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GP9 3804, a former Southern Pacific locomotive, sits on the team track in Petaluma. The first time I saw the 3804 was in Eureka, on the point of an excursion train. Her paint was worn, but not in this state. I can only hope this locomotive can be preserved, along with her sisters in Eureka.
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Monday evenings are spent watching my daughter play soccer (and sometimes my iPhone).
Southern Railway Battle of Britain Class no. 34053 "Sir Keith Park", and LMS Class 4MT no. 43106 sit in the sidings at Bewdley, out of action during the Spring Diesel Gala. They were, however, in steam, presumably in preparation for the Mixed Traction Day the next day.
Chesnee receiver making a catch during their 7 on 7 home football game against Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.
Just when I thought my neck and shoulder were improving, I had to go and dislocate another rib last week. No, it wasn't playing volleyball, (I wish I could say it was)...it was from a rough boat ride, of all things, last week in New York. Who would've thought??? So now here I sit, watching summer slip away.
Looking east down the tracks in Clarksburg WV, two gondola cars sit on a siding. I'd imagine they might have something like railroad ties, plates, nails, etc.....but I could easily be wrong. The one in the background looks a good bit beat up with it's swayed sides.
Basketball tournament / event in Saint Luke's park, off Elgin. Hosted by Ottawa Skyhawks basketball.
The successful diving save by Jessica Manley has Samantha Manley hustling to get to the ball near the sideline.
continuing my summer tradition of classic yorkshire grit 8's. Not the best beta but it was basic and quick to figure. Topped it out
[ See full set | More San Francisco Madness | Pride 2011 ]
Other 2012 SF oddness:
[ Bay To Breakers 2012 | How Weird Street Faire 2012 | BYOBW 2012 | No Pants Subway Ride 2012 ]
Awaiting for the next assignment on 5182 cotton train, Freightliner leased units CF4407 and CF4408 sit quietly in Narrabri West Yard
Enough of delving into Joni's archives. Unfortunately, Joni hasn't been able to post any current photos since her cruise to the Bahamas, as she has been sidelined as a result of the surgery on her right thumb which also impacts her right hand and wrist. Fortunately, Joni is well on her way to a full recovery and hopes to be out and about in the next couple of weeks and will have truly new photos to post.
Meanwhile, this photo was taken last August in Edisto Beach in South Carolina where the wife and Joni stayed for 5 days. Edisto Beach is an isolated community along the South Carolina coast. Other than sunbathing and playing golf, there is very little else to do other than catching up on one's reading and imbibing in a beach town overrun with rednecks. Certainly, there was no place for a TG woman to go, other than travel to Charleston, which is about an hour's ride to the north, much of it along a desolate and dark side road. . . .
In any event, here we see a casually dressed Joni hanging out under the boardwalk in the late evening. Actually, it's not a boardwalk. Indeed she doesn't remember seeing any boardwalk in Edisto Beach, but rather Joni is hanging out underneath one of her resort's buildings which is built on elevated piles driven into the ground to hopefully protect the resort's condo units from being washed away by raging waters from a hurricane. Other than Hurricane Hugo which was originally a category 5 hurricane that had "calmed down" to a category 4 when it made landfall and scored a devastating direct hit on Charleston and its Antebellum charm, South Carolina has been very lucky to have escaped the wrath of most Atlantic hurricanes, suffering only occasional glancing blows from lesser storms. Hurricane Hugo was about 35 years ago, but with hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean being forecast as more frequent and more intense in future years due to obvious climate change that the moronic trump administration refuses to acknowledge, it may be only a matter of time before these pilings are put to the acid test, as a wary Joni inspects the underpinnings.
Meanwhile, there has been another storm brewing. The tempestuous Joni the Blonde has been stewing for several months now as she has not been featured in Joni's photostream in ages, or so it seems. Indeed, an investigation revealed that Joni hasn't posted a photo of her blonde alter ego in months. Specifically, the last photo of Joni the Blonde that was posted was uploaded on January 1, but even that photo was originally taken on September 1, 2024. Joni the Blonde was growing impatient and was demanding some prime time exposure or else! . . . It's not clear what the portent of JtB's ultimatum would be, but in the interests of World Peace, I am only too happy to post this and a few other photos of Joni in all her Blonde Splendor.
A quartet of guys watching the 2013 Hong Kong Beach Rugby 5s, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. For more of my rugby pictures, click here. I have more pictures from the Beach 5s, so if you played on Sunday get in touch with me as I may have taken your picture.
Defensive midfielder Rumi Utsugi, participating in her third Women's World Cup representing Japan, drinks some water during a break in the action in a game versus Cameroon.
Olympus PEN Mini E-PM2 with M. Zuiko 45mm f/1.8
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters on December 9, 2015, in the Westin Hotel in Paris, France, before hosting a bilateral meeting with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra on the sidelines of the COP21 climate change conference. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
This is a side view of Dowdy Creek Falls . I really liked how the log made another line up into the bottom curve of the rock in the fall.
Thanks again Randy and Fred for taking me to this beautiful place!
Dowdy Creek Falls, New River Gorge West Virginia
New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R38 no. 4029 (St. Louis Car Co., 1966-1967) is seen on the end of a NY Transit Museum train laid up between Ocean Pkwy and Brighton Beach Stations on the BMT Brighton Line, while R46 no. 5802 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-1975) passes with a Manhattan-bound Q train.