Random Picture Thread

Hey, thanks for the poem George . . ​

I found it here* in audio to have it recited to me . . ​

* Mary Oliver's ‘‘The Kingfisher’’ from 2:53 to 4:15 - (spare link)​

And maybe it's also in Mary's below reading, which I'll try to listen later, it starts with ‘‘The Fish’’ . . . .​

 

"In an ironic twist of fate, today the elderly Elon Musk and the crew of his mega yacht, Space Dreaming, died when a vintage Tessa roadster fell out of the sky, survived reentry and struck the ship."

 

Floating UFOs: Oil Rig Escape Pods Turned into Hotel Rooms https://dornob.com/floating-ufos-oil-rig-escape-pods-turned-into-hotel-rooms/
Whether you need to escape a sinking oil platform or simply city life around you, there are few places quite so cozy and removed as these refab hotel rooms, floating off land, completely sealed and self-contained.

 

Cold is the Sea II​

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Edward Hopper, The Cat Boat, 1922, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum​

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Guy from Boise, Idaho has one on the wall in his living room !​

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Man takes along Edward Hopper etching to Antiques Roadshow to find he had $250,000 hanging on his wall​

 

that's a gorgeous piece of work. The way the water is flowing round the boat; the posture of the crew; all spot on.

 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art​

A Cargo of Seventy Elephants Landing from Burmah during the 1857 Mutiny​

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| Date: 1858 - 61 | Medium: Albumen silver print | Dimensions: Image: 13.7 × 15.5 cm (5 ³/₈ × 6 ¹/₈ in.) | Classification: photographs | 3,115 × 2,752 pix |​

 

Indian Rebellion of 1857 - (see previous pic)​

Rani of Jhansi​

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↑ 1,280 × 720 pix → 4,608 × 2,592 pix​

 

(post) - - - Chantal Menard - by - Sean Cheetham - - - (post)​

‘‘Portrait of Chantal Menard’’ study​

‘‘Portrait of Chantal Menard’’​

 

Just hanging out offshore.

 

They also had a racing houseboat with a deep V hull and suitable motorization to hang out offshore and do some racing . . .

Rock around the States (4): Rene & Gale Jacoby = Italian link​

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Houseboat Thunderbird​

 

From the bottom links of the previous link...​

Rock around the States (5): Merrick Lewis = Italian link​

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Just bring your boat were you like it to be . . ​

 

From the last above link, the below quote = from Google Translate:​

‘‘ For Merrick Lewis, I designed a 38' Delta cab. It was decided that it would be called "Thunderbird" and that it would be built in Italy by the usual Delta site of Anzio and that the engines, a pair of Daytona, would be installed in the USA.

"Thunderbird" from "Milestones in My Designs" by Renato "Sonny" Levi​

In this regard, Merrick claims that the engines were not at the extreme stern with the usual V-drive, but in a direct line: all to have the driving position as backward as possible. As for the cabin, totally useless in American races, it was a logistic requirement: with this solution Merrick hoped he would not have to worry about hotels, lunches, dinners and beds for the crew ... Merrick Lewis was really unpredictable in some of his needs. The boat was to have as crew Rocky Marciano, the unbeaten and unforgettable light heavyweight, world boxing champion in the fifties. ’’

 

Thanks Khaos, nice topic . . ​