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Humanized, you could think exactly that - perhaps Madame was angry because the gentleman didn't bring her any fish on that day or maybe he just forgot to remove his stubble from the sink. ;-)))
In any case, a very lively conversation followed... but maybe just about the nice weather ;-)))
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Have a nice (troubleless) evening!
I saw exactly one Cedar waxwing yesterday and didn't get a good shot. Today as soon as the blinds went up I saw one and ran to get the camera. I know they usually travel in groups (what's the appropriate collective name?) and they didn't disappoint. No matter the pose, they always look so dapper. This shot has seven with one poor robin giving a butt shot. And now they're off.
The Portara of Naxos (or the Great Door) is a massive marble doorway that stands proudly as the jewel of Naxos.
It lies close to the port, on the islet of Palatia.
Myth has it that the islet of Palatia was exactly where Ariadne, the Minoan princess, was abandoned by her lover Theseus after he killed Minotaur on the island of Crete.
So it's not exactly a surprise that I went down this route. Because. Obviously I would.
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Doing exactly what they were purchased to do, a pair of Chessie SD50’s brings a trainload of tidewater-bound coal through Hinton, West Virginia on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line. SD50’s gained a reputation as being unreliable,but unconfirmed stories of the C&O pushing the earliest units to their limits did circulate among the railfan grapevine.
exactly one year ago my friend and buddy Carlo died.
He was nearly 17 years old then, He could grow hair like no other, had had Diabetes for four years and was for three years almost bling, but he enjoyed life. Until he got lung cancer too ...
Vor genau einem Jahr starb mein Freund und Kumpel Carlo.
Er war damals fast 17 Jahre alt, Er konnte Haare wachsen lassen wie kein anderer, hatte vier Jahre lang Diabetes und war drei Jahre lang fast blind, aber er genoss das Leben. Bis er auch noch Lungenkrebs bekam ...
Still missing you!
and that's exactly how it is as I wrestle with indecision about whether to walk today or spend time in my childhood woods balancing rocks in the stream.
At the last moment I opt for the latter and within minutes I'm in conversation with a man that I met here some years before, and there's mutual recognition.
Marcus is an interesting man and has much to tell me. He's 80 but to look at him and to listen to him you'd more than likely guess as I did at around 70.
Later there are dog walkers and conversations about dog breeds and characteristics as well as a mutually shared appreciation for these woods, which today is enlivened with dappled sunlight that sometimes created an otherworldly green glow.
A couple stop to talk and the woman is in awe of the rock balance that I've created and she asks if she can take photos which of course I agree to and she remarks that the sculpture has a kind of aura about it.
Later I met Sophie who to my eyes looked like a wood spirit, straight out of a pre-Raphaelite painting, and we talked openly as though we both knew that our paths would cross at this moment.
It's the miracle of nature that such healing occurs, in a safe and timeless space that's recognised at a deeper soul level.
Luis nahm die Glocke vom Hals des französischen Kälbchens, läutete erneut und weiter ging die Reise.
BIM-BIM-BIM 🔔🔔🔔
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BÄRBEL und LUIS (rufen ganz aufgeregt): „Miss Morgan, Merlin !!“
MISS MORGAN und MERLIN: „Wuff wuff !!“
LUIS: „Wir sind tatsächlich in Australien gelandet. Aber komisch, am Schild steht Austria !“
BÄRBEL: „ Schau genau Luis, hier steht doch Australien.
Bei euch ist es aber schön, ihr habt so viele Weintrauben.“
LUIS: „Und es gibt Kängurus, die durch die Weinberge springen.“
SWEETY: „Genau !! Hui hüpf – das macht aber Spaß ! Du Känguru, wo sind denn Paddy und Scout, die wohnen doch auch in Australien …?“
Känguru: „?“
(Fortsetzung folgt … )
Ein großes Dankeschön an Karen, die mir das Hintergrundbild mit Hilfe von K.I. zur Verfügung stellte ! 💞
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Luis took the bell from the neck of the French calf, rang it again and the journey continued.
BIM-BIM-BIM 🔔🔔🔔
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BÄRBEL and LUIS (shouting excitedly): “Miss Morgan, Merlin !!”
MISS MORGAN and MERLIN: “Woof woof !!”
LUIS: “We've actually landed in Australia. But it's strange, the sign says Austria !”
BÄRBEL: “Look carefully Luis, it says Australia.
It is very nice here, you have so many grapes.”
LUIS: “And there are kangaroos jumping through the vineyards.”
SWEETY: “Exactly !! Hoo hop - that's fun !
You Kangaroo, where are Paddy and Scout, they also live in Australia ...?"
Kangaroo: “?”
(To be continued ...)
A big thank you to Karen, who created the background picture with the help of AI ! 💞
Not exactly a good shot, because he was so big and I was so close (there was bush everywhere around, I couldn't move...) that I had to photograph it with my cell phone, and I'm not much used to do it…
To improve things, he was in half shade... this posting is just to share the experience :)
At beginning, he seemed ready to escape. But then I began talking to him and he seemed to relax.
Yes, these guys are very smart. I believe they know when they are in danger.
Inskip Point, Gympie, Queensland
One man and his dog.
Hef and Cali 🐾 following in hef's footsteps 👣 exactly behind!
Me, I was left walking by myself !!!
Exactly one year ago, around evening, I had just finished my work. I looked outside through my balcony, and I had to grab my camera that instant.
These amazing twilight colors scattering through the wispy clouds were home-delivered to my balcony.
the exact same sand bar as the previous time-lapse, & me standing in exactly the same spot, 15 min later at exactly low tide (1:11pm today)
Not exactly a well known spot in Northern Michigan, the small community of Temple hosts some permanent residents who are often weary of outsiders, a party store, and a canoe rental business along the popular Muskegon River. The Great Lakes Central Cadillac District line passes through the small community and crosses the river, while it isn't a tourist destination, any railfan that has made the walk down to the bridge rarely leaves disappointed. In the late afternoon sun, the GLC CAD 100 job, formerly the CSTN heads back north after the bridge contractors have vacated the area for the day with a pair of former Annie 35s leading that have undoubtedly crossed that same bridge for over 60 years now.
A regular visitor during lockdown, so self possessed, she knew exactly what she wanted...
(the treats, obviously)
Taken during the Lytham 1940s Weekend 2024 (Lytham, Lancashire, August 2024)
Full album: Lytham 1940s Weekend (August 2024)
The Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend took place between Saturday, August 17 and Sunday, August 18, 2024.
The two day spectacle saw thousands of people re-live the 1940s wartime era with a weekend of forties singing, dancing, weapons displays, historic vehicles, military charities, vintage traders and more.
Exactly 9 years ago driving from Vesterålen to the Lofoten was this amazing view at the Eidsfjordveien:-)
Rechtzeitig von ihrer Weltreise zu Weihnachten wieder daheim, packen Luis, Bärbel und Sweety die Weihnachtsgeschenke aus. Sweety ist zur Freude von Luis und Bärbel doch nicht am Nordpol zurückgeblieben. Sie musste sich nur erst mal mit einer ausgiebigen Portion Honig stärken !! 🍯
LUIS: „Schaut mal, was das Lustiges ist, ein Tisch mit Bank und einem Sonnenschirm !“
SWEETY: „Das muss mir gehören, das hat genau meine Größe.“
BÄRBEL: „Sweety, ich muss dich enttäuschen, auf der Schachtel stand, das ist ein Futterhaus für Eichkätzchen !“
SWEETY: „Na gut, wenn die Eichkätzchen wollen, können sie mir ja Gesellschaft leisten ...“
(Fortsetzung folgt … )
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Back home from their trip around the world in time for Christmas, Luis, Bärbel and Sweety unpack their Christmas presents. To Luis and Bärbel's delight, Sweety didn't stay behind at the North Pole after all. She just had to eat a generous portion of honey first !! 🍯
LUIS: “See what fun this looks like, a table with a bench and a parasol !”
SWEETY: “That must be mine, it's exactly my size.”
BÄRBEL: “Sweety, I have to disappoint you, the box said it was a feeding house for squirrels !”
SWEETY: “Well, if the squirrels want to, they can give me company ...”
(To be continued …)
Not exactly a fence, but sort of. The yellow rope held the bait bucket as we fished off the pier. If you squint at it, you can also pretend it's a very skinny yellow tree boa wrapped around a branch.
In a pretty rare occurrence, CP 3-H88 has just a pair of GP38s for power as they grind up the grade in full notch 8 under the wooden bridge at mile 37 of the Galt Sub with about 5000ft of empty autoracks for Wolverton Yard.
I’m not sure exactly when CP 3011 arrived and was added to the Toronto power pool, but it’s certainly a welcome sight being one of only a small fleet of GP38ACs on the roster, and for my first catch of it to be leading a rare westbound on the main out of Toronto is even more special. What a day!
Well not exactly Kate's Bush, but it was The Wild and Windy Moor of Black Tor Falls!
Thought I would re-visit having only been there once before but alas the weather was not in my favour so a battle with the elements inevitably ended in the elements winning! ;)
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Almost exactly a year ago, the date is January 17, 2020. The quaint Cascade town of Skykomish on the west slope of Washington's Stevens Pass is still without electricity nearly a week after getting cut off from the grid after a heavy winter storm that devastated the area with heavy snow and thousands of downed trees that fell on power lines, houses, & roads. The normally tranquil pre-dawn quiet of the mountain town is today filled with the labored hums and whines of an army of portable generators in varied sizes and shapes, set up around town to provide light and heat to the residents until the power lines are repaired.
The January 2020 storm had closed BNSF's route over Stevens Pass as well as State Highway 2 that parallels the rails route between Everett and Wenatchee. Between Gold Bar and Skykomish BNSF alone had over 600 downed trees to clear from their tracks with an addititional 200-300 that fell across the mainline in the roughly 10 miles section of mountain grade between Skykomish & Scenic.
After several days of around-the-clock work by BNSF maintenance forces Stevens Pass was finally re-opened on the evening of January 16 not too far behind WSDOT's reopening of Highway 2. With the tree carnage cleaned up or pushed aside enough to start running trains again, BNSF called a plow crew out of Everett for the following morning of January 17 to head up to Skykomish and work the snow dozer from there east over the hill to do some snow clearing.
Arriving at Sky about 0700am the crew got to work firing up the locomotives and clearing several feet of snow accumulation from the walkways. They then dug out the nearby switches to allow them to exit the spur track and get out onto the siding. From there they would eventually head east; more on that to follow...
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Snow Dozer BN 972502
BNSF 253
BNSF 7463
Back in April, I ran into a South Chicago & Indiana Harbor (Chicago Short Line) job on the NS Chicago Line, shoving coke cars towards the IHB at Indiana Harbor.
...So it was a huge disappointment when I arrived home to find my SD card corrupted, with about half this particular image file ruined. Fortunately, my friend who was with me at the time captured pretty much exactly the same scene, and provided me with his raw file to process.
Despite the technical flub, seeing the little SW1500 work its guts out shoving a long string of hoppers by itself was quite an experience.
Almost exactly a year ago, Eric and I drove over to Yosemite after an overnight snowstorm. One of our first stops was the Wawona Tunnel overlook where we watched the sun progressively warm the face of El Capitan. The valley below stayed frozen in fresh snow much longer as the low sun tried to make it's way over the towering walls above.
To give you a sense of scale, Half Dome is almost 7 miles away. View large to get the full imact. Another shot taken from the same location just a bit earlier is in comments below.
Happy New Year to all my Flickr friends! Thanks for your support and all the great pictures you've shared over the past year. I look forward to enjoying many more from all of you in the coming year!
If you have been wondering where exactly is the back of beyond I can confirm for you that I drove through it on my trip to the US recently and if you need specific directions just send me an email.
So this shot was taken on the road from Mexican Hat in Monument Valley on my way to St. George, Utah. Nothing and nobody for miles and miles and miles and miles on end ....until this appeared . I was so excited to have something, anything, appear that I skidded the mustang to a halt to have a look. Initially I thought it was a 'bus' stop (!!) , a shelter perhaps - however no shade . Then it had the 'viewing' window which looked out on to a whole load of more nuthin' . It then occurred to me that perhaps it was the viewing area for some 'experiements' in the desert...am I going out a limb in the back of beyond to even suggest this ???? Any ideas ?
Some of the "Halbstunden-IC's", between Zürich and Chur, which run every two hours, exactly half an hour after (or before, of course) the regular hourly service, are still covered by loco-hauled consists that are not push-pull compositions - an increasingly rare breed in Switzerland. Here, Re 460 042 is hauling its six-coach rake between Maienfeld and Landquart. It looks rather tiny, compared to the majestic mountains in the backdrop... Maienfeld/Landquart, 11-02-2015.
Exactly one year ago today, local Wheeling fans were treated to both Denver & Rio Grande Western Tunnel Motors leading Brewster-Willard train 237 west on the Brewster Sub in perfect evening sun. Both units had been assigned to the train amidst unsatisfactory weather all week, but Mother Nature finally graced Northern Ohio with abundant sunshine that Saturday. Great company, an enthusiastic crew, and plenty of slow orders to make chasing a breeze resulted in one of the best days I've ever had on the Wheeling. The train is seen here working westbound approaching Orrville, Ohio, passing part of the mostly removed telegraph line. Only a few days later, the pair was split apart and both units haven't been together since. With the 5413's prime mover scheduled to be replaced, hopefully we'll see something like this again soon.
exactly this evening i did a little run from Paradiso to San Salvatore and i was surprised on the top by this amazing sunset; a lot of goden rays was kissing Lago Maggiore and its mountains; a really scenic moment to end pleasant an already good day;
captured on Lugano's bay mountain wich is called San Salvatore, Ticino, Swiss
Exactly 180° from my last posting - the curiously named Porpoise Hole - an extension of the greater Blackman Bay in south eastern Tasmania. Mount Forestier (317m) on the skyline opposite.
Posted a version with the XPAN a while back taken with Ilford FP4. This one with the Olympus OM-4Ti and Kodak TMAX 400.
Olympus OM 4Ti, Olympus OM Zuiko 28mm f/3.5, 1/2000th sec at f/8, Kodak T-MAX 400
This is exactly the kind of photo I've been longing for for a long time, but I know it's not perfect - maybe I focused on the wrong people. Any tips or criticisms gratefully received! :~]
It was exactly four years ago (March 2016) the "Naniwa" project started with the name "akasOsaka" ("Osaka by chance" / “ Osaka por acaso” in Portuguese). After about 480 exposed film rolls, 13 different (amazing!) analogue cameras, 10 different lenses (mostly 28 mm and 35 mm) and 7 different brands of films (b&w and color) the first part of the project comes to an end. Now my task is select 30 images among 940 pictures posted here and work on a solo exhibit in Osaka probably by the end of 2020. Wish me luck guys! 頑張ります!!
I really appreciate the support of my Flickr followers and friends! Thank you so much! Obrigado;)))
ps. Starting to work on part two soon...
Not exactly the same as, but definitely inspired by this shot by classic perfection.
Truth is it gave me the perfect excuse to don this kitty ear hat. But do I really need an excuse?
Uploaded exactly 13 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Transnet National Collection
Beyer Garratt locomotives: Henschel-built No 2575 GO Class 4-8-2+2-8-4
George, George, Western Cape, South Africa
The Outeniqua Transport Museum is a railway museum located in George, South Africa.
The Outeniqua Railway Museum is one of Transnet Heritage Foundation museums. Situated in the former PX-goods shed in George, the museum opened on 24 September 1998.
The museum collection consists of a 21 steam locomotives and 22 coaches among other vehicles.
Built 1953. 25 of these saw service. Withdrawn 1985.
Not exactly a good shot... I had passed in the place in early morning and the couple was perched on a stone in the middle of the river, posing nicely and much closer than this one is here, but they were against the light. So, I decided to go there in the afternoon, and so I did. But, then, they weren't posing anymore. They were flying from the nest (which was in a bush near the stones where they were perching in the morning), like arrows, to a spot up river, where the water was running faster, and returning directly to the nest, maybe to feed the chicks. They did this repeatedly, and I waited, and waited, and waited that one of them would come closer, but I finally had to content myself with some long distance shots. So, here is one of these lovely birds, in its natural setting.
Savegre river - San Gerardo de Dota - Costa Rica