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Thew Shovel Company of Lorain, Ohio
Lorain 45 Shovel
Pandolf-Perkins
Sterling, MA
This beautiful antique excavator sits in the front yard of Pandolf-Perkins Company on Rte 12 in Sterling.
A little history on the manufacturer of this machine www.constructionequipment.com/thew-steam-shovel
Looks better on Black ... just type "L" for Lightbox
Badass windsurfer on the Columbia River by the Hatch, near Hood River OR. I was hoping for a big swell day to see to pros out catching huge air, but no luck. This guy still put on a good show though.
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Meet Reg Deller. I met Reg in the coffee shop where my mum works. He caught my eye as he was extremely cheerful, joking around with the employees, and was extremely well dressed (as he always is apparently). Many people of his age are, they have a lot of respect and discipline, which contrasts greatly with the way myself and most of my generation are. Reg is 85, although my initial enquiry was answered with the standard '21'. :)
Maybe Reg's apparent (or imagined) discipline and tidiness stemmed from the fact that he was in the Ulster Rifles Glider Squadron at a very young age. At 85, Reg must have been 14 at most when World War 2 started. As he fought in France during that conflict, he must have joined almost as soon as he was old enough or before. So in my eyes he must be extremely brave and courageous and also somewhat of a hero.
After the war Reg was a Tunneler, which strikes me as another dangerous job. Basically he was boring holes deep under land and rivers to drive the tunnels for roads and the railways, including the London underground. He was involved in digging the Blackwall road tunnel, about which he told me a story of a lorry being swallowed up, indicating to me how dangerous it could be. He also helped bore the Victoria Tube line, which, until a while ago, I travelled through everyday.
So that is what I learnt about Reg. I also asked him about his family, which was a little awkward as he split with his wife and hasn't seen her or his children from that relationship for a long time. He didn't want to talk anymore, but his already watery eyes welled up and he confessed (whilst I muttered apologies for asking) that he would love to see them again, but it just didn't work that way. So in that brave and courageous man I sensed a lot of hurt and regret. Maybe his outward appearance and jovial character is used to hide that? Maybe I am thinking too much about it, but I think this is a good example of why I am so excited about this project. I was so nice to listen to someone, talk to them and try to understand a little about their lives, characters and feelings.
I like the angle of this picture. He was sitting down drinking his coffee, and it just felt right for me to kneel and get slightly below his line of sight so he looked down a bit. I don't know what it is about that pose, but it strikes me as quite dignified, slight authoritative and gives him a worldly air, like he is saying to me that has experienced things that I haven't and seen things I have never seen and might not want to see. That what I get from this picture anyway! But maybe that is me seeing and feeling what I want to :)
his picture is #002 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at www.100Strangers.com
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Jippo: "This is useless. There are no treasures in an old flower pot!"
Bones: "We'll just pretend to be digging for a while and then we say we dug a hole all the way to China and found nothing."
(12/30 - Jippo)
Quick snap of a digger working on one of the final parts of the once-massive brewery site at Fountainbridge - the brewery once covered several blocks on both side of the road, all long gone now and mostly redeveloped, this being one of the last blocks still being reworked.
The title is - as those of you with little ones may guess - a nod to the children's picture book Dig, Dig, Digging by Margaret Mayo and Alex Ayliffe, all about diggers and other big machines
I wonder if digging sand is one of basic human instincs.
On the beach, I was stunned by a good number of kids (both boys and girls) digging sand like crazy for hours. Then I remembered that I used to be the same.
After crossing Lummis Mill Road, the engineer running WW 576 will notch out the throttle. The solo GP10 sounded great digging into the slight grade with 33 empty sand hoppers in tow, and the added weight of WW 732 on the hind end.
For the past few months I have been fortunate to work with a talented and beautiful musician, Xerephine Musica, in making PR shots, fine art work and documenting the making of her latest video. She plays several instruments, writes her own songs and has a sweet, angelic voice. If you would like to hear her music see the links below to her Instagram and Facebook.
www.instagram.com/xerephine/?hl=en
www.facebook.com/serephine.musica
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In 8th notch and down to walking pace, G528 and G543 haul their 40 wagon grain train up Warrenheip Bank in Ballarat as 9156 PN Grain from Manangatang
This was my favorite of the plants I added to my very small yard a couple of weeks ago. I got out my Sigma 70 Macro and started taking pics when this first pod opened and it bloomed. I figured it would be a good way for me to get some good florals in a city that is not known for having an abundance of nature.
This was processed in Photoshop Elements rather than On1. I sometimes do this to see which software I prefer for a certain set of images so I can just go with that one. Here, I got some very similar results. On1 has become much faster in its latest upgrades and has a much greater set of native options so have mostly used that. Its major limitation is its rather poor noise reduction feature. So, I brought it into Elements for a trip into Nik Dfine. Not a big deal at all. In fact, I always bring my On1 results into Elements for finishing touches or more significant alterations with my various plug-ins.
With a leased N&W SD45 in the mix, this e/b piggy-back train grinds up the pass at Cajon on July 28, 1979.