#historic roswell

[atlantaartisticweddings]

Atlanta Wedding Photographers capture the Big Day at Atlanta's best Wedding Venues and Landmarks

I have talked to a lot of Atlanta wedding photographers.  We chat about all the beautiful venues in our city and how we love the diverse choices brides and grooms have.  Since my background is in historic preservation I tend to like historic venues.  The most popular historic church in Atlanta is Christ the King and to me the best historic home is Naylor Hall. This week’s couple Katherine and Forest are people after my own heart.  They chose both of those venues.  

Katherine and Forest were recommended to me by Abbey from Naylor Hall.  I have shot numerous weddings at Naylor Hall and everytime is so much fun.  I feel like I find a new photo location each time I am there.  As the light changes at Naylor Hall it reveals new ways to present itself and shine like the beauty it is.  

Katherine and Forest’s wedding day started at Christ the King, the ceremony location.  Katherine got there first with her mom and sister.  They got dressed in the newly renovated bridal room.  It is a large room located on the second floor at the street level entrance.  Inside the room there is everything a bride would need.  This includes several large full length mirrors,  a few makeup stations with mirrors for the bridesmaids, two large couches, chairs and plenty of outlets for whatever the brides team may need.  There is even a large chandelier in the middle of the room for a touch of grandeur.  

The guys arrived a little later and came dressed.  They put on their boutonnieres in the conference room down the hall from the ladies.  The groom’s dad had picked the flowers for the boutonnieres from a flower farm near their mountain cabin in North Carolina. They were a nice heartfelt touch from the dad for the guys.  

 While the ladies were still getting ready I took the guys outside to the garden area to the east of the church. Where there is a quiet little sanctuary for guests.  It has a brick patio, benches and many beautiful flowers for a perfect photo backdrop.  The guys were awesome and we knocked their photos out quickly.  Once done I tucked them away so they would not see the bride.  

Once they were safely away I brought out Katherine.  Her mom and sister were doting on her as she was getting ready to leave the bridal room. Her hair and dress were perfect and complemented the bride.  We went outside to the garden again and took some photos with the bride and her family.  We only had a few minutes so we went back inside and got ready for the wedding.  While everyone was lining up for the wedding I snuck off with the bride and her sister and took a few more photos in the large hall next to the sanctuary.  It is a grand room with large stained glass, marble columns and an arched ceiling.  Once we were finished there it was show time!

The guests were escorted to the front of the church where they filled up the pews.  Once they were seated the family entered and filled in the front two pews.  The priest and the two accolades came in after the guests were seated and then the parents and close family members came after.  While they trickled in Katherine and her dad were nervously chatting and getting ready for their entrance. Once the groom was in place the music changed, the guests rose to their feet and turned to see the beautiful bride escorted by her father to the altar. The ceremony was rather quick since they did not have a full mass.  The priest shared some very thoughtful advice for life and marriage.  After a few more words and a brief blessing they were pronounced husband and wife.  They then had their first married kiss in front of god and guests. 

I wanted to say a few things about Christ the King.  It is not only a beautiful church and Atlanta landmark but the staff are consummate professionals.  I have shot at Christ the King several times and this particular wedding coordinator was outstanding!  She ran everything so smoothly with precision and ease.

Once we were through at the church we went to Naylor Hall.  We were greeted by one of my favorite people in the world, Abbey.  She made sure everyone was taken care of and that Naylor Hall was the perfect setting for a  welcoming reception for the bride and groom’s guests. 

Once the guests started to arrive Katherine and Forrest were tucked away so no one would see them.  The guests went to the side of the front porch at Naylor where they enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. After about a few minutes or so the DJ announced the bridal party.  The groomsmen and bridesmaids came on to the porch then went down the steps.  Once that was done the bride and groom were announced and they shared their first dance on the porch in front of their guests.  You could feel the love in the air. They finished the dance and walked down the steps and enjoyed their guests in the front yard.  The weather was perfect.  The couple caught up with everyone then the party went inside for dinner.

Before the dinner was served though there was the father daughter dance and the son and mother dance.  Everyone applauded the families then enjoyed a wonderful dinner and band.  The band kept the crowd going until the exit where the remaining guest cheered on the couple and their new adventure as husband and wife.

Thanks for checking out this Atlanta wedding photographers blog! I hope you enjoyed the read and found it interesting! Make sure you keep coming back to our blog to see what the Atlanta wedding photographers at Atlanta Artistic Weddings get up to! If you’d like to contact me go to the contact page and drop me a line at https://www.atlantaartisticweddings.com/contact-atlanta-wedding-photographer. I would love to hear from you!

Thanks again!

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[roleplayfinder]

Hi, I'm Sah, 29, She/Her, CST, and looking for an 18+ roleplay partner for long-term plotting and ships!

I play as about 150+ muses and I am looking for anyone who just likes to write with more than one muse and like having multiple threads with various muses.

I am so cool with Canon x OC, Canon x Canon, and OC x OC. I love OCs! I only request that I play the male in the RP, as that's what I'm used to c:

My muse list is located here or (mobile list) here: https://sah1x1smuselist.tumblr.com/ https://sah1x1s.tumblr.com/muselist (if you're mobile)

Here's a general list of fandoms I write in: DC DISNEY MARVEL ROSWELL EUPHORIA STAR WARS SHAMELESS HISTORICAL BLACK SAILS HARRY POTTER SUPERNATURAL THE LAST OF US TRIPLE FRONTIER THE HUNGER GAMES THE VAMPIRE DIARIES VARIOUS VIDEO GAMES A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

As well as fandomless or AUs!

I tend to type novella style, but I don't ask the same in return. Just give me something to work with, and we're gold! I use Tupp, but we don't have to, and I'll gladly make the server!

Honestly, I'm just looking to make some friends 😂

I am looking for someone who can RP frequently, at least 2-4 times a week. I’m somewhat fast at replies and usually get back to my partner ASAP.

Ideally, I'm looking for a long-term RP partner who would be interested in exploring multiple plots, threads, AUs, etc. I am also looking for someone comfortable with NSFW concepts, but optional!

Someone who doesn't mind OOC chatting or doing things like video games!

Interested parties can reach out to me on Discord; my username is justcallmesah, or here on Tumblr!

C:

justcallmesah

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posts or questions like lrb r so hard for me bcos for so long my personality, existence, life were defined by lack... what i was not allowed to have or see or read or be or think or look like. and so of course like any miserable kid kept in a box i was endlessly drawn towards the opposite of all of it!!! & so now, being a whole human person with normal person things, it's still hard for me to figure out what i am not as what i was made either by forcing into a pattern of behavior or rebelling into the exact opposite which is of course still the fault of the root cause of all this. like it has been almost four years& it's still almost impossible for me to think of myself as feminine bcos of the redacted even though i often am & comfortable with it!! it feels gross and slimy and like i let them win!!. took four years for me to be ok wearing neutral colors! bonkers shit like that. which ofc does tie into media bcos i historically have had it up to HERE with sitting in silence with myself or without consuming media or content etc. even though i definitely was too miserable to be genuinely getting anything out of that!!! shrug

[historicsaranaclake]

Image of the Week

This week marks the beginning of spring, and today is National Flower Day, so why not appreciate our own local flower... Lake Flower, that is! Did you know that Lake Flower is named not for the beautiful flora that grows around it, but for Governor Roswell P. Flower? In 1910, Governor Flower authorized the funds to remove stumps from the logging industry from the lake so that it could be used for recreational boating. This postcard was mailed by a tuberculosis patient staying at 5 Shepard Avenue in 1913. Happy Spring!⁠⁠

Learn more about Lake Flower on our wiki.

⁠⁠[Historic Saranac Lake Collection, 2021.3.40. Gift of the Florence Wright Tuberculosis Postcard Collection.]

[nobrashfestivity]

In 1803, a round vessel drifted ashore on the Japanese coast and a beautiful woman emerged, wearing strange clothing and carrying a box. She was unable to communicate with the locals, and her craft was marked with mysterious writing. This story of an utsurobune, or “hollow ship,” in the province of Hitachi (now Ibaraki Prefecture) is found in many records of the Edo period (1603–1868), and Tanaka Kazuo, professor emeritus at Gifu University, has studied the topic for many years. What drew him away from his main research area, applied optics, to investigate this curious episode? And what really took place?

“Like a Flying Saucer”

Tanaka says he began to research the ship after the deadly subway sarin attacks in 1995 by the Aum Shinrikyō cult. “There was a lot of coverage of Aum founder Asahara Shōkō's prophecies and claims to be able to float in the air. Yet the cult’s senior members were part of the scientific elite. I started giving lectures considering paranormal phenomena from a scientific perspective, which meant that I was collecting all kinds of materials for teaching, such as about UFOs in the United States and Japanese folklore. While doing so, I came across the utsurobune legend.” He adds, “Long before the American UFO stories, the craft depicted in Edo-period Japanese documents for some reason looked like a flying saucer. This was fascinating to me.”

UFOs became a modern sensation after the media reported US businessman Kenneth Arnold as having witnessed “flying saucers” on June 24, 1947. A flood of similar stories followed from around the world. Most famously, a UFO was alleged to have crashed to the ground near Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. “In the end, though, no wrecks or alien bodies were recovered,” Tanaka says. “There was only the ambiguous testament of witnesses. It was the same with all the other UFO stories from around the world—they were mysteries without any substantial evidence. The utsurobune legend, however, has a number of documents to examine as leads, so in this sense, for researchers it’s a mystery with substance.”

A book published in English by Tanaka Kazuo on his research.  There are similar oral traditions about “hollow ships” across Japan in the Edo period. Tanaka’s research is focused on the various documents that describe the 1803 incident in Hitachi and include illustrations of a beautiful woman and a strange vessel, although they cite different dates. One of the best-known sources is the Toen shōsetsu (Toen Stories), an 1825 collection recording fantastic rumors, which was written by the Toenkai literary circle and edited by Kyokutei Bakin, famous for his lengthy historical romance Nansō Satomi hakkenden (The Eight Dog Chronicles). Others are Nagahashi Matajirō's 1844 work Ume no chiri (Plum Dust), as well as collections like Ōshuku zakki (Ōshuku Notes), Hirokata zuihitsu (Essays by Hirokata), and Hyōryūki-shū (Records of Castaways), which gathers stories of foreign ships washed up in Japan and of Japanese sailors who came ashore overseas.

Picture 1-  Hyōryūki-shū (Records of Castaways) by an unknown author. The text describes the woman as being around 18 to 20 years of age, well-dressed, and beautiful. Her face is pale, and her eyebrows and hair are red. It is impossible to communicate with her, so it is unclear where she is from. She holds a plain wooden box as though it is very important to her and keeps her distance. There is mysterious script written in the boat. (Courtesy Iwase Bunko Library in Nishio, Aichi Prefecture)

Pictures 2 and 3- Unknown (maybe  Mito bunsho)

Picture 4-   From Ōshuku zakki (Ōshuku Notes; around 1815) by Komai Norimura, a vassal of the powerful daimyō Matsudaira Sadanobu. (Courtesy National Diet Library)

Picture 5-  From Hirokata zuihitsu (Essays by Hirokata; 1825) by shogunate retainer and calligrapher Yashiro Hirokata, who was also a member of the Toenkai circle. (Courtesy National Archives of Japan)

This post is mostly sourced from  nippon.com and japantoday

[calder]

originally written for zetans/bts

Zetans were designed by Adam Adamowicz for Fallout 3, inspired by the UFO lore from previous Fallout media. Like protectrons, the design of Zetans strongly evokes "Martian"-adjacent pulp science fiction films of the 20th century.

This is likely why their suits in Fallout 3 resemble tinfoil. The sci-fi trend of greys in shiny suits may have been inspired by a story related to the legend of Roswell, wherein the government allegedly confiscated a sheet-like alien metal from a farmer. In supposed photographs of the material, it resembles tinfoil.

The Fallout 4 revision of the Zetan design gives them a bulky harness with a large, rigid metal base for their helmets, and an apparent respiratory apparatus on the neck. The design closely resembles the uniforms worn by martian soldiers in the 1996 film Mars Attacks!, which is itself a retro pastiche of pulpy alien B-movies.

The name Zetans is based on Zeta Reticulans, a designation commonly used by sincere extraterrestrial theorists for "short greys," the stereotypical stock aliens typically invoked in pop culture depictions. Most people who report being abducted by aliens identify or describe their tormentors as short greys.

The modern conception of flying saucers primarily emerged in America in the wake of World War II. Early sightings were strongly correlated with sites of nuclear experimentation or nuclear power. These reports were celebrated among science fiction enthusiasts, who began forming "flying saucer clubs" as early as the 1930s.

The topic of aliens saw an explosion of popular interest after the 1947 Roswell Incident, when nationwide media published sensational reports of a flying saucer having supposedly crashed in New Mexico. The legend of the "Men in Black" may stem from unconfirmed reports of government agents intimidating civilians in the wake of the Roswell Incident.

The conception of Men in Black as disguised aliens was codified and popularized by the 1975 book The Mothman Prophecies. In Fallout 76, the Emissary is a character who fits the description of a Man in Black. The Emissary holds a key to one of the domes at Black Mountain Ordnance Works, which is based on the "TNT Area" north of Point Pleasant where the Mothman was first seen. There were many reported sightings of Mothman and UFOs at that site throughout 1967. Conspiratorial Mothman-UFO folklore often asserts the dome-vaults of the TNT Area to contain government secrets, which is thoroughly reflected in the game.

The popularization of the short grey abduction scenario is often attributed to the story of Betty and Barney Hill, who reported being abducted in 1961, and provided vivid, evocative testimonies under hypnotic regression. They also drew star maps which were likened to Zeta Reticuli, hence the name Zeta Reticulans. Skeptics criticize hypnotic regression as a technique and hold that the supposed star maps do not meaningfully depict Zeta Reticuli.

Theorists (conspiratorial, Fortean, and skeptical alike) often connect the modern alien abduction scenario to historic reports of supernatural encounters, especially European fairies, and other similarly-psychedelic "trickster" beings throughout the history of folklore.

i should continue this some time. there's a lot more to say.

[forthbeaming]

so i know absolutely nothing about roswell but im so unwell about malex (blame michael's curls) and due to my new hyperfixation, i present you malex historical werewolf au that nobody askes for and i'll never write. buckle up bc this will make zero sense!

after being in the king's guards (or some other fency position for knights) for many years, alex is returning to his village as a hero and as the long awaited saviour that will free the villagers of the werewolf that is lurking in the woods around the village for years. alex is the youngest son of the village's mayor who expects him to kill the beast. (as always, jesse is his own trigger warning and is not a pleasant human being). for the first time in ten years, alex sees michael, a boy he was in love with but after jesse found out, he made alex leave the village to join the guards.

during the first moon that alex is back, jesse organises a huge searching party - every man in the village coming to the woods with a torch and a makeshift gun, determinated to kill the werewolf with jesse and alex leading them. alex wants nothing to do with it but there was no way he could say no to his father. they came across the beast and they manage to injure it. the beast escapes but knowing how to track, alex finds it again and hits hard enough to knock out. not wanting the beast to die, he sends the searching party the other way. curious to know who the werewolf is, he handcuffs the werewolf and waits for the sun to rise.

with the first sunrays, the beats changes into injured michael. alex doesn't know what to do with that information but he is determinated to keep michael safe from his father and from the other villagers no matter the cost.

(something something they somehow manage to escape and live happily ever after with papa manes five feet under the ground)

[pastelwitchling]

Thoughts on Percy Jackson and the Olympians, episode 3:

(Disclaimer: I loved everything about the episode except, mostly, Annabeth herself. So if you're going to get offended because someone doesn't like the same fictional character, because that's what Annabeth is, and if you're going to try to turn the argument into something else, please don't bother reading.)

So. This is a bit difficult because I feel very conflicted/wary about what's to come, mostly because Disney has not been historically good at girl power or badass female characters. Let me just say this; while I used to love the CW's Flash, it quickly went downhill when the Flash took a backseat to his own show for the CW's half-assed "girl power" message. I fear the same might happen here.

Let me be very clear about something. It makes sense why Annabeth would seem like the more formidable opponent at the start of the story. She was more or less that in the first two books because, not only is she the daughter of the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, but she'd spent a lot of her life training for quests, studying about the gods, and she just knew more than Percy did. I didn't like Movie Annabeth for most of the first film either for the same reasons I'm about to list below, please keep that in mind.

My issue will come here; if Percy starts to take a backseat to his own show just so we can highlight how great and awesome Annabeth is and girl power rules and whatever, I'm going to be very, very miffed. Again, it's fair for me to worry about this now because Disney is all tell and no show when it comes to women. Just like they did with Marvel, just like they did with the most recent Disney Princesses, it's more important to them to show how woke they are instead of caring about the actual stories they tell. And I'm Middle-Eastern, so don't even try any of that self-righteous white woman racial crap with me, okay?

I know I'm saying what a lot of people probably think but aren't allowed to say, but -- call me crazy -- I want the show based on the Percy Jackson books to focus on Percy Jackson. To be honest, I've never loved ANY of Rick Riordan's female characters, save for Ana from Daughter of the Deep, as well as the other female characters in that book, but that's not even in the Percy Jackson world, so it doesn't count. And I ONLY say this now because, again, Disney has SUCKED with their female characters. It's all pandering and nothing but pandering.

The first book especially always frustrated me with the way Grover never really seemed to defend Percy against Annabeth's snobby behavior, so this aligns fine. I'm not really saying anything against the character either (not yet), as this frustration with how unfair and snobby she is towards Percy very much aligns with the book. I guess I was just hoping that since I always hated Annabeth in the books and she was actually likable in the second episode, that maybe the show would be better about her portrayal. I was actually thinking how cute they would be as a couple in the second episode, but now? I'm kind of back where I was with the books, I don't see why she deserves him, not yet.

Much like Grover was in the episode, I was just looking at a lot of her behavior as Really? The guy had NO reason to invite you on this quest, you NEEDED him to pick you, and you still act like he's the idiot for caring about his mom and not knowing anything about this world that he's just found out about, and it's so freaking entitled, I --

I've been part of the Roswell, New Mexico fandom since season 1, and I know just how ridiculous people get when you DARE criticize a character who HAPPENS to be played by a black actress. I don't give a crap. I'm critiquing the CHARACTER here, and I'm disappointed, not with her, but the writing itself. It's too soon to tell, I know, but I do hope Disney is better about Annabeth's character than the books were, because I saw Book Annabeth as rude, selfish, and unfair, it bothered me that everyone in the story still idolized her despite how toxic her behavior was (save for Percy, but just in the beginning, and then he was fine with her hitting him and calling him stupid all the time), and I saw glimpses of that in episode 3, so I'm hoping for better.

Also, that whole, What are you afraid of? conversation felt so weird and forced. They JUST started the quest, Percy is throwing in suggestions, Annabeth treats him like he's stupid for it, and then demands to know why he's scared of who he is, and I'm like ?? What warranted that question? He hasn't used his powers yet, he hasn't refused to use his powers yet or talk about his father or anything, so why would he seem afraid of who he is? It just makes no sense.

Honestly? At this point, I just feel bad for Leah because Annabeth is a very difficult character to make likable in my eyes, and it's made worse when the writing won't allow her to be any better.

Aside from that, I really did love the episode a lot. I wish Grover had done more to defend Percy in the beginning, but he did the same thing in the book and he eventually did step in. Medusa was actually great. I hated the actress's character in the Flash, so I was wary, but she really knocked it out of the park. I love some of the extra details they put in, like Percy giving her a chance because of his mom and kindness (fatal flaw, if you know you know), I LOVED the consensus song, and YES! I was SO worried they wouldn't have Percy send Medusa's head to Olympus, but they did and he was perfect and it was AMAZING! When Annabeth said that what Medusa said isn't what happened, I would've liked an explanation of what actually did happen. Then again, it feels like there's a bit too much exposition already, to be honest. Like there were more creative ways to explain Thalia, there were more creative ways to explain Annabeth and Luke finding camp, and I don't know if it's because I've memorized the books at this point, but it feels like so much of the episode is just dedicated to explaining things that don't really need explanation or could be saved for later to show through flashbacks or something. I don't know, just more creative than standing and sitting there while someone explains everything.

It works great sometimes, like with Sally and Percy, but other moments just feel very... exposition-y.

I love this show. It's the highlight of my week. I maintain that we are getting the best possible adaptation. It's just because I love this story so much and it's so sacred to me that I can't help but critique. I don't think the books are flawless (i.e. the female characters), so it stands to reason that I won't find the show completely flawless either. Is it still sacred to me? Absolutely. Percy Jackson has always been too important not to nitpick, I think.

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@stuck-in-the-ghost-zone STICKER TOUR. the ufo & the whale were actually the first ones hehehe <33 ufo in the desert is bc. roswell. roswell new mexico. + the no lone zone & fallout shelter ones were from the minuteman missile historic site in south dakota where i went at the PEAK of my snowchester era & completely rewired my brain, & the entirely rubbed off one is from a cute coffee shop near there.... acadia national park one bc that's my favorite park of all time, the chicken tattoo & gopher sandcastles r from my brother + the lil twice one is from my effective sister in law + the tiny cat one is from my typography professor + the washi tape is critrole m9 themed :3

[findroleplay]

Hi, I'm Sah, 29, She/Her, CST, and looking for an 18+ roleplay partner for long-term plotting and ships!

I play as about 150+ muses and I am looking for anyone who just likes to write with more than one muse and like having multiple threads with various muses.

I am so cool with Canon x OC, Canon x Canon, and OC x OC. I love OCs! I only request that I play the male in the RP, as that's what I'm used to c: (MxF only unless canonically MxM/FxF)

My muse list is located here or (mobile list) here: https://sah1x1smuselist.tumblr.com/ https://sah1x1s.tumblr.com/muselist (if you're mobile)

Here's a general list of fandoms I write in: DC DISNEY MARVEL ROSWELL EUPHORIA STAR WARS SHAMELESS HISTORICAL BLACK SAILS HARRY POTTER SUPERNATURAL THE LAST OF US TRIPLE FRONTIER THE HUNGER GAMES THE VAMPIRE DIARIES VARIOUS VIDEO GAMES A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

As well as fandomless or AUs!

I tend to type novella style, but I don't ask the same in return. Just give me something to work with, and we're gold! I use Tupp, but we don't have to, and I'll gladly make the server!

Honestly, I'm just looking to make some friends 😂

I am looking for someone who can RP frequently, at least 2-4 times a week. I’m somewhat fast at replies and usually get back to my partner ASAP.

Ideally, I'm looking for a long-term RP partner who would be interested in exploring multiple plots, threads, AUs, etc. I am also looking for someone comfortable with NSFW concepts, but optional!

Someone who doesn't mind OOC chatting or doing things like video games!

Interested parties can reach out to me on Discord; my username is justcallmesah, or here on Tumblr!

C:

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[pandoramsbox]

Sci-Fi Saturday: The Flying Saucer

Week 24:

Film(s):  The Flying Saucer (Dir. Mikel Conrad, 1950, USA)

Viewing Format: Streaming on Amazon Prime

Date Watched: 2021-12-04

Rationale for Inclusion:

This week we enter the 1950s, where we will stay for a long, long time. For this survey my partner and I watched 62 films made between 1950 and 1959, and that was with omitting accessible and applicable titles either due to repetition of theme, or not having the bandwidth for yet another critically unremarkable, low budget sci-fi film. 

A question we regularly asked ourselves whilst watching the films of this decade was, "Had Sputnik happened yet?" Since Sputnik I didn't launch until 4 October 1957, the answer was usually, "no." Given the emphasis on space travel and exploration in this decade's movies, it was hard not to have the timeline of the Space Race in mind as context.

A different real life event would influence sci-fi in the 1950s, and for decades to come: the Roswell Incident, wherein some believe a crewed extraterrestrial spacecraft crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in late June of 1947, and the United States government covered up the incident. The mythmaking event, however, was just one of multiple flying disc sightings that summer, which would form the modern foundation of unidentified flying object (UFO) and alien lore. 

The first feature film to feature a flying saucer would come out 3 years later, in 1950: The Flying Saucer (Dir. Mikel Conrad, USA). The independent film was produced, directed and starring Mikel Conrad, who claimed to have footage of actual flying saucers that he obtained in Alaska in the winter of 1947 while filming Arctic Manhunt (Dir. Ewing Scott, 1949, USA). This footage, however, did not make it into the final cut of The Flying Saucer, despite Conrad's claims.

Reactions:

This was the perfect film to start the 1950s with. The plot concerns Cold War espionage around Soviet spies versus American agents trying to obtain control of a flying saucer being developed by an American scientist in the remote Alaskan Territory. (Alaska would not be promoted from U.S. territory to state until 1959.) No extraterrestrials come into play, just new, human created technology. Like Loss of Sensation (Гибель сенсации, Dir. Alexandr Andriyevsky, 1935, USSR), the narrative turns on a scientist's dreams for his invention being superseded by politics.

For being an independent B-movie, The Flying Saucer is a decent film. Its production values are respectable, including visual effects, even if it may lean too hard on b-roll of Alaska to pad its 75 minute running time. The story is engaging even though none of its components achieve icon status.

In context, and as a historical curiosity, The Flying Saucer is worth a watch, but when it comes to watching a sci-fi film of the 1950s there are so many better options.

[atlantaartisticweddings]

Historic Roswell District an Atlanta Wedding Photograph's Dream

This week’s couple are Evan and Sarah.  I got to do their engagement shoot this Sunday.  We had to reschedule it because the last engagement session got rained out.    

Sarah and Evan are such a great couple! They met each other while they were both doing stints in Texas for work.  Sarah was working with kids at a local hospital, her true calling and passion.  Evan was working in real estate.  They went on some dates and got to know each other.  The more they spent time with each other the more they fell in love with each other.

We agreed to meet at Barrington Hall in Roswell at 7:30am at sunrise.  They were real sports!  It started out very chilly and Sarah was wearing a beautiful white sundress that looked great on her but I know it was cold.  Evan and Sarah did not complain one bit!  As the shoot went on they started to appreciate the early morning  start time and the low light that comes when you start to shoot in the morning and get that early morning/sunrise light.

Barrington Hall was the home of Barrington King, the son of the founder of Roswell.  It is located in the center of the historic Roswell district.  The property has so many scenic locations to shoot at.  There are also gardens to the east of the house.  There you have the covered walkway and fountain in the center of the garden.  You have the hall of oaks with a long walkway that connects the historic mansion to the main park in downtown Roswell.  In the south lawn you have this large sprawling area that is bathed in light in the morning. Then to the west you have some cute historic outbuildings that complement the house. In one moment you could be shooting at the historic mansion then walk across the street to the main park, and end up shooting on the side walks accented by a historic brick wall.  It is an Atlanta wedding photographer’s dream location.

Thanks for checking out this Atlanta wedding photographers blog! I hope you enjoyed the read and that you find ways to celebrate the amazing women in your life! Make sure you keep coming back to our blog to see what the Atlanta wedding photographers at Atlanta Artistic Weddings get up to! If you’d like to contact me go to the contact page and drop me a line at https://www.atlantaartisticweddings.com/contact-atlanta-wedding-photographer. I would love to hear from you!

Thanks again!

[freneticfloetry]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Will I ever get enough of these? No? Thanks to @liminalmemories21, @strandnreyes, @welcometololaland, and @reyesstrand for the tags!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

45. RIP to the lost works of my OG fandom, published on a ship board/archive that no longer exists. (I still have most of them, they just won’t be seeing the light of day. Like ever.)

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

368,184. (Again, RIP to all those now-unpublished words — with them I’d be somewhere around 800k.)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

LOL So glad this question is phrased the way it is. Right now, I’m only actively writing in 911 Lone Star fandom, though I have a WIP in Magicians fandom that I fully intend to finish. Historically, I’ve written in about 40 fandoms (36 on AO3), most with a single fic. Thanks, Yuletide!

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Ashes and Flame (Every You and Every Me), The Hunger Games Trilogy (I get a kudos email for this one at least five times a week. How are people still finding and reading this little fic?)

Lost in Translation, The Losers

Deck the Halls with Daddy Issues, pre-film Avengers MCU

Big Girl Pants, New Girl

Shells of a Long-Ago Lifetime (Faces That Once Were Mine Mix), Supernatural

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

99.9% of the time, absolutely. Comments are my biggest motivation — the serotonin section fuels my muse. If people take the time to tell me they read and enjoyed a fic (especially if they tell me why), I like to at least thank them for that. There have been times when Real Life has been Happening A Lot and comments on the more popular stuff have gotten by me, and I feel weird about going back months after the fact to respond — that Hunger Games fic, for instance, has a couple pages of unanswered comments.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Posted, probably Of All Our Yesterdays. I am typically an Angst with a Happy Ending writer without fail, but the boys of the Black Dagger Brotherhood don’t do typical happy, and Phury is lowkey the angstiest of the bunch.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I’m actually gonna say scenes from an unfinished story, because I think Quentin Coldwater having this happy ending, the way this one happens, is the biggest fuck you to show canon and its creators that I could possibly craft.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I recently got my first hate comment! I posted about it, but I’ve also left it up in all its glory.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I do now! Not that I haven’t in the past — I wrote several het scenes for my very first ship, and Quentin and Eliot had some delightful married kitchen sex we picked up right in the middle in What Baking Can Do — but I feel like Tarlos has really helped me unleash my inner smut writer. My smut from Carlos’ POV has a lot of feelings (LOL), but the stuff I’m writing from TK’s POV is a little sillier and dirtier and more fun. With feelings.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

I do love me a good crossover. Outside of canons I’ve crossed that exist in the same universe (We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For, in Jessica Jones/Luke Cage fandom, plus And to All a Goodnight, for two Jennifer Crusie books), I once wrote tens of thousands of words of a ridiculously plot-heavy Roswell/Angel crossover that will forever hold a soft spot in my heart, a randomly cracky and super angsty Supernatural/Grey’s Anatomy, and a minor character-focused Supernatural/Sarah Connor Chronicles, Requiem, that I still sort of love a lot.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

That Hunger Games fic has been swiped a few times. Weird.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Again, the Hunger Games fic — it exists somewhere on the internet in Dutch. And that one, the SPN/TSCC crossover, and an old Dexter fic, Dinner and a Show, have been podficed.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I have! An old friend and I once cowrote ~25k of our idea of fluff, which was basically hijinks, smut, and torturing our leading man with a boom box and Billy Joel.

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

For ships that I’ve written… Hmm. I think, before I wrote to build a home, I would’ve said it was a tossup between Tarlos, Queliot, Chlollie, and Jules/Robin from Troubleshooters, but now there’s just no contest. Weewoo Husbands for the win. For ships in general, Tarlos still tops the list, alongside the ones I mentioned, the OT3 (Eliot/Hardison/Parker), Arthur/Eames, Phedre/Joscelin from the Kushiel’s Legacy books, Frank/Karen from the Netflix Marvelverse, Aidan/Sally from Being Human US, and my MCU crack cube of Steve/Nat/Bucky/Sam.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

God, this is such a throwback, but it’s probably Adagio in B-Flat, the Sherlock music porn murder mystery I half wrote and got hopelessly blocked on.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue, I’d say, especially banter. And understanding characters, I guess? I’m good at making characters sound like themselves, whether they’re speaking or internalizing. And, I’m now proud to say, plot. That’s something I wouldn’t have dared to claim this time ten years ago.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Oof. Brevity. I have completely lost the ability to write short (and, by extension, to the point). I’m also the slowest writer in the world, thanks to my tendency to edit every sentence within an inch of its life.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

My Lone Star mutuals are laughing right now. Clearly I hate it. 😊 I’ve written three fics that feature Spanish, two sort of significantly, and all my old Firefly fics have some Mandarin in there somewhere.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

OG Roswell. So much OG Roswell. Michael/Liz, specifically, with a side of Kyle/Isabel.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

It almost feels like cheating, since it’s my most recent fic (and the only one I’ve published so far in my current fandom), but I’m so stupidly proud of to build a home. Carlos is such a touchstone character for me that writing him was oddly therapeutic. And I think I’ve said this before, but writing the two of them together was like the evolution of the clarity I found writing Queliot, which was the first time I’d really explored a ship in fic where I loved both halves of the pairing even close to equally — it helped me unearth my Carlos and who he is in my heart, but it also helped me uncover the true depth of my love for TK.

No pressure tagging @orchidscript, @heartstringsduet, @never-blooms, @rmd-writes, @walkinginland, @paperstorm, @mixtapestar, @catanisspicy, and @alrightbuckaroo!

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rules: list 9 favorite books of 2023 or 9 books on your TBR list for 2024

My nine favorite (first time reads) in no particular order:

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick: Classic rom-com shenanigans with a pair of delightful characters.

Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt: A middle school girl who feels like she doesn't fit in with her friends discovers that she's autistic. This one is written in verse and beautifully expresses a neurodivergent perspective.

Spear by Nicola Griffith: A gorgeous re-imagining of the story of the Lady of the Lake, rich with historical texture.

The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec: Norse mythology brought stunningly to life in the story of Angrboda, a beautiful witch and the wife of Loki.

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer: Two young men from warring countries set out on a rescue mission to Jupiter's moon Titan, but they must work together when evidence suggests that their mission may be going horribly wrong.

In Memoriam by Alice Winn: A love story set against the horrors of the Great War that explores how war damages and breaks people, but also how love can help them survive.

Odin's Child by Siri Petterson (translated by Siân Mackie and Russell Garrett): The first in a trilogy inspired by Scandinavian folklore about a girl who discovers that she doesn't belong in the world she inhabits.

The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis: A hilarious adventure begins when a reluctant bridesmaid for an alien-themed wedding meets a very real extraterrestrial.

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane: Building on the story of Achilles dressing as a maiden in Skyros, this book takes it a step further with a transgender Achilles being granted a woman's body by Athena before going to fight at Troy.

While many of these didn't come out in 2023, I read them all for the first time that year. Not all of these were perfect, but they all made me me feel something profound, and I recommend each one wholeheartedly! Thank you to @noburrowingtactics for tagging me!

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Continuing my Monster School idea, what's a school without teachers and staff?

These are obviously not ALL the staff and some of their designs are potentially subject to change, but these are the ones I wanted to showcase first, mainly consisting of the core curriculum teachers and a pair that I just happen to like a lot.

Headmaster Edward Winters: The first, last and only headmaster of the school. He was headmaster of the school since its founding, but he died of old age somewhere along the line. Refusing to abandon his students, Headmaster Winters remained in the school as a ghost, and has no intention of passing on to the next life. He's a friendly guy, if a little scatterbrained from old age.

Professor Vladimir Ozkan: A vampire (specifically a Strigoi) who teaches mathematics at the academy, as a nod to how vampires are said to be good with numbers. Like most math teachers, he's tough but fair and generally tends to be one of the more level-headed members of the faculty.

Professor Aldrich Wiltshire: A lich who teaches history. He was chosen as the history teacher because, as an immortal lich, he was there to see a lot of historical events throughout the years. That said, since liches tend not to be the most morally upstanding creatures, Professor Wiltshire's views on history tend to be a bit more... warped.

Professor Cassandra Birgitta: A witch who teaches magic at the school. Like most witches, she specializes in potions, but she teaches all sorts of magic to her students, as all monsters and even some humans have magical potential. I was unsure as to whether or not I wanted to make her green, but it felt wrong to give her a "normal" skin tone.

Professor Briar Wood: Hey now, this guy looks familiar! Yes, I finally figured out what to do with Briar! If you're unfamiliar, Briar's an OC I made on a whim a while ago. He's a faerie and yes, he is, in fact, a man. He's the literature teacher, because fairy tales! Don't let the seemingly gentle look on his face fool you, he's a petty asshole.

Coach Finnian Svan: The physical education teacher of the school. He's a "wereswan", basically a human cursed to become a swan on the full moon. He's a pretty typical gym teacher, just kind of a big muscular tough guy with a heart of hold.

Professor Roswell: That's not his real name, but no one who isn't fluent in Zeta Reticulan can pronounce his actual name. He's the science teacher and he's a Zeta Reticulan ("Grey" alien). He's a bit of a mystery, even among the other staff members. He mostly keeps to himself.

Professor Proteus Metamorphosis: A mimic who teaches his students how to disguise themselves, be it using their natural abilities or more practical skills. After all, disguise is a necessary ability when the world doesn't approve of your existence. This isn't his real form, or even his most common form; like all mimics, he's a shapeshifter who can change his appearance at will.

Professor Cordelia Fontaine: A mermaid who teaches music at the school. I like to think she and Coach Svan have a thing going on. Her "hair" is actually a series of gill filaments (I was inspired by a mix of The Spiderwick Chronicles and axolotl gills). I'm not entirely satisfied with her colors or her fish tail.

Nurse Miasma: The mysterious school nurse. She always dresses like a plague doctor, though no one knows if she's a monster or a human under that mask. No one has ever seen her without her mask, and some doubt that it's a mask at all. Despite her extremely spooky appearance and behavior, she's a good person and a good nurse, and she genuinely cares about her patients.

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The Crop Circle Mystery | Crop Circles in England Controversy

Let's explore how the crop circles or crop circles in England are man-made landscape art, debunking the myth of alien involvement.

Explanation - The Crop Circle Mystery:-

Crop circles are a simple phenomenon: they are landscape art created by people.

Despite proof to the contrary, certain individuals still think that aliens transported by UFOs created crop circles.

But how did mysterious flying objects become associated with flattened swaths of cereal grains? And why are these styles historically connected to southern England?

The answers to these questions are straightforward: Doug Bower and Dave Chorley. Chorley and Bower were buddies who resided near Winchester in England. In 1978, both of them were sitting in a bar, "thinking about what they could do for something of a laugh," Chorley recalled in Time magazine in 1991. Inspired by earlier reports of UFO landings — the UFO craze was growing in the late 1970s, having gained traction shortly after a retired military officer gave an interview regarding the Roswell event, stating a mysterious alien had fallen in the New Mexico desert in 1947 — Chorley and Bower decided to build their own fictitious UFO landing site.

Bower and Chorley went into a field, armed with some boards, rope, and a twist of wire affixed to the brim of a baseball hat to sit their patterns and began working on their masterpiece. Nobody noticed. The two needed to make repeated trips to the southern English area over a few years before the global media picked up their newly constructed crop circles in England. When the tale went viral and UFO enthusiasts showed them in droves, the painters stepped forward and admitted to the fake.

Since then, crop circles have become both an outdoor art form and a visitor attraction. Their credibility as otherworldly artefacts have faded, but devout believers, known as "croppies," continue to believe aliens have been accountable for at least some crop circles. Marketers are now more likely to be to blame, with crop circles being used to promote games and chips for computers. 

What is a crop circle?

Crop circles are massive designs created by flattening crops like wheat, barley, and canola. Crop circle artists continue to stomp out patterns with boards of wood, as a National Geographic movie made in 2004 showed. The painters cover their tracks in current tractor-tire ruts, giving the impression that the pattern fell from the sky.

Crop circles can be easy or complex. England remains a hotbed for crop circle creators, with masterpieces featuring triangles, spinner forms, and crescents. They've also appeared elsewhere in the world, with one story in the Illinois daily Courier & Press describing them as a "plague" in the state during the 1990s. "We feel it's possibly just kids," Rock Island County Sheriff Tod VanWolvelaere told the publication decades later.

A Reference to The Edge of Wonder TV:-

Join Edge of Wonder TV for a detailed video on how crop circles are man-made landscape art, debunking the myth of alien involvement. Doug Bower and Dave Chorley were the individuals behind the creation of these mysterious formations in southern England. Find out the weirdest news in history, hidden facts and mysteries, and much more only on the Rise TV Show.

Join Chronicles of Psychic Spy on The Rise TV Show to watch the full episode on the crop circle mystery that is uncovered by remote viewing of many different crop circles to understand if they come from the same source.

Famous crop circles:-

The first mention of a crop-related enigma currently associated with crop circles was a woodcut chapbook, or tiny book containing ballads, songs, and tracts, titled "The Mowing Devil," which dates back to 1678. As stated by Oxford Reference, this chapbook depicts the story of a low-wage farmer who declined to pay a labourer to chop his oats. The devil accomplished the job overnight, "shaving them in rounds." Though the oats in the narrative were mowed rather than flattened, crop circle proponents used this anecdote to support their claims about crop circles' long-standing origins.

In 1996, a spectacular crop circle named the "Julia Set" emerged near Stonehenge. Following the Skeptical Inquirer, a local pilot claimed to have flown over the area for an hour before the crop circle formed and seen nothing, before returning to witness a spiral of ever larger circles. The crop circle's purported abrupt appearance fueled speculation that it was of otherworldly origin. However, according to the Skeptical Inquirer, these testimonies from witnesses were dubious — and the regional creator claimed to know who created the Julia set and that it was done the night before the crop circle was discovered, rather than in broad daylight.

Final Thoughts:-

Crop circles are large designs made by flattening crops, often created by artists using wood boards. They can be found in various shapes and have been reported in different parts of the world, including England and Illinois. Some believe that kids make them.

Bower and Chorley created crop circles in a field in England using simple tools, but it took years before their work gained attention. Once the media picked up the story and UFO enthusiasts flocked to see the circles, the artists revealed that they were responsible for the hoax.

The story of "The Mowing Devil," a woodcut chapbook from 1678, is often cited by crop circle proponents as evidence of the long-standing origins of crop circles, even though the oats in the story were mowed rather than flattened.