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This is the smallest model of a Heritage Unit I have ever seen, this Z Scale SD70ACE from AZL joins my roster of the same loco in many different scales.
This was a fun and relaxing day riding the obscure rails of the smallest state in the union. Thanks to an invite from Michael St. Louis and my old friend Mike Leckie this was a day spend on a private invitation only charter on the Old Colony & Newport Railroad that shares the state owned line up the west side of Aquidneck Island with the for profit Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad dinner train.
There are only about 14 miles of railroad on the island but they offer some beautiful coastal sights befitting their moniker of the line with the million dollar views.
We traveled north to a beach overlooking Mt. Hope Bay to observe the implosion of the massive concrete Brayton Point generating station cooling towers then after that 10 seconds of excitement was over we toured the line south as far as the north gate of Naval Station Newport by Coddington Cove in Middletown, RI. Two locomotives were in operation, a privately owned 50-ton side rod Porter #7349 (seen here) and society owned 45-ton side rod GE #4764. And the coaches were a pair of amazing ancient wooden clerestory roofed beauties. Coach #74 was built for the B&M in 1904 in Laconia, NH and Parlor car #73 which is believed to have been built in 1884 for the Intercolonial Railway of Canada, a CN predecessor road operating in Quebec and the Maritimes.
This location is about MP 25.2 (as measured from Myricks, MA the junction with the Old Colony Line to New Bedford. The choppy cold water of Narragansett Bay and the southern end of Prudence Island are visible beyond the train here in this view looking generally northwest.
Middletown, Rhode Island
Saturday April 27, 2019
That's it on the right between the blocks...it is actually glazed....now I'm wondering how big the smallest window in the world is.
The smallest city I have ever built. Complete with: town gate, town hall, four houses and a town square with well.
See flic.kr/p/2oAD2Yh for a top view
And flic.kr/p/2oAA6G6 for the town square
did this with acrylic on water color paper with a 0/20 spotter brush with no loop..... the dimensions of the piece are 1" by 2"....yes that is a penny...
I was afraid the pair of Violet Green Swallows that had been visiting a nest spot in our eaves had moved on after two *really* unseasonably hot days early last week, but two days ago they appeared again and have now been visiting even more frequently - looks like they're gearing up to use the nest. I understand they'll sometimes build more than one nest site at first then finally choose their favorite as the time draws near, so I'm hoping it's this one if that's the case.
The feeders have all been taken down at my place for the most part and this rail where they hung has become a favorite spot for this male of the swallow pair to hang out in the mornings. I'd say that's a fair trade for losing the feeders for the time being - I'd much rather watch this fellow keeping watch than listen to 20 screaming Pine Siskins bicker with one another. :)
This very small variety of swallow is a favorite and to give you an idea of size, that's just 550 paracord that's tied to the rail there. He's not much bigger than a chickadee, but damn is he handsome.
Marylebone Station (opened 1899) is the smallest and youngest of all the London railway terminii - it's also one of the nicest. Many scenes from the Beatles' film "A Hard Day's Night" were filmed here.
Inspired by Simon Gentry's (aka parkerjones) anatomy of a coffee store set. It is a fabulous set. If you have a few minutes go check out his wonderful stream.
Dad found this little guy in our bedroom. He was really fast and not fond of the camera, I am surprised I was able to foucs on him before he jumped to the floor again. We did let him go out back.
When primate keepers at the orangutan and siamang habitat arrived for work on November 12, 2018, they didn’t know that by day’s end, they would have one more charge in their care.
The Zoo’s siamangs Unkie and Eloise (Ellie for short) had previously made a significant contribution to the population in managed care of this endangered species: they had successfully raised five female offspring over the years. With Ellie on contraception, their reproductive years had come to a close.
Or so the animal care staff thought. Contraception is not 100 percent assured, and that day, Ellie was quietly and calmly cradling a new infant. And not just any infant, but the smallest siamang the keepers had ever seen. Keepers kept a close eye on Ellie and the newborn in the warmth and humidity of the siamang bedrooms. “Usually, a siamang infant can cling to its mom within a day or two, and can find a nipple on its own. But this infant wasn’t as strong as she should have been,” says Tanya Howard, senior keeper. Fortunately, because she was an experienced and capable mother, “Ellie positioned the baby on her nipple,” says Julie Krajewski, senior keeper. “She is an excellent mom. That’s something a first-time mom might not do.”
Read the full story: sdzoo.com/TinySurvivor
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kestrel.
one of my favorite birds. i have got several shots of these little falcons before - but never one like this!!
my friend doris and i got up at 5 am this past saturday to go to mound city to a bird "festival". we went on a sunrise birding walk and saw (and heard) many bird species, including a wood thrush, baltimore oriole, kestrel, bobolink, blue grosbeak, eastern towhee, wilson's warbler, brown thrasher, gray catbird, white-eyed vireo, yellow-billed cuckoo, and more that i didn't catch the names of. we had an excellent guide with us who could identify both the sound and sight of every single bird we encountered!!!
doris and i had so much fun - like two little kids at an amusement park. she and i decided our early morning birding (and photography) adventure was definitely worth the loss of sleep!
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are the smallest species of the onion family Alliaceae, native to Europe, Asia and North America. Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World and is a perennial.
Its species name derives from the Greek skhoínos (sedge) and práson (leek). Its English name, chive, derives from the French word cive, which was derived from cepa, the Latin word for onion.
Culinary uses for chives involve shredding its leaves (straws) for use as condiment for fish, potatoes and soups. Because of this, it is a common household herb, frequent in gardens as well as in grocery stores. It also has insect-repelling properties which can be used in gardens to control pests.
“Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul even to your smallest acts.
This is the secret of success”.
(Swami Sivananda)
This is a picture of Vinod who is a pehlwan (Indian wrestler), while Pritviraj (an other pehlwan) is giving him a facial massage during their training at the gym, the akhara which is at Scindia Ghat along river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras).
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"The smallest feline is a masterpiece."
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Megumi (my Russian Blue) enjoys to being my fashion model.
All natural capture; colors under natural sunlight with NO flash, No set up and No feeder.
Personal Note: I'm officially "OUT-OF STOCK" & No new birds on hand....(LOL)
Next stop: Mongolia and Tibet
300_4141a BW near Calcata VT See the Calcata Series
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. . . This is the smallest of the three D. H. Day barns located just north of the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb area. Although technically closed due to the partial government shutdown, the dune climb area had about 20 cars in the lot!
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Its a town in Blagoevgrad Province, southwestern Bulgaria. The town is an architectural reserve and 96 of its buildings are cultural monuments. With a population of 385, it is the smallest town in Bulgaria, retaining its city status today for historical reasons.
Hine, Lewis Wickes,, 1874-1940,, photographer.
Group of Breaker Boys in #9 Breaker, Hughestown Borough, Pennsylvania Coal Co. Smallest boy is Angelo Ross (see photos and labels #1953 & #1954). Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.
1911 January.
1 photographic print.
Notes:
Title from NCLC caption card.
Attribution to Hine based on provenance.
In album: Coal mines.
Hine no. 1949.
Subjects:
Boys.
Coal miners.
United States--Pennsylvania--Pittston.
Format: Photographic prints.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Photographs from the records of the National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) 2004667950
General information about the Lewis Hine child labor photos is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.nclc
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/nclc.01138
Call Number: LOT 7477, no. 1949
Located in Ochopee, Florida on the Tamiami Trail (Rte 41. The Ochopee Post Office is the smallest post office in the United States. It is a tiny shed on U.S. Route 41 near Ochopee, Florida, . It is located about 3 miles (5 km) east of the intersection of US 41 and State Road 29. The building used to be a storage facility for irrigation pipes of an adjacent tomato farm. It was converted into a post office in 1953, after a fire which destroyed Ochopee's previous post office and general store. The post office is currently fully functional, serving the surrounding populations of Miccosukee and Seminole Indians. The local post clerk is often asked for the famous Ochopee post mark.