Sewing room

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After renovating my house, this is my new sewing room.

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Only in USA

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Students - before and now ... flowers and guns

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New Year Resolution

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New Year's Resolutions :
Spend more time with my dog.

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Why don't aliens talk to us ?

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Aliens don't talk to us because we are creepy. I mean we send them weird mix tapes and we keep trying to find out where they live.

And we sent them some unsolicited nudes with direction to our house ... as in this Pioneer plaque.

Pioneer plaque placed on board the 1972 Pioneer 10 and 1973 Pioneer 11 spacecrafts

Zooming into the Solar System at bottom of previous pic  (To enlarge the image, click on it.)
What makes an alien think it is our Solar System ?
It looks like a snake giving birth to a baby  :-)

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My back and my side

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Shamelessly self-promoting myself here !   :-)   :-)   :-)

There must be something photogenic about my back and my side ... They are featured in 2 hiking books (one even in the front cover !)
       1  "Victoria's Bogong High Plains"
           by Glenn Van Der Knijff

       2  "Wollemi National Park - Day Walks from Newnes - Part 2"
           by Michael Keats, Brian Fox, Yuri Bolotin
           (Chapter 2.24: "Kenobi Canyon, Jedi Point and Double Decker Cave")


1)  "Victoria's Bogong High Plains"
by Glenn Van Der Knijff

1.1)  I'm the star in the cover of the book.
- As I said, there must be something photogenic about my back to be featured in the cover of a book  :-)
- Background: Staircase Spur of Mt Bogong in Victoria's Bogong High Plain, Australia.

1.2)  The original photograph
Photographer: Ricky Ellis

By the way, photographs and trip report on climbing Mt Bogong are in my blog:
http://mntviews.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/mt-bogong-in-snow-vic-australia.html


2)  "Wollemi National Park - Day Walks from Newnes - Part 2"
by Michael Keats, Brian Fox, Yuri Bolotin

The covers

2.1)  Front cover of the book

2.2)  Back cover of the book
- The 3 authors from left to right:
       • Yuri Bolotin
       • Michael Keats
       • Brian Fox

Me !

2.3)  In chapter 2.24 "Kenobi Canyon, Jedi Point and Double Decker Cave" ~~~
- Red arrow: Me ... Why is my side so interesting as to be a worthwhile feature of this chapter ?

Photographer: Yuri Bolotin, the author

Location: Hole-in-the-Rock Canyon, Wollemi Nat Pk, NSW

People often abseil down the hole at top edge of above pic.

2.4)  In the chapter 2.24 "Kenobi Canyon, Jedi Point and Double Decker Cave" ~~~
- Red arrow: Me ... You'll need a microscope  :-)
(Colour streak at the left edge is due to scanning the curved page near the spine of the book.)

Photographer: Yuri Bolotin, the author

Location: View from Jedi Point, Wollemi Nat Pk, NSW

2.5)  The book also features 10 photographs taken by me  :-)
For example, this one: A tape assisted climb up a difficult slope near Altar Room in Wollemi National Park, NSW
(Colour streak at the left edge is due to scanning the curved page near the spine of the book.)

By the way, photographs and trip report on the Altar Room excursion are in my blog:
http://mntviews.blogspot.com/2016/07/altar-room-and-cliffs-above-newnes.html


2.6)  Original of the previous pic, taken by me

The 3 authors in this book
Michael Keats (OAM), Brian Fox, Yuri Bolotin

In 2016 Michael was honoured with the Medal (OAM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia for services to bushwalking and as an author.


2.7)  Michael Keats (white arrow) in chapter 2.10 "From Altar Room to Cathedral Canyon via the Wolgan Cliff Edge"

2.8)  Michael Keats in the original photograph of the previous pic

2.9)  Brian Fox in chapter 2.10 "From Altar Room to Cathedral Canyon via the Wolgan Cliff Edge"
- Brian stacks a few smaller rocks on top of an existing cairn to see whether they would be blown down by the wind  :-)
(Colour streak at the right edge is due to scanning the curved page near the spine of the book.) 

2.10)  Brain Fox in the original photograph of the previous pic

2.11)  Yuri Bolotin in chapter 2.24 "Kenobi Canyon, Jedi Point and Double Decker Cave"
(Colour streak at the left edge is due to scanning the curved page near the spine of the book.)

2.12)  Yuri Bolotin in the original photograph of the previous pic

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Michael Keats, Brian Fox & Yuri Bolotin's book contains an abridged social history of Newnes and two sections of bushwalks:
    - 14 walks featuring spectacular cliffs and rock formations
and
    - 15 walks featuring astonishing slots and passes.

Each walk has detailed track notes, maps, and grid references ... well worth buying !

Happy reading and happy walking  :-)

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Coffee

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Not all who wander are lost.
Some are just looking for coffee.

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