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12/52 Weeks - Colour of Your National Flag
Just when everyone was getting excited with the spring-like weather we've been having for the last couple of weeks, and started thinking about their garden-planting ideas...Wham!
All dreams were put on hold when an early spring snowstorm and colder temperatures arrived. Time for Plan B.
"Week 12 2024" "Monday, March 18, 2024" "52 Weeks: The 2024 Edition" "The color of your national flag"
With all the recent flurry of photos of the final trains to run on this unaltered single track stretch if street running I figured I'd edit up a few more from last summer's pilgrimage since I couldn't make it for the last runs.
Here is another look at South Shore train 508 (the railroad was running their weekend schedule on the observed Monday holiday) that left South Bend at 5:45 PM 45 minutes prior to when I took this shot at 5:30 PM. Yes, you can travel through time on the South Shore Line! Are there any other commuter lines in the country where you cross a time zone boundary?
Anyway, the standard train of Nippon Sharyo Electric MUs is led by #106, one of the single ended cab units from the 2001 order of 10 similar cars, the newest of the single level fleet most of which date from 1982-1983 though 14 more are a decade newer than that.
They have just snaked through the famous s-curve on 11th Street between Lafayette St. and Cedar St. at about MP 33.8 and are climbing the hill toward me at the corner of Spring Street. Dominating the background is abandoned Spanish Revival style circa 1925 First Christian Church building. I framed this scene up intentionally like this to highlight the historic church which has since been demolished to allow for the straightening of this curve in conjunction with the double track project that is underway forever altering this classic scene.
To learn more history of this last interurban check out the long caption with this image from my trip out last year: flic.kr/p/2jx3cBG
Michigan City, Indiana
Monday July 5, 20211
Woke up to a white world with closed roads. We had an unusual 8-10 inches of snow in Alabama. A February record.
Nice representation of the coming change of season. Summer on the left, autumn on the right. Sylvia Hotel, Vancouver.
A few years old now, I decided to have a proper "go" at getting the look I really wanted from this shot, and think I got it somewhere close. I really wanted to express the light in this, the way it flooded through this misty woodland as the sun rose above some low cloud and mist. To help achieve this, I accentuated the highlights a little throughout the image, whilst keeping some dark shades to help create the impression I was looking for. Some attractive colour contrast between cool and warm helped give the image a sense of fleeting change, the moment just as cool, misty shadow changed to bright, warm sunlight.
Deansgate in Manchester showing an interesting juxtaposition between the old red brick goods warehouse dating back to the victorian era and the modern glass skyscrapers which are now dominating the skyline.
“If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.”― Peter Hamilton
Spent Saturday morning playing in the rain enjoying some gorgeous waterfalls and looking for fall colors. Wahclella falls is one of my favorites and still impresses me each time I visit. Color is the gorge is not quit at its prime, but beautiful none the less!
Happy Monday my friends and thanks for looking!
Diptych of Autumn Leaves changing Color....partly abstracted
Entered in The Award Tree Challenge
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'I've been tryin' to change (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Tryin' to find somebody to love me (Oh no)
But I end up in the same damn place again
Hoping I could be different
But I'd be playin' pretend
I wish that I was perfect (Just like you)
But I'm an alien (Oh no)
I'm sending out an SOS, take me home
We're not meant to be together, no'
Damiano David
This is some of the boarding surrounding the grounds of the Harborough Rubber Works in my hometown of Market Harborough which has been left to a state of near dereliction.
I hope that the council's claim to have plans to restore it are true as it's a stunning old building fronting one of the main thoroughfares of the town and backing onto the river Welland.
Across the river there's an apartment building with small balconies. Lights from some of these apartments can be seen through the gap in the boarding.
I like the silhouetted leaves in shades of blue that danced about in the breeze.
Disturbed ~ The Sound Of Silence
Eastern Sierra, California
A snowy Carson Peak looms over the colorful aspens in the lower Rush Creek drainage. An early winter storm had dropped snow on the higher elevations the night before.
Explored October 13, 2021
The best time of the day and the best time of the year to visit this beach. Definitely no crowds at all!
Way back when my kids were wee little ones we'd be here more often. Sometimes the beach would be closed so that truckloads of sand (I think dredged from Waukegan Harbor but I'm not totally sure on this) could be dumped here to fill in the eroding shoreline. Because of the prevailing currents, this sand would most likely end up somewhere to the south (Waukegan Harbor???) again over the next few years. Not the best solution.
The fact that this many acres of undeveloped semi-natural lakeshore survives in the Chicago-Milwaukee megalopolis makes it a special place. So, over the past couple of years steps were taken with new research to try something different. If you are interested, this explains how it came about:
dnr.illinois.gov/press-release.25902.html
Also, this is an awesomely detailed presentation about lakeshore erosion at IBSP:
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/23ae66b26b9a4c3daa1757a69308...
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
I wonder how this juvenile Red-winged Blackbird is doing, whether that growth on its beak was a symptom of something wrong with it or not.
Sadly these iconic windmills are being pulled down all over Outback Australia to make way for ground-level solar water pumps. One renewable energy replacing another? Give me the wind any day.
This open area is usually covered with a foot or so of water, but is now dry as a bone and covered with weeds. Is this the new normal? What will the next big change be? I've noticed that I've seen hardly any insects or spiders on my nature walks lately, not even mosquitoes. This is all so not OK.
Nature changes now. For some beings it is cold, while some enjoy this low temperatures and moist environments. We are all important, somehow...
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Welcome one and all to the magnificent mysterious and often fantastical tour of the mind belonging to me... Today I am wanting to talk a little about change, and as this is a place for me to talk about, what ever I want... because it is my blog, and not yours... this is what we will be rambling around this afternoon.
I have realized recently that no matter how much you may want to please other people, eventually changing who you are will leave you miserable and ultimately hurt other people...Find the full rambles and credits @ Corbans Cabinet of Curiosities
Parsonsfield, Maine.
After a tremendous wind and rain storm that came through the area early this morning and took most of the changing leaves off the trees a few nicely colored trees still remain.
Consequences in the Netherlands It is also getting warmer in the Netherlands and the sea level is rising. The main consequences of climate change for the Netherlands: The weather is becoming more extreme: more heavy showers, more heat waves. There is a greater risk of flooding: the rivers and sewers are no longer able to drain the water properly during heavy rainfall. Nature in the Netherlands is changing: species that originally come from warmer areas, feel more and more at home in the Netherlands. Well-known examples are the oak processionary caterpillar, the small hermit crab, certain tick species and the "hay fever plant" Ambrosia. Another effect is that spring starts earlier: plants bloom earlier, trees sprout earlier, insects appear earlier and birds breed earlier in the year. This can cause problems, for example for migratory birds that missed the insect peak upon arrival in the Netherlands and cannot find enough food. Species that cannot adapt quickly enough to changing circumstances run the risk of disappearing. There are also advantages: we can grow other vegetable and plant species because they will do better in the Netherlands. Winters are getting milder; it will freeze less often. It is getting wetter: in the spring, autumn and winter there is more rainfall. Summers are getting drier and hotter. There are more summer and tropical days. In the Netherlands, the consequences of climate change can probably be controlled. We can strengthen dikes and dunes and create storage areas along rivers for extra river water. You can also help to limit waterlogging by applying fewer tiles and more greenery in your garden. Rainwater can then sink into the soil, so that the sewer is less overloaded (so: less flooded basements and streets).
That special day.
you remember it.
22-12-2007, there was frozen fog on the trees and a blue sky. It was just a few hours. It was marvelous.
Burlington Northern SD40-2 8081 and Conrail C30-7A 6577 were chilling in Conway yard after arriving on a sunny day in 1993.
At the time both railroads were going strong and the thought of both of them being gone in a few years was inconceivable.
Throughout millennia evil used to hide its own existence as a defense strategy. Now there is a Change:
Evil publicly manifests its scheme in broad daylight now, right in front of everyone’s face!
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Changement
Pendant des millénaires, le mal cachait sa propre existence comme stratégie de défense. Maintenant, il y a un changement :
Le mal manifeste publiquement son schéma en plein jour maintenant, juste devant le visage de tout le monde !
Welcome to my word for 2019. How and what are you going to change this year? Your style, attitude, bad habits? Be the change you want to see in the world.
Three days after Christmas 1972, Santa Fe F45 5927 on a westbound freight stops at Seligman, Arizona, for a crew change during a brief snow squall. Photo by Joe McMillan.
Did I mention I love slide film?
Pentax Super A and SMC Pentax 50mm f/1.7, Agfa Precisa CT 100 developped by the DM Fotoparadies and digitalized using kit zoom with macro rings.
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Macro Mondays theme : Lost/Found
Have you ever lost or found loose pocket change under couch cushions?
After many hours of tedious masking thanks equally to the color change of the water in the background and my ambition to include the eagle's reflection, I have completed this sequence! I'm really proud of how this turned out!
Note: Gen AI was used to expand the background.
Location: Seabeck, WA - Big Beef Creek