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I thought I had posted this but found it sitting all alone!
The Echeveria 'Black Prince' succulent decided to bloom with a rather long stem. Single image shot with the Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro at f/8, textures added during post processing.
Textures from Skeletalmess and Lenabem-Anna.
BTW: Got my flu shot AND COVID booster yesterday, so far so good, I thought I would wake up with pain in my shoulders and neck and really feel crappy but that was not the case! WRT COVID: In a household of five, I'm the sole survivor! Marybeth works at a school and got COVID in September and then in November brought home a really bad cold! I got the cold and it's taken about three weeks to get to app. 90%.
Oh I almost forgot this tidbit. In a school of app 300 kids, the past few days 60+ have been out sick, about 5 are getting sent home every day and all the teachers are wearing masks. With no real reporting anymore it's anyone's guess what they have.
Do you tend to gravitate towards darker and more gothic type of things? Me too.
No wonder I'm a fan of Tim Burton movies, ha, ha!
So when I found out there was a cool succulent that resembles the black color I definitely had to take a look at it.
I gotta tell you, I'm really digging its dark and broody vibe.
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This is a succulent plant that holds a prominent place in my collection. By the way, the Echeveria 'Black Prince' is the darling among collectors, thanks to its unique coloring. The leaves are born green, in the center of the rosette, but they become darker as they develop. Due to the fact that there are few black colored representatives in the plant kingdom, Echeveria 'Black Prince' stands out among the ubiquitous greenish or grayish succulents.
The chromatic metamorphosis depends a lot on the amount of light that the Echeveria 'Black Prince' receives. If the succulent is grown in environments with less light, its leaves can remain with a jade green color, also beautiful. But the greater your exposure to sunlight, the darker your leaves, whose color can vary from a soft chocolate to an almost black tone, which lives up to the name of the cultivar, 'Black Prince'.
Few succulent plants have this coloration. In addition to the 'Black Prince' Echeveria, we have the Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkopf', whose nickname, of course, is 'Black Rose'. This is a harder plant to find, it's been on my wishlist for a long time.
Amazingly, Echeveria 'Black Prince' is a hybrid succulent, resulting from a cross between two Mexican species, Echeveria shaviana (which is completely different) and Echeveria affinis (from whom it inherited the dark coloration).
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Winter in São Paulo at the moment
23°C / 73°F
This journey took place on 6th April 1968. These locomotives were subsequently named "Black Prince" and "The Green Knight". Sadly the Longmoor Military Railway closed shortly after their arrival but they were relocated elsewhere and are still running today.
92203 + 75029 - Beech Road Bridge 06-04-1968 R179
Agfa Instamatic (film)
Agfa CT18 colour slide scanned to digital
An aged effect Black and white image showing Class 9f No92203 'BLACK PRINCE' while she was resident on the Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway. The date was the 30th December 2008 while taking part in the Christmas Cracker Gala
Echeveria 'Black Prince' (Echeveria)
For my 100 Flowers 2021 Project
One of our neighbour, Elaine's succulents.
Weybourne Station on the North Norfolk Railway. In pouring rain Riddles Standard 92203, Black Prince waits to depart to Holt as the Holden LNER B12 Class 8572 arrives tender first with the Sheringham train.
I was looking back through my Norfolk archives and discovered this unused picture of Black Prince reversing at Sheringham Station on the North Norfolk Railway - the Poppy Line. I checked to make sure that Black Prince is still on the NNR, and it is. So here it is in a shot taken some eight years ago.
When I took this the 140 ton Black Prince was reputed to be England's most powerful steam engine. It was built in 1959 and is one of the last of the surviving Class 9F locos. The 2-10-0 engine has been on long-term loan at the North Norfolk Railway.
This delightful heritage railway line runs the five miles from Sheringham to Holt in Norfolk, with intervening stations at Weybourne and Kelling Heath. It operates both steam and diesel services.
Renowned photographer the late Ivo Peters had a real love for his 1951 Bentley Mk.VI, NHY 581, as it appeared in many of his black-and-white railway photographs.
The current owner of the Bentley, Julian Birley, Chairman of the Bala Lake Railway, brought the car to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway to give a flavour of some of those photographs. It’s seen here in the yard at Toddington with visiting BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince’.
Scan of a purchased photo by an unknown photographer. Britannia Class 70008 Black Prince at Liverpool Street Station in 1957.
Lightroom and DxO processing adjustments.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Surely, the silent sliding and interweaving of a steam engine's valve gear links has to be bewitching.
Here is the valve gear and driving wheels of "Black Prince", BR engine No. 92203. One of Britain's most powerful steam locomotives.
92203 was one of a class of 251 designed in the late 1950s for fast and long-distance heavy freight trains. They were very successful and a pinnacle of British steam locomotive design. But - It was the twilight of the steam age. Nearly all were scrapped after a few years.
92203 entered service in 1959 and was withdrawn just 8 years later. Since then it has had a second life of delighting fans on heritage lines including hauling a record 2198 tonne freight train. After developing an internal boiler leak it's now stored at Bressingham Steam Museum.
The Walschaerts piston valve gear linkage transfers power from the 20" diameter and 28" stroke cylinders to ten 5 ft diameter driving wheels. The lighter upper links control steam supply, allow reversing and variable steam cut-off for efficiency.
Cylinder, valve gear and driving wheels of "Black Prince", BR engine No. 92203. One of Britain's most powerful steam locomotives.
92203 was one of a class of 251 designed in the late 1950s for fast and long-distance heavy freight trains. They were very successful and a pinnacle of British steam locomotive design. But - It was the twilight of the steam age. Nearly all were scrapped after a few years.
92203 entered service in 1959 and was withdrawn just 8 years later. Since then it has had a second life of delighting fans on heritage lines including hauling a record 2198 tonne freight train. After developing an internal boiler leak it's now stored at Bressingham Steam Museum.
The Walschaerts piston valve gear linkage transfers power from the 20" diameter and 28" stroke cylinders to ten 5 ft diameter driving wheels. The lighter upper links control steam supply, allow reversing and variable steam cut-off for efficiency.
New Years Eve 1996 and David Shepherd's 92203 "Black Prince" and 92203 double head the 09.30 departure from Loughborough and climb through the snow at Woodthorpe.
Riddles designed Standard '9F' 2-10-0 no.92203 'Black Prince' heads heads past the golf course at Sheringham, with the 14:23 Sheringham-Holt train.
2023 NNR Spring Steam Gala
Cylinder, valve gear and driving wheels of "Black Prince", BR engine No. 92203. One of Britain's most powerful steam locomotives.
92203 was one of a class of 251 designed in the late 1950s for fast and long-distance heavy freight trains. They were very successful and a pinnacle of British steam locomotive design. But - It was the twilight of the steam age. Nearly all were scrapped after a few years.
The Walschaerts piston valve gear linkage transfers power from the 20" diameter and 28" stroke cylinders to ten 5 ft diameter driving wheels. The lighter upper links control steam supply, allow reversing and variable steam cut-off for efficiency.
Laid-back spotting… Enthusiasts watch visiting BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince' pass Hayles Abbey Halt, which takes its name from the nearby former Cistercian Hailes Abbey, during Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam on 3rd June 2022.
The 'Pines Express' was a passenger train that ran daily between Manchester and Bournemouth between 1910 and 1967. It ran for the first time under the name Pines Express on 26th September 1927; and is believed to have been named after the pine trees growing in the Chines in the Bournemouth area.
Riddles designed Standard '9F' 2-10-0 no.92203 'Black Prince' heads towards the bridge at 'Dead Man's Hill' with the 16:26 Sheringham-Holt train.
2023 NNR Spring Steam Gala
A grubby day in the Cotswolds at Toddington as the locos line up ready to be coaled and watered prior to their duties during the Xmas Cracker steam gala. 30.12.2006 Gloucester and Warwickshire Railway
Pictured here at 9.20am on Saturday 4th June 2022, day two of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's (GWR) 2022 Cotswold Festival of Steam: 'Somerset and Dorset Remembered', sees BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92203 Black Prince 'Thunder' past the fields at Didbrook Gloucestershire en route to Winchcombe.
Ten minutes earlier it had departed from Toddington with the day's first passenger service for Cheltenham Racecourse.
Because of COVID 19 this 'Commemorative Event' was postponed from 2020.
92203 was designed by Robert Riddles and built at Swindon Works in 1959. It only lasted 8 years in service, because of ongoing dieselisation and electrification to the UK's mainline network, before its withdrawal in November 1967; when it was purchased straight from BR by the artist David Shepherd who named her 'Black Prince' - a name never carried in BR service.
It was then moved to the Longmoor Military Railway until its closure, whereupon between 1973 and 1998 it was based on the East Somerset Railway - thereafter spending many years at the GWR before moving to the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) in 2011. In 2015, David Shepherd sold it to the NNR after nearly 50 years of private ownership.
This 'Iconic' locomotive was one of the five guest engines appearing at last week's GWR's Steam Festival held between Friday 3rd and Sunday 5th June 2022.
Quite a spectacle and very much appreciated by the many nearby photographers too!
The town of Fishguard is on the North of Pembrokeshire. This area is regarded for it's rugged coastal scenery and coastal walks.
For small comfortable market town it has rich in history, being held to ransom by the privateer Black Prince in 1779 and the subject of the last invasion of Great Britain by the French in February 1797..
The building of Fishguard Harbour began in 1894 and was completed 1906 for the Irish ferry trade and in 1907 began the transatlantic trade to New York via the luxury liner RMS Mauretania.
92203 "Black Prince" at Sheringham station. (North Norfolk Railway, - "the Poppy Line, running between the seaside resort of Sheringham and the Georgian market town of Holt)..
Back in time again to 16.25pm on Saturday 4th June 2022, day two of the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway's (GWR) 2022 Cotswold Festival of Steam: 'Somerset and Dorset Remembered', sees BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92203 Black Prince pausing between duties in the locomotive stabling yard at Toddington. Here it would remain until 18.45pm before taking the return Evening Dining Train to Cheltenham Racecourse.
It had just uncoupled in Toddington Station from, another equally respendent guest engine, Southern Region Bulleid Light Pacific West Country Class 7P5F 4-6-2 No. 34028 Eddystone after piloting the 16.00pm 'Double Headed' departure from Broadway.
Shortly after taking this shot 34028 continued with 'Aplomb'.
Black Prince's working day began at 9.05am when heading the day's first passenger service from Toddington for Cheltenham Racecourse.
Because of COVID 19 this 'Commemorative Event' was postponed from 2020.
92203 was designed by Robert Riddles and built at Swindon Works in 1959. It only lasted 8 years in service, because of ongoing dieselisation and electrification to the UK's mainline network, before its withdrawal in November 1967; when it was purchased straight from BR by the artist David Shepherd who named her 'Black Prince' - a name never carried in BR service.
It was then moved to the Longmoor Military Railway until its closure, whereupon between 1973 and 1998 it was based on the East Somerset Railway - thereafter spending many years at the GWR before moving to the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) in 2011. In 2015, David Shepherd sold it to the NNR after nearly 50 years of private ownership.
This 'Iconic' locomotive was one of the five guest engines appearing at GWR's Steam Festival held between Friday 3rd and Sunday 5th June 2022.
Quite a spectacle and revered by the many nearby photographers too! It was also the first time I'd seen it running in preservation. I last saw it at GWR in May 2010, when attending an earlier gala, but sadly it was then out of steam.
Owned by the Duchy of Cornwall since 1337, Trematon Castle is a miniature Norman motte-and-bailey castle and gatehouse, situated on the river Lynher.
Sitting on top of an ancient pagan site which settlers once saw as the gateway between Cornwall and England, the Castle was built in 1068 by Robert, Count of Mortain to strengthen the hold of William the Conqueror following his triumph in the Battle of Hastings.
In 1337, the Castle was bestowed on Edward the Black Prince (a former Prince of Wales), for whom the Grade I-listed gatehouse was built and who, legend has it, only stayed there once. Then, two hundred years later, Elizabeth I ordered Sir Francis Drake to stash looted treasure – a hoard of gold, silver and emeralds pirated from Spanish ships while voyaging the Pacific Ocean, to be stored in Trematon Castle before it was later shipped to the Tower of London.
The Castle then fell into neglect and ruin for centuries until, in 1807, the Duchy granted a 100-year lease to naval man Benjamin Tucker, alongside permission to construct a house within the castle courtyard. Yet more change came when part of the medieval castle wall was demolished to create a view from the house down to Plymouth Sound – and then again in 1812, when an ornate swimming pool was carved out in the lower reaches of the garden to commemorate a visit by the Prince Regent, who was later crowned George IV.
In 1961 the Duchy of Cornwall advertised the Castle to be let. It subsequently became the home in Cornwall of Hugh Foot, Lord Caradon. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Castle on 25 July 1962 before driving to Fowey to board the royal yacht Britannia
In 2012, garden designers Julian and Isabel Bannerman moved in and began to plant a garden which was intended to play to the romantic elements of the Castle’s history. The gardens were open to visitors in the spring and summer until 2018. The lease was then taken over by interior designers Frieda Gormely and husband Javvy M Royle who founded the House of Hackney, in 2011. Originally based in east London they became famous for riotous Victorian-tinged wallpapers and fabrics. The house is now open as an exclusive B&B.
Adapted from:
www.houseofhackney.com/pages/castle-of-trematon
The Pines Express was a named passenger train that ran daily between Manchester and Bournemouth in England between 1910 and 1967. Recreating that era is BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince' seen approaching Toddington during the Gloucestershire Warwickshire heritage railway's Cotswold Festival of Steam on 3rd June 2022.
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Canterbury Cathedral is the second largest in England. Founded in 597 AD, the cathedral was completely rebuilt in the 1070s and enlarged at the beginning of the 12th century. Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in the cathedral in 1170 by knights of Henry II and his shrine immediately became one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in Europe, making the cathedral extremely powerful and wealthy.
It was largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant extensions to accommodate the huge influx of pilgrims. The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late 14th century when they were demolished to make way for the present structures. Thomas Becket’s shrine was destroyed during the Reformation in 1538 although the site of his murder is marked by a modern sculpture.
The Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England, and heir to the throne, he was one of the most successful commanders in the Hundred Years War, beating the French at the Battle of Crécy in 1346 and again at Poitiers in 1356, and rampaging through vast areas of France, sacking Carcassonne and Narbonne amongst others.
BR Standard 9 2-10-0 no. 92203 "Black Prince" runs around its train at Holt shortly after arrival.
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92203 "Black Prince" approaches the Wind Pump crossing in Kelling Heath working a Sheringham to Holt service.
The tomb of Edward of Woodstock, known as The Black Prince, in Canterbury Cathedral. He was the eldest son and heir apparent to King Edward III of England, but died from dysentery in 1376 and never lived to take the throne.
BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince' passes Hayles Abbey Halt, which takes its name from the nearby former Cistercian Hailes Abbey, during Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam.
Hayles Abbey Halt resembles the original timber-built structure, with cast-iron Great Western notices, a corrugated-iron waiting shelter and traditional post-and-rail fencing. It's a single-platform, request-only stop for pedestrians and cyclists.
The Pines Express was a named passenger train that ran daily between Manchester and Bournemouth in England between 1910 and 1967. Recreating that era is BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince' seen at Dixton during the Gloucestershire Warwickshire heritage railway's Cotswold Festival of Steam on 4th June 2022.
The striking twin-towered gatehouse of Donnington Castle, a fashionable fortified residence of the 14th century. The gatehouse was built in the 1380s for Sir Richard de Abberbury, a knight in the service of Edward the Black Prince. Surrounding the medieval castle, near Newbury in Berkshire, are the remains of artillery defences constructed in 1643.
The castle was badly damaged during a 20-month siege in the Civil War. Parliament voted to demolish the badly damaged castle in 1646 and only the gatehouse was left standing.
The gatehouse and ruins are in the care of English Heritage and open to the public.
Enthusiasts watch visiting BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince' pass Hayles Abbey Halt, which takes its name from the nearby former Cistercian Hailes Abbey, during Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam on 3rd June 2022.
The 'Pines Express' was a passenger train that ran daily between Manchester and Bournemouth between 1910 and 1967. It ran for the first time under the name Pines Express on 26th September 1927; and is believed to have been named after the pine trees growing in the Chines in the Bournemouth area.
A new service started today in Paignton, no.500, using this ex Lothian Atlantean in open top form. It is painted into the style of the Devon General Sea Dogs, named Black Prince in their style and carries fleetnumber 934, which would have been the next number of the Sea Dogs. ( In Devon General days, 934 was in fact an AEC Reliance with Willowbrook Viscount body for the Grey Cars fleet.) Its also worthy of note that the Driver and Conductor both wear DG style uniforms.
Buque "Black Prince" de la "Fred. Olsen Cruises Lines" en Las Palmas el 07/01/2008
Cruise ship "Black Prince" from "Fred. Olsen Cruises Lines" at Las Palmas on 07/01/2008
The Grade II* listed remains of the Blackfriars Dominican friary on Widemarsh Street, Hereford,
Herefordshire.
The friary was originally founded in the Eign Gate suburb in 1246. It then moved to this, the Widemarsh suburb, in 1322. The church was consecrated in the presence of Edward III, his son the Black Prince and three Archbishops. The order was dissolved by Henry VIII and consequently the major part of the monastery, including the church, was destroyed in 1538. The existing ruins are the refectory house built in 1322. Certain additions were made in the 17th century which Sir Thomas Coningsby of Hampton Court Hereford converted the buildings into a residence, these are now the location of Coningsby Museum. The ruins were restored during 1962/63 through the generosity of the River Wye Guild.
9F No.92203 "BlackPrince"
shunts around the yard at Weybourne during North Norfolk Railway's mixed traffic event . A misty Sunday morning 25-07-21.
Photograph by Ivan Finbow. The date the photo was taken is unknown. A digitally restored image from an original negative in my collection.
A new service atarted today in Paignton, no. 500, using this ex Lothian Atlantean in open top form. It is painted into the style of the Devon general Sea Dogs, named Black prince in their style and carries fleetnumber 934, which would have been the next number of the Sea Dogs.
Working hard… BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 was built at Swindon in April 1959 and was one of the class members built with a double chimney.
The 'Black Prince' is seen at Didbrook just after departing Toddington during Gloucestershire Warwickshire heritage railway's Cotswold Festival of Steam on 4th June 2022.
13th Century Castle expanded in the 14th century by Edward the Black Prince. Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Wales.
A new service started today in Paignton, no. 500, using this ex Lothian Atlantean in open top form. It is painted into the style of the Devon General Sea Dogs, named Black Prince in their style and carries fleetnumber 934, which would have been the next number of the Sea Dogs.
Gleaming in the morning sun Black Prince N577 EUG nears the completion of its repaint, only fleet names, numberplates and indicators need adding and wheels rims painting. Surperb
BR Standard 9F class 2-10-0 No. 92203 'Black Prince' made a welcome return to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway for the Cotswold Festival of Steam. This locomotive was once based at Bath Green Park and worked trains such as the celebrated ‘Pines Express’ over the Somerset & Dorset between Bournemouth and Bath. The engine was owned by the late artist David Shepherd until 2016 and was for some years a resident on the GWSR.