The most important functions of the port are:

Intense RoRo traffic between the Continent, Great Britain, Scandinavia and Southern Europe;

European hub port for the automotive industry;

Container port with a good nautical accessibility for + 19,000 TEU ships;

Import of Liquefied Natural Gas and energy products;

Handling, storage and distribution of perishables and other agricultural products;

Handling of conventional general cargo and 'high & heavy' cargoes;

Passenger transport;

Organisation of the European distribution via an intricate network of hinterland connections.

Here, I was on the Ferry in Zeebrugge, heading back home, when I spotted these powerful cranes in the evening sun, a last effort in the last of daylight.

They move containers.

Wishing you well and stay safe!

With love to you and thank you, M, (* _ *)

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Zeebrugge, Cranes, coast, harbour, industry, colour, horizontal, "no people", Nikon D7200, "magda indigo"

Nickel Plate Road No. 763 is a Class S-2, 2-8-4, Berkshire-type steam locomotive. Built in August 1944 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio, it's a high-powered, fast-freight locomotive that carried perishables between Chicago and Buffalo, New York. It was retired from NKP service and is currently in restoration at the Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, Ohio.

Carta (Sibiu County): Cistercian monastery

The city and monastery of Carta are located 43 km from Sibiu on the road to Brasov. Here are preserved the ruins of the Cistercian monastery, one of the oldest and most important monuments of the primitive Gothic church in Transylvania. The Cistercians are a monastic order originating in France and widespread in several countries.

The Carta Cistercian Abbey played a major role in the political, economic and cultural history of medieval Transylvania, as well as in the introduction but also in the dissemination of Gothic art in the inter-Carpathian space.

The monastery was founded in the years 1205-1206 by King Andrew II of Hungary.

The beginnings of the monastery are confirmed with the erection of its first buildings, used, as the Cistercians used it, from perishable materials, that is to say wood. These can be dated with relative certainty between the years 1205-1206.

The stone parts of the monastery will be erected between the years 1220 and the end of 1230. The construction of the monastery was carried out in two main phases of execution, chronologically interrupted by the great Tatar invasion of 1241.

In the first phase of construction, which has stylistic characteristics dependent on the late Romanesque, the general plan of the monastery was drawn, the walls delimiting its inner courtyard being raised to a height of 3-4m above the ground.

In 1260, after the assassination caused by the Mongol invasion in the spring of 1241, construction work will resume under the direction of a new architect, trained in the environment of mature Gothic, and with the contribution of a workshop of stone with an eclectic structure.

By 1300, the church and the eastern wing of the Charter Monastery were completed, with the completion and construction of the southern wing of the abbey continuing for approximately two decades.

The fierce struggles with the Ottomans from 1421 to 1432 and the decline of the order made the church and its monastery a ruin. This also led to its closure by King Mathias Corvin in 1474.

However, the west facade is still standing and above the Gothic portal is a large rose window. The tower attached to the facade was built later, in the middle of the 15th century, and its transformation into a bell tower took place later.

Currently, the monastery no longer has all the original buildings and annexes, many of which collapse. The vaults of the huge church have collapsed and there are only a few exterior walls and two interior beams (south and north). To the south, there is still a single Roman column, and the side ships, according to the Cistercian plan, end in a small square choir. The main ship no longer has a ceiling - in its place is a cemetery in memory of the German soldiers killed in the First World War.

The Reformed Church today occupies only the choir and the apse of the old basilica. The Gothic portal has probably been moved from a side entrance and its profile betrays Gothic influences.

Numerous examples of the tombs of the founders of Cistercian churches allow the existence of a royal necropolis under Carta.

Vergänglichkeit

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..."It is our task to imprint this temporary, perishable earth into ourselves so deeply, so painfully and passionately, that its essence can rise again “invisibly,” inside us. We are the bees of the invisible. We wildly collect the honey of the visible, to store it in the great golden hive of the invisible."..

Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (1875-1926) in "Letters Of Rainer Maria Rilke"

(C) 2016 Gerard Blacklock, all rights reserved

and why they are better than shopping trolleys

Where ever you drive in Norway there is always some form of water course and sure as another tunnel will come up in the drive there is always a boat moored in teh middle of nowhere. They seem to float about waiting for some to jump in and go somewhere, maybe here, across the fjord to the village...

So what does this have to do with trolleys? well these boats are everywhere, like trolleys at my local shopping centre - caution rant ahead - but unlike these nice little boats which seem to be moored anywhere, trolleys left anywhere (except in the designated trolley bay) at the shopping centre are a pita and those who can't be arsed pushing their trolley the 4 metres to the trolley bay deserved to have a thousand trolleys rain down in their front yard :) I do my shopping late on a week night, best time ever, no crowds, no queues and always specials on perishables :) the other night I noticed a couple push their trolley to their car, unload it, leave the trolley immediately behind the car and drive off - it was literally 5 metres to the trolley bay :-/ anyways, sure enough, 30 seconds after they drive off, it was like a magically trolley devil intervention, the trolley rolls back into the car on the other side of the carpark road :-/

So, if you go to a shopping centre, be sure to put your trolley in the bay and don't hesitate to put some other clowns incorrectly left trolley in the bay..even better take your kids for a spin in it on the way to the trolley bay (I can't confirm or deny doing circle work in a woolies trolley on the top level ;) )

Rant finished - onto the image - heres a nice picture of a fjord with one of the many little boats waiting for someone to go an explore the snowcapped hills. 5 shot panorama.

Jüdischer Friedhof, Hegenheim, Alsace/ France

in Angkor Wat, the outer wall encloses a space of 820,000 square metres (203 acres), which besides the temple proper was originally occupied by the city and, to the north of the temple, the royal palace. Like all secular buildings of Angkor, these were built of perishable materials rather than of stone, so nothing remains of them except the outlines of some of the streets. Most of the area is now covered by forest. A 350 m (1,150 ft) causeway connects the western gopura to the temple proper, with naga balustrades and six sets of steps leading down to the city on either side. Each side also features a library with entrances at each cardinal point, in front of the third set of stairs from the entrance, and a pond between the library and the temple itself. The ponds are later additions to the design, as is the cruciform terrace guarded by lions connecting the causeway to the central structure

As yet another winter storm moves across the Sierra, bringing with it several additional inches of Sierra cement, Union Pacific's eastbound 'salad shooter' roars across Lower Cascade Trestle with California perishable loads from the San Joaquin Valley.

UP 7710 ~ ZDLSKP ~ Troy, California

Union Pacific's Roseville Subdivision

12.13.2015

Season of Photographic Eye - picture 8

Week 48, Saturday

As I have already stated I'm not interested in commercial photography (but I want to learn to create as 'professional quality' as possible, whatever it means) or photography as an art (but I want to develop my aesthetic eye to bring artistic quality in my photography). So what do I want then? Why have picked up a camera and have used so much time and effort to shoot with it? To answer to this, I'm going to break it into two different posts. As the family photography is the most important thing to me in photography (even though I don't share it as much) I'm going to start with that and to explain myself I'm going to borrow something from Roland Barthes who was a French literary theorist, philosopher, semiotician and also fascinated about photography.

In his book Camera Lucida Barthes has come up with a great term for a specific photographic quality that describes a certain ideal what I'm trying to capture with my family photography. This term is punctum and it could perhaps be translated to sting, stab or bite. In Barthes's thinking punctum relates to essence of photography and to describe this term, I'm going to offer a very similar kind of example which Barthes gives in his book – it's pure coincidence is that I too happen to have a similar kind of picture which Barthes uses in his book to explain the punctum.

In my parents' home there is an old B&W picture of my mother where she is just three years old little girl and sits next to well on a sunny day. It's an old picture taken at backyard, sun shines right into her face so she has to squint her eyes, and while I can't quite make sense of her face, it still looks like she is looking into my eyes from that picture. To me this picture is special because it reflects my mother as a small girl before I existed myself. The world of that picture is now, of course, gone and so is that little girl as well, but the light from that very moment still travels into my eyes through the photograph. Looking at that specific picture makes me realize that it was I who became dictate the life and fate of my mother. The savaging weight of the photograph makes this suddenly very clear to me. Experiencing this temporal distance, my life and the fulfilled fate of my mother's life is the punctum – a stab or sting that I feel when looking at this photograph and it makes me feel a bit melancholic. Barthes claims that the punctum and the photographs ability to bond past and presence together through a material process related to photosensitive materials is what, in the end, separates photography from all other art forms. Right or wrong, I find punctum to be very useful term for describing the feelings some photographs have in our hearts.

When I take family photographs and look them afterwards, I'm always searching if I have captured any marks of life, do the images have potential for punctum, or am I just repeating conventional visual motifs, rules of thirds, leading lines, etc. With camera I want to capture the perishableness of life before it slips through my fingers and disappears – and because of this motivation there is always a shadow of death behind my eyes and in the way I look through the viewfinder. I'm particularly fascinated by the idea that with camera I responsible for creating imagery of Aura's early childhood (and imagery of our family in general). In this work the photographic eye is a visual and psychological tool which I use (or at least try to use) to imprint interpretation of our mutual time and life into material photographs. Ultimately it's a way of loving and nurturing something I feel precious – and also a way of realizing it to myself. I can't, of course, know if I have captured the punctum with any of my pictures, because the future and what will happen hasn't happened yet, and punctum is about bonding the past and present. I can just hope that it's there, in one of those shots I've taken of our time together.

But there are also the other pictures I take (like these that I share with this season), which cannot be categorized as family pictures. With those I have different approach and different reasons as well. Luckily the Barthes also has another point of view into punctum, which I'm going to tell you more about in the next post.

Year of the Alpha – 52 Weeks of Sony Alpha Photography: www.yearofthealpha.com

Talking Byzantine times: the corridor on Nicholas island was there to lead the pilgrims to the 3rd church (Church of St. Nicholas???)

IMO: 9196424

MMSI: 357676000

Call Sign: 3FQG9

Flag: Panama [PA]

AIS Vessel Type: Cargo

Gross Tonnage: 7355

Deadweight: 8753 t

Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 136.42m × 20m

Year Built: 1999

Status: Active

*A reefer ship is a refrigerated cargo ship; a type of ship typically used to transport perishable commodities which require temperature-controlled transportation, such as fruit, meat, fish, vegetables, dairy products and other foods.

Please use red/cyan anaglyph goggles, for anaglyph glasses ask your local optician.

Angkor Thom"Great City", located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII.:378–382:170

It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the centre of the city isJayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.

Map of Central Angkor Thom

Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride.:121

Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however. Yasodharapura, dating from three centuries earlier, was centred slightly further northwest, and Angkor Thom overlapped parts of it. The most notable earlier temples within the city are the former state temple of Baphuon, and Phimeanakas, which was incorporated into the Royal Palace. The Khmers did not draw any clear distinctions between Angkor Thom and Yashodharapura: even in the fourteenth century an inscription used the earlier name.:138 The name of Angkor Thom—great city—was in use from the 16th century.

The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived.

The Ayutthaya Kingdom, led by King Borommarachathirat II, sacked Angkor Thom, forcing the Khmers under Ponhea Yat to relocate their capital southeast.:29

Angkor Thom was abandoned some time prior to 1609, when an early western visitor wrote of an uninhabited city, "as fantastic as the Atlantis of Plato".:140 It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000–150,000 people.

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

1 Peter 1:18-19

After meeting the MWCRVC 18, BNSF's Modesto to Barstow priority manifest train begins what would be one of the loudest and smokiest hill restarts I've ever seen and heard. As it begins it's pull out of Bealville during sunset. With BNSF 8179 on the point of this massive 7,000 foot train loaded down with boxcars filled with perishables from the Central Valley heading to Barstow for reclassification.

This Friday, Lieutenant Jean-Louis-Francis from St-Étienne goes to the Louisbrick Icehouse near the Bastion du Roy. The Icehouse allowed perishable foods to be kept cold almost all year round.

Related FB post:

Louisbrick FB post

Wickham Place is the London home of Lord and Lady Southgate, their children and staff. Located in fashionable Belgravia it is a fine Georgian terrace house.

Today we are below stairs in the Wickham Place kitchen which is usually a place of happiness and harmony, but today Mrs. Bradley, known by most downstairs staff as Cook, is in a foul mood as she bangs her copper pots about on the kitchen range with a violence not often seen.

In the corridor outside the kitchen, Mr. Withers the Butler catches a couple of the Wickham Place housemaids skulking about doing nothing.

“What are you doing standing about here, cluttering the area?” he demands of them.

“We’re on a break, Mr. Withers, sir.” replies Sara unapologetically.

“Then why aren’t you in the servant’s hall, girl?” he asks sharply.

“Can’t get there, sir.” Sara replies with a shrug of her shoulders.

“Don’t be insolent girl!” Mr. Withers snaps. “What rubbish! Of course you can! It’s just on the other side of the kitchen.”

“I’m not game to go in there. Are you Tilly?” Sara asks her fellow housemaid.

“Not me, Sara!” she replies, shaking her head and putting up both her hands defensively.

It’s then that Mr. Withers hears for the first time the crash of metal against metal as pots and pans are bashed about with what appears to be some vehemence. Occasionally over the clattering noise, he thinks he hears the sob of a girl.

“Cook’s in a foul mood,” Tilly continues. “And we’ll not go in there, sir. Not for love, nor money!”

Sara nods in agreement.

“We’ll soon see about this.” Mr. Withers replies as he steels himself and marches through the kitchen door.

Cook is standing with her back to the room as she stirs something violently in a pot on the great black kitchen range, banging her wooden spoon angrily on its lip. Sitting as far from Cook as she can, Agnes the scullery maid is weeping over some big Seville oranges as she cuts them into thin slivers with a knife.

“Agnes.” Mr. Withers says when he sees her tears. “Whatever is wrong?”

“Oh,” she sobs. “Mrs. Bradley’s in a foul mood, and she set me to juicing and slicing oranges, and the juice is stinging my hands.” She holds out her careworn hands, the juice covering them and seeping into the cracks in the skin on her palms and fingers.

“Got time to gab have you, you ungrateful good-for-nothing?” Mrs. Bradly spins around with her hands on her hips, her ordinarily cheerful face as black as thunder as she glares at Agnes.

“Oh! Oh, I only meant…” but the words catch in her throat as Cook’s eyebrows arch ever so slightly higher over her angry eyes. “No, Mrs. Bradley.” She busies herself, head down, continuing to slice the oranges into thin slivers.

“Now! Now! What’s this Mrs. Bradley?” Mr. Withers asks. “This isn’t like you: upsetting a poor girl and banging the pots so loudly the Master and Mistress can hear you upstairs.”

“And a good thing too if Her High-and-Mightiness does hear me!”

“Mrs. Bradley!” Mr. Withers looks shocked.

“Well, here I am happily preparing the six course French dinner for His Lordship’s guests this evening when she summons me. ‘Just a small change, Cook’, she says all sweetness and light. ‘You’ll have to change the main course. Lord What’s-His-Face doesn’t eat red meat, but I’m sure you’ll come up with a suitable alternative in its place at such short notice. That will be all.’ And she dismisses me with a wave of her lily-white hand!”

“Well, you’re resourceful, Mrs. Bradley.”

“Have you looked at the time, Mr. Withers? His Lordship’s guests will be here in two hours, and I’ve been cooking bœuf à la Bourguignonne all afternoon!” She turns and opens the oven door and pulls out something from within its confines. “So we’ll be eating like kings for servant’s dinner shortly, and tonight they will be having chicken a l’orange instead!” She slams a partially cooked chicken on a tray on the deal table. “If I’d wanted to be a short-order cook, Mr. Withers, I’d have worked at the Café Royal! I’ve a right mind to hand in my notice!” She snatches up the jug of orange juice from in front of her, sloshing some on the table in her anger, and starts pouring it over the chicken.

“You aren’t going to though, are you Mrs. Bradley?” Mr. Withers asks with a worried look on his pale face.

“No, Mr. Withers. I’ve got too much respect for His Lordship than to walk out,” she assures him. “But her!” She raises her wooden spoon to the ceiling above her and shakes it.

“Shall I put the orange silvers on the chicken now, Mrs. Bradley?” Agnes asks meekly.

“Of course girl! I didn’t put it there for you to stare at! Get on with it, quick sticks, or His Lordship will be served a half cooked, inedible chicken, and you’ll be to blame!”

“Yes Mrs. Bradley!”

The Wickham Place kitchens are situated on the ground floor of Wickham Place, adjoining the Butler’s Pantry. It is dominated by big black leaded range, and next to it stands a heavy dark wood dresser that has been there for as long as anyone can remember. There is a white enamelled sink to one side with deep cupboards to house the necessary cleaning agents the scullery maid needs to keep the kitchen clean for the cook. In the middle of the kitchen stands Cook’s preserve, the pine deal table on which she does most of her preparation for both the meals served to the family upstairs and those for the downstairs staff.

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, “fruit” was chosen by Gary, Gazman_AU. This tableaux is made up of part of my 1:12 size dollhouse miniatures collection. Some pieces come from my own childhood like the ladderback chair in the background. Other items I acquired as an adult through specialist online dealers and artists who specialise in 1:12 miniatures.

Fun things to look for in this tableaux include:

On Cook’s deal table, the Seville oranges, the orange slices, and the roast chicken all 1:12 artisan miniatures with amazing attention to detail. All three come from Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering, England. The orange slices are so small and so fine. They are cut from long canes like some boiled sweets are but are much smaller in size!

Also, from Beautifully Handmade Miniatures in Kettering is the jug of orange juice which is also a 1:12 artisan miniature. The jug is made of very fine glass, and is half filled with glossy resin that looks exactly like orange juice.

Opposite the jug of orange juice is a Cornishware white and blue cannister. Cornishware is a striped kitchenware brand trademarked to and manufactured by T.G. Green & Co Ltd. Originally introduced in the 1920s and manufactured in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, it was a huge success for the company and in the succeeding 30 years it was exported around the world. The company ceased production in June 2007 when the factory closed under the ownership of parent company, The Tableshop Group. The range was revived in 2009 after T.G. Green was bought by a trio of British investors.

Behind the roast chicken is a jar of Gale’s Honey and a jar of Golden Shred Orange Marmalade. Gale’s Honey has been in existence as a brand in England since the early 1900s, and it still exists to this day. Golden Shred orange marmalade too still exists today and is a common household brand both in Britain and Australia. It is produced by Robertson’s. Robertson\'s Golden Shred recipe perfected since 1874 is a clear and tangy orange marmalade, which according to their modern day jars is “perfect for Paddington’s marmalade sandwiches”. Robertson\'s marmalade dates back to 1874 when Mrs. Robertson started making marmalade in the family grocery shop in Paisley, Scotland.

The sink in the background is littered with interesting items. On the left stands an old fashioned draining board which could be removed so that the space could then be used for other purposes. It is stacked with copper pots and a blue pottery mixing bowl. Near the taps is a box of Sunlight soap and a can of Vim, both cleaning essentials in any Edwardian household. Vim scouring powder was created by William Hesketh Lever (1st Viscount Leverhulme) and introduced to the market in 1904. It was produced at Port Sunlight in Wirrel, Merseyside, a model village built by Lever Brothers for the workers of their factories which produced the popular soap brands Lux, Lifebuoy and Sunlight. Sunlight Soap was first introduced in 1884.

The ladderback chair I have had since I was around eight years old.

To the left of the sink is the food safe with a birchwood broom leaning against it. In the days before refrigeration, or when refrigeration was expensive, perishable foods such as meat, butter, milk and eggs were kept in a food safe. Winter was easier than summer to keep food fresh and butter coolers and shallow bowls of cold water were early ways to keep things like milk and butter cool. A food safe was a wooden cupboard with doors and sides open to the air apart from a covering of fine galvinised wire mesh. This allowed the air to circulate while keeping insects out. There was usually an upper and a lower compartment, normally lined with what was known as American cloth, a fabric with a glazed or varnished wipe-clean surface. Refrigerators, like washing machines were American inventions and were not commonplace in even wealthy upper-class households until well after the Second World War.

ODC-Tin Can

I have a small Pantry off my kitchen and one in the basement. This is the later. I keep a lot of non-perishables down there where it's cool and dark!

M40 near Bishops Tachbrook 15/10/2022

Astute tracing, planning and execution by Steven Welch provides this shot of the Z perishables descending the east slope of Donner Pass at Andover with Donner Lake in the background. Speedboats were already whizzing around the water even at this time of the morning and Truckee was a madhouse. But man is the weather better than winter!

Este collar de cuentas de mayólica es una versión duradera de los complejos collares perecederos de flores que usaban los invitados a un banquete. Dinastía 18, reinado de Akenatón, ca. 1353-1336 a.C.(Museo Metropolitano de Arte, New York).

This necklace of faience beads is a durable version of the elaborate perishable floral collars worn by banquet guests. Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336 B.C. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Chiesa di San Pietro di Ponte (1280 - 1300).

Facciata della chiesa.

Archetti pensili di varia forma con peducci, bifora con colonna centrale sproporzionata e nidi per contenere piatti in ceramica decorata.

La pietra arenaria locale, materiale estremamente deperibile.

Church of San Pietro di Ponte (1280 - 1300).

Facade of the church.

Hanging arches of various shapes with corbels, mullioned window with disproportionate central column and nests to hold decorated ceramic plates.

Local sandstone, an extremely perishable material.

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Until the early 2000s the railways of the west country were served by a variety of mail (and perishable) trains.

By 2003 perishable traffic had disappeared and the writing was on the wall for the surviving mail trains. Doing the job for which it was designed, on 17th September 2003 67003 has just exited Parsons Tunnel at Dawlish while working 5C43,a Bristol to Plymouth empty mail train.

(Explore #35)

Despite my fascination with long exposure landscapes, once in a while I diverge into still life. It's an entirely different discipline altogether - yes, you are still bound by the dictates of light, composition and subject matter - as with any photography, but a whole new set of rules come into play. In many ways it's much easier than, for example, taking a shot on some forlorn and desolate beach - there is no travel involved, no weather or tide to consider, no frustration at the quality of the light. With still life you can shoot from the comfort of your own home or studio, where you have (more or less) complete governance over the conditions. This manufactured predictability allows you to focus more on the intricacies of how you portray your subject, whether that be a calla lilly, items of cutlery or, as in this case, three pears.

For me, many of the decisions involved are a moot point - I don't have access to studio kit with associated lighting, softboxes, rolled backdrops and other paraphernalia. In fact I don't even own a flash unit. This means there's only one true option for me in terms of lighting, it has to be natural window light. I have experimented with various improvised reflective surfaces in the past (I admit I don't own a proper reflector either!) to best maximise the potential of any light/shadow play, and as far as composition goes my decisions are probably at best... amateur, even though I do give them a great deal of consideration. I find subject matter the easiest of the three mantras to deal with, if only perhaps because I just dabble in this type of shot and therefore the 'classic' subjects are still fresh and exciting to my lens.

With a long exposure landscape, I am well versed in the necessary disciplines to achieve a satisfactory result. I can gauge a wide array of potential issues that may affect the outcome and (to the untrained eye at least!) probably appear as if I know what I'm doing. However, this shot involved me raiding our airing cupboard for a white sheet, before deciding the textures were unsuitable. A further forray into the smallest room of the house yielded a voile curtain (we are not generally a net-curtain household!) with some interesting gossamer details. Next came various set up attempts (firstly outdoors but quickly relocated to inside) to assess different light, and the crucial decision of how many pears to use. I'd originally decided on five, in line with my 'Tomatoes' image earlier in my photostream, but this was quickly reduced to three (odds are better than evens) after my wife ate one - apparently they are food items and not just props... I eventually settled on this arrangement which I'd imagine has been done before, but which appeals to my design aesthetics.

The hardest part of the shot? Something I never encounter during landscape work - trying desperately to find a way to make each pear stand up in the position I wanted! Each time I thought I had them right one would fall over, aided in no small part by one or other of our cats attacking my hands beneath the chair I used as a base. I eventually settled on supporting them with small stones. Well, it seemed a better option than cutting the bottoms off... I am of course referring to the pears and not the cats.

So, which other fields do I eventually wish to experiment with? Well, I haven't explored portraiture, and would like to address that once I have a decent 50mm or macro lens. Come to think of it, I might even be able to use my ND filters - did anyone read the article on long exposure portraiture (typically 8 seconds) using orthochromatic film in the May issue of Black + White Photography? Brilliant!

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The concept translates into the archetypical lighthouse conical shape, reduced to its simplest expression and conformed to the lifeguard stand proportions and wrapped in aged wood. The Beacon will act as a temporary drop-off location for non-perishable items such as canned food or clothes.

Building upon last year’s participation from OCAD, Ryerson University and Laurentian University, 2017 sees teams from three schools submitting design concepts; University of Waterloo, University of Toronto and Humber College School of Media Studies & IT, School of Applied Technology. Source:https://www.canadianarchitect.com/exhibitions-installations/winter-stations-2017/1003737469/

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Wednesday was one of the slower days of my stay at home fall 'train-cation' and though it yielded only a few shots I do like the results.

I spent some time late morning on the east end of the old Boston and Albany and shot two trains at CP60 which I've already shared here. I had plans to meet up with two friends who were driving up from New Jersey to spend the night with me camped out in the Steaming Tender's Airbnb caboose in Palmer. On the way north they intercepted returning southbound New England Central Railroad train 608. So after wrapping up with CSXT I cut southwest into Connecticut to meet them here where they were set up and waiting at one of the signature shots between Palmer and Willimantic.

Leading the way is NECR 3317 a classic SD40T-2 'Tunnel Motor' blt. Apr. 1980 as SP 8526. The woods of Eastern Connecticut are a long way from Donner Pass, Pegra Pass, and the Siskiyous for which she was built to lug endless lumber and perishable drags east. Later this scarlet and grey beast burnished the rails of Soldier Summit and the mightiest grade of all...Tennessee Pass! As a lover of the Rio Grande just thinking of the places she's been in her more than four decade career brings a smile to my face.

But those legendary railroad locales aren't mentioned to dimish the beauty of this spot which is purely New England, a region second to none this time of year. This is about MP 36.3 on the New England Central's Palmer Sub, the ex Central Vermont, approaching the Stonehouse Road overpass. They are passing beside Eagleville Dam on the Willimantic River and according to a brochure for the town park: 'Cotton fabric was produced here from 1814 to 1931, and then shoe lasts were made until the mill was demolished in the 1950s.'

Sharp eyes will note that the trailing unit is NECR 3857 (EMD GP38AC blt. Apr. 1971 as Gulf, Mobile and Ohio 730) which is the last original blue and gold unit in service on the property dating from the road's 1995 startup.

Village of Eagleville

Mansfield, Connecticut

Wednesday October 19, 2022

A sunny Tuesday in March finds St. Paul & Pacific 1500 contending with motorists on Walker Street in Watsonville while engineer Kevin Hill keeps a light hand on the throttle of the GP15-1. A lone centerbeam released from Big Creek Lumber heads to the Union Pacific yard at Watsonville Junction.

Impaled by steel for decades, Walker Street hosted stubby spurs that fanned out from the main line to various packing sheds and canneries on either side of the roadway. Thousands of carloads of perishables were shipped annually from the Watsonville area as Southern Pacific reaped the benefits of its proximity to the fertile Pajaro and Salinas Valleys. Improved trucking practices sliced into SP's agricultural base beginning in the 1960s and the railroad never fully recovered. Now all that can be seen in the pavement on Walker Street are scars from the past.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 12:09 PM.

... the perishable

December 14th 1967

Mirfield

This slighly blurred and grainy image shows a Peak on a perishables train - an unusual loco for this type of working at this time. D86 (later 45105) is seen heading for the Calder Valley mainline - the train may have been heading for Bradford. Holbeck Class 24s and 25s were the more usual power for these workings.

Re-scanned July 2020.

Ref B2-73

Angkor Thom was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the center of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.

Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire, and was the centre of his massive building programme. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride.[4]:121

Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however. Yasodharapura, dating from three centuries earlier, was centred slightly further northwest, and Angkor Thom overlapped parts of it. The most notable earlier temples within the city are the former state temple of Baphuon, and Phimeanakas, which was incorporated into the Royal Palace. The Khmers did not draw any clear distinctions between Angkor Thom and Yashodharapura: even in the fourteenth century an inscription used the earlier name. The name of Angkor Thom—great city—was in use from the 16th century.

The last temple known to have been constructed in Angkor Thom was Mangalartha, which was dedicated in 1295. Thereafter the existing structures continued to be modified from time to time, but any new creations were in perishable materials and have not survived.

The Ayutthaya Kingdom, led by King Borommarachathirat II, sacked Angkor Thom, forcing the Khmers under Ponhea Yat to relocate their capital southeast.

Angkor Thom was abandoned some time prior to 1609, when an early western visitor wrote of an uninhabited city, "as fantastic as the Atlantis of Plato". It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000–150,000 people.