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In the past week, I've taken dozens of photographs of snow and ice and trees. They are nearly all silhouettes, nearly all blue. That made it tough to decide which shots to use for Take a class with Dave and Dave.
I'm trying to make a choice between this and the bench. I'm afraid the bench is less exciting but more strictly silhouette.
“3. Silhouette. You know...back-lighting on purpose.”
Same flowers, it's just finished raining. I like how it comes into focus in the foreground and there is a tiny garden spider, didnt notice that before:) I do wish it was all in focus.
Alert, wary, ready to strike to defend himself...willing to wait and see if we take this menacing pose seriously and just go away.....
Newstead fort, Scottish borders, Scotland
Iron
Segmental armour developed over time. This example has fewer exposed hinges and fittings, to avoid them becoming damaged during battle. From the same Scottish findspot as the body armour is this armoured sleeve, inspired by the sword-arm protection used by Roman gladiators. This late AD 100s legionary look is completed with an armour-piercing javelin, a straight-edged short sword and a helmet with fully developed neck protection.*
From the exhibition
Legion - life in the Roman army
(February – June 2024)
From family life on the fort to the brutality of the battlefield, this exhibition experienced Rome's war machine through the people who knew it best – the soldiers who served in it.
Few men are born brave; many become so from care and force of discipline.
Vegetius, Fourth-century Roman writer
The Roman Empire spanned more than a million square miles and owed its existence to its military might. By promising citizenship to those without it, the Roman army – the West's first modern, professional fighting force – also became an engine for creating citizens, offering a better life for soldiers who survived their service.
Expansive yet deeply personal, this exhibition transported you across the empire, as well as through the life and service of a real Roman soldier, Claudius Terentianus, from enlistment and campaigns to enforcing occupation then finally, in Terentianus' case, retirement. Objects included letters written on papyri by soldiers from Roman Egypt and the Vindolanda tablets – some of the oldest surviving handwritten documents in Britain. The tablets, from the fort near Hadrian's wall, revealed first-hand what daily life was like for soldiers and the women, children and enslaved people who accompanied them.
Roman military history perhaps stretches as far back as the sixth century BC but it wasn't until the first emperor, Augustus (63 BC – AD 14), that soldiering became a career choice. While the rewards of army life were enticing – those in the legions could earn a substantial pension and those entering the auxiliary troops could attain citizenship for themselves and their families – the perils were real. Soldiers were viewed with fear and hostility by civilians – not helped by their casual abuses and extra roles as executioners and enforcers of occupation – and they could meet grim ends off, as well as on, the battlefield. Finds in Britain, featured in the exhibition, included the remains of two soldiers probably murdered and clandestinely buried in Canterbury, suggesting local resistance.
What did life in the Roman army look like from a soldier's perspective? What did their families make of life in the fort? How did the newly-conquered react? Legion explored life in settled military communities from Scotland to the Red Sea through the people who lived it.
[*British Museum]
Taken at the British Museum
A friend asked me for a better view of the bottom - so here it is. I used two diffferent clays and smoothed out one side. Then I cut it up and flipped some pieces over so I had two textures and then joined them together. After it was fired the first time I painted the enitre bottom with Mahogany underglaze and then wiped it off (leaviing some in the cracks and rough spot. (The inside is totally smooth and glazed to be food safe.)
The Postcard
A Peveril Real Photo Series postcard that was posted in Nottingham on Wednesday the 26th. February 1913. It was sent to:
Mrs. Fardon,
4, Lancaster Gate Terrace,
Hyde Park,
London W.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"Dear Mrs. Fardon,
You will be thinking I
have forgotten you.
I hope you will excuse
these hurried lines.
I am having a very nice
time, & I hope you are
having the same.
Hoping wou are quite
well,
Love Alice."
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish church in Nottingham. The church is Grade I listed as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
It is one of only five Grade I listed buildings in the City of Nottingham.
It is situated on High Pavement in the heart of the historic Lace Market district, and is also known as St. Mary's in the Lace Market.
-- History of St. Mary's
The church is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is believed to date back to Saxon times. The main body of the present building (at least the third on the site) dates from the end of the reign of Edward III (1377) to that of Henry VII (1485–1509).
The nave was finished before 1475. and it is notable for its uniformity of gothic perpendicular style. It is likely that the south aisle wall was the first part of the building to be constructed in the early 1380's, with the remainder of the nave and transepts being from the early 15th. century.
The tower was completed in the reign of Henry VIII.
In 1513, a school was founded in the church by Dame Agnes Mellers as The Free School of the Town of Nottingham. This is now Nottingham High School.
In the Foundation Deed, Mellers provided that a Commemoration Service should be held in the church "on the Feast of The Translation of St. Richard of Chichester". With the exception of the Goose Fair, it is the most ancient ceremonial event still perpetuated in the City of Nottingham
George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers, was imprisoned in Nottingham in 1649 after interrupting the preacher at St. Mary's.
Nottingham Bluecoat School was founded in 1706, and the first lessons were taught in the porch of the church.
For several years from 1716, the church was used to house the town fire engine. It was kept at the west end, and was still there until at least 1770.
-- The First Sunday School
St Mary's pioneered Sunday School education for those children unable to attend a day school. Pupils were taught reading, writing and arithmetic, as well as religious knowledge.
The first Sunday School opened in 1751, 35 years before the generally acknowledged first Sunday School was founded in Gloucester by Robert Raikes.
-- The Chantry Door
The chantry door is considered to be the oldest surviving door in Nottingham, dating from the 1370's or 1380's. it contains an example of iron work from the medieval period in the locking mechanism.
The chantry room has been used as a bonehouse, a coal store, and a chair store. It now contains a toilet for wheelchair users.
The survival of the door is likely to be due to the fact that it has not been heavily used, and is internal within the church.
-- The Laying on of Hands
It was at St. Mary's that the practice of laying on of hands by the Bishop during a confirmation service was first observed ca. 1760 and documented by Thomas Newton, Bishop of Bristol. It was performed by John Gilbert, Archbishop of York.
-- The Bronze Doors
The south porch doors are by the architect Henry Wilson. A complex work in bronze, the door contains 10 panels with New Testament scenes, and two door handles with cherubic heads. A further eight heads are on the cross pieces. Above, Christ and angel with doves.
The bronze doors were designed in 1904 by Henry Wilson in memory of his father-in-law, Rev. Francis Morse.
The intention of the design of the doors is to illustrate the Life of Our Lord in its relation with the Holy Mother to whom the church is dedicated, and by the general treatment to suggest the idea of pity.
In the tympanum the Holy Mother supports and cherishes the body of Christ, while in the spandrels, on either side, the gates of Death and Life are suggested: the Dove, typifying the spirit, enters weary into the one and issues strong-winged from the other, thus symbolising the unending round of Death and Life.
The dedicatory inscription "In loving memory of Francis Morse, 1818–1886, Father, Pastor, Friend" in the form of a pierced cresting, divides the tympanum from the doors themselves.
-- Other Features of St. Mary's
The church has a fine collection of late Victorian stained glass windows by many famous makers, including Kempe, Burlison and Grylls and Hardman & Co. The reredos above the altar is by the artist Charles Edgar Buckeridge.
The church is also known for its octagonal mediaeval font with a palindromic Greek inscription: ΝΙΨΟΝΑΝΟΜΗΜΑΤΑΜΗΜΟΝΑΝΟΨΙΝ (Wash my transgressions, not only my face), and a rather battered alabaster tomb fragment which portrays a lily crucifix.
St. Mary's internal dimensions are:
-- 215 feet (66 m) from west to east
-- 100 feet (30 m) from north to south (across the transepts)
while the tower stands 126 feet (38 m) above ground level.
It is the University Church for the University of Nottingham, and several schools and organisations hold annual services here.
In recent years, in addition to its function as a place of worship, St Mary's is the venue for a wide range of concerts and public performances.
Historically, the assistant curate at St. Mary's takes the ancient title 'Lecturer'. This title, which fell into disuse in the 17th. century, was revived for Rev. John Pennington on his appointment in 1975. The current holder of this post is The Rev'd Philippa Scott, since 2024.
The church retains the traditional liturgical colours, and the principal services are sung by a robed choir.
The first record of a tower clock dates from 1707 when a clock was installed by Richard Roe of Epperstone. This was replaced in 1807 by a clock by Thomas Hardy of Nottingham. The 1707 clock was moved to Staunton church.
The most recent tower clock which dates from 1936 was installed by George & Francis Cope. It was the first electric auto-wind clock made by that firm.
-- The Organ of St. Mary's
The organ is by Marcussen & Søn of Denmark, and is a fine example of a neo-classical style instrument. It was installed in 1973 by the organist of the time, David Butterworth.
It has 25 speaking stops, and is a small organ for a church of this size. Nevertheless, it is an instrument of the highest quality which adequately gives musical support to choir and congregation, as well as serving as a solo instrument.
-- References to St. Mary's in Literature
The church is mentioned in chapter 15 of Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence.
In the ballad 'Robin Hood and the Monk', Robin attends mass at St Mary's. The ballad is written in a manuscript dating from about 1450.
The Royal Flying Corps
So what else happened on the day that Alice posted the card?
Well, on the 26th. February 1913, the Royal Flying Corps established the first operational military airfield for fixed-wing aircraft in the United Kingdom at Montrose in Scotland.
Bud Fowler
The day also marked the death at the age of 54 of Bud Fowler.
Bud, who was the son of a hop-picker and barber, was born in 1858. He was an American baseball player who was nicknamed "Bud" because he called the other players by that name.
Bud was the earliest known African-American to play professional baseball for an all-white team.
Bud Fowler died in Frankfort, New York, on the 26th. February 1913. In his last years, he suffered from illness and poverty, which was covered by national media. His grave was unmarked.
However in 1987, the Society for American Baseball Research placed a memorial on his grave in order to memorialize and honor his successes as the first professional African-American baseball player.
Bud was a 2022 inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Same scene; different day!
(taken from the fishing pier)
Big Break Regional Shoreline
East Bay Regional Park
Oakley, CA
10-31-12
From same batch as #1
Density 5.95 grams/cubic inch
35 grain lines/inch
Good medullary rays
Great sustain
Tones are like #1 but even more pronounced highs, mids, and lows notes. Very musical sounding
Louder than #1 and even more musical
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