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No need to man the lifeboats though, these guys won't be floating away...
We were parked next to Mein Schiff 3 when I got this shot in St. Martin. These guys were on the aft of the ship. going about their cleaning duties,
In retrospect I think I should've pulled the zoom back in to get more of the ship to show a comparison of their size in contrast to the task at hand.
When you take a cruise holiday your every need is catered to and you've got nothing to worry about.
Sometimes it's easy to forget that there are a LOT of of people both in the front and back of the house that make things happen for your dream vacation to be the best it can be. Folks that aren't on holiday, they're working at their jobs to provide for their families back home.
If you should ever go on a cruise I hope that you won't forget these folks and will let them know that you appreciate the hard work they put in to make things easy for you. They bust their butts so that you don't have to.
PS, my standard disclaimer:
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 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 "Old West" show is part of the the Grand Canyon Railway Experience!
As part of the train trip there is an "old West" show that takes place before you get aboard. This involves some wild and wooly cowboys who wind up getting in a poker game that's not quite up to Vegas standards if you know what I mean. There's lots of guns-a-blazin and of course the Marshall shows up to save the day. All in all a good way to start our journey.
Now as the show starts the train pulls into the station so I'm thinking that the show is meant to be a distraction to keep people from crowding the loading platforms, falling down on the tracks, and winding up flatter than that penny that you put on the tracks as a kid!
Anyhow, these guys put on a good show and of course they make another appearance near the end of the trip which gives you a chance to show them how appreciative you are for the experience.
Although we don't like to admit it, guys compare sizes!
It doesn't matter what it is and we all know it. Car engines, model trains, garden hoses, it doesn't matter and we all know it. Guys compare sizes and bigger is always better.
In this case it's one of the valves from the ships engine that these fellows were sizing up. Just looking at this I can imagine the thoughts these fellows are having....
#1. "Yeah that's just like my valve, nice and straight".
#2. "I remember when my valve was that big".
#3. "My valve is only this big but it still works great"!
#4. "Hope my valve still works when I get to your age".
A contest that has gone on since the beginning and has no sign of ever stopping.
I actually got to have a nice conversation with one of the engineers about the ship's propulsion and my Navy experiences. I tried to wrangle a trip down to the engineroom control but unfortunately got denied. Security reasons don't you know...
The different departments on the ship put items on display in the atrium, highlighting the best features of their department. There were displays from engineering, medical, catering, housekeeping, etc. Gives the passengers an opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes and shows exactly what it takes to keep the ship running shipshape.
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!
A bigger hard drive is better than a smaller one. See a trend here?
The iMac's hard drive isn't user-upgradeable, so you must make a tough decision about hard drive size up front. You can choose a 500 GB or 1 TB hard drive, or go for broke and get a 2 TB hard drive.
Remember, you won't be able to easily change the internal hard drive later, so pick the largest size you can comfortably afford. If cost is really an issue, don't feel you have to blow the budget up front. You can always add an external hard drive later, although that somewhat defeats the purpose of an all-in-one computer.
More iMac's and desks are better than one. Think different.
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FIVE TERMINAL COMMANDS EVERY MAC GEEK SHOULD KNOW
KEY
WHAT IT DOES
defaults write com.apple.screencapture type JPGChanges the default OS X screen-capture format from PNG to JPG (you can also use GIF or PDF, if you prefer one of those formats).
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES
then execute: killall DockDisables the Dashboard.
diskutil secureErase freespace 3 /Volumes/name-of-driveSecurely erases data on the free space of a Mac hard drive called Macintosh HD (you would replace name-of-drive with the name of the drive you wish to erase, of course).
defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs –bool TRUEMakes all links in Safari open as separate tabs, not separate windows.
defaults write com.apple.mail PreferPlainText –bool TRUEForces Mail to display all messages as plain text.
I guess the Captain doesn't understand the rules of the game?
The Britannia docked in Curacao at the Riffort Village, right at the Rif Fort. This is the cruise ship dock which has changed a lot since the first time we visited.
Curacao is a favorite for us and a great place for Niccy to buy her fabric. A weird thing for tourists to be buying but we're not your average tourists. There's also a great place to eat here, down in the New Market:
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Google Maps coordinates
Were we to decide to leave the US and move abroad Curacao would certainly be on the "Places We Could Hang Out" list, right along with St. Maarten and the Cayman Islands. Problem for us is that we've still got of the US to see and not enough time to see it all!
Why don't you put him on the ground and slowly back away.....
Every island has a sculpture in the cruise port that spells out the name of the island so that you can get your perfect social media shot and become famous. Frankly, I find them boring and if you look you'll see the way to get the good shot is to have your model laying on the ground in front of the sculpture. Either that or lay yourself on the ground with a real wide lens and shoot up at your model, something that most won't do.
While I'm not a fan of the sign, I am a fan of the people looking to get that "perfect shot to post". People line up to get a picture there and while most do the same old stand in front of it there's always a couple of folks who try to get creative. Those are the ones that I like to watch.
I think this shot expresses exactly what I'm talking about so Thank You to the goofballs who are trying to be original. You may not be Instagram or TikTok famous but you'll definitely be seen on Flickr!
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!
An assortment of pix of me all nicely girdled - in this shot my pert little boobs actually fill those cups!
An assortment of pix of me all nicely girdled. Top half with the VPL showing again in this shot. It's really tight on me - and feels awesome on.
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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Credit for the title belongs to Big Harv, aka Richard Harvey UK
Star of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International and is the second Icon-class cruise ship, the first being Icon of the Seas. She was built by Meyer Turku in Finland. The ship entered service in August 2025. At 248,663 gross tonnage (GT), Star of the Seas shares the title of the largest cruise ship in the world with her sister ships.
One of several cruise ships I was able to photograph while we were in Cape Canaveral. Not the best shot but we have to take what we can get sometimes.
This was a good trip in that I really stepped up and out when it came to taking control of my camera. The majority of the shots I got were done in manual (M) and I\'m trying to keep any editing down to just a crop or two. This shot for example is SOOC other than a little crop to remove some extraneous bits.
This is a real photograph taken with a real camera, and not created by AI.
One of the many reasons we packed up and moved camp.
We planned on spending the weekend at the Fort Tuthill Luke AFB Recreation Area.
It's a campground that is ran by the Air Force, open to active duty personnel, retired personnel, and disabled veterans (30% or more). Really nice place up in the woods, quiet and secure. At least we thought so when we booked.
Come to find out there was a 3 day Electronic Music Festival at the Pepsi Amphitheater (next to the campground) the same weekend we decide to stay. Had it been an evening concert we probably would have stayed but 3 days of EDM combined with the "people" that were attending the festival was a bit too much.
If you're a seasoned citizen like myself you'll probably understand the following, if you're not just ask your favorite "boomer" what I'm talking about. Imagine spending 3 days amongst a modern version of the "Deadheads"....Not at all what we planned on so we wound up pulling out after the first night.
We'll be back there next year but you can rest assured that we'll be checking the amphitheater schedule before we book again.
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Wish I could have got a better shot of the dog working the cars but sometimes we only get what we get.
When you consider the average age of folks who go on long(er) cruises it's no suprise.
After leaving Puntarenas Costa Rica we were scheduled for a nice relaxing day at sea. Now for most of us it was relaxing but not as much for one passenger.
As we were cruising along we noticed that our speed had picked up considerably. The weather was clear so we probably weren't trying to outrun a storm so our next guess was a medical issue, which proved to be the case.
The Captain came over the PA and announced that we were going to be arriving in Puerto Amador earlier than expected because of a guest who was having some sort of a medical issue. He also announced that since there were going to be no government officials available that we were going to be overnighting dockside and would not be able to leave the ship till morning.
We've had this happen before and we take it with a grain of salt. As I said above, When you consider the average age of folks who go on long(er) cruises it's no suprise.
If you look at this shot:
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it's the lead in to this one!
Everybody has returned onboard and ready to relax a bit. Out comes the entertainment crew, trying to get them into a party mood. Sorry folks, it's not going to work until there's been a large amount of alcohol imbibed to lubricate the machinery and get the party started!
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.
I did this shot in B/W since to me it reflected the mood of the crowd. They weren't liquored up enough to be in a party mood but with a little time and patience......
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The USS RAMAGE (DDG-61) docked at Fort Trumbull Pier in New London for the Connecticut Maritime Heritage Festival.
Looks like the chef was doing a bit of multitasking!
One of the standard things they do on a cruise is give you a cooking demonstration. It gives the chefs a chance to show off their skills and it's an advert for all the specialty restaurants onboard the ship.
The demonstration we saw was held in the Atrium, at the spot where they usually have someone playing some light jazz in the evening. The chef saw the piano and decided to whip out a little tune while he was waiting for his presentation to start.
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.
It's a fairly noisy shot but my camera isn't known to be the best when it comes to a high ISO. Thinking back I suppose I could've fired off the onboard flash to fool the camera since the light wouldn't have made any difference in the shot.
These two guys knew the score and they knew HOW to score!.
Our first stop in Miguel Aleman was at the Escuela Primaria Juan N. Alvarez aka the local grade school. The people are very proud of this school which is for the children of the folks working at the banana factory.
As we got off the van everyone was given a plastic bag with some school supplies in it, along with some candy. The school supplies and candy are donated by the tour company, their way of giving back to the school for hosting our group. The school supplies are given to the teachers, the candy to the kids.
The kids put on a dance recital for us, after which they came and introduced themselves (in English). As a reward you gave the kid a piece of candy. Most the kids were a little shy but then there were The Hustlers.
These two knew what was going on and they were pretty much running from tourist to tourist looking for a score. I saw what they were doing and when the kid on the right hit me up and I asked him ¿dulces por favor? which means "candy please?"
I felt a little bad because his jaw dropped to the floor. He reached in his pocket, pulled out a sucker and handed it to me. I handed it back to him and said "Gracias mi amigo. Es una broma!" which means "Thank you my friend. It's just a joke!" The smile came back and he said "OK!" and ran off to find his next victim. Yeah, I did give him an extra piece and the kid on the left really did have green teeth from the candy.
In Puerto Chiapas Mexico we signed up to take a tour outside of the port area. We went to a place called Miguel Aleman
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right down on the border of Mexico and Guatemala. Miguel Aleman is a company town but the people who live there own the company. Their main revenue stream comes from growing and packaging bananas for export.
A Deadhead or Dead head is a fan of the American rock band the Grateful Dead. This is the modern day version.
If you're curious here's an interesting Wikipedia entry on the whole phenomenon:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadhead
Part of the reason we left our tranqul settting at Fort Tuthill and moved to a better place. There was a huge cloud of "Smoke" that wafted it's way over the dividing line (fence) and invaded our space. Smelled like someone was burning a hippie!
BTW, please don't zoom in to the lady on the left and her legs. I'm not sure that even a medical professional could explain it!
This is what you get when you take the road less traveled!
I've got to credit Niccy with this shot, if not for her I wouldn't have got it.
For some reason she decided she wanted to stray off the paved path and have a look over the edge. Me being the dutiful husband decided to follow along so that I'd be able to identify the spot where she tumbled over the edge. Boy was I surprised....
Looking over the edge she said "look over there...". Sitting there were a couple of California Condors, just hanging out and enjoying the view. I fired off a couple of shots, this was the best of that series. There were a couple of others hanging out in an old tree, you can see them in the previous shot.
n 1982 there were only 22 California Condors left in the world. In 1992, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), with its public and private partners, began reintroducing captive-bred condors to the wild. In 2001 the first wild nesting occurred in Grand Canyon National Park since re-introduction. In 2002 there were only 8 pairs of wild nesting birds population-wide. In 2008, for the first time since the program began, more California condors were flying free in the wild than in captivity. Today there are nearly 500 – more than half of them flying free in Arizona, Utah, California, and Baja Mexico.
Watering Hole:
(Noun)
A social gathering place, such as a bar or saloon, where drinks are served.
It seems that the water faucet @ Tuthill had a bit of permanent leak which was well known by the locals. We had birds, bees, and a squirrel that stopped by to quench their parched throats.
I'm not photographing bees and the squirrel must've been a tweaker (as squirrels seem to be), so this is the best I got. My usual shooting style, see something and fire away!
BTW, I have NO idea what kind of bird this is, my guess is a Black Bird???
Gladiator F/A-18C Hornet 302 sitting on the ground at Quonset Point prior to the Friday TACDEMO practice flight.
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!