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Warbler Week, Day 7...Originally named the Black and Yellow Warbler by Alexander Wilson, the Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) is one of the most strikingly patterned warblers. It is so named because it was discovered by Mr. Wilson in a Mississippi magnolia tree--of course, it was migrating at the time. These gorgeous birds breed almost exclusively in spruce trees, typically in Canada. While they are quite particular about the summer homes, their winter ones are far more eclectic. They spend their winter breaks in Central America in a wide range of habitats and likely sipping mojitos.
Who doesn't love a classic first generation geep still earning its keep? So here's another shot from the unscenic urban east end of Montana Rail Link that is largely eschewed by most visiting railfans.
Thanks to a tip we found the noon Billings yard crew switching switching out Boise Cascade at the end of the 0.6 mile long sour that leaves the First Subdivision main out by MP 4.9 by True North Steel. This is one of several cool industry tracks that has a clearance restriction and is limited by timetable instruction to nothing larger than a GP9.
MRL 131 seen here doing a bit of switching north of the Gabel Road crossing is a Livingston rebuilt GP9R that began life as a GP7 blt. Mar. 1952 as QNSL 108. Later sold to the Chicago and Northwestern where it wore number 4355 it's called MRL hoke for more than three decades and only time will tell if it will stay around Billings and get a new coat of orange paint.
Countless articles have been written about the MRL over the past 35 years of its existence and if you care to learn more download this great set courtesy of Trains Magazine:
www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TRN-MRL.pdf
Billings, Montana
Wednesday September 7, 2022
One of the fun things about spring hiking is getting first crack at the wildflowers. Some of them bloom quite early. We also need to stay below the 3,000-foot limit which keeps fragile trails and vegetation safe until all spring moisture has drained - which is usually by June. It makes for a better hiking experience for everyone.
Here's what to flowers to look for and where to find them. To make it even easier, I am including which trail at our local hiking complex, the Paul Smith's College Visitor Interpretive Center, where each of these flowers can be found.
Remember, take only pictures. Adirondack wildflowers are protected.
On Sunday morning I developed an inexplicable urge to photograph the corners of things. At that same moment, Mako developed a deep interest in the art of photography. Odd.
more in my new flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/195235338@N02/52699643743/in/datepo...
Kids enjoying some rather rickety danger if you asked me. The flying cell phone landed out of my reach but a wallet came down a moment later. I turned it in of course.
There are two things you can always count on in Quebec City: 1) a long, cold and snowy winter, and 2) lots and lots of Brualist architecture to counteract all the awesome 18th and 19th century historical stuff all over the old city.
Things of the Heart
The Emotions, the Hidden Scars, the Beauty of the hidden recesses of the human heart, fearfully and wonderfully made.
Jeremiah 17:7-10 Ezekiel 36:26
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vakx58fh4bA
....some things do just fine.
I have no roots. my father was a petroleum engineer and we moved every two years. I think my mother and my sister suffered the most.
I didn't realize that I was rootless, but when my shrink told me, years ago, i had one of those "aha" moments with better understanding.
my friend sati sent the tilandsias; air plants [the grassy ones]...rootless. they are doing just fine.
i moved into my new home today :) serta mattresses=most comfortable things ever.
yes, those are my jammies! :P
formspring and twitter.
mean a lot!
A peace of a tree, and a fishing boat waving at the shore.
"How long has it been
Since you got up on the early side a' mornin'?
And saw the sun a-risin'
Bright an' shiny on the eastern side a' day?
And long will it be
'Til you listen to the sound of evenin' thunder?
And go runnin' through the raindrops
And stop to smell the flowers on the way
We're so busy tryin' to fight it
Drivin' hard to beat the stoplight
That we never see the starlight
And anytime we started lookin'
For the little things in life that make it love.... "
Please......! View LARGE On Black
I like for you to be still
It is as though you are absent
And you hear me from far away
And my voice does not touch you
It seems as though your eyes had flown away
And it seems that a kiss had sealed your mouth
As all things are filled with my soul
You emerge from the things
Filled with my soul
You are like my soul
A butterfly of dream
And you are like the word: melancholy
I like for you to be still
And you seem far away
It sounds as though you are lamenting
A butterfly cooing like a dove
And you hear me from far away
And my voice does not reach you
Let me come to be still in your silence
And let me talk to you with your silence
That is bright as a lamp
Simple, as a ring
You are like the night
With its stillness and constellations
Your silence is that of a star
As remote and candid
I like for you to be still
It is as though you are absent
Distant and full of sorrow
So you would've died
One word then, one smile is enough
And I'm happy;
Happy that it's not true
~ Pablo Neruda ~
More Sterling-Ware fun. I uploaded a really big file, as this one is so easy to get lost in, so please view Large.
For lots more fractals, see: photoviewplus.deviantart.com/gallery/#Fractals
So this was taken on this day . And look at the pictures ahead (that day tooxD)
So from a while ago. The lyrics on the side are from Ours by Taylor Swift, I just think it matches my eyes;D It says "Don't you worry your pretty little mind, people throw rocks at things that shine"
Press 'L'
Sorry for the crappy update>< Everyone has been so amazing about this picture! I guess it isn't so crappy!
"For loving the freedom
Of all flying things
My dreams with the seagulls fly
Out of reach out of cry" ~ Joni Mitchell
Things have changed here a bit here in this view from 18th St. with Amtrak F40's being the main players. Also A GP40TC and a Wisconsin & Southern E8 peeking over the top of some F40's. February 1991.
Things like this are much better appreciated in person.
After spending so much time with my eye to a viewfinder, I'm starting to rediscover that simple, basic truth.
Yesterday, for example, we had one of those moments where the sky is almost black, and then the sun breaks through, and it's late afternoon and the sun's rays are long and red, and it lights up the trees and the garden and a slice of sky... and I was tempted to grab my camera and go out and try to capture it... and then I realized I had no idea what I wanted to shoot to take advantage of the light, and I knew that, by the time I got my shit together the light would probably be gone anyway...
And so... instead of running around, chasing disappointment... I just stood gaping out the window at the lovely light.
The light in this photo is, of course, different light. And looked so much better in reality. Because the beauty of the sky is its vastness, its limitlessness, its endless variation. As soon as you cage it up in a frame, you lose that.
This concludes installment #472 in the series "Reasons I am not taking any pictures right now." Thank you for your time.