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Detail shots of one of the falls at the Huntsville Land Trust. This is the base of the larger set of falls off of the old railroad bed.
A side-by-side comparison of my old model (top; September 2009) and new model (bottom; January 2021).
My Lego model of Peppercorn A1 class 60163 'Tornado', in ex-works grey livery.
This is a complete rebuild of my previous Tornado model, which I finished in 2009. The new model can be powered by either 9V through the track, or battery power using Power Functions components in the tender.
Improvements since the last version include:
- larger driving wheels
- larger boiler and firebox
- redesigned cab
- valve gear representation
- shortened tender wheelbase
- additional bogie detail
- reprofiled smoke deflectors
Custom 3rd-party components:
- XL wheels from Big Ben Bricks
- connecting rods from Trained Bricks
- custom printed cab numbers and tender text from Minifig.me
The real 'Tornado' was built by the A1 Trust and completed in 2008, making it the first mainline steam loco built in Britain since the turn of the millennium.
I was photographing in a bird sanctuary and this fellow came a settled down to pose almost in front of me.
Many thanks to you ALL for the views, faves and comments you make on my shots it is very appreciated.
Out today to Petworth House.
Whilst the house has an extremely impressive art collection, it yielded only 4 chairs for my lone chairs of the National Trust project.
Clumber Park Bridge
Clumber Park
Nottinghamshire
UK
13 October 2018
National Trust
Clumber Bridge was subjected to major vandalism in March this year. At present it is closed to all but foot traffic. It is currently expected to be another twelve months before it is restored and re-opened. Samples of the stone have been analysed in an effort to identify its quarry of origin so that matching stone can be used in the restoration.
Why is it people seem incapable of taking photos when you ask them to do so but when you do one of them it comes out good??
Sorry about this being blurred beyond blurred sadly this is the best one of the evening well I have one other that might be ok once its ben worked on a little.
Yes I am wearing flats lol. As you can just make out we did have a laugh and the dancing wasn't that bad either. Jamie lead me a few times and I danced with one or two other ladies who weren't getting a dance, the joys of being able to lead and kind of follow.
Any way back to the title. Don't trust anyone to tale a good photo of you if they fancy the man you are stood next to lol
The Winter Garden. The famous grove of Himalayan Birch trees (Betula utilis var. jacquemontii) which has its gleaming white trunks pressure washed every year to produce this ghostly scene, which has an even greater impact on gloomy days..
He trusts that I won't put him in scary situations, and I trust that I can ride well enough to not fall off when he jumps sideways when there's a new pile of dirt in the field. Tonight it was a plastic chair in the middle of the ring. He was terrified.
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building
currently Wells Fargo Building
sculptors: Piccirilli Brothers
window designers: d'Ascenzo Studios
architect: Simon & Simon, 1927-28
architectural style: Beaux-Arts
Center City - Rittenhouse Square
Avenue of the Arts - Broad Street Historic District
123-151 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Union Trust Building. 501 Grant Street, Pittsburgh
According to Wikipedia, the building was originally called the Union Arcade when developed by Pittsburgh's very own coal and steel magnate Henry Clay Frick in 1916. In 1923, the Union Trust Company bought the building and remodelled the lower four floors, removing the 240 shops that formed the "arcade" of the commercial high-rise.
The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
INS46 Trust in the Old Harbour at Lossiemouth. Not as old as some of the others, think the transom stern dates its build to the early Seventies.
This National Trust property is famous for being the ancestral home of the first USA President, George Washington. In fact, Washington DC takes it names from the very village where this building still stands.
It rather lucky that it does stand because it very nearly ended up being demolished, so run down had it become.
By the 19th century, the hall had been divided up into tenement flats and in the years that followed, gradually fell into a state of disrepair. Finally, in 1936, the building was declared to be unfit for human habitation. Luckily, it was saved from being bulldozed by a local school teacher by the name of Fred Hill. Fred formed a group which became known as the 'Friends of Washington Old Hall', whose aims were to save and preserve the building.
Restoration work began, and although it was halted during Word War II, it was finally completed in 1955.
A couple of years later, the National Trust took over management of the building.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/erddig/
Erddig, near Wrexham. A National Trust property.
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Company Building
currently Wells Fargo Building
sculptors: Piccirilli Brothers
window designers: d'Ascenzo Studios
architect: Simon & Simon, 1927-28
architectural style: Beaux-Arts
Center City - Rittenhouse Square
Avenue of the Arts - Broad Street Historic District
123-151 S. Broad St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chauncey reclines on the trunk of a fallen tree. She was a little nervous when I first put her up there, settled once I had her lay down. She is filthy black, so I did it in B & W to hide her dirtiness:o) It was so sandy that within minutes she was black.
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I've mentioned it before, but to me, the relationship of the coastal brown bear and the shorebirds is an amazing one. Here you have the brown bear - a fierce predator - determined during the month of September to eat their fill before the long winter. Then you have the shorebird - simply looking for any and all scraps that are left behind. So it is quite convenient for the shorebird to "hang around" the bear. I do, however, wonder how they know that they are safe from the jaws & claws of this bear - many times bigger and immensely more powerful.
Nevertheless, by the look on this bear's face, he seems to be quite content with the bird's company - almost offering up a smile or grin - while the shorebird passes by.......
The Union Trust Building – now 705 Olive Building – with the Wainwright is the last remaining Adler & Sullivan commission in St. Louis. Completed in 1893, its street-level facade, which featured massive and heavily ornamented circular windows at the second story, was considerably altered in 1924. A remnant of the round windows may still be seen on the west-side alley. Largely vacant since 2013, the Union Trust is undergoing a $55 million renovation by Restoration St. Louis. The 140-room Hotel Saint Louis under the Marriott Autograph flag is scheduled to open in late 2018. The top two floors are being turned into 14 apartments.
Every child's birthright. Or so it used to be.
Over 5 million children in the U.S. will be negatively affected by the Republicans’ attack on Medicaid according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Five million.....just like her.
“There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children. “
Nelson Mandela
The Avocet is the emblem of the RSPB and symbolises the bird protection movement in the UK more than any other species. Its return in the 1940s and subsequent increase in numbers represents one of the most successful conservation and protection projects.
Seen at Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust centre, Gloucestershire.
More info: www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/slimbridge/
© Mike Broome 2021