Winter Scooter

I have directed attention to justacarguy.blogspot.com/ before.  Always great stuff from a variety of sources. Today I saw something he had posted from goawaygarage.blogspot.com/.  I spent a little time looking through the posts there and came across this fun winter vehicle.  I assume that while you are having this much fun you can't be concerned with having a lot of directional control....

Eating fresh

Winter in Norway

The Sunbeam Blue Bird

The Blue Bird was the 1924 land speed record holder.  The run was on the beach (Pendine Sands) at Carmarthenshire in South Wales.  Driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell its 18.3 liter (1117 cubic inches) V12 Sunbeam engine carried it to a record speed of 146.16 mph.

Shortly thereafter the car was retired and passed through the hands of several owners before being purchased and restored by Lord Montagu and then displayed at the Montagu Motor Museum.  Montagu ran the car in exhibition runs in 1959 and 1962.

While being test run in 1993 a blocked oil passage caused the engine to seize doing extensive damage including a broken connecting rod and piston exiting the side of the crankcase.  In 2007 a long term engine rebuild by the staff at the National Motor Museum was undertaken.

Read more about the car's history at theoldmotor.com.  Watch a video of the startup here.

How do you make your music?

Weerapong Chaipuck

Weerapong Chaipuck took early retirement from the medical profession and turned to photography.  Don't miss the opportunity to look at the amazing images he has to offer by clicking here.

Desert Breath

Desert Breath is an art project that was completed in 1997.  It is located in the eastern Sahara bordering the Red Sea near El Gouna, Egypt.  Additional images and a video of its construction can be viewed here.

Stormscapes

Photographer Nicolaus Wegner spent the summer of 2013 recording thunderstorms, supercells, and unique cloud structures on the northern Great Plains of Wyoming and South Dakota.

Square Biscuit Starfish

On the beach

Calvin Siebert was lucky enough to have spent some time on the beaches of Hawaii.  See additional examples of his idea of fun in the sun here.

It's the water....

iPad users click here to view the video

Maintaining a cowboy lifestyle

World's smallest quadcopter

iPad users click here to watch the video.

File under Save My Life Skills

Landscapes of sand

ROA

Street artist ROA painted six African animals on a building in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Additional views available here.

Twisted

Remembering the Beatles

Just 50 years ago the Beatles landed on our shores to bring their music to the Ed Sullivan Show

Wat Samphran Temple

Located in Khlong Mai, Thailand.  The 17 story Wat Samphran Temple is a bit of a mystery as to who designed it and when it was built.  Several additional photos are available here.

Striking similarities

These people are dressed as 17th century plague doctors.  They are on their way to The London Dungeon.  An event called Outbreak based on the Bubonic Plague runs there February 17-24.

I could not help but notice the similarity between their appearance and that of the cartoon characters Heckle and Jeckle.

Pit stop perfection

From the Melbourne 2013 Formula 1 Race.  iPad users click here.

The Russian Army Choir covers Adelle's Skyfall

On December 8 I posted a video of a Russian police choir covering Daft Punk's Get Lucky.  Today we have a Russian Army choir offering up Adelle's Skyfall.

iPad users click here to watch the video.

Eye of frog

Today's specials

If you've got it, flaunt it

Trouble in turn one

Year of the Horse

January 31 marked the beginning of the Chinese lunar New Year.  This giant dragon lantern at a festival in Shenyang, China, celebrates the year of the horse.

Bird watching

Road trip 1948

Apostle Islands ice caves are open

The Apostle Islands National Seashore are located in northern Wisconsin.  The weather this year has produced ice thick enough on Lake Superior to allow access to ice caves.  Approximately 1000 people a day are making their way to the caves.  Officials hope that they can keep the caves open for another month.

Additional images are available here.