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DERA's 'Raspberry Ripple' painted Hawker-Siddeley (Blackburn) Buccaneer S.2 XW987 on display at the 1994 RIAT
Sporting a replacement fin from a camouflaged example, unpainted engine intake panels and the belly weapons bay fuel tank she was one of three late production 'Buccs', XW986 - 988, ordered by the MoD for weapons trials at West Freugh near Stranraer
All three were delivered new and painted non-standard yellow, green and white - all being fitted with wing pylon mounted cameras for weapon release monitoring
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Eventually moving to other trials tasks, all bar XW988 were repainted in this MoD(PE) Raspberry Ripple red/white & blue
On retirement all three went to 'Thunder City' in South Africa.
XW986 and XW987 as ZU-NIP & ZU-BCR respectively with '988' becoming ZU-AVI
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
The Expedition 70 patch is designed around the central yin-yang symbol representing balance; first and foremost, the balance of our beautiful planet Earth that is encircled by the yin-yang symbol and which forms part of the Expedition number. In our exploration of space, we are reminded of the uniqueness of Earth; the further we push the boundaries of human existence, the stronger our longing for our home planet grows. As our understanding of the cosmos expands, so does our understanding of Earth, and although we live in an ever-changing world, we recognize the need for a planet in balance to ensure our future.
Space exploration is also about creating the future of our dreams. The tentative first steps we take today will hopefully become a well-trodden path in the future. This is represented stylistically by the “retro-futuristic” design of the patch, which mimics the design of the posters depicting the future from the early days of the space age. It is also emphasized by the yellow, orange, and red colors suggesting a sunrise. Lastly, the dynamism in the depiction of the number 7 suggests not only the physical launch into space, but also humanity’s progress towards the future.
Patch #4 for the Craftster embroidery patch swap. I found this super awesome image off of a search engine and now can't find it again! It says "Monsieur Hedgehog Takes His Tea with Cream, No Sugar". I think it's my favorite so far!
CSX Q410 rolls past ongoing Metro construction in Franconia back in 1994. The former RF&P mainline was firmly under CSX control and patched GP40 6858 is unfortunate photographic evidence of that fact.
It's even worse now considering that in 1999 Conrail also went away. We can never have nice things.
Bordered Patch (Chlosyne lacinia).
National Butterfly Center. August 17, 2021.
Mission, Texas. Hidalgo County.
Nikon D500. Nikkor AF-S 300mm f4E ED PF VR + TC-14e III teleconverter.
(420mm) f/8 @ 1/3200 sec. ISO 1400.
Back to my trip again!
April 23, 2015 on our trip to the blipmeet at Wanaka, Central Otago in New Zealand. www.polaroidblipfoto.com/browse/me
Our first morning in Cromwell. We woke to heavy fog which took a while to lift. Driving along the Felton Road to go to our next winery tasting at Felton Road winery.
All About Felton Road Vineyard: www.wineanorak.com/newzealand/Felton_Road.htm
The Central Otago wine region is the world's southern-most commercial wine growing region. Central Otago's best-known wines are its Pinot noirs, but many white wine varieties are also popular. The Central Otago Wine Region is the formal geographic indication for wines grown in Central Otago.
At around 300 metres (980 ft) elevation, Central Otago's vineyards are protected from New Zealand's characteristic maritime climate by high mountains up to 3,700 metres (12,100 ft) . They thus have the only true continental climate zone in the country, with large daily and seasonal temperature extremes. Rainfall averages around 375-600mm: summer is hot and relatively dry, and often accompanied by the Nor'wester foehn wind; autumn is short, cool and sunny; and winter is cold, with substantial falls of snow. Heavy frosts are common throughout winter and, indeed, frost can occur at any time between March and November. One of Central Otago's warmest wine growing areas can be found just north of the Lowburn Inlet area.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Otago_wine_region
Please support your local farms and garden centers by exploring their pumpkin patches/fields, corn mazes, hayrides, petting zoos, and other family fall festivities! If you're in Anne Arundel County, check out Y Worry Farm (1951) pumpkin field for free family fun celebrating the harvest season!
Y Worry Farm
Davidsonville MD
iPhone 5
October 2015
A patch of light falls on the forest floor, while a single fern stem reaches up above all around it to make the most of the additional light.
Baby Urban Nine Patch completed. Blogged at colormequilty.blogspot.com/2012/07/woohoo-my-urban-nine-p...
My Vet occasionally takes in dogs, either found stray or owner-surrendered. I try to take pictures of the animals up for adoptions, as it is proven that better pictures go a long way towards swift adoption.
As of the posting of this (January 30, 2016), Patches and Rascal here are up for adoption as a pair. Contact Kingston Road Animal Hospital in East York, Toronto.
Travelling the railway in the British Rail era
Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many, many happy hours with my friends riding the rails around the UK. I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;)
In 1983 I went on a tour of all the mainline railways of Wales. On the way back from a few days in Tywyn, and a visit to the west coast of Wales, I took a break at Machynlleth, and of course I had to have a walk around the old shed :)
I was very used to seeing parcels units W55991 and W55992 on my home patch of Southall - they were everyday visitors. However, I was aiming to try and cop two of the other four Western region vehicles W55995-6 on my visit to Wales, as these were the Chester-based units. I was pleased to hunt down one of the two W55995 at the far western outpost of Machynlleth shed :) I found this view of the old steam shed quite evocative of the old railway, especially with the semaphore signal and old cast-iron sign.
Class 128 were introduced in 1959, with ten of the class being built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. They were fitted with two 230 hp Leyland Albion engines which made them very powerful for a 41 ton single car vehicle. The class was built specifically for parcels traffic, and did not feature any passenger accommodation, but did work in multiple with passenger DMUs on occasion. They had a payload of 10 tons, and could haul a tail load of up to 64 tons. The six vehicles for Western Region duties (W55991 – W55996) were fitted with the standard DMU gangways at each end and were initially allocated at Reading (W55991/2) for the London area duties, Tyseley (W55993/4) for Midlands duties and Chester (W55995/6) for Merseyside duties. The four London Midland Region vehicles (M55987 – M55990) were non-gangwayed and initially allocated to Newton Heath for north-west duties. Regional boundary changes in the mid 1960’s saw Chester and Tyseley become part of the London Midland Region. M55987 was an early casualty being withdrawn in 1971 and M55996 was transferred to Newton Heath as a replacement. Then M55996 was damaged in an accident and was withdrawn in 1980. The last members of the class - W55991 & 2 were withdrawn in 1990, and broken up the following year. Unfortunately, none of these unique vehicles was preserved.
Machynlleth was the seat of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh Parliament in 1404, and as such claims to be the "ancient capital of Wales". However, it has never held any official recognition as a capital. More on Machynlleth here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machynlleth
Slides that were nearly lost to oblivion!
The original slide / transparency was rescued from a box of 'dud' slides that I could never quite bring myself to throw away - now I am glad that I kept them ;)
Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and standard lens.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
Winding Nine Patch by Little Louise Designs. Made with a Honey, Honey Layer Cake by Kate Spain for Moda
I had intended, all summer, to visit a creamery just outside of town. People say it's where to go for the best ice cream! Today, I stumbled on Patches Creamery. No one had exaggerated; the ice cream is incredible. They also have a wonderful team of alpacas, goats, geese, ducks, and miniature horses to greet customers as they arrive.
It's almost worth going just for the animals!
1592 in work stained green passes through Reading 28/08/1974 with 7V81 a mixed traffic train for the Midlands. The first vehicle is a Conflat and the second a shocvan, supposed to prevent the contents from 'shock' i.e. rough shunting, the 3 white patches identify it.