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Rose Garden
Point Defiance Park
Tacoma, Washington
102115
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Captured almost 5 months earlier but in almost exactly the same location as my previous image ( flic.kr/p/23TfS8x), D6515 ‘Lt Jenny Lewis RN’ leaves Norden with the last train of the day, the 18:00 to Swanage.
Although the Swanage Railway runs a superlative diesel gala each spring, normal service is operated by steam traction. However, a shunting accident on 24th July 2017 between two steam locomotives caused the suspension of steam service for a few weeks with the railway’s two class 33s stepping up to provide service. This was in addition to the Wareham to Swanage shuttles which were also running at this time using hired in class 33 and 37s.
The train is a reasonable approximation of a locomotive-hauled branch line train in the 1960s. Aside from the obvious addition of an observation car at the rear, the locomotive’s nameplate and headlight are more recent additions. The lack of passengers is a less welcome similarity to the 1960s branch line train...
I was exactly here... watching the sun painting in red the Majestic rocks of the great natural parks in West USA.
Due anni fa
Ero esattamente qui... guardando il sole dipingere di rosso le maestose rocce dei grandi parchi dell'Ovest americano..
The weather wasn't exactly on my side these past couple of weeks. I absolutely love winter time, but its not exactly ideal weather for taking photos.
For this theme I was going to go for a totally different way to my actually outcome but with the weather being dark just about 24/7, I decided to take a whole other idea and use it in my photo. I wanted the photo to have a sort of snow-leopard kind of vibe for this shot decided to make my photo look more Wintery.
I know its not my best photo, but I worked with what I had - I hope you like it anyway! :)
Nizza, 2° giorno:
il Palais Massena, sede dell'omonimo museo, è una piccola isola fiorita posta esattamente al centro della Promenade des Anglais, tra l'Hotel Negresco e l'Hotel West End.
Nice, 2nd day:
the Palais Massena, center of the homonymous museum, is a small bloomed island mail exactly to the center of the Promenade des Anglais, between the Hotel Negresco and the Hotel West End.
Not exactly a work of art, but interesting behavior nonetheless. I've always thought that rushing (the dance) was like singles dating (trying to hookup) and the weed ceremony is commitment, the ring, engagement, lets raise a family as its only done during and just prior to nesting and maybe it is, but this clip doesn't exactly back up that theory. The ceremony was interrupted and the female didn't miss a beat and continued with the new guy.
thanks for the views & comments, everyone! this is exactly how I felt in the woods on the lake this year.
Not exactly the plan on the night but the best that I could get with too much low cloud floating around
Not exactly a deluge of water this time, but I thought it was still an interesting winter sight, with flowing water and icicles sort of resembling one another as they flow over the exposed dark rock, which itself acts as a relief to the bright white, snow covered surroundings.
Uploaded exactly 17 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Arispe, Texas, United States
Citroen DS, Ford Escape, Chevrolet Corvette,
Ram RT, Cadillac Escalade,
Exactly a month ago, an artic blast swept through the Hudson Valley, giving us 48 hours of winter. The temporary river freeze coincided nicely with a low-tide sunrise and sunset, which are my ideal times to explore the bays and inlets of the Hudson, especially in winter. This one is from sunset at a nearby park on the river. The clouds broke just in time to cast a beautiful golden hour glow across the landscape. Hoping to share more from the 48-hour winter in the coming days.
exactly 3 days, we demanded to capture the mark of 100 members of the memeber all thanks to who with us a special thank ANGELA participant for the cool cover
...spent some time this morning at a local pond passing some time. Thought I would try for some shorebirds but ended up entertained by a Great Blue Heron and a Great Egret vying for the fishing rights to the area...they challenged each other at least 3 times while I was there :)
Almost exactly a year ago we went to Norway for one of the most amazing trips ever. It's a truly wondrous landscape and a place I'd like to visit again. I thought I'll share some of those photos with you. Hope you enjoy them! Since we are clearly not going to Norway this year, or anywhere half as exotic, this is a nice trip down memory lane for me :)
This photo is from a hike up the steep slopes flanking Naerofjord, in the town of Gudvangen.
Have a great week folks, and thanks always for stopping by. Your comments are welcome and also any helpful critiques.
Uploaded exactly 13 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Onder-Papegaaiberg, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Stellenbosch Mountain is a mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The mountain forms part of the Coetsenburg Estate, the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, the Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve and the larger Hottentots-Holland Mountains Catchment Area. is a mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The mountain forms part of the Coetsenburg Estate, the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve, the Assegaaibosch Nature Reserve and the larger Hottentots-Holland Mountains Catchment Area.
Uploaded exactly 11 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
Ohingaiti, Manawatu Wanganui, New Zealand
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210.0 mm
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2000
Four unshorn sheep, ewes
Austroderia is a genus of five species of tall grasses native to New Zealand, commonly known as toetoe (from Māori). The species are A. toetoe, A. fulvida, A. splendens, A. richardii and A. turbaria. They were recently reclassified in 2011 from the genus Cortaderia, although their distinctiveness had been recognized as early as 1853.
The Māori used the toetoe leaves to make baskets, kites, mats, wall linings and roof thatching. It was also used to make containers to cook food in hot springs, due to the fibres being water-resistant. The flower stalks were also useful - as frames for kites, and in tukutuku panelling. The seed heads themselves were used on fresh wounds to stop bleeding. Other medicinal uses included treatment of diarrhoea, kidney complaints, and burns. Toetoe is New Zealand's largest native grass, growing in clumps up to 3m in height.
Exactly a year ago i finally plucked up courage to do a Kingfisher. Using Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils. Think a bit bright but first attempt.
I have exactly six images of ravens, and I must say that I'm not unhappy with any of them! Not exactly self-congratulatory, but I have to say that when a Raven stands still for three seconds, you can't miss. (Well, I can't.)
We have no Ravens in the Diablo Valley. Probably too much competition for the crows and other Corvids. I think they're beautiful: it's a shame that all six of my triumphs have been in six different national parks in the west. This large one was strutting his stuff at the edge of the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone NP in Wyoming.
A raven is any of several larger-bodied passerine bird species in the genus Corvus. These species do not form a single taxonomic group within the genus. There is no consistent distinction between crows and ravens. Names are assigned to different species chiefly based on their size.
The largest raven species are the common raven and the thick-billed raven; these are also the largest passerine species. The term "raven" originally referred to the common raven (Corvus corax), the type species of the genus Corvus, which has a larger distribution than any other species of Corvus, ranging over much of the Northern Hemisphere.
Exactly how I felt this morning after getting home at 12.45 am from London. Luckily, I foresaw my lack of ability to function after a late night and took the day off. Dweezil Zappa was extremely entertaining and a very nice guy.
Okay, not exactly mountaineering here, this was just a half an hour walk up a gorge, a steep tiny valley up what I think is called Gveleti Valley. A side-valley north of Kabegi/Stepantsminda, only a few kilometers from the border to Russia.
There you can visit a waterfall or two. But the view back is possible nicer, with 4000 meter peaks on the opposite side of the valley.
Not exactly my first Willow Warbler of the year but the first I have managed to get a photograph of. This was at one of my local reservoirs, just over the border into South Yorkshire.
Not exactly the Canadian Rockies, where tree stumps like this can often be found washed up on the shores of the iconic mountain lakes. But here's a lockdown alternative, captured on my local dog walk!
Nikon Z7, 20/1.8 S. Original photograph copyright © Simon Miles. Not to be used without permission. Thanks for looking
Me: "I applied the Hemorrhoid cream you gave me this morning and got a very bad reaction."
Doc: "Where exactly did you apply it?"
Me: "On the bus."
Exactly on 6:00 pm the harbor light will be on
And this is the moment though it is not dark yet
With romantic mood and feeling what a lovely time
Exactly 3 years ago made at an old school that was on the list to "disappear". The photoclub, where I was active at that time, had an urban photography trip organised and we were very glad that we could take photos there:-)
I just read that the building is now almost gone to make way for new homes....
Exactly five minutes after shooting Amtrak train 682 and three minutes after shooting the head end of L080, the Keolis work train crew headed east through thru the curve at CPF AS at MP BW25.8 (measured from North Station in Boston) on Main 2 of the Keolis/MBTA Western Route mainline in this view looking down off the old Salem Street bridge from the opposite side.
The north side work train crew will take the train a mile east up to CPF FR then reverse direction back down Track 17 following L080 into the yard to set out the CSXT geometry train before cutting off light with their locomotive and scooting back to BET.
The three car train consists of CSXT 994366 (Geometry/theater car TGC3), 994365 (support car Hocking Valley), and 994369 (crew car Grand Rapids) with its assigned one of a kind unit, CSXT 9969, an ex MARC GP40WH-2. Double headed on the east end is MBTA GP40MC1129 in the 'cranberry' heritage scheme and on the west end is MBTA F40PH-3C 1033. The train had to be capped with MBTA locomotives due to the fact that 9969 is not equipped with ACSES PTC equipment necessary to lead on the MBTA lines.
The T measures and tests its lines quarterly, but with no equipment of its own has always relied on Amtrak's Corridor Clipper car for this work. For whatever reason Amtrak is no longer able to support this so other arrangements were made. An Ensco truck tested all South Side lines except the Worcester Mainline and the MBTA/Keolis contracted with CSXT to borrow their train which was handed off in Worcester. It was used to test east from Worcester, the Grand Junction Branch, and the eastern route on Wednesday then later this morning will head out and test the New Hampshire and Fitchburg Routes. Finally on this morning it tested the Western Route to as far as this point before wrapping up. With the T in the process of building two GEO cars of its own it seems unlikely that this will ever happen again but around here you just never know!
In the background beyond the power substation can be seen the steeple of the South Congregational Church that dates from 1868.
Lawrence, Massachusetts
Friday May 23, 2025
Soundtrack // Bande-son: IDAHO ("Bass Crawl"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gUBu2k7ugg
"It is not what it seems... it's EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED..."
Not exactly in the wild, but in their native habitat (sort of)...this lovely pair of sandhill cranes live in the conservation area behind my house and from time to time they grace us with their presence by strolling down the sidewalk and stopping to "chat" for a minute or two. I have been in my house for nearly 14 years and sandhill families have always been here...year after year they nest very close to a busy thoroughfare (and frequently walk across it!) while at the same time having some lovely marshy areas set aside to protect them to some degree...many mornings I walk out on my back lanai and watch them as they start their day and take off into the blue Florida skies on a new adventure....waking up the neighbourhood sleepyheads with their distinctive..and very loud honks! I feel very blessed to have such lovely neighbours! Often I walk down to the small lake in our development and find them there during the day...they allow me to come quite close, but they have firmly established boundries as well...if I come one step too close, they back up one step, telling me I am beginning to invade their private space. Within just a few steps of my house I can see cattle egrets, ibises, a great white egret, a little blue heron, sandhill cranes, and if I am very fortunate that day, a little green heron might visit. Marsh bunnies can be seen early morning and at dusk and not too long ago I had the great thrill of coming out early one morning and seeing two happily munching grass in my backyard.
I don't know how much I like this
But I felt that these to photos had exactly what I wanted to send out.
Homecomings tonight!
Exactly five years ago today, I returned from one of the most powerful and moving retreats I had ever attended. The graces given to me from this experience were immense and I couldn't help but feel such joy and elation as I returned from the retreat center in Michigan to my (then new) home in NW Ohio.
With little daylight left on a Sunday afternoon, I decided to head out trackside along the CSX Pemberville Sub to see what I could find. I found my way to this signal bridge just north of the line's namesake, where I got two southbounds in the evening light, the second one being this train, R394: manifest traffic from Detroit, MI to Cumberland, MD.
So much of this photo is gone: the signal, the train symbol; even the chances at seeing a lashup like this. While I don't know what prompted me to go out trackside this evening after such a powerful retreat experience, I'm thankful I did.
Not exactly the pride of the fleet, appearance-wise, on the point as a ratty KCS de Mexico Gevo takes M-SHNS under Interstate 20 at Clinton. Even looking shabby, a home-road leader is much preferred over a dirty black GE for sure!
Exactly one month before NS said goodbye to the 1130, the locomotive with IC939 Zandvoort aan Zee - Heerlen arrived at Utrecht CS. The train consists of a mix of ICR and plan W-carriages; April 23, 1993.
I found this picture on my computer and thought it was worth sharing it. I had completely forgotten about it and was surprised to find it. The Hague, Meer en Bos, 28 December 2016.
Not exactly the shot I was after as the 97s were slightly late arriving due to a problem with the proceeding Abber unit
97 303 tnt 97 304 sit in the loop at Cosford with 6C70 for an overnight ballast drop on the Cambrian line
105mm lens
It has been exactly one year since I last uploaded an image of the sea. It must be something to do with the bleakness and isolation of the seafront on a cold day in January
Not exactly the most planned photo but I had arrived back in Worcester from Loughborough just 10 minutes brfore the train was due!
SR Merchant Navy 4-6-2 8P 35028 'Clan Line' heads past Croome Perry Wood at Besford on 21-8-21.
West Coast Railways 1Z47 1632 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington
The weather finally improved about 20 minutes later by which time I was heading back to Malvern. Still it was good to see a loco that I had not seen for quite a few years.
Suffering, in all it's varied forms, is what exactly?
A compounding of fractured soul, so matter-of-factly,
She said that He Himself said,
That surgery is an art gallery of faith instead
Masterpieces where health invariably decreases
Swan songs of broken hearts where love ceases
To enliven home truth's of carefree surrealism
One empty soul does not make another idealism,
Minimal is the grey day that paves the way for darkness
Looming on the horizon of unseen weathering blackness
A colossus of sky with the upper land
Nature the only card, saviour, and prophet to hand
Fear may only be a feeling, but the feeling is beyond fear itself
As they say, depression is expectant as we each try to find oneself
In the mire of news, be it the betrayal of the health of our citizens
Or just the assassination of natural resources wealth, that bloody well glistens
In the headlights and highlights of our obit we now live in memory alone
"A Song for Departure" plays upon the mind that cannot find adequate words to bemoan
The lack of attention paid to the well-being of Mother Nature, ageism spammed!
We are seeking the revolution for the revolving Earth whose door's are jammed
By the annual quagmire of festive exposure by all means time is spent!
Here by the grace of God, we breathe in life, in a place, in grace Heaven sent
It's tempting to stop reading, as it is to cease listening, turning a blind eye as well, why not?
But dare I say, it's nigh on impossible for very long to do the whole damned lot!
Mother Nature, She is suffering can't you see upon this obdurate land
We tune-in to be deceived, ghost hunters and faithful followers of a new kind of religious brand
Detect only what the illusion alludes to in the lost art of heart and soul
In part, life is already obfuscated with it's own toxins, we're the decade on parole
1988, 1998, 2008, I remember well, the future that is coming too soon
Here before tomorrow ever knows what to do with itself, we must find the answers to be in tune
Petty arguments wage wars within the minds of boys whose toys have been confiscated by ignorance
A belief of faith cannot be true if it sees red at every turn, nor can it bring hope for the children in whom we bestow what kind of continuance?
Benevolence is awaited with a youthful eagerness that has grown old waiting on the wings of fighters
Knives replace fists that substitute backs for tables in the cities full of such blighters
Intervention risks life and death for the removal of compassion brings the hooded underworld
That has now come up to grab society by the ruddy throat twirled
A society indeed, un-policed and unappeased the x-factor of fearless nerves
Can no longer meet with the supply, that which steals warns of what it serves
We're a breed apart though we never used to be and never should be
Walking tall when we should be down on our damned knees begging for forgiveness until we all finally agree
So the trepidant beggars of belief peaceably fly in the face of popular opinion,
For the standards of today will invariably fail the tests of time and ever-changing dominion
If you feel the force of scientific tribulation, will it numb the senses of tomorrow
Can the government's diet, passed fit for us all, sustain us through political sorrow?
If a smile should pass your face someday, cherish it's presence upon the lifestyle that forgot how to use it
Wear yourself well, but for the love of life we must address what does reciprocally befit.
by anglia24
09h55: 02/10/2008
©2008anglia24
For my video; youtu.be/vZevPe_vCO0,
Uploaded exactly 13 years ago to the day since the photo was taken.
The Boulders, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. It is the only penguin found in the Old World. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh an average of 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. The species has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask. The body's upper parts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band.