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the editing prog decides how to frame the shot -sometimes you dont get what youd like!
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Lovely! what is this beautiful place on earth, I must find it!
You will! My blog and Gallery report will follow soon.
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Cough * Equus*
ahh -that was just a spelling mistake (sigh).
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*cough* Nympha Sacra
hmm-thats what it said on the box
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You know...the two cracks makes it rather confusing...though it must have been a very heavy and sharp (or just extremely heavy) blade to cut through the skull like that. My guess would be either a stab with something (maybe when the guy was on the ground?) or an axe.
Assuming the cut on the front of the skull was the death blow, if it were in fact a slash by gladius or other sword, the man weilding it was left handed.
But then, I'm no expert lol.
Wow ! that was quick -I mention your name and you appear! I suggest that if the Gladius is the evolutionary heir of the kopesh , then a whack on the head with a "front loaded " blade would hurt at the very least. The "locals" probably would be bare-headed (normal warriors) .Im going to post a photo of the military entrenching tool the Romans used later on , looks quite a handy weapon to me. Victim could be leaning forward perhaps or fallen? It was the head on a pole bit that made me grimace.
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I wonder how the equines felt about those eye cages
I can only think they must have been as highly trained as the Auxiliaries who rode them! Frisians and other Belgae aside from Batavi and Sarmaetaii were attached to the fort.
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Dea Fortuna smiled on my efforts-just long enough to take a decent selection!
No PC its Northumbria , Hadrian's Wall. ( Brittania Inferior, Brigantian Tribal area).
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He's so cute! Do you have redwing blackbirds around there? They are so pretty!
No, this is the only indigenous species.
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Is that thing actually real or is it a nice dinner table asset.
totally,absolutely real. And fearless.
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Nope he and his family hop in and out of this restaurant year after year !
I will show you a couple more shots.
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cut to Simpsons episode :
voice from TV "warning, the Surgeon General says too much beer may cause rectal cancer!"
Homer " mmm Beer", gets up and opens can of Duff.
That looks very drinkable, excellent colour.
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Is this a scanned image from physical maps that you have? If so, I'd be very interested in the title, publisher, etc.
Alas no-this was passed to me in its present form by a friend . It look suspiciously like one of the "historical" section pages from a school atlas I had many years ago, I am searching my stored books to se if that atlas survives.
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This by the way is the best organic trout farm I am aware of-Esthwaite Water near Hawkshead. For American readers Sawrey home of Beatrix Potter is not too far away.The local cinder toffee ice cream is excellent.
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He likes it! He likes it! Mikey likes it!
:fish:
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His birthday is in his profile Flavius...
I'd say the results were quite fine!
A lot older.
I didnt realise how much commercial negatives deteriorate with age-I produced my own ektachrome slides alongside these Ferrania spools, the slides have stayed stable.
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My my, I sure do like billy goats
is that strictly legal?
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stevie..ray...do you have a third goat? begins with a V perhaps?
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nutritious and tasty!
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Very nice!
Chap called C.Lindsay-White is the artisan.
This guys work is excellent, he seems to divide his time between re-enactment goods ( leather tankards/gun belts/some shoes) (Titus Pullos purse from the first episode of Rome I have next to me), practical "contemporary" items (belts, purses , phone cases ) and working at a re-created historical farm near York. His business is called "Corvim Artificium", I had to wait a month for that item as he is so busy.
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Woodruff-well yes indeed, containing an aspruloside that is a useful starting point for prostaglandin production! Mild purgative in animals.Should strengthen the gut wall by secretion of healthy mucus.Very fragrant.
Hyssop-biblical herb , a cammphone gives it its reputation for chesty coughs.
Honeysuckle-hmmm, bit of a laxative, but nice fragrance.Your Brother is also a bon vivant?
As Baron Frankenstein says in "Revenge of Frankenstein"," we are a large family , noted for our productivity since the middle ages".
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A personal aside here-I still await "Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers" I will be very interested to see how many other plants from the gallery are mentioned in that publication. I have neglected the Nettle , Borage (a pre-battle Celtic Beer I understand) and Rosemary all of which I anticipate being present.
The Borage would be full of Gamma Linoleic Acid, get the bloood pumping and reduce any soft tissue inflammation.
I'm going to order my copy as soon as my large backlog of books gets worked down. I just received another 4 books last weekend during belated Christmas with my girlfriends mother. (She did well working from the Amazon wishlist!)
Borage makes perfect sense. Excellent adrenal tonic. I've been thinking of adding Borage to our herb garden and may just do it come planting time.
Very attractive flower as you will be aware, I have some shots from the Physic Garden in Oxford but they are not presently up to standard. Nettle is of course excelent for the digestion but it is "a windyye herbbe. mufh givvene to flatus" (chlorophyll in abundance)
gardening with beer in mind?http://www.allaboutbeer.com/features/206.garden.herbs.html
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A personal aside here-I still await "Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers" I will be very interested to see how many other plants from the gallery are mentioned in that publication. I have neglected the Nettle , Borage (a pre-battle Celtic Beer I understand) and Rosemary all of which I anticipate being present.
The Borage would be full of Gamma Linoleic Acid, get the bloood pumping and reduce any soft tissue inflammation.
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So men, if you want to tone down that hairy back and get rid of your insomnia... Drink more double IPAs!!! :pimp:
I'd like to also add that fresh hops smell heavenly!
I wonder if thats the Oestrogens
or the volatile oil content ( only 0.4-0.8%) of , mainly, a-caryphyllene.Of course the family group that the hop belongs to is the Cannabinaceae, which contains some interesting aromatics -
Huh, I thought England never did have wolves.
Oh btw, the landscapes seems kind of eroded and weared. Perhaps constant rain?
Oh yes wolves were a notable presence until the 15th C. Rain and a massive tidal range!
Sacred Temple of the Nymphs
in Everything Else
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Ok -but this place is COLD in winter. Here are you directions-
1.get on plane and fly to Manchester
2.get a train to Carlisle and enjoy the scenery.
3.hire a car-drive East along Stanegate, the Roman Road towards Newcastle.
4.drive to the pub "Twice Brewed" on the roadside of Stanegate near Haltwhistle town.
5.drink "Black Bull" stout and retire for night.
6. drive 1 mile to Vindolanda site.
7.enter temple and offer sacrifice to Dea Fortuna!
afterwards drive 3 miles to Vircovicium and walk on the length of wall I have posted in the gallery.