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No1 London Bridge was the first stop on last weekends Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. It's a building I'd never managed to get any good shots of before and although I quite like this one I think it looks 'overworked', almost verging on HDR, having tried to deal with the excessive contrast in the original shot. Next time I'm passing if conditions are looking better I'll have to try to take the same composition.
The walk was organised by Steve Gosling and was titled 'Hidden London' and although I know London well there were a couple of new bits I saw.
For those that enjoy a photowalk, the next London Flickr Group Photowalk is planned for Saturday 18th October, more details here for anyone interested in coming along : www.flickr.com/groups/londonflickrgroup/discuss/721577219...
Click here for more shots of London architecture : www.flickr.com/photos/darrellg/albums/72157635041185106
From the buildings website, "No. 1 London Bridge proudly sits along the south bank of the Thames, comprising contemporary, riverside office space adjacent to London Bridge Station. The building currently offers from 6,417–26,796 sq ft of bright and open plan workspace with river views. The 3rd and 8th floors of the east wing are delivered fully fitted with high quality furnishings, with the 2nd floor offered in Cat A condition.
No. 1 London Bridge benefits from its ideal location between Tower Bridge, More London and Borough Market / the South Bank. The building forms part of a 24 acre campus under single ownership stretching between London Bridge and Tower Bridge – providing community events and a fantastic selection of on-site such as the artisanal coffee spots and contemporary dining experiences at Hay’s Galleria."
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17th March 2020:
France is now on total lockdown. Mainly due to the number of people in Paris who ignored the first clampdown and spent most of the weekend in the parks or along the riverbank in vast numbers.
We are allowed out for food, to go to the chemist, or walk the dog. But, either have to get permission via the Government website - now overworked, or take a note with us to explain why we're out. I hope it includes getting out for a bit of exercise, or the next 15 days are going to be very long.
Before the lockdown I managed to get out for some fresh air and some photos, although I went to the places where I knew other people didn't go, or not too many.
This is in my famous car park in someone's garden. Madame told me, at the end of last year, that their gardener offered to paint it for them, on what was a rather boring wall.
Happy St. Patrick's Day and the Silly news is : - That it's National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day. nationaldaycalendar.com/national-corned-beef-and-cabbage-...
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Sun's out, guns out!
Since the Himmelboot was conceived to project military power and support the army, it is armed with various weapons.
It carries six bombs the crew can drop by cutting the cords, plus two bow-mounted swivel guns. No heavy cannons are able to be mounted, in order to keep the extra weight to a minimum and not overwork the engine driving the boat.
On the nose a harpoon gun is also mounted as primary weapon. Deadly, but without much noise or ricochet that could destabilize the ship.
Notes: Keeping that balloon in place was truly a pain. It's way more flimsy than I'd like. A grown-up can swoosh this thing, because you now how to handle it, but a kid would destroy it in seconds. I didn't want to attach it the way Lego does in their sets, because that means leaving out the bottom part of the balloon and I hate that visually.
Chris works in the office with me and we decided to do a series of fun shots. This is one we all liked.
If you call us, she's the one that takes your order for the McClamp and Shutterhats. She is a born comedian, quick witted and really fun.
Camera right soft box main light, Camera left soft box fill light, Camera far left (directly to her right) Strobe with red gel barn doors, SB-800 hairlight, SB-800 background light.
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40 x 30 oil on canvas
Seven large "plein air" works from June to July 2015 continuing the theme of the previous two residences of 2013-14 . These works are painted in oil on canvas and were largely done out of doors. This series is my response to the high contrasts of summer and a reflection upon Walden and my affection for the place. I try to paint in a free way but make each mark count.My current work is an assimilation of the "Plein air" work from 2012-14 and trying to work larger and more consistently on each painting. Whilst the imagery may appear very traditional, believe me these are places I have a great deal of affection for and therefore I feel some liberty to inject the work with sentiment. As for mark making and surface, I have kept the colours pure and the marks free and not overworked or tidied up in the studio. There are evidences of drips and dribbles, dashes and blobs all over the surface, for me this is evidence of the working process and not to be erased. As with all my work a sense of pattern and trying to resolve what's before me in strong geometry and colour.
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~sometimes we have to pop up and leave the cocoon of familiarity and comfort zone to unfold and express what had grown inside of us and wants to show up all inner beauty and creativity and freedom ~
For the musical ballet by Reinhold Glière, see " The Red Poppy"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Poppy
The ballet takes place at a seaport in 1920s-era Kuomintang China. A ship carrying sailors from many lands, including Russia is docked in a Chinese seaport. The captain notices a group of half-starved, overworked Coolies being brutally driven to work even harder by their cruel harbormaster. One night while dancing for the sailors aboard the ship, the beautiful Tao-Hoa notices a Russian captain trying to rescue the poor Coolies from the port commander. Impressed by the captain's act of kindness she gives him a red poppy as a symbol of her love. When Tao's employer, Li Shan-Fu learns of this, he is jealous and orders her to kill the captain. She refuses, sacrifices her life for the captain's, and is later killed by her employer when a riot breaks out on the dock. As she dies, she gives another red poppy flower to a young Chinese girl as a sign of love and freedom.
# Poppy - Klatschmohn - Papaver rhoeas / Papaveraceae /Ranunculidae
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_poppy
wish us all a wonderful pop up fri (free) - day !
Three slices of an apple, placed on a piece of perspex, on top of a glass topped coffee table and lit by a single flash from below.
Entered into Buckingham Camera Club's POTY 2018 Round 6 (Food):
Judge's Comments : I understand the monochrome presentation. Obviously taken on a Lightbox. it's Clean with no halo. it hasn't been overworkked. it has Definition. Has a minimalist feel. The segments are different. I would have increased clarity and decreased shadows.
Judge's Score : 20/20
It was raining so hard during this. Me and my friend Sophie went up to Corbar to shoot, we had such a good time!!! It was so so so so so cold! I took some photos of us both post shoot in the clothes we wore up there. I swear we each had like six layers on! You can see them on mine and my love's blog here!
I am feeling a ton better today. Three teachers pulled me aside today and asked me if I was feeling overworked. I think the teacher that cornered me yesterday must have said something. But after taking a break yesterday, I feel really refreshed and ready to pick the world back up and carry on running.
(The title is inspired by a flickrite who left me a comment yesterday! big kudos to lsalinas10!)
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During the 1970s and the early 80's Cambodia lost 2 million people due to starvation, overwork and mass execution during the Khmer Regime when Pol Pot was the cruel dictator. It also had several wars with neighbouring countries which wanted to capture Cambodia for its rich culture and these majestic temples. Well at least the country is doing much better now and I hope they do well for themselves from here on.
The idea of this image came to me when I visited the Angkor wat early in the morning to catch the Sunrise. The past few days I heard a lot about Cambodia and its troublesome history of wars etc and that was playing in my mind all the while.
When I was inside the many corridors of Angkor Wat, I wanted to take a long exposure of people or monks. There were no monks that day but I could find many people walking by. I placed the camera on the floor (because I had no tripod) and got this shot.
Wish you all a wonderful weekend ahead. Thanks for your visit and comments.
Good that I had to stop at this point as my train was coming, the sketch may have been overworked if I had more time.
The sounds and smells of a pair of overworked FLD-16s fill the air as LS&I's 7 Tilden job digs in for the climb between Empire Junction and Eagle Mills Junction. The massive tailing piles give this scene a mountain railroading feel.
"Photo Title / Verse Title"
Photo:
The Spanish squad are experiencing Boston city for their first time in their life!
[Verse1: Mourph]
I kept daydreaming couldn't close my eyes
2 am in the morning, and I can't even analyze,
my mind is shut, but I kept dreaming somehow,
lately, it been messed up it was hard to remember my name,
its was darker than all graves, and I was my own slave,
I guess I need to sleep,
I guess that's what happen when you are overworked and out of oxygen,
Achievements I am after are impossible and they so close to being unseen,
I wasn't born for this, and I know I was in fear,
couldn't wrap my head around what does this means,
the unknown is hard but it's harder to feel,
sleep is what I need and the only thing that I crave,
but more importantly a hope is what I need.
~ Source: flair.click/2am
We have to work with what we are given so this is an experiment to see how it goes and if anybody likes listening to it. But I have always felt that poetry should be heard as well as read. Listening to poetry gives a whole different feel to the work. Read by the author it contains the original cadence and meaning that the poet meant to convey.
But read by other people it can be just as rewarding as well, as they imbue the work with their own interpretation. Who can forget Richard Burton’s reading of Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Goodnight” for instance?
Even though this was for my own amusement I found it a nerve wracking experience as I was doing this all in one take. And although I tried some repeated versions the first fresh acceptable recording was the best as it had more spontaneity than the others that became overworked.
Well, we will see how it goes. In the meantime, enjoy this early attempt…..
The image and text to this poem can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/193518971@N02/53200260385/in/datepo...
And God knows what groups this could go in. Maybe it will just lie here like a 'sleeper' for the unwary!
40 x 40 oil on canvas
Seven large "plein air" works from June to July 2015 continuing the theme of the previous two residences of 2013-14 . These works are painted in oil on canvas and were largely done out of doors. This series is my response to the high contrasts of summer and a reflection upon Walden and my affection for the place. My current work is an assimilation of the "Plein air" work from 2012-14 and trying to work larger and more consistently on each painting. Whilst the imagery may appear very traditional, believe me these are places I have a great deal of affection for and therefore I feel some liberty to inject the work with sentiment. As for mark making and surface, I have kept the colours pure and the marks free and not overworked or tidied up in the studio. There are evidences of drips and dribbles, dashes and blobs all over the surface, for me this is evidence of the working process and not to be erased. As with all my work a sense of pattern and trying to resolve what's before me in strong geometry and colour.
Watercolor, 13x18 cm
Daily painting (half hour sketch)
This is the same scene that Carl (rock4art) painted so beautifully.
www.flickr.com/photos/25686844@N06/2514922574/
I spent several hours yesterday trying to paint it, but overworked it horribly. In the end, I tore it up, gave myself half an hour before making dinner, and sketched a quick impression.
'Mac Rat' no. 26040 arrives with the 10.30 departure from Inverness.
Shouldn't imagine the bobby was overworked here!
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For the party. I was trying to be quick and not overwork ... but the ink ran (grabbed the wrong pen) and I still went about two steps farther than I wanted to. However, two steps too far is better than ten steps too far. :-)
See: www.flickr.com/photos/shitao/2983386256/in/set-7215761287... ... and www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762413682...
i overworked this version of this scene for a friend of mine who wants this photograph as a big print.
HBW!
..... or should I say an overworked one!
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January CPM contest "Snow Baby 1501" Photograph by Sally Robertson
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This piece was done with Faber Castell Polychromos with just a small amount of PanPastels on Fabriano HP WC paper and is appx 7" x 10"
I'm not really happy with the scan nor with the original piece for that matter. I overworked the surface and this is the result. Oh well...lesson learned (I hope). :)
Bildhauer Rudolf Belling
-„Von Rudolf Belling stammt das wohl bekannteste plastische Portrait Alfred Flechtheim.<er reduziert das Gesicht des Kunsthändlers auf Stirn, Auge, Nase und Mund, die er nahezu geometrisch anordnete. Besonders akzentuierte der bildhauer dabei Flechtheims prägnante Nase. Ohne Frage weist diese Parallelen zu zeitgenössischen Karikaturen und Stereotypen auf.Eine Diffamierung Flechtheims war jedoch nicht intendiert und auch der Kunsthändler fand Gefallen an seinem abstrahierten und humorvoll überzeichneten Konterfei. Er brachte das abstrakte Portrait mehrfach zur Ausstellung.“ Text hängt bei dem Portrait in der Ausstellung im Georg Kolbe Museum.
Sculptor Rudolf Belling
"The most famous portrait of Alfred Flechtheim by Rudolf Belling is the artist's face on the forehead, eye, nose and mouth, which he arranged almost geometrically. The sculptor particularly accentuated Flechtheim's concise nose. Without a doubt these parallels to contemporary caricatures and stereotypes are present. Flechtheim's defamation, however, was not intended, and the art dealer also liked his abstracted and humorously overworked portrait. He brought the abstract portrait several times to the exhibition. "Text is attached to the portrait in the exhibition at the Georg Kolbe Museum.
www.georg-kolbe-museum.de/2017/05/alfred-flechtheim-kunst...
Alfred Flechtheim (geboren am 1. April 1878 in Münster, Westfalen; gestorben am 9. März 1937 in London) war ein deutscher Kunsthändler, Kunstsammler, Galerist, Publizist und Verleger. Er war wie Paul Cassirer und Herwarth Walden einer der wichtigsten Förderer avantgardistischer Kunst in der Weimarer Republik.
Alfred Flechtheim – Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Flechtheim
Alfred Flechtheim (born April 1, 1878 in Münster, Westphalia, died on March 9, 1937 in London) was a German art dealer, art collector, gallery owner, publisher and publisher. Like Paul Cassirer and Herwarth Walden, he was one of the most important supporters of avant-garde art in the Weimar Republic.
Alfred Flechtheim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Flechtheim
Einen sonnigen Sonntag und eine wunderbare Woche wünsche ich allen Flickr Freunden Freundinnen.
Ich freue mich über Euren Besuch, Kommentar und einen Stern. Wenn es mir möglich ist beantworte ich Eure Kommentare und gebe Euch sehr gerne einen Stern.
A sunny Sunday and a wonderful week, I wish all Flickr friends girlfriends.
I am looking forward to your visit, comment and a star. If I can, I answer your comments and give you a star.
impegnato in cantiere con molto da fare, scusate...
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busy with overwork on site, sorry...
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much better large size and on black - molto meglio in grande e su sfondo nero
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se(g)no di sole
Solo se seguo
con questi miei occhi
la linea di luce
che curva
e piega e si adatta
mi immergo nel soffio
un segno di sole
che abbraccia anche il seno
e l’acciaio
(e già ruba calore)
e quel brillare diffuso
energia della vita
è la più semplice gioia
che non pensavo
dopo cieli di piogge.
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Sun s(h)ine
(my translation is only a faint attempt to render in English an Italian born text)
Only if I follow
with my own eyes
the beam line
that curves
and folds and fits
I immerse myself in the puff
a sign of the sun
that embraces the sine
and the steel
(already stealing heat)
and that diffused shine
energy of life
is the simplest joy
I’ve never thought
after rainy skies.
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Guido Ranieri Da Re
gennaio 2011
[0246]
Having gone through Ribblehead Station 60103 Flying Scotsman is heading for Ribblehead Viaduct with 1Z37 09.58 York to Carlisle.
The preceding unit on 1Y18 the Sheffield to Carlisle service which started at 10.17 tottered non stop through Ribblehead about 13 minutes late.
Flying Scotsman did not live up to her name as she tottered through some 26 minutes late. The photograph doesn't show the number of photographers and their cars!
I was some considerable distance up the road and rather than use a tripod went for something with four items to provide a stable base for a long range view - the car roof.
Improvisation...
The old girl was making heavy weather of the task in hand and rumour has it she is being pampered in operation. Considering the climb to here from Settle the clag was minimal and she was not sounding too healthy either. The preceding 2 by 2 car dmu seemed to be making better progress.
The latest overhaul apparently required more work than was expected. Perhaps she has been overworked and needs a more sedate life.
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Workhorses of the orbital space-stations, docking barges were often overlooked and overworked. The ships were usually owned and operated by independent companies, who would paint them in distinctive colour schemes. Four examples are illustrated here.
Inspired by Michael Lakin's book Beginner's Guide to Botanical Flower Painting
Pyrrol Scarlet / Sap Green challenge
This is not a 'Botanical', far from it
I don't think I have the patience for botanical painting and, with many layers required, I have a tendency to overwork :)
A5 ARCHES 140lbs med. travel journal
Daniel Smith paints.
Techniques and colour theory learnt in
Jane Blundell's excellent Online Watercolour courses;
Photo of an abandoned Chevrolet truck captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 24-50mm F/4 lens and the bracketing method of photography. Palouse Region within the Columbia Plateau Region. Whitman County, Washington. Early December 2017.
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: +1 / -1 * Color Temperature: 6250 K * Film Plug-In: Fuji Provia 100F
Pencil and ecoline ink on paper. This is my ode to the friendly, competent and overworked staff at the Leyden University Medical Centre (LUMC). They answered the call, from different departments, and came to help in a crisis. Not just nurses and doctors, but also catering staff (quite a few ex-restaurant workers) and cleaning staff ( from all walks of life). I thank you all.
okay here are scans of yesterdays work. Kodak 2238 shot at ISO 100 and half the roll developed in H&W Control for 60 minutes stand with 1:75 dilution. The other half for 1:15 for 20 minutes with constant agitation. I couldn't attend to it to agitate correctly and it did overwork everything. I love the painterly effects.... These are interesting and mostly useful, especially for scanning. What I DIDN'T upload is the 2 or 3 that were absolutely underexposed only a few yards from these. Lighting angles alone make all the difference between enough and too little exposure. There were a couple that had the nighttime effects the trailer is one of those and I thought I would see what interesting things happened when I adjusted it, although there was very little room for adjustment.
H&W Control Water (60ºC) 75 ml
Sodium Sulfite, anhydrous 1.9 g preservative
Hydroquinone 0.3 g developer agent
Sodium Carbonate 8.7 g alkali, accelerator
Phenidone 2.07 g developer agent
Add Water to make 125 ml
Sodium Sulfite 15.15 g preservative
And finally, Water to make 250 ml
Capacity at 1+15 dilution 4 L for 13 rolls
This is the Smiley-Woodfin Native Prairie Grassland. This 2100 acre meadow, is the largest section of native grassland existing in Texas. It was originally part of a prairie system that stretched throughout the Midwestern United States and into Canada. Since the earliest settlers arrived in this area in the 1830s, when Texas was part of Mexico, this grassland has remained uncultivated, providing an annual harvest of native grasses. A lack of fuel and surface water made this area unsuitable for pioneer farmers. Although similar land nearby was tilled and planted, often resulting in erosion or overworked soil, this site was saved by the owner M.L. Smiley (1872-1953). A native of Lamar County, he used the meadow for cattle grazing and for hay production. Early harvests consisted of cutting and stacking the grasses for drying, or transporting the hay to nearby steam-powered presses. The process was later simplified by the use of gasoline-powered machines that harvested and baled the hay on the site. After Smiley's death, the meadow was inherited by brothers George S. and Gene M. Woodfin. Today the Smiley-Woodfin Prairie Grassland is the largest supplier of native hay in the state. (1981)
Olympus OM2n
Lomography Lady Grey
Haworth was the family home of the Bronte Family (Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights etc). The wild cemetery hold a terrible secret though. When the Brontes were writing in the 1840s the industrial revolution had led to a massive expansion of Haworth, and that brought with it overcrowding, disease and very insanitary conditions. Much of the reason was that the cemetery had been built immediately above the town, polluting the water supply, and the fresh water led directly to the epidemics of typhoid and cholera that annually wiped out a huge percentage of the population. In 1838 the average age at death in Haworth was just 19.6 years.
The Brontes' clergyman father (Patrick Brontë), who was overworked simply from the non-stop funerals he had to hold, realised that sanitation was at the heart of the problems that had made Haworth the most unhealthy place in England outside of the London slums. He wrote repeatedly to the government, and at last in April 1850 a government inspector called Benjamin Herschel Babbage carried out an official inspection. He was shocked by what he found, and the results of his report, and Patrick’s persistence, were that Haworth gained a reservoir, a cleaner water supply and more toilets. It was a life saving transformation for the village,
It is difficult to accept that so many animals are abused. This photo was taken in Santa Clara, Cuba
vou ali e já volto!
Estou sem tempo ... e me dedicando só ao FOTOCLUBEe ao GRUPO
Lamento muito a falta de visitas e a falta de bom humor!
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I'll be right back!
Completely overworked, dedicating only to FOTOCLUBE and to the GRUPO
Sorry for the bad mood and for not visiting my friends.
IJN ZUIKAKU c1942
Salutations one & all!
After a long hiatus, my fascination for IJN warships continues with this model of the aircraft carrier Zuikaku.
The model has taken me more than a year to complete, and is also my first carrier build. As I did not have plans for the model, I built the island first and took used it as a reference for scale for the rest of the model. Needless to say, there was a lot of tweaking as construction progressed. Most of the model was reworked several times over. Even now that the model completed, I would have liked to rebuild one or two more sections, but I have since learnt to let go. Best not to overwork anything.
Reference material came mostly from photos, line drawings, scale model instructions, and whatever information I could come upon. Here I have to give credit to the Gakken series of pictorial books from Japan, notably the book, ‘THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ZUIKAKU 1/100 SUPER SCALE MODEL’. This book, along with one or two others, were my go to for inspiration and detailing.
Ok, from stem to stern the model measures 184cm (230 studs), with the widest flight deck beam of 21cm (27 studs). That would make the model to a scale of 1:139.
Zuikaku (Auspicious Crane in Japanese) is modelled as she would have appeared towards the end of 1942, with additional platforms over her bow and stern to accommodate additional anti aircraft armament.
And finally, I've also modelled some of her Type97 Nakajima ‘Kate’ torpedo bombers.
Well, thanks for stopping by. I hope I did justice to the ship.
Cheers!
Regards,
mark
Godrevy Point & Lighthouse, Cornwall
Well I think it would not be right to leave it at one image from my first audience with 'His Majesty'. Nor could I leave it at one narrative. I do not have the gift with words His majesty does but gave it a go on the last post and have tried here. Normal service will be resume so fear not and I thank you for your patience if you read it all😬
Having played a bit of 'old mans' hopscotch across the various rocks with 'The King' urging me on - "Oh I got a nice shot from there"..."Ooh when the tide is in a bit more you can get a good shot over there"...."Oh you might find that spot interesting" - I chose this pov as my first composition. There was just a touch of light on the side of the foreground rocks and started playing with shutter speeds and height of my tripod.
Some discussion on the merits of mirrorless cameras for old codgers with poor eyesight like me plus the benefits of Canon's 'flippy screens' for those of us who are as flexible as a beached whale then ensued.
His Majesty (being slightly younger - and a lot fitter - decided to get a lower vantage point and test out his knees/bum more than me! Given it was about 6 weeks before my Iceland trip I was surprisingly firm in my timidness to do anything that might result in bits of my body going in opposite directions and necessitate a visit to the Cornish NHS who I am sure are as overworked as their colleagues in the rest of the country. No way would I get my wife to come down to drive me and my car back home either so discretion was definitely the better part of valour!
For anyone wanting to know a bit more about the Lighthouse please see www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/godre...
Thanks for viewing.
© All rights reserved Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
The Feelies on Oldies station: Crazy Rhythms
www.youtube.com/watch?v=05GTWKu4uU8
Said it's time to go, well alright
Dan: (brings items into the theatre, sets them off to the side and is approached by Cheri) Hey, Cheri.
Cheri: Hey, Dan. Looks like everyone is pitching in.
Dan: One thing Village Green's got is plenty of community spirit.
Cheri: Yeah, you know, there's something I want to talk to you about--
Tracy: (coming through the doors just then, interrupting them before Cheri can say more) Hey, sweetheart.
Cheri: Hey, honey. Gosh, let me help you with that!
The Feelies on Oldies station: We'll do our job, we'll get things done
Helen: (joining them) Hey, you guys.
Cheri: So, where's Amber?
Helen: Well, your daughter and Paradise volunteered for a little painting project.
Tracy: You'll have to teach me how to convince Amber to volunteer for anything.
Cheri: That's why we put Helen in charge of the volunteers. She has a way of talking just about anybody into just about anything. (they all laugh lightly)
Helen: Oh, that reminds me -- I have to go get some poster stands from the school. You know, to put on either side of the main doors, for the big, announcement signs.
Dan: I'll go with you.
Helen: Don't be silly, I can get it. They need you here, to move around the big props. (she kisses Dan's cheek) I'll be right back. (then hurries away, exiting the theatre)
The Feelies on Oldies station: I don't want much and I need even less - It's time to sacrifice
Dan: What did you want to talk to me about? (asks Cheri, as the three of them pick up the various props)
Cheri: You have to promise not to get upset.
Dan: I'm not going to get upset. I just need to know what's bothering Helen.
Cheri: Well, something odd happened this morning. Helen thought she saw a little girl through the kitchen window.
Tracy: How is that odd?
Cheri: I was right there. I looked out the window. I didn't see any little girl. She was agitated enough that I went outside and had a look around. There was fresh powder and no tracks. I promise you, no one was out there.
Dan: Are you trying to tell me she's seeing things?
Cheri: Well, she admitted she was tired, overworked, and maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her, but --
Dan: It could have been a neighbor's kid. Did she recognize the little girl?
Dan: She said she didn't.
The Feelies on Oldies station: You remind me of a TV show - That's alright, I watch it anyway
Cheri: I thought it might have something to do with her lost memories coming back to her.
Tracy: After all this time? Is that possible?
Dan: I'd be amazed if they did. I remember how freaked out everyone was, that summer. And when she came back, the only thing that mattered was that she was safe. She had some strange story that didn't make any sense, about a fairytale place or something. (shakes his head) People called it a "coping mechanism," but they never said what she was coping with, and she seemed fine, otherwise.
Tracy: And she's never told you about remembering anything, since?
Dan: No. She'd always said it didn't matter, but I've wondered if she's been afraid all this time, about the memories coming back to haunt her.
Cheri: You know, Helen's lost summer might be affecting her, on a subconscious level, I mean.
Dan: But why now? Do you think the little girl she imagined could be someone from that time?
Cheri: Oh, I don't know, Dan. This really could just be the result of stress. Try to get her to slow down.
Dan: Preparing for this play has been eating up all of her relaxation time, but the finish line is finally in sight. Maybe I can convince her to take some time off, get away, even for a weekend.
The Feelies on Oldies station: I don't talk much cause it gets in the way - Don't let it get in the way
(Thank you to Seth Philipp for playing Tracy Russo, and to Morgan Whitfield for playing Cheri Russo!)
June 28th, 2021
Sometimes I wonder if I’m in a rut or if this is just how my life is going to look forever. What if life is the rut?
I always consider blurring my skin but I’m lazy and plus like, who really cares? Skin has texture.
Work wasn’t anything remarkable! I’m really getting the feeling that I’m going to be doing so much less work here compared to my last job. But getting paid much more, so it’s fine w me. I’d rather be bored and paid well than underpaid and overworked.
I’m feeling extremely unmotivated and uninspired in regard to this project. That’s probably apparent. Hopefully I’ll find my groove again soon.