One good thing about tumblr is that it's so much easier to upload photos than it is on LJ/DW.

So, here are two photo entries:

A Sherlock Holmes "cosplay" I did.

And some beekeeping work I did on the weekend.

I foolishly changed the feeder on the front of my hive earlier this week, wearing nothing on my top half but a black t-shirt. This was ( Read more... )

Yesterday there was a party post at shkinkmeme. All you need to know about shkinkmeme is that it's a mad-as-a-meataxe Sherlock Holmes kink meme (oh God, I can't believe I just said the words "kink meme"), and it catapulted me headfirst into my first Sherlock Holmes fic. There's some utterly crazy shit there but also some TOTALLY AWESOME fic writers, and I admit ( Read more... )

A little bit of silliness I found this afternoon in my travels on the internet:


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I'm going to work soon and then I'm training it to the airport to catch a plane to Brisbane, so this is probably my last chance to wish all you guys a happy Christmas. Kick back, eat some food, rip some brightly-coloured paper off some gifts, and if it all gets to be a bit too much, keep the eggnog (for all you non-Australians) or the beer (for all ( Read more... )

Although it lacks the high-definition dazzle of Shorpy.com, if you're interested in historical images I highly recommend that you take a look at the Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection at Indiana University.

It's huge, and I believe it's all Kodachrome transparencies. Beautiful.

Check out this New York street in 1960. Full size, lush ( Read more... )