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Lins and I love Old Bay seasoned boiled shrimp and it's usually a Friday night thing for us. A couple dozen boiled shrimp and some awesome 'fancy' sweet tea.....mostly sweet tea vodka and a wee amount of tea, but it's good!!! Come on FRIDAY!!!
A hand pan or hang drum. The process starts with a flat disc of steel, manually hammered into a smooth shell, much like a large cooking wok. Then precise dimples are added, and – with even greater precision – the steel is minutely stretched and compressed and manipulated with the precise skill of a studied craftsman and the trained ear of an experienced musician. Eventually, after heat treatments and fine tuning, the top half is glued to a bottom half to create an instrument with such ethereal sonic beauty the angels show up to dance and laugh.
See below for some additional photos of Logan rough tuning the top half of this hand pan in process.
Great Egret snatches a fish @ Black Point Wildlife Drive.
I got the followup shot with the fish but he turned his head on the way up into the shade and out of focus. :-(
In this image, fire is not wild or chaotic. It is focused, refined — tamed. The blue flame rises with quiet intensity, a product of complete combustion, of chemistry done right. It speaks of fire not as destruction, but as a tool. A companion to human progress.
Fire, one of the oldest elements we’ve harnessed, lives at the intersection of nature and technology. From ancient campfires to the tip of a blowtorch, it remains essential. This single blue flame — nearly silent, nearly invisible in daylight — can melt metal, shape glass, or seal connections that hold our modern world together.
Yet, behind its calm form lies potential for chaos. The contrast between flame and darkness in this frame reminds us: fire’s gift is always conditional. Control it, and it builds. Lose control, and it consumes.
Here, the element of fire is captured in a moment of discipline.
Not a wildfire, not a candle — but a tool in hand. A spark of precision.
And still, it holds all the power of its untamed ancestors.
Fun facts about Fire:
🔥 Blue flame = hotter flame
A blue flame like this one is typically hotter than a yellow/orange one. It indicates complete combustion, meaning fuel is being burned efficiently.
🔥 Fire needs three things: The "fire triangle" consists of heat, fuel, and oxygen. Remove one, and the flame dies.
🔥 It’s plasma, not just gas:
Though it looks like a glowing gas, fire is actually a form of plasma — the fourth state of matter!
🔥 No gravity? No flame shape.
In zero gravity, fire burns in a blue spherical blob because there’s no convection to draw the flame upward.
🔥 Ancient symbol of life and destruction:
Across cultures, fire is a paradox — both a giver of life (warmth, cooking, light) and a force of destruction.
Even though my father never was a professional woodworker, he had learned being a wheelwright at a young age and continued thriving in working with wood as a hobby for decades.
I must have gotten the knack for this craft while spending time with him in his tiny woodshop, because the passion for woodworking has fiercely gotten to me those last few years.
I've chosen a few of the tools he owned (and that I cherish, maintain and use) for this week's "Macro Mondays" challenge.
The divider caliper, or simply divider (compas in French) can be used to precisely report any distance from one piece to an other, without needing to measure that distance. Actually, measuring is more prone to errors and approximations. The tool can be used to divide a line into segments of equal lengths, hence the name. A set of two dividers can be used to lay out dovetails that will be perfectly identical to each other, without having to measure and calculate the width of pins and tails.
One important principle of woodworking is that precision is more important than accuracy. This means that the exact number of millimeters or degrees a piece of wood is cut at doesn't matter that much. What matters is the perfect match between the various pieces that have to come together. The divider surely helps in this endeavor.
...toll wie die hier anfliegen - elegant und absolut überlegen - dann geht's in einer engen Volte auf den kleinen Teich zur Landung... - der Mensch wird demütig....
die Z9 hat hier voll gebissen - toll war es
The new Longbow Precision rifle, a single-shot bolt action chambered in Remington .223, is a professional-grade competition rifle. This is Tilltac's first foray into the sport side of firearms. The front and rear sights are fully-adjustable competitions sights, with the front having a large shade- both sights can be easily removed to accommodate a scope. This gun is painted in metallic orange and matte black two-tone with gold accents.
I used pictures of many guns to make this one, but it's based mainly on an Eliseo S1 frame and a CSS stock. This might be the first rifle of it's kind ever made in PMG, I'm not sure. I do know that this project took me over 8 hours to finish, using mainly shapes and exploded bits of random odds and ends.
ALSO- I figured out a simple trick to make it seem like screw holes on rounded surfaces, i used it several times in this build cuz I thought it was badass :P you can see it on the front sight and the cheekrest, to name two.
Example of similar guns: accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/you-tubeguns-vid...
Pastie: pastie.org/1178104
I encourage you to check out how i made the gun, I'm very proud of it, but beware- there are a LOT of layers and a LOT of white shapes. :) it should also put to rest any persistent rumors of me having to photoshop my guns to get them to look good.
I was totally amazed by the monumental constructions by the Incas. These walls were constructed with precisely cut stones stacking on each other. Not a single paste of mortar was used. Can you also spot an alpaca somewhere in there?
Cam from a Geneva (or Maltese Cross) intermittent movement from a Simplex E-7 35mm motion picture projector head. It's paired with a starwheel to form the heart of the mechanism.
Shot using a slaved Canon 430EXIII-RT flash with a cardboard box from a bar of soap serving as an improvised snoot.
A detailed study of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS’s forged magnesium center-lock wheel, high-performance braking system and Michelin Cup 2 R tyre—capturing the engineering that defines one of the world’s most capable track-focused sports cars.
Over 600 balloons launch in the early morning at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - the largest balloon event in the world. Each balloon is given a small spot to set up. They are arranged in rows and launch quickly. It's a miracle they don't crash into each other. Here are 3 balloons in formation right after taking off.
Adding a sprinkle to a mini-cupcake.
Some days it goes your way, and sometimes it doesn't. Today it went my way. To make this photo I pressed the shutter button on my camera a grand total of one time.
Oh, and I didn't crop either. I did brighten it up a little bit, but that's the only edit.
Canada Day Festivities
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Just about 30 minutes after sunrise the IBRLA 26 gets ready to take the Main Track at the South end of Bealville with a first order C45ACCTE on the point. Now for the confusing part, while in the Tehachapi area there were three IBRLAs I saw two, none of them went through the pass at the same time, this one was the only train that was actually running on time. The IBRLA 25 is a mere 4 hours ahead of this train (The train was near Ravenna in Soledad Canyon) running 20 hours behind plan, and the IBRLA 24 (see previous photo) ran through Bealville around 1830 on Friday which was only 12 hours behind and that train would get in to East Yard for another 24 hours spending most of Saturday at Highland. Oh and what happens to this one you ask? It will run all the way to Main Street to sit just like all the ZBRLCs did in the past.
Another shot from last weekend's OffShoot outing to the Petit Volant circus and performing arts centre in Sandyford, Dublin.
"I believe there’s nothing like flying. Dancing and playing in the air provide a unique feeling of freedom, peace and accomplishment. I also believe that circus is for everyone, regardless of age, gender or size. It’s a place for collective joy, where the limits are our imagination.
Our aerial circus classes provide everyone with the opportunity to experience something truly distinctive. You will develop many acrobatic skills, work out your body and, at the same time, let your mind fly to places you’ve never imagined could exist. You will build up your confidence, team work and social skills. Oh yes, because you will never be alone… Flying is a collective experience, just look up at the sky and you will understand what I mean."
Mari Rampazzo, Petit Volant owner
Installation of 7 steel cables for a new wood chips conveyor system. Each cable was about 700 meters long. Flying at extremely low altitude and in real "slow motion" above a large industrial site requires maximim precision. Only most experienced pilots will be permitted to such a job. This mission was completed in 4 hours, a conventional intallation on the ground would have taken several days.
Helicopter: Bell 412
Hollem, Howard R.,, photographer.
Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor
1942 August
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States.--Navy
Air bases
Women--Employment
Emblems
Painting
Airplane industry
World War, 1939-1945
Civil service
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-18 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34899
Call Number: LC-USW36-387