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“Oh no! The mandrake has the wand again!”
The little wizard wonders if he should step in…
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following magical creations, which are all available at Witchcraft & Wizardry:
Duvet Day’s Table, and Magnifying Glass!
Static’s Fantastic Bestiary Books!
Bee That Way’s Occamie Tea Cup!
bubble’s Fantastic Creatures Cookie!
Random Matter’s Bookcases, and Book Stack, which are all part of the Reading Room Collection!
Raindale’s Netherkeep Desk, and Netherkeep Scroll!
Broken Arrow’s Witchcraft Magic Lights, and Witchcraft Magic Mess!
Digital Farm System’s Stuffy Sassparello Mandrake!
Rainbow Sundae’s Ember's Wand!
Disorderly’s Magic Ingredients, which are part of the Strudel Sorcery Collection!
Tardfish’s Pilfer Buddehs (Yellow and Black)!
Your ride to Witchcraft & Wizardry!
Keep telling your stories.
Keep making your magic.
Keep shining bright, my friends!
Greetings human creatures, of the planet you call "Earth". I have come a long way to adorn your skies, to make you gaze up into the starry firmament to admire my mysterious nature.
You have given me the strange name "NEOWISE", because a few months ago a space telescope in orbit around Earth, first spotted me as I was approaching your planet, hundreds of millions of miles away. But this is not where I come from. My cradle is located far beyond the orbits of the furthest planets and asteroids, where billions of small, icy bodies, relics of the solar system's formation, move lazily around the Sun. Although the Sun from that far is just a speck of light, its gravitational attraction keeps these frozen bodies in orbit.
Thousands of years ago, perhaps after a tiny nudge from a passing star that slightly deflected my orbit, I started ever so slowly my plunge towards the Sun. I have silently travelled the coldness of space until I first crossed the orbits of the gas giants and then entered the inner solar system, heading towards the central star.
The Sun's heat slowly but steadily warmed my frozen surface and finally my true nature was revealed: an enormous mass of ice, mixed with rocks and dust. As the icy crust that covers my nucleus began to sublimate, gases and dust particles started to form an atmosphere around my solid nucleus. The steady flow of the solar wind pushes the dust and gas into two magnificent tails: the curved, yellowish dust tail and the more straight, blue ion tail, extending for millions of miles into space, opposite the direction of the Sun. And now you can see me in the night sky not as a dark, frozen mass but as a dazzling comet, changing position in front of the distant stars from night to night.
It will not be long before I disappear from the night sky, to return to the depths of space. In the coming weeks I will become increasingly dimmer and harder to spot and my tails will diminish. I will return, but it will not be until thousands of years in the future.
People used to fear comets: for eons, comets were considered sinister omens, heralding the death of kings, and announcing the start of wars and disaster. It took the genius of giants like Isaac Newton and Halley to realize that comets, are simply celestial bodies travelling in elongated orbits around the Sun.
I apologize for not being too splashy and bright like other famous comets, like Hale-Bopp or Halley, to name just two of them. But still if you can get at a dark place, with little or no light pollution from man-made lights - hard to find nowadays - you can still see me maybe with your naked eyes or even better with binoculars. And who knows how long it will be until the next bright comet arrives, so do not miss this opportunity!
So, farewell and stay safe. You will soon forget me, but I will leave something behind, to remind you of my apparition. Specks of dust from my tail will continue around my orbit and will eventually slam into Earth's atmosphere and burn like a meteor. So, the next time you see a meteor in the night sky, it could be one that has been part of my once prominent tail. And if you do, do not forget the wish!
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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, mounted on tripod, unguided
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II@f2.5
Frames: 32 x 8 secs each, ISO 3200
Processing: Developed in Lightroom Classic 9.3, stacked with Sequator (set to Accumulation, Align stars) and final processing in Adobe Photoshop v.21
Soak Testing is a type of performance test that verifies a system's stability and performance characteristics over an extended period of time. It is typical in this type of performance test to maintain a certain level of user concurrency for an extended period of time.
How can you always be late for your arrival?
You know I'd forgive you every single time
Retreat, retreat, I've fallen at the low tide
Oh, retreat, retreat and meet me by the quayside
In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through
Are your eyes showing off for mine?
Your face in my hands is everything good I need
The system's put in place, put there to protect us
For you I'd throw a lifeline every time
Oh, retreat, retreat, I've fallen at the low tide
Now retreat, retreat and meet me by the quayside
In the end all you can hope for
Is the love you felt to equal the pain you've gone through
Are your eyes showing off for mine?
Your face in my hands is everything good I need
Bones starved of flesh surround an aching heart
Full of love
Oh, bones, starved of flesh surround your aching heart
Full of love
Bones starved of flesh surround your aching heart
Bones
Oh bones
I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off
I watch as your eyes show off for mine
I watch as your eyes show off
T-Centralen is a metro station that forms the heart of the Stockholm metro system, in the sense that it is the only station where all three of the system's lines meet. That, its central location, and its connections with other modes of transport make it the most used metro station in Stockholm.
My Korner #232 - Taking a break!
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BLOG NAME: Taking a break!
DESIGNERS: FashionNatic, Supernatural, Salt & Pepper, L&B Swear and ACT5
What a beautiful place to ride but it's time to stop, take a break and enjoy the scenery at zero MPH!
Today I'm wearing:
OUTFIT: FashionNatic - KINSLEY OUTFIT FATPACK @Cosmopolitan
BOOTS: FashionNatic - KINSLEY SHOES FATPACK @Cosmopolitan
CHOKER: .::Supernatural::. Katrina Choker
PUSH UP BREAST SYSTEM: S&P Push up stage 4
HELMET: L&B Swear "Racing" Motorcycle Helmet
POSE: ACT5-493-Female Motorcycle Holding Helmet Pose
Kinsley outfit and boots are rigged for Freya, Legacy and Maitreya. Comes in 10 colors and fatpack. Boots come with color change hud with 40 color choices for 6 different parts.
Katrina choker comes in Gold or Silver. The choker has 9 colors plus comes with 2 gem HUDS for the center stone.
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
Cosmopolitan
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/131/61/24
FashionNatic Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/124075
FashionNatic Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fashion%20Boulevard%20II/6...
Supernatural Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Supernatural/126/130/21
Supernatural Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/104402
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/163109
Lapointe & Bastchild Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Evocative/127/149/31
Lapointe & Bastchild Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/6435
ACT5 Marketplace
My Korner #217 - Looking At Him!
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BLOG NAME: Looking At Him!
DESIGNERS: Giz Seorn, Supernatural & Salt & Pepper
Can't he tell I'm looking at him? Can't he tell I want him to come over here? Can't he read my mind? I just can't get his attention!
Today I'm wearing:
BODYSUIT: GIZ SEORN : Imogen Suit [FatPack] @Uber
CHOKER: .::Supernatural::. Gigi Choker Fatpack
PUSH UP BREAST SYSTEM: S&P Push up stage 4 @Uber
Imogen suit is rigged for Freya, Hourglass, Maitreya and Legacy. Comes in 8 colors or a fatpack with 14 color choices for 4 parts plus 3 metal colors.
Gigi choker comes in silver and gold. Comes with huds to change the hearts and the stones. Here showing all in silver.
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
Uber
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/190/176/19
Giz Seorn Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GIZ%20SEORN/178/119/73
Giz Seorn Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/47598
Supernatural Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Supernatural/126/130/21
Supernatural Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/104402
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
The Reykjanes Volcanic System is one of the volcanic systems on Reykjanes Peninsula in Southwest Iceland, where the Mid-Atlantic Ridge rises above sea level. It is part of Reykjanes Volcanic Belt like the 3-6 (depending on author) other volcanic systems on Reykjanes Peninsula. A volcanic system on the peninsula of Reykjanes consists of (volcanic and tectonic) fissures and faults directed mostly NE-SW. Only Hengill, if this volcano is also taken into account here, has an additional central volcano. The Reykjanes volcanic system shows lava fields and postglacial basaltic crater rows. The small shield volcanoes are mostly not counted.
The submarine Reykjanes Ridge volcanic zone is contiguous but is considered only for a small part integrated into the Reykjanes volcanic system, which is the westernmost volcanic system closely spaced en-echelon fissure systems extending across the Reykjanes Peninsula. The highest of the system's multiple vents is 230 metres (754 ft). Dredging operations resulted in recovery of basaltic rocks of probable Holocene age. Most of the subaerial part of the system is covered by Holocene-age lava fields. During the 13th century, the last subaerial eruptions occurred along the Reykjanes fissure system. Tephra deposits from Holocene eruptions have been preserved on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
Sometimes it's the simplicity of a setting that just makes it feel right.
Tech Specs: Olympus OM=D e-M1.2 with the m.Zuiko 12-40mm f2.8 Pro lens with a NiSi CirPl filter and mounted on my meFoto Globetrotter Classic tripod using the system's Hi-Rez Shot mode - 40mm | ISO200 | 1/20 | f8.
Post-Processing: Processed in On1 Photo RAW 2020.5.
#m43ftw #getOlympus #BreakFreeWithOlympus #landscape #mist #fog #madewithmefoto #nisifilters #morning #autumn #reflection #on1pics #on1photos #microfourthirdsgallery #igersbuffalo #behindthelens
#ccwelcome
My Korner #268 - Femininity!
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BLOG NAME: Femininity!
DESIGNERS: Giz Seorn, Supernatural, Avada, Salt & Pepper and ACT5
“Femininity is depicted as weakness, the sapping of strength, yet masculinity is so fragile that apparently even the slightest brush with the feminine destroys it.”
― Gwen Sharp
Today I'm wearing:
LINGERIE: GIZ SEORN : Lenore Lingerie [FatPack]
NECKLACE: .::Supernatural::. Makaila Set Fatpack
NAILS: Avada~ Ballerina Nails - Shivani
BREAST PUSH UP SYSTEM: S&P Bento Push Up
POSE: ACT5 Custom Pose
Lenore 2 piece lingerie (bustier and panties) are rigged for Freya, Isis, Hourglass & Maitreya. Comes in 8 colors and fatpack with 14 colors. I love this burnt orange.
Makaila comes in silver, gold or both. Comes with gem HUD. This is one of my favorite necklaces.
Shivani nails are rigged for Belleza, Legacy, Slink & Maitreya. Comes with applier hud with 17 dark colors.
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
Giz Seorn Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GIZ%20SEORN/178/119/73
Giz Seorn Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/47598
Supernatural Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Supernatural/126/130/21
Supernatural Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/104402
Avada Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elmira/136/134/27
Avada Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/147505
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/163109
ACT5 Marketplace
GP40-2 303 leads Vermont Rail System’s Washington County Railroad train NPWJ south parallel to High Street in Barton, Vermont.
Exiting Chessie System's Brunswick Yard, Trains Magazine's Typical American Locomotive, GP38-3802, with another GP38-3815, is leading an empty W/B coal hopper train. To the left is US Rt. 340. Today, in 2022, the CPLs and shack are long gone.
The Seaboard System’s only two A units make a reverse move to run around their train at Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Stockholm
Sweden
T-Centralen (metro station)
T-Centralen (T for "tunnelbana", the Swedish word for "underground") is a metro station that forms the heart of the Stockholm metro system, in the sense that it is the only station where all three of the system's lines meet.
The Stockholm Metro is one gigantic art gallery. More than 90 of the 110 stations feature artworks created by some 150 artists.
I only saw 2 or 3 of them...so I have to go back one day... ;-)
This is a photo of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) taken on October 14th, 2024 (details below). Despite thin clouds, the nucleus was visible about 45 minutes after sunset, about halfway between Venus (bright star at lower left) and Arcturus. Then after about 30 minutes, it was clearly visible with the unaided eye and magnificent through binoculars.
Discovered in early 2023, Comet A3 made a fine appearance in Earth’s skies in October 2024. Dubbed as “the comet of the century”, I think it should instead be called the most photographed comet of all times.
Originating in the distant Oort cloud, where billions of small, icy bodies, relics of the solar system's formation abound, it travelled towards the Sun and the Earth, starting its journey towards the inner solar system thousands of years ago.
As the Sun's heat slowly but steadily warmed its icy surface, mixed with rocks and dust, the icy crust began to sublimate and gases and dust particles started to form an atmosphere around its nucleus. The steady flow of the solar wind shaped the dust and gas into a long tail, extending for millions of miles into space, opposite to the direction of the Sun. But at the time this photo was taken, an anti-tail pointing to the sun also formed, an optical illusion from dust left to drift in the comet’s orbit, reflecting sunlight towards us.
At its maximum brightness, the comet was relatively easy to spot with unaided eye and fabulous with binoculars. It remained visible for some time but it is now below naked-eye visibility limit. Recent calculations suggest it might have an open (hyperbolic orbit) that will eventually send it away from our solar system and that it will never return. Let’s hope another bright one is on course to the inner solar system.
Wishing everyone health and clear skies!
Photo Details:
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Camera: Canon EOS 6D, mounted on tripod, unguided.
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II@f2.5
Light Frames: 20 x 5 secs each, ISO 640.
Processing: Developed in Lightroom Classic, stacked with Sequator and final processing in Adobe Photoshop
"Come on
Come on, although ya try to discredit
Ya still never read it
The needle, I'll thread it, radically poetic
Standin' with the fury that they had in '66
And like E-Double I'm Mad
Still knee-deep in the system's shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
I'll give you a dose but it can never come close
To the rage built up inside of me
Fist in the air, in the land of hypocrisy"
Rage Against the Machines - Wake Up
Head: LeL Evo X
Body: e-Body REBORN with Juicy Add on
Hair: *S.E LELUTKA X GIRL HAIR BLACK 01
Eyes: IKON Reverie Eyes - Eternal Pack
Outfit:
Dress: [Cruel] Control set Fatpack
Collar: from [Cruel] Sulfur Project
Jewellery:
[AlternatiVe]
Made at Voodoo Land:
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Freecam by Otis & Skall_Edit
Universal UE4 Unlocker by Otis
Ilum was a snow-covered planet located in the 7G sector of the Unknown Regions, within the Ilum system. In the system, Ilum was fifth from its parent star Asar, a blue dwarf, located roughly equidistant from Asar and the system's cometary cloud. Ilum had been utilized by the Jedi Order for the Gathering, a rite of passage in which Jedi younglings must find and harvest kyber crystals for their lightsabers, for thousands of standard years.
My Korner #244 - The Stare!
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BLOG NAME: The Stare!
DESIGNERS: Adorsy, Supernatural, Avada, S&P and ACT5
Sometimes I find myself sitting in one spot for hours, staring at nothing, thinking of nothing, feeling nothing, and most disturbingly, caring about nothing. ...
Today I'm wearing:
TOP: adorsy - Marissa Denim Top Fatpack @Cosmopolitan
SHORTS: adorsy - Marissa Shorts Fatpack @Cosmopolitan
BOOTS: adorsy - Marissa Boots Fatpack @Cosmopolitan
NECKLACE: .::Supernatural::. Sammy Necklace Fatpack @Bloom
RINGS: Avada~ Eldora Rings
NAILS: Avada~ Ballerina Nails - Solanine - Colors
BREAST PUSH UP SYSTEM: S&P Bento Push up
POSE: ACT5-501-Female Model Sit 42
Marisa Set is rigged for Legacy & Maitreya. Jacket with optional bra comes in 10 colors and 10 denim colors. Shorts come in 10 colors. Boots comes 35 color HUD. Boots bow and ruffles are optional. Very details and fun outfit.
Sammy comes in silver or gold and comes with 3 color change HUDs.
Eldora Rings are rigged for Maitreya & Legacy and come with HUD with 4 metal changes.
Ballerina nails are rigged for Belleza, Legacy, Maitreya and Slink and come with nail applier hud.
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
Cosmopolitan
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/146/22/23
Adorsy Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sorens/221/36/21
Adorsy Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/197132
Bloom
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Prism%20Events/122/128/22
Supernatural Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Supernatural/126/130/21
Supernatural Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/104402
Avada Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elmira/136/134/27
Avada Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/147505
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/163109
ACT5 Marketplace
On a snow-covered MLK day, Vermont Railway System’s Washington County Railroad train NPWJ is led by former Boston and Maine GP40-2 303 past the former B&M Ely Station in Fairlee, Vermont.
Just a few miles out of Rutland, the Sunday edition of Vermont Rail System's B&R job is seen passing the town garage at Clarendon, VT as it heads south for the Pan Am interchange at North Bennington, VT. SD70M-2 431, painted late last year, leads a pair of red 4-axle units and a GATX leaser, making for a relatively photogenic set of power compared to what the VRS has had to offer in recent years.
_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : Agfa APX100.
_Date: P01 Scan38 2023 05 02 17h00.
My Korner #293 - Skating To The Beach!
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BLOG NAME: Skating To The Beach!
DESIGNERS: Salt & Pepper, Avada & ACT5
True Story: A few years back I would get off work and put on my rollerblade gear and hit the road heading straight for the beach! This was a daily spring, summer and fall ritual and I loved it. Kept me in shape! Too bad I'm not close to the beach anymore!
Today I'm wearing:
BATHING SUIT: S&P Switch swimsuit @Uber
NOSE PIERCING: Avada~ Coeur du Chat Nose Piercing (gacha rare)
NAILS: Avada~ Stiletto Nails - Aurora @Unik
BREAST PUSH UP SYSTEM: S&P Bento Push Up
POSE: ACT5-544-Female Rollerblading Pose
Switch swimsuit is rigged for Freya, Legacy, Legacy Perky and Maitreya. Comes in 13 colors and a fatpack. This swimsuit is quite special. It's water and color activated with SL water and Kraftwork matching pool which is also at Uber. Also works with Aquasense 4.0 or above. Men's version available too.
Coeur du Chat gacha nose piercing comes in 2 designs, 7 colors. There are 12 commons and 2 rares. Unrigged.
Aurora nails are rigged for Belleza, Legacy, Slink and Maitreya. Comes with nail applier with 17 different colors and each finger can be painted separately. Love these!
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
Uber
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/144/120/1
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/163109
Unik
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UniK/176/141/28
Avada Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elmira/136/134/27
Avada Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/147505
ACT5 Marketplace
The western half of the Kyle RR line is littered with derelict ABS searchlight signals. They harken back to the days of a much busier line of the Rock Island Railroad. This was part of their main line to Limon, Colorado, where trains could operate to either Colorado Springs or Denver.
In 1946 an ABS type signal system was completed on 485 miles of track between South Omaha, Nebraska and Limon, Colorado. It was a "poor mans" version with station to station blocks at roughly eight-mile increments. This reduced the costs of placing more signals to protect shorter blocks. Blocks in excess of the eight miles did receive a set of intermediate signals half the distance of that block. Single approach signals warning of each of the station-entering signals were placed at an appropriate braking distance in advance of each station. The Rock's signal engineers at the time were looking at the system's use more for speed and cost effectiveness than traffic capacity.
I hope this condensed explanation is coherent enough. It is put together from a book in my collection "Rock Island Westward" by T.R. Lee, and from a very detailed article in "Railway Signaling" sent to me by my friend Ron Wesolowski.
Fourth in the series. The idea of attractors, or points of purpose in the future towards which things move, depicted here in a visual metaphor. Layering in, also, the idea that people with powerful and magnetic ideas as centre points also draw people toward an ideal or purpose in the future.
I'm celebrating these figures with this series - thinkers and artists who've made a powerful impact with their work and though, who've drawn many in toward their deeper messages.
Following after "The Glassblower's Breath" with it's Rumi theme, I thought it appropriate to bring out this image now and post it next to an image honouring one of his works. It was originally created in April 2017 and was sitting in the queue for a long time, until the right moment.
3 Pano-Sabotage pieces, cut up, layered and mirrored multiple times then photo manipulated.
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Music Link: "Hilal" - Mirror System & Ucef, from "The Art of Chill 3" compilation and originally on Mirror System's debut, self titled album, "Mirror System". The word "hilal" is not about Islamic meat preparation, as in "kosher". It means "crescent moon".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmM-Gz4c4aQ
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© Richard S Warner ( Visionheart ) - 2017. All Rights Reserved. This image is not for use in any form without explicit, express, written permission.
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My Korner #230 - Taking a break!
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BLOG NAME: Taking a break!
DESIGNERS: 1 Hundred, Salt & Pepper, Swear & ACT5
He has been skating for hours and I'm getting hungry! Let's go get some food my love.
Today I'm wearing:
TOP: 1 Hundred. Soft Touch Sweater. Fuschia
PANTS: S&P Daphne Pants @C88
SHOES: 1 Hundred. Soft Touch Sweater Low Tops
PUSH UP BREAST SYSTEM: S&P Push up stage 4
POSE: ACT5-485-Couple Skaters Sitting Pose
Soft Touch Sweater is rigged for Freya, Hourglass & Maitreya. Comes in blue, blush, fuschia, lilac, peach and pink.
Daphne pants are rigged for Freya, Lara & Legacy. They come in 8 colors or a fatpack.
Old School sneakers are rigged for Freya, Maitreya, Isis, Hourglass and Physique. The fatpack HUD has light colors, dark and 4 bonus colors. He is wearing the male version limited edition old school low tops.
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
1 Hundred. Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Afterchills/57/37/2501
1 Hundred. Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/99739
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/163109
Lapointe & Bastchild Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Evocative/127/149/31
Lapointe & Bastchild Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/6435
ACT5 Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/215194
Posed with me is Crann, check out his blog:
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
The world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, which opened in 1863, is now part of the Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines; the first line to operate underground electric traction trains, the City & South London Railway in 1890, is now part of the Northern line.The network has expanded to 11 lines, and in 2015–16 carried 1.34 billion passengers, making it the world's 11th busiest metro system. The 11 lines collectively handle approximately 4.8 million passengers a day.
The system's first tunnels were built just below the surface, using the cut-and-cover method; later, smaller, roughly circular tunnels – which gave rise to its nickname, the Tube – were dug through at a deeper level.The system has 270 stations and 250 miles (400 km) of track
It's #TBT (Throwback Thursday), and while 11 years ago might not be long enough to qualify as "throwback," nevertheless here's a look back at one of the best, day-long chases I had on Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad (you know, before "VRS" stood for "Various Rented Stuff"...).
On May 25, 2010, Aaron Keller and I chased GMRC Train 263 from Rutland to a little bit before Riverside Yard, then from Brockaway Mills back to Rutland after it turned as Train 264. There were only a few clouds here and there all day, and we only suffered one "cloud dinking" at Gassetts. The light for the tail end of our chase of 264 was nothing short of spectacular, as evidenced by this view of the train going through East Wallingford. Boy how I wish I could relive days like this! I don't think it'll ever be the same up there, unfortunately...
GMRC Train 264
East Wallingford, VT
May 25, 2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5oDLSXMtdM
Wake Up
Song by Rage Against Power Machines and Rage Against the Machine
Lyrics
Come on
Come on, although you try to discredit
You'll still never edit
The needle, I'll thread it
Radically poetic
Standing with the fury that they had in '66
And like E-Double, I'm mad
Still knee-deep in the system's shit
Hoover, he was a body remover
I'll give you a dose
But it will never come close
To the rage built up inside of me
Fist in the air, in the land of hypocricy
Movements come and movements go
Leaders speak, movements cease
When their heads are flown
'Cause all these punks got bullets in their heads
Departments of police (what?) the judges (what?) the feds
Networks at work, keeping people calm
You know they went after King
When he spoke out on Vietnam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot
Yeah
Yeah, back in this
With poetry, my mind I flex
Flip like Wilson, vocals never lacking that finesse
Who I got to, who I got to do to wake you up?
To shake you up, to break the structure up
'Cause blood still flows in the gutter
I'm like taking photos
Mad boy kicks open the shutter
Set the groove
Then stick and move like I was Cassius
Rep the stutter step and left a bomb upon the fascists
Yeah, the several federal man
Who pulled schemes on the dream
And put it to an end
You better beware
Of retribution with mind war
20-20 visions and murals with metaphors
Networks at work keeping people calm
You know they murdered X
And tried to blame it on Islam
He turned the power to the have-nots
And then came the shot
What was the price on his head?
What was the price on his head?
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard a shot
I think I heard, I think I heard a shot
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
How long? Not long, 'cause what you reap is what you sow
_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : IlfordDelta100.
_Scan : GCMC RODFS70.
_Date: P22 Scan17 2024 09 04 10h00.
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_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : IlfordHP5plus400.
_Scan : GCMC RODFS70.
_Date: P20 Scan26 2024 07 13 11h11.
The TGV Duplex is a French high-speed train of the TGV family, and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. It is unique among TGV trains in that it features bi-level carriages. The Duplex was specially designed to increase capacity on high-speed lines with saturated traffic. With two seating levels and a seating capacity of 508 passengers, the Duplex increases the passenger capacity. While the TGV Duplex started as a small component of the TGV fleet, it has become one of the system's workhorses.
AAPRCO’s Autumn Explorer III left town early morning heading northbound with Vermont Rail System’s first recent repainted GP38-2 #209. Photo taken North Bennington, VT October 3, 2022
Mağlova Aqueduct. The Byzantine water supply system of Constantinople was developed in the mid-4th century. The system's scale and complexity is a testament to Byzantine engineering and its ability to manage water resources effectively.
Even after the Ottoman conquest, the system was maintained and expanded, with the Aqueduct of Valens receiving particular attention.
Göktürk Merkez, Pirinççi Köyü Kemerburgaz Yolu, 34077 Eyüpsultan/İstanbul, Turquie
The world has shifted, jagged and off-key.
We scroll feeds, walk streets, lined with brittle promises,
our freedom cracking beneath rallying cries.
With every word he speaks, the air feels heavier,
the weight of the consequences like stones in our chests,
creating smog over cities we can barely afford.
A name rises in defiance,
a martyr for the cause,
paying the price to reveal what we’ve lost.
A life extinguished to expose the system’s flaws,
while progress falters, caught in an endless delay of the truth.
The headlines bleed outrage,
But we’ve become numb to the drip,
like frogs in boiling water,
watching them gut what’s left of hope.
They think we’ll stay docile,
content with hashtags and empty rage,
watching the world burn from the sidelines,
indifferent to the flames.
But this isn’t sustainable.
It’s gasoline on a dry field,
and we are the match.
Photography is a kind of overstatement, a heroic copulation with the material world
Susan SontagOn Photography
Discusión / discussion [Esp. /Eng]
Las luces altas están sobreexpuestas pero manteniendo un mínimo de textura (se puede apreciar la señalización horizontal del asfalto de Pº Echagaray, un pié de árbol...), y las bajas están retocadas para eliminar cualquier detalle y convertir los diferentes planos en un puro elemento geométrico, retocando puntualmente la curva de luminancia para conseguir destacar el pequeño graffiti. El cut-out (desaturado selectivo) es obvio, y como Todd Ye comenta, busca destacar la combinación rojo-negro deliberadamente, haciendo un guiño a los colores anarquistas. La basculación del encuadre se apoya en un punto áureo (vértice del triángulo gris inferior izquierdo, que "apunta" al graffiti, para que gane relevancia). He buscado provocar una sensación de frialdad geométrica e inhumana, descuido urbano, la ciudad como escenario inhóspito en el que las cuentas mal pagadas del sistema se reflejan en graffitis que intentan marcar territorio "humano".
The highlights are overexposed while retaining a minimum structure and detail (see the arrows on the traffic lanes, the base of a tree...). The lowlights are worked to remove any detail and turn every plane into a single geometric element, touching the luminance curve to enhance the small graffiti. The cut-out is obvious, and as T.ye points out, it deliberately looks for enhancing the red-black combo, winking at the anarchist colors. The pitch of the frame relies on an aureal point (the vertex of the grey triangle at the bottom left corner, which points out to the graffiti to highlight its presence). I've tried to convey a feeling of a cold and inhuman geometry, urban negligence, the city as a bleak stage where the graffitis mirrors the system's debts, pretending to stak a claim over a human territory.
This was the third of a four day mini railfan vacation in Northern New England that would feature GP38s in glorious conditions...simply the kind of trip dreams are made of!
We split up two days in the Granite State shooting Conway Scenic trains for one day in the Green Mountain State with the Vermont Rail System. This was the seventh day of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) Autumn Explorer VI that would see the special train traveling north from St. Johnsbury to Orleans then back south to Bellow Falls via VRS' Washington County Railroad, the former Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine Conn River mainline.
Having just departed Orleans less than 30 min earlier the southbound special is seen at one of the scenic highlights of the line and a place I'd long wanted to photograph. The railroad parallels Crystal Lake for two and a half miles and the northern mile or so is right on the shore, a location of many famous photos of CP passenger trains and B&M pool freights led by steam and later a mix of red Alcos and blue F units and geeps.
The train of is seen at about MP L14.7 led by VTR 206 a GP38-3 206 blt. Oct. 1969 as SOU 2718 and originally a high nosed straight GP38. Trailing is VTR 313 a GP40FH-2 that was rebuilt from original NYC GP40 3078 (blt. 8-67) for New Jersey Transit commuter service. She later ended up working for Iowa Pacific on their assorted passenger operations until that company went belly up and then was purchased in the bankruptcy auction by VRS in 2020.
As for the train it consists of seven private cars:
Blue Ridge Club blt. 1950 by Pullman-Standard
Pacific Home: blt. 1949 by Budd
www.rideaprivatecar.com/directory-private_rail/listing/pa...
Northern Dreams: blt. 1955 by Pullman-Standard
Northern Sky: blt. 1955 by ACF
Dover Harbor: blt. 1923 by Pullman
Colonial Crafts: blt. 1949 by Pullman-Standard
NYC 3: blt. 1928 by Pullman
As for the railroad, the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad first arrived here in 1857 when their line was extended from St. Johnsbury to Barton, then in 1863 they built on to Newport and then finally to the Canadian border in 1867. It operated independently until 1887 when it was leased by the Boston and Lowell only six months before the B&L itself was leased to the Boston and Maine which affected practical control from then on.
In 1926 the B&M leased the line from Newport to Wells River to the Canadian Pacific which ultimately bought it outright in 1946. If interested here's a cool article from a century ago about that lease which was newsworthy enough to make the New York Times!
www.nytimes.com/1926/06/01/archives/cpr-gets-new-line-acq...
The Canadian Pacific Railway had been operating in the state of Vermont for 115 years when they finally retrenched in 1996 and sold their Newport and Lyndonville Subs to Iron Roads Railways which created the new Northern Vermont Railway which took over on September 28th of that year. The Iron Roads system was bankrupt within a half dozen years and the NV ceased to exist with the Lyndonville Sub and the former Boston and Maine Conn River Mainline between Newport and White River Junction being purchased by the State of Vermont and contracted to Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad Subsidiary. The WACR has surpassed the two decade mark operating the 103 mile line while the Newport Sub north into Canada passed to succesors Montreal, Maine and Atlantic and then Central Maine and Quebec until remarkably returning to the CP fold in 2020 when they purchased the CMQ.
Barton, Vermont
Friday October 10, 2025
In this panoramic image, the cerrado sky reveals its spectacle in multiple acts. On the right, the majestic arc of the Milky Way dominates the scene, showcasing the galactic core in vibrant colors, with prominent pink nebulae and golden tones from billions of stars.
To the left, the sky takes on reddish and greenish hues thanks to airglow — a natural emission from the Earth's upper atmosphere, visible only in places with extremely low light pollution. Just below, the zodiacal light rises in a soft triangular glow, caused by sunlight reflecting off interplanetary dust along the Solar System’s plane.
On the ground, the sand tracks and vehicles point toward the vastness above, like explorers of time and space. A technical capture, but also an invitation to wonder: between distant galaxies and atmospheric particles, Jalapão’s sky reminds us that Earth still holds portals to the cosmos. 🌍🔭
📍 Jalapão, Tocantins — Bortle 1-2
📷 Panorama | Camera modified for astrophotography
️ Expedition under clear, dry skies — perfect for landscape astrophotography
EXIF:
22/06/2025 21:15h
Canon 6D Ha Mod / Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 fisheye lens
12x 15sec / f:2.8 / ISO 10.000
My Korner #266 - Visiting the Islands!
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BLOG NAME: Visiting the Islands
DESIGNERS: HautePinay & Salt & Pepper
I have always wanted to visit the islands. They are so beautiful! I hope one day to get married and spend my honeymoon on the islands. That is my dream!
Today I'm wearing:
OUTFIT: HautePinay [ISLAND GIRL BLUE] Bra/Panty/Sarong
BREAST PUSH UP SYSTEM: S&P Bento Push up
Island Girl is rigged for Freya, Hourglass & Maitreya. Comes in blue, black and red.
What a great beach outfit. I just love it.
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
HautePinay Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/174977
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : IlfordHP5plus400.
_Scan : GCMC RODFS70.
_Date: P20 Scan25 2024 07 13 10h56.
_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : IlfordDelta100.
_Scan : GCMC RODFS70.
_Date: P22 Scan19 2024 09 02.
Amtrak's eastbound Capitol Limited splits the intermediates at Forest Glen on Chessie System's Metropolitan Subdivision. The Capitol is in its first months running through between DC and Chicago as trains 29 and 30.
Entrainment is defined by a temporal locking process in which one system's motion or signal frequency entrains the frequency of another system.
My Korner #278 - The Bride!
shakilynsblogs.blogspot.com/2020/05/my-korner-278-bride.html
BLOG NAME: The Bride!
DESIGNERS: Salt & Pepper, Monso, Avada & ACT5
Every girl's fantasy! Every girl's dream! Well, maybe every girl. I know I'm no exception. I do dream of marrying that one special man of my dreams! And I know this is some men's dream also!
Today I'm wearing:
DRESS/VEIL: S&P Bondage bride dress FATPACK @Romp
BONDAGE ROPES: S&P Bondage Ropes @Romp
HAIR: [monso] My Hair - Jullie @Fameshed
NAILS: Avada~ Stiletto Nails - Aurora @Unik
BREAST PUSH UP SYSTEM: S&P Bento Push Up
POSE: ACT5-537-Bride 3
Bondage Bride is rigged for Freya, Legacy and Maitreya. Comes with 3 pieces (dress, veil and veil flowers). Comes in 10 colors or a fatpack.
Bondage ropes has ropes for ankles, arms, thighs, wrists and two waist versions plus the collar. These are OC scripted. Comes with HUD with 10 rope colors and 7 metal colors.
Jullie hair has 2 versions. Pony tail to the side and in the back. Available with 6 color sets and offers ombres and root options.
Aurora nails are rigged for Belleza, Legacy, Slink and Maitreya. Comes with nail applier with 17 different colors and each finger can be painted separately. Love these!
Push Up Breast system has 4 stages. I'm showing stage 4. This breast system works with any mesh body and works with all rigged clothing.
LINKS:
Romp
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forbidden%20Fantasy/128/128/1
Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/163109
Fameshed
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FaMESHed%20Too/37/174/24
Monso Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sweet%20Isle/196/108/23
Monso Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/105079
Unik
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UniK/176/141/27
Avada Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Elmira/136/134/27
Avada Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/147505
ACT5 Marketplace
A pair of Seaboard System GP7's still wearing Family Lines (L&N) paint take the NORX train out of the Chessie System's Barr Yard in Riverdale, IL on 12/12/1983.
Note the houses in the background...that area is now occupied by a large steel mill.
Photo by John Eagan
Call it "Serving the Customer Saturday," I suppose! On December 29, 2020, Vermont Rail System's New York and Ogdensburg Railway (NYOG) -- using VTR 801 -- shoves two boxcars for APC Paper down their spur in Norfolk, NY. The track to the right is the NYOG's "main," which was originally the Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad (and later the St. Lawrence & Raquette River).
This is the one and only time I've caught the NYOG serving APC Paper, but -- ironically -- APC's predecessor, St. Regis Paper, was the owner of the original railroad, the Norwood and St. Lawrence Railroad. The brief history (off the top of my head and not from Wikipedia) is that St. Regis Paper eventually decided they no longer wanted the railroad, so they offered it for free (as a nice tax write off) to the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority (OBPA). The OBPA already owned what was left of the old Rutland line between Ogdensburg and Norwood, so -- with the added trackage -- the St. Lawrence & Raquette River was formed. The NYOG succeeded the St. Lawrence & Raquette River as the operator of the OBPA-owned trackage (in 2002, I think).
New York and Ogdensburg
Norfolk, NY
December 29, 2020
Coal mining has been a huge part of Svalbard's past. There were mines up in the mountains all around Longyearbyen. The mined coal was trasported to the harbor by these gravity powered cable buckets. While no longer used, the system's towers, cables, and buckets are everywhere.
_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : IlfordDelta100.
_Scan : GCMC RODFS70.
_Date: P22 Scan33 2024 09 04.
A beautiful single old oak tree, and the pair was passing it by in the right moment. I used OM System's HiRes mode to get a 50 MP file, but in that, the walkers were blurred. Luckily the camera also generates an "ORI" RAW file with the native resolution, and in that, it was the perfect shot.
Also, I did some shots before with f13, but it's too much for MFT - the picture starts to get some defraction blur. So I reduced to f8, and also got a nice sun star and super sharp branches with the marvellous Panasonic Leica 15mm.