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Derelict
A Poem
by Mac McLennan (Grandy)
In a ravine (near the bottom) where the Tiger Lilies bloom,
By man almost forgotten? Or, he'd just run out of room?
A heap of desperation? I'd a fight to hold the tears.
Beyond all restoration? --- I surmised --- too many years!
Had man (her god) intended, when she'd lost the legs to run,
To have her tour suspended? (does she lean to catch the sun?)
Her skeleton denuded! Some horses down? or lost?
Her god decreed: "we'll junk her, and to hell with what it cost!"
A name, 'McCormick Deering,' (a stencil?) on her side.
Did she fear the end was nearing? Had she hunkered down to hide?
One couldn't help but notice, there was rust between her toes.
Just nature, window dressing? (but she hardly knew her foes!)
Did her voice no longer thrill him? Had he cropped her name to, 'Dear'?
The bad words, 'Massey Harris,' spoken softly, lest she hear?
Had he asked the Tiger Lilies? would they mind? to share their bed?
Had he meant to ask forgiveness? but the words were never said?
Was it really room he's out of ? or was it just regard?
Seems an off-hand treatment for one who'd worked so hard
Pulling harrows! cultivators! harvest binders? twice her weight?
Now mostly all forgotten. Had her savior come? (too late?)
I stood awhile, to wonder --- what the circumstance had been.
A crafty gander under to discover? King? or Queen?
Adornment unmistakable! She'd all the vital signs!
But that's before she'd fallen! (for the Morning Glory vines?)
Vultures? Been to pick her bones? and leave the carcass rot?
Did any know her history, or was it long forgot?
No one there to claim her by, 'this derelict is mine . . .!
You fancy her? You take her!' (and no damn forms to sign!)
Imagine! Most a lifetime, taking cruises! in the sun!
Survived her boring training, (bloody plowing, 101!)
Her god had sanctioned running? and her playing in the sand?
But her world knew competition and the game got outta hand!
Years spent doing wheelies? (were there dealies on the side?)
Forever playing bridesmaid? (but never once a bride)
Traces on the faces? all the places where she'd been!
She'd touched too many bases? gotten old? Is that a sin?
A lifetime fixing fences? running circles? making sound?
And now, the consequences? Just a tiny plot of ground
In a ravine (near the bottom) where the Tiger Lilies grow.
Did her life had any meaning? (how would Tiger Lilies know?)
I turned away to quit the scene, to hurry my disguise.
I hoped no one had noticed but some tears caught in my eyes.
Pathetic! It seemed so unfair! Her reign should end this way?
But man, (her god) is blinded; and he has bills to pay!
Parts had been expended for now she's less than whole.
Cannibals attended? (they were searching for her soul?)
They'd raped her naked body? then fled, into the years
And taken what she'd treasured? (did they have to touch her gears?)
She'd never known religion but her faith was pretty strong.
Faithful, through the anxious years. (and some were more than long)
Good years? Years of plenty? (and some were plenty lean)
She'd kept her cool, regardless. But of course! She was a Queen!
She'd been tried! He'd found her guilty! of aging? dirty plugs?
Been sentenced to the ravine? to a bed of ants, and bugs!
She hides --- by god forgotten, but, remembering a time . . .
When she'd be up rather early, with important hills to climb!
Who, but time, would dare erase such legends? one by one?
Who, but time, could just forget, the trophies that were won?
Who, but time, could turn its back? pretend she'd never been?
Only man; (her god), deny, the wishes of a Queen.
If I had half a dollar ---? for every acre sown . . . ?
Every acre harvested? But no; she sleeps alone
In her ravine, (near the bottom) deep in Morning Glory vine,
Still dreaming reclamation, or, the warming sun to shine!
She's wishing? Every summer! when the plowing urge is strong.
She's waiting? Every winter! when the nights are cold, and long.
She's hoping; even praying, as the growing season nears
Her god might yet remember? She weeps. Nobody hears!
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Textures with my deepest gratitude to
ghostbones Faded Sign Thank you very much !!
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This picture was taken at Buskill Falls, Pennsylvania, USA. It's called the Niagara of Penn State. It's a small stream that runs through the park. It was taken hand held.
Waterfall on Tahura Mandiangin, so beautiful so great places for rest mind and breathing from all activity on couple week.
a view from canggu beach, bali, indonesia.
my old tech d70 camera can not make a good deal with noise. apa adanya dulu deh....
Wearing what can only be described as 'battered' ex-RFD livery, Freightliner class 90 no. 90048 leads racing green example 90046 and poorly class 86 no. 86604 north at Westwood Road (south of Atherstone station) working 0Z86 Wembley Yard- Crewe Basford Hall slow speed light locomotive move to get 86604 to Crewe after its failure on 4S88 on Friday 19th June 2020.
This move was originally planned for 47830, but it failed on Crewe Basford Hall with flat batteries.
The Class 90 locomotives were introduced between 1987 and 1990 for use on both freight trains and passenger trains. 50 locomotives were produced by BREL at Crewe Works for use on the West Coast Mainline. The locomotives have a top speed of 110mph and are fitted with thyristor controls instead of the traditional tap-changers which their predecessors used. 26 locomotives were soon dedicated to Freight Traffic and were renumbered as Class 90/1 with their top speed limited to 75mph and ETH isolated. 90001- 90015 were operated by Intercity on express trains from Euston, 90016-90020 were operated by Rail Express Systems on travelling post office trains and 90021-90050 were ran by Railfreight Distribution on Freight trains with 90021-90024 remaining as Class 90/0 locos for possible rescue use or work on passenger trains. Upon privatisation of British Rail 90001- 90015 went to Virgin Trains for use on WCML express workings, 90016- 90040 went to EWS and 90041- 90050 went to Freightliner. The first change to this came in 2004 as Virgin Trains began to retire locomotive hauled series, 90001- 90015 were progressively transferred to Anglia for use on express trains out of London Liverpool Street replacing the ageing Class 86/2s that were in use on services at that time. Initially, the Class 90 locomotives were unreliable and a few 86s remained in use however, by 2006 reliability had significantly improved and the 15 90s had taken over the service.
The next change came when 90050 caught fire in late 2004, it was placed in storage and Freightliner hired in 90016 to replace it. During this time 90016's lease has became permanent and the loco has been painted in Freightliner's Green livery.
Several of the DB locos are stored out of use at the electric depot in Crewe with at least one example having a tree growing out of it. 90016, 90041, 90046 are painted in Freightliner Green, 90047, 90048 and 90050 are painted in Freightliner Grey. 90042, 90043, 90045 and 90049 are painted in Freightliner Powerhaul, 90044 is in the Freightliner G&W orange and black livery.
In January 2015, 90042 returned to service. In April 2015, DBS started to run pairs of class 90 locomotives on trains previously operated by class 92s.
In late 2019, the arrival of the FLIRT units on the Great Eastern Mainline resulted in the Greater Anglia Class 90s becoming redundant. 90001 and 90002 were transferred to Locomotive Services Limited in Crewe. 90003-90015 have been transferred to Freightliner.
08/06/2013 with FNT, SJP and Yuni
A lining boats stood by on the Senggigi beach. Lovely sunset.
Photo by Ali Trisno Pranoto © 2013 All Rights Reserved. www.popsick.com All my images are under © All Rights Reserved and should not be use in any other way. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.
About Bukit Batu Beach
The spread of white sands, granite rocks, coral reefs and small islands become an attraction of domestic and foreign tourist on Belitung Island. One of the attractions for domestic and foreign tourist is Bukit Batu Beach. A beach on the hillside!
Bukit Batu Beach built by the first of the Regent of the Belitung Timur, Basuki Tjahaya Purnama in 2004.
Bukit Batu is a kind of small resort. You can get a good restaurant with toilet facilities and showers following 2 bungalows built right on the beach to enjoy the scenery around. But the restaurant and other facilities are normally open only during weekend. The unique about this place is there are many granite boulders that also spreading along beaches and sea. The icon of this place is a big rock called Batu Betarak or some people name it Batu Sembahyang (Prayer Stone).
Walk along Bukit Batu Beach, you will see the spread of boulders in the beach. These boulders that almost 4 meters size, are in piles each other uniquely. The positions of these stones are unique. It is very attractive if the visitors walk along those boulders and jump on the top of the boulders, the tourism object that make the visitor always want to take the picture in that boulders.
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/13.0
Exposure Time: 238
Focal Length: 75mm (35mm equivalent: 112mm)
ISO: 100
Filter: ND32
Thanks for viewing, have a nice days..
Had to move around and picked my heavy DSLR with wide angle lens to other side before taking this shot because it was too dark. It's worth it.
Enjoy the picture,
Sad Agus Photography©, Copyright 2015.
I would definitely not usually publish a shot like this, but given the circumstances, I felt it worth doing.
Freightliner racing green class 86 no. 86604 clings onto the rear of racing green class 90 no. 90046 and battered ex-RFD grey class no. 90048 at Westwood Road (south of Atherstone station) working 0Z86 Wembley Yard- Crewe Basford Hall slow speed light locomotive move on 4th July 2020.
This move was originally planned for 47830, but it failed on Crewe Basford Hall with flat batteries.
86604 activated a hot-box detector at Ingatestone working 4S88 Felixstowe- Coatbridge on Friday 19th June 2020. The working limped to Wembley yard at 40mph where 86604 was removed from the front of the train and 86628 went forward to Crewe solo as 6S88 where 86628 was removed in favour of a pair of 90s to Coatbridge. The 86/6 remained on Wembley for the remainder of June. When it passed me at Westwood Road, you could hear the distinctive 'bump bump bump' of a wheel flat.
86604 will now go into store and it is currently unlikely to be seen working another train, but stranger things have happened.
86604 was built in August 1965 and was originally numbered E3103 before becoming 86404 and then later 86604.
The Class 86 locomotives built upon the Class 81-5 however they included some improved features such as quieter fans.
The locos were initially notorious for causing track damage due to a large amount of unsprung mass however, after modifications which led to the fitting of large flexicoil springs, the problems diminished. The initial class 86/0 subclass was limited to 85 mph due to the track-wear issue, those which were fitted with flexicoil springs were renumbered into the 86/2 series and were 100mph capable. 3 test bed class 87s were numbered 86101-103 and were 110mph locos.
Many locomotives have been exported to operator Floyd in Hungary and are used on freight trains over there.
The 86/7 subclass of two locomotives was 110mph capable however they were withdrawn in early 2013 due to lack of GSMR fitment. After several unsuccessful attempts to find work for 86701 and 86702, both locomotives were exported.
The 86/6 subclass is limited to 75mph and are used on Freightliner trains on a daily basis as working pairs.
From 2015 to 2019, 86101, 86401 and 87002 were hired in by GBRf in order to work ECS moves between London Euston and Wembley ICD for the Caledonian Sleeper. After the arrival of mk5 stock to the Caledonian Sleeper, 87002, 86101 and 86401 came off lease. 86101 and 87002 were sold to Locomotive Services Limited in Crewe and 86401 was sold to the West Coast Railway Company and is currently based at Carnforth.
After 50 years of service, 16 locos remain in service with Freightliner, one with Locomotive Services Limited, one with WRC and one with a private owner.
03/06/2011 with Azis Muslim
I had beautiful sunrise from The Merlion / Fullerton Hotel. And i'm sure that about 7-10 photographers shared the same feeling. On the left is Singapore Flyer, and on the right is Marina Bay Sands Hotel.
Thanks to Om Hendry satyavirya for the suggestion.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Bay_Sands
Photo by Ali Trisno Pranoto © 2011 All Rights Reserved. www.popsick.com All my images are under © All Rights Reserved and should not be use in any other way. Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.