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Here another of those little places that you might enjoy if you got to know them—this one is in Northern Ireland…..I have just includuded some town basics—but if click on the underlined words you will learn more abut this town on a lough in Ireland
Carrickfergus–northern Ireland
2 miles north from Belfast
along A2
Site of synthetic-fibre plants that are empty now
Northern Ireland’s most impressive medieval fortress at the entrance to Belfast Lough
Willaim of Orange landed here in 1690 on his way to the Battle of Boyne.
Old Towne Center opposite the Castle has some attractive 18th c houses and you can trace part ot the 17th c wall
The parents of the 7th president of US Andrew Jackson left here in the 2nd half of the 18th century
The glass fronted Heritage Plaza
on Antrim Street
Small collection of artifacts relating to the town’s history.
Saint Nicholas’ Church, Carrickfergus
another point of interest in that Irish town
Comfrey and Care
Common comfrey was known to medieval herbalists as “knitbone” or “boneset”—-the powdered root was made into a paste with water and used in the same way as plaster of Paris. The common name comes from the Latin conferre meaning “to bring together: Comfrey baths for women were also popular before marriage to “restore virginity.”
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For modern herblism’s take on the herb:
https://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/comfre92.html
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 Canterbury lies on the River Great Stour |
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Location within Kent
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| Population | 55,240 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TR145575 |
| • London | 54 miles (87 km)[2] |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CANTERBURY |
| Postcode district | CT1–CT4 |
| Dialling code | 01227 |
| Police | Kent |
| Fire | Kent |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
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Video On Demand – The Three Musketeers
something to break up the boredom
I must apologize not getting a Blog out yesterday—I have been exceptionally busy lately doing work on my computer for other parties and by the time I finished what I was doing I was so tired I passed out on the couch…..SORRY
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Ryan plays Kate, who works in market research and is responsible for promoting products of dubious value. She’s dating Stuart (Liev Schreiber), a half-loony inventor who discovers an opening in the matrix of time, jumps off the Brooklyn Bridge, finds himself in 1876–and returns with his own great-great-grandfather, Leopold, duke of Albany (Hugh Jackman).
It is inevitable that Kate will overcome her lukewarm affection for Stuart and fall in love with the dashing Englishman (even though the first time she sees him in military costume, she thinks he’s dressed as Sgt. Pepper). Meg Ryan does this sort of thing about as well as it can possibly be done, and after “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail,” here is another ingenious plot that teases us with the possibility that true love will fail, while winking that, of course, it will prevail.
“Kate & Leopold” wisely does not depend on the mechanics of the developing romance for its humor. Instead, it uses its fish-out-of-water plot to show Leopold as a proper, well-behaved English aristocrat, astonished by what he finds in modern Manhattan. He’s struck not so much by the traffic and the skyscrapers as by the manners. Walking a dog, he’s asked by a cop if he plans to scoop the poop, and draws himself to his full height to intone: “Are you suggesting, madam, there exists a law compelling gentlemen to lay hold of canine bowel movements?” Leopold, we learn, designed the Brooklyn Bridge and invented the elevator. Stuart not only discovered the portal in time, but had enough confidence in his calculations to jump off the bridge and trust that it would open for him. Why he lands on his feet instead of falling to his death in the 1876 river is a question the movie prudently ignores.
The movie, directed by James Mangold (“Heavy,” “Girl Interrupted”) and written by Mangold and Steven Rogers, has some droll scenes after Kate enlists Leopold to appear in a TV commercial for Farmer’s Bounty, a low-calorie spread. Leopold’s accent and his sincere conviction are perfect, and the spot goes well until he actually tastes the product, and compares it to saddle soap or raw suet: “It’s revolting!” Kate tries to calm him: “It’s diet. It’s supposed to taste awful.” One of the reasons the movie works is because we like the goodness of the characters. We know there will be scenes where Kate the practical and cynical girl is swept off her feet by old-fashioned romance, and there are: a candlelit rooftop dinner, and a moment when Leopold tucks her in, she asks him to stay, and he does, in full uniform.
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What was the name of the 11th James Bond movie, shot in St. Lucie and Marion, Counties (Florida) in 1978-79?
While You’re Thinking—we’ll take you back to the Florida Ridge
Going south on 17 (Alt)
The town was founded in 1882—but it’s name then was Buffalo Ford and somewhere along the way became Waverly. After the BIG FREEZE (1894-94) It went back to the Buffalo and finally when the railway come thru it was Waverly again.
We’ll continue South on Alt 17
As we do so we’ll start getting a glimpse of Iron Mountain and th tall shaft of Bok Tower
Edward Bok, who had the tower built to bear his name. Once the editor of the Lady’s Home Journal, he retired at age 56 and somewhere between there and here he decided to leave a personal monument to himself.
Watch for the Mountain Lake Cut-off Road and and follow the signs for Bok Tower.
and what better place to put that tower than on the highest place in the rather flat land of Florida and then you add sound to a tower you place on top of this prominence and you have the ultimate attention grabber. But whatever his motives the tower is itself beautiful ( all 20 stories of its Gothic design) and the chimes lovely and what you can’t see yet is also lovely as well and a great way to spend a few hours or more.
Enter the park parking area and find a place
In 1896 Bok married Mary Louis Curtis Daughter of the owner of Laidies Home Journal,
Was this merely a way to gain favor with her father and further his career? Who knowns—but it is said he only mentioned her once in the entire 300 pages of his autobiography
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Bok retired in 1919 and by 1922 he had established a nature sanctuary on this mountain. It was a place to meditate among the birds and flowers.
The tower opened in 1929 with a ceremony conducted by a friend of Bok’s Calvin Coolidge.
To this day you can still hear the carillon bells ring out over the gardens and the surrunding countryide. And visitors come here for the concert as well
to sroll thru the beautiful gardens
to partake of the tranquillity and beauty.
And we won’t miss this addition to the space: Nestled in the heart of seven and one-half lush acres at Bok Tower Gardens is Pinewood Estate, the enchanting 20-room Mediterranean-style mansion. Originally named “El Retiro,” meaning “retreat” in Spanish, the Estate was built in the early 1930s for Charles Austin Buck, a Bethlehem Steel vice president. Now this historic Estate is open for tours throughout the year to visitors of Bok Tower Gardens.
and don’t miss a Virtual visit at Christmas time
One more stop
The GIft shop which has lots of stuff relating to the tower and its gardens and don’t forget the recorded carillons music—Nature book as well as florial and Scandinavian rosemaling grafts
So that’s it till next week—when I’ll return on Tues and we continue a short distance from Bok Tower to Lake Wales
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and the answer to the James Bond movie filmed in (part) in Florida:
But you can see the gigantic hangar, which is the monumental Vehicle Assemble Building, if you tour the Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida. Or sit back and see more of in Ron Howard’s Apollo 13.
The ‘Amazon’ boat chase was filmed on the North Fork of the St. Lucie River at Jupiter, north of Palm Beach on Florida’s east coast, but ends at the spectacular Iguazu Falls, located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná, the Argentine province of Misiones and Paraguay
And though the interior is, of course, a set, back in Paris, the fight with the snake in the pool was filmed at Silver Springs in Florida, a frequently-used underwater location (scenes for Thunderball were shot here, as well as many of the Tarzan movies and Fifties monster classic The Creature From The Black Lagoon). Silver Springs, one of the largest artesian springs ever discovered, is now a state park, just east of Ocala, Route 40, central Florida.
to check out all the filming sites and there were BUNCHES
Just click on the underlined passage—what I do is give you some of the fact, but I also include links to other sites where you can learn more—-if it’s underlined it will take you somewhere and there you can explore further
Adorable Scots highland dancing tot set for New York at Tartan Week 2021
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Oh and our main photo at the beginning is not of Bok Tower but rather a garden in some corner of the UK or another. Beautiful isn’t it.
