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On just about any rain-free spring, summer or autumn afternoon in my hometown one can spot this hot air balloon. On three occasions this year it has landed in my neighborhood. As the wind currents slow, so does the balloon and eventually it must come down. I find myself chasing it and talking to the captain or helping the chase team pack it up. One of the really cool things about riding in a hot air balloon is . . . you don't feel the wind in your hair because you are traveling at the exact speed as the current.
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A late L318 heads South out of the siding at South Deshler after having run around its train. The local had been in Leipsic all morning and through the eclipse waiting on a northbound and numerous southbounds before getting a gap to head North and run around in the early evening.
Deshler, Ohio
For some reason Thur is the day the Bozeman local drags it's train over the pass to Livingston and does the lumber yard on the west side of town. Why it's done this way, I have no idea, but I like it.
The Hillsboro Roustabout heads west out of its namesake, bound for the big Stimson Lumber sawmill at Seghers. Once upon a timetable, this trackage was part of the Westside Line that went all the way to Eugene via McMinnville and Corvallis. For a time, the line was electrified as far as Corvallis for SP's "Red Electric" interurban service.
By 1991, this track was part of a lonely dead-end branch that went to Seghers via Forest Grove. Portland & Western took over in 1995, and still operates this trackage today.
This photo was taken this past winter, on January 4th, at a forest lookout not far from my home. A forty minute walk through the forest gets you to this location which overlooks forest, hills, and a small valley. As I recall, this was a very cold day, evidenced by the sundog (vertical rainbow) in which light is refracted by all the fine ice crystals in the air.
Photo taken with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro. Raw processing performed on June 18th, 2022 with DxO PhotoLab 5.3.
Vehículo de Urbanismo y Medio Ambiente perteneciente a la Policía Local de Ortigeira
Modelo: Nissan Terrano
Matriculado: Marzo de 2007
Foto propia.
This is a Sagebrush Sparrow, mostly found east of California, but it does look very much like a Bell's Sparrow. Another birder found it in advance of the annual Carrizo Plain Christmas bird count, and it stuck around for count day, for which I'm grateful
So after spending a day shooting in Rockport....working with a new camera, and trying out some artistic shots as well. I managed to delete all the photos I had taken.....so back out I went locally to work with the camera menus....so as not to make the same mistake twice....so here you have the local bird population...the red-winged blackbird
On the morning of October 6th, 2017 the inbound BNSF “Kelly Lake Local” is rolling through Boylston, Wisconsin on the Lakes sub just a few miles away from arriving back at its starting point of Superior.
The track in the foreground is that of the BNSFs Hinkley sub which branches off here and runs south to the Twin Cities. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
Location : Gubug Makan Mang Engking, Prigen
Mang Engking hut is a restaurant, design architecture shown dominated material from bamboos, thatched roofs and natural stone. design that emphasizes local wisdom and a more environmentally friendly and specials all floating huts, standing on the pond.
With contoured land, natural scenery around (paddy fields) green which makes it a comfortable place to visit, and its atmosphere is so soothing.
It was a bit of an overview of the existing eco green architecture.
The Local Bus.IMG00207
Taken around 1994/95 in Black & White film.
Jhorahat VDC, Morang District, Nepal.
Former Bus Éireann AM5 (Alexander Dennis E200) is seen on the Eirebus operated Local Link Service from Knocksedan to Swords Village
Have been looking at some of this years files,and found some sky moods that have not been worked.This was already mostly B&W so I have worked on it as a B&W.
Union Pacific LDG51B, also known as the Potash Local, climbs the sandstone shelf above the Colorado River near Bootlegger Canyon. The local runs once a week out of Grand Junction.
Here's a better view of the amazing paintings down on a local shop by My Dog Sighs.
Here is his website, if you are interested:http://mydogsighs.co.uk/
A local headed down the Mon Sub to a transloading facility in Monessen, PA is seen crossing over the Youghiogheny River in McKeesport, PA.
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Visit : www.refordgardens.com/
Visit : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Reford
From Wikipedia:
Elsie Stephen Meighen - born January 22, 1872, Perth, Ontario - and Robert Wilson Reford - born in 1867, Montreal - got married on June 12, 1894.
Elsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Québec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Born January 22, 1872 at Perth, Ontario, Elsie Reford was the eldest of three children born to Robert Meighen and Elsie Stephen. Coming from modest backgrounds themselves, Elsie’s parents ensured that their children received a good education. After being educated in Montreal, she was sent to finishing school in Dresden and Paris, returning to Montreal fluent in both German and French, and ready to take her place in society.
She married Robert Wilson Reford on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on Drummond Street in Montreal. They both loved the outdoors and they spend several weeks a year in a log cabin they built at Lac Caribou, south of Rimouski. In the autumn they hunted for caribou, deer, and ducks. They returned in winter to ski and snowshoe. Elsie Reford also liked to ride. She had learned as a girl and spent many hours riding on the slopes of Mount Royal. And of course, there was salmon-fishing – a sport at which she excelled.
In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the Montreal Maternity Hospital and she was also the moving force behind the creation of the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, the first women club in Canada. She believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, « something beyond the local gossip of the hour ». Her acquaintance with Lord Grey, the Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, led to her involvement in organizing, in 1908, Québec City’s tercentennial celebrations. The event was one of many to which she devoted herself in building bridges with French-Canadian community.
During the First World War, she joined her two sons in England and did volunteer work at the War Office, translating documents from German into English. After the war, she was active in the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Montreal Council of Social Agencies, and the National Association of Conservative Women.
In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Elsie Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river.”Why not take up gardening?” he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
Elsie Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to a salmon river and its dramatic views – not for the quality of the soil.
To counter-act nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great Depression. Then, as now, the gardens provided much-needed work to an area with high unemployment. Elsie Reford’s genius as a gardener was born of the knowledge she developed of the needs of plants. Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Elsie Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the Royal Horticultural Society and the North American Lily Society. Elsie Reford was not a landscape architect and had no training of any kind as a garden designer. While she collected and appreciated art, she claimed no talents as an artist.
Elsie Stephen Reford died at her Drummond Street home on November 8, 1967 in her ninety-sixth year.
In 1995, the Reford Gardens ("Jardins de Métis") in Grand-Métis were designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as being an excellent Canadian example of the English-inspired garden.(Wikipedia)
LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Créés par Elsie Reford de 1926 à 1958, ces jardins témoignent de façon remarquable de l’art paysager à l’anglaise. Disposés dans un cadre naturel, un ensemble de jardins exhibent fleurs vivaces, arbres et arbustes. Le jardin des pommetiers, les rocailles et l’Allée royale évoquent l’œuvre de cette dame passionnée d’horticulture. Agrémenté d’un ruisseau et de sentiers sinueux, ce site jouit d’un microclimat favorable à la croissance d’espèces uniques au Canada. Les pavots bleus et les lis, privilégiés par Mme Reford, y fleurissent toujours et contribuent , avec d’autres plantes exotiques et indigènes, à l’harmonie de ces lieux.
Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden. Woven into a natural setting, a series of gardens display perennials, trees and shrubs. A crab-apple orchard, a rock garden, and the Long Walk are also the legacy of this dedicated horticulturist. A microclimate favours the growth of species found nowhere else in Canada, while the stream and winding paths add to the charm. Elsie Reford’s beloved blue poppies and lilies still bloom and contribute, with other exotic and indigenous plants, to the harmony of the site.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Gouvernement du Canada – Government of Canada
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Montana Rail Link SD70ACe No. 4308 and SD45 No. 382 near Perma returning from Thompson Falls to Missoula. 27 August 2009.
Wisconsin Central's L5150 local out of Schiller Park was pulling off of the interchange with the EJ&E after delivering some traffic to the J at Leithton back in 1998.
A nice Wisconsin Central GP30 was the motive power, which of course had been through here countless times before as a Soo Line motor.
Italia, Toscana, Marina di Pisa, Estate 2023
Marina di Pisa è una località balneare della Toscana, nel centro Italia. Si trova sulla riva sinistra del fiume Arno, dove sfocia nel Mar Tirreno. Si trova direttamente a nord della località balneare di Tirrenia e circa 10 chilometri a ovest di Pisa. Da Marina di Pisa, è possibile vedere le isole di Corsica, Elba e Gorgona; e le montagne delle Alpi Apuane, dell'Appennino e dei Monti Pisani sopra Pisa. Marina di Pisa fu in gran parte costruita durante il boom economico della fine del 1800, come stazione balneare. Fu ulteriormente sviluppato negli anni '30. Molte industrie di supporto marittimo si sono sviluppate alla foce del fiume Arno e nell'area lungo le sue sponde. La compagnia aerea tedesca Dornier fondò la maggior parte della loro produzione in città dal 1922 al 1932, dopo che il Trattato di Versailles del 1919 vietò la costruzione di aerei a motore in Germania. Il villaggio è principalmente abitato durante l'estate, tuttavia ci sono molte persone che vivono qui tutto l'anno. Un progetto di riqualificazione è in corso alla foce dell'Arno, noto come "Bocca d'Arno", in una zona industriale dismessa in cui è stato costruito un nuovo porto turistico e un nuovo quartiere residenziale sarà inaugurato nei prossimi anni
Marina di Pisa is a seaside resort of Tuscany, in central Italy. It lies on the left bank of the Arno River, where it flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is located directly north of the seaside resort of Tirrenia and about 10 kilometers West from Pisa. From Marina di Pisa, it is possible to see the islands of Corsica, Elba and Gorgona; and the mountains of the Apuan Alps, Apennines, and Monti Pisani above Pisa. Marina di Pisa was mostly built during the economic boom of the late 1800s, as a seaside resort. It was further developed in the 1930s. Many marine support industries developed at the mouth of the Arno river and in the area along its banks. The German aviation company Dornier based most of their production in the town from 1922 to 1932, after The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 banned construction of engine-powered aircraft in Germany. The village is mostly inhabited during summer, however there are many people that live here all year. A redevelopment project is under way at the mouth of the Arno, known as "Bocca d’Arno", in a disused industrial area where a new touristic port has been built and a new residential district will be inaugurated in the next years.
MRL's LAUBOZ rounds a curve along the Yellowstone River as the train approaches Livingston MT at dusk on June 16, 2022.
Ilford HP5+, Nikon F
BNSF's Cody Local (R-PWR8162-24) with a pair of former Burlington Northern SD70MACs, three loads from CertainTeed Gypsum & Ceiling in Cody, a former Santa Fe Ortner hopper, and a caboose (shoving platform), roll underneath Highway 14 in Garland, Wyoming. The local runs a round trip between Cody, Wyoming, and Frannie (the connection to BNSF's Casper Subdivision).