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A Quickie All-in-one Moleskine Diary/Sketchbook in Leather Cover
The day I decided to use the Moleskine 18 months weekly diary from July I knew I would have problem pulling out what I need from my bag. It has the same size and look as the Moleskine sketch book I'm using. Knowing that I will be using both quite often in this coming half year starting from my trip to Tokyo next week, I did something drastic in 30 minutes.
First I ruined the back of these 2 notebooks by putting 4 snaps on them so that they can stick together yet removable if I want to. Note that the two notebooks are snapped together so that the top of one is aligned with the bottom of the other. There is a good enough space in between because of the height of the snaps, so it works well to put a pen holder there. I just punched and set two eyelets to hold the broad elastic band together, then a metal wire is passed through the two eyelets to make a ring which helps to keep the elastic band in place on the spines, again this is removable if I don't need a pen holder.
Assembling it is easy, just put the pen holder in between the back of these two notebooks, snap the notebooks together and there you go. At this stage leather freak like me couldn't stop but made a cover for this so that the metal ring of the pen holder is concealed and I have the look I want.
Finally, to distinguish which side is which notebook, I stamped on the leather cover "Time" for the diary side and "Note" for the sketchbook side. Whenever I feel like using the other side, I flip the notebook vertically. The original Moleskine elastic bands can be used to enclose the leather cover but I like a clean look so most of the time they are enclosing the pages only.
You are probably wondering why there are some flying pigs on one of the Moleskines, that's a gift sketchbook from Steve Light. What's that pen you asked? Pilot 1979 Murex fountain pen, also a gift from a good friend Kelly.
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A series of shots I got during our passage through The Big Ditch!
As we were cruising along I saw this area which seems to be a maintenance yard of some sort.
Going through the complete Panama Canal was definitely a bucket list item for me. I spent the entire day (8 hours) outside on the deck along with a bunch of other folks, my shutter happily clicking away!
We had a Canal Guide onboard who pointed out all the interesting locations, couldn't tell you one thing he said because I wasn't listening I was too busy shooting!
Have to commend Princess Cruises, they were really nice to us outside in that they had stewards coming around regularly offering up cool drinks, sandwiches, and such.
I could use some practice when it comes to plane shots!
Heritage Flight training out at Davis-Monthan AFB here in Tucson.
www.airforceheritageflight.org/about
The Air Force Heritage Flight Demo Team has been in town for a few days making some practice runs and getting ready for their 2024 season.
They've been buzzing the house all weekend so I decided to get out and (try to) get a couple of shots. Shooting planes really isn't my thing as you may know so any shots I did get weren't all that spectacular. Add pushing my lens out as far as it will go while trying to track a jet and you just have to accept what you get.
A plane silhouetted against the sky can be a bit boring and there just aren't many places where you can get a bit of background to go along with the planes to give them some sort of context.
If you're interested you can check out their website:
www.airforceheritageflight.org/about
to learn more about the foundation, their mission, planes, and pilots.
I've never used any of the presets on my camera (landscape, sports, evening, etc) and this might have been a good time to try them out. Looking back I probably should have used the "S" to set a quick speed and let the camera worry about the rest. Get the shot then look at the meta data after to learn what settings to use. Or maybe this is a fair use case for "artistic license"? Yeah, I meant for this to happen!
BTW, this is really the shot I'd like to get Explored!
Many, many thanks to toddkeith533 for identifying this one!
This one was a mystery until Keith stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. Don't know how you do it but keep it up!
It seems to be the way you do things now....
As the train was pulling out of the Grand Canyon Station I got a quick glimpse of these two folks hoping to get a shot that would show the world that sitting on train tracks was Instagram worthy and not cliché. Sorry to tell you that it's been done before, long before either of you were even a thought.
Kids today need to use their imagination more if they want to get the shot. Heck, when I was a kid we would have taken a picture on the tracks with the train coming at us full speed, counting on our friends to tell us to move when the train was about to run us over!
This was one of those "Oh heck, didn't see this till the last moment hope the camera settings work" kind of shot. Didn't work out too bad.
NIccy and I took a long weekend trip up to Williams Arizona to ride the Grand Canyon Railway. We\'ve always been fans of train trips and getting to see the big hole in the ground was a bonus!
If you\'ve never been to the Grand Canyon the train trip is a great way to see the place. You\'ve got a 2 1/2 hour trip each way on the train and about 3 1/2 hours for exploring at the Canyon, more than enough time to take in the sights. We took the advice of Jim Frazier and booked the Luxury Parlor car which offers plenty of luxurious seating and amenities (for Niccy) and an outside observation platform (for me).
The difference between the two really was Black and White.
We wound up taking a ship's tour in Fuerte Amador and Panama City which was real interesting. Sure, we saw the requisite churches and tourist stops but what stood out to me was the divide between the haves and the have nots.
When we first went into the city it was not exactly what I expected to see. Huge skyscrapers, high end shopping malls, beautiful coastlines,lots of beautiful people walking the streets. Pretty impressive to say the least.
Well, fortunately our route took us through the beauty and also showed us the Other Side of the city as well. Urban decay, poverty, walls covered in graffiti. Littered streets. Public spaces overgrown, unkempt and unloved.
I talked to the tour guide about it a bit and according to him the skyscrapers, malls, and beautiful people were all foreigners with money, mostly from Asia. The other side was the Panamanian people who had been forced out by the "invaders" (his term, not mine) who had taken over. It seemed that the Panamanian folk weren't happy but didn't have the means to fight back. There were protests but like here in the US they seemed to fall on deaf ears.
This made me wonder what he thought about us, were we "invaders" too, albeit temporary? Maybe acceptable "invaders" since we were the reason he was getting a paycheck? I guess we'll never know since he walked away to continue with our tour.
This was shot through a bus window as we were headed out and converted to B/W.
Affectionately known as “USS Neversail,” the 233-foot-long USS Recruit is two-thirds the size of a Dealey-class destroyer escort. The Recruit was used to train millions of recruits at the Naval Training Center San Diego. It was completed in 1949 and renovated in 1982 to resemble a modern guided-missile frigate.
libertystation.com/events/centennial/uss-recruit
If you went through Navy basic training or you were stationed at NTC San Diego then you definitely saw ( and may have trained aboard) the USS Recruit.
I remember her well and I'm looking forward to visiting her again when we go back in August. The museum is only open on Saturday and Sunday from 12 PM - 4 PM so we missed her this time, needed to get headed back to the ranch.
Niccy and I packed up the family (Tater Tot and Mushi-Mushi) and headed out on our first RV adventure!
We took the RV on a short shakedown cruise over to San Diego, specifically Point Loma Naval Base.
There's a nice camping spot on the base, right on the water. No electric, no water, but since we're self contained it wasn't a problem We spent a couple of days doing absolutely nothing except watching the world pass us by. Exactly the kind of experience we were looking for.You don't realize how much you need downtime until you get some.
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!
I guess some folks don't like the sun!
We found two very distinct groups of travelers on this cruise. The first were people from California, they're used to hanging out in the sun the year 'round and usually have a nice tan. The second were people from the Eastern / Northeastern part of the country who were making their escape from the Winter cold and drab of their home state, simple to spot because they sunburn easily. And then I saw this lady, laying out on the very sunny deck, completely covered from head to toe except for a small flash of ankle (very risque!).
Who can say what her motive was, maybe trying to bake herself a golden brown? Could it be she might have an allergy to the sun that makes her break out? Maybe she was on the antibiotic Cipro, which carries an explicit warning on it to avoid sunlight while taking it? Perhaps she's a traveler from Transylvania on a holiday?
I guess that's the nice thing about being on a cruise, you can do things the way you want to and not worry what others think since you'll probably never see them again.
BTW, the color in this shot is the STANDARD setting in the menus on the Canon EOS Rebel T7/2000. I'd never tried it before, my camera is usually set for a MONO jpg + RAW.
You bewilder us
with your grace..
All evils
transform into
goodness....
From beyond the stars
and void of space....
Transcendent, Pure,
Of unimaginable beauty,
Bringing with you
the essence of love....
Having fun wearing my All-in-one girdle. As you can see I enjoyed taking these photos: here I'm proudly showing off my lovely little boy-boob now held securely in its cup.
Dettensee - history of the castle.
www.dettensee.net/geschichte/vogtei.html
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Vogtei und ehemaligen Schlossanlage von Dettensee
You see the south side of a squared Castle.!
in the north side was a brewing house and still we have a great pub!
Gaststätte "Hirsch", in
Neuneckstraße 31, 72160 Horb am Neckar (Dettensee).
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This green in front was our family+s meadow , Lock / Effinger .
! nowadays here is a kindergarden with a lot of playing tools,
Kindergarden in a Castle`s garden !
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location: geomapped - Landkarte!
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Zweisprachige hompage: Dettensee / Horb / Hechingen
www.dettensee.net/englisch/index.html
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Dettensee - > Horb am Neckar
www.horb.de/ceasy/modules/cms/main.php5?cPageId=99
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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dettensee
- Carneval - Fasnet
Venice - | - Dettensee
italian - | - schwäbisch - alemanisch - Swabian - Alemán
Narrenzunft Dettensee e. V. 1993
Schandle, Hexen Tanzgarde
friends
Narrenzunft Mühringen
Narrenzunft Krattenmacher Mühringen e.V.
Krattenmacher, Krattenmacher-Schantle, Mühringer Schloss- und Talhexen Schloss von Hohenmühringen
"Krattenmacher" , die erste Mühringer Figur , =~ Weidenkörbe flechten
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Narrenzunft Nordstetten e.V. 1993
Geißböck Tolpatsch Ohrenquäler
This isn't Ranger Smith and the guy on the ground isn't Yogi Bear!
Another scene we came across while strolling down the Sacramento River Walkway Trail.
Now I'm not sure exactly what happened but it appears that the fellow on the ground might have been selling some sort of agricultural product that the Ranger didn't approve of. I'm only guessing this because of the way the other Park Ranger was tossing this guy's car! We didn't stop to see the outcome but when we came back by they were gone and the car was locked up tight!
A Quickie All-in-one Moleskine Diary/Sketchbook in Leather Cover
The day I decided to use the Moleskine 18 months weekly diary from July I knew I would have problem pulling out what I need from my bag. It has the same size and look as the Moleskine sketch book I'm using. Knowing that I will be using both quite often in this coming half year starting from my trip to Tokyo next week, I did something drastic in 30 minutes.
First I ruined the back of these 2 notebooks by putting 4 snaps on them so that they can stick together yet removable if I want to. Note that the two notebooks are snapped together so that the top of one is aligned with the bottom of the other. There is a good enough space in between because of the height of the snaps, so it works well to put a pen holder there. I just punched and set two eyelets to hold the broad elastic band together, then a metal wire is passed through the two eyelets to make a ring which helps to keep the elastic band in place on the spines, again this is removable if I don't need a pen holder.
Assembling it is easy, just put the pen holder in between the back of these two notebooks, snap the notebooks together and there you go. At this stage leather freak like me couldn't stop but made a cover for this so that the metal ring of the pen holder is concealed and I have the look I want.
Finally, to distinguish which side is which notebook, I stamped on the leather cover "Time" for the diary side and "Note" for the sketchbook side. Whenever I feel like using the other side, I flip the notebook vertically. The original Moleskine elastic bands can be used to enclose the leather cover but I like a clean look so most of the time they are enclosing the pages only.
You are probably wondering why there are some flying pigs on one of the Moleskines, that's a gift sketchbook from Steve Light. What's that pen you asked? Pilot 1979 Murex fountain pen, also a gift from a good friend Kelly.
More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/a-quickie-allinone-mol...
MSC Magnifica is a Musica-class cruise ship operated by MSC Cruises. Constructed by STX Europe in Saint-Nazaire, the ship was launched in January 2009, completed in January 2010, and entered service in March 2010.
MSC Magnifica was constructed by STX Europe in their shipyard at Saint-Nazaire, France. She was built at a cost of $547 million.
The vessel is 293.8 metres (963 ft 11 in) long, with a beam of 32.2 metres (105 ft 8 in). The 93,330-gross ton vessel can reach a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph). MSC Magnifica has 1,259 cabins – 2,550 passengers can be carried at double occupancy, while 3,605 can be carried at full capacity. The ship has 1,027 crew. Thanks to Wikipedia for the above information:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSC_Magnifica
The Magnifica was docked in Sint Maarten on our port side and was the first of the ships in port to leave. If you look you'll see that she's got her engines started and they're probably waiting for one of those last minute pier runners!
Niccy and I just got back from a transatlantic cruise so I've finally got some shots to post!
Normally on a cruise you depart the port at 4-5 PM local time which means no night shots. This time we departed quite late which gave me the chance to get this night shot of the Rhapsody!
Ports, like cities take on a different look at night, the dark hides all the grittiness and let's the beautiful light shine through.
Don't trust the time in the EXIF, I didn't change it from my home time.
Let me tell you, it gets DAMN HOT in St. George Utah!
Yes, you read the title right, it's the end of the road (for now at least). We were in St. George Utah when our rooftop AC decided that 100° F outside wasn't quite hot enough and decided to start pumping out hot air! When the temp inside the van was reading 115°F we decided that we needed to rethink our plan and make some modifications.
What this means is that we're currently back in Tucson for a couple of months. The plan is to take the van into the dealer and have some warranty work done to get everything shipshape. Once that's completed we'll probably take a short trip over to San Diego to see our friends Mike and Marie for a day or two, make sure EVERYTHING is working right. Come back to Tucson and hang out till September and then hit the road again. We're going to try and make North Carolina to see Rod and Danielle for a few days then make a beeline down to Georgia to see our friends Carole and Barb. Hang out with them for a few days then head back home along the Gulf Coast.
We've come to the realization that it's just too warm in June, July, and August to be traveling around in a big metal box that's something like a solar oven on wheels. We're lucky that we have the flexibility to come and go as we see fit, I feel bad for those folks who are stuck having only the Summer months to try and get away.
So, last picture from the road (for now) but don't worry. I've got a ton of ship shots from our Panama Canal cruise that I'll be posting, along with any lightning shots I might get. The monsoon season is just around the corner for AZ!
"Lunch was a vegetarian delight straight from the garden!
Another stop we made in La Crucecita was at a garden spot where pretty much everything was edible! I didn't get many shots of plants though since for the most part they looked pretty boring.
All the plants they were growing were used in some way, either medicinal, or as a a food source. At the end of the garden tour the folks had prepared a small spread made from the garden which was delicious!
Now I don't think I'd ever go full vegetarian since I do enjoy an occasional hunk-o-meat grilled over an open flame but it's pretty amazing what you can concoct when you've just got a handful of veg to choose from!
Interesting to me is that there's a distinct lack of firepower visible. How are they supposed to keep the pirates at bay?
Although they're not a huge fleet they do serve an important purpose in keeping the people of Barbados free from the baddies that wander the 7 Seas.
BCG is responsible for the enforcement of provisions of every law relating to the regulation of any harbour or port of Barbados, quarantine, immigration, fisheries, territorial waters and economic zones, safety at sea, the detection and prevention of the contravention of laws relating to revenue and customs; the prevention or persons from boarding, holding or clinging on to any vessel without the permission of the master of the vessel, and, if necessary, the removal of any such person from the vessel. For the purposes of carrying out their duties, the members of the BCG have the same powers, authorities and privileges as are conferred by law on members of the Police Force. In accordance with the Defence Act, BCG has particular powers of arrest under 16 enactments of Law.
The motto of the Barbados Coast Guard is ‘Per Deo Per Mare’, which translates to “By God, By SEA”.
www.bdfbarbados.com/the-barbados-coast-guard/
BTW, most of the people we talked to on the island refer to themselves not as Barbadians but as Bajans (pronounced /ˈbeɪdʒən(z)/ BAY-jənz)
Am I trying to curry favor with the admin of
Absolutely!
On our RV trip to San Diego we had an opportunity to come across a flock (?) of pelicans just chilling in the bay. Now I think they might be called Mexican Brown Pelicans but I'm not sure since I'm not a birder. I'll defer to Jim or Keith when it comes to identification!
Niccy and I packed up the family (Tater Tot and Mushi-Mushi) and headed out on our first adventure!
We took the RV on a short shakedown cruise over to San Diego, specifically Point Loma Naval Base.
There's a nice camping spot on the base, right on the water. No electric, no water, but since we're self contained it wasn't a problem We spent a couple of days doing absolutely nothing except watching the world (and all the boats) pass us by. Exactly the kind of experience we were looking for.
PS:
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. For some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used. One thing I've noticed is this lens has a lot of vignette to it at a distance!
More bus adventures in Puerto Vallarta!
Once we'd finished doing the tourist thing down on the Malecón we decided to head back to the ship. We figured since we got here on the bus we assumed we'd get back by the bus. Well, you know what they say about assuming...
We saw this bus had Walmart listed as a stop so we paid our 10 pesos and settled in for the ride. The Walmart Super Center and Sam's Club are right across the street from the cruise terminal so we had a good landmark to go off of.
The driver takes off, goes around the corner, up the street for about a half mile then stops at a bus stop. Everyone gets off the bus but us and the driver is looking at us like Hey, you need to get off the bus. I asked him in Spanish ¿Vas a walmart? (Do you go to Walmart) and he says (in Spanish) "No, No, esta es la última parada de autobús.",(No, this is the last bus stop). Since my Spanish is limited and he wasn't looking too friendly we got off the bus.
We waited at the stop for another bus and several finally showed up. We went to get on one when we realized we didn't have any more pesos, only US dollars and they don't take US dollars on the bus. OK, now what do we do?
There were taxis all around but we weren't ready to pay the price for one so we came up with a different solution. We wandered a bit till we found a convenience store and bought a large bottled water, the cheapest thing we could think of. The store accepted greenbacks and as is usual gave us our change back in Pesos! We went back to the bus stop, found a bus that was going to Walmart and made our way back to the safety of the ship.
It's the little side trips like this that make memories for us.
Blühendes Geißblatt
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- darkest night! abstracting photos on my computer
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Schöner Kontrast : Laub und Blüte .
Das Geissblatt blüht im ganzen Sommer (Juni -September).
This was definitely the wettest and rain filled Caribbean cruise we've ever had!
This was our view as we pulled into St. Vincent, not the tropical Caribbean paradise that most the folks were looking forward to. Thanks to Niccy's fantastic planning skills we didn't stick around in St. Vincent, instead we caught a ferry over to the island of Bequia, a nearby neighbor. We did get a little rain over there but nothing like the folks who stayed in St. Vincent got. Somewhere down the road I've got a shot or two of Bequia and our ferry ride that I'll post, let me tell you it was definitely an adventure!
This is a combination of 5 handheld shots that I stitched together with Hugin Panorama Stitcher:
It's a cross platform stitcher that's been around since 2009 and does a really nice job.
To make sure you're headed in the right direction!
The Barbados 1 making sure that the BBC Singapore wasn't going to have any issues while leaving the port. For those who are curious the BBC Singapore made it out without the kiss and headed off into the briny deep!
For those in the Show Your EXIF group you should note that the actual lens used is a Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC All-in-One Zoom for Canon APS-C Digital SLR. It's a well known issue and for some crazy reason it always shows up as a Canon TS-E 90mm f/2.8, a lens I've never owned or used!
An assortment of pix of me all nicely girdled, Frontal shot of my little boobs: if I didn't wear my all-in-one, I'd have to wear a bra instead now!
What can I say, I like taking pictures of people taking pictures!
One of the stops we made on this cruise was Bonaire, which is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC islands, 80 km (50 miles) off the coast of Venezuela, and are outside of the "Hurricane Alley. The islands have an arid climate that attracts visitors seeking warm, sunny weather all year round. Bonaire is a popular snorkeling and scuba diving destination because of its multiple shore diving sites and easy access to the island's fringing reefs.
First time visit for us and since we don't snorkel or scuba we decided to take an island tour. One of the highlights of the tour is driving around Goto Lake which is a saltwater lagoon in the north of the island and is known as a flamingo meeting place. Bonaire is one of the few places in the world where pink flamingos nest and these beautiful birds are easy to observe from the road that passes high above the lake.
Well, it just so happened that there were a couple of flamingo families nesting when we passed by and the bus driver decided to stop for people to get a picture.
Now I've seen flamingos before and there are probably a million and two pictures of flamingos on Flicker but it's not every day you get to see a bunch of people with cellphones trying to get a shot of some flamingos through a dirty bus window so I decided to make them my subject. Now, every time I look at this shot I'll remember Bonaire and the bus stop at Goto Lake. If I want to see flamingos I'll just search them on Flickr!
The trip isn't over until EVERYONE gets paid!
I was in the train car telling Niccy she should be out on the platform when she said the tour guide had said to keep your eyes open around milepost 20, so I headed back out to the platform. I'd just got back outside when the "Bad Guys" came bursting out of the brush and tearing up the train tracks. I wasn't prepared at all so I fired of a couple of quick shots and this was the best of the bunch.
The train comes to a stop and the "Bad Guys" come onboard to rob everyone of their hard earned cash.
When they got out to the platform they explained that this was a robbery and everyone was expected to be handing over some loot. When they got to me they said "Your money or your life..." I fired back at them with "I'm married. I don't have any money or a life", as I put a donation in their hat. They all started laughing and said they understood completely.
I'm not sure what's up with the 1/250 since I'd been shooting at 1/500 because the train was moving. Maybe I had the camera set in P Mode for some reason?
Something I forgot to add was that for your "contribution" to their cause these guys would pose for a picture with you. One of the guys looked at my camera and said "I dunno if I could operate that or not". I told him "I'll gladly pay you not to operate it"!
changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
With all of our running and all of our cunning
If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane
RIP Jimmy Buffet, December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023
As the ship started to pull away from Curacao and the libations started to flow there was a definite "climate change" that took place. Everybody started to loosen up and let go of their worries, exactly what you're supposed to do when you go on a cruise. Niccy and I were hopeful that this attitude would remain for the rest of the trip, I guess we had a Wait and See sort of mindset.
Niccy and I just got back from a 2 week cruise down in the Caribbean, a trip that was supposed to be in the UK but thanks to the whole covid fiasco that was not meant to be. We were on the P&O Britannia and as we quickly found out we were the only Americans aboard! We had a good time, got to see some new ports and enjoyed the weather.