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I photoshopped this shot to remove another hummer behind this one that confused the image. The blue sky was added. The original is on my photostream.
"I...knew something else lurked under the mask and pajamas...he was only dressed as a child."
- Michael Dougherty, Trick 'r Treat: Tales of Mayhem, Mystery & Mischief
Saw some pictures of Sam Heughan from Comic Con yesterday and he was wearing a black leather jacket that reminded me so much of this one from Iple that I decided to do a nod to him and style my Leonard more like Sam.
An average of 20000 hawks, eagles and falcons are seen at the Hawk Mountain Bird Sanctuary each Summer/Fall.
POST CAFÉ
In October 2009, a small Chinese restaurant opened at the Ft Huachuca Post Exchange (PX). However, the first Chinese restaurant to open on the Fort was in 1882. Mr Sam Kee of Tombstone’s sizable Chinese colony negotiated with the Post Commander to open a restaurant on base. By 1913, Kee was operating the Sutlery(PX), Restaurant, and the majority of the concessions on the Post. Sam Kee is most well-known for having lent cash to the Post Cdr to makeup for the delayed soldier’s payroll. Upon Sam Kee’s retirement, a nephew, Mr Mar Kim, eventually tokeover all of Sam’s operations which remained open until the closure of the base in 1946. Both these men were fixtures of Ft Huachuca and well known to all the soldiers posted to Huachuca through WW2.
Sam Kee came over from southern China to California with his brother to work on the construction of the (Yuma – Tucson) Southern Pacific Railroad. He spent sometime in San Francisco eventually ending up in Tombstone working in the mines. He was happy to takeover a town Chinese laundry, eventually summoning his brother over from San Francisco to assist. Besides laundry, the brothers ran a small Chinese “fan tan” gambling parlor and also produced pies for sale. Much complimented for the pies, ‘my brother is a good cook.’ was his classic response.
In 1882, the senior officer at Ft Huachuca authorized Sam Kee to operate a restaurant on Post. Located on the outskirts of the main cantonment area, the restaurant was near Huachuca Creek on the SW side of the canyon near the Post Sutler. A small hotel was also built there to accommodate visitors to the Fort. Though we don’t have a copy of his menu, we know he served both Chinese food as well as standard American faire. By reputation, he served an excellent steak. The restaurant started out as the “Sam Kee Restaurant” in 1882, but soon became ‘The Post Café’. Sam imported Chinese help to operate the restaurant. Eventually, “Sam Kee owned just about everything concession on the post – he was the undisputed head of the Chinese colony here. He owned the sutlery/PX, restaurant, photo shop, and the Bachelor Officer’s Mess”. He also operated the Post Hotel and a laundry. From the start, the Post Café was a favorite eating place. Sam was always at the front door and has been described as “quiet, cheerful …soon becoming a favorite of visitors, officers and families and a valued fixture at the Post.” When Contract Surgeon Leonard Wood arrived at Huachuca in 1885, he had his first meal at the Post Café and became friends with Sam. Enlisted men certainly also used Post Café as a respite from barracks rations and cooking...though poor pay would limit their patronage.
In 1911, Congress had delayed passing the Military Budget and Sam Kim’s businesses were suffering. Sam spoke to the Colonel in command “The soldiers have no pay and don’t like it. They want money. I don’t have business but I have money”. Sam cut a deal to loan the garrison its payroll without interest. Interestingly, the TV program Death Valley days produced an episode in 1959 based on this loan.
Sam Kee ran all his operations on Post with Chinese help. His workers all wore white shirts, dark trousers and sandals/soft shoes. With the passing of local & national Chinese Exclusion Act’s in 1890, the continued immigration of Chinese presented America with an “Illegal Alien” problem. Over time, Sam continued to bring in “new” Chinese help. “…each one in turn being represented as a ‘nephew’ or ‘cousin’ of Sam Kee.” Jeff Milton, the Federal Immigration Inspector for the area relates the following incident “…Milton frequently checked on the Chinamen out at Ft Huachuca. Sam Kee, a wealthy Chinaman, ran a restaurant there. When Jeff dropped in, Sam assured him there was nothing irregular about the place. But Jeff, in apparently casual but sharp eyed inspection, noticed a loose board in the floor, caught it with his fingers and lifted it up. Two long gray objects stretched across the opening. ‘What’s that Sam? Water mains?’ ‘Yes Mr Milton, water mains. Water mains!’ responded Sam. Milton used the pin on his badge to stick the water mains. ‘The water mains sure moved-the legs of Sam Kee’s ‘nephew’ who had just been smuggled in from Mexico.” Reportedly, Sam suggested Milton accept a stipend to look the other way. Milton left without the money…but with the nephew. Inspector Milton was surprised some weeks later to find that the nephew had been tried and released after Milton had not shown or testified at the hearing. Mysteriously…Milton had not been informed of the upcoming trial.
The garrison commander in 1913-14 attempted to close the Post Café after it failed a health inspection. Kee begged a stay of execution and left Post to send a telegram. A few days later, the Office of the War Department messaged that the Café was to remain open pending further advice. With now Chief of Staff of the Army General Leonard Wood in the saddle, it is not difficult to divine what had transpired. Sam Kee and his brother retired in 1919 as wealthy businessmen. Sam had married twice, with his second wife bearing him six children. Like many Chinese in America, he returned to China to live out his days. He left his restaurant and business’s to four of his nephews.
Confusion and squabbling soon became the rule of the day. One of the nephews, Mar Kim, left his stake in the restaurant and relocated as a Sutler to the 25th Infantry HQ’ed in Nogales. The restaurant at Huachuca did poorly during the 1920s and ended up run by a Mr Gin. Mar Kim returned with the 25th Infantry to Ft Huachuca in 1932. He was able to takeover the Post Café and operated it until its final closing in 1946. During WW2, the original Post Café was limited to Officer’s, civilians and visitors to the Post. Two more restaurants also run by Mar Kim were opened to support all the troops at Huachuca. A nephew of Mr Kim described him as a stubborn and hot-tempered man. That said, Mar Kim ran a very successful establishment and was well liked by most all who came in contact with him. One Officer’s child later recalled “…we were regular patrons at Mar Kim's restaurant up on the west end of the parade ground, not only in the holiday season, but year round. My particular memory is of great stacks of buckwheat cakes smothered in log cabin syrup.” The closure of the Post in 1946 also brought about the demise of the Post Café. In 1947, Mr Kim moved to Tucson where he operated both a grocery and a restaurant. Twice married, he died in 1964 survived by his wife Victoria (cashier of the Post Café) and five children. Two buildings on Post have been dedicated to Sam Kee and Mar Kim.
Sam Nolte of Sirena, guest singing and drumming with Cu Dubh
Shot at the 2017 Maryland Renaissance Festival, Annapolis Maryland
Lately Sam and I have just been going around town, and going on walks in the alley with our cameras. Whenever we saw a cool wall? Portrait time. Sam always looks good in them. Me? Not so much. I guess Sam is just sucha cuite; which she is. By the way, she's single- hit her up. (And now she's gonna kill me c:)
The colors really seem to pop when viewed on black.
después de un tiempo de no subir nada de nada, hoy voy a subir un mogollón de fotos que he hecho este fin de semana y de paso presentar a mi nuevo niño.
Este es Sam, taeyang Horizon la mar de sexy y oscurillo. Le voy a cambiar la peluca, pero hasta que llegue, esta le va bien!
What do I see through these keen eyes? Some first attempts at macro shooting. Subject was mostly cooperative with a big black "eye" inches from his face! :)
Taken with 60mm f2.8 macro
This U.S. Air Force Boeing VC-137C aircraft (civilian designation 707-320B) was the first jet made specifically for use by the President of the United States. Built in 1962, it served many presidents over three decades, carrying heads of state, diplomats and other dignitaries and officials on many historic journeys.
Popularly known as "SAM 26000" (Special Air Mission; tail number 26000), the aircraft has also been called "Air Force One" -- though this designation was used officially only when the president was aboard. During the 1950s, the call sign of the presidential aircraft was the prefix SAM followed by the aircraft's tail number, and the name "Air Force One" was later chosen to ensure there was no question as to where the president's aircraft was and whether the president was aboard. Because President Kennedy did not name his aircraft as had former presidents, the news media popularized the call sign "Air Force One" as this aircraft's name.
SAM 26000 Served Many Presidents
On Oct. 10, 1962, VC-137C number 26000 entered USAF service directly from the Boeing assembly line in Renton, Wash. President Kennedy had the aircraft painted in striking blue and white instead of the usual military colors to give it a distinctive look. The title "United States of America" was emblazoned on the fueselage and an American flag was painted on the tail. This aircraft carried eight presidents: Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton.
In December 1972 another Boeing 707-320, aircraft 27000, became the primary presidential aircraft and 26000 became a back-up, flying vice presidents and other high-ranking government officials. In 1990 SAM 26000 left the presidential fleet, but it continued to fly government officials, including Secretary of State James Baker. Prior to the 1991 Gulf War, he went abroad in 26000 for talks with Iraqi leaders about removing their troops from Kuwait.
36 Years of Memorable Journeys
SAM 26000 flew President Kennedy to Berlin in 1963, where he declared to West Berliners, "Ich bin ein Berliner," assuring them of continuing United States support in the face of Communist threats and the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kennedy also flew aboard SAM 26000 to Dallas, Texas, where he was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963 -- and it was on this airplane that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as the new president. SAM 26000 then carried John F. Kennedy's body and President Johnson back to Washington, D.C. Johnson also used 26000 to visit U.S. troops in Vietnam during the Southeast Asia War.
Beginning in 1970, President Nixon's national security advisor, Dr. Henry Kissinger, used the aircraft for 13 trips to Paris, France, for secret meetings with the North Vietnamese. In February 1972 President Nixon flew aboard SAM 26000 on his historic "Journey for Peace" to the People's Republic of China (the first visit by an American president to China). In May 1972 SAM 26000 carried Nixon to the Soviet Union.
In October 1981 the aircraft flew Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter, and former Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger to the funeral of the slain Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. In March 1983 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom flew on SAM 26000 during her trip to the United States when she visited the West Coast.
At a nationally televised event in May 1998, the USAF retired SAM 26000 at the museum. This aircraft provided 36 years of service and accumulated more than 13,000 flying hours.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Maximum speed: 604 mph
Ceiling: Above 43,000 ft.
Range: 6,000+ miles
Engines: Four Pratt & Whitney TF33 (JT3D-3B) turbofans of 18,000 lbs. thrust each
Load: 40 passengers or 26,200 lbs. of cargo
Crew: 7 or 8
I got curious of how flexible Sam really is and started playing with her. I haven't sueded her at all or done any other posing modifications at this point. Turns out she can hold her tail (after a few failed attempts and almost gotten slapped in the face a couple times)!
As a joke I put a cat doll on her, to make her into a catapult. Yes, the horrible pun was necessary.
Sam is a Dollzone Minas on a Dollzone Sawarieda body.
My youngest daughter Samantha, looking contemplative while sitting on a swing last week. We spent a week and a half in the awesome #EucalyptusHouse in #Pemberton with some good friends. #portrait #blackandwhite #nofilter #latergram #child #face #eye #hair
Hi, this is my 12 year old brother Sam. A little over 3 months ago Sam was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Type 1, or juvenile diabetes, is a devastating disease that affects millions of people, a large and growing percentage of them being children. At this point in time there is no cure for type 1, but we are hoping to change that. So this year we are taking part in the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Walk to Cure Diabetes, a fundraising event to raise money for a cure. In 2010 JDRF managed to raise 86.1 million dollars, all of which went to research for a cure. Let's hope we can make this year even better.
So please! Take the time to look at our team page for the walk and donate if you can, all money goes to JDRF.
Feel free to join our team, even if you cannot donate, or take part in the walk because you are in a different area you can still join virtually for support and help us spread the word!
If you do make a donation, please let me know, I would really like to be able to thank you personally :)
Visit our team page here to join or make a donation:
Thank you!