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Always thought they have 5 petals, but I found one with 6 petals. In California they bloom earlier than in Japan. On this tree the blooming has just begun. Except for this flower, all the rest of them on this tree have 5 petals.
Lot 2073-6: Manpower: African-American Navy Yard Workers. That America’s paratroopers may write history in this new field of modern warfare, these women workers in the aircraft factory of a large eastern shipyard (Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), are turning miles of silk into parachutes for our armed forces, May 1942. Office of War Information Photograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/05/12).
As I came out of the supermarket, I saw the car park attendant checking tickets and just wondered if he would be amenable to having his portrait taken. I'd had an appointment in Eastleigh and had parked in this car park planning to take some photos around the town, after my appointment and before doing a bit of grocery shopping.
It had been a disappointing little non-photoshoot, no interesting street scenes and everybody rushing about looking pinched with the cold and closed in their own little worlds.
I admit I did make a rather more direct approach than usual to Chris the attendant (or civil enforcement officer) as I thought he might disappear suddenly to check the cars round the corner.
He listened carefully while I explained my strangers' portrait project and I thought he might say no. I admit I'm always pleased to be taken seriously as I would do the same if approached in this way. After a quick call to the office, he agreed to a photo so I took four or five and this is the one I judge to be the best.
I asked if Chris minded being out in all weathers His response was one word: 'Lovely'. He has worked as a civil enforcement officer for eight years and is hoping that in May, when he could retire, he will be able to take semi-retirement, working three days per week.
Chris enjoys competition rifle shooting and showed me a shot on his phone of a good result he had. He and his wife also like cycling together. Travel is another passion: recently they have been on cruises to the Arctic, Antarctic, and Japan and China. Their family includes two grandchildren and a great grandchild.
Seeing a shot on Chris's phone of a baby seal, I commented that he obviously also likes photography and he told me he has a Nikon DSLR.
I told Chris that he had made my morning as I had imagined coming home with no photos. He gave me his email address so I could send him a photo and we parted company.
(btw I had plenty of parking time and got no ticket.)
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So at this point in the challenge, I'm just going to post the day's picture whenever I have the time. -____-
So today's theme is Gothic, but I don't have any gothic themed dolls so here's a weird little story I came up with one day while playing with my little sister's dolls.
In some third world country, lives a beautiful young Asiatic slave girl in a traveling circus. She was taken in from the streets to be the puppeteer's assistant, and she spends most of her time in the backroom where all of the puppets are kept. One day one of the puppets starts speaking to her, and tells her his sad fate of being a puppet made of scraps no longer fit to perform on the stage. He tells her that if she can get him to perform just once on the stage, his lifelike movement and voice will enchant the audience, making her puppet act famous so she can rise from her status as a slave. Desperate for a chance at a better life, she suggests the performance, and once her request is granted, the puppet's act is a roaring success. Every day afterwards becomes a struggle for her to raise enough money to run away and make a life for herself elsewhere.
The story was pretty dark with the question of the puppet being truly alive never fully answered. He's alive in the girl's presence and on the stage, but the rest of the time he's just an inanimate puppet, raising the question if he's really alive or just a part of the girl's twisted imagination.
This is what happens when I actually "play" with dolls. >__<
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