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a few weeks ago the hoopoos started breeding (see comment 1). Over the weekend the chicks must have hartched, not that one can see them, the mother will still stay put in the nest for 5-8 days, so dad has to do all the feeding for now. He is flying on and off with a worm here and a titbit there.
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
Near Channing, Michigan at sundown this Milwaukee Road freight is struggling with tonnage and worn out loco's back in November of 1978.
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
find on my morning walk: multiple grids for a new fence lying in the grass
125 pictures in 2025: 26. Criss crossed
Photo By: Cate Infinity
Shot in Second Life Official Viewer in Ultra. No edit.
Location: Drone Haven
Drone Haven stands as a somber monument to humanity’s fleeting reign, a forsaken city overtaken by the relentless march of nature. Towering, rusted skyscrapers—once symbols of progress—now crumble into the earth, their skeletal frames bound in a suffocating embrace of vines and moss. Faded posters and the echoes of forgotten graffiti serve as grim premonitions: “The End is Near!” On the fringes, a last-ditch survivalist camp briefly defied extinction. Dreamers, with fragile hope, planted gardens and built shelters in a futile act of defiance. But disease, depletion, and discord swiftly snatched away their fleeting defiance, leaving only silence and creeping green. At the city's heart, the butcher shop—a relic of human industry—stands decayed and broken. Its walls, softened by moss and pierced by vines, speak of a once-vibrant world now swallowed by time. The eerie message lingers: “The End is Near!” A grim echo of human ambition, now lost in nature’s quiet dominion. Among the ruins, drones—mechanical phantoms—still wander, remnants of their creators' ambition. They dutifully plant life during the Echocycle, maintaining the city as both a testament to human legacy and nature's quiet triumph. But even these tireless machines, bound by the limits of their energy, will one day cease. The paradox is clear: humanity’s imprint, though indelible, is as ephemeral as the machines it birthed. Drone Haven whispers a haunting truth: humankind, for all its perceived significance, is but a fleeting echo against the eternal backdrop of nature’s vast, unyielding cycles. In the city’s rust and bloom, it mourns the inevitable collapse, the fragility of life, and the inescapable reality that all things—natural or artificial—are bound to fade into silence.
Stairs. El Presidio. Tucson.
Front page of explore?!? I missed it, and now it seems to be out completely. Would have been my first time...
The technology that powers landline telephones in the UK will be switched off in 2025. Landline operators in the UK will switch every home phone in the UK to an internet-based connection instead of a traditional copper-wire landline.
The main road through the village - closed on and off for over a month! If it hasn't started in your area it will.
I bet this leads to no end of complications (and probably expense).
I wonder if they will take down all the old overhead copper lines? the copper must be worth a fortune, (the telephone network in the UK has been in use since 1876).
What happens in 2023?
September 2023 will see Openreach issue a full ‘Stop Sell’ of new supply and there will be no new lone installation for ISDN.
What happens in 2025?
It will be imperative that you switch to alternative solutions by this date, in order to avoid ultimately being left without a service. Your provider should be aiming to migrate all services and offer alternative solutions.
Salisbury was the first place in the UK to trial a total changeover to VoIP in 2020, and over 95 per cent of its 20,000 premises are now using VoIP.
Plas Cadnant first views through the large gates.
Lawned area and pyramids.
Plas Cadnant Hidden Gardens
A historic garden under restoration, situated between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris on the Isle of Anglesey.
In 1996, the present owner bought the 200 acre Plas Cadnant Estate and work began on the restoration of the historic garden and grounds. Since then large parts of the gardens have undergone a spectacular transformation and have been restored to their former glory.
Described as one of North Wales best kept secrets is the hidden world of Plas Cadnant Gardens, situated at the side of the Menai Strait, hidden from view near to Menai Bridge on the Isle of Anglesey.
Former owners of Plas Cadnant were related to the Tremayne family of Heligan House, now famous for its Lost Gardens.
A new garden is being created on an historic site, becoming a plantsman's paradise. Now considered amongst the liveliest twenty gardens of Wales, and featured in a new book 'The Finest Gardens of Wales' by Tony Russell'. Also featured in 'Discovering Welsh Gardens' written by Stephen Anderton and photographed by Charles Hawes.
There is still much work to be done and we hope you will visit us in person or use the website to keep informed of our ongoing progress.
Three gardens in one
Three different gardens have been discovered, including an unusual walled garden with curving walls and pool, a secret valley garden with three waterfalls and river, and an upper woodland garden with stone outcrops and the remains of a 19c. folly.
Happy Bench Monday! This bench overlooks the small lake at Progress Ridge Townsquare in SW Beaverton, Oregon
"Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.”
~ Charles Baudelaire
...because we as humans, especially americans, are at the forefront and always moving forward!
right?
(sometimes i wonder)
The closest approach of a Great Egret on Horsepen Bayou before my panning got out of sync with autofocus.
thought i would update you on the status of the barn slump since it's been a while. this former edifice is not so much abandoned as it is neglected. and i think looks more so with the foliage than in B&W, actually.
ANSH scavenger3 "abandoned spaces"
Made my way to Grassy Ridge yesterday afternoon to see how spring is progressing. The rhododendrons are probably still 2 weeks away from blooming. That is when you can find blooms. It seems like most bushes at lower levels will not have blooms at all! I only saw 1 bloom where the color was peeking out.
The day was mostly overcast with a cloud hanging over Roan all day. Later in the evening, lower hanging clouds came rushing up from the NC side over Round Bald. It was a very cool thing. This photo was taken from Grassy Ridge looking onto Jane Bald & Round Bald.
Will try to post more later. I've been really busy this spring and have not been able to get out much, but love seeing everyones shots.
The Junior Livestock Building was constructed in 1937 as one of the Great Depression-era federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects on the Illinois State Fairgrounds. In 1997, the building was renamed in honor of Orion Samuelson, a retired radio broadcaster who was heard on WGN radio in Chicago for sixty years as the station's head agriculture broadcaster from 1960 through 2020.
This view looking toward the south shows the huge livestock barn. The livestock barn has two levels with 1,100 cattle ties in the lower level and 765 pens in the upper level. Inside are two shows rings of 7,200 and 5,400 square feet.
Keller Farm, Plainfield, Illinois. To paraphrase Bob Dylan "..not gonna work on Keller's farm no more".
UP has mobilized several earth movers here on Big Ten between Rocky and the top of the curve. UP is using these large boulders to reinforce the grade and shore up the track.
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Soon BNSFs Lake Pend Orielle trestle will be double tracked, an EB oil train passed the construction near Sandpoint, ID.
Another upload from the outing to Castlefield last week, looking up the Rochdale Canal towards the Beetham Tower. I called this 'Progress' as you can see the development from canals to railways and from the scale of the buildings.
Sony A700 / Sigma EX 10-20mm
Waynoka, Oklahoma. Brakeman Jack Torbet, sitting at the window of the caboose pulling out of Waynoka, Oklahoma on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad.
Delano, Jack, 1914-1997, photographer
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection (Library of Congress of the USA)
Original picture
© Jack Delano, 1943
© Alain Girard, Restored & Colorized, 2022
Jack Delano (born Jacob Ovcharov; August 1, 1914 – August 12, 1997) was a Ukrainian immigrant who became an accomplished photographer for the Works Progress Administration, United Fund, and most notably, the Farm Security Administration (FSA). He wore many hats as he also was a composer known for his use of Puerto Rican folk material, started a television production company, and was a cartoonist, poet, moviemaker, professor, and architectural designer.
Well... she wasn't supposed to look so young, she will appear "older" depending on your enb and lighting conditions. I am so bad at creating mature characters :(
Since I haven't been able to give her a custom voice despite all the times I tried, I have decided to give her her own little home where she can be found!
Tadla-Azilal, Morocco
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