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Loved by many, my dearest loyal friend, walking companion and photo model has passed away. I miss him so much already; he will stay forever in my heart
My dad texted me this afternoon, that Oedipoes was doing really badly. I knew from my visits his health declined rapidly. He had been on thyroid medication for two and a half years. And you could really see the disease and medication were taking their toll. My dad and step mom took Oedipoes to the vet and put him to sleep forever.
My dad called Oedipoes his little dog, and he surely did behave like that. He was always by my dad's side. Oedipoes waited at the garage door when you came home or he would greet you at the shore when you had been out on a boat trip. Oedipoes made sure the other three cats got used to the new home when they all moved house in January. We called him the mediator. Sometimes we called him The Nurse. When my dad broke his ankle a few years ago, Oedipoes stayed with him all the time he was in bed or on the couch, purring and snoozing. Oedipoes immediately clung to him when he and my step mom were in a grave car accident in April when they dropped me and big Human off at the airport. The orange kitty watched over him and stayed at his side again.
Now they had to tell him he did well and he was allowed to go. He just clung on and refused to give up on life. It was like all he wanted to do was to give, but he couldn't give anymore. We will miss him dearly.
Labradors make excellent receivers. Pearl set the baseline. Gone now for five years, I’m so glad I snapped this memento while she was in her prime.
During December, I am going to post a few RIP pictures of buildings that were demolished in 2018 and this one from late in 2017.
I had been planning to photograph this farmhouse in winter on a trip to Riding Mountain National Park but was shocked to find it gone. It was located a substantial distance from the road at the end of a large fenced field with a private property sign. I photographed it with long wildlife lenses from the road. I can only speculate that it might have been demolished because others were crossing the farmer's field to get close to it. The land on which it stood was not being cultivated, as you can see.
The house looks like it was very solidly built and could have stood as an iconic reminder of the past to be viewed by those who took the Highway 10 route into RMNP for many more years.
Ely, Nevada
The RIP (Repair in Place) building is part of the fantastic Nevada Northern Railway National Historic Landmark. It is a museum where one can wander all over the grounds and peer inside some of the buildings. Prior to when this building was built in 1944-45 repairs were done outside 356 days/year. Today, old train cars and other restoration projects are performed and stored in this huge building.
Homelessness Prevention Week
3 – 9 August 2015
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Farewell to a Melbourne icon.
Natalie Trayling captivated passers by in the streets of Melbourne for decades, where she'd play her electric piano with a passion and emotion that came from a life both blessed and cursed with more than her fair share of both. So connected was she to her music, she could sit down and play songs she'd spontaneously compose before you. The allure of her melodies was that you could be drawn into her heart and soul with every stroke of a key. Her music was as authentic as the pain or the joy that her tunes could transport you through. Melbourne will never be the same. We'll never again turn a corner and experience that wonder of seeing her hunched over her piano, completely lost in her music, and getting lost alongside her. Natalie was supported by her devoted and dedicated son Matthew, who transported Natalie to locations around the CBD and set up her equipment, and then sat in the background for as long as Natalie wanted to play. youtu.be/30rxzkAYy7k
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African leopards (Panthera pardus pardus) are one of the two big cats, along with the lion and included in the big five of Africa, that inhabit the continent of Africa.
Queen Lorian, a very famous and senior female leopard, was found dead yesterday morning, mauled to death by either Lions or another Leopard. She has left behind a 14 month old son, Roho who shall to fend for himself in the wild.
This was my latest sighting of her during a photography Safari on an early morning game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
the macromondays' theme for today, 12/17, is #safety devices--
this is a sewing ripper with its cover
there are 8 possibilities today-- i think my favorites are the simplicity of faux tea light and the sparkle of golden hasp clasp. think i'll have a bit of coffee while i cogitate. the macromonday album of postings and possibilities is here:
60006 has the dubious honour of being the first class 60 to be scrapped. Disposed of at Ron Hull's at the end of January. Seen here in better times with a loaded ore train bound for Llanwern at Miskin.
Canon EOS 3, EF 85mm Fuji NPS 160
One of many mages taken on a camping trip in Surat Thani last year during a heavy storm and one that sadly can no longer be repeated after this area of jungle was recently cleared. The muted tones reflect my current mood and probably better suit the image anyway. I'm slowly putting together a 'mood' wall and this one will go off to the printer tomorrow and hopefully become part of it. That's if I don't cheer up by then which would be rather annoying..
Thank you for passing through :)
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ODC: Let's Go Crazy...Purple Rain. A very sad day - I was in College when Purple Rain came out --- this music is forever tied to that time of my life too.
52 Weeks of Pix: Anything Music
Flickr Lounge: Textured
"7 Days of Shooting" "Week #41" "Favourite Colour" "Shoot Anything Saturday"
Revisiting old locations to test and get used to a new holder and filters with another dimension. The Formatt Hitech 165mm ND Filters ... "the big Windows" ! ^_^
Support and filters kindly provided by Javier Olmedo from Lucroit
I hope you enjoy
Nikon D800 + Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4.0G ED VR @ 16 mm
ISO 100 - f/8 - 45.8 sec
Lucroit Filter Holder + Hitech Prostop IR ND 10 stops + Hitech ND reverse 2 stops
Got word today KCS 2600 engine blew up in April 2023. Its fate is unknown.
KCS 2600-2601 at East Metro jct in Krum TX on 02/25/2017 doing the pig dance.
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Ukrainian Air Force pilot Colonel Oleksandr Oksanchenko, “Grey Wolf”.
Departing Fairford
Sadly was killed after his jet was shot down near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
He has died a hero, and I am sure every one would like to remember him for his superb displays.
RIP Oleksandra.
The most beautiful, graceful, handsome and secretly sweet cat passed away yesterday at 19 years of age as his kidneys were failing and he could no longer eat. He spent his last days at my home although he was a resident of the cat shelter across the street from me where he lived since his owner died unexpectedly some years ago. He was dearly loved by all the staff there but of course the king of cats had to have a soft mattress, feather duvet and an electric heating blanket for comfort in his last days. I hope he has reunited with his first owner in the afterlife.