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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.
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
Westbound Salina - Limon freight passes a Rock Island RR-era searchlight signal. 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.
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
My Korner #265 - Morning Sun!
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BLOG NAME: Morning Sun!
DESIGNERS: 1 Hundred. Supernatural, Avada & Salt & Pepper
The morning sun feels so good. It takes away the stress of the world and puts me in the best mood and fills me with energy! But you know, the sun does this by releasing endorphins in the body.
Today I'm wearing:
DRESS: 1 Hundred. Sheer Sundress. Mint
NECKLACE/EARRINGS: .::Supernatural::. Aya Set Fatpack @Belle
NAILS: Avada~ Ballerina Nails - Sloan
BREAST PUSH UP SYSTEM: S&P Bento Push up
Sundress is rigged for Freya, Hourglass & Maitreya. Comes in blue, fuschia, lilac, mint, peach and teal.
Aya set comes in gold or silver and comes with gem HUDs for the stones.
Sloan Ballerina Nails are rigged for Belleza, Legacy, Slink & Maitreya. Has appliers in Blue, Fuschia, Orange, Pink and Purple.
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
Belle
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belle/140/111/994
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
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.
Chessie System's NETT rolls under an ex Western Maryland signal bridge at Mt. Winans, Md. on 04-26-1986.
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
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.
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!
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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
Minnehaha Falls
Minnehaha Falls is located near the confluence of Minnehaha Creek and the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The creek starts its journey to the Mississippi at Lake Minnetonka. Including the famous lake, the Minnehaha Creek watershed covers 181 square miles, winding its way through several west suburban communities for 22 miles before it falls over the 53 foot ledge at Minnehaha Falls and then enters the Mississippi. The falls are rich in geologic and human history.
Minnehaha Falls are only about 10,000 years old (very young in geological time). St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River, which have now eroded to a point about six miles upriver in downtown Minneapolis, used to be downstream of the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnehaha Creek.
The events that led up to the way the falls look today are complex, but a simple explanation is that when St. Anthony Falls reached and passed Minnehaha creek, a new waterfall formed on the creek, and the force of the water altered the route of the creek and the river. The part of Minnehaha Creek between the falls and the Mississippi began to flow through the old Mississippi river bed, and the Mississippi cut a new course.
Erosion within the last century has resulted in a waterfall that is fairly narrowly channeled and vigorous, especially after a heavy rain or during spring runoff. Photographs of the falls from the 1800's and early 1900's show a much wider, curtain-like character to the falls. When the falls are dry, the older, much-broader ledge can be seen.
The falls are ever-changing; sometimes just a trickle, sometimes a torrent. A plaque in the park explains that during a drought in 1964 when President Lyndon Johnson and Vice President Hubert Humphrey paid a visit to the park, the city had to open up several fire hydrants upstream on Minnehaha Creek to increase water flow over the falls and ensure a good photo op.
The falls area has long been an important site to the native Dakota people. "Minnehaha" means "falling water" or "curling water" in Dakota, not "laughing water" as it is often translated. The "laughing water" translation erroneously came from Mary Eastman's book "Dacotah", published in 1849. The name comes from the Dakota language elements "mni", meaning water, and "ȟaȟa", meaning waterfall. The Dakota called Minnehaha Creek "wakpa cistinna", meaning "little river".
White settlers discovered the falls around 1820, not long after arriving in Minnesota. The site of Minnehaha Falls is only a couple of miles from Fort Snelling, one of the first places in the region inhabited by white Europeans. On the Fort map of 1823, the falls were named "Brown's Falls" in honor of United States Army commander Jacob Brown, who had been commander-in-chief of the army since 1814.
The American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made the falls famous in "The Song of Hiawatha" (1855), a poem based on Indian legend. A Jakob Fjelde sculpture of the Indian leader Hiawatha and his wife stands on an island in the creek, a short way above the falls. The falls began to become a tourist destination after the publication of the poem. Though Longfellow never visited the falls himself, he was reportedly inspired by the stories of Mary Eastman and Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and images of the falls.
Minnehaha Park
Beginning in 1885, the Minnesota State Legislature began acquiring the land to become the first Minnesota State Park, but in 1889 it was turned over to the city of Minneapolis for a city park. Park visitors could fish, swim, picnic, and visit the Longfellow Zoological Gardens. The park also featured a carnival, horse-racing and a campground through the 1930s.
Today, the park is part of the National Park System's Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. It is basically divided into two main portions; an upper section above the falls which is kept trimmed and maintained like many other city parks, and the lower section which is largely left in a natural state, with trails following the creek down to the Mississippi.
There are WPA-built stairways and retaining walls along the edges of the glen and creek bed. The park has picnic areas for large or small gatherings, a playground, and an off-leash dog park. A bike rental company operates at the falls in the summer months.
The Pergola Garden overlooks the falls and is a popular wedding location. There is a seafood restaurant and a bandstand at the park at the old picnic pavilion, both open in the summer. The park also boasts several historic buildings including the Minnehaha Depot (AKA "the Princess Depot") built in 1875, and sculptures including the Hiawatha sculpture mentioned above and a mask of Chief Little Crow (Taoyateduta) who was murdered after the 1862 Dakota conflict. The location of the statue is in an area sacred to Native Americans.
If you ever get to the Minneapolis area, Minnehaha Park is a "must see" destination!
The above information was obtained and paraphrased from several online sources including WIkipedia, Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis: The Complete Guide and the former AllExperts website.
"Explored" on Flickr, June 24, 2019.
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.
"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:
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Made at Voodoo Land:
Dominated by EMD, Chessie System's Connellsville engine terminal is chock full of a variety of models & paint schemes. A lone intruder, Alco S-2-9009, sits in the right foreground.
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.
Its July 1985 a view of Chessie System's yard station with GP-40s at Raligh W.V Appalachia [photo collection Mark Llanuza]
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
_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
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.
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.
I used this caption before, and I'm too lazy to write another...
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.
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
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
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1 Hundred. Marketplace
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Salt & Pepper Mainstore
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Salt & Pepper Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/163109
Lapointe & Bastchild Mainstore
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Lapointe & Bastchild Marketplace
marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/6435
ACT5 Marketplace
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Posed with me is Crann, check out his blog:
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
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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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
A visit to Chessie System's Riverside shops in Baltimore back in 1977 had a classic Chevy Nova parked in front of B&O GP9 5970.
I'm not sure what year GM made that Nova, but GM's EMD made that GP9 in 1955 for the Chesapeake and Ohio.
Location: Wandering New York - Manhattan
❤ KiB Designs -
- Johanna Blouse and skirt outfit with HUD
KiB Designs - Johanna Outfit #SenseEvent
Dates: Jan. 18th - Feb. 8th
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MAINSTORE
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❤ KANAZAWA pose pack from FASHIOWL Poses
- 12 bento poses
- Dog and shopping bags included
- Adjustable via menu
- Separate poses included
- Pose stand included
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❤ [HJ] Boho Jen set of necklace and earrings by Heartsdale Jewelry
❤ Scucci LG Shoulda Bag by HOLLYHOOD
❤ Chow Chow v2 LIMITED by SEmotion Libellune
❤ Aurora Garter by MICHAN
I think there’s been a glitch
Five seconds later I’m fastening myself to you with a stitch
And I’m not even sorry
Nights are so starry
Blood moonlit
It must be counterfeit
I think there’s been a glitch
I was supposed to sweat you out
In search of glorious happenings of happenstance on someone else’s playground
But it’s been 2,190 days of our love blackout
The system’s breaking down ...
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
_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.
A pair of Vermont Rail System's red EMDs patiently idle at Newport while the conductor does his Class 1 test on the train. CLP GP38-2 204 is leading VTR GP40-2 307, with a small train of eight cars, on a rare Saturday run. The season's first snowfall is seen dusting the ground on this cold morning.
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
My Korner #278 - The Bride!
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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
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Salt & Pepper Marketplace
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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
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
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Salt & Pepper Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Birdcage/101/133/42
Salt & Pepper Marketplace
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
_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : IlfordHP5plus400.
_Scan : GCMC RODFS70.
_Date: P20 Scan23 2024 08 01 10h08.
_Boîtier argentique réflex : Olympus OM20.
_Objectif : OM System S Zuiko 35/70 1:4.
_Film : IlfordDelta100.
_Scan : GCMC RODFS70.
_Date: P22 Scan16 2024 09 01.
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.
Public Broadcasting System's Halifax: Retribution: S1 - Episode 8
I watched this last night on Channel 6 - Arizona Public Media.
The narrator said words to the effect that: Life is like a recipe with bitter and sweet, and that's what makes it delicious.
Entrainment is defined by a temporal locking process in which one system's motion or signal frequency entrains the frequency of another system.
Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad crew has a long string of gons loaded with granite destined for the NECR interchange at Montpelier Junction. VTR 206 (a GP38-3 206 blt. Oct. 1969 as SOU 2718 and originally a high nosed straight GP38) and GMRC 804 (a GP9r blt. Oct. 1955 as NW 13) and are curling thru downtown about to cross the 300 ft long twin thru truss span over the Winooski River at MP 1 on the Washington County Railroad's Montpelier and Barre Division.
These particular rails are ex Central Vermont, first laid in 1849 by CV predecessor Vermont Central. In 1958 Sam Pinsly's Montpelier & Barre purchased them and he quickly consolidated the parallel CV and old Montpelier & Wells River routes between downtown Montpelier and Barre. The state purchased these rails in 1980 when the M&B petitioned for abandonment, and they've had multiple contract operators over the years until finally settling on Vermont Rail System's Washington County Subsidiary about two decades ago.
Montpelier, Vermont
Friday August 1, 2025
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.