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Instead of posting more mushroom/fungus photos tonight, I had thought about uploading a few totally different images. However, I have ended up starting to post photos (8) from today, 22 September 2019. We were fortunate enough to be invited to explore another acreage SW of the city. It is so interesting to see that various acreages, really not all that far from each other, can have some different species.
Again, I drove myself instead of carpooling, as I had been invited to a friend's birthday party and needed to get back to the city by a certain time, in order to get a ride with another friend. From years of experience, I know only too well that once you get our enthusiastic leaders into the field, there is no telling how long they will stay out there! Normally, that is fine, but today I had a deadline.
The weather was beautiful for our bioblitz, which was so much appreciated, as there are snowflake icons in our weather forecast in a few days' time. It still definitely feels like fall, though, and golden leaves were constantly falling to the ground, making it a challenge to see any fungi. Many of the mushrooms we saw today have started to rapidly decline, but others proved to be of interest. One of my favourites was a mushroom that had a number of water droplets on its cap. I could be wrong, but I suspect that these were guttation droplets, Usually, I see these on Red-belted polypores growing on tree trunks, so it was interesting to see these on the cap of a smallish mushroom.
We were warmly welcomed by the landowners, Michael and Marie-Claude Singleton. Marie-Claude accompanied us on the walk, which was great. Their beautiful property is a mix of mowed lawn (that certain mushrooms love), grassland and forest. They have a beautiful pond, too, edged with very healthy cattails and other water plants.
Thank you so much, Michael and Marie-Claude, for inviting us to come and see what is growing on your land. The coffee, too, was just what was needed after time spent outdoors.
Continuing with posting photos from my archives. Not sure when I will get out for a drive, given that our winter weather continues. November 23 2024: lots of snow and it looked like almost 10-12 inches of snow on top of my back fence. Can't complain, though, as mild, fall weather lasted well into November, which was wonderful. So thankful that I managed to get out for groceries a few days ago, so now I can hibernate for a little while.
28 November 2024: got up early, thinking of driving south to the Saskatoon Farm. However, change of plans, as our weather yesterday morning was -17°C (feels like -23°C), with freezing fog. More freezing fog today (29 November 2024), too. Another good day to stay home! Next week is forecast to be 'warmer'.
I will be adding the description that I wrote under a different, previously posted image taken on the same day.
"This photo was taken on 8 September 2015. In the morning, I joined a group of friends for a three-hour stroll at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. 38 bird species were seen, though I didn't manage to see any of the tiny, fast-moving Warblers. It was good to see 28 Wood Ducks, but they were far, far away, in an area that is still closed due to devastating flood damage. The Sanctuary had been closed for about two years for this reason and only very recently re-opened just a part of the area.
The Calgary Zoo is very close to the Sanctuary, so after our morning walk, I decided to call in at the Zoo. I hadn't been for about a year and I really missed going there. Of course, many of the garden flowers were past their prime, but I did find a few that were fit to photograph. I love photographing the Water Lilies. They always seem to glow, as if they had a light inside.
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I knew I wouldn't be able to walk far, having already been walking all morning, but I really wanted to get to the ENMAX Conservatory to see what was going on. I had been longing all summer to see the tropical butterflies and plants. The butterfly season is coming to an end for these tropical beauties, but there were still plenty of them to be seen. Also, this month, the parking lot that I use will close for the winter and I don't like the drive back home from the north parking area, using Deerfoot Trail, so tend not to go to the Zoo all winter.
There was so much activity going on at the Zoo two days ago. People everywhere, carrying large animals wrapped in white, protective coverings, preparing for the upcoming ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival. Each animal is an individual lantern and there are so many of them. I noticed that several of the real animals in their enclosures were watching all the unaccustomed activity, which made me smile.
A good day, despite the overcast sky, and plenty of photo opportunities. Recently, I have been finding far fewer things to photograph, with fall on its way, so a day like this was more than welcome."
Really blurry photo taken through the windshield, but posting just for the record for last winter, January 2023. So few Snowy Owls to be seen.
Sunday, 28 January 2024: our temperature around 3:00 pm today is a ridiculous PLUS 11°C! Sure beats our recent -30°C's and -40°C's!! Sunrise was at 8:19 am and sunset will be at 5:18 pm.
"As we enter the final days of January 2024, things are looking up for the Prairies. They will be considerably up on the thermometer, that is. It will be a fitting conclusion to the first month of 2024 after such a bitterly cold start, thanks to the polar vortex." The Weather Network.
Adding five more photos from my archives this evening. If I wrote a description under any previously-posted photos that were taken on the same outings as these 'new' photos posted today, I will add it under today's photos.
It has now been 30 days since I have managed to get out for any kind of drive, the last one being on 28 December 2023! The latest "thing" I have had to deal with (yesterday) was having a scam website hack into my credit card. Now, of course, I have to wait probably five days for a new card to arrive. Keeping my fingers crossed that things on auto-payment aren't messed up by this, which I think happened once before.
"On 25 January 2023, I had no choice but to move my car from the parking lot for a few hours. This was because the parking lot and stalls were going to be cleared of snow and ice. Not that there was much still on the ground except between some of the cars when they were parked. It always becomes treacherous to walk along by the side of my car in the winter months. I don't have permission for street parking, so, for me, the only way to kill these hours was to drive out of the city. Usually, I plan a day's drive, but this time, I really didn't feel like leaving home at all.
The weather was miserable and snow was in the forecast. Not the kind of weather that I drive in, either on the highway or the back roads. The light was poor and it was windy and, as I discovered, one road was quite slippery.
I knew which area I would drive to, keeping my fingers crossed that I might just be lucky enough to find a Snowy Owl. Luck was on my side, when I spotted a female way down one of the roads. This was only the third Snowy I have seen this winter. At first, she was perched on a fence near the road, but was actively looking around her. Then off she flew, disappearing out over a huge field. I made a U-turn and hoped I might just be able to find where she landed. She was so far away, I almost missed her. Thank goodness for zoom! She stayed put for quite a while, shifting position by maybe a foot or two, still on the hunt for prey. I loved this encounter.
Eventually, i returned home, only to find that the parking stalls had not been touched and that the workers had done a really bad job. I thought that they hadn't even been, but apparently they did come. Fortunately, the weather has been mild (for winter), so melting has continued. Back to more snow tonight and tomorrow and colder temperatures."
Letocetum the ancient remains of a Roman settlement in Wall, Staffordshire.
Letocetum was an important military staging post and posting station near the junction of Watling Street, the Roman military road to North Wales, and Icknield (or Ryknild) Street (now the A38). The site is owned by the National Trust, while the site is in the guardianship of English Heritage as Wall Roman Site.
The Romans came to Letocetum in 50 CE to establish a fortress during the early years of the invasion of Britain. The land could not support large numbers of soldiers and Letocetum, at an important cross-roads, became a large scale posting station. The settlement developed with successive bath houses and mansiones built to serve the official travellers as well as the growing civilian population. It is known mainly from detailed excavations in 1912–13, which concentrated on the sites of the mansio and bath-house, but there is evidence of a substantial settlement with possible basilica, temples, and amphitheatre.
The remains visible today are those of the stone bath house and mansion, built in approximately 130 CE after Letocetum ceased to have a military function and became a civilian settlement. The settlement reached its peak during the 2nd and 3rd centuries and at this time occupied 8.1–12 hectares (20–30 acres). At the end of the 3rd century, the town relocated within high defensive walls astride Watling Street. After the Romans left early in the 5th century the settlement went into decline. The modern village of Wall emerged in the land once occupied by Letocetum.
Posting five most uninspiring photos taken on 12 December 2024. I always make an album when I go for a drive, so wanted to add these just for the record.
My plan had been to call in at the Saskatoon Farm for the very last time before they close at the end of 15 December (closed till mid-February). Heading south from the city, it wasn't long before I found myself in dense fog, wondering whether I should turn round and head back home. Hoping that the fog would clear, I decided to continue. I couldn't tell where I was, as I could see nothing. Kept going, hoping that the blue sign that said Saskatoon Farm might show up through the fog. Thankfully it did, just in time. So scary having to cross a few lanes of traffic on the highway when you couldn't see anything until it was right before you! Never want to do that again!
I had hoped to go looking for a Snowy Owl after picking up delicious take-out food from the Farm. Instead, I returned home straight away, thankful that the air was clear just before reaching the city.
Not an enjoyable drive!
Due to a bad order drawbar car destined for the rip tacked on to the rear of his train, WSOR T8 has just finished pulling around the wye at MX, and with conductor riding point on this absolutely frigid day, has begun backing his train all the way through downtown Madison towards Johnson Street yard.
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad
Madison Subdivision
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Two issues
1. The Flickr system isn't allowing me to upload the entire description with this postcard. However, I have been able to upload it separately in its entirety this morning (3/20/2016). You can see it here.
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2. (A few hours after posting this postcard to Flickr.) The paragraphs below represent only a portion of the description I wrote for this postcard. So far, Flickr isn't letting me add the remainder.
However, it could be a moot issue. A friend has found another copy of this postcard for sale online. It was postmarked at Sedalia, Indiana, about ten miles north of Frankfort! She is wondering if this postcard title was meant to be "Nr. Frankfort," that is, near Frankfort in Clinton County. I had tried to contact Clinton County Historical Society a few weeks ago when I began work on this postcard. At that time, I thought the "N. Frankfort" was probably "North Frankfort," but could find no reference to a North Frankfort in Indiana and thought CCHS might be able to help. I didn't get a response, but did find New Frankfort while waiting and the New Frankfort possibility seemed to fit the information I had. I'll make another effort to contact CCHS and will make changes here if warranted.
Stay tuned!
Fictional postcards weren’t uncommon in the early postcard era. Many were humorous and used methods to achieve effects we would call “photoshopping” today. Other examples included postcards with the same scene sold in multiple cities or towns (and sometimes in multiple states) with the only difference being the city or town name in the title. This postcard appears to be the latter type where the photograph upon which it was based came from elsewhere and had a new title applied by the printer. However, this example is unusual. The following is the story I’ve pieced together.
This postcard view of an interurban stop is titled, “Interurban Railroad, N. Frankfort, Ind.” and it was postmarked in 1910. The “N. Frankfort” was probably referring to New Frankfort in Scott County. There was no North Frankfort in Indiana, and New Frankfort probably would have been on the interurban route between Madison and Scottsburg that was first proposed two years earlier. However, that route was never constructed and this postcard was probably created as an advertising piece for the proposed interurban route. It is possible that similar postcards for other communities along the proposed route exist.
Scottsburg was on the busy interurban line that connected Louisville and Indianapolis. Madison, however, was never connected to the interurban system that linked so many other communities in Indiana. Two separate efforts to bring interurban service to Madison materialized in 1903. One of these involved the creation of the Madison, Greensburg & Indianapolis Railway Company that proposed a new interurban rail line extending north from Madison to Greensburg via Versailles and Osgood. The other interurban route involving Madison was proposed by the Southern Traction Company of Indiana. This route would have connected Madison and Columbus via Hanover and North Vernon. However, both projects were among more than 250 proposed interurban routes in Indiana that were never constructed.
A third proposal involving Madison arose In 1908 when the Cincinnati, Madison & Western Traction Company (C. M. & W.) incorporated and proposed construction of an interurban line between Scottsburg and Cincinnati via Madison. The following announcement was published on February 8, 1908.[1]
RECENT INCORPORATIONS.
Cincinnati, Madison, & Western Traction Company. — Incorporated in Indiana to build a number of short lines radiating from Scottsburg to surrounding cities and towns in Indiana and Ohio. These new lines will be built as extensions of the Indianapolis & Louisville Traction Company's line from Seymour to Jeffersonville, now in operation. The different routes as outlined in the articles of incorporation are as follows:
From Scottsburg through Scott and Jefferson counties to Madison, and thence in a northeasterly direction through Switzerland, Ohio, Ripley and Dearborn counties in Indiana to Cincinnati; also in a westerly direction from Scottsburg through Salem in Washington county and through Paoli to West Baden and French Lick; also northwesterly from Scottsburg to Bedford, Ind. It is announced that construction work will be started in the spring. Capital stock, $50,000. Incorporators: J. E. Greeley, Louisville, Ky.; S. D. Miller. Maurice Cahill, G. B. Gaston and G. N. Owen, Indianapolis, Ind.
John E. Greeley was one of the C. M. & W. founders. Mr. Greeley was also involved in other southern Indiana interurban activities. A 1908 directory listed J. E. Greeley as vice-president of the Indianapolis & Louisville Traction Co. In 1912, he was president and general manager when the successor to that company sold at foreclosure.
Over the course of the next few years, several C. M. & W. announcements of corporate activities appeared in various publications. This first group appeared in a weekly industry journal[2] between January and July, 1910.
Posting this on an appropriately cold and snow day in western Michigan. Stopped under the Franklin St bridge waiting for a signal are an SD80MAC and an SD70MAC. This was a G010 crew that had put a grain train away at Grand Ledge and were now running to Grand Rapids since the taxis weren't running due to the storm.
Mention of Macclesfield in the previous posting, lead me to this shot. This Leyland (Redline) Chieftain had been new to a Mill company there, I think English Sewing Cottons. By the time of this capture it had been owned by local (Stoke on Trent) based Haulier and Coach operator William Hall of Rock End, Biddulph Moor for some time. Bill, and his father 'old Bill' were both legendary characters hereabouts, both having a stubbornly independent streak. Young Bill, who operated this lorry, came to work with me at Reliance Bus Works where we all grew to love him and his peculiar take on life... and regulations! The Chieftain had been new as a four wheeler, the second steering axle had been added to achieve a greater legal payload. This then rendered it's little Leyland 400 engine out of it's depth, so Bill re-engined it with a Scania power unit. On one of its double round trips a day to the Spalding area for straw, it expired. No replacement Scania was available at the right price, so a Volvo engine was fitted which also failed shortly afterwards. A second example was then fitted, but was always deemed by Bill to be useless, indeed, I towed him home twice. All this hindered his straw and coal haulage business, so in lieu of a weeks wages, I gave him an AEC 505 which he then fitted. Bill was finally happy, claiming that the lorry would now do the two round trips to Spalding on the same fuel as the Volvo took for one! Sadly, not long after this picture was taken, He contracted a brief but severe illness and died, we were devastated by the loss. The lorry too met it's end as surplus to requirements, It's seen here involved in salvage operations after our garage fire.
Instagram postings of the photos which I have taken recently or from the archive from the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event. These images are also being posted on the Wallkandy facebook page and Tumblr. Follow Wallkandy on Instagram bit.ly/2VMQo0F to see photos as they are posted. All photos © Ian Cox. If you would like to use an image please ask first.
Whilst re-posting a photo of four of our cats (www.flickr.com/photos/90302621@N06/24156728895/in/album-7...) I added a link to each of their stories & realised I seem to have missed little Bella's life story....
Like almost all our cats she is a rescue kitty, but there are some unusual elements to the tale.
It was the summer of 2008. We had 5 cats already. My husband was living with his father that summer as he was ill. I had more leisure to read the local paper (which I normally wouldn't). Among the ads at the back was a small one for a local animal shelter & amongst the names was 'Cat - fluffy, friendly, mingled tortie girl'.
I don't know exactly why, but the description really stuck in my mind & I was still thinking about it several days later. I knew if I asked my hubs he would say ' Are you mad? You already have 5 cats!'.... so I didn't ask him :P
I persuaded a friend to take me to the shelter & have a look..... I'm sure all cat lovers know that once you make eye contact it's near impossible to back out, & then I was told that she had been abandoned in an empty house when the people moved out & left her behind....
So that was that. She came home.
I had had her for almost a week before I plucked up courage to tell my husband what I'd done. I took a print of the photo above & showed him how nice the garden was looking...... Lol, he looked at it & said 'That's not our cat'.... A pause. Then looked at me & said '...Or is it?'
Fortunately he likes cats & wasn't too cross. Since then she has been known as the kitty that snuck in under the 'NO MORE CATS!' tape that had been (metaphorically) wound around our house like a police cordon.
She is the friendliest, sweetest little cat who will give you a high five if you ask nicely :)
Again some old posting, reprocessed and reloaded after the Flickr system corrupted (no longer viewable) the originals!
Oh, The grand old Duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only half-way up,
They were neither up nor down.
To view more of my images, of Snowshill Manor & Gardens, please click "here" !
Snowshill Manor was the property of Winchcombe Abbey from 821 until 1539 when the Abbey was confiscated by King Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Between 1539 and 1919 it had a number of tenants and owners until it was purchased by Charles Paget Wade, an architect, artist-craftsman, collector, poet and heir to the family fortune. He restored the property, living in the small cottage in the garden and using the manor house as a home for his collection of objects. He gave the property and the contents of this collection to the National Trust in 1951. There are two aspects of Snowshill Manor: its garden and the manor house, which is now home to Wade's eclectic collection. The garden at Snowshill was laid out by Wade, in collaboration with Arts and Crafts movement architect, M. H. Baillie Scott, between 1920 and 1923 as a series of outside rooms seen as an extension to the house. Features include terraces and ponds. The manor house is a typical Cotswold house, made from local stone; the main part of the house dates from the 16th century. Today, the main attraction of the house is perhaps the display of Wade's collection. From 1900 until 1951, when he gave the Manor to the National Trust, Wade amassed an enormous and eclectic collection of objects reflecting his interest in craftsmanship. The objects in the collection include 26 suits of Japanese samurai armour dating from the 17th and 19th centuries; bicycles; toys; musical instruments and more. On 5 October 2003, the house was closed and its entire contents removed in order to effect a number of repairs. In particular, the electrical wiring needed updating, new fire, security and environmental monitoring systems were installed, and the existing lighting was improved. The house reopened on 25 March 2005.
The National Covid Memorial Wall London 3 of 3.
The lady above the wall was wearing a Covid mask, which somehow seemed appropriate...
Today I'm posting two images from my project The Tribunal, both of the view from the accused's seat in Courtroom 1.
When Courtroom 1 was inaugurated in 1995 it was designed for three accused. But with significant increases in the ICTY's caseload in the early 2000s this, and the two other courtrooms, was remodelled to handle so-called "mega trials". These were trials where related cases were joined together for reasons of judicial economy. And that was important because even if the ICTY's budget was comparably large, it was not large enough. International criminal justice is as necessary as it is expensive. After the rebuild Courtroom 1 could hear cases against six accused.
This photo was taken from the seat where Slobodan Milosevic – president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the first sitting head of state to be indicted by an international criminal court – would defiantly give long diatribes, including about how the ICTY would have been an illegal institution lacking jurisdiction over his case. Slobodan Milosevic was charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes regarding the innumerable crimes committed during the conflict in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo. He died of a heart attack in 2006 during the defence case of his trial.
From my project The Tribunal, which I made during my last years at the ICTY to show the great diversity of this amazing institution. The full project can be accessed on my site below.
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Posting six more old photos that were taken by my father many years ago, all taken before 1944.
I don't have the date that this photo was taken. All I know is that it was taken before 1944.
Tom Carden Bassindale, 1907 - 1976
Vera Kathleen Bassindale (nee Neal), 1914 -1998
They were married on 4th June 1938.
"Luss is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
Its Outstanding Conservation Area contains 36 buildings, 24 of which are of Category B or C listed status.[2] Many of Luss' cottages, several of which are located on Pier Road, have been described as picturesque. Five of these are Category B listed, were built in the mid-19th century,[2] and are identical constructions; namely Avonlea and Ivy Bank, Fernlea and Ivy Cottage, Laurel Cottage and Ravenslea, Rose Cottage and The Sheiling and Yewbank and Lonaigview." From Wikipedia.
Posting six more old photos that were taken by my father many years ago, all taken before 1944.
I don't have the date that this photo was taken. All I know is that it was taken before 1944.
Tom Carden Bassindale, 1907 - 1976
Vera Kathleen Bassindale (nee Neal), 1914 -1998
They were married on 4th June 1938.
"The Valley of Rocks, sometimes called Valley of the Rocks, is a U-shaped, dry valley that runs parallel to the coast in north Devon, England, about 1 kilometre to the west of the village of Lynton. It is a popular tourist destination, noted for its herd of feral goats, and for its landscape and geology." From Wikipedia.
After posting quite a few cold, snowy images recently, I feel desperately in need of seeing bright colour for a change. These five photos were taken at the Calgary Zoo on 6 October 2015.
Our brutal cold weather continues. Tomorrow, the forecast is for much 'warmer' temperatures, thank goodness. This morning, the temperature at 7:15 am is -29°C (FEELS LIKE -41°C). The good news is that two days ago, the days finally start getting longer. Daylight gets 2 minutes 7 seconds longer each day from now on.
I am adding the description that I wrote under a previously posted photo taken on the same outing.
"All the photos posted this morning were taken at the Calgary Zoo on 6 October 2015. The west entrance to the Zoo will be closed from 13 October till April 2016, so I did want to get in another visit before then. I don't like the drive home on Deerfoot Trail from the north entrance, so tend not to go to the Zoo all winter. "Calgary's infamous freeway has taken the dubious top spot when it comes to this city's most dangerous place to drive." From the Calgary Sun.
The forecast was for sun with some cloud, but it turned out to be overcast the whole afternoon and most of my photos, especially those taken indoors, came out blurry : ( I was amazed that this and several others taken of this amazing Mandrill came out OK, including because of the dirty glass and everyone's reflection making it a challenge. This guy was walking around his enclosure the whole time, except when he paused on a log for a few seconds a couple of times, to give a nice pose. A black squirrel adds a a bit of interest for him, too, and he likes to give chase. Last time I was at the Zoo, I saw this black squirrel in there. The glass of the enclosure is extremely high and I wonder if it has a way of getting out.
"The world’s largest monkey, mandrills in the wild are found in the rainforests of equatorial Africa in countries such as Guinea, Nigeria and Cameroon. Known for the vivid red, blue and yellow markings on the muzzle and rump, mandrills also have long canine teeth that make a memorable impression. The monkeys are largely ground-dwelling omnivores that forage on grubs, eggs, fruit, leaves and reptiles, but they will climb trees for fun or for a safe place to sleep. Mature males can weigh up to 50 kg. and live up to about 25 years of age. Their colours also get brighter as they mature.
Males can appear aggressive when they flash their canines at one another, but that is really a sign of friendly communication common in their complex social hierarchies, said Celli. In fact, despite their striking looks, mandrills tend to be quite shy. Because the group at the zoo is all male, you won’t see any displays of bravado that signal mating behaviour, but you will see the younger males following the lead of their dominant oldest brother, Yusufu. Zoo curator, Dr. Malu Celli, said the adolescent younger brothers will copy his mannerisms and even his walk.
The trio were born in captivity in the Granby Zoo in Granby, Q.C. (Quebec) and were part of a family group there that had too many males. Celli said it is not unusual to find bachelor groups of mandrills in the wild, or males that hang out on the peripheries of a “super group.” From an article in the Calgary Herald on 16 May 2014.
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I am, paradoxically, posting this desktop both despite and because of the fact that my setup has not changed in any meaningful way for several months now. "Despite," in that I feel bad about not posting more often. Most of my spare time has been annexed by another large creative project, and I miss the unbroken hours of Rainmeter tweaking I used to do. "Because," in that there is still some value in taking stock of this setup: it has proven itself as a highly practical, unobstrusive, and all-around great arrangement. I just love it the way it is, and like all the best designs, it makes me feel like I want to use my notebook, and that it's going to do exactly what I want it to do.
For the first time since Lightning Sunset, I'm going to go through my entire arsenal of core applications and detail how they're being used and why.
(By the way, there's another reason why I feel like showing off my computer today: I just received a RAM upgrade, from 1 GB to 2 GB. I swear, it's halfway to a brand new computer. Even with all of the stuff below - every single one, running simultaneously - I don't break a 50% memory load. It is geekily glorious.)
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As anyone who follows my desktops knows, I go through wallpapers pretty rapidly, while having a few favorites that I regularly return to. This has become one of them. I love the style of having a single crisp, asymmetrical object surrounded by a simple, subtle gradient. It's a great synthesis of the functional and the aesthetic; fresh and stimulating, without being distracting or gaudy. (Via cain.)
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I really love this visual style for XP; it's become one of lassekongo83's most popular, and deservedly so. Its most distinguishing feature, one which is inexplicably rare among Windows shell themes, is that it inverts the colors, giving Explorer, Notepad, etc. a dark-gray background against light-gray text. It is wonderfully soft on the eyes, especially late at night.
Of equal importance, it also finally makes Windows itself match the light-on-dark theme common to my Rainmeter, Firefox, et al. I think it was nitzua who pointed out that some of the most carefully-crafted desktop themes are shattered the minute you open the start menu. So it's a real pleasure to have a genuinely customized work environment, not just the illusion of one.
Aside from those, I'm just enamored of its simple grays. Lakrits is a legitimately minimalist VS, and I'll miss it muchly when I make the jump to Windows 7.
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Startups
- Start Killer.
- D-Color.
These really haven't changed since the Lightning Sunset days. I wrote an individual paragraph for each of them before I realized that I was just repeating myself from 16 months ago. The common thread here is that they're all tiny apps which enhance the taskbar and the desktop in extremely logical, intuitive, "I can't believe it didn't do this by itself" ways.
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Virtual Shell
- Autohotkey.
- Rainmeter. Skins: Enigma 2.6, customized.
It's these three apps which really change the way I use my notebook. As you probably know, I use Autohotkey to
- Launch core apps, documents and settings with universal hotkeys. (Firefox is Win+F, Thunderbird is Win+T, Notepad is Win+N, Google Wave is Win+W, etc.) In addition, the other two get very prominent hotkeys as befits their status: I can start up Launchy with Win+F11, and Rainmeter with Win+F12.
- Adjust the transparency of the active window and taskbar.
- Minimize, maximize, restore, and Alt+Tab using only the Alt key and the mouse.
- Control iTunes with universal hotkeys.
- Send certain commonly-used phrases when triggered, ala Texter.
Launchy, meanwhile, does pretty much everything else. My devout adoration of Launchy has never wavered. Summoning any app, folder, document, control panel module, song, picture, video, theme, log, and search engine in less than ten keystrokes? Win. (And I still use Calcy all the time, too.)
Rainmeter, by now, speaks for itself. See the notes for more details. The only thing that deserves specific mention is that Rainmeter no longer requires assistance from a third-party app like Desktop Coral to reserve space at the edge of the screen. You can now redefine the coordinates of Windows' desktop work area in your theme file. Basically, I used to require three apps - Rainmeter, CD Art Display, and Desktop Coral - to achieve this effect. Now I can do it in one.
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With my new RAM upgrade (and please accept my half-hearted apology for going on about it), it really costs me nothing to keep this light, attractive three-dimensional desktop manager running at all times. It activates when the mouse enters either bottom corner, so the overall perception is one of physically rotating the cube - very intuitive, I've found.
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Trillian
Trillian, like Launchy, may as well be a startup app. I keep it running all the time, even when playing games or watching movies. I can't stand being out of digital contact; it's like living without a phone. These days, I use Trillian to connect to Skype and Twitter, as well, which only reaffirms its value to me: the more tasks a single app can cover, the more I love it.
The reason I can't abide Miranda or Pidgin is that neither (as far as I can tell) is capable storing logs in a plaintext, single-file format. This is a necessity for me, since I'm constantly looking up messages from old conversations, even months or years later, and nothing beats bringing it up in three strokes with Launchy and searching directly in Notepad.
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Dropbox
I've tried a lot of synchronization and backup services in the past. Before Dropbox, I was a big fan of a Firefox extension (I can't remember the name) which let you upload files directly to your Gmail account space. My desire for this genre can be summed up as "a USB stick in the cloud," and Dropbox is the first one that I've kept and used for over a year. It's perfect, and as the storage capacity increases over time, so does my loyalty.
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iTunes & Last.fm
I know you all hate iTunes. I don't blame you, I'm just convinced that we're not actually using the same program. I don't know what I'm doing differently, but on my laptop, iTunes and its library (3500+ songs now) load in under 5 seconds, handle just as smoothly as Firefox, and do virtually everything I want a media player to do. I keep trying alternatives - I actually haven't yet uninstalled Songbird after trying the new version last week - but as long as iTunes ain't broken, I have no desire to fix it.
Last.fm, on the other hand, is an experiment. I'm simply interested in keeping track of my music listening habits and comparing them with others'. The scrobbler does its thing and never interferes with my work in any way, so for the moment I'm happy to give it a home. It loads automatically with iTunes, too, which is nice - one less thing to worry about.
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Thunderbird 2.0
I have not upgraded to Thunderbird 3. I kept trying it with each beta release, and then the final version, and I was quite disappointed each time. As it stands, the interface is quite bulky, the folder labels are inexplicably verbose. The "Smart Folders" really bulk up the "unread" view, too, which is pretty ironic, since I've always relied on it to serve as my condensed, consolidated reading list. As if that wasn't enough, it also insists on synchronizing virtually all of my email, including the spam folders - which also appear in the "unread" view. I admit, I'd like to be able to view flash applets without having to open feed items in Firefox, but it's just not enough to beat the cons.
So I'm sticking with 2.0 for the time being. Like iTunes, Thunderbird simply meets all my requirements. It is my consummate message center: all five of my email accounts synchronized via IMAP, plus my RSS feeds, all together in one simple view. I use exactly one extension: Minimize to Tray, which lets me keep Thunderbird available at all times without taking up valuable taskbar space.
At some point, I do hope to have Thunderbird (email/RSS), Trillian (IM/IRC/Twitter) and Google Wave integrated into a single elegant client. I'm sure the day is coming. But for now, I feel I've brought them together on my system in the most efficient way available to me.
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Until Thunderbird or Trillian get a Wave plugin, I can't say no to this lovely little tray app. Like Last.fm, it does its job and minds its own business, and it does both so damn well that it passed my stringent filters with surprising ease.
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Firefox
My Firefox is still pretty much as seen here: just a box with an address bar. I use keyboard shortcuts to toggle my bookmarks and menubar, and, naturally, back/forward. Additionally, I use keywords to access search engines - for example, to Google "Lifehacker," I just type "g lifehacker". Once you get used to it, it saves an awful lot of time.
While I did jump on the Awesome Bar bandwagon for the first few months, I'm now trying to bookmark more aggressively. This is because, when my history and cache are clear, Firefox loads in under one second. It beats Chrome on my system. You just can't beat that.
I do want to mention something to users of Lazarus Form Recovery, an extension that I heartily recommend. It's saved me, on numerous occasions, from losing hours and hours of writing. However, 99% of the time, it's something I'd written just minutes prior, and lost due to a crash; I've never needed to recover something days or weeks after the fact. So I strongly recommend clearing your Lazarus cache (which is kept separately from the main Firefox cache) and setting it to purge saved forms if they're older than a week or so. Before I realized this, Firefox sometimes took up to a minute and a half to load, no matter what else I tried to speed it up. Now, as I mentioned, it freaking beats Chrome at its own game.
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I am currently running virtually all of these apps. Firefox has a dozen tabs, I've got four conversations in Trillian, and iTunes is playing the score of The Thin Red Line. And I'm clocking in at a whopping 40% memory use. RAM is cool.
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Merry Christmas. :)
Quickly posting five photos taken yesterday, 20 July 2022. Another drive to Kananaskis, mainly to get out of my house which is so hot inside. Had a massive, painful toothache last night and today, so need to phone my doctor this afternoon. Really hoping I won't have to drive half way across the city for an in-person appointment. Same thing happened with the same tooth - which needs a root canal - last year. Need antibiotics. Later: I have an appointment at 7:00 pm this evening, which is appreciated. I'm finding that two Tylenol help the pain for between two and three hours, that's all.
The hot days continue, though there is no longer an Alert in place. Yesterday was just too hot and stuffy indoors, so, yet again, I climbed into my car and off I went. Same direction as the previous drive, on 14 July - south-west to Kananaskis. Total mileage was 388 km and I was out for 10 hours. No bears this time, but I was glad to see one little American Pika just when I was ready to give up. Most of my shots will end up being deleted, but finally the tiny Rock Rabbit stopped for two or three seconds, giving me a chance to get one OK shot. Not sure, but its left eye looks like there might be something wrong with it.
Several Bighorn Sheep were on the road, along with quite a lot of vehicles. The poor Sheep are still wearing quite a lot of their shaggy winter coat. No doubt they will be relieved when their summer coats are finally revealed, and they will certainly look much better.
The usual scenic shots had to be taken, of course. This time, I drove as far as Mt. Engadine Lodge before turning around. I was hoping to find a certain pond, but I guess I should have looked on a map at home before my drive. I think the pond must be on the main highway through Kananaskis. Maybe next time.
So finally I´m posting a picture of my Gion Matsuri senior Kanzashi from 2010. I always wanted to take a good picture which is doing this beauty justice. It´s almost impossible. So I think this is one of the best shots I can get.
Gion Matsuri Kanzashi are worn by the Maiko of Kyoto with Katsuyama hairstyle during the Gion Matsuri in July.
I think last years Gion Matsuri Kanzashi is one of the most beautiful for years.
This one is a Kanzashi for the senior Maiko. Or at least I think so. More junior Maiko wore them with red flowers instead the purple ones.
Look here for example:
Kanamitsu with a junior version:
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Senior version on Ayano:
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Posting five more photos taken on 3 December 2024, from my last but one visit to the Saskatoon Farm. I am adding the description that I wrote under a previously posted image taken on the same visit.
"Along with all our fairly recent snow, everywhere turned white. Can't complain, though, as mild, fall weather lasted well into November, which was wonderful. So thankful that I managed to get out for groceries before the freezing fog arrived. On 3 December 2024, our weather turned 'warmer', which felt really good. Today, 11 December, it is overcast and our temperature is PLUS 2°C (feels like 0°C). Sunrise was at 8:30AM and sunset will be at 4:29PM.
I decided to make the short drive as far as the Saskatoon Farm late morning on 3 December. Their last day to be open will be 15 December, and then the Farm remains closed to the public till about 14 February. The owners and staff work so hard and deserve a good break for a few weeks.
My main reason to go to the Farm was that I wanted to catch a few Christmas decorations to photograph. I also bought a few food items to enjoy over the next while.
After the farm, I drove past a snowman in a farm yard along a back road. I'm not sure what it was made of - could they be old tires? I also quickly stopped to take a photo or two of a couple of my favourite old barns, in a winter setting.
It felt so good to get out for a short while that day. In the whole month of November, I only went out once for a drive, again to the Saskatoon Farm. This was partly because of trying to get my computer out of the 'danger zone' (i.e. out of space) and also because of an awful spell of cold weather. Still need to gradually do a lot more deleting."
For the best part of the last year, I have been posting shots of Kent churches on Twitter, to break up the torrent of horrible news relating to COVID, Brexit and our Dear Leader, and in doing so, I have discovered many churches I visited at the start of the project, needed to redone.
Goudhurst, is, apparently, the highest point in Kent, or so Jools tells me. I will just check that with Wikki: Hmm, it seems not. That is Betsom's Hill north of the M25 near to the border with London. Goudhurst is not even in the top ten.
I can confirm we approached the village along a long hill from a river valley, finally climbing up the narrow high street, getting round the parked cars and finding a space nearly big enough for the car near to the church.
On the other side of the road from the church, a series of very Kent houses and buildings, all decorated with pegtiles, in the Kent fashion, and to the south, the imposing structure of The Star and Eagle Hotel.
The church sits in it's large graveyard, pretty as a picture on a sunny summer's afternoon as on my first visit, but on a grey, late autumn afternoon, just as the light fades, it loses some of its charm.
The church itself is resplendent with it's honey-coloured stone, squat tower and spreading aisles on both sides.
There is a welcome notice on the door in the west end of the tower stating that the church is always open and all are indeed, welcome.
Its a fine touch.
Inside, it is light and spacious, so spacious to have to grand leather sofas in the nave, not sure if this is for glamping, or for some other reason, but they're doing no harm.
There are several fine wall monuments and brasses, and a wooden memorial to a couple set under a window from the 16th century.
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Seen from afar Goudhurst is Kent's answer to Rye - a small hilltop village over which broods the lovely church. Its west tower, dating from the seventeenth century, is rather low, but the honey-coloured sandstone is particularly beautiful here. We enter the church through the tower, and are impressed by the way in which the width and height of the nave and its aisles combine to make such a noble structure. There are two remarkably fine wooden effigies dating from the sixteenth century, carved and painted and set into a purpose-built bay window. Nearby, in the south chapel, the walls are crammed with monuments and there are three brasses, one of which is covered by a stone canopy - not particularly grand but unexpected and functional.
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GOUDHURST
LIES the next parish southward from Marden. The northern part of it, as far southward as the stream formerly called Risebridge river, which flows from Bedgebury to Hope mill, and a smaller part likewise on the other side of it, adjoining to the rivulet called the Bewle westward, is in the hundred of Marden, and lower division of the lath of Scray; the rest of the parish southward of the first-mentioned stream, is in the hundred of West, alias Little Barnefield, and lath of Aylesford, comprehending the whole of that hundred. So much of this parish as is within the borough of Faircrouch, is in the hundred of Cranbrook; as much as is in the boroughs of Pattenden, Lilsden, Combwell, and Chingley or Bromley, is in the same hundred of West, alias Little Barnefield; and the residue is in the hundred of Marden. It lies wholly within the district of the Weald, and in the division of West Kent.
The borsholders of the boroughs of Highamden, Pattenden, and Hilsden, in this parish, are chosen at the court-leet holden for the manor of East Farleigh, and the inhabitants owe no service but to that manor; only a constable for the hundred of West Barnefield may be chosen out of such parts of them as lay within it for that hundred. The manor of Maidstone likewise extends into this parish, over lands as far southward as Rise-bridge.
THE PARISH OF GOUDHURST is very pleasantly situated, being interspersed on every side with frequent hill and dale. The trees in it are oak, of a large size, and in great plenty throughout it, as well in the woods, as broad hedge-rows and shaves round the fields. The lands are in general very fertile; the soil, like the adjoining parishes, is mostly a deep stiff clay; being heavy tillage land, but it has the advantage of a great deal of rich marle at different places, and in some few parts sand, with which the roads are in general covered; and in the grounds near Finchcocks, there is a gravel-pit, which is the only one, I believe, in this part of the county. There is much more pasture than arable land in it, the former being mostly fatting lands, bullocks fatted on them weighing in general from 120 to 130 stone. It is well watered with several streams in different parts of it, all which uniting with the Teis, flow in one channel, along the western side of this parish, towards the Medway. The eastern and southern parts of it are much covered with thick coppice wood, mostly of oak. The turnpike road from Maidstone over Cocksheath through Marden, leads through the upper part of this parish southward, dividing into two branches at Winchethill; that to the left goes on to Comborne, and leaving the town of Goudhurst a little to the right, joins the Cranbrooke road a little beyond it. That to the right, having taken into it a branch of the Woodgate road from Tunbridge, near Broadford-bridge, goes on to the town of Goudhurst, and thence eastward to Cranbrooke and Tenterden; and the great high road from Lamberhurst through Stonecrouch to Hawkhurst, and into Sussex, south-east, goes along the southern bounds of this parish.
The parish is about eight miles long and four broad. There are about three hundred houses in it, and somewhat more than five inhabitants to a house. It is very healthy; sixty years of age being esteemed, if not the prime, at least the middle age of life; the inhabitants of these parts being in great measure untainted with the vices and dissipation too frequently practised above the hill.
There are two heaths or commons here; the one called Pyles-health, and the other Killdown, in West Barnefield hundred.
THE TOWN, or village of Goudhurst, stands in the hundred of Marden, about half a mile within the lower or southern bounds of it, on an hill, commanding an extensive view of the country all around it. It is not paved, but is built on the sides of five different roads which unite at a large pond in the middle of it. The houses are mostly large, antient and well-timbered, like the rest of those in this neighbourhood, one of them, called Brickwall, belongs to the Rev. Mr. Thomas Bathurst. Within memory there were many clothiers here, but there are none now. There is some little of the woolstapling business yet carried on.
On the summit of the hill, on which the town stands, is the church, a conspicuous object to the neighbouring country, and near it was the marketplace, which was pulled down about the year 1650, and the present small one built lower down, at the broad place in the town near the pond. The market was held on a Wednesday weekly, for cattle, provisions, &c. till within memory; it is now entirely disused, there is a fair held yearly in the town, upon the day of the assumption of our lady, being August 26, for cattle, hardware, toys, &c. This market and fair were granted in the year of king Richard II. to Joane, widow of Roger de Bedgebury, the possessors of which estate claim at this time the privilege of holding them, by a yearly rent to the manor of Marden.
At the hamlet of Stonecrouch is a post-office of very considerable account, its district extending to Goudhurst, Cranbrooke, Tenterden, Winchelsea, Rye, and Hastings, and all the intermediate and adjoining places, to which letters are directed by this Stonecrouch bag.
ALMOST adjoining to the town eastward, on the road leading to Tenterden, there is A HAMLET, called LITTLE GOUDHURST, in which there is an antient seat, called TAYWELL, which for many generations was possessed by a family of the name of Lake, who bore for their arms, Sable, a bend between six crosscroslets, fitchee, argent. In the north isle of this church, under which is a vault, in which this family lie buried, there is a marble, on which is a descent of them. The last of them, Thomas Lake, esq. barrister-at-law, resided here, but dying without issue male, his daughters and coheirs became possessed of it; one of whom married Maximilian Gott, esq. and the other Thomas Hussey, esq. whose son Edward Hussey, esq. of Scotney, now possesses the entire see of this estate, which is demised for a long term of years to Mr. Olive, who has almost rebuilt it, and resides in it.
AT A SMALL DISTANCE southward from the abovementioned seat, is another, called TRIGGS, which was for several descents the residence of the Stringers, a family of good account in the different parts of this county. John Stringer, esq. son of Edward Stringer, of Biddenden, by Phillis his wife, daughter of George Holland, gent. resided here in king Charles I.'s reign, and married Susanna, daughter of Stephen Streeter, of Goudhurst, by whom he had Stephen, of Goudhurst; John, gent. of Ashford, who left a daughter and heir Mary, married to Anthony Irby, esq. Edward and Thomas, both of Goudhurst; the latter left two sons. Thomas and Edward, and a daughter Catherine, who married William Belcher, M. D. by whom the had Stringer Belcher, and other children. The Stringers bore for their arms, Per chevron, or, and sable, in chief two eagles displayed of the second, in the base a fleur de lis of the first.
Stephen Stringer, the eldest son of John, resided at Triggs in the reign of king Charles II. and was succeeded in it by his second son Stephen Stringer, esq. who kept his shrievalty here in the 6th year of queen Anne. He died without male issue, leaving by Jane his wife, daughter of John Austen, esq. of Broadford, four daughters his coheirs, Jane, married to Thomas Weston, of Cranbrooke; Hannah to William Monk, of Buckingham. in Sussex, whose eldest daughter and coheir married Thomas Knight, esq. of Godmersham; Elizabeth married Edward Bathurst, esq. of Finchcocks, and Anne married John Kirril, esq. of Sevenoke. (fn. 1) This seat was afterwards alienated to Francis Austen, esq. of Sevenoke, whose son Francis Mottley Austen, esq. of Sevenoke, is the present owner of it.
THE MANOR OF MARDEN claims over the greatest part of this parish; part of it, being the dens beforementioned, are within the manor of East Farleigh, and the remaining part, called Wincehurst-den, is within the manor of Gillingham, near Chatham. Although that part of this parish which lies within the hundred of West Barnefield, being the most southern part of it, contains those places which are of, by far, the greatest note in it, yet, for the sake of regularity in my description, I shall begin with those in the hundred of Marden, partly already described, and having finished that, proceed next to the hundred of West Barnefield, and the matters worthy of notice in it.
BOKINFOLD is a manor of large extent, situated in the hundred of Marden, having formerly a large park and demesnes belonging to it, which extended into the parishes of Brenchley, Horsemonden, Yalding, Marden, and Goudhurst, the house of it being situated in that of Yalding, in the description of which parish the reader will find an ample account of the former state and possessors of it. (fn. 2) It will, therefore, be sufficient to mention here, in addition to it, that the whole of this manor coming at length into the possession of Sir Alexander Colepeper. He in the 3d year of queen Elizabeth levied a fine of it, and three years afterwards alienated that part of this manor, and all the demesnes of it which lay in Brenchley, Horsemonden, Yalding, and Marden, to Roger Revell, as has been mentioned under the parish of Yalding, and THE REMAINDER OF IT in this parish, held of the manor of Marden, to Sharpeigh, whose descendant Stephen Sharpeigh passed that part of it away in 1582, to Richard Reynolds, whose son and heir John Reynolds, about the 41st year of queen Elizabeth, conveyed it to Richard Eliot, and he, about the year 1601, alienated it to Thomas Girdler, who the next year sold it to John Reynolds, and he, in the 5th year of king James, transmitted it to John Beale, who, about 1609, passed it away to John Harleston, of Ickham, and he settled it by will on Richard Harleston, who in like manner devised it to his kinsman Richard Bishop, and he, soon after the death of king Charles I. sold it to Mr. Stephen Stringer, of Triggs, in Goudhurst, whose son, of the same name, was sheriff anno 6 queen Anne, and left five daughters his coheirs, of whom Elizabeth, the third, married Edward Bathurst, esq. of Finchcocks, and on the division of their inheritance, he, in her right, became possessed of this manor. He died in 1772, upon which this estate came to his son, the Rev. Thomas Bathurst, rector of Welwyn, in Hertfordshire, the present owner of it. A court baron is regularly held for this manor.
In 1641 the archbishop collated Richard Amhurst, clerk, to the free chapels of Bockinfold and Newsted annexed, in the archdeaconry of Canterbury, then vacant and of his patronage. (fn. 3)
COMBORNE is an estate, situated in the northernmost part of this parish, adjoining to Winchet-hill, in the hundred of Marden likewise; which place of Winchet-hill was antiently the original seat in this county, of the family of Roberts, of Glassenbury.
An ancestor of this family, William Rookherst, a gentleman of Scotland, left his native country, and came into England in the 3d year of king Henry I. and had afterwards the surname of Roberts, having purchased lands at Winchet-hill, on which he built himself a mansion, calling it Rookherst, after himself. This place came afterwards to be called Ladiesden Rokehurst, alias Curtesden, and continued the residence of this family till the reign of king Richard II. when Stephen Roberts, alias Rookherst, marrying Joane, the daughter and heir of William Tilley, of Glassenbury, removed thither, and the remains of their residence here are so totally effaced, as to be known only by the family evidences, and the report of the neighbourhood.
But their estate at Winchet-hill continued several generations afterwards in their descendants, till it was at length alienated to one of the family of Maplesden, of Marden, in whose descendants this estate, together with that of Comborne adjoining, continued down to Edward Maplesden; esq. of the Middle Temple, who died in 1755, s. p. and intestate. Upon which they descended to Alexander Courthope, esq. of Horsemonden, the son of his sister Catherine, and to Charles Booth, esq. the grandson of his sister Anne, as his coheirs in gavelkind, and on a partition of those estates between them, Winchet-hill was allotted to Charles Booth, esq. afterwards Sir Charles Booth, of Harrietsham-place, who died possessed of it, s. p. in 1795, and his devisees, for the purposes of his will, are now in the possession of it; but Comborne was allotted to Alexander Courthope, esq. since deceased, whose nephew John Cole, esq. now possesses it.
FINCHCOCKS is a feat in this parish, situated within the hundred of Marden, in that angle of it which extends south-westward below Hope mill, and is likewise within that manor. It was formerly of note for being the mansion of a family of the same surname, who were possessed of it as early as the 40th year of Henry III. They were succeeded in it by the family of Horden, of Horden, who became proprietors of it by purchase in the beginning of king Henry VI.'s reign, one of whom was Edward Horden, esq. clerk of the green cloth to king Edward VI. queen Mary, and queen Elizabeth, who had, for some considerable service to the crown, the augmentation of a regal diadem, added to his paternal coat by queen Elizabeth. He left two daughters his coheirs, Elizabeth, married to Mr. Paul Bathurst, of Bathurst-street, in Nordiam, and Mary to Mr. Delves, of Fletchings, who had Horden for his share of the inheritance, as the other had this of Finchcocks. He was descended from Laurence Bathurst, of Canterbury, who held lands there and in Cranbrooke, whose son of the same name, left three sons, of whom Edward, the eldest, was of Staplehurst, and was ancestor of the Bathursts, of Franks, in this county, now extinct, (fn. 4) of the earls Bathurst, and those of Clarenden-park, in Wiltshire, and Lydney, in Gloucestershire; Robert Bathurst, the second, was of Horsemonden; and John, the third son, was ancestor of the Bathursts, of Ockham, in Hampshire. Robert Bathurst, of Horsemonden above-mentioned, by his first wife had John, from whom came the Bathursts, of Lechlade, in Gloucestershire, and baronets; and Paul, who was of Nordiam, and afterwards possessor of Finchcocks, from whose great-grandson William, who was a merchant in London, descended the Bathursts, of Edmonton, in Middlesex. By his second wife he had John, who was of Goudhurst, ancestor of the Bathursts, of Richmond, in Yorkshire. In the descendants of Paul Bathurst before-mentioned, this seat continued down to Thomas Bathurst, esq. who by his will devised this seat and estate to his nephew Edward, only son of his younger brother William, of Wilmington, who leaving his residence there on having this seat devised to him, removed hither, and rebuilt this seat, at a great expence, in a most stately manner. He resided here till his death in 1772, having been twice married, and leaving several children by each of his wives. By his first wife Elizabeth, third daughter and coheir of Stephen Stringer, esq. of Triggs, he had three sons, Edward, who left a daughter Dorothy, now unmarried, and John and Thomas, both fellows of All Souls college, in Oxford, the latter of whom is now rector of Welwyn, in Hertfordshire. Before his death he conveyed this seat and estate by sale to his son by his second wife, Mr. Charles Bathurst, who on his decease in 1767, s. p. devised it by will to his brother, the Rev. Mr. Richard Bathurst, now of Rochester, the present possessor of it. This branch of the family of Bathurst. bore for their arms the same coat as those of Franks, in this county, and those of Cirencester, Lydney, and Clarendon, viz. Sable, two bars, ermine, in chief three crosses pattee, or, with a crescent for difference; but with a different crest, viz. Party per fess, and pale, a demi wolf argent, and sable, holding a regal crown, or; which I take to be that borne by Edward Horden, whose heir Paul Bathurst, their ancestor, married, and whose coat of arms they likewise quartered with their own.
¶AT NO GREAT DISTANCE from Finchcocks, in the same hundred, lies a capital messuage, called RISEDEN, alias GATEHOUSE, which formerly belonged to a family named Sabbe, one of whom, Simon Sabbe, sold it, before the middle of the last century, to Mr. Robert Bathurst, from whom it descended down, with an adjoining estate, called TRILLINGHERST, to another Robert Bathurst, who died in 1731, and lies buried in this church, whose daughter Mary sold them both to Sir Horace Mann, bart. the present possessor of them.
As I stood stationary in this open square at Yasaka Shrine composing various shots of the architecture, the two young ladies I had seen earlier began walking directly towards me. I turned around to see where they were headed, the rows of wires on which people traditionally hang their o-mikuji. I liked how their dark coloured dress was speckled in lighter colours and also how their forms contrasted against the rows of white paper.
Olympus OM-D EM-1 with 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO
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Posting every day, I find naming the images the hardest part. Having thousands of Snowy Owl's on file, one runs out of ideas...
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It was a posting on Flickr which drew my attention to the presence at Eastleigh of more vehicles on delivery to First. I first observed similar use of space at the works on 11 March 2012 when First's Eclipses were being delivered for the Eclipse busway between Fareham and Gosport. These Wrightbus Streetlite Maxs are reported as being delivered (via Heysham) to First Hants and Dorset but carry First Solent branding on the nearside above the passenger entrance (visible in this picture). I thought they might have been to nearby Hants & Dorset Trim for detailing but a photograph from Heysham suggests that this had already been applied. For my visit there were two rows of three buses.
The vehicle featured in this picture is 63062/SK63KKC which was in the front row.
Note (added 16 October 2013): these buses will run on routes 7 & 8 from Portsmouth and, at the time of these pictures were missing their Star branding. This new branding replaces Zip.
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