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Photo of the day - April 2021
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Bear in front of the iMac, fortunately no relationship with the speed of the computer. He has to lie down there and get his head scratched after he comes in from the outside.
I’m not one to want to disrupt nature, but every year I have Robins trying to build nests under my deck, and I had to take it down only for the better that I have so much activity on the deck during the spring/summer time, I wouldn’t want the mother to abandon the nest out of fright.
I have to say, I’m absolutely amazed at a bird that weighs less than 6 ounces is capable of building such an amazing structure so perfect with exact measurements she needs for her offspring in less than a day (I’d guess the nest weighs just over a pound with the mud), which I barely could even build with my own two hands.
I have to say, I’m absolutely amazed at a bird that weighs less than 6 ounces is capable of building such an amazing structure so perfect with exact measurements she needs for her offspring in less than a day (I’d guess the nest weighs just over a pound with the mud), which I barely could even build with my own two hands.
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Star trail at Death Valley Sand Dunes while waiting for Milky Way 4/17/21
Continuing a series of photos I've been posting-control stand in the Pilot House of Str. USS William M. Black.
Paddlewheel steamboats have been an on and off interest of mine since riding the oldest surviving operational when I was in 3rd grade, the Belle of Louisville. The Belle was built in 1914, but even when new was a dated and waning in use day packet/ferry design. Like most other boats of this type, the Belle would have not been expected to have much more than a 10-20 year service life before being scrapped and the still good parts reused into something else(much as the Belle has engine around 20 years older than the boat).
In any case, I've been in the pilot house of the Bell a few times, and stepping in to the one on the William M. Black was quite a shock. The Belle pilot house is tiny, and has some things that were dated even in 1914 like a large prominent mahogany wheel(it is not turned by hand that often, but can-it's mostly done using levers that use steam to move the tillers directly) complete with a foot operated leather brake. The Belle was built with a "3 bell" engine room telegraph(as described by Mark Twain in Life on the Missisippi), although fitted with the dial-type seen above in the 1940s. The dial type on the Belle is not overly reliable, while the 3-bell basically has nothing that can go wrong other than a broken rope, and both the pilots and engineers are familiar with its use and can readily adapt on the fly. Of course, there's also a lot of modern navigational equipment.
The Black, on the other hand, is both large and fairly spartan. The Black was operated into the 1970s, so I expect there were radios and the like at one time, but all of that is gone now. Still, though, there's not there other than the telegraph(which can signal for the port and starboard engines independently-unlike on a sternwheel boat the engines do not even have to run the same direction), a compass, a speaking tube, and a couple of other monitors. Steering is entirely by levers with no wheel in sight.
Needless to say, I had a blast on this particular trip, both enjoying some good history and also getting what I think are some interesting photographs. Although I love seeing things like this operational, but it being a static display with all the machinery intact it's possible to see things up close in a way that generally isn't allowed by non-crew on a working boat.
Paddlewheel steamboats have been an on and off interest of mine since riding the oldest surviving operational when I was in 3rd grade, the Belle of Louisville. The Belle was built in 1914, but even when new was a dated and waning in use day packet/ferry design. Like most other boats of this type, the Belle would have not been expected to have much more than a 10-20 year service life before being scrapped and the still good parts reused into something else(much as the Belle has engine around 20 years older than the boat).
In any case, I've been in the pilot house of the Bell a few times, and stepping in to the one on the William M. Black was quite a shock. The Belle pilot house is tiny, and has some things that were dated even in 1914 like a large prominent mahogany wheel(it is not turned by hand that often, but can-it's mostly done using levers that use steam to move the tillers directly) complete with a foot operated leather brake. The Belle was built with a "3 bell" engine room telegraph(as described by Mark Twain in Life on the Missisippi), although fitted with the dial-type seen above in the 1940s. The dial type on the Belle is not overly reliable, while the 3-bell basically has nothing that can go wrong other than a broken rope, and both the pilots and engineers are familiar with its use and can readily adapt on the fly. Of course, there's also a lot of modern navigational equipment.
The Black, on the other hand, is both large and fairly spartan. The Black was operated into the 1970s, so I expect there were radios and the like at one time, but all of that is gone now. Still, though, there's not there other than the telegraph(which can signal for the port and starboard engines independently-unlike on a sternwheel boat the engines do not even have to run the same direction), a compass, a speaking tube, and a couple of other monitors. Steering is entirely by levers with no wheel in sight.
Needless to say, I had a blast on this particular trip, both enjoying some good history and also getting what I think are some interesting photographs. Although I love seeing things like this operational, but it being a static display with all the machinery intact it's possible to see things up close in a way that generally isn't allowed by non-crew on a working boat.
Canon R5 - Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM - @f/1.2
I thought that was the speedo from your MG! ?
Watson sitting patiently outside my wife's bathroom door. Watson wants treats, and camps out and meows. Even though she could come downstairs to the kitchen and get me to feed her treats.
Camera on iPhone XR. Focal length 4.25 mm, F number f/1.8, Exposure time 1/30.
Camera on iPhone XR. Focal length 4.25 mm, F number f/1.8, Exposure time 1/30.
My children are the two dots in the background! ?
The other reasonably good shot from my afternoon on the lake. This one is an image of the Whaleback.
old branches but no new growth on (yet?)
Canon 70D, EF-S 55-200 f/4-5.6 IS STM @ 169mm, ISO 400, 1/100, f/8
Canon 70D, EF-S 55-200 f/4-5.6 IS STM @ 169mm, ISO 400, 1/100, f/8
Oh, forget-me-not (funny name). I took some pictures of mine the other day.
This is a great shot.
Friendly guy on Cumberland Island, didn't seem to care if I was there. Must be old Armadillo, he got a beard!
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So yesterday I posted a picture showing Watson waiting to be given her treats. So a little later I put out treats for all our cats, and then went to put out some food for the 2 outdoors cats. As I go back to the treat jar to put the cup back in, here is what I saw:
Camera on iPhone XR. Focal length 4.25 mm, F number f/1.8, Exposure time 1/60.
Camera on iPhone XR. Focal length 4.25 mm, F number f/1.8, Exposure time 1/60.