Loading the '53 Pontiac in the family driveway. Camp Fresno up at Dinkey Creek in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is about 40 miles NE of the City of Fresno in California's San Joaquin Valley. Cabins could be rented by the week during the summer months. It was a great and very affordable vacation for valley families back in the 1950's and '60's.

Loading is underway as the clamshells zip back-and-forth filling one of the newer lakers in Hamilton, Ontario.

Scrap loads

JCB Fastrac 7270 + Flatbed & Dolly

JCB Fastrac 8250 + Flatbed & Dolly

JCB Loadall 536-80 Agri Handler + Heath Grab

Volvo FH12 Strawbar.

(Eaton Socon, Cambs. 18/9/18)

Track laying at the Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway to re-instate the section of line between Stonehenge Works and Mundays Hill. When the line was in commercial use part of the section was double track and the opportunity has been taken to extend that distance.

Day 25

Inspiration : Self Defense

[The background story]

My mind works like a ping pong ball sometimes.

So when I first heard the prompt of self defense, Bob Marley's song "I shot the sheriff" came into my head because of one particular line. That got me thinking about other music and songs and lyrics and things that mean something to me and that led me to scrap the best concert that I never went to.

I have a lot, and I mean a lot of journaling on this one, but it's hidden in the pocket. Basically it tells the story of how Jon and I missed a concert [accidentally] but it ended up being a blessing in disguise so I could spend the night with my dad and brother before my grandma passed away.

Supplies used:

Patterned paper: Papertrey Ink [soft stone, true black], Pebbles, Inc. [hearts]

Envelope: Hampton Arts

Washi Tape: Pebbles, Inc.

Stamps: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Versafine

Buttons: Doodlebug

Pen: Staedtler

Adhesive: Scotch, Glue Dots

Thanks for looking!

Loading the big wheels. Photo taken by A. G. Varela around 1909. Credit: USDA Forest Service, Coconino National Forest

Offloading oysters onto the conveyor

This is a big piece of machinery

At Throckmorton Show 2012

This is a front loader, from a 20-piece Road Construction diecast playset I have. It doesn't have who made it on the package, only the phrase "Hot Zone" on the front. However, some of the pieces are exactly like pieces I've found in smaller playsets which are made by Suntoys, so I suspect they are the same company that made this front loader and the playset.

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I got carried away. I had the paper out so I thought I would do two layouts, one for each grandchild's album.

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loading dock, RJR factory, winston salem, nc.

Wood loading station. Province of Santiago. 1926.

Name of Expedition: 2nd Captain Marshall Field Paleontological Expedition

Participants: Elmer S. Riggs (Leader and Photographer),Robert C. Thorne (Collector), Rudolf Stahlecker (Collector), Felipe Mendez

Expedition Start Date: April 1926

Expedition End Date: November 1926

Purpose or Aims: Geology Fossil Collecting

Location: South America, Argentina, Santiago

Original material: album print

Digital Identifier: CSGEO69193

Sea Urchin

A shipment of 15000 tons of German cement being loaded into the hold of the Marina F, bound for Alexandria

Today's challenge was to use products in a different way. I used my springy, girly pink patterned paper to describe my dad and his dogs. I love how it turned out. I can't believe we're half way done!

Steam locomotive loader, Railway museum Ljubljana, Slovenia, 09 July 2011

I realize this 2 pager isn't quite balanced with the word art being in the same corners. But I tried numerous arrangements and this just worked the best...Oh well...

Took a cruise for which I have waited a long time. It was from Los Angeles to Miami via the Panama Canal. This is the first leg of the trip from L.A. to Cabo San Lucas

This is a gas powered winch used to load logs onto trucks from the yarder landing.

McLean Steam Sawmill, Port Alberni, B.C.

Small and unimportant things make a complete game. This is one of them: a loading screen for the ice zone.

JCB Fastrac 7270 + Flatbed & Dolly

JCB Fastrac 8250 + Flatbed & Dolly

JCB Loadall 536-80 Agri Handler + Heath Grab

Volvo FH12 Strawbar.

(Eaton Socon, Cambs. 18/9/18)

Kyle loading his Nerf gun.

Restraint could be my middle name... here's a very restrained page. :) My mom never ever ever ever touches a camera. This was the first time she tried to take a photo since the mid-80s. :)