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But a Christmas Eve snow
A day early this year...
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Even though we remain hovering right at the freezing point, early this morning big, fluffy, and wet snowflakes began to fall, continuing even now and providing a beautiful, fresh white accent to the landscape...the northwoods' annual celebration of the season. This shot, as with so many others over the years, taken from my deck.
[This is also the time of year at which I get confused as to whom I've wished Season's Greetings and to whom I have not. Forgive me if I repeat myself and, in the spirit of the holidays, be patient with an old man, accepting good wishes however often they may be repeated. It's the thought, not the memory, that counts. ;-))]
The silver Y is a medium-sized moth with a wingspan of 30 to 45 mm. The wings are intricately patterned with various shades of brown and grey providing excellent camouflage. In the centre of each forewing there is a silver-coloured mark shaped like a letter Y or a Greek letter Gamma. There are several different forms with varying colours depending on the climate in which the larvae grow. The head almost seems like a head of a monkey.
In the gardens at Tredegar House last spring, Golden Everlasting Strawflower providing some bright spring colour.
The waning gibbous moon, providing 81 percent illumination, shines on our wintry night landscape and blotting out all but the brightest stars. The temperatures at 12:05 a.m. was 17 F degrees (-8 celsius). ©2022 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com
The heather is in full bloom at present and providing a wonderful rich colour to the landscape and in particular to the mountainside landscape of Mount Leinster.
New year Greetings to all of you who have visited my stream this last year and thank you for providing such pleasure from your own shots.
Thank you Max Romero for providing the slurl in your superb photos!
Baby’s Ear
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“A Small Measure of Peace” By Hans Zimmer from the soundtrack of The Last Samurai
Cavandishia Grandifolia - Thanks to Robert Combes for providing the name for this interesting plant.
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TCS 101001 + IRP G2000 2102 with empty limestone train 47627 Veendam - Sittard (- Hermalle-sous-Huy) IRP/TCS are providing traction for this train under contract with Lineas.
WILD Fashion’s spring collection delivers this “Adore Me” dress in unexpected and surprisingly enticing ways. Nice Wildrose has absolutely killed it in the pencil dress department.
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The Color HUD gives you 15 different colors to choose from for the long dress and 10 different patterned colors for the mini dress.
This Wild Fashion Adore Me Dress set also includes a gorgeous necklace with complementing earrings.
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The Garden sits nestled in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon overlooking the city and providing a tranquil, urban oasis for locals and travelers alike. Designed in 1963, it encompasses 12 acres with eight separate garden styles, and includes an authentic Japanese Tea House, meandering streams, intimate walkways, and a spectacular view of Mt. Hood. This is a place to discard worldly thoughts and concerns and see oneself as a small but integral part of the universe.
Born out of a hope that the experience of peace can contribute to a long lasting peace. Born out of a belief in the power of cultural exchange. Born out of a belief in the excellence of craft, evidence in the Garden itself and the activities that come from it. Born out of a realization that all of these things are made more real and possible if we honor our connection to nature.
Actually, and contrary to that familiar idiom, it was as I settled the canoe amidst a thriving mass of Pontederia cordata, one of several populations providing beautiful accents on the quiet areas of the lake. (A closer view of an expanse seen in yesterday's image.)
Looking rather resplendent in the spring sunshine, with Canary Wharf providing a contrasting background.
Hanging out with my fellow digital degenerate GordoUk, who is currently manning the bar at the Allied Forces hangout being created by yours truly!
update 3/15/2021! now open!
⚜TAKE THE METRO OVER⚜
Second Life Destination: Musée De La Modernité
Being caught in the haze and his gaze, the fragrant air of tobacco smoke, why wouldn't I want to down a couple steins of beer in his excellent company? 👑
With The Odle providing the remarkable backdrop the Rifugio Malga Brogles nestles below those amazing cliffs and apparently offers a most welcome refreshment stop. Needless to say as non of our party had read the small print in the guide books it was something of a blow to realise after hiking for a few hours that it only opened in July and August. We were parched and hungry and would have to wait several more hours until we returned to Ortesei.
Die Start Deutschland GmbH fährt mehrere Leistungen im Personenverkehr in NRW. Unter anderem ist sie auch für die RB 77 zuständig. Am 18. April 2022 konnte ich die 648 184 fotografieren welche als RB 14464 (Bodenburg - Löhne (Westf)) bei Vlotho gerade die Weser überquert hatte..
De Start Deutschland GmbH verzorgt het persoonsverkeer op meerdere lijnen in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Zo is men o.a. op de RB 77 onderweg. Op 18 april 2022 kon ik te Vlotho treinstel 648 184 fotograferen. Als RB 14464 naar Löhne (Westf) had de trein net de brug over de Weser gepasseerd.
The company "Start Deutschland GmbH" is responsible for providing passenger trains on several small lines in Northrhine-Westphalia. On of these lines is the RB77 - running between Bünde (Westf) and Hildesheim Hbf. On April 18th 2022 I spotted on of these trains - seen here is railcar 648 184 as regional train 14464 to Löhne (Westf).
Today is the 20th day of Valentine's month of February. Caring is an important part of life, I love to care for others in many different ways, helping, supporting, healing, embracing, looking after, teaching, providing welfare, protecting, and attending to others.
I would also like to mention and thank those in the teaching, medical, food production, and teaching.
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"Today was a Difficult Day," said Pooh.
There was a pause.
"Do you want to talk about it?" asked Piglet.
"No," said Pooh after a bit. "No, I don't think I do."
"That's okay," said Piglet, and he came and sat beside his friend.
"What are you doing?" asked Pooh.
"Nothing, really," said Piglet. "Only, I know what Difficult Days are like. I quite
often don't feel like talking about it on my Difficult Days either.
"But goodness," continued Piglet, "Difficult Days are so much easier when you
know you've got someone there for you. And I'll always be here for you, Pooh."
And as Pooh sat there, working through in his head his Difficult Day, while the
solid, reliable Piglet sat next to him quietly, swinging his little legs...he thought
that his best friend had never been more right.
A.A. Milne
How you make others feel
says a lot about who you are.
Leave them with a smile,
a hug, and a kind thought.
A,A. Milne
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.
Dr. Seuss
Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.
Margaret Meade
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
Providing a good look at the top of its head. I think that's the correct ID. I can't see any other bird on the internet with this marking.
Providing a nice throwback to what this section of railroad looked like over 27 years ago is BNSF train Q-CHIALT3-09A led by a pair of Warbonnet Dash 9's, one a 600 class and the other a 700 class. Here, they're back on the move on Main Track 1 of the BNSF Marceline Sub near the detector at MP 420. 7 after holding here for a little bit while waiting for traffic ahead to clear.
Here we in 2022 and red and silver pairs are still possible to find. These ATSF 600's are looking very rough these days and the sun was pretty high here, but I have a hard time passing up a chance to shoot a pair of Warbonnets out on the Transcon, especially with a nice, long cut of JB Hunt stacks. Aside from the newer signals and worn out paint, if you squint your eyes, this could almost be 1994. 5/10/22.
P1110055 - Osprey - Size - 55 - 58 cm
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On a beautiful evening - we were moving slowly in an open Jeep in the park scanning for birds ... we came across this magnificent ... perched on a tree, at a touching distance. and literally not bothered of our presences ....
We were there for about 30 min, watching him and others close by. later slowly moved away.
but he was still enjoying his seat..! 🐾
WONDERFUL FACTS: The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk - is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor
The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica, although in South America it occurs only as a non-breeding migrant. (wikipedia)
Happy Birding 🐦
Viewed from Godaido Hall observation deck on the Yamadera Temple grounds high up on the steep mountainside providing great views of the town and valley below.
Yamadera, Yamagata, Japan
Funicular railway providing access to
Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg.
Standseilbahn mit Zugang zur Festung Hohensalzburg in Salzburg.
Salzburg - Österreich - Austria
Credits to NASA for providing PBR and HDRI textures for 3D artists for non-commercial creations.
Several images are used to create this Blend, among others a diffuse texture (basically a picture of the earth without clouds, relief or illumination), a normal texture (to create the relief), an illumination image (for the lights at night), a cloud image (to create a cloud layer) etc. It also requires setting up a few transparency masks so that you can prevent the illumination texture from showing up in the part of the earth covered by sunlight.
I had to keep an eye on the temperature of my Graphics card for this one. With low res images it is feasible but if you want to create more detailed relief, you need hi res images, and then my GPU temperature shot up. So I ended up making the thing in low res first, then in solid view I replaced the textures with higher resolution ones, and then briefly changed to rendered mode and quickly took a screen shot instead of rendering it out.
Recommended tutorial and credits:
Dawn breaks on the River Thames, providing a magnificent natural backdrop to gems of architecture from Sir Christopher Wren's baroque St Paul's Cathedral, the elegant art deco Oxo Tower, the 1980s Weetabix boxes in the core of the Square Mile, and weird modern shapes like the Walkie Takie and the Cheese Grater. In the distance, the new, or at least new-er, financial district at Canary Wharf can also be seen.
Keeping up with this migrant Yellow Wagtail this spring proved fun as it would often hide itself in the furrows, and walked off deep into the fields of cereal plantations. Here I caught it at a small water puddle by side of road, providing a pretty nice shot I think - thanks for viewing my photos
With Detroit providing the backdrop "Corridor" VIA train 72 departs Windsor (Walkerville) station. They're about to enter CTC territory here where they will then be able to do track speed. At one time this location had multiple tracks with freight and passenger service from CN and Wabash/N&W/NS. It's also kind of crazy that the western terminus of VIA's busy Windsor-Quebec Corridor is 15mp/h jointed rail. The track on the left is the spur and switch back that Essex Terminal uses to work Hiram Walker Distillery which can be seen very far in the distance near the next crossing. Also of note 915 is still in its original "Renaissance" paint scheme. Pretty soon all 21 of VIA's P42DCs will be retired and replaced with new Siemens trainsets.
Train: VIA Rail 72 with VIA 915 (P42DC).
VIA Chatham Subdivision
Windsor, ON
American Robins, both parents, were busy gathering wiggling earthworms to feed their fledglings hiding in the understory brush.
Happy Tree mendous Tuesday
During our holiday in 2023 we loved to sit down under this tree, next to our little caravan!
Thank you for taken your time to visit me, comments or faves are always much appreciated!
The last of winter’s snow clings to the higher reaches of the San Bernardino mountains providing the backdrop for UP 1989 East beginning its assault on the 1.3% grade on the west end of Beaumont Pass.
This colorful boat is part of the Depoe Bay Fishing Fleet providing offshore fisihing via Tradewinds Charters.
Long exposure with the moon providing light to the Teton Range and clouds, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
1st Place, Skies, Yuba-Sutter Fair 2019
Providing a slightly lower perspective on proceedings than many others, immaculately presented 37901 rounds the curve at Willington with some tired looking JHA aggregate hoppers assigned for scrap at EMR in Attercliffe (Sheffield). This should bring close to Class 7 trains out of the Mendip Quarries.
26th November 2024
After a covid induced hiatus in 2020 the Providence and Worcester Railroad was back this year providing their passenger train and crew for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's extremely popular Polar Express trains which ran from Woonsocket to the North Pole (aka the Buma Funeral Home in Uxbridge!) and return. They ran a total od 32 sold out trips running this season but all but two ran at 4 PM and 7 PM meaning there was little opportunity for daylight photography. However they did schedule two 1 PM runs this year which drew me out to try my best on both days. Alas both turned out to be dark gloomy days with no prayer of sun, though in all honesty I enjoy the challenge of gloomy weather shooting and actually got several images I'm pretty fond of that I've already shared here. So though I hope next year brings sunny 1 PM days I have no regrets about this year.
Since I was already in the area I hung around till 4 PM both days for one 'last light' attempt of them departing northbound in the 'blue hour'. 4001 (GE B40-8 (blt. Jun. 1988 as NYSW 4004) leads the 4 PM train away from the historic 1882 depot and through a granite block walled trench in this ultra wide view looking down from the shoulder of aptly named Railroad Street. The train is passing under Arnold Street and will momentarily duck beneath the out of service Slatersville Branch right behind me and pass the small yard here at about MP 16.4.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Saturday December 11, 2021
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London. It is in the London station group, one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom
The station was opened in Kings Cross in 1852 by the Great Northern Railway on the northern edge of Central London to accommodate the East Coast Main Line. It quickly grew to cater to suburban lines and was expanded several times in the 19th century. It came under the ownership of the London and North Eastern Railway as part of the Big Four grouping in 1923, who introduced famous services such as the Flying Scotsman and locomotives such as Mallard. The station complex was redeveloped in the 1970s, simplifying the layout and providing electric suburban services, and it became a major terminus for the high-speed InterCity 125. As of 2018, long-distance trains from King's Cross are run by London North Eastern Railway to Edinburgh Waverley, Leeds and Newcastle; other long-distance operators include Hull Trains and Grand Central
In the late 20th century, the area around the station became known for its seedy and downmarket character, and was used as a backdrop for several films as a result. A major redevelopment was undertaken in the 21st century, including restoration of the original roof, and the station became well known for its association with the Harry Potter books and films, particularly the fictional Platform 9+3⁄4.
Providing personal protection during President Biden's UK visit, here one of five US Army Boeing CH-47F Chinooks 14-08456 is caught on short finals to land on their return to Northolt
The five are with the 3rd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Battalion 'Knighthawks' currently based in Germany from where they flew in from
Three provided cover for the various POTUS transfers around London and out to Windsor with the remaining pair acting as spares
Note the Loadmaster's discreet wave
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