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Scrolling through my archives, Im quite surprised by how many planes, birds and other winged things I have for the new group ! HWW folks ! www.flickr.com/groups/wing_wednesday/
Out to dinner with my friend Holli for her birthday. Taken 053018 .outside Sophie's Bistro in Somerset, NJ.
Returning to the car chaperoned by a 'blazing' sky.
Today, I have - again. - broken an own promise to never photograph rail tracks ..
one of elizabeth taylor's lesser known film, ash wednesday (released in 1973) is about a middle aged woman who had a face lift to save her marriage. i thought this picture of a withered rose best captures the essence of physical beauty fading. like this rose that once was fresh is now all wrinkled. but i don't conform to today's obsession with youth. the wrinkles on this rose add character and depth. beauty is not a monopoly of the young.
My little Wednesday Addams custom. It was seeing others' custom Wednesday Blythes that got me into the hobby....I love finally having my own!
Work done:
3 pairs hand painted eye chips and one pair with decoupaged Morticia and Gomez.
Gaze adjusted.
Sleep eyes with custom pull strings featuring a headless doll and family portrait by Charles Addams.
Black glitter eye shadow.
Hand sewn dress.
Silky black synthetic hair cut and styled.
Nose, philtrum, and mouth carved.
Sand matted to remove old makeup, new makeup applied with high quality pastels and multiple layers of MSC UV Protection spray.
Happy Windmill Wednesday! (HWW)
This beauty had its gears exposed - slightly rusted - a little WD40 and it probably will be usable.
When Jeffrey challenged me in the Get Pushed group, neither he nor I knew what would result. Jeffrey's challenge was "We all know you're an avid music fan (ZZ Top comes to mind) as well, but in keeping with the "old is new" theme I'm proposing, I'd like to see your interpretation of music that is no longer considered modern, or even classic rock. I want to see what happens when you have a camera in hand and start thinking of classical music. Baroque, romantic, whatever. Will you consider a trip to the planetarium while listening to Gustav Holst? Perhaps a night at the opera while blasting some Richard Wagner? I'll leave that up to you. I'm just curious how you'd approach the style......."
Classical music....... I listen to many forms of music, and classical is a favorite. There is one piece that stands out above the rest for me, a piece that has been a favorite since I was in my teens. Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64. The opening strains are the plaintive cry of Bohemia to me. I close my eyes and I see gypsies in the night, broken hearts, unrequited love. Desperate yearning. As the piece continues, that yearning is resolved into celebration and granduer.
But how to express such a piece of music visually? I remember a time long before I was married, long before I had met my wife. I listened to the opening movement late into the night. This was the piece of music that represented my yearning for the woman who would become the love of my life. I never knew if I would reach the second movement, let alone the third. But I would spend long hours at night yearning and dreaming of the woman that I love. This image represents me from those times, late in the night.
Thank you Jeffrey, for a wonderful challenge, and for inspiring me to give this gift to my wife. She may skin me when she sees I used her wedding dress, but nothing else would do.
We're Here!: *Wednesday Mornings (3am)*
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox camera right. AB800 with Softlighter II camera right. AB800 with gridded HOBD-W camera left. Triggered by Cybersync.
♫ Janine Jansen ~ Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 ♫
3642 explodes out of Springwood in the lower Blue Mountains in a dramatic display of smoke and steam. The venerable old engine was not slowed in the slightest by the pounding sleet (which later turned into snow further up the mountains and in Central West NSW) and howling winds. This energetic and youthful display from the steam favourite certainly caused heads to turn on the nearby Great Western Highway, with many car drivers slowing down in shock at what they were seeing.
3642, FL220 and 4490 were transferring from Thirlmere to Orange and Dubbo for a few days of running shuttles for local schools and the general public. Blue Mountains residents are used to seeing steam trains pass through their home towns, although probably not on a Wednesday morning!
Havebeen away for a few days since last Wednesday, incorporating the Northern Concord weekend.
This was dinner last Wednesday evening with Karen, Paula and Kerry May in a lovely italian restaurant in Chesterfield. The food was good the staff very friendly and the company excellent.
Taken 060519 , after a birthday dinner for my friend Holli, outside one of our favorite restaurants.