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At a recent wedding, this grandmother (along with a small child) served as the flower girl for the couple.
2 new EAH girls for my smallish EAH collection, which I'm currently working on and I'm so excited for Sweet Screams Abbey! She was on sale for $5 last week, what a deal! :D
Following the recent redeployment of 08927 to Bescot, the Axiom Wagon Works in Stoke-on-Trent has a new pilot in the form of former DB 08922. Owned by the GCRN, the locomotive is sub-leased via RSS who hold the Axiom contract. The loco is probably most remembered for its stints at Carlisle, being a long time resident. The locomotive being a part of Allerton's WSNW pool in the early 2000's, also spent some time at Dee Marsh and Shotton as well as visiting Allerton for heavy maintenance. Throughout the 90's and early 2000's the loco carried BR Departmental Grey. The shunter was repainted in to its current non-standard Grey livery in 2008 whilst receiving an overhaul at Doncaster Carr. In the latter years of EWS/DB Gronks, 08922 was considered to be one of the strongest they had used at Carlisle, no real surprise as no real investment was made in the fleet towards the end. At Kingmoor yard, the loco was affectionately known as 'The Grey Ghost'. Withdrawal came in 2011, having moved to Toton for an overhaul that was in the end not sanctioned, the loco remained in use as depot pilot at several points during it’s time at the East Midlands depot.
Some of the minifigures which I bought/ assembled recently. Overwatch Hana Song was an impulse buy, haha... I was actually reading the rating of this Shopee seller and it was under the 4 stars rating. I saw the product and clicked on it, ahhh she is so cute! Bought her the following weekend. Love her bubblegum blowing face!
Mr Tang is from my usual local BL seller. He was selling out fast so I bought him. Liked his torso with noodles there... I removed his red scarf because it was blocking the torso print...
The Renault is not shown because it went straight on the parts pile, but it is from this group of finds.
To the right of the '69 Chrysler is an uncommon Isuzu Hombre, which was a rebranded Chevy S-10 pickup in the late '90s. That cap has metal clips that rust away. This one has at least a few solid clips, but some of the plastic clip holders are broken, so I may end up scrapping it and moving the clips to a better one.
Below the '69 is a newer Chrysler from around 1990. I always liked that style, and it looks like it will clean up pretty nice. That type has a stainless clip band that doesn't rot away like some other caps from that era.
The flat trim ring is a 13" for a 1980s Escort or Tempo/Topaz styled wheel. The ribbed center cap on the far right is a heavy cast metal one for aluminum wheels on a 1970s Lincoln. It has some corrosion but it might clean up ok, and I've never had one before.
The 6-point Toyota Tundra center cap has all good clips and ring. That's a style that's usually broken, so I was happy to see that. But the most valuable items for resale here are the two 10-lug Ram rear caps. I found those on the same road a short distance apart, and both have perfect clips, which never happens on those. I think someone was working on the truck and didn't put them on right, because they both have greasy fingerprints on them
Bought these older torsos from a UK BL seller... glad it arrived safely... although not to happy with the condition of the torsos... It was a bit worn out, more than what I expected. I guess sometimes it's a hit or miss...
This shot was taken on a recent visit to Yorkshire, and was in a field near our campsite in Malton. You can see the bottom of the sun in the middle bottom just setting. I would have liked to get more of the sun, but I just was not prepared with my tripod and camera settings as the sun was moving quickly. This is a beautiful area with a lot of good walks and Thornton Le Dale nearby which is a lovely little town to visit.
Parc du Receiving : les Américains en 1942 y installent une station radio, la «receiving station» qui va donner son nom au quartier.
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Recent festival here in Auckland, it was massively crowded. I really think its outgrown Albert Park. I'd suggest the Domain in the future.
Here are my first finds of the season. Since pothole season hasn't really started yet, I've mostly been searching highway bridge embankments, so there are a lot of center caps. A rundown of some of the finds:
Second from the back, center position, is an old Ford Mustang and Fairmont from the early '80s. The steel clip band is totally rotted away, but the plastic appears all intact. I think I have at least one nasty one with a good steel band that I can combine with this one if it cleans up nice.
The wire Buick on the left is another one that's partially rotted away. That type doesn't have normal clips; it's held on entirely by the lock nut in the center. The inner steel backing where the lock goes is rotted away, but the rest of the cap is stainless and very nice, so I'll try to fix it. I tried to get a location pic of that one, but it didn't come out. It was very hidden and probably fell off when it was nearly new.
To the right of that are two Alcoa-branded center caps for semi trucks. I find a lot of semi-truck stuff, and I leave 98% of it, such as those chrome "baby moon" center caps, because they're basically worthless. But these are the genuine Alcoa caps that are pretty expensive to buy new, so I thought they might sell. Both are in good condition with a few scrapes from falling off.
The chrome wheel cover with 5 lugs is not a uni...it's a very rare 1999 Chrysler Cirrus LXi. I've only ever found one other. It was when those cars were new, and I still remember exactly where I found it. I saw this one from the car while driving on the highway, partially hidden by leaves on an upward embankment. I drove by it a couple times to make sure it wasn't a uni, because it was a tight spot to stop, but I was convinced it was one of these, and indeed it was. It's all complete and looks like it will clean up very nice.
To the left of the black Phoenix trailer center cap is probably the hottest find of this bunch for resale. It's a Ram 3500 dually rear cap with the rare Laramie Longhorn badge, and all good clips! I've never found one with that rare badge before, and I've also never found this style with all clips intact. Those sell for big bucks at the Chrysler dealer, and good used ones are hard to find.
The 5-slot Nissan Altima and the metal trim ring (a 14" Toyota Celica or pickup) were both almost completely buried. I was reluctant to dig out the Altima because I was sure it would be scrapped, but it turned out to be complete except for the ring, and a couple bent clips. I've mentioned before here that I used to find and sell tons of those back in the day, but that's the first usable one I've found in years.
A recent burn in Ocala National Forest. Essential for the survival of Florida Scrub.
The red leaves make the forest look as though it is still burning.
Taken for the London Cycling Campaign magazine.
Lighting: 1x 580ex at 1/2 power in 28inch softbox from left
Recent acquisition, the new Impossible camera.
So far, very happy with the black & white film; the colour, under test, less predictable, but potentially useful so long as you banish from your mind the glorious Polaroid films of old...
Recent MyTravel A330 flickr posts by Rob and Swire (see links below) prompted a search through the archives for any that I had taken at Ringway, Manchester.
I found this one, a photo of most dubious quality in so much as it isn't even vaguely sharp, but an interesting one nonetheless.
You'll immediately see that the aircraft doesn't even say "MyTravel" but "Garuda International" which is the airline of Indonesia. Why? Well some 18 months before this photo was taken, MyTravel agreed a merger with Tommy Cook. Carrying its MyTravel livery, this aircraft (can't see the registration) became part of Thomas Cook Scandinavia based in Denmark. However things took a twist when just a few months later Garuda were banned from Europe for not meeting EU safety standards. Now to be honest, I'm not sure if Tommy Cook leased "acceptable" planes such as this one to Garuda so they could continue some sort of European service until they were reinstated. They may simply have been for Hajj use, when pretty much every spare serviceable plane around the world is required to transport people to Mecca. Whichever, a hybrid livery appeared for a while which was effectively the old MyTravel with Garuda titles! Complicated eh?
I had this made up on a 16x20 canvas from Pixel 2 Canvas in the Luxe finish. I sent one to my mom, who is my west coast representative, and had one made up for my personal sample gallery.
The black frame is for the outside of the gallery wrap. See it large.
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Recent history proves that nothing good ever comes from Despots
This is what it means to be a slave; to be abused and bear it; compelled by violence to suffer wrong.
-- Euripides
Absolute power turns its possessors not into a God but an anti-God. God turned clay into men, while the absolute despot turns men into clay
--Eric Hoffer
Love of power more frequently originates in vanity than pride (two qualities, by the way, which are often confounded) and is, consequently, yet more peculiarly the sin of little than of great minds.
-- Frances Wright
The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
-- Francis Bacon
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
-- Frank Herbert
Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.
-- Ezra Pound
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
— Euripides
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness.
-- Erich Fromm
Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse.
-- Eric Hoffer
People who grow rich almost always improve their sex life. More people want to have sex with them. That's just the way human beings work. Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac. Money did not make me happy. But it definitely improved my sex life.
-- Felix Dennis
PS. -{one has to have a sense of humour! the evidence suggests that money makes you fat and impotent, viagra is a band aid solution}
In between other outfits, I had a few ensembles that were either quick changes or relatively unsuccessful looks where I chose not to do a photo-set. Enjoy the "rejects" :P.
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just the empty left side and lack of balance, bums me out. Like the chick and her expression, nice light and shadows. Meh.