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This photo is from 2009 and one of the first photos of me being all dressed up.
Since then many things have changed, but I still have the passion for satin blouses.
heading back to the dawn of my digital photography era.. 2001... yep, twenty years ago, and here's a young thirty-something me - still living in the 1980s by the look of that suit LOL ;-)
This week we are going back ten years to 2013 and to AV 321 on Nutley Lane. The bus is about to do the Saturday-only, 16:05 departure on route 17 from Nutley Lane (although the timetable said St. Vincent's Hospital) to Rialto. The regular route 17 started operating between Blackrock and Dolphin's Barn / Rialto around 1971. Select departures to and from St. Vincent's Hospital started operating on and off from 1985. They ceased in 2019 when Go-Ahead Ireland took over the route.
AV 321 was new to Dublin Bus in 2003. This Volvo ALX400 was withdrawn in 2017 and sold on to another Irish operator.
23/02/2013
This week we are going back sixteen years to RV 326 on O'Connell Bridge with a service on route 46E.
This route was introduced following the opening of Stillorgan Quality Bus Corridor (QBC) in 1999. Initially it operated in peak-hours between the city centre and Newtownpark Avenue in Blackrock. Certain services operated to Heuston Station, and certain services went via Stillorgan Village. In 2002 it was extended to Blackrock Station. Then in 2010 it was cut back to operate only in the morning-peak from Blackrock to Mountjoy Square via the Stillorgan QBC, with no return workings in the evening.
RV 326 was new to Dublin Bus in 1997, and was the second last Olympian delivered in the two-tone green livery. It was withdrawn in 2008 and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
24/04/2008
BNSF 758 leads a autorack train west through Joliet, IL. Things here have definitely changed a lot since these units leading was commonplace.
Sixteen years ago, shortly after I purchased this sexy little convertible. I had a lot of fun posing with and driving this little beauty.
The car recently gave up the ghost after 325000 miles. I came close to doing the same a couple years ago. This chassis has a lot more miles on it these days, but thanks to a few heart stents it still gets me down the road, LOL 😅😅😅
I was sorting some old photos and found some that I had taken in the production area where I was employed as a graphic designer. Without all these machines and pieces of various equipment it would not matter that we upfront spent time to design a beautiful piece of art or that our sales staff worked hard to secure the account because without production and all the pieces of machinery we could not produce the final (book, magazine, brochure, poster, etc) that shipped to the public which enabled us to stay open for business. Yeah for machines . . .
VW1567 (LK55AAX) is seen arriving into the bus station in the background, with VW1564 (LK55AAN) is seen on the 607 on way to White City.
Back in my "Designing Women" days twenty years ago or so.
I just adored the women on that show especially the lovely tall blonde Charlene played by Jean Smart. Back when I was still figuring out who and what I wanted to be, LOL.
It took me a while to develop my own sense of style, back in this period around 2000 there was a lot of copycat dressing and emulation going on. It would take a couple more years before I really broke out.
These days I pretty much go my own way😋
A photo I made last year and only now decided to retouch after 1 year pause... I am not that rusty :D
Oooops! Caught by the camera being overtly feminine on the bed. A break for a pink maid and well deserved !
This week we are going back seventeen years to 2009, and to VT 40 on a snowy Hawkins Street with a service on route 39 to Ongar.
Route 39 started running between the City Centre and Blanchardstown in 1926. Between 1972 and 2004 its western terminus moved around between Sheepmoor, Clonsilla, Coolmine and the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. In 2004 it settled on Ongar as a western terminus. In 2010, under Network Direct, the city terminus moved to Baggot Street, after being on Hawkins Street for nearly a decade, and three years later to Burlington Road.
Also, in 1993 route 39 became the first City Swift route.
VT 40 was new to Dublin Bus in 2007, being one of fity Enviro 500s delivered that year. It is still in service today with Dublin Bus, at the tender age of 19.
Beside the bus is the Screen cinema. It closed in 2016 and the building was demolished in 2019. Hawkins House behind it was demolished in 2022.
05/02/2009
Matched HELM SD40-2's are seen passing under the B&O signal bridge at Great Cacapon, WV. These signals were ripped down within the following year.
'Twas an eventful time of our lives as parents realizing our baby has accomplished her goals and finally finished her studies at Lancaster University. We made it to her graduation. She's a hard worker and very determined. Sooner after graduation she travelled across southeast Asia and ended up working in Sydney for a year. She loved Sydney but I guess homesickness lead her way back home. She's not living with us anymore but within couple of hours reach.
Times flies by so quick, and I remember her as a baby, a toddler, a small child, a teenage then to this point. It seemed not long ago, and where's the time that passed us.
On the flip side, I'm getting old these days :))
pattern and buttons that wouldn't feel out of place in the 1970's :)
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This week we are going back six years to 2017 and AX 523 in Parnell Square on route 7A. The bus is in a special livery for Dublin Pride. Although Dublin Bus had been a supporter of Dublin LGBTQ Pride for a number of years, this was the first year a bus received a special livery to mark the occasion. In 2018 three buses were done up, as were three other buses in 2019. Covid-19 saw nothing happening in 2020, and in 2021 Go-Ahead Ireland wrapped a bus up which is still around today.
Route 7A to Loughlinstown Park started in 2016 when the two branches of route 7 were given their own route numbers. Traditionally the 7 went to Loughlinstown Park, but it was decided instead to assign that number to the Brides Glen variation of the route.
AX 523 was new to Dublin Bus in 2006. It was withdrawn around 2019 and sold on to an operator in the UK.
22/06/2017
This week we are going back seventeen years to 2009, and to RV 481 on D'Olier Street with a service on route 83 to Kimmage.
Route 83 started running between the city centre and Kimmage in 1936. In 1992 it became the first City Imp route, when red / yellow minibuses were introduced that ran at a high frequency. Around 2003 it was extended north to McKelvey Avenue in Finglas when it replaced route 134. In 2004 it was extended further north to Harristown. In 2024 the route was slightly rerouted to go via Crumlin Village, following the Bus Connects changes to the southern orbital routes. It then finally ceased to operate in 2025 when it was partially replaced by routes 23, 24 and 82 under the Bus Connects F-Spine changes.
RV 481 was new to Dublin Bus in 1999. It was withdrawn in 2009, and sold on to an operator in the United Kingdom.
08/01/2009