Monday 21 December 2009
Monochrome Weekly Theme.
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Wednesday 16 December 2009
ABC Wednesday - V.

This fun weekly idea came from Denise.
And this week we've reached the letter V.
I'm still posting about parts of the collections in this house, and I've found V in the camera collection.
V
is for
VOIGTLANDER.
Two Voigtlanders, to be precise.
The one on the left, a Voigtlander Vito II A, was probably made in about 1955. I bought it second-hand in (I think) 1968, when I received back-pay after qualifying as a nurse.
The one on the right, a Voigtlander Brilliant, was given to my husband by my favourite-ever aunt, who was also my Godmother. It was made in about 1935, and belonged to her elder brother before he was killed in a motorcycle accident.
Both these cameras still work, but film for the Brilliant is hard to find and harder to process.
More and varied takes on the letter can be found through the ABC page. It's worth a visit.
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Sunday 13 December 2009
Monochrome Weekly Theme.
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Wednesday 9 December 2009
ABC Wednesday - U.

This week's letter for ABC Wednesday is U.
Staying within the confines of my collections (and those of others in the house) my first two words are
UNTIDY and UNSORTED.
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Monday 7 December 2009
Monochrome Weekly Theme.
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Wednesday 2 December 2009
ABC Wednesday - T.

I had a hard time finding something in my collections for the letter T.
Then I thought of this jug from the old Llanelly Pottery. It dates from the second half of the 19th century.
Why post this for T?
The rich brown glaze is sometimes called a TREACLE glaze!
More T posts can be found through the ABC Wednesday page. Why not see if something there tickles your fancy?
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Sunday 29 November 2009
Monochrome Weekly Theme.
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Wednesday 25 November 2009
ABC Wednesday - S.

This week's late entry is for the letter S.
S
is for
Skeleton and Skulls.
In his youth my husband collected skulls and skeletons. He gathered any he could find on his country walks. He even picked up small corpses, and buried them until they rotted clean.
We have very few left now, although his collection was carefully documented and recorded, and the drawings and notes still exist.
This first photo is of the skeleton of a Guillemot, a sea bird, carefully assembled from the bones found above a beach.

All the above photos were taken by my husband - on my kitchen work-surface!
More S posts can be found through the ABC Wednesday page.
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Tuesday 24 November 2009
Monochrome Weekly Theme.
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Wednesday 18 November 2009
Abc Wednesday - R for Reclining Dragon.

This week's letter is
R
I'm showing you another of my dragons - well, they do rather fill the house, and they make my most important collection!
This one is a very dozy dragon - and you can all stop saying he's like his owner!
This is meant to be the front of the ornament.
The dragon is
RECLINING
on a crescent moon, holding the favourite jewel of his treasure.
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