This blog is the new home of The Mad Farmer Liberation Front. Within you'll find lots of References to Retrotech (mainly of the typewriter variety) as well as Whimsical and Amateurish Poetry and the occasional Commentary on Whatever I'm Thinking About at the Moment.
Very lovely scene with the leaves. Sounds you like you achieved a miracle with the KHM, and I do indeed remember this Empress with the great paint job.
Still not a big fan of the bronze, though the shape is very seductive. And from seized to smooth, you must have a magic touch. Diving in is always helped when there's nothing to lose. Almost slung a typewriter in the canoe the other day and then didn't. The time is coming. I was perversely thinking my heavyweight desktop Olympia Linea over an ultra-portable. Any joy typing afloat yet?
I very much appreciate your autumn-themed photos, great job.
If I had to pick one of the heavies to include in my modest collection, it will have to be the empress. The shape is bewitching and that color is awesome.
RB: no canoecasting yet. I'm hoping I haven't missed the window. The past two weeks, the river has been high enough to minimize the portages, and dry enough weather-wise to make it possible. But, the water level now is down (and cold). Might still try it before the fall is done. Maybe a nice big steel machine will help provide some ballast midship?
notagin: had an HH, painted a lovely coral, but donated it to a local writer's retreat because it matched their writing room's color scheme so well. I'll keep my eyes peeled for another local one: they're wonderful machines to type on.
I know that I must be "over the edge" at this point in my enthusiasm for All Things Typewriter, thinking that the poses of these wonderful machines are just plain SEXY, nestled in the leaves like that.
This is a professional photo-shoot of beautiful (and possibly temperamental) typewriter models. How did you keep them from scratching each other's eyes out? ;-)
Very lovely scene with the leaves. Sounds you like you achieved a miracle with the KHM, and I do indeed remember this Empress with the great paint job.
ReplyDeleteStill not a big fan of the bronze, though the shape is very seductive. And from seized to smooth, you must have a magic touch. Diving in is always helped when there's nothing to lose. Almost slung a typewriter in the canoe the other day and then didn't. The time is coming. I was perversely thinking my heavyweight desktop Olympia Linea over an ultra-portable. Any joy typing afloat yet?
ReplyDeleteI very much appreciate your autumn-themed photos, great job.
ReplyDeleteIf I had to pick one of the heavies to include in my modest collection, it will have to be the empress. The shape is bewitching and that color is awesome.
Lovely photos. All you need is an HH and a 10 to round out the group. But I can quit anytime...
ReplyDeleteRB: no canoecasting yet. I'm hoping I haven't missed the window. The past two weeks, the river has been high enough to minimize the portages, and dry enough weather-wise to make it possible. But, the water level now is down (and cold). Might still try it before the fall is done. Maybe a nice big steel machine will help provide some ballast midship?
ReplyDeletenotagin: had an HH, painted a lovely coral, but donated it to a local writer's retreat because it matched their writing room's color scheme so well. I'll keep my eyes peeled for another local one: they're wonderful machines to type on.
I know that I must be "over the edge" at this point in my enthusiasm for All Things Typewriter, thinking that the poses of these wonderful machines are just plain SEXY, nestled in the leaves like that.
ReplyDeleteThis is a professional photo-shoot of beautiful (and possibly temperamental) typewriter models. How did you keep them from scratching each other's eyes out? ;-)
Cameron: you're not the only one that gets funny and confusing feelings around typewriters. It's completely natural, I think.
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