Posts for: GARGLEBLASTER
Aug 24, 2019 11:41:19 #
These are taking time to upload!
Aug 24, 2019 11:20:44 #
And still more to come
Aug 24, 2019 10:58:02 #
Still a lot to go
Aug 24, 2019 10:29:21 #
I know from previous experience that Admin. doesn't like too many photos attached to one post so I have to post them in stages.
Aug 24, 2019 10:02:42 #
For those not acquainted with Kew Gardens, it is a 300 acre botanical garden in the South West of London. Detailed information can be found on the following Wikipedia site.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kew_Gardens
At this moment in time (August to October 2019) it is featuring an exhibition (Reflections on Nature) of works by the American artist Dale Chihuly and I am posting some quick snaps of some of the works. They are meant to illustrate what can be seen and are not meant for photographic judgement so I hope that Admin. will leave them here and not move them to the Photo Gallery. I have put the correct names to some of the pieces but couldn’t remember them all so some photos are just numbered.
The main reason for visiting the garden was not only to see the Chihuly works but also to visit the “Temperate House”, the largest Victorian greenhouse in the world that has undergone a £40,000,000 restoration.
The entrance fee of about £17 might seem high but to maintain such a garden costs a great deal and money must be found by all means.
The wet August that we have experienced in London meant that the garden was looking very green and the trees looked magnificent as some of the attached snaps can attest, but there was something rather curious. One would have expected that in such a garden there would be a proliferation of bees and butterflies and birds but we only saw a couple of butterflies, one bee and about four or five birds.
I don’t think that it is possible to see everything in the garden in just one visit, there is so much to see, so my visit with a friend was limited to the Chihuly works and the “Temperate House”. We also took the land train that does a 40 minute route around the garden passing by some of the most important sites. One site was the longest double herbaceous border in the world. It is 320 metres long and each side is a mirror image of the other so that for instance, if you see a particular plant on one side, it will also be on the other side too.
In the great storm of 1987, the garden lost a thousand trees although looking at it now one would never know. All the fallen trees were recycled by one means or another.
In the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of botanical art there was a 48 minute film about Chihuly and how he works. Now he has a team working for him that do the actual physical work but it is he who creates and supervises the works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kew_Gardens
At this moment in time (August to October 2019) it is featuring an exhibition (Reflections on Nature) of works by the American artist Dale Chihuly and I am posting some quick snaps of some of the works. They are meant to illustrate what can be seen and are not meant for photographic judgement so I hope that Admin. will leave them here and not move them to the Photo Gallery. I have put the correct names to some of the pieces but couldn’t remember them all so some photos are just numbered.
The main reason for visiting the garden was not only to see the Chihuly works but also to visit the “Temperate House”, the largest Victorian greenhouse in the world that has undergone a £40,000,000 restoration.
The entrance fee of about £17 might seem high but to maintain such a garden costs a great deal and money must be found by all means.
The wet August that we have experienced in London meant that the garden was looking very green and the trees looked magnificent as some of the attached snaps can attest, but there was something rather curious. One would have expected that in such a garden there would be a proliferation of bees and butterflies and birds but we only saw a couple of butterflies, one bee and about four or five birds.
I don’t think that it is possible to see everything in the garden in just one visit, there is so much to see, so my visit with a friend was limited to the Chihuly works and the “Temperate House”. We also took the land train that does a 40 minute route around the garden passing by some of the most important sites. One site was the longest double herbaceous border in the world. It is 320 metres long and each side is a mirror image of the other so that for instance, if you see a particular plant on one side, it will also be on the other side too.
In the great storm of 1987, the garden lost a thousand trees although looking at it now one would never know. All the fallen trees were recycled by one means or another.
In the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of botanical art there was a 48 minute film about Chihuly and how he works. Now he has a team working for him that do the actual physical work but it is he who creates and supervises the works.
Jun 22, 2019 03:22:51 #
Save the hedgehogs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48660420
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48660420
Jun 11, 2019 06:47:34 #
Try to find its name:
https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
https://www.fontspring.com/matcherator
https://www.fontshop.com/content/font-identification-and-type-research
https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
https://www.fontspring.com/matcherator
https://www.fontshop.com/content/font-identification-and-type-research
May 21, 2019 02:55:40 #
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-48268600
May 15, 2019 02:30:20 #
pquiggle wrote:
What's wrong is simplifying complex problems into memes. We all loose if we don't have intelligent conversations based on facts.
If you don't tie that loose shoelace you will lose your shoe.
May 14, 2019 03:08:14 #
Where they make the world's most expensive watches. And I used to think that Patek Philippe were the most expensive at $250,000.
https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/the-truth-about-time?vpid=p074qxxh
https://www.bbc.com/reel/playlist/the-truth-about-time?vpid=p074qxxh
May 14, 2019 02:22:39 #
TriX wrote:
Might want to proof foreigner’s’ 
What exactly does that mean? Especially "foreigner’s’"
May 13, 2019 12:52:44 #
An interesting article from the BBC:
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190508-why-the-way-you-close-your-emails-is-causing-confusion
It might explain why many Nigeriam 419 SCAMS sign off on a religious note that also makes them easy to spot.
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190508-why-the-way-you-close-your-emails-is-causing-confusion
It might explain why many Nigeriam 419 SCAMS sign off on a religious note that also makes them easy to spot.
May 11, 2019 11:11:47 #
WayneL wrote:
The scammers always say God Bless You, like that will make you think they are honest
What about the ones who sign as "Rev". What the f*** is a priest doing in a financial institution?
May 9, 2019 06:15:30 #
Just received this morning. Just look at the grammar and spelling mistakes. It asks for replies be sent to: bankofamerica974@gmail.com. That's odd, I thought that the Bank of America had its own domain. Love the facty that I can sent a text "massage".
Bank Of America.Corporate Office Headquarters.
100 N. San Francisco-Oakland, California 28255 USA.
Our Ref: BOA/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/011
Working Hours: Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Hello my dear good citizen of USA how are you doing today?
A compensations funds worth $35 million us dollars that were said to belong to you was transferred to our bank corporate headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 last month 21st by the management of the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (I.M.F) Benin republic branch under the authority of MR. Eliot Gold of Florida. I would have informed you of this since last month but I was too busy attending to our numerous customers. For these funds to be transferred to your private account you will have to re-confirm us with your full information including your bank details were the interest of this fund will be transfer to you.
THANKS as we wait to hear from you soon.
God bless America.
Sheri B. Bronstein,
Bank of America®
Phone number for text massage only: +19704142497
Bank Of America.Corporate Office Headquarters.
100 N. San Francisco-Oakland, California 28255 USA.
Our Ref: BOA/IRU/SFE/15.5/WD/011
Working Hours: Monday-Friday
8 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT)
Hello my dear good citizen of USA how are you doing today?
A compensations funds worth $35 million us dollars that were said to belong to you was transferred to our bank corporate headquarters at Charlotte, North Carolina 28255 last month 21st by the management of the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (I.M.F) Benin republic branch under the authority of MR. Eliot Gold of Florida. I would have informed you of this since last month but I was too busy attending to our numerous customers. For these funds to be transferred to your private account you will have to re-confirm us with your full information including your bank details were the interest of this fund will be transfer to you.
THANKS as we wait to hear from you soon.
God bless America.
Sheri B. Bronstein,
Bank of America®
Phone number for text massage only: +19704142497
May 1, 2019 03:07:29 #
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-48092511