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Visually, the finished look is one of pure line with few design elements. The atmosphere is one of pure tranquillity during the day; the reflection of sky in the water and very little to distract the eye. At night the lighting scheme creates a magical pathway fading into the distance, and always there is the gentle sound of running water.
Part of a larger scheme, these clients wanted an ultra-simple, minimalist waterfeature on two levels. The main material used was a pale cream Travertine detailed with a dark slate-grey.
At the lower level, a canal runs across the garden. The main steps are accessed by stepping stones across the water.
The upper level features two rills. Water flows away from the house and cascades via two stainless steel waterfalls onto the lower level beyond, aerating and purifying. The paving features LED flush lighting to highlight the edge of the scheme and the steps and all three bodies of water are floodlit discreetly below the water surface.
Some time ago I built a toy car that somewhat reesembled a Plymouth Fury, that led to the infamous Checker Cab that ended up in the 76178 Daily Bugle. I really wanted a ’59 Chevy for my kid though, and had an attempt at some point, but it wasn’t very good. A couple of months ago my kid got himself a Corgi ’59 Impala, and I noticed how the wheels are tucked in by a lot, so I narrowed the track by 1 full module and it started to look better. Then I swapped the single headligts for duals using the pill plate, then I added the teeth, then changed the grille and so on. The biggest change was to narrow the roof area from 6 to 4. Let’s face it, a LEGO toy would never have a roof area built out of many random bricks, it looks messy, and it defies the purpose. Besides, I like the narrow roofs on the Plymouth and the Checker, so I lost the side builds and spent the better part of a week or so getting used to it. When that sunk in, I started fooling around with the windscreen, original idea to use a normal 2x4x2 screen kind of works on a coupe version, but is tough to make look good on what should be a 4 door with slightly longer roof. My main concern is the fact that the windscreen on GM cars from the 59-60 model year kind of flows over into the roof, so there is no “step”, so hinging a 4x3x11/3 windscreen upside down helps with that, not even mentioning that it crastes that triangular shape seen from the side but the tube side looks awful, and Mike Psiaki says his teeth hurt looking at it, because it reminds him that I was a fan once. The solution would go thru for a higher age mark though, and I’m not worried about that very much. It’s simply the looks… That windscreen makes the giant gap for the side window moare obvious though, Here I’d love a 1x3x2 panel which doesn’t exist, so I made side windows out of snotted 1x2x2s, and here is yet anther trouble, the solution is very fan, and works with neutral colors only. On the main car, the black one, these read simply as very thick pillars, so no good… Dunno. Need to think more. Obviously, I painted all bricks I needed, especially the bricks in the light yellow car come mostly from a spray can.
Foto pròpia.
Autobomba rural pesada B-211 Man TGM, de preventiu per la Festa del Cel 2011.
Tanque rural pesado B-211 Man TGM, de preventivo por la Festa del Cel 2011.
Sicily, the largest Mediterranean island, has a long history, that starts around 8000 BC, but later there were Phoenician, Carthaginian, Greek and Roman periods. After the Roman Empire had fallen apart the Vandals tried to take over the island but failed. Finally, the Ostrogoths took possession.
Mid of the 6th century Sicily was conquered by troops of the Byzantine Empire. After the advent of Islam, Sicily got attacked by the Arab forces. Raids seeking loot continued until the mid-8th century.
A Muslim army was sent to the island in 827 but met with much resistance. So it took a century to conquer it and even later revolts constantly occurred
In 1038 the Byzantines invaded the island supported by Norman mercenaries, led by Roger. In 1072, after the siege of Palermo, most of Sicily was under Norman control. Roger´s son Roger II raised the status +of the island to a kingdom in 1130. During this period, the Kingdom of Sicily was prosperous and powerful,
The court of Roger II became melting out of culture from Europe and the Middle East. This attracted scholars, scientists, artists, and artisans. Muslims, Jews, Greeks, Lombards, and Normans cooperated and created some extraordinary buildings.
In 1186 the last descendant of Roger, Constance of Sicily married Emperor Henry VI, the second son of Barbarossa. So the crown of Sicily was passed on to the Hohenstaufen Dynasty. Frederick II, the only son of Constance, was crowned King of Sicily at the age of four in 1198. He became "Stupor Mundi", one of the greatest and most cultured men of the Middle Ages.
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Cefalù in the early morning sun centred around the cathedral. A settlement is known here since Greek times and flourished during the Roman Empire. After the fall of the Empire, the town was Byzantine, but like the whole island was soon subject to Arab incursions. In 858 it was taken by the Arabs and was part of the Emirate of Sicily for about 200 years. In 1063, the Normans captured it.
In 1131, Roger II moved Cefalù to the present location at the foot of the rock. He began the construction of the Byzantine-style cathedral. The façade was completed in 1240 and the Cathedral was consecrated in 1267.
The overwhelming, breathtaking apse mosaic was already completed in 1148. Below the Pantocrator are are Mary flanked by angels and the apostles.
Roger II had built this church as his burial ground and even two porphyry sarcophagi were here, but Frederic II moved them to the Palermo cathedral later, where they still are.
Major engineering work to renew Stoats Nest Junction (Coulsdon) has led to main London-Gatwick-Brighton line being blocked from Christmas to New Year.
Alternative routes advertised include trains running to Gatwick via Sutton, Dorking and Horsham ; to Brighton via Dorking, Horsham and Littlehampton ; fast trains to East Grinstead for bus connections to Gatwick and Three Bridges ; and buses linking Coulsdon Town (on the Tattenham Corner branch) with Redhill, Gatwick and Three Bridges.
The Coulsdon Town service has provided a use for the crossovers and signals installed to facilitate terminating trains that were installed when Coulsdon North was closed. However, the facility has not been regularly used for many years.
Buses from Coulsdon Town were operated by Go-Ahead London General with a mixture of vehicles, many running non-stop via the M23 motorway to Gatwick or Three Bridges. The stopping services to Redhill I saw were being operated by Metrobus who are of course also a Go-Ahead company.
Plenty of rail and Go-ahead staff were on site to assist passengers with luggage of which there seemed to be a great deal.
It was probably as well that there were no school services required as this meant spare buses and crews were available ; including work for the Tridents with LED destination displays which cannot, of course, operate TfL services.
Another macro shot from the macro set. I am not too sure about this one, it's a nice shot but that's about it. It feels kind of mediocre.
Enjoy!
In the purple and Green scheme V/Line Vlocity set VL15, led by 1115 is parked up at the Southern Cross station in Melbourne with a country passenger service on 1-3-13
i used here:
-smoke machine
-strobe with VARTA acumulators
Flashlights from VARTA like:
-3 Watt LED High Optics Light 2AA
-Indestructible 3 Watt LED Swivel Light 4AA
-LED Outdoor Sports Comfort Lantern 3D
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I stripped out the adhesive on the light strips and put in some 3M Dual Lock velcros so to allow more options for light positioning
Several weeks ago I signed up for a Milky Way photography workshop led by Tim Little of Cape Night Photography that was held September 20, 2025. The workshop was held at the top of Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in Massachusetts, with a summit at 3,491 ft. The night started with a few wispy clouds but then cleared up nicely.
Many of the images taken centered around the Veterans War Memorial, a 92 ft granite tower. All images are single exposure and edited in Lightroom. I captured a meteor in the 3rd image.
September 20, 2025
Mt. Greylock Summit
Canon R5 w/ RF 20mm f1.4 VCM
www.recyclart.org/2017/01/tiki-time-clock/
A clock I created with Autocad, an etching laser, and a waterjet. It has LED backlighting with a remote garage battery. Made from junkyard plexiglass, foam, wiring, found LED's, and a battery harness. Painted the head brown with water-based paint because the foam was orange. Solider the harness to an off/on toggle switch.
This was yet another random day, and a few wrong exits led to this mountain. The unexpected usually turns out good, as of lately. I never been this close to being alined with the top of the bridge. The view was even too beautiful to leave right away; my friends and I stayed for an hour.
Set Up: Nikon D7000 & Sturdy Tripod
Post Process: Brighten picture & enhanced colors