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showing the pale cream pollen load
on the patio wall
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Another day in the office, not exactly hard at it but feeling much happier than going into work! Oh to dress every day like this and get paid...….
in Rowallane
one for my Honey bees on named flowers set
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locked inside, without a voice.
Dark and dying passion lies crumpled in agony, lies smothered in darkness, because of lies.Let the monster have it's way till passion reigns again, on high, in light, far, far, away from the closet.
Me ;-)
Its summer vacation....calgon, take me away!!!!
Oops, almost forgot. I have a lovely spread/interview with Sexis magazine. You can get your free print copy here. It features pics such as "what Bad girls" as well as "Passion Flower".
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A day trip to Steam Gala at North Yorkshire Moors Railway to see visiting locos and some home fleet locomotives.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, a Home Fleet Loco 80136, a standard class 4 tank loco designed by Riddles and built at Brighton Works, looks as if it is about to haul a demonstration Goods Train up the 1 in 49 to Goathland.
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www.nymr.co.uk/br-standard-4mt-2-6-4t-no-80136
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A weekend away started at the Great Central Railway at Loughborough with a visit to their Autumn Steam Gala.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, we are passing a freight train hauled by 65894, a J27 0-6-0 Locomotive owned and Maintained by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG).
65894 was designed by Worsdell and Raven and built at Darlington Works for NER.
For more Info about Loco 65894 ...>>>
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/65894-lner-2392-lner...
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We made it to Friday again.
Well done team.
We woke to hear Storm Éowyn raging outside. It was the deepest low to hit the UK and Ireland, had gusts of up to 187 km/h in Ireland, but not here.
But we got gales and rain. On bin day!
So, once Jools left for yoga, I put the bins out and made sure they were up against the lamp post outside the house, so not to blow over in the wind, like many's already had.
Back indie for breakfast and a brew, then to work with three meetings and much updating of databases and spreadsheets.
By mid-morning, as forecasted, the winds dropped, the sky cleared and the sun came out.
As we had to catch an early afternoon train to London, so had taken the day off work, so got chores done, did a tip run and so on.
She got back at half eleven, I had one last meeting, then a pasty Jools brought back for lunch, then pack away before leaving at one for the station.
Camera batteries were charged, and memory cards cleared.
All ready.
We even got a parking space outside the station, so filled that, went inside to buy our tickets and then had half an hour to wait, so went to the buffet for coffee and chocolate.
The train, when it came was pretty empty, so we got seats with a table, and so watched through the large window as the countryside flashed by.
We dozed on the way up, so it seemed quick that we arrived at Stratford, where we detrained and got ready to cross down to Docklands.
The phone rang: it was the vet.
Scully has diabetes, and so needs treatment, but first an assessment on how serious the condition is.
Jools talks with them for ten minutes, with a stay planned, though not booked, so her urine can be tested for crystals.
We had 80 minutes, so I asked Jools if she wanted a drink: coffee or cider?
Coffee, no cider. So I take her to Tap East where I was considering the beers on taps, when I spotted the bottled beers in the cooler, and I cannot resist a Chimay Blue. So, we linger for twenty minutes as I supper the strong but delightful beer.
We walked through the glittering palace that is Westfield. Full of people and shiny things, though nothing really appealed to us. A monument to consumerism if leaves us cold.
Up the escalator, then over the wide footbridge to the regional station, where we went down to catch a Jubilee Line train to Canary Wharf.
We didn't squeeze on the train about to leave, instead getting a seat on the next train which would depart a mere three minutes later.
Not much to report on that trip, the train screeching once it went into tunnels beyond Canning Town, we got out at the deep Canary Wharf station, pausing to take a couple of shots.
We took the two flights of escalators up to the concourse, then stop to take obligatory shot of the entrance to street level where we were to meet friends.
We went to the square, and took seats looking back at the entrance to The Tube, and the buildings surrounding, towering over everything.
Our friends, Vicki and Justin, arrive, and after receiving a leaflet of the Winter Lights display we were ere to see, we make our way to the Elizabeth Lone station, taking in the sights on the way. Not that we were going anywhere on it, or yet as it turned out, just for the installations and architecture.
We walked though several foyers and atriums, across roads before coming to where the station was bult in a concrete box in a former dock. On top of it, a wooden arboretum bas built on top, with another mall with eateries and restaurants.
And leading to it is a tunnel-cum-bridge, all futuristic, and currently brightly painted as its housing an art installation.
We all took several shots on the way to the arboretum.
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A Quick Trip to see the "Victor" and "Vulcan" together Event at North Tyneside Steam Railway - Stephenson Museum - I was lucky to get a lift to the museum while a friend had an abortive shopping trip (long queues) to a shopping outlet.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
403 - "Victor" was Visiting from the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway and meeting up with 401 - "Vulcan", a Home Locomotive built by the same factory for the "Victor" and "Vulcan" together Event at North Tyneside Steam Railway - Stephenson Museum.
Here, Visiting Loco 403 - "Victor" has formed a Double-Header with 401 - "Vulcan" ready to back onto the train at Percy Main station.
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It happens frequently. That siren song of the open road. The desire to be anywhere but in my house doing the same old chores, waking up and following the same routines, going to the office and working in the same spreadsheets. I'm fortunate that I can heed that call and jump in a car and take a quick trip to a forest in Ohio, or hop on a plane and escape for a few days. Luckier still that I have the world's best travel buddy to go with me.
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A weekend away started at the Great Central Railway at Loughborough with a visit to their Autumn Steam Gala.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, 78018 a 2-6-0 2MT Steam Engine is a Riddles designed and Darlington Works built BR Standard Class 2 Loco which is at Loughborough Station.
For more Info about Loco 78018 ...>>>
www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/78018-2/
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A Day Trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for the Saturday of a 3 day Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
There were 2 Visiting Engines and some of 5 of the Home Fleet Locomotives scheduled to run on an intensive timetable.
Here, on my first Steam Heritage Railway Visit of 2022, no. 41241, an Ivatt designed and Crewe Works built Class 2MT 2-6-2T locomotive is resting at Keighley after powering the Shuttle which was operating between Keighley and Ingrow West with a loco on each end to save a run round which is not possible at Ingrow West.
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A Quick Trip to see the Hudswell Clarke Event at the Aln Valley Railway near Alnwick to see 2 Hudswell Clarke Locos working.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here the S. Fox and co no 20 - "Jennifer" is ready to haul the first train of the day but as it isn't a double header I have changed my ticket to be on the 2nd train and so will video this one departing from Lionheart Station.
For more Info about S. Fox No 20 ...>>>
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/hudswell-clarke-work...
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Beautiful Bee Butt Thursday!
This is a typical Irish Amm dark bee. my sort of bee!
There were still so many dandelions last weekend. Looking at the garden and fields around the house this evening I am struck with the realisation that only the late stragglers are left.
Sad to see them finish but at the same time it means the Summer is just about to come.
This will eventually go on my Honey bees on named flowers set
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Stiff Little Fingers - Silver lining
In the kitchen garden at Kew
I had a great time with the camera in Kew gardens yesterday - I have >700 photos to work through now! Mostly honey bees on flowers! I queued to get in for it opening at 10 and left at closing time at 6pm! perfect place for chasing honey bees on flowers.
One for my Honey bees on named flowers set
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A day trip to Steam Gala at North Yorkshire Moors Railway to see visiting locos and some home fleet locomotives.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, I am about to go on a round trip from Grosmont to Pickering hauled by 4498 - Sir Nigel Gresley which is an A4 Pacific designed by Nigel Gresley and built at Doncaster Works.
For More info about 4498 - 60007 - "Sir Nigel Gresley" ...>>>
www.nymr.co.uk/lner-a4-4-6-2-no-60007-sir-nigel-gresley
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This week-end involved 2 Heritage Railways with the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, Eventually I got a train powered by 564 from Weybourne to Holt Station where I took this Picture after 564 had filled up with Water.
There were 6 Locomotives in Steam for the Gala Event Sunday.
Locomotive 564 is a Worsdell designed and Stratford works built for the GER as Class Y14 - 0-6-0 which was later for the LNER numbered 7564 as a Class J15.
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www.nnrailway.co.uk/portfolio-items/ger-y14-564/
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Lincoln's Sparrow - checking my two bird spreadsheets and realized this guy wasn't reflected on one of them. Saw and heard on the Colorado Trail in 2023.
For the next Challenge: Anything that has been rendered obsolete but still being used everyday by people everywhere. This can include any subject that you can think of that has for the most part been replaced or updated for general use. A good example is audio CD's, typewriters, stationary, books. There are many more items you can include in this list. I look forward to seeing what you choose as your subject;
This calculator was bought in 1989 (discontinued 1990) and has been used in the shops i worked in and when I worked in an office because I was not good at spreadsheets, I would check it with the calculator to see if the formula was right!! still used on occasions when I forget that the phone or tablet does all that! I did notice they are still sold on ebay but this still works perfectly, although there is some dirt just below the screen that won't come off!
MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED
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A Day Trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for the Sunday of a 2 day Event celebrating Lancashire and Yorkshire carriages
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
As part of a series of "Vintage Trains" weekends, there were 2 trains operating on this day.
Here, Taff Vale no. 85 is a 0-6-2T locomotive built by Nelson Reid of Glasgow is at Oxenhope Station having travelled up the valley from Keighley,
For More Info about Taff Vale Loco 85 ...
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/102-2/
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A weekend away started at the Great Central Railway at Loughborough with a visit to their Autumn Steam Gala.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, at Leicester North Station, 65894, a J27 0-6-0 Locomotive owned and Maintained by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) is running round a train it has just hauled along the railway line.
65894 was designed by Worsdell and Raven and built at Darlington Works for NER.
For more Info about Loco 65894 ...>>>
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/65894-lner-2392-lner...
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October 25, 2016
Bailiwick:
[bey-luh-wik]
noun
1. the district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
2. a person's area of skill, knowledge, authority, or work
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I don't mean to alarm anyone, but I'm pretty sure I saw snowflakes out there today.
Not cool Mother Nature, not cool. I'm not ready for winter. Please keep fall around a while longer! Bright colours and warmer(ish) days.
I was stuck inside for most of the day, so I figured I'd better try to work photography into my day as best I can, and this was the best I came up with while on a ten minute break.
Turns out if you leave me alone in the office, spreadsheets just don't hold my attention for 9 hours straight... oops!
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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a good view of the pollen load - cream coloured.
Helleborus x hybridus (Ashwood Garden Hybrids) 'Ashwood Fascination'
Rowallane gardens on Saturday - in the walled garden.
For my Honey bees on named flowers set set
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A Photo from the second location of Day 1 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, at Shackerstone Station on The Battlefield Line, GWR modified Hall Class 4-6-0 Loco No. 6989 "Wightwick Hall" photographed just after a trip via Market Bosworth to Shenton and then back to Shackerstone.
Loco 6989 is waiting in the head shunt for the points to be changed possibly by the fireman.
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again the slightly surprising lilac pollen loads were lilac! - again clear view of these.
In my garden yesterday
for my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
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Happy beautiful bee butt Thursday!
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"Well we know where we're going
But we don't know where we've been
And we know what we're knowing
But we can't say what we've seen
And we're not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out"
...
"We'll take that ride
Maybe you wonder where you are
I don't care
Here is where time is on our side
Take you there, take you there
We're on a road to nowhere"
...
(Talking Heads, "Road to Nowhere")
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El Páramo (3,600 meters / 11800 feet above sea level.)
here the whole story. Why not?
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Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko OM 24mm 1:2.8 (orange filter)
Kodak Tri-X 400 (shot at EI 100, dev. at EI 400)
Developer: Kodak Hc-110 dil. 'H'
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© 2016 Prezioso PH
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Enjoy. Why not? Of course you will. I know, you know it.
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A Quick Trip to see the "Victor" and "Vulcan" together Event at North Tyneside Steam Railway - Stephenson Museum - I was lucky to get a lift to the museum while a friend had an abortive shopping trip (long queues) to a shopping outlet.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
403 - "Victor" was Visiting from the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway and meeting up with 401 - "Vulcan", a Home Locomotive built by the same factory for the "Victor" and "Vulcan" together Event at North Tyneside Steam Railway - Stephenson Museum.
Here, 401 - "Vulcan" - The Steel Company of Wales is joining freight wagons at Middle Engine Lane to form a Freight Train.
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in a pot on the patio wall
Nice view of the dark yellow loads
One for my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go (eventually!) on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
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Mazzy Star - Blue Flower
at Kew
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Yes, it's not always that easy to focus indoors with a 1950 rangefinder. Still, the outcome can be rather interesting.
Carolina Durán Parias. Artist and, why not, model.
'Casa Sitio' Restaurant, La Candelaria, Bogotá (COL)
(1950) Vito III (Carl Zeiss Ultron 50mm f/2)
Minolta Autometer IVF / Fomapan 400 / Kodak Hc-110 'H'
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A Day Trip to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the first day of their Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, at Platform 3 of Grosmont Station having just arrived from Whitby is 825, a Urie and Maunsell designed Class S15 4-6-0 locomotive built for Southern Region at Eastleigh.
For more info about 825 ...
www.nymr.co.uk/southern-railway-825?
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A Photo from Day 5 of a 10 day 9 night "Railway Tour" of 13 Museums and Heritage Railway Locations. The Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
The East Somerset Railway (ESR) runs trains from Cranmore station to Mendip Vale station and back on a 5 mile round trip along its Heritage Railway line.
Along the line, there is also a halt and Cranmore West Station which is near the Sheds.
There is ample car parking at the Cranmore end of the line on normal running days so I started there.
The day I went during the sort of main summer holidays, there was only 1 steam Locomotive running although (4555) another was at the sheds and could have been steamed if thought necessary.
Here, Just outside the Sheds, 4555 is a GWR "Class 45xx" Churchward designed Swindon Works built 2-6-2T Locomotive.
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Cosmos garden cultivar. Botanic Park Belfast - great big beds full of these in full flower in front of the palm house.
Interesting to watch the bees moving randomly between the white, pink and purple flowers. I had wrongly assumed that the bees would have stuck to one colour. Honey bees always stick to one type of flower as they forage unlike bumble bees. I have watched carder bees and white tail bumblebees fly from flower to flower on the pots on my patio irrespective of colour and plant family.
Interesting to see that the honey bees can ignore colour when appropriate.
Nice yellow pollen load clearly visible.
For my Honey bees on named flowers set
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A weekend away started at the Great Central Railway at Loughborough with a visit to their Autumn Steam Gala.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, back at Loughborough Station, 65894, a J27 0-6-0 Locomotive owned and Maintained by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG) is running round a train it has just hauled along the railway line.
65894 was designed by Worsdell and Raven and built at Darlington Works for NER.
For more Info about Loco 65894 ...>>>
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/65894-lner-2392-lner...
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Lobelia bedding plant in pots on patio
Hard to get a good picture as the bee kept moving! A single bee working the 3 pots - for nectar only.
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Mazzy Star - Blue Flower
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A weekend away started at the Great Central Railway at Loughborough with a visit to their Autumn Steam Gala.
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
41312 is an Ivatt designed 2MT 2-6-2T Loco which was built at Crewe Works.
For more Info about Loco 41312 ...>>>
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/41312-2/
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Nachts in einer fremden Stadt
Nachts in einer fremden Stadt
das Zimmer kahl gekipptes Fenster
Im Fernsehen gibt’s acht Programme
am Weiterknopf erstirbt die Lust
Hier wohnen nicht einmal Gespenster
Nachts in einer fremden Stadt
‘ne Kneipe die offen hat
Und Rauch der an der klebt
Soul und Funk ein Stück Papier
Vorm Schlafengehn ein Bier
Vorm Schlafengehn
zwei Zeilen noch die schreib ich dir
nachts in einer fremden Stadt
Die Wände Die Bettdecke
©Othmar Mahlmeister, 26.11.1995
Hinweise:
1) Der Text ist in einer Excel-Tabelle entstanden (leider geht die Formatierung hier verloren)
2) Es gibt auch eine Animation zu diesem Text:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LodRS9gP9xs
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At night in a strange city
At night in a strange city
The room bare, the window tilted
There are eight programmes on the television
The desire dies at the nextbutton
Not even ghosts live here
At night in a strange town
A pub that's open
And smoke that sticks
Soul and funk a piece of paper
A beer before going to bed
Before going to sleep
I'll write you two more lines
At night in a strange city
The walls The duvet
©Othmar Mahlmeister, 26.11.1995
Notes:
1) The text was created in an Excel spreadsheet (unfortunately the formatting is lost here)
2) There is also an animation for this text:
Ribes sanguineum "white icicle"
At Rowallane - outer walled garden.
This shrub looks spectacular right now in full flower - see pictures below of the whole plant
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A Day Trip to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for the first day of their 2021 Autumn Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
Here, Visiting from the Great Central Railway (GCR) and approaching Levisham Station is 48305, a Stanier designed and Crewe Works built for the LMS Class 8F 2-8-0 Steam Locomotive.
Actually, the second part of this LMS and Stanier designed Double Header is 5428 "Eric Treacy", a Black 5 Class 5MT 4-6-0 which was built for the LMS by Armstrong-Whitworth of Newcastle.
For More Info about Loco No. 48305 ....
www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/48305-2/
For more info about 5428 "Eric Treacy" ...
www.nymr.co.uk/lms-5mt-black-5-4-6-0-no-45428-eric-treacy
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Spreadsheets to write, then data to input. But first, important stuff. Nails to paint and coffee to drink!
Working from home certainly has its advantages. Like when your eyes start to cross from staring at the same spreadsheet for a good 4 hours and event planning, you can take a quick break and go for a run.
Race you.
My neighborhood smells like fresh cut grass and that's the way I like it.
* 1958 Jaguar XK – 150 O.T.S. *
Produced between 1958 and 1960 the XK-150 was Jaguar’s last sport car before the legendary XK-E.
It featured a 3.4 litre double overhead cam six-cylinder engine that produced 210 bhp @ 5500 rpm. It was the world’s first production car with four-wheel disk brakes.
This car has approximately 85,000 miles on it and was restored in 1994. The current owner has had the car over 20 years and regularly drives it on tours and to shows.
Source: Display placard
This ‘thing’ has been sitting on my computer for quite some time but in between purchasing FileMaker Pro (a professional database application), installing the application on two computers, spending hours and hours trying to learn its inexhaustible features and intricacies (much like Photoshop) only more daunting because it incorporates; spreadsheets, data algorisms, mathematical calculations and a multitude of other complicated, complex features that tend to tire my already tired cerebrum; downloading and installing updated operating systems on two of our computers, then having to update tons of out dated software to be compatible with these new OS’s, re-configuring my LAN network (among three computers); learning iMovie, then discovering that the new OS’s come preloaded with a very good scanning software resulting in saving my old Epson flatbed scanner which I first thought was a “goner” because its native scan software was incompatible with Mac Yosemite and El Capitan, reading two books (“A Time For Truth” by Ted Cruz and “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson), occasionally taking a bath (splish-splash) and even more “occasionally” saying “hello” and “goodbye” to my wife, answering tons of inane emails, taking out the trash (no, not referring to email trash) and, and, and…….well spending time writing this worthless, irrelevant narrative…….. and the point is? Yes, well, I forgot!
Anyway, hope you enjoy “life” my friends………..
© 2022 George McVitie. All rights reserved.
A Day Trip to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway for the Saturday of a 3 day Steam Gala,
As Usual, the Main Aim was to get as many Steam Train Journeys to add to my Steam Powered Journeys Spreadsheet which is my modern "Trainspotting" record.
There were 2 Visiting Engines and some of 5 of the Home Fleet Locomotives scheduled to run on an intensive timetable.
Here, on my first Steam Heritage Railway Visit of 2022 and my last photo of this trip, no. 45596 "Bahamas" and 46100 "Royal Scot" as a LMS Double Header approaching Keighley Station and the Token authorising the single line running is about to be handed over.
For More Info about Loco 45596 "Bahamas" ...
kwvr.co.uk/locos/45596-bahamas/
For More Info about Loco 46100 "Royal Scot" ...
preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/46100-royal-scot-lms...
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When the maelstrom of life swirls around us and the very foundations and certainties which we have been our guide seem shaken to the core many people find solace and calm in their spiritual faith.
Whoops. Sorry - I must have been in a poetic mood when I penned that paragraph. This image wasn’t taken to say that, but it seems an appropriate caption for it.
It’s a picture of Uley, the village where I live. Pronounced yewly, the name is thought to come from yew woods in the area, long since gone.
There is a Uley in Australia too, near Adelaide, and that was named by emigrants from here when the woollen industry collapsed I guess (or they may have been dastardly criminals of course!).
The flat hill you see behind the village is Uley Bury, an iron age fort dating from 300BC. There is a place called Uleybury near Adelaide too… spot the connection ;)
There is also a Uley in Russia too, but I think they just stole the name and have yet to pay royalties.
The church was built in Victorian times replacing an earlier, less grand church on the same site - a rocky outcrop at the wealthier, upper end of the village (that’s because the water was cleaner higher up!).
Needless to say I don’t live that end :)
This is another wobbly camera shot for my 100x Motion project this year (I'm currently 2.49 images behind according to Andrew's spreadsheet). It uses the advanced swirlywobbles technique which I seem to have made my own.
I haven’t seen anyone else try it which puzzles me as it’s quite easy (just point the camera at something and spin around its lens axis - or go from portrait to landscape if that makes more sense). Perhaps it’s simply that no one else likes the effect…
It does need a lot of attempts to get a good shot. The main problem is making the rotation smooth (hold out your arms) and getting the sweet spot pointed at the right place. Just takes lots and you’ll get something.
As with most ICMs you need to bump the saturation and contrast in processing (don't be shy), and probably sharpen it too, to counter the camera’s natural inclination to expose everything to mid-grey. But you can use Flickr’s inbuilt editor to do that easily enough.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100x