Ready for the day ahead.

OD OD.

Empire Wool & Canvas
430
634-XHSib

68
Barbarian

Don't do the Canadian tux too often, but

Lefty OD
Freewheelers
634-XHSib

6 1/2 years; some washes

Walk in the bloody park, mate.

(Wearing the yoozh)

430
634-XHSib

OG Alpha Industries M-65 (from the 70s, I think)
634-XHSib

False Spring #2

Freewheelers
634-XHSib

Yeah, that was good. Never knew the best way to test a vat of natural indigo is to stick one's tongue into it.

@phoenixinflight Having worn the heck out of my 634S-Bs and now spent a few months in these, I can say with some confidence that I much prefer the 21oz fabric. The XHS is very fun, sure, and the electric-blue fades are quite diverting, but it's just not as comfortable or practical (outside of hindering road rash, I guess). Don't regret getting 'em. Still enjoy 'em. Just inferior, for me.

Freshly laundered, freestanding, and ready for autumn. Always enjoy how they snap right back to being like cardboard after a wash.

Well that sold well.

@ROman said in Illustrations/Fine Art:

Here's a beach scene from Sea Isle City, NJ. I did in acrylic.

I really like this one. Great work.

Reminds me of a song from the early days of the internet...

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. I'm usually way more Team Moth than Team Butterfly, but this one was massive and just generally very impressive.

I could've understood Tuchel's tactics more if it weren't for the hydration break factor. After the goal at 55', England collapsed into being on the back foot and persistently trying to defend. I can see why Tuchel would look at around 15 minutes of that kind of play and decide to throw them a bone by bolstering the defence. However... The fact is he had the hydration break to drum some sense into them, tell them to keep being positive and pushing up the pitch, and make subs that would have given fresh legs in the right places to drive that forward momentum. So, for me, it was a managerial decision based on the (defunct) premise of not being able to have all your players' undivided attention for a couple of minutes to yell some sense into them and get them all on the same page. Which I get. It's very new for football to have four quarters as opposed to two halves, and managers still have to get used to it. We all saw what a huge change a hydration break could make to a team's playing style when it was effectively used to talk about changing up the tactics.

But anyway. By-and-large, I thought Tuchel did well this tournament. Argentina went into overdrive at just the right time, as is their wont. Honestly amazing we held 'em off until nearly the end of regulation. The team played their bloody socks off. Proud of their efforts.

@Oaktavia I'd say it was maybe around an inch long. I'm big into bugs, but had no idea what the heck it was! Pretty confident it's a firefly larva after a bit of online sleuthing, though.

Gopher snake. Nearly stepped on the feisty little fella! He put on a pretty good show of bluffing like he was venomous. Hissing, flattening his head to look like a rattler, looking ready to strike...