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Rebuilding of rear hull section... Landing gear (4 rear foldable legs) in place and easily supporting the ship. Engine/Winglet supported by core (with no support needed underneath!). It took a lot of effort to get this rebuilt to this point. There is a lot more fiddly bits to do to re-attach the vertical fin. After that I am going to build a technic frame for the forward section of the ship and to house the forward landing gear.
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How to UPDATE to v1.003
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There are 4 NEW UPGRADED PARTS to v1.003 -
1 - v1.003 Webhud (included in the new update box).
(if you get any errors from your 'Animation Attachment' when you wear the new web hud ignore them, this will be fixed when you upgrade
Your 'Animation Attachment', see below).
2 - NEW 'Deformer Attachment' (included in the new update box). This works with the new custom deformers library. If you are purchasing separate deformer packs this is the attachment that you will install in to).
3 - 'Animation Attachment' needs upgrading to version v1.003 (use our new update hud to upgrade your old 'Animation Attachment' to v1.003 read below).
4 - An update hud to update your 'Animation Attachment' scripts.
You can GET THE NEW UPDATE BOX in 3 ways -
1) You should get an automatic update box sent out via caspervend when wearing your old web hud and caspervend prompts you to get an update. Inside the update box, as well as a new web hud and deformer attachment is an updater hud for your 'Animation Attachment'.
2) If you are wearing an old version of one of your items, the new v1.003 web hud will prompt you to upgrade while you are using it.
3) You can get a (free) new copy of the web hud product that has these new items within it.
HOW TO UPDATE your 'Animation Attachment' to v1.003
When we were designing our webhud, we wanted as little time and fuss for all our users to upgrade items.
Your full library will remain installed. So no need to re-install any of your jiggles or poses. Future releases will also work like this for fast, easy and fun upgrades.
1 - Wear your 'Animation Attachment' you wish to upgrade.
2 - Wear the new Update hud and 'Click To Update'.
3 - Wait for the script magic to work (you will see it working in your chat). Once finished your 'Animation Attachment' will automatically un-attach.
4 - You can manually rename your 'Animation Attachment' replacing the version number at the end of it's name to "v1.003"
(this won't make a difference to the scripts but it's easier for you to keep track of being up to date).
4a - If you get any error messages from your 'Animation Attachment' after upgrade you can ignore them the first few times
the web hud reloads as it will be adjusting settings.
5 - Re-attach your 'Animation Attachment' and your web hud will automatically recognise it..
6 - DONE! You are free to use all your new v1.003 items.
Tp on down to Birth!
I took quite a few pictures here but decided to post this one, just because the story is more interesting than any of the photos.
This is now a winery in Liberty, MO, but the "spirits" they serve are more than just the kind you drink!
Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures (TV shows) have both run shows about this place.
Here's a recap from Ghost Hunters:
"The Belvoir Winery in Liberty, Missouri has 4 buildings, and all of them are haunted! TAPS is called in to investigate the campus.
The buildings used to be an orphanage, an old people's home, a nursing home and a safety bunker. Currently, the orphanage is operating as a winery run by the client, Jesse Leimkuehler. He says the ghosts roaming the halls there are probably children, and they are harmless. Reports in that building include voices, music playing, footsteps and people have had their pant legs tugged.
In the other buildings, however, Jesse is worried that the paranormal activity is negative. If he tears the buildings down, he fears the ghosts will move into the winery. There is a morgue in the nursing home that is especially creepy, and people have been pushed and touched, seen dark shadow figures and heard voices. In the bunker, visitors have heard children singing.
More than 10,000 people have died in this complex over the years, so the potential for paranormal activity is certainly high!
During the investigation, the teams have several noteworthy experiences. Jason and Steve jump out of their skin when they hear a loud glass shattering. They look everywhere but there is no glass to be found! Amy and Adam similarly hear loud crashing noises. Britt and Michelle find themselves in a dark hallway chasing a black shadow that feels ominous to even the experienced investigators.
In the nursing home morgue, Adam is grabbed, and he and Amy hear whistling and voices. The two also investigate the bunker, where their recorders pick up a child's voice yelling. When they're in the orphanage they hear piano music coming down the hallways, when nobody is playing the piano!
Britt and Michelle, meanwhile, use RIM Pods in the winery hallway and place toys around to draw out the child spirits. The pods light up in succession, as though someone is running down the hallway!
It's great to see the old friends having fun together again: Steve and Tango get into hysterics over a Jello joke and Tango pulls a little prank on Steve.
During the reveal, Jesse tells Steve and Jason that he had another odd experience the day before when footsteps seemed to follow him to the laundry room. Jason and Steve share all their evidence with him. If the ghosts in the buildings he tears down are residual, they should stay with the objects they're attached to. But if they're intelligent, they may migrate to the winery.
If the latter happens, TAPS will return and help Jesse once again. Great investigation!"
Note that none of the buildings have been torn down.
Here's a link to the Ghost Hunters show if you're interested:
French VIP Caravelle undergoing thorough restoration at Dugny. The wings have been sawn off outboard of the main undercarriage so I assume there is a plan to re-attach them!
St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church - Dulcie Street, Bredbo. The present brick and tile church was built in 1929 at a cost of £618 and was dedicated and licensed on 16 September 1929. The church was re-attached to Cooma Parish in 1936.
A lowly seahorse enjoys some peace and quite below the waves, but it better not get too close to Gorm's sea-mines!
For the Galidor Royal Glinch building contest!
Worth noting that the 'mines' aren't photo-shopped in, they're attached to stands made out of Galidor parts that are positioned really close to the camera.
I made this quilted red leather handbag for my sister-in-law's birthday. My Father-in-law actually mistook it for a real handbag and grabbed the handle to lift it. LOL!! The strap had to be re-attached but I took it as a great compliment. Happy Birthday, Carol! 1-27-08
I am so disappointed in the cookies. The tin is nice & there's 2 layers, but the cookies are all the same color, & they're attached. Compare them to to cookies in the Elegant Sweets set, it's just sad.
Lovely sunset at Halnaker windmill in West Sussex this evening. I missed the fabulous red sky the night before, so felt compelled to make the effort this evening. I was rewarded :-) . The windmill is being renovated and is due to have the sails re-attached soon.
I went to ToysRUs today looking for Bloomix and TOTALLY did not expect them to have them. BUT THEY DID. I am so excited right now, oh my gosh. They had everyone except Flora, I guess someone beat me to her.
Pictures really don't do these dolls justice. I honestly wasn't expecting much from them but after seeing them in person, my entire opinion's changed. They're absolutely beautiful. It took me a good fifteen minutes standing there in the aisle trying to decide who I wanted to get first. Not gonna lie, Bloom ended up my favorite (because that totally doesn't happen everytime, right??) but I didn't get her because I know that even though these dolls ship 1 of each character per case now, she's STILL gonna be the most common. Wah.
But Bloom had the most beautiful makeup, wow. It was pink and blue and just stunning. And her hair! It has this big bump on top that just makes her look absolutely regal. My next favorite was probably Layla. She's got such pretty hair (kanekalon from what I can tell, btw) and a gorgeous outfit! And her makeup! Tecna was very pretty as well, I really liked the colors of her outfit and I thought her hair was super cute. Stella was kinda underwhelming, but still better than in photos. She's got pretty subtle understated makeup that I really like! But the construction of her outfit looked really awkward.
But I chose Musa, because she was my favorite in the photos we'd seen so far and I thought she looked gorgeous in person too. And I think I made the right choice; she's beautiful! I really like her hair, it's so long and pretty (btw, Dane, it is greasy, but only about as much as Believix Power, if that helps!) and her outfit is just all kinds of gorgeous! She probably has the least interesting to makeup of everyone I saw, but it's still cool. She pretty much has her Believix face (I wish they'd used Sirenix, but it's still good) with more pinkish lipstick and purple eyeshadow. Pretty!
The only thing I CANNOT stress enough is that you shouldn't mess with the sleeves on this doll. It's not that they're not well made; they are, but they're attached only by one end and I get the feeling that if you messed with it too much it WOULD come off. So be careful!
Overall, this doll and Bloomix as a whole really blew me away in person. I can't wait to go back soon and get another one.
Driver of EN13 misjudged the distance from WVN21 and the nearside mirror smashed the glass. EN13 was in service again later once the mirror had been re-attached!
I am so close to him, that I have to back up against the wall to get the 3 feet away that I needed to be away to capture him at 50mm. I am not afraid, I am in awe, and he does not appear at all bothered by me. He is biding his time until he is ready for release. He has more room than just this entry area where he happened to be hanging out, and I got in and out because I didn't want to invade his space for long. It was a great experience, and he was beautiful! Hugs and thanks for checking out all these Sanctuary shots! I know, there are a lot of them, but there are more to come!! LOL!
It was my first trip to Save Our Seabirds in Sarasota, FL. www.saveourseabirds.org Wow! I am still reeling! I think it may be one of the most awe inspiring experiences of my life. I know, I’m a nerd, but I am utterly sincere. My husband Derrick went as well, so that made it all the more fabulous, sharing the experience.
Our new friend Lynn, the Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator and in my book Certified Sandhill Crane Wrangler, met us there. We got an inside look at this fantastic facility. I have to tell you, I was OVER THE TOP impressed with its cleanliness and their philosophy of operation. The absolute goal is re-entry into the wild, though of course there are some who can never go back. Lee Fox who operates the facility is one of the best people I have ever met. She showed us everything, and at every turn, she was feeding a bird. I felt like a child, as I saw so many things for the first time, and I loved Lee on sight!
Lee took us to some wood enclosures where baby and young screech owls were housed. To my surprise, she ushered me in and left me alone inside with them. I felt like I was stepping into the labyrinth, and I thought “Where will this take me, literally, emotionally, spiritually?” It was dark, and I could not, nor would not use my flash on dozing baby owls, of course. I didn’t start shooting for a couple of minutes. I was taking them all in. Some were in the shadows, some in dappled sunlight, some up at the top of the habitat, and all looking at me with their BIG pale eyes! It was like being in a house of Furbys! It was utterly surreal, and I am getting goose bumps just thinking about it. I cried…tears of joy when I came out their space.
Of course we also saw Sandhill Cranes, my personal connection to Lynn and Save Our Seabirds through Mama Cherry and her paperclip incident. The injuries are tough stuff to see my Flickr friends, and most of them happen on golf courses! Broken legs which often have to be amputated, head injuries, blindness, broken beaks…it is heart wrenching.
They make prosthetic legs for them, which helps, but have to be re-attached often. This prosthetic leg thing has had me puzzling ever since. This is going to be a long ongoing story, so step in if you dare!
I asked Lee, what she needed besides money and chicken? A joke because they go through so much chicken for the birds of prey it would blow your mind, and money being obvious!! She said she needs a computer, preferably a lap top so she can work on it at the sanctuary and at her home. She documents all of these birds, their injuries, their care and their outcome, and I think she does it all on paper, or on a PC so old that she can hardly open the internet!!! My wheels are turning, and I have a lot of ideas, but of course I welcome any input and ideas you all may have as well!
One of Lee’s most important messages is that if you hook a seabird when you’re fishing, “DON’T CUT THE LINE!!” Please to go their website for capture and removal information. You can do this, and if you do not, it is VERY likely they will experience grievous damage and most likely death.
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Sunday's outing to do some shooting. There was plenty of cool fog over the lake...some boaters, geese & ducks...and early autumn colors. I ended up pitching rocks for the last half hour and found that one of these was my favorite shot from the day.
After 4 straight days of making myself go out and shoot...I'm happily re-attached to my couch once again...via my a$$ :-) But...lesson learned. Creativity is always patiently there waiting for you...just a stone's throw away.
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Photographed mostly for the plates, which don't belong to this car and are at least two years older than they Kadett they're attached to, as the XX 0000 format was replaced in 1982
This White Pointer has been on and off of the carving table for nearly twenty years and I figured it was about time it nears the completion stage. With the White Shark now finished, a base with a 'reef' and a California Sea Lion will finish it off. This is not an attack scene, but simply titled 'A Closer Look'. The shark is a male Carcharadon carcharious carved from basswood and measures about 21" in length. The teeth were carved and inserted after cutting off the lower jaw and carving the mouth interior then re-attaching it. The carving itself was relatively easy going, but the finish was another story. The Great white may look to be just gray and white, but subtle hues of umber and green are also present in it's silvery skin tone. I think I got it here with this carving. Under the nose to under the eye, a tedious time was taken to represent the electrical sensors known as the ampulla of Lorenzini (small black dots), which enables the shark to pick up the electrical impulses that all living creatures put out when muscles move...simply a miracle of evolution is the family of sharks. It may have taken many years to get to this stage, but the dream never died, just put on hold for a while. If you have a dream that doesn't seem to be within reach, just wait for the time to be ripe for it to come to fruition.
Great White Shark sculpture
This little one (length overall about 10cm) was portrayed in a room in the Mekong Delta,Vietman. Despite the suggestive angle, the picture is taken straight up, so the critter is looking down into the camera. [180mm, F11, 1/15s, ISO100].
The Gecko manages to walk on surfaces (including polished metal and glass) in any orientation it sees fit due to multi-million purposefully shaped hairs on its toes. Amazing as this is, the real fascination for me sets in when you see them run while peeling, and re-attaching their feet about 15 times per second in an highly elaborate movement.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Species: Hemidactylus frenatus
Common name: House Gecko
Having ventured up on Loveland Pass within hours of reopening after a winter storm closure, I got to see some gorgeous conditions. New snow, partial moon, thin wispy clouds, and stars galore are what I saw when I adjusted my eyes. And if that wasn't enough, I insisted in snowshoeing above the hairpin to get a better perspective on the peaks. It wasn't easy getting there, but the short hike sure paid off with a great view. I tried a couple of exposures with vehicles and their light trails, but in the end, decided they were more of a distraction. This 60 second long-exposure image was taken from Loveland Pass west of Georgetown, Colorado with a 10.5 mm fisheye lens.
Later that night, I checked with the weather station at the tunnel to see just how cold it was - minus 14F they said. Up on the pass, I guestimate the temp at about -20F and thought it was interesting to see some of the effects...
I use a battery pack for my camera with 8 rechargeable AA batteries. It usually does great, but the camera kept saying there was no charge. So before every shot, I had to detach the battery pack and re-attach it again. Then, it would work for a little while. The next issue was that the exposure timer I use (to get precise long-exposures) uses an LCD screen and could only show the letters in a light gray - instead of the usual black. Most interesting to me, I found that every time I touched any metal parts (like the legs on a tripod), I found it actually felt like it was burning my skin to touch the metal!
Yea I'll admit, my feet and my nose were a little numb at the end, but burning metal? Now that's cold!
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I worked close to Warrington Arpley for many years and would always have a look over to the stabling point when I arrived in the morning. Monday February 19th 1996 had a surprise in store with three European Passenger Services (EPS) 37's lined up. Suffice it to say at lunchtime they got recorded.
* Update 30/07/22 friend Harry Needle has just informed me he now owns all three!
* Here is 37609 in DRS passenger duty: www.flickr.com/photos/45021513@N08/18310834120/in/photoli...
** They were once a fleet of twelve locomotives involved in what transpired to be a rather unfortunate chapter in Channel Tunnel passenger service history. In November 1990, "European Passenger Services Ltd" (EPS) was set-up as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Rail Board to manage the proposed daytime international passenger services between London, British provincial cities, Paris, and Brussels. These were to be procured as a joint effort between EPS, SNCF, and SNCB, and the wheels were set in motion on 18th December 1989 when a contract was signed with GEC-Alsthom for the construction of thirty Trans Manche Super Trains.
In addition to the daytime services, a series of overnight sleeper trains were also planned to run through the Chunnel. These were promoted under the "Nightstar" brand and to manage this project, "European Night Services Ltd" (ENS) was established in 1992. ENS was a collaboration between EPS, SNCF, Deutsch-Bahn (DB), and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Netherlands Railways). London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Plymouth, Swansea, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne, Dortmund, and Frankfurt were all outlined as potential recipients of the sleeper trains, these of which are looked at in greater detail in the Nightstar section of the website. However, to set the scene, a £120,000,000 order was placed with a reluctant GEC Alsthom at Washwood Heath, Birmingham, for the construction of 139 passenger vehicles for the sleeper operation.
"Nightstar" services from Glasgow and Edinburgh would head south via West Coast and East Coast Main Lines respectively, and remarshalling of the trains would take place at Kensington Olympia before onward travel to the Chunnel. To haul the sleepers along these electrified routes and for passage through the Chunnel, seven Class 92 locomotives were ordered from Brush Traction Ltd at Loughborough in July 1990, each costing £3,000,000. However, those "Nighstar" trains emanating from Plymouth and Swansea, which used the Great Western Main Line to reach London, required diesel power as far as Kensington Olympia. The option of procuring a brand new diesel locomotive for this purpose was initially considered, but subsequently dropped. This was because the cost of building a relatively small number of diesel locomotives equipped with Electric Train Supply (ETS) to form a dedicated "Nightstar" fleet would be very expensive. As a result, ENS turned to the existing British Rail pool of diesels and in 1994, twelve Class 37 locomotives were selected from the TrainLoad freight sector to form a dedicated fleet for the Nightstar operation.
British Rail Maintenance Limited (BRML) Doncaster was awarded the contract to overhaul and modify the selected Class 37 locomotives. This included a complete overhaul of mechanical components, separation of the crank shaft from the engine, and bodywork restoration; known in the trade as a "G" exam. The bogie sets on all twelve were replaced by those salvaged from withdrawn Class 50 diesels and re-gearing increased the top speed from 80 MPH to 90 MPH. Fitted with vacuum braking when first introduced, all Class 37s were later converted to dual braking (i.e. vacuum and air); however, the vacuum equipment was removed from the "Nightstar" locomotives during overhaul and UIC (Union International des Chemin de fer) air brake pipes incorporated. ENS 61-way through train jumper connections were installed to make the locomotives and "Nightstar" carriages compatible with each other, Railway Clearing House (RCH) communication jumpers fitted, and standard coupling gear was retained.
In addition to those modifications already mentioned, the selected Class 37s were also wired for Electric Train Supply. However, the power for this would not come from the locomotives themselves, but rather a pool of generator vans dedicated to the "Nightstar" service. Five BR Mk 3 ex-sleeper cars were selected for conversion to this role. Originally, 120 of these vehicles had been ordered for construction at Derby from 1981 to 1984 for a market which was already in steady decline. Faster InterCity daytime services, combined with competing air travel, had eaten into the railway sleeper train business and the provision of Mk 3 vehicles for the latter, capable of 100 MPH running, was an attempt to regain some ground. Sadly, the demand never reached a level to justify such a large carriage fleet, which saw many of the Mk 3 sleeping cars become surplus to requirements early on.
For their new role on the Nightstar services, the ex-sleeper Mk 3 vehicles were to be equipped with a pair of diesel generators and associated fuel tank, and be re-wired for ETS operation. Technical details aside, the most interesting aspect of these carriages was how they would work in conjunction with the Class 37/6 fleet. To ensure the schedules of the Swansea and Plymouth sleepers ran to time, the plan was to have two diesel locomotives fronting each "Nightstar" formation, the latter of which would comprise seven passenger vehicles. The customary arrangement would then have been to sandwich the Mk 3 generator car in-between the sleeper stock and locomotives on all workings. However, from an operational viewpoint, this would result in a complex shunting arrangement at the end of each journey: not only would the Class 37s have to run round the coaching stock, but they would also have to switch to the opposite end of the generator car in a separate movement and re-attach it to the front of the train. The solution devised was novel and the final proposal was to have the generator car sandwiched in-between the locomotives, as per the below formation:
Therefore, this "top-and-tailing" of the generator car ensured that simple runaround manoeuvres at the end of each journey ultimately had a locomotive leading.
The Class 37/6 fleet would also not necessarily be limited to the "Great Western" lines. Engineering works on the ECML/WCML which required traversing non-electrified sections of route would call for diesel haulage on Scottish sleepers. On the daytime side of the operation, the locomotives could also be used, too: should the usual West London Line course between North Pole Depot and Waterloo International be blocked, Class 37/6s were intended to front TMSTs on a diversionary route from Kensington Olympia to Clapham Junction, via Willesden, Acton Central, and Barnes Bridge. The diesels could also be used to haul any failed "Eurostar" units. Given that the locomotives kept standard coupling gear, "barrier" wagons were procured to enable the fleet to be coupled to the TMSTs.
On 31st January 1995 the first of the overhauled "Nightstar" Class 37s, No. 37601, was formally handed over to EPS at Doncaster Works. The upper third of the bodyside was painted in "Executive Grey", the lower bodyside in light grey, and the roof in dark blue. Cast Channel Tunnel roundels were carried on both sides, and at one end the locomotive number and "EPS" branding was applied below the cab window. Snowploughs were fitted, but by May 1995 these had been removed, and by October of the same year the "Executive Grey" of the upper bodyside had been replaced by a lighter "Flint Grey" shade.
Official allocation of the type from the outset was to St Philips Marsh Depot (Bristol), which was geographically suitable to cover Plymouth and Swansea sleepers from a single base. Whilst the fleet could also be stabled at North Pole Depot for any Class 373 drags, maintenance work on them here was prohibited, because the site did not have the required environmental protection in the event of a diesel spillage. Therefore, some members were stationed at nearby Old Oak Common.
For the electric side of the operation, the first Class 92 was formally handed over to EPS at Waterloo International on 1st February 1995. On 29th February of the following year, the British Rail portions of EPS and ENS entities became part of the private consortium "London & Continental Railways", which had been announced as the preferred bidder to build and operate the proposed Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Whilst daytime London to Paris/Brussels services had been running since 14th November 1994, the "Regional Eurostar" and "Nightstar" operations were still distant.
L&CR made known that the existing "Eurostar" services were carrying much lower passenger numbers than originally forecast and soon after construction of the CTRL got underway, the company found itself in financial difficulties. This resulted in the Government stepping in to assist in February 1999, taking a large share of the firm at this time. Cost-cutting was the order of the day and in 1997, both "Nightstar" and "Regional Eurostar" schemes were put on hold. Their fate was sealed on 9th July 1999, when the two were formally cancelled.
What now for the stock procured for the "Nightstar" operation? The sleeper vehicles were placed into secure storage at MOD Kineton, Warwickshire, and the Class 92s offered for sale. No buyer could be found for the latter and the seven-strong fleet went into storage at Crewe Electric Depot. The Class 37/6 fleet had started to disband as early as 1997, when the "Nightstar" scheme was initially put on hold. In that year, Nos. 37607 to 37612 were taken on by "Direct Rail Services" (DRS), a freight operator established in 1995 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of "British Nuclear Fuels" for the movement of nuclear material. The rest were retained by EPS for TMST drags, although the pool was further reduced in size in 2002 when another three class members, Nos. 37602, 37605, and 37606, became part of the DRS fleet.
Nos. 37601, 37603, and 37604 remained at North Pole Depot as "Thunderbird" locomotives. On 7th October 2007, maintenance of the Class 373 formations was transferred to Temple Mills Depot prior to Section 2 of the CTRL from St Pancras to Southfleet Junction opening to scheduled passenger traffic. That saw No. 37604 being cast off to DRS in the previous week. Section 2 of the CTRL opened on 14th November 2007, which resulted in the last two EPS Class 37/6s, Nos. 37601 and 37603, being taken off L&CR's books. They became part of the DRS fleet early the following year.
** With thanks to Kent Rail for information.
I just gave you a taste of the explosion in blooms in the spring of 2022 at RB Garden. Now, let's go to what your would have seen (it's changed a little in three weeks) when you first enter the Garden after paying the fee, a modest $10, but don't quote me.
My wife and I have an annual family membership which is akin to inviting me to an all-you-can-eat buffet when I was 18! I never thought I would get so excited about flowers, but these are special. They're attached to plants about which I knew little and disliked photographically. I've seen a few of them in the wild, but this does make for "easier" photography. And they are very well the most colorful, large and small, flowers in the world - well, maybe competing with South Africa and Australia, but these are a one mile walk from my back door!
One very large plus: there are a few birds that make this their homes. The Anna's Hummingbird, House Finch, and a few Phoebes come through. Fortunately, you never burn out when it comes to birds. A Few butterflies, but at least three species of bees from the largest Carptener to the smallest metallic can be found, just not on any flowers I'm shooting. And, there are plenty of Western Fence Lizards, always a challenge, but well worth it. But it's the flowers that gave me an interest to carry me through. I can't chase birds; my vision does affect my insect shooting; and the drought took its toll on dragon and damselflies. Now, I'm immersed in dry garden flowers.
So, come along for the ride. I've only been on it myself for 53 weeks, and I'm so far behind in posting that this will probably be my primary subject matter for a long, long time.
Quin locomotives haul QUBE's 1311 empty paper train into Goulburn's Up Refuge. The locos will be detached, the VLs and 1445 detached, and the QBX double refuelled before re-attaching to the train for departure to Harefield in southern NSW.
Lovely sunset at Halnaker windmill in West Sussex this evening. I missed the fabulous red sky the night before, so felt compelled to make the effort this evening. I was rewarded :-) . The windmill is being renovated and is due to have the sails re-attached soon.
Class 37 number 37069 at Doncaster Works on 15th May, 1988. Having arrived in the works a little over 6 weeks earlier in BR blue livery the locomotive is still missing its "Thornaby T.M.D." nameplate but this was re-attached before it was released back into service.
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This is what my doll space looks like when I'm not using it.It occupies the second story landing and hallway between my bathroom and bedroom, shown, and the guest bedroom on the other side of the landing.
Two sets of Kallax Ikea shelves, on the left, hide and store all my doll clothes, diorama furniture and accessories, diorama making materials and most of my dolls.
I made the curtains that cover the wire shelf units so that I can fold back the curtains or remove them completely. They're attached to a home made wooden frame with Velcro.
A nuclear flask being unloaded from its railway container wagon at Berkeley, on the Sharpness branch, on 9th August 1988. It is being placed on a CEGB road transporter for the short journey to Berkeley Power Station. Off to the left of the picture is the train loco, Class 31 No. 31178, while the brakevan is on the right, waiting to be re-attached to the train. Not a hard hat in sight!
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Abused Abandoned Jungle Dogs.
Pumpkin, so excited as she lounges on her special boulder.
She's acting all shy but her tail was a for sure giveaway.
Pumpkins fir is very soft plus she's one of my favorite dogs.
Remember she started out with a real bad case of mange.
Persistent weekly medication has proven to be a winner.
That medication was a result of your kind donations ...;-)
Had a few minor problems re-attaching the sidecar this
morning. Called in a loyal brother-in-law and his wife for
some extra muscle, all is well now.
Picked up supplies for tomorrows run, nuns will be happy.
Here is a good example of a throwaway dog that now has
a wonderful pain free life. She was spayed and treated for
all her medical ailments. Quality food, medicine and yearly
booster shots all from your donations.. We Thank You ... ;-)
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I was so excited to find this Vintage 70's-80's Barbie Rolls Royce Corniche Convertible for £1.50 in one of my Charity Shop haunts! Made in Hong Kong by Zima it is marked 'Classic Convertible Custom made' on the trunk. It is basically all there - even the cardboard dashboard indicators that you can't see in these pics and the hood ornament (often broken or missing) The trunk lifts up for storing luggage! All it required was a bit of TLC:
I used nail varnish to remove what looked like sticker or glue residue on the hood, super glue gel to fix the windshield down and re-attach one side of the back bumper. I also laminated the dashboard card to keep it safe from damage and put the whole car through the car wash (using some oxi-action in-wash stain remover). I'm super happy with this find as it will be the perfect car for my Wedding Couple to drive off to their first night together as a married couple!
Lothian Buses/Edinburgh tours RM281, this bus was withdrawn in October 2016 sfter operating last Mac Tours RM service & has since had its roof re-attached.
Seen at Brooklands whilst operating the 462 service during the opening event of the season.
15th April 2018.
Dinky Toys sold some dies to Atamco in Calcutta, India in the early 1960s. These models were called Nicky Toys and were more crude than Dinky Toys.
The Dinky BOAC Comet was introduced in 1954 and the Nicky version in the late 1960s.
As can be seen the BOAC signs on the fusilage are paper labels and these have sarted to come off, I will carefully re-attach these.
A WIP. Something I'm building for something. I still need to give him a little body.
I normally do a search of whatever I'm building to see if it's been built before, and it's surprising how few Oceanic models there are.
Peak Forest 13-5-23 Cheshire was a lovely blue sky but the cloud was only just burning off in the Peak District where the Class 20s were found shunting in Dove Holes Quarry. I am only guessing here or putting 2 and 2 together and I may not be 100 % correct but it probably started with 60044 failing on the "Hoppers". A rescue loco and crew were sent as 1Z99 to Hazel Grove to recover the train leaving no crew for the Attercliffe at this time and so the crew in the 20 had to clear the loading bank of the loaded Attercliffe but not into the "Long Siding" as the train may not run. To move it into the lower siding they had to move it in 2 halves as the Class 20s aren't allowed to shunt a fully loaded train back up into the sidings due to wheel-slip problems with a full train. The 20s have already shunted the rear portion of the train and are now drawing the front half of the train out to shunt to the back of the siding when they will re-attach the rear portion of the train to have the wagons in the correct sequence for the unloading terminal. The Attercliffe did run after all that but 2 hours late. It may just have been a training exercise for crews but to catch anything working on a Saturday is rare and the 20s even rarer. Normally by this time of day the Attercliffe is sat in the "Long Siding" with a loco on it ready to depart. 20007+205 draw loaded boxes out of Dove Holes Quarry which will form 6E18 to Attercliffe
ICA Toska 9X12cm Plate Camera with a Doppel - Periskop 135mm f/11 lens in a Zenith shutter. It has rise and fall movement of the lens and extension bellows for closeups. I believe this model is from 1910. I had to do some repairs like re-attaching the bellows in the back and some cleaning, otherwise it seems to function great.
Former Royal Air Force Jaguar XX743 now with the wings re-attached. Another great addition to the Morayvia museum collection at Kinloss.
Leather Sole, Plastic Shank. The tops have a really nice leather. The sole was re-attached. They were used hard but seem quality built.
I was tagged by gartersnlace, cooks, and sweeny when I was all flued out and shite, to write 16 random things about me and I'm finally doing it:
1. I’ve been hit twice by cars while riding my bike. Both times were my fault. The scar from my hip is from age 13. The one of my stomach from age 15.
2. I wanted to be a nurse when I was a little girl and then again when I was in my 20s. I got accepted to two schools for nursing and decided poop and death on a daily basis wasn’t what I wanted for a career.
3. I was once a staff leader at Baskin Robbins but left to pursue a career at Stuft Pizza where I was taken off register duty for a missing $20. I still think I was set up.
4. I was a shit high school student [two years of summer school and a semester of night school just to graduate] but was valedictorian of the Theatre Arts department in college. Turns out you don’t need a 4.0 for that title in Theatre Arts.
5. I was bullied by the stoners in 9th grade for being too preppy. I still stand by my Topsiders. Fuck them.
6. I was Princess Leia three years in a row for Halloween. In my twenties.
7. I used to try and get people to call me Astrid.
8. I can not do any accents of any kind. I sound like a total ass.
9. Both of my parents worked in the world of nuclear energy and still produced four children. The family joke is that we glow in the dark.
10. My eye color keeps on changing.
11. I’ve had two surgeries. One to re-attach my thumb ligament after a skiing accident, and another to remove 7 fibroid tumors. Not a skiing accident.
12. I saw Drumline in the theater.
13. I met the boyfriend before Russ through an online service. Russ was one of my co-workers that helped me write my profile and pick my photo.
14. I love research and history. LOVE it.
15. I think Bruce Campbell is adorable.
16. An ex-boss asked if I could see her nipples through her see through top at a holiday party. I lied and said, “No.” It was obviously my passive aggressive way of getting back at her for being a very mean boss. Or maybe it was just aggressive. Either way, it's still a fond memory for me.
[oh god. i gotta tag 16 people now.]
Okay, this one is entirely unnecessary and gratuitous! It has been included to satisfy those individuals who expect to see, or really want to see, a glimpse of Joni's stocking tops, as has often been the case in many of her recently posted photos. . . Sometimes a loose garter just needs to be re-attached! So Joni decided to turn that exigency into a photo op. It should also be noted that Joni wore, and would have worn, much fancier stockings/thigh highs at last year's Keystone Gala Dinner Dance and any of this year's Keystone dinners with this dress, as opposed to these simple and plain Thigh Highs from Walmart that she is wearing on this occasion.
Hey, men have no idea how expensive decent hosiery costs and how vulnerable such hosiery is to runs, rips, holes, etc. until they start wearing it themselves! That's right, wearing it themselves!! . . . Every woman knows that a real man can't resist women's hosiery. If he's an honest man, he'll admit that he has at least tried on a pair or two. . . . And liked it!!!
So yes, sometimes a girl has to economize on hosiery at Walmart! Get over it!
SUPER TALK INVASION :D and it's not over, I'll normally receive a Dutch version soon and I'll try to buy the English version ^^
For now I have already 3, 3 French Version, as I'm from the French part of Belgium, this one is the easiest to find even if the Dutch one is not that difficult too
I got my first one (the one on the right) when I was... 8 I think, she was a super amazing flea market find :D but... I was 8 and not super delicate with my dolls and I broke her neck (which was already cracked) you can't imagine, I cried so much :'( I put scotch on her neck and put her to the side cause I was afraid to break her more
Later, when I was 12 I got the one on the left, which is complete and just like new, when I got her, her hat was still attached to her hair but as it was messy I had to remove it (I just did that like 1 year ago XD) and she talks clearer, maybe it's just the batteries but her voice is clear and loud ^^
and finally on a big lot I got the one in a middle... She was into pieces and actually still is as I glued back on some neck pieces from here and there to re-attach the plug, and look at her hair, totally ruined, I did my best to fix it, and it's better now but at first it was just...eww
By the way I also re-glued the one on the right and now her head can move like before, they all can move their heads and can talk (which is surprising for the one in the middle)
This girl is definitely a must have for anyone who's collecting Barbies, she says tons of things and she's really fashionable (the french version says tens thousands things, compared to the English who says 100.000 things, but it changes with every single language, that's funny XD
A favorite fashion ? Original, mix or Gift Giving dress ? :p
Polaroid Automatic 100
Polaroid 690 instant film
expired 09/2005
manipulated during development by peeling and re-attaching in different positions.
It's been raining heavily here, so what better way to spend a rainy day or two indoors than by having a knitting party? Barbie and Skipper (in their matching 'Knitting Pretty' and 'School Days' outfits - The illustration in the upper-right corner is from the first 1964 Skipper booklet,) have invited Midge (in 'Vacation Time') to join in the fun. These are all the original vintage outfits, complete with all the accessories (check out the scissors, book and bowls of yarn on the table and on Midge's lap). I had Skipper's outfit for quite a while and love it, but I was thrilled to find the rarer pink version of Barbie's outfit in such superb condition just recently.... though someone had re-attached the buttons of that cardigan really badly with WHITE thread(!!!) Luckily, I had perfectly matching pink thread on hand, so re-sewed them on for a more professional look. I may put these outfits on my Titian swirl and Titian Skipper in the future (just like in the repro set) but wanted my minty blonde SL Skipper and Sparkling Pink giftset blonde bubblecut to wear this first, as she has those co-ordinating candyfloss pink lips! I wonder what they will knit ... Maybe something for Ken?
At the outset, Joni would like to thank those who have expressed concern over Joni's injury to her left shoulder and offered best wishes for her recovery from her recent rotator cuff surgery. Joni is posting a series of four photos to address questions that some have posed inquiring about the status of her rehab and recovery from her the surgery.
As the photo above demonstrates, Joni can still manage a smile, despite the fact that she is frustrated and somewhat depressed by her present condition which has hobbled her and made it impossibe, or at least very difficult, to perform many of the most mundane daily activities. While the pain from the injury has largely subsided, her left arm and shoulder is immobilized in a sling and restricts her ability to do things she used to take for granted. Showering and getting dressed have become ordeals. Indeed, she can't wear any of the shirts that her male alter ego would normally wear, let alone any of her blouses or tops because even if she removes the sling (another difficult task) she currently lacks the requisite range of motion to lift her left arm high enough to slip it into a sleeve or pull anything down over her head. After the surgery, Joni and the wife went to a nearby Goodwill store and purchased three oversized XXXLG shirts that could be draped over her left shoulder to allow her to go out in public, although Joni is currently unable to drive. She also ordered a three pack of similarly oversized guinea tees through Amazon Prime to wear around the house and look decent. The shirts drop down below Joni's knees and allow her to hang around her house in her underwear, much to the wife's dismay.
What Joni finds to be particularly depressing is the reality that she will have to continue wearing the sling for another month at least before it can be removed. When Joni is asked how her rehab is going, the truth is, it hasn't even started yet. It's a four phase process. Wearing the sling is phase one and is the easy part. All Joni has to do, indeed all that she can do, is rest while she is wearing the sling. The sling allows the torn tendon that was re-attached to bone during surgery to heal. Once the tendon is sufficiently healed, hopefully in another month, Joni can begin phase two in which she will engage in physical therapy designed to improve and restore range of motion. That phase will last for at least two months or until a sufficient level of range of motion is achieved and then Joni can proceed to the final two phases which will involve physical therapy designed to rebuild strength in the shoulder and arm. Its not clear how long the physical therapy will last, but the doctor says the level of recovery generally reaches its maximum level after a year. . . Joni can only hope for the best.
One might ask, how is it that Joni can manage a smile under the present circumstances? It's actually pretty easy because Joni knows, as others have already pointed out, her injuries could have been much worse. For one, Joni is right hand dominant, which turns out to be a blessing, however she could have easily torn rotator cuffs in both shoulders. She could have broke bones, but she didn't. She could have cracked her skull open, but somehow her head never impacted with the floor. She could have damaged either or both of her two hip replacements, but somehow she didn't. So there are reasons for her to be thankful and smile. . . . But there was an even better reason for JONI to smile. For a variety of reasons, Joni hadn't been able to get dressed en femme for quite a while. Indeed, she had only been out and about once since spending a week in Florida in mid-April. Prior to her accident, Joni was looking forward to going out in Savannah and attending some Pride events and then traveling back to New Jersey in July to hopefully meet up with some friends. However, sometimes the best laid plans go awry
With Joni's wife traveling north to take care of some of her own personal business for a week, Joni had the urge to dress up even if there was nowhere for her to go. She searched her closet and discovered that there was only one item she could wear that was sufficiently loose to pull over her shoulder. it was this nightie, which she would normally put on by putting it on over her head and then pulling it down. She couldn't do it that way, but she had to to take off her sling and was able to step into the nightie and then pull it up largely with one hand and wiggle into it and pull the spaghetti straps over her shoulders. She then put on a wig, put on her makeup, and added a faux pearl necklace, some earrings and bracelets. it all felt so good to be dressed en femme again. It had been so long! So Joni finally had something to really smile about!
Someone probably came up with this idea before, but it's just struck me today after a lot of thinking.
I'm trying to move the piston slide bars on my GWR Manor out a bit. Right now they're attached with a 7L liftarm (bottom setup), which is too close for the connecting rods to fit. However I didn't want them to be as far out as the top setup (8L). That would make them stick out further than the cylinders, which looks bad.
The magic piece is the grey 1x2 plate with bars on the ends (3829). Using that to hold 3L liftarms places my bars between the 7L and 8L setups. Perfect! The liftarms are supported by tiles underneath (blue) to stop them drooping.
2017 Total Eclipse -
Boonville, Missouri, United States
(cloud cover, just past totality)
This photo was a fortunate mistake on my part. I was taking one last shot before re-attaching my solar filter when the sun flared in the northeast quadrant. I was worried about damage to my sensor, but my K-30 seemed fine afterwards.
TANTO COSTOSE QUANTO INUTILI
La casa è fonte inesauribile di nascondigli. Col passare del tempo si corre sempre il rischio di accumulare cose su cose, oggetti, mobili, libri,souvenir, chi più ne ha più ne metta. Di conseguenza lo spazio in cantina, in soffitta o in garage si riduce inevitabilmente. È in questi momenti che arriva puntuale il pensiero di liberare questi spazi dal superfluo.
Sbarazzarsi di queste cose però non è mai semplice soprattutto quando ci si è affezionati. Alcuni oggetti, infatti, sono ricordi preziosi ed è questo uno dei motivi per cui si tende a non voler sbarazzarsene. Alcuni di questi ricordi però giacciono da qualche tempo sul fondo dei cassetti o in un qualche angolo remoto della casa finendo solamente per occupare spazio che potrebbe essere occupato da cose più utili. Questo è il motivo per cui bisogna inesorabilmente imparare a selezionare le cose che non vanno buttate rispetto a quelle che invece possono essere eliminate senza problemi.
Note tratte dal sito:
www.sgomberoappartamentimilano.com/come-sgomberare-casa-d...
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AS EXPENSIVE AS THEY ARE USELESS
The home is an inexhaustible source of hiding places. As time passes, we run the risk of accumulating more and more things—objects, furniture, books, souvenirs, you name it. As a result, the space in the cellar, attic, or garage inevitably dwindles. It's at these times that the thought of clearing out these spaces of superfluous clutter arises.
Getting rid of these things, however, is never easy, especially when you're attached to them. Some objects, in fact, are precious memories, and this is one of the reasons why we tend not to want to get rid of them. However, some of these memories have been sitting at the bottom of drawers or in some remote corner of the house for some time, only ending up taking up space that could be used for more useful things. This is why we must inevitably learn to select the things that shouldn't be thrown away versus those that can be safely discarded.
Immagine realizzata con lo smartphone HUAWEI MATE 20 PRO
I know I'm asking for it with the title, LOL! Photographed these glass balls
in an antique shop--have no idea what you woulr do with them. I think they're
attached to those wooden handles with a metal rod.
I thought I would throw in a couple more shots from evenings at Stockport station, which were also the final pictures I took with my original Minolta camera, before its untimely demise a few days later - the evidence can be seen at the bottom of this view, with the "blob" that spread across a greater area of each slide until it eventually wiped out the whole thing. Sadly, being film, I didn't know what was going wrong until the slides came back from the processor - and the next film was already well underway ....
So here we have 25119 being re-attached to the 3H01 Bolton - Manchester Mayfield parcels train, having run round here. Happy days !
Hi everyone, I proudly present my UCS version of Bo-Katan's Gauntlet Fighter from the Mandalorian.
Turning this ship into a minifig-scale model came with some challenges - especially when it comes to making the wing rotation work properly. The wings can rotate around the fuselage with a technic turntable while the landing configuration has to be achieved by removing the wing and re-attaching it with technic pins.
One big issue was the wings drooping due to their mounting very far back. I solved this for the most part with a sort of brick / plate sandwich construction that bends very little. A presentation stand with supports for the wings will make sure that it looks nice and clean in the future.
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length: 21,5 in / 54,6 cm
width: 21,9 in / 55,6 cm
pcs: ca. 2950