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art made only of laboratory apparatus and light, in the windos of the Wellcome Trust on Euston Road, London.
Greys Court is a Tudor mansion near Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire. In 1937 the house was purchased by Sir Felix Brunner and his wife Lady Elizabeth Brunner, the granddaughter of the Victorian actor-manager Henry Irving. In 1969 they donated the property to the National Trust,
The family fortune had been made by his grandfather Sir John Brunner, a prominent politician and chemical industrialist, one of the founders of the Company that became ICI.
The house appeared as "Downton Place," a secondary property of the Earl of Grantham, in a 2012 episode of Downton Abbey.
Trust is what a baby feels when he was thrown to the air and smiling in confidence that his dad will catch him for sure.. !
@ Club Mahindra Varca Beach, Goa
Powis Castle is a medieval fortress and grand country house located near Welshpool, Wales, and is renowned for its magnificent interiors and spectacular Baroque gardens. Unlike most border castles built by Normans, Powis was originally constructed by a Welsh prince in the 13th century. Today, the castle and gardens are maintained by the National Trust.
Transformed over centuries from a military fortress into an opulent residence, the castle showcases a wealth of architectural and decorative styles.
Medieval origins: The structure has its roots in the 13th century, with the earliest stone keep likely built by Welsh prince Gruffydd ap Gwenwynwyn. The impressive twin drum towers framing the main entrance were added in the 14th century.
Rich interiors: The castle is famous for its exceptionally lavish interiors, which reflect the tastes of the Herbert family and later the Clive family over many generations.
Key rooms include:
The State Bedroom: A rare, surviving example of a 17th-century state bedroom, it features a balustrade that once separated the royal bed from the rest of the room to mimic the etiquette of Versailles.
The Long Gallery: An Elizabethan-era addition containing family portraits and busts of Roman emperors.
The Great Staircase: Adorned with 17th-century frescoes and carvings.
The Clive Museum
Within the castle is one of the most important collections of South Asian artifacts in the UK, acquired by Robert Clive and his son during their time with the East India Company in the 18th century.
Controversial collection: The museum, located in the former ballroom, displays over 1,000 items, including textiles, weapons, and ceremonial objects. The origins of the collection are complex and controversial, as many were acquired as spoils of war. The National Trust is conducting ongoing research into the collection's history and provenance.
Exhibits: Notable items include the jewel-encrusted finials from Tipu Sultan's throne and a magnificent state tent.
Gardens
The world-famous Baroque gardens cascade down the hillside in dramatic Italianate terraces, a layout that largely survived the 18th-century shift toward more naturalistic landscapes.
Terraces and topiary: A key feature is the Top Terrace, with its huge, ancient yew trees that have been clipped into fantastical, amorphous shapes over centuries. Below this are the Aviary and Orangery terraces, featuring statues and formal flowerbeds.
Seasonal displays: The gardens are known for their vibrant and varied plant life, offering stunning displays throughout the year, from spring blossoms to brilliant autumn foliage.
Wildlife: Resident peacocks roam freely through the grounds, adding to the picturesque scenery.
Corfe Castle Dorset (National Trust)
The view from high up on the castle ruins with a steam train on the way to Swanage.
25th April 2024.
On this day......
1599 - Oliver Cromwell was born.
1859 - Construction work began on the Suez Canal.
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, who invented a successful system of radio telegraphy (1896), was born.
1917 - Ella Fitzgerald was born.
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Ruins of the Champion Mine's mill, in Freda, Michigan. Freda was the end of the line, and existed only for the mill. Once the mine went under, so did everything else in town.
Trusting Fate, unquilted cottons, machine pieced. 32.5 x 42.5"
The border got changed recently and got quilted and bound too.
Cragside is a country house near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland, England. It was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a forest garden of just under 1,000 acres, it was the country home of armaments manufacturer, Lord Armstrong, and has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977. The property was opened to the public in 1979.
Cragside, named after Cragend Hill above the house, was built in 1863 as a modest two-storey country lodge, but was subsequently extended to designs by Richard Norman Shaw, transforming it into an elaborate mansion in the Free Tudor style. At one point, the building included an astronomical observatory and a scientific laboratory. The Grade I listed house is surrounded by one of Europe's largest rock gardens, a large number of rhododendrons and a large collection of mostly coniferous trees. One variety of rhododendron is named after Lady Armstrong.
Lord Armstrong spent much of his time as a child in Rothbury to get away from industrial Newcastle to alleviate his ill health. He returned to Rothbury after not having a holiday for many years and decided to build a modest house on the side of a moorland crag. The original house was completed in 1863 by an unknown architect but was transformed by architect Richard Norman Shaw between 1869 and 1884 into an imposing mansion. Cragside is an example of his English Gothic style. The interiors are of national importance for its collection of furnishings, furniture (much designed especially for Cragside), and fine and decorative arts, including work by many other outstanding designers of the age, such as John Hancock and Albany Hancock and William Morris.
In 2007, Cragside reopened after undergoing "total refurbishment."
In 1868, a hydraulic engine was installed, with water being used to power labour-saving machines such as laundry equipment, a rotisserie and a hydraulic lift. Armstrong was inspired by a watermill on the Dee in Dentdale, and in 1870, water from one of the estate's lakes was used to drive a Siemens dynamo in what was the world's first hydroelectric power station. The resultant electricity was used to power an arc lamp installed in the Gallery in 1878. The arc lamp was replaced in 1880 by Joseph Swan's incandescent lamps in what Swan considered 'the first proper installation' of electric lighting.
The generators, which also provided power for the farm buildings on the estate, were constantly extended and improved to match the increasing electrical demand in the house. The 2006 regeneration project included extensive rewiring.
A new screw turbine was installed in 2014; it can provide 12 kW, supplying around 10% of the property's electricity consumption. The new system uses an Archimedes' screw 17 metres (56 ft) long.
The use of electricity in many of the houses gadgets and internal systems has also led it to be described by some as a smart home as it was the first private residence to use incandescent lighting, a dish washer, a vacuum cleaner and a washing machine. One of Armstrong's stated aims of both using and funding these new automation technologies was to "emancipate the world from household drudgery", as shown on a plaque at Bamburgh Castle, his other residence.
The forthcoming Benedict Cumberbatch film “The Current War” was filmed partly at Cragside - the film tells the story of electricity pioneers Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.
"Trust"
I took a drive up the Mckenzie river in Oregon yesterday. The peacefulness and beauty of this place never disappoints. This is a easy spot to get to just below Sahalie falls.
There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul.
One of my fave quotes.
This is Sweetie & Lexington - my 2 best girls.
Completed in 1908, the old Public Trust Building in Lambton Quay, Wellington is the only surviving building made of a true New Zealand granite – from Tonga Bay in north-west Nelson.