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The start of 2023 has revealed some unusual sightings on Limerick City Services.
Route 306 is one of two not-so-busy routes on the network and it could possibly be withdrawn without any loss of connectivity if there was some creative rerouting of Route 303 on the northside and Route 301 on the southside.
In recent years, my only recollection of seeing a double deck bus on it would have been when I saw PAD128 operate a few turns on Saturday, 7th May, 2022.
However, with the arrival of 20 new Electroliners at Roxboro Depot in 2023, the smart money seems to be on the remaining 6 single-deck VWLs cascading to other depots, so Routes 305, 305A and 306 will most-likely convert to double-deck operation.
NTA/BÉ (Roxboro) Wright Gemini 3 Volvo B5TL VWD53 (152-L-1774) was seen on Route 306, a few hundred yards from its southern terminus at Edward Street, Limerick on Friday morning, 6th January 2023.
The National Harbor and MGM complex have several interesting sights and plenty of restaurants and shops.
Here you see two of the landmarks (a portion of) The Awakening sculpture in the foreground and the Capital Wheel in the background.
More about them here (from Wikipedia)
A white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) on the island I'm from.
This ringed one called N5 16, was nearly two years old when I met it here.
It was ringed in a nest in Tysvær in Rogaland, before it went south to Finnøy the next year, and then north here to Bømlo the second year.
I later learned that as an adult, it seems to have settled in Vindafjord in Rogaland, close to where it was ringed.
My album of birds and nests here.
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A friend said me: The best sight is this. I agree. (But I must see the Empire State sight another day).
On the edge of Bookham Common came across this sad sight , something appears to be going on but not sure what . Never noticed it before , think it was a bit hidden by growth that has been cleared .
My second attemp at the Orton effect (first one posted to Flickr).
Is is too dark? If so, what do I need to do to fix it?
Tampa, Florida, manatee sighting with shadows of spectators cast on the water. Yes, I'm in there somewhere too!
Beautiful evening, out and about most of the day, I visted the Donmouth Nature Reserve, arrived an hour or so after the tide had gone back out , walked the length of the beach up to the bridge, captured the scene on video as it was a sight to enjoy, time and again.
Donmouth Local Nature Reserve is a beach site in the historic Old Aberdeen part of the City where the River Don meets the sea.
A great place to see seals and a range of interesting birds. The beach area has changed over time as the river has changed its course. There are lots of interesting plants in the dunes and beach area. Bird hide is an excellent shelter from which to watch the wildlife. The paths run across King Street to the Brig 'o Balgownie., the original bridge in to the City from the North, then down the other side of the river to the sea.
The site was designated a Local Nature Reserve in 1992
Paths are good although wheelchair access to the beach would be difficult as the boardwalk can get covered with sand.
There is plenty of free car parking on the Beach Esplanade and at the car park in Donmouth Road. There are cycle racks on Beach Esplanade
Bridge Of Don has five spans of dressed granite, and rounded cutwaters that carry up to road level to form pedestrian refuges. The spans are 75 feet (23 m), with a rise of 25 feet (7.6 m).
It was widened in 1958-59, from 24 feet (7.3 m), to 66 feet (20 m) by the construction of a new concrete bridge adjacent to the old one.
It now carries four lanes of the A956 road, and is the last bridge on the River Don before it meets the sea. The bridge is just downstream from a substantial island in the river. Around the area of the bridge is the Donmouth Local Nature Reserve, designated as a LNR in 1992.
Near to the bridge are a number of World War II era coastal defences, including a pill box.
Mudflats
Mudflats are formed when fine particles carried downstream by the river are deposited as it slows down before entering the sea, and to a lesser extent by fine particles washed in by the tide. The sand spit at the mouth of the Don provides shelter from the wind and waves allowing this material to build up. The mud flats are a very rich and fertile environment. Despite their rather barren appearance they support a surprisingly diverse invertebrate fauna which includes; worms, molluscs and crustacea. These invertebrates are vitally important to wildfowl and wading birds within the estuary.
Salt marsh
Along the upper shore of the south bank saltmarsh has developed. This habitat would once have been much more extensive prior to the tipping of domestic and other refuse in the area and the formation in 1727 of an artificial embankment to prevent flooding of the river into the Links. This habitat is now reduced to a narrow strip of vegetation along the river margins upstream from the Powis Burn.
The species composition of the salt marsh varies according to the salinity of the water i.e. the proximity to the sea. Close to the Powis Burn this habitat is dominated by reed sweet-grass (Glyceria maxima) with reed canary-grass (Phalaris arundinacea), sea club-rush (Scirpus maritimus), spike-rush (Eleocharis palustris), hemlock water-dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) and common scurvygrass (Chochlearia officinalis).
Further inland reed sweet-grass continues to dominate but hemlock water-dropwort is more abundant with meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) and valarian (Valariana officinalis),
Sand dunes
Sand dunes are found in the more exposed parts of the estuary at the river mouth. Again, this habitat was once much more extensive in this locality with dune grasslands stretching from Aberdeen Beach inland as far as King Street, southwards from the estuary of the Dee, northwards to the Sands of Forvie and beyond. Many of the dunes formed part of Seaton Tip, and following tipping the area was grassed over. Other areas have been formally landscaped to form golf courses or planted with native trees in 2010 to create a new woodland area.
Some remnants of the natural dune flora can be seen in the 'roughs' on the Kings Links golf course and near the mouth of the river.
Above the high water mark, fore dunes with thick clumps of the pioneer grass species including sea lyme grass (Elymus arenarius) and marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) occur. Few other species are able to cope with the shifting sand. The largest area of these young dunes is to the north and west of the headland. Further inland where the dunes are sheltered from the actions of the wind and waves, and soils are more developed, more stable dunes are present supporting a more diverse grassland habitat.
Strand line plants which are able to tolerate occasional coverage by sea water include sea rocket (Cakile maritima), frosted orache (Atriplex laciniata), sea sandwort (Honkenya peploides) and knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare). Bur-reed (Sparganium sp.) has been recorded; presumably washed down by the river.
Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) and sea lyme grass (Elymus arenarius) dominate the fore dunes. The latter species is not native to this area but appeared in 1802. It is thought to have been unintentionally introduced into the area by fishing boats. For a number of years it remained uncommon but from 1870 onwards it spread rapidly along the coastline (Marren, 1982).
In the more stable dunes red fescue (Festuca rubra), sand sedge (Carex arenaria), yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor), wild pansy (Viola tricolour), harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and lesser meadow-rue (Thalictrum minus) are abundant. Small amounts of kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria), valerian (Valeriana officinalis) and spring vetch (Vicia lathyroides) are present.
Scattered willows (Salix sp.) and sycamore (Acer pseudoplantanus) have seeded into this area. Gorse (Ulex europaeus) scrub has colonised the dunes in some areas and appears to be spreading.
Scrub
This habitat is almost entirely artificial with only the gorse scrub on the inner dunes being a semi-natural habitat. Alder and willow were planted along the south bank of the river in about 1970 and these shrubs are now generally well established. Further shrub planting on the south bank was carried out in 1990.
Willow (Salix sp.) and alder (Alnus glutinosa) were planted in the 1970's along the south bank of the River Don eastwards of the Bridge of Don. The trees to the west of this strip are doing considerably better than those to the east. More recent planting was carried out in 1990 with hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) elder (Sambucus nigra), goat willow (Salix caprea) and alder.
Underneath the scrub neutral grassland is present with cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), sweet cicely (Myrrhis odorata), hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica) and hedge bindweed (Calystegia sepium).
Grassland
Much of the grassland within the reserve is formed on imported soil and is intensively managed. This includes grassland on the north and south sides of the Esplanade. Daffodils are present in the grassland on the north side of the road. On the north bank to the east of the Bridge of Don is rank grassland on a steep south-facing slope. This is unmanaged and contains some patches of scrub.
Rough grassland is present on the headland. This area has been modified by tipping, with rubble to the east and with grass cuttings to the west. The grassland contains a mixture of neutral grassland, dune grassland, ruderal, and introduced garden species. This area attracts flocks of seed eating birds in late summer and autumn.
Improved grassland is present on the headland and along the south bank of the estuary downstream from the bridge of Don. Much of this vegetation has developed on imported soil and contains a high proportion of ruderal species and garden escapes. On the headland, broadleaved dock (Rumex obtusifolius), nettle (Urtica dioica), coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris), hemlock (Conium maculatum) and hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) are abundant. Sweet cicely (Chaerophyllum bulbosum) is widespread and in late summer fills the air with the scent of aniseed.
To the south of the Esplanade the grassland is managed with an annual cut.. The grassland does flood to form pools. Early in the year cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) is common, meadow foxtail (Alopecuris pratensis)is known to occur around the margins of these pools.
Woodland
Semi-mature woodland is present on the steep sided south bank of the river upstream from the Bridge of Don. Most of this woodland has been planted in the mid 1930's though some older oak and elm trees are present. These may be relicts of former woodland cover. The woodland in the reserve is part of a strip of woodland along the River Don corridor which continues upstream from the Brig 'o' Balgownie.
Woodland is present on the south bank upstream from the Bridge of Don.
Much of the woodland consists of even aged stands with willow (Salix sp.), sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), ash (Fraxinus excelsior), beech (Fagus sylvatica) and alder (AInus glutinosa). At the top of the slope mature oak (Quercus sp.) and elm (Ulmus glabra) are present. The ground flora contains tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia caespitosa), red campion (Silene dioica), ramsons (Allium ursinum) and lady fern (Athyrium felix-femina) .In a few areas dense shading is caused by the trees and in these areas the ground flora is poor.
On the north bank scattered trees are present, mainly willow and sycamore with some scrub.
Look thru my eyes and you will see;
Seeing what I have seen - but wait;
a bright blur, then fade to a fog.
Fog in your mind, you can't see thru my eyes.
The way I have shown you to see is wrong,
hard to focus, right for me but wrong for you,
You don't see what I see with or without my sight.
But, I need you to see more so than I -
For it is not the sight but the vision. *copyright*
Daughter of hjalmar1886
From morning to night I stayed out of sight
Didn't recognize I'd become
No more than alive I'd barely survive
In a word...overrun
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Agripino, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, practices providing cover fire while conducting dismount drills from Amphibious Assault Vehicles during an Integrated Training Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 30, 2013. ITX is a training exercise held to prepare Marines prior to their deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Mast/Released)
I just caught sight of this unusual sculpture in József Nádor Square, on our way back to the hotel.
Nestled in the heart of Budapest, the Herend Tree of Life is a stunning ceramic fountain that beautifully embodies Hungarian craftsmanship. Designed by glass artist Meixner Etelka and created by Herendi Porcelanmanufaktura Zrt., this artwork was unveiled on October 19, 2009. Visitors can enjoy a serene atmosphere while sitting on benches surrounded by lush greenery, listening to the soothing sound of water flowing from the fountain. (From wanderlog.com
حمله به حسینیه های دراویش نعمت اللهی و ویران نمودن آنها دروطن مظلوم ما ،ازعلامات سئوال جدی درمورد تفکرحاکم بر ج.ا. بوده است..
دراویش نعمت اللهی که تنها گروه متصوف شیعی میباشند ومطلقا درسیاست دخالتی نداشته اند چرا می بایست مورد حملات غیرانسانی تفکری قرار گیرند که خودرا نماینده شیعیان معرفی می کند؟
چرا می بایست نماد اسدالله الغالب وخورشید ولایت علی ع و ذوالفقار علی ع از پرچم ملی ما به زیرکشیده میشد؟
آیا اینها پیامهای صریح و روشنی نیست؟
چرا باید عوامل وزارت اطلاعات در حرم امام هشتم بمب گذاری نموده و دهها تن ازشیعیان مظلوم علی ع را به شهادت برسانند؟
.وچرا پس از این بمب گذاری و جسارت مستقیم به خدا و رسول وفرزندان معصومش ع ،ج.ا. با گفتن اینکه [من نبودم دستم بود] دهن کجی دیگری به ایران و تمامی مقدساتش نماید؟
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خانوم سپیده رئیس سادات بی تردید ازامیدهای آینده موسیقی سنتی ایران هم در زمینه صدا و هم در زمینه تک نوازی سه تار بوده اند
برای ایشان و باقی بانوان هنرمند ایرانی آرزوی موفقیت بیشتر دارم
Shrine of Shah Nematolah Vali in Kerman is one of the most beautiful sights in Iran which contains Persian culture symbols including Unique tileworks of Iran.
Background vocal is Ms. Sepideh R. Sadaat with her playing Setar(persian instrument)
First sightings of spring in my backyard on a cold, dreary day. A cardinal surveys the neighborhood.