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one of the shots from the shoot today.
definitely a few more to come :)
this boy has the prettiest voice that can make any person's heart melt.
this boy looks like he's having a seizure when he laughs.
this boy has been through a lot more than one would assume.
this boy has the absolute koolest eyes under the right light.
this boy is actually in grade 10.
this boy knows just what to say when you're feeling down.
work work work work work
A marker stone with graffiti at the start of the Woodland trail it connects to the Bowmanville Valley trail that runs near the Bowmanville creek at Bowmanville Valley concervation area , Martin’s photograph , Bowmanville , Ontario , Canada , April 25 2021
A marker stone with graffiti
the Woodland trail
A marker stone
A marker stone with graffiti at the start of the Woodland trail it connects to the Bowmanville Valley
We having nice a walk at Bowmanville Valley trail in the Bowmanville Valley concervation area
We having nice a walk at Bowmanville Valley trail
in the Bowmanville Ontario
We having nice a walk at Bowmanville Valley trail
Tamarack tree
tree with small cones
Bowmanville Valley trail
Bowmanville Valley concervation area
Martin’s photographs
Bowmanville
Ontario
Canada
April 2021
Alder tree
Elder tree with small cones at Bowmanville Valley trail in the Bowmanville Valley concervation area
IPhone XR
Alder tree with small cones at
Bowmanville Valley trail in the Bowmanville Valley concervation area
Favourites
Alder tree
Bowmanville creek
St Giles' Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. Its distinctive crown steeple is a prominent feature of the city skyline, at about a third of the way down the Royal Mile which runs from the Castle to Holyrood Palace. The church has been one of Edinburgh's religious focal points for approximately 900 years. The present church dates from the late 14th century, though it was extensively restored in the 19th century, and is protected as a category A listed building. Today it is sometimes regarded as the "Mother Church of Presbyterianism". The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Giles, who is the patron saint of Edinburgh, as well as of cripples and lepers, and was a very popular saint in the Middle Ages. It is the Church of Scotland parish church for part of Edinburgh's Old Town.
St Giles' was only a cathedral in its formal sense (i.e. the seat of a bishop) for two periods during the 17th century (1635–1638 and 1661–1689), when episcopalianism, backed by the Crown, briefly gained ascendancy within the Kirk (see Bishops' Wars). In the mediaeval period, prior to the Reformation, Edinburgh had no cathedral as it was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of St Andrews, whose episcopal seat was St Andrews Cathedral. For most of its post-Reformation history the Church of Scotland has not had bishops, dioceses, or cathedrals. As such, the use of the term cathedral today carries no practical meaning. The "High Kirk" title is older, being attested well before the building's brief period as a cathedral.
The oldest parts of the building are four massive central pillars, often said to date from 1124, although there is very little evidence to this effect. In 1385 the building suffered a fire and was rebuilt in the subsequent years. Much of the current interior dates from this period. Over the years many chapels, referred to as 'aisles', were added, greatly enlarging the church and leaving it rather irregular in plan. In 1466 St Giles was established as a collegiate church. In response to this raising of status, the lantern tower was added around 1490, and the chancel ceiling raised, vaulted and a clerestory installed. By the middle of the 16th century, immediately before the Reformation arrived in Scotland, there were about fifty side altars in the church, some of which were paid for by the city's trade incorporations and dedicated to their patron saints.
Knox preaching in the High Kirk
At the height of the Scottish Reformation the Protestant leader and firebrand John Knox was chosen minister at St Giles by Edinburgh Town Council and installed on 7 July 1559. A 19th-century stained glass window in the south wall of the church shows him delivering the funeral sermon for the Regent Moray in 1570. The reformer was buried in the kirkyard of St Giles on 24 November 1572 in the presence of the Regent Morton who, at his graveside, uttered the words, "There lies one who neither feared nor flattered any flesh". A bronze statue of Knox, cast by Pittendrigh MacGillivray in 1904, stands in the north aisle.
During the Reformation the Mary-Bell and brass candlesticks were scrapped to be made into guns and the relic of the arm of St Giles with its diamond finger ring (acquired in 1454) and other treasures were sold to the Edinburgh goldsmiths Michael Gilbert and John Hart, and the brass lectern to Adam Fullerton, for scrap-metal. By about 1580, the church was partitioned into separate preaching halls to suit the style of reformed Presbyterian worship for congregations drawn from the quarters of Edinburgh. The partition walls were removed in 1633 when St Giles became the cathedral for the new see of Edinburgh. In that year King Charles I instructed the Town Council.
Whereas (...) we have, by the advice of the chiefest of our clergy (...) erected at our charges a bishopric of new, to be called the Bishopric of Edinburgh; and whereas to that purpose it is very expedient that St Giles Church, designed by us to be the Cathedral Church of that bishopric, be ordered as is decent and fit for a church of that eminency (...) and not to be indecently parcelled and disjointed by walls and partitions, as it now is, without any warrant from any of our royal predecessors. Our pleasure is that with all diligence you cause raze to the ground the east wall in the said church, and that likewise you cause raze the west wall therein, between this and Lammas ensuing.
The effect was only temporary. The internal partitions were restored in 1639 and, after several re-arrangements, lasted until the Victorian 'restoration' of 1881-3.
On Sunday 23 July 1637 efforts by Charles I and Archbishop Laud to impose Anglican services on the Church of Scotland led to the Book of Common Prayer revised for Scottish use being introduced in St Giles. Rioting in opposition began when the Dean of Edinburgh, James Hannay, began to read from the new Book of Prayer, legendarily initiated by the market-woman or street-seller Jenny Geddes throwing her stool at his head. The disturbances led to the National Covenant and hence the Bishops' Wars; the first conflicts of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which included the English Civil War. The 18th-century historian of Edinburgh, William Maitland, relying on the records of Edinburgh's Town Council, described the scene in the following passage which reflects his monarchist sympathies,
The St Giles Riot of 1637
King Charles I. being resolved to put in execution his darling scheme, of having all his people of the same religion, ordered a liturgy, or service book, with one of canons, to be prepared, for the use of the Scottish Church, which being accordingly performed, his Majesty, without further ceremony, issued a proclamation for the due observance of them throughout Scotland. This being impolitickly done, without the Privity of the Secret Council, or general approbation of the clergy; they were regarded as foreign impositions, devised by Archbishop Laud, and forced upon the nation by the sole authority of the King; which occasioned great heart-burnings and mighty commotions amongst the people. (...) And the twenty third [of July] being the day appointed for its reading in St Giles’s Church; in the morning of that day, the usual prayers were read by Patrick Henderson the common Reader; which were no sooner ended, than Henderson, by way of farewel, said to his auditory, Adieu good people; for I think this is the last time of my reading prayers in this place, which occasioned a great murmuring in the Congregation. (...) No sooner had James Hannay, Dean of Edinburgh, appeared in his surplice, and began to read the service, than a number of women, with clapping of hands, execrations, and hideous exclamations, raised a great confusion in the church, which Dr. Lindsay Bishop of Edinburgh willing to appease, stept into the pulpit, and reminded people of the sanctity of the place: But this, instead of calming, inraged them to such a degree that Janet Geddes, a furious woman, ushered in the dreadful and destructive civil war, by throwing a stool at the Bishop’s head: And had it not been for the magistrates of Edinburgh, who turned out the frantick multitude, they would probably have murdered him; but such was the noise without, by knocking at the doors, throwing stones in at the windows, and incessant cries of Pape, Pape, Antichrist, pull him down, that the said magistrates were obliged to go out to appease their fury. But the populace watching his return homewards, renewed the assault, that, had he not been rescued by a superior force, they would undoubtedly have dispatched him. Thus began those horrible troubles, which ended in the destruction of the King, subversion of the Church and State, and loss of the rights and liberties of the people.
Beautiful Peonies at the annual Peony festival held at the Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens also there is beautiful trail and creek that runs through the Oshawa Valley concervation area , Martin’s photographs , Oshawa , Ontario , Canada , June 17. 2020
Rotary bridge
Rotary bridge plaque
Plaque
Having a walk on this beautiful autumn day on trail
Eastbourne park
large trees
edited photograph
Having a walk
autumn
Bridge
Oshawa creek
Bridge across Oshawa creek
trail in Eastbourne park
trail in Eastbourne park in Oshawa
Alliums
Lilacs in the Kinsman Valley view park
Kinsman Valley view park
Lilac trees
Peony
Peony Festival
Botanical gardens
Oshawa Botanical gardens
Martin’s photographs
Edited photograph
Oshawa
Ontario
Canada
June 2020
Gazebo
Gazebo at the Oshawa Botanical Gardens
Peony Festival at the Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens
Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens
Oshawa Valley
IPhone XR
Favourites
Hosta
Hosta collection
Oshawa Garden Club Hosta Collection
Oshawa Garden Club
Martin’s photographs
Cropped photograph
Alliums and Peonies at the Annual Peony Festival in Oshawa
October 2016
Trail in Oshawa conservation area
Having a walk
large trees
IPhone 6
We having nice a walk at Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens trail in the Oshawa Valley concervation area
June 2021
IPhone XR
Park bench
Lilac
Alliums
Peonies
Annual Peony Festival in Oshawa
Lilacs in the Kinsman Valley view park
4144 runs through Little Rock on the Severn Valley Railway. Taken on a photo event arranged by 30742 Charters.
A rescue operation is under way after a 16,000-tonne Russian cargo ship the Kuzma Minin ran aground off Gyngvase beach in Cornwall in the early hours of the morning of Tuesday 18th December .
The coastguard believes that strong gale force winds overnight caused the ship to drag its anchor and become stranded on the beach despite all te efforts of the crew. Locals have been warned to keep off the beach as rescuers attempt to re-float the vessel.
The 16,000-tonne Kuzma Minin is a cargo ship and has about 18 crew members on board and it was reported to have set off from the Dutch port of Terneuzen and was carrying no cargo.
There are hopes the carrier can be re-floated at 1300hrs on at high tide. Three AP tugs from Falmouth are preparing to try and tow her off the beach.
Lake States train #327 runs north from Bay City to Alpena. It is passing "Turner Bean & Grain". Power is a slug/mother set, 303 and 4303. The 303 is ex DT&I 351, a GP35. This is ex Detroit and Mackinac and is all 10 MPH track, making the chase very tedious.
Clear Creek runs under 44th Ave and most of the time's is an uneventful flow but this spring along with a friend we waited to see if it would over flow - this area is lower thus the wall - it never over flowed which we we're surprised but water was leaking in the crack's and this bike path was closed for this section.
Loaded Grain Train CSX G631 heads east through Moss Run, Virginia as the sun begins to rise for the day.
I rolled the clock back to an earlier portrait shot taken when we arrived before I tracked up the snow. We returned for eDDie's "better light;" I don't have a problem with this light. I used three layers to pull it out and include those great reflections on the ditch and pond. Nice pool... no fish. It even shows the sculpting on the snow. No one could believe the number of gravel pits that ripped up farm land beyond view. I have recently been tied up in several other projects. I pounded a lot of effort into them. That might be easing up.
If I see other things of interest, I'll go shoot them as long as eDDie doesn't light out after me with a switch. He's gonna throttle me! I bet eDDie got some good shots before I tracked it all up; check his site. I buzzed all around Four Mile Farm and Valmont to shoot the remaining rail yard and the old stage stop in the snow.
I energized for the snow day and am still into my snow series, reveling in some actual area snow and recent snow day with eDDie. Since then we had yet another snow panic; over a foot was promised but was pinched that down 4 inches of wet snow that shrunk to 2 by morning. I personally sent the storm to Texas to quench their drought and now Houston is trying to sue me; I'm pointing the finger at the Kochs. Why can't Texas get on with their seceding from the union; I'd sign the petition! Snow in Colorado; who'da thunk it. What's going to happen to the ecosystem and environment next? Even the Ring of Fire is being resized!
Originally, this site must have been a ranch along the stage route and the Boulder Valley branch of the Union Pacific. Old farm implements are in the distance. There was haying here to support the stage station at Valmont. Was the Four Mile Farm rake originally horse drawn? Perhaps not. This does support the image of the area's transportation history though. I bet the old tractor is not that old.
The now disappearing agricultural town and travel stop of Valmont was just south of here; agriculture around Longmont also continued thrived. I suppose that the coal field connection just to the east had a role in early travel. Also the old stage route into Valmont and Boulder coursed through here. Ranches had to supply feed for the stage stop. See some of my other Valmont images. This must have been a busy route when the stage had to start competing with the new rail route. The Valmont stage station is nearby Four Mile Farm.
An unidentified class 40 runs into Berwick-Upon-Tweed with a terminating shuttle service from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
This period of time was during the Pennanshiel Tunnel collapse which resulted in the ECML being closed north of here to Dunbar, between 17th March 1979 and 20th August 1979, whilst the railway was realigned around the tunnel.
14th August 1979
"The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of morning, and
Flourish down the bright cheek of modest eve..."
~William Blake (1757-1827),
"To Autumn"
Helenium with a touch of texture
Ulica #Czerniakowska weaves under the #E30 (European Highway 30). A route that runs from Ireland (via ferry) to Russia. In #Mokotov, #Warsaw, #Poland. shared with pixbuf.com
Two parallel runs in two consecutive shots!
Leading its first mainline train of 2025, K183 accelerates away from South Yarra on the Caulfield Through lines, just barely out-pacing Metro Trains Comeng set 472M-1086T-471M-430M-1065T-431M running an up Sandringham Service as it leads A2 986 on train 8542, the return of Steamrail's first Moomba Shuttle to Glen Huntly. 9/3/25
This boat runs between Montreux, Switzerland, and some village on the french side of the Geneva lake.
Class 45 45021 runs into Plymouth Station with the 08:20 from Derby , the Western in the background is 1026. 09/10/1974. Other loco,s photographed that sunny day at Plymouth were, 1006 1015 1026 1033 1034 1036 1037 1046 1048 1050 1066 1070 1071 1072 47152 47251 45123 46010 and 42 45034, a great day out KC.
Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this image without my explicit permission
The River Douro runs through Porto. The Ribeira area (full of restaurants, pubs and bars) runs along one bank and across the river, the port warehouses send their wares out into the world. This area, known as Gaia, is apparently another town linked to the ancient Porto city centre by an impressive iron bridge. The tram runs across the bridge, further linking the two areas. And above the warehouses, the Jardim do Morro (Morro Gardens) provide the best viewpoint of Porto and the Douro River at sunset.
Seen is the 32s at 125th street on the D line. Unfortunately, I only ended up attending one day of the final runs as I was out of town or had COVID for the others. These cars were a huge part of my youth as a railfan, as I would ride them up and down the C and J/Z lines. As myself, I know many are sad to see them go.
Number 36 for 2017 Weekly Alphabet Challenge : J is for Joy.
Rosie at the river, being studiously ignored by a pair of swans.
Black Hill on the Malvern Hills ridge which runs along the Herefordshire-Worcestershire border.
The Malvern Hills are a range of hills in the English counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and a small area of northern Gloucestershire, dominating the surrounding countryside and the towns and villages of the district of Malvern. The highest summit of the hills affords a panorama of the Severn valley with the hills of Herefordshire and the Welsh mountains, parts of thirteen counties, the Bristol Channel, and the cathedrals of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford.
The name Malvern is probably derived from the ancient British moel-bryn, meaning "Bare-Hill", the nearest modern equivalent being the Welsh moelfryn (bald hill). It has been known as Malferna (11th century), Malverne (12th century), and Much Malvern (16–17th century). They are known for their spring water – initially made famous by the region's many holy wells, and later through the development of the 19th century spa town of Great Malvern, a process which culminated in the production of the modern bottled Malvern Water.
Flint axes, arrowheads, and flakes found in the area are attributed to early Bronze Age settlers, and the 'Shire Ditch', a late Bronze Age boundary earthwork possibly dating from around 1000 BC, was constructed along part of the crest of the hills near the site of later settlements. The Wyche Cutting, a mountain pass through the hills was in use in prehistoric times as part of the salt route from Droitwich to South Wales. A 19th century discovery of over two hundred metal money bars suggests that the area had been inhabited by the La Tène people around 250 BC. Ancient folklore has it that the British chieftain Caractacus made his last stand against the Romans at the British Camp, a site of extensive Iron Age earthworks on a summit of the Malvern Hills close to where Malvern was to be later established.
J.R.R. Tolkien found inspiration in the Malvern landscape which he had viewed from his childhood home in Birmingham and his brother Hilary's home near Evesham. He was introduced to the area by C. S. Lewis, who had brought him here to meet George Sayer, the Head of English at Malvern College. Sayer had been a student of Lewis, and became his biographer, and together with them Tolkien would walk the Malvern Hills. Recordings of Tolkien reading excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were made in Malvern in 1952, at the home of George Sayer. The recordings were later issued on long-playing gramophone records. In the liner notes for J.R.R. Tolkien Reads and Sings his The Hobbit & The Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer wrote that Tolkien would relive the book as they walked and compared parts of the Malvern Hills to the White Mountains of Gondor.
The Malecón (Avenida de Maceo) is a broad esplanade, roadway and seawall that runs for 5 miles along the coast in central Havana, Cuba. It is one of the most spectacular and popular destinations in Havana, although the houses lining the avenue are today mostly in ruins.
Laid out in the early 1900s as an oceanside boulevard for Havana's pleasure-seeking middle classes, the Malecón expanded rapidly eastward in the century's first decade with a mishmash of eclectic architecture that mixed sturdy neoclassicism with whimsical art nouveau. By the 1920s the road had reached the outer limits of the burgeoning Vedado neighborhood, and by the early 1950s it had changed into a busy six-lane highway that carried streams of wave-dodging Buicks and Chevrolets from the gray hulk of the Castillo de San Salvador de la Punta to the borders of Miramar. Today, fighting an ongoing battle with the corrosive effects of the ocean, many of the Malecon's magnificent buildings now face decrepitude, demolition or irrevocable damage.
The Malecón is particularly evocative when a cold front blows in and massive waves crash thunderously over the sea wall. The road is often closed to cars at these times, meaning you can walk right down the middle of the empty thoroughfare and get very wet.
60017 runs imported granulated blast furnace slag from the former iron ore import terminal at Redcar to Scunthorpe steelworks as train 6D15 running south during the afternoon at 11:36 off Redcar, seen here passing Burn near Selby on August bank holiday Sunday the 25th, 2019, a day of 31 degree heat.
A bucolic scene from days gone by on the Forest of Dean Railway. Austerity saddle tank No 152 'Rennes' runs round its train at Parkend and prepares to take the 11.05 departure to Lydney Junction.