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Be careful what you wish for, we got the big snow storm that I wanted and a bit more... 21 inches worth! For the first time in 27 years I missed a shift because of weather. Good thing, it snowed harder this afternoon than I can remember including the blizzard of '93. I would be stranded at the tower... without beer :-)
This was after the 2nd shoveling !
The overcast and unappealing light was not a surprise on my return trip from Oregon via Seattle in March. In fact, I barely shot a thing while waiting for the eastbound Empire Builder at King Street Station but the kid in me still has a hard time passing up heavy equipment at work. (3-10-2015)
Work to build a permanent Sounder train station in Tukwila includes construction of a new parking lot by contractor Absher Construction; the parking lot should open in December. New train platforms nearby are being built in phases to allow uninterrupted passenger service. The project is slated for completion next spring.
Strobist info:
Nikon D300
SB800 in the hole with colored gel, bounced off white garbage bag to spread light. SB900 on stand with reflecting umbrella to the upper left of subject. Lighting equipment was removed in post production.
After a week of extreme mud and mess, the footings have been excavated.
Seems there's enough clay to open a pottery!
Roll on Monday when the concrete arrives.
News Flash!
While the gale has been blowing, the rain torrential and the night as black as coal, my dog fell down the newly dug footings for our extension.
Down into a huge water filled trench of mud and clay.
Guesse who had to scramble in to lift her out??? Not my husband!
The poor wee dog was trembling and up to her belly in freezing water. Both dog and I were in dire need of a hot bath and sympathy!!
Probably digging a hole to the other side of the earth, probably trying to link up the one I tried to dig about 18 years ago!! (0:
Digging out the side of the mountain on Spitsbergen that will house the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Credit: Mari Tefre/Global Crop Diversity Trust
visit us online: www.croptrust.org
Mrs WJ's video of the digging sand wasp. She sounds like a high pitched hammer drill (the more continuous droning are Green Eyed Flower Bees, the low frequency sound is the lens stabiliser)
VERY TOXIC
mayapple is poisonous except for the fruit (lemon taste), which is generally eaten by animals; low hanging fruit, for real! Flowers in may, fruits in summer.
The poison (concentrated in the tubers ~4%) acts as a laxative, wart (topically), and cancer/tumor treatment (precursor to a few western cancer treatment drugs).
My best guess for starting dosage is ~600mg. If I test this I would start even lower. Do not eat this!
aka american mandrake, Podophyllum peltatum
the chemical: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podophyllotoxin
Do not get killed being stupid! VERY TOXIC!
80th birthday cake with two interests, gardening and bowls. Redeemed voucher from a ladies night at Mitre 10. Proceeds towards youth suicide, they raised several thousand dollars
I happened to noticed this guy on other side of the area at the Tuba Fest doing a lot of squirming. Then I seen why, it was cold this day.
I haven't posted one of these in a while. They brighten my day, hopefully yours too, as we head into what looks like a magnificent weekend here.
This is a Ruby-throated Hummingbird who really is needing to dig deep into this salvia to get at the nectar.
Oh, yes, glad you asked, it does look much better on black (hit "L").
No bobcats here, these guys dug this trench by hand in one day. It's for electrical from the main office to the new building on campus. Of course it stayed like this all night with no safety barriers until they filled it in the next day.