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The Pearl and Northern Crescents were declared separate species relatively recently, and there is still some question as to whether there are additional species in this complex. In any case, distinguishing them is problematic, as everyone seems to use slightly different criteria to tell them apart. As such, my identifications here should be taken with a grain of salt.
The wingspan is 32–38 mm.
Gananoque, ON Canada
The Menai Suspension Bridge (Welsh: Pont Grog y Borth) is a suspension bridge to carry road traffic between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was designed by Thomas Telford and completed in 1826 and is a Grade I listed building.
Before the bridge was completed in 1826, the island had no fixed connection to the mainland and all movements to and from Anglesey were by ferry across the fast flowing and dangerous waters of the Menai Strait. The main source of income on Anglesey was from the sale of cattle, and to move them to the markets of the mainland, including London, they had to be driven into the water and encouraged to swim across the Strait, a dangerous practice which often resulted in the loss of valuable animals.[2] With Holyhead as the closest point to, and thus one of the principal ports for ferries to Dublin, Engineer, Thomas Telford was engaged to complete a survey of the route from London to Holyhead, and he proposed that a bridge should be built over the Menai Strait from a point near Bangor on the mainland to the village of Porthaethwy (which is now also known as Menai Bridge) on Anglesey.
Because of the high banks and fast flowing waters of the Strait, it would have been difficult to build piers on the shifting sands of the sea bed and, even if it could be done, they would have obstructed the navigation. Also, the bridge would have to be high enough to allow the passage of the tall ships of the day. In view of this, Telford proposed that a suspension bridge should be built and his recommendation was accepted by Parliament.
Construction of the bridge, to Telford's design, began in 1819 with the towers on either side of the strait. These were constructed from Penmon limestone and were hollow with internal cross-walls. Then came the sixteen huge chain cables, each made of 935 iron bars, that support the 176-metre (577 ft) span. To avoid rusting between manufacture and use, the iron was soaked in linseed oil and later painted. The chains each measured 522.3 metres (1,714 ft) and weighed 121 tons. Their suspending power was calculated at 2,016 tons. The bridge was opened to much fanfare on 30 January 1826.
The roadway was only 24 ft wide and, without stiffening trusses, soon proved highly unstable in the wind. The deck of the Menai Bridge was strengthened in 1840 by W. A. Provis and, in 1893, the entire wooden surface was replaced with a steel deck designed by Sir Benjamin Baker. Over the years, the 4.5 ton weight limit proved problematic for the increasing freight industry and in 1938 the original wrought iron chains were replaced with steel ones without the need to close the bridge. In 1999 the bridge was closed for around a month to resurface the road and strengthen the structure, requiring all traffic to cross via the nearby Britannia Bridge.
On 28 February 2005 the bridge was promoted to UNESCO as a candidate World Heritage Site. On the same day one carriageway of the bridge was closed for six months restricting traffic to a single carriageway so that traffic travelled to the mainland in the morning and to Anglesey in the afternoon. The bridge was re-opened to traffic in both directions on 11 December 2005 after its first major re-painting in 65 years.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menai_Suspension_Bridge
Aftrer a fantastic sighting of a large contingency of the Cheli Pride feasting on a wildebeest and lazing in the afternoon hours, we decided to set off in a different direction to shoot a landscape.
The clouds in the western sky were problematic, and sunset was looking like a non-event, so we shot in the opposite direction, capturing intense golden hour light falling on the acacia tree, set against an ominous sky.
Virgin East Coast Electra 225 Class 91 91110 'Battle of Britain Memorial Flight' heads north - most likely with a London Kings Cross to York service at Joan Croft Junction on the East Coast Main Line on 9th May 2016
Sadly a recent visit to this location showed this shot to be possible no longer owing to west side vegetation growth - the east side of the ECML was also problematical for the same reason.....The southbound shot was still fine thankfully....
Copyright Photograph Robin Stewart-Smith - All Rights Reserved
Crail... is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The civil parish has a population of 1,812 (in 2011). The name Crail was recorded in 1148 as Cherel and in 1153 as Karel. The first element is the Pictish *cair (c.f. Welsh caer) meaning "fort", though this word seems to have been borrowed into Gaelic. The second element may be either Gaelic ail, "rocks", or more problematically Pictish *al; no certain instance of this word exists in P-Celtic. However, if the generic element were Pictish, then this is likely of the specific. Quoted from Wikipedia
The Museum provides an insight into the past life of this ancient Royal Burgh, its kirk, seafaring tradition, Crail Golfing Society (founded in 1786 - the 7th oldest in the world) and airfield history from the First World War until its closure in 1960 (HMS Jackdaw, Fleet Air Arm Station, HMS Bruce Boys Training School and Joint Services School for Linguists). Quoted from the Crail Museum website
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Moving on a little further north from the location in the shot a few pictures ago this is Millwall Inner Dock immediately south of the Canary Wharf Financial Centre. It is next to the Crossharbour DLR Station. I have photographed here before but then the new Baltimore Tower was only part completed. This is a 45 storey high end apartment tower nearly 500 ft tall. The Tower does not look quite right. This is not lens distortion but the Tower is built to curve to one side and then curve to the other as it goes up. A little weird but it does display a tendency by architects in London to avoid the conventional and expected. The curves are more obvious at 90 degrees from this viewpoint. For this exact viewpoint which I liked best it was necessary to get on one of those metal walkways with lots of little holes and hanging above the water. I was surprised it wasn’t barred off. Putting the Tripod straight up was problematic so I lent it against the railing with 2 of the legs braced on the sort of floor. Shutter was released with a remote while being ready to catch the arrangement if needed. Near the base of the tower there can be seen the well known Lotus floating Chinese Restaurant.
The shot was taken with a Sony A68 with a Sigma 10-20mm lens at 10 mm. The image was first processed with Photomatix 6 using Fusion Natural for a natural look. The next step was that I wanted to straighten the converging verticals. However there was not enough space at the top because on straightening the top of the tower would be lost. The solution was to extend the Canvas just at the top. Then select the top of the sky and use the free transform tool in Photoshop’s edit menu to extend the sky into the extra canvas. Then Filter – Lens Correction – Custom – vertical perspective to straighten verticals. Next Topaz Clarity for more detail. Then a fair bit of use of the heal and clone tools to remove 3 annoying cranes which are so numerous with all the new builds in this part of London. Saturation adjustment layers to get the colours just right. Also adjustment with a brightness adjustment layer to darken the sky a little.
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putting the blade on the table, he
flicked it with a finger
and it whirled
in a flashing circle
under the light.
who the hell is going to save
me? he
thought.
as the knife stopped spinning
the answer came:
you're going to have to
save yourself.
- Bukowski
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Nobody can say it better than Bukowski. Another dead man speaking to me.
In case you were wondering, I have been having a rough time. Especially the last few days have been very difficult. You'd think things like this would get easier over time, but so far they're only getting worse. Denial is becoming problematic.
I am dealing with so many things at once. Seeing the man I love die right in front of me. And this after a struggle of over a year, always getting our hopes and strength up again for each new treatment. For nothing. Seeing my entire future go up in flames. Questioning life and myself, my actions. What is it all good for? What am I doing with my life? Does anything even matter?
I have been trying to find ways to cope with this. Looking at or making pictures, writing letters. I even went back to the hospital unit where Christophe died, and talked to the psychologist there and the nurse who was working that night. This was excruciating. Even though it's nice to be able to talk about it, I just wanted them to say something that would make all this a little easier to carry. But they can't. As Bukowski said: I'm going to have to save myself.
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PS: To all of you whom have written me letters: thank you very much. It's crazy how important letters have been to me the past weeks. I appreciate each and every one of them, even though I don't really have the strength to reply to all of them right now. But thank you and I will try to get back to you soon.
Emergence plus que problématique ; son avenir est déjà joué ...
Very problematic emergence; its future is sealed ...
Another day, another southbound morning Fairlane train and another IC SD40-2 leading. The mis-tuned (is that anywhere near right?) Nathan mockingly sounds like a weak Leslie but I know it's that damn 6254 and not one of the Bessemer's as they grind out of the Cloquet River valley and towards the siding at Coons to make a meet with an already waiting through freight. PTC equipped leaders are required now and it's been somewhat problematic for great leaders.
Hi, I am working on Tatooine diorama almost a half year. This is the first module which is a part of bigger MOC. I will be upload next parts of it every Sunday :)
Some words about MOC:
The idea was born at the moment I bought a glass-cabinet for my LEGO collection. I always was a big fan of SW and scenes from Tatooine I liked the most so... the choice was easy :)
The most problematic part of whole counstruction was a dome. This is the final version which was re-builds almost 5 times. There is a long flexible bar inside which hold all small arches in correct position. The extension of the upper dome is made from a curved slopes and 1x1 modified bricks.
I am very pleased as the big arches well cover the gaps between the core of the tower and base. There was a lot of problems with a perpendicullar connection between them, due to small space inside the base but I think the final efect is satisfactory.
The whole Desert Tower as a construcion is very solid. You can easily grab it in one big piece and there is no chance to destroy it only by moving from one place to another. I'm happy about that.
I's a pity that the lego did not release Garindian figure but there is a simple way to make him own (round 1x1 plate, 1x1 cone, binoculars and hood).
The Moisture Vaporator is an icon of Tatooine diorama so I couldn't miss it. I know that it should be in white colour but LBG/DBL fits better in that case. Further I know that it is not in minifugres scale but othrwise it seemed coarse.
Thanks!
Enjoy the photos!
Bartosz, CTR
After a couple weeks of mostly Yosemite I'm back to going through my photos from the southwest in April. Most of my favorites are from Antelope Canyon so bear with me.
Tse Bighanilini is the Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon, the most frequently photographed of the two Antelope Canyons (and probably in the world). It seemed that no matter where you looked it was photo worthy, even though it's really all been done before.
The protruding rock formation is what caught my eye here, and the background rock frames it nicely. The dynamic range was problematic in the canyon primarily when shooting up towards daylight, where you have dark shadow at the bottom and blown out light at the top. But, the underlying shot here (it's a combination of 3 exposures) was a little unusual in that it was somewhat flat and low-contrast through most of the shot, but blown out at the top.
To achieve some greater contrast I blended a marginally darker exposure into the darker areas effectively boosting the contrast a little with a B&W layer mask (not unlike doing a curves adjustment), and then blended in some of the darkest exposure around the top (with another B&W layer mask), this time to recover some of the highlights. The end result was like a really complicated and time-consuming way of doing a basic curves adjustment - I guess you learn through trial and error.
As I've said before, if you find yourself int he American Southwest with a camera you owe it to yourself to take a tour here, even if it has all been done before. It's really gorgeous was actually just a lot of fun too.
You can see more photos from this trip in our group pool here, along with photos from my fellow travelers JohnRav and LionTX.
Nikon D40 | Sigma 10-20@20mm | f/8 | 1s | ISO200 | Tripod
Interesting facts about game and the cheat table:
- The game engine calculates aspect ratio using your MAX RESOLUTION set in graphic panel, so if your max resolution is 6400x2700, you're stuck in 21:9, even if you change resolution in-game to 16:9 ones, the image will be stretched, refer to jim's DET guide for setting resolutions accordingly.
- Supersampling must be DISABLED for depth buffer to work properly.
- No timestop/pause option available, coupled with the game's fast timescale, fine-tuning the lighting can be problematic.
Metro: Last Light Redux
- 6400x2700;
- ReShade framework;
- CT by mgr for noclip, FOV and hiding weapon.
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El cementiri General de València va ser construït després de la decisió del govern de Carles III de prohibir els enterraments a les parròquies i nucli urbà, la qual cosa era la pràctica habitual a l'Espanya del segle XVIII i causava nombrosos problemes de salut.
El projecte, ideat per l'arquitecte Cristóbal de Sales, va començar el 1805. El seu disseny es va basar en la necròpolis francesa de Père Lachaise, un dels grans cementiris construïts en l'època i en el qual es va basar la construcció de nombrosos cementiris europeus.
El recinte es va inaugurar el 1807 amb un "arrencada" problemàtic, avui aquest cementiri té ja més de 200 llargs anys d'història.
Fins a mitjans del segle XIX els burgesos no començarien a interessar-se per construir panteons, ostentació del seu poder econòmic i classe social. És a dir, que l'encàrrec de panteons i criptes monumentals es posaria de moda bastant temps després de l'obertura del cementiri.
Per aquells anys, el Cementiri General de València va realitzar obres d'ampliació, ideant un vast projecte anomenat "Els Pòrtics", d'estil neoclàssic i molt monumental. Prova d'això és que la construcció té 170 columnes dòriques.
En el Cementiri General de València es pot trobar una gran col lecció d'estils artístics com el neoegipci, el modernisme, el neogòtic o el neogrec, tots ells plasmats en impressionants escultures i dissenys que van enviar construir els burgesos valencians. Un dels més espectaculars és el panteó en honor a la filla adolescent de Gaspar Dotres, un temple d'estil clàssic preciós. A més dels panteons, és interessant fer una ullada al cementiri civil, on jeu l'escriptor Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, ia la secció musulmana a la qual el cementiri ha dedicat gairebé 700 hectàrees. Avui, el cementiri també compta amb unes instal.lacions de cremació.
A més de Blasco Ibáñez, el Cementiri General de València és l'eterna domicili d'altres il.lustres personatges com el cantant Nino Bravo, el pintor Joaquim Sorolla, la cantant d'òpera Lucrecia Bori ... I és que 200 anys d'història són molts per a un cementiri que tanca bona part de la història de la capital valenciana, per a una necròpolis que es troba entre les més monumentals d'Espanya i que no té res a envejar als més visitats cementiris europeus.
A partir de juny de 2009 el Cementiri General va posar en marxa una iniciativa pionera a la Comunitat Valenciana: visites guiades pel cementiri. D'aquesta manera, el recinte pretén mostrar el seu patrimoni artístic i arquitectònic. Així, el de València ingressa en el cèlebre Circuit Europeu de Cementiris.
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El cementerio General de Valencia fue construido tras la decisión del gobierno de Carlos III de prohibir los enterramientos en las parroquias y núcleo urbano, lo cual era la práctica habitual en la España del siglo XVIII y causaba numerosos problemas de salud.
El proyecto, ideado por el arquitecto Cristóbal de Sales, comenzó en 1805. Su diseño se basó en la necrópolis francesa de Père Lachaise, uno de los grandes cementerios construidos en la época y en el cual se basó la construcción de numerosos camposantos europeos.
El recinto se inauguró en 1807 con un "arranque" problemático, hoy este cementerio tiene ya más de 200 largos años de historia.
Hasta mediados del siglo XIX los burgueses no comenzarían a interesarse por construir panteones, ostentación de su poder económico y clase social. Es decir, que el encargo de panteones y criptas monumentales se pondría de moda bastante tiempo después de la apertura del cementerio.
Por aquellos años, el Cementerio General de Valencia realizó obras de ampliación, ideando un vasto proyecto llamado "Los Pórticos", de estilo neoclásico y muy monumental. Prueba de ello es que la construcción cuenta con 170 columnas dóricas.
En el Cementerio General de Valencia se puede hallar una gran colección de estilos artísticos como el neoegipcio, el modernismo, el neogótico o el neogriego, todos ellos plasmados en impresionantes esculturas y diseños que mandaron construir los burgueses valencianos. Uno de los más espectaculares es el panteón en honor a la hija adolescente de Gaspar Dotres, un templo de estilo clásico precioso. Además de los panteones, es interesante echar un vistazo al cementerio civil, donde yace el escritor Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, y a la sección musulmana a la que el cementerio ha dedicado casi 700 hectáreas. Hoy, el cementerio también cuenta con unas instalaciones de cremación.
Además de Blasco Ibáñez, el Cementerio General de Valencia es la eterna morada de otros ilustres personajes como el cantante Nino Bravo, el pintor Joaquín Sorolla, la cantante de ópera Lucrecia Bori… Y es que 200 años de historia son muchos para un camposanto que encierra buena parte de la historia de la capital valenciana, para una necrópolis que se halla entre las más monumentales de España y que no tiene nada que envidiar a los más visitados camposantos europeos.
A partir de junio de 2009 el Cementerio General puso en marcha una iniciativa pionera en la Comunidad Valenciana: visitas guiadas por el camposanto. De esta manera, el recinto pretende mostrar su patrimonio artístico y arquitectónico. Así, el de Valencia ingresa en el célebre Circuito Europeo de Cementerios.
Crossing Upper Trail Lake at Moose Pass, AK the Coastal Classic will soon disappear into the Kenai Mountains. While the steep grades, up to 3%, will not be a problem for this short train it can be problematic for longer, heavier freight trains.
BDSM Personal matters,
A link to pin it in my sl profile's pick. (you may skip reading.)
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-- Confirm and Credit --
3 types of lovers and subs that used to be under my supervision.
☑ 2nd Hand Lover
☑ 2nd Hand Sub
☑ Trash
- My Second-hand men mostly are educated and high quality people who cause very few problems so I won't mention much here.
- The problematic and dramatic group that like to lie, fake credits and create fake stories about me is Trash.
About Trash :
☑ They are the most rotten people who like to cause trouble, lies and create dirty drama.
☑ My rotten enemies on the day I abandoned them and STILL continued to stink time to time even after so many years we had ended.
☑ They're like unresolved problems that cannot be closed because of extreme hate.
I'll tell you right here.
🔴 For the woman who want to check your men, begged, asked for my help and information about them.
1. We have to understand that you are the one making the request, begged, humberly asked for my help and information. You should be respectful and grateful that I took the time to give you the fact and information.
2. You should be respectful and grateful that I took the time to give you the facts. You shouldn't manipulate, edit information, create lies and draw everything into your drama to get his attention. Try to not add more trash to my life. Trust me, relationship that built on lies are not as sustainable as on self-respect and self-worth.
-- Standards and Code of Conduct --
I have a standard on giving information,
Either it's a second-hand guy or a worthless piece of trash all are in the same standard.
☑ I give only General Truth
(I never sold you or tell other about your secrets and kinky details)
Don't believe the information that your woman can edit and falsify. Ask for chatlog and snapshots only.
Use discretion when listening. If she can't give you chatlog or snapshots. If you doubt and suspect, you must have courage to ask me directly because I always have those.
🔴 For the pathetic Trash who love to lie around that they were my precious Gems and Lovers.
I will never stop telling the truth about how bad and worthless you used to be, no matter what you lie others.
It's pathetic that you create fake credit for yourself to make your girl appreciate and like you.
In fact, it shouldn't matter if you're my secondhand man or my trash. If she really loves you, she should be more interested in who you are than wanting my Ex boyfriend.
The more you lie and deceive people that you used to be my gem and lover, the worse your situation will be. 'Cause I'm not like any woman who lets you lie freely without punishing you.
Don't challenge my wrath, if I caught that you're lying and making disgusting fake love story about us, I will not stop blaming, punishing and telling the truth until you're broken into thousand pieces again and again.
I understand that the truth is difficult to accept. Being my trash might make life difficult to move on, but grown-ups should have the courage to live with the truth. You're not the only one who has ever been abandoned. We may all have been someone's trash before, it's a very normal thing. Those who love us should accept us, we don't have to lie that we were the precious gem of all our ex. If your new woman can't accept your past, so mind and disgust the former truth. You just have to accept the " No" and move on with people who don't care about it but trully care about who you really are.
🔴 Recycle
If you're worried about your women checking the truth from me, you should talk clearly with me first.
There's 2 ways to Recycle from a Bad Trash into a Good one who are worth having.
1) You have to correct your badness and go through the penitentiary session.
2) Tribute / Fee service to not talk about you or to appropriately disclosure. (10k-50k depends on what you did, your bad and rottenness)
Anyhow, my only suggest is that you should accept the truth and be honest to yourself. The women who wants my ex and need credits obviously doesn't really love you at all. You shouldn't keep her by making up your own lies and your false values.
To never been my dear subs, my lovers, my precious one doesn't mean you cannot be those to your new one. If she doubted on you, checked you, judges you from the past, you shouldn't date her.
Boeing's KC-46A Pegasus featured again at the 2024 RIAT
Here, 20-6079from the New Jersey ANG's 108th AW taxies for departure from RAF Fairford
Based on the Boeing 767 airframe the programme has been beset with all sorts of problematic issues. However, more and more are now entering front-line service
Export orders so far sees Japan and Israel amongst future users
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This is a picture I took of my first grandson within one minute of his birth since his mom, my oldest son's wife--my sweet daughter-in-law, asked me (along with her husband and my other daughter-in-law) to stay in the room with her while she delivered. Her mom couldn't be there because she went into labor before her mom's flight arrived. Meanwhile, my husband was rushing to the airport two hours away to pick her up and bring her to the hospital. They both arrived, if I remember right, within a minute of his being born. When they came in, he was just being put under this golden heating lamp.
The lighting in the photo was all the original lighting. I did, however, crop it a bit and clone out a couple of items that were problematic. Those are his actual footprints, resized of course. I just had to include them because they were so cute. Normally it's a difficult thing to take a picture of a newborn, let alone a naturally born baby, and have it turn out making him look great. But he was easy. It was actually hard to take a bad picture of him right after he was born. He was absolutely adorable. It makes me wonder if this is what it means in the Bible when it talks about Moses having unusual beauty as a baby.
You can see that he was very aware. What you can't see is that he was looking directly into the eyes of all of us when we held him and spoke to him. Like his dad, he was able to hold his head up (freakishly, lol) at birth and ever after that. It was all completely mind-blowing. At this point, he was looking over toward his mom with wonder in that very precious infant way.
I have to say that there's nothing like watching one's own grand baby be born or at least getting to see him/her within a couple of moments after his/her birth. This was one of those spectacular moments the Lord shares with us that was allowed to be caught on camera. Hope you enjoy it. *Smile*
The passage displayed in the above picture is Luke 18:16-17: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these" (1984 NIV).
50032 Courageous passes Langford Bridge on the line to Plymouth just past Aller Junction on 14-5-81 just after 7 in the evening.
Liverpoon Lime Street to Plymouth working.
As with other locations in South Devon the electricity pylons and their wires could be problematic here. After the loop was removed it was never quite as good especially for the morning shot which showed off the trackbed more clearly.
50032 was named Courageous on 7-7-78.
and refurbished 31-11-80 at which point it will have received Large Logo livery.
Withdrawn on 15-10-90. Scrapped at Old Oak Common TMD, London in February 1991.
This passage goes under the connection between the old and the new stage of The Royal Danish Theater (Det Kongelige Teater) in Copenhagen. In 1931, the new stage opened, but it had several impractical constructions, like the audio studio wasn't sound isolated. It remained problematic until it was closed in 2008.
--Jacob Surland
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"Cloud Dancer" [Her Story project]
acrylic on panel
32" x 16"
2025
This is the first painting that I have finished for my new "Her Story" project. My plan is to show a number of these paintings in an exhibition that I will be having at the Evanston Art Center opening February 21, 2026.
All of the paintings in this project will have the same size / proportions. All of the paintings will be black and white. And all of the paintings represent my daughter Temma (who is already the most frequently represented person in my art).
While it might seem obsessive to make so much art representing a single person, the reason that I do so is as a surrogate representation for the substantial community of profoundly disabled people who generally have very little representation. This lack is due to a well-meaning, but problematic prohibition of representing such people. Thus they are largely out of sight and out of mind in our culture. (See the documentary "Crip Camp" if you want a compelling look behind the curtain.)
And if it wasn't obvious, the project title "Her Story" is an intended twist of the potentially implicit bias of the word "history".
Film Ilford Delta 3200 + Pentax 67 + Smc Pentax 75/4.5
...Fun fact: Making repairs and first-class service for these old Moskvich cars is not a problem. Making quality repair and service on my Pentax67 is much more problematic...
Moscow. Summer 2021
Attention all Nova League members,
the most problematic unit of the Centuri Special Forces are the Hazard Snipers. They are equipped with high performance hazard gear, able to shield them from most toxic substances, acids and other biological hazards. The suit can also withstand high voltage and even absolute vacuum. They will most likely set up in seemingly impossible to reach places to have the best shot. Be sure to check any possible sniper position before moving on your target. The range of their sniper rifle is about 2000 meters, so keep in mind to check that radius. They are also armed with melee weapons, but less proficient in using them. Best take them out in close combat.
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The last figure from my latest fig-off. A new MoC will be up tomorrow.
Buddy Hromnak - 15 Nov 2003 - 27 Feb 2018. He will remain in our hearts and always be remembered. He lived a good full life and is happy, I am sure of that.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
BTW: What a week. On Friday the Northeast got hit with a pretty good storm that included high winds which knocked out a half a million homes in New Jersey. We haven't had power since Friday and not expected to be restored until Wednesday! Trees and wires down all over the place. Things have been a bit slow so I'll be doing my best to comment but may be somewhat problematic.
QUESTI ULTIMI GIORNI SONO STATI PROBLEMATICI E MI HANNO IMPEDITO DI DIEDICARMI ALLE TUE FOTOGRAFIE COME AVREI VOLUTO.
SPERO DI RECUPERARE AL PIU' PRESTO. CIAO, FELICE WEEKEND
THESE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN PROBLEMATIC AND HAVE PREVENTED ME FROM DIEDICATING MYSELF TO YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED.
I HOPE TO CATCH UP SOON. CIAO AND, HAPPY WEEKEND
Vincent Mauger travaille autour d’une problématique centrée sur la recherche de matérialisation, de concrétisation de ce que serait un espace mental. Il entend par espace mental aussi bien la construction de pensées qui s’échafaudent face à un espace ou un lieu, que les univers virtuels et constructions mathématiques ou schématiques élaborés pour que chacun puisse se projeter dans un espace inexistant ou éloigné.
Il confronte souvent un espace réel, le lieu d’exposition, avec une représentation d’une perception mentale d’un autre espace. À partir de matériaux de construction ordinaires, il reconstruit des représentations de paysage proches de l’imagerie de synthèse ou de constructions mathématiques et schématiques. Il met en parallèle des techniques de construction réelles et concrètes avec des techniques d’imageries virtuelles ou scientifiques. Les principes d’assemblages des pièces restent visibles : le spectateur peut s’en emparer mentalement et s’imaginer poursuivre la construction ou modifier sa configuration.
Les sculptures sont fabriquées à partir de matériaux simples : bois, tissus, carrelage, tubes plastiques et métalliques. Ces matériaux restent identifiables mais la façon de les utiliser crée un décalage par rapport à leur aspect ordinaire. Ces sculptures constituent des sortes d’ébauches, de croquis se développant dans l’espace. Ainsi à l’intérieur d’un bâtiment, on découvre des morceaux de paysages, en quelque sorte des prolongements de l’espace, concrétisant à la fois des images mentales et des lieux propices à la réflexion.
Vincent Mauger works around a problematic centered on the search for materialization, concretization of what would be a mental space. By mental space, he understands both the construction of thoughts that face a space or a place, and the virtual universes and mathematical or schematic constructions elaborated so that everyone can project himself into a non-existent or distant space.
He often confronts a real space, the place of exhibition, with a representation of a mental perception of another space. From ordinary building materials, he reconstructs landscape representations close to synthetic imagery or mathematical and schematic constructions. It combines real and concrete construction techniques with virtual or scientific imaging techniques. The principles of assembly of the pieces remain visible: the spectator can seize them mentally and imagine to continue the construction or modify its configuration.
The sculptures are made from simple materials: wood, fabrics, tiles, plastic and metal tubes. These materials remain identifiable but the way they are used creates a shift from their ordinary appearance. These sculptures are kind of sketches, sketches developing in space. Thus, inside a building, we discover pieces of landscapes, in a way extensions of space, concretizing both mental images and places for reflection.
303019 000525 Gourock
As soon as Scotrail was privatised it was announced that an order had gone in for a fleet of new EMU's to replace the aged 303's.
The Blue trains had been introduced in the 1960's when some of the lines north and south of the Clyde had been electrified. They had served the city well over the years now was their time to bow out.
However it was not as quick as Scotrail would have liked as the new trains (the Class 334's) were, as all new trains are, problematical.
The 303's lingured into the 21st century being finally replaced at the end of 2002.
A few lasted long enough to receive the SPT Carmine & Cream livery which replaced the Black and Orange they had carried for many years.
303019 sits at Gourock having worked a rush hour service out of Glassgow on 25th May 2000.
One of the reasons (of many) that we choose to visit Alaska in late August --> mid-September is to see the moose, particularly the bull moose, as they ready for the rut season. Yes, it's time for them (aka the "big boys") to gather in the most accessible area of the park, to win the honor of their favorite ladies.
It's amazing how BIG they are in Alaska ... yeah, Alaska doesn't just grow those big cabbages at the fair ... the moose are their own species out there and are much bigger that those found in the lower 48. This year most had already shed all of their velvet from those massive antlers, though some, like this one, still had a few remnants attached.
Sure, the cows are present as well, but it's the bulls that command all of the photographer's attention. When I say photographers, I mean many ... all lined up with their big lenses, for these bulls aren't always conveniently roadside. LOL. I guess that's part of the pursuit and adrenaline. Sometimes they are roadside, which might become a bit problematic when these big guys want to cross the road. In spite of some, using less than common sense, it's an amazingly peaceful encounter.
As an added bonus to the bulls being out in full force, they're also wandering across that magnificently beautiful autumn-kissed landscape - full of bright reds, oranges, yellows, and greens ... just wonderful.
As I sit here in south Florida, there are no moose outside, no bears, no caribou, no golden eagles, not even an arctic ground squirrel ... though I did have a mockingbird on my mailbox this morning, it's not quite the same thing. LOL. I can't help but wonder how the rut is fairing out and I hope that they all get through it safely. I want to see them again next year. :-)
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Kevin Richardson is wordly famous as The Lion Whisperer!!!
“ Kevin Richardson owns and operates the Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary, located an hour northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa. Richardson is a firm opponent of "canned hunting", which is the hunting of lions locked within an enclosed location, making them easier to hunt and kill. To help combat this problematic epidemic, he has a strict no breeding policy at his sanctuary to reduce the likelihood of his lions being bought and sold for that very purpose.
One of the most intriguing aspects of Richardson's sanctuary is his relationship with his lions, which include popular characters such as Meg, Amy and Bobcat. Kevin is known for interacting with them within the confines of his sanctuary, and on long enrichment walks throughout the game reserve. Unlike other game reserves and sanctuaries, Richardson does not allow his guests to go on these lion walks with him, as he knows that while his lions are well behaved for him, they are still dangerous animals, and the wild nature within will always be there. “
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Well, my old dream came true that Sunday of last November, when I finally experienced the closeness of some of Kevin’s lions!!! Unfortunately, Kevin did not appear personally during our very short tour, because it was a Sunday! But a really helpful and gentle young man replaced him perfectly!
It was a very warm day, and most of the lions were resting under the trees’ shadows or in their shelter, which gave our group of 4 tourists the opportunity to approach them serenely, and take pictures of them.
❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtJkZx8MJY ❤️(!!!!!!)
Whilst pondering about what to write for this image, I began to wonder why do some people offer the whole world their innermost thoughts?
I think initially people tend to approach bloging (flickr, my space, blogspot) rather cautiously, keeping their personal details secure, and not even using their real name, anywhere on line. It’s probably a reflection to the type of person they are in the real world, cautious, sensible, reliably organised. But it does keep a distance, a barrier to the real person. I’ve personally thought about creating a pseudonym, but it’s not really me. (And I know that the point before I get any wisecracks).
To be fair on the cautious, we are all bombarded by sensationalist storeys of paedophiles, Internet monsters and fraudulent predators. But like the real world these ‘negative events’ are rather rare. But the fear is still generated by the story hungry media. Should we be so closed? Just how many of you have been burnt? Hey I don’t want to criticise any you you that have pseudonyms, I'm just questioning myself. Kind of thinking aloud, trying to work it out. Reflecting a bit, I suppose I'm reacting to the ‘fear of crime’ being more problematic than the crimes themselves. Eg the granny too afraid to venture out because she has been scared to death by grotesquely sensationalised, viewer chasing, police camera action, ‘news’ channels.
Anyway I digress. After some time ‘using’ a social networking site (once we have taken the plunge and faced our fears), I suspect that most of us become desensitised to the propaganda. We settle in to our safe cosy world (literally in the safety of our own living rooms), and begin to immerse ourselves in what they have to offer, thrive on the positive feedback, develop social networks, even depending on how brave you are, meet up with others in our neighbourhood. All this kind of develops a desire for more. It’s addictive. You post something and your ‘friends’ take the time and effort to say something about it.
This desire has wonderful inspirations power to inspire (some of us) to push the envelope, to develop new ways to reach out to ones ‘friends’. Some people get very personal and write blogs (kind of diaries) where they offer us very personal storeys; some even expose themselves (in the name of art) in a kind of hungry desire to be given attention. All for the rewards that feedback and social networks can offer them.
In the cold light of day, I'm sure we all have said things that we wouldn’t say in front of several thousand people. (I've even been known to have a few beers and post comments, god some of the things I've said!) We wouldn’t share our innermost thoughts, to a football field full of people, so why here?. I’m sure if we could see the whites of 5000 pairs of eyes looking at us then we would think a lot more carefully before we put fingers to keypad.
Anyway, the whites of all your eyes have just flashed past and I'm exiting stage left. By the way folks, I hope 2008 brings you much happiness. See you next year (o:
BTW, this shot was taken on holiday this summer. I'm slowly working my way through the back catalogue of images that I too whilst there this year. It also helps me reminisce the wonderful time I had there and is an antidote to the dull weather we have had over the last few weeks.
I have been continuing in my quest to make Omori characters in 1/6 scale. I haven’t gotten much into doll customizing before(minus the Silent Hill 2 Heather I did a while back), but trying to capture the sweet nostalgia of the friendships in Omori in 1/6 scale has made it much more interesting!
Here’s Basil, who wasn’t ready for the ugly sweater photo. He, Sunny, and younger Kel and Aubrey are proving problematic because I don’t have many highly articulated bodies that fit their proportions. They’re a work in progress. I think Basil turned out pretty cute though.
* If you aren't familiar with Omori : www.instagram.com/omori_game/
The Concord tower on the B&M main through town is no more. A fire broke out inside of it recently, and although local historical groups have been trying to save it, CSX deemed the fire inside a concrete and brick building rendered it structurally unsound. Just the excuse they needed to mush it into a pile of memories so there was one less shelter for the increasingly problematic amount of people forced into homelessness in the city to call home for a night.
This photo was taken on one of the absolute worst trips that actually resulted in a train I've ever been a part of. My buddy and I wanted to shoot NA-1 because it runs through some interesting spots and usually utilized MEC 507 which wears the freshest Guilford paint on the roster. We were well aware she was a slow girl, but what we weren't aware of is that we were about to have the word slow redefined for us that day. 5 mph "chasing' when you have to hop a good way between interesting spots is absolutely mind numbing. We didn't get the unit we wanted but nowadays a Pam Am widecab is just that, a Pan Am widecab. You don't avoid shooting it. We spent half the day talking about completely unrelated topics while waiting to see this poor locomotive bumble its way North. Eventually we stomached enough boredom to make it to Concord, where the main photo interests of the day were.
While waiting for them to run around their train, we sat behind a Market Basket in the parking lot shooting the breeze in my buddies car. I had purchased a 32 ounce can of cheap disgusting teenage partying alcohol on whim at some point in the trip and it was sitting in the back on the floor. Somehow when one of us threw a bag back there, the can got punctured and made it's newfound hole very obvious by emitting a pissing sound from the rear of the car. The next choice I made was an obligatory one for a man who had spent his day in the passenger seat of a Subaru wondering why he chose the hobby he did: I shotgunned the entire thing behind a strip mall. Now I'm not old but I'm exactly not at the age where you do that anymore, I'm surprised I was able to stomach the damn thing. Of course, before I could even come to terms with that decision, NA-1 departed south.
So we end up here, at the tower I wanted to shoot all day, and I'm not exactly stumbling like a fool but boy I was having a good time. After exchanging a few glances with the local folk hanging around and a quick glance at the tower, NA-1 finally showed up and somehow I was able to frame up a usable image. Now that this tower is no more, I'm very happy we stuck with our little sad train the whole way north on that February day, otherwise I'd have never even seen the tower.
I still know how to have fun.
I processed this using the trial version of Dynamic-Photo HDR www.mediachance.com/hdri/index.html. This puts a very small watermark in the bottom left hand corner of processed images which I've just realised I've inadvertently cropped off. I've tried this program on several images, and must admit to still preferring Photomatix, but that's probably due to familiarity. I do find Dynamic-Photo's skies a bit problematic.
My third redux of this iconic kit. Think I'm getting close to the purest form with the original functions.
My two gripes as a kid with the original were: 1) If it's an ATV then why is the Ground Clearance so rubbish? and 2) There's something not right about this cockpit canopy combo.
So this fixes those - a nice big inverted-angle window area for seeing out and a roof fixes the second point, and the first is fixed by a set of variable-height drivetrain booms that allow it to hunker down low to receive its cargo, then the booms rotate up to about 55° to give it the ground clearance it needs to actually traverse the moon/asteroid/"godforsaken rock you've sent me to this time".
The fact that it was in clearly proto-Futuron livery while the Relay Station is clearly Classic Blue is problematic too so I've fixed that too.
And wheels made of snow-shoes. Because why not?
If you like this, [or don't ]- leave a comment. I love getting comments and feedback. They inspire me to do more.
Me:
Everyone: Please don't do more!
The conditions were very difficult since we were there at the wrong time of day for the bright sunshine that rendered the contrast between foliage, water and the shaded gully problematical. Later it poured with rain but we had left. Still, the well-known fantail of the falls downstream of Lower Bridge is evident enough.
The Falls of Bruar are a series of waterfalls on the Bruar Water in Scotland, about 8 miles from Pitlochry in the council area of Perth and Kinross. They have been a tourist attraction since the 18th century and were immortalized in a poem by Robert Burns, The Humble Petition of Bruar Water to the Noble Duke of Atholl, supposedly from the river itself entreating the Duke to plant some trees in the then barren landscape. The falls were probably formed some time in the last 10,000 years, after the retreat of the glaciers at the end of the last ice age. The waters slowly cut through the rock which had been pushed up by the geological forces which formed the Scottish Highlands some 500 million years ago. The layering of the rocks means that the water has cut a meandering path through the softer rock and left the harder rock untouched. This has led to the creation of deep pools, outcrops and, in one place, a natural arch. The falls consist of two large falls and a number of smaller drops. The water is often coloured brown from the peat through which it flows. Nowadays, the A9 Perth to Inverness road passes near the foot of the falls in Glen Garry, and there is a shopping centre and car park from where visitors may access the falls. A circular footpath leads up to the Lower Bridge, close to the natural arch, and continues on to the Upper Bridge, about 1/2 mile from the car park, before returning down the opposite bank. The total drop of the falls is about 60 metres. The narrowness of the gorge means that the falls are most impressive after heavy rain, but since the construction of a hydroelectric power scheme in the late 1940s, water is extracted farther up the river and the falls no longer reach the volumes they once did. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_of_Bruar
Even though it involves more "tall work" I guess I'll keep her anyway. Plus, a barefoot girlfriend is probably less problematic than one on stilts. Somehow I think the stores would be more ok with bare feet than bionic/robotic legs and an 8 foot tall woman. And let's face it, she'd go for the bionic version!
I'd been thinking for a while that I need to try and rebuild the truck from my old zombie hunt dio. Until now, it was the only minifig-scale modern vehicle I’d built since I was a kid. I was quite proud of it, despite some problematic geometry. I never buckled down to reengineer it, however, until meeting with some of the folks in the newly founded AFOLOKC a couple weeks ago (I’ve finally found a LUG!), who are planning a train-style layout.
We’re gonna need plenty of ‘ordinary’ vehicles, so I figured I’d try my hand. What better place to start than something I’ve effectively done before?
The basics of the nose and bed are taken from my study of my old photos, but most of the rest is effectively new, partially because I couldn’t tell it all from the pictures, and partially to make the geometry actually work.
I'm very happy with it. Now I've just gotta figure out some more compact vehicles...
Bridgepixing the Navajo Bridge, built 1929, over the Colorado River in Marble Canyon, east of the Grand Canyon. This historic bridge (on the right) is now a pedestrian only Footbridge after its twin (on the left) was built in 1995. Located near the site of the historic Lee's Ferry, this bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Navajo Bridge crosses the Colorado River's Marble Canyon near Lee's Ferry in the U.S. state of Arizona. Apart from the Glen Canyon Bridge a few miles upstream at Page, Arizona, it is the only roadway crossing of the river and the Grand Canyon for nearly 1000 km (600 mi). Spanning Marble Canyon, the bridge carries northbound travelers to southern Utah and to the otherwise inaccessible portions of Arizona north of the Colorado River, such as the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
Prior to the construction of the first Navajo Bridge, the only river crossing from Arizona to Utah was at nearby Lee's Ferry, where the canyon walls are low and getting vehicles onto the water is relatively convenient. The ferry offered only unreliable service, however, as adverse weather and flooding regularly prevented its operation.
Construction of the original Navajo Bridge began in 1927, and the bridge opened to traffic in 1929. It was paid for by the nascent Arizona State Highway Commission (now the Arizona Department of Transportation) in cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs, as the eastern landing is on the Navajo Nation. The steel spandrel bridge design was constructed by the Kansas City Structural Steel Company. The bridge is 834 feet in length, with a maximum height of 467 feet from the canyon floor. Its roadway offers an 18 foot surface width with a load capacity of 22.5 tons (although the posted legal weight limit was 40 tons). During the design phase, a wider roadway was considered, but ultimately rejected, as it would have required a costly third arch to be added to the design, and the vehicles of the time did not necessitate the wider road.
In 1990, however, it was decided that the current traffic flow was too great for the original bridge, and that a new solution was needed. The sharp corners in the roadway on each side of the bridge's approach had become a safety hazard due to low visibility, and the deficiency in the original design's width and load capacity specifications were becoming problematic. The bridge had also become part of the US Federal Highway System's Route 89ALT, and it did not meet the required standards of such a road.
Deciding on a solution was difficult, due to the many local interests. Issues included preservation of sacred Navajo land, endangered plant species in Marble Canyon, and the possibility of construction pollution entering the river. The original proposal called for merely widening and fortifying the bridge, but this was ultimately rejected since this could not possibly bring it up to current federal highway standards. Replacement was then the only option, and it was eventually decided to entirely discontinue automobile use of the original bridge. A new bridge would be built immediately next to the original and have a considerably similar visual appearance, but would conform to modern highway codes.
The new steel arch bridge was commissioned by the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, and was completed in September of 1995, at a cost of approximately $15 million dollars.
The original Navajo Bridge is still open to pedestrian and equestrian use, and an interpretive center has been constructed nearby to showcase the historical nature of the bridge and early crossing of the Colorado River. The original bridge has been designated as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
(Wikipedia)
In 2003, the Yreka Western Railroad had one of the most colorful locomotives running in Northern California. A flashy Alco MRS-1 was used to work the line. Originally overhauled for service on Nevada Northern, the locomotive eventually came to YW. Because it had friction bearings, it had to be shipped to Montague on a flatcar.
In the early 2000s, YW was probably moving as much freight traffic as it had at any time in its history. A Timber Products Company mill on YW produced softwood veneer that was manufactured into plywood at another TPC plant in Grants Pass, Oregon. Timber Products worked out a deal with Central Oregon & Pacific and YW to haul the veneer by rail, instead of trucking it over the Siskiyous on I-5.
Unfortunately, the Alco's lightweight design for international service made its work on YW problematic. As the story goes, it had difficulty lugging tonnage up a hill. Both times I caught it working during 2003, it was necessary for the crew to double the grade from the Shasta River lowlands into Montague. In this image, the first cut of the train is arriving at Montague after climbing Pump House hill.
A few years later, CORP's decision to close its line over Siskiyou Summit killed the veneer traffic. Around the same time, YW packed it in and ceased operation. The Alco was cut up in Yreka during 2011. Today, these rails are idle.
... is part of the Hradschin - what is well known and not that problematic.... but: to perform this with my 24mm lens i had to hide under a rubbish bin - because there was the inner wall of the next building extremely close behind me - just in mind to dedicate this to Neil :=)))
Catching a pair of troublesome GP35's on 912 wasn't a common occurrence especially in winter when they were even more problematic than during the other seasons of the year. But it did happen rarely especially when power became tight. 727 and 722 roll east near Trout Lake with 108 cars on March 12, 1979. These two never made it to WC as they were off the roster before 1987. As an aside the building with the peaked roof to the right is an old one room school house that pretty much looks the same today and exists as a hunters cabin. My Dad actually attended school there.
The notes for this slide read: Class 56 56109 & Class 31 31430 at Immingham, 11 October 1987
Class 56 56109: There is not much to write about this engine except that it was one of the batch built at Doncaster Works and entered traffic in August 1982. It is seen here wearing its original BR Blue large logo livery, which it kept until an overhaul at Doncaster works (January 1991) saw it acquire the RF two-tone grey livery complete with Coal Sector logos and Toton cooling towers plaques. This livery lasted until April 1995, when it was given the Load Haul livery. 56109 ran its final years of service in this guise and was withdrawn in December 2003, then placed into storage at several sites (including Thornaby, Ferrybridge, and then Crewe) until it eventually fell under the cutter's torch at TJ Thomson, Stockton, during May 2011.
Class 31 31430 was built by Brush Traction at the Falcon Works, Loughborough, and entered service in April 1961 numbered D5695. Its problematic Mirrlees 12 cylinder power unit was changed for a 1470 bhp English Electric 12SVT power unit at Doncaster Works during November 1968, and the loco was reclassified as a Class 31/1. It was then renumbered to 31265 under TOPs in April 1974 but was then placed into storage at Swindon Works in October 1980 (following an accident?) and then withdrawn two months later. However, in September 1982, it was reinstated and later moved from Swindon Works to Doncaster Works, where it was fitted with ETH equipment during its conversion to Class 31/4. The loco was renumbered 31430 and returned to traffic in November 1983.
In October 1988, 31430 was named 'Sister Dora' (red nameplates) during an open day at Bescot Yard, then it was renumbered to 31530 after the ETH was isolated in December 1989, and during early 1990, it acquired the Civil Engineers' 'Dutch' livery complete with black 'Sister Dora' nameplates. Unfortunately, in November 1995, it was placed into storage at Bescot, and the nameplates were removed shortly afterwards.
After becoming an EWS loco during October 1996, it was restored to traffic (September 1997) but then returned to storage at Bescot in January 1999. June 2000 saw the loco move to Springs Branch CRDC, where it was officially withdrawn in October 2001. Fortunately, in December 2002, it then moved to Dereham, Mid-Norfolk Railway, for preservation. By now the loco was in a very faded state but was later sold (August 2013) to Martin Staniforth and moved to the Mangapps Railway Museum, where it was later restored as 31430 and renamed 'Sister Dora'. Now resplendent in its BR Blue livery, 31430 resides at the Spa Valley Railway.
(Photographer: Unknown)
35mm Slide | Date: 11 October 1987 | © TJW: ROTWSI
I captured this scene on an idyllic day in late June when it felt as if the entire summer was still before me. The days felt absurdly long. My garden was young and vibrant, lush with green foliage and the promise of hope. My visit here was a spontaneous time-out while running an errand. The sort of thing I tend to do quite often while driving. Planned getaways are problematic for me in summer, but I'm hardly even missed during quick forays such as this. And so I found myself in this rural burial ground on a sweltering day, under a brilliant sun, and welcome breezes flowing through the grass and tree limbs. I made my way along the boundary fence to a small knoll under the cool shade of a copse of trees. The oldest graves are here representing people long forgotten, decades having passed since the summers of their lives. I paused near the crest of the knoll. Sometimes they key moment is the approach to a place like this rather than the actual arrival. I had the sense this was one of those occasions. It seemed better to take in this moment from a distance rather than intrude further. Everything I could hope to take away from this experience seemed to lie before me (also a wonderful allegory for summer itself). My visit here didn't last long. Less than 15 minutes and I was on my way again. Yet I still reflect on these moments. In just a few short weeks daylight has begun to grow noticeably shorter. My garden is withering as gardens eventually do. The lush greens and sense of promise are waning. And another summer begins its inexorable drift into memory.