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Mafia dice requires each player to have 5 dice. The first player rolls their dice, passes any 6s to the player on their left and removes any dice showing a 1 from the game. Play continues with the player on the left. The game continues in this manner until one player is left with no dice and thus wins the game.
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A bumblebee pauses on a lavender flower, extending its proboscis deep into the blossoms to gather nectar. Capturing this quiet moment reminds us that nature's smallest workers perform remarkable tasks every day.
Encountering this beautiful Bumblebee amid the vibrant, soothing shades of lavender was a truly mesmerizing reflection of nature's raw vitality through my macro lens. Driven by this year's abundant rainfall and the subsequent enrichment of the flora across the North Aegean region, witnessing a noticeable increase in the population of these gentle creatures compared to previous years has filled me with immense hope and joy.With their striking, velvet-textured colors and calm, meticulous work ethic, these small creatures are the indispensable and unsung laborers of our ecosystem. They teach us a profound lesson in patience and dedication. We truly need to step closer and observe these tiny friends with greater attention and reverence. After all, the grandest miracles of life do not unfold in haste; they are beautifully hidden within the wings of these silent workers who fulfill their cosmic duties with absolute patience, grace, and deep devotion.
I've captured some unforgettable moments with my camera, and I hope these images bring you even a fraction of the joy I experienced while creating them.
Thank you for visiting my gallery — whether you leave a comment, add a favorite, or simply take a quiet moment to look around. Your presence and support truly mean a great deal to me. I wish you good luck and beautiful light in all your photographic journeys.
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Battleship Texas is the last remaining battleship that participated in both World War I and World War II. Over her service life, the Navy repeatedly outfitted the ship with cutting edge technology. Fate spared Battleship Texas as she fought in two wars. Now she is fighting for survival against age and rust.
Powerful weapon
ship launch_800p.jpegLaunching the ship in 1912 (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives)
The U.S. Navy com-mis-sioned USS Texas on March 12, 1914. She was the most powerful weapon in the world, a complex product of an industrial nation emerging as a force in global events.
In 1916, USS Texas became the first U.S. battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns. She was also the first to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers. These early computers increased firing accuracy.
In World War I, USS Texas joined the 6th Battle Squadron of the British Grand Fleet early in 1918. Her duties included laying a North Sea mine barrage, responding to German High Seas Fleet maneuvers, and helping prevent enemy naval forces from cutting off Allied supply lines.
Late in 1918, she escorted the German Fleet to its surrender anchorage.
Retooled ship
Two sailors swabbing the deck.Swabbing the deck (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives)
In 1925, the Navy opted to modernize USS Texas instead of scrapping her. This meant con-vert-ing the ship to run on fuel oil instead of coal. Tripod masts and a single stack replaced the ship’s cage masts and two smoke stacks. Torpedo blisters added another layer of protection to the ship’s waterline.
USS Texas received one of the first radars in the U.S. Navy in 1939. With new anti-aircraft guns, fire control and communication equipment, the ship remained an aging but powerful asset in the U.S. naval fleet.
World War II
Baker-Bryant German Shell031_800p.jpgCaptain Baker and Admiral Bryan pose with the unexploded German shell (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives).
USS Texas became flagship of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet before World War II. She had a close call in 1941 while on "Neutrality Patrol.” German Submarine U-203 had the ship in its sights and asked permission to fire. Adolf Hitler eventually denied permission to engage the ship, or any other U.S. ship.
Fate spared the battleship again when Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941: She was safe in Maine. The United States entered World War II soon after.
During the war, USS Texas fired on Nazi defenses in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Shortly afterward, German coastal defense artillery near Cherbourg hit the ship twice. The first shell exploded, injuring 12 and killing one. This was the only combat fatality ever aboard USS Texas. The second shell hit the ship, but did not explode. The Navy deactivated this “lucky shell” and returned it to the ship as a good luck charm.
After repairs, the battleship shelled Nazi positions in Southern France before transferring to the Pacific. There she lent gunfire support and anti-aircraft fire to the landings on Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Final mission
Berthing the ship_800p.jpgTugboats bring the battleship to her final resting place in 1948 (TPWD-Battleship Texas Archives).
After Japan’s surrender, USS Texas carried soldiers stationed across the Pacific home from war.
When she completed her final mission, the state of Texas acquired the ship. On April 21, 1948, Battleship Texas was decom-missioned, and became a memorial ship.
Today, Battleship Texas is a floating museum and the last remaining U.S. battleship of her kind. She stands as a memorial to the bravery and sacrifice of the servicemen who fought in both world wars.
The battleship is both a National Historic Landmark and a National Mechanical Engineering Landmark. Ensuring her future will require a concerted effort from Texas citizens and businesses. Luck has gotten her this far, but now it’s up to Texans to save Battleship Texas.
Taken from; tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/battleship-texas/park_history
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Mursi mother adorned with an ornamental clay lip-plate, a wild boar's ivory tusk (Warthog canine tooth), facial chalk markings, and decorated goat-skin clothing - from a small semi-nomadic pastoral settlement situated on the upper bank of the Mago River, a tributary that joins the essential Omo River in a remote corner of southwestern Ethiopia.
On the meaning of lip-plates
The Mursi are one of the last groups in Africa where women still wear large wooden or clay plates in their lower lips. Most Mursi women wear lip-plates as an aesthetic symbol of cultural pride and identity, signifying passage to womanhood/adulthood.
The labrets are more frequently worn by unmarried or newly wed women and are generally worn when serving men food or during important ritual events (weddings, men's duelling competitions, communal dances, safari photo-ops).
Debunking popular myths
Contrary to popular opinion among travellers and other passing strangers, ethnographers found little or no connection between the size of a woman’s lip-plate and the size of her bridewealth (cattle, guns).
Anthropologists have debunked another popular myth surrounding the lip-plate in this region. They found no evidence that the labret originated as a deliberate attempt to disfigure and make women less attractive to slave traders, yet this myth seems to surface regularly in accounts by professional and amateur photographers, tourists, and bloggers alike.
The Mursi and Mursiland
Most Mursi live in small settlements dispersed across Mursiland, a remote territory of about thirty by eighty kilometres between the Omo and Mago Rivers in southwestern Ethiopia, a day or two overland to the borders with South Sudan and northern Kenya.
The terrain varies from a volcanic plain dominated by a range of hills and a major watershed to a riverine forest, wooded grasslands and thorny bushland thickets. The climate is harsh and unstable with low rainfall and daily temperatures regularly exceeding 40°C in the shade during the dry season.
The Mursi are semi-nomadic farmers and herders who depend on shifting hoe-cultivation (mostly drought-resistant varieties of sorghum) and cattle herding for their livelihood. They number less than ten thousand today.
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Definitive ethnographic accounts on the meaning of lip-plates in Mursi culture and society include:
• David Turton, "Lip plates and the people who take photographs: uneasy encounters between Mursi and tourists in southern Ethiopia", Anthropology Today, 20:3, 3-8, 2004,.
• Shauna Latosky, "Reflections on the lip-plates of Mursi women as a source of stigma and self-esteem", in Ivo Strecker and Jean Lydall (eds.) The perils of face: Essays on cultural contact, respect and self-esteem in southern Ethiopia, Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrika-Forschung, Lit Verlag, Berlin, 2006, pp. 371-386.
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BN westbound Houston coal passes eastbound San Antonio coal empties, and the crew from that "waycar" is out to inspect as per the rules. The rules did not allow for the hi-vis display of skin on the left, but on a hot day on the high plains of northeastern Colorado, the informality of the Alliance Division was in [painful] evidence. Note that the waycar still has its windows on the side; subsequent FRA rulings required the railroads to install windows with safety glazing, so of course the railroads responded by plating the windows over. Of course, bullets probably penetrate steel as well as windows.
It's Sepia, need I say more!
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Detail from the logo of a well known world wide furniture supplier, where assembly is always required. Explore! Thank you everyone.
Signs, Adelaide, South Australia.
Of all the trees I know and love, the Oak is definitely the most picturesque. Where other trees require a forest to exhibit their charms, a single twisted and gnarled oak can dominate a landscape.
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Social-distancing Trick-or-Treat table (individual baggies each with several treats).
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
31 October 2020.
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Bit of a lazy day, despite not staying up till midnight for the first time in years... We usually watch Hootenanny, but George Ezra was up first, which caused us to turn TV off and go to bed at 11.30pm. Not much point, as the West Chiltington bazooka brigade started up at midnight or thereabouts. More money than sense round here. At least I didn't have to deal with a terrified horse...
A first attempt at oil and water pictures... More work required methinks.
Don't call it a weed! The small wildflower Trifolium repens is a nitrogen-fixer, enriching the soil.
DeKalb County (Winnona Park), Georgia, USA.
7 April 2025.
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The Ektar colour during long exposure is pretty amazing. It's got a beautiful blue which is very saturated. I desaturated the blue in PP and got this colour. I didn't alter the colour of this shot.
These two guys stood still for about 10 min and I got 2 shots of them like this :-)
T: Mamiya C330s, 80 2.8 lens, F16, 2-3min exposure, Kodak Ektar 100 film (it was very low light and no filter was required)
No tunnels or walls were required to reach this spot. I made my first visit to a location near Mexico, PA on Saturday March 4th and immediately fell in love with this scene. Here 15J eases into a curve parallel to the Juniata River which flows out of the scene on the left. The Tuscarora Mountain Range in the background completes the scene.
A 'record shot' of 60103 'Flying Scotsman' heading the 1Z63 10:27 Leeds to Carlisle 'The Waverley' coasting along on the approach to Riding Mill station on Sunday 7 August 2016. The lack of exhaust was more or less expected due to speed restrictions at most stations on the westbound line, but the sun wasn't expected, and a quick exposure adjustment was required. Yet another factor to add to the mix of problems encountered!
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After the grey day, the grey weekend and the grey month we have had so far, a bit of colours will do me some good! Thanks for the colours graciously offered by this Yellow Warbler and its decor!
Title paraphrased from the famous line spoken by Roy Scheider from the 1975 film Jaws, but using the 'Royal We' and with a posh accent...
For Smile on Saturday theme 'Kings and Queens'.
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Newark North Signal Box on the 5th March 1977, a Great Northern Railway signal box which I can find virtually no information. I suspect it use to control a level crossing until the overbridge behind was built.
Any information on this box gratefully received,
My thanks to "Ingy the Wingy" for the following information.
A Great Northern Railway type 1 design fitted with a 35 lever Rapier 1870 Patent frame that opened on 14/08/1875. The lever frame was replaced by a 40 lever Railway Signal Company frame in 1900 and the signal box closed on the 27th February 1977
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UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley.
If anyone can ID, I'll be grateful. The label I took note of is incorrect. It is planted in a "waterwise" display area, so presumably it requires only seasonal water and can manage dry spells.
For catching take off Position ; It definitely required patience then experience and luck!...
PS - I used monopod...
In the summer months ladybirds give off a faint scent, which is thought to deter potential predators. In the winter this 'ladybird perfume' could be one of the ways they find each other at hibernation sites. Ladybirds hibernate through the winter as adult insects, so this is the time when they start looking for suitable sites. Different species will usually hibernate in different places. Some shelter under tree bark, others sleep under leaf litter etc.
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Up until now, scientists believed that anything over seven foot was a long-distance flight for a ladybird - but the new data shows they can actually travel up to 74 miles in a single flight.
The study of the common or garden ladybird was undertaken using a monitoring device at Rothamsted Research, an agricultural research institution based in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
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I started using Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Release Clamp - Nikkor AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6 ED VR fitted MPR-113 Multi-Purpose Rail lens foot and Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod.
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"This machine kills fascists."
Atlanta (Atlanta Civic Center), Georgia, USA.
14 October 2025.
⚑ "An estimated 10,000 gathered at the Atlanta Civic Center parking lot in Old Fourth Ward to hear speakers before a march from the Civic Center to Liberty Plaza [downtown] outside the State Capitol building."
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Approximately 200 organizations collaborated to coordinate the October protests, which drew nearly 7 million participants nationwide, marking it as one of the largest single-day demonstrations in American history."
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The one with the different registration.This bus is the last in the batch of Devon General Bristol VRT's, 551 - 564. 551 to 563 had ATA 5**L registrations, but this one was registered BFJ 564L. It is seen here parked at the rear of Torquay Depot, not required for Winter service. Alongside is 544.
Tablelands, Gros Morne Newfoundland
Composed of ultramafic rock,Peridotite lacks the usual nutrients required to sustain most plant life, hence its barren appearance. The rock is very low in calcium, very high in magnesium, and has toxic amounts of heavy metals.
The ZWO 294mc Pro requires Dark frames, Flat frames are always desired. Bias frames I shoot because I'm supposed to :) But for this capture of M42 I did use any of the calibration frames. I used the RASA 8 which had been shelved for almost 2 years. My goal was just to get it wired up and ready for another night but decided to grab a few frames anyway.
RASA8, ZWO 294mc Pro, AM5 mount. Exposure, 30 secs. 400 captures. Stacked in DeepSkyStacker. Processed in Pixinsight where SCNR was applied 3 times haha! Crop and sig in PScc.
"I think this is the original pace of the RAF March Past of 132 paces per minute as written in the first proof by Henry Walford Davis."
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The Avro Lancaster is the most famous and successful RAF heavy bomber of World War Two. It is a legend that lives on today and the contribution made by the aircraft and its crews to the freedom of our nation will, hopefully, never be forgotten. The prototype Lancaster took to the air for its first flight from Woodford, Manchester, on 9th January 1941; the first production Lancaster flew later that year on 31st October. The first RAF unit to receive the new aircraft for operations (on Christmas Eve 1941) was No 44 Squadron at Waddington, quickly followed by 97 Squadron at Woodhall Spa. The performance of the Lancaster was simply outstanding. It could carry a maximum bomb load of 22,000 lb, its maximum level speed with a full load at 15,000 feet was 275 mph and it could cruise routinely at altitudes above 20,000ft at a range speed of 200 mph. With a full bomb load the aircraft had a range in excess of 1,500 miles. The Lancaster’s performance, its ruggedness, reliability and to many its sheer charisma, endeared it to its crews who were proud to fly this famous thoroughbred.
An impressive total of 7,377 Lancasters were built between 1941 and early 1946. Of these, some 3,500 were lost on operations and another 200 or so were destroyed or written off in crashes. The vast majority of those Lancasters that did survive the war were simply scrapped when their services were no longer required, as the reverence in which the aircraft is now held had yet to develop to the point where their preservation seemed important.
The Lancaster did not carry the weight of the night bombing offensive against Nazi Germany on its own but was supported by other earlier twin-engine bombers such as the Wellington and the other four-engine RAF heavy bombers – the Stirling and the Halifax – as well as medium bomber versions of the twin-engine De Havilland Mosquito. In total some 125,000 aircrew served in Bomber Command during World War Two; over 73,700 of them became casualties, either killed, wounded or shot down and made PoWs.
In a letter to the head of Avro after the war, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris, the Commander in Chief of Bomber Command, said of the Lancaster:
“I would say this to those who placed that shining sword in our hands: Without your genius and efforts we could not have prevailed, for I believe that the Lancaster was the greatest single factor in winning the war.”
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On an early Easter Monday bank holiday morning, I set off towards Bradgate Park under a biting wind, with my car showing just 4°C. Despite the cold, the land was clearly awakening with spring, quietly signaling renewal in every detail.
As I stepped into the park under the soft morning light, there was a rare stillness—no people, just nature beginning its day. Instead of the usual robin, I was greeted by a Eurasian chaffinch foraging on the ground. Around me, small birds were busily flying back and forth, carrying nesting materials in their beaks into tree hollows.
Continuing my walk, I noticed a group of fallow deer on my right. Among them, a young deer fixed its curious gaze on me, and I believe I captured that exact moment of connection in a single frame. Between us flowed the River Lin, its subtle elevation difference and fresh greenery adding depth to the scene.
As I observed the group, something remarkable caught my attention in the distance. Eurasian jackdaw were landing on the deer, pulling out loose fur and flying off to line their nests in ancient tree hollows. This interaction seemed less about parasite removal and more about building soft nesting material.
I waited patiently as the light shifted and the sun rose higher, creating a beautiful backlit background. Finally, the moment came—a female deer allowing a jackdaw to pull fur from her back. I captured this frame at ISO 4000 and 1/1250 sec.
It’s also worth noting that the deer are currently shedding their winter coats, which the jackdaws are clearly taking advantage of. Interestingly, not all deer tolerated this behavior—some females resisted, perhaps due to discomfort.
Nature’s balance and these subtle interactions continue to fascinate me, often leading me to reflect more deeply on the connections within the wild.
I hope this story adds another layer to the image and helps convey the moment beyond the frame.
Wishing you all a peaceful and joyful Easter Monday.
I've captured some unforgettable moments with my camera, and I hope you feel the same joy viewing these images as I did while shooting them.
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Excerpt from macnabpresbyterian.ca:
By 1854, the congregation of Knox Free Church at the corner of James and Cannon Streets in Hamilton had grown so rapidly that the Presbytery of Hamilton authorised the building of a new place of worship at the corner of MacNab and Hunter Streets, in the growing southern section of the city. A short time later, Dr. Calvin McQuesten, a local industrialist, arranged for the financing of the construction of the new building. In 1854, a wooden structure was erected on the newly acquired site. Although the building would seat between three and four hundred persons, it was necessary within the year to enlarge the facilities.
Scottish stonemasons constructed the second building, using stone quarried from the Hamilton “Mountain”. The foundation stone was laid in April 1856 by Isaac Buchanan. During the next twenty-five years two additional buildings were added to the site: a manse of local limestone in 1871 and a school building next to the church in 1878. The interior of the church remained unchanged until 1877, when modifications were required for the addition of the first organ.
After the First World War, an addition was made in the form of the present church parlour and kitchen. Each addition conformed to the general type of the early building, of which the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada has said: “It is remarkable for the simplicity and good proportion of the design. Its unknown architect was evidently a man possessing great skill and judgement to a greater extent than most of his confrères of that period.”
Although the depression of the early 1930’s meant difficult times, the interiors of both the church and Sunday School buildings were completely reconstructed: the floor of the church was lowered; the galleries were removed; a wide centre aisle was arranged with side aisles outside the massive columns which extended to the ceiling. From the ceiling were suspended lanterns designed in the form of Gothic incense burners concealing the electric lights and reflectors.
In 1934, a chancel was added to the south end of the sanctuary, and the present Casavant organ was installed, originally of two manuals but later enlarged to three. It retained some of the pipes from the original 1877 instrument. The organ was completely renovated in 2007.
In 1954 a new manse was purchased and the old manse was designed as a church house, intended to house the crowded church school as well as the church office.
"A man requires but eight liters. A palm, then, equals five men. There are twenty palms out there—one hundred men.”
This is a relatively simple build. The actual scene from the movie is pretty plain, in that the textures are all smooth and tan. Don't get me wrong it is a beautiful scene. I added a lot of my own made up details and textures to try and break up all the tan color. I wanted to keep the build pretty small as well mostly because I do not have that many tan pieces. All around I am pretty happy with it. It isn't my best work and I was feeling kinda stumped on what else I could've added to it, but I still like it. I hope you enjoy!
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Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, located at 81 Carl Sandburg Lane near Hendersonville in the village of Flat Rock, North Carolina, preserves Connemara, the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg. Though a Midwesterner, Sandburg and his family moved to this home in 1945 for the peace and solitude required for his writing and the more than 30 acres (120,000 m²) of pastureland required for his wife, Lilian, to raise her champion dairy goats. Sandburg spent the last twenty-two years of his life on this farm and published more than a third of his works while he resided here. The 264-acre site includes the Sandburg residence, the goat farm, sheds, rolling pastures, mountainside woods, 5 miles (8 km) of hiking trails on moderate to steep terrain, two small lakes, several ponds, flower and vegetable gardens, and an apple orchard. Visitors to the site can tour the Sandburg residence and visit the dairy barn housing Connemara Farms' goat herd, representing the three breeds of goats Lilian Sandburg raised. From mid-June until mid-August, live performances of Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories and excerpts from the Broadway play, The World of Carl Sandburg, are presented at the park amphitheater.
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Score (noun).
1. A usually numerical record of a competitive event;
2. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain;
3. A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction;
4. The written form of the composition for orchestral or vocal parts;
5. The music written for a movie or a play;
And many other definitions in our life...
Life is a competition. And in this competition, in this game with a name LIFE everyone has a SCORE.
Sometimes your score is even more important than you. For some individuals your score is only a characteristic of your personality...
Look around and you see what's going on... Here is the mirror. It doesn't like you and says: Get out, don't look at me! Here are the people. They don't like you and say: Get away, you're damaging our landscape! Here is the person. He doesn't know you and not talking to you. He has no any interest to you because he doesn't know your LIFE SCORE...
But somewhere are different mirrors, and different people, and different person. They will be able to see the most important things in your personality. And they will say: How wonderful are you, stay with us... Just find these people - it's not so difficult...
Life... competition... game... numbers... score... What's more important than you, yourself, for yourself, and all around you...
Thanks to:
57mannequins from deviantart.com for this "little man"
thatestock from deviantart.com for the "torso mannequin";
Falln_Stock from deviantart.com for the antique piano from the Texas museum.
The middle mannequin - from last Christmas window decoration of Bergdorf & Goodman store in New York
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Explore front page, #12, 02/19/09
66704 approaches Beggars' Bridge (between March and Whittlesea) working 4M29 10.34 Felixstowe North - Birch Coppice.
Like the shot of 66791, this has required straightening because I'd used the telegraph pole and the railway line as my vertical and horizontal guides when framing the shot. But at least I had some redundant background around the edge of the frame.
It was pleasing that the "fresh air" was at the back of this container train. And, yes, there is a pig lying down beside the bale of straw, as well as some sheep in the field beyond - which explains the escaped sheep (and goat) I saw on the dyke to my left some sixteen months ago.
To see my non-transport pictures, visit www.flickr.com/photos/137275498@N03/.