- 7-10 split. Interchangeable with goalposts and bedposts.
- A wooden or metal post set in the ground as a supporting part of a fence
- The 7-10 split. (bed posts, goal posts, mule ears, snake eyes)
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- A method of cutting veneers on an off-center lathe that results in modified characteristics of both rotary and plain sliced veneers.
- (Half Rounds) May be used as a screen moulding or bead shelf edge or panel moulding.
- (Half Rounds) Looks like a half circle and is used primarily as decorative trim. Can be used to put a rounded edge on shelving, a trim piece for wall paper, or to add a decorative pattern to a flat panel.
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The Fence of St Laurence’s Catholic Church – Corner Ogilvy and Brumley Streets, Leongatha
The original plans for the Catholic Church prepared by Melbourne architect, Charles I. Rice, were for a brick building in the Romanesque Style including a belfry with an estimated cost of £7,000. It was decided to proceed with only part of the original plan, omitting the belfry, sanctuary and part of the nave, and the modified building was constructed by F. and E. Deague of Fitzroy for the sum of £3,200. In 1938, the present cream cement render was added to the exterior.
The construction of the church to replace the original wooden building of 1895 was the highlight of the ambitious building program initiated by Dean P. J. Coyne soon after he was appointed to the newly created Leongatha Parish in 1901, which began with the construction of the Presbytery in 1904. After the construction of the new Church, the old wooden church was moved to a site adjacent to the Presbytery and renovated to become the new Catholic School. The adjacent convent was completed in 1914 and was followed by the final building, the new Church Hall, in 1927. Dean P. J. Coyne was held in high regard by his Parishioners, and the title of Monsignor was conferred by the Pope in 1933. When he died in September of the following year, his remains were interred in the grounds of the Church and a memorial erected.
St Laurence’s Catholic Church at Leongatha is a rendered brick structure with a gabled terra cotta shingle roof. It has a notable Spanish Baroque south front with a matching porch now under reconstruction in an extended form. Centrally on the ridge stands a tall louvered lantern capped by a cupola. The church is a simple gable with no aisles and the nave is lit by semi-circular arched windows with arched tracery in each bay which is defined externally by piers with capitals. At the front and side boundaries, the original cast iron fence with rendered piers, basalt base and wrought iron gates remain. A steel belfry behind the fence to the east has been removed. The building was originally in brick, with only the mouldings rendered, in which form it approaches the Romanesque “blood and bandages” style, but the south front is closer in form to a Dutch colonial or Spanish Baroque in form. In rendered form it has a strong impression of Spanish Mission style. The omitted belfry may have given further clues. The front facade is symmetrical with a full width projecting porch. It steps through two major levels, each defined by intersecting piers and scrolls. It is divided into three parts by piers at the side and piers flanking a central segmental three part window. The side piers have half round caps while the inner piers have scrolls against the raised pediment. The pediment is capped with a cross mounted on a projecting pedestal. The central window has a wide architrave and heavy hood mould with brackets above it. To either side are oculi windows. The porch front is divided into three parts with half round capped piers, the central panel containing the arched entry door and a triangular parapet with a central rendered arched panel containing a cross. The side panels have arched windows and semi-circular pediments.
The interior has a segmental barrel vault ceiling, paneled with strong arches at the caps of pilasters defining each window bay. The piers have ionic capitals below a string course defining a wide blocking course with a Baroque capital bearing a shield and flanked by elaborate scrolls. In the cove above, below the segmental arch, are further plaster decorations around a shell motif focused on the pilasters. Cast plaster stations of the cross are hung on either side of the pilasters. Across the south end of the nave, one bay deep is a balcony carried on a pair of cast iron columns on either side of the central aisle. This has a bulging ogee balustrade decorated with elaborate plaster swags, scrolls and shields and has a central projection over the aisle. The architrave below the balustrade is decorated with swags meeting at plaques with full relief babies faces. The ceiling panels have large suspended circular plaster panels concealing vents in each structural bay. The balance of the bay is decorated with scroll panels with a central motif and arched ends against the cove. The
203 of 365 Snowqulamie Falls
07/22/2011
Snowqualmie Falls
Snowqualmie Falls trail is closed until March 2013, good thing I took this photo like a few years ago… 😉 Actually that’s a lie and I’ve decided to tell you all about how I got here when the trail is closed for another 2 years.
A few months ago I went to Snowqualmie falls to photograph my buddy Allen and was super disappointed because the trail entrance was fenced up. I went to take a closer look and a as I said before it’s closed until 2013. There are multiple no trespassing signs and a barbwire fence around all the possible areas to get in. Yesterday I was meeting up with Angel to grab some pictures who lives really close to the falls. I brought my camera bag, a wind breaker jacket and decided I was going to “bypass” the fence and go down to the waterfall.
I told Angel my idea and her dad, who lives in Fall City says, “I don’t think you should do that, there is a security guard down there.” This is where things get a bit gutsy…I ask myself, “Should I wait for another 2 years to photograph the waterfall or risk getting arrested for trespassing?” I’ve been arrested before and it wasn’t that bad so I chose the riskier option. What is even riskier is that I am now completely admitting to what I did… Warning to the kids out there, don’t follow after my example…
I worked my way over to the barbwire fence, look both ways… and jump the fence with my backpack. I casually walk down the road and get to the second barbwire fence. I hop this fence as well; I find myself giggling from excitement and adrenaline. Again Kids: don’t follow my example…
I enjoy the half mile hike to the bottom, but as I approach the old electric plant I see a clear cut meadow and no building. What I see is a huge 50 foot deep construction zone and dirt mounds. At this point I go into sneaky/swat mode, and for good reason. I spot the security guard’s car right at front of the clear cut, looking directly at the area I have to cross to get to the boardwalk, and to the falls.
I wasn’t about to chance getting caught, so I head back up the trail about 50 yards and head straight into the forest to the left of the trail. The forest in this area is not only steep but is pure overgrowth. (rain forest) Its ferns and weeds and fallen logs, and moss, and thorns and marsh, and branches and really really really hard to navigate. I sneak my way through the forest and come to the end of the clear cut. There is about 20 yards of 2 foot tall yellow grass so I get down on my stomach and army crawl my way through the grass. This is really hard to explain in words but basically there was no longer anyway I could stay completely out of view from the security guard. Imagine a road, one side has grass and trees, one side has a 50 drop off. At the end of road is a sheer cliff that goes up a couple hundred feet, but has a chain link fence to stop boulders from falling into the 50 foot hole next to the road. At this point I have only one option, casually walk across the road and climb across the cliff in plain view of the security guard. I make my move and stroll across the street and grab hold of the fence. The drop from here is 50 feet or so but I’m already this far into the adventure so I go for it. I climb sideways across the cliff face holding onto the chain link fence. At this point I’m pretty sure the security guard had not only seen me but was calling the police to come arrest this stupid daredevil kid.
I then find myself in another predicament. The boardwalk to get to the waterfall is at the edge of another cliff and wasn’t very easy to get to without climbing up a vertical cliff. There was no heading back, so I free climb my way up the cliff, and up to the top of the boardwalk. The hard part is sort of over…
I make my way along the boardwalk to the end where there are a ton of signs that say “do not cross” and “water levels can rise dangerously” Everyone jumps this fence so I go ahead and do so. I make way up the river a couple hundred yards to where the waterfall landing is. I snap a ton of panoramic shots, get down on the water, etc. Now it’s starting to get a bit dark so I head back to the boardwalk, thinking to myself, I really hope this was worth getting arrested for…
When I reach the end of the boardwalk I lower myself back down onto the cliff, and head directly across the top towards an area I could walk down. It was a bit too dark to climb back across the fence/cliff again. I get to the bottom of the construction zone and work my way back up towards the security guard and the road. Because of the 50 foot deep hole I was forced to walk directly in front of the security guards car. This time I was about 60 yards away from him. I casually stroll out of the construction zone across the road. I look towards his car and see his car door open. I immediately react and start sprinting into the forest, and back onto the trail. I sprint for about 2 minutes up the trail and look back; unless he was a really good
HALF ROUND FENCE POSTS 
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