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These Wildebeest were running through the long grass of the Mara in single file. I dropped the shutter speed and held the camera as still as possible to capture their movement. The Wildebeest at the back stopped briefly to check the surroundings.
Karen's gift bloom as the snow has begun to fall outside - again. Hard to believe that spring will arrive at 11:06 tonight.
Gainsborough Lea Road railway station, Gainsborough, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
The first station at Gainsborough was the current Gainsborough Central station, which opened in 2 April 1849 by the Manchester Sheffield and Lincoln railway. Initially a terminus this became a through station when the line was extended to Woodhouse and Retford on 16 July 1849. On 9 April 1849 a single-track line built by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) from Lincoln to west of the station and GNR trains serving Gainsborough reversed here. Following the opening of the MSLR line to Retford, GNR services then ran to Retford although the reversal into Gainsborough Central was still required.
The GNR was keen to extend their line from Gainsborough to Doncaster and parliamentary approval for this line was received on 25 July 1864. As part of this scheme the existing Lincoln to Gainsborough line was also to be upgraded. On 1 December that year the line from Lincoln to Doncaster was closed and doubling took place. At this time the new station initially called Gainsborough was built and trains started calling there on 15 July 1867. On 1 March 1871 a line was opened from north of the station to the bank of the River Trent serving Ashcroft Saw Mill and an iron works.
In 1879 the GNR and the Great Eastern Railway (GER) formed a committee to build a line linking the coal fields of south Yorkshire to London. This saw the building of a new line from Spalding North Junction to Pyewipe Junction near Lincoln which opened in stages in 1882. The station was transferred to the Great Northern and Great Eastern Joint Railway committee.
Passenger facilities were improved in 1883 and 1884, and goods facilities expanded in 1886 and 1891 with a number of rail connected businesses operated in the station area. In 1909 the joint committee was abandoned and although the station remained in Joint ownership, it was managed by the GNR.
The GNR amalgamated with several other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway on 1 January 1923. On 9 July the station was renamed Gainsborough North although this name was short-lived as the station was renamed Gainsborough Lea Road on 1 December.
In the Second World War the joint line saw significant freight traffic and passenger services were reduced as a result. Following nationalisation of the railways in 1948 Gainsborough Lea Road became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways. The goods yard remained active during the 1950s but falling traffic saw closure on 1 April 1967.
Compared to Gainsborough Central, Lea Road is very inconveniently sited, being around a 20-minute walk from the town centre. Whilst there is a bus between the station and the town centre, this is not timetabled to connect with train services.
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starblitz with umbrella on the right and sigma dg 500 on camera
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Is it better with or without the tree leaves framing the top? I don't know why, but I like them...so they stayed. This is best viewed large btw.
A lichen is not a single organism; it is a stable symbiotic association between a fungus and algae and/or cyanobacteria.
Like all fungi, lichen fungi require carbon as a food source; this is provided by their symbiotic algae and/or cyanobacteria, that are photosynthetic.
The lichen symbiosis is thought to be a mutualism, since both the fungi and the photosynthetic partners, called photobionts, benefit.
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Abandoned Abused Street Dogs.
This is real simple, Mama has barked
out a royal command to stay single
file on the right side of the road.
I know your saying this is a lot
of monkeys but it's only the
scouts followed by maybe
2 or 3 thousand more.
Real life in the jungle.
Monkey up on the wire is sending
signals back 2 the main group
coming down out of the
unforgiving jungle.
4 minutes later a wave of 4 hundred
primates showed up then the waves
continued one after the other..;-)~~~
Behind us The Zoomer is Zooming
while Rocky stands between my legs.
Another small slice of life in the jungle.
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Going close, closer, closest and into the bubble wrap for Sliders Sunday! HSS!
I was fascinated to see how the edges of the bubble wrap picked up tiny highlights!!
For the group Christmas Lights in Containers. It's fascinating to see what others are doing!
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This is a commission for a friend of mine who wants three pictures of Tulips with a strong colour way. This is the first one that she saw on my photo stream and liked . flic.kr/p/hdHdPj
I hope she will like them.
Well, I don't believe we have ever actually used this!! It's a measure for pouring a single or double sized alcoholic drink!!
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Antique rifle - Springfield muzzle loader from 1865 that was converted to a breech-loader or 'trap door' in 1866.
Info - "The standard weapon used by both sides during the Civil War was a muzzle-loading .58 caliber rifle musket." > www.nps.gov/spar/learn/historyculture/evolution-of-the-br...
Protect your GoPro camera and accessories with our GoTough single and double CamCases. These compact, lightweight cases have crush resistant outer shells to protect your camera, and pre-molded foam to keep everything organized inside. An internal mesh pocket offers even more room to stash accessories.
My new English Ivy indoor plant.
Built in 1914 at no. 911 Wellington Street East.
"This is a Prairie-style single-story residence, noticeably located at the south-west corner of Wellington and Woodward in the city’s east-central area. It encompasses part of Lot 15, Plan 568 and Lot 29, Plan 930. GIS coordinates: 705,711.336 5,154,111.585 Meters
This handsome, distinctive, well maintained home is the best example of a Prairie-style residence to be found in Sault Ste. Marie. It is an elegant Craftsman style bungalow with a variety of gently pitched roof slopes and a small hipped dormer. The eaves are deep and bracketed. The columns are plain with square abacuses and no base. The inclusion of classical modillions in a residence is rare in Sault Ste. Marie and to Prairie-style homes. A variety of rustic building materials have been utilized: stucco, wood, brick and stone. The window groupings consist of both casement and sash with inner muntin bars. Those windows on the front have been replaced with modern aluminum windows but the windows around the sunroom on the east side and those on the partial second floor are original. Many of the original storm windows are stored in the garage. Craftsmanship in the building is excellent yet simple and functional. Even the interior fireplace sports hand-carved brackets of similar design to those supporting the overhanging exterior eaves. With the exception of the kitchen and bathroom, the main floor rooms are still finished with the original oak trim and floors. An old photo of the house indicates that cedar shingles once adorned the roof.
This residence was constructed, in its present form, in 1914 for Richard H. Carney who was District manager for Canada Life Assurance Co. It was the Carney family who was responsible for construction of the Carney Block on Queen St. It thus reflects the affluence of an upper middle class business family which was profiting from the Clergue industrial expansion of the day. A 1914 date and initials of the stone mason builder may be found in the basement wall mortar between the sandstone pieces. It is likely this sandstone was quarried from the locks as was typical for the day. This house was purchased in 1939 by the MacIntosh family who owned it until 2004.
The key exterior features that embody the heritage value of 911 Wellington St. E. include:
- Variety of gently pitched roof slopes provide horizontal emphasis reflecting the Prairiestyle bungalow
- Clerestory lighting that provides light to a half story loft
- A hipped dormer and deep bracketed eaves
- Columns with abacuses and no base but adorned with modillions
- Rustic building materials including stucco, wood, brick and stone
- Original casement windows with sash and inner muntin bars on the sunroom (east side)
and on the half story loft
- Home and property have been well maintained in traditional style with little change to
the exterior
- An interior with oak trim, baseboards and flooring unchanged save for the kitchen and
bathroom
- A beautiful fireplace with brackets supporting the mantle matching those under the
eaves on the exterior
- The best example of a classical Prairie-style residence in Sault Ste. Marie distinctively
located in a prominent east-central location
- A residence which reflects the affluence of a prominent Sault business family built
during the heyday of the Clergue industrial empire" - info from the Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Heritage Committee.
"Sault Ste. Marie (/ˈsuː seɪnt məˈriː/ SOO-seint-ma-REE) is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada, close to the Canada–US border. It is the seat of the Algoma District and the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay.
The Ojibwe, the indigenous Anishinaabe inhabitants of the area, call this area Baawitigong, meaning "place of the rapids." They used this as a regional meeting place during whitefish season in the St. Mary's Rapids. (The anglicized form of this name, Bawating, is used in institutional and geographic names in the area.)
To the south, across the river, is the United States and the Michigan city of the same name. These two communities were one city until a new treaty after the War of 1812 established the border between Canada and the United States in this area at the St. Mary's River. In the 21st century, the two cities are joined by the International Bridge, which connects Interstate 75 on the Michigan side, and Huron Street (and former Ontario Secondary Highway 550B) on the Ontario side. Shipping traffic in the Great Lakes system bypasses the Saint Mary's Rapids via the American Soo Locks, the world's busiest canal in terms of tonnage that passes through it, while smaller recreational and tour boats use the Canadian Sault Ste. Marie Canal.
French colonists referred to the rapids on the river as Les Saults de Ste. Marie and the village name was derived from that. The rapids and cascades of the St. Mary's River descend more than 6 m (20 ft) from the level of Lake Superior to the level of the lower lakes. Hundreds of years ago, this slowed shipping traffic, requiring an overland portage of boats and cargo from one lake to the other. The entire name translates to "Saint Mary's Rapids" or "Saint Mary's Falls". The word sault is pronounced [so] in French, and /suː/ in the English pronunciation of the city name. Residents of the city are called Saultites.
Sault Ste. Marie is bordered to the east by the Rankin and Garden River First Nation reserves, and to the west by Prince Township. To the north, the city is bordered by an unincorporated portion of Algoma District, which includes the local services boards of Aweres, Batchawana Bay, Goulais and District, Peace Tree and Searchmont. The city's census agglomeration, including the townships of Laird, Prince and Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional and the First Nations reserves of Garden River and Rankin, had a total population of 79,800 in 2011.
Native American settlements, mostly of Ojibwe-speaking peoples, existed here for more than 500 years. In the late 17th century, French Jesuit missionaries established a mission at the First Nations village. This was followed by development of a fur trading post and larger settlement, as traders, trappers and Native Americans were attracted to the community. It was considered one community and part of Canada until after the War of 1812 and settlement of the border between Canada and the US at the Ste. Mary's River. At that time, the US prohibited British traders from any longer operating in its territory, and the areas separated by the river began to develop as two communities, both named Sault Ste. Marie." - info from Wikipedia.
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Fleet No.732 sitting at Lakeside Thurrock.
This MK2 national drove like a rolls royce. it was one of my favourite Nationals. came from Scotland before Ensigns had it
I can hardly believe it myself, but I finished the Single girl quilt yesterday evening. I chose an orange binding first, didn't like it, and removed it to add a simple white binding. Still not sure about this one either, but I'm not doing it a third time. The back is plain white because I didn't want a fabric that would shine through the top. I hand-quilted it with orange coton perlé and am glad I did, because without it, the quilt would be a bit too white to my taste.
I seldom see ducks in this runoff pond. Mom was not happy that I was lurking about. In a short time I knew why when I accidently caused the young one to flee from it's hiding place. Notice the Eastern Amberwing dragonfly just under Mom's bill, and also there is a hard to see blue damselfly in the foreground.
I can hardly believe it myself, but I finished the Single girl quilt yesterday evening. I chose an orange binding first, didn't like it, and removed it to add a simple white binding. Still not sure about this one either, but I'm not doing it a third time. The back is plain white because I didn't want a fabric that would shine through the top. I hand-quilted it with orange coton perlé and am glad I did, because without it, the quilt would be a bit too white to my taste.
Though you can't really see him, Don was leading the pack down this path in the park in Bristol, Tennessee. I was lagging behind, as always, finding much to shoot along the way. Joan and Jim were ahead of me, and for some reason, we all seemed to be going in single file.
If I lived there, I'm sure this area would be someplace I'd frequent as much as I've gone to places like Reed Canal Park in the Daytona area. It's large, and offers a lot. I managed to capture a Great Blue Heron there, but it seemed somehow out of place to me, as so many of them live in Florida. No Egrets, though, and I think I'd miss them.
Tennessee requires a lot of things Florida doesn't, like learning to navigate hills, even during winter weather with icy roads. That would prove a challenge for me. As we were driving about, even Jim, who has lived in Bristol most of his life, backed into a ditch at one point! Fortunately, it wasn't a very deep one! There's definitely a learning curve.
The weather was idyllic for me. I hate the heat anymore, and it was in the 50's and 60's at night, while it's easily 20 degrees warmer here! Days were just about perfect. People went out with sweaters and jackets, but I hardly needed one and was loving the coolness!
Soon the woods will be turning colors as Autumn sets in. I'm glad I went while it was still green and lush. I will cherish these memories for years to come!