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等持院茶室「清漣亭」
Toji-in was founded in 1341 by Lord Ashikaga as a family temple, under supervision of priest Soseki Muso who was then one of the most famous landscape gardener (and who later founded Tenryu-ji). The garden of Toji-in is one of the few surviving gardens designed by Soseki.
The main garden is divided in two parts. The western one is closest to the main hall and organized around the winding pond. slightly above the garden is a well known tea house 'Seiren-tei'. The second, eastern part of the garden has taller trees and is thus much darker. It is a place of moss and maple trees. South of the main hall is another smaller garden, of the "dry landscape" type (karesansui).
Toji-in is located right south of the Ritsumeikan University which is one of the major campus in Kyoto.
The IRM's Nebraska Zephyr departs Chicago for Day Two of the Wayback Machine Tour 2012.
This location is on railroad property and was accessed under the supervision of a more or less mentally competent railroad employee.
Hike with Charlie on Saturday.
Looking for signs of spring in the deep woods.
Charlie is a pretty patient supervisor!
NZ's first lighthouse, Pencarrow, lit for the first time
1 January 1859
Pencarrow Lighthouse arrived in Wellington on 21 June 1858 on board the barque Ambrosine. The 480 packages were initially unloaded at Rhodes and Company's wharf. They remained there for a number of months, the provincial government having unsuccessfully tendered for a vessel to transfer them to Pencarrow Head.
Finally in September 1858 the local brigantine Caroline was used to transfer the packages. This took a number of days, and once ashore the packages still needed to be hauled up the hillside to the lighthouse site. A tramway with a steam-driven winch was reportedly used to haul up the heavier parts.
Pencarrow Lighthouse, 1880
Despite these delays, Edward Wright, who was supervising the lighthouse's construction, made good progress. By 20 October 1858 the provincial government was able to advise the general government that the lighthouse would be ready by 1 January 1859 and ask that a notice be issued to mariners. The government agreed to publish the notice amid murmurings that this did not indicate support for the province's actions.
On New Year's Day 1859, almost 20 years after Wakefield had first raised the need for a light, Pencarrow Lighthouse was lit for the first time. Wellington's settlers celebrated not only the facility they had long demanded, but also the opening of the first lighthouse in New Zealand.
The surrounding area
Aside from maintenance to the tower and changes to the light mechanism, the lighthouse itself has hardly changed in 150 years. But there were significant additions to the surrounding area, particularly to address the ‘constant problem' of fog.
In 1898 an audible guncotton fog signal was erected beside the lighthouse. Another New Zealand first, it produced explosions of guncotton at 15-minute intervals whenever the light from the lighthouse was obscured by fog. This system was replaced with a compressed-air diaphone signal in 1927; this gave a blast of three seconds every minute.
Lighthouses at Pencarrow Head
In 1906 a second lighthouse, which would become known as Lower Pencarrow, was erected at the bottom of the Pencarrow cliffs. It was designed to be used when fog, or cloud, obscured the upper level light, and also to work with the upper light as a day mark.
Baring Head lighthouse under construction
In latter years the presence of the fog signal would prove more significant to those living at the lighthouse than the light itself. Its presence ensured an ongoing role for a keeper after a new automated lighthouse at Baring Head became operational in 1935 and Pencarrow was used solely as a day mark.
Keepers and their families lived on land at Pencarrow Head from 1852, before the permanent lighthouse had even been erected. Members of the Bennett family, the first lighthouse keepers, had to put up with ‘temporary' accommodation until they left in the 1860s. It wasn't until 1871 that the government erected new residences for the keepers. These remained largely unchanged until the late 1940s, when they were renovated and bath and wash houses were added. Other structures erected at the station over the years included a schoolhouse, cowshed and store.
When the fog signal was automated in 1959 it took away the need to have staff permanently stationed at Pencarrow. In 1960 the last keeper was transferred from the station and three years later the station buildings, including the keepers' residences, were demolished.
Changing role
As the lighthouse's significance as a navigational aid declined, recognition of its importance as a historic place increased. On 20 February 1959 a plaque was unveiled by the Minister of Marine, W. A. Fox, celebrating the lighthouse's centenary. The plaque had been provided by the recently formed National Historic Places Trust, which had recognised Pencarrow Lighthouse as an historic place under the Historic Places Act 1954.
At the time the land and buildings were owned by the Marine Department (the province having sold the lighthouse to the general government in 1865). It transferred the land and station buildings to the Department of Lands and Survey in 1960, but retained ownership of the lighthouse. In 1966 it decided the lighthouse was no longer required as a navigational aid and it was transferred to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (NZHPT — now Heritage New Zealand). In 1979 the lighthouse was gazetted as part of an historic reserve of 2044 square metres and NZHPT was appointed to control and manage the reserve.
Pencarrow Lighthouse documentary
For a number of years after the building stopped being used as a lighthouse repairs and maintenance had been neglected. Between 1974 and 1980 a significant restoration project was completed by the Ministry of Works and Development, at the request of the NZHPT. Maintenance is now a regular feature of the building's life. For example, in 2008 the roof and corroded rafters were replaced, and the ceiling, wall panels and weather vane were repaired.
NZHPT celebrated the lighthouse's sesquicentenary on 1 January 2009 with a tour led by Helen Beaglehole, author of Lighting the coast: a history of New Zealand's coastal lighthouse system.
A family tradition
In 1852 George Bennett began what was to become a family tradition of lighthouse-keeping at Pencarrow. His wife, Mary Bennett, took on the role after his death in 1855, while their youngest son, William Bennett, was an assistant keeper during the 1880s.
First lighthouse at Pencarrow Head
George was one of Wellington's first settlers, arriving from England on board the New Zealand Company ship Cuba on 3 January 1840. His future wife, Mary Jane Hebden, arrived just over a month later on board the Duke of Roxburgh. They married in November that year.
By the time George became lighthouse keeper at Pencarrow in early 1852, he and Mary had five children. The living conditions they encountered were appalling. In a letter to the Colonial Secretary in August 1852, George complained that the house was ‘neither wind or water proof'. The authorities were unsympathetic. The harbour master noted that the house was ‘as proof against the weather as wooden houses usually are in an exposed situation'. George's request for a salary increase was also declined.
Later that year the Bennetts' two-and-a-half year old daughter Eliza died. Her death can probably be attributed to their poor living conditions, which C. R. Carter observed first hand on an 1853 visit:
The interior of this building – a lighthouse and dwelling combined – was accessible to rain on all sides and in heavy gales it rocked and shook so much as to frighten the keeper and his family out of it, who in that case, took refuge in a sort of cave or cabin, which he had scooped out of the side of a hill, over which he had fixed a thatched roof and in which he had built a rude stone chimney. This cabin was his house of refuge and his cooking place. Altogether it was a most wretched place for any civilised human being to live in, even in New Zealand.
The family suffered another blow in June 1855 when George was killed in a boating accident. He and others were thrown out of the pilot's boat when crossing Barrett Reef in bad weather. While the others swam to safety, George clung to a rock and was washed away.
The Bennett children
Mary stayed on at Pencarrow and took over manning the light. She probably had little alternative. At the time of George's death she had five children and was pregnant with another. It would have been difficult for her to find another position, and widows' pensions were not introduced until 1911. And despite George's earlier complaint, the position may have been comparatively well paid. Certainly after Mary's official appointment as lighthouse keeper in 1859 her salary of £125 pounds per annum (plus firewood) compared well to the £20 or £30 per annum a domestic servant could expect at the time.
Women lighthouse keepers
Taking over from an absent or deceased husband was common for daughters and wives in the United States during the 19th century. Mary Clifford's book Women who kept the lights: an illustrated history of female lighthouse keepers describes how ‘members of [keepers'] families, including wives and daughters, learned to keep the lights burning when their men were away. When a male keeper fell ill or died, many of these women simply took over their husband's or father's duties, often receiving official appointments because there was no pension system for them’.
Mary Bennett remains the only woman to have been a lighthouse keeper in New Zealand. In her history Lighting the coast, Helen Beaglehole notes that it was uncommon for wives to even assist their husbands in light-tending duties: ‘mostly the women's lives were separate'.
Mary's assistant keeper, William Lyall, was less impressed with a woman being appointed lighthouse keeper. A year later he complained that he could not ‘undertake another winter with the help of a woman only'. He asked that something be done, but ‘without disadvantage to Mrs Bennett'. His request appears to have been ignored. In 1864 Marine Board officials reported that both Mary and Lyall had held their ‘respective offices' since 1859 and had ‘apparently conducted their duties in an orderly and efficient manner'. According to family sources, Mary returned to England with her children in 1865.
The family's connection to Pencarrow did not end there. In 1871 the Bennetts' three sons returned to New Zealand. William, the youngest, perhaps forgetful of the deprivations of lighthouse life, joined the lighthouse service in 1880 and was appointed an assistant keeper at Pencarrow. He and his family lived there until 1885, when he was transferred to Portland Island, Mahia. He left the service two years later.
Later keepers
Because of a policy that ensured keepers were transferred between lighthouses every three years, no other keeper or family would stay at Pencarrow as long as the Bennetts did. As a result far less has been written about the experiences of the keepers that followed them.
Houses near Pencarrow Lighthouse
Certainly, their living conditions improved over time, the government finally erecting new residences in 1871. But these could not prevent the loss of another keeper's child during the 1890s: Evelyn, the seven-month old daughter of Sidney and Sarah Woods, died of dysentery and convulsions on 9 March 1896. There is no further record of significant improvements to the residences until they were renovated and repaired during the 1940s.
Pencarrow Lighthouse, c.1900
One aspect that barely improved during the period keepers were stationed at Pencarrow was access. When the wife of principal keeper Parks took ill in 1910 it was quicker for the doctor to sail on a ship the following morning than to come overland on horseback. The situation improved when a road was constructed out to the lighthouse as part of the Hutt Valley Drainage Board's new sewage scheme during the 1950s. Even then, a trip into ‘town' still took a few hours, although keeper R. J. Jones and his wife were reportedly pleased that supplies could be ordered and delivered weekly.
Not to sure what they call it in the rail industry but in my line of work its called Supervised Practice - the working with a more qualified / experienced member to gain experience , prove competencies and accumulate hours .
The supervisor , out of sight was quite clearly giving support to this driver of the 1745 Nottingham - St Pancras
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Turns out that Black Mask was supervising the trade along with Warren White himself. Odd that two of Gotham's biggest criminal bosses are exposing themselves like this.
"Come on! We don't got all day!"
Black Mask yells at his men below us. He turns and talks to White, nodding and gesturing at the boxes.
"How should we approach this? Don't think we'll make it if we drop from here."
"We can split up. You take the skylights and stop anyone that tries to get out. Focus on the ones with boxes first.
"Got it."
I leave the rooftop and head for the lower levels of the warehouse.
Once I get there, I signal Harper to take the first shot. On the other side of the wall, I hear gunfire in all directions. Seeing my chance, I burst through one of the weak walls and straight into a henchman on the other side.
"It's the Bat! Get him!"
Warren fires a few shots with his pistol, then runs for the door. Sionis decides to stay, taking cover behind a doorway in the room. Harper and I take out the thugs, then focus our attention on him. He fires his gun at us a few more times. The hammer and slide click.
"Piece of junk!"
I slam him against the wall he's hiding behind and throw his gun across the room.
"Bluebird, check what's inside the boxes."
Harper rappels down from the broken skylight and opens one of the boxes.
"Just guns. Nothing special."
I turn my attention to Sionis again.
"You're lucky Warren sold me faulty weapons. Usually, I don't miss my bullets."
"I'm going to break a finger every time you don't answer a question. Understand?"
He scoffs.
"This is bigger than you and me, Batman. You already know I'm not the only one that wants you off our streets."
"Is he involved?"
"No way. The Clown's a wackjob. Doesn't care about business. If you want to go after someone, go after Cobblepot or the King."
"Is the King involved?"
"Heh. I wish. The man makes more money than Warren and Me combined. If you want some information, look somewhere else. Maybe you can ask that burglar girlfriend of yours..."
I slam Sionis against the wall, knocking him out cold.
"Girlfriend?" Harper asks.
"Get back to the cave. I need to pay someone a visit."
Selina needs to answer some questions.
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Sorry for the 10-month wait! I'm holding off on the Joker, so I won't use him as the main villain any time soon. Cookie goes to anyone who can guess who "the King" is!
The soup was delicious and now maid Fabienne is preparing the main course for our dinner. It's difficult to find good personnel these days so as a lady you have to keep an eye on your maid to make sure that she doesn't mess up. That's a task that I happily do; supervising a cute satin maid is a pleasure. Don't get me wrong though; if she messes up then I'll firmly correct and reprimand her.
we got a bunch more snow overnight -- and of course, immediately after I got the porch & car cleared, it started snowing again
Mark is off this week, too, and continuing work on his fieldstone patio project. This little critter came up to see what was going on! = )
Not really. Just keeping me company while I hang laundry, and keeping me company is of course a big part of Grant's job.
Thought I would post a sign (for Daves amusement)
The Movements Supervisor - Sounds like a sh1t job to me...
Argent's afternoon consisted on supervising us closely from the couch. The only way we could get out from under his supervision was to bribe her with cat snacks.