Sat/Sun November 5th/6th, 2022

[Rich]

Here is a 1940's Packard Touring car. Looks like a Gangster car to me. I can envision Al Capone and his mob in it!

[Dave]

Thanks for starting the weekend Daily, Rich.

Nice photos. Yep - gangster car sounds about right to me.

I was looking through archives again, seeking something different than my usual dark skies or plants. Came across one from January 2017 that I never did anything with. It appears that it was overexposed (maybe intentionally, but more likely through carelessness), and I took it into FotoSketcher to see what artistic effect looked good. I ended up choosing a slight watercolor look...

   

I wish you all a happy, healthy, and pleasant weekend.

[Luv2shoot]

Thanks, Rich for starting the thread for the weekend.
I was busy getting something for Flickr's SMILE ON SATURDAY challenge, "LACE".

Another good weekend car show, I see.  Love those classic cars and the opportunity they deliver for us shutterbuggers.  I like the looks of the  well worn weathered leather, they were made to last back then. 

Dave, Sort of a HIGH KEY image, but I am glad that you left color in it.  Another good framing job to zero that compliments the image.

So, here is my LACE image for the FLICKR challenge.


HOMEMADE LACE

It has probably been about 40 years since I had a shuttle in my hand, a tatting shuttle. I taught myself this art along with crocheting, knitting, macrame, and sewing. If you ever saw someone "tatting", it is sort of a bizarre-looking process that creates beautiful lace. When I saw this challenge, I had to go digging for this tiny sewing basket that had my threads in it. Unfortunately, the shuttle was missing or it would have been part of the composition. I wonder where that shuttle is.

[Man From Ironbark]

Lorell, I see that you have been tatting. I used to love watching my aunts tat. That was about fifty years ago.

Like Rich's gangster car and I enjoyed Dave's treatment of the yet another plant.

and here I go with yet another flower shot.

[Rich]

Dave, thanks, well done manip! As Lorell said it does look a little high key. Nothing washed out though. colors are a relaxing green. Nice mat!

Thanks Lorell, nicely exposed. Good highlights and shadows. Looks like sun streaming through a window. That is a lot of work! If you put them all together and they were the same color could you make a table top runner? I think I have one my Mother -In- Law made.

Thanks Peter, good close up and great color! Good exposure.

[Man From Ironbark]

This caterpillar got a surprise.

[Luv2shoot]

Peter, I am glad that you pointed out the surprise. At first I did not see it, and then when I did, I almost gasped!  Really.  What a cool shot. That first flower looks like a straw flower. I think you have a lot of those out in your wilderness, right? 

Rich,  You don't really put all those long pieces together.  You start in the middle (see the red lace on the left? ) and than you keep working around the circumference as the diameter increases. One of the last pieces that I did was a large doily for my mother. It was probably about 20 inches in diameter.  It took forever to make and was probably the last tatting project I ever did.  Tatting is a slow process. It was placed on the top of the TV console.  My mother always was proud to display our project. 

Here is my Sunday Slider (manipulation to the max) image for today's Flickr page.  I hope it brings a little warmth into your homes and hearts.
I dug up this photo from 2016.

[Man From Ironbark]

Yes they are paper daisies / everlastings / strawflowers. Thanks for the comment. I didn't notice the surprise at first either. I just grabbed the one shot of the caterpillar on the flower. These sly lurkers can be found camouflaged waiting if you are looking for them.

These flowers are pollinated by many types of insects and the various flies do turn out to do a major part of the job. Though we do have around 3,000 different native bees that also play their part. It is quite amazing when you think about it that so many flies bees and wasps live their whole lives in order to continue pollinating flowers and depositing their eggs so that their larvae can feed on the various pests of the flowers. Here is a recent article on the continuing sage of learning about our native bees that may be interesting: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-05/n.../101616420



I do find your Sunday slider to be most warming. Thanks.

[Rich]

Peter, took me a while to figure out the surprise but, yes it will be!
Excelent flower an fly close up.

Lorell. thanks for the info on the tatting. It looks like what you explained. It was her Grandma that did it.

What a lovely manip, just awesome! Lot's of warmth and love in that photo!