The task quickly escalated – needs new brakes and a tailwheel as well. Grounded !

“The palette has been diminished” … Grant Gee.

“All film prints carry their images on an emulsion made of organic gelatin – that is, crushed animal bones (selected breeds and herds are used for the purpose; in this respect, vegetarians should have switched from cinema to digital long ago). These remains are turned into a photographic layer, the semi-transparent skin of the film. Time leaves its traces on it: the emulsion eventually shrinks, fades, peels off, exudes humidity; dirt, blotches and scratches become part of its identity, just like human flesh. The very thought that our beloved may have a perfect, surgically clean and odourless body is an awful, icy nightmare of the soul. I want the sweat, I want the smell, and don’t mind bites and scratches every now and then.” … Paolo Cherchi Usai.

Yes do ask about their courtesy bikes – there’s a half dozen of them and they are well maintained.  Rogers is one of the cutest FBO I’ve visited in CA.

The lakes are full to the brim at the moment.  The spillways are roaring at Lake Oroville.