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It was quite cold and Streifi, a resident male red squirrel, moved up to this branch in about 2 meters height, and rolled up his bushy tale to warm-up himself. Cool invention by mother nature! He sat there for several minutes nearly without moving and allowed me to come really close. The image is almost uncropped at 200mm (Squirrels-2019-7071.jpg)
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Social workers loading a classic blue IFA truck with firewood in the backyard of Cserháthaláp's village hall.
From nature back to industrial aesthetics.
I really like the hidden beauty of the form follows function approach in industrial settings.
This photo was taken in the Energiezentrale Forsthaus in Bern.
Butterflies seem to thrive in the heat and humidity of August and so do the flowers they love. Determined butterfly hunters are not deterred.
There's an unwritten rule in the northern hemisphere about not running the house furnace during the month of September. And in some households, this moratorium extends even through October. Not sure where this all got started. It seems to be based on one part frugality, and three parts of folklore. But who am I to argue? It's no weirder than most of the crap I write in these posts. And it does serve to get me acclimatized to the impending season change. Indoor temperature registered 59 degrees the other morning. I just shut up and donned a fleece jacket.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 at the corner of Cambie and Water streets in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood. It was built to cover a steam grate, part of Vancouver's distributed steam heating system, as a way to harness the steam and to prevent street people from sleeping on the spot in cold weather. Although the clock is now owned by the City of Vancouver, funding for the project, estimated to be about $C58,000 was provided by contributions from local merchants, property owners, and private donors. Incorporating a steam engine and electric motors, the clock displays the time on four faces and announces the quarter hours with a whistle chime that plays the Westminster Quarters. The clock produces a puff of steam from its top on the hour. The clock is featured on the cover for the 2011 Nickelback album Here and Now.
The steam used is low pressure downtown-wide steam heating network (from a plant adjacent to the Georgia Viaduct) that powers a miniature steam engine in its base, in turn driving a chain lift. The chain lift moves steel balls upward, where they are unloaded and roll to a descending chain. The weight of the balls on the descending chain drives a conventional pendulum clock escapement, geared to the hands on the four faces. The steam also powers the clock's sound production, with whistles being used instead of bells to produce the Westminster "chime" and to signal the time.
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This is the central heating boiler of Beaumesnil castle. It's an Ideal Titan Serie 3, which was on the market in 1939 (I know that because I saw a catalogue). I don't know exactly when it was installed. But it must have been around that time. It was installed by the company Valentin & Fils & Barousse when they had their office in Paris 17e arrondissement 30, Rue des Épinettes. From 1965 to 2004 an enterprise Valentin (fils?) and Barousse existed in Aubervilliers (northeast of Paris). So, back to the installation time. There is a badge with the company's name and their telephone number on the wall. The telephone number indicated, that the badge was made after 1912. We had a bit of a discussion about if it was made between 1912 and 1926 or 1912 and 1963. Maybe the Ideal Titan series 3 was brand-new in 1926? As far as the owners of the castle go: the de Maistre lived there from 1851 to 1927, Audrey Emery 1927-1937, Dimitri Pavlovitch Romanov 1937–1939 and the Fürstenbergs bought the castle in 1939. Any of them could have bought the boiler, but I guess it was the Fürstenbergs.
Les Fagnes sont de vastes étendues (4 500 ha en Belgique) de tourbières, de landes et de forêts qui présentent une flore et une faune assez exceptionnelles liées au climat froid et humide. Les contreforts au nord du plateau accueillent essentiellement de vastes plantations de conifères.
Les tourbières se sont formées il y a 7500 ans, à la fin de la dernière glaciation. La tourbe résulte de la décomposition des végétaux, notamment les sphaignes, en milieu très humide. Son épaisseur peut atteindre sept mètres. Jusqu'au milieu du XXe siècle, la tourbe constitue pour les habitants des villages proches, une source de chauffage appréciable. La surface des tourbières actives ne représente plus qu'une centaine d'hectares.
Le plateau des Hautes Fagnes est le plus important massif tourbeux en Belgique.
Le climat est anormalement rude par rapport à la faible altitude maximale, et le climat en principe océanique typique du nord de l'Europe occidentale. Diverses espèces de la faune et de la flore y trouvent leur limite de répartition par rapport à la latitude ou l'altitude, dont la chouette de Tengmalm.
Précipitations abondantes (1 400 d'eau par an à Botrange, 850 mm à Bruxelles), brouillard épais, neige persistante.
Quelques records : 1,15 m de neige le 9 février 1953 ; il neige parfois encore au mois de mai.
The Fens are vast expanses (4,500 ha in Belgium) of peat bogs, moors and forests which present a rather exceptional flora and fauna linked to the cold and humid climate. The foothills to the north of the plateau are mainly home to vast plantations of conifers.
Peatlands formed 7,500 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. Peat results from the decomposition of plants, especially sphagnum moss, in a very humid environment. Its thickness can reach seven meters. Until the middle of the 20th century, peat was a significant source of heating for the inhabitants of nearby villages. The surface of the active peat bogs represents only a hundred hectares.
The Hautes Fagnes plateau is the most important peaty massif in Belgium.
The climate is unusually harsh compared to the low maximum altitude, and the generally oceanic climate is typical of northern western Europe. Various species of fauna and flora find their distribution limit in relation to latitude or altitude, including the Tengmalm owl.
Abundant precipitation (1,400 water per year in Botrange, 850 mm in Brussels), thick fog, persistent snow.
Some records: 1.15 m of snow on February 9, 1953; it still snows sometimes in May.
as storms pass, the wetlands temps begin to rise and insects like this widow skimmer dragonfly dart around the grasses