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Our neighbours chicken Matilda died today. I'm so sad, she was such a delightful chook. She loved cuddles and would relax into my arms while making soft coos. Her feathers so soft and sleek. She was 6 years old.
Thanks for all the love old girl.
Rest in peace sweetheart.
James Best, actor from The Dukes of Hazzard, passed away on Monday. Rest in Peace Sheriff. I took this photo of the Dukes' 'General Lee' Dodge Charger on Friday at Wheels Day in Aldershot.
I took this back in 2018. Little did I know in two years all of these buildings would be burned to the ground by what is known as the Beachie Creek Wildfire of 2020, started by a lightning strike from a storm. Located in the unincorporated community of Niagara (Oregon) this very small cut-away from highway 22 was called Little Sweden. It was down to just three buildings when this photograph was taken but there were more several years back. The little store with gas pumps was the most interesting of the three. Over the years I must have driven by this place a thousand times before I finally stopped to take a few pictures. It's very sad they're gone, now.
Niagara suffered the loss of another cherished landmark by the same wildfire. It was called the Niagara Water Wheel. I photographed it less than a year prior to the fire. Click here to view: flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/49176725652
Heathen
Steel on the skyline
Sky made of glass
Made for a real world
All things must pass
Ooo
Waiting for something
Looking for someone
Is there no reason?
Have I stared too long?
Ooo, ooo
You say you'll leave me
And when the sun is low
And the rays high
I can see it now
I can feel it die
Oooo
David Bowie
WC train 34 rips through Rudyard on September 16, 1989. A recently repainted 711 leads 6543 and 6504 and 35 cars. I was rather concerned that the outbound crew would run the pair of 45's around the 30 placing it in trail before leaving Soo yard(the crews generally preferred SD45's leading)but on this evening engineer Gary Drow choose not to. I have a 2:30 start tomorrow and no idea what the day will bring so I'm kicking off 30 Thursday a few hours early this evening:)
Her Majesty on a visit to my home town 9 years ago. Thank you for all your service over the years Queen Elizabeth II.
Moment’s Notice admires the edge of Comb Ridge as it drops down to the valley of Comb Wash. Comb Ridge (Tséyíkʼáán in Navajo) is an 80-mile long monocline ridge, running from the Abajo Mountains to Monument Valley.
The monocline of Comb Ridge is a ripple in Earth's surface associated with the uplift of the Rocky Mountains 40-70 million years ago. The steep cut in the ridge on the right is the result of erosional removal of layers by Comb Wash, exposing the layers of uplifted sandstone making up the monocline. The top of the ridge is Navajo sandstone, most apparent off to the left on the gentle slope. The main part of the cliff is Kayenta sandstone.
The human history of Comb Ridge is rich. The earliest archeological sites contain remnants of Pleistocene hunting tools and mammoth bones. Particularly notable for the wonderful art they left on the rocks are several cultures of cliff dwellers, both hunter/ gatherer and agrarian (Basketmaker to Puebloan cultures). Utes and Diné (Navajo) hunted and grazed livestock in this area, and still consider it sacred. In Diné culture Comb Ridge is considered the backbone of the Mother Earth. Comb Ridge is part of Bears Ears National Monument, though during a certain president’s tenure the area was removed from protection.
Ripping down the Exeter Subdivision from Clinton, Ontario toward the connection to the Strathroy Sub. at Hyde Park is a Canadian National plow extra. The pair of GP9's pushing Russell plow 55614 are just running "a little over" the timetable speed limit of this old branch line. What we had hoped for of getting a pile of images, yielded just this bail out for the grab shot while crossing this bridge, as it was all we could do just to keep alongside on the icy roads with this 60 mph battering ram - January 21, 1984.
Charlies Watts passed away 24th August 2021.
Drummer for The Rolling Stones. I have been listening to the Stones since , well most of my life. Today feels like the end of an era.
I saw them on TV performing this song in 1964 and fell in love with Mick Jagger aged 6. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKfN3CuFXA
Photo in my garden Stafford UK 23rd August 2021
Mick says this is a better tribute to Charlie www.youtube.com/watch?v=61jfm219ArA
One of our rough sleepers... taken some years back. A well-known young man who died suddenly on 21st October. I only heard today when I noticed a wreath hung at the place where he usually sat. So very sad!
Green Line trains meet at Madison/Wabash station on Chicago's downtown Loop Elevated. The 119 year-old station closed after the last Loop 'L' train service in the wee hours of March 16th, 2015. Here, workers can be seen preparing the station for demolition. It is to be replaced by a new, larger Washington/Wabash station- once it is opened, Randolph/Wabash station will also close.
Loved by many, my dearest loyal friend, walking companion and photo model has passed away. I miss him so much already; he will stay forever in my heart
Last Friday Foekie died at the age of 13 years old.
We will miss this wonderful dog!
Picture taken June 4, 2015.
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris France - 1976 - Architects: Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers (Architects: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, Peter Rice, Su Rogers, Gianfranco Franchini, Mike Davies)
Tribute: Richard Rogers [Jul 23, 1933 - Dec 18, 2021 (age 88)]
www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15451-tribute-richar...
www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/12/19/l-architecte-ri...