Wellcox Scale House, Nanaimo, B.C. August 22, 1992.

The second obi that arrived in my house this week was this lovely Taisho Period Darari. I stumbled upon it on YJA a few months back and won it for all of 200 Yen. That's equal to maybe $5 USD. It's got some damages, but considering the price I snagged it for, and the fact that it's nearly 100 years old, it was one of my all time best kimono buys. This darari is also a chuuya obi in that it has a more formal filled in crest on one side and a less formal open crest on the other. I believe that this obi was at one point shortened and narrowed to hide previous damage because the crest is just slightly off centre, and I can just barely see through the fabric on one side, a blue line that would have marked the end of the obi. It's now tucked up inside under the crest.

This obi creates a slightly shorter darari knot that my modern darari. Not quite short enough for han-darari, but stubby enough for a tiny maiko. It's such an incredibly adorable stubby darari.

I named this my Dragon Scale Darari because the seigaiha pattern reminds me of dragon scales and its probably the closest I'll ever get to owning my dream darai: one with dragons on it.

Citroen 2CVs in 1:76 scale by Oxford Diecast (Bamboo Green) and 1:87 by Herpa (Charleston).

ODC-Scale/Scales

Went shopping at Green Star Co-op this morning and snapped this photo. It's the scale they use to weigh all their bulk items. It's great for the store since they have room for something this big.

San Francisco, CA

1:12 scale Chinoiserie Roombox by Ken Haseltine : Chinoiserie, a French term, signifying "Chinese-esque", and pronounced chi•noi•se•rie. : a style in art (as in decoration) reflecting Chinese qualities or motifs; also: an object or decoration in this style.

Closer view of my new scales - 14th August 2016

Semflex Oto 3.5 (Type 31)

Som Berthiot Flor 75/3.5

Fujifilm Pro400H

Epson GT-X820

131013

Strasburg cathedral in mini scale

scales

MV Monte Rosa at her berth in Montevideo, Uruguay. Frank kindly acted as a scale to show how massive the vessel is.

Metrobus Scania Omnicity - route X26 Croydon to Heathrow (Creative Master Northcord)

Daimler DMS - route 221 Turnpike Lane Station to Edgware Bus Station (Exclusive First Editions)

AEC Routemaster - Route 76 Waterloo Station to Stoke Newington Station (Exclusive First Editions)

East Bay, CA

Elena Gallegos Open Space

Albuquerque, NM

Photo taken at Swiss F4C Championship Interlaken 2015

Still Life with old kitchen scales, fruit, walnuts and flowers

I like this pond scene on this outside corner module that was in this Layout.

I love the pattern these pine cone scales make! From Wikipedia ~ The members of the pine family (pines,

spruces, firs, cedars, larches, etc.) have cones that are imbricate (that is, with scales overlapping each other

like fish scales). These are the "archetypal" cones. The scales are spirally arranged in fibonacci number ratios.

Taken at The Regency, Laguna Woods, California. © 2013 All Rights Reserved.

My images are not to be used, copied, edited, or blogged without my explicit permission.

Please!! NO Glittery Awards or Large Graphics...Buddy Icons are OK. Thank You!

I'm still laying low and staying quiet, my Flickr friends! Thank you for all your encouraging comments and favorites yesterday!

I appreciate every one of them! Have a wonderful day today!

Exposed for the sky to silhouette the magnificent Angel of The North yesterday with the added bonus of a kind gentleman giving a good sense of scale to the shot.

Lee 0.9 GNDS feathered.

Exif data

CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark III

Exposure0.008 sec (1/125)

Aperturef/13.0

Focal Length24 mm

ISO Speed50

Exposure Bias0 EV

Sydney Government operated (Urban Transit Authority back then) Leyland Atlantean double decker and Leyland Leopard single decker. Both were favourites of mine as a kid.

Models produced and sold by Ozbus Models (ozbusmodels.com.au/)

this scale can't make up it's mind.....

rc hawker seafury

scales

Taken from my "Scale" mini series.

PETERBILT 359

SCALE

These old-fashioned weighing scales once stood in the indoor market in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Sadly the indoor market was demolished in 2008.

I wish I had more steady hands. Tripod shots are wonderful, but I got used to finding the angles going hand-held.

I'd strongly consider a cyborg arm upgrade...

One of my colleagues is a model-making enthusiast. He is constantly looking for new and challenging projects. One of his ideas was to create scale models of various objects made out of plastic customer loyalty cards from various shops.

This trailer is made out of Open32 MyCard cards.

Construction materials used are a jigsaw, cutting blades, cyanoacrylate glue and contact adhesive.

The 20 cent euro coin is for scale comparison.

The scale has become an obsession for girls with eating disorders. Throw it out...

big bloch rolled in today first one to a large growing collection.Looking for more REAL freight writers to trade ho scales with send me a private message if your down.