Happy Thanksgiving!"





vintage Gurley holiday candles

more at my Flickr photo stream (and feel free to browse around)


Thought I should post this today, as everyone will probably be too full of turkey to surf the web tomorrow.




Oh, and Beer! (see previous post for explanation)

Aaaauuuuugggggghhhhhh!

The external hard drive that was my primary repository for all my photos, my family's historic photos, iTunes and suddenly stopped recognizing its directory (or even that it had information written to it). Most stuff is backed up, but not all.

It's now in the hands of a data recovery shop in Boston. A friend recommended the place to me. I will post a review when all is said and done.


(quiet weeping...)

Shots of some older Matchbox toys.






Everything here (except the silver Greyhound bus) is from the early-to-mid 'sixties, some of them possibly even from the very late 'fifties.

New Studio Toys





Sd.Kfz. 181 Panzerkampfwagen VI (Tiger I) mid production and Sd.Kfz 182 Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II Ausf. B Königstiger (King Tiger) (Henschel variant) These excellent models are from Dragon Armor and are in 1/72 scale (see the US quarter in the foreground for scale)

I've always loved military models, but I don't have time anymore to build them. I found these at a local hobby store, and the quality is just phenomenal.

Matchbox Cars

Old Campainers

Three Brits

Premonitions of Alan Rickman

Blue and Purple


I'm thinking through a painting series based on my old matchbox cars to fit in and alternate with this series