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Yes, it's true that a company of a true friend has a profound, though often subliminal influence on our senses and moods.
Jasper has a collection of "indoor" frisbees. Made by Tuffy's and called "Ultimate Flyer". They really are quite good and live up to the name. It's just that Jasper can be a little hard on Frisbees. We used to go through one of these a month. Amazon.com must love us. But I think the current one is now on its 3rd month, so he's going easier on them. Nice for indoor play. Soft and fly well. And when you live in a climate where its 115° F on a typical summer day, something for indoor play is a real must.
This was her idea, "let's do like The Shining", only originally it was both her and Tuffy, standing side by side. But after seeing that first shot, I realized it'd work better with just Tash by herself, which was, in my mind, awkward, like I was firing Tuffy from this particular shot.
It's a delicate thing, sometimes, when you're working with two models at once, you don't want to favor one over the other, you want them both to get your attention, yet there are some shots that favor one person over the other, and it's a bit like spinning plates, you've got to keep each one going, don't want any of them to lose momentum.
And so, for this shot, Tash's skin being almost translucent was perfect for this shot, whereas Tuffy's darker skin wouldn't have meshed with the pink background as well. But it was hard to articulate that at the time, so I just made sure I took some Tuffy Only shots soon afterwards.
Which turned out aces.
Oh, also, as you may or may not have noticed over the past year or so I've had this stream, I am utter shit at correctly framing my shots. Blame parallax, blame that old piece of shrapnel in my eye, acquired while saving my buddies in Vietnam, blame the shakes from not doing heroin in several minutes, but I am almost completely incapable of getting a shot perfectly symmetrical, try as I may. Hopefully, when my dirty meat hands are replaced with smooth pretty robot hands, this problem will be solved.
Robot fingers crossed.
When I took a break from throwing Rusty’s toy to take a pic, he gave me this look. Rusty’s motto is “play hard” and apparently creative breaks are not permitted. 😊
I am egregiously behind on my daily pics. I have just determined that I will catch up when I feel like taking a ton of pics, rather than feeling pressured to do it every day.
Here are 2 bears I finished up this morning, although the smaller one needs to be aged some I think. Tuffy Bear is named after the first toy my first kid named, she had a bear that she named "Tuffy Bear" when she was 2. I carried that thing around for years but somewhere along the way it got lost or donated or left behind.
These bears NEVER turn out quite like how I picture them in my head.
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Thanks to Ian (Tuffy) at Grampian Continental today arranging for me to take this picture, one of four new S580’s on Full Air Suspension this one is still waiting to hit the road next month
On the Newbold estate, St Helens, Merseyside, there is a grassed area that boasts two avenues of trees that lead down to a small lake and a small hill known locally as "Teletubby Hill". I was inspired to take these misty morning shots by a post in the St Helens Star Camera Club Facebook group. The inspiring photographer was Steven Tuffy.
After numerous attempts in bad weather I finally got a shot of station sign Perham in great light and weather. KLN's Tuffy's. which is one of Perham's largest employers is seen in the background as well. Some great power to boot here as a pair of EMD SD60M's are in charge of the NTWGFD train today.
With the older ex-BN power, aged station sign, and the full size van that's at least 30 years old in the shot, one might think this is a shot out of the 1990's but all one would have to do is look at the cab of the second unit and the botched patch job and you'd realize it's 2014.
I've been spending so much time wrenching on other people's bikes lately that I've neglected my own. After installing a set of Rivendell/Panaracer Ruffy Tuffy tires on the bike for last month's brevet, I found my Planet Bike fenders wouldn't fit...no matter what I tried to do. It seems that the Ruffy Tuffy's are a true 28mm whereas the Continental Gatorskins I was using measure slightly smaller.
The solution?
Install a set of SKS/ESGE fenders with hardware from the Planet Bike set (I'm not a fan of SKS's plastic mounting system). The SKS's, regardless of their square shape, allow proper clearance. Using Sheldon Brown's excellent Sheldon's Nuts helps with clearance and removability.
Now for the dilemma...The "new" fender set is significantly shorter (especially in the front, where it matters most) than the Planet Bike set.
I needed a mudflap.
I've seen tons of mudflaps for purchase online and I've seen a few DIY versions. Since I'm cheap, and it's only a MUDFLAP, I decided to do a DIY version.
Using an old inner tube, random hardware from my bench, a few tools and a little creativity, I fashioned a decent flap that suits my needs just fine.
Here's a collage of the process. Keep in mind, the zip tie holding the flap on is only temporary. I need to get bolts and nuts short enough to allow clearance behind the wheel for a more "permanent" solution.
The steam from the large food plant in Perham looms over this eastbound oil train made up of all brand new cars. My car wasn't too far away, but the waist deep snow drifts made the trek to this spot a bit of a challenge.
This little Tuffy must have made dozens of trips back and forth from my feeders to it's noisy hungry babies hidden in my holly bush.
Panting from the heat, I never saw him/her slow down until they all flew off together, perhaps to sample someone else's feeders.
Tuffy seems to be in a sleepy mood, and careful you are not supposed to disturb him then. He demands some space for himself and likes to be alone and dream!!! I somehow dared to disturb him by putting this lovely toy in front of him. But he slept as usual, undisturbed:-)
We put this whole shindig together because Barbara is leaving, heading off to get herself a masters in writin'. Which is funny, cuz I thought they done taught us all how to write in el'mentry school. oh well.
As it was the weekend, and before 1pm, she was a bit on the tired side, but, being the pro she is, still gave 100%. Though, I'm not sure it matters, it's not like it's possible to take a bad picture of the girl.
Scruffy (on the left) and his little brother Tuffy (on the right) wanted to say hello for El Franco Lee Park deep in the heart of Texas. Hope everyone has a wonderful evening.
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i think uva and figette are both rather fond of tuffy...
maybe its that whole tough guy persona...
or they just like the whole black eye thing.
kit, i can't thank you enough...
these guys make me squeal like a little kid upon each arrival.
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find your own awesome new little friend...
Back to that Toyshop in the Rustington of my childhood holidays and the Tiny Tuffys/S.R.L. Heroes (made by Hestair)
Never have there been such dapper spacemen - neatly dressed against the vacuum of space in their jackets and ties! Obviously a body used throughout their range of soldiers, cowboys etc.
I'm afraid I never thought too highly of these chaps back then and whenever there was a cosmic menace on the loose in my childhood adventures they were always the first to be killed off! Sorry Tuffys :(
The aliens were cooler though. There's a black and silver version too who I'd love to try to track down.