September 25th to October 1st
Monday – #Sleeping
Death is often described as sleep or rest. This gravestone in Mason, New Hampshire caught my eye with its depiction of a sleeping child.
Tuesday – #Curve
In July of 2010 we attended a Chris Isaak concert at the curvy Leader Bank Pavilion. On the way I noticed a curvy office building. Not what you expect in a city of boxes and rectangles.
Wednesday – #Hard
Hardened Steel
These metal cutting tools were hand forged, heat treated and ground by Arthur L. Currier, who operated a over-head belt drive machine shop in Bank Village (New Ipswich) from the 1920’s until his death in 1951. These tools were used on machine tools such as shapers, planers and lathes to cut steel and other metals. Arthur held at least seventeen patents issued between 1911 and 1932, for many types of inventions. Some of his inventions were for: cutting buttons from shells or other materials, sewing closed multilayered paper bags (like cement bags), Trimming fiber phonograph needles, wiring closed mail bags, dressing grinding wheels, sewing buttons to cards, cutting lock key blanks, and sewing buttons to fabric. Arthur was also a meticulous draftsman, and always worked in a white shirt. Arthur could build wooden patterns for castings, and create any type of intricate machinery. Arthur’s son Bill ran the machine shop in the 50’s and 60’s to service the ski tow and lift industry. Bill operated much of his father’s machinery to create sheaves, pulleys and other mechanisms for the ski industry. Bill served on many town committees as selectman, firefighter and deputy forest fire warden. Albert William (Bill) Currier was born in 1918 and died in 2008. (John Rosenfelder, Historical Society- Sep 2023)
Thursday – #Cut
There is an expression, “fish or cut bait” that came this day when my wife asked questions on a charter fishing boat.
Friday – #Storage
File Under So. Co., Waiting for… is a public art installation in Burlington, Vermont. Built in 2002 by Bren Alvarez, the concept and name symbolize the delay in building the Southern Connector (“So. Co.”, a proposed northward extension of the I-189 to downtown Burlington). The filing cabinet is over 40 ft tall and was created by welding standard filing cabinets together over a year, with a steel rod inside keeping it upright. The 38 drawers in the cabinet symbolized the years since the Southern Connector was first proposed in 1965. Birds have been known to nest in the upper drawers. (Wikipedia entry)
Saturday – #Half
Cutting oranges in half for the Baltimore Orioles. They pick it clean but the mold comes quickly in summer when this photo was taken.
Sunday – #Chilled
Birds fluff up their feathers to conserve body heat in subzero weather.
Nice bird shots.
Amazing how these little creatures can survive the winter and maintain a high body temperature.
I had my Oriole feeders up this summer for a long time. The Orioles hungrily flocked to the oranges … I’d have to change them very day… and to the peanut butter nugget things. The the Catbirds discovered all this, then the Blue Jays raided, and then the Starlings pillage across the land like Attila the Hun and his hordes. I finally gave up and took down the Oriole feeders, but I’ll try again next year. Any advice on how to keep the raiders away?
I like Catbirds and don’t mind feeding them. We feed unsalted whole peanuts to Blue Jays, but on the deck. It’s fun to watch them pick up several weighing them before choosing. They usually can make it off with one in the gullet and one in the beak. Starlings were an issue for a while with mealworms that I put out for the Bluebirds, but they disappeared not to return. At least they make so much noise you know they are around and can be chased off. BTW Titmouse also love peanuts.