Friday, May 31, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 31st May 2024



Archibald 2024 Packing Room Prize awarded to Matt Adnate for portrait of Baker Boy, as this year's finalists revealed...


160-year-old artefacts: owner foundHistory Out There ...Lamb House (Brisbane)

JStor Daily 

Atlas Obscura   
Siberia’s Doorway to the Underworld Is Growing  There Are More Parking Lots Than Houses in These U.S. Cities   A Collection of Artful Rare Books  The Life and End of the World’s Biggest Treehouse   Myths of Victorian Postmortem Photos    Discover Orlando's Outdoor Hidden Gems  A Fantastical Bed & Breakfast     Broken Mirrors Weren’t Bad Luck to the Mayans but Otherworldly Portals    Decoding the Secret Language of Prairie Dogs    Meet the People Keeping Vintage Rail Cars Running   Can Music Improve Food’s Taste?   Indigenous Dishes of North America   Dine Like a Basque in Nevada   The Innis House of Sunken Road    This Odd Face Tied to Rudyard Kipling Might Bring You a Bit of Luck  Ottoman-Era Water Fountains Still Dot This Seaside Town A Cathedral Carved in Marble by Mother Nature  Where Royalty Waits When the Trains Run Late   The Daring Desert Pilots Who Inspired a Beloved Children’s Tale   Medieval Chefs Would Have Loved Dessert Hummus    Why Do Dwarves Always Sound Scottish?   What Did Roman Emperors Eat?Remembering Those Lost at Pearl Harbor   An Overlooked Memorial for Locals Who Died During World War I   The ‘Spirited’ Patrons of This Restaurant Might Be Due to Its History of Seances A Cemetery Holds the History of a Gold Rush-Turned Ghost Town A Sculptor’s Modern Take on a Poignant Fairy Tale  Meet Winnipeg’s Beloved Black Bear  10 of the Weirdest Museum Stories You’ll Ever Read  Mapping ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Books   Romania’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ Is an Eerily Beautiful Forest  The Mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights How and Why Did Finland Get Its Trees to Float?  A Crypt Holding Thousands of Remains and a Few Intestines The Feral Horses of Sable Island 12 Ancient Scientific Instruments You Can Still Visit   The Fluffy Bagels Taking China By Storm   How Did the World Look During Christ’s Time?    Rock Springs  A Mysterious Mausoleum in Lincoln Park An Eclectic Trailer Park Retreat in the Middle of the Desert  The Location of Two Sticks Allegedly Owned By Witches  An Island Made Out of Hundreds of Shells   A Top-Secret Nuclear Bunker Hidden in a Mountain   Montreal’s Giant Orange 


Another very quiet week...... 

Currently Reading
 "The Girl With the Violin" Shelly Davidow ...

from my blogs....

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 24th May 2024, interesting blogs, poetry postbox, medieval space bonnet, guide to household spirits, giant stairway, haunted soldiers in Mesopotamia... and much more..

Feel free to share…


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2024/05/friday-fossicking-24th-may-2024.html


Never alone with a stack of books to read..





Friday, May 24, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 24th May, 2024


GSQ Blog
Do check the GSQ Blog page for some earlier great blogs..


Atlas Obscura

JSTOR Daily

Interesting Items

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Karen Brooks read about the

background to some of her very interesting books incl. The Locksmith's Daughter and The Darkest Shore ...

 

* See below...

My Review..

wonderful insight to years gone by, along with earlier radio series.. charming story of a woman who changed earlier radio series.. historical fiction at it's best.. My review here


( I won this book in a competition.. just loved it ... you can see my review via the above link...)

and from my blog...

That Moment in Time


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th May 2024,  strawberry parties, 

publican's lonely death, top 100 book list, Antartica photos, GSQ Blog..  and more…feel free to share..


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2024/05/friday-fossicking-17th-may-2024.html


" If you have a book to read, you're never alone.."
Advice from my parents and always remembered.


Friday, May 17, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 17th May 2024

 



GENERAL

GSQ Blog

Escaping Famine: Hugh McGovern (1822-1905) and Ann Stevens (1819-1873)    Yvonne Tunny

‘Anomaly’ in radar image taken near Egypt's Great Pyramid points to discovery of long-lost tomb 


Time Gents  

Publican’s lonely death in the Queensland outback and the Bush Inn

Theresa Smith Writes
 and from my blog ...

That Moment in Time

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 10th May 2024, National Archives Aust., Balmoral Castle open to public, Why do some people always get lost?, life behind the Iron Curtain, harvest rhubarb by candlelight, 

IGP ARCHIVES  May 2024 and much more...


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2024/05/friday-fossicking-10th-may-2024.html



Times Gone By



Friday, May 10, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 10th May 2024




 GSQ Blog   

Serendipity and Genealogy. Marg Doherty

National Archives of Australia..   N.A.A.      includes...

Get ready to shake things up! 'Disrupt, persist, invent' exhibition is now open in Adelaide

Read more         Frozen in time 

 Have you visited, or intend to visit a National Archives office?

Take the survey now.

Australian War Memorial
'Tears of Hope’, narrated by David Wenham, is a moving documentary that shares the stories of Australian veterans and their families. Watch now   International Nurses Day 12th May


Always Interesting

Brotmanblog: A Family Journey   Passover 2024: Our Seder
Anne's Family History  V is for views of Whitmore

and from my blogs...

AS THEY WERE


IGP ARCHIVES   May 2024, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Donegal, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tyrone, Wexford, Wicklow... additions to 9 counties .. including headstones, church records, interior memorials..

Many thanks to Christina Hunt and all the volunteers…


https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2024/05/igp-archives-may-2024.html


THAT MOMENT IN TIME


FRIDAY FOSSICKING 3rd May 2024, with a difference, selection of most popular blogs. Feel free to share 

Back to normal next week...


https://thatmomentintime-crissouli.blogspot.com/2024/05/friday-fossicking-3rd-may-2024.html






Friday, May 3, 2024

FRIDAY FOSSICKING 3rd May 2024





Apologies, but due to personal commitments and technical problems, I haven't had the time to compile the usual Friday Fossicking.
The following are some of the most popular past blogs..


Please feel free to share.. thank you.


AS THEY WERE


IGP ARCHIVES   May 2024, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Donegal, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tyrone, Wexford, Wicklow... additions to 9 counties .. including headstones, church records, interior memorials..

Many thanks to Christina Hunt and all the volunteers…


https://astheywere.blogspot.com/2024/05/igp-archives-may-2024.html