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As a car enthusiast I do like it when I see a shiny bodywork on a classic car. That means, well kept, well maintained and it usually shows that the owner actually likes what he's doing. However, some times, the old timers need to be seen with the touch of time on them. I found this old truck parked on the yard of a winery at the Finger Lakes in NY. It quickly drew my attention, sitting there like an old rusty fella having proudly served its cause by hauling loads of grapes and crates of good wines.
Farming yesteryear enthusiast's keenly ploughing as in olden days
A ploughing match is a contest between people who each plough part of a field. Nowadays there are usually classes for horse-drawn ploughs and for tractor ploughing. Points are awarded for straightness and neatness of the resulting furrows.
The Cap San Diego was restored mainly by the labour of enthusiasts and laid-off dock workers, and is kept operational to date. Most of the time, the Cap San Diego is moored at the port of Hamburg where visitors can access virtually all areas of the ship from the bridge to the engine.
To the Genius and his Music ... this talent deserves to be shared ...
Thanks Bsukmet, for having made the soundtrack to my image
Bsukmet : soundcloud.com/bsukmet-imniali/the-enthusiasts-tale?in=bs...
Famous for the spectacular Elora Gorge and its 80 foot limestone cliffs descending into the Grand and Irvine Rivers. Adventure enthusiasts and nature lovers regularly flock to Elora, Ontario to enjoy some fun and take in the natural beauty. Many original stone buildings from the 1800′s still make up the downtown village centre. Over the decades, Elora has maintained its old world charm and the century-old buildings have been transformed into unique galleries, gift shops, artists studios and charming restaurants creating the perfect four-season shopping and dining destination.
Attention Ice cream and Octopi enthusiasts !
Excited to finally feature TFR's new Octopus baby "Oscar"!
You can now get this ice cream loving buddy @ The Vault Event running June 30th till July 9th.
Demo display also available @ TFR Inworld Mainstore
Previous releases are also available for purchase at the booth at a discounted price.
Credits (I'm obsessed with all of these ;w;) :
Animesh: Oscar by TFR
Ice Cream: Delights Cream by Lelutka
Head: Lelutka Avalon
Gills: Mermaidgills by Moonphase
Hair: Sophie by Doux
Earings: Wave Earings by Astralia
Body: Ebody Reborn
Rings And Handchain: Oceana Ring Collection by Yummy
Bikini: Little Mermaid Swimsuit by Candy Kitten
Scales: Mermaid Scales by Sunniva
Aura: Bubble Emitter By Cinnamon Cocaine
Backdrop and Scene: Fairy tale by Foxcity
Farming yesteryear enthusiast's keenly ploughing as in olden days
A ploughing match is a contest between people who each plough part of a field. Nowadays there are usually classes for horse-drawn ploughs and for tractor ploughing. Points are awarded for straightness and neatness of the resulting furrows.
A daylily is a flowering plant in the genus Hemerocallis a member of the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae. Despite the common name, it is not in fact a lily. Gardening enthusiasts and horticulturists have long bred daylily species for their attractive flowers. Thousands of cultivars have been registered by local and international Hemerocallis societies. Daylilies are perennial plants, whose name alludes to its flowers, which typically last about a day. The flowers of most species open in early morning and wither during the following night, possibly replaced by another one on the same scape the next day. Some species are night-blooming. Daylilies are not commonly used as cut flowers for formal flower arranging, yet they make good cut flowers otherwise, as new flowers continue to open on cut stems over several days. Hemerocallis is native to Asia, primarily eastern Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan. This genus is popular worldwide because of the showy flowers and hardiness of many kinds. There are over 80,000 registered cultivars. Hundreds of cultivars have fragrant flowers, and more scented cultivars are appearing more frequently in northern hybridization programs. Some earlier blooming cultivars rebloom later in the season, particularly if their capsules, in which seeds are developing, are removed. 6334
黃冑 Huang Zhou 1925-1997
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Tokyo old photos revived in color
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FREDERICA VON STADE - RUSALKA (MOON SONG)
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Songs My Mother Taught Me : Manca Izmajlova
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves.
I skip down the street and run against the wind.
Leo Buscaglia
Farming yesteryear enthusiast's keenly ploughing as in olden days
A ploughing match is a contest between people who each plough part of a field. Nowadays there are usually classes for horse-drawn ploughs and for tractor ploughing. Points are awarded for straightness and neatness of the resulting furrows.
After a "tip off" from a fellow enthusiast, a long walk, a 3 hour wait, an several insect bites/stings later!!! I finally connected with this Helice form beauty. 2 other Clouded Yellows seen on the day(way down in numbers from last year)...but certainly worth the effort.....................what a beauty she is too.
Location - Cliffe Pools/Kent...this last Sunday.
Credit for the composition here must go to Gladys, a new friend & fellow photography enthusiast, who spotted this handsome Fallow buck on this rocky outcrop. Maybe he was using the high ground to survey his patch, keeping an eye out for females, or rival males, perhaps.
Bradgate park in Leicestershire - Oct 2015.
For railway enthusiasts, the star of the line is the midday freight train to Zermatt. The car-free resort town receives its supplies with three trains per day on weekdays, but the other two both run early in the morning, in the dark. With the northbound trains not passing any appropriate spot with respect to the position of the sun, the midday train is the only one that can reasonably be photographed. A few years ago, the train ran mid-afternoon and was numbered 4243, but this has since changed to a time slot around noon and, correspondingly, the number is now 4231. HGe 4/4 II no. 102 is hauling. Neubrück, 04-09-2020.
And with that, I wish you all a very merry Christmas!
This shot epitomises both the highs and lows of being a rail enthusiast perfectly, but quite the capture for 2023. There is quite the story behind this one too! The subject is a pair of ED's - recently acquired from Govia Thameslink Southern 73202 and 73136 "Mhairi" on the 6Y42 14.05 Hoo Junction-Eastleigh East Yard departmental consisting of a healthy load of 23 JNA and MLA ballast wagons, seen at the small hamlet of Northbrook during twilight hour shortly after 20.30, nearly 3 hours later than its booked time.
I had originally arrived at this location some four and a half hours earlier in anticipation of catching this working in the fine afternoon sunlight; by this stage everything seemed to be running to time and as expected. Our woes began when the ED's stopped at Feltham Junction for 50 minutes - at this stage several passenger workings in that area were also on stop therefore, despite the obvious delay, nothing seemed out of the ordinary providing the ED's kept pushing on, which they subsequently did albeit with an unexplained 15 minute stop just outside Staines.
Things became more concerning when 6Y42 came to an abrupt halt outside Woking station. A phone call to 'control' (thanks to our on-location informant) ascertained a braking issue with the ED's and it also transpired this was the reason for the stoppage at Feltham too - our dire situation was confirmed when there had been no movement for over half an hour; with this news to hand, the gallery called the shots and left feeling bitterly disappointed, making the long walk of shame back to civilisation (anyone who's visited this spot will know its not the quickest or easiest spot to reach).
It was only once we had reached our vehicles that 'control' provided some unexpected news to my informant - 6Y42 was back on the move and it was hurtling down the main! We were back on - it was a no-brainer, the last men standing (whittled down to 3 from 6) were going back. Things appeared to be going well until another issue and a prolonged stoppage became apparent outside Basingstoke - gutter!
My informant left at this stage, but I was determined to persevere a little longer more in hope than in anticipation, after all it had already been resurrected three times earlier and I was clutching on to the belief it could go again, however the late-evening sun was now against me, dropping like a stone towards the horizon line.
I was about to call it quits one final time (I had already begun packing up) when Y42 started moving again. I wasn't going to leave without a shot now regardless of the conditions. However, haste was needed with it still some 30 minutes away and having to allow two passenger workings to pass. The informant returned having made it back to his car before getting the nod (again).
Finally, at the ungodly hour (photographically) of 20:35 and with the light just about holding out, the 73 duo finally passed us exactly 175 minutes late. I could finally make the walk of triumph back in the knowledge that my mission had been accomplished, arguably with a better result than expected with hindsight. At 5 hours spent at this location, this has to be a personal record for the longest I've had to wait (or waste - depending if you are a glass half full or empty kind of person) for a single working. Special mention goes to fellow-Flickrite Wetbag for the gen and for keeping my sanity in check, and to MJ for the initial headsup which faciliated the move.
Admittedly I was disappointed of the late-running and the low-light, but thankfully Lightroom has polished the image up immaculately to the extent that I'm absolutely chuffed with the end-product! It will be very difficult to better a shot of this working. The reward is even more satisfying now as the unreliability of the 73’s on this working meant they were dropped a few weeks later, meaning this was the only occasion I will likely capture them on a class 6 freight.
Also, taken with the assistance of a pole.
An enthusiast snapper is about to get a nice surprise in the form of a Rail-Head Treatment Train, which has snook up on Leicester's Platform 1.
He needs to hurry though - it won't be hanging around and, with the crew change swiftly completed, will soon be heading back in the Kettering direction on its 12 hour roundabout journey from the East Midlands to London.
The service is the previous day's 11.42pm Toton TMD - West Hampstead Thameslink (3J91), with DB Cargo 'Sheds' 66060 and 66161 topping and tailing the watery-jet consist.
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West Somerset Railway.
Minehead, Somerset, UK
Jing'an Park, Shanghai
This park was originally a cemetery for Western expatriates in Shanghai, while this marble pavilion was a mausoleum. After the cemetery was converted into a park, the wall of the mausoleum was removed and transformed into a beautiful marble pavilion. Today it is a place for Chinese chess enthusiasts to compete in the game.
This is Muralt Bluff Prairie State Natural Area where I do volunteer work to restore and maintain this and several other State Natural Areas and Prairie Enthusiast properties. Fresh air, camaraderie and photo ops are my payback. I don't need "weed, whites or wine" as the song suggests, but a cold beer after a prescribed burn is always nice.
Yellow warbler, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 29, 2016.
Another of the warblers that have enjoyed our little stream over the years.
Setophaga petechia
Life can be dangerous for a small bird. Yellow Warblers have occasionally been found caught in the strands of an orb weaver spider’s web.
Steam trains attract "all sorts" - young boys to old men - Those with a vague romantic interest to "Hardcore" experts.
West Somerset Railway spring steam gala 2025. Minehead station, Somerset, UK.
Hey fellow reef enthusiasts and followers!
About eight months ago, I faced a challenging moment in my marine adventure. While I was away on vacation, the caretaker of my beloved reef tank accidentally dosed it with a chemical that led to a complete wipeout. After a decade of nurturing a vibrant ecosystem filled with both hard and soft corals, it was a tough blow.
However, as any marine biologist will tell you, maintaining a delicate balance of hard and soft corals in a home reef tank is an art that comes with challenges and a thin margin for error. Each species has its own unique requirements, making their cohabitation tricky but incredibly rewarding.
Now, after seven months of hard work and dedication, I’m excited to share this photo of my complete restart! While it’s heart-wrenching to face setbacks like this, it’s also a chance to learn, rebuild, and create something even more spectacular. Join me on this journey as I work to establish a thriving reef community once again!
Happy reefing, everyone! 🌊✨