Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: woman

I just had a sudden urge to scan one of my old family photos last night and chose this one, taken many decades ago by my Father, of my Mother and little me : ) I'm not sure, but it looks like I may have been sitting in the child's seat on the back of my Father's bike. I only remember seeing photos of me on my Father's bike, and I don't know if those old seats were movable to a different bike. So often at weekends, my parents and I would bike into the countryside around Birmingham, England, and my Mother would look for wildflowers, which she loved, and my Father would be taking photos - photography was a passion for him. I seem to have inherited both passions, for which I am truly grateful : ) My Mother died in December 1998 and my Father had died many years before that, in 1976. Sadly, our main communication for decades was by letter, as I got married at 22 (far too young!) and moved overseas, usually across the other side of the world. Missed out on family talks and sharing of my parents' lives. Very sad, but it happens to many people when family members move away. Oh, by the way, those curls were the curse of my life, ha, ha - just hated them!

I used a special effect on my camera to take this photo of the friend with whom I went to the Rocky Mountains, on 29 August 2013. Just a spur of the moment thing, but it makes a different kind of shot, for fun. Taken at Bow Lake, along the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93) in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Some of the amazing natural colours formed around many of the hot springs and geysers in Yellowstone National Park. Taken at Fountain Paint Pots Trail, Lower Geyser Basin, on 13 September 2012, the third day of a wonderful week's trip with my amazing friends from England, Linda and Tony. "Bacteria and other thermophiles (heat loving microorganisms) usually form the ribbons of color like you see here. Green, brown, and orange mats are cyanobacteria, which can live in waters as hot as 167 F (73 C). At this temperature they are usually yellow-green. They become orange, rust, or brown as the water cools. In cooler water other thermophiles may appear that will modify the colors even more. Color may also change due to stress, such as the intense sunlight of mid summer." www.nps.gov/features/yell/tours/fountainpaint/bacteria.htm

This old family photo amuses me and is a reminder of how important photography was in my father's life. There is no date on the back of the photo and I'm not sure if this was taken before or after I was born. (Later: this magazine issue came out in June 1939.) Vera Kathleen Bassindale (nee Neal), 1914 -1998 Tom Carden Bassindale, 1907 - 1976 They were married on 4th June 1938. Thanks to George (Dixon), I now have the following information: US edition; 25cents. June 1939. Bette Davis. Photoplay did not have its own publication in the UK until 1950. www.moviemags.com/main.php?title=PHOTOPLAY&amp ; etos=1939 "Photoplay first appeared in 1912, but was not initially successful. However, when James Quirk took over editorial duties in 1914 he implemented changes that would make Photoplay the top film magazine, one which by 1922 would boast a circulation of over two million." From collectingoldmagazines.com . The origin of the surname "Bassindale" from www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Bassindale

This is my paternal Great Grandmother, Eliza Jane Shadick. She was born about 1847? in Gravesend, Kent, England, and died in 1929. She had one sibling, (Ann Shadick or Thomas?). In 1875 (between July 1875 and September 1875), she married the Rev. Henry Carden (1852-1930) at Gravesend. Their children were Alice Gladwell (1876), Florence Sophia (1878, who married Frederick Hobson between July 1904 and September 1904 at Yorkshire [North Riding]), Nellie (1879), Percy Samuel (1880, who married Catherine Batson between July 1905 and September 1905 in Cumberland), and William Henry (1885 - between December 1951 and March 1952, who married Daisy Elizabeth Jinks between July 1908 and September 1908 in Northamptonshire). Eliza Jane Shadick of Greys, Essex, was a school-teacher prior to marriage. Her family later moved to Gravesend, Kent. Eliza Jane was daughter of Richard Shadick and Ann Gladwell. Alice, the oldest, was my paternal Grandmother. Eliza's father, Richard, owned various shops in Gravesend between 1835 and 1871 when he died. He was a Currier in the leather trade. The shop first sold harnesses and saddlery items, but after World War 2, sold a much greater range of leather goods. Her mother, Ann Gladwell Shadick, then took over the business with the help of Thomas and his wife, Margaret. In early 1905, it passed into the hands of Willie Gladwell Shadick who was Thomas's youngest son, where it stayed until around 1950. At some point in the 1950s, it went to a daughter of WIllie and so the name changed. I'm adding these old family photos and information to Flickr so that I don't have to take up lots of space in my kids' e-mail Inboxes. I also hope that someone out there might just find these images of interest or help - I had found nothing on Google myself. Funny, I can see a likeness to my oldest daughter. Information taken from UK Census 1881, 1891, 1911: Birth about 1847 Gravesend, Kent Census 3 April 1881 49 Victoria Road, St. Giles, Northampton, Northamptonshire Census 5 April 1891 Walsall Road, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire Census 31 March 1901 4 West Road, Tottenahm, Middlesex Census 2 April 1911 Heathfield, 100 Elwick Road, West Hartlepool, Durham

Yes, a very out-of-place photo to be seen on my photostream, LOL, tucked in between the flowers and the birds. I was browsing a few photos on my hard drive, deleting quite a few that I had once thought looked OK, and happened to come across this very, very old one that I had scanned ages ago. Decided to add it to my Middle and Far East Set. I know I have the definite location somewhere, but don't want to spend the time searching now - I should be getting on with the rest of my overseas Christmas letters! However, I believe I took this at The Fort (?) in Agra, India, back in 1967. We spent four days in that country en route from a short leave in England out to Borneo, where we were going to live..

I just find this image rather amusing, seeing this little Barred Owl sitting in front of an audience. The gentleman who gave the talk brought this injured, 7-year-old male owl with him and it was a neat experience to see a Barred Owl so close (even to touch him). He just sat and stared the whole evening : ) His eyes are amazing - like deep, dark pools.