#Almondell

[yuzchaes]

┈　 　 　🎧⁺　 　 　⧄　 　 　𐙚　　appreciation post from jangkyus

100+ followers?! 😭❤️❤️

hii, today at school, the moment i checked tumblr, i found out i reached 100+ followers!! i want to thank all my mutuals and followers for supporting me on my tumblr journey. im literally so grateful for this since ive started my tumblr journey 3 months ago (started posting in november but was ia for a month so) and didnt expect to get this many followers. as a celebration, ill be making an event to celebrate 100+ followers and hope it doesnt flop.

┈　 　 　⛲️⁺　 　 　⧄　 　 　𐙚　　some of my fav blogs + moots

@i-kyujin @iluvrei @umiena @egorls @itgirlied @chaeneuu @im4yeons @p-oisn @almondelle @koosuvi @baesol @eundior @yeritos @gwryus @jeonzio @mazeui @isamiracle/@isaletta @woinyis3 @fleurrina @7hyein @beom-yy @haesite @ningsite @chaey2k @ningrlz @i-h3rta @ryeins @chaeryeos @aeraras @kaerns @khaer @gigittamic @markirlse @iwonbin @y-vna @i04rei @i04naoi @i2hanni @y-urios @kyeins @ciawiasworld @k-yujin + everyone else that i follow!

once again, tysm for 100+ followers, this is a huge gift for me.

from, aeri

#yuzchaes #tysm for 100+ followers ❤️

[wonysela]

thank you sm for 100 followers!

i honestly want to thank you guys for following me on this journey as i started making moodboards in this blog since september i think? i’m very thankful for 100 followers and i can’t wait to make more moodboards and watch as they improve over time just like a time lapse. also ty to everyone who has requested mbs or banners! it means a lot 💓

fav blogs (not in any order):

@fimeunii @p-oisn @y-vna @y2jiz @almondelle @yeossemble @baesol @rkivefr @mizkie @haerins00 @7hyein @ryeins @dollijongs @fleurjns @h-anis @i3vivi @lil-liaa @yjinhaze @gigittamic @itgirlied @tyunlouv @0830s @fleuris @f-loqweres @fairytopea @i06chae @i-kyujin @s-heon @lorlita @y-unjins @boos2bies @hyeism @sakkurify @koosuvi @f-eori @y2qi @umiena @wiotas @haeivn @iluvrei @dreaminju @yeritos @i08wony @sichimi @y-urios @i04rei @raeceah + more

(i’m so sorry there’s a lot haha but if i forgot you just remind me. special mention to @karinasvsp, @p-oisn and @y-vna for being my first 3 moots! i also hit the max number of mentions so i can’t add everyone here)

#so cute #thanks for 100 followers! #💓 #appreciation post

[scotianostra]

On 10th April 1840, Alexander Nasmyth, the Scottish painter, died.

It's a shame sometimes that people know a painting rather than the artist, Nasmyth is certainly one of those, as his two depictions of Rabbie Burns are, to me instantly recognizable, the second one in front of the Auld Brig o' Doon at Alloway in Ayrshire, close to where Burns grew up makes use of the Landscape that Nasmyth s more renowned for.

Born in Edinburgh he was educated at The Royal High School and was set for a career in architecture, but at an early age he showed artistic talent, and in 1773 he was apprenticed to James Cummyng , a house decorator and antiquarian. Nasmyth painted panels for carriages at Alexander Crichton’s coachworks and attended evening classes at the Trustees’ Academy. When Allan Ramsay visited Crichton in 1774, he was impressed with Nasmyth’s ability. Nasmyth subsequently accompanied Ramsay to his London studio where he continued his apprenticeship for four years.

In 1782–4 he visited Italy. There he became interested in landscape painting, which eventually took over from portraiture as his main concern. He was a man of wide culture, interested in science as well as art, and he worked as a stage designer and architectural consultant, he never gave up his architect interests, designing bridges including one on the Almondell Estate around the Calders in West Lothian, as well as the circular temple covering St Bernard's Well by the Water of Leith. In 1815 he was one of those invited to submit proposals for the expansion of Edinburgh New Town.

Nasmyth died at home, 47 York Place a plaque can be seen on the house, also naming his son, James, who invented the Steam Hammer. He is buried in St Cuthbert's on the west end of Princes Street.

#scotland #scottish #history #edinburgh #artist #painter

[oreosondae]

NEW COLAB SECCION!

Now if you want to colab to me or send a moodboad you can! You can send me your MB through the collaboration section on my page :)

You can do it whenever you want, I would love to collaborate and learn more from you 💗

( that´s all xd )

if u have questions pls send to dm

(sorry if you didn't want to be mentioned)

@tookio @gigittamic @arrancarmelos @beom-yy @taevlogg

@sugarstasia @7hyein @sseulr1n @trivijoy @bulilta @y-vna @solriis

@wiotas @ttuliparosa @almondelle @chuviscado @deslirios

@estrellicas @florietas @h-aeun @hechizadas @p-oisn @lil-liaa

@menhpy

#oreosondae ✿ #colab #moodboard #current mood #colab seccion

[almondelle]

✧ ┄ @almondelle

#gg + bg ✧ #only ✧ #closed

[biglisbonnews]

William Wallace Marker in Broxburn, Scotland Fifteen miles west of Edinburgh lies Almondell and Calderwood Country. Open all year around and free to visit, this spacious green wilderness area covers 220 acres of woodland and riverside walks. It is here that you will find not one, but two rather unusual carved rock slabs dating from the 18th century. The first is much easier to locate and can be found downstream from the Almondell Bridge on the southern end, following the "Red" walking route. After walking along the river and crossing over a wooden footbridge, you'll find a stone that reads: MARGARET COUNTESS OF BUCHAN DEDICATED THIS FOREST TO HER ANCESTOR SIR SIMON FRASER OCTOBER XV MDCCLXXXIV Sir Simon Fraser of Oliver and Neidpath fought alongside both Sir William Wallace and Robert the Bruce. The English captured him in June 1306. Suffering the same fate as Wallace, a year later Fraser was hung, drawn, and quartered. His head was impaled on a spike and displayed next to his comrades on London Bridge. Almondell and the surrounding environs were once in possession of David Stewart Erskine, the 11th Earl of Buchan, and his wife Margaret Fraser. Erskine, the founder of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, was enthralled with anything to do with the Scottish knight Sir William Wallace. So much so, he erected this memorial to his wife's descendant, as well as the Wallace Statue near Dryburgh. The second stone, also funded by Erskine, is located some distance away and can be found along the road leading out of the estate. Hidden among the underbrush, on the right-hand side of the road, a few yards from the Drumshoreland crossroads. This carved tablet may well be the earliest surviving memorial to Wallace in Scotland. The Latin inscription reads: M.S. GUL VALLAS OCTOB XV MDCCLXXXIV Basically translated: Sacred to the memory of William Wallace October 15, 1784. This is the same year carved into the previous stone. The placement of this stone indicates the area Wallace and his men would have patrolled, keeping an eye on King Edward II and his army, just before the Battle of Falkirk in July 1298. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/william-wallace-marker

#parks #memorials #stone #war memorial #revolution #Atlas Obscura

[wendybrand-placement]

Week 3

23rd February 2022

This week for photography club i gave the young residents a introduction to photoshop software and making simple edits to images. I got a few of my old images to use as examples and showed them some simple edits, how photoshop works and what some tools within the software do. We had a look at each person’s photographs they had took the previous week down at Almondell Country Park and i asked the residents to pick out some that they could take into photoshop and make some edits to their images on their own. I also told the young residents to have a play around if the would like with adjustments and see what they could create using their images. It was interesting the way in which everyone made their edits to images in photoshop. I did really like one resident’s in particular’s edited images and also how she captured most her images. Observing what she captured i came to find that she enjoys capturing close up images of plants, flowers and other objects found within nature.

[benvironment]

This was the view from my window at work today. If you could somehow climb inside autumn, I dare say it would look something like this :)

#Almondell #window #autumn #leaves #West Lothian #rangering

[lockettay]

Almondell Country Park We had a brief moment of contemplation down on the side of the river whilst playing with the Go Pro and IPhone 7. #stop #contemplation #river #riverside #almondell #almondellcountrypark #scotland #roadtrip #iphone7 #gopro #sunshine #wander #explore #adventure (at Almondell Country Park)

#explore #almondellcountrypark #riverside #scotland #stop #contemplation #roadtrip #almondell #iphone7 #sunshine #wander #adventure #river #gopro

[mrjasonsweeney]

Barbecue selfie. #selife (at Almondell and Calderwood Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDUIGBHpmKR/?igshid=1lv8gpwwdxoth

#selife

[hogbu]

on the cusp ... par Edinburgh Nette ... Via Flickr : ... a little series of shots looking down on a waterfall ... (Here, in the lower frame, is the calm, smooth flow of water, then the tipping point, and finally the turbulent water some 20 feet below ... but the fall is obscured from this view ....)

#water #waterfalls #abstracts #april17 #reflections #tipping-point #sparkle #flow #gold #almondell #Ribbet

[themoondoubtme-blog]

Meditation Station (at Almondell Country Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EwmlSnbMZ/?igshid=2ufnec28p454

[feminismyall]

Winnipegger bear-sprayed in confrontation with man who broke into his <b>garage</b>: police

Police said a man had broken into a vehicle on Almondel Key and stolen a number of items, including a garage door opener, which he used to get into ... from Google Alert - the garage https://ift.tt/34nOip8

#IFTTT #Google Alert - the garage

[scotianostra]

On September 7th 1306 Sir Simon Fraser of Neidpath, the “Scottish Patriot” was executed by the English.

Dates differ a day either side for this.

Fraser is probably a name few of you know, but he fought alongside Sir William Wallace, and suffered the exact same fate as him at the hands of King Edward I.

Ask anyone who follows the history during the first War of Scottish Independence, or indeed the Fraser clan, who remember their ancestor with pride at a time when the likes of the Comyns, The Bruce and Menteith’s were forever changing sides, depending on which way the wind was blowing, wrote of Sir Simon……

“Every man of influence in the Kingdom, except Sir Simon Fraser, Sir William Wallace, and the band of patriots who comprised the garrison of Stirling, followed the example of Cumming [Comyn] … The patriots were proclaimed outlaws and their estates "forfeited, and they ultimately sacrificed their noble lives in the undying service of their country. The redoubted Sir William Wallace continued most deservedly to be the idol of his countrymen for the glorious part which he took in establishing the independence of his fatherland, but “if to him be due the glory of being the first to awaken Scotland from her ignominious slumber, his efforts were nobly seconded by Sir Simon Fraser, who alone of the aristocracy was disposed to view with envy the merit which called his hero to command.”

Fraser outlived Wallace by a year, persisting in the field, "as bold as Caesar” which supposedly led a couple of Scottish knights imprisoned in the Tower to cockily wager their heads that the English would never corral him.* One chronicler calls Simon ‘a man totally gifted for war’. Another hailed him as ‘manly, stout, bold and wight’ – meaning brave and nimble.  Sir Walter Scott thought Sir Simon was ‘the flower of chivalry’, but being a fellow Borders man, Scott was always going to be a big fan.

Simon the Patriot’s most astonishing achievement must be the Battle of Roslin. It took place in 1303. A bloody and significant battle in the Scottish Wars of Independence, today it is mostly forgotten. With only 8,000 men, Simon led the Scots army to victory over an English invasion force of over 30,000,  using his superior knowledge of the terrain and the element of surprise. Well the Frasers again say this, truth be told Wallace and The Red Comyn were also said to have been there that day at Roslin, and although the numbers of the English force have been hugely exaggerated down the centuries, there is no doubt in my mind this victory deserves more recognition than it currently gets, although as I have pointed out in my main post about the battle these numbers are certainly exaggerated somewhat. 

Two years after Roslin, Simon’s brother-in-arms, William Wallace was betrayed and executed. Simon then gave his loyalty to Robert the Bruce, who was crowned King of Scotland in March, 1306. Sir Simon rode at the Bruce’s side at the Battle of Methven in June 1306 when the English army mounted a lightning attack. It is said three times the Bruce was unhorsed, and each time Simon helped him back into the saddle, fighting off the enemy. Afterwards Bruce granted the Frasers the right to display three crowns on their arms, to signify the number of times they had saved the King.

After the battle Bruce’s army were split up, The King made it to Dalrigh and into another battle, Fraser was heading south, but was captured at Kirkencliff near Stirling, he would have known his fate straight away.

They carried him to London in irons. There, they tried him and condemned him to the refined cruelty of a traitor’s death. In September, 1306, he was dragged out of prison and marched in mockery from the Tower to London Bridge. There Simon Fraser was hanged, and cut down while still alive. They disembowelled him, threw his guts into a brazier, and then beheaded him and cut off his limbs.

The executioners stuck Simon Fraser’s head on a spike beside Wallace’s, on London Bridge, and hoisted the trunk of his body, in chains, to swing close by. Londoners claimed they saw demons rampaging along the parapets, and tormenting Fraser’s remains with hooks.

The following is from a long English song from the mid 14th century, possibly sung as a warning to Scots…..

To warn all the nobles who dwell in Scotland, The Wallace was dismembered, then he was hanged, Beheaded while alive, his bowels burned. The head was sent to London Bridge          To abide.     Afterwards Simon Fraser,     Who was traitor and dangerous     And known very widely…….

Images are a depiction of our hero, and a Memorial Stone, Almondell and Calderwood Country Park, West Lothian

#Scotland #scottish #soldier #medieval history #first wars of Scottish Independence #history

[new-home-programs-blog]

First Time Home Buyer Grant Programs  Newhomeprograms The Woodlands, Tx

First Time Home Buyer Grant Programs 58 S Almondell is a former model home in Sterling Ridge subdivision of The Woodlands. This traditional 2-story home features high end upgrades through-out & an open floor plan that is great for entertaining.

#First Time Home Buyer Grant Programs

[chloesmutleycrew-blog]

The crew has a lovely walk yesterday at Almondell Country Park. Love a wee adventure and going somewhere new. #chloesmutleycrew (at Almondell and Calder Wood) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpjbCVHnUYY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dmpxj8njmds4

#chloesmutleycrew