5 tbsp French butter

5 tbsp flour

2 shallots - fine dice

1 celery rib - fine dice

2 scallions - fine dice (white part only)

1 tsp sea salt

1 tsp ground white pepper

1/2 tsp ground thyme

pinch ground cloves

1 tsp smoked paprika

1 qt seafood stock

1 cup heavy cream

1 bay leaf

16 oz domestic wild-caught jumbo lump crabmeat

dash Worcestershire sauce

1/4 cup sherry

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1 tsp cayenne pepper

1 tbsp minced parsley

Melt the butter in a medium Dutch oven. Add the flour, whisking constantly to make a white roux. Add the diced aromatics and stir in; cook over medium heat until the vegetables are softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the salt, white pepper, thyme, cloves, and paprika; stir in.

Add stock to the pot about a cup at a time; each time retuning the pot to a gentle boil. Simmer for about 20-30 minutes partially covered so that the stock reduces gradually and the mixture thickens to a thin gravy consistency.

Use an immersion blender inside the pot to smooth the soup, about three minutes.

Add cream, bay leaf, and crabmeat. Gently stir in the crabmeat so as not to break up the backfin lumps.

Cook on low heat for 15 minutes but do not let it come to a full boil.

Gently stir in Worcestershire, sherry, nutmeg, cayenne, and parsley. Heat through and serve.

You can sprinkle on a little more heat like me if you wish!

Them

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 proper ID.

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As the pan-ice forms on the Matanuska River - the winter sky colors the water, turning the landscape into a magical scene. I captured this yesterday as we were retuning home from Palmer Alaska.

26037 puts the power on as it banks 37264 and its ECS, that it arrived with, out of Glasgow Queen St into the tunnel and up the near two mile 1 in 44 incline to Cowlairs.

26037s Driver, like all drivers banking out of Queen St, will shut off power and fully apply loco brake as he comes level with the old junction to Pinkston Yard, bringing loco to a stop at top of Cowlairs Bank whilst train carries on its way, either north or eastwards or in this case onto Cowlairs Carriage Siding.

Once coaches are clear the loco will be either signalled around towards Eastfield where it will go for servicing or onto Cowlairs for retuning to Queen St.

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

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).

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

Osprey retuning to Manton Bay Rutland Water.

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.

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.

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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.

The Great Blue Herons have retuned, spring is here!

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!!

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.

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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.

Class 47 diesel-electric 47500 GREAT WESTERN, in ersatz GWR green livery, approaches Norton Junction, south of Worcester, with the Red Dragon railtour retuning to Paddington on 27th July 1985.

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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

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-Jun-23.

First flown with the Embraer test registration PT-SIP, this aircraft was delivered to Crossair (Switzerland) as HB-JAC in May-20. It was sold to GECAS in Jun-00 and leased back to Crossair.

After the closure of Swissair in Oct-01 the Swiss Government merged the remains of Swissair into Crossair two days later.

Crossair was renamed Swiss International Airlines at the end of Mar-02. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in May-04 and converted to ERJ.145LR standard prior to lease to Trans States Airlines as N837HK. It was operated on behalf of United Express.

It was retuned to the lessor in Dec-08 and leased to AeroMexico Connect as XA-WAC in Jan-09. The aircraft was damaged in a runway excursion at Tijuana, Mexico in Jan-10. It was repaired and returned to service.

The aircraft was withdrawn from service, returned to the lessor and stored at Kansas City, MO, USA in May-18. It was sold to Mission Air Support in Jun-18 and remained stored until Apr-22 when it was ferried to Salina, KS, USA for further storage.

It remains stored and could be permanently retired(?) Updated 13-Jun-23.

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.

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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.

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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

Old film shot retuned

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.

www.maxthompsonphoto.co.uk

Thomas Cook LY-VEH Retuned back to manchester after take off with a problem

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