Sunbeams Open Up

Today was the annual British Car Show that is held at Eastwood Park. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 cars are shown with other cars of their manufacturer and models. Very organized. Jags are staged together and Triumph's have their own area but they are broken down to TR3's, TR4's, Spitfires, and 7's. Even the new Mini Cooper is allowed in even though it is German now. There aren't that many models in the Mini series, Morris', Austins, Coopers, Cooper S's but none the less, the British lineage is strong and respected.

Here, the Sunbeam's are letting their light out into the world. There were this many more behind be but a tent was setup in the middle so the effect would have been lost. There were Alpines, Tigers and one Le Mans.

This is the right turn signal on the fender if an MG. Look closely at the lens, for some reason it has lines going everywhere. Make it larger, I can see a duck in a set of lines....just like looking at clouds. Whoa, do I need help.



Two Days Late But Not Forgotten

This is my August first monthly posting of the same shot I have been taking since November of 2010. Suns up, you can see the haze in the air which means IT'S GOING TO BE HUMID AGAIN!

I have been trying to get the rails on on my deck replaced from our hail damage. Not doing too bad except for the heat. At 80+ around 9 AM with the humidity factored in, all one does is sweat. I am not a heavy sweater but within 30 minutes or so my back is soaked. On top of that the heat from the sun feels like someone is holding a torch close to your skin. Very unusual hot feeling, especially in the early morning or late afternoon when the sun has more of an angle.

I took this shot on Monday and almost immediately went out to work on the deck. I have driven deck nails in and had them work back out but not these nails. Some took a pry bar and rubber mallet to persuade them to let go. The new boards went back with screws so if any need replacing in the future they won't need as much persuasion.

My Humble Tribute

Two volunteers that tested and flew the Wright B Flyer aircraft died over the weekend checking out the latest craft that was hand built. The plane only had 25 flight hrs. on it but they had hundreds between them. This is my tribute, as minuscule as it is, to them and their endeavors. Totally volunteers, they assisted in the building and the flying of these crafts for all to see at various events, even down to Texas.

I Don't Know Officer....The Road Changed Direction And......

We live near a round-a-bout. If you don't know what that is, it's a circle with four points of egress/ingress. We have a total of sixteen signs to direct, re-direct and confuse the drivers. This is not age limited, we have seen young, sorry but mainly females, literally go up the wrong way when leaving either the north or south plat (this would be left = N and right = S) in the sketch. Four Yields, four Pedistrian silhouettes with arrows pointing towards the painted road, four right pointing One Way arrows to show which way to go when entering the round-a- bout and four signs that tell you to stay on your side of the concrete devider when entering on the main road. This is where the young driver gets confused, not sure how, but they enter while driving on a two lane road that seperates with a triangle shaped piece of concrete in the road leading into the circle. They go left of the triangle thus go counter clockwise in the circle. Getting out of the cirlce is the hard part IF a car is coming towards them from the opposite direction. With the older driver, it's the One Way signs that get them. They enter correctly but then take the first exit out to the right when they wanted to exit on the opposite side of the circle.

The first picture of how confusing this could be for the mindless and the second is the result for driving too fast at night and probably under the influence because he hit the curb in the upper right side of the outer circle, blowing out three tires and damaging his left front quarter panel and the light pole he hit.

If you haven't figured it out, I can't draw.

All of a Sudden They're Everywhere

Seems like just in the past week or so the dragon and damselflies have been coming out in droves. I guess our luck of seeing so many is the fact that we have a pond so close.

This one showed up while I was taking he top rails off the deck due to hail damage and the fact that some where just really worn looking. I think it was the fact that in this process I opened up the dinner hall by exposing the living quarters of spiders that lurk up in where you don't normally see in and around the ballusters.

Not sure what this one is but I narrowed it down to a couple but only by the tail color.

Dragonflies...Like Old Biplanes

A delicate creature, this one looks like it just got back from a bomb run in the 1st World War.

Blow these up and you can go here to see Dragonflies of Ohio. This is the Black Saddlebag variety, female I think. Offical picture is here....copy it into your browser if it doesn't open from here.

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http://www.ohio-nature.com/ohio-dragonfly-pictures.html

Call Me Nuts......Some Do.......

It's hot and humid out so why would someone stand out in the sun to BBQ. Well, this someone is smarter than the average heat wave. I went out at 9 this morning to fix lunch. I used Sweet Baby Ray's Buffalo Marinade on chicken wings. First time I have tried it and they were great. I'm sure the neighbors that were going to get their coffees thought I was nuts.

So now I have become a regular fan of pineapple, peaches, asparagus and morning prepped wings on the grill.