Als ich dieses Tulpenfeld sah dachte ich in den Niederlanden zu sein. Tatsächlich entdeckte ich dieses farbenprächtige Tulpenfeld mit den verschiedensten Sorten in der Nähe von Leichlingen im Rheinisch-Bergischen Kreis. Das Tulpenfeld gehörte zu einem Bauernhof und für € 0,60 je Blume hätte man sich seinen Strauß selbst zusammenstellen können. Die meisten Tulpen waren allerdings schon fast verblüht.

Mehr Fotos und Berichte von meinen Fotowalks, Touren und Reisen: www.maco-activetours.de

When I saw this tulip field I thought I was in the Netherlands. I actually discovered this colorful tulip field with a wide variety of varieties near Leichlingen in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis. The tulip field belonged to a farm and for €0.60 per flower you could have put together your own bouquet. However, most of the tulips had almost faded.

More photos and reports from my photo walks, tours and trips: www.maco-activetours.de

M33 Triangle Galaxy

Distance from Earth: 2,723,000 light years

The Triangulum Galaxy, also known as M33 (object number 33 in Charles Messier's catalogue) and NGC 598, is a so-called SA-type spiral galaxy about 3 million light years away from Earth and located in the constellation Triangle. In the Anglo-Saxon world M33 is also informally called Pinwheel Galaxy (in Italian literally Girandola Galaxy) in some amateur astronomy publications, but also in some official press releases of professional sites. However, both the SIMBAD astronomical database, which contains the names and formal designations of various astronomical objects, and several other amateur astronomy sites refer to the M101 galaxy as the "Pinwheel Galaxy".

Referred to as Bode's Nebula, it is however, a spiral galaxy located close to the Big Dipper or Plough asterism in Ursa Major. It has a close companion galaxy M82 the Cigar galaxy, so close together, they are often imaged as a pair.

Lying about 12 million light years from Earth and about 90,000 light years across. Binoculars will pick up M81 as a faint fuzzy patch of light under reasonable sky conditions.

First discovered by a German astronomer by the name of Johann Elert Bode in 1774, hence Bode's Nebula. At the time no one had any clue it was a whole other galaxy.

Johann Elert Bode is the person responsible for all the butt jokes we astronomers have to endure. He's the person that gave the planet Uranus it's name. After William Herschel discovered Uranus, he originally named it Georgium Sidus (George's star), has it was first thought by Herschel to be a star or comet.

Right, now for the usual boring techie bit for those still reading or interested:

Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector

Skywatcher EQ6-R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup

Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.

Only got six useable 6 minute exposures before the clouds rolled over at the end of the night.

Stacked with calibration frames and all processing done with StarTools.

Saturday Self Challenge

This week anything Vintage/Retro. Process however you wish. May be colour or B&W. There is a lot of opportunity to be creative!

Calcium Carbide lamps originally date from around the start of the 20th century. This pair belong to my husband who used them for caving, they are from the mid 1970’s.

The caving, or mining lamp, has calcium carbide placed in its lower chamber, called the generator. Water is then put in the upper reservoir.

A valve is used to control the rate at which the water drips through into the chamber containing the calcium carbide. Controlling the rate of the flow of water determines the production of acetylene gas. This in turn controls the rate of the gas flow and the size of the flame at the burner and the amount of light it produces.

The lamp has a reflector behind the flame to help project the light forward, this type of lamp produces a very bright broad light.

Thank you for your visit and your comments, they are greatly appreciated.

As a 35mm Kodak Ektachrome 200 colour transparency this into the sun shot did not have a lot going for it. However with a bit of work and conversion to black and white an acceptable image of 45101 waiting to depart Leicester with a northbound express has been achieved, 20th May 1978.

Locomotive History

45101 was originally D96 and was built at Crewe Works, entering traffic in April 1961, allocated to Derby MPD. It remained a Midland engine for all of its career predominantly allocated to Toton. In 1973 the Midland Main Line services started to migrate from steam heating to electric heating of the coaching stock and D96 was the first of fifty class 45 locomotives selected to have its Stone Vapour steam heating boiler replaced with electric train heating equipment (a Brush BL100-30 ETH auxiliary alternator) and emerged from Derby Works in March 1973 as 45101. It was withdrawn still allocated to Toton in November 1986 and dumped in the yard until moved to Vic Berry, Leicester and broken up during September 1988.

Praktica LTL

Bandlands, Morning Light. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.

Soft early-morning light on rugged and colorful badlands formations.

On the final full day of our early-April 2019 photography visit to Death Valley we decided to head for a familiar location where I enjoy photographing in the morning. After being closed earlier in the season this area had finally reopened — flooding of washes in the area had interfered with access, and repairs had be recently completed.

The photographic opportunities in this area — and, to be honest, in many places — depend a lot on the specific qualities of the light during a visit. I've been here where clouds turned everything gray and when intense light made some portions of this landscape a bit too stark for my preferences. This morning was close to ideal. When we arrived, before dawn, there was a high overcast and the light was not all that spectacular. However, the clouds were thin, and as the sun rose the light made it thought the dissipating clouds — and this sort of high, thing clouds provide some of the most subtle and beautiful light.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.

Blog | About | Flickr | Facebook | Email

Links to Articles, Sales and Licensing, my Sierra Nevada Fall Color book, Contact Information.

Yeehaw, raptors! This falcon is a recent settler at my local regional park. The resident crows, however, were just merciless this early morning. They started hanging in the same leafless tree; one got just one branch above the Peregrine even. I guess they don't know a Peregrine can take a crow (saw it, photographed it earlier this year). The raptor endured for awhile, but flew about 10 minutes later. Then the crows moved on to hassle a red-shouldered hawk - one chased it even. And, by the way, don't you just love its "pantalones" as my BF would say? Cool stuff.

taken whilst visiting Snowdonia in Wales last year the area of running water proved to be a great find at the end of a day taking pictures. to navigate to this point was like doing an assault course with obstacles at every turn; it culminated in walking through what seem like a mini bog.

even after a long hard look to get an idea where to actually take the shot some tree branches had actually grown outward at my chosen spot. maybe i could have opted for something which did not involve this level of endevour; however i would confess this was not my primary though when negotiating the various challenges.

it probably comes down to the mix of water; rock and foilage creating a welcoming blend of tones and complementing colours......oh well as Yann Arthus-Bertrand saiid "the earth is art, the photographer is only the witness"

This is the old engine house of the Phoenix United Mine. Like other mines in the Caradon Mining Area on the eastern side of Bodmin Moor, this was originally a copper mine, though when that lode became exhausted it was subsequently converted to mine tin.

The Phoenix United was once the largest productive mine in East Cornwall, producing over 16,000 tons of tin and 83,000 tons of copper during the years 1842 to 1898. It then closed. The mine was re-opened in 1907 with the sinking of the 1,272 feet deep Prince of Wales Shaft and the building of this new engine house to drain the mine. However, the amount of tin brought up during this latter period was minimal, and the expected ore reserves were not found where they were hoped for. The mine closed in 1914.

Back in the 19th century the mines in this eastern part of Bodmin Moor were linked to the port of Looe on the Cornish coast by a series of tramways and a canal from Liskeard. Later on the canal was replaced by a railway, subsequently converted to carry passengers and now known as the Looe Valley Line.

So called as, however long I 'tweaked', I couldn't get the three to work as cohesively as I wanted, they still seem to be isolated elements? Maybe Black Sabbath, loud, ain't the ideal editing accompaniment?

The Sunset on the Clyde was wonderful. However, I liked this earlier view of the yellow steps and the south side of the Clyde. I do like the area around the Exhibition area and it is not far from the University.

Die Mittelweserbahn „MWB“ ging 2013 in der EVB auf. Die 182 911 und 182 912 behielten aber noch lange die alte Beschriftung, die inzwischen in ähnlich schwungvollem EVB Design erneut wurde. Hier 182 911 im April 2018 mit einem Holzzug bei Odensachsen auf dem Weg gen Süden.

In the Haunetal

The Mittelweserbahn “MWB” was absorbed into EVB in 2013. However, the 182 911 and 182 912 retained the old lettering for a long time, which has since been recreated in a similarly dynamic EVB design. Here 182 911 in April 2018 with a wooden train near Odensachsen on the way south.

Better light this morning however this was my only sighting

Grass Snake (Natrix natrix). Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire. Saturday 25th March 2017.

A photomosaic of three images, merged using Adobe Photoshop Elements 12. Can be viewed large (left click or press Z), but no bigger.

One of the more instantly recognisable grass snakes at WWF, this one has a nasty scar on its right flank just behind the collar (not immediately obvious from this angle though) and appears to be missing the tip of its tail. I've nicknamed it Lucky, as in 'Lucky to be alive'.

Lucky can normally be found basking close to Cyclops (see: www.flickr.com/photos/julianhodgson/32759851664/), but is usually tightly coiled amongst the vegetation. In this instance however, Cyclops was nowhere to be seen and Lucky had nicked his place, offering the opportunity for a reasonably unobstructed shot.

“However, I continue to try and I continue, indefatigably, to reach out. There’s no way I can single-handedly save the world or, perhaps, even make a perceptible difference - but how ashamed I would be to let a day pass without making one more effort.”

— Isaac Asimov (The Relativity of Wrong)

The Burana Tower is a large minaret in the Chuy Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan. It is located about 80 km east of the country's capital Bishkek, near the town of Tokmok. The tower, along with grave markers, some earthworks and the remnants of a castle and three mausoleums, is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasagun, which was established by the Karakhanids at the end of the 9th century. An external staircase and steep, winding stairway inside the tower enables visitors to climb to the top.

The tower was originally 45 m (148 ft) high. However, over the centuries a number of earthquakes caused significant damage to the structure. The last major earthquake in the 15th century destroyed the top half of the tower, reducing it to its current height of 25m (82 ft). In the early 1900s, Russian immigrants to the area used some of the bricks from the tower for new building projects. A renovation project was carried out in the 1970s to restore its foundation and repair the west-facing side of the tower, which was in danger of collapse.

Balasagun was founded by the Sogdians, a people of Iranian origin and the Sogdian language was still in use in this town until the 11th century.

The view from North Curl Curl Beach looking south towards Manly is amazing. From up here the whole area looks so different. I love to come here to just sit, contemplate life and breathe in the pure fresh air blowing in from the ocean. I’ve been here many times with my camera, but the evening I took this photo was really beautiful. The setting sun gave the sky an amazing golden glow and also reflected off the water surface of Curl Curl Lagoon to the right of the picture.

This image is a panoramic photo made up of 10 images stitched together. It has an aperture of f/16 and a shutter speed of ½ second. Usually I like doing longer exposures, however in this image I wanted to retain the form of the incoming waves and the white wash as it broke on the shore.

Late afternoon I had decided to do a short visit to my local area of the South Downs when I came across this Grizzled Skipper at roost.

Storm Hannah was still blowing a little so I wasn't expecting to do too much photography.

The clouds suddenly lifted briefly and the Grizzled Skipper started to open up its wings to warm up, however the wind kept on blowing despite being in a little sheltered clearing.

Moments later the butterfly had 2nd thoughts and closed back up again and went back to bed!!

Image ©Philip Krayna, all rights reserved. This image is not in the public domain. Please contact me for permission to download, license, reproduce, or otherwise use this image, or to just say "hello". I value your input and comments.

My loyalty remains with Flickr, however you can also see me more work on Instagram. Follow me: @dyslexsyk

These days however, my haters are mostly of the online variety.

My theories as to why folks start to hate you are:- - Human instinct is to protect him/herself. You see this reaction if somebody falls over - their arms naturally extend to protect them from the fall. If a human feels threatened by your existence, they may try to harm you directly or indirectly. - Humans with low self esteem may find that attacking you makes them feel better about themselves as it 'places them above you.' I notice this *a lot* on the Japanese Internet. Many folks in Japanese society are given the "I'm-your-boss-so-shut-up-and-listen-to-what-I-say" treatment - needless to say that they feel like poo on the shoe when they get home. They then proceed to take it out on people/companies on the Internet with foul language. This form of gang bashing is known as "Matsuri" which literally means "Festival" - a group of folks having a good time bashing others. - Many humans hate the unknown. And because something is unknown, the only means a hater has to protect themselves is hatred which they try to use to expel you. I also personally experienced this form of hatred at school too. I lived many of my years bullied by a particular person - the guy who I mentioned before who wanted to smash my head in with a metal bat. I was a quiet weak child who was brought up with foster parents who bullied me at home too - didn't exactly leave me feeling confident at school. Haters took advantage of this fact to make them feel better about themselves. - Some humans may 'blame' you for how well you are doing at school or in society and see you as the cause of their current predicaments. You do well because of your hard work while others want your abilities (or what you have) by doing nothing. Jealousy is a trait that can even be seen in animals but if they could learn how to feel good about themselves, they need not be jealous of anything or anybody. - Some humans hate you for not being how they want you to be. In their mind they have already decided how certain sets of humans should behave and when you are being just you and not behaving as they expect, they will hate you because you are not meeting their expectations. They could possibly see this as a threat to them because they don't know how to handle people who are not in their presets. - Another reason why humans may choose you as a target of hatred is because they use you as a benchmark to 'do better' than you. This is annoying and a compliment at the same time ^^; I see this going on between companies. A particular company that I worked at hated another company and used them as a benchmark. - Some humans may hate you due to some sort of misunderstanding. I always employ and encourage open communication especially for sensitive topics. If the hater is somebody you care about, take the initiative to try to find out the cause of you being hated as it could be something over something very silly indeed.

The original article for this image lives at tokyo.japantimes.co.jp/post/en/658/Toyosu+Photo+Walk.html

A bonus "Friday Face" this week. I don't understand Japanese. However, it was quite possible to interpret what was going on in this photo.

I saw the passenger get up from her seat, but too late to get off the train at her stop. She had probably nodded off as so many people do on Japanese public transport. She walked down the train to find the conductress. The conductress very politely invited her to sit down opposite us and came back a couple of minutes later with information that she should get off at a particular station to connect with a service going the opposite way. Something was then written on the ticket which I imagine gave the lady a free ride back down the line.

Flickr Explore # 397 Sunday, May 8, 2016

This image is a bit of a mystery.

In the 1977-79 period I generally used Kodak transparency film however I did not like the cardboard mounts and changed them to plastic mounts using spare mounts recovered from my none kodak rejects. I still have a couple of boxes of spare empty Agfa mounts and a couple of days ago noticed that one of the mounts actually has a transparency in it.

This is that transparency and it is 45129 on an early evening (angle the sun) Nottingham – London St Pancras express at Lenton South Junction. As to the date well after comparing photographs of 45129 it is in the period 1977 -79. During that period I did shoot a couple of rolls of Agfacolour but having checked my records none taken at Lenton South, so I can not date this any more accurately.

So why did this transparency not make the collection, well the composition is poor, When mounted in the mount the back of the train is cut off and the train is generally to far to the left of the overall composition. Now forty odd years ago I must have remounted this transparency in the Agfa mount to see if it “improved" the composition failures and decided it did not, hence it failed to make the collection. Luckily it escaped the waste paper bin and by scanning it without the mount and a bit of cropping on the right hand side we have an acceptable image.

Locomotive History

45129 was originally D111 and was built at Crewe works, entering traffic in September 1961. It was initially allocated to Derby MPD and would spend almost its entire career associated with the Midland Main Line and Toton MPD. In 1973 the Midland Main Line services started to migrate from steam heating to electric heating of the coaching stock and D111 was one of fifty class 45 locomotives selected to have its Stone Vapour steam heating boiler replaced with electric train heating equipment (a Brush BL100-30 ETH auxiliary alternator) and emerged from Derby Works in June 1974 as 45129. The end of the 1986/87 winter timetable in May 1987 marked the demise of class 45/1 scheduled passenger diagrams on the Midland Main Line and a consequence of this was the remaining twenty-one class 45/1 locomotives were reduced to eighteen by the withdrawal of 45129/37/42. In comparisons to a lot of the Peaks withdrawn at this time 45129 did not linger long and was broken up by Vic Berry, Leicester in December 1988.

Look maw, I made up a new werd!!! Hailbow!!

...that's what is was however, a rainbow made of small to close to softball sized ice rocks, and my car has the dents and broken windshield to prove it. A dozen miles down the road a tornado was recycling, and a newsman was kind enough to clue me in since my internet was useless in this area.

Tarapunga was originally built for the New Zealand navy, however in 2005 with an incredible vision, one family transformed the work nature of this vessel into a proper cruising yacht.

Taken from;

Maplewood Flats Conservation Area,

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

1980 Whangarei Engineering

EX NZ NAVY VESSEL

88ft

US $998,000

Class Pilothouse

Fuel Type Diesel

Top speed is 14.0 kn and her cruising speed is 10.0 kn and her power comes from two Cummins diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 10 guests, with 6 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 111.0 GT and a 6.1 m beam.

When the little boys go to bed, and the big boys are asked to clean up the mess it's

1 flash rear camera left

1 flash front camera left, lower power

1 flash rear camera right in order to create some separation with the backgroupnd. However I don't think it even hit anything. Bad aim after all the wine I guess...

Astrid has published a shot of the shooting of the second Brio stunt image.

Municipal incinerators are generally not seen as architectural highlights; however, they stand as a notable exception in Vienna.

A prime example is the Spittelau incinerator, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser, which features a distinctive appearance reminiscent of a contemporary art museum. It serves as one of Vienna's municipal waste incinerators, generating energy for approximately 50,000 households and heating and warm water for 60,000 residents. Originally constructed in the late 1960s, the facility underwent significant repairs following a fire in 1987, creating an ideal upgrade opportunity. Authorities enlisted the renowned artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser to redesign the chimney and façade, a project completed by the early 1990s. While Hundertwasser is primarily known for his paintings, his contributions to architecture and design have profoundly impacted the public.

Prints & Downloads are available on my 👉 H O M E P A G E

The view from Liverpool Lime Street station up towards Edge Hill station shows the incline,

As built this line utilized rope haulage, and today, in a manner of speaking, it still does, the wire rope still provides the energy to lift trains up the incline, the difference being that the wire rope conducts electricity today.

The two holds significance, as this was P3 prior to remodeling of the station, they extended platforms to increase capacity, and..... removed a platform ?. from what i am lead to believe the original P1 is to be utilized for retail usage, then re opened as P0....

The sceptic in me thinks all this work has been done, not for passengers but for money....

Although the argument would be that, passengers can take advantage of the retail outlets on offer....

This raises more questions however,

Firstly i should say that i'm no retail marketing analyst, but....

This side of the station is predominantly Northern Rail in it's operations, along with the Newcastle and Scarborough Trans Pennine services.

It is auto ticket barrier accessed, and most of the services are relatively short haul and commuter focused...

The other side of the station operates Virgin West Coast, LNW and East Midland services and is open access...

I would have thought that these travelers would be more likely to spend prior to making a journey,

Whilst people on the other side, going to Blackpool or Scarborough are more likely to save their cash to spend at their destinations. that is my logic anyhow,

Along with all of this, the Northern side being auto ticket barrier controlled, says a little about Northern's determination to remove train crew, whilst the other side being open access may be saying something about the need for train crew on longer distance journey's.... Or more customer focused operators ! any how you catch my drift i hope..

When first spotting this Renault 11, I had presumed that it had a long term owner, however, the current keeper has only had the car since May 2019. Not even a year! I’d imagine it is an old car which has been passed down to offspring, or someone got lucky and spotted the car for sale in a local paper or newsagent window. Either way, it appears that they are rather fond of it, if the steering wheel clamp is anything to go by! The car has done minimal mileage in recent years, however, I reckon the current owner uses it more frequently than previous owners have.

Mileage in between MOTs - 46 Miles

Mileage at last MOT - 42,977 Miles

Last Ownership Change - 14th May 2019

B254 NGW

✓ Taxed

Tax due: 1 May 2020

✗ MOT

Expired: 12 July 2019

However nothing special is here

+however many in comments

because this song has been echoing off my empty walls for two hours now.

Here

best View On Black

cLockwise:

ube jaLaya heart - purpLe sweet yam

bibingka fLower

puto heart

biko butterfLy - brown sugar sticky rice

cassava cake tuLip

I am stressing over midterms quite bad

and baking or cooking caLms me down.

It's hard to make smaLL batches for one;

however...

here's my spin on a couple of my favourites.

iVe aLways wanted bite-size desserts

that are grouped like this

to accent the different fLavors & coLours.

iM missing the fresh coconut or

crisped coconut shavings as toppings.

before you'all say anything....

yes, i know...

just didn't have time to make

leche fLan, turon, maja bLanca, tupig, etc...

iM onLy one cooking momma, ok?

why don't U cook & we'll trade!

teeheehee xD

However, today, it's definitely raining

view my photos on Flickriver ~ Please check out my blog

15 days left! Sweet! Not like I am counting down the days or anything, but this project is almost done! And I wont have to freeze any more to get my night shot, I can just post anything! :D

The other day, I took a shot and it baffled me, why I was not getting the effect I wanted. The discussion was awesome! I LOVE having chat on photos about who, what, where, when and why! Because, seriously, thats how I learn! However, I did find the reason for not having the effect I wanted. The lens! Tonight, I put on my ever so trusty, 28-135mm. And that is the glass I started off way back in the day. When I got my wide lens, this lens just got dusty! But I have to remind myself, there is NO reason for a great piece of glass to get dusty! Am I right? :D

Any way, the thing is, if you close up your aperture a bit, around f/10 to f/13 range, your lights become starburst! However, important to note, your lens will make a difference! And that just so happens to be the magic number for this 28-135mm. I have not yet found the right balance for the wide lens, and quite frankly, this is not the shot for a wide lens any way! So here you have it, a basic Christmas lights shot, no real reason other then having my 365 shot and to prove to myself that I CAN still make lights twinkle!

Please, enjoy!

However, the rain never arrived at our side of the mountain. : )

Ďakujem Miškovi. :)

Rather quick build with room for improvements, however, using the 2x2 curved slopes turned inwards (at full 7-wide at the frontend, similar to the way it was done on the Porsche 917K) seems quite promising, especially when the grille is set back as much as on the 540K Spezial-Roadster.

~1/35 scale, fits 2 minifigs.

No, not a photo of the Aurora, however, the long exposure on the cloud with the early morning sun striking it provides the similarity.

This was taken on an enjoyable early morning on the Sunshine Coast with fellow photographers Maxwell Campbell and Beth Wode.

There had been plenty of cloud around the night before and when we arrived here pre-dawn the skies were clear. Thankfully a bank of clouds made there way north to provide some extra interest above the horizon.

Many of the rocks and small channels were completely covered with foam from the churning ocean. This was not something I had seen here before, so it was a bit of a surprise.

The wetlands over permafrost, at the foot of the Cathedral Mountains is gathering spring meltwater. Some areas however are shrinking and drying up because of meager snowfall last winter, both here in the Tanana Valley and in the mountains.

Riley wasn't too impressed with this hat. He wouldn't even look at the camera. However, I think he's cute.

imagination poster available here

It is always good to come home!

The bulk of the ex West Cornwall open stock was moved over to Dorset for use at Weymouth for the 2025 season. One of the former First Glasgow examples that were converted for use for the Sunseeker routes, it however just remained in yellow and spent its time floating between the Land's End Coaster and Atlantic Coaster where I had sampled it on both. In my visit to Dorset I had sampled this bus through on the whole run between Weymouth and Swanage and back!

One welcome quirk was to have a standlone 55 route to concentrate to collect passengers from the trains and Wool Station, and mainly convey them to Lulworth Cove or the option to the Tank Museum or Monkey World in the opposite direction and thus not adding an extra 20 minutes to serve the later. The 55 carried well at the right time of day but could be hit or miss with competition from Go Ahead with their two services, indeed when I sampled this bus, it was fully loaded out of Wool Station with visitors heading this way on a X50 run. The 55 run here is going against passenger flows, it however returned with a good load for punters heading back to for their train connection.

What do you think of the livery? I quite like it, but the previous Jurassic Coaster livery on open tops was hard to beat.

we found something in the blythe's clothes box that fits tuna, she is however nekkid from the waist down...

Here is another butterfly of the beautiful Papiliorama (Kerzers, Switzerland). I am particularly happy to have found this one which is not that easy to see because it's transparent and tiny. However, this perticular specimen was kind enough to stay at the same place for about 20 minutes, so it was possible to come back again and again to get different lights (even if, in the end, I decided to process the first shot).

As far as I know, it is a "greta oto".

Compilation of the Krautrock label Ohr, published in 1971. 2 LPs, both good, particularly the second one, which has mostly instrumental tracks that are unusually experimental and long for a compilation. Some of them, however, have been cut shorter. Well, they had to make some compromise, I guess. Annexus Quam is gigantic.

I have another Ohr compilation, called Ohrenschmaus, with similar music. But I don't like its cover so I won't post it on Flickr.

Gatefold cover designed by Helmut Friz. Later a CD with a very similar cover became available, but it's not as good as this one.

Birthcontrol: Stop Little Lady - 7:16

Floh de Cologne: He, Hallo Stift - 1:21

Floh de Cologne: Die Luft gehört denen, die sie atmen - 1:46

Floh de Cologne: Wir werden immer mehr - 2:24

Embryo: You Don't Know what's Happening - 4:43

Witthüser & Westrupp: Orienta - 7:35

Amon Düül: Love Is Peace - 7:10

Paul & Limpe Fuchs Anima-Sound: How to Dream - You - 4:00

Annexus Quam: Seite 1 A - 4:10

Ash Ra Tempel: Amboss (Ausschnitt) - 8:50

Tangerine Dream: Fly and Collision of Comas Sola (Ausschnitt) - 7:15

Guru Guru: Electric Junk - 10:58

Xhol: Breit (Ausschnitt) - 7:15

Limbus: Heiku - 2:00

When on holiday I am always on the look out for something a little different. A little research showed that immediately next to the civil airport in Riga was the Riga Air Museum. To some this may look like a scrapyard however its content is such that it most certainly is a museum. The vast array which is apparently the largest collection of Soviet military aircraft outside of Russia seems to be slowly rusting away.

This particular Mig - 25RBS won't rust as it is built of aluminium. With a top speed of Mach 3 it really made a statement and established a significant number of speed, altitude and climbing records.

One part of me was excited at seeing such an exotic collection of 1950/60/70's technology whilst I also had an ever present shiver running down my spine as I considered the reasons for their existence. It has to be said that during the cold war both the east and the west accumulated huge arsenals of ever increasing power.

My recommendations are that if you are prepared to part with 7 Euros and have a flight booked out of Riga, do get yourself to the airport an hour early. On my visit I almost walked away from the locked entrance gate until I noticed a small sign with instructions to buzz for help. The proprietor didn't speak much English, but as long as I paid up he was happy to let me in and for me to take photos. I also had the museum to myself so you didn't have issues with too many people getting in the way of my pictures.

On my latest episode, I tell two stories about a couple of gravestones in the ghost town of Spring Ranch, Nebraska. I go into great detail there, but here is a quick rundown:

The Jones Family migrated to the United States around 1860. John and Margaret had two children, Elizabeth and Thomas, whom they raised in Clay County, Nebraska. It was just off the Oregon Trail. In 1869, Elizabeth married James A. Taylor, originally from Missouri.

The Taylors were bad neighbors, letting their stock run wild. They had three children together, but then things fell apart. James died under what the neighbors considered "mysterious circumstances" in 1882. And then a hired hand curiously died in a similar way. It was suspected that Elizabeth poisoned them with potato bug poison.

Over the next three years, rumor spread that she and her brother, Thomas, were the heads of a band of cattle rustlers. Matters were not helped when one of Elizabeth's sons shot a neighbor over a timber dispute.

One night soon after, fifty vigilantes stormed their house, captured Elizabeth and Thomas, dragged them to a nearby bridge and lynched them by hanging.

They were buried between their father and Elizabeth's husband. After Margaret's death, the stones would be erected.

-

If this sort of thing interests you, you can find the podcast on any podcast player. Just search: Conspiracy of Cartographers. It posts on April 17th.

.

.

.

'However It Happened, James Was Dead'

Camera: Chamonix 45F-2

Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 8/90mm

Film: Agfa CP-BU M X-Ray Film; 50iso

Exposure: f/8; 1/30sec

Process: Rodinal; 1+100; 5ish mins

Nebraska

July 2023