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Continuing with our local small town Post Office problems, is this somewhat larger PO in Farnham, Richmond County, Virginia. As you can see there are three parking spaces in front of the PO which abut the main road (on which I am standing to take the picture.) The problem here is obvious to anyone reading the sign which says “No Backing into Highway.”
So here I am pulled head first into my parking spot. I was easily able to get into this larger PO to return my damaged fishing rod. Now it is time to leave, but the sign says I can’t back into the highway. Luckily I have a button marked Levitation on my dashboard which allows my car to rise straight up, turn 90 degrees and plop right down on the highway.
Why not pull into that little alleyway on the left you say. There is a sign that covers that as well. On the left side of the building is a sign that says “No Parking in Driveway.” To the right of the building is room for the Postal Worker’s car and maybe one other.
So here we have a nice size rural Post Office which is too far to walk to, but impossible to get to by car if you need to park. Hmmm! Food for thought.
Minka wanted to sit outside and enjoy the sunshine today, but it was VERY hot and bright, so she took an umbrella to give her a little shade. :)
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday, Everyone!
Explore #267, November 17th, 2009.
After exploring the North West section of Skye for the day we ended up here at the Neist Point Lighthouse. This is the most western point of the island.
To reach the lighthouse requires a 15 to 20 min walk down a very steep flight of stairs but the view was stunning.
We stayed in this location until there was virtually no light left, so have a good few shots from this location.
Score (noun).
1. A usually numerical record of a competitive event;
2. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain;
3. A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction;
4. The written form of the composition for orchestral or vocal parts;
5. The music written for a movie or a play;
And many other definitions in our life...
Life is a competition. And in this competition, in this game with a name LIFE everyone has a SCORE.
Sometimes your score is even more important than you. For some individuals your score is only a characteristic of your personality...
Look around and you see what's going on... Here is the mirror. It doesn't like you and says: Get out, don't look at me! Here are the people. They don't like you and say: Get away, you're damaging our landscape! Here is the person. He doesn't know you and not talking to you. He has no any interest to you because he doesn't know your LIFE SCORE...
But somewhere are different mirrors, and different people, and different person. They will be able to see the most important things in your personality. And they will say: How wonderful are you, stay with us... Just find these people - it's not so difficult...
Life... competition... game... numbers... score... What's more important than you, yourself, for yourself, and all around you...
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57mannequins from deviantart.com for this "little man"
thatestock from deviantart.com for the "torso mannequin";
Falln_Stock from deviantart.com for the antique piano from the Texas museum.
The middle mannequin - from last Christmas window decoration of Bergdorf & Goodman store in New York
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Explore front page, #12, 02/19/09
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
After the Republic of Dubrovnik acquired the Pelješac in 1334, it required the protection of Ston. First, in thirty years, one of the longest defense walls in Europe was erected on one side of the peninsula, and according to a unique project, two new towns were planned: southern Ston and northern Little Ston with the aim of encompassing people to preserve the boundaries and work in solanas the state had acquired. Between 1461 and 1464, the Florentine architect Michelozzo commissioned the building of the wall by the order of the Dubrovnik Republic. The Great Wall is 1200 m long, and was built to ensure protection from neighbours. The chronicles state that the construction of the wall lasted for 18 months and cost 12,000 ducats.
The fortress of Ston was one of the largest construction projects of the time, with an original length of 7000 m, consisting of the walls of Ston and Little Ston. The Great Wall consists of three fortresses, and the walls and fortresses are flanked by 10 rounds of 31 squares and 6 semi-circular bastions. The complex defense corps has been shaped over the course of four centuries, due to the development of weapons.
The walls were of great importance because they were defending the saltworks that gave 15,900 ducats every year to the Dubrovnik Republic, the shellfish farm and the city itself.
In 1667, about 0.5 km of walls was destroyed in a catastrophic earthquake, and the walls were significantly damaged in the earthquakes in 1979 and 1996.
In 2004, work on the restoration of obsolete walls was started, with the aim of facilitating visits to the area between Ston and Little Ston. It was assumed that the works would be completed by May 2008, but only the original part of the Ston Bridge was rebuilt. The reconstruction of the Great Wall in Ston, worth about five million kuna (€673,000), was completed, and it was announced that the stone walls with public entrance fee will be opened in May 2009.
The Golden Spectral of Leadership
Leaders require their followers to possess three essential qualities: competence, reliability, and moral goodness. Those who fail to demonstrate these traits cannot gain their leaders' trust. However, when followers exhibit these qualities, they establish a foundation of trust that enables their leaders to pursue ambitious goals, make dreams a reality, and inspire others.
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He couldn't remember. Not his name, not his family, not even his birth date or why he was so angry. No country of origin, no phone numbers, no friends or pets or past loves. All he got were error messages, like so many little blinking caution lights that lit up his brain.
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Cyborgs don't need to remember.
A day with Just Jane. An amazing experience and sounds from an aeroplane that represented this country in its hours of need if required. I believe this particular plane never saw active service during the war.
Kenosha bound Metra / Union Pacific North Line train 118 approaches Grace and Ravenswood. A most grubby but interesting afternoon on Chicago's north side.
I couldn't believe my luck at the wildlife refuge today! This magnificent coyote just stood there for several minutes posing for me in a little garden of flowers!
Thanks Frazz46 for the title suggestion!
Thanks, Mike Jones, for the constructive criticism. I cropped it. I wanted the log still in, so that also required flipping the photo the other way to get a good orientation.
Cigarette, newspaper, Coke, no iPad required... a grab shot, and I mean grab... walking, focussing on cigarette, wide open, recompose, shoot... and keep moving along Lansdowne Row. Captured on a Leica M Bespoke 1-1 Workshop in London, no break in step.
LEICA M9 • 160 ISO • 35mm f1.4 Summilux-M ASPH v2 • Lightroom: Sin City
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No, this Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine didn't require a visit to the Rockies but only a simple walk to our front yard to my wife's garden. IMHO this is really a beautiful flower having so many elements to it.
I photographed this flower with the new Lensbaby Soft Focus II optic. I really like the soft effect it provides. Two photos were blended in Photoshop to pull out more detail in the flower's center.
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. A feeling I know too well - enjoy!
most of it in the form of perspiration :-) Lou Erickson
Shasta daisy, 'Becky', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina
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After spending an hour or more trawling the internet I have stilled failed to identify this 0-4-0 diesel industrial shunter standing in the yard at Andrew Briddon‘s works, Darley Dale, Peak Rail, 26th August 2020. Any information regarding this locomotive gratefully received.
My thanks to Peter Briddon for providing the identity as Yorkshire Engine works no, L173 rebuilt from a Hunslet 0-4-0DH works no. 9225 in 2001 and arrived in December 2019 for contract repair. Since 2001 it has spent time at the Asfordby Test Centre when the facility was in Alstom hands, moved to Alstom Edge Hill when Alstom moved out of Asfordby post-Pendolino testing and then Stonebridge Park.
weather radar not required to spot this lone scoundrel terrorizing north eastern Taiwan (in the vicinity of Taoyuan Airport)
The first run did not cross the bridge into Havre de Grace because of an oncoming NS coal empty that would complicate the required crossover move at CP Grace. KP 2025 was instead stopped short of the bridge at the Perryville MARC station. Once we figured out dispatcher/ train conversation we headed the Furnace Bay Golf Course for this view.
The classic view of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park. It required patience, a line of photographers waiting for people to stop walking on the arch. I chose a tighter composition, focusing on the arch and the distant landscape.
A Little Blue Heron (Florida caerulea) along the Anhinga Trail off the Ingraham Highway in the Everglades, Florida.
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Happy Macro Monday!
I've passed on the last few Macro Monday challengers as I've been busy moving. As part of the moving process, I've been assembling a lot of different pieces of furniture, lamps, etc. Figured I could use some of the small hardware to make a heart.
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My first move from number taking to photography was too black and white using a Hanimex Compact non SLR “point and shoot” camera with a 40mm lens of dubious quality around the edges of the frame.
Unfortunately, I have no records of that time and therefore we have a mystery Class 46 Peak stabled in York sometime in 1974. Any ideas on the identity of the Class 46 gratefully received.
After due consideration I have come to the conclusion that this is 46053.
Locomotive History
Fifty-six Class 46 locomotives were built at Derby Works between 1961 and 1963 with withdrawals commencing in 1978 and all had been taken out of service by 1984. 46053 was delivered as D190 in January 1963 allocated to Gateshead MPD and apart from two spells at Holbeck in 1963/64 and 1967-70 it would spend the rest of its career at Gateshead where it would remain until withdrawn during February 1981. Following withdrawal it was moved to Derby Works and broken up during July 1981
Hanimex Compact, Ilford FP4
Of all the times through the years I have been down to the sea to take winter pictures, I think this was the fastest one to make my fingers as good as useless.
"Only" - 16 C (it was over -40 C up north last night) today but a stubborn wind that made it feel so much colder.
Beach of HUS, Hanko, southernmost town in Finland.
(picture taken with the phone's camera)
40058 heads through Heaton to the east of Newcastle with 7S41, the Haverton Hill to Leith Ammonia Tanks train on 31st May 1984.
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This enormous engine was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1941 for the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Ridge railroad, one of the primary iron ore hauling railroads in Minnesota. Iron ore is heavy, and combined with the railroads steep grades, made transporting this material from the mines to the Great Lakes a tricky task and required great amounts of power. Indeed, even the 2-8-8-0 locomotives - the most powerful ones of the DM&IR's roster - needed a helping hand.
The DM&IR decided to build eight engines that would be similar to the Western Pacific's 2-8-8-2's. These new engines were built with large fireboxes and all-weather cabs requiring a second axle to be added on the rear truck. This arrangement earned them the name "Yellowstones" and were the most powerful engines of this type, producing 140,000 lbf of tractive effort.
Although the 225 is called a "Yellowstone", footplate crews called it a "Mallet" after Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet. Mallet introduced locomotive articulation, in which the rear engine is rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front engine rides on a separate truck attached to the rigid rear frame by a pivot so that it can swing from side to side.
The first eight were delivered in 1941 and performed beyond the DM&IR's expectations, who ordered another ten of these engines in 1943. The engines performed so well that several were loaned out to the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad for use on their Tennessee Pass route. The Rio Grande heralded the engines as being the best ones to operate.
The engines began fading into obscurity as dieselization took hold. After an accident on Tennessee Pass, the loaned engines were returned. Afterwards the DM&IR began scrapping them, only saving three of the later batch.
The DM&IR donated #225 to the city of Proctor on the 25th of March, 1963, and put on display at Charles E Carlson Park, where it remains today.
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I only required three pom poms to make my necklace and yet my obsessive desire to make the perfect pom pom resulted in erm....many.
i did a little blog post here if you're interested...
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One of Sanders Services fleet of VDL SB200 chassis/Wright Solar bodied B44F buses stands in the rain in Wells next the Sea, 29th October 2020. This was a rather rushed shot using the camera on my Samsung A7 phone as I was on my way back to our accommodation from the local supermarket loaded down with shopping. Unfortunately, I failed to ensure that I had a shot of the vehicle registration and therefore which of the fleet of nine VDL’s (400-408) this is I can not say.
I have searched the internet and have noticed the Sanders Services branding on this vehicle is not the standard branding and not on any photograph I can find, perhaps someone can identify this vehicle from this branding.
After further studies I am 99% certain this is 408 (YJ60 GDX)
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Spending your final years with a bucket on your head probably isn't what this boat would have hoped for!