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A pair of rebuilt former BN GP30s lead the Brainerd Local down the street in Brainerd, MN 13 years ago today on April 18, 2007.
The local is here heading south to the mainline after serving the Wausau Paper mill. BNSF served this stretch of street running 3 days a week back in 2007. This former Potlatch paper mill in Brainerd went through several owners in the 2000s and finally closed for good in 2013. BNSF no longer runs down FIrst Street here in Brainerd, as the mill was the only customer on this little branch.
This pair of 30s, which the BN classified as a GP39E and GP39M respectively, made several trips on the Brainerd Local that spring. Since I lived along the Brainerd Sub. in McGregor in 2007, I chased this BNSF 2748 and 2811 pair several times that spring.
That white Chevy Corsica on the left looks exactly like the railfan car I drove around the Twin Cities in the late 90s. Funny seeing it here when I dug out this shot as I haven't seen a Corsica for years.
Since 2007, with the government of Rafael Correa, the tourism brand "Ecuador Ama la Vida" has been transformed, with which the nation's tourism promotion would be sold. Focused on considering it as a country friendly and respectful of nature, natural biodiversity, and cultural diversity of the peoples. And for this, means of exploiting them are developed along with the private economy.
The country has two cities with UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Quito and Cuenca, as well as two natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Galapagos Islands and Sangay National Park in addition to one World Biosphere Reserve, such as the Cajas Massif. Culturally, the Toquilla straw hat and the culture of the Zapara indigenous people are recognized. The most popular sites for national and foreign tourists have different nuances due to the various tourist activities offered by the country.
Ever since I was a small child I loved this little bird and dreamed that some day I would see him. Up until that point I only saw it on the cover of a book. My first glimpse of one was in Connecticut many years later and I stopped the car to take in his beauty !! He is small but packed with gorgeous colors. Last week I was able to capture an image in Central Florida . Needless to say I was thrilled .
Wishing you a beautiful and blessed day !!!!!!!!!!!
Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that's been our unifying cry, "More light." Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlelight. Neon, incandescent lights that banish the darkness from our caves to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the night games at Soldier's Field. Little tiny flashlights for those books we read under the covers when we're supposed to be asleep. Light is more than watts and footcandles. Light is metaphor. Light is knowledge, light is life, light is light. ~Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
It's about 2 months since I last picked up my camera and a combination of time, energy and motivation seem to be conspiring against me at the moment. With nothing new to process and upload, it's back to the archives and a shot from a beautifully peaceful morning up at Buttermere back in March
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"there's an emptiness'
thank you all for the group invites and again for
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Listen ♪
by Lizzie and Dani
"I hope you're dancing in the sky"
Tell me, what does it look like in heaven?
Is it peaceful? Is it free like they say?
Does the sun shine bright forever?
Have your fears and your pain gone away.....
For my brother Dean and our special friend/daughter/sister Robin - and all those we miss- your music plays forever in our hearts
Since finding treasures on the curb is so popular in the city, maybe someone will rescue this forlorn plant......
The winds of recent storms have long since ripped these beautiful red, gold and yellow leaves from their trees. I’m so pleased my final memories of this breathtaking season are of this lovely road which leads into fields soon to be protected behind an old iron gate.
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Since I am drowning in pictures I am going to hop through all the places where I have been otherwise it might take 100 years before I post really nice shots from locations I would like to share.
This shot was taken in the area of the Lyngen Alps at Lenangsoyra. It is the most northern location I have been during my trip at almost 70 degrees NB in the polar circle. I was here early June and as you can see there still was a lot of snow. In fact in most of the places in Norway at that time there was snow everywhere. It gave a wonderful view to the landscapes.
This area is part of a cape where I enjoyed the views of the fjords but also birds flying by like puffins and razorbills.
Since June 1997, the Hotel Landhaus Milser is located in the green belt between the cities of Dusseldorf and Duisburg. The architecture is typically Italian. We went on a beautiful autumn day to the Country House. And I shot this photo. The picture was taken with a Samsung EX 1.
Since we're feeling so anesthetized
In our comfort zone
Reminds me of the second time
That I followed you home
We're running out of alibis
On the second of may
Reminds me of the summertime
On this winters day
Since we always buy a tree that we can plant after Christmas, it stays outside. This ornament hangs by my kitchen window.
Well been a week since my last post and working on some new hobbies so this isn’t my usual post. I have begun to treat myself with some preventative herbal medicine right now I am working on my immune defenses given its everything season out there. I spent many months reading and researching and have narrowed some things down that seemed to have some great abilities to fire up the immune system pre sickness and I think this one so far is a winner you can look up the ingredients and their benefits on your own if you are interested as I can only tell you what works for me.
Immuno-T
1 part each dried Elderberry, Rose Hips, Echinacea Root, Astragalus, Ginger
I like mine herbs powdered so mix in a spice grinder for maximum extraction; otherwise 3-4 tsp in a 1l mason jar filled with boiling water, let steep 10 minutes drink then hot or cold and a spoonful of honey makes the medicine go down so does a slice or two lemon.
I took this on Oct 24th, 2021 with my D850 and Tamron 15-30 f2.8 G2 Lens at 30mm, 5s, f8 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Topaz ,and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Ever since a child I've had a fear of worms or anything that resembles them (probably due to the fact a friend put a handful of them down the back of my shirt on a fishing trip!). When I discovered this amazing sim today I couldn't help but smile when I encountered Mr Wormlike! What an amazing place, constructed completely from scribbles, if you've never been the LM is below
Since they chopped down the Lawson's cypress near my office, I miss seeing these beauties regularly, so I was really happy to spot one at Swynnerton last Saturday.
Since we don't water our grass much in the summer patches of it goes dormant. Here's a stray blade, missed when my son mowed last, that went to flower. I spritzed it with water.
Since the lily blossoms are about the same size as the duckling, learning to navigate a lily pond can be a somewhat challenging exercise.
Condos at Humber Bay. Part of a mural that was painted by a friend of mine. The building has since been torn down. I messed with the colors a bit : )
Since 1981, an extensive section of the bay has been protected as the Ao Phang Nga National Park. The park is in Phang Nga Province, at 8°17′N 98°36′E.
Every year, since I was born, I spend some vacation days on my parents' farm...
As the years have passed by, I've seen this place go from glory to almost total abandoning... People age, the physical strength decreases and so the things start to fade as well... But to me this is one of the most precious places on Earth, so this year I've decided to share a bit of it with you my friends while I still can come back here... because no one knows what the future may bring... :-)
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[Since 1975] Octopus Tongue @ Kinky event
ANTAYA Mermaid face scales
ANTAYAMermaid body scales
MARPESIA Breast Bite Marks - [BOM]
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Mana. // Affliction Eyes
DOUX - Sophie hairstyle
Spoiled - Lewdy Body Sea Stars Nude
Satans Closet - Cthulhu Set
VORTEX Lashes 17.0
VORTEX Lips 13.0
Unterwegs mit Stefan Sellmer um bei kalter Brise den ersten Sonnenuntergang seit einer gefühlten Ewigkeit zu fotografieren :-)
Schönen Sonntag!
Long since closed down corner shop. Net curtains, double doors, wall ties, awning frames, blown render and Victorian chimney pots, what's not to love about it ?
I have always thought of crucifixion and the Holy Trinity when passing by . .
LR3989 © Joe O'Malley 2020
forever, since we had 6 plants pulled out to make room for a wildflower garden!! I would never have done this, but for the past 4-5 years, I was lucky to get 3-4 flowers in total... I'd rather see happy butterflies and bees instead of round bushes that just stand there and don't attract any insects!!
HMM- since the wooden shoes didn't pass muster, i am going with this one for my back-up for my choice for today, 8/31, for the macro mondays' group pool for the theme of sound. this was designed (with the semicircular cutouts) to make a sound to let the owner of the tea kettle know when the water is heated to an optimum temperature. most of my pictures were in the homemade musical instruments category ~grin~
"macro mondays" sound possibility
Since a longer time i wanted to photograph this buildings ! Now i was in the near of this city and take the chance :-)
Hope you like it too !
Wish you a sunny great weekend !!!
Thanks for visit,comment or fav !!!
Since the P&W's inception in 1973, the railroad has always operated a nightly road train between Worcester, MA and Providence, RI. Train PRWO was the regular train for decades until the arrival of auto traffic for Davisville in the mid 2000's. Traffic had slipped and now only one train operates carrying all the freight for the Ocean state. Today the G&W operates the former "P&W", and traffic levels are at the highest. That being said, there is always time for a photo to record history. In the wee hours of March 28, 2022 train DAWO with P&W GE's 3904-4003-4005 cross the Blackstone River in Millbury, MA with 75 cars just about to hit the yard limits at Greenwood.
The Italian Chapel
On the tiny windswept island of Lamb Holm in the Orkneys sits this lonely and exquisitely painted little sanctuary. It was lovingly built out of an old corrugated metal bunker with the materials available , by Italian prisoners of the second world war. There is a rather poignant picture of them hanging inside the entrance.
Hello lovely people! (*^‿^*)
Raven and me wanted to take a dancing picture together since the first day we met hahaha ~ (not kidding). Finally we managed to do this and it was so much fun to shoot and to edit this picture. Today it's all about the Engine Room - a Steampunk inspired event that's open from the 20th of September till 20th of October. If you haven't seen it yet, please feel free to check it out - it's definitely worth it! I want to thank all the amazing creators for making this picture and the event possible.
Thank you for your stunning work - and of course a huge thank you to my lovely Raven for decorating the background with me, crafting this amazing hair and posing with me ♡
I hope you enjoy this picture and have a wonderful mid-week!
(*´▽`*) ♡
- Credits -
Raven:
Hair: Raven Bell - Adel Hair @EngineRoom
Hat: Insomnia Angel - steampunk top hat @EngineRoom
Collar: Kosmii - Nero Collar @EngineRoom
Nails: Diverted & Lueur - Nail - Lara
Rings: Aisling / Voluptas Virtualis - [Mezarah]
Dress: [CerberusXing] - Disciplinarian @EngineRoom
Bra: Violent Seduction - Alecto Bra
Eyes: A.D.D.Andel! - Spectre Eyes
Hikaru:
Hair: [Burley] - Joe
Horns: Visual Magick - Red Tesla Horns RARE @EngineRoom
Glasses: -[TWC]- - Mistic Glasses @EngineRoom
Top: [ContraptioN] - Engineer's Top @EngineRoom
Tank: [ContraptioN] - Pressure Pack @EngineRoom
Prosthetic Arm: [ContraptioN] Compass Hideout - SK3LET0 Series
Cloak: CURELESS REDLABEL - Donatien Manteau
Pants: Legal Insanity - Bruce harness denims @Fameshed
Decoration:
Owls: {-Maru Kado-} - Barn Owl @EngineRoom
Tuna: [ContraptioN] - Thynnus The Thunnus Thynnus Statue
Music Box: [ContraptioN] - Philomena's Last Machine: The Loom of Lies
Mirror: [ContraptioN] - Decor: Ophiuchi's Mirror
Gramophone: 22769 @EngineRoom
Table: 22769 - Industrial Endtable @EngineRoom
Ashtray: 22769 @EngineRoom
Box Of Cigars: 22769 @EngineRoom
Sphere: 22769 - Armillary Sphere @EngineRoom
Telescope: 22769 - Tripod Telescope @EngineRoom
Chair: 22769 - Salon Chair @EngineRoom
Feathers: *LODE* - Head Accessory - Wild Sakura Feathers
Skybox: [P.0.E] - Sci-fi Art Deco Apartment
Still older fossils document the genus since the Late Oligocene onwards. The genus seems to have originated in the Southern Hemisphere, in the general region of Australia. By the Pliocene, it was probably distributed worldwide:
Gallinula sp. (Early Pliocene of Hungary and Germany)
Gallinula kansarum (Late Pliocene of Kansas, USA)
Gallinula balcanica (Late Pliocene of Varshets, Bulgaria).
Gallinula gigantea (Early Pleistocene of Czech Republic and Israel)
The ancient "Gallinula" disneyi (Late Oligocene—Early Miocene of Riversleigh, Australia) has been separated as genus Australlus.
Even among non-Passeriformes, this genus has a long documented existence. Consequently, some unassigned fragmentary rail fossils might also be from moor- or native-hens. For example, specimen QM F30696, a left distal tibiotarsus piece from the Oligo-Miocene boundary at Riversleigh, is similar to but than and differs in details from "G." disneyi. It cannot be said if this bird—if a distinct species—was flightless. From size alone, it might have been an ancestor of G. mortierii (see also below).
In addition to paleosubspecies of Gallinula chloropus, the doubtfully distinct Late Pliocene to Pleistocene Gallinula mortierii reperta was described, referring to the population of the Tasmanian native-hen that once inhabited mainland Australia and became extinct at the end of the last ice age.[6] It may be that apart from climate change it was driven to extinction by the introduction of the dingo, which as opposed to the marsupial predators hunted during the day, but this would require a survival of mainland Gallinula mortierii to as late as about 1500 BC.
"G." disneyi was yet another flightless native-hen, indicative of that group's rather basal position among moorhens. Its time and place of occurrence suggest it as an ancestor of G. mortierii (reperta), from which it differed mostly in its much smaller size. However, some limb bone proportions are also strikingly different, and in any case such a scenario would require a flightless bird to change but little during some 20 million years in an environment rich in predators. As the fossils of G. disneyi as well as the rich recent and subfossil material of G. mortierii shows no evidence of such a change at all, "G." disneyi more probably represents a case of parallel evolution at an earlier date, as signified by its placement in Australlus.