paperclip attached to the zipper, with sewing thread around it

Salad prepare

In order to fly a balloon you need to do some preparations. Like filling the balloon. Since this is a hot-air balloon is needs to be filled with hot air. This is the beginning of the process. Note the size of the balloon in comparison to the people standing down at the basket.

You can see other photos from Sweden in my Sweden set

You should really watch this Large On Black since that brings out more details. My pictures aren't balanced for a white background and a lot of the finer details are lost in this small format.

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The first event on the track was the women's T54 100 metres, and the athletes were getting themselves ready in their chairs and lanes for the race.

Lancia Stratos

Waiter separating the fish meat for us. Boullabaise at Michel, Marseille, France

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store.

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store. They will be missed! Included: cream vintage rotary dial, old

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store. They will be missed! Included: cream vintage rotary dial, old style handheld portion... also, variou

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store. They will be missed! Included: cream vintage rotary dial, old style handheld portion... also, various pieces of a vintage Pyrex kitchen collection that includes casserole dishes,

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store. They will be missed! Included: cream vintage rotary dial, old style handheld portion... also, various pieces of a vintage Pyrex kitchen collection that includes casserole dishes, lids, and a mixing bowl set (all matching in white and teal colors.)

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store. They will be missed! Included: cream vintage rotary dial, old style handheld portion... also, various pieces of a vintage Pyrex kitchen collection that includes casserole dishes, lids, and a mixing bowl set (all matching in white and teal colors.)

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store. They will be missed! Included: cream vintage rotary dial, old style handheld portion... also, various pieces of a vintage Pyrex kitchen collection that includes casserole dishes, lids, and a mixing bowl set (all matching in white and teal colors.)

Several of my favorite colleccted vintage items that were sitting out to be prepared to sell in my vintage store. They will be missed! Included: cream vintage rotary dial, old style handheld portion... also, various pieces of a vintage Pyrex kitchen collection that includes casserole dishes, lids, and a mixing bowl set (all matching in white and teal colors.)

Union troops prepare to defend their position against advancing Confederate forces

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1

Being reared by myself at home, this larva is preparing for its first moult.

Action from the man who is the big threat to Andy Murray - Novak Djokovic: A magician with a racquet

Agro High School show of Yakan wedding. Kadayawan 2016.

high wall

From an exhibit on war in Canada's aboriginal and early colonial days.

Canadian War Museum; Ottawa, Ontario.

Henry and Parker are preparing to shoot my army men with their Nerf guns

Misa de Acción de Gracias por la ordenación de diácono permanente de Juancito

Leica M-E

Leica Summilux-M 35mm f1.4 ASPH

One of Chef Travis Specialties.

Garnished with Parmesan cheese and severed with a pine nut sauce.

After cooking the sticky rice the cooks thin the bamboo container so that the walls are peeled open. The bamboo shavings are used to cook the next batch of sticky rice.

Beetle on native sedge. Probably Genus Arsipoda. [Gardens of Stone NP, NSW]

EDIT: Thanks to Kim for identifying this as a Metallic Flea Beetle.

A car attendent checks the doors of an Amtrak SuperLiner car at Denver Union Station as the evening California Zephyr prepares to depart.

little metal lanterns

Oni and her two moms. Seattle Pride Weekend

St Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, Spokane, Washington

...my first trip over the big pond :)

Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

A farmer prepares his fields for planting rice in Fenghuang County, Hunan. While other parts of the country have a high level of agricultural mechanization, here the works is still done by hand, in the centuries old way.