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The conductor stands ready to secure loaded side dumps at Tunnel Siding on the former Erie Mining Company at Cramer, Minnesota. In a few seconds the camera shutters of over a dozen photographers will clap like thunder as the A-B-B-B-A set of Cliffs Erie F9s back out of Cramer Tunnel and into the brilliant evening sunlight. This was the last great hurrah of 2008, where taconite fines and chips were backhauled from Taconite Harbor to Hoyt Lakes and ultimately made an all-rail journey to the Sparrows Point steel mill located near Baltimore, Maryland. The steel mill is gone now and though the rails remain here, a rebirth is almost certainly never to occur.
VMV released Union Pacific's rebuilt A-B-A set of E units in the spring of 1993, working their way west on April 27 from St. Louis across Missouri on the Sedalia Subdivision.
Union Pacific had their company photographer following the train, making several stops along the way to document the rebuilt locomotives. Here, the train is posed for the cameras along the banks of the Missouri River in Hermann. The UP chase crew secured track and time on the adjacent mainline for the company photographer to setup his huge camera on the south track that shot 8x10 negatives. UP was friendly to the other railfans chasing the train, allowing us on the mainline to make our photos as well.
Once more the Heavenly Power
Makes all things new,
And domes the red-plowed hills
With loving blue;
The blackbirds have their wills,
The throstles too.
Opens a door in Heaven;
From skies of glass
A Jacob's ladder falls
On greening grass,
And o'er the mountain-walls
Young angels pass.
Before them fleets the shower,
And burst the buds,
And shine the level lands,
And flash the floods;
The stars are from their hands
Flung through the woods,
The woods with living airs
How softly fanned,
Light airs from where the deep,
All down the sand,
Is breathing in his sleep,
Heard by the land.
O, follow, leaping blood,
The season's lure!
O heart, look down and up,
Serene, secure,
Warm as the crocus cup,
Like snow-drops, pure!
Past, Future glimpse and fade
Through some slight spell,
A gleam from yonder vale,
Some far blue fell;
And sympathies, how frail,
In sound and smell!
Till at thy chuckled note,
Thou twinkling bird,
The fairy fancies range,
And, lightly stirred,
Ring little bells of change
From word to word.
For now the Heavenly Power
Makes all things new,
And thaws the cold, and fills
The flower with dew;
The blackbirds have their wills,
The poets too.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Sending love to you all from North Carolina have a wonderful Thursday. :-)
mushroom-trio with silk
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Solid walls adorned with barbed wire, electric wire, surveillance cameras…a common sight in my hometown Windhoek. (High crime rate)
For Wednesday Walls
Have a happy day, everyone!
A close-up of a belaying pin and rope on the US Lightship Huron (LV-103) at Port Huron, Michigan. The Blue Water Bridge and Sarnia, Ontario are in the background.
Developed with Darktable 3.6.0.
Various ropes, hooks and chains are needed to secure the large ships in our harbour... a little close uo look
Much to the disappointment of the tiny bears, I forgot to post some of their holiday shots! Here is how THAT conversation went:
"Mama? Where IS that photo of us bring home the Christmas tree on the camper this time?" asked Julius.
"Yes, Mama! We didn't see it on Flickr! I was standing on the gas bottle securing the tree and I though it was SUCH a good shot!" said Patch.
"We just wanted you to share it with everybody and everybear . . ." moaned Jillian. "We even braved the snow where we got the Christmas tree!"
"Oh my! I am SO sorry, guys! I am posting it now, and you did a great job with the tree! I love you!"
"It's okay, Mama. We love you, too! Now post the photo!" Giggling from three little bears ensued. :)
Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday!
Crazy Tuesday - Keys
Looked for a key with a bit of a 'different' cut out....... found this one that is used to secure the tow-hitch on a caravan - I did learn something when trying to photograph in an interesting position.......because it is metal it could stand 'on end' on my 'magnetic' tablet cover......who knew !!!
So just to make it a little more interesting, it stood proud in front of a bottle of cherryade!!
Hello !
It's always nice to see a young Robin in the garden.
Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Spideog
Redbreast, Ploughman's Bird, Ruddock
One of Ireland's top-20 most widespread garden birds.
Status: Resident
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population is regarded as Secure by BirdLife International.
Identification: Probably the most familiar garden bird - the bright orange-red breast and facial area make it unmistakable. Upperparts a uniform greyish brown, belly and lower breast greyish white. The bill is dark and pointed and the legs black. Can appear very plump and rounded, especially in cold weather when the bird fluffs out its feathers. Can be very confiding, often perching motionless close to gardening activity. Occasionally cocks tail briefly.
Call: Song a wispy, relatively slow series of notes ranging up and down the scale, becoming more rapid in parts - the notes rolling into each other. Somewhat melancholy - winter song even more so. Calls include a "tick" which is sometimes repeated to sound like an old clock being wound up. Also a plaintive, barely audible "seep".
Diet: Insects and some fruits, including apples. Readily comes to bird tables.
Breeding: Breeds throughout Ireland in many different habitats. Nest usually well-concealed in a bank, ivy or cavity in tree or wall. Sometimes chooses unusual location such as a hat or garment hanging in garden shed. Will use open-fronted nestboxes.
abandoned houses in Detroit area required to have entrance points secured. Not sure what this cover is about.