Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

Six is in!
https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-6/

The dog approached the postman this morning, and collected some pats. This was an amazing development.

And on to 5. My original notion of pacing these didn't work for this one, so I let the time rattle on and just focused on events. #writing
https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-5/

Got to my abortive attempt at an engineering degree back in the millennium. Not easy to revisit but it's always good to reflect.
https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-4/?fbclid=IwAR2V44oinbuF0Ml1yScbC1nMGCwyCOMFWor6ala2mEuIMLStaquYHBe4fQk

Carnival at CMU

And part 3!
https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-3/

Part 2 is up; https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-2/ I apologize for the length, but I have a good idea of how I wanted to slice it all up. At least you didn't have to live it, hehe.

My wife said I should start writing some things down about how I came to end up in the states, so I want back to what feels like the beginning to me. #writing
https://media.sully.site/odyssey-pt-1/

The cathedral and dippy, on a blazing hot lunchtime. Awkward framing but I wanted to get it all in. The flagpole was too tall and I did not have my saw with me.

Brick Immortar tackles the loss of Thresher. I knew a bit about this one, it's nevertheless an interesting film about what remains a pivotal moment in sub safety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-uJ1do3yV8

The route stopped three years later, then the airline disappeared too. Monarch at Granada. Much closer than Malaga (90 miles away) and very convenient, but nobody seemed to be able to make it work.
#photography #aviation #airbus #grx #legr

Later that year, November 2005, there was a large forest fire on Veleta, destroying almost the entirety of the vegetation on the hill. It had an ashen, dark appearance for months.

The Lecrin Valley, Andalucia, with the Sierra Nevada peak of Veleta in the background. #photography

Andalucia (almost impossibly to me) 18yrs ago. These yellow flowers are all over the place this time of year. #photography

German 'Biber' mini-submarine, Gosport, 2005. These weren't a huge success, and were often more dangerous to their crew than to allied shipping. #photography