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I played with HotWheels as a kid. The looping tracks were so much fun to send the cars through. I can remember playing outside, building a small city, with dirt roads for the cars to “drive” around on. Too bad there are no photos. I used bricks and rocks to represent buildings and snapped off pieces of shrubbery to stick in the ground to represent trees. Thanks for the memory in this weeks theme.
This toy belongs to a friends 4 year old son, who gave me this and another toy car to photograph in London a few months ago. So cool how the paint is chipped and looks like it has been played with. I haven’t retuned them yet after my trip, and was happy to use HotWheels in this weeks theme. HMM
Toy car measures 2-5/8” long
Bentley Turbo R (1985-97) Engine 6750cc V8 Turbo Production 7230 (+ 252 Turbo RT's 1997-99)
Chassis Number : SCBZR03C7SCH55141
Registration Number BIG 5728 (Fermanagh, Northern Ireland)
BENTLEY SET
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The Bentley Turbo R was a high-performance model it initially inherited the turbocharged engine from the Mulsanne Turbo and also sported a retuned suspension and wider tires on alloy wheels, a first for a Bentley. From the 1987 model year (20,000 series chassis numbers), however, the Turbo R's V8 engine was retuned with fuel injection for added torque.
A New Turbo R model was introduced in 1995. Changes included Zytek fuel injection and appearance modifications. There was also a special version for the German market, the Turbo R Sport, which featured the Continental T's sporty alloys and carbon-fibre rather than walnut panels inside
This car was offered for sale by auction, at the H+H, Pavilion Gardens Buxton, 27.04.2022 selling for £ 11,250 including buyers premium
This car was offered for sale by auction, at the H+H, Pavilion Gardens Buxton, 27.04.2022 selling for £ 16,312 including buyers premium
Diolch am 93,396,751 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 93,386,751 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 27.04.2022 at the H+H Auction, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton 159c-006
Here is a bonus shot of M-TPTP from last Friday as it clicked of MP 28 on the UP Kansas Sub retuning west to Topeka with some pulls from the industries in Bonner and Edwardsville.
Soesterberg, 15 August 1980
A scan of one of my oldest photos.
On this day a squadron exchange started between Canadian F-104s from Germany and F-15s of the 32nd TFS. Eight Starfighters arrived and taxied by. A few were still in the old 'olive drab' camouflage.
104658 went to the Turkish Air Force, survived and retuned to Canada. It's now preserved in Turkish AF colours in the Canadian Air Land Sea Museum in Markham (Ontario).
Him.
And so, the story goes. I took a stroll through the garden of good and evil and I saw her sitting on a leaf. I retuned a few minutes later to find this this character just hanging around on another leaf. A more searching and I happened upon the Monarch Instar and captured that we gem. When I returned to the previous area, I discovered a Him and a Her hanging around as well. Anyway, you get the picture. I think that these are just your old basic Bird Grasshoppers but hope that someone will correct me if I’m wrong. Sorry that these are in reverse order, but that’s just the way Flickr works. I'll call this post Him, Her and Them.
Thanks Brody for the ID.
DSC07063uls
Headed up past Pemberry to hook up with a fellow photogapher mate and have a quick look around for some spots to capture the mist
Certainly some interesting spots in this area which I shall be retuning too, but here is a shot I quite liked of a barn with the mist in the distance.
Probably one of my earliest photos taken on a school trip to Crewe Works on 4.6.1961 when I logged 251 locomotives at the works and Crewe North Shed (5A) This photo was taken in the scrapping area of Crewe Works where 52093 was acting as works shunter.
Below is a history of locomotive class 27 of which 52093 was a member.
LMS BR (Ex L&YR) Aspinall Class 27 0-6-0
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway class 27 was by far the most numerous class with 385 locomotives being built at Horwich between 1889 & 1918. These where built mainly for freight but were also seen on passenger workings.
When Aspinall rebuilt most of the smaller Barting Wright class 25s into saddle tanks (Class 23) he used 200 of their tenders which were still of no age for these new class 27 locomotives, the rest receiving new tenders. The class 27 being a more powerful (3F) having 5ft 1-inch wheels compared to the class 25 (2F) with 4ft 6-inch wheels.
Commencing in 1911, Hughes started rebuilding some of the class 27 with Belpair fireboxes, 46 in total with the vast majority staying in original condition. Hughes went onto build the class 28 mostly with Belpair fireboxes though the first batch has round top fireboxes. Both where superheated with the last five being reverted back to the original 1889 specification, possible using spare parts.
28 of the class 27s where sent to France during the first world war for service with the R.O.D, all of the locomotives later being retuned and put back into service.
The first withdrawals came in 1931. Crewe works had eight of the 0-6-0s lasting into 1962 for shunting work with Locomotive Nº52093 lasting the longest in-service at 72.5 years.
Full Moon rising over Yosemite Valley…friend and fellow Flickr member Bill Birtwhistle and I went on a spontaneous Yosmite Vally shoot to capture the fresh snowfall. This was one of the final shots of the day on our way back home. I left home at 3:30am and retuned at 10:00PM in an attempt to capture the incredible beauty of the magical place. Bill lives signficantly closer and was kind and generous enough to show me the sights… To view his amazing photos from all over the world go to: www.flickr.com/photos/12496504@N06/
GOING: After assisting a W/B BNSF coal train, an MRL helper set, (L to R: SD70ACe-4407, SDP40R-290 & SD70ACe-4300) is retuning to Livingston at the west end of Muir Siding on Bozeman Pass. MRL 290 was built in May of 1966 as Great Northern SDP40-321.
Just a few pics before I go on my adventure.Love to all my family and friends. I will miss my flickr friends and will be retuning soon... Have a great holiday!
This is no more than a record shot of a Great Grey Shrike. It was taken back in February this year at Thursley but never posted due to poor image quality being a huge crop. It's an immature bird denoted by the barring on the breast. These winter visitors have retuned so once again they're on my wish list.
Britannia class pacific no 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' heads away in the evening light from Rowsley with the retuning 'Peak Forester' special.
Excerpt from www.rbg.ca:
RIGHT:
Donkey’s Tail
Artist: Yolanda Guttiérez
Location: Hendrie Park, Global Garden
This installation was inspired by the game Karrechtlij or Donkey’s Tail currently practiced in southern Mexico. The pre-Hispanic’s created this game with only what nature provided. It allows us to assess this activity as individuals and within our society.
Artist Statement: "This piece is inspired by the pre-Hispanic game “Donkey’s tail”. It reminds us of the origin of the game, when ancient Mexicans amused themselves with what nature offered them. It is an artistic space which encourages us to participate actively, in contact with nature through pleasure, recreation, and creativity. "
LEFT:
Tuning Fork
Artist: Laura Facey
Location: Hendrie Park, Global Garden
Laura's sculpture asks us to remember that a tuning fork can be an instrument of healing. A tuning fork vibrates the correct resonance in an unhealthy body, returning that body to its normal frequency. Thus, a healing occurs.
Artist Statement: "'She' uses the wind and earth's vibrations to retune us encouraging us to be more humane and more conscious of our role in life. My forms are metaphors. I offer them for the healing of our earth, if it were so easy."
Mercury Cougar (6th Gen) (1983-88) Engine 302 cu in (4900cc) Windsor 5.0 V8
Production 679,659
Registration Number E 62 LRY (Nottingham for Leicester)
MERCURY ALBUM
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The Mercury Cougar was marketed over eight generations between 1967 to 2002 with the exception of the 1998 model year. The model line is a diverse series of vehicles; though the Cougar nameplate is most commonly associated with two-door coupes, at various stages in its production, the model also was offered as a convertible and a hatchback. During its production as the mid-size Mercury line, the Cougar was also offered as a four-door sedan and five-door station wagon.
The sixth generation was introduced in 1983, like the fifth series it retained the Fox platform underpinnings this generation reverted back to its role as a luxury sports coupe and a counterpart for the Ford Thunderbird. Within Mercury, the Cougar was slotted above the Capri and below the two-door Grand Marquis. Along with its shift in model segment, the sixth-generation Cougar (and the Thunderbird) marked the first large-scale use of aerodynamic-intensive design for an American automobile; the Cougar/Thunderbird were the first Ford vehicles developed using computer-aided design (CAD). While styled with a notchback roofline, the 1983 Cougar was far sleeker than the 1982 Cougar XR7, reducing its coefficient of drag from 0.50 to 0.4[. This was further reduced with a mild restyle in 1987 taking the figure down to 0.36.
The sixth-generation Cougar retained the rear-wheel drive Ford Fox platform from the fifth generation. Downsized to a 104-inch wheelbase, with chassis underpinnings remaining largely unchanged
For its 1983 launch, the sixth-generation Cougar offered a 120 hp 3.8L V6 from its predecessor as a standard engine; a 130 hp 4.9L V8 made its return as an optional engine. For 1986, the V8 was changed to sequential fuel injection, increasing output to 150 hp, For 1988, the 3.8 L V6 was given multiport fuel injection, increasing output to 140 hp; the 4.9 L V8 was retuned to 155 hp
To mark its 20th year of production, the Cougar underwent an extensive mid-cycle revision for 1987 nearly every exterior panel was changed. To visually stretch the roofline, a compound-curved rear window replaced the nearly flat rear glass and the rear quarter windows were redesigned (with a curve inversely matching the windshield angle) o further distinguish the model line from the Thunderbird, the 1987 Cougar received its own grille (with a large cat emblem) front bumper cover, and aerodynamic composite headlamps
Diolch am 95,571,654 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 95,571,654 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 10.07.2022, at Walsall Classic Car Show, Walsall Arboretum, Walsall REF 161-278
Go Ahead London PVL408 (LX54GYY) on route 155 at Tooting, St George's Hospital on 30/05/2018
Seen on the only other route that some of Stockwell's remaining PVLs can run on is PVL408 on route 155, seen standing at St George's Hospital in Tooting before retuning to Elephant & Castle via Balham, Clapham Common, Stockwell and Kennington.
This vehicle still retains its old Merton blindset and thus can only run on routes 77 and 155, both of which are fairly recent transfers (the 77 moved in 2016 when the 57 was taken over and the 155 a year later when Merton got route 131)
© Omid Mossavat
The end is nigh for the 319's so 319384 ran with NSE flashes applied to the cab ends and an unofficial headboard marking the occasion seen at Wilmslow with 2F17 to Liverpool Lime Street. This unit along with 319383 was due to be towed to Newport for scrap but never made it to Edge Hill retuning to Allerton where it was caped with brake problems. Sunday 26 November 2023.
He was quite tired and retuning back home. His back was still bleeding but hardly visible in the picture.
Quite scary to watch him when walking by our safari vehicle. We stopped breathing when passing by and kept silince till he is completely disappeared. Extremely exciting to see him walking under such a stress.
Please leftclick to see in higher resulution.
EI-EZC - Airbus A-319-112 - Rossiya Airlines
(leased from GECAS)
at Duesseldorf International Airport (DUS)
c/n 2879 - built in 2006 for JuneYao Airlines (GECAS) -
operated by Rossiya from 2013 - retuned to lessor 11/2018
(Photo: G. Dickmann)
Leased from SAS Scandinavian Airlines 12. Dec 2009,retuned from lease 17. Mar 2011.
Moskovia Airlines Ceased operations August 2014.
SAS Reg:LN-RPO
Enough of Jeju City, we are retuning to the Volendam in Jeju Port.
The sun shining on the blue tinted cover on the walkway yielded an eerie futuristic aura.
We are back on the Oosterdam and the ship tenders, in a windy rough sea, are retuning the last of the Falkland Islands visitors to the ship.
The Oosterdam is about to depart heading to Punta Arenas, Chile near the tip of South America..
Out for a walk this morning in Browndown and saw a pair of Dartford warblers. Yesterday I went to have my hearing aids retuned and wow, I can hear so much more bird song. Wonderful.
Best viewed in Large.
Cropped image.
Triumph Spitfire Mk.II (1965-67) Engine 1147cc S4 OHV
Production 37,409
Registration Number KNV 549 E (Northamptonshire)
TRIUMPH ALBUM
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The Triumph Spitfire was produced as a small sportscar by Triumph over five generations between 1962-80. Originally designed by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti and introduced at the 1962 London Motor Show (Earls Court). Developed on a shortened variant of the Triumph Herald saloon/sedan's chassis, the Spitfire shared the Herald's running gear and Standard SC engine. It was manufactured at the Standard-Triumph Canley works, with approximately 315,000 produced over 18 years
The Mark II was introduced in March 1965, visually simular to the Mark 1, with a retuned engine, featuring a revised camshaft profile, water-heated intake manifold, and tubular exhaust manifold, increasing power to 67 bhp. The coil-spring design clutch of the Mark I was replaced with a Borg & Beck diaphragm spring clutch. Exterior trim featured a new grille and badges, and the interior featured revised seats, while carpeting replaced the original rubber mats.
Its base price was £550, against £505 and £515, for the BMC Austin Healey Sprite and MG Midget.
It was claimed to have a top speed of 96mph with a 0-60mph time of 14.8 seconds which was considered lively
Diolch am 82,391,602 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 82,391,602 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 05.06.2021. at Bicester Heritage Centre, Bicester, Oxon. 146-330
Pere Marquette 1225 smoking up the country side near Carland, MI on the former Ann Arbor. I am now retuning home with a full memory card and some great memories!! Enjoy!!
Her!
And so, the story goes. I took a stroll through the garden of good and evil and I saw her sitting on a leaf. I retuned a few minutes later to find this this character just hanging around on another leaf. A more searching and I happened upon the Monarch Instar and captured that we gem. When I returned to the previous area, I discovered a Him and a Her hanging around as well. Anyway, you get the picture. I think that these are just your old basic Bird Grasshoppers but hope that someone will correct me if I’m wrong. Sorry that these are in reverse order, but that’s just the way Flickr works. I'll call this post Him, Her and Them
Thank Brody for the proper ID.
DSC07056uls
We have just retuned from a week in the stunning Cairngorms, the weather wasn't great but we made the most of it none the less.
Here is one of the species of fungi we thought we may be a little late for. With some advice from a friend we managed to find a few specimens of this Devils Tooth, fortunately this one was still in good shape!
We then bumped into a very nice chap who turned out to be a local recorder of toothed fungi. He proceeded to show us dozens more specimens and half a dozen more species of toothed fungi. Unfortunately they had all gone their best but he invited us back up in the coming years and promised to show us around. He has also sent us an excellent guide he co-wrote to toothed fungi of the Cairngorms.
Peter Jacquemyn (1963° Schaerbeek) oscille en douceur entre l'art visuel et la musique. Sculpteur, il s'attaque aux troncs d'arbres à la hache et à la tronçonneuse. Ses concerts sont tout aussi spectaculaires : avec une énergie débridée, il se bat amoureusement avec sa contrebasse. C'est une bataille où tous les moyens sont bons : archets (1, 2 ou 3), canettes de soda cabossées, sacs plastiques, papier froissé, sourdines, cors, cordes réaccordées,... Tout cela fait de Peter Jacquemyn l'un des improvisateurs belges les plus intéressants avec une réputation internationale très justifiée
Peter Jacquemyn (1963° Schaerbeek) gently oscillates between visual art and music. As a sculptor, he attacks tree trunks with an ax and a chainsaw. His concerts are just as spectacular: with unbridled energy, he fights lovingly with his double bass. It's a battle where all means are good: bows (1, 2 or 3), dented soda cans, plastic bags, crumpled paper, mutes, horns, retuned strings,... All this makes Peter Jacquemyn the one of the most interesting Belgian improvisers with a very justified international reputation
We have just retuned from a week in the stunning Cairngorms, the weather wasn't great but we made the most of it none the less.
Here is one of the species of fungi we thought we may be a little late for. With some advice from a friend we managed to find a few specimens of this Devils Tooth, fortunately this one was still in good shape!
We then bumped into a very nice chap who turned out to be a local recorder of toothed fungi. He proceeded to show us dozens more specimens and half a dozen more species of toothed fungi. Unfortunately they had all gone their best but he invited us back up in the coming years and promised to show us around. He has also sent us an excellent guide he co-wrote to toothed fungi of the Cairngorms.
Visiting for the Christmas season from the KWVR, today saw Black 5 45212 in action on normal service trains. Seen here departing Orton Mere on the first trip of the day retuning from Peterborough.
This picture is #61 in my 100 strangers project.
This picture is #61 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
The latest member of those to be photographed in the 100 strangers project was seen in leather gilet and beret, all highly photogenic, a very friendly and helpful man just retuned from the store to get some suplies in these lock down times. Suitably distanced to photograph when he was nearly home, many thanks.
Half term over and the grandchildren retuned home after a week in my care and it's normal service resumed apart from work commitments that is.
A trip to Cenarth the other week saw a very full River Teifi with levels a good metre above normal. This structure in the foreground is a fishing platform for anglers.
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This is an edit of a photograph I took in March 2021. I originally did a black and white edit. I remember taking this shot as if it were yesterday. Retuning from an unsuccessful sunrise shoot at the coast, this tree in a farmers field right next to the busy A road just stood out. I had to do a U turn nip up a farmers track then get across the busy road and everything just came together. I guess it was a lucky right place right time shot.
Kestrels are a familiar sight with their pointed wings and long tail, hovering beside a roadside verge. Numbers of kestrels declined in the 1970s, probably as a result of changes in farming and so it is included on the Amber List.
They have adapted readily to man-made environments and can survive right in the centre of cities.
What they eat:
Small mammals and birds, worms and insects.
Measurements:
Length:
32-35cm
Wingspan:
71-80cm
Weight:
156-252g
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
Triumph Spitfire Mk.II (1965-67) Engine 1147cc S4 OHV
Production 37,409
Registration Number KNV 549 E (Northamptonshire)
TRIUMPH ALBUM
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623847263736...
The Triumph Spitfire was produced as a small sportscar by Triumph over five generations between 1962-80. Originally designed by Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti and introduced at the 1962 London Motor Show (Earls Court). Developed on a shortened variant of the Triumph Herald saloon/sedan's chassis, the Spitfire shared the Herald's running gear and Standard SC engine. It was manufactured at the Standard-Triumph Canley works, with approximately 315,000 produced over 18 years
The Mark II was introduced in March 1965, visually similar to the Mark 1, with a retuned engine, featuring a revised camshaft profile, water-heated intake manifold, and tubular exhaust manifold, increasing power to 67 bhp. The coil-spring design clutch of the Mark I was replaced with a Borg & Beck diaphragm spring clutch. Exterior trim featured a new grille and badges, and the interior featured revised seats, while carpeting replaced the original rubber mats.
Its base price was £550, against £505 and £515, for the BMC Austin Healey Sprite and MG Midget.
Diolch am 93,112,400 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 93,112,400 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 23.04.2022 at the Bicester Spring Scramble, Bicester, Oxfordshire 158-436
x422 heads into Fort Erie under the signal bridge protecting Duff.
The previous day the the BCOL had lead 421 into Niagara and the same set of power late went out on 531 into Buffalo. After retuning from Buffalo 3115 didn't go out on the next days 422. After spending the day chasing train around Niagara I heard the crew of this x422 dial up for a light to Fort Erie, and fortunately I was lucky enough to get them a few times.
@ SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES [ SY / SCX ] USA
BOEING 737-83N(WL) - msn 28249 / 1123
• ENG : 2x CFMI CFM56-7B27
• REG : N831SY
• PAX : Y186
@ AIRCRAFT HISTORY
• 24.APR.2002 : First flight / Renton (KRNT)
• 07.MAY.2002 : Delivered / American Trans Air / N321TZ
• 19.MAR.2003 : Tfd / ATA Airlines / N321TZ
• 03.APR.2008 : WFU / Returned to ILFC
• 26.JUN.2008 : Leased / Air Algérie / TC-SGF
• 11.APR.2010 : Leased / Saga Airlines / TC-SGF
• 09.FEB.2011 : Retuned / ILFC / N151LF
• 06.JUL.2011 : Leased / Aeromexico / N860AM
• 06.AUG.2018 : WFU / Returned AerCap
• 30.NOV.2018 : Leased / Sun Country Airlines / N860AM
• 13.MAR.2019 : Re-registered / N831SY
Banded Demoiselle, surprised to notice on my computer screen that he's lost a leg, didn’t seem to bother him in any way, kept flying off to catch prey and then retuning to the same reed. E-M1/40-150mm + 1.4x TC.
Will catch up later.
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Thanks everyone for taking the time to view, comment and or fav, very much appreciated :-)
“The Watcher of the Well” (Built for the Burgomeister RELPO challenge of DA4)
Dahlia set out from Farakeen at nightfall. She was to deliver supplies to “The Watcher of the Well”. As a child, she heard stories that The Watcher was a specter who haunted the Vaulted Chasm. She was certain it was an embellished myth to keep trespassers away, and yet long journeys make for idle minds. Idle minds are where myths take root. As she crossed the Funeral Plains beneath the desert stars, she imagined the worst. Her stoic Fremen guide certainly did not offer her any reassurances.
After a long night’s journey, they arrived at the entrance to the Vaulted Chasm. First daylight crested the dunes and delivered the desert heat upon their backs. The maw beckoned them inward with its cool breath. They went inside and rested in its shadows. After a small meal, they pressed onward.
The chasm darkened and narrowed as they crept along the side-wall path. Step-by-step they trudged. Losing track of the day (or was it already night again?), an outline started to take shape around the arroyo bend. A gentle light from above softened its edges, while creeping shadows danced along the chasm walls.
They arrived at a desolate settlement built into a large scar on the rock face. There was a stone well in the central courtyard. Farther down the path was a bridge that spanned across the chasm to the other side. She noticed a solitary man standing upon the bridge, peering downward into the infinite darkness below. Hunched over the edge, he began chanting ancient words into the abyss. No echoes replied.
She pushed her misgivings aside and approached the bridge. She saw that the man was frail, feeble and blind. With his ancient form, he could certainly bear her no harm. She approached him closer. The Fremen guide grabbed her arm and put a finger to his mouth; Wait. Do not to disturb him. After some time had passed, and the old man was done with his prayer, she walked over to him on the bridge.
“Excuse me, sir. Are you “The Watcher of the Well”? We’ve come from Farakeen and have brought your supplies” … He gazed towards Dahlia’s voice with milky eyes. He raised a hand back towards the well, implying for them to be placed in the courtyard. She and the guide went back and placed the supplies where they were told.
Returning to the bridge, she inquired “If I may ask, what was that you were chanting?”
He replied back in hallowed tones, “Dear child of Arrakis, it is the penance to “Kevin the Kaiju”.”
She knew that Kevin was an old god of the sea; another ancient myth from a faraway time. “Why do you pray to a sea god, here of all places? What prayers can he answer in the middle of a desert?” She found humor in the irony.
His searching eyes stared back through her, and answered her question with another. “Do you know why the crest of Farakeen is the Golden Serpent?”
He continued; “Before our lands became an arid wasteland of desiccated dreams, it was a lush paradise. Our forebearers greedily partook of that bounty, and retuned no thanks to the old gods. This angered the gods and they brought down their wrath. It was Kevin who ravaged this land, and the sandworms are his legacy.
Kevin is the pater familias, consort to the Great Sandworms of Arrakis. His progeny are the very sandworms that both curse and bless our daily lives. We aren’t worthy to ingest the feces of the gods, and yet it is through their mercy that we ingest the excrement of their newborn children. It is the spice created from their excrement that provides us sight-beyond-sight. Our eyes turn the deep blue of the ocean abyss to remind us that it is Kevin who grants us this gift. It is He who is the “Golden Serpent”, as it is His gift has enriched our world… But that is not his only blessing…”
He paused a moment, as if listening to the stars. It was then that Dahlia finally heard faint echoes coming back from the abyss, delivering their reply back to the old man. “To answer your first question, yes. I am indeed the Watcher of the Well. When the well runs dry, it is I that calls out to Kevin to fill it once more. Floodwaters herald his return, and satiate the desert’s perpetual thirst.”
Suddenly a rush of air pushed past them, being chased by a crescendo of sound. Roaring waters teared at the chasm walls beneath them, climbing up to meet them.
Dahlia was terrified at the sound, and braced herself on the bridge. The Watcher was shaken and stumbled closer to the edge. “My child, lend me your arm. Kevin has come to us, and we must face him together. Hold onto my hand… tightly.”
She clasped his hand, and they stood together at the edge. A serpentine wave passed under the bridge, and the waters swirled at its sides. The Watcher was overcome with emotion, and knelt down at the edge. Dahlia’s hand still clutched tightly around his. Her eyes closed tightly shut.
The Watcher then spoke out in a voice that boomed like a chorus; “Kevin! Deliver your wrath upon our enemies!” With the prayer delivered, only the tribute was left to be paid. The Watcher closed his eyes, leaned forward, and fell over the side of the bridge. His grasp pulled Dahlia downward with him and into Kevin’s embrace.
This is how the 52nd “Watcher of the Well” had faithfully completed his duties. The Fremen guide, having borne witness to these events, gathered up the supplies from the well and took them into the nearest sheltered alcove… and began his duties as the 53rd “Watcher of the Well”.
So on the recommendation of my beloved SIL, I got my first canon870 about 10 years ago and fell in *love* with the way it handled macros. Because I did love it, when I had to send it out, I got a back up and then later a backup for my backup… grin. They’re all out bc I need to send one (all?) in for retuning of the screen in the back or somesuch. The repair ppl are still in business— yahoo!!
I am now in the 18th month of my 6 month experimentation of/with my iPhoneSEs’ capabilities. While I do like what it can do- macro-wise- and how readily available it is, nothing beats the 870. Methinks I’d like to get back to it (or them).