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Another one of those amazing SP 80s consist. 5 units, elephant style and quite the variety of paint and models. Growing up in SoCal my favorite hometown railroad was far and away the SP. Rich in history and in the 80s incredibly short of power. Just about anything would show up and often did. Many of those photos I have posted here and I will continue to do so as I digitize my slides. So much fun digging through this memories. San Timeteo Canyon was favorite place to visit. SP GP40-2 leads a varied consist through San Timeteo Canyon that I have long forgotten the name of. 6.88
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Thank you everyone for your visits, faves, and kind comments
I'm having to go back to the archives to find anything to post. I can't really say why I don't have any great photos from recently... part of it is that I need a new camera, as mine often refuses to take the shot, after I have it set up. And my lenses won't focus correctly anymore.
But here is a dahlia from last year's garden... this year's garden is all weeds which have gotten taller than I am. Maybe next year I'll manage a garden again!
The truth about the world, he said, is that anything is possible. Had you not seen it all from birth and thereby bled it of its strangeness it would appear to you for what it is, a hat trick in a medicine show, a fevered dream, a trance bepopulate with chimeras having neither analogue nor precedent, an itinerant carnival, a migratory tentshow whose ultimate destination after many a pitch in many a mudded field is unspeakable and calamitous beyond reckoning.
The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others.
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
Immediately thought The Exorcist with this shot — that iconic movie poster from 1973. One lone figure, frozen under a streetlamp. Darkness and mist doing most of the talking. A quiet, ordinary street that suddenly feels anything but.
The station at Exeter Central has long held a fascination ever since I bought the Peco booklet "Track Plans" by CJ Freezer published in the 1960s, price 2s 6d.
The station layout was featured* and, in addition to the two centre roads, there was also a scissor crossover between at least one of the platforms to the adjacent through line. Of course, for a young lad from the East Midlands, anything that was Southern Region was highly exotic - especially when it was so far west and not part of the 3rd rail electrification scheme.
On the few days I spent down in Devon recently I decided to pay another visit, only this time with the camera. For a variety of reasons I could only manage a trip in the dark although in some ways that enhanced the mystique of the place which, for me, has never really gone away. Sadly the Peco publication has long gone from my bookshelf, offloaded at a time when I couldn't foresee the potential nostalgic value it might now have - well, let's face it, most folk in their 20s never imagine they're going to reach their 60s at some point.
For this shot, I did snap the train on the left much earlier as it was pulling in to the platform, but somehow this more distant offering appeals more. For anyone who hasn't yet fallen asleep it features Pacer 143611 at left and nearest the camera working the 9.11pm Exmouth - Exeter St Davids (2E56) and, on the right, Sprinter 150265 nearest the camera, which has just arrived with the 8.24pm from Barnstaple (2R98).
9.39pm, 14th October 2019
*I'm pretty sure it was this book, but I did own another similar title, so it may have been in that one.
Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel et Kate Bush
in this proud land we grew up strong
we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win
I never thought I could fail
no fight left or so it seems
I am a man whose dreams have all deserted
I've changed my face, I've changed my name
but no one wants you when you lose
don't give up
'cos you have friends
don't give up
you're not beaten yet
don't give up
I know you can make it good
though I saw it all around
never thought I could be affected
thought that we'd be the last to go
it is so strange the way things turn
drove the night toward my home
the place that I was born, on the lakeside
as daylight broke, I saw the earth
the trees had burned down to the ground
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up
we don't need much of anything
don't give up
'cause somewhere there's a place
where we belong
rest your head
you worry too much
it's going to be alright
when times get rough
you can fall back on us
don't give up
please don't give up
'got to walk out of here
I can't take anymore
going to stand on that bridge
keep my eyes down below
whatever may come
and whatever may go
that river's flowing
that river's flowing
moved on to another town
tried hard to settle down
for every job, so many men
so many men no-one needs
don't give up
'cause you have friends
don't give up
you're not the only one
don't give up
no reason to be ashamed
don't give up
you still have us
don't give up now
we're proud of who you are
don't give up
you know it's never been easy
don't give up
'cause I believe there's the a place
there's a place where we belong
At night, she just can't resist coming to this cozy little nook where she can let her imagination run wild and bring the stories she reads to life! It's like she's in her own little world, soaking up the moonlight and getting lost in daydreams of far-off lands and times. It's her happy place where anything is possible! 🌙📚💫
E X P L O R E : Oct 10, 2014 # N U M B E R 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's all a honor for me this prize. Being number 1 of anything always is an amazing experience.
Thanks so much to everybody.
Pangboche or Panboche is a village in Khumjung VDC of Solukhumbu District, Nepal at an altitude of 13,074 feet (3,985 m). It is located high in the Himalayas in the Imja Khole valley and is a base camp for climbing nearby Mount Everest and trekking. It contains a monastery, famed for its purported yeti scalp and hand, the latter of which was stolen. The village is inhabited mainly by Sherpas. Sungdare Sherpa, a native of the village, had the record for conquering Everest five times in the Sherpa climbing history and in the world history of mountaineering in 1989. Sir Edmund Hillary once built a swing for Pangboche School.
Pangboche o Panboche es un pueblo de Khumjung VDC del distrito de Solukhumbu, en Nepal a una altitud de 13.074 pies (3.985 m). Se encuentra enclavado en la cordillera del Himalaya en el valle del Imja Khole y es un campamento base para subir el cercano Monte Everest y su trekking. Contiene un monasterio, famoso porque contenía el cuero cabelludo y la mano de un posible yeti, los cuales fueron robados. La aldea está habitada principalmente por sherpas. Sungdare Sherpa, un nativo de la aldea, tenía el récord de los Sherpas y del alpinismo mundial en 1989 por subir el Everest cinco veces. Sir Edmund Hillary, construyó un columpio en la escuela de Pangboche.
Trekking to the Everest Base Camp.
Sagarmatha National Park. Nepal.
ARTIST OF THE YEAR LEVEL 3 PLATINUM
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22 Mar 2019
A brilliant sunrise, almost unmatched in my memories, lights up the dawn skies over the partially placid waters of Lake McDonald, in Glacier National Park, Montana.
I haven't posted or done much of anything with photography this summer--and I've been missing it!--but I'm finally getting to go on a long-planned trip to Glacier National Park in a couple of days, and that impending adventure inspired me to take a another quick look through the files from my last visit there a few years ago.
While I've posted images from this sunrise before (perhaps too many, but it really was that magnificent), I noticed this one with its slightly different geometry, wind blown water textures and ethereal rising mists, and I decided that a quick post might be just thing before hitting the road to see this magical place once again.
So, dare I hope for another unforgettable display as the sun nears the horizon one morning or evening on this trip? Is there a touch of superstition in not wanting to hope too much in advance for brilliant sunrises or sunsets, like a sports fan worried about jinxing their team's chances with dreams of victory? Suffice it to say, I look forward to any surprises of light nature may choose to share!
Note that I've done almost no processing here--just enough to bring the RAW file quickly back to the appearance of my reference jpeg image--so give all the credit for this beauty to nature alone.
Thanks for viewing!
It could of been a disaster venturing out on the ice in late winter/early spring but all was well. Christie Beach on Georgian Bay
Not the best photo, but I need to make an announcement!
I'm going to France!
I don't speak any French and have never been to Europe, but I'm ecstatic :]
If anyone knows any cool shops, museums, or exhibitions in Paris that you don't think I'd find on my own, please leave it in the comments!
P.S. sorry for the lack of anything lately. I'll take some better stuff soon.
Dramatic light, flare, colour shifts and funny little glowy balls - the final roll of film I exposed on the day had a bit of everything. But I suppose that's part of the fun of expired film.
I can only think that Kandersteg enjoyed our visit as much as we did, if the heart in the final image is anything to go by. 😉
Either way, we had a very enjoyable day out amongst the mountains and can definitely recommend a day trip to Kandersteg and Oeschinensee.
Committed to expired Kodak Portra 160 using a Mamiya 6 and 50 mm lens. Developed using a C-41 kit from Ars-Imago and digitised with a digital camera. Positive conversion, colours and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust cleaning and final tweaks in Photoshop.
Just got back from a boys weekend. Didn't have much planned other than camping, step foot in South Dakota (boys request), and maybe a few trains. We ended up around the Lake Benton area in southwest Minnesota for a couple days. I told the boys I didn't really have any intel on RCP&E so we'd probably be lucky to see anything and the 'what" would be unknown.
I heard this guy go east about 4am from the tent, but didn't know if they would come back or what. While bumming around chasing BNSF trains we heard him get a warrant from Tracy back to Aurora at 07:30. Even though it was an early morning westbound, the tracks around Lake Benton curve around enough I figured we could do something. As I figured this was the only train in daylight see seen, but hey we will TAKE IT any day! I was shocked to see 7 matching SD40's and a small 50 car train. Here the job takes it easy as they roll thru the valley out of Lake Benton on the Huron Sub. Wildfire smoke were doing a great job of creating soupy skies all weekend!
It's still Wednesday here so here you go! ~ HBW ~ Not much done here except some wacky toning :) (referring to the one below ... that I have later replaced) That's what happens when you are snowed in for weeks... I have been pretty busy with different tasks personal and business... just wanted to upload something in the meantime. No time to mess around with anything so I found something that looked half decent without much photoshopping.
Have a wonderful night or maybe even a day for some of you!
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Macro Monday: #Plastic
7DWF: Monday, Anything Goes Theme
Size of the frame: 5 x 5,5 cm / 1,9 x 2,16 inches
Here you can see the common soft-spiked plasticactus (Plasticocereus domesticus echinatus mollis). It can be found around the house, a common habitat is the kitchen. On a starry night (and only then) it is visisted by the extremely rare Plastic-winged
red heartling (Lycaena animus rubens) which is feasting on the plasticactus' nutritious dish soap nectar.
Honestly, these "anything goes MM themes" are really nerve-jangling. What should I photograph when in a common household (domus facitatus) plastic is everywhere? I decided to spend the sunny Sunday at the Hanami festival along the TV-Asahi
Kirschblütenallee ("TV-Asahi cherry blossom alley", located on the former border strip between Teltow - then GDR - and Berlin-West), and enjoy the cherry blossom instead. And worry about "Plastic" later. So this is a last minute capture of a plastic kitchen brush, topped with a butterfly made of plastic foil, in front of a small flag of Europe made of plastic fibres. Taken on my balcony in the sunlight.
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Im Bild: der gewöhnliche weichstachelige Plastikaktus (Plasticocereus domesticus echinatus mollis). Häufig anzutreffen in Häusern und Wohnungen, besonders das Küchenklima bekommt der mehrjährigen Pflanze gut. In sternenklaren Nächten (und nur dann) wird der Plastikaktus gerne vom extrem seltenen herzförmigen Rötling besucht, um sich am speziellen Spüli-Nektar des Plasikaktus zu laben.
Im Ernst, diese "Alles-ist-möglich-MM-Themen" rauben mir noch den letzten Nerv. Was an Plastik fotografieren, wenn der halbe Haushalt daraus besteht? Also habe ich am wunderbar sonnigen und warmen Sonntag lieber die Kirschblüte auf der TV-Asahi Kirschblütenallee auf dem ehemaligen Mauerstreifen zwischen Berlin (West / Lichterfelde-Süd) und Teltow (Brandenburg) genossen und mich erst am späten Nachmittag mit "Plastic" befasst: Plastik-Küchenbürste mit Plastikfolien-Schmetterling vor Plastikfaser-Europafahne auf meinem Balkon, bei Sonnenlicht fotografiert.
Ich wünsche Euch eine angenehme, wenn auch nicht mehr so warme und sonnige Woche!
If I had anything to say, I would close the entire old town centre to car traffic.
Kornmarkt in Wetzlar
I've not done anything like this before... so... let's see how it goes.
I've used a texture "Scratched sink" provided free by SophieG*, a very talented flickr friend. You really should go and check out her stuff. Well, off you go then! (oh, by all means leave a comment first ;oþ )
It's been 63 days since I started the Insanity workout program by Beach Body. It's been one helluva ride!
Normally I wouldn't post pictures of me without a shirt, but this is anything but normal for me. It took a lot for me to share these with you. I'm very self conscience and have always been embarassed by my body. But no mas! ;o)
I busted my ass for the past two months. Worked out every morning at 5am. Watched my daily caloric intake like my life depended on it. Quit drinking alcohol. Cut out all sorts of sweets. In the end, the results were stellar.
I lost a total of 16 lbs. I started at 181.2 and weighed in at 165.2. I've increased my cardiovascular condition to the point where I can actually participate in a 5k run. I've toned up and look better than I have in several years. Overall, I'm just a whole lot healthier.
I'm very proud of how far I've come in a relatively short period of time. It takes patience, persistence, and a true desire to commit to a lifestyle change. But it is worth all of the effort put forth.
So here I am, before my transformation and after training my mind and body to accept the challenges necessary to achieve my personal goals.
Want to know what the secret is?
There isn't any.
Maintain a healthy diet; exercise at a moderate pace to increase your heart rate, 3-4 times per week for a minimum of 30 minutes; be sure to drink 8-10 glasses of water per day; and be sure to get your full night's rest.
Most importantly, you will lose weight if you burn more calories than you take in. This is probably the closest thing to what the "secret" to losing weight is.
It doesn't take a gym membership or fancy workout equipment or expensive DVDs. You just have to want it bad enough.
;o)
Couldn't think of anything creative, other than to get a quick shot with a poppy for Remembrance Day, as I was out doing things. Velvet obliged me.
I spent a moment in silence today with my daughter, as we thought about all the fallen soldiers and women who have served our countries.
Even Velvet stood still.
Macro Mondays theme: Father
This is a section of the leatherette cover of one of the four volumes of Audel's Carpenters and Builders Guide that my father gave me before he died. It is packed with useful information that he used for many things, including designing and building the two story extension to my family home. Each time I look at these books on my shelf I think of my father who was born 100 years ago. Sadly he died at the age of 91. I don't use it for anything practical (the internet is much easier) but it is a treasured memorial to the old man.
This is a quote from the frontispiece:
When we build, let us think that we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for; and let us think, as we lay stone on stone, that a time is to come when those stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, "See! This our father did for us!"
~John Ruskin
HMM
Thought I'd update you on the latest member of my furry 4-legged family - little hammie's been with me just over a week now. I named him "Pippin" (after the hobbit in Lord of the Rings, it just suited him - he's an adventurous little thing!). I'm so pleased with how well he's settled in... I'd been told in the shop he wasn't yet tame and worried he'd be shy. However, whoever bred him handled him well (or he's just an exceptionally confident little hammie!) cause from the start he's been a happy and nosy little character... After 24hrs, I started stroking him, then a little while later, gently scooping him up in my hands]. At first, he scurried off quickly, but now he will happily sit or walk over my hands for a few minutes at a time. He's never once tried to bite or anything :)
He goes out for little adventures each evening in his ball. Of course it's hard to tell with such a tiny creature but I think he really enjoys the explorations around our downstairs. He rolls up and down the hall, the living room and the kitchen, stopping only to sniff an interesting item in his path, give his face a quick wash... or, to investigate Barney!! I'd originally planned to keep dog and hamster apart, particularly when Pippin was in his ball - as Barney is ball obsessed and also a hunter of voles when we're on walks (albeit a very ineffective one!). However as Pip likes to roll everywhere on the ground floor, it wasn't really feasible, so I've taught Barney to be very quiet and calm when Pip's rolling around.
After one quiet but firm "settle down" from me, (he looked a bit too interested on the first evening) he has been good as gold. He actually tries to keep away from Pippin but there's no escape! Pip will spy Barney from up the hall and make a beeline straight for the big dog. He will then sit right up against Barney, sniffing at his paws and fur with obvious interest. Pippin doesn't seem scared, he's happy to groom right next to either dog and doesn't freeze or try and run off... In fact, if I move him away, he often rolls straight back to Barney! Barney lies quietly, deliberately not looking at the hammie and gently moving his paws out the way from time to time. Don't like everything the "Dog Whisperer" says but to use his phrase, Barney's the model of a dog in a "calm, submissive state". Obviously, I wouldn't leave them alone though, it's nice they seem to be co-existing but I wouldn't want Pippin to get hurt...
Anyway, Pippin seems happy in his new home, the dogs have accepted him and he's being very friendly and confident. All going very well really, now, if I can just clicker train him to pose for the camera.... ;-) Haha, will try getting some nicer pics soon, maybe of the odd pair together, reminds me of Bolt and Rhino (if you've seen "Bolt", you'll know what I'm talking about!)
Another shitty forecast today which ended up doing the exact opposite of what was said. Weather was forecast sunshine and cloud all day, clearing out late evening to clear skies for the night.. well it actually rained the entire day, no sun at all in Carlisle. St Bees however was sunny all afternoon from dinnertime through till early evening, and it looked like it was going to clear out like it had been said so. Having seen 68007 and 68023 go in to Sellafield last night and seeing the quadruple allocated to 6C46 on TOPS, I made the effort to go out for tonight's working in the hope that the TPE one was leading and based on the forecast it looked promising. Well I got there and arrived at my spot in full bling, stood there for an hour or so in sun, then at about 7pm a change of wind direction just pushed all the blue sky out to sea, as you can see towards the right of this shot. Along with the sun went my hopes for a decent shot. In fact, by the time this passed, it was at the darkest it had been all day and the sun was never to be seen again. Claps of thunder and hail showers were rolling in as this passed but it had to be recorded nonetheless.
The weather forecasting has been an absolute shambles in the last two weeks and I've spent nearly all day every day venturing out, doing so much walking that my feet have blistered and still not got anything to show for my hard work. I can only try again going out every day until I get something.
You're so gorgeous
I can't say anything to your face
'Cause look at your face
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I wasn't going to do anything like this at the start of the week - other ideas came and went. I've 'done' rubber bands before but not as 'macro' and I'm still trying to work-out 'bokah'. So the two thoughts came together. So to go with the theme On have an unstretched rubber band. After several attempts I've got this 'dreamy' version using my old legacy Russian Jupiter 8 lens - at least you can see that the diaphragm has 8 blades!
Jupiter 8
Another shot of Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 'Invincible' seen in action on the Wight Steam Railway. It is about to pass under Ashey Road with a train from Smallbrook.
22nd October 2007
Hellur everyone! it's been quite some time since i released anything, it's cuz i've been so busy because army is a must here unfortunately lol so i'm only home for the weekends.
I will be more home as time goes and get vacation days so i'm excited for that buuut for now i hope you like this lil' somfin somfin valentine's related because it's never too early lol. hope you enjoyy! 💕
could be Pluteus chrysophlebius or Mycena leaiana because the margin of the cap can become lined. Maybe Hygrocybe cantharellus, but I didn't check to see if the gills are decurrent. Cute as anything though. A 22-image stack.
Poznan, Poland
Autumn
I often wonder about the people in my candid photos and where they are today. Are they different? Has anything changed for them? I have no answers but I have collections of moments where time stopped and whatever was happening in their life at the time, has stopped, too.
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Meet Corvus!
Based on a farm cat, Corvus is the newest mod I've released. He's a carefree kitty on a mission to have the most fun possible. We see him on all the kitty adventures. Hunting for mice, birds, leaves, sticks, anything that moves!
Please enjoy the mod!
Thank you so much!
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The petals are so luscious and voluptuous!
The Peony is indigenous to China, but was imported to Japan so early it is difficult to be certain when the transplantation occurred.
It is a perennial plant with single flowers of white, red or pink which are born in late spring.
The peony was originally introduced as medicine. In fact, its ancient Japanese name "Ebisugusuri" literally means ‘medicine from China’.
However, due to its beautiful and now mostly double blooms, in time, many decorative varieties were developed.
In Japanese society, it was seen both as a medicine and a source of beauty.
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