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Copley Square Hotel
A 2008 renovation buffed out a lot of the history of the second-oldest operating hotel in the U.S., but just know that the Copley Square has hosted many notables since its 1891 opening, including Babe Ruth, Billie Holiday and several presidents going back to McKinley.
These two friendly fellows greeted the visitors when they entered the main area of the pumpkin festival. I suppose on my next visit they will have been replaced by new ones as the carved pumpkins don't stay in good condition very long, especially in the rather wet weather we have had lately.
The passing clouds were a welcome solace from the blazing afternoon sun but when thereâs an hours walk to the nearest cover, you really hope those clouds remain friendly.
Torres del Paine. Certainement le passereau le plus contrasté du coin. Meadowlarks are a lot more friendly than in North America.
One of the RHS Hyde Hall robins, who tend to be pretty tame and so seem happy enough to pose for a few shots!
Volvo B10M/Caetano Algarve II VC57 is seen in Drogheda on a 200 service to Belfast from Dublin, April 1997
A friendly wave from Driver David Green the longest serving driver with Galloway. Vanhool Astron 4178 pp had brought a school party to the swimming baths at Felixstowe
Green and beautiful, this frog took no notice as its photo was taken from multiple angles. When talent scouts come cruising, the least one can do is pose and give your best Mona Lisa smile, fame is incidental to a frog so friendly and fabulous.
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Believe this is one of six cygnets which are almost fully grown now. Having seen several others it seemed they have finally flown the nest!
Hope I have ID right or else David won't be happy!! Lol!
Always feel so privileged when a skittish (in my experience at least) insect happily stays on you!
Cabilla Woods - Cornwall
The engineer of this CN eastbound ethanol train gives a friendly wave as he passes the old IC Genoa depot on 5-15-18.
Hats off to the Ontario Government for allowing these! Some municipalities here in the Province of Ontario actually banned the use of clotheslines by instituting by-laws. The former City of Kanata was one such municipality that would not allow them.
Even if you don't agree with the Liberal Government, you have to agree that this was a good move!
Here is the News Release that was released today April 18th.
ONTARIANS GET TO AIR THEIR LAUNDRY
McGuinty Government Lifts Ban On Outdoor Clotheslines
NEWS
This summer, Ontarians will have the choice to dry their laundry on an outdoor clothesline.
Premier Dalton McGuinty said the province is putting an end to some restrictions that prevent people from using outdoor clotheslines. This includes agreements between home builders and buyers in some towns and cities in Ontario.
Using outdoor clotheslines instead of electric dryers can:
Save consumers $30 per year when they reduce their dryer use by 25 per cent.
Cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Reduce demand on the power grid — home dryers use about 900 kilowatt hours of electricity per year.
QUOTES
"There's a whole generation of kids growing up today who think a clothesline is a wrestling move. We want parents to have the choice to use the wind and the sun to dry their clothes for free," said Premier McGuinty.
"We want every Ontario family to have the tools they need to save energy and save money. Just using a clothesline instead of a dryer can make a significant difference to your pocketbook, reduce demand on the electricity grid, and help keep our air clean," said Energy Minister Gerry Phillips.
QUICK FACTS
Florida, Utah and Hawaii have laws in place that ensure people can use clotheslines. Similar legislation is being considered in Vermont.
Electric clothes dryers use about six per cent of electricity in the home — as much as a refrigerator running 24-7.
Over the course of a year, five clothes dryers could result in roughly the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as an average-size car.
After looking at it carefully I concluded that this vehicle runs on a mixture of 25% gasoline and 75% will-power...
Found on campus!
Male Southern Hawker Dragonfly (Aeshna Cyanea).
The more time I've spent photographing these intriguing creatures this summer the more my affection has grown for them and vice versa it seems. This inquisitive fellah landed on my leg twice and then decided to land in my lens hood, literally in my lens hood! Sadly no pictures I'm afraid as his visits were far too brief but it did make me smile nonetheless.
I've got a quite a few more 'head on' shots of these guys in flight but I thought I'd show a different side to them today with a couple more images of them in flight also included below.
Thanks in advance for any comments or favourites you may wish to make & I hope you're not too bored of dragonflies!
Handheld macro, manual focus.
There's not much left of the ghost town of Friend, Oregon. Just a schoolhouse, cemetery, a mysterious concrete building, and this old general store and post office. Named after George J. Friend, the town with a brief history is just another casualty of a railroad line being abandoned and, per usual, the town followed suit. It was the final stop of the Great Southern Railroad that ceased operation in 1936.