The Main picture is by the way Edinburgh and see there is light at the end of the close (kinda an Edinburgh tunnel off the Royal Mile—love it there)
Finding inspiration in the time of discomfort
How to take Great Still Photos
How to make a mask out of a bra
How to make paper toys
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/how-to-make-paper-toys/
Cocoa Beach Pier
The Cocoa Beach Pier, visually is a constantly changing structure. Whether you get a shot of it as the sun rises above the Atlantic in the morning or back lit in the evening with subtle changes in the sea below, every picture of the pier is different in some way. And always get a picture of you and your family at the end of the pier, that’s a classic shot
Florida’s Space Coast
Cocoa Beach Florida: https://www.visitflorida.com/en-us/cities/cocoa-beach/10-exciting-things-to-do-cocoa-beach.html
Cocoa Beach Pier: https://www.cocoabeachpier.com/
Taking Selfies: https://www.macworld.com/article/2846839/creaticity-the-ultimate-guide-to-better-selfies.html
Finding a stress free private place in a VERY Confined and stressful world
Before we ever heard of corona-19 we would find solace many places about our location like sunsets—the one above is on Sanibel Island https://portsanibelmarina.com/fishing/best-spots-to-view-sanibel-island-sunset/ They seem to bring out the quieter more peaceful side of us–except maybe in Key West https://www.sunsetcelebration.org/ and relaxes us for a quiet evening. But these and other similar places are closed to most of us now—but you can in some instances watch sunset at home—if you have a house with a private park or an apartment and/o condo with a balcony. (if it’s cold outside you can watch from inside through the windows) Make yourself a drink—from wine to hot cocoa (depending where you live). get the rest of your house resident–if they’re interested —-putting on music that’s enjoyable but not loud enough to irritate the neighbors and don’t forget your sun glasses and just do some down time (enjoyable as apposed to the other 23 hrs in our Virus lock-down) relaxing and letting your mind relax and float to the better times that are coming or back to the memories that you cherish from the past
https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/meditation/in-depth/meditation/art-20045858
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 public health situation, Sunken Gardens is
temporarily closed.
The historic Sunken Gardens (check out the vid of the new flamingos above–of the gardens which is a shaded area in what was in the early part of the 20th century a drained sink hole and is now a shaded landmark (since 1935) It is describes in Orlando Sentinel’s Florida Magazine as:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-sunken-gardens-st-petersburg-florida
Stress melts away as you soak in the botanical beauty of more than 500 kind of tropical and subtropical plants. Curving walkways lead you alongside fringed palms, cacti, succulents, cracking bamboo and oaks dressed in Spanish moss
And yes it is closed today for the you know what but in many areas small local parks remain open to allow you to walk a bit—and many neighborhoods are like mine where the houses have large lawns with lots of trees and plants and space for you to wander a bit without breaking any social distancing rules and allowing you to relax with out the overcrowded and shut in feeling that is getting you down.
https://www.verywellmind.com/cabin-fever-fear-of-isolation-2671734
a picture from my neighborhood
Explore Ancient Egypt
With 360-degree and other imagery,
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html
Got Pain? A Virtual Swim With Dolphins May Help Melt It Away
Step back in time with the Songs of Christmas Past
Have the smoothest Christmas listening to the greatest crooners singing Christmas hits! ♫ Listen to Bing Crosby sing his best Christmas song → http://bit.ly/2ywsV4o ✔ Buy this album : http://bit.ly/1s9s8Cb
Take a virtual tour of Hollywood & Southern California
over 10000 full-color photographs
https://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/index.shtml
The great theatres, the Globe Playhouse, the Swan, the Hope and the Rose, were located on Bankside, adjacent to the famous brothels such as the Cardinal’s Cap, making Bankside the Elizabethan equivalent of Soho. The influential actor-managers all owned brothels as well as theatres. Take Edward Alleyn, manager of the Rose Theatre. An actor who also flourished as a property speculator, he began his career running a bear garden at Bankside and ended his days as the founder of Dulwich College, the public school. Alleyn’s own wife Joan Woodward, was ‘carted’ (driven around London and publicly humiliated) for prostitution in 159, probably because she had inherited a number of brothels from her father, Philip Henslowe, and had failed to close them during an outbreak of plague.
Catherine Arnold
City of Sin: London and its Vices
Globe Playhouse: https://www.theaterseatstore.com/blog/history-globe-theater
The Swan: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/theswan.html
The Hope: http://shalt.dmu.ac.uk/locations/hope-1614-42.html
The Rose: http://www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/discover/the-history/
Bankside: http://www.visitbankside.com/history
Cardinal Cap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Cap_Alley
Soho: https://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/london-soho-area-guide
Edward Alleyn: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Alleyn
Bear Gardens: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol22/pp66-77
Dulwich College https://www.dulwich.org.uk/about/history
Joan Woodward Alleyn: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179258850/joan-alleyn
Kinda like the fines we get today for not keeping the proper distancing and have more than 10 people at a meeting????
Philip Henslowe: http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/henslowe.htm
Plague: https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/application/files/5014/5434/6066/london-plagues-1348-1665.pdf
Kinda like the superman of viruses this disease killed in about 3 days from onset to end—and it spared few
St. Augustine–A Place of the Ages in Northern Florida
Florida is best known for its modern and expensive theme parks, for major car racing events each year, not to mention Spring Breaks where all the teens rush in…which is why this city is such a stand out—first it is the oldest European city in the USA—it still contains the large Spanish Fort https://www.visitstaugustine.com/thing-to-do/castillo-de-san-marcos
Take a virtual tour: https://www.nps.gov/casa/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm
as well a historic area that is a great place to spend a day or two
https://www.visitstaugustine.com/
But one thing that St. Augustine has a lot of are Ghosts.
Let’s start at the Lindsley / Horruytiner House
214 St. George Street
Built in the First Spanish Period (1565 – 1763) possibly in the early 1630’s
https://fcit.usf.edu/florida/docs/s/satimeln.htm#1599
But given lack of in depth records that’s just a guess.
It was built by Don Louis de Horruytiner (governor in 1633 until he returned to Spain
But we do know that it was the home of Don Pedro Benedit de Horruytiner, who was a nephew of Don Louis and came to St. Augustine with him in the early 1630’s.
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM9X6J_Casa_Horruytiner_St_Augustine_Florida_USA
The Spanish Governor of St. Augustine 1646 – 1648 and 1651 – 1654.
Don Pedro stayed in St. Augustine and became successful both in business and as a military commander and community leader. not to mention being fruitful and multiplying and when he died in 1684 he leave a wife, eleven children and heaven knows how many grandchildren.
https://books.google.com/books?id=3O7FseMcW2EC&pg=PA182&lpg=PA182&dq=Don+Pedro+Benedit+de+Horruytiner&source=bl&ots=rCpI5K_qZk&sig=ACfU3U0F70D8PhiwuWcTYmHDJ5PF9TUh6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUgaGHpd7oAhWInOAKHbrhAGwQ6AEwBnoECAsQKQ#v=onepage&q=Don%20Pedro%20Benedit%20de%20Horruytiner&f=false
The Lindsley house’s 3rd floor was said to have been added in 1763 and the house name comes from Dr. Horace Lindsley who bought it 1896. He built a small structure behind the house and next to the old wall, which he used as an office and he use the third floor to store coffins, one of which was found by a couple who bought the house in 1981 and according to accounts on occasion moved about on its own.
The house is said to be haunted (inside and elsewhere) and it’s non-mortal inhabitants include a sentry in 17th c uniform , a calico cat, and an unknown man in dark clothing. and another in 17th c gear. possibly one of the former governors who lived here then as well as a woman in white and lights have been known to switch off and on at whim.
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St Augustine Fun & Ghost Tours
The Old Jail
The jail is said to be VERY haunted–built by Henry Flagler who was a big mover and shaker along the whole East coast of Florida. Conditions here in the 1800’s were said to be very inhumane to its inmates. There was a maximum security and 8 men were hung from the jail’s gallows.
Ghosts and Gravestones of St. Augustine
https://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/st-augustine
Castillo de San Marcos
https://agustininn.com/blog/experience-the-castillo-de-san-marcos-after-dark/
Spirits are said to roam around the fort on the inside and outside.
and lots more
https://www.floridashistoriccoast.com/news/ghostly-st-augustine-teems-with-spirited-experiences/
The Parrish Church of St Materiana, Tintagel , was built almost entirely as it appears today, in its cruciform shape of nave, chancel and transepts, between the years 1080 and 1150 in the time of the first Norman earls of Cornwall, Robert of Mortain and his son William. They held Tintagel with other lands and earldom, and built the castle of Bossiney, some small remains of which may still be seen. They were followed by Earl Reginald, a son of Henry I, who seems to have built the first castle on the island and probably finished the building of the church, perhaps being responsible for extension of the south transept.
The Ancient
The Parrish Church of St. Materiana
http://www.cornwall-online.co.uk/churches/churchpage-tintagel-StMerteriana.html
Tintagel: https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-to-do-in-tintagel-cornwall-england/
Curciform https://satellitesaint.com/tag/cruciform-church/
Normans https://www.ancient.eu/article/1323/the-impact-of-the-norman-conquest-of-england/
Robert of Mortain https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84024717/robert_de-mortain
William Count of Mortain http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mcneillyandco/genealogy/wmofmortain.htm
Castle at Bossiney http://www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/south_west/bossiney_castle.html
Earl Reginaid https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dunstanville-20
Henry I: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_i_king.shtml
8 Easter Activities For Families That You Can Still Enjoy While Social Distancing
Trying to figure out how to host an Easter celebration during Corona? All of these fun Easter activities can be done from the comfort of your home.
https://www.womansday.com/life/a32021524/easter-activities-for-family/
How to celebrate Easter and Passover during a pandemic
https://ultimatedoghealth.com/help_improve_your_dogs_health200331C.php?n=ob
From Hop to Easter Parade: The Top 12 Easter Movies to Watch This Holiday
