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Les Gets is a small, friendly resort that offers a good mix of slopes in its own right. However, Les Gets is part of the Portes du Soleil ski area (in the Haute Savoie region) which is huge. This will keep everyone happy and you can village hop for lunch. In total, there are over 650 km of piste to explore. However, it must be noted that this area lies on the fringe of the Alps at a lower elevation than most resorts. As a consequence, snow cannot be guaranteed and the season is somewhat shorter. The town is partly car free and traditional in style. There are plenty of places to eat and drink and the party can continue late into the night, if desired. Les Gets has 66 groomed trails that can be accessed by using the 52 lifts; 5 of these are gondolas. There is a terrain park at Les Gets and cross country skiing over 12 kms.
Road map of our trip and some info: www.southernscenicroute.co.nz/
Photos from our road trip down the South Island of New Zealand in January.
After such a beautiful day yesterday today is overcast and mild and by the afternoon the rain came down. January 26, 2015 New Zealand.
Queenstown (Māori: Tahuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.
It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just above the town; Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill.
The area was known to Māori before Europeans arrived. The first European to see Lake Wakatipu was Nathanael Chalmers who was guided by Reko, the chief of the Tuturau, over the Waimea Plains and up the Mataura River in September 1853. Evidence of stake nets, baskets for catching eels, spears and ashes indicated the Glenorchy area was visited by Māori. It is likely Ngāi Tahu Māori visited Queenstown en route to collect Pounamu (greenstone), although no evidence of permanent settlement is known.
There are various apocryphal accounts of how the town was named, the most popular suggesting that a local gold digger exclaimed that the town was "fit for Queen Victoria". Many Queenstown streets bear names from the gold mining era (such as Camp Street) and some historic buildings remain. William's Cottage, the Lake Lodge of Ophir, Queenstown Police Station, and St Peter's Anglican Church lie close together in a designated historic precinct.
A resort town, Queenstown boasted 220 adventure tourism activities in 2012. Skiing and snowboarding, jet boating, whitewater rafting, bungy jumping, mountain biking, skateboarding, tramping, paragliding, sky diving and fly fishing are all popular.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queenstown,_New_Zealand
Using the Simon Says Stamp "Hearts Parade" die, the "Get Well Soon" cut file set by Miss Kate Cuttables, and the Hero Arts "Everyday Sayings" stamp set.
Featured in the "Get Well Soon" blog post at Nina-Marie Design (ninamariedesign.com/2015/03/01/get-well-soon/)
Loved it when she started to smile... just slowly at first.
Taken at the History Alive weekend at Fort Lytton.
Bring on the trucks. This vehicle represented a couple of firsts for me. One, it was a truck. Two, it was a standard, which up to this point I did not know how to drive. Three, this was the first vehicle that allowed me to experience the feeling of being lied to about its condition; right to my face, smiling all the way.
I had taken a friend with me to look at the truck because I could not drive a stick. He was a mechanic, and very thoroughly looked over the truck to make sure the engine, tranny, and 4 wheel drive were all in good shape; and they were. What neither of us thought to check was the suspension. After I bought the truck and spent two days teaching myself how to drive it, I took it to get inspected. The $9 inspection turned into a $650 inspection when I was told that both sets of leaf springs were broken in multiple places. The guy had jammed blocks of wood into the springs to keep the pieces in place long enough for me to drive off his property.
This truck was a 4-speed. I simply accepted this as I did not know better at the time. I quickly found out that 4 gears are clearly at least 1 gear short of a fun drive at highway speeds. I would hit 4th gear by 45mph. This gear took me all the way up to 80mph where I would have to back off the red line due to the excessive shaking.
The other first with this truck was my inexplicable willingness to take cutting tools and modify it. I was really pretty pleased with this truck. I liked riding higher than cars, I liked driving standard, I though the fact that it got 24mpg was normal. But what it really lacked was a sunroof. I priced having one installed: $250, balderdash! I went to a local junk yard (you know, back in the days when junk yards still let people into the yard to pick their own parts) and removed a sunroof from a rusted out Monte Carlo. I brought it back and spent at least 15 minutes planning out how to install it. I then took a skill saw and proceeded to cut a hole in my roof. I used an entire tube of silicone and in an hour, I had a $10 sunroof installation. After this, it became a requirement that every vehicle I owned must have a sun/moon roof in it.
Later, near the end of my ownership, I again took a skill saw and removed most of the rusted out rear quarters on both sides and pop riveted sheet metal back in place. I thought it looked ok. My neighbors started locking their doors when I walked by their houses..
There are a number of vehicles I am sad that I purchased, but only a couple that I am sad that I passed up. One such vehicle was missed when I was still driving the Chevette. A friend put up his 1970 Mustang Mach 1. What a gorgeous car. I just could not scrape together the $2800 asking price plus the additional $2k per year in car insurance, which is why I am sure he was getting rid of it.
The second car I am sad I passed on was missed when I decided to buy the Jimmy; a 1968 Pontiac firebird formula 400 convertible, 5-speed. I don’t care that the price of gas had skyrocketed over the $1 per gallon mark, I would still buy that car today if I found one in good enough shape.
" THE GAME IS OVER ... GET OUT ! " -
HEART and SOUL ( Mikeross Publications ) # 2 July 1954
Cover: Ross ANDRU And Martin THALL
Contents:
1. "Take Me Back"
2. "A Losing Game"
3. "Too-Late to Love"
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HEART and SOUL ( Mikeross Publications )
# 1 April-May 1954 - # 2 June-July 1954
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Download FREE public domain Golden Age Comics
HEART and SOUL # 2
digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=10702
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COVER GALLERY >> HEART and SOUL
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www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=347891
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Mikeross = MIKE Esposito + ROSS Andru
Mike Esposito (comics) @ Wikipedia
" Mike Esposito (July 14, 1927 – October 24, 2010),
who sometimes used the pseudonyms Mickey Demeo, Mickey Dee, Michael Dee, and Joe Gaudioso, was an American comic book artist whose work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and others spanned the 1950s to the 2000s.
As a comic book inker teamed with his childhood friend Ross Andru, he drew for such major titles as The Amazing Spider-Man and Wonder Woman. An Andru-Esposito drawing of Wonder Woman appears on a 2006 U.S. stamp.
Esposito was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Esposito_(comics)
Mike Esposito's Online Memorial Website
mikeesposito.people2remember.com/
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Ross Andru @ Wikipedia
" Ross Andru (June 15, 1927 – November 9, 1993) was an American comic book artist and editor. He is best known for his work on Amazing Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Flash and Metal Men.
His most frequent collaborator was inker Mike Esposito,
as the two worked together on various projects over a span of four decades. Working with Esposito, Andru was the co-founder of his own comic book company, MR Publications in 1951 and dipped his hand into self-publishing two times after that with the companies MikeRoss in 1953 and Klevart Enterprizes in 1970. Among the titles published were Get Lost, Mr. Mistery and 3D Love..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Andru
Ross Andru @ ComicBookDB.com
comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=410
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Martin Rosenthall @ Lambiek Comiclopedia
(Martin Thall, Emrose, Martin Rose)
(b. 1930, USA)
lambiek.net/artists/r/rosenthall_martin.htm
Martin Rosenthall @ Grand Comics Database
www.comics.org/penciller/name/thall/sort/alpha/
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Art of Romance, Chapter 28, A Glut of Artists
August 1954 – November 1954
Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center
"...As can be seen in the above chart romance comics had entered into a decline during this period..."
kirbymuseum.org/blogs/simonandkirby/archives/tag/andru
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Mainline Publications @ Wikipedia
" Mainline Publications was a short-lived, 1950s American comic book publisher established and owned by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon...
The duo worked on Mainline's titles, while continuing to create stories for Crestwood/Prize, and signed a deal with distributor Leader News Co., which also carried Bill Gaines' EC comics, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito's self-published Mr. Mystery Mr. Universe (MR Publications), Get Lost! (MikeRoss Publications), "and many other titles through a still little-understood quasi-partnership with [Key Publications owner] Stanley Morse."..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_Publications
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Day 163 ~ Getting Sick Again
Dominic started feeling poorly and subsequently had another PFAPA Syndrome cycle… sore throat, cough, congestion, low-grade fever, and tummy pain. My sister wants all of us to get tested for CVID, which she got diagnosed with last year. It took a while, but our family doctor found an immunologist who can test and treat this disorder, so now I need to make appointments for all of us. I hate seeing my sweet boy ill… I could see it coming on in his eyes here.
Very old drawings that i brightened up a little in photoshop. Drawn on a rainy day while watching countless episodes of Sailor Moon.
Within several hours of my taking this photo and barring any mechanical problems, this CTA 151 bus drove past my condo building in Edgewater.
Downtown, The Loop, Chicago, Illinois.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
stamps:
bird from clear stamp set by Autumn Leaves
'Get Well Soon' from clear stamp set by Inkadinkado
design papers and elements:
Just Breathe by Kelley Mickus (The Digichick)
other supplies:
blue cardstock by Bazzill
blue satin ribbon from Poppicrafts
distressing tool by Tim Holtz
Stardust Stickles by Ranger
Distress inks in Broken China by Ranger
Versafine ink in Vintage Sepia by Tsukineko
paper piercing tool from stash
white gel pen by Sakura
pop dots from stash
sketch by Laura Davis for 2 Sketches 4 You
Beautiful sunset today. Second Beach, Stanley Park.
I'm not the only one trying to get a good shot!
Used the in-camera popart filter to enhance the colours.
Didn't get to "enjoy" Lincoln's snow day yesterday and called in sick today as well, with a massive sinus infection. At least I got in to see my doc within an hour of my calling his office this time! Now to pick up my meds and hopefully start recovering.
Selfie-2016-366.34
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I wanted to get my 365 out of the way early (is that sad?) because today's gonna be a busy one. Hence, a snapshot of some of my get-ready stuff, which makes me appear to love pink a lot more than I do. In reality, I'm feeling pretty much the opposite of this photo. I'd love nothing more than to wear pajamas to work today. Or, better yet, stay in my pajamas at home.
365 - Day 35
if you think you can climb a tree to get away from a bear, think again. This bear was 6meters (20 feet) up the tree, and later took a nap up there. A ranger told us that this bear, was spending it's first year away from its mother. It was in the tree to wait until the other, larger bears were done fishing for salmon at the falls.
We visited Anan Bay on 7 August 2007, it is a great spot although fairly difficult to get to. We saw brown bears early in the morning and then American Black Bear, all catching salmon, which are coming up the creek to spawn.