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With the weather forecast calling for my arrival day, 6 May, being the only sunny day for my 4-night New York City stay, I needed to pounce and do something outdoorsy. And it's hard to top a bike ride through Central Park, using Park Drive, a counterclockwise loop road. On my mountain-road hybrid rental bike, I could do one lap of Park Drive in about 40 minutes; this is my favorite urban bike ride anywhere in the world, but I had not been able to do it in the previous 15 years.
The extreme northeast of the park takes Park Drive through a steep descent with sharp curves. This section is also home to the Harlem Meer, where it is possible to do some fishing (!).
Aside of the frigid temps, poor road conditions will make for a slow go out there today. No further accumulation overnight here is evident however blowing snow was more of an issue in other areas.
To me, Snowberries are another sing of Autumn and impending Winter.
I checked the Farmer's Almanac and they say "No region will see prolonged spells of above-normal temperatures; only near the Pacific Coast as well as eastern Quebec and the Maritimes will temperatures average close to normal."
I saw a piece from Environment Canada that suggested this coming Winter will be relatively mild across Canada compared to last Winter.
I have heard legend that abundant berries this time of year signals a hard Winter approaching.
This snowberry plant is packed with berries. I hope it just had a productive Summer and doesn't indicate a harsh Winter is on it's way!
We had our January break in Nice this year. This is our combined Christmas and Jayne’s birthday present, which suits me as I can ignore Christmas and no presents to buy. A good result all round. We knew that the weather was forecast to be bad for at least three days which was a bit depressing but there’s nothing you can do about it. We flew from Liverpool, a nice little airport, landed in heavy rain – and it rained almost non-stop for three days. South East France suffered flooding, landslips, airlifts – and deaths! Home from home. Despite having walking gear, waterproofs etc., I had to buy an umbrella. I have never seen as many people with umbrellas, even the young lads had them. They are obviously used to rain – but without the wind to rip the brolly to shreds.
Nice has a pebble beach, the sea was rough on arrival but what we realised later, was that the pebbles were three foot deep on top of the concrete bases that the hotels across the road have bars, settees and tables set up on. For a couple of days tracked Bobcats moved hundreds of tonnes on pebbles, later in the week there were carpets and immaculately laid tables set out on the beach every day, even in January. Every day people swam in the sea and in some cases sunbathed. The temperature peaked at 15C but with the lack of wind it was pleasant, at times though it was cold and snow appeared overnight on the distant mountains, the beginning of the Southern Alps I think.
We walked over 90 miles in seven days and for three days in pouring rain, weighing up the photo possibilities, with the intentions of going back when the weather picked up. On Monday, day four, things improved, on Tuesday and Wednesday it was gorgeous, Thursday was duller. If we had had better weather we would have visited Cannes and Monaco etc. but as it was we stayed within walking distance of Nice. We walked up Castle Hill ( Colline du Chateau) several times in different weather, likewise Mont Boron and Mont Alban. The views were stunning. A peninsula below us was Cap Ferrat and we had an epic day out there, over twenty miles including the 14 Km path around the entire peninsula – the second most expensive place in the world to buy a home apparently. The gates on the driveway would cost more than a small house in Huddersfield. A beautiful place though.
We went to the old Town (Vieux Nice), Cimiez, Villefranche-sur-Mer, the fantastic Russian Cathedral, Pretty much everywhere it was worth walking in the time we had. We walked from 8.30 am until 8.30 pm with barstops for a glass or two of French wine – got to keep it civilised! I had a pretty heavy backpack on with my camera gear and waterproofs etc.
All in all we had a great time but! I made a big mistake, I inadvertently put an 8 Gb CF card back in my camera, formatted it - without checking what was on it – and put another 250 photos on it. I realised when I got home that there was a problem. These photos were the best of the trip, Our second visit to the Russian Cathedral, it was closed the first time, in stunning light, and no crowds. I spotted a giant Cumulonimbus over the snow covered mountains, just as the sun was setting and turning it pink and orange. It was similar to the one I photographed at home recently, A photo of which was on the BBC weather coincidentally. I couldn’t believe my luck, the only way I could get a view of it was by taking a ride on the giant Ferris wheel nearby. We ran to it and they took us around five times, each time I fired away and got some fantastic photos – all gone! At the time I was extremely disappointed but you have to put these things in perspective – it’s nobody’s life. We were there for a break and a change of scenery and we got it, the photos make the trip for me but I still have a thousand great photos, there might have to be a next time though.
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Our late winter break in Tenerife was a bit different this year. The weather was forecast to break the day we arrived – and it did! Rain wasn’t the problem it was gale force winds – the same winds that caused the dust storms in Africa that caused the pollution and sand in the UK. We have witnessed gales in Tenerife before but this was worse than we’d seen it in the past . The palm trees were bending, the sand drifting like snow and the sea was raging. We usually walk around 150 miles on a ten day break but for five days we just walked with a brief spell on the beach, then the gales came back. We covered 22 miles some days and totalled 192 miles, not bad for a beach holiday. In some of the photos it looks stunning but look at the tops of the palm trees, like inside out umbrellas, the beach beds are empty and the waves were up to ten feet high and smashing thirty feet in the air. For five days everyone stood taking photos of the sea. For two days all boats stayed in harbour, only the big ferries sailed, there wasn’t a thing at sea, not even the surfers, we’ve never known that happen before. To add to this jellyfish in their hundred were washing up on shore and there was a severe risk of a burn from them. Even when red flags were flying and flags warning about the jellyfish were up the occasional nutter would go in the water and some people took staggering risks with their children including one couple with a baby, dangling it over the waves, just to get a photo, playing chicken as monster waves crashed in.
One day I had to catch my club sandwich as it went flying from my plate in the wind, empty glasses slid off the table and seat cushions went cartwheeling down the pavement. A couple of days were dull and cool but the menacing clouds made impressive photos, the sea was like a boiling cauldron. We did have days of beautiful weather as well, the second half of the holiday was normal sunny Tenerife. I haven’t hired a car for ages on Tenerife, it adds a degree of hassle to – what is supposed to be – a sun and relax holiday so again we didn’t go up El Teide. Next time perhaps. I took my racing bike once just to cycle from sea level to 8000 feet nonstop – twice! it’s a seventy mile round trip and a long drag to the top. On the way home we had to make an emergency landing in Dublin, fire tenders with foam jets pointing at us, unfortunately I was facing the setting sun and couldn’t take photos as the sun was shining straight through the window. Seven and a half hours on the plane, not much fun.
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With weeks of cloud and snowfall in the forecast locally, I was surprised to see a mostly sunny day forecast for the Sudbury area (where I have recently shifted my focus - after cutting way back on my trackside activities for, at least, the winter months).
Of course, when I arrived at daybreak there was a shelf of blanket cloud covering the region which forced a change of plans. The shelf of cloud cover was slowly moving to the southeast so I headed northwest in an attempt to meet up with the morning eastbound. Well that was a fail, as I passed it on route to Levack prior to clearing "the blob" of cloud cover. Mercifully, however, there was this second train chasing that I was able to intercept outside of Chelmsford just as the morning sun was being set loose.
I haven't heard or seen much of a CP 114 train, but I did clearly clearly hear that call out. Possibly it was misspoke for the CP 104, or maybe a new number for a second CP 112.
CP Cartier - CP 8044 (AC4400CWM), 8918 (ES44AC)
Model: Liz-Anne Picard
First, thanks Liz-Anne for making it today with the rain and cold day.
This young lady is on her way to become a great model, and before she become a star i had the chance to have a shooting with her today. I know , i know you are jealous and i understand ;-)
My contacts can see a bigger size
This one shot with my MarkIII, way sharper then the 7D ;-)
Strobist info: 430ex with pocket wizard on ettl. One in front very close to the rail, one on the laeft side slightly in front, and the third one in the back/left close to the telescope. All flashes on stands with homemade diffusors... pointing about 30 degrees down.
Boxing Day (Official)
So,
Bank Holiday.
Like we need one.
And with it being fine, and even some sun forecast, I said, foolishly the night before, that we should go for a walk.
So it was after getting up at half seven, downing the first coffee of the day then getting dressed like Nanook of the North, in many layers, we climbed into the car, with just two cameras, for the short drive to Deal.
The roads were empty, as were the parking spaces along the road through Walmer, so in order for me not to get any more angry with the Sunday driver in front of me cruising at 19mph, we pull and start our walk from St. Saviour's, walk to the promenade and turn north towards the pier.
Although, I was tempted onto the shingle beach so I could snap the fishing fleet, high up on the beach, all at rest.
So, I snap the boats, the fishermen's gear and the machinery used to drag the boats high up onto the beach.
And there was the everchanging cloudscapes as the sun rose in the southeast, then hid behind clouds for half an hour.
We walked no further than the time tower, currently covered in scaffolding as it is repaired, and as we turned, the sun came out and things looked far brighter, doubly so as the clouds cleared too and in a few minutes the sun was shining from a clear blue sky, just as the BBC had promised.
Sorry I ever doubted you.
Back past the castle, the bandstand to the lifeboat stattion, which were both locked up, and back to the car.
Once back home I cook bacon butties, a prelude to the salt beef sandwiches smothered in horseradish which we eat at lunctime.
And then, the afternoon; now, a few weeks ago I suggested in a moment of foolishness that members of the orchid group on Facebook might like to hear my presentation. I thought that maybe one or two would, so I could get out of it. But more than 30 said they would be interested, so I set up a "Live" event, and the 28th was to be the day I was to give it. Which meant that the afternoon was spent going over the presentation, changing some of the text and adding some new slides due to a couple of spikes seen in the 2020 season.
I also finished the 2020 orchid season blogs, the forth and final one posted mid-afternoon. So I could concentrate on the Premier League football, though only via the BBC website.
At five I did a test of the Facebook Live platofrm, all seemed to work, and a video of the recording is made and saved to the site.
I cook chorizo hash, which we make vanish, as well as two man-sized glasses of red wine, so I was all ready to go at seven with the presentation.
And, we're live!
Eeek.
I talk for an hour and twenty minutes or so, and many said it was good, so, who knows? Anyway, by the end my voice was giving out, so I soothe my vocal chords with a glass of red wine,a nd send a second down to keep the first one company.
And that was it. Bank Holiday done.
We were in The Lake District for the August Bank Holiday, great weather for walking but very busy – unlike the last Bank Holiday - where we had Great Gable to ourselves after a bad forecast kept people away. It was grim back home but we walked in shorts and Tee shirts.
Saturday and we were in the Old Dungeon Ghyll car park and away in good time. What a beautiful morning, we headed up Redacre Gill onto Pike of Blisco. The first climb of the day is always tough until the blood gets flowing. I didn’t really have a plan but it wasn’t what we did that’s for sure. I’d thought that we would walk until early afternoon and then head down, probably from Rossett Pike – But! Jayne made a call to her Mum from Pike of Blisco and she asked if we would be going over the Langdale Pikes – Jayne said yes! I looked at her and said “will we?” I was a bit surprised as it is a pretty full on walk – what we call a two Banana walk – and we only had one. She couldn’t believe that I was letting her off without doing the whole circuit of Langdale. We have done this walk before but usually in the opposite direction. There is a lot of slow and tough ground, ten tops ( depending on where exactly you go in the Langdales) over 15 miles and over 6000ft of ascent – a decent walk. The atmosphere was very clear for August, things had turned prematurely Autumnal last week so instead of warm weather haze it was very clear. We could make out buildings on the Isle of Man, we could also see rain in the distance, over Morecambe Bay and out in to The Pennines. It rained over there for hours and you can see it in the background in a lot of the photos.
We walked from Pike Of Blisco across Red Tarn to Cold Pike onto Crinkle Crags – Including the bad step. On Crinkle Crags we met a very Fit 65 year old from London, wiry and experienced, we crossed paths and walked with this guy for quite a while, it slowed us all down a bit but it didn’t matter. Bow Fell for sandwiches and our one banana. We picked our way down Hanging Knotts, the direct route to Rossett Pike. When there isn’t a well-worn path on the direct route there is always a reason – because it’s hard usually! This was the start of the second half of the walk but the afternoon was ticking by, if we were doing it I wasn’t prepared to cut corners and miss any tops so were committed to the whole thing.
We had a long slog over Rossett Pike, It’s a long fell, across Stake Pass and Martcrag Moor. After the dry summer and a wet August the fells were noticeably wetter underfoot and Martcrag was very boggy. Onto Pike of Stickle and Loft Crag. By mid-afternoon the Langdales were very busy with large family groups, every top had a small crowd on it, we took a photo and enjoyed the view and moved on – briskly! My old knee and ankle injuries were starting to tell a story by now but there wasn’t much I could do about it. Across to Harrison Stickle and I decided to include Thunacar Knott as it’s a short easy diversion on the way to Pavey Ark. Stood at the top of Pavey Ark looking over Stickle Tarn I knew that it was going to be a long painful descent – and it was. The mile or so from the New to the Old Dungeon Ghyll wasn’t so bad as there is a path through the fields which was nice and gentle on my aching joints. Eight hours wasn’t bad as we never hammered it, just wanting to enjoy our first big day on the tops for quite a long time. The golden Rule in Ambleside was calling – after a shower.
On Sunday we had another beautiful start although there was a fair bit of cloud later. We drove over Kirkstone Pass and down to Hartsop, there’s a little car park up the dead-end road through the village, it’s only small and you need to be there early, it was already filling as we got there. We had a tough first climb up the nose of Hartsop Dodd, steep but fantastic views. I’d thought long and hard about how to make the most of the fine forecast for today and views from the first climb proved that it was worth it. The day took us over 17 miles and fourteen tops, the ground was easier than yesterday so we finished an hour sooner but it was still a tough day.
Caudale Moor, Stoneycove Pike, down to Threshthwaite Cove, an out and back to Gray Crag and a quick early sandwich on Thornthwaite Crag. High Street, were most walkers never go near the summit but bypass it on the main path – something that’s true of a lot of tops and a lot of walkers – each to their own. Rampsgill Head out and back to High Raise and Kidsty Pike, back to Rampsgill Head and onto The Knott, Rest Dodd. We normally do an out and back to The Nab on this walk but not today, it might have caused some friction wi’ our Jaynie. Across Satura Crag to Brock Crags, we only had the twin tops of Angletarn Pikes to go and we were done with the tops. I usually find Angletarn Pikes hard work at the end of a long walk but we used a different path this time and they didn’t’ seem so bad. The problem with this walk is that you think it’s all over now but it’s a long fast yomp back to the car- around three miles with a little bit of climbing as well, it certainly magnifies the aches and pains.
Monday was forecast to be wet, very wet the further south you went so we headed north. It rained over breakfast and we feared the worst, gale force wind were also forecast and sure enough the trees outside the dining room were straining at the leash. I t might have to be a short leg stretcher. We headed for Keswick and parked below Dodd. We were the only ones there, gales and rain and it was the day of the Keswick show ( Grasmere Games and traffic gridlock yesterday) The rain stopped but it was a dark and grey day. We creaked our way up Dodd with aching legs, I don’t think Jayne was impressed but we plodded up Carl Side, battered by the wind. Once on Carl Side we were wind propelled along Long Side and over Ullock Pike. There was a bit of blue in the sky to the north and a bit of sun but not much. We descended via The Edge and back along Longside Wood. Nearly seven miles and 2000 ft of ascent.
Over two and a half days we climbed almost half the height of Everest, stood on 28 tops and walked 40 miles ( we clocked a couple of evening miles) we used to do eight day weeks in the Lakes with every day a full on day but over the last few years we haven’t made the effort to travel up there, we need to get our act together – and some new knees!
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While the forecast called for snow today, it didn't say a thing about blizzards or wind or white-outs. And we had all three today. Here's a view to the south from our front door. I had to hurry to take the picture lest my camera's battery die and the blood in my veins freeze (although it wasn't really that cold...)
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We had a trip to Prague in January – for Jayne’s birthday - we don’t buy Christmas or birthday presents, we travel instead. We left snowy England for a very, very dull and grey Czech Republic. Yet again I was on a photographic downer looking at the weather forecast, grey is the colour that haunts me. Fortunately it was dull grey and not burnt highlight inducing bright grey.With the grey sky acting like a big diffuser I was going to have deep shadow and contrast to deal with. We had three very short spells of broken cloud which gave us a bit of sun and colour, which I managed to more or less anticipate so we managed to be in decent locations every time – generally somewhere high.
We had been upgraded to a five star hotel, apparently our original choice was flooded. We got compensation and five star hotel upgrade– a first for me. The Art Nouveau Palace has a beautiful interior, with beautiful rooms, the breakfast room was fantastic, as was the breakfast it has to be said. We were able to have an early breakfast so were out on foot just after eight. It was very cold – and dull! We spent the whole week well wrapped up. It drizzled for a day, but never really wet us, it snowed for a day, again we didn’t get wet and the snow didn’t settle. We walked 65 mile, spending plenty of time checking buildings and their interiors out – and coffee shop and bar interiors it has to be said. Although it was dull and sometimes wet I decided that the Camera was staying in my hands for the whole trip. Whenever I put it in my backpack for one reason or another I regret it.
Again, I didn’t look at any photographs of Prague before we got there, I like to just walk and discover, with the DK guidebook in my pocket (which is full of photos it has to be said). We like to get off the beaten track and see the grittier side of the places we visit – within reason! Prague has an incredible tram network, over 1000 trams – with many of them Tatra Eastern Bloc machines. The system seems chaotic but in reality it is incredible with one of the largest networks and highest usages in the world. The trams and cars frequently share the same road space with very little in the way of drama, none of the inexplicable and pathetic constant horn blowing one finds in many countries. Once it became apparent that buildings with a grey blanket as a background were going to be a bit un-inspirational I decided that the trams would be a good focal point instead. Where I have photographed one of the older trams against a background without clues it is easy to imagine that the photos were taken fifty years ago.
The train network also provided photo opportunities. The rolling stock ranges from old Eastern Bloc to very modern double decker’s and pendolinos. There are three stations although we visited the main station and Smichov. The main station interior is art deco and has been renovated by a private company. The exterior and the platforms are very rundown with a grim eastern bloc 1950’s feel –but it works! We discovered to our amusement that we could just walk across multiple lines, no health and safety, just keep your eyes open and don’t walk under a train – you’ll make a mess. Smichov station was grim, it didn’t help that it snowed all day and was grey and bitter. We felt like we were in a 50’s film set in Russia, broken concrete platforms and dereliction. With both stations there was another world underneath them. The underground Metro is running seamlessly and efficiently away beneath your feet. I didn’t have any problems taking photos anywhere but I was very open and obviously a tourist, I didn’t act covertly or suspiciously. There was only one occasion I was stopped and that was in a shopping centre – full of CCTV cameras filming everyone else!
We discovered old and beautiful- and very large- shopping centres hidden away in quite a few places. Brass framed windows and doors, shops thriving, there was a massive camera shop with thousands of second hand cameras, too much to look at. Many of the landmark buildings prevent photography, some make a small charge, some encourage it, the DK guide book gives a good indication regarding camera use. Nothing stops many people though, they just shoot away regardless, usually wanting a picture that includes their self. Prague is surrounded by low hills and has a fair few towers that you can pay a few pounds to go up, so viewpoints are plentiful. I think we visited most of them. I read about the Zizkov Tower, which looks like a Soviet rocket on the horizon and we headed straight for it - after crossing the rail lines! Set in a quiet residential area, there wasn’t a soul about. Two beautiful girls on reception and we parted with a few pounds, into the lift and were on the observation deck with no one else up there. There are fantastic views over the city, but! It is through two layers of not very clean glass so you go for the view rather than sharp panoramas. Still a fascinating place, with a nice café bar and very clean toilets – there are toilets everywhere, usually manned with a fee. Places are well staffed compared with home were three students are supposed to run a 20 screen multiplex cinema.
Graffiti was prominent, no matter how grand the monument, some moron would have daubed it. How do they get away with it in a 24 hour city centre with a strong police presence? The place is very clean, constantly being swept. What did surprise me, was that many buildings, that looked grand and built of stone, from a distance, were actually rendered with very low quality brickwork concealed. When restored the building look very impressive, others are missing the outer render from ground level to a fair height.
I need to cut this short really, I like to put a background story to the photos and although it would be better to individualise it to a specific photo or group of photos I don’t have the time to do that. I do try to give specific detail in the title bar after I have uploaded, this is time consuming enough although I’m pretty proficient at it by now. There are many things I would like to write that should be of interest to anyone thinking of going to Prague but I’ll have to let the pictures do the talking. As usual I am unlikely to be selective enough with my uploads, I’m not very good at leaving photos out so I just upload and be damned.
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My monthly walk guided by Roy Hazel & accompanied by Keith Hughes & Bramble. Today the walk was about 12 Hazel miles in weather much better than expected from the forecast. It did start off dismally at Coombe Hill NT carpark about 8.30am but the amazing pollarded trees and bluebells here soon put us in high spirits. Heading South through High Scrub & Dunsmore, turning West eventually at Cobblershill Farm passing along a cunningly hidden path into Hampdenleaf Wood, at the far side briefly stopping for Sheila's bread pudding & a hot drink while enjoying the peaceful vale ahead, gradually being bathed in sunlight, revealing a Brown Hare standing still in the middle of a field of wheat. Across the valley we encountered an odd structure, part church, part medieval building, Little Hampden Church. Over the west side of this ridge and through a bluebell swathed copse across the Prestwood to Askett road & up across wheat and pine wood (passing a large Wellingtonia) to Hampden House in bright sunshine greeted by the sounds of demented barking from beyond a tall Laurel hedge. Giving the house HAHA a slight birth we turned north west up the tree lined avenue & then diagonally across a very stunted & dry field of wheat towards Barnes Grove where realised we should turn NE along Grim@s Dyke & the edge Kingsfield Wood & on into Knighton's Hill Wood, then around Green Hailey Farm leading into the steep descent of Whiteleaf Hill, still in brilliant sunshine, to the welcoming sign of The Red Lion for a refreshing pint of Aylesbury Pale Ale taken outside as we watched a steady stream of AT Bikers struggling past with a clicking of cogs & a lot of puffing. we all agreed one pint was adequate & off we set again across a cricket pitch where members of the team were praying to Mohammed before play, then through a pristine golf course and eventually up the long slog through Grangelands & Rifle Range BBOWLT nature reserve to the foot of Pulpit Hill where a quick bite was taken sat amongst the prickles of a cleared Blacthorn scrub. It was a long & winding plod through Pulpit & Pond Woods down in sight of Chequers through more stunning masses of Bluebells down to across the same road crossed earlier and through yet another field of wheat (this looked much healthier) up to Buckmoorland & up a never-ending sunken lane in dappled sun up to Goodmerhill Wood & on through Fugsdon Wood, eventually regaining the trail that we had descended 7 or so hours earlier. The scene had changed since 8.30am, now heaving with cars, children and dogs. Ditching our rucksacks we staggered a few hundred yards to The Monument to wonder at the view and how far we could see across several counties, even to Kings Wood on the Greensand Ridge. So safe home very weary but all agreed a great walk, certainly the best so far this year. My thanks already given to Roy & Keith, I should like to add thanks to Sheila for her sustaining bread pudding and to Bramble for all her encouragement as I staggered at the rear when every 10 minutes or so she would rush down to find where I was and after a swift pat rushed back to inspect the trail ahead. :)
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The weather forecast was not for rain, but drizzle greeted us as we started our walk into Chester Lake to see the larches.
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Thunderstorm moving in over the CBD - taken from my office window up on the 21st floor.
Photo notes: 2 shot panorama, hand-held.
Sometimes it feels like Summer, sometimes it feels like Spring. You never know what you're going to get around here. At least it's keeping nice and cool at night, I love when it does that, I sleep so much better.
There was big talk of snow in Modesto to come. So I woke up at 4:00 this morning to check. Only rain. Then again at 5:00. Only rain. 6:00 - rain. Kept peeking out the window eagerly anticipating this fluffy white stuff I heard was now falling here in town. Only rain. What a bummer. I felt like Charlie Brown. In my travels today, I discovered that I may be the only one who didn't actualy see the snow! However, my car was covered in Japanese Maple leaves.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Alexander Klosterman, weather forecaster, 123rd Contingency Response Group, Kentucky Air National Guard, leads a team in assembling a TMQ 53 Tactical Meteorological Observing System (TMOS) a mobile weather station, during Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 22, in Nome, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. Joint Exercise Arctic Eagle-Patriot 2022 increases the National Guard’s capacity to operate in austere, extreme cold-weather environments across Alaska and the Arctic region. AEP22 enhances the ability of military and civilian inter-agency partners to respond to a variety of emergency and homeland security missions across Alaska and the Arctic. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. LeAnne (Ian) Withrow
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Walkman: When is that going to stop?
Reading Glasses: The fyre in Kalifornia? forecast - Dec this year and there is at least 100 days before Dec arrives! And that's at least 144,000 minutes! Unless Hurry Kane Henry could bring water from the east right across to the west.
Spider Plant: How many kilometers between them?
Cat in the Laptop: 4237km between Main e and Lost Angel3s. My guess is it would have finished its water by the time it reaches I o wa and the water should go north, northeast and east of San Frank cis ko and not Lost Angel3s.
Walkman: Actually I was not asking about the fyre but thought of asking a non specific question could get more answers.
Orange #1: So what were you asking?
Orange #2: About stopping IS IS K from preventing evacuations carrying out from the K a b u l air port?
Orange #3: Is T a l i b a n more friends with this IS IS K than with weren't us but U S or @fghan?
Fried Rice: It's complicated. The cook hasn't quite understand their relationships - has never pay attention to the happenings in the middle east after 9 one one and when IS IS started to chop off erm, _ of the people they caught! And I'm not that complicated. I can tell you the ingredients I have. Wai toa free range chicken sausage chopped into pieces by the spatula, sliced red cabbage & leek & onion all from the nearby store, picked up about 2hrs ago, commented by the background team as boy feed cow when in the real world it was a young staff putting two bags of groceries into the boot of the vehicle that the cook drove, and you know the cook was born in the year of cow. Very funny huh? boy feed cow.
(The cook rolled eyes but no one saw): But that's true.
Fried rice: Other ingredients include NZ garlic and Th@i ginger bought last week.
Leek: My green bits were chopped off and they are now in the fried rice that serve 3 meals.
Crisps Packet: I was also mentioned as a search phrase. Looks like someone from background team knew what the cook ordered even before this picture was shown. The cook did not remember whether these messages were present before the collection. The cook who did not properly cook me but the contents inside me would be properly cooked certainly not probably by someone, aren't going to have any gathering. Just added to pantry in case she wanted something salty and I will still remain as what I am, intact, at least for today, forecast for tomorrow, I should still be intact.
Glass of Water: Ya, we are doing the usual discussion without a second human being.
Cat in the Laptop: The spread has stopped the cook from visiting me tomorrow of picture day. And the spreading hasn't stopped - 7 schools now affected in the big city - sooner or later, some families of essential workers will also be infected.
Wallet: Then the workers who would be working with the essential worker a few days before the case in the family was confirmed, will all have to stay at home and isolate. While office workers like the cook (that's where the similarity ends between the office workers and the cook) who continues to do nothing, having an easy life, check the news, too distracted to focus at work because projects have come to a stage when they are waiting for the customers' input before she can proceed to next step. Unless there is support request, then that would get her attention from the real world situation to work and meanwhile the cook continues to clear AL as annual leave is still in good numbers more than 25 days.
Spider Plant: What is the number now?
Wallet: Not calculating the notes inside me as they are not relevant, it's 51 confirmed cases till end of picture day.
Curtains: They who aren't the background team reported that the far from here, the top of green land, about 2 miles from the sea level, has received 7 billion tons of water on the ice sheet, first time on record. They used to get snow.
Wall: How much is 7 billion tons? It's a concern as the other night the water from the sky was so intense that the cook couldn't sleep as she was worried that I would be gone to join the trees in the backyard - that was last Tues early morning. Last Tue was the evening when the please-stay-home was announced.
Cat in the Laptop: One ton = 907.185 kg. I asked gu ger which someone preferred to name as goo gle on picture day afternoon and sent knife to threaten the representation of me?
Laptop: So 7 billion would be 7000 million = 7,000,000,000 tons = 6,349,000,000,000 KG of water.
Wall went silent.
Everyone went silent except for something.
The song holding out for a hero - in the real world of the morning after picture day, between the cook and the laptop and a set of headphone.
That was what Walkman was asking right in the beginning. Till today, Walkman does not contain this song. If Walkman has an advice to the cook, it would be, do something or go out for a walk and not listen to wait out for a hero who will not appear to solve all these problems.
Though not exactly related in terms of the above mentioned is not about died about cancer, but somewhat related:
M i c h a e l C u l l e n said in his book that he was not fighting a battle against his cancer.
"It will do what it will and, in the meantime, I will do what I can. Death is no more than the space we make for others to live."
He finished at 76 years old, 19th day of this month. His funeral is going to be quiet. But the cook thinks he wouldn't mind. Because he had a fulfilling life which he wanted and worked for.
Wallet quietly said: He helped this country's people save for their retirement, not spend like there is no tomorrow. Don't ask me whether there is a bountiful tomorrow like today, in 10 years time. If we no longer exist, I guess we have all made room for the earth to recover from the damages that man not kind, which includes the cook, has done to the earth.
Sunrise was pretty albeit brief this morning. We live 600 feet above the City of Ithaca, NY. in the "Town" of Ithaca, NY. Today, down in the City, they will have 88'F, but up here on the hill, our temperatures are always slightly cooler at 84'F. It's always a blessing on really hot days.
Last night's forecast for today's
weather called for cloudy weather until at least 6:00 PM. It's been raining most of the afternoon. While I don't mind the rain, having some forewarning would have been nice. At least I took care of my chores downtown in the morning (on foot) when it wasn't wet...
We're stuck in a pattern where the weekends feature lousy weather and the weekdays, when we're stuck at work, are nice. It seems all spring and summer it's been like this. It's getting depressing! This is a photo of the 24-7 weather feed from HD broadcast channel 7.2 - I don't have cable, but do have an HDTV, with low-tech rabbit ears, and receive several additional channels.
Blogged:
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We had a trip to Prague in January – for Jayne’s birthday - we don’t buy Christmas or birthday presents, we travel instead. We left snowy England for a very, very dull and grey Czech Republic. Yet again I was on a photographic downer looking at the weather forecast, grey is the colour that haunts me. Fortunately it was dull grey and not burnt highlight inducing bright grey.With the grey sky acting like a big diffuser I was going to have deep shadow and contrast to deal with. We had three very short spells of broken cloud which gave us a bit of sun and colour, which I managed to more or less anticipate so we managed to be in decent locations every time – generally somewhere high.
We had been upgraded to a five star hotel, apparently our original choice was flooded. We got compensation and five star hotel upgrade– a first for me. The Art Nouveau Palace has a beautiful interior, with beautiful rooms, the breakfast room was fantastic, as was the breakfast it has to be said. We were able to have an early breakfast so were out on foot just after eight. It was very cold – and dull! We spent the whole week well wrapped up. It drizzled for a day, but never really wet us, it snowed for a day, again we didn’t get wet and the snow didn’t settle. We walked 65 mile, spending plenty of time checking buildings and their interiors out – and coffee shop and bar interiors it has to be said. Although it was dull and sometimes wet I decided that the Camera was staying in my hands for the whole trip. Whenever I put it in my backpack for one reason or another I regret it.
Again, I didn’t look at any photographs of Prague before we got there, I like to just walk and discover, with the DK guidebook in my pocket (which is full of photos it has to be said). We like to get off the beaten track and see the grittier side of the places we visit – within reason! Prague has an incredible tram network, over 1000 trams – with many of them Tatra Eastern Bloc machines. The system seems chaotic but in reality it is incredible with one of the largest networks and highest usages in the world. The trams and cars frequently share the same road space with very little in the way of drama, none of the inexplicable and pathetic constant horn blowing one finds in many countries. Once it became apparent that buildings with a grey blanket as a background were going to be a bit un-inspirational I decided that the trams would be a good focal point instead. Where I have photographed one of the older trams against a background without clues it is easy to imagine that the photos were taken fifty years ago.
The train network also provided photo opportunities. The rolling stock ranges from old Eastern Bloc to very modern double decker’s and pendolinos. There are three stations although we visited the main station and Smichov. The main station interior is art deco and has been renovated by a private company. The exterior and the platforms are very rundown with a grim eastern bloc 1950’s feel –but it works! We discovered to our amusement that we could just walk across multiple lines, no health and safety, just keep your eyes open and don’t walk under a train – you’ll make a mess. Smichov station was grim, it didn’t help that it snowed all day and was grey and bitter. We felt like we were in a 50’s film set in Russia, broken concrete platforms and dereliction. With both stations there was another world underneath them. The underground Metro is running seamlessly and efficiently away beneath your feet. I didn’t have any problems taking photos anywhere but I was very open and obviously a tourist, I didn’t act covertly or suspiciously. There was only one occasion I was stopped and that was in a shopping centre – full of CCTV cameras filming everyone else!
We discovered old and beautiful- and very large- shopping centres hidden away in quite a few places. Brass framed windows and doors, shops thriving, there was a massive camera shop with thousands of second hand cameras, too much to look at. Many of the landmark buildings prevent photography, some make a small charge, some encourage it, the DK guide book gives a good indication regarding camera use. Nothing stops many people though, they just shoot away regardless, usually wanting a picture that includes their self. Prague is surrounded by low hills and has a fair few towers that you can pay a few pounds to go up, so viewpoints are plentiful. I think we visited most of them. I read about the Zizkov Tower, which looks like a Soviet rocket on the horizon and we headed straight for it - after crossing the rail lines! Set in a quiet residential area, there wasn’t a soul about. Two beautiful girls on reception and we parted with a few pounds, into the lift and were on the observation deck with no one else up there. There are fantastic views over the city, but! It is through two layers of not very clean glass so you go for the view rather than sharp panoramas. Still a fascinating place, with a nice café bar and very clean toilets – there are toilets everywhere, usually manned with a fee. Places are well staffed compared with home were three students are supposed to run a 20 screen multiplex cinema.
Graffiti was prominent, no matter how grand the monument, some moron would have daubed it. How do they get away with it in a 24 hour city centre with a strong police presence? The place is very clean, constantly being swept. What did surprise me, was that many buildings, that looked grand and built of stone, from a distance, were actually rendered with very low quality brickwork concealed. When restored the building look very impressive, others are missing the outer render from ground level to a fair height.
I need to cut this short really, I like to put a background story to the photos and although it would be better to individualise it to a specific photo or group of photos I don’t have the time to do that. I do try to give specific detail in the title bar after I have uploaded, this is time consuming enough although I’m pretty proficient at it by now. There are many things I would like to write that should be of interest to anyone thinking of going to Prague but I’ll have to let the pictures do the talking. As usual I am unlikely to be selective enough with my uploads, I’m not very good at leaving photos out so I just upload and be damned.
With the weather forecast calling for my arrival day, 6 May, being the only sunny day for my 4-night New York City stay, I needed to pounce and do something outdoorsy. And it's hard to top a bike ride through Central Park, using Park Drive, a counterclockwise loop road. On my mountain-road hybrid rental bike, I could do one lap of Park Drive in about 40 minutes; this is my favorite urban bike ride anywhere in the world, but I had not been able to do it in the previous 15 years.
Sheep Meadow is one of several open expanses of grass for people to congregate at within Central Park. And adding a keyboardist and a violinist to the mix is also a great idea. This is how great New York moments happen.