:: In a Small Dark Room ::

:: Friday, November 02, 2007 ::

A Friday Cat-blog Illustrated Interlude
RECHARGEABLE CAT � Lolcats %u2018n%u2019 Funny Pictures - I Can Has Cheezburger?: "RECHARGEABLE�CAT"

Labels: cats, humour, pix

:: Mez 03:11 [+] ::
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Smoky Moon
Raph’s Website — The smoke does help some things (26 October, 2007)




Full-size 1280 x 780 pixels

"this is the moon over Rancho Bernardo tonight. You can see where there is an absence of lights right below the hills; that is where the fire came through."

Labels: city, nature, pix, skies

:: Mez 13:51 [+] ::
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Shadows of Motion – Ocean Beach

Shielded with smoke, bedazzled by mirrors
Originally uploaded by Mezza.

Labels: Australia, beach, pix, sand, Tasmania

:: Mez 23:00 [+] ::
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Catalina Flying Boat & Man

Catalina Flying Boat Fam3_14-5-flyboat-man
Originally uploaded by Mezza.

Old-style flying boat plane (PBY Catalina) that can also land on solid ground with the wheels. I think it's Ron standing by it. There is a framed photo (which I think another family member has) showing his father standing by a similar aeroplane.

For many years there was a Flying Boat Base at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour, and my childhood home was under the flightpath of the large Catalinas coming in to land. We were some floors up in a block of flats, and at night sometimes they were so low I could see the people behind the lighted windows in the passenger cabin. My memory is they flew to Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands.

The base closed down a few decades back, but has since reopened for much smaller planes. They run a more local service, e.g. to the Hawkesbury River, and probably joy flights around the Sydney area. I saw a similar small plane in Strahan, Tasmania (see TAS_4212).

Labels: aeroplanes, airplanes, black and white, history, monochrome, pix

:: Mez 12:06 [+] ::
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omega.jpg
Originally uploaded by Doctor Swan.

'omega' by Doctor Swan

A simple purity of vision

Labels: pix

:: Mez 01:15 [+] ::
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Tabblo: Manila after the Rain
Link to www.tabblo.com Manila after the Rain: A Tabblo
Manila at the end of World War II — Photos taken by an Australian sailor

Flickr link
Originally uploaded by Mezza.

Testing this as another way to use my images. In this case, displaying wartime family photos in an album page style like the one around at the time they were taken.

Labels: history, pix, tabblo, war

:: Mez 20:33 [+] ::
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Tabblo Test — In the Depths of the City
Link to www.tabblo.com — In the Depths of the City: A Tabblo


In the Depths of the City: A Tabblo Test (Flickr version)
Originally uploaded by Mezza.

"By night, and under cloudy skies, still I strive to see what joy in perceptions may happen yet to pass across my ken."


Testing this as another way to use &/or display my images

Labels: city, pix, tabblo

:: Mez 02:03 [+] ::
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New Year's Eve Fireworks in Sydney
Video taken from my rooftop here near St Vincent's hospital.
Google Video version

Midnight fireworks over Sydney harbour for New Year's Eve (2006/2007). Rather dark & blurry, I'm afraid, but I like the atmosphere. Seen from the roof of a block of units in Surry Hills, close to the party scene around Oxford Street and Taylor Square, and with lots of other blocks of flats around, nearly all with parties of people on their balconies. Taken with a Canon A80 (original size 320 x 240).

YouTube Version

Labels: Australia, celebrations, city, fireworks, Sydney, videos

:: Mez 17:37 [+] ::
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Party Night in Town: New Years Eve 2007 (IMG_5503)

Party Night in Town: New Years Eve 2007 (IMG_5503)
Originally uploaded by Mezza.

Labels: city, pix

:: Mez 11:20 [+] ::
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