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There was a whole bunch of old Corvettes parked in the same spot. All of them were beautiful and shiny. Except this one. It's a '56 or 7, and had lived a pretty hard life. Flaking, scraped paint. Pitted and rusting chrome. Hood held on with bungee cords. Interior bits that were either beat all to hell or missing all together. And those weird Dayton-like wire wheels (with Corvette logos on the spinners!).
In other words, it was just right.
march 23, 2012
work, stc, $5 fish tacos at the corner, freebirds to see emily.
got this tiny little scrape thing on my ankle, but it's exactly where my shoe hits, apparently. yay.
falling out of Andres' mom's car.
Before we went to go see:
Romance on A Rocketship
Breathe Electric
Chase Coy
Stephen Jerzak
Pretty br00tal.
~4"x6" postcard
Dragged pallet (piece of paperboard) used for part one across paper.
Acrylic paint. part three of three part set of cards.
OK the arse has fallen out of the UK housing market and everyone has holed up for Christmas already. So I am taking all and any job I can get my hands on. I shot two probate flats today, one still had a chemical stain on the floor where they cleared up after removing the body.
This was a one strobe job. Can't even summon the enthusiasm to describe the set up. Although it did highlight the appalling conditions that some of our old age pensioners live in.
If you have an elderly relative that lives by themselves & because you're busy with your modern life you don't call in on them as often as you should I'm asking you to pop in and see them, check if there is anything they need doing.
If you don't live close, give them a call. They'll appreciate that just as much.
Showing wear in the centre; I forgot to take any photos before I started scraping, but the dip was about six thou before I started
i.e.0.006" or 0.15mm
The bottom right hand corner holds a casting, and was thus unworn. Similarly the very top of the column showed the original scraping marks, so was also unworn.
This gave me two reference points for the initial measurements.
A view looking straight upwards along State Street in downtown Chicago. One of the Marina City corncobs is along the bottom of the image and the top of Mies Van Der Rohe's atrocious IBM building is at the top.
Photograph taken with a Holga 120N using Kodak Tri-X film developed in Diafine.
Blackjack Oaks are the predominant tree of the Cross Timbers. They are incredibly tough plants, Washington Irving referred to them as "forests of iron." They thrive in poor, thin, dry, rocky or sandy soils where few other woody plants can. They were immune to our first frost, leaves as green as ever. Blackjacks are the last trees to turn colors in fall and hang on to their leaves tenaciously. But, signs of the cooler weather can be seen in the Cross Timbers, like the sumac behind this doe and in the bucks behavior. One chased this doe, but not in plain sight. I found a series of three new buck scrapes this October morning, a sure sign the season is changing.
RAW, PS Elements.
Our 1st attempts at grinding. This is a simple ledge and a great start. A good fun day at the skate park.
Rider - Jay
This is Terry Cook's Lincoln Zephyr Coupe from around the turn of the century. This is the first show he took it to, the NSRA Nats East ('01 I think).
Getting there (eventually); the marker pen lines are to show the angles of the final scraping to make it look a bit neater.
I stole third base today, and I have this lovely little blemish to show for it. (I went on to score, and I was ultimately our winning pitcher, so it was well worth it.)
[order] Charadriiformes | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris alpina | [UK] Dunlin | [FR] Bécasseau variable | [DE] Alpenstrandläufer | [ES] Correlimos Común | [IT] Piovanello pancianera | [NL] Bonte Strandloper | [IRL] Breacóg
Sea Lark, Ebb Sleeper, Sea Mouse, Sand Mouse
[order] Charadriiformes | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris alpina | [UK] Dunlin | [FR] Bécasseau variable | [DE] Alpenstrandläufer | [ES] Correlimos Común | [IT] Piovanello pancianera | [NL] Bonte Strandloper
spanwidth min.: 32 cm
spanwidth max.: 36 cm
size min.: 17 cm
size max.: 21 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 21 days
incubation max.: 22 days
fledging min.: 19 days
fledging max.: 21 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 3
eggs max.: 5
Status: Summer visitor from NW Africa/SW Europe, winter visitor from Scandinavia to Siberia, passage migrant from Greenland (heading south to winter in Africa). Most occur during the mid-winter period.
Conservation Concern: Amber-listed in Ireland as the majority of Dunlins winter at less than ten sites. The European population has been evaluated as Depleted, due to a large historical decline.
Identification: One of the smaller waders and our most abundant one in winter and on passage. A limited number breed in some sandy / grassy locations along the west and north coasts. Plumage is highly variable - in summer, rich chestnut above, streaked on breast, white below with a striking black patch on the belly. The more usually encountered winter plumage bird shows a rather non-descript, uniform, plain brownish-grey on all upperparts and cold white underparts. Juveniles in autumn have warm brown tones on the upperparts and considerable streaking on the breast and underparts. There are many other variations and combinations, depending on the bird's state of moult. It is a rather dumpy bird, with black legs and a longish bill which downcurves slightly. Often occurs in very large flocks. An important bird to get to know (in all its plumages) if you want to successfully identify other similar-sized waders.
Call: A harsh churring trill - "thrrrreeep"
Diet: Feed predominantly on small invertebrates of estuarine mudflats, particularly polychaete worms and small gastropods. They feed in flocks, in the muddier sections of the estuaries and close to the tide edge.
Breeding: Nests on the ground in sparse, low vegetation - in Ireland favours machair habitats.
Wintering: Common along all coastal areas - especially on tidal mudflats and estuaries. Very few inland.
Where to see: Shannon & Fergus Estuary in County Clare and Dundalk Bay in County Louth regularly support >10,000 birds. Other important sites include Cork Harbour in County Cork, Lough Swilly in Donegal and Strangford Lough in Down (6,000- 9,000 birds).
Physical characteristics
This small shorebird is distinctive in breeding plumage, with a black belly-patch extending behind its black legs. Its head and breast are light-colored, and its back is bright rufous. In non-breeding plumage it is drab gray with a brownish head and breast. In flight it has white underwings, a white line down the middle of the upperwing, and white on either side of its rump and tail. The white underwings are especially distinctive in flight. As a flock twists and turns together in flight, white flashes of underwing are evident from a distance.
Dunlin flocks are often huge, most impressive when they display their coordinated aerial maneuvers trying to escape predation by Peregrine Falcons and Merlins. When foraging, they either pick food from the surface or probe in the mud. They feed on exposed mud or in shallow water, making short runs interspersed with periods of feeding. They feed day or night, depending on the timing of low tide.
Habitat
Tundra-breeders, Dunlin typically nest in wet meadow tundra with low ridges, vegetation hummocks, and nearby ponds. During migration and winter, they prefer mudflats, but can also be seen on sandy beaches, coastal grasslands, estuaries, and occasionally in muddy, freshwater areas.
Other details
Calidris alpina breeds mainly in northern Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global breeding range. Its European breeding population is large (>300,000 pairs), and was probably stable between 1970-1990 (although the European wintering population declined markedly). The species was stable in north-west Europe during 1990-2000, but declined around the Baltic and in Russia. Although the trend in Iceland was unknown, the species's population has clearly not yet recovered to the level that preceded its decline.
The Canadian Wildlife Service estimates the Dunlin population at 3,934,000 birds worldwide, with 1,325,000 in North America. Of that group, 500,000 birds make up the Pacific Coast population. Dunlin are currently the second most common shorebird in Washington, and the most common of Washington's wintering shorebirds, but numbers have declined in the Northwest in recent decades. There has been little habitat destruction or disturbance on the breeding grounds to date, but the migration and wintering grounds are threatened by destruction of habitat. There is currently no reliable information about population status or trends for Dunlin range-wide, so it is unknown if the trend in the Northwest is due to a decrease in population or a shift in range. Dunlin are considered an indicator species for assessing the health of Holarctic ecosystems, so determining range-wide population trends should be of high priority as reduction in their numbers could indicate that other species that use these ecosystems are at risk.
Feeding
On the breeding grounds, insects and insect larvae are the most important source of food. In coastal habitats, Dunlin also eat marine worms, small crustaceans, mollusks, and other aquatic creatures. They sometimes eat seeds and leaves.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 4,200,000-6,400,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Males typically arrive first on the breeding grounds. Pairs form when females arrive, but if arrival on the breeding grounds is delayed due to weather, pairs may form prior to arrival. Former mates often use the same territory as in the previous year. The male starts a few scrapes, which may be lined with grass, sedge, and willow leaves. The female chooses one and finishes the construction. The nest is usually well hidden under a clump of grass or on a hummock. Both parents incubate the four eggs for 20 to 22 days. The young leave the nest shortly after hatching and find their own food. Both parents tend the young, although the female usually abandons the group within a week of hatching. The male generally stays with the young until they are close to fledging, typically about 19 days.
Migration
Migratory. Variety of migration strategies, from short coastal flights to long, non-stop flights overland on broad front. Race arctica moves from Greenland through Iceland, Britain and W France to Morocco and W Africa, primarily to Banc d´Arguin, Mauritania; arrives in Africa from late Jul and departs mainly Mar to early Apr; return migration farther W up W Britain, probably overflying Iceland. Race schinzii passes through Britain, France and Portugal to NW Africa; few may winter in SW England; continental birds move N up continental coasts, when fewer reach Britain than after breeding. Race alpina winters in Europe and NW Africa; easternmost birds migrate farthest; many moult in Wadden Sea or Wash, arriving from Jul, followed by W movements in Oct-Nov to British Is; birds wintering in E Mediterranean make long distance, flights overland across E Europe. At least 3 races move down E Asian coast, where passage recorded through Ussuriland, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and coastal China. Race articola stages in W Alaska, and crosses Bering Strait to E Asian winter quarters. Almost entire population of pacifica uses Copper R Delta, SE Alaska, as spring staging site. Some 1-year-old birds remain in non-breeding range all year.
Scraping, sanding and repairing window sills and trim. Then prime really good before installing new windows
I suppose it's been done a million times, but here's one of my own interpretations of the Manhattan metropolis, using a wide-angle lens. There is another, telephoto, shot. As you can see, we had glorious weather, although it was life-threateningly cold, especially at the top of the Rockefeller Centre, where this was taken.