ralphmurre
@ralphmurre.bsky.social
Ancient dabbler, still hoping to rise to the rank of dilettante.
Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.
Citizen of the world, seriously Anti-Trump.
Port Arend, 1959
C.M. Ford drives a Chevrolet. White. In which he usually hauls coal. Before you can ask the obvious questions, he'll tell you "It was the only thing for sale in town the day my old rig died. Ain't bad." He hauled corn to the Brandeis elevator today.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama
C.M. Ford drives a Chevrolet. White. In which he usually hauls coal. Before you can ask the obvious questions, he'll tell you "It was the only thing for sale in town the day my old rig died. Ain't bad." He hauled corn to the Brandeis elevator today.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Port Arend, 1959
C.M. Ford drives a Chevrolet. White. In which he usually hauls coal. Before you can ask the obvious questions, he'll tell you "It was the only thing for sale in town the day my old rig died. Ain't bad." He hauled corn to the Brandeis elevator today.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama
C.M. Ford drives a Chevrolet. White. In which he usually hauls coal. Before you can ask the obvious questions, he'll tell you "It was the only thing for sale in town the day my old rig died. Ain't bad." He hauled corn to the Brandeis elevator today.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #diorama
What's in a scene?
Windows by Tichy
Background bldg: mat board w/ brick by Clever Models, roller door = carpenter pencil
Boxcar by Menards
Crane kit, Tichy
Forklift and figures, Woodland Scenic
Freighthouse of matboard,carved
Loading dock- foam board, gesso
Bumper cut from pen
#ModelRailroad #Oscale
Windows by Tichy
Background bldg: mat board w/ brick by Clever Models, roller door = carpenter pencil
Boxcar by Menards
Crane kit, Tichy
Forklift and figures, Woodland Scenic
Freighthouse of matboard,carved
Loading dock- foam board, gesso
Bumper cut from pen
#ModelRailroad #Oscale
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What's in a scene?
Windows by Tichy
Background bldg: mat board w/ brick by Clever Models, roller door = carpenter pencil
Boxcar by Menards
Crane kit, Tichy
Forklift and figures, Woodland Scenic
Freighthouse of matboard,carved
Loading dock- foam board, gesso
Bumper cut from pen
#ModelRailroad #Oscale
Windows by Tichy
Background bldg: mat board w/ brick by Clever Models, roller door = carpenter pencil
Boxcar by Menards
Crane kit, Tichy
Forklift and figures, Woodland Scenic
Freighthouse of matboard,carved
Loading dock- foam board, gesso
Bumper cut from pen
#ModelRailroad #Oscale
The S.S. Werkendam, the ship in which he crossed.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The S.S. Werkendam, the ship in which he crossed.
The American Dream
My old grandpa, all 5'-4" of him. Seen here in 1934 after crossing from Zeeland in 1892. He would go on to climb the ladder (literally) as a mason's hod-carrier and, in his dotage, came down to be a dump-tender. ICE never got him.
#Zeeland #Netherlands #immigration #America #ICE
My old grandpa, all 5'-4" of him. Seen here in 1934 after crossing from Zeeland in 1892. He would go on to climb the ladder (literally) as a mason's hod-carrier and, in his dotage, came down to be a dump-tender. ICE never got him.
#Zeeland #Netherlands #immigration #America #ICE
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The American Dream
My old grandpa, all 5'-4" of him. Seen here in 1934 after crossing from Zeeland in 1892. He would go on to climb the ladder (literally) as a mason's hod-carrier and, in his dotage, came down to be a dump-tender. ICE never got him.
#Zeeland #Netherlands #immigration #America #ICE
My old grandpa, all 5'-4" of him. Seen here in 1934 after crossing from Zeeland in 1892. He would go on to climb the ladder (literally) as a mason's hod-carrier and, in his dotage, came down to be a dump-tender. ICE never got him.
#Zeeland #Netherlands #immigration #America #ICE
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Port Arend, 1959
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Port Arend, 1959
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
Busy as ever down at Unified Freight. So busy, in fact, they haven't even had a chance to grow weeds around the foundation!
#ModelRailroad #modelrailway #Oscale #ogauge #diorama #ScratchBuilt (mostly)
Port Arend, 1959
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Port Arend, 1959
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
Alco leads EMD past the boatyard in a rare double-header on the "Fish Town" track.
#AlcoRS1 #EMDGP7 #ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama
Super-Size That?
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Super-Size That?
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
A friend thought this might have been shot somewhere on the Oregon coast, that big rock 40' or 50' tall, a mighty surf curling in from the Pacific. But no. It's the Wisconsin coast and the big rock is 4' or 5' tall on a nice November day.
#GreatLakes #LakeMichigan #photography
Sepia Sunday ~
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Sepia Sunday ~
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
One of the songs I've written poses the question;
"Aww, what can you trust when steel turns to rust?"
Of course it's autobiographical.
#IronOxide #impermanence #ModelRailroad #Oscale #SepiaTone
Sometimes . . .
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Sometimes . . .
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
. . . when the blues set in, you must be glad for whatever rainbow you are offered.
#blues #rainbow #photography #AlgomaWI #sortapositivemaybe
Shhh . . .
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Shhh . . .
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
We are far too tiny and insignificant to make so much noise . . .
#AuroraBorealis #photography #GreatLakes #SturgeonBay #humility #OurLittleSolarSystem
You don't have to be
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You don't have to be
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
a great, big tree --
someone will see
your flash of crimson,
your glint of gold.
#photography #PhonePhoto #AutumnColor #significance
Urban Planning: Drawbridge
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Urban Planning: Drawbridge
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
#AbstractArt #FingerPainting #PixelPushing #OurLittleTown #DigitalArt #Markup
Of Brick, Ginko & Goldenrod ~
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Of Brick, Ginko & Goldenrod ~
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Yeah, I know, all the pretty leaf pictures were due a month ago, especially from places as far north as Wisconsin. But this is what I saw today, the 6th of November. And I don't do a lot of pretty pictures.
#photography #ginko #AutumnLeaves #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown
Metroglyph ~
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Metroglyph ~
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
Crop in on tiny area of worthless photo. Run a dozen filters. Pop. Warp. Twist. Tweak. Do it all again. Again. See what happens.
#Abstract #DigitalPhoto #photography #NotPhotography #PixelPlay
When you leave . . .
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
November 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
When you leave . . .
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
. . . If you must leave a trace of your convoluted course through life, you could try to make sure it is a shining path, try to make it a thing of beauty while you still have time.
#MomentoMori #photography #ShiningPath #tracery #convolution #biography #adviceImaynotfollow
Port Arend, 1959
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Port Arend, 1959
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
It's just after 3:00 PM and Rosalie has closed her Red Cup Cafe to go next door for her customary sip of brandy and a quiet visit at Narrow Norm & Nora's before the Arvinson workers crowd the place after 4:00.
#ModelRailroad #ModelRailway #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #MatBoardModels
Sight-Seeing in Sepia ~
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Sight-Seeing in Sepia ~
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
A found composition in Green Bay. I love to prowl the back alleys of industrial districts.
#photography #composition #SepiaTone #abstract #digital
Don't back down!
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Don't back down!
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
While it appears that we old socialists are about as relevant these days as a caboose on a bullet train, I believe if we are pushed off the edge, if we lose voices like Bernie Sanders' for instance, there may be no way back on the track.
#railroad #caboose #socialism #AllOverNow?
Occasionally ~
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Occasionally ~
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
Sometimes, when you live in tourist country, you must remember to see what the tourists see. Must remember what brought you here in the first place.
#photography #GreatLakes #GreenBay #BlueWater #AutumnLeaves #BeautifulWorld #MyBackyard
sometimes, y'know
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
October 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
sometimes, y'know
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
it just doesn't seem real
the water above
the sky below
this bridge of steel
this definitive maybe
when the status ain't quo
#photography #inversion #bridges
#SteelBridge #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #UpsideDown
Really?
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
October 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Really?
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
This is what I've been doing?
My country, parts of which I have occasionally loved, has been completely taken over by a raging fuckin' band of Nazi's, and I've been playing with trains?
Really?
Well, um . . . yeah . . .
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #diorama #OfTheeISing #GoodbyeAmerica
Heritage ~
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
October 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Heritage ~
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
like me not like her
everything of our two sons
like her not like me
haiku suggested by a long poem of Siegfried Mortkowitz,
photo by Valerie Murre, ca. 1979
#photography #haiku #GreatLakes #FishCreekWI #sons
