Bow Lake, Banff National Park.

The logs were already in their cross position when I saw them.

nourishing the" inward eye"

MADE POSITION #278 IN EXPLORE 20TH OCTOBER 2011

Something I've wanted to do for a while, hasn't really worked .. but thought I might as well post it. They were taken last month with my D300S and Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/4 ED IF. All obviously taken of the same bird in 8fps quick sucession !

Taken behind my house on the common behind the coniferous forestry, Brynamman, Carmarthenshire.

Week 21 — Outtake #1

I wasn't going to post this image. I've been looking at it all weekend, thinking that I love it, but that I hate the fact that I look... chubby. And I know it's mostly due to the position, but it still irked me. So I held it. I actually photoshopped it out, but I erased that shot from my hard drive almost immediately. This was actually supposed to be the main shot and I kept it because of the perceived fat, and that bothered me.

I've always been the skinniest girl in the class. I was that one girl people asked 'why don't you eat?'. I did, but I never gained weight, so I was always a walking stick. My body changed, though, and now that I've gained a little bit of extra weight (and really, I'm not even at the 50kg mark. I'm still in bordering on malnutrition, according to the WHO), I actually like it. I'm more round, I have hips and legs that don't resemble sticks. I have curves, and while they might be modest, I love feeling this feminine, this womanly. I don't feel like a kid anymore, and despite the fact that it scares me a little bit, deep down I like this. So I should just enjoy it, right? Not be concerned about the judgement the world might pass on me, for not having a BMI of 16.

So this is my statement. I love my body and the way it's shaped, I love having curves and feeling desirable, for once. And everyone else should do the same. :)

As a sidenote, I'd just like to dedicate this shot to my meditation teacher, Jorge Angelino, who's been so wonderful to me throughout this year. Thank you for your patience, for being there and for being so incredibly fun to be around! I wish you many, many years filled with happiness and fun! Happy birthday!

[+3 in the comments]

Position of the Moon and the planet Mars during 27th/28th July 2018 blood moon/lunar eclipse

April 1st 2019 saw the contract to shunt Eastleigh East yard awarded to GBRf from DB Cargo, spelling the end of mundane red sheds on the shunts, the former EWS 08's having disappeared years ago. A very welcome change sees 2 (but planned to be 3) RSS liveried 08's hired in for the work. The image depicts 08511 propelling back a lengthy rake of MTA / MHA / MPA four wheelers loaded with sharp sand. Loading of these by mechanical grab had finished a couple of hours previously at the virtual quarry, using the "by pass" line that is used by the stone trains to Eastleigh's stone terminal. This rake was subsequently split with approx. 2/3 of the loaded wagons positioned for a later northbound departure (Hinksey trip in the early afternoon?) and the balance being deposited in the sidings adjacent to the loco holding sidings (LHS). Wednesday 10 April 2019

Best viewed in LARGE (Contacts only, sorry).

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Explore(148) : Highest position #112

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Welcome to a new year, I hope everybody has spent some nice time with friends or family and that you are not suffering from an indigestion or a hang over !-)

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My 3rd upload from my early morning trip through the bitter cold (-9°C) in nature reserve 'Het Broek'.

I had put my tripod in a very low position on the ice, this pond was all frozen, not a drop of liquid water to be detected under the ice, so no worries I wasn't going to fall through, I had made the composition and pushed the button and was waiting for the release timer (I wouldn't want to be touching the camera or tripod because the ice was extremely slippery and it could have easily ruined the shot with the smallest touch) when a flock of ducks flew very low over my head making those squeeky noises, I looked up and could clearly see the details of their feathers, awesome moment !

The shot

Standard 3 exposures HDR [-2,0,+2EV] in RAW/ISO100 at f/11 on a tripod using the Sigma 10-20mm lens.

Photoshop.

° Shadows & Highlights.

° Extra brightness and a little contrast.

° Extra blue saturation on the sky.

° Less blue saturation on the bottom part.

° Did some repairing work on a harsh red-green flare that didn't look attractive ( I have nothing against flare, sometimes it looks cool ).

° I added a very light lens flare to add some extra special light to this and to cover a bit of my repairing work.

° High pass sharpening.

You

All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are ( as always ) welcome.

Music

Craig Armstrong - Finding Beauty [CD:As if to nothing]

Happy holidays everybody !!!

Best position, Explore (Interestingness), 27/08/2011 (#198)

Portugal - praia da Torreira

visitez / visit :

Europe 2011 - la collection

Positions for departure to Palma.

A bull rider that is heading for a hard landing.

A very recognizable symbol of the Pennsylvania Railroad remains in service today in a location far away from a PRR served location. Union Switch & Signal was able to sell a couple of the H-2 pot signals to the Chicago & Illinois Midland for use with crossing warning indicators. This one is at Shops in Springfield, IL at the North Grand Ave crossing. Another one I recall was in Pekin, IL. ETTS may come one day when North Grand becomes a bridge over the NS and I&M diamond.

The pot is displaying the stop indication. Clear is displayed once the crossing warning devices have been activated. This signal does not appear to convey authority across the interlocking.

11-30-2024

A common scene on the streets of Chicago. One, sometimes more, seemingly sleeping in the most peculiar places and positions.

Occupying a prominent position overlooking the Solent at the entrance to Southampton Water, Calshot Castle is an artillery fort

(a Device Fort) constructed by Henry VIII on Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540, suspected to have been constructed using stone from the recently dissolved Beaulieu and Netley Abbeys.

The castle finally closed in 1961 after a variety of uses, and is now cared for by English Heritage.

The window openings give an idea of the thickness of the walls.

2Jan2025

Sténopé boite de conserve. Papier Ilford

Pinhole tin can. Paper Ilford

Fin de saison du sténopé.

End of the season of the pinhole.

The J.Gulliem Orient on my sunday autumn ride.

Strolling around, visiting the upper Bergisches Land, getting a nice steady zone 2 endurance workout in and testing the redshift Dual-Position seatpost.

(Yeah, still waiting for the crash replacement of the front wheel)

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Das J.Guillem Orient während meiner Sonntags-Herbst-Ausfahrt.

Spazierenfahren, das Oberbergische besuchen, ein schön gleichmäßiges Zone 2 Grundlagenausdauer-Workout durchführen und die redshift Dual-Position Sattelstütze testen.

(Ja, ich warte immer noch auf das Crash Replacement des Vorderrads)

La basilique Saint-Procope occupe une position éminente de la colline qui domine toute la ville de Třebíč. C'était à l'origine (XIIIe siècle) une église monastique et une partie d'un monastère bénédictin (fondé en 1101). Mêlant des éléments romans et du début du gothique, elle est aujourd'hui reliée au château construit sur le site du monastère après sa destruction au XVIe siècle.

C'est une église à trois nefs et triple chœur, dotée d'un presbytère allongé, d'un porche de plan carré ouvert au nord et de deux tours à l'ouest. Une crypte aux voûtes à nervures brisées se trouve sous l'extrémité orientale et sous le presbytère. La basilique est construite en granit et en grès, l'extérieur en blocs de granit de face carrée. La façade ouest, de style baroque, comporte des éléments gothicisants et des enduits en plâtre. Les murs internes sont aujourd'hui dépouillés, mais des traces de leur revêtement d'origine ont été découvertes dans le chœur. La nef présente des voûtes baroques d'inspiration gothique, avec des registres sculptés.

whc.unesco.org/fr/list/1078/

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The basilica is the only Christian site among Trebic's world heritage entries. The church on the hill was built between 1230 and 1260 as abbey church for the Benedictine convent which had resided there since around 1100. Since the early 16th century the church has been dedicated to St Prokop. After the secularization the convent buildings became a palace.

The church was planned and erected on the brink of change from romanesque to gothic style. The facades of the sides and choir show romanesque features with elaborate stonemason works. Don't miss the beautiful rose window in the wall of the choir.

The plastered western facade and the spires tell of a refurbishment in the baroque era. In the 19th century the church underwent a thorough renovation and "re-medievalization" which has left by far more traces than your tour guide will tell you.

www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Czech_Republic/Vysoc...

Ça a été une aventure formidable mais on est prêt à rentrer sur Terre et à retrouver nos proches. Je n’aurais pas pu espérer de meilleurs coéquipiers pour cette mission. Je leur ai dit une première fois sur le pas de tir, et j’y crois toujours aussi fermement après avoir passé 6 mois 24h/24 avec eux dans un espace confiné !

It’s been a fantastic ride and by now we’re all ready to go home and reunite with our loved ones. I couldn’t have hoped for better crewmates, or simply better persons to fly to space with. That’s what I told them on the launch pad, and that’s still what I firmly believe after 6 months in a tin can 24/7! Go Crew 2! #friendsforlife

Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet

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What do a canyon called massacre, a graffiti tunnel, and I, all have in common? Madleigh Twisted!!

This shoot was amazing. Not only did I get to work with beautiful and extremely talented Madleigh Twisted of IFL Models fame, but I had the opportunity to work with the creative minds behind two incredible guys who started came to the middle of nowhere, California didn't find the scene they were looking for so they created one.

IFL is Inner Family Legacy, a multi function model agency, clothing line and Hip Hop group from the mean streets of Hemet. They have incredible models, sic clothes and beats that do not quit with the rhyme style to match. And as if that wasn't enough they are some of the nicest, down to earth, hardworking, driven and talented group of people I have had the pleasure to work with.

This is just the beginning, I am going to start posting the photographs I did with Madleigh, then some of the clothing and fashion. I hope you enjoy this set as much as I enjoyed shooting it.

Madleigh Twisted can be found at : www.facebook.com/madleightwisted and www.modelmayhem.com/1862433

Information on IFL Models, clothing and hip hop can be discovered at : www.facebook.com/iflmodels; www.facebook.com/innerfamilylegacy; and

www.youtube.com/user/InnerFamilyLegacyDFL

9/11 "Tribute in Light"

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Comprising of 88 '7,000-watt' xenon light bulbs positioned into 48-foot squares that echo the shape and orientation of the Twin Towers. "Tribute In Light" is assembled each year on a rooftop close to the World Trade Center site. The illuminated memorial reaches 4 miles into the sky and is visible from as far as 30 miles away. The two arrays cast the strongest shaft of light ever projected from earth into the night sky.

* from: www.ikiw.org/2010/09/11/tribute-in-light-911-memorial-2010/

Seen on Explore 20140912. Thank you.

Objective: fit the mini dolls under the windscreen so they can see over the windowsill, while still keeping cockpit details visible through the window...

Solution: Angle the cockpits raising the front, and lowering the back.

Result: A+ pass. Time to move on.. I spent way to much time on this little detail...

IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE

Foto feta amb una Rolleiflex Old Standard fabricada el 1933; objectiu Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 75mm; pelicula Kodak Tri-X 400 revelada en Rodinal 1+100 durant 50 minuts.

Fotografies de la zona de combats de la Batalla del Ebre (1938).

Fotografies de la zona de combats de la Batalla del Ebre (1938).

Un sector de les trinxeres que defensaven la posició Raimats. Quan es varen excavar arqueològicament fa uns 10 anys, s'hi va trobar un cadaver republicà mort en combat.

Els darrers i dramatics combats de la batalla es produiren en una posició vital per protegir la retirada del exèrcit republicà: Los Raimats, al nord de La Fatarella. Intuint la cabdal importancia d'aquesta posició, els republicans la fortificaren a consciencia, amb moltes trinxeres conectant vuit bunquers de formigó, la majoria per ametralladores però com a mínim un per un canó antitanc. L'assalt final començà el 14 de novembre: les tropes feixistes ocuparen La Fatarella i continuaren cap a Raimats amb molts tancs. El comandant alemany Gustav Trippe va morir allà. Els defensors de la XV Brigada perderen algunes posicións (Cota 554), però aguantaren, mentre la resta del exercit creuava l'Ebre per Flix i Riba-roja.

El 15 de novembre s'incrementà l'atac, amb molta artilleria i aviació. Els tancs T26 dispararen directament contra les troneres dels bunquers per matar els defensors. Això va permetre que la infanteria assaltés les darreres defenses de la Cota 562, morint casi tots els defensors. Riba-roja i Flix varen caure el dia 16, però l'exercit del Ebre no havia estat aniquilat.

La batalla de l'Ebre (25 juliol - 16 novembre de 1938) fou la més important i mortifera de la guerra civil espanyola. Hi ha que també la consideren també la més decisiva, però crec que per desgracia la guerra ja estava decidida de molt abans, com a minim des del trencament del front d'Aragó el 9 de març del mateix any.

Tot i que l'exèrcit republicà creuà l'Ebre el 25 de juliol del 1938 per molts punts entre Mequinensa i Amposta, la major part dels combats de la batalla es donaren a la Terra Alta, a la zona entre Vilalba dels Arcs, La Fatarella, Camposines i Gandesa, a més de la Serra de Pandols.

www.ccma.cat/324/troben-a-la-fatarella-lultim-soldat-repu...

lafinestralectora.cat/ebre-1938/

batallaebre.org/

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalla_de_l%27Ebre

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-26

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Picture taken with my Rolleiflex Old Standard made in 1933; Carl Zeiss Tessar f3.5 75mm lens; Kodak Tri-X 400 stand-developed in Rodinal for 50 minutes.

This is part of the Ebro battlefield (1938), in Southern Catalonia.

Part of the restored trenchline of the Raimats fortified line, in the Hill 562. It's a beautiful rural landscape, but in 1938 it was Hell. When archeologists restored this trench a decade ago, they found the skeleton of a Republican soldier, killed in combat.

The last and dramatic combats of the battle took place in a vital position to protect the retreat of the Republican Army: "Los Raimats", north of La Fatarella. Sensing the paramount importance of this position, the Republicans conscientiously fortified it, with many trenches connecting eight concrete bunkers, most armed with machine guns but at least one with an anti-tank gun. The final assault began on November 14: the fascist troops occupied La Fatarella and continued towards Raimats with many tanks. German Commander Gustav Trippe died in the first assault. The defenders of the XV Brigade lost some positions (hill 554, were this bunker stands), but held on, while the rest of the Republican Army crossed the Ebro by Flix and Riba-roja.

On 15th November the attack increased, with much artillery and aviation bombing. T26 tanks fired directly at the bunkers' embrasures, killing the defenders. This allowed the infantry to assault the last defenses of Hill 562, killing almost all the defenders. Riba-roja and Flix fell on the 16th, but the Ebro army had not been annihilated.

The Battle of the Ebro (July 25 - November 16, 1938) was the most important and deadlier of the Spanish Civil War. There are those who also consider it the most decisive, but I think that unfortunately the war was already decided long before, at least since the breaking of the front of Aragon on March 9 of the same year.

The battle began with the greatest offensive made by the Republican forces, when they crossed the river Ebro between Mequinensa and Amposta (especially between Riba-roja and Miravet), and advanced to the line La Pobla de Massaluca -Vilalba dels Arcs -Gandesa - Serra de Pandols . But in just 48 hours, the dazzling advance was stopped short. Then Franco decided to crush the republican forces hill by hill (with massive artillery and bomber barrages), in a battle of attrition identical to the First World War for which the Republicans had no resources or alternative, especially with the river behind them. The main assaults, which lasted from August 10 to October 29, were concentrated in a very small and devastated area: the triangle Vertex Gaeta - Corbera - Camposines.

Finally, a final offensive on October 30 occupied the ridge of the Serra de Cavalls, making the entire Republican bridgehead unsustainable, which managed, however, to withdraw in an orderly manner until November 16. But the damage was already done, and there were no forces left for a proper defense of Catalonia, which fell three months later. Then, fascist darkness.

lafinestralectora.cat/ebre-1938/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQZ_gKCHtk

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ebro

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-26

de scheve toren van Stolwijk (NL), januari 2013

Highest position: 236 on Thursday, January 31, 2013

Taken through the window of the driving car..:)) I was not the chauffeur...LOL

In de kern van het dorp is de NH-Kerk het meest markante gebouw.

De toren, 45 meter hoog, laat-gotisch en flink uit het lood, dateert van 1501. De toren was toen 9 meter hoger dan nu; in 1717 waaide er een deel vanaf. De kerk (gebouwd eind 15e eeuw) brandde af in 1867; oorzaak was brandstichting. Een boze Stolwijker, verontwaardigd doordat de Stolwijkse kermis werd afgelast, stak het kleed over de doodsbaar in de kerktoren in brand, waarna de gehele kerk verloren ging en alleen het stenen deel van de toren behouden kon worden. De hitte van die brand deed zelfs de klokken smelten. Deze kerk was toen ongeveer twee keer zo groot als het twee jaar later weer opgebouwde kerkgebouw.

In 1946 werd de toren gerestaureerd en vervolgens werd in 1948 het kerkgebouw geheel afgebroken en opnieuw opgebouwd. De reden hiervoor was dat het kerkgebouw slecht was geconstrueerd. Ook de fundering bleek van slechte kwaliteit. Bij de wederopbouw werden onder meer stenen gebruikt, die afkomstig waren van in de Tweede Wereldoorlog verwoeste huizen uit het Haagse Bezuidenhout.

De totale kosten van de nieuwbouw -inclusief de inventaris- beliepen zo'n f.180.000,-. Op 6 juli 1949 werd het vernieuwde kerkgebouw in gebruik genomen.

Onder de huidige toren zijn overigens nog de fundamenten te vinden van een eerder gebouwde toren: in de periode 1375 - 1400 ontstond het eerste Stolwijkse kerkgebouw, dat in 1489 verwoest werd door krijgsvolk uit Woerden.

Voor de restauratie van 1946, stond de toren zo'n 135 cm uit het lood. De scheefte werd toen teruggebracht tot de nog altijd respectabele -en duidelijk zichtbare- 85 cm.

De toren is eigendom van de gemeente Vlist.

De eigendom van de toren ging in de tijd van Napoleon over naar de overheid; zoals vele kerktorens, werd ook de Stolwijkse toren toen gevorderd om dienst te doen als uitkijkpost voor het Franse leger.

Het kerkgebouw ging ten tijde van de reformatie over van katholieke in protestante handen.

Eng. info: www.xs4all.nl/~nieko/english.htm

Artel Gallery, Annual Member's Show

This piece came down today & 2 strange new works (yet to be posted) were entered for the next juried show..... fingers crossed :)

Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary Deuce takes Pole Position at Thruxton Race Circuit..

While the signal bridge may be newer, there is no mistaking these signals at Mansfield, Ohio.

Lakhta story. youtu.be/j8uuH89ZiAM

Lahti. Lakhta ?This small village on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about 15 km northwest of the city, is home to human settlements on the banks of the Neva. It was on the territory of Lakhta that the remains of a man’s parking site of three thousand years ago were found.

In official documents, a settlement named Lakhta dates back to 1500. The name is derived from the Finnish-speaking word lahti - "bay". This is one of the few settlements that has not changed its name throughout its 500-year history. Also known as Laches, Lahes-by, Lahes and was originally inhabited by Izhora. In the last decades of the 15th century, Lakhta was a village (which indicates a significant population) and was the center of the eponymous grand-parish volost, which was part of the Spassko-Gorodensky graveyard of the Orekhovsky district of the Vodskaya Pyatina. In the village, there were 10 courtyards with 20 people (married men). In Lakhta, on average, there were 2 families per yard, and the total population of the village probably reached 75 people.

From the notes on the margins of the Swedish scribe book of the Spassky graveyard of 1640, it follows that the lands along the lower reaches of the Neva River and parts of the Gulf of Finland, including Lakhta Karelskaya, Perekulya (from the Finnish “back village”, probably because of its position relative to Lakhti) and Konduy Lakhtinsky, were royal by letter of honor on January 15, 1638 transferred to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, Rickschulz general Bernhard Sten von Stenhausen, a Dutchman by birth. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted these lands to the city of Nyuen (Nyenschanz). With the arrival of the Swedes in Prievye, Lakhta was settled by the Finns, who until the middle of the 20th century made up the vast majority of the villagers.

On December 22, 1766, Catherine 2 granted Lakhta Manor, which was then in the Office of the Chancellery from the buildings of palaces and gardens, "in which and in her villages with courtyards 208 souls," her favorite Count Orlov. Not later than 1768, Count J.A. Bruce took over the estate. In 1788, Lakhta Manor was listed behind him with wooden services on a dry land (high place) and the villages Lakhta, Dubki, Lisiy Nos and Konnaya belonging to it also on dry land, in those villages of male peasants 238 souls. On May 1, 1813, Lakhta passed into the possession of the landowners of the Yakovlevs. On October 5, 1844, Count A.I. Stenbok-Fermor entered into the possession of the Lakhtinsky estate, which then had 255 male souls. This clan was the owner of the estate until 1912, when its last representative got into debt and noble custody was established over the estate. On October 4, 1913, in order to pay off his debts, he was forced to go for corporatization, and the Lakhta estate passed into the ownership of the Joint Stock Company “Lakhta” of Count Stenbock-Fermor and Co.

After the revolution, Lakhta was left on its own for a while, here on the former estate of the counts Stenbock-Fermorov on May 19, 1919, the Lakhta excursion station was opened, which existed there until 1932. In the early 1920s, sand mining began on Lakhta beaches, and the abandoned and dilapidated peat plant of the Lakhta estate in 1922 took over the Oblzemotdel and put it into operation after major repairs. In 1963, the village of Lakhta was included in the Zhdanovsky (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).

At the beginning of Lakhtinsky Prospekt, on the banks of the Lakhtinsky spill, there was the village of Rakhilax (Rahilax-hof, Rahila, Rokhnovo). Most likely, under this name only one or several courtyards are designated. There is an assumption that the name of the village was formed from the Finnish raahata - “drag, drag,” because there could be a place for transportation through the isthmus of the Lakhtinsky spill (we should not forget that not only the bridge over the channel connecting the spill with the Gulf of Finland was not yet here, the duct itself was many times wider than the current one). The search book of the Spassko-Gorodensky graveyard of 1573, describing the Lakhta lands, mentions that there were 2 lodges in the “Rovgunov” village, from which we can conclude that we are talking about the village of Rohilaks, which the Russian scribes remade into a more understandable to them Rovgunovo. The village was empty in Swedish time and was counted as a wasteland of the village of Lahta.

On the banks of the Lakhtinsky spill, near the confluence of the Yuntolovka River, from the 17th century there existed the village of Bobylka (Bobylskaya), which merged into the village of Olgino only at the beginning of the 20th century, but was found on maps until the 1930s. It is probably the Search Book that mentions it Spassko-Gorodensky churchyard in 1573 as a village "in Lakhta in Perekui", behind which there was 1 obzh. With the arrival of the Swedes by royal letter on January 15, 1638, the village was transferred to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, Rickshaw General Bernhard Sten von Stenhausen, a Dutchman by birth. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted Lahti lands to the city of Nyuen (Nyenschanz). On the Swedish map of the 1670s, in the place of the village of Bobylsky, the village of Lahakeülä is marked (küla - the village (Fin.)). The village could subsequently be called Bobyl from the Russian word "bobyl."

The owners of Bobylskaya were both Count Orlov, and Count Y. A. Bruce, and the landowners Yakovlev. In 1844, Count A.I. Stenbok-Fermor entered into the possession of the Lakhtinsky estate (which included the village of Bobyl). This family was the owner of the estate until 1913, when the owners, in order to pay off their debts, had to go for corporatization, and the Lakhta estate was transferred to the ownership of the Lakhta Joint-Stock Company of Count Stenbock-Fermor and Co. By the middle of the 20th century, the village merged with the village of Lakhta.

The name Konnaya Lakhta (Konnaya) has been known since the 16th century, although earlier it sounded like Konduya (Konduya Lakhtinskaya) or just Kondu (from the Finnish kontu - courtyard, manor). Subsequently, this name was replaced by the more familiar Russian ear with the word "Horse". In the Search Book of the Spassko-Gorodensky Pogost in 1573, it is mentioned as the village "on Kovdui", where 1 obzh was listed, which indicates that there most likely was one yard. On January 15, 1638, together with neighboring villages, it was transferred to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, Rickschulz General Bernhard Steen von Stenhausen, of Dutch origin. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted these lands to the city of Nyuen (Nyenschanz). In a deed of gift, Konduya Lakhtinskaya is called a village, which indicates a noticeable increase in its population. Later, on the Swedish map of the 1670s, on the site of the present Horse Lahti, the village of Konda-bai is marked (by - village (sv)).

The owners of Konnaya Lakhta, as well as the villages of Bobylskaya and Lakhta, were in turn Count Orlov, Count Ya. A. Bruce, and the landowners Yakovlev. In 1844, Count A.I. Stenbok-Fermor entered the possession of the Lakhta estate (which included Konnaya Lakhta. This family was the owner of the estate until 1913, when the owners had to go to corporations to pay off their debts, and the Lakhta estate became the property of Lakhta Joint Stock Company of Count Stenbock-Fermor and Co. In 1963, Horse Lahta was included in the Zhdanov (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).

As the dacha village of Olgino appeared at the end of the 19th century and initially consisted of both Olgin itself and the villages of Vladimirovka (now part of Lisiy Nos) and Aleksandrovka. In the first half of the 18th century, this territory was part of the Verpelev palace estate, which in the second half of the 18th century was granted to Count G. G. Orlov, then it was owned by the family of landowners the Yakovlevs, in the middle of the 19th century the estate was transferred to the counts of Stenbock-Fermor. In 1905 A.V. Stenbok-Fermor, the then owner of Lakhta lands, divided the lands around Lakhta into separate plots with the intention of selling them profitably for dachas. So there were the villages of Olgino (named after the wife of Olga Platonovna), Vladimirovka (in honor of the father of the owner; the coastal part of the modern village of Lisy Nos) and Alexandrov or Aleksandrovskaya (in honor of Alexander Vladimirovich himself). It is likely that on the site of the village was the village of Olushino (Olushino odhe) - a search book of the Spassko-Gorodensky churchyard in 1573 mentions that there were 1 obzh in the village of Olushkov’s, which suggests that at least one residential the yard. On behalf of Olushka (Olpherius). Most likely, the village was deserted in Swedish time and then was already listed as a wasteland belonging to the village of Lahta. Thus, the name of the village could be given in harmony with the name of the mistress and the old name of the village.

The villages were planned among a sparse pine forest (the layout was preserved almost unchanged), so there were more amenities for living and spending time there than in Lakhta. A park was set up here, a summer theater, a sports ("gymnastic") playground, a tennis court, and a yacht club were arranged.

In the 1910s about 150 winter cottages were built in Olgino, many of which are striking monuments of "summer cottage" architecture. In 1963, the village of Olgino was included in the Zhdanovsky (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).

Near Olgino, in the area of ​​the Dubki park, there was a small village Verpeleva (Verpelevo), which consisted of only a few yards. In the first half of the XVIII century. this territory was part of the palace estate "Verpeleva", which in the second half of the XVIII century. It was granted to Count G. G. Orlov, then passed to the Counts of Stenbock-Fermor. The village has not existed for a long time, but the entire reed-covered peninsula (barely protruding above the water of the Verpier-Luda peninsula (Verper Luda (from the Finnish luoto - “small rocky island”)) still existed, and there was another spelling the name of this island is Var Pala Ludo).

Kamenka. The Novgorod scribal book mentions two villages in the Lakhta region with a similar name, referring to the possessions of Selivan Zakharov, son of Okhten, with his son and 5 other co-owners. On the lands of this small patrimony, which, unlike the estate was inherited, peasants lived in 3 villages, including: the village "Kamenka in Lakhta near the sea" in 5 yards with 5 people and arable land in 1,5 obzhi, the village "on Kamenka "in 2 courtyards with 2 people and arable land in 1 obzhu. For the use of land, the peasants paid the owners of the patrimony 16 money and gave 1/3 of the rye harvest. Thus, in the 16th century on the Kamenka River (another name for the Kiviyoki River, which is the literal translation of kivi - "stone", joki - "river") there was one large village of Kamenka near its confluence with the Lakhtinsky spill and the second, smaller, somewhere upstream. On the drawing of Izhora land in 1705, a village under this name is depicted in the area of ​​the modern village of Kamenka. The village of Kamennaya in the middle reaches of Kamenka and on the map of 1792 is designated. Other name options are Kaumenkka, Kiviaja.

In the second half of the 18th century, Kamenka became a vacation spot for Russian Germans. Here in 1865, German colonists founded their "daughter" colony on leased land. Since then, the village has received the name Kamenka Colony (so called until the 1930s). In 1892, a colony near the village of Volkovo "budded" from it. The inhabitants of both colonies belonged to the Novo-Saratov parish and since 1871 had a prayer house in Kamenka, which was visited by 250 people. He maintained a school for 40 students. The house was closed in 1935 and later demolished.

Currently, Kamenka exists as a holiday village, located along the road to Levashovo. Since 1961 - in the city, part of the planning area in the North-West, from the mid-1990s. built up with multi-storey residential buildings and cottages.

Volkovo. The settlement is about southeast of the village of Kamenka - on the old road to Kamenka, on the bank of a stream that flows into Kamenka between the village of Kamenka and the Shuvalovsky quarry. In 1892, a German colony emerged on the territory of the village, "budding" from a nearby colony in the village of Kamenka. The origin of Volkovo is not clear, the village is found only on maps of 1912, 1930, 1939, 1943. and probably appeared no earlier than the 19th century.

Kolomyagi. Scribe books of the XV — XVI centuries and Swedish plans testify that small settlements already existed on the site of Kolomyag. Most likely, these were first Izhora or Karelian, then Finnish farms, which were empty during the hostilities of the late XVII century.

The name "Kolomyag" connoisseurs decipher in different ways. Some say that it came from the "colo" - in Finnish cave and "pulp" - a hill, a hill. The village is located on the hills, and such an interpretation is quite acceptable. Others look for the root of the name in the Finnish word "koaa" - bark - and believe that trees were processed here after felling. Another version of the origin of the name from the Finnish "kello" is the bell, and it is associated not with the feature of the mountain, but with the "bell on the mountain" - a tower with a signal bell standing on a hill.

The owners of Kolomyazhsky lands were Admiral General A.I. Osterman, Count A.P. Bestuzhev-Ryumin, a family of Volkonsky. In 1789, the Volkonskys sold these lands to retired colonel Sergei Savvich Yakovlev. On his estate S. S. Yakovlev built a manor and lived in it with his wife and seven daughters. The once-Finnish population of Kolomyag was “Russified” by that time - it was made up of descendants of serfs resettled by Osterman and Bestuzhev-Rumin from their villages in Central Russia (natives of the Volga and Galich) and Ukraine. Then the name "Kellomyaki" began to sound in Russian fashion - "Kolomyagi", although later the old name also existed, especially among local Finns. And not without reason the indigenous Kolomozhites associate their origin with the Volga places, and the southern half of the village is now called “Galician”.

Yakovlev died in 1818. Five years after his death, a division of the territory of the manor was made. The village of Kolomyagi was divided in half between two of his daughters. The border was the Bezymyanny stream. The southeastern part of the village of Kolomyagi beyond Bezymyanny creek and a plot on the banks of the Bolshaya Nevka passed to the daughter Ekaterina Sergeevna Avdulina.

Daughter Yakovleva Elena Sergeevna - the wife of General Alexei Petrovich Nikitin, a hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, who was awarded the highest military orders and twice a gold sword with the inscription "For courage", died early, leaving her daughter Elizabeth. The northwestern part of Kolomyag inherited the young Elizabeth, so this part of Kolomyag was practically inherited by the father of Yakovlev’s granddaughter, Count A.P. Nikitin, who in 1832 became the owner of the entire village. It is his name that is stored in the names of the streets - 1st and 2nd Nikitinsky and Novo-Nikitinsky. The new owner built a stone mansion on the estate’s estate - an excellent example of classicism of the first third of the 19th century, which became his country house and has survived to this day and has been occupied until recently by the Nursing Home. It is believed that this mansion was built according to the project of the famous architect A.I. Melnikov. The severity and modesty of the architectural appearance of the facades and residential chambers of the Nikitin mansion was opposed by the splendor of ceremonial interiors, in particular the two-light dance hall with choirs for musicians. Unfortunately, with repeated alterations and repairs, many details of the decor and stucco emblems of the owners disappeared. Only two photographs of the 1920s and preserved fragments of ornamental molding and paintings on the walls and ceiling show the past richness of the decorative decoration of this architectural monument. The mansion was surrounded by a small park. In it stood a stone pagan woman brought from the southern steppes of Russia (transferred to the Hermitage), and a pond with a plakun waterfall was built. Near the pond there was a "walk of love" from the "paradise" apple trees - it was called so because the bride and groom passed through it after the wedding. Here, in the shadow of these apple trees, young lovers made appointments.

Under the Orlov-Denisov opposite the mansion (now Main Street, 29), the structures of an agricultural farm were erected, partially preserved to this day, and the greenhouse. Behind the farm were the master's fields. On them, as the New Time newspaper reported in August 1880, they tested the reaping and shearing machines brought from America.

In the 19th century, the provincial surveyor Zaitsev submitted for approval the highway called the Kolomyagskoye Shosse. The route was supposed to connect the village, gradually gaining fame as a summer residence of the "middle arm", with St. Petersburg. The construction of the road ended in the 1840s, and then horse-drawn and country-house crafts became the most important articles of peasant income. In addition, peasants either built small dachas in their yards, or rented their huts for the summer. Located away from the roads, surrounded by fields, the village was chosen by multi-family citizens.

The income from the summer cottage industry increased from year to year, which was facilitated by the summer movement of omnibuses that opened on the new highway from the City Council building. They walked four times a day, each accommodated 16 people, the fare cost 15 kopecks. Even when the Finnish Railway with the nearest Udelnaya station came into operation in 1870, the highway remained the main access road through which public carriages pulled by a trio of horses ran from the Stroganov (now Ushakovsky) bridge.

The importance of the highway has decreased since 1893, when traffic began along the Ozerkovskaya branch of the Primorsky Railway, built by the engineer P.A. Avenarius, the founder of the Sestroretsky resort.

Norio and Yuba in their normal positions for the time of day - I think they like this spot because they can hear and see us as well as smell our dinner. They never pester us except when fish is involved, and Yuba only rarely - he never really learned to like human food but Norio adores it.

Highest position #230

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Straight from the camera... except for a square crop...

Canon Powershot S3 IS

(Explore position# 213 on Monday, December 10, 2007)

Perhaps I should position away from the departure board next time around...

Marginally unusual by returning to Whitemoor on a Saturday morning over a more common Sunday retrace, Freightliner Class 66 diesel locomotive 66525 leads a rail discharge train through Harlow Mill working 6Yxx 07:20 Mountnessing Junction to Whitemoor Yard L.D.C Gbrf.

For those interested, repainted 66419 was attached to the rear 22/06/19

Positions for departure on 26.

Position them in my hair ....

New boots and barely black tights

Grey Squirrel ~ Greenwich Park ~ London ~ England ~ Sunday February 5th 2012.

Highest Explore Position #388 ~ On March 1st 2012.

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Leased by a new railroad named "Conrail", Chicago and North Western EMD GP35 831 was a bright spot in a sea of former Penn Central black.

This was my first sight of a CNW motor and as a young railfan it was a pretty neat sight. Little did I know that many years later I would be living in the Midwest and up to my neck in CNW motors, although by then the 831 would be long gone.

But as a seven year old on a visit to Enola, it was a great introduction to the North Western. Believe it or not, this old thing survives after stints with the Fox River Valley, Wisconsin Central and numerous lease companies, CNW 831 can now be found in MOW service for Metro North as MNCR GP35M 108.

Missy is sent to pick up things for clients on occasion. This summer I want her out and about in public in basically nothing ever but her maid uniform. She has to see that every time she catches her reflection in glass or a mirror, and know everyone everywhere knows of her permanent daily job.

She told me she is having trouble remembering anything but her maid identity and is seeing herself as having been only a maid as her job . Sounds like she is blocking out her past to be able to cope with this fulltime image and position in life that is all she every experiences now

EXPLORED! Highest position: 147 on Thursday, July 9, 2009

Still busy, these next two weeks will probably be even worse...

Getting stronger, on Thursday they scheduled me the final job interview (already succesfully passed through two) for a really interesting opportunity.

I will be meeting the General Manager of the company. Sounds good!

The shot

Another sunrise from my April Tuscany trip. Taken some minutes before "Tuscany Sunrise @75mm". Tighter crop, less contrasty.

I'm in love with that place.

The Processing

Photoshop: (SINGLE EXPOSURE)

- Duplicated the background layer, switched to soft light mode and applied a gradient mask (sky only)

- Switched to LAB mode and applied two curves to improve contrast and tones

- Back to RGB, added a vibrance layer to boost up minor tones

- Used color balance tool to improve colors

- Duplicated the background layer, switched to linear add and applied a gradient mask (foreground only)

- Created an Overlay layer to adjust light

- Resized

- Run Noise Ninja to reduce Noise

- Sharpening (Smart Sharpen + more accurate)

- Framing and signature.

Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :

The best is yet to come, on Black

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