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We stumbled on these young Blue Tits on a recent trip to Chatsworth gardens. We went over to look at a wild rose at the side of a path in the woodland area and heard some chirping from a hole in the tree, up above. First one, then two chicks appeared, waiting to be fed. We stood quietly nearby and saw the parents return to feed them several times. The shots are rather high ISO, as it was in the shade of the tree and also somewhat cropped, as we didn't want to go close enough to disturb them but it was lovely to watch.
Another two shots in the comment below.
It was very cold and many buses were canceled due to the snow storm, but the Peace March on the Pentagon was very well attended, nevertheless. Starting in the Lincoln Memorial, ending with a rally at the Pentagon's parking lot. The march meant many things to many people: bring the troops home, remove certain government officials, respect international laws, search for peaceful solutions to international and religious conflicts, etc. Some participants donned costumes, most carried signs prepared by organizers or home made. The most striking was probably a man pulling a flag wrapped coffin... with boots, dog tag and a picture of a fallen soldier. An admittedly smaller group of anti-protesters lined the street demonstrating that not all think alike and since we live in democracy, have a right to ...
نتاج عقلك وتصرفاتك ؛ انعكاس لمكونات ثقافتك
وتجاربك وعلمك , فبمقدار ما تصفو المداخل
تكون المخرجات نقية.
أ .د/ ناصر العمر
There'd be no fun
We'd go to the club and not see anyone
Without girls like you
There's no nightlife
All those men just go home to their wives
smile for me
pretend everything is all right
it's another chance
another chase
another bullet
you'll get away
like you always do
cause it seems
i'm always
shooting at ghosts
putting holes in memories
i can't stop the chase
you refuse
to die
you refuse
to vanish
you refuse
to just
go away
bang bang
then hit rewind
We have returned from our two-day anniversarystravaganza. We have returned from the crazy acreage of one of the world's premier horticultural gardens (and yes, I just like to say "horticultural"). We have returned with 548 pictures.
Most of them are, of course, crap. (Or, as an adjective, "crappy," or "craptacular," or "crapulescent.") But, in the coming weeks, you'll see many pics from our weekend in the Brandywine Valley. Amongst such pictures, you'll find:
Flowers, none of which I know the names of. I will make up names for these flowers as I go along.
My wife, being pretty.
Me, being stupid.
Goats.
And other things.
More coming tomorrow, when the flood begins.
Iowa Northern Railway train BUWA has IANR 4100, 3809, 3802, and 3803 for power on this December Sunday to make the run from Butler Yard near Shell Rock, Iowa to Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The train had 75 cars out of Butler, but have brought the head 15 into the CN Waterloo Yard for interchange. In the background EJE 667, still in orange, is paused in between it's duties as the yard switch engine, and a few other motors are laying around at the engine facility including EJE 658 in CN paint.
The CN is in the process of purchasing the IANR but is still awaiting STB approval, and so this is perhaps a bit of a look into the future. Meanwhile the past is well represented in this view too, as the Illinois Central Roundhouse here in the background has been present in at least in some form, (it's had stalls added and removed over the years) back to as far as 1901 (and possibly longer, it was hard to pin down a good date for the roundhouse construction from just some quick online research).
The Iowa Northern Railway uses the CN Mainline in Waterloo and Cedar Falls for a few miles from Waterloo West to Cedar Falls Junction as part of an arrangement going back to the 1980s and a highway project that saw the consolidation of some lines in Waterloo to make room for US 218. Normally from what I've seen the interchange work is typically done by the IANR in either direction at some siding tracks just west of Waterloo West and so they don't come into the yard like this. But occasionally when traffic warrants the CN will have the IANR come directly into the "A Yard" here at the Waterloo Terminal to make their setout and pickup as seen here. They would tie onto a cut of cars and shove back out of the yard to the rest of their train waiting on the mainline.
I had gone out after this BUWA even though it was likely to be a cloudy day because IANR 4100 on the point is one of the road's newest units (arrived to the IANR in August 2023 per some online notes, though it's originally a C&O unit) and still looks pretty sharp. But it was a nice bonus to get them making this less-common move, and this angle normally would be a heavily backlit-view if the sun were present.
All the vampires walkin' through the valley
They move west down Ventura Boulevard
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
And the good girls are home with broken hearts
And I'm free
Free fallin', fallin'
Now I'm free
Free fallin', fallin'
Tom Petty / Jeff Lynne
Riverside, Bangkok
The Spirit moved a different way this Christmas season.
"Emmanuel God With Us" - Austin Stone Worship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIgAKkAaMKM
From the mountan's edge to the valley low
When the river's wild and the sea billows roll
From your perfect presence I cannot escape
You're ever with me I trust your name
Emmanuel, God with us
In day or darkness, Lord you are here
Emmanuel, God with us
I need you Jesus so draw me near
You're the purest joy in the shadows deep
So my soul will sing when I find no melody
Emmanuel, God with us
In day or darkness, Lord you are here
Emmanuel, God with us
I need you Jesus so draw me near
My heart and flesh may fail you but God you never will
You are my strength and shield my portion forever
John1
Before time itself was measure, the Voice was speaking.
The Voice was and is God.
This celestial Word remained ever present with the Creator;
His speech shaped the entire cosmos.
Immersed in the practice of creating,
all things that exist were birthed in Him.
His breath filled all things
with a living, breathing light—
A light that thrives in the depths of darkness,
blazes through murky bottoms.
It cannot and will not be quenched.
Emmanuel God is with us.
was on a moving Union Pacific Railroad train hanging out the section between cars when i took this shot. pic is probably boring to most but what's interesting is that is all that separates us from Mexico along most of the SW border.
a sound i'll never forget
a sight burned into my mind
close my eyes
it's all i see
after all these years
it's all i see
when i close my eyes.
you
and me
it was cold
you were cold
and then
i was alone.
archives, 2010
Peeking into the archives again. This seemed to be the fitting companion to yesterday's photograph. I remember thinking at the time that it would be cool to do some "conceptually similar but seasonally different" shots like this - but of course I forgot, for like, 3 years... :)