Sunday Picspam.
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curiouswombatI haven't posted my Sunday pictures for a while. So, for your delectation, there are a few lower down under a cut.
Also - an update on the wandering daughter; she travelled up the east coast of Australia from Sydney to Cairns, as part of an organised group - and has dived on the Great Barrier Reef, sailed in a racing yacht, tried surfing, been in a rain forest, cuddled a koala and all sorts of other exciting things. Then she spent about 10 days with her paternal grandparents and aunt and uncle, in Australind, about 100 miles south of Perth. There she mainly chilled out, and got her breath back!
Then a bit under 2 weeks ago she flew on to Thailand. She met up with her two friends from home, she has been to Ko Phi Phi and another island, is currently in Phuket, had been on an elephant ride, canoeing, and even a Thai cookery course! She returns to Bangkok tomorrow and then home. She gets home on Wednesday lunch time - I think she might well need a day or two to flop out...
Anyway, on to the pictures, which this week show a baffling bit of church history, a gaggle of geese, and something to interest![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ellynn_ithilwen...
Firstly - a project I have undertaken for church. We realised that behind the current Cradle Roll, in its frame, were older ones. The oldest we seem to have dates back to about 1920, by some of the names, and the ink is badly faded. I have been trying to re-ink them so that they are readable, and we will put them all on display framed separately.
Some of the names are very faded - but I have found if I photograph them I can play a bit with contrast etc. and then make them out. But others have actually had bits of paper stuck over them... for some reason the then Minister, or the Elders, chose to cover over the names of some of the children who had been baptised - and we have no idea why. Any ideas?
And then they didn't even complete the roll to the end, but started another one.
So - this is the oldest cradle roll - you can see which names I have re-inked -
This is what the names look like before I re-ink them -
Those have had contrast increased to make them readable.
But what do I do with this?
The top space appears to have three separate layers of paper glued over it; and the lower one has had a bit of plain paper stuck over it and then some of it peeled off... It's all a bit of a mystery.
Anyway, to move on, a few pictures from the garden - the fuchsias are because the theme at Photo Scavenger this week is 'dance'...
And a couple from one of the rose bushes - I've forgotten her name.
Now some from a little further afield - but not much - this is the view from near Braaid, looking SW.
I was looking for ripe blackberries. but they are nowhere near ripe here, yet -
This is an example of why farmers are meant to cut their thistles before they seed - but they do look pretty...
And one with a tiny butterfly - or possibly a moth.
Then I went up by Archallangan, still hoping for blackberries - but they weren't ripe there, either.
But the heather is nicely in flower.
And the thick tree growth made me think of The Old Forest.
A little further along I saw some free-range Christmas dinner... em... geese.
And the gaggle of geese a little closer -
And, finally, in this rather remote bit of the island we have...
No - not an alien spaceship, but the Isle of Man Observatory which is completely out of range of light pollution. A real plus for an observatory, of course!
In other news our ten year old Miele washer/drier is being a touch temperamental - I think it might be a good idea for it to have its first service...
Also - an update on the wandering daughter; she travelled up the east coast of Australia from Sydney to Cairns, as part of an organised group - and has dived on the Great Barrier Reef, sailed in a racing yacht, tried surfing, been in a rain forest, cuddled a koala and all sorts of other exciting things. Then she spent about 10 days with her paternal grandparents and aunt and uncle, in Australind, about 100 miles south of Perth. There she mainly chilled out, and got her breath back!
Then a bit under 2 weeks ago she flew on to Thailand. She met up with her two friends from home, she has been to Ko Phi Phi and another island, is currently in Phuket, had been on an elephant ride, canoeing, and even a Thai cookery course! She returns to Bangkok tomorrow and then home. She gets home on Wednesday lunch time - I think she might well need a day or two to flop out...
Anyway, on to the pictures, which this week show a baffling bit of church history, a gaggle of geese, and something to interest
ellynn_ithilwen...Firstly - a project I have undertaken for church. We realised that behind the current Cradle Roll, in its frame, were older ones. The oldest we seem to have dates back to about 1920, by some of the names, and the ink is badly faded. I have been trying to re-ink them so that they are readable, and we will put them all on display framed separately.
Some of the names are very faded - but I have found if I photograph them I can play a bit with contrast etc. and then make them out. But others have actually had bits of paper stuck over them... for some reason the then Minister, or the Elders, chose to cover over the names of some of the children who had been baptised - and we have no idea why. Any ideas?
And then they didn't even complete the roll to the end, but started another one.
So - this is the oldest cradle roll - you can see which names I have re-inked -
This is what the names look like before I re-ink them -
Those have had contrast increased to make them readable.
But what do I do with this?
The top space appears to have three separate layers of paper glued over it; and the lower one has had a bit of plain paper stuck over it and then some of it peeled off... It's all a bit of a mystery.
Anyway, to move on, a few pictures from the garden - the fuchsias are because the theme at Photo Scavenger this week is 'dance'...
And a couple from one of the rose bushes - I've forgotten her name.
Now some from a little further afield - but not much - this is the view from near Braaid, looking SW.
I was looking for ripe blackberries. but they are nowhere near ripe here, yet -
This is an example of why farmers are meant to cut their thistles before they seed - but they do look pretty...
And one with a tiny butterfly - or possibly a moth.
Then I went up by Archallangan, still hoping for blackberries - but they weren't ripe there, either.
But the heather is nicely in flower.
And the thick tree growth made me think of The Old Forest.
A little further along I saw some free-range Christmas dinner... em... geese.
And the gaggle of geese a little closer -
And, finally, in this rather remote bit of the island we have...
No - not an alien spaceship, but the Isle of Man Observatory which is completely out of range of light pollution. A real plus for an observatory, of course!
In other news our ten year old Miele washer/drier is being a touch temperamental - I think it might be a good idea for it to have its first service...
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:00 pm (UTC)A little further along I saw some free-range Christmas dinner... em... geese.
*lol*
P.s. I love the old forest! :)
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:02 pm (UTC)Lovely flowers - I must plant some roses in my garden!!
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:15 pm (UTC)I'm not sure why those trees say 'Old Forest' to me, rather than Fangorn.
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 21/08/2011 07:21 pm (UTC)The cradle roll mystery is indeed mysterious - for example I have not even heard of cradle rolls before.
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:29 pm (UTC)I wonder if the reason why some of the people who had their names "erased" were considered to have done something such as getting pregnant out of wedlock or adultery or something? I know that in my Grandmother's parish a long time ago they took things like that very seriously.
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:38 pm (UTC)Glad D-d has been having a great time without any further volcanic or other natural hazards!
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:38 pm (UTC)That is odd.
Lovely flowers.
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:52 pm (UTC)To be honest I don't know if she saw a wombat or not - but I guess I'll find out soon.
The cradle roll records the names and birth-dates of children who have been baptised in a church or chapel. My grandfather's only proof of his age was that he appeared on a cradle roll at the chapel where he was baptised!
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Date: 21/08/2011 07:55 pm (UTC)It is quite possible the children died - it seems cruel to us to 'erase' them, but you might well be right there.
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Date: 21/08/2011 08:00 pm (UTC)At one stage I wondered if they were crossing them out, or pasting over them, once they were confirmed - but then there were a couple not crossed out or pasted over that were certainly confirmed...
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Date: 21/08/2011 08:02 pm (UTC)That rose is a particularly nice one, I think.
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Date: 21/08/2011 08:47 pm (UTC)There is a brief bit here (http://preshist.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/the-cradle-roll-and-its-ephemera/) about cradle rolls in the NZ Presbyterian church - interesting to me because they have a picture of an identical one to the one in my pictures - only theirs has been filled in properly...!
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Date: 21/08/2011 08:53 pm (UTC)I was surprised to see such a flock of geese in what was basically scrub-land. There were actually nearly 30 of them.
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Date: 21/08/2011 09:20 pm (UTC)I love the idea of the Cradle Roll, but it's odd that so many have been covered over!
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Date: 21/08/2011 09:34 pm (UTC)I don't have the first clue about the cradle rolls... as some have mentioned, the thought that perhaps the child died crossed my mind, though that hardly seems right that they would strike them from the record--they were still born, after all! Then I thought maybe a misspelling of the name. I don't suppose one of the more senior members of the church could shed some light?
And what lovely photos... that forest does indeed seem like the Old Forest. It's not really twisted enough for my idea of Fangorn but it's very much the wild and woolly Old Forest I imagine when I read about it.
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Date: 21/08/2011 09:42 pm (UTC)As for the Cradle Roll - I have to admit my first thought was that it would look so much better if they had filled it in properly!
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Date: 21/08/2011 09:43 pm (UTC)I can nearly smell those glorious flowers!
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Date: 21/08/2011 10:43 pm (UTC)I'm very curious about the missing names.
I fell totally in love with the flower photos, especially the fuchsias, which we call "brincos de princesa" i.e. princess' earrings, and those exquisite white roses tinged with pale pink. That stone wall looks rugged and beautiful.
I love blackberries, but we haven't got them here. So, actually, I'm glad those weren't ripe. Less tempting that way. LOL
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Date: 21/08/2011 10:44 pm (UTC)I'm going to have to play with my camera settings some more, my close-ups all seem to come out fuzzy
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Date: 21/08/2011 10:58 pm (UTC)What a wonderful name for fuchsias - I must remember to tell D-d when she gets back.
Blackberries are really the taste of autumn for us - but I had hoped to find just enough to make her a crumble to welcome her home, as it is one of her favourite things.
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Date: 21/08/2011 11:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 22/08/2011 12:21 am (UTC)"Tapes, adhesives: Removal
Pressure sensitive tapes (Scotch tape, masking tape), gummed tapes and labels, paper patches, and various adhesives on both the recto and verso of the pictures, will cause stains that eventually migrate through the paper to show on the front. Adhesive residues, tapes, and stains become increasingly difficult to remove or reduce, and may become worse with time. Methods for removal of tapes and stains are necessarily specific to each work. The kind of tape, the type of paper to which the tape is adhered, the length of time the tape has been in contact with the paper, the intrusion of the tape into the design area, and the amount of staining caused by the tape must all be considered. The tapes and residual adhesive may be removed by a number of methods, which include cutting off with a scalpel, lifting off tapes or adhesives after softening with steam or heat, or by local application or immersion in solvents. Adhesives which are still tacky may sometimes simply rolled off with a soft eraser."
As to why the names were covered, all I can think is that the person/s were not christened or confirmed and pulled from the rolls. It's an interesting mystery.
I know you'll be delighted to have D-d home again, and I also know that she'll have tales to tell you for months to come. The blackberries actually look lovely, I adore the subtle colors in the unripened ones. We've had blackberries up here for the past 2-3 weeks, but we have shorter seasons than you.
I thought of Ellynn right away when I saw that lovely observatory. How I wish I was in an area without light pollution. I adore looking at the night sky and I can't see anything here because the city lights are so bright.
Love the flower pics. Fuchsia is such a beautiful flower and one that doesn't bloom wild here - we're too cold for it. It can be purchased in hanging baskets for the summertime, but won't last long.
- Erulisse (one L)
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Date: 22/08/2011 12:46 am (UTC)We have lots of geese here - glad I'm not the only one to think "hmm, Christmas dinner!" when I see them. Which is funny, since we don't often have goose for dinner. Your geese are lighter colored than ours.
A cradle roll is new to me. Not surprising, since I was raised in the Baptist church and stayed Baptist till I was nearly 30 (Methodist now). Baptists don't baptize infants - so no cradle roll.
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Date: 22/08/2011 05:24 am (UTC)I'm a wee bit envious of your daughter's travels and experiences. What a wealth of memories she has made!
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Date: 22/08/2011 07:42 am (UTC)The unripe blackberries do have lovely colours in them - and there'll be ripe ones soon enough, I guess!
I really like fuchsia - apart from the one that's taken over our front garden... (http://curiouswombat.livejournal.com/193372.html#cutid1) - which is a bit much.
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Date: 22/08/2011 07:44 am (UTC)Ah, yes, I can see why a Baptist church wouldn't have a cradle roll!
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Date: 22/08/2011 12:21 pm (UTC)I agree with you about the colours of the unripe blackberries - so does Engarian/Erulisse.
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Date: 22/08/2011 12:24 pm (UTC)D-d will have such a store of memories - and she will, hopefully, let me share a few of her pictures here.
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