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Butchart Gardens: The Past & Present

The Butchart Gardens is a beautiful attraction located in British Columbia, Canada. With six different gardens to explore, these grounds don’t disappoint. The garden’s unique history, breathtaking scenery, and stunning landscapes make it one of the most beautiful botanical destinations in the world.

The garden originally started as a rock quarry, owned and operated by Robert Butchart. Robert Butchart was a pioneer in the early twentieth century that worked in North America’s cement industry. Robert, who had previously resided in Ontario, Canada, migrated to British Columbia because of his interest in the region’s rich limestone deposits. In 1904, Mr. Butchart had settled his quarry and cement plant at Tod Inlet on Vancouver Island. The location made it ideal for the quarry to supply cement to up and coming cities and towns down North America’s west coast.

Robert Butchart’s wife, Jennie, was the company chemist. But Jennie’s interest spanned past the company’s work in the quarry. As the quarry became a giant hole, depleted of the limestone it once had in abundance, Jennie started adding plants to bring back some beauty.

Soil was brought by a horse and cart from a neighboring farmland. As Jennie’s work continued, it eventually evolved into what we know today at the Sunken Garden. This, along with the sweet peas and rose bushes outside of the Butchart’s home, was the beginning of a soon to be magnificent attraction.

During the following years, 1906 through 1929, Jennie and Robert expanded their garden. The three newest additions were: the Japanese Garden, near the waterside, the Italian Garden which had taken place of the couple’s tennis court, and the Rose Garden.

Mr. Butchart was proud of the garden his wife had created. And even though Jennie is the one to be credited with the garden’s origin story, Robert did add his own touch. Robert Butchart had a great interest in birds, for he collected species from all across the world. Along with the birdhouses he scattered throughout the grounds, he also kept ducks and peacocks.

Jennie and Robert eventually passed down the garden to their grandson, Ian Ross. Ross was gifted the grounds on his 21st birthday, and after his service in World War II, he continued to add to the grounds. Ian worked hard within the garden for 50 or so years. It was under him that the garden became an interest for international travelers. He made the garden more self sustaining and added the summer symphony concerts as well as the variety stage show. In addition, Ian got a fountain in his name, the Ross Fountain, which was constructed in 1964 for the garden’s 60th anniversary. He also commenced the Magic of Christmas, one of garden’s five seasons. Ian died in 1997 but can be remembered through his accomplishments within the garden and throughout it’s history.

Ian’s son, Christopher, took over the garden’s productions in 1968. In 1977, Christopher started the firework display. The new event occurred during Saturday evenings in the summer months of July and August.  The show wowed visitors more every year. Even today, 40 years after it’s original performance, it still continues to augment the garden’s experience.

Christopher Ross passed away in 2000. Today, the garden is succeeded by Robin-Lee Clarke. Robin, the great granddaughter of the Butcharts, still continues to take care of, and add to, the garden like the many before her. Her addition to the grounds was the Children’s Pavilion, which she added in 2009.

As of 2004, Butchart Gardens was officially labeled as one of Canada’s National Historic sites. Unfortunately, the only original construction from the garden’s previous cement factory is it’s chimney, which can be seen when overlooking the Sunken Garden.

Today, Butchart Gardens hosts 900 different plant varieties and is home to over 1 million bedded plants. Naturally, as the garden continued it’s expansion throughout the generations, it’s number of annual visitors rose as well. During the 1920′s, an estimated 50,000 people visited the grounds a year. Today, Butchart Gardens receives roughly one million visitors throughout the seasons.

Written Sources:

The Butchart Garden Official Website 

Photo Sources:

Rock Quarry Photo via hikebiketravel.com

The Butchart’s home via butchartgardens.com

The Ross Fountain via wikipedia.com

Old Cement Factory via butchartgardens.com

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Save some for me!!!

Transformation Tuesday! Picked this Raven Zucchini Squash on Sunday and now it’s being prepared for dinner. Really looking forward to trying it.

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Garden Progress Log #5: Building Raised Gardens

Hello everyone! If you actively read my blog you may remember me saying about 2 weeks that I would be away on a trip to visit a garden. Well, now I’ve arrived back at home and I can say that the trip was absolutely marvelous! Posts regarding my trip and the garden I visited will be up within the next week or so. Before I write about that though, I want to share a little bit about the additions I made to my garden right before I left.

The weekend before I started my vacation (Saturday June 10 and Sunday June 11) my family and I put together an amazing raised garden. There was a rather large area of deadish grass that made for the perfect spot to host the garden atop it. The garden is two different tiers and consists of 3 different sections, each being 8 feet long by 4 feet wide. I constructed the structure using twelve 8inx8in Planter Wall Blocks, ten 2inx6inx8ft wood planks and eight 2inx6inx4ft wood planks (or four 2inx6inx8ft boards cut in half) which is all available at The Home Depot. Each brick was about $3 and the price of wood varies on the type you get, but overall the total price was pretty fair for the amount of space you’re going to have.

Once everything got home we started to put it together right away. One thing I really liked about the materials is that they fit together really nicely and are quick to build. I started assembling the garden on the furthest most left side. I laid down two of the blocks and put one of the 4ft planks between them. From there I started to build outward (starting left and constructing towards the right), using two of the 8ft planks, one on each side, stabilizing them with blocks at the end. I continued to do this until I had three, level sections. After my sections were finished I added a second layer to the two outside sections making them twice as high as the middle section.

After the wood and blocks were all placed I got ready to put in the soil. Because there was so much space to fill, I laid down a layer of wood mulch beforehand to take up some of the empty space and then proceeded to put in the soil afterwards. 

For the section on the far left, I wanted to transfer my beans and pea plants into it so I placed three large, flat metal arbors in the middle to support the plants so that they could climb up it as they continue to grow.

After the arbors were in I threw in specialized soil for vegetable growth and then I replanted my pea, lima bean and green bean into the garden. In the corner I put my eggplant plant and on the backside I had my corn and bell pepper sprouts.

In the middle section, the most shallow section, I planted all my pumpkin. These plants looked the worst after the replant because their roots had not yet adjusted which led to all their leaves to droop. But luckily, within the next couple days most of them perked up and even started to show new growth.

The section to the furthest right, is full of all sorts of leafy greens. This is where I replanted all my lettuces and other greens like spinach, kale and more. 

After everything was planted, I sprinkled in some plant food, crushed eggshells and fresh coffee grounds into the garden. Once everything was good to go, my dad and boyfriend helped me hammer in posts so that I could put up a little fence around the garden to keep out squirrels and our dogs.

I am really happy with how everything turned out and would definitely recommend using these blocks instead of nails if you are looking to build a raised garden. I’ve built some both ways and the blocks are not only an easier way to go, but also it allows you to reconstruct different figurations in the future.

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Best blog

Blog Update

Hello everyone! I’m going to try and keep this post short but there is a few things I would like to make note of regarding my blog, garden and summer schedule.

First off, I apologize for the slight inactivity. This past week was my last week of school and I was busy with finishing up our last assignments. I planned to write a blog mid week but unfortunately, I caught the flu and had very little motivation to do anything but rest.

On a more positive note, I have some wonderful ideas in store for my blog and garden in the future. As some of you may know, I started this blog for a school project, and even though it’s summer now, I would still like to continue it. I mentioned some ideas I had for my blog in a previous post (which you can read about here) and would like to bring up a few more things in this post as well. 

Before I move too far along, I want to mention a few things to look forward to in the month of June:

First, I have been working on a big garden project all weekend and am very excited to share about it in a future post. I’m trying to get to it within the next couple days but it may be posted at a later date.

Secondly, I am leaving for a trip this week and will be visiting a very awesome garden while I’m away. I am not going to release too many details yet but I plan on doing two posts on it, an informational & historical post and a discussion post on my experience while visiting there; similar to what I did for The LA Arboretum (links: historical and my visit).

Now, looking farther ahead, this is my rough game plan of what’s gonna change with my blog and what’s going to stay the same. 

I’m pretty content with how my blog has been so far but I have considered ways to improve it. One thing I would like to add more of is progress pictures. I take photographs of my garden’s growth regularly but only share a select few. I would like to have a more solid timeline to look back at, so there will definitely be more pictures. Also, I would like my gardening blog to expand past just my garden. I know lately it’s been mostly progress and update posts, which I really enjoy writing, but I would like to have posts about tips and other info relating to this topic, similar to how I wrote in November, December and January. Writing posts like that was a little more work because I do have to conduct research, but I feel like I got a lot of it. And finally, I’m going to try to visit (and write about) different botanical gardens.

So what’s staying the same? Over the summer I do have some regular scheduled activities, but I’m going to try and stick to a schedule still. I want to get AT LEAST one blog posted a week. I do plan on including more photos, so the posts may be more frequent or they may just be included in a week recap. As for the length of the posts, it will vary on the topic.

Thank you to all who read. I know sometimes the posts get a little long but I try to keep the posts interesting. And expect some wonderful blogs within the next couple weeks!

Also, I would really appreciate feedback from those who actually do read every now and then. What are some things you guys like to see on here and what could be improved? 

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Pinterest and airsoft

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Efficient, high fps, inexpensive airsoft gun.

LANCER TACTICAL - GET INTO THE GAME WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK LANCER TACTICAL 10" KEYMOD M4 AIRSOFT AEG SPECIFICATIONS:

400-410 FPS with 0.20g BBs

Lightweight Polymer Construction

10" Keymod Modular rail system with:

TM Compatible Version 2 Metal Gearbox

31" Long (Stock Collapsed, 34.25" (Stock Extended)

4.35 Lbs (Unloaded)

8.4v 1200 mAh NiMH battery and standard wall charger included

Sling & 1000 0.20g BBs Included

300 Round High Capacity Magazine

Lancer Tactical is well known across the airsoft industry for bringing afforable, quality AEGs and rifle kits to the market making it easy for nearly all people interested in Airsoft to get into the game and still have some spending money left over. Lancer Tactical joins the race to bring the versatility of a Keymod rail M4 platform to airsoft players at a budget level that won't break the bank. Replacing the traditional picatinny/weaver RIS system with the slick, modular Keymod system reduces overall weight and bulk of the front of the rifle while increases both the comfort and mounting options by putting the detachable and relocatable rail sections wherever you may need them! he Keymod rail has keymod slots on 7 sides allowing for the mounting of aftermarket accessories such as lights, lasers, grips, bipods, launchers, and more and nearly any angle. This rifle comes with iron sights, Keymod rail sections, an 8.4v 1200 mAh NiMH battery and standard wall charger, and 300 BB high capacity magazine! The monolithic upper rail allows for aftermarket optics such as red dots and scopes to be mounted anywhere along the length of the upper receiver and rail to be used in addition to or replace the flip up front and rear iron sights. The multi-position crane stock houses the included battery and can be adjusted for length making the rifle comfortable for nearly any shooter to use.

(2) 6 Slot Rail Sections

(1) 10 Slot Rail Section

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Best airsofting arenas in so cal

Top 3 Airsofting Fields in Los Angeles Area

#3: “Hollywood sports”

Hollywood sports a fun airsoft field that has many cool maps where you can use many different types of guns and have lots of fun. It’s a cool place for parties or just for some airsofting.

Link to website: http://www.hollywoodsports.com/

Pros:

Large map variety

Good timing

Not too advanced ( could be a con )

Nice Refs

Cons:

Other than refs, pretty rude staff.

Pricing is a little too high for what you’re getting.

Make you pay as much as you can. SO COME PREPARED

May get shot by paintball

#2: “Tac City”

Tac city is a nice CQB indoor field that is good for pistols and low fps guns with a nice indoor setting.

Link to website: http://www.scvillage.com/

Pros:

Map is not too bad in size for a CQB

Most people will have around the same FPS as you

Speedsofting more than Milsim ( Could also be a con)

Con:

Refs aren’t the nicest

If you don’t have a pistol or low FPS gun you’re screwed

#1: SC village

Sc village is possibly one of the best airsoft fields in the los angeles area for a wide variety of reasons.

Link to website: http://www.taccityairsoft.com/

Pros:

Great staff always ready to help and treat everyone equal

Refs are nice and solve problems correctly

Most paintball fields are enclosed so you have a better chance of not getting hit by a paintball

Maps are pretty cool and have a nice theme to them

Decent variety of maps

Have better game modes than most places

Cons:

Come early, breaks are kinda long at times

Restrooms are just portapotties, which aren’t too bad.

There are many great fields in the Los angeles area, but these are just my top 3. All fields have good qualities to them, but these ones have stood out more to me than the others. These reviews are on my own experiences, so someone else’s experience could have been completely different than mine. Airsofting is a contact sport much like paintball, being that at each of these places you must sign a contract that states you are aware of the liabilities. I have linked each website so you can just get the waiver from there and sign it online, or if you rather do it at the place, most places will have a tablet to do so.

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Dream Airsoft gun?

Manufactures Description:

The OCAW gun line has been put into existence to fill the void for high end airsoft guns. We wanted to build a system that allowed players to get perfection out of the box, while catering to the specific needs of each player. The OCAW Close Quarter Battle Rifle is equipped with the fastest gearbox set up we have to offer. Shooting at around 50rps you have everything you need to dominate any close quarter situation.

Designed to medium to short ranges, the R-Hop equipped tight bore barrel ensures tight groupings even at high rates of fire. Though we opted for a CQB optimized short design, we were still able to give this rifle more range than any standard AEG, enabling you to take your gun out into the open, surprising your opponents. The super high rate of fire, will come in very handy in the more close quarter situations, where pure fire power can give you the upper hand over your enemy. Combined with a crisp and short trigger pull you are going to perfectly equipped to dominate any structure.

Availability: As seen in the pictures on Evike.com or as a custom version built to your liking.

Includes: 1 Battery, Foam Case, 2 PTS EP Mags, Patches

Note: 400fps option will shoot ~40rps\

UA’s honest review:

The OCAW alpha line is the best we can do in 2016 when it comes to high end AEGs. We understand that a CQB-R should be a very light set up, short enough to allow you to maneuver quickly through tight terrain and structures and therefore saw the need to not only shorten our system, but also add other features that allow it to excel in its category. Comparing this gun to other rifles in the market, you can see that we really tried to understand the needs of Speedsoft oriented player. By more than doubling the rate of fire compared to comparable models we have set a statement for what can be done with an AEG. Many CQB-Rs are only available in a 350, of even only 300fps version. Since this gun is hand made to your specifications, we are not only able to offer you 300 or 350fps, but also offer a 50rps, 400fps option for the outdoors speedsoft players. In case you are looking for a Battle Rifle length gun with the rate of fire of a CQB-R, look no further than building your custom OCAW based on this gun. We understand that all this comes at quite a price and would therefore suggest that you check out our Bravo line, which is very impressive compared to any other AEG out there.

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AW 1911 double barrel review

AW Custom AX-HX2101 Double Barrel Hi-Capa Gas Blowback Airsoft Pistol - Two Tone Anyone can dual wield two pistols, rolling through doors, jumping through windows, a pistol clenched in each fist spewing BBs at whatever enemy gets in your way. It has been considered by many, the ultimate in two handed justice. However, after surviving disco, hammer pants and The Expendables, shooting akimbo is no longer the gold standard of the John Woo school of shooting. AW custom has now made it possible to shoot four guns at once! You can now deliver the same or more amount of plastic justice as seen in Hard Boiled and Face Off, using only one hand, what will you do with your other free hand? That’s up to you. Eat a twinkie? Send a text message? Check your Tinder profile? All of these are good ideas, but if you truly want to make doves fly and Mr. Woo shed a single tear, you’ll buy a second AX-HX2102, and quad wield, like a boss. Features: All of the same awesome features as the AW Custom Competitor, except multiplied by 2 Double barrel design provides twice the fire power Full metal slide and upper frame Enlarged competition style grip with honeycomb grip pattern Ambidextrous safety Enlarged magwell flare enhances the shooters reloading ability Functioning beaver-tail safety Exaggerated front and rear slide serrations make weapon manipulation easy on the run or with gloves Skeletonized, squared off, anodized red, competition style trigger Enhanced realism from double the kick! Directly improves overall life-satisfaction-rate Breaks the limit of traditional “dual-wield” Guaranteed intimidation factor Double Taps every time! Realistic Blowback Action Dimensions: 210mm x 150mm x 40mm Muzzle Velocity: 300~330 FPS (Measured w/ 0.20g BBs and Green Gas) Magazine: 60+2 rounds Gas Type: Green Gas, Red Gas, Propane Firing Mode: Semi Automatic, Safety System: Gas Blowback Hopup: Yes, Adjustable Package Includes: Gun, Magazine, and Manual Manufacturer: AW Custom Why Double Barrel 1911 FAQ: *GBB 101: It is a good idea to let your magazine return to regular temperature before using it again for optimized performance. I recommend spare magazines for best performance on all GBB’s. FPS Range: 300-330

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Best perks on Black ops 2?? and blog overview

As you may or may not know, Black ops 2 just recently became backwards compatible with xbox one and since then has been blowing up with previous players, starting to play again. Now to step back into everyone's quickscope, trick shot, and faze clan days, it's actually a pretty good feeling to step back and fun to see everyone getting back into the game. Recently I have been playing it a lot and I have been trying to find the perfect perks to make any gun basically unstoppable, and I truly believe that I have found the best perks. What I use during a game is a Riot shield with a Tac-45 with the knife attachment (pictures below) and a riot shield to protect my back. I also use the shotgun “S12” with long range attachment and fast mag. Yes i know these may not be the best guns but with the perks for the glass, the gun you use honestly doesn't matter very much, I still believe these guns are the best for these perks but each to their own. To start this off, let's make the Tac-45 class, you need to first delete any lethals and non lethals because you will not be needing them with this. You need to then add a riot sheild and a Tac-45 pistol with the knife attachment. Then you are going to want to add “Greed 1” and “Greed 2” then add the perks 1st “Light weight”, “Ghost”, 2nd “Fast hands”, 3rd “Extreme conditioning”, and finally “Dexterity”. And that is it. That's all you need for an amazing class that will make people amazed that someone with a pistol is getting all of these kills. With this class the best I have gone with is 23-8, which is pretty good for a pistol. Now to create the shotgun class you want to do the same thing with deleting the tacticals, then add the same perks and add the S12 shotgun with long range and fast mags. Then you’re done! You have another amazing class that will get you a bunch of kills. The best I have gotten with this class is 25-4 which is really good and I actually ran out of ammo and had to use another gun. So there you go, there are your perfect perks.

Quick overview: As you may know my blog has mainly focused on The Walking Dead, also known as TWD. I have decided to add some more topics to my blog to make it more interesting and have more topics topics to talk about. The topics that I will be adding are info about airsofting and various video games. Some background to me adding this stuff is that I have been airsofting for about two years now and I really wanted to make a blog about it, but at the time I was much more passionate about The Walking Dead, (and still am lol) but I figured since I wanted my blog just TWD I was just going to keep it that way, but since I quickly remembered that the walking dead has long breaks until the show starts again. So during these breaks I will be discussing topics about airsofting and doing reviews, top 10’s, and many other things. I will also be talking about new things in the gaming world and talking about my favorite video games and other things in that matter. 

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Worst walking dead characters  (Main)

Worst walking dead characters of all time

10. Beth

Poor Beth. The oft-overlooked more youthful girl of Hershel Greene, Beth was on the show for near four seasons, yet you’d experience serious difficulties up with a modest bunch of times she emerged in any important way. The issue with Beth is that the show’s journalists never appeared to realize what to do with her. She possessed the frail, not-useful for-anything-helpful part for the greater part of her residency, to the point where it felt like she was kept around only to keep Baby Judith alive, as she was regularly indicated dealing with Rick’s newborn child girl. Things enhanced significantly for Beth in the last 50% of season 4 and particularly in season 5 with the clinic storyline, yet and still, at the end of the day it felt like short of what was expected, as she was killed off right when she was getting to be noticeably fascinating. Such a waste.

9. Child Judith

Better believe it approve, this current one’s somewhat of a cheat since it’s hard to gage Judith as a character given that she can’t talk yet. To be reasonable, Judith works as an image of mankind’s future, so there is legitimacy to her proceeded with presence on the show. Nonetheless, in case will highlight a baby kid in a show about the end times, you can’t generally expect that individuals will go gaga for something that blocks the other characters’ advance on a close steady premise. Judith is basically a plot gadget and an every now and again irritating one at that. The girl of Rick Grimes and sister of Carl is time after time utilized as an approach to falsely build strain – There’s a man debilitating to kill the infant! Look out, a zombie is shambling appropriate toward that transporter! – to the point where it’s turned out to be tedious. We don’t have anything against Judith as a man (she’s likely a really incredible child once you become more acquainted with her) yet she reduces the show much more than she includes and consequently, we need to rank her as one of The Walking Dead’s most exceedingly awful.

8. Tyreese

It feels wrong to need to incorporate Tyreese among such organization, yet the reality of the situation is that he never at any point verged on being the sledge employing renegade that comic perusers were anticipating that him should be. No doubt about it: marking Tyresse one of the most exceedingly bad characters on The Walking Dead is no thump against performer Chad Coleman, who did the best with what he needed to work with in his time on the show. No, the genuine issue with Tyreese is that the authors never truly made sense of what to do with him. His part in the funnies as Rick’s correct hand man was at that point involved by Daryl when Tyreese landed on the scene back in season 3 and starting now and into the foreseeable future, he never truly found a strong place in the troupe. Regardless of whether deliberate or not, Tyreese transformed into the metaphorical offspring of the gathering, not able to adapt to the repulsions around him and depending on pacifism – a splendid, at the end of the day unsuccessful endeavor to give Tyreese a reason on the show. His demise in season 5 was irrefutably shocking, however more so since we never got the chance to see Tyreese transform into the considerable character he ought to have been.

7. Ron

I wrangled about incorporating Sam in this section also, however with regards to the bound Anderson tribe, Sam’s more seasoned sibling Ron is quite recently the most noticeably bad. Presented in the last 50% of season 5, the Andersons are a useless family living in Alexandria who rapidly ended up plainly one of the show’s most noticeably awful gathering of characters. There’s no genuine need to really expound concerning why Pete was dreadful in light of the fact that he was all the more an exaggeration than a real character, yet his eldest child adhered around sufficiently long to wind up noticeably a steady wellspring of inconvenience for Walking Dead watchers, as well as different characters on the show. Ron turned from a potential companion for Carl Grimes to needing to murder him, however did as such unconvincingly (it appeared like Ron needed Carl dead more to steal Enid than the way that Rick slaughtered his dad, which was a flawed inventive decision). Notwithstanding Carl’s earnest attempts to thump some detect into this nitwit, Ron ended up being terrible to the end, shooting Carl in the eye while being eaten by walkers. At any rate we don’t need to endure this trick any longer.

6. Dale

A great deal of Walking Dead fans appear to have a weakness for Dale, however a lot of that conceivable stems from the way of his passing and how unnecessarily sad it was (much appreciated Carl). On the off chance that you really set aside some opportunity to glance back at Dale’s chance on the show, what rises is a hassling old man who always embedded himself into other people groups’ business. In spite of the fact that he was situated as the voice of reason in juxtaposition to the harder line generally taken by any semblance of Rick and Shane, Dale’s ethical posing was utilized by the scholars more as an approach to slow down time in the scandalously ordinary second season then to convey convincing show. It’s nothing unexpected truly that the show appeared to recover energy the minute Dale ended up to be walker chow.

5. Enid

Despite the fact that Carl still has his minutes, the last couple of seasons have made a praiseworthy showing with regards to of turning him from a bothering tyke who always annoyed watchers into a shockingly sure and balanced young person (with just a little measure of tension for good measure). Shockingly, it appears as though it’s inconceivable for The Walking Dead to continue without the dreary, angsty adolescent figure of speech, as prove by the absolutely unlikable Enid. Yes, seeing your folks being eaten by walkers is true blue justification for some level of sorrow and doubt of the world, however that doesn’t make Enid’s consistent grim demeanor and standoffish state of mind any simpler to persevere. As Glenn and essentially every other character who’s needed to endure her have over and again needed to advise her, everybody has lost somebody they think about and there’s no reason for floundering in self centeredness when survival is the very pinnacle of concern. It’s not really an unexpected that Enid as of now positions close to the highest point of watchers’ most loathed characters on the show and it’s difficult to see that changing unless she pulls a Carl and does an entire 180 in the state of mind office.

4. Father Gabriel

Presently in his second full season on the show, we’re still unable to distinguish what reason Father Gabriel serves. At an early stage, this apprehensive minister was in any event somewhat intriguing because of his indistinct fidelities and a dim backstory including the previous parishioners of his congregation, yet Father Gabriel rapidly destroyed his welcome. Gabriel hasn’t generally done anything of legitimacy or in particular, done anything that would make watchers really think about him as a character. The part of religion in a zombie end of the world is a charming subject if executed effectively, however The Walking Dead has neglected to profit by this generally as a result of Father Gabriel’s poor portrayal. Season 6 has gained ground in making Father Gabriel all the more balanced, as he’s at long last begun venturing up and adding to Rick’s gathering as opposed to depending on them to tidy up his wrecks, yet it would consider some important next-level advancements to give penance for the character’s past sins.

3. T-Dog

The way that T-Dog made due until season 3 is a stun that despite everything we haven’t exactly recouped from over 3 years sometime later and that is on the grounds that T-Dog was only a terrible character, adroitly and evidently. Clearly T-Dog is a horrible name for a character, however when you really begin to consider the way this is a person who told other end of the world survivors that his name was T-Dog and they were thoroughly cool with calling him that, it loans the early periods of The Walking Dead a demeanor of the crazy that simply wasn’t required. Beside his name, T-Dog never did much else to separate himself as somebody to pull for. Without a doubt, he appeared like a sufficiently pleasant person, yet would you be able to consider one characterizing character attribute for him that doesn’t include the shade of his skin? Most likely not and that is the reason T-Dog unquestionably should be called one The Walking Dead’s unequaled most exceedingly bad characters.

2. Andrea

Trust it or not, Andrea is one of the best characters in the funnies, which makes it all the all the more shocking that the Andrea we got on the TV arrangement was an aggregate failure. Andrea was as a matter of fact one of the better characters in the show’s initial keep running, with the loss of her sister and her hesitance to bear on living being convincing storylines. In any case, at some point through the span of season 2 and particularly in the third season, Andrea quit being a character to pull for and rather ended up noticeably one to effectively root against. Her inadequacy prompted individuals getting shot (we can in any case never pardon her for shooting Daryl) and her guileless trust of the Governor’s each word still stands as one of the show’s most exasperating plots. She settled on such a large number of absurd decisions in her time on the demonstrate that her demise toward the finish of the third season was for all intents and purposes ridiculous when it ought to have been grievous (gone ahead Andrea – you could have made due in that live with Milton). Because of her persistently inept de

1. Lori

Could whatever other character truly best Lori Grimes as The Walking Dead’s most noticeably bad character? No, no they proved unable. Not exclusively did this part to a great extent squander the gifts of Sarah Wayne Callies, who is by and large entirely amiable in different exhibitions, yet she was only a steady wellspring of disappointment for watchers and different characters alike. Lori basically had two modes: agonizing over Carl and treating Rick awfully. Presently, we’re not saying that both of those qualities consequently makes Lori an awful character, yet given how habitually The Walking Dead dunked into those wells , Lori certainly develops as the show’s most noticeably awful character. Keep in mind that time when she advised Rick to kill Shane and after that got frantic at him when he did? No doubt, that is Lori more or less: an inadequately drawn vixen whose sole vital attribute is being a terrible mother. Her demise was one of the show’s roughest, no doubt, however that had more to do with how it influenced Carl; nobody was pitiful to see Lori go.

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Top 10 best weapons of TWD

Top 10 most Iconic Walking Dead weapons of all time

It seems as though every character has their special weapon, whether it’s a crossbow or a baseball bat. Weapons are some of the most iconic things in The walking Dead because it’s what the characters use to fight the dead, or the living on some occasions. These weapons are what I believe to be the Most recognized weapons of the show. So Let’s get right into the blog

#10 - Tyreese’s Hammer

From bashing the heads of the dead to repairing a wall, this weapon does it all. Tyreese’s hammer first came to the show in the episode, “No Sanctuary” When Bob and Tyreese are fighting off walkers, then Tyreese spots a hammer and grabs it, only to kill a few walkers. They then get away and Tyrese’s new hammer is his weapon of choice when it comes to killing walkers. I believe this weapon is the second thing people think of when they think of Tyreese, the first being his beanie.

#9 - Meral’s Arm

After losing your arm, of course the first instinct is to turn your lifeless arm into a knife. Although Meral is dead, i’m sure everyone who watches the show remembers when he cut off his arm and then when we saw him again with his new and improved arm. It was a great weapon for slicing and dicing walkers. It is even more iconic because throughout the show, losing body parts seems to be a motif.

#8 - Carol’s Knife (and her deceiving ways)

Possibly one of the coolest knives in the show, along with one of the coolest ladies in the show, Carol’s Knife is a combination of a serrated blade and brass knuckles. It is not only the the knife that is Carol’s weapon of choice, it is also her acting that then leads to her using her knife. Carol acts like a scared, paranoid, religious, sweet woman, when in reality she is a stone cold killer that won’t take BS from anyone. The combination of Carol and her knife, make for a very deadly duo.

#7 - Morgan’s Bo Staff

I believe that Morgan’s Staff is sort of a form of irony. Because in a world full of dead Morgan does not kill with his staff (walkers being the exception) but believe me, he does kick some major butt with his Bo Staff. After training with a cheese maker on the martial art of Aikido which is the martial art that rejects killing, Morgan has many awesome skills with his Staff that sure pack a punch. Not only that but his Bo Staff has a very recognizable pattern on it, which is most likely used for better grip.

#6 - Dary’s Chain whip

Although this weapon was only used once, it sure was a complete shock when Dary’s cracked his chain whip through three walkers head. It is totally a scene i’m sure everyone remembers, just because of the crazy triple decapitation.

#5 - Shane’s Shotgun

If there’s anyone hated more than Shane was, it had to be Lori, but despite the fact that Shane was hated so much, he still is a very iconic antagonist, considering he is one of the first’s. Shane’s shotgun was the gun he used when he was a police officer alongside Rick. Shane’s shotgun basically explains his character ,dangerous, deadly, and has a bad blowback.

#4 - Rick’s Colt Python

Like shane this was Rick’s weapon of choice when he was a police officer before the apocalypse. We see Rick’s revolver all throughout the show, from the start, to most recently where he just gets it back from the last person who had it ( who was Fat Joey). Anyone on the other end of this gun will most definitely die. With Rick being the crazy guy he is, there is no on that can stop him if he has his Colt Python by his side.

#3 - Daryl’s Bow

Daryl has two entries on this list, but this one is by far the most iconic. Daryl’s bow has gone through a lot recently. It was taken by Dwight along with Daryl’s bike and vest. Before Daryl has used this weapon to kill many of his foes. He also has a very good shot with this weapon, because it seems like many people cannot get the hang of it other than Daryl himself and Dwight.

#2 - Michonne’s Katana

Michonne’s first appearance was so amazing because it was the first time we have seen a woman in the show, with awesome weapon skills. Michonne’s Katana, which is a Japanese blade, has decapitated many walkers and living alike. The Katana makes Michonne who she is, and she is one of the few on this list that hasn’t lost her weapon to the saviors.

#1 - Lucille

The one weapon that killed two main characters in the most brutal way. The one the only “Lucille” Lucille is a barbed wire wrapped bat that is used to kill living people for the most part. Lucille is handled by Negan, who is in love with “her” Negan would take Lucille over any of his 8 wives in a blink of an eye. Lucille is treated like her own character, because that is what Negan wants. Lucille is actually named after Negan’s late wife who died of cancer prior to the apocalypse, that is why Negan is so attached to the bat.

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TWD season 7 finale review

Sasha’s Journey

The season finale starts with a fix of Sasha tuning in to music in a dull, limited space. Sasha instructs herself to wake up, and when she opens her eyes, she’s back in Alexandria with Abraham. The couple shares a few kisses, and after that Abraham discloses to Sasha that Maggie’s having an issue with the infant, and Rick is taking her to the Hilltop to get looked at. He likewise says that he anticipates running with Rick, however Sasha lets him know not to go.

After this short flashback, Sasha is back in her cell at the Sanctuary, and Negan has brought her breakfast. Negan compliments her and says nobody, including him, will need to see her bite the dust. Fortunately, she doesn’t need to, however somebody does - perhaps a few people. Sasha asks him what he needs from her. There is then a dose of Maggie and Sasha sitting together viewing the dawn as they did amid season 5 as they were associating over their sorrow.

The scene keeps on blazing between Sasha alone in the haziness, Sasha with Negan in the cell, and Sasha with Abraham before everything turns out badly. (Sasha’s scenes in this scene are reminiscent of Tyreese’s mental trips amid his last minutes back in season 5. In both cases, the scenes hopped around in time before at long last uncovering what was happening.)

In the flashback, Sasha discloses to Abraham that she had a fantasy that he kicked the bucket. This is unmistakably why she’s having questions about running with Maggie to the Hilltop. In the cell with Negan, he has obviously revealed to her what he needs from her, but off-screen. Sasha is obviously vexed about what he revealed to her with respect to his arrangements. Negan goes ahead to state that she ought to stay quiet when she turns out, her companions will down, and Lucille will get her three slaughters. Sasha reveals to Negan that she’ll do what he needs, yet nobody needs to die. Negan in the end bargains and says that he’ll thump the body check down to one, only for her. Sasha appears to be a great deal less furious as she concurs that just a single individual needs dying.

Back at the Sanctuary, the gathering is taking off as Sasha converses with Eugene. He inquires as to whether she’s altered her opinion about taking her “hypersensitivity solution” (Eugene’s code for the suicide pills), and she says that she has. Eugene goes ahead to state that if individuals pass on today, this is a result of decisions they made, and Sasha concurs with him. After more flashbacks to Sasha’s time with Abraham and Maggie, Eugene and Sasha proceed with their discussion. He gives her music to tune in to on the excursion and says he wishes he had the right stuff. Sasha says regardless he can, and she’s not abandoning him.

At Alexandria, Negan at last uncovers that the dull space we’ve been seeing Sasha in all scene is really a pine box. Before landing at Alexandria in the casket, Sasha keeps on having recollections/flashbacks of Abraham. Their last scene together incorporates a few decent call-backs to some of their prior minutes. The two in the long run consent to go on the mission to the Hilltop on the grounds that Maggie’s infant speaks to the future, and putting their lives on hold for another person is the thing that it intends to really be living. (We never got the opportunity to see a lot of Sasha and Abraham as a couple, so these scenes between them are beautiful. It’s additionally recently pleasant to see Michael Cudlitz as Abraham once more.)

As the Saviors are leaving the Sanctuary, Negan discloses to Sasha that she doesn’t need to make the excursion in the box, however Sasha says she could utilize the rest. She is given a water bottle before moving into the pine box. Once the pine box is shut, she utilizes the water to swallow the suicide pills while tuning in to the music that Eugene gave her. Sasha appears settled realizing that her demise will imply that Negan can’t utilize her against her companions. (While Sasha’s give up is unbelievably unfortunate, it feels like a characteristic end for a character who was always taking a chance with her life for others.)

Sonequa Martin-Green gives a delightful, nuanced execution in this scene, and it at the end of the day makes me dismal that she didn’t get more screen time this season. While there was a lot of foretelling that Sasha’s chance was reaching an end, I was still trying to claim ignorance before watching this scene. The performing artist was a magnificent expansion to the cast back in season 3, and Sasha wound up plainly one of my most loved characters because of her curve in seasons 4 and 5. Her passing isn’t as rough as the other significant passings this season, yet it’s surely merciless in its own specific manner.

Dwight is Freed

We get with Rick and organization right the latest relevant point of interest. Rick is as yet holding Dwight at gunpoint as Dwight tries to persuade the gathering that he needs Negan dead. An angry Tara raises Denise before Daryl dispatches himself at Dwight, hammering him into a divider and pulling a blade on him. Tara advises Daryl to murder him, and Dwight says he knows Daryl needs to. Dwight says he remained with the Saviors in view of another person (Sherry), yet now she’s gone so he’s prepared to betray Negan.

Tara at the end of the day advises Daryl to do it, yet Dwight says there is another decision. He guarantees that on the off chance that they cooperate, they can vanquish Negan. Daryl brings down the blade, and Rosita at long last raises the way that the Saviors have Sasha as a detainee, accepting she’s as yet alive. Jesus is frantic that Rosita held as of not long ago to say something since Dwight may be their exclusive opportunity to get Sasha back, however Rosita says that she doesn’t put trust in Dwight. She does, in any case, put stock in Daryl.

Dwight tells the gathering that Negan is coming to Alexandria tomorrow. He asserts he can moderate Negan and the Saviors down to purchase the Alexandrians time to plan. On the off chance that they figure out how to slaughter Negan and the general population he takes with him, Dwight will radio back to the Sanctuary that all is well, and Rick’s kin can drive directly into the compound. When they complete off the Saviors at the Sanctuary, Dwight supposes they can then go from station to station wiping out whatever is left of Negan’s kin. Rick instructs him to continue talking, however we don’t get the opportunity to hear whatever is left of Dwight’s arrangement.

Soon thereafter, Rick and Daryl look as Dwight leaves Alexandria, and Daryl says that if Dwight is lying he will slaughter him “real slow.” Heck, he’ll murder him at any rate when this is over.

Allies are Gathering

Elsewhere in the world, the Kingdom group is taking off to join the battle against the Saviors when they go over a barricade of shopping baskets. Obviously, Morgan is utilizing Richard’s strategies to wage his one-man war against the Saviors. Ditty discloses to Morgan that he can’t take them on alone, however Morgan is persuaded that he can.

As the Kingdom officers begin cleaning up the shopping baskets, Ezekiel pauses for a minute to converse with Morgan. Ezekiel recommends that if Morgan needs the Saviors dead, he ought to go along with them in making an organization together and get ready for war. Ezekiel sees that Morgan is wearing Benjamin’s protective layer, and Morgan appears more ready when Ben is said. Ezekiel at the end of the day requests that Morgan accompany them, and Morgan noiselessly concurs.

In the interim, Rick clearly conversed with Maggie off-screen and requested that the Hilltop sit this one out so regardless they had a card to play if things don’t go their way in the fight. Maggie is debating whether she ought to take after Rick’s requests or take her kin into the battle. Jesus is happy she’s the one deciding now that Gregory has vanished.

Jadis and her team touch base at Alexandria, prepared for the battle. There’s a gross minute when Jadis understands that Rick and Michonne are a couple, and she inquires as to whether she’d give it a second thought in the event that “I lay with him after.” Michonne overlooks her, and poor Rick just watches went ballistic. Jadis and her kin help the Alexandrians plan for the fight to come. As a feature of their readiness, Rosita makes many bombs.

Team Family vs. the Saviors

After the Saviors make it past the barrier Dwight set up, they touch base at Alexandria. Eugene tries to talk Rick and company into remaining down. Rick asks where Negan is, and Eugene reacts with, “I’m Negan.” Rick and the others are shocked that Eugene has joined the Saviors now. After Eugene’s discourse, Rick gives Rosita a flag to set off the bombs, yet nothing happens. Jadis and her group then turn on the Alexandrians, and Jadis clarifies that they made a superior manage the Saviors.

Negan dispatches into yet another of his addresses and after that has his men uncover a casket. Negan says if Rick couldn’t care less in regards to Eugene anymore, he knows Rick thinks about Sasha. He says Sasha is in the box and that she’s fit as a fiddle. He conveyed her so he wouldn’t need to slaughter every one of them. Negan then makes a group of demands and says that if Rick doesn’t collaborate, he’ll slaughter Sasha. Rick needs to see her, so Negan goes to open the pine box and out pops walker-Sasha. As walker-Sasha follows Negan, Carl utilizes the chance to get the drop on Jadis’ kin, and the fight starts.

One of the Saviors pulls walker-Sasha off of Negan, and she winds up murdering that Savior. Negan chooses it is time for plan B similarly as Jadis shoots Rick in the side and pushes him to the ground.

Michonne has taken up position on the top of one of the houses. She is matched up with one of Jadis’ kin, and the two women wind up getting into a merciless, grisly battle after Jadis’ team turns on the Alexandrians. Michonne in the end gets the high ground and manages to divert the woman from the rooftop, however poor Rick mistakes the falling body for Michonne’s from a separation.

While Rick’s kin are battling back, Negan puts Carl and Rick into a mini-lineup and reveals to Rick that he will execute Carl and take Rick’s hands. Rick discloses to him that regardless of the possibility that he does that, it won’t transform anything. Rick still means to slaughter Negan and every one of the Saviors. This Rick is a long ways from the separated man we found in the season premiere, and Negan knows it. Negan goes to take a swing at Carl when Shiva comes out of the blue and jumps on a random Savior!

Yes, the Kingdom strengths have arrived, yet they aren’t the only one. Maggie and the Hilltop team have likewise come to join the battle. As Negan and the Saviors keep running for cover, the other three gatherings start cooperating to win the day. This is an amazing activity succession and a pleasant see without bounds fights beyond any doubt to come next season as we truly get into the war.

In the turmoil, Jadis’ gathering manages to get away. Negan additionally escapes with his remaining Saviors.

Back at the Sanctuary, Negan asks Eugene how Sasha kicked the bucket in the pine box, and Eugene says maybe she just came up short on air. Negan doesn’t seem to trust him, yet then he addresses a tremendous gathering of Saviors and discloses to them that they will war. The Saviors are exceptionally amped up for this.

Afterward, Daryl finds a chess piece with the message “didn’t have the foggiest idea” composed on the back. One can assume it’s a message from Dwight saying that he didn’t know Negan had made an arrangement with Jadis’ team.

A Fitting Tribute

Once the battling is over, Rick and Carl raced to beware of Michonne. They understand that she managed to murder the woman she was battling, however she’s been seriously harmed and is quite out of it when they discover her. Rick and Carl remain with her, guaranteeing her that they’re all alright. All things considered, as she tries to let them know, “We’re the ones who live.”

Rosita is shot amid the fight, however she’s later observed recuperating in the infirmary with Tara close by. Rick has likewise taken Michonne to get took a gander at, and this gives us another decent moment between the couple. We additionally observe Maggie and Jesus find walker-Sasha, and a weepy Maggie puts her down. (I teared up on account of Lauren Cohan and her capacity to depict Maggie’s peaceful sadness. There’s additionally a lovely flashback of Maggie and Sasha smiling at each other that is such a pleasant beat to end on for that companionship.)

As the scene comes to an end, there is a great montage of everybody tidying up after that fight that closures with Rick, Maggie and Ezekiel conversing with their kin as a unified front. The organization together is going all out, it seems.

There is additionally a flawless voice-over including Rick and Maggie. Rick says Sasha gave them a shot, thus did Maggie. He says she made the correct decision in disregarding his requests, and Maggie says the choice was made quite a while back by Glenn. Maggie says that Glenn began everything by ricking when they initially met and that prompted Rick’s gathering landing at Hershel’s farm and everything that took after. Glenn ricked, and it just developed from there until they all became one major family willing to battle for each other. Maggie says Glenn made the choice, and she was quite recently taking after his lead. The scene closes with the camera panning down to uncover that Maggie is holding Glenn’s watch.

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Top 5 TWD shirts

Throughout the years The Walking Dead has been rated number one on television multiple times. Being number one means that there will be a lot of merchandise that either AMC creates or that fans create. We are diving into the shirt genre to show the best shirt designs. Now for the top 5 best TWD shirt designs! #5 - Terminus Burger King shirt This shirt tells a lot because it says terminus and the font is of Burger King. This is because the people who were alive in terminus were cannibals and This shirt shows that in a hilarious way. Burger King is a perfect representation because they would make burger meat out of humans they killed. Where to buy it: http://www.someteeforyou.com/view/702/terminus_the_walking_dead_zombie_burger_king_parody_tv_show_t_shirt #4 - Negan major league tee This shirt is so cool and just plain awesome for anyone who like the MLB, TWD and Negan. It is basically the MLB logo with negan swinging his bloody bat instead of the baseball player and it says “ Negans Major League” it's really just cool not much meaning but cool. Where to buy it: http://www.someteeforyou.com/view/983/negan_major_league_the_walking_dead_tv_show_t_shirt #3 - Carol’s Cookies This Shirt that says “Carol's cookies” is implying to her cookies that she would make for Sam, a young clueless boy in the alexandrian village, the cookies also say that they are “to die for” because a lot of the people who enjoyed her cookies have died. I just think that it's a funny shirt with a lot of cool meaning behind it Where to buy it: http://www.someteeforyou.com/view/149/the_walking_dead_carols_cookies_zombie_t_shirt #2 - Lucille Just Do It shirt This shirt is perfect for any Negan or Nike lovers, who wouldn't want a shirt that says “Just Do It” with Glenn and Abraham's blood as the nike symbol. I just think that this shirt is very fashionable and just a nice shirt in general with an awesome design on it. So if you want to buy it “Just Do It” Where to buy it: https://teedragons.com/products/the-walking-dead-lucille-just-do-it-shirt?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla #1 - Glenn's pizza delivery Ah man this shirt brings back some memories, both sad and good memories. As you may know before the apocalypse Glenn was a pizza delivery boy. This is why Glenn was a key asset to the team he knew his was around things. This shirt that says “Glenn's pizza delivery” also says “dumbass” which is what Glenn says to Rick when Rick got stuck in the tank. So although Glenn is dead it is a nice shirt to wear to remember his badassery. Rip Glenn Where to buy it:http://www.someteeforyou.com/view/1516/glenn-s-pizza-delivery-t-shirt-walking-dead?gclid=CKO6m9vV9tICFc2XfgodkAYF9w Now go run and buy these shirts!

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