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do any of my augie gals recognize this tumbler? i got rid of a ton of bar glasses yesterday and this little keepsake from college turned up. then i gathered up the all non-nubby pencils from around the house, sharpened them and there you have it.....no more pencil searching or excuses when homework time comes tonight!
This time of year I tend to drift back in time and find my feet down on Main Street as singer and song writer Bob Seger would say. There is a certain fascinating relationship between old buildings in urban settings and the raking side lighting that is common at this time of year when the sun is at a low angle in the sky. Skies are incredibly blue and a high contrast situation exists that I find very pleasing. People in urban settings are used to sharing space unlike the rural areas where a get off of my property attitude often prevails. Yesterday as I was propping myself up with an old tow truck to steady my Nikon to take pictures of an old grungy back alley area in the warehouse district the owner of the truck came out of his abandoned looking shack to inquire what I was doing laying across his vehicle. Ellis McGowan is eighty nine years old and has been towing vehicles for the last forty three of them. As we exchanged information about each other I began to realize that Ellis himself was far more interesting than anything I could aim my camera at. He took out his wallet and showed me an old copy of his wedding picture from 1950 and yes, he has only been married once. Also shown were pictures of his three small dogs that ride with him everywhere he goes. A picture of Ellis in his baby blue ‘58 Cadillac convertible was the real topper. An hour later Mr. McGowan got a call for a tow and had to leave. The pleasure of his company was truly appreciated. Photography for me is a way of life. It is something that can be used to reach out to others and make us just that much more human and humane. It deals with objective realities, enabling you to get out of your own head for awhile and be involved with things outside of yourself. I would never want to be without a camera. It frees by enabling to see. Cheers everyone.
Aircraft Altimeters are actually Barometers that are calibrated to represent each change of 27 millibars as a 100' height change. The reference pressure is set using the knurled knob to the lower left of the instrument and the reference pressure is on the right. This pictures was taken at 2850 feet above Pontypridd on Sunday. The reference pressure (the pressure at Sea Level at Cardiff), referred to by pilots as the QNH, was 1024 mBar, seen in the small window on the right hand side of the display.
A black and white photograph of a brick shed with chimney in the foreground and a big wheel ride behind. Near Bristol Harbour, Bristol, Anchor Road, UK.
Inspired by Danny's post flic.kr/p/2mK3c29
Decades ago, before words such as 'recycling' and 'repurpose' were in common usage, I was always impressed with so-called 'less developed' countries in Africa and elsewhere around the world who made the best use of anything and everything that they had. One example was using old vehicle tyres to make sandals. Meanwhile, the so-called 'developed' world was and still is chucking stuff away with abandon.
So today, it was good to find this example of old tractor tyres being repurposed into an effective farmyard fence.
An abandoned iron stove repurposed at the door of a house in the historic part of Stavanger, Norway.
SOLD! I got this ceramic tree in a box lot with a broken top. I couldn't bear to throw it away, so I just added some chenille trim and a silver star.... good as new!
The picture was taken from Ebury Bridge showing the trains coming and going from Victoria Station with a 21 second exposure to capture the movement.
Some structures used for one theme lend themselves to be recycled/reused/repurposed for other themes/scenes. Why waste a good structure when it can be utilized for another scene?
What actually happens with the initial scene/diorama is that pieces get raided out when needed for newer builds. In this case the basic structure slowly got deconstructed in a couple of stages which lent it to be used for post-apocalyptic scenes...
#BuildWhatInspiresYou
A radisseur, also known as a fence wire tensioner, is now part of an actual fence that surrounds Caister Golf Club. This was part of the M&GN railway infrastructure that ran from Great Yarmouth Southtown Station.
Got Bagot House Winchester was a market of some kind in medieval times. "got bagot" means "good bargain" in Middle English.
Computers
Q. What is a computer's first sign of old age ?
A: Loss of memory.
An old Chevrolet truck used for advertising. license plate says 1966. That was the last year it was registered I guess. It looks like a late 1940's to me. HTT
We all have those things that come in useful, perhaps not in the way for which they were designed. Show us your Blythe demonstrating something repurposed.
The rules:
1. Take a photo of your Blythe(s) showing something repurposed.
2. Blythe dolls only please, no clones.
3. No photoshop to meet challenge requirements.
4. One photo per person but mosaics / collages are welcomed so long as all the pictures fit the rules.
5. Your photo must be taken within the challenge timeframe. No recycled photos.
Deadline is midnight PST on Friday 26 November.
The City of Parkville recently turned a dead tree in English Landing Park into a work of art with the help of local chainsaw artist TJ Jenkins.
English Landing Park
Parkville, Missouri, USA
Mike D.