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Alors que presque toute la France est sous les nuages, direction les Bouches-du-Rhône où le soleil résiste pour fuir le mauvais temps.
L'habituel train d'ordures ménagères en provenance de St Louis les Aygalades est vu à son heure habituelle dans la courbe de St Chamas. Il précède de peu un second train de déchets en provenance de la déchèterie de La Capelette en plein Marseille. C'est sur ces deux sites que convergent les ordures ménagères de Marseille, afin d'être conteneurisées et chargées sur train pour être acheminées vers l'incinérateur situé à Fos-sur-Mer.
Avec au moins un train par jour au départ des deux sites 7 jours sur 7, ce mode de transport évite des milliers de camions par semaine sur les routes saturées du département. Une courte distance sur laquelle le fret ferroviaire s'avère pertinent, répondant à la problématique de la congestion routière et d'écologie tout en assurant un bon niveau d'efficacité.
La traction des trains d'ordures est assuré par la Régie Départementale des Transports des Bouches-du-Rhône (RDT13), un Établissement Public à caractère Commercial et Industriel (EPIC) dépendant de la communauté de communes d'Aix-Marseille. La RDT13 est aussi Opérateur Ferroviaire de Proximité (OFP) dont le pôle ferroviaire réalise notamment des tractions de trains de fret sur le RFN. Avec 100 ans d'expérience dans le ferroviaire et 60 comme autocariste, la RDT13 est aujourd'hui un acteur majeur du transport dans le département avec plus de 500 salariés et un pôle route très développé.
Côté ferroviaire, la RDT13 transporte 400 000 tonnes de marchandises par an et s'est dotée de nombreuses activités qui ont permis son développement. En dehors des tractions sur le RFN, la RDT13 est aussi gestionnaire d'infrastructures sur un réseau de 130 km de voies. Par ailleurs, la société propose des prestations de maintenance de locomotives dans deux ateliers dédiés.
Iily of the valley in the forest. There were a lot of them (see previous photo) :)
Lily of the Valley is possibly the only species in the genus Convallaria in the flowering plant family Ruscaceae. This woodland plant is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe and a limited native population in Eastern USA. it is a herbaceous perennial plant that forms extensive colonies by spreading underground stems called rhizomes. New upright shoots are formed at the ends of stolons in summer, these upright dormant stems are often called pips. These grow in the spring into new leafy shoots that still remain connected to the other shoots under ground, often forming extensive colonies. Flowering is in late spring, in mild winters in the Northern Hemisphere it is in early March. Plants are self-sterile, and colonies consisting of a single clone do not set seed. All parts of the plant are potentially poisonous, including the red berries which may be attractive to children. The plant has been used in herbal medicine in moderate amounts by physicians and herbalists for centuries, particularly for mild congestive heart failure and arrhythmias. Lily of the Valley is a popular garden plant, grown for its scented flowers and for its ground-covering abilities in shady locations. Some consider it a weed, as it can spread over a wide area in gardens and can be difficult to contain or remove. Traditionally, lily of the valley is sold in the streets of France on May 1. Lily of the valley is also the national flower of Finland.
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Leśne konwalie. Były ich tam całe dywany (co widać na poprzednim zdjęciu) :)
Konwalia majowa (Convallaria majalis) – gatunek byliny kłączowej z monotypowego rodzaju konwalia (Convallaria). Konwalia majowa występuje na półkuli północnej na obszarach o klimacie umiarkowanym. Zasięg obejmuje niemal całą Europę, środkową i północną Azję (po Koreę i Japonię na wschodzie oraz Mjanmę na południu). W Polsce jest to gatunek rodzimy spotykany w lasach na terenie niemal całego kraju. Kwitnie w maju, zaś owoce i nasiona dojrzewają ok. września-października. Wszystkie części rośliny są trujące, przy czym szczególnie wrażliwe na zatrucia są dzieci. Konwalia jest też rośliną leczniczą i popularną rośliną ozdobną, której głównym walorem są niewielkie kwiaty o charakterystycznym zapachu i dzwonkowatym kształcie. Znana jest pod wieloma nazwami zwyczajowymi i ludowymi. Występuje często w lasach niemal całej Polski, poza tym jest także uprawiana. W Europie konwalię uważano za kwiat szczęścia, pomyślności i młodości. Jest symbolem czystości i skromności, i jako taki używany jest w bukietach panien młodych. Konwalia była w średniowieczu symbolem wiedzy i sztuki medycznej. We Francji konwalia jest tradycyjnie sprzedawana na ulicach w dniu 1 maja – w święto konwalii. Konwalia sjest też narodowym kwiatem Finlandii i znalazła się na rewersie fińskiej monety 10 penniä.
De Beaujeu,Québec.
Where the double track Montréal - Toronto Canadian Pacific mainline cross former Canadian National Alexandria subdivision, once part of the quicker CN route thru Algonquin Park in order to by pass the always congested Toronto area. That morning, the Canadian Pacific local section crew wait in the clear on the North track within interlocking limit for a couple of passenger trains to pass over the now VIA Rail-owned Alexandria subdivision before starting some well needed work on the diamond itself.
Not so much happen in DeBeaujeu now but back in Canadian National and even after the 1998 sale of Ottawa terminal operation to the newly created Ottawa Central, both railroads exchanged cars here on an almost daily basis.
CP still ran a turn from Smith Falls, doing the milk run twice or so times a week in order to satisfy the few remaining customers left over this once busy mainline.
VIA ran five pairs of trains on a daily basis between Montréal and Ottawa and CN, who brought back Ottawa Central operation back in 2008, connecting their Ottawa terminal and it's seven customers left with the Kingston subdivision mainline at Coteau two or three times a week.
VIA 33
6419
Milepost 6.2 Alexandria subdivision
DeBeaujeu,QC
February 24th 2020
A "Goat Boat" Heritage I Dash 9 leads BNSF train H-GFDTUL4-30A on Main Track 3 of the joint BNSF Marceline Sub-NS Kansas City District at Camden.
With a pair of trains dead on Main Tracks 1 and 2 at Henrietta, traffic was congested on this portion of the Transcon this afternoon as eastbounds and westbounds took turns fleeting down Main Track 3.
BNSF owns and maintains Main 1 and 2 between CA JCT and Hardin, and Main 1 from Hardin to WB JCT, whereas NS owns and maintains Main 3 from CA JCT to Hardin, and then Main 2 from Hardin to WB JCT. These are all dispatched by BNSF. 4/2/22.
Looking north on the Valley Industrial from CP-Home toward Aspinwall. This is the former PRR-PC-CR Brilliant Branch. As can be seen, there used to be 4 tracks here and over the entire branch. There used to be a track at the far right and also where I am standing. The formerly 2 tracks on the right were the east leg of the wye, the the left track was the west leg of the wye, and still is today. The abandoned line I am standing on used to be a jump-over bridge over the 4 track Pennsy mainline (which is behind me) so that traffic could proceed crossing over un-interrupted. The 2 right tracks would go to the Valley line (Allegheny Branch, old Allegheny Valley RR) at Nadine, the 2 left tracks crossed the Allegheny River to UY Tower at Aspinwall/Sharpsburg. The Brilliant Branch was used as a freight by-pass around the congested Pittsburgh passenger terminal area. Commuter trains also used the Branch to access the the Valley (Allegheny Branch) and the Conemaugh Line (at UY Tower).
Today, the regular user of the trackage in view is Amtrak. Amtrak uses the wye here to turn the westbound Pennsylvanian trainset so it can head east from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia and New York the next morning. NS will occasionally use this to turn a locomotive.
"Tiny Jaws of Death"®️ "Cairn Terrierists Have Weapons of Mastication"®️ My best little baby girl, Brunhilde Marie, also called Brunie and at 13-1/2 the younger -- and smarter -- of our two cairn terriers. Very human-friendly, she does not cotton well to other dogs and is a stone killer when it comes to vermin. I picked her out from the litter and raised her from a pup after Linda gave her to me to take care of after I had lost my job. Lately she has developed what could be congestive heart failure, but "better living through chemistry" has made her feisty again, c.2021 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
Arrived on Friday and Vaughn was in the ER Saturday night with double pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He gets a heart cath tomorrow and we will see from there.
Recovery in sunny Tucson will be much easier than cloudy, cold Michigan.
And, they've got great medical care here in AZ.
Tucson, Arizona
Canon EOS 6D - f/3.5 - 1/125sec - 100 mm - ISO 100
- Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest Asia, and naturalized to North America and Australia.
D. carota was introduced and naturalized in North America, where it is often known as "Queen Anne's lace". Both Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and her great grandmother, Anne of Denmark, are taken to be the Queen Anne for which the plant is named. It is so called because the flower resembles lace; the red flower in the center is thought to represent a blood droplet where Queen Anne pricked herself with a needle when she was making the lace.
The flowers are small and dull white, clustered in flat, dense umbels. They may be pink in bud and may have a reddish flower in the centre of the umbel. The lower bracts are three-forked or pinnate, which distinguishes the plant from other white-flowered umbellifers.
As the seeds develop, the umbel curls up at the edges, becomes more congested, and develops a concave surface bird's nest. The fruits are oval and flattened, with short styles and hooked spines. The dried umbels detach from the plant, becoming tumbleweeds.
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- Wilde peen (Daucus carota), ook wel vogelnestje genoemd, is een plant uit de schermbloemenfamilie (Umbelliferae of Apiaceae).
Wilde peen komt voor in droge graslanden, bermen, dijken en duinen. De plant wordt 30-90 cm hoog.
De soort bloeit in juni tot de herfst met schermen. Het scherm bestaat uit vele stralen, waarvan de buitenste bij rijping in de vorm van een "vogelnestje" naar binnen zijn gebogen. Deze omwindselbladen zijn heel typisch van vorm; ze hebben vier lange zijslippen.
De bloemetjes zijn wit of roze met in het midden van het scherm vaak een plukje zwart-purperachtig. De elliptische splitvrucht is 2-3 mm lang, die met vier rijen lange aan de top hakige stekels bezet is.
Camera - Polaroid Now+ (2nd Generation)
Film - Polaroid i-Type (Pantone Peach Fuzz)
Scan - Epson Perfection V300 Photo
I was trying to convey a couple of moods with this one. The first was late afternoon in mid-summer, the Polaroid Pantone film helped enhance that look. The other was the contrast of the power lines next to a cornfield. This area was farmland not that long ago. It lies just outside a more congested suburb and is slowly losing the battle to sprawl.
I need to adjust the color balance of this. This problem often happens when I try to work on images from my laptop rather than my regular desktop computer.
2022 Car Spotting in the Wilds of Carmel
Cades Cove is located in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Fall is beautiful in the Park, and the mountains surrounding the cove were heavily frosted. I arrived at 8 am and by 10, as usual, the cove was congested with visitors.
A 700-series Warbonnet Dash 9 leads BNSF train G-PILLRX9-31A through Camden on Main Track 3 of the joint BNSF Marceline Sub-NS Kansas City District.
With a pair of trains dead on Main Tracks 1 and 2 at Henrietta, traffic was congested on this portion of the Transcon this afternoon as eastbounds and westbounds took turns fleeting down Main Track 3.
BNSF owns and maintains Main 1 and 2 between CA JCT and Hardin, and Main 1 from Hardin to WB JCT, whereas NS owns and maintains Main 3 from CA JCT to Hardin, and then Main 2 from Hardin to WB JCT. These are all dispatched by BNSF. 4/2/22.
Bangkok is one of the world’s most congested cities, with severe traffic problems that can make it a challenge to get around the city during peak rush hours. Whether you’re visiting Bangkok or planning to stay long term, understanding the traffic is key to getting around quickly.
While Bangkok’s traffic is an annoyance, it’s a fairly predictable annoyance. Once you’re familiar with the morning and evening rush hour, specific roads to avoid and alternative transport options such as the BTS and MRT, you’ll be able to get around the city quickly and efficiently.
Running exceptionally late due to a heavily congested CN, Wisconsin Southern's T004 is finally on the move after sitting at Slinger for a few hours. SD40-2s 4179 and 4183 are powering this fairly small train, which is now running on CN trackage down to the WSOR's Southern Division. Thanks to Danial, KO and Billy Beecher for helping a couple guys from out of state on this day.
Covent Garden Underground Station.
Covent Garden underground station sits on the Piccadilly Line in central London. The station was opened by Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway on 11 April 1907, four months after services on the rest of the line began operating on 15 December 1906.
Covent Garden station is one of the few stations in Central London for which platform access is only by lift or stairs and often becomes congested due to the Covent Garden area's popularity with tourists. To control congestion on Saturday afternoons, when the surrounding shopping areas are at their busiest, the station was previously exit only to avoid the risk of dangerous overcrowding of the platforms, but following replacement of the lifts, this restriction has been lifted.
Drive with care on this busy highway. Watch for reduced speed limits in congested zones and places frequented by wildlife.
One of 2 EvoSeti's allocated to the 176, freed up from a PVR decrease on the 63. This one is seen coming off a very congested Waterloo Bridge due to roadworks and diversions due to the Lord Mayor's show. The show in question resulted in the 176 getting curtailed most of the day to Trafalgar Square.
The Welland Canal connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. It forms a key section of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway. Traversing the Niagara Peninsula from Port Weller in St. Catharines to Port Colborne, it enables ships to ascend and descend the Niagara Escarpment and bypass Niagara Falls. It began construction in 1913 and was completed in 1932 with a delay due to World War I consuming vital manpower and materials.It is equipped with just eight locks.
Bridge 13 was constructed between 1927 and 1930. The bridge was built by the Dominion Bridge Company, with most of the steel work being completed by members of the Mohawk First Nation, who have a long history of being some of the finest ironworkers in North America. The bridge is located on a curve in a congested area of the canal. This led to several incidents over the years. In 1967, it was decided to re-route the canal to the east of the city via the Welland By-Pass. December 15, 1972, the Main Street Bridge raised to allow the passage of the Georgian Bay - officially the last ship through the city of Welland. Bridge 13 was locked permanently in the lowered position. The bridge has become the symbol of the City of Welland. Even though the bridge towers no longer serve any practical purpose, their preservation has been given a priority owing to their historical significance.
Wenige Augenblicke vor Sonnenuntergang kam noch die an SBB Cargo vermietete ELL 193 201 in Hagenacker vorbeigefahren. Am Haken hatte sie den umgeleiteten DGS 91324 von Regensburg Ost nach Bremerhaven Kaiserhafen. Auch wenn die ELL Vectrons inzwischen zur "Landplage" mutiert sind - im warmen Abendlicht können sie auch fotogen sein (07. September 2016).
A few moments before sunset ELL's 193 201 hired to SBB Cargo passed my photo-spot near Hagenacker with a long and colorful container-train. In the meantime those black Vectrons are congesting German tracks but in warm light i did not have to overcome my inhibitions to take this picture...(07th of September 2016).
Canon EOS 6D - f/9 - 1/125sec - 100 mm - ISO 400
- Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest Asia, and naturalized to North America and Australia.
D. carota was introduced and naturalized in North America, where it is often known as "Queen Anne's lace". Both Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and her great grandmother, Anne of Denmark, are taken to be the Queen Anne for which the plant is named. It is so called because the flower resembles lace; the red flower in the center is thought to represent a blood droplet where Queen Anne pricked herself with a needle when she was making the lace.
The flowers are small and dull white, clustered in flat, dense umbels. They may be pink in bud and may have a reddish flower in the centre of the umbel. The lower bracts are three-forked or pinnate, which distinguishes the plant from other white-flowered umbellifers.
As the seeds develop, the umbel curls up at the edges, becomes more congested, and develops a concave surface bird's nest. The fruits are oval and flattened, with short styles and hooked spines. The dried umbels detach from the plant, becoming tumbleweeds.
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- Wilde peen (Daucus carota), ook wel vogelnestje genoemd, is een plant uit de schermbloemenfamilie (Umbelliferae of Apiaceae).
Wilde peen komt voor in droge graslanden, bermen, dijken en duinen. De plant wordt 30-90 cm hoog.
De soort bloeit in juni tot de herfst met schermen. Het scherm bestaat uit vele stralen, waarvan de buitenste bij rijping in de vorm van een "vogelnestje" naar binnen zijn gebogen. Deze omwindselbladen zijn heel typisch van vorm; ze hebben vier lange zijslippen.
De bloemetjes zijn wit of roze met in het midden van het scherm vaak een plukje zwart-purperachtig. De elliptische splitvrucht is 2-3 mm lang, die met vier rijen lange aan de top hakige stekels bezet is.
Noordpier IJmonond haven
Audacia is Allseas’ versatile pipelay vessel, optimised for the execution of small- to large-diameter pipeline projects of any length in all water depths, and for associated work such as the installation of risers and subsea protection frames. The concept for Audacia was developed entirely in-house and she has been operational since 2007.
A length of 225 m places her between Allseas’ dynamically positioned pipelay vessels Solitaire and Lorelay. Precise manoeuvring on full dynamic positioning with a stinger positioned on the bow allow Audacia to work safely in congested areas and lay pipes in very deep water. Pipeline start-ups and lay-downs are executed in very quick time ensuring any disruption to other activities near platforms is minimised. Due to her long length and ship-shape Audacia can accommodate multiple work stations and has a greater pipe hold capacity. Her independence from anchor handlers and large buffer capacity also ensure she is less dependent on pipe off-loading from supply vessels. A high transit speed, high lay speed and large carrying capacity ensure Audacia is highly competitive for pipelay projects anywhere in the world.
Vessel specifications
Length overall (incl. stinger)327 m (1073 ft)
Length overall (excl. stinger)225 m (738 ft)
Length between perpendiculars217 m (712 ft)
Breadth32 m (105 ft)
Depth to main deck19 m (62 ft)
Operating draught11 m (36 ft)
Maximum speed16 knots
Total installed power41,600 kW
Thrusters7 x 5000 kW retractable, fixed pitch azimuth thrusters
Dynamic positioning systemLR DP (AAA), fully redundant Kongsberg SDP-11 and SDP-22 system
HelideckMaximum take-off weight 12.8 t; suitable for Sikorsky S-92 and Bell 429 helicopters
Deck cranesSpecial purpose crane of 150 t (330 kips) at 16 m (53 ft) main hoist
Pipe transfer crane of 30 t (70 kips) at 33 m (108 ft) main hoist
Work stations7 (single joint) welding stations, 1 NDT station and 3 coating stations
Installed tension capacity3 x 175 t (3 x 390 kips)
Pipe cargo capacity on main deck14,000 t
ROV150 HP work-class ROV, rated to 4000 m depth (13,000 ft), for subsea surveys and intervention work
Pipe diametersFrom 2" to 60" OD
ClassificationsOU–100 A1–Multi-purpose support unit, pipelaying unit,
OIWS LA, LI, () LMC, DP (AAA), PCR (97, 93)
Dual A-frameFor PLEM installation and SCR handovers, capacity 550 t (1200 kips)
Buoy handling systemGantry crane above the stinger, capacity 35 t (80 kips), rail length 85 m (280 ft)
Port of registryValletta
2017010 50409
Glencolumbkille, Malin Beg, Donegal, Ireland
What more could one say about the 'Silverstrand Beach' other than it’s simply one of the most stunning beaches you could ever lay eyes on! Ireland’s finest example of a horseshoe beach/cove with the most amazing scenery all round it for miles as far as the eye can see. Ideally placed on the very western point of rural Donegal, far away from the everyday bustling of congested towns & motorway jams etc.
This recent photo was captured via panoramic method. I captured 16 wide angle photos on an overlap, then combined them all together into this single final photo. It was the only way to fit this extremely wide scene into one photo to show exactly what the human eye would see when standing here.
Standing at ground level you are still extremely high above this cove which was carved deep into the surrounding bedrock over millions of years of wave erosion. There's steep path with hundreds of steps leading down to this sandy shore. For this particular photo I decided to stand high above this cove to show a view of the entire beach & it’s detailed surrounding geology
It’s a very surreal feeling to just gaze out onto the vast Atlantic Ocean from here & think that the next stop is Canada! Silver Strand is pretty much a little bit of heaven tucked away safe & sound here in the ‘Wilds of Donegal’
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After getting ran around by a parade of east bounds, the dispatcher finally decides to play nice and let loose train 880 (Cicero, IL - Monroe, MI). At the helm of this Black Thunder Mine coal train, is a pair of BNSF SD70MACs, the leader BNSF 9717 was re painted in H4 and re tooled to be named a SD70MACe, while the trailer is still holding its H2 paint. Seen here crossing the Indiana Harbor Canal at the HICK CP 503 drawbridge in East Chicago, IN on the NS Chicago Line. Taken: 1-27-21
HICK Tower is one of the most congested places on the Chicago Line and this guy was definitely the low man on the system in the dispatchers eye. Once a spot holding 5 different railroads such as PRR, NYC, EJE, B&O and Inland Steel. Now the only bridges that remain open for the NS, CN, and Cleveland Cliffs. Still manually operated, the 113 year old bridge is vital for trains in and out of Chicagoland
Crescent Beach is tucked between the traditional tourist attractions of St. Augustine and Matanzas Inlet to the south.
Locals love Crescent Beach because it is wide, has convenient parking, and isn't as congested as many beaches tend to be. Because it is in the southern end of Florida’s Historic Coast, it maintains an “old Florida” vibe as a quieter beach with white sand and located in a mostly residential area.
Canadian Pacific #8827 and Norfolk Southern #9293 head South with a BNSF Windmill blade train on Main #1 of the Joint Line. Taken South of Castle Rock alongside a congested I-25 with a BNSF Northbound empty coal train seen in the background on Main #2.
OK, I know my photostream is congested with photos of the same flowering tree, so I'm going to have to put a closure to this series :(
I love this one so much, it's probably my favorite :)
It'll look good on one of my walls!
THIS ONE GOES TO Zahra
'Missing you so much!
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Update: Look at all of those comments! thank you so much everyone, looks like I'm back on track!
Can you see the black cab sandwiched between these 8 buses?
I just loved seeing all of the iconic, red buses in London, there are literally thousands of them and it is not unusual to see dozens of them lined up in the congested streets.
The streets are currently decorated with flags in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee.
CSX Q648-04 sits in Grant Park Illinois on the UP Villa Grove Subdivision with a SD70AH-T4 leading. A very congested mainline and then MOW would ensure that this train would not go very far for many hours.
Lily of the valley in the forest. I love their beautiful smell :)
Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) is possibly the only species in the genus Convallaria in the flowering plant family Ruscaceae. This woodland plant is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe and a limited native population in Eastern USA. It is a herbaceous perennial plant that forms extensive colonies by spreading underground stems called rhizomes. Flowering is in late spring, in mild winters in the Northern Hemisphere it is in early March. All parts of the plant are potentially poisonous, including the red berries which may be attractive to children. The plant has been used in herbal medicine in moderate amounts by physicians and herbalists for centuries, particularly for mild congestive heart failure and arrhythmias. Lily of the valley is a popular garden plant, grown for its scented flowers and for its ground-covering abilities in shady locations. Traditionally, lily of the valley is sold in the streets of France on May 1. Lily of the valley is also the national flower of Finland.
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Leśna konwalia. Uwielbiam ich zapach :)
Konwalia majowa (Convallaria majalis) – gatunek byliny kłączowej z rodzaju konwalia (Convallaria). Konwalia majowa występuje na półkuli północnej na obszarach o klimacie umiarkowanym. Zasięg obejmuje niemal całą Europę, środkową i północną Azję (po Koreę i Japonię na wschodzie oraz Mjanmę na południu). W Polsce jest to gatunek rodzimy spotykany w lasach na terenie niemal całego kraju. Kwitnie w maju, zaś owoce i nasiona dojrzewają ok. września-października. Wszystkie części rośliny są trujące, przy czym szczególnie wrażliwe na zatrucia są dzieci. Konwalia jest też rośliną leczniczą i popularną rośliną ozdobną, której głównym walorem są niewielkie kwiaty o charakterystycznym zapachu i dzwonkowatym kształcie. Jest często uprawiana w ogrodach. W Europie konwalię uważano za kwiat szczęścia, pomyślności i młodości. We Francji konwalia jest tradycyjnie sprzedawana na ulicach w dniu 1 maja – w święto konwalii. Konwalia sjest też narodowym kwiatem Finlandii i znalazła się na rewersie fińskiej monety 10 penniä.
Due to a derailment on the Unanderra-Moss Vale Line the normal traffic has had to divert via Picton. After a few days of sorting out operating procedures and qualifications Aurizon finally ran one of their coal trains around the other way. Something different to get what is essentially a common Hunter Valley coal train rake on the short south.
With a route qualified Driver Trainer on board his trainee for the route are seen here running TM58 loaded coal back to Sydney through Picton Yard where they will get relieved. The train ran down a few hours earlier for a quick load and turn around that is possible by going into Tahmoor the correct way. Locomotives 6010, 6005 and 6012 all up front as there's no need for Distributed power on this route.
Extra Ore, Limestone and grain traffic is also going this way currently, putting pressure on the congested Illawarra line.
2020-12-20 Aurizon 6010-6006-6012 Picton TM58
On a day when I was one of only three people on this beach at the tip of an otherwise very congested island. I walked around the long way, up the beach side, recalling a trip I'd made two years earlier. Seems like ages ago, even if the tree pictured here remains largely the same.
I've been after this shot for a good while now, timing was always going to be the key here along with when I was free, I'd planned to shoot it a week before this but the warm weather meant all the roads were heavily congested into the area with people heading for beaches....
This is the result of about 4-6 weeks weather watching, and this evening was the first night where it was going to be dry, not much wind, and where the (right height) tide, and Sunset were all pretty much aligned.
The high tide at under 7m was low enough not to swallow the entire hull of the boat so it was all systems go! Mike Tonge, and Mike Muddyboots decided to join me for an evenings shooting as well which was great.
I've been panicking a bit as the wrecked boat is due to be removed so this night was possibly my best or only chance at getting what I wanted, I ended up with 3 shots that I'm really happy with, so it's job done for this one.
Having been marooned since November 2019, Beached Yacht, 'Celestial Dawn' rests on her side at Lytham, on the Lancashire Coast..
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Portfolio of images on my own website here
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Oia, a scenic village in the north west edge of the Santori[ni] island [...], is built on the steep slope of the caldera and the houses and restaurants are built into niches carved into the caldera on the seaward side. There are narrow passageways and a central square.[5] The sun light hours in this village are much longer than in the Fira town. Its paths are very narrow and hence gets congested during the tourist season.[5][7] The idyllic surroundings of the town have a complex of white washed blue domed churches and charming, traditional Cycladic houses and cave houses that are carved into the rock face on top of the cliff. It is set in a location which provides excellent views of the sunset over the caldera.[...] .
Wikipedia
Enjoy your Tuesday!
Taken at Saville Spinney, Colwick Woods Nottingham
Hard to believe this scene overlooked one of the worst murders ever recorded in Nottingham, literally yards from this spot in 1844.
A man murdered his wife and three children by slitting their throats. His hanging drew crowds who at the very centre of my city got congested in a steep flight of stone steps right beside where the Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery stands now and many people were seriously injured and died..My mother warned us to stay clear of this part of the wood but you know what children are like.........
One one the worst things about the report was the statement
"There was a wonderful mass turnout to watch the hanging "
One of the best things is that Colwick Woods is still one of the most peaceful places on earth.......
The name of Nottingham man William Saville is writ large in the annals of criminology and social history. It holds against it the direct responsibility for the deaths of at least 21 individuals and the serious injury of many more. However, Saville was no mass-murderer. His crime was the murder of his wife and three children. It was the circumstances of his public execution outside Nottingham’s Shire Hall on the 8th Aug. 1844 which led to the unforeseen deaths and mutilations of his other victims. It also led directly to the change in the local authority’s policy towards public hangings and indirectly influenced attitudes regarding capital punishment.
It's always a joy to return to marvellous and hospitable and very pretty Lombok. Especially the last decade has seen a rise in living standards and well-being of the native population through the tourist industry. But at the same time, here, too, there are the negatives of development. There's an awful clutter of unfinished - never to be finished - hotel clusters where the owners have run out of money and abandoned them. The last ten years has seen the regretable accumulation of lots of rubbish by the roadways.
More money also means more traffic: many cars and a very plenitude of motorcycles have pushed the cidomos, the traditional horse-drawn carts, to the margins of traffic. And think of the poor walkers on these often traffic congested roads!
Scrambling over rocks and splashing through the pristine waters of the sandy beaches I made my way from Mangsit to Sengiggi for some chores. I decided to walk back by way of the road north from Sengiggi. I'd walked that pleasant way many times over the years.
Today I'm sad. A very long stretch of it has been marred by a 2-metres high concrete wall. It used to be so wonderful to walk here and to have a view through wildflower-filled green pastures with light brown cattle and the grey trunks of the coconut trees to the Everblue Sea. Now that two-kilometer (!) long wall is in the way. It's said a huge hotel will be built here. More's the pity.
I'd taken this photo on the seaside of the wall earlier in the morning. It shows things as they once were looking from the road. No longer... There's no concrete here in this view yet. Until this scene makes way for the pasteurised and 'sanitised' green hotel lawns and their concrete buildings.
PS There's something wrong with the flickr map function. Though I placed this photo in Lombok, the map designation shows it as Bali and moreover in the Timor Sea.
Instead of my, "Grab-a-Box Week", where I pull a yellow carton from a long unopened location and scan the contents, I've grabbed a pouch. A photo pouch, that is. This one contains a day in Hazleton, PA taken on Tri-X. I usually held some B&W film in an extra camera for days like this. Typical northeast Pennsylvania type weather of clouds and possible sprinkles of rain. What I found in this pouch along with the prints were the original negatives. They looked to be untouched since the day they were placed in there by the photo processor. I scanned those instead of the print with what I felt was an evening of success. So, sit back and come along for a ride with me for the next several days as we get deep into some old time, nitty gritty PA coal railroading in early 1995.
Upon my arrival, a Conrail local has navigated the congested downtown area and is in open rail land now as it approaches the PA RT309 crossing.
This photo was taken on Moclips beach in Washington. The pilings in the sand and water mixed with dead tree roots make a compelling photo. This photo is unworldly looking in a sense that it came from another planet, lol.
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...well it is FlyDay
Camera Obscura - I Don't Do Crowds
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYyhRVrsB0
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Rui says: the flies are: Sepsis sp. and Dilophus febrilis
so the story goes a little like this:
we leave the house in florida for the last time approx 8:45 am 10 feb 2010
get on this one highway (I4)
reach an area that's a little congested
michael is in front of me; he slows and stops and i do the same
i hear the unmistakable screeching of tires that only comes from brakes being applied
i look in my rearview mirror and see a chevy truck/SUV thing heading my way
i think to myself "i'm about to get hit" and instinctively look to my left
no one is there
the guy slams into me and i direct my car left into the empty lane instead of straight ahead where i would have run into michael's car
to speed up the story:
called police
report filed
trunk and rear of car damaged but drivable
both myself and the animals were just fine
was able to complete the trip to greenville (10 hours instead of the projected 9 hours)
and i'm very thankful that there was NO RAIN as the things in my trunk would have gotten soaked
so yeah, i guess florida just had to get one last lick in
whatevah, honey. whatEVAH!
anyway...
i'm here
i'm ok
i'm grateful
and if they total out my car (i think it would cost more to repair him) i'll get a used something to tide me over until i'm ready for another car note (which i haven't had for years)