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A view across Elliot Bay from Alki on West Seattle, Washington. West Seattle is an area of Seattle. You're seeing downtown. Further back or east and to the left would be Capital Hill. There are so many cool neighborhoods in Seattle. It was quite chilly with a little wind blowing across the sound. Of course it was not mid-west cold but it was biting. Alki was the birthplace of Seattle. This is part of Puget Sound. The Duwamish Indians lived here and helped the settlers. Read about it:

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For a map of the Duwamish Head, Alki and Seattle in general is below:

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Voragine a Roma

dal sito del Il Messaggero:

"ROMA (22 marzo) - Sono state concluse oggi le verifiche in via Anastasio II, dove venerdì scorso si è apertaun'ampia voragine all'altezza del civico 282. L'Acea, concluse le operazioni di verifica, oggi ha reso noto che il manto stradale è collassato per via del cedimento del tratto di fogna che passa a 12 metri di profondità sotto il tratto di strada interessato.

La presenza dei cavi di alta tensione nel punto del terreno sconnesso - comunica Acea - e l'estrema profondità in cui si trova la rete fognaria interessata dal danno, richiederanno importanti lavori di riparazione. Al momento il servizio fognario della zona non ha subito interruzioni né disagi. Concluse le operazioni di verifica, inizieranno i lavori di ripristino."

Cracks in Rome

"Rome (22 March) - Today has been concluded the checks in via Anastasio II, where last Friday opened a wide chasm At number 282. ACEA, completed the verification, today announced that the road surface has collapsed because of subsidence of the section of sewer that goes to 12 meters deep under the stretch of road concerned.

The presence of high voltage cables at the point in rough terrain - at Acea - and the extreme depth is located in the drainage system affected by the damage, will require major repairs. Currently, the sewer service area has not suffered interruption or inconvenience. Completed the verification will start their work sites. "

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The Jack Walk - Fashion Show, The Loft Night Club, Perth, Scotland

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July 8, 2022 PHP Ride--Park Hill Peloton, Denver, Colorado.

The Ticketing Business Forum annual conference at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture by Paul Heyes, Thursday July 07, 2022.

Elmer W. Oliver Nature Park, Mansfield, TX

01.06.15

Sources: www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ILVO; www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ILVO; www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilex_vomitoria; www.bio.utexas.edu/courses/bio406d/images/pics/aqu/ilex_v...; Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of Texas by Delena Tull and George Oxford Miller, p. 184 &174; Shinners & Mahler's Flora of North Central Texas, p. 270 & 271.

Notes from www.wildflower.org: native; leaves and twigs contain caffeine; Native Americans made tea, drank it ceremonially in large quantities, then vomited it up; that is the reason for the scientific name; must have male and female plants to have berries.

Note from Tull and Miller: The fruit is poisonous; the caffeine-rich leaves can be dried in the oven and used for tea.

Note from Flora of NC TX: Other common names are Yaupon, Cassine, Cassena, Cassio-Berry Bush, Chocolate del Indio, Emetic Holly, Evergreen Cassena, Evergreen Holly, Indian Blackdrink, and South-Sea Tea.

Location at ONP: off the work vehicle trail on the north side of the park

HRH Prince Harry visits Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston, Lancashire. Picture by Paul Heyes, Monday October 23, 2017.

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The Church of the Ascension Lower Broughton, Manchester. Rededication of the church service and induction of the rev Canon Falak Sher as Rector. The celebrant for the serice was the Right Rev Philip North, Bishop of Burnley. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday November 19, 2022.

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Georgia May Jagger es la protagonista de la campaña Otoño-Invierno 2014/2015 Modern Royalty de Sunglass Hut, el distribuidor de gafas de sol deluxe que incluye firmas como Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Miu Miu, Chanel, Bvlgari, Ray-Ban, Versace, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Armani, Coach…. Imágenes divertidas en las que las gafas de sol se convierten en el “centro de la corona” ¿Quién dijo que las gafas de sol son sólo para el verano?

Me encanta la idea que las diferentes firmas realicen campañas también en invierno de gafas de sol, un complementos esencial para muchos durante todo el año. Un ejemplo lo tenemos en esta divertida campaña, donde Georgia aparece con el modelo brasileño Marlon Teixeira, posando para un retrato real en un trono con adornos situado en un jardín lleno de originales esculturas de arbustos. Unas imágenes realizadas en Los Ángeles con la fotógrafa Ellen von Unwerth y el estilista Franck Chevalier.

La hija de Mick Jagger, que representa la realeza

del rock, comenta sobre esta campaña que es una idea divertida: «Me parece una idea divertida convertir las gafas de sol en la corona de los tiempos modernos. Está dando la vuelta a todo lo que sabemos sobre la realeza a la antigua».

Gafas de sol en Trendencias Las gafas de John (Lennon) vuelven a estar de moda Esconde tu mirada tras unas gafas de sol en XXL

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– La noticia Georgia May Jagger es la reina de Sunglass Hut fue publicada originalmente en Trendencias por Colino.

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"All art is but imitation of nature."

( Lucius Annaeus Seneca )

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Presentación | 5ª fecha de NASCAR “MÉXICO PRO SERIES 240” | 30 y 31 Mayo | Autódromo Miguel E. Abed | Amozoc Puebla

Redacción www.dxtweb.com.mx/detalle.php?id=5755 | LAE Manuel Vela Flickr – Facebook // Fotografía Lyz Vega / Mara González / Manuel Vela para Mv Fotografía Profesional / Edición y retoque www.pueblaexpres.com / en Twitter @Mv_ManuelVela

Puebla., Puebla a 29 de Mayo 2015

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Este día en el Centro de Convenciones Puebla se llevó a cabo lo que es ya una tradición la “rueda de prensa” de los pilotos de la Parrilla de la Serie Nascar México, de la Quinta Fecha "México Pro Series 240" teniendo como invitados especiales a pilotos de la categorías Nascar como el líder del campeonato Luis Felipe Montaño, Hugo Oliveras, Rubén Pardo, Rodrigo Marban, Enrique Contreras entre otros, volante de la Pro Series, Juan Carlos Ortíz, director del operaciones de este serial y del famoso “Lupillo Vite” el guía de la ruedas de prensa.

Juan Carlos Ortíz de inicio reconoció el gran ambiente y apoyo que brindan los aficionados poblanos a Nascar

“Como comente estamos muy contentos de regresar a Puebla, es una gran pista y una gran afición, la gente de Puebla siempre ha respondido muy bien, esperemos que este fin de semana no sea la expectación y ojálala y tengamos un lleno, la verdad el campeonato ha mostrado mucha competencia, mucho atractivo y mucha adrenalina”

Por su parte el líder del campeonato con 161 puntos Luis Felipe Montaño dio sus impresiones de cara a la quinta fecha del calendario regular de Nascar.

“Bueno va a ser una carrera complicada se empiezan a acercar las últimas fechas para poder calificar al desafío hemos estado peleando la punta durante las cuatro carreras pasadas creemos que podemos estar así hemos hecho un gran trabajo en el equipo tenemos muy buena comunicación dentro de los tres pilotos y ojalá que esta carrera pueda ser así nos vamos a arriesgar de más un top 5 sería un buen resultado para regresar”

“Bien es el óvalo más rápido que recorremos a lo largo del año ya ansioso de estar ahí es una de las pistas que más me gustan es uno de los mejores óvalos ya esperando que sea el próximo domingo”

“Sí yo creo que lo más complicado está dentro de nuestro equipo cada entrenamiento te hace esforzarte más tenemos muy buena comunicación entre nosotros ojalá que podamos estar peleando la carrera entre nosotros”

Un piloto que se ha identificado con la afición poblana es sin duda Rubén Pardo quien siempre ha brindado extraordinarias actuaciones en el Ovalo de Amozoc y quien reconoció ese apoyo de los fans a la velocidad en Puebla.

Sí la verdad contento de estar en Puebla hay una gran afición del automovilismo y eso como pilotos nos prende mucho, obviamente con muchas ganas de regresar al liderato que se nos fue por diferentes circunstancias en la carrera de Querétaro veníamos peleando la punta en todo momento pero bueno ya cambiamos la página viene Puebla una pista interesante una pista de mucha velocidad, una pista que me gusta y una pista dónde queremos obtener buenos puntos para escalar en el campeonato general creo que tenemos muchas posibilidades de pelear por la victoria, sabemos que los equipos están haciendo un buen trabajo hay equipos como los de Telmex Canel´s mis propios compañeros creo que hay un buen nivel en la serie yo no estoy confiado de nada tengo hambre de trabajar y de mejorar aprender de los errores para seguir cosechando”

“LA CLAVE DE RUBÉN PARDO PARA BUSCAR EL TRIUNFO EN PUEBLA”

“Yo creo que la clave va a ser desde el día de mañana poner un coche balanceado y mucha paciencia en la carrera, es muy gracioso los veníamos comentando, Puebla es una de las pistas dónde dura más la bandera verde entonces también te puedes permitir cuidarte demasiado porque si no a lo mejor no llega el momento dónde puedas recuperar terreno tienes que ser frio y entender cómo va pasando la carrera quienes van adelante quienes van atrás cuidar el coche en todas las circunstancias la lluvia hay muchos puntos que pueden determinar un triunfo"

Finalmente señalar que la carrera el próximo domingo en el Autódromo Miguel E Abed de Amozoc, Puebla será a las 13:00 horas y la categoría pre-estelar a las 11:00 AM.

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In response to the picture below this one

this is the horse that the owner most wants to be in foal

out of the two after going too stud Aperantly its a better breed

of horse and is worth more money so now the waiting game

begins for him and i must say that this is my fave out of the two

i have rode this one a few times now and every time that i see her

3 things come to mind power speed and not forgetting PULCHER

and i have learned two things not to do when i am with her never

let her no that i am scared because she will feed off of it and never

turn my back on her as she always head butts me in the back she has done that

twice to me now and the second time that she did it she put me on the floor and i can tell

you there will not be a third time lol anyway again thankyou for your

time and your comments kind regards.

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White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

White Sands National Monument:

At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a mountain-ringed valley, the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin is one of the world's great natural wonders-the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert here and created the largest gypsum dune field in the world.

The dunes, brilliant and white, are ever changing. They grow, crest, then slump but always advance. Slowly but relentlessly the sand, driven by strong southwest winds, covers everything in its path. Within the extremely harsh environment o the dune field, even plants and animals adapted to desert conditions struggle to survive. White Sands National Monument preserves a major part of this gypsum dune field, along with the plants and animals that have adapted successfully to this constantly changing environment.

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Hummingbird Community, an aspiring ecovillage in Mora, New Mexico had a

garden work party as their effort to curb climate change. We harvested

jalapenos and green bell peppers in the garden and turned the soil for

winter bedding, and joked about how we were picking hot food to cool the

climate.

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Prisoners in Paradise

I want to learn how to fly

I want to be respected

I want to get lucky

I want to get out of this dump

I just want to watch TV

I want to be loved

I want to be different

I want a brother and sister

I'd just rather be forgotten

I want to save the world

I want to be understood

I want to be rich

Man! I just want to be somebody

Hangin' on to yesterday

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: PULLIP MEETING AT BARCELONA: 03/07/2011 - JOAN BROSSA /

QUEDADA DE PULLIPS EN BARCELONA: 03/07/2011 - JOAN BROSSA

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 17 of 32) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.

PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Arima: Hey... what's going on with your eye? O_O It's so red... are you half vampire or have you been pealing onions all the morning?

Pullip 2: ….

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Arima: Oye... que te ha pasado en el ojo? O_O Lo tienes rojo... eres medio vampiro o llevas toda la mañana pelando celbollas?

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Following a discussion on the KAP Forum I tried some tests to see if I could get a kite to fly reliably off the wind. Here are the results:

In this case the Flow Form 16 is the baseline kite. I tested it against a Flow Form 8, and took up as much as 2.5" of bridle line on one side of the Flow Form 16, but never got much deviation. I did not attempt to try changing the tail layout. I was pleased to see how invariant the flight is as a function of bridle tweaking, but it didn't get me any closer to flying off-wind.

Next I used the Flow Form 16 as the base kite, and tried offsetting a 6' rokkaku. In the case of the rokkaku, I took a tip from Ramon and offset the upper bridle by 2" to the left, and 2" to the right, respectively. The photos from each of these offsets is shown above.

I didn't shoot any video, but the flight in both cases was remarkably stable. Before flying either configuration I flew the rokkaku without an offset, and found it flew just off to the right of the Flow Form. This is also echoed in the above photos, in which the right-hand offset flies farther to the right than the left-hand offset does to the left.

Both kites are on 200' of line. The dimensions of the rokkaku are 5' wide by 6' high. I can't quote the dimensions of the Flow Form. I popped all this into CAD and got angles of 20.7 to the left and 24.8 to the right. I didn't shoot any video, but in both cases flight was quite stable. I'm taking this as a potential for a 20 degree offset either way, give or take.

In any case it works, and it's one more tool to add to the list. I'd like to go out and really characterize this at some point (so much bridle offset = so much sky offset). But for now it's nice just to know it's possible.

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Last night was a good night.

The air was crisp and past memories flooded our minds.

We know it won’t last.

We know that tomorrow it will all be gone and everything will be as it was before.

But the feeling of freedom that I had at that moment was exhilarating.

Feeling like nothing had changed.

We were still all the innocent and sweet girls we were before.

I wished for a moment that the past didn’t exist.

That no hurt and pain had been afflicted upon the friendship that had existed.

…past tense….existed, because everything changed.

Everything changed when they came into our lives and broke the bonds that

had been there much longer than they had.

4 years of friendship and memories that were torn and broken

by these people we’d known for a short couple months.

Pictures of them flashed in my mind.

Him hugging a girl that I used to know the way he had to me.

Kissing her and making her feel like the world didn’t exist.

That’s the way he made me feel.

I felt safe with him.

If I had known they would someday be together, I would have never befriended her.

Willa was my friend and they took her away from me.

I felt betrayed by her. I hurt because I knew that it was either me or them and she chose them. After 4 years of friendship, she chose a family that we’d known for a couple months.

And Christa, the girl I had trusted and became friends with through youth group, who said she would never go out with a guy like Jeff is now hugging him, kissing him, loving him, the way I had a year ago.

So, no. I can’t forget.

I can’t let go.

I can’t move on knowing that friendship is only as strong as the influence you have over people.

I wish I could let go. I wish things could be the same as they were before, when we used to blast the music in the car and have the windows down feeling like the world had so much to offer.

But I can’t. I can’t not hate them for taking away the person I loved, my best friend, my church, my trust.

Snakes like that deserve nothing more than to burn in hell.

H, E, double hockey sticks.

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Thousands demonstrated on Friday in Tahrir Square, demanding public trial of Mubarak, his interior ministry Habib el-Adly, and other regime figures.

The square and the surrounding streets since early morning have been emptied from all police and military presence. Most of the established political forces, most notably the Muslim Brothers, did not take part in the demonstrations.

The families of the martyrs were present, and demanded speedy trials of the police murderers, as it's becoming clear day by day that they will get away with what they did. More shockingly, most police officers who are currently undergoing trial still hold their positions (or have been promoted)! Demonstrators also denounced the brutal police crackdown on the protests in the square on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Protesters marched, in solidarity with the detainees, by 4pm on the ministerial cabinet headquarters and the interior ministry. Policemen from inside the interior ministry's compound threw rocks and were making provocative gestures with their hands. Protesters responded by rocks and a shower of insults and chants against both the military and the police.

I've heard very strong chants, demanding the execution of Mubarak, Adly and Field Marshal Tantawi. While some are staging a sit in at the moment, others will resume protesting on Saturday, in the run up to the mass protests planned next Friday 8 July.

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The humidity KILLED my paper boats!

I was only outside for about 15-20 minutes and my paper boats were soggy and limp :(

The humidity the past few days is terrible.

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Black & White view of Malot Temple from three sides.

Temple of Malot

Alexander Cunningham wrote in his report for the Archaeological Survey of India in 1872-3.

"The only remains of any antiquity at Mallot are a temple and gateway in the Kashmirian style of architecture. They are built of a coarse sandstone of various shades of ochreous red and yellow, and many parts have suffered severely from the action of the weather, the surface having altogether crumbled away...The temple is a square of 18 feet inside, with a vestibule or entrance porch on the east towards the gateway. The gateway is...a massive building...divided into two rooms...On each side of these rooms to the north and south there are highly decorated niches for the reception of statues, similar to those in the portico of the temple. These niches are covered by trefoil arches which spring from flat pilasters. Each capital supports a statue of a lion under a half trefoil canopy...The roof is entirely gone; but judging from the square shape of the building, I conclude that it must have been pyramidal, outside with flat panelled ceilings of overlapping stones."

Place: Malot (Pakistan)

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From the minute I laid eyes on him...actually I

slammed the door in his face. My neighbor Louis,

who was the spitting image of Sammy Davis Jr.

knocked on my door one morning and asked "hey is

this your cat? He's been hanging around your

door!"

"NO!" and the door got slammed in both their faces!

later on that day as I was walking 2 doors down

the street to my friend Mark's I looked down to

see this same orange and white cat walking beside

me meowing and he was really talking to me....I

was like, Who are you? I don't know you. Leave

me alone!"

That evening my best friend came over to work on

some performance piece or costume or something

and we decided to go get some beer from the

little bodega on the corner of 13th and Avenue A.

We got some cold brews and were walking back down

the street to my apt at 513 East 13th.

I was in the middle of a sentence when I just

stopped like I was suddenly frozen in place.....

and turned to the woman who was standing on the

sidewalk. I didn't even see what was in her arms

when I stopped...not until a little orange and

white paw reached out and touched my arm....third

time... I was charmed...and she was his mouth

piece....in a rush she started in at 100 miles an

hour, hey look at this nice cat he is really

really really nice cat and he needs a place to

live he lives in the parking lot and the old

woman feeds him and it's starting to get cold and

he'll freeze and he's a really really nice cat

and he's so friendly, not like the others and I

already have 12 cats and can't take any more,

please can you take him? You don't have cats,

right?"

"Well yes my roommate has a cat and he doesn't

like other cats...he just had a big fight with my

neighbors cat last night....so I'll take him

upstairs and if Weftus doesn't like him then he's

coming back down to the street.

I can't promise anything but I'll try."

So I took the little guy up to the apt. and put

him on the bed in my room where Weftus was laid

out like the King that he was. The little one

touched noses with him and jumped off the bed to

look around at his new home....I stood in total

amazement...Weftus didn't move. He was in as much

shock as I was. He just lay there on the

bed...and didn't move. He never once fought with

the little guy...never....ever

I had a new cat.

I remember holding the little guy in my arms, I

was sitting Indian meditation style with him

laying on my legs,lap, curled up. I tilted my

head down and shut my eyes...all of a sudden I

got a stream of images flying through my

head....going on an airplane with this little

fellow, traveling across the country in a

van....too many images to keep up with...so

fast....the one that stuck was the

airplane...then I remembered that it was November

and that in a month I'd be flying home to KY for

the Xmas holidays and I'd have my little fellow

with me! Like I said, charmed.

The next day off to visit the vet and find out a

bit about my new little one. How old was he?

About 6 months old. He needed all of his shots,

but was basically pretty healthy for a New York

City Street Kitty. Still didn't have a name for

him. I'd introduced him to my extended family. He

loved to cuddle people. He loved Mark Henry and

my boyfriend Chris. I knew he had to have a

special name but wasn't really sure

what...charmed...magic....nothing was right. I

knew I had to wait a few days until the perfect

name came....

now I'm from Kentucky and when I moved to New

York City I had trouble with people understanding

me and my accent...I said naayn instead of

nine...so I really had to concentrate on my

vowels when giving out my phone number...or I

wouldn't get a call. Mark had given me a funny

place mat with Southernisms on it.....and I WAS

AMAZED at all the words that weren't really

words. One of them was Idnit...which is southern

for the northernIsn't it". I remember

thinking..."what, that isn't a real word?"

Chris came over one night and we decided to take

my little one for his first car ride. I didn't

have a car in the city at the time so it was a

treat. Cats aren't allowed on busses or subways

unless they are well hidden inside a big purse or

backpack. You had to take an expensive cab to get

places with an animal. So off we went for a car

ride in Manhattan! I was sitting in the back seat

holding him in my arms and all I could say was

Id'nee (southern for isn't he) cute, Id'nee

sweet, Id'nee mine"...then I paused and said

Id'nee, Id'nee!!! I've found a name!!!

Id'nee...so that all you northerners have to

speak a little southern!"

I had that wonderful street rescue cat for over

20 years- he moved with me to Switzerland when he

was 7 years old---he died December 22nd 2004.

Best cat I ever had.....

photos are of Id'nee with Weftus the cat and

Id'nee with Mark-my friend. circa November

1984-January 1985

Id'nee wearing a ribbon is at my mom's Christmas 1985

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You know the african proverb:

It takes a whole village to raise a child?

I have been asked many times what I've done (as a parent) to get my daughter, Llael to 'here'. I've got to say that I definitely have not done it alone!

The mentor system is wonderful for absolutely every person - and has been essential for guiding a highly psychic child like Llael. My personal feeling is that the consciousness on this planet is rising so dramatically from the past that we have a whole generation or two of parents who are in the position of raising children who are more spiritually aware than ourselves. I can't imagine that this is the norm in most worlds.

In any case, to meet that challenge I have been reminded of the african proverb and have taken it to heart. Llael's godmother has been wonderful support and deeply knowledgeable help in many times; another friend who experienced many of these extended abilities as a child herself has been a 'ready reference guide'; and former professors, have been supportive too.

I have learned to ask, not hide. To be an advocate; To follow where Spirit leads and puts people in my footpath.

..... and to READ! Many parents write and tell me that they don’t know anyone else in their community who they can share these things with. It seems really synchronistic that the internet came into its own about the same time as the profoundly aware kids! smile. Today’s mentors might come in virtual form - often as authors of all the wonderful books available.

Becoming your own mentor

(and your child’s mentor)

We chose homeschooling for middle school and most of high school - which many parents now choose for a variety of reasons - - and it seems to suit the psychic child’s specialized education needs perfectly.

The Home education movement is a movement that is really giving us back our own knowledge - a sort of “permission” to know what we know, be our own expert - or to go become our own expert.

BUT, it’s not the only way, and not the best way for all children. Be prepared to educate your own school leaders about the need for a more spiritually-based education, one that is sensitive to sensitivities. Ask that the FULL RANGE of sensory perceptions be taught wherever possible.

This website represents some of our favorite ways that we have found to fully explore the spiritual world of children - -

If any of you have suggestions to share we would appreciate hearing your thoughts and we’ll add them to our suggestion page. Our email is below - THANKS ashcraftmmin@yahoo.com

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This bird was a challenge. Right at the back of my house is a little paradise for birds of all kinds. House sparrows, chaffinches, blue tits, great tits, robins, blackbirds, blackcaps, whitethroats, goldfinches, yellowhammers and chiffchaffs all nest in a little thicket of trees. On this day, I could pick out the willow warbler, chiffchaff and Yellowhammer all singing away but what else was that I could hear? Something unfamiliar, certainly.

Now, I'm no expert on bird calls. I know my Great tit from my Chiffchaff but there are a good few song birds I haven't yet taken the time to learn. This was one such bird but I wasn't sure if it was something as common as a blue tit (they seem to have quite a repertoire of different wee noises) or was it something far more elusive like a blackcap, which I saw on two separate occasions last year and I had to really stalk to get the shots.

As i deployed my best ninja skills, one foot sloooowly in front of the other, trying to avoid crunchy twigs while not slipping around in the mud. Every now and then the bird would go silent and I was sure I'd blown it but then, wait, it was still there. As I edged my way closer and closer and I suspected directly into the bird's line of sight i was sure my stalking would soon come to an abrupt end, but no, there was the bird.

A greenfinch, a first for my local patch. I had only previously recorded greenfinches at Bavelaw (and once at the zoo!) so I was pleased as punch to be able to record it in Kirknewton. The bird kept up its loud call and at first I thought it might be a recent (early?) fledgling but this would appear to be an adult bird.

Not a new tick or me but really delighted to see it in my local area.

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* 3 February 1894 in New York City, NY.

✝︎ 8 November 1978 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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“After the Prom”

The Saturday Evening Post — May 25, 1957.

1) Catalogue note Sotheby’s ↓

« After the Prom appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on May 25, 1957 and has endured as one of the artist’s most recognizable and beloved images. The scene depicts two teenagers sitting at the counter of a typical diner. Still dressed in their formal attire, the couple has just arrived from their junior high school prom, and their faces clearly still resonate with the excitement and significance of the evening. The young man sits and watches proudly as his beautiful date flaunts the corsage he has given her to the soda jerk behind the counter. He leans in eagerly to inhale the scent of the delicate flower. A uniformed worker sits to their immediate left. He watches the scene as it unfolds and smiles knowingly to himself, as if remembering his own experience of first love and the emotions it induced.

Images of young love and courtship pervade Rockwell’s body of work, even from the earliest years of his career. In the late 1950s, the subject inspired several more Post covers, perhaps prompted by his son Peter’s decision to marry his childhood sweetheart. By the onset of this period, Rockwell’s Post covers had achieved a pervasive level of popularity, yet the artist saw even greater levels of creativity and professional success as the decade progressed. Rockwell painted an astounding 41 Post covers during the 1950s. Technically, he pushed himself farther than ever before, designing his most ambitious compositions and experimenting with innovative materials and techniques. Thematically, he sought to portray imagery that was more explicitly American in character, capturing people living their everyday lives and creating scenes that had the possibility of occurring in any town or home. Although he reacted to the changing social realities of Postwar America, Rockwell’s defining sense of idealism remained resolutely intact. The publication of each Post cover seemed to outdo the last as again and again the artist presented the country with imaginative images that spoke to the concerns of its present yet were steeped in the traditional values of its past.

In his classic manner, Rockwell presents a scene in After the Prom that is simple in subject yet extraordinarily complex in emotional content and compositional structure. Indeed, Rockwell derived the composition of After the Prom through a complex synthesis of photography, references to the Old Masters and his own seemingly limitless imagination. Rockwell designed the basic structure of After the Prom using a set built in his studio on Main Street in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where he moved in 1953. Seeking the degree of authenticity his best works required, he borrowed two stools from an actual diner. Encouraged by a younger generation of illustrators that included Steven Dohanos and John Falter, Rockwell began to use photography to assist in composing his paintings in 1937. He typically started his process by sketching the scene as he imagined it. Only after painstakingly collecting the appropriate props, choosing his desired models and scouting locations would photography sessions begin in his studio. Rockwell rarely took these photographs himself, however, preferring to be free to adjust each element while a hired photographer captured the shots under his direction.

He initially posed his friend David Loveless in the role of the soda jerk but felt unsatisfied with the facial expression captured by photograph. A consummate perfectionist, Rockwell decided to retain the distinctive positioning of Loveless’ arms but replaced his face with that of his assistant, Louie Lamone, who was able to achieve the more humorous look the artist wanted. Rockwell recognized the benefits that came from utilizing the camera, later articulating, “I feel that I get a more spontaneous expression and a wider choice of expressions with the assistance of the camera and I save a lot of wear and tear on myself and the model” (Rockwell on Rockwell: How I Make a Picture, New York, 1979, p. 92).

Although photography was an integral component of Rockwell’s technical process—he typically used fifty to one hundred photographs for his most sophisticated compositions—a completed painting was rarely an exact transcription of a single shot (Figs. 2 and 3). “I do not work from any single photograph exclusively,” Rockwell stated of his methods, “but select parts from several poses, so my picture which results from photographs is a composite of many of them” (Ron Schick, Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera, 2009, p. 101). Paintings like After the Prom demonstrate the artist’s undeniable inventiveness and sophisticated understanding of compositional design that allowed him to create his iconic images of American life, scenes that immediately transport us back to an earlier time and place, yet somehow simultaneously remain absolutely applicable to the present.

Rockwell enjoyed making reference to other works of art within his own paintings, particularly in this period. This device provided the type of visual game the artist loved to present his viewers with, but Rockwell also used these allusions to demonstrate the extent of his knowledge of art historical precedents. The positioning of the central figures—the couple and the soda jerk—form the three sides of an inverted pyramid, mimicking the configuration often utilized by the painters of the Italian Renaissance and creating the impression of stability within the composition. The strong horizontality of the counter and the patterning of the floor is countered by the vertical elements of the stools and the figures themselves, creating a geometric grid into which he inserts the figural elements in a pattern of precise forty-five degree angles. This arrangement contributes to the flawless balance of the scene. In addition to enhancing the sense of depth within the two-dimensional picture plane, the older figure on the left serves as, “a character within the painting’s space whose response to the action we may take as a cue to our own response and through whose eyes we are presumed to see the scene portrayed in its optimum configuration” (Dave Hickey, “The Kids Are Alright: After the Prom,” Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People, New York, 1999, p. 119). As Hickey notes, this decision references a technique of 18th century French painting as exemplified by Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s, The Swing, in which the man lounging in the bushes has a revealing view of the woman in the swing that the viewer is not granted, yet we know from his expression and reaction that the tone of the work is intentionally humorous.

In a similar manner, Rockwell emphasizes the dreamy and romantic mood of After the Prom in several ways. Much of the painting displays the palette of more subdued colors typical of his work at this time but he renders the central figures in brighter shades of white and light pink. This decision immediately draws the viewer’s eye to the primary action of the scene while also seemingly bathing the couple in a tangible glow. Rockwell depicts the figures and such details as the dangling keys and pencils stored in the man’s back pocket with a near photographic realism. This contrasts dynamically with the more expressive application of paint he uses to render elements such as the floor and background of the diner, in which he layers subtle tones of red, green and blue within the overriding shade of brown. He replicates fabrics with a similar treatment: the girl’s white dress is composed with touches of cool blue to indicate its delicate folds, capturing the three-dimensionality of the diaphanous fabric.

Rockwell places the counter and stools of the diner at a point above the middle of the picture plane, creating the sense that we as the viewers are standing in the room, watching the scene unfold as well. The subtle yet highly realistic details he includes such as the girl’s pink sweater her date sweetly holds and the witness enjoying a cup of coffee in the evening suggest that here Rockwell presents only one moment of a larger overarching narrative, in which preceding and subsequent events are visually implied. He, “gives us the happy ending to the story, but we must reconstruct for ourselves the events which led up to it” (Dr. Donald R. Stoltz and Marshall L. Stoltz, Norman Rockwell and ‘The Saturday Evening Post:’ The Later Years, 1943-1971, New York, 1976, p. 157). In viewing the painting, we are at once transported to a warm spring evening and encouraged to remember and re-experience our own memories of youthful love.

Of the first 310 Post covers Rockwell painted between 1916 and 1960, 306 portray ordinary people, a statistic that attests to the artist’s desire to visualize the everyday moments typical of the human experience. This creative intent lies at the core of Rockwell’s almost universal accessibility and familiarity: even if the precise moment he depicts has not been experienced, the feeling he conjures almost certainly has. We view his images of a parent sharing the facts of life; of young couples applying for a marriage license; of a boy leaving home for the first time, and we instinctively recall instants of our own lives (Figs. 5 and 6). Although the scene Rockwell depicted in After the Prom may be a quintessentially American milestone, the discovery of adolescent romance is an unforgettable experience shared by nearly everyone.

2) The Saturday Evening Post note ↓

Well, look who's in formal raiment and seventh heaven-if it isn't Jack and Jill from over on Nest Street. U.S.A.! Norman Rockwell swears they are both fourteen, yet wasn't it only last year that they were a callow boy and a tombos? So here they are dropping in at a nightspot after the ball, to sup on ambrosia and champagne (alias hogies and milk).

Graciously the headwaiter eulogizes the lady's corsage; and she and her gentleman are very sophisticated, very much in young-love, and the charm of this night will linger in a nook of memory whether someday they marry each other or two other nice people…

By the way, that's the same Mr. Anonymous, on the stool who posed for the left side of Rockwell's March 2nd baseball cover; he must feel right at home over there.

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20.2.08 - Rice plants - Dewi Sri, the goddess of rice.

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Rice, to the Balinese, is more than just the staple food; it is an integral part of the Balinese culture. The rituals of the cycle of planting, maintaining, irrigating, and harvesting rice enrich the cultural life of Bali beyond a single staple can ever hope to do. At the beginning of planting time, after the water buffalloes walk the rice fields several times to prepare them, ceremonies are held to carry the young stems of rice that have been nurtured in a special nursery. On each section of the rice fields, the corner nearest to Gunung Agung will receive the honor to be the first place to receive the young stems of rice. The water level in each section is perfect; little streams of water effortlessly flow from the highest section up on top of the hill to the very bottom section. The planning and responsiblity of the irrigation and planting schedule are arranged through subak, a Balinese system that ties together rice cultivation with its water temple system. Historical evidence dates this system to around the 11th century, yet the yield per acre of a Balinese rice field is about the highest in the world!

Before planting, throughout growing time, at harvesting, ceremonies are held and offerings are presented to Dewi Sri, the goddess of rice. In the middle of rice fields far from the village, you often find little shrines with netaly presented flowers, fruit, and offerings for Dewi Sri. And the vista of beautifully sculpted rice field terraces will always be in your memory...

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