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Week 36
My 21st brithday. This week was my birthweek and what a weird birthweek it was. It almost feels like none of what happened happened. I started the week off in New Hampshire filming a short film with Teddy and a group of amazing people. My birthday in particular wasn't anything too spectacular. Just another shoot day. Teddy and I did go out and take photos but none of them really came out to my liking. It was a great night of exploration though which was nice. I came back from New Hampshire on Wednesday and stopped by George at college and picked up Scott before adventuring around the Seaport which is one of my favorite places to take photos! The brand new glass buildings right on the water make for some beautiful bokeh and lighting situations. I ended up coming back to see George the next day as well just for fun and we took more photos and explored a bit more. Now I am in Chicago on a business trip and we start shooting tomorrow. I can't wait to get back in the field. What a crazy week I have ahead of me.
I can't wait to see what this next week will bring!
66.4 miles per gallon! Nobody believes me, but if you have a really light foot, you can keep the gas engine off as long as possible under 42 miles per hour. If the road is flat and you keep a steady speed, you're just cruising silently on electric power! You can hear birds chirping, streams running, waves crashing, people talking - all things you couldn't possibly hear in a regular car with the windows down at side street speeds. This particularly beautiful stretch of road had everything - beautiful sights along the way, beautiful weather and flat surfaces! What a dream it was.
I usually average 55 miles per gallon average however. That includes city and highway. The Toyota Prius lives up to the hype. Save $1,000 a year in gas if you go from an average car getting 20 mpg and drive 15,000 miles per year. The money saved goes up as gas prices go up. And remember, the Prius is roomier and has a better made interior than other cars that are the same size outside. So this car really compares to mid size cars when you think about it. For $22,000 it's pretty good.
NOTE: You'll only get 45 miles per gallon if you don't watch how you accelerate to keep the gas off as long as possible and if you leave the heat/AC on all the time.
The "minutes" shows average mileage done at that time. So the column in between 15 and 10 means that 15 minutes ago, the car averaged about 80 miles per gallon. It falls off after 30 minutes and is constantly replaced with the newest 5 minute chunk of driving. "current" means what you're getting right now, not averaged into a 5 minute chunk. All this info encourages you to see how light you can hold the gas pedal to keep it in electric mode as long as possible for max number of free miles while coasting along. It's better than a video game because you don't have to look at the screen, but it is just as engaging.
The little "cars" mean during that block of time 50 "watt hours" of electricity from regenerative braking or coasting (downward slopes) was created to recharge the batteries without using the gas engine.
The "reset" button is good to press when you refuel so you'll know exactly what you're doing on that tank and you can see how many miles you've gone on that tank before having to refuel. It's a constant reward to drive this car. With a light foot, you can get 600-700 miles on a 12 gallon tank (55-60 mpg). With a regular foot, you'll get about 500-550 which is about 45-50 mpg.
The "energy" button changes the screen you are looking at the more familiar one people have seen that shows arrows from the engine and regenerative brakes going to the battery when it's recharging or arrows from the battery to the wheels when it's just silently cruising on electricity.
Here's the picture of the car itself... www.flickr.com/photos/picspicspics/1567107776/
Using the Olympics as an excuse to “ temporarily” increase shop opening times on a Sunday, then make it permanent.
BOX DATE: 2000
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
SPECIAL FEATURES: Roll out walls; working microphone; fold down dance floor
MISSING ITEMS: Cafeteria table, counter, 4 trays, 3 food dishes, 4 soda cans, 4 forks, couch, printer, laptop, phone book, 3 newspapers, magazines, 3 package, box
PERSONAL FUN FACT: The lockers pretty much sum up why my sister and I wanted this school. They really open, they look realistic yet colorful....everything you could want. This originally came with name stickers for the Generation Girls. But I got my school secondhand in the early 2000s. There were a few pieces of the name labels left, but most were gone or partially torn. So they eventually were all peeled off. That was fine with us, since Colleen and I rarely played with the Generation Girls in the school. Instead we had our usual cast of favorite dolls, which rotated around depending on the time frame. There would be a designated locker for School Photographer Becky, Pet Pals Skipper, 2001 Sparkling Jasmine...even Kid Kore Katie. It's interesting because Katie was eight....so I'm not sure why she'd have a high school locker. I even made little text books out of construction paper and gel pens for each of the dolls. I would do different fonts, copying names from my own textbooks. Sometimes I'd doodle on the covers, to make it look like the dolls got bored in class. The slide out walls also added some realism. It was a bummer we didn't get any of the furniture that originally came with this set. But we had so many dolls in play, that we couldn't have possibly fit them at the flimsy cafeteria table. So we just sat the dolls on the floor and pretended there was a table. Colleen and I always used our imaginations to fill in the missing set pieces or even characters we didn't have. The newspaper room was also a fun set to utilize. I really liked the copy machine...but I was bummed it wasn't three dimensional. The walls are vinyl which can be retracted into the school. This makes everything super compact and easy to store. However, when you store it for a while and then roll out the walls, they stay curled. So I always have to use putty to stick under the metal bases. This keeps the walls taught and straight. This wasn't so much an issue when I was a kid, because the school was set up ALL the time.
Hebie the Miniature Schnauzer, setting off on his walk.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: Nikkor 28-80mm
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
For more of my photographs, see here
Today we removed two old wooden box cars from the waterfront cement plant that is destined to become a world class destination hotel and convention center. The track the F unit is on only sees service when a car needs to be pulled out of service, and the track the train is on has seen two moves in 30 years. As such vegetation has grown up everywhere! There are tracks under there somewhere!
Shannon's 1st time at off leash to meet new friends.
Canonet QL19
Fomapan 400
Kodak D-76, 1:1, 12 minutes, 20°C/68°F
Epson V550
Sadly today my girlfriend went off with her family for a long holiday to visit L.A and Hawaii. This is some of her money she had already exchanged before heading off.
Also this photo isn't the best quality since I wasn't able to edit it in PS. Anything with currency doesn't seem to open properly....
Hands Off! Protest in Vero Beach, Florida on April 5, 2025. A large crowd of over 2000 showed up to protest Trump and Elon Musk policies and the havoc caused by DOGE. This was one of 1200 locations where people raised their voices across the nation with more than 5 million participating. Resist!
33951 SN65 ZBZ on temporary loan to WsM for College work and the occasional service work in and around weston, pictured at WsM depot having just come off the wash concluding the 613.
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Nikon D700, Sigma Apomacro 180mm f/3.5, ISO 200, 1/160s, f/8
The juvenile eagle found the the fish but is was too heavy for it to fly off. It stopped in the middle of the ice and immediately an adult eagle dropped out of the sky. The adult female snatched the fish and flew away with it. The younger bird seems to have a damage beak.
This time tomorrow, I’ll be strolling through a park! A long weekend of Disney Halloween fun, tasting some food and drinks and Epcot, checking out "Frankenweenie" downtown, and exploring the new Art of Animation! Am I there yet???
(Walt Disney World -- Downtown Disney -- Disney Store)
Or how off-camera-flash can even improve your holiday pictures. The forrest looked like crap at first, so I put a flash on a tree to the camera right and underexposed the background by 2 stops to get that "dark fortunetale forrest"-feeling.
Going through some old photos and tried my best to save this one as i really liked i ... took a few hours
Early Morning visitors. He obliged me and put on a show. I was surprised at how large these Turkeys were.
Erving, MA
setting off from our friend dave's house in pittsburg. this was the beginning of our 300 mile bicycle adventure from pittsburgh, pa to leesburg, va. and yes my bike is as heavy as it looks. comletely unloaded, without the baby seat or water bottles it weighs in at 49.8lbs. with kid and gear, it was probably in the 175 to 200 range. beyond the first 10 miles to get out of pittsburgh, this was a thankfully flat trip.
Madrid, Spain. An unfair face-off between the "hero" and the bull. Unfair because the hero's 6+ teammates already took stabs at the bull prior to his grand appearance.
The fog has cleared off the valley floor this week and left us with some glorious shows of both morning and evening color. It's always interesting how quickly I can become motivated in the morning when I look out to the east and witness a scene like this unfolding. This was taken about 6:45 am as I was getting ready for work. Not a bad way to start the day!
Another drawing of a Jonathan Edwards creation, the fabulous Inspector Cumulus, now available from Crazy Label. shop.crazylabel.com/products/inspector-cumulus
01. Who Drew This and Where Can people find you?
I'm eight bit, you can see more of my work here on flickr.
02. What is the name of your drawing?
Off Duty
03. What is it's story? (no more than 100 words please)
Since the Inspector has a cloud for a face i figure he can manipulate his features and expressions to suit his current mood. Here he is reclining pensively with a good book and a rather impressive vapour-moustache.
About 20years ago this former Devon Iveco minibus was on transfer to the North West for conversion into a mobile engineering workshop.
Whilst on the second leg of it's journey from Hyde Road the bus fell victim to an engine fire.
The bus is pictured here at the compound at Ackhurst Industrial Estate, Chorley.
Halifax Central Library (window detail), arch. Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Fowler Bauld & Mitchell, 2014
This was taken so long ago of a girl i barely remember that i am surprised i was able to salvage it and work it in photoshop. Film is usually the first to go. Mamiya RB67 before it crapped out on me.
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november 03, 2012
spent this morning with my good friend and her two little boys. cooked myself some lunch, did laundry, studied a bit and now i'm off to work. hope i make some $$$! hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend. pugs & kisses!
♥
stephanie
day 03 of a month of gratitude.
i am grateful for my friendships. near and far.
my friendships mean the world to me.
i wouldn't have gotten through this year without my friends. seriously.