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I have spent many hours looking for the European Roller! I had more or less given up on finding them where I was told they'd be. But yesterday while out exploring I couldn't believe my eyes when I drove right past one sitting on a pole! What a joy to finally capture this magnificent bird in a picture!
NBSR Job 207 hammers over the top of the long grade at Rooth, New Brunswick, directly into a steep downhill at M.P. 58 on the McAdam Subdivision. 6402, 6315, and 6405 are notched up with 111 mixed freight out of Saint John.
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Into the Light - Day 58 - Year 2022
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Visited my favorite candy store today - "Munson's" on route 6 in Bolton, CT - getting a tasty gift for my sis-in-law and saw this display mounted on the wall next to all the delectable sweets.
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The first candy came to America in the early 18th century from Britain and France. Only a few of the early colonists were proficient in sugar work and were able to provide the sugary treats for the very wealthy. Rock candy, made from crystallized sugar, was the simplest form of candy, but even this basic form of sugar was considered a luxury and was only attainable by the rich.
Then came the Industrial Revolution.
The candy business underwent major changes in the 1830s when technological advanced and the availability of sugar opened up the market. The new market was not only for the enjoyment of the rich but also for the pleasure of the working class. There was also an increasing market for children. While some fine confectioners remained, the candy store became a staple of the child of the American working class. Penny candy became the first material good that children spent their own money on.
In 1847, the invention of the candy press allowed manufacturers to produce multiple shapes and sizes of candy at once.
More fun facts about candy:
www.candyfavorites.com/shop/history-american-candy.php
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The brass plate on the wall over the rollers reads:
"Drop Roller"
This machine uses changable
rollers to produce hard candy.
A sheet of candy was cooled
to perfect consistency and
fed through these rollers to
make items like "Lemon Drops".
- Circa 1859 -
The maker of this plate could have used a proofreader as there is no such word as 'changable', it is 'changeable'. No intention to be picky about a misspelled word, but, someone dropped the ball and I noticed. Was a graphic designer for 45 years and a misspelled word on anything commercially printed is mortifying, for the designer and the business that provided the product, as well as costly. Surprised no one noticed.
Bearing on a rotary furnace for processing mercury ore. Near London, Oregon.
Photographed with a Baby Rolleiflex TLR 127 Camera with Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar f/3.5 60mm lens. The film is ReraPan 400 developed in Beerenol (Rainier Beer).
Then it was time for the roller coaster and it was really cool, the most realistic i have experienced here in Second Life. I rode it four times in a row!
Carnival in NE: www.flickr.com/photos/marie_starlight/52339379361/in/date...
Location: (open only to september 06, 2022) Chusings Island, New England
From the pool deck, the High Roller observation wheel is partly hidden behind the LINQ Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
I looked on my friend Sugarbear Steve's photostream and he had it listed as the Blue Bellied Roller.
Achterbahn, Hamburger Dom
Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 135mm f/2.8 @ f/5.6
through Novoflex Minolta SR - Fuji X-Mount adapter
on Fujifilm X-E1
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Montagne russe per la luna.. :)
Dolomiti, Passo Valparola, 2.200 metri sul livello del mare.
Canon EOS 600D + EF70-300L IS USM
Today's story and sketch "by me", I have just received a message from JB to contact Rescue Randy as soon as possible, and send him to his location, where you see him circling and about to land next to the Havasu Wal-Mart Super Center, and question a couple of the reported two dozen eighth foot tall Beaked Beasts on roller skates, who just exited the wormhole nine Havasu Stargate, in a huge interstellar transporter they parked at Wal-Mart. And just a moment ago I heard back from Rescue Randy, the most interesting living tissue crash test dummy in the Cosmos, who this week is also the Promoter and Organizer of the "IRDL" intergalactic roller derby league's, Milky Way regional championship roll off, which will be held at the nearby Las Vegas Convention Center. A detail it seems Randy forgot to mention on Monday's galaxy conference call. JB is not surprised Randy asked him to have the Coracidians "the Beaked Beasts" move their transporter off of Wal-Mart's roof, and get them rooms at the Nautical beach resort, I hope to have an update on this story soon, until next time taa ta the Rod Blog.
Another sunny winter day. We enjoyed it, yes. She even got an ice-cream.
It feels so much like summer these days. Hey! I'm not complaining.
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A photo shoot inspired by retro club vibes and roller skating. The music playing is De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"
Model - Michelle
Spectacular and distinctive: overall brilliant blue, with a rusty back and a stout, crowlike bill; juvenile plumage duller overall. Favors open and semiopen country with scattered trees and wooded patches; often takes larger insects, such as grasshoppers. Mostly seen singly or in small groups, perched on prominent perches, such as bare snags and wires, as well as on the ground. Quiet outside of the breeding season, when birds give harsh rasping calls. eBird