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Echo is running solo for now as Teddy is on a two week strict crate recovery. He’s doing much better and so we are breathing a bit easier. On Easter Sunday we had to take him to the emergency vet as he was off his food and clearly not well. Long story short, he managed to snag a chicken bone on Friday (yes, just one) and then apparently decided to follow it with a heaping helping of mulch for dessert. These things rarely result in the need for surgery according to the vet, but we just got “lucky” and Teddy was the exception. After multiple xrays, sonogram and bloodwork, it was determined he had an intestinal blockage requiring surgery. Surgery was Monday and we brought him home on Tuesday. We are now one week in to recovery and he seems to be doing so much better. Thankfully. Unfortunately, the vet assures me he will have learned nothing from these bad decisions and would do it all again tomorrow given the chance.
What do you consider to be the best Christmas? For me it is being at home with those that I love most and sharing our family traditions and special memories while also making new ones. I hope your Christmas is a special one, whatever your family traditions might be.
I want to thank everyone for your comments on my previous post. My dad is doing much better and should be coming home from the hospital on Friday. He had an angioplasty done and they determined he had two blockages that required stents being put in. This should relieve the chest pains he was having and I am very thankful he was in good hands and all worked out well for him.
Thanks for your visit. I hope everyone is doing well.
we love our koi and everyone has a name... we had 12 and a few weeks ago, we noticed that our beautiful Blondie, who we bought in 2017, was acting strange... she would eat and then spit the food out... thinking she swallowed a pebble from the bottom and had a blockage, we couldn't do anything about it... then there were days she acted fine... but last night we noticed her scales lifting... not good... and this morning I found she had died... very sad, she was so beautiful...
My heart aches. Doesn't it?
When the ribs stop moving, it causes considerable pain.
I know this well from my experience with thoracic vertebral blockages. The vertebra blocks and the ribs freeze.
The game also works the other way round. If the ribs don't move, then the vertebrae block.... And now?
The accident with the nasty thorax bruises has led to an 'armouring' of my ribcage. A self-playing system, a vicious circle.
The muscles harden more and more, the fasciae stick together..., the thoracic vertebrae block, etc.
So now the main pain is at the level of the heart, TH 3 and TH 4, mainly.
In fact, the whole thoracic spine was blocked, was treated extensively again yesterday by chiropractic.
I broke TH 3 and TH 4 in 2005 (and a bit more: C7 and TH 7 +8, the last two 'only' microfractured). So I have a predisposition.
A disturbance of TH 3 and 4 can lead to considerable pain in the heart area, some misinterpret this pain as a heart attack.
Prolonged problems in this area can lead to heart rhythm disorders.
I know all about it, I have experienced it.
And now?
Now I have what feels like a knife sitting in my heart area, stabbing again and again, deep.
But what if not only muscular, fascial and bony reasons have an influence on the interaction between ribs and vertebrae and this pain?
What if old wounds are torn open, things that went and go hard to the heart? And maybe not just one?
Then this vicious circle of the 3 sources playing off each other is fed.
My heart aches.
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I'm very glad at the moment that my lower back decided to stay 'silent'.
All the therapy and pain - killers the last days are helping step by step. But most important is to escape from the circle. Otherwise it is a self feeding progress.
This little canyon is so beautiful and interesting. The striped base rock is the Noonday dolomite and it is also very old - about 700 million years old. It was later deformed but as you can see, is still relatively level. Some call this a marble but it is a very low grade marble.
It is located near the base of Tucki mountain which rises up behind, to the South, of Stovepipe Village. Just after you leave Stovepipe Village traveling toward Panamint Spring, you will notice a road sneaking up a massive alluvial fan. This is the road to the parking area for the trail. It is also a hint of the wonderful sight you will see walking up the trail. All the material in the fan had to come out of the canyon you are going to walk up. This much material is enough to sculpt some fantastic shapes if the canyon walls are hard enough.
As you can see, the Noonday dolomite is certainly hard enough to be sculpted by the sand and cobbles that come roaring down the canyon during a flash flood.
The canyon is not named Marble Canyon, however, it is named Mosaic canyon. If you look on the right side of the canyon wall, you will see why. A conglomerate has filled in two sculpted alcoves in the canyon wall. The conglomerate is named for its appearance - Mosaic.
One way that the Mosaic conglomerate is deposited, is for a
boulder fall to block the canyon. The dark material along the canyon floor would build up behind it, filling in the swirls of the canyon until it reaches the top of the boulder dry fall. Caliche cement forms rapidly in this desert environment and solidifies the new Mosaic deposits. If a subsequent flood removes the boulder blockage, a new period of down cutting in the canyon will rapidly remove the new caliche cemented Mosaic rock. Only the Mosaic rock protected by alcoves in the much harder Noonday Dolomite will remain.
The result is a gorgeous, fluid-shaped canyon that is a delight to see.
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I only recently posted a very similar photo of our super loving, sweet, and entertaining boy, Mel, saying what a treasure he is. Sadly, an unexpected visit to animal ER this past weekend and several x-rays, ultrasound, ECG etc. later indicate a 3rd degree AV blockage in his heart - basically a ticking timebomb, maybe from birth - that's beginning to struggle and could kill him at any moment and likely will. We've been told his treatment is palliative and it just breaks our heart. Mel is honestly the most adorable, loving, sweet, caring, tactile, and entertaining little treasure that we could ever have hoped to share in our lives. We are devastated to know how powerless we are to help and our moments with him are all-the-more precious and far too short. (Only possible yet temporary treatment would be fitting a pacemaker but it's very invasive in cats and, in his condition, there's every chance he wouldn't even survive the surgery.) Mel's always been all heart and pure love. A precious bringer of love, snuggles, and so much character :-) It's horribly unfair that we'll lose him so soon, I'm heartbroken. We have tough days and difficult decisions ahead.
**Update 11/23: We're so grateful to have got him in on a cancellation to see a veterinary cardiologist for this Thursday....otherwise the wait would've been 8 months. Sadly, the prognosis is unlikely to change but at least we'll be able to determine what's best once armed with all the information.
This is the abandoned part of the Lancaster Canal, to the north of Tewitfield, where a road embankment which carries the A4070 has blocked the canal. The canal was constructed in the late 1790s and was intended to run from Kendal in the north down to Westhoughton near Bolton, where it was to connect with canals serving the Yorkshire coalfields. This would improve the supply of coal to Lancaster. But it was never completed, and the railways took over the task. Now, the canal runs from the blockage at Tewitfield, a few miles north of Carnforth, down to Preston. It is used purely for leisure. This northern part, including these locks whose gates are missing, lies derelict in between Tewitfield and Kendal.
16 month old Giant panda, Bei Bei, is happy to eat bamboo again since his surgery for intestinal blockage. Next stop: going outdoors and climbing trees once he tolerates all parts of the bamboo.
The remains of the old bridge over the Shoalhaven River in Oallen. Seeing the debris here, you realize how low the original bridge was and why there was a need for a taller, new one.
Coal moves in all sorts of directions in the Monongahela River Valley. A pair of General Electric's most modern Tier 4 offerings in the form of ET44AH's pass by Three River's Marine and Rail coal yard outside of Glassport, PA. A unit train of steam coal train from Consol Energy's Bailey Mine is destined for Curtis Bay, MD and eventual oversea's export across the Atlantic Ocean.
The coal staged on the ground to the right of the train is trucked 5 days a week in a never ending procession of tri axles, both arriving and returning to Rosebud Coal Mining's coal mines in Cambria, Clearfield and Indiana Counties located towards the central part of the state. After being weighed, the coal is dumped accordingly into specific piles of coal from each respective mine for eventual blending.
The coal is interestingly enough, later loaded into trucks again for a very brief shuttle down to the river bank and transloaded into barges for their cross river journey directly to US Steel's sprawling Clairton Coke Works facility and the 6 coke batteries veraciously consuming the coal for the steel making process.
The three US Steel plants located in this part of the Mon Valley are huge economic drivers in the surrounding communities, but not all people, including local environmental groups are fans of their looming presence. US Steel has come under constant scrutiny and levying fines from the Allegheny County Health Department in regards to pollution control at the facilities, citing that the air quality frequently ranks as some of the worst in the United Sates and asthma rates in surrounding neighborhoods of the plants are among some of the highest in country.
With US Steel announcing a recent sale agreement to the Japanese Steel Giant Nippon Steel, the future of the steel making in the Mon Valley seems to be up in the air more-so now then ever. With local and national politicians calling for the blockage of the sale going through, it will be surely an interesting 2024 for what was once the world's first billion dollar corporation.
The Arnica Fire of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA is thought to have started via lightning strike on the 13th of September. Some news reports say that the fire burned unnoticed for about ten days before being spotted. At its peak, the Arnica Fire (in combination with road construction between Madison and Norris, WY), cut the park in half North-South.
Recent weather systems have knocked the fire down, leaving only the manmade blockages of roads.
Feel the warmth: View this one on black!
The western edge of the back bay is now in full sunlight, but we have to hug the dark eastern edge because of blockages up ahead.
I cannot believe it took me three months to come up with a new blog post. Thanks to the young man, who broke the blockage, you know who you are.
Blog Post with Credits:
www.marcuslefevre.de/2018/01/18/bounden-duty/
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After a long period when sand blocked the mouth of Durras Creek, recent heavy rain has flushed out the blockage. At high tide the ocean swells enter the creek while it tries to drain, creating these swirling conditions.
At a small number of railway stations rescue locomotives are stationed awaiting the call for assistance. Freight providers tend to look after themselves, however when passenger services break down on the East and West Coast mainlines it is in everyones interest to remove the blockage. As such these "Thunderbird" locos are stationed on hand to supply the rescue service.
The subject here, 57307 was built by Brush in 09/1965 as D1901 and then reengineered by the same company in 08/2003. The location is of course Carlisle.
(1/2) This shot shouldn't normally be possible, but for a short while in February due to engineering work between Návsí and Cadca, trains were not running through and due to capacity constraints, the EC's and R trains were working each others circulations. This consist arrived from Praha on EC141 and should have worked to Zilina but instead, doubled back to Ostrava-Svinov as Rxxx due to the line blockage. The return working back to Návsí then got it in position for its next booked train, EC140 to Praha.
R 347 1347 Ostrava-Svinov - Návsí (Zilina) passing Karvina Darkov with pristine white 193575 in charge.
Detour train Z049 is Westbound at CP367 in Rochester, NY on February 14, 2020. The detour was necessary because of protester track blockages in Canada. This was the first detour train.
..For all your prayers for my Grandmother. A blessing...they did not find any significant blockage so no by-pass needed. She went home yesterday with very high spirits and awaits valve replacement on the 26th. A much better prognosis than gave early on. So thank you again dear friends!!!...I shall be forever grateful...Shell..xx
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All are greatly appreciated!
Happy photography to you all!
Manhole cover.
So I was striding down this local leafy lane on my Permitted Exercise, proving to myself quite successfully that zoomed multiple exposures in burst mode of local leafy lanes don’t work...
And my beady eye espied this curious piece of graphic design in the road. It was full of arrows - surely the most iconic of modern symbols: left, right, up, down, play, exit, this way, result, implication, inference, even - you’re lost really aren’t you?
To be fair I’d spotted this manhole cover many times before but mainly because of its curious behaviour after heavy rains. Then water emerges up and out of the cover and runs down the hill, a feature I think of a land drain blockage further down the hill. It’s been like that for years - presumably nobody has noticed or cared enough to do anything about it. Not that it really matters as the water disappears down the next cover.
High contrast graphic patterns like this are always good to play with I think, so this is for Sliders Sunday.
The effect is created entirely in Nik Color Efex by abusing the sliders in some of the more dramatic effects. The stack I ended up with is:
- Bi-color user Defined, orange bottom right to purple top left. I used this first to create a colour gradient across the image to add interest and variety to the pattern repeat.
- Solarisation. This one caused most of the colour drama. I have to admit that I am getting a little tired of the effects of this filter [Loud cheers are heard offstage...], but it does have a bit of an addictive colour-zap rush about it.
- Monday Morning - produces a dark moody glow, only applied to parts of the image to add to the tonal texture and variation.
- Low Key.
- Pro Contrast.
- Reflector efex.
These last four just toyed with the overall result.
So there we have it.
And, yes. You imagined it not. Your hapless correspondent has indeed sunk to the depths of talking about the local drains. He can descend no further… surely... please...
I’ll post a link to the in-camera original in the first comment so you can... er, well... add to your personal collection of manhole cover pics :)
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Sliders Sunday! :)
Update on the Crains. Hilda is stii suffering. We have an appointment in the morning to get the injections on the fractures. I hope and pray that will help. My daughter called 911 for me Tues. I was having strong chest pains. I was in the hospital until last night. They ran a lot of test and did find some blockage. They did not recommend surgery at this time. They are going to try to treat it with medication. I will still be off until sometime next week. I miss my wonderful Filckr friends.
Bixby Creek Bridge, also known as Bixby Canyon Bridge, on the Big Sur coast of California, is one of the most photographed bridges in California due to its aesthetic design, "graceful architecture and magnificent setting" It is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge. The bridge is 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County on State Route 1.
Before the opening of the bridge in 1932, residents of the Big Sur area were virtually cut off during winter due to blockages on the often impassable Old Coast Road, which led 11 miles (18 km) inland. The bridge was built under budget for $199,861 (equivalent to $3.29 million in 2021 dollars) and, at 360 feet (110 m), was the longest concrete arch span in the California State Highway System. When it was completed, it was the highest single-span arch bridge in the world, and it remains one of the tallest.
The land north and south of the bridge was privately owned until 1988 and 2001. A logging company obtained approval to harvest redwood on the former Bixby Ranch to the north in 1986, and in 2000 a developer obtained approval to subdivide the former Brazil Ranch to the south. Local residents and conservationists fought their plans, and both pieces of land were eventually acquired by local and federal government agencies. A $20 million seismic retrofit was completed in 1996, although its 24-foot (7.3 m) width does not meet modern standards requiring bridges to be 32 feet (9.8 m) wide.
Location
The bridge is "one of the most photographed features on the West Coast" and in the world. It has been featured on "postcards, TV ads, everywhere," according to Debra Geiler, project manager for the Trust for Public Land. The bridge's location on the scenic Central Coast of California, the parabolic shape of the arch, the tall spandrel columns, and the architectural piers contribute to an "intense aesthetic experience." "It's the gateway to Big Sur and the interior has never been logged. The land is pristine." Zad Leavy, former executive director of the Big Sur Land Trust, described the land as "...the most spectacular meeting of ocean and land in the entire United States."
Characteristics
The bridge is 714 feet (218 m) in total length and 24 feet (7.3 m) wide, with 260 feet (79 m) of clearance below, and has a main span of 360 feet (110 m), which places 50% of the total roadbed above the arch. The arch ribs are five feet thick at the deck and nine feet thick at the springing line, where they join the towers at their base. The arches are four and one-half feet wide. The bridge was designed to support more than six times its intended load.
The two large, vertical buttresses or supporting pillars on either side of the arch, while aesthetically pleasing, are functionally unnecessary. Engineers of later arch bridges such as the Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge omitted them from the design. The Rocky Creek Bridge and the Malpaso Creek Bridge to the north are also open-spandrel arch bridges built of reinforced concrete.
Construction
The state first began building Route 56, or the Carmel–San Simeon Highway, in 1919. A number of bridges needed to be constructed, the largest among them across Bixby Creek.
(Wikipedia)
Ah, its that famous Orpington Enviro200...
Metrobus ADL Enviro200 759 (YX13AHG) is pictured on the stand at Ringers Road, Bromley South whilst on route 126. It was causing somewhat of a blockage for 757 to park on the stand.
Hello everyone, yes I am still around.
A few of you have asked where I have been so I decided to go ahead and let you know what is up.
The short version…..Been going to the doc for some time now trying to figure out a periodic problem I was having….after dozens of tests I find that I have probably had 2 heart attacks in the recent past….yuck…typical male not going to doctors…. Well anyway, after my most recent test a few weeks back I find that I have blockage on an artery on the front of my heart that can not be fixed with a stent, therefore they put me on medication that has kicked my butt. I have been unable to really focus on any particular task (like flickr) for more than a few minutes at a time. It seems to be slowly getting a little better and I even went out and took some pics today. Hopefully will be focused enough by the end of the week this week to get back in my groove a bit. I also go back to the doc the 18th to find out if the medication is working or if I have by-pass surgery.
So I haven’t forgotten you all and have been looking but the commenting for now has went by the wayside. I promise to be back with you soon.
-Steve
The pic… Three white rhinoceros’ resting on a hilltop at “The Wilds” the largest wildlife conservation park in North America and I find is only about 1 ½ hours from my house.
Oreshek (or Shlisselburg fortess) is a fortress build where Neva exits from Ladoga lake. After Northern war it almost lost its fortress role, but became one of the main political prisons (most known is still Peter and Paul Fortress). People held there (not all, but anyway):
- First wife of Peter I, Evdokiya Lopukhina
- Emperor Ivan VI also known as Russian Iron Mask
- Alexander Novikov, russian philanthropist
- Some members of December revolt of 1825
- Members of People's Will (including Lenin's older brother Alexander Ulyanov)
- Members of Black Repartition
Last prisoner entered this fortress at 1901, and all were released during revolution of 1905. Oreshek became fortress again in WWII when small garrison could held German siege during 500 days till Operation Iskra when Leningrad blockage were partially broken. Also, this siege almost completely destroyed fortress.
Under yet more cloud laden skies DRS 66 423/434 head the diverted Mossend to Daventry through Dumfries due to a landslip on the WCML. This was the only service allowed through the Nith valley due to another landslip at Thornhill! With passenger services starting and terminating at Dumfries. With no replacement Bus services I noticed the X74 from Whitesands was well patronised.Perhaps its as well there are another two days of no trains this week.
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new hair by Truth; skin by Glam Affair; eyes by Ikon
Dimmuborgir rocks (Kálfastrandavogar)
According to www.edgeofthearctic.is/places-to-see/dimmuborgir/,
"it is believed that during an eruption ~2300 years ago, something blocked the flow of lava causing the formation of a lake of lava. As the lava in the lake had started to solidify the blockage gave way and the molten lava flowed out leaving behind the parts which had solidified. These unique conditions created geological formations which have not been found above water anywhere else in the world."
See my other Iceland images at flic.kr/s/aHsjGvArkL .
This image was shown in Explore for 10/8/16.
Some family commitments involving a trip upt’ North stopped me posting over the weekend, so to prevent another Flickr blockage I made sure I did photoshop editing on my return to keep things loose, so to speak. However, when I thought this LE seascape was going to be a gas, I was wrong. It turned out a bit lumpier than I expected and I had a lot of cleaning up to do. Overconfidence can lead to embarrassing mistakes. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
The Knowsley to Wilton bin liner has been diverted across the Hope Valley for most of the summer on Saturdays, but various things have meant I've not managed to catch it.
This week it has run every day except Wednesday when it was cancelled.
Monday I didn't realise, Tuesday was in A&E, Wednesday I had a lift, but it was cancelled late on, Thursday it clashed with a chiropractors appointment which has helped to mobilise me.
'The crap shot' - well obviously the classic view has the signal box to the right. Not today, as I took this a toot from behind indicated an oncoming 195 from behind and a blockage of the view of the box.
66034 on 6E26 10:51 Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton EFW Terminal.
A few weeks after this photo was taken the rains came. And came. And came. This marina and mill are located on one of four roads out of my village. After the heavy downpour swelled the Nene, three routes were blocked. The other blockages were due to the collapsed manor wall (which had managed to stand for about 400 years before finally succumbing to gravity) and another flood. The spot where I took this photo is underwater. The poor people who live in the mill and adjacent cottages spend Christmas Day manning the pumps in the hope to rescue their festive holiday. I nearly went down to take a before/ after set of photos, but this just seemed voyeuristic. Alas, there was nothing practical I could do. When the flood damage has been repaired, I’ll go down to the marina café and have a few hearty breakfasts to try and get their business back on track. Good job I have health insurance through work… I think my cholesterol levels may be going up in 2021.
This Was Taken May 7th 2016... This Is Part of The Fellowship Hall and Day Care, of Trenton Street Baptist Church!
Many Of you Know , My Sister Was Rushed To The Hospital Friday, By Ambulance... With A Heart Condition ... We Were Told She Needed Stints... After The Heart Cath, There Were No Blockages, and She Needed Not ONE Stint .. That WAS God !
I THANK YOU ... For the Prayers For the Family .... As Well As My Aging Mother.. That Took This Pretty Harsh ...
Again I THANK YOU.... For All The Prayers , For My Sister ..
When The Problems Come, I Find My... "Rest and Comfort", In The.... "Shadow of The Cross !"
Good IS Good All The Time ...
All The Time Our GOD Is GOOD
Rest Your Case and Worries,... In The " Shadow of The Cross"
Love You All ... Cindy
TAKEN MAY 7th 2016
So, happy to say that I made it to La Jolla today! We came home from Yuma early, the hotel was having WIFI issues, so we left! Went to our Cracker Barrel breakfast and headed our way home. We had to make a stop close to San Diego, and so, on the way from there to where we had to go next, we ran into La Jolla! My lucky day! With just enough time to click a few frames. I was still limited to the 40D which is OK, such is life. But its a lighter camera, and I know I need to not carry heavy stuff still!
I knew I was limited on time, and I knew what I wanted, I just did not think to walk further. The rocks just a bit south of this are better with the high tide, however, this will have to do! I am hoping, over the next 3 days of shots, is to bring to you a star trail and a sunset! Best wishes on my goals, thats what I say! I really do hope to go out with a bang! Only 3 more days left baby! Then the camera gets put down for a few days while I research astrophotography stuff! I think I will focus on the stars for 2011! But NOT as a 365! Thats for sure! :D Despite the fun, I am done!
Geek talk: For this one, I created a total blockage of light by 9 stops. I did this by using the B+W ND106 and the Tiffen ND8. Please, enjoy!
Holga Pinhole with Fomapan 100 Classic. Stand developed with Rodinal, 1:100, for 70 mins at 20º C. Negative scanned on Epson Perfection V500.
They’re back! 17 year cicadas are in full swing. They particularly seem to be enjoying our Crape Myrtles, which are quite literally crawling with them. Echo and Teddy have been gobbling them up, which is rather worrisome as while a few are ok, hoovering them up can cause some tummy issues. We even tried quick fit muzzles to slow down the gorging, but somehow they were still able to eat them! So far they are doing ok, but we can do without any more blockages and surgeries! The noise is a bit deafening during the day, but oddly enough, they go quiet at night. And today we saw a bird catch one mid flight, which was quite impressive.