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It has been a whole month now since the last drop of rain on and around my city, Madina or Medina as it is known.
I cannot wait for the next time it rains again.
it is expected that we are going to have very cold weather the coming days. I love cold weather more than hot weather. Don't we all!?
Any way, my car is ready and loaded with everything I need for my picnics around Madina.
Nature is the creation of the All-Mighty.
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.
These are such cute little mammals. A visit to the Geelong Botanic Gardens certainly paid off. I expected them to be sleeping during the day but some of the were actually fairly active.
i'm not good at photoshopping - actually, i dind't even use photoshop. i edit my photos with a program for dummies.
i know the result is poor, but i do like the idea.
maybe some day i'll try again if i get better at prcessing
102/365
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.
NS 5084
D19
NS Kansas City District/BNSF Marceline Subdivision
Norborne, MO
6/27/25
Just a little scene and fig I made. I forgot to mention in my last post that I'm on 3 months of holiday so expect way more builds!
Dunloup Creek
New River Gorge
Not only are the leaves gone from the trees, but my remote is gone from my camera bag . . . unfortunately dropped it in this creek and couldn't grab it before it washed away! I'm fully expecting a new one in my Christmas stocking though :-)
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An SD75I pulls an empty grain train (X-ETTSPI) with 2 CP units trailing behind. Don't think I've ever seen these lead something other than manifests, so this was a nice surprise.
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!
saw this lovely scene as we walked down a small local lane....it felt quite appropriate as we have just turned into Mr & Mrs Titchmarsh.....we have our first allotment!!
We went down yesterday and started clearing the weeds and dead grasses from last year.
I'm not expecting a big harvest for a while but it could be good fun or a bad back!!
3rd build in my Iron Builder round against Josiah, using the Hand Large Minifigure left and right part in bright green.
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.
Zorn’s voice cut through the noise on the bridge. “Captain Sireth—message from the advance group. They’ve dropped beneath the electronic interference layer and have located the Core. They expect to arrive momentarily.”
Sireth’s eyes gleamed. “Excellent. Voltar—come. It’s time to board the transport. The advance group will have the Core secured for us shortly.”
Voltar allowed himself a satisfied smile. “Wonderful. Everything aligns. I commend your efficiency, Captain.”
Sireth drew a knife from his belt and brought it to Voltar’s throat. “I expect you to relinquish the Axiotemporal Collapse Drive files the moment the Core is secured and the timeline reversed.”
Voltar’s voice was smooth and cold. “Of course. Once your people restore the continuum to before the Earth reptilians were erased, AND forward flow resumes. That is the agreement.” Pushing the knife away.
“That is the agreement,” Sireth repeated, each word cold as stone.
He stopped. His gaze sharpened—predatory, assessing—and he let it rest on Voltar measuring him. “Trust does not come easily from one who watches a man betray his own species.”
Voltar straightened, hands clasped behind him with military precision. “There is no betrayal. I serve the chain of command. Nothing else.”
Voltar met Sireth’s blazing stare without flinching. “And understand this,” he said, voice low but edged. “Your reputation precedes you, Sireth—but if this doesn’t unfold exactly as promised, your share of the payment disappears.”
For a long moment Sireth only watched him, weighing—quite literally—whether it would be simpler to open Voltar’s throat now and be done with the man. At last, with a slow, deliberate motion, he slid the knife back into its sheath.
Sireth turned away. “Come. We must go to the transport now.”
Kayla followed unseen between dimensions.
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We're expecting lots of rain tomorrow, and a flood watch has also been issued for our area for tomorrow because we are expected to be in the outer rainbands of Hurricane Idalia which is hitting Florida tonight and then passing on through to southern Georgia and South and North Carolina.
Our biggest concern for tomorrow, with all the rain, is trees falling and knocking down power lines. No power means no Flickr. And just not sure how long I can go without that!?!
So, right now we're trying to be chill, like Frodo here, and enjoy our air-conditioning, lights, and all the good things that come with power. LOL!
From the archives: UP 3358, an SD40-2 snoot, along with five other standard cab EMDs, shove back into Hoffman Ave, wearing a few inches of fresh snow.
December 5, 2010: this was the first train of many around the Twin Cities that Dan and saw that day. We bounced up to to Northtown, caught several on BNSF, CN at Camden, before heading down to St. Paul, and caught a few trains down by Gerdau Ameristeel.
This was just a couple of months after Kid 1 was born. The signal bridge got knocked down three years later; and as more kids showed up over the next few years, the amount of time I could spend chasing trains around rapidly approached zero. By the time my better half was expecting Kid 3 in 2014, I'd starting getting interested in airplanes, and the amount of time foaming pretty much stagnated after that, save a few trips, or when something particularly interesting was in town.
Definitely was a fun few years between finishing college and shifting focus to kiddos and airplanes though!
remake of an old idea.
still having troubles with my computer, will catch up as soon as possible.
180/365
I was expecting beautiful sunset and a lot of snow this morning. Instead I get grey sky and melting snow. I think this image shows everything :)
Got an early 2025 train outing under my belt, a quick overnighter to the Needles Sub at Siberia. Train traffic was steady on the Friday evening, and I was surprised by a headlight as sunset approached, as I hadn't seen a train descent Bolo hill, and was expecting to be skunked. It turned out to be a tank train that had been recrewed at Amboy, and it passed me in about as good of light as I could ever want.
Our AirBnB host had slipped a page into the guest book saying "My favorite place to stargaze in the desert is a plot of land out in the middle of Wonder Valley. I call it the Star Box. It's far from light pollution and you'll be all alone out there. Venmo $25 for access to the land. I do not take responsibility for nails or glass in tires. Arrive before sunset or you'll never find the place." The tire thing worried us, but we paid up, got the coords, and checked it out in daylight - soft sand road, but seemed fine. It was indeed magical - I hadn't seen a sky this big before - free of obstructions in every direction, ringed by distant mountains all the way around, a totally enveloping experience. I'd expected the temps to drop with nightfall, but a warm wind persisted. We ate pizza and watched the North Star appear, then watched as cosmos lit up. The downside of the location for astro photography is that there were no landmarks, so there's nothing to include (skies with stars and nothing else are boring). But we had fun doing some light painting in the desert while we waited for the full star show. Amazing evening.
The beaver has been extinct in the UK since the 16th century, however up and down the land there are now numerous reintroduction projects. Apart from the wish to see the introduction of a large mammal back into our countryside there are now strong arguments that the beaver through its dam creation will help transform many of our smaller rivers. It is expected that by building the dams the flow of water will reduce after heavy rain and therefore gradually release the run off rather than produce the deluge we often see. Of course dam creation creates ponds and floodplains which in turn will have a knock on effect on the environment. There is one such designated release area not too far from me but I have yet to see the star attractions.
This photo was taken on our recent American trip in Oregon close to the coast at Barview which is just north of Tillamook. I should have expected we might have struck lucky as Oregon is known as the "Beaver State".
I had spotted somewhere to photograph a heritage diesel service and whilst I waited the beaver appeared. Alas I only had my standard lens to hand. The diesel passed, I got my shot and returned to the car to grab my long lens. This time Shirley accompanied me and for once was pleased I had stopped for a railway photograph. Thankfully it was quite active and reappeared a couple more times. Clearly it was an industrious individual.
These three were still attached to the tree in the woods. The background at f/9.0 completely blurred out which was better than I expected.
Gotta love the Sigma 180mm
Landing at our short airport just after rain I wondered how their brakes were but they use a lot of jet power to stop the jet. Although we are landing at 200 Kmph or something the spray is being blown forwards faster than that. We stopped in time and the landing was more gentle than lI expected.
The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in series hybrid vehicle to be produced by General Motors, expected to be launched as a 2011 model with production currently slated to begin in 2010. The Volt's propulsion system will be based on GM's new E-Flex platform.
Unlike current commercially available hybrids, the actual propulsion of the Volt is accomplished by the electric motor, as the internal combustion engine (ICE) is not mechanically connected to the wheels. With fully charged batteries, this electric power may be sourced exclusively from its onboard lithium-ion batteries, for up to 40 miles (64 km), a distance capable of satisfying the daily commute of 75% of Americans, which averages around 33 miles (53 km).
After 40 miles (64 km), the range of the Volt will need to be extended through the use of a small 4-cylinder ICE which drives a 53 kW generator. The electrical power from the generator is then sent to either the electric motor or the batteries, depending on the state of charge (SOC) of the battery pack and the power demanded at the wheels. The distribution is controlled by the electronic control unit (ECU) of the vehicle. This effectively extends the Volt's potential range to as much as 640 miles (1,030 km) on a single tank of fuel (which could be potentially extended for longer trips through conventional refueling).
The Volt's 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack can also be fully charged (technically ~85% SOC) by plugging the car into a 120-240VAC residential electrical outlet using the provided SAE J1772 compliant charging cord. No external charging station will be required.
(From Wikipedia)
So, I've just started blogging for Evil Baby and I don't mind telling you that I'm head over heels. They have a fantastic mix of sugary cute, geeky, and wickedly goth that I find irresistible! When I saw the Medula horns, their exclusive for The Dark Side event (on until April 31!) I knew I had to remake my cute faun avatar. I love the sheen and organic curve to them! And the Pixelated Earrings add a cheeky touch of dark to all the cyberpunk glow!
Expect lots more from this charming creator!
What's to be expected from the vista
opening a new window to familiar ground
the once guarded secret of clear visibility
coming as it does before sunset
for the allusion of peace and tranquility
Friday's jestur scourned by sobering ablution
the rinse of much malligned sorrows,
decorated by toil, tilth and a fragrant imbue
of decisive stance facing a radiant Sun
for fertile benefit of considerable renew
with settlements inview, and hope notwithstanding
will the day pass in all it's weekend refinery?
to pan-out as one would wish,
adding the perfect yet subtle garnish
for the pageant of organic dish
here to there with the ingression of everywhere
enter the heart with the exit of falsehoods
and the stillness of bated breath in wait
in spite of, rather than the succulent flavour
of a verbal gift foresaking it's meaning to create
the power is in the forgiveness of seeking -
the planning of the alibi for greed
that vile common bug of centrally-heated homing
the pest lurks in us all, a minutia of our ignorance
so let us link hinterland's where hearts are a-roaming.
by anglia24
12h25: 21/06/2008
©2008anglia24
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The existing design of the Piazza del Campidoglio and the surrounding palazzi was created by Renaissance artist and architect Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536–1546. At the height of his fame, he was commissioned by the Farnese Pope Paul III, who wanted a symbol of the new Rome to impress Charles V, who was expected in 1538. This offered him the opportunity to build a monumental civic plaza for a major city as well as to reestablish the grandeur of Rome. Michelangelo's first designs for the piazza and remodeling of the surrounding palazzi date from 1536. His plan was formidably extensive. He accentuated the reversal of the classical orientation of the Capitoline, in a symbolic gesture turning Rome’s civic center to face away from the Roman Forum and instead in the direction of Papal Rome and the Christian church in the form of St. Peter’s Basilica. This full half circle turn can also be seen as Michelangelo’s desire to address the new, developing section of the city rather than the ancient ruins of the past. An equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius was to stand in the middle of the piazza set in a paved oval field. Michelangelo was required to provide a setting for the statue and to bring order to an irregular hilltop already encumbered by two crumbling medieval buildings set at an acute angle to one another. The Palazzo del Senatore was to be restored with a double outer stairway, and the campanile moved to the center axis of the palace. The Palazzo dei Conservatori was also to be restored, and a new building, the so-called Palazzo Nuovo, built at the same angle on the north side of the piazza to offset the Conservatori, creating a trapezoidal piazza. A wall and balustrade were to be built at the front of the square, giving it a firm delineation on the side facing the city. Finally, a flight of steps was to lead up to the enclosed piazza from below, further accentuating the central axis.
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Dance of the Clairvoyants, P.J.
These lyrics are a good reminder that when we only strive to seek things that are perfect we miss out on so much. Snowflakes are rarely the perfect beauties that we see as Christmas ornaments. But they have so much to offer in their "imperfect" beauty. This heavily rimed plate is quite stunning despite, and maybe even because of, its imperfections.
Visitors to Morano can expect to be transported to an era where the pace of life was dictated by the ringing of church bells and the rhythm of artisanal crafts. The town's atmosphere is charged with a magical quality, almost as if time has stood still, allowing modern-day explorers to soak in the rich cultural heritage that permeates every corner. These narrow, winding pathways, some chiseled into the very rock, ascend steeply, weaving through a tightly-knit tapestry of homes, religious edifices, and historical structures. The town's layout is a marvel of medieval urban planning, with houses, churches, monasteries, arches, portals, underpasses, stairways, and squares all interlocking in an intimate dance of stone and history. Whether you're a history enthusiast, an architecture aficionado, or simply in search of Italy's lesser-known locales, Morano Calabro offers an experience that is as enriching as it is visually stunning.
I took this on Sept 21rst 2023 with my D850 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 at 36mm, 1/250s, f5.6, ISO 72 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO