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The scene at dog patch in Avila Beach, a paddle-out for a local surfer.
This is a Hawaiian funeral tradition that has been adopted by mainland surfers to honor and say their goodbyes to our local surfers.
Overhead view of a paddle-out :
www.surfertoday.com/surfing/paddle-out-the-origins-of-the....
When I paddled-out for my colleague and surfer friend, it started like this one, with a semi-circle of surfers standing in front of our long boards. Photos were taken, then we broke apart and paddled out past the swell where we formed a circle on our boards and joined hands.
There we said our last goodbyes to Richard, I released his ashes into the ocean. Then we spread out 100 orchids over the area.
A simple paddle or surf back to shore and the ceremony was concluded.
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta III (531/16)
Lens: Novar Anastigmat f/3.5 75 mm
Film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400
Exposure: 1/300 sec and f/5.6, hand-held
Film developed and scanned by MeinFilmLab
Edited under Adobe Lightroom
NS A25 is approaching Bremen in preparation to drop of traffic for the areas of locals. The leading SD40-2 is a former Conrail unit and sounded amazing coming up the hill into town.
Just continuing to fill in some random spots from last summer's whirlwind Montana getaway.
In this post I told the story about my last minute pilgrimage to Montana Rail Link on the cusp of its flag lowering: flic.kr/p/2nLhAy6
I'd only planned four days of shooting and the final day was only going to be a travel day. With the curfews around Bozeman and the dismal smoke conditions we slept in a bit, had a good breakfast downtown, and then I dropped my friend at the Bozeman airport. He'd elected to fly home from there instead of Missoula, but I had to head back west for my flight so after dropping him I headed for I90 and points west. Needing to be in Missoulal by 1500 I had just under an hour to play with so figured at least I could ghost foam somewhere or perhaps drop into Butte or Garrison or something along the way.
Anyway, about an hour west I realized I could take a five minute detour and drop into Whitehall. On our day chasing the Logan local we hadn't make it that far west since they traveled no further out the line than Sappington that day. In fact the famous stretch of track through the Jefferson River Canyon was the one significant and scenic stretch of MRL property still in service that I'd yet to see for myself. Frankly, I didn't think I'd get to since we hadn't lucked out with a ballast train during our short visit. But as I was cruising along I remembered my MRL contacts telling me that Thursday is the normal day the local makes the trek all the way to Whitehall if they have work so I crossed my fingers that perhaps they'd be working in town.
Well lo and behold lighting struck, because just as I got into the center of the small town this was whay I found!
And my timing could not have been more perfect because they were literally completing their air test on one car and were on the move back east within five minutes of me pulling up! Had they left 5 min earlier I'd never knwn or had they just gotten there I'd not have had time to wait around while they worked. But, miraculously the allotted extra time I had left I was exactly what I needed to chase them east for a dozen miles to and through the famed canyon where the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited and the Milwaukee Road's Olympian Hiawatha once raced on opposite banks.
Here is the 844 Logan local with one covered hopper behind the same pair of classic EMD GP35s we'd chased to Harrison two days prior, MRL 403 and 405 blt. Dec 1964 as DRGW 3039 and Jan. 1964 as DTI 353 respectively. They are a few miles out of Whitehall making a good clip headed east approaching Tebay Lane at about MP 34.3 on MRL's 5th Sub mainline. The wildfire smoke has nearly obscured the mountains that would normally dominate the horizon to the west. It's only 18 miles in a straight line from here to Homestake Pass where the NP crossed the Continental Divide, but it's nearly 2000 feet higher!
Countless articles have been written about the MRL over the past 35 years of its existence and if you care to learn more download this great set courtesy of Trains Magazine:
www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TRN-MRL.pdf
Near unincorporated Cardwell
Jefferson County, Montana
Thursday September 8, 2022
D1022 Western Sentinel heads through Keyham in the Plymouth suburbs on 1-2-75
I lived in Keyham during 1978 and it still had a lot to offer. A goods yard that was still used, some ecs workings lay over here. The then daily goods to Devonport Dockyard often marshalled it's stock on the return journey.
This is a photo from my collection with the original photographer Anthony Coombes a local enthusiast. I hold the copyright on this one.
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Day 6 of lockdown.
Ok, so this makes me smile ... a butcher shop with a sign in the window saying local meat, and the shop next door does dog grooming ... so how local is the meat :)))
The Cass Lake Local is headed back to Grand Forks from its namesake community over in Cass County, Minnesota. In contrast to the day before when the train was eastbound, there is a couple inches of snow, strong winds, and low visibility. Winter making another visit, as usual, in the first half of April. The soil here near Fisher appears tilled and ready to go, so some added moisture in the soil is likely a welcomed sight, but who really wants more winter? Big time Oof Da.
There is a healthy amount of cars on the westbound Cass Lake Local. I am not sure where all the traffic is from, but obviously forest product traffic from the Bemidji area as well as interchanged from the Minnesota Northern, including the loaded gravel hoppers from the Strata Corporation, and on-line customers like Crookston Bean.
As we sat enjoying a cold drink, this beautiful collared dove, drifted across our garden. Only he wasn't a collared dove.
Last night as we had drinks with friends he joined us twice along with a local hedgehog. Sadly my camera was at home.
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter Nisus) Male
Our Garden
Many thanks to all those who take the time to comment on and fave my photos. It is truly appreciated.
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Located : Between Shimamoto station and Yamazaki station on Tokaido Main Line, Japan Railway.
Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka.
東海道本線 / 島本駅 ～ 山崎駅 間にて撮影
大阪府三島郡島本町
A local and a Navy mate. We go back a very long way! I was glad to see him in good health! He served 26 years and not one photo! I sorted that out very quickly. I was never without a camera in my hand!
GWR 14XX Class 0-4-2 1450 and its auto-coach pass Orcahrd Crossing near Bewdley on the Severn Valley Railway during a 30742 Charters photographic day.
Local news contains a story about the donut thief who struck the donut shop next to the police station
Irlanda - Cashel - The Rock - Catedral
ENGLISH:
The Rock of Cashel (Irish: Carraig Phádraig), also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock, is a historic site located at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland.
According to local mythology, the Rock of Cashel originated in the Devil's Bit, a mountain 20 miles (30 km) north of Cashel when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave, resulting in the Rock's landing in Cashel. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century.
The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain, donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church. The picturesque complex has a character of its own and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in Europe. Few remnants of the early structures survive; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries.
The oldest and tallest of the buildings is the well preserved ROUND TOWER (28 metres, or 90 feet), dating from c.1100. Its entrance is 12 feet (3.7 m) from the ground, necessitated by a shallow foundation (about 3 feet) typical of round towers. The tower was built using the dry stone method.
CORMAC's CHAPEL, the chapel of King Cormac Mac Carthaigh, was begun in 1127 and consecrated in 1134. It is a sophisticated structure, with vaulted ceilings and wide arches, drawing on contemporary European architecture and infusing unique native elements. The Irish Abbot of Regensburg, Dirmicius of Regensburg, sent two of his carpenters to help in the work and the twin towers on either side of the junction of the nave and chancel are strongly suggestive of their Germanic influence, as this feature is otherwise unknown in Ireland. Other notable features of the building include interior and exterior arcading, a barrel-vaulted roof, a carved tympanum over both doorways, the magnificent north doorway and chancel arch. It contains one of the best-preserved Irish frescoes from this time period. The Chapel was constructed primarily of sandstone which has become waterlogged over the centuries, significantly damaging the interior frescos. Restoration and preservation required the chapel be completely enclosed in a rain-proof structure with interior dehumifiers to dry out the stone.
THE CATHEDRAL, built between 1235 and 1270, is an aisleless building of cruciform plan, having a central tower and terminating westwards in a massive residential castle. The Hall of the Vicars Choral was built in the 15th century. The vicars choral were laymen (sometimes minor canons) appointed to assist in chanting the cathedral services. At Cashel there were originally eight vicars choral with their own seal. This was later reduced to five honorary vicars choral who appointed singing-men as their deputies, a practice which continued until 1836. The restoration of the Hall was undertaken by the Office of Public Works as a project in connection with the European Architectural Heritage Year, 1975.
In 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, Cashel was sacked by English Parliamentarian troops under Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin. The Irish Confederate troops there were massacred, as were the Roman Catholic clergy, including Theobald Stapleton. Inchiquin's troops looted or destroyed many important religious artefacts.
In 1749 the main cathedral roof was removed by Arthur Price, the Anglican Archbishop of Cashel. Today, what remains of the Rock of Cashel has become a tourist attraction.
The entire plateau on which the buildings and graveyard lie is walled. In the grounds around the buildings an extensive graveyard includes a number of high crosses. Scully's Cross, one of the largest and most famous high crosses here, originally constructed in 1867 to commemorate the Scully family, was destroyed in 1976 when lightning struck a metal rod that ran the length of the cross. The remains of the top of the cross now lie at the base of the cross adjacent to the rock wall.
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ESPAÑOL:
La "Roca de Cashel", también conocido como Cashel of the Kings o St. Patrick's Rock, es un sitio histórico situado en Cashel, condado de Tipperary en Irlanda.
Rock of Cashel sirvió como tradicional asentamiento de los reyes de Munster desde el siglo V, cientos de años antes de la invasión normanda, aunque solamente perduran unas pocas estructuras de los primeros tiempos. La mayoría de los edificios actuales datan del siglo XII y XIII. En 1101 los reyes cedieron la fortaleza a la iglesia convirtiéndose en un importante centro eclesiástico hasta que fue parcialmente destruido por las tropas de Cromwell en 1647 quienes mataron a todos sus ocupantes. En el siglo XVIII la abadía fue finalmente abandonada.
Cashel es también conocido por ser el lugar en el que San Patricio, patrón de Irlanda, convirtió al rey de Munster en el siglo V.
Se encuentran los siguientes edificios:
- Torre: El edificio más antiguo y más alto es la torre circular de veintiocho metros que domina toda la llanura sirviendo de torre de observación y cuya entrada se encuentra a algo más de tres metros del suelo. La torre conservada en perfectas condiciones data de alrededor de 1100. La torre fue construida usando el método de piedra seco. Los restauradores modernos le han añadido mortero por razones de seguridad.
- Capilla Cormac: La capilla del rey Cormac consagrada en 1134 es el edificio más importante desde el punto de vista del visitante moderno. Comenzada en 1127, es una estructura muy sofisticada al contrario de la mayoría de las iglesias irlandesas del románico que eran simples y con escasos adornos aislados. El abad de Regensburg envió dos de sus carpinteros para la ayuda en el trabajo, para las torres gemelas de ambos lados. El cancel posee una fuerte influencia germánica pagana no apreciada en ninguna otra obra en Irlanda. Contiene también uno de los frescos irlandeses mejor conservados de este período.
- Catedral: Construida entre 1235 y 1270, es un edificio de planta cruciforme con torre central y terminando hacia el oeste en un palacio. En la nave norte se pueden encontrar tres tumbas del siglo XVI talladas con unos bajorrelieves de gran calidad artística.
- Palacio Arzobispal: Situado en el oeste de la catedral y unido a ella por pasadizos, el palacio data del siglo XV. Está construido a cuatro alturas destacando un salón central.
- Coro: Situado dentro de la catedral en él se encuentra la tumba de Miler Magrath, obispo católico y protestante.
- La sala del coro de los vicarios: Fue construida en el siglo XV. La coral de los vicarios era una coral laica designada para ayudar en los servicios de la catedral. En Cashel había originalmente ocho vicarios corales con su propio sello. Estos fueron reducido más adelante a cinco vicarios honorarios corales quienes designaron a hombres cantantes como sus diputados, una práctica que continuó hasta 1836. La restauración de la sala fue emprendida en el año 1975 siendo la parte de acceso al complejo en la actualidad. El techo ha sido reconstruido completamente siguiendo el trazado medieval.
- O'Scully Monument: Es un monolito decorado erigido en 1870.
- Cruz de San Patricio: En el complejo existen dos, una copia situada en su emplazamiento original y la auténtica del siglo XII situada en el museo situado en la cripta debajo del coro de los Vicarios. Se trata de un fragmento de una Cruz Latina en cuya cara este se puede ver a San Patricio que estuvo en el lugar en el año 450.
- Cementerio: Rodeando a la catedral se encuentra el cementerio del que destacan sus cruces celtas
Another shot of the local from back in October before all the leaves fell off the trees. Single carload of plastic pellets for the trash can maker in DeSoto, KS.
I'm in New Orleans for a few days at a trade show. Had a muffaletta from the Central Market for lunch. Dinner was at Vincents, a local Italian place off the beaten path. Had to take the trolley to get there. Tomorrow probably will be barbecue oysters from Drago's. Can you tell New Orleans is all about the food?
Explored May 17 2011