This is the SS Creteboom, a concrete tugboat ordered in the first world war due to steel shortages, only to have the war end before it was finished. After a not very successful service life, it was brought to Ballina in Ireland in 1937, along with one or two other vessels to be sunk as a river barrier. Only for a leak to be discovered, at which point it was quickly moved into the river to stop it sinking at the quay. It sat there for 37 years before it was moved to it's present location due to concerns about silt deposits caused by the ship affecting salon fisheries. They moved it by clearing muck and eels from the interior, putting a patch over the hole/holes, and pumping out water until it floated, before being towed and let sink again. As you can see, it's still looking good for a 104 year old ship, especially one that's been abandoned for 86 of those years! I think there's meant to be a chance she could be refloated and restored if the money and effort was there. I have seen her once before, but hadn't known what it was I was looking at.
Anyway, bringing this up because something (can't remember what) made me think of her, look her up again only to find not only is she on the Irish National Inventory Of Architectural Heritage, but she was Building of the Month in July 2017!!! (Which has more information and pictures). I just find that great!
If you're interested in learning more about these concrete ships, there's a whole website at https://thecretefleet.com. Including the last one still afloat, also in Ireland, now serving as part of a Marina in Carlingford! (Although she does not count as a building apparently)
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is your header and icon from a daydream hour or the adventure bible?
It's the cover for the complete daydream hour book!
here's the full illustrations
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At this point I’m just doing whatever would make my 13 yr old self happy, so. Frostcup Ghost AU ❄️
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Splatoon 3 DLC Release: A Quick Dive into Digital Fan Art - A Side Order Special!"
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Things I think the MBS kids would dress up as
Reynie - Sheet ghost. Simple, easy, silly, and you can take it off whenever you want to actually play with your friends. Miss Perumal helps him and thinks it's the cutest thing ever
Sticky - Very specific book character or historical figure. Puts a lot of effort into it, but he talks about it so much his friends know who he is so he doesn't care what anyone else thinks
Kate - Milligan. He isn't sure how to bring Halloween up the first year and ends up putting it off until the day of and when he finally does ask she's like "I've got this" and races upstairs only to come back down in a hat and jacket and boots she stole from his closet
Constance - Says she doesn't want to dress up, but later Rhonda finds her going through her disguises. So she helps her pick out something she really likes, but whenever someone asks Constance replies that she's. Like. The abstract concept of thought. Or something
SQ - He does one of those closet cosplay things where it's not hugely complicated and is an explorer or a naturalist or something where he basically wears slightly fancier clothes (Or thrifted ones if he went with Mr. Benedict) and carries his art bag as a prop
Martina - A famous tetherball player of some kind (Sorry, I don't know anything about sports adfjk)
Jackson and Jillson - Each other :)
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