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It’s barely the blue hour at 06:40, the red indications at Field East looking like laser beams on 105's red CP cab and maroon Triton containers. The fresh crew is performing their final checks and about to flick on the headlights, responsible for the journey to Revelstoke over the Mountain Sub and Rogers Pass.
Looking the part of a hot intermodal, 105 really is last on the priority list with its Toronto-Vancouver traffic mostly empty marine containers and they'll be stuck in a few sidings before they even get to Golden.
turkey creek, earlier today, traveling light, with the wrong lens for the space (another lesson learned). thankfully, some kayakers came by and saved the day, providing something that made sense to my telephoto eye.
it was like a sauna in the hammock today, very close air, no breeze, very hot, very high humidity, the brim of this man's hat, wilted as it is, gives a pretty good indication of what the air was like there.
this is like a scene from the b-movie, 'the creature from the black lagoon', shot in florida back in the 50s. i borrowed the title from the movie, a movie that scared the pants off me when i was a kid. oh, right … like it didn't scare the pants off you, too!
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If the last few weeks are any indication of what we can expect over the winter we are in for a real "birding" treat. I believe one of the factors of why we are seeing so many more birds is the addition of a constant supply of water in the form of a heated bird bath. It attaches directly to our deck rail and has a hinge mechanism that allows easy cleaning and filling. I suppose it doesn't hurt to have a supply of peanuts on hand either. This blue jay was helping itself to the supply. In addition, we have Woodhouse and steller jays that also love to munch on them.
I am really loving the combination of the Nikon D850 and the new 500mm f5.6 PF lens, although the 46+ megapixels images are filling my hard drive faster than you can say "more peanuts if you please!" This image is not cropped.
Thanks so much for your views, faves and comments!
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Disclaimer:
The following Pingo images were taken in 2018.
Before my trip I was researching the Pingos and found no indication on the internet in regards to visitation rules. There also were no signs up anywhere locally or at the viewing platform once I visited.
I now see there are rules prohibiting the climbing of the Pingos from the base up, signed this March 2021 by the Parks Superintendent.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand I see excessive visitations by too many people [since it is marketed to mass tourism] may cause some wear or establish a trail. I was very conscience about not leaving any footprints or cause any damage and on one of the Pingos I found a large piece of plastic, the wind had likely carried up here, which I took back out.
Since it became a Canadian Landmark under Parks management, a viewing platform has been built in a location that gives a very panoramic view of the larger Pingos with no human structures visible. I’m not a friend of board walks and platforms in natural landscapes. They are in many ways eyesores to me as a photographer and aesthetically a small trail has much less impact. But in this location I found both rather well designed. To get to the boardwalk, one needs to organize a boat ride or have a watercraft to get to the Parks dock, which at that time was damaged and difficult to land on.
On the other hand I think it was [could be] an incredible experience to use these Pingos as lookout, just like generations of Inuk have done. The thing missing in these coastal regions are high points. So I can see why these Pingos had an importance for hunters to scan the ocean for game, ships, ice-conditions etc.
The lack of any high-points in Tuktoyaktuk itself, along the coast or the highway leaves something to be desired. Short of flight-seeing the coast from Inuvik, one does not get a picture of the beautiful Arctic coast.
The top of the Pingos are mostly sand with peat at some places and the sides covered by dense tundra shrubs, berry bushes, Labrador tea and some grasses on the top. I noticed some faint footprints in the sand on top, which obviously disappear with the wind/rain and annual thawing/freezing cycles these hills are constantly exposed to. The science behind these ice-cored hills is described in detail in a study paper by J. Ross Mackay:
Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area
t.ly/Xs9U
and this video by Stephen Wolfe:
Pingo Distribution, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Region, Western Canadian Arctic
So these photos are very special to me, as I or others may not be able to document/experience these magnificent ‘ice-hills’ again without breaking the law. Drone flying is also banned within the Landmark.
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
Mont-Saint-Aignan (France) – Je n’avais pas envisagé de publier ici cette photo. C’est une photo anecdotique qui s’insère dans ma série sur les Jardins familiaux. Une photo qui pourrait éventuellement se placer dans un « encadré » d’une mise en page.
Si j’en crois les informations lues dans la presse et entendues à la radio, on pourrait titrer cette photo : « Les thermomètres racontent-ils des salades ? ».
En effet, on assiste lors de cet « épisode caniculaire hors normes » pour un mois de mai, à un révisionnisme météorologique. Les climatosceptiques se déchaînent sur les réseaux sociaux en insultant et menaçant des journalistes météo. Ceux de BFMTV sont particulièrement visés. Ces violences verbales (pour l’instant) seraient motivées en raison du choix éditorial d’afficher des cartes de France colorées en rouge « pour matérialiser l’anormalité de cette vague de chaleur avec des pointes à 35° ». Il est à noter que ces cartes sont réalisées sur les indications des « normales de saison » fixées par Météo-France, et basées sur des faits scientifiques faisant consensus ». Sauf chez les complotistes météorologiques. On sait que pour eux, il est plus efficace de casser le thermomètre que de s’attaquer aux causes de la fièvre. Quand on voit la montée en pression de ces climatosceptiques, on peut se demander si leurs neurones n’ont pas fondu au soleil ? On les avait pourtant prévenus qu’il tape fort en ce moment. On vit vraiment une époque formidable!
Are thermometers telling tall tales ?
Mont-Saint-Aignan, France – I hadn't planned to publish this photo here. It's an anecdotal image that fits into my series on community gardens. A photo that could potentially be placed in a "frame" of a layout.
If I am to believe the information read in the press and heard on the radio, this photo could be titled: "Are thermometers telling tall tales?".
Indeed, during this "unprecedented heatwave" for May, we're witnessing meteorological revisionism. Climate change deniers are running rampant on social media, insulting and threatening weather journalists. Those at BFMTV are particularly targeted. These verbal attacks (for now) are reportedly motivated by the editorial decision to display maps of France colored red "to highlight the abnormality of this heatwave with temperatures reaching 35°C." It should be noted that these maps are based on the "seasonal averages" set by Météo-France, and on scientific facts that are widely accepted. Except among weather conspiracy theorists. We know that for them, it's more effective to smash the thermometer than to address the causes of the fever. When we see the increasing pressure from these climate skeptics, we might wonder if their brain cells have melted in the sun? They were warned that it was really hot right now. We truly live in amazing times!
37508 approaches Clipstone West Jn., with 4Z37 10.05 Derby RTC - High Marnham. It is towing the new Loram RGC01 UK Rail Grinder, delivered at the start of the previous month, which has vehicles numbered DR79701 to DR79704.
I'd seen a message the previous evening that this train was running, but the message did not give any indication as to what it would actually be, just that it was operated by Loram. Assuming it would be something fairly boring, I didn't take much notice and went to a spot just east of Stamford for the first of the 769 test runs, intending to spend much of the day photographing them.
Having reached Stamford, a message came through to say 4Z37 was 37508, a loco I knew was in a 1980s heritage livery and which I had not yet photographed (or even seen). Could I make it to the High Marnham branch in time? I'd never visited any locations, but had one in mind and checked the OS map (I keep a box of them in the car). There was only one spot where the sun would still be on the nose that rang a bell, and that was Clipstone - although when I got there it wasn't the place I thought it was...
But there was still a shot, the sun was still on the nose (at least for a short time longer), and there was another photographer there; there was also lots of blue sky around (far more than there had been further south). Unfortunately, the first 769 run had been 25 minutes late (and had missed the sun by about a minute), and I ended up arriving at about the time 4Z37 was due - although I knew the train had left the Derby area 18 minutes late, so hoped I had a few minutes to spare. The presence of the other photographer reassured me I'd not missed it, but there was a problem: he said the train had not reported since Long Eaton. So I checked Realtime Trains and found that it had reported at Toton, but was now 76 minutes late (apparently, there had been a problem with dragging brakes).
I now had a dilemma: if I stayed here, the sun would be off the nose when the train appeared (and it wasn't a very side-on shot, with the train coming round a gentle curve and me stood on the outside of the curve), but I didn't know any other locations. I could see that just slightly further west the sun angle would be better... so, with nearly an hour in hand (so I thought), I went off to have a look.
I'd now seen a message which said what 37508 was hauling, so I knew it was four "items" and they were some sort of on-track plant - but I didn't know for certain whether each "item" was a single, normal-length vehicle making up a four-car "unit", or if each one was something articulated and therefore much longer (although I guessed - correctly - the former).
Not far from where I'd originally gone, I spotted this view across the fields as I drove past, and thought the lineside was clear enough of bushes that I'd get something - and, being a side-on shot, the sun not being on the nose was not a problem. However, I drove on to look at some other locations, but none of them were any good, so I came back to have a better look here (and if it hadn't been any good I'd have gone back to the original spot).
I kept checking the train's progress on RTT, and suddenly found it had missed a pathing stop at Pinxton (which I'd not spotted in the schedule) and had passed Shirebrook Jn. only 51 late... it wasn't very far away. As I got out of the car here, RTT was estimating it would pass Clipstone West Jn. at 12.50 - and it was 12.50 when I was stood ready to take the photo...
If it had passed me in the minute or so it took to get my stuff out of the car and walk twenty yards, surely I'd have heard the train? But yet there was no sign of it appearing, and no reports on RTT since Shirebrook Jn. (although that didn't surprise me). Ten minutes passed, and there was no train. Cloud was now coming over, and the sun disappeared. I must have missed it. But I didn't pack up and go, although no longer had my eyes glued permanently to where the train would appear.
Twenty minutes later than RTT had predicted, the train appeared - at the same time as the sun found a small hole in the cloud. I started firing slightly later than I might have done, but didn't miss the shot with the train in the best position. The time was now 13.10; railway systems record the train reaching High Marnham at 13.08, having lost only one extra minute since Shirebrook Jn., so the actual time it reached its destination is not the one that was recorded.
Manipulation notes: Not knowing how long the train would be, I erred on the side of caution and allowed for a longer train than it actually was, and didn't change to a longer lens. So this has been cropped considerably on both sides (as well as top and bottom, to a 16:9 ratio). I've also removed the power lines above the train. In addition, some of the darkest areas of the image (such as a shadow across the middle) have been lightened slightly.
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Postboxes often have letters on the front of them with a meaning that most people don't know. The markings give an indication of how long ago the letterbox was produced.
The letters on the front of postboxes have always had subtle reference Monarch of the time - which for the last 63 years was to Queen Elizabeth. And even though it's now her son King Charles in charge, it's going to stay that way.
The letters are called the “Royal Cypher” and they give any eagle-eyed onlookers a subtle clue as to when the post box was erected.
A “GR” post box was put up during the era of King George V, from 1910 to 1936, while “GR VI” boxes were from the reign of George VI, from 1936 to 1952.
This GR postbox can be found on the platform at Ropley Station on the Mid-Hants Railway in Hampshire. It is for posting donations for the upkeep and general maintenance of the heritage station.
A Glenwood Springs, Colorado - Salt Lake City, Utah OCS train has successfully descended the 13-mile Soldier Creek Line Change as it glides westward through Detour, Utah in Spanish Fork Canyon.
UP dispatcher 378 has routed a Provo - Helper manifest freight through Detour, displaying a clear indication at ABS 6656-2 as the train approaches from Narrows on July 1, 2025.
PUBLISHED:
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The lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor) is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, with another population in India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants. It was moved from the genus Phoeniconaias to Phoenicoparrus in 2014.
The lesser flamingo is the smallest species of flamingo, though it is a tall and large bird by most standards. The species can weigh from 1.2 to 2.7 kg (2.6 to 6.0 lb). The standing height is around 80 to 90 cm (31 to 35 in). The total length (from beak to tail) and wingspan are in the same range of measurements, from 90 to 105 cm (35 to 41 in). Most of the plumage is pinkish white. The clearest difference between this species and the greater flamingo, the only other Old World species of flamingo, is the much more extensive black on the bill. Size is less helpful unless the species are together, since the sexes of each species also differ in height.
The lesser flamingo may be the most numerous species of flamingo, with a population that (at its peak) probably numbered up to two million individual birds. This species feeds primarily on Spirulina, algae which grow only in very alkaline lakes. Presence of flamingo groups near water bodies is indication of sodic alkaline water which is not suitable for irrigation use. Although blue-green in colour, the algae contain the photosynthetic pigments that give the birds their pink colour. Their deep bill is specialised for filtering tiny food items.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_flamingo
Lake Amboseli is located in the Nyiri Desert (also called Taru or Nyika Desert ) that stretches along southern border of Kenya and Tanzania. The name ‘lake’ is a bit of a misnomer as for most of the year all it is is a massive flat desert pan with no water in it, except after extended rains, when it becomes an alkaline lake.
By now it is well know what I love about music. Interesting compositions, harmonies, smart, deep lyrics and basically all music theories reinterpreted are a good indication that I will like a song. There are a few music styles I don't cover much because I enjoy them only in certain situations (techno for example only on the dancefloor, most hip hop is just boys talking about women.. that sort of things) and certain artists I just don't 'feel'. But every now and then one of those surprise me.. and I start to listen again and again just to figure out why I like one particular song in their catalogue. And that's the case with this one. The beat is almost boringly repetitive, the arrangement.. well.. contemporary pop. Yet the lyrics.. it fits. What do we learn from this? Never judge prematurely.. and there is no bad musc, just different taste and moods 😁
I've been watching you
For some time
Can't stop staring
At those oceans eyes
Burning cities
And napalm skies
Fifteen flares inside those ocean eyes
Your ocean eyes
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
I've been walking through
A world gone blind
Can't stop thinking of your diamond mind
Careful creature
Made friends with time
He left her lonely with a diamond mind
And those ocean eyes
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
No fair
You really know how to make me cry
When you gimme those ocean eyes
I'm scared
I've never fallen from quite this high
Falling into your ocean eyes
Those ocean eyes
BNSF 1665 is waiting signal indication to proceed south over the Palmer Divide and onto the single-track main portion of the Joint Line on the north side of Palmer Lake, CO.
The was a beefier-than-normal Pikes Peak Local which was a nice surprise. The dual air conditioning units were much-needed on this particular day as temps in the Pikes Peak Region hovered in the mid-to-upper 90s. I caught the BNSF 1665 a couple of times in my railfanning life, once when it ran as BNSF 8014 14 years ago in North Dakota and two years ago when it was still in its fading H1 paint:
www.flickr.com/photos/chris_paulhamus/34507288454/
Confessional: As it was stopped at the time, I had to turn the ditch lights on in Post. Interestingly, by the time I got back to my car, the ditch lights were on and the PPL would be rolling a few minutes later. I could have gone back to re-shoot with the lights on...but it was just too hot, especially knowing they could be turned on in my air conditioned living room hours later!
New Zealand Kākā finds something tasty in the Wellington Botanic Gardens. Classified as endangered, this relative of the Kea is an indication of the breeding success at the near-by Zealandia wildlife sanctuary, where 800 nestlings have been tagged since 2002.
An indication that Britain's only named wind is blowing is the long plume of cloud running parallel to the Pennines and extending for some distance between the hills and the Eden Valley. This cloud is known as the Helm Bar.
The wind blows when we are getting our weather from the East. It is in effect a standing wave of rapidly moving air. Other mountainous areas in the country exhibit the same wind with the accompanying cloud but the Cross Fell wind is the only one named. Mallerstang Edge has a similar weather phenomenon when conditions are right
From left to right:
Peter Watts (VIC) "Hidden Seclusion" was just voted the People's Choice Winner, which he describes as "A moment in time - in paint." (Only photography can truly make this claim.)
Acrylic on belgium linen
130 x 170 cms
Melissa Kenihan (VIC) "Rise of the Giants".
Oil on stretched linen.
104 x 109 cms
Robin Wingrave (TAS) "Lost?"
Oil on canvas
71 x 51 cms
Before photography taught us to see things as they are, great landscape art was closely linked to mythological thinking. Artists did not have the materials to go out into the fields to paint scenes as they were, and with no camera to make a record, memory and imagination were central to painting in studio the kinds of landscapes that were made famous by Claude Lorrain (1600-1682). With the invention of the paint tube in the early 19th century it became feasible to paint en plein air, and so followers of Lorrain, like John Glover began to do so.
By the time of Impressionism (from the late 1860s) photography had established itself as the "scientific" medium of record, but it struggled to be seen as having any relevance to fine art. But in many ways the rise of impressionistic painting was already an indication that the influence of photography was being felt. Why paint a realistic scene when the camera can render it as such? The Cubists made no bones about this fact, and it can be argued that abstract painting is derived from the influence of photography.
The first native-born Australian landscape artist was Tasmanian William Piguenit (1836-1914). Piguenit's day job was as a land surveyor, and he used a camera to record the landscape. He became the first artist in Australia to use the camera as the basis for constructing his imaginative landscapes.
These days it is possible to see the way photography has even influenced the compositions of contemporary landscape painting. These three selections I have shown are just some of the best examples. Now there are mitigating circumstances at play here, in that because of Covid travel restrictions artists had no choice but to rely on photographs as the basis for their work.
Nevertheless, I'm sure you'll agree that the People's Choice winner on the left has been strongly influenced by the way photographers seek to capture the light (there are shades of Bill Henson here). The painting of the forest tops in the middle could only be possible with the advent of drone photography, and the beautiful little Eastern Quoll on the right is set in a landscape that meets all the requirements for good landscape photography. No wonder, because this work began life as a photo.
Mariposa Golondrina Grande /Androgeus swallowtail, (Heraclides androgeus epidaurus), Tambien llamada cola de golondrina de Androgeus, página reina, o cola de golondrina reina, es una mariposa neotropical de la familia Papilionidae. Se encuentra desde México hasta Argentina con una pequeña población en el sur de Florida.
Los sexos son diferentes y la hembra se presenta en muchos distritos en dos formas. Cola estrecha, puntiaguda. Ala trasera arriba con medias lunas submarginales azuladas estrechas, debajo con una fila regular de medias lunas amarillo rojizas entre la celda y el margen exterior.
La hembra de P. androgeus tiene en las alas anteriores dos grandes manchas amarillas, a veces también una pequeña mancha;
Los adultos vuelan de abril a octubre en múltiples generaciones por año.
Las larvas se alimentan de las hojas de Zanthoxylum elefantiasis (Pino macho), Citrus reticulata (Mandarina) y Citrus sinensis (Naranja dulce). Los adultos se alimentan del néctar de varias flores.
Generalmente común y hasta ahora no amenazada. Tolerante a áreas abiertas y crecimiento secundario.
Subespecies
* Papilio androgeus androgeus – (Surinam, Colombia, Ecuador a Bolivia, Brasil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso))
* Papilio androgeus epidaurus Godman & Salvin, 1890 – (Florida, México, Panamá, Cuba a Santa Lucía) macho: el área amarilla muy ancha: hembra: alas anteriores con indicaciones de una banda amarilla fuera de la celda; la escama gris-azulada en las alas traseras es densa.
* Papilio androgeus laodocus (Fabricius, 1793) – (Brasil (Minas Gerais, Paraná), Paraguay, Argentina) el área amarilla del macho es pálida, las pequeñas manchas colocadas antes de la extremidad de la celda son más pequeñas y, a menudo, completamente deficientes. Solo se conoce una hembra; esto es similar a la hembra androgeus de la subespecie nominal, pero la mancha amarilla superior es más pequeña que la segunda.
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Lugar de Observacion: Jardin Botanico De Santo Domingo
Republica Dominicana.
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clasificación cientifica
Reino Animal
Filo: Artrópodos
Clase: Insecto
Orden: Lepidópteros
Familia: Papilionidae
Género: Papilio
Especie: P. androgeus
Nombre binomial
papilio androgeo
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Papilio androgeus, the Androgeus swallowtail, queen page, or queen swallowtail, is a Neotropical butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found from Mexico to Argentina with a small population in southern Florida.
The sexes are different and the female occurs in many districts in two forms. Tail narrow, pointed. Hindwing above with narrow bluish submarginal crescents, beneath with a regular row of reddish yellow crescents between cell and outer margin.
Female P. androgeus has on the forewing two large yellow patches, sometimes also a small spot;
Adults are on wing from April to October in multiple generations per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Zanthoxylum elephantiasis (Pino macho), Citrus reticulata (Mandarina), and Citrus sinensis (Naranja dulce/Sweet oranges). Adults feed on nectar of various flowers.
Generally common and not so far threatened. Tolerant of open areas and secondary growth.
Subspecies
* Papilio androgeus androgeus – (Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador to Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso))
* Papilio androgeus epidaurus Godman & Salvin, 1890 – (Florida, Mexico, Panama, Cuba to Santa Lucia) male: the yellow area very broad: female: forewing with indications of a yellow band outside the cell; the grey-blue scaling on the hindwing dense.
* Papilio androgeus laodocus (Fabricius, 1793) – (Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná), Paraguay, Argentina) the yellow area of the male is pale, the small spots placed before the extremity of the cell are smaller and often entirely wanting. Only one female known; this is similar to the female androgeus of the nominate subspecies, but the upper yellow spot is smaller than the second.
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Lugar de Observación: Reserva Privada CAOS, Jarabaco. Rep. Dominicana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Papilionidae
Genus:Papilio
Species:P. androgeus
Binomial name
Papilio androgeus
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Malthouse Broad - those clouds are an indication that the next day would be the end of a mini heatwave.
EXPLOSIVE SONG, is the first indication of its presence, and often the last, as they are very skulking, you have to be very lucky to see one, this was taken at Oare Marshes, Kent, U.K, several weeks ago, came hope thinking it was not good enough to show, but am desperate to find something better at the moment.
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SORRY that many of you will label this as a L.B.B.
Little brown bird, but special to me!
+++++++++++++++++++++++THANK YOU, for all your support and kind comments, hope you have a good week, may God bless you all........
................Tomx.........
The rising sun burns off the remaining fog as the famous Brownstown bracket illuminates with a stop indication for L452 who has just entered the block.
After getting signal indication at CP 138 in Columbus, Ohio, the CUOH NKPA gets on the move behind a trio of ex-UP OHCR SD40-2's and heads towards its destination of CSX's Parson Yard.
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CUOH C&N Sub
Columbus, OH
CUOH NKPA (Newark, OH to CSX Parsons Yard - Columbus, OH)
OHCR 3308 SD40-2 Ex. UP 7882, UP 3649 Blt. 1979
OHCR 722 SD40-2 Ex. NECR 722, FEC 722, PRSX 3756, UP 3756 Blt. 1980
OHCR 3329 SD40-2 Ex. UP 3329, UP 8059 Blt. 1976
Jane's dog, Elliot, helps to remind her to take a reading break for a sensible snack. Jane gets lost in reading for hours.
Blythe a Day - Sense and Sensibility (Becoming Jane) - 9/2/24
There is no indication that Jane Austen had pets, but many of her characters had dogs. I named this dog Elliot, the last name of Anne Elliot, the main character in Jane's novel "Persuasion."
Dogs in Jane Austen Novels:
elizashearerblog.wordpress.com/2022/06/04/dogs-in-jane-au...
Blythe - Blue Rabbit (posing as Jane Austen for September)
Dress - Ebay
Bonnet - my aunt made it for a Hollie Hobby doll when I was a baby
Shawl - Etsy
Bench and apple- thrift store finds
Dog - Barbie
Grass - scrapbook paper
Branches - from my real Norfolk Pine potted plant
Background - calendar
#blythe #blythedoll #dollscene #blythebluerabbit #dollreading #dollbook #dolldiorama #dollpet #playscalescene #playscalediorama
Perhaps an indication of what we were in for the following day weatherwise, dour conditions at Crawford as a DRS intermodal thunders past.
66126 working 4M82, the 16.10 Coatbridge (Drs) to Daventry Int Rft Recep Fl at Crawford, Sunday 1.9.24
Sanssouci, Postdam, Brandenburg, Deutschland.
Sanssouci (del francés sans souci= «sin preocupaciones») es el nombre de un conjunto de edificios y jardines que incluyen el antiguo palacio de verano oficial de Federico II el Grande, rey de Prusia, en Potsdam, cerca de Berlín. Se trata de una de las obras cumbres del estilo Rococó, y es también notable por los numerosos templetes y pabellones diseminados por el parque que rodea el conjunto.
El Palacio de Sanssouci combina la arquitectura del siglo XVIII con una arquitectura paisajística. Bajo la dirección de Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, se edificó entre de 1745 y 1747 un palacete de una sola planta del estilo de un “maison de plaisance” según las indicaciones del rey. El edificio comprende dos alas laterales que ocupa casi toda la parte superior de la terraza. Las alas del palacio cuentan con filas de árboles en su lado norte y terminan en sendas glorietas enrejadas, decoradas con adornos dorados.
Bajo su cúpula se encuentra el Salón de Mármol oval en el que pudo celebrarse la legendaria tertulia organizada por el soberano prusiano, deseoso de compartir sus inquietudes musicales y filosóficas con invitados como Voltaire. La decoración interior es, en su mayor parte, originaria desde el siglo XVIII.
Federico II residió en el Palacio habitualmente. Sin embargo, después de su muerte en 1786, este se mantuvo vacío y descuidado hasta mediados del siglo XIX.
Sanssouci (from the French sans souci = "carefree") is the name of a group of buildings and gardens that include the former official summer palace of Frederick II the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin. It is one of the top works of the Rococo style, and it is also notable for the many pavilions and pavilions scattered throughout the park that surrounds the complex.
Sanssouci Palace combines 18th century architecture with landscape architecture Under the direction of Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, between 1745 and 1747 a one-storey mansion in the style of a “maison de plaisance” was built according to the indications The building comprises two lateral wings that occupy almost the entire upper part of the terrace. The wings of the palace have rows of trees on their north side and end in gazebos gated, decorated with gold ornaments.
Under its dome is the oval Marble Hall where the legendary gathering organized by the Prussian sovereign, eager to share his musical and philosophical concerns with guests like Voltaire, could be held. The interior decoration is, for the most part, original from the 18th century.
Frederick II regularly resided in the Palace, however after his death in 1786 it remained empty and neglected until the mid-19th century.
Former EWS loco No. 66132, renumbered GBRf No. 66785 passes Cattishall in charge of the 4L02 05.33 Hams Hall Gbrf - Felixstowe South Gbrf on the 11 January 2023. The lack of emissions from the British Sugar factory an indication that the beet season is now over.
Found this alligator camoflauged in algae floating in a pond at Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge. If the feathers are any indication, his last meal was likely a bird. (Alligator mississippiensis)
Here is an ultra-wide vertical panorama of a small stand of Ironwood trees in various stages of growth (and decomposition).
Of all the species of tall trees in the Knysna forests... the Black Ironwood (Olea Capensis) is the most abundant. Can you guess why? The name should give you some indication.
For a period of about 160 years the Knysna forests were the primary source of timber in South Africa. They supplied the wood required for the construction of homes (floors and roof-beams), ships, wagon-carts, railway sleepers, furniture... and the list goes on. In 1890, in order to supplement the rapidly diminishing indigenous forests and the increasing demand for timber, the government started planting fast-growing exotic species like pine and eucalyptus. It was only several decades later when the trees in these plantations were large enough to harvest, that the demand for indigenous wood started to decrease. And it was only in 1939 that the government finally annulled the rights of the woodcutters to work the forests.
Of the several hundred species of plants and trees in the Knysna forests... there are only 65 species that can be regarded as a tree... and only 27 species that will grow taller than about 4-8 metres. Of those 27 species only 22 will grow taller than about 10 metres... and only 14 species will grow taller than 20 metres. Finally, there are only 2 species that can grow taller than about 30 metres... the Ironwood (Olea Capensis) and the king of the jungle... the mighty Yellowwood (Podocarpus Falcatus)... which under ideal conditions can reach 50 metres in height.
So why is the Ironwood tree so abundant in these forests? Mostly because the wood is so incredibly hard and heavy... that the early woodcutters completely ignored these trees and focussed all their attention on the softer trees... which were easier to cut and transport to the sawmills.
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Tundra Swan TUSW (Cygnus columbianus)
Fields historically within the Vantreight Farms land
Saanich Peninsula BC
Now signage marks as “Longview Farms”
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Although very picturesque pose, this posture is not indicative of or natural for species.
Observations of this individual over several weeks sadly confirmed that this individual is not in optimal health.
It was still flight capable and there were indications that it was getting better.
I suppose it is even possible that it may be sick with the so called 'bird flu', but it was wonky for at least a month of obs. which may (or may not?) rule out H5N1 avian influenza virus.
I did not see this individual again -- perhaps it carried on Northward in its migration. By all appearances ,safe to say this individual will not be participating in breeding activities this year.
Also noticed there seemed to be a bit of an abrasion on side of bill
At approximately 0749 on September 15, 2020, UP Train MCXNP 14 ran a stop indication and derailed on a crossover switch at State Line Jct. on the KCT High Line while crossing over from 75 to 74 Track. The switches were out of correspondence, being thrown while the stop signal violation took place. At over 20 MPH, both engines and the head 5 cars derailed, listing but upright.
The derailment thankfully stayed on the ballasted deck bridge without falling to the ground below, but presented a unique challenge with where the equipment came to rest, necessitating the use of several contractors to remove the locomotives and railcars.
Wilkerson Crane Rental, Inc., and Cranemasters did most of the lifting, while Mainline Services LLC., under the direction of BNSF engineering forces, as they have the MOW contract on the KCT; replaced the track. Watco/KCTL dropped new ballast with a BNSF rock train to replace what was removed from the bridge deck during cleanup.
A myriad of other contractors also assisted in moving the needed materials and equipment into the site. The line returned to service at 0450 on the 17th without the crossover, which will be restored at a later date. It was nothing short of a fascinating procedure to watch as the equipment was recovered.
Here a UP yard job has been sent to State Line Jct. to retrieve the locomotives and head car of the train, and are returning to UP Armourdale Yard as a hospital move behind an NS unit passing through High Line Jct.
Locomotives: NS 4187, UP 6539, UP 9104
Rolling Stock: TTGX 697357
9-16-20
Kansas City, KS
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello. It is dedicated to and holds the relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the city.
The church is located on the eastern end of Saint Mark's Square, the former political and religious centre of the Republic of Venice, and is attached to the Doge's Palace. Prior to the fall of the republic in 1797, it was the chapel of the Doge and was subject to his jurisdiction, with the concurrence of the procurators of Saint Mark de supra for administrative and financial affairs.
The present structure is the third church, begun probably in 1063 to express Venice's growing civic consciousness and pride. Like the two earlier churches, its model was the sixth-century Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, although accommodations were made to adapt the design to the limitations of the physical site and to meet the specific needs of Venetian state ceremonies. Middle-Byzantine, Romanesque, and Islamic influences are also evident, and Gothic elements were later incorporated. To convey the republic's wealth and power, the original brick façades and interior walls were embellished over time with precious stones and rare marbles, primarily in the thirteenth century. Many of the columns, reliefs, and sculptures were spoils stripped from the churches, palaces, and public monuments of Constantinople as a result of the Venetian participation in the Fourth Crusade. Among the plundered artefacts brought back to Venice were the four ancient bronze horses that were placed prominently over the entry.
The interior of the domes, the vaults, and the upper walls were slowly covered with gold-ground mosaics depicting saints, prophets, and biblical scenes. Many of these mosaics were later retouched or remade as artistic tastes changed and damaged mosaics had to be replaced, such that the mosaics represent eight hundred years of artistic styles. Some of them derive from traditional Byzantine representations and are masterworks of Medieval art; others are based on preparatory drawings made by prominent Renaissance artists from Venice and Florence, including Paolo Veronese, Tintoretto, Titian, Paolo Uccello, and Andrea del Castagno.
Although St Mark's was modelled after the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, ceremonial needs and limitations posed by the pre-existing walls and foundations made it necessary to adapt the design. The cruciform plan with five domes was maintained. However the Holy Apostles was a true centrally planned church: the central dome, larger than the others, was alone pierced with windows, and the altar was located underneath. There was no distinction between the four crossarms: no apse existed and double-tiered arcades surrounded the interior on all sides. In contrast, the longitudinal axis was emphasized to create a space appropriate for processions associated with state ceremonies. Both the central and western domes are larger, accentuating the progression along the nave, and by means of a series of increasingly smaller arches, the nave visually narrows towards the raised chancel in the eastern crossarm, where the altar stands. The crossarms of the transept are shorter and narrower. Optically, their height and width are further reduced by the insertion of arches, supported on double columns within the barrel vaults. The domes of the transept and the chancel are also smaller.
As with the Holy Apostles, each dome rests on four barrel vaults, those of the central dome rising from quadripartite (four-legged) piers. But the two-tiered arcades that reinforced the vaults in the Holy Apostles were modified. In St Mark's there are no upper arcades, and as a result the aisles are less isolated from the central part of the church. The effect is of more unified sense of space and an openness that have parallels in other Byzantine churches constructed in the eleventh century, an indication that the chief architect was influenced by middle-Byzantine architectural models in addition to the sixth-century Church of the Holy Apostles
In keeping with my black and white theme (for the moment) I present a black and white version of the Palace of the Popes (Palais des Papes) in Avignon, France. A father and his young son were playing with a soccer ball in the plaza while I captured this image. Off in the distance close to the Palace you can see the small figures of people that give an indication of the size of the building.
The Palace of the Popes was occupied by seven Roman Catholic popes (actually, nine if you count the 2 "anti-popes" of the Papal Schism) during the 14th century and was considered the seat of Western Christianity before the return of the papacy to Rome. The Palace is huge and is actually two joined buildings - it was the largest Gothic building of the Middle Ages.
It was a special moment for me seeing the many snowy owls that had gathered along the dyke at Boundary Bay two years ago. By the amount of cameras clicking they had to be the most photographed snowy owls in the world! Her pinkish coloured feathers on her feet are probably a good indication that she had recently eaten breakfast.
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Eastbound freight 12G rolls past the 258 signals in Portage, PA sending the track 1 signal from a clear to a stop and proceed indication. Almost ten years later and these PRR veterans are still holding on, but not for long with the impending PTC installation.
As an indication of the history attached to All Saints’ Church at Tilbrook in Cambridgeshire, there is evidence of construction dating from every century from the 12th to the 16th, Victorian rebuilding in the 19th century and 20th century renovations. The tower and spire were built in the 14th century.
These game birds wander around the eastern margins of Puerto de la Cruz in pairs. Usually, the first indication of their presence is a whirring of wings as they fly off, but this one hung around long enough for a photo.
It's older than most of the people I know, and maybe older than me. I bought it used in Los Angeles in 1975.
It's not so large, maybe 8' long, and it still contains my camera repair tools, my fancy Swedish pliers, etc. There is no indication of where it was made, just the butterfly on the zipper pull.
Photographed for Macro Mondays, fastener, but I'll probably use a different photo.
While not an indication of our accomodation this caravan wreck caught my eye. I did feel that the number of wrecked cars and other decrepit stuff wasn't too bad considering the distances.
Somerset is an historic place - a ruined area of a former administrative centre with a history of violence against the local indigenous people who were not backward in attacking the invaders of their lands. The area had a lot of historic graves but not much else due to a fire in the 1960's.
For more information - www.capeyorkaustralia.com/somerset-australia.html and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset,_Queensland