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I haven't been taking many photos recently. So I apologise if anyone has been waiting for me to upload. Not the best one, but I like posting a photo to reflect a mood or thought that I want to share. The pattern on this palm leaf reminded me of rays of light when I looked at it. And then of course being backlit by the warm sunshine was an added bonus. The original shot was in colour with lots of healthy greens but it wasn't highly exciting by my standards. Since I have been using this period to improve my Photoshop skills, I used this image as a learning tool. Some basic tinkering with the levels and contrast in photoshop gave me this almost abstract feel.
Anyway, what does this mean? It means the sunshine has come back! Sunshine is sometimes a metaphor for happiness. And rightfully so. The sun gives us warmth which is what you feel when you're happy. There are so many songs about the sun and sunshine. I found a list with over a hundred titles when I did a search in google. It's hard to pick just one to add to this post. But if you have a favourite song about sunshine, please feel free to share. I always love having music to listen to.
I am feeling kinda "jazzed" this week so I'm wishing you all some sunshine(happiness) also. Take care and have a great week ahead!
Posting a few more from last month's Lapland trip... we had a blizzard while on the small island of Hornoya near Vardo in Arctic Norway. These birds didn't seem bothered! They kept the same pose of looking away from each other for the whole of the time I was watching them, 20 minutes or so, hence...
#30 'Far apart' for 122 pictures in 2022
Re-posting a shot I uploaded on Sunday, before I realised it was a day of protest. I took it down and replaced it with a Black Sunday image.
I thought this close-up made an interesting abstract against the black background
Shot with the Sony NEX-6 using the E30mm F3.5 macro lens
My Lily set: Lily and Peruvian Lily
Posting a custom order for a large print is a lovely way to start the week.
Have a good week everyone.
(film, fuji400)
Everyone is posting their doll wish lists for 2013, I don't have one atm.
So, this is my resin family today and my feelings about each of them from top left:
1- Li : My first bjd, I bought her in 2010 cause I loved the sculpt. I changed her faceup recently (in October) , she is now a Calavera and still thinking if I should give her a normal face up or keep her like this. She never held in poses, I hot glued the joints but didn't work, she kicks me until I give up taking her pics! LOL
2- Kai : One of my favorites in my collection! He suits perfectly the character. I gave him tattoos and piercings in 2012 and couldn't love him more... well, one thing I would change IF I could: I wish he was an SD to join the other guys in pics! He is an odd slim 52cm size and will be forever alone until SoulDoll decides to release a Vito girl. I've been trying to match him with Li for 2 years, but doesn't works. He is a Keeper!
3- Apple : Always loved Shushus. When I bought her in 2010 I didnt know the difference between B-Line and A-Line minifee bodies and ended up getting the B-line...now I can't buy her magnet hands. Well its fine, she is lovely but its been ages I don't photograph her, not sure about her future, but I think still love her. ;)
4- Mae : Always loved this mold (Zaoll Luv) as girl or boy. She is so much fun to photograph and dress up. I made that colorful tattoo "sleeve" on her left arm and pierced (glued!) her ears! I love her wearing crazy mixes of colors, accessories and jewelry. I painted her nails with real nail polish and she has full body blushing. I'm never afraid to try new things with her.
She needs a good restring to tight her elastic.
Keeper!
5- Evangeline : I started to like her more when I gave her a new face up in 2012 and changed wig and took tons of pics of her but now I think its time for her to go and I'm planning to her up FA soon. I don't have a real character for her and I think she deserves more than to be forgotten on a shelf.
6- Nova : My first SD. Not photographing her much lately but I do lover my beautiful elf! Gave her new face up in 2012 and I think she looks more "human" now. Keeper!
7- Ethan : Well, what can I say? Ppl who visit my stream seem to love him! But I never bonded with him. He is on a "SuperHero" body and I so regret this choice I made. He never worked for ME, but I know he would wonderfully for others, cause he is truly handsome. I gave him a new face up and tattoo "sleeve" recently. A pitty to let him go cause he is Nova's boyfriend... oh decisions, decisions... I'll let this quiet for now.
8- Shael : I'm crazy about him! If I had to choose only one of my dolls, it would be him the one and only! ;D So, my favorite! Keeper forever - he will never leave the house - we'll get old together! ;D haha
9- Dusk : My Dollshe Saint is not that handsome type, but the has so much character! Long story short: Dusk was living in another body (Illusion Spirit Tosaca) that I have sold and reshelled into DollShe saint. The character that was using his body is now in my Soom Dia! hahaha I know its confusing! ;p Anyway, now Dusk is perfect now as I always imagined him. I need to stay in the "mood"to take him good pics, and sometimes it happens. Keeper!
10- Saranda : Gorgeous girl. Not too fond of SUPER curvy dolls thou, but it works for her. Sometimes its hard to find her clothes to fit her hips and boobs, but Shael seems to like her as she is, so its fine for me. ;) I love the pose-ability and face sculpt. Hope to photograph her more in 2013.
11- Feli : Bought her from a dear friend with two face plates Akubi and Ange but bought this Lusis face from the company and gave her a face up and body blushing. I love Unoa elder body. Maybe I will change her name at some point.
12- Dante : Always been a fan of Soom Dia sculpt and it was so hard to find him in a supergem male body! I bought him second hand and gave him a face up. I LOVE this doll so much!!!! Keeper!
13- Ara : newest addition to my resin family, she arrived a couple of weeks ago and I did her face up. She is lovely and my only child bjd. Still didnt have much time with her. I think she is not very posable and its hard to keep her stand...maybe the elastic is too tight? Well, we need time to bond!
14- Frodo * : Awwww he's so adorable isnt he? My first RealPuki I adopted from Elaine. Keeper!
15- Lulu * : She is Frodo's sweetheart! Keeper
16- Dodo * : my newest RealPuki... and I think she is the cutest of all! ;D Keeper.
* Curiosity: Frodo, Lulu and Dodo kind of represent my little real family, husband, me and daughter.
17- Lottie : I traded her for Ysbella with a Flickr friend and I really hope I will take many pics of her this year!
GONE in 2012: Elijah(SoulKid Maillo - still have his scar head FS), Ysbella (5StarDoll Quintus girl), and the first dollcarnation of Dusk (IllusionSpirit Tosaca). They all found lovely new owners! ( ´∀`)~♡
Thanks for your interest in reading!
( Sorry this HUGE description. I never do this cause I think most of ppl won't read )
Feel free to do the same as a "tag".
Posting a non-bird photo for once, but this rock tower was constructed by my neighbors' grandkids, and I couldn't help but photograph with perfect light overhead.
Well, finally, after a long hiatus I am posting something. Humvee model, design from @tiger_1_3_1 on Instagram, with my refinements aimed at eliminating some "illegal" techniques, the camouflage is 100% taken from @brickbattlefield - I really hate reproducing camos in Lego, so I am really glad someone already made the vehicle in appropriate colors which I could copy onto my build.
Overall, 10/10 build, some clever techniques were used here, and most of the parts are easily available in necessary colors. Deals with Tiger are a treat!
Photos were taken with phone camera and with daylight being light source, I think it came out remarkably okay, for my photo skills lol. I will definitely get a proper lightbox and a lamp someday, it's just low on my priority list and I have problems with storage space (there's none).
You can expect more posts in coming weeks, as I did build some stuff over the last months, a lot of it are smaller things, not sure if I will drop them into single post or separate ones, I will see I guess.
Out of town for a few days so here is the weekend posting. Have a wonderful weekend. Hope you'll comment on what you like about this one.
wow im finally posting something again lol
had to use an ai to upscale an old screenshot because my laptop died before I could save it
Posting a different Nature shot for 7 consecutive days via Taryn Waffles. This damselfly is just finishing a mosquito meal!
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-- Let the sound of the shutter always guide you to new ventures.
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my posting for this month's theme "Body and Soul" in the 12:12 Project -- please click through to see all the artists' contributions!
Posting these three shots of the Harvest-Super-Blood-Lunar Eclipse of 9/27/15 as a record of the best that we could do with our cloud cover tonight. Guess we have to try again in 18 years!
I'm finally getting around to posting these. I've never won at Brickworld before, so it was a total surprise to actually win two this year. Songbird won Best Creature and the Reaper won best Mecha. Behind the Reaper you can also see Sean & Steph's Cortana, which won Best Artwork.
There were so many awesome builds in all the categories. It was cool just to be nominated. A huge thanks to everyone who voted for my stuff. :) I had the best time just hanging out with everyone - you all know who you are so I'm not listing everyone's names 'cause I'd probably forget someone and then I'd never hear the end of it.
Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
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This car has been scrapped after Sept. 2015.
Posting last year finds I noticed that a lot of 80s cars have been scrapped meanwhile. This category of cars form a very vulnerable group of cars: to old to compete with current cars, to young to be considered as classic cars. Therefore they suffer by the lack of protection they deserve. They're depending on the goodness of the individual car enthusiast.
Initially the 340-series was presented as the 343, developed by DAF as the Daf 77. After Daf Car division had been taken over by Volvo in 1975, the new Swedish owner had adopted this new model.
In Aug. 1982 these cars were modified and renamed as 340 and 360.
In Autumn 1985 an another facelift was introduced.
The 300-Series was designed by Giovanni Michelotti.
1397cc,
970 kg.
Production 300-series: 1976-1991.
Amsterdam-N., Vuurwerkerweg, May 21, 2015.
© 2015 Sander Toonen Amsterdam | All Rights Reserved
Well I'm finally getting around to posting a shot from my trip to Cuba last year. This is a panorama stitched from 2 shots of the harbor taken from Morro Castle.
Cuba is an amazing place to visit and once you get off the resorts it is like stepping back in time. I sure wish I had more time to spend in Havana. Next time I will make certain that I do.
More pics to come...
nothing special, just posting another almost sun shot!
this might have a to bright horizon to the right?? the sea did not come out so flat as i wanted it to be, but hey, have some more oics to process:)) going out sunday morning about 9 am to try to capture some magnificent light that has been here the past few days:)
anyway, i hope you like it?? not my best but i kinda liked it:)
thanks so much for stopping by and leaving comments and faves:)
take care all:)
I'll be posting a series of shots while in Portland, thought i'd start with Portraits which I don't normally do.
Whilst on Long bay Beach in Portland.
I encountered this guy drumming and singing on the beach.
Working for tips........
Not a bad way to make a living.
Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
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Posting this one for two reasons:
ONE: For BLYTHE-A-DAY flickr group ... Theme for the day: LAZY!
(we couldn't find our resident sloth ... so Ivis stood in)
TWO: For JOY ... to show her the "Fisherman" sweater (made for Ken size doll that I 'commissioned' (Lisa, don't we LOVE that word!! haha) ... anyhoodle ...
WHY do they call these "Fisherman" sweaters?????
(I am sure our Host, Lyndell KNOWS ... :)
hello.jcrew.com/2014-12-dec/history-lesson-the-fisherman-...
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It's funny, too, because when I went LOOKING for an over-size sweater for my Blythe doll back in early 2015 (I wanted a KNITTED one, not crochet, obviously I could make one myself, and I have ...)
but ... could not find ONE!
Now, fast-forward to 2017 ... they are EVERYWHERE, these "oversize" sweaters for our girls! :)
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BLYTHE-A-DAY flickr group
OCTOBER 2017
DAY 20: LAZY
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PHOTO CREDITS
IVIS INGENUE: She is a base Takara (SBL) Rainy Day Parade; Customized by DollyRocket (now-defunct); Re-Customized by BFA (yeah, so don't zoom in!); with long black hair scalp and tan-Licca body;
FISHERMAN'S SWEATER by daffodilscreations on etsy (Jan. 2015).
And Harmy; She does not have footwear on purpose, but please notice, her feet are covered by the furry-ness of the rug, so ... WHEW! :)
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And re-posting my favorite Mommy Quote:
"Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own." -- Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons
Haven't had much inspiration to take photos lately. The energy has been in organizing, cleaning, decluttering...getting the family routines together. The results are very encouraging and I am all happy-happy about it. There's nothing like having a household home having rhythm and rhyme. (and yes, clean helps, too.) Everything else pales in comparison. Yes, even one's flickr addiction. :p No, no, I haven't forgotten about flickr friends and family. Just a little hiatus from this hibernating mama...
And OH!OH!OH! Spring is here in Toronto! Yes, yes, yes!!! Maybe that will bring the photo-bug back a-bitin'!
And re-posting my favorite Mommy Quote:
"Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as sad, as proud or as tired, for nothing is quite as hard as helping a person develop his own individuality especially while you struggle to keep your own." -- Marguerite Kelly and Elia Parsons
Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
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Posting this photo because these are in the process of being retired. The Pilatus PC-24 will be replacing them.
Sony A68 // Panagor PMC Auto 28mm f/2.8
posting all my photos really fast now because to I want give myself a reason to photograph more rather than coward away. Currently listening to Rage over a lost penny by Beethoven after a chat with my sociology teacher about this kind of music, I love it!
Going on a photoshoot in 2 days with Ruth again, I feel abit bad because I'm kind of forcing it and so far haven't thought of any concepts, so after watching Brooke Shadens video about models, I feel a little guilty so am gonna start now, OH wait I do have one XD
did a photoshoot saturday night as everyone was out, we had a couple old mattresses outside, which I KNEW I had to use, regardless if they would work, It was pitch black and freezing outside, plus I had to lie on a wet mattress… Then I did another, with an exquisite feast for one! Cant wait to show you!
P.s, can you see the extra hand coming out?
Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
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Ok I said I was done posting before my vacation but I found these Peonies out front and the Flickr junky in me took over. I'm leaving for Florida on Sunday . We are planning a trip to see the Egrets and the Wood storks nest in St. Augustine. I'm hopeful it will be a fantastic Op...Thank you so much and I will try to answer everyone before I go ( and try to make this my last post... )
I visited Peterhead Fishing Harbour Sunday 24th February 2019, a heavy Haar put my plans to capture the views a little difficult, hence I revisited today Tuesday 26th February 2019, posting a few of the captures I managed to take over both days.
Peterhead ; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Phà draig, Scots: Peterheid is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census.
Peterhead sits at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. It is often referred to as The Blue Toun (locally spelt as "The Bloo Toon") and people who were born there as Blue Touners (locally spelt as "Bloo Tooners").
More correctly they are called blue mogginers (locally spelt as "Bloomogganners"), supposedly from the blue worsted moggins or stockings that the fishermen originally wore.
History
Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade.
Peterhead was a Jacobite supporting town in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. In particular, it was one of the Episcopalian north-eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment, were periodically landed from France during the Forty-Five.
A lifeboat station was first established in 1865.
Since early times Peterhead has received a portion of its water supply from Morris Wells.
Peterhead convict prison was opened in 1888, gaining a reputation as one of Scotland's toughest prisons.
The present harbour has two massive breakwaters, enclosing an area of approximately 300 acres in Peterhead bay. The south breakwater, about 2700 ft long, was constructed in 1892–1912 using convict labour from the prison. The north breakwater, constructed 1912–56, is approximately 1500 ft long.
A new phase of growth was initiated in the 1970s with Peterhead becoming a major oil industry service centre, and the completion of the nearby St Fergus gas terminal. At this time, considerable land holdings were allocated for industrial development.
In recent times, the town has suffered from several high-profile company closures and is facing a number of pressures, including Common Fisheries Policy reforms. However, it retains a relatively diverse economy, including food processing, textiles, service industries and, still importantly, fishing. (Over 90,000 tonnes of fish, with a value of around £60m are now landed at Peterhead, which is still also base to over 550 fishermen.)
The Peterhead Port Authority plans to extend the northern breakwater as a stimulus to the town's economic development. In addition, to assist with business diversification and town centre environmental improvements, the 'Peterhead Project' initiative under the Aberdeenshire Towns Partnership brings together the Council, Scottish Enterprise Grampian, Communities Scotland, commerce and community representatives.
Until April 2005, the Royal Air Force station RAF Buchan was located near the town.
Local government : Peterhead is the largest settlement in Buchan, a committee area of Aberdeenshire.
The town was a burgh in the historic county of Aberdeenshire. In 1930 it became a small burgh under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, but in 1975 small burghs were abolished and Peterhead became part of the district of Banff and Buchan within the new Grampian Region. When districts and regions were abolished in 1996, Peterhead became part of the new unitary authority of Aberdeenshire.
Since 1975 Peterhead has had a community council, with limited powers.
Education : Peterhead Academy
Peterhead Academy houses around 1,300 pupils and the school is split into six houses (Arbuthnot, Buchan, Craigewan, Grange, Marischal and Slains), with all the names associated with areas of the town. The school has pupils coming from surrounding villages such as Boddam, Cruden Bay, Hatton, Inverugie, Rora, St Fergus and Crimond. The academy's motto is "Domus Super Petram Aedificata" (A House Built on a Rock). The academy is Scotland's largest school at over 22,920 square metres (246,700 sq ft) of gross internal floor area.
The school has multiple subjects such as ICT, English, French/German, Technical, Engineering, Art, Home Economics, and many more.
Primary and specialist schools.
Peterhead has six primary schools (Clerkhill, Buchanhaven, Meethill, Dales Park, Central, Burnhaven).
There is one special school, Anna Ritchie, which caters for most specific learning difficulties, autism and other disabilities.
There is also Peterhead Alpha School which caters for children with social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties, as well as learning difficulties, e.g. dyspraxia and dyslexia.
Transport :Peterhead has a number of in-town and out-of-town bus services.
Peterhead is further from a railway station (32 miles from Aberdeen) than any other town of its size in Great Britain.
The town once had two stations Peterhead railway station and Peterhead Docks railway station. Passenger trains on the Formartine and Buchan Railway stopped in 1965 under the Beeching Axe, and freight in 1970. The start of reconstruction of the Borders Railway to Galashiels (early 2013) has begun a local political debate into the possibility of reopening the line from Aberdeen to Fraserburgh and Peterhead.
The nearest airport with scheduled services is Aberdeen Airport. A heliport has been set up at the Eastern end of the former RAF Buchan air base. Recreational aviation also takes place from a part of a former runway.
Tourism
The harbours, maritime and built heritage are the town's principal tourism assets. Recent initiatives include investments in the Peterhead Bay area, which have included the berthing of cruise ships in the harbour.
A number of projects are planned under the auspices of the Peterhead Project initiative, including tourism strategy development, enhancement of existing attractions, measures to improve the town's physical attractiveness, and improved marketing and promotion.
Sport
Peterhead F.C. are a Scottish Football League club who play in the League One. They won the League Two championship in 2013–14.
Peterhead also has a successful amateur boxing club, and in 2008 was the most successful boxing club in Northern Scotland. And currently has two reigning Scottish champions. The boxing gym is open to all and located in Ellis Street.
Peterhead RFC are a Scottish Rugby Union team who play at the Lord Catto playing fields.
Maritime Economy
Peterhead has a thriving port, serving the fishing, oil and gas and other commercial industries. It also receives many visiting seafarers arriving on ships that ply these trades. Seafarers' welfare organisation Apostleship of the Sea has a port chaplain at Peterhead to provide pastoral and practical support to them.
Twin town : Ã…lesund, Norway
more swans from my visit to Cape May the other day.
I did take a walk today over in Stone Harbor with Larry.
I had to laugh. Several of my contacts have been posting incredible photos from there recently.....all sorts of fun birds.
Today there was NOTHING!
Okay.....major flocks of black backed gulls and a few sanderlings.........and one white heron waaaaaaay out in the middle ot the pond, but that was it!
It was absolutely gorgeous out though, and we had a beautiful walk and had fun picking up shells on the beach.
Sorry, I'm back to Pika posting again. I took quite a few photos of two of these beautiful little Pikas - enough shots to keep me from feeling like going through them all straight away to find a few that were OK to post. So, every now and then, I will dip into the file of photos from that day. When this little animal ran over towards us and froze for a few moments, it gave us a wonderful chance for close images.
On 19 August 2014, I was lucky enough to have the chance to try and photograph a couple of these absolutely adorable little creatures : ) After a while, I was beginning to despair of ever getting any decent shots at all. These tiny Pikas, also known as Rock Rabbits, hardly ever remain still and they are extremely fast! Imagine a mountain hillside covered in sharp, jagged rocks of all sizes and then try to picture how difficult it is to find in the viewfinder the single rock on which one of these Pikas might happen to sit for a second or two, lol! As time passed, I managed to take quite a few photos, though many needed to be deleted. A couple of times, this Pika came bounding over the rocks near to where we were standing and just sat there, long enough to get a few very close shots. They are about 15 to 23 centimetres (5.9 to 9.1 in) in body length, so really are pretty small, especially when off in the distance.
I found this excellent and amusing YouTube video, 3:30 minutes long, It is The American Pika in the BBC's Life of Mammals series.
The weather forecast was not good for that day, but we were so lucky that, apart from a few raindrops, the rain stayed away. The sun actually came out at two locations we stopped at for a short while. Our 18-hour day (from 6;00 a.m. till midnight!) started off with the thrill of seeing these Pikas and ended with a brief sighting of a black Wolf crossing the road ahead of us in the dark. It disappeared into the blackness, but shortly afterwards, we heard three (possibly four) separate Wolves howling way off in the distance. We just stood there, in total awe, listening to this amazing sound. The only wild Wolf I had ever seen before was when I was in Yellowstone National Park two years ago. Friends and I saw two Wolves feeding on a Bison carcass across a huge valley - so they were just distant specks, that became slightly larger specks when my camera was in full zoom.
In between these two highlights, we saw several Deer, a small group of Mountain Sheep on the road, a tiny Chipmunk, a few Cedar Waxwings, Columbian Ground Squirrels, a beautiful Red-tailed Hawk that sat on a branch out in the open for a long time, and two tiny Bats that flew very close over our heads when it was getting dark. We also saw an adult Spruce Grouse with two young ones.
Then, of course, there is the scenery! Blue sky to go with the splendour of the mountains would have been wonderful, but we had been having cold and gloomy weather for a while before this day out. Highway 40 and the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Lakes Trail both run through such spectacular scenery, so it was a real treat for me, especially as I won't drive to those areas myself.
Posting a scan of my sketchbook to support good thinking habits. Upload a page from your sketchbook to the Flickr group, or read about it in my post Pretty Sketchy.
I guess I get a silver medal to bricktrix's gold since he was first across the posting finish line! ;) Representing Canada, we have my version of the BR (Southern region) CCT van wagon in rail blue livery. Thanks to bricktrix, I shamelessly copied his wheel set arrangement and this expedited finishing off the underframe. I couldn't make the string truss rods work with my under frame and therefore resorted to using trusty flex tube and other bits to represent this distinctive feature of the under frame. Since I had some blue flex tube, I implemented the diagonal frame braces on the end panels using yet another bricktrix technique of string retained tube. This really adds to the character of the wagon and the width of the flex tube matches nicely with the adjacent vertical frame members. Not much more to do other than a couple of stickers for detail and some general tidying up. Not sure when I'll start the Bogie B version since I still have to obtain parts.
I am absolutely dragging my feet at the moment - far too hot and tired to make the effort to do anything. Hence, my late posting today and still, a few hours later, trying to get descriptions, etc. added. Though today's temperature is a few degrees cooler, the inside of my place isn't cooling down yet. The whole summer has been so hot, apart from the odd day, and everywhere is bone dry. Friends went to Kananaskis the other day, returning to two locations where we found so many beautiful mushroom last summer, and they were unable to find any at all. This year is not going to be a good year for them, unfortunately.
On 7 June 2017, a group of eight of us spent a wonderful day exploring Elbow Falls and Forgetmenot Pond, in Kananaskis. We drove west of the city into the eastern edge of the mountains, stopping at three different places, including a stop along the edge of the main highway, where we found beautiful Shooting stars and a few little brown cup fungi. I think I photographed this Star-flowered Solomon's Seal flower along the path at Elbow Falls.
Yesterday evening, 29 July 2017, a 33-year-old man apparently lost his life when he fell into the Falls while taking photos. Another person was seriously injured when he jumped in to try and rescue him. I don't know exactly what happened, but I do know that people take a huge risk at that location by climbing on the rocks. Also, fences are there for a reason! Too many people have lost their lives there. Is getting a photo worth all this?!! Definitely not for his wife and two-month-old son, and friends. So sad. Update: apparently, the man who died fell while reaching out to try and help a family member/friend who was slipping off the rocks while taking photos.
Just found this 3-minute YouTube video of Elbow Falls by ExplorationFilms, directed by Holden Lawlor.
Forgetmenot Pond is actually a man-made pond, left over from the excavation of a gravel pit. The water is crystal clear. It's just a short walk around the pond, but enjoyable to do. The main road this far into Kananaskis only opens in June each year, as a winter gate at Elbow Falls closes in December for the winter months, to protect the wildlife in the area.
I found the following 4-minute video on YouTube, taken by Kenneth Lori using a DJI Phantom 3 Professional quadcopter and taken on 16 June 2016. It travels over Forgetmenot Pond and the surrounding river and mountains.
What a great day we had! It was one beautiful find after another, and I think we all must have arrived back home at the end of the day, feeling happy and content. Dorothy and Stephen, as always, you planned a wonderful day for us and you even managed to arrange with the weatherman for beautiful sunshine and warmth, with an occasional welcome slight breeze. I still can't believe how lucky we were, seeing so many interesting things. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to decide what was the highlight for me. The Harlequin Duck, the distant Common Nighthawk flying high overhead, the two Morel mushrooms, the small cluster of beautiful brown cup fungi?? And so on .... Great to spend a day with such a pleasant group of keen, interested people.
Thanks so much for such a great day - my favourite kind of day : ) Thank you, also, for the ride, and for the donuts you brought along for everyone to enjoy. Nice to end our day with a stop at the Cinnamon Spoon cafe in Bragg Creek, for a very welcome coffee.
Back to posting pictures from my road trip. Olmstead Point is another popular scenic vista along Tioga Pass. It was being worked on when I was there so I had to do some scrambling around to get pictures. From here you can see Half Dome in the distance on it's less viewed side.
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