It looks like there is some interest in rebooting Sunday Stills, and who knows maybe it will grow so let's give it a shot!
I'll have the first theme up on Monday. I've started a list of ideas but if anyone would like to contribute some please feel free to send them in :)
It seems there are some of us out there that miss the old Sunday Stills, and that "new" one I had stumbled upon and shared just didn't seem... well, not quite what we missed.
So I'll put it out there, would anyone be interested in my sharing a new version of Sunday Stills? I'd post a challenge/theme every week on Monday with your images to be shared on your blogs, with a link in the comment section of the post if you'd like to share it.
I'll put the first Monday in May (the 3rd) as the start date if there are people interested.
I had been thinking about replacing Betty, my truck, for a few years now. But recently it became a need not a want.
Betty - 2000 F250 V10
After a lesson in December Betty left me stranded at Coach's with a trailer full of horses. BUT if you're going to be stuck that was the place to be... her husband is a 'car guy'. Not just a car guy though, he owns a repair shop and is head of a classic car club. After trying everything he crawled under Betty and banged on her starter until she fired. He recommended a new starter, and that a reconditioned one from a salvage would be my best price. His last words as I drove away were do NOT shut her off until you're parked where you want to be, and that needs to be someplace you can crawl under and get that starter out.
Now, I'm super grateful to have some handy friends. My friend RJ said
it would be no problem to replace the starter, we just needed to wait
for a bit nicer weather.
New (reconditoned) starter and Betty lives!
After the starter was replaced I started Betty a few times and everything seemed fine. Then I booked a lesson and after the lesson... dead. Again. And this time no amount of banging on the starter would get her going.
Coach and her hubby said it was ok to leave her where she was until the weekend (this was a Monday I believe) and in the meantime he'd order a new starter through his shop, we figured the salvage starter was bad. I had hauled with one of my boarder's so her dad came with their truck and trailer and got the horses home.
Saturday RJ and I went to try to get her moving. No luck even with the new starter and we were running out of daylight. Arrangements were made to come back the next day.
RJ and Coach's hubby ended up getting her started, by boosting her with the cables hooked directly to the starter! Again I was told only shut her off when she's where you want to work on her. The guys figured it was the ground for the starter and RJ reassured me he could fix it and it wouldn't be expensive.
After talking to Hubster though I decided NOW was the time to replace her. I just didn't feel I could trust her anymore and she IS 21 years old!
RJ and I made a deal on her (he flips vehicles on the side) and now it was time to go truck shopping. Which was a whole thing unto itself.
So bye bye Betty, my first truck of my own. Bought and paid cash for her 11ish years ago. You've been good (most of the time lol)
Does anyone out there remember Sunday Stills, the weekly photo challenge/share hosted by Ed?
I have been thinking about it off and on the last little while. Did some googling and found someone that’s trying to recreate it in a way (Breath new life into it? Pay homage to it?)
If you’re interested here’s the link:
https://secondwindleisure.com/photography/sunday-stills-photo-challenge/
