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when i tell you i got goosebumps watching this
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500-Year-Old Body of Man Wearing Thigh-High Boots Found in London Sewer Construction
During the construction of London’s massive “super sewer,” archaeologists discovered something unusual in the mud: a 500-year-old skeleton of a man still wearing his thigh-high leather boots.
The Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) announced this week that the skeleton was unearthed on the shores of the Thames, near a bend in the river downstream from the Tower of London.
“By studying the boots, we’ve been able to gain a fascinating glimpse into the daily life of a man who lived as many as 500 years ago,” said Beth Richardson, a finds specialist who analyzes artifacts at MOLA Headland, a consortium of archaeologists. “They have helped us to better understand how he may have made his living in hazardous and difficult conditions, but also how he may have died. It has been a privilege to be able to study something so rare and so personal.” Read more.
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Spring.
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“I’m an adult” I whisper as I try not panic while I’m filling in all those forms that I don’t understand.
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Yes, you’ve entered my bloodstream, the room, the whole springtime
is filled with you…
Rainer Maria Rilke, “The Second Elegy,” Duino Elegies
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We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
John Locke
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I can’t paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too.
Rembrandt
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Awaiting…Something
Watercolor and Gouache On Cotton Paper
2017, 9″x 12″
Pink Japanese Tree Peony
https://www.etsy.com/shop/KateHavekostFineArt
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Watercolor, Gouache and Chinese Ink On Cotton Paper
2017, 12″x 9″
Patty’s Plum Oriental Poppies
I have loved this painting since I first painted it and then reworked it a bit. BUT I’ve never really had a good title for it. Any suggestions?
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Antigone’s Resurrection
Watercolor On Cotton Paper
2018, 5.5"x 10"
Magenta Cranesbill, Hardy Geraniums
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In The Lavender
Watercolor and Gouache On Cotton Paper
2018, 8″x 14″
Lavender and Purple Poppies
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Lavender Shadows
Watercolor On Bristol Board
2018, 9″x 12″
Lavender
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A woman hitting a neo-nazi with her handbag. Picture taken by Hans Runesson. The woman in the photograph is Danuta Danielsson (1947–1988). She was of Polish origin and her mother had been in a German concentration camp during World War II. Via wiki.
More world posts here: sixpenceee.com/tagged/world
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