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I don't have a Christmas pic to post this year, but I wish all my Flickr Friends and Contacts a wonderful Christmas season and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Figsard Lighthouse / Fort Rodd Hill,
Colwood, B.C.
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A few moments later than my previous upload, (Fort Rodd Hill, Victoria, BC).
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Lo que cuenta no son los años que hubo en su vida; sino la vida que hubo en sus años
Abraham Lincoln
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Photo : J’apprends incidemment le décès de mon contact de Flickr Tullio Roda, de Trieste, Italie, à 96 años. Pas un ami, mais un homme bon, gentil et entier. Je ne sais pas comment c’est arrivé, ni quand. Sa dernière photo postée (il y a quatre mois) c’était une fleur. C’est avec une fleur que je lui rends hommage.
Foto: Flores paea un contacto difunto. Me entero incidentemente del fallemiento de uno de mis contactos flickeros, Tullio Rodda, de Trieste (Italia), con 96 año. No era verdaderamente un amigo pero recuerdo su amabilidad, era un Señor, un viajante del corazón. No sé como sucedió esto, ni cuando. Sé que la última foto subida representaba una flor y es con una flor con lo que deseo rendirle homenaje.
Sono tornato a Trieste nella mia casa, dove ho compiuto 96 anni e ho ripreso a vivere da solo con qualche aiuto. La mia attuale mobilità non mi consente molti esterni, ma trovo sempre soggetti fotografici e cerco di imparare osservando i lavori degli altri amici di Flikr (Tullio Rodda, en su perfil de Flickr).
Anch'io confermo quanto scritto da Beverleyplaya, Tullio Rodda è uno dei pochi membri di flickr che si prende il tempo di guardare le foto altrui, i suoi commenti sono sempre attenti e riflessivi, graditi e apprezzati. Sono molto contenta di averlo incontrato tra i milioni di utenti che usano questa piattaforma perchè è un piacere sfogliare la sua galleria, leggere i suoi commenti e se guarderete le sue info vi stupirete che alla sua età sia così in gamba, moderno, generoso e bravo! Auguro a me stessa di arrivarci come lui !! (Patrizia Molinari, Flickr, palabras sobre T. R.)
*Rooder Maar zur Morgendämmerung*
Rodder Maar is a small lake of volcanic origin (a "Maar") in the East Eifel.
This bird was first found by my friend Ian Cruickshank yesterday at Ford Rodd Hill Lighthouse. I relocated it today at 1:30 pm in the same spot. It made it's Song Sparrow like call which you can hear here on the video I made by clicking this link:
This is the first record for Vancouver Island. Any Winter Wren record is rare in southern BC but especially in winter.
Nach der Androhung eines Besuchersturms in die Eifel beim letzten Bild zeige ich nun, wie es wirklich ist. Also bitte alle schön zu Hause bleiben :-)
(Selbstverständlich sind alle gerne in die Eifel bei uns zu Hause eingeladen, auf einen Kaffee oder ein Bier, bevorzugt in der wärmeren und virenärmeren Jahreszeit Physiater [aka] ed gonzalez ).
After the threat of a storm of visitors in the Eifel in the last picture, I now show how it really is. So please all stay at home :-)
(Of course, everyone is invited to our home in the Eifel, for a coffee or a beer, preferably in the warmer and less virus-free season).
A Dark-eyed Junco pauses briefly with a trove of nesting material before taking it to add to a structure hidden among grasses on the ground. This bird was seen at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site near Victoria on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Built in 1860, Fisgard Lighthouse was the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada and it is still in operation, though not manned anymore.
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And one day I'll figure out how to expose a moon so it doesn't look like a light bulb.
Victoria, B.C.
1855
Fisgard Lighthouse
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Vancouver Island
Canada
The first lighthouse on Canada's west coast is still in operation. Fisgard Lighthouse is one of Canada's National Historic Sites. There hasn't been a keeper here since the light was automated in 1929, but every year many thousands of visitors step inside a real 19th century lighthouse and capture some of the feeling of ships wrecked and lives saved.
The Straight of Juan de Fuca almost always has a ship passing by, from small sailing vessels, to enormous cargo ships, and the proximity of the Canadian Navy base means that military craft of several nations can often be seen at close range.
Enjoyed paddling out to Rodd Island on the weekend - took my camera with me and got some nice long exposure pictures
Fort Rodd Hill
Victoria, B.C.
Neil Young expressed in his album "Rust Never Sleeps":
"It's better to burn out
than it is to rust".
That may be true for people but not so much for objects.
On the theme of Vancouver Island, here is another perspective of the lighthouse that is part of the Fort Rodd Hill park we stayed at for a couple of nights. We were able to watch many activities happening in this passage way of the Pacific. We saw a huge Cruise Ship sail off at night. There were several freighters during the day as you can see if you zoom in, and a ship was anchored out from shore with all kinds of navy personnel being transported out to the ship in small water craft to do manoeuvres offshore. This was one of the more peaceful scenes just as the sun was setting.
Some interesting light in one of the tunnels in the ammunition magazine at Fort Rodd Hill.
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A fascinating but sobering visit to the armory at Fort Rodd Hill... Artillery Shells lined up and ready for action.
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Fisgard Lighthouse located in Esquimalt Harbour is worth the visit any time of the year. The lighthouse is part of the Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites near the City of Colwood.
A National Historic Site.
Built in 1860 at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour it guards the entryway to the home of the Pacific Fleet of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Fort Rodd Hill Historic Site,
Victoria, B.C.
Built in 1860, this was the first lighthouse on Canada's west coast. Though at the time it was built, British Columbia wasn't yet a part of Canada, not joining Confederation until 1871.
Back in the 19th century this small piece of land the lighthouse was situated on was remote and isolated, calling for a great deal of dedication from the lighthouse keeper and his family. The light was automated in 1927 and is still in operation, lighting the way into Esquimalt Harbour which is a home base for the Royal Canadian Navy.
Fisgard Lighthouse located in Esquimalt Harbour is worth the visit any time of the year. The lighthouse is part of the Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites near the City of Colwood.
I had a chance to revisit Fisgard Lighthouse this week. These red adirondack chairs have been placed in scenic areas of our National Parks as a place to slow down, to relax and to truly discover the best that Parks Canada has to offer. I think they chose the perfect spot.
A Canadian Armed Forces Sea King helicopter does a fly past over Fort Rodd Hill.
LR re-edit of a 2009 favourite.
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Candadian National Historic Site. This artillery fort was built in the 1890s to protect the coast and Victoria, the capital of British Columbia.
Mural by Rodd Quinn aka @roddquinn, Dreamsinc aka @dreamsinc.3 and oscar hernandez aka @zent87 for Paint Memphis 2021, seen at 710 South B.B. King Boulevard in Memphis, Tennessee.
Drone photo by James aka Urbanmuralhunter on that other photo site.
Edit by Teee
A Mule Deer mother of triplets, decided to raise her fawns on the secure grounds of Fort Rodd Hill, BC. As a result, she became quite habituated to humans, and barely took notice when a scrimmage game lost control of the ball and it landed near her.
I only wish I hadn't clipped her ears. This shot is a few years old now, and I had at the time only just received my big lens. I wasn't yet used to it's reach with larger animals. I love the strange juxtaposition of the ball in the frame, and thought you'd enjoy it too.
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A first for us with camping was staying overnight at a National Historic Site on Vancouver Island. There are about 5 Otentiks within the Fort Rodd Hill park just outside Victoria, BC. We stayed in one of them for two nights. It was off season so there were only one or two other campers staying at that time we were there. At 5:30pm the park staff close the gates around the whole park to the public, and only the campers were left inside to roam throughout the fort. It gave us some neat vantage points to shoot the lighthouse at night. It was so quiet. Although these raccoons came out at night, they were never a nuisance for campers. They seemed content to patrol the old ramparts of the fort.