Here are some photos of the portacabin from before we moved in:
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
It Has Started!
Today was the day the portacabins which will be our home for the next few weeks arrived. We are moving everything out of the barn so that we can renew the underfloor heating pipes.
As is often the case with people in the construction industry there was a lot of umming and awing about whether they would get them in, and as you can see, it was a bit tight:
There wasn't inches to spare between the cabin and the guttering on the garage, it was millimetres!
The cabin on the left is where we will live, and the one in front is where we will be putting all our belongings. They are both anti vandal cabins which is really ironic, as there are not many vandals in our area, but they couldn't get the normal ones up our narrow drive.
As is often the case with people in the construction industry there was a lot of umming and awing about whether they would get them in, and as you can see, it was a bit tight:
There wasn't inches to spare between the cabin and the guttering on the garage, it was millimetres!
The cabin on the left is where we will live, and the one in front is where we will be putting all our belongings. They are both anti vandal cabins which is really ironic, as there are not many vandals in our area, but they couldn't get the normal ones up our narrow drive.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Travelling
Safe in our own little world, protected by iPod and sling...
Gazing at the ghost sheep outside the window, watching the world go by...
It is so confusing sometimes, so mixed up, but we are safe in our own little world.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Decoupage
Two dimensional decoupage is where pictures are glued onto a hard surface and varnished to make it look like it was painted on. It started way back when people couldn't afford to have painted furniture so they got their carpenters to hand colour black and white prints and glue them on. Then enough layers of varnish are added to embed the paper so deep that it no longer looks like paper.
This is a 'before' example of a print:
And this is what it looks like after colouring:
It is particularly good on country furniture like this old rocking chair:
Here is a close of of the detail. This one hasn't had the full treatment of varnish yet:
It is also a nice treatment for sprucing up wooden tissue boxes:
This is a 'before' example of a print:
And this is what it looks like after colouring:
It is particularly good on country furniture like this old rocking chair:
Here is a close of of the detail. This one hasn't had the full treatment of varnish yet:
It is also a nice treatment for sprucing up wooden tissue boxes:
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Sunday, November 22, 2009
For Peter's 13th birthday we had a private session with the falconer Gary. He was brilliant with Peter, and was very passionate about his birds.
He started with a history of falconry and some information about the different types of birds, then we got to hold some that we weren't going to fly, including a lovely little merlin.
We then moved out into the arena where we were able to fly the bigger birds, such as the Harris Hawk here. Each of us got a chance to have the hawks land on our arms, then fly off, and land again.
Gary also put the birds though their paces flying from post to post.
They are so accurate in their movements, that even though it looks like they are in for a crash landing they elegantly pull up at the last minute.
Gary threw a piece of meat up into the air and I managed to get a photo of the hawk flying up to get it, then following it down and getting it before it hit the ground. I am amazed I got any photos of it as it all happened so fast! The little black dot is not a speck on the screen, it is the piece of meat!
This is an Eagle Owl from India. Owls have to be hand reared to work with humans, as they are normally solitary hunters, unlike the hawks who are usually parent reared. Hawks know they are hawks, and will work with humans as they are used to working cooperatively to hunt. On the other hand, this owl thinks he is human!
He took a liking to Peter. We had been told not to hoot at him as he was approaching his mating time, and they didn't want him to latch onto a human. However, he did seem to like Peter a lot, and Peter said it was all he could do to resist hooting at him!
As we were the only ones there, Gary had no problem setting up a couple of shots for me. I still haven't got to grips with the camera though so they are not the best, and the weather didn't help, but it does give you an idea of the wing spans of these beautiful birds.
He started with a history of falconry and some information about the different types of birds, then we got to hold some that we weren't going to fly, including a lovely little merlin.
We then moved out into the arena where we were able to fly the bigger birds, such as the Harris Hawk here. Each of us got a chance to have the hawks land on our arms, then fly off, and land again.
Gary also put the birds though their paces flying from post to post.
They are so accurate in their movements, that even though it looks like they are in for a crash landing they elegantly pull up at the last minute.
Gary threw a piece of meat up into the air and I managed to get a photo of the hawk flying up to get it, then following it down and getting it before it hit the ground. I am amazed I got any photos of it as it all happened so fast! The little black dot is not a speck on the screen, it is the piece of meat!
This is an Eagle Owl from India. Owls have to be hand reared to work with humans, as they are normally solitary hunters, unlike the hawks who are usually parent reared. Hawks know they are hawks, and will work with humans as they are used to working cooperatively to hunt. On the other hand, this owl thinks he is human!
He took a liking to Peter. We had been told not to hoot at him as he was approaching his mating time, and they didn't want him to latch onto a human. However, he did seem to like Peter a lot, and Peter said it was all he could do to resist hooting at him!
As we were the only ones there, Gary had no problem setting up a couple of shots for me. I still haven't got to grips with the camera though so they are not the best, and the weather didn't help, but it does give you an idea of the wing spans of these beautiful birds.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Lego Anti-gravity platform
The whole platform
Detail of top
The glowing red eyes that come into place when the inner platform is raised by the pnumatic lift
Detail of the guards
View of the control room from the back
Detail of the control room from the side
Left hand side with Scarabax in the front and a flying Visorak
Overview of the inner platform
Detail of the inner platform in the lowered position
Detail of the inner platform in the partially raised position
Detail of the pnumatic controls for the inner platform
Detail of the anti-gravity platform from the side
Detail of the anti-gravity platform from the front
Detail of top
The glowing red eyes that come into place when the inner platform is raised by the pnumatic lift
Detail of the guards
View of the control room from the back
Detail of the control room from the side
Left hand side with Scarabax in the front and a flying Visorak
Overview of the inner platform
Detail of the inner platform in the lowered position
Detail of the inner platform in the partially raised position
Detail of the pnumatic controls for the inner platform
Detail of the anti-gravity platform from the side
Detail of the anti-gravity platform from the front
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