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i liked the overhead tanks. one really felt like one was underwater. the only weird thing was that for many of the species, especially in the otherwise cool river exhibit, the water should have been much murkier than it was. i felt especially bad for the electrosensing critters, who were neatly displayed in nice murk-free water that, unless the aquarium was really clever about their electrolyte balance, presumably rendered the critters more-or-less blind.
Wind Machine
2002
This is one of Vollis Simpson's Whirligigs. It is located in the park at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh.
"Simpson’s fame came near the end of his life. He was born in 1919 to a farming family with 12 children. As a boy, he helped his father supplement the family income by moving houses. After retiring at 65, he started tinkering around with his collection of odd parts. Using some of the same rigs he’d developed for moving houses, Simpson began constructing enormous windmills in his yard. The Whirligigs incorporate highway and road signs, HVAC fans, bicycles, ceiling fans, mirrors, stovepipes, I-beams, pipe, textile mill rollers, ball bearings, aluminum sheeting, various woods, steel rods, rings, pans, milkshake mixers and many more such materials form the support and moving parts.
In 2010, a plan was announced to create the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Historic Downtown Wilson, NC. Simpson died in 2013 at 94, but not before seeing the first of his creations installed in the park that bears his name."
It was windy, so I had to lean against the pole. The sky kept changing. I added a Lightroom HDR preset and added the borders in Photoshop.
You can see some other shots from the park on my flickr site: www.flickr.com/photos/needlepointernc/
My husband had a blast from the past a few days ago - someone he went to school with called him up out of the blue and asked if she and her son could stay with us for the week-end because the kid was playing in a hockey tournament nearby. She lives in some little town and heard he had moved here. She figured the renovation couldn't be so bad that they couldn't stay. One bathroom, lady. You're looking at it. From the kitchen.
This was a one shot deal. My husband was removing the floor boards and I was below, taking things out of the house to keep the accumulated debris to a minimum. He sat down on the tub for a break and I said Hold it! That's my shot! Camera set to ten shots after the delay. The last two show me sitting.
This has been a crazy week. I got a phone call yesterday that made the world shift yet again. And my husband's kid graced us with his presence for an hour yesterday (Yup. That's tone you're hearing there). Our bathroom is pretty much non-existent. Between those three things, yesterday (all by itself) was pretty hellish. I need a holiday.
In the first 1810 battle of the War of Independence, Pipila burned down the door of the Alhondiga Granaditas (the granary) allowing Miguel Hidalgo & his supporters to kill all the Spaniards inside.
A quick snap on my (very rushed) walk to the dentist's this morning. I'd set out a little bit late, so didn't have the time for photos that I'd hoped I would - shame, as it was a beautiful morning.
Anyway, long story short, I was big and brave today and had my tooth extracted. Not the loveliest experience, but actually not as bad as I'd anticipated - helped by the fact it came out in one piece, and by my lovely, lovely dentist (and her lovely dental nurse). They showed me the tooth once it was out, and were 'wow'-ing over it - apparently amazed by the way my wisdom tooth had pushed up against it so much that it had eaten away at the root. This means I definitely made the right choice to have it out - as my dentist said, there's no way root canal would have worked. Phew.
Lovely Tim was waiting outside in the car for me afterwards, and drove me home. I attempted to work, but didn't do a huge amount, to be honest - I was pretty wiped. Got everything done that needed doing though - then had a very relaxing evening, with a big bowl of soup for dinner, and the fourth Terminator film (Dark Fate) - pretty good.
...that you just have to take. no matter how many times its been done, its just got to be done once more if not just for me!