The Liverpool Rose

Another beauty arrived at the Rust & Steel train depot today; also from the UK. 

I call her "the Liverpool Rose", after the inscription on her side, just below the cabin window, showing the name of her manufacturer: Meccano Ltd of Liverpool.

Am very much looking forward to taking many pictures of her, but for now I just wanted to introduce her to you with these ones.

Behold the latest addition to my collection of O gauge toy trains: a pre-war, Hornby Great Western Railway (GWR) steam loc, aged to perfection!

 

This lady is very photogenic to say the least, and will for sure feature in a photoshoot or two!! Looking forward to welcome her home, as she makes her way to me from the UK.

A big thanks goes to Paul, the seller, for his kind permission to use these pictures here.

A Song From the Attic

Today I want to share with you a song well suited for Jane. It's called "Lost Reflection" by Crimson Glory. I've always loved it since it was released, and could never have imagined that it would 'fit' this purpose three decades later...

You can listen to the song on YouTube by clicking on the image below.

Note: To be enjoyed strickly with headphones on... Like the track: support the artist by buying it from a trusted source.

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Arrival

Playing with Jane: arrival at the train station.

That night, Jane arrived at the train station on the wheels of a night train. 

The chemical scent of spring was in the air, of plants communicating with one another in a language inaudible to human hearing, just like the dead do. 

A gentle breeze rocked the branches of young trees, and made them sway like the hips of a woman, dancing.

Distant stars shone with their pale, yet twinkling April light, much like eyes in love, and the only sound to be heard was the distinctive song of the whip-poor-will.

Welcome home, Jane, welcome home..!

Opening here soon: a shadow box with a deeper message. A shadow box that grew as it was being created, and became something of a warning to us all...

This is the tale of a piece of artwork that even got its name 'on the go', changing several times, twisting and turning until it was....

Opening here soon!!

A New Life for an Old Tanker

Now online: the restoration of an old, discarded toy train wagon, and its rise with a new identity!

Access the project by clicking on the below image, and learn how it was done!

Creativity

Last Thursday, I visited the magnificent, interactive, "Star Wars Identities: The Exhibition", which is currently 'touring' through Europe. As a life-time Star Wars fan, I felt like I was in heaven, watching all the original items on display!

Original artwork by George Lucas showing the top view of the Millennium Falcon, as seen on the Star Wars Identities exhibition. Copyright: Lucasfilm Ltd.

One of the items shown was a drawing of the Millennium Falcon, the iconic freighter used by Han Solo and Chewbacca. I learned that George Lucas got the idea for the shape of the space ship from an hamburger! 

 

When I read this, I somehow immediately identified with this way of thinking, or rather, how the creative mind works. Like Lucas, I also see different things in everyday objects, much to the amazement and delight of people around me. And I think that the same goes for most of us, the 'creative people'. George Lucas saw a spaceship in an hamburger, where most other people just see an hamburger, and eat it! Perhaps parents should allow their kids to 'play with their food' after all. After all, it did make George Lucas rich and famous!

 

I got a big smile on my face and took the above picture as a momentum.  And I felt blessed with 'The Force' within me...