Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul-
Mark Twain
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30 Day Romanov Challenge: Day 7- Favourite Holiday Destination
The Official Visit to the Isle of Wight, 1909
In 1909, the Imperial Family payed their English cousins an official visit to Cowes, on the Isle of Wight.
They were met by the Victoria and Albert yacht which docked beside the Standart and its entourage of “body guard” vessels. On the Isle to greet the family were the current reigning king, King Edward VII, his son George, the Prince of Wales, Queen Alexandra, the Princess of Wales, Mary of Teck, and their children, albeit for Bertie who was ill at the time and was urged to keep his distance for fear of infecting the hemophiliac Tsarevich Alexei.
The King’s grandson David (the future Edward VIII) proudly showed his ‘Uncle Nicky’ round the naval college, astonished at the elaborate police precautions that surrounded his every move.
Alexander Spiridovitch, Nicholas’s head of personal guard wrote of the visit:“Their Majesties spent that day on board the royal yacht. That evening was a dinner, during which there were many proposals of official toasts. The Royal table was decorated with roses and was resplendent with gold dishes. The suite and Captains of the yachts dined separately, but were invited afterward to join with the circle around the Sovereigns.The King and the Emperor spoke in their toasts of the Anglo-Russian friendship and of world peace. The King observed that our Emperor was no stranger to England in general, nor to Cowes in particular.In his response, the Emperor admitted to having been quite struck by the spectacle of the English Navy. He recalled the past and said that he would never forget the happy days which had passed fifteen years earlier under the reign of Queen Victoria.”
The weather was lovely during their short visit; a soft breeze blew, a comforting relief from the harshness of Russian winters. In the morning they received the Lord Mayor who gave the Emperor and Empress a magnificent gold coffret. Nicholas and Alix also had picked their visit well; it was the Annual Yacht regatta, and they delighted in attending the races. The day before, the Emperor had been named an honorary member of the Royal Yacht Club and, as a sportsman, he showed a great pleasure.
The family also had the chance to visit Empress Eugenie, widow of Emperor Napoleon III, who was on board a private yacht nearby, and they had tea.
Meanwhile, the Grand Duchesses had gone down to Cowes in the morning, which had disturbed the English police, worried for their safety. They went by car to Osborne and played there on the beach.
After lunch, Olga and Tatiana went alone into the town, accompanied by several members of the suite. One had to see the joy and pleasure they expressed above all at being able to walk about without being recognized. They felt relaxed and carefree, entering into shops, buying postcards and all kinds of souvenirs for their family and retainers. They took a ferry from one part of the town to another and had the satisfaction of being able to pay the price of the ticket themselves. A small gesture, but one that delighted the otherwise isolated children.
However, the public soon learned who the young girls in pretty grey dresses were, and a crowd soon begun to form. They began to follow them and waited in front of the shops. The Cowes became nervous and the members of the suite ushered the girls back to the ship. The public adored these beautiful girls, running back and forth excitedly amongst their humble town.
OTMA also visited a local english church, where the pastor was extremely happy to show them everything about it. They visited the tomb of their uncle, Henry of Battenberg and the armchair used by Queen Victoria when she went to the church.
The visit was instrumental in maintaining English-Russian relations, and the Imperial Family delighted in the calm and relaxed ways of their Windsor cousins. Later when the Revolution and exile would come, the whole family had wished for a simple life in England, the life of private citizens.
Female Serial Killers (The Kelleher Typologies)
Female serial killers are first divided into two groups: those who act alone and those who act in partnership. Those two categories are then further divided.
Acting in partnership – characteristics:
Killers of this type tend to be younger, aggressive, vicious in their attack, sometimes disorganized, and usually unable to carefully plan. They usually attack victims in diverse locations. They tend to use guns, knifes, or torture:
- Team Killer – kills or participates in the killing of others in conjunction with at least one other
- Question of Sanity – kills in apparent random manner and later judged to be insane
- Unexplained - kills for reasons that are totally inexplicable or for unclear motives
- Unsolved - a pattern of unsolved killings that may be attributed to a woman (or women)
Acting alone – characteristics:
Killers of this type are often mature, careful, deliberate, socially adept, and highly organized. They usually attack victims in their home or place of work. They tend to favor a specific weapon, like poison, lethal injection, or suffocations:
- Black Widow - systematically kills multiple spouses, partners, or other family members
- Angel of Death - systematically kills people who are in her care for some form of medical attention
- Sexual Predator – systematically kills others in clear acts of sexual homicide
- Revenge - systematically kills out of hate or jealousy
- Profit or Crime – systematically kills for profit or in course of committing another crime
Philosophy explained using shapes and colors, aka Philographics.
1517 1518 Léonard de Vinci
Animal fantastique probablement pour un automate, Codex Arundel
Queens of the Stone Age - My God Is The Sun (by QOTSAmusic)
your vagina is on fire
burning up
A woman sits atop a pile of rubble and has a cup of tea after a German Luftwaffe strike during the Blitz. London, England. 1941.
Pawel Kuczynski
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