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In addition to the two steam locomotives, the Brohtal D5 was another big attraction of the weekend. The miniaturized Class 218 was originally built for the FEVE in Spain and was imported back to Germany by the Brohtal to handle their freight traffic. It is somewhat seldom to see it in passenger service.
Explored April 20th 2009
Another Awesome sunset from San Antonio, Texas on this day. The dark clouds in the forefront really look extraordinary, especially with the last moment of the Sun's energy shining through the dark clouds. Fine addition to my sunset collection. Hope Y'all like it.
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Thanks for all your support on my work in the art of Photography. Lol: Gaston
View in large size for awesome details of this wonderful capture.
The bridge that crosses the river Conwy at Llanrwst.with the splendid Virginia creeper draped cottage tea rooms called Beyond the Bridge in the background .
This handsome fellow is a new addition to McGough nature center. He got his name after he nipped a volunteer on the neck.... :]
Vlad would not be here if a human didn't take a shot at him with a shotgun, permanently injuring his wing...
Thanks to the good people at the Center, Vlad now has a great home and many new friends and admirers.
Vultures are a misunderstood and underappreciated bird.
They are in the same family as the Condor, and are amazing flyers. They are also fantastic recyclers, and clean up a lot of the messes that humans tend to make...
Black Vulture
(Coragyps atratus)
Colbinabbin is a small town in central Victoria, Australia. The name is derived from aboriginal meaning "the meeting of the black and red soils".
According to the myth, fern flower blooms for a very short time only on the night of 23 to 24 June during the celebration of the summer solstice. In addition to the idea that the finder of the fern flower will become rich or happy. In various versions of the tale, the fern flower brings the ability to understand animal speech. The fern flower is sometimes perceived a symbol of fertility. During this supposedly magical night, young couples go into the woods "seeking the fern flower",
He is the latest addition to our "clutter" of kitties. Shadow is 6 years old and very timid but affectionate. We rescued him from Lollypop Farm yesterday where he had been for a month.
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
The John C. Anderson House is one of the best representative examples of eclectic residential design in Carlinville. In the waves of revival fashions that swept across North America from the 1830s until the early 1900s, stylistic lines were often blurred.
The first floor of the house, shown in my previous photo, was built in 1883 and was primarily Italianate in design. The second floor and tower, shown in this image, was added in 1892 and displays the Queen Anne and Stick styles popular during that time. The asymmetrical composition consists of a variety of forms, textures, and materials. Architectural parts include a tower, gabled dormers, projecting pavilions, porches, bays, and encircling verandas.
John C. Anderson, the only son of well-to-do banker C.H.C. Anderson, acquired the property as a wedding gift from his step-grandfather, Marshall H. Stratton. The house and outbuildings, now including the old Raffurty one-room schoolhouse shown previously, stands on roughly 16.5 acres.
When John had his house built, he erected a home suitable for a man of his standing in the community. His father was a very prominent community leader and owner of the "Banking House of C.H.C. Anderson" (see Anderson Bank earlier in this Carlinville series.)
John was associated with his father's bank at the age of 19. He assumed the presidency in 1890 after the death of his father.
John remained as president until his death in 1932. He was also associated with Carlinville Coal Company and had large real
estate holdings in the county.
After the Anderson's deaths, the house passed on to their children and later was left vacant for several years. In 1973, the Macoupin County Historical Society purchased the property. The house is now used for a museum, and can also be rented for special events such as weddings. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1992.
Source: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Anderson, John C., House"
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Accepted 2019 APS National Exhibition Nature Birds in Action Section
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Scientific Name: Haliaeetus leucogaster
Description: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle has white on the head, rump and underparts and dark grey on the back and wings. In flight the black flight feathers on the wings are easily seen when the bird is viewed from below. The large, hooked bill is grey with a darker tip, and the eye is dark brown. The legs and feet are cream-white, with long black talons (claws). The sexes are similar. As in other raptors (birds of prey), Males (2.5 kg - 3.7 kg) are slightly smaller than females (2.8 kg - 4.2 kg).The wingspan is about 1.8 m - 2 m. Young Sea-Eagles are brown as juveniles than slowly become to resemble adults in a patchwork manner, acquiring the complete adult plumage by their fourth year.
Similar species: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle is the second largest raptor (bird of prey) found in Australia. The largest is the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax, which stands up to 1 m tall. The Wedge-tailed Eagle is mostly brown, with a wedge-shaped tail. Young Sea-Eagles may be confused with the Wedge-tailed Eagle, but differ in having a paler head and tail and more steeply upswept wings when soaring.
Distribution: White-bellied Sea-Eagles are a common sight in coastal and near coastal areas of Australia. In addition to Australia, the species is found in New Guinea, Indonesia, China, south-east Asia and India
Habitat: White-bellied Sea-Eagles are normally seen perched high in a tree, or soaring over waterways and adjacent land. Birds form permanent pairs that inhabit territories throughout the year.
Feeding: The White-bellied Sea-Eagle feeds mainly off aquatic animals, such as fish, turtles and sea snakes, but it takes birds and mammals as well. It is a skilled hunter, and will attack prey up to the size of a swan. Sea-Eagles also feed on carrion (dead prey) such as sheep and fish along the waterline. They harass smaller birds, forcing them to drop any food that they are carrying. Sea-Eagles feed alone, in pairs or in family groups.
Breeding: White-bellied Sea-Eagles build a large stick nest, which is used for many seasons in succession. The nest can be located in a tree up to 30m above the ground, but may also be placed on the ground or on rocks, where there are no suitable trees. At the start of the breeding season, the nest is lined with fresh green leaves and twigs. The female carries out most of the incubation of the white eggs, but the male performs this duty from time to time.
Calls: Distinctive loud "goose-like" honking call, which is heard particularly during the breeding season.
Minimum Size: 75cm
Maximum Size: 85cm
Average size: 80cm
Average weight: 2 630g
Breeding season: May to October
Clutch Size: Two.
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Haliaeetus-leucogaster)
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Smoking sunset - As the setting sun inches towards Waddington Fell, the plume from the kiln chimney at Castle Cement is, for once, a welcome addition to the landscape
Tom Wilson is relatively well known Canadian musician from Hamilton. He is not jazz and he is not much known at jazz festivals. He is a rocker, story teller and late addition to the festival. All that and steady rain that evening was leading to very small audience who came to see him. Still, he was professional and gave his best performance. I only saw him once before, when he played (as LEe HARVey OsMond) loud acid Rock&Roll in from of maybe 1000 people, but liked this intimate performance much better.
19. TMR Toronto 2019- September -14, P1270685; Uploaded 18. June 2020. Lmx -ZS100. KMJF2019 Photo No. 15.
Railfest 2023, and a recent addition to the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad. It'll be a treat when this thing finally runs on the wheels.
A Coca Cola delivery van in Oslo in 1938. Norway was, in addition to Australia, Austria and South Africa, one of the countries where Coca Cola was introduced in that year. (Neighboring country Sweden had to wait until 1953.) My partial colorization of Anders B. Wilse´s photo in the Norsk Folkemuseum archive (Digital Museum).
[FR] Feux d'artifices et voie lactée à Villard de Lans
Je me suis amusé ce soir du 14 juillet. J'avais envie d'une jolie photo de feux d'artifices, mais avec le fond du ciel étoilé ... ce qui n'est pas possible techniquement en une passe, les étoiles et qui plus est la voie lactée étant éclipsées par la luminosité importante des feux d'artifices et de toutes façon impossibles à prendre en même temps à cause des conditions nécessaires pour photographier ces dernier. Je suis donc resté 2h de plus, l'appareil braqué au même endroit, pour prendre en photo la voie lactée et le ciel étoilé, puis j'ai réassemblé les images par accumulation.
La photo est donc l'accumulation de 3 séries de photos :
- le premier plan formé de l'accumulation de 13 poses à 100 iso, f/11, d'expositions croissantes comprises entre 5 secondes et 5 minutes, et prises au début de la nuit
- les feux d'artifices : 2 poses de 20 et 45 secondes à 100 iso, f/11
- la voie lactée : 17 poses de 12 secondes à 800 iso, f/2, sans suivi sidéral.
Toutes les photos ont été prises avec un Canon 1200 D défiltré partiellement, un objectif Samyang 24 mm ouvrant à 1.4, l'ensemble sur trépied fixe.
Le traitement des séries séparées a été fait sous Siril puis l'addition des 3 photos (premier plan, feux d'artifices, voie lactée) sous Gimp.
Notez que la photo a été prise depuis le pré pour tous à Villard de Lans, le feu d'artifice étant tiré depuis la colline des bains, et l'arrière plan montre la Grande Moucherolle, la montagne qui domine notre petite ville.
[EN] Fireworks and the Milky way in Villard de Lans.
I had fun tonight, July 14th. I wanted to capture a beautiful photo of fireworks, but with the background of a starry sky... which isn't technically possible in one shot, as the stars, and especially the Milky Way, are overshadowed by the bright fireworks. Moreover, it's impossible to capture them simultaneously due to the conditions required for photographing fireworks. So, I stayed an extra two hours with the camera pointed at the same spot to photograph the Milky Way and the starry sky, and then I combined the images.
The photo is thus the accumulation of three series of photos:
- The foreground formed by stacking 13 shots at 100 ISO, f/11, with exposure times ranging from 5 seconds to 5 minutes, taken at the beginning of the night.
- The fireworks: 2 shots of 20 and 45 seconds at 100 ISO, f/11.
- The Milky Way: 17 shots of 12 seconds at 800 ISO, f/2, without star tracking.
All photos were taken with a partially modified Canon 1200D, a Samyang 24mm lens set at f/1.4, all on a fixed tripod. The processing of the separate series was done in Siril, and the combination of the three photos (foreground, fireworks, Milky Way) was done in GIMP.
Note that the photo was taken from the "Pré pour tous" in Villard de Lans, with the fireworks launched from the "Colline des Bains." The background features the Grande Moucherolle, the mountain that dominates our small town.
This shot isn't anything special given that its just a light unit sitting in the shade. But the location is just so cool that I used my wide angle to just capture the whole scene. This lone YN2 AC4400CW is the local power for Selkirk based B765, the Hudson Grain train here on the old Boston and Albany Hudson and Chatham branch now known as CSXT's Claverack Industrial Track.
In addition to the famous two blocks of street running the train also amazingly cuts right through the middle of the town square park. Sharp eyes will note the Hannukah Menorah lit up for the season, and of course just out of frame at left is a Christmas tree too. The crew had paused for a while by the old depot (and soon to be brewery) then pulled across the crossing and stopped right here in the center of town for another break. The conductor kept the locomotive company while the engineer walked to grab a coffee then chatted it up with a local lady and her dog and even loaded a baby up on the engine for some photos. It was all quite amusing and charming in a strange old fashioned railroading kind of way....I suppose it is that whole juxtaposition of time and place contrasting with the norm of modern railroading that makes this job so appealing to watch. I don't know...forgive my rambled musings...this place is just simply too cool to resist, and it continuely calls me back!
Hudson, New York
Tuesday December 7, 2021
The Scalpel, one of the latest additions to the City of London skyline and its neighbouring building.
In addition to memorable sunrises at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, the moments just before the sun sets are also quite amazing. Just as the sun is dropping below the horizon the last light illuminates ONLY what rises above the valley floor. This image captures the golden light on the West and East Mitten Buttes and also Merrick Butte. Just a few of the foreground brush and rocks are high enough to catch the last light.
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A big chunk of our time in Strathconon was spent by Loch Beannacharain which gradually became mirror-like as the breeze calmed. In addition there were some breaks in the cloud that allowed sunlight to shine through occasionally.
What motivated me to create this picture? The idea of turning an ordinary cell phone photo with Photoshop into an impressionistic pencil drawing with the addition of pastels
24.4.2018, Beflügelt, 30x42 cm, Decalcomanie, Wasserfarben, Farbstifte.
24.4.2018, Winged, 16x24 inch, Decalcomania, Watercolors, Colored pencils.
Auch ich bin Verehrer des Surrealismus und verwende neben hintergründiger Bildthemen besonders gern aleatorische Techniken bei der Bildherstellung, die vom Zufall abhängen.
Max Ernst hat Möglichkeiten eröffnet, die mich inspirieren. Dazu gehört die Decalcomanie.
I too am a worshiper of surrealism and, in addition to subtle pictorial themes, particularly like to use aleatory techniques in image production, which depend on chance.
Max Ernst has opened up possibilities that inspire me. This includes decalcomania.
A record shot uploaded for interest purposes, and more particularly for enthusiasts of a certain age.
I'd travelled down to Devon and Cornwall for a long weekend of rail photography intent on bagging a few Westerns, and any other diesel hydraulics that came my way.
After spending the Friday evening at a B&B in Penzance, I made my way back up to Plymouth for the next B&B and where I took the opportunity to walk out to Laira Depot for a few shots. I can't remember whether I asked permission to walk around (something you only tended to do if you were about to be confronted!), but do recall things were pretty relaxed there on this Saturday night. Not surprisingly there were plenty of locos on shed too.
In the frame here is class 52, D1071 'Western Renown' sporting a headcode of 1C63. With headcodes still seeing regular use at the time you'd be inclined to think this was its last working down to the West Country, however my (admittedly, limited) research suggests 1C63 was the 1.15pm Paddington - Cardiff instead. Hmm.....
In addition to 1071, there were six other Westerns present: 1009, 1013, 1014, 1027, 1030, and 1041. In a sign of the times there were also five class 08 and two class 03 shunters stabled too, plus the usual assortment of other main-line locomotives.
The shot was taken on a Zenit E so edge sharpness isn't the best. That said, I did think it worth investing fifty minutes or so of my life removing the worst of the dust marks, but frankly lost the will for anything more. I did scan it at high-res so it should comfortably display full screen, dust marks and all.
Kodak Ektachrome 64
Evening of 29th June 1974
A recent addition to my collection. Due to the lack of space I currently have, I've reverted into buying miniature models in recent years, some of which are also put-together kits. Ever since I bought my VW Jetta last year, I've been bitten by the bug, no pun intended.
In other words, I've regained my interest in VW. Haven't looked back since.
Namtso was born in the Paleogene age, as a result of Himalayan tectonic plate movements. The lake lies at an elevation of 4,718 m (15,479 ft), and has a surface area of 1,920 km2 (740 sq mi). This salt lake is the largest lake in the Tibet Autonomous Region (U-Tsang). However, it is not the largest lake on the Tibet Plateau. That title belongs to Lake KokoNor (Qinghai Lake) (more than twice the size of Namtso); which lies more than 1,000 km (620 mi) to the north-east in Amdo.
Namtso has five uninhabited islands of reasonable size, in addition to one or two rocky outcrops. The islands have been used for spiritual retreat by pilgrims who walk over the lake's frozen surface at the end of winter, carrying their food with them. They spend the summer there, unable to return to shore again until the water freezes the following winter. This practice is no longer permitted by Chinese authorities.
The largest of the islands is in the northwest corner of the lake, and is about 2,100 m (6,900 ft) long and 800 m (2,600 ft) wide, rising to just over 100 m (330 ft) in the middle. At its closest point it is about 3.1 km (1.9 mi) from the shore.
Thanks so much to Alfa for identifying this for us!!
See neighboring picture--it is growing as a wild addition to the landscape on the UC Berkeley campus.
The Westfjords or West Fjords (Icelandic: Vestfirðir [ˈvɛstˌfɪrðɪr̥], ISO 3166-2:IS: IS-4) is a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland and an administrative district, the least populous administrative district. It lies on the Denmark Strait, facing the east coast of Greenland. It is connected to the rest of Iceland by a seven-kilometre-wide isthmus between Gilsfjörður and Bitrufjörður. The Westfjords are very mountainous; the coastline is heavily indented by dozens of fjords surrounded by steep hills. These indentations make roads very circuitous and communications by land difficult. In addition many of the roads are closed by ice and snow for several months of the year. The Vestfjarðagöng road tunnel from 1996 has improved that situation. The cliffs at Látrabjarg comprise the longest bird cliff in the northern Atlantic Ocean and are at the westernmost point in Iceland. The Drangajökull glacier is located in the north of the peninsula and is the fifth-largest of the country, but the only glacier of the region.
In addition to the murals, I just loved the look of the entire space.
Groundswell Community Project in collaboration with Weeksville Heritage Center & Hugh Gilroy Senior Center
Crown Heights
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All the photos I present were taken in the town of Taormina;
I made photos related to "street photography";
I photographed people who, for the most part, I had never met before, performing their portraits, I thank them for their sympathy and availability;
The volcano Etna, in recent days has shown an intense eruptive activity, I photographed that spectacular eruptions from Taormina;
I tried to capture minimal photographic stories, collected walking down the street .. ... in search of fleeting moments ...
For some photographs I used a particular photographic technique at the time of shooting, which in addition to capturing the surrounding space, also "inserted" a temporal dimension, with photos characterized by being moved because the exposure times were deliberately lengthened, they are confused -focused-imprecise-undecided ... the Anglo-Saxon term that encloses this photographic genre with a single word is "blur", these images were thus created during the shooting phase, and not as an effect created subsequently, in retrospect, in the post-production.
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Tutte le foto che presento sono state realizzate nella cittadina di Taormina;
ho realizzato foto riconducibili alla “street photography”;
ho fotografato persone che, per la maggior parte, non avevo incontrato prima, eseguendo dei loro ritratti, le ringrazio per la loro simpatia e disponibilità;
il vulcano Etna, nei giorni scorsi ha mostrato una intensa attività eruttiva, anche con intensi fenomeni chiamati "fontane di lava", emissioni a getto continuo perdurate intensamente per molti minuti, di altissime "fontane" di magma incandescente, molto spettacolari e non comuni, le fotografie dell'Etna sono state realizzate da Taormina;
ho provato a cogliere storie fotografiche minime, raccolte camminando per la strada ... alla ricerca di attimi fugaci s-fuggenti ...
Ho utilizzato per alcune fotografie una tecnica fotografica particolare al momento dello scatto, che oltre a catturare lo spazio circostante, ha "inserito" anche una dimensione temporale, con foto caratterizzate dall’essere mosse poiché volutamente sono stati allungati i tempi di esposizione, sono confuse-sfocate-imprecise-indecise...il termine anglosassone che racchiude con una sola parola questo genere fotografico è "blur", queste immagini sono state così realizzate in fase di scatto, e non come un effetto creato successivamente, a posteriori, in fase di post-produzione.
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Pier 4 Park is a 2.4 hectare park found in the west-end of Hamilton Harbour near Bay Street North in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The park features a multi-use asphalt trail, 349 metres in length and 4 metres wide which provides barrier-free access to all areas of the park and linkages with the surrounding harbourfront precinct.[1] A total of $2.2 million has been invested for the redevelopment of the park which includes a 24-metre tugboat which acts as the centrepiece of an interactive water play area for children. A dramatically curved lookout pier includes a protected sun shelter and benches to view the marinas, parkland and vistas of the surrounding Bay.
In addition Hamilton Harbour Commissioners (HHC) have constructed Hamilton Pier which provides 0.4 hectares of additional parkland and fish habitat.
SCT intermodal 3MB9 works around Goondah curve with CSR016 and CF4430 hauling dead attached C’s 502/503/508.
SCT transferred the C class from Western Australia after a period on hire with Watco, they would be detached at Goulburn before being forward to SSR’s Cootamundra depot.
Southern Shorthaul Railroad has added the former Railfirst C’s to their ever growing locomotive fleet.
In 2025 werd weer Terug naar Toen georganiseerd door de Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM). Dit jaar bestond de VSM ook 50 jaar. Een extra goede reden om te gaan dus. Hoogtepunt voor mij dit jaar waren de eerste treinen in de ochtendmist. In actie kwamen de 41 241, 44 1593, 50 307, 52 3879, 50 3654, 52 8139, 65 018, 23 076, 64 415, 2459, 2412 en de SSN 01 1075 en 23 023. Daarnaast was de Stoomtrein Katwijk-Leiden aanwezig met loc 607 'Vrijland'. Speciaal hiervoor was in Loenen een stuk smalspoor aangelegd. Samen met mijn oudste zoon langs de lijn en op het depot doorgebracht. Het was schitterend weer; 's ochtends mist en later veel zon, maar daardoor helaas minder stoomontwikkeling. Helaas bleek de laatste goederentrein van Loenen naar Eerbeek en terug uit te vallen door een defect. Want daar hadden we onze zinnen opgezet. Maar goed, het was weer een geslaagde dag uit.
In 2025, 'Terug naar Toen' (Back to then) was organized again by the Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM). This year, the VSM also celebrated its 50th anniversary. An extra good reason to go, therefore. The highlight for me this year was the first trains in the morning mist. In action were the 41 241, 44 1593, 50 307, 52 3879, 50 3654, 52 8139, 65 018, 23 076, 64 415, 2459, 2412 and the SSN 01 1075 and 23 023. In addition, the Katwijk-Leiden Steam Train was present with locomotive 607 'Vrijland'. A section of narrow gauge had been laid in Loenen especially for this occasion. I spent the time along the line and at the depot together with my eldest son. The weather was glorious; Fog in the morning and lots of sun later, but unfortunately less steam production as a result. Unfortunately, the last freight train from Loenen to Eerbeek and back turned out to be cancelled due to a defect. Because that is the one we had really set our sights on. But anyway, it was another successful day out.
2025 wurde 'Terug naar Toen' (Zurück nach Damals) erneut von der Veluwse Stoomtrein Maatschappij (VSM) organisiert. Die VSM feierte in diesem Jahr außerdem ihr 50-jähriges Bestehen – ein zusätzlicher Grund also, hinzugehen. Mein persönliches Highlight waren die ersten Züge im Morgennebel. Im Einsatz waren die Lokomotiven 41 241, 44 1593, 50 307, 52 3879, 50 3654, 52 8139, 65 018, 23 076, 64 415, 2459, 2412 sowie die SSN 01 1075 und 23 023. Zusätzlich war der Katwijk-Leiden-Dampfzug mit der Lokomotive 607 „Vrijland“ vertreten. Für diesen Anlass war eigens ein Abschnitt der Schmalspurstrecke in Loenen verlegt worden. Ich verbrachte die Zeit entlang der Bahnstrecke und im Depot zusammen mit meinem ältesten Sohn. Das Wetter war herrlich: Morgens Nebel, später strahlender Sonnenschein, was leider zu einer geringeren Dampfproduktion führte. Der letzte Güterzug von Loenen nach Eerbeek und zurück fiel leider wegen eines Defekts aus. Dabei hatten wir uns so sehr auf ihn gefreut. Trotzdem war es wieder ein gelungener Ausflug.
Un verdadero regalo para la vista el tren de las gachas de este año 2025. La composición de este año, además de la locomotora 269-324-0 la formaban los coches Br4x-10803 y Bc10x-9628, ambos en decoración "danone" y los coches BBL-9606; Bc10x-9651; BBR-9805; AA-9006; AA-10012; WL26x-7128 y el furgón DD-8150. Casi nada. Fotografiado a su paso por Castillejo-Añover.
This year's porridge train, 2025, was a true feast for the eyes. This year's lineup, in addition to locomotive 269-324-0, included cars Br4x-10803 and Bc10x-9628, both in "Danone" livery, and cars BBL-9606; Bc10x-9651; BBR-9805; AA-9006; AA-10012; WL26x-7128, and the baggage car DD-8150. Photographed as it passes through Castillejo-Añover.
Door Corona en familieomstandigheden waren we niet in staat om bij Plandampf in het Werratal te zijn. Maar na zoveel jaar kruipt het bloed toch waar het niet gaan kan. Daarom besloten mijn vader, mijn oudste zoon en ik in de meivakantie naar het voormalige Oost-Duitsland af te reizen om daar te genieten van smalspoor stoom.
Als eerste bezochten we de Zittauer Schmalspurbahn, waar door werkzaamheden aan de Mandaubrücke in Zittau zelf, alleen het traject vanaf Zittau Vorstadt naar Jonsdorf/Oybin werd bereden. Daarnaast was na 68 jaar Bertsdorf weer 'Lokeinsatzstelle'. Een unieke gelegenheid dus.
Due to Corona and family circumstances, we were unable to join Plandampf in the Werratal. But after so many years, the blood creeps where it can't go. That is why my father, my eldest son and I decided to travel to the former East Germany during the May holidays, to enjoy narrow-gauge steam.
First we visited the Zittauer Schmalspurbahn, where due to work on the Mandaubrücke in Zittau itself, only the route from Zittau Vorstadt to Jonsdorf/Oybin was used. In addition, after 68 years Bertsdorf was again 'Lokeinsatzstelle'. So a unique opportunity.
Aufgrund von Corona und familiären Umständen konnten wir leider nicht bei Plandampf im Werratal sein. Aber nach so vielen Jahren kriecht das Blut dahin, wo es nicht hin kann. Deshalb haben mein Vater, mein ältester Sohn und ich beschlossen, in den Maiferien in die ehemaligen DDR zu reisen, um Schmalspurdampf zu genießen.
Zuerst besuchten wir die Zittauer Schmalspurbahn, wo aufgrund von Arbeiten an der Mandaubrücke in Zittau selbst, nur die Strecke von der Zittauer Vorstadt nach Jonsdorf/Oybin befahren wurde. Außerdem war Bertsdorf nach 68 Jahren wieder Lokeinsatzstelle. Also eine einmalige Gelegenheit.
After working the yard at Waynesboro 15T charges out of town and past the signals that mark the south end of a controlled siding known as Waynetex. The top of the distant Blue Ridge is shadowed by clouds. To the left can be seen a sliver of the large DuPont plant, now Invista and owned by Koch Industries, and the associated Benger Laboratory where spandex was invented (under the brand name Lycra). In addition a large textile mill called Wayn-Tex, later owned by Mohawk Industries. I believe carpet rolls were once made at the Wayn-Tex plant. I am not sure what all goes on here now, but much like other places it is only a shadow of what it once was.
Madison, Wisconsin. In our location, there has been haze and an occasional smell of smoke from forest fires in western Canada and the northwestern United States. Perhaps the color of the moon is an addition effect caused by the atmospheric conditions due to the fires.
A collaborative build with Isaac, that was my 3rd creation for the YOMB display ( innovalug.com/post/68/ye-old-merry-battleground-collabora... )
Beyond the Brick did an interview/video walkthrough of the display that you can see here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pL43cV7IJY
We took a lot of inspiration from Mark of Falworth’s castles, particularly Falworth Castle. The castle split in half for transport, and the portcullis actually works via the crank at the top.
More pictures of the build can be seen on brickbuilt: www.brickbuilt.org/?p=5087
"Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky." Sonia Gandhi.
On our second day in Doolin, we returned to the Cliffs of Moher to wander through other areas beyond the most famous part next to the visitor center. After hiking its southern area in the morning, we returned to Doolin for lunch and quickly made our way to the cliffs to photograph them again at sunset.
This time, we chose the incredible view from the area known as Pollboy Lockout, located on the coastal path that leads to Doolin along the edge of the cliffs heading north. An area in which we must take even more precautions, due to the risk of landslides. After immortalizing the immensity of these rock walls with my camera from a lower position, I decided to fly the drone to get a more global view of the area. From the sky you can see even better the small rocky beach under the majestic cliffs, in addition to the O'Brien Tower and the Sea Stack in the center of the image, and then continue with your eyes until you reach Hag's Head at the bottom. We could not have dreamed of a better ending, with a wonderful warm light illuminating these giants that we were lucky to explore during two unforgettable days in front of the ocean.
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"Juntos podemos hacer frente a cualquier desafío tan profundo como el océano y tan alto como el cielo." Sonia Gandhi.
En nuestro segundo día en Doolin, regresamos a los acantilados de Moher para pasear por otras zonas más allá de la parte más famosa junto al centro de visitantes. Tras recorrer su zona sur por la mañana, volvimos a Doolin para el almuerzo y rápidamente nos dirigimos a los acantilados para fotografiarlos de nuevo al atardecer.
En esta ocasión, elegimos la increíble vista desde la zona conocida como Pollboy Lockout, situada en el camino junto a la costa que lleva a Doolin por el borde de los acantilados en dirección norte. Una zona en la que hay que extremar las precauciones aún más, antes el riesgo de desprendimientos. Tras inmortalizar la inmensidad de estas paredes de roca con mi cámara desde una posición más baja, decidí volar el dron para conseguir una vista más global de la zona. Desde el cielo se puede observar aún mejor la pequeña playa de rocas bajo los majestuosos acantilados, además de la Torre O´Brien y la Sea Stack en el centro de la imagen, y luego seguir con la mirada hasta llegar a la Hag´s Head al fondo. No podíamos haber soñado un mejor final, con una luz cálida maravillosa iluminando estos gigantes que tuvimos la suerte de explorar durante dos días inolvidables frente al océano.
Brede Hilledijk - Rotterdam
Het nieuwe Nederlands Fotomuseum is 7 februari 2026 geopend. De nieuwe locatie is gerealiseerd in een gebouw van bijna 125 jaar oud. Het voormalige pakhuis Santos, gebouwd in 1902, voor de opslag van koffie die vanuit de haven van Santos in Brazilië werd verscheept. Destijds was het, het hoogste en modernste pakhuis van Rotterdam.
Naast de vaste collectie zijn er nu ook twee tijdelijke tentoonstellingen; "Rotterdam in focus". Een reis door foto's die het Rotterdamse landschap laten zien. Die reis begint met een foto uit 1843 en loopt door tot de hedendaagse drone- en panoramafotografie. Meer dan 300 foto's laten de ontwikkeling zien van 180 jaar fotografie. De andere tentoonstelling "ontwaken in blauw" is een ode aan de cyanotypie. Dit is een eeuwenoude fotografische techniek die diepe blauwtinten creëert. Zonlicht, water, schaduw en tijd helpen mee om het beeld te maken.
The new Netherlands Photo Museum opened on February 7, 2026. The new location has been realised in a building that is almost 125 years old. The former Santos warehouse, built in 1902 to store coffee shipped from the port of Santos in Brazil. At the time, it was the tallest and most modern warehouse in Rotterdam.
In addition to the permanent collection, there are now two temporary exhibitions: "Rotterdam in Focus." A journey through photographs depicting the Rotterdam landscape. This journey begins with a photograph from 1843 and continues through to contemporary drone and panoramic photography. More than 300 photographs illustrate the development of 180 years of photography. The other exhibition, "Awakening in Blue," is an ode to cyanotype, a centuries-old photographic technique that creates deep blue tones. Sunlight, water, shadow, and time all contribute to the creation of the image.
From my set entitled “Roses”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/sets/72157607214064416/
In my collection entitled “The Garden”
www.flickr.com/photos/21861018@N00/collections/7215760718...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A rose is a perennial flowering shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species. The species form a group of erect shrubs, and climbing or trailing plants, with stems that are often armed with sharp thorns. Most are native to Asia, with smaller numbers of species native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Natives, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and fragrance. [1]
The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with sharply toothed oval-shaped leaflets. The plants fleshy edible fruit is called a rose hip. Rose plants range in size from tiny, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 20 metres in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.
The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Armenian vard, Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).[2][3]
Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries. Rose water, made from the rose oil, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high Vitamin C content. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products.
The leaves of most species are 5–15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are deciduous, but a few (particularly in Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.
The flowers of most species roses have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Rose species that produce open-faced flowers are attractive to pollinating bees and other insects, thus more apt to produce hips. Many of the domestic cultivars are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.
While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are actually prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and R. pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight spines, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses only have vestigial prickles that have no points.
Roses are popular garden shrubs, as well as the most popular and commonly sold florists' flowers. In addition to their great economic importance as a florists crop, roses are also of great value to the perfume industry.
Many thousands of rose hybrids and cultivars have been bred and selected for garden use; most are double-flowered with many or all of the stamens having mutated into additional petals. As long ago as 1840 a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for Abney Park Cemetery, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England.
Twentieth-century rose breeders generally emphasized size and colour, producing large, attractive blooms with little or no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet scent.
Roses thrive in temperate climates, though certain species and cultivars can flourish in sub-tropical and even tropical climates, especially when grafted onto appropriate rootstock.
Rose pruning, sometimes regarded as a horticultural art form, is largely dependent on the type of rose to be pruned, the reason for pruning, and the time of year it is at the time of the desired pruning.
Most Old Garden Roses of strict European heritage (albas, damasks, gallicas, etc.) are shrubs that bloom once yearly, in late spring or early summer, on two-year-old (or older) canes. As such, their pruning requirements are quite minimal, and are overall similar to any other analogous shrub, such as lilac or forsythia. Generally, only old, spindly canes should be pruned away, to make room for new canes. One-year-old canes should never be pruned because doing so will remove next year's flower buds. The shrubs can also be pruned back lightly, immediately after the blooms fade, to reduce the overall height or width of the plant. In general, pruning requirements for OGRs are much less laborious and regimented than for Modern hybrids.
Modern hybrids, including the hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, modern miniatures, and English roses, have a complex genetic background that almost always includes China roses (R. chinensis). China roses were evergrowing, everblooming roses from humid subtropical regions that bloomed constantly on any new vegetative growth produced during the growing season. Their modern hybrid descendants exhibit similar habits: Unlike Old Garden Roses, modern hybrids bloom continuously (until stopped by frost) on any new canes produced during the growing season. They therefore require pruning away of any spent flowering stem, in order to divert the plant's energy into producing new growth and thence new flowers.
Additionally, Modern Hybrids planted in cold-winter climates will almost universally require a "hard" annual pruning (reducing all canes to 8"–12" in height) in early spring. Again, because of their complex China rose background, Modern Hybrids are typically not as cold-hardy as European OGRs, and low winter temperatures often desiccate or kill exposed canes. In spring, if left unpruned, these damanged canes will often die back all the way to the shrub's root zone, resulting in a weakened, disfigured plant. The annual "hard" pruning of hybrid teas, floribundas, etc. should generally be done in early spring; most gardeners coincide this pruning with the blooming of forsythia shrubs. Canes should be cut about 1/2" above a vegetative bud (identifiable as a point on a cane where a leaf once grew).
For both Old Garden Roses and Modern Hybrids, any weak, damaged or diseased growth should be pruned away completely, regardless of the time of year. Any pruning of any rose should also be done so that the cut is made at a forty five degree angle above a vegetative bud. This helps the pruned stem callus over more quickly, and also mitigates moisture buildup over the cut, which can lead to disease problems.
For all general rose pruning (including cutting flowers for arrangements), sharp secateurs (hand-held, sickle-bladed pruners) should be used to cut any growth 1/2" or less in diameter. For canes of a thickness greater than 1/2", pole loppers or a small handsaw are generally more effective; secateurs may be damaged or broken in such instances.
Deadheading is the simple practice of manually removing any spent, faded, withered, or discoloured flowers from rose shrubs over the course of the blooming season. The purpose of deadheading is to encourage the plant to focus its energy and resources on forming new offshoots and blooms, rather than in fruit production. Deadheading may also be perfomed, if spent flowers are unsightly, for aethestic purposes. Roses are particularly responsive to deadheading.
Deadheading causes different effects on different varieties of roses. For continual blooming varieties, whether Old Garden roses or more modern hybrid varieties, deadheading allows the rose plant to continue forming new shoots, leaves, and blooms. For "once-blooming" varieties (that bloom only once each season), deadheading has the effect of causing the plant to form new green growth, even though new blooms will not form until the next blooming season.
For most rose gardeners, deadheading is used to refresh the growth of the rose plants to keep the rose plants strong, vibrant, and productive.
The rose has always been valued for its beauty and has a long history of symbolism. The ancient Greeks and Romans identified the rose with their goddesses of love referred to as Aphrodite and Venus. In Rome a wild rose would be placed on the door of a room where secret or confidential matters were discussed. The phrase sub rosa, or "under the rose", means to keep a secret — derived from this ancient Roman practice.
Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary.
Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape, size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles.
Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. 'Rose' means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).
The rose is the national flower of England and the United States[4], as well as being the symbol of England Rugby, and of the Rugby Football Union. It is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England (the white rose and red rose respectively) and of Alberta (the wild rose), and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata), and New York[5] (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.
Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows, such windows comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a rose) or multiples thereof; however most Gothic rose windows are much more elaborate and were probably based originally on the wheel and other symbolism.
A red rose (often held in a hand) is a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the British and Irish Labour Parties, as well as by the French, Spanish (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian, Dutch (Partij van de Arbeid) and European socialist parties. This originated when the red rose was used as a badge by the marchers in the May 1968 street protests in Paris. White Rose was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.
Roses are often portrayed by artists. The French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced some of the most detailed paintings of roses.
Henri Fantin-Latour was also a prolific painter of still life, particularly flowers including roses. The Rose 'Fantin-Latour' was named after the artist.
Other impressionists including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne have paintings of roses among their works.
Rose perfumes are made from attar of roses or rose oil, which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. The technique originated in Persia (the word Rose itself is from Persian) then spread through Arabia and India, but nowadays about 70% to 80% of production is in the Rose Valley near Kazanluk in Bulgaria, with some production in Qamsar in Iran and Germany.[citation needed]
The Kaaba in Mecca is annually washed by the Iranian rose water from Qamsar. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa damascena 'Trigintipetala') are used. In the French rose oil industry Rosa centifolia is used. The oil, pale yellow or yellow-grey in color, is sometimes called 'Rose Absolute' oil to distinguish it from diluted versions. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil.
The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and l-citronellol; and rose camphor, an odourless paraffin. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.
Quotes
What's in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet. — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet act II, sc. ii
O, my love's like a red, red rose/That's newly sprung in June — Robert Burns, A Red, Red Rose
Information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter. Mark Twain, Roughing It
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses. — James Oppenheim, "Bread and Roses"
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose — Gertrude Stein, Sacred Emily (1913), a poem included in Geography and Plays.