I just realized that, except for the "flying around in a space ship" part, it sounds an awful lot like my place!!CHIT CHAT in VOLTVILLE
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I just realized that, except for the "flying around in a space ship" part, it sounds an awful lot like my place!!
Yer fibbing. I know yer fibbing !!!!!'Course I was!!
Good luck Terry.
No thanks, I'm staying right here, there might be nasty Klingons out there !!!!!
Chicken!
Plus you have those killer bots.
Your computer turns you lights and heat on with a simple command?
I'm talking about BIGGER guns, like laser pistols, photon torpedos, phaser rifles.
Ah, who needs that junk. A cap & ball .45 is all that you need.Your computer turns you lights and heat on with a simple command?
I'm talking about BIGGER guns, like laser pistols, photon torpedos, phaser rifles.
Jerry, I'm with you as far as a wheel gun is concerned, but I prefer my double action .357 snub nose. Easy to conceal and lots of stopping ability with soft tipped loads. I'm a '49er, too, this century '49er you smart a$$es, LOL.
Terry, I have a computer program that controls my lights and the thermostats are programmable already. No, it doesn't respond to voice commands, but I suspect it would be a wise guy type if it did talk. If you want, you can add remote control from your smart phone and also control a burglar/fire/video surveillance system as well.
One of my favorite pass times is thinking about how I would explain the world, today, to somebody from the 1850's or so. Then, when I get tired of that little game, I think about how somebody would try to explain the world of 2150 to me. I can go basic if needed, but I really appreciate things like indoor plumbing and central heating/cooling operated by a thermostat. Being able to take a nice, warm, shower every day is another thing I know I'd miss.
Now, about those corsets.....
Terry, I have a computer program that controls my lights and the thermostats are programmable already. No, it doesn't respond to voice commands, but I suspect it would be a wise guy type if it did talk. If you want, you can add remote control from your smart phone and also control a burglar/fire/video surveillance system as well.
One of my favorite pass times is thinking about how I would explain the world, today, to somebody from the 1850's or so. Then, when I get tired of that little game, I think about how somebody would try to explain the world of 2150 to me. I can go basic if needed, but I really appreciate things like indoor plumbing and central heating/cooling operated by a thermostat. Being able to take a nice, warm, shower every day is another thing I know I'd miss.
Now, about those corsets.....
How do you know it'd be like that, though? Maybe the world would be so polluted that people couldn't go outdoors, and society would have degenerated to just surviving. There's no telling. I'm with Rave -- I'll stick with what I know and be happy for the modern conveniences we have.
I hope you find it useful.
I've never related to drawing books. I remember as a kid, I had something, probably called How to Draw Horses. I learned a few things about proportions from it that I still use, but doing exercises from a book was a drag, and I never liked the results. I used the few items I got from the book and went off on my own to experiment and learn. I'm still doing that.
I was thinking about all your Roombas when she said about computers to turn the lights off and on.
Oh well, it's time for me to head out to the henhouse and get a hen for my supper, check the root cellar and see what veggies I have stored there from this Summer's garden. Get some wood for the cooking stove, start the fire and cook up my meal.
See ya later !!!!!
See ya later !!!!!
Thanks, Uncle & Terry, for the help with the new project. Uncle, I saw those drawings, but I don't trust drawings, so I looked for photos of just the phase of the gallop I want. A few came close, but Muybridge's were best. Also, there's a motion sequence of his photos that I think is on Wikipedia that I stared at for a while. I wish you could slow the motion more. It just goes at the speed they decided, but I wanted to have his galloping horse sequence where you could slow it down or even stop it at a certain frame, so you can really study it.
Those explanations of how a horse's feet fall in certain gaits never made any sense to me. I just can't picture it from the words. I can see a horse doing a gait and identify it, I can ride the gait and identify it from the feel, and I can look at a photo and usually tell what gait the horse is doing, but those explanation are too confusing.
Anyway, here's Muybridge's pictures.
I think the stance I want is either 11 or 13, probably 11. In 12, his hind legs are too close together, and I don't think that looks as good.
What surprised me is that the legs on the left are behind the legs on the right. I didn't know this happened in that particular phase of the gallop, so I would have drawn it wrong. I've seen Muybridge's photos many times before, too, but never noticed this.
One interesting thing I discovered today was, after looking on the Internet at many photos of horses galloping to find the stance I wanted with the horse nice and clear, not many of the photos had this particular phase of the gallop. Two reasons occurred to me and I wonder if either is valid. First, this stage compared to all the others is only a short moment in time, so it's likely that a photographer will catch some other stance. Second, is this stance clumsier looking than the others, and that's why photographers prefer photos with a different stance?
This photo
is the best I found. I'll be able to see here how the muscles bunch in that particular stance.
I decided on this phase of the gallop rather than the ones where the legs are more closed up together because I thought it gave more of a sense of freedom and openness with the open legs.
Now all I have to do is figure out the lighting. Terry, that site helped a lot. Thanks so much. I dragged a few pictures off it to contemplate.
Those explanations of how a horse's feet fall in certain gaits never made any sense to me. I just can't picture it from the words. I can see a horse doing a gait and identify it, I can ride the gait and identify it from the feel, and I can look at a photo and usually tell what gait the horse is doing, but those explanation are too confusing.
Anyway, here's Muybridge's pictures.
I think the stance I want is either 11 or 13, probably 11. In 12, his hind legs are too close together, and I don't think that looks as good.
What surprised me is that the legs on the left are behind the legs on the right. I didn't know this happened in that particular phase of the gallop, so I would have drawn it wrong. I've seen Muybridge's photos many times before, too, but never noticed this.
One interesting thing I discovered today was, after looking on the Internet at many photos of horses galloping to find the stance I wanted with the horse nice and clear, not many of the photos had this particular phase of the gallop. Two reasons occurred to me and I wonder if either is valid. First, this stage compared to all the others is only a short moment in time, so it's likely that a photographer will catch some other stance. Second, is this stance clumsier looking than the others, and that's why photographers prefer photos with a different stance?
This photo
is the best I found. I'll be able to see here how the muscles bunch in that particular stance.
I decided on this phase of the gallop rather than the ones where the legs are more closed up together because I thought it gave more of a sense of freedom and openness with the open legs.
Now all I have to do is figure out the lighting. Terry, that site helped a lot. Thanks so much. I dragged a few pictures off it to contemplate.
Time to say good night with another snow scene.
Dang, Sandy, that looks bleak. Were you in a sombre mood?
Now, if I just had one to do all of these danged picture windows and sliding glass doors, I'd be a happy camper. 'Course, that's what daughters are for, right?
Morning Sandy, i have to take a shower first after that I will decide my tricks for the day
Exactly! The possibilities of the day don't form until after the morning shower.
That's how it is around here in winter. You folks in Florida have no idea. I thought it looked sort of Andrew Wyeth.
Rave, I like your winter snow scenes. We're having the same weather. I went out a while ago to scrape snow off the car and move it so when they come back to plow the driveway, maybe they'll do my parking space, and there was over 6" on the car. The mail hadn't come yet, so I am not going out again in the dark. Earlier, I put the trash out and then brought in the can after they picked it up. I thought of taking a photographic walk in the snow, but decided to stay inside and research the new art project.
All this research is getting to me, but now I know how to arrange the horse's legs. Next is to find a night scene with a full moon partly obscured by clouds to see how the light is. I'm too impatient to wait for the real thing to happen here. We have so many overcast days here, it might be July before the proper sky happens.
All this research is getting to me, but now I know how to arrange the horse's legs. Next is to find a night scene with a full moon partly obscured by clouds to see how the light is. I'm too impatient to wait for the real thing to happen here. We have so many overcast days here, it might be July before the proper sky happens.
This sort of training worked very well indeed for me! My guy would actually curve his ribcage away from me when I pointed at it. He was very limber that way. The funny thing is, he knew what would earn him a swat on the ribs, and if he really, really wanted to do whatever it was, he curved his body away, first, then did it anyway! He would even kinda wince in anticipation. It was all I could do not to laugh, and swat anyway. I was so lucky, an equine with a sense of humor!!!
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