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A beautiful evening for photography. However, this is the west of Scotland on a still, warm night. To stop would let the clouds of midges descend....
Dr. August Florin and Miss Alexandra Sandell on a tricycle at the Furamo manor (close to Helsinki) on August 2, 1888. Dr. Florin seems to have been a keen cyclist, as he was an honorary member of the Helsingfors (Helsinki) Velocipedklubb, which had been founded the year before.
My colorization of the original image in the Finnish Heritage Agency archive.
"In 1789, two French inventors developed a three-wheeled vehicle, powered by pedals; They called it the tricycle.
In 1818, British inventor Denis Johnson patented his approach to designing tricycles. In 1876, James Starley developed the Coventry Lever Tricycle, which used two small wheels on the right side and a large drive wheel on the left side; power was supplied by hand levers. In 1877, Starley developed a new vehicle he called the Coventry Rotary, which was "one of the first rotary chain drive tricycles." Starley's inventions started a tricycling craze in Britain; by 1879, there were "twenty types of tricycles and multi-wheel cycles ... produced in Coventry, England, and by 1884, there were over 120 different models produced by 20 manufacturers." The first front steering tricycle was manufactured in 1881 by The Leicester Safety Tricycle Company of Leicester, England, which was brought to the market in 1882 costing £18. They also developed a folding tricycle at the same time.
Tricycles were used by riders who did not feel comfortable on the high wheelers, such as women who wore long, flowing dresses."
(Wikipedia)
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I am truly tired of snow... They are forecasting snowfall for the next 4 days or so and it supposed to be a substantial amount, yet again (from 12 to 20cm, by the end of it).. I think I will find all the flowery photos in my last year's collections and work on these ;D Today's set was taken one September evening in gardens surrounding Muttart Conservatory, here in Edmonton. Hope you enjoy this splash of color!
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Never easy grappling with a camera when cycling along even my Olympus point & shoot but this is the best.
Interesting temperature contrast, -2c in freezing fog for the first hour or so rising to +18c just after lunch.
As weather goes though I will happily accept more of this!
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