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The Fort Perch Lighthouse lighting the way for the ships, equally lights the way forward for one to admire this stunning sunset at New Brighton, Wirrall.
One can dream about beautiful sunsets, but lets turn that dream into reality!
Springing farward in time, as we do in Texas, only creates an illusion in our minds as if cutting of the bottom of a blanket and and then sewing it at the top!
Fun and games at Green Lane, The Wirral as a Merseyrail class 508 EMU enters the station from the underground section.
I was drawn to the repetitive arrowhead of the footbridge and approaching EMU. A change of pace, and probably limited appeal, but I figured it was worth waiting for a couple of trains to get what I was after.
8th July 2016
We spoke to a ranger about this hike--from the Dempster Highway to Grizzly Lake, over Glissade Pass to Divide Lake, on to Talus Lake, and then back--before we started. He described the route over Glissade Pass, explaining, "You'll look down and say, 'that can't be possible,' but you just keep going." And that's exactly what we did say, and do, glissading down snowfields and scree. On the way back up the pass, by this point good and tired, we found ourselves sinking deep into the snow and scree, and experiencing the demoralization of actually sliding backwards after great effort. Since this photo is six years old, I won't try to build the suspense; after a lot of effort, we made it back to the tent:) Mrs. Orca making the arduous way from Divide to Grizzly lake over Glissade Pass, Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory, Canada.
I have been back at home for a couple of days now after my surgery. Firstly, the brilliant news is that they managed to take away the diseased bowel without the need of a stoma. My stomach looks like it has a zip with around 30 staples in it. It all went well and I am looking forward to a full recovery. I will catch up with you slowly as I still do not have that much energy. But as it is Ginger Cat Appreciation Day, I felt it a good opportunity to drop by
After more than 2 1/2 months in hospital my lovely Mum will hopefully be discharged tomorrow. We are looking forward to having her here with us for a while and hopefully we will be able to aid her in her recuperation following her stroke!
Apologies for my absence during this time.
Monument "Mennesket ved Havet" in Esbjerg
I love this sculpture and whenever I am in the area I take the time for a short visit. This week I had the luck to whitness a beautiful sunset scene.
Air ambulance/rescue captured departing one of several hospitals in Dallas’s medical district from upper floors of Parkland Hospital.
Did the master ask for more light or for his chamber pot in his final moments? We do not know.
Even great men can utter banal last words. Thomas Bernhard put forward the theory that he had said ‘Nothing more!’, because he’d had enough.
What is certainly recorded is that Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whilst resting in this armchair, passed away on 22 March 1832 at the age of 82.
Haus am Frauenplan, Weimar
Thuringia, Germany 20.03.2013
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe
"Mehr Licht!"
Ob der Meister zuletzt nach mehr Licht oder seinem Nachttopf verlangte? Wir wissen es nicht.
Auch großen Männern können letzte Worte banal geraten. Thomas Bernhard vertrat die These, er habe "Mehr nicht!" gesagt, weil er genug gehabt habe.
Sicher überliefert ist, dass Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in diesem Sessel ruhend am 22. März 1832 im Alter von 82 Jahren von der irdischen Bühne abtrat.
Haus am Frauenplan, Weimar
Thüringen, Deutschland 20.03.2013
www.klassik-stiftung.de/goethe-nationalmuseum/goethes-woh...
Looking forward to the year ahead.......,to getting out and taking more photo's...............and to all the possibilities............. :)
An archive shot,new stuff when I get out next! lol
All the best to everyone,
Chris.
NEW Product Image Movie
ZANKYO BD / KIMETSU SWORD
This time, ZEROICHI celebrates its 2nd anniversary with a commemorative product.
It expresses my favorite world in my mind, which is a combination of old Japanese buildings and cyberpunk.
I focused on the atmosphere of the place, the oldness of the buildings, and the futuristic buildings that look like distant places.
KIZUNA SWORD is designed to match the world view of ZANKYO BD and is just as Simple as possible. Two types are included, one to carry on the back and the other to hold in the hand. The hand-held type comes with a hand-held pose.
Please enjoy yourself in the world of this work!
I look forward to seeing many of you decorating this ZANKYO with your favorite items and shooting videos and photo works.
NEOJAPAN will open on the 24th.
May your journey into 2017 and your pathway forward be filled with hopes and dreams, thank you for sharing your photographic visions in 2016 and for your encouraging comments and thoughts, Happy New Year, keep the images flowing :)
HCS
The clocks are jumping ahead overnight and I figured I may as well use the loss of an hours sleep to my advantage and get a photo title out of the deal.
Picked up some tulips while at the grocery store and wanted to put them to use before I snipped them for the vase, I'm glad I did because I like the way this one turned out.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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On one of my occasional morning walks through Amsterdam I came across this cat that was peering down from the balcony with its paws sticking through the gap.
Way back in the day, diesels were first starting to take over, and the "Long Hood Forward" operation was used by almost every railroad at the time. This operation is when the long hood of the locomotive is the front rather than the short hood, and was used as both a safety consideration and because it was similar to how most steam locomotives were built. However, due to the lack of visibility, most railroads switched to short hood running by the time the second generation diesels were being built. A few railroads did continue to regularly use long hood as the main way of running, with the most famous examples being the Southern Railway and the Norfolk & Western. In the modern day, you can still see trains running long hood forward, though rare, it does happen under certain circumstances.
When the California Northern Railroad had received a gypsum train from the UP bound for Artois, the train was facing a problem heading south. Though the train originally had three motors when it left for California, with one of the motors facing east, the east facing locomotive was having problems. Specifically, the batteries weren't holding charge, and therefore the unit could not stay powered on. Although this unit was supposed to lead the return trip, it had to be dropped in Roseville so it could get repaired, and a replacement motor would not be picked up. Therefore, the train would arrive on California Northern with only two west facing motors, running on a line with only one fully intact wye. With the wye also being a multiple hour trip from the train's destination, that left turning the units around out of the picture. When it came time for the train to leave Artois, it was decided that the crew would run the 28 miles to Cortena long hood forward and then pick up a new lead motor that was tied down there. The trip would take a bit longer than usual though, as both of the units did not have rear ditch lights, meaning the train would be restricted to 20 mph. After picking up the new locomotive, a 3GS21B (genset), the train would be able to run at both track speed and not long hood forward.
In the photo, the gypsum is on the return trip as it passes by the Cortena siding. The train had only just cleared the north switch not even a minute prior, and would start to slow down as the genset that would be picked up was sitting at the south end of the siding. The train would be stopped for about a half hour before continuing with the new leader. After getting to the UP at Davis, the genset would be taken off and the UP power would be thrown around the wye before tying down for a UP crew to pick it up later that night.