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Suzanne's Round 24 for Paparazzi. Did it in quite a rush, so I'm a bit uncertain about it. :-/ Ah, well.
Off To Work.
Many of us do it,
everyday pulling ourselves out of our beds.
Sometimes feeling is it worth it?
The daily grind to earn our daily bread.
Then I remember those that are looking for work,
but cant find it,
Then I feel fortunate to even have a place to work my fingers to the bone.
Wish I could say more,
but I'm out of time,
time to go
(Off To Work).
Steve.D.Hammond.
Just hanging out in the sunlight, showing off those beautiful wings.
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanilla)
Bath House Pollinator Garden, White Rock Lake, Dallas
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A police officer stands beside one of Greater Manchester Police’s Land Rovers in this image, which was at taken on 1 July 1976. The location is said to be somewhere between Rochdale and Bacup.
The area has long been used to train the Force’s traffic officers in the art of off-road driving, so we think the officer may have been the instructor leading a course.
From the collection of Greater Manchester Police Museum.
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You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Rachael Drummond stays after class.
Strobist:
- SB-600 camera right @ M 1/2 power, 14mm zoom, bare, bounced off white ceiling
- SB-600 camera left @ M 1/8 power, 50mm zoom, bare, snooted, for rim light
- Minor PS retouching/color correction
The Eastern Bluebirds have been in large flocks after their young have fledged. They will stay together for the winter but it seems the males are a little less tolerant of their offspring.
Passing Lichfield Trent Valley Junction box, 66703 Doncaster PSB leads Greater Anglia Aventra unit 720546 off for tests on the WCML, the working being 6X15 Old Dalby to Crewe Carriage Sidings.
Since I printed this image as a large archival print 13"x19", I've come to believe it is one of my best. Years of painting taught me to seach for simplicity, large shapes, shadow and light. The gulls, although they appear to be the subject of this photo, are to me Impressionistic specks of light. This was shot in the late afternoon when the light had warmed and made a nice contrast with the cooler blues in the foreground.
A bit too much going on in this one but I liked the cloud..
ISO1600 f/10 30s @130mm
Pentax K1 w Tamron SP AF70-200/2.8
Two exposures raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 6, cleaned up in Topaz Photo AI stacked in ON1 Photo Raw 2023, colour graded in Color Efex Pro 5 and finished off back in PhotoLab.
Aaliyah POF: It’s about that time, this is my last week at Faith Regional, CA. After my mini vacation next week, I’ll be off to Puerto Rico for a month; working there until some of the new hires become fully trained. My bitch Stormi and I had to do our last rounds on getting more product. Percocets to be exact; that has been the #1 seller so far out in the streets. I’ve been doing this shit for a while now, and I have fully mapped out this side hustle. I have a mental record of all the regulars who shows up here every month trying to get more prescription of their pain meds. A lot of their ass is just addicted to the shit, because these dumb ass doctors don’t know how to properly prescribe shit right in low doses. So, what I’ve been doing is switching half the bottles with placebos and taking half of the real shit. The shit might sound risky, but I’ve been doing it for a year and a half now. Stormi and I came up with the plan after 6 months of working here. I met Stormi in nursing school, and I knew from our first conversation that she was a down ass bitch. She reminded me of my childhood friends, I knew that together we could have a smart system running in no time. So far, the profits we have made from this side hustle pretty much matches our starting pay as a nurse. Which means we have been making double each fucking month. Growing up in the hood might have been rough, but it sure did teach me how to be street smart. I’m always about making my money because I never want to struggle ever again or have Lana in the situations I was in as a child.
**Any Questions? Comment Below. Did you expect this to be Aaliyah’s side hustle?**
A flock of Sandhill Cranes as they took off from a cornfield just south of the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska. It was a sight to see and I'm so glad I took the detour through Nebraska on my way to Colorado for Spring Break. This isn't the greatest image, but I hope it shows what an amazing sight it is to witness these beautiful birds.
Here I am, trying to get some sleep, but the snoring and grunting of all these other elves makes it impossible to get any shut-eye. Even Bentley can’t seem to get any rest. I occasionally hear a giggle or two from a couple elves who continue to keep us all awake. I hope something is done in the morning. Gmbl.
Two NS Heritage units venture off the system, making the link from home rails to the BNSF via Amtrak's Chicago Terminal, seen here at CP Lumber. Thanks to the birdies for the heads-ups on this. This is NS train 865. Rumors say this pair is already planned for use on a BNSF Lincoln, NE to Laurel, MT manifest tomorrow evening. This may be an interesting tour of the country for this pair!
Approaching Salters Lane at speed, 57312 with 5Q76 Long Marston M.O.D to Newport Docks (Simsgroup) with a rake of Mk3's for scrap.
Soft structure. Timeless form.
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Aurora's Design
1772. Dangerously close to the Diamond Shoals off North Carolina’s Outer Banks, the sloop Thunderbolt, battered by a fierce storm and rough sea, catches fire from an overturned cook stove. All aboard scrambled to put out the flames while trying to keep from being tossed overboard. The shoals, sand dunes just below the water’s surface, reach out some 18 miles past Hatteras Point. Hundreds of ships have run aground here, miles from shore, to be pulverized by the relentless waves... and often, all aboard drown.
On this day, a terrified 17-year-old orphaned boy from St. Croix, on his way to an American education, is among those fighting to save the ship... he is Alexander Hamilton, who would get that education and become the first U. S. Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. Resting against the rails of the saved ship, he watches as the shoals recede away... and vows to do something so that others would not know such fear.
There was a reason ships were drawn near the shoals... wind-driven ships also relied on ocean current, which at times can move better than 40 mph. The Labrador Current sweeps down from the north and hugs this coast to about two miles off the beach. Beyond that is the Gulf Stream that moves up from the south toward the upper tier states. Often, it was faster for ships coming to Boston or New York from Europe to work their way south to catch the Gulf Stream than it was to come straight across the Atlantic. Even back in the day, folks in the shipping business knew that time is money. The confluence of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream also set up perfect conditions for violent storms and ocean swells. Add to that the shoals, which extended beyond sight of land amid that confluence, and many an unwary ship’s captain left “money” to shift among the sands of these underwater dunes. Only jetsam and flotsam found on the beaches along the Outer Banks gave evidence of the fate of the ship.
As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton finally has the power to make good on his vows, and the U. S. Lighthouse Service, and eventually the U. S. Coast Guard fall under the auspices of the Treasury Department. The first lighthouses along the east coast were functional, if just barely, and were not constructed to the exacting standards you see here... there’s something to be said of building your house on shifting sand, as many of the early lighthouses here in North Carolina toppled shortly after construction. Under the supervision of Dexter Stetson, Hatteras Lighthouse rose up 210 feet from a foundation of granite, rubble, and entire lengths of pine pushed to the bedrock... and stayed up, as it has since 1870. With a focal plane at 187 feet, its light could be seen for 28 miles, well before a ship reached the shoals at night. Its conical tower is painted in black and white spirals to make it distinctive from other local lighthouses.
After his success at Hatteras, Stetson turned his attention to Bodie Island. The name of the island is in contention, largely due to revisionist historians... the name is pronounced “body” and is likely an archaic form of that word. Legend has it the name comes because of bodies washing ashore after some ship found its resting place in the of the Graveyard of the Atlantic. According to some historians, however, the name comes from a family that once lived here, though that has never been proven... the legend may not be so legendary, as such things did happen. A lighthouse would save lives here too.
There were two lighthouses located here before the one you see here. The first one leaned toward the sea shortly after it was built. That was in the day before electrical power, so the lighthouse had to be tended to every day... could you imagine having to climb up a structure so unstable that it might topple any second, at least twice a day? Me neither. It failed and was replaced, but Confederate troops blew the second one up in 1861 during a series of skirmishes as Yankee troops descended on Fort Fisher. The third installment of Bodie Island Lighthouse projected light from its first order Fresnel lens for the first time in 1872. At a height of 165 feet, its beam can still be seen 21 miles out to sea.
Though built on a land that shifts with the wind and tide, Bodie Island Lighthouse has withstood hurricanes, nor’easters, floods, lightning, heat, and humidity, but 148 years of such conditions had taken its toll. After much determination, restoration of the lighthouse began in 2010. The last of the project was the installation of the refurbished Fresnel lens... after a re-lighting ceremony, the lighthouse was returned to service April 18, 2013. Seen here in morning light 11 years since, Bodie Island Lighthouse is still every bit the historical standout with its alternating bands of black and white.
Weather in the last week flooded roads and breached dune berms in the area… lucky me. It also provided unusual circumstances for me to shoot the lighthouse, magnificent as it has been for 152 years.
fMexico Beach, FL on St. Joseph Baly and the far end St. Joseph Peninsula. It th the off season in North Florida.
A little deceiving this - the steam seemingly coming from No. 7808 Cookham Manor is actually Large Prairie tank No. 4144 behind moving off down the yard. The steam just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
The five School Waddle of Little Penguins on the staircase of the library. December 2020 Christchurch New Zealand.
School Waddle of Little Penguins are....
:Liquescent St Margaret's College
:Love is Love - Ko te aroha te aroha Cashmere High School - Te iringa o Kahukura
:Lucky - Angitu St Patrick's School
Our whanaungatanga hoiho Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery
:Patrick Peterson the Penguin Avonside Girls' High School
:Pingee Christchurch Girl's High School