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Breitling Wingwalker enjoys performing her breathtaking routine of acrobatics aboard a Boeing PT-17 Stearman, while another closes towards her, with a combined closing speed of up to 300 mph.
While this isn't my first lip repaint Adele does hold the distinction of being the only one I did without it being the result of me having to fix my own mistake LOL
Truthfully I've wanted to adjust her look for a while but something struck me about it today - remembering she was out of the warranty window maybe - that made me want to make the changes. Removing the blush went well and with that going for me I became curious about the lips and figured it didn't hurt to mix up some colors and before I knew it the one I liked best was on her lips to stay.
I feel so accomplished and ready to experiment a bit more on IT dolls on the future. Well, the ones outside of their warranty windows at least 😉
Lunch is all ready for this little white spider inside this beautiful & bright Lily! Best viewed large!
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The fifth USS Independence (CV-62) was an 80,000-ton (full load) conventionally-powered Forrestal-class aircraft carrier and is seen here in the Eastern Mediterranean in the summer of 1982, en route to waters near Beirut where the US Sixth Fleet supported US Marines ashore facilitating the evacuation of the Palestine Liberation Organisation following their defeat by Israel.
Launched at New York Navy Yard on 6 June 1958 and commissioned 10 January 1959, she was 326m in length with a beam of 82.3m and a draught of 11.3m. She was powered by eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers that provided 280,000 shp via four Westinghouse geared turbines to four shafts. These gave her a top speed of 34 kt.
The twin-rotor helicopter near her stern is not part of the carrier's air group. It is one of two CH-46 Sea Knights based aboard the USS Mount Baker (AE-34), from which I took this photo. Time has dimmed my memories and I cannot explain why the helo was on the deck - we normally only conducted VERTREPs with the carriers.
The large ship's number painted on the funnel is somewhat obscured by other paint jobs for some reason. See www.flickr.com/photos/67307569@N00/4890073871 for another view, from wider on the beam where the mess is clearer than above.
Scanned from a slide.
Easton Glacier, Mount Baker, Washington, USA. Shot during a 1-day car-to-car ski ascent/descent of Mt Baker via Easton Glacier.
Body: Pentax K-5
Lens: Pentax SMC DA*16-50mm F2.8 ED AL[IF] SDM at 19mm
ISO 100, f/16, 1/640
47508 840801 Birm New St 0940 Poole-New
Not a normal Old Oak Diagram but one of OOC's pet locomotives is seen ready to depart with the 0940 Poole-Newcastle forward from New Street on 1st August 1984.
Fairly typical of this period is the few gricers hanging around waiting on their next haulage out of 'The Hole', but being a Wednesday there may not be that much around
SASEBO, Japan (Nov. 17, 2021) Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan (CFAS) handle lines as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) moors pierside at CFAS, becoming the newest addition to the forward-deployed naval forces (FDNF). The Rushmore relieves another Whidbey Island-class ship, USS Germantown (LSD 42), which departed Sasebo Sept. 15, 2021 after more than a decade of FDNF service. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jeremy Graham)
The universally accepted NATO phonetic alphabet has G for Golf. Some variations exist but there it is! So George, rest well in your slumbers at the Scarborough (Queensland) Marina but I am not budging on this!
Personally, I find the phonetic alphabet wonderful when talking to those contact centres in far off lands, helps get you out of all sorts of language problems.
There are many sites on the internet but I found this one to be nice and straight forward.
The last train home was aptly CSX K811 with BNSF ES44C4 #7142 and D9-44CW #5084, hauling a long string of phosphate empties to Mulberry, FL. A lot of change evident in this photo -- a new turnout waiting for installation and the quickly expiring time for the vintage ACL era searchlight signals here. And with that change comes progress, as is usually how I like to leave Spring Break outings on... a look forward to the future.
I haven't been able to go out with my camera lately due to a sick cat I've been nursing, so I've been going through old memory cards finding things that I didn't process before.
CN 9547 and GMTX 2250 are both running long hood forward as they lead a 19-car transfer into the Port of Montreal.
Nozzle Forward training with Aaron Fields and Honolulu Fire, Maui Fire, Kauai Fire Hawaii County Fire, Fed Fire, and State ARFF.
50th State F.O.O.L.S
Minolta Autocord, Kodak 400TX, Kodak D76
A every day sight at New Street at this time, Class 86 86229 runs into Platform 10 with a Manchester to Cardiff service, standing on the right is Class 46 46036 which will take the train forward. 15/03/1977.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
Space Shuttle Discovery
National Air and Space Museum
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
I spent this past weekend in Washington D.C. and got to enjoy the incredible weather while everybody in Boston was dealing with two feet of snow. The first day we visited the Air and Space Museum at the Steven F. Undvar-Hazy Center. Unfortunately there is no easy way of getting there using public transportation, so renting a car for the day was required.
The one thing I was looking forward to seeing was the Space Shuttle Discovery, and it did not disappoint! I spent a lot of time viewing the shuttle from the ground and the different walkways that overlook the museum. It was not until I was reviewing my shots that night that I remembered a similar photo that Matt Pasant took from this location. Though, the great thing about photography is we can take a photo from the same spot but still make them our own.
I will have some more photos from my trip to Washington D.C. to post this week, but I did not end up with many shots. I had planned originally on doing a lot of photography, but ended up spending time in the museums instead. I did not even take a tripod with me on the trip, so the night shots I took did require some creativity. I definitely plan on heading back soon though for a weekend of photography, I kept pointing out shots that I wanted to take but will make sure to get them all next time.
Have a great day.
As the new year quickly approaches it's time to move forward and not get caught up in the cobwebs like this weathervane that may hold us back.
Wishing everyone a safe and Happy New Year full of joy and happiness with family, friends and loved ones.
May flickr be on it's best behavior so that we see fewer bad pandas. Let the good times roll, and should tough times show up may there be someone to get your back. And when your GPS says that dreaded Recalculating may it come back with the best route to your destination.
05/04/09: <33 days until you are home. I have nothing else to look forward to. It keeps the blood pumping and my heart beating.
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"By the way, your hands were shaking. I'd rather waste some time with you." - The Used.
Hidcote Manor Garden is one of England's great gardens. It was the life's passion of one man, self-taught gardener Lawrence Johnston who created his 'garden of rooms' here.
The creator of Hidcote
Lawrence Johnston was born in Paris of American parents. He came to England to study at Cambridge University.
After graduating, he fought for the British Army. He was so badly wounded in the First World War that he was laid out for burial. His colleagues realised that he was still alive only after he moved slightly.
In 1907, Johnston's mother, Mrs Gertrude Winthrop, bought the Hidcote Manor Estate. Johnston came to live at Hidcote and soon took to gardening.
Developing a masterpiece
Johnston spent 41 years creating what would become one of England's most influential 20th-century gardens. He began work in 1907, becoming interested in making a garden out of the fields surrounding the house.
The garden was developed in the fashionable Arts & Crafts style: a series of outdoor 'rooms' offering surprises and discoveries at each turn.
By the 1920s, the transformation was well under way. Johnston employed 12 full-time gardeners to help shape his 10-acre creation. He always took advice and read extensively on the work of eminent gardeners, such as Gertrude Jekyll.
'A garden of rooms'
Johnston designed Hidcote as a series of outdoor 'rooms', which combine sensuous masses of colour with traditional garden crafts such as topiary. Each room has its own distinct atmosphere and character.
The hedges that divide the rooms sprung up due to the plot's exposed aspect. Johnston planted hedges of holly, beech, hornbeam and yew for shelter and structure.
Exotic plants
As well as a gardener, Lawrence Johnston was an accomplished plantsman. The range of plants he used was huge.
In a never-ending quest, he secured rare and exotic species by sponsoring and taking part in plant hunting expeditions. Trips took him to the Alps, Kenya and South Africa. He also plant-swapped with the Australians and the Japanese.
The expeditions introduced over 40 new plants to cultivation in the UK, many of which bear Johnston's name. He was awarded three Awards of Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society for his plant hunting achievements.
The National Trust learns to garden
In 1948, Lawrence Johnston retired to Serre de la Madone, his home on the French Riviera where he had created another spectacular garden.
Hidcote Manor Garden came to the National Trust, the first property acquired specifically for the garden.
While carrying forward the spirit of Lawrence Johnston, Hidcote has changed over time since the 1930s. Lack of funding has led to areas of the garden becoming overgrown and many of Johnston's tender plants being replaced.
'This place is a jungle of beauty. I cannot hope to describe it in words, for indeed it is an impossible thing to reproduce the shape, colour, depth and design of such a garden through the poor medium of prose'
- Vita Sackville-West
For more information about Hidcote Manor Garden, please visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hidcote/
2021 saw me partake in more collabs and contests than any previous year, which shows on my output! Having posted 31 MOCs and built even more, I'm looking forward to a similarly busy and productive 2022. Happy New Year!
Where are you going, and how will you get there? Do you have a plan, an itinerary, and a map? Are you hoping for fun, or looking for adventure? Your future is in your own hands. Make the best of it!
Fani Flamingo is off to see the world, apparently.
“The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.” ― Johann wolfgang von Goethe
Philippians 3:13
13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Php 3:13.
Preview of the clothes that I’ve been working on. They will be modeled on Slim MSD girls, but will be available for SD girls by request. Shop has been closed for a few weeks now while I was working on finishing big orders ^_^;; I’m looking forward to re-opening the shop on Wednesday, Sept 23.
I had hoped to open today, but I won’t be able to take photos and edit listings until Tuesday night. In regards to upcoming stuff: There will also be an update in November for Azone PN and Kinoko Juice Girls.
If you have questions,contact me through my Etsy shop.
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Midnight o'clock and I'm crawling into bed.
3:18AM and Pumpkin Pie wants outside.
So I getup and let her out, then back to bed.
At 5:27AM I'm once again up and on the move.
I find Pumpkin Pie curled-up in a ball next to the
scooter/sidecar. She races inside real fast and gets
The Monkey out of bed. Now there's two crazy dogs
playing grab ass as I try to put my jungle costume on !
OK, 11 maybe 12 minutes later the dogs are being
loaded-up into the sidecar. They will not calm down.
Well when the bike starts they do and all eyes are now
pointed forward. First stop is at the kitchen building and
all garbage bags are now strapped down on the tail gate.
By 6:13AM we are heading down the road towards the
entry to the mud cobra field. Morning air is quite cool.
It's cool enough to require a t-shirt under my normal
light cotton short sleeve shirt. Soon the dogs are
released and off they go at full speed ahead !
I wander on down to the rebuilt shelter and
wait for them to show up on their own time.
Looking back I see them racing back and forth
across between the palm oil trees with their
noses down on the ground. They're on the
track of some critter. They continue back
an forth with an urgency in their pace.
So I figure the best thing for me to do is
take off in the opposite direction and
maybe they will follow or maybe not.
Few minutes later I'm in the south/east corner
where you can't go any further. Turn off the
scooter and start whistling. Nothing !
Whistled again and again, nothing.
Just as I was about to send out another loud
whistle I hear a major dog fight off in the
distance ! Lots of screaming, barking
panic screaming and more loud
barking. Nothing I can do at
this point due to the
distance so I just
kept whistling.
FYI ---
The screaming is done by the other dogs.
Few minutes later all three hooligans came
running past me as if nothing has happened.
Didn't see any blood/bones or flapping hide !
Not a single mark on them, they're smiling ;-0
That also explains why they were tracking.
Sounded like 3, 4, or 5 other dogs. I've
seen them before, they hangout at
the local high school and get
a lot of food from them.
The housing for the high school students
and teachers is on the north boundary
of the mud cobra field. These dogs
stay on the other-side of the long
concrete wall but there's many
places 4 them to get through.
So a t-shirt was mentioned at the beginning
of this post. Now it's going to be mentioned
again. But first - See the heavy low bows of
the palm oil trees ? They are real heavy an
full of sharp pointy devices that will tear at
your soft skin. There's only one road here
that is wide enough for a truck to use and
that's the road going to the shelter. Now
there's space between the rows of trees
but the problem's the low hanging bows.
So of course that doesn't stop me, but it
almost stops me. Well it has stopped me
in the past, even has knocked me right
out of the saddle on a few occasions !
They smash into my face and arms taking
with it a pound of flesh but the scooter
can not slow down or it's like being
caught in a giant spiders web ;-0-
So here comes the part about the t-shirt.
If you want to go get a no# 2 pencil and
a scrap of paper for note taking now's
the time to do that. We'll wait for you.
We're over on the south/west side right
next to the berm with the river on the
other-side. Dogs are ready to move
on. Fire-up the scooter and here
we go. It's like a slalom course
using the trees as markers.
One rather large problem is the bows are
terrible here cutting and slashing at you
as well as the canvas top on the side-
car. And for todays door prize I hit
a rather large red ants nest on a
palm branch ! ;-0--- Disaster !
Said nest was about the size of a basket-ball.
And yes it exploded all over me and the
the scooter/sidecar. I bailed off and
started right in trying to get the
angry red jungle ants off !
This is like a Steven King nightmare !
If there was a hundred there was a thousand.
Red Army Ants eating me alive as I was
flailing wildly about in an attempt
to rid myself of the pain !
Now if I had only worn my thin shirt it
would have been much easier but
no I had to wear a t-shirt too !
For a good 20 minutes I'm stripping
down in a weak attempt to get the
ants off my body. Dogs are running
around laughing at me until one
ant bit The Monkey on the butt
and he freaked out too ;-)---
Finally made it back to the shelter and
started once again smashing red ants
that were now appearing out of the
thin blue sky. Even on the trip home
I had to stop and get one out of my
helmet an out of my Power Boots.
That was a Murphy trap for sure !
But I fought back and won ;-)---
Once we arrived home the dogs
were fed and then put to bed.
The End.
Thank You.
Jon&Crew.
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Hope you had a great start into 2013!
This is the first shooting of the new year and we had wonderful weather...
Forward into new stories and photos, have a great 2013!
ps: i love the 50mm 1,2L!:)
Parade of Prague castle guards in front of Prague castle.
Here is portrait of Prague castle guard:
www.flickr.com/photos/vithassan/3492018966/in/set-7215761...