In 1956 Renault announced the Daphine, a 4CV development. The
mechanics are similar to those of the 4CV, bu the body is 3-box type.
It has a welded stress-carrying center section to which the front and rear assemblies are bolted. The Daupine quickly became Renault's
leading model. The car you see her is a Henney Kilowatt-converted to electric power. It was powered by an electric motor and uses a 36 volt
traction battery system based on lead-acid golf cart batteries. It
boasted an advertised top speed of 35 mph and a range of 40 miles per
charge. In 1961 it was priced at $3.600. Approximately 120 were built
from 1959-61, and the great majority were sold to electrical utilities for
electric meter readers. Eureka-Williams Company (of Eureka vacuum cleaner fame) produced the electric conversion.

You have to wonder how this bird that weighs about as much as two quarters can survive
this Nor'easter snow storm.

Snow has kept the ground covered for some time so this opossum showed at the base of our bird feeders
to eat a supply of black oil sunflower seeds.
The internet is loaded with information about these critters.

Not all sunsets are saturated color.
The black leaves were what made
the composition.

You have to feel sorry for the kids today who never got to play stick ball.
A cheap Spalding ball and a broom stick is all that you needed.

The former owner of our property raised cattle and he installed an electric fence close to the edge of the
road. When an old farmer came to hay our property I warned him about the hidden old wire that was
there. He hayed o.k. but then he hooked up his tedder and as he got too close to the road the wire rapped around each part of the spinning tines in a split second. I told him to bring his tractor up to the house where we had a wicked time of freeing up all that wire. As I looked over to the West I could see some very dark clouds so I
told him we had to pick up the electric tools and put them away because we only had less that ten
minutes before the rain squall was about to hit. He asked me how I knew. I told him my thirty years
in the Navy it always taught me to keep an eye on the horizon. The forty to fifty mile an hour winds and rain
hit the house and he was really glad to look out the window with me. It soon passed and we were able to
finish freeing up the tedder.

Winter is still far from over here in New England.
This old John Deere horse drawn hay rake
is still around after all the years that have passed.

Looks like it will be in the middle of next month when the temperature gets up to the sixties.
This ice cycle is just another reminder that we are not there yet.

It is always good to have a bit of color in house at the end of February.

Long Beach, California was the scene in 1982 when the Big J was put back into commission.
This was the view just before the new crew was about to activate the ship.

Those of us who remember developer, short stop, hypo and wash can appreciate what it took to
develop silver images in black and white. The hardest thing for those who have not photographed
with film was to see line and composition and to distill out the color.

Wanda:

The lighting was done with window sunlight against a white background.

Poinsettia's are not just for Christmas.

This display of the M1857 Field Gun is at Fort Dix, NJ. The former commanding
officer of the post was an artillery officer and placed this display outside of
the headquarters.

For those who wish to remember what Big Ben looked like before the eighty million pound restoration.