Something for the Weekend - Part 217 - Cracked Up!

[jane-e]

Hi

Thank you to everyone who took part in Dave's Walk On challenge. A special thank you to Dave for allowing me to take a turn to host this week and share my image! 😊

This is a photo I took of the Liberty Bell while visiting Philadelphia. It was made in 1751 and now resides across the street from Independence Hall in the Liberty Bell Center. It's the symbol of liberty and has been used by abolitionists, women's suffrage advocates, and Civil Rights leaders. The inscription says, "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof".

What story can you tell us with this?

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Have fun!

Jane

[davescm]

Thanks for starting up the challenge this weekend Jane.

Dave

[EuanWilliamson]

What a shame they let it get in such a state. Somebody was definately taking liberties 😉
I've fixed it up for you.

[jane-e]

Nice polishing job Euan! According to the National Park Service, the bell is made of bronze with 70% copper, 25% tin, and small amounts of lead, gold, arsenic, silver, and zinc. The wooden yoke is American elm.

Jane

[didiermazier]

Captivity bell

 

[jane-e]

This reminds me of the stocks that the Puritans liked to use to punish the the lower class. Someday, will generative AI figure out that people have both a left hand and a right hand and not distort their fingers? 😊 Good idea! 

Jane

[Monika Gause]

Dear bell, I feel you, since we are all Kintsugi.

[jane-e]

The first repair in the 1840s failed when a second crack appeared. I think your  Kintsugi will work just fine!

Jane

[daniellei4510]

[jane-e]

Duct tape fixes everything! (gaffa tape in the UK)

Jane

[Padsbernardo]

I just fixed the crack 🙂 

[jane-e]

Very clever @Padsbernardo ! But what will happens when someone pulls on the zipper pull? 😊

Jane

[Jacob Bugge]

Click to get closer, Click again to get closer still

[jane-e]

May the bell ring again now that it has the clapper!

Jane

[Jacob Bugge]

Jane, when swinging it to touch the sound bow, I realized that this particular bell clapper is also the bell cracker.

[AlanGilbertson]

Turbulent times.

[jane-e]

I love this Alan! Great idea and nicely executed.

Jane

[AlanGilbertson]

Thanks! With July 4 coming up, and given the subject, I thought a little symbolism was appropriate. Curiously enough, I believe this is the first time I've ever used the Divide blending mode in a composition: one of those serendipitous moments!

[Trevor.Dennis]

'Get outa my pub!

Or was a different ladlady?

[derekwatson]

love it!

[jane-e]

This cracks me up Trevor!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy5q0AnX4QE

Jane

[Trevor.Dennis]

This is something I might have done before I retired, and still do for local schools, community groups and old folk who can't afford to pay a trades person.  

[jane-e]

Fixed! Nicely done Trevor!

Jane

[Trevor.Dennis]

I'm guessing that it's the unseasonal heat we have been hearing that you guys are having that has cracked the bell.

[jane-e]

I had to look up " Kampanaphobia" Trevor! Happy to see there is  cure and that fewer humans will be eaten by tigers who wear bells! 😊

Jane