Photos of the Week — Quarantine Discovery From Fort Worth, Texas

Lisa: Weird. Why don’t I slip into something more comfortable?
Jeff: By all means.
Lisa: I mean, like the kitchen and make us some coffee.
Jeff: Oh, with some brandy too, huh?

I sometimes fancy that various archetypal situations circled tirelessly in Hitchcock’s mind, like whales in a tank at the zoo. One of them was fascination of voyeurism–of watching people who do not know they are being watched. Another, famously, was the notion of an innocent man wrongly accused. And many of his films illustrate male impotence or indifference in the face of cool blond beauty. Much is said of Hitchcock’s blonds (Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint, Grace Kelly, Tippi Hedren), but observe that they are not erotic playmates so much as puzzles or threats. Lisa, the Kelly character, has a hopeless love for Jeff, who keeps her at arm’s length with descriptions of his lifestyle; a fashion model wouldn’t hold up in the desert or jungle, he tells her.                                                                       Rear Window                                                                           Roger Ebert 

If you’re thinking of starting a fairy garden, you have to see this wild upcycle https://www.hometalk.com/44285899/diy-miniature-potting-bench-for-your-fairy-garden

9 Little Ways to Go Easy on Yourself Right Now

https://www.self.com/story/anti-to-do-list?

If you go back to June 2016 on this blog you can see my month in Cornwall…I stayed in Tintagel^ and spent a lot of time in Boscastle^^—this vid is well worth watching as the area is SO BEAUTIFUL—and if you go back to my month long coverage from there you will learn more about the detailed exploration i made that month as well as lots of pictures.

^Tintagel

https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/tintagel

^^Boscastle

https://www.cornwalls.co.uk/boscastle

Experience the Civil War and Revolutionary War like never before and tour the battlefields in panoramic view. Jump from battlefield to battlefield 

https://www.battlefields.org/visit/virtual-tours

Although now heavily industrialized, Germany was once a land of mystery, swathed in thick forests and boating bleak mountains and remote lakes.  The folklore of the country reflected a sense of eeriness and awe.  Indeed, many of our best-known fairy tales come from this part of the world—Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rumplestiltskin–and are allegedly dark old peasant tales that were adapted and sanitized by English Victorians.   Originally, it is believed, many of these tales were practically horror stories–filled with werewolves, child-stealing goblins, and cannibal witches all of whom were believed to dwell in the forest depths of mountain fastness.  Here too were the hostile spirits that characterized the sullen landscape and who viewed mankind with mistrust and belligerence.  These were the forces that shaped the brooding trends in early Germanic folklore.

Dr, Bob Curran

Vampires

Germany Land of Legend and Real Fairy Tale Locations

https://germangirlinamerica.com/germany-land-of-legend-and-fairy-tale-castles/

What Wide Origins You Have, Little Red Riding Hood!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/11/131129-little-red-riding-hood-folktale-tehrani-anthropology-science/

A Summary and Analysis of the ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ Fairy Tale

A Summary and Analysis of the ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ Fairy Tale

The Age of Alice: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Nonsense in Victorian England

https://specialcollections.vassar.edu/exhibit-highlights/2011-2015/age-of-alice/fairy-tales-fantasy-nonsense.html

Werewolf Legends from Germany

https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/werewolf.html

65 Easy Halloween Costumes for Women

https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/g4571/diy-halloween-costumes-for-women/

59 Super Easy Halloween Costumes You Won’t Believe Are DIY

https://www.seventeen.com/fashion/g1574/best-do-it-yourself-halloween-costumes/

29 Easy DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids That Beat Store-Bought Every Time

https://www.womansday.com/home/crafts-projects/g510/easy-to-make-kids-costumes/

The 11 Best Flower-Delivery Services for Mother’s Day

https://www.glamour.com/gallery/best-flower-delivery-service?

Back to Key West

400 Front St.

John W. Sawyer Building

1868 By John Sawyer Original building—Current building is a rebuild by same person after Key West fire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Fire_of_Key_West

Irish brick layers from Pensacola did dentils on the roof line.  It originally hosted a fancy clothing emporium

Reverse directions     and proceed left on Front Street toward Duval

Harbor House

https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6J96_Harbor_House_Key_West_FL

423 Front Street

Former Union Bank

Built in 1886 and rebuilt after the fire that same year and again after it burnt almost 100 years later in 1984.

Ornate New Orleans grill work that is unique in Key West

https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/vintage/article_b60c66e2-00cb-5cbe-9f76-06e4154e3172.html

It was the original location of the Key West Hand Print Company in the 60’s

Long Lost Lilly Pulitzer

Key West Cigar Factory

https://kwcigarfactory.com/history

Front Street

https://www.gateshotelkeywest.com/blog/historic-cigar-making-key-west/

Hand rolled cigars and other things for smokers.   Includes display of tobacco era in Key West

Come back on Tues for the last of Front Street and on to Duval

Fun Facts About Key West

HOW TO HOMESCHOOL DURING CORONAVIRUS: KEEP YOUR KIDS ENGAGED AND LEARNING

https://bestreviews.com/coronavirus-homeschooling

 

I missed a trip to the UK—but You and I can still enjoy some of it.

Once the largest city in the world and the capital of an Empire, home to the British government and Royal Family, and packed with two millennia’s worth o history, art and architecture, it is no wonder that London is an eternally popular destination for visitors from all over the world.

Buckingham Palace

Inside Buckingham Palace Grand Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_fe_b67IqY

House of Parliament

History etc of Westminster Palace (what we Yanks call Parliament)

https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/

Quarantine Necessities:

Alcohol To-Go*!

https://smokeybones.com/locations/

The queen conch (Strombus gigas) refers to both the large, marine mollusk and its shell alone.  Queen conchs (pronounced “konks”) are soft-bodied animals, belonging to the same taxonomic group (Mollusca) as clams, oysters, octopi, and squid. They live in shallow, warm waters on coral reefs or sea grass beds. A queen conch can reach up to 12 inches in length and can live for up to 40 years. Its shell grows as the mollusk grows, forming into a spiral shape with a glossy pink or orange interior.

Queen conch meat is consumed domestically throughout the Caribbean and exported as a delicacy. Conch shells and shell jewelry are sold to tourists and the live animals are used for the aquarium trade. Their slow growth, occurrence in shallow waters and late maturation make queen conch particularly susceptible to over-fishing, their greatest threat. Habitat degradation, over-fishing, and the use of SCUBA have led to harvest of previously unexploited populations in deeper waters.

Queen conch was once found in high numbers in the Florida Keys but, due to a collapse in conch fisheries in the 1970s, it is now illegal to commercially or recreationally harvest queen conch in that state. The United States is responsible for the consumption of 80% of the world’s internationally traded queen conch.

https://www.fws.gov/international/animals/queen-conch.html

Galveston

https://www.galvestontx.gov/31/Visitors

Beaches

Stewart Beach—Family beach, pavillion has showers, snack bar, gift shop, playground and volleyball.  Parking fee

https://www.galveston.com/whattodo/outdoorfun/beachparks/stewartbeach/

State Park:  Public beach with restrooms and shower facilities in available

entrance fee..

https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/galveston-island

Short film documents promotion of Flatwoods Monster in ’60s

https://wvexplorer.com/2020/04/26/flatwoods-monster-braxton-county-lanterns-wv/

Reptile World Serpentarium

https://www.experiencekissimmee.com/things-to-do/attractions/reptile-world-serpentarium

5705 E. Trio Bronson Memorial Highway

St. Cloud, Fl 34772

https://www.stcloudmainstreet.org/

Home to hundred snakes, including an 18 foot King Cobra and an extremely venomous Australian Taipan.

https://www.facebook.com/Reptile-World-Serpentarium-143723472323409/

During the milking sessions you’ll witness a seriously danagerous procedure.  It doesn’t get any creeper than watching a giant Cobra leak his poison into a pilsner-sized glass from your vantage point, just a few feet away

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/21/1900816/-Photo-Diary-Reptile-World-Serpentarium-St-Cloud-FL

Also turtles and alligators as well as vipers and pythons.

https://en.tripadvisor.com.hk/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g34601-d2663213-i299530719-Reptile_World_Serpentarium-Saint_Cloud_Florida.html

Gift shop has excellent selection of books or reptiles.

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Books-Biology-Reptiles-Amphibians/zgbs/books/13505

Self-Care During Quarantine: 5 Tips & Resources

https://www.gnc.com/wellness/quarantine-self-care.html