Part of the extensive country gardens and lakes at Stourhead, Wiltshire. The property, gardens and woodlands now come under the ownership of the National Trust.

Thank you all for your views,faves and comments,much appreciated.

1960 Chevrolet Impala convertible

The Impala name was first used for the full-sized 1956 General Motors Motorama show car that bore Corvette-like design cues, especially the grille. It was named Impala after the graceful African antelope, and this animal became the car's logo.

The Impala became a separate series, adding a four-door hardtop and four-door sedan, to the two-door Sport Coupe and convertible. Sport Coupes featured a shortened roof line and wrap-over back window. The standard engine was an I6, while the base V8 was the carryover 283 cu in (4.6 L), at 185 hp. Optional were a 283 cu in with 290 hp (220 kW) and 348 cu in (5.7 L) V8 up to 335 hp (250 kW). Standard were front and rear armrests, an electric clock, dual sliding sun visors, and crank-operated front vent windows. A contoured hooded instrument panel held deep-set gauges. A six-way power seat was a new option, as was "Speedminder", for the driver to set a needle at a specific speed and a buzzer would sound if the preset were exceeded.

The 1960 Impala models reinstated three round taillights on each side, and a white band running along the rear fenders.

The available V8s were reduced to seven, in 283-cu in or 348-cu in displacements. The carbureted Turbo-Fire 283 cu in V8 could have either 170 or 230 hp. The 348 cu in was available in 250 to 320 hp with a 350 hp Special Super Turbo-Thrust with triple two-barrel carburetors, 11.25:1 compression ratio, and dual exhausts. Fuel injection was no longer an option on full-size Chevrolets. New to the options list was speed and cruise control. Production was 490,000 units.

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So Flickr charges more money, yet today every fourth picture I visit I cannot comment. And beyond that ideal. One of us fine devoted flickr member passes and when renewal comes around, all their work except 1,000 images is gone. I would like to think some of us live onward.

I do not know why fences attract me so. They stand for so many ideals compared to life. I think the one thing that stands out is that it means "this is mine, stay out"

Go get your own in other words.

Happy Fence Friday

The Wroclaw Market Square covers almost 3.8 hectare and is included among the largest old market sites in Poland and It is one of the largest markets in Europe,

The buildings around the square are built according to different styles: the middle part (German: Tritt) of the ring is occupied by a block of buildings consisting of the Old Town Hall, the New City Hall as well as numerous citizens' houses.

In the picture, the western part of the market, from the right side

Market 6, House Under the Golden Sun

Market 7, House Under the Blue Sun due to ownership issues long disrepair, and only at the end of the 90s. has been restored

Market 8, House Under the Seven Electors draws attention because of the rich decoration painting illusionist, reconstructed in the early 90's.

One little deer detached itself from the herd grazing in the background to have a look at the group of passing ramblers.

photo at the Deer Farm, Harting, South Downs National Park thanks to Ray: small edit by me (just claiming part ownership!)

for Happy Fence Friday

14th to 17th centuries Castle Wijchen is first mentioned in a written source in 1392. The earliest castle probably dates from the middle of the 14th century.

The castle has passed through the hands of many different families. In the middle of the 14th century it belonged to the family Van Galen, in 1536 it passed into the ownership of the lords of Batenburg. By then the castle had been thoroughly sacked at least once. The rebuilding is likely to have been the initiative of one of the lords of the manor of Batenburg (the Bronkhorst family), but the castle was only completed at the beginning of the 17th century. The responsibility for the completion of the current castle lies with the royal couple Princess Emilia van Nassau en Don Emanuel van Portugal.

17th to 20th centuries: In 1609 Emila, daughter of Prince Willem of Orange, bought the castle. It was some time before she moved in. First she had the castle extensively renovated. The money for this enterprise came partly from the sale of an extremely valuable pearl necklace. Emanuel was without prospects and a catholic. Because of this he and Emila had not received permission to marry from the government or Prince Maurits. They had eloped together, and thus had a long and rather difficult love story behind them by the time they came to Wijchen. Many of the decorations on the building are references to their struggle to be united together in marriage, such as the beam fixings in the form of a closed ‘S’ which stand for the French ‘fermesse’ – fidelity.

Emilia died in 1629 and the castle was eventually sold by her children to Philips van Nassau, lord of Grimhuizen near Breda. Having passed through the hands of a further thee families, the castle and estate came into the possession of the Osy family in 1771

The heirs of Baron J.J.R. d’Osy put the castle up for sale in the summer of 1903. It was bought by the honourable A.W. van Andringa de Kempenaer from Den Haag for 26,850 guilders.

As a result of a fire in one of the chimneys on the evening of December 5th 1906 the castle was gutted. Only the walls remained – the entire interior, furniture, books and works of art fell victim to the flames. However in a very short time the castle was completely restored under guidance of the Nijmeegse architect F.A. Ludewig. By 1908 Castle Wijchen had risen phoenix like from the ashes.

After the death of Miss van Andringa de Kempenaer in 1926 the castle passed to her nephews. They tried to sell it in 1932, but their were no buyers because of the economic crisis of the time. Spurred on by the mayor, the municipality of Wijchen bought the castle for the sum of 32,000 guilders. Since that time the castle has been the official meeting house for the council, and every resident of Wijchen is also ‘owner’.

21st century: The future looks rosy for the castle. Renovated in the 1990s the castle has housed, since 1996, Museum Castle Wijchen and the chief meeting room and wedding salon of the municipality of Wijchen. The Museum is situated on the second floor of the castle, and also makes use of a part of the castle gardens. The museum has collections of archaeology and modern art, with both permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as a regional history exhibit about the five castles within the parish. In the garden of the castle is Museum Garden ‘De Tuun’ with historic crops and herbs.

Bexhill or Bexhill-on-Sea is a seaside town situated in the county of East Sussex in South East England. An ancient town and part of the local-government district of Rother, Bexhill is home to a number of archaeological sites, a Manor House in the Old Town, an abundance of Edwardian and Victorian architecture, and the famous De La Warr Pavilion: today a centre for contemporary art – which has featured the work of Andy Warhol, Cerith Wyn Evans and Richard Wilson amongst others – and an auditorium, where Bob Marley had his first UK appearance and has since seen performances by Elvis Costello, Goldfrapp, Ray Davies, Years & Years, Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson.

The first reference to Bexhill, or Bexelei as it was originally called, was in a charter granted by King Offa of Mercia in 772 AD. It is recorded that King Offa had 'defeated the men of Hastings' in 771 AD. At this time, the term Hastings would have referred to this whole area rather than the town itself as it does today. In the charter, King Offa established a church and religious community in Bexhill.

During the Norman Conquest of 1066 it appears that Bexhill was largely destroyed. The Domesday survey of 1086 records that the manor was worth £20 before the conquest, was 'waste' in 1066 and was worth £18 10s in 1086. King William I used the lands he had conquered to reward his knights and gave Bexhill manor to Robert, Count of Eu, with most of the Hastings area. Robert's grandson, John, Count of Eu, gave back the manor to the bishops of Chichester in 1148 and it is probable that the first manor house was built by the bishops at this time. The later manor house, the ruins of which can still be seen at the Manor Gardens in Bexhill Old Town, was built about 1250, probably on the instructions of St. Richard, Bishop of Chichester. St Richard's Catholic College, the local Catholic school, was duly for said bishop. The Manor House was the easternmost residence owned by the bishops and would have been used as a place to stay while travelling around or through the eastern part of their diocese. There were often disputes between the Bishops of Chichester and the Abbots of Battle Abbey, usually about land ownership in this area. In 1276 a large portion of Bexhill was made into a park for hunting and in 1447 Bishop Adam de Moleyns was given permission to fortify the Manor House.

In 1561 Queen Elizabeth I took possession of Bexhill Manor and three years later she gave it to Sir Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset. The Earls, later Dukes, of Dorset owned Bexhill until the mid 19th century. Their main residences were Buckhurst Place in Sussex and Knole House in Kent.

In 1804 soldiers of the King's German Legion were stationed in barracks at Bexhill. These troops were Hanoverians who had escaped when their country was overrun by Napoleon's French Army. As King George III was also the Elector of Hanover, he welcomed them and they fought as part of the British Army. At about this time, defensive Martello Towers were built along the south east coast, some near Bexhill, in order to repel any French invasion. In 1814 the soldiers of the King's German Legion left Bexhill, eventually playing an important part in the Battle of Waterloo the following year. The German troops had been here to protect Bexhill from the French. However, many of the local people were actively trading with the enemy by way of smuggling. The best known of the local smugglers were in the Little Common Gang and the most famous incident was the infamous Battle of Sidley Green in 1828.

In 1813 Elizabeth Sackville had married the 5th Earl De La Warr, and when the male line of the Dukes of Dorset died out in 1865 she and her husband inherited Bexhill.

It was the 7th Earl De La Warr who decided to transform the small rural village of Bexhill into an exclusive seaside resort. He contracted the builder, John Webb, to construct the first sea wall and to lay out De La Warr Parade. Webb, in part payment for his work, was given all the land extending from Sea Road to the Polegrove, south of the railway line. Opened in 1890, the luxurious Sackville Hotel was built for the 7th Earl De La Warr and originally included a house for the use of his family. In 1891 Viscount Cantelupe, his eldest surviving son, married Muriel Brassey, the daughter of Sir Thomas and the late Annie, Lady Brassey of Normanhurst Court near Bexhill. The Manor House was fully refurbished so that Lord and Lady Cantelupe could live in style as Lord and Lady of the Manor. Finally, the 7th Earl De La Warr transferred control of his Bexhill estate to Viscount Cantelupe. When the 7th Earl De La Warr died in 1896

Viscount Cantelupe became the 8th Earl De La Warr. At this time he organised the building on the sea front of the Kursaal, a pavilion for refined entertainment and relaxation. He also had a bicycle track made, with a cycle chalet, at the eastern end of De La Warr Parade. These amenities were provided to promote the new resort. Meanwhile, many independent schools were being attracted to the expanding town due to its health-giving reputation. The railway came through Bexhill in 1846, the first railway station being a small country halt situated roughly where Sainsbury's car park is today. This was some distance from the village on the hill. A new station, north of Devonshire Square, was opened in 1891 to serve the growing resort. In 1902 the current railway station was opened and a Bexhill West Station was built for the newly built Crowhurst Branch Line.

1902 was the year that Bexhill became an Incorporated Borough. This was the first Royal Charter granted by Edward VII. Bexhill was the last town in Sussex to be incorporated and it was the first time a Royal Charter was delivered by motorcar. To celebrate the town's newfound status and to promote the resort, the 8th Earl De La Warr organised the country's first ever motorcar races along De La Warr Parade in May 1902. The town was scandalised at this time by the divorce of Earl De La Warr.

Muriel had brought the action on the grounds of adultery and abandonment. She was granted a divorce and given custody of their three children. Muriel, with her children, Myra, Avice and Herbrand, went back to live with Earl Brassey at Normanhurst Court. The 8th Earl De La Warr remarried but was again divorced for adultery. He also suffered recurrent and well-publicised financial difficulties. At the start of the First World War in 1914 the Earl bought a Royal Naval commission. He died of fever at Messina in 1915.

Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville became the 9th Earl De La Warr. He is best known for championing the construction of the De La Warr Pavilion, which was built and opened in 1935. The 9th Earl also became Bexhill's first socialist mayor. He died in 1976.

The Second World War caused the evacuation of the schools and substantial bomb-damage to the town. Many schools returned to Bexhill after the war but there was a steady decline in the number of independent schools in the town. The break-up of the British Empire and in particular the Independence of India in 1947 hastened the process. Most of the schools were boarding and catered largely for the children of the armed forces overseas and of the colonial administration. Although the number of schools decreased, many of the parents and former pupils had fond memories of the town and later retired to Bexhill.

For further information please visit

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bexhill-on-Sea and www.discoverbexhill.com/

Geno's Steaks, South Philly, June 1, 2023

I also have a cropped version of this photo:

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Geno's Steaks is a Philadelphia restaurant specializing in cheesesteaks, founded in 1966 by Joey Vento. Geno's is located in South Philadelphia at the intersection of 9th Street and Passyunk Avenue, directly across the street from rival Pat's King of Steaks, which is generally credited with having invented the cheesesteak in 1933. The cheesesteak has since become a signature dish for the city of Philadelphia. After Joey Vento's death in 2011, restaurant ownership was passed to his son Geno Vento.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geno%27s_Steaks

Stainforth, North Yorkshire

Stainforth Bridge, (also known as Stainforth packhorse bridge and Knight Stainforth bridge) is a 17th century, arched packhorse bridge over the River Ribble in Stainforth, North Yorkshire, England.

The bridge was formerly on the main packhorse road between York and Lancaster, which has been superseded by later roads.

It was in private ownership until the 1930s, when it was taken on by the National Trust. It is now a grade II listed building.

New Home Ownership apartments being built in Kowloon Hong Kong

Absolutely gorgeous, heritage style, dream home ( new or old I am not really sure, but the look is timeless ).

Pride of ownership radiates from this well cared for home.

Landscaping is truly wonderful. 10 ft high sunflowers, manicured box hedges, emerald cedars, green lawn, potted flowers, and even lit up wreaths accent the front porch.

Stonework, pillars, cozy enclosed porch with ceiling fans, upper deck and look at that orange front door.

So much for the eye to appreciate.

Set under the glow of the setting sun.

Home Sweet Home

Metro Vancouver

British Columbia

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

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DeCou House (Monument) c.1808, 2350 DeCew Road

One of Thorold’s most iconic historic sites, DeCou House was

built by John DeCew c.1808. It was here that Laura Secord

came to warn Ltn.James Fitzgibbon of an imminent attack in

June 1813. Largely led by Haudenosaunee warriors and other

indigenous allies, the subsequent Battle of Beaverdams forced

the American retreat to Fort George. John DeCew, in 1834,

sold the house to David Griffiths whose family lived in it for

3 generations. Fire that devastated the house in 1938 was

followed by a second one in 1950, reducing it to rubble. The

foundations were rebuilt in 1952 by the Ontario Power Com-

mission. The City of Thorold assumed ownership in 2011 and

the 1st Nations Peace Monument was unveiled on the site in

2017. Nomination of DeCew House Heritage Park as a National

Historic Site by Parks Canada is underway.

Thousands of people poured into Manchester City Centre on 24th August 2024 for the annual Pride celebrations.

The streets were filled full of colour as the Manchester Pride parade set off from Deansgate. Taking on a 'Buzzin to be Queer Theme' inspired by the hardworking Manchester bee, 17,000 took part in the parade - the biggest ever number of participants according to Pride bosses.

Held each year, the parade takes place from Deansgate towards the Gay Village and sees thousands of people line the streets to take in the positive vibes of the event and to show unity with the LGBTQ+ community.

As usual, this year’s parade saw drag artists, community groups and allies take part, with the likes of Danny Beard, Tia Kofi, Su Pollard, DJ Paulette, Russell T Davies and Charity Shop Sue amongst some of the famous faces taking part.

Amongst the corporations, community groups and clubs taking part in this year’s parade were the Manchester Runners, George House Trust, Aer Lingus, Moxy Manchester, African Rainbow Family, The Proud Trust, Village Manchester Football Club and Heart radio station.

Speaking about the parade, Mark Fletcher, CEO of Manchester Pride, told the Manchester Evening News: “I am overwhelmed by the turnout of the Parade this year - it is the longest parade we have ever had, and that’s an achievement considering what we’ve had in the past. It’s free for all the community groups and LGBTQ+ organisations to take part, and we always encourage them to take part as much as possible. One of the things I always say is how proud I am of our allies who take part in the parade too.”

“We wanted to chart it as a hive of progress recognising all of those that have gone before us and those who take the bee on today and march for continued progress.”

A piece of countryside in Hertfordshire. Overall, the public in the UK is excluded from 92% of the land. This staggering number represents private land where the public does not even have a "right to roam". Historically, we would find the roots of this misery in 1066 (Norman conquest) but, on the other hand, history tells us something else: ever since there never was a successful redistribution of land ownership. The return of the land to the people is not part of the programme of any of the political parties active in the UK parliament. Fuji X-Pro3.

House with unclear ownership status.

Hinweis:

Hier entsteht ein größeres fotografisches Projekt, in dem ich alle meine Bilder zusammenfasse, die ich im Juni 2011 in Eisenach aufgenommen habe. Damals habe ich mich in diese Stadt in Thüringen geradezu verliebt.

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English translation:

A larger photographic project is taking shape here, bringing together all the images I captured in Eisenach in June 2011. Back then, I fell head over heels for this city in Thuringia.

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This photo was taken at Jordan Pond in Acadia National Park during the month of June. (image M1A0622) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.

NOTE: All images are Copyrighted by Greg A. Hartford. No rights to use are given or implied to the viewer. All rights of ownership and use remain with the copyright owner.

LTV Steel Mining Company ran their last ore train on July 19, 2001, shown here throttling up at Sarto on its way to Taconite Harbor with a load of pellet chips and fines. Cliffs Erie would run a few trains in subsequent years but this was the last under LTV ownership. F9A 4211 is now at the LSRM.

Leica M8, Voigtlander AS 2.8/90 wide-open.

In ownership since 1999, and recently revived. Technically it is sound now, the exterior needs some work. But isn't that how a Ritmo should be?

Sunday, October 30th, 2016 marked the last Providence & Worcester passenger train to run under P&W ownership. The "Two Rivers" passenger excursion is seen here enroute to the Valley Railroad crossing the Shaw Cove moveable bridge at New London, CT on Amtrak's Shore Line.

At 12:01a on November 01, 2016 the P&W will officially become a property of the Genesee & Wyoming. This will add a third major regional railroad to the G&W's New England operations alongside the New England Central and the Connecticut Southern. Time will tell how long before the new ownership begins to show.

PW "Two Rivers Special" @ Shaw Cove Moveable Bridge, New London, CT

PW B40-8W 4005

PW B39-8 3907

A pair of SVI GP9 locomotives coast downhill through the urban neighborhoods of South Nanaimo, British Columbia. This trackage was part of the first expansion of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in 1887, from Nanaimo Harbour, out to the then coal mining district of Wellington.

The crew aboard the set of light power is returning to Wellcox Yard, after dropping off four loaded liquefied propane gas tank cars at Superior Propane near Wellington. This is the last rail served customer on Vancouver Island, to receive carloads without transloading.

The future of rail on Vancouver Island has very much been in doubt since the last VIA Rail 'Dayliner' RDC ran in 2011. Ownership of the former E&N is in the hands of the 'Island Corridor Foundation', who has contracted freight operations out to SVI since 2006. Years of differed maintenance have taken a toll on the physical plant. The mainline south of Nanaimo was deemed unsafe to operate on a decade ago, leaving this short local service the only occasion for the crew to depart Nanaimo's Wellcox Yard.

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NS 10R heads north through St. John Indiana with a former BN SD40-2 in the lead of some BNSF power

Fresno, Ca.

All that I own I push on wheels, drifting through town in unrelenting poverty and sifting through trash hoping for treasure.

One of New Jersey’s most picturesque and photographed locations is located in western New Jersey alongside the Raritan River in the town of Clinton is a grist mill referred to as the ‘Red Mill’. When Ralph Hunt built this mill in 1810 on land he received in inheritance from his father Daniel Hunt its original purpose was that of a wool processing plant. Unfortunately, foreign cloth was relatively low cost so eventually even though some of the surrounding farmers would get their wool manufactured, Hunt’s business dried up and the mill came to a grinding halt. It was around 1828 to 1834 that John Bray and John B. Taylor (the Taylor family had taken ownership of the property began production wool in the mill again. The new owner John W. Snyder stopped the wool processing altogether and converted the mill in to a grist mill. Before all production stopped, it was a graphite mill and finally a talc mill when all activity stopped. Today it is a museum and is on the National Register of Historic Places. Captured this image while with my west coast damsel, returning from a wonderous weekend in Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania. I particularly like the distorted reflection of the mill in water just before it cascades on the dam. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitclintonnj @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseyisbeautiful #newjerseyisntboring #newjerseyisbeautiful @visit_nj #omd #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43 #micro43photography

who quickly took ownership of our dalmatian doorstop like it was a little puppy.

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3. “Alannah” The Pallett-McMaster House

1400 Dixie Road ??

Built c1911

The oldest portion of this house was built circa 1911 by Leslie Howard Pallett. In 1925 the house was purchased by Arthur Carson McMaster (1868-1933) as a summer home, and under his ownership the house was enlarged to its current size.

The house is a rare local example of English Tudor Manor architecture. Under the McMaster family the house was called “Alannah”, which means “Endearing” or “Precious”. Arthur was a prominent lawyer, and was the eldest son of William John McMaster, a nephew of Senator William McMaster, founder of McMaster University. Arthur and his son John Wanless McMaster were both members of the Toronto Golf Club, on the opposite side of Dixie Road. After her father’s death in 1933 and her mother’s death in 1962, Margretta McMaster inherited the house. The house was sold to developers after Margretta passed away in 1968. This former estate structure now serves as facility for the high-rise condominium building on the property.

One warm August day in 2014, my mom and I visited the Museum of architecture and life under the open sky, located on a large area in the village of Pyrohiv, on the southern outskirts of Kyiv.

The museum featured architectural samples from all corners of Ukraine, from various historical periods (of course, only those that have survived to our days), which were literally transported to this museum. The museum’s territory was quite large and divided into regional zones of Ukraine, since each region had its own typical distinctions.

Moreover, Pyrohiv was also a large landscape park where one can wander for hours. Shortly before our visit to the museum, I gifted my mom an inexpensive compact camera, the Olympus VG-160, so she could easily and quickly photograph anything she wanted.

Although the camera is already outdated and the photo quality leaves something to be desired, some of the pictures my mom took back then are still interesting to look at. Today, I’d like to share some of them with you.

Unfortunately, during the so-called "COVID pandemia" period, the museum was closed to visitors, and according to information from about a year ago, the museum suffered a raider attack (meaning certain individuals attempted to remove it from state ownership and claim it for themselves).

For now the future of the museum remains uncertain...

This photo was taken by my mom on August 2014.

The Time Has Come. On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul announced that more that $300 million will be invested in the revitalization of Buffalo's East Side, including $61 million towards he restoration of Buffalo Central Terminal. Since closing to passengers in 1979, this building has had a difficulty finding a path to survival. After being the victim of some poor decisions seemingly intended to cause its destruction in the mid-1980s, the local community has rallied to create a basis to fund its restoration. Recent installation of new windows and solar panels on the roof has brought significant improvement in the physical structure. Webb Rail's former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) has been passing by or stopping at BCT since being built in 1949, first on the NYC's "New England States" and later in private ownership. On Monday, August 30, 2021, the Brook was holding the markers on Amtrak Train 64 (Maple Leaf) on the way to New York's Penn Station from Niagara Falls as passengers observed the impressive structure, still holding on until a day like June 1 would arrive.

More on the Webb Rail fleet at www.webbrail.com

This is an extremely late one, being on an E plate, although on the very first day. I love Capris, such an unusual sighting now though to see one original like this. I love how well kept it was, and the period decals, and those spotlights on the front.

It's only recently had a change of ownership, but clearly the current owner is an enthusiast judging by how he or she is keeping it.

The last Capri was made in December 1986, so this one must've sat around for a while before being sold. I imagine the original owner got a hefty discount. Nice original plates for Martins Ford of Kidderminster, over 200 miles from where I spotted it, so not very local.

Claim ownership

Over the

Aesthetic experience

OlympusOmZuiko 55mmF1.2

Explore #16 on November 26, 2020.

A view of the Scully Building on the southwest corner of N. Kickapoo and Pekin St. in downtown Lincoln. It should be noted that all of the buildings in this view lie within the Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

The Scully Building is an example of Richardsonian Romanesque, a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886). Designed by architect E.S. Somers, the Scully Building was completed in 1909 for the son and widow of "Lord" William Scully as the headquarters for the Scully family operations. The building was used as both an office and living quarters.

William Scully (1821-1906), was one of the largest landowners of tenant farmland in the Midwest. He eventually owned a total of 211,000 acres in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, including 30,000 acres in Logan County. Additionally, Mr. Scully was a pioneer leader with respect to scientific farming; particularly with soil conservation practices and techniques.

The Scully Building is a "significant property" within the Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District. Nearly destroyed in a 2001 fire, the Scully Building, under the ownership of Integrity Holdings, was restored between 2008 and 2010. In 2011, the building and its owners were awarded the Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for rehabilitation and preservation. The building is now the home office of Integrity Data.

To the south (left) of the Scully Building in the 100 block of N. Kickapoo St. are two commercial structures worth noting. The red brick structure is a two story, two-part commercial, Italianate-style building constructed in 1890. Next to it is another two story, two-part commercial building with a stone facade. Constructed in 1895 for the Knights of Columbus, this Romanesque Revival building is similar in style to the Scully Building. Within the historic district, the brick facade building is a contributing property, while the KOC building, like the Scully Building on the corner, is a significant property in Lincoln Courthouse Square Historic District.

Lincoln is the seat of Logan County, which is situated in central Illinois approximately 26 miles northeast of Springfield, the state capitol. The estimated population of Lincoln in 2018 was 13,685.

Georgia has taken ownership of this chair.

Ginger claims ownership and makes me smile at the end of a day spent learning tough empathy, coaching skills and ... erm ... how to be a leader. Just what on earth is tough empathy? And I rather thought leaders were born not made.

The only really useful aspect was sitting in a room with a few peers and comparing notes and problems.

On the day after the arrival of the final Rio Grande Zephyr, six of its cars were conveyed to Amtrak. Here waiting for a deadhead ride east are coaches Silver Aspen and Silver Pine; dome cars Silver Bronco, Silver Colt, and Silver Pony; and diner Silver Banquet.

A former Burlington Northern 3 bay grain hopper hitches a ride on the Everett to Sumas local freight. The former Northern Pacific Sumas Subdivision was under the ownership of the BN between 1971-1995, and in 2026 you can still find BN's logo rolling through the farm fields of the Sumas Valley.

Excerpt from www.cbc.ca/arts/a-kind-of-order-band-gallery-union-statio...:

A new public art exhibition is inviting commuters in Toronto’s busiest train station to slow down and reflect.

A Kind of Order is part of Union Station’s year-long commitment to promote BIPOC creatives and to accessible public art. Presented in partnership with BAND Gallery, the exhibition features four contemporary artists — three local, one international — whose collage art embodies themes of movement and transformation.

These words came to mind when Joséphine Denis, BAND’s Director of Curatorial Initiatives, thought of the type of art she’d like to see in a station like Union. “[Union Station] is a place of coming and going that promises beginnings and marks the ending of journeys and of relationships,” says Denis, “I take that train a lot and it's been a sort of symbolic meaning of a lot of things in my life… but it's also a marker of these very daily quotidian lifestyles and rhythms.”

The art is spread throughout the station, ensuring that commuters can engage with the art no matter where they’re headed, even if it’s just a passing glimpse. “This is not a white box where people come and sit and look, [we had to think about] what people are able to get out of just a glimpse… just walking and turning their head and seeing something.”

Excerpt from the plaque:

A Kind of Order, Cross Section by Timothy Yanick Hunter

Cross Section (2026) looks downward to the subsurface as a shared field of circulation, where what is treated as extractable keeps rerouting relations. Across six prints and a monitor, the image field is built from magnified soil, larvae, pebbles, and cropped fragments of scientific language. Halftone grain and visible seams make the surface feel reproduced, sampled, and reassembled, like knowledge that arrives in pieces. Pixelation suggests the work is constantly re-tuning its own frequency to the motion it tracks. The grain reads like recalibration: information coming into focus, slipping out again, brewing in motion rather than settling into certainty. What appears as life and death here is not an event but a remainder, the visible residue of cycles: metabolism, labour, decay, renewal. Rectangular insertions behave like core samples or windows of study, while page margins and white gaps read as a refusal of total access, a reminder that extraction can measure, classify, and remove, but it cannot take hold of the whole field.

Across the series, the ground is not a backdrop but a system: brood chambers, pebble collections, bundled cables, and clipped captions offering different languages for how matter is organized and made to travel. Timothy Yanick Hunter’s ongoing research treats migration as more than the movement of bodies. Migration appears as ongoing circulation: fragments carried forward, reassembled, and re-tuned, moving through archives, infrastructures, and informal networks of passage. Extending from projects first developed for exhibitions at Cooper Cole Gallery and Bradley Ertaskiran, Cross Section asks what becomes legible as “resource” and what kinds of relation keep gathering at the edges of extraction. It asks not simply what lies beneath, but who gets to name what is underneath, and what refuses to be given over to ownership, enclosure, or the “complete” account.

This is a mid-June sunrise at Lake Wassookeag located in the Maine Highlands. I am a bit fascinated by the natural canopy of branches and leaves during a time like this. (image M1A0640) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.

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The Washington Avenue Bridge (1902), a pin-connected, steel Pennsylvania through-truss, spans the Brazos River north of Downtown Waco, Texas. The bridge is located 200 yards west of the Waco Suspension Bridge (1870; NRHP 1970). Built for two-way access, both traffic lanes on the bridge now run in one direction (southwesterly), carrying vehicular traffic from Elm Avenue to Washington Avenue. Pedestrian traffic continues in both directions. The length of the main span is 450 feet. Two approach spans measure 67 feet on the east side and 40 feet on the west, resulting in a total length of 557 feet. The total width, including roadway and sidewalks, is 41½ feet. At its highest point, the truss is 60 feet above the road surface. The bridge's substructure consists of four piers, 96 inches in diameter, one under each inclined end post. The piers are poured-in-place concrete, with the top 20 feet clad in ⅜-inch rolled steel plate. Each pair of piers is braced and cladded with ⅜-inch steel plates and angles, riveted diagonally between the them. The bracing is placed only at the top 18 feet of each pier. The inclined end posts are attached to the piers with a 6-inch diameter steel pin. On the west side the connection assembly is bolted to the top of the pier. To accommodate expansion and contraction the pinned connection assembly on the east side is allowed to slide on rails that are anchored to the top of the piers.

The Washington Avenue Bridge was the second permanent vehicular structure built across the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. The Waco Suspension Bridge (NR 1970) provided the first permanent crossing one block down river (east) in 1870. The 1902 bridge was, at the time of construction, the longest single-span vehicular truss bridge in Texas. Due to the 450-foot span, a truss system with a bowed top chord had to be used, and the Pennsylvania truss - useful in spanning great distances - was chosen. The Washington Avenue Bridge opened to traffic on June 30, 1902, forming a vital link between two main thoroughfares, Washington Avenue on the west bank and Elm Avenue on the east. The contract was awarded to J.H. Sparks of St. Joseph, Missouri, at a cost of $93,300. The railings and approach spans were constructed by Mess Hill Bros, at a cost of $1,850. John Wharton Maxey of Houston served as supervising engineer. McLennan County and the City of Waco each contributed $50,000 to meet the expenses, resulting in joint ownership of the bridge.

The Washington Avenue Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 20, 1998 for its significance in engineering and how it contributed to the rapid economic and demographic growth of Waco on both sides of the river in the early part of the 20th century. All of the information above and much, much more was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:

catalog.archives.gov/id/40973013

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

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The castle ruins are owned & maintained by the National Trust & open to visitors. This is especially interesting to children as special events like re-enactment of past battles take place

The first stone of Corfe Castle was laid more than 1,000 years ago. Since then it’s seen its fair share of battles, mysteries and plots. It’s been a treasury, military garrison, royal residence and family home.

The keep was built in the early 12th century for King Henry I, William the Conqueror’s son. It was designed to be impressive – and it certainly was. Standing 21m tall and on the top of a 55m high hill, this gleaming tower of Purbeck limestone could be seen from miles around.

After a brief period of confiscation, the castle was handed back to the Bankes family and remained in their ownership for three and a half centuries.

In 1982 Ralph Bankes gave it to the National Trust along with the family's extensive holdings in Purbeck, their mansion at Kingston Lacy near Wimborne and its adjoining land. The Bankes estate was one of the most generous gifts in the Trust's history.

Most of info from the NT site.

No ownership

Less than one month into Canadian National ownership, a pair of SDL39s brings a southbound freight into Duplainville. J. David Ingles, Brian M. Schmidt collection

DPs shove hard on the back of this loaded coal train bound for the Brice power plant at Terrell, NC. In a 2x2 DP setup, 4 GEs locomotives work these 108 loads as they begin the climb out of Elkhorn City, one of the hardest grades going south. This location is where the Clinchfield Railroad and the C&O Railroad changed ownership. The Clinchfield build 35 miles north from its northernmost terminal at the time, Dante, in 1912. This expansion would prove to be the most difficult and expense undertakings to reach the C&O. In 1915 the route was completed with 20 tunnels, 8 bridges, and 10 degree curves built to maintain a 1.5% grade.

The Ilwaco Fish Company, which went into receivership last year because of the ruinous state of its finances, is expected to reopen soon under new ownership.

It would be in operation now but for the fact that marine toxins have delayed the opening of the crab season. I don't get the impression that the organisms harm the crabs, but they will do a number on humans.

A pair of 5000 hp SD80MACs drag westbound symbol WOSE up the stiff grade at Bancroft MA on the Boston & Albany main line, surrounded by the fall colors of 16 October 1998. The big EMDs took over many runs from a proven GE fleet and ruled the hill for the last few years under Big Blue ownership.

'Going out for supper'.

The Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus, capturing here its amazing long outstretched wing backlit by the golden hour sunshine, a late evening shot of this Short-eared Owl hunting and quartering a grass and scrub clearing in West Yorkshire…it can be seen here that Short-eared Owls have incredibly long wings in relation to their body length!

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Short-eared Owl Notes and Information:

There is something almost magical about Short-eared Owls, a sense of otherworldliness that comes from their nomadic nature. For many birdwatchers it is the winter months that provide the best opportunities to catch up with this species. Wintering ‘shorties’ make use of lowland grazing marshes, areas of early-stage plantation and rough grassland - habitats that in previous decades might once have supported breeding pairs.

Better up North:

The three Breeding Bird Atlases show how the breeding range of the Short-eared Owl has contracted northwards within Britain. The species is becoming increasingly restricted to our northern uplands, the Hebrides and Orkney. Short-eared Owls are nomads, turning up to breed wherever their favoured small mammal prey are abundant. Historically, large numbers turned up to exploit the plagues of Field Voles that once occurred in parts of Scotland and northern England, their populations changing dramatically from one year to the next. The northwards retreat has virtually seen the disappearance of the population that once bred around the East Anglian coast, south to the north shore of Kent, and the loss of the species from the brecklands of the Norfolk/Suffolk borderlands. It is thought that our breeding population now stands at between 750 and 3,500 pairs but, like many things about the species, there is uncertainty around these figures because of our wider lack of knowledge about them.

Small mammal specialist:

The Short-eared Owl is a specialist predator of small mammals, predominantly voles and the Field Vole forms c.90% of the prey taken. Short-eared Owls can be seen quartering an area of suitable habitat, hunting on the wing and listening and looking for signs of prey in the grass below. Quartering flight involves a mixture of flapping and gliding, the bird sometimes hovering before dropping down onto an unsuspecting small mammal or bird.

Bird prey can be important at some sites and at some times of the year, with pipits, small waders and other species taken more often during the winter months. It is not unusual to see several Short-eared Owls hunting over the same area, sometimes hunting alongside Barn Owls and even Kestrels. These hunting ‘shorties’ will often roost on the ground using taller cover, typically close to the sites where they have spent time hunting.

On the wing

While many Short-eared Owl populations are nomadic, some live a more settled existence. Information from Short-eared Owls ringed as young at the nest, reveals that our birds undertake long-distance movements, dispersing away from the area in which they were born. A wider examination of movements, looking across Europe, reveals that the average distance moved after ringing has declined since the 1970s. This may reflect the pattern of less pronounced vole cycles and the amelioration of the climate, both of which may see these birds remaining further north than they did just a few decades ago. This would also explain the contraction that we have seen in the UK breeding range. As with a number of other species, there is good evidence that northerly populations are more migratory than southern ones.

The business of breeding

Short-eared Owls are early breeders and many pairs will be back on their breeding territories by late March. Strongly territorial, the birds may be seen advertising ownership of their breeding territory or chasing away intruders. Individuals utilise a number of different display postures and rely more on these than on vocalisations, something that reflects their association with open rather than wooded habitats. These birds have a reputation for defending their nest and young, attacking predators, dogs and human observers with some ferocity.

Increasing our understanding

Researchers based at BTO Scotland have been carrying out work to improve our understanding of this charismatic species. Some of this work has been directed to improving fieldwork methods for detecting and censusing this species, while other work has looked at ranging behaviour and longer distance movements. Knowledge of where Short-eared Owls occur during the winter months comes from periodic atlas surveys and, importantly, from the records of birdwatchers collected through BirdTrack, meaning that anyone can contribute to our knowledge of this enigmatic species. BTO Notes.