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For a few years now the speculation has been that 'this will be the last year of Class 20 operation on the Yorkshire/Humberside RHTT circuit'. However like ageing rockers the old stagers keep coming back for a final encore.
The class 20's (built between 1957 and 1968) still cling on, the key to survival being their ability to traverse routes with weight restrictions such as the Hull to Scarborough line.
20305 and 20303 restart (with associated magnificent noise), after a brief pause for a crew change at Gilberdyke.
It will almost certainly be a last time for the Gilberdyke semaphores. After many delays it looks like the re-signalling is finally due to take place before the close of the year.
25th October 2018.
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Being able to ride the Monorail directly to Magic Kingdom and Epcot is quite awesome. While there was speculation in the past about expanding to the other parks, I don't believe that will be happening, anytime soon at least. What is cool about the Epcot line of the Monorail is that it takes you inside the parks and over Futureworld before looping back around to the station. I always enjoy a good journey on the monorail, do you?
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People spend most of the time speculation upon what has already happened and what will be in the future. Sometimes it even seems that there are only two time spaces – the past and the future. Now and today – do not exist. But please, don’t think that I’m trying to reproach people with their superfluous love to the past and selfless dreams about the future. I only want to pay attention to the fact how little we think about the present.
Every person perceives the world in his own way. Our experience and memories make us unique. Everyone has his own path and story to tell.
I have a wonderful thing in my hands. A pure relic! There is a photo of my friend’s family from 1904. Can you imagine? 110 years! It is not actually a photo. It is a daguerreotype. Daguerrotypy was created in 1839 by a painter Daguer. Until 1851 it was the only way of practical photography. The process of creating photos was quite complicated. I think you can find the information about it in the internet, if you are interested. I only add that the process included silver copper plate, mercury vapor and sodium thiosulfate.
The objects with history have always been inspiring me. Vintage objects have indescribable charm. They preserve the story. I have a collection of vintage clothing that I use in my photography. Thanks to my friends who supply me with these treasures.When I touch such things I always wonder who was the owner? What was he dreaming of? What is his story?
Vintage objects have unusual scent. I strongly believe that the time smells. It has that very scent that one of my cream vintage dresses possesses.
I believe that everyone has a talent. Everyone has something that can be shared to make this world more beautiful. Each of us has his own story and path. It is a great ability to be able to tell your story. I will try to share mine today.
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Railway enthusiasts visiting York, Darlington, Newcastle, Carlisle and indeed many other locations around the railway network over the years may have encountered Kenneth Gray from Hawick, who also had a home in Thirsk. Sadly, he passed away on Friday 18th January 2019, soon after his 80th birthday. A modest gentleman with an encyclopedic knowledge of railways, especially concerning the Waverley Route, he will be sadly missed by many who knew him. I am informed by his close friend, Bruce McCartney of Langholm, that he has left a legacy of black and white negatives that he never had printed! Some of his work can happily already be seen on the Railscot website. I was fortunate to capture Kenneth in deep thought and admiration of 60009 'Union of South Africa' at Carlisle station on 27th September 2014, after the Gresley 'A4' Pacific had worked the 'Scottish Lowlander' railtour between Carlisle, Carstairs, Ayr, Dumfries and Carlisle. Kenneth later informed me that he had in fact travelled on the original railtour in 1964, and commented as follows:
"I was on the earlier railtour on 26/9/64 so your speculation was absolutely correct. What a memorable railtour that was! When the train was incorrectly signalled on to the Caley main line at Carlisle No. 3 and had to set back to access its scheduled route to Canal Junction and the NB, I thought that the delay would have put paid to any prospect of a fast run to Hawick. How wrong I was! 60007 went from Newcastleton to Whitrope with 400 tons in 15 minutes and then at least part of the way down the other side at 67mph instead of the line speed over that section of 45mph. 60009 took the train over at Niddrie West before it continued to the Glasgow area and the G&SW main line and a special stop was made at Lenzie to set down passengers who had mistakenly boarded the train at Carlisle thinking that it was a regular service train to Glasgow (Central)!"
Rest in Peace Kenneth.
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Just one shadow partly dissolving and steadily scattering through the doorway. Light makes so much of our world and it sculpts our picture. Still we need shadow for depth and distinction to stand out and to see, even if momentarily, where the light has not reached.
Much less visited than Rosslyn Chapel on the opposite Western Bank of The North Esk river you will find The Wallace Cave. There are several Wallace Caves in Scotland. There is only one Wallace Cave in Roslin Glen. There are also caves under Hawthornden Castle. If you are going to Rosslyn Chapel I hope that you have a great visit and if you have a chance do walk in the Roslin Glen. The Castle and the Chapel retain the older name of Rosslyn and the contemporary village has the newer name of Roslin.
In the pictures uploaded to Flickr immediately before these two those two both the Focused and Focusless Fabulous Fungi a Miraculous Magical Mushroom were a joint effort. I managed in Manual Focus to capture an impressionistic rendering and a photographic view of the same rather large mushroom. My lighting expert is not on Flickr so I cannot link them locally and I do not have permission to link them further afield. He is a great companion to share a historically important cave with. Our focus on photography led us to moths and small gnats and large spiders with varying fungi and moss and lichen. The clean air just 8 miles from Edinburgh enables some fantastic growths that increase in quantity and size as you move further away from the city into more vibrant landscapes that support such greater growth. The size and vitality of the Mushroom was so unexpected that I have labelled it fabulous, miraculous and magical as it certainly appeared that way being the only such branching out extended growth from the rock face with roots nestled in a shallow crack.
The cave shows many pick marks from it having being extended and masoned sections where door and fittings have been fitted and broken away. The valley side opposite Rosslyn Chapel and Castle has a path way and viewing platforms cut into the cliff sides. The cave itself is not too large and the Mushroom as focus of attention and camera here looks quite unlikely to be natural and also at the same time possible so. It does appear like something brought in affixed and maybe even tended. There is a bed of rushes in the cave, changed annually and often dressed into the form of a sleeping figure. This Both Focused and Focusless Fabulous Fungi a Miraculous Magical Mushroom that proudly proclaims itself present and potent whilst discreetly declining any casual further investigation beyond speculation such as I have delivered here.
There is a legend of a Black Hen, don’t say Pullet, that is noted as confusing treasure seekers and grail hunters by digging holes to false terrain the site and to fill in half dug holes for when seekers return to complete their excavations and further still through special skill to carefully indicate the better and best grounds to explore through careful talon and beak soil manipulation. There are further tails of either this Black Hen, or of another such similar still don’t say Pullet, Black Hen, maybe there is just the one, or possibly there are a pair of magical soil shrouders at work? The other hen story relates to a treasure hidden under a stair. The exact stair can be correctly deduced in a manner not fully revealed within the story. Any stair testing and excavating can and will lead to the Black Hen II, this time the truth will not out*, moving the treasure when the excavators are in the right area and also the hen will bamboozle the grail hunters with special Holy Hen Acts that will confuse, strain, enrage and bring chaos to order and the ‘BH II’ wonder guard will clear up after the said chaos and restore all to proper order til the right, maybe even righteous, approach of the mythic legendary treasure grail hunter seekers who are destined to step on the right step at the right time in the right manner possibly with the left foot.
Please only read good humour and faithful following in my words above. I have followed signs to Rosslyn Chapel and parked when there were just a few spaces next to the old barn and byre. I have wandered in the beauty of the landscape and listened to the stories and here share some quickly to say that this is a place of beauty and of mystery, both of folly and of faith with a river bend bringing out rock inscribed from thousands of years ago to natural and extended caves, with castles and chapels, formerly and currently hosting services and battles til a part of the past seems to have been deeply woven here such that we choose to look at it again and again making pilgrimage and enacting rampage all engaged through marvellous mysteries and eldritch histories far beyond our fascination and into our fine fashioned fulgent fabricated fantasies.**
*Black Hen I also assured that the truth would not out, Black Hen II is not a fully fledged sequel as of course it could be one Hen, not a Pullet, successfully stealth working both grounds and stairs.
**Please do not test the Hen, or Hens, not Pullets, as you could be destroying a beautiful and historial protected place that is best left none Hen tested and none destroyed. Age, atmosphere and our antecedents have done more than enough destruction and also they had with them those that fought to give enough preservation and conservation too.
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Welcome to Rosslyn Chapel
Hawthornden Castle
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Wallace's Cave, cave and rock carvings SM6825
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Roslin Glen
Rosslyn Chapel Trust is responsible for the conservation and care of part of the picturesque landscape known as Roslin Glen, which is adjacent to Rosslyn Castle and Rosslyn Chapel.
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Roslin Glen Country Park
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Wallace's Cave, cave and rock carvings
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Roslin Glen And Hawthornden Castle
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Gorton House Rock Carving(S) (Post Medieval)(Possible)
There are quite a few great blue herons nesting at Wakodahatchee Wetlands. The heron on the left stands out from other herons because of the protuberances from his throat and jaw. There has been speculation among us photogs that he had his throat clawed and that caused the protuberance. Last year he was one of the last herons to find a nest. This year he was the only male I witnessed who staked out a nest, began building it, and then attracted a mate. His is not an easy lot and he has earned the nickname of "lonesome George."
This image was made last Tuesday. A heron from another island had flown over to try to cohabit with George's mate but George fought him off, returned to the nest, and had this "eye to eye" bonding moment with his mate.
Interestingly, I was there two days later when George made a trip from his nest to the nest of the attacker. Only the attacker's mate was in the nest, and George proceeded to have his way with her. Interesting behavior, interesting cause and effect.....
It is in the municipal area of El Port de la Selva in the province of Girona, Catalonia. It has been constructed in the side of the Verdera mountain below the ruins of the castle of Sant de Verdera that had provided protection for the monastery. It offers an exceptional views over the bay of Llançà , to the north of Cap de Creus. Near the monastery Santa Creu de Rodes is the ruins of a medieval town, of which its preRomanesque style church is the only remains dedicated to Saint Helena.
The true origin of the monastery is not known, which has given rise to speculation and legend; such as its foundation by monks who disembarked in the area with the remains of Saint Peter and other saints, to save them from the Barbarian hordes that had fallen on Rome. Once the danger had passed the Pope Boniface IV commanded them to construct a monastery.The first documentation of the existence of the monastery dates 878, it being mentioned as a simple monastery cell consecrated to Saint Peter, but it is not until 945 when an independent Benedictine monastery was founded, prevailed over by an abbot. Bound to the County of Empúries it reached its maximum splendor between the XI and XII centuries until its final decay in 17th century. Its increasing importance is reflected in its status as a point of pilgrimage.
In the 17th Century XVII it was sacked in several occasions and in 1793 was deserted by the benedictine community which was transferred to Vila-sacred and finally settled in Figueres in 1809 until it was dissolved.The monastery was declared a national monument in 1930. In 1935 the Generalitat of Catalonia initiated the first restoration work. The buildings are constructed in terraces, given its location. Cloisters of XII century form the central part of the complex. Around them the rest of constructions are distributed. The Church, consecrated in the year 1022, is the best exponent of the Romanesque style and without comparison with others of its time. Detailing features plants with three bays and a vault. These are bordered by a double column with capitals influenced by the Carolingian Style. The double column support arches separating the bays. The columns and pillars have been taken from a former Roman building. The bay is splendid with large dimensions with an arch in the apse, this is continued in the two lateral bays. Under the apse is a crypt. The church synthesizes a number of original styles including Carolingian, Romanesque and Roman. The monastery is considered one of the best examples of Romanesque architecture in Catalonia. In the western facade of the monastery is a XII Century bell tower, a square shape it is influenced by the lombards from the previous century. To the side is a defensive tower, that was probably began in the X Century but finished later after several modifications.
The monument has a circular plan and two ramps of stairs, on top of which are the three crosses and from where there is a magnificent panoramic view of Barcelona. There are two lower crosses and a higher one, that of Jesus; one of the crosses ends in the shape of an arrow. The orientation of the crosses indicates the four cardinal points and the one that ends in an arrow points to the sky, which causes speculation about its meaning. The crosses were destroyed in 1936, during the Civil War, and rebuilt in 1939.
In late 1973, Swindon Corporation took delivery of ten Metro-Cammell-Weymann (MCW) bodied Fleetlines. These buses would be the last bus purchases before the operator became Thamesdown Transport. This came about as a consequence of the 1972 Local Government Reorganisation Act, enacted in April 1974.
In appearance, the ten buses closely resembled the numerous MCW-bodied Fleetlines being delivered to West Midlands PTE at that time, although the ten (156-165) were finished to a Swindon Corporation specification.
It may well have been that the order was 'tacked' on to the back of existing WMPTE orders then in production to bring down costs? That is speculation on my part, but was something that frequently happened within the industry. Cardiff Corporation had also ordered similar MCW bodied Fleetlines for delivery in 1971 & 1972.
The image shows Thamesdown 158 on Penhill Drive, North Swindon in 1976 following the Thamesdown changeover. The bus is working the No14 cross-town service to 'Lawn' via Swindon, an area to the South of the town.
Following withdrawal of these buses in the 1980s, some were sold on for further service with independent operators. Of these, 165 was converted to open-top for use along Scarborough seafront during the 1990s.
Today, I don't think any of these ten buses survive, other than the running chassis of 156, which is on display at the Transport Museum Wythall.
24th April 1976.
Scanned from the original 35mm slide.
Norfolk UK. NWT Hickling Pectoral Sandpiper Juvenile, just dropped in. Maybe travelling from Siberia to America. But that's just speculation from my Collins guide. Very pleased to find it wherever its headed
This canoe was beached on the far side of the lake for several hours, the speculation being that the occupant(s) had gone ashore to search for morels on a fine day in mid-May.
The last time anyone saw old Wayne Wainwright was under this bridge. He was sitting there with his brown-bagged whiskey bottle screaming obscenities at passerbys. That same night there was an extremely high ocean tide and everyone figures Wayne became shark bait. The Brown Derby liquor store sure misses old Wayne's business.
Santa Cruz, California 2012
When GBRf purchased the ex-Colas class 60 fleet there was much speculation as to where they would go. The extra haulage capability would surely see them head to Peak Forest to work heavy stone trains. This might still happen but the first revenue earning workings seem to have been on the Tyne Dock - Lynemouth biomass workings.
In dull conditions 60047 gets a return empties working underway climbing out of Lynemouth towards Woodhorn colliery having brought the loaded train in during the afternoon.
The photo is taken from the embankment of the former Newbiggin-by-the-Sea branch which curves away from the Lynemouth line at this point.
Thankyou Rob for the tip off that the 60 would be on this working!
20th August 2018.
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The 'U' shape of the tunnel suggests a Fogu type structure with potential for another passage still to be excavated to give the Creep of the classic 'L' shape of a Fogu. This speculation has probably been answered on site. These images show the end of the tunnel facing North.
This is a sizeable ruin in a beautiful remote location. The chance to stand in Souterrain should not be overlooked, but the roof above your head deserves more than a quick glance above. The roof and the floor are worth taking in. In many underground earth houses the roof is missing as is the height and corbel of the upper wall. Here there is a chance to look both above and below to see an impression of this and possibly other Souterrains. Excavation and rebuilding takes away the absolute view of ruins and remains as they were when first built, but there is a closeness here that transports the explorer back to hole in the ground that still has more questions than answers.
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Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher in Sonoma County. Spectacular rarity for Northern California. It may be a monsoonal hitchhiker -- speculation, indeed.
Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world. It has been the subject of much speculation and debate, but its true meaning remains a mystery. However, there is no doubt that Stonehenge is a remarkable feat of engineering and a testament to the ingenuity of its builders.
Here are some other facts about Stonehenge:
•The stones are aligned with the summer solstice sunrise and the winter solstice sunset.
•The monument is surrounded by a ditch and bank.
•There are several smaller monuments nearby, including the Cursus and the Avenue.
•Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
•It is estimated that it took about 1,000 years to build Stonehenge (beginning around 3000 BC).
•The exact purpose of Stonehenge is unknown, but it is thought to have been a place of worship, ritual, or astronomical observation.
Stonehenge is a fascinating and mysterious monument that continues to fascinate people today. It is a testament to the ingenuity and engineering skills of its builders, and it is a reminder of the rich history of England.
Taken at Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England
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Read about this remarkable place on this earlier shot.
Dumfries, 2012.
Four burst shots later from the last post, one male queen butterfly had pushed another male queen butterfly off the flower. There is speculation in the literature that male butterflies of some species are territorial for flowers. Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX. Sony A6000 and E55-210.
This is the house at the Manitoba Penny Lane spread near Seven Sisters Falls. I last passed this place about 3 years ago, and it looked much the same. I was not sure then whether people actually lived in these conditions but am confident that they do now.
The house certainly seems to reflect a strong man's touch, giving rise to the speculation that the earlier structure may be a place for the woman of the house to escape the disorder.
Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances
Walt Whitman
Of the terrible doubt of appearances,
Of the uncertainty after all, that we may be deluded,
That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all,
That may-be identity beyond the grave is a beautiful fable
only,
May-be the things I perceive, the animals, plants, men, hills,
shining and flowing waters,
The skies of day and night, colors, densities, forms, may-be
these are (as doubtless they are) only apparitions, and
the real something has yet to be known,
(How often they dart out of themselves as if to confound me
and mock me!
How often I think neither I know, nor any man knows,
aught of them,)
May-be seeming to me what they are (as doubtless they
indeed but seem) as from my present point of view, and
might prove (as of course they would) nought of what
they appear, or nought anyhow, from entirely changed
points of view;
To me these and the like of these are curiously answer'd by
my lovers, my dear friends,
When he whom I love travels with me or sits a long while
holding me by the hand,
When the subtle air, the impalpable, the sense that words and
reason hold not, surround us and pervade us,
Then I am charged with untold and untellable wisdom, I am
silent, I require nothing further,
I cannot answer the question of appearances or that of
identity beyond the grave,
But I walk or sit indifferent, I am satisfied,
He ahold of my hand has completely satisfied me.
What is it and where did it come from?
Speculation about this odd-looking relic is rife, ranging from: Being a part of an alien spacecraft, with others concluding that it is a piece of a hyper-space drive unit designed to penetrate the time/space barrier between multi-universes.
Personally, I believe that it is part of an exhaust unit from a fast food restaurant.
Scientist are hard at work to solve the problem!
This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a Kowa 1:3.5/55mm lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Much speculation as to what happened here. Either one of the local scalawags threw a hand grenade in before making a run for it or a caller dropped a MOAF (Mother Of All Farts) resulting in major structural damage. We'll never know, as all evidence has now been removed.
And yes, that pointy headed shadow does belong to my pointy head.
The hazy mysteries of Ã…l Hallingdal invites to speculation about the supernatural, indeed - south Norway
Funny example of "well-planned" urban expansion works in a construction-house booming time...
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I'd like to say Peeps can swim, but observation tells me with their lack of legs, they can float, but not swim. Upon further speculation, cold water causes the sugar to melt, but not the marshmallow. I think boiling water might be a problem.
One photo I wasn't going to use as had hoped to try another one, one day! This a spot on the Town Service I took turning off Wilfred Owen Road and onto Middleton Road and not been prepared and grabbing the camera last second! (a spot where you don't hang around with the camera in hand due to curtain twitchers :) ) so much so I didn't have time to zoom in as intended, so this is a heavy crop from a frame captured, not bad in fairness once cropped in!
Here we find the more unusual use of a Optare Versa on the 401 Oswestry Town Service, in April 2019 with the regular driver at the controls, a decker was more normal on this service.
Sadly after some speculation after the 401 was suspended after the Covid-19 lockdown, it has now been confirmed this service has been deregistered from August and will likely never run again, sad times :(
After 18 months of speculation, the first of the twenty five Enviro500 deckers finally arrived from Glasgow, heralding the end for over a third of the artic fleet and reintroducing the Bridges name to the 1&2 route as it was known for decades prior to coming the Red Line fifteen years ago.
38218 is seen here at King Street Depot showing off the red based Bridges branding applied to around half of the batch in Glasgow prior to them coming north.
With a number of buses due to have their tax expire after Monday perhaps we may see these in service next week?
2/ With much speculation of courtship circulating between Mlle Vorontsova and Sheremetev (he is rumoured to appear at her music soirée), Yusupov’s event seemed to prove otherwise. Young Graf Yaguzhinsky was quite bold in his advances creating amusement for the other guests (except for her cousin and chaperon Dashkova).
Sheremetev seemed disheartened but not as affected as a lover should be… Perhaps, the courtship rumours are false? The two seemed to engage in pleasant conversation at the dinner table discussing the music program to be featured enthusiastically.
In fact, Vorontsova suggested him to bring his opera protegé Zhemchugova then!
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Fanad is a peninsula that lies between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay on the north coast of County Donegal in Ireland. The origins of the name Fanad are lost in time though there is some speculation that the name derives from an old Gaelic word Fana for "sloping ground".
"Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross" is an English language nursery rhyme connected with the English town Banbury. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 21143.
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
And she shall have music wherever she goes
Alternative version:
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To buy little Johnny a galloping horse;
It trots behind and it ambles before,
And Johnny shall ride till he can ride no more.
The modern rhyme is the best known of a number of verses beginning with the line "Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross", some of which are recorded earlier. These include a verse printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744), with the lyrics:
Ride a cock-horse
To Banbury Cross,
To see what Tommy can buy;
A penny white loaf,
A penny white cake,
And a two-penny apple-pie.
A reference in 1725 to 'Now on Cock-horse does he ride' may allude to this or the more famous rhyme, and is the earliest indication we have that they existed. The earliest surviving version of the modern rhyme in Gammer Gurton's Garland or The Nursery Parnassus, printed in London in 1784, differs significantly from modern versions in that the subject is not a fine lady but "an old woman". The version printed in Tommy Thumb's Song Book in America in 1788, which may have been in the original (c. 1744) edition, has the "fine lady", but the next extant version, in The Tom Tit's Song Book (printed in London around 1790), had:
A ring on her finger,
A bonnet of straw,
The strangest old woman
That ever you saw.[2]
The instability of the early recorded lyrics has not prevented considerable speculation about the meaning of the rhyme.
A medieval date had been argued for the rhyme on the grounds that the bells worn on the lady's toes refer to the fashion of wearing bells on the end of shoes in the fifteenth century, but given their absence from so many early versions, this identification is speculative. Similarly, the main Banbury Cross was taken down around 1600, but other crosses were present in the town and, as is often the case, the place may have retained the name, so it is difficult to argue for the antiquity of the rhyme from this fact.
A "cock horse" can mean a high-spirited horse, and the additional horse to assist pulling a cart or carriage up a hill. It can also mean an entire or uncastrated horse. From the mid-sixteenth century it also meant a pretend hobby horse or an adult's knee.
Despite not being present or significantly different in many early versions, the fine lady has been associated with Queen Elizabeth I, Lady Godiva, and Celia Fiennes, whose brother was William Fiennes, 3rd Viscount Saye and Sele (c. 1641-1698) of Broughton Castle, Banbury, on the grounds that the line should be 'To see a Fiennes lady'. There is no corroborative evidence to support any of these cases.
For more information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_a_cock_horse_to_Banbury_Cross and www.rhymes.org.uk/ride_a_cock_horse.htm
Oggetto della cui funzione sono totalmente all'oscuro. An object which function i'm completely unaware of, one out of the many everyday's life "weird" objects , mostly boxes and closets of various sizes made of metal and/or plastic, or pipes made of the same materials, a world of seemingly isignificant things that nevertheless surrounds us and constantly plays a part in the continuum of the environment in which we live and move. Raised railway platform detail. Via Emilia Levante. Bologna 2016
Thence gathering plumes of perfect speculation,
To imp the wings of thy high-flying mind,
Mount up aloft through heavenly contemplation,
From this dark world, whose damps the soul so blind,
And, like the native brood of eagles' kind,
On that bright Sun of Glory fix thine eyes,
Clear'd from gross mists of frail infirmities.
From An Hymn Of Heavenly Beauty by Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599)
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While there was speculation all weekend about who could be in the nu face lunch one thing we were all certain about was Elyse being the convention doll yet again. Between her being noted as Jason Wu's muse and the reception of the last non Elyse convention doll (the original Karolin) it made total sense for Elyse again.
In truth I've had a hard time warming up to this sculpt and even was determined to part with her instead of pack her initially but as the next week unfolded so did my affection for this doll and before I realized it I actually adored both her look - a miniature recreation that not only is embroidered but has POCKETS! And those earrings aee great - and Elyse herself so I can only feel glad that I kept her now.