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Turtuk is one of the northernmost villages in India and is situated in the Leh district of Ladakh in the Nubra Tehsil. It is 205 km from Leh, the district headquarters, and is on the banks of the Shyok River. It is the headquarters of eponymous community development block and is the only Balti region under the Indian administration. It was under Pakistan's control until 1971, after which India gained control over this strategic area. Geographically, Turtuk lies in the Baltistan Region and is one among four such villages in India, the other three being Tyakshi, Chalunkha and Dhothang. The residents of Turtuk and its adjoining villages speak Balti language along with Ladakhi and Urdu. Turtuk is the last outpost of India at Dhothang after which Pakistan-controlled Gilgit-Baltistan begins. Turtuk is one of the gateways to the Siachen Glacier. Turtuk is known for its varieties of fruits especially apricots.
A "taste" of what I am doing for our July Blocks. I still have one more block to do. Lori asked for desserts on a pedestal. Happy (un)Birthday!
The wonkiness was intentional, but now it's kind of killing me! Oh well, other than that, I LOVED making this block and I'm happy with how it turned out. So fun - thank you, Cara!
Before and after views of one of the more obscure railroad crossings in the state of Illinois. The former Wabash's Chicago to Bement line crossed an Illinois Central branch that ran east-west between Leroy and Potomac.
The first photo was taken 12/31/80, and at the time the Wabash was under N&W ownership and the IC was under the ICG flag. The ICG had just started pulling up this line in the preceding weeks, but the diamond here had yet to be pulled. The view is looking northeast, with the N&W running from upper left to lower right. I took this photo from the tower foundation, You can see that some of the pipeline is still in place in the lower part of the photo. Diagonally opposite the diamond is the foundation for the depot, that still survives to this day, now on private property about a block to the north.
The lower photo was taken 3/15/24 and virtually no trace of the Illinois Central remains. The N&W in this section between Gibson City and Bement is now owned by the Norfolk Southern. Once again, I took the after photo from the remains of the tower foundation. Much of the pipeline and pipeline carriers are still scattered about in the weeds.
Part of: Augen Borgen - Borrowing Eyes.
Adventkalender 22.12.2011 Apple of Paradise: DMC-G2 - P1200402 + Selbstportrait: DMC-G2 - P1040334
Day 13 - A Pile of Things
Today, it's a pile of blocks ... we're having a new garage built and the old one will be demolished.
Taken with this on 4th October - one of the things I like about using film is the wait for the results !
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Staff House, Manchester University, UK
That's the owl done, now onto the whale!
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Como parece que nós todas 'piramos' com os bloquinhos, resolvi 'dar uma mãozinha' e procurar na net algumas dicas de blocos beeeeeemm simples!!! Delícia de fazer, é só ter persistência...
*Imagens ret da Net...
It's been a year since I have made any of these blocks. It was good to have a break, but I really enjoyed making these.
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these blocks were my Christmas present from Elsie and Roxy. I thought they would be much easier than stones to balance and in one way they are because they have flat surfaces (although some of the planes are very small) but because they are manmade and not organic they don't seem to settle quite in the way stones do. As I was taking this photo I saw that the tenth block was still on the floor from the first tumble! They require mindfulness like stones, but when they fall they don't shock in the way the larger stones do, and also they don't have the potential to break a toe!