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Singapore in Pictures 5 — Finishing with Haw Par Villa

Haw Par Villa theme park — Singapore

Today I finish up showing you Singapore’s bright, colorful, and ever charming Haw Par Villa theme park. On Wednesday I’ll take you on a photo tour of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery & Changi Chapel.

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Fun Photo Friday — Singapore in Pictures 2

Singapore’s Colorful Streets

And here is today’s Singapore Fun Photo Friday photo gallery:

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Singapore in Pictures 4 — More of Haw Par Villa

Haw Par Villa

The Haw Par Villa theme park is a wondrous explosion of color and subject matter for the travel photographer. Inside the park you’ll find complete dioramas and over a thousand statues. You’ll be entertained there for hours. I’ll show you more Haw Par Villa sites on Monday before moving on to other sites in Singapore:

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Singapore in Pictures 3 — Around Singapore & visiting Haw Par Villa

Marina Bay Sands

Continuing with our photo tour of Singapore, which will start out with sights around town before I show you two more points of interest in today’s article. This next set of photos show Singapore’s colonial influence, Chinatown, and a sampling of Singapore’s famous and vibrant food scene :

Then a quick look at the Henderson Waves foot bridge and surrounding view:

After which we head into the Haw Par Villa theme park, where we’ll spend some time over the next seve...

Fun Photo Friday — Singapore in Pictures 1

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Photo Week 2 — Singapore in Pictures 2

Singapore in Pictures

As I noted Monday, you’ll be touring Singapore, and later Indonesia, without commentary from me as I deal with a few matters. If any questions arise on any photo, just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you.

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Photo Week 1 — Singapore in Pictures 1

Singapore Street Scene

For at least the next month I’m going to take some time off to attend to some matters. But that doesn’t mean your thrice-weekly photo fix will be neglected. I’m revving up some photos to entertain you with a destination I don’t believe I’ve shown you before — Singapore, and later Indonesia. I hope you’ll excuse the lack of commentary, but if you’ve any questions on what you see the next several week just leave a comment and I’ll get back to you.

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Fun Firearm Friday — Answers to Wednesday’s Collectible S&W Revolver Quiz

S&W Revolvers — Which are Pinned, Recessed, Both, or Neither?

Did you take Wednesday’s quiz? If so, how do you think you did after that little lesson on classic collectible Smith and Wesson revolvers? Hopefully, if I did my job, you learned what is meant by S&W “pinned” barrels, “recessed” cylinders, and “dash” and “no-dash” models. As you may recall, a pinned barrel has this:

S&W Pinned Barrel

While this is an example of a nonrecessed cylinder:

S&W Nonrecessed Cylinder

And this is ...

Smith & Wesson Revolver Lesson/Quiz — What do “Pinned,” “Recessed,” and “No-Dash” mean?

Collectible Smith and Wesson revolvers

Collectors of firearms tend to specialize in a only a few firearms of interest. Ofttimes only one. My interests are a bit more eclectic than most, however. For instance, I have an interest in tip-barrel Berettas, Beretta Cheetahs, PP-series and P99 AS-type Walthers, Sig Sauer P22(x) variants, “Old” 1st Issue Ruger Bearcats and Super Bearcats, Model 1911 Colts, and a few other odds-and-ends — a trio of Russian Mosins, a couple of Swiss K-31 straight-pull ...

Wishing Everyone a WONDERFUL New Year

Today I will spend just a moment to wish everyone reading my blog a very wonderful, happy, and fullfilling 2024. Your time starts now. Make the best of it. Remember the most important things in your life are your family, your friends, and your health. Without them you have nothing, so take care of all three. Now, to help you celebrate, I present to you some firework photographs I took several years ago. I hope you enjoy them.

Have… … a WONDERFUL… … New Year… … and a… … GREAT… … ...