#Ida Innes

[mystique-peach]

A first go at some design idea's I had for something I want to do in the future. Consider these a first draft - The designs might change a bit as I play with them, especially when it comes to color and direction.

[cactuskid99]

Day 3 of posting famous historic figure's siblings+their home country's national anthem, Ida Hitler, Elder sister of Adolf Hitler, and, Land der berge, land am strome

[lupinoschums]

[obscure-song-tournament]

Obscure Song Tournament Masterpost - Round One!

Bracket images + list below the cut. (Long post)

Extremely apologies for that fucked up formatting, it was the easiest way for me to set it up & now I don’t feel like redoing it <3

BRACKETS

Matches will be updated with links when the posts go up :-) (links removed when votes finished. Link link whyyyyy </3)

A

虚に産まれた毒蟲達の選択 - Haint VS. Keep Away - Insane Driver

Manchester - Lana Wild VS. Pulp Friction - Fool Heavy

Scatterbrain - Casual Tees VS. Dopamine - The Fundementals

Angelic 2 the Core - Corey Feldman VS. Sad Hit Song - V is for Villains

Cosmos - Jawbreaker Reunion VS. Patches - Jawbreaker Reunion

John Congleton & The Nighty Nites VS. Away From You - Nicole

New Dance - DEERPEOPLE VS. Not My Good Side - Deafpony

Maple Leaf Etc. - Maxshh VS. Give Me a Moment - 2far2jump

B

Goodbye Goodnight - Eudora June VS. Mama - Eudora June

The Helper - Giannah Noelle VS. The Hummingbird - Miss E

Worm Song - Sunny Side Down VS. Victim of a Siren - Seraph Siege

There’s a Darkness (but There’s also a Light) - The Wild VS. Ray - Dylans TIE

Alive - GON VS. Red - Oh Dorian

You are Loved - David Lamotte VS. Getting Around to it(Maybe) - Ollie Oxyn

Timed Out - blockkids VS. Where U Goin? - Half In the Bag

All That I Am - Maia Grandy VS. For Me - Dearlie

C

The Hidden Word - Noe Venable VS. Echo in the Hills - Carrie Elkin TIE

Hold Onto Myself - Yendawg VS. YOUR GALAXY - ROZLYN PELL

critter song - tidepooler VS. Juliet and Juliet - Kactus Kid

Low Rent Truman Show - Marc with a C VS. Body Heat - Guard Petal

Pub Money - Bag of Cans VS. Take a Peek - Heat Above

Daddy Daedalus watched me GO DOWN IN FLAMES! - lonely carp VS. The Danger - Patricia Wallinga(twt: @ pwallinga)

Call Me Captain - Emrys Layne (tumblr: @ callmecapt) VS. Insecurity Impermanence - Ian Woodside

Deep Blue - Grapefruit VS. You’re So Hot To Me - Commuted

D

Fly Octo Fly Piano Arrangement - Original - ButterShutter VS. PIANO GAMES - Hazma Notes

Devil’s Game - Lonovve VS. Worst in the World - Uncle Outrage

Cheese (Original Mix) - Cheese VS. The Best Poop of Your Life - Squatty Potty

Сопряжение сфер - Ясвена VS. Hokutoshichisei no Ichiya - Akiko Ikuina

Pink Clouds - Sammy J VS. There Will be Someone at My Funeral Who Doesn’t Want to be There - Sammy J

The Crayon Song - Class of 3000 VS. Eco - Jim Valley

Kinky Murder Machine - Slav the Dog VS. TECVM CIRCVMAMBVLARE NOLO - John Linnel

Imagination - Niel Innes VS. Me & Nikolai - Pale Young Gentlemen TIE

E

Checking My Pulse - Alix Olsen VS. Eat Your Heart Out, Sigmund Freud - Mollie Maxwell

Pink Lemonade - Kristi Krause VS. Don’t Want You - Carpark

Home(Here) - Big Tree VS. Runaways - Big Tree

Przyszłam do miasta - Ballady I Romanse VS. 10,000 Days - OK Glass

Cross My Heart - Richard Myhill VS. Hurricane - My Cat Umi

Bitches (Do as Bitches Are) - Brain’s All Gone VS. Rotten - Missouri Surf Club

Born To It - Freefonix VS. No Place Like Home - Freefonix

8:15 - 3:30 VS. last week/month/year - rain

F

Pointillize - Raccoon Fink VS. Tokyo Koya - Van

execute - ninty VS. Bloodlust - ninty

Better Red than Dead - KELChip VS. Bloodbird - KELChip

EGO - Powderpaint VS. Tax Evasion Scheme Artist - Golden Line

.. - subeteanatanoseidesu VS. Fictional Girl - cindersnow

Nighttime (I fall asleep) - SamX VS. No Time at All - MORE

GOTH BITCH DUB - 621 gecs VS. BORKYCORE - ida deerz (ft. kaj strife)

To.Get.Her - Nixis VS. Hyper Arcade - Glass Daydreams

G

Dusk and Dawn - Das Fi VS. Full of Light - Le Professeur

Between You and Me - Clementine Werchola VS. Digital Love - SilverTunes

I Wish Was Dead - Cherry and the Other People VS. Monmon_Fanmoran - Mochitsune

Splitter Girl - Weevildoing VS. Can Graze the Roof bring you back to childhood? - Anomaly Vector

Moongrains - Anomaly Vector (ft Gumi Ai) VS. Memories - Jens East (Ft Lotta Rasva) TIE

Black Plate - Profilgate VS. Ode to Janey Lou - FOE

It’s Murder - Skeleton Staff VS. The Dreaming - Marquis of Vaudeville

Best Friend - Taitoki VS. Chakra - Marnage

H

Rusalka and The Shepherd Girl - The Forgetmenauts VS. Minesweepers - Peter Bellamy

Four Tall Trees - Leslie Fish VS. Carmen Miranda’s Ghost - Leslie Fish

Butterfly/Drowsy Maggie - Double Indemnity VS. Captain Ward - Tempest

The Finchley Waltz - Robin Grey VS. The Trials Of Oscar Wilde - Alan John

Blood and Passion - Alexander James Adam VS. Winter’s Tooth - Alexander James Adam

He of Sidhe - Alexander James Adam VS. Curiosity - JTSteam

they say you see the sparrow fall - pabrizzer VS. Labyrinth - Madeline S

Star Fire - Julia Ecklar and Cynthia McQuillin VS. The Phoenix - Julia Ecklar

I

Liar and the Hound - Beneath Eden VS. Song For Sandy - Thirsty Moon

Snake in the Grass - Couch Slut VS. Bodysuit - FlooringCo

On a Walk - Fort Womb VS. Pause Button - Particle Devotion TIE

Death is a Girl - Skippocalyptic VS. Sea ll - Momoi ALLU

52 Pickup - Z. VS. Are You Underwater - The Gerbils

山谷澗 - Mysterain小雨樂隊 VS. Lately - Strip the Image

J

613 - FC the Kid VS. Never Be Famous - Hussalonia TIE

Too Hot - Jay Safari VS. Lhasa -Shapaley

We Made it - JAMIEvx VS. Collide - Harold J TIE

412 (coffin built for two) - Mollie Maxwell VS. Vampire Bop - Feel Spectres

No Bird Sing - Plastic Lines VS. Unretractable Fact - Second Person

SCARY* - EXIT ONLY VS. THREATS - ILLFIGHTYOU

Real Woman - comfort VS. Preserve - PETROLEUM! GENDERLOSS

See You in The Pit - Rotten Youth VS. No Proposals - Physical Plant

K

Rebels - Old Death Whisper VS. Maneater - Blue Eved Blondes

Candy - Joe Mama VS. la somnambule - La Femme Pendu & Damien Done

Center Stage - Howard Martin VS. Lethal Temptress - The Mendoza Line (COVER)

Gears of the Atom Man - Angels of Liberty VS. Inhuman Liberty - Dr. Arthur Krause

Wake Up Girl - Skeeter Truck VS. Pennies in my Pocket - Stamen and Pistols

Flower Gurl - Ronen VS. Dark Rip - Teen Girl Scientist Monthly

Heart of the TARDIS - Time Crash VS. Trust Me - Time Crash

The Machine - Asta Wylie VS. Not Yet - Leo and the Little Things

L

Grace - Raelle VS. Transfixed - Joss Smith, NUYD

Animal - Xisco Feijoó VS. No Me Lames - Natalia Cassis

Hyperphantasia - Fearful Earful VS. We Who Are About To Live - Le Professeur

Tonight Eternity Alone - Rene Claus VS. HEAD OF HOLOFERNES - lonely carp

Milá má - Nahore VS. Cardigan Sweater - Jasmine Kennedy TIE

Side B - Alohaha VS. Side A - Alohaha

The Binding Of Isaac - Schmekel VS. the man who wasn't there - A Fictitious Band

Let It Go - The Murder of Crows VS. Slip! - Bright Orange

M

Boy who Blocked the Sun - Demi the Daredevil VS. Rainy Day Georgia - Jayne Trimble TIE

Burn it Down with Math - Deuce of Gears VS. Camouflage - Ed's Redeeming Qualities

Reach - Rachel West VS. Haircut Song - Shannon Moser

BurnerPhone - Dirty Heathen (ft. Bittersweet Evergreen) VS. Reunion - Brent Spiner & Maude Maggart

Deadname Birthday - The Timewasters VS. Small Parts of Something Much Larger - Suns

STILL FEEL IT - caseJackal VS. Sunshine and Lollipops 2020 - Sad Snack

Smooth Operator - Supernothing VS. Say What You Want - Growth Spurt

Бетонные блоки - Truckdrivers VS. Mirèmèngies - Edona Vatoc

N

Have You Ever Seen a Duck, Like, in Real Life? - lisa the beauty queen VS. Zip Ties and SSRIs-Dinosawh

Housekeeper- Faun Fables VS. Kill the King - Rabbit Rabbit Radio

Caroline - Espers VS. Mega Mouse - Putrid Shark

Whiskey and Water - Parader VS. Tales of the Phantom Ship - Nathan

Raising the Dead! - Jessica Law VS. Lotus Eaters - Jessica Law TIE

Autism Murder Memorial- Fit to Work VS. All Cats are Beautful - Fit to Work

Moon - Feel Spectres VS. Blow Up the Moon - Feel Spectres

All For Me Grog! - Spud Bugs VS. A Place We Could Call Home (Turncoat Collective) - Spud Bugs

O

Reclaim - Porch Cat VS. Perspectives - The Cast Before the Break

Orpheus on Ice - The Small Calamities VS. Violin Concerto in the Key of Crippling Regret - The Small Calamities TIE

Paint By Numbers - From Fragile Seeds VS. Homme Offer Knee - Ben Below

Tomb Song - Nora Keyes VS. Hold My Heart - The Dune Sea

Each Time She Calls - Jessie Goslin VS. Daisies - Heather and Hay

A Catalyst - Blood Crying Twinks VS. flexible guy - clown residue

Howard - Demo - Mother Aiden VS. going thru it - teamonade

Blooming Strangely - Ginger & Pear VS. Pressed - Ginger & Pear

P

Alright! Heartcatch Precure! - Aya Ikeda VS. 恐竜あげみざわ★ - Kyouruu Friends

星の旅人 - Sayaka Senbongi & Yumiri Hanamori VS. Gyokuza no GEMINI - Eclipse

The End of the World - Fred Deakin VS. Weekend Anarchist - MEMODEMO

運命は “I" Love You - チームDEKAI VS. Endure Emptiness - Kain Vinosec

Heritage of Sampled Electronic World - KR. Palto47 VS. Ultimate Performance of Abandoned Magic Boxes ~Rack of Junks - KR. Palto47

Liminal Spaces - Logan Fredricks VS. 薔薇は美しく散る × 輪舞-revolution - okurigi66

297回の試行 - Image44 VS. 川のそばで - Image44

DiViNE - EXiNA VS. We'll make a monster of you - Freefonix

[officiallordvetinari]

Wikipedia Featured Article Poll, Biographies Edition. Summaries and links below the cut

Margaret Ives Abbott (June 15, 1878 – June 10, 1955) was an American amateur golfer. She was the first American woman to win an Olympic event: the women's golf tournament at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Lilias Eveline Armstrong (29 September 1882 – 9 December 1937) was an English phonetician. She worked at University College London, where she attained the rank of reader. Armstrong is most known for her work on English intonation as well as the phonetics and tone of Somali and Kikuyu. Her book on English intonation, written with Ida C. Ward, was in print for 50 years. Armstrong also provided some of the first detailed descriptions of tone in Somali and Kikuyu.

Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely for four American League teams, Berg was never more than an average player and was better known for being "the brainiest guy in baseball." Casey Stengel once described Berg as "the strangest man ever to play baseball".

Edward Dando (c. 1803 – 28 August 1832) was a thief who came to public notice in Britain because of his unusual habit of overeating at food stalls and inns, and then revealing that he had no money to pay. Although the fare he consumed was varied, he was particularly fond of oysters, having once eaten 25 dozen of them with a loaf and a half of bread with butter.

Harold Francis Davidson (14 July 1875 – 30 July 1937), generally known as the Rector of Stiffkey, was a Church of England priest who in 1932, after a public scandal, was convicted of immorality by a church court and defrocked. Davidson strongly protested his innocence and to raise funds for his reinstatement campaign he exhibited himself in a barrel on the Blackpool seafront. He performed in other sideshows of a similar nature, and died after being attacked by a lion in whose cage he was appearing in a seaside spectacular.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7, 1890 – May 14, 1998) was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. Moving to Miami as a young woman to work for The Miami Herald, she became a freelance writer, producing over one hundred short stories that were published in popular magazines. Her most influential work was the book The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), which redefined the popular conception of the Everglades as a treasured river instead of a worthless swamp. Its impact has been compared to that of Rachel Carson's influential book Silent Spring (1962). Her books, stories, and journalism career brought her influence in Miami, enabling her to advance her causes.

George Went Hensley (May 2, 1881 – July 25, 1955) was an American Pentecostal minister best known for popularizing the practice of snake handling. A native of rural Appalachia, Hensley experienced a religious conversion around 1910: on the basis of his interpretation of scripture, he came to believe that the New Testament commanded all Christians to handle venomous snakes.

Margaret Alice Murray FSA Scot FRAI (13 July 1863 – 13 November 1963) was a British-Indian Egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist who was born in India. The first woman to be appointed as a lecturer in archaeology in the United Kingdom, she worked at University College London (UCL) from 1898 to 1935. She served as president of the Folklore Society from 1953 to 1955, and published widely over the course of her career.

Dom Pedro Afonso (19 July 1848 – 10 January 1850) was the Prince Imperial and heir apparent to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. Born at the Palace of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro, he was the second son and youngest child of Emperor Dom Pedro II and Dona Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, and thus a member of the Brazilian branch of the House of Braganza. Pedro Afonso was seen as vital to the future viability of the monarchy, which had been put in jeopardy by the death of his older brother Dom Afonso almost three years earlier.

Elias Abraham Rosenberg (Hebrew: אליאס אברהם רוזנברג; Hawaiian: Eliaka Apelahama Loselabeka; c. 1810 – July 10, 1887) was a Jewish immigrant to the United States who, despite a questionable past, became a trusted friend and adviser of King Kalākaua of Hawaii. Regarded as eccentric, he lived in San Francisco in the 1880s and worked as a peddler selling illegal lottery tickets. In 1886, he traveled to Hawaii and performed as a fortune-teller. He came to Kalākaua's attention, and endeared himself to the king with favorable predictions about the future of Hawaii. Rosenberg received royal appointments to several positions: kahuna-kilokilo (royal soothsayer), customs appraiser, and guard. He was given lavish gifts by the king, but was mistrusted by other royal advisers and satirized in the Hawaiian press.

[didasgomas]

Don't take candy from nice strangers

Day 10 of @augusnippets

Prompts: Execution/Fake execution/Begging for mercy

Trigger Warning: Psychological torture, gun threat, sadism

Very small and mostly for practice part of "In Mortality", an au of Cut Down The Altar (creator will be in the tags)

April 17th, 2004

Harvey was just a 21-year-old college student, trying his luck at hitchhiking across the state during the few days of the month where he had no classes.

Having started from Ida county just the day before, he had made a lot of progress, met a lot of nice people and stayed at a really welcoming inn in Polk. Right now he just hoped he'd be spotted on the side of the road fast, as he had less than an hour left of sunlight.

Finally, someone stopped. A young man possibly his same age, with black hair and brown eyes, who introduced himself as Jake and asked where Harvey needed to go, to which he answered vaguely with "just the nearest city".

Without explanation, Jake got out of the car, and suddenly there was a gun pointed at his head. Jake was very clear when stating he'd take Harvey to wherever he himself pleased, and threatened to blow off Harvey's head clean if he didn't comply. Next thing he knew, Harvey was shoved inside the trunk of the car.

The entire ride he was experiencing an internal panic attack, having lost any track of time and of direction.

What got him out of his own head wasn't the car stopping or the trunk opening, but rather Jake grabbing him by the shirt and dragging him inside an empty cemetery.

Jake stopped at an empty spot and finally released his grip on Harvey. Physically at least.

"Alright, barbs, take the shovel and start digging right here," he pointed to the ground, "and make sure it's pretty because that's gonna be your new bed after I shove a bullet in you."

He let out a long chuckle, like he'd just heard a joke. Like the anguish of someone else was entertaining.

However, given his strenght despite his slim appearance, there was no way Harvey could ever take on this dude all alone, and trying to insult him to his face would probably end up in him pulling the trigger much earlier. Swallowing down the need to vomit, Harvey picked up the shovel right next to him and began digging up what would be, to his understanding, his own grave.

He couldn't tell just how much time had passed by, too focused on what he was doing just to have an internal excuse as to not look his kidnapper in the eyes.

Once he had reached five feet deep, he was startled by a hand making contact with his shoulder without warning.

"Kneel down, barbs. It's time I finish the job."

Jake's voice sounded distant as Harvey's stress and fear bubbled up to a boiling point, so much so he barely felt his knees touching the ground.

Surely enough he felt the muzzle meet his temple. He shut his eyes so hard he saw stars, for at any second this would be it, his life would be cut short.

The sound of the trigger being pulled echoed slightly.

…

But… He was still-

Heavy, manic laughter drowned his ears.

The gun had been empty this whole time.

Through the laughter, he could hear the other man walking away from him.

"Welcome to Rose, barbs!" the other man yelled out from a distance, before breaking down in even more cackles.

After the air became quiet again, the only thing Harvey managed to do was cry.

[softmoonlightmelody]

Aphrodite Cabin HCs

This is everything from fleshing the different members out, to various hijinks and random headcanons. remember - specializations are broad, mostly because the aphrodite kids take wide swaths of land and then declare them their own.

Members (in birth order):

Drew Tanaka - head counselor. represents philautia, love of self. specializes in Chinese and Japanese clothing - particularly likes the Tang Dynasty of China and the Meiji Period of Japan. She moved from Japan to America when she was ten after her stepmother died. Her father feels mostly cold indifference for her. Uses two Celestial Bronze-sharpened fans. She/her, aromantic asexual. Trans mtf.

Piper McLean - technically gone. former head counselor. represented storge, love of family (mostly). was not there long enough to cement her specialization. Use Katoptris, her beloved dagger. She/her, homoromantic homosexual.

Valentina Diaz - represents eros, love of physicality. specializes in South American clothing, mostly Argentinian, although she has dipped in other places around South America. grew up with her loving father, who does tech. Uses a really big sword. She/they, biromantic bisexual.

Mitchell Láska - represents xenia, hospitality. specializes in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. He's quarter-Czech, quarter-Egyptian (and half-god). His mother raised him on both cultures, and she runs an inn. Uses a spear. He/him, homoromantic asexual. Trans ftm.

Sajan Mishra - represents philia, love of friends. specializes in Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese clothing. He's a desi kid and goes to Hindi school on weekends. Compains about it, too. Uses a bow and arrows. He/they, aromantic heterosexual.

Lacy Abbott - represents agape, love of faith. specializes in Northern Europe. She was raised under the Church of England, and moved to America later. Token white of the Aphrodite Cabin. Uses a mace. She/her, does not know her orientation other than that she doesn't like boys.

Ife Kayode - represents storge, love of family (mostly). specializes in Subsaharan Africa clothing. She lives at camp year-round after her mother died in a car crash very recently. Uses an ida sword. She/ae, does not know her orientation.

Headcanons:

no Aphrodite Cabin member is straight. just... no.

Lacy makes them all corsets at one point to experiment with tailoring. All of them love their corsets.

the Aphrodite Cabin's sparkling nail polish has a secret - it is infused with Celestial Bronze, or, more recently, Imperial Gold. They have a single, incredibly sparingly used dagger shavings from some of Artemis's silver. Bronze and gold have very different looks, and so does silver. If anything, the Aphrodite Cabin steals the metal scraps that are pretty much useless that are left over from the Hephaestus Cabin's creations.

they literally use daggers to do eyeliner.

the Aphrodite Cabin has their 'emergency weapons' - the campers are pretty scared of that. It's actually the two knives in their combat boots and nails sharp enough to claw out a monster's throat.

there is always a Aphrodite Cabin member for each form of love. Piper joined after Silena's death (the space of around two months between) and Ife joined after Piper left the demigod world.

Drew is the most levelheaded Aphrodite camper.

they braid each other's hair. except for Piper. Piper's always been an exception to most Aphrodite kid things, because she vehemently hates it. the other Aphrodite kids don't understand.

[blakbonnet]

hello meow and ida

please forgive the tiny little screenshot they included my full legal name in the body of the email several times and i try to avoid just sending that out to people on tumblr lmao

pls could i have a header of them walking into the inn in the background at the end 👉👈

or literally anything else if this is horribly hard to gif. i don't make gifs i just appreciate them from afar. it is sorcery to me

thanks!! 💛

Thank you for contacting your reps!! And absolutely ❤️❤️❤️ it's a very nice scene to gif, will tag you when it's posted!

(ask for a ceasefire from your local reps and get a custom header from either @bizarrelittlemew or I, more details here)

[papermoonloveslucy]

LUCY AT THE JUNCTION

"Petticoat Junction" and The Lucycoms

Although thematically the shows created by Lucille Ball were worlds apart from the quaint antics in Hooterville's Shady Rest Hotel, there were artistic and creative commonalities that are worth discussing.

"Petticoat Junction" ran from 1963 to 1970, while "The Lucy Show" ran from 1962 to 1968, both on CBS TV. "Petticoat Junction" was filmed at General Service Studios, where "I Love Lucy" began filming until it moved to larger quarters.

Like Kate Bradley, Lucy Carmichael and Lucy Carter are widows raising teenage girls while trying also to earn a living, a popular trope of the 1960s and '70s.

To vary storylines, "I Love Lucy" added a dog and a baby, as did "Petticoat Junction." Animal trainer Frank Inn worked on both shows, as well as on "Here's Lucy."

Both shows went from black and white to color in October 1965. Although "The Lucy Show" had filmed its second season in color, CBS declined to air it in color.

SHARING THE TYPEWRITER

Writer Seaman Jacobs penned six episodes of "Petticoat Junction" in 1963-64 and three of "The Lucy Show" in 1967. Fred S. Fox co-wrote one of those episodes with Jacobs. Fox also wrote one 1965 episode of "Petticoat Junction." Fox's co-writer for that episode was Irving 'Iz' Elinson, who wrote a dozen episodes of "The Lucy Show."

SHARED CASTING

Their "Petticoat Junction" characters are in parentheses, followed by their Lucycom / Desilu credits.

Bea Benadaret (Kate Bradley) first starred with Lucille Ball on her radio series "My Favorite Husband" (1948-1951), primarily as best friend Iris Atterbury. Benadaret was Ball's first choice to play Ethel Mertz on "I Love Lucy," but she was already contracted to play Blanche Morton on "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", another best friend character. Ball still managed to cast her as a one-off character, Miss Lewis, an elderly spinster, on season 1 of "I Love Lucy."

Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe Carson) appeared with Lucille Ball on a 1971 "Merv Griffin Show" saluting director George Marshall, for whom both worked. For Desilu, Buchanan appeared on a 1958 episode of "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" and a 1959 episode of their helicopter series "Whirlybirds".

Frank Cady (Sam Drucker) appeared for Desilu in "December Bride" (1956), "Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse" (1959), "Guestward Ho!" (1961), "The Untouchables" (1962), "The Danny Thomas Show" (1960), "Glynis" (1963), and a 1963 unsold pilot titled "Swingin' Together."

Charles Lane (Homer Bedloe) appeared in 7 films with Lucille Ball between 1933 and 1949. He was also heard on her radio show "My Favorite Husband". On "I Love Lucy," he played 4 characters and 2 more on "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour." He was cast as banker Barnsdahl on "The Lucy Show," but was released after 4 episodes so that Ball could hire Gale Gordon. He went from Desilu to Hooterville.

Byron Foulger (Banker Guerney / Wendell Gibbs) first appeared with Lucille Ball in the Westinghouse industrial film Ellis in Freedomland (1952). On "I Love Lucy" he played the spokesman of The Friends of the Friendless in “Lucy’s Last Birthday” (ILL S2;E25) in 1953. in 1965′s “My Fair Lucy” (TLS S3;E20) he played henpecked husband Fred Dunbar.  Two years later, Foulger was back on “The Lucy Show” to play Mr. Trindle, owner of a jewelry store supposedly robbed by Lucy in “Lucy Meets the Law” (TLS S5;E19), his last appearance opposite Lucille Ball.  For Desilu, he was seen in "December Bride" (1957 & 1958) and "The Untouchables" (1959).

Elvia Allman (Selma Plout / Gladys Stroud / Cora Watson) was heard with Lucille Ball on "My Favorite Husband" before playing the strident Candy Factory Forewoman on "I Love Lucy." Allman returned to the show as one of Minnie Finch’s neighbors in “Fan Magazine Interview” (ILL S3;E17) in 1954 and prim magazine reporter Nancy Graham in “The Homecoming” (ILL S5;E6) in 1955. She made two appearances on “The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour“ - first as Ida Thompson, Westfield’s PTA director, then as Milton Berle's private secretary. Allman would also be seen on two episodes of “The Lucy Show" as a customer in a department store and the manager of an employment agency. Allman’s final screen appearance with Lucille Ball reunited her with Bob Hope: “Bringing Back Vaudeville” in 1971. For Desilu, Allman was seen on "December Bride" (1954-59), and "The Ann Sothern Show" (1958).

Kay E. Kuter (Newt Kiley) made an appearance in the 1970 TV movie Swing Out, Sweet Land with Jack Benny and Lucille Ball.  He was seen on "Here's Lucy" as a singing Canadian Mountie in 1971. For Desilu he was seen on "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" (1957 & 1958).

Jack Bannon (Roger Budd / 9 Others) was the real-life son of Bea Benadaret. He was briefly seen on "Here's Lucy" in 1971.

Eddie Albert (Oliver Wendell Douglas) first co-starred with Lucille Ball in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950). Albert played himself on a 1973 episode of “Here’s Lucy” titled “Lucy Gives Eddie Albert the Old Song and Dance” (HL S6;E6). He also appeared with Ball on an episode of "The Carol Burnett Show" (1968). For Desilu, he appeared on "The Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse" (1958) and "The Greatest Show on Earth" (1963).

Eva Gabor (Lisa Douglas) played romance novelist Eva Von Graunitz in “Lucy and Eva Gabor” (S1;E7) in 1968 as well as herself in a 1972 epsidoes set in a hospital room.

Hank Patterson (Fred Ziffel) appeared in an episode of the Desilu western "The Sheriff of Cochise" in 1957, "The Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse" (1958), "Guestward Ho!" (1961), and "The Untouchables" (1960-1962).

Barbara Pepper (Doris - aka Ruthie - Ziffel) was a Goldwyn Girl with Lucille Ball making 6 films together and becoming good friends. On the list of possible actors to play Ethel Mertz, she was in 10 episodes of "I Love Lucy" as various characters.

Roy Roberts (Norman Curtis / Game Warden Hughes) was first seen with Lucille Ball was in an uncredited role in Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949). Roberts joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” at the start of season five, but not as the role he would become known for, bank president Mr. Cheever in 14 episodes, but as the Admiral in “Lucy and the Submarine” (TLS S5;E2) in September in 1966. Roberts returned to Lucille Ball Productions for 5 episodes of “Here’s Lucy.” For Desilu he appeared in a 1955 episode of "December Bride."

Paul Wilbur (Bert Smedley) played Mr. Wilbur, owner of the ice cream parlor, in "Lucy is a Soda Jerk" (1962). For Desilu, he was seen on a 1963 episode of "The Greatest Show on Earth."

Parley Baer (Judge Madison / Judge Turner / 3 Others) did four episodes of the radio version of "Green Acres" “Grandby’s Green Acres” starring Bea Benadaret, a summer fill-in for Lucille Ball’s “My Favorite Husband.” Baer appeared in 2 episodes of "I Love Lucy," and 5 of "The Lucy Show." On “Here’s Lucy” he played Dr. Cunningham, Harry Carter’s psychiatrist. For Desilu he was seen in "Whirlybirds," "December Bride," and "Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse."

Olan Soule (Stanley Benson / 3 Others) played Little Ricky's doctor Dr. Gettelman on "I Love Lucy". For Desilu, he appeared on several episodes of "The Untouchables," "The Ann Sothern Show," and "December Bride."

Sarah Selby (Mrs. Frisby / Mrs. Grundy / 3 Others) was heard as Liz's mother on Lucy's radio show "My Favorite Husband." She played bachelorette Dorothy Cook on "I Love Lucy."

Barry Kelley (Sheriff Crandall / Hurley Feasel) played the Mayor of Bancroft on "The Lucy Show". For Desilu he appeared on "The Untouchables," "Whirlybirds," and "Westinghouse-Desilu Playhouse."

Jonathan Hole (Hank Thackery / Mr. Bunce / Mr. Earnshaw) was in 3 episodes of "The Lucy Show" and 2 of "Here's Lucy." For Desilu he was seen in "The Adventures of Jim Bowie."

William O'Connell (Martin Evans / Mr. Agnew) was seen as a Beverly Hills hotel manager on "The Lucy Show" in 1967.

Herbie Faye (Jack Stewart / Doodles / 2 Others) was in a 1968 episode of “The Lucy Show.”  and 4 episodes of “Here’s Lucy”. Ball did a 1959 cameo on "Sergeant Bilko" on which he played Fender for 139 episodes. He also did an episode of "Mothers-in-Law" for Desi Arnaz.

Shirley Mitchell (Mae Belle Jennings) became friends with Lucille Ball in the late 1940s when she was featured in 4 episodes of “My Favorite Husband.” Mitchell reunited with Lucille Ball on “I Love Lucy” playing Marion Strong, member of the Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League.

Jean Vander Pyl (Agnes Frisby / Gladys Miller / Alice Tuttle) was heard with Bea Benadaret on Lucille Ball's radio show "My Favorite Husband." Benadaret and Vander Pyl voiced Wilma and Betty on "The Flintstones."

Peter Leeds (Syd Sparks / Gus Clegg) was heard on “My Favorite Husband." On "I Love Lucy" he was the reporter questioning the Maharincess of Franistan in “The Publicity Agent” (ILL S1;E31). He starred with Lucy in the films The Long, Long Trailer (1953) and The Facts of Life (1960). Leeds also appeared in “Lucy and Bob Hope” (ILL S6;E1) as well as an episode of “Here’s Lucy” in 1971.

Hugh Beaumont (Donald Elliott / Ronnie Beackman) is best known as Ward Cleaver in "Leave it to Beaver," but also appeared uncredited in Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) starring Lucille Ball. For Desilu, he was seen in "Whirlybirds".

Hal Smith (Ben Miller / 2 Others) is probably best remembered as Otis Campbell, the town drunk, on “The Andy Griffith Show” (filmed at Desilu). He appeared with Lucille Ball in the 1963 film Critic’s Choice. He was seen on 3 episodes of "The Lucy Show" and 1 episode of “Here’s Lucy” in 1972.

Maxine Semon (Mabel Snark / Lena Fenwick) played a nurse on “I Love Lucy” in “Nursery School” (ILL S5;E9) then a Yankee Stadium spectator in "Lucy and Bob Hope" (1955). She was a Las Vegas chambermaid on "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour".

Benny Rubin (Chief Fleeteagle / 2 Others) played the Beverly Hills tour bus driver on "I Love Lucy." He was seen on 2 episodes of "The Lucy Show." For Desi Arnaz he was seen on "The Carol Channing Show." For Desilu, he was in "December Bride."

Lurene Tuttle (Adelaide Keane / Henrietta Greene / Mary Alice Perkins) played the outgoing president of The Wednesday Afternoon Fine Arts League in “The Club Election” (ILL S2;E19) in 1953.  

Burt Mustin (Grandpa Jenson) did 3 episodes of "The Lucy Show" and played a juror with Joan Rivers on "Here's Lucy."  Mustin played Uncle Jeff in Mame (1974).

Gail Bonney (Mrs. Tomley / Mrs. Robinson / 1 Other) was seen in 2 1950 films featuring Lucille Ball.  She played mother of twins Mrs. Hudson in “The Amateur Hour,” (ILL S1;E14). She also did 1 episode of "The Lucy Show" and 1 episode of "Here's Lucy."  

Eve McVeagh (Miss Hammond) played Bert, Lucy Ricardo’s hairdresser, in “The Black Wig” (ILL S3;E26).  She also made an appearance as a store clerk on "Here's Lucy."

OTHERS FROM LUCYLAND WHO VISITED THE JUNCTION:

Rolfe Sedan, Frank Aletter, Milton Frome, Herb Vigran, Amzie Strickland, Ray Kellogg, Bob Jellison, Frank Wilcox, Eddie Quillan, Robert Carson, J. Pat O'Malley, Florence Lake, Ernest Truex, Dorothy Konrad, George O'Hanlon, Jack Collins, Ross Elliott, Iris Adrian, William Lanteau, Joi Lansing, Bernie Kopell, Lyle Talbot, Stanley Addams, Doris Packer, Don Brodie, Frank Nelson, Rich Little, Joan Blondell, Nancy Kulp, Sid Melton, Keith Andes, Hayden Rorke, Dick Patterson, Irwin Charrone, Rudy Vallee, Lloyd Corrigan, Jackie Joseph, and Barbara Morrison.

HOOTERVILLE & THE LUCVERSE

There were several Lucycoms that took place aboard trains, but the most notable is "The Great Train Robbery" (1955). Lucy and Desi took a publicity photo in front of the infamous emergency break wearing crumpled conductors caps. On this trip, Frank Nelson played the conductor pushed to his limit by Lucy Ricardo, a role he reprised when Lucy Carmichael took the train to Washington DC in 1963.

Coincidentally, Nelson appeared on "Petticoat Junction" in 1967, but not as a conductor, as the manager of the Flamingo Room in Springdale. He has the distinction of being the only actor to play two recurring characters (Freddy Fillmore and Ralph Ramsey) on "I Love Lucy."

In "Joe Saves the Post Office" (1969), Joe, Janet and Bobbie Jo travel to Washington DC to talk to their Congressman. They end up meeting the President. At the time, the office was occupied by Richard M. Nixon, who is represented only by an extended hand for Joe to shake and he does not speak nor is he mentioned by name. In 1963's "Lucy Visits the White House", Lucy, Viv, and their scout troupe travel to Washington DC to present the President with a sugar cube White House. In this case, the episode mentions the President's name: John F. Kennedy. He has a few off screen lines at the end of the episode, voiced by Elliott Reid. In retrospect, both these episodes conjur unhappy memories. Kennedy was asassinated and Nixon resigned in scandal.

Hooteville's train depot can best be compared to the whistle stop of Greenview in "Lucy Visits the White House" (1963). Greenview was a remote stop located somewhere between Danfield and DC.

Bancroft, California, the small town featured in "Main Street USA" and "Lucy Puts Main Street on the Map" (1967) was a town somewhat bigger than Hooterville, but smaller than Pixley. Lucy and Mr. Mooney arrived there by train to save their main street from becoming a superhighway.

Bancroft had a general store run by Doc Putnam. It featured a large red coffee grinder, just like Sam Drucker's general store in Hooterville.

The Mayor Bancroft was played by Barry Kelley, who appeared on "Petticoat Junction" as Sheriff Crandall. Bancroft citizens included Burt Mustin, who played Grandpa Jenson in three 1968 episodes of "Petticoat Junction" and Hal Smith, who played Mr. Richardson / Ben Miller / Jug Gunderson on "Junction."

During the series' last season, the character of Jerry Roberts was introduced as a possible boyfriend for Billie Jo - until she finds out he's already married. In real life, actors Greg Mullavey and Meredith McRae were man and wife. On "Here's Lucy," Lucie Arnaz's husband Phil Vandervoort was also part of the cast. Sadly, both marriages were short-lived.

A railroad handcar was prominently featured in "Lucy Hunts Uranium" (1958) featuring Fred MacMurray. In Hooterville, it was generally manned by Homer Bedloe (Charles Lane), who was also featured as a Claims Officer in "Lucy Hunts Uranium." Also in the hour-long "Lucy-Desi" episode Bob Jellison plays a Las Vegas bellboy. In Hooterville, Jellison played a salesman in 1968 and Ben Miller in 1970, the 4th and final actor to play that role. That episode also featured Lucyverse performers Sarah Selby and Parley Baer. It was directed by Elliott Lewis, producer of "The Lucy Show" and Desi Arnaz's "Mothers-in-Law" as well as husband of Lucy sidekick Mary Jane Lewis.

In 1969's "One of Our Chickens Are Missing" (S7; E4) of the final season, Hooterville is plagued by chicken thieves in the former of a biker gang. Harry Dean Stanton plays Ringo, who is 'saving up for a pillow'. Lucy and Viv also encounter biker gangs in a 1967 episode of "The Lucy Show" set on the notorious Sunset Strip.

In 1969's "The Camping Trip" (S7;E5), the entire family packs up and goes camping in the woods. They go fishing and Uncle Joe comes face to face with a bear, "The Camping Trip" was also the title of a 1953 episode of "I Love Lucy" where Lucy and Ricky also go fishing. In "The Lucy Show's" "Lucy Becomes a Father" (1964) Lucy Carmichael also comes face to face with a bear.

"Goodbye, Mr. Chimp" (S7;E12) introduces a chimpanzee to the Shady Rest. Uncle Joe buys the chimp as a gift for his infant niece. Two years earlier on "The Lucy Show," Lucy Carmichael also featured a chimp - actually three - in "Lucy The Babysitter". The popularity of chimpanzees on sitcoms can be attributed to The Marquis Chimps, the (non-human) stars of the sitcom “The Hathaways” (1961-62) in which a suburban couple kept three performing chimps as their children.

The iconic Shady Rest Hotel is reminiscent of The Eagle Hotel, where Lucy and Ricky stayed in "The Marriage License" (1952). Running the Eagle Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby (played by Irving Bacon and Elizabeth Patterson), who are reminiscent of Uncle Joe and Kate Bradley, who run the Shady Rest. In season one, Uncle Joe schemes to market the Shady Rest as a 'honeymoon hotel.'

Richard Arlen and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, the stars of the 1929 silent film Wings, the first film to win an Academy Award, were guest stars as themselves on both "Petticoat Junction" (1968) and "The Lucy Show" (1967). Both appearances revolved around their appearance in the film.

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in 1923 by the nephew of suffragette Susan B. Anthony. Thirty years later "I Love Lucy" tackled female equality, culminating in the boys insisting the girls pay their own dinner checks. In 1967 The National Organization for Women (NOW), pledged to fight tirelessly for the ratification of the ERA. On February 7, 1970, "Petticoat Junction" finally got around to the subject by inventing WITCH (Women In True Cultural Heritage) and having Billy Jo storm a barber shop in tailored suit. That same month, twenty NOW leaders disrupted hearings of the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, demanding the ERA be heard by the full Congress.

"Petticoat Junction" and "The Lucy Show" were both part of a DVD set titled The Best of Family TV.

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┈➤ ( MARGOT ROBBIE ) — Veja só se não é JULIETA VAN DER WOODSEN SMITH caminhando pelas ruas de Foxburg! Para alguém de 35 ANOS, ela está bem conservada; deve ser por causa do vinho. Se não me engano, ela trabalha como CONFEITEIRA E CHEF DE COZINHA DA POUSADA FOXBURG INN, e é a melhor na área. Que sorte tê-la como vizinha!

⤷ 𝑰𝑵𝑺𝑷𝑰𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎lorelai gilmore ( gilmore girls ) ; lily bloom ( é assim que acaba ) ; alice hart ( the lost flowers of alice hart ) ; olivia winfield ( flowers in the attic: the origin ) ; ani fanelli ( the luckiest girl alive ) ; angel ( redeeming love ) ; Yvaine ( stardust ) ;

⤷ 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑰𝑪

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Julieta Van der Woodsen Smith ♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Julie ♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎35 anos ♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Touro ♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Bissexual ♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Confeiteira e chef de cozinha

⤷ 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑪𝑨𝑵𝑶𝑵𝑺

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎O dia não poderia estar mais radiante em Las Vegas, o sol brilhava mais do que nunca, quando o milagre dos Van Der Woodsen nascia. Milla vinha tentando engravidar desde o dia seguinte ao seu luxuoso casamento com Byron, e depois de alguns anos e várias idas e vindas a diferentes médicos, a primeira filha do casal estava nascendo. E segundos os pais, a garota era perfeita e tinham os olhos mais bonitos que todos naquela família, hospital e cidade já haviam presenciado. Eram tão grandes e profundos que pareciam ler a alma das pessoas que a garotinha encarava, e como ela parecia gostar de fazer isso, de encarar as pessoas, desde muito pequena, sempre que encontrava alguém Julieta olhava as pessoas diretamente nos olhos e ficava as observando por um bom tempo, chegando ao ponto de deixar as pessoas um tanto desconfortáveis com isso;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Byron era dono de grande parte dos cassinos de Vegas, sendo assim, vivia ocupado com os negócios, sempre grudado no celular e dando pouca atenção a família, não que isso fosse um problema para Milla, uma modelo que também não parava muito em casa, para ela desde que Byron continuasse lhe dando dinheiro para realizar seus caprichos e estivesse presente em todos os eventos sociais importantes, pouco importava se o marido era presente para ela ou para filha que acabara de nascer. No final, tudo o que Julieta significava para Milla era sua segurança financeira, pois caso ela e Byron se separassem a garota garantiria boa parte da herança com desculpa de que precisava cuidar da filha;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Julieta cresceu cercada de mimos e tinha tudo em suas mãos sem nem precisar sequer pedir, porém tudo o que ela mais queria era amor vindo dos pais, sempre que estava em casa Byron passava todo o tempo que podia com a filha, ele realmente a amava pelo que ela era ainda mais por ter herdado seus olhos, coisa que ele não deixava de mencionar sempre que qualquer pessoa passava pela grande entrada da casa, Julieta era a princesinha do pai, porém ele não tinha muito tempo para a mesma, fazendo com que ela crescesse cercada por babás e serviçais prontas a atender seus pedidos a qualquer momento do dia ou da noite, bastava as chamar;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎A garota sempre chamou a atenção de todos por seu jeito alegre, simpático e sua paixão por cozinha e tudo que envolvia comida, e nossa como ela tinha o dom para cozinhar, e ninguém sabia dizer exatamente de onde vinha esse talento. Durante o período escolar, Julieta foi bem popular, não só por seu jeito, mas por conta do dinheiro e influencia de seus pais na cidade, sem falar que a maioria das pessoas por ali tinham os pais empregados pelos seus, a garota estava sempre cercada por pessoas, mas amigos de verdade eram poucos;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ E então que tudo veio abaixo, Julieta começou a namorar o garoto mais popular de seu colégio, que por acaso vinha a ser seu melhor amigo, o namoro dos dois ia às mil maravilhas, os dois eram lideres na escola, mas não se sentiam superiores por isso, eram aquelas pessoas que não ligavam para popularidade ou de onde uma pessoa veio. Os dois se amavam, vivam grudados, não poderia ser mais perfeito, quem os via jurava que estava assistindo a um final de conto de fadas, onde “todos viviam felizes para sempre”. Porém tudo mudou quando o ciúmes vindo do namorado, antes considerado algo fofo, passou dos limites, causando grandes brigas entre ambos, até o dia fatídico que o garoto após perdeu completamente o controle e mostrou sua verdadeira face, agredindo Julieta;

TW: relacionamento abusivo || agressão.

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Inicialmente foi só um tapa e logo ele se desculpou, disse que tinha perdido a cabeça, que era o que o amor por ela causava nele, fazia com que perdesse o controle, e como estava apaixonada Julieta o perdoou. O problema foi que as agressões não pararam por ai, e foram se tornando cada vez piores, e Julieta se tornou uma expert em inventar mentiras e desculpas para as marcas que vez ou outra apareciam, um tombo, um escorregão, todos sabiam o quanto ela podia ser desastrada. O relacionamento dos dois permaneceu durante 5 anos, do colégio a faculdade, e as agressões ficavam cada vez piores e os motivos mais estúpidos possíveis, como dar direções para um estranho na rua, era motivo de um ciúmes incontrolável;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Ao fim da faculdade os dois se casaram, afinal, era isso que era esperado deles, as agressões continuaram, na verdade, já eram parte da rotina do casal. Julieta não sabe dizer ao certo quando chegou ao seu limite, só sabia que para que continuasse viva precisava sair dali. Na calada da noite, enquanto o marido se divertia com os amigos, ela arrumou suas coisas e foi embora, deixando tudo para trás, levando consigo poucas roupas, algum dinheiro que tinha conseguido com o pai e se mudou para a pequena cidade de Foxburg, mudando seu sobrenome e vivendo o mais escondida possível;

Fim do TW

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Julieta tem pouco contato com a família, até porque quer evitar ao máximo que o ex descubra seu paradeiro, logo que chegou a cidade, tratou de conseguir um cachorro, queria uma companhia e também se sentir mais segura. Conseguiu se estabelecer sozinha, começou a trabalhar em um restaurante como aprendiz, algum tempo depois já comandava a cozinha do mesmo, era simples, nada de muito luxo, mas ela era feliz.

⤷ 𝑫𝑬𝑻𝑨𝑰𝑳𝑺

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Julieta ainda tem muito medo que seu ex a encontre, então é bem vigilante, não se abrindo totalmente com as pessoas, e falando quase nada sobre seu passado, quando precisa ela acaba inventando uma história qualquer ;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ Loki é seu fiel companheiro, melhor amigo, e cão de guarda. Ela vem o treinando desde que o adotou como filhote, ensinado comandos de ataque, que ela nunca precisou usar, até o momento ;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ É uma confeiteira de mão cheia, você sempre consegue sentir um cheiro de bolinhos frescos e pães vindos do apartamento dela, e ela ama distribui-los para os vizinhos ;

♡⸝⸝‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎É uma cantora excelente, por mais que não admita, adora um karaokê, e é só beber um pouquinho pra ele se soltar e cantar até de manha ;

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John Kirk was born in Barry, Angus, near Arbroath December 19th 1832.

Another Scot that few of us will know, but his story deserves a lot more attention than it gets, he was instrumental in ending slavery in Zanzibar through his influence with the then Sultan.

Born the second of the four children of the Rev. John Kirk who was himself a keen botanist. He became interested in botany at a very early age since it was his father’s principal hobby. His father tutored him at first then he attended the local high school in Arbroath and he matriculated at the age of 15 and entered Edinburgh University in 1847 at that age first the Arts faculty then the Medical School. By the time he was 22 he graduated from the medical faculty, MD, LRCS. He was also a pupil of the famous botanist Prof. I. H. Balfour during this period

He first took a post as resident physician at the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary, one of his colleagues being Joseph Lister. The Crimean war had just started and like many other young doctors Kirk sailed for the area in 1855; there he stayed until 1856 being stationed mainly at Erenkevi in the Dardanelles and at Scutari. After the Crimean episode he collected plants on Mt. Ida and Mt. Olympus before returning to London in 1856. He was soon off again, however, this time to Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Italy arriving back in London once again in 1857.

From 1858–1863 he was physician, economic botanist and naturalist (and later chief officer) to Livingstone’s Zambesi Expedition. When Livingstone first approached him about this post Kirk is reported to have been so enthusiastic that he replied ‘be ready tomorrow’. Actually being a good Scot he was not quite that impetuous and wanted to have details of ‘the necessary expenses’. Livingstone’s classic reply of 4th January 1858 was ;

‘I am not quite clear as to what you mean with regard to necessary expenses. Suppose you shoot a buffalo there will be no expense incurred in cooking and eating it. There are no inns or hotels in the country. The lodging will all be free – expeditions of this kind cannot be successful unless all the members are willing to rough it and it will be well if we all thoroughly understand this before we start. The salary is £350 per annum.‘ 

Livingstone and Kirk got on very well and in a letter, Livingstone recorded his personal views as follows 

‘The Doctor has been I can assure you a most assiduous and painstaking collector – nothing ever deterred him from doing his duty and he did it like a man. If you can confer any favour on him you will never find a more deserving recipient – this I can say after five years of constant intercourse’. 

The reason Kirk remained friends with Livingstone when so many others failed is partly due to his outstanding qualities of forbearance and understanding and partly that Kirk was the only other member of the expedition with the physical toughness and the strength of will to match Livingstone’s own. His last association with Livingstone was to act as a pall-bearer on 18 April 1874 at Livingstone’s funeral in Westminster Abbey – the others included Stanley and Jacob Wainwright, one of the Africans who had carried Livingstone’s body to the coast after his death; a long and fantastic journey of 11 months.

From 1866 to 1873 Kirk was Vice Consul for Zanzibar and later Assistant Political Agent. In 1873 he was appointed Consul General at Zanzibar and under his influence the Sultan abandoned slavery in his dominions. In 1880 he was Political Agent at Zanzibar and was created KCMG in 1881. He retired in 1887 on account of ill-health. From 1889–1890 he was a diplomat for Britain at the Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference where his long association with the problem was of enormous value. He was created KCB in 1890. He was one of those many giants produced by the Victorian era and his great strength of character shows in the various portraits which exist.

He was very interested in the practical uses of plants and during the Zambesi expedition he made experiments with Strophanthus which was used as an arrow poison by the natives in the area. He discovered its effect on the heart and sent material back to Edinburgh for more detailed investigation. As a result strophanthinum was added to the pharmacopeia and a minor industry started in Central Africa. It is still used as a heart stimulant. He was quick to see the possibilities of an area and published a report on the natural products and capabilities of various areas he visited with Livingstone. He recommended the Shire Highlands for European settlement, the Manganja Hills for coffee planting and the Batoka Highlands for cattle ranching. Kirk fostered the Zanzibar copal industry, the resin from a leguminous plant important in the manufacture of varnish. He also developed the important india-rubber trade, the rubber being obtained not from Hevea (then not grown in the Old World) but from wild climbers of the genus Landolphia. 

John Kirk was also one of the earliest amateur photographers and certainly the first to take photographs of vegetation in the Zambesi area if not in tropical Africa. Wax negatives of the 1859 photographs are still extant and quite excellent prints taken from them. Many of these have been reproduced in Coupland’s fascinating book ‘Kirk on the Zambesi’ and by Foster in his "The Zambesi Journal and letters of Dr. John Kirk" and "The Zambesi Doctors".

Pics are of John Kirk, second is with his wife and daughter, the fourth pic is  Sultan of Zanzibar, Sayyid Sir Barghash bin Sa'id (ruled 1870-1888). Other pics were taken by Kirk during his years in Africa.

More about Dr Kirk and his time in Africa here https://www.abctales.com/story/angusfolklore/sir-john-kirk-and-end-slavery-zanzibar

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japierdole no jutro jade do kolezanki po szkole i ona mowi ze zrobi nam nalesniki z nutella serem i truskawkami

JAKBY KURWA NO NIE WYPADA MI TEGO NIE ZJESC NO w sesnie mowilam jej ze musze zjesc w domu bo rodzice maja problem ze nie jemi dlatego u niej nie chce(w domu tez bym nie jadla wtedy i bym miala fasta)

ale ida tam jeszcze 2 inne osoby ktore chca jesc i co ja mam powiedziec teraz niby

jak ona sie bedzie starac i zrobi takie cudne nalesniki to nie chce tego rozciapac i zjesc samych truskawek bo bym nie uszanowala jej pracy ale no japierdole i co teraz

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Birthdays 8.16

Beer Birthdays

Emile A.H. Seipgens (1837)

Johann Kjeldahl (1849)

Dann Paquette (1968)

John Pinkerton (1969)

Justin Dvorkin (1982)

Jacob McKean (1983)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Charles Bukowski; writer (1920)

James Cameron; Canadian film director (1954)

Steve Carell; comedian, actor (1962)

Pierre de Fermat; French mathematician (1601)

Hal Foster; Canadian-American author and illustrator (1892)

E.F. Schumacher; philosopher, economist (1911)

Famous Birthdays

Arthur Achleitner; German author (1858)

Scott Asheton; drummer (1949)

Kevin Ayers; English singer-songwriter and guitarist (1948)

Angela Bassett; actor (1958)

Bruce Beresford; Australian film director (1940)

Ivan Bilibin; Russian illustrator, artist (1876)

Gloria Blondell; actress (1910)

Ann Blyth; actress and singer (1928)

Frankie Boyle; Scottish comedian (1972)

Ida Browne; Australian geologist and palaeontologist (1900)

Arthur Cayley; English mathematician (1821)

Matt Christopher; author (1910)

Madonna Ciccone; pop singer (1958)

Mae Clarke; actress (1910)

Albert Cohen; Greek-Swiss author and playwright (1895)

Vincenzo Coronelli; Italian cosmographer and cartographer (1650)

Robert Culp; actor (1930)

Jean de La Bruyère; French philosopher (1645)

Bill Evans; jazz pianist (1929)

Suzanne Farrell; ballet dancer (1945)

Ernie Freeman; pianist and bandleader (1922)

Barbara George; R&B singer-songwriter (1942)

Hugo Gernsback; Luxembourger-American author (1884)

Frank Gifford; New York Giants QB, tv sportscaster (1930)

Anita Gillette; actor (1936)

Eydie Gorme; singer (1932)

Georgette Heyer; English author (1902)

Timothy Hutton; actor (1960)

Laura Innes; actress and director (1957)

Eddie Kirkland; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1928)

Reiner Kunze; German poet (1933)

Jules Laforgue; Uruguayan-French poet and author (1860)

Ketty Lester; singer and actress (1934)

Robert Squirrel Lester; soul singer 91942)

T. E. Lawrence; British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (1888)

Kathie Lee-Gifford; television personality (1953)

Gary Loizzo; guitarist, singer (1945)

Gabriel Lippmann; French physicist (1845)

William Keepers Maxwell, Jr.; novelist, short story writer, and essayist (1908)

George Meany; labor organizer (1894)

Pierre Méchain; French astronomer (1744) Otto Messmer; cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (1892)

Lois Nettleton, American actres (1927)t

Julie Newmar; actor (1933)

Fess Parker; actor (1924)

Armand J. Piron; violinist, composer, and bandleader (1888)

Taylor Rain; porn actor (1981)

Billy Joe Shaver; singer-songwriter and guitarist 91939)

Bill Spooner; rock musician, singer (1949)

John Standing; English actor (1934)

Wendell Meredith Stanley; biochemist (1904)

James "J.T." Taylor; R&B singer-songwriter (1953)

Nigel Terry; British actor (1948)

Wallace Thurman; author and playwright (1902)

Mal Waldron; pianist and composer (1925)

Lesley Ann Warren; actor (1946)

Eric Weissberg; singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (1939)

[libidomechanica]

Untitled (“Returning appeard in vain”)

A tanka sequence

               Stanza the First

It had thus died in Order all. That spot of highest with snow. Returning appear’d in vain. But uncertain I have mark too far.

               Stanza the Second

I forgive; obliged to bless, or what the loads and Chartres. My father’s service; who sang when I shallowed, wins, thou, Abelard!

               Stanza the Third

The small ornament of June? Ere wil on hire broom in Mrs. Love is, and like our may be, myself to pleasure, for soon awake!

               Stanza the Fourth

They looks which Claus of Ida station of his lov’d Eloisa see! To thine sake longing the untrodden ways beside it, and make.

               Stanza the Fifth

With her decease. Thou art thou thus he couldn’t be kind as if to stranger flights as he put less; i’m so entangl’d and grows. Meant, its sting.

               Stanza the Sixth

Her had said, What would have seen, with solemn day, into each the melancholy silence! Beauties colder man wants weighed, father side.

               Stanza the Seventh

Sweets shall grass; shapeless loud, above the holy perfumes of her brains by the sworder, I will soothed. That laughter’s neck, do witness walls.

               Stanza the Eighth

Luckless, tuneless than though the man had first it seems to deplore, since which without death’s wounds might had fail’d a strange arose in vain.

               Stanza the Ninth

I point at the led! Them appear’d a thing, this couple, for it. Yet has a’ to boot, and a Jael, with him without death. What minute.

               Stanza the Tenth

Forget the third sex. By a shuffle your taste eternal bound his corporal pangs bearded lords its stubborn pulse, or zeal, love and ill.

               Stanza the Eleventh

A vein had warned nature she like thus bepearl’d with dew? In the wind was strange girl: and each endeavour, that I could make Lovers ill?

               Stanza the Twelfth

Had it liv’d long years. At least shall romantic rose, girt on her, a goodness flame Majnún, and severs a factitious sun began.

               Stanza the Thirteenth

The gear the fault lie? Once be so beings to the herdsmen cry; for none for thee; he’d looking And modesty she wounded.

               Stanza the Fourteenth

Not quite regarded: they leaven above thy fair! Fair as greatnesse, eternal beau. Now pillow, the trumpet black-eyed rival came.

               Stanza the Fifteenth

Is in leave to expiate subdued, this mother, it were affair were so serene creation go and say, Just things friend! Oh God!

               Stanza the Sixteenth

Young troop, however, resistinguish in language feeling my days of wit. On all my joy, beside, and brawl their sin. Dazed me dead.

               Stanza the Seventeenth

Beauty of the bee- mouth when young with all-eloquent recital was it make a wintry window my bride of thee, fa la la.

               Stanza the Eighteenth

Man of matter; we share, let wealth is dearly. Yea, ’ answer’d themselves a scouts with my will he was, indeed, in a passionate one.

               Stanza the Nineteenth

You, unmov’d, oh Thou who around, and gritty as singing soul I rather, burn into the near to the landlord. They look for me?

               Stanza the Twentieth

Flagged, and find to grow; but to the old inn-yard a holy silence pursue, still show the Interpreted my old vizier might bear.

               Stanza the Twenty-first

We plan foursquare to opposition. At which with fancy was dropping grace was but passion, and delight, and then suddenly tune?

               Stanza the Twenty-second

Phantom of life, or say within his art my arms; and I grow as these were idle Joan. Nothing outward th’ effect a name?

               Stanza the Twenty-third

And Thou; if I—this Dignity and Who? Your love a sister: for dowry with yesternight listened to wreak vengeance on his legs.

               Stanza the Twenty-fourth

Is my lap, the tend, listen’d while the lobes of the way yet, pale drug that we least. Not into the kiss’d her dear object from the cup.

               Stanza the Twenty-fifth

And transport, can be sweet and great voice that time it or fall, himself. Millions of eternity. Long enough and braveries, Joy!

               Stanza the Twenty-sixth

Shine, with my days and splits, and thence that shines, and, staggering age with me did I could the boon of Thyself I see a former fair.

               Stanza the Twenty-seventh

Falls as well by the stars of well-known shame. Last, being! While prostrate him then, their lee—another makes us most—and in the tree?

               Stanza the Twenty-eighth

Here I go, where is tongue can rival came. That rights, when Damon, whose no more meet. But even asleepers wake, that large pedigree!

               Stanza the Twenty-ninth

When the tenor’s wife, and by all the whistled to drink delicacy— stoops at our name strangled her into this dearly? A foe.

               Stanza the Thirtieth

But, they grope among your cold and mould’ring Jack and Favour at his joy? Your face was not in my eyes. He is a break with a life?

               Stanza the Thirty-first

And cried, whose dreams, all around, from want of the other, Thither cares itself. There is tongue as to another speak but loves me dead.

               Stanza the Thirty-second

How is it unders! Not, joy and hustled a thought, and save. Subtracting at hers, then look I deaths do the highway, and truth: no place.

               Stanza the Thirty-third

Sunk on rank; he gave no saints, by whose? And eat, good and severe, you think of his to slaye with crowne main. With flutters, because enough.

               Stanza the Thirty-fourth

And is my heart in thy grace, who long, go back, Elsa holds out half-shroud; the old inn-door. Then thanked men— good! Morning, broke the falling.

               Stanza the Thirty-fifth

And that, as thou thyself self-Lost, and jealous Frenzy caught winds, but for the dawn, late dictator of shiver to be chain’d, and Who?

               Stanza the Thirty-sixth

—Look whence of one for all the sun, looping to ease my eye-ball, no bar, onward, too command of Miss Macready. Lest, like those dear.

               Stanza the Thirty-seventh

Which is hath that I could not said, But, they’re over dear! Compliments late dictator of strife; but if it shall hurt to gives; and wept.

               Stanza the Thirty-eighth

But one, including eye, out of the Cheek of Laila smite doesn’t true; too long. Before my bruises and under than other, burning.

               Stanza the Thirty-ninth

The vessel bound a moment, with me at once; their gates, nor thee. The clover have accused me dead. Was intended, or King: alas!

               Stanza the Fortieth

Among the time when it goes out of whom? Each more and analys’d your hands in single Rose, then look up the sweet my father nose.

               Stanza the Forty-first

I in all the hope and gladding branches of chose, and cried. The heart, be those who hold. Time upon the rest of peace, leaving a state!

               Stanza the Forty-second

And mine—where I must leave torturer’s. Sweet in a cage, puts all the sun of all Created moment of the damp hair land, a hearts.

               Stanza the Forty-third

Of this queen. Yet mark clean, the frosty Caucasus; ’ but at this his either hair were longer envy them, thus bepearl’d with she sky.

               Stanza the Forty-fourth

All days and Conscience to meet the plough came sad assur’d, since mind discern but Thee to go yet remain; the pale instead. I would be.

               Stanza the Forty-fifth

So yellow leaf, ’ and keep you see, through seal’d eye scandal hit. And ne’er could not just not less loud alarmed her for it was fortunate.

               Stanza the Forty-sixth

And every little more white; thou are all mankind! Whose for a moment at once tis night, or thrice fortune’s Frolics left me falling.

               Stanza the Forty-seventh

When Night; that none appears impart, resign, asks no firm believe me, and every singing cold for breasts. Ah who cannot yet be chaste.

               Stanza the Forty-eighth

Pursue, still my joy and give it leave, for it. Sometime after the sky! Except mere up to the trod, as her with heavy poem.

               Stanza the Forty-ninth

To bear and unobserves the wine. Upon the gained instead of dynamite and bravest me thy Grace he gave sense, good for thee.

               Stanza the Fiftieth

From peer or law, but we within the kind when what was still a rout of joint of still with his word? Sounding and those what fall, and there.

               Stanza the Fifty-first

From lips mute, like small bird stiffens in the heights, wax’d full of burning lid of you? Her added, no doubt a miser and up, the Land.

               Stanza the Fifty-second

Where then do you on its face boil’d up, she took than a bairn, she’s the place. The orbs between therefore than did they could master of dark.

               Stanza the Fifty-third

Would Chloe. Without sight obliged to me ’twould called Miriam and right mickle ado, that, yet purse of twins may he shows the dead.

               Stanza the Fifty-fourth

We entered in them through tame. Of her olive, those bodies she raves! We cannot prevent: then Lambro once from out they do, and die.

               Stanza the Fifty-fifth

So like mounts be got by any art: this we known but there’s no other watchful servant some to it. If cause I am fed.

               Stanza the Fifty-sixth

Then turn’d to see till I die. And glory, for your Feet like those Two Love? No crime, burning from its knot into the beat sleeps, and breaks.

               Stanza the Fifty-seventh

Had sung of the dead. At another the midnight, thou who are your hall, of low-though not till I Is always signs without sight.

               Stanza the Fifty-eighth

For since what a curse. Nor time, they do but spend my lord, not by men. Your touch’d me life—immortal love were she crime remove, and breath!

               Stanza the Fifty-ninth

When the light, her poniard, had opposition. Would not far away the desecrate! Than I shall together drinking told the bed.

               Stanza the Sixtieth

Hay, but will bury myself am shent where I knew my first ye were bountee telltale cheek, in love inspir’d! And on thy assistance?

               Stanza the Sixty-first

He was marble show me there, the earliest lips it peace sitting on the brave, and I, its sting. The yellow far to have this yearn.

               Stanza the Sixty-second

Spirit—not a sigh. Up with that of all hope; to love; if ever heart has false and fading The soil’d: thus doth patience none.

               Stanza the Sixty-third

From the same for whom I must answer as sweets of the Pumpkin why on You? Back, he stone; until it will be poor dreams in x-ray.

               Stanza the Sixty-fourth

Some future the death. People, and weep the Hand of Miss Macready. Learn if Ida yet wouldn’t be history. The morn of molten blue.

               Stanza the Sixty-fifth

Or say what else could be waiting above that moments and feye falling, and, if it gives have you surety for you, all his joy?

               Stanza the Sixty-sixth

Desiring that I bleedingly unpleasant: a gentle, but vainly set her gloom! Tis all her answered, to musick lendeth.

               Stanza the Sixty-seventh

For now with wonder nurse her grief, and again. Me should be beloved, the rusty nails all the ages, take this thrice had not do.

[bodoposten]

Veteranmarkering for Nordland i Bodø 8. mai

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[dog-dayzzz]

one more design to decide. Then I can post the set