Photo of the Day October 2021

[Janichsan]

 

[Jerry_]

Frosty times

 

[shanson27]

From my archive - meow

 

[akash.nu]

Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria. England.

For some reason I’ve passed Carlisle so many times but have never been to the cathedral. That ceiling looks awesome.

 

[Steven-iphone]

USA (color) reflected

 

[Hughmac]

A typical Hugh type of sunset...



Cheers

Hugh

 

[prog99]

Walking home this evening
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Is the little blue restaurant still a Ghurka one?

 

[prog99]

4 years ago today, we have a word for weather like this in scotland - "dreich"
Canon powershot d10 which is fully waterproof. Inverlochlarig, near the site of Rob Roys grave(a distant relative)

 

[mollyc]

 

[AlaskaMoose]

I would cut back all the pipes from the heater to the wall and replace it. Either with PEX or copper to the heater. Those elbow connections are just a huge point of failure.

Good advise. I prefer copper to PEX, however.

 

[xodh]

Stormy Ullswater, Lake District. UK.

 

[xodh]

For some reason I’ve passed Carlisle so many times but have never been to the cathedral. That ceiling looks awesome.

It is worth popping in to see. Some of the stained glass windows are amazing too. Keep well.

 

[stillcrazyman]

Flow

 

[r.harris1]

As promised, here's a different crop from my lens tilt practice image from yesterday, with my goal of getting acceptably sharp front-to-back using a wider aperture (f8 in this case) on a 40mm lens. I need a lot more practice but it's still a lot of fun. There are apps you can get where you can get the precise tilt you need (e.g. Lumariver) but there's the "fiddle" option too, which I used . I'd have normally shot this around f16 with no tilt and would have dealt with any diffraction as best I could.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

Still getting acquainted with the Lumix. Early days close-up attempt of Mountain Ash berries.

 

[tizeye]

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

 

[Hughmac]

Canon Powershot G3 X, new toy

Cheers

Hugh

 

[BasilFawlty]

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That reminds me of a Georgia O'Keefe painting! Very nice.

 

[BasilFawlty]

Not a great picture, but an unscheduled DIY - and took the picture as a shopping reference. Discovered slight stream of water on garage and identified source was cold water intake of hot water heater with sticker showing install date of 7/2004. Still works, so definitely got my money worth out of it, and even if replaced would still have the current problem to resolve. The problem is that the connectors, one of which split causing the leak, are no longer made, so have to "modernize" the connection. Thought I had it with two 3/4" female threaded to PEX connector, one of which fit fine at the hot water heater, but the pipe elbow connection needs a 1" to 3/4" reducer. They do make it, but note stocked by anyone, including local dedicated plumbing supply warehouse and Amazon overnight, with order delivery next week for each source. Too long to wait, so back to the drawing board today.

On a side note, I have no idea why they design, even today, the electrical connection without waterproof sealing since top leaks are not that uncommon. It was filled with water that I sucked out with a shop-vac and cleaned the connections.

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Been there done that! I feel your pain. This past winter we had one of those once in 100 year freezes where the temperature got down to minus 9. As a result, the pipes in the garage burst in several places. Luckily I know how to sweat copper, but it was still a real pain. I basically had to replace every piece of pipe in the garage.

 

[oldBCguy]

Hydrangeas reacting to Autumn. Square photo via camera on iPad Mini 6.

 

[AllergyDoc]

 

[Apple_Glen_UK]

Time for the park.

 

[Clix Pix]

That reminds me of a Georgia O'Keefe painting! Very nice.

Thank you! Someone on another forum made a similar observation.....I hadn't thought about that before but yes, it does, with the colors and such.

 

[Clix Pix]