It’s a boring overcast day here at the Pacific Empire pad. I recently got a digital camera and tripod, so I thought I’d walk you around the flat and we’ll see what we can see …
Yep, pretty overcast.
My girlfriend just got back from World Youth Day and gave me this boomerang. The painting depicts the Milky Way, which in Aboriginal mythology is a river in the skyworld.
Phil and Leanne have a beautiful aquarium:
The fish are all named after countries and cities. This one is Congo. The others are Prague, Israel and Colombia (the white one).
Oh yeah, Phil got a new rifle this weekend:
Wow, he looks so happy!
It’s a WWII vintage .303 service rifle from 1942.
It is ridiculously heavy and solid. Imagine carrying this heavy rifle, plus bullets and pack, through the jungle … mind-blowing.
Here’s the bolt and sights:
It came with a big padded bag:
The bullets are frighteningly expensive, $30 for 20 ($1.50 each). Phil is going to repack the shells to save money.
Our flat is lucky enough to have a dishwasher, although it does have different efficiencies on different days …
This stack of dirty dishes awaited me this morning:
But I made short work of it:
Leanne is working on a gorgeous painting. You can see part of the source photo she is working from at the top of the easel.
And lastly, my new tripod, $38.50 from Trademe. It is a Topman and gets to 1.5 metres (eye-level). It is heaps of fun to play with and makes it super-easy to get sharp, natural-looking shots without using the flash.
All the photos link to my Flickr photostream.
An interesting virtual tour. That rifle’s a nice one. Though me thinks Phil might want to invest a small bit of cash in a recoil pad if he hasn’t already.
Left by Jay@Soob on July 28th, 2008