Friday, January 31, 2020

Expecting a parcel delivery

Expecting a delivery today so put out my post/parcel sign.

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Postie(s) have got the hang of it now and even press the video intercom bell before zooming off. One day I was about to toss in that dish drying rack into the recycle bin and thought…there must be some other use for that ?

Too bloody hot

Workshop activities curtailed for the next few days…phew.



Thursday, January 30, 2020

The perils of night time photography - OMG

After taking those photos went to get the sign to put in the workshop and very nearly walked into this nocturnal visitor with my nose brushing the web – Crikey

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Country property name sign - part 6 evening photos

As expected difficult to take night photos of something like this - eyeballing the sign looks good. On the Samsung J7 Pro went into Camera Pro mode to manually adjust exposure, aperture and ISO etc but that takes too much energy.

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Country property name sign - part 6

Here is a outdoor mock-up of the sign with Jasmine in the background and Cactus up front. Found a timber post behind the garage to knock up a sign post.

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Solar panels for property name signs

Solar panels - anyone know where I can get 5V panels like this one which is no longer available from Jaycar (see previous post).

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Solar LED strip lights for property name signs

Not happy with what's available so once again looking to do my own thing.

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Not willing to pay like $35 bucks for solar LED strip lights. Crikey…that would kill the price point.

Another new toy for kitties.