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The relentless process of clearing soil, turf, flowers, shrubs and trees from front gardens in our road continues - this time two doors down from us, a neighbour with his growing family needs more parking space for his work van - he's a central heating engineer - and more cars; a growing three, even four car family.
While our garden has a driveway for one car, with room for a visitor (I divorced my car three years ago)...
democracystreet.blogspot.com/2007/10/dignified-divorce.html
...absorbs gallons of rain over the year and is showing all the signs of spring growth, this garden - no longer a garden but a frontage - adds to the accumulation in the city of sterile hard surfaces. There had been talk until recently of planning rules to discourage this but under the Coalition government this is an imposition on the individual; an interference in private space. The idea that reducing the risk of flooding might be a public good has exit-ed left.
democracystreet.blogspot.com/2011/03/back-in-handsworth.html
There are a variety of grass paving options now available which allow 'green parking' for cars and even heavier vehicles. Just try web-searching for 'grass driveways'. green driveways', 'turf reinforcement', 'porous grass paving grids'....
Cicindelidia rufiventris, front
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Photography Information:
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
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Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
Art Photo Book: Bees: An Up-Close Look at Pollinators Around the World:
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Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
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PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840
Front profile of Wright Streetcar YK06 ATU, First bus number 19003, before starting the return working to Acomb.
The front spring shackles, old bushes out and cleaned ready for repair. As you can see the spring bushes have over the decades dug deep into the casting. The one of the left also has damage on the inside face where the thread is and this will also need filled up with weld to avoid the springs moving laterally and banging on road bumps instead of rotating bush.
The front of the house is pretty much as designed in the book. I did a stumpwork bunny and carrot and had so much fun, decided to add other personal elements on the other walls.
Au cours des années 1850-1860, Trouville bénéficie d'une côte grandissante auprès des citadins des classes aisées de la capitale ou de stature internationale, attirés par la mode anglaise des grands bains de mer. Les villas alignées sur le front de mer viennent s'adosser sur le vieux village de pêcheur de la Côté Fleurie.
Living in 535 sq. feet is a constant battle. As a renter on a shoe-string budget, making major changes to my apartment is pretty much impossible. That being said, living within the constraints of my shoebox in the sky has forged a creativity I didn't know existed.
Image above: The Front Hall
My proudest achievement and sadly largest project was the white bookcase. I got it for a song at Gothic Cabinet Craft (www.gothiccabinetcraft.com) on 3rd Avenue. The caveat being that it was unpainted, unfinished, and I had to figure out a way to get it home. Even with several coats of white, it retains a rough patina. I love it.
Lamp is from the Moma Store. Large photograph of Bob Dylan was a gift from my mother and is by the supremely talented Barry Feinstein. Pen and ink illustration by Marc McChesney, a good friend and terrific illustrator.
Front end on a frame set that is never intended to carry a dynohub.
For those long rail-trail tunnels, or the rare case when this bike gets used after sunset, there are a couple of mounting points for a battery powered headlamp like this:
Standing in front of the dishwasher, this is a shot of where I was standing. The doorknob you see on the right side leads to the basement; the one you see in the foreground on the left is a closet; the one in the deep background on the right is a half-bath.
Following the success of last year's Boba Fett helmet, I thought I'd make another one! Hand-made from scratch: no 3D printed parts
The view from the front doorway of a tholtan on the northern flank of North Barrule, above the Albert Tower. If I had a view like this, I wouldn't bother with a door either ......
With the longer lens, it looks like a small bay sweeping round from Ramsey to the Point of Ayre!