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Setting sun on the remaining trees discloses what the powers call progress. This is clearing for a road that borders a large park in the city of Wasilla, Alaska. The clearing cuts off a number of trails where I walked the dogs and was amazed that we had such a place in a densely populated area. Soon to be a paved road with traffic zooming by and new housing developments. The price for progress in a rapidly growing area. I guess we should enjoy what we have while we can as there is no going back. Sorry to rant and thanks for your visit!
Work in progress for Bandit 50/3 Girovagando
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This art piece quite surprised and amused me after I was able to process the whole image in my head!!!! I couldn’t find the description for it, but I think it describes the human nature and its consequences very very nicely!!
Enjoy your week friends, thank you for your visit :))
Statue representing progress on Gellert Hill, Budapest (the couple are real, happened to stand in just the right place)
One of my absolute favorite things about he RF&P is the timelessness of some of the scenes. While the power may have changed over the years, many of the locations have not. Doswell, Virginia is one such place, where a real deal RF&P signal mast, for now, governs this stretch of railroad. Unfortunately, like most cool things on the railroad, time marches on. Today many of us in the Old Dominion received word that CSX crews brought in its replacement, which will forever change this scene. It's tough to accept the things you don't want to, and while we all know things change, it doesn't mean we always want them to.
After removal of most of the lawn from our front yard. I left a grassy path, because I like the look. This was taken in Spring, but now the area behind Musky has filled in quite a bit with native annuals (pollinator or "butterfly mix"). The backdrop is the neighbor's front yard, which is like a jungle (not complaining). Quite a few of my trees and shrubs are still in pots, as I think about placement. Fall is a good time to transplant, although some will remain in containers.
Silberra Color 100.
Olympus OM10 w. F.Zuiko Auto-S 1:1.8 / 50mm lens.
Processed and optically printed by Blue Moon Camera. Home scanned.
7DWF Thursdays / Jueves : B&W
"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." -Benjamin Franklin
Work continues on the Norfolk Southern Pittsburgh Line installing Positive Train Control equipment, including new signal bridges at control points like the one here at Duncannon. Train 60N is rolling west under the new and old with the Norfolk and Western heritage unit leading a train of Russian steel slabs.
Work is still progressing west, with new equipment showing up periodically for installation and the technology is already in use on the nearby Lurgan Branch. The time of the classic Pennsylvania Railroad position light signal is rapidly winding down.
While most railroads are on a cost cutting spree the Reading & Northern is doing just the opposite by upgrading track & signals, buying more motive power & above all hiring more dedicated people to move the freight. Case in point, a new siding & control point (Muller) is being installed near Hamburg which will connect with an existing siding & run all the way to Port Clinton.
The sun casts a pastel glow over a construction site in Columbus, Ohio.
Fuji X-Pro 3, XF 50mm F2
Kodak Ultramax base
View on Martinitoren Groningen Netherlands
Thanks for your visit and comments I appreciate that very much
Two old rusty steel soda cans with their external "Church Key" opener posed with their sleek noncorrosive aluminum replacement. No Church key needed! For the Crazy Tuesday Challenge, modern vs vintage.
Happy Tuesday!
Every advancement has its price tag. And nobody rides for free.
Shot for Our Daily Challenge :”Fossil Fuels and Climate Change”
Progress of the construction of the Margaret McDermott Bridge in Dallas, TX, designed by spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
...because we as humans, especially americans, are at the forefront and always moving forward!
right?
(sometimes i wonder)
A mix of BNSF power and a Union Pacific Locomotive is seen here at Progress Rail in Memphis, TN., in the process of being scrapped
The closest approach of a Great Egret on Horsepen Bayou before my panning got out of sync with autofocus.
So the dark brown wood on the right is the actual original shed. The part on the left, currently covered by the newly built sliding door, is the roof overhang area where we store some wood and our ATV's.
Because the bylaws here say we can only build outbuildings like sheds at 10x10 feet, there are no walls on this area. We have tarped the back and one side and the sliding door protects the inside from the elements while allowing us to have a storage area. The door is 10' wide and can slide over the same distance to the right so we can access the inside.
It still needs another coat of stain plus the cement slabs must be lowered as you can see the bottom of the door is binding on them. Also, handles and latches will be installed. The wind, rain and snow all blow directly toward that door, so it will be a good protection and much easier to access than the tarp and ropes we were using.
In case you are wondering... the cement pipe in front is protecting the access to the well. Every spring the ground heaves and it starts to lean. We will have to take it off and level it. It is in an awkward spot but I guess that's where the previous owners found the water. (!36' down),
Want to see this photograph on your wall? Get in touch via peter@peterhill.au or at peterhill.au/contact/
Until the 1970s, the zinc smelter at Odda, Norway, on the shores of the Sørfjorden fjord, discharged industrial wastewater into the fjord, making it one of the most heavily metal-contaminated marine environments in the world.
After a decades-long clean-up, the fjord is back to pre-industrial conditions. Part of the smelter is now a museum, the rest demolished or left.
Shot with a TS-E 24mm f3.5L II Tilt+Shift lens, with horizontal tilt engaged.