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It is almost October, Harvest month. This farmer can easily collect some grass from its land, as the growing conditions are still optimal. Indian Summer at best!
How time flies. It's now been 6 months since Gill and I decided to explore a relationship together and it's been wonderful for both of us.We've still only met in person once (and this winter was always going to be quiet) but we have some big plans for what we want to to dogether this year and we hope to see each other a lot more often from this point.
I feel so lucky to be able to encourage her as she comes out of her shell, watching her develop her look, model new outfits and try different experiences. I knew she was special from when we first became friends and we just seem so well-suited for each other. She s so kind and generous as well as being gorgeous and I love being her special Supergirl so much.
12 Months for Dogs
That's Pippin, Sibley's grand-nephew, in the foreground. Sibley is perched at far right, with Dart in the middle. Pippin's summer visit was the occasion for the portrait. He's changed quite a lot since his last visit, at Christmas, when the photo in the 1st comment was taken---
I recently had been going through my archives looking for some other photos when I stumbled upon some previously unedited images that I had set aside to edit. So I did a few quick edits and will hopefully be presenting these images over the next several days. This is another of those photos.
On one of my few trips to the BNSF Chillicothe Sub in the final months of the famous Santa Fe-era signal bridges and cantilevers with searchlights, we happened to be exploring the line between Mazon & Ancona. We were on the way back from Ancona when we noticed an oncoming train in the east. We cut a beeline to the nearest crossing, which just happened to be a small cluster of houses south of Streator. The train turned out to be (if I remember correctly) NSIGAL, the train that comes off the Norfolk Southern Kankakee Sub on the south side of Streator. We had seen this train holding for orders or new crew earlier when we had been exploring around Streator.
Anyway, after the train passed, we noticed an odd little gravel drive that went through a cluster of trees next to the tracks. What we could not see from the road we would soon discover. Inside the trees we discovered this abandoned building. At first glance, we thought it was an abandoned farm building of some sort, you could see old hay through the collapsing walls.
But the more I looked at it, the more I thought it might be an old long-forgotten depot. This building's proximity to the railroad tracks seemed too suspicious to me, and the windows and door seen in the image did not seem like they belonged were original features, while the dual sliding doors also seen in this image clearly were not (and may have done more to compromise the stability of this building than anything else). The only way for us to know for sure was to find the tell-tale feature of almost every railroad depot, the bay window that the station agents used for seeing oncoming trains.
I should add, it had been raining all day this day, a very hard and steady rain that will soak you to the bone in minutes, and only with proper rain gear is it tolerable. Also, the grass here was knee-high and covered in poison ivy. Even though it meant soaked pants, socks, & shoes, and potentially getting poison ivy, we walked around to the trackside of the building. And just as I had predicted, there it was, the bay window! Granted, it was worse for wear, but still plain as day. So not only was this building a depot, we soon discovered that it was not listed in my friends listings of known depots!
With no idea of this place, a peek inside revealed this depot's life after retirement. Sometime after it was disused as a depot, it was converted to farm use of some sort. Either a second floor was added or the existing ceiling was lowered, with the new upper story used to store hay. This second floor had largely collapsed over time, but old rotten hay could still be seen matted to the floor like a pile of wet sheep's wool. The double doors were likely added about the same time and no doubt housed some sort of farm machinery.
Almost convinced we stumbled upon a mystery nearly lost to time, we called it quits and finally headed for home. Later that night, some research and Google Maps revealed what we had found. It turns out we were in the tiny blip of a town named Reading that sits between Streator and Ancona, and this was indeed the old Santa Fe Reading depot. It had never been moved and was indeed in its as-built location. My friend never did find it in is depot resources, and we could only speculate that its use as a farm building may have masked its life when that list of depots was compiled (I want to say his version dated from 2006 or so). About a year later, however, when we learned of DepotMaps.com, we were able to confirm our reasearch.
Sorry, I know this is long, so I'll sum up this way. We found this in October 2017. I have no idea if this thing still survives today, much less whether it's standing. But as of this writing, a look on Google satellite view shows what might be building walls or the outline of a foundation. It's just too hard to tell. And with no street views out in rural Reading, the only way to know is to drive by it.
I can't even put into words how incredible it is to watch Haley begin using her hands.
Our third (and last!!!!!!!!!) baby and it ALL still totally blows me away and makes my heart and soul smile AND melt.
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Self portrait - my virtual softie can be viewed and dressed on my web site: www.jennybharris.com
Look how much he is growing?
5 months old and weighing in at 20 kilos.
The keepers have slowly been introducing Amari to Milo and Misty . It is a slow process but going well.
He spends supervised time with Misty but he annoys the crap out of her and she gets sick of him.
Misty is quite protective of him though when Milo is around.
Milo is unsure of Amari but Amari looks up to Milo and shows him far more respect than he does Misty.
So lion dynamics and relationships can be as complicated as human relationships.
Latest picture of my son, taken this evening, today March 22nd My Son is Seven Month Old, I really treasure every second of it...
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Valentina Dress - 3 Dress decal designs and plain--
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Bottom Flexy Skirts
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SWANK EVENT/Timeline: Feb 6th-29th
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“October 1st? I think you mean Halloween 1st! We ‘witch’ you a happy Halloween!”
These Blythe dolls are Lena Elena (Middie) and Cloud 9 Bowl (Neo), getting into the spirit of the month. The black cat in a jack o lantern is a decoration from Target that I brought in from my front porch for this picture. Did you notice that Cloud 9 is holding a mini version of it?
My father's note in the family scrapbook said, "Ed was always first to make friends with the natives." I assume the reference to "natives" here was the dog -- which was not ours, and which I have no memory of at all. The girl on the right is Patrice, the older of the two sisters I grew up with; at this point, she was a few months shy of her third birthday.
This was taken shortly after we arrived in Roswell, before we had found a house to live in.
I know that my younger sister Aleda celebrated her first several birthdays (on Mar 17th) in a motel as we moved around the country, and I think this might well have been the first such occasion. That being the case, I'm assuming that this photo was taken a few days later...
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This may have been photographed near the house where I lived with my parents and two of my five sisters in 1953-4. The photo was taken nearly 40 years after we first moved into the house, as part of some research that I was doing for a novel called Do-Overs, the beginning of which can be found here on my website
www.yourdon.com/personal/fiction/doovers/index.html
and the relevant chapter (concerning Roswell) can be found here:
www.yourdon.com/personal/fiction/doovers/chapters/ch7.html
Before I get into the details, let me make a strong request — if you’re looking at these photos, and if you are getting any enjoyment at all of this brief look at some mundane Americana from 60+ years ago: find a similar episode in your own life, and write it down. Gather the pictures, clean them up, and upload them somewhere on the Internet where they can be found. Trust me: there will come a day when the only person on the planet who actually experienced those events is you. Your own memories may be fuzzy and incomplete; but they will be invaluable to your friends and family members, and to many generations of your descendants.
So, what do I remember about the year that I spent in Roswell? Not much at the moment, though I’m sure more details will occur to me in the days to come — and I’ll add them to these notes, along with additional photos that I’m tweaking and editing now (including some of the drive from Roswell to Riverside, CA where our family moved next), as well as some “real” contemporaneous photos I’ve found in family scrapbooks.
For now, here is a random list of things I remember:
I discovered roller skates while I lived here — perhaps aided by the presence of nice, smooth, wide sidewalks throughout this whole area of town. Sometimes my mother sent me on a small shopping expedition to the local grocery store, about two blocks away, to buy a quart of milk or a couple of other minor things. The shorts that I wore had no pockets (I have no idea why), so I put the coins that my mother gave me into my mouth, for safekeeping. That way, I had both hands free in case I tripped and fell … but if I had done so, I probably would have swallowed the coins.
For Christmas that year (i.e., Christmas of 1953), I was given a .22-caliber rifle. Even today, it would cause only a shrug in many rural parts of the U.S.; and it was certainly unremarkable in the 1950s. My dad felt that every boy should have a rifle, and should learn how to shoot it, clean it, and take care of it in a responsible fashion. I think his intention was to take me out into the open area outside of Roswell, to shoot at rabbits or gophers; but we ended up shooting at cans and bottles in the local dump.
In 1953, Roswell had not acquired any fame or attention for its proximity to the alleged alien landing in 1947. Trust me: if there had been even a hint of a rumor, the young kids in that town would have heard about it. Whatever may (or may not) have happened there . If you have no idea what this is all about, take a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident
For young boys, it was great sport to shoot at moving creatures. Dogs and cats were considered off-limits; and as implied above, we were not allowed to wander the streets with a .22 rifle. But we all had slingshots, and there were an infinite number of lizards in the area. Unfortunately, lizard were far too quick to hit with a relatively inaccurate slingshot (especially if shot with an unevenly-shaped rock; and it was only a year later, in California, that I began shooting marbles). Our greatest success was actually with slower creatures: horned toads, usually referred to as “horny toads,” or just “horns.” Indeed, they were slow enough that you could capture them with bare hands. You probably have no idea what I’m talking about, so take a look at this National Geographic article: animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/horned-toad/
This month Muslims Jews and Christians are celebrating: Id Al-Adha, Chanukah and Christmas – this is the order according to the calendar –I hope all enjoy their holidays and may this image be a token of blessings for everyone!
#248 Explore Dec.21.2008
in support of Pride Month :-)
(created from a melted crayon project)
52 in 2023 Challenge: #13 crafty; I am the most un-crafty person around, but thankfully not everyone else is, so I got the benefit of photographing this cool craft project.
~SDI~ Skinny Dip Inn Beach Resort & Dance Club
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Not that my memory is that good but the photo archive indicates its six months since this outfit has been worn. Time to rectify that...
Actually its a bit of a fave but never goes more than 100 yards as thats the limit imposed on the heels (by my feet) and it never looks quite the same in flats. Lucky for me I work from home so only a flight of stairs and I'm at work.
...this 4 month old fell asleep and let me pose him-well, ish! Crazy!
Oh, and I must admit this wasn't my original idea, I was inspired by someone who was inspired by someone else...and so forth...
More on the blog :)
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which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget to take the steps to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages and encourage others to do the same.
During a trip to the big city last month we visited the Vancouver Aquarium (Canada's largest aquarium). A fascinating place, and the jellyfish are on top of the Most Fascinating list. I used my flash for this picture and probably shouldn't have but the entire visit was really challenging...shooting through plexiglass, very dark shooting conditions, and school tours plus screaming/chattering/running children everywhere!
One of the features of the Sk8 Park in Grimsby, Ontario is a group of small billboard-style panels specifically intended to host the artistic expressions of those visiting the site. As a result, graffiti is encouraged in places that are acceptable. Furthermore, periodic cleanup of the panels by town staff ensures regular refreshment of the subject matter. This image was taken in mid-February, the dead of Winter, so the snow-covered park was not in regular use and had not been for several months. The last round of painting had been ignored, likely waiting for Spring to get a refresh, with the consequence being the multiple layers of paint had weathered and flaked off leaving colourful abstracts when viewed up close. This section features and area with yellow and green patches. - JW
Date Taken: 2019-02-21
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D7100 fitted with an AF-S DX Nikkor 12-24mm 1:4 lense set to 12mm, Daylight WB, ISO100, Program mode, f/8.0, 1/250 sec. PP in free open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image width to 9000px, adjust Tone Curve 2 in parametric mode by darkening the ‘Darks’ and ‘Lights’ slightly, enable HDR Tone Mapping and apply a light amount of HDR, enable Shadows/Highlights and recover highlights just enough that the ‘white’ areas of paint show detail/texture, boost contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, set White Balance to Daylight (5300K), boost Vibrance, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: increase overall contrast, fine tune overall tonality using the Tone Curves tool, sharpen, save, scale image to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 2048px wide for posting online, sharpen slightly, save.
Can you identify this bridge? Visit www.bridgeink.com and enter your guess in the Bridge of the Month Quiz. Just for fun!
my pride products will be out for free during 6/13-618 @ BASED .
these products will be completely FREE until june 18th!
(after this, it will be in shop with regular pricing.)
Pride Pack 2024.
♡ includes:
♡ prideful shadow - BoM for Lelutka EVOX heads
comes in 2 versions, light & dark.
♡ pride bear headband - unrigged mesh, resizable.
comes in 2 versions, light & dark.
for more information on this event, please check here.
taxi: BASED .
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this item can be found in my mainstore & marketplace once the event ends.