| The week
of the 9th of August was another busy week for me at work. I only
got around to photography on three days, in the evenings after work.
On Tuesday, I stopped on Front Street near the Patullo Bridge, where
there is a marine towing place. They've had a barge with a building
on it parked there for a couple of weeks, and the thing has some
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attracted to weathered and tattered things like this; I like the
intricate surface details and the feeling that something has a history. |
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On Wednesday, I went
over to Queensborough and Annacis Island to see the place where
import cars are unloaded from ships and marshalled on the ground
and loaded onto trains. Unfortunately, the road doesn't get anywhere
near the docks and the whole area is fenced in and secured. They
did have a small rail yard, where the car-carrying trains are
stacked up. I caught this railway worker walking in that yard.
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I got several pictures
of the trains working in the yard, but nothing noteworthy. It
was interesting to see this part of the import operation, as I
see the loaded car-carrying trains daily in the yard behind my
place.
I headed home, and
after checking my mail, I caught pictures of several cats hanging
out in the courtyard. This pretty longhair is Cadbury, who my
friend Anne named after the butler in Richie Rich.
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A relatively new addition
to the courtyard crew is Sonic, an energetic tabby.
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I liked how everything
turned out symmetric except the whiskers in that photo.
Even newer than Sonic
is this housemate of his, a real nonstop little guy whose name
I haven't found out yet. Their servant works at an animal shelter,
I believe, so this guy may just be a foster kitten and not a permanent
resident.
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| I wandered
out to the quay, and found only a few flowers left with late afternoon
sun on them. I don't know the name of this one. |
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While I was out there,
the train that I had seen stacking up on Annacis Island came across
the rail bridge, headed to the yard behind.
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The walkway on the
quay goes right under the train bridge, so I got pictures from
both sides. The ones from the other side didn't have the nice
sunlight on them, though. Here's a picture of an auto rack (automobile-carrying
train car) going by the signal on the bridge.
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On Friday, I worked
late and again went out to the quay after work. I only had a little
sunlight to work with, and spent my time taking photos of the
tugboats working log booms through the train bridge. Here's one
pushing a boom towards me.
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Now, it is generally
true that one can slow down or stop a floating object by tying
a line to it and then pulling on the line in a direction opposite
the motion of the object. However, this does not work if you are
standing on the floating object.
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Perhaps someone forgot
to tell this fellow that last little bit.
Working hard to get
the summer semester over and done with,
Tom
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