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(Calidris alpina) Some of these little birds winter here on Cape Cod. Migrating from Alaska and the Canadian arctic. I love photographing these little ones. They allow us to get within feet of them. They are foraging for worms, mollusks and crustaceans. The female has a longer bill than the male. Unfortunately they are on the IUCN Red list of Threatened Species.
On 15 April 1885 Premier Robert Stout, Ngāti Maniapoto leaders Wahanui Huatare and Rewi Maniapoto, and others gathered at Pūniu, 5 km south of Te Awamutu, to launch the construction of the central section of the North Island main trunk railway. As nzhistory.govt.nz notes, 'Wahanui shovelled some earth into an ornamental barrow (apparently ‘emblazoned with portraits of North American Indians, in default of Maoris’) which was wheeled off and emptied by the premier.'
A rail link between Auckland and Wellington had been discussed for decades, but progress was hampered by the rugged terrain and the New Zealand Land Wars. By 1880 Auckland’s southern line reached as far as Te Awamutu, and isolated lines had been built in Taranaki, Manawatū, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington–Wairarapa. Surveys of the central section were undertaken in 1882–3, and in 1884 the government reached a crucial agreement with Ngāti Maniapoto leaders to open up Te Rohe Pōtae (the King Country) to rail development.
The main trunk line was finally completed in late 1908, 23 years after the digging of the first sod at Pūniu. Archives New Zealand holds a film of the opening here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFhHTgP3ZTQ
This image is of the opening ceremony. The group stands at the confiscation line, the southern bank of the Pūniu River. Rewi Maniapoto, with a white beard and wearing a top hat, is in the centre behind the barrow. Immediately to the left is his daughter, Te Kore, behind whose shoulder stands the bearded figure of Premier Robert Stout.
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I bought a big bag of Squirrel & Critter Mix the other day thinking the squirrels would just love this new mixture of corn, peanuts, sunflower and red wheat. Well, they don't. They dig through it hunting the peanuts and then hours later when they get hungry they come back and pick through the rest.
I don't know how to break it to them - but it was a BIG bag.
A new science toy that she loves. One digs dinosaur figurines out of three layers of clay, each one representing a Mesozoic period: Cretaceous on top, Jurassic in the middle, Triassic on the bottom.
Billy Knights, a retired farmer began designing and creating the Water Gardens in 1970 in his 70th year. The site was a damp meadow which became too wet for cattle to graze. Mr Knights' son jokingly suggested he should have a water garden, which prompted him to draw out plans (on the back of a piece of wallpaper) and he soon had machines digging out the ponds and waterways. He worked on his garden with love and enthusiasm until he died aged 93. For over 20 years the gardens had been open to the public.
Both Billy and his wife Florence loved their gardens and sharing them with others. With this in mind and as a tribute to her parents Coral Hoyos began restoration in April 2002. Having been unattended and closed for five years, the Gardens had become quite derelict. However they were re-opened again in June 2003, with a new car park, refurbished tea-room / gallery, a toilet for disabled people and an 8 acre nature trail. There has since been the addition of a bird hide and a new plant sales area, bamboo grove, scented arbour and rustic roundhouse.
To help you find your way round, the bridges are numbered and when you have walked enough rest on one of the many benches provided, or perhaps visit the tearoom in the south-east corner where you can enjoy a relaxing cup of freshly brewed tea or coffee, soft drinks, ice-creams and delicious home made cakes.
I'm adding a new native & beneficial bed up along the one side of our property. It's hard work digging out all of the tree stumps and sapplings. I don't mind though, the manual labor is good for the body and the soul.
There's one workman to work the machine, one to do stuff in the bottom of the hole, and one to chat to his mates on his mobile.
An Italian built Benati excavator (fitted with what I'm told is a Caterpillar long reach arm) fills the body of a Renault Kerax tipper whilst digging a 40foot water storage well.
The eight-wheeler driver was signalling to the machine operator when digging as it was impossible to see where the bucket was from his cab!
Actually, he's really pissed off at the roots, because they're sticks to him but he cannot pick them up and run about with them. He's not used to be denied what he wants. Here's a funny video of what he does about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdFHZqHr5Vg
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Ken: Day 1 - 02-08-2010
No plows came so the neighborhood guys shovelled a lane out of the cul-de-sac.
This robin flew right in front of me while I was taking pictures of my flowers. He landed close by and started digging for worms, completely ignoring me. :)
Here's the guy digging on the mound...
Pottery shards from the big mound near Jalalabad. Dave and I have been unable to get more information about it.
It's clearly man-made. Look at it in the satellite imagery (link below). Seriously. There used to be a building on the top. You can tell it's man made by the way the rocks and dirt are piled.
None of the locals I've interviewed have any idea who put it there. It's been there for as long as any of them have a verbal history.
What we do know is there's lots of pottery shards... thousands of them.
Last time we were here some of the locals told us after it rains kids search the mound and sometimes find old coins. Further questioning got nowhere.
Dave and I like to hike here, it's got a great view of the valley. This time we found a guy at the top digging for artifacts, and he found one while we were there. It was a large clay bead with designs in it. He offered to sell it to us... and while I wanted to I didn't because we 1) don't want to reward that behavior and 2) it's bad form and if it isn't it should be illegal.
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Nothing to do on a Friday night. Just as well we had some company for dinner :)
And we had to follow that with some bubble tea!
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- Salted Mustard and Fish Hotpot Rice
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- Eva digging at the crispy rice
- Chicken, Shiitake Mushroom and Chinese Sausage Hotpot Rice
The boys were digging a latrine behind the health post. At the bottom of a very deep hole a little boys was digging out the dirt
This squirrel was digging in the yard for something he thought was down there. But he came up empty , except some dirt
Potatoes to market
John S. Quarterman, Gretchen Quarterman,
Brown Dog, Yellow Dog,
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 31 May 2013.
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Gradients as steep as 1 in 40 tackled by small engines produced spectacular sights on the Nidd Valley Light Railway. A freight train, bound for the Scar House Reservoir construction site and probably carrying bagged cement, is pictured in 1934 by H.G.W. Household. It is double headed and double banked. The location appears to be on the section beyond Lofthouse station, possibly the approach to Scar House Tunnel. The gradient has just eased, indicated by the angle of the rearmost engine. Note the bicycle leaning on the fence. Most likely, the photographer used it to reach this isolated location near the head of Nidderdale. The railway, opened in 1907 and owned and operated by Bradford Corporation Waterworks Department, closed to all traffic in 1937. Passenger services ceased on New Year's Eve, 1929.
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We went outside this morning before it got too hot and played ball, then while I was off taking photos she decided to amuse herself and dig a hole. I had to take a photo of her, she had that devilish look on her face.