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After all the trips that I've done, I still don't like the idea of packing.
I don't seem to enjoy confrontational moments like these. Like deciding what goes in and not, what gets to be taken and which one gets left behind.
But at the same time, it gives me so much power to yield.
Ha, all these just in the act of packing.
Fever River Series: 21
Fever River Railroad Model RR Club
Stephenson Society of Model Trainsmen
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Freeport, Illinois
Suitcase packed but left behind at the long abandoned Villa H in Belgium. Peeling paint, rickety floors and the smell of damp everywhere.
This iconic Island is situated off west Mersea and was historically known as Packing Shed Marsh Island, Originally built around 1890 and used to sort and pack the local Oysters before they were shipped to London and Europe by the barrel
I have been visiting this place since I was a small child and have over the last 10 + years tried on many occasions to photograph it, but the conditions never came together. A high tide and moody atmospheric light.
This was taken on one of my probably last visits to Mersea Island as I now have no family living there.
I hope you enjoy viewing
Ricky
I'm off to Iceland tomorrow, so have been debating over what LEGO to take with me. I'm only there two days but all the opportunities for photos must be considered!
Tomorrow I'm leaving for Sweden...and these are the first things I have put in my bag: camera & new books!
Have a great weekend!
Explored - Thanks!
as I was taking the ornaments off the cat tree up in the bedroom I was laying the ornaments on the bed.
Doug jumped up to supervise the process, chew on a few ornaments and knock things around a bit, but he quickly got bored and passed out in the middle of the pile.
LOL. I was watching some a.m. talk show the other day and the conversation was all about the proper time to take down your holiday ornaments.
I immediately felt defensive!!
People are SO judge-y! (okay....maybe if you still have your Christmas tree up in July, you've got a problem.)
I know people that are ripping their stuff down the day after Christmas. A lot of folks say it has to go by the first of the year.
Whatever works for you.
Me? I like to sit in it for a bit!
It takes time and work to put it all up.
I like to get my money's worth out of it.
I think one month, more or less from mid-December to mid-January will do me just fine!!
As I was packing up to leave the Hudson River Psychiatric Hospital in New York last spring, I realized I hadn't gotten a shot of this collapsed room, though I had walked right past it earlier in the day. I rushed down a few floors and set up just after the sun set behind the hill and light begun to turn soft.
It's not often I bracket my shots, but I made the decision to quickly snap 3 images of varying exposure, unsure if I would ever edit them together in a composite. Tonight, I finally blended all the images together to help balance the exposure for the bright windows, the room and also the dark collapse.
2nd roll of film
Fuji Superia 200
Olympus OM-10
F-Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8
Scanned with Plustek Opticfilm 8200i
Re-scanned and re-uploaded in better quality
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Golden silk orb-weaver ( banana spider) wrapping a bug.
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The morning 11th of Februari I woke up to see Amsterdam covered in a coat of fresh snow. The snow fell in sudden flurries and gusts and turned the world white and wonderful. With the canals in the city and occasional high winds, there can be a nip in the air, but packing gloves and a scarf should keep you warm enough. There is something very beautiful about Amsterdam in the winter. It does occasionally snow in Amsterdam in February, but that almost always means just a light dusting. I walk in my neighbourhood and made some photos of the snow. The steep bridges over the canals in Amsterdam are really slippery, especially for cars. The best way to travel in the snow is by bicycle, tram, walking or better by sleds. Some of the finest and expensive examples of houseboats can be seen along the canals of Amsterdam, which even has houseboat hotels. Houseboats are very expensive nowadays in Amsterdam because of the limited number of moorings; this expense has reduced the likelihood that the approximately 2,400 families that live on the inner waters of Amsterdam. When it snows the light and atmosphere is really beautiful. Who knows times of Hendrick Avercamp are coming back this year. Avercamp was the first Dutch artist to specialize in paintings of winter landscapes featuring people enjoying the ice. Some 400 years on, our image of life in the harsh winters of the Golden Age is still dominated by Avercamp’s ice scenes with their splendid narrative details of couples skating, children pelting each other with snowballs and unwary individuals falling through the ice.
This morning I walk in my neighbourhood and made some beautiful photos of the snow. The virgin white carpet of snow is crunching under my shoes. I began to remember why I love the winters so much. It has been lovely to walk on those cosy little streets in what it is considered to be the most picturesque part of Amsterdam. The Jordaan is a neighbourhood of the city of Amsterdam. Originally a working-class neighbourhood, the Jordaan has become one of the most expensive, upscale locations in the Netherlands. The temperature is cold outside but its warm and cosy inside the houseboats. Photo of a Fiat 500 car taken in the Jordaan at the Prinsengracht next to a houseboat.
11 februari werd ik wakker en zag Amsterdam bedekt met een laagje verse sneeuw. De sneeuw die vannacht viel bedekte de wereld om ons heen wit en prachtig. Ik heb mijn camera gepakt en op pad gegaan in m'n buurtje. Ik geniet van het geluid van knarsende sneeuw onder mijn schoenen en het prachtige gezicht op de Amsterdamse grachtenpanden. Het is min één graden en de grijze sneeuw wolken trekken weg. Mijn handschoenen en m'n sjaal houden mij warm genoeg. Er is iets heel moois over Amsterdam in de winter. De Jordaan is bedolven onder dik pak sneeuw zoals hierboven op de Prinsengracht. Het beste advies is dan maar om lekker binnen te blijven en de kachel iets hoger te zetten. Of natuurlijk even naar buiten te gaan om wat mooie plaatjes te schieten. Naast de overlast zorgt de sneeuw ook voor veel plezier bij kinderen hier in de Amsterdamse Jordaan. Sneeuwballen gevecht, sneeuwpoppen maken of sleetje rijden. Allemaal leuke activiteiten die kinderen doen in deze mooie besneeuwde wereld. Wie even wegdenkt kan zich vandaag in Hendrick Avercamps wereld wanen. Als eerste Amsterdamse kunstenaar uit de 17de eeuw specialiseerde hij zich in het schilderen van winterlandschappen met ijspret. Het is altijd gezellig om door kleine straatjes te wandelen langs de café's en winkeltjes. De Jordaan wordt beschouwd als de meest pittoreske deel van Amsterdam. Sfeervolle plaatjes met woonboten in de grachten. Vroeger werd het wonen op een woonboot vooral gezien als noodoplossing bij gebrek aan een beter alternatief. Wonen op een woonboot was goedkoper en daardoor geschikt voor de minder kapitaalkrachtige mensen. Er is echter veel veranderd in de laatste decennia. Woonboten worden veel beter onderhouden of zelfs vervangen door luxere exemplaren, met isolatieglas, centrale verwarming, luxe keuken, luxe badkamer en soms ook nog een tuin met een schuurtje erbij. De meeste woonboter's willen hun boot ook niet meer kwijt. De boten zijn meestal klein maar wel gezellig. Foto van de kleine Fiat 500 auto op de Prinsengracht.
Danbo?
Yeah?
Um... you sure you're packing what you need?
Yeah!
Ah, ok then...
(The perils of Danbo living in a Blythe dolls' house)
Why burn down a house to kill a fly when you can fire a Mach 10 bolt of kinetic energy into it instead?
I watched CHAPPiE. I came home and built this. That's how inspiration works, right?
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Hydrangea, Shasta Daisy and Gladiolas
Wasn't cropped nicer and put in groups and sets until March 2024
Happy Sliders' Sunday!
Late picture again XD but we've been busy packing for our vacation! My new Usaggie arrived a few weeks ago and she's perfect to take on vacation since I don't have to worry about a wig :)
I'm getting packed and ready to move into my new studio. It kinda looks like this. That suitcase is surprisingly full.
Phew, almost missed posting one today, busy, busy, busy.
Have moved away from the shed for a while, but still within the confines of the garden.
For Arachtober Day 18
Abeni had a little struggle packing her suitcase for holiday, so I ended up doing it for her and asking her to choose an outfit to wear instead :) Thanks to all you lovely people who have made some clothes for her to wear. Mainly to Pei, Bailey and Spampy <3
I will be away from the 10th until the 17th! Abeni will be coming with me :)