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20200916_2643_7D2-140 Boulder Bay to Whitewash Head (260/366)
After a busy first few hours of the day I decided to get the fishing gear out and head down to the pier for the first fish in the sea for many months. If the weather is fine my son Al and his wife and grandson Ethan are off surf casting on Saturday afternoon/evening, so I wanted to make sure some of the gear was all in order with a shakedown off the pier.
The weather was great, hardly any wind and not a cloud in the sky apart from over the mountains 80km to the west. I arrived on the pier about 11:35am and started to get my 13’ surf caster rigged up. Yes, a bit of overkill for the pier, but it is what I will be using on Saturday (hopefully).
I baited up and cast out and noticed the time. 11:59am.
A minute later the wind picked up to near gale level and had swung from the very light easterly to a Nor’west. First to disappear was the lid of my small bait bucket – blown straight off the bucket and the pier into the sea. Next was my old Hunting & Fishing cap (it was on its last legs anyway) and it was last seen heading out to sea following my lid. I noticed that the 25-30 people on the pier were, apart from four, all leaving. I decided to leave as well and as I was winding in I noticed the top ring of my rod was missing (it was there 15 minutes earlier!), but spotted it on my line just above the terminal tackle.
So with two bits of missing equipment and a missing top ring it was not a great 40 minutes, so after packing up the fishing gear grabbed the camera and took a couple of shots looking south east towards Sumner, Boulder Bay and Godley Head.
Top section of my rod will be dropped off at the tackle shop tomorrow for a quick repair (new top ring), I have replaced the bait bucket lid with another from my garden shed, and the cap was replaced a few days ago with a free give a way when getting a new season (October 2020 – September 2021) freshwater fishing licence at Hunting & Fishing.
Anyway the view here is of the buildings atop Godley Head (in among the trees on the first ridge). The natural harbour (an extinct volcano crater) of Lyttelton lies between the near and distant hills.
The houses at sea level about 1/4 from left are the baches at Boulder Bay (small boat or walk in access only) and to the right Whitewash Head and part of Scarborough (the hilly part of the suburb of Sumner). Behind the earthquake scarred face (2011 quakes) of Whitewash Head is another bay, Taylors Mistake a popular summer swimming spot. It is named Taylors Mistake after a Captain Taylor who sailed into this bay thinking he was about to pass over the Sumner bar about 2km to the right of the image. That was in 1865.
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Our garden has enjoyed/endured several dry weeks of hot weather!
Today the plants got watered from the sky and although they look droopy now, they really needed refreshing.
This lovely pale foxglove has given the bees plenty of work and should make loads of new seeds!
The white-painted window pane of an empty shop, turned yellow at night when the light was on inside.
The whitewashed Houses in Gleno,village in County Antrim,Northern Ireland.Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the USA,had ancestors that came from the village.
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Rome's African emperor as depicted in Arbeia's children's jigsaw. Because kids would be confused seeing a black man in a position of power, right?
Photo of the Severan Tondo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, from the Altes Museum in Berlin.
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Donald Trump is on trial in the Senate. Evidence was gathered and presented in the House, but the President and his administration refused to allow important officials with direct information to testify: people like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former National Security Advisor John Bolton, and White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
From the beginning, it's been clear Republican Senators would like to sweep this "inconvenience" under the rug. The Party is Trump's now. He has shown he is ruthlessly vindictive. And, any defectors will be severely punished. Simply, they are afraid for their careers and have put them ahead of our country.
During the Senate trial, new evidence has come to light: Lev Parnas' texts and testimony about the President's actions to withhold funds and arms until Ukraine opened an investigation on the Bidens, a dinner party audio tape of Parnas accusing American Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch of telling Ukrainians that Trump will be impeached, and at the same dinner, Trump telling guests to "get rid of" the Ambassador. And, now leaked parts of Bolton's upcoming book confirm Trump held back Ukrainian aid until they announced an investigation of the Bidens. The New York Times reported Bolton's attorney submitted his manuscript to the White House for review of classified information on December 30, 2019. This gave the White House a sense of what a Bolton testimony could do to the President's case and made blocking his testimony even more critical.
Will this make any difference? Despite all this new evidence, most Republican Senators see no need to enter new evidence. Maine Senator Susan Collins wondered why this new information wasn't part of the House's investigation (even though the President refused to cooperate and Parnas was given permission to reveal his information by a judge only after the House had concluded its investigation). When told this, Collins unbelievably replied, "Doesn’t that suggest that the House did an incomplete job, then?" Where is the interest in justice?
With Bolton's revelations, it might make it more difficult to ignore the call for witnesses. But, he also becoming a pariah in the Republican Party. The White House has described him as "disgruntled employee" who took memos he should have left behind. And, Republican Senators are distancing themselves from him.
It is despairing to see those we've elected and trusted with our country to act in such a cavalier way. A recent poll shows that 71% of Republicans want Mitch McConnell to call witnesses. As evidence mounts, the coverup to protect the President reveals the corruption at the highest levels of our government.
This impeachment trial is a whitewash.
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In a narrow whitewashed alley of Cadaqués, a bright red scooter rests against a wall with electric‑blue shutters. Stone paving, green window bars, and fleshy leaves in the foreground create a crisp, sunlit Mediterranean scene.
Yesterday, April 21, 2022 marked the 62nd anniversary of Brasília. One of the local traditions is whitewashing curbs and overpasses.
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Freshly cut hay meadows in Ettersgill create a patchwork dotted with whitewashed hill farms. Taken on a July morning in soft slightly hazy sunshine.
The Trangie Soldiers' Memorial Hall is a large whitewashed concrete building located in a main street of the town.
The words 'Lest we forget' are inscribed above the front door.
The large building features two dominant columns at the front entrance. Two large metal honour roll plaques are attached to the front of the building on either side of the door. There are also four smaller metal plaques attached below the left-hand side large plaque. Along the street alignment is a concrete and metal fence.
In August 1922 a public meeting was held in the town and a committee was formed to consider raising funds for a Soldiers' Memorial Hall (Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent, 18 August 1922).
A Dubbo architect Mr J B Macdonald was engaged and prepared plans and estimates for the proposed hall which were considered at a public meeting in mid-December 1924 (Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent, 19 December 1924).
Fundraising commenced and continued apace with Race Days, sheep drives, sports meeting, and donations.
The cost of building the original proposed brick hall proved to be too expensive, therefore plans were made to present options for a concrete building to reduce costs (Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent, 7 September 1926).
The building work progressed swifty during 1927, under the contractor Mr Beale, and by mid-July the outer walls had been erected (Narromine News and Trangie Advocate, 20 Jul 1927).
The Memorial Hall was officially opened three months later. On 12 October 1927 a guard of honour formed by returned Lighthorse men, under Lieutenant G B Richardson, proceeded to the hall where 500 residents awaited the arrival of Brigadier-General Cox to conduct the official opening ceremony. The names of 552 veterans on the honour roll were read to the assembled gathering.
The occasion was followed by a ball that evening. (Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent, 14 October 1927).
i pulled over on the side of the road to shoot this farm i saw. it was a good day for bokeh
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Othem church (Swedish: Othems kyrka) is a church building in Othem, Othem parish on Gotland and belongs to the Othem-Boge parish in Visby diocese. It is located just over 3 km northeast of Visby and 6½ km northwest of Slite.
Othem church is a whitewashed Romanesque limestone church with narrow arched windows, a narrower choir to the east and a pointed tower to the west. The tower is equipped with two-coupled arched openings on three floors. On the south side of the church are two entrance gates. They both have pointed arches with a fit tympanone contour and both have plant ornaments on the capital bands. The larger portal into the longhouse is equipped with lashes, while the chancel portal is more elaborate in its details. On the northern side of the longhouse, there is a clogged Romanesque portal originating from a former stone church. The sacristy is located north of the choir. In the middle of the longhouse's south side is an unusually strong support wall.
The choir is dominated by the altarpiece from 1693, but there are also medieval lime paintings from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. Such have previously existed in the longhouse. On the epistle side stands a pulpit from the 18th century with sound ceilings. In the triumphal arch hangs a crucifix with the "victorious Christ".
On both sides of the altar are two tombstones with runic inscriptions reminiscent of Halvard in Agnabo and Niklas in Kikin (?). The choir also has a burial hob with majuscule inscription; underneath it rests the first known vicar Nicolaus († 1336).
Investigations of the foundation have found remains of a 12th-century church. Before the present church, there has been at least one church building in stone, built just before 1200. A walled Romanesque portal in the long wall's northern wall is reminiscent of its predecessor, as well as a strong, weather-beaten baptismal font from around the year 1200, possibly performed by the stone master Sighraf. This older church was equipped with a tower at the beginning of the 13th century.
In the 13th century, the present church was started. It was connected to the tower from the previous stone church. In the middle of the 13th century, the square-shaped longhouse, consisting of four square trusses, was erected by a round center pillar, the capital of which was decorated with reliefs. This chapter is very similar to the corresponding chapters in Hellvi church, built by the Gotlandian builder and sculptor Lafrans Botvidarsson, which could indicate that the same builder worked here as well. After the construction of the longhouse, the choir continued almost immediately with the straight-ended choir consisting of a single trough with round diagonal ribs. The tower was also heightened then.
As early as the 1240s, the four arches were decorated. In the east, the tree of life was painted with the root of one of the streams in the Garden of Eden. In the northern and southern kappas there are more trees and also the vaulting ribbons are ornamented. In the tree of life, a couple of birds have settled down. They, i.e. the human souls, are shot by the powers of evil disguised as hunters, but the arrows bounce back against the shooters. In the western arch, evil power appears in the form of an ascending dragon, which opens its gap to the tree of life. In a medallion under the tree of life, Christ oversees it all. About 1265 the church buildings and decorations were finished.
Around 1330 a significant artist visited the church. On the northern side of the triumphal arch, he painted Mary with the baby Jesus, an unusually high-quality work of art.
At the turn of the century, the so-called "Othemsmästaren" appeared, which also made lime paintings in Fide church on Gotland. In Othem he painted Christ as king surrounded by the disciples, as well as on each side of the altar, the apostle Paul and Saint Dionysius, bishop, and perhaps the patron saint of the church.
In 1693, all medieval paintings were calcified and an altarpiece of sandstone was inserted in the choir.
In the 1730s, the pulpit was installed and it was probably during the 1740s that the church received a new bench interior.
In 1774 a new stand was built. The Barrier Barrier was decorated in 1776 by the sergeant and church painter Johan Nicolaus Weller (1723-1785), who painted the four evangelists and Jesus at the age of twelve in the Temple of Jerusalem.
In 1854, a church organ was installed by organ builder Anders Vilhelm Lindgren (1807-1860) from Stockholm. His organ facade still remains, even though the interior has been replaced.
One night in March 1908 the church was ignited and in the morning the wood in the tower as well as over the longhouse and choir had been consumed by the fire. The church bell was alerted before it fell down and burst. Fortunately, you managed to save loose inventory, among other things. the church silver and all old documents. The fire was probably due to faults in the heating system. The following year, the church had a new roof over longhouses and cows. Now they took the opportunity to produce the old medieval paintings that were whitewashed in 1693.
In 1952, the church was restored following a proposal by architect Erik Fant (1889–1954).
In 2000, the church was renovated and in August 2004, a ceiling painter could be seen climbing to the top of the church tower spire.
Altar essay in sandstone depicting "The Crucifixion of Jesus", donated by Mårten Fries and Margareta Schröder in 1693.
Baptismal font, weathered, from about the year 1200 possibly by Sighraf,
Triumphal crucifix with the "victorious Christ".
Pulpit and sound ceilings from the 18th century.
Decoration on the Balcony Barrier "The Four Evangelists" & "Jesus at the age of twelve in the Temple of Jerusalem", painted in 1776 by Johan Nicolaus Weller.
Contemporary wood sculpture above the baptismal font depicting "Mary with the Child of Jesus", executed by sculptor Bertil Nyström from Slite.
Source: Swedish Wikipedia, translation by Google Translate and me
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Othems kyrka är en kyrkobyggnad i Othem, Othems socken på Gotland och tillhör Othem-Boge församling i Visby stift. Den ligger drygt 3 mil nordöst om Visby och 6½ kilometer nordväst om Slite.
Othems kyrka är en vitputsad romansk kalkstenskyrka med smala rundbågiga fönster, ett smalare kor i öster och ett spetsigt torn i väster. Tornet är försett med tvåkopplade rundbågiga öppningar i tre våningar. På kyrkans södra sida finns två ingångsportaler. De är båda spetsbågiga med passformad tympanonkontur och de har båda växtornamentik på kapitälbanden. Den större portalen in till långhuset är försedd med vimperg medan korportalen är mera genomarbetad i sina detaljer. På långhusets norra sida finns en igensatt romansk portal härstammande från en tidigare stenkyrka. Sakristian ligger norr om koret. Mitt på långhusets sydsida en ovanligt kraftig stödmur.
Koret domineras av altaruppsatsen från 1693, men där finns också medeltida kalkmålningar från 1200-, 1300- och 1400-talen. Sådana har tidigare funnits även i långhuset. På epistelsidan står en predikstol från 1700-talet med ljudtak. I triumfbågen hänger ett krucifix med den "segrande Kristus".
På ömse sidor om altaret ligger tvenne gravstenar med runinskrift minnande om Halvard i Agnabo och Niklas i Kikin (?). I koret finns också en gravhäll med majuskelinskrift; under denna var ursprungligen kyrkoherde Nicolaus (†133) begravd.
Vid undersökningar av grunden har man funnit rester från en 1100-talskyrka. Före nuvarande kyrka har det funnits åtminstone en kyrkobyggnad i sten, byggd strax före år 1200. En igenmurad romansk portal i långhusets nordvägg minner om föregångaren, liksom också en starkt söndervittrad dopfunt från cirka år 1200 möjligen utförd av stenmästaren Sighraf. Denna äldre kyrka försågs i början av 1200-talet med ett torn.
Under 1200-talet påbörjades den nuvarande kyrkan. Den anslöts till tornet från den föregående stenkyrkan. Vid mitten av 1200-talet uppfördes det kvadratformade långhuset bestående av fyra kvadratiska travéer, vilka bärs upp av en rund mittpelare, vars kapitäl smyckades med reliefer. Detta kapitäl påminner mycket om motsvarande kapitäl i Hellvi kyrka, byggd av den gotländske byggmästaren och bildhuggaren Lafrans Botvidarsson, vilket skulle kunna tyda på att samme byggmästare verkade även här. Efter uppförandet av långhuset fortsatte man så gott som omedelbart med det rakt avslutade koret bestående av en enda travé med runda diagonalribbor. Man byggde även på tornet på höjden.
Redan under 1240-talet dekorerades de fyra valvkapporna. I den östra målades livets träd med roten i en av bäckarna i Edens trädgård. I norra och södra kapporna finns fler träd och även valvribborna är ornamenterade. I livets träd har ett par fåglar slagit sig ned. De, d.v.s. människosjälarna, beskjuts av ondskans makter förklädda till jägare, men pilarna studsar tillbaka mot skyttarna. I den västra valvkappan uppträder den onda makten i form av en uppflygande drake, vilken öppnar sitt gap mot livets träd. I en medaljong under livets träd övervakar Kristus det hela. Cirka 1265 var kyrkobyggnaden och dekorationerna klara.
Omkring år 1330 gästade en betydande konstnär kyrkan. På triumfbågens norra sida målade han Maria med Jesusbarnet, ett ovanligt högklassigt konstverk.
Vid följande sekelskifte uppträdde den så kallade "Othemsmästaren", som gjorde kalkmålningar även i Fide kyrka på Gotland. I Othem målade han Kristus som konung omgiven av lärjungarna, samt på var sida om altaret, aposteln Paulus och Sankt Dionysius, biskop, och kanske kyrkans skyddshelgon.
År 1693 överkalkades alla medeltida målningar och i koret insattes en altaruppsats av sandsten.
På 1730-talet installerades predikstolen och sannolikt var det under 1740-talet som kyrkan fick en ny bänkinredning.
År 1774 byggdes en ny läktare. Läktarbarriären dekorerades 1776 av sergeanten och kyrkomålaren Johan Nicolaus Weller (1723–1785), som målade de fyra evangelisterna och Jesus vid tolv års ålder i Jerusalems tempel.
År 1854 installerades en kyrkorgel av orgelbyggaren Anders Vilhelm Lindgren (1807–1860) från Stockholm. Fortfarande finns hans orgelfasad kvar, trots att innandömet blivit utbytt.
En natt i mars 1908 antändes kyrkan och på morgonen hade träet i såväl tornet, som över långhuset och koret förtärts av elden. Man hann larma med kyrkklockan innan den föll ned och spräcktes. Lyckligtvis hann man rädda lösa inventarier, bl.a. kyrksilvret och alla gamla handlingar. Branden berodde förmodligen på brister i uppvärmningssystemet. Året efter hade kyrkan fått nytt tak över långhus och kor. Nu passade man på att ta fram de gamla medeltida målningarna som kalkades över år 1693.
Är 1952 restaurerades kyrkan efter ett förslag av arkitekten Erik Fant (1889–1954).
År 2000 renoverades kyrkan och i augusti 2004 kunde man se en takmålare klättra högst upp på kyrktornets spira.
Altaruppsats i sandsten föreställande "Jesu korsfästelse", skänkt av Mårten Fries och Margareta Schröder 1693.
Dopfunt, vittrad, från omkring år 1200 möjligen av Sighraf,
Triumfkrucifix med den "segrande Kristus".
Predikstol och ljudtak från 1700-talet.
Dekoration på läktarbarriären "de fyra evangelisterna" & "Jesus vid tolv års ålder i Jerusalems tempel", målad 1776 av Johan Nicolaus Weller.
Nutida träskulptur ovanför dopfunten föreställande "Maria med Jesusbarnet", utförd av skulptören Bertil Nyström från Slite.
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To bring to a close this May 2024 stay with family in the French province of Vendée on the Atlantic coast, I invite you to visit a bourrine, i.e., a traditional low, squat and long house of the marshlands and its outbuildings, made with locally available materials such as clay and reeds. These modest thatched farms, often whitewashed, were the traditional habitat of the marshlands, as late as the 1950s.
The bourrines in the place named Bois Juquaud were among the very last ones used by people, and as they were left in relatively good condition, they were restored and turned into an open air museum and interpretation center for visitors to learn about this particular lifestyle.
The stable for two plow horses.
Heading up to Great Lakes to pick up Rachel this morning ... and to the beach (for real) this morning ... to capture the sunrise! It is nice that the base is near Lake Michigan! I'll be back later this morning to check out all the fences; my favorite day of the week!!
This shot was taken at a beach cottage rental (the La Jolla Haus) where we stayed in La Jolla. Apparently, I have always loved fences as I keep finding them in all of my archives!
Happy Fence Friday Everyone!