Pigeons have a photographic memory and recall every train they’ve ever seen- which is just as well since they can’t write the numbers down in a notebook. I think this guy was hoping to see his last Class 450…
Taken on a spotting trip at Clapham Junction. Being only Human, I have to use a notebook 🤣
The start of a new month and time to display my Last on Card photos for Brian’s challenge.
Let’s start with the Moto g50. This shot was taken for one of my Nuts & Bolts posts to illustrate my method of recording which parts on an engine need replacing with new…
…Apart from a change of name for this post, you can’t tell the difference as all I did for the original post was resize for web!
Now the Canon EOS5d mkIII…
…Taken at our pre-season friendly against Coggeshall Town on 16th July – the game ended in a 1-1 draw. It was my last match for a while. On the 19th I deemed it too hot to attend – the temperature reached 40.3C that afternoon, which is outside the camera’s official operating window (as well as mine)! Then on Thursday 21st I went down with what turned out to be covid. Now I’m hoping to be fit to do the Team Photos on August 11th🤞🏻
To finish, here’s a shot taken with the Fuji X-Pro2…
…The Pigeons living it large in our bird bath!
As usual just a resize for the web and no other changes.
There are no live dinosaurs – apart from some older persons like me – wandering around Crystal Palace Park. When the park was designed in 1851, two islands were created in the lake at the southern end. On these islands some sculptures of creatures from the Secondary and Tertiary periods were to be displayed for the amazement of visitors. 33 such creatures were crafted by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. Many of those sculptures survive to this day.
Not all the creatures were Dinosaurs – the Tertiary period was the age of the Mammals and there are some Irish Elk to be found…
However, we’re here to see the Dinosaurs on the Secondary Period island – Here are a pair of Iguanodon…
A Labyrinthodon…
…with some tasty morsels in the background😂
There’s Ichthyosaurus hiding in the weeds…
…along with a pair of Teleosauri…
…I’m not convinced that those are entirely extinct 😟
Then there’s a Plesiosaur…
…suffering the unwelcome attentions of some saurian descendants😂
And finally, the Megalosaurus…
Just as the Dinosaurs were of a particular period in the Earth’s history, these models belong to a period in the history of Palaeontology. First displayed in 1854, they excited an interest in fossil hunting and scientific understanding. Just 40 years later they were a laughing stock among serious palaeontologists with species such as the Megalosaurus now known to have been bipedal. Today’s visitors enjoy those that are left for what they are – fascinating sculptures of strange beasts. Classed as Grade II listed buildings in 1973 and upgraded to Grade I in 2007, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins’ animals have been repaired and restored over recent years and look to be safe for future generations to enjoy.
Images from Finchley 