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
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?
GREAT BRITAIN beautiful coast of Cornwall (hd-video)
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/
Evolution of Fairy Tales: Sleeping Beauty
https://kategjameson.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/evolution-of-fairy-tales-sleeping-beauty/
What Wide Origins You Have, Little Red Riding Hood!
A Summary and Analysis of the ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ Fairy Tale
The Age of Alice: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Nonsense in Victorian England
Werewolf Legends from Germany
https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/werewolf.html
Have a Costume Night
Coolest Homemade Robot Costume Ideas
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 Celtic World
Professor Jennifer Paxton, Ph.D.
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
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
Former First National Bank Building in Key West, Florida
In 1891, George Allen
http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/monroe/bios/a4500001.txt
started the First National Bank of Key West with capital from owners of cigar manufacturers.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/article/LK/20020822/News/605235940/SH
The financial institution constructed this red and yellow brick building on Duval and Front Streets in 1897.
In later years it was a Wachovia branch before the holding company failed
https://www.gobankingrates.com/banking/banks/history-wachovia-bank/
and was acquired by Wells Fargo.
Now the lower level of this historic building is a clothing store.
Come back on Tues for the last of Front Street and on to Duval
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
Buckingham Palace: https://www.royal.uk/search?tags%5B0%5D=Buckingham%20Palace
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/
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-spies-who-never-were-hervie-haufler/1121190028? |
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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
Also turtles and alligators as well as vipers and pythons.
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