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Lockdown has offered me the opportunity to remember why I love photography. It's been 8 years. I'm having to read the manual again!
This is an Atlantic longfin squid "egg mop" washed up on the beach. Multiple squid contribute eggs to the same mop. Unfortunately, this one was washed ashore.
The hogger on this Missouri Pacific local seems to approve of me being here. Different times for sure. We're in Benton, Illinois in July of 1974.
Mid Michigan #180 trundles south through Holton with a pair of hoppers from the Co-Op in Fremont on a muggy summer afternoon. GP9s #179 and #180 were referred to as the "Mop Twins" by crews and fans alike, because the way their blue paint was weathering made them look like they were painted with a mop. Built for Cartier by GMD with factory low noses, #179 and #180 were usually seen doing the local work on the Michigan Shore (along with SW1200 #73), while their pair of GP38s handled the Cannonball to CSX in Holland. #180 would be repainted the following year into a nice red and white scheme reminiscent of the MS's Railtex era paint scheme. Unfortunately it would only run a few months in its new garb before its engine suffered freeze damage on a cold night and it was deemed too expensive to fix. It was cut up for scrap in 2009.
The line up to Fremont is mostly dormant these days, the Co-Op now being owned by a company that also owns a much newer elevator on Marquette Rail in White Cloud. Consequently, they moved all of their rail business over there, another blow to the Michigan Shore.
Part of my Saturday routine is to smash the house with the hoover then mop the floors to my Mrs satisfaction, 10/10 this morning so I earned a big kiss, well worth it ;-)))))))))
Used my LX100 connected via WiFi to my smart phone for this shot, great for these low down shots, got full control over all the settings & zoom, love it ;-)))
One from the archives I'm afraid.
Happy Monochrome Bokeh Thursday.
Rikenon ‘Tomioka’ 60mm f2.8 1:1 Macro
Final 3 from a wet walk around Brixton...
Old art by Artista and Irony on this wall. The art was recently cleaned up by the artists after some tagging, only to be tagged again...why did they bother? Maybe the guy with the mop can give it a wipe down...
I've called this 'mop top' because...
a) I don't know the name and
b) I think you can see by looking at it why lol!
This bloom is from the same bush as the one in my triptych (below) from previous post...
I can say it 'till the cows come in (I don't have any cows hahaha so they'll never come in) I AM in AWE of MOTHER NATURE'S ARTISTRY and filled with JOY every time I view her works!!!!!!!!!!
*PS~really worth viewing in large! :)