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Getting ready in my hotel room before the Majestic Hearts pageant in Denver last night, it was fun evening
It was getting late and we were tired after driving from Gaspe all day. A small park on Rue William Tremblay in the city of Levis, provided a good view of old Quebec and we hoped for a nice sunset to highlight this historic place. A quick look westward at the approaching rain ended that idea - it was time to turn in for the night.
I got the idea from the opening credits of the tv series Dexter, where you see the morning ritual of Dexter ending with pulling his t-shirt on.
52 weeks of 2016 - Week 36: Nothing in focus
Mature Great Green Macaw, along with a good number of his group and a small flock of Scarlet Macaws, turn up quite regularly at the farm of a family where they can get a bit of a feed and meet some tourists.
Hastings Diesels Limited superbly restored 'Hastings Unit' No. 1001 arrives in platform 4 at South Croydon to pick up passengers, some of whom can be seen getting photos, en route from Tonbridge to Warminster. The purpose of the trip was for passengers to visit the so called 'lost village of Imber' in Wiltshire. The Wikipedia link for Imber is below.
South Croydon is an unusual pick up point for railtours. The plan for this was that '1Z80' could effectively use platform 4, the Reversible Slow, line as a loop to enable a regular 'Thameslink' service to pass whilst tour participants joined the train. As it turned out both trains were running a few minutes late, so this never happened.
The spontaneity of creating...
get inspired by a random prop
find a willing model
fire up the iPhone camera
press a volunteer into holding a spotlight
edit in snapseed
tweak in lens distortions
finalize in mextures
and then one last crucial step...
share.
p.s. equally crucial: have fun doing all of the above!
p.p.s. happy sliders sunday everyone!
Like many of you, I've Christmas traditions.
A relatively new one is to celebrate by having a fancy dinner out with my beautiful girlfriends.
I like to dress for the occasion.
Who doesn't?
This year, I retrieved a cheery red satin dress from the back of the clothes rack for this year's event. Some may recognize it from photos taken at a Christmas event about four years ago. It still fits!
Before showing some images from the event, I figured some would like to see how I prepare.
My first step is to assemble the ensemble on an antique coat tree stand. As an example - See left image in the composite. Mixing and matching might take several iterations. This year, I was trying to justify a green satin dress but given a choice - there just was no fair competition with red. Agree?
A decision about a final "Get Up" for the evening is close when it is just a matter of selecting shoes, and hair. In this case, I chose closed toe kitten heels because they are stable and warmer in winter months, and...... I won't have to get a pedi. Whew!
Though I've a lot of hair in different lengths in the same color range - I chose a more mature cut.
Modern, sophisticated, classy ---that's me!
On the right side of this composite - you can see how I'm nearly ready to "Go."
These are not glamour photos - but instead reveal some details of the process I take to get ready.
Other details - red gloss fingernails with gold glitter nail accent, sparkly/shimmery hose, gold glitter accent scarf, gold Christmas tree pin, gold chain necklace and matching earrings, gold broadband ring and bracelet.
My evening makeup featured gold metallic eye shadow and cranberry lip gloss.
My clutch is a gold glitter borrowed from my spouse.
The natural blue fox coat took my look over the top!
The goal was to appear as a beautiful red and gold wrapped Christmas present!
Blah, blah, blah, blah.... Sorry to prattle on.
For me, it takes days contemplating options and hours of preparation.
That is why, when I finally emerge in public - appreciative comments of friends and strangers - mean a lot!
But even if not appreciated by others, it feels good knowing I did my best.
So how do you like my "get up" and "go" look?
A few photos out and about later.
Nora
Due to the H02's engine (GP38-2 5637) experiencing a mechanical failure while drilling Royal Foods the day before, a rescue engine needed to be sent down to complete the work and tow the 5637 back to Dover. Normally when NS has no power available an M&E unit will pinch hit for the day, but due to them being busy with weighing a passenger car in Port Morris the only available engine with cab signals was the Dover work engine.
Pictured is the H02 drilling Royal Foods on the Totowa Industrial with GP40-2 4300 and GP38-2 5637. It has been quite some time since the 4300 has pulled a freight train.
After the Getter One moc, I've heavily revisited the Black Getter, with new proportions, details, cape position (Zurg cape) and scarf (two Harry Potter minifig capes) and predisposition for a stand.
We stopped at the Moeraki Boulders on our journey South. April 25, 2016 in the South Island of New Zealand. Each time we have past this area it has been raining or the tide was fully in, This time we were in luck.
The Moeraki Boulders are a group of very large spherical “stones” on Koekohe Beach near Moeraki on New Zealand’s Otago coast. These boulders are actually concretions that have been exposed through shoreline erosion from coastal cliffs that back the beach. The Boulders are one of the most fascinating and popular attractions on the South Island.
They originally formed in ancient sea floor sediments around 60 million years ago.
For More Info: www.moerakiboulders.com/
One of twenty-one EMD F59PH owned by Metrolink rolls into Fullerton with train 660. When Amtrak phased out their F59PHI locomotives I slept on that, then I started noticing how bad the chargers look; the paint scheme doesn't match the cars , flashing ditch-lights ( not that, that matter but it makes them a little more difficult to shoot if they honk). Now with Metrolink continuing to phase in more F125 into service which is essentially a EMD charger. So go get them now while you still can.
I've always been the quiet type. Good at observation and blending in. That's me!
Uncomfortable with, and thus avoiding the spotlight or stage of any kind - I thrive in shadows.
A shade loving plant.
That is why its puzzling I allow myself to be pushed on occasion. This hotel pool scene is an example.
Nora in public, in daylight, in a costume that hides little. That's not pushing boundaries - its totally ignoring them!
Funny - once having the attention of an audience, I feel compelled to perform - or at least act the part. My motivator is fear of disappointing others. If the audience expects to see a bathing beauty poolside - I feel it necessary to act like one.
In this photo I'm glancing to an onlooker to gauge his satisfaction with my performance. I've got his attention and he's not good at being subtle. However its just not clear how he feels so I appear perplexed.
Some might say "Silly Nora - just be yourself. Don't worry about what others think."
But what if my purpose in life is to help others? Perhaps my performances, designed to meet expectations, are a way I am being myself. After all - no one is forcing me.
Why do we do what we do?
In the recent years many “Reception Halls” became common in the villages of Cyprus, which cater for the typical Cypriot wedding receptions of 2-3 thousand guests. (I refer to the villages!)
These photos here show one such a hall getting prepared for a wedding dinner. Thousands of plastic chairs are stacked on the tables while workers are cleaning the floor.
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Lake Superior starting to get grumpy. The wind and crashing ice was deafening. I wish my camera had better audio
It was very cold overnight, just below minus fourteen in our neighbourhood, and first thing this morning the flickers got frisky with one another.
They were doing this dance for ten minutes while I watched and took pictures from the window. Eventually they disappeared.
And later the female came back for peanuts.