View allAll Photos Tagged speculation
In response to the much appreciated curiosity and speculation on yesterday's upload, I present the actual image which in it's own right provides a fair to middling copy of that famous horror mask from that movie series, the name of which I have no idea. I do know that mask was actually loosely based on Munch's "The Scream." I'm sure you can pick it out and at the same time see what the components of the image actually are. And while I hesitate from "defining" any conceptually abstract work for the viewer, I do so here with an additional view in comments. The only difference between yesterday's image and this is that the previous photo was rotated, cropped, and darkened a bit once I defined the concept in my own mind. And yet even with these minimal adjustments, quite a difference indeed...
These are both SOOC and one of the curiosities I've discovered is how the camera deals with light and shadow in the snow on very sunny days. It often varies from shot to shot...sometimes dramatically.
My camera was in my lap as I sat opposite these gentlemen on the other side of the town square - they did not know I was photographing them. I imagined their conversation ... "I think he is a foreign man but he has been here many times before ... perhaps he married a Portuguese girl?"
- Loures, Portugal -
©dragonflydreams88
Unusual to find sunning themselves in the same location several days in a row . . . some speculation the lodge may have been flooded with the high waters . . . I'm wondering however, if these might be two year-olds given the boot?
Beavers are monogamous, mating for life. Each beaver colony normally consists of two parental adults, the yearlings born the previous year, and the newborn kits. Just prior to the birth of the young, two-year-olds are forced to leave the parental colony and create their proper lodge and dam. Beavers breed in January–February, have a gestation period of three and a half months and give birth to two to four young. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beaver
Wyoming, USA - In a bizarre turn of events, residents of the picturesque state have reported multiple sightings of peculiar flying objects resembling ice cream cones soaring through the sky. Speculation and excitement have reached unprecedented levels as the enigmatic phenomena continue to captivate the imagination of the community.
Reports describe the objects as large, sometimes dripping cones, adorned with vibrant colors and trailing delicious-looking swirls of ice cream. Witnesses claim the cones maneuvered gracefully, exhibiting precise movements that defied the known laws of aerodynamics.
Government agencies have also been drawn into the frenzy, with local law enforcement working alongside federal agencies to investigate the reports. Official statements from the authorities emphasize that the sightings are being taken seriously, and all efforts are being made to determine the origin and nature of the flying ice cream cones.
Conspiracy theorists, as expected, have put forth a range of intriguing explanations. Some claim that the cones are a secret government project, while others suggest a playful extraterrestrial or extradimensional presence.
While skeptics argue that the sightings are nothing more than an elaborate prank or an optical illusion, the fervor surrounding the flying ice cream cones shows no signs of abating. Wyoming's skies have become a stage for the unexpected, leaving residents and visitors eagerly awaiting the next sighting and wondering what secrets these frozen delights might hold.
Photo | Stable Diffusion | Photoshop
housing shortage and dormant building plots due to property speculation - Wohnungsnot und ruhende Baufelder durch Grundstücksspekulationen
While not my most stellar image, it's probably the best I have of the recently demolished Deshler depot as I only made it up that way a few times. After years of speculation, rumors finally came to fruition, and the structure was reduced to rubble by 10:50 AM on August 11th. Pictured is Q352 heading west past the depot in February.
Hwy 1 - Minnesota
Photo archiving today from our October trip to Ely and the "North Shore" of Lake Superior. This area has been quite popular for spotting moose over the years, but lately it would be a very rare event!
There have been several reasons given for the rare moose sightings by local authorities, but sadly it's still pure speculation why they seem to be disappearing!
Fact: The moose population is still down 58 percent since 2006.
Still Paradise to me . . .
Copyright 2016
I did not come to the university because I did not know the idea of the good, but to learn why the idea of the good is valid, why and whether values had meaning. Yet I discovered that values sweet to taste proved sour in analysis; the prototypes were firm, the models flabby. Must speculation and existence remain like two infinite parallel lines that never meet? Or perhaps this impossibility of juncture is the result of the fact that our speculation suffers from what is called in astronomy a parallax, from the apparent displacement of the object, caused by the actual change of our point of observation?
--Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man’s Quest for God: Studies in Prayer and Symbolism
Red backed Shrike - Lanius collurio
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae. The breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia but it only rarely occurs in the British Isles. It is migratory and winters in the western areas of tropical Africa.
Once a common migratory visitor to Great Britain, numbers declined sharply during the 20th century. The bird's last stronghold was in Breckland but by 1988 just a single pair remained, successfully raising young at Santon Downham. The following year for the first time no nests were recorded in the UK. But since then sporadic breeding has taken place, mostly in Scotland and Wales. In September 2010 the RSPB announced that a pair had raised chicks at a secret location on Dartmoor where the bird last bred in 1970. In 2011, two pairs nested in the same locality, fledging seven young. In 2012 there was another breeding attempt, this time unsuccessful, probably due to a prolonged spell of wet weather. In 2013 breeding was again confirmed in Devon, with two young fledged at a new site.
This return to south western England has been an unexpected development and has raised speculation that a warming climate could assist the bird in re-colonising some of its former haunts, if only in small numbers.
Population:
UK breeding:
1-3 pairs
UK passage:
250 birds
Following the death of Mevlânâ Celâleddin-i Rumi, the Architect Bedreddin began to build a tomb in memory of him, and it was completed in 1274. Although there are several speculations about the initial version of the tomb, it is acknowledged that Karamanoğlu Alaeddin Bey (1357-1398) had it built in the sliced shape and that the exterior walls of the dome were covered with tiles in a restoration. Known as the oldest samples of the exterior materials of the dome, those tiles were produced by applying the color-glaze technique. Today some of them are stored in the warehouse of the Konya Museum Directorate, and some other pieces are exhibited in famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
As seen in the literature, the tiles of the dome, also known as Kubbe-i Hadrâ, were renewed in 1677, 1698, 1791, 1797, 1816, 1835, 1866, 1909, 1949, and 1965. According to the 17th-century records, the tiles used in the restoration in 1698 were produced by applying the underglaze technique in Iznik. Since 1816, Kütahya tiles have been preferred for the restorations in the Mevlânâ tomb.
Next to the statue representing Angerona
Angerona was "an old Roman goddess, whose name and functions are variously explained" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angerona) , i.e. there isn't any assured knowledge about them, the explanations are pure speculation.
"That's not an egg." Myrtle said, while her companions just side-eyed her and turned to each other to spread speculation.
These great nesting chickens are at Fameshed right now, complete with a chicken coop. They go perfectly with the Jian chicken set previously released. While you're at Fameshed, be sure to grab the basket of eggs - it's Jian's offering in Fameshed's anniversary celebration!
We rarely get Sandhill Cranes in Lancaster County. Even more rare is one that stays here. Sandy has been here for nearly two months and the speculation is that if we have a mild winter it will hang around until Spring.
The Temple of the Warriors complex consists of a large stepped pyramid fronted and flanked by rows of carved columns depicting warriors. This complex is analogous to Temple B at the Toltec capital of Tula, and indicates some form of cultural contact between the two regions. The one at Chichen Itza, however, was constructed on a larger scale. At the top of the stairway on the pyramid's summit (and leading toward the entrance of the pyramid's temple) is a Chac Mool.
This temple encases or entombs a former structure called The Temple of the Chac Mool. The archeological expedition and restoration of this building was done by the Carnegie Institution of Washington from 1925 to 1928. A key member of this restoration was Earl H. Morris, who published the work from this expedition in two volumes entitled Temple of the Warriors. Watercolors were made of murals in the Temple of the Warriors that were deteriorating rapidly following exposure to the elements after enduring for centuries in the protected enclosures being discovered. Many depict battle scenes and some even have tantalizing images that lend themselves to speculation and debate by prominent Maya scholars, such as Michael D. Coe and Mary Miller, regarding possible contact with Viking sailors.
Property for speculation in the Albaicín, Granada
Andalusia, Spain 26.04.2011
Graffiti - Wohnungsnot und Leerstand
Spekulationsobjekt im Albaicín, Granada
Andalusien, Spanien 26.04.2011
© All rights reserved
24.4.10 - 620 / 74 / 375
"The garden's fire with joyful blaze. Oh, tulips in the morning rays."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
--------------
"Among the most beloved of garden flowers, the Tulip is possible the only flower in history to have inspired mass hysteria; seventeen century Holland experienced in the infamous Tulipomania craze, when speculation in Tulip bulbs raged out of control for several years."
Quote from the book "Tulips"
Friedman/ Fairfax Publishers
-------------------------
When soul rises
Into lips
You feel the kiss
You have wanted
- Rumi
.
For years the generally accepted speculation was that whenever Pan Am went away it would be Norfolk Southern that would swoop in. They did buy 49% of half the railroad after all in the joint venture Pan Am Southern. And for many years NS black has been dominant on the western half of the railroad. So everyone was quite surprised when CSXT showed an interest in and then ultimately prevailed in acquiring the nation's largest regional railroad.
Reflecting that change is CSXT Selkirk to Rigby manifest M426 (formerly Pan Am Railways AYPO) on their newly acquired PAR territory with three old school AC4400CWs in the lead approaching Wagon Wheel crossing at PAR milepost 312.5 (measured from Mattawamkeag, ME). They are eastbound on Main 1 passing a string of NS power tied down on Main 2 with a cut of auto racks destined to or from the San Vel facility just behind them.
Ayer, Massachusetts
Friday June 10, 2022
What a beautiful place to be tonight... The golden light through the trees gave the autumn colors a painterly look against the softness of the lake's water. I wish I had discovered this place last Autumn as last year I was quite homesick for a dosage of Colorado fall. But everything happens in its own time and season for it's own reason. I do believe I needed to see it more this season than last year if that makes any sense at all. It's been a long time since I have been able to drink so deeply of the beauty of Autumn. Perhaps being thirsty to see beauty is sometimes what causes us to enjoy it more than what we would have in a different chapter in life... And sadly sometimes that need is caused by pain and change. As sad as it is I think we appreciate beauty more when we have experienced the opposite of it. How can we not appreciate the light more if we have spent time in the dark...
The holidays are around the corner. What is it about holidays that makes grief so raw, so real? I'm not ready for them to be honest. I would rather sit here for days on end in a dream where these colors never fade and this song plays tenderly for me through the trees.
Enjoy one of my favorite classics played by the beautiful and talented hands of Khatia Buniatishvili.
I love you friends xx
Artwork by evol (www.flickr.com/photos/evoldaily/) found in the remains of an old paper mill.
The mill produced fine art paper and dated back to the 18th century before it ultimately had to give in to the speculations of the free market coming with the German reunification.
ISO 200, f8 @ 30mm, 21:37, 88sec.
I have more luck approaching bison bulls on foot than cows... maybe because they expect to dominate, and therefore are not as fearful of a puny human intruder. Idle speculation; who knows what goes on in their minds...
At any rate, these two Plains Bison paid no attention to me as I slowly moved within photo range and walked the prairie dog town parallel to them for a brief time. Bonus: a Black-billed Magpie flew over and landed on one of them. At the time I didn't notice the other's tongue was out. They lick their noses constantly, removing dust and debris and keeping it moist and receptive to wind-borne information.
The sun was behind them and to the left - three quarter backlighting, but soft enough to keep the contrast under control. It's difficult to believe that those short, dried grasses provide enough sustenance to power such gigantic bodies through a long northern prairie winter, but they do.
Somehow, encountering wildlife on foot and coming away with a good shot is more satisfying than shooting from the rolling red Toyota blind. I will continue to do both, of course, as the situation dictates, but for the next few days I'll be uploading only shots made away from roads, shelter, and safety. To do this successfully, you have to appear innocuous to the critters, and evidently I do.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Isle of Lewis, Scotland
This Neolithic site is the main and more articulated among a number of other similar sites, scattered within few kilometers in this area of Isle of Lewis. (For a more and detailed info, visit the relevant Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callanish_Stones)
It is a fascinating place given the myths, legends, speculations and historical facts which support its incredible atmosphere. I had the chance to wander for a few hours through the stones in a beautiful afternoon until sunset. These 5,000 yrs old stones transmit a fantastic 'time' sensation, along with the unsolved mystery of what was their meaning or use.
And there's a song I think perfectly fits this Callanish 'mood': 'The Wire' performed by the Scottish band RunRig in their 1985 'Heartland' album .
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland.
During the first half of the 20th century there was much speculation about using Gullfoss to generate electricity. During this period, the waterfall was rented indirectly by its owners, Tómas Tómasson and Halldór Halldórsson, to foreign investors. However, the investors' attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to lack of money. The waterfall was later sold to the state of Iceland, and now the waterfall is protected.
Love Kyori!! She's not part of the convention collection so there's speculation she could end up being a centerpiece. Hoping she'll be glam and be a redhead this time around!
// Mist settles in across the Glass House Moutains foretelling of a cold night to come. The sky strong in hues of fire does its best to keep things warm.
Vancouver BC Canada Coal Harbor - series in Album www.flickr.com/photos/82804106@N03/albums/72157667963134301
Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. The chapel was founded by William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness with a ground-breaking ceremony in 1456. After the Scottish Reformation in 1560, it was largely abandoned but, following a visit by Queen Victoria, it was rededicated in 1862. It was the target of a bombing in 1914 during the suffragette bombing and arson campaign. The interior contains some fine carvings which many historians have sought to interpret.
The original plans for Rosslyn have never been found or recorded, so it is open to speculation whether or not the chapel was intended to be built in its current layout. Its architecture is considered to be among the finest in Scotland.
Construction of the chapel began on 20 September 1456, although it has often been recorded as 1446. The confusion over the building date comes from the chapel's receiving its founding charter to build a collegiate chapel in 1446 from Rome.
Although the original building was to be cruciform, it was never completed. Only the choir was constructed, with the retro-chapel, otherwise called the Lady chapel, built on the much earlier crypt (Lower Chapel) believed to form part of an earlier castle. The foundations of the unbuilt nave and transepts stretching to a distance of 90 feet were recorded in the 19th century. Construction of the planned nave and transepts was abandoned.
The Lower Chapel (also known as the crypt or sacristy) should not be confused with the burial vaults that lie underneath Rosslyn Chapel.
The chapel stands on fourteen pillars, which form an arcade of twelve pointed arches on three sides of the nave. At the east end, a fourteenth pillar between the penultimate pair form a three-pillared division between the nave and the Lady chapel. The three pillars at the east end of the chapel are named, from north to south: the Master Pillar, the Journeyman Pillar and, most famously, the Apprentice Pillar.
Carvings
Among Rosslyn's many intricate carvings are a sequence of 213 cubes or "boxes" protruding from pillars and arches with a selection of patterns on them. It is unknown if these patterns have any particular meaning attached to them. Many people have attempted to find information coded into them, but no interpretation has yet proven conclusive. Unfortunately, many of these 'boxes' are not original, having been replaced in the 19th century after erosion damage.
One recent attempt to make sense of the boxes has been to interpret them as a musical score. The motifs on the boxes somewhat resemble geometric patterns seen in the study of cymatics. The patterns are formed by placing powder upon a flat surface and vibrating the surface at different frequencies. By matching these Chladni patterns with musical notes corresponding to the same frequencies, the father-and-son team of Thomas and Stuart Mitchell produced a tune which Stuart calls the Rosslyn Motet.
There are more than 110 carvings of "Green Men" in and around the chapel. Green Men are carvings of human faces with greenery all around them, often growing out of their mouths. They are found in all areas of the chapel, with one example in the Lady chapel, between the two middle altars.
Other carvings represent plants, including depictions of wheat, strawberries or lilies.[34] The authors Robert Lomas and Christopher Knight have hypothesised that some carvings in the chapel represent ears of new world corn or maize, a plant which was unknown in Europe at the time of the chapel's construction.[35] In their book they discuss meeting with the wife of botanist Adrian Dyer, and that Dyer's wife told him that Dyer agreed that the image thought to be maize was accurate. In fact, Dyer found only one identifiable plant among the botanical carvings and suggested that the "maize" and "aloe" were stylised wooden patterns, only coincidentally looking like real plants.
Former wool mill, Italy.
Lanificio Rossi was the largest Italian wool company at the beginning of the twentieth century, with numerous factories in the Vicenza area. This factory was built for a capacity of 12,000 spindles in 1869. Despite this, due to wrong management choices and financial speculation, the Lanerossi group experienced a period of crisis after the mid-nineteenth century. In 1987 the company was taken over by its competitor Marzotto from nearby Valdagno, who, however, no longer invested in the Lanerossi brand. The various plants were gradually dismantled.
The Hill County Courthouse dominates the center of the Hillsboro Texas on a stormy April day. Hill County was created in 1853 by a special session of the State Legislature by subdividing Navarro County. The plan for a new county had been devised a year earlier by doctor Josephus Murray Steiner and Elijah Sterling Clack Robinson in order to stimulate land speculation. The County bears the name of local resident, Dr. George Washington Hill, who had served as Secretary of War for President Sam Houston and was a member of the State Legislature when the county was formed. Hillsboro was laid out, named the county seat, and settled. The towns growth was slow until 1881 when the railroad arrived bringing with it accelerated growth and prosperity with cotton and other agricultural products being at the center of that economic growth.
As the town and county grew so did the need for a new courthouse. In the late 1880s, Waco architect W. C. Dodson was hired to design a county courthouse. The building finished in 1890 was the third and arguably the grandest of three similar courthouses designed by Dodson. The Hill County Courthouse is regionally recognized as a architectural marvel. The three-story limestone structure design is patterned after the Second Empire style, but it incorporates Classical Revival and Italianate influences. The building’s two story high Corinthian columns, mansard roof treatment, and a wood framed three-tier 70 foot high clock tower covered with ornate tin work sets it apart from other county courthouses of the time.
The Courthouse caught fire on the night of January 1, 1993. The destruction was nearly complete. All that remained standing was the four limestone walls. The courthouse was a wooden frame structure and the clock tower and wooden truss supported interior collapsed onto the basement. The massive iron staircases survived and during the rest of the 1990’s the county residents lovingly worked on the old courthouse until it was restored almost perfectly in nearly every detail.
The Courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Reference: www.texasescapes.com/TOWNS/Hillsboro/Hill-County-Courthou...
29/365
This is old, first time cheating in this 365. :[ Sorry guys, just super busy, it's hard to fit a good picture in my schedule it seems.
-
ALSO. I have to throw out a huge thanks to one of the coolest people on the planet, Maddie. She gave me such a sweet testimonial, gah. <3<3 Thank yoouu.
| Facebook page | Blog|
The genus Tulipa devides into about 75 species, which are further grouped into four subgenera. The different tulip species are originally from steppes and mountainous areas in temperate climates in a region between Central Asia and Southern Europe. However, they have been widely cultivated and, after escaping cultivation, naturalised in other parts of Europa and Asia as well as other parts of the world. Tulips are believed to have been cultivated in from the 10th century and in Europe around the so called "Tulip mania", starting in 1634. During that time, tulips were extremely fashionable and their bulbs became the supposedly first speculation item. The resulting financial bubble collapsed just three years later, in February 1637.
It seemed as if this duck couple was in deep conversation and their male companion could care less. Perhaps he was trying to hide the fact that he felt like a third wheel. (I am NOT a duck psychologist, so it's just a speculation on my part.)
of tails that they do...as you can see he is on his back, they roll over and flap the tail on the water creating a lovely splash and lots of noise. Speculation is that they do it for exercise and play. I'd buy that cuz it looks like a lot of fun~
The girls lingered over breakfast, their conversation a patchwork of speculations and half-formed plans. Kayla cupped her coffee, staring into the rising steam. “With the mound collapsed, getting inside might not be possible. And if the military’s taken over, it just got a lot harder.”
Adrienne tapped her spoon against the rim of her mug. “What if we jump between dimensions and scout it? In and out. Unseen.”
Kayla exhaled, lips curling faintly. “That was my plan last night. I hadn’t counted on the entrance being crawling with reptilians.”
She paused as a waitress arrived with a coffee pot. “Top off?”
Both girls nodded. Adrienne nudged her cup forward and murmured thanks.
“If the military excavates and reopens the site,” Kayla continued, “we might get a new shot.”
Adrienne leaned in, voice low. “Once we’re inside... do you have any idea where the nest would be?”
Kayla stirred her coffee, her gaze distant. “The report described a corridor descending three levels from the main entrance. After that, a mile straight from the lift. Huge chamber. If—and that’s still an if—we found the right entrance.”
Adrienne tilted her head. “Could we jump there?”
“No,” Kayla said flatly. “Too risky. I don’t have enough information to form a clear mental image of the layout to do a jump. We could materialize inside a wall. And we don’t know for certain it’s even the right entry point.”
Adrienne frowned, retreating into thought.
Then came the rumble of engines. Military vehicles. This time they stopped just outside, their presence drowning out all conversation and causing everyone to turn and look.
The door burst open.
Soldiers stepped inside—weapons at the ready, eyes scanning. When their gaze settled on Adrienne and Kayla, they advanced.
“Jump!” Kayla shouted, her voice raw with urgency. But they couldn’t. Panic surged through her—then she saw it. One of the soldiers held a glowing VDD disrupter, preventing their jump. They were cornered.
In a blur of motion, a man grabbed both of them behind the neck.
Adrienne felt—as if electricity jolted through her body. Her breath caught. She blinked. She felt numb, unable to move.
The soldiers stood frozen mid-stride, suspended in silence. The tavern around them stopped, every detail locked in place as if captured in a single frame of film.
Her gaze darted to Kayla—wide-eyed in shock—and then to the stranger, who stood impossibly close. Where had he come from? It was as if he came from the air itself.
He leaned in, voice calm. “Once you catch your breath please come with me. We must talk.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can view Quantum Fold episodes in order from the beginning in her album titled, Quantum Fold:
www.flickr.com/photos/199076397@N02/albums/72177720326169...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is an A.I. image generated using my SL avi.
I hope my pictures make you smile ♥
If you like what you see, please toss me a fav and follow me. I love seeing your comments. They make my day and keep me motivated!
I love my followers. You guys totally ROCK! ♥♥
And if you're taking time to read this you are SO awesome!!! Thank you!!!! ♥♥♥
Here's a link to my other Flickr photos/ images:
👮♂️Spoiler Alert👮♂️😜
A drama series which has gripped the nation took a major twist as new clues came to light on Sunday evening during the penultimate episode of ‘Line Of Duty’ in which avid followers of this drama concluded Det Chf Supt Patricia Carmichael👿 is in fact ‘H’, this is surely too obvious, have they put the horse before the cart.
As speculation increases of who is the fourth man, previously known as ‘H’ on Line of Duty? let’s consider reportage of the actions viewers did not see, and of course the new evidence.😱😇
Following Superintendent Ted Hastings iconic quote Sunday evening ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the wee* donkey, why did Hoof and Horace fly out of their room without even finishing their drinks. This is always a clue if! they have done something wrong.🍺🍺🐎🐷💨🚀
This pair of rascals have not been seen since, might their actions suggest Hoof is ‘H’ as he could be a little Donkey, based on evidence there are no actual photos confirming he is a horse?😉
Another vital clue revealed during LOD was “tap, tap, tap, tap,” this is the sound Hoof’s new carbon fibre horse shoes make.🤔
Now sadly we must consider very strong evidence which links Horace as ‘H’.🐷😱
It is a well known fact Horace has a Police record, “Walking On The Moon”. 🎸🎹🎸
Next, after Horace was placed in our care, it was evident he had suffered an accident/injury, as he did not have a tail, (image, ‘Game On’) was his ‘bent’ tail removed by the OCG, so Horace would not squeal on them. 👹🐖💩
‘Bent’ is word often used by Superintendent Hastings during the series which he would like to stamp out.
No, you don’t think Ted Hastings cut Horace’s bent tail off, what a twist this would be, I should know as I made Horace’s replacement tail, not tale, all true as one Flickr detective noticed the super glue, (this evidence will stick Lindsey)👮♀️
Next piece of evidence, a link has been identified in the way communication between the people Ted would like kicked out and the OCG, namely the spelling misscakes.
Horace was forced to wear wellies supplied by gangster Tommy Hunter. Look carefully at the wellies Horace is wearing, (image)
www.flickr.com/photos/137633664@N05/50746778326/in/datepo...
Horace cannot believe that Detective Inspector Steve Arnott missed this vital piece of evidence, the letter ’T’ is upside down on all four wellies.🐷😂😂😂
Is another reason Horace left the room without finishing his drink the thought of the fact the OCG might suspect Horace squealed and his next cosmetic treatment could be a trip through the bacon slicer.🙈🐖💨
So there you have it, the plot thickens, could Hoof and Horace both be ‘H’, suggesting total confusion, (easily done) or could this possibly keep the nation in suspense and only one H is exposed (not a pretty sight) during the finale this Sunday suggesting another series of LOD.🐎🙈🐷💨
*Wee could also speculate that Hoof and Horace may never been seen again.😢😭😢😉
If anyone has been affected by the above and require support, call Jock Strap, an inside support agency.
Thank you for viewing my photos, the comments and banter you leave are much appreciated.
Have a good weekend🍺🍺🍺🍷🍷🍷💃🐎🐷😎
R&S afternoon switcher BL-1 pulls a lone covered hopper from Lapp Insulators in Leroy, NY on the former B&O/BR&P Fourth Sub now serving as the R&S mainline to Silver Springs.
Below you'll find another novel of a story. At this point I'm doing it more for myself than the consumption of others. In 50 years times if I can still remember this story without having to reference it here on Flickr, that'll be a testament to my own memory capacity. If not, at least it's catalogued here now. Continuing where things left off on the NY Bean story, this was two days after that shot. Initially I had thought I'd get a chance at this one the same day, but the crew of BL-1 simply decided not to go pull this car. That, or it wasn't actually ready. More on that later. Lapp Insulators is in my opinion the actual least served customer on the R&S system. Calling back to the NY Bean story again, I had read online speculation from Rochester railfans who thought that NY Bean only got a couple cars a year. My efforts to shoot them being worked certainly dispelled those notions, but in the process I discovered a new client worthy of the title "least served." Lapp is a German company, specializing in high voltage insulators as their name suggests. At one time when you clicked on the website link for them on Google Maps, it took you to the actual German site, written entirely in the native language. Going back to check that now, it appears they've updated it to be in English. Drawing one final similarity back to the NY Bean story, they too were a customer I had written off as appearing to be inactive by rail. This was solely based on the satellite view of the spur; it looked so worn out, covered in dirt, and was hard to follow, I thought to myself these rails haven't been graced by a railcar in eons. But sure enough one day early on in my BL-1 scouting, I watched the train disappear briefly in Leroy and then return one car shorter.
Covered hoppers can end up at numerous locations along the R&S or G&W mainlines, with various agricultural companies littered throughout this region of New York. Carolina Eastern Crocker has a trandload site in Leroy and a physical location south of here in Pavilion. CRC/Purina in Caledonia takes quite a large quantity of hoppers in their small yard. Along the G&W main south of P&L Junction sit Growmark and King Cole Bean. On the particular day I first found out about Lapp, I observed BL-1 work Caledonia, swapping strings of covered hoppers, but one specific car stayed with the train the entire time. I postulated it would be going to the Crocker's tranload in Leroy. Instead the crew continued just south of their run around siding in town and dropped the car on the little spur I had chalked up as out of service. You might say, well why didn't you get a shot of them dropping the car? You were vigilant enough to see them going towards the customer but not to get a shot? And to that I offer that the car they spotted was on the rear of their train, with the head end sticking pretty far out. Not very photogenic. I still wasn't entirely sure if they had dropped a car or picked one up in that moment, and was only able to confirm what happened by driving around back of their building, finding the hopper stationed alongside the plant. A slightly ballsy move with zero repercussions thankfully. Funny enough they conductor had left the red flag on the car marking the rear of the train. Maybe on purpose, or maybe he forgot. Alas, I made sure to get a photo of the car number. However, the font the lettering was printed in ended up fooling me, as I mistook the first letter for another and punched that into TouchTrace. When it came back with no results, I presumed the car simply had a bad AEI tag and didn't show in the system. Turns out I'd just been using the wrong letter the whole time. With no TouchTrace to guide me, I was feeling a bit in the dark and didn't really know what the telltale sign of them going to pick up the car would be. I asked the conductor Dave about them a little later that day while they were switching Crocker. He said they usually handled them about once a month, which didn't give me a whole lot to go off of, but it was a start.
At home that night I observed another tip which would help me out, utilizing Broadcastify's archive log to revisit the crew getting their track warrant that day. When BL-1 would go out to work, they would get their warrants either as proceeds or a work between depending on how much time they had before the daily road train would be ready to depart behind them. Of course with any track warrant comes limits. The most common thing to hear on the "Leroy days" so to speak was work between Brooks and milepost 26 on R&S main track, as 26 is just past the siding switch on the south end of Leroy, granting enough headroom for a runaround move. However it turns out that Lapp required them to get track as far as milepost 27. So that meant all I had to do was listen for warrants of them working out to 27, right? Yes and no. The southernmost customer BL-1 worked was the other Carolina Eastern Crocker in Pavilion, or in railroad terms, MP 34. Unfortunate for me as it was growing season, so of course they were going down that way more often. Not that I minded shooting them in Pavilion working there, I had redo shots of that customer on my list as well, but not to the point of lunacy. Regardless, this meant that any day they got track to 27 or beyond held the possibility they'd be picking up the car. Which also meant I'd be making plentiful trips out should they have Pavilion work. Of course as you now know I was already making the trip anyways painstakingly waiting for the NY Bean pull, and this was simply another layer added to the stress of it all.
The day I finally got my chance at Lapp, I screwed up. Only two days removed from a conductor who wanted to call me in, I was pretty sure it was still the same conductor on the job all week based on their outward appearance, so I was somewhat hesitant to show my face again especially in a spot where I'd be exposed. Stealth is key at times when it comes to industry shots which involve some walking to somewhere the public would otherwise not be. The cool thing about this location was the fact that there was a grassy path from the roadside which led straight back to where the switch is. It's a little bumpy and out of shape in spots, but you get where you need to go. Where I'm standing in the shot is a big open patch in the shrubbery, which turns into a green wall to either side. Wanting to stay out of sight of the conductor, I made my way south along the green wall while they shoved in and popped out on the far end for a telephoto shot. The angle just wasn't cutting it for me though. All you could see was the engine in the spur, which doesn't live up to my standards. My check boxes for industry shots primarily constitute two things: scenery of the customer, and make sure the serving rail car(s) is/are visible. Whether it's a single engine or three, I require some part of what the customer gets to be in the frame. Dissatisfied with what I was seeing, I quickly changed my mind and hustled back towards the opening in the brush while swapping from tele to wide. In that same moment, the conductor had aired the car up and knocked the brake off and was ready to start pulling. Now I could omit this next part to preserve what might be your initial opinion of the photo, or I can keep the integrity of the story together, which is what I'm about to do. With a moving target now in front of me, I got my camera turned back on with the wide lens equipped and frantically began firing away. In the midst of my worries, I had neglected to touch my focus ring as I've pretty much shot manual focus since 2021. Too many close calls with auto focus, and the amount of low light night shooting I do calls for manual focus indefinitely. In the moment I was relieved to have finally nabbed this shot. The engineer spotted me in the way out and gave a friendly wave, and the conductor, well he may not have been the same guy from my NY Bean encounter afterall, which would mean all that worry I had was for nothing. I probably should have just stuck with the simple option of going wide at the opening in the first place. Instead I complicated matters by trying a shot I wasn't happy with before having to rush the much better option. I walked back to my car parked on the shoulder and sat down to review the frames. Of the 15 or so I managed to fire off with the wide angle, the majority were out of focus and blurry. Relief turned to dismay while I sifted through each one, looking for some sign of usability. If you were there in the car with me, you would have lost count of the expletives being dropped. Narrowing it down to three frames which were halfway decent, I tossed one in Lightroom and hoped for the best. It took quite a bit of editing, but in the end I at least had a shot I could use. It wasn't the best by any means, but to my knowledge it stands as possibly the only shot of R&S working here which is an honor I'll gladly accept considering the circumstances. It wasn't until I posted this shot in the Rochester railfan group on Facebook that I learned of the lore behind this place. A couple former employees and even railroad workers attending the comment section pointed out how much busier this place used to be for rail service, with a second track once in place, and even multiple switches a day in the early Conrail years and before that. Granted at one time insulator production had to have been huge around the country, for all the telegraph and electrical infrastructure going up in growing communities far and near. To think that Lapp had been a once a month switch its entire life would be more than foolish, but nevertheless it's always rewarding to hear the stories from people who remember fonder things about what I'm just discovering now. The element of history and preserving it is what keeps me going out for shots like this.
While this was not the last time I ever tried for Lapp Insulators, it was the best opportunity I was ever presented. Naturally any shot deemed imperfect should warrant the effort for a future redo. On susbsequent trips out, things did not go my way, from somehow missing them at Lapp altogether one day by a minute, to the head end of the train never getting close or even into the spur again. For whatever reason any cars they drop here always seem to be in the middle or on the rear of the train, and when they pick the cars up, they'll pull their entire train with them instead of doing what I would think is logical: leave the whole train behind near the siding switch. This only applies to the days when they have their warrant specifically to MP 27 just for Lapp. Why? It must make sense to the crew I guess. Personally I'd rather shove one car over a dozen, but it's not up to me. They're just gonna end up cutting away at the siding switch to run around anyways, why not leave the balance of the train there to begin with? In the case of the only shot I was successful with, there was another underlying factor helping that day. BL-1 had track all the way to Pavilion to work the southernmost Crocker location. Leroy is the last place on the mainline to run around before the end of trackage in Silver Springs, another 20-ish miles away. With nowhere to run around in Pavilion, the crew has to plan accordingly for the work. If they're just placing down there, they can drop most of their train in Leroy and take only the Crocker cars south (unlike how they choose to switch Lapp), as they have to shove north into the spur like Lapp. That leaves them returning light power. However, if there are cars to pull, they must split the power at the switch and run back north push-pull until they can use the north end of the run-around in Leroy to get the power back together. I suppose on this day the crew could have really messed things up for me and pulled all the way south of Lapp, grabbed the car, then shoved back north to make their power split, but thankfully they chose the more photogenic route. They had three engines with them that afternoon, so I was already dreading what the shot would look like if they put all three into the spur. Much to my surprise, they had already split their power and were bracketing the Pavilion cars when pulling up to Lapp's switch. As is evident in the shot, they cut away with the lone south facing engine and grabbed the car, setting it back against the Pavilion cars which are in view of the first telephoto angle I tried. Although I mentioned earlier that the Pavilion days would set me on edge for the possibility of missing the pull here, it turns out that the Pavilion work was my saving grace, as otherwise I might have still been waiting for a better opportunity at this shot. Not everything is always as it seems, and our apprehensions or cold feet often hold us back from what otherwise might be the golden ticket. I continue to learn that time and time again, and probably will learn it another hundred times in the coming years.
yesterday i posted a polaroid and when Sol commented that the whole polaroid biting the dust thing was "hard" i figured she was just lamenting in a general way the dwindling availability of films and papers and the over all shrinking of the "pre digital" world as it relates to photography. later that night i read the formal announcement from Polaroid that they were going out of business and then i spent an hour or more on different forums reading comments and opinions and speculations as to the future of the polaroid medium.
polaroid has been the single most influential aspect of my work as a photographer - even more than "film" and certainly more than digital with which i'm still in the process of getting acquainted. i could go on and on about how much i love polaroid - it's various "looks" - the specially modified cameras i love and use with it - how much i've learned about my vision from working with it - how it's effected and informed my process of seeing and making photographs - and perhaps most significantly how it's connected me with people through the years.
but this is not why i'm writing this. this is not a grave side testimonial.
after i read the announcement i mada a cup of coffee and went outside and sat on the porch, and within a short time i was overwhelmed with this sense of . . . . . ???
i'm not sure how to say it. i guess simply put it's common wisdom that everything we know "shall pass" - our shoes will wear out our loved ones will move away and eventually die - we will grow old and we will die . . . . . everything is changing - everything shall pass.
but what i was overwhelmed with was not some sort of doom and gloom thing - it was different than that. it wasn't about trying to hold on to or stockpile what can be stockpiled, it wasn't about coming up with some sort of strategy for slowing down or avoiding or de-sensitizing or managing in the face of eventual "loss" - it was something different, something about my feeling called to more deeply step into my experience of living - to be more present - more in the moment and more in touch with my appreciation and respect and love for all that i have while i have it - appreciative of all the gifts of life, my friends my loved ones my health a nice day . . . . .
i can't stop things from changing and it seems life is at least a lot about moving with and embracing certain kinds of change - but perhaps i can become more aware of my tendency to take things for granted, to act as if they'll always be the way i've known them to be.
maybe i can't effect the big unavoidable changes of life but maybe i
can effect change in my self - maybe i can be more in touch with my sense of appreciation and be more thankful and expressive of my appreciation for all that i have
i guess that's what i wanted to say and in keeping with that i wanted to say it here, to you. that in the remarkable and mysterious way that you and i are connected that i deeply appreciate your presence in my life.
thank you a lot
gary . . .
This hairstreak is only found at this location. Its host is Tecate Cypress which is only found in and around Otay Mountain. Thorne's closely resembles Loki Hairstreak (seen below) which flys more than 65 miles away in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. I've posted a picture of Loki below for a comparison. I have heard that DNA test performed in Japan show these two species have less than a 1% difference. Current thought is that Loki is a full species and Thorne's a sub-species of Loki. This is still speculation and not proven without a thought, is my understanding. To see a more colorful Thorne's see Bob Gorman's picture at this link - www.flickr.com/photos/19116620@N07/35211353226/in/datepos... San Diego County, CA.
The Art of Banksy Exhibition in London.
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.
Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world.
Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall they were painted on.
A small number of Banksy's works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency created by Banksy named Pest Control.
Information Source:
A 180 m high + more than 70 m wide ground drawing in the fossilized sandy soil in the form of a candelabra cactus.
It can be seen 20 km away.
Probably created around 200 BC.
However, the exact function of the giant geoglyph is still a mystery today. There are speculations about its creation by extraterrestrial intelligence...
-----------------------------------
Eine 180 m hohe + mehr als 70 m breite Bodenzeichnung im versteinerten Sandboden in Form eines Kandelaberkaktus.
Er ist noch in 20 km Entfernung zu sehen.
Wahrscheinlich ungefähr 200 v. Chr. entstanden.
Die genaue Funktion der riesige Geoglyphe, des Scharrbilds ist jedoch bis heute ein Rätsel. Es gibt Spekulationen wie die Schöpfung durch extraterrestrische Intelligenz...
Photography is characterized by speculation, contemplation. And of course an interpretation of life. I want to to observe the relationship between photography and reality, to rouse the viewer to project her/his own meaning, so it becomes an integral part of the creative process.
Also I try to pay a lot of attention to emotion and association. I want to communicate how I felt when I looked at a subject/scene, with the viewers. This is sheer joy. It is my way of photography. I have a long way to go, though.
Shot from, Nikon D300. Focal Length: 26 mm. Aperture F/7.1. ISO 320. Exposure 1/100sec.
Exposure: Manual. Metering: Pattern. Auto Focus. White Balance: Auto, EV -0.3 Color Mode used: www.flickr.com/muha
Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS3. New Layer Canvas size increased by 3mm.
As we were having supper (at a tasty fish restaurant) on the first night a large flock of birds passed over the Casino. Our speculation was that they were going to greet the returning fishermen.
After dinner we headed over to the Casino to spend our evening watching (we thought) other people lose money. On recovering from the shock that it was, in fact, a very beautiful movie theatre, we made a snap decision to see a film. Which was? "Forgetting Sarah Marshall". Which proved, thankfully, to be rather funny.
Had we been visiting Catalina in the 30s and 40s our choice might have been a bit less prosaic. During its glorious heyday, when Catalina was the destination of the rich and famous (Marilyn Monroe lived and babysat in the town) everyone, including Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey and Woody Herman, played at the Casino.
In a historical period that is anything but magical, characterized by ancestral fears, hypocrisy, squalid windows of speculation, corruption, ruthless power games on the shoulders of honest people and total disrespect towards the human being; it is beautiful and healthy to notice the regenerating power that nature has on our souls, at times with almost whispered glimpses that seem to want to remind us about the impermanence of all things, even the forces of evil!
This is the therapeutic aspect of health through nature - the care of the soul and psyche in synergy with the organism - something totally forgotten in this period, indeed paradoxically even forbidden... within this increasingly inhuman design, which does not take care of the actual health of people in the least, indeed, quite the opposite it seems to be doing everything to irreparably damage it.
YouTube channel “Organo Santuario della Consolata”
YouTube channel “ALPS pictures & tales”
Instagram @roberto.bertero
_____________________
©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
A few days ago, the above art work appeared overnight on an outside wall of Reading Prison which has stood empty since it closed at the end of 2013. There was immediate speculation it was the work of the street artist Banksy whose identity has never been confirmed despite the fact his numerous works have appeared at various locations over a long period of years.
The paintings often form a social message and can be controversial. Reading Prison is very much a controversial place – it is owned by the Ministry of Justice who have been trying to dispose of it for the last 7 years. For them one of the problems is the property is designated a grade II listed building which means it cannot be demolished or substantially altered without prior consent from the Local Authority – Reading Borough Council. There have been calls for it to be used as a public amenity such as a theatre or arts facility and a deal to redevelop it has fallen through so in effect there has been little or no progress for 7 years.
Yesterday Banksy confirmed it was his art work although he did not shed any light on who the figure was supposed to be. Much of the local view is that it is a representation of Oscar Wilde, the Victorian actor, writer and poet who was incarcerated there from 1895 to 1897 – probably the prisons main claim to fame.
It is questionable as to whether the painting helps or hinders the current deadlock although it has provided some amusement for local residents in what is otherwise a depressing time!
———————————————————————————————--
Grateful thanks to everyone who has looked at my photostream and commented and/or faved this photograph. Your interest is very much appreciated.
Most important of all, continue to keep safe during these uncertain times!
————————————————————————————————