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First Solo Exhibition "Wie Ben Ike"
The Old Basket I picked up many years ago and felt it went well going beyond the past and into the future.
As usual, just ignore! Wanted to add these to my jigsaws album.
"Whether it's a crossword, jigsaw, trivia, word searches, brain teasers or Sudoku, puzzles put our minds to work. Studies have found that when we work on a jigsaw puzzle, we use both sides of the brain. And spending time daily working on puzzles improves memory, cognitive function, and problem-solving skills." From the National Holiday Calendar website.
By the way, 300 pieces is the largest number on this jigsaw website. There just wouldn't be room on the screen for, say, a 1,000 puzzle. I love the pictures of some of these puzzles.
So I'm at my moms crib for TG dinner and I go to the basement looking for some of my stuff to move into my condo and I find an old flashdrive, so I decide to take a look...And here I find literally hundreds of old two six pics, taggs, and misc. I would post them all but they're pics I've acquired years ago, most of them not mine and a lot have faces, names and a lot of info. Ill try to post as many as I can, here are some. Happy thanksgiving indeed. =)
Added yet another great addition to my lenses: the Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8 EX DC OS, thus completing my version of the Sigma Holy Trinity/Hebrew Trinity of lenses...
Title is misleading as this was not a mistake at all; I intentionally shot this out of focus to see the extent of the bokeh effect.
Shooting Information:
Nikon D5000
Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8
Manual
1/45th @ 50mm zoom, f/2.8
ISO 500
Flash Not Fired
Post Processing Information:
Adobe Lightroom CC 6.8
Not Cropped
Side effects: ADD, lack of creativity, lack of wonder, ignorance, lack of parental guidance, no book learning.
This photo appeared in the following ideotrope albums:
Tour de Suisse - The 4 day Julie since when? Since 3 weeks in Honduras in 1996? Wow. Could be.
The LHT was a huge success. I love it. On the second day of the trip when I was still tired from the time change, I cycled over Col du Pillon. It's a 1200m climb from Lac L?man. After about 1000m the road steepens to 11%. My bike's fully loaded. I flipped it into the lowest gear and spun over the pass. Incredible. With the bike loaded I never felt like the high gear was too low. I still haven't taken the bike down a steep hill without bags, but I plan on doing that soon. I rode Flagstaff and Sunshine Canyon last Sunday but on my road bike with (for my first time!) clipless pedals. Oh, that's another story.
I flew in and out of Geneva. I arrived in the morning, dropped my bike box at Isabelle's apartment and pedalled out of town in the early afternoon. In a daze I cycled along the lake, entered France, walked through Yvoire, and found a fantastic place to camp on a river near Thonon-les-Bains. Oh, France, what a wonderful place!
The following day I was sad to leave France but even sadder to leave French-speaking Switzerland. The abrupt change came at Col du Pillon. In Les Diablerets it's all French. Just on the other side of the pass in Gstaad it's all German. I was afraid of this simply by looking at the names on the map. I confirmed it during my first conservation in Gstaad. I spoke French, and the person claimed not to speak any French. We continued our conversation in English. I speak no German. Of my two German phrases, sprehjer zie english? and sprehjer zie franz?sisch?, the former proved to be far more useful. In actuality I know a few more sentences, and the one I probably used the most was ich sprehjer kien deutsch.
Gstaad and Les Diablerets are situated in beautiful, high valleys. This area was the most spectacular I visited. I've added Les Diablerets to the list of places I'd like to spend a year studying French.
I pedalled through Spiez, Interlaken, Luzern on my way to Z?rich where I saw Andreas for the first time since he and Brigitte drove out of Annecy in their Mobility car two years ago. Julie and I met and Andreas and Brigitte cycle-touring in Utah in 1999. It was great fun to see him again.
I spent a few hours cycling around Z?rich on Friday. This city must have the best cycling facilities of anywhere I've ridden: lots of sign for bikes, lots of bike lanes, off-street bike paths, signals specifically for bikes, and lots of bikes. Yellow lines on the roads are for bikes; white lines are for cars. Bikes can pull up in front of cars, pick their lane (for a left turn, e.g.) and often leave before the cars on their own signal. When I gushed about the facilities, savy Swiss folks asked me if I'd been to Basel. The bike facilities there are supposed to be even better than in Z?rich. Real savy folks asked me if I'd ridden in Copenhagen, better than Basel apparently. Oh, I must go there and pedal!
Andreas and I pedalled together through the Mitteland for two days. We parted at some dot on the map called Buttisholz, and I continued on to Bern to catch the train to Lausanne for the conference. The conference went by quickly as expected. I learned a lot and realize there's a lot more to learn. GIS is becoming much more integrated in mainstream IT, mostly for the better. Ah, that's another story. Back home I gave a short presentation at work about the conference, but we need a more focused plan forward. Ugh, that job falls on my shoulders.
After raining in the morning it was sunny when I left Pascal's house on Friday afternoon. Quickly I realized I was pedalling toward a dark storm. It was storming over Geneva so I dawdled during an extended late second lunch in Morges. The following day I had a great sunny day for my last day of cycling. On the whole I had exceptionally hot and sunny weather for September. I suppose my swim in Lac L?man with Isabelle could be considered the official end of the summer.
seven casual viscose long sleeved shift summer dresses that i bought from whitechapel market a few years ago. i like them but thought i would add pockets. prefer having my hands in pockets and anyway always somewhere to put the handkerchief :)
i've unpicked the sides of each summer dress ready to attach the pockets using the fabric cut off from the cotton sari petticoats flic.kr/p/2q9RmdM i shortened a while ago flic.kr/p/2qargvQ
doing this to build up the confidence for making the fitted waisted dresses. i always leave it too long to start the next project :)
Seam Finishes
10 SEAM FINISHES Without a Serger || Basic to Couture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYt7JxC_bIc&t=596s
7 Seam Types and How to Make it- Sewing Lesson for Beginner
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax6JDDP_6O8
sew and edge www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWaI7YUX8jk
French Seam Pockets
How to Add Pockets to a Side Seam using French Seams
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatWJL_aAYY
Lining
How to add lining to ANY dress pattern | Sewing Tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENKI3fSBQBo
How To Sew a Slip Stitch by Hand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjky55Cp1_Iwww.youtube.com/watch?v=_d06GhQx_Wg
How to Fix a Low Neckline
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U-W6W5fh-4
Interfacing
How to fuse iron-on interfacing to fabric
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idVbAkUBTU
reference books
i'm a complete beginner at dressmaking. posting photos of progress to encourage myself to continue www.flickr.com/photos/connect2012/albums/72177720305370633/ i'm not making any recommendations ...
Now the MVP’s pose with their trophies. Sitting: Andrea Beck, Kayla Bruton. Front: Renee Walters, John Klaves, Faith Caspers, Kayla Walters, Alexa Dawson. Back: Nicholas Funk, Joshua Anumolu. Missing: Jacob Dickman.
If fresh mozzarella, extra virgin olive oil, San Marzano tomato sauce, pecorino, reggiano ain't enough flavor, grab some spices!
Added some tone mapping (Nik HDR Efex) to try to bring out the snow cover on the lake on more detail
(Project 365 Day 105)
Read this book in one sitting last night. It's an autobiographical graphic novel about growing up in Iran during the Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. I should add that she grew up in a rather liberal household. One scene made me cry, but I won't spoil it for you. Like most autobiographical graphic novels, its strength lies in its honesty and realism.
Added a steering wheel cover from faux leather with red stitching (from Aliexpress).
Gives a lot more grip and looks a lot more modern.
Info:
Camera: Sony Xperia Z3