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Two former Northern Pacific GP9s on Montana Rail Link's Paradise Local run around their train to head back to Paradise. I'm standing on the Milwaukee Road's Pacific extension right-of-way which crossed the NP (later BN) here in St. Regis. The portion of the bridge over the main line that was taken out was re-used by the MRL to cross Sixteen Mile Creek when MRL extended the siding at Lombard. On the other end of the bridge is a golf course that has obliterated the old Milwaukee.
The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii), also known as Wallich's pheasant, is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in the genus Catreus. The scientific name commemorates Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich.
The cheer pheasant is distributed in the highlands and scrublands of the Himalayas region of India, Nepal, Kashmir, and Pakistan. They are found mainly in the west of Nepal, Kumaon, Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Simla States, Bussahir, Kullu, Chamba till about the Hazara District. Surveys in 1981 and 2003 in the Dhorpatan area of western Nepal established 70 calling sites, suggesting substantial numbers exist in this area (about 200 birds). In another survey in 2010, cheer pheasants were detected in 21 calling sites in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. They are found mainly above 6000 feet altitude and up to 10000 feet in summer.
As I walked down a street in Reykjavik, Iceland, my attention was seized by a striking painting of a storm in a gallery window. I do not know who the artist is but if you do please let me know. As I stared at the captivating image, I noticed a reflection of the street in the glass. It was as if the street image was superimposed on the storm. It appeared, in the reflection, that cars were driving through the storm. I tried to capture the painting and superimposed reflection with my camera. This is the result. Turns out I am in the image too or at least a part of me is. Can you find me? My apologies to the artist.
Concrete as canvas, Eagle Lane, Naarm, CBD.
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One of many ongoing approaches, where I move through the world as a harvester of images stumbling, strolling, lurching, equal parts accidental, and intentional. My concerns circumnavigate around questions that resist easy answers: time as texture, presence as performance, possibility as glitch. I trace the contours of decay and growth, hope and entropy, searching for the quiet collisions where meaning might emerge. Each image is less a document than a provocation an invitation to reconsider what we 'see', and what we ignore; and why.
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As a bonus for driving from Houston to Round Rock, Texas for the total eclipse, we got to see many fields of Bluebonnets.
As always, your comments and faves are appreciated. Constructive criticism and suggestions are especially welcome as I believe they help to make me a better photographer. Thank you for taking the time to look at my photos.
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Golden hour in this very famous spot in the Dolomites. It is truly the classic postcard of an enchanted place while enjoying the last warm rays of the sun.
As it's that time of year, here is a picture of a Robin I took on the Camel Trail yesterday! I lucked out with a dark shadowy background so made it a little darker to make the Robin pop!
As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that there's artistry in everything from a lawn gnome to a desk chair to a symphony to an Andy Warhol painting. There's art in absolutely everything. Darren Criss
As I approached to the shore the Swan birds left off. If you look to the right section of water there they were leaving ( large view to see better ).
Below a closer view broken water ice…
As least we assume that's what's making these circles as the lake freezes over. Bass Lake, Forsyth Township, Marquette County, Michigan.
Dear Bill Major,
As I wrote earlier today: I re-listened, this time to some of the FIM (Frankfurt’s Indeterminables Musiqwesen) CDRs. This out-put of CDRs on the print-on-demand-label recout (here a remained selection) were launched in 1995 through my production of the CD "Endlos / Endless" – a memento "50 years after WWII" for an exhibition in Poland, for which I invited the FIM trio Parallelaktion, plus singer Corinna Mayer.
What I auditioned today was "Hot Deals" by "Imperial Hot" (Christoph Korn – gt, Bertram Ritter – dr, A23H – reeds, tp, and Casio). I do not want to describe the music. I just love the feel of these 15 year old recordings. There is also "Rent Art Quest" by the "Stern4et" (Daniel Franke – as, cl, comp, Micha Daniels – kb, Bertram Ritter – dr, A23H on bari sax, bcl and ts, comp) from some years later – a lovely birthday present those talented younger musicians gave me. It was recorded during a "Jazzferien" session I had set up at a castle in the Spessart mountains in 1999. With Micha Daniels – kb, Bertram Ritter – dr, and A23H – ts there is another beautiful session made in a Frankfurt bunker in 2000, "House of Thee". Together with Christoph Korn I had a duo "Canada dry & 20" recorded in 1992-1994 with drummer Vladimir Tarasov as a guest. Of course there is more from that period I could tell you about. For today I'll finish by mentioning "Cassini", a nine-piece band which I assembled in 1998 with members from my bands "Hale Peat", "Imperial Hoot" and the theater ensemble I put together for my Frankfurt-am-Main production of West Side Story (Harry Petersen- as, cl, Stefan Lottermann – tb, Martin Lejeune – gt, Christoph Korn – gt, Marcel Daemgen – sound system, Peter Antony – kb, Bülent Ates – dr, Günter Bozem – dr, and A23H – ts, bcl, arr). This recording sounds to me like an early version of Otomo Yoshihide’s orchestra ONJO, in which I was a member, as you know, during 2005-2007.
Alfred 23 Harth / Lindsay Cooper / Phil Minton – the three musicians on "Trio Trabant a Roma" – appeared at festivals in Moscow & Volgograd prior to this recording as members of Lindsay’s "Oh Moscow" (we hope to do a new recording in 2010). Especially for Lindsay and me, the impressions from this journey were so deeply strange that even after returning to "the West", we felt like we were still in another mental state – the "State of Volgograd." I formed this trio at the invitation of the Budapest Festival in 1990, so there is that title "et all ways Budapest." It's been twenty years now since The Wall came down. In those days, we were just beginning to see the odd spectacle of cars coming from the East mixing into traffic in Western cities. One East German car was called the "Trabant". I liked that name, since trabant also means a planet orbiting a star, so I called the new trio "Trabant A Roma". Earth was under a new "orbital tent" after the Iron Curtain had come down. It was funny to see those strange cars from the East making long distance journeys through Western Europe – finally "all ways lead to Rome!" The fourth title refers to a festival in Strasbourg where we performed (see CDR Le Cadran Bleu). At that time I also played the Farfisa organ, Casio keyboard, and other miscellaneous stuff, all part of the search to express with the strange by-products of technology emerging at that time. The trio didn't last long (until 1993), same with "Oh Moscow" which played its final concert at the London Jazz festival in 1993 due to Lindsay’s worsening illness (which I didn't know of until 1998, when Sally Potter confirmed the facts concerning Lindsay’s declining health).
It was the brief period of time after the Sovjet Union collapsed in 1991, when all of us were curious about Eastern cultures – the curiosity was mutual among those in the former Soviet bloc. Moscow TV offered to produce a filmed portrait about me in February 1992; this led to my appearance at the "Open Music" festival in St. Petersburg alongside members of the Russian musical avant-garde. The film's title "Balance Action" is taken from the name of a famous saxophone from the early Cold War years. It also refers to the "balance action" that finally led to the breakdown of the Communist regimes. In old Leningrad (freshly rechristened St. Petersburg again) I met Vladimir Tarasov. He told me that before the Wall fell, he and his compatriots were forced to smuggle my records through a narrow, secret tunnel. He also claimed that, in the old CCCP avant-garde circles, I was a celebrity on the order of Michael Jackson (probably a Russian exaggeration). In fact, I did receive one of my very first fan letters from Moscow, in 1970 – somebody who loved the "Just Music" LP (ECM 1002). With Tarasov I formed the Quasar Quartet in 1992 with Simon Nabatov (Russia) and Vitold Rek (Poland); we performed together with Dmitri Prigov. But, just as fast as it arose, this cultural exchange period ended – astonishingly quickly, compared to the decades-long span of the Cold War, which had threatened the entire globe with doom.
Because my group "Just Music" played in Prague in 1970 I knew how serious audiences loved what we brought to our music from the West – they had witnessed the disappointing Prague Spring revolution two years before and heard reflections of those heady times in our music. Since 1971 I had numerous opportunities to reach audiences throughout Eastern Europe – Dresden, Leipzig, East Berlin, Krakow, etc. Last year another listener from Prague told me how important it was for them to hear "Cassiber" in 1984. With that in mind, it is a bit sad that 7K Oaks cancelled its October tour which would have brought us to the Wroclaw festival (where I had played with "Just Music" in 1972 and with "Gestalt et Jive" in 1987).
Now I am patiently waiting at the border of Stalinist North Korea to play my music beyond the split – my heart is already there. Who knows what the ongoing imperialist wars within the holy Sufi countries will bring in context of the metastasis of capitalistic asymmetries and Western weapons mass-production…
Alfred 23 Harth, in September 2009
As I walked the trail, this small spotlight of morning sun that lit up the leftovers of Winter begged for a photo. I complied... ;)
As some of you know. I have been without a camera for some time now... each time I would think I was going to choose that next baby. A financial obstacle would always get in the way.
Awhile ago... a fellow Flickr friend made an incredibly generous offer to give me his old camera to use. Free of charge, no strings attached... at the time, I had politely declined. The offer alone was enough to bring a tear to my eyes.
"You are a sweetie Brent"
I eventually decided to take him up on this wonderful offer... the camera arrived this past weekend. (and) I have a series of shots I did Sunday that I will post this week.
But first, I wanted to start my new Flickr life with a few photos featuring the camera itself... some of you may recognize it. Please check out his photostream. Brent and the rest of the gang in Winnipeg are quite special people.
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As for my financial situation... things are much smoother now and I even have a camera I've been thinking about. But, right now, more than anything, I want to thank Brent for making it possible for me to get an early start on this.
"Hugs & kisses dear friend"
Sonnenberg Gardens, also known as Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park, Canandaigua, New York, USA, at the North end of Canandaigua Lake, in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. The house and gardens are open to the public every day, May through October.
The property was once the summer home of Frederick Ferris Thompson, a prominent banker in New York City, and his wife Mary Clark Thompson, whose father, Myron Holley Clark, was Governor of New York State in 1855. The Clark family was from Canandaigua, NY. Mr. & Mrs. Thompson's main home was in NYC in a large townhouse on Madison Avenue. The Thompsons purchased the Sonnenberg property in 1863, keeping the name, Sonnenberg (which means "sunny hill" in German). In 1887, they replaced the original farmhouse with a forty-room Queen Anne style mansion. The property also had a 100-acre farm to the east. Sonnenberg's gardens were designed and built between 1902–1919, and originally consisted of nine gardens in a variety of styles.
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As many of you already know, NS has shifted its daily Ayer–Chicago intermodal train off Pan Am Southern and onto CSX’s Boston & Albany mainline, improving transit times and allowing for double-stack service. Shown here is the fourth eastbound to operate on the new routing, running as Z264, passing the QB 83 milepost in Palmer.
As the light was fading fast I came across this male goosander and two female companions on a nearby pond.
Having not seen a goosander for a year or two they now seem to be following me everywhere,
Common Goosander (male) - Mergus Merganser
Nunroyd Park - Yorkshire
Many thanks as always for your kind comments and faves. They are all very much appreciated.
For the "Looking close... on Friday!" challenge "Textile Texture"
A silk scarf with a 6cm crystal orb to magnify the texture. Set in the window for the sunshine to light it.
Have a lovely weekend 😊
Macro-Looking Close: Here
Crystal ball, prisms and marbles: Here
My Lines & Curves: Here
Everyday Things : Here
Explore no. 448 May 15th
As the sun sets on a warm Sunday, February 23, 2025 evening, southbound Union Pacific manifest train MDMNL-22 cruises along the north bank of the Arkansas River below the bluffs of Ozark, AR.
As many of the most interesting churches in Rome, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere has a historical pedigree dating back to Antiquity. Built on top of ancient houses (2nd century BC-2nd century), to preserve the relics of the martyr Saint Cecilia (who allegedly lived here in the 3rd century), the oldest parts of the church date from the 9th century. The façade was added in 1725.
Amongst the many treasures are the 9th-century mosaics in the apse, the 13th-century ciborium by Arnolfo di Cambio and the Last Judgment frescoes by Pietro Cavallini, as well as the archeological section underneath the church.
Far from the best known church in Rome, but definitely one to visit.
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome.
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As of April 2025 operating as SF Airlines Boeing 767-375ER(BCF) freighter B-222Q
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Two General Electric CF6-80C2 high-bypass turbofans, 62,100-lbf each
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Nikon D300 + Sigma 50-500mm 1:4-6.3 APO DG HSM EX
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As the morning arrived....a few huts....a lean stream....the barbed wire....the mountains half-hidden....all welcomed a new beginning....of a day....of life...
Taken in Gurez valley, Kashmir Himalayas, India
There was no goose covering theses eggs even from a distance where I paddled. Often the mother goose will lay down and be very quiet as I paddle by. Hopefully it will return and properly manage the eggs. A view of a typical goose covering a nest below…
As soon as I took this shot it reminded me of the movie "The Wizard of OZ ... hope you like my movie feel to the shot :-)))))
O Monumento às Bandeiras é uma obra de arte executada pelo escultor ítalo-brasileiro Victor Brecheret, localizada na entrada Parque do Ibirapuera na cidade de São Paulo
DHL Boeing B777-200F Cargo " As One against Cancer 2025" livery on finals to land at East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire.
Marina City, affectionately known as "the corn cob", is a mixed-use residential-commercial building complex in Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America, designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg. The multi-building complex opened between 1963 and 1967 and occupies almost an entire city block on State Street on the north bank of the Chicago River on the Near North Side, directly across from the Loop. Portions of the complex were designated a Chicago Landmark in 2016.
The complex consists of two 587-foot (179 m), 65-story apartment towers, opened in 1963, which include physical plant penthouses. It also includes a 10-story office building (now a hotel) opened in 1964, and a saddle-shaped auditorium building originally used as a cinema. The four buildings, access driveways, and a small plaza that originally included an ice rink are built on a raised platform next to the Chicago River. Beneath the platform, at river level, is a small marina for pleasure craft, giving the structures their name.
As the sun was going down, its rays penetrated through this red-leaved tree in downtown Seattle. I was able to create a sun burst, as well as capture the wonderful red leaved color, reminding me of fall color. .
As the name for this fine dining restaurant suggests, the building was once a schoolhouse. In fact it was the original home of the Launceston Church Grammar School established in 1846. The Quill & Cane is now part of the large Colonial Hotel complex (formerly the Colonial Motor Inn). This attractive building was completed in 1847.
As I watched the sun set over the southern Nevada landscape, the sense of vastness and absolute quiet overwhelmed me, washing away all the noise of the days politics and the stress of an intense work week.
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