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Even though the race weekend is still a couple of weeks away, it is never too early to get ready. The packing of spares is just the start of what has to be carried for a long trip to Mount Panorama in Bathurst NSW. Still have to find room for camping gear, food and even a little liquid refreshment (gotta keep an eye on the fluid levels!).
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A forced perspective shot of the same 1/18th scale model 2009 Holden Commodore V8 Supercar as seen in the previous two posts. This time, it is mounted on the car trailer and being towed by the Kyosho 1/18th scale model 1980 Toyota Landcruiser. Dougie, spare tyres, and assorted accessories are all 1/18th scale and taken with the real backdrop of my village street.
Sorry for the overdose of shots of this Holden Commodore racecar, but Bathurst Big Race weekend is fast approaching and I am getting in the "rev-head" mood early!
Turning the tables.
Mum kestrel, fed up with being goaded by the currawong decides to send him packing.
Callum Brae, Australian Capital Territory, 2015.
Macro Mondays
Well I think I finally got this right after discovering my cropping tool wasn't working. So maybe 3 times the charm eh?
The name of my hood in Orlando, FL is College Park. Just west of us are railroad tracks and just west of that is ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Wonderful things going on developing this historic area that used to be a main Citrus packing and shipping area. Here's a link to read more about this wonderful place. packingdistrictorlando.com/
Anyway, awful now, roads and all under construction but were hopeful that someday it will be finished. This is a version of the old pavilion that was there. It too is not finished yet, but I couldn't resist a shot. Coming home from the outside Farmer's Market.
Gypsy Time is Approaching Fast!
If you haven't heard, the Gypsy Campers are ready to hit the open grid once again! We're packing up and moving out on January 1st 2022!! More details to come!
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The Gypsy Camp is a group of adventurers and travelers from all over the world looking to explore Second Life the best way possible, by camping out at a new sim every week and fully exploring the lands the way the owners intended! There is no official group, just a bunch of people coming together at different places to enjoy the region collectively. All are always welcome.
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On our first week back, we'll be heading to the Mountains! We've rented some cabins for us to share and are looking forward to an exciting week of games, snowboarding, snowball fights, and ofc some hot chocolate and music at the ski lodge!
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Start packing your skiis, boards, sweaters, and food! You won't need much this week but campers do typically have their own tents and sleeping bags (though never a requirement! All travel is always free!)
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As always, everyone is welcome to join us. We welcome all new friends and nobody is ever obligated to stay! Camp one week, leave the next if you want. Its your trip too!
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"Gypsy is also used as a description for a nomadic or "free-spirited" person"
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Detailed image of splayed-end Garlock-brand asbestos packing material.
There are literally several thousand distinct asbestos products and respective applications collectively known as "asbestos products"; this image depicts but a single brand and one type of an often overlooked asbestos material: packing.
Essentially a rather durable rope-like material, asbestos packings can range considerably in thickness and construction (e.g.- braided, twisted, rubber/metal composite, round, square, etc.). Most packings are typically handled by dry cutting with saws or serrated knives and are usually crudely extracted from mechanical parts by picking the asbestos material apart piece-by-piece with simple corkscrew-type implements, which creates potential conditions for airborne asbestos exposure.
There are a few other applications for packing materials, however asbestos packing was most commonly used for creating internal seals around industrial pump shafts and pipe valve stems. As much as 1/2-pound (or more) of asbestos packing could be installed inside each pump or pipe valve housing and are oftentimes not even considered during asbestos surveys or exposure assessments primarily due to their inherent concealment.
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
On a second note, the selection of foods available at the Packing House is phenomenal. Sort of reminds me of the Citadel from Mass Effect; you know, but without the Batarians.
274/365/2023, 4657 days in a row
I've been saving all sorts of packing paper with the hope of coming up with an idea to use it all.
The Adventure
Honey and the gang are going on vacation! The Faewylds has been closed for the weekend for a private family vacation. Don’t worry though, it reopens on the 8th, with a full rebuild that Honey is so excited for everyone to see.
More updates to come!
Allumari and Cas Collaborated on this with me
So be sure to check theirs out!
Cut through into quarters but only part way through. Pack with sea or Himalayan salt. Table salt is no good die to the anti caking agents added.
W9 and I just had a new and colorful bird under our belt: The Summer Tanager. Los Angeles was being showered by something called "rain." Were the planets beginning to align? Was the Moon in the 7th house?
Packing the typical gear, we headed out to the South Coast Botanic Garden to find the reported Green-tailed Towhee. We have wanted this bird for years but were not willing to go to sketchy areas unless Jerry was with us. So this was our chance to nail this bird. And the garden is lovely! Nice clean bathrooms! Flush toilets! Free parking!
No sooner do we go into the Children's Garden (I know!) where the bird was reported seen than BINGO. The target bird is there! And singing his pants off! We can't believe our luck!!!!! If only it was this easy. Easy peasy. We are firing off shots and breathing ... all is right with the universe. No one is hungry, tired, lonely, or lost. Focus now. Get the bird. Get the shot. We have time to set up our camp stools.
And then it happens. Two parents with cameras and a child in tow zero in on us. It will be "what are you looking at?" time. (After all, we were in the “Children’s Garden.”) It is a lifer bird for us both. To make the situation worse, the child, a bit older than a toddler, has a camera equipped with a sizable lens. Not a bridge camera. I think it's a Nikon, but I'm doing that semi squeeze my eyes shut thing so that I don't take in any more information.
The trio is heading our way. My brain is shrieking Nooooooooooooo. The father is explaining things to the child about “background.” They stay a reasonable distance away but that's not good enough. With this camera hog of a bird we can just try to draw the family away. Try to get them distracted or better yet, bored.
W9 and I leave this posing beauty and whisper "We'll be back, my love. Wait for us."
But here's how it breaks down. The family sets up camp. We sneak back to check. We try shooting in an area close by with hummers. Who doesn't like hummers???? The mascot and symbol of this Botanic Garden! It’s almost working. The family moves closer to us. They aren't rude or pushy but I have no faith that they can resist the pull ... W9's monopod and all...
After an eternity they move on. We dive back in to get the Green-tailed Towhee. But now the little fart wants nothing to do with us. W9 tracks him, finds him. He briefly visited a puddle and then bolted. W9 finds him again, but this time he’s under bushes, foraging in the shadows. What the hell happened to the showy diva we met earlier when we arrived at the garden party???
So, allow me to present our latest lifer bird.
"There’s nothing quite like the color that gives the Green-tailed Towhee its name—a deep olive lightening to yellow-green on the edges of the wings and tail. Set off by a gray chest, white throat, and rufous crown, this large sparrow is a colorful resident of the West’s shrubby mountainsides and sagebrush expanses—if you can see one. They spend their time scratching at leaf litter under dense cover, occasionally popping into view to whistle a song or give a querulous mewing call." allaboutboids
On Christmas break, gonna be doing some videos and taking some pictures so stay tuned for some new stuff.
Tried to make a cigarette box without Lego pieces. I am happy with the design.
Backpack inspired by Logan.
Merry Christmas!
~ Nick
This week I'm packing up boxes, suitcases and books full of ideas to carry me through the next few months of travel and changes in my life.
There's a lot in the works that I haven't announced yet and I'm excited to be bringing you all along on the next adventures, stay tuned!
After all the trips that I've done, I still don't like the idea of packing.
I don't seem to enjoy confrontational moments like these. Like deciding what goes in and not, what gets to be taken and which one gets left behind.
But at the same time, it gives me so much power to yield.
Ha, all these just in the act of packing.