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An unusually warm day (57 degrees!) in January brought this pair of trumpeter swans to the harbor in our northern IL neck of the woods. We were lucky enough to spot them and keep them company for a few hours before they realized there are warmer places to spend the winter!
Today we had a walk along the river front (I really do live in the best place for long impromptu walks with the buggy), picked up a sandwich and a hot chocolate then made our way home to watch President Obama being sworn in as the new US president. History in the making.
A cute little visitor that came by to check out the feeder today. Luckily it was full and they were able to grab a snack or two in the cold.
Hope everyone is doing well.
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My fabric postcard for January made as part of the 6 x 4 lives group challenge. More info about it is on my blog inaminutago
Brent geese, our regular winter visitors, are feeding at Baiter in flocks of 200 and more, and I love to see them. This was taken in the beautiful winter sunshine this morning.
The Luxe Box January Catalog is now live!
The items shown in the above image are the contents of the January Luxe Box.
Group membership will remain open for exactly 24 hours (until 11:59 PM SLT on 15th) for the raised price of L$2500 for last chance opportunity to join and receive this month's box.
Catalog Webpage: www.luxeboxsl.com/january2018
On a fair and sunny day in January, rain soaked January, we have close quarters Anna's hummingbirds. Two males have laid siege to one feeder. They have battled to a stand still and this male could care less about me and glares nastily at the other male sitting in the same bush.
A rather frosty January morning finds Class 114 Driving Trailer E56006 stabled in the yard at Butterley, Midland Railway Centre, 18th January 2019.
Unit History
Introduced in 1956 and built at Derby the fifty two car units of class 114 were the first units delivered under the 1955 modernisation plan. The class 114 units will always be associated with Lincoln and were allocated there from introduction in 1956 until 1986 when five units were transferred to Cambridge for parcels duties. The introduction of second generation DMU’s in 1987 saw many of the units placed into store in Lincoln Holmes Yard whilst hose still in use at the end of 1987 were transferred to Tyseley.
E56006 was purchased from British Rail along with Driving Motor Brake second E5019 in 1992 and moved to the Midland Railway Centre. The pair were the last surviving passenger Class 114 unit being withdrawn in March/June 1992 respectively. During the mid 1990's the set entered traffic in the short lived white with blue stripe "refurbished" livery. In the late 1990's the set was withdrawn for overhaul and E56006 was completed in late 2000. The mechanical overhaul of E50019 was completed around 2005 and it was repainted in its original 1956 green livery to match E56006. The set was then used, however the interior of E50019 was still stripped internally and in the process of restoration, so it ran locked out of use. Gearbox issues and vandalism forced E50019 to be withdrawn from traffic again in the around 2010. Work progresses slowly on E50019 and it still requires completion of its interior.
January 2009 ...
Me, 2 + 1/2 years before ...
Zurich, Switzerland ...
AF-S 105mm 2.8 VR
Zurich, Switzerland
Realizing I'm a year and a half behind on posting pics, I'm going to try posting by month, and play a bit of catch up. Presenting January of '17 (Pardon all the blurry pics :P).
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Inspired by an article in the latest Jeanne d'Arc Living
about 'bullet journaling' ...
More on my blog
20 of 365.
3 of 52. Theme: My camera.
This Canon FT-QL belonged to my grandfather, I found it back in 2009 whilst rummaging through the cupboards at my gran's house a few months after he had died. She didn't have any use for it, so she gave it to me; must've seen the gleam in my eye. I've been meaning to go buy a hearing aid battery for it for years now, but never seem to find the time, so it currently sits unused in a box full of old film cameras and their accessories. I've had it on display before, but have yet to find a good spot for it in my apartment. Maybe this year I'll finally get around to buying that battery to see if it works still, it hasn't been used in almost forty years actually.
My girlfriend had a good laugh watching me take this shot. I was stood out on the balcony shivering from the cold with my camera on a tripod connected to my computer - so I could better see if I had stepped into the focus as intended - which was sat on one of our kitchen chairs and holding a Magic Mouse in order to be able to 'remotely' trigger the camera. But hey, first 'self portrait' of the year, sort of...
Back to the FT-QL though. It's kind of strange to think that this is the camera that captured my mum's early childhood. She's actually been scanning old slides these past few days, so I've had a chance to see some of the photos my granddad took with it over 45 years ago. It's great, I love looking through old photos, there's something romantic about it. And now I'm slightly sentimental for a time that predates me by a quarter of a century, it's a weird feeling...
Realizing I'm a year and a half behind on posting pics, I'm going to try posting by month, and play a bit of catch up. Presenting January of '17 (Pardon all the blurry pics :P).
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Operation Blackcock, 27th January 1945
Heinsberg, Germany
little moc again, to show, that I'm still alive ^^
soon, there will follow some more I hope ^^
Battle for the Roer Triangle:
By the end of 1944, the frontline in Dutch Limburg had stabilized along several natural barriers. By far the most difficult barrier to cross was the River Maas running along the Dutch - Belgian border. The next barrier was the River Rur, running from the German Eifel area through Heinsberg towards Roermond, where it joins the Maas. From Heinsberg, southwards the famous Siegfried Line or 'West Wall' was formed along the banks of the Rur. Dutch South-Limburg was already liberated in September by the Ninth United States Army, but the area above the Sittard - Geilenkirchen line was still in German hands. Here the front had settled along the "Saefeller Beek", a small creek forming another seemingly immense obstacle. These obstacles formed a triangular area, indeed; it was referred to as the Roermond Triangle, which protruded like a small bulge into the frontline. As a result of the German offensive - Operation Herbstnebel - in the Ardennes (also known as the Battle of the Bulge). The Allies had to withdraw resources to stop the German advance in the American First Army's sector. Therefore the British Second Army's XII Corps, had taken over the task of guarding the frontline north of Sittard for the US Army. The Maas front was guarded by the British VIII Corps.
The British XII Corps was facing the German XII SS Corps, commanded by Günther Blumentritt, which had two infantry divisions present along the frontline between Geilenkirchen and Roermond. In the Roermond area these divisions were strengthened by the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment Hübner.
From Wikipedia
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This is the Glendevon reservoir In Perthshire, It was about -2°C up this hill. Brrr. I found It hard choosing a photo for today as I took so many different types of photos. Oh yeah that's wind turbines at the very back.
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It snowed in socal on January 31 2014 has not snowed here in about 10 years!:) One of the best last days of the year I could have asked for! Happy New Year.