This view of the The Lamson Rapid Wire System shows both its simplicity and complexity. To send the cart the clerk would pull down slowly on the pull-chord until the the launching frame was held under stretched elastic against a stop. On release the the launcher would send the cart flying along the wire to […]
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The beautiful zebra plant would have you believe it boasts beautiful bright yellow flowers which lasts all through the winter. You’d be mistaken. Now a common indoor plant, Aphelandra squarrosa is native of Brazil. It gets its common name from its striking striped foliage which gives no clues at all to those wonderful non-flowers. The […]
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I have read that the ideal ‘landscape’ has three key elements; the foreground, the middle ground and background. With that in mind I decided to look for something washed ashore. These two washed up lumps of sea weed may not be the most exotic foregrounds imaginable but at short notice and without a lot of […]
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What caught my eye in this image was the way the reflections of the sky, the beach, the jetty and the sunset seems to perfectly balance the the light coming from within the Thai Orchid restaurant. Like a perfect fusion of two worlds, beautifully set dining tables seem to float over and through the outside […]
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Emily Davis had the crowd in the palm of her hands as she wooed them with her bluesy tones at the Wheatsheaf the other night. This was my first time at the Wheatsheaf on Goeorge Street and it will certainly not be my last. We listened a bit, chatted some, drank a little, solved some […]
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