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As is often the case, he has a better handle on situations than I do. The camera was put away and much fun followed. We slid down some hills. Had a warm breakfast. Walked around. Filled in the fire-pit. Explored a snow cave. Breathed the fresh mountain air. Packed up our camping gear. And were home by afternoon.
Our first outdoor trip of 2013. Hopefully there will be many more. If only I could get him to like hiking uphill as much as I do! (proof again that he has more common sense than me)
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts.
This is the secret of success.
Swami Sivananda
Pon tu corazón, mente y alma incluso en tus actos más pequeños.
Este es el secreto del éxito.
Swami Sivananda
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818-1882) was a pillar of the ever expanding Russian Empire of the nineteenth century. A military engineer, he helped reorganise the imperial army, and in 1867 was appointed governor-general of just-conquered Turkestan (a huge area more-or-less covering from East to West parts of Afghanistan, Xinjiang, Kyrgzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan). His seat of government was Tashkent, capital today of Uzbekistan. You'd think that with all that territory to pacify and his plans for administrative organisation and especially land and farm reform, he'd have enough on his mind. But no! Kaufmann was also greatly interested in the natural world of his mandate, so remote from St Petersburg - it took about 2 months of travel for dispatches to arrive. He governed almost independently.
Immediately Kaufmann stimulated naturalist expeditions and institutes in this vast territory. Notable is the one led by Alexei Pavlovitch Fedschenko (1845-1873), a geologist, and his indefatigable wife Olga Alexandrovna Armfeldt ( 1845-1921), a botanist, onward from 1868.
Moreover, he enlisted the services of any promising naturalist or expedition. In 1875 Kaufmann appointed Johann Albert von Regel (see my posting of the day before yesterday) district surgeon to be stationed at Kuldja (Yining), Xinjiang. When Regel and his friends arrived at Tashkent in the early Summer of 1876 (June 21), they were 'enlisted' to study the valleys and mountains east-northeast of the city before traveling on to Xinjiang. And the governor gave them all the help they needed.
Here Regel found our Tulip in the foothills along the Chircik River. It had already blossomed - as his father, the great imperial botanist Eduard August von Regel writes with enthusiansm - but the bulbs were sent north where they flowered in the Spring of 1877. That same year he writes: "It seems to me that this beautiful new tulip is destined to become the matriarch of a novel race of tulips" that will color our gardens. And indeed that's what happened. Here's a 1952 horticultural variety called 'Heart's Delight' in the Amsterdam Hortus. The Elder Regel took care to put into words these botanists' gratitude for the help given the Younger; he named the new Tulip 'Kaufmanniana'.
Hollem, Howard R.,, photographer.
Getting a nose door ready to put on a C-87 transport plane at the end of the assembly line at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas
1942 Oct.
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Airplane industry
World War, 1939-1945
Transport planes
Assembly-line methods
United States--Texas--Fort Worth
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-19 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34954
Call Number: LC-USW36-424
Polly put the kettle on
Polly put the kettle on,
Polly put the kettle on,
We'll all have tea.
Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
They've all gone away.
Not really much to that nursery rhyme is there? - lol
Terwijl ik in Putten stond te wachten op de afscheidsrit van de Plan V stellen, pakt ik ook de doorkomst ICMm 4030-4071, met IC 548 Rotterdam Centraal, even mee. Het blijft natuurlijk een mooi doorkijkje zo.
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I visited Peterhead Fishing Harbour Sunday 24th February 2019, a heavy Haar put my plans to capture the views a little difficult, hence I revisited today Tuesday 26th February 2019, posting a few of the captures I managed to take over both days.
Peterhead ; Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Phàdraig, Scots: Peterheid is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement (the city of Aberdeen itself not being a part of the district), with a population of 18,537 at the 2011 Census.
Peterhead sits at the easternmost point in mainland Scotland. It is often referred to as The Blue Toun (locally spelt as "The Bloo Toon") and people who were born there as Blue Touners (locally spelt as "Bloo Tooners").
More correctly they are called blue mogginers (locally spelt as "Bloomogganners"), supposedly from the blue worsted moggins or stockings that the fishermen originally wore.
History
Peterhead was founded by fishermen and was developed as a planned settlement. In 1593 the construction of Peterhead's first harbour, Port Henry, encouraged the growth of Peterhead as a fishing port and established a base for trade.
Peterhead was a Jacobite supporting town in the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745. In particular, it was one of the Episcopalian north-eastern ports where reinforcements, plus money and equipment, were periodically landed from France during the Forty-Five.
A lifeboat station was first established in 1865.
Since early times Peterhead has received a portion of its water supply from Morris Wells.
Peterhead convict prison was opened in 1888, gaining a reputation as one of Scotland's toughest prisons.
The present harbour has two massive breakwaters, enclosing an area of approximately 300 acres in Peterhead bay. The south breakwater, about 2700 ft long, was constructed in 1892–1912 using convict labour from the prison. The north breakwater, constructed 1912–56, is approximately 1500 ft long.
A new phase of growth was initiated in the 1970s with Peterhead becoming a major oil industry service centre, and the completion of the nearby St Fergus gas terminal. At this time, considerable land holdings were allocated for industrial development.
In recent times, the town has suffered from several high-profile company closures and is facing a number of pressures, including Common Fisheries Policy reforms. However, it retains a relatively diverse economy, including food processing, textiles, service industries and, still importantly, fishing. (Over 90,000 tonnes of fish, with a value of around £60m are now landed at Peterhead, which is still also base to over 550 fishermen.)
The Peterhead Port Authority plans to extend the northern breakwater as a stimulus to the town's economic development. In addition, to assist with business diversification and town centre environmental improvements, the 'Peterhead Project' initiative under the Aberdeenshire Towns Partnership brings together the Council, Scottish Enterprise Grampian, Communities Scotland, commerce and community representatives.
Until April 2005, the Royal Air Force station RAF Buchan was located near the town.
Local government : Peterhead is the largest settlement in Buchan, a committee area of Aberdeenshire.
The town was a burgh in the historic county of Aberdeenshire. In 1930 it became a small burgh under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, but in 1975 small burghs were abolished and Peterhead became part of the district of Banff and Buchan within the new Grampian Region. When districts and regions were abolished in 1996, Peterhead became part of the new unitary authority of Aberdeenshire.
Since 1975 Peterhead has had a community council, with limited powers.
Education : Peterhead Academy
Peterhead Academy houses around 1,300 pupils and the school is split into six houses (Arbuthnot, Buchan, Craigewan, Grange, Marischal and Slains), with all the names associated with areas of the town. The school has pupils coming from surrounding villages such as Boddam, Cruden Bay, Hatton, Inverugie, Rora, St Fergus and Crimond. The academy's motto is "Domus Super Petram Aedificata" (A House Built on a Rock). The academy is Scotland's largest school at over 22,920 square metres (246,700 sq ft) of gross internal floor area.
The school has multiple subjects such as ICT, English, French/German, Technical, Engineering, Art, Home Economics, and many more.
Primary and specialist schools.
Peterhead has six primary schools (Clerkhill, Buchanhaven, Meethill, Dales Park, Central, Burnhaven).
There is one special school, Anna Ritchie, which caters for most specific learning difficulties, autism and other disabilities.
There is also Peterhead Alpha School which caters for children with social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties, as well as learning difficulties, e.g. dyspraxia and dyslexia.
Transport :Peterhead has a number of in-town and out-of-town bus services.
Peterhead is further from a railway station (32 miles from Aberdeen) than any other town of its size in Great Britain.
The town once had two stations Peterhead railway station and Peterhead Docks railway station. Passenger trains on the Formartine and Buchan Railway stopped in 1965 under the Beeching Axe, and freight in 1970. The start of reconstruction of the Borders Railway to Galashiels (early 2013) has begun a local political debate into the possibility of reopening the line from Aberdeen to Fraserburgh and Peterhead.
The nearest airport with scheduled services is Aberdeen Airport. A heliport has been set up at the Eastern end of the former RAF Buchan air base. Recreational aviation also takes place from a part of a former runway.
Tourism
The harbours, maritime and built heritage are the town's principal tourism assets. Recent initiatives include investments in the Peterhead Bay area, which have included the berthing of cruise ships in the harbour.
A number of projects are planned under the auspices of the Peterhead Project initiative, including tourism strategy development, enhancement of existing attractions, measures to improve the town's physical attractiveness, and improved marketing and promotion.
Sport
Peterhead F.C. are a Scottish Football League club who play in the League One. They won the League Two championship in 2013–14.
Peterhead also has a successful amateur boxing club, and in 2008 was the most successful boxing club in Northern Scotland. And currently has two reigning Scottish champions. The boxing gym is open to all and located in Ellis Street.
Peterhead RFC are a Scottish Rugby Union team who play at the Lord Catto playing fields.
Maritime Economy
Peterhead has a thriving port, serving the fishing, oil and gas and other commercial industries. It also receives many visiting seafarers arriving on ships that ply these trades. Seafarers' welfare organisation Apostleship of the Sea has a port chaplain at Peterhead to provide pastoral and practical support to them.
Twin town : Ålesund, Norway
These locomotives are both CF7's, a model that was created by Santa Fe when they converted many of their streamlined locomotives, which weren't well suited for freight use, to the more utilitarian form that you see here.
2535 was built in September, 1949 as an EMD F7A; 2507 was built in March, 1953. Both were sold in the late 80's and ended up serving one of the grain facilities in Saginaw until they retired; both were scrapped here two months after this photo was taken.
If you're interested in learning more about these locomotives, Cary Poole has an excellent book, "CF7 Locomotives: From Cleburne to Everywhere," which is worth picking up for two reasons: one, it's an excellent book; two, Cary's a terrifically nice guy.
A classic photograph on the North Coast 500 in the Scottish Highlands. This picture was taken on the A837 near Loch Assynt on the way to Lochinver.
I put the last of decorations up today and put away last of empty boxes ..gifts are wrapped and the feel of over done has set in ...At this rate I think I will leave them up all year and be ahead of game next year ....lol....Still asking self why one does this ...
Over the weekend I attended a two day photo workshop put on by the Anza-Borrego Foundation. The second day of the workshop was led by photographer Paul Johnson who took our group to Font's Point for a sunrise shoot, and to "The Slot" which is a slot canyon in Palm Wash. This was taken in the slot canyon. The thrust of Paul's teaching is to pay attention to and record the light that we see. He is the teacher that long ago taught me to look for interesting backlit or side lit subjects against a dark background. During the course of the workshops he would point out things that we had all missed, but that were beautiful when we paid attention. This was taken in the middle of the day when there was the most light in this slot canyon. In places, this canyon was just wide enough for one person at a time to walk through. A wonderful experience.
Other desert photos that I've taken over the years are in my Desert Album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157612841897129/
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You Have Did The Right Thing When You Put That Skylight In - Arthur Russell Spring Field
If I put on these glasses, will I see through your eyes?
Feel the wonder you felt when you watched summer skies
Change to shades of sweet purple, and, amber, and, blue?
When I look in the mirror, will I see me, or, you?
There’s a magique I feel when hand touches this frame
Can’t be captured, recorded, or, given a name
And, the sadness I feel, could it be the same
As the sadness you felt when your little one passed
Will I feel the frustration as you tried to grasp
The meaning of all as the shadow was cast
And life changed forever, and, the pain will it last
Or melt into nothingness, empty and cold
When I look through these glasses will my heart grow old
See the lines on your face, a sad story told
Will I see me through your eyes?
The glasses, and the watch, belonged to the man in the photos, my great grandfather Hoffman. My grandmother's dad. Born in the 1870's, he was still alive in my childhood, and I knew him as "Pappy". His dad was born in 1822, and served in the U.S. Civil War. By all accounts, Pappy was a peaceful, religious man. I often feel a connexion to him, and through him, to my great-great grandfather. He had three daughters, and a son. The youngest daughter died age 10, during the Spanish Influenza epidemic of the early 20th century. She was sick one morning, and didn't go to school. Three days later, she was dead. The loss was very hard for the family. My grandmother often spoke of her sister.
Barbie is so cute! I wish her outfit would be a little more realistic. It seems so out of plce with all the realistic outfits on the rest of the girls. Maybe some cute white pants instead of that skirt? Still like the dress though. She had some pretty bad box hair, but it was easy to fix.
I put together a mash-up team for Austin Fashion Week this is our submission, it would be awesome if you guys
click the link and vote for our image!! www.fashionweekaustin.com/joie-de-vivre.html
Model: Minna Adel Rubio
Designs: Staci Rizner
MU: Jessi Pagel
Hair: Sarah Sallis
Strobist:
Einstein 640 camera right boomed up from Minna in 64"PLM with sock
Sinar 4x5 (Large Format)
Nikon 150mm W F5.6
Fuji Provia 100
Self Developed
Epson V700
Shelby put on a show for me. I spotted her by herself in an area I'd not seen her before. She was in the process of taking an elaborate bath. She did not mind my taking photos as she did so. She started out by ruffling all her feathers until she looked very fluffy.
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
After the FIRE incident she was repaired and put back to work but was earmarked along with 3274 for transfer to Edinburgh. But true to form 3275 managed yet another errant escapade. By a giganticus cokupus through a lack of proper communication, and a stand-in Saturday foreman who put 2 and 2 together and got SIX!!! LOLOLOLOLOL, a PVS driver, (there should have been two for two buses but one had a skinful the night before and was unfit) who forgot to bring the paperwork, 3275 ended up being towed to Barnsley. Even if withdrawn, it shouldnt have gone to Barnsley as it was tagged for Preservation. Not knowing there was a GC or a tag, I was there Monday morning 06.45 to rescue the registration plates, it wasnt a problem at this time, only to find out the truth, that it was going back. So I had to be content with a couple of photos, minus front wheels and propped up on a rim. It went back to Bury for some reason ( another vehicle to collect maybe??) and 3275 true to form was damaged on the way back. Windscreen, windscreen surround and framework, and radiator all suffered, the vehicle now deemed uneconomic to repair, and so was released for preservation! You couldnt make it up!!!!! LOLOL What a fine display of organisation.They havent even removed the destinations.
Picture Of Brand New City Of Yonkers New York 2016 Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Utility Vehicle - Car 101 Which Was Put Into Service A Few Weeks Ago. Eventually These 2016 Cars Are Replacing All Four Precints Main Sector Cars That Currently Have 2013 Chevrolet Caprices. Photo Taken Thursday September 8, 2016.
1st Prceint Cars 101 - 104
2nd Precint Cars 201 - 205
3rd Precint Cars 301 - 305
4th Precint Cars 401 - 405
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...to put the clocks back on Saturday night!
In the UK, the clocks changed for the winter at 2am on 26th October, turning back to 1am, so you could have had a free extra hour in bed on Sunday morning if you'd remembered!