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We went to see Star Wars, again. I was hoping for a semi-empty theatre so that I could make commentary/ask questions during the movie, but it is still a buy your tickets in advance, line up to enter the auditorium, fill every seat kind of show. I don’t begrudge it success. But I can’t wait to have my own copy to watch/talk to at home. (I’m sure Beefy can’t wait, either. There’s nothing better than watching a movie with someone who won’t stop talking.)
Jacket, H&M (thrifted). Sweatshirt, tunic, and leggings, Forever 21. Boots, Style & Co (thrifted). Sunglasses, Girlprops.
Voronezh is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising in 2021 to 1,057,681, up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census, making it the 14th-most populous city in the country.
For many years, the hypothesis of the Soviet historian Vladimir Zagorovsky dominated: he produced the toponym "Voronezh" from the hypothetical Slavic personal name Voroneg. This man allegedly gave the name of a small town in the Chernigov Principality (now the village of Voronizh in Ukraine). Later, in the 11th or 12th century, the settlers were able to "transfer" this name to the Don region, where they named the second city Voronezh, and the river got its name from the city. However, now many researchers criticize the hypothesis, since in reality neither the name of Voroneg nor the second city was revealed, and usually the names of Russian cities repeated the names of the rivers, but not vice versa.
A comprehensive scientific analysis was conducted in 2015–2016 by the historian Pavel Popov. His conclusion: "Voronezh" is a probable Slavic macrotoponym associated with outstanding signs of nature, has a root voron- (from the proto-Slavic vorn) in the meaning of "black, dark" and the suffix -ezh (-azh, -ozh). It was not “transferred” and in the 8th - 9th centuries it marked a vast territory covered with black forests (oak forests) - from the mouth of the Voronezh river to the Voronozhsky annalistic forests in the middle and upper reaches of the river, and in the west to the Don (many forests were cut down). The historian believes that the main "city" of the early town-planning complex could repeat the name of the region – Voronezh. Now the hillfort is located in the administrative part of the modern city, in the Voronezh upland oak forest. This is one of Europe's largest ancient Slavic hillforts, the area of which – more than 9 hectares – 13 times the area of the main settlement in Kyiv before the baptism of Rus.
In it is assumed that the word "Voronezh" means bluing - a technique to increase the corrosion resistance of iron products. This explanation fits well with the proximity to the ancient city of Voronezh of a large iron deposit and the city of Stary Oskol. As well as the name of Voroneț Monastery known for its blue shade.
Folk etymology claims the name comes from combining the Russian words for raven (ворон) and hedgehog (еж) into Воронеж. According to this explanation two Slavic tribes named after the animals used this combination to name the river which later in turn provided the name for a settlement. There is not believed to be any scientific support for this explanation.
In the 16th century, the Middle Don basin, including the Voronezh river, was gradually conquered by Muscovy from the Nogai Horde (a successor state of the Golden Horde), and the current city of Voronezh was established in 1585 by Feodor I as a fort protecting the Muravsky Trail trade route against the slave raids of the Nogai and Crimean Tatars. The city was named after the river.
17th to 19th centuries
In the 17th century, Voronezh gradually evolved into a sizable town. Weronecz is shown on the Worona river in Resania in Joan Blaeu's map of 1645. Peter the Great built a dockyard in Voronezh where the Azov Flotilla was constructed for the Azov campaigns in 1695 and 1696. This fleet, the first ever built in Russia, included the first Russian ship of the line, Goto Predestinatsia. The Orthodox diocese of Voronezh was instituted in 1682 and its first bishop, Mitrofan of Voronezh, was later proclaimed the town's patron saint.
Owing to the Voronezh Admiralty Wharf, for a short time, Voronezh became the largest city of South Russia and the economic center of a large and fertile region. In 1711, it was made the seat of the Azov Governorate, which eventually morphed into the Voronezh Governorate.
In the 19th century, Voronezh was a center of the Central Black Earth Region. Manufacturing industry (mills, tallow-melting, butter-making, soap, leather, and other works) as well as bread, cattle, suet, and the hair trade developed in the town. A railway connected Voronezh with Moscow in 1868 and Rostov-on-Don in 1871.
well, this is certainly proof that the bible bores people, or better yet, flag pictures bore people. i like it (bleeping myself, sometimes i get cranky). remember the point of all this: Wisdom builds her own House, But Folly with her own Hands tears it down.
proverbs 14:1 recitation for school children in 1834
Hier haben mir besonders die sich wiederholenden Farben gefallen. Ihr haben allerdings meine Annäherungsversuche überhaupt nicht gefallen. Hat eine Weile gedauert bis wir uns angefreundet haben.
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According to some fashion experts, white tights should not be worn by anyone older than 10. As for rainbow tights, well, they are OK, provided you still go out for walks in a stroller.
I notoriously wear both kinds (there's plenty of aggravating evidence in my file) so I guess I'd better watch out for the Fashion Police :)
dress - Zara (sale!)
tights - Calzedonia
boots - secondhand Salamander (see below)
earrings - Target
Afternoon is time to relax and the pool or swim in the lake.
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This cristate is easy to get to, and I've photographed it several times, including just a few weeks ago.
This time, however, I had something definite on my mind. With so many saguaros now flowering, I wondered if the cristate might be. I can't remember ever seeing a flowering crested saguaro.
No such luck here, however, and there aren't even any buds in view. Its giant neighbor, however, is putting on a good show with at least five flowers on one arm. Worth the short walk on a nice spring day.
13/52 Theme: REPETITION. This is a spool of wire from my workbench area. I use it to tie things in garden, stablizing trees, and just about anything that needs held. It's so common for me to use, but never thought I would be posting it for a project. Ahhh the many uses for this never ending spool... to my rescue again!
Unlike my previous attempt below here the X10 AF performed as expected. I guess the reason is that here the background was darker.
Explored 14 Jan 2012
A Sandy Disposition – Repeat observations help us observe dune and ripple changes.
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona (Acquired: Feb 2017, approximately 255 kilometers above the surface. www.uahirise.org/ESP_049437_1345)