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The cup of coffee totally revitalized me. My mind is sharp as a razor and I feel full of energy. This procedure starts me up every morning.
Sharp made some great looking radios back in the late 1950's. This is one of them in my opinion. I really like the reverse painted dial on the right with the contrasting light blue and the darker/navy blue "hour glass" shaped design.
Most often the speaker grilles were perforated metal but this utilizes a plastic lattice grille.
This is also a pretty well made radio. It's very hefty and solid.
Can also be founded under the Invicta brand name. (same model number)
Unusual vehicles to find in Nottingham are Sharpes who run a lot of contracted school runs in the region.
This Van Hool looks immaculate, given its at least 26 years old!! Seen taking schoolchildren to Nottingham High School.
I hadn’t bought a transistor radio for over two years until this one came my way recently. I suppose I’ve become a bit more selective and will only pursue the special or hard to find models.
The Sharp BH-552 fits that description.
Released in 1959 as Sharp’s homage to the Space Age and the Western world’s automotive obesssion. You can spot the rocket and car influences when you browse these photos.
This set was marketed as the “Tranket” which is an abbreviation of TRANsistor and rocKET.
The seven transistor BH-552 is an AM radio. Its companion radio, the BH-551 included a shortwave band.
The large, chrome “cone” section acts as the tuning section. Right behind it is the dial followed by the fuselage and two rear automotive fins and tail lights.
form the 'active' volcano crater ~ Whakaari / White Island
Active Volcano at Sea ~ off the NE New Zealand coast
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - bright sunlit rock]
This was such a treat! The very tip of this active 'smoldering' volcano was way out at sea, and it just appeared in the distance. As our ship got closer its magical walls just seemed to rise from the deep blue ocean. An amazing sight on a perfect day, in bright sunlight. They are not shown in this picture, but because it had recently become active again, a helicopter landed on the beach and geologists were taking samples from the scene. An amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whakaari_/_White_Island
*[If you'd like to see the entire volcano approach and sail-by in 55 photos you can see it all in my album here - flic.kr/s/aHsjouf5hW]
Here is the beautiful Dee Dee Sharp , native of Philadelphia singing
the classic Gene McDaniels " A Hundred Pounds of Clay "
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z__qP53W-b4
(Dee Dee) Be My Girl DEE DEE SHARP (GENE CHANDLER)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHMqQ3JFtX4
Below is biography of the great Dee Dee Sharp
Dee Dee Sharp
Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, September 9, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States is an American
R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961.
Career
In 1962 she began a string of successful Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hits: "Slow Twistin'" (with Chubby Checker)
(#3) for which she was uncredited on the label, "Mashed Potato Time" (#2), "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)"
(#9), "Ride!" (#5) and "Do the Bird" (#10).[1] Both "Mashed Potato Time" and "Ride!" each sold over one million
copies, and were awarded gold discs.[2] "Do the Bird" provided her only entry in the UK Singles Chart, where it
peaked at #46 in April 1963.[3] In 1967, she married record producer and Philadelphia International co-founder
Kenny Gamble and has since recorded under the name Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble. The couple divorced in 1980.
She had a brief career resurgence during the disco era and hit the charts again with her version of 10 CC's
"I'm Not In Love." She also joined Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays and Archie Bell as a
member of the Philadelphia International All Stars, who had a minor hit with "Let's Clean Up the Ghetto." In
1980 she spent four weeks at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Breaking and Entering" / "Easy
Money," from her album Dee Dee.
In 1992, Sharp's 1962 hit "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" was featured in a scene in the American movie comedy
Sister Act which starred Whoopi Goldberg. It was also included as part of the film's soundtrack album. More
recent appearances included a performance at Pontins in the UK for the Northern Soul Show, and at the 2008
Detroit Jazz Festival. In May 2009, she appeared in Belgium at the Salle De L'Hotel de Ville.[citation needed
Personal life
In a documentary film, Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story, Sharp claimed that she was planning to marry Muhammad Ali
before he converted to the Muslim faith.
Sharp and her husband Bill Witherspoon reside in Medford, New Jersey.
Awards
On November 9, 2013, the prestigious Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon Sharp by the
Artists Music Guild. Sharp thought she was in attendance to bestow the honor upon her longtime friend, Chubby
Checker when she was surprised with her own honors. The Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to
five artists every year by the Guild.
Discography
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
Studio albums
1962: It's Mashed Potato Time (US #44)
1962: Songs Of Faith
1962: Down To Earth with Chubby Checker (US #117)
1963: Do The Bird
1963: Down Memory Lane
1963: Wild
1975: Happy Bout The Whole Thing (R&B #48)
1977: What Color Is Love (as Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, in association with Kenneth Gamble)
1980: Dee Dee (R&B #59)
Compilations
1963: 18 Golden Hits
1963: All The Hits
1963: Biggest Hits
2005: Best Of Dee Dee Sharp 1962-1966
2006: Sharp Goes Wild
Below is the Official Website of the great Dee Dee Sharp
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male on its dancing grounds or 'lek' trying to defend a small patch of territory while hoping for a female to be attracted to his displays.
The area on the ground is quite trampled from the activity of the 40 or more males but clumps of grass are still evident and somewhat obscure your view when you are crouched low to get this particular perspective.
This 'lek' is located on the prairie landscape in the sandhills region south of Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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22 May, 2013.
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This is the same Sharp-shinned Hawk as the one pictured in the previous photo. Here, though, he's showing how to make a lot of noise. I guess this picture does show its tarsus whose configuration gives the Sharp-shinned Hawk its name. Whether this bird's tarsus is rounded or sharp I leave to you.
Thanks for stopping by. Please feel free to correct any of my IDs and to offer suggestions and observations. Take care of yourselves.
Tonight, I have posted another four photos taken on 27 June 2022.
It had been just over a month since I did a full day drive. On 27 June, it was the annual spring cleaning of our parking lot and all vehicles had to be removed by 7:30 am. I don't have street parking, so it meant that I needed to fill the time away from home. What better excuse for a long drive! On 25 May 2022, I had taken my daughter out for the day, driving SE of Calgary. Part of my drive on 27 June 2022 was along some of the same roads.
It felt so good to be out seeing birds and other wildlife. Old familiar barns, too; even several kinds of wildflower. This spring, I have had to miss just about all the wildflowers, as well as many bird species. On this day, I was so lucky to have several much-appreciated sightings, including finally coming across a Sharp-tailed Grouse walking across the road way ahead in front of me. I used to love seeing these birds, but hadn't seen one the last few years.
Two other birds I was so glad to see were a Horned Lark who posed nicely on a fence post, and a Great Horned Owlet. From a distance, I could see the outline of an owl, but it suddenly disappeared from sight. Driving very slowly past the trees, I spotted the youngster deep within the dark tangle of branches. Fortunately, a gap allowed quite a nice view of the young owl.
I always see hawks on this drive, the biggest thrill being a family of Ferruginous Hawks. Usually, I get better photos of the Swainson's and Red-tailed Hawks than I did this day, but I never tire of seeing these majestic birds of prey.
At a final, quick stop before continuing my drive home, all I saw were a couple of Yellow-headed Blackbirds and .... a Wilson's Snipe, one of my favourite birds to see and photograph : ) The latter was a surprise and, with a back view for a change, it did look rather cute.
Being out for 11 hours was a longer day than my usual day trips. I was tired out, but being out in nature rarely fails to leave me on a happy high. Distance travelled was 392 km.
Would love to have been able to sleep in the next morning, but I had to be up very early to welcome a plumber and his mate who came to install a new waste food disposer under my kitchen sink. The old one must have been leaking for a long time into the cupboard. Feels like luxury to be able to use my kitchen sink again, after washing dishes in the bathroom sink for about three weeks! A good thing done. Next thing on the urgent To Do List is to arrange for an electrician to come and repair/service my furnace. Thank goodness this problem arose now and not during the frigid winter months!
One of the tidiest coach operators in Nottingham, Sharpe's are a well established firm that have been going since forever in the East Midlands.
8XNE looks to be one of their latest acquisitions, looking immaculate at Wollaton Park.
A random spot, while walking about town! Good thing I lifted my camera...
This photo was taken outside the Portland Leisure Centre, so I can only assume this was on some swimming contract for a school... The driver must have a good book or a film on his phone to keep him from boredom because I can remember the swimming lessons I had at school taking a whole afternoon!
New to Dublin Bus as their AV130, registered as 00-D-70130. Unusually, for a Dublin ALX400, this bus was specified with bonded glazing, a standard driver's windscreen and centre exit door, the latter of which was removed when Sharpes aquired this bus in 2015 via Mc Gonagle's of Buncrana.
The contours and colors of the leaves of the Sharp-lobed Hepatica make it an attractive spring wildflower even in the absence of blooms.
A display of Sharpes coaches with a Volvo Plaxton Supreme at the front. Seen at the AEC Rally, Newark
In this article, I want to see how my 12 vintage 50mm lenses fare sharpness-wise in the image center.
Circa early 1900s. The bridge carried the railway line that brought coal from the Forest of Dean collieries (from the right) to the coal tippler beside the dock. Note the Severn Railway Bridge in the background.
From a Real Photo postcard
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male displaying on a "lek" or dancing grounds in the prairie grasslands of west central Saskatchewan near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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22 May, 2013.
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This is the first photo I've managed of this bird, without looking through window glass. It sat calmly as I set up the scope in the driveway, only about 20 yards away. This is also my first photo that really shows the distinctive shape of its tail-tip.
NE Vigo County, Indiana, November 10, 2007. I was trying to find and photograph Purple Finches seen earlier in the day near the feeders when this Sharp-shinned flew in and landed on the neighbor's roof.
Everyone loves meerkats. The look so cute, you instantly want to take one home.
But these cute little animals have sharp teeth and sometimes even eat the
tail of another meerkat. So be warned, never try to feed one of these cuties,
it may cost you a finger.....
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Delta BC Canada
Out in a woodsy area of the Dog Park the other day and found three hawks playing follow the leader in the twiggy darkness. It was quite a lot of fun watching the two fledglings being led around by one of the parents. At one point, the parent dropped a prey item down to the path below them and both young birds naturally dropped to the ground. One of them didn't get to share in the prize as he watched his sibling gobble down the dead bird very quickly. These photos are not my finest because it was completely dark in there, but I am going to share them anyway.
Second and third update. Thank you Nick and Eric. You may have disagreed at first but appreciate any help I can get.
UPDATE: After seeing recent photos of Merlin's (Falco columbarius) here at Flickr and an Internet search I now think this bird might be a Merlin. Any help will be appreciated.
I got a number of good shots today in the Yakima River Canyon, and especially of birds near Ellensburg. I always struggle with distinguishing Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks. Adult of both have red eyes, and juveniles of both have yellow eyes. I called this a Cooper's because it is larger than the birds that I see at and near my home that I have called Sharp-shinned hawks. I have received comments on that the smaller hawks I photograph at my home are also Cooper's hawks, although I think they are sharp-shinned hawks. Anyone disagree with my ID of this bird? Comments welcome. I could be wrong.
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