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Catwalk - Gene Davis
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This picture brings back memories but not of a good type. Back in the seventies through the eighties before I could afford a car I use to work in some bad parts of the city and often going home at late hours sometime waiting for a late night train that comes only once a hour in deserted quite stations like this being on a constant guard for, rowdy drunks gang bangers and crazies back when there were no electronic signs to tell you when the next train was coming and then you would the hear the raucous screams of a group belligerent trouble makers entering the station and having to decide what to do next. Not fun times.
The legendary King Arthur has a direct association with the Castle Rocks of St John, courtesy of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem of 1813, Bridal of Triermain. The poem tells the story of a young knight named Roland de Vaux who falls in love with a mysterious woman named Gyneth, who is revealed to be a fairy queen. The story takes place in the scenic Vale of St. John, near the town of Triermain. Gwyneth resides in the castle there (Castle Rock).
Synopsis of the poem:
The Bridal of Triermain interweaves three stories, all with a Lake District setting: the eighteenth-century courtship of Arthur and Lucy, the Arthurian Legend of 'Lyulph's Tale', and the twelfth-century romance of Sir Roland de Vaux.
In order to warn his aristocratic lover Lucy against excessive maidenly pride, the low-born poet Arthur recites 'Lyulph's Tale' in cantos I-II. He tells how how King Arthur is seduced by the enchantress Guendolen. When he abandons the pregnant Guendolen to resume his kingly duties, she swears revenge. Sixteen years later, the fruit of their union, Gyneth appears at Camelot to remind Arthur of his promise that should he and Guendolen produce a daughter, she would wed the bravest of the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur declares a tournament with Gyneth's hand as the prize but instructs her to halt the combat before lives are lost. As the instrument of her mother's wrath, however, she does nothing to end the ferocious fighting, until Merlin arises from a chasm in the ground to punish her. She is sentenced to slumber in Guendolen's enchanted castle until awakened by a knight as brave as any of the Round Table.
The poet Arthur's courtship of Lucy proves successful and, following their marriage, Lucy begs him to tell of Gyneth's fate. In the third and final canto, then, he recounts the quest of the twelfth-century knight Sir Roland de Vaux of Triermain. He has heard Gyneth's legend and sets out to find the enchanted castle. Having located it in the Valley of Saint John, he successfully passes through a series of allegorical dangers and temptations (Fear, Avarice, Sensuality, Ambition) to awaken Gyneth from her five hundred-year sleep and win her hand.
Courtesy of www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/poetry/triermain.html
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The first time I stumbled across this scene while out walking I only had my telephoto and macro lenses, neither of which were suitable and although calm the light wasn't great. I did think at the time it is a scene with potential and I should come back better equipped
The second time was bright and sunny but windy too so no reflections.
Then last night while checking the forecast (wondering when I could cut the lawn) I became distracted by sunrise and sunset times and directions and realised this scene might be OK for a sunrise shoot on Monday morning.
Bearing in mind I had a full day's work ahead it was a struggle to get out of bed at 04:30 but I am rather glad I made the effort. I was home, had breakfast and switched the work computer on by 07:30!
Those of you with experience of the Highlands will know that we pay the price fo calm conditions during the summer months and that price is the pesky midge. I had a double dose of repellent spray plus a midge net and I needed it!
Still have our milk delivered and the diversity of bottles all very obvious here.
Just a bit of fun!
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The bow of the chemical carrier Aristotelis cuts through the ocean at Bolivar Roads just off the coast of Galveston, Texas.
For the third time that week, AMTK 108 is leading a requalification run for the Adirondack, which has still not resumed service after covid disruptions (news articles are mentioning a resumption of service in the spring). Here it is backing up towards Central Station, with the right of way for the REM light rail line above at left.
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Sorry I've been out of action for so long, but getting mobile and better has been at the foremost. Plus my poor brain has become addled from not being able to get out and about. Or not unless I'm taken somewhere and then I may not have got my camera too. :(
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The Third Fall
HDR 7 scatti
Fotocamera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/11
Shutter Speed: 0.6 s
Lente: 14 mm
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Nikkor AF-S FX 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
From my backyard
Caterpillar of Common mormon butterfly undergoes metamorphosis and has five moulting. This is the third stage or instar.
For those interested- see the ADULT
My Photoblog- My Third Eye...!
No shelter here for man or beast where the animals and their handlers share the same harsh conditions under the desert sun. This was the scene at the desolate passing loop of Tmeimitschatt where the loco was shunting a mixed consist of wagons, perhaps unusual as an iron ore train had derailed some kilometres to the west blocking the line.
I couldn’t determine which direction the train was headed, but I guess most of the livestock only had a one-way ticket.
The iron ore railway line across the Sahara from Zouarat
to Nouadhibou in Mauritania.
Mauritania March 2022. © David Hill
We had three Iris bloom today, our first of the year ...
Bearded Iris
Colorado Springs, CO
Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Iridaceae
Genus:Iris
Species:I. croatica
Bogaczewo is one of the coolest stations in the general proximity of Gdańsk, when you only count in those, where there actually is regular traffic. All that thanks to the array of semaphores at the entrance from the direction of Pasłęk/Braniewo. The impressive 10 meter tall structures with 5 meter distant signals (a huuge rarity nowadays!) provide an interesting background for any picture taken here.
This picture of the EP07-365 with the IC 58106 "Gryf" on hook was taken exactly from the place where the old broad gauge track from Kaliningrad used to run. The line terminated in Bogaczewo and was partially dismantled in the 1990s and 2000s. Now the broad gauge only reaches to Chruściel. A nice reminder of the old 1520mm line was a third semaphore signal, which would be sitting to the left of the frame. As opposed to the ones currently standing, the third signal was noticeably smaller with a height of 8 meters. It was dismantled around the year 2020.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
I’m guilty, baby
I’m guilty, baby
If having a bleeding heart is a crime
If loving you means I’m serving life
I’m guilty, baby
How bad I need you
Ain’t enough words to say
Is it really over or just on a different page
I’m guilty, baby
I’m guilty, baby
If having a bleeding heart is a crime
If loving you means I’m serving life
I’m guilty, baby.
Third in a series of the gosling and the dandelion.
Needed a splash of colour this morning.
Happy Hump Day. Copyright Barb D'Arpino
The third train of the morning put on less of a show since it wasn't crusing through at track speed over the century mark. Wickford Junction bound Keolis/MBTA train 809 is slowing for their station stop as they approach MP 197 on Track 3 of Amtrak's New Haven Line behind utilitarian MPI HSP46 2011.
At the right center edge in the background, partially obscured by the catenary poles and signal for BORO interlocking, is the old wooden tower that was known as SS165 in NH days. Allegedly constructed in 1898, it was relocated here when the NH undertook their massive grade separation project through town and built their two new stations between 1903 and 1906.
This tower also holds the distinction of being the last in service on the corridor in MA, not closing down until 1993. Amazingly it survives a quarter century later despite regular reports of its imminent demise.
At left stands the brick Second Congregational Church that was constructed in 1904 on Park Street looking over this scene. The congregation dates from 1748 and is a daughter church of the First Congregational Church in the old town section of North Attleborough. This is actually the third structure in which congregants have gathered. Originally located in a meeting house on what is now the common, Second Congregational had a stately white clapboard building built in 1825 which was removed in the early 1950s to make way for the addition of a new Fellowship Hall and education rooms. The clock in the tower of this third building was owned originally by the city but now belongs to the church and surprisingly seems to be keeping perfect time.
To learn even more about the history of this location check out the lengthy caption with this old post: flic.kr/p/2i2mm9z
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Monday February 14, 2022