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From an infrared wander across the field one afternoon while in Royston at the start of the month. As the big clouds bubble up over a private woodland I waited for a patch of light to hit the trees.
TELE VIEW: It's what we've been waiting for! CSX"s Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac (RF&P) heritage tribute unit, ES44AH-1836, is leading E/B stack train I-116 (Bedford Park, IL to Chambersburg, PA). It's on track two of the Keystone Sub as seen from the Deal Road overpass. Lots of Amazon & J.B. Hunt containers on the head end. ES44AH's 724 & 830 are behind 1836.
Here is something you have not seen worn since 1971.
This shirt is dated by its color and the patches.
CPD sergeants started wearing white shirts instead of blue shirts on May 1, 1971.
All CPD officers - all ranks - also started wearing the city flag patch on their right shoulders on May 1, 1971. Since this blue shirt for sergeants became obsolete on May 1, 1971, it never had the city flag patch on it.
This shirt has the old pie piece or teardrop shaped shoulder patch, and it has the District 19 center insert. This style of patch became obsolete in November, 1981. Both the insert and the teardrop patch have gold outside border, and this was the patch used by sergeants, lieutenants and captains.
(Second of two) Looking at the upper side of the wings, it is easy to see how this species got its common name. This Red-patched Leafwing, Siderone syntyche, was spotted just off the Manu Road. There are currently only 14 observations of the species on iNaturalist. For a distribution map and additional photos by other observers: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/423939-Siderone-syntyche
October 11, 2025. Manu Road, Peru.
The Cabbage Patch
An image from Saturday at my fave tree:) I had to put the waders on for a bit of protection while I made my way around the field to get close to the tree and gently making my way between the cabbages.
I took a few images before the sun broke the horizon but I wanted to wait until I had a bit of light thrown over the cabbages. Lots of mist flowing through the valley below, but it wasn't until the sun broke the horizon that the heat on the cabbages produced a light layer of mist in the field creating a nice bit of atmosphere.
The Tree, Eden Valley, Cumbria
Camera - A7Rii
Lens - Sony FE28mm f2
Focal Length 28mm
Fstop - f11
Exposure Time - 1/13 second
ISOspeed - ISO100
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Flowers (Plumbago I think) compete for attention a garden at Yering Station vineyard in the Yarra Valley.
UP 6378 shows off its SP speed lettering with train MAGLI-21 (Angleton, TX-Livonia, LA) in tow, heading into Houston on the BNSF Mykawa Sub.
Pearland, TX 4/21/2020
Okay here's my little story about this microcosm of photos from the Williamsville water mill.
First thing you all should know about me, is that I am the most impractical person when it comes to shoes... or clothes for that matter. I am almost never properly attired for the weather, and I truly believe that shoes are for fashion rather than function.
So, for this little excursion to Glen Park, I of course was wearing my 'cute' shoes. Yes, I admit... not at all suited for hiking about in mud, pond corners and snow/ice covered steep inclines.
All was fine, until I saw this long feather-like leaf straddling the waters edge.
The rocks seemed stable enough, I didn't count on the slick surface against my smooth soles though.
It wasn't too bad, a shoe full of mud and water in exchange for these macros. I think it was totally worth it.
Besides, now I get to go shoe shopping (again)....
Pic of me out photographing trains on the Pittsburgh line.
My wife spent this summer sewing patches onto a jean jacket and I think the results are pretty nice. I have to track down a few more patches to get it looking perfect.
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It's August 11th 1993, and SD40-2s #8040 and #8400 bring a westbound over the summit of the Alleghenies at Sand Patch. While bemoaned by many, I don't think too many would complain today over a yellow-nose'd stealth SD40-2 leading a train to shoot. It's worth noting 8400 back there is former WM SD40 #7449. Brian Walker photo, JL Sessa collection.
Another shot Kyle got on Wednesday... the photo by itself was striking and needed very little editing for uploading but I did add a texture to it to add to its character.
The clouds over here have their own personality. And the little changes can alter the sky completely. It's like magic.
Throwback Thursday
Potato Patch Falls
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Michigan
October 2007
Potato Patch Falls is a beautiful, though often unadvertised, seasonal waterfall in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
Calm winds resulted in nice reflections along Middle River last evening. Some breaks in the clouds lead to some pretty pastel colors as well.
I saw my first wild poppy in bloom in April this year. This is my first glimpse of a poppy field - albeit a very small patch
Cisticolas are among the most challenging of birds to identify. There are around fifty species that are all small and streaky. The name Cisticola means Cistus-dwelling, referring to the shrubby habitat of many species. Nearly all are found in Africa, with one species on Madagascar (Madagascar Cisticola) and another (Golden-headed Cisticola) in Asia and Australasia. We even have one species in Europe that we used to call Fan-tailed Warbler (Cisticola juncidis) but now call it Zitting Cisticola, and that has occasionally strayed to Britain. DNA studies have revealed that they are not closely related to the Old World Warblers, but are close to White-eyes (Zosterops spp).
So onto Pectoral Patch Cisticola (Cisticola brunnescens) which is patchily distributed on mountains in two well separated areas; West Central Africa and West Central Africa. There aren't many correctly identified photographs on Flickr (some are even the wrong family eg larks). Breeding males have a rufous crown with little streaking but non-breeding males, females and immatures have black-streaked crowns like this. Sometimes they show some darker colouration on the sides of the breast, hence the name Pectoral Patch Cisticola. They feed mainly on the ground in upland (1650-3000m asl) grasslands and moorlands in Ethiopia where I photographed this one. I know it has a cluttered background but it shows the habitat well and there really aren't that many photographs that show the bird as well as this.
This was kind of a sad collection of pumpkins ready for picking at the Cornbelly's Pumpkin Patch in Spanish Fork.
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