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Happy Tree mendous Tuesday
During our holiday in 2023 we loved to sit down under this tree, next to our little caravan!
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The 57,000-acre Bosque is a mixture of high desert, wetlands and bosque providing a year-round refuge for wildlife and seasonally for over wintering migratory waterfowl. Hiking trails and a 14-mile auto tour loop provide access for viewing the wildlife. We had heavy snow on the last day of our visit and spotted this forlorn looking adult Bald Eagle sitting out the weather.
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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
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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Near Heradhssandur there are several marshes that are filled with water in summer providing an easy landing for couple of nesting birds.
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.
This past week I was taking some photos of a good friends’ horses on his farm. His intentions are to decorate his home with them, providing me with mega-tons of pressure to get some good shots. Every ounce self-inflicted!
Prior to departing for his farm, I cleaned lens’s, checked batteries and obtained a small bag of sliced carrots from the refrigerator…bait to get them to like me and to get those ears high in the air. They worked well in both respects…a little too well!
It has been many years since we owned a horse…and I had forgotten how much horses like carrots and how “friendly” they can become when you have them. Getting a distance away from them quickly became a problem as I would try to sneak away to get a shot, only to find all three of them right behind me. I certainly didn’t help myself with the carrots in my pocket, one camera on a strap over my shoulder set up for close up shots and another in my hand set up for wide angle shots…and in the other hand that a smart man would have kept empty, was a beer.
When a lifelong friend, maybe even one of the guys that you had your first beer with in middle school offers you a beer, you take it…not to mention the sailor in me that still exists who considers it a sin to turn down a beer with a friend! The beer ended up complicating things greatly as I would finally create some distance between us, get them in good light, set my beer down on uneven ground and try for a shot. And then this happened…
I had just jogged over from the fence line behind them to get a panoramic shot with the fall foliage behind them. When I sat my beer down, now half full, it tipped over and started to spill…another sailor sin. I quickly grabbed it and sat it back up. In that process, the top of the can filled with beer. I capture a few shots as they once again followed me across the pasture. Then, very unexpectantly, the horse on the left started drinking the beer off the top of my can. He threw his head back and started making a strange noise while doing this thing (as photographed) with his mouth.
While laughing out loud I took this shot and told him “Don’t worry fella, it’s not Bud Light!
Providing protect power for the Reading Ramble trip on Saturday was the same two 'Fast Freight' painted units I saw leading NRFF on Thursday. RBMN 5018 and 5019 (both rebuilt SD50-2s acquired from CSXT and Jan. 1983 and Mar. 1984 as Seaboard System 8507 and 8550 respectively) followed the huge steam special north on the way to Jim Thorpe and then tied on to the rear to assist with turning the train set after deboarding nearly 800 passengers. The duo pulled the 19 cars and two steam locomotives north out of town and over the old CNJ bridge and then the whole thing reversed direction to cross the new bridge spinning the train. Now the two EMD's are leading the train through the new interlocking at Jim Thorpe Junction (MP 120.9 on the Reading and Northern''s Lehigh Division Mainline) headed back down the branch into town.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Saturday August 13, 2022
Providing protect power for the Reading Ramble trip on Saturday was the same two 'Fast Freight' painted units I saw leading NRFF on Thursday. RBMN 5018 and 5019 (both rebuilt SD50-2s acquired from CSXT and Jan. 1983 and Mar. 1984 as Seaboard System 8507 and 8550 respectively) followed the double headed steam special north on the way to Jim Thorpe but on the return trip south they ran ahead of the train.
Here they are casting a reflection amidst the lilly pads as they head south (compass west) across the causeway along Greenwood Lake at MP 110 as they climb Hometown Hill on the modern day Reading and Northern's Reading Division mainline. This is former Central Railroad of New Jersey iron having been built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company.
Rush Township, Pennsylvania
Saturday August 13, 2022
With as much as I'm producing in these bottles, Yui will never go hungry. Ama was very well nourished when she was a infant as well. Healthy is happy in my eyes.
Ice on the ponds has forced the rails to seek out unfrozen areas to feed providing excellent viewing opportunities.
This juvenile Sora seems to be the least shy of the many rails present.
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This is one image in a series on the city at night–––the magic and lure of its lights, the mix of architectural styles, the resulting dynamic when framed with a portion of the purely functional parking decks which served as my shooting platform. In the end though, it is the light that drives these images, providing the visual magic and lure that is a city at night. To see more in the CITY LIGHTS series, check out my City Lights Album
Each smiling, lovely dancer in this sculptural complex is unique. Together they are an homage to an ancient tradition: the spring ritual known as Berikaoba.
Before becoming one of the first nations to convert to Christianity, in the early fourth century, Georgia was a tapestry of pagan cultures, including Zoroastrianism, Hellenism, and many more. While the specific tradition in which Berikaoba originated during this period remains unclear, it was a festival to welcome spring fertility and good fortune through the year.
During the celebration, elaborately masked berikas paraded through villages demanding goods like eggs and wine. Providing the items to them ensured a productive and prosperous spring. The parade was followed by feasting, wrestling and games. Thousands of years later, the tradition has faded; only a few villages in Kakheti, the eastern corner of the country, still celebrate Berikaoba.
The sculpture, created by Avtandil Monaselidze and erected in 1981, serves as a reminder that Georgian culture as a whole has always been a melting pot of different traditions and religious customs.
Iron Horse Rosie looks over the facilities on Coseley Station's platform 1.
5Q86 from Longsight to Eastleigh glides through, taking more Nova 3 Mk 5's for refurbishment prior to their beginning work with Chiltern next year.
DRS 68030 was providing traction at the rear.
Last night it was so foggy we couldn't see the chimney on Hope Cement Works, Plan B came in to effect and I decided to shoot a passing car trail.
The only problem was there were no cars passing by. I waited a while and ended up jumping in my car and providing the light trail myself. Not a bad effort guessing the settings first time.
On locating this road on a map, I found the name of the road unusual, "Siggate". No road or street after the name, just Siggate. I have since found that this area was the site of old lead mines, one of which was called the Siggate.
Providing protect power for the Reading Ramble trip on Saturday was the same two 'Fast Freight' painted units I saw leading NRFF on Thursday. RBMN 5018 and 5019 (both rebuilt SD50-2s acquired from CSXT and Jan. 1983 and Mar. 1984 as Seaboard System 8507 and 8550 respectively) followed the huge steam special north on the way to Jim Thorpe but on the return trip south they ran ahead of the train.
Here they are popping out of the shadows to swing around the curve as they head south (compass west) across the causeway along Greenwood Lake at MP 110 as they climb Hometown Hill on the modern day Reading and Northern's Reading Division mainline. This is former Central Railroad of New Jersey iron having been built in 1870 as Nesquehoning Valley Railroad Company.
Rush Township, Pennsylvania
Saturday August 13, 2022
smaller ducks, but among the prettiest. when we visited the Birding Center there were hundreds of teal- blue wing and green- resting before heading north. this guy was napping with early sunlight providing a perfect reflection
The Providence and Worcester Railroad is still providing their passenger train and crew for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's extremely popular Polar Express trains which run from Woonsocket to the North Pole (aka the Buma Funeral Home in Uxbridge!) and return. They have 32 sold out trips running this season after a covid hiatus in 2020, but all but two run at 4 PM and 7 PM meaning there is little opportunity for daylight photography. However they did schedule two 1 PM departures so I decided to get out for the first of them on Black Friday.
Alas the day turned out to be overcast with light rain and gloomy skies. Adding to the disappointment was the railroad's choice to use orange Genesee and Wyoming corporate painted units instead of the classic old school P&W red and brown units that match the train. Consequently none of these images come close to some of the great ones I captured in 2018 and 2019, but it was still enjoyable to get out along the rails of my hometown railroad only a town over from where I grew up.
This may be my favorite of the whole day despite it being a simple shot of the train parked about 10 min before their departure north. PW 4001 (GE B40-8 (blt. Jun. 1988 as NYSW 4004) is on the south end of the train sitting on the Woonsocket viaduct above Clinton Street. Coupled behind is power car 668, originally an E9B built for the Union Pacific in 1954.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Friday November 26, 2021
Near Heradhssandur there are several marshes that are filled with water in summer providing an easy landing for couple of nesting birds.
James River & Manchester Bridge
From Potterfield Pedestrian Bridge
Richmond, Virginia
T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge opened last month, providing a good vantage point for the river and the Richmond skyline; it is a 1,600-foot pedestrian bridge across the James River from the western tip of Brown's Island just below Tredegar Iron Works (now American Civil War Museum-Historic Tredegar) to the Manchester area on the south side of the river. Seen here are Manchester Bridge (9th Street/US 60), just east of the pedestrian bridge; CSX railroad trestle along the north side of the James, on the left; and buildings on the southern fringe of downtown.
Thursday afternoon my grandson Conner and I met Clyde (Whisle) at the north end of the bridge to get sunset, moonrise, and night skyline photos. We were not alone. Parking was tight, and foot traffic on the bridge made getting clear images a challenge, due to vibrations, especially for time exposures, such as this 30-second shot. Another source of trouble was a rather stiff breeze that at times moved the camera enough that movement could be seen. Still, it was a great evening, helped by temperatures still in the 60s at sunset -- a big change from less than a week ago, when we had snow and three consecutive daytime highs below freezing.
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Monster and Washer Woman Towers are eroding monoliths of Wingate Sandstone rising 1400 feet (426 m) above the White Rim in Canyonlands National Park. When viewed from the north or south Washer Woman looks like its namesake with an arch formed by the "arms." The towers are backed by the Island in the Sky, a high plateau partially obscured here by an oncoming snow squall.
The White Rim Sandstone in the foreground is undercut by the Middle Fork of Buck Canyon. Recent precipitation has partially filled a pothole providing a mirror reflecting Monster and Washer Woman.
Providing some very welcome variation from the usual Class 66s, 57002 Rail Express is illuminated by a lucky patch of sun while working the daily Railhead Treatment Train circuit, 3S01 0922 Stowmarket to Stowmarket, with fellow DRS engine 57306 Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate on the rear. The pair of GM 'bodysnatchers' are slowing for Whitlingham Junction before heading North towards Cromer on the Bittern Line.
On a dull foggy December day Lakenheath Fen RSPB still came up trumps providing some lovely wildlife encounters today :-)
Providing lovely views of the marina, Chugach Mountains, and Prince William Sound if you happen to visit Whittier when on a nice day.
Whittier's average high in July is 63F (17C), and it gets 215 inches (546cm) of rain and 256 inches (650cm) of snow each year. The US military built a base here in World War II because the weather was so bad that Japanese recon would never see it from the air.
Though providing a nice fall display, sugar maples have overtaken the understory in many oak-hickory forests here, resulting in less plant and wildlife diversity. This has occurred because of fire suppression and now many conservation areas are being revitalized with controlled burns.
Too Much Sugar! | Missouri Department of Conservation - mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2004/03/too-much-sugar?page=full
"The Süleymaniye crowns one of İstanbul's seven hills and dominates the Golden Horn, providing a landmark for the entire city. Though it's not the largest of the Ottoman mosques, it is certainly one of the grandest and most beautiful.Commissioned by Süleyman I, known as 'the Magnificent', the Süleymaniye was the fourth imperial mosque built in İstanbul and it certainly lives up to its patron's nickname. The mosque and its surrounding buildings were designed by Mimar Sinan, the most famous and talented of all imperial architects." by lonely planet.com
A maison deep in the Belgium countryside. Definately past it's best.
The travelling nun Tour. On Belgium derps with Dursty, John and Mike.
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Peul (Fulani, Fulbe, Fula) herdsmen with traditional wide-brimmed fibre-and-leather conical hats meet at the weekly market in front of Djenné's Great Mosque. A colourful multiethnic gathering of herders and traders converges at the mosque from the surrounding regions and fertile flood plains of the Niger River inland delta in central Mali. Digital film scan, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, shot directly under the noonday sun, circa 1976.
The Great Mosque of Djenné towers over the market in a seemingly apocalyptic backdrop on this day. The mosque is considered the world’s largest adobe building and one of the greatest achievements of Sudano-Sahelian architecture, unique to the semi-arid Sahel zone that stretches across northern Africa just south of an encroaching Sahara.
These Peul herdsmen are likely from the class of “free nobles” (mostly nomadic herders, religious and political leaders, some tradesmen and sedentary cultivators) at the top of a highly stratified caste-based Peul society.
Ethnographers distinguish this class from lower-tiered occupational groups or “castes” (griot story tellers and song-praisers, artisans, blacksmiths, potters, woodworkers, dress makers) and descendants of slaves (labourers, brick makers, house builders).
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Postrscript - The enchanting Arabian Nights imagery emanating out of this ancient marketplace at the time if this photo shoot (1976) is reminiscent of a seemingly bygone Sahelian era devoid of smartphones, credit cards and packaged safari tours.
Nowadays, nascent tourism is on hold and easy access to markets, pastures and farmlands is hampered as ethnic strife and inter-communal violence continue to erupt under a fragile or failed Malian state with a troubled history of military coups.
The current military junta relies on mercenaries from the private Russian-backed Wagner Group for its security needs, coinciding with the recent French withdrawal of troops from the region. By providing protection to the Malian military regime, the Moscow-centered paramilitary group has increased its power and access to Mali's scarce natural resources.
In 2018, Human Rights Watch reported that the Mopti region of central Mali has become an epicentre of inter-rethnic conflict, fuelled by a steady escalation of violence by armed Islamist groups largely allied with Al Qaeda’s advance from the north since 2015.
Recruitment to the militant Islamist movement from Peul pastoral herding communities has inflamed tensions within sedentary agrarian communities (Bambara, Dogon, Tellem, Bozo and others) who rely on access to agricultural lands for their livelihood.
Predominantly Muslim but opposing ethnic self-defence militias on both sides have been formed for the protection of their own respective communities. This has contributed to a continuous cycle of violent attacks and reprisals touching villages and hamlets, pastures and farmlands, and some marketplaces.
While communal tensions are profoundly connected to a larger ethnopolitical conflict unfolding in northern Mali, chronic insecurities around the ancient town of Djenné and in the broader central regions of Mali are exacerbated by longstanding indigenous concerns over a struggle for scarce natural resources - agricultural land for settled farmers versus water and grazing land for semi-nomadic Peul herdsmen.
Efforts at mediation in the area around Djenné and the grand mosque include a Humanitarian Agreement specifically among Bambara and Bozo farmers, Dogan "hunters" protecting farmers' interests and Peul herders, all committed to guaranteeing the freedom of movement of people, goods and livestock in the "Circle of Djenné" situated in the Mopti region of central Mali.
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providing or yielding meagerly in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding. the hardscrabble existence of mountainside farmers.
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The Burgundy Lion pub opened in 2008 with the simple mission of providing Montrealers with a level of service and quality on par with the great restaurants of this city and the world, in a more casual, comfortable pub environment. Since then we have expanded that successful model to our growing brand, the Burgundy Lion Group.
Our first Brit n’ Chips location was opened in 2010, serving high end fast food fish n’ chips adapted to incorporate Quebecois flavours and ingredients. Our Gin heavy English pub the Bishop & Bagg opened in the mile-end district in 2014, with a focus on cocktails, beers and locally sourced comfort food. Due to popular demand to bring our unique brand of British/Quebecois hospitality to outside events, we started our catering wing, Royal British Hospitality Catering (RBHC) in 2016. And we’re extremely excited about our newest venture in old Montreal, Pub Wolf & Workman.
The Wolf:
8th Mayor of Montreal
Wolfred Nelson was born in Montreal the son of William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire, England. His mother, Jane Dies, was a teacher and daughter of an important land owner in the New York area. Along with his younger brother Robert Nelson, he was known as a member of the Patriotes and his leading role in the Lower Canada Rebellion. Nelson studied at the school of his father in William Henry (today Sorel, Quebec). He became a doctor in January 1811, and subsequently served in that capacity with the British troops on the War of 1812. He moved to Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu where he opened a distillery. He entered politics when elected in William Henry in 1827. He supported the Parti Patriote. In a prelude to the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837, Nelson led 5,000 Patriotes in the two-day Assembly of the Six Counties in Saint-Charles, Lower Canada (present-day Quebec), on 23 and 24 October 1837, to protest the government's Russell Resolutions, taking place despite the 15 June Proclamation forbidding public assemblies.
On 16 November 1837, he and 25 others were charged with high treason. The following month, on 4 December 1837, Louis-Joseph Papineau and Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan joined Nelson at Saint-Denis where they decided to resist arrest, procure arms and ammunition for the people and declare the independence of Lower Canada. It was around this time that Nelson exclaimed, "The time has come, to melt our spoons into bullets." Sentenced to be hung, he as eventually exiled to Bermuda in 1838, Nelson was granted amnesty by the British colonial government and came back to Montreal in 1842. In 1844, he was elected to the new Parliament of the Province of Canada. In 1854, he became mayor of Montreal, and he died in June 1863. He is interred in the Anglican cemetery in Sorel-Tracy and is commemorated by a park in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
The Workman:
12th mayor of Montreal
In 1807, William Workman was born at his family's 'handsome cottage' in Ballymacash, Co. Antrim. William Workman's first employment was working on the newspapers, Canadian Courant and Montreal Advertiser, owned by his brother, Benjamin. In 1830, he joined another brother, Thomas, in the wholesale hardware house of John Frothingham, located 20 meters west of the present day Wolf & Workman. By 1836, the Workmans had become full partners, indicating that they had brought some capital into the firm. As well as handling imported items, Frothingham and Workman manufactured some hardware in their Montreal factories which employed hundreds of men. Workman would remain in partnership with Frothingham until his retirement in 1859, and under them it would become Canada's largest tool and hardware wholesale business.
He never attempted to enter politics, but following Confederation he took an active interest in federal affairs. Workman was best known in Montreal for his municipal political activity and his local philanthropy. He was nominated for mayor 1868, running against Jean-Louis Beaudry. Beaudry made serious allegations of corruption against Workman in an attempt to win, which led to Workman being disqualified. However, found to be innocent of these false charges, he was allowed back in the race and easily defeated Beaudry in the elections. He proved so popular that he was re-elected by acclamation in 1869 and again in 1870.
Collage of the beach
a variety of different photographs.
Morfa Bychan, known locally as Black Rock Sands, is a sandy beach, with rocky areas- although the rocks aren’t actually black. The beach stretches for about 2 miles and is backed by a dune system which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. There are plenty of rockpools to explore here as well as some interesting caverns.
A river mouth lies at the south-eastern end of the beach, and the village of Morfa Bychan is a few hundred meters away. The beach has lovely views of the mountains and countryside of Snowdonia National Park.
A slipway provides vehicular access to the sands and most visitors park on the beach, making it a popular picnic destination and providing easy access for those with mobility problems. There are designated bathing and boat launching areas. Dogs are banned from the central section of the beach, but are allowed on the eastern and western sections.
There are a number of holiday parks in the area surrounding the beach. In the village of Morfa Bychan there are shops, places to eat and a golf club. There are more facilities in the town of Porthmadog, about 2 miles from the beach.
Saropogon hypomelas (Loew, 1866). Thanks to Eric Fisher for providing the species determination on bugguide. Found at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico. Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
I found this beauty approximately 8:00AM in a shrub on the Chupadera Wilderness National Recreation Trail on the refuge. Chihuahuan Desert Scrub habitat. While I was photographing it, it grabbed a fly for breakfast that had been buzzing around my face.
Found here: 33.82248N 106.89365W.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser..
Providing a splash of color on the otherwise drab and toned down lighting we found this day while railfanning, a pair of KCS ES44ACs roll across the McClure Lake causeway. Directly across, you’ll notice a few tunnels poking through the basalt rock at Lyle on BNSF’s Fallbridge Sub on the Washington side the gorge.
Rusted Garden Bird being more abstracted in this one.....again done for Kreative People Group.....Treat This 99
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The open air bar area for La Dame de Canton during warmer months, providing a view over the river.
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