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I continue with a summer theme mostly as i am painstakingly going through my image files. Readying for my transition to mac OS. So fed up am i by windows. Along the way i find an image suitable for a re: edit prior going back to dropbox.
As i write i am told that the first of our many crocuses has reared its head. Also from m my desk i saw a blue tit flying from out of our nest box. Exciting.
This image was shot i May 23
A newly-emerged female Buffish Mining Bee (Andrena nigroaenea) in our Staffordshire garden.
There's been lots of solitary bee activity recently, but a significant fall of snow last night will have slowed them down a bit!
Window reflections from Park City, Utah. Hundred yr. old glass in these windows.
Leonard Cohen's Sisters of Mercy youtu.be/VT9k5NHCdvQ
Some Slaves forced to mine for gold in the harsh heats of distant (country name here) Slavery can be harsh... And in this heat, rebellion is often frowned upon :P
And more from the garden during the lockdown period. We are lucky to have a small garden which we enjoy tremendously at the moment. While looking for more motifs for new photos I noticed a few bees flying low over the grass and they turned out to be mining bees looking for a spot to dig a hole in the ground. Those solitary bees will then lay one single egg and add pollen for the larvae. Not easy to photograph as they were obviously not standing still for my camera ;-)
Quite happy to see that my standard walk-around tamron lens is good enough to image the little single eyes the bees have in the middle of their head!
One of several ancient trucks once used in mining resting in Goldpoint, Nevada.
Happy Truck Thursday!
at the Sand Thomas River (officially Santo Thomas River) in Zambales, Philippines. The origin of the river is on Mount Pinatubo which had erupted over 30 years ago.
We have around 67 species within the Andrenidae family in the UK and I haven't quite worked out which one this is yet! To be honest, I'm not even 100% sure it is a mining bee. I'll update if my detective skills uncover its real identity :-)
Another shot of the mine close to Dutch Settlement, Nova Scotia. Once again so pleased that taking the image through a wire fence doesn't show.
Steam from fresh pellets and the plant kilns envelopes the thousand footer Stewart J. Cort at Northshore Mining in Silver Bay. Shipping on Lake Superior will end around January 15 when the Soo Lock close for the winter (reopening March 25). The temperature when I grabbed this was mild, around 2 degrees.
DFS invites you to put on your helmet and grab your pick to start this new mining adventure.
These new items are available in the store, you can't miss this fun experience!
* DFS Mine - Ores
* DFS Mine Tool Cart
* DFS Anvil
DFS ForgeStore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DFS/128/147/23?fbclid=IwAR...
Old mining equipment under the Milky Way in Nevada City Montana. It was really dark and quiet and then some animal chased something else in my direction while growling like a cougar or something. I ran away.
Wheal Owles, Cornwall.
Work began on extracting tin and minerals at Wheal Owles in the 1850s. At its height it had 29 miles of levels and 11 steam engines at the site, a mile from St Just.
In an event which could have stepped straight from the pages of a novel, tragedy struck in January 1893 when flood water broke through the underground workings trapping one boy and 19 men. Their bodies were never recovered and the mine remained closed from that day. There is a plaque recalling their names on the wall of the engine house.
(extract from 'We Are Cornwall' website)
Did a walk round the garden before lunch. Quite dull & cold then, not many insects about, just a couple of Mining Bee's. Probably Andrena species
With mining a thing of the past, Zollverein is now a World Cultural Heritage well-suited to host historical and cultural exhibits itself in the Ruhr museum situated on the grounds of the former mining complex.
GHH mining machine underground shovel, when they were introduced in the Monteponi mine, helped to make the work lighter and faster. He wouldn't mind seeing it displayed in a protected area and not exposed to the elements. A machine created to work indoors that ends its "career" outdoors. The most interesting part are the reinforcements made by hand welding along the entire profile of the blade of the shovel. Although not a certainly functional artistic work; this is proof of the mastery and skills that the staff had acquired in working in a mine like this.
Pala da sottosuolo GHH mining machine, quando vennero introdotte nella miniera di Monteponi aiutarono a rendere il lavoro più leggero e veloce. Non sabbe male vederla esposta in una zona protetta e non esposta alle intemperie. Una macchina che nasce per lavorare al chiuso che finisce al sua "carriera" all'aria aperta. La parte più interessante sono i rinforzi realizzati con saldatura a mano lungo tutto il profilo della lama della pala. Seppure non un lavoro artistico sicuramente funzionale; questo a riprova della maestria e delle competenze che il personale aveva acquisito nel lavorare in una miniera come questa.
First time I've noticed one of these. Ashy Mining Bee feeds from wild flowers left to grow in the garden.
Returning to Babbitt are two SD18s, an SD9, and an SD28,along with 178 empty ore cars. The cobalt blue waters of Lake Superior can barely be seen in the far distance above the 1232's number boards. All four units are lettered for former owner Reserve Mining.
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original polaroid taken 19 december 2025
dslr scan taken 21 december 2025 for 365
polaroid 600se
mamiya 75mm/5.6
polaroid 669
expired 11/1999
| mining |
in the mountain coal -
mining the seam -
a layer smirched
in the taint of the past.
fossilized and ignored
left to harden.
do you follow the road
around the hillside
leaving the night to mull and loam,
alone?
or do you unearth it
piece by piece
disinterring and igniting,
useful in its incineration,
to fuel your fire?