Saturday, January 1, 2022

Forget Deadwood, take a gander at that Barracuda! Lordy, Lordy!

 


Nice

 


Arrow of Justice

 


Thanks, and more thanks!

 And additional thanks to Ewan, Gary and Harold and Frank for becoming patrons.  Wildly appreciated over here on my end.  

Another round of thanks!

 Thanks to Rob, John, Joseph, and C Van for becoming patrons!  Hugely appreciated!

Your Friendly Smile of the Morning

 


At the same time as I own the Avanti, I should have one of these. Imagine the choice of what to drive every morning! Insane!

 


A mace would work better

 

A car I should own once before I kick.

 


An interesting way to spend the winter

 


Sumatran tiger cub. Born December 12th. One of the rarest endangered tiger species ( only 300 known to exist), successfully reproduced in London! Some good news to end 2021

 


Light Pillars: a crazy optical illusion caused by freezing cold temperatures and small ice crystals suspended in the air.

 


Bald Eagle’s nest with a ranger for scale. In California, that would go for about 350k in this market.

 


Somebody had to survive to tell the story

 


Those 19 guys should have gotten together and arranged it so Strauss never had to buy his own beer at the bar again (reality check: he probably drank bourbon).

 


Joseph Strauss, the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge, ordered that a safety net be installed under the bridge during construction. For the time, it was a revolutionary thing. The net "captured" 19 men who had fallen, saving them all from certain death.