[MR] Interesting castle picture

[M'lady Foxy]

It is great to see that
> there are plans
> to rebuild and repair historical monuments abroad.    
 I just wish they would save some of the historic buildings here in the USA instead of tearing them down for new.If they don't start saving our historic buildings the only thing that will be left for future will be in books.

--- On Wed, 10/14/09, Sandra Rangel <arwynn16 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sandra Rangel <arwynn16 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Interesting castle picture
> To: Atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 1:24 PM
> Reminds me of the Heidelberg Castle I
> visited a few months back in Germany.
> The castle is kind of two parts.... the older being
> somewhat covered by
> scaffolding for repairs. Makes me wonder if they will
> eventually fix the
> other towers that were blown up post SCAdian period. It was
> an awesome
> castle and my second castle visit (first was Frankstein
> Schloss ruins). It
> was breathtaking to say the least. It is great to see that
> there are plans
> to rebuild and repair historical monuments abroad. I got
> pix on
> Facebook...not on Flickr yet, running out of room!
> 
> ~Rohesia
> 
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:39 PM, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > While the mortar may originally have been colored with
> clay from the same
> > quarry as the brick, or with brick dust, modern
> practice would be to use a
> > colorant mixed with the cement. There is a brownish
> red color that was, at
> > one
> > time, popular for sidewalks and porches. Used in a
> lower concentration that
> > might give the pink shade.
> >
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> >
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> > Erudit de l'Academie de Espee de Atlantia
> > Storvik (rapier)
> > Roxbury Mill (other things)
> >
> >
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