This post contains a close up of a spider so if you have any phobias, please close this post to exit and seek help or listen to a bit of music to relax you if you would absolutely dare to go further!
This week's assignment - Shoot your subject from below. Looking up will give the illusion of smallness (the viewer). An upwards angle will make the subject seem much more important.
Thank you brave soul who has ventured into bushboys world. I found this HARMLESS Huntsman Spider in the wood pile. They don’t have webs and rely on their lightning speed to catch their prey. Huntsman Spiders can run at sixteen of their body lengths a second and that’s the slowest one of the 95 Huntsman species found in Australia.
A song to listen while reading. It is the early song from my early life
Awaken my love the sun has tried to break through. The distance shrouded trees appear await bird song. I am the mist ready to envelop your senses. Awaken my love love has broken through. The mist has risen my body awaits gentle touch. Awaken my love ’tis early.
So many objects have a face. Do you see them walking through the shops. I do they are making faces they are there inanimate faces they are always looking waiting for you making faces.
James was quite happy that Dad said they would go and look at cars. James had his licence for only a few weeks buy Dad thought he was ready to have his own car.
“This is exciting,” said James, “Imagine me driving to my friends place in my flash car.”
They got into the family Holden station wagon which had seen better days. Three kids jumping around on the back seat, the smell of Sam the smelliest dog in the world Mum reckoned and a front bench seat that had seem better days. There was a story that one night, before they were married, Dad put the front seat into the recline position so he and Mum be more comfortable watching the movie at the Drive-In. Trouble was he couldn’t get the seat back upright again so he had to hang onto the steering wheel and drive. Mum opted to get into the back seat.
“Which car yard are we going to Dad? asked James.
“Not a car yard,” said Dad, “I have a mate who is selling his car as he doesn’t drive it as much any more.”
“I hope it’s a great car with all the stuff I’d love in a car,” James said. “What colour is it?”
“I think he said it was white.” James looked crestfallen. Noticing the look Dad said “but the interior is red” “Apparently it is quite a reliable car which will be good,” Dad said. “I don’t want to be fixing your stuff forever.”
“Is it a auto or has it manual gears,” James said hoping for a manual as they were more fun to drive. A manual dad said as they neared their destination. As they drew up to the front of Dave’s place, there was the car, gleaming white in the drive and the chrome dazzled.
James just sat there, mouth open. What the fuck is that he thought. That’s not a car, it’s a relic from some bygone forgotten era.
Dad and Dave started to wax lyrical about the virtues of the Ford Zephyr while James thought about what his friends were going to say.
photo from Car-from_UK.com
Manufacturer:
Ford
Model:
ZEPHYR
Year:
1960
Type:
Standard Car
Doors:
4
Color:
White
Seats:
5
Transmission:
Manual
Fuel:
Petrol
Drive side:
Right-hand drive
There were quite a lot of Zephyrs manufactured in Australia from the 1950’s to around 1962 from English specifications. Australia went a bit further and built Zephyr Station Wagons and Utes modifying the English designs. (source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Zephyr)
I shall add my bit from Australia for Su as she said “As it’s te wiki o te reo Māori (Māori language week) in Aotearoa New Zealand, I’m challenging myself to improve my te reo (language) skills wherever I can.”
Kia ora “Whatever we call it though, there is ti in the pot; te mīhini kawhe (the coffee machine) is at the ready and although the kai (food) is simple, there’s plenty to fill your puku (stomach).”
Here is my contribution – I have used te mīhini kawhe and made a cup and also have mongamonga keke
So haere mai ki te hono atu ki a Su me etahi atu. Nau mai te katoa. So come along and join Su and everyone else. Everyone is welcome
