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If Bees are fast flyers, Bee-eaters are patient, watchfully alert, precisely quick and reasonably successful instrument of the Nature for pest control.
Green Bee-Eater and the Bee in its range.
23 March, 2023
Jhal Thikriwal, Kapurthala, Punjab
OM1, 300f5-MC14
1/4000, f5.6, ISO1600
A la vaillance de ses fils pendant la grande guerre et en mémoire des 60 000 morts, le peuple canadien a élevé ce monument.
Les canadiens à la crête de Vimy
Le matin du 9 avril 1917, plus de 100 000 canadiens et leurs alliés se préparent à attaquer la crête de Vimy. Leur objectif était de capturer un bastion allemend et de contrôler le terrain surérélevé surplombant la plaine de Douai.
Pour relever ce défit difficile, les quatre divisions du Corps canadien combattaient ensemble pour la toute première fois.
Leur succès a été un moment déterminant de l'expérience du Canada pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale.
Après quatre jours de combats sanglants, les Canadiens s’étaient rendus maîtres de la crête de Vimy au prix de plus de 10 600 tués et blessés.
Au fil du temps, la bataille est également devenu un important tournant culturel et historique au Canada.
To the valour of his sons during the Great War and in memory of the 60,000 dead, the Canadian people erected this monument.
Canadians at Vimy Ridge
On the morning of April 9, 1917, more than 100,000 Canadians and their allies prepared to attack Vimy Ridge. Their objective was to capture a German stronghold and control the elevated terrain overlooking the Douai plain.
To meet this difficult challenge, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps fought together for the very first time.
Their success was a defining moment in Canada’s experience during the First World War.
After four days of bloody fighting, Canadians took control of Vimy Ridge with more than 10,600 killed and injured.
Over time, the battle has also become an important cultural and historical turning point in Canada.
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Continuing with the westbound chase of the annual 470 Railroad Club charter on the Conway Scenic Railroad here's the next spot. This is the only other location that would work for a properly lit shot on a sunny day, but alas it just wasn't in the cards.
Just like in 2024 the club showcased their historic ex B&M trio of 1949 vintage F7s 4266/4268 and GP9 1741 resplendent in its as delivered McGinnis 'bluebird' livery. After first making a 12 mile round trip down and back on the former Boston and Maine Conway Branch the special headed west on the former Maine Central Mountain Sub mainline through Crawford Notch to Fabyan. They are headed west at MP 72.9 (as measured from former Portland Union Station) rolling alongside the Saco River between the 2nd and 3rd Iron bridges past a location known as Sawyer’s Rock.
A New Hampshire state historical marker along US 302 denotes this spot and reads:
In 1771, Timothy Lash of Lancaster and Benjamin Sawyer of Conway made a bargain with Governor John Wentworth to bring a horse through Crawford Notch in order to prove the route’s commercial value. The pair succeeded by dragging and lowering the animal down rock faces. Sawyer’s Rock is said to be the last obstacle they encountered before reaching the Bartlett intervales. Nash and Sawyer were rewarded with a 2,184 acre parcel at the northern end of the Notch. Sawyer’s Rock symbolizes the determination and foresight that helped open and develop trade and travel into the White Mountains region.
Interestingly this is actually a double header with two crews because the F7s have no MU connections on their front ends and therefore can not be controlled remotely from the GP9 when set up in this manner. To learn more about the history of these vintage locomotives refer to earlier posts in this series.
Harts Location, New Hampshire
Saturday November 1, 2025
Interesting that the steering wheel on the Kaiwo Maru has no view of the water. Wonder if this is just a token display of what's on the bridge, but the brass and wood that make up the wheel are pretty impressive.
To see others' superb photos of the Kaiwo Maru during the 3 day
tall ship festival in Steveston--including the sailors up on the masts unfurling the sails--please go to this Gallery I created: www.flickr.com/photos/130881643@N04/galleries/72157681555...
The Grade I Listed Lincoln Castle, in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Lincoln Castle was built during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is only one of two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in Sussex.
When William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson and the English at The Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, he continued to face resistance to his rule in the north of England. For several years, William's position was very insecure. To project his influence northwards to control the people of the Danelaw, he constructed a few major castles in the north and midlands of England. It was at this time major castles at Warwick, Nottingham, and York were built. After gaining control of York, the Conqueror turned southwards and arrived at the Roman and Viking city of Lincoln.
When William reached Lincoln, he found a Viking commercial and trading centre with a population of 6,000 to 8,000. The remains of the old Roman walled fortress located 60 metres above the countryside to the south and west, proved an ideal strategic position to construct a new castle. Lincoln represented a vital strategic crossroads of the the same routes which influenced the siting of the Roman fort: Ermine Street, Fosse Way, Valley of the River Trent, River Witham & Lincolnshire Wolds
A castle here could guard several of the main strategic routes and form part of a network of strongholds of the Norman kingdom to control the country internally. Also, it could form a centre from which troops could be sent to repel Scandinavian landings anywhere on the coast from the Trent to the Welland, to a large extent, by using the roads which the Romans had constructed for the same purpose.
The castle was the focus of attention during the First Battle of Lincoln which occurred on 2 February 1141, during the struggle between King Stephen and Empress Matilda over who should be monarch in England. It was held but damaged, and a new tower, called the Lucy Tower, was built.
Lincoln Castle was again the site of a siege followed by the Second Battle of Lincoln, on 20 May 1217, during the reign of King John in the First Barons' War. This was the period of political struggle which led to the signing of Magna Carta on 15 June 1215.
As in Norwich and other places, the castle was used as a secure site in which to establish a prison. At Lincoln, the prison Gaol was built in 1787 and extended in 1847. Imprisoned debtors were allowed some social contact but the regime for criminals was designed to be one of isolation, according to the separate system. Consequently, the seating in the prison chapel is designed to enclose each prisoner individually so that the preacher could see everyone, but each could see only him. By 1878 the system was discredited, and the inmates were transferred to the new jail in the eastern outskirts of Lincoln.
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Now, what was it she told me to get!
Potatoes, carrots … I should have brought that list she wrote.
Potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbage …. She always says that I don’t listen to her, or is it that I never listen to her.
Potatoes, carrots, onions ……. Oh, those cream cakes look good.
I spent the better part of an hour watching as this Eastern Phoebe worked a shoreline of Horsepen Bayou, making a circuit of the driftwood branches, repeatedly launching after flying insects and returning to the same perch to eat them before moving on to the next station.
1. I want my UPGRADE, not a goofy phone. I have a goofy Samsung phone that I like.
2. They mentioned Ani DiFranco and the music industry's financial funkiness, so I emailed Merlin with more details than they shared...and blogged it--hope you don't mind, Merlin. :)
"Habito los tiempos cortos que resumen el espacio
al instante aleatorio y fugaz de tu impulso en las neuronas.
Camino asido a la brida que, asida con entereza,
ahonda en mi fortaleza y te vive hasta la muerte.
El pasado y el presente se dan la mano en un punto
y no dejan de ser las suertes que viví sin respirarte...
...tiempos cortos que, estrechándose en la ausencia de tu aliento,
configuran mis fronteras.
Espacios infinitos en que ya no te diviso,
incluso desde esta noche, oscura y fría,
donde mis sueños rotos aún pregonan que te amo".
-Tiempos cortos (enero 2004) -
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Por favor, comenta si quieres pero no pegues carteles ni tarjetas. No le des premios ni pongas medallas. Agradezco mucho las opiniones y, sobre todo, la crítica, pero los ornamentos me distraen en exceso. Gracias.
Tatiana Weston-Webb doing powerful turns in full control at Rocky Point on the North Shore. This season she's been performing well on the World Championship Tour (best of the best) as an injury replacement, and is also close to qualify for the next season.
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
@ red light district
Installation 'THE BODY OF LIGHT' - Immersive environment
by Margareta Hesse
An integral part of peace-keeping on most of the colonies, the urban riot control walker was designed to swiftly quiet down any signs of unrest. Commonly known as Oxen, it is equipped with two twin-barrel granade launchers and an advanced monitoring system for facial recognition. Despite its bulky look, the rotating treads make it very maneuverable.
So this is my entry to the first responder category for space jam. Had a lot of fun designing this thing and took some inspiration from variuos awesome sci-fi builders out there (Oscar to name one). Hope you like it and make sure to check out the other entries in the Flickr group, there are plenty of good stuff there.
Finally a big thanks to the organizers of this annual (?) contest!
The Library of Congress Mrs. Lloyd ninety one years old
I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know.
Title
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Mrs. Lloyd, ninety-one year old mother of Miss Nettie Lloyd, who is a pellagra victim. Mrs. Lloyd was born and reared in Orange County; has lived on this spot since her marriage sixty-nine years ago. It is on a new road leading off from left of Route number 54, about four miles west of Carrboro, Orange County, North Carolina]
Contributor Names
Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
Created / Published
[1939 Sept.?]
Subject Headings
- United States--North Carolina--Orange County--Carrboro
Format Headings
Nitrate negatives.
Genre
Nitrate negatives
Notes
- Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.)
- Appears to be related to negative LC-USF33-030509-M5 www.loc.gov/pictures/item/fsa1998013176/PP/
- Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
- More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Medium
1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
LC-USF33- 030508-M4 [P&P]
Source Collection
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Digital Id
fsa 8a40798 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsa.8a40798
Library of Congress Control Number
2017754511
Reproduction Number
LC-USF33-030508-M4 (b&w film nitrate neg.) LC-DIG-fsa-8a40798 (digital file from original neg.)
Rights Advisory
No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html