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Continuing this chase we again see CSXT train M427 (Rigby to Selkirk manifest) westbound on their former Pan Am Railways nee Boston and Maine Worcester mainline. They are at MP WOR 20.7 (former MP X5.2) passing through the links of the Worcester Country Club. This storied course opened in 1914 and was dedicated by President William Howard Taft and is one of only three US courses to ever host the men's and women's US Open Championships and the Ryder Cup.
The train has a nice consist in the form of CSXT 8040 (EMD SD40-2 blt. Jul. 1979 for the SCL with the same number and dressed in family lines paint), CSXT 478 (GE AC4400CW blt. Sep. 2000 and still wearing its as delivered bright future livery) and MEC 3402 (EMD SD40-2 blt. Apr. 1973 as QNSL 254) in Pan Am blue dip.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Friday August 4, 2023
Continuing my story from yesterday... The Mallard brood on the log was growing restless and one chick decided that it needed to climb up a bit higher and be closer to mom, who was still sleeping. This chick stood up and flapped it's little arms a bit, then settled down to keep watch.
Taken 8 June 2018 at Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska.
This photograph continues my social history project documenting both the mundane and the interesting in the City of Fremantle and surrounding areas through the medium of Waymarking [1].
The Basilica of St Patrick’s Fremantle was established around 1850, the third Catholic Community in Western Australia after St Mary’s Cathedral Parish Perth and the Benedictine community of New Norcia. Till 1894 the parish was served mainly by Diocesan Priests with the exception of the 1850s when it was served by a number of Benedictines who each came for a short time.
Since 1894 the parish has been entrusted to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. It was their first foundation in Australia and they have now been responsible for its pastoral care for 102 years. - Source: fremantlestpatricks.org.au/
In respect to why it is a Basilica, Wikipedia and Fremantle Stuff are helpful here [2]. There are four major basilicas, all in Rome, and over 1600 minor basilicas elsewhere, of which this is one. It means that this parish is obliged to fulfil certain liturgical obligations, and: 'It should be sufficiently large and with an ample sanctuary. It should be renowned for history, relics or sacred images, and should be served by a sufficient number of priests and other ministers and by an adequate choir.'
It does not appear to be a heritage-listed building which is curious.
[1] www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH3H3_Basilica_of_St_Patrick...
[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_basilica and fremantlestuff.info/churches/stpatricks.html
Continuing the theme of going through Iceland images, here is another from a waterfall we came across in Þingvellir. For anyone visiting the country, I highly recommend taking a hike through the national park. It's beautiful and filled with so much natural beauty, formed by the continental drift of the tectonic plates.
Continuing my "Bike 100 Miles in June" challenge. Today I logged a total of 10 miles on my AiPAS E-bike (F3 Adventurer ). That brings my mileage up to 34.1 miles, so far.
I rode over to the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum.I forgot to pack my Sony mirrorless camera, so I only got photos with my Apple iPhone. I walked around a large portion of the property. I stopped inside the Gift shop and information desk before I left. Had a lovely conversion with Shane who was manning said info desk. I got a map for my next visit (when my wife comes along ).
I rode back home, but stopped at Covenant Health Park and got some photos of the baseball statues outside the stadium.
Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum
Knoxville, Tennessee
Thursday, June 12th, 2025
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It's been a gloomy, grey day today, so I've decided to return to the magic of the starlings in Brighton. Oh, what a day that was.
Continuing to grab a few more photos from my archives. If I wrote a description under a previously posted image taken on the same trip/outing, I will add it under today's photos. These five images were all taken on 20 March 2017, during a trip to Trinidad and Tobago with friends. Really, they are just odds and ends left over after I posted all the 'better' images ages ago. Thought I would "rescue" them to post, before I delete them from my computer.
"This adventure was only the second holiday (or was it actually my third?) of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - flights (we were so very lucky to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!), accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could chose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up a mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a van/small bus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was just enough room for two vehicles to squeeze past each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
Even after more than two months, I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure."
De Bijenkorf (literally, "the beehive"[1]) is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands It was founded by Simon Philip Goudsmit (1845–1889).starting as a small haberdashery shop at 132 Nieuwendijk, one of Amsterdam's oldest streets. Initially limited to yarn and ribbons and employing a staff of four, the stock expanded gradually. After the death of Goudsmit in 1889, Goudsmit's widow expanded the business with the help of a cousin, Arthur Isaac, and her son Alfred, eventually purchasing adjacent buildings. In 1909, these connecting shops were replaced by a new building.
A year earlier the conversion was just beginning. --- --- --- www.flickr.com/photos/136891509@N07/51102787314/in/album-... --- --- --- www.hotelaicavalieri.com/
Continuing my look back at some Alder Valley bus depot visits from the 1980s and early 1990s.
Here we see the Newbury depot in November 1987.
Continuing the "hockey stick" theme of the last post.
BN 776-777-9758-839 are parked in the engine area after bringing in the #157. This train (and counterpart #158) worked between Northtown yard in Minneapolis and Laurel. It could always be counted on for its odd power.
Sitting beside is a former Burlington SD45 6466--their conception of the then new railroad's paint scheme. It obviously didn't make the cut but was modified and applied to the passenger units.
With the advent of Amtrak, BN kept the F9's renumbering them from the 9800's.
The red 9758 was a former NP F7 passenger unit originally assigned to power snow rotaries. It was put to work for the summer. The 839 was a former NP freight F9-B.
Continuing with posting photos from my archives. Not sure when I will get out for a drive, given that our winter weather continues. November 23 2024: lots of snow and it looked like almost 10-12 inches of snow on top of my back fence. Can't complain, though, as mild, fall weather lasted well into November, which was wonderful. So thankful that I managed to get out for groceries a few days ago, so now I can hibernate for a little while.
28 November 2024: got up early, thinking of driving south to the Saskatoon Farm. However, change of plans, as our weather yesterday morning was -17°C (feels like -23°C), with freezing fog. More freezing fog today (29 November 2024), too. Another good day to stay home! Next week is forecast to be 'warmer'.
I will be adding the description that I wrote under a different, previously posted image taken on the same day.
"This photo was taken on 8 September 2015. In the morning, I joined a group of friends for a three-hour stroll at Inglewood Bird Sanctuary. 38 bird species were seen, though I didn't manage to see any of the tiny, fast-moving Warblers. It was good to see 28 Wood Ducks, but they were far, far away, in an area that is still closed due to devastating flood damage. The Sanctuary had been closed for about two years for this reason and only very recently re-opened just a part of the area.
The Calgary Zoo is very close to the Sanctuary, so after our morning walk, I decided to call in at the Zoo. I hadn't been for about a year and I really missed going there. Of course, many of the garden flowers were past their prime, but I did find a few that were fit to photograph. I love photographing the Water Lilies. They always seem to glow, as if they had a light inside.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeaceae
I knew I wouldn't be able to walk far, having already been walking all morning, but I really wanted to get to the ENMAX Conservatory to see what was going on. I had been longing all summer to see the tropical butterflies and plants. The butterfly season is coming to an end for these tropical beauties, but there were still plenty of them to be seen. Also, this month, the parking lot that I use will close for the winter and I don't like the drive back home from the north parking area, using Deerfoot Trail, so tend not to go to the Zoo all winter.
There was so much activity going on at the Zoo two days ago. People everywhere, carrying large animals wrapped in white, protective coverings, preparing for the upcoming ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival. Each animal is an individual lantern and there are so many of them. I noticed that several of the real animals in their enclosures were watching all the unaccustomed activity, which made me smile.
A good day, despite the overcast sky, and plenty of photo opportunities. Recently, I have been finding far fewer things to photograph, with fall on its way, so a day like this was more than welcome."
Awful quality, but couldn't bring myself to delete it : ) This Snowy Owl, seen way off down the road, decided to take off just when I clicked. I like my owls to be sitting still - I know most people want in-flight shots of birds, especially owls. Taken at Focal Length (35mm format) - 1200 mm, and then cropped. I love those mighty wings.
Yesterday, 14 January 2017, I drove to Fish Creek Park to meet with others to go east of the city, looking for birds. Everywhere looked so pretty down by the river when I arrived, with everything covered in frost and a thick layer of mist rising from the water.
I think there were about 8 cars in convoy, as we headed eastward, out of the city. For much of the day, birding was extremely slow, especially as we were not seeing any owls : ) As the day wore on, several cars returned to the city.
The first owl to be seen was a Great Horned Owl, perched in a row of trees alongside the road. It was so well hidden by a tangle of thin twigs and branches, making it impossible to photograph, but still a treat to see.
Eventually, we saw our first Snowy Owl at 2:30 pm, perched on a very distant fence post. A second Snowy was seen 15 to 20 minutes later, again very, very distant. Then, shortly before the trip ended, the friends in the car in which I was travelling, decided to go back to a certain area to see if we could see any Short-eared Owls. On the way there, we spotted another Snowy Owl (seen in this photo), on a power pole way, way down the road. Managed to get a quick couple of very distant shots before it flew off to hunt. I had found no Snowy Owls or Short-eared Owls the previous afternoon, when I had gone there on my own. This time, we spotted two Short-eared Owls, perched far, far away along a fence line. Useless for photos, though.
Thanks so much for driving the whole day, Carolyn - greatly appreciated by all of us! So glad you wanted to stay a bit longer than the actual trip, as we had a few lucky sightings, even if they were all very distant. A beautiful, sunny day to be out, too, and thankfully the deep-freeze had just ended.
Thanks so much, Terry, for organizing this trip! It always makes for a very enjoyable day out. Nice to see a few other birds, too, including Horned Larks and Snow Buntings.
Continuing on my journey around the North Island of New Zealand, I spent a very exciting day touring around the Hobbiton Movie Set.
Long-legged Marsh Glider (Trithemis pallidinervis) Male
The male and female have similar marking. However, the face of male is metallic purple but rather yellow white in female. The side of thorax and the basal half of femora of first pair of legs are brownish in male. In female all these parts are bright yellow.
And as usual, the males have thinner abdomen because they need not have to lay eggs. :)
Taken at Kudayathoor, Kerala, India
odonata-malaysia.blogspot.com/2010/06/trithemis-pallidine...
Continuing on with the agriculture theme, this was one of the last shots I took before the sun set and the light was gone. It's amazing just how dark and quiet everything gets in rural farm country when the sun is gone for the day! At the beginning of the tour I was able the climb up to the top of the silo in this photo and take a few shots from 60' up. This farm has been in the family for several generations and is very precious to them, I hope my photos represent it well...
I used a couple different techniques to achieve the final look. I created additional exposures through the RAW editor in CS5 then used Topaz DeNoise on each exposure followed by adding back some sharpening. The exposures were put in the Photomatix blender and I used the resulting image as my base. Addition single exposures were run through NIK software's HDR Efex 2 then portions were blended/masked into the base image as necessary. Lots of filtering from NIK's Color Efex 3 & 4 were brushed in (especially the polarizer, glamor glow and tonal contrast filters) to add and subtract light and detail where needed. After a couple hours of tinkering I had had enough and this was the result!
Continue our series Times of our life to include moments in my family we want to share with you friends. The weather today was perfect to get out and walk around; clear my mind, enjoy the beauty of the season. Best thing about dreams coming true; we get to work on our next one! A quote from my brother in-law Sergei who believes firmly dreams do come true! A series of photos about our family life out west; the kind of life most of us are not aware of unless you live in Texas. My family's heritage lives on despite or in spite of drastic changes occurring all around us; the kind of life requiring much hard work.
Glad to be back at home enjoying a routine in life most folks shun away from; to us, it's the only way to live in West Texas. Hope you'll enjoy our series! Life can be a wonderful investment if we work at it daily
Have a wonderful day friends.
Love and Happiness is only nurtured through Care and Support... wish you and your loved ones a joyous prosperous new year.
'The great adventures of naughty little Josephine'....
For this week's theme 'wonders' of kollagekit.blogspot.nl/
Continuing rarity.
She has been here for two and a half weeks, despite snow and single digit temperatures. She is apparently surviving on a diet of midges and Russian Olives.
Since first discovered by John Hanna on 26 December, she has provided entertainment for birders from all over the country.
Hells Gate State Park, Lewiston, Nez Perce county, Idaho, USA
Continuing my week of monochrome with quotations this was the most challenging image of the week but I have managed to complete my task. The contrast was extreme so difficult on the technical side too.
Quite how or why anybody would want to try to drive a Landrover under this bridge and then set fire to it is beyond my comprehension.
Continuing my current enthusiasm for wanting to cross-dress but not having an opportunity I’ve decided to post yet another video of my musings from my last session back in November 2018. As ever, my self indulgence continues to know no bounds! My videos are far from structured, indeed they are a random collection of stream of consciousness musings cobbled together with photos or videos of myself cross-dressed but hey…I need an outlet!
I have to thank Pamela Lennon from Ireland for this video. Over the years Pamela has inspired me to lose my inhibitions. This, I have to admit, is personally challenging as I’m not flamboyant by nature. The start of this video is completely down to Pamela’s influence. I was having a lot of fun and thrilled to be dressed as a woman and just decided to celebrate my delight and joy. As ever, I also found myself wanting to chat about my cross-dressing so there is some of that too.
I did post a longer version of this video to my You Tube channel back in November 2018. This version has been edited down to fit the three minute running time allowed by Flickr.
I am most definitely rambling in all my videos as despite my best intentions I never have a plan. I find I’m highly enthused once I become Helene and recklessly dive in with my meandering chat on camera. The truth is I am increasingly finding a new contentment and ease with my cross-dressing which is generating an emerging confidence. I can definitely feel a building desire in the coming year to move my female self to a new level and I would like to document this on video. Let me clarify I am not talking about transition, I will always be a male to female cross-dresser.
Continuing the Potteries uploads from one of First Groups more intriguing operations thanks to its eclectic fleet and colours ranging from original Barbie to the many variations of Olympia branded colour schemes.
Over the past decade, First Potteries has been seeing investment after years of neglect; it is one of the more eclectic of First's bus operations with a nice mixture of buses, but now modern and having experienced the operator first-hand, well-maintained interiors with friendly drivers.
A common fixture at The Potteries has been their fleet of single-deck Scania OmniCities on CN94UB chassis's, not a surprise as out of all the First divisions, The Potteries had a proficiency for Scania's compared to other subsidiaries across the UK. The Potteries operate 21 Scania OmniCities in a huge variety of colours, some in different standard Olympia liveries, others in colourful branding.
5 of the Scania OmniCities in The Potteries fleet are amongst the oldest single decks in First Group's portfolio, 65001-65005 operate the majority of the area's routes. The OmniCities were new to The Potteries in 2004 and spent much of their life operating on the 18 between Hanley and Leek. They received route branding after receiving repaints in 2014 carry the revised Olympia livery with pale blue fronts.
7 years since receiving repaints, the livery is now looking decidedly tired as 65003 shows, as rebranded refurbished newer 06-reg Scania OmniCities for the 18 now known as The Leek Link took over, relegating the older OmniCities to other local work. 4 of the 5 Scania OmniCities still retain this livery, with 65001 now repainted with fuchsia front ends.
Scania OmniCity 65003 (YN04 YJE) leaves Hanley Bus Station on 11 to Newcastle-under-Lyme via Longton.
Continuing post from Storsteinnes, near Tromso, Norway, on a trip with Wandering Owl. As time moved on, the aurora intensified. Even with the naked eye we could start to see a red band rise behind the trees (we were looking east-northeast-east, ENE) and the show started! over the next half hour, the aurora intensified, eventually filling the entire Eastern sky with green Pilars emanating from a spot overhead where intense swirls of color were dancing. The swirl must have been a particle shower hit, and when it faded, it dissipated and the Pilars started fading from right above us back toward the ground, like falling confetti. the entire show took about 30 min. We were so mesmerized that it did not occur to me to run back to the camera and restart the capture... oh well (this is why I would always set the interval shooting to 999 frames in the future). I still do not think I could have done it justice without a fisheye lens!!
I will post a few more frames growing in intestate and two time lapses, one right of the sensor then another enhanced version. it was AWSOME. I hope you enjoy this depiction of the event. Get north if you can in 2025- sun activity is at its peak!
Continuing my flowers as mask/make-up series. This time focusing on red. First time working with this model and what a fun creative experience it was. Her fire red hair was a perfect compliment to the red flowers.
Continuing my Christmas break from my Rotterdam shots with this shot taken on the Oxford Christmas Lights Night. Highlight of the event for me was the stunning 10 minutes long Luxmuralis projection on to the front of the Oxford University Natural History Museum.
This shot won the Oxford PhotoWalk 'Christmas Lights' competition. You can read my 'Members spotlight' here : oxfordphotowalk.wordpress.com/2018/12/10/december-2018-me...
From the Luxmuralis website : "Luxmuralis returned to the Pitt Rivers and Natural History Museum Oxford, working with the Bodlien Library and Fusion arts to create Lost and Found. Projected across the facade of the full building the fine art projection artwork and composition were created soley from the collections of the partner museums. The project was funded by the Arts Council England and Oxford City Council."
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Sunday is probably my favourite weekday, because I listen to CBC radio with Michael Enright in the morning, turn on the fire, look at my plants, hold my Birdie, and often work on my paintings. I am doing a series of paintings of reflections in water, and learning so much in that process of discovery. Willow's walk comes after all of this today, but she is always a priority. I hope all of you are enjoying Sunday.
It was about half a year ago when started this project and sadly motivation has not been increasing every month that have past.
I'm quite happy with front but the when the comes to the back I'm completely lost right now.
Should I continue for probably six more months or should I take it apart and build more smaller veichles like a hornet?
While the Aardwolf II continued proving its worth throughout the first few years of the Second Greco-Roman War, with the debut of the Hastati II and rumors of more experimental NGRF units an upgrade was inevitable. Aardwolf III units were first fielded in late AD 2102, but it was not until the following year that models carrying their now iconic "Hauberk" maneuvering gear saw action.
The Aardwolf III was designed primarily to bridge the gap between the older Aardwolf II normal and space types. Instead of having to produce two different variants, now one unit was equally adept at fighting both on land and in space. In addition to the general increase in thrust power and verniers, the recently developed Hauberk gear easily makes the Aardwolf III faster and more maneuverable than the Hastati II, if not quite as heavily armored.
Yeah, I'm not dead. I've been building a decent amount, but again, I just have a bunch of WIPs that I've been working on now and then. Also I've been sightseeing across Europe for the past month, so of course I haven't had the chance to post anything.
The old Aardwolf II was a solid model which is why I left it as is for so long. (about a year! Time flies I guess...) There were a few things that bugged me about it though; the proportions were still not exactly correct, and some of the joints were pretty iffy. This version features a shortened torso (at the cost of articulation but I didn't use that much anyway), shorter thighs, longer (lower) legs, and different hands (now with poseable fingers!). The knee joints now use ball joints like most of my other recent mecha, and the elbows use that other design that I use all the time. Other than that, I reworked some of the armor slightly (especially on the legs), and bulked out the ankle armor.
The Hauberk equipment is obviously GM III inspired, and I think it works pretty well. The shoulder armor was the toughest part to build, but I'm happy with how it looks now.
I have a few WIP shots that I may or may not post soon, along with some (nearly) finished stuff. Keep an eye out for that!
Continuing with my photoshoot with Annette...
We switched the setup a bit to do some low-key portraits.
Some technical things got me a bit annoyed: why was I getting such a sharp transition from light to dark across her forehead (in this photo, it is more pronounced than in the others I've posted)? Why did my "gray" muslin come out with a purple cast (if I set the white balance to make it gray, Annette comes up looking a bit green). Speaking of white balance, why is it so far off the flash gun's manufacturer's claims of color temperatures?
Strobist info: Yongnuo 560ii through 48" octabox high camera left, foamcore reflector camera right, Youngnuo 560ii through small grid high camera left behind model as accent light, wrinkly gray muslin as backdrop.
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