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A rake of M3As rounds the curve coming into Spuyten Diuyvil in The Bronx on the Hudson Line. Scan from a slide. August 24, 2017. © 2017 Peter Ehrlich
I just declared a weird and seldom seen implement, "Scrape the skies," at Ramey to be a haying rake. This is an entirely different rake design and it's easy to see that this was designed to be hauled, first behind horses or oxen and later behind a tractor, possibly steam. The Ramey rake was a push rake that was used to skid across a previously mown pasture to pile the cut hay atop its tines. The gathered hay was transported to a Beaver slide and piled on a carrier at the bottom. A second draft animal would pull on ropes attached to pulleys and the carrier which itself would ascend the slide and dump the hay onto a stack over on the back side. The Beaver slide could be crudely built from local materials. At one time they were scattered about pastures in the West.
I just drove out southwest of town and turned off the Diagonal Highway to search for more flood destruction on Oxford Road and northwest of Niwot toward their cemetery. I caught this beside the road on the way to the cemetery. I kind of like the warm afternoon light that streams over the mountains. I just hit the partly open Golden Ponds and other local sites. I got caught up in a project chasing autumn leaves falling in a breeze. This at least qualifies for the color. We've had pretty good color and pretty good breezes but I never have hit both in the perfect "fall" this year. I'd say autumn shots are about gone by now.
Strangely, we had a summer that was closer to normal, if high in humidity, but I think ignoring climate change or pumping petroleum into the atmosphere won't make rougher weather go away. That is at least until the looming petroleum wars are settled and the Koch Brothers and their political tea investments are put away in their place. Until then, CO2 levels in the atmosphere which are at an 850 million year high, will not be turned around. Actually, all anti-fracking proposals passed in Colorado. Hope perhaps. I guess most of America has learned what can happen because climate change has weakened the jet stream this winter. I expect NO odds for the spring and summer weather.
This is an enhanced version of this garden scene. Detail adjusted with Topaz Adjust. A little dodging and burning thrown in for good measure.
AN INTERESTING LOOKING WATERFALL WHICH IS QUITE TALL BUT NARROW. THE WATERFALL IS FORMED OVER AN OLD GEOLOGICAL FAULT MAKING A LOVELY CASCADE.
Rakes Mill pond is located directly off the Blue Ridge Parkway about 15 miles north of Mabry Mill in Virginia.
I'm running behind and will catch up tonight after work!
"A Very Little Child's Book of Stories" written and compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner; with pictures by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Copyright 1923 by Dodd, Mead & Co. This is a 1951 edition by them.
Not built for walking on the ground, for sure! She was very awkward about it. A friend found her and brought her by for a photo shoot. She wasn't too fond of my slick plastic white background, but it kept her from scurrying off too fast. After we were done, I put her on a plant outside where she immediately set up a web, hanging upside down from it.
27 Arachtober 2014 B
Spined Micrathena, Micrathena gracilis
Alexandria, VA
The first train set in the new Virgin Trains East Coast livery was launched on Monday March 2nd 2015, and worked 1S13, the 1100 Kings Cross - Edinburgh.
The train is seen here heading north through Huntingdon.
The commuter rake I debuted at Brickvention. I'll try to get better photos soon.
Thanks to talltim for help and James Mathis for the swivel wheels.
Our Daily Challenge 18-24 October : Low Tech.
I have lots of rakes, and use them. I absolutely hate leaf blowers! They are energy consumers and noisy.
Some of my neighbours employ so called gardeners who blow the leaves out into the street, from whence they are blown straight back in the wind. Fancy paying someone to do that ! They could use a garden vacuum and then make a leaf mold heap to use later.
CSXT 3101 and a mate lead Q140, (Intermodal, Jacksonville, FL - Philadelphia, PA) stirring up fallen autumn leaves as they near Elk Mills, Maryland on the former B&O main to Philly.
The new rake of "Model Coaches" <3
Stunning coaches are made by the Rail Coach Factory, Nishatpura, Bhopal (WCR) are now ready to serve us and trials were completed today, ET WAP-4 #22885 was the power :-)
Benefits of these coaches are as follows :-
1) Fit for doing 130 kmph,
2) Jerk-Less seats,
3) Beautiful interiors,
4) LED lights for reading,
5) Bio-Toilets,
6) Charging points for mobile and laptop,
7) LED Display at destination boards.
This rake also contains old coaches from different zones like SE, CR, SW, NWR, ECoR, EC etc.
Let's see which train gets these coaches :-)
At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, golf courses removed the bunker rakes. As of October 2020 over 70 percent of US courses still did not have them on the course. I am not a golfer, so this is news to me. But this morning on our walk, I happened to shoot this pic, and then learned these factoids. ODC outdoor tool
7DOS Yellow Sunday
Not that I was mowing or raking the grass today ~ just my old lawn rake!
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Looking north from Butser Hill at the chalk slopes of Ramsdean Down and Rake Bottom.
Butser Hill is a chalk hill and one of the highest points in Hampshire. It is also the highest point on the chalk ridge of the South Downs and the second highest point in the South Downs National Park after Blackdown in the Western Weald. Although only 271 metres (889 ft) high, it qualifies as one of England's Marilyns. It is located within the borders of the Queen Elizabeth Country Park, situated about three miles south of the historic market town of Petersfield, Hampshire.
The name Butser comes from the Old English Bryttes Oran meaning Briht's slope. Oran or Ora is Old English for flat topped hill and/or steep slope.
The flat summit is surrounded by a number of spurs. Iron Age ditches and banks divide the spurs from the summit although the purpose of these earthworks is unclear.
There are aerial masts on the hill.
The hill was purchased by Hampshire County Council in 1966. Prior to the purchase the summit was used for growing wheat but now the only farming activity is grazing.
Most of the park, including Butser Hill, is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and since 1998 as a National Nature Reserve. At 2.312 square kilometres (0.893 sq mi) this is large when compared against other lowland terrestrial SSSIs and is the second largest area of calcareous grassland in Hampshire.
Butser Hill SSSI has been proposed by the Government as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC), recognising its importance from a European perspective. This is due to the rich variety of flora and fauna located upon the hill. Butser Hill is in the top twenty Hampshire chalk grassland sites for its rich vascular flora, and is the richest chalk grassland site in Hampshire in terms of its bryophyte (125 species) and lichen (82 species) flora. As well as this, over 30 species of butterfly have been recorded, including populations of Duke of Burgundy and the Silver-spotted Skipper, making the area an important conservation area for many butterfly species.
Butser Hill has also hosted entertainment events. Since 2007 it has hosted butserfest and has hosted various country fairs in the past.
There is an annual Fell Run called the Butser Hill Challenge that involves running up and down the hill three times.
Ramsdean is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) west of Petersfield.
The nearest railway station is Petersfield, 2.7 miles (4.3 km) east of the village.
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