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As soon as the horn sounded to end the 2013 Belmar Surfing Tournament, a number of teens waiting on the beach took to the waves. This young lady displayed her surfing talent, until summoned by her mother to leave the beach for the day.
This is another re-upload, as I restructure my Flickr account. On an unusual note, when originally posted this image generated 3 requests for use in commercial projects. I had to deny all of the requests, explaining that I do not get model releases from my subjects.
At Belmar, NJ, on 9-15-13.
A few weeks back I captured this image of lighted roof of Secaucus’s Frank R Lautenberg Rail station located in the heart of the Meadowlands swamps that opened back in 2003 to much fanfare. It was named after NJ’s late senator Frank R Lautenberg who championed the funds to make this station a reality. In 2004, the New York Times described the station as a ‘Monument of arriving in the middle of Nowhere’ as at that time, and really except for an apartment complex within walking distance is still quite true. Probably 90 % of the passengers on the trains on any given day never go outside the station. Save the residents of the aforementioned apartment and a small amount of commuters who choose to park at its rather expensive parking. Not a daily think for many as I have never seen the lot completely full, even pre-COVID19 pandemic.
The station was built in the shadows of Snake Hill, now called Laurel Hill in the New Jersey Meadowlands. The Lenni Lanape Indians had named that protrusion out of the swamps Snake Hill as they would see hundreds of water snakes sunning themselves on the rocks. So the monolithic Pennsylvania Railroad pushed it railroads through the swamps and tunneled under the Hudson to create a fast means of connecting the northeast United States. They crossed another railroad whose track had been laid by the Delaware Lackawana and Western Railroad and Erie Railroad which ran north-south of Snake Hill. It was at this juncture that the Frank R Lautenberg Station was built. The 300,000 square foot, four story structure that occupies 28 acres sits at the intersection of these two railways which account for 9 of New Jersey Transit’s 10 rail lines. It was amazing built over active rail tracks, without disrupting service for the 400 passenger and freight trains and took over a decade to complete. This is part of the Eastern Corridor railway, the heart of Amtrak’s northeast rail service as well as New Jersey Transit and additionally Norfolk Southern and CSX freight.
Rush hour is in full swing as Relay-4 brings 1171's equipment in on 16 Depot with F40PH-2CAT 4119, train 433 waiting for a signal off 17 Depot with Arrows, and GP40PH-2s 4109 and 4101 sitting on 18 Depot.
Saw this bird hovering above the river. It was 0 for 3 in trying to catch a fish. Beautiful bird!
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Explore 10/25/15
Happy
for no reason
at all
(Lillian Grebanier)
This is the last poem in a book my mother wrote, "A Year of Haiku and Senryu, My 85th Year." It was the result of a project she started on her 85th birthday: to write one or more haiku or senryu every day for a year. She may have missed a few days, but at the end there were more than 400 tiny poems. The project alone would have been an inspiration to everyone. It's never too late to take on a year-long project. But the poems are quite lovely as well. This last one is one of my favorites.
It comes to mind, because I am always happy to see the dogwoods start to bloom, even in a difficult year such as this one. I can't say why the dogwoods, in particular, make me so very happy, but they do.
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Recently while having dinner to reconnect with some coworkers, I spotted this ghost of old signage near the restaurant.
at bill's gyro souvlaki, on the boardwalk. every surface, including the ceiling, is covered in bills.
This tree was previously damaged. In fact a lot of our trees are in bad shape due to insects or possibly disease. We're expecting a wild storm with very heavy rain and winds 50-70 mph. Hope that doesn't happen. My thoughts are with those in states that had tornado damage and loss of life.