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An bit of an oddball…..
When Volvo decided to replace its hugely successful B9TL with its B5TL, Wrightbus took the opportunity to refresh its Gemini 2 body at the same time. As a key customer, Lothian’s first such B5TLs received the revised body style, imaginatively called the Gemini 3.
The main difference between the two was the addition of daytime LED running lights, increasingly appearing on other vehicles and this led to a slightly different front lower dash although the styling at the front was more evolutionary rather than revolutionary.
The sides and rear had more effort put into them. Wrightbus had a reputation for design flare but it always seemed to struggle with the rear of buses, particularly the Gemini. The original Gemini was nothing fancy at the rear, particularly with its registration plate offset on the upper deck and indeed it could be argued that the Alexander ALX400 was more interesting aesthetically at the rear. The Gemini 2 rectified a number of these design flaws at the rear. The Gemini 3 introduced a more rounded, stylish design at the rear and kept it the design at the top. Also introduced was a glass windowed staircase, a feature Wrightbus borrowed from its New Routemaster design.
However Lothian only received one batch of these buses to this design. Shortly after this, Wrightbus launched irs ‘stealth’ design language - which seemed a bit of an acquired taste after the universally praised Gemini 2, and certainly wasn’t to everyone’s taste. It used this stealth front to launch its integral Streetdeck design. It also grafted this onto its Gemini 3 design, although Dublin Bus obviously was not that impressed with it as it continued to order the original front end.
Therefore Lothian’s original Gemini 3s to the original design are an interesting one-off batch. This is 415 (BN64CRU). Also of note is that this bus was registered by Volvo at Warwick rather that Wrightbus, hence the BN registration.
A 5 hour late eastbound Empire Builder with a Charger locomotive in the lead spot, passes by me between Fargo and Harwood ND.
October 21st 2022
bit.ly/bwoUkb The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the largest and most significant public art collection in Switzerland, and is listed as a heritage site of national significance. Its lineage extends back to the Amerbach Cabinet purchased by the city of Basel in 1661, which made it the first municipally owned museum. Its collection is distinguished by an impressively wide historic span, from the early 15th century up to the immediate present. Its various areas of emphasis give it international standing as one of the most significant museums of its kind. These encompass: paintings and drawings by artists active in the Upper Rhine region between 1400 and 1600 and on the art of the 19th to 21st centuries. The Kunstmuseum possesses the largest collection of works by the Holbein family. Further examples of Renaissance art include important pieces by such masters as Konrad Witz, Hans Baldung (called Grien), Martin Schongauer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Mathias Grünewald. The main features of the 17th and 18th centuries are the Flemish and Dutch schools (e.g. Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Jan Brueghel the Elder), German and Dutch still life painting. Key works from the 19th century include the Impressionists represented by Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne as well as the paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Switzerland’s Arnold Böcklin and Ferdinand Hodler. In the 20th century, the focus is on works of Cubism with Picasso, Braque and Juan Gris. Expressionism is represented by such figures as Edvard Munch, Franz Marc, Oskar Kokoschka and Emil Nolde. The collection also includes works of art from the periods of Constructivism, Dadaism and Surrealism and American art since 1950. Further highlights are the unique compilations of works from Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee, Alberto Giacometti and Marc Chagall. In the realm of more recent and contemporary art, the collection maintains substantial complexes of works by Swiss, German, Italian, and American artists, including Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Georg Baselitz, A.R. Penck, Brice Marden, Bruce Nauman, Jonathan Borofsky, Roni Horn, Francesco Clemente, Mimmo Paladino, Enzo Cucchi, Walter Dahn, Martin Disler, Siegfried Anzinger, Leiko Ikemura, Markus Raetz, Robert Therrien, Rosemarie Trockel and Robert Gober.
marvel comics: wolverine
yes....he will join the army of final fantasy and battle the monsters that lie ahead
Okay, here's the legs, all laid out so I know what's what, with his right leg parts on the right, and his left leg parts on the left. I put the leg elastic to the left of the set-up, because Leg and Left begin with the same letter - It works for me.
Bit miffed by the focus (or lack of!) top left, but hey - it's a work day and I haven't got time to retake. Like the light though - I tend to avoid playing with light as am a bit crap at it!
Bit of the displays at Canyon Rim Visitor Center at the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia; largest single span arch bridge in the world. Definitely worth the visit. Thanks, WV and U.S. National Parks Service!!!
my self portrait in colour for a change but i still prefer black and white, but this is me , what you see id what you get but hurt me in anyway and suffer, i speak my mind and a strong woman been through hell and back died twice with blood clots on my brain and arm , died twice , and struggking now to fight this stroke which left my left side paralised. but i am still her my camera is my love as well nature too so please bear with me with the commentsas i can only use my right hand , so wishing you a super day all and happy snapping .
I'm feeling a bit blue now. I just this evening learned from an old friend, who just found out, that my first 'boyfriend' died five years ago. We went steady in 6th grade and he gave me a necklace with a little fake silver charm of a surfer, which I hung on a nail on my bedroom wall when I wasn't wearing it. The going steady only lasted about a month. It ended when a bunch of us went to a house that was being built and played spin the bottle. When it was our turn to kiss, I got scared and ran all the way home! We stayed friends till we were about twenty and even became next door neighbors in junior high. Here he is in 1968 when we were in high school. Everybody thought that with his curly hair and strong profile, he looked like a greek god. Rest In Peace, Guy.
The Cowboy and His Horse, written and illustrated (profusely!) by Sydney Fletcher, with an introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, NY, 1951. Hardback book, dust jacket missing.
Purchased at an antique mall in Danville, IN.
Bit of a grab shot...MBTA 904 comes down the Grand Junction with MBTA 2001 in tow for the South Side. Seen from the Broadway crossing in Kendall.
#Escritoestá: Ya no será el sol tu luz durante el día, ni con su resplandor te alumbrará la luna, porque el Señor será tu luz eterna; tu Dios será tu gloria. Tu sol no volverá a ponerse, ni menguará tu luna; será el Señor tu luz eterna, y llegarán a su fin tus días de duelo - Isaías 60:19-20 NVI #PorSuPerfectoAmor #INDESCRIPTIBLE via Instagram bit.ly/2chOI85