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Today was the last day of the 2023 Devon Sea Safari season which i have the pleasure to work for.
On a chilly golden autumn day we did two trips and on our last trip amongst other sightings we saw this beautiful North Atlantic Grey Seal which was not in the Atlantic nor is she grey.
This seal has been named by the local Sea watch Foundation as Fudge. I am not a fan of naming the wild animals, they are not pets, but this 3 year old fudge coloured example is a little beauty seen catching a few rays on the special mark approx 1 mile off Teignmouth.
Saphos Trains 'The Christmas White Rose' from Llandudno to York passes Earfit Lane on the approach to Copmanthorpe on 15th December 2021 , just 4 miles short of it's destination, hauled by no. 46100 'Royal Scot' which had taken over the train at Chester.
You may now resume your normal, moronic style of driving. Especially you tourists.
San Francisco. South end of the Golden Gate Bridge.
..day!
It's HIS birthday!
Big Friend...........Big Photographer!!
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Special Amtrak Move 869 heads south through Charlottesville, as it picks up a broken down fleet car and takes it back north to Washington DC
101. Clancy, 2yrs 47wks
We've come to the end of our Special Holiday Week.
It's been a lot of fun for me, having all this attention from Dad, who took the week off--and all this attention from you!
Dad got some super photos, and we even got into Explore with my cousin Duke yesterday.
We got caught up in all the fun and posted more photos than we had first envisioned. For that reason, and also because Dad will be going back to work tomorrow to get an early start on next week, we won't be trying your patience with our regularly scheduled Saturday Morning Post. We will see you next on our Throwback Tuesday.
As for this photo, it's just slightly out of focus, but we like the resigned look on my face and the effect of the branches through which Dad is taking the shot.
I look tired, but it's a good tired; I got plenty of exercise this week.
If you agree I look tired here, wait 'til you see the last photo of our week!
Pictured on its first outing on the road since delivery from Optare on Wednesday 21st February, Go-Coach 6201 YJ18 DKX is seen at Polhill Garden Centre with company director Austin Blackburn at the wheel. Monday 5th March 2018.
Go-Coach celebrate their 10th Anniversary this year and have adorned this brand new vehicle in a special gold and purple livery to commemorate this milestone.
A special anniversary gala and bus running day is planned for Saturday 27th May where its hoped to run a number of free bus services with vintage vehicles as well as a selection of the fleet usually only featured on school work. For further details: www.facebook.com/events/530553777320208/
Thanks to Austin for taking time out of his busy schedule to arrange a quick run out with this vehicle.
Optare Metrocity MC10820 - Optare Metrocity 10.8m
1956 Buick Special Riviera 5.3 Litre petrol.
Buick Series 40
Overview
Model years 1949–1958
Assembly( main plant)
Flint, Michigan, United States, (Buick City)
(branch assembly)
Arlington Assembly (Texas) (1955-1958)
Doraville Assembly ("Atlanta") (Georgia)
Fairfax Assembly (Kansas City, Kansas)
Framingham Assembly (Massachusetts)
Linden Assembly (New Jersey)
South Gate Assembly (California)
Wilmington Assembly (Delaware)
Body and chassis
Body style2-door coupe
2/4-door sedan
2-door convertible
4-door Estate station wagon
(1954-1958)
Platform GM B platform
Related Oldsmobile 88
Pontiac Streamliner
Pontiac Chieftain
Powertrain
Engine248 cu in (4.1 L) OHV I8
263.3 cu in (4.3 L) Fireball OHV I8
264 cu in (4.3 L) Fireball OHV V8
322 cu in (5.3 L) Fireball OHV V8
364 cu in (6.0 L) Fireball OHV V8
Transmission2-speed Dynaflow automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase121.5 in (3,086 mm) (1949–1953)
122 in (3,099 mm) (1954–1958)
but of course he is absolutely special and precious to me... :-)
thought it was time for Honey to make another appearance...
I have been blessed with a life companion that enjoys doing many things together as a couple. In my dotage she has developed into a great spotter of wildlife, often picking out birds and animals that I would have otherwise missed in our jaunts around the countryside.
A couple of days ago when the strong winds were trying my soul, we drove down a path leading to a DNR boat launch. It was a pretty primitive road but I had seen a half dozen or more juvenile eagles above the lake enjoying the updraft from the Arctic Circle that blew.
She told me not to miss the one that was clutching to a small tree right near where I was headed. Of course, like most men, her words went in my right ear and exited my left as I was zeroed in on the eagles flying overhead.
After I had shot a lot of photos and my frozen fingers were no longer moving to my command, I turned to scurry back to our warm vehicle. I remembered her last words to me and shot a quick glance down the treed lake shore and saw the eagle she had been talking about. It was only about a dozen yards from me.
This is the shot I got in the wind, breaking sun and mist. If I am honest, it’s really her shot.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
Op zaterdag 30 april werd eerst koers gezet naar Schulen om de sproeitrein te vangen
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Maar die reed 40 minuten voor tijd zodat ik die op het nippertje kon vangen.
In Schulen kon ik de DBC Mercedes trein nog vangen!
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Daarna werd er met Valere naar Beringen gereden om Maarten met zijn auto trein te fotograferen.
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Van Beringen weer richting Schulen om de sproeitrein nogmaals te vangen!
Maar die reed ze vroeg dat we die gemist hebben!
Even later kreeg ik bericht dat Maarten de DBC Schroottrein met ECR Traxx was tegengekomen in Remersdaal.
Dan werd weer koers gezet naar Hasselt om deze schroottrein daar te vangen.
Ik kon deze schroottrein nog aan de oprit van het viaduct in Hasselt fotograferen,kant Diepenbeek.
Langs dit viaduct hebben ze pas gekapt en dat wou ik eens uitproberen met de ladder!
Neen ik heb niet scheef gefotografeerd,dit is gezichtsbedrog.
De trein gaat hier al omhoog en de grond naar onder.
Als slot van de speciale fotodag heb ik deze trein nog in Genk-Goederen gefotografeerd!
A6-EET, an Airbus A380-861, on approach to runway 06R at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
It was arriving as UAE241 (Emirates Airline) from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The special livery promoting "Emirates Courier Express" first entered service on this aircraft on May 14, 2025. This was the livery's first visit to CYYZ.
One of my favorite photos from six years ago. Was in a hotel room and my date took this photo before we left for the event we were attending.
this very special flower was made using lots of pretty scraps of fabric as petals and soft blue felt as the background ... this flower is special to me but i cannot tell you why yet ;0)
Jesolo Air show 2019.
80° Anniversario del 51° Stormo, 30° Anniversario AMX.
Da destra:
AMX-T 51-82 (timone 132° 101° Gruppo);
AMX 51-53 (timone 103° 14° Gruppo);
AMX 51-27 (timone 28° 13° Gruppo).
Happy Holidays to all, I leave you an outfit with more than 70% off, while we prepare for the new year and new collection
Only at HOLIDAY Shop & Hop
Dr. COCO Shoes not included :p
Metroline VP614 (LK04UWW) proudly on show at the Essex bus rally and Londoner in the Country show at Barleylands Farm.
This was the final box ticked having used a Willesden VP and Cricklewood TA at Potters Bar last weekend, and now used Harrow Weald's last VP here.
サクララウンジ
JALのエグゼクティブラウンジ。
羽田空港 東京都
Haneda international Air Port Tokyo,Japan
友人が会員だったために知らない世界を味わう事が出来ました。
ドリンクサービスのくつろいだ広い空間。国際線は食事も食べる事が出来るらしいです。
SAKURA-Lounge
It is a special lounge of JAL. The general person cannot enter.
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My health company, every three months, for three days, sends me to cover a shortage of staff, in the Lipari hospital, (and so do my colleagues), in the little free time I have available, I dedicate myself to my photographic passion.
Lipari is the largest island of the Aeolian Islands (they are located north of Sicily, one hour by hydrofoil from Milazzo); Lipari, under the fascist dictatorship, was the seat of forced confinement for political opponents, it was considered "a Sicilian Alcatraz", among all the islands of confinement, Lipari was most likely the most liveable, both for its considerable size that favored the relations of the confined with the inhabitants, both because, to a greater extent than elsewhere, in Lipari, confined persons were allowed to live in private residences, together with their families or other companions. I found written: "Being on an island that belongs to another island means feeling doubly foreign, tied to the will of the gods and nature, where every certainty can be swept away by the waves of that sea that laps it in every intimate part, but it is a sensation that lasts for a few minutes, the Liparoti (the inhabitants of Lipari, ed) know it well (as all Sicilians know), the Greek concept of Xenia, hospitality, is inherent in them, a written rule, is a duty that provides sanctity and protection for the guest ".
Lipari has a long history as a place of detention. It is the island where the common criminals were initially confined, then with the law of November 6, 1926 (the twenty-year fascist period begins with the seizure of power by fascism and Mussolini, officially occurred on October 31, 1922), Lipari thus became the a place to isolate and confine opponents; the life of the confined began immediately after disembarkation, with lodging in the dormitories of the Castle, under the strict surveillance of the police and the fascist militia, every morning, the confined were subjected to the appeal and they received a daily pay of 10 lire; they could move freely in the town, without however exceeding the demarcation line that surrounded the inhabited center; walking was the main activity, the saddest and most melancholy ones pushed to the limit allowed, to see the ferries arrive from Milazzo, aware that the sea was guarded by motorboats armed with machine guns. A situation that will not prevent Nitti, Rosselli and Lussu from fleeing the island, on a moonless night, between 27 and 28 July 1929.
I made some photo-portraits of people I didn't know, I thank them very much for their sympathy and their availability; I tried to capture the essence of minimal photographic stories, collected walking along the streets of Lipari ... in search of fleeting moments ...I used a particular photographic technique for some photographs at the time of shooting, which in addition to capturing the surrounding space, also "inserted" a temporal dimension, with photos characterized by being moved because the exposure times were deliberately lengthened, they are confused -focused-imprecise-undecided ... the Anglo-Saxon term that encloses this photographic genre with a single word is "blur", these images were thus created during the shooting phase, and not as an effect created subsequently, in retrospect, in the post-production
La mia azienda sanitaria, ogni tre mesi, per tre giorni, mi manda a ricoprire una carenza di organico, nell’ospedale di Lipari, (e così anche i miei colleghi), nel poco tempo libero che mi resta a disposizione, mi dedico alla mia passione fotografica.
Lipari è l’isola più grande delle isole Eolie (si trovano a nord della Sicilia, ad un’ora di aliscafo da Milazzo); Lipari , sotto la dittatura fascista, fu sede di confino coatto per gli oppositori politici, essa era considerata “un’Alcatraz siciliana”, fra tutte le isole di confino, Lipari fu molto probabilmente quella più vivibile, sia per le sue notevoli dimensioni che favorivano i rapporti dei confinati con gli abitanti, sia perché, in misura maggiore che altrove, a Lipari veniva consentito ai confinati di abitare in residenze private, insieme ai propri familiari o ad altri compagni. Ho trovato scritto: “Trovarsi su un Isola che appartiene a un’altra Isola, vuol dire sentirsi doppiamente straniero, legato al volere degli dei e della natura, dove ogni certezza può essere spazzata via dalle onde di quel mare che la lambisce in ogni intima parte, ma è una sensazione che dura solo per qualche minuto, i Liparoti (gli abitanti di lipari, n.d.r.)lo sanno bene (come lo sanno tutti i siciliani), è connaturato in loro il concetto greco della Xenia, l'ospitalità, non è una norma scritta, è un atto dovuto che prevede sacralità e protezione per l’ospite”.
Lipari ha una lunga storia come luogo di detenzione. È l’isola dove all’inizio erano confinati i delinquenti comuni, poi con la legge del 6 novembre 1926 (il ventennio fascista inizia con la presa del potere del fascismo e di Mussolini, ufficialmente avvenuta il 31 ottobre 1922), Lipari divenne così il luogo dove isolare e confinare gli oppositori; la vita del confinato iniziava subito dopo lo sbarco, con l’alloggio nelle camerate del Castello, sotto la rigida sorveglianza della polizia e della milizia fascista, ogni mattina, i confinati erano sottoposti all’appello e alla consegna della "mazzetta", ossia la paga giornaliera di 10 lire; potevano circolare liberamente nel paese, senza però superare la linea di demarcazione che circondava il centro abitato; passeggiare era la principale attività, i più tristi e malinconici si spingevano fino al limite consentito per vedere arrivare i traghetti da Milazzo, consapevoli che il mare era sorvegliato da motoscafi armati di mitragliatrici. Situazione che non impedirà a Nitti, Rosselli e Lussu di fuggire dall’isola, in una notte senza luna, tra il 27 e il 28 luglio del 1929.
Ho realizzato dei foto-ritratti di persone che non conoscevo, le ringrazio veramente tanto per la loro simpatia e la loro disponibilità; ho cercato di cogliere al volo l’essenza di storie fotografiche minime, raccolte camminando per le strade di Lipari... alla ricerca di attimi fugaci s-fuggenti ...
Ho utilizzato per alcune fotografie una tecnica fotografica particolare al momento dello scatto, che oltre a catturare lo spazio circostante, ha "inserito" anche una dimensione temporale, con foto caratterizzate dall’essere mosse poiché volutamente sono stati allungati i tempi di esposizione, sono confuse-sfocate-imprecise-indecise...il termine anglosassone che racchiude con una sola parola questo genere fotografico è "blur", queste immagini sono state così realizzate in fase di scatto, e non come un effetto creato successivamente, a posteriori, in fase di post-produzione.