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I think it would be hard for me to pick my favorite season of the year, as I like them all very much. This winter however wasn't very fun. With almost no snow, there weren't a lot of things making the season beautiful - at least it was a chance to photograph some trains in places, where the sun would usually not allow it.
I therefore was eagerly anticipating the arrival of spring this year, tired of the constant grayscale of Polish winter. With the first green grass popping up and flowers of the year blooming in the still very low sunlight, pictures look way more pleasant. Just like the flowers, the railway traffic is also blooming at this time of year, with aggregate trains becoming more frequent.
Changes came in the transfer of the famous oversize loads from Wrocław to the harbour of Gdynia. For the first time in years, SKPL did not deploy its SM31 for the journey. Instead, SM42-954 of the company "BM Naprawa Pojazdów Kolejowych Antoni Bartosz Moch" (very long name :D) was attached to the train TNS 553003 Nakło nad Notecią - Kościerzyna (note: the journey was done with a couple of diferent schedules, this one was one of 4) and hauled it through the dense forest areas of Northern Poland.
Said SM42 is seen here on the line no. 215, which (as one of its stretches) connects Czersk and Bąk - both places lying on once very important lines - the Royal Prussian Eastern Railway and the interwar period Polish Coal Mainline respectively. The time here, as in many places in Northern Poland, has stopped years ago. Telegrah pylons, almost unused rails and overgrowth very much remind everyone of times gone by.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
2020 has started out rather dreary...rain, rain, rain.
But then, it's better than snow, snow, snow, so I'm trying not to complain!
It's also been quite mild....we could even hit 60 degrees tomorrow, which feels a sight better than "something below freezing" and windy!
I've decided to go into the Way Back Machine and pick a file at random to harvest a few pictures I passed over the first time.
I found a nice selection back in April 2018 I'm posting today, including this cheery bunch of daffodils.
My heart is black,
Raging with despair,
anger and sorrow.
Filled with confusion and uselessness.
Black, angry and disconnected.
I’m afraid the blackness might spread.
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When we lived in Connecticut during the 1960s, this was the sight we were treated to in our front yard every autumn. The original photo was poorly focused, so this is an attempt to save it with a bit of Topaz and PSE input.
HSS!
When I was a child my favorite escape was listening to music. Journey's Escape album was the first album I bought. Sadly, I no longer have my record collection so I borrowed this from a friend for Macro Monday. HMM
...no need to wonder
If I ever think of you...
...Though I'm gone
It's just as though I hold the flower that touches you
...quando me ne sarò andato non ci sarà bisogno di chiedersi
se continuo a pensare a te...
...E anche se me ne sono andato
è come se stringessi il fiore che ti tocca...
Highest position on Explore: 234 on Thursday, January 17, 2008
Godafoss, Iceland 2015, you can follow me on facebook: www.facebook.com/G-V-Photographie-278104595562789/?fref=ts
Our camellia bushes have been blooming for weeks now, and are just loaded with blooms. Seems like they had buds for ages and all of the sudden they opened up and are still going strong!
They're like winter ambassadors welcoming spring with all the colorful brightness they can muster.
*** Taking a short break from the arboretum to share some sights from around our yard.
When weather shows it's extremes this storm surge barrier is created to automatically close to stop high tides from flooding the Dutch lands. During a yearly test run of one of the largest moving structures on earth I visited and offcourse took some pictures!
Hotels around the world,, with the pandemic ravaging, many hotels are not able to sustain, that is extremely sad, especially for the ones who are employed in the hotel industry 😔.
....they leave us all the more vibrant for the pleasure of their company.
(and the pun is entirely intentional)
They came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and falling down on their faces they gave him worship: and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices." Matthew 2:10 & 11
Seems appropriate so close to Epiphany.
Smile on Saturday: Lit by candle light
Not sure if this little barn will last another winter, but it looks like the tree decided to help protect it over the years...
♫♥ Robin Schulz - Sun goes Down♫♥
We'll Carve the moment even when the sun goes down
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Even the most vivid memories fade with age.
Memories fade with age:
Due to normal brain changes like shrinking, reduced white matter (disrupting brain cell communication), and declining neurogenesis (new brain cell growth) in areas like the hippocampus, alongside less blood flow and fewer protective hormones/proteins, affecting memory storage and retrieval. It's a natural process, like a muscle weakening, where less-used connections falter, making recall slower.
Memories change:
Because they are dynamic and reconstructed, not perfect recordings; each time you recall a memory, it can be updated with new information, emotions, or suggestions, similar to the game of whispers, leading to distortions, added false details, or fading details to keep them relevant, useful, and less cluttered for the present. This process, called reconsolidation, allows the brain to adapt memories for future use, even if it sacrifices perfect accuracy, - - - - sad but you can't really trust your memory.
let the editor auto correct, then inverted values, then inverted again. Sort of like cross processing slide film as C41
when i lived over 7th avenue in nyc i had rubber-lined curtains to block out the sound of local fire engines and the ongoing traffic. i probably tried a white noise machine too, i can't remember. anyway, my barn pictures are starting to put me to sleep. mid-winter somnambulating. too bad it doesn't work when i actually want to go to sleep.
When I shot this, I assumed that it was a Dandelion, but now I'm not so sure. Apparently there are quite a few plants that look just like a Dandy. I wish I had looked closer at the leaves, to help with the ID, but I was more concerned with just getting it in focus.
When you look at a piece of delicately spun glass you think of two things: how beautiful it is and how easily it can be broken.
- Tennessee Williams
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