Posting these from last year; as we go into winter in the southern hemisphere, it's nice to have a reminder of spring to look forward to.

The red tulips were lifted during the summer, and re-potted a few weeks ago - in larger pots to accommodate their multiplication! Yesterday I saw their thick, green shoots starting to push through the soil. The Polyanthus have died right back but live on - albeit in a different corner of the patio area, now.

As I promised, I'm posting a photo of the ancient St. Hripsime Church. It's located in the city of Echmiatsin, not far from Yerevan (about a 30 minute ride by car). At the time we arrived there, the area was full of people, as there was a wedding ceremony going on. That girl with the Armenian flag around her, came as quite a surprise for me :)

Saint Hripsimé Church is one of the oldest surviving churches in Armenia. The church was founded in 395 AD, and completed in 618 AD. It contains the remains of the martyred Saint Hripsimé to whom the church was dedicated. Saint Hripsime Church is known for its fine Armenian-style architecture of the classical period, which has influenced many other Armenian churches.

Wikipedia {Saint Hripsimé Church sits on the remains of a pagan structure and also the site where the aforementioned saint was martyred during the time of the conversion of Armenia to Christianity in 301 AD. The fifth century Armenian historian Agathangelos wrote that the young and beautiful Hripsimé who at the time was a Christian nun in Rome, was to be forcefully married to the Roman emperor Diocletian. She and the abbess Gayané among other nuns fled the tyrant emperor and left to Armenia. The pagan Armenian King Trdat received a letter from Diocletian in which he described her beauty. Trdat discovered where the nuns were hiding, and fell in love with Hripsimé and later Gayané. After her refusal of his advances, Hripsimé was tortured and martyred at the location of this church, while Gayané was tortured and martyred at a separate location where the church in her name was later built in 630. The remaining group of thirty-eight unnamed nuns were martyred at the location of Shoghakat. During the time that Hripsimé was being tortured, Gayané told her to "be of good cheer, and stand firm" in her faith. King Trdat was to be later converted to Christianity and made it the official religion of the kingdom.

In the early 4th century, Saint Gregory the Illuminator saw a vision in which Christ descended from the heavens, and struck the ground with a golden hammer to level it. In its place he saw the site where Hripsimé was martyred, with a red base symbolizing blood below "columns of clouds, capitals of fire, and on top, a cross of light." In the vision, Christ tells him to erect a memorial to Hripsme in the given place. Saint Gregory was designated to set out the foundations at the location where Hripsimé had been martyred.}

Thanks for your visit and have a great day!

Stonechat at Kilminning LNR, Crail, Fife, Scotland

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.

posting sketches from UK trip last month. walked along the clifftops from Saundersfoot to Tenby.

Once again, I am posting photos from my archives until I manage to get out again. Today, 22 January 2024, is forecast to be the last really cold day, at least for a while. Though the last couple of days have been less cold than the dreadful -30C's and -40C's we were getting, today is still cold enough at -13°C (FEELS LIKE-22°C) around 1:00 pm. We had a bit of very light snow this morning. After today, we are supposed to have high temperatures of between PLUS 2°C and PLUS 6°C! Crazy Calgary weather!

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.

"On 30 June 2016, I just made it in time for a botany visit to our main naturalist leader's home and garden. Gus Yaki and his wife have an amazing garden, full of so many kinds of flowers, including a good variety of native plants. One of my favourites is Showy Milkweed - love the cluster of individual flowers growing on a rounded head. These plants have spread over a lot of the front garden. All they need now is for Monarch butterflies to fly a bit further north than they usually do and discover this little bit of butterfly heaven. In 2012, though, it was very unusual, as people were seeing a few of these amazing butterflies in Alberta, including in Calgary. I even got to see and photograph a few Monarch caterpillars in this garden in July 2012, for the very first and last time. Milkweed does not normally grow in Calgary, though we have seen a plant or two growing in the wild at one location in the city.

"Monarchs only use milkweed for their eggs - no other plant will do. There is a good reason for this. Milkweed is poisonous and the caterpillars absorb the poison into their bodies, thus making them immune to predators." From edmontonnaturalizationgroup. The National Geographic has an amazing, fascinating video of the life story of these spectacular butterflies - couldn't find a link to it, unfortunately.

edmontonnaturalizationgroup.org/blog/2012/08/13/wildflowe...

""Pollination in this genus is accomplished in an unusual manner, as the pollen is grouped into complex structures called pollinia (or "pollen sacs"), rather than being individual grains, as is typical for plant pollen. The flower petals are smooth and rigid, and the feet of visiting insects (predominantly large wasps, such as spider wasps, which visit the plants for nectar) slip into notches in the flowers, where the sticky bases of the pollinia attach to the feet, pulling the pollen sacs free when the pollinator flies off. Bees, including honey bees only gather nectar from milkweed flowers, and are generally not effective pollinators despite the frequency of visitation.

Species in the Asclepias genus grow their seeds in pods. These seed pods contain soft filaments known as either silk or floss. The filaments are attached to individual seeds. When the seed pod ripens, the seeds are blown by the wind, each carried by several filaments." From Wikipedia.

Our leader also has a large vegetable garden. One thing that always fascinates me is the Egyptian Walking Onion. Each one seems to take on its own artistic shape and I love to photograph these - both fascinating and quite beautiful.

In the afternoon of this day, we experienced a huge rain and hail storm. Fortunately, it cleared up in time to go on Don Stiles' annual evening Bluebird route trip. I always look forward to going with Don on his nest box route, checking on a few of the boxes and finding either Bluebird or Tree Swallow eggs or babies. Don records all the information about numbers and dates, and also demonstrates how he carefully bands the young birds. Thanks, as always, Don, for an enjoyable evening outing and thank you for all the many, many years (must be somewhere around 35?) you have spent helping to preserve our beautiful Bluebirds. We all enjoyed seeing the various other bird species during the evening, too."

I cannot find out who made or even photographed this and I know it's an arachnid, no insect, but I am posting it to the Insects in Art group anyway, it has transformed into 'Bugs in Art' a while ago anyway

On the evening of Monday August 20, 2018, and into the morning of the next day, a storm system moved across southern Wisconsin, dropping as much as 15.3 inches of rain in western Dane County.

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad's Prairie Subdivision follows Black Earth Creek between Middleton and Arena, a distance of about 19 miles, including 13 crossings. With the major flooding of the creek and low-lying areas, WSOR sustained massive damage to the line, including dozens of washouts and several landslides.

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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

Because all the orders have been shipped the moshi-girls are left in their skimpies! Poor loves!

Sorry for posting SO many photos today! I think it's the only way I will ever get through all the images from this Texas trip.

On Day 6 of our birding holiday in South Texas, 24 March 2019, we left our hotel in Kingsville, South Texas, and started our drive to Mission, where we would be staying at La Quinta Inn & Suites for three nights. On the first stretch of our drive, we were lucky enough to see several bird species, including a Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Hooded Oriole, Red-tailed Hawk, Crested Caracara, Harris's Hawk, Pyrrhuloxia male (looks similar to a Cardinal) and a spectacular Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. I'm not sure if this stretch is called Hawk Alley.

We had a long drive further south towards Mission, with only a couple of drive-by photos taken en route (of a strangely shaped building that turned out to be a deserted seed storage building). Eventually, we reached our next planned stop, the National Butterfly Centre. This was a great place, my favourite part of it being the bird feeding station, where we saw all sorts of species and reasonably close. Despite the name of the place, we only saw a few butterflies while we were there. May have been the weather or, more likely, the fact that I was having so much fun at the bird feeding station. We also got to see Spike, a giant African Spurred Tortoise. All the nature/wildlife parks that we visited in South Texas had beautiful visitor centres and usually bird feeding stations. And there are so many of these parks - so impressive!

nationalbutterflycenter.org/nbc-multi-media/in-the-news/1...

"Ten years ago, the North American Butterfly Association broke ground for what has now become the largest native plant botanical garden in the United States. This 100-acre preserve is home to Spike (who thinks he is a butterfly) and the greatest volume and variety of wild, free-flying butterflies in the nation. In fact, USA Today calls the National Butterfly Center, in Mission, Texas, 'the butterfly capitol of the USA'." From the Butterfly Centre's website.

The Centre is facing huge challenges, as a result of the "Border Wall". The following information is from the Centre's website.

www.nationalbutterflycenter.org/about-nbc/maps-directions...

"No permission was requested to enter the property or begin cutting down trees. The center was not notified of any roadwork, nor given the opportunity to review, negotiate or deny the workplan. Same goes for the core sampling of soils on the property, and the surveying and staking of a “clear zone” that will bulldoze 200,000 square feet of habitat for protected species like the Texas Tortoise and Texas Indigo, not to mention about 400 species of birds. The federal government had decided it will do as it pleases with our property, swiftly and secretly, in spite of our property rights and right to due process under the law."

"What the Border Wall will do here:

1) Eradicate an enormous amount of native habitat, including host plants for butterflies, breeding and feeding areas for wildlife, and lands set aside for conservation of endangered and threatened species-- including avian species that migrate N/S through this area or over-winter, here, in the tip of the Central US Flyway.

2) Create devastating flooding to all property up to 2 miles behind the wall, on the banks of the mighty Rio Grande River, here.

3) Reduce viable range land for wildlife foraging and mating. This will result in greater competition for resources and a smaller gene pool for healthy species reproduction. Genetic "bottlenecks" can exacerbate blight and disease.

IN ADDITION:

4) Not all birds can fly over the wall, nor will all butterfly species. For example, the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, found on the southern border from Texas to Arizona, only flies about 6 ft in the air. It cannot overcome a 30 ft vertical wall of concrete and steel.

5) Nocturnal and crepuscular wildlife, which rely on sunset and sunrise cues to regulate vital activity, will be negatively affected by night time flood lighting of the "control zone" the DHS CBP will establish along the wall and new secondary drag roads. The expansion of these areas to vehicular traffic will increase wildlife roadkill.

6) Animals trapped north of the wall will face similar competition for resources, cut off from native habitat in the conservation corridor and from water in the Rio Grande River and adjacent resacas. HUMANS, here, will also be cut off from our only source of fresh water, in this irrigated desert.

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.

Victory Puzzle UKRAINE

plywood

341 pieces, new and complete

30x40cm

2023 piece count: 42,961

puzzle no: 64

No apologies for posting so many photos of my latest wooden puzzle - it's a new (to me) maker from Ukraine, and I want to give it as much publicity as I can.

I found them on Etsy and they are called Victory Puzzle - not to be confused with the British Victory reboot, launched last year. This one's operating out of Kyiv and all the images are war-themed to reflect Ukraine's present plight.

Most are three-dimensional images, achieved by cutting away part of the top layer, although it's not immediately apparent in the design I chose for my first purchase. I've since ordered another design without the 3D engraving to compare them.

Figurals are plentiful and easy to identify; a bonus is that the Ukraine coat of arms can also be found within the design.

Packaging is first class: a sturdy wooden box, a leaflet with other designs, the puzzle image itself and a cotton drawstring bag.

The only drawback is that the use of a thin plywood similar to that used in the Chinese puzzles that are currently so prevalent means that inevitably there's some splintering in places, visible from the front. I hope they can sort this out before too long.

www.etsy.com/uk/shop/VictoryPuzzle

Slava Ukraini!

I am posting some art photography from Dave LaTrobe, who is nearly 90 this year. Much of his work include using the techniques of Posterization and Solarization all from analog positives and negatives. Much of this is a lost art in the photographic world.

Photography: Dave LaTrobe

Edit: Dennis Huey

Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.

All photos © Ian Cox. If you would like to use this image please ask first. Best viewed as a set here

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Probably my last Warbler posting this year. I took this shot two years ago, but mis-identified it as a Yellow-rumped Warbler because it was in the company of a bunch of them, and I added it as such in one of several comment box shots. I discovered this mistake on a recent look back at my Warbler shots over the past two years.

Since it is my first and only Palm Warbler, I thought I would post it as a featured shot and put it in my stream properly identified.

Almost always when I make a bird identification mistake it is because I jump to a conclusion rather than asking "What is this?" The differences between similar looking species don't always Just jump out. I am speaking for myself :)

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Activists for birds and wildlife

Just posting a few odds and ends tonight. At the moment, I'm not getting a chance to go out and take photos, thanks to our latest snowfall, getting my second COVID shot, and staying home today to see if I get any of the side effects that some people get. So far, it is just a case of a painful arm from the vaccination. For this second dose, I had to line up for about 45 minutes, unlike the first dose when I was able to walk straight in. It could have been a few hours, so I can't complain. It feels so good to know that I am now fully vaccinated, like my daughter. Of course, everyone still has to wear a mask and social distance, which is fine. Also, it looks like it will be necessary to get a Pfizer booster shot (in the next 6 or 12 months?).

So, again, my photography has been limited to shots through my window. The little House Sparrows are being so tolerant of the workmen and I am so glad that they (the Sparrows) are still around.

Tomorrow is the last sunny day before more snow arrives for Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.

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posting this just half hour before the day ends :P

Posting today five different brochures from my collection. I like little cars and these are just a bit different. Cony was made by the Aichi Machine Co and became part of Nissan in the sixties.

Posting older shots hope to get out and take new ones soon!

Posting a bit late. This bloomed earlier this summer.

I'm slowing down on posting for a few months. I need to catch up a lot with my garden and I need to get much more fit in order to manage our holiday. I also would really like to be able to make a journey to my sister's Golden wedding in Ely in the summer but not a chance unless I can get fitter than now. It happens also to be our wedding anniversary on that same day. I shall carry on posting a bit but not so often.

This is the first time I've grown this from seed obtained from a seed exchange. In fact, I sowed it last year and it got left in the container having taken a long time to germinate, well after I'd run out of steam for pricking out etc. There it was still there this year waiting to be potted on. I grow my seed exchange seeds that need outdoor cold frame winter conditions by making a number of different sections in a fairly large container - it takes up less space than lots of little plugs or pots which I often don't think have enough compost and is simpler for me. It also meant in this case that after most of the other kinds had been removed this one had lots of space.

Many thanks for your friendship, comments, invites and good wishes. Also thank you to those who have made me their contact. Due to poor health, eye problems and low energy I regret I can't take on any new contacts but nearly always manage to reply to your comments.

One invite welcome-more, too many.

Additional Gear Brought After Posting Picture

Deck of cards: Played one round of "I'm not stupid" but then went back to the warmth of the fire.

Neck Gater: I wore this briefly in the morning. It was a last minute impuse grab but i don't regret it.

Neoprene shoe toe covers

Post Trip Notes

My watch (off body) register 35 degrees in the morning in the tent (and on the ground. Outside of the campground there was a heavy frost. I was warm enough and slept in all my clothes. I'm glad I have the long Golite quilt. I should have used the straps it came with since I think the sides were more susceptible to heat loss. I didn't actually wear the nano puff until the morning. I did use it to supplement my pillow at night. The only thing noticeably cold when I woke up was my nose.

The tarptent is light but I still don't really like the headloader. I was on a slope and slid near the foot of the tent by morning. Exped pad was comfortable and warm enough it seemed. I didn't take the hammock since it is more work to set up and the tree selection can be limited at state parks.

The wind jacket is nice but it holds a funk. I need to wash it regularly. The wool short was good for riding and around the fire but it is a little sloppy. I may look for a fleece or synthetic alternative. The fleecy inside Prana pants were nice in conjunction with the long johns at camp. I used the hand dryer in the park restroom to dry the wool socks then doubled up with the synthtic black ones at camp. The bike shoes were ok but were a bit cold (mesh sides). I used the toe warmer packs on the ride back to the ferry and they were still a bit chilly.

I almost didn't bring the stove since I was pretty sure I could get by without it but i decide to bring it in honor of a 'shakedown' ride. I almost didn't use it in the morning either but decided to see how well one Coghlan brand (aka Esbit fuel or Hexamine) worked. Water was probably near 35 degrees. and one tablet got ~10 oz of water only luke warm. I'm not sure if it fully burned either. The Bic was hard to operate with cold fingers, I need to remove the safety or maybe pack matches.

Food: Going to the grocery store went well. I bought an 8 piece of hot chicken (4baked/4fried) Ate two at the store and the rest were still hot in the deli bag when we got back to camp. I bought a salad in a bag which worked well. Also got a sixer of PBR tall boys, some chips (that I didn't eat) and an orange.

Didn't Use / Minimal Use :

Notebook

Fenix Flashlight

Spare Long Sleeve Layer (since my base one was dry enough)

Belt/Mora knife

Cookset

Backpack (as a backpack, it did help organize)

Posting the pics of the Harrier reminded me about this … designed it as a set for Tate’s birthday a couple years ago. Was the first fully Studio designed build I ever did. Ordered all the parts and boxed them up with the instructions printed and bound. Tate was stoked. Still says it is one of his favourite LEGO models he has ❤️

There are some fantastic photographs of London out there, but a lot of them tend focus on famous landmarks, swirling night lights, that sort of thing. I try to take pictures of quirky day-to-day London scenes, which usually involve people going about their business (but caught in a particular moment).

That's why I was very excited when I spotted this gentlemen clambering into a post office box in Sadler's Wells. I like to think he's entering a tardis where Royal Mail workers kick back and relax after a long day.

This picture was taken on an Olympus OM-D E-M5, with a 75mm lens in Sadler's Well, London, UK.

posting the pic of the day now. i'll be away most of tomorrow. hey, it counts. it's after midnight! ;)

nothing special.

just me trying to ensure myself some decent sleep with good wine and old books.

i had a great night. the play went incredibly well. everyone has really settled into their parts and we all felt a little magic in the air tonight of things being very real and genuine and... well, magic, like i said!

friends and family seeing the play tomorrow.

hope to re-find that magic again for them...

goodnight, flicks!

song of the day: appalachia waltz, (solo cello version) by yo-yo ma, edgar meyer and mark o'connor.

softly, please. i'm trying to sleep.

;)

ps - falling behind on streams again. sorry. monday for sure...

Posting shots of this bike never grows old for me. As it’s so much fun to ride and so capable as a #fastfar offroad / gravel bikepacking rig. And as these two photos were made in my last real holiday wit real sun in August / September last year. On my way to Badlands in Granada.

www.saucypost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/cara-delevin...

Cara Delevingne posting hickey photos

www.saucypost.com/cara-delevingne-posting-hickey-photos/

Posting for amusement value -- Ragnar's head (EID Arvid in RS) is temporarily on Gremory's NS nYID body for the wigmaking process, and he looks like an Arvid lollipop, LOL!

Wig is about half-done in this pic -- it's drying from Step 3 currently (I added more hair -- he's going to have a dread-y ponytail, so I first covered the wig cap in glued-down hair going the right direction, let it dry overnight, and applied loose hair (glued inside the hairline) today.

When it's all dry, I'll dread the remaining loose hair, and my sexy pirate captain can have his official debut ^___^

while ago had tried posting with other Chilcotin

going through more older photos lately as haven't been able to visit distant places...

(I'm completely ignorant on shooting and editing video)

www.burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/browse.php?Genus=E...

my photos arranged by subject - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections

Finally got around to posting pictures of the completed model. I stater him in October of 2016 and had actually finished him in the following February or March of 2017. I was waiting until after Brickcon of the same year to take pictures as Brickcon was going to be his "grand unveiling". However I just kept putting it off.

In that time he actually won "Best large Bionicle" at Brickcon 2017 and made an appearance the following year.

He's not perfect as he does have a lot of gaps, the back is very exposed, and has some stability issues. However I'm very glad with the results as he is basically my first attempt at a Bionicle moc at this scale not including an older variation I had build back in 2008 that was the inspiration for this moc (comparison picture in the photo stream) but that is ugly and just a frame really. (I actually submitted the old original on to the Lego Club magazine. Didn't make it in.)

I'm posting a large letter which, weighing just under 500 grams, costs £1.99 – happily I have plenty of stamps 😀

Explored

I hope that you can forgive my posting of another version of this photo but when I found it in one of my files this morning the three dimensional look of the shot cried out for some sort of post processing (see comment section for original). I had never tried any sort of texture before but because the deer is so cute and it is Christmastime I wanted a winter look. So, in between having coffee with a friend and clearing snow away for a fence, I have been finding respite in playing around in CS5. (Between the move and some feelings of loneliness at Christmas my energy is drained and it has been a tough couple of days trying to kick start myself into unpacking.) This must be version 10 or so but I can see it as a card and am finally satisfied with the way it came out. The only post processing done to the original was a levels adjustment and slight crop. On this there is the original layer, the snow texture with reduced opacity and then I made a layer of just the head. I then took the eraser, reduced opacity and cleaned up the edges, as well as erasing some of the snow effect on the chest. That was it. Anyway, let me know what you think.

Posting a few photos from a visit to Sheffield's industrial museum, a little belatedly.

Couldn't resist posting this one. First time I have had 3 badgers in garden all at same time

I'm posting this, because it symbolically represents my state of mind as adapting simultaneously to a virus called Covid and the changes in life it forces, then a Political system that should probably have the UN monitor, and there are the sudden changes to the soul from light to darkness, from heat to cold, and increasingly wishing I had a hibernate gene.

The posters and grafitti were generally more interesting than the galleries/shops.

Here’s one of my photos from the Saturday night at Troy. Yes, I have two drinks but only one was for me, lol.

In an earlier posting of the Dordt in Stoom festival I visited some 20 years ago, Flickr friend Chris asked me if there had been any British participation. There was indeed. One unexpected find was this preserved coach that had made the journey from Yorkshire. It is a well-known vehicle in British enthusiast circles, but a rare model too, being one the few Seddon Pennine Mark 19 models to have been built. Registered VHO200, it was new in 5/1959 to the Hampshire operator, Creamline of Borden. It carries a Harrington Wayfarer body. The vehicle later passed to Thorne’s of Bubwith, East Yorkshire, remaining with that still-active company to this day. Thorne’s now are based in Hemingborough, near Selby.

May 2004

Rollei 35 camera

Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.

King’s College Hospital,

Denmark Hill, Camberwell

More nurses will probably arrive later.

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