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I expected a later departure for this which duly happened at 12.27 from the RTC. My luck with having these test trains with '37's at the helm has been clearly out for a long time. In fact this was the first time I had had one this year. The original destination of Cardiff Taff Vale Sidings wasn't to happen however with clear problems noted by fellow enthusiast Mark here. He claimed that the rear loco was shut down as it passed us. That was to be the main factor in this service being aborted. If it wasn't for the fact that I needed to be this side of Birmingham to meet a long standing friend and ex work colleague later on that day I would have chased this to Besford. Obviously later on I discovered that it didn't even get that far!
Many thanks once again goes to The Master that is Claggy for the info about the leading loco on this.
One of the most fun and least expected shoots of last year, one of those a friend randomly calls you, you just go in and start shooting, no one knows you (except for the friend), no one asks any questions and everyone does what you say if you say something....
Thanks to Victor for the invite ;)
Sunny Leone in Dubai
Just a few days back, Sunny Leone threw a surprise birthday party for husband Daniel Weber. The actress, who will soon be seen in a double role in writer-filmmaker Milap Zaveri’s sex comedy ‘Mastizaade’, also flew down to Dubai recently. As expected, she was the life and sou...
Well, not that hard. Warmer weather has broken up the ice on the Mississippi. Heavy rains and a warm up are causing ice jams and flooding along the rivers in the area. We are expected to be over flood stage by tonight and a foot over by tomorrow. The possibility of major flooding is very high. I'll keep you posted. Literally.
I never expected to see a St. Bernard running agility. I would think that being so big would endanger them of long-term injury, but I guess that agility is the type of thing that dogs were designed to do and I'm sure that if it wasn't safe, the AKC and other agility organizations wouldn't allow it. Besides being huge, this dog was hugely cute and fun to watch.
Last weekend's agility trial was held in a covered arena that had really nice lighting, especially before the sun came up all the way, but unfortunately, there wasn't enough of it, so it was a challenge to come up with sharp shots. I started with my 400mm f/5.6, non-stabilization, prime, which I like better for outdoors, but I later switched to my 70-200mm f/2.8 and shot closer to get more light. The zoom turned out to be really handy, anyway, due to the large variation in the sizes of the dogs.
4.30 pm Browns Bay beach.
lowish tide making nice reflections, dog walkers as expected with a notable exception of a young great dane running about as a silly thing with his tongue flapping around like a flappy thing,
pretty, like really pretty, clouds moving quickly,
a young (early teens) chubby-ish (?), slightly awkward anyway , girl alone, with a ball , practicing something looking like volleyball hit to me, watching her for a bit confirms - yes she's trying spike hit - my high school failed volleyball career left me with indelible memory of volleyball hits and how elegant they can be and how unable I was to ever be any elegant at them, it is totally uncommon to see anyone doing anything volleyball here let alone chubby-ish girl fine tuning volleyball spike hit with dedication for at least half an hour,
I want to come over to her and offer my help to serve the ball, and what the hell maybe even try the spike hit,
I don't.
leaving the bench/observation point/beach watching post - two early teenage girls dressed up as some kind of fairy creatures with wings and things , taking selfies while making faces and pouting (?) lips ...
NASA file photo posted September 20, 2011
NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere Sept. 23, plus or minus a day.
NASA's UARS satellite, launched in 1991 from the Space Shuttle, was the first multi-instrumented satellite to observe numerous chemical constituents of the atmosphere with a goal of better understanding atmospheric photochemistry and transport.
To read more about the re-entry go here: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html
About this image: This STS-48 onboard photo is of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in the grasp of the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) during deployment, September 1991. UARS gathers data related to the chemistry, dynamics, and energy of the ozone layer. UARS data is used to study energy input, stratospheric photo chemistry, and upper atmospheric circulation. UARS helps us understand and predict how the nitrogen and chlorine cycles, and the nitrous oxides and halo carbons which maintain them, relate to the ozone balance. It also observes diurnal variations in short-lived stratospheric chemical species important to ozone destruction. Data from UARS enables scientists to study ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere.
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My maternity portrait a selection of maternity / pregnancy / pregnant portraits / pictures / photographs of women, family / families and baby / babies.
Wasn't expecting to see this in Dover today, and although this vehicle is a bit more modern than your used to from me, this vehicle is Newly aquired by Carr's of Pluckley near Assford in the last few months.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Last Week!!
Beeston Lock No 4. Beeston Cut joins River Trent, is a major waterways place at the junction of the River Trent (Beeston Canal) with the River Trent (Western End).
The coalfields of Nottinghamshire brought great wealth to the region, but transport by the local roads was slow and expensive. As Canal Mania swept the country in the 1790s, the citizens of Nottingham resolved not to miss out, and planned a new waterway from the city to Langley Mill. There, it would connect with the Cromford Canal, which was already busy with coal traffic.
The canal was surveyed by William Jessop and James Green. It opened in 1796, 15 miles long with 20 locks - most of which were grouped into a flight at Wollaton.
The geography of the waterways in central Nottingham was, and is, complex. The city was built on the River Trent, but river navigation immediately upstream of the city had always been difficult. While the Nottingham Canal was being constructed, the Trent Navigation Company built an artificial canal - the Beeston Cut - to bypass the river from Trent Lock to Lenton. There, it met with the Nottingham Canal, which therefore became part of the river through-route. Two hundred years later, this is the only part of the Nottingham Canal to survive.
Where the Beeston Cut met the Nottingham Canal, the canal company installed a chain across the navigation, preventing boats from passing without paying the toll. The junction is still known as Lenton Chain today.
A grisly episode in the canal's history occurred in 1818. The canal was often used to ship gunpowder to the mines of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire - offering a tempting prank for the more mischievous boatmen. One of them dropped a hot coal onto a small piece of gunpowder, expecting a minor flash. In fact, the damage extended over several nearby streets, killing ten people and destroying the canal company warehouse.
The canal between Lenton and Langley Mill was abandoned in 1937, and filled in after the war. Barely 100 yards survive at the northern end of the canal - the junction with the Cromford and the Erewash - and there are few other traces left. However, the central Nottingham section is as busy as ever with leisure traffic along the Trent.
More 'Memories from June', this one of my son and his bride having just announced the birth of my first grandchild in November...
Really wasn't expecting to see this in Dover today!, and this was the best I could do of this vehicle due to the sun being out, and before I had to go back to work.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw last week!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
The Willow Wand was light in Dominique's hand, and had a pleasant swishy feeling. It felt eager, attentive; there was a lot to decide today. Dominique found Patricia exactly where she had expected to, in a side corridor just before lunch.
She approached the older girl timidly, unsure of how to play this.
"Patricia, I've got that wand for you. Can I have mine back?" she asked. The older girl merely nodded and held out her hand. Dominique passed over the willow wand. Patricia gave it a swish, but produced no magic. She pointed it at a statue nearby and said "Reducto", but only a fine layer of dust fell off.
She tossed the wand back to Dominique with a haughty air.
"I think I'll keep the other one. This one is a dud."
"But that's my wand!" she pleaded.
"Go away little second-year."
Dominique didn't go away. Instead she quietly wrapped the wand tassel around her wrist and assumed a duelling stance.
"I want my wand back McMahon. Give it to me."
The older girl turned, and yelled: "Expelliarmus!"
The wand flew out of her grasp, but the tassel acted as a leash, and she quickly caught it again, launching her own counter-curse. Patricia did not manage such a quick grab, and was nicely disarmed.
"You'll regret this, Rosier," said Patricia. "As soon as I get another wand, you're in trouble."
But Dominique had just the answer for that, a particular spell that her British cousins had inflicted on her one too many times.
She launched the Bat Bogey Hex at the sixth year with the full force of her vehemence. Patricia McMahon was quickly overwhelmed by her own bogeys, each flapping about her and attacking with dive-bombing raids. She quickly fled, desperately looking for someone with a wand who could end the curse.
She looked about. A couple of third-years looked astonished. Patricia's classmates merely nodded. There would be no retribution here.
Dominique picked up the Ebony wand and slid it into her sleeve, right where it belonged. This had been an interesting turn of events.
The day has finally come for Palpatine to come pick up his nephew, and Stormtrooper Bruce couldn’t be happier!
Palpatine: I was away longer than expected but I see you two are both still alive so I take it everything went well? And what name is my nephew going by today? And Great Galaxy, what is all this stuff?
STB: It’s SO good to see you, sir! We all had lots of fun. But there’s one little thing you should know. Rip Van Winkle has come down with a case of laryngitis.
Palpatine: What? Is this true? You really and truly can’t talk?
Rip Van Winkle:
STB: Can’t even whisper. The medic warned he’d have to be quiet for five whole days or he might lose his voice forever.
Palpatine: My prayers have been answered. Oh, I mean, I’m glad it’s only temporary. I was coming to explain the reason I was gone so long - I’ve been looking for a qualified home school teacher willing to come onboard. So Pip Vinkel, once you’re feeling better you can get back to your schooling.
STB: I’m sorry. Did you just say his teacher was coming... onboard… this ship?
Palpatine: Didn’t Rip Wrinkle tell you? He and his family will be staying onboard until they can find a new home. Their planet was recently destroyed and thankfully they were off world at the time.
Rip Van Winkle: A new teacher? I hope this one's better than the last two. Ooops! Wow! Look Unka Pappy, my voice suddenly came back. Isn’t it exciting? Now I can tell you a-a-all about everything we did. I made this Bling for you. Will you wear it every day? I sure missed you. Did you miss me? This is a mud pie for your Droid canteen. There were two but the other one got broken. That's my BOGO chick. And these are my new imaginary friends, Donatello, Raphael, and Michaelangelo. And I'm now going to be called Splinter.
Palpatine: Um… If you happen to hear about a nice home for sale on a distant planet far, far away …
STB: Say no more.
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Chinese were very rude to the ambassador': Queen
An official cameraman recorded the 90-year-old monarch rarely comments publicly on political matters, and media accompanying her are asked not to eavesdrop on private conversations.
I luv dis guy. I almost missed out on him too (see my Mega Man post). Everything about him is what I expected it to be. He's colorful, heavy, detailed, and he's SHINY.
Sorry, I just like the Kirby characters alot :P
"Trade Deficit’s Fall May Mean Higher-Than-Expected G.D.P. " by REUTERS via NYT t.co/FP8LPcnttN (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/659518581701480448)
"A mother's joy begins when new life is stirring inside... when a tiny heartbeat is heard for the very first time, and a playful kick reminds her that she is never alone."
-- Author Unknown
These are other shots of Shaui, who is 7 months pregnant, during the shoot. These shots show how happy and proud she is to have her baby. Thanks again to Mitch Bautista for tutoring and allowing me to participate in the shoot.
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Model: Shaui
LIghting: Mitch Bautista
Make-up: Toni Rodriguez
Location: Rogue Studio, Salcedo Village, Makati
After getting the expected cloudf**k at the first two spots, we kept driving up 6A planning to pull off at Sagamore and hope for better luck. As luck would have it the sun came out briefly and warranted a quick pull off behind the Sandwich Fire Department. Here the freshly repainted MC 2011 leads the Dinner Train through the marshes as they continue on for Buzzards Bay.
Wednesday, 19 August 2020: our temperature just before 1:00 pm is 19C (windchill 19C), and it is supposed to reach 29C this afternoon. Sunrise is at 6:30 am and sunset is at 8:47 pm. Another sunny day, with a continuing Heat Warning. Much too hot without air-conditioning!
Three days ago, on 16 August 2020, our temperature soared to 33C. Without air-conditioning, my place was like being in an oven. I knew that I was going to have to spend as much time driving my car as possible. Actually, I had already made an appointment to visit a farm in the afternoon, so I knew I was going to be driving east of the city. I also knew that I would be driving a few other backroads afterwards, though I ended up driving further than I had expected.
This was another great day, leaving home at 10:00 am and getting back fairly early evening. I enjoyed my visit to the small, family-oriented Red Fox Farms, where I saw and photographed some of the ten beautiful mushroom species that they grow for food. All of them grow on trees in the wild. At the Farm, they grow in a special, very carefully regulated greenhouse, using no chemicals or pesticides. I absolutely love to see them as they emerge from the bags of hardwood sawdust in which the spores are placed. They grow and form the most beautiful displays.
www.producer.com/2019/09/farm-finds-demand-for-gourmet-mu...
cultivatr.ca/blogs/news/red-fox-farms
Before getting to the farm, I had stopped briefly to take a few photos of Eastern and Western Kingbirds, After the Farm, I drove further north and came across so many Swainson's Hawks - my guess would be around 14+.
There were also several old buildings that I stopped to photograph. Some were familiar and a few were possibly new ones. When I was at my furthest north, I made the split decision to drive just a little bit further to see Sharples grain Elevator and old barn again. This was about the fourth time I had made that drive. A pleasure to look at these very old, weathered structures.
Another day of mixed sightings - the kind of day I absolutely love and find very rewarding. The heat was so awful, so I was very thankful to travel in air-conditioning. Each time I climbed out of the car to take photos, it felt like walking into an oven. Brought back many memories of climbing out of planes into the great heat of the Middle East many years ago.
Yesterday, 18 August, I drove over to my daughter's home to drop off a few things. It was so good to see her and chat outside with her, keeping our distance. Temperature yesterday afternoon was 33C and even hit 34C on the drive home.
Arwork for Elysium Art Fest @InWorldz. March 2013.
"Expected transition" by PralineB.
We have no fear of time passing.
We have always known
That the Birds People take care of trans-humans.
They carries the universe,
The beyond, the unspeakable, in their bellies.
They are the elders of the Watchers.
We are the one,
We are the all.
The transition is occurring always
Under the watchful eyes of the Birds People.
They know the matrix creates the merger,
The merger creates the multicolored, multiple and unique being
Fused in the Birds to the infinite.
The universe and the beyond belong to the Birds People.
PB.
No one is expected to rise above anybody in this world. Each and every one should be at the same level no one superior than the other. Look through the world as a world of peace and unity, a world of equilibrium and not as a place to become superior. I shot this to show a very peaceful picture. Well I decided to use my Naruto (most of you know him right?) figurine wherein he is eating and living peacefully with animals. Well, just a play along story okay? just to fall in line with my concept :).
Strobist info: 430 EX II at left at 1/32 power with a shoot thru umbrella
The California Bumble Bee browsing on a sage (Salvia sp.). This is on a cultivated landscape at Microsoft's campus in Mountain View. This landscape has mostly California native plants and is open to the public as it is on the perimeter of the campus. But expect to gain the attention of the security guards ;-)
Just back from a few days on Lake Como so expect lots of slightly wobbly shots of exotic looking villas taken from moving boats.
This is the beautiful town of Bellagio.
3-exposure HDR, hand-held, also from a moving boat, polarising filter, processed in LR5 and SNS-HDR.
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
and dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
and the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly
and dreams of
Para-para-paradise.
MSV Well Enhancer leaves the harbour today 21/12/18 on her way to the Golden Eagle Offshore Oil Fields, passing the war memorial at Footdee as she exits the harbour.
Well Enhancer is a purpose-built well intervention vessel, launched at the IHC Krimpen Shipyard in May 31, 2008, in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands.
The Golden Eagle field was discovered in 2007 and is the second largest oil find in the UK North Sea since Buzzard was discovered in 2001. The Peregrine field was discovered in 2008.
The Solitaire field was discovered much earlier, in 2001, but was not regarded as being large enough to be worth developing on its own. The stakeholders in the Golden Eagle Area Development purchased it in 2010 and will use the Golden Eagle field infrastructure to exploit it.
Approval for the Golden Eagle Area Development project was granted by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change in October 2011 and production began in November 2014 at a rate of 18,000 barrels of oil a day. Peak production will hit 70,000 barrels a day, with a total of 140 million barrels expected to be recovered over 18 years of operation.
Thanks to Wiki for the detailed info, photo is my own.
Footdee is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland known locally as "Fittie". It is an old fishing village at the east end of the harbour. The name is actually folk etymology. Far from being "Foot of the Dee/Fit o the Dee", it is actually a corruption of a former dedication to a "St Fothan".
The area has had a settlement as far back as the Medieval times and the first recorded reference to the area of Fittie was in the year 1398. This village was slightly further North than where Footdee is now located. It would have been near to where the St Clement's Church is located.
Footdee is a particularly interesting example of a planned housing development purpose-built to re-house Aberdeen's local fishing community. Laid out in 1809 by John Smith, then Superintendent Of The Town's Public Works. Smith went on to establish himself as one of Aberdeen's key architects. Occupying an isolated spit of land to the SE of Aberdeen's city centre, its regimented squares have been described as a cross between the neo-classical aspirations of Aberdeen and the close-knit fishing communities of the north-east.
The two squares of 'Fish Town' (known as Footdee), originally contained 28 single-storey thatched houses although this increased when the later Middle Row (circa 1837) and Pilot Square (circa 1855) were added. The entrances on each of the North and South squares were filled in the 1870s by William Smith (son of John and architect of Balmoral Castle). He also added additional storeys to the East and West sides of South Square creating a tenement feel. This was an attempt to ease crowding resulting from an influx of fishing families from other less prosperous areas and to help try to enforce the 'one-house-one-family' rule.
The Town Council decided to start selling the dwellings to occupiers in 1880, beginning a period of incremental development and reconstruction. Additional storeys and dormers were added piecemeal by the new owners as funds allowed. The result is one of individuality expressed within the constraints of a strictly formal plan and is a contributing factor to the special architectural and historical interest of Footdee as a whole.
Throughout the 19th century, 'tarry sheds' were added to the communal land within the squares opposite each dwelling and now every dwelling has its own shed. Originally constructed from drift wood and other found materials, the sheds have been built and rebuilt in an idiosyncratic manner over the years in a variety of materials with rendered brick now predominating slightly (2006). Some timber built sheds remain, predominantly on the North side of North Square.
North Square Mission Hall occupies the central area of the North Square, reflecting its significance as an integral part of village life. The building is plain, with simple detailing throughout, and as such, responds sympathetically to its setting and context. Known locally as 'the schoolie' the hall was built for general as well as religious purposes and continues to operate as a multi-purpose meeting space.
The entire Footdee village was added to the statutory list in 1967 as a single entity. The village was subsequently given Conservation Area status in 1968. At resurvey in 2006, each building within the Conservation Area was re-assessed separately. Key examples, demonstrating both individual architectural interest and representing the history and development of the village as a whole, were selected for listing.
On an 1828 map, the new housing squares were specifically labelled 'Fish Town'. 'Footdee' referred to the larger area from St. Clement's Church to 'Fish Town'. Later, the name 'Footdee' was erroneously used to refer specifically to the housing squares, with 'Fish Town' becoming forgotten.
On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Footdee became covered in foam from the sea after experiencing strong wind and rain conditions. The effect was like a blanket of snow and this made the UK national news.