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I took a relaxing day trip to the Adirondacks on Saturday. I got some nice drone images while there.
I hope everyone enjoys this image! :D
One of the adorable little leaf-cutter bees that I gave a home to last summer. I live in Maryland but these were ordered from a breeder.
Just another wider take on this scene to help give you a sense of how truly massive these cranes are.
Remember in this post how I shared a bit about my surprise as to how busy the Savannah rail terminal is: flic.kr/p/2orwBib Well this should put it into starker relief for your. This is the Mason Mega Rail Terminal viewed looking down from Bourne Ave. (compass northwest) at the east half of the 18 track yard. Each of the two groups of 9 tracks has four wide span cranes reaching across its breadth. Everything here you see is new to support the absolute explosion in container volume through the Georgia Port Authority's. To put in perspective in 2003 the port handled 1.5 million TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) and 5.9 million in 2022 and are building out capacity to support up to 9 million by 2025! There are tons of stories online about the port and this growth but here are a couple specific to the rail terminal in this photo:
gaports.com/blog/gpa-commissions-first-two-cranes-for-mas...
In days of old the port trackage was operated by the Savannah State Docks Railroad but since 1998 has been operated under contract to the Genesee and Wyoming as the Savannah Port Terminal Railroad. With the contract extended it seems like this road will be around for the long term and busier than ever.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210421005327/en/GW%E2%80...
A pair of Georgia Central GP38-2s are dwarfed by the cranes with GC 2115 having been blt. Nov. 1979 as Chicago and Northwestern 4610. The SAPT only rosters three units in their own lettering and two of those, original Savannah State Docks SW1001s, are on the EPA consent decree 'kill list' that was all the talk a couple months ago. Sadly I eient get to see them during my very brief outing.
Garden City, Georgia
Wednesday March 30, 2023
Fort Mason, once known as San Francisco Port of Embarkation, US Army, in San Francisco, California, is a former United States Army post located in the northern Marina District, alongside San Francisco Bay.
A stunning little beast. Quite fascinating creatures. As ever, Stephen Falk has documented them rather well - www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/7215763704...
A single frame shot taken handheld in a field in Pitstone, UK
Mason County, Michigan. The beach at Ludington State Park at dawn.
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Tokina 11-16
Filter: B+W ND 110
Post: Lightroom CC
We traveled around Mason Lake to a peaceful campsite where we had lunch. A few dozen people were around the bend on the other side of the lake noisily enjoying themselves. Thankfully, we didn't hear them very much in this spot.
We scrambled around the lake to a small campsite to eat lunch far from the noisy crowd. There was a cold wind blowing but no rain. Would have been good to have a rain (we had raincoats along) because everything was very, very dry.
A mason bee (possibly the blue orchard bee Osmia lignaria, though this guy is distinctly more green than blue) visiting flowers in my yard. One of the most striking pollinators in my garden! ID help for the flowers would be appreciated.
I thought the raised lettering on the outside of the jar interacted nicely with the air bubbles on the inside (the jar is being repurposed as a vase for a few wildflowers, and so is full of water).
Vivitar 55mm F2.8 Macro
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From Wikipedia about the name Mason.
The popularity of this name has increased in recent years, becoming the second most popular name given to boys in the United States in 2011
By a strange coincidence, I named my cat in 2011 by this name
Delighted that a few Osmia bicornis Red Mason bees have begun to emerge from the bee hotel in my garden (see photo in first comment). ID confirmed as a male Red Mason Bee on the Insects/Invertebrates Ireland FB page. The males emerge before the females apparently.
My Dad made the bee hotel & as he had several already he gave it to me when I was over visiting them in Hereford last Summer. Several of the tubes were sealed with mud. Coming back on the car ferry I suddenly panicked & thought "what if I'm introducing a new species to Ireland"? Thankfully Red Mason bees are already here, phew! HWW & HBBBT!
Trundling south on the old Colorado & Southern street running trackage down Mason Street in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a BNSF freight traversing the Front Range Subdivision on March 25, 2008.
I thought it was some kind of a fancy fly, but turns out it's a Mason Bee.
It was hanging out with a bunch of regular looking bees on the flowers on the back patio!
Shortly after taking this photo, I went to Dart's Hill Garden. A Mason Bee group had a display set up with a photo of a Mason Bee that looked identical to this creature. I'm guessing there are different types of Mason Bees?
From Wikipedia: "Mason bee is a name now commonly used for species of bees in the genus Osmia, of the family ... Osmia species are frequently metallic green or blue"
Mason, Texas, TX. Rural, landscape, countryside, nature, tree, iPhone, iPhoneography, Hipstamatic, HipstaPrint.
I am hopeless. I have done nothing all day... so much for all of the projects I had in my mind (where they generally stay...forever). I went back to the abandoned stone house and took more pictures.... and I found these mason jars... and they followed me home....
Someone really needs to save me from myself...
Mason jars are a wonderful thing. You can fill them with treasures... like seashells, or buttons, or clothespins (yes, they are treasures, too) and then add them to the thousand other mason jars filled with treasures.... *sigh*
A Mason & Hamiln organ from the workhouse.
I like the "Please don't touch me, I'm having a rest" sign
The company Mason & Hamlin is an American brand, founded in Massachusetts in 1854 by the son of Lowell Mason. More information here:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_%26_Hamlin
I am intrigued as to how an American organ arrived in a workhouse in Nottinghamshire.
Mason Greenwood is 18 and there was an article about him in today's Times.
That shouldn't come as a surprise as there was an article about him in yesterday's Times, too. And the day before, and the day before that ... and ...
You get the picture. Mason may just be a special footballer.
Mason, Texas, TX. Rural, farm, meditation circle, rocks, stones, Hipstamatic, HipstaPrint, black and white, monochrome, grayscale.
These are on a Mason Jar used for preserving homegrown fruits, as well as homemade jellies and jams.
photo size: 2.9" w by 2.3" h
Centimeters: 7.3 w by 5.8 h
Theme: "Embossed"
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Mason bees I think. On our driveway. Picked them up in case they got stood on. Quick mobile snap and let them carry on, in the safety of the garden.
The Mason-Dixon Trail is a 195 mile path that connects the Appalachian Trail in with the Brandywine Trail near the Delaware border. This section of the trail is located right along the western side of the Susquehanna. A beautiful walk even in the mist. Have a great weekend.
Mason was one of a litter of four kittens, gifted to us in 2005 by a little pregnant stray we named Coconut. Sixteen years of wonderful memories would follow. Thank you, Coconut.
50mm, f/2, AI Nikkor
Union Pacific power on the front of CSX train Q016 helps the Pennsylvania/Maryland border look like somewhere in Nebraska. Long summer days make it possible to catch the intermodal leaving Chambersburg and working its way down the Lurgan Subdivision.
We hiked up Mason Creek yesterday. The creek was often full of new tree fall and debris. But I found this sweet little spot.
Explored.