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Prepare to run.
I understand Trafalgar square in London has been cleared of pigeons. I urge the city to consult with them.
Now my girls have some place to go when they feel like sewing something up, and they have everything they need :)
I should have gotten the dress form in the pic, darnit.
This went together so quickly! I used Holly's tutorial for anyone who's interested!
As for the "you're so fast" comments, I started this at 8 and finished at 12 with a couple of breaks. These blocks go really quickly, promise! I'm not that speedy!
Fabric bundle purchased from Fabricworm--I love it when they do the work of coordinating for me!
Professional landscape photographers usually talk about re-visiting the familiar locations and how photographers may actually benefit from it. In my surroundings, I have three or four locations where I go for a shoot. And I give my best to find something new to shoot when I’m there.
But that's easier said than done. I don’t know precisely why, but I’m often drawn to the same compositions that I already photograph. Is it familiarity, or maybe the comfort of knowing something I already photograph is working?
Luckily, or not, nature is changing just like everything in life is. So the scene that was looking in one manner doesn't look the same in just a few months. And I’m not talking just about changing the colours of the leaves, there is much more than that, like fallen trees and similar disruptions or shrubs that have grown in front of the tree so much that the scene is not shootable anymore, and so on…
Also, the light and fog can totally change the scene. So, you can always find a way to be new, original and improve your photography.
When I’m out and about photographing in nature, I always, always, previsualise and plan my compositions, at least roughly in the outlines. I never go with the flow. That is how I am, an overthinker.
It was not easy to get to this place. I was in one part of the forest, planning to go on the bridge into another part of the forest. But I delayed the crossing.
After I finished photographing my main part of the forest for the morning, I felt relief and satisfaction with the photos I’ve got. Out of curiosity, I started walking on a trail that I usually don’t go on, to see if the road is maybe leading to something interesting.
Walking like that, I didn’t see much in the near distance because the fog was too thick. Suddenly, I bumped into these guys, and that is how this photo was made.
Now, from time to time, I tend to find some scenes, when I’m in a familiar location, that I didn’t see in my previous outings. At first, I feel kinda of surprised that I didn’t find this scene earlier. But after that feeling passes, the fun part begins, to look for the optimal angle to photograph it.
That was the case with the photo I’m posting now. The atmosphere was going so much in my favour. Dense fog all around, yellow leaves here and there, all reminded me of the dancefloor with the trees being the dancers.
I’m not sure if these trees are planted by people, which I doubt, because of the way they are grouped in pairs. Also, the location is pretty much wild, without any order around.
The music from the riverflow is nearby. Dancing trees are swaying in the rhythm of it. And the yellow leaves are falling on the ground like confetti on the dancefloor.
Yet, at the same time, everything is quiet - a perfect harmony. You just need to dive into the feeling of complete fulfilment and relaxation that scene brings.
Complete with photograph theft...
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Volvo-B6-1997-SLF-bus-/280862076770?pt...
eBay user dawn197911 used this photo which I took last year for her listing without asking for my permission first... www.flickr.com/photos/48809666@N03/5602345255/
The photo is irrelevant anyway as the bus is in TVCT livery still (though no longer with them). Whilst some of you probably wouldn't be bothered, it is still out of order for them to take my photo...
Just wanted a place to rant...
December 1, 2008
#32
December 1, 2008
You’ll be my world...
As long as there’s a world turning ‘round...
And you’ll be my heaven...
(Mamă gradinarului)
A-nmugurit sâmburele divin.
Înseamnă, pesemne, c-a venit timp
de primăvară.
Pe acesta-l poţi ţine în mână
va creşte sigur fără de spin.
poţi resădi apoi din el
câte poveşti se pot rosti din zi până-n seară.
Pe cuvânt îţi spun, să-ţi alin
spaimele fecioarei ce-ai fost,
pe cuvânt ca-i vei înmiresma viaţa-n
parfumuri de crin.
Şi nu-l vei lăsa în plină grădină
fără de-un rost.
unşpemaidouămiinouă
Stagecoach Highlands operated Volvo B13RT Plaxton Panther 2 X99 HCB - 54134 - Previously YX63 NGJ - is pictured approaching Inverness Bus Station with a service on route X99 that is about to complete.
This vehicle wears the 2020 Stagecoach Distance livery and is a tick in the allocation box for this service! It is the primary vehicle type for full length X99s between Thurso and Inverness.
Date Taken: May 10th, 2024
Device Used: iPhone 12 Pro Max
Date Uploaded: November 11th, 2025
Upload Number: 1906
Interested in seeing some bus videos? You'll find buses both real and virtual on my YouTube channel, as well as other cool bus-themed stuff too! - www.youtube.com/@ZZ9sTransport
© ZZ9's Transport Photography (ZZ9 Productions). All Rights Reserved. Modification, redistribution, reuploading and the like is prohibited without prior written permission from myself.
The original triangular cupola I began this tutorial with months ago is in the rear of this polyhedron. I only resumed work three weeks ago, spending perhaps an hour per weeknight folding each triangular cupola.
When I took this picture yesterday, I only had one more cupola to attach. As you can see, my technique has been to glue (yes, glue) the front and back of each cupola separately. In most cases I attached the 12 front hexagonal units before the 3 rear triangular units, but I reversed this order for the last cupola since it is easiest to do the inside before the outside when closing an object up permanently.
Of course I finished the object yesterday. Since I gave the polyhedron to Addie_Goodvibes this morning, I forgot to take a picture of the completed structure. (I'll have to take one later.) Update: See the next image in the set.
As usual I needed 510 sheets of paper to complete this polyhedron. Each sheet was 15x15cm, so the whole thing is about the size of a beach ball; I can fit my head through any of the decagonal holes. While the great rhombicosidodecahedron is fairly stable, I don't think it would be a wise idea to roll it around due to the weight of the paper.
Well, it's finally completed, and I am so happy with it! Even with the tons of wonky areas, I feel I have learned so much!
How bright is that Rip On block!! Maybe because I used mine until it was smoking during this QAL! Ha!
The builders stand and admire the completed project. The book store will be open to the public from Monday onwards
The complete view of the VDNKh which is a permanent general purpose trade show and amusement park in Moscow
To complete the trilogy...... my garden flowers on a much better day weather wise! Happy Bank Holiday weekend to all my UK contacts :) And happy normal weekend to all my other contacts!
The end of the MNYGJ, with a single DPU, comes around the curve toward the west switch of Eisele (Clay). The head end of the train is already out the west end of Eisele and heading for Blue Mountain Road! At just over 7,000 feet long, the train is over 1,200 feet longer than the siding at Eisele.
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Phew, it's finished! And I nearly threw it all on the floor about halfway through. I kept having issues with the foundation so I kinda rebuilt the castle from the ground up while keeping the black tree trunk sides mostly intact. So while it's far from living up to my initial concept, at this point I'm just proud that I actually finished it :-)
I wasn't able to satisfactorily make the tree envelope the castle at the top so I left it exposed, which keeps it more in line with the original Forestmen Fortress set.
The castle features, from the ground up: storeroom, dormitory, treasure keep, armoury and lookout at the top. Drawbridge, ladder and small catapult. Lots of modularity, the sides detach and each level can also detach as a separate playable unit.
I'll post it to Lego Ideas for fun :-)
C-FMJO, a Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter, landing on runway 15 at Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario.
It was arriving to attend a special gathering of de Havilland Canada aircraft. The event marked the end of DHC's 93 year presence at Downsview.
Serial number 944 was built in 2016 and was the 100th Twin Otter Series 400 built by Viking Air Limited in Calgary, Alberta. The last Twin Otter produced by DHC at Downsview, serial number 844, was completed on December 7, 1988.
MJO = the late Michael J. Orr, who was a member of Viking Air's Board of Directors and was instrumental in the resumption of Twin Otter production.
hooray, my Irish Rover sweater made with nutiden in the gorgeously-complex Solvända colorway is DONE! and despite some concerns about row gauge being off, it fits!
Grand Turk Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands. The 59-foot-tall (18 m) structure, overlooking North Creek, was completed by British architect Alexander Gordon in 1852 to alert sailors of the shallow reef. Brighter kerosene lamps and a more powerful Fresnel lens were added by the Chance brothers in 1943 and remained in use until 1972 when the lighthouse was electrified. Today, the lighthouse and lighthouse keeper's house are a historic site under the protection of the National Trust.
The structure is located on Lighthouse Road on the coast of Grand Turk. It is situated on a small limestone hill overlooking the shallow reef that extends from the northern end of the island. The building and an attached kerosene storage house overlook North Creek. This creek is said to closely resemble the description that Christopher Columbus gave for the first island he stumbled upon in the search of the New World in 1492. Donkey trails lead from the lighthouse to the beach beneath the bluff. Mangrove trees on the coast nearby help prevent erosion by retaining the sand.
The lighthouse is a white-washed structure made of cast-iron, measuring 59 feet (18 m). It initially had eight small Argand oil lamps, with reflectors magnifying the light by 450 times, driven by weights and machinery. The reflectors were constructed by Devill & Company of London in 1851. As the original lamps were not powerful, on dark, turbulent nights they could often not be seen, which led to shipwrecks off the coast even after the lighthouse had been established. Brighter kerosene lamps and a more powerful Fresnel lens were added by the Chance Brothers of Birmingham, England in 1943 which improved the situation. In 1972, the lighthouse was electrified and provides a bright beacon light to guide ships.
The original lens is now on display in the Turks and Caicos National Museum. The guard rail at the top is rusting due to age from the elements. The guard's house is where the guard would keep awake in the night to refill oil and kerosene lamps so that they would not get extinguished due to lack of oil. This house has small windows, likely designed to restrict light entering the building so that the guard could sleep more peacefully during full daylight.
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