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Anza-Borrego State Park is expected to have a good wildflower season this year.
"We have had several reports that there is a lot of plant germination in the Borrego Valley. Plants are just beginning to be seen poking through the ground. That bodes well for flowers in another few weeks."
www.abdnha.org/pages/03flora/reports/current.htm
This is from my third visit to the park, in 2011.
Another shot from camping. We stayed at a small site on an organic dairy farm. Was lovely, the gorgeous weather and sunsets were pretty spectacular too. Shame the focus is off... still struggling with stupid telephoto lens...
It has been pretty warm here lately, and a certain bunny is making a feast in my front gardens, so I wasn't sure if my hosts would see their way to bloom- thankfully they have!
Theme: …This Land Is My Land…
Year Seventeen Of My 365 Project
Thank goodness for places with interesting lighting.
Snuck out to a movie last night. We're in the middle of a big website launch and the days have been long. It was nice to get away from staring at my computer screen... to stare at a larger screen. ;) Saw the Post. Pretty good, but Streep is amazing. What else is new?
I try not to over or under-water my sister's memorial Christmas tree. I have taken a bit better care with this one than the last, but I am always worried I am doing too much or too little... there's a shocking lack of information at least on YouTube- most people just post videos of how and where to plant them instead of long-term care.
Theme: …This Land Is My Land…
Year Seventeen Of My 365 Project
On the Isle of May,they are on the red list for endangered species nowadays,40,000 pairs nest on the Isle of May.
Después de 17 meses, amanecer en Barrika en compañía de Iñaki, jesus, Jorge y como no Imanol.
El cielo no ha acompañado, pero ha merecido la pena el madrugón.
We met Cassie sixteen years ago when Mrs. Orca and I were on a visit to what we called the Poor Man's Zoo (Petsmart). We had absolutely no intention of coming away with anything--it was purely for entertainment--but they were having a cat adoption event and she put her paw out of the cage and held my hand. And to make a long story short, plans changed....
We don't know anything about her past but she was an adult at the time, so we figure she is at least seventeen. And aside from having no teeth the last five or six years, she looks the same as she ever has. Cassie, aka Chewie, aka Cassandra, etc., etc., etc., Olympia, WA.
100 X - Seventeen - I love that the sun is shining today :-) waterdrops on a pretty pink Tulip petal :-)
Edge Of Seventeen
Stevie Nicks
The clouds never expect it when it rains
But the sea changes colours
But the sea does not change
So with the slow, graceful flow of age
I went forth with an age old desire to please
On the edge of seventeen
Just like the white winged dove
Sings a song, sounds like she's singing
I said ooh, baby, ooh, said ooh
Just like the white winged dove
Sings a song, sounds like she's singing
I said ooh, baby, ooh, said ooh
Well, then suddenly there was no one
Left standing in the hall, yeah, yeah
In a flood of tears
That no one really ever heard fall at all
Headed down to Cape Solander this morning for Sunrise, and it didn't disappoint.
Fantastic work done in this location over the past few years re viewing platforms for the migrating whales.
We spotted a beauty breaching this morning just below us, off the clifftops.
A mighty sight to behold.
Hope you like "Edge Of Seventeen"
Cheers, Mike
I remember buying my first issue of Seventeen magazine at the grocery store when I was 13. I loved the preppy plaid styles and (at the time) exciting articles.
Blythe a Day - Seventeen - 4/17/24
Mondrian Blythe
Top and Sweater - Etsy
Text added in BeFunky
I was talking to my mum this morning about something and it lead me to realise that I'm no longer going to school next year o____o but I still need to wake up early to fetch my brother to school. Is a good thing though (: I'll have a longer day.
Anyway, I was planning to take some photos just now but I was too tired, I just fell asleep on the couch. Haha.
So I decided to upload this. A super old picture which I really like. Yes, I really miss taking photographs of myself. lol. I just somehow can't produce something like that anymore. My style had changed, maybe.
Ooh, I started a new canvas today and I painted a picture that caught my eye on Instagram. My first time ^^ I can't wait to finish that. I paint very slow, I don't know why ): I've got so much of ideas on craft and some of it I did it half way and I abandoned it.... I'm definitely finishing it once I'm done with my exams. Heeehe (:
Flickr makes me happyyyyyy :D
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Sotram Voyages - VanHool TX17 Acron
Date taken: 07/07/13
Location: Victoria Embankment, City of London, UK
body: Maitreya Lara -Mesh Body
head: LeLutka – Head Simone (Bento)
hands: -VA-F-VISTA BENTO PROHANDS FEM
skin: Lumae : Yulia LeLutka – T8 Mocha / Bare
hair: [RA] Delina Hair – Browns
tattoo: .:AS:. Henna Tattoo
outfit: ..::PD::.. Deanarys
collar: **PerveTte* Delicate Choker [Black]
On this Dec. 2018 weekend I, like seemingly every other railfan in the northeast, made the trip to the Southern Tier of New York to chase and photograph the annual Toys For Tots special train that ran from Binghamton to Delanson, NY on NS. In conjunction with that, were opportunities to shoot the returning deadhead equipment heading south on the old Erie Mainline.
Many fans lamented the fact that Norfolk Southern chose (for entirely rational public relations reasons) to put two of their modern locomotives on top of what were the stars of the show (to railfans at least).
But, I didn't care. Just a chance to see them, even coupled at both ends was worth it to me. So I headed out on Fri taking my time on the long 5 hr drive to Binghamton. I railfanned my way west and south...quite unsuccessfully I might add, but then had a fun night in Bingo catching up with an old railroader buddy.
Fri was a long fun day in pretty poor weather. It was good to be on the old Delaware and Hudson again after more than two decades and great to see so many familiar faces in the hobby. While the owner has changed, the "Bridge Line" is still as gorgeous as ever.
On Saturday was even worse weather, but an even rarer opportunity. Not only is this train exceedingly special, but seeing ANY train on the old Southern Tier east of Binghamton is a treat these days, account it normally only hosts 6 nocturnal freights a week operated by the NYSW railroad.
Here is a favorite shot of the stars of the show without those pesky SD60Es blocking the view! And for the uninitiated who read my ramblings these stars are original Pennsylvania Railroad EMD E8s 5711 and 5809 built in Oct 1952 and Jan 1951 respectively by EMD.
I'd seen these stunningly restored classics that are owned by Bennett Levin's Juniata Terminal only once prior, when they went to Streamliners at Spencer in 2014. Well, correct that. I'd only seen them that one time in their restored glory. I did shoot these locomotives in the 1990s when they wore Pullman green and led Conrail's OCS into New England many times and in fact the first photo I had published in Trains magazine was of the these Es running on the Northeast Corridor in Rhode Island!
Discarded by NS and CSXT after the 1999 unmerger, they have enjoyed a remarkable second coming in their as delivered glory, often running on home rails leading excursions and special trains around the east. But the rumors are those days are coming to an end and there might not be another chance to see these stunners on the high iron so weather and miles be damned!
And the reason I took an unplanned vacation day and stayed to follow the deadhead was a chance for THIS. NYSW Engineer Dan McCarthy arranged with Casey Thomason, Marc Glucksman and railroad management for a brief pause to cut away the NS units during the deadhead move to pause for photos at one of the most famous places in all of railroading.
Starrucca Viaduct is a stone arch bridge that spans Starrucca Creek near Lanesboro, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Built at a cost of $320,000 (equal to $9,065,846 today), it was at the time of its construction thought to be the most expensive railway bridge in the world. It was the largest stone rail viaduct in the mid-19th century and is still in use. It is just over 1000 feet in length and is 100 ft high consisting of seventeen 50 ft wide arches.
Lanesboro, Pennsylvania
Sunday December 2, 2018
Well, I thought I wouldn't be uploading another one tonight considering I just uploaded one, and I hate uploading all the time. I just feel selfish.
But, I figured since I will be turning 18 on Friday, that this will be my last picture I upload until then. My last picture of me at 17. It's really odd to think of. I remember twirling my toes in the sand as my skirt would flow with the breeze. I was only 7 or 8.
Now, ten years later, I'm stuck with chaos and immaturity. I hope to find more young adults my age with my own mindset. But, this is a part of growing up. And some, mature faster than others. And hey, that's okay.
I decided to twirl my toes one more time. This time in the rain. So here it is Flickr. Happy Thunderstorm Tuesday.
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Tomorrow this will likely go in Sliders Sunday group. It did on Sunday, July 18, 2021.
HSS
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress photographed at AirVenture 2019 in Oshkosh, WI. All day long B-17s and a B-29 made passes over Oshkosh. Each time one would fly over I would take a dozen more shots. The guy I was with was amused and at one point asked, " haven't you got enough shots of those?" My response was, "I want to make sure I get at least one good shot". This was especially true since I kept slowing the shutter speed so the props would blur a bit, while hand holding 560mm on a crop sensor camera which equalled an equivalent of 896mm. I actually did get quite a few nice shots of the heavy bombers.