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350 mile round trip only to get home at 11pm to find out my equipment was filthy so this wasn't the shot I wanted but I've uploaded it as a reminder to myself to check my bits more thoroughly before indulging in activities where cleanliness is a must..
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latest finds today at stafford swapmeet are these converted ooc model coaches in to bendi buses nice!! lol
"Daffy-Down-Dilly has come up to town,
In a yellow petticoat and a green gown"
Today we went out in search of daffodils. Well, I went in search of daffodils - Barney just came along for the walk :) I'd been a bit worried that we might have missed the best time photographing them, as they seem to have come out quite early round here this year. However, after a bit of a wander, I found a few places where they are still in abundance and my ever-tolerant pup only did a little canine eye-rolling before sitting in front of them so I could take a few flowery photos.
The daffodil hunt ended up taking us close to one of Barney's favourite places to play up on the hills - The Stream (which is a pathetic teeny tiny stream... but it's wet, therefore adored!), so, after our photo session with the flowers, we carried on to play up there for a while. A successful morning outing all round really - we both got out in the sunshine, I got to see the pretty daffodils and Barney returned home happy, tired and considerably muddier and wetter than he was looking here!
Hope everyone is having a lovely springy weekend :) Also, to my lovely mummy and all other mums too - Happy Mother's Day for tomorrow!!
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Separate note - ick, I'm not enjoying the new look Flickr at all. I don't like how the photo is displayed... or these silly little description and comment boxes on the side. I really don't like the white writing on dark background... My eyesight is bad already and this is making me feel cross-eyed. Hey ho, rant over - at least we had warning the changes were coming this time - just have to get used to it, I suppose...
Bit of a different image for me. Was looking a site for barn owls, a place my Dad used to work at many years ago. Found Barn owl pellets so that's a good sign!
Also found these amazing tunnels so thought I'd do a wacky self portrait!
Blog from yesterday with lots of short eared owls;
Taking the Hasselblad out of its comfort zone once again in one of my favourite Tokyo hang-outs, the famous (and now very crowded) Kabukichou.
A bit longer than the previous one! 1473, numerically the last of Greater Manchester PTE's trio of Dennis Falcon V double deckers stands on Warrington's dismal Golden Square bus station in July 1986.
The Falcon was a pretty rare chassis in double deck form with only six being built. East Lancashire Coachbuilders built three, one demonstrator that became a playbus for Stevenage council early in its life, and two for Nottingham City Transport with that operators quirky body styling. The remaining three were bodied by Northern Counties for Greater Manchester.
They were powered by a Mercedes Benz OM421 V6 engine, coupled to a Voith fully automatic gearbox and went like shit off a shovel. They were however prone to breaking down and spent more times over a pit than on the road. Atherton depot was home to the Manchester trio where they would usually manage a round trip on the 582 before expiring. How this one made it to Warrington is an absolute mystery but I guarantee it wouldn't have made it back to Leigh!
84 seats were fitted, nine more than on a comparable Standard Atlantean or Fleetline and the extra length is apparent in this view.
In later life they had a habit of self combusting, a problem attributed to fracturing fuel pipes towards the rear end [so I believe] and was a fate that took this example from the world. One, 1472, survives and is currently in secure storage with the SELNEC preservation society.
A bit of a fun edit tonight with an OOB (Out of Bounds) mixing it up and keeping it real! ;) lol
Had this image for ages sat on the hard drive and was disappointed that it wasn't as good as I thought at the time, I expected a bit more from it when I saw it on the camera screen and was so pleased at the time I took it, but it wasn't to be when viewed on the laptop, low light and high iso didn't help! :(
It was taken on the River Plym whilst I was up to the rim of me wellies waiting for whatever may come along in the way of wildlife, I was rather cold and had slipped off a rock so one wellie had been full of water at one point and I had to ring me sock out (no that's not a euphemism) on the river bank, the hours drifted by as did the driftwood when all of a sudden this little fellow popped up right in front of me, well I couldn't believe my luck I had never been so close to one of these in my life, panic set in but I did manage to get off a couple of quick snaps before he dived down in search for his fish supper...and so the day ended! :)
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A bit dramatic for me, but I was rummaging through some old photographs and this particular simple flower caught my eye and thought of the caption immediately -- sort of represents my life experiences -- I have faced many things alone throughout the worst times and I'm still standing :).
A bit late getting into the Single in July Challenge because the lens I bought for the challenge turned out to be faulty, So I have to change lens and start again. I decided to go with my SMC PENTAX-M 28mm f2.8 because it's rather new to me and I've only taken it out once. Went out for a walk in the city to capture some image to make up for the 2 days that I missed.
This was at f8 I think
Single in July 2014 with SMC PENTAX-M 28mm f2.8 Day 1
01/07/2014
Bit of a zoomed in shot on Shelby "flipping me off." She got an advanced copy of this and LOVED it!.
I greatly cropped in the image so that Shelby was the only person fully in frame, used a B&W layer with a sepia tone, masked her out so that she's the only one in full-color, blurred the background a bit (again, to draw your focus on her), then used a few Nik Software's filters (Color Efex Pro - Pro Contrast / Dynamic Skin Softener / Darken-Lighten Center).
I'm really pleased with the results as it has depth or a 3D feel to it.
A Bit set I have with my tools, if your interested it also has three sockets which fit on the end bit. Tool talk is so technical...........
Powering through Wandsworth Rd is 47326 with the 'Ford' , 7O58 Dagenham-Dollands Moor, train on the 8th April 1997 at 1224
#500pxGPW15 - 500px Fujifilm Global Photo Walk, Aarhus - Denmark.
Photo by Poul-Werner Dam / bit.ly/PWD_Flickr
Plus a Costa to keep me going!!
Seen five patients and hence five crews that I knew as well.! Nice!!
I am a Community First Responder for Yorkshire Ambulance Service in and around Sheffield.
It's a volunteer role not paid like when I was a Paramedic with YAS 18 months ago..
Have you thought about this sort of role?
You do not need any medical background at all!!
Check the website..-
www.yas.nhs.uk/get-involved/volunteer-with-us/community-f...
I received this lovely bits and pieces collage from Catie Ann in Jenny's swap, it's full of lovely things and the details are all personalised to me!!!!!
VP-BIT (cn 1761) Notice the fire truck behind escorting the aircraft till the start RWY...
www.airliners.net/photo/Rossiya---Russian/Airbus-A319-111...
A view of the Solway Firth viewed from the coast.
Silloth – on – Solway, as it is now known is one of those towns of yesteryear. Some 40 years since we were last here, yes it has changed a lot, and for the better, so much more to explore and so much more to see. Sadly we were a little late arriving, 3.30 pm, despite attempts to get a meal each time we tried to eat, we were met with “Sorry we are closed/closing” really! At 3.30 pm during school holidays. We made do with a delicious ice cream that it seems has now become famous, we sat enjoying the huge green that slopes away to the prom and stunning views over the Solway Firth to Dumfries and Galloway, and yes it was a huge green, despite dogs and picnics there was a distinct lack of litter, and not one bit of dog poo, and no sign of it either, well done to the council and its users for a classic village green like no other.
So this is a bit of an on and off project I’ve had, and so happy with the final result.
Captain America was the first figure I finished out of the 5 I made. The helmet is from the Cat Woman from TLBM, which I sanded the shit out of. The torso is layered with E-tape, and the pouches are dry sculpted. The shield was painted with metallic blue, silver, and red.
Black Widow was inspired by TheMooseFigs version he posted a while ago. I painted the head and hair piece, sculpted the chest, used etape for the straps, my favourite part is the shield logos painted on her shoulders.
Hawkeye was made in a day. The face was painted, just a shaved version of my Civil War Hawkeye figure. The torso is layered in etape. The legs have etape straps. The bow was stolen from my Civil War version, and the quiver is a LEGO one i sanded down.
Thor’s torso was sculpted, with etape underneath. The chainmail on the arms were sculpted. I used fabric on the waist for the cloth thing he has, sculpted the circles. Replaces the handle on Mjolnir with a brown one, used a strip of etape for the handle boi at the end.
Wanted to make Iron Man in a battle damaged look, which meant a lot of gunmetal. I really liked DaLastPrime Battle Damaged Mark 42, which inspired me to sculpt the arms and legs.
Hulk is just my IW hulk which used Chris ball joint arm technique.
That’s it for these figures! Let me know you r thoughts!