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After years of doing photography, I have decided that I will be semi retiring from the hobby. I say semi because I still plan to visit events like GVVT, Bo'ness, SVBM etc. The reason I have decided to stop this hobby is due to financial difficulties, which means I'm unable to go out like I used to. Not to mention it doesn't feel the same anymore. The reason I'll only go to events is because of the vintage buses/trains. This doesn't mean I won't stop posting and you'll start to see posts after this one shortly after. Also if there's a rare move where I live there's a chance I will catch it as well. 2018 was the peak for my photography and I'll start posting photos from back then.
Also if anyone is curious who that is in the photograph, it's Nico Rosberg after he won his first world champion in 2016, and this is the moment he announces his retirement. Quite fitting for this situation!
Many thanks to all for the support over the years and you never know, things may change.
Yes, we now have a cat. And yes, her name is Panties. No, we did not name it. Yes, we might keep the name because it is amusing to use in sentences.
A poignant thought. My friend, Judy, a fellow Flickr person, is the blue bokeh in the background.
Today, I'm posting a series of sixteen grave markers and tokens left near grave markers, at this cemetery in Huntingdon Valley, PA.
Because I'm still in love with you, I want to see you dance again, because I'm still in love with you, on this Harvest Moon...
Finally, the last version of Kain i was missing. At first, i kept my bad impression of this figure because of the inaccurate face and the lack of articulation. Also proportionally he doesn't really fit next to Raziel, because although Kain is actually taller, his head looks a little bit smaller than Raziel's and doesn't give the feel of a direct relation between both figures.
Of course the details and the colours are perfect. I specially like the metallic sense of the sword and the clothes are great too. The symbol on Kain's cape is the right one, unlinke BBI's, which showed Raziel's clan symbol in a really hand-made look.
I received these figures the same day along with Battle Damaged Predator, so I didn't pay enough attention to Kain until a couple of days later. Then my first impression started to fade and i think i started to like it a lot more. Sometimes i look at him and just looks like Kain. Despite the lack of joints and the questionable face sculpt, it's a beautiful figure after all.
It is unlikely that any of you have visited this historic cemetery because it has been closed to the opening of new graves for close to 150 years and over that period there was a very limited number of new burials. My understanding was that the cemetery had been closed to visitors [except by appointment] since the 1900s.
I had a chat with a very helpful member of staff and he explained that the cemetery was very badly neglected and that a large number of graves had been vandalised but that the restoration staff had been able to restore the majority of them as the gravestones had not been shattered.
However, the anti-social activity has been serious and ongoing. For example I came across the following report dated March 16 2016: “Up to 13 gravestones were vandalised at a cemetery in Dublin in the last week, including that of W.T. Cosgrave. The Trust said. Cosgrave’s gravestone was previously destroyed in October 2014.” [ NOTE: W.T. Cosgrave served as president of the Executive Council of Irish Free State (the first Prime Minister of Ireland].
Another report dated August 14 2015: “Up to 27 monuments at the Goldenbridge cemetery in Dublin have been destroyed in recent days by vandals who knocked over headstones smashing some into pieces.”
Goldenbridge is a 19th century ‘garden’ cemetery. After the passing of the 'Act of Easement of Burial Bills' in 1824 a committee was established to administer the proposed cemetery. The cemetery was purchased in 1828 and the first burial took place on the 15th October of that year.
Last weekend it was reopened and family graves are now available if you wish to be buried there.
There are 4,250 graves in the cemetery of which 498 have been identified as available for purchase at this time. Goldenbridge cemetery has been designated by Glasnevin Trust as a conservation cemetery. In order to preserve the character and ambience of the cemetery, there are rules apply to the type of monument that can be placed on family graves.
So named because at 8.00 PM on the 8th of February 1743 the Spannish ship thr "Vrijdag" (Friday) was wrecked in a storm on this coast. She went down with a cargo of gold and two and a half tonnes of silver "pillar" dollars. These are Spannish coins with a relef design, including either side of the coat of arms representations of the Pillars of Hercules.
These are the "Pieces of Eight" we remember from our childhood stories of pirates and buccaneers.
Since then they have occasionally been washed up on this beach
Because this was a 'fail' roll I had not yet uploaded some of the images, however I decided that the time is now to have these online. So that those who are looking for formulas can see what doesn't work.
Contax G2 - Carl Zeiss Biogon 2,8/28 T* - Eastman 5363 @ ASA-12
Blazinal (1+100) 60:00
pattern by cluck cluck sew.
i modified the pattern a bit because my son insisted on a minky backing, and i have experienced the annoyance that it can be to piece a backing with that before (stretchy, ugly thick seams...), so i wanted it to be able to be backed with only the 60" wide minky.
The pattern offers 48x60 or 60x80" sizes, so i did used the 48"wide, but made it 80" long and then added a 3" border to all 3 sides to make it closer to twin sized for my 6 year old son's bed.
Fabrics were quite scrappy, i lost count around 25 prints, so i didn't quite follow the "directions" on the pattern there either... I used lots of my son's favorites: superheroes, pezzy prints, space invaders, pac man, geekly chic, and some blenders from my stash.
I wanted to quilt this with a loose meandering fmq, but the minky did not agree, so i ripped out what i started and settled for some pathetic straight lines near the ditch. Not the best quilting, but it was a finish and i loathe straight line quilting.
My son loves his quilt, and that makes a momma proud!
because she's been growled at for trying to get up on the sofa and armchairs. My husband has taken the rest of the week of to help care for her and keep her company!Here she sits by the french doors in the lounge so she can watch my husbands parents across the road!!
Because Maria wanted to see it... here it is. :)
I'm not sure it's the "original" of the other... but it's close enough. Btw, does anyone know what this is?
because a woman this wonderful deserves spring's beauty.
wishing for love to carry you into this next decade of your life~ may you take root and flower beautiful friend.
happy birthday!!
... because it's too hot for clothes or hair.
It's been 43 degrees here for the past 2 days. (That's 109 farenheit.) I guess it's about time we had some of the heat that the rest of country has suffered through already this summer.
Because a majority of the people buried in this Jewish section of the cemetery immigrated from Germany, thus it's rare to see Hebrew inscriptions on monuments.
From the NIN show at the Shoreline on 5/23/09. I was dancing while recording so forgive my horrific cinematography. This was the last song of the encore set, btw. His voice was perfect.
Because of the dark finish I find these Irish PC-12s difficult to capture well, but today the light was pretty good...except for the reflections due to the high gloss.......never happy !