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Following our annual tradition the other evening, Rishabh and I attended ‘Back-to-School Night’ at his Middle school. The itinerary was simple: first, the principal’s welcome address in the gym, then the school jazz band’s performance in the cafeteria, and finally, scheduled eight-minute visits to classrooms to meet his teachers. “Good evening parents!”, the principal started his address warmly a few minutes behind schedule and moved on to discuss important but mundane things. We clapped for him when he finished. We also clapped for the jazz band when they finished, this time more energetically. “They were good, weren’t they?”, Rishabh quipped.
“Yup”, I nodded.
Before long, we found ourselves seated in Rishabh’s English classroom. “English is important,” we often joke, “but math is importanter”. Nonetheless, Rishabh likes his English teacher, Ms. M. Tonight, Ms. M was hosting classroom visitors with a bright smile and her four children, including one on her lap. Her husband works in a different city, and she has no family in town –nor do we pay our teachers enough– for afterhours childcare. So, her children were there participating in the evening’s formalities by clicking PowerPoint slides for their mom or adorably asking her innocent questions. Ms. M. was performing her duties exceptionally well while also refusing to neglect her children. As a parent, every adult in the room could relate. We all had a smile on our face.
Buzzz…. Buzzzz…Buzzz…
You may have heard those shrill fire alarms in your building of residence or work. It was a similar alarm, a bit softer but equally unrelenting, as if whooshing and whispering a darn warning. I had no idea what was going on.
“Lockdown!”, Rishabh whispered next to me. His hushed voice was surprisingly crisp.
“Is this a drill?” Someone in the room asked, their voice shaking a tinge here and there.
“No, it is not”, Ms. M firmly replied. “Please close all doors and get away from the window.”
There were two doors in the classroom. One opened into the hallway, and the other opened into an open shared space between three classrooms. One burly parent jumped onto the hallway door and closed it. “Lock it!”, someone blurted. The burly parent struggled to find the lock. Another parent came to the rescue and locked the door.
“This is happening? Really?”, a mother exclaimed on behalf of everyone.
'What about the other door?', the thought unnerved me. I turned around. One of Rishabh’s classmates was nervously trying to lock the second door, but it had somehow jammed. Every passing second felt terser than the previous one. The kid was literally shaking. I took it over from him and yanked the door shut. “Thank you!”, the kid said meekly.
“Please get over here and stay calm”, Ms. M was displaying remarkable poise as she corralled everyone to the far end of the room. Rishabh and I stood by the teacher’s desk. The intercom phone on the desk was silently flashing, ‘Lockdown! Lockdown!’.
Everyone in the room, it seemed, had seen a ghost or two. Some were quiet, others were on their phones. I perked up my ears for the telltale gunshots. 'I hear anything, I am getting Rishabh under that teacher’s desk. And then we will sort out the rest', I tried to stay calm.
“False alarm!”
It was the principal again, now via the intercom on the teacher’s desk. Someone had pushed the wrong button. The intercom monitor went blank and displayed nothing anymore.
I walked up to the kid who was trying to lock that second door and gave him a fist bump, “You were incredibly brave! Good job there!” “Thank you!”, his polite voice had now steadied.
As we walked out of the classroom a little later, I looked Rishabh in the eye. We did not say anything. But we shook our heads. Today, there were no bullets. But there was panic. There was fear. And there was raw anger for personally experiencing what our kids and teachers experience in this country daily. Education is important. But keeping our kids safe in schools is importanter. And that is NO joke.
Great Western Railway Small Prairie 2-6-2T 4566 and Riddles WD 2-10-0 600 Gordon share space inside the Engine House at Highley.
Behind 4566 are two other tank engines: Fowler 3F 0-6-0T 47373 and BR Standard 4 2-6-4T 80079. All of the locos in the museum require overhauls so it will be some time before we see them steam again.
Dramatic 1928 Mercedes Benz 680 S short chassis Torpedo by Saoutchik....the last surviving of 3, and Best in Show at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours.
In the infancy of the automobile, decades before the advent of mechanised production lines and six-figure build numbers, the private car could be as unique to its well-heeled owner as a handmade shoe or bespoke suit. During the early 1900s, the car was also an art form, a source of individual expression that made minor celebrities of the men creating them and established an enduring mythology around their rarefied craft. Perhaps the most visionary of these traditional coachbuilders, sought-after by the great and good across Europe and beyond for almost half a century, was Iakov Savtchuk, better known today as Jacques Saoutchik.
Born in western Russia in 1880, Saoutchik left his homeland at the age of 19, heading with his brother for the bright lights and untold possibilities of fin de siècle Paris. Having trained as a cabinet maker in a small town near Minsk, Saoutchik was able to join a modest furniture business in the 11th arrondissement from where he quickly became familiar with the machinations and mores of his newfound homeland. His sights as a designer and maker were soon set far higher than mere household furniture; Saoutchik had spied a niche in the newly emerging industry of the motorcar.
In 1906, having formerly adopted a more western interpretation of his name, Saoutchik set up his own coachbuilding company in the nearby district of Neuilly-sur-Seine and began building highly elaborate horseless carriage on bare chassis supplied by automotive pioneers like Hotchkiss and Panhard. In a period where the rules of car-making were loosely defined and the clientele invariably insistent on the finer things, Saoutchik spoke to his market with crystal clarity. Even his earliest creations demonstrated an ingenuity, attention to detail and sheer extravagance that was unrivalled anywhere in the world.
At the Concours d’Élegance de La Grande Cascade, an exhibition designed to introduce Parisian high-society to the wonders of the automobile, Saoutchik’s display was the star attraction, the combination of elegant design and peerless quality cementing his reputation as the definitive ‘manufacture de voitures de luxe’. Cars such as the 22 CV Berliet, completed in 1907, offered a fit and finish hitherto unseen, the lustre of its bodywork and jewel-like details captivating audiences from across the social strata.
Orders began to flood in, from aristocrats and wealthy industrialists to international royalty as far afield as Norway and Spain. In 1911, a commission arrived at the modest premises at 46 Rue Jacques Dulud to design the original Popemobile, built with such characteristic discretion that no pictures have survived.
After the end of the First World War, Saoutchik rose to new heights, developing what was known as the ‘transformable’, versatile and adaptable car bodies that could be fully open or fully closed and a variety of combinations in between. It was during this period that Saoutchik’s flamboyance and attention to detail began to be matched by his innovation. Patents were filed for a wide variety of inventions, including an adjustable windshield, a convertible roof, a window-lowering mechanism and cantilevered doors.
As the century progressed, Saoutchik’s creations evolved in step with rapid and dramatic societal change, becoming increasingly more modern and adventurous as the Art Nouveau landscape around him reshaped contemporary fashions. He supplied cars to the new royalty of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford famously exporting to their Los Angeles home a Saoutchik-bodied six-cylinder Delage coupé that they had alighted upon at the Paris Salon in 1921. In advertising material, ‘J. Saoutchik, Carrossier De Luxe’ became ‘Le Carrossier En Vogue’, with the promise that his cars were ‘adoptes par les femmes élegantes et sportives dans le monde entire.’ Beautiful to behold, Saoutchik’s cars were even more remarkable to experience first-hand, with sumptuous interiors using exotic hardwoods and finely hand-stitched quilted leathers to provide a level of luxury unprecedented and unrivalled in the world of private transportation.
By the mid-1920s, Saoutchik was working in close cooperation with most of the established engine and chassis builders, with Rolls Royce, Bentley Hizpano-Suiza, Isotta-Fraschini, Minerva and Mercedes all on the books. In 1927, he travelled to the US to visit his brother and engage in some urgent consultancy work for a failing Pierce-Arrow. He returned emboldened by many aspects of American automobile design, bringing the nouveau riche grandiosity of the East Coast aristocracy back to Europe and deploying it with new found vigour.
Meanwhile, developments in third party engineering and Saoutchik’s own manufacturing processes were also allowing the traditional, upright carriage of the earlier part of the century to be abandoned in favour of increasingly rakish designs with lower roof lines, sweeping pontoon fenders and vast bonnets. Stately elegance was now sharing space with a new-found dynamism and potency, and the late 1920s became a something of a Zenith for Saoutchik, his cars the perfect accompaniment to an age of excess. (Hagerty)
Exclusive in every way, It showcases some of the more exotic materials available to the coachbuilders of the day. The hides used to create the lizard skin interior were supplied by Alpina, a company that sourced products from the French colonies in Southeast Asia. The beautiful trim wood, known as Purpleheart, was also sourced out of the French colonies in South America.
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Aston Martin Residences offer breathtaking views of the Miami River, Biscayne Bay, and Brickell skyline. Additionally, Aston Martin Residences will be within walking distance of Whole Foods, Brickell City Centre, and Mary Brickell Village.
Aston Martin’s design team will design the building’s interior common spaces including the two private lobbies, the two-level fitness center with ocean views, and a full-service spa among other shared spaces within the development.
Each of the building’s common areas will feature “signature items” showcasing the car brand’s trademark colors, stitching style, and materials—from polished wood and supple leather to carbon fiber with an emphasis on comfort.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/1386750/aston-martin-residences...
www.paraninternational.com/new-development/aston-martin
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Tortosa. Cataluña. España. Parque Teodoro Gonzalez. Su paseo central lleno de plataneros centenarios de grandes dimensiones, que comparten espacio en los laterales con las palmeras datileras, los pinos, algún cedro y los eucaliptos. El lugar es un escenario clave en las fiestas y acontecimientos sociales, como fiestas mayores, desfiles, encuentros, bailes y acontecimientos musicales. Vale la pena perderse por los senderos que lo cruzan y descubrir el porche de la Llotja que data del siglo XIV, y donde actualmente se exponen los gigantes de la ciudad.
Tortosa. Catalonia. Spain. Parque Teodoro Gonzalez. Its central promenade filled with ancient plane trees large, who share space on the sides with date palms, pines, some cedar and eucalyptus. The place is a key stage at parties and social events such as festivals, parades, meetings, dances and musical events. Worth missing along the paths that cross and discover the porch of the Llotja dating from the fourteenth century, and which currently giant city exposed.
Withdrawn LC Class VDL Berkhof Axials stored at the Galway Docks share space with Turbines for a wind farm to be delivered to a site in County Mayo
Sometimes its just about sharing space with your SL BFF
Visit this location at Bayside City West - Bayside City Role Play & Residential in Second Life
A misty sunrise taken from Winterton beach, Norfolk. Not long after this shot the mist rolled in off the sea and curtailed the plans for the remainder of the morning.
It's been a while since I've posted anything new, having sold our house and relocated to Norfolk we have found ourselves with no fixed abode as all our attempts to buy a house keep falling through for one thing and another. We are currently renting a holiday let while our house search continues, sharing space with holiday makers and living out of boxes is no fun especially as we are both settling into new jobs, however light is at the end of the tunnel as we are now close to completing on a cottage in Beccles, fingers crossed.
Aston Martin Residences offer breathtaking views of the Miami River, Biscayne Bay, and Brickell skyline. Additionally, Aston Martin Residences will be within walking distance of Whole Foods, Brickell City Centre, and Mary Brickell Village.
Aston Martin’s design team will design the building’s interior common spaces including the two private lobbies, the two-level fitness center with ocean views, and a full-service spa among other shared spaces within the development.
Each of the building’s common areas will feature “signature items” showcasing the car brand’s trademark colors, stitching style, and materials—from polished wood and supple leather to carbon fiber with an emphasis on comfort.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/1386750/aston-martin-residences...
www.paraninternational.com/new-development/aston-martin
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'Sharing space'. a pair of nesting Shags pictured here, sharing space in a Guillemot colony, Northumberland.
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Guillemot Key facts:-
Scientific name: Uria aalge
Status: Breeding summer visitor and resident species
Breeding birds: 950,000 pairs
Conservation status: Amber
Length: 38 – 46 cm
Wingspan: 64 – 73 cm
Weight: 850 – 1,120 g
Description
In breeding plumage adult guillemots have black or brown upperparts, head and neck and white underparts. They have white tips on their wings and they flanks are streaked with black.
They have long black bills, with an orange gape, dark brown eyes and black or reddish feet and legs.
Outside of breeding plumage guillemots are duller and their chin, throat and neck are white and their bills and legs are lighter. They have a thin black stripe running behind the eye.
Juvenile guillemots look similar to non-breeding adults but the stripe behind the eye is white and they have a white eye-ring.
Nesting
Guillemots nest in large colonies on cliff ledges or flat rocky islands. They lay their eggs on bare rock.
Guillemots lay a single egg which is camouflaged and conical shaped so it doesn’t roll off the cliff edge. It is incubated by both male and female in turn for 30-32 days. Both parents feed the chick for 3 weeks until it fledges and jumps into the sea. The male then continues to feed it until it is able to fly.
Feeding
Guillemots eat fish, crustaceans, worms and fish eggs.
Guillemot
Where to see them
Guillemots can be seen around the UK coastline but are most widely found on the cliffs or Scotland and north east England. Bempton Cliffs has huge colonies of guillemots. During winter they live mainly offshore.
Did you know?
Guillemots are also known as ‘murres’ due to the deep murmuring noises made by the colonies of nesting birds.
Birdspot notes.
All the voices
Can you hear them when they shout it out?
Maybe some day we will find out what it's all about
Sharing Space - Cog
Las Olas River House is a 42-story residential skyscraper located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It stands as one of the tallest buildings in Ft. Lauderdale and in Broward County. The structure is a complex created by three adjoining buildings; two duplicate 42-story towers, and one 34-story tower.
The building has 285 residential units, made up of one, two, and three-bedroom condominiums, and also includes a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) glass-walled fitness center that overlooks the New River which is only for the exclusive use of residents and a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) rooftop garden on the sixth floor. Las Olas River House condo includes a sixth-floor cocktail bistro lounge, a separate quiet library area, a private meeting room, poolside cabanas, and a major conference area for meetings and conducting business. Las Olas River House also contains “Smart” building features that allow all its residents to access all the building’s amenities at a touch of a button.
The building is part of a highrise boom in the downtown area, along with other condominiums and residential towers such as Las Olas Grand.
On May 5, 2014, Axis Space, a four-floor coworking community, opened its private office floor. In January 2014 Axis Space opened its shared space, dedicated space, and conference rooms.
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Manufacturer: Morris Motors Limited / Morris Garages (MG), Longbridge - UK
Type: YB Saloon / YB 1¼ Saloon
Production time: mid-year 1951 - mid-year 1953
Production outlet: 1,301
Engine: 1250cc straight-4 XPAG OHV pushrod
Power: 54 bhp / 5.200 rpm
Torque: 87 Nm / 2.600 rpm
Drivetrain: rear wheels
Speed: 120 km/h
Curb weight: 1040 kg
Wheelbase: 99 inch
Chassis: underslong box-section chassis with cross braces and wood framework and separate pressed-steel body
Steering: Bishop direct rack & pinion with adjustable steering wheel
Gearbox: four-speed manual / II, III and IV synchronized / floor shift
Clutch: single dry plate disc
Carburettor: single SU H2 semi-downdraft
Fuel tank: 36 liter
Electric system: Lucas 12 Volts 60 Ah
Ignition system: distributor and coil
Brakes front: 9 inch hydraulic Lockheed drums
Brakes rear: 9 inch hydraulic Lockheed drums
Suspension front: independent wishbones (A-arm, control arm), sway bar, coil springs + hydraulic Luvax-Girling shock absorbers
Suspension rear: rigid axle, longitudinal semi-elliptic leaf springs + hydraulic Luvax-Girling shock absorbers
Rear axle: live axle
Differential: spiral bevel 5.143:1
Wheels: 15 inch steel discs
Tires: Dunlop 5.50 x 15
Special:
- There is some debate over when MG started. The company itself stated it to be 1924, although the first cars bore both Morris and MG badges and a reference to MG with the octagon badge appears in an Oxford newspaper from November 1923. Others dispute this and believe that MG only properly began trading in 1925.
- The first cars which were rebodied Morris models using coachwork from Carbodies of Coventry and were built in premises in Alfred Lane, Oxford but demand soon caused a move to larger premises in Bainton Road in September 1925 sharing space with the Morris radiator works. Continuing expansion meant another move in 1927 to a separate factory in Edmund Road, Cowley, Oxford, near the main Morris factory and for the first time it was possible to include a production line. In 1928 the company had become large enough to warrant an identity separate from the original Morris Garages and the M.G. Car Company Limited was established in March of that year and in October for the first time a stand was taken at the London Motor Show. Space again soon ran out and a search for a permanent home led to the lease of part an old leather factory in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1929, gradually taking over more space until production ended there in 1980.
- Originally owned personally by William Morris, the company was sold to Morris Motors (itself part of the Nuffield Organisation) in 1935. MG was absorbed into the British Motor Corporation in 1952, and latterly British Leyland (BL) in 1968. Under BMC, several MG models were no more than badge-engineered versions of other marques, with the main exception being the small MG sports cars.
- Shortly after WWII the TEN-project restarted (started in 1939) and this new Saloon car, styled by Gerald Palmer, was born: The Y Saloon (YA 1947-1951 / YB 1951-1953: 1,301 units built / YT Tourer 1948-1950: 877 units built). They were assembled at the MG factory at Abingdon on Thames - UK.
- The Saloon (still with wood framework and all-steel body) had classic ‘30s lines (postwar conservative British taste) and to lower the costs, many Morris Eight/Ten E-Series parts were used.
- The separate chassis facilitated the built-in "Jackall System", which consisted of four hydraulically activated rams that were bolted to the chassis, two at the front and two at the rear. The jacks were connected to a Jackall Pump on the bulkhead that enabled the front, the back, or the entire car to be raised to facilitate a wheel change.
- The engine (XPAG) had a lower compression, a different valve timing and only one SU carburettor, to dampen the noise, but that didn’t improve the performance. But it was the same engine as the TC/TD (with twin SU’s, other adjustments), so many owners “pimped” their engines by using those parts and settings.
- Its MG Sales Literature stated: “A brilliant new member of the famous MG breed. This new One and a Quarter Litre car perpetuates the outstanding characteristics of its successful predecessors – virile acceleration, remarkable ‘road manner,’ instant response to controls, and superb braking. A ‘lively’ car, the new One and a Quarter Litre provides higher standards of performance”.
Here in the rock pools at Blackrock, the Oyster Catchers and the Purple Sandpiper share the space - each constantly looking for morsels of food among the barnacles and in the rock pools.
Approaching Mt Leisler amongst the casuarinas, porcupine grass, wattles and grevilleas..
it is difficult to place on a map! South of Kintore! or Walungurru, or Mt Tietkins, west of Papunya, all don't come up on the Flickr maps!
Allocasuarina decaisneana in abundance..
Title in Hema Atlas.. "Mt Leisler looms over the surrounding flat landscape.."
see One of my few images published in the new Hema Maps Desert Tracks Atlas. 5th Edition 2018, Honoured to share space with many other great photos such as those by Woodsies Photography... p.203 the hashtags like #Smoky60Series and #FlickrSpelio work best on the Flickr App. See also #flickrfeature on Instagram..
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See a shot of the tree still standing with the Beadell children...
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Found from a Google search of #flickrfeature ….
I was testing these hashtags, I just noticed, they work well from the Flickr App…. I also use them and #FlickrSpelio on Google and Instagram… they work in the Description but not in the comments, when using a browser, but OK when using the App…
Try #flickrfeature @flickr on Instagram…
Works best with search..
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When using a browser..
#flickrfeature has been hijacked by one Flickr user on Flickr…
from Erwin on FaceBook..
There are 10 officially recognized deserts in Australia.
The names, from west to east are:
1. Little Sandy Desert,
2. Great Sandy Desert,
3. Gibson Desert,
4. Tanami Desert,
5. Great Victoria Desert,
6. Pedirka Desert,
7. Simpson Desert,
8. Tiraria Desert,
9. Sturt Desert,
10. Strzelecki Desert.
The Tanami Desert has some beautiful vegetation after rains.
Southern Hawkers are quite large Dragonflies and this newly emerged [Teneral] specimen was drying its wings before its maiden flight. In this state they're easy to get close to, though I was on my knees in a pond! It's nice to be so close to such lovely creatures.
For a brief period Morristown & Erie operated this former Erie Mining RS-11. Photos of it actually running appear to be rare, but it did operate. 7215 was one of a dozen or so units acquired from LTV Steel in the early-2000s. Most were eventually scrapped, but 7215 fared the best; it was even given this unique and interesting paint scheme. Here we see 7215 in doing what it seemed to do the most while on the M&E, sitting out of service on a siding. It spent a bit of time at Cedar Knolls where it shared space with a few stored former Amtrak passenger cars. Maybe I should start a rumor that M&E briefly ran commuter service with RS-11s and Amtrak equipment in Phase 1 paint.
ME 7215 RS-11 (ex-NP 910, LTV/EMCO 7215)
Las Olas River House is a 42-story residential skyscraper located in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It stands as one of the tallest buildings in Ft. Lauderdale and in Broward County. The structure is a complex created by three adjoining buildings; two duplicate 42-story towers, and one 34-story tower.
The building has 285 residential units, made up of one, two, and three-bedroom condominiums, and also includes a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) glass-walled fitness center that overlooks the New River which is only for the exclusive use of residents and a 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) rooftop garden on the sixth floor. Las Olas River House condo includes a sixth-floor cocktail bistro lounge, a separate quiet library area, a private meeting room, poolside cabanas, and a major conference area for meetings and conducting business. Las Olas River House also contains “Smart” building features that allow all its residents to access all the building’s amenities at a touch of a button.
The building is part of a highrise boom in the downtown area, along with other condominiums and residential towers such as Las Olas Grand.
On May 5, 2014, Axis Space, a four-floor coworking community, opened its private office floor. In January 2014 Axis Space opened its shared space, dedicated space, and conference rooms.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
Hjertet multi-purpose community centre in Ikast, Denmark
Architecture & landscape by C.F. Møller Architects, 2018
Hjertet (‘The Heart’) in Ikast is a new meeting point centred round culture and communication. ‘The Heart’ combines teaching, activities, community spaces, physical exercise, recreational pursuits and play in new ways; and the building is designed to create and promote social and cultural meetings, based on an inclusive and integrating approach.
This is the promenade at Coney Island. Places like this attract a lot of people, and with them comes the cleaning crew of birds. I'm normally not taking this kind of pics for posting, but this one was representing the day so well, it was all beautiful.
Taken through the double windows...
In addition to black sunflower seeds, mixed seeds and suet cakes inside Bo's feeder, I scattered safflower seeds that, supposedly, Squirrels don't like but Cardinals do. Needless to say, Squirrels will force themselves to scarf up whatever is offered.
It's interesting that Female Northern Cardinals and White-throated Sparrows seem compatible while foraging for food, or just sharing space. Just an observation...maybe a coincidence.
Sulphur-crested cockatoo (right) and corellas claim a spot high up in the old gum tree overlooking the park in Sandgate, Brisbane.
One of the shortest railroads in New England, the obscure Fore River Railroad is also a bit of a working museum with a vintage Alco switcher on the property (albeit long out of service), three privately owned caboose and a motor car all sharing space around the small modern single track shop building.
But for me the most appealing thing about this little road is that they still roster a pair of GE B23-7s. These are the class 1 local units of my youth, and they were ubiquitous on Conrail and the P&W all over southern New England throughout the 1990s. Upon the split in 1999 they were quickly banished elsewhere by CSXT and then retired, and soon P&W's fell by the wayside in favor of newer GEs but here two of the classic little 12 cylinder FDL GEs still burble along in revenue service Both once proudly wore Conrail blue, #101 was blt. in Jul. 1979 as CR 1992 and #102 was blt. in Jul 1978 as CR 1980.
In the background is New York Central caboose 21052 which was built at the NYC'S on Merchants Despatch Shops in East Rochester, NY. It was one of 100 in a class that was first built in 1963. I do not know their NYC class designation, but were given the N7B class at the time of the 1968 Penn Central merger. 88 of the class made it to Conrail in 1976 and this particular was preserved at the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad Museum. When that little museum in the south coast Mass city went out of business in 2016 after 30 years the caboose was in need of a new home. Former Amtrak Road Foreman of Engines Joe Burgess, who comes from a long line of NYC men, purchased it in 2017, and after two decades sitting she was returned to operation and even spent time in active service on Mass Coastal.
As for the railroad itself here is a a bit of history. The Fore River railroad was developed by Thomas A. Watson, assistant to telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Watson used his telephone profits to start an engine and boat factory in East Braintree, “The Fore River Shipyard Engine Company.” In 1898, Watson’s company was commissioned by the U.S. Navy to build 2 destroyers and a cruiser.
In 1900 the company moved to a new facility at Quincy Point where the 3 vessels were completed. At first, transporting heavy materials to Watson’s new shipyard was a slow and expensive process; the nearest railroad ended over 2 miles away, in East Braintree. Rail shipments had to be unloaded in Braintree, hauled to the Fore River, and finally, floated to Quincy. In 1902, Watson had a private rail line built along the river to bring supplies directly from Braintree to the shipyard. Operations began on June 1, 1903.
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation purchased the Fore River Shipyard and Railroad just before World War I. During the war, shipyard workers built 36 destroyers and several "zero" class and "R" class submarines.
In 1919, the Fore River Railroad was formally incorporated as separate holding from the Bethlehem Steel shipyard. During World War II, the Fore River Railroad Corporation's steam locomotives carried over 750,000 tons of construction materials for U.S. Navy cruisers, battleships, destroyers and aircraft carriers, including the Lexington. General Dynamics Corp. purchased the shipyard and railroad in 1963.
After the yard closed in 1986, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority acquired the shipyard and railroad. From 1987-1992, MWRA used Fore River facilities as a staging area and transportation system for the Boston Harbor Project. MWRA sold most of its shipyard property upon completion of the project but retained the railroad to transport its Bay State Fertilizer.
Fore River Railroad is the underlying owner of the property and holds the common carrier obligations for the line, but operation of it is contracted out. In the late 80s and through the 90s the line was operated by the Quincy Bay Terminal, an affiliate of New Hampshire's New England Southern, but in 2000 FRVT took over. FRVT is a Class III railroad owned by its largest customer, Twin Rivers Technology LLC, a manufacturer of industrial inorganic chemicals (rendering of glycerin, fatty acids). Twin Rivers purchased the former Proctor & Gamble soap plant in 1994 and in 2007 the company was purchased by FGV a Malaysian Global Agribusiness company that was originally and arm of the Malaysian government agency FELDA but was taken public in 2012.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Friday June 6, 2025
cold.. cold... crazy cold. one half of a beautiful pair that came thru for a bit. nice to share space for a while. american bald eagle.
As the weather has been so depressingly boring the last weeks, I decided to resort to the smaller elements of the forest in a quest for beauty.
I have no idea what these tiny plants are, but they grow on tree trunks.
This is my first shot at macro photography - I'm using a cheap extension tube with my 35/150 lens.
in the flux of passeig de gràcia, a metro car streaks by, a red canvas blurring lines between here and there. people anchor the frame, still against the streak of color, immersed in their thoughts, conversations, and devices. some stand in anticipation, others seek comfort in the benches—each a singular story, a private contemplation. the station is a crossroad of journeys, of pauses and departures, where the stillness of waiting contrasts with the swift passage of time. it's an urban tableau, a fleeting intersection of lives in motion, captured in the rhythm of barcelona's heartbeat.
my art studio
some thoughts about my studio to share with you all:
since i write a lot, and i enjoy getting to know flickr artists and have you know me i wanted to share my studio with you all....and...i love my studio (which i designed myself) and wanted you all to see it.
background: i have always had a studio. when i was very young i painted on the kitchen table (i'm sure we all did...and maybe still do!). in every home we've had, i have had a studio. in our first apartment i painted on the floor in the t.v. room. i was more "supple" then, so down on the floor worked for my knees! when we lived in italy and twice in germany our apartments were large enough for me to have my own room for making art. when neal and i first bought our house here (years ago) i was creating 2d art, mostly acrylic painting. i also was a part owner/artist in a gallery on conn. ave (in washington, dc, usa) working in stained glass. since i was cutting glass i needed a hard floor surface (easier to clean up). the downstairs of our house lent itself to this and i was happy there. then off to heidelberg, germany for 12 years. when we returned to the states i was no longer doing stained glass and david (our son) was off at college, so i turned the small upstairs bedroom into my studio and again spent many happy years in that room. but....i out grew the room! i was making many art pieces, acquiring more objects to use in my art, etc. neal and i had renovated our house twice (i did all the design) and now it was time for the third renovation...turn our huge attic, with very high ceilings, into a studio for me (by the way...we renovated another time after that...the kitchen. four renovations in all! i think we are done now).
so..back to the attic renovation: i knew exactly what i wanted......a studio that would look like a (french) artist atelier.....i did the design, found a contractor and viola! my new studio! when i look at it (it stretches across the entire house) i am amazed that i was able to work in the small room below. i removed the ceiling in the small bedroom...now i have a wide open space in part of my studio which affords me access to the window below (since i do not work from nature natural sunlight is not that important to me, but i do like to be able to see the beautiful maple tree that is outside the window. i used the framing for the original attic stairs and made a glass block floor...now i can see down below and light filters up into my studio. the cat was very cautious when she first saw the glass block floor. she wouldn't walk on it because she didn't realize that there was a "floor" since she could see down. now she sleeps on it. many folks who come to my studio are also similarly cautious. i always give a demonstration and walk on the glass. i have a small closet at one end with a sink (i ran the plumbing up) so i can wash my brushes. i stained my floor white and used 5" wide oak planking. i know, white in an art studio, what could i be thinking!!!!....but i am looking forward to it aging and getting lots of colorful paint splatters on it. i have built-in shelves and also several stand alone book cases to hold my found object treasures, paint, etc. my table is an old work bench that i found in the trash and painted "bubble gum pink". since my studio ceiling is so high i was able to use the (former) attic stairs and now also have a stand up "upper attic" for camping gear, and various other odds and sods. i insulated the upper attic and the walls. i am warm in the winter and cool in the summer (a ceiling fan also helps). i have sloped walls on three sides of my studio. that adds to the "old studio" look that i like.
i have a lot of "stuff" in my studio that i use in my art. my studio is rather organized, as i would never find anything otherwise. although when i work there is art stuff everywhere. actually neal likes it better when it is messy!
what i like best (aside from everything!) about my studio is location location location! i try to work every day in my studio. the fact that it is just upstairs gives me no slothful lazy excuse to not work. also i can even work without getting dressed (though of course i do dress), i can work in my studio in all sorts of weather...i don't have to worry about snow, sleet, ice, record heat, etc. and, when i need a break, i can trundle downstairs, go out in my garden, write on my computer to you all, and i can always drop what i'm working on because helena is coming! also i like helena having access to my studio. she is very into projects (she calls herself a "project fairy"). we are often in my studio as she picks out "stuff" to use in her art.
do i mind working "alone"...not in a shared space as some do? no...because when i work i am not alone..i am with myself and my art. i never feel lonely. and if i need feedback, i always ask neal, my biggest fan, what he thinks. i don't always follow his opinion, but i always like to have it. and now that i am a flickr-ette, i post my art here and always get lots and lots of feedback. and my cat likes having me in the house with her. she is such a baby! she stays in my studio with me, and has often gotten paint on her paws!
so...that is as "short" a write up about my studio as i was able to make it. i am a "talky" new york gal and once i get started.....!!!! there may be things i left out that i want to share but can't think of any right now. if so, i'll drop back in and add them
EXHIBITED IN:
in mid april i was contacted, via my website, by the editor of STUDIOS magazine, asking if i would agree to have my art studio featured in their magazine.
she told me that she had seen my studio and art through a dc based art group. i was never able to ascertain from her which one exactly ( i belong to 3 groups here).
after several back and forth emails, to find out the details, i, of course, agreed!
neal and i spent several days taking many many many photographs of my studio to send to them. i had to send 15 photographs (they will choose among them) and also do a write up about my studio (there were several key points they wanted addressed for the article).
the STUDIOS magazine is quite nice. of course i rushed out and bought a copy of the spring issue and was impressed with the magazine, the format, photographs in it, write ups by artists about their studios.
i sent the required 15 photographs (they will not use all 15 but will chose among them. i have no idea which photographs they will use) and my write up.....again they may edit. it had to be a certain amount of words only.....knowing what a "talky" person i am i had to keep writing and reducing to stay within the limit.
my art studio will appear in the FALL issue, which will be in book stores (like borders, etc) starting 7 august.
i am very excited about being in this magazine and having my art studio seen across america. i am not sure if this magazine is sold abroad, but it may be in such countries that carry american magazines ( for example, there are many bookstores in paris that are dedicated to english books and magazines).
although these are NOT the photographs i sent her, you can get a peek at my art studio that i have posted on my flickr. at the top there is one main picture. if you scroll down you can see several other photographs. my studio has changed a bit since i took these (original photgraphs) and that is reflected in the photographs in the article.
i hope you will buy the magazine so you can see my art studio as it is now.
my studio is an art work unto itself......a true assemblage piece!
this is a link to my flickr where i have my art studio posted
www.flickr.com/photos/30462932@N07/4444809943/
here is what i wrote for the write up:
jennifer beinhacker
“art outside the edge”
jenniferbeinhacker.com
arlington, virginia
WHAT I DO:
i am a self taught artist, a devotee of found objects, street trash, bones, teeth and blood, who uses materials as a total gestalt to create images from the turmoil of my mind - an artist outside the edge. there is no object i can resist and bring to my studio, where it waits...a silent muse...for my next art piece.
WHY MY ART SPACE WORKS FOR ME:
i have always had an art studio. i began painting at age 10. at first i used the kitchen table (doesn't everyone!). at one time my art studio was an 8 by 10 rug and i painted squatting on the floor.
now my studio is a converted attic. i live in an historical registered home and could not put windows or a skylight into the roof. so i removed the ceiling of the bedroom below and added a partial glass block floor for light to filter into my studio.
i like having my studio in my house. i work in my studio everyday, from dawn until dark. having my studio close at hand is convienent..no need to worry about going out in inclement weather. i don't have to dress to work in my studio...art can be so deliciously messy. i work in a myriad number of media and have large and varied art supplies and need a really big space. all my supplies are out in the open, easy to see.
i enjoy being surrounded by my materials and objects as they are a source of inspiration. “the more chaos the better” seems to work really well for me. my studio is a work of art unto itself…an installation piece.
i have many art supplies and had to be creative in storing them. i find that open shelving allows me to readily see what is available. i use tin boxes, old candy and lunch boxes, clay pots, large seashells, woven baskets and mason and jelly jars that afford me a view of what is inside. animal skulls and old dolls are hung from the rafters, as are mobiles. my floor, old wide white planking, is covered with art pieces that are not currently hung. my walls are adorned with photographs of art pieces that i have sold …this way i can still enjoy them.
i found my work table in the trash. the rustic style and bright colors immediately appealed to me.
i could call my art outsider, visionary, raw, collagist, folk, emerging ……but the word that best defines me and what i do is…….artist.
MY FAVORITE TIPS:
if you do not have a sink in your studio add one. i found this to be the most helpful thing i did when renovating my attic into an art studio.
also put 3/4 inch plywood behind the drywall so that (heavy) objects can be hung.
if your studio is in a converted attic do not forget to put in a ceiling fan!
STUDIO DIMENSIONS:
13 feet X 24 feet - with a 10 feet ceiling
i hope you all get a chance to see "me" in the magazine. it is quite a thrill for me.
jenniferbeinhacker.com
art outside the edge
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A nearby campground is available for tenting and small RV's, 25' or less.
(Wikipedia)
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Potters Bar Garage never operated RML`s so to catch one on the forecourt on 15 April 1983 made for an unusual picture opportunity. RML 903 was visiting from Finchley Garage for whatever reason.
Apart from RM`s on the 134`s, there are two other aspects here that would not last much longer. The nice gardens that were a unique feature of an LT garage would eventually be removed to create extra parking space as the bus allocation underwent a massive uplift to more than treble from how it was in the 1960`s and 1970`s when I lived nearby.
Also to go soon after this picture was taken were Arlington PSV Sales. Through my childhood and until I left the area, this was a feature of the far side of the garage. Coaches for sale were parked in the garage and a few outside at the side and rear of the site out of the way of bus movements. Were there any other LT garages that had a commercial business not connected to LT (excluding overnight Scottish coaches) sharing space?