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Fossil Springs begin approximately three quarters of a mile above the old Fossil Creek Dam. A series of springs gush 20,000 gallons a minute year-round at the bottom of a 1,600 foot deep canyon, creating a lush riparian oasis rich with life, and feeding Fossil Creek Wild and Scenic River. Over the years these calcium laden waters have laid down huge deposits of a type of limestone called travertine, creating deep pools for miles along the creek. The Wilderness and surrounding area are on the Tonto and Coconino National Forests, and are managed by the Coconino National Forest.
During the spring-summer season, camping is prohibited in Fossil Springs Wilderness and the surrounding area, and a reserved parking permit is required to park at the trailheads that access the Wilderness. See Fossil Springs Wilderness and Fossil Creek on the USFS Coconino National Forest website for maps, regulations, permit reservations, and other details.
Photo by Deborah Lee Soltesz, August 9, 2016. Source: USFS Coconino National Forest.
King's College Chapel, University of Cambridge. Spring in Cambridge. In black and white. But still Spring. The title is from Philip Larkin's poem 'The Trees'. He writes about "Their yearly trick of looking new" and concludes "Last year is dead, they seem to say,/ Begin afresh, afresh, afresh".
And so another month is dead. Four months of this year gone already. I'm pleased I've managed to continue with my New Year resolution of one photo upload a day. Thank you for your support and for sharing your art.
Excited to see what this month brings us...
CSX Chicago, IL- Winchester, VA train G089-01 skirts along the Casselman River, as it begins to dig into The West Slope of Sand Patch Grade, just west of Salisbury Jct.
Two rescuers with a litter begin a 450 ft. descent into the Grand Canyon. They are lowered into the canyon using technical ropes systems, and brought back up using the same rope system by adding a series of stationary and moving pulley to create mechanical advantage.
NPS Photo/E. Foss
VIOLATION SUMMARY Vehicle Maint. Violations: 3,438
393.9 Inoperable Required Lamp 304 93 2
393.47(e) Clamp or Roto type brake out-of-adjustment 248 0 4
396.3(a)(1) Inspection, repair and maintenance of parts & accessories 190 25 2
393.53(b)
CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that
fails to compensate for wear
170 0 4
396.5(b) Oil and/or grease leak 114 5 3
393.25(f) Stop lamp violations 113 87 6
396.3A1B Brakes (general) Explain: 111 17 4
393.55(e)
No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after
03/01/1998
109 0 4
393.45(d) Brake connections with leaks or constrictions 97 7 4
393.9TS Inoperative turn signal 90 52 6
396.3A1BL Brake system pressure loss 90 19 4
393.45(b)(2) Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking 86 18 4
393.75(c)
Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in 2 adjacent major tread
grooves
85 2 8
393.45 Brake tubing and hose adequacy 77 44 4
393.45DLUV Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle 76 1 4
393.9T Inoperable tail lamp 72 16 6
393.48(a) Inoperative/defective brakes 63 17 4
393.75(a)(3) Tire-flat and/or audible air leak 63 61 8
393.75(a) Flat tire or fabric exposed 61 61 8
393.11 No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required 58 12 3
396.3(a)1BOSBRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 46 46 0
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20 percent of the service brakes on the vehicle or combination
393.45B2UV Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle 42 7 4
396.5BHWSLIW
Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel 42 6 2
393.95(a) No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher 41 0 2
393.78 Windshield wipers inoperative/defective 40 0 1
396.17(c) Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection 39 0 4
393.83(g) Exhaust leak under truck cab and/or sleeper 38 3 1
393.9H Inoperable head lamps 38 1 6
393.47(a) Inadequate brakes for safe stopping 36 12 4
393.207(a) Axle positioning parts defective/missing 31 23 7
396.3A1T Tires (general) 31 8 8
393.55(d)(1)
CMV not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit or signal (Truck-Tractor mfg on/after
3/1/1997; Straight Truck mfg on/after 3/1/1998)
29 0 4
393.45DLPC Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit 27 0 4
393.23PT All required lamps on towed vehicle inoperative due to no electrical connection 24 19 2
393.55(d)(3)
No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator for towed vehicles on vehicles
manufactured after February 2001
24 0 4
392.2WC Wheel (Mud) Flaps missing or defective 22 0 1
393.11TL
Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material
requirements for vehicles manufactured after July 1997
20 0 3
396.5BHLOW
Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel 19 8 2
393.19 Inoperative/defective hazard warning lamp 18 3 6
393.209(d) Steering system components worn, welded, or missing 18 13 6
393.23 Required lamp not powered by vehicle electric 18 10 2
393.45UV Brake Tubing and Hose Adequacy Under Vehicle 18 11 4
393.45B2PC Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking - Connection to Power Unit 17 4 4
393.95(b) No spare fuses as required 17 0 2
393.209(e) Power steering violations 16 0 6
393.11TU
Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex
reflective material for vehicles manufactured after July 1997
15 0 3
393.60(c) Damaged or discolored windshield 15 0 1
396.5BHWSLOW
Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - outer wheel 14 5 2
393.207(f) Air suspension pressure loss 13 5 7
393.95(f) No / insufficient warning devices 13 0 2
396.5B-HLIW Hubs - Oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - inner wheel 13 3 2
393.100(a) No or improper load securement 12 4 1
393.55(d)(2)
CMV manufactured on/after 3/1/2001 not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit /
lamp from towed vehicle in cab.
12 0 4
393.75(a)(2) Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation 11 9 8
393.201(a) Frame cracked / loose / sagging / broken 10 3 2
393.207(c) Leaf spring assembly defective/missing 10 5 7
393.47(d) Insufficient brake linings 10 2 4
393.55(c)(2)
CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1, 1998 not equipped
with an antilock brake system.
10 0 4
393.75(f) Tire — exceeding weight rating of tire 10 10 3
393.60EWS Windshield - Obstructed 9 0 1
393.75(a)(1) Tire-ply or belt material exposed 9 8 8
393.203 Cab/body parts requirements violations 8 0 2
393.55(c)(1)
Truck Tractor manufactured on or after March 1, 1997 not equipped with an antilock
brake system.
8 0 4
392.9(a)(2) Failing to secure vehicle equipment 7 6 1
393.100(b) Leaking/spilling/blowing/falling cargo 7 4 7
393.11UR
Upper Rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflecting material requirements for
vehicles manufactured after December 1993
7 0 3
393.205(c) Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing 7 1 2
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393.207(b) Adjustable axle locking pins missing or not engaged 6 5 7
393.50(c) No means to ensure operable check valve 6 0 4
396.3A1BC Brake-air compressor violation 6 6 4
393.102(a)(1)
(ii)
Insufficient means to prevent rearward movement 5 3 3
393.28 Improper or no wiring protection as required 5 0 3
393.43(a) No/improper tractor protection valve 5 5 4
393.45DCUV Brake Connections with Constrictions Under Vehicle 5 0 4
393.47(b) Mis-matched brake chambers on same axle 5 5 4
393.75(b) Tire-front tread depth less than 4/32 of inch on a major tread groove 5 1 8
396.3A1-
LLEAK
A liquid fuel system with a dripping leak at any point. 5 4 3
392.8 Failing to inspect/use emergency equipment 4 0 2
392.9(a) Failing to secure load 4 3 1
393.104(a) Inadequate/damaged securement device/system 4 0 1
393.25(b) Lamps are not visible as required 4 3 6
393.25(e) Lamp not steady burning 4 1 6
393.30 Improper battery installation 4 0 3
393.45DCPC Brake Connections with Constrictions - Connection to Power Unit 4 0 4
393.45PC Brake Tubing and Hose Adequacy - Connections to Power Unit 4 1 4
393.70(c) Defective coupling devices for full trailer 4 3 3
393.70(d) No or improper safety chains or cables for full trailer 4 2 3
393.75(h) Tire underinflated 4 3 3
393.81 Horn inoperative 4 0 3
396.3A1DSYE Drive Shaft Yoke Ends Cracked / Loose / Broken / Missing 4 3 3
392.7(a) Driver failing to conduct pre-trip inspection 3 0 4
393.11RT
Retroreflective material not affixed as required for trailers manufactured after
December 1993
3 0 3
393.207(e) Torsion bar cracked and/or broken 3 2 7
393.48ABMBC
Brakes - Missing or Broken Components including Pad Retaining Components and
loose or missing caliper mounting bolt(s)
3 2 4
393.50(d) No/Defective air reservoir drain valve 3 0 4
393.51 No or defective brake warning device 3 2 4
393.65 Fuel system requirements 3 1 1
393.70 Fifth wheel 3 2 3
393.79 Defroster / Defogger inoperative 3 0 1
393.84 Inadequate floor condition 3 0 2
392.33 Operating CMV with lamps/reflectors obscured 2 0 6
392.7(b) Driver failing to conduct a pre-trip inspection of intermodal equipment 2 0 4
392.9 Driver may not operate a CMV without proper load securement 2 1 1
393.100(c) Failure to prevent cargo shifting 2 2 1
393.106(c)(2) Cargo without direct contact not prevented from shifting while in transit 2 2 3
393.11LR
No Lower rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective materials as required for
vehicles manufactured after December 1993
2 0 3
393.11N
No retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective materials as required for vehicles
manufactured after December 1993
2 0 3
393.201(d) Frame accessories improperly attached 2 0 2
393.40 Inadequate brake system on a CMV 2 1 4
393.43 No/improper breakaway or emergency braking 2 1 4
393.65(f) Improper fuel line protection 2 0 1
393.67(c)(7) Fuel tank fill pipe cap missing 2 0 1
393.70(a) Defective coupling device-improper tracking 2 1 3
393.75(f)(2) Tire underinflated 2 0 3
393.75GLOAD
Weight carried exceeds tire load limit 2 2 3
393.83(a) Exhaust system location 2 1 1
393.83(e) Improper exhaust discharge (not rear of cab) 2 0 1
396.3A1DSUJUniversal Joint Loose / Broken / Missing Component 2 1 3
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396.5AHNLIW
Hubs - No visible or measurable lubricant showing in the hub - inner wheel 2 0 2
396.5AHNLOW
Hubs - No visible or measurable lubricant showing in the hub - outer wheel 2 2 2
399.207 Vehicle access requirements violations 2 0 2
392.9(a)(1) Failing to secure cargo as specified in 49 CFR 393.100 through 393.142 1 0 1
392.9(a)(3) Drivers view and/or movement is obstructed 1 0 1
393.100 Failure to prevent cargo shifting 1 0 1
393.104(b) Damaged securement system/tiedowns 1 0 1
393.106(b) Cargo not immobilized or secured 1 0 3
393.11TT
Truck-Tractor with No retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material on vehicle
manufactured after July 1997
1 0 3
393.13(a)
Retroreflective tape not affixed as required for Trailers manufactured prior to
December 1993
1 0 3
393.13(c)(1)
No Side retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material as required for vehicles
manufactured before December 1993
1 0 3
393.13(c)(3)
No Upper Rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material as required for
vehicles manufactured before December 1993
1 0 3
393.13(d)(3)
Upper rear retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material as required for vehicles
manufactured before December 1993
1 0 3
393.201(c) Frame rail flange improperly bent/cut/notched other than by vehicle manufacturer 1 0 2
393.203(a) Cab door missing/broken 1 0 2
393.203(b) Cab/body improperly secured to frame 1 1 2
393.205(a) Wheel/rim cracked or broken 1 0 2
393.209(b) Excessive steering wheel lash 1 1 6
393.24(a) Non-compliance with headlamp requirements 1 0 6
393.24(c) Improper headlamp mounting 1 0 6
393.25(a) Improper lamp mounting 1 0 6
393.42 No brakes as required - Explain: 1 0 4
393.45(b)(3) Brake hose or tubing contacting exhaust system 1 0 4
393.45A-HJS Hydraulic Brake tubing improperly joined or spliced 1 1 4
393.47(c) Mis-matched slack adjuster effective length 1 1 4
393.48(b)(1) Defective brake limiting device 1 0 4
393.50 Inadequate reservoir for air/vacuum brakes 1 0 4
393.53(c)
No or Defective Brake Adjustment Indicator on Air Brake System for vehicle
manufactured after 10/19/1994
1 0 4
393.55(a) ABS required on all CMVs with hydraulic brakes manufactured after February 1999 1 0 4
393.65(c) Improper securement of fuel tank 1 0 1
393.70(b) Defective/improper fifth wheel assemblies 1 1 3
393.70(b)(2) Defective fifth wheel locking mechanism 1 1 3
393.70B1I
Defective latching fasteners fasteners on either side of the vehicle are missing or
ineffective per current OOS Criteria
1 1 3
393.71(h)(10) No or Improper safety chains for towbar 1 1 3
393.75(a)(4) Tire-cut exposing ply and/or belt material 1 1 8
393.75B-OOS Tire-front tread depth less than 2/32 of inch on a major tread groove 1 0 8
393.82 Speedometer inoperative / inadequate 1 0 3
393.83(f) Improper exhaust system repair (patch/wrap) 1 0 1
393.83(h) Exhaust system not securely fastened 1 0 1
393.93(b) Failure to equip truck with seatbelts 1 0 2
396.1 Must have knowledge of and comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 1 0 4
396.13(c) No reviewing driver signature on DVIR 1 0 4
396.3A1BA Bolt-type or DD-3 -type Brake Out of Adjustment 1 0 4
396.3A1BD Brake-defective brake drum 1 1 4
396.5(a) Failing to ensure that vehicle is properly lubricated 1 0 3
396.7 Unsafe operations forbidden 1 0 3
INSPECTION HISTORY Vehicle Inspections: 4,552
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a woman worker pulling dyed cloths from the top of a drying rack. it was dark 'n windy so drama was certain, but it was difficult to capture as i did not wanted to shoot at noisey ISOs. kindly, press L to view in black.
see more WINDY images here.
Begin november stond er weer een toetsweek op het programma, dus dat betekende weer een lang stuk treinen om flink te kunnen leren in de trein. Lang treinreizen staat negen van de tien keer garant voor een trip naar Limburg of verder, en met het naderende einde van NS in de stoptreindiensten in Limburg en Veolia Transport die in zijn geheel afscheid zou nemen van Nederland, kon Uw fotograaf dat weer mooi combineren. Na twee tussenstops in Sittard en Schaesberg – tegenwoordig door het leven gaand als Landgraaf – werd het tijd om de grens over te gaan. Na een overstapje in Kerkrade op de bus, werd zodoende Kohlscheid bereikt. In dit stationnetje was er gelegenheid om wat foto’s te maken, waarna er met een inmiddels gearriveerde vriend verder werd gereisd richting Aachen.
Naast de enige twee interessante Duitse treindiensten aldaar, namelijk de RE4 en de RE9, is de L-trein naar Spa-Géronstère natuurlijk ook altijd een klikje waard. Deze treindienst wordt namelijk nog voor vijf of tien jaar met Klassiekjes uitgevoerd, en gooit dus hoge ogen om de laatste treindienst te zijn die met dit treintype wordt gereden. De Duitsers willen namelijk geen nieuwer materieel hebben op deze dienst, omdat dit storingen zou geven aan het Duitse beveiligingssysteem PZB. Slechts de oudere Klassiekjes geven geen storingen, en dit is, naast de locomotieven van de reeks 27, het enige Belgische materieel dat gehomologeerd is voor Aachen.
Aanvankelijk leek dit een flinke domper te worden, want nadat ik was aangekomen in Aachen Hauptbahnhof, bleek de 647 op spoor 9 defect te zijn, en deze was ook volledig afgebouwd. Inmiddels werd omgeroepen dat er met een vertraging van ongeveer tien minuten toch een L-trein richting Spa zou gaan rijden, dus hieruit werd geconcludeerd dat de NMBS een vervanger had gestuurd. Het zat nog eens flink mee, want deze L-trein zou op spoor 7 gaan arriveren. Door de bocht waarin Aachen Hbf zit, is dit het enige omschakelbare spoor waar je een fatsoenlijke foto van een trein uit België van kan maken, slechts in dit spoor buigt de trein én naar je toe én kan je op het andere perron gaan staan.
Vier minuten na de geplande vertrektijd van de L-trein komt uiteindelijk de vervanger aangereden in de vorm van de 642, een erg leuke cijfercombinatie. Na een kering van ongeveer zes minuten vertrok de trein uiteindelijk toch richting Spa, uiteindelijk is alles dus nog goed gekomen.
CP's Nitrin Local starts its slow roll south towards the Quad Cities with one of the former IC&E/IMRL/CP/SOO GP9s that Canadian Pacific recently reactivated.
You don't see many unrebuilt GP9s leading trains on a Class One railroad much these days. A former Soo Line GP38-2 rounds out the consist.
With the expected arrival of a fleet of new Wrightbus electric buses for Oxford Bus Company in 2023/4, here are some photos of the fleet before the electric invasion begins!
All photos were taken in Oxford during 2023.
Galong. The amazing story of Galong begins with Ned (Edward) Ryan one of the 14 convicted Irishmen transported to Sydney for attacking the infirmary in Clonoulty Tipperary in 1815. Ryan was assigned to an Irish ex-convict James Meehan who had been emancipated in 1805 and who had become a land owner himself. Ryan spent most of his time from 1816 to 1825 assigned to Meehan who had land near Goulburn. Ned received his ticket-of-leave (like parole) in 1825 as he was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. He stayed on as a property manager for James Meehan’s son near Goulburn. Ned received his certificate of freedom in 1830 and it is displayed in the Redemptorist monastery. Ned immediately applied for a free land grant which was refused despite his good record. At that time he was “officially” squatting on 50 acres of Crown land with 50 head of cattle but the reality was Ned Ryan had begun squatting on land at Galong in 1825 when he received his ticket-of-leave. He was an industrious and ambitious man. To work his Galong property Ned Ryan asked for 15 assigned convicts in 1832 and was granted seven. He received a further six assigned convicts in 1833 from the convict station at Goulburn. In 1835 Ryan squatted on more land between Galong and Cootamundra and towards Temora totalling 100,000 acres. In January 1837 Ned Ryan became one of the first squatters to pay the fee to have an occupation licence. By 1840 when transportation to NSW and the usage of assigned convicts finished some 62 people were resident on Ryan’s Galong property. He had given up his Wallendbeen and Cootamundra runs but he still had an extensive leasehold. In 1844 a run was determined by the government according to the number of sheep and cattle it could depasture so Ned Ryan then had four runs. Ned later had 14 year leases on five runs near Galong. Boorowa and Wallendbeen and on his Galong run he built a solid stone homestead. Ryan established one of the first Catholic cemeteries in NSW in 1838 near his homestead at Galong. In the 1840s and 1850s Galong House, later Galong Castle was renowned for its hospitality, especially to swaggies. They were provided bedding for the night and they left with generous supples of meat, flour, sugar and tea. Ryan’s son John Nagle and daughter Anastasia in Ireland moved to Galong in 1848 and their mother sometime after that. It is said that Ned had a “de facto” wife in NSW who was despatched from the property when his Irish wife arrived. Ellen Ryan died in 1856. In that year Ryan purchased 640 acres around his homestead as freehold and in 1860 he added another section to his original stone house which had walls up to two feet thick. Ryan’s Galong station comprised 41,000 acres in 1866 but he gradually transferred most of his lands to his son John Nagle Ryan and some to John Donnelly. Edward Ryan died at Galong in 1871. His son John Nagle Ryan died at Boorowa in 1888. In his will he left Galong Castle to his sister Anastasia during her lifetime. She lived with some of her Ryan cousins at Galong. It was she who had the chapel built with a priest’s room at Galong Castle in 1889. After Anastasia’s death in 1900 the Galong property of 800 acres was left to the Cistercians in Ireland or if they declined to accept to the Redemptorists in NSW. The Cistercians refused the offer of Galong Castle but the Redemptorists eventually accepted it. Anastasia’s cousin Anastasia Barry Ryan continued to reside in Galong Castle. After she died in 1914 the Redemptorists were more interested in the property. The foundation stone of the new Redemptorist monastery and boys college was laid in 1917 with its opening in 1918. The college and monastery closed in 1975 but it still operates today as a retreat and conference centre.
Galong cemetery contains many early Catholic pastoral families and the headstones of the Ryan family are especially impressive. The children of Ned Ryan had statues carved in marble by noted Italian sculpture Rusconi of Gundagai. (He built the base of the Dog on the Tucker Box and built a 21,000 piece marble masterpiece in Gundagai.) Each headstone cost around £1,000. The cemetery contains the grave of Roger Corcoran, a first cousin of Ned Ryan, who was transported with him to Sydney in 1816. Corcoran settled nearer Boorowa. Corcoran is regarded as the first settler of Galong followed by Ryan whom he invited to settle there. Rusconi headstones were erected over the graves of Anastasia Barry Ryan and her brother Michael Lawrence Ryan the last of the family to live in Galong Castle. In the village of Galong the Catholics established a church, a convent and St Lawrence’s Nursing Home in the 1920s. It is now vacant and deserted with ideas of a drug rehabilitation centre to be established there.
"depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent,
it is plain and simple reduction of feeling...
people who keep stiff upper lips that find it's damn hard to smile."
i'm starting it again,
i'm starting with a real piece of me.
I decided to begin my ‘Streets Of Ireland 2016’ programme with a visit to Kilkenny and unfortunately I was a bit unlucky with the weather as it rained for most of my three day visit. On Monday I walked around the city centre photographing at random.
Kilkenny is a city located in south-east part of Ireland and the county town of County Kilkenny. It is on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster. The city is administered by a Borough Council and a Mayor which is a level below that of city council in the Local government of the state although the Local Government Act 2001 allows for "the continued use of the description city". The borough has a population of 8,711, but the majority of the population lives outside the borough boundary: the 2011 Irish Census gives the total population of the Borough and Environs as 24,423.
Kilkenny is a popular tourist destination. In 2009 the City of Kilkenny celebrated its 400th year since the granting of city status in 1609. Though referred to as a city, Kilkenny City is the size of a large town, most equatable in size to the town of Navan, situated on the banks of the Boyne in county Meath.
Kilkenny's heritage is evident in the city and environs including the historic buildings such as Kilkenny Castle, St. Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House, Black Abbey, St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny Town Hall, St. Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St. John's Priory.
Kilkenny is well known for its culture with craft and design workshops, the Watergate Theatre, public gardens and museums. Annual events include Kilkenny Arts Festival,the Cat Laughs comedy festival and music at the Rhythm and Roots festival and the Source concert. It is a popular base from which to explore the surrounding towns, villages and countryside. Controversy exists at the moment around the Kilkenny Central Access Scheme which is a road proposed to be built through the city centre.
Kilkenny began with an early sixth century ecclesiastical foundation within the kingdom of Ossory. Following Norman invasion of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle and a series of walls were built to protect the burghers of what became a Norman merchant town. William Marshall, Lord of Leinster, gave Kilkenny a charter as a town in 1207. By the late thirteenth century Kilkenny was under Norman-Irish control. The Statutes of Kilkenny passed at Kilkenny in 1367, aimed to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland. In 1609 King James I of England granted Kilkenny a Royal Charter giving it the status of a city. Following the Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the "Confederation of Kilkenny", was based in Kilkenny and lasted until the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649.
Kilkenny was a famous brewing centre from the late seventeenth century. In the late twentieth century Kilkenny is a tourist and creative centre.
The Heritage Council offices are located at Church Lane. The seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory is at St. Mary's Cathedral and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cashel and Ossory is at St. Canice's Cathedral. Nearby larger cities include Waterford 45 kilometres (28 mi) south-southeast, Limerick 93 kilometres (58 mi) west and Dublin 101 kilometres (63 mi) northeast.
The idea for the Heroes Project came to me as we begin to emerge from the darkness of the last year brought about by the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Looking at the images for this project you will see people portrayed as if in a spotlight , like stage performers or as David Bowie would say "Heroes Just For One Day".
As people enter the Abbeygate entrance to the Park they are in darkness. However there is a window in this 14th century building that casts a light into which some people walk This project focuses on this spot of light In Bury St Edmunds.
I can only take shots when there is strong sunlight and at certain times of the day when the light is cast through the window
Just went out on my lunch and thought I would try to get a shot of something. Not much but at least I was able to get out.
Rooney: WTF, Twink? What was that all about?!!
Coco: Yeah, girl, WTF?!
Twink: WTF, what?
Rooney: What do you mean, WTF, what? What's up with you and Pino?! That's WTF, what!!
Twink: Damn, ya'll, nothing!! I can't say hi to Pino and Tony? We only grew up together in the neighborhood all these years!
Coco: I didn't hear anybody saying hi to Tony, but I definitely heard something up with the hellos you and Pino were exchanging!
Rooney: And I caught the looks you two were giving each other. Homeboy almost sliced off a finger, he was so busy eyeing you in that hootchie dress!!
Coco: (laughing) I know, right?
Twinkie: You two are nuts! I was just saying hi, that's all!!
Coco: That's all you better be doing! You know he's been engaged to that crazy ass Jennifer "I'll cut a b****" Carlucci since they were in the 6th grade! And let's not forget about those killing machines, Deadly and Dangerous, that are always with her!
Twinkie: You mean, Doom and Destruction?
Coco: Doom and Destruction, Turner and Hooch, Cagney and Lacey, whatever!! Those b****es carry weaponry!!
Rooney: Yeah! And I don't think that I put my Vaseline or my running shoes in my purse tonight either!! Damn, Twink! Why do you always get us jammed up like that?
"Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea."
~Mikhail Lermontov
Camden, Maine the mornings may begin like this but as the Sun wakes the coast line up the day progresses into a perfect day to sail.
View in Black
really wanted to show off the seeds and the way the sprout. I love the way the petal twists and rolls with this and think the black and white brings out the splashes of details on the petals
Een Yutong van Qbuzz op de Lammenschansweg in Leiden. De eerste dagen en weken van de nieuwe concessie verliepen/verlopen door verschillende oorzaken niet naar wens. Tot en met 5 januari 2025 is het vervoer daarom gratis.