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more people, more food, more space.... nature fades away
the second shot from that small bw series.
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On 5 September 2025, I think I overdid things! It had been about three weeks since my head injury and I thought I would be able to manage a nice drive out of the city. I ended up getting home ten hours later, much of that time spent actually driving! The next day, I can't say I felt great, sigh.
I knew where I wanted to go, but somehow it took longer than I expected, and by the time I got home (after getting take-out food to last me a couple of days), the light was fading and car headlights were turning on. Something I have to avoid, as my eyes can't deal with the blinding lights.
My day started off by heading south on the highway (to save time) till I reached the Stavely area. Then, heading east. my bird sightings began. The highlight was a huge flock of Greater White-fronted Geese, down in the water, with lots of Gulls for company - and about half a dozen beautiful, white Snow Geese. Exactly the same as what I saw three (?) years ago, at the same area. Unfortunately, they were SO far away, so I was unable to get any half-decent photos. Delighted, though, to have seen them all.
The rest of my trip was along familiar roads, apart from just one fairly short section that if I had ever been there before, it would have been many years ago, while car-pooling.
Along one of the back roads, I had pulled over to take a photo of an old wooden homestead. A truck happened to come along in the opposite direction and the driver stopped to ask if everything was OK. Such a pleasant, interesting, knowledgeable man, who was from the Hutterite Colony. We had a long chat, including about birds. He suggested I try down the next road, which I did. No hawks, which I had been hoping for, but large flocks of Brown-headed Cowbirds, Brewer's Blackbirds, and Starlings, each species separate. When I returned back to the road on which we had met, to my delight, there was a beautiful Swainson's Hawk (?) juvenile, perched on a weathered fence.
A few old barns and old vehicles added to my day. including pulling over by a country garage to photograph several beautiful oldies that need a whole lot of loving care.
Along one of the highways in the area, I spotted a hawk down on the road. Someone needs to tell some adult Swainson's that they need to do a much better job of teaching their youngsters that it is so dangerous to hang out in the middle of the road like that. Not only are they on the road, but they don't move away to safety when a vehicle is coming! Fortunately, I missed this one, checking in my mirror that it was OK. I noticed that a sibling was standing on a hay bale in the field and I hung around until the one on the road flew up and away and landed on another hay bale. Silly bird. The very same thing had happened on 13 August, when I had to collect my car from High River Emergency Hospital, where it had been parked for two days after I had taken a taxi home, after getting 12 staples in the back of my head! The hawk on a different back road also was determined to not move from the road to safety.
So, a very long, tiring day, in wildfire smoke, and now I am staying home for the weekend. Next time I go for a drive, it will have to be a short one.
Faded sign on the side of a building in Huntsville, Alabama for an automobile parts store that has been out of business for many years.
"Faded Glory"
Some places you stumble upon by pure chance, while others you must actively seek out well off the beaten path; this was definitely one of the latter. Far off pavement, navigating some fairly treacherous dirt roads into a fantastic Montana canyon you find this relic of days gone by.
Once a witness to fast freights and passenger trains running the Milwaukee Road's transcontinental route, this old bridge spanning the namesake creek near the start of Sixteenmile Canyon now endures a forced retirement, thanks to the Milwaukee's abandonment of their "Pacific Extension", almost 2,000 miles of track, back in 1980 which is to-date the largest single railroad abandonment in American history.
Situated on the outskirts of the ghost town of Lombard, trains can still be heard rumbling by on the nearby Northern Pacific route, now operated by the Montana Rail Link, which follows the Missouri River through this region. As for Sixteenmile Canyon though, it has become a dusty, overgrown grade, and a few tunnels, winding along a babbling creek, disappearing back into nature more and more as the years go by.
Once a pulsing vein that pumped goods and people back and forth across our nation from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest, that glory is now, unfortunate as it may be, faded.
Sixteenmile Canyon
Lombard, MT
Sometimes that old adage, "Stop and smell the roses" really needs to be taken to heart. When visiting a place as grand and large as the Forbidden City, it's nice to occasionally stop and examine the finer details that went into building it. While these eaves edge tubular tiles were probably made from molds to help mass produce them, it doesn't take away at all from how impressive they are. I think the chipping and discoloration over time only adds to the charm.
FUJIFILM X-T20 XF F1.4 35MM R LENS
For me the beauty is still there, even though its past its prime. The texture. Absolutely no editing, this is straight out of the little Fuji as jpeg. Didn't bother with RAW .
- www.kevin-palmer.com - After the substorm faded, a green aurora continued to pulse on and off for awhile.
Just impressions from nearby fields and woods at Königseggwald.
Captured with a X100's, processed with Aperture using a VSCO film.
41 - Faded, for 120 pictures in 2020
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I miss you darling more and more every day
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat I still think of you
And remember our faded love...
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Poor old Hamm's Beer sign gets whiter and whiter every time I see it...
I'm drawn to past-their-prime flowers, like the rose from the Ladd Addition in Portland. Almost looks like gilt edging. Love the cascading feel.
In fading light 9374 Tocumwal freight charges south as it nears Tabilk.
Providing the power up front are G521, S313, T378 & T395.
Thursday 11th January 2018.
Visually, the finished look is one of pure line with few design elements. The atmosphere is one of pure tranquillity during the day; the reflection of sky in the water and very little to distract the eye. At night the lighting scheme creates a magical pathway fading into the distance, and always there is the gentle sound of running water.
Part of a larger scheme, these clients wanted an ultra-simple, minimalist waterfeature on two levels. The main material used was a pale cream Travertine detailed with a dark slate-grey.
At the lower level, a canal runs across the garden. The main steps are accessed by stepping stones across the water.
The upper level features two rills. Water flows away from the house and cascades via two stainless steel waterfalls onto the lower level beyond, aerating and purifying. The paving features LED flush lighting to highlight the edge of the scheme and the steps and all three bodies of water are floodlit discreetly below the water surface.