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Resulted in a good nights sleep
The bedroom was at 84.2 F an hour before bed time.
22.8 C from 29 C an hour before bed time.
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
There's always something that gets me about snowplows. Was fascinated by them as a kid and that feeling really never left me. I remember lying in bed on winter nights and hearing the rumbling sound of the metal plow blade scraping along the road. In my mind I began to equate that sound with the possibility of staying home from school the following day. A great deal of hope and prayer went into wishing for snow days (and a great deal of disappointment often followed when school was not dismissed). Such is the lot of a kid. All these years later I still recall those early days as I lay in bed at night, hearing the state plows rumbling through the night. I watch as the as the brilliant strobe lights reflect off of the bedroom walls and ceilings, bright orange and green. I suppose it's a conditioned response, although any hope of a snow day is long, long gone. Every winter I try (and fail) to capture photos that convey a sense of the sentiment I carry for the plows. For me it's about how they work long corridors, back and forth, often in conditions that make most drivers want to stay home. But beyond that the sheer loneliness and monotony (not to mention enormity) of the job. Most people take them for granted but I'm still particularly keyed in, despite the passage of so many years. This photo comes about as close as any I've taken to capture this mood. I definitely wanted the head-on shot and with no other traffic in view, an almost impossible task. But one day while walking home from the village cemetery, I heard that distinctive rumble off in the distance. Suddenly the green and orange lights came into view. I just happened to be in perfect position for the shot, uphill looking down with the plow coming straight toward me. I zoomed in to compress the view, an effect heightened by the row of utility poles. There was not another vehicle in sight. It was just like being a kid again. The plow driver seemed amused at my excitement and the fact that he was being photographed. We exchanged waves as he went on his way.
From wikidedia: The Rodeo San Francisco Refinery is a oil refinery located in Rodeo, California, which is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The refinery is currently owned and operated by ConocoPhillips.
The complex is capable of refining 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day.
As a condition of their treaty, Loreos has released Prince Chartres into the custody of Garheim, for his own protection from the current Lenfel leader, Lord Triphian.
To celebrate his arrival and the end of hostilities, the Garhim capital of Mikithdar is holding a parade! People from all over the province have come to welcome the prince to the city, and their loved ones returning home from the battlefields...
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This display was a "virtual collaboration" by (from Left to Right) Brother Steven, Athalus, Andhe, AK_Brickster, Angry Octopus, Eklund, Gurusql, and Daken the Bladesmith. Thanks to everyone for your contributions!
Its in great condition easily the best one i have found all complete on the rear as well! Finding a centre cap which hasn't been run over isn't easy so this was very lucky!
Engine 16 looks like it just came off the factory floor at Baldwin......can you tell it's over 100 years old?!? One can only dream of looking and moving as well as 16 at that age! The Baldwin-built Mikado pulled a morning Freight Train on both mornings of the 2023 Winter Spectacular and I was lucky enough to get a seat on the second day. I can't wait to spend a lot more time there in Rockhill PA, now that steam has returned to the region!
Common Blue butterfly on windy highbridge hill :-)
Not the perfect specimen though the first one i have got close to so far this year :-)
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A New Holland T7 270 tractor fitted with a Kohn 883 Mower Conditioner with L:ift Control, and a front mounted mower at work. This combination of front and rear mowers achieves a total cutting width of 9m.
Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.
Bus/Fleet Number: 84
Classification: Air–conditioned Provincial Bus
Coachbuilder: Hyundai Motor Company
Model: Hyundai Universe Xpress Noble
Engine: Hyundai D6AB (Q300)
Chassis: Hyundai Universe (KMJKL18CP8C)
Transmission: 5–speed M/T
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 45
Route: Sampaloc, Manila–Roxas, Isabela (Provincial Operation)
Date taken: January 7, 2016
* Some parts of the specifications and route are subject for verification and may be changed without any prior notice.
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The Poet clings on to the Aarhus University wall... It's a perfect metaphor for the human condition. Attempting something seemingly impossible, ill prepared while the elements have at you. :)
Yilki Horses at Hurmetci
Cappadocia, Türkiye
These are semi-wild horses that are bred, but allowed to largely roam around. The breeders do a little conditioning to keep them together as a herd and do a few basic things like run, stop, go that way, etc. When these horses run, they drive up dust, which looks spectacular in the sunlight.
Horses are deep in the psyche of the Turkish people going back their Mongol days. They are revered and used as props for weddings and all kinds of advertisements. They are a major tourist attraction for both the locals and visitors.
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For the past couple of years, I have struggled with exactly what I am doing on Flickr. I travel a fair amount and I shoot a lot of photos. A tiny fraction of them might qualify as fine art or maybe worthy of printing. But most of these photos are of a documentary nature.
In the past, I have been publishing these photos on flickr, whether they were test shots from a specific lens or a camera, or photos from some place I visited. Then I thought I should perhaps not publish so many “run of the mill” photos, but instead, I should focus on a much smaller volume of images I would be of very high quality or photos that were really unusual or interesting.
But as a practical matter, I haven’t had the time sort through thousands of images and identify my “masterpieces”. I don’t even know if I have any! In the meantime, my photos are piling up. A lot of these photos, even if somewhat garden-variety, at least capture what I saw on my travels. There may be some value in publishing these, after all. If someone else is planning a trip to Turkiye or Tanzania or wherever, maybe they might find it interesting to browse through my images to get a feel for the place.
So I have decided to not hold back, but simply upload anything that looks halfway decent. By not publishing on Flickr, I have also distanced myself from my contacts. So by being back on Flickr, I get a chance to stay in touch with my contacts. So enjoy the images if you get a chance to see them, but please do NOT feel compelled to comment on any of these.
“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” - Robert Heinlein
If you look closely enough, you will notice that the leaves are of the shape of hearts! Wonderful! Recently, I realised that I am really blessed! I think its never too late to realise that, no? I better appreciate whats right in front of me! Thank you everyone! :P
Thank you once again for your countless visits, comments, e-mails, favourites and inspiration in your photostream. I was a little tied off last week and I am back! I hope all of you are feeling great and I will be dropping by to view your streams soon! xoxo! :P
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Thank you for the comments everyone! Favourites too! Explored! :P
Built in 1956 but still looking in good condition, Illustrious must've been well looked after by all her skippers.
Recently acquired this mint condition Zarn. Very little wear, not faded whats so ever! Keeping it in my shed, for storage.
Experts call it “the greatest mammoth find ever,” and it’s at Victoria’s Royal BC Museum. The RBCM unveiled a 40,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth in remarkable condition as part of its Giants of the Ice Age exhibit that opened June 3. Museum CEO Jack Lohman said it’s Canada’s first opportunity to see the ancient, majestic creature, dubbed Lyuba, after it was discovered in the Siberian Arctic in 2007. “This is the best preserved baby mammoth ever found. We’re hugely excited to have brought it from Russia to show the public here,” Lohman said. “In a way, it brings us a step closer to understanding the disappearance of the mammoth, and it allows us to time travel to the great ice age.” The female mammoth was only 30 days old, 110 pounds and just over one-metre-long when she suffocated after becoming trapped in mud along the banks of a river, according to scientists. Her body was preserved by lactic acid-producing bacteria, a microbial process that “pickled” her soft tissues. Soft tissue sample and an analysis of her tusks suggest she was healthy at the time. “She has her complete skin. You can see her eyelashes very, very clearly. She’s got hair. And the whole contents of her gut exist and have been examined,” Lohman said. He called it one of the most important exhibitions the museum has every hosted. Lyuba is on loan from the Shemanovskiy Yamal-Nenets District Museum in northern Siberia, Russia.
In a forlorn condition, North British Type 2 diesel hydraulic No. D6322 is stabled in a line of stored locos near St Philips Marsh Depot on 10th January 1972. The loco was new from Glasgow in April 1960 but only had a short life left as it was broken up at Swindon Works in May 1972.
Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self. ~ Erich Fromm
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Our air con systems will outlast you! Promise.
Urbex is a shortened form of "Urban Exploration". It is the act of going to and exploring lost and forgotten places that are not normally visited or often even accessible to the general public. Such places might include abandoned factories, hospitals, schools, offices and other derelict buildings, unused nuclear bunkers, old military buildings, disused rail yards etc. The REAL urbexer will NOT break anything in (or to get into) these places. In fact it's considered VERY bad form. But if access can be obtained without causing any damage, then that's considered fair game. Vandalism and graffiti are NOT allowed. It's like nature photography: Leave only footprints, take only pictures. See more Urbex here.
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The reason the grain empties was "creaking" through town is evident in the condition of this track...the NorthWestern's main route between the Twin Ports and the Twin Cities. If you're a purist, this is actually the Chicago St.Paul Minneapolis & Omaha - "The Omaha" - and it still exists in various business dealings and contracts as such, many years after it officially disappeared around 1960. If you see a Union Pacific covered hopper with the initials "CMO" above the number, it's actually an "Omaha" car. The VW with the Nebraska plates on the right is mine, of course.