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Sacred fountain, overlooking a rocky coast, at the northern tip of the bay of the deceased. The water of this spring is incredibly high in vibratory rate. It is said that the journey to the afterlife begins in the bay, that the relics of the missing Druids were transported by boat to their tomb located on the island of Sein, on the day of the dead, all the drowned meet together and seek those whom they loved on earth.The souls are sometimes fires on the ocean, sometimes beings, who, by series of seven, emerge waves and launch a call, sometimes peaceful spirits forming a long procession, who will pray in the chapel of the living.
It was also said that the waters of the wells are purified by the moon, when they have been poisoned by the sun.
This fountain had the reputation of calming rheumatic pains.
The day of forgiveness, the sick did not hesitate to soak in the basin to obtain healing.
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Fontaine sacrée, surplombant une côte rocheuse, à la pointe nord de la baie des trépassés. L'eau de cette source est incroyablement élevée en taux vibratoire.On dit que le voyage vers l'au-delà commence dans la baie, que les reliques des druides disparus furent transportées par bateau jusqu'à leur tombe située sur l'ile de Sein, que le jour des morts, tous les noyés se réunissent et cherchent ceux qu'ils aimaient sur terre.Les âmes sont tantôt des feux sur l'océan, tantôt des êtres, qui, par série de sept, surgissent des vagues et lancent un appel, tantôt des esprits pacifiques formant une longue procession, qui vont prier dans la chapelle des vivants.
On raconta aussi que les eaux des puits sont purifiées par la lune, lorsqu'elles ont été empoisonnées par le soleil
Cette fontaine avait la réputation de calmer les douleurs rhumatismales.
Le jour du pardon, les malades n'hésitaient pas à se tremper dans le bassin afin d'obtenir la guérison.
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The Old Windmill
by Clarence Albert Murch
Battered windmill, old and gray,
Swinging there athwart the sky,
Sport of every idle breeze
That may chance to wander by.
Blow they fair or blow they foul,
Still you wag your dingy cowl
Through the livelong night and day,
Weather-beaten, old and gray.
Is that endless monotone—
Half a shriek and half a groan—
That in dreary cadence drones
From your old rheumatic bones,
Echo of some sylvan tune,
Or forgotten forest rune
From the aisles of long ago,
Calling, calling, soft and low
Through the banished years that creep
Back to some old forest dim,
Where the woodland zephyrs sweep
Dancing leaf and swaying limb?
As the lazy breezes blow
All your gaunt arms to and fro,
Swinging ever round and round,
To that weird, unearthly sound,
Do you ever wish that some
Wandering Don Quixote of wind
With its stormy lance might come—
End that weary, ceaseless grind?
Life is like a windmill gray,
Swinging ’twixt the earth and sky;
Sport of every passing breeze
That may chance to wander by.
Still we grind with smile or scowl,
Blow they fair or blow they foul;
Sure that we shall be some day,
Weather-beaten, old and gray.
Pamukkale is a natural site in Denizli in southwestern Turkey. Pamukkale is also the site of the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Greek-Roman city of Hierapolis. This area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by flowing water. Those waters are used for drinking and bathing. They are recommended for the treatment of rheumatic, dermatological and gynecological diseases, neurological and physical exhaustion, digestive maladies and nutritional disorders. It is also one of the Turkey’s most visited attractions.
Pamukkale is a natural site in Denizli in southwestern Turkey. Pamukkale is also the site of the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Greek-Roman city of Hierapolis. This area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by flowing water. Those waters are used for drinking and bathing. They are recommended for the treatment of rheumatic, dermatological and gynecological diseases, neurological and physical exhaustion, digestive maladies and nutritional disorders. It is also one of the Turkey’s most visited attractions.
Die Kartäusernelke wächst auf kalkreichen Magerrasen. Sie heißt auch Klosternelke, da Mönche sie in Klostergärten anbauten und medizinisch nutzten – insbesondere gegen rheumatische Beschwerden und Schmerzen in den Muskeln. Sie wurde auch erfolglos als Mittel gegen Schlangenbisse und Pest eingesetzt und zeigte sich bedingt wirksam gegen Wurmbefall.
The Carthusian carnation grows on lime-rich grasslands. It is also called monastery carnation, since monks cultivated and used it medically in monastery gardens - especially against rheumatic complaints and pain in the muscles. It was also used unsuccessfully as a remedy for snake bites and plague and was only partially effective against worms.
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Van de twijgen van brem kunnen bezems gemaakt worden. In het verleden werd de vezel van de plant in tijden van schaarste gebruikt als vervanger van jute.
De Brem bevat het giftige sparteïne, dat een stimulerende werking heeft op het hart. In de fytotherapie wordt de plant daarom ook gebruikt bij hartzwakte. Ook wordt brem gebruikt bij lichte reumatische aandoeningen
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Brooms can be made from broom twigs. In the past, the fiber of the plant was used as a substitute for jute in times of scarcity.
Brem contains the poisonous spartein, which has a stimulating effect on the heart. The plant is therefore also used in phytotherapy for heart failure. Broom is also used in mild rheumatic diseases
Loutráki, also known as Pózar, an area situated at 110 km from Thessaloniki and only 40 km from Edessa, the capital of Pella and one of the most beautiful cities of Greece thanks to the water streams that run through it and rush over the cliffs to form two waterfalls, with the higher and more spectacular one at 70m.
At the foot of Voras (Kaimaktsalan) Mountain, the thermal baths facilities of Pózar comprise 48 individual baths, 6 indoor pools, the outdoor pool (12x25m) hamams, jacuzzi and spa services. Recommended for rheumatic, dermatological, gynecological, and respiratory and circulatory system conditions, the hot springs of Pózar are beneficiary for everybody’s health and well-being not just while bathing in them, but also when drinking their water.
Maori settled in this area around 1000 years ago, drawn by the thermal activity and the abundance of food, adapting their everyday lives around the hissing steam, the heated and quaking ground, the boiling mud and the roaring geysers. They believed that the hot pools and springs contained healing powers and qualities that aided the treatment of skin diseases and brought relief to people suffering arthritic and rheumatic aliments.
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The Montanejos "Thermal Villa" has medicinal mineral waters with beneficial properties for some diseases or circulation problems, digestive, respiratory, dermatological, rheumatic, diuretic, as well as for aesthetic, relaxation, health and well-being treatments.
These waters, coming from the natural source of Fuente de Baños, with a stable temperature of 25º
The brown color is the result of mineral deposits; iron, sulphate and chloride with temperatures 49 ° C (120ºF); It is recommended to relieve rheumatic diseases.
Sovata, Romania
The first data about Sovata are from 1578. By 1583 it was already a village. Due to its salty lakes and warm water it became an increasingly popular health resort during the end of the 19th and the 20th century. It gained the status of town in 1952. The geological events in 1875 gave birth to the Bear Lake, which is unique in Europe, its water being helio-thermal and salty, with purported therapeutic effects for chronic gynecological symptoms, severe rheumatic pains, peripheral nervous system and post-accidental motor diseases.
There are four more salty lakes: Nut Lake, Black Lake, Red Lake and Green Lake around Sovata. In the interwar period, Sovata became one of the most fashionable spas in the country, visited several times even by the Romanian Royal Family. (Wikipedia)
Phacelia crenulata, Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope, Caterpillar Weed. This species has an foul unpleasant onion-like odor and may cause skin rash with its glandular hairs. Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope is used injury in animals, sore throats and swellings (anti-rheumatic).
Plantago ovata, Desert Indianwheat. Desert Indianwheat has been used by the Pima as an anti-diarrheal and the herb was used for food.
Zinnia acerosa, Desert Zinnia. Desert Zinnia has the heart of its United States population in Arizona.
Chrysactinia mexicana, Damianita. Chrysactinia mexicana is a relatively rare species in the United States.
Carnegiea gigantea, Saguaro. In the United States, Carnegiea gigantea relatively rare and it is only found in California and Arizona. In Arizona it is found in the central, southern and western parts of the state. Papago: Tools, Four needles tied in a row and used as piercing instruments for tattooing.
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Southwest Arizona, USA.
Bear Lake at Sovata, Romania
The first data about Sovata are from 1578. By 1583 it was already a village. Due to its salty lakes and warm water it became an increasingly popular health resort during the end of the 19th and the 20th century. It gained the status of town in 1952.
The 1875 geological events (collapse of a salt mine) gave birth to the Bear Lake (in the shape of a bear hide rug), which is unique in Europe. Its water is heliothermal and salty, and is used therapeutically for chronic gynecological symptoms, severe rheumatic pains, peripheral nervous system and post-accidental motor diseases. The Bear Lake has an area of 40,000 square meters, a depth of 18 meters and an average salinity of 100-250 g/L.
The water can reach a temperature of 35C due to the heliothermic phenomenon: the fresh water of two small brooks that flow into Bear Lake form a 10–15 cm layer on top of the saltwater. This freshwater layer behaves like a magnifying glass, the sun’s rays penetrate it, warming the underlying saltwater to a depth of 1.5–2 m up to 35 degrees. The freshwater layer also acts as a heat insulator, preventing saltwater with a much higher density rising to the surface and losing its accumulated heat in contact with cooler air. (Wikipedia and transylvanianow.com/bear-lake-szovata-worlds-largest-heli...)
First mentioned in a 1597 document but recorded as a resort in 1850, Sovata is located at an altitute of 1,600 ft. in the forested region of Transylvania, Romania. Sovata features the heliothermal and salty Ursu (Bear) lake – unique in Europe, located in a depression of a salt mountain. The place where the lake is now was originally a pasture. The mineral waters here are highly prescribed in gynecological and sterility afflictions, rheumatic pains, peripheral nervous system and post-accidental motor diseases. Sovata has other salty lakes, such as Alunis, Black, Red and Green Lakes.
This is a little pond in the nearest forest we have in our neighborhood and was used as a spa in the 1800s.
This area we live in now has several Giant's kettles by the coastline and in ponds, and in this pond it is one a bit deeper down, so we can't see it.
Giant's kettles were formed long time ago while a bedrock surface is covered by a glacier. Water, produced by the thawing of the ice and snow, forms streams on the surface of the glacier, which, having gathered into their courses a certain amount of morainic debris, finally flow down a crevasse as a swirling cascade or moulin. The sides of the crevasse are abraded, and a vertical shaft is formed in the ice. The erosion may be continued into the bed of the glacier; and, the ice having left the district, the giant's kettle so formed is seen as an empty shaft, or as a pipe filled with gravel, sand, or boulders. Such cavities and pipes afford valuable evidence as to the former extent of glaciers.
The holes can be quite deep and are often clogged with rocks as round as balls.
The city we live in now were known for "Balneotherapy" which is the practice of immersing a subject in mineral water or mineral-laden mud, I can just imagine what these kettles were filled with!
Royalty and Prime Ministers from throughout Europe visited this spa in the late 1800s. It was the first spa in Sandefjord, Norway and functioned as a medical institution focusing on the treatment of symptoms for rheumatic diseases.
The building they used for this spa is still here and is one of the largest wooden buildings in Norway and in the Nordic countries overall, it is called Kurbadet.
We actually had a beer there the first time we visited the city.
What a wonderful city this is.
The story of Clarice Beckett's death is truly tragic. In 1934 her mother had died after a long illness, but she was still caring for her elderly father at home. As we have seen already, painting was a spiritual discipline for Clarice, a way to give her life some structure and meaning. And so she would go out whenever possible with her little cart full of empty canvases and her easel.
The weather never put her off her task. In fact she relished painting after the rain or in stormy weather. Here we see a painting made under such conditions. It wasn't imagined, she was there. So in early July 1935 (winter in Melbourne), on a stormy afternoon, Clarice Becket set out to paint an image like the one we see here.
Unfortunately she caught a very bad cold and was soon hospitalised. As a child she had suffered rheumatic fever, and this had weakened her heart and lungs. The cold soon turned to double pneumonia, and given the medical treatment available at the time, nothing could be done to save her. She died on 7 July, 1935, symbolically a martyr to her art. Just 48.
After her funeral, which was attended by Max Meldrum and his circle of artists, the poet John Thompson wrote:
"They've laid a body in the ground,
Out of sight, out of sound:
How else should a body fare?
And Clarice Beckett moves no more
Along the cold Victorian shore,
Strong in her uncommon world
Of rippled dyes and patterns curled
In cumulative fugues of light.
The seeing hand and eye
Are gone, and yet their force is not annulled.
Her silvery canvases have not been dulled.
She is not lost, for when the moon or sun
Kindles the trembling gauzes of the air,
And when the blind machine of sea and sky
Grinds up soft light with mist and flying spray.
And weaves from rosy whorls and tufts of green
And spots of cloudy gold and stripes of grey,
Weaves a translucent ever-flowing screen
Which often slips unheeded by,
Then all that she has been and felt and done
Wakes in the living and assists their sight."
She was nearly lost to us
Immediately after Clarice's death, her sister Hilda arranged to move her father into her own care. But they had to clear the Beaumaris house quickly for a sale. Hilda kept several hundred in her home, and her father order her to burn a lot of paintings that he considered were unfinished or not worthy of keeping. The rest, around two thousand, were transferred for storage to a shed at Benalla, in country Victoria.
When these were found by Rosalind Hollinrake in 1970, they were in a deplorable state, damaged by weather and rodents. She managed to identify 370 that could be salvaged, but a huge number have been lost forever. A lot of restoration work has been done on the surviving paintings, and now we have about 600 works remaining.
Clarice Beckett may not have sold a lot of paintings in her life time (though they were found scattered about in private collections), but now at auction her best paintings easily demand six figures. She is represented in all the major public galleries of Australia, considered a pioneering modern artist and an inspiration to women who struggle still to balance creativity and domestic life.
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Pansit-pansitan (family: Piperaceae) is an herbal medicine also known as Ulasiman-bato, olasiman-ihalas & tangon-tangon in the Philippines. English name: peperomia.
Pansit-pansitan is a small herb that grows from 1 to 1 1/2 feet. It can be found wild on lightly shaded and damp areas such as nooks, walls, yards and even roofs. Pansit-pansitan has heart shaped leaves, succulent stems with tiny flowers on a spike. When matured, the small fruits bear one seed which fall of the ground and propagate.
The leaves and stalk of pansit-pansitan are edible. It can be harvested, washed and eaten as fresh salad. Taken as a salad, pansit-pansitan helps relive rheumatic pains and gout. An infusion or decoction (boil 1 cup of leaves/stem in 2 cups of water) can also be made and taken orally - 1 cup in the morning and another cup in the evening.
For the herbal treatment of skin disorders like abscesses, pimples and boils, pound the leaves and/or the stalks and make a poultice (boil in water for a minute or two then pounded) then applied directly to the afflicted area. Likewise a decoction can be used as a rinse to treat skin disorders.
For headaches, heat a couple of leaves in hot water, bruise the surface and apply on the forehead. The decoction of leaves and stalks is also good for abdominal pains and kidney problems.
Like any herbal medicine it is not advisable to take any other medication in combination with any herbs. Consult with a medical practitioner knowledgeable in herbal medicine before any treatment.
Pansit-pansitan is used as an herbal medicine for the treatment of:
• Arthritis
• Gout
• Skin boils, abscesses, pimples
• Headache
• Abdominal pains
• kidney problems
source: www.philippineherbalmedicine.org/pansit-pansitan.htm
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Plants for the eyes
The ___, raw or in juices is very good for the sight and for the skin in infusions and poultices.
Plants for the nervous system
___: The flowers and the leaves of this plant taken in infusions help to control and heal stress, insomnia, depressions, alcoholism, and drug addiction.
___: This plant also calms the nerves, beautifies the skin and protects the heart, using its flowers in infusions, or adding an infusion of it to bath water is very effective for insomnia or nervousness. Steam baths of its flowers also soften and beautify the skin.
Plants for the throat
___: Its flowers and its leaves in infusions, mouth rinse, mouth gargles and compresses are medicine for tonsillitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis.
___: Anti-inflammatory and astringent, the decoction of ___ or crushed ___, may be applied in any of the following ways:
Mouth rinses and gargles for ailments of the mouth and the throat.
Eye washes or blocked up noses
Vaginal irrigations
Sitz baths, for ailments of the anus or rectum
Arm baths, for chilblains
Plants for the heart
___: In infusions and under medical supervision, all the parts of this plant have properties to strengthen the heart, increase the strength of the cardiac contractions and to fight angina pectoris.
___: The infusion of its flowers and also its fruit are very effective for the treatment of palpitations, hypertension and other nervous cardio circulatory ailments.
Plants for the arteries
____: The decoction of the leaves of this plant is a powerful vasodilator of the arteries to the brain, to fight senile ailments, ageing and memory loss. ____ that is extracted from this prodigious plant is one of the most frequently used drugs today in the treatment of failure of the blood supply to the brain, migraines, hemorrhages, etc.
____: In mexico, and many other parts of the world, infusions of ____ and their young stems are used for bronchial colds and respiratory ailments. The oil from its seeds is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, as well as in vitamin E, A, and B. Therefore, it is particularly indicated for reducing the cholesterol levels in the blood, as well as for diabetes, kidneys and skin diseases.
Plants for the veins
___: A decoction of ____ nuts or wood is indicated to fight varicose veins, hemorrhoids and the disorders of menopause, using it in decoctions. In sitz baths it also alleviates urination disorders, pertaining to the prostate syndrome, cystitis or urinary incontinence. Likewise, it can be highly advisable for cases of hemorrhoids.
____: The oil of this plant is recommended for oily skin and for cases of acne. A decoction of the bark of the young branches and the leaves is used as a medicine in the case of heavy legs, varicose veins, phlebitis, in tisanes, compresses, hip baths and friction massages.
Plants for the respiratory system
____: The decoction of the leaves and the flowers has extraordinary properties, using it in infusions or essences to calm coughs, respiratory and digestive ailments. In baths, rinses, gargles, compresses and friction massages, it heals mouth and anal ailments, rheumatism and headaches, depression, asthenia and exhaustion.
____: Infusions of the dried leaves and flowers, used in tisanes give results in the cases of voice loss, acute bronchitis, bronco-pneumonia, asthma, and emphysema. ____ is also very helpful when stopping smoking, since it cleans the bronchial tubes of secretions, encouraging their elimination.
Plants for the digestive system
____: The infusions and essences of this plant are very appropriate for digestive ailments, colic's, flatulence, etc. Compresses, washes and friction massages are highly indicated for rheumatism, healing of wounds and eye washes.
____: Infusions of its leaves and flowered tops have properties to calm pain, they are invigorating and aphrodisiacs. It is recommended in cases of dyspepsia, intestinal wind, digestive spasms and colic, gastric atonia, hepatitis and physical exhaustion.
Plants for the stomach
____: The juice from this plants leaves heals peptic ulcers. Poultices of the leaves heal skin ulcers. It also improves acne.
____: The whole plant in infusions, mouth rinses and cleansing's help digestion increasing the gastric juices, it fights bad breath, it expulses intestinal parasites and calms menstrual pains.
Plants for the intestine
____: The leaves and seeds are a laxative par excellence, efficient and safe, it stimulates the motility of the large intestine and decreases the permeability of the intestine mucus.
____: The leaves and fruit, in infusions, irrigations, gargles, sitz baths and compresses reduce inflammation of the skin and the mucus. It heals digestive disorders, diarrhea, colitis and other ailments of the female genital system.
Plants for the anus and the rectum
____: All the parts of this vine hold healing properties: The leaves in infusions are medicine for vein circulatory ailments, hemorrhoids, chilblains, varicose veins, and diarrhea. The sap of the vine shoots heals skin irritations and irritated eyes. The ____ cure is very suitable for cleaning the blood. The oil from ____ seeds is highly applicable for excess of cholesterol.
____: It improves hemorrhoids taking a sitz bath with the decoction of the leaves and young buds, which also decreases the desire to smoke when chewed slowly. Also in poultices it is very useful to heal wounds, ulcers and boils.
Plants for the male sexual organ
____: The seeds reduce inflammation of the bladder and the prostate and expel intestinal parasites. The pulp of baked or boiled ____ is ideal for those suffering from digestive problems and kidney ailments.
____: This plant is normally presented in pharmaceutical preparations, it invigorates without exciting and without creating dependence increasing the energy production in the cells, therefore it increases sexual capacity and spermatozoid production, invigorating the organism in general.
Plants for the metabolism
____: infusions of the leaves are very useful in slimming diets due to its diuretic, depurative and anti cholesterol action.
____: It fights obesity and cellulite. Its algae have the property of removing the appetite and it is a gentle laxative.
Plants for the locomotive system
____: Poultices of fresh leaves alleviate rheumatic pain and inflammatory of the joints.
____: In infusions, essences, baths, frictions massages, fomentations and compresses it has invigorating properties for exhaustion, kidney colic, and rheumatism.
Plants for the skin
____: From the pulp of its leaves, the gel or juice is obtained which, when applied locally, in compresses, lotions, creams or pharmaceutical preparations, exercises beneficial effects on: wounds, burns, eczema, psoriasis, acne, fungi and herpes. It beautifies the skin and improves the appearance of scars.
____: The leaves and flowers in infusions or oil are an excellent remedy for burns, it moderates the inflammatory reaction, it has a local anesthetic effect, digestive, balancer of the nervous system and antidepressant.
Plants for infectious diseases
____: All the parts of this plant are natural antibiotics against respiratory and urinary infections. It encourages the functions of the skin. It acts against baldness.
____: It is a plant that has multiple anti-infectious properties with healing powers for the nervous system, digestive, respiratory and genital-urinary systems.
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The houses, now all with shops on their ground floors, at 12-15 Old Bond Street, were built in Bath's Georgian heyday in the 1760s, and are located just metres from the Abbey Courtyard.
The Royal Mineral Water Hospital building lies at the end of Old Bond Street on the Upper Borough Walls, and remained a hospital until 2019 when what was by then the National Health Service's Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases moved to a purpose-built site on the outskirts of Bath. The building dates to 1742 and was built by John Wood the Elder, with major extensions being added in 1793 and 1860.
Bath is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset. With a history going back to Roman times, when it first became a centre for bathing, much of its famed architecture dates from the Georgian era, when it became a fashionable place for wealthy Londoners to take the waters, connected by the ever faster stagecoach network.
Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Baedecker Blitz of 1942.
Porto Santo, a Ilha Dourada. É por este nome que é conhecida e justifica-se. As propriedades terapêuticas do seu areal, com 9 km de comprimento, são apenas um dos muitos atractivos do Porto Santo. Como se explica numa das brochuras oficiais do turismo da ilha, "A praia do Porto Santo destaca-se pela sua areia com propriedades carbonatadas, composta por sedimentos de corais, conchas e ouriços-do-mar. Reconhecida cientificamente pelas suas propriedades terapêuticas que auxiliam no tratamento de enfermidades reumáticas e ósseas, esta areia é igualmente um dos elementos que integram os tratamentos desenvolvidos pelo Centro de Geomedicina do Porto Santo."
Na praia das Pedras Pretas, onde passei estas férias, a limpidez e a temperatura da água são absolutamente excepcionais - já tenho saudades :)
Aqui, vê-se o extremo oriental da ilha, bem como o Ilhéu de Cima.
Porto Santo is known as The Golden Island and there's good reason for it. Its 9 km-long fine-sand beach with therapeutic properties is... simply amazing. Here, you can see the east of the island and the "Ilhéu de Cima" (something like Top Islet).
One of the island's official tourism brochures explains that "Unlike most beaches, the sand on Porto Santo is
essentially carbonated, formed by sediments of corals,
seashells and sea-urchins. With scientifically proven
results, these sands relieve rheumatic pains and help
recover bone fractures, and are used in the treatments
developed by the Geomedicine Centre on the island."
Ilha de Porto Santo, Arquipélago da Madeira - Portugal
Island of Porto Santo, Madeira Archipelago - Portugal
Historical evidence documents that yerba santa has been used in tea and medicinally for the management of bruises and rheumatic pain. The plant also has been used as an expectorant and in the treatment of respiratory diseases. Yerba Santa is called “Sacred Herb” by the Chumash Indians in California and grows in the arid hilly areas of northern New Mexico, California, and Oregon. It is also known as Bear’s Weed, Consumptive Weed, Gum Bush, and Mountain Balm. It is in the Hydrophyllaceae, or waterleaf, family and regulates the water element in the body. As such, it is excellent for emotional and soul blockages and helps to release grief, despair, and melancholy, which can be held in the heart and lungs.
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Situadas nas margens do rio Minho, em Ourense, as Caldas do Muiño da Veiga são um complexo termal de acesso gratuito, integrado no roteiro termal da região e parte de um plano de valorização dos recursos hidrotermais da Galiza. As águas geotérmicas, com temperaturas que variam entre os 60°C e os 65°C, alimentam as piscinas de pedra, que atingem cerca de 40 graus após a mistura com a água fria do rio. Inauguradas em 2020, as termas oferecem diferentes temperaturas, permitindo o banho durante todo o ano e atraindo tanto locais como visitantes em busca de relaxamento e alívio para problemas reumáticos e de pele. Rodeadas pela paisagem natural do vale do Minho, as Caldas do Muiño da Veiga proporcionam uma experiência de bem-estar em contacto com a natureza, representando uma adição recente à cultura termal galega, historicamente presente desde a época romana.
Located on the banks of the Minho River in Ourense, Caldas do Muiño da Veiga is a free thermal complex that is part of the region's thermal route and part of a plan to enhance Galicia's hydrothermal resources. The geothermal waters, with temperatures ranging from 60°C to 65°C, feed the stone pools, which reach around 40 degrees after mixing with the cold river water. Opened in 2020, the thermal baths offer different temperatures, allowing bathing all year round and attracting both locals and visitors seeking relaxation and relief from rheumatic and skin problems. Surrounded by the natural landscape of the Minho valley, Caldas do Muiño da Veiga provides a wellness experience in contact with nature, representing a recent addition to Galician thermal culture, historically present since Roman times.
Pamukkale is a natural site in Denizli in southwestern Turkey. Pamukkale is also the site of the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Greek-Roman city of Hierapolis. This area is famous for a carbonate mineral left by flowing water. Those waters are used for drinking and bathing. They are recommended for the treatment of rheumatic, dermatological and gynecological diseases, neurological and physical exhaustion, digestive maladies and nutritional disorders. It is also one of the Turkey’s most visited attractions.
Termas de la Chavasqueira em Ourense, Galiza, um complexo termal de acesso público às margens do rio Minho. Conhecidas pelas suas águas mineromedicinais que brotam a temperaturas entre 60°C e 65°C, ricas em enxofre, flúor e lítio, com propriedades terapêuticas para problemas dermatológicos e reumáticos. Este balneário ao ar livre, reabilitado em estilo japonês "onsen", inclui diversas piscinas termais com diferentes temperaturas e áreas de repouso. É parte do conjunto de termas urbanas de Ourense, cidade conhecida como a "capital termal da Galiza", que preserva esta tradição milenar iniciada pelos romanos há mais de dois mil anos.
Botanical Gardens
Royal Victoria Park
Bath - UK
Columbine, Granny's Bonnet, Granny's Nightcap
Aquilegia vulgaris is a perennial, herbaceous plant growing from 60 to 100cm, with oval, broad leaves and purple-blue (rarely pink-white) flowers. The flowering and the harvesting take place from April to June, while the fruiting lasts from July to August.
Active Substances: Flavonoids, cyanogenic glycosides, tannins, vitamin C, alkaloids, sphingolipids
Pharmacological Effects -Therapeutic Applications: The whole plant has sedative, astringent, sudorific, diuretic and healing properties. It is applied externally in the form of herbal tea, especially against the open wounds as well as insecticide and lousicide. Aquilegia vulgaris is administered for the treatment of diarrhea, jaundice, kidney stones and rheumatism. However, the medical use of this plant is difficult due to its high toxicity and it is recommended only under doctor's consultation. In folk medicine the leaves are used in the form of lotions against the rheumatic pain, sore throats and the wounds of the oral cavity.
Method of Administration: The plant is administered as astringent and antidiarrheal in the form of infusion (a spoon of dried herb in a cup of boiling water, 3-6 times a day). It is applied externally as healing, astringent and soothing in the form of herbal tea (a spoon of dried herb in a cup of boiled water).
Warning: The use of herb preparations is not recommended without seeking advice from your physician or pharmacist. The substances they contain may interact with the subscribed drugs that the patient already takes, thus eliminating their therapeutic efficacy or inducing toxicity. They may also burden further weakened vital functions of the body thus exposing the patient to increased morbidity and life threatened conditions.
Toxicity-Adverse Effects: This plant has a high toxicity, especially the leaves and the seeds. Avoid the oral administration without doctor's consultation.
I feel I am a solitary cloud,
floating over hallowed ground;
summer wind and nature's bounty
spin my world around.
In morning's light of day
your poems shine with colour,
the whirlwind of true romance
makes them sparkle like no other.
In the beauty of your face
I admire nature's perfection,
pushed and so inspired am I
to kiss your dear reflection.
So let your bright light shine,
as we wander hills together,
from a sunny day in May
until the glory of September.
~from the poem Way To My Heart by Joyce Hemsley and John William McGrath III
Inspired by V's photo
Laut Wikipedia:
Löwenzahn (Taraxacum) ist eine Pflanzengattung innerhalb der Familie der Korbblütler (Asteraceae). Ihre bekannteste Art ist der auch in Mitteleuropa sehr häufig vorkommende Gewöhnliche Löwenzahn, die „Pusteblume“, „Butter-“ oder „Kuhblume“. Die Gattung Taraxacum ist nicht zu verwechseln mit der in deutscher Sprache meist gleich benannten und sehr ähnlichen Gattung Leontodon innerhalb derselben Familie.
Die Vertreter der Gattung sind mehrjährige, krautige Pflanzen, die Wuchshöhen von (selten) 5 bis meist 30 bis 40 (selten während des Fruchtens bis zu 60) cm erreichen. Sie enthalten in allen Pflanzenteilen einen weißen Milchsaft. Die Pfahlwurzeln gehen in kurze, stark gestauchte Sprossachsen über, auf der die Laubblätter dicht in grundständigen Rosetten stehen. Die Laubblätter sind eiförmig bis lanzettlich und gering bis stark gelappt, eingeschnitten und gezähnt.Löwenzahn als Heilpflanze:In der Phytotherapie gilt der Löwenzahn als altbewährtes Hausmittel. Löwenzahntee oder -saft wirkt anregend auf die Nieren- und Leberaktivität und reduziert die Neubildung von Gallensteinen. In der Volksmedizin werden Kuren mit Löwenzahntee außerdem bei rheumatischen Erkrankungen und Gicht empfohlen. Weitere Einsatzbereiche sind die Behandlung von Hautproblemen und die Stärkung des Bindegewebes.[1]
In der Homöopathie werden Globuli aus dem Extrakt von Taraxacum officinale angeboten, wo sie insbesondere bei Erkrankungen des Magen-Darm-Traktes sowie des Leber-Galle-Systems eingesetzt werden. Die Homöopathie setzt Löwenzahnglobuli zur Anregung des Appetits, sowie zur unterstützenden Behandlung von Gastritis und Cholezystitis ein, oftmals in Ergänzung einer ärztlichen Behandlung.[2]
According to Wikipedia:
Dandelion (Taraxacum) is a plant genre within the Korbblütler family (Asteraceae). Their best-known species is the ordinary dandelion, which is also very common in Central Europe, the "Pusteblume", "butter" or "cow flower". The genus Taraxacum should not be confused with the genre of Leontodone within the same family, which is mostly named and very similar in German.
The genus representatives are several years of herbaceous plants that reach the growth heights of (rarely) 5 to usually 30 to 40 (rarely during fruit up to 60) cm. They contain a white milk juice in all parts of the plant. The tap roots go into short, strongly steamed sprout axes, on which the leaves are close in basic rosettes. The leaves are egg -shaped to lanceolate and low to heavily, cut and serrated. Löwzahn as a medicinal plant: In phytotherapy, the dandelion is considered a tried and tested home remedy. Dandelion tea or juice has a stimulating effect on kidney and liver activity and reduces the formation of new gallstones. In folk medicine, cures with dandelion tea are also recommended for rheumatic diseases and gout. Other areas of application are the treatment of skin problems and strengthening the connective tissue. [1]
In homeopathy, globules from the Taraxacum Officinale extract are offered, where they are used particularly in the case of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the liver galley system. Homeopathy uses dandelion globules to stimulate the appetite, as well as the supportive treatment of gastritis and cholecystitis, often in addition to medical treatment. [2]
First mentioned in a 1597 document but recorded as a resort in 1850, Sovata is located at an altitute of 1,600 ft. in the forested region of Transylvania, Romania. Sovata features the heliothermal and salty Ursu (Bear) lake – unique in Europe, located in a depression of a salt mountain. The place where the lake is now was originally a pasture. The mineral waters here are highly prescribed in gynecological and sterility afflictions, rheumatic pains, peripheral nervous system and post-accidental motor diseases. Sovata has other salty lakes, such as Alunis, Black, Red and Green Lakes.
Situadas nas margens do rio Minho, em Ourense, as Caldas do Muiño da Veiga são um complexo termal de acesso gratuito, integrado no roteiro termal da região e parte de um plano de valorização dos recursos hidrotermais da Galiza. As águas geotérmicas, com temperaturas que variam entre os 60°C e os 65°C, alimentam as piscinas de pedra, que atingem cerca de 40 graus após a mistura com a água fria do rio. Inauguradas em 2020, as termas oferecem diferentes temperaturas, permitindo o banho durante todo o ano e atraindo tanto locais como visitantes em busca de relaxamento e alívio para problemas reumáticos e de pele. Rodeadas pela paisagem natural do vale do Minho, as Caldas do Muiño da Veiga proporcionam uma experiência de bem-estar em contacto com a natureza, representando uma adição recente à cultura termal galega, historicamente presente desde a época romana.
Located on the banks of the Minho River in Ourense, Caldas do Muiño da Veiga is a free thermal complex that is part of the region's thermal route and part of a plan to enhance Galicia's hydrothermal resources. The geothermal waters, with temperatures ranging from 60°C to 65°C, feed the stone pools, which reach around 40 degrees after mixing with the cold river water. Opened in 2020, the thermal baths offer different temperatures, allowing bathing all year round and attracting both locals and visitors seeking relaxation and relief from rheumatic and skin problems. Surrounded by the natural landscape of the Minho valley, Caldas do Muiño da Veiga provides a wellness experience in contact with nature, representing a recent addition to Galician thermal culture, historically present since Roman times.
Typical view from Ciechocinek :)
Ciechocinek is a spa town in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located on the Vistula River. Ciechocinek is known for its unique 'saline graduation towers'. Experts have considered the local saline springs to be of extreme value and named the thermal spring no. 14 "a wonder of nature". The therapeutic qualities of these springs are directed toward curing cardiovascular, respiratory, orthopedic, traumatic, rheumatic, nervous system and women's diseases. In Ciechocinek is located a large complex of graduation towers. Graduation tower nr 3 (length 333m.) was erected in 1859. The complex consists of three graduation towers with a total length of over 2 km. Many tourists visit it for health reasons.
A graduation tower (occasionally referred to as a thorn house) is a structure used in the production of salt which removes water from a saline solution by evaporation, increasing its concentration of mineral salts. The tower consists of a wooden wall-like frame stuffed with bundles of brushwood (typically blackthorn) which have to be changed about every 5 to 10 years as they become encrusted with mineral deposits over time. The salt water runs down the tower and partly evaporates; at the same time some minerals from the solution are left behind on the brushwood twigs. The mineral-rich water droplets in the air are regarded as having beneficial health effects similar to that of breathing in sea air.
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Tężnia, czyli typowy widoczek z Ciechocinka :)
Ciechocinek jest miastem o charakterze uzdrowiskowym. Część uzdrowiskowa bogata jest w zieleń parków, skwerów, kwietników i dywanów kwiatowych. Co roku przyjeżdża wielu kuracjuszy i turystów. Podstawą rozwoju są wody lecznicze: chlorkowo-sodowe, bromkowe, jodkowe, żelaziste, borowe, które pochodzą z licznych na tym terenie źródeł solankowych. Leczy się tutaj choroby narządów ruchu, reumatyczne, ortopedyczno-urazowe, kobiece, układu oddechowego, nerwowego i krążenia. W północnej części uzdrowiska znajduje się Park Zdrojowy, założony w 1875 – 1876 roku w stylu krajobrazowym z licznymi gatunkami drzew i krzewów. Ponadto w Ciechocinku znajdują się największe w Europie, najsłynniejsze i najstarsze (XIX wiek) polskie tężnie. Tężnia numer III o długości 333 metrów, pojemności ok. 2900 m3 powstała w 1859r.
Tężnia – budowla z drewna i gałęzi tarniny służąca do zwiększania stężenia soli w solance. Tężnie służyły w przeszłości do uzyskiwania soli kuchennej, obecnie jako ogromne inhalatoria w kurortach. Tężnie wznoszone są zazwyczaj w postaci długich, kilkupiętrowej wysokości budowli o długości nawet do kilkuset metrów. Wnętrze drewnianej konstrukcji wypełnione jest wiązkami gałązek tarniny, na które z góry spływa solanka rozbijając się o poszczególne gałązki. Pod tężnią zwykle znajduje się basen do odbioru solanki. Celem całego procesu jest uzyskanie co najmniej 16% roztworu soli w wodzie. Proces tężenia mocno uzależniony jest od pogody. Podczas słonecznego i wietrznego dnia parowanie jest najintensywniejsze co daje najlepsze efekty, w dni deszczowe i mgliste tężenie nie następuje prawie w ogóle.
Macro Mondays
#In a bottle
The Mandrake root is hallucinogenic and narcotic. In sufficient quantities, it induces a state of unconsciousness and was used as an anaesthetic for surgery in ancient times.[5] In the past, juice from the finely grated root was applied externally to relieve rheumatic pains.[5] It was also used internally to treat melancholy, convulsions, and mania.[5] When taken internally in large doses, however, it is said to excite delirium and madness (from Wikipedia).
First mentioned in a 1597 document but recorded as a resort in 1850, Sovata is located at an altitute of 1,600 ft. in the forested region of Transylvania, Romania. Sovata features the heliothermal and salty Ursu (Bear) lake – unique in Europe, located in a depression of a salt mountain. The place where the lake is now was originally a pasture. The mineral waters here are highly prescribed in gynecological and sterility afflictions, rheumatic pains, peripheral nervous system and post-accidental motor diseases. Sovata has other salty lakes, such as Alunis, Black, Red and Green Lakes.
"I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I've stayed
I'm only halfway to paradise
So near, yet so far away
I long for your lips to kiss my lips
But just when I think they may
You lead me halfway to paradise
So near, yet so far away, mmm"
Billy Fury was born Ronald Wycherley in Haliburton Street in The Dingle, Liverpool on 17 April 1940. He first found fame in the early 1960s and is remembered as one of the most famous stars in the history of British rock and roll.
Music was always his life. He taught himself to play the guitar and write songs from an early age. Whilst working on the tugs, Ronnie Wycherley as he was known then, formed a skiffle group with workmates just for fun, with the tongue in cheek name, 'The Formby Sniffle Groop'.
Sadly he had to give up the job on the tugs due to a recurrence of rheumatic fever which he had also suffered in childhood and which damaged his heart. He was discovered by Larry Parnes, the famous London impresario shortly after this and made his first public appearance at the Essoldo in Birkenhead to an audience of screaming girls. 'Billy Fury' was born.
His total record sales were on a par with acts such as Elvis, The Beatles and Cliff Richard. Billy wrote 10 songs for his first album The Sound of Fury. He was one of the few artists before the Beatles era to do this.
After suffering a range of health problems, career decline and subsequent revival, Billy suffered a fatal heart attack in January 1983 and died at the age of only 42. Today Billy’s life is celebrated through his many fans.
This statue, made by Liverpool sculptor Tom Murphy in 2003, was commissioned by ‘The Sound of Fury’ fan club following six years of fundraising and donations from fans, both members and non members, from home and abroad. It was very kindly donated to National Museums Liverpool by ‘The Sound of Fury’ as a lasting tribute to Billy, one of Liverpool’s greatest stars. It was originally displayed in the courtyard of the former Museum of Liverpool Life, before moving to its current location in March 2007.
A carte de visite photograph circa 1888 of Elizabeth White, a young Victorian lady born circa 1867 died 1888. This photograph came from a family album originating from the Leicester area. The following was written in the album: "Elizabeth White (Mothers Sister), Died 88 of Rheumatic Fever at 21."
Wright Archive collection
The graduation tower seen from it's top. Other viev (from the ground) you can see on previous photo :)
Ciechocinek is a spa town in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, located on the Vistula River. Ciechocinek is known for its unique 'saline graduation towers'. Experts have considered the local saline springs to be of extreme value and named the thermal spring no. 14 "a wonder of nature". The therapeutic qualities of these springs are directed toward curing cardiovascular, respiratory, orthopedic, traumatic, rheumatic, nervous system and women's diseases. In Ciechocinek is located a large complex of graduation towers. Graduation tower nr 3 (length 333m.) was erected in 1859. The complex consists of three graduation towers with a total length of over 2 km. Many tourists visit it for health reasons.
A graduation tower (occasionally referred to as a thorn house) is a structure used in the production of salt which removes water from a saline solution by evaporation, increasing its concentration of mineral salts. The tower consists of a wooden wall-like frame stuffed with bundles of brushwood (typically blackthorn) which have to be changed about every 5 to 10 years as they become encrusted with mineral deposits over time. The salt water runs down the tower and partly evaporates; at the same time some minerals from the solution are left behind on the brushwood twigs. The mineral-rich water droplets in the air are regarded as having beneficial health effects similar to that of breathing in sea air.
A tu widok z tężni na okolice :)
Ciechocinek jest miastem o charakterze uzdrowiskowym. Część uzdrowiskowa bogata jest w zieleń parków, skwerów, kwietników i dywanów kwiatowych. Co roku przyjeżdża wielu kuracjuszy i turystów. Podstawą rozwoju są wody lecznicze: chlorkowo-sodowe, bromkowe, jodkowe, żelaziste, borowe, które pochodzą z licznych na tym terenie źródeł solankowych. Leczy się tutaj choroby narządów ruchu, reumatyczne, ortopedyczno-urazowe, kobiece, układu oddechowego, nerwowego i krążenia. W północnej części uzdrowiska znajduje się Park Zdrojowy, założony w 1875 – 1876 roku w stylu krajobrazowym z licznymi gatunkami drzew i krzewów. Ponadto w Ciechocinku znajdują się największe w Europie, najsłynniejsze i najstarsze (XIX wiek) polskie tężnie. Tężnia numer III o długości 333 metrów, pojemności ok. 2900 m3 powstała w 1859r.
Tężnia – budowla z drewna i gałęzi tarniny służąca do zwiększania stężenia soli w solance. Tężnie służyły w przeszłości do uzyskiwania soli kuchennej, obecnie jako ogromne inhalatoria w kurortach. Tężnie wznoszone są zazwyczaj w postaci długich, kilkupiętrowej wysokości budowli o długości nawet do kilkuset metrów. Wnętrze drewnianej konstrukcji wypełnione jest wiązkami gałązek tarniny, na które z góry spływa solanka rozbijając się o poszczególne gałązki. Pod tężnią zwykle znajduje się basen do odbioru solanki. Celem całego procesu jest uzyskanie co najmniej 16% roztworu soli w wodzie. Proces tężenia mocno uzależniony jest od pogody. Podczas słonecznego i wietrznego dnia parowanie jest najintensywniejsze co daje najlepsze efekty, w dni deszczowe i mgliste tężenie nie następuje prawie w ogóle.
" the statue of a female figure, with a baby in her arms, on the terrace overlooking the entrance to Casa Cuseni"
“la statua di una figura femminile, con un bimbo in braccio, sulla terrazza sovrastante l'ingresso di Casa Cuseni”
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A history of Taormina: chronicles of a forbidden love and its great secret (not only Paolo and Francesca) with an unexpected "scoop".
This story is an integral part of the story previously told, the historical period is the same, the place is the same, the various characters often meet each other because they know each other; Taormina, between the end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s, in an ever increasing growth, became the place of residence of elite tourism, thanks to the international interest aroused by writers and artists, such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , or great personalities like Lady Florence Trevelyan: Taormina becomes so famous, thanks to the paintings of the painter Otto Geleng and the photographs of the young Sicilian models by Wilhelm von Gloeden; in the air of Taormina there is a sense of libertine, its famous and histrionic visitors never fail to create scandal, even surpassing the famous Capri, in which, to cite just one example, the German gunsmith Krupp, trying to recreate the he environment of Arcadia that one breathed in Taormina (thanks to the photos of von Gloeden) was overwhelmed by the scandal for homosexuality, and took his own life. Taormina thus becomes a heavenly-like place, far from industrial civilizations, where you can freely live your life and sexuality; this is the socio-cultural environment in which the two protagonists of this story move, the British painter Robert Hawthorn Kitson (1873 - 1947) and the painter Carlo Siligato (born in Taormina in 1875, and died there in 1959). Robert H. Kitson, born in Leeds in England, belonged to a more than wealthy family, as a young engineer he had begun to replace his father in the family locomotive construction company (Kitson & Co.), on the death of his father in 1899 sells everything and decides to move very rich in Sicily to Taormina (he had been there the previous year with a trip made with his parents, here he had met, in addition to Baron von Gloeden, also the writer and poet Oscar Wilde who came to Italy, immediately after having served two years in prison in forced labor, on charges of sodomy); Kitson settled there because he was suffering from a severe form of rheumatic fever (like von Gloeden was advised to treat himself in the Mediterranean climate milder), and because as a homosexual, he leaves England because the Labouchere amendment considered homosexuality a crime. The other protagonist of this story is Carlo Siligato, he was from Taormina, he had attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, a very gifted painter, he was very good at oil painting (he exhibited his paintings in an art workshop, even now existing, in via Teatro Greco in Taormina), the meeting with the painter Robert Kitson, led him to adopt the watercolor technique: almost to relive Dante's verses on Paolo and Francesca "Galeotto was the book and who wrote it" the common passion for painting led the two artists to live an intense love story. Kitson built his home in the "Cuseni" district of Taormina, called for this "Casa Cuseni", the house was built between 1900 and 1905, its decorations were entrusted to the artists Alfred East (realist landscape painter, president of the Royal Society ), and Frank Brangwyn (painter, decorator, designer), he was a pupil of William Morris, leader of the English movement "Arts and Crafts" which spread to England in the second half of the nineteenth century (the Arts and Crafts was a response to the industrialization of Europe, of mass production operated by factories, all this at the expense of traditional craftsmanship, from this movement originated the Art Nouveau, in Italy also known as Liberty Style or Floral Style, which distinguished itself for having been a artistic and philosophical movement, which developed between the end of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, whose style spread in such a way as to be present everywhere). Casa Cuseni has kept a secret for 100 years that goes far beyond the forbidden love lived by Robert and Carlo, a secret hidden inside the "secret room", that dinning room that was reopened in 2012; entering the dining room, you can witness a series of murals painted on the four walls by Frank Brangwyn, in Art Nouveau style, which portray the life and love story between the painter Robert Kitson, and his life partner, the Carlo Siligato from Taormina, but the thing that makes these murals even more special, full of tenderness and sweetness, is that "their secret" (!) is represented in them, it is described visually, as in an "episodic" story that really happened in their lives: Messina (and Reggio Calabria) are destroyed by the terrible earthquake with a tsunami on December 28, 1908, Carlo Siligato, Robert Kitson, Wilhelm von Gloeden and Anatole France leave for Messina, to see and document in person the tragedy, the city was a pile of rubble, many dead, Robert and Carlo see a baby, Francesco, he is alone in the world, without parents who died in the earthquake, abandoned to a certain and sad destiny, a deep desire for protection is born in the two of them, a maternal and paternal desire is born, they decide to takes that little child with them even knowing that they are risking a lot ... (!), what they want to do is something absolutely unthinkable in that historical period, they are a homosexual couple, what they are about to do is absolutely forbidden ..(!) but now there is Francesco in their life, thus becoming, in fact, the first homogenitorial family (with a more generic term, rainbow family) in world history: hence the need to keep the whole story absolutely hidden, both from an artistic point of view , represented by the murals (for more than 100 years, the "dinning room" will be kept hidden), both of what happens in real life, with little Francesco cared for lovingly, but with great risk or. I have allegorically inserted, in the photographic story, some photographs of the artists of the company "Casa del Musical", who came to Taormina to perform during the Christmas period: today as yesterday, Taormina has always been (starting from the last 20 years of the 19th century) center of a crossroads of artists and great personalities, Casa Cuseni also in this has an enormous palmares of illustrious guests, too long to state. The young boys painted on the murals of Casa Cuseni, wear white, this is a sign of purity, they wanted to represent their ideal homosexual world, fighting against the figure dressed in black, short in stature, disturbing, which acquires a negative value, an allegorical figure of the English society of the time, indicating the Victorian morality that did not hesitate to condemn Oscar Wilde, depriving him of all his assets and rights, even preventing him from giving the surname to his children. The boys are inspired by the young Sicilian models photographed by Wilhelm von Gloeden, dressed in white tunics, with their heads surrounded by local flowers. The only female figure present has given rise to various interpretations, one could be Kitson's detachment from his motherland, or his detachment from his mother. On the third wall we witness the birth of the homogenitorial family, both (allegorically Carlo and Kitson with the child in their arms) are in profile, they are walking, the younger man has a long, Greek-style robe, placed on the front, next to him behind him, the sturdier companion holds and gently protects the little child in his arms, as if to spare the companion the effort of a long and uncertain journey, there is in the representation of the family the idea of a long journey, in fact the man holding the child wears heavy shoes, their faces are full of apprehension and concern: in front of them an empty wall, so deliberately left by Frank Brangwin, since their future is unknown, in front of them they have a destiny full of unknowns (at the same time, their path points east, they go towards the rising sun: opening the large window the sun floods everything in the room). In the "secret room" there is the picture painted in 1912 by Alfred E. East, an oil on canvas, representing Lake Bourget. Carlo Siligato later married Costanza, she was my father's grandmother's sister, they had a son, Nino, who for many years lived and worked as a merchant in his father's art workshop. I sincerely thank my colleague Dr. Francesco Spadaro, doctor and esteemed surgeon, owner and director of the "Casa Cuseni" House-Garden-Museum, who, affectionately acting as a guide, gave me the precious opportunity to create "this photographic tour" inside the house- museum and in the "metaphysical garden" of Casa Cuseni. … And the scoop that I announced in the title ..? After photographing the tomb of Carlo Siligato, in the Catholic cemetery of Taormina, I started looking for that of Robert Kitson, in the non-Catholic cemetery of Taormina: when I finally found it (with him lies his niece Daphne Phelps, buried later in 2005) ... I felt a very strong emotion, first of all I was expecting a mausoleum, instead I found a small, very modest tomb on this is not a photo of him, not an epitaph, not a Cross, not a praying Angel to point it out, but ... unexpectedly for a funerary tombstone ... a small bas-relief carved on marble (or stone) depicting ... the Birth ... (!), obviously , having chosen her could have a very specific meaning: a desire to transmit a message, something very profound about him, his tomb thus testified that in his soul, what was really important in life was having a family, with Carlo and baby Francesco, certainly beloved, saved from a certain and sad fate, in the terrible Messina earthquake-tsunami of 28 December 1908 ... almost recalling in an absolute synthesis, at the end of his life, what had already been told in the "secret murals" of Casa Cuseni.
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Una storia di Taormina: cronache di un amore proibito e del suo grande segreto (non solo Paolo e Francesca) con inaspettato “scoop”.
Questa storia fa parte integrante della storia precedentemente raccontata, il periodo storico è lo stesso, il luogo è lo stesso, i vari personaggi spesso si frequentano tra loro poiché si conoscono; Taormina, tra la fine dell’800 e l’inizio del’900, in un sempre maggiore crescendo, diventa luogo di residenza del turismo d’élite, grazie all’interesse internazionale suscitato ad opera di scrittori ed artisti, come Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, o grandi personalità come Lady Florence Trevelyan: Taormina diventa così famosa, complici i quadri del pittore Otto Geleng e le fotografie dei giovani modelli siciliani di Wilhelm von Gloeden; nell’aria di Taormina si respira un che di libertino, i suoi famosi ed istrionici frequentatori non mancano mai di creare scandalo, superando persino la famosa Capri, nella quale, per citare solo un esempio, l’armiere tedesco Krupp, cercando di ricreare l’ambiente dell’Arcadia che si respirava a Taormina (grazie alle foto di von Gloeden) viene travolto dallo scandalo per omosessualità, e si toglie la vita. Taormina diviene quindi un luogo simil-paradisiaco, lontana dalle civiltà industriali, nella quale poter vivere liberamente la propria vita e la propria sessualità; questo è l’ambiente socio-culturale nel quale si muovono i due protagonisti di questa vicenda, il pittore britannico Robert Hawthorn Kitson (1873 – 1947) ed il pittore Carlo Siligato (nato a Taormina nel 1875, ed ivi morto nel 1959). Robert H. Kitson, nacque a Leeds in Inghilterra, apparteneva ad una famiglia più che benestante, da giovane ingegnere aveva cominciato a sostituire il padre nell’impresa familiare di costruzioni di locomotive (la Kitson & Co.), alla morte del padre nel 1899 vende tutto e decide di trasferirsi ricchissimo in Sicilia a Taormina (vi era stato l’anno precedente con un viaggio fatto coi suoi genitori, qui aveva conosciuto, oltre al barone von Gloeden, anche lo scrittore e poeta Oscar Wilde venuto in Italia, subito dopo aver scontato due anni di prigione ai lavori forzati, con l’accusa di sodomia); Kitson vi si stabilisce perché affetto da una grave forma di febbre reumatica (come von Gloeden gli fu consigliato di curarsi nel clima mediterraneo più mite), sia perché in quanto omosessuale, lascia l’Inghilterra perché l’emendamento Labouchere considerava l’omosessualità un crimine. L’altro protagonista di questa storia è Carlo Siligato, egli era taorminese, aveva frequentato l’Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, pittore molto dotato, era bravissimo nel dipingere ad olio (esponeva i suoi quadri in una bottega d’arte, ancora adesso esistente, in via Teatro Greco a Taormina), l’incontro col pittore Robert Kitson, lo portò ad adottare la tecnica dell’acquarello: quasi a rivivere i versi di Dante su Paolo e Francesca “Galeotto fu ‘l libro e chi lo scrisse” la comune passione per la pittura condusse i due artisti a vivere una intensa storia d’amore. Kitson costruì nel quartiere “Cuseni” di Taormina la sua abitazione, detta per questo “Casa Cuseni”, la casa fu costruita tra il 1900 ed il 1905, le sue decorazioni furono affidate agli artisti Alfred East (pittore verista paesaggista, presidente della Royal Society), e Frank Brangwyn (pittore, decoratore, designer, progettista), egli era allievo di William Morris, leader del movimento inglese “Arts and Crafts” (Arti e Mestieri) che si diffuse in Inghilterra nella seconda metà del XIX secolo (l’Arts and Crafts era una risposta alla industrializzazione dell’Europa, della produzione in massa operata dalle fabbriche, tutto ciò a scapito dell’artigianato tradizionale, da questo movimento ebbe origine l’Art Nouveau, in Italia conosciuta anche come Stile Liberty o Stile Floreale, che si distinse per essere stata un movimento artistico e filosofico, che si sviluppò tra la fine dell’800 ed il primo decennio del ‘900, il cui stile si diffuse in tal modo da essere presente dappertutto). Casa Cuseni ha custodito per 100 anni un segreto che va ben oltre quell’amore proibito vissuto da Robert e Carlo, segreto celato all’interno della “stanza segreta”, quella dinning room che è stata riaperta nel 2012; entrando nella sala da pranzo, si assiste ad una serie di murales realizzati sulle quattro pareti da Frank Brangwyn, in stile Art Nouveau, che ritraggono la vita e la storia d’amore tra il pittore Robert Kitson, ed il suo compagno di vita, il pittore taorminese Carlo Siligato, ma la cosa che rende questi murales ancora più particolari, carichi di tenerezza e dolcezza, è che in essi viene rappresentato “il loro segreto” (!), viene descritto visivamente, come in un racconto “ad episodi” quello che è realmente avvenuto nella loro vita: Messina (e Reggio Calabria) vengono distrutte dal terribile sisma con maremoto il 28 dicembre del 1908, partono per Messina, Carlo Siligato, Robert Kitson, Wilhelm von Gloeden ed Anatole France, per vedere e documentare di persona la tragedia, la città era un cumulo di macerie, moltissimi i morti, Robert e Carlo vedono un piccolo bimbo, Francesco, egli è solo al mondo, privo dei genitori periti nel terremoto, abbandonato ad un certo e triste destino, nasce in loro due un profondo desiderio di protezione, nasce un desiderio materno e paterno, decidono di prende quel piccolo bimbo con loro pur sapendo che stanno rischiando moltissimo…(!) , quello che vogliono fare è una cosa assolutamente impensabile in quel periodo storico, loro sono una coppia omosessuale, quello che stanno per fare è assolutamente proibito..(!) ma oramai c’è Francesco nella loro vita, divenendo così, di fatto, la prima famiglia omogenitoriale (con termine più generico, famiglia arcobaleno) nella storia mondiale: da qui la necessità di tenere assolutamente nascosta tutta la vicenda, sia dal punto di vista artistico, rappresentata dai murales (per più di 100 anni, la “dinning room” verrà tenuta nascosta), sia di quanto accade nella vita reale, col piccolo Francesco accudito amorevolmente, ma con grandissimo rischio. Ho inserito allegoricamente, nel racconto fotografico, alcune fotografie degli artisti della compagnia “Casa del Musical”, giunti a Taormina per esibirsi durante il periodo natalizio: oggi come ieri, Taormina è sempre stata (a partire dagli ultimi 20 anni dell’800) al centro di un crocevia di artisti e grandi personalità, Casa Cuseni anche in questo ha un enorme palmares di ospiti illustri, troppo lungo da enunciare. I giovani ragazzi dipinti sui murales di Casa Cuseni, vestono di bianco, questo è segno di purezza, si è voluto in tal modo rappresentare il loro mondo ideale omosessuale, in lotta contro la figura vestita di nero, bassa di statura, inquietante, che acquista un valore negativo, figura allegorica della società inglese dell’epoca, indicante la morale Vittoriana che non ha esitato a condannare Oscar Wilde, privandolo di tutti i suoi beni e diritti, impedendogli persino di dare il cognome ai suoi figli. I ragazzi sono ispirati ai giovani modelli siciliani fotografati da Wilhelm von Gloeden, vestiti con tuniche bianche, col capo cinto dei fiori locali. L’unica figura femminile presente, ha dato spunto a varie interpretazioni, una potrebbe essere il distacco da parte di Kitson dalla sua madre patria, oppure il distacco da sua madre. Sulla terza parete si assiste alla nascita della famiglia omogenitoriale, entrambi (allegoricamente Carlo e Kitson col bimbo in braccio) sono di profilo, sono in cammino, l’uomo più giovane ha una veste lunga, alla greca, posto sul davanti, accanto a lui, alle sue spalle, il compagno più robusto sostiene in braccio e protegge con dolcezza il piccolo bimbo, quasi a voler risparmiare al compagno la fatica di un lungo ed incerto percorso, vi è nella rappresentazione della famiglia l’idea di un lungo percorso, infatti l’uomo che regge il bimbo indossa delle calzature pesanti, i loro volti sono carichi di apprensione e preoccupazione: davanti a loro una parete vuota, così volutamente lasciata da Frank Brangwin, poiché il loro futuro è ignoto, davanti hanno un destino pieno di incognite (al tempo stesso, il loro cammino indica l’est, vanno verso il sole nascente: aprendo la grande finestra il sole inonda ogni cosa nella stanza).
Nella “stanza segreta” c’è il quadro dipinto nel 1912 da Alfred E. East, un olio su tela, rappresentante il lago Bourget.
Carlo Siligato, successivamente si sposò con Costanza, una sorella della nonna di mio padre, da lei ebbe un figlio, Nino, il quale per tantissimi anni ha vissuto e lavorato come commerciante nella bottega d’arte del padre. Ringrazio di cuore il mio collega dott. Francesco Spadaro, medico e stimato chirurgo, proprietario e direttore della Casa-Giardino-Museo “Casa Cuseni”, il quale, facendomi affettuosamente da cicerone, mi ha dato la preziosa opportunità di realizzare “questo tour fotografico” all’interno dell’abitazione-museo e nel “giardino-metafisico” di Casa Cuseni.
…E lo scoop che ho annunciato nel titolo..? Dopo aver fotografato la tomba di Carlo Siligato, nel cimitero cattolico di Taormina, mi sono messo alla ricerca di quella di Robert Kitson, nel cimitero acattolico di Taormina: quando finalmente l’ho trovata (insieme a lui giace sua nipote Daphne Phelps, seppellita successivamente nel 2005)…ho provato una fortissima commozione, innanzitutto mi aspettavo un mausoleo, invece ho trovato una tomba piccola, molto modesta, su questa non una sua foto, non un epitaffio, non una Croce, non un Angelo pregante ad indicarla, ma … inaspettatamente per una lapide funeraria…un piccolo bassorilievo scolpito su marmo (o su pietra) raffigurante…la Natalità…(!), evidentemente, l’averla scelta potrebbe avere un significato ben preciso: un desiderio di trasmettere un messaggio, qualcosa di molto profondo di lui, la sua tomba testimoniava così che nel suo animo, ciò che in vita fu davvero importante fu l’aver avuto una famiglia, con Carlo e col piccolo Francesco, certamente amatissimo, salvato da un molto probabile triste destino, nel terribile terremoto-maremoto di Messina del 28 dicembre del 1908…quasi rievocando in una sintesi assoluta, al termine della sua vita, ciò che era già stato raccontato nei “murales segreti” di Casa Cuseni.
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This child passed away as a 14 year old in August 2018 in Fiji from a totally preventable disease of rheumatic fever. May she rest in peace.
Wintergreen berries, from Gaultheria procumbens, are used medicinally. Native Americans brewed a tea from the leaves to alleviate rheumatic symptoms, headache, fever, sore throat, and various aches and pains. These therapeutic effects likely arose because the primary metabolite of methyl salicylate is salicylic acid, a proven NSAID that is also the metabolite of acetylsalicylic acid, commonly known as aspirin. During the American Revolution, wintergreen leaves were used as a substitute for tea, which was scarce.
Wintergreen is a common flavoring in American products ranging from chewing gum, mints, and candies to smokeless tobacco such as dipping tobacco (American "dip" snuff) and snus. It is a common flavoring for dental hygiene products such as mouthwash and toothpaste. It is a component of the American-origin drink root beer. (Wikipedia)
A bit of a change, a view of the window and it’s scene from the inside.
“On the inside the sun still shines,
And the rain falls down;
But the sun and rain are prisoners too,
When morning comes around.”
From “On the Inside” sung by Lynne Hamilton and the thought provoking theme from the original acclaimed Australian drama series “Prisoner”.
This was indeed a morning shot from the entrance to the Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens in Brisbane. You can see a beautiful Jacaranda tree in full flower and the Tropical Dome that I recently featured, also from the inside!
Mt. Coot-tha, Toowong, Brisbane.
Happy Window Wednesday.
This is a little by-the-by tribute to my Mum who was a bit of a prisoner all her life to heart disease which she contracted through rheumatic fever when she was young and a complete devotee to the TV show mentioned above.
The impressive Metropolitan Cathedral of Saints Vitus, Wenceslaus and Adalbert. Taken just before Christmas.
This, to you by now familiar scene, was shot on the same morning of the previous 3 shots in this album, shortly before the sun was up. What was so amazing, a few minutes later the scene turned completely bleak and boring even though the sun was not up yet. Which taught me one valueble lesson. You HAVE to be ready to shoot while it is still dark, otherwise you might as well turn around and carry on sleeping when the alarmclock goes at some ungodly hour. Which is, by the way exactly what I DID this morning!! I felt like an old rheumatic bag of rattling bones when the alarm clock went at 3.15. And I came up with about 100 excuses why I shouln't get up. The main reason was that I have stacks of un-edited shots to work on. And boy! Did I sleep "lekker!!" (Afrikaans for "very nicely") after that!
The “Baños del Inca” (” Inca’s Bath” or “Inca Baths”) are a set of natural hot springs located to six kilometers of the city of Cajamarca in the north Andean zone of Peru to 2667 meters above sea level. This recreational and historical complex is composed by several gardens and pools. The average temperatures of these hot mineral springs is around 70ºC (158ºF) and according to the popular belief, the thermal waters possess therapeutic properties for treatment of bone and nervous system disorders; as well as bronchial and rheumatic sufferings.
David Horace Buxton established a company in 1894
in Abbot, Maine to make his Buxton's Rheumatic Cure.
He sold his medicine to drug and general stores using
a specially constructed wagon now on display at the
Shelburne Museum.
-- Maine Memory. Net
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You won't find the recipe online it is a secret formula.
Not sure if you drink it or rub It on. It is described as a
cureall so you probably drank it.
Even today there is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis
only products to make you feel better. This may have
had that effect.
-- Steve (below)
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Amazing that the wagon has survived. This stuff may have contained some narcotics as well as alcohol. A lot of those vintage "miracle cures" did.
-- Curt (below)
Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
Tonight however we are at Glynes, the grand Georgian family seat of the Chetwynds in Wiltshire, and the home of Lettice’s parents, the presiding Viscount and Countess of Wrexham and the heir, their eldest son Leslie. Lettice is visiting her family home as her parents host their first Hunt Ball since 1914. Lady Sadie has been completely consumed over the last month by the planning and preparation of the occasion, determined that not only will it be the event of the 1922 county season, but also that it will be a successful entrée for her youngest daughter, still single at twenty-one years of age, to meet a number of eligible and marriageable men. Letters and invitations have flown from Lady Sadie’s bonheur de jour* to the families of eligible bachelors, some perhaps a little too old to be considered before the war, achieving more than modest success. Whilst Lettice enjoys dancing, parties and balls, she is less enthusiastic about the idea of the ball being used as a marriage market than her parents are.
We find ourselves in Lettice’s boudoir at Glynes, a room which she considers somewhat of a time capsule now with its old fashioned furnishings and mementoes of those halcyon pre-war summers. She hardly even considers it her room any more, so far removed is she from that giddy teenager who had crushes on her elder brothers’ friends and loved chintz covered furniture, floral wallpaper and sweet violet perfume. Lettice is sitting at her dressing table, a serpentine Edwardian piece of dark mahogany still adorned with the Art Nouveau silver dressing table set and perfume bottles she left behind along with her pre-war self when she moved to Mayfair in 1920. She sighs as she glances at her reflection in the mirror. Looking back is a beautiful, but rather pensive Cinderella in a pomaded wig bedecked in feathers, ropes of faux pearls and pale yellow roses that match the colour of the Eighteenth Century Georgian style ball gown of figured satin she wears. The Glynes Hunt Ball has always been a fancy dress, and whilst her father and Leslie usually eschew fancy dress in preference for their hunting pinks**, the Chetwynd women have always loved the occasion to get dressed up, and this year it is the world’s most famous and beloved faerie tale heroine whom Lettice is going as, an irony that makes her chuckle sadly to herself, when she considers that the ball is being held this year with the express purpose of her finding her prince charming.
“Not that there will be one there,” she says to herself, a snort of derision escaping her as she picks up one of the three faceted crystal bottles she has brought from her Cavendish Mews boudoir and places a few glistening drops of Shalimar*** on either side of her neck.
She looks across at the drawers of her travel de nécessaire**** and pulls one open and stares down at the glittering array of rings glinting in the lamplight, like fabulous chocolates made of gold and precious stones, nestled comfortably into their red velvet home. She looks down at the white kid elbow length gloves, an essential item for dancing so that no flesh actually comes into contact between a jeune fille à marier***** and an eligible bachelor lest the latter spoil the prospects of the former, and ponders which pieces she should wear. Her garnet and pearl Art Deco cluster cocktail ring perhaps? The baguette cut Emerald surrounded by brilliant cut diamonds? No, the daisy ring of brilliant cut diamonds that she was given as a birthday gift by her father on her twenty-first: that will go nicely against the white kid of her gloves.
“Oh!”
A gasp from the door to her bedroom breaks Lettices contemplation of her jewellery. Looking up she sees her mother reflected in the mirror’s glass. Turning around in her seat she lets her hand drape languidly over the back of her ornately carved dressing table chair with its pink satin seat.
“Mamma,” Lettice remarks. “I didn’t hear you come in.”
Dressed as the national personification of Britain, Lady Sadie is every inch the helmeted female warrior Britannia, only her battle lies in manoeuvring her reluctant and recalcitrant daughter about the Glynes ballroom rather than defending the realm. Standing in a white Roman style shift with gold embroidery of a key pattern along the hem, sleeves and neck, she has a brass helmet decorated with thick red plumes atop her proudly held head. There is a steely determination in both the line of her clenched jaw and her glittering eyes, yet there is also a hint of approval as she takes in her daughter’s very feminine appearance.
“I just wanted to see you before the ball commences, Lettice.” Lady Sadie says brittlely as she glides elegantly across the floor, her gown like a muslin cloud billowing about her serene figure. She sighs as she gazes around the bedroom. “I do wish you’d return home Lettice, rather than living in that dreadful place, London. It isn’t right you know, for a young unmarried girl to be living on her own in London. You’d be much better to stay here and learn how to run a real home to ready yourself for when you are chatelaine…”
“You said you wanted to see me, Mamma?” Lettice cuts her mother off sharply, not even countenancing moving back to live beneath her mother’s disapproving gaze. “About the ball, was it?”
Lady Sadie’s serenity is shattered by her daughter’s curt interruption and her face resumes its usual scowl when addressing her daughter. “Yes. Yes it was, Lettice.”
“Well, best you tell me then,” the younger woman replies, half turning back to her dressing table, and glancing over her right shoulder to the pretty porcelain clock decorated with entwined roses on the mantlepiece. “The first guests will be arriving shortly.”
“Very well Lettice, if you wish to play it this way,” Sadie’s frown becomes more pronounced as she sighs. She looks at the impatient form of her youngest daughter, whom she considers to be her most problematic child by far. “I want no difficulties from you this evening.”
“Difficulties!” Lettice releases a burst of laughter. “Me?”
“Don’t be coy!” Lady Sadie snaps. “It’s most unbecoming.”
“You always said that coyness was an alluring charm.” Lettice remarks sweetly in return, knowing that this will goad her mother, but unable to resist the temptation to do so.
“It is, except when you are in a conversation with your mother.” Lady Sadie barks back, her response rewarded by a cheeky half smile from her daughter who doesn’t even attempt to hide her amusement. “Now, I don’t have time for your silly games, my girl. I expect you to stand next to me to greet our guests when they start to arrive. You will be polite and acknowledge each one, even if you don’t particularly care for their company.”
“Of course Mamma,” Lettice replies demurely.
“And I don’t want any sly remarks from you.” The older woman wags her heavily bejewelled fingers warningly. “You are on show this evening, and I expect nothing less than ladylike decorum in all manner of action and speech.”
“Yes Mamma,” Lettice sighs.
“Gerald Bruton and his acerbic tongue have been a bad influence on you since you both moved to London and started spending more time together.” Lady Sadie quips. “Oh, and whilst we are on the subject of Gerald, I don’t want you spending all evening with him, ensconced in a corner, gossiping, and deriding our guests. Do you understand?”
“Well, I can hardly ignore him, Mamma, if he engages me in conversation. You said yourself just now that I am to be ladylike in all manner of action and speech.”
“You know what I mean, Lettice! Are you being obtuse on purpose, just to annoy me?”
“No, Mamma!” Lettice raises her hands in defence of her words. “Mind you, Gerald is an eligible young bachelor too.”
“And you know he is totally unsuitable.” retorts Lady Sadie. “He’s the second son for a start, and the Brutons are in rather straitened circumstances, in case you don’t know. Lord Bruton is selling off another few parcels of land along his western boundary to help pay for the upkeep required on Bruton Hall.”
“I didn’t know that!” Lettice remarks, genuinely surprised as her hand goes to her throat.
“Yes, your father told me he heard as much from Lord Bruton on New Year’s Eve. He is selling parcels of land there because he hopes for a better price from a developer, being the closest point to Glynes village and the main road.” Lady Sadie admits. Scrutinising her daughter through sharp and slightly squinting eyes she adds, “I can trust your discretion, can’t I Lettice?”
“Of course, Mamma!” she replies genuinely. “Does Aunt Gwen know?”
“I haven’t asked her, and I’m not going to cause either of them embarrassment by raising it, but I’ll assume yes. She must have some idea. I’m just grateful that tonight is a fancy dress. It will save poor Gwyneth from having to wear that same tired, old fashioned frock she wore here on New Year’s Eve tonight.”
“Yes, I noticed that too.”
“Anyway, hopefully you’ll be too busy dancing on the arm of an eligible bachelor to spend any time with Gerald. Besides, he should be focusing on finding himself a suitable heiress, although coming from such an unremarkable family with limited means, he’s not exactly the most exciting prospect, in spite of his handsome looks.”
Lettice doesn’t reply, remembering her father’s words in the Glynes library late the previous year when he mentioned that Lady Sadie was quite unaware of Gerald’s inclinations. To avoid embarrassment on either of their parts, and to keep Gerald in at least the lower echelons of her mother’s good graces, she decides that discretion is the better part of valour and keeps quiet, which luckily Lady Sadie takes as docility from her daughter.
“Now, do you remember whom you are to dance with this evening, Lettice?”
“Yes Mamma,” Lettice sighs, unable to stop herself from rolling her eyes as she begins to recite. “Jonty Hastings, Selwyn Spencely, Edward Lambley, Septimius Faversham, Bryce MacTavish, Oliver Edgars, Piers Hackford-Jones, Tarquin Howard.” She cringes inwardly. “and Nicholas Ayers.”
“Don’t forget Sir John Nettleford-Hughes!” Lady Sadie reminds her daughter.
“Ugh!” Lettice’s nose screws up in disgust. “I’m not dancing with Sir John! He’s… he’s so old and lecherous!”
“Nonsense Lettice! Sir John may be a little bit older than the other gentlemen on offer, but he is no less eligible. You could do worse than present yourself, as I hope you will, as a jeune fille à marier to him. He has a beautiful estate in Buckinghamshire and houses in Bedfordshire, London and not to mention Fontengil Park just a stone’s throw south of here in our very own Wiltshire.”
“Mamma, he likes young chorus girls!”
Lady Sadie stiffens at the mention of such women in her presence. “Oh, that’s just idle drawing room gossip, Lettice!”
“It’s not! It’s true.” She folds her arms akimbo and pouts. “He’s a lecherous old man who likes young girls who don’t wear knickers!”
“Lettice!” Lady Sadie grasps at her throat in horror. “Don’t say such scandalous things! Every unmarred man who went through the war had an infatuation with a Gaiety Girl at some stage.”
“It’s more than an infatuation or phase with him, Mamma! I’ll not dance with such an old man! I won’t!”
“You will my girl, because it is your duty.”
Lettice sighs and goes to say something as a retort, but her mother’s bejewelled fingers rise again, the diamonds winking from their gold and platinum settings.
“I told you. I want no trouble from you tonight. This ball is for you. It may be the Hunt Ball, but we all know it’s for you to meet a potential husband. It’s your duty to dance at least once with every eligible man I have invited here this evening for you to pick from. So, dance with him you will. And let that be an end to your obstinance, Lettice.”
Realising suddenly that if she wants this evening to be as painless as possible, she really must do as her father suggests and make an effort to try and please her mother, even if the idea of a husband finding ball appals her, Lettice sighs and acquiesces with a nod. “Very well Mamma.”
“That’s a good girl.” Lady Sadie replies with a pleased purr in her voice.
The older woman turns to walk away and then gasps, spinning back to her daughter.
“I almost forgot why I came here to see you, Lettice.”
“I thought it was to talk about who I was to dance with, Mamma.”
“Well, there was that too, but no. I wanted to give you this to wear for the evening.” The older woman fishes into the capacious flowing sleeve of her white muslin shift and withdraws a sparkling necklace of brilliant cut diamonds and rubies set in platinum, which she passes to her daughter.
Lettice gasps. “The Glynes necklace!” She takes the fabulous jewellery confection in her warm hands, feeling the coolness of the stones and metal against her palms and fingers as she admires the sixteen enormous diamonds and four equally large rubies in their settings. “But this is…”
Once again, Lady Sadie’s hands rise, indicating for Lettice to desist from speaking.
“I know that you and I seldom see eye-to-eye on anything, Lettice, and I doubt we ever will,” the older woman says crisply. “And that includes the ball tonight. Yet you have shown the good grace to make an effort to come and have chosen a beautiful costume. I hope that good grace will extend to your behaviour this evening. I know you don’t agree with you father’s or my idea that you could meet your potential future husband here tonight, but there we agree to disagree. If you would just allow yourself to enjoy the spectacle of the evening and join in the spirit that this is for you, you might find a man to whom you can entrust your heart. I know that this necklace is the property of the chatelaine of Glynes, and therefore usually worn by her, however I thought because of your good grace, and your concerted efforts,” Her eyebrows arch slightly as she sizes up her daughter again, looking for any hidden pockets of rebellion beneath the elegantly costumed girl. “Having the opportunity to wear this necklace this evening would help you enjoy the occasion.”
Lettice stares down at the winking jewels in her hands. “I don’t know what to say, Mamma.”
“A thank you would be customary, and quite acceptable, Lettice.”
“Thank you Mamma.”
*A bonheur de jour is a type of lady's writing desk. It was introduced in Paris by one of the interior decorators and purveyors of fashionable novelties called marchands-merciers around 1760, and speedily became intensely fashionable. Decorated on all sides, it was designed to sit in the middle of a room so that it could be admired from any angle.
**Hunting pinks is the name given to the traditional scarlet jacket and related attire worn by fox-hunters.
***Shalimar perfume was created when Jacques Guerlain poured a bottle of ethylvanillin into a bottle of Jicky, a fragrance created by Guerlain in 1889. Raymond Guerlain designed the bottle for Shalimar, which was modelled after the basins of eastern gardens and Mongolian stupa art.
****A travel de nécessaire is a travelling case used in the Edwardian era for country weekend house parties and holidays away from home. They would usually contain items like combs, brushes and perfume bottles needed for maintaining one’s appearance, but could be much grander and contain many other implements including pens and ink bottles, manicure sets and more. There were also some specifically designed for the use of jewellery, with velvet lined compartments for rings, neckaces, brooches and earrings.
*****A jeune fille à marier was a marriageable young woman, the French term used in fashionable circles and the upper-classes of Edwardian society before the Second World War.
This pretty corner of an Edwardian boudoir may appear like something out of a historical house display, but it is in fact part of my 1:12 miniatures collection and includes items from my childhood, as well as those I have collected as an adult.
Fun things to look for in this tableau include:
The silver dressing table set on the dressing table, consisting of mirror, brushes and a comb, as well as the tray on which the perfume bottle stand has been made by Warwick Miniatures in Ireland, who are well known for the quality and detail applied to their pieces.
On the silver tray there is a selection of sparkling perfume bottles, which are handmade by an English artisan for the Little Green Workshop. Made of cut coloured crystals set in a gilt metal frames or using vintage cut glass beads they look so elegant and terribly luxurious. The faceted pink glass perfume bottle, made from an Art Deco bead came with the dressing table, which I acquired from Kathleen Knight’s Doll House Shop.
Also on the tray is a container of Val-U-Time talcum powder: an essential item for any Edwardian lady, and a metal container of Madame Pivette’s Complexion Beautifier, which was introduced in 1905 by Doctor J.B. Lynas and Son and produced in Logansport, Indiana. Doctor Lynas started his own profession in 1866, which was the making of "family remedies", which quickly gained popularity. It became so popular, that he sold extensively throughout the United States. His products carried names such as the Catarrh Remedy, Hoosier Cough Syrup, Ready Relief, Rheumatic Liniment, White Mountain Salve, Egyptian Salve and Liver Pills. Within a few years the "doctor's" medicine sales amounted to around ten thousand US dollars per year. By the turn of the Twentieth Century he had expanded his product line to include flavorings such as vanilla, cherry, lemon; and also, soaps, lotions and perfumes for ladies. These items were made by Little Things Dollhouse Miniatures in Lancashire.
The travel de necessaire, complete with miniature jewellery, I acquired from Melody Jane’s Doll House Suppliers in the United Kingdom.
The dressing table chair did not come with the dressing table, although it does match nicely. Upholstered in a very fine pink satin, it was made by the high-end dolls’ house miniature furniture manufacturer, Bespaq.
The elbow length white evening gloves on the seat of the chair are artisan pieces made of kid leather. I acquired these from a high street dolls house specialist when I was a teenager. Amazingly, they have never been lost in any of the moves that they have made over the years are still pristinely clean.
Robert Burns was born on January 25th, 1759, in Alloway, Scotland. At the age of 37, he died from rheumatic heart disease, which he had suffered from since he was a child. Robbie was the oldest of seven children born to a struggling farmer and his wife. After his mother introduced him to Scottish folk songs, legends and proverbs, he began writing touching poems and songs.
I lived for many years in the town of Dumfries, in the SW of Scotland - the town where Rabbie Burns lived most of his life, and eventually died there. So as you can imaging growing up in this small town, as kids, we were exposed to lots of his poetry.
Image shows a very old copy of a book of Burns poetry and songs, open at one that I always liked ... Afton Water
One for the dictionary and complete herbal, I've not done one for ages!
Another "real" TTV with a little added texture.
Corns herbal properties
The leaves and roots have various medical uses, likewise the silks. The seed is diuretic and a mild stimulant]. It is a good emollient poultice for ulcers, swellings and rheumatic pains, and is widely used in the treatment of cancer, tumours and warts. It contains the cell-proliferant and wound-healing substance allantoin, which is widely used in herbal medicine (especially from the herb comfrey, Symphytum officinale) to speed the healing process. The plant is said to have anticancer properties and is experimentally hypoglycaemic and hypotensive.
Wickham Place is the London home of Lord and Lady Southgate, their children and staff. Located in fashionable Belgravia it is a fine Georgian terrace house.
Today we are in Lady Southgate’s dressing room, which is adjunct to her bedroom. It’s a quarter to midnight and poor Newman, Lady Southgate’s Lady’s Maid, has just seen her mistress to bed after Lord and Lady Southgate returned from an evening at Covent Garden. Yet her work is not done. She has her mistress’ clothes to clean and put away in the wardrobes, and her dressing table to tidy up.
Lady Southgate’s dressing room is situated on the third floor of Wickham Place. It is light and airy with an east facing window, so it gets the morning sun whilst Newman sets her mistress’ hair each day, and Lady Southgate applies beauty products to maintain her creamy complexion. The dressing room is a feminine preserve and its décor reflects that along with the current fashion for whites and pastel colours in boudoirs. The wallpaper is a fashionable Edwardian pattern of birds, butterflies and pink camellias on a pale green background. Feminine Rococo paintings hang on the walls in antique gilt frames. The room contains light coloured furniture including wardrobes full of her ladyship’s clothes, full length mirrors, a cream upholstered settee, several occasional tables, a Japanese floral painted screen, a Chippendale style salon chair upholstered in cream satin and a walnut Regency dressing table: a gift to Lady Southbank from her husband.
This year the FFF+ Group have decided to have a monthly challenge called “Freestyle On The Fifth”. A different theme chosen by a member of the group each month, and the image is to be posted on the 5th of the month.
This month the theme, “beauty” was chosen by Andrew ()
Lady Southgate’s Regency dressing table covered in her beauty aides, perfume bottles and her glittering travelling beauty case seemed the perfect choice for the theme. However, this upper-class boudoir scene is different, for it is made up entirely of 1:12 size dollhouse miniatures. Some pieces come from my own childhood including the Regency dressing table, the gilt hairbrush and mirror which I was given as part of my Christmas presents when I was around ten. Other items in this tableau I acquired as a teenager and as an adult through specialist doll shops, online dealers and artists who specialise in making 1:12 miniatures.
Fun things to look for in this tableaux include:
On the right-hand side of her dressing table is Lady Southgate’s glittering travel de necessaire (travelling case), which is hinged, has an inlaid top and is lined with red velvet. It contains an array of beauty aides any Edwardian woman, or her lady’s maid, would have used including curling tongs (which look like scissors), various perfume bottles, pill boxes and cosmetic jars and a shoe horn as well as a sizable mirror. Draped over its edge is a sparking “diamond” necklace made of tiny strung faceted silver beads. There is also a selection of sparkling perfume bottles next to the travel de necessaire which are hand-made by an English artisan, made of cut coloured crystals set in a gilt metal frame. In front of the travel de necessaire is a gilt hairbrush and looking glass.
In the dressing table well beneath the recessed mirror is a container of Val-U-Time talcum powder: an essential item for any Edwardian lady, a box containing Dionnetta skin whitening powder and several more perfume bottles.
On the left-hand side of the dressing table is a brass dish containing white wax, which was commonly used in Edwardian times to massage into the skin. There is also a metal container of Madame Pivette’s Complexion Beautifier, which was introduced in 1905 by Doctor J.B. Lynas and Son and produced in Logansport, Indiana. Doctor Lynas started his own profession in 1866, which was the making of "family remedies", which quickly gained popularity. It became so popular, that he sold extensively throughout the United States. His products carried names such as the Catarrh Remedy, Hoosier Cough Syrup, Ready Relief, Rheumatic Liniment, White Mountain Salve, Egyptian Salve and Liver Pills. Within a few years the "doctor's" medicine sales amounted to around ten thousand US dollars per year. By the turn of the Twentieth Century he had expanded his product line to include flavorings such as vanilla, cherry, lemon; and also, soaps, lotions and perfumes for ladies.
On the occasional table stands a 1950s Limoges vase filled with pink hydrangeas. The vase is stamped with a small green Limoges mark to the bottom. This treasure I found in an overcrowded cabinet at the Mill Markets in Geelong.
At the bottom of the pile on the occasional table next to the vase are two copies of The Delineator. The Delineator was an American women's magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founded by the Butterick Publishing Company in 1869 under the name The Metropolitan Monthly. Its name was changed in 1875. The magazine was published on a monthly basis in New York City.
On top of The Delineator magazines are two corset boxes: a Baleinine corset from Paris and a Warner Brothers Coraline Health Corset from New York. The corset was an essential beauty aide for any Victorian or Edwardian woman. It was only with the invention of the Flapper in the 1920s, that corsets fell out of fashion. In the late Nineteenth Century, Dr. Lucien Warner, a prominent American physician gave up his practice to begin a new career on the medical lecturing circuit, specializing in women’s health issues. Dr. Warner lectured about the effects of the corset. After seeing how little influence his lectures had on women’s attitudes, he returned to his New York home and began a different approach to fighting the ills caused by the corset. In 1873, he designed a corset that provided both the shape desired by women and the flexibility required to allow some movement and reduce injuries caused by previous designs. The next year, Lucien Warner and his brother Dr. Ira De Ver Warner gave up their medical practices and founded Warner Brothers Corset Manufacturers. Dr. Warner’s Coraline Health Corsets were made up of two pieces of cloth which were laced or clasped together. These revolutionary undergarments also featured shoulder straps and more flexible boning and lateral bust supports made of Coraline, a product of the fibers of the Mexican Ixtle plant. The success of the Warners’ designs had made the brothers millionaires and in 1894 they retired and turned control of the company over to De Ver’s son and the Warner Brothers partnership was changed to a corporation. Warner's business was still doing well under the management of Dr.De Var's son. He even added new types of corsets: a rust proof corset, a combination corset, and even a hose supporter. In 1913 the company made seven million US Dollars in sales. Then in 1913 Warner Brother's bought the patent for the brassier from Mary Phelps Jacobs, and they ended up making twelve point six million US Dollars by 1920.
Behind the dressing table is a Chinese screen dating from the 1930s featuring hand-painted soapstone panels of flowers. It is framed lacquered wood and is remarkably heavy for its size. The reverse features Chinese scenes with mountains and pagodas.
The burga of Pontevea is located near Santiago. It consists in a source with pipe that goes to a circular pond. The neighbours had a local priest that, knowing the properties of the water, built a bathhouse (now in ruins), and next to it a fountain and a pool so that the poor could benefit from them.
At that time the fountain was for public use but with the death of the priest his family took over with it claiming to privatize the spa. The village filed a lawsuit over ownership of the source and won. The installation of the pipeline line Vigo-A Coruña, barely 20 meters, cut the vein that supplied water to the source. The neighbors pressured to carry out the work necessary for its restitution.
The waters of this hot source are sodium-sulfur and chlorides, comes out with a temperature of 15 º C and are basically used in rheumatic diseases, skin, eyes, and as a drink for liver diseases.