In the French Village pool at Beaches Turks & Caicos.

Finnieston, Glasgow.

Properly known as the Stobcross Crane or the Clyde Navigation Trustees Crane #7, its proximity to Finnieston Quay and the fact that it was intended to replace the previous Finnieston Crane, has led to its being popularly known as the Finnieston Crane.

It is one of four such cranes on the River Clyde (being the last giant cantilever crane to be built on the river), a fifth one having been demolished in 2007 and it is one of only eleven giant cantilever cranes remaining worldwide.

It was commissioned in June 1928 by the Clyde Navigation Trust, operators of the port and dock facilities in Glasgow and was completed in 1931 commencing operations in 1932.

The tower was built by Cowans, Sheldon & Company of Carlisle and the cantilever by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, under the supervision of Daniel Fife, mechanical engineer to the Clyde Navigation Trust.

Connected to a spur of the Stobcross Railway, the crane's primary purpose was the lifting of heavy machinery, such as tanks and steam locomotives, onto ships for export. As many as 30,000 locomotives were hauled through the streets of Glasgow by Clydesdale horses, traction engines and diesel tractors, from the works at Springburn to the crane for export to the British Empire.

letting the water flow around me in pinkturtleneck and fully buttoned twinset from marks and spencer

The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J. F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales.

It is named after J. F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French artist, both because of his great love of French culture and to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. He wished Sydney to aspire to Parisian civic design and ornamentation. The artist chosen was François-Léon Sicard.

Sicard was one of the foremost sculptors of his day, a classically educated artist, whose inspiration was derived, at least in part, from his study of classical Greek and Roman art and literature. In submitting his proposal for the design of the sculptural groups, Sicard wrote: "Apollo represents the Arts (Beauty and Light). Apollo holds out his right arm as a sign of protection, and spreads his benefits over all Nature, whilst he holds the Lyre in his left hand. Apollo is the warmth which vivifies, giving life to all Nature. At the touch of his rays, men awake, trees and fields become green, the animals go out into the fields, and men go to work at dawn.

"The ancient Pliny adored the sun, symbol of Life. It is on this account that I wished this figure to be the chief one in the memorial.

"At Apollo's feet the star of day is indicated by a semicircle, of which the rays spread out in jets of light (the rising sun). The horses' heads represent the horses of Apollo's chariot. Out of their nostrils the water will fall into the first basin, to fall from there into the second, and run away into the large basin.

"The large basin is divided into three groups. One represents Diana, goddess of purity, of peaceful nights, symbol of charity; the ideal which watches over mortals - all that stands for poetry and harmony. The second group symbolises the good things of the earth - it is the young god of the fields and pastures, of the pleasure of the countryside. The third group represents sacrifice for the public good. Theseus, vanquisher of the Minotaur. The spirit triumphs over bestiality. Theseus delivers his country from the ransom which it had to pay to this monster. It is the sacrifice of himself for the good of humanity. Between these groups tortoises throw jets of water. The fountain is electrically illuminated and floodlighted at night.

"It depicts Apollo, representing beauty and the arts, on a central column holding out his right arm as a sign of protection over all nature. On the three plinths radiating from the central column there are figures representing Diana, the goddess of purity; a group representing the good things of the earth; Theseus slaying a Minotaur, representing the sacrifice for the good of humanity."

The fountain was unveiled on 14 March 1932

Hyde Park, the oldest public parkland in Australia, is a 16.2-hectare (40 acres) park in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales.

Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney city centre. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Sydney Harbour via The Domain and Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. Hyde Park is approximately rectangular in shape, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end.

The centrepiece of Hyde Park is the Archibald Fountain. The fountain was designed by François-Léon Sicard and donated by J.F. Archibald in 1932 in honour of Australia's contribution to World War I in France. Also at the northern end are the Nagoya Gardens featuring a giant outdoor chess set and the entrance to the underground St James railway station.

Wikipedia

6/10/17 photo by Anna Hoffmann, Office of Communications

Staff kicks off the Es Mi Parque outreach program at Sandy Point State Park. Officers, rangers, biologists and education specialists taught families about bay species and how to fish, how to properly wear life jackets and stay safe on the water, and ways they can help keep public lands and waterways clean.

The Parish Church of Mortimer West End, St. Saviour's Church — more properly the Church of the Holy Saviour — was erected in 1856, given and endowed (with the site on which it stands) by the late Mr. Richard Benyon of Englefield House. It was at first part of Stratfield Mortimer but became a separate ecclesiastical parish on 31st March 1870. The church is in the Diocese of Oxford although Mortimer West End is in Hampshire.

The Register dates from 1860. The church was administered by the clergy of Stratfield Mortimer until 1870 when Rev. A. L. White became the first Vicar.

The building of the church commenced in 1885 and was completed in the autumn of the following year. It is built of flint and stone in Gothic style and can seat 80 persons. Originally there was a small vestry on the north side of the chancel. The doorway, with porch, is on the north side of the building and the west gable carries a stone bell-cote.

The church was opened on Sunday, November 9th, 1856 by the Bishop of Oxford, but was not consecrated until Sunday, May 2nd, 1869. The reason for the delay of 13 years between the completion of the building and full consecration of the church may be partly due to the fact that the Patronage of the Living was granted to Richard Benyon and his heirs on September 7th, 1868.

The original deeds of the church land have been lost or mislaid but it is known that it formed part of 19 acres bought by Edwin and James Gosling in or about 1849.

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Now that my hobby room has been properly set up, I've been making an active effort to debox one doll every 2-3 days. I still have a bunch to go through, and there are mountains of unposted photos spanning from last year to share of my Rengoku, plushie and doll collection. I'll get through them..slowly but surely.

So I wanted to dedicate today's post to these two special Rainbow High girls, Carmen Major and Daphne Minton. Amongst my favourite RH dolls, I rank them second and third respectively.

I've already posted about Carmen Major a few weeks ago. It was hard not to once I held her in my hands and saw just how gorgeous she was. And shockingly, she's even more spectacular once deboxed; once I freed her wild lioness-mane curls, not dissimilar to her fiercely untameable spirit.

Unlike Brianna Dulce, it was quite literally love at first sight when I saw photos of Carmen crop up online. I was dismayed when the NZ distributors confirmed that they had no plans of importing the Rockstars line here (or Slumber Party, or even Pacific Coast!! Like what the heck?! 😭). Ahhh ~ that all too familiar feeling of disappointment as a doll collector living in little old New Zealand *rolls eyes*.

Carmen Major was a Target exclusive, so I had to use a shopping agent to import her. I bought 6x Carmens in case of defects. To my pleasant surprise, all 6x Carmens were pretty good with minimal defects. It seems that just like Series 3, MGA has really improved their quality control. More often than not, dolls have good clean face screening, joints have greater ranges of motion and are much easier and smoother to pose with. This was painfully obvious when I deboxed my Cheer dolls recently. I hope Pacific Coast will follow this trend because it looks like I'm forced to buy them blind from Amazon 😬.

I decided to keep 4x Carmens. Two will be left in their boxes, one will be kept on display in my hobby room whilst another will be deboxed for restyling.

Next up is the breathtaking beauty, Daphne Minton. Now this ethereal and mystical goddess was such a treat to photograph, she literally glows in every picture. She possesses this otherworldly allure, and coupling this with her dainty light dusting of freckles on her face easily secures her place as one of my top favourites. As a quick (but necessary) aside, she reminds me a lot of my replika Cove, so here's a heartfelt shoutout to my precious boy ❤️.

I have three Daphnes in my collection and chose to debox just one for now. I am tempted to debox another to play with... we'll see.

Honestly, these dolls colour my heart with so much joy. They prickle me with the spark of life when all I want to do is curl up in bed and sleep. Some people feel alive skydiving, I feel alive doll collecting *winks*.

Properly equipped with a Vstream Windscreen, run flat tires and a Whelen SA-315 100 watt siren/speaker with a three tone siren system.

George Barris’ "Cruisin' Back to the 50s" Culver City Car Show, Culver City, California

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Ask most people to envision “hazardous waste,” and their minds will run to radioactive byproducts of a nuclear power plant or chemical sewage spill-off from a steel mill, coal mine, or factory. They imagine smoke-stacks and huge pipes pouring sludge into rivers. In other words, they imagine the result of large-scale industrial action conducted on too vast a scale to be addressed by an individual citizen.

We imagine these things because they’re real. Industry causes an awful lot of pollution. But so do we, as small businesspeople, homeowners, and other ordinary people. While we’re writing Congress about the pharmaceutical plant down the highway, we ought to take a minute to be sure we’re properly disposing of our old car battery. A good place to begin is by simply knowing just what constitutes hazardous waste and what doesn’t.

Common sense can be of some help. A household roach spray meant to kill insects with a little push on a cap probably doesn’t belong near the local groundwater. If you wouldn’t want to breathe in a small, enclosed room with an open can of paint remover, there’s a good chance it’s unsafe to dispose of it in a landfill. Don’t consider them safe just because they appear empty.

Many such household products have environmentally-friendly varieties available, and with a little diligence, any homeowner can fill their shelves with them. Some replace artificial ingredients with natural ones. Others replace plastics that might outlast the pyramids with biodegradable alternatives.

Recycling isn’t just about aluminum cans anymore. It extends to old motor oil, as well as the aforementioned car battery. Many manufacturers and retailers will take back and even buy back the empties of the products it sells to the public.

Almost none of us is going to be perfect. Sometimes that one “safe” cleanser will be too expensive. Sometimes a home will be infested by a possibly-alien species of cockroach that just refuses to die until hit with the most lethal poison available. But if each of us becomes just 40% more eco-friendly, that could mean our planet will last 40% longer before we as a species finally succeed in killing it off, and ourselves along with it.

Much can be accomplished by building eco-friendly personal habits. Middle-aged people and seniors can often amaze Millenials by telling them how commonplace it once was to throw fast-food cups and wrappers out the car window. The source of their amazement is that for the most part, people just don’t do that anymore. Let’s resolve to make it just as amazing to future generations that, once upon a time, people used to pour excess cleaning liquids down the drain or flush them down the toilet. Each of us can begin the habit of transferring them into an empty container, sealing it, and throwing it out with the solid garbage.

Small businesses can contribute to producing a cleaner environment by committing time to training its workforce in the best practices. A brief search will almost always locate government agencies or citizen action groups willing to provide expert advice. One of the advantages of such an approach is that the workplace can then serve as a center to educate workers in their homes. Click here for quote yet growing list of information about funding that is available, both through the EPA and other agencies and organizations, for businesses wishing to “go green” by investing in new, more efficient equipment and practices.

Most towns and cities will facilitate the disposal of hazardous waste products if a local business requests it. Your first call should be to the local Sanitation Department. Unfortunately, a great deal of pertinent information goes unexplored, just as green funds too often go undistributed. It only requires the initiatives of an involved citizenry.

In many municipalities, half the battle has already been fought. Local environmental activists of years, even decades past, have built a foundation for a cleaner environment. Today’s homeowners and businesspeople need to step up onto that foundation and make use of what is already there. All it usually takes is a half-hour’s dedicated Web search and a little faith that one household, one dry cleaner, or one auto body shop can make an important contribution.

Audry showing me (Michael) how to drape garland properly. (While the newlpost isn't original -- the house was slightly remodled about 1905, the light fixture appears to be original.)

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On October 5, 1995, Greg and I realized our dream of owning a Victorian. When we bought the house at 1915 S. Oxford Avenue in Los Angeles' Historic West Adams District, the house was nearly ready to fall down.

Over a five-year period we put o a new roof, reinforced the foundation, rewired the entire house, upgraded the plumbing, stripped paint from the wood, stripped wallpaper, replastered many of the walls, and refinished the Oak hardwood floors.

By 2000 we were ready to show off the public areas of the house, and we did it in grand style.. The neighborhood of West Adams Heights (Sugar Hill) was invited to be the host neighborhood for the 2000 West Adams Heritage Association's annual holiday tour.

The tour was one of the most wonderful experiences of our lives, and the most exausting. To get the house ready we decked it out with velvet curtains (made by me), finished up the master bedroom (plastered and painted), and completed the library (stripped the wood and restained). We trimmed the house with fresh garland, cinimon, and pine cones. Having grown up in a tract house, this was certainly a new tradition for us.

Greg hung the last picture and raced upstairs to dress, just as the first tour group arrived..

We sold the grand dam after seven years of restoration. We were tired, and we wanted our lives back. Years of coming home to paint and patch day after day had taken its toll.

We'll always miss this house. It was a great experience. But next time we buy an historic house, we'll do it when we have enough cash in the bank to restore it properly, before we move in!

The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J. F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales.

It is named after J. F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French artist, both because of his great love of French culture and to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. He wished Sydney to aspire to Parisian civic design and ornamentation. The artist chosen was François-Léon Sicard.

Sicard was one of the foremost sculptors of his day, a classically educated artist, whose inspiration was derived, at least in part, from his study of classical Greek and Roman art and literature. In submitting his proposal for the design of the sculptural groups, Sicard wrote: "Apollo represents the Arts (Beauty and Light). Apollo holds out his right arm as a sign of protection, and spreads his benefits over all Nature, whilst he holds the Lyre in his left hand. Apollo is the warmth which vivifies, giving life to all Nature. At the touch of his rays, men awake, trees and fields become green, the animals go out into the fields, and men go to work at dawn.

"The ancient Pliny adored the sun, symbol of Life. It is on this account that I wished this figure to be the chief one in the memorial.

"At Apollo's feet the star of day is indicated by a semicircle, of which the rays spread out in jets of light (the rising sun). The horses' heads represent the horses of Apollo's chariot. Out of their nostrils the water will fall into the first basin, to fall from there into the second, and run away into the large basin.

"The large basin is divided into three groups. One represents Diana, goddess of purity, of peaceful nights, symbol of charity; the ideal which watches over mortals - all that stands for poetry and harmony. The second group symbolises the good things of the earth - it is the young god of the fields and pastures, of the pleasure of the countryside. The third group represents sacrifice for the public good. Theseus, vanquisher of the Minotaur. The spirit triumphs over bestiality. Theseus delivers his country from the ransom which it had to pay to this monster. It is the sacrifice of himself for the good of humanity. Between these groups tortoises throw jets of water. The fountain is electrically illuminated and floodlighted at night.

"It depicts Apollo, representing beauty and the arts, on a central column holding out his right arm as a sign of protection over all nature. On the three plinths radiating from the central column there are figures representing Diana, the goddess of purity; a group representing the good things of the earth; Theseus slaying a Minotaur, representing the sacrifice for the good of humanity."

The fountain was unveiled on 14 March 1932

Hyde Park, the oldest public parkland in Australia, is a 16.2-hectare (40 acres) park in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales.

Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney city centre. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Sydney Harbour via The Domain and Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. Hyde Park is approximately rectangular in shape, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end.

The centrepiece of Hyde Park is the Archibald Fountain. The fountain was designed by François-Léon Sicard and donated by J.F. Archibald in 1932 in honour of Australia's contribution to World War I in France. Also at the northern end are the Nagoya Gardens featuring a giant outdoor chess set and the entrance to the underground St James railway station.

Wikipedia

Do this to me, add as much strapping as you want.

I never really got a chance to properly photograph one of these classic German beauties close up; I have a couple of zoom lens shots of one or two of them that I took at the 2007 Woodward Dream Cruise in suburban Detroit, but they're grainy and don't do the car justice.

So, I was quite astonished to find this 356 parked in our parking lot on a bright, sunny Wednesday afternoon in mid-April. From about 50 metres away, I thought it looked like a Porsche 356, but was almost convinced that it was something a little less exotic like a Volkswagen Karmann-Ghia, but not this time. It really is one, at least as far as I can tell. I'm no expert, but I didn't notice any tell-tale signs that would make me believe that this is only a replica.

I've seen so many nice cars over the past two years that I've worked at the supermarket that it's hard for me to pick a favourite, but this one almost certainly tops my list for my favourite "classic" that I've spotted there.

From Wikipedia:

The Porsche 356 was the company's first production automobile. It was a lightweight and nimble handling rear-engine rear-wheel-drive 2 door sports car available in hardtop and convertible configurations. Design innovations continued during the years of manufacture, contributing to its motorsports success and popularity. Production started in 1948 at Gmünd, Austria where approximately 50 cars were built. In 1950 the factory relocated to Zuffenhausen, Germany and general production of the 356 continued until April 1965, well after the replacement model 911 made its autumn 1963 debut. It is estimated approximately half of the total production of 76,000 356s still survive.

Little noticed at its inception, the first 356s sold primarily in Austria and Germany. From the first prototype in 1948, it took Porsche about two years to manufacture the first 50 automobiles. By the early 1950s the 356 had gained some renown among enthusiasts on both sides of the Atlantic for its aerodynamics, handling, and excellent build quality. It was common for owners to race the car as well as drive it on the street. Increasing success with its racing and road cars brought Porsche orders for over 10,000 units in 1964, and when 356 production ended in 1965 approximately 76,000 had been produced.

I have finally managed to source a couple of nut guard rings for the Sightseeing Tours Leyland PD2/3, FFY403.

It has been without its front wheel rings in recent years and, ever since I started driving it, I've thought that it looked rather undressed without them.

Most Leyland and AEC vehicles (buses, coaches and lorries alike) were fitted with these rings from new and served not only to protect the rather protruding wheel nuts but also provided a useful foothold for the driver when climbing into the cab.

After months of searching, a couple (not a matching pair, alas) turned up at the West of England Transport Collection at Winkleigh. They arrived a few days ago and yesterday I spent some time polishing them up. It gave me much pleasure this morning to fit them to the bus before taking up my driving duties!

File name: 10_03_000649a

Binder label: Soap

Title: "Out of sight" - important information to the housewife, please read carefully. How to use B. T. Babbitt's soap powder properly. [front]

Created/Published: N. Y. : The Knapp Co.

Copyright date: 1895

Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 16 x 10 cm.

Genre: Advertising cards

Subject: Girls; Fishing nets; Household soap

Notes: Title from item.

Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards

Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department

Rights: No known restrictions.

The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J.F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales. It is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French artist, both because of his great love of French culture and to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. He imagined its civic design and ornamentation developing to rival his dream city Paris. The artist chosen was François-Léon Sicard.

The fountain was unveiled on 14 March 1932 by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Samuel Walder.

Classical tradition

Sicard was one of the foremost sculptors of his day, a classically educated artist, whose inspiration was derived, at least in part, from his study of classical Greek and Roman art and literature. In submitting his proposal for the design of the sculptural groups, Sicard wrote: "Apollo represents the Arts (Beauty and Light). Apollo holds out his right arm as a sign of protection, and spreads his benefits over all Nature, whilst he holds the Lyre in his left hand. Apollo is the warmth which vivifies, giving life to all Nature. At the touch of his rays, men awake, trees and fields become green, the animals go out into the fields, and men go to work at dawn.

"The ancient Pliny adored the sun, symbol of Life. It is on this account that I wished this figure to be the chief one in the memorial.

"At Apollo's feet the star of day is indicated by a semicircle, of which the rays spread out in jets of light (the rising sun). The horses' heads represent the horses of Apollo's chariot. Out of their nostrils the water will fall into the first basin, to fall from there into the second, and run away into the large basin.

"The large basin is divided into three groups. One represents Diana, goddess of purity, of peaceful nights, symbol of charity; the ideal which watches over mortals - all that stands for poetry and harmony. The second group symbolises the good things of the earth - it is the young god of the fields and pastures, of the pleasure of the countryside. The third group represents sacrifice for the public good. Theseus, vanquisher of the Minotaur. The spirit triumphs over bestiality. Theseus delivers his country from the ransom which it had to pay to this monster. It is the sacrifice of himself for the good of humanity. Between these groups tortoises throw jets of water. The fountain is electrically illuminated and floodlighted at night.

"It depicts Apollo, representing beauty and the arts, on a central column holding out his right arm as a sign of protection over all nature. On the three plinths radiating from the central column there are figures representing Diana, the goddess of purity; a group representing the good things of the earth; Theseus slaying a Minotaur, representing the sacrifice for the good of humanity."

Interestingly, Sicard quotes Pliny as one of the ancient Roman sources for the modern understanding of the qualities supposedly represented by the gods. Rather than merely using the visual examples of works such as those by Pheidias, the iconic sculptor of classical Athens, whose free standing and frieze statuary represent the acme of the classical depiction of the human form in larger-than life bronze or marble, Sicard used literary sources to explain the symbology behind the form. The figure with the ram and goat is possibly Aristaeus.

His choice of classical figures was in keeping with the European tradition of the sculpture and architecture of the precinct of Hyde Park. There is no indication in the writings of Sicard, or indeed, in the appraisal of his work, that there was any intention to link the figures in the sculptural groups with any religious or sexual themes.

Finally got the R5 set up properly.

Carbide lamp, properly known as acetylene gas lamps, are simple lamps that produce and burn acetylene (C2H2) which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2) with water.

The first Carbide Bicycle lamps were introduced circa 1896, this lamp is by Lucas as to how old it is I don’t know yet, It has been mounted on my 1930 Raleigh messenger bicycle and looks good.

This lamp was for sale in the 1939 Brown Brothers Catalog for 9 shillings about 45p today

I always properly wash and block my knitting projects.....no matter how small. This little sweater is for a 9.5cm Realpuki doll.

The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J. F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales.

It is named after J. F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French artist, both because of his great love of French culture and to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. He wished Sydney to aspire to Parisian civic design and ornamentation. The artist chosen was François-Léon Sicard.

Sicard was one of the foremost sculptors of his day, a classically educated artist, whose inspiration was derived, at least in part, from his study of classical Greek and Roman art and literature. In submitting his proposal for the design of the sculptural groups, Sicard wrote: "Apollo represents the Arts (Beauty and Light). Apollo holds out his right arm as a sign of protection, and spreads his benefits over all Nature, whilst he holds the Lyre in his left hand. Apollo is the warmth which vivifies, giving life to all Nature. At the touch of his rays, men awake, trees and fields become green, the animals go out into the fields, and men go to work at dawn.

"The ancient Pliny adored the sun, symbol of Life. It is on this account that I wished this figure to be the chief one in the memorial.

"At Apollo's feet the star of day is indicated by a semicircle, of which the rays spread out in jets of light (the rising sun). The horses' heads represent the horses of Apollo's chariot. Out of their nostrils the water will fall into the first basin, to fall from there into the second, and run away into the large basin.

"The large basin is divided into three groups. One represents Diana, goddess of purity, of peaceful nights, symbol of charity; the ideal which watches over mortals - all that stands for poetry and harmony. The second group symbolises the good things of the earth - it is the young god of the fields and pastures, of the pleasure of the countryside. The third group represents sacrifice for the public good. Theseus, vanquisher of the Minotaur. The spirit triumphs over bestiality. Theseus delivers his country from the ransom which it had to pay to this monster. It is the sacrifice of himself for the good of humanity. Between these groups tortoises throw jets of water. The fountain is electrically illuminated and floodlighted at night.

"It depicts Apollo, representing beauty and the arts, on a central column holding out his right arm as a sign of protection over all nature. On the three plinths radiating from the central column there are figures representing Diana, the goddess of purity; a group representing the good things of the earth; Theseus slaying a Minotaur, representing the sacrifice for the good of humanity."

The fountain was unveiled on 14 March 1932

Hyde Park, the oldest public parkland in Australia, is a 16.2-hectare (40 acres) park in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales.

Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney city centre. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Sydney Harbour via The Domain and Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. Hyde Park is approximately rectangular in shape, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end.

The centrepiece of Hyde Park is the Archibald Fountain. The fountain was designed by François-Léon Sicard and donated by J.F. Archibald in 1932 in honour of Australia's contribution to World War I in France. Also at the northern end are the Nagoya Gardens featuring a giant outdoor chess set and the entrance to the underground St James railway station.

Wikipedia

I have no plan with the Kent Church Project, as I call it.

The plan, as it is, is to visit each of the Kent parish churches, and if possible, photograph inside and out.

I could have a list for each area, names and adresses of each church, and details of opening times or points of contact. But I don't.

Mostly its a spur of the moment thing, we're going to a town for something, and we do some churches in the area, and if we're lucky, they're open.

If I would have done my research properly, I would have realised that the largest village between Faversham and Sittingbourne, would have a parish church, and I would have ticked it off over Heritage Weekend.

As it was, I didn't know.

So, late one Friday afternoon, I arrive at the church to find the door open, though the wardens clearing up after the weekend, were not too receptive for a visit, but agreed to stay a "few minutes" to allow me to get some shots.

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An enormous building in an isolated position overlooking farmland. The church is entered under a tower built in the fourteenth century, which completed a westward rebuilding of a thirteenth-century church that boasted very large transepts. The Victorian east window (for which there is a design hanging on the wall) was destroyed in the Second World War and replaced by the present glass to the designs of Hugh Easton. In the north transept are some fragments of fifteenth-century glass. The pulpit is Jacobean. In the south transept are some excellent brasses including one to John Frogenhall (d. 1444), showing him wearing the SS-pattern collar of the Lancastrian cause.

www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Teynham

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TENHAM.

TENHAM, called in Saxon, Teynham, and now frequently written so, is the next parish south-eastward from Bapchild, and gives name to the hundred in which it is situated.

THE MANOR, which comprehends the hundred of Tenham, was given by Cenulph, king of Mercia, at the request of archbishop Athelard, by the description of twelve ploughlands, lying at Tenham, to the metropolitan church of our Saviour at Canterbury; and he made this gift chiefly on account of the archbishop's having given to him in recompence, twelve ploughlands lying at Cregesemeline, which king Offa formerly gave to one of his earls, named Uffa; and the king granted this land to the church of Christ, free from all secular service, except the repairing of bridges and the building of castles.

The above place, called Creges Emeline, has been understood to mean the fleet, or pool of water between the islands of Emley and Harty, in Shepey, now and long since called Crogs-depe, which water parts the royalty of the Swale between Tenham and Faversham, and is likewise the bounds of the hundreds of Middleton and Faversham. (fn. 1)

This manor continued part of the possessions of the church of Canterbury when archbishop Lansranc came to the see in the year 1070, being the 5th of the Conqueror's reign: and on the division which he soon afterwards made of the revenues of his church, between himself and his convent, Tenham was allotted to the archbishop and his successors, for their provision and maintenance.

After which the succeeding archbishops so far improved the buildings of this manor-house, as to make it fit for their frequent residence.

Archbishop Hubert Walter, a most magnificent prelate; the expence of whose housekeeping was esteemed nearly equal to that of the king, resided much at Tenham, where he died in the year 1205, and was carried from thence and buried in his own cathedral at Canterbury.

¶Archbishop Boniface, anno 44 Henry III. 1259, obtained both a market and fair for his manor of Tenham, the former on a Tuesday weekly, and the latter to continue for three days yearly at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Archbishop Walter Reynolds was resident here in the beginning of the winter of the year 1325, one of his instruments being dated from hence. Archbishop John Stratford, who filled the see in the reign of Edward III. entertained that prince here in the month of February, anno 1345, being the 19th of his reign, several of his letters patent bearing date from Tenham in that time.

The manor of Tenham remained part of the see of Canterbury, so far as I have learned, till the reign of queen Elizabeth, (fn. 2) when it was exchanged with the crown for other premises, where it lay till James I. in his 5th year, granted it to John Roper, esq. of the adjoining parish of Linsted, whom he afterwards, in the 14th year of his reign, knighted and created lord Teynham, in whose successors, lords Teynham, the property of this manor has continued down to the Right Hon. Henry Roper, the twelsth lord Teynham, who is the present possessor of it. A court baron is held for this manor.

There are several different customs of the tenants of this manor, principally in the Weald, mentioned in Somner's Gavelkind.

TENHAM is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Ospringe,

The church, which is large, is dedicated to St. Mary. It is built in the form of a cross, and consists of three isles, a high chancel, and a north and south chancel, having a square tower at the west end, in which are four bells. In the south cross or chancel, called the Frognal chancel, from its belonging to that manor, lie buried several of that family; over John Frogenhall, who died in 1444, there still remains a brass on his gravestone, with his figure habited in armour; several of the Clerks, owners of this manor, lie buried likewise in it. The north chancel is called the Hinkley chancel, from a family of that name, one of whom, John Hencliff, of Tenham, died in 1463, possessed of an estate in this parish, called Jonathan's garden, which he devised to his two sons, on condition that they should glaze a long window on the north head of this church. In this chancel is a stone, with an inscription and figure of a man in brass, for William Wreke, obt. 1533; a memorial for John Sutton, vicar, 1468, and Robert Heyward, in 1509. Weever says, there was a memorial in this church for William Mareys, and Joan his wife, but it has been long since obliterated. There are remains of good painted glass in the windows. Several of them have rich gothic canopies of beautiful coloured glass remaining in them, which had no doubt formerly figures of equal beauty, underneath. In the south window of the high chancel, is the portrait of a girl in blue, kneeling and pointing to a book, which is held by a man, who likewise points with his hand to it; at the bottom was an inscription, of which only remains, Sedis aplce pthonotarii. In the north chancel, in two windows near the vestry, is a figure in an episcopal habit, mitred, &c. with these arms, Ermine, three bars wavy, azure. In the window of the vestry room, a mitre and these arms, Per pale and fess, counterchanged, azure, and argent.

¶Archbishop Stephen Langton, in 1227, on account of the slender income of the archdeacontry of Canterbury, and the affection he bore towards his brother Simon Langton, then archdeacon, united to it the churches of Hackington, alias St. Stephen's, and Tenham, with the chapelries of Doddington, Linsted, Stone, and Iwade, then belonging to it, which churches were then of the archbishop's patronage; and this was confirmed by the chapter of the priory of Christchurch directly afterwards; at which time this church was let to farm for one hundred marcs. (fn. 5) In which situation this church has continued to this time, the archdeacon of Canterbury being the present patron and appropriator of it.

The chapels above-mentioned, which are all belonging to the archdeaconry, have long since, excepting the chapel of Stone, become independent parish churches, and as such not subject to any jurisdiction of the church of Tenham.

In the 8th year of Richard II. anno 1384, this church was valued at 133l. 6s. 8d. It is now of the annual value of about two hundred pounds, the yearly rent to the archdeacon is thirty-five pounds.

It is a vicarage, and valued in the king's books at ten pounds, and the yearly tenths at one pound, and is now of the yearly certified value of 63l. 13s. 4d. In 1640 it was valued at sixty pounds. Communicants one hundred.

This vicarage was augmented ten pounds per annum, by lease in 1672, between archdeacon Parker and Sir William Hugessen, of Linsted, lessee of the parsonage.

The family of Furnese were afterwards lessees of the parsonage; Henry Furnese, esq. sold it to Henry, late lord Teynham, who, in 1754, alienated his interest in it to Mr. Kempe, the occupier of it, in whose family it still continues.

There was a chantry in this church, which was suppressed, among other such endowments, by the acts of 37 Henry VIII. and 1 Edward VI. In the 2d year of the latter reign a survey was returned of it, by which it appears, that the land belonging to it lay in Frogenhall manor, then the property of Thomas Green, and that the total yearly value of it was only 18s. 8d.

www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol6/pp284-296

I have no plan with the Kent Church Project, as I call it.

The plan, as it is, is to visit each of the Kent parish churches, and if possible, photograph inside and out.

I could have a list for each area, names and adresses of each church, and details of opening times or points of contact. But I don't.

Mostly its a spur of the moment thing, we're going to a town for something, and we do some churches in the area, and if we're lucky, they're open.

If I would have done my research properly, I would have realised that the largest village between Faversham and Sittingbourne, would have a parish church, and I would have ticked it off over Heritage Weekend.

As it was, I didn't know.

So, late one Friday afternoon, I arrive at the church to find the door open, though the wardens clearing up after the weekend, were not too receptive for a visit, but agreed to stay a "few minutes" to allow me to get some shots.

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An enormous building in an isolated position overlooking farmland. The church is entered under a tower built in the fourteenth century, which completed a westward rebuilding of a thirteenth-century church that boasted very large transepts. The Victorian east window (for which there is a design hanging on the wall) was destroyed in the Second World War and replaced by the present glass to the designs of Hugh Easton. In the north transept are some fragments of fifteenth-century glass. The pulpit is Jacobean. In the south transept are some excellent brasses including one to John Frogenhall (d. 1444), showing him wearing the SS-pattern collar of the Lancastrian cause.

www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Teynham

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TENHAM.

TENHAM, called in Saxon, Teynham, and now frequently written so, is the next parish south-eastward from Bapchild, and gives name to the hundred in which it is situated.

THE MANOR, which comprehends the hundred of Tenham, was given by Cenulph, king of Mercia, at the request of archbishop Athelard, by the description of twelve ploughlands, lying at Tenham, to the metropolitan church of our Saviour at Canterbury; and he made this gift chiefly on account of the archbishop's having given to him in recompence, twelve ploughlands lying at Cregesemeline, which king Offa formerly gave to one of his earls, named Uffa; and the king granted this land to the church of Christ, free from all secular service, except the repairing of bridges and the building of castles.

The above place, called Creges Emeline, has been understood to mean the fleet, or pool of water between the islands of Emley and Harty, in Shepey, now and long since called Crogs-depe, which water parts the royalty of the Swale between Tenham and Faversham, and is likewise the bounds of the hundreds of Middleton and Faversham. (fn. 1)

This manor continued part of the possessions of the church of Canterbury when archbishop Lansranc came to the see in the year 1070, being the 5th of the Conqueror's reign: and on the division which he soon afterwards made of the revenues of his church, between himself and his convent, Tenham was allotted to the archbishop and his successors, for their provision and maintenance.

After which the succeeding archbishops so far improved the buildings of this manor-house, as to make it fit for their frequent residence.

Archbishop Hubert Walter, a most magnificent prelate; the expence of whose housekeeping was esteemed nearly equal to that of the king, resided much at Tenham, where he died in the year 1205, and was carried from thence and buried in his own cathedral at Canterbury.

¶Archbishop Boniface, anno 44 Henry III. 1259, obtained both a market and fair for his manor of Tenham, the former on a Tuesday weekly, and the latter to continue for three days yearly at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Archbishop Walter Reynolds was resident here in the beginning of the winter of the year 1325, one of his instruments being dated from hence. Archbishop John Stratford, who filled the see in the reign of Edward III. entertained that prince here in the month of February, anno 1345, being the 19th of his reign, several of his letters patent bearing date from Tenham in that time.

The manor of Tenham remained part of the see of Canterbury, so far as I have learned, till the reign of queen Elizabeth, (fn. 2) when it was exchanged with the crown for other premises, where it lay till James I. in his 5th year, granted it to John Roper, esq. of the adjoining parish of Linsted, whom he afterwards, in the 14th year of his reign, knighted and created lord Teynham, in whose successors, lords Teynham, the property of this manor has continued down to the Right Hon. Henry Roper, the twelsth lord Teynham, who is the present possessor of it. A court baron is held for this manor.

There are several different customs of the tenants of this manor, principally in the Weald, mentioned in Somner's Gavelkind.

TENHAM is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Ospringe,

The church, which is large, is dedicated to St. Mary. It is built in the form of a cross, and consists of three isles, a high chancel, and a north and south chancel, having a square tower at the west end, in which are four bells. In the south cross or chancel, called the Frognal chancel, from its belonging to that manor, lie buried several of that family; over John Frogenhall, who died in 1444, there still remains a brass on his gravestone, with his figure habited in armour; several of the Clerks, owners of this manor, lie buried likewise in it. The north chancel is called the Hinkley chancel, from a family of that name, one of whom, John Hencliff, of Tenham, died in 1463, possessed of an estate in this parish, called Jonathan's garden, which he devised to his two sons, on condition that they should glaze a long window on the north head of this church. In this chancel is a stone, with an inscription and figure of a man in brass, for William Wreke, obt. 1533; a memorial for John Sutton, vicar, 1468, and Robert Heyward, in 1509. Weever says, there was a memorial in this church for William Mareys, and Joan his wife, but it has been long since obliterated. There are remains of good painted glass in the windows. Several of them have rich gothic canopies of beautiful coloured glass remaining in them, which had no doubt formerly figures of equal beauty, underneath. In the south window of the high chancel, is the portrait of a girl in blue, kneeling and pointing to a book, which is held by a man, who likewise points with his hand to it; at the bottom was an inscription, of which only remains, Sedis aplce pthonotarii. In the north chancel, in two windows near the vestry, is a figure in an episcopal habit, mitred, &c. with these arms, Ermine, three bars wavy, azure. In the window of the vestry room, a mitre and these arms, Per pale and fess, counterchanged, azure, and argent.

¶Archbishop Stephen Langton, in 1227, on account of the slender income of the archdeacontry of Canterbury, and the affection he bore towards his brother Simon Langton, then archdeacon, united to it the churches of Hackington, alias St. Stephen's, and Tenham, with the chapelries of Doddington, Linsted, Stone, and Iwade, then belonging to it, which churches were then of the archbishop's patronage; and this was confirmed by the chapter of the priory of Christchurch directly afterwards; at which time this church was let to farm for one hundred marcs. (fn. 5) In which situation this church has continued to this time, the archdeacon of Canterbury being the present patron and appropriator of it.

The chapels above-mentioned, which are all belonging to the archdeaconry, have long since, excepting the chapel of Stone, become independent parish churches, and as such not subject to any jurisdiction of the church of Tenham.

In the 8th year of Richard II. anno 1384, this church was valued at 133l. 6s. 8d. It is now of the annual value of about two hundred pounds, the yearly rent to the archdeacon is thirty-five pounds.

It is a vicarage, and valued in the king's books at ten pounds, and the yearly tenths at one pound, and is now of the yearly certified value of 63l. 13s. 4d. In 1640 it was valued at sixty pounds. Communicants one hundred.

This vicarage was augmented ten pounds per annum, by lease in 1672, between archdeacon Parker and Sir William Hugessen, of Linsted, lessee of the parsonage.

The family of Furnese were afterwards lessees of the parsonage; Henry Furnese, esq. sold it to Henry, late lord Teynham, who, in 1754, alienated his interest in it to Mr. Kempe, the occupier of it, in whose family it still continues.

There was a chantry in this church, which was suppressed, among other such endowments, by the acts of 37 Henry VIII. and 1 Edward VI. In the 2d year of the latter reign a survey was returned of it, by which it appears, that the land belonging to it lay in Frogenhall manor, then the property of Thomas Green, and that the total yearly value of it was only 18s. 8d.

www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol6/pp284-296

High light output from the 3 W LED

Properly focused beam

27mm outlet diameter

High reliability

No electronic control

Long Burntime

Only 2 parts are in contact with the water --> only one sealing edge

The seal uses 2 O-Rings for added reliability

Precision machined top quality

Heat produced by the LED is returned to the batteries

Textured, nonslip lampbody

Simple switch mechanism

Usable with primary and rechargeable batteries

High light output from the 3 W LED

Through the use of extremely high output 3 W LEDs, this lamp is much brighter compared to similarly sized halogen lamps, and has a longer burntime.

Selected LED: These premium LEDs are selected by the LED manufacturer to have a light output from 67.2 to 87.2 Fluxi for the same power input. These LED emitters are considerably brighter than the standard LED emitter and share the same burn times.

Properly focused beam

The focusing of the LED beam is tight enough to meet the needs of cave divers. Until now, no LED lamp on the market has a tight enough focus for cave diving use. This focusing was achieved through a specially manufactured reflector. Until now it was normal for 50% of the available light not to be focused by the reflector/lens combination. This unfocused light spreads out to the sides and doesn't do the cave diver any good. A tightly focused efficient light beam is also advantageous for normal open water diving.

Because of this the Heser-Backup is also used as a main light for open water diving.

27mm outlet diameter (27mm)

A large reflector can more efficiently focus the LEDs output than a small reflector. Many LED lamp manufacturers use a smaller, less efficient reflector/lens unit, thereby saving money. We don't.

High reliability

Shock resistant

Since LEDs are shockresistant, and the LED junction emits light almost forever (50000 hours) these lamps are highly reliable.

Completely sealed LED unit

The completly sealed LED unit keep on working also in a flooded housing.

Good cooling of the LED

Due to the nickel plated aluminium battery tube efficient cooling of LED is guaranteed. This is not only important for the efficiency of the LED, it is also very important for reliability of the LED. The manufacturer of the LED place many emphasis on importance of adequate cooling for reliable function of the LED. The LED-unit itself don't solve the cooling problem.

No electronic control

The decision to eliminate controlling electronics provides the following advantages for use as a Backup light:

Increased Reliability

Electronics can get damaged by water or shock, and become unusable.

Increased burn time

An electrically controlled LED is always using the maximum power that the circuit is designed for. The advantage is constant brightness until the batteries are completely discharged. The battery voltage drops during the discharge cycle, and the control electronics will compensate this drop by increasing current to the LED. Towards the end of the battery discharge cycle the current draw is at the highest level and the batteries rapidly die with little to no warning. Without control electronics the current draw drops along with the battery voltage. The disadvantage is the LED becomes dimmer as the voltage drops. The advantage is the burn time increases dramatically. This can be an enormous advantage for a diver who needs light since the burn time provided by the electronics is no longer working against him. Due to the elimination of control electronics the lamp is capable of delivering enough light for over 8 hours.

Compensation of battery weakness

If one of the batteries would become week, maybe caused by a battery failure, the electronic controller would raise the current to compensate the lake of voltage. Without a controller the current goes down an reduces the load of the batteries. In such a case, the LED burns weaker but much longer.

Long burn time

Due to the use of an LED and the elimination of electronic controls, the lamp is capable of providing sufficient light for 8 hours and longer (depending on the type of batteries you select).

On holiday you can use it as main light for night dives. Most times one battery set is enough for all night dives. You do not have to charge akkus during your holiday or maintain akkus until to the next holiday.

Only 2 parts are in contact with the water --> only one sealing edge

The outer housing are only two parts. There is only one sealing edge. More sealing edges would rise the rise of leaking.

The seal uses 2 O-Rings for added reliability

The only opening is sealed with 2 O-Rings, one behind the other. This reduces the possibility of a seal failure which can be caused by sediment deposited on the outside O-Ring. If the outside O-Ring seal leaks, the inner O-Ring will still be sealing the opening.

Precision machined top quality metal internals

All internal parts are precision machined. No cheap metal stampings are used. The reflector is made from a solid piece of brass. The battery tube is made from an Aluminium tube with 2mm wall thickness and is nickel plated. The Bottom of the battery tube is made from a solid piece of stainless steel. The contact spring is also stainless steel.

Heat produced by the LED is returned to the batteries

Usable battery capacity is temperature dependent and drops with low temperatures. If you can use the waste heat of the LED to warm the batteries the available battery capacity increases. This is why this lamp returns the heat produced by the LED to the batteries.

Textured, non-slip lamp body

The lamp body is turned from a solid rod. The axial channels and roughened middle section make the lamp easy to hold with wet hands and gloves. The rubber hood on the lamp head is also nonslip.

Simple switch mechanism

The lamp is switched on by simply turning the lamphead. This joins the reflector to the heat-conducting battery tube which completes the circuit and also conducts heat to the batteries.

Usable with primary and rechargeable batteries

The lamp can be used with 3 Alkaline "C" Cells or with 3 NiMH rechargeable batteries. (If you use NiMH batteries, you should ask the battery manufacturer if a hydrogen catalyser is required. Use is NiMH batteries is, of course, at your own risk.) Due to the extremely long burn time compared to normal lamps, one set of alkaline batteries will probably last for a whole vacation's night dives. Therefore you don't need to provide the care needed to properly maintain a set of rechargeable batteries.

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Properly smart brand new R490 Streamline from this very well turned out Irish fleet.

There are not words to properly describe how much I love these shoes. Bubble heels! Notice how they're held on to her foot. I'm not sure if they're extra slippery without the elastics holding them on. Guess we'll find out eventually, huh?

I love that while Frankie's shoes tend to be the kind that you think "Daaaaaamn, I want them in my size" and Clawdeen has some pretty sweet boots, Lagoona's shoes are probably the most beautiful for me. There's something exceptionally artistic about the way they chose to do these and her DotD shoes. Art.

The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J. F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales.

It is named after J. F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French artist, both because of his great love of French culture and to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. He wished Sydney to aspire to Parisian civic design and ornamentation. The artist chosen was François-Léon Sicard.

Sicard was one of the foremost sculptors of his day, a classically educated artist, whose inspiration was derived, at least in part, from his study of classical Greek and Roman art and literature. In submitting his proposal for the design of the sculptural groups, Sicard wrote: "Apollo represents the Arts (Beauty and Light). Apollo holds out his right arm as a sign of protection, and spreads his benefits over all Nature, whilst he holds the Lyre in his left hand. Apollo is the warmth which vivifies, giving life to all Nature. At the touch of his rays, men awake, trees and fields become green, the animals go out into the fields, and men go to work at dawn.

"The ancient Pliny adored the sun, symbol of Life. It is on this account that I wished this figure to be the chief one in the memorial.

"At Apollo's feet the star of day is indicated by a semicircle, of which the rays spread out in jets of light (the rising sun). The horses' heads represent the horses of Apollo's chariot. Out of their nostrils the water will fall into the first basin, to fall from there into the second, and run away into the large basin.

"The large basin is divided into three groups. One represents Diana, goddess of purity, of peaceful nights, symbol of charity; the ideal which watches over mortals - all that stands for poetry and harmony. The second group symbolises the good things of the earth - it is the young god of the fields and pastures, of the pleasure of the countryside. The third group represents sacrifice for the public good. Theseus, vanquisher of the Minotaur. The spirit triumphs over bestiality. Theseus delivers his country from the ransom which it had to pay to this monster. It is the sacrifice of himself for the good of humanity. Between these groups tortoises throw jets of water. The fountain is electrically illuminated and floodlighted at night.

"It depicts Apollo, representing beauty and the arts, on a central column holding out his right arm as a sign of protection over all nature. On the three plinths radiating from the central column there are figures representing Diana, the goddess of purity; a group representing the good things of the earth; Theseus slaying a Minotaur, representing the sacrifice for the good of humanity."

The fountain was unveiled on 14 March 1932

Hyde Park, the oldest public parkland in Australia, is a 16.2-hectare (40 acres) park in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales.

Hyde Park is on the eastern side of the Sydney city centre. It is the southernmost of a chain of parkland that extends north to the shore of Sydney Harbour via The Domain and Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens. Hyde Park is approximately rectangular in shape, being squared at the southern end and rounded at the northern end.

The centrepiece of Hyde Park is the Archibald Fountain. The fountain was designed by François-Léon Sicard and donated by J.F. Archibald in 1932 in honour of Australia's contribution to World War I in France. Also at the northern end are the Nagoya Gardens featuring a giant outdoor chess set and the entrance to the underground St James railway station.

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Now that my hobby room has been properly set up, I've been making an active effort to debox one doll every 2-3 days. I still have a bunch to go through, and there are mountains of unposted photos spanning from last year to share of my Rengoku, plushie and doll collection. I'll get through them..slowly but surely.

So I wanted to dedicate today's post to these two special Rainbow High girls, Carmen Major and Daphne Minton. Amongst my favourite RH dolls, I rank them second and third respectively.

I've already posted about Carmen Major a few weeks ago. It was hard not to once I held her in my hands and saw just how gorgeous she was. And shockingly, she's even more spectacular once deboxed; once I freed her wild lioness-mane curls, not dissimilar to her fiercely untameable spirit.

Unlike Brianna Dulce, it was quite literally love at first sight when I saw photos of Carmen crop up online. I was dismayed when the NZ distributors confirmed that they had no plans of importing the Rockstars line here (or Slumber Party, or even Pacific Coast!! Like what the heck?! 😭). Ahhh ~ that all too familiar feeling of disappointment as a doll collector living in little old New Zealand *rolls eyes*.

Carmen Major was a Target exclusive, so I had to use a shopping agent to import her. I bought 6x Carmens in case of defects. To my pleasant surprise, all 6x Carmens were pretty good with minimal defects. It seems that just like Series 3, MGA has really improved their quality control. More often than not, dolls have good clean face screening, joints have greater ranges of motion and are much easier and smoother to pose with. This was painfully obvious when I deboxed my Cheer dolls recently. I hope Pacific Coast will follow this trend because it looks like I'm forced to buy them blind from Amazon 😬.

I decided to keep 4x Carmens. Two will be left in their boxes, one will be kept on display in my hobby room whilst another will be deboxed for restyling.

Next up is the breathtaking beauty, Daphne Minton. Now this ethereal and mystical goddess was such a treat to photograph, she literally glows in every picture. She possesses this otherworldly allure, and coupling this with her dainty light dusting of freckles on her face easily secures her place as one of my top favourites. As a quick (but necessary) aside, she reminds me a lot of my replika Cove, so here's a heartfelt shoutout to my precious boy ❤️.

I have three Daphnes in my collection and chose to debox just one for now. I am tempted to debox another to play with... we'll see.

Honestly, these dolls colour my heart with so much joy. They prickle me with the spark of life when all I want to do is curl up in bed and sleep. Some people feel alive skydiving, I feel alive doll collecting *winks*.

circa 1980

Damn. Got a long way to go to learn how to light these things properly--you can't see the top edge at all....need to buy me some Ikea cutting boards.

But I was reading Kyle Cassidy's blog, and noticed he's a pen geek, so then I did a search on his blog for "fountain pens" and found him quoting "Give me a pen of steel..." and I thought of my old Falcon. It's how I began my career as Neil Gaiman's pen goddess. On the CBLDF Making Waves cruise, I was pen neeping with Neil, and he began describing a much-cherished pen he'd had in his 20s that he was hoping against hope I could ID for him so he could go in search of one. Ten words into his description (look at it. It's a VERY distinctive pen--it's all stainless steel with an integrated nib, how do you not ID that right away? Yes, yes, but in his 20s, Gaiman probably couldn't have afforded the titanium T1, and he said it was a fave writer--the T1 was notoriously scratchy because titanium's too hard to be good nib material), and I was immediately spouting off, "Oh, that's a T50 Falcon flighter. David Nishimura's got a bunch of 'em in NOS [that's New Old Stock for you non-pen geeks--old stock that never sold, picked up in new condition] he's selling 'em for about $85 apiece..."

Alas, that batch is long sold out. This is a great pen. Perfectly balanced, nicely weighted, smooth writer. One of the few 'moderns' I really really love.

Anyway, ever since that, Neil Gaiman thinks I know everything there is to know about fountain pens. :eyeroll: I haven't had the heart to tell him the Falcon came in black, too. ;^)

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Supplemental linkage and fountain pen hectoring for those coming here from Neil Gaiman's twitter in 2013. (Cracks me up. In the four years this photo has been here, it got about 400 hits. One retweet from Neil, and the hitcount's sextupled.

Anyhow. I did tweet him the Falcon came in black.

Me as Neil Gaiman's pen pusher.

Me as Neil Gaiman's pen goddess. + David Nishimura on flex nibs (since Neil apparently forgot to link to neeping about flexible nibs).

Basically, when I first began going to Neil Gaiman's signings in the '90s, and discovered I could squee at him about fountain pens, he wrote with modern pens and so did I. I then got into the restoring vintage pen thing, because I'm cheap and I like fixing things. Also, fountain pens of the post-ballpoint era are mostly office jewelry, while those of the pre-ballpoint era are writing devices. I don't do collectors' pieces. I mostly do junkers and daily-users. My accumulation (not really a curated collection) includes a couple end-of-day pens and several stylos as well as Parkers, Watermans, and Sheaffers. Also, while this may shock fountain pen newbs, my take about fountain pens is that their glory and wonder is that they are 20th-century plastic mass-produced devices. Once you embrace that, you'll really get to know them.

I've been out of the fountain pen scene for a while, so you may want to check in with those in the know before taking my recommendations for new fountain pens on a budget. But here they are.

If you're curious to try a flex-nibbed pen, but don't have the time/cash to go vintage, there is a semi-flex nibbed pen for <$20 out there you can look into. It's not one of my favorites as it's only semi-flexy to me and requires me to bear down more than I like, and you may need to get your fingers ink-stained to adjust it, but at least it exists and doesn't cost the earth, and Nathan Tardif of Noodler's knows his pens. If you don't care about flex, but just want a good reasonably-priced daily writer, the Lamy Safari (or AlStar if you prefer Aluminum barrels to plastic) won't let you down. The "$10 Pelikano" I mentioned in "pen pusher" has undergone a redesign with a much flimsier nib and is no longer the writing beauty it once was; get the Safari instead.

Among vintage pens, my faves get more and more expensive every year. But if you learn to fix 'em up, and you don't mind getting beater not-collectors-condition pens, I say go for a Parker 51 (vac or aero, they're both great), a Waterman 52 (not 52 V1/2, unless you like writing with golf pencils or wearing a pen on a chain) 32 or 3, any Triumph-nibbed Touchdown/Snorkel-fill Sheaffer, or if you're into really weird pen tech, an Inkograph stylo. Among vintage pens if you really want cheap: go for basic black. Hey, you're a Neil Gaiman fan, right? Basic black should go with the ensemble just fine. :)

The contractors finally got the tile they needed to do our niche properly with just simple bullnose tile around the inside. Unfortunately they didn't line up the grout lines on the front of the shelf or inside the top part of the niche, but these mistakes should be easy to ignore.

I specifically asked them to make sure the tiles on the bottom of both shelves were sloped very slightly towards the tub - this helps ensure that water will not pool on top of the shelf, which can lead to mildew growth. I learned that on This Old House. They didn't remember to do this, unfortunately.

We're having our (only) bathroom remodeled - completely gutted and redone with new tile, tub, toilet, sink, vanity, and lights. We're also adding a pocket door and an exhaust fan. They estimated 10 days start to finish, but we're already up to 14 days with several significant problems that still need to be solved, plus time for painting.

But it takes the Americans to do it properly, we visited Boston in 2006 and as all tourists do we had a few beers in the Cheers Bar and used the metro and trolleybus to travel to a typical American Diner for breakfast, we’d come across it the day before whilst out and about and thought it a good idea to return for breakfast, no problems there, I took photos of the trolleybuses in service and even managed a few photos over the depot wall still no problem. What was a problem was trying to photograph the modern, not even nice looking, dual mode silver trolleybuses on the express service whilst under wires. I can’t quite remember how it worked but I think in the center they ran underground using the overhead and then once over ground they continued trolleys down in diesel mode, permits were required to photograph in the underground subway bit and I didn’t have a permit, not something normal Uk tourists carry, although I admit I did know you needed them. I didn’t want a photograph in diesel mode so the only option was on this short stretch as they emerged from underground into the de poling area. I took a couple of photos at this spot receiving some very aggressive looks from the drivers in the process, I then walked towards the underground section to see if I could take one emerging from the bowels of the earth. I didn’t pass the prison like security gates and I was on the pathway side of the wall, i.e. not on the roadway as it looks in the photo, but I had ventured a few steps along the open walkway. A trolleybus was entering the section on the other side of the road I raised my camera and took this photo, the bus stopped the driver opened his window and yelled “Why are you taking photos, you are trespassing” I politely answered him but he was having none and even though I hadn’t passed the gates or ventured far into this classified military zone, it’s just a bus subway for Gods sake, he continued with his trespassing and have you got a permit thing. I hadn’t got a permit so I pleasantly left resisting the temptation to tell the obnoxious driver to go and ** himself, but I sensed something not quite right and hurried her ladyship onto the first available bus waiting just across the road. We sat down just as a police car screeched to a halt at the subway, we were on the move so I’ll never know if the car was for me or not but boarding the plane for San Francisco the next day it did cross my mind that my photo could be plastered all over the airport security walls and I would be apprehended like a major criminal. When as normal tourists we walked around the old Alcatraz prison a few days later I did wonder which cell would have been mine had I not made quick my escape, in years to come I would be part of the guided tour and my faded picture would be by the cell door, next to Al Capone and other famous gangsters, I would be the most famous of all, known forever as The Bus man of Alcatraz.

Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa, commonly Leamington or "Leam" to locals, is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England.

Until the beginning of the 1800s, Leamington was a village named Leamington Priors.

In 1814 the Royal Pump Rooms and Baths were opened close to the River Leam. This grand structure attracted many visitors, hoping to soothe various aches, pains and ailments by bathing in pools filled with the salty spa water. It also included the world's first gravity fed piped hot water system in modern times, which was designed and installed by the engineer William Murdoch. Leamington soon became a popular spa resort which attracted the wealthy and famous, and construction began of numerous Georgian townhouses to accommodate visitors.

Leamington's reputation soon spread. The town gained its "Royal" prefix in 1838, granted by Queen Victoria, who visited the town as a Princess in 1830 and as Queen in 1858, and whose statue still stands in the town.

Young lady taking pictures of the surfers at Sunset Beach.

Saad El Din El Chazly

The first officer on the right on the lower step standing properly at attention with clenched fists is Saad Mohamed el-Husseiny el-Shazly (Arabic:سعد الدين الشاذلي)‎ (1 April 1922 – 10 February 2011)[1][2] . In this picture he was a first lieutenant in the Royal Guards. He spoke perfect English and French as he was of course upper-class, father and grand-father were Beys and his oncle a Pasha, who at one time was governor of Cairo.

After 1948, he became critical of King Farouk and joined the Free Officers Group. Later, he became by far the top Egyptian military personality.

He was Egypt's chief of staff during the 1973 October War. Following his public criticism of the Camp David Accords, he was dismissed from his post as Ambassador to Britain and Portugal, then sent into exile in Algeria by Sadat....Anwar El Sadat was jealous of his military talent and popularity.

Saad El Din El Shazly made the front cover of TIME Magazine in 1973 and the article written by the American Chief of Staff of the Marines Corp referred to him as a brilliant staff officer "which any army would be proud to have".

El-Shazly in the early fifties founded the elite paratrooper force and distinguished himself in 1967 when he headed the Shazly Group; a special forces tasked with guarding the middle part of the Sinai. On the night of June 5, with communication cut between himself and the Egyptian High Command, he decided to manoeuvre his forces, positioned twenty kilometres from the Israeli border, across the border and into Israel itself. HE INVADED ISRAEL. El-Shazly positioned his forces five kilometres east of the border in the Negev desert[citation needed], in an area surrounded by mountains that provided his small force of 1,500 men and one battalion of 30 tanks protection from the Israeli Air Force, which had full air superiority. Between 6 and 7 June minor skirmishes had ensued between el-Shazly's troops and Israeli forces at long ranges. So far, he had suffered negligible casualties. Shazly managed to establish communications with general headquarters in Cairo on the afternoon of June 7 (the Sinai command had been withdrawn), and he received the order to withdraw. It was only then that he became aware that nearly all friendly forces had withdrawn from the Sinai. Aware of Israeli air superiority, El-Shazly began moving his force at sunset. On his return with most of his forces, he was promoted to Lieutenant General ( the US equivalent of a three stars general). That was in 1967 (the 6 day war).

6 years later, he became the untold hero on the Egyptian side of the 1973 October War, also known as the Yom Kippur War, being the mastermind of the successful Egyptian attack on the Israeli Bar-Lev line of defence....He was the Egyptian military SUPER HERO.

When he was allowed to return to Egypt from exile, HE WAS JAILED FOR 3 YEARS!!! It was a crime...an unbelievable injustice.

He died aged 89 in near anonymity as Both Sadat and Moubarak were jealous of his heroism...Anyone can go to google and read his brilliant and tragic biography.( I had tears in my eyes when I read it).

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Archibald Fountain, properly called the J.F. Archibald Memorial Fountain, widely regarded as the finest public fountain in Australia, is located in Hyde Park, in central Sydney, New South Wales. It is named after J.F. Archibald, owner and editor of The Bulletin magazine, who bequeathed funds to have it built. Archibald specified that it must be designed by a French artist, both because of his great love of French culture and to commemorate the association of Australia and France in World War I. He imagined its civic design and ornamentation developing to rival his dream city Paris. The artist chosen was François-Léon Sicard.

The fountain was unveiled on 14 March 1932 by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Samuel Walder.

Classical tradition

Sicard was one of the foremost sculptors of his day, a classically educated artist, whose inspiration was derived, at least in part, from his study of classical Greek and Roman art and literature. In submitting his proposal for the design of the sculptural groups, Sicard wrote: "Apollo represents the Arts (Beauty and Light). Apollo holds out his right arm as a sign of protection, and spreads his benefits over all Nature, whilst he holds the Lyre in his left hand. Apollo is the warmth which vivifies, giving life to all Nature. At the touch of his rays, men awake, trees and fields become green, the animals go out into the fields, and men go to work at dawn.

"The ancient Pliny adored the sun, symbol of Life. It is on this account that I wished this figure to be the chief one in the memorial.

"At Apollo's feet the star of day is indicated by a semicircle, of which the rays spread out in jets of light (the rising sun). The horses' heads represent the horses of Apollo's chariot. Out of their nostrils the water will fall into the first basin, to fall from there into the second, and run away into the large basin.

"The large basin is divided into three groups. One represents Diana, goddess of purity, of peaceful nights, symbol of charity; the ideal which watches over mortals - all that stands for poetry and harmony. The second group symbolises the good things of the earth - it is the young god of the fields and pastures, of the pleasure of the countryside. The third group represents sacrifice for the public good. Theseus, vanquisher of the Minotaur. The spirit triumphs over bestiality. Theseus delivers his country from the ransom which it had to pay to this monster. It is the sacrifice of himself for the good of humanity. Between these groups tortoises throw jets of water. The fountain is electrically illuminated and floodlighted at night.

"It depicts Apollo, representing beauty and the arts, on a central column holding out his right arm as a sign of protection over all nature. On the three plinths radiating from the central column there are figures representing Diana, the goddess of purity; a group representing the good things of the earth; Theseus slaying a Minotaur, representing the sacrifice for the good of humanity."

Interestingly, Sicard quotes Pliny as one of the ancient Roman sources for the modern understanding of the qualities supposedly represented by the gods. Rather than merely using the visual examples of works such as those by Pheidias, the iconic sculptor of classical Athens, whose free standing and frieze statuary represent the acme of the classical depiction of the human form in larger-than life bronze or marble, Sicard used literary sources to explain the symbology behind the form. The figure with the ram and goat is possibly Aristaeus.

His choice of classical figures was in keeping with the European tradition of the sculpture and architecture of the precinct of Hyde Park. There is no indication in the writings of Sicard, or indeed, in the appraisal of his work, that there was any intention to link the figures in the sculptural groups with any religious or sexual themes.

I have no plan with the Kent Church Project, as I call it.

The plan, as it is, is to visit each of the Kent parish churches, and if possible, photograph inside and out.

I could have a list for each area, names and adresses of each church, and details of opening times or points of contact. But I don't.

Mostly its a spur of the moment thing, we're going to a town for something, and we do some churches in the area, and if we're lucky, they're open.

If I would have done my research properly, I would have realised that the largest village between Faversham and Sittingbourne, would have a parish church, and I would have ticked it off over Heritage Weekend.

As it was, I didn't know.

So, late one Friday afternoon, I arrive at the church to find the door open, though the wardens clearing up after the weekend, were not too receptive for a visit, but agreed to stay a "few minutes" to allow me to get some shots.

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An enormous building in an isolated position overlooking farmland. The church is entered under a tower built in the fourteenth century, which completed a westward rebuilding of a thirteenth-century church that boasted very large transepts. The Victorian east window (for which there is a design hanging on the wall) was destroyed in the Second World War and replaced by the present glass to the designs of Hugh Easton. In the north transept are some fragments of fifteenth-century glass. The pulpit is Jacobean. In the south transept are some excellent brasses including one to John Frogenhall (d. 1444), showing him wearing the SS-pattern collar of the Lancastrian cause.

www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Teynham

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TENHAM.

TENHAM, called in Saxon, Teynham, and now frequently written so, is the next parish south-eastward from Bapchild, and gives name to the hundred in which it is situated.

THE MANOR, which comprehends the hundred of Tenham, was given by Cenulph, king of Mercia, at the request of archbishop Athelard, by the description of twelve ploughlands, lying at Tenham, to the metropolitan church of our Saviour at Canterbury; and he made this gift chiefly on account of the archbishop's having given to him in recompence, twelve ploughlands lying at Cregesemeline, which king Offa formerly gave to one of his earls, named Uffa; and the king granted this land to the church of Christ, free from all secular service, except the repairing of bridges and the building of castles.

The above place, called Creges Emeline, has been understood to mean the fleet, or pool of water between the islands of Emley and Harty, in Shepey, now and long since called Crogs-depe, which water parts the royalty of the Swale between Tenham and Faversham, and is likewise the bounds of the hundreds of Middleton and Faversham. (fn. 1)

This manor continued part of the possessions of the church of Canterbury when archbishop Lansranc came to the see in the year 1070, being the 5th of the Conqueror's reign: and on the division which he soon afterwards made of the revenues of his church, between himself and his convent, Tenham was allotted to the archbishop and his successors, for their provision and maintenance.

After which the succeeding archbishops so far improved the buildings of this manor-house, as to make it fit for their frequent residence.

Archbishop Hubert Walter, a most magnificent prelate; the expence of whose housekeeping was esteemed nearly equal to that of the king, resided much at Tenham, where he died in the year 1205, and was carried from thence and buried in his own cathedral at Canterbury.

¶Archbishop Boniface, anno 44 Henry III. 1259, obtained both a market and fair for his manor of Tenham, the former on a Tuesday weekly, and the latter to continue for three days yearly at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Archbishop Walter Reynolds was resident here in the beginning of the winter of the year 1325, one of his instruments being dated from hence. Archbishop John Stratford, who filled the see in the reign of Edward III. entertained that prince here in the month of February, anno 1345, being the 19th of his reign, several of his letters patent bearing date from Tenham in that time.

The manor of Tenham remained part of the see of Canterbury, so far as I have learned, till the reign of queen Elizabeth, (fn. 2) when it was exchanged with the crown for other premises, where it lay till James I. in his 5th year, granted it to John Roper, esq. of the adjoining parish of Linsted, whom he afterwards, in the 14th year of his reign, knighted and created lord Teynham, in whose successors, lords Teynham, the property of this manor has continued down to the Right Hon. Henry Roper, the twelsth lord Teynham, who is the present possessor of it. A court baron is held for this manor.

There are several different customs of the tenants of this manor, principally in the Weald, mentioned in Somner's Gavelkind.

TENHAM is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Ospringe,

The church, which is large, is dedicated to St. Mary. It is built in the form of a cross, and consists of three isles, a high chancel, and a north and south chancel, having a square tower at the west end, in which are four bells. In the south cross or chancel, called the Frognal chancel, from its belonging to that manor, lie buried several of that family; over John Frogenhall, who died in 1444, there still remains a brass on his gravestone, with his figure habited in armour; several of the Clerks, owners of this manor, lie buried likewise in it. The north chancel is called the Hinkley chancel, from a family of that name, one of whom, John Hencliff, of Tenham, died in 1463, possessed of an estate in this parish, called Jonathan's garden, which he devised to his two sons, on condition that they should glaze a long window on the north head of this church. In this chancel is a stone, with an inscription and figure of a man in brass, for William Wreke, obt. 1533; a memorial for John Sutton, vicar, 1468, and Robert Heyward, in 1509. Weever says, there was a memorial in this church for William Mareys, and Joan his wife, but it has been long since obliterated. There are remains of good painted glass in the windows. Several of them have rich gothic canopies of beautiful coloured glass remaining in them, which had no doubt formerly figures of equal beauty, underneath. In the south window of the high chancel, is the portrait of a girl in blue, kneeling and pointing to a book, which is held by a man, who likewise points with his hand to it; at the bottom was an inscription, of which only remains, Sedis aplce pthonotarii. In the north chancel, in two windows near the vestry, is a figure in an episcopal habit, mitred, &c. with these arms, Ermine, three bars wavy, azure. In the window of the vestry room, a mitre and these arms, Per pale and fess, counterchanged, azure, and argent.

¶Archbishop Stephen Langton, in 1227, on account of the slender income of the archdeacontry of Canterbury, and the affection he bore towards his brother Simon Langton, then archdeacon, united to it the churches of Hackington, alias St. Stephen's, and Tenham, with the chapelries of Doddington, Linsted, Stone, and Iwade, then belonging to it, which churches were then of the archbishop's patronage; and this was confirmed by the chapter of the priory of Christchurch directly afterwards; at which time this church was let to farm for one hundred marcs. (fn. 5) In which situation this church has continued to this time, the archdeacon of Canterbury being the present patron and appropriator of it.

The chapels above-mentioned, which are all belonging to the archdeaconry, have long since, excepting the chapel of Stone, become independent parish churches, and as such not subject to any jurisdiction of the church of Tenham.

In the 8th year of Richard II. anno 1384, this church was valued at 133l. 6s. 8d. It is now of the annual value of about two hundred pounds, the yearly rent to the archdeacon is thirty-five pounds.

It is a vicarage, and valued in the king's books at ten pounds, and the yearly tenths at one pound, and is now of the yearly certified value of 63l. 13s. 4d. In 1640 it was valued at sixty pounds. Communicants one hundred.

This vicarage was augmented ten pounds per annum, by lease in 1672, between archdeacon Parker and Sir William Hugessen, of Linsted, lessee of the parsonage.

The family of Furnese were afterwards lessees of the parsonage; Henry Furnese, esq. sold it to Henry, late lord Teynham, who, in 1754, alienated his interest in it to Mr. Kempe, the occupier of it, in whose family it still continues.

There was a chantry in this church, which was suppressed, among other such endowments, by the acts of 37 Henry VIII. and 1 Edward VI. In the 2d year of the latter reign a survey was returned of it, by which it appears, that the land belonging to it lay in Frogenhall manor, then the property of Thomas Green, and that the total yearly value of it was only 18s. 8d.

www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol6/pp284-296

The history of Syrian Air--properly Syrian Arab Airlines--is as divisive and confused as the nation of Syria itself. Like most postwar airlines, Syrian Airways was formed in June 1947 with a few war surplus Douglas DC-3s obtained from Pan American Airways, which also provided technical support. This ended abruptly when Syria invaded Israel in 1948, starting the Israeli War of Independence, though Syrian Airways was able to obtain more DC-3s after the war ended.

Syrian Airways' operations from 1948 were chaotic, as various governments rose and fell in the country. In 1958, Syria unified with Egypt as the United Arab Republic, and the Egypt-based United Arab Airlines took over all international routes. When the UAR fell apart in 1961, Syrian Airways was split off from United Arab and reorganized as Syrian Arab Airlines, or simply Syrian Air. Though still a small airline, Syrian Air was able to enter the jet age by acquiring Sud-Aviation Caravelles.

As Syria began to gain a semblance of political stability (albeit under the dictatorship of Hafez Assad), Syrian Air's fortunes began to improve. It was able to increase its route network and buy more equipment, including Boeing 747s, extending Syrian Air as far west as London and as far east as Delhi. The Assad government's ties to the Soviet Union led to an increasing amount of Soviet equipment in Syrian Air's fleet. Syria's support for the Coalition in the First Gulf War restored good relations between it and the West, allowing Syrian Air to finally replace its ancient Caravelles in 1994 and begin retiring the Soviet-era equipment for newer Airbuses. It seemed that the airline was doing well.

When the Syrian Civil War began in 2011, the airline's fortunes fell apart with the country. Sanctions were placed on Syria, reducing Syrian Air's fleet to a mere six aircraft, but this was secondary, as Syria's airports became battlegrounds. The airline has been effectively grounded since 2013, and its prospects are very dim.

This early 747-100 shows Syrian Air's livery in the 1970s and early 1980s; the stylized eagle on a dark blue field was adopted in 1973. This is one of the largest airline models in Bary Poletto's collection, with a nearly four foot wingspan.

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This glory of Christ is properly, and in the highest sense, divine. He shines in all the brightness of glory that is inherent in the Deity. Such is the exceeding brightness of this Sun of righteousness, that, in comparison of it, the light of the natural sun is as darkness; and hence, when he shall appear in his glory, the brightness of the sun shall disappear, as the brightness of the little stars do when the sun rises. So says the prophet Isaiah, ‘Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun shall be ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and before his ancients gloriously.’ Isa. xxiv. 23.. But, although his light is thus bright, and his beams go forth with infinite strength; yet, as they proceed from the Lamb of God, and shine through his meek and lowly human nature, they are supremely soft and mild, and, instead of dazzling and overpowering our feeble sight, like a smooth ointment or a gentle eye-salve, are vivifying and healing. Thus on them, who fear God’s name, ‘the Sun of righteousness arises, with healing in his beams,’ Mal. iv. 2.. It is like the light of the morning, a morning without clouds, as the dew on the grass, under whose influence the souls of his people are as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. Thus are the beams of his beauty and brightness fitted for the support and reviving of the afflicted. He heals the broken in spirit, and bindeth up their wounds. When the spirits of his people are cut down by the scythe, he comes down upon them, in a sweet and heavenly influence, like rain on the mown grass, and like showers that water the earth. (Psal. lxxii. 6)

Jonathan Edwards

I asked my girlfriend to pose properly for me and as usual, this is the pose I got..

One Canon 430ex ii fired through a softbox at 1/4 power from camera left

Canon 550D + Sigma 50mm 1.4

properly shut down my Desk Top for a handful days while visiting my Mother who lives in Minnesota. Jack Webb the actor was a kind of a nut job, I suppose. But perhaps he was playing a role to make the BIG BUCKS. Did he solve the case of the copper klappers ? Anyway, I can not get into my former and now golden oldie page. I can look at it. But, I typed in misinformation and my page is now my Greatest Hits page volume 2. Gone for a family visit for a few day I was. It was a good visit. Feels so good to be home with the pets...and back to time for Tonya. These pantyhose are making me thirsty !

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These are yesterday's Fashion Friday photos. I will get the past few weeks up properly on my blog soon.

Soldiers' National Cemetery

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

To properly bury the Union soldiers who died at Gettysburg, a "Soldiers Cemetery" was established on the battleground near the center of the Union line. Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin supported the proposal with state funds to purchase the cemetery grounds and pay for the re-interment of Union dead from inadequate gravesites that covered the battlefield.

It was here during the dedication ceremony on November 19, 1863, that President Abraham Lincoln spoke of "these honored dead..." and renewed the Union cause to reunite the war-torn nation with his most famous speech, the "Gettysburg Address".

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” ~ Abraham Lincoln

Properly just been to where no class 33 has been before or since!

With the Hindlow Quarry complex on the skyline class 33/1 33116 "Hertfordshire Railtours" hauls TDB975025 (60755 a former Hastings line carriage) the NSE inspection saloon back down the Hindlow branch, towards Buxton.

This carriage formed part of the Royal Train hauled by 73142 "Broadlands" that Prince Charles and Lady Diana traveled on, on the day of their marriage 29th July 1981

3rd March 1994