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still in progress....working in the last part of the painting....colours around some of the "flowers"....
Made a little progress on my Gloria living room repaint. I filled gaps with white glue, let it dry (took 2 applications = 2 days), spray painted it, and applied 2 coats of dark gray chalk paint to the upholstery area. Still more to do, but at least I got a little crafting in the past few days. Plan to lighten up the upholstery with a thin application of chalk paint (winter white? Light gray?) and shabby up the other part with something. Creme wax tinted white? Tinted gray? Brown wax? Don't know, yet.
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less; we have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, yet less time; we have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgment; more experts, yet more problems; we have more gadgets but less satisfaction; more medicine, yet less wellness; we take more vitamins but see fewer results. We drink too much; smoke too much; spend too recklessly; laugh too little; drive too fast, get too angry quickly; stay up too late; get up too tired; read too seldom; watch TV too much and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values; we fly in faster planes to arrive there quicker, to do less and return sooner; we sign more contracts only to realize fewer profits; we talk too much; love too seldom, and lie too often. We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life; we’ve added years to life, not life to years.
Philip Yancey
The Human is working her way through the exams. I made progress. I got to nap on them today and negotiated my butt off them for half a pouch of catnip treats.
For the few folks that have asked about progress on the model railway, here's a little movie that frankly flatters to deceive regards how much has really been done over the last year.
Progress has indeed been slow but things are at least moving along. The initial first few weeks were absorbed by building a 2.5 x 1.0 metre table on which the layout sits. A couple of mirror-image baseboards were added with rounded corners - a reasonable radius at the back to allow for a backdrop to be wrapped around the corner, and a smaller one at the front to avoid nasty scratches on the torso - partly for myself, but also because grandkids would be mooching around occasionally.
All the track is now laid and wired, and the main running area has been ballasted and painted / toned. The base layer around the Shed area has been painted and at some point I'll likely fill that with a mixture of ballast and coal powder. Four sections of retaining wall have been built, and I've used low-relief Bachmann Scenecraft terrace houses at the back. I'm also in the process of building a factory from a Scale Model Scenery laser-cut kit. A North Light style shed has been built using a 3 to 2 road modified resin kit from TownStreet Models - it needed a bit of filing / fitting here and there but the result is just superb. A coaling stage has also been built from a laser-cut kit.
The two platforms were both cut from solid pieces of pine using a template crafted from sellotaped computer paper which was then marked up and cut using an electric jigsaw. 1mm card was laid on top of that and painted grey with a white edge. The edges of the platform were covered in brick-paper. A barrow-crossing was also made from 1mm card, scored for 6" planks and painted. Decorating the platform with people, fences, and all the other accoutrements is yet to be done, but there are station buildings out of sight on both platforms.
There's no greenery or 'fine finishing' on the layout yet - that, and the roadway down to the cattle dock are future projects. I have a sunken turntable kit yet to be built, but the plastic well has been installed, painted oily black at the base and lined with brick paper. Completion is another project for the future, and will require me reacquainting myself with soldering skills!
The three units of traction currently gracing the layout are a Johnson 3F 0-6-0 tender (43615), a Fairburn 2-6-4Tank (42140), and a 2-car Met Camm DMU - all supplied by Grimy Times Model Railways in Warrington. Around 90% of the rolling stock is secondhand, with wagons etc often sourced from eBay. I'm waiting on the pre-ordered Sutton Locomotive Works class 24/1 which, hopefully, will arrive in the next few months. The line is very much Midland Railway, and the likely station name is Edenbridge depicting somewhere perhaps near Carlisle - however, the jury is still out on that one.
I'm no expert on video files, so hopefully it will download easily enough for viewing. All a bit of a learning experience - so not much different to the model railway then.
iPhone13 Mini video, processed in iMovie.
29th January 2024
The eastbound Rocky Mountaineer with borrowed UP power approaches Blue Mountain Road. In the background you can see the progress on the new housing development. Do I think it's terrible that the signature shots near Tunnel 1 will be forever changed? Yes. Would I buy one of those trackside properties if I won the lotto? Also yes.
Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain
CONVERSACIONES EN SILENCIO SERIE
TALKING IN SILENCE SERIES
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125 Pictures in 2025 #79 Progress
This is the current state of a jigsaw puzzle we have been working on for a long time. Probably the most difficult one we have ever tried to do.
66796 "The green progressor" heads the 4Y19 Mountfield to Southampton Western docks through Basingstoke.
I'm lamenting the frenzied activity of 2022 where this service would produce a 69 for haulage and the desire to get a decent shot of every loco as it worked this service....hopefully later in the year when they are fully back in service I can resume.
Tuesday 3 May 2023
I tried a different joint system this time. Can’t say yet if I have a favorite or not. Still getting used to working with clay.
The men are having a hard time trying to break through the zombie lines following the water pipes that needs to be repaired.
In order to check that the two boards and all the associated wiring would stand up to being parted, moved around and rejoined, I relocated the layout. During the disassembly, some careful tidying of the mass of sub-baseboard wiring was undertaken.
The layout was reassembled and thankfully, all was well. The new location enabled a longer view to be taken, and it's shown here compared with a similar shot when the baseboards had just been built.
January 28, 2017
The bones of an old and twisted tree washed ashore some time ago, and are in the process of being whipped by wind-driven sand. The turbulent sea has stripped the wood smooth, and only remnants of bark remain. Now, pushed high against the dunes, the sun, wind and sand continue sculpting this ever-changing landscape.
I was privileged to have some beautiful early morning sun on a beautiful untouched beach.
My submission to "Your Best Shot 2017"
I chose this photo from very early in the year. It was not an easy day for shooting because the wind was howling and temperatures were very low. I loved the light, and the sand whipping by the driftwood, catching the light in motion, makes me keep coming back to this photo as my choice for this year's submission.
Race Point Beach
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Cape Cod National Seashore - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2017
All Rights Reserved
Shot with a Canon 7D.
...always learning - critiques welcome.
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casual olive green linen blazer for the spring ironed and practise lining removed
(for the photo lining placed in front of the dressmaking book)
still to do
2 button holes
2 buttons covered in the green linen
sleeves and length to be hemmed
lining to be recut, assembled, machined and inserted
back neck facing to be stitched into position on the shoulder and centre back (just a couple of stay stitches)
final iron
2metres of green linen @ £6 per metre width 1m 50cm
(reduced from £7 per metre)
2 metres of a darker green silky fabric for the lining (not silk)
£2 per metre width 1m 50cm
i'm following the classic blazer pattern downloaded from this reference book flic.kr/p/2q55djV
'the dressmaking book' by alison smith mbe publisher dk
alongside the reference book i use you tube tutorials that i search for when more explanation is needed
Sewing a coat/jacket lining
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ils6xkQu2nI
Adding a Lining to an Unlined Coat Sew Along
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4iNiib0_TA
How to Sew Jacket Lining
www.wikihow.com/Sew-Jacket-Lining
How to Sew Darts | Beginner & Advanced www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9x-i-txyfo
5 Tips on how sew non-pointy darts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8M_TLn_do4;
how to understitch www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFz4tsplENI
what is understitching?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnRDeKqKgto
ten top stitching tips www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDRXfYgkU4k
Buttonholes
3 Sewing Tips to Make Buttonholes Neatly and Quickly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oOz28Ybk8I
How to Machine-Sew and Custom-sized Buttonhole
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6P-TKK3tjg&t=135s
setting the sleeve www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqo-SIy8MXY&t=178s
How to Sew an Invisible Zipper
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaza9t-CAiQ
How to Sew an Invisible Zipper - Updated
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG8CSr11kjA
How To Sew Invisible Zipper On Shirt / Dress | Sewing Technique Tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNrRoCSxaE
Invisible Zipper
www.youtube.com/shorts/npDSSAMzNNc
Super clever invisible zip trick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UyfKL5G-Bw
Top and Dress
Detailed Sewing Tutorial For A Beginner : Simple Linen Top, Bias Binding Neckline【Free Pattern】
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cFiT8UcU54
Download the Pattern
www.madebysachi.com/2021/09/27/super-simple-top/
LINEN DRESS DIY【Free Pattern +Easy Draft】Step by Step Guide for Beginner /back opening /Skirt Pleats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDFRlF_yEtA&t=0s
Download the Pattern
www.madebysachi.com/2021/09/27/super-simple-top/
BASIC SEAM POCKET
www.madebysachi.com/2022/07/09/basic-seam-pocket/
How to Sew Pleats | Box Pleat, Knife Pleat, Inverted Box Pleat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlHcPh38MY
Forming Box Pleats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNXJ_BIsb1E
Inverted Pleat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfdE3DlJdFQ
coat pattern instructions www.sewmag.co.uk/free-sewing-patterns/serena-wool-coat#lo...
How to properly sew a shawl collar jacket/sewing techniques for beginners www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjeqgIfSt9c
Easy Way To Sewing shawl collar | Coat Collar Tutorial Cutting and Stitching | Sewing Tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUZjA9JErI
my sewing machine JL220 flic.kr/p/2odruLA from john lewis www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-jl220-sewing-machine-pepperm...
sewing machine maintenance flic.kr/p/2q9GVTh
How to Use your SEWING MACHINE (for Beginners)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmaZBTMzkoY
A Beginners' Guide To Using Your Sewing Machine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imryOl_LNaw
Beginners Sewing Course - Day 1 - The Basics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGITrkYdjJs
Seam Finishes
10 SEAM FINISHES Without a Serger || Basic to Couture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYt7JxC_bIc&t=596s
7 Seam Types and How to Make it- Sewing Lesson for Beginner
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax6JDDP_6O8
French Seam Pockets
How to Add Pockets to a Side Seam using French Seams
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatWJL_aAYY
Lining
How to add lining to ANY dress pattern | Sewing Tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENKI3fSBQBo
How To Sew a Slip Stitch by Hand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjky55Cp1_Iwww.youtube.com/watch?v=_d06GhQx_Wg
How to Fix a Low Neckline
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U-W6W5fh-4
Interfacing
How to fuse iron-on interfacing to fabric
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idVbAkUBTU
reference books
i'm a complete beginner at dressmaking. posting photos of progress to encourage myself to continue www.flickr.com/photos/connect2012/albums/72177720305370633/ i'm not making any recommendations ...
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L'Anthonome du merisier (Anthonomus rectirostris) est un petit coléoptère au rostre bien droit (comme son nom l'indique), dont la larve se développe dans le noyau de divers Prunus.
En mai-juin, la femelle dépose un œuf dans l’ovaire, après la floraison. La cicatrice de ponte est recouverte d’un mucilage qui en séchant assure l’étanchéité. La larve éclot au bout de 15 à 20 jours puis pénètre progressivement dans le noyau dont elle se nourrit. Après 1 mois de développement, la larve fait un trou de sortie dans le noyau. Elle se nymphose sur place, puis l’imago qui apparait en juillet-août sort par ce trou. L’adulte passera l’hiver pour répéter le cycle au printemps suivant.
Il est intéressant de noter que la Cecidomyiidae Lasioptera cerasiphera, dont la larve se développe dans les fruits de Prunus cerasus, ne peut pondre que dans ceux qui ont été préalablement perforés par une ponte d'Anthonomus rectirostris.
NR48 with missing side decals, and LDP005, still wearing it's former owners livery, cruise through Warabrook with 7SB1 to Brisbane.
2020-03-21 Pacific National NR48-LDP005 Warabrook 7SB1
Progress Rail unit LDP005 leads CSR010 on SCT train 2MB9 through Bargo River bound for Bromelton in Queensland.
2018-06-19 SCT LDP005-CSR010 Bargo River 2MB9