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1. I was born in a quonset hut on Hunter Army Air Base in Georgia.
2. I am named after my mama's little brother, Dmitri.
3. My daddy loved to remind me that I was eligible for membership in the D.A.R. from his side of my family tree and if I joined, I would undoubtedly be the ONLY D.A.R. member in history whose maternal family included active Communist Party officials in Ukraine & Russia:)
4.I have a lizard tatoo on my left leg that I've never regretted.
5.I have books cluttering every room of my home, I used to read 3 or 4 a week, but since 1995 when my mama passed away, I've not been able to get through even a third of one.
6.I left a 30 year marraige and a 30 year job behind in Pittsburgh in the early 2000's and headed WEST...smartest thing I've ever done.
7. Met my best friend, partner, lover and husband during a lunch at The Olive Garden in Norman, OK in 2002.
8.My favorite piece of music is Shostakovich's Opus 97, The Gadfly, but I also adore Jimi Hendrix, John Prine, Cat Power, Joanna Newsome, Neko Case and Shemekia Copeland and Madeleine Peyroux..(Journey, too...just don't tell anybody)
9.I have been searching for a recorded copy of a Ukrainian lullaby my mama used to sing me for 15 years now...no luck.
10. I have an obscene number of shoes...my husband calls me "Oklahoma's Very Own Imelda Marcos."
11.I am also a perfume addict...Hey...they say confession is good for the soul:))
12. I love the way my cats and dogs smell...sticking my nose RIGHT in their fur and INHALING!!!
13.Strange animals can immediately pick me out of a room filled with dozens of others..."THERE SHE IS!!!! THE BIG SOFTIE!!!!!"
14.My favorite color is purple.
15.My favorite place in the world is on my husband's shoulder, late at night in the dark, listening to him speak very quietly to me..he is my very own personal cure for a life-long case of insomnia.
16. I believe that life is tough and brutal and often cruel, but it also contains the possibility of great happiness if we can focus on accumulating moments of joy....a smile, a touch, a breeze on our faces, light seen shimmering on the leaves of a tree. I try not to miss a single moment.:)
This is a Photoshop reworking (in the style made famous by David Hockney) of my recently posted shot:
Obviously, unlike the work David Hockney...this is actually a single shot made to look as if it is composed of multiple shots.
I can only hope Katie doesn't want her modelling fee increased as a result of me producing this variation? You know how demanding top models can be (and Katie is very obviously a star!) :-)
Un giorno d'inverno Berlino era scura scura,
e fredda, e ventosa, eppure commovente e pacata e accogliente.
Girovangando nell'Est ormai alla moda
ho pensato alle cose piacevoli, in una giornata intirizzita,
come entrare in un caffè, trovare poca gente, musica non troppo
chiassosa, poter fumare la pipa, sedersi su un divano, leggere per ore,
chiedere bevande di ogni tipo, passare il tempo a ricordare,
osservare chi entra ed esce,
starsene accoccolati, noncuranti della provvisorietà di tutto,
e, girando lo sguardo,
vedere che qualcun altro, a tua insaputa,
si sta cullando nelle tue stesse Favorite Things.
"When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad"
My father left his office stuffs at the table before he went to sleep. He did not know that I took this picture just to post here tonight. I'm just sharing it. Lol.
There's something wrong with the picture. The small bag. Hahahha. :D
I love finding the little beautiful things while I am walking places. Flowers in Sacramento are some of my favorite things to find.
For the "What's in your Bag" group.
In crunchtime it's easy to forget to take things out of your bag, and so cruft accumulates and seams stretch until finally it's time to dump everything out and decide what you really need. I shouldn't have been shlepping half this stuff!
Not pictured: PDA (forgot it at work), pocketknife (in my pocket of course).
The photograph is not mine, but was taken by AJ , I have done the editing on this image, however.
I did a 16 things image some time ago, but things have changed and I have decided that the time is now right to revisit it.
16 things:
1. I have spent 34 years of my life feeling different and "at odds" with the world. I knew that I did not share the world view or thinking patterns of the majority of the people I came into contact with, but did not understand why, and was starting to believe that I was going mad. Every day I was hiding myself behind a facade of normality whilst knowing that the person other people saw was not me. I have now discovered, with the help of my friends, that I am not "mad" but merely different, and on the 15th November this year I was diagnosed as having Asperger's Syndrome , a form of Autism. I do not see this as a bad thing as i finally can begin to understand and accept my differences and to be proud of them as something which makes me an individual. My "normal" is probably not yours, but it is still normal!
2. I am in a polyamorous relationship, which means I have two partners. We are very happy together and are all very much in love. They are both talented guys and they understand and love my differences almost as much as I do. Lot's of people think that polyamory is something weird or that there must be something wrong with us, but I can assure you that that is not the case. In many ways I think poly relationships make a lot of sense as financial concerns are shared between more people and in the event of disagreements there is always a third person who can help to resolve things!
3. Yes, I am wearing a kilt! I have Irish ancestors and the kilt I am wearing is the Irish national tartan. I love wearing my kilt and feel it is a very practical garment. I enjoy going walking in it, despite the strange looks I get from other walkers!
4. In common with a lot of Aspergic people I prefer to be referred to as an "Aspie" rather that Aspergic or Autistic.
5. What I most like to be referred to as,though, is James,my real name, or Saesno, my flickr name. These names reflect who I am not "what" I am.
6. I have trouble telling some colours apart, so some shades of brown look green to me, and some shades of blue look purple. I have a fairly limited colour palette in my wardrobe so that I know everything will go together ok.
7. While other children had pop stars and actors as heroes, my heroes were Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Sherlock Holmes.
8. I love railways and will, if allowed to do so, talk endlessly about them. My favourite railway is The Ffestiniog Railway and I know a massive amount about its history and development.
9. I was able to hold a fairly reasonable conversation at the age of one, a fact which astounded my grandmother when I asked her for something I wanted. My mother has no idea that this was unusual, so only realised how advanced I was from other people.
10. I love reading and often escape for long periods into books. The longest time I have spent reading was about 7 hours, I think.
11. My favourite fiction authors are Terry Pratchett and Arthur Conan Doyle. I love non-fiction, especially histories and biographies. I love the Victorian period and read about it a lot. I believe it was a time when eccentricity, especially if coupled with ability in a certain field, was accepted and cultivated, allowing unusual people to thrive. I feel we could learn a lot from the Victorians about accepting certain kinds of difference, though I accept that their attitude to certain disabilities and illnesses also leaves a lot to be desired.
12. I have a mild form of face-blindness, and so I have learned to identify people I know by other means, using stance, dress and voice as pointers. I do not have pictures of people I know in my head, which makes it very difficult sometimes for me to describe people. I think that this is why I enjoy taking portraits as it gives me a "fixed" image of someone to refer back to.
13. I get into "food ruts" as i call them, and will become "stuck" on a certain food. I knew that this was happening when my local sandwich shop stopped asking me what I wanted for lunch and just made me my usual chicken sandwich with salad and mayonnaise!
14. I find it difficult to sustain friendships and so have lost a lot of people over the years by not making an effort to retain contact. I am now working on putting this right, and re-forging old links. I hope to hear from lots of people I miss.
15. I want to help others to have the support I have had, so next year I intend to walk Hadrian's Wall to raise money for the National Autistic society. I have intended to do this walk for years and never done it, so I want to carry through on my plans and turn the effort to good at the same time.
16. I believe that being an Aspie does not mean I am disabled, but means that I have different abilities to other people - I may not be able to look you in the eye without making a huge effort to do so, but I would be prepared to bet that my ability to absorb information and to remember things about subjects that interest me is way above average! I have my eccentricities and "tics" but they will not hold me back in moving on towards the future with a positive attitude.
I hope you have enjoyed reading my revised 16 things. I intend to produce more of them as things change for me as it is a wonderfully cathartic exercise.
I *love" funny and clever mash-ups.
And I had far too much fun adding in the magic spells (runic circle brushes), a digital background (fan art of the "Upside Down" world of Stranger Things) and run through Nik Software's Analog Efex Pro to give it a 1980's film camera feel.
As seen and photographed at the Boeing Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA.
Seattle | Washington | Boeing Field | Museum of Flight
Thanks for looking. I appreciate feedback!
20 Things About Me!
1) I am a princess. Literally, (long story email me on flickr interested)
2) I love pink.. purple and neon green! O.o
3) I <3 my boyfriend <3 forever.. no matter what! even if we don't always get along.. :)))))
4) My favorite music is usually vocal trance...
5) Music inspires many of my flickr pix
6) I used to be known as "itsadollworld" i still have that profile but it broke! teehee ... so i created this one!
7) the numbers 4 and 14 are my lucky numbers! ^^
8) I'm 30!!! O.o
9 )I live in the best (most liberal) city in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD! ;P
10) I collect and customize blythe dollies
11) I was in "creatively gifted" classes growing up! LOL
12) I have 3 kitties, and 4 ratties
13) (shhhh.. my favorite kitty is Gem-cicle .. don't tell this to sabby!)
14) i YOUTUBE! www.youtube.com/user/WandasPetsNCuteStuff
15) I <3 my mom almost as much as my boyfriend!
16) I am mentally ill.. and on disability! .. O.o
17) I love Old E! and 211's!!! LOL
18) I once lost 70 lbs and kept if off for a couple of years! :D
19) I am mostly a depressive, but right now I am loving life!!!! :P
20 )I don't <3 sweet foods! LOL
Post a pic of yourself, & then write 16 things about yourself.
01. Neither my Mum or myself have siblings, but I have lots of half sisters, the eldest of them is my age & named after my Mum. I've never met any of them.
02. I've shared my life & home with a cat or cats for all but around 7 & a half years of my (almost) 37 years, 4 of which was the first 4 years of my life. I really miss kitty company, but i'm not ready for another cat in my life yet.
03. Half of the people i've had serious relationships with & been in love with are women.
04. I have never driven a car, or had a driving lesson.
05. The only countries i've visited outside the UK are Finland (Helsinki) & the US (Bay Area & Santa Fe).
06. I have agoraphobia.
07. I studied Japanese at evening college for a while in the mid-90's, but sadly i've forgotten pretty much everything I learned. I have no natural aptitude for languages & am totally unable to retain the information.
08. Seeing people drink milk makes me feel physically ill.
09. My teenage years were very troubled & I missed over half my time at secondary school.
10. I have 80 Blythes, & yes, I'm fully aware that that is slightly insane.
11. When I was little I used to get £1 pocket money a week (from my Grandparents) & I used to save it & buy records, never toys or sweets.
12. When i'm alone in the house i sing quite a lot. I love singing, but I don't think I can sing well or that I have a good voice.
13. Earwigs, cockroaches & Subphylum Myriapoda (centipedes, millipedes, etc) totally freak me out.
14. I haven't been to a hairdresser since I was 16.
15. I studied ("fine art") photography at university, but didn't do my final year or complete my degree because I had a breakdown halfway through my 2nd year.
16. the first gig I ever went to was Run DMC & The Beastie Boys in 1988 (at the Manchester Apollo). It would have been Mantronix (in 1987? at Nottingham Rock City), but my Mum wouldn't let me go.
Suppose to come up with 16 random things about me - this is so hard - I'm not that interesting!
1. I am a very defiant person - if you tell me no - it just pushes me to do it even bigger.
2. I had a breast reduction surgery last December - I love my new smaller boobs.
3. I am 5 years cancer free!
4. I have two tattoos and am getting my third next year (mostly cuz hubby doesn't want me to get a third one).
5. I have very little self confidence - I think I suck at almost everything.
6. Having a girly girl daughter scares me - I am such a tomboy.
7. There are days I don't even brush my hair.
8. I love anything water related!
9. I hate wet wood (wooden spoons, popsicle sticks) - shivers - it creeps me out.
10. I can't help my 14 year old son with his homework anymore - he is officially smarter than I am.
11. Everyone in my family has red hair
12. I am a smart ass and avoid confrontation at all costs!
13. I hate wearing shoes
14. I have a distinguishing freckle on every limb of my body - I joke that if I were ever blown up - you could still identify me with the slightest body part (lol god that is gross).
15. I could sleep as if I were a teenager - I love to sleep!
16. I love to love people but am scared of being loved.
The castle has been the seat of the Percy family since Norman times. By 1138 the original motte and bailey castle, with wooden buildings, was replaced with stone buildings and walls. In 1309 the keep and defences were made even stronger by Henry de Percy. The castle then stayed unchanged for 400 years. By the 18th century it had fallen into ruins. The keep however was then turned into a gothic style mansion by Robert Adam. In the 19th century the Duke of Northumberland carried out more restoration of the castle.
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ALNWICK CASTLE, THE CASTLE, STABLE COURT AND COVERED RIDING SCHOOL INCLUDING WEST WALL OF RIDING SCHOOL
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1371308
National Grid Reference: NU 18685 13574
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 05/10/2011
NU 1813 NE 2/1 NU 1813 SE 1/1 20.2.52. 5330
Alnwick Castle The Castle, Stable Court and Covered Riding School including West Wall of Riding School
GV I
Alnwick Castle has work of every period on the line of the original motte and bailey plan. By 1138 a strong stone built border castle with a shell keep in place of the motte, formed the nucleus of the present castle with 2 baileys enclosing about 7 acres. The curtain walls and their square towers rest on early foundations and the inner gatehouse has round-headed arches with heavy chevron decoration. The Castle was greatly fortified after its purchase by Henry de Percy 1309 - the Barbican and Gatehouse, the semi-circular towers of the shell keep, the octagonal towers of the inner gateway and the strong towers of the curtain wall date from the early to mid C14. Ruinous by the C18, the 1st Duke had it rehabilitated and extended by James Prince and Robert Adam, the latter being mainly concerned with the interior decoration, very little of which remains except for fireplaces in the Housekeeper's and the Steward's Rooms and for inside the present Estates Office range. Capability Brown landscaped the grounds, filling in the former moat (formed by Bow Burn). The 4th Duke employed Anthony Salvin 1854-65 at the cost of £1/4 million to remove Adam's fanciful Gothic decoration, to restore a serious Gothic air to the exterior and to redesign the state rooms in an imposing grand Italian manner. The Castle is approached from Bailliff gate through the crenellated Barbican and Gatehouse (early C14): lion rampant (replica) over archway, projecting square side towers with corbelled upper parts, fortified passage over dry moat to vaulted gateway flanked by polygonal towers. Stone figures on crenellations here, on Aveners Tower, on Record Tower and on Inner Gateway were carved circa 1750-70 by Johnson of Stamfordham and probably reflect an earlier similar arrangement. In the Outer Bailey to the, north are the West Garrett (partly Norman), the Abbott's Tower (circa 1350) with a rib vaulted basement, and the Falconer's Tower (1856). To the south are the Aveners Tower [C18], the Clock Tower leading into the Stable Yard, the C18 office block, the Auditor's Tower (early Clk) and the Middle Gateway (circa 1309-15) leading to the Middle Bailey. The most prominent feature of the Castle on the west side is the very large Prudhoe Tower by Salvin and the polygonal apse of the chapel near to it. In the Middle Bailey, to the south are the Warders Tower (1856) with the lion gateway leading by a bridge to the grand stairs into the walled garden, the East Garrett and the Record Tower (C14, rebuilt 1885). In the curtain wall to the north are 2 blocked windows probably from an early C17 building now destroyed and the 'Bloody Gap', a piece of later walling possibly replacing a lost truer; next a small C14 watch tower (Hotspur's Seat); next the Constable's Tower, early C14 and unaltered with a gabled staircase turret; close by is the Postern Tower, early C14, also unaltered.'To the north-west of the Postern Tower is a large terrace made in the C18, rebuilt 1864-65, with some old cannon on it. The Keep is entered from the Octagon Towers (circa 1350) which have 13 heraldic shields below the parapet, besides the agotrop3ic figures, and a vaulted passage expanded from the Norman gateway (fragments of chevron on former outer arch are visible inside). The present arrangement of the inner ward is largely Salvin's work with a covered entrance with a projecting storey and lamp-bracket at the rear of the Prudhoe Tower and a corbelled corridor at 1st floor level on the east. Mediaeval draw well on the east wall, next to the original doorway to the keep, now a recess The keep, like the curtain walls, is largely mediaeval except for some C18 work on the interior on the west and for the Prudhoe Tower and the Chapel. The interior contrasts with the rugged mediaeval exterior with its sumptuous Renaissance decoration, largely by Italians - Montiroli, Nucci, Strazza, Mantavani and inspired from Italian sources. The chapel with its family gallery at the east end has 4 short rib vaulted bays and a shallow 3-light apse; side walls have mosaics, covered now with tapestry. The grand staircase With its groin vaulted ceiling leads to the Guard Chamber from which an ante-room leads west into the Library (in the Prudhoe Tower) and east into the Music Room (fireplace with Dacian captives by Nucci). Further on are the Red Drawing Room (caryatid fireplace by Nucci) and the Dining Room (ceiling design copied from St Lorenzo f.l.m. in Rome and fireplace with bacchante by Strazza and faun by Nucci). South of the Middle Gateway are Salvin's impressive Kitchen quarters where the oven was designed to burn a ton of coal per day. West of the Stable Courtyard, with C19 Guest Hall at the south end, is the C19 covered riding school, with stable to north of it, and with its west wall forming the east side of Narrowgate. The corner with Bailliffgate has an obtuse angled tower of 2 storeys, with a depressed ogee headed doorway from the street, and merlons.
Listing NGR: NU1863413479
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/137130...
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ALNWICK CASTLE
Heritage Category: Park and Garden
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1001041
National Grid Reference: NU1739315366, NU2254414560
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Extensive landscape parks and pleasure grounds developed from a series of medieval deer parks, around Alnwick Castle, the seat of the Percy family since the C14.
Between 1750 and 1786, a picturesque landscape park was developed for Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, involving work by James Paine, Robert Adam, and the supervision of work by Lancelot Brown (1716-83) and his foremen Cornelius Griffin, Robson, and Biesley in the 1760-80s, working alongside James and Thomas Call, the Duke's gardeners. During the C19 each successive Duke contributed and elaborated on the expansive, planned estate landscape, within which the landscape park was extended. This was accompanied by extensive C19 garden works, including a walled, formal flower garden designed in the early C19 by John Hay (1758-1836), and remodelled mid C19 by William Andrews Nesfield (1793-1881).
NOTE This entry is a summary. Because of the complexity of this site, the standard Register entry format would convey neither an adequate description nor a satisfactory account of the development of the landscape. The user is advised to consult the references given below for more detailed accounts. Many Listed Buildings exist within the site, not all of which have been here referred to. Descriptions of these are to be found in the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest produced by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT
In the C13, Hulne Park, West Park, and Cawledge were imparked within the Forest of Alnwick. Hulne Park lay to the north-west of Alnwick Castle and Cawledge to the south and south-east. By the late Middle Ages, Hulne Park extended to 4000 acres (c 1620ha) enclosed by some 13 miles (c 21km) of wall. It was stocked with some 1000 fallow deer and a tower at Hulne Priory served as a hunting lodge. The parks formed the basis of Alnwick Park, landscaped by Sir Hugh Smithson (1714-86) who in 1750 became Earl of Northumberland, inheriting his father-in-law's northern estates. Prior to this, from 1748 he and his wife, Elizabeth Seymour (1716-76), had lived at Stanwick, Yorkshire (qv) and at Syon Park, London (qv), where they had already established a reputation for gardening, attested by Philip Miller's dedication, in 1751, of his Gardener's Dictionary to the Earl.
Together they embarked on an ambitious scheme to restore the Castle, develop the grounds and estate, and restore the Percy family traditions and identity at Alnwick. Those employed at Alnwick were also involved elsewhere on the Northumberland estates: James Paine, architect at Syon House, Daniel Garrett, architect at Northumberland House, the Strand (1750-3), Robert Adam, architect at Syon (1762-9), Lancelot Brown, landscape architect at Syon Park (1754-72).
In 1751, Thomas Call (1717-82), who had been the Earl's gardener at Stanwick, prepared a scheme for the parklands and pleasure grounds, including a plan for Brizlee Hill (the south part of Hulne Park). Call and his relation James, working at Alnwick by 1756, were responsible for the development of Hulne Park over twenty years. The date and extent of Lancelot Brown's involvement at Alnwick is uncertain, although his foremen Griffin, Robson, and Biesley worked at Alnwick with teams of men between 1771and 1781 and records shown that they also worked alongside Call and his men (in 1773 for example, Call had a team of sixty men and Biesley one of seventy-eight).
Hulne Park was developed as a picturesque pleasure ground with extensive rides, follies, and the enhancement of natural features. A characteristic of the Duke's scheme was his recognition of antiquarian sites within the landscape, which were embellished. Thus in 1755, Hulne Priory was purchased to become the focal point of Hulne Park. A garden was made within the cloister walls and, from c 1763, the priory became the gamekeeper's residence, with a menagerie of gold and silver pheasants. Statues of friars cut by the mason Matthew Mills were set in the landscape. In 1774, a medieval commemorative cross to Malcolm Canmore (listed grade II), situated at the northern entrance to the North Demesne, was restored.
Following the Duchess' death in 1776, the Duke decorated all her favourite locations with buildings, some being ideas she had noted in her memoranda. Work also included other notes and ideas the Duchess had had, including the ruin at Ratcheugh Crag and some ninety-eight drives and incidents.
Plans for the parklands at the North Demesne, Denwick, and Ratcheugh Crags were developed in the late 1760s, although in the case of the North Demesne some parkland planting had been undertaken by 1760, and the major work undertaken in the early 1770s is that attributed to Brown, mainly on stylistic grounds.
During the C19, under the second Duke (1742-1817) the parks were extended, this including the purchase of Alnwick Abbey and part of its estate. The complex of drives was also extended and this was accompanied by extensive plantations, including the large Bunker Hill plantation central to the north area of Hulne Park, named to commemorate the Duke's action in 1775 in the War of American Independence. Most significantly, between 1806 and 1811, building centred on construction of a perimeter wall, defining the boundary of Hulne Park, and lodges and gateways at entrances to the parks. The carriage drives were extended, necessitating the construction of bridges over the River Aln. These schemes were implemented by estate workers, local masons, and David Stephenson, the Duke's architect.
As the Castle had no formal flower gardens, John Hay was commissioned between 1808 and 1812 to design pleasure gardens to the south-east of the Castle, linking it with a new walled garden at Barneyside, furnished with a range of hothouses, glasshouses, and pine pits. These were extended in the 1860s when Anthony Salvin, employed in the restoration of the Castle, built a gateway between the inner bailey and the pleasure gardens. Nesfield designed a scheme for the walled gardens to be developed as an ornamental flower and fruit garden, with a large central pool, conservatory, and a series of broad terraces and parterres. The Alnwick scheme can be compared to Nesfield's in the precincts of Arundel Castle, West Sussex (qv), in 1845.
Alnwick Castle, parks and estate remain (2000) in private ownership, the latest significant developments being the replanting and restoration of the North Demesne (1990s) and plans to completely remodel the walled garden.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION
Alnwick Castle parks cover a tract of countryside encircling Alnwick town on its west, north, north-east, and south sides. The land is a mixture of contrasting landscape types, with high heather moorland and the rough crags of the Northumbrian Sandstone Hills sweeping down to the improved pasture lands along the wooded Aln valley. The parks exploit the boundaries of these distinctive landforms where the rugged moorland gives way to the pastoral, rolling landscape of the Aln, on its route to the sea. In the west parklands the river is confined between hills, and in places has incised deep, narrow valleys while in the east the landscape is more open.
The registered area of 1300ha is bounded on its north-east side by the Hulne Park wall, west of the Bewick to Alnwick Road (B6346). The west side of the area here registered follows field boundaries to the west of Shipley Burn, starting at Shipley Bridge, and then turns south-west at a point c 1km south of the bridge. It then runs for south-west for c 2.3km, to the west of Hulne Park, before crossing the River Aln and running parallel to Moorlaw Dean for c 1.2km, on the west side of the burn. The southern area is defined by Hulne Park wall running around the south point of Brizlee Wood then in a line due east, south of Cloudy Crags drive, to cross the Stocking Burn and reach Forest Lodge. The boundary then defines the north-western extent of Alnwick town and, crossing the Canongate Bridge, the southernmost extent of the Dairy Grounds.
To the east of the Castle the registered area takes in the entire North Demesne bounded on its north by Long Plantation, a perimeter belt which lies on the south side of Smiley Lane and then extends eastwards to meet the junction of the B1340 and A1 trunk road. The A1 has effectively cut through the North Demesne from north to south and, although physically divorcing the two areas, they are still visually conjoined. Defined on its north side within the hamlet of Denwick by tree belts, the park extends eastwards for 1km before cutting across southwards to meet the River Aln at Lough House. This latter stretch is bounded by a perimeter belt. The south boundary of the North Demesne follows the river in part, before meeting the Alnwick to Denwick road (B1340). To the south, the Castle gardens are delimited from the town by property boundaries along Bondgate. An outlying area of designed landscape at Ratcheugh is also included.
A complex series of drives is laid throughout the parks, particularly in Hulne Park. A series of thirty standing stones stand at the beginning of the drives or where they converge. These are inscribed with the names of the drives and act as signposts.
Alnwick Castle (1134 onwards, c 1750-68 by James Paine and Robert Adam, 1854-6 by Anthony Salvin, listed grade I) lies on the high ground on the south side of the Aln valley, commanding views to the north, east, and west. To the south is Alnwick town but the landscape is designed so that the town is not in view of the Castle. The principal views from the Castle lie over the North Demesne.
The North Demesne originally included Denwick Park (they have now been divided by the A1 road), and together these 265ha form the core parkland designed by Brown. Perimeter tree belts define the park, and clumps and scatters of specimen trees ornament the ground plan. The Aln has been dammed to give the appearance of an extensive, natural serpentine lake, with bridges as focal points: the Lion Bridge (John Adam 1773, listed grade I) and Denwick Bridge (1766, probably also by Adam, listed grade I). A programme of replanting and restoration of the North Demesne is under way (late 1990s).
The medieval deer park of Hulne extended to the north of the Shipley Road (outside the area here registered). Hulne Park is now 1020ha and is in agricultural and forestry use. The principal entrance from Alnwick town is Forest Lodge, the only extant part of Alnwick Abbey. Hulne Park is completely enclosed by an early C19 perimeter wall, c 3m high with shaped stone coping and buttresses every 20m. Nearly 5km of wall lies alongside roads, 5km across fields, and 5km defines perimeter woodland and moorland from the enclosed park.
The park design consists of a series of oval-shaped enclosures, defined by tree belts vital for shelter. The highest point is in the west area of the park, from where there are long-distance views east to the sea. The River Aln winds its way through the park via a series of contrasting steep valleys and flatter lands. The valleys are emphasised by planting on the upper slopes, while the lower areas are encircled with designed plantations to emphasise the river's meanders and ox-bow lakes.
Picturesque incidents survive at Nine Year Aud Hole, where the statue of a hermit (late C18, listed grade II) stands at the entrance to a natural cave along Cave Drive, and at Long Stone, a monolith standing high on the west side of Brizlee Hill, with panoramic views over Hulne Park to the north-west. The picturesque highlight is Hulne Priory (original medieval buildings, C18 alterations and enhancements, all listed grade I), which includes a summerhouse designed by Robert Adam (1778-80, listed grade I) and statues of praying friars erected in the Chapter House (late C18). The Priory's picturesque qualities are well appreciated from Brizlee Tower (Robert Adam, listed grade I), built in 1781 to commemorate the creation of the Alnwick parks by the first Duke and Duchess, a Latin inscription stating:
Circumspice! Ego omnia ista sum dimensus; Mei sunt ordines, Mea descriptio Multae etiam istarum arborum Mea manu sunt satae. [Look about you. I have measured all these things; they are my orders; it is my planning; many of these trees have been planted by my own hand.]
Brizlee is sited on a high point which can be seen in views north-west from the Castle, mirroring views north-east to the 'Observatory' on Ratcheugh Crag, a sham ruined castle sited as an eyecatcher on high ground and built by John Bell of Durham in 1784 (plans to further elaborate it were designed by Robert Adam).
Another principal feature of Hulne Park is a series of regular, walled enclosures (the walls set in ditches with banks cast up inside the compounds) which line Farm Drive, the central road through the park, north-westwards from Moor Lodge. This functioned as the third Duke's menagerie, and is still pasture.
The 15ha Dairy Ground links Hulne Park and the North Demesne. It principally consists of the Aln valley north-west of the Castle, stretching between Canongate Bridge and Lion Bridge, laid out as pleasure gardens. Barbara's Bank and the Dark Walk are plantations laid out with walks on the steep slopes with a Curling Pond to the north of the Aln.
The walled garden of 3ha lies to the south-east of the Castle, reached by the remains of C19 pleasure gardens laid out on the slopes above Barneyside. After the Second World War use of the glasshouses ceased, and until recently (late 1990s) the Estate Forestry Department used it. The earthwork terraces and remnants of specimen planting of Nesfield's scheme survive.
REFERENCES
Note: There is a wealth of material about this site. The key references are cited below.
The Garden, 5 (1874), pp 100-1, 188; 20 (1881), pp 155-6 Gardeners' Chronicle, ii (1880), pp 523-4, 587; ii (1902), pp 273-4 J Horticulture and Cottage Gardener 15, (1887), pp 296-8 P Finch, History of Burley on the Hill (1901), p 330 Country Life, 65 (22 June 1929), pp 890-8; 66 (6 July 1929), pp 16-22; 174 (4 August 1983), p 275 D Stroud, Capability Brown (1975), pp 103-4 Garden History 9, (1981), pp 174-7 Capability Brown and the Northern Landscape, (Tyne & Wear County Council Museums 1983), pp 19, 22-3, 27, 42 Restoration Management Plan, Alnwick Castle, (Land Use Consultants 1996) C Shrimpton, Alnwick Castle, guidebook, (1999)
Description written: August 2000 Resgister Inspector: KC Edited: June 2003
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/100104...
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Gele bloemetjes met een geel Roemeens trammetje op de achtergrond.
Oradea, Roemenië
Yellow flowers with a yellow Romanian tram in the background.
Oradea, Romania
Ashleigh Leverette (10) shows her spirit and encourages everyone to a Rent Mr. HeLa because she thinks that it is awesome and fun. "I think its really funny to see the people who have rented the participants of Mr. HeLa boss them around and make them carry their things."
So, I don't really plan on making a Christmas wishlist with dolls because I honestly have no idea what dolls I like or want xD Because of this, I'm making a Hot Topic wishlist, as it is my favorite store xD I know I won't be able to get all this (I'm getting a gift card from my uncle for a pre paid Visa card...with like, 100 dollars on it as a combo for my birthday and Christmas) So yeah. And none of this is in order xD
1. High low black and white pullover- It looks so warm <3
2. "Freak" cropish shirt- I'm a freak. So, I need my shirt.
3. Once Upon A Time shirt- I always love that little part of a fairytale..Don't ask.xD
4. Zombies Make Better Boyfriends shirt- Just because I love the saying xD
5. Marked Book Series shirt- I love this book series, so obviously I'd love the shirt :3
6. Ariel tank top- I don't care if it's winter, Ariel looks awesome here and she's my top Disney girl <3
7. Stop F#@king Saying YOLO shirt- I hate that damn saying.
8. Farewell My Love shirt- Just found out about their band about a week ago, and I'm in love <3 Plus, I can always use a few new band shirts :3
9. I <3 Daryl Walking Dead shirt- I'm a huge Walking Dead fan, and Daryl is so freaking hot it's like...GAH. <333333333
10. This Is My Zombie Killing Hoodie jacket- I need a new jacket as my Gir one is wearing out and starting to rip :o
11. Vegetarian Before It Was Mainstream shirt- I'm a vegetarian, and idk, I've been eyeing this shirt for a while but I wasn't sure about it..But, I like it a lot now!
12. Adorkable shirt- Because I'm adorkable. And sexy. x"D
13. Swagg Doesn't Cure Ugly bracelet- Another saying/word I hate, and in my school EVERY PRISSY BITCH AND MANWHORE USES IT. So, eh.
14. Spock jacket- I died when I saw this. *___*
15. Purple beanie- Pretty self explanatory..
16. Where's Waldo hat- I LIKE EPIC HATS. c:
17. Red and black checkered armband- Again, self explanatory
18. Falling In Reverse Ronnie bracelet- I need more FIR merch, and I collect these rubber bracelets :3
19. Dubstep beaded bracelet set- I'm not a big fan of Dubstep, but the colors are awesome and I just like the bracelets overall..No, I don't care if it says sex on it. xD
20. Get In My Pants shirt- I found it funny. So, calm your cheese. <.< xD
21. Green Day shirt- I've never been able to find a good looking Green Day shirt and I stumbled across this on by accident, and I love it <3
22. CAAARRRLLL!!!! shirt- I know it's a male shirt, but I like Llamas With Hats too much to pass this up.
23. Blackheart neon body paint- Personally, I just want to see how it glows, and it would be fun to goof around with :3
24. Teal eye liner- Self explanatoryy.
25. Asking Alexandria wallet with attached chain- I love this wallet, and instead of just buying a seperate chain I cant have the wallet with it. I couldn't find any AA shirts that I liked, so this makes up for it :3
26. unicorn gloves- I'm a unicorn, that's why.
So yeah. I don't plan on being able to get all this, but I hope I can get at least 4 things off this list by the end of this year xD
It's now become part of our travelling calendar - we go on a city break for Jayne’s birthday in January - no presents for birthday's and Christmas, we travel instead. This year it was Seville. We had to drive 180 miles south to Stansted to fly there though, Friday afternoon on the A1, such fun... It was a really good drive down in actual fact, the best day for months, glorious blue sky and a fantastic sunset- and I was in a car. We got stung for tea and drinks in the Radison Blu but we were overnighting and leaving the car so we didn't have much choice. Ryanair aagh! Again no choice. To be fair to the abrasive Irish man O Leary things are better than they used to be and it was an acceptable flight.
We were hoping for better weather than we got- don't you always? It was. cold, windy and after some initial beautiful sun on our first afternoon, it was mostly grey. The wind died but so did the sun. The other little problem was that it was my turn for the awful cold that Jayne had been trying to get over. I was under the weather in more ways than one all week, it was only a cold but it was the worst I've had for ages and it didn't help my mood, particularly when the sun was absent. We had a few hours of really nice light here and there and I made the most of it - I think!
Seville has miles and miles of narrow cobbled streets, they seem to go on for ever. They are almost random in layout and it is extremely difficult to find your way around, it's easier to just keep walking and see what you find. So we did! The architecture is stunning and the history is fascinating. Aside from the ancient history the two events that seem to have had a massive recent influence are the Expo's of 1929 and 1992. The incredible buildings or 'Pavilions' that were built for a one off event are now part of the reason that people visit the city. The 1929 pavilions are fantastic, each one is a story in itself and a destination in its own right but there are a lot of them in Parque Maria Luisa. Plaza Espana, built by the hosts of course, is the biggest and I would imagine that you could make a project out of photographing the individual ceramic tile displays around it on their own. These incredible buildings really need the light to be right to get images that people want to see, flat bright light from bright grey skies is good for certain things but dramatic architecture deserves better - or maybe I'm looking for the easy way option. The other discovery that we made, we found just down the road from the hotel, about an hour into the trip – The Metropol Parasol. A giant lattice work parasol, apparently called ‘The Mushrooms’ locally and apparently the world’s largest wooden structure. You have to look twice, having discovered that it is wood. Only later did we discover that we could get to the top and there is an extensive walkway around the top of it. It is built on top of ancient ruins, ( still intact and viewable) a food market and bars etc. and has a plaza around it and on it, that is buzzing on weekend evenings. Walking around the top, the first people up it one day and being back to watch the sunset later was one of the highlights of the trip for me.
The 1992 Expo also covered a massive area but left behind lots of modern - and some very strange - buildings and arenas. Some are of a temporary nature and get dismantled others find a new use. The land used was on an island between two branches of the River Guadalquivir – Isla de la Cartuja. The branch that goes through the city is now a canal, blocked at its northern end by a barrier with a motorway on it, and is used extensively for water sports, mainly rowing. Many of the buildings are now used by private companies as headquarters , others have a very derelict look. The whole area- even though it is home to the theme park- which was shut for the winter, has a neglected air about it. There are weeds growing everywhere but fountains are switched on, which seemed odd. Unlike the city a short distance away, there are no cafes or bars or other people around for that matter, just us meandering through. The car park that was created for the event is massive, it stretches for miles, and I really mean miles. Totally derelict, just the odd person or dog walker around. There is even a railway line terminating here, in the middle of nowhere a modern and apparently unmanned station, like a ghost station. At this point, across the river proper is open countryside, much flatter than I expected and very easy for local walkers and cyclists to get to - also very calm and quiet, a place to linger and enjoy the peace.
As usual I researched and discovered as we walked, we averaged around 13 miles a day and tried to get off the beaten track. We were out around 8.15, before sunrise, and had orange juice, coffee and Tostada with the locals for breakfast. The trouble is that there are many miles of walking in a relatively small area, some streets are only a few feet wide so there are a lot of them to explore. Incredible ancient churches and squares are around every corner- it's a very religious place - Catholicism rules in Spain. Unfortunately many are only a few feet away from the building next to it and it is difficult to get a decent shot of them. Seville is also famous, historically, as a producer of ceramic tiles. A building isn’t complete without a tile display of some sort and it would be very easy to make a project out of tiles alone. It may be a little boring for any companions though!
We walked the length of the embankment a couple of times, it has graffiti from end to end, several miles of massive concrete walls covered in everything imaginable, from marker pen scribbling to works of art. It was suggested to me that allowing people to paint here might prevent them from daubing property and monuments in the city- it hasn't! Most alleyways and shutters have been attacked to a greater or lesser degree. Spain has very high youth unemployment and maybe this plays a role. To be truthful though we haven't seen a city that's free of graffiti. The other problem is dogs- or what they produce, it's everywhere, absolutely everywhere, in a week we saw only one person remove his dogs mess. Fortunately the city streets are cleaned exceptionally well, some of the cleanest we have come across, men (and a lot of women) and machines are washing and sweeping endlessly.
Having had the wettest winter on record at home - almost three months of rain - we didn't want more rain but we got it. The upside was the water and the reflections that it created made photography on the cobbled streets more interesting, particularly at night. I usually find that it takes me a while to get into the groove on a trip and this one was no different, I didn't start shooting with total disregard - street shots- for a couple of days. Whilst the locals wore quilted jackets and scarves we got down to tee shirts at times, the warmer afternoons would be welcome in summer, never mind January, in Huddersfield. I envied the cyclists, being able to train in temperatures like this in winter - I wish! You need a lot less willpower to get out there and train hard in pleasant weather.
From a photography point of view I had a frustrating time, I never felt to get to grips with the place- other than on the streets at night. Writing this on my phone on the flight home, I haven't a clue what I've got to work with when I get back. I usually edit first and write later. Generally I have a first look, I'm disillusioned, I then revisit and see things differently- thankfully! Architectural shots with a grey sky could be destined for the monochrome treatment, we'll soon see. I'm still editing stuff from our London trip before Christmas, it's getting decent views in black and white and I quite enjoy looking at them myself.
We visited most of the notable tourist destinations, and went up anything that we could. Seville doesn't have a high point-it's flat! Nothing really stands head and shoulders above the city. The Cathedral tower is over 300 feet but the Cathedral itself fills a lot of the view on some aspects. Being square and having to look through bars in recesses you don't really get a completely open aspect. A new 600 foot tower is close to being finished, it's an office block and I couldn't find any mention of it being a viewing point in the future.
Oranges were the last thing on my mind when I suggested going to Seville. There are 25000 orange trees in Seville and now is the time that they are laden with big-and sour- Seville oranges, they are everywhere, apparently they are the property of the city authorities and will be harvested and sent to the UK to be made in to marmalade at some point in the near future. These trees will soon be covered in fragrant blossom, the city will smell beautiful for a couple of months. Studying the surrounding area it would be good to tour in March or April I would think, the scents, longer days and better weather would make for a fantastic trip. One for the future. The sunrise on our final morning was the best of the week, this was what we had looked forward to, we had to leave for the airport at 9.00...... Needless to say it was raining hard as we drove the last twenty miles home. Nothing new there then.
As usual I have aimed to present a pretty extensive collection of photographs of our chosen destination, some, at first glance will be pretty mundane shots of everyday life on the streets, often though, close inspection will reveal something humorous, something that needs a bit of thought. Others are definitely just people going about their holiday or work. Travelling with someone else it wouldn’t be fair to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to nail the perfect long exposure or HDR image of a cathedral or similar in perfect light – the one stunning shot to add to the portfolio- it’s not really my thing, I go for an overview of the place in the time available. Looking at the postcards locally it becomes obvious that stunning shots of some of these buildings are hard to come by. Heavily corrected converging verticals were quite obvious – and most likely will be in my own shots. As the owner of tilt and shift lenses I never travel with one – ever! My knees are already creaking from the weight of the bag.
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TEN THINGS about me and photography
1 A year ago my profile pic was born on New Year's day on Gran Canaria... as the locals celebrated New Year with fireworks I took a picture which is now my profile picture!
2 When taking a photograph of some iconic object I like to take a photograph which tells the story without having to show of all the image but yet it is still instantly recognisable: for example this www.flickr.com/photos/aidanmcmichael/3945604670/in/set-72...
3 In 1997 I took a year long photography course - every Tuesday evening at Belfast Met College ...it had some theory thrown in but this was just about of a book ...I was really interested in the practical side so I borrowed my brother's manual SLR - we had to cover topics such as 'atmosphere'... my portfolio for that topic included: pictures of sky, balloons and wind turbines! For the topic 'colour' I took pics of my nephews for their red hair! I'd do it all differently if I was doing it now - of course ..but I got my 'City and Guilds' qualification anyway!!
4 My cat Tori - a chocolate Burmese wakes me every morning at 7.30 sharp. I'm sure my neighbours hear her squawking..and yes I do let her in and she tries to get in under the duvet - often with much success! She produced these wonderful paw prints for me to discover a couple of years ago in the snow www.flickr.com/photos/aidanmcmichael/2235860447/in/set-72...
5 My interests in my early working career were scientific in nature - I used several techniques for taking photographs including taking photographs of a cross section of a grass blade mounted on glass slides using a microscope and high resolution details inside plant cells using a camera mounted on a scanning electron microscope. Both of these helped me understand the print media and B&W photography....in those days we all had to develop our own prints. I loved the dark room...in the 1980s and '90s I had to use 'Kodak Blue' for making slides for presentations - this involved printing the text for the presentation on white paper then photographing them one by one with Kodak Blue and then developing the film myself using a sealed black drum with a twisting mechanism to remove the film from its casing....then mounting the processed film into plastic slide frames and then on into the carousel for projecting! Can you image what it was like to make a spelling mistake ...if anyone complains about Microsoft Powerpoint again - hit them!!!
6 I'm facinated by Robert Welch the 19th Century Belfast Photographer. As an antiquarian and naturalist he has taught me a lot about my own local history - through his images we can see what remains of a time gone by - much to my surprise I find I have delivered lectures on Welch to various clubs and societies, including the Belfast Naturalist Field Club of which Welch was president, and I have the Belfast Titanic Society in my diary for September 2010 (Welch was the official photographer for Titanic's Ship Builder, Harland and Wolfe, and recorded all of the world famous pictures of Titanic being built and being fitted out!).
7 One of my earliest memories is the advent of the Polaroid Instant print camera - this used "pack film," which required the photographer to pull the film out of the camera for development, then peel apart the positive from the negative at the end of the developing process! I can remember as a 5 or 6 year old being in my grandmother's back yard where my father used a Polaroid pre SX 70 (cant remember the exact model). There was disbelief as my father www.flickr.com/photos/aidanmcmichael/1268352559/in/set-72... tore back the paper cover after the requisite seconds had elapsed, to see the developed image before our very eyes. Colours didnt seem to be true and it was very flat but it was nevertheless amazing to see. Later, I remember my father taking photographs in the form of slides, ektachrome 35mm - as a child I was always facinated with the intense colour and clarity of the slides which he kept in a bit of a jumble in an old box. I dont remember that we had a light box - a 'to do' for 2010 is to get these digitised!
8 I remember how I heard about Flickr - I was receiving physiotheraphy... so was flat on my back in traction - the physio used to turn on the radio and just as I was falling asleep my session would be over and I would be rudely awakened. Anyway I was lying back one day listening to the radio - must have been BBC Radio 4, I always asked for 'talk' radio as her choice of music stations was awful! As I lay dozing and having my spine pulled apart I heard the word flickr...flickr...flickr...and that was that!
9 I remember my first digital camera which led to my first digital pics going on flickr. I was in New York, Manhattan in December 2004. I had a little camera from a few years earlier, a mini camera, I think it was described as - the first phase of camera size reduction at the turn of the century! Anyhow...it broke while I was in NY! So I browsed all the electronic shops from Times Square to Mid Town and found a good enough deal..a Konica Minolta Dimage Z10. I just loved the shape of it as I knew little about the technical spec...that very evening I disposed of my camera box and strung it round my neck and later as I ascended the lift to the top of the Empire State Building! I was just as awe struck as I was my first time there in '96. This time I was there to digitise! My memory is that I was knocked about all over the place as everyone jostled for relatively limited viewing space - but in the end I got my pics then and I get them now! www.flickr.com/photos/aidanmcmichael/115979526/in/set-721...
10 People rarely comment as I take pictures - last year as I took a picture of a shop front the owner came out and asked if he could have a copy (later I emailed it too him), But it was the first time I had thought about how easy it was to take a digital image but yet there are people out there who either dont know how to do it, or dont have a camera or a camera phone. I found the shop owner amazed by how I wanted to take a picture - maybe he was flattered in some way - anyway I was glad to be of help www.flickr.com/photos/aidanmcmichael/4072861772/in/set-72... I didnt buy any of the Titanic Town Sweets on sale!
this is the second of my ten things. i told you it was going to take me a while.
inspired by elizabeth taylor.
I get wildly enthusiastic
about little things...
I play with leaves,
I skip down the street & run
against the wind.
~Leo Buscaglia~
Decorating for Halloween is something I look forward to each year.
With the recent addition of a kitty to our family things have been scaled back a bit, but these two towering lights of sparkling wonder are safe and have a prominent place in our tv room where they can glow in peace and WOW all guests who come to visit.
Happy Haunting to all who enjoy this seasonal fun!