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After yesterday's big NYC Doing, we had almost no turnaround until embarking on our trip to Dallas. WOOOO! Our flight was an excellent time thanks to a two-player version of Sushi Go that had everyone around us, passengers and flight attendants alike, begging to know what game we were playing. It's so fun!
But even more fun? Being in Dallas with Patty! We got in around late dinnertime, rolled right into Uncle Julio's for our traditional margarita/sangria swirls, and then got down to the real business of the week: Bananagrams. Life? Is grand.
earth science, geology, geomorphology, geochronology, pleistocene, quaternary, archaeology, archeology, prehistory, karst, gastropod, snail, freshwater snail, edible snail, brotea costula, shell, snail shell, decollate, midden, kinta valley, perak, malaysia, asia, july 2020
Took this picture of my sister the other day. She's usually called "Snäckan" which means "the shell" in swedish.
Ggantija Neolithic Temple
Gozo / Malta
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I find so many of these in my backyard. It's so dry here the poor snails become dessicated very fast.
Stumbled across this bed of snail shells while taking photos of the Crib Bridge over on Orr's Island. Consumed, abandoned?
Long exposure, Snailshell habor, Fayette State Park. 105mm Nikkor, Polypan-F film. Polarizer and red filter.
I almost missed my bus shooting this snail. It was too good an opportunity to miss. My cigarette nearly fell out of my mouth when I saw this perfect macro opportunity.
This snail is a common land snail in Upstate New York (Anguispira alternata). A collection of newly hatched land snails. Each of these shells is only 3 mm across.
I did end up taking the snail shell out of her nose :). I just thought it polite to do so.
Bath Abbey Cemetery, Somerset County, England
From Wikipedia:
"Bath Abbey Cemetery, officially dedicated as the Cemetery of St. Peter and St Paul (the patron saints that Bath Abbey is dedicated to), was laid out by noted cemetery designer and landscape architect John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) in 1843 on a picturesque hillside site overlooking Bath, Somerset. The cemery was laid out between 1843 and 1844. The layout is a mixture of formal and informal arranged along a central avenue. It features a mortuary chapel, designed by Bath City Architect G. P. Manners in the then fashionable Norman Revival architectural style."
This cemetery is one of only 3 designed by John Clauidus Loudon.
Mr. Loudon was one of the main founders of the "garden cemetery" movement in England.
Also from Wikipedia:
"John Claudius Loudon (8 April 1783 – 14 December 1843) was a Scottish botanist, garden and cemetery designer, author and garden magazine editor.
His work on cemeteries was significant. Churchyards were becoming full, especially in urban areas, and new cemeteries were being opened by private enterprises. Loudon designed only three cemeteries (Bath Abbey Cemetery, Histon Road Cemetery, Cambridge, and Southampton Old Cemetery where the design was rejected)[2] but his writing was a major influence on other designers and architects of the period."
And from Andrew Gough's Arcadia website:
"London’s Elysian Fields owe much to another figure, and one who is tied to Kensal Green in a rather ironic way: John Claudius Loudon, an outspoken Scotsman, botanist and editor of a popular gardening magazine. Like many young men, Loudon embarked on the Grand Tour and learned of the intrinsic value of gardens in the schema of high society. In 1830 he reviewed The Mummy!, a book by an anonymous author. He eventually met the author, who revealed herself to be Jane Webb, an early pioneer of the science fiction genre. They married and her Egyptian-influenced novel, set in 2126 AD, would influence her husband’s work on London’s Elysian Fields for years to come. In 1843 Loudon published his own book, On the Laying Out, Planting and Managing of Cemeteries: and on the Improvement of Churchyards, and in the process established the standard for cemetery design that is still practised today. Ironically, Loudon is buried in the grounds of Kensal Green’s stunning 72-acre park; a cemetery he was critical of, but which inspired him to greatness. "
Mr. Gough's article is well worth a glance- some nice pictures too.
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