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A long overdue catch up this evening with a good friend. We'd been out on the moors searching for Curlews. We did hear a few but sightings were rare.
On my way home the sun was looking grand and I had to pull over and take this shot.
Unfortunately the Lambo was in for a service so the Shhkoda had to provide the foreground!! :)
After wrapping up a quick switch of the Vermont Yankee spur, NECR 606 gets back under way, with a short trek up to Brattleboro in front of them.
A composition behind my comfort, the front boat to big , but with beautiful blacks, on the contrast to much 'foggy' sky. But with some beatiful shining lights in the water and all around the number 3.
K0dak TrX, 120mm film, 400iso, HC-110, 6 min
In 1859. the Cornwall Railway company constructed a railway line between Plymouth and Truro, England. The topography of Cornwall is such that the route, which is generally east-west, cuts across numerous deep river valleys that generally run north-south.
The village of Forder is about 1½ miles from Saltash and sits on the banks of one such river valley, with many of the cottages situated along the banks of Forder Creek, off the River Lynher.
On the advice of the Victorian railway engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, they constructed the river crossings in the form of wooden viaducts, 42 in total, consisting of timber deck spans supported by fans of timber bracing built on masonry piers. This unusual method of construction substantially reduced the first cost of construction compared to an all-masonry structure, but at the cost of more expensive maintenance. Replacement of the timber viaducts by all-masonry structures began in the 1870s.
Excited by my newest camera. I new when I shot this on my Olympus XA it would not be able to focus close enough, but hey.
...at Cobden Bridge
Early one day during the heatwave, we took a walk along the River Itchen and had breakfast at Woodmill.
for Thursday monochrome (Donnerstagsmonochrom)
gratitude for all visits
While taking a walk in the harbor to check out the ice fishermen and two lakers berthed there for the winter, I noticed a small blob some distance out in the bay. Once I got closer at the end of the jetty, I could see it was a fisherman out there all by himself. It crossed my mind that it's a long ways out if the ice gives way underneath you but it did make an interesting minimalist composition.
As I drove up here today I realised I was completely alone; the outside temperature was -1 degree C; there was thick fog and I was driving a rear-wheel drive automatic whose traction control light kept flashing, and I began to question my sanity. This is something I've often pondered. Sane or not? I think at the moment the ayes have it.
My car is just visible in the gloom.
I was tempted to pick up little K & give it a spin in the washer then promote it to van mascot sat on my dash board where it could sit in the warmth & look out at the world passing by but no way am I driving round that carpark again trying to find spot to park with all these crazy festive shoppers !! anyway little K probably would have ended up as a mop for spilt coffee on the dash, have your freedom K goodbye little fellow ;-(
Originally created for deer hunting, Richmond Park now has 630 red and fallow deer that roam freely within much of the park. A cull takes place each November and February to ensure numbers can be sustained about 200 deer are culled annually and the meat is sold to licensed game dealers.Some deer are also killed in road accidents, through ingesting litter such as small items of plastic, or by dogs; three deer were killed by dogs in 2012.Many of the deer in Richmond Park are infected with a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi which can be transmitted to humans through a tick bite, causing Lyme disease.
The park is an important refuge for other wildlife, including woodpeckers, squirrels, rabbits, snakes, frogs, toads, stag beetles and many other insects plus numerous ancient trees and varieties of fungi. It is particularly notable for its rare beetles.
Richmond Park supports a large population of what are believed to be ring-necked (or rose-ringed) parakeets. These bred from birds that escaped or were freed from captivity.
I had forgotten about this picture I took until today when I was trying to clear some space on my hard drive. I took this picture of baby alligators in the Everglades in Florida, last February. While I was walking on the trail along a canal, I did not see them at first because they blended so well with their surroundings. Once I spotted them, I first saw six, and then I noticed a few more and then more climbed up on top of one another to hang out together.
It was such a great moment, something I did not even think I would get to see. My goal that day was to see an alligator, which I did, but seeing these babies gators was a real treat.
How many do you see?
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Although I was still some distance from this Caspian Tern, it didn't hang about. Taking to the air, it carried out a leisurely 180 degree turn, and then increased speed as it headed out to sea...!!!
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