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2nd episode in my series on the work I did in this house. See my blog for the deets: billybeaverhausen.com/2018/11/19/castor-cottage-episode-2/
twin white cypress pines (Callitris glaucophylla) flank the track descending from the moockra tower
horseshoe range, moockra, flinders ranges, south australia
The boat Castor
And a funny sory for you all
The boat was designed in 1946, just after the second world war as a mulitifuctional ship.
The Netherlands needed a lot of boats in that time, and all as soon as possible and at the same time please (not much has canged since then)
The Castor was delivered in 1950, building boats cost a lot of time doesn't it? So the royal navy gave her the pennant A810 and the name: Castor.
It was a pilot vessel, which is in dutch: loodsvaartuig, so it is also known as: MLV Castor (Marine Loodsvaartuig Castor)
Hope you're still following the story? And now for the interesting part.
After the second world war everybody was looking with scared eyes towards the U.S.S.R. or the Sovjet Union because mankind was so clever, ….they had invented the nuclear bomb, wasn't that a cool thing?
But one problem, the others (always the others, in this case the U.S.S.R.) had that bomb as well, so the west (let's give it that name to make the contrast clear between the... others and us, lol!) created the NATO. And ofcourse the NATO , of which the Netherlands is a member, needed much war stuff, because of that nasty U.S.S.R.
To make this long story a bit shorter, because of that, the dutch had Castor , at first as a communication vessel, later as an outpost boat. A bit later as an evacuation vessel, and now , if you all please will sit down, grab a handkerchief to whipe the tears from laughter that you will get soon.
And what would the Castor evacuate then?
Well, if the U.S.S.R. (or Russia if you prefer) would make war on us, and drop an atomic bomb or ten , the Castor and six other vessels would evacuate the government and the royal family to South-Africa !
Well , the Castor even has a cute little cannon on board, (it's so huge you can't even see it on my picture because it is on the back side of the ship)
So that evecuation of all those important persons through the nuclear war zone wouldn't be to much of a problem, now would it?
The story may be a bit exaggerated for humor purposes, but completely true and public available on the internet.
Now the Castor is a museum ship, so the story ends well.
L'été 2025 commence par un Castor d'Eurasie !
Photo fraîche de ce matin 21 juin, à 6h44, sur la rivière Drôme.
Since water is lazy and finding the path of least resistance, the river in the shutin area makes a decent elevation change as it flows downstream.The pools and circluar formations in the rocks are the result of one piece of gravel getting stuck in current and spinning round and round and round
Ricinus communis, the castorbean or castor-oil-plant. I was taken by its deep red leaves and colorful seeds. It can be a dangerous plant but it pretty in its own way.
I've seen this perennial plant at multiple gardens through the years but bever bothered to seek an ID. I was surprised to learn it is the source for castor oil. It has other uses as well, including simply being an interesting ornamental plant. Brookside Gardens has quite a bit of it.
Best viewed large.
Torino, Piazza Castello.
A sorvegliare l’ingresso del Palazzo Reale di Torino, si trovano le due statue equestri dei Dioscuri, eseguite da Abbondio Sangiorgio nel 1847.
Le due figure mitologiche greco-romane rappresentate sono Castore e Polluce, i “figli di Zeus”, simboli di virtù ed eroismo. Talvolta vengono considerati come patroni dell'arte poetica, della danza e della musica.
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43045 is seen on the Castor straight working the 1300 Wansford - Peterborough on the Nene Valley during their HST Winter Warmer running weekend 2/2/25. (Taken using a pole)
This is the first fall you see right at the end of the trail from the parking lot. Its kinda of amazing, the river up to this point is just a creek and it looks like any other creek in the Ozarks. Then a few smaller boulders of granite appear, and all of a sudden...BOOM...these massive pieces are out and the shutins start.Kevins theory is that perhaps this is the top edge of a large angled section of rock that has acted as a dam and just filled up with gravel and junk over XXX millions of years.
Often grown as a foliage houseplant for cool situations, Fatsia japonica is also a very successful shade-tolerant garden plant. The large glossy leaves make it a useful addition to tropical-type planting plans.
Cámara montada en tripié, Modo autofocus (de ahí tan pixelada). No se usó telescopio, no se interpusieron filtros, no se modificaron los colores. Zoom digital 63X (1764 mm equivalente, 315 mm focal length). EXIF sólo lee hasta el máximo de zoom óptico, no lee zoom digital.
Te invito a visitar Castor capturada un día ante
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Osoyoos Oxbows
Osoyoos, BC
I went for a walk along the river and saw a beaver out for it's morning swim. It was not happy to see me. It slapped it's tail on the water and dove under as a warning to stay away.
Couple of Long exposure photos stitched together in Lightroom
Sony A6000
Samyang/Rokinon 12mm F2
NiSi 10 Stop ND Filter
f5.6-8 | 160s exposure
Location: Castor Bay | Auckland
Here's the last leg of the house I fully decorate back in the day when animals could still talk.
You can find most of the deets on my blog:
Alors que le coronavirus met à l'arrêt l'activité humaine, la vie animale bat son plein au printemps. C'est un temps difficile où je suis contraint, vu mon âge, à un rôle de spectateur. Il me reste les sorties du matin pour admirer cette vie qui continue et m'éblouit!
In a time, with coronavirus, where human activity is almost stopped, animal life is as active as ever in spring.
Merci beaucoup pour votre visite, les gentils commentaires et les favoris. / Many thanks for your visit, kind comments and favs.