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Rescued after being hit by a motor vehicle, a young male woodchuck is receiving rehabilitation, at...
A.W.A.R.E. (Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort)
DeKalb County (Lithonia), Georgia, USA.
4 March 2023.
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▶ "The AWARE Wildlife Center rehabilitates injured and orphaned native Georgia wild animals and educates the public about peaceful coexistence with wildlife."
▶ The shelter has named the woodchuck...Diggy Stardust!
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▶ "The groundhog (Marmota monax) —also known as a woodchuck, whistlepig, etc.— is a rodent of the family Sciuridae (squirrel family), belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. The groundhog is a lowland creature of North America; it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska.
Adults may measure from 16 to 27 inches in total length (41 to 68 cm), including a tail of (3 3⁄4 to 7 3⁄8 inches (9.5 to 19 cm). Weights of adult groundhogs typically fall between 4 and 14 pounds (2 to 6.3 kg).
Most marmots live in rocky and mountainous areas. The groundhog, however, is a lowland animal, and plays an important role maintaining healthy soil in woodlands and plains. Groundhogs are extremely intelligent animals, forming complex social networks, able to understand social behavior, form kinship with their young, understand and communicate threats through whistling, and work cooperatively to solve tasks such as burrowing.
Monax (Móonack), the Algonquian name of the woodchuck, means 'digger.'"
— Wikipedia.
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The dance performance "Field" takes us to the fields of captivating beauty. A journey where beauty, happiness, and joy manifest as accidental side effects of a bad situation, offering support and helping to maintain hope.
My Treasure
As we reach that point in the story where the hero expresses his longing....
He flies to a sunlit branch and quietly begins his song.
"‘Il mio tesoro’ has no high notes, but it requires both beauty of tone and extraordinary technique. To fully realize the aria the singer must have endless breath, great facility with coloratura singing, while maintaining the purest cantilena. It has long passages which should be taken in a single breath. Tenors who do not have sufficient reserves of air either take a breath where there shouldn’t be one or take the piece at a faster tempo reducing the need for an occult breath. " Neil Kurtzman
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4htTs-s5pxc
Placido sings Mozart
and hopefully W9 will have a video with sound.
yes!
Climbing out from Prestwick airport near Glasgow in Ayrshire Scotland is this Travis Air Air Force Base Lockheed C5 Super Galaxy.
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft originally designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo.
Germany, Mainau, … a peaceful "place”, near to the shore & the city of Konstanz is the location of island Mainau in Lake Constance, opposite to the shore of the City of Überlingen. It is maintained as a garden island & a model of excellent environmental practices. The island can be reached via a bridge & has a jetty for ferries.
Dahlia, there are over 40 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. The majority types do not produce fragrant flowers, like most plants that do not attract pollinating insects through scent, they are brightly coloured, displaying most hues, with the exception of blue.
Spaniards reported finding the plants growing in Mexico in 1525, in 1787 the French botanist Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville, sent to Mexico to steal the cochineal insect valued for its scarlet dye.
In 1963 the dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico. The tubers were grown as a food crop by the Aztecs, attempts to introduce the tubers as a food crop in Europe were unsuccessful.
Due to the for Germany unusual advantageous climate on the island at the lake the island is called the "Flowering Island". Famous for its parks & gardens with even full-grown palm trees, cypresses & countless other Mediterranean plants, partly even tropical vegetation can grow on the drop-shaped island.
The Plants & flower-beds with are constantly renewed by the gardeners, not only the over approximately 20,000 dahlia bushes Rhododendrons of 180 different species, Azaleas or the Italian rose garden, strictly geometric, consisting of pergolas, sculptures fountains, over 1200 kinds of roses can be found on the island.
A million daffodils, hyacinth, tulips, 500-year-old wild roses & more than 30,000 other rose bushes, also palm trees & citrus fruits grow here, the palms go into the greenhouse over the winter, with a changing climate soon maybe it will not be necessary anymore.
But that has nothing to do with the island's sometimes claimed tropical climate; the lake does level out temperatures & acts a little as central heating in winter because it has stored summer heat.
But above all, the art of the skilled gardeners & their work on the Mainau making this island so unique.
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The cutting-edge technology that keeps the Silverstone motor racing track in tip-top condition could be coming to Croydon. John Bownas spoke to the team hoping to bring it here.
Pot holes – we all hate ‘em, and Croydon certainly has its share.
But now, the borough’s highways team is taking a lead from the people responsible for maintaining Silverstone’s grand prix circuit.
New technology that is good enough for the world’s top racing drivers is being tested in Croydon to see if it is up to the council’s exacting standards.
If trials are successful, the infrared-powered Nu-Phalt repair system could become invaluable to Croydon’s road repair crews who would be the first in London to realise its potential benefits.
Apart from a significant possible cost saving, the biggest advantages that the new technique has over traditional methods are:
•speed: a typical 1 square metre repair can be completed in just 20 minutes; currently, the same job takes considerably longer, and would be only a temporary fix;
•durability: the infra-red triggered thermal bonding means that patch repairs are far more permanent and blend seamlessly into the surrounding road surface;
•environmentally friendly: the process starts by recycling the existing macadam and needs only a small amount of new material to top off the repair.
The council has recently announced a multi-million pound investment project to resurface many of its roads.
However, there will always be a need for fast and efficient repairs in those cases where small patches of tarmac work loose.
This can happen at any time of the year – although it is usually after spells of wet or cold weather that these small holes open up to create a real headache for motorists and cyclists.
In total, the council’s emergency repairs operation currently costs about £560k every year in manpower and materials – and that’s not including the money that is budgeted separately for the major road resurfacing schemes that we will be seeing a lot more of over the next few years.
Steve Iles is the council’s head of highways, and he knows better than anyone else in the borough just how big a task it is to stay on top of the thousands of road repairs that his teams have to carry out every year.
Talking to Your Croydon about this mammoth job and his hopes for the promising high-tech solution, he first ran through some of the big numbers involved.
“We’ve got nearly 3,000 roads in Croydon, and these all get inspected by the council at least twice a year.
“We look out for any problems that might have arisen since the last visit – and particularly any new holes or cracks that could pose a hazard.
“Since January our system’s logged nearly 5,000 new reports from both streetscene inspectors and those members of the public who phone or email to tell us about possible problems.”
In that same time we’ve managed to fill in or repair about 9,800 – but there’s still around 8,600 that we know about waiting to be fixed.
“That takes a lot of doing,” continued Steve, “I’ve got six full-time staff who spend the majority of their day out doing this sort of work.
“And when they can’t do road repairs, because of snow and ice, they drive the gritting lorries to try to keep the roads clear.”
Tony Whyatt is the highways engineer whose research into improved technology solutions has led to the trial of the Nu-Phalt system.
“I’m really optimistic about how this will save us time and money.
“We reuse most of the existing road material on-site and need to add only a small amount of fresh material to each repair.
“There’s no noisy compressors, and the system cuts the number of vehicles and staff involved in each repair.
“We also minimise disruption to traffic – which is good for drivers – and these repairs can be driven over again almost immediately they’re finished.”
Indeed, driving away from our meeting with Tony we drove over a number of holes that had just been filled – and the first thing we noticed was that we didn’t notice them at all.
The repaired road was as smooth as the day it was originally laid.
The cutting-edge technology that keeps the Silverstone motor racing track in tip-top condition could be coming to Croydon. John Bownas spoke to the team hoping to bring it here.
Pot holes – we all hate ‘em, and Croydon certainly has its share.
But now, the borough’s highways team is taking a lead from the people responsible for maintaining Silverstone’s grand prix circuit.
New technology that is good enough for the world’s top racing drivers is being tested in Croydon to see if it is up to the council’s exacting standards.
If trials are successful, the infrared-powered Nu-Phalt repair system could become invaluable to Croydon’s road repair crews who would be the first in London to realise its potential benefits.
Apart from a significant possible cost saving, the biggest advantages that the new technique has over traditional methods are:
•speed: a typical 1 square metre repair can be completed in just 20 minutes; currently, the same job takes considerably longer, and would be only a temporary fix;
•durability: the infra-red triggered thermal bonding means that patch repairs are far more permanent and blend seamlessly into the surrounding road surface;
•environmentally friendly: the process starts by recycling the existing macadam and needs only a small amount of new material to top off the repair.
The council has recently announced a multi-million pound investment project to resurface many of its roads.
However, there will always be a need for fast and efficient repairs in those cases where small patches of tarmac work loose.
This can happen at any time of the year – although it is usually after spells of wet or cold weather that these small holes open up to create a real headache for motorists and cyclists.
In total, the council’s emergency repairs operation currently costs about £560k every year in manpower and materials – and that’s not including the money that is budgeted separately for the major road resurfacing schemes that we will be seeing a lot more of over the next few years.
Steve Iles is the council’s head of highways, and he knows better than anyone else in the borough just how big a task it is to stay on top of the thousands of road repairs that his teams have to carry out every year.
Talking to Your Croydon about this mammoth job and his hopes for the promising high-tech solution, he first ran through some of the big numbers involved.
“We’ve got nearly 3,000 roads in Croydon, and these all get inspected by the council at least twice a year.
“We look out for any problems that might have arisen since the last visit – and particularly any new holes or cracks that could pose a hazard.
“Since January our system’s logged nearly 5,000 new reports from both streetscene inspectors and those members of the public who phone or email to tell us about possible problems.”
In that same time we’ve managed to fill in or repair about 9,800 – but there’s still around 8,600 that we know about waiting to be fixed.
“That takes a lot of doing,” continued Steve, “I’ve got six full-time staff who spend the majority of their day out doing this sort of work.
“And when they can’t do road repairs, because of snow and ice, they drive the gritting lorries to try to keep the roads clear.”
Tony Whyatt is the highways engineer whose research into improved technology solutions has led to the trial of the Nu-Phalt system.
“I’m really optimistic about how this will save us time and money.
“We reuse most of the existing road material on-site and need to add only a small amount of fresh material to each repair.
“There’s no noisy compressors, and the system cuts the number of vehicles and staff involved in each repair.
“We also minimise disruption to traffic – which is good for drivers – and these repairs can be driven over again almost immediately they’re finished.”
Indeed, driving away from our meeting with Tony we drove over a number of holes that had just been filled – and the first thing we noticed was that we didn’t notice them at all.
The repaired road was as smooth as the day it was originally laid.
"During the first months on Atlas, we marked out mining fields and progressively established outposts close to each field, to operate and maintain the harvesters from. My parents were stationed at one of those outposts for maintenance duty. For the remaining years of my scholarship in The Ring, before joining service as a drone operator on the sun-side, I only saw them on rare occasions. One of those was the regular medical check they would undergo, as traces of the raw materials on the machinery they were taking care of could be toxic despite all protective equipment. Our med staff quickly discovered that, curiously, not everyone reacted to such exposure.
After refining the resources, command launched unmanned carriers in closely spaced intervals towards other star systems controlled by the confederation. Given Atlas' thin atmosphere and comparably low mass, our engineers had developed highly efficient launch systems early on, halving our colony's fuel expenses for exports. The saved budget was partially redirected towards local causes, the majority however was shoved into the pockets of the Confederation."
Part III of ATLAS, a collaboration hosted in The Workshop.
This scene, like all in this series, was captured entirely in camera. Screen background with complementary light on the left; brickbuilt forced perspective foreground.
Let me know what you think!
This is a well maintained trail that lets you walk for quite a while along a narrow ridge with spectacular views, and then descends to the Kaprun valley. Unfortunately this time, we did not do this trail, but I will definitely go back there to do it one day. It starts at an elevation of about 2,400 m (7,874 ft) and descends down to 1750 m (5,741 ft).
If you search the name of the trail, you will most certainly find spectacular photos of the long ridge trail. Unfortunately, I cannot provide such photos myself (yet).
Established in 1880, the Taiping Lake Garden is one of the oldest garden in Malaysia. The huge lake was formerly a tin mine but was since transformed into a beautiful well used and well maintained park where flowers, birds, insects, animals and lush greenery thrive.
The dance performance "Field" takes us to the fields of captivating beauty. A journey where beauty, happiness, and joy manifest as accidental side effects of a bad situation, offering support and helping to maintain hope.
The eastbound Pennsylvanian, NS 04T, slows for its station stop at Huntingdon, PA, passing the well-maintained Hunt Tower.
Public fountains are found all over the ancient town of Pompeii. They were an important source of drinking water for most of the citizens and were supplied by a sophisticated system with numerous water towers throughout the town to maintain the water pressure in he extensive pipe syste. An aqueduct brought water from several miles away. The drawing shows the fountain of Concordia Augusta, the goddess commemorated on the fountain head with a cornucopia of grapes and a pipe missing from her mouth. The fountain is sited at the junction of the Via dell' Abbondanza and Via Stabiana, an important cross roads in the older part of Pompeii.
The dutch wetlands , the grienden
In the Netherlands we have our own wetlands, looe a bit like a tropical swamp in the summer heat, while in spring time, one can enjoy the special shapes of the willow trees.
The grienden close to our home and in this serie are the Carnisse grienden.
The explanation below comes from: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griend_(beplanting)
A griend or ham is a moist field on which willow wood is grown. Friends were exploited on a large scale until around 1960, after which the demand for griendhout fell sharply so that many friends were no longer maintained. Sometimes they got the status of nature reserve. The reintroduction of the beaver in the Netherlands was an attempt to achieve a natural management of the friends.
Because of the possibility to grow biofuels, they have been in the spotlight again since 2010.
Location
Friends often lay along the sea inlets on the dikes outside the dykes and in the rivers of South Holland and Noord-Brabant, especially the Biesbosch. Due to land reclamation, most of them have now often been located within the dykes, with the exception of, for example, the Rhoonse Grienden. The plantations outside the dykes are subject to tidal movement of the water level. That is why these friends were often provided with a friendly hill; a small mound with a griendkeet on it. This was a simple place where the griend workers could spend the night; they often stayed with the griend all week. Simple houseboats were also used for the same purpose.
Cultivation
The trees were planted and regularly dropped about 25 cm above the ground. New branches grew from the stumps. An annually disposed griend was called cut friend, doubtful or doubtful. The thin twigs were especially suitable for making baskets. Friends who were harvested every five years were called 'heel friends'. The heavier branches were suitable for many purposes, from stems for tools to the braiding of zinc pieces.
Only a bell and a bird break the silence…
It seems that the two talk with the setting sun.
Golden colored silence, the afternoon is made of crystals.
A roving purity sways the cool trees,
And beyond all that,
A transparent river dreams that trampling over pearls
It breaks loose
And flows into infinity.
Hora Inmensa – Juan Ramon Jimenez
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Temppeliaukio Church (Finnish: Temppeliaukion kirkko, Swedish: Tempelplatsens kyrka) is a Lutheran church in the Töölö neighborhood of Helsinki. The church was designed by architects and brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and opened in 1969. Built directly into solid rock, it is also known as the Church of the Rock and Rock Church.
Plans for the Temppeliaukio/Tempelplatsen (Temple square) began as early as the 1930s when a plot of land was selected for the building and a competition for the design was held. The plan by J. S. Siren, the winner of the second competition to design the architecture of the church, was interrupted in its early stages when World War II began in 1939. After the war, there was another architectural competition, subsequently won by Timo Suomalainen and Tuomo Suomalainen in 1961. For economic reasons, the suggested plan was scaled back and the interior space of the church then reduced to about one-quarter of its original plan.
Construction finally began in February 1968, and the rock-temple was completed for consecration in September 1969.
The interior was excavated and built directly out of solid rock and is bathed in natural light which enters through the skylight surrounding the center copper dome. The church is used frequently as a concert venue due to its excellent acoustics. The acoustic quality is created by the rough, virtually unworked rock surfaces. The iconic rock walls were not included in the original competition entry, even though the Suomalainen brothers had considered the idea, because they believed that it was too radical for the competition jury. But when conductor Paavo Berglund shared his knowledge of acoustics from some of the best music halls and the acoustical engineer Mauri Parjo gave requirements for the wall surfaces, the Suomalainen brothers discovered that they could fulfill all the requirements for the acoustics by leaving the rock walls exposed in the Church Hall.
The Temppeliaukio church is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city; half a million people visit it annually. The stone-hewn church is located in the heart of Helsinki. Maintaining the original character of the square is the fundamental concept behind the building. The idiosyncratic choice of form has made it a favorite with professionals and aficionados of architecture.
The church furnishings were designed by the architects. Organ builder Veikko Virtanen manufactured the church organ, which has 43 stops and 3001 pipes.
There are no bells at the church; a recording of bells composed by Taneli Kuusisto is played via loudspeakers on the exterior wall.
This old tree [that I colored] was seen at Whittington Beach Park, Naalehu, Big island, Hawaii. [Maintained by city & county and has camping area but need permit.]
Italy, Venice, Italy, illustrator drawing a sketch of the Canal Grande at the corner of the vegetable market near the Ponte Rialto.
The lagoon city hides many picturesque places offside the tourist roads. If the buildings would be straight, painted & well maintained, I think Venice without this patina, the gondolas & gondolieri, channels, little bridges & the at all-time busy Canal Grande; all these main ingredients altogether express the romantic charm of Venice.
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When I look around, in this cruel world, you cant stop one thing,you cant control one thing, you cant maintain one thing- that is love.
« Faisant face à la Collégiale Saint-Jean, le parking Neujean n’est pas en reste architecturalement parlant. Son plan limpide est l’expression d’un fonctionnalisme appuyé, servant pleinement le confort de l’automobiliste. Séparés par une étroite ruelle, les deux édifices entretiennent un dialogue discret, que je propose d’activer au moyen d’un “objet contemporain” – la culture faisant office d’articulation plus ou moins fertile entre deux époques presque révolues. Plus près de Toi se présente depuis la rue comme une sculpture jaune coiffant la façade en béton du parking. Au 5e étage, on en découvre un fragment en interaction avec l’intervention d’Adrien Lucca. Depuis le toit, l’objet s’avèrera être une sorte de plate-forme d’observation qui s’avance dans le vide suivant une pente légère, entre le chœur et la rotonde de Saint-Jean. Aussi hasardeux qu’il en ait l’air, ce promontoire répond aux normes de sécurité en vigueur et nous laisserons à chacun le libre choix de l’emprunter pour s’y photographier, prêcher ou faire ce que bon lui semble. »
"Facing the Collegiate Church of Saint-Jean, the Neujean car park is not to be outdone architecturally. Its clear plan is the expression of strong functionalism, fully serving the comfort of the motorist. Separated by a narrow lane, the two buildings maintain a discreet dialogue, which I propose to activate by means of a “contemporary object” - the culture serving as a more or less fertile articulation between two almost bygone eras. Closer to You appears from the street as a yellow sculpture covering the concrete facade of the parking lot. On the 5th floor, we discover a fragment of it interacting with the intervention of Adrien Lucca. From the roof, the object will turn out to be a sort of observation platform that juts out into the void on a slight slope, between the choir and the rotunda of Saint John. As hazardous as it may seem, this promontory meets current safety standards and we will leave it to everyone to choose to borrow it to take pictures, preach or do what they want. "
祇王寺(=Gio-ji Temple), one of smallest temples in Kyoto.
But it is always beautifully maintained no matter what season you visit, even in this cold winter in Kyoto...
Taken w/ Heliar-Classic 50mm/F2 collapsible VM (BK, 2006) on M10-D.
acrylic on canvas, 2015 , 70 x 100 cm
I will maintain
Vienne la nuit sonne l’heure
Les jours s’en vont je demeure
avec l'aide de mon béni Créateur
Jan Theuninck is a Belgian painter
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www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.be/wiki/index.php/Yperite-Jan...
www.graphiste-webdesigner.fr/blog/2013/04/la-peinture-bel...
Finally found one couple with a little modesty. As you can see in the following 2 images, they weren't quite so modest.
The fence works hard year round to maintain the beauty of the dunes. The winter can be non-forgiving. The wind blows, and the surf surges. Yet the wiry fence is steed fast.
ok, so i guess "feed me seymour" is a better title, huh?
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Mrs. Ford's love of gardening and horticulture was said to be second only to her devotion to her husband and family. Her tastes in gardening were simple, at least as far as design and color were concerned. She preferred old-fashioned plant varieties such as Bachelor Buttons, Petunias, Irises, Peonies, Tulips, Lillies, Heliotropes, Delphiniums, Forget-Me-Nots, English Primrose, Scilla and, of course, Roses planted in relatively informal patterns. Indoors, her fondness for gardening was expressed by a variety of small cut flowers in small glass vases that were displayed in each room. In addition, there were assortments of foliage plants, especially located in the Swimming Pool area.
Clara Ford spent many hours planning, touring, and pampering her treasured Blue, English, and Rose Gardens, always on the lookout for imperfections such as a misplaced marigold among a sea of aqua and sky-blue blossoms. Her efforts were recognized publicly when she served as a president of the Women's National Farm and Garden Association from 1927-34.
It has been a number of years since the majority of Fair Lane's elaborate gardens have been planted and pampered the way they must have been when Mrs. and Mr. Ford were in residence. Consider, if you will, that Mrs. Ford routinely employed 25 fulltime gardeners in 1926. However, while these gardeners helped to cultivate estate grounds, there were only five servants that maintained the entire residence.
It would be almost impossible for the Henry Ford Estate-Fair Lane, as a non-profit organization, to restore each garden area fully. However, restoration of certain areas to their early 1920's state is now proceeding. The garden scheme being implemented reflects the original plan of Jens Jensen.
47776 'Respected' is captured at Hunt's Lock, along the Weaver navigation at Northwich working 5K44 Manchester Piccadilly - Crewe empty coaching stock which, instead of working direct to Crewe took a round about route via the Mid Cheshire line and reversal at Chester. I can only think to maintain driver route knowledge?
Tug 'Clifton', operated by KD Marine UK and was working on the river with hopper barges Halton & Sutton. One of which can just about be seen in the big lock behind.
The last of the ELK shots from Rocky Mountain National Park. As much as I love the beasts the large population of elk at Rocky Mountain National Park damages aspen groves and willow bushes, which has ripple effects throughout the park. So much so that park biologists are considering options for thinning the swollen elk population.
Read about The Nature Conservancy in Colorado works to maintain habitat that benefits both people and nature: www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/united...
Pendrechtse molen
History of the Pendrechtse Mill
Probably the polder Nieuw-Pendrecht was inaugurated in 1580 and a mill was also built directly at the polishing. From archives it appears that this has been a wiping mill. This wooden mill has kept the polder dry for 150 years. In 1731 this was replaced by the current, round, stone upper crucible.
In 1842 the mill's millroom was converted into a house. Next to the mill was a secret and a barn with oven built. In 1904 the house was declared uninhabitable in the mill.
In 1859 the wooden upper axle was replaced by a cast iron version. In 1875 the wood shovel was replaced by an iron. Then in 1876 and 1886 the wooden rows were replaced by iron copies. This is done because wood roots go on average a year or ten, one above the top, and shovel a year or thirty and it became increasingly difficult to get quality wood. Ultimately, the iron-clipped rows were replaced by steel-welded rows only after the displacement in 1993 and the upper axle is still in use.
If the agrarian company sets ever higher demands on the water level, the dependence on the wind will be an ever bigger problem. To solve this, a motor was placed in the mill in 1924, which drives a pump outside the mill. The miller had been instructed to use the engine only if it could not otherwise.
It turns out that the polder board is not satisfied with this engine, as it was decided in 1933 to put Dekker streamline system on the wicker cross.
At the end of 1957 the mill was left out of use because the water level in the Koedood was reduced to polder level: the mill loses its drain to the river. At that time, the Pendrechtse Mill has long been the only remaining windmill of the island of IJsselmonde, where there once stood fifty. After this the mill is sold to the Charloisse dentist Jungerius. He knocks out the mill on the outside and replaces the Dekkerwieken through a so-called old Dutch witch cross. The inside of the mill is emptied and converted into a second dwelling.
In 1973, the municipality of Rotterdam buys the mill: the mill is restored to the next 5 years. There is a new hood and going on work with a wooden shipwreck. A volunteer miller regularly operates the mill.
At the beginning of the nineties, the mill was severely affected: around the mill began to set up a business park. The planners think of the mill to take into account, but it is very insufficient. A windmill needs undisturbed wind to turn well and for this purpose 100m unbuilt area is not enough.
The search is for a new place with enough wind and sufficient water. This is found in 1993 slightly less than three kilometers to the east in the southern Randpark in Barendrecht. IJsselmonde Nature and Recreation Company buys the mill for the symbolic amount of one guilder. This guarantees that the mill will be opened to the public. In addition, the function of the mill continues to be maintained, as it is now possible to grind the water in the Southern Rand Park. In 1994, the mill is restored, returning the original colors and also the deck system. Since then, the mill has been turning three times a week and the wicker cross makes more than half a million revolutions each year.
South of Punta Gorda, the Fort Myers Division mainline track condition is significantly improved, allowing for trains to reach speeds of up to 40 mph ‘till Bayshore; since the SGLR’s ‘Murder Mystery Dinner Train’ operates on this stretch of track, it must be kept maintained at a higher standard to allow safe operation of the passenger service, which includes the use of 135 lbs rail and, in some sections, steel ties. The DeSoto Turn’s are permitted to operate at maximum authorized speed as well, making chases on this stretch a challenge.
As for our subject, the Seminole Gulf Railway’s Thursday-edition southbound DeSoto Turn could finally break out of the 10 mph speed restriction that had been holding them back for hours and start pushing 40 mph, the maximum authorized speed for freight trains. Passing by Best Aggregate Carriers, a frequently served SGLR customer, just south of MP AX943 at 10:38, the two ex-LMX B39-8E’s and their 41 car train continue their southbound journey at speed. 15 miles farther down the line at Bayshore, the DeSoto Turn would stop to serve customers at an industrial park before ending their run at Hanson Yard.
Dating back to 1903, the then-named Fort Myers Extension was constructed by the Atlantic Coast Line in an effort to extend the former-Florida Southern Railway’s Charlotte Harbor Division south to Tico and Fort Myers, with the first train arriving at the namesake city on May 10th, 1904. Freight traffic has always been present throughout the lines history and changes in ownership between the ACL, SCL, SBD, CSX and SGLR [starting in 1987]. Although the frequency of said services fluctuated, it still proved to be a vital link connecting southwestern Florida to the Lakeland and Tampa rail hubs, with the Seminole Gulf diligently maintaining rail customers in the greater Fort Myers area allowing for scenes like this to still exist.
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Tropical Gulf Acres, FL
SGLR Fort Myers Division
Date: 08/10/2022 | 10:38
ID: SGLR DeSoto Turn
Type: Local
Direction: Southbound
Car Count: 41
1. SGLR B39-8E #595
2. SGLR B39-8E #593
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Malbork Castle Museum - Conference Center KARWAN
Malbork Castle, Zamek w Malborku
The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork is a 13th-century Teutonic castle and fortress located near the town of Malbork, Poland. It is the largest castle in the world measured by land area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Wikipedia
It was originally constructed by the Teutonic Knights, a German Catholic religious order of crusaders, in a form of an Ordensburg fortress. The Order named it Marienburg in honour of Mary, mother of Jesus. In 1457, it since served as one of the several Polish royal residences and the seat of Polish offices and institutions to 1772. From then on the castle was under German rule for over 170 years until 1945.
The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress and, on its completion in 1406, was the world's largest brick castle. UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997. It is one of two World Heritage Sites in the region (north-central Poland), together with the "Medieval Town of Toruń", which was founded in 1231.
Malbork Castle is also one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated on 16 September 1994. Its listing is maintained by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
With the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in the early 1930s, the Nazis used the castle as a destination for annual pilgrimages of both the Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls. The Teutonic Castle at Marienburg served as a blueprint for the Order Castles of the Third Reich built under Hitler's reign. In 1945 during World War II combat in the area, more than half the castle was destroyed. At the conclusion of the war, the city of Malbork and the castle became again part of Poland. The castle has been mostly reconstructed, with restoration ongoing since 1962. A new restoration was completed in April 2016. Malbork Castle remains the largest brick complex in Europe.
Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D from Venus Optics, full frame manual lens (does not show in EXIF)
Built in 1960 alongside the Langford Aqueduct. It would have been used by workers maintaining the aqueduct.
Painshill Park is in Cobham in Surrey and was created by Charles Hamilton between 1738 and 1773. Hamilton used follies to compliment the landscape and regarded it akin to painting a living picture; he led guests on tours around his estate. Sadly he ran out of money and sold his estate in 1773. After a sucession of owners, in 1948, the then owner split the land in to smaller lots and the park fell into disrepair. The park was rescued in 1981 when a new trust was setup to restore, maintain, and open the park to the public.
The Eight Arch Bridge on the Stackpole Estate is a grade II* listed construction, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is owned and maintained by the National Trust.
The bridge was built in 1797 to connect Stackpole Court and Home Farm to Stackpole Quay and the New Deer Park.
At some point face-to-face iron ties were added to hold the bridge together.
On 2 August 1996 it was listed by Heritage in Wales (now Cadw) as grade II* for its eyecatching nature as a major feature of Stackpole Park, and as part of the Stackpole group of buildings.
This is a beautifully designed and fully functioning phone booth/s. The Post office interiors are well maintained and very orderly.
The "Piazzo" is Biella's medioeval village, built over a hill. Here architectures maintain their charme and their majesty.
Many thanks to Angela Lobefaro (Angie Real) and Love_and_lego (max) who let me know these great places!
Technical details: handheld - high ISO - no flash.
Digitally developed with Raw Therapee and treated with GIMP.
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The GP40-2 slug set is struggling to maintain 15-20mph as it heads towards Island Avenue Yard with what I would guess to be at least 60-80 cars.
Machu Picchu (Quechua Machu Pikchu, "Old Mountain"), also called "lost city of the Incas", is a pre-Columbian city well maintained, located on top of a mountain, at 2400 meters altitude, in the Urubamba River valley current Peru. Was built in the fifteenth century, under the orders of Pachacuti.
The place is probably the most typical symbol of the Inca Empire, either due to its unique location and geological features, either due to its late discovery in 1911.
Only about 30% of the city's original construction, the rest was rebuilt. The reconstructed areas are easily recognized by the fit between the stones. The original building consists of larger stones, and fittings with little space between the rocks.