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Rock

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:49:16 -0700

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litter bugs

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:49:14 -0700

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Looking North

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:49:11 -0700

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Clahnaben

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:49:12 -0700

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Rock 2

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:49:15 -0700

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looking east

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:49:13 -0700

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Covenanter flag

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:06 -0700

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The Covenanters were a Scottish Presbyterian movement that played an important part in the history of Scotland, and to a lesser extent that of England and Ireland, during the 17th century. Presbyterian denominations tracing their history to the Covenanters and often incorporating the name continue the ideas and traditions in Scotland and internationally.

They derive their name from the Scots term covenant for a band or legal document. There were two important covenants in Scottish history, the National Covenant and the Solemn League and Covenant.

Me

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:00 -0700

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Sir Walter Scott

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:24 -0700

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Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time.

Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime,[1] with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

lovers lane

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:05:47 -0700

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phone box

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 10:17:14 -0700

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on the fence

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:00:07 -0700

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sheep

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:00:09 -0700

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buttrerfly

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:00:08 -0700

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two lambs

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:00:06 -0700

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Goblet

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:19 -0700

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Gold Mask

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:22 -0700

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The Queen's Gallery

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:06 -0700

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The Queen's Gallery is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse complex. It was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibits works from the Royal Collection. It is open to the public daily.

This Victorian building was originally built as Holyrood Free Church (a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland, then from 1900 United Free Church of Scotland), but was last used for worship in 1915. Prior to its conversion to become the Queen's Gallery the building was used as a storeroom.

King Charles

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:01 -0700

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Faberge egg

nobody@flickr.com (roger g1) — Sat, 26 May 2012 00:24:04 -0700

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Technically one of the most sophisticated and extraordinary of Fabergé’s Imperial Easter Eggs, the Mosaic Egg retains its ‘surprise’. It takes the form of a medallion painted on ivory with the portraits of the five children of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra on one side and a basket of flowers and their names on the other, on a stand surmounted by the Russian imperial crown, held within the egg by gold clips. The egg was the Tsar’s Easter gift to his wife in 1914, but the original invoice was destroyed and the cost is therefore unknown. The Tsarina’s monogram and the date 1914 are set beneath a moonstone at the apex of the egg. It comprises a platinum mesh into which tiny diamonds, rubies, topaz, sapphires, demantoid garnets, pearls and emeralds are fitted – perfectly cut, polished and calibrated to fill the spaces.This extraordinary technical feat is all the more impressive because the platinum is not welded but cut.The five oval panels around the centre of the egg feature a stylised floral motif, replicating the technique of petit-point. In the list of confiscated treasures transferred from the Anichkov Palace to the Sovnarkom in 1922, the egg is described thus: ‘1 gold egg as though embroidered on canvas’. The designer, Alma Theresia Pihl, was inspired to produce the needlework motif when watching her mother-in-law working at her embroidery by the fire. Alma Pihl came from a distinguished family of Finnish jewellers employed by Fabergé. Her uncle, Albert Holmström, took over his father August’s workshop and was the workmaster responsible for the production of this bejewelled egg. The egg was confiscated in 1917 and sold by the Antikvariat in 1933 for 5,000 roubles. It was purchased by King George V from Cameo Corner, London, on 22 May 1933 for £250 ‘half-cost’, probably for Queen Mary’s birthday on 26 May.