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The Great Western Steam Up was held on the grounds of the Nevada State Railroad Museum from July 1 – July 4, 2022, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Nine operating steam locomotives were featured with many more on display. The event was billed as the largest reunion of existing V&T locomotives in over 75 years.
Daily events included rides behind visiting narrow and standard-gauge steam locomotives, a daily pageant of steam locomotives, historical vehicle and equipment displays, local food trucks, live entertainment, and “lost art” demonstrations.
This image is from the third day of the event, July 3.
The featured locomotives were:
Glenbrook, narrow gauge 2-6-0 (Baldwin 1875) built for the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company and used at Glenbrook, Nevada, along with an identical twin, Tahoe (see NCNG 5, below). It last ran in the 1920s and was acquired by the Nevada County Narrow Gauge for parts. In the 1940s it was placed on exhibit at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City and beginning in 1981 was restored to service (completed in 2015). It has been returned to its 1875 appearance.
No. 1, Joe. Douglass, narrow gauge 0-4-2T (H. K. Porter 1882) built for the Dayton, Sutro & Carson Valley Railroad. It operated at a mine in Dayton, Nevada, and later helped build Lake Arrowhead dam in California. It was cosmetically restored to its present appearance in 1994 and is displayed at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. It is a wood burner, but not operational.
No. 1, narrow gauge 0-4-0T (Porter 1889) built for the Sacramento Brick Company. It was later acquired by Hal Wilmunder and operated on his private Antelope & Western Railroad near Roseville, California. The engine is now owned and cared for by the Wilmunder family, and can usually be seen at the NCNG Museum in Nevada City, Calif.
No. 1, standard gauge 2-truck Heisler (Heisler Locomotive Works 1916), built for Bluestone Mining & Smelting. It originally worked on a 2.5 mile line near Mason, Nevada, before being acquired by a quarry in California. This oil-fired locomotive is owned by Chris Baldo and sees frequent use at Roots of Motive Power in Willits, California.
No. 1, Lyon, standard gauge 2-6-0 (Gentry/Strasburg/Kloke) which is a partially completed replica of the first locomotive built for the Virginia & Truckee. The original was manufactured by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco in 1869. The full-scale working replica was donated to the Nevada State Railroad Museum by Stan Gentry, builder, and is being completed by the museum shop staff. It will burn wood as did the original.
No. 3, standard gauge 0-4-0T (Porter 1909) built for the Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company. Upon retirement it was used as a billboard for a chicken restaurant in Stockton, California. It was restored to service by Stathi Pappas beginning in 2006 and is currently located at the Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad in Folsom, California. Nicknamed “Chiggen,” it is oil-fired.
No. 4, Eureka, narrow gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1875), built for the Eureka & Palisade Railroad. Retired in 1938, it was later featured in several Hollywood movies. This classic wood-fired locomotive was restored by Dan Markoff in the 1980s and is usually kept at his home in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
No. 5, Tahoe, narrow gauge 2-6-0 (Baldwin 1875) built for the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company and used in logging service. It was later sold to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge of Grass Valley, Calif., and was retired in 1942. It then appeared in numerous movies and TV shows for owner Universal Pictures. No. 5 is now part of the NCNG Museum in Nevada City, Calif., and was restored to service in May 2022. This oil-fired locomotive has been restored to its 1940s appearance.
No. 8, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Cooke Locomotive & Machine Works 1888) built for the Denver, Texas & Fort Worth Railroad, and later operated on the Dardanelle & Russellville in Arkansas. It was used in 1976 on the V&T tourist railroad at Virginia City. Oil fired, it last steamed in the early 2000s.
No. 11, Reno, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1872) built for the Virginia & Truckee. The most renown of all V&T’s Americans, the Reno was retired in 1937 and sold to a movie studio. It spent over fifty years at Old Tucson Studios in Arizona before being acquired by the V&T tourist railroad of Virginia City, Nevada, in 2021. It is currently under restoration. Oil fired.
No. 12, Genoa, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1873) built for the Virginia & Truckee. It was a back-up locomotive to the Reno and was retired in 1908. For the past 40 years it’s been on indoor static display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. It last ran in 1979 and was never converted from burning wood to burning oil, like most V&T 4-4-0s were.
No. 18, narrow gauge 4-6-0 (Baldwin 1911), built for the Nevada-California-Oregon and last used by the Southern Pacific. Restored by Carson & Colorado Inc. in 2017 after being on display in an Independence, Calif., park since 1954. It is normally kept at the Eastern California Museum in Independence. Oil fired.
No. 18, Dayton, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Central Pacific Sacramento Shops 1873) built for the Virginia & Truckee. Ran on the V&T for nearly seven decades before being acquired by a movie studio. It was cosmetically restored for display in 1982 by the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Oil fired.
No. 21, J. W. Bowker, standard gauge 2-4-0 (Baldwin 1875) built for the Virginia & Truckee. Bowker served as a switch engine in Virginia City. It was later purchased by the Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Company. Wood-fueled but not currently operational, it has been exhibited at the California State Railroad since 1976. An oil burner, it is not currently operational.
No. 22, Inyo, standard gauge 4-4-0 (Baldwin 1875), built for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. It served in passenger service and was nicknamed “Brass Betsy.” It was later sold to Paramount Pictures and appeared McLintock, Union Pacific, and The Great Locomotive Chase. Restored to operation in 1983 and currently housed at the Nevada State Railroad Museum. Wood fired.
No. 25, standard gauge 4-6-0 (Baldwin 1905) built for the Virginia & Truckee to handle both freight and passenger trains. It was the first new steam locomotive purchased by the V&T and replaced older 4-4-0s on the passenger run between Reno and Carson City. Oil fired, it was restored to operation in 1980 and sees frequent service at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
One of the entrances to the former Cornwall Canal in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada.
The Cornwall Canal was built by the British government of Canada to bypass a troublesome rapids hindering navigation on the St. Lawrence at Cornwall, Ontario. Construction began in 1834 and was completed in 1843.
It closed in 1968, after becoming obsolete and functionally replaced by the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Vienna's skyline at sunset :)
The second building on the left is the "DC-Tower", at that time under construction and which is now Vienna's highest skyscraper with 220m height (2013).
The tower in the middle is the "IZD" Tower and parts of the UN-buildings can be seen as well.
Artist: Train
The first verse: Now that shes back in the atmosphere
With drops of jupiter in her hair, hey, hey
She acts like summer and walks like rain
Reminds me that theres time to change, hey, hey
Since the return from her stay on the moon
She listens like spring and she talks like june, hey, hey
The chorus: Tell me did you sail across the sun
Did you make it to the milky way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star
One without a permanent scar
And did you miss me while you were looking at yourself out there
My personal favorite part of the song, the bridge: Can you imagine no love, pride, deep-fried chicken
Your best friend always sticking up for you even when I know youre wrong
Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance
five-hour phone
Conversation
The best soy latte that you ever had . . . and me
Those weren't the lyrics for the whole song, just parts of it. Anywho the cloud texture is from one of my photos and the main texture is from ishkamina!
Also, I have to give alot of credit to my little brother charlie because he actually took this photo. What I did was I set him up in a spot, put the zoom in the perfect zoominess and even took a sample photo so he knew what it would look like. Then I went of there, he would focus and I would say "GO!!" right after I said that I would jump and he would push the button down the rest of the way and quick get the photo. So I didn't actually push the button and focus, but that is the least important part, but still without it this photo would cease to be. So I just wanted to thank my brother becasue it would have been impossible for me to put the camera on 10 second timer, run up the hill and jump in time. So thank you to him!!
Oh yeah, if you didn't get it, this is my 4th photo project pic!!
P.S. I'm going up north for memorial weekend so I won't be on!
A pod of one-year-old American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) - Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, 3365 Taylor Creek Rd, Christmas, Florida
These pod members are the result of last years mating activities, and will head out on their own next year. Their mother is still somewhere in the neighborhood, and if I got too close to the pod, they might call out, and then I'd be in big trouble. I therefore stayed on the road and took my pics with a telephoto (300 mm in this case).
And kinda like how armadillo litters are all the same sex (but for different reasons¹ than gators), I took the liberty of assuming these were all females and subtitled it "A Tail of Seven Sisters" (a mixed whatcha-ma-call-it).
¹ An armadillo's litter of 4 are all from a single egg (that splits twice), thereby making the members of each litter all the same sex. Whereas, the sex of a gator pod is determined by the temperature of the nest during the middle third of the incubation period (with males liking it hot, while females like to remain cool at all times). However, the reasoning behind it is the same, in that it keeps family members from interbreeding, while simultaneously forcing the pod to disperse and increase territory in search of the opposite sex.
I went out to the Harrison River Valley this morning to see what was happening with the salmon and the Bald Eagles. I found less than 10 at one location but could see hundreds on the distant sandbars in the middle of the river. The water levels in the river are very low.
METU, Faculty of Architecture, inner gallery, 1961-1980
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A part of my town, which is not really the best thing to see, but it can be still quite interresting one.
"Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that showeth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond, or carbuncle, that showeth best in varied lights." - Francis Bacon (Of Truth)
Read if you want to :)
Happy to say this graces the cover of Popular Photography April 2012.
Shot as part of my collection of Meet Your Neighbours(www.meetyourneighbours.net) images. Done in the field, not photoshop trickery.
"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party'."
~ Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (1951- 2014)
First daffodil.
Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.
~Carol Bishop Hipps~
Happy Halloween my friends! Have a fun and safe one!!
Of course I wouldn't be talking about myself would I lol, no it's the Laura Ashley dress I'm wearing.
The statue of Merlion in Esplanade Dr. Marina Bay Area in the foreground of Esplanade Dr. bridge - part of Singapore GP Night Street Race Track
Slice of Reality is an art installation installed for the millennium celebration. It is located on the banks of the River Thames near the O2 stadium.
A flotilla of lantern boats line the bank of Thu Bồn River in ancient Hoi An Town.
In 1999 the old town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a blend of local and foreign influences.
According to the UNESCO Impact Report 2008 on Hội An, tourism has brought changes to the area which are not sustainable without mitigation - basically way too many tourists.
More than 800 historic buildings in Hoi An have been preserved.
[ENG] The Chestnut forest of El Tiemblo (Ávila, Spain) it is a small forest of municipal property placed to approximately 1.100 m. of altitude in the header of the Reservation of Iruelas's Valley, to approximately 100 km from Madrid. It is the most extensive chestnut forest of the Central System, and on the autumnal station -the most showy and colouring- its paths are crossed by numerous visitors. Along the route we will be able to observe different species of trees and shrubs that they accompany on the chestnut-tree or form a part of the undergrowth of the chestnut forest (white hawthorn, hazel, elm of mountain, cherry, willows, holly, alder-tree, birch, heathers, ferns...). A section of the path passes parallel to the creek of the throat of the Yedra (Ivy), with it waters down all the year round and with a row of alder-trees that forming a small forest of gallery they wind close to the creek. With luck we can contemplate some species of birds of forest character (mocking-bird, blue climber, blackbird, thrush...).
[ESP] El Castañar de El Tiemblo (Ávila) es un pequeño bosque de propiedad municipal situado a unos 1.100 m. de altitud en las laderas de la Reserva del Valle de Iruelas, en la cabecera de la garganta de la Yedra, a unos 100 km. de Madrid. Es el castañar más extenso del Sistema Central, y en la estación otoñal –la más llamativa y colorida- sus senderos son recorridos por numerosos visitantes. A lo largo de la ruta podremos observar diferentes especies de árboles y arbustos que acompañan al castaño o forman parte del sotobosque del castañar (majuelo, avellano, olmo de montaña, cerezo silvestre, sauces, acebo, arraclán, abedul, brezos, helechos, ...). Un tramo del sendero discurre paralelo al arroyo de la garganta de la Yedra, con agua todo el año y con una hilera de alisos que formando un pequeño bosque de galería serpentean junto al arroyo. Con suerte podemos contemplar algunas especies de aves de carácter forestal (arrendajo, trepador azul, mirlo, zorzal...).
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“True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy,
Which is as thin of substance as the air,
And more inconstant than the wind, who woos
Even now the frozen bosom of the north,
And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence,
Turning his side to the dew-dropping south.”
(From “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare)
If I am often talking of dreams with my images it is because what comes in front of my lens opens many dreams…like this view of the Lake Palace, on the Pichola Lake in beautiful Udaipur, the City of Lakes, in the state of Rajasthan in western India.
It was shot early in the morning from a window of the City Palace as winter was beginning...
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I 've heard that there would be a new sequel of Indiana Jones starring Harrison Ford again. Perhaps they should consider this location for filming.
Joking aside, these volcanic degassing pipes are pretty fragile as they were mostly made out of tightly compressed volcanic ashes. When I walked among them, there were small stones dropped upon my head from the cliff ceiling. I then realized that the whole ceiling could collapse anytime soon as I could see evidence on some sections of the cliff. I did take a peek at that chamber on the right. The degassing pipes spread further in there. However, I ventured no further.
Thanks to the drought in California, I would not have been able to walk among these degassing pipe columns as they were under the water at least a few years ago based on some online photos I saw. I felt like I was Indiana Jones.
Part of my 'Duffus Castle through the seasons' project.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
Here's the last group pic of the season. Some notes on the finds...
The 2002-04 Impreza wagon (top row) is uncommon for me. I found two when they were fairly new, and I think this is only my third good one. It needs one clip repaired and paint work though. In the next row, the Golf IV (New Beetle in other markets, I think) is also uncommon. The Fiat 500 has all good clips, which is becoming rare on those...ours are brittle PC/ABS, unlike the Euro version.
The 13" uni (fake Pontiac) is in new condition, though it has no ring. I took it because I rarely find anything 13" in mint condition anymore. The last new car in the US with 13" wheels was the 2005 Hyundai Accent, and most of the parts stores don't carry 13" unis now.
To the right of the uni is a 1990 Dodge Spirit...not a good item for resale, but uncommon for me, so I took it. And below the uni is a 1994-95 Ford Taurus with all good clips but no ring. That one is becoming uncommon, and I know I have a correct ring for it.
Left of the Taurus is a 1996 Neon. That one has some issues and may be a clip donor to fix a couple nicer ones that I've had for years. Far right of that row, the 14-spoke Camry XLE has all good clips, which never happens on those.
In the front, the Mercedes W123 is pretty nice and just needs one clip. The Buick dog dish is rare, and I don't think I've had one before. I do have the same style with an Oldsmobile emblem. The plain one above it is a Chevy, which is more common. Strangely, I found those within about 100 feet of each other, both half buried.
The gray 8-lug Ram is a new 2019 model, for a base work truck with steel wheels. I found the chrome version earlier this season. Two 2019 Civics are both complete...one is scratched and the other looks pretty nice. Finally, the 5-hole center cap is for a late-model Chevy Caprice, which was a rebranded RWD Holden. Those were only sold here as police and government cars, and this cap was used on a black steel wheel for the police version. I've never had one before...it's held on with 3 screws, and must have been making a lot of noise before it finally fell off. hubcapsozmk2 Is there a version of this cap for Holden police cars?
So, hopefully we're all done with the virus stuff by the time next season starts. I'm also hoping for some winter weather next season. This winter was warm and rainy in my area, which means not much pothole activity. I still did pretty well searching, but I had to work hard and drive long distances for these finds. As usual, I'll hold my off-season finds for a single pic in the fall, but I'll still be checking here sometimes. Good luck with everyone's searching!
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*Make lists....
-Keeping track of your goals can help you budget your time wisely. But it can also aid you in seeing what you have already accomplished. By seeing progress with your goals, you will be more motivated to continue working towards them.
-Decide what kind of "to do" list works for you. What fits your lifestyle and schedule? Monthly, weekly, daily goals, etc? You don't want to over plan and feel bad about yourself when you don't have time/energy to get around to doing things on your list. So it's important to be realistic with yourself and your expectations. I personally find monthly goals work best for me since my schedule fluctuates, but I can still stay on track with getting things done.
-Keep other lists for more detailed tasks. For instance, say you want to wash a bunch of your dolls. Write "wash dolls" on your master "to do" list. But then have a separate checklist for each doll. This way you can keep track of who has or hasn't been cleaned. I do this with projects that can't all be done in one session, and need more time/attention.
-Write down any extra stuff you manage to accomplish in your set time frame. Sometimes we don't get around to everything on our lists because we get side tracked. By writing down the other things you did, you can still feel like you were productive.
-Break your lists down into categories. This will depend on what you want to accomplish with your doll collection. For me, I break my "to do" lists into four categories: Youtube, Flickr, "Dolly Maintenance," and "Extras." This enables me to make sure I'm dividing my time evenly between social media projects and things I need to do just for my dolls. It can also be a good way to see how certain tasks overlap. For instance, when my doll displays need dusting, it might be an ample time to film a collection video of all of them while they are off their shelves. This one task can actually turn into two different ones! Everyone's categories will be different. Perhaps you need to keep track of things you are selling, things you need to buy, dolls you need to clean, etc. It's also a good way to separate out your priorities--maybe some tasks are more important than others.
-Whiteboards can be a very handy way to write down very small, insignificant tasks that don't need real estate on your master "to do" list, but still need to get done. Sometimes I realize I need to re-shoot a photograph, or that a doll just got a new piece to her outfit. I will jot these notes down on my whiteboard as a quick reminder so I can take care of the task sooner. It also can be a placeholder for where I left off with editing, replacing photos, etc.
*Set small goals...
-Far too often we are over ambitious about what we want to get done. For instance, having a huge goal like wanting to reorganize ALL your doll stuff can be overwhelming. That's why having smaller goals that build up to the bigger one are more reasonable. For instance, if you want to reorganize all your doll stuff in the long run, start with one container, one type of accessory, etc.
-As you accomplish each smaller goal, you will see the progress towards completing the larger one. If you don't set realistic steps in place, then you will be too burdened and overwhelmed to do anything. It's better to do something small than nothing at all.
-Small goals will help you feel like you've achieved something, and will motivate you to keep taking the steps to accomplish your main, larger goal.
*Make it visually appealing...
-Let's be honest, we all like to look at pretty things. When a room, work space, or "to do" list is visually appealing, we are more likely to want to spend time with it. I like to surround my space with dolls and items that make me happy. As for my "to do" lists, I like to decorate the notebook they are in. Using different colors and fonts makes me enjoy writing and using my lists more.
-Don't over complicate things though! While I enjoy having an aesthetically pleasing "to do" list, I don't want to spend a ridiculous amount of time planning things...I'd rather spend that time working towards the actual goals. If you aren't a particularly creative person, or if you are like me and would rather actually do stuff than plan it, keep it simple. Using a notebook that is already visually appealing and not over decorating is a good middle ground.
-Be practical about what you need. Not all of us require a huge, fancy agenda/planner for our "to do" lists. If you need to carry it around with you or you don't have much space, keep your lists in a small book. I personally like to use sketchbooks, because I prefer to work without lines, and they are thin, but durable. They also are all blank, giving me the ability to create whatever I need out of the pages. But if you prefer to work in a book that already has pre-planned pages, than go for it! Tailor this to your specific needs.
*Stay organized...
-Set up things in advance! Since my "to do" lists are monthly, I will designate a page in my notebook for each month, and write my main four categories down in advance. This way I don't have to spend the time doing so each month. Rather, I can simply plan my goals quickly and get on doing them! So you can pre-plan sections for your day, week, month, etc...whatever works for you.
-Keep your lists in an accessible place. Nobody wants to dig under a pile of books and debris to get a notebook out. If you have the notebook or lists somewhere you can access them quickly on a daily basis, you are more likely to use the lists. There is no point in making lists or keeping track of your achievements if you aren't utilizing them regularly. I keep mine in a little slot on my desk, right by my computer. This is where I do most of my dolly computer work, and also it is in my doll room, where I complete many of my doll related tasks.
-Set aside time for cleaning and small tasks. Usually once a week I will go in my dolly room and pick up any debris leftover from projects. Even five minutes of this a few times a week can keep clutter under control. Sometimes it is as simple as putting books back in place, moving dolls off your work surface, sweeping the floor where some hair collected when you brushed your dolls, etc. The more often you do little tasks, the less deep cleaning you will have to do. Plus you can tackle very small tasks like dressing a doll, redoing someone's hair, putting away new stuff, etc.
-A clear space equals a clear mind. Nobody feels motivated when they have to climb over piles of junk or smell something icky. Have a special space that is clean and clear of debris to work on.
-Designate spots for projects. It's easy to make your desk or the floor a place to shove all the stuff you are working on, but haven't completed. I find that having a basket for dolls that need things done, a bin for mending, and a small case for clothes/accessories that were being worn by dolls that are currently being cleaned (or who just haven't been dressed up yet) is very handy. This prevents things from getting lost. Sometimes leaving a pile of doll clothes or a broken piece of their jewelry out can result in these things going missing. Just ask my Ocean Friends Kira where her fanny pack went after I left it out on the dining room table! Having designated spots can also prevent clutter on your main workspace. Somethings take longer to get around to doing, for instance mending clothes can be time consuming. Plus you don't have to worry about moving piles of dolls off your bed if you didn't have time to put them all back on display after dusting! Having a place just for these things ensures that you know where they are at all times, but these items aren't cluttering up your work area/mind.
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Aurora Australis ignites at the Bay of Fires (19th September 2014). Lights from the township of Binalong shimmer on the waters of Binalong Bay to the left of the image. The Southern Cross (upside-down) and the Pointers can be seen to the right. The bright patch to the upper left is the Large Magellanic Cloud. Camera Settings: Canon 6D, Sigma 35mm Art, f1.8, ISO6400, 10 panel panorama - 5x13s for sky, 5x30s for foreground.
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So lets give the studio shots a rest of a little while and put something else up for a bit. Over the weekend I attending wedding and as always at an Indian wedding there is a lot of waiting around if you are not part of the wedding. So I thought I would go for a wander and see what I could find as the grounds were quite nice.
I saw the Rolls Royce Phantom parked out side and thought why not have a play around with this and see what I could get. I took my pictures and notice that I could see the reflection of the building in the chrome. I did ask the driver if he minded if he could move the car a bit forward and he said no and offered me a sweet…lol
I desaturated the image a little as I want that the Spirit of Ecstasy to be the main focus, I did go and increase the blue a little and the clarity and added flare in photoshop and the finally cropped it a little in lightrooms.
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This was the highlight and reason for my Southern Arizona Adventure 2024. This is stage 8 of 9.
I was lucky to secure permits for the once monthly photography tour of Kartchner Caverns. Kartchner Caverns State Park strictly forbids any cameras or cellphones in the Caverns. Except for one trip per month for 12 to 15 photographers currently $125. I planned a 4 day 3 night road trip around Southern Arizona anchored by my Kartchner Cavern permit.
I was expecting dark conditions. The State Park turned on all the lights in the Big Room. They don't like turning on all the lights since can cause an increase in algae. This is the reason they only have one photography tour a month.
I found myself adjusting my histograms to not clip the highlights. Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome. Next time I am going to bracket my shots. I almost wish I had brought a ND filter or tried a handheld GND filter.
I don't know speleothems so I won't even try to identify. If anyone can help me with the identification, I will appreciate it.
www.nps.gov/subjects/caves/speleothems.htm#:~:text=The%20...)%20when%20needed.
The features that arouse the greatest curiosity for most cave visitors are speleothems. These stone formations exhibit bizarre patterns and other-worldly forms, which give some caves a wonderland appearance. Caves vary widely in their displays of speleothems because of differences in temperature; overall wetness; and jointing, impurities, and structures in the rocks. In general, however, one thing caves do have in common is where speleothems form. Although the formation of caves typically takes place below the water table in the zone of saturation, the deposition of speleothems is not possible until caves are above the water table in the zone of aeration. As soon as the chamber is filled with air, the stage is set for the decoration phase of cave building to begin.
The term speleothem refers to the mode of occurrence of a mineral—i.e., its morphology or how it looks—in a cave, not its composition (Hill, 1997). For example, calcite, the most common cave mineral, is not a speleothem, but a calcite stalactite is a speleothem. A stalactite may be made of other minerals, such as halite or gypsum.
Classifying speleothems is tricky because no two speleothems are exactly alike. Nevertheless, speleologists have taken three basic approaches: classification by morphology, classification by origin, and classification by crystallography. All three of these approaches have their problems (Hill, 1997), so cavers often take a more practical approach that primarily uses morphology (e.g., cave pearls) but includes whatever is known about origin (e.g., geysermites) and crystallography (e.g., spar) when needed.
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The Kartchner Caverns, rated one of the world's 10 most beautiful caves, is an eerie wonderland of stalactites and stalagmites still growing beneath the Whetstone Mountains 40 miles southeast of Tucson.
The limestone cave has 13,000 feet of passages and hundreds of formations built over the past 200,000 years, including some that are unique and world-renowned. It's a "living cave," with intricate formations that continue to grow as water seeps, drips and flows from the walls and slowly deposits the mineral calcium carbonate.
The caverns were discovered by amateur spelunkers Randy Tufts and Gary Tenen in 1974 on land owned by the Kartchner family. They kept the cave a secret until 1988, when the Kartchners sold it to the state to become a state park.
The highlights of the Big Room tour are a stretch of strawberry flowstone, which has been colored red by iron oxide (rust) in the water, and a maternity ward for 1,800 female cave myotis bats, with black grime on the ceiling where the bats hang and piles of guano on the floor. Visitors who look closely will see a bat's body embedded in one of the cave's formations.
Though not all are available on the tours, the caverns' unique features include a 21-foot, 2-inch soda straw that's one the world's largest (Throne Room), the world's most extensive formation of brushite moonmilk (Big Room), the first reported occurrence of "turnip" shields (Big Room), the first cave occurrence of "birdsnest" needle quartz formations (Big Room) and the remains of a Shasta ground sloth from the Pleistocene Age (Big Room).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartchner_Caverns_State_Park
Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a show cave with 2.4 miles (3.9 km) of passages.[1] The park is located 9 miles (14 km) south of the town of Benson and west of the north-flowing San Pedro River. Long hidden from view, the caverns were discovered in 1974 by local cavers, assisted by state biologist Erick Campbell who helped in its preservation.
The park encompasses most of a down-dropped block of Palaeozoic rocks on the east flank of the Whetstone Mountains.
The caverns are carved out of limestone and filled with spectacular speleothems which have been growing for 50,000 years or longer, and are still growing. Careful and technical cave state park development and maintenance, initially established by founder Dr. Bruce Randall "Randy" Tufts, geologist, were designed to protect and preserve the cave system throughout the park's development, and for perpetuity.[3]
The two major features of the caverns accessible to the public are the Throne Room and the Big Room. The Throne Room contains one of the world's longest (21 ft 2 in (6.45 m))[5] soda straw stalactites and a 58-foot (18 m) high column called Kubla Khan, after the poem. The Big Room contains the world's most extensive formation of brushite moonmilk. Big Room cave tours are closed during the summer for several months (April 15 to October 15) each year because it is a nursery roost for cave bats, however the Throne Room tours remain open year-round.[8]
Other features publicly accessible within the caverns include Mud Flats, Rotunda Room, Strawberry Room, and Cul-de-sac Passage. Approximately 60% of the cave system is not open to the public.[9]
Many different cave formations can be found within the caves and the surrounding park. These include cave bacon, helictites, soda straws, stalactites, stalagmites and others.[12] Cave formations like the stalactites and stalagmites grow approximately a 16th of an inch every 100 years.[13]
Haiku thoughts:
Beneath earth's cool veil,
Stalactites in silence grow,
Whispers of stone deep.
Kartchner
Southern Arizona Adventure 2024
One of the last produced GT3 RS 997 in 2012 and next year the new 991 GT3 RS will come.
I wish you all a good new year 2013!
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Stadtlohn 2012
A Tower of Silence is traditionally used by Zoroastrians as a religious site to leave their dead for vultures to consume. These days the practice is outlawed. Photo taken on August 18, 2015 in Yazd, Iran.
Cathay Pacific B77W with The Spirit of Hong Kong special livery, was departing from the runway 25L for flight to Chicago (CX806)
Steam locomotives represented a significant advance in human achievement. They were the first man-made objects that could move under their own power and they played a huge role in the success of the industrial revolution in the 1800s and 1900s. Unfortunately, with only about 150 operable examples left, it's a good bet that many Americans have never seen one run. It seems that a father and son from Indiana have made it their life's work to change all of that. John and Byron Gramling restored the 40-ton saddle tanker that you see here and over the past 10 years, have taken her on the road to tourist railroads and museums around the country, becoming very visible ambassadors for the preservation these historic machines. Not only do they provide the public with a chance to see and ride behind steam, they also provide the crews at each stop with actual, hands-on experience. When Flagg Coal #75 visited the Railroad Museum of New England in Thomaston, CT, most of the actual running and firing was done by museum volunteers, with training and supervision provided by the Gramlings. Virtually all couldn't say enough about how educational and motivating this experience was. The Gramlings are already at work expanding their operation. Their displays at Thomaston indicated that they are in the process of restoring two more saddle tankers. Here's wishing them a bright future in their very worthwhile endeavour.
Film crew from the tee-vee show Person of Interest preparing to film a scene on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in back of the White House.
Washington, DC / December 12, 2015
Castle Campbell is a medieval castle situated above the town of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland. It was the lowland seat of the earls and dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell, from the 15th to the 19th century, and was visited by Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century.
History
The castle was originally known as Castle Gloom, possibly deriving from the Scottish Gaelic: glom, meaning a chasm, and referring to the narrow gorges to either side of the site. The naturally defended position may have been the site of a motte in the 12th century. The present tower was built in around 1430 for John Stewart, Lord Lorn, (d.1463) or one of his kinsmen.
In 1465 the property was acquired by Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, (d.1493) on his marriage to Isabel, Lord Lorn's daughter. The first historical record of the castle dates from the following year, when Pope Paul II issued a bull against Walter Stewart, son of Lord Lorn, for attacking and damaging the "Place of Glowm". Argyll, who was at the papal court at the time, may have been instrumental in arranging the Pope's intervention. The tower shows signs of early rebuilding following this episode.
The acquisition of Gloom expanded the power of the Campbells from Argyll in the west into central Scotland, and suited his position as Master of the Household to James III, which required his frequent presence at court. In 1488 Argyll petitioned the newly crowned James IV to formally change the name of Gloom to Castle Campbell, and this was done by an act of parliament. The change in name may imply that the term "castle" was seen as particularly prestigious, requiring royal approval for its use. At this time, the castle would have comprised the tower house, with other buildings arranged around the courtyard, and gardens outside. The east range was probably added first, and some time after the accession of the 2nd Earl in 1493 the large south range was begun. This building shows the influence of the contemporary works at Stirling Castle, now known as the King's Old Building. It included a state apartment of hall, outer chamber and bedchamber, with large south-facing windows overlooking the gardens and the view across the Devon Valley. The range also provided additional private lodgings, and was accessed via two symmetrically placed stairways facing the courtyard
16th century
In the 16th century, the 4th Earl of Argyll (d.1558) embraced the cause of religious Reformation, and became one of the leading Protestant lords of his day. His family supported the Calvinist preacher John Knox while he was in Scotland in the 1550s. Knox visited Castle Campbell and preached there, some time in 1556. In January 1563 Mary, Queen of Scots, stayed at Castle Campbell on the occasion of the marriage of Margaret, sister to the 5th Earl of Argyll, and James Stewart, Lord Doune. However, on the marriage of Queen Mary and Lord Darnley two years later, Argyll joined other Protestant lords in rebellion. During the Chaseabout Raid which followed, Mary and Darnley received the surrender of Castle Campbell. In the more peaceful 1590s Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll, rebuilt the east range of the castle to link the south range with refurbished guest chambers in the tower. The new work consisted of a fine two-arched loggia facing the courtyard, with a façade of polished ashlar masonry above. Behind this were galleries, fashionable additions to the accommodation within the castle, and new stairs to north and south. The east range has been compared to the north courtyard façade at Crichton Castle which was erected around the same time. An inventory of 1595 records the furniture, tapestries, carpets and other items in each room of the castle, including a total of 47 beds.
Destruction and later history
The Earls of Argyll continued to support the Protestant cause, and in the religious conflicts of the mid-17th century Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll, became the leader of the Presbyterian Covenanters, in opposition to the leading Royalist James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose. In 1645 Montrose's troops, on their way to the Battle of Kilsyth, laid waste to the lands around Castle Campbell, including Dollar and Muckhart. Many of Montrose's men were MacLeans, long-standing adversaries of the Campbells. The castle itself was undamaged, and no siege was attempted. In response, Argyll ordered the destruction of Menstrie Castle and Airthrie Castle, both seats of Royalists. After the execution of Charles I the Campbells initially supported Charles II, with Argyll placing the crown of Scotland on Charles' head at Scone in 1651. However, Argyll opposed Charles' invasion of England, and in 1652 he submitted to Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. Cromwell's forces were garrisoned in Castle Campbell in 1653. In July 1654, Royalist rebels attacked and burned Castle Campbell over two nights.
Argyll was executed following the Restoration of 1660 and his son, the 9th Earl, built Argyll's Lodging in Stirling rather than renovate Castle Campbell. Apart from being briefly garrisoned during the Jacobite rising of 1715 the castle was abandoned, and in 1805 the 6th Duke of Argyll sold it to Crawford Tait of Harviestoun, an adjacent estate. In 1859 Harviestoun, and Castle Campbell, was bought by businessman and former Lord Provost of Glasgow Sir Andrew Orr. His son James Orr had excavations carried out at the castle in the 1870s, turning up fragments of stained glass from the windows of the south range.
In 1948 the then-owners of the Harviestoun estate gave Dollar Glen to the National Trust for Scotland, who arranged for the castle to be cared for by the Ministry of Works. Restoration works have included a new roof on the tower, and excavations in the 1980s which revealed charred timbers from the 1654 burning. The castle is now managed by Historic Scotland. [Wikipedia]
Ceduna. This “capital” of the Far West Coast is 50 kms further from Adelaide than Melbourne is from Adelaide. As it is 780 kms west of Adelaide it should be in a different time zone but it is not. With Thevenard it has 2,200 residents. Almost 25% of residents are Aboriginal but this figure is does not include the floating or transient population of Aboriginal visitors from inland areas and further west (Yalata) which is 250 kms away. The people from Yalata speak Pitjantjatjara unlike the local Wirangu people. Most of the permanent Aboriginal residents are employed by local government, the state government or the local industries. The transient population usually come to Ceduna for medical treatment. The Ceduna Hospital has 15 acute overnight beds, four day beds, two dialysis beds and 38 general beds. Medical imaging is available two days a week at the hospital. Rex Airlines provides seven flights a week to Adelaide. The Western Australian border across the Nullarbor is 500 kms west of Ceduna. The Head of the Bight is 300 kms west. The Eyre Highway to the WA border was sealed in 1976.
European exploration of the Ceduna area and Murat Bay began in 1627 when Captain Francois Thijssen, a Dutch explorer in his ship the Golden Zeepard, visited this region with Pieter Nuijts. The islands off the coast were named Nuyts Archipelago in honour of that voyage by Captain Matthew Flinders when he charted the coast here in 1801. The largest island in the archipelago was named by Captain Thijssen in 1627 after the patron saint of Nuijt – St Pierre Isle now known as St Peters Island. The second largest island in the archipelago he named after his own patron stain St Francois – St Francis Island. Another European, the French man Nicholas Baudin named Murat Bay when he charted the coast also in 1802. He was the explorer who met Matthew Flinders near Victor Harbor which Flinders named Encounter Bay. Murat was a French general and brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte. When Flinders entered the bay next to Murat he tested the water for salinity as he felt sure a major river would have an estuary on the bay. In disappointment he named it Denial Bay. In 1893 the Hundred of Bonython was declared around Murat Bay. It was not changed to Ceduna until the railway arrived in 1915 when the railways named their station Ceduna. Ceduna is believed to be a corruption of the local Wirangu Aboriginal word 'chedoona' which means "a place to sit down and rest". The foreshore of Murat Bay is a great place to sit down and rest under the Norfolk Island pine trees looking towards Thevenard. Or you can get almost the same view from the Ceduna Foreshore Hotel!
Unlike most South Australia towns Ceduna was founded in the 20th century when the optimism of the 19th century farmers had waned. Early explorers had not reported favourably on the land here. Edward John Eyre made his visit to the region in 1839 after sailing to Port Lincoln and then he explored it again in 1840/41. On his second trip he complained about the lack of any water after a ship had provided water to him at Streaky Bay. His party then walked as there was no water for horses. This fateful journey, when Aborigines killed two of his party and Eyre and his Aboriginal friend Wylie nearly died of thirst, Eyre managed to cross the Nullarbor Plain to WA. But none of his reports encouraged settlers. Two explorers Miller and Dutton in 1857 noted no water but said there were good areas of grasslands. The first large pastoral leaseholds were taken up in 1860 but soon surrendered and taken up again after 1868. This was tough country even for sheep. Robert Barr smith took out the Fowlers Bay run which included Murat Bay and covered 199 square miles. Other leaseholds were also taken up along the coast. All were resumed by the government in the late 1880s when the hundreds were declared. The Hundred of Bonython which covers Ceduna was declared in 1893 and a small farming community began on Murat Bay. Thirty early settler families petitioned the government for a surveyed town in 1896. This happened in 1901 and it was named Murat Bay. But the town developed very slowly. The first church opened in 1909; the government school only opened in 1914 and minimal development occurred before 1915 when the railway from Port Lincoln reached the town. The first government wharf was built in 1902 to take away the bagged grain; and early stone Institute building was erected; there were two early general stores; the town had a stone hotel –licensed to Mr Charles Mudge in 1901 for opening in 1902; the first police station opened in 1903; the first wooden Post Office opened in 1902; the town before 1909 had a saddler, a blacksmith, a butcher, baker, etc but no candle stick maker.
All the major Christian faiths have been represented in Ceduna. The first church built in Ceduna was the Methodist in 1909 in Poynton Street. Its porched was added 1959 and the “new” church hall was added in 1962. The second church was the early Anglican Church also built in Poynton Street in 1911. It was last used for services in 1954 when the new St Michael’s and All Angels Church across the street opened. It was dedicated by the Bishop of Willochra in 1955 and the adjacent parish hall was built in 1981. The third church erected in town was the Lutheran Church in East Terrace. It was built in 1928 but was in a deteriorating condition by 1970. In 1971 it was demolished and a new Lutheran Church opened. Lutheranism was a strong faith in this region with the Koonibba Lutheran Aboriginal Mission (est. 1901) 39 kms out of town and the early Lutheran Church in Denial Bay 13 kms away which was the first church in the whole region built in 1896. In 1929 the Catholics built a church in Bergman Drive. It was dedicated as Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church. A new parish hall was erected in 1977. Ceduna became a separate Catholic parish with a resident priest in 1973 when it broke away from Streaky Bay.
Thevenard. Ceduna-Thevenard was the main terminus of the Eyre Peninsula railway system with the line from Port Lincoln reaching here in 1915. The town of Thevenard was surveyed and land sold in 1915. The railway line from Port Lincoln reached Wudinna, about half way in 1913.Then the first trains operated to Ceduna in 1915 with a passenger train for travel to or from Port Lincoln. It took two days with an overnight stay in Minnipa! Almost all the railway stations and sidings on Eyre Peninsula have local Aboriginal words for their names. Here are some of the interesting siding names from near Ceduna – Yantanabie; Chillundie; Mudamuckla; Chimbingina; Uworra; Nunjikompita; Yantanabie; Puntabie; Wiabuna; Koonibba; Kalanbi; Chinta. Passenger trains on Eyre Peninsula from Ceduna were coordinated to arrive in Port Lincoln to connect with coast steamers to Adelaide until the last steamer service ended in 1963. The railway from Thevenard was extended to Penong further west (73 kms) in 1924. This is now the only railway line in operation on Eyre Peninsula since May 2019 when Viterra grain handlers could not reach an agreement with the track owners of Eyre Peninsula, Genesee & Wyoming Australia. The rail service was terminated. The last grain train to Penong operated in 1997 but the line to Kevin gypsum mines still operates. Three round trips are made each day for most days of the week. The export of gypsum is one of the major exports from Thevenard. The jetty at Thevenard was extended in 1972 to allow larger ships to visit the port. Thevenard exports roughly 6 million bushels of grain a year, 80,000 tons of salt and 200,000 tons of gypsum from the mines at Kevin near Penong and increasing amounts of mineral sands (zircon). Some processed and frozen fish and seafood are also exported from Thevenard. Flinders Ports Holdings operates the port which is the second busiest in South Australia. There are current plans for a $15million upgrade of Thevenard jetty and port. A transportable Methodist Church was moved to Thevenard in 1953 and a small Greek Orthodox Church opened in Thevenard in 1972. Prior to that Orthodox services were held in the Greek Hall. For many years Thevenard had a gypsum factory producing plaster.
New to Nottingham City Transport as their 332 during June 2011, PC Coaches of Lincoln's Optare Solo SR YJ11OHC is pictured in Lincoln Bus Station on August 30th 2025.
Creator(s): General Services Administration. National Archives and Records Service. Office of the National Archives. ca. 1949-1985 (Most Recent)
Series: Construction of the National Archives Building, 1932 - 1942 Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789 - ca. 2007
Production Date: 1932 - 1942
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A new cartoon tribute by artist Stephen B. Whatley celebrating the legendary Hollywood movie star Lana Turner (USA 1921-1995).
The artist has long been fascinated in biographical research of the stars and players of Hollywood's Golden Age - and enjoys creating cartoon tributes to the classic stars as well as often lesser known players active in that classic era.
He is has been an admirer of Lana Turner for over 45 years - and in 1991 , managed through the help of the world's greatest collector of Lana Turner , Lou Valentino, author of The Films of Lana Turner (Citadel Books 1976) to be in touch with Lana Turner in her last years, surprising her with cartoon tributes to uplift her as she battled cancer.
The movies depicted and mentioned in this cartoon tribute are particular favourites of the artist.
Stephen B. Whatley is primarily known as a painter of expressionist oil paintings , whose portrait of Barack Obama was published in TIME. His vibrant work is permanently show-cased outside the Tower of London, through his series of 30 paintings charting the Tower's history that were commissioned in 2000. In 2004 he was presented to Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh in recognition of his work.
Most recently, cartoon illustrations by Stephen B. Whatley, commissioned by another Hollywood bombshell, Mamie Van Doren (1931-) are published in her new memoirs, You Thought I Was Dead ( Permuted Press/ Simon & Schuster. 2026) - available in May 2026 in the USA - & worldwide in June 2026. Pre-orders available via Amazon.
To see more of the artist's work or contact him, please visit his website where a new page about his cartoon illustration is gradually growing:
Country Road after heavy snowfalls between the municipality of Georgensgmuend and the village of Untersteinbach, Franconia (Bavaria)
Some background information:
On this photo, which was taken just 500 metres away from our home, you can see the little hamlet of Hauslach on the left. On the right side (just outside the picture area) Buehl hill is located.
Buehl hill is a limestone hill, where limestone was quarried in the past. As a side product of the limestone many fossils were found but the people who quarried the limestone didn’t pay them much attention. However, at the end of the 18th century the famous French naturalist and paleontologist Georges Cuvier (1769 to 1832) first mentioned Georgensgmuend as a notable place of fossil finds. In particular fossils of Deinotherium, primeval rhinoceros and ancient horse were found at Buehl hill, but also mammoth bones and teeth were unearthed in this area. The German paleontologist Hermann von Meyer (1801 to 1869) examined the fossil finds of Georgensgmuend closely. Today they still boot renowned collections, e.g. in Frankfurt and London. Owing to von Meyer’s researches Georgensgmuend came into the limelight of then paleontology. For the first time it was proved that former fauna was significantly distinguished from today’s one. However people still assumed that the fossils were a proof for the biblical Flood. Today amateur paleontolgists can still find interesting fossils at Buehl hill.
Although human stone tools and tools from the Bronze Age were also found in this area, Georgensgmuend was first mentioned in a document not before 1304. Its then name was "Villula Gmuendt". The settlement was built at the junction of two important trade routes and the confluence of the rivers Franconian Rezat and Swabian Rezat. That is why tradesmen settled there and many wayfarers came through. In the 16th century also Jews started to locate in Georgensgmuend. Until fascism of Nazi Germany they were an important part of the village community and even had their own synagogue as well as their own cemetery.
On 21st October 1631, during the Thirty Years” War, Georgensgmuend was heavily destroyed by marauding lansquenets of the Catholic Imperial forces under Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly. As the population was either killed or had fled, the settlement was completely ambandoned afterwards. However, in the years that followed the Thiry Years’s War, religious refugees from Austria and Swabia resettled in Georgensgmuend. Later also the Jews came back. In 1714 already six Jewish families were recorded.
In 1666 Albrecht V, Margrave of Ansbach-Brandenburg, who was the territorial lord of the whole area, built a hunting château just opposite the settlement. His son Johann Friedrich became the name giver of Friedrichsgmuend, which is part of Georgensgmuend now, but then was an own new village, just separated from Georgensgmuend by the Franconian Rezat.
During the Third Reich Jews were harassed in Georgensgmuend just as in all of Germany. At the entrance to the community a sign was attached, which said: "Our need of Jews is already met." In 1938, during the so-called Night of the Broken Glass, the synagogue was partly destroyed, but the Jewish cemetery was spared from desecration. The Jews were forced to leave Georgensgmuend by the end of the year. Some of them were able to emigrate to the US, while others were killed in concentration camps.
After World War II Georgensgmuend has bethought of its Jewish cultural heritage: The synagogue and the Tahara house have been restored while the Jewish cemetery has been listed.
Today Georgensgmuend, my hometown, has almost 7,000 residents. The municapility is located just 36 km (20 miles) south of the city of Nuremberg and 120 km (75 miles) north of Munich. Nuremberg’s perfect accessibility both by train and car as well as Georgensgmuend’s own considerable industrial area makes the community a popular and still growing place of residence for younger and older employees.
365:2010 #208
#ds255 The world is always in motion. Make a photo that conveys a bit of your own motion to your viewer.
Each passenger had the option of simply listening to music of their choice, or watching a movie that the airline provided, or watching a TV show. I opted to watch the first three episodes of "Only Murders in the Building." I'd seen the previews on line a lot, and so I decided I'd like to check it out. Now I have to find it on DVD, I've become a fan of the show.
If one didn't want to do any of that, they could just leave the monitor set where you see it in the photo, so you could see where the plane was on the journey. You could also find out how long the trip would take, the time of arrival, as well as the altitude and air temperature outside. During the three hour-plus flight we reached an altitude of 40,000 feet, with the outside air temperature at 62 degrees below zero. We were all provided ear buds to plug into the unit in front of us, and we could also plug in our phones to charge them up. So, despite the cramped quarters, the lack of a good, hot meal; and the lack of comfortable seating, we did have a few conveniences left to enjoy.