They move!

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How I spent Super Bowl Sunday. #gif #video #animation #opentoonz #art #superbowl

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Learning how to use the free OpenToonz 2D animation software. (has audio) #art #animation #video

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It's an ashtray

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I made him out of clay. #art #clay #amateur

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I never knew there was a color called Chevy orange. Apparently Chevrolet painted their engines orange from the mid 50’s into the mid 70’s. There’s so much I don’t know. #art #models #kit #car #chevy #AMT #paint #glue #1967 #impala

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Trying something a little different

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‪I’m not sure it’s road worthy. #art #clay #sculpture #craft #hobby #amateur ‬

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He might look like he was made by a 6 year old but I don’t care. I’m happy with how he turned out. #art #clay #sculpture #amateur

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Painting on the iPad

I painted this on my iPad using an Apple pencil while sitting in my recliner in front of the TV. Dr. Hartley thinks it's good. Shows you what he knows :)

Extra ham please

I just passed my Extra Class ham radio exam! I now have full privileges on all bands. I haven’t decided if I’ll change my call sign (KB0AMJ.) I doubt I will.

Come along and ride with me (, or how to use up another minute of your time.)

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Come along and ride with me, or how to use up another minute of your day. South Cherryvale Road, Boulder, Colorado. September 22, 2018. ClydeHoadley.com #motorcycle #Boulder #Colorado #Harley #ride

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Hypnotic

I was going to throw this clip away until I noticed that it was mildly hypnotic. #ASMR #hypnotic

The robots are coming!

The robots are coming! Resistance if futile. #make #amateur #electronics #robot #mbot #STEM #robotics #cnc #makeblock @Makeblock @adafruit

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Sunrise

Sunrise in Arvada. iPhone 8+. Arvada, Colorado. August 7, 2018.

Altair Cylon

Calculations for world domination. Altair Cylon. (Enable your sound.) #computer #cylon #battleStar #Altair #retro #fun

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Useless box

Useless box. #make #amateur #gadgets

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Seven segments

Seven segment LED display run by an Arduino Uno. I did the programming myself. #make #amateur #LED #arduino #computer #electronics

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Seven segment LED display run by an Arduino Uno. I did all the programming myself.

Christmas in July

Christmas in July.

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Duck duck crow

Mallard ducks. Lots of color.

Hooded Merganser. Poofy hair.

American Crow (Common Crow.) Uh, I'm not sure that's edible.

Sometimes I paint

I don't always paint, but when I do ...

Boulder Flat Irons

My derivative of a fantasy painting by Jason Bowen

Northern Wyoming

Paint

I've been playing with my paint set again.

Two Parks

Brewer's Blackbird, Majestic View Park, Arvada, Colorado. May 30, 2017.

House Finch (male,) Majestic View Park, Arvada, Colorado. May 30, 2017.

Black-crowned Night Heron, Lake Arbor, Arvada, Colorado. May 30, 2017.

Great Blue Heron, Lake Arbor, Arvada, Colorado. May 30, 2017.

Unused, playground slides, Faversham Park, Westminster, Colorado. May 19, 2017.

Chairs

What I saw while on my walk

Short hair Chihuahua, Arbor Lake, Arvada, Colorado. April 26, 2017.

Great Blue Heron, Arbor Lake, Arvada, Colorado. April 26, 2017.

Great Blue Heron

Cattle egret, Arbor Lake, Arvada, Colorado. April 26, 2017.

Cattle egret.

Double-crested Cormorants roosting in a tree, Arbor Lake, Arvada, Colorado. April 26, 2017.

Double-crested Cormorants

Canada goose sleeping on one foot, Arbor Lake, Arvada, Colorado. April 26, 2017.

Mourning Dove, Arbor Lake, Arvada, Colorado. April 26, 2017.

Finally figured out what the cat was staring at: House Sparrow, Arvada, Colorado. April 26, 2017.

A walk around Crown Hill park

I weigh the most I've ever weighed. Time to cut back on the ice cream and get outside and walk.

Crown Hill park, Lakewood, Colorado. Taken with an Olympus SZ-12 point and shoot.

A python turtle with a rectangular spiral

from turtle import forward, left

for i in range(1,100):
forward(2*i)
left(90)

input()

An astable 555 timer blinking LED lights.

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Busy morning

Busy morning at the birdfeeder. I've seen sparrows, finches, a flicker, and occasionally a Chickadee. This is a Northern Flicker. (photo from webcam.)

I will never forget

Matthew Shepard died 18 years ago today from injuries he suffered five days earlier in a brutal hate crime in Laramie Wyoming. I will NEVER forget !



 

Problem solved

I've been unhappy with my Chevy Equinox ever since I bought it. It didn't have 4 wheel drive, was hard to see out of (virtually blind to the right,) got poor gas milage, and the air conditioner smelled.

Yesterday I fixed those problems and traded it on a Toyota Tacoma with access cab and trekking package. Now I can go explore some ghost towns.

Where can I buy truck balls?

Chapel on the Rock

I take my camera and my motorcycle for a ride into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains west of Denver to a place called Chapel on the Rock.

Saint Catherine's Chapel on the Rock
Allenspark, Colorado

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After visiting the Chapel on the Rock I rode on to
Estes Park, Colorado where the Stanley Hotel is located.

Return to film

I've been thinking of getting back into film photography for a couple of years. I would like to get into a large format camera (4x5). There are thousands of used large format cameras on eBay but they are either beat up real bad or missing parts or too expensive. I use to shoot 120 medium format film in the 60's and 70's. In high school I had a used Hasselblad and my own dark room. I lost interest in photography after high school and sold all my gear.

While looking at used film cameras on eBay I came across a Hasselblad that looked to be in good condition and was within my price range so I clicked the Buy Now button. I didn't know the seller lived in Denver but he sent me a message the next day and asked if he could come by the house to drop it off. I had camera in hand that evening!

This is the first film photography I've done since 1994 and it's the first black & white film photography I've done since 1974.

Depth of field on stairs, Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm, Kodak TMY 120, ISO400, 1sec @ f22. May 14, 2016.

Woman pushing stroller , Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm, Kodak TMY 120, ISO400,1/500 @ f22, Arvada, Colorado. May 14, 2016.

Used 1991 Hasselblad 500C/M w 80mm f2.8 lens. May 12, 2016. Taken with iPhone.

Lost in the storm

A spring snow storm hit the Colorado front range last week. It dumped several inches of heavy wet snow which damaged a lot of trees and some roofs.

I drove to Metzger Farm Open Space to see if the herons and owls survived the storm . All of the heron nests in the east tree have been abandoned. There are still two active heron nests in the west tree. The owls in the east tree and the owls on the north trail both survived. Another birder told me the hawk nest failed and some nesting geese were flooded out.

Great Horned Owl, Metzger Farm Open Space, Broomfield, Colorado, April 19, 2016.

This is one pathetic looking coyote, Metzger Farm Open Space, Broomfield, Colorado, April 19, 2016.