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Watching Rams, the Australian remake of the Icelandic film of the same name last night, I realised this Christmas ornament would make the perfect subject for my daily photo.
From the archives - of my drive from Maryland to Alaska.
I initially drove past several Stone Sheep on my way to Lake Watson from Fort Saint John in British Columbia near Summit Lake. I had to stop and ready my camera gear before driving back to capture images of them. This ram I found a bit later up the road when I saw movement above the road and stopped to capture his image. He gave me some great looks on an outcropping of rock a bit above the roadway, not down near the road, where I had found the previous sheep. Definitely, nicer to get him with a more natural background. Also, I can see that he's shedding his winter coat and preparing for the spring.
It was interesting to find out later that these are rare wild sheep as they are found only in British Columbia and in the Yukon. How fortunate I was to capture some nice images of them!
Taken 14 June 2017 on the Alaska Highway from Ft. Nelson to Watson Lake, Canada.
This ram made me smile peeping round the shed to keep an eye on me as l walked past the croft he was on
Bighorn Ram, Waterton Canyon, Colorado. This was taken twelve years ago with my first digital camera.
Hay sitios que merecen una visita de vez en cuando para fotografiar trenes como el de la foto, con destino a Huelva Cargas, y que gracias a esta rampa de entrada a Puertollano Mercancías hacen disfrutar de lo lindo de esta afición.
Taken in the King's Island/Mason Ohio area.
I guess I'm an old stick in the mud. I would have preferred that they still carried the historic Dodge name rather than become "RAM".
Judging from the size - and unbroken condition - of this bighorn ram's horns, he's an adult, but relatively young.
It's nice to see a healthy sheep herd. As a species they're vulnerable to highly contagious bacterial pneumonia, thought to be spread from domestic sheep. So far, the Yellowstone herds have been spared.
WAT PHRA RAM (วัดพระราม)
Wat Phra Ram is a restored ruin located in the Historical Park of Ayutthaya in Pratu Chai Sub-district .
The exact time of its construction is not known as the various Chronicles of Ayutthaya
give different timings of its construction. The oldest version, the Luang Prasoet, written
during the Late Ayutthayan era, states its establishment in 1369. Wat Phra Ram was the first constructed temple at the time King Ramathibodi I passed away.
The whole kingship is about the possession of great religious merit. Central to Buddhism,
but especially to Theravada is the acquisition of "Bun" (lit: merit). The concept of merit
was based on the law of karma (Th: kam) and was in fact the basis for the Theravada
Kingship. Constructing a temple was regarded as highly meritorious and the deed that
brought most merit. By donating the site to the monkhood, the king could acquire merit
at the same time as he showed his reverence for his predecessor or royal ancestor,
commemorated in the temple. To deposit the remains of a former king inside a prang or
chedi would also ensure his eventual rebirth as a Buddha.
The infamous shacks along the lake foreshore were built around 1948. The Milang Progress Association controlled the area until the local Council resumed control in 1967. Despite government threats to their existence the shack owners have had several reprieves and they are still there.
for macromondays theme: metal
I was going to use this shot of a truck hood ornament for last week's curve theme, but I decided to post two other photos, which showed more unusual examples of curves. Feeling lucky that it works for this week's theme, too.
Five bighorn rams in a huddle, Montana, October 2025. Huddling is a pre-rut behavior where rams use gentle touching for communicating dominance hierarchy.
We were lucky enough to have several close encounters with wildlife on our trip to Wyoming and Yellowstone. Although Bighorn Sheep are a common sight in the area, they are not always this close. This handsome fellow was right by the road and the photo was taken through the window of our truck. While this is not a perfect capture, the texture and curl of his horns and the damaged tips are really something, aren't they?
These two rams chose the highest feature around to bed down at mid-day. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
La rame de tête continue sur Toulouse tandis que celle de queue se dirige vers Arcachon ; elles sont séparées en gare de Bordeaux St Jean.
Something new and rare for me. At the Canadian War Museum. Probably a precursor to the modern APCs of today. The term "Ram Kangaroo" is derived from two sources. "Kangaroo" is the nickname given to a series of APCs designed by the Canadian army in 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. The infantry was often forced to move on foot, which made it vulnerable to enemy fire and prevented it from advancing at the same speed as the armored vehicles. Canadian Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds ordered the conversion of M7 (Priest) self-propelled guns into APCs. With their 105 mm gun removed, these vehicles could carry twelve soldiers. They were nicknamed "Priest Kangaroos," and their success led the army to retrofit a number of "Ram" tanks and convert them into "Kangaroo" APCs. Produced in large numbers, but replaced by the Sherman tanks, the "Ram" tanks were seldom being used by the army. Their turret was removed to enable them to accommodate twelve infantrymen. The "Ram Kangaroos" rapidly replaced the "Priest Kangaroos." The "Ram Kangaroo" had a crew of two. They were armed with a .30cal machine gun.