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Christmas Parade entry. The ute is a 1964 Lightburn Zeta, made in South Australia, one of about 13 utes and the only tray top version made by the factory. The trailer was made by local shearer Max Peppall to cart his shearing plant around. The tree has bird boxes and bat boxes that have been made by the shed for distribution around the area affected by the Pinery Fire, around 100 have been made.
so...it went really well (it ususally does). better than i ever imagined. i taught many people how to knit, college age, high school, and down to five and six year olds. i refreshed many twenties to middle-aged women who then exclaimed that they were going to go home and knit again, which they hadn't done in a long time. while i was teaching several children in a row, older german women, east indian women, asian women, and once two white girls in their early twenties just walked up and started knitting. only one person wanted to know about recycling sweaters, but really a thing like that is a one person at a time thing. it seems that you're ruining a perfectly good sweater to some.
all that in three hours.
one scarf is missing from the picture because i gave it to a young asian girl. she learned to knit from me and sat there for a half an hour knitting. she picked it up super quick. all of these other irritating little kids kept asking me how much everything cost, so in the end i gave her both the scarf and the needles. sigh. i told her that when she gets to the end she needs to start asking everyone around her if they know how to end it... i'm sure there's a knitter somewhere. she was a natural. fabulous.
overall, i love this stuff. i love that the thing that i have to teach is not about posessing, it is about movement and creativity and warmth. nobody could complete a whole scarf in that amount of time, so there's only the stitch to teach, the memory of a motion to pass on- a motion passed on through the generations by many before me who i am indebted to.
people who like to knit, like to knit. i kept seeing the same women eyeing the table... just wanting to be knitting. community scarves are amazing because people are free to experiment and do whatever they want... just enjoy the knitting without the pressure of getting anything done to wear. i highly highly highly recommend it. it has been a blessing in my livingroom.
that said, i think i'll start being available at the thrift store on saturday mornings for a couple of hours to teach and help community members with knitting projects. the problem with western culture is that there is never the public space for things like that to happen. this festival is a one shot deal once a year to come in contact with your neighbors... where does that leave you the rest of the year?
sorry for the rant. i'm beat and excited. reminds me of why i have education certification along with my english and art degrees. xxoo cosy
My trip to Time Portal - Victorian London was.. an experience. I was to pick up some elixirs for my sister, and decided to do some exploring. Here is your carriage:
Nottingham Community Transport operated an eclectic mix of Optare Solos on the Medilink prior to the introduction of the Versa EVs. 927 and 928 were both full size two-and-a-half bay W reg versions while the others were considerably newer and slightly smaller. Here is 928 using the 'ramp road' (for want of a better name) that connected the QMC's perimeter road with the parking outside the main hospital entrance on 2.7.14
One of the installations in the exhibition "Africa - Architecture, Culture, Identity" at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
The original Spine was built in Namibia. With The Dordabis Community Spine the Namibian architects Droomer & Christensen are attempting to activate public space in a village where social life traditionally takes place in less firmly established.
Nottingham Community Transport (as was, now CT4N) Optare Solo 927 at Queens Drive Park and Ride on 22.12.14 ready to take up a journey for City Hospital via QMC and Wilkinson Street P&R.
Display for ToroLUG at Sherway Gardens Lego Store
This is the display for September 2012 at Sherway Gardens. The majority of the display was built by Rook, I built the streetcar and subway. I hope people will appreciate a bit of local Toronto flavour for the Community Window this month.
On Sept . 23, 2008 I had the opportunity to work with the art students from Northampton Community College in a community art project. Each student created 2 or 3 paper and oil pastel tridimensional pieces based on a template a created. After each pieces was assembled, I put them together in a Racimo (a banana bunch!), a hanging art piece.
For a video explanation of the project you can visit:
www.youtube.com/watchv=pJdRjeL1boo
For a template and tutorial of the individual ornaments visit carlosnmolina.com/cnm/videos.html and choose 3-SIDED ORNAMENTS
A small corner of this piece of the jigsaw got some attention. Slowly all pieces fall together, I just need to keep on working ... :-)
Have a wonderful day!
I thought I had the Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/4 lens mounted on my Olympus when I left the house, but it was the standard (non-macro, or "micro" as Nikon likes to say) 105mm f/2.5. No worries: since this garden spider had about a foot-and-a-half leg-span, it was no trouble getting this shot.
Parkside Community Garden
West Manchester, New Hampshire
September 2020
Olympus Pen E-P3
Nikkor 105mm f/2.5
Dreary day, but lots of color at the 9th Street Community Garden & Park, 9th Street at Avenue C, East Village NYC
Briceville Community Church, Briceville, Tennessee.
Built circa 1887 by Welsh immigrants coming into the area to work the coal mines, this church served as a cornerstone for the local community during the violent labor disputes of the Coal Creek War and two major deadly coal mining disasters.
Its history is too extensive to properly summarize here, but I suggest looking at its National Register of Historic Places form (catalog.archives.gov/id/135817619) and the Historic Marker Database (www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=102331).
The church is currently undergoing restoration work, and more information about that project can be found at the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation (www.coalcreekaml.com/).
Community Transport companies with restricted licenses have been one of the grey areas which the authorities appear blinkered to. They certainly seem to have a place in the industry though and this picture illustrates probably where. The 906 from Hebden Bridge to Widdop is a service linking a few very rural houses & the popular walking area above Hebden. Other operators would struggle to resource an occasional route like this which only operates from April until the end of October on an infrequent basis. The regular bus seems to be this VW minibus which has spent some time in sussex with a similar operation. It is seen here on the climb to Widdop with some lovely autumnal colour. You would perhaps expect destination information to be lacking on a service like this but the number at least appears twice in the usual window position and on the bonnet of the vehicle for good measure !
Canon A35F
Fujicolor Superia 200, expired 2015
Home developed in Argentix/Unicolor
Scanned with Pakon F135
Since ancient times Sundanese are agricultural community that revered natural power that give fertility in plants and animals, this natural divine power is identified as Nyi Pohaci Sanghyang Asri, the goddess of rice and fertility
Taken @Cisungsang, Banten, West Java, Indonesia, Asia, South East Asia