Is it that the log will collapse on the chain bar without support?

Clearly displaying my ignorance...what does one do with a curry comb?


Nice pix BTW

The puppy shot is a really inventive "hoop"...Don't think I ever would have thought of that, but it is perfect!

I decided today, that I will continue the quest for hoops without leaving my office. I found these....

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archival tape


reversing rings


tools of the trade


another tool...this compas has a hoop (almost) at the top and is in the process of creating one on paper.


I have an Artist's Dummy friend that created a hoop with his arms!


Key Hoops!

pg 12 Very creative "Horse Hoops"

Hi Ced...I've been paying attention to the stuff you are posting for the last weeks.

Liking it all. I see an understated approach, which I think is great! Very subtle, sometimes. And you almost always have a nice statement to match the image.

I'm certainly looking forward to more. Thanks!

So, I didn't even have to leave my office for this contribution. Everything was just laying around, so to speak. Some "hoops" for your consideration....
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the O's and the wheel - from an old poster I have hanging over my desk.


a VERY DUSTY desk decoration


the Power button on my photo printer


glasses


more glasses


a ring...made by a spoon from an old quarter...don't we all have one of these?


maybe not really a Hoop...but it is a Loop.

A very nice thing to be grateful for...WARMTH, is the result of all that work. I hope you are comfortable all winter.

Thanks, Photogirl...your encouragement made me do it. :) I learned stuff, and I like when that happens. At this point, I just hope I don't forget more than I learned...

My Brother-in-law served on the USS Vammen in Vietnam. He similarly volunteers at the Maritime Museum in San Pedro and they have restored and maintain a tug boat for that museum. I am pretty sure there is a similar group that takes care of the Iowa.

On the way back from the harbor, I decided to stop at one of my favorite quiet spots on the coast, Pelican Cove (I don’t think I have ever seen a pelican there, although they are numerous in the area).

Even though the harbor was pretty clear by the time I left, the coast was still pretty hazy with off and on puddles of sunlight.

I messed around with a polarizer a bit, then while looking directly into the sun, I see a fishing boat with the requisite squad of seagulls. As the boat crossed the bay, it moved out of the bright reflections and a better image was available…the seagulls aren’t as much of a part of this image to my eye.

~THE END~

A few years ago, the Battleship Iowa made its way to San Pedro to become a permanent navel museum.

I’ve been on board a few times. It is worth the time and minimal cost if you are in the area ever.

I am very grateful for all the women and men who have fought to keep us free.

This is the ship’s tender. Bigger than most pleasure boats, I think.

I was really there to check out the shipping industry.

I am certainly grateful for all who work in this industry for bring me my new circular polarizer/wrist strap/ lens/camera/???, that I bought from Amazon and was made in Asia.

I’m pretty sure it is mostly hard (and sometimes dangerous) work.

Every time I go near the harbor, I am overwhelmed with the scale of the operation. I begin to wonder where Sancho is. You see, these massive loading structures are the windmills to my inner Don Quixote.

I’m grateful I don’t have to climb up those stairs (see detail shot - last one) every day to get to work…Actually, now-a-days I’m grateful I don’t have to do anything to get to work! 😊

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Here’s me, walking around the harbor, with my backpack full of unnecessary photo stuff and a lamp shade on my head. All pretty normal stuff.

Yesterday became a fun, educational and sometimes frustrating day…the weather seemed to be better than I expected, but still hazy, foggy at times, with flat light often.

Advise from you all, and some u-tubing, gave me some ideas for dealing with those conditions.

I have long had an idea of exploring the L.A. Harbor, just South of the PV Peninsula, so I headed there when booted from my home for Mrs. Maybe’s party.

The Challenge – “Gratitude”. I am definitely grateful for the “auto haze removal” button in PSE! Ever since this function was added to the program several generations ago, I (coincidentally) became a much better photographer than I used to be.

As I started wondering around the harbor area, I found a gratitude for all the fisherpeople (?) who go to sea in craft such as these (I saw some not much more than a galvanized tub with a steering wheel - see little boat on the right of first image), to bring me my Swordfish, Mahi Mahi, Cod or whatever for the grill tonight. If I had to rely on my own fishing skills I would have succumbed to starvation years ago.