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When I was young, maybe around 7 or 8, riding in a slightly older 1948 FX Holden, I always got excited any time I saw the good old Peters Ice cream cone high up in front of a milk bar or corner store. At night, they were even lit up from within and looked wonderful. On seeing one of these, it was closely followed by intense pestering of my Dad to pull over and buy a treat, like an icy pole or a bag of cheese Twisties. Sometimes it worked!
This sight would be familiar to many older Aussies, with the 1960 FC Holden pulled up at the petrol bowser of a general store and Milk Bar. These old places often sold almost everything, and sometimes incorporated the Post Office too.
In this case, this is an old store front belonging to an antique dealer in Killarney, Victoria, not far from Warrnambool. The current owner also told me that the original milk bar here had been used by the Ford Motor Company in an advertising campaign in 1973.
Always happy to see any sign declaring ice cream to be a health food!
It is of course, a forced perspective shot of my 1/18th scale model 1960 Holden FC parked in front of the old store.
Jasper knows how to pour on the guilt with his sighs and mournful looks. But he gets plenty of play. Last night I went up to bed a little earlier than Jean and Jasper. As I'm reading in bed, I hear this on-going monologue / dialogue between the Roger Rabbit (voiced-over by Jean) and Jasper. In his typical cartoon voice, I hear Roger say, "Come on, man! Do a brother a solid and get off my chest so I can jump". Haha, 'do a brother a solid'. I had to laugh. The play continued at least until I drifted off to sleep. Lucky boy.
It was a gorgeous day here today. Sunny skies and 75F (~24C). So we were looking forward to Jasper's walk after his dinner. Jean has a break until after the new year and I'm retired so we were all going to walk as a family. But we got across the street and Jasper stopped and looked back towards our house. "Come on Jasper! Don't you have to poop or anything?" A few steps more and he's pulling us back towards the house. He wanted to play in the worst way. So into the back yard we went and played with OddBall, Frisbee and as you can see in this shot, Moosey. He was having so much fun, his jaw was quivering. We love our old boy and his passion for play.
And so it goes. We take a ball with us on the evening "walk" these days. It lets us concentrate some fun & exercise into a few minutes so we can get out of the 105F+ (40C+) heat and back into our air conditioned comfort. Shot blind with camera in the grass with Jasper's priority clearly on chasing that ball again, not posing for photos.
Aussie 324 Arriving from Stansted to uplift Prime Minister Scott Morrision and delegation following their attendance at the COP26 Climate Conference,
Royal Australian Air Force
Airbus KC-30A (A330-203MRTT)
A39-007
Glasgow Airport, Scotland
2nd November 2021
Posing the simple question, "you know what?", this is the look Jasper gave me. I got a new phone so I had to try out the camera.
Jasper has been enjoying the cooler weather and the outdoor play the temperatures allow. 5-10 frisbees or a few OddBall tosses usually satisfies him. Here, he's anticipating the toss of a toy by my wife, Jean. Such a happy chappy
Many older Australians will be familiar with this car. It was a very popular model made between 1958 and the year of my birth, 1960. This is the General Motors Holden FC. Price brand new back then was around 1,100 pounds depending on the model variant. Powered by a good old straight six of about 2.2 litres capacity.
This is a 1/18th scale model made by a company called Classic Carlectibles who specialise in Australian models, and is one of just 800 or so that have been released of this particular model. They make many older model Holdens and Fords, and as model cars go, they are very high quality with all doors opening and working steering and suspension. I love this one for the wonderful detail, right down to the hubcaps in glorious chrome, and even the tyre valves.
This is the "showroom" shot taken inside under LED lighting and is a ten image focus stack taken on the Canon RP using the 35mm macro lens. Processed in Canon DPP4.
I remember taking this shot and thinking to myself, "gee, it has an element of Australian to it", referring to the slight reverse curve and a bit of power in the focal length. But I'm sure we Australians are not the only railfans to do this!
A "stop the car! This looks promising" moment, and running from the car (seen on the LHS of the frame) and running up the off-ramp at Goffs, sees us firing away at Union Pacific's manifest from Portland to North Platte. The train number, or symbols as you yanks call it, MPDNP 23, is a touch different to the BNSF way of numbering their trains, and let me break it down for you *starts dancing uncontrollably*. M (Manifest), PD (Portland), NP (North Platte) and 23 (Date of departure). Very complex!
9802-7948-5342-6299-7116 Union Pacific MPDNP 23 Goffs 23-4-25
The early sunrise for the day was not much so I was all packed up and ready to go. Then, I saw this happening and got my camera back out. I'm glad that I waited!
We found a different neighborhood to explore over the weekend. Some pleasant tree and shrub-lined paths let me take a few experimental shots getting used to my new camera. It's interesting now to look at the photo metadata and realize my mistakes. Like, it seems I left the aperture at f1.4 - wide open in sunlight. That explains the blown-out highlights and 1/8000 shutter speed. And this new camera has a highlights light metering mode. That's pretty handy for a dog like Jasper with quite a bit of white that can get blown out. To shoot again, I'd shoot this in highlight metering mode rather than spot metering which exposed for his dark(er) eyes and left the highlights over-exposed. Learning, learning, learning...
January 1st is Jasper's Gotcha Day. He came to us at 5 months of age on January 1, 2012. A picture of him 7 years ago vs. this morning. His coat is fluffed out quite a bit, though you can still feel his ribs and he's a pretty lean boy.
We've switched to a new food (see next post) for Jasper which we can't seem to find locally. So we ordered it from Chewy.com (if you're not familiar, Chewy.com is sort of like the Amazon.com for all things pet related). Jasper was quite excited to smell this delivery. He could have chewed his way into the package, but luckily he asked for a box cutter (cuts down on the mess)
We play every evening, but eventually the humans have to just "hang up the ball" and stop or we'd never get to relax. That's when Jasper gets all pouty and curls up on the other end of the couch. The facade drops quickly though if we show and signs of playfulness
My boy has been off his game since the middle of the week. We went in for bloodwork on Friday and will do some followup testing on Monday. He had been vomiting but is now eating and drinking okay but just not himself.
I really prefer his goofy face to his sad face.
A Royal Australian Air Force KC-30A (A39-001) departs Sky Harbor International Airport bound for home after aiding in the return of two RAAF F-35's to Luke AFB. The two RAAF F-35A's went to Australia to attend the Australian International Airshow.
Normally an invitation to play includes a toy of some sort. And what you don't see from this vantage is Roger Rabbit, Oddball and ChuckIt on the floor at his feet. Play it is!
One of the things I just love about this new Sony camera is the animal eye auto focus. For this shot, I just laid the camera on the couch, tipped it a little for the Dutch Angle and fired away. The camera automatically focused on his eye. It almost feels like I'm cheating.
My wife and I have finally moved to the country town of Wauchope. Not a long trip from our old location but a different feel altogether. The railroad bridge is over a hundred years old but still being used every day.
At "The Spit" .............. Gold Coast Australia.
1980's Yashica 500mm f8 Mirror/Catadioptric Lens
on a Nikon D700 DSLR Camera.
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At age 13 (in a month), Jasper still has quite a bit of energy. But he also knows when he's had enough sun and walking. And Jasper seems to really like gazebos. Maybe because it gets him up a little higher and they're shady - ideal conditions for people-watching and complement-collecting. This particular gazebo is at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, about 45 minutes from our house in Superior, Arizona.
Typical, after dinner clean-up (with after dinner treat), after dedicated playtime, after running him through his tricks, after sharing some almonds (he'll only eat Marcona almonds), Jasper wonders what's next. Spoiled? Why do you ask?
Departing Luke Air Force Base after returning the equipment used for the Australian F-35's maiden visit to Australia last week.
Jasper was keeping an eye on other dogs being walked last night. He likes to get a feel for technique, pace, behavior, etc.
This was another Lightroom on the iPhone experiment. Taken in HDR, then cropped, used the healing brush to get rid of his dog tags, warmed it just a tad, sharpened it and just a squidge of de-hazing. All on the phone. The phone wouldn't be my first choice of platform for editing photos, but it works.
Aussie was desperate for lunch I think. This is the first time he's ever jumped up on a kitchen chair. He is eleven months old in this image.
Clever boy that he is, Jasper knows that sly woman could snag Whale in an instant so he keeps a keen eye on her.
Jasper was particularly playful last night, insisting that both humans participate in the evening fun rather than settling in to watch TV. Paw on the Oddball to ensure Dad doesn't steal it.
Jasper and I were playing with Monkey when my wife got up to do something. His head tilt made his question clear.
I occasionally work an afternoon at home or fire up a spreadsheet on the weekend. This is the typical help I get in my home office. Jasper thinks its all horribly boring and will sometimes put his head in my lap or bring me a toy to tempt me away. Then resume his spot in front of or on the couch if his boring human can't break away
My two dogs posing for portrait on this freezing day. It was -16 degrees celcius so i had to be quick.
Jasper and I remain working at home during the pandemic. Most of the days spent with headphones on. On the bright side, the headphones act kind of like a hair band to keep my lengthening hair under control. The number of COVID cases is up sharply in Arizona, breaking new records this weekend. Most municipalities in the Phoenix area have mandated faces masks in public starting last weekend. So I'm not mingling with the masses. Sure I could shave, but I enjoy the furry-faced solidarity I feel working side-by-side with Jasper and his unshaven face. 😉