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Tigger was quite affectionate this morning - I tried to take her picture but she was concentrating on rubbing against my chair in the kitchen so the result was a little blurry...
The Collie breed originated from Scotland where they were used as a hardworking sheepdog. They are still used today to work/herd animals on farms. The Collie was first registered by the AKC in 1885 and was grouped as Herding. The Collie is intelligent, loving, affectionate and social. This breed is great with kids because they are so mile mannered. They make great watchdogs and protectors
The roses (from Latin pink) are the planting plants of the Rosaceae family. The genus encompasses between 100 and 250 species.
The love of a cat is eternal,even if it puts its tongue in my mouth!😂😂😂
The Sphynx of my artist friend Elena Conti is very affectionate.
Affectionately known as "Vera' by us locals who are lucky enough to reside in the vicinity of her regular flight paths, Avro Lancaster FM213 VR-A took to the skies once again on Friday, after a long, enforced layoff due to... well, you know, that stoopid shit that has affected us all in the past year and a half, or so. Anyway, I follow the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (the good folks who operate, look after and generally wait on her hand and... umm, wing and tail) on Twitter and saw she was taxiing out for her long-awaited return. Quick, switch over to my Flightradar24 app to follow her route and sure enough, she starts heading my way. Grabbing Karen from her work desk, handy dandy iPhone camera in hand (I swear, I think the thing takes better photos than my Nikon), we rushed outside, me screwing my camera into the tripod and then... well, one of the most invigorating sounds one is bound to hear in these parts (to me anyway), the roar of her diesel engines filling the sky.
I didn't get a good shot. Not prepared enough, too shaky, whatever... anyway, I cropped her up, added some sky interest and a few more trees for perspective and voila! This my friends, is what we got.
Big, boisterous, and affectionate, the Otterhound was bred in medieval England for the now-outlawed activity of otter hunting. This scarce breed is known for his dense shaggy coat, webbed feet, acute sense of smell, and affinity for swimming.
Affectionately known as Battleship rock off Wreck Island, Georgian Bay. Depending on the water level it is either a peninsula or single island, in the shape of a submarine (more or less). This year the water level is approximately 40cm higher, so now it sits as an island.
Summer vacation
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Known affectionately as the "Hamburger galaxy", this is an edge on spiral galaxy that is part of a small group of galaxies called the "Leo Triplet"
Its probably had gravitational interactions with the other 2 galaxies in the group which has resulted in a warping of the plane of the galaxy as seen towards the left hand edge.
Deeper images show a tail of stars from the right of the galaxy trailing off towards some of the other members but its just too faint here.
Cold galactic dust and hydrogen clouds are well seen edge on here, along with the glow of the galactic core and a peripheral blue edge from spiral arm stars.
In a way , not unlike the view we get of our Milky Way galaxy.
There is even a small, faint dwarf galaxy seen just above NGC3628, just like one of our own Magellanic cloud galaxies.
LRGB subs x 8 processed in PixInsight. Ive started to use selective colour masks which is working well for enhancing galactic cores and spiral arms whilst leaving everything else untouched. Used a little TGVDenoise just at the end for noise reduction in the background.
These are some test images from the new System 5 scope at Grand Mesa Observatory, Colorado.
The system is:
Scope:
William Optics 12.5" Ritchey-Chrétien w/ 0.8x Reducer
Aperture: 317.5mm
Focal Length: 2032mm
Focal Ratio: f/6.4
Camera:
QHY600M 16-Bit Mono CMOS
Filters: LRGB, Ha, Oiii, Sii (by Chroma)
Pixel Size: 3.76 x 3.76
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These two were having a blast running up and down and all over this maple tree, then they stopped for a little snuggle. They were also preening each other. I got such delight out of watching them.
The Westland Lysander, affectionately known as “Lizzie,” is one of WWII’s most fascinating aircraft. Designed for army co-operation, it found lasting fame in clandestine missions - flying low and slow to drop off and collect agents behind enemy lines. With its high wing, spatted wheels, and exceptional short take-off and landing ability, the Lysander was built for stealth and precision. A quiet hero of the war.
Designed for stacking efficiently in docking stations the G1 is more often affectionately referred to as the 'brick'.
I affectionately call this hawk/hawks the "Hopewell Hawk". More often than not there is a hawk hunting from power lines in the area near Hopewell, IN. It's not a picturesque setting, but occasionally I'll pull over and take a few shots.
Watching this horse with her baby foal was lovely. I was so pleased to be in the right place and at the right time to take this photograph. (Photograph taken in Jamaica).
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How about a one shot break from my street shots with this gorgeous furry beast!
On visiting my sick father I had to spend a night at my brother's house to connect with my flight home, this is one of his pedigree Norwegian Forest Cats called George. George and I instantly made friends and he, somewhat disturbingly, is a licker... He loves to lick faces and following that he bites, playfully, without warning. I was hoping for a better portrait shot of him but he kept trying to lick my face and ruining my focus - this was the only moment I caught him sitting still.
A really affectionate and gorgeous looking cat for sure. Enjoy full screen by pressing 'L' and be assured that normal street service will be resumed in the morning!
Affectionately dubbed the 'Bean Can' the C-Tron "Dolly" Cradle Transport was designed specifically for hauling rocket stages around the base,
Featuring a cylindrical space-frame payload (easily extendible with extra sections and an allen key) even the cockpit can be swapped out of the 'cradle' at the end of an upgrade cycle and replaced with ever more confounding tech.
Rolling on Carlos Fandango 'hubless' wheels, this examples' Cab features the top-of the line 'Rococo Plus' ornate window package.
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This was supposed to be a sort of contemporary NASA cab rover like you might see in a 'Mars 2030' video but it went a bit left of field.
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Yes it's a render, but I try to keep things all above board.
This vehicle is affectionately know as "Teddy" after non-other than President Teddy Roosevelt, who the original owner admired. This car was manufactured in Canada and the original owner lived across the border in Minnesota.
This picture here was taken at the present owners estate, Stone Haven, a home build in the 1800's and restored and now part of the National Register of Historic Places. Another story in itself.
The present owner was told about the car from a friend who knew the original owner and the car was sold knowing that it was going to see a new life.
There was a team of "Hooligans", as they are affectionately called, who over the past 8 years have assembled and reassembled Teddy several times. Modifications, improvements, and innovations seem to evolve over time. The project was really a labor of love that has brought a group together that will be friends forever.
I feel privileged in just a small way to be taken in by this group and to photograph this marvel of a car. Bonds are formed in different ways and Teddy has been a bond that has brought an amazing group of people together. More pictures to follow.
Affectionate name for this sculpture in Victoria Square,Birmingham.....was once known as The Floozie in the Jacuzzi,but now her bath and fountains are flower beds.
An affectionate pair of Puffins at RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
We spent a lovely day on Sunday at Bempton Cliffs, on the Yorkshire coast. There were plenty of Gannets and other birds such as Kittiwakes, Guillemots, Razorbills and Fulmars but the Puffins always steal the show.
A couple more shots below.
Affectionately called by the Italians as the typewriter, the Altare della Patria, also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II ("National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II"), is a monument built in honor of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy, located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. Was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1885; sculpture for it was parceled out to established sculptors all over Italy, such as Leonardo Bistolfiand Angelo Zanelli. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1925.
Phantom FG1, affectionately known as 'Black Mike' due to the types's unique paint scheme. It's paint scheme comes from it's role as display aircraft for 111(F) Squadron, Royal Air Force.
The aircraft is seen here at RAF Cosford, where is has been moved to form part of the RAF100 Static Exhibition at the RAF Cosford Air Show 2018. (www.cosfordairshow.co.uk).
This is my gorgeous baby Moriarty (named after watching far too much Sherlock Holmes) sitting watching the snow fall.
He is so soppy and affectionate as well as being the most beautiful cat in the whole World, I know I'm slightly bias, but those eyes!
Moriarty is a Ragdoll. I chose the breed Ragdoll because of their laidback temperament, beautiful blue eyes and affectionate behaviour, and he definitely lives up to it.
Here's a bit of info about Ragdolls, for anyone who's interested in the breed.
Ragdolls are large, laid-back, semi longhaired cats with captivating blue eyes. The Ragdoll is a pointed breed, which means that the body is lighter in colour than the points (the face, legs, tail and ears). The Ragdoll cat is carefully bred to produce large affectionate animals in three patterns, two with white (mitted and bi-colour) and one with no white (colourpoint). The ideal Ragdoll is a well-balanced cat, with no extreme features. Neutered males will usually top the scale at 15-20 pounds; females are proportionately smaller and usually weigh between 10-15 pounds at maturity. Ragdolls are slow-maturing, reaching full coat colour at two years, and full size and weight at four.
Ragdoll cats tend to be more interested in humans than some breeds of cats. They are known to run to greet you at the door, follow you from room to room, flop on you, sleep with you, and generally choose to be where you are. Many Ragdolls have been taught to come when called and play fetch. They are gentle cats, and usually play without extending their claws. Ragdolls tend to be floor cats, not jumpers. The Ragdoll's semi long coat is plush and silky, and requires minimal grooming to keep it looking its best. They should be combed with a steel comb on a regular basis to find and remove any loose hair or tangles. Quality coats consist mainly of long, soft guard hairs. Ragdolls, just like all breeds of cats, will shed, usually with the change of seasons. The absence of the thick, dense, insulating undercoats results in reduced shedding and matting. In all, Ragdolls are well behaved, and easy to care for perfect pet for our modern, busy, lifestyles.
Ragdolls were developed in the 1960's by Ann Baker; a breeder in Riverside California. The origin of the Ragdoll breed consisted almost entirely of free-roaming cats. Ann bred Josephine, a domestic longhaired white female that was found running loose in her neighbourhood, to other cats she owned or found. The offspring of this female had unique temperament traits that were very endearing. By selecting individuals with the look, temperament and criteria she wanted for her breeding program, she created the Ragdoll breed.
A quiet, affectionate domestic moment: a young woman in a white ribbed string-strap tank top shares a playful scene with her tomcat, gently holding his front paws as he rises up like a little gentleman. The warm light, the soft interior, and the calm intimacy of the room give the image a feeling of tenderness, ease, and everyday happiness.
What I especially like here is the combination of tactile simplicity and emotional warmth: the ribbed cotton top, the cozy apartment setting, and the cat’s self-possessed charm all work together to create a scene that feels both fictional and deeply familiar.
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AI-generated image, created as a fictional domestic portrait scene. It is intended as an atmospheric interpretation, not a documentary photograph of a real person or place.
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I came home tonight and there were a couple of crows on my telephone wire making noise. I looked up and they were being affectionate to each other. I took a photo but it wasn't the best quality. I came back outside after dinner and having a shower and they were back together on the other side of the road still being affectionate with each other. I got a better photo but after I took their photo they flew away. It was really nice to see and made my evening a little bit more enjoyable.
Two silhouetted figures, likely a couple, create a heart shape with their hands against a warm, illuminated screen, resembling a traditional Japanese shoji or lantern, in Enoshima, Japan. The scene is set at night, with the screen glowing brightly against the dark background.
Standing on the shores of Two Jack Lake (often affectionately called Jackson Lake by locals), you are witnessing a quiet, cyclical and monumental struggle. The image captures a frozen world on the brink of surrender. The vast white sheet of ice, which only weeks ago felt as solid as the granite peaks of Mount Rundle in the distance, is beginning to fray. Dark pools of turquoise water peek through like eyes opening after a long slumber, signalling the inevitable return of spring to Banff National Park.
To us, this transition feels like a seasonal heartbeat—a predictable rhythm of the year. But across geological time, this thaw is more than just a change in the weather; it is the visible edge of a chisel that has been carving the Canadian Rockies for millions of years.
The Great Chisel: Frost Wedging
As the sun warms the landscape, the process of frost wedging—one of nature's most patient and powerful tools—comes alive. During the day, snow and ice melt into liquid water, trickling into the microscopic cracks of the surrounding limestone and shale. When the sun dips behind the jagged horizon and the temperature plunges, that water freezes and expands by about 9%.
This expansion exerts thousands of pounds of pressure per square inch. Bit by bit, cycle by cycle, the mountain is pried apart. What looks like a peaceful spring day is actually a series of tiny explosions that, over geological epochs, reduce towering summits to scree slopes and boulders.
The Power of Flow
The melting ice on Two Jack Lake is part of a larger aquatic journey. As the seasons shift, billions of tons of ice across the park transform into rushing torrents. This meltwater isn't just "water"—it is a slurry of sediment and "glacial flour" (fine silt) that acts like sandpaper on the valley floor.
Over thousands of spring thaws, these seasonal pulses of water have deepened the U-shaped valleys that define the Rockies. The lake itself sits in a basin carved by these very forces. The transition we see in the photo—the softening of the ice—is the "activation" of the drainage system that carries the mountains, grain by grain, toward the sea.
Deep Time in a Single Frame
When we look at the shifting seasons, we are watching Earth’s "slow-motion" evolution. The snow on the peaks will eventually become the ice of a glacier if the climate cools, or the lifeblood of the forest if it warms.
The trees framing the lake, the deep shadows on the mountainside, and the breaking ice are all participants in a dance of entropy and creation. Every season leaves a scar, and every thaw writes a new line in the biography of the Earth.
Next time you stand by a thawing lake, remember that you aren't just seeing the end of winter. You are seeing the world being reshaped, one drop of meltwater at a time.
Rio Grande Southern Railroad (RGS), Motor Number 6 (affectionately nicknamed Galloping Goose Number 6) is a gasoline engine powered narrow gauge railroad motor car. The Galloping Goose body and chassis were built from a Buick automobile. The new Buick body was cut off behind the front seat and a new rear wall installed. The steering wheel was removed as it was not needed, but the other controls remained. The front axle was removed and replaced with a swiveling two axle lightweight railroad truck with sixteen inch diameter wheels that carried and guided the front of the Goose. Ahead of the front truck is the pilot (cow catcher) attached to the frame. Two small pivoted scrapers attached to the rear of the pilot slide on the rails to keep small objects on the track from derailing the lightweight front truck. During the winter season a small snow plow (now stored on the car's flatbed) was attached to the front of the pilot. The rear of the car frame was lengthened using steel channel riveted together but welded to the frame to carry the truck type flat-bed platform. The bed has short stake racks around the sides to keep materials from falling off. The Goose was originally powered by the 6-cylinder engine, clutch and transmission that came with the Buick. The drive chain powers the rear swiveling two axle truck assembly mounted under the rear frame and platform bed. The drive shaft turns only the forward axle. The rearmost axle is driven by roller chains and sprockets mounted outside of the wheels on each side. The rear truck has twenty four-inch diameter cast wheels. The braking is accomplished by brake shoes between the axles on each truck being pushed against the wheel treads. These are actuated by linkage connecting them to the normal foot pedal and parking brake lever. The foot brake is connected to the front truck and the parking brake lever is connected to the rear truck. Goose No. 6 received air brakes about 1939. The paint colors of Goose No. 6 early on is still an item of much discussion. Examination of the paint layers on the rear bed revealed only black and then aluminum that was used after 1935.
The Buick body on Goose No. 6 was replaced around 1942 with the body of a Pierce-Arrow automobile, probably a Pierce-Arrow Model 36. The Buick engine was also replaced with the Pierce-Arrow engine. Soon after a small box was attached behind and above the rear seat, probably to carry lunches and small tools. Around 1949 a second gas tank was placed on the cab roof. This was in addition to the other tank under the right front of the bed. Both tanks were hooked up to the engine. The automotive style marker lights were removed from the side of the cab and railroad style markers were placed on top of the cab at the outer edges. This is its current configuration as displayed at the Museum.
NRHP - 97000050
(Wikipedia)