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Every December a local Jewish school erects a Menorah in the rotary at Newton Square, about 1 mile from my house to celebrate Chanukah. Although I am not Jewish I look forward to this display every year, as do many people in the area, regardless of their religous affiliation.
DECEMBER 10: Sotha Sok, Vice-President, Cambodian Farmers Association speaks during Farmers and Traditional Producers at the Heart of Food Systems Transformation at Al Waha Theatre during the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Dubai on December 10, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by COP28 / Christophe Viseux)
On this day I decided to head outside to nature at one of the local parks...
To Breathe in the wonderfully cool, invigorating, refreshing, December air...
Who knew when I left home for this winter nature walk I would discover a tree with blossoms... witch hazel blossoms they are...
A lovely surprise to find yellow flowers on this winter walk with the white snow all around...
When winter gives you a colourful and unexpected surprise, smile in gratitude, and take it all in...
In stressful times it is so important to remember to slow down and just breathe...
For #FlickrFriday theme of #Breathe
Have a great day! Stay safe! 😀
With the Humber bridge prominent in the background 37419 and 37401 top and tail the 3J51 10:00 York Thrall Europa to York Thrall Europa RHTT working .
Having been clouded out on my first attempt to see the 37's in Yorkshire, I was rather pleased to get this one in fine winter sunshine on the second attempt, the EE veterans making a fine sight and sounds as they travelled along the Humber shoreline.
The working should have returned this way a few hours later but instead was routed directly back to York via the ECML.
10th December 2021.
There may also be just enough time left to secure a copy of the '50 Years of Phoenix' book. An excellent Christmas present for anyone with an interest in alternative railway photography.
www.mortonsbooks.co.uk/product/view/productCode/15554
Why not take a look at the PRPC web site at
0517-1396-24
Fredericksburg Campaign
December 11, 1862. The peacetime bridges having been destroyed, engineers of Burnside’s Federal Army began laying pontoons across the Rappahannock. Here, overlooking the upper pontoon site, Confederates of Barksdale’s Mississippi Brigade, sheltered in houses and cellars along this street, stopped the work. Bombardment by Federal cannon failed to dislodge the sharpshooters. Finally, the 7th Michigan Regiment, followed by the 19th Massachusetts, crossed the river in boats to establish a bridgehead. The pontoon bridges were completed and the 20th Massachusetts secured the streets. Barksdale’s Mississippians fell back during the night. The next day thousands of Federals poured over two bridges here and others down river, in preparation for the attack against Lee’s main line.
Photo taken around Arieseni, Apuseni National Park, Transylvania
La multi ani, Romania!
Great Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Marii Uniri, also called Unification Day) occurring on December 1, is the national holiday of Romania. It commemorates the assembly of the delegates of ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia, which declared the Union of Transylvania with Romania.
This holiday was set after the Romanian Revolution (1989) and it marks the unification of Transylvania, but also of the provinces of Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom, in 1918.
Prior to 1948 (Communist era), the national holiday of Romania was set to be on May 10, which had a double meaning: it was the day on which Carol I set foot on the Romanian soil (in 1866), and it was the day on which the prince ratified the Declaration of Independence (from the Ottoman Empire) in 1877. (Wikipedia)
22 december scheen de zon, iets wat die maand zeldzaam was. Daarom werd de camera even meegenomen om wat bussen vast te leggen aan het kanaal van Walcheren. CXX 9271 heeft deze net overgestoken en is onderweg naar Domburg.
This is another photo in a series that I captured recently while at Lake Wassookeag in Central Maine. (image M1A6506) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.
This was taken in mid-December in the Maine Highlands during the morning when it was foggy. (image 34A3268) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.
NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.
One morning I look out my window after a cold night just after sunrise the mist come out of the forest. The air will rise as it gets warmer, allowing the mist rises above the trees, the air itself is moving again and there is wind, the fog further cleans.
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"We are an impossibility in an impossible universe." - Ray Bradbury
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Another quickie tonight; it was another busy day that kept me out of the house from 5:45 this morning until just around 6:00 this evening, then it was a scramble to make dinner and shoot for the day.
Luckily, it's my Friday so I don't have to worry about work tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to find a little more time in the day to actually shoot something of quality. I sort of feel like this project has been lacking that lately.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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Op 29 december bracht Freightliner een graantrein vanuit Polen naar Oss. Deze werd een dag later gelost bij de Osse Overslag Centrale. Op 31 december zou de trein weer leeg naar Polen vertrekken.
Voor Freightliner werd afgereisd naar Nijmegen. Aangezien het al dagen vrij donker en grauw is, werd gekozen voor de stek bij de Goffert. De ideale stek bij zulk grauw weer. Open vlaktes maken de foto bij dit weer al snel donker.
Op 31 december 2020 komt Freightliner 513-02 met lege graantrein uit Oss, Nijmegen binnenrollen en heeft nog een lange weg te gaan naar Polen.
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Freightliner 513-02 (266 026) mit leeren Getreidezug von Oss (Niederlande) nach Polen. Durchfahrt Nimwegen.
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NYC Skyline as seen from Central Park NYC Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir Winter December 2020
Christmas Tree Holiday lighting Central Park NYC Harlem Meer Lake NY USA December 2020
Celebrate the season at our 24th Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park.
DATE
December 3, 2020
TIME
5:15 pm
Ring in the holiday season with us and watch on-demand as we celebrate our Holiday Lighting at the Harlem Meer, a virtual reimagining of our beloved annual event.
The event includes a live countdown to lighting a dazzling flotilla of trees on the Meer, a poem read by Conservancy staff, and more holiday fun. Cozy up with some cocoa (check out our recipes below), get your song sheets ready, and carol into the night with this festive evening hosted by the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy.
This event is made possible thanks to the generosity of our Founding Sponsor. Con Edison is proud to support the Central Park Holiday Lighting.
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center holds a multitude of educational workshops throughout the year and a Catch & Release fishing program for youths.
The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center was opened in 1993 as one of the park's main visitor centers. Named after Charles A. Dana, former editor of the New York Tribune and mediator between General Grand and Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, the Discovery Center holds a multitude of educational workshops throughout the year.
In addition to hosting environmental programs for children, the Discovery Center also teaches kids about wildlife firsthand.
The Catch and Release fishing program at the Harlem Meer includes complimentary instruction, poles, and bait. This activity is primarily geared toward children ages 5 to 15.
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
Central Park N, New York, NY 10029
Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan.
Central Park NYC
Central Park Conservancy
central to the park
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain Arcade
72 Terrace Dr,
New York, NY 10021
Directions to this section of Central Park
MTA New York City Subway 2 or 3 train to Central Park North 110th st
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*************** Christmas Origins *****************
Authors Washington Irving (USA) and Charles Dickens (England) are both often credited for creating Christmas classics in the 1800's that still resonate with people today
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. 1820
Fifth installment
"Christmas"
"The Stage Coach"
"Christmas Eve"
"Christmas Day"
"Christmas Dinner"
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Author Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) "A Christmas Carol" 1843
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Additional famous Christmas story:
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" 1823
Clement Clarke Moore USA
with the quote:
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night"
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Believed Christmas origins:
Christmas Tree - Germany
Advent wreath - Germany
Electric Christmas Lights - USA 1880
Christmas Cards - England 1843
Befana Christmas Witch - Italy
Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) - Greece (area now Turkey)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - USA 1939
Yule Winter solstice shortest day of the year
Birthplace of Jesus, the town of Bethlehem of Judea, about six miles south of Jerusalem (area now Palestine)
Poinsettia red flowers - México
First documented snowman Netherlands 1380
The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904
The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907
First Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center NYC was erected in 1931, during the Depression-era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a smaller 20 foot balsam fir with "strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans"
1933, a Rockefeller Center publicist decided to make the tree an annual tradition, and they held the first official lighting ceremony with a 50-foot tree.
Rockefeller Center skating rink was opened below the tree in the plaza in 1936 and that year they put up two trees for the celebration
Rockefeller Center has been designated a National Historic Landmark this site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States Of America 1987
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year since 2007, lumber milled from the Christmas tree has been given to Habitat for Humanity to help a family build a new home
The National Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C. was lit for the first time by US President Calvin Coolidge Republican on Christmas eve December 24th 1923
Carnaval de Québec Canada first opened in 1984 which ran from January 29 to February 3
Canarsie Brooklyn Christmas Lights in NYC first beginning in 1963
Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s
The Annual Port Jefferson Charles Dickens Festival on Long Island in New York State started in 1996
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🕐18TH December ~ 8TH January !
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Last nights moon, December 18, 2018, 83% illuminated, seven panel mosaic image.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120mm ED Triplet APO Refractor, ZWO ASI290MC, Shaprcap v3.1. Each panel 1500 images and stacking the best 25%. Image date: December 18, 2018. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA.