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I don't really like posting rubbish photos for my 365, but tonight will have to be an exception.
I had a busy day at work rooting out points equivalencies for summary reports on our GCSE exam performance. It's results day tomorrow.
When I got home I found it wasn't just me who was busy. The huge pile of big logs in the middle of the courtyard had become a huge pile of small logs under the stairs.
The weird white blob was a shaft of strong sunlight.
These will come in mighty useful in the Winter!
Last year I tried reading my favourite newspaper every day of the working week. Given the time it took to get through the whole paper I found by Friday I had a backlog of about three days worth of papers to read.
So now I just read the Monday edition which includes post match analysis of the weekends football matches. Not particularly enjoyable to read when you support Manchester United, we're experiencing one of our worst seasons this year.
A shot with the Sigma 18-35 Art lens. Not sure which is better, the Sigma or the Rokinon... I will say that I apparently bumped the lens barrel and it shifted to 23mm from 18mm. I may have to invest in Sigma's 14mm f/1.8 and a full frame DSLR.
Attempt number 1 at shooting the moon. I have 339 more chances to get this right before I finish the project. This was with my 70-200 F2.8 VR lens. Next time I get a clear night I will try it with my Meade ETX-90AT telescope.
Project365 Nr 17.
"Aspatats" (foil wrapped sweet potatoes cooking in hot ash) on the go while waiting for the fire to burn down to coals.
I missed yesterday's shot as I felt too ill to take a photo. Feeling so much better this morning and the view outside lifted my spirits.
This creek runs through our neighborhood and eventually behind our house. This is the view from the bridge on the main boulevard. If you look carefully you just make out someone's soccer ball. Yes I typed soccer, I am an American remember, our football is way different.
"I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I'm really interested in is people." ~Joss Whedon
Our quiet Friday turned out to be a freaky Friday after all. Jason came to visit after getting back from Queensland and Kam surprised us with a visit as well. We ended up watching an Aussie horror movie based on real-life events, called Wolf Creek, I ended up hyperventilating a bit while Kam kept her cool interviewing Jason about his holiday chick escapades :o) We missed the happy Friday gang and always Selz, but we're planning to celebrate the end of my Project 365.
Jason showed Kam photos from his phone of "Le Hot Chic" and Kam's innocent probing resulted in this question:
Kam: "Jason...where's her face?"
Seventeen (17) more days to go...
Just wanted to thank my awesome friend Jeff for sharing a beautiful movie called Women are Heroes, saw the preview and Alex is looking for it this weekend :o) Thanks Jeff :o)
I've been thinking a lot more about life post-365, I think I might take a 2 week hiatus, have a bit of a breather and then focus more on series. I had this idea of focusing on studying artists and doing re-interpretations of their work or compositions. I don't think I'll ever fade away from flickr, this is one of the few places I feel at home. :o)
Hope you're having a great weekend dear friends :o)
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I guess I am preparing my sons to live through married life someday without being shot as I get them familliar with washing and drying! What a good Mom I am!
Today I was working in Bacchus Marsh, so during my lunch hour I grabbed the chance to get a shot of this old building and advert for my Project 365 pic.
The ad was very hard to read in colour, so I have made it B&W (with a touch of sepia).
The advert is for Dr Morses Indian Root Pills.
I have found an article in Wikipedia about the product:
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills was one of the most successful and enduring products to be manufactured and marketed in North America as part of the lucrative patent medicine industry, which thrived during most of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its manufacturer claimed the pills contained herbal ingredients that would help "cleanse the blood," as "impurity of the blood" was believed to be the cause of all disease.
Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills have their genesis in William Henry Comstock's father, Edwin P. Comstock, who founded a drug company in New York City in 1833. The Comstock patent medicine business was involved in the sale of a number of successful drugs, including Carlton's Pile Liniment, Oldridge's Balm of Columbia, Kline's Tooth Ache Drops and Judson's Worm Tea. Between 1833 and the time of the acquisition of the rights to Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, the company remained under the control of the Comstocks through the additional involvement of Edwin's brothers; Lucius, Albert Lee, John Carlton and George Wells.
The Indian Root Pills were first formulated and manufactured in 1854 by Andrew B. Moore, who was then operating under the name A.B. Moore in Buffalo, New York. Rights to the pills were then transferred through a number of different business partnerships under the control of Moore, Andrew J. White, Baldwin L. Judson, George Wells Comstock and his nephew, William Henry Comstock. These reorganizations all occurred amid numerous disputes and lawsuits. During that long period of instability, the manufacturing operations moved from Buffalo to New York City and then to dual sites on opposite sides of the St. Lawrence River, one at Brockville, Ontario and the other at Morristown, New York. Ownership of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills finally stabilized in 1867 when it settled solely in the hands of William Henry Comstock, and thereafter business was carried out under the name W.H. Comstock Co. Ltd.
When William Henry Comstock died in 1919, control of the company passed to his son, William Henry Comstock II, known as "Young Bill." William Henry Comstock II died in 1960, and W.H. Comstock Co. Ltd. ceased operations a year later, patent medicines having already been in decline.
It's been almost a month since I replaced my Time Manager personal management system with the Midori traveller's notebook.
The Midori is much more compact than the TMI binder. There are inserts where I slot in my passport and boarding cards. My receipts are safely stored in the sealable plastic envelope insert. I'm pleased I made the move to Midori.