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Ptarmigan wearing sneakers
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oh we LOVE bread, immediate hit
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Vojtěch Preissig - Seven Ravens (1903)
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I've never seen a listing like this- at the end they have tiny photos of the before & after of each room. The new owner may most definitely want to change it again, though. It's a 1983 modern that's been gutted and reno'd, located in Big Stone Gap, VA, has 9bds, 7ba, $1.295M.
Note that the owner thinks his gull-wing car (Ferrari, is it?) will help sell the house.
Kind of skimpy cascading chandy, IMO. Anyway, don't think that you can move right in- the house is on every AirBnB type website, makes $1K per night, and is booked until well into 2025.
Arches. Lots of arches. Not sure I like the scalloped shelving.
Clearly not professional design- DIY elegance.
Rather sparse dining room. Dated parquet floor.
The new kitchen and everyday dining area. I don't know what to say.
The royal primary bedroom.
See? Royalty.
Flocked wallpaper went out in the 70s.
Jetted soaker tub in front of a fireplace and flatscreen with unsightly plug.
The Pac Man cellar stairs.
Welcome to the Pac Man Palace Cinema.
Home theater with a starry sky, spacy carpet and fireplace.
Where the hell are we?
Mini casino.
Patio. Looks like the fireplace has been bricked up.
Pool. Not very inviting.
I wonder why a basketball court and not tennis or pickleball.
Cute gazebo.
Unhelpful before & after photos.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5637-Powell-Valley-Rd-Big-Stone-Gap-VA-24219/234589322_zpid/?
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Leather belt, with keyring attached, used by State Registered Mental Nurse, England, mid 20th century
Security and practicality are behind the design of this sturdy leather belt with keyring. It was used on a psychiatric ward at Farnborough Hospital, now the Princess Royal University Hospital, in Kent, England. The key ring consists of a soldered metal bracket. This cannot be taken off the belt. There is also a metal loop in the middle of the belt over which the keyring cannot pass. This ensured the keys could not be snatched from or slip off the belt. The belt and keys were used between 1940 and 1970. They represent the large public mental hospitals that defined psychiatric care after the Second World War and the rise of the National Health Service. We know these keys were used by a State Registered Mental Nurse. This further highlights the fact such mental hospitals were government-regulated organisations rather than old-fashioned asylums. The staff had to meet professional standards. However, controversial medical treatments such as insulin coma therapy, electroshock and frontal lobotomy were common. They were seen as inhumane and brutal institutions, more like prisons than hospitals.
Science Museum
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was going to complain about the rain but then this beautiful rainbow appeared…
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Grenadines Pink or Grenadines Horned Iguana (Iguana iguana insularis), male, family Iguanidae, endemic to St, Vincent & The Grenadines and Grenada
ENDANGERED.
Subspecies of the Green Iguana.
photograph by Reptiles4all
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For Lucky Peach’s Fantasy issue accompanying the article “When We Ate Our Thoughts” by Huan Hsu (AD: Walter Green!)
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18th C. English and French asparagus tureens
Christie's
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