Was expecting more of a snowy scene on this first visit to Salt Creek Falls in the Willamette National Forest this morning, but the trees hadn't a speck of snow on them. Still, some patches of fog rolled through from time to time, adding a nice effect, especially when the Sun would peek through, as in this shot.

Here is something I wasn’t expecting to see. This was a total surprise catch.

After receiving intel of D19 somewhere out east, I decided to make my way in that direction. The clouds were covering about 40% of the sky, and the further I got I kept asking myself why the hell am driving this far? I decided to wait just east of Carrollton for something to show up. The one thing sparking my curiosity was the high hood I saw last week while in Moberly for the OCS. I didn’t think they’d let that out on the road, but odd things have happened. This was a high risk, high reward situation. I heard an unusual horn far in the distance which upped my excitement. As it always does, clouds covered the sun as the train rounded the corner in the distance. I snapped a shot to see what it is, and I flipped my shit when I saw what is on lead. Realized that the clouds won’t open up, I haul ass from my location to find somewhere with sun. Lucky, I was able to do this 5 times between Carrollton and Norborne. Unfortunately, the motor crapped the bed by the elevator in Norborne before it could do its work there.

It’s crazy to see this old warhorse on the road in 2025. I’ve never shot a NS high hood and never thought I would. I haven’t had a true good surprise like this in a long time.

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D19

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This is pretty easy.....the hard part is getting the smoke or halos. You just need to have patience and some strobes :). The smoke turn out here is totally unexpected.

SS: This week's theme is 'Red'.

HMM! This week's theme is 'Unexpected'.

More Silhouettes shots here

I need you Christmas

The measurements of the macro

are 6.3 cm wide by 5.3 cm high.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw9mCEqHwyo&feature=youtu.be

Jonas Brothers - I need you Christmas (Cover) | Ery Gem

Os dejo una preciosa cover, cuyo título es el de la foto y qué tengo el placer de anunciar que canta, produce, dirige, edita y realiza mi hija. Espero os guste.

Anhelo, ansío, que esta pesadilla pase pronto,

y que nuestra Navidad vuelva, aunque nunca sea igual,

porque se fueron muchos de los que amamos...

Si eres joven o si eres mayor, todos esperamos que nos digan: "Te deseo una Feliz Navidad"

I leave you a beautiful cover, whose title is that of the photo and what I have the pleasure of announcing that my daughter sings, produces, directs, edits and performs. I hope you like it.

I long, long for this nightmare to pass soon

And may our Christmas come back, even if it's never the same

because many of those we love left ...

If you are young or old, we all expect to be told:

"I wish you a happy Christmas"

Je vous laisse une belle couverture, dont le titre est celui de la photo et ce que j'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer que ma fille chante, produit, dirige, édite et joue. J'espère que tu aimes.

J'aspire à ce que ce cauchemar passe bientôt

Et que notre Noël revienne, même si ce n'est jamais pareil

parce que beaucoup de ceux que nous aimons sont partis ...

Si vous êtes jeune ou vieux, nous nous attendons tous à ce qu'on vous dise: "Je vous souhaite un Joyeux Noël"

Vi lascio una bellissima copertina, il cui titolo è quello della foto e che ho il piacere di annunciarvi che mia figlia canta, produce, dirige, monta ed esegue. Spero vi piaccia.

Desidero ardentemente che questo incubo finisca presto

E possa il nostro Natale tornare, anche se non è mai lo stesso

perché molti di quelli che amiamo se ne sono andati ...

Se sei giovane o vecchio, ci aspettiamo tutti che ci venga detto: "Ti auguro un felice Natale"

María

“We’re Here!” -- UFOs.

I expect we will be seeing a new family in April.

There are many things around us that we don't see because we take it for granted. If you pay attention to these things, then you will see more than you expected.

When the expected light does not arrive, something else begins to speak.

This series was created during a winter Photohike in the Brackvenn (High Fens, Belgium), on a morning without sunrise, color, or drama.

Instead of atmosphere, the landscape offered structure.

Instead of spectacle, lines.

Instead of brilliance, clarity.

Working consciously in black and white, the images explore reduction, repetition, and the quiet dialogue between line and empty space.

Not photographs of a place, but of what remains when light refuses to perform.

More about the Photohiking approach and related essays:

👉 www.photohikers.de/

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Wenn das erwartete Licht ausbleibt, beginnt etwas anderes zu sprechen.

Diese Serie entstand auf einem winterlichen Photohike im Brackvenn, an einem Morgen ohne Sonnenaufgang, ohne Farbe, ohne Drama.

Statt Stimmung bot die Landschaft Struktur.

Statt Effekten Linien.

Statt Leuchten Klarheit.

Der bewusste Wechsel zur Schwarzweißfotografie öffnete den Blick für Reduktion, Wiederholung und das Dazwischen - für Beziehungen zwischen Linie und leerem Raum.

Nicht Bilder eines Ortes, sondern Bilder dessen, was bleibt, wenn sich das Licht verweigert.

Der begleitende Essay zum Photohike ist hier zu finden:

👉 www.photohikers.de/post/photohike-brackvenn-wenn-das-lich...

Never expected to see a yellow F50 here in Shek O, small chance for a red one as there is a right hand drive one here (unlicensed). A truly amazing day.

Earlier this week I visited the National Zoo in Washington, DC; I had not been in several years. I strongly prefer photographing birds/animals in a natural setting, but I wanted to check out their recently opened "Bird House" and the zoo in general. The best I could tell, all of the birds in the Bird House were local species that a dedicated birder could see here in the area. I only saw a couple species I've not photographed elsewhere. Additionally, outside they have some larger exotic species not native to this area. I'll post a few shots in my Photostream and put the rest in a dedicated album for anyone wanting to see more of what to expect at the zoo.

For the record, the zoo appears to be very well managed and would be a delight for most. They get about 2-million visitors a year. You can read more about the Bird House here: nationalzoo.si.edu/news/bird-house-reopens-smithsonians-n...

Follow this link to see several more photos from the National Zoo: flic.kr/s/aHBqjAChzm

Just having some fun, not quite how I expected this photo to turn out but it's not bad.

The Old Inventor has resumed his time travels, discovering a dying planet and making rescue efforts to save a race of peaceful biodiverse beings from extinction.

I expect I will be spending lots more time with my 15 1/2 month old grandson over the next while since his mommy is expecting another baby at the end of June, and she is now at the stage where it is hard to get up and down to play on the floor. He is such a little sweetie and it is so wonderful watching him learn new things.

Appreciate everything

Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday!

If you don't see me happy, you probably should know that's because I expect too much from you, and I want too much from you.

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And I am really sorry guys for that I haven't got a chance to visit you back!

After 10 days of gloomy weather I expected more of the same on the first day of my weekend, Fri 4.24, however it turned out to be a spectacular day. As luck would have it I had chores to do and wouldn’t be able to get out for any pictures until Saturday. Looking at the weather forecasts it appeared I might be in luck as my weather app was showing another day of clear skies. As it turns out that is exactly what happened. After waking up and finishing up my final chores and did some checking and discovered the south freight out of Fairbanks was running very late. The train was re-crewed at Hurricane, MP 281.4, and had departed at 0830. It was currently 0915 and my goal was to catch the train at MP 206.4 as they emerged from the woods with Denali standing tall in the background. I live in South Anchorage, roughly at MP 105, so I needed to go north 101 miles before the freight traveled the 76 miles south to arrive at the same destination. By the time I left my house it was 0920. It was a calculated risk but I was fairly confident I could beat the train here. I also knew the train had to traverse a few slow orders so that was in my favor. Luck was on my side, but just barely, I arrived at my desired location at 1100 and the train rolled past at 1105. Pretty good timing I say. As this was the only train on the system, I headed for home. Of course that was the same direction the train was heading so I was able to capture a few more shots along the way. This shot shows Denali and Hunter with the train. Earlier I posted a shot with just Denali and the train. I think I like this shot a bit better. At 20’308 tall Denali stands tall and dominates the background.in either view.

Dollops of mist rise into the crisp morning air from the warmer, rippled and reflecting waters of Price Lake as sunlight strikes the warm autumn colors near the tops of the trees while leaving the trunks and undergrowth in cool shadows, a short hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

This is one of those shots, I expect, which resonates much more with me as the photographer than with most viewers. A couple of weeks ago we had made a one-night run to the Blue Ridge Mountains for a series of short hikes seeking colorful fall scenes, and this morning before sunrise we had made the quick jaunt from the Parkway around Price Lake hoping to catch a scene including Grandfather Mountain lit with alpenglow rising over the lake with some clouds above and autumn interest in the foreground. As it turned out, the alpenglow on Grandfather was very nice, but the skies stayed completely clear and my efforts with the foreground fell short as well, so I started paying closer attention to the reflections near the shore as the morning sun first started to strike the brilliant fall leaves higher in the trees in one area. No doubt reflections of trees in gently rippled lakes are common, and most always pleasing, but something about the light and shadow, the warm and cool, and how the mist rose in little clumps struck me here, and I thought it made for something of an interesting abstract.

One other note: If you look closely, you will see a few leaves floating through the scene like little boats, and one in particular near the center right of the image. Tempting as it was to clone them out, I enjoyed watching them gently make their way across the shallows in the soft breeze and decided that they added just a little something to the photograph as they did to my enjoyment in being there.

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3rd build in my Iron Builder round against Josiah, using the Hand Large Minifigure left and right part in bright green.

Expecting 83 degrees for a high today. It certainly looks and feels more like spring than the end of fall.

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Nothing expected, free of anticipation some things just fit together. Pictures of the view from the window turned into exposures of the light available from inside and out and then my old worn and loved Tarot box went to centre stage and took a bow. Some how some thing happened all at once and together in unison.

The Tarot cards within the box are two versions of, “The Smith–Waite,” or, “Rider–Waite–Smith,” or, “Waite–Smith Deck.” Originally and for decades Artist Pamela Colman Smith was not mentioned in the name of the deck, but the publishing company Rider was often mentioned when it was sold as the, “Rider Waite Deck,” and Rider continued to be a part of the name for the book and cards long after Rider were not publishing them. This box is for, “The, Original Rider Waite,” is no longer in production. The other deck, along with, “The Original Smith–Waite,” still in the box, is, “The Universal Waite,” that should be titled, “The Universal Smith-Waite,” and is recoloured by Mary Hanson-Roberts.

Underneath the top coat of green paint the original lettering and the image of the Major Arcana card numbered XIV that of Temperance, particularly the folds in the Angel’s robes can be seen. The 30 years age of this box is nothing in long historic roots of Tarot. It carries memories for me holds two decks with two artists showing the figures of European Tarot in a form modernised and expanded with a newly devised pictorial Minor Arcana. In 1909 the publisher Rider released, “The Key to the Tarot,” and in 1910 a revised version was retitled as, “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot,” by A.E. Waite. The name, “Rider Waite,” was used to describe the 78 cards and the books and various booklets both to accompany the cards and also sold separately. To acknowledge the artist who recast several of the Major Arcana and made 56 original versions of the Minor Arcana the publishing phenomenon with over 100 million copies is often now referred to as, “The Smith-Waite Deck.”

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“Today, more than 100 million copies of the Rider-Waite-Smith Deck are in circulation in over 20 countries, making it the most popular Tarot deck ever made. As we set forth to recover lost histories and systematic erasures of women’s intellect and labor, this exhibition provides an essential piece of the puzzle.”

Ray, Sharmistha, Hyperallergic, 23 March 2019, “Reviving a Forgotten Artist of the Occult.”.

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Isaiah 47:11 “But evil will happen to you. You won’t know how to keep it away. Disaster will strike you. You won’t be able to stop it. Destruction will overtake you suddenly. You won’t expect it.”

What’s coming: economic crash, riots, civil war, war, famine, plague?

Thought I might have caught this clean pair in the Otira valley for a few shots, but here he is already at Jacksons.

29 November 2019, Train 841, DXC 5241-5379 crossing the Taramakau River at Jacksons, Midland-NZ

Expecting the Saint Paul Turn to make their usual late morning arrival, turns out it was a DDG train first. They must have been told to wait at Hopkins until this train passed, so they were way later than usual getting to St Paul. At least the ACe was leading.

“HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum.

Construction of Belfast, the first ship in the Royal Navy to be named after the capital city of Northern Ireland and one of ten Town-class cruisers, began in December 1936. She was launched on St Patrick's Day 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939, Belfast triggered a German mine and, in spite of fears that she would be scrapped, spent more than two years undergoing extensive repairs. Belfast returned to action in November 1942 with improved firepower, radar equipment, and armour. Belfast saw action escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union during 1943 and in December 1943 played an important role in the Battle of North Cape, assisting in the destruction of the German warship Scharnhorst. In June 1944, Belfast took part in Operation Overlord supporting the Normandy landings. In June 1945, she was redeployed to the Far East to join the British Pacific Fleet, arriving shortly before the end of the Second World War. Belfast saw further combat action in 1950–52 during the Korean War and underwent an extensive modernisation between 1956 and 1959. A number of further overseas commissions followed before she entered reserve in 1963.

In 1967, efforts were initiated to avert Belfast's expected scrapping and to preserve her as a museum ship. A joint committee of the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the Ministry of Defence was established and then reported in June 1968 that preservation was practical. In 1971, however, the government decided against preservation, prompting the formation of the private HMS Belfast Trust to campaign for her preservation. The efforts of the Trust were successful, and the government transferred the ship to the Trust in July 1971. Brought to London, she was moored on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the Pool of London. Opened to the public in October 1971, Belfast became a branch of the Imperial War Museum in 1978. Since 1973 she has been home to the City of London Sea Cadets who meet on board twice a week. A popular tourist attraction, Belfast received over 327,000 visitors in 2019. As a branch of a national museum and part of the National Historic Fleet, Belfast is supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, admissions income, and the museum's commercial activities.

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Expecting food

Adirondack chair on snowy grounds at Wave Hill overlooking the Palisades

Angry skies close to home.

I'm not sure what he expected when he borrowed one of my books. Maybe lots of exciting stories about BIRDS and MICE and then he was disappointed because it's mostly a book about humans. He tried very hard to concentrate but apparently the storyline couldn't really capture him.

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des Cafés des Kunstpalastes in Düsseldorf ...

move quickly, otherwise you will at least get wet ... !

"I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get absolutely soaking wet ... amen and hallelujah ..."

diesen Kommentar habe ich heute Morgen Petra geschrieben und er passt auch hier ...

In Germany, we can speak of a comprehensive weather record since 1881. Since this period, there has never been a year as rainy as 2024.

Flooding of large areas is accumulating and causing major damage (throughout Europe) and causing people to die ...

The severe hurricane "Beryl" has made its way through the Caribbean. According to the US hurricane center NHC, it has been downgraded to the second-highest category 4. Accordingly, the hurricane with wind speeds of up to 250 kilometers per hour is now just below the threshold for category 5.

Never before has there been a hurricane of this strength so early.

Normally there are around 6 hurricanes in the season. This time, meteorologists are expecting up to 13 cyclones.

The seas are too hot. How long will it stay like this?

And in the US, voters are ready to elect a liar and criminal and climate change denier like Donald Trump, whose plans to dismantle democracy have long been known. I'd rather vote for a Biden, even in the ICU, because he has a passable surrogate.

I can no longer understand our friends, the Americans, at the moment.

In Deutschland kann man von einer Flächendeckenden Wetteraufzeichnung seit 1881 sprechen. Seit diesem Zeitraum gab es noch nie ein so regenreiches Jahr, wie 2024.

Überflutungen von großen Flächenbereichen häufen sich und richten große Schäden an (in ganz Europa) und lassen Menschen sterben ...

Der schwere Hurrikan "Beryl" hat sich auf seinem Weg durch die Karibik begeben. Wie das US-Hurrikanzentrum NHC mitteilte, wurde er zur zweithöchsten Kategorie 4 heruntergestuft. Demnach liegt der Wirbelsturm mit Windgeschwindigkeiten von bis zu 250 Kilometern pro Stunde nun knapp unterhalb der Schwelle zur Kategorie 5.

Noch nie gab es so früh einen Wirbelsturm dieser Stärke.

Normalerweise gibt es ca. 6 Wirbelstürme in der Saison. Diesmal rechnen die Meteorologen mit bis zu 13 Wirbelstürmen.

Die Meere sind zu aufgeheizt. Wie lange wird das so bleiben?

Und in den USA sind die Wähler bereit einen Lügner und Kriminellen und Klimaveränderungs-Leugner wie Donald Trump zu wählen, dessen Pläne, die Demokratie aufzulösen längst bekannt sind. Da würde ich lieber einen Biden, selbst auf der Intensiv-Station wählen, denn der hat eine passable Stellvertreterin.

Ich kann unsere Freunde, die Amerikaner, im Moment nicht verstehen.

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Monday morning wake up knowing that youve got to go to school

Tell your mum what to expect, she says its right out of the blue

Do you went to work in debenhams, because thats what they expect

Start in lingerie, and doris is your supervisor

And the head said that you always were a queer one from the start

For careers you say you went to be remembered for your art

Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange

Making life-size models of the velvet underground in clay

In the queue for lunch they take the piss, youve got no appetite

And the rumour is you never go with boys and you are tight

So they jab you with a fork, you drop the tray and go berserk

While your cleaning up the mess the teachers looking up your skirt

Youve been used, youre confused

Write a song, Ill sing along

Are you calm? settle down

Soon you will know that you are sane

Youre on top of the world again

Monday morning wake up knowing that youve got to go to school

Mum said she had little choice when she was young, so why should you?

Do you went to work in c&a, cause thats what they expect

Move to ladieswear and take a feel off joe the storeman

Tell veronica the secrets of the boy you never kissed

Shes got everything to gain cause shes a fat girl with a lisp

She sticks up for you when you get aggravation from the snobs

cause you cant afford a blazer and youre always wearing clogs

At the interval you lock yourself away inside a room

Heed of english gets you, asks you, what the hell do you think youre doing?

Do you think youre better then the other kids? well get outside.

Youve got permission, but youve got to make the bastard think hes right

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I got out of school early today to go to an orthodontist appointment to make a date to get my braces off!

I'm getting them off in 6 weeks :]

Very exciting. Which means theyll be off by HALLOWEEN! :D

I just have to wear 6 rubber bands for 6 weeks straight :p

Whatever, its worth it :]

“And that’s just what this feels like, a bad scene from a third-rate soap. I half expect to hear the ominous, minor chord before we cut away to a detergent commercial.”

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This is the weather to expect when you visit the Tombstone area in the northern Yukon. These Blackstone Uplands show a subarctic tundra environment due to the higher elevations. Lower elevations further north along the Dempster Highway return you to the northern taiga forest for 100s more kilometers until beyond Inuvik. I like the sunlit slopes and distant road curling to the right ahead, yet there's no visible break in the sky showing the source of sunlight.

The St. Louis area can sometimes come up with some interesting and unexpected sights.

GP40WH-2 #9969 (ex-MARC #69) idles away the hours on the Granite City Cut-Off in Madison, IL. After a few days parked here off Race street by itself, UP's YMA-51 came in this morning and added CSX baggage car "Taos."

The Taos looks to have been built as ATSF Baggage Car #3680; later becoming Amtrak #1167, then #1256; then Mid-America Car Rail Leasing (MRLX) #800863, a number still stenciled on the "B", i.e. rear, end of the car. It is also numbered CSXT 994367.

Looks like the geep is probably here to collect some newly-rehabbed leasers from Mid-America. Wonder what's going to be added tomorrow.