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This is The Old Depot Musuem in Vicksburg, MS prepped as best they can for flooding. The Mississippi River continues to swell in the background. The 2011 Flood reached the 1st floor windows.
With the first SD50 I've seen in at least a year up front, Q352 passes through downtown Hamler during the one hour of sunlight between rain storms today. The 8522 is a former Seaboard System SD50 that has somehow managed to dodge the storage lines as CSX continues to throw away anything that isn't nailed down.
English: The Siemens Taurus 541-110 and 541-109 locomotives of the Slovenian Railways (SŽ) are approaching Škofja Loka with a coal train between the port of Koper and Jesenice. From this border station, it is possible that this 19 Eanos and Eas wagons cut will continue to the Voestalpine steelworks in Linz.
Català: Les locomotores Siemens Taurus 541-110 i 541-109 dels ferrocarrils eslovens (SŽ) s'apropen a Škofja Loka amb un tren de carbó entre el port de Koper i Jesenice. Des d'aquesta estació fronterera, és possible que aquest tall de 19 vagons Eanos i Eas continui fins a l'acereria Voestalpine de Linz.
Castellano: Las locomotoras Siemens Taurus 541-110 y 541-109 de los ferrocarriles eslovenos (SŽ) se acercan a Škofja Loka con un tren de carbón entre el puerto de Koper y Jesenice. Desde esta estación fronteriza, es posible que este corte de 19 vagones Eanos y Eas continúe hasta la acería Voestalpine de Linz.
Been away from my computer a lot for the last few days. Just got back to it. Got sunsets for weather 10a240 looking pretty good I thought :)
Opethfeldt 7 unofficial update WIP
This image is included in 2 galleries 1) "Birds" curated by Rolf (rosch1949) and 2) "KINGFISHERS FROM OUR WORLD" by SØS'Nature.
The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a dark eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts. The underparts are white and the tail is barred with rufous and black. The plumage of the male and female birds is similar. The territorial call is a distinctive laugh that is often delivered by several birds at the same time, and is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve a jungle setting.
The laughing kookaburra is native to eastern mainland Australia, but has also been introduced to parts of New Zealand, Tasmania, and Western Australia. It occupies dry eucalypt forest, woodland, city parks and gardens. This species is sedentary and occupies the same territory throughout the year. It is monogamous, retaining the same partner for life. A breeding pair can be accompanied by up to five fully grown non-breeding offspring from previous years that help the parents defend their territory and raise their young. The laughing kookaburra generally breeds in unlined tree holes or in excavated holes in arboreal termite nests. The usual clutch is three white eggs. The parents and the helpers incubate the eggs and feed the chicks. The youngest of the three nestlings or chicks is often killed by the older siblings. When the chicks fledge they continue to be fed by the group for six to ten weeks until they are able to forage independently.
A predator of a wide variety of small animals, the laughing kookaburra typically waits perched on a branch until it sees an animal on the ground and then flies down and pounces on its prey. Its diet includes lizards, insects, worms, snakes and are known to take goldfish out of garden ponds. (Wikipedia)
This bird seems happy to visit my back yard from time to time. This image was taken on an overcast winter afternoon.
Continuing with the series of shots taken in the rain last Sunday in Cork.
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Continuing with a series of images shot on iPhone 6s - with intentional camera movement to achieve the blur - in Tokyo last April.
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"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion." (Unknown)
I don't normally use quotes, but I was struggling to think of a suitable description for this photo and I suddenly remembered this quote, which is one I've always liked (and is also very true!) and it seemed to go with the photo somehow, so I thought I'd put it up :)
I took this outside the very old and beautiful Malvern Priory, Barney is lying outside the side doors, which were just wonderful, I had to try and take a photo of him next to them :) It was a very quick photo shoot, as I doubt dogs are really supposed to be off lead in the churchyard. Barney is well behaved but I understand not everyone appreciates large fluffy canines, especially where people come to sit and have a quiet moment... So I hurriedly took a couple of shots and we continued our walk home. Anyway, I rather liked this one :)
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...the concise report on our trip through the southwest of Iceland. Warning: this is only day 2 of 9, so you'll probably get bored... // ...met het beknopte verslag van onze tocht door zuidwest IJsland. Waarschuwing: dit is pas dag 2 van negen dagen, dus je zult je waarschijnlijk gaan vervelen!
Continuing my Toy-ronto Life series...
Happy Miniature Sunday!
Here is some sparkling blue hour in my miniature Toy-ronto. You can tell by the snowy roofs how blue-purplish the sky was :-)
More of miniature fun is coming- stay tuned / bientot a l'ecran!
Wishing you all a HAPPY and a BLESSED New Week and a New Season
Continued Thoughts and Prayers for PEACE and for UKRAINE.
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Continuing with the swallow observations I've been concentrating on lately, here is a Tree Swallow with a dragonfly, delivering to the nest. One of the young actually flew out of the hole when this adult landed, so the young are already fledging.
Wood Lake Nature Center MN
Continuing a run of London City Scenes on Flickr. Its no secret the Shard is my favourite building in the city, but I think it looks even more special when the lights come on.
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Hair: TRUTH - Farryn
Skirt: SS. ATIK - Hunt 03
Top: Vinyl - Bebe (group gift)
Sandals: Chic & Shoes - THF2018 (gift)
Earrings & bangles: LavandaChic*600 members (gift)
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This is continued shot from Portland Bill. The sky that day made me get dark and freaky with my verotrama's. I love this place, the rocks and sea have Soooooooooooo much power. :-)
Barbara and I have gotten personalized Christmas Ornaments since the 70's. For the last few years we have gotten them in Pigeon Forge, TN. Christmas is a big time at our house, even though it is just the two of us. Yesterday, being the first Saturday of December, was the day to go to one of the local tree farms and pick out our Christmas Tree. The farmers cut them for you, so it is nice and fresh.
During the next couple weeks, everything will be removed from the mantel, curio cabinet, coffee table, window sill, piano, etc. Christmas decorations will replace everything removed. Barbara and I made many of the decorations from ceramics. Dozens of stuffed animals will fill the living room. Barbara's little girl Bride Doll and her electric train will go under the tree. The train is almost 60 years old and still runs fine. Yes, Chistmas is a big time at our house.
Union Pacific SD70M 2002 leads the I-G2G2 shuttle through Elmhurst on a sunny morning along the Geneva Subdivision. Westbounds in the morning aren't the best to shoot light-wise unless you go wide and to the side.
The games were held in Salt Lake in 2002 and the reminders of that time continue to roll across the Midwest in fresh paint, thanks to some nice folks at Union Pacific.
We continue with rushing, whitewater photos. This was just past the drop from yesterday's photo (in Comments). That was almost mono, but there is much colour in this.
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Continuing our first chase up the Rich Mountain grade we caught them again grinding up the 1.12% climb toward the summit about six miles or so ahead. This is almost exactly one mile east of the Oklahoma state line as they approach a private crossing at MP 361.4 on Kansas City Southern's Shreveport Sub deep in the Ouachita Mountains.
The MKCSH2 02 (second Kansas City to Shreveport manifest) has a nice consist of KCS 4618 (GE AC400CW blt. Dec. 1999 as KCS 2043), gray ghost KCSM 4533 (GE AC400CW blt. May. 1998 as TFM 2633)and KCS 3967 (EMD SD70MAC blt. Mar. 2000 as TFM 1667) on the head end with KCS 5023 (GE ET44AC blt. 2019) on the rear as the DPU.
Polk County, Arkansas
Friday September 3, 2021
Continuing my Little Planets series...
Had cast some globular & texture magic on Toronto cityscapes as seen from the Riverdale Park East on one hazy-lazy day in August :-)
As the story continues from the previous post, the Peregrine finished showing off her catch and headed right for her perch. With bated breath, I tried to stay focused on the bird and hoped for the best.
As a bird photographer we realise how the circle of life works, however, there are times when natures normal course of action, transcends past the lens.
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[13:12] Belle Mistwallow shouts: Oh goodness heavens. It's INCREDIBLE to see each and every single one of you out here CELEBRATING our FANTASTIC, ONE OF A KIND city. It's more than just a city. It's a community. We love each other as much as we love the Moles and Lindens who invest so much time and effort to improving it on a regular basis. IF you dont live here, you should. But that's by the by. Just want to thank you all for being here, and adding to the color and vibrance of the event. Here is to 8th years and many more. NOW....PARTAAAAYYYYYY
Continuing with this series here's the next spot on our chase of day seven of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) Autumn Explorer VI that saw the special train travel north from St. Johnsbury to Orleans then back south to Bellow Falls via VRS' Washington County Railroad, the former Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine Conn River mainline.
This shot was the second priority for me for this chase after the Crystal Lake shot and it too worked out fabulously. They are rolling south past Morrison's Custom Feeds mill at about MP L53.2 on modern day VRS Washington County Railroad Lyndonville Sub. I really like this scene because the track here reminds me of those old photos of the Milwaukee Road branchlines in the Dakotas back in the 1970s that had to be mowed. I had gotten terribly CFed when I tried this a few years ago: flic.kr/p/2oX4BaP so this was a wonderful redemption.
As for the railroad, the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad first arrived here in 1850 when their line was extended from Wells River to St. Johnsbury. In 1857 they continued the line north to Barton, then in 1863 they built on to Newport and finally to the Canadian border in 1867. The railroad operated independently until 1887 when it was leased by the Boston and Lowell only six months before the B&L itself was leased to the Boston and Maine which affected practical control from then on. In 1926 when the B&M leased the line north of Wells River to the Canadian Pacific which ultimately bought it outright in 1946.
The CPR ruled this line for another half century until retrenching in 1996 when they sold the Newport and Lyndonville Subs to Iron Roads Railways which created the new Northern Vermont Railway which took over on September 28th of that year. The Iron Roads system was bankrupt within a half dozen years and the NV ceased to exist with the Lyndonville Sub and the former Boston and Maine Conn River Mainline between Newport and White River Junction being purchased by the State of Vermont and contracted to Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad Subsidiary. The WACR is now at the two decade mark operating the 103 mile line while the Newport Sub north into Canada passed to succesors Montreal, Maine and Atlantic and then Central Maine and Quebec until remarkably returning to the CP fold in 2020 when they purchased the CMQ.
The train is led by VTR 206 a GP38-3 blt. Oct. 1969 as SOU 2718 and originally a high nosed straight GP38. Trailing is VTR 313, a GP40FH-2 that was rebuilt from original NYC GP40 3078 blt. 8-67 for New Jersey Transit commuter service. She later ended up working for Iowa Pacific on their assorted passenger operations until that company went belly up and then was purchased in the bankruptcy auction by VRS in 2020.
See prior posts to learn more about the history of the line and for a roster of the cars participating in this trip.
Barnet, Vermont
Friday October 10, 2025
Hongrie
(Athene noctua)
The four young are perched on a branch just below the nest and are already flying, but the parents continue to feed them. This parent pauses to observe the surroundings and any possible dangers, then it will come to give the insect to one of the young.
Les quatre petits sont perchés sur une branche juste au-dessous du nid et volent déjà, mais les parents continuent à les nourrir. Ce parent fait une pause pour observer les environs et les dangers éventuels, puis il viendra donner l'insecte à l'un des jeunes.
Shot about 45 minutes after the previous Cover Shot photo. This train met another train at the siding just West of Tower Rd. This photo was taken at the Engel Rd crossing just West of Burlington, IL. This CSXT231 led train was highballing toward Iowa with a string of empty ethanol tanks
6/52/2017 #flower
The Netherlands are known for its magnificent fields of tulips in all colors. Once you've put them in a vase they continue to grow in all directions into a colored mess. I like it, it looks like they want to escape.
'The oldest continuing cycle race in the world'
This prestigious event goes back to 1886 and, with the exception of the war years, has been run ever since. Traditionally on the first Sunday in October. prior to the formation of the RTTC it was considered to be the ‘Championship of All England’ and still attracts the leading 'Hill-Climb' riders from all over the country.
The challenge is Yorks Hill, a 707yd climb with an average gradient of 12.5%, with two stretches of 25%. Needing an all-out lung bursting effort.
A big thanks to Mike King for the invite , and his amazing shots are here www.flickr.com/photos/mikekingphoto/6226734933/in/photost...
It continues to be a bad year for wildfires in British Columbia. Today a dense haze is covering the coastal area from fires burning hundreds of miles away, changing the colour of sunlight to orange (this is midday!).
It's estimated to cost more than a million dollars a day to fight the blazes, with 300,000 hectares of rangelands and forest already lost and 45,000 people evacuated from small towns and farms.
August is traditionally the driest month of summer, which makes it likely the state of emergency will continue.
Hats off to 3000+ fire fighters, some from as far away as Australia, who are working hard to bring it all under control.
Continuing with my new year's resolution of more quickly publishing photos I recently took, here's a vertical panorama I took yesterday during our most recent "atmospheric river," or crazy, insane, two-day downpour for those of you who don't speak meteorology.
Why a vertical panorama in 1:2? I'm not sure, although this isn't the first panorama I've taken like this. It just felt right, I guess. But will anyone ever order a 5' tall print of this? Will anyone ever make a calendar or book in these dimensions? Probably not, although it would look great at over 8300 pixels on the long side!
Thanks for looking!
continuing the series made earlier this week in Muskoka, Ontario...a couple of hours drive north of Toronto.... on Lake Joseph...please see the previous postings for more views of this beautiful area....where people have had vacation homes since the 19th century.... we lucky to spend a few days there visiting family, after our time abroad...