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Stuff:
DRD Bynhilda Shoulders
DE Designs Lace Up Corset
LODE headpiece Feathers Mono
DRD Nerd Goggles
DRD Nerk Neck Wraps
Izzie's Dirt Tattoo
JPK Steampunk Goggles
.Shi Vigilante Earring
[The Forge} Junk Spear
I couldn't resist enhancing his muscles in editing when I saw the pose and tough guy expression he gave me.
Another dormant pub. My local as well. Nice atmosphere, great beer and food plus a spacious garden at the rear. Soon I hope!!
We have finally seen some snow in southern Wisconsin, making it look and feel a little more like winter. Here on the north side of Watertown, Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder kicks up the powder a little after just crossing over from 2 main to the single track main at Watertown West.
Amtrak 8
AMTK 130,140,133
Watertown, WI.
January 23, 2022
Yes...I know it's another Goldfinch....but how could I refuse to take her portrait when she'd been so industrious,and posed Soooo close to me, and, with a gorse bush as her back drop....Delightful...!
Worth viewing large...she deserves it after all her hard work, thanks.
Osprey Everglades.
No post-processing done to photo. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com
Number 7, The Empire Builder heads westward on the Glasgow Sub with a couple of extra motors. On this trip west, the train was terminated at Glasgow Montana due to avalanche related issues on Marias Pass. The eastbound Empire Builder, #8 picked up the cars and power at Glasgow, and brought the whole consist eastward, with the ultimate destination of Chicago. Passenger service across the northern transcon is currently suspended until the avalanche dangers have passed on Marias.
A late-running Amtrak No. 8, the Empire Builder, cruises through Grizzly, Montana, on December 23, 1998. The train is leaving the snow-covered Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park behind on this extremely cold day. Leading the silvery Superliner is an all-GE consist, led by warbonnet-clad BNSF No. 761, with P40DCs (822, 808, 817) in three different paint schemes trailing.
After crossing a snowy Marias Pass, Amtrak’s eastbound Empire Builder curves through Grizzly, Montana, on a cold December 22, 1998.
Lynx Manor at sunrise was a magical place to be as the fog rose from lightly misted ground and the lightning bugs found their way home. The lynx's always awoke as the stars faded into the peach skies and reflected on the water around them.
Featuring KITE SL's - Addington Manor available in February's Builder's Box
For more details and LM's check out the blog post here:
choiboidecorates.wordpress.com/2018/03/03/lynx-manor-at-s...
The previous day's eastbound Empire Builder rolled through about an hour ahead of this Christmas day scheduled eastbound Builder. Nothing special about this train other than it's Christmas day passengers traveling by rail, as it should be.
Amtrak Number 8
AMTK 165,19,154
Watertown, WI.
December 25, 2021
Another winter snowfall and brings another late Empire Builder on its trip back to Chicago. Siemens ALC-42 Chargers 302 and 310 are about 5 hours late into the Twin Cities and should arrive at St. Paul Union Deport within the half hour.
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The Empire Builder heads west out of Hawley with Charger blue and red leading the way. A late season winter storm gave the landscape along the Buffalo River a perfect blanket of snow overnight.
I've made a little decorative birdhouse that's hanging near the front door of my house that's been popular over the years.
-A few years ago, some chickadees checked it out a lot, but didn't move in.
-The next year it got invaded by yellow-jackets.
-This year it has attracted a pair of Bewick's wrens.
Of course the houses I've built specifically for wrens, in ideal locations/heights/etc. so far have had no visitors.
It's a gorgeous day upon the grassy knoll, as Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder races along just east of their Columbus station stop, running only twenty minutes behind today.
Amtrak Number 8
AMTK 130,52
Columbus, WI.
June 4, 2021
Strange looks as I lay flat on the forecourt of the Petrol Station/Cafe in the middle of Pelkosenniemi to capture this group of House Martins (and some Swallows) collecting nest-building mud from a small puddle at the edge of the car park.
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The Empire Builder with Phase VI, P42DC Heritage unit 184 leading at Minnesota City on a very cold morning.
Excerpt from hcry.org/portfolio-items/toronto-railway-company-1326/:
Toronto Railway Company 1326
Fleet Number: 1326 Built: 1910
System: Toronto Railway Company Retired: 1951
Builder: Toronto Railway Company Acquired: 1954
Type: SE-DT Streetcar Status: Restored
The last wood streetcar retired by the TTC and first artifact in our collection.
Before the IXONIA station sign disappeared, we find Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder racing through the small burg, while cutting through the hot, humid August air.
Amtrak 7
Ixonia, WI.
August 11, 2008
Builder's plate for an operational 0-4-0 Porter steam locomotive built in 1889.
Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Plate”
Found at the main gate of Belvedere Palace, Vienna.
Six such pyramids adorn either side of the gate of Schloß Belvedere - twelve in all. A sacred number, and the pyramids are surely also no coincidence. Masons trace their origins and traditions back to the pyramid-builders of ancient Egypt.
Lighting courtesy of the Sun. (:-)
SMC Pentax-FA 85mm f:2.8 Soft, shot at f:16. (From about f:8 the lens becomes reasonably sharp and loses its soft glow.)
All processing, with the exception of final cropping and compression, was done using tools provided in the camera.
PENTAX K-1
Second build in my Iron Builder round against Caleb (Cheesie), with the Minecraft Trident in sand green as a seed part.
The seed part was used 10 times.
Stalagtite/stalagmite design by Thorsten Bonsch.
Copyright© GlennDulay / Glenn Wesley A. Dulay
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• Camera: Canon EOS 40D + Canon 24-70 USM
• Manfrotto Tripod 190XPROB + 488RC2
• Standard Five [5] Bracketed Exposures [JPEG] + Photomatix + CS3
• Location: Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
This photograph was selected for the 2017 Annual Curated Auction by The Light Factory, Center for Contemporary Photography in Charlotte, NC.
It's around 3:15pm on June 11, 2021 on a sunny day, perfect for a different take on the Empire Builder as it navigates through Saint Paul down seven hours. Here it works through the Minnesota Commercial yard in the Midway neighborhood.
"The Cathedral of Bern (Das Berner Münster) is Switzerland's largest ecclesiastical building. Construction started in 1421 and continued under a series of different builders for generations.
The spire was finally completed in 1893. The portal with its depiction of the Last Judgment is a remarkable feature. The vantage point of this masterpiece is located 344 steps above the entrance, in the 100m-high cathedral spire.
The Cathedral is Switzerland is the largest and most significant church dated back to the Late Middle Ages. As the dominant structure in Bern's Old Town, which was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status in 1983, the Cathedral plays a pivotal role in the city's architecture. (www.bern.com/en/city-of-bern/attractions/cathedral-of-bern)
Eighth and final build in my Iron Builder round against Loïc, with the Technic rotation joint cylinder in med. azure as a seed part.
The seed part was used ten times... But can you spot any other seed parts from previous rounds?
Not my greatest pan shot, but hey. A BNSF "fakebonnet", (who cares at this point, it's not a common livery anymore no matter how you slice it) C44-9W 744, leads Amtrak train 8, the eastbound 'Empire Builder', under the searchlights at A-3, Western Avenue, Chicago. The train was operating a bit over four hours behind schedule due to engine problems in Washington, (the BNSF leader was picked up in Spokane) and severe winter weather in North Dakota.
The Empire Builder pulls off the BNSF Midway Subdivision into the Minnesota Commercial down five hours from brutally cold weather and related speed restrictions. First time shooting one of the three times weekly Empire Builders. I miss relying on this daily. Four months passed between Builder shots (Oct. 20, 2020 - Feb. 15, 2021).