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In the beginning of December 2010 there were heavy rains in the area of Epirus Greece which resulted in a flood over a vast area.A part of the Greek highway A2 ( Egnatia) was shut down for 10 days as a result of over 4 feet of water overflowing it.
This excavator was abandoned near the highway.
Harvesting cockles at the shores of Bayan Mutiara Penang. They get their cockles fresh from the muddy beach, preparing for the lunch feast.
I always worry for contamination in the cockles, cases of lead and mercury(heavy metal) poisoning are very rare - but something to be alert of. Twenty years ago, this was in the middle of the sea. This shore is part of a reclaimed land that become Bayan Mutiara.
OLYMPUS OM2, F-Zuiko 50mm F1.8, KODAK Proimage 100, Wide Open
Uncovered a very large silver maple root, right in the corner where I'd planned to plant a red twig dogwood. Rethinking plan; consulting with county rain garden maven (who happens to be our neighbor).
Installing a rain garden at the bungalow. First step: dig out ~9 inches of soil in the ~100 sq ft garden bed. 6 inches of that will be replaced (with compost + soil, then a layer of mulch).
Ruin: They are ensconced in the hotel room together at last. James and Marcel are installed in 'The Shelbourne’ for one long 'do not disturb' weekend, where Marcel is beginning to introduce James to ‘Infrathin’. From this point forward everything is in that infinite realm. That’s where they meet Dolly, Chickenman, the Giant Silverfish, ChaCha, and us (the titular 'Rack and Ruin'). That’s where everything happens as they set out to find a cure for Joyce’s syphilis.
It’s the beginning of ‘The Lancing Cure’, that story of us, you and I, a parallel journey, setting out to find a 'cure' for HIV in infinity. This story of a disease mattering in the endlessness of infinity is, of course, absurd.
Shamelessly.
It’s taken almost 3 years for me to get them off the street and into the hotel room, though that earlier conjunction will have to be completely re-written. On the other hand it might just end up being left as it is, for now, if that compulsion to move forward is too strong. We still have a fashion show to put on in 2024, ChaCha's new collection, even.
I am currently raping and pillaging ‘Ulysses’, even finding ‘evidence’ that they did actually meet. They both wrote about ‘Ocular Witnesses’ (Page 685, 1922 Text) or ‘Oculist Witnesses’ as Duchamp called them in his ‘Infrathin’ notes for the ‘Large Glass’, both written at more or less the same time.
I am loving 'Ulysses' again, digging into it, rather than reading it.
Time is, apparently, short(ish), dearest.
I started this in 1980, evidence the red folder on the right of my overworked 1922 text of 'Ulysses'.
I even 're-wrote' a sort of updated 'Molly Bloom Soliloquy' (‘Penelope’), including Duchamp and a certain 'Marcus Sarjeant', the young man who took potshots at Queen Elizabeth, with blanks from a starting pistol, back then in 1981.
Apparently one's pretension, even then, knew no bounds.
I must have been off my trolly.
Chef Robert Harris' Quail Egg stuffed in Brioche with New England Lobster,Chanterelle Mushrooms and a Thyme Frisée Salad with Hollandaise à la Forestière
Nags Head, North Carolina
The Outer Banks is a sanctuary for wildlife. The day we spent on the beach, we were surrounded by numerous birds who diligently searched for food. These sanderlings were so tiny that they were afraid of even the slowest waves but had to be brave enough to jump in and start digging as soon as the waves receded. It was one of the cutest things to watch.
We went to Wells next to the sea in Norfoke. It was Morris's first time at the seaside. he wanted to dig a hole.
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NorthWood volunteers Mark and Ed dig a ditch which will later form the foundation for the pillars of a new school gate at Nam Mon Primary School 1.
This shovel has been at this monument for some time - why?
I seem to be spending way too much time in graveyards...
So glad my teens still like to play in the dirt.
at Bolsa chica beach.
Taken with my Dad's Nikkor 105mm lens he bought in Japan in 1968, manual focus.
Just a few bottles from the '30s I dug up recently. The Guelph 5¢ G.B.E. quart has a chip and some pings along the top etc but from what I gather this bottle is rare so I'm keeping it. The rest of the bottles are okay and are now soaking in soapy water.
After a week of extreme mud and mess, the footings have been excavated.
Seems there's enough clay to open a pottery!
Roll on Monday when the concrete arrives.
News Flash!
While the gale has been blowing, the rain torrential and the night as black as coal, my dog fell down the newly dug footings for our extension.
Down into a huge water filled trench of mud and clay.
Guesse who had to scramble in to lift her out??? Not my husband!
The poor wee dog was trembling and up to her belly in freezing water. Both dog and I were in dire need of a hot bath and sympathy!!
Strobist info:
Nikon D300
SB800 in the hole with colored gel, bounced off white garbage bag to spread light. SB900 on stand with reflecting umbrella to the upper left of subject. Lighting equipment was removed in post production.
Noah and Cody dug for hours. I like the depth of field here...comes from shooting with my telephoto lens from my viewpoint flat on my belly on a beach blanket!
This was taken at Nash Point yesterday - I've no idea what the man was looking for but in my imagination thought it might be gold!!!
Work continues this year on the University Link light rail tunnels. This photo shows the gantry cars lined up and connected to the tunnel boring machine that is being re-assembled to dig the northbound tunnel between Capitol Hill and downtown Seattle. The gantry cars carry several items including the electrical transformer for the TBM, grout tanks and pumps and utility piping. U-Link tunneling will be completed in 2012 with passenger service expected in 2016.