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Once the latest-and-greatest, premier intermodal train power on the BNSF, the Dash 9s have since been demoted to more mundane tasks. Warbonnet #773 is seen at University with USTAEDU5-10A, almost blocking our view of an out-bound grainer leaving Northtown Yard.
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Royal Carribean "Serenade of The Seas" undocking Willemstad, Curacao
Memoirs of romantic vacation
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8
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Someone must have been proud of this little house once. It has a fancy fence and a vinyl front door. There was an add-on, but it didn't look as interesting as the original house, so a strategic bush blocked it in this photo. Some yard work, shingles, and lots of paint and it would be good to go.
Omnipresent and always there. It's hard to imagine life without the little mobile phone. It takes up several hours of our time every day.
Allgegenwärtig und immer dabei. Nicht mehr wegzudenken das kleine Natel. Mehrere Stunden pro Tag raubt es uns die Zeit.
Iowa Interstate uses their Jordan Spreader to work the south side ditch along the mainline between Silvis and Carbon Cliff, IL.
IAIS 714 piloted the train due to the lengthy deadhead from Silvis to Bureau after this work was done.
September 14, 2020
A friend at work wanted some squirrel with the bathtub photos for their freshly painted bathroom, so I was looking for them in my back up drive and came across this one from last November which I had processed and never posted. It caught my eye so I decided to share it...As you know I rarely do black and white...:-)
Now that winter has waned I may be one of the few around here to lament that. So here is a shot from a cold day several months back that I like as it captures a bit of everything: the classic local freight, the human element, the interesting interconnected track work, 'heritage' New England colors, and that wintery feel.
After NECR 611 got out of their way headed north the Mass Central Railroad local crew alighted from their single unit to line the switch at the south end of their property to enter the interchange track and swing east down to the small yard to drop off and pick up interchange to/from CSXT on this chilly afternoon. GP38-2 1751 (ex PC 7997 blt 7/72) looks sharp in her Boston and Maine inspired bluebird scheme that has has some historic relevance to a small portion of surving B&M trackage operated by the road though most of the line is comprised of the surviving south end of the former Boston and Albany Ware River branch that reached north from here to Winchendon.
To learn more about this independent shortline and its namesake road check out the long caption with this older shot: flic.kr/p/2keeCah
Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday January 7, 2022
A busy 'Honey bee'.. 'Apis mellifera'.. on some lovely 'Sedum'.. blooms..
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Having worked a engineers to Eastleigh the previous day with sister 66554(on rear of locos), Freightliners 66413"Lest We Forget" finds itself working GBs 6Y48 09.01 Eastleigh to Hoo Jnct. engineers,and also in the consist are GBs own 66793+66778,seen passing Basingstoke on 07/Feb/22.Having not actually gone here for this due to known shadow issues if on time,I was fortunate in a late running allowing said shadows to disappear where it mattered.
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Dr. Jones had finished her early morning surgery and dental cleaning and her first outpatient appointment was waiting for her in the exam room. Things were hopping: boarders checking out after the holidays, appointment book full, receptionist relaying messages from cat owners who had questions, technicians taking care of treatments for hospitalized patients and in the middle of all the activity, Dr. Jones found a moment of peace snuggling with Alex.
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Explored January 7th, 2023
Polar Express Train in Winter Storm
Created with Midjourney
PP work in Adobe PS Elements 2024 Raw filters
Further PP work in Luminar Neo GenErase, Clone filters. Hybrid creation.
polar express train travelling through winter landscape, long exposure with light steams beyond the train
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In a scene that could date back to the Industrial Revolution (except for the plastic bags), I photographed a blacksmith at work in his market shop, surrounded by the tools of his trade. The Sanliufura market, on the ancient Silk Road, is in a region of Turkey that is called 'The Cradle of Civilization' since archaeological evidence of religious gathering places dates back >10,000 years in nearby Karhantepe and Gobeklitepe.
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Festival Caps Attack, organisé les 30 septembre et 1er octobre 2017, pour célébrer les 10 ans de l'association Art Osons.
Zone artisanale Francis Combe à Cergy (95)
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Before the northbound Whittier Freight arrived at Brookman I was able to quickly get a shot of the tied down work train with the remnants of a rainbow in the sky. Unfortunately it was very short lived but nice while it lasted.
Old Iron Work black and white brings out the strong texture in this old iron fence piece, shot in North Carolina.
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REFORD GARDENS | LES JARDINS DE METIS
Coucher de soleil, Sainte-Flavie.
Visit : www.refordgardens.com/
Photo taken close to REFORD GARDENS. (Sainte-Flavie)
Mrs Elsie Reford loved those beautiful sunsets.
Reference: Elsie's Paradise, The Reford Gardens, Alexander Reford, 2004, ISBN 2-7619-1921-1, That book is a must for Reford Gardens lovers!
''I shall always, all my life, want to come back to those sunsets.'' Elsie Reford, July 20, 1913. (page 25)
" It is just after 8 o'clock and I am sitting in front of my big window with the gorgeous panorama of a glorious afterglow from a perfect sunset. There is every hue of blue on the water of 'the Blue Lagoon' while Pointe-aux-Cenelles is bathed in pink and crimson and the dark hills of the north shore seem no further than two or three miles distant. I don't think in the whole world at this moment there could be anything more beautiful." Elsie Reford, June 2, 1931. (page 81)
''One thing I can do that no one else can is to pass the love that I feel for this place and this woman''. -Alexander Reford
Visit : www.refordgardens.com/
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From Wikipedia:
Elsie Stephen Meighen - born January 22, 1872, Perth, Ontario - and Robert Wilson Reford - born in 1867, Montreal - got married on June 12, 1894.
Elsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Québec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Born January 22, 1872 at Perth, Ontario, Elsie Reford was the eldest of three children born to Robert Meighen and Elsie Stephen. Coming from modest backgrounds themselves, Elsie’s parents ensured that their children received a good education. After being educated in Montreal, she was sent to finishing school in Dresden and Paris, returning to Montreal fluent in both German and French, and ready to take her place in society.
She married Robert Wilson Reford on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on Drummond Street in Montreal. They both loved the outdoors and they spend several weeks a year in a log cabin they built at Lac Caribou, south of Rimouski. In the autumn they hunted for caribou, deer, and ducks. They returned in winter to ski and snowshoe. Elsie Reford also liked to ride. She had learned as a girl and spent many hours riding on the slopes of Mount Royal. And of course, there was salmon-fishing – a sport at which she excelled.
In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the Montreal Maternity Hospital and she was also the moving force behind the creation of the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, the first women club in Canada. She believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, « something beyond the local gossip of the hour ». Her acquaintance with Lord Grey, the Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, led to her involvement in organizing, in 1908, Québec City’s tercentennial celebrations. The event was one of many to which she devoted herself in building bridges with French-Canadian community.
During the First World War, she joined her two sons in England and did volunteer work at the War Office, translating documents from German into English. After the war, she was active in the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Montreal Council of Social Agencies, and the National Association of Conservative Women.
In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Elsie Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river.”Why not take up gardening?” he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
Elsie Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to a salmon river and its dramatic views – not for the quality of the soil.
To counter-act nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great Depression. Then, as now, the gardens provided much-needed work to an area with high unemployment. Elsie Reford’s genius as a gardener was born of the knowledge she developed of the needs of plants. Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Elsie Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the Royal Horticultural Society and the North American Lily Society. Elsie Reford was not a landscape architect and had no training of any kind as a garden designer. While she collected and appreciated art, she claimed no talents as an artist.
Elsie Stephen Reford died at her Drummond Street home on November 8, 1967 in her ninety-sixth year.
In 1995, the Reford Gardens ("Jardins de Métis") in Grand-Métis were designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as being an excellent Canadian example of the English-inspired garden.(Wikipedia)
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LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Créés par Elsie Reford de 1926 à 1958, ces jardins témoignent de façon remarquable de l’art paysager à l’anglaise. Disposés dans un cadre naturel, un ensemble de jardins exhibent fleurs vivaces, arbres et arbustes. Le jardin des pommetiers, les rocailles et l’Allée royale évoquent l’œuvre de cette dame passionnée d’horticulture. Agrémenté d’un ruisseau et de sentiers sinueux, ce site jouit d’un microclimat favorable à la croissance d’espèces uniques au Canada. Les pavots bleus et les lis, privilégiés par Mme Reford, y fleurissent toujours et contribuent , avec d’autres plantes exotiques et indigènes, à l’harmonie de ces lieux.
Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden. Woven into a natural setting, a series of gardens display perennials, trees and shrubs. A crab-apple orchard, a rock garden, and the Long Walk are also the legacy of this dedicated horticulturist. A microclimate favours the growth of species found nowhere else in Canada, while the stream and winding paths add to the charm. Elsie Reford’s beloved blue poppies and lilies still bloom and contribute, with other exotic and indigenous plants, to the harmony of the site.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Gouvernement du Canada – Government of Canada
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The first vehicule is a panzer 38(t) ausf C with some early war german camo. He is almost finished i just need to make the camo look better and add some stickers on the turret.
Guess the second vehicule !
There's a few more folks who "dressed" up for Halloween . . . more to follow . . .
P.S. I actually brought a bottle of Hawaiian Rum (emptied the content of the bottle & filled it half way with soy sauce) and a "drink" with an umbrella topping but it's not pictured. ;-)