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Alice managed to drag her little sister Patch into the tub, scrub her clean and then dress her up in a new frock.
Alice: Look how pretty you are!
Patch: I like the flowers.
Alice: Everybody at the party will adore you sweetie.
Patch: What party? Will there be cake?
Alice: But I told you already, it's your welcome party. There will be plenty of cake and other goodies. When will you ever listen?
Patch: I had soap in my ears. I love cake! Can I walk the dogs now?
Alice: Alright. But just a short walk. And stay on the sidewalk, we don't want you to get dirty again.
Patch: Okey!
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Thank you [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tillieb123/] for the information about the yellow dress. It belongs to Toots, Tressy's little sister and is called 'Happy Birthday*. Quite fitting for this occasion. It's a bit of a squeeze for Patch...
Alice is wearing a dress made by the granny of Patch's previous owner. I think. It looks fantastic so if you recognize it as being factory made, I wouldn't be surprised.
Tricky photo to make this time as the difference in contrast between the building and the landscape was so large and trying to catch the trees and hillside resulted in a lot of flare from the lights on the building that had to be managed. In the end about 4 photos went into making this one picture.
More information about the Coylet Inn can be found here: en.everybodywiki.com/Coylet_Inn
Managed to get up early enough to catch the sunrise. This is looking at the south tip of Quadra Island on the left of the image with the sun peaking over the coastal range on the mainland.
I managed to get off work early today due to the snow so I paid a visit to the beach on the way home to catch the Iron Men in their winter coat down at Crosby Beach. It was rather cold on arrival so much so even the seagulls looked freezing! The mixture of textures and lines really appealed to me in this shot, certainly my favourite of the day.
My son's band, Megalomatic, on a recent photoshoot in the old, ruined torpedo testing station in Loch Long near Arrochar. Today they announced that they now have a manager onboard :)
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Managed to get in a few times (in boardies) whilst i was there. Initially the waves seemed weak and windblown (they were) but then we got a bit of power and size one afternoon and i was made to pay for my complacency and lack of respect by a crack on the head from a fin (hard enought to shatter the fibreglass on the board). That woke me up a bit, and I caught a few decent rides after that, i still had a small dent in my head when i got back to England!
Apologies if i dont get round to everyone today, flickr is moving slower than my brain after a couple of pints of ESB and is very frustrating
I managed to persuade my Wife that it would be a good idea to go to the beach for the day as we have not had a holiday so far this year.
I am not sure that she realized i meant starting on the beach at 4.30:-)
We did have a splendid sunrise followed by coffee on the beach and eggs benedict at a very nice little cafe near by. We then sat and watched Porthcawl start to wake up.
On the down side, she got a better beach shot than me, She has a smug look on her face.
I managed a few hours in Strathconon today and the weather was quite mixed with spells of sunshine and showers. There was a strong, bitterly cold wind from the north west which would explain the snow on the tops of the hills.
This shot was taken from the Meig Dam and shows that there is still plenty of autumn colour about.
My last outfit i posted didnt get accepted got a notecard today saying it Isn't appropriate,:'( said i need black stockings,robe thats reaches the knee,button up white shirt with collar(which i was wearing in the last one) so im redoing it hope maybe this outfit will be appropriate now,so going to cross fingers!
Soon.....
(PS we politely ask RPers avoid visiting the ground floor of alohomora until further notice, to avoid spoiling anything for you!)
trying to come up with something for macro Monday's theme 'Refreshments'.
Slicing lemons and limes, juice was flying in all directions, narrowly missing my lens. The gin was evaporating at an alarming rate - *DEFINITELY* due to the heat (*shifty eyes!*)
But it just wasn't happening.
Cue this beauty arriving in the garden. Standing on one leg amongst the flowers, being buzzed by irate bees, with my camera held at arms length to get the light in JUST the right place, I managed to get this shot. Happy Brimstone Monday!
I managed a few shots of the line through Leigh on Sea during my trip to the South-East at the end of March. Here we see C2C's 357321 heading west towards it's final destination of Fenchurch Street through the town, with the Thames estuary (or vast expanse of mud!) visible beyond. Saturday 30.3.19
Managed to find this water feature in the middle of the woods. The map showed it as a mini loch. Nice Autumnal colours. Tripod legs were sinking in the wet ground even although it looked dry.
Managed to find one lone flower to photography in the middle of winter. First time the weather has been nice enough to play with my new toy...65mm MP-E macro. Center of a Viola, at appx. 2x life size. Single shot, hand held. More soon.
Managed to catch the last dregs of the sunset with this 30 second exposure. The colors that came out are amazing and I love the blue of the sky with the stars shining out. No post-processing on this one except for straightening.
A wee fun photo taken at the end of Megalomatic's "Symbolism" EP Launch tour.
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People of Ventspils have managed to build a hill, which they named after the long-time mayor of the city – “Lembergs’ Trilby”. The unique hill in the coastal lowlands of Western Latvia was built artificially from debris and discarded priming materials. At the moment it is 58 m high and the length of track is 240 m ,it have risen up every year.
In wintertime it pleases downhill skiers and snowboard fans who wants to enjoy their own special Snowboard Park and Cross-Country Skiing Track. It is real fun to ride down the Sledding Track for adults and childen and the Tube Track.
The operation of the hill is ensured by five ski lifts, five snow blowers and a snow tractor. The tracks are lit and during winter professional instructors will assist those who are not so sure about their skiing skills. Rental of skiing and snowboarding equipment is available at the foot of a hill.
When doing watercolor I spend a lot of time cleaning the brush...and changing the water. (And I'm super excited to think I've made it half way through the year and I've managed to incorporate watercolor every week!)
Personal Challenge: Photography + Watercolor
I managed to finally drag myself out for a gentle wander around the lanes. Just before coming across this puddle, I had noticed movement in the woods to the left. I kept looking, as it didn't seem to be a dog, and realised there were two roe deer there.
After feeling poorly all week, this cheered me up, although it certainly didn't cure my cough :-(
Southern Memories - in this shot we see vintage 4-SUB unit 4719 arriving at the platform at Effingham Junction station on service '82' heading for Sutton. From my logbook notes, I jumped on after taking this shot and with my great friend Tim Proudman superb50002 managed to cadge a cab ride all the way to Epsom (in driving coach S12778S) transferring to the cushions where we continued on to Sutton :)
We used to keep very fit in those days - taking photos such as this, and then legging it down the stairs to board the train :)
And here are Tim's notes from the day:
We did various units in the morning before heading over to bash the Selsdon for the very last time.
Morning Highlights include -
4SUB 4719 cab ride Bookham to Epsom, where we alighted and continued on to Sutton....for
4EPB 5425 cab ride Sutton to Wimbledon ("Wall of Death")
and haulage behind 5763, 5725 on the Selsdon line.
We did - Elmers End to Bingham, Bingham to Elmers End, then to Coombe Road and Sanderstead, back to Elmers End, back to Selsdon to Elmers End, back to Sanderstead, and back to Elmers End. This was the last move / last train, formed 5720 and 5209.
4-SUB bashing! In the summer of 1983, whilst enjoying my first year as a Geography undergraduate at Kingston Polytechnic, me and my good friends Tim Proudman and the sadly late Llew Griffith spent many happy hours riding around the rails of the Southern Region! One of our top targets was to get some 4-SUB rides before the demise of the class in October 1983. This day was one of those occasions.
My bashing friends and I spent some time clearing all the passenger routes on the Southern Region when we were at Kingston Polytechnic back in 1982-1985. During this period, we had many a ride on the old 4-SUB units which were finally withdrawn from service in 1983. We noticed a collection of the units withdrawn in the old Hither Green Continental Sidings, and managed to gain entrance for a good look around one day in the late autumn of 1983. ***I still have a full set of 4-SUB stencils in my garage - courtesy of Llew Griffith (FOR SALE if anyone's interested!) - and our raid on Hither Green sidings in November 1983 - see comments section below :)***
History of individual units
4621-4754 4-Sub 1949–1951 DMBTO+TT+TT+DMBTO Most cars had new bodies on old frames, though some were entirely new build. 4667-4754 included an Augmentation trailer from withdrawn units.
More information on the old 4-SUB units here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Class_4Sub
Photos that were nearly lost to oblivion!
The original slide was rescued from a box of 'duds' that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them ;)
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original slide with minimal digital restoration
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
I managed to find a somewhat new angle to shoot this rusty-tipped page (Siproeta epaphus) at the Haga Ocean butterfly house.
Here you can see the proboscis of the butterfly. That's the almost rolled up appendage which butterflies and moths use to suck nectar from flowers with.
The proboscis is actually made up of two tubes which are held together by tiny hooks and can be separated for cleaning. The proboscis also contains muscles which allow the butterfly/moth to roll it up or in and also directi it towards the nextar.
Each tube is inwardly concave, which means they form a central tube which moisture is sucked up through.
Managed to get out and re-take picture that I have taken a while ago at Spurn point. Thank you all for looking and all faves and comments are greatly appreciated.
Managed to get above the clouds and from the miradouro was amazed to see this rainbow over the town.
Over the Christmas period i managed to lose my stick whilst out and about one evening....but thats another story! so there i am with out a stick and given that i was waiting in all day for a theraband order that didnt arrive i thought ide make my new stick.
lurking by the fire side was a nice hazel stick i cut back in October from a local hedgerow,not overly straight,but then i dont like ultra straight stix ,for the collar i used a piece of scrap dimondwood from a catty i made and the stick top was an Exmoor deer crown from a 8 point stag i bagged a couple of years back.
The stick,collar and top were duly drilled with my trusty stanly hand drill,then a section of threaded bar inserted and glued together with epoxy resin.Cup of sweet tea and a bacon butty later and it was good and solid ready for shaping ,and polishing with 0000 wire wool,job done.
So many times i have set a coin in the crown of the antler,this time i thought ide do some carving,after looking in some books i fancied a go at a Tudor rose,this proved a tall order! so first thing this morn i started carving with the dremmel and an ultra fine routing burr having first drawn it out with a pencil,the job started ok but mid way i was very unhappy,and having spent 3 hours on it was a bit disappointed,time for lunch!
Once the pheasant pasty was washed down with a pint of cider i set back to the carving,the cider had had the desired effect and things started going better,after a bit of buggerin about i darkened around the rose with wood dye and bobs yer muvvers bruvva!
Drank a Leninade this morning. Couldn't taste it though, it was too early and the day wasn't hot enough. Managed to get out and take some good street photos on the bus and around town but you won't see them till i get the film developed. Finished a roll of Tri-X and did a roll of T-Max, it was pretty fun, I'm back in action in Portland.
But as for this shot, it could be a prediction of the future of this country. When we are all in subsidized housing smoking out of communal ash-troughs on the smoke porch, because the United States has gone communist. I'm sort of already living in it. Could happen, I don't know.
I managed to capture the moment that this Slavonian Grebe opened its bill. It didn't seem to be for any particular reason as it didn't make a sound. I presumed that she was incubating eggs but her partner approached calling and she lowered he head inviting him to mate, and he did just that, while remaining on the nest. This seems odd because grebes can only lay one egg a day at most. But they don't start incubating until the full clutch of 4 or 5 eggs is laid. This means that all the young hatch simultaneously so they can be taken around as a group by the parents. Grebes cover their white eggs with weed as a disguise when they leave the nest or until the full clutch is ready to incubate. But this female sat tight, making me think she was incubating. So why was she mating if the full clutch was laid? Maybe she just felt like it.
This was at a village pond in Swedish Lapland with lots of people around. The grebes seemed oblivious to all the people.
I managed to get out for a walk but when I took this I was only 2 or 3 minutes from home!! Yep, that rain eventually made me turn back!!
B&W No.7 ~ 365 (Again!) ~ ... Rain On The Horizon ...
Thanks to everyone who views this photo, adds a note, leaves a comment and of course BIG thanks to anyone who chooses to favourite my photo .... Thanks to you all.
Managed a better shoot last Sunday but same as past experience with this babbler, they came out for a minutes or so and disappear in the woods again. xlolx
I managed to take a quick walk on the golf course today while it was still sunny. Later it clouded up and started to rain. I don't play golf and have no intention to ever do it but I like the golf course because I think it's beautiful. The sign basically says that the place is private property (as it belongs to the local golf club) but that you are allowed to use the public paths which lead across the golf couse, as long as you don't step on the fairway and keep your dog on lead. It also says that if you cross the golf course you do it at your own risk, which means that if you are hit by a golf ball it's your own fault and not theirs. :)
I managed to narrow down to 18 pictures from today to upload, and I'm going to upload them 3 a day :)
Today I went for a shoot with Ylana, Clem and Gemma and it was delightful :D I took a good mixture of stuff too :) most of them are of Ylana, aha, then most of the Clem ones are hand shots, and then I barely shot Gemma, but Ylana took so many of her that I think it makes up for it aha.
I hope you all enjoy them! :)
So yeah, I'm back! :D I promise I have a couple of photoshoots in the pipeline, and I'm going to try to shoot more regularly, and I'll spread the pictures from shoots over a longer period so there is more new stuff for you all to feast your eyes on :) and maybe in a few weeks if I have the money I'll buy pro :D so we'll see what happens :)
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2 heavy storms in 2 weeks meant that getting into Pucks Glen to take this shot was a bit of a scramble ... wading though flooded tracks and clambering under fallen trees. However I got to take a few shots before the heavens opened again. This is one of them. I am always amazed that this tree manages to survive everything that nature throws at it and yet is still standing.