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Successful Stunt.
قوة الجوهر الصبر رجل مجنون مجهولة رؤى الأشياء الغنية استسلم الأعداء نمت الإيمان إشراف النفاق,
frères anxieux sœurs nerveuses ordres exprimés portes indésirables alternance de mensonges transpiration échappements amers revers souffrance poésie,
interpretaties blues uitspreken van overbereik regels speculeren sonnetten belangrijke suggesties dure rebellies impliceerde hevige wedstrijden,
رینگتی ہوئی بگاڑ نثر کی نظمیں بے نقاب کرنے والی بدکاری کو بھڑکا رہی ہیں بدعنوانیوں کو جواز پیش کرتی ہے لاطینی دھواں غلیظ آراء سیاہ سورج جنگلی کام,
symudiadau technegol cyfarwyddo gweithrediadau delwyr sgyrsiau ffotograffig anialwch dogfennau deliriwm yn pacio dagrau oer eu hunain yn disgleirio adlewyrchiadau poenau sensitif,
regole crescenti pugnali sostengono notti di ignoranza sogni sfortunati cose malvagie .
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Today I brought my camera and drone with me to the usual Monday thesis consultation.
The intention was to make use of the sunny weather and catch the 4th Škoda 380 locomotive in its decorative livery after the meeting.
Well, just minutes after my arrival at the spot in Zebegény, the sun dipped behind the building cloud coverage, and the 33-minute late Eurocity train passed in front of me just as I was about to take off with my drone. Great!
As I had a bunch of time until the next train to head home with, plenty of battery time, and cloud coverage that allowed me to get a rarely seen angle of the 7-arched viaduct, I waited for the next passenger service heading to Szob to capture this snap with the 21st out of 40 Stadler KISS units of MÁV-START.
Taken in Nottinghamshire.
Bit difficult getting a clear shot now the reeds are getting higher. Hope this pair are successful.
As always, many thanks for your comments and faves. Much appreciated.
Every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together.
- Paul Ryan -
A successful attempt to elevate ordinary grass with a curl into art. With the 50mm on aperture f2.8 and “macro extension tubes”
We saw this bobcat stocking something, so we decided to wait. We didn't wait to long when this cat pounced with amazing speed and got this big rodent (not sure what it is). This isn't the cooperative bobcat from the previous photos, however they were neighbours. Their territories were one next to each other.
Successfully started a night on Marden Down, which overlooks Moretonhampstead and Dartmoor, with a nice capture of the sun lighting up this small stone circle.
My thanks go to my good friend Adrian Harris who inspired me to visit this lovely location at sundown.
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The lives of Alexander Croll and John Wright represent one of the most enduring and successful partnerships in the pioneering history of the New South Wales North Coast timber and shipbuilding industries.
To a lesser extent, their early venture also aligned with fellow pioneer John Rodger, laying the foundational roots for the timber communities of the Myall Lakes and Great Lakes regions of NSW, Australia.
The Early Bond: From Glasgow to the Colony
The deep lifelong connection between Alexander Croll and John Wright began across the globe in Scotland.
Born just a few years apart in Banffshire (Wright in May 1835 and Croll in August 1835/1837), the two men moved to Glasgow as youths to train in the demanding trade of shipwrights. During their grueling apprenticeships on the Clyde, Croll and Wright shared living quarters, developing a mutual trust and work ethic that would define their future. Though they initially planned to settle in New Zealand, trade disruptions caused by the New Zealand Wars redirected their ambitions and they moved on to Australia, arriving in New South Wales around 1860–1861 aboard the Lord Worsley.
Like many young men of the era, they first tried their luck panning for gold along the Snowy River. When the goldfields failed to yield a fortune, they relied on their trade skills and journeyed to the dense, untouched coastal forests of the Myall Lakes district.
Pioneering the Myall Lakes (1860s–1872)
Arriving in the Bulahdelah region, Croll and Wright started out in the grueling business of pit-sawing. They soon gained employment at Boolambayte Creek working for Duncan MacRae, who had established the area's first timber mill. The two Scotsmen put their shipwright training to immediate use, constructing vessels—such as the Caledonia—to transport MacRae’s timber. During this period of foundational hard work,
Croll settled down, marrying Eliza Jane MacKay in 1867. By 1872, after years of working alongside MacRae, Croll and Wright were ready to strike out on their own. Partnering with a third skilled associate, John Rodger, they established the first official sawmill at Bungwahl on the top of the Myall Lakes. This industrial site was strategically chosen to allow their flat-bottomed punts and newly built timber vessels easy access to navigable water, ensuring they could ship heavy logs and sawn timber out to the booming Sydney market.
Diverging Paths and Legacies
While the Bungwahl partnership was highly successful, the three pioneers had different long-term geographic ambitions, leading them to amicably divide the business over the next few years.
John Wright sold his share of the Bungwahl sawmill and shipwright business to Croll in 1877 for £2000, having earlier, in 1875, moved to the North Shore of Forster, by 1879 known as Tuncurry. On arrival in Tuncurry Wright leased waterfront land to build a massive new sawmill, slipway, and established John Wright & Son Shipyards, which operated for nearly a century. By 1878 John Wright had also taken up several thousand acres of land just east of Krambach where he built another large sawmill known as Avalon.
The third Bungwahl Mill partner, John Rodger, eventually migrated north as well, moving his sawmilling focus toward the Camden Haven River and Laurieton to tap into new forest reserves.
Alexander Croll remained firmly anchored at Bungwahl. He bought out Rodger and Wright's shares and expanded the Bungwahl mill, running it it as a highly prosperous family empire.
Croll spent the rest of his life at his Bungwahl estate, "Huntley." As he aged, he passed the management of the mill to his capable sons, Alexander Jr. and James (who later expanded the family timber legacy into Dungog as J. Croll & Sons). Alexander Croll passed away at home on August 16, 1917, at the age of 82.
Reflecting the immense respect he commanded, his funeral was the largest ever seen in the district at the time. His coffin was carried 19 miles by river launch to Bulahdelah, where 32 of his sawmill employees formed a solemn guard of honour as he was carried to his final resting place—marking the end of a grand colonial journey that began in a shared Glasgow boarding house room.
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Information, Restoration and colourisation of image by Chat GPT Ai.
The old town of Paria, UT was a small western outpost that was inhabited until the late 1920s. After it was abandoned, it became a ghost town and because of the incredible views in the surrounding area, it has been used as a film set for many successful western films, including Clint Eastwood’s The Outlaw Josey Wales. Along the road to Old Paria, there is a multicolored mountain range that will make you believe for a moment that you are on another planet.
On this quiet fall afternoon I popped by the Berkshire Scenic Railroad Museum for a look at their newest addition at rest in the yard, the surviving three cars of the New Haven Railroad's famous high speed lightweight 'Roger Williams' trainset. This trainset was the Budd company's offering among three experimental high speed trainsets ordered by Patrick McGinnis in 1955, the other two being the Dan'l Webster built by Pullman with Baldwin power cars and the John Quincy Adams built by ACF to a Talgo design with Fairbanks-Morse power cars. All entered service in 1957 and the latter two were failures and sold in 1960 and 62 respectively but the Roger Williams fared much better owing to its design based on the successful Budd RDC.
Originally consisting of six cars, three have survived in private ownership and after a long period of storage on the Hobo Railroad in New Hampshire recently came back to home rails and are being restored to operation.
You can learn more at these links:
railfan.com/historic-roger-williams-train-rdcs-to-be-leas...
streamlinermemories.info/?p=2291
And to learn more about the BSRM's collection check out this link:
Lenox, Massachusetts
Monday November 11, 2024
On this, the 15th day of our successful 16-day trek to the K2 North Base Camp and the North Gasherbrum Glacier in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, we hiked along the Surukwat River some 12.4 km (7.7 mi.) from a campsite at Lower Kotaz (Elevation 4,174 m, 13,694 ft.) past Sarak (Elevation 3,780 m, 12,402 ft.) and on to Algul (Elevation 3,676 m, 12,060 ft.), where we camped for the night. Some forty minutes after leaving Lower Kotaz I turned around and shot this view back upstream to the southwest. The peak at far left in mist rises to 5,220 m (17,126 ft.). The sharp peak on the right is at 5,350 m (17,552 ft.). The dirty glacier seen between the two drains into what our camel men identified as the valley of the Jalang River near its confluence with the Surukwat. The ridge lost in mist beyond rises to over 6,000 m (19,685 ft.).
One of the most successful designs of Alec Issigonis.
The Minor 1000 was introduced in 1948 and after two small body changes in 1952 (Series II) and 1956 continuously produced till 1971.
The Minor was available in full program: as a 2- or 4-dr saloon, open Tourer (convertible), Pick-up, Traveller (the estate version with partly ashwood framework) or as a delivery van.
It surprises me that such an old and fragile classic car is parked just outside on the street.
948 cc.
761 kg.
Production Minor 1000: 1948-1956/1956-1971.
Original first reg. number: March 24, 1956.
New Dutch pseudo-historical reg. number: July 4, 1997.
Same owner since Jan. 3, 2007.
Amsterdam-Centrum, Amstelveld/Prinsengracht, Febr. 9, 2021.
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Finally, I got one successful boot prototype done! I think it looks ok. Penelope is wearing it overnight to test for staining. I made a pattern out of cotton fabric yesterday. It took several revisions to get to this version. Finally cut the real one out of suede today. I'm really glad I got the 1/16" hole punch....the 1/8" was too big. I tried to punch the lace holes out as quietly as I could with the hammer....but I'm sure my neighbors were wondering when it would stop. :o)
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Another successful design from Nayvyr. The LSX-2 Interceptor, Faster and more manuverable than than its heavier armed cousin the PSX-6 Assault Fighter and it's variations. The LSX-2 has been a huge commercial success and has seen wide use throughout our Quadrant of the Galaxy
Pied Wagtails must be one of the most successful birds in the UK. You see them everywhere in all sorts of habitats. Although they're common, they're not always easy to photograph because they're in perpetual motion. However, I didn't have any problems with this bird as it stayed on the fence post for some time. The photo was taken in early June so I'm pretty certain there was a nest nearby and it was waiting for me to clear off before delivering this tasty morsel.
I went on an unexpected, but successful snipe hunt today! I'm very glad I had my camera (and extra battery) with me while hiking at Vadnais-Snail Lake Regional Park. We both noticed how low the water level was today, and as we neared the low, swampy area on the east side, I wondered if maybe we could actually walk all the way across the sand bar. Indeed, we were able to walk out much further than you typically can, and once there, I noticed a Wilson's Snipe pop up from the mudflats and into the air. It didn't land that far away, so I figured I'd see if I could get any closer. I had to cross a section of mud where I found my feet sinking nearly 3 inches, but once I got across, I noticed the bird had not moved an inch. It was simply relying on it's camouflage to blend in, similar to my experiences with the very similar American Woodcock. After creeping up about 5 feet at a time, I eventually ended up within about 15 feet of the bird -the closest I've gotten to one in many years. I couldn't kneel in the mud, but I did crouch down for a lower angle photo. It was an awesome experience to see one so closely, get some photos, then turn around and leave without ever bumping the bird. We also saw a Killdeer in the same area, but I didn't bother chasing it, especially given how muddy my feet were already! Ramsey County, MN 11/09/24
It's that time of year. Having toiled through the winter months, with a daily quota set to ensure marginally successful progress, I can say it: my film images from 2025's hikes have been edited, sorted, and tallied.
It was, by nearly all measures, a lovely year: over 700 miles of trails and just over 200,000 feet of elevation gain. Once again, there were many nights spent on the couch in order to not disturb the family when my alarm went off at 4, or 3, or 2 AM. Drives were somewhat longer, as I couldn't help but explore places that were new to me, which meant venturing farther (usually north, into Washington). To that end, there were a few "mini trips" - just a few days, but long enough to drive 5+ hours in order to spend a couple of days in amazing places (here's where I give my usual shout out to my husband, for holding down the fort at home).
It's hard to summarize the year succinctly, but there were moments that clamber for attention in my memory - many that made my heart swoop with joy, even while my legs and body grumbled in complaint. Early in the year there was a long slog up Silver Star Mountain in the snow - I had to break trail nearly the entire way, and was *thisclose* to turning around, twice. As winter turned to spring, wildflower season burst into being, warm and golden up the side of Sevenmile Hill, Rowena Crest, and Catherine Creek. On the heels of yellow balsamroot and purple lupine came a wondrous phenomenon: a beargrass super bloom in the mountains. I hiked up Silver Star Mountain repeatedly - from Tarbell/Chinook, from Starway (omg, brutal Starway), for sunset, for sunrise, and to explore places I'd never been, like to the top of Sturgeon Rock.
As the year rolled into summer, I took my first mini-trip, up into the Olympics. I spent an entire day hiking the High Divide Trail - the first few hours of that 24-mile day in the dark. I managed to push far into Eagle Cap with a 22.5-mile day (and alllll of the mosquitos). I marveled at new places only a few hours away - Tatoosh Ridge and Goat Rocks (Goat Lake, in particular) among the most memorable. For the third year in a row, I hiked up to Yocum Ridge - this time in the mist and rain (note to self: save that one for a decent weather day!)
August and September featured some stunning hikes - getting up close and personal with Mt. Hood while hiking Cloud Cap to Barrett Spur. Experiencing an explosion of butterflies (moths?) at the summit of South Sister. A trip into the Cascades, where I logged new favorites - Yellow Aster Butte at sunset, and the epic adventure that is Sahale Arm. I had the good fortune to hike Tam McArthur Rim to Broken Top on a moody, atmospheric day - totally worth getting dumped on with rain the last few miles.
I fell in love hard with Maple Pass - there are very, very good reasons why that hike is such a classic. I went once in September and again in October, lured in by the promise of golden larches. And in an amazing stroke of luck, I won an Enchantments permit! But luck is fickle, and our entry date coincided with fires just outside of Leavenworth. It was a difficult decision, but the indomitable Ara and I pivoted and headed to Banff - where the golden larches had just peaked, and where we scored an overnight permit at Floe Lake. Those hikes in Canada will stay with me for a lifetime, and have certainly inspired a long list of future adventures in that area.
To round out the year, I checked off a bucket list item - Mailbox Peak in the snow. Conditions were swoon-worthy on the day I went, and that hike resulted in the largest number of "keepers" for the year - 59 film photos. (Broken Top featured 29. Sentinel Pass, Sahale Arm, and Rowena all tied at 18).
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Dog Mountain, which I hiked 5 times. Well... two of those were "Double Dog Mountains" and one was a triple, so I suppose that means I actually hiked it nine times? We really got to know one another.
But back to the film photos. The grand total comes to 530. Of those, I chose 75 favorites, and made some calculations: a robust 55% of those favorites are Hasselblad, 36% are Nikon (35mm), and 9% are pinhole.
Film photography is definitely a labor of love - when I'm carrying all three cameras (which I often am), extra film, and a tripod, it adds nearly 10 pounds to my pack. Many times, when I weigh my pack prior to shrugging into it at the trailhead, it generally totals 26 to 32 pounds (water, food, and weather dependent).
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for another year of hiking - hoping that PRP continues to stave off a right knee replacement, and that Prolozone manages my plantar fasciitis well. That the low snowpack doesn't lead to more extreme fires, and that these gorgeous places remain open and cared for.
And with that, here's the first of those 530 photos: sunrise from Silver Star Mountain, looking towards the morning light on Sturgeon Rock, with a carpet of wildflowers and a profusion of beargrass in the foreground.
Image made with my (you guessed it) Hasseblad 500 C/M.
As always - many thanks for Blue Moon Camera in Portland, Oregon, for developing and scanning allll the film.
My most recent cross-dressing session, 21 March 2023, while enjoyable was not too successful in terms of creating a reasonable looking female appearance . It was a combination of not having cross-dressed for three years, being completely out of practice, a high degree of impatience to become my female alter-ego and, to my surprise a feeling of lethargy was dampening my motivation.
I did push on and was pleased I had. The results were not great though compared to previous occasions but I did gain some reward from the experience. I am obsessed with trying to look female facially and I’m prone, somewhat masochistic I suppose, to taking close-up selfies to see if I can look feminine in any way. I see this as the big challenge as a male to female cross-dresser; probably, my biggest obsession!
It’s because I dream of looking feminine and love imagining I’m a woman. I’m forever experimenting with make-up and eyebrow plucking but ultimately I can’t really escape my male face. I enjoy the challenge though.
I have previously mused on how I like to create a back story for my female portrayals. I feel this gives my female guise some substance and it’s something I can draw on to be the woman I’m presenting as.In my early days I was acutely aware I was a man dressed up as a woman. These days I try to be the woman and suppress my male self. As I’m, well, can only be described as a mature cross-dresser, my back story reflects my age. I created the scenario in which Helene is a divorced woman with grown up children who has had it with men and found she is more at ease with other women and becoming aware she has a lesbian side to her. This is more to add a bit of edge, a slightly slicer vibe to the persona. Helene is also a professional woman running her own business and feels confident and at ease when she wears skirt suits, heels and make-up. She feels she can work confidently dressed this way in her business dealings. She is trying to avoid the overdone make-up looks of plumped overdrawn lips, heavy contouring and false eyelashes. Instead she is (hoping) she can convey herself in a feminine and natural way by more discrete make-up and classic tasteful clothing choices. It’s all fantasy but good fun and actually does help me become the woman when I cross-dress.
Maybe people will think it’s weird I do this but it helps me to feel real as a woman. Maybe, if I was a woman this could have been how it was in reality, who knows! All I know is I love become female (albeit it in reality me dressing up and setting free my suppressed self) and I enjoy my time as a woman. I genuinely believe, mainly because I am keen to pass myself off as being a woman) that having a back story will give me confidence for my planned venture out as Helene this summer. I want to be able to visit galleries, interact with people, go to cafes and see if I can be perceived as female. I’m hoping, dreaming really, no-one will realise I’m a man…as you can see, my fantasies can delude me!
I’m aware I have a few things that are favourable to my dream, I’m not very tall and many women are taller than me, I’m delighted about this. I’m aware I was fortunate enough to have nice legs. I am very willing to pluck my eyebrows and have them more feminine in their style, I have no qualms about shaving off all my body hair for a smoother appearance and I love tucking away my male genitals. I always feel delighted when they are out of the way, most men would be horrified by that but I love it! Knowing I can then wear real female lingeries helps me feel more female within myself.
I have a few lace-front wigs now which I can glue on. This is a confidence booster as in windy conditions your hair can blow about and so move like real hair and your hairline looks natural…exciting! I say exciting as the very rare occasions I have ventured out as a woman (not many at all) I loved the sensation of walking in a dress and feeling the air move around my shaved legs, it was a sensational experience.
That heightened sensation of walking in a dress and wearing make-up did boot my confidence considerably. Female friends have told me how uncertain clothing and make-up application they too feel increased confidence. Being a man is quite drab by comparison.
I’m posting yet another picture because this week my desire to cross-dress is truly powerful and as usual I have no opportunity to do so. Despite this, I find the desire and just recalling previous times I dressed as a woman is creating a somewhat intoxicating feeling within me. I’m still pinching myself that I have been cross-dressing for just over twenty years. Knowing I had the desire and acted upon it it is rewarding and it is always an exciting thing to do. I love everything about women and I have no regrets I have spent time wearing make-up, lingerie, dresses and heels. There is a lot more to being a woman than the superficial aspects I’ve just listed but it is an incredible thing to experience. Also, I find time as a woman is incredibly liberating and I feel emotionally free and far more confident. I feel I’m more alive as Helene, I adore cross-dressing!
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3250
Listing Date
23 September 1950
History
Conwy Castle was begun in 1283 following the successful conquest of Snowdonia by the armies of Edward I of England. It was one of a defensive ring of castles erected around the North Wales coast from Aberystwyth to Flint, and in addition protected a walled town that was the largest of the medieval boroughs of North Wales. Work began with digging the rock-cut ditches, under the direction of Richard of Chester, master engineer. The design of the castle and supervision of building was under the control of James of St George, Master of the King's Works in Wales and the foremost secular architect of his age. Other subordinate master craftsmen included Henry of Oxford and Laurence of Canterbury, both master carpenters, and John Francis who, like James of St George, was from Savoy. The castle and town wall were substantially complete by 1287.
Modifications were made to the buildings in 1346-7 by Henry de Snelleston, mason to Edward, Prince of Wales (the Black Prince). This included replacing original roof trusses and strengthening the roofs by adding masonry arches. By the end of the C15 its military importance was diminishing and the castle slowly decayed. It was described as in poor condition in 1627, and in 1631 it was sold to Charles I's secretary of state, who assumed the title Viscount Conway of Conway Castle. During the Civil War the castle was repaired and fortified for the Royalists under the leadership of John Williams, exiled archbishop of York and a native of Conwy. The castle surrendered in 1646 and in 1655 the castle was 'disabled' by blowing up a portion of the bakehouse tower, making a substantial breach. The castle was restored to the Conway family after the Restoration, when some of the buildings, and the lead roofs, were taken down. Ownership passed to the Seymour family until, in 1865, it was given to the town. During this period there was some restoration and the bakehouse tower was rebuilt by the LNWR, whose railway line passed the foot of the castle. Since 1953, when more substantial conservation work began, the castle has been a guardianship monument in the care of the state.
Exterior
A castle whose compact design is dictated by the rocky outcrop on which its stands. Roughly rectangular in plan, it has a curtain wall with 8 higher round towers enclosing an outer ward on the W side, and smaller near-square inner ward to the E overlooking the river. Additional defence was provided by barbicans at E and W entrances. Walls are coursed rubble, with freestone dressings of pink sandstone. They are embattled with saddleback copings to the merlons, which also have arrow loops on the towers. The round towers have loops and openings of 2-light mullioned windows, although few of the mullions have survived, and higher round stair turrets. Many features are consistent throughout the building, including freestone fireplaces with raked stone hoods, and window seats.
The main entrance from the town is on the W side. It retains part of a ramp on the N side from the modern Castle Square. The gap over which the drawbridge was lowered has been covered by a timber platform. The entrance arch to the W barbican has a pointed arch with portcullis slots, flanked by round turrets with corbel tables. Inside the gateway are later stone steps to a gate passage, where there is a modern breach in the wall for visitor access, and the springers and draw-bar sockets of another gateway. The W barbican has an almost straight wall with 3 turrets. The town wall is attached to the southernmost turret.
Entrance to the E barbican was from the Water Gate. The outer steps have disappeared, probably lost when Thomas Telford built the suspension bridge in 1822-6, but they are shown on the Buck brothers' 1742 engraving of the castle. Steps inside the barbican have survived, but of the doorway in the barbican wall only the draw-bar sockets have survived. The faceted E barbican wall has 3 turrets similar to the W side.
The castle has 8 towers, of which 6 enclose the outer ward, one at the corners and one half way along each of the N and S walls, and 4 enclose the inner ward, of which 2 (stockhouse and bakehouse towers) are common to both inner and outer wards. In the outer ward the S wall is faceted and the W wall is narrower than the E. Otherwise the whole castle is rectangular in plan. The W wall of the outer ward has a pointed arch, below deep corbels of former machicolations. On the N side of the outer ward, both sections of wall have 2 loops and 2 latrine shafts, including one on the W side contained within a shallow projection and low round turret. Attached to the stockhouse tower, between inner and outer wards, is the town wall. The inner ward N wall has 2 loops and 2 low-level outlets of latrine shafts. On the S side each section of the outer ward has 3 windows, 2 loops to the cellar and latrine shaft at wall-walk level. The bakehouse tower between inner and outer wards is partly rebuilt in snecked stone, with a battered plinth of rock-faced stone, repairs carried out by LNWR in the 1870s of the deliberate breach made in 1655. The inner ward S wall has a doorway at ground-floor level above a battered rubble plinth (the only section not built directly on bedrock). At 1st-floor level are 2 loops, a larger opening centre-R, and a former doorway at the R end. Above 1st-floor level are 3 latrine shafts. The E wall, from the E barbican, has a shoulder-headed doorway, 4 1st-floor windows with stepped lintels, and deep corbelled machicolations, although the embattled parapet has not survived.
In the outer ward, the gate passage has portcullis slots and draw-bar sockets, and a high-level door on the S side, to stone steps up to the wall walk. The inner side of the wall is corbelled out at parapet level. The NW and SW towers form a pair. They each have 2 superimposed newel stairs restored in concrete. Both have fireplaces to 1st and 2nd floors. In addition the SW tower has a domed bread oven at ground floor, and latrine to the 1st floor. The kitchen tower in the centre of the N side of the outer ward has a ruined newel stair. The wall walk is corbelled out around its faceted inner side. The prison tower on the corresponding S side has a dungeon, but otherwise similar details to the other towers, including restored newel stairs and ruined fireplaces, except for a 2nd-floor fireplace with flat stone arch instead of a corbelled lintel.
Remains of buildings can be seen against each of the outer ward walls. Of the guard rooms to the W, flanking the gate passage, and kitchen and stables on the N, only footings have survived. Against the S wall is a long faceted range housing lesser hall and a small chamber in the W facet, great hall in the central facet, passage and chapel in the E facet. At the W end are stone steps leading down to a pointed cellar doorway with continuous chamfer. To its L is a pointed window, its tracery missing but originally 2-light. Further L is a similar former 2-light window to the great hall that retains fragments of bar tracery. In the E facet are the passage doorway, the dressings of which are mostly missing and with modern stone steps, and 2-light chapel window, also with fragments of bar tracery. The chapel has a similar former 3-light E window. Inside, this range has one transverse arch and the springers and haunches of 7 others, all inserted in the mid C14 to support the roof. The lesser hall has a fireplace in its W end wall; the small chamber between halls has a N fireplace; the great hall has a fireplace against the prison tower. Access to the prison tower is from the embrasure of one the S windows of the great hall. The cellar has a dividing wall below the chapel with doorway.
On the E side of the outer ward is a stone-lined well, approximately 91 feet deep. Behind the well was a drawbridge to a small gatehouse at the middle gate between inner and outer wards. The gatehouse is square in plan with narrow loop in the W wall. The middle gate has a doorway with shouldered lintel to each end of its passage, and draw-bar socket.
The other entrance to the inner ward, the E gate, has draw-bar sockets, and a passage giving access to mural stairs to the king's tower and chapel tower. The stockhouse and bakehouse towers are similar to the towers in the outer wards. The bakehouse tower has a domed oven behind the ground-floor fireplace, and restored newel stairs. The stockhouse tower has ruined newel stairs. The NE chapel tower has a restored conical slate roof. From the inner ward is a C19 restored doorway with red sandstone jamb to the ground floor. It also has a passage and doorway above the water gate on the outer (E) side. A mural stair leads to the 1st-floor chapel, where there is also a separate latrine. The rib-vaulted chapel is round with an apsidal sanctuary. The sanctuary has wall shafts and cusped arcading, incorporating sedilia on the S side, below 3 pointed windows with leaded glazing. On the S side is a squint from a small cell. On the N side of the chapel is a deep window seat, which also features a squint to the sanctuary. A restored mural stair leads to the upper chamber. The SW king's tower has a restored newel stair. At 1st-floor level is a small keeled tunnel-vaulted chamber.
Buildings are ranged against the walls of the inner ward, including the king's private apartments. Against the S wall are the 1st-floor king's chamber on the E and king's hall on the W (known as presence chamber and privy chamber respectively in a survey of 1627), with a passage to the bakehouse tower at the W end. This passage has a segmental-pointed arch. Two windows to its L have dressings mostly missing, and further L is a segmental-headed ground-floor doorway and another window. Entrance to the 1st-floor hall is by a doorway above the passage, which has a 2-light cusped square-headed window immediately to its L. Further L are 2 hall windows and a 3rd to the king's chamber, all square-headed with relieving arches, bar-tracery fragments and fragments of sunk spandrels. Next L is the wall over the passage to the E gate (later used as a buttery). From inside the passage the range has a ground-floor doorway with chamfered dressings and springers of a possible cambered arch, and at the L end a 1st-floor doorway with segmental head. The W wall of the hall has 2 1st-floor doorways with segmental heads. Inside, beneath the hall is a ground-floor fireplace to the W wall, and larger former corbelled 1st-floor fireplace in the S wall. One floor-length window reveal in the S wall has a short passage to a latrine. Hall and chamber have one complete and the springers of 3 other C14 stone transverse arches supporting the former roof. In the king's chamber the 1st-floor has floor-length S and E window reveals opening to mural passages to a latrine and the king's tower.
Against the E wall of the inner ward are the passage to the E gate, and what was known in 1627 as the 1st-floor great chamber. The passage on the R has a pointed segmental arch, to the L of which the ground floor has a segmental-headed window and a small window further L. The 1st-floor great chamber was entered by a doorway at the R end over the passage, which has a cambered head. The chamber has one large square-headed W window under a relieving arch. Inside, fireplaces were built into the W walls, with tripartite lintel in the ground floor. The springers and haunches survive of 2 former transverse arches added in the mid C14 to support the roof.
Reasons for Listing
Listed grade I as one of the oustanding Edwardian medieval castles of Wales.
Scheduled Ancient Monument CN004
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After staying up most nights while on holiday, waiting for a clear night, I finally got what I was after! unfortunately this clear sky night only lasted 2 hours and the only successful star trail shot was this. Despite this, I think it was well worth it especially as I managed to capture the milky way in shot too!
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After his successful theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911, Vincenzo Peruggia went on to collect other objects d'art, including an ultra rare Pez dispenser patterned after Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and a Jack in the Box found at the scene of the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and attributed to Marcel Duchamp.
As a conservator of fine art, Vincenzo refilled the Picasso Pez dispenser with archival grade candies, and he cleaned the blood from Duchamp's piece with H2O2. The lack of archival grade Sharpies prevented Peruggia from replacing the eyebrows on La Gioconda. Although he served time for the theft of Da Vinci's painting, Vincenzo's favorite was always the Mona Lisa. Historians believe this was due to the difficulty of fabricating a cubist or a Jack costume.
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Strobist: AB1600 with 60X30 softbox camera right. Softlighter II camera left, overhead. Reflector at 6:00. Triggered by Cybersync.
Webb continues on its path to becoming a focused observatory. The team has successfully worked through the second and third out of seven total phases of mirror alignment. With the completion of these phases, called Segment Alignment and Image Stacking, the team will now begin making smaller adjustments to the positions of Webb’s mirrors.
After moving what were 18 scattered dots of starlight into Webb’s signature hexagonal formation, the team refined each mirror segment’s image by making minor adjustments, while also changing the alignment of Webb’s secondary mirror. The completion of this process, known as Segment Alignment, was a key step prior to overlapping the light from all the mirrors so that they can work in unison.
Once Segment Alignment was achieved, the focused dots reflected by each mirror were then stacked on top of each other, delivering photons of light from each segment to the same location on NIRCam’s sensor. During this process, called Image Stacking, the team activated sets of six mirrors at a time and commanded them to repoint their light to overlap, until all dots of starlight overlapped with each other.
In this image: During this phase of alignment known as Image Stacking, individual segment images are moved so they fall precisely at the center of the field to produce one unified image instead of 18. In this image, all 18 segments are on top of each other. After future alignment steps, the image will be even sharper.
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As you all probably Know I feel I have a problem with getting the casual woman about town look right! Not sure why I just cannot seem to pull off the look modern women have on the high street these days.
This is my casual Sunday look. still a little over dressed but that me all over lol.
Whatever! I felt comfortable and ease what more could I ask?
It wasn't a successful shopping trip in the end I just could get my head around what I needed to get. Add to that the disappoint of trying a size 14 coast skirt only to find its more like a size 12!!!
A successful hunt. A Great Gray Owl, St. Joseph Township, St. Joseph Island, Ontario; from the 2013 archives. The Great Gray-Owl (strix nebulosa) is North America’s largest owl; however, it is outweighed by as much as fifteen percent by the Snowy Owl and the Great Horned Owl. The average length of the owl is 61-84 cm, the average wingspan is 1.4-1.5m; females are slightly larger then males. Great Grays prey upon voles, mice, shrews, lemmings, squirrels, and hares. The owl will listen and watch from a perch, and swoop and catch its prey.
The design of this apartment building strikes me as unnecessarily complex--all those levels and set-backs and especially the odd double-window outgrowths, upper left. What is the aim? To give more units more daylight? A new building in Oakland's upper Broadway neighborhood.
Enlarges successfully. Shot while stopped at a traffic light.
Mac's 'Vivid' effect.
Arolsen Palace. The Residential Palace of Bad Arolsen. This baroque house of the Waldeck-Pyrmont family was one of the place(s) where Emma, the woman who saved the Dutch monarchy grew up. When King Willem III had lost two of his three sons and it became clear the third one, Alexander, would never be able to wear the crown, he set out to marry again. In 1878, he reached the Waldecks in Bad Pyrmont. While Emma's sisters 'fled in horror' upon the sight of the old, fat and (quite frankly boorish) Dutch sovereign, Emma decided 'the poor man should not return home alone.' Emma and Willem married a year later, in 1879. Alexander died in 1884 and Willem himself in 1890. Wilhelmina became a queen at ten, making Emma regent. While the monarchy's popularity was at an all-time low, Emma organised a promotional tour, showing the baby. Emma must have been aware of how her grandparents once successfully spoke to their people during a time, rife with revolution. It was probably the first time in history a sovereign would adopt such a course. At eighteen, in 1898 Wilhelmina was inaugurated. Emma continued to visit Arolsen Palace regularly, always staying in the Blue Room. Emma's four sisters all made great matches: Pauline, Elisabeth and Marie, married into principal houses of Germany, while Helene married the youngest son if the British Queen Victoria.