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Wonky stars -- quilted, made into pillows, and washed up to get them nice and shrinkly.
Carolyn and Nova -- please note that I did not prewash these! And, the pattern of shrinkling supports Carolyn's idea that the parts with closer quilting are more shrinkly.
These will go on this bed.
(Excuse the crappy pic -- snapped this before work this morning, will try for better one later.)
LNER HST powercar 43318 with its special 'Celebrating Forty Years' journey shrinker branding departs Haymarket on the rear of 1E19 Aberdeen - London KX. 43277 was on the front of the set which was EC51.
Part of the Little Dudes series, documenting the little dudes who live in my home.
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We just had our first snowfall ... not a lot but enough for someone in this neighbourhood to make the first snowman of the season. With warmer weekend temperatures, the poor fellow has begun to shrink.
Contrasting Tones help define the perspective in this image, framed by the setting sun and fading light
A failed experiment for a portable assistant, this Doll somehow managed to climb onto Aigara at Lomi's laboratory, eventually learning about her by coincidence during a trip to a chemical plant where she would spend a few weeks trying to get a compose that would stop her diminishment.
Doll nÂş: 004.
Title: Doll Shrinker
Nickname: Mini (by Aigara).
Color trait: Transparent Fluorescent Reddish Orange.
Functionality: Failure (originally Assitance).
Abilities: Size reduction.
Current state: Operative, working at a chemical plant.
An April Fool's Joke that I later decided to take seriously. More pictures: www.flickr.com/photos/golden_arpeggio/albums/721576661706...
Transparent Watercolor on 15 x 20 Canson watercolor paper for JKPP from source photo at www.flickr.com/photos/emaid/7214962690/
As Earth and Mars move apart, the Red Planet becomes an increasingly smaller globe in the eyepiece. Mars is currently around 80-million miles from Earth and is less than 11 arcseconds in size -- less than half the size it was only a couple of months ago. Seeing meaningful detail on the planet with my 6-inch refractor is becoming more difficult. The South Polar cap is very small on the now nearly dust-free planet.
To see additional astronomy drawings visit: www.orrastrodrawing.com
This once thriving bazaar of bargain hunting may have been augmented with artisan cheese and 'peaky blinder' caps, but the lure of the online and supernaturally priced retail park bait has indeed taken it's toll. The chase used to be better than the catch.
It's an end of an era as after 41 years of full Inter-City 125 or HST service on the East Coast Main Line spanning from London King's Cross to Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edinburgh; the end has arrived as they no longer meet the disability regulations allowing them to continue squadron service beyond 2020, and as well as replacement being in the form of Hitachi built Class 800/801s.
In 1977, full Inter-City 125 timetabled services began with the Class 254s as they were known to replace the outgoing Class 47 and Class 55 'Deltic'. The HSTs allowed 125mph running and lead to major journey times shrinking from the two major capitals from London to Edinburgh.
The Class 254 sets dedicated to the Eastern Region were initially organised as 10-car sets, incorporating 2 locomotives with uprated Paxman Valenta engines at each end with 8 Mark 3 coaches sandwiched in-between. By 1982 once all the sets were delivered, the Class 253/254 were becoming disbanded as British Rail no longer saw the HST as fixed sets, with the Class 43 power cars shuffling to different sets as individual power cars underwent scheduled maintenance and overhaul. By the mid-1980s, HST sets also began operating on the Midland Main Line from London St. Pancras, further diluting the use of the Class 253/254 monikers.
For the Eastern Region as well as the Scottish Region, there were a total of 36 Class 254 sets allocated as 254001-036, allocated at Bounds Green in North London.
With the electrification of the East Coast Main Line beginning in 1976 for suburban rail services originating from London King's Cross, further inroads were made to electrify the route further north in 1985 with it extended to Leeds and by 1991, up to Edinburgh. With electrification saw the introduction of the Inter-City 225 featuring Class 91s and 9 Mark 4 coaches. As electrification took place, the HSTs were being cascaded to Cross Country, Midland Main Line, West Coast Main Line and Great Western services, however HSTs along the East Coast were still required for destinations not electrified, notably Hull, Harrogate, Aberdeen and Inverness.
43006 was never originally new to the Eastern Region, instead was part of a batch of 40 Class 253 (a further 18 Class 253s were for Cross Country services) sets originally dedicated to the Western Region from London Paddington. 43006 along with 43007 were paired as 253003 and was originally allocated to Laira for the commencement of squadron HST services from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads.
43006 remained allocated to Laira during privatisation and was inherited by Great Western Trains in 1996 before falling to First Great Western in 1998. 43006 along with 43007 did not last long with First Great Western as they were not fitted with Automatic Train Protection following the devastating Ladbroke Grove rail accident in 1999 and were later transferred to Virgin Trains for Cross Country services in the same year.
43006 lasted with Virgin Trains to the end of 2003 when new Class 220/221s entered service... 43006 alongside 43008 were withdrawn and sent to Brush Traction for refurbishment before transferring over to GNER and allocated to Edinburgh Craigentinny, entering service in 2004. 43006 received the name 'Kingdom of Fife' in the same year. GNER received a further 4 power cars in 2005/2006 that were also withdrawn by Virgin Trains which were 43090/99/100/102. As GNER became National Express East Coast in December 2007, 43006 at the same time was sent to Brush Traction for major refurbishment with its Paxman Valenta engine replaced with a brand new MTU 16V4000 engine and was subsequently renumbered 43206. The power car retained her 'Kingdom of Fife' name until 2009 when she was repainted into grey and white.
During her career on the East Coast Main Line, she has gone from GNER, National Express East Coast, East Coast, Virgin Trains East Coast to her final operator which was LNER. Prior to that, she also had spells with Great Western Trains, First Great Western and Virgin Trains.
To mark the end of HST operation with LNER, both 43206 and 43312 were repainted into the original Inter-City 125 livery and their original Class 253/254 numbers alongside a set of 7 Mark 3 carriages. From 18th December 2019 to 21st December 2019, the set took part in a special HST farewell tour starting from Inverness, with the final day from Leeds to London King's Cross. After the rail tour, the set is expected to be stored at Ely Papworth sidings as they go off-lease.
43206 does hold a special place in my heart as she was the same locomotive I travelled on from Edinburgh to Peterborough on the Highland Chieftain, which was heavily delayed back in August 2008; and thus far remains the eldest power car I have travelled on thus far.
Goodbye to the East Coast HSTs, you will sorely be missed! 1978-2019.
43206 & 43312 glistens as it waits at Grantham with 1Z43 Leeds to London King's Cross on the final day of the LNER HST Farewell.
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Made this quick set for a cat lover! I just can't stop making these quick manilla tags... I made little shrink cats to embellish this tag sets. I can't believe that I never tried shrink plastic before! So much fun!!
Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts CG369 Halloween Moon, Hero Arts Frightful CL468
Other: Manilla tags, Ranger shrink plastic, twine, Stazon Ink
See the shrink before & after here :)
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