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I was supposed to be doing a bit of work in my garden this morning - not easy when the birds keep attracting my attention.
I love this house. It's about 20 minutes from where I live, and every time we pass it, I sigh a bit. I always mention that if we ever win the lottery, I want a house like this one...
So as we flew by one day, I snapped a pic. I didn't have time to zoom or frame or any other facets of good photography...
...but I did get to play quite a bit in Photoshop, and this is what I came up with.
(Myriad textures and a bird brush from Distressed Jewell plus additional textures from Kim Klassen and Lenabem-Anna)
In 2009 Volvo Olympian/Alexander RL 16714 (N714LTN) left its home of Stagecoach North East for pastures new where it entered service with Preston. During its North West adventure, it served with Lillyhall and Barrow. 16714 has now returned to the North East region, being donated to a local school in the Newcastle area where it is to be converted into a mobile library.
16714 underwent refurbishment during its time at Lillyhall with new flooring and highback seats - although I would expect the majority of its seats to be removed for its next chapter of its life.
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Was out with Sandra last Thursday, Insect hunting with our macro's, Sandra didn't see this, but I came across this Cricket. Said 'Howdie' Tipped his hat and went off looking for someone called Pinocchio.
2015.09.23
wednesday.
k o k...
what city this is. whoever guesses it right give yourself a round of applause.
... g n a b
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This is an image of Christmas lights on the wrought iron fence leading to the front door of our home. This will be the first in a series of images that I want to share with my Flickr friends during this Holiday Season. I hope you enjoy them and I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year..
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Another view of our home and the porch I love so much.
Hopefully the very last snow shot until November!
Agree or not with the Colorado Water Law we are finally returning from our James Creek trek and my James Creek "headwaters" series on that autumn day that really could have used some atmospheric haze. Al and I were back down to the meadow and this is a return shot at the original meadow source of James Creek when the sun was full up. It's always a good spot to stop and relax and even haul up a tent for a pleasant overnight of serious slacking beside a campfire on the hill overlooking the meadow. There are traces. I could hang and have hung here for hours on end. Phil and I trekked up here a few times, once the other way around, and each time, we helped beavers on the meadow dam by adding rocks and detritus. It's a good place to wade for a stretch and cool down, perhaps fly fish. (Psst, Ive caught rainbows, brookies, brown and cuthroat up and down James Creek). Once, we encountered a beaver in the meadow who didn't seem to need our help at all. Lefthand water district (Lefthand was the name - Ni-Wot - of Chief and son Arapahoes) seemed to have less regard for our and the beaver's dam work probably thinking that all the water would not eventually drain downhill. Sheesh! Let the beavers preserve our Rockies riparian habitat, They do good work.
I was documenting the project that caused the trek up James Creek a year ago to dredge up proof of regional water legislation history. I revealed of my best understanding of this watershed. Al and I are scrambling and I saw this showy scene on the way back. This is another meadow shot. How could you miss this next to a morning trail?
We SHOULD have stopped somewhere for a leisurely breakfast then we might have gotten better shots. It's later and the sun is higher over this meadow scene. The meadow is now well lit. This was flat spot that slowly collected water to start the trickle down the creek below the St. Vrain diversion.
Here's my blazing shot of James Meadow that fall. I prefer clouding streamin over the divide for effect. The trail was a mix of foliage in fallage colors. This screams high Rockies palette.
Fuzzbutt's home after his month away taking part in the annual Dickens Christmas Project... napping contentedly, surrounded by things he finds most familiar... his burlap pillow, blogger desk, can of Innsmouth's Finest pilchards... "Elder God" trophy from KittyCatS...
Visit this location at Innsmouth, HP Lovecraft Tribute - early 1930s Massachusetts in Second Life
Eeeek I am SO excited!
The Cat versions are my favourites by far, and now i'm going to be lucky enough to have her!! Look at that little face!!
I sold Ante to get her, and now I have to decide if I can afford a Vampire.....I won't be able to get one until I get paid though.
After shuffling some tankers into storage the Vermilion Valley Geeps return to home base near Covington, IN, on 2-20-16.
Home is where the story begins..
I am little obsessed with terrariums at the moment! But living in a fantasy world has always been my modus vivendi!
A little surprise is seen here on the rear of CSXT Q424 (Selkirk to West Springfield manifest) in the form of an ancient flexi flo covered hopper carrying the marker. This historic car is an ACF PD3500 Type 996H having been built for the New York Central in 1966 as NYC 885738. It ended up becoming a Penn Central scale test car, PC 80019 and then CR 80019 and finally NYC 80019 under CSX. It is very much on home rails seen here exiting State Line Tunnel at MP 164.8 on CSXT's Berkshire Sub, the former Boston and Abany mainline. Donated to the Danbury Railroad Museum for preservation, a special extra Housatonic Railroad crew would be standing by to pluck this off the rear of the big 125 car freight at Pittsfield and take it directly south by itself.
A little history courtesy of Rapido Trains that just introduced these cars in HO scale for those of you that are modelers:
Built between August 1964 and June 1966 the American Car & Foundry (ACF) 3500 cu.ft. covered hopper was an early innovator in pressure differential unloading and a marketing masterclass thanks to the "Flexi Flo" tag coined by the car's biggest customer, the New York Central railroad.
Other than seven cars built for Shippers Car Line (SHPX), a subsidiary of ACF, the NYC was the only purchaser of the PD3500. They made up for it in quantities, with a total of 220 cars rolling off the Milton, Pennsylvania, production line over three subtly different batches.
Still new at the time of the Penn Central merger, many cars were simply re-patched with PC prefix and logo and renumbered. However, plenty made it through those turbulent years with their full NYC paint intact. Come the era of Conrail and many cars were re-patched again, making them a rolling north-eastern railroad history lesson as patches faded showing PC and NYC logos beneath the famous "canopener"! Many others were repainted, with Conrail applying at least three different schemes.
If there is any lingering feeling among railfans that these cars were captive to the north east then their operation throughout the 1980 and into the 1990s should dispel that misconception as the cars spread their wings, first through the transfer of many cars to Conrail's Merchants Despatch Transportation Co. (MDTX) subsidiary, and then the later sale of cars to NAHX (for Lafarge) and SXSX/SYSX for use in Arizona, California and the south west, all gaining new paint schemes in the process. By 2000, an explosion of patchouts had taken place with a plethora of different reporting marks popping up and no part of the USA off limits. They were even more common in many parts of Canada! Many were still in use well into the mid 2010s, only being retired as they fell foul of the 50 year interchange rule
Canaan, New York
Friday March 26, 2021
the disused house. structurally precarious especially for a large guy like me. the porch roof is about to fall off. it looked good and had to get some attention. a very long exposure for the sky plus 8 full power pops with my 430ex. there is even some startails in there
Adcuz and i went back down to the disused quarry in petersfield. another long hike and getting lost on the way home again but it was worth it
2015.12.09
wednesday.
da-an forest park. a humongous green lung in the heart of the city.
first day in taipei we did not know what to do because there were too many things to do. so we decided to go to da-an park which is very near where we stayed. we were also thinking perhaps we could find a nice joint around the park to sit down for coffee and even brunch..maybe..
what a place. we totally enjoyed the stroll through it...as we found our way to the residential area on the other side of the park looking for a cuppa near 永康街。
we were staying in nihao cafe hotel near da-an metro. take exit number two and it is just around the corner.
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