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Manchester Post Office
95459-9998
Manchester, Mendocino County, California
3 different cameras, 3 different films
camera: Fuji GSW690II 6X9 medium format rangefinder
lens: EBC Fujinon 65mm f/5.6
film: Fujichrome Provia 400x RXP
filter: Hoya Skylight 1B
support: monopod
scan: PCV
You do realize that ground hogs aren't the only things to live in quite similar burrows, don't you ? This is a burrowing owl that typically lives in prairie dog towns, but may occur in other types of burrows, like ground hog holes.
This one was in Texas back in December, so I'm not sure if he saw HIS shadow yesterday or not.
Yesterday, I went to the zoo, but it didn't seem like I had much to keep. Nothing seemed right...flash died (batteries), lighting wasn't right, etc. Maybe I'll like them better when I look today again.
Participants in various types of dress make their way to the starting line before the annual Cupid's Undie Run in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland.
CAMP ZAMA, Japan — Hundreds of American and Japanese service members, civilians and their families gathered under the partly sunny sky over Camp Zama to celebrate the conclusion of Army Birthday Week with a culmination of sports, competitions and ceremonies conducted June 17, 2016.
The fifth and final day of outdoor activities opened with a command-wide fun run hosted by Army Maj. Gen. James F. Pasquarette, commanding general, U.S. Army Japan (USARJ). Pasquarette’s open invitation permitted the men and women in uniform to bring their friends and loved ones. The result produced an amusing mixture of organized ranks and files of service members running in cadence with a colorful cast of spouses, children, baby strollers and small dogs trotting along the flanks.
Regardless their age, size, speed, creed or breed, every participant ended the two-mile route soaked from head to toe compliments of the Camp Zama Directorate of Emergency Services’ firetruck salute.
Later that morning, the community gathered at the Camp Zama High School stadium to join or cheer their respective units in the Camp Zama Army Birthday Week Championship finals. Hundreds of spectators set their eyes on the track to watch some of the post’s fastest sprinters attempt to break their personal best in the 100-meter dash. The attendees’ gaze then shifted to the field to witness a friendly soccer match between Camp Zama’s U.S. Soccer Team and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Central Readiness Force (CRF). The 30-minute see-saw battle ended with a 3-2 penalty shootout that clenched victory for the red, white and blue.
Between the match the U.S. Army and CRF’s strongest troops squared off in a best-of-three tug-of-war competition at the 50-yard line. After the U.S. team literally pulled a win in the final round, the troops gave way for the children of Camp Zama to take a tug on the rope.
The physical prowess and playful banter among the teams gave way to solemn pride as Pasquarette led 14 Soldiers in reciting the Oath of Enlistment during a mass reenlistment ceremony that honored their decision to voluntarily extend their service to their country and the United States Army.
The festivities concluded with an award presentation that recognized the winners of the 2016 USARJ Army Sports Week Competition. U.S. Army Aviation Battalion took first place, while the 78th Signal Battalion and the U.S. Army Medical Activity-Japan earned second and third place, respectively.
Pasquarette and Army Command Sgt. Maj. Richard R. Clark, command sergeant major, USARJ, also recognized other notable individuals and organizations that recently demonstrated the honor and pride of the Camp Zama community.
Fara McKinley, president of the Zama Community Spouses Association, received an award for her association’s donation of water bottles for the competitors and spectators. USARJ also recognized Shinobu Matsui, general manager of the Camp Zama Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), for earning the Director/CEO Cup, the highest honor for operational excellence among all AAFES chains in the “Small Exchange” category.
Pasquarette and Clark also presented certificates, medals or trophies to the U.S. Army Japan Band for winning the 2016 Music Performance Team of the Year award, Army Sgt. Drew Ayers and Army Spc. Lucas Patron for their selection as the 2016 USARJ Best Warrior Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year, and Sheyenne Sullivan for her exemplary performance in her assistance to displaced evacuees effected by April’s earthquakes in Kumamoto, Japan.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, U.S. Army Japan
The U.S. Military Academy Class of 2021 chose their first Army assignment during Post Night, Feb. 3, 2021. During Post Night, cadets select their U.S. Army posts they will report to upon commissioning and graduating from basic officer leaders’ course. (U.S. Army photo by Bryan Ilyankoff, USMA West Point Public Affairs)
我们进了台湾，出关后，就马上买了Easy Card（悠游卡）用于交通，在此谢谢博士，他事先做了这个功课。每张卡100元（卡费不退），每次充值即可（7-11都可以为你充值）。基本上所有的公共交通工具都可以用它，有些地方甚至可以用它购物。而且也不受地域影响，很方便。我们从宜兰到武陵的客运，也用了它。
在台北，我们有时会困惑，因为有些公车上车刷卡，有些是下车刷，每次上车时都要留神车内的显示牌。高雄就不同，所有的都一样，上下都刷，起点是NT12，每8km后加价。两天后，在车内无意中读它的电子显示牌（台湾每辆车都有，在报站之间不断播放很多政府的公告等），一下子看到，高雄公交的新政策，说是当日二次刷卡后，就免费坐车了，顿时像捡到了宝，赶快share给博士：真的吗？要不我们试试看？
一试，真的！（不适用于地铁）第三次开始，每次还是要刷，但显示的就是“扣款：0”，这对努力穷游的我们来说当然是货真价实的好消息。于是，白天去爬山或游泳什么的，只要有转车的，回程就是免费了，晚上的夜市之旅就更是如此。这真是惠民的好政策，我们喜欢！
我们住的地方，出门向右50m，就是河畔风景优美的“爱河”（真会起名字），河的两侧散步道边都是古老的榕树, 每隔不多远就有一座桥架在河上，桥头有某某人的题字“XX桥” （一般是当任市长之类的，这点和大陆挺像）。我们附近的两座桥间距可能还不到200m，走到桥的斜对面就是家乐福。在高雄，没有很高的山，我们通常10点左右出去，下午三四点回来，去海边也是这样。回来的路上经过家乐福，就买水果和一些简单的食物，以水果为主。这里的菠萝（NT75/个）有去皮服务，所以每次必买，特别甜，特别juicy，超好吃。另一种必买的就是火龙果，NT45/斤（台湾的一斤是600g），是温哥华没有的味道。其他的水果就没法推荐了，苹果都是论个卖，大概NT20-25/个，又不怎么样，觉得好贵啊。香蕉也是论根的，一般NT20/根。西瓜巨大，不太甜。
我本来主观地认为超市里的熟食不会太好吃（总是想到大统华），第一次试着每样只买一点点，鱼（补充蛋白质）、炒米粉、肉、毛豆等，拿回宾馆后，博士吃得很香，我也有同感，琢磨着为什么会这样，后来找了个解释：台湾好吃的东西太多，又到处可以吃到，如果做得不好，谁还会来买呢？此后几天，去家乐福便也成了routine的一部分，不仅解决了我们的下午和早晨的snack（晚上自然去夜市，那是主餐），而且出来后沿着河边散步，更是一种难得的享受。早餐伴咖啡的点心，是博士每天要求的，某人美其名曰“priming”，我心里暗想：有条件的时候，可以这样priming，好矫情的习惯！（想想工作时养老院里的每一位，有谁为你prime？现在的我们是多么幸福）
在高雄的六天，交通最经济，酒店最便宜但条件最好（超强功能的空调、还有冰箱）且紧邻爱河，有最旺人气的夜市。更重要的，是有最自由的海滩，就是因为这自由，留住了我们，而且离开后，至今还念念不忘！（待续）
Day 252, Thursday, September 9th, 2021
Post-Surgical Appointment
I drove mom to her post-cataract surgical appointment the following day. She did great, the surgery went perfectly, and her vision tested at 20/40 the day after surgery. The doctor was very pleased. He did sort of dismiss her concerns about remembering the surgery and feeling uncomfortable, that was unfortunate. The left eye will be done 2 weeks after the first. It will be weird to see my mom without glasses! She’s been wearing them my whole life and has always been very near-sighted. She will still glasses for reading up close.
Nikon D750 | 20mm | f/2.5 | 1/160 | ISO 1600 | handheld
black headed gull, (larus ridibundus) in it's winter plumage, the dark spot behind it's eye. which will soon start to turn to it's breeding plumage of a dark brown chocolate coloured head. this is the smallest of the common gulls, and in winter it may be confused with the common gull (larus canus) this one was perched on one of the new fence posts, soaking up the early morning sunshine at the kiln green. langholm, dumfriesshire, scotland.
A reflection of last years flooding , this lamp post is on the Cromer promenade . I saw the water in the glass and thought that's natures power .
Olympus XA2 | Fujifilm C200
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Bombed in 1940 not long after its official opening, and subsequently rebuilt, Beckenham Post Office is one of only a few buildings of this type in the inter-war years that showed the influence of modernist architecture. The architect was Frederick A. Llewellyn of the Office of Works.
Die Planung der City Nord Ende der 1950er Jahre war unter anderem beeinflusst von den Lehrsätzen der von Le Corbusier niedergelegten „Charta von Athen“ (1941). Eine nach ihren primären Funktionen aufgegliederte Stadt (Wohnen, Arbeiten, Erholen) sollte, verkürzt dargestellt, den Stadtbewohnern ein angenehmeres und besseres Leben ermöglichen. Resultat war ein neu gedachter und neu wahrgenommener Stadtraum, die aufgelockerte Stadt – eine moderne Bürostadt im Grünen.
I wonder if this is the original post office building before today’s post office that was built in 1926.
Manufactured by collaboration with Houghtons Ltd., London, UK and G.Gennert, New-York, USA, London Made
Model: c.1910, (produced between 1909-1915 ?)
There is a small round plate on the right side of the camera: Houghtons Ltd. London, G.Gennert New-York, London Made and Ensign logo
Folder bed film camera, film:122 roll-film "Post-card", picture size: 8.25x13.9cm (3.1/4''x5.1/2'') , (I suspect that this camera is a Dual concept one and maybe it uses plate film: 9x14 cm, but plate holder as a camera back cover is lost)
Lens: : Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rapid Rectilinear, (Engravings around the lens), focal length and aperture numbers are not stamped on the lens,
must be f/6.3 as to aperture scale, filter slip-on, serial no.none
Aperture: f/6.3-f/45 setting: lever and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focusing: bellows focusing via an index pointer; distance scale on the left of the bed plate, sliding towards the index F P A, just behind it, (this feature must be for adjusting focusing range of distance scale for plate and roll-film)
Focus range: 5-25 feet (1.5-7.6 m) +inf
Shutter: Engraving on the dial: General, and above the aperture scale IIFX Shutters>, this is a simple, very old type leaf shutter, speeds: 1/5-1/100, +T& B
setting : dial on top of the lens-shutter barrel
Cocking lever and Shutter release: same lever, on the lens-shutter barrel, for speeds press once the lever then the shutter cocks, opens and closes
Viewfinder: Brilliant waist level finder, turning on its own axis for landscape pictures, on the top left of the lens standard, there are clues on the finder and lens standard that there were spirit level and a wire sports finder, (lost !)
Winding lever: on the right side of the camera
Bellows: single-extension, slides vertically by a latch on the lens standard for parallax correction,
Bellows opening: open the front cover by pressing the knob on upper right side of the camera (under the leatherette), then pull-out the bellows by handles on front of it engaging on the rails of bed plate until it clicks on the inf. on the distance scale, unlock for focusing or closing by small silver lever on the left side of the lens standard
Camera leg: on the front cover, removable, when closing the camera, it can be stored in the bed plate by special clamps
Flash PC socket: none
Self-timer: none
Back cover: Removable, opens by a latch on top of the camera, w/ red window
Film loading: by special spool loosening mechanisms, there is a wooden take up spool,
3.1/4'' in length
There is a sticker inside of the back cover: "Post Card "Ensign", Trade Mark "Ensign", Daylight Loading, Use the British Made "Ensign" Roll Films, They are Fastest and the Best, The 3.1/4'' A.Spool Fits This Camera, and Ensign Logo"
Tripod socket: two, 1/4'', on the right side and front cover
Lugs for hand strap
Body: metal, Weight: 1174g, Dimensions:12x22x24cm
serial no. 8595 (on the backside of the lens standard)
I named this camera as to the sticker and small round plate on it.
There is almost no info abut this camera in the Internet and McKeown's.
Matt Denton says:
"Patent June 14, 1910" (1914?)
and Canemah Studio, a member of Flickr, says in the description of his camera's photo:
"It was manufactured with a collaboration between the Houghton Ltd. of London and Gennert company of New York in the early 1900's, probably between 1911-1915. It's a very uncommon camera and information on this particular model has been difficult to find. The attention to detail is fantastic and the workmanship of British cameras is quite remarkable and beautiful."
A brief history about Houghtons in pre-WW1 era:
Haughtons dates back to 1814 as a glass seller. Then they began to distribute the Daguerreotype requzites. After 1904 the firm produced a vast range of cameras and absorbed some small camera makers. From 1900 until around 1909, a large number of Houghtons' cameras were German imports, primarily Dr.Krugener.
There are many similarities between this camera and some Dr.Krugener models. So, it could be that my camera is a kind of copy of Krugeners.
More info and most similar ones in the internet: Rubylane, houghtonproducts,