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Ancient dabbler, still hoping to rise to the rank of dilettante. Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.

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ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 2h

Your point is a good one, but furthers a misconception: when I visited Argentina, expecting to see lots of brown-skinned people, to my surprise I found it was as white a place as I've ever been. I don't know about Israel.

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 16h

Tug. Heartstrings. (?)
Having had several near-death experiences while working on tugs, you'd think I'd hate 'em. Not so.
Stopped to do a 3-minute sketch of the old Corps of Engineers' "Ludington" today in Kewaunee.
#tugboat #GreatLakes #InkSketch #LakeMichigan #KewauneeWI

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 2d

Ephemeral / Eternal
Bellflower / Bedrock
Amazing, isn't it, that something so delicate as life itself should ever take hold in this cold and brutal universe?
#photography #foreshore #GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #SturgeonBay

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the re-post!

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for re-posting!

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 3d

Port Arend, October 1959
A few empty boxcars shuffle off toward tomorrow's work and a warm evening is coming down, as the Coasties tie up their 36' after assisting/standing by an excursion boat with carburetor problems. All back in, all O.K.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #CoastGuard #GreatLakes #harbor

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 4d

Hmmm . . .

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, they realize it. That is the goal.

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for the reposts!

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 4d

Weather in Port Arend is pretty hard on equipment -- the engine on Saturday and the same engine 48 hours later:

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 4d

Port Arend, 1959
The Northwestern's running an engine through here now that we haven't seen before -- Alco #1069, built in 1953 according to the roster.
#ModelRailroad #Ogauge #Oscale #diorama #AlcoRS1

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 6d

Watch that first step!
I keep finding these crazy buildings with exit doors at 2nd floor level. Perhaps for when the bullshit is running extra deep, like oh, let's say . . . Now.
I must admit that I do like the color, contrast & composition of this shot.
#BlueSky #photography #Algoma #LongWayDown

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 7d

The saddest looking engine ever. Looks like it's about to break into tears and me along with it.

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 7d

Wow!

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 7d

Better, I think. That lone, spindly tree just wasn't working for me, so I gave it some colorful company. For reference, that derelict boat is a 19 footer. (4-3/4")

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 7d

Sweating the Small Stuff ~
Perhaps this is not the day I'll save the great, large world from The Big Orange Bastard, so I spent most of the afternoon working on a couple square inches of make-believe, much like a good German might have 85 years ago.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama
#WastingTime

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 8d

Nothing More (?)
Just a picture from yesterday's walk. Pretty. Nothing at all about what we'll lose, what we've already lost. Certainly nothing about seven generations.
#photography #GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #America
#environment

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 9d

The adjective "prototypical" works for me. The other thing that drives me up the wall is "scenic-ing". Really? Couldn't we say "landscaping" or "adding scenery"?

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 9d

Port Arend, 1959
On October 1, 1959, Soviet KGB agent Aleksandr Alekseyev arrived in Cuba to form a relationship between the USSR and Castro. Slightly less momentous was this scene in Port Arend, where the tracks cross Little Dog Creek.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #history #diorama #ChevyNomad #FordTruck

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 10d

Many brides change their last name; very few the first.

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 10d

After this morning's stupidity, there may be a bunch of 4-Stars about ready to lead the revolt. Which is a really crappy option for a democracy.

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 10d

Both quite foreign to me, but I like the angular look of the DD51.

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 11d

Portrait

#photography #DigitalPhotography #PhonePhoto

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 11d

Le ciel bleu,
le lac bleu,
le bâton orange.

#BlueSky #LakeMichigan #GreatLakes #photography #phonephoto #Found

ralphmurre @ralphmurre.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks for the repost!