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This is my granddaughter Georgia. (Or at least a part of her.)
She came to stay with me for a couple of days.
We had fun but my God was I exhausted by the time she left.
This small Book of Hours is especially interesting for its profusion of humorous drolleries. Humans, animals, and hybrids are featured in the margins of each page of the book. The artists rendered in small scenes a variety of actions, like cooking, playing game, climbing, fishing, making music or moving the bodies in a dance. These drolleries amuse the faithful during his prayers, while showing scenes that work as metaphors of the soul fighting the vices. The original female owner seems to have been established in the diocese of Cambrai, judging from the use of the Office of the Dead. Several provenance episodes are evidenced by the book in the signatures on the leaves at the beginning and end of the manuscript. A priest in the sixteenth century wrote a message in code on fol. 1v asking to return to him the book if lost. Members of the ducal house of Savoy owned this book of prayer in the seventeenth century, as evidenced by the gilt armorial shield of Charles Emmanuel II (1634-75), duke of Savoy, stamped on the covers.
To explore fully digitized manuscripts with a virtual page-turning application, please visit Walters Ex Libris.
This Glossy Ibis was captured on 7 February 2012 in Eagle Lakes Community Park, Naples, Florida. I took this shot in the evening light trying to maximise the glossy plumage and the catchlight.
This has been tone mapped in Photomatix but required a lot of subsequent editing to get rid of the blue swamping caused by a clear overhead sky. Damned nice days anyhow.
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.
This will get re-scanned eventually!
I didn't get that many RA-5C pictures and this one is now in Pima!
This stoneware salad plate with its signature silky smooth finish is from the Denby Troubadour pattern, which was manufactured from 1971-1984 only.
This image has been digitised from Queensland State Archives, Series ID S2149: Railway Glass Plate Negatives - Queensland Rail Heritage Collection. It is one of the images depicting the many stations, bridges and tracks that people and goods travelled from, on and through all over the Queensland Rail network.
This shot shows the source of the stream as it flows out from under the front, left side of the platform
super excited to be featured amongst such talented artists in a lovely 11 page piece in computers arts magazine this month. the article: Illustration - Today and Tomorrow - looks at "how leading artists are climbing to new heights"
this is the front double opening page of story - you can see my piece, "there's no place like home", in the bottom right hand corner.
the text reads as follows:
"jo 'miss led' henly is another illustrator whose work is making people take notice. she's not only dabbling in the uk art scene - she's used it to launch her career. after falling into teaching art, she realised she was inspiring others to do what she was frightened of doing herself. subsequent work invovled online and offline exhibitions closer in concept than illustration work. everything was self-initiated. this gave her the confidence to keep pushing boundaries, thereby increasing the creativity and experimentation in her work. inspired by poster pop, pre-raphaelite portraits, graffiti and art nouveau, her free flowing, almost classic illustration style came about on its own. she is now regularly taking on editioral work as well as further opportunities in the art space.
when secretwars wars took their live drawing competition to the designersblock festival in london last september, henly emerged the winner. she says, "being the only female ever to enter was enough for me, but after three exhausting hours over a 20x8-foot wall space, four rounds and four stories , i was victorious!"
This is an invasive weed, but the boys just love to pop the seed pods.
Hasselblad 501CM with Zeiss Distagon f3.5 60mm CF, Kodak Portra, developed in Tetenal Rapid C41
This is a pretty nice camera with a good hand-feel. My example has a very stiff shutter button, though, so it was hard to get sharp pictures. The film was in the camera when I bought it, but only had a couple of frames exposed.
This former South Yorkshire Gemini still wears the old First livery but has the new Simplicity branding unlike the Gemini it was following on the 61 down Renfield Street. This one was on an 18 to East Kilbride.
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This photograph was published in the Illustrated Chronicle on the 8th of December 1915.
During the Great War the Illustrated Chronicle published photographs of soldiers and sailors from Newcastle and the North East of England, which had been in the news. The photographs were sent in by relatives and give us a glimpse into the past.
The physical collection held by Newcastle Libraries comprises bound volumes of the newspaper from 1910 to 1925. We are keen to find out more about the people in the photographs. If you recognise anyone in the images please comment below.
Copies of this photograph may be ordered from us, for more information see: www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt Please make a note of the image reference number above to help speed up your order.
This was made by wrapping up and down a bunch of Wrapped Icosagon cores when the shape only has its first layer added on. The cores are stacked on top of each other, allowing for a wrapping up and down the length of the column. It's quite easy to do and I might make a tutorial for this if asked.
I was actually extremely pleased with this shape. I LOVE the curves of this. It only takes a few minutes to make, yet looks lovely.
A video of this shape in motion as well as it's destruction can be seen by clicking on this link right here.
1959 Chevy El Camino . This road is about a 100 yards from the cruise night entrance **
RODS on the BLUFF - Friday night cruise - Riverview California
This section of the Bahia Palace, I think it was the stables, seemed to have conservation work ongoing so photographic options were a bit limited.
.. woke up early.. -yahn-.. looked with one eye out of my bungalow.. then i was awake quickly :) Thailand, Ko Samui, Lamai Beach, out of cam and out of bungi:)
Heute morgen, bin viel zu frueh aufgewacht, dachte ich.. gaehn.. mit einem Auge nen Blick nach draussen riskiert, dann war ich recht schnell wach :)
Sicht ausm Bungalow, von der Terasse aufgenommen. Morgen steh ich glaub ich wieder frueh auf ;) Es lebe der Kitsch:)) (Thailand, Ko Samui, Lamai - keinerlei Bearbeitung)
Stockport.
The Gilbert River was named after the first Colonial Storekeeper for the SA Company, Thomas Gilbert, and the last town astride this river before it joins the Light River at Hamley Bridge is Stockport. (Gilbert also became the first Post Master of SA in 1837 but he was never officially given this designation.) Edward John Eyre named the Gilbert River when he explored this valley in late 1839. Stockport has always been subject to periodic floods with last bad flood taking place in December 2010. But its location on the river adds charm. The first white land leaseholder in this area was Alexander McCulloch in 1841. Ten years later the Hundred of Light was surveyed and opened for settlement. The County of Light was declared in 1842 with the discovery of extensive copper deposits at Burra to the north in 1845. By 1850 bullock drivers regularly traversed this country on the way between Burra and Port Adelaide and so settlers were keen to take up land along these bullock ore routes. But a few settlers had managed to obtain surveyed land before the Hundred was declared. One such man was Samuel Stocks who took up land here in 1845. Stocks was born in Stockport Cheshire. That same year the Gilbert Arms Hotel was licensed where Stockport now stands. The bullock teamsters liked to camp overnight near a good water supply for their beasts. They also like a supply of alcohol for themselves! Unfortunately for Stocks he came to an early demise and died in 1863 at the age of 50 years. He had invested in the copper mines at Burra and bought up several town blocks in Stockport. But his affluence allowed him to spend his last days “in habits of intemperance”. He died at his home in Prospect. The town which was named after him was surveyed and declared in 1856 and by 1857 all the land around Stockport had been taken up by farmers usually on 80 to 100 acre blocks. From the start Stockport was an important town boosted by the bullock team traffic along the road to Burra. Edmund Bowman of Barton Vale and the Wakefield River runs bought a freehold section here in 1845. His sister Deborah had married William Forresters and she became the licensee of the Gilbert Arms Hotel with her husband between 1850 and 1852. Edmund Bowman had large flocks of sheep here in that period. But he also had land across the Gilbert River at Tarlee where the spot became known as Forresters.
Early major structures in the town were the Stockport Hotel in 1865, the Gilbert Arms 1845(burnt down in 1894), and the North Brook Hotel 1872 – designed by architect Daniel Garlick. All three hotels had closed by 1890. The fine sandstone Wesleyan Methodist Church was built in 1865, (the Sunday School Hall was added in 1923) and the Baptist Church with the unusual front porch was built in 1868 – now it is the town caravan park. It closed in 1951. The Institute began in 1873 with a tiny stone room now the rear part of the hall. It operated here until 1930. The front hall was erected in 1900 as the Stockport Council Chambers. But that life was short lived and in 1910 it became the Stockport Hall. (Notice the different sizes of windows down the side walls.) The District Council of Stockport was absorbed into the Riverton District Council in 1930.
The lifeblood for the town from 1870 was the Burra railway with the stationmaster’s house being erected in 1871 and the once fine stone railway station much later in 1898.The railway station has not been staffed since 1940 and the line closed in the 1980s.The first private school opened in Stockport in 1858 with the tin state school opening in 1884 with substantial additions in 1899 and 1925. The school master’s house was erected in 1881. The school closed in 1976. Although it is hard to believe today Stockport was an important little town with some industrial activity- it had a blacksmiths, flourmill (1860-95) and the District Council from 1865-1930. It was also the headquarters of the Wooroora Agricultural Society which ran the annual shows for Stockport, Hamley Bridge, and Tarlee. These shows were all held at Stockport until 1882. The first really big floods occurred in 1867 and 1873 but smaller early floods had made the locals choose an uphill site out of town for their cemetery. Today most outsiders only know about Stockport, if they have ever heard of it, because of the Astronomical Society of South Australia’s telescopes and observatory. There are two large observatories in the town and the Society has four public viewings a year.
This was from the 2nd time I went to Alaska in 1996. This was my 13th birthday.
I don't know how Diamond Center Mall is doing. This mall is freakin' huge. It has an ice rink, several floors of office buildings, and it had a Hello Kitty store!
I looked it up on the mall's website and the store is no longer open.
This 1997 built Gillig Phantom is just 16 years old and still spends quite a bit of time not too far from home. Today this bus will get about 15 minutes away from its factory at the final Destination of Great America.
As Gillig is a MADE IN AMERICA bus company, they have their factory and assembly line right here in the San Francisco Bay Area, Fremont to be precise. This factory sits just minutes away from the Northern most reaches of the San Jose Metro Area.
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This is the chapel of the separatist prison in Lincoln castle. The idea was that prisoner would effectively be in solitary confinement to reflect on their crimes. The boxes mean prisoners cannot see each other, only the preacher played by Dr Ian Whitbread, who I've skillfully chopped off at the top. This picture has 1st year students in it.
Alternative title: The good doctor reveals Leicester's new "late essay" penalty.
This weeks FDNY #tbt photo is from May 13, 1980 – a 4-alarm fire at 462 East 180 Street in the Bronx.
This is my standing desk that I made out of a Vika Artur desk from IKEA. The IKEA items cost about $100 and the kit from DIYstandingDESKkit.com $79. Works great.
Spring vegetables and sensual flavors combine in this celebration of Taurus bento. Hop on over to Bentobird for more!
This is a NaNo project.
I am very tire due to time lag. Need to adjusted back to the Pacific time zone.
Would give you all more information tomorrow.
Thanks for your visits & support.
I deeply appreciate it.
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This is my trainspotting logbook for a day by the lineside at Hest Bank (West Coast Main Line between Lancaster and Carnforth, at the junction to the Morecambe branch) in April 1968. The date is less than 4 months before the end of all steam engines operated by British Railways, with all steam by this time concentrated in North-West England. Hest Bank was and still is a wonderful place to watch trains; a handy car park with the line on one side and a Morecambe Bay beach on the other.
HP scan of original notebook (see also adjacent Hest Bank notebook for 11th July 1968)
ABBREVIATIONS etc:
'XP' and 'pass' are express and regular passenger.
'R.S' is the 'Royal Scot' express London-Glasgow.
'light' is light engine (engine only).
'd' is towards the North (Scotland etc.)
'u' is towards the South (London etc.)
'M' after d or u indicates Morecambe branch train.
On the right are times of day.
Ticked engines are "cops" (seen for first time), 'X' if seen before.
note: D in front of a number indicates a diesel engine, as per system at that time. Other numbers are steam engines.