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acrylic on paper 15x21 inches - 2005 - 10k

After some 31 x years on Island Line after some 51 x years before that under the streets of London, Class 483 Unit 006 waits to go into a happy retirement on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The newcomer Class 484 Unit 004 waits to shunt into the Sidings at Ryde St Johns Road.

With temperatures well below Zero, the early morning sun shines over Long Valley Sidings in Basingstoke where a Class 450 Desiro from South Western Railway awaits its next trip.

The rain turned to sleet and then for a short time to wet snow on the last day of January 2021.

A snowy landscape in the Hogmoor Inclosure.

A very cold freezing fog across much of the South East of England leaves a frosting on these trees in Haslemere.

Our shy-type dog, Hero!

Yuan is Happy after he ate some yummy snack. ?

My first Water color ?

Medium: Mixed media on wood - framed behind smoked glass in a wooden box frame Semi-abstract figurative art by Filipino artist, Nisael Agag. Painting size: 10 1/2" (27cm) x 5 1/2" (14cm) Frame: 21 1/2" x 14 1/2" x 3" (55cm x 37cm x 7.5cm)

olej na pl

olej na plechu BW foto, obraz darov

olej na plechu

olej na plechu

Taking pictures with a Yashica Lynx 14E. The Yashinon 45mm F/1.4 lens production year 1969.

Outside another yellow moon has punched a hole in the night time mist I climb through the window and down to the street Will I see you tonight on a downtown train Every night, every night its just the same On a downtown train

The cargo ship, Hui Rong passing Shanghai on a beautifully clear, sunny day. Photo taken from aboard c.s. Wave Mercury, on passage up the Huang Pu to the SBSS cable depot at Wujing - some time in 2006

Combination of acrylic paints manufactured in Australia, England, Denmark, France, Germany and the United States. Paint agitated on Masonite surface with brushes, palette knives, sponges, chopsticks, nails, hair dryers, and air blown out of my mouth. Approximate size: 24" X 30" Original painting. $500.00

Photographed from the Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Cable Retriever Subic Bay, Philippines - May, 2008

Photographed from the Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Cable Retriever Subic Bay, Philippines - May, 2008

Photographed from the Global Marine Systems cable ship, c.s. Cable Retriever Subic Bay, Philippines - May, 2008

These pictures are of Canadian Geese that visit the lake near our house every winter.

A small passenger ferry weaves its way through a mass of barges on the Huang Pu near Shanghai, China. A busy river, this one! Photo taken from aboard c.s. Wave Mercury, on passage up the Huang Pu to the SBSS cable depot at Wujing - some time in 2006

A couple of ships in Dry-dock at a Shanghai shipyard. Photo taken from aboard c.s. Wave Mercury, on passage up the Huang Pu to the SBSS cable depot at Wujing - some time in 2006

A pair of nest-building birds, (some kind of North American Swallow or Swift?) that chose a rather unfortunate place to build home... The little ledge they chose must have seemed ideal - south-facing and out of the wind - and the ship that it was on hadn't been anywhere for a couple of weeks already... Little did this hapless couple know, that they had set up home on a ship that was just about to set sail across the Pacific; on a three week voyage from the West coast of Canada to Japan. NOT a good place to try to bring up a nest full of fledglings, especially if you depend on insects for your food?! Well, luckily, they hadn't yet laid any eggs when their little nest was discovered... It was with extremely heavy heart that I removed their lovingly crafted home and threw it into the dock, water. But sometimes, you have to be cruel to be kind? Better that they were evicted and forced to build a new home somewhere else, than for them to have to abandon a nest full of fledglings to starve to death, as the ship sailed out across the Pacific Ocean... These birds were mightily annoyed with me at the time, though - for destroying days of work and countless flights back and forth fetching bits of grass and mud. Ever thought of putting a ledge someplace on your house for swifts and swallows to build their nests on? At least, your house isn't going anywhere soon! Photo taken aboard c.s. Wave Venture at Victoria, B.C., Canada - May, 2007

This is the ledge that a pair of nest-building birds, (some kind of North American Swallow or Swift?) chose to build their home on... The little ledge they chose must have seemed ideal - south-facing and out of the wind - and the ship that it was on hadn't been anywhere for a couple of weeks already... Little did this hapless couple know, that they had set up home on a ship that was just about to set sail across the Pacific; on a three week voyage from the West coast of Canada to Japan. NOT a good place to try to bring up a nest full of fledglings, especially if you depend on insects for your food?! Well, luckily, they hadn't yet laid any eggs when their little nest was discovered... It was with extremely heavy heart that I removed their lovingly crafted home and threw it into the dock, water. But sometimes, you have to be cruel to be kind? Better that they were evicted and forced to build a new home somewhere else, than for them to have to abandon a nest full of fledglings to starve to death, as the ship sailed out across the Pacific Ocean... These birds were mightily annoyed with me at the time, though - for destroying days of work and countless flights back and forth fetching bits of grass and mud. Ever thought of putting a ledge someplace on your house for swifts and swallows to build their nests on? At least, your house isn't going anywhere soon! Photo taken aboard c.s. Wave Venture at Victoria, B.C., Canada - May, 2007

Photo taken on a bright, sunny but windy day in, 2007. This photo marks the end of an era - not only for the c.s. (cable ship) Wave Venture but for the old Cable and Wireless Marine, (latterly Global Marine Systems,) Victoria Station. At the time this photo was taken, Wave Venture was loading cable from the depot and preparing to leave Victoria - probably for the last time...

Third Officer, Hassan Shaikh and Junior Systems Technician, Richard Wilson hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, whilst on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

"Yours Truly," very hard at work aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

The foredeck of the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Aboard the cable repair ship c.s. Pacific Guardian, on a telecommunications cable repair in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Photo by STE ( C ) - (otherwise known as a Second Cable Engineer!) - Fred Logan

Recovering a Telemark modular buoy, that was used by c.s. pacific Guardian on the CANTAT 3 submarine telecommunications cable repair - off Newfoundland, April, 2007 Photo by STE ( C ) (Second Cable Engineer, to you and me!) Fred Logan

The Chief Officer having a quick smoke, whilst watching the cable come in over the bow of c.s. pacific Guardian. CANTAT 3 submarine telecommunications cable repair - off Newfoundland, April, 2007 Photo by STE ( C ) (Second Cable Engineer, to you and me!) Fred Logan

The Hi Kawa Maru; moored at at Yama-no Shita Ganpeki, in the Port of Yokoham, Japan - March, 2006