Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
More Stuff From The Yard
The Autumn leaves are gone, it's getting colder, but not yet enough snow for any good P.O.'s, so I'm having to make due with what's at hand. I think these are called rose hips, but I not sure. The pattern in the out of focus background is called bokeh. This was taken with the "fantastic plastic" cheapo lens (55mm f1.8), which has some of the best bokeh I've seen.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Times's a waste'n
This pocket watch was given to my father by his father and is engraved on the back with JLF (John Long Fisher)
Sunday, November 8, 2009
From the Basement Studio (i.e., the framing table).
As I understand the story, this rifle was owned by a RCMP -Royal Canadian Mounted Police (aka: Mountie) officer who moved to Texas after he retired. He traded the rifle for a trailer my father owned. The gun has two notches in the stock. Back in the day, it was a custom to put a notch on your gun when it killed someone. Whether that was the case with this gun is unknown. It could mean that the Mountie simply “got his man” as the saying goes.
The Winchester’73 went into production in 1873 in New Haven Connecticut and became known as the “Gun That Won the West. A Google search brings up a lot of interest information about the history of this gun. They also made a movie about this rifle called the Gun That Won the West. I’ve noticed it on T.V. a couple of times in the last several months.
The Winchester’73 went into production in 1873 in New Haven Connecticut and became known as the “Gun That Won the West. A Google search brings up a lot of interest information about the history of this gun. They also made a movie about this rifle called the Gun That Won the West. I’ve noticed it on T.V. a couple of times in the last several months.
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