June 17, 2006

Fruit (Gravenstein)

 

 

               
             
         
         

 

Fruit (Gravenstein), 20060617, HTML & JPEG, 80 x 320 pixels (image used without permission)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 07:41 PM

June 16, 2006

Player (Ronaldinho)

 

 

                                           
   
 
       
       
         
       
 
 
 
 
   

 

Player (Ronaldinho), 20060616, HTML & JPEG, 240 x 440 pixels (image used without permission)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 11:59 PM

June 15, 2006

Band (The Shaggs)

 

 

                                               
                           
         
         
       
                 
           
         
         
           
         
             
       
             
                 
           
             
         

 

Band (The Shaggs), 20060615, HTML & JPEG, 360 x 480 pixels (image used without permission)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 11:21 PM

June 14, 2006

Fruit (Banana)

 

 

                                                   
                           
                 
                   
         
         
         
         
                         
         
         
       
                                 
         
         
         
                         
     
     
     

 

Fruit (Banana), 20060614, HTML & JPEG, 400 x 520 pixels (image used without permission)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 11:11 PM

June 13, 2006

Player (Wilma Rudolph)

 

 

                           
   
           
       
   
       
     
       
   
       
       
     
       
       
       
       

 

Player (Wilma Rudolph), 20060613, HTML & JPEG, 320 x 280 pixels (image used without permission)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 11:39 PM

June 12, 2006

Band (Johnny Cash)

 

 

                                       
           
 
 
       
       
       
               
 
   
   
   
     
       
     
       
       
 
 
     
     
     
     
 
 

 

Band (Johnny Cash), 20060612, HTML & JPEG, 499 x 400 pixels (image used without permission)

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 07:19 PM

June 11, 2006

Fruit (Strawberry)

 

 

                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       

 

Fruit (Strawberry), 20060611, HTML & JPEG, 480 x 400 pixels (image used without permission)

 

"Strawberry pickers work bent over double all day. It is painful work, and after a few years, can cause permanent damage to a worker's back. Pay systems use a bonus for each box of strawberries to ensure that workers pick as fast as possible (source)."

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 12:53 PM

Guitars & Mandolins

 

 

Harmony solid top 6 string, early 60's, my main guitar, neck reset, new bridge and tuners, solid and loud, percussive and tight Harmony solid top 12 string, 60's, neck reset, original tuners, great action- plays sweetly and well up the neck, loud and jangly Harmony solid top mahogany 6 string, completely rebuilt, soft sound, good strummer, beautiful mahogany body, rounded (no binding) where the top and back meet the edges
Supertone Parlor, late 30's or early 40's, neck reset and new bridge, original tuners Yamaha solid top 6 string, mid-70's (acquired by my older brother while stationed in Thailand ca. 1974), all original Yamaha solid top 12 string, ca. 70's, all original, booms and rings
Yamah nylon string, ca. mid-70's (acquired by my younger brother plus assorted tools in trade for a wrecked Triumph two seater convertible), plays nice Harmony archtop tenor guitar (4 strings), all original, soft play, good sound
Harmony F-hole all solid carved-top mandolin, late 50's or early 60's, all original, plays nicely Harmony Stella round hole 70's mandolin, all original, cheap & playable Johnson resonator mandolin, ca. 2000, all metal body, great metallic banjo-like sound

 

 

 

 

Posted by chrisashley at 12:38 AM