Halloween special.
No, not the great movie starring John Travolta. Rather, the annual sprinkler blow-out in my community where the cold winters require that irrigation pipes be cleared of water lest they burst during a freeze.
iPhone 12 Pro Max, Pro Raw, processed in Silver-Efex 2.
Design purity.
In contrast to the oft luxurious interiors, the exteriors of Airstream trailers are admirable for their severity and cleanliness of line.
iPhone12 Pro Max, Apple Pro RAW.
When life was slower.
My local community stages Old Time Farm Days annually, the goal being to show how farms were run a century ago. It’s a lot of fun, especially for kids.
Revolutionary War soldier. Those muzzle loading muskets
may have been slow and wildly inaccurate, but they
still managed to do a number on the Redcoats.
John Deere.
Old time tractor.
Barn.
Horse harnesses. Even at full aperture the 35mm f/2
Canon LTM lens delivers fine resolution.
98 year old cream separator.
The hand cranked separator in action. The centrifuge
spins at 4,000 rpm flinging the heavier cream
to one side, the skim milk to the bottom.
Children watching the separator in action, all rapt attention.
Corn husker. Simple, effective and fast.
Blacksmith working cast iron.
All snapped on the Leica M10 with the 35mm f/2 Canon LTM (all but the first image) and the 90mm f/2.8 Tele-Elmarit.
Making for a fun environment.
In yesterday’s piece I illustrated how continuous improvement of a workspace makes for a better work environment. More welcoming, more useable, more efficient.
I also mentioned how art works interspersed with the various tool walls and shelves lighten up the space, making for a warm welcome on every visit. More fun!
Here are the twenty varied pieces on display in my garage.
These four prints are from images snapped at the Laguna Seca Historic Races in 2008, where the paddock is nothing less than a cornucopia of vintage machinery. As always, it’s the details from the height of the mechanical age which fascinate. All snapped on the Canon 5D with a 100mm EF Canon Macro lens and a ring flash:
Classic motorcycles are always of interest, here displayed on tinplates:
When it comes to classic BMW air cooled twins, nothing beats period posters:
I first encountered the Sinclair Dino when filling up on a long motorcycle trip through beautiful Utah:
Ford advertisement from the early days:
Back in the day 250,000km was deemed a high mileage for an engine. So much so that Mercedes would give owners a certificate commemorating the event. My 1983 300SD turbodiesel was on 343,000km when I finally sold it in 2005:
License plates from my many locations:
No self-respecting garage is complete without some bawdy tinplates:
So there!
