the laces of one old boot

I hot girl

Evanston, WY

Every item you see in this extremely naturally posed picture was purchased at this morning's car boot fair.

My mother fell over as we walked to the gates of the fair.

I was fishing in my bag for the 50p entrance fee, I looked up and there was my mum staggering forward, little feet apparently rooted to the ground as her swaddled, winter-coated-form tipped forwards. It's a very unnerving sight to see the person who always used to rescue you when you fell and who you once saw as invincible careering forward in slow motion on her journey to pavement with you just a useless witness. Her arms and legs have never seemed so short and she landed face first on the pavement in front of all of the other 'booters'.

You think it's bad for the person who tumbles but there is a terrifying etiquette and responsibility to accompanying a faller; you must appear to look after the victim to the level which the victim expects and to the standard which the onlookers would also expect. How can I please everyone?!

Mum had always told me, when she regaled me with past stories about falling over in public just how much she hates it when people try to get you to stand up straight away; they appear to feel uncomfortable with the crumpled figure sitting on the ground before them when all the faller wants to do is sit for a moment and work out what has just happened. So, as I was hyper-aware of this pet peeve of hers I just sat her up and checked her over. Meanwhile all the other onlookers are offering their two penneth, "you alright love?" "You want some frozen peas on that" "Get yourself up and you'll feel better" "Need a hand getting up?" "You wanna sue the council you do". I, in the meantime am trying to remember the official way to behave knowing that I am on show - don't act panicked, don't just stand there like a gormless, embarrassed, fool, don't drag her to her feet, don't weep openly over her screaming, "Mummy Mummy don't die don’t leave me, what shall I do where will I go?"

Its funny, I know how embarrassed she felt having all those eyes on her and questions asked, but if you fell over and no one who saw it even reacted you would be furious. But - If you fall over and no one sees you do you just get up and get on with it? Is it less painful?

When you see children fall over – there is a moment when they are down where they pause for a moment – in that moment if they see a horror struck mum running towards them looking petrified, then they react to this and burst into suitably dramatic wails. If the mother doesn’t even witness the fall the child tends to get right up and carry on with no notion that they should be upset.

I am horrified at my own vanity in the situation - Once Mum was ok and ready to get up and carry on, I put my arm round her and said lots of encouraging cooing and soothing noises and asked her if she was ok repeatedly....... and then out popped the real question; as if I was some sort of actor in the scene that had just played, "How was I?"

Shame on you Lucy.

This looks so cute :)

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Mamiya M645 1000s

Sekor C 80mm f/2.8

Fujifilm Velvia 50

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A6500 / Samyang 12mm f2

Catching one of the horsemen at the Iowa State Fair State.

Neuharlingersiel

Love these.

Mouse, courtesy of Shoofly-Stock.

Texture, "Texture4" by Ash.

Boot house, courtesy of HarleyBliss.

Texture, "Paint by Numbers", courstesy of dog ma.

All other photographic components by Sunset Sailor.

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Nobody ever wants to play in goal…

Bringing out a fetish in me. Well, not really, but I thought I'd let you (yeah, you in particular, you know who you are) know I'm still alive.

U-BOOT TYP VII C - 1/38 (minifig) scale with full interior.

~ 177 CM (~70 INCH) LONG

~ 15.000 PARTS

~ 4.5 YEARS OF WORK

GOALS

The model was supposed to represent a ship from the initial period of the war.

It does not show a specific copy, but it should resemble uboots such as U-69 or U-96 (known from the classic Das Boot movie).

I wanted to get a fairly good representation of both the curves of the hull and as many pieces of internal equipment as possible.

MODEL CHARACTERISTICS

It consists of 6 modules that naturally represent the 6 sections of a real ship:

1. The forward torpedo room and crew compartment [Bow: ~ 3600 parts]

2. Officers', radio and listening room [Front mess: ~ 2000 parts]

3. Control room with conning tower [Control room: ~ 2700 parts]

4. Petty Officers' romm and galley [Rear mess: ~ 1700 parts]

5. Diesel engines room [Diesels: ~ 2400 parts]

6. Electric engines and aft torpedo room [Stern: ~ 2800 parts]

In each module, the port and / or starboard can be removed.

So the entire model can represent the ship from the outside or with an open interior.

The target configuration is with the starboard closed and the port open.

I finally made two photo sessions of the entire model - in a fully closed configuration and with a closed starboard and open port side.

Adittionally I have prepared presentation of individual modules separately.

[b][CONSTRUCTION][/b]

The construction was planned to be made in sections and I started from the control room.

Each module was first designed in LDD (first the hull, then the interior) and then built in reality.

The modules were created in this order:

3. Control room

2. Front mess

1. Bow

4. Rear mess

5. Diesels

6. Stern

Designing started on 26.12.2017.

[b][PHOTOS][/b]

I invite you to view photos.

I'm sorry that there are so many, but I couldn't resist.

(it took me about 3 months to photograph and post-process them)

Flickr albums (part of the photos):

0. Overall: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082599

1. Bow: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077412

2. Front mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086873

3. Control room: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082694

4. Rear mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082699

5. Diesels: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086878

6. Stern: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077462

0-6. Alltogether: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300076411

BS (all photos):

0. Overall: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584704

1. Bow: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584706

2. Front mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584707

3. Control room: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584708

4. Rear mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584709

5. Diesels: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584710

6. Stern: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584711

Stretch-Leather-Boot-Pants - Made to Measure

U-BOOT TYP VII C - 1/38 (minifig) scale with full interior.

~ 177 CM (~70 INCH) LONG

~ 15.000 PARTS

~ 4.5 YEARS OF WORK

GOALS

The model was supposed to represent a ship from the initial period of the war.

It does not show a specific copy, but it should resemble uboots such as U-69 or U-96 (known from the classic Das Boot movie).

I wanted to get a fairly good representation of both the curves of the hull and as many pieces of internal equipment as possible.

MODEL CHARACTERISTICS

It consists of 6 modules that naturally represent the 6 sections of a real ship:

1. The forward torpedo room and crew compartment [Bow: ~ 3600 parts]

2. Officers', radio and listening room [Front mess: ~ 2000 parts]

3. Control room with conning tower [Control room: ~ 2700 parts]

4. Petty Officers' romm and galley [Rear mess: ~ 1700 parts]

5. Diesel engines room [Diesels: ~ 2400 parts]

6. Electric engines and aft torpedo room [Stern: ~ 2800 parts]

In each module, the port and / or starboard can be removed.

So the entire model can represent the ship from the outside or with an open interior.

The target configuration is with the starboard closed and the port open.

I finally made two photo sessions of the entire model - in a fully closed configuration and with a closed starboard and open port side.

Adittionally I have prepared presentation of individual modules separately.

[b][CONSTRUCTION][/b]

The construction was planned to be made in sections and I started from the control room.

Each module was first designed in LDD (first the hull, then the interior) and then built in reality.

The modules were created in this order:

3. Control room

2. Front mess

1. Bow

4. Rear mess

5. Diesels

6. Stern

Designing started on 26.12.2017.

[b][PHOTOS][/b]

I invite you to view photos.

I'm sorry that there are so many, but I couldn't resist.

(it took me about 3 months to photograph and post-process them)

Flickr albums (part of the photos):

0. Overall: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082599

1. Bow: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077412

2. Front mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086873

3. Control room: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082694

4. Rear mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082699

5. Diesels: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086878

6. Stern: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077462

0-6. Alltogether: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300076411

BS (all photos):

0. Overall: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584704

1. Bow: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584706

2. Front mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584707

3. Control room: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584708

4. Rear mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584709

5. Diesels: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584710

6. Stern: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584711

For all you Western fans who loved John Wayne and many of the other Hollywood greats: Boot Hill in Tombstone Arizona opened in 1878 and closed in 1884 when a new cemetary was opened in Tombstone. Today the origional Boot Hill is well maintained and is an attraction for many tourists. Old wooden markers have been replaced with new wood and accurate transcription of the names and wording on the origional markers. This marker is typical of what you will see if you decide to visit Boot Hill.

U-BOOT TYP VII C - 1/38 (minifig) scale with full interior.

~ 177 CM (~70 INCH) LONG

~ 15.000 PARTS

~ 4.5 YEARS OF WORK

GOALS

The model was supposed to represent a ship from the initial period of the war.

It does not show a specific copy, but it should resemble uboots such as U-69 or U-96 (known from the classic Das Boot movie).

I wanted to get a fairly good representation of both the curves of the hull and as many pieces of internal equipment as possible.

MODEL CHARACTERISTICS

It consists of 6 modules that naturally represent the 6 sections of a real ship:

1. The forward torpedo room and crew compartment [Bow: ~ 3600 parts]

2. Officers', radio and listening room [Front mess: ~ 2000 parts]

3. Control room with conning tower [Control room: ~ 2700 parts]

4. Petty Officers' romm and galley [Rear mess: ~ 1700 parts]

5. Diesel engines room [Diesels: ~ 2400 parts]

6. Electric engines and aft torpedo room [Stern: ~ 2800 parts]

In each module, the port and / or starboard can be removed.

So the entire model can represent the ship from the outside or with an open interior.

The target configuration is with the starboard closed and the port open.

I finally made two photo sessions of the entire model - in a fully closed configuration and with a closed starboard and open port side.

Adittionally I have prepared presentation of individual modules separately.

[b][CONSTRUCTION][/b]

The construction was planned to be made in sections and I started from the control room.

Each module was first designed in LDD (first the hull, then the interior) and then built in reality.

The modules were created in this order:

3. Control room

2. Front mess

1. Bow

4. Rear mess

5. Diesels

6. Stern

Designing started on 26.12.2017.

[b][PHOTOS][/b]

I invite you to view photos.

I'm sorry that there are so many, but I couldn't resist.

(it took me about 3 months to photograph and post-process them)

Flickr albums (part of the photos):

0. Overall: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082599

1. Bow: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077412

2. Front mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086873

3. Control room: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082694

4. Rear mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082699

5. Diesels: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086878

6. Stern: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077462

0-6. Alltogether: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300076411

BS (all photos):

0. Overall: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584704

1. Bow: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584706

2. Front mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584707

3. Control room: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584708

4. Rear mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584709

5. Diesels: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584710

6. Stern: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584711

U-BOOT TYP VII C - 1/38 (minifig) scale with full interior.

~ 177 CM (~70 INCH) LONG

~ 15.000 PARTS

~ 4.5 YEARS OF WORK

GOALS

The model was supposed to represent a ship from the initial period of the war.

It does not show a specific copy, but it should resemble uboots such as U-69 or U-96 (known from the classic Das Boot movie).

I wanted to get a fairly good representation of both the curves of the hull and as many pieces of internal equipment as possible.

MODEL CHARACTERISTICS

It consists of 6 modules that naturally represent the 6 sections of a real ship:

1. The forward torpedo room and crew compartment [Bow: ~ 3600 parts]

2. Officers', radio and listening room [Front mess: ~ 2000 parts]

3. Control room with conning tower [Control room: ~ 2700 parts]

4. Petty Officers' romm and galley [Rear mess: ~ 1700 parts]

5. Diesel engines room [Diesels: ~ 2400 parts]

6. Electric engines and aft torpedo room [Stern: ~ 2800 parts]

In each module, the port and / or starboard can be removed.

So the entire model can represent the ship from the outside or with an open interior.

The target configuration is with the starboard closed and the port open.

I finally made two photo sessions of the entire model - in a fully closed configuration and with a closed starboard and open port side.

Adittionally I have prepared presentation of individual modules separately.

[b][CONSTRUCTION][/b]

The construction was planned to be made in sections and I started from the control room.

Each module was first designed in LDD (first the hull, then the interior) and then built in reality.

The modules were created in this order:

3. Control room

2. Front mess

1. Bow

4. Rear mess

5. Diesels

6. Stern

Designing started on 26.12.2017.

[b][PHOTOS][/b]

I invite you to view photos.

I'm sorry that there are so many, but I couldn't resist.

(it took me about 3 months to photograph and post-process them)

Flickr albums (part of the photos):

0. Overall: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082599

1. Bow: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077412

2. Front mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086873

3. Control room: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082694

4. Rear mess: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300082699

5. Diesels: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300086878

6. Stern: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300077462

0-6. Alltogether: www.flickr.com/photos/pigletciamek/albums/72177720300076411

BS (all photos):

0. Overall: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584704

1. Bow: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584706

2. Front mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584707

3. Control room: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584708

4. Rear mess: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584709

5. Diesels: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584710

6. Stern: brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=584711

The namesake of Boot Canyon in the Chisos Mountains.

Canon T50

Canon FD 50/1.8

Tesco 400

King's Cross, London, March 2023

Finally got my friend T to play around with one boot. I almost have her convinced to go out like this.

Todo pasa y todo queda,

pero lo nuestro es pasar,

pasar haciendo caminos,

caminos sobre la mar...

Resumiendo, que hacer caminos no quiere decir, necesariamente, dejar huella y que, como no elijas bien el terreno que pisas y no tengas poderes mágicos (o te llames Suso), te ahogas seguro. De caminar sobre la mar podéis iros olvidando, que es muy poético, pero no puede ser. Así que este año, cuidadín con dónde pisáis, amiguitos.

Mis mejores deseos para todos.

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