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This expanded version of the trunk is a tribute to Coastal Grey Box tree that was burnt near in the 2019 bushfires.
Located in the Eurobadalla Botanic Gardens, NSW
Early tests of the Expand-o-Ray were rather hap-hazard. The first human subject wasn't a willing participant to the test. Indeed, his friend sneaked up to his space-base and zapped him with it as a practical joke.
There then followed the problem of what to do to restore the victim to his normal size. The first thing the spacemen did was to get their computer to put the kettle on and make a nice cup of tea. Sadly it took quite a long time to do this. Fortunately this did give the spacemen enough time to find a giant mug for the tea to go in.
Once they'd had a nice brew, the answer became obvious. The Shrink-o-Ray was quickly invented and normality was restored.
As to why the spacemen enjoyed the taste of boiled leaves: that remained an enigma...
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Just another short, flattish, walk today. Out before it rains.
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Walking through the tall grass is a recipe for disaster if I forget my antihistamine tablet!
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A selection of fictitious metallic like items with extra colour & blended with a grid ....
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Maryland Department Of Transportation NPCU (Non-Powered Control Unit) #7100 sits for the weekend on a stub track at the former B&O roundhouse in Brunswick Yard on September 3, 1990. The 7100 was manufactured by EMD in February 1951 for the B&O as F7 #293A-a phase 1 F7 to be precise. It was renumbered 4553 during 1957 when all remaining B&O steam locomotives were renumbered from a 4 digit series to a three digit series to make room for the expanding diesel electric fleet.
The use of the definite article in the title is quite intentional. The image could as easily been The Only Hollyhock, since it's the sole example of this old-fashioned summer flower for many miles around. That's because as hospitable as the Pacific Northwest's climate is for a vast array of plants, hollyhocks just don't thrive west of the Cascade mountains. It's probably not hot or dry enough, though with climate change the hollyhock could well expand its territory to this corner of the map.
Not only is this pale pink beauty flourishing in its bed with an ideal southwestern exposure, it actually overwintered there.
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My favourite part of the garden at the moment.
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Dedicated to my friend Tracy and all her fantastic images.....!
Please stop by and take a look at her amazing work......♥
What a beautiful day we have had, today! It was so calm down at the sea, this morning and these guys were doing some fishing ~ I've been told they catch cod but I honestly wouldn't have a clue if that is right or wrong!!
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Never met a train track I didn't fall in love with!
A pit stop at Porteau Cove Provincial Park on the return trip to Vancouver BC after a day in Squamish and Brakendale.
Porteau Cove is located on the Howe Sound fjord, 38 km north of Vancouver on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, 20 km south of Squamish, 8.5 km south of Britannia Beach. Other nearby communities include Brackendale and Lions Bay.
The park is 50 hectares in size, and offers picnicing, camping, swimming, windsurfing, and a boat launch. Porteau Cove is a very popular area for scuba diving, with a series of artificial reefs including two sunken vessels. It has 44 drive-in campsites and 16 walk-in sites. 80% of the campsite may be reserved through Discover Camping, April through September. The park is maintained and operated by Sea To Sky Parks, based in Mount Seymour in North Vancouver, BC.
On July 29, 2008, a large rockslide took place at the Porteau Bluffs, just north of Porteau Cove. No one was injured, however access to Whistler was hampered.[1][dead link] The highway and the rail line run tightly together at the base of the bluffs, which is composed of slab-like chunks of granite, which formerly overhung the highway until scaling reduced some of the mass of the bluff. The slide has renewed concerns about the geotechnical safety of the route, and was a security issue during the 2010 Olympics events in Whistler. Communities north of the slide, including Whistler, are often isolated by such slides, but a "back door" paved route exists via Lillooet and the Fraser Canyon.
A ferry terminal exists at the park for emergency use. If ever a landslide or avalanche occurs between Porteau Cove and Vancouver or Porteau Cove and Squamish, the BC Government could send in a ferry to detour cars around the slide to Darrell Bay Terminal in Squamish or to Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. Since slides occur so rarely on the Sea-to-sky Highway, the dock is open to the public as a promenade wharf.[2] The pier is owned by BC Parks, but the ferry ramp and accessories is owned by Department of Highways.
Rail History: Vancouver to Prince George line.
Chartered in 1912, the railway was acquired by the provincial government in 1918 after running into financial difficulties. A railway that ran "from nowhere, to nowhere" for over 30 years, neither passing through any major city nor interchanging with any other railway, its southern terminus was at Squamish and its northern terminus at Clinton during that period. It expanded significantly between 1949 and 1984. Primarily a freight railway, it also offered passenger service, as well as some excursion services, most notably the Royal Hudson excursion train. The railway's operations only reached profitability in 1980, due to large capital and operating debts, which were intended as subsidies to develop and sustain mining and timber economies and employment in the regions it accessed, though during the 1980s it regularly posted significant profits, contributing to the public treasury significantly, and maintained a lower operating debt than any of the continent's other major railways. The railway's operations and management, as one of the province's largest crown corporations, were at the centre of public debate since its takeover. Notably, the Social Credit governments of WAC Bennett and his son Bill Bennett forgave the railways' capital debts in 1954 and 1979, respectively, with bookkeeping matters related to that bringing much criticism. The current provincial government has been accused of fabricating falsehoods about the state of its debts and viability in order to justify a deal to sell it to with CN, claiming the railway was in disarray Other participants in the bidding process withdrew their bids, saying that CN had unfair access to confidential information about their own operations, provided by the government, and at least one bidder (Canadian Pacific) privately stating in a communications that the bid was "rigged". Controversy over CN's management of the line has focused on layoffs, toxic spills and other safety concerns, and cuts in service to some regions. The line has generated profits for CN in the range of $25 million per year since its takeover of the railway's operations.
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Sharing the resources and estate. I see quite a few Glossy Ibis in the spring, but this is my first time seeing juvenile late in the summer. I spent about an hour last week photographing a trio of the young birds at Hammonasset SP. Glossies came from Africa to the Caribbean in the 19th century, and populations have steadily expanded to include New England. Thanks to all, I always appreciate those who take the time to view and make thoughtful comments.
The two sets, with my two expansions.
The middle expansion: flic.kr/s/aHsmdSVvrJ
The end expansion: flic.kr/s/aHsmibUJgy
365/2021 - Expanding Horizons - Day 333 Nov 29 - Love watching the hot air balloons fly over the rv park we are at.
The magnificent Nizamiya Mosque in Midrand, on the northern outskirts of Greater Johannesburg, is said to be the largest Mosque in the Southern Hemisphere. It is frankly spectacular, architecturally inspired by the 11th-century Nizamiye Madrasahs institutions of higher learning. It is part of a spectacular Islamic complex, consisting of schools, a clinic and a bazaar. It is committed to the promotion of religious tolerance, with a Turkish Imam and Public Relations personnel who are wonderfully gracious and welcoming. Any visitor to Johannesburg should make a visit to this magical Mosque a priority, It is architecturally GLORIOUS! The attention to detail has been exquisite. It was opened in 2012. Note the play of the late afternoon light. There are plans to expand it into a University. . I would like to thank the Imam and Mark Straw, the organizer of the visit, for this marvellous opportunity! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizamiye_Mosque#cite_note-Comp-8 and nizamiye.co.za/
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Expanded on my old bridge-technique using plates with clips connected to bars. Hope you like it 😀 youtu.be/81Iriw5rX9c
View of the Château d'Ussé, in the commune of Rigny-Ussé (in the département of Indre-et-Loire, located in the Centre-Val de Loire region in central France), as the sun begins to shine on it on a clear morning in mid-October (2016).
Located on the left (south) bank of the Indre a little upriver from its confluence with the Loire, it is between the river and a bluff on the edge of the Forêt de Chinon, a bit of which can be seen behind and above the buildings.
A castle on this site was first constructed in wood in the early 11th century by Guelduin Ier de Saumur (also spelled Gelduin or Gilduin). Fortification in stone followed, but it fell into disuse. The château was rebuilt, beginning in the 1440s by Jean V de Bueil, sieur d'Ussé, and, after the property changed hands multiple times, updated and expanded during the 16th and 17th centuries. The result is a mixture of late Gothic and Renaissance architecture, complemented by gardens of a design attributed to André Le Nôtre. Further work was done during the 19th century.
Today, the privately owned Château d'Ussé is open to the public. It is classified as one of the Châteaux de la Loire and is within the Vallée de la Loire UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We stopped in the car park for the sake of the light, when the château was not yet open for the day -- so we shall have to return another time to visit the buildings and gardens.
(Information from the Château d'Ussé website, Mérimée (reference number PA00098034) -- an architectural heritage database of the Ministère de la culture -- and the French-language Wikipedia, all last consulted 4 October 2020, as well as the Michelin Châteaux of the Loire Green Guide (Watford, Herts., UK: Michelin Travel Partner, 2015 printing). Jean de Bueil's dates and highest title from US Library of Congress "authority record" n 95081736.)
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So cloudy and yet you feel like you can see forever!
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Avalanche Lake, High Peaks Wilderness, NY
Soon the sun will clear the far cliffs, too bright for my eyes, and I will turn away from this scene, although no longer in shadow. This saddle between Mt Colden (left) and Avalanche Mountain is a rugged notch, not so much a destination as a traverse to destinations beyond. There is water before me: Avalanche Lake lies under the snow beyond the tree stumps, it's waters lifted over the years by landslides and rockfalls. The course of water down these cliffs is obvious now, snow blown crevices and icefalls stand in relief, expanding and contracting on the rock to break it from the mass on it's own downward journey. Neither the rock or the water can resist the downward attraction. Like other things, I've taken that great force for granted. Not thinking of how my very act of standing is in defiance of it's pull, I stand here shivering in the cold. I don't see the cold, but I feel it and look at it's results. Temperature, invisble, reveals gravity, frozen.
"Suffer the little children to come unto me."
— Matthew 19:14 (Bible)
Cornerstone of Moore Chapel (1906).
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
5 November 2021.
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▶ Moore Chapel was erected in 1906 on the grounds of the United Methodist Children's Home, built in the Gothic Revival style from locally-quarried granite. The pews were sized small for its young parishioners. It remains in use for special occasions.
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▶ Methodist minister Jesse Boring founded the United Methodist's Children’s Home in 1873 to care for children orphaned during the Civil War. The organization's mission quickly expanded to include all parentless children. In 2017, the home closed and the city of Decatur bought the 77-acre property, except for the chapel. Three years later, Decatur purchased the chapel. As part of the agreement, it must maintain both the chapel and the grave of Reverend Boring, which is located in front of the main building of the grounds. To date, many of the structures and houses remain; the 77-acre property has been renamed Legacy Park.
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This is a 4 shot stitch to show the area surrounding the Painted Hills to add perspective. Taken earlier in the day.
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Today it's our 44th Wedding Anniversary - can you believe it ?
Yesterday we celebrated with an Afternoon Tea bought by our son and partner, at Parc le Breos Country Hotel in Gower. This evening we shall be dining out in The Pen y Cae Inn, the Upper Swansea Valley so don't expect be around on Flickr too much.
If you want something to send you to sleep I've updated a very old Blog I kept with the story of that day ... here...
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This is a fourth image that was captured back in July while exploring Pewsey Downs in Wiltshire.
As with the previous image, the light was having to continually break through the clouds. This image captures the light finally able to dominate, revealing the landscape below as well as expanding what can be viewed towards the horizon.