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Sebastian enjoying Freedom and fresh air... I took this picture near Hannut in Belgium
The above photo has been shot with the Samsung NX10
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Love Is In the Heart Deep
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Love is in the heart deep
Like the seeds of flowers
Every near adore to keep
For the imminent hours
Sweetness in your heart
Touch of moments dear
Every feeling’s counterpart
That is within you there
Like the songs of singing
In its refinement melodies
That your beat is bringing
Of the softness in its please
Joyful wonders of the high
All its echoes there giving
Like the blue in a clear sky
That in earth of love’s living
Love is always everything
In the softness of its dream
Though some have waxwing
That at times nowhere seem
Each its footfall in life falling
Rivers of deep and through
With songs in a heart calling
If its passion’s evidently true
MX59JCU Alexander-Dennis Enviro 200.
Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire (Kendal) 36105 in Lakes Connection livery.
Windermere bus station loading for Coniston, service 505.
An unexpected acquisition, found at the local market for a bargain price, is this Britbus Scania Metropolitan. KJD 225P is one of the less common closed-top buses from the Guide Friday fleet, and was used on the Shakespeare Connection service for a couple of years from 1986. It is nominally part of the Arden-Lancer fleet in Stratford-upon-Avon but preserved in its former livery in memory of this now-defunct operator who pioneered sightseeing tours in the town.
sharon.corbet tells us that the building was erected in 1897 so I have adjusted the dates to reflect that fact.
There is a Titanic connection in that the building was opened in 1898 by Mrs W J Pirrie, wife of the managing director of Harland and Wolff; among the well-wishers was Mr Gustav Wolff, also representing Belfast craft of a larger size.
Our resident Oarsman (retired?) swordscookie Tells us "I was rowing in the late 60's and early '70's and before the Troubles Belfast was a key regatta as were Banbridge, Portadown and the Portora Head of the River! We were in Belfast in 1970 and changed, got our boats ready here! I remember it well but even more the Lagan course which was like a series of S hooks!"
The saddest note comes from robinparkes who posts his picture of the destroyed club house after a IRA bomb in 1972..
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: The Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Between 1897 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_CAB_05346
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
(Explored No. 31 on 24th June 2018 - thank you !)
I bet you thought I'd never go ! Well, I'm off in the morning, so here's a last picture for you, this one taken at home. I hope you have a lovely week everyone. I'm off for a week, only taking a VERY SLOW laptop with me and not sure of the internet connection or how much time and energy will be available.
Here's a hydrangea flower taken in my garden - more blooms are out now ! Hope you like it ... very low key but it looked best this way.
Bye for now ! Thanks as always for your support and all the good wishes I've received and always receive from you. Thank you to everyone ! If you're on holiday too, come back with some wonderful photos and put them in our groups please ! :o)
~ Taken with my Olympus E-PL1 camera and processed in Topaz. ~
No multi-invites please as I won't be able to take them up and it feels so rude not to do so.
Coach Connections Newtownards County Down Mercedes-Benz Tourismo Reg BV19 YLW is seen in Belfast Titanic Quarter
Negative Scanned - CanoScan 8800F
Hasselblad 500 EL/M
Carl Zeiss Planar C T* 80mm f2.8
Fujicolor NPS 160 Expired
Enjoying myself with ♫♫♫ Chris Cornell - Black Hole Sun ♫♫♫
Testing my 2nd hassy, 500 EL/M.
The most valuable object which I cannot buy with money are connections with people. Every bond we've made with loved ones, friends and so on....
It didn't came out like I thought, but this was the best way to show what I meant.
I love handwritten old letters, postcards, books, journals and the like because they, not only last, but the energy of the person(s) who wrote and/or touched the paper still lingers. So, I, here in their future, connect with the energy of that person or persons of the past.
The past, present, and future come together as one. It gives me chills.
That makes them live on. Not so with electronics.
Plus, I love the feel and smell of the past…touching the paper and smelling the ink and the aging. It sets my mind to imagining and wandering.
I have never smelled my computer. Okay, once… and that was because it smelled as if it was burning. Ha!
Isn’t the handwriting on this postcard glorious? Such zeal and confidence.
For my Flickr groups…
seventy two
Just thought I’d break the monotony of editing Dreamtime and upload something a little simpler, as well as share some musings.
If you’re lazy to read the following (because I tend to get wordy) feel free to navigate away from here, I’ll forgive you if you do.
Oftentimes and of late, I’ve been revisiting the familiar question, which being, “Why do I blog?”
Sure, Flickr isn’t exactly a blog, but its mechanics comes really close to photoblogging. You upload a photo, and it also allows you space upon which you can spew word vomit, a feature that I abuse all too well.
It’s been a while since I blogged though, in the pure sense of the word. I remember starting my blog when it was the hip thing to do. Oh man… that was when the word “hip” was actually in.
I think every blogger would ask that question at least once. Most would wonder if it were all pointless, and some would think about closing down their blogs. I tend to get sad when it comes to that though, it's as if I lost a friend. Even though my blog has stagnated (thanks to flickr), I still can’t bring myself to delete it.
So, why do we do this? All the posting? All the commenting? All the faving? Is there really a point to it all?
I’ve come to realize that my motivations for starting a blog from that many years ago, to why I post regularly in present time, generally does not change. Perhaps the prior reason for starting differed, but above all the reasons are interconnected.
It’s pretty simple, really.
Connections.
I believe we are all connected on some level, even if we are apparent strangers in this weird world we call the Internet.
Like every other user in the community, I love all the comments, the faves, the eprops and whatnot. I love to read about other people, and know how they think and learn to empathize with them. My heart secretly sings out when I find people who sympathize.
Because at the end of the day, I believe that when you make a comment on my page, or even stop by because something on my page caught your attention… we have made a connection.
Told you I get wordy…
Day 15 of 30.
Connection!
"And the men and the women who remember Allaah much with their hearts and tongues. Allaah has prepared for them forgiveness and a great reward (i.e. Paradise)" Surah al'Ahzaab, Verse:35.
Half Fasts gone in no time. 15 more to go! Hope you all having a great Month!
:)
A sweet couple across from me on the nearly empty train away from the New Years Eve festivities in downtown Toronto.
Airport Connections of Manston, Thanet, Kent, YN07OZT.
This vehicle is a Plaxton Cheetah Vario aquired in 2013 from ? of ? that was new to ?, (Thanks to KBusman and Matt Forbes for that).
If anyone knows anymore about this vehicle do tell us!
I took this while out for a walk, Its interesting what you find when your not looking for it!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
While I don't think anyone riding the Empire Builder, Amtrak train #8, missed there connections in Chicago upon their arrival, my shot of train #8 just about became my missed connection and the end of the first day before it even began.
As I have alluded to a few times, now in my photographic journey of CP 2816, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. After eating supper and walking back to my hotel room in Red Wing, MN. I set about making the plan for the next days chase down the CPKC River Subdivision.
I had already mostly made my mind up earlier in the day after finding what I had convinced myself was the "money shot", even more than a shot along the Mississippi River, that I was going to just start the morning in Red Wing and not try to head farther north. Partially due to the fear of getting stuck in traffic in a major city, even on a Sunday morning, and partially due to fear of if I did not arrive at my "money shot" early, I might not have a seat at the table.
Sitting in the bed I went over test shots and locations stopping to cross check against the SunCalc app, to where the sun would be for what time I guessed the train would be a each location. As I went through the locations, the "chosen" ones were marked on Google maps with a point and name for quick directions, mileages, and times to aid in the chase. With a quick check of the CPKC schedule that was published and the Amtrak timetable, it was fairly obvious that Final Spike Steam Tour would follow the Empire Builder out of St. Paul. With that my mind was made up that Red Wing was the right choice, and I headed to bed for 5 A.M. CST departure from the hotel for food and head to the first spot, or so I thought.
Well as soon as I woke up, the wheels started turning in my brain, and that's when things started to go awry. I had visited a spot in Cottage Grove the day before not far south of CPKC's St. Paul Pig's Eye Yard where the 2816 spent the past few days. While it was a ok shot I had dismissed it for reasons mentioned above, but as I got dressed, packed the bags, and checked out I couldn't help but think that one more shot would be nice. So then and there "the plan" was ditched and I raced north US-61 for Cottage Grove.
After arriving into town, I was a little more relieved to see traffic was relatively light. A quick stop to grab breakfast and off to the spot I had located to wait the arrival of 2816. As I got close to my chosen location along West Point Douglas Rd. South, the shortest way in was blocked by a westbound CPKC train with a pair of CSX ES40DC's stopped at a red signal at the north end of the siding on number one main. Being forced to take the long way around I arrived to find no one else around in the paved driveway leading to nowhere and shortly after the westbound departed.
As I sat and waited for the next few hours other railfans arrived all looking for the same thing CP 2816. The day before a friend mentioned to me as I was driving around St. Paul, that while CPKC owned one of the two tracks between St. Croix and Hoffman St. it was all dispatched and controlled as two main track between the two points by BNSF. Now chalk it up to my lack of knowledge of the area, my brain just not paying attention or just, the fact that I was sure BNSF would not let CP 2816 run down the track they owned, I did not give the info much thought.
As time pressed on and grew near, a BNSF westbound passed heading to the city, and another westbound CPKC pulled up and paused briefly before heading for Pig's Eye Yard. All the while conservations were started and continued with other railfans as we all waited. During this entire time I thought it odd that all we were seeing were westbounds and in the distance I could hear numerous eastbounds could be heard on the BNSF owned number two main.
As time went on conservations started to change to are we in the right place? No one in our group could really answer that question, as none were from the immediate area. A quick call to my friend that pointed out the day before the operations on the double track, but split line, finally opened my eyes to the real possibility that, we might be in the wrong spot. Other checks on Facebook groups, did not yield and suggestions as to what track CP 2816 would take. Knowing we had not yet seen the Empire Builder I decided to stay put, but things were about to take the now obvious turn south. Oh where are you mice and men?
The time was quickly approaching 08:00 and Amtrak time, and the scheduled time for the Final Spike Steam Tour, to pass. More frequent checks of Facebook groups, finally revealed that CP 2816 had permission to leave the yard and was already past Newport. Again maybe it was my lack of knowing the area, or just I was 100% convinced that the steam train was going to head east on the CPKC owned track, I knew that if it was past Newport, it was on the move, but did not realize how close Newport was to Cottage Grove.
Finally at 09:05 CST someone yelled "Headlight" followed by "Amtrak", and we all headed for the edge of the road and took our positions for a shot. Wasting no time Amtrak train #8 The Empire Builder flew past the three story Norris Square Senior living community in the background with a pair of new ALC-42 locomotives lead by AMTK 338 & 331.
The joy of being able to photograph another pair of Amtrak's new locomotives in there classy paint, and brilliant bright sun, very, very quickly disappeared as i dropped the camera down from my eye, and to my horror noticed that before the last Superliner passed, the BNSF East Hump dispatcher had already lined a westbound train in the minute or less than #8 had cleared the westend of the siding. It was at that moment, I knew my last second decision might have just cost me the entire chase down the River Sub. along the Mississippi River.
I quickly told the other railfans of what was happening and we all scattered like cockroaches when a light is turned on in a dark room. As I speed along the road, Google maps told me the fastest way to Red Wing was on the east side of the Mississippi River on along WI St. Rt. 35. Taking advantage of every available MPH I could without getting too crazy, as I approached the Diamond Bluff area I heard train #8 call into the station at Red Wing. Phewwwwww, I managed to almost beat #8, but more importantly the steam train was still behind Amtrak. As I started across the east side of the Mississippi the Empire Builder called out departing Red Wing, and within another ten minutes, I arrived to my "money shot" and to my relief, I was the only one there.
The wait was not long standing across from the G.A. Carlson lime kiln, before CP 2816 came along (flic.kr/p/2pRfQfz) and the chase was on.
The Elevador de Santa Justa (in English: "Santa Justa Lift"), seen from the Rua de Santa Justa (in English: Santa Justa Street), Lisbon, Portugal
Some background information:
The Elevador de Santa Justa, also called Elevador do Carmo, is an elevator in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior in the historic center of Lisbon. Situated at the end of Rua de Santa Justa, it connects the lower streets of the Baixa with the higher Carmo Square. Since its construction the lift has become a tourist attraction for Lisbon as, among the urban lifts in the city, Santa Justa is the only remaining vertical one. Others, including Elevador da Glória and Elevador da Bica, are actually funicular railways, and the second lift of the same style, constructed around the same time, the Elevator de São Julião, has since been demolished.
In 1874, the civil and military engineer Roberto Arménio presented a project to the Lisbon municipal council In order to facilitate the movement between the city of Lisbon’s lower and upper town. Based on the plans of the engineer Raoul Mesnier de Ponsard, the distinctive cast iron structure was completed in 1902. Originally, the cabins were powered by a steam engine, but the steam engine was replaced by electric motors in 1907.
The structure consists of a base with access to the lower-lying district of Baixa, a metal tower housing the elevator cabins, and a 25-meter-long metal walkway providing access to the Chiado district. The height difference between the two levels is 45 meters. On the top floor, there is an observation deck offering spectacular views over the city, including Baixa, Chiado, and Lisbon’s Castle, the Castelo de São Jorge. Inside the tower, there are two cabins, decorated with original wood paneling, glass panes, mirrors, and brass fittings, each accommodating 24 people.
With an estimated population of almost 568,000 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within its metropolitan area, Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Situated on the northern shore of the Tejo river near its estuary, Lisbon’s port can be called at by ships of any size.
Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world and the second-oldest European capital city (after Athens). Although the first fortifications on Lisbon's castle hill are known to be no older than the 2nd century BC, recent archaeological finds have shown that Iron Age people already occupied the site from the 8th to 6th centuries BC. The Phoenicians and later the Carthaginians, are said to have called the place Alis Ubbo and used it as the only major natural harbor on the Iberian Atlantic coast. There are also evidences that Lisbon once was a Greek city, but its Greek name is unknown.
Under Roman rule, starting around 205 BC, the city was initially called Olisipo. In 48 BC, the town was granted Roman municipal rights and subsequently became known as Colonia Felicitas Iulia, growing into a larger town in the province of Lusitania. From 409 AD, barbarian tribes advanced onto the Iberian Peninsula from Gaul. During the late antique migration period, Alans, Suebi, Vandals, and Visigoths tried to occupy Lisbon.
In 719, Lisbon was conquered by Muslim Moors and later became part of the Emirate of Córdoba. The city, now known as al-Ushbuna, experienced its first major boom. During the Caliphate of Córdoba, the city was one of the most important ports, while Christian Galicians and Leonese repeatedly attempted to seize it. In 844, Vikings ravaged Lisbon and its surroundings.
In the 11th century, Lisbon was part of the Moorish Emirate of the Aftasids from Badajoz. Starting in 1093, Count Raymond of Armous, a younger son of Duke William I of Burgundy, was given rule over Galicia by King Alfonso VI of León. From there, he launched campaigns against the Moors in the south, temporarily managing to occupy Lisbon.
At the beginning of the 11th century, the south of the Iberian Peninsula was still under Moorish control. But in 1147, in the course of the so-called Reconquista, the Siege of Lisbon led to the city's final capture by the Portuguese under Alfonso I. In 1255, Lisbon became the capital city of the new Portuguese territory and in 1290, the first Portuguese university was founded in the town. During the last centuries of the Middle Ages, Lisbon expanded substantially and became an important trading post with both Northern European and Mediterranean cities.
When the Spaniards had expelled the Jews from Spanish territory, many of them fled to Lisbon. But even in Portugal they either had to convert to Christianity or leave. In 1506, an anti-semitic movement among the Old Christians of Lisbon culminated in a massacre lasting four days in which some 1,000 to 4,000 New Christian residents, converted descendants of Sephardic Jews, are estimated to have been killed.
Most of the Portuguese expeditions of the Age of Discovery set out from Lisbon during the period from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century, including Vasco da Gama's expedition to India in 1498. In the 16th century, Lisbon’s golden era began: The city was the European hub of commerce between Africa, India, the Far East and later, Brazil, and acquired great riches by exploiting the trade of spices, slaves, sugar, textiles and other goods. This period also saw the rise of the exuberant Manueline style in architecture, which left its mark in many 16th-century monuments, including the Belém Tower and the Jerónimos Monastery.
The succession crisis of 1580 initiated a sixty-year period of dual monarchy in Portugal and Spain under the Spanish Habsburgs. In 1589, Lisbon was the target of an incursion by the English Armada led by Francis Drake. The Portuguese Restoration War, which began with a coup d'état organised by the nobility and bourgeoisie in Lisbon in 1640 amd ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, restored Portuguese independence.
In the early 18th century, gold from Brazil allowed King John V to sponsor the building of several Baroque churches and theatres in the city. Prior to the 18th century, Lisbon had experienced several significant earthquakes: eight in the 14th century, five in the 16th century, and three in the 17th century. But the earthquake of 1755 was the most davastating one. It destroyed 85 percent of the city's structures, including the Ribeira Palace and the hospital Real de Todos os Santos. An an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Lisbon residents of a total population estimated of 200,000 to 275,000 wer killed. And in the coastal areas north of Lisbon even more people were killed by the following tsunami.
This catastrophic event shocked the whole of Europe and left a deep impression on its collective psyche. However, the city was rebuilt quickly and largely according to the plans of prime minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the 1st Marquis of Pombal. He decided to demolish what remained after the earthquake and rebuild the city centre in accordance with principles of modern urban design. It was reconstructed in an open rectangular plan with two great squares: the Praça do Rossio and the Praça do Comércio.
In the first years of the 19th century, Portugal was invaded by the troops of Napoléon Bonaparte, forcing Queen Maria I and Prince-Regent John to flee temporarily to Brazil. By the time the new King John VI returned to Lisbon, many of the buildings and properties were pillaged, sacked or destroyed by the invaders. The development of industry and commerce determined the growth of the city and Lisbon grew farther from the Tejo river.
In 1911, Lisbon refounded its university after centuries of inactivity. In the 20th century, the city was also the site of three revolutions. The first ond of 1910 brought an end to the Portuguese monarchy and established the highly unstable and corrupt Portuguese First Republic. The second one of 1926 ended the first republic and firmly established the Portuguese Second Republic. And the third revolution of 1974, the so-called Carnation Revolution, put an end to the right-wing regime and reformed the country to what it is still today, the Portuguese Third Republic.
Modern Lisbon is the political centre of the country and hosts the government, the National Assembly, the Supreme Court of Justice and the Armed Forces. It is also the residence of the head of state and the centre of Portuguese diplomacy, with ambassadors from 86 countries residing in the city, as well as representations from Taiwan and Palestine. About 2.96 million people, who live in the Lisbon metropolitan area (representing almost 28 % of the Portugal's population), make Lisbon the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula after Madrid and Barcelona.
Three bridges spanning the Milwaukee River in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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The 2024 Connections Leadership Conference was held 15-16 November at the Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City, MI. This was the first time since 2019 the event was hosted away from the Central Michigan University Campus.
Connection: Being Human
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, a part of Peter Walker's Being Human exhibition
Being Human, a new exhibition from renowned artist and Sculptor Peter Walker, located in the Main Cathedral under the Dulverton Bridge
This large-scale sculpture of two female hands symbolises our connection to each other, each measuring two metres high.
Inspired by a part of Michelangelo's ‘Creation of Adam’ where God's hand reaches out to meet Adam's finger.
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Melting Connection
Almost a kiss, almost a collapse.
This image was generated by artificial intelligence.
Two cybernetic beings—man and woman—reach for intimacy,
but as they connect, their circuits melt and form dissolves.
They are made of code, light, and nothing permanent.
Born from data, they can be erased like a thought.
Connection: Being Human
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, a part of Peter Walker's Being Human exhibition
Being Human, a new exhibition from renowned artist and Sculptor Peter Walker, located in the Main Cathedral under the Dulverton Bridge
This large-scale sculpture of two female hands symbolises our connection to each other, each measuring two metres high.
Inspired by a part of Michelangelo's ‘Creation of Adam’ where God's hand reaches out to meet Adam's finger.
Feel free to connect with me on Facebook
Twitter / 500px / Google+ / Instagram
my web site
One morning in early August 2015, I woke up with a terrible pain in my stomach. Later that day I found out that I have a couple of tumors that need to be removed. Two months later I found my housemate Florian laying in his bed in the same position and in kind of a pain when you know that it is serious. He had cancer. Months of fear, pain, worry, sadness. We share an experience of a difficult illness that we were dealing with together and at the same time.
Self-portrait