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.
Bridge to Bridge
Cropped, popped, and color sopped, but this was the view on today's walk. 22 degrees F. A west wind.
#photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #bridges #GreatLakes
Cropped, popped, and color sopped, but this was the view on today's walk. 22 degrees F. A west wind.
#photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #bridges #GreatLakes
December 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Bridge to Bridge
Cropped, popped, and color sopped, but this was the view on today's walk. 22 degrees F. A west wind.
#photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #bridges #GreatLakes
Cropped, popped, and color sopped, but this was the view on today's walk. 22 degrees F. A west wind.
#photography #SturgeonBay #OurLittleTown #bridges #GreatLakes
Port Arend, 1959 -- Boat Ride
Why I am not renowned for filmmaking. Or smooth sailing.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #GreatLakes #BoatBuilding #Fishing #Rivers #Miniature #diorama
Why I am not renowned for filmmaking. Or smooth sailing.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #GreatLakes #BoatBuilding #Fishing #Rivers #Miniature #diorama
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Port Arend, 1959 -- Boat Ride
Why I am not renowned for filmmaking. Or smooth sailing.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #GreatLakes #BoatBuilding #Fishing #Rivers #Miniature #diorama
Why I am not renowned for filmmaking. Or smooth sailing.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #GreatLakes #BoatBuilding #Fishing #Rivers #Miniature #diorama
Port Arend, 1959
Dark so early now. The work, of course, is never finished down in Fish Town, but that's enough for today. Time to head up the hill for a shot & a beer, then home. Pot roast tonight.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #EarlyWinter #Ogauge #diorama #miniature #PixelMarkUpMode
Dark so early now. The work, of course, is never finished down in Fish Town, but that's enough for today. Time to head up the hill for a shot & a beer, then home. Pot roast tonight.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #EarlyWinter #Ogauge #diorama #miniature #PixelMarkUpMode
December 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Port Arend, 1959
Dark so early now. The work, of course, is never finished down in Fish Town, but that's enough for today. Time to head up the hill for a shot & a beer, then home. Pot roast tonight.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #EarlyWinter #Ogauge #diorama #miniature #PixelMarkUpMode
Dark so early now. The work, of course, is never finished down in Fish Town, but that's enough for today. Time to head up the hill for a shot & a beer, then home. Pot roast tonight.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #EarlyWinter #Ogauge #diorama #miniature #PixelMarkUpMode
Jimmy L's back in town. Has grown quite a beard since last seen around here.
#Tugboats #winter #SturgeonBay #LakeMichigan #GreatLakes #photography
#Tugboats #winter #SturgeonBay #LakeMichigan #GreatLakes #photography
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Jimmy L's back in town. Has grown quite a beard since last seen around here.
#Tugboats #winter #SturgeonBay #LakeMichigan #GreatLakes #photography
#Tugboats #winter #SturgeonBay #LakeMichigan #GreatLakes #photography
Port Arend, 1959
Like most other Lake Michigan towns, we have a spot inside the river lined with fish shanties, smoke houses, and big reels used for drying and mending cotton gill nets, though many are switching to nylon nets now.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #history #GreatLakes #fishing #LakeMichigan
Like most other Lake Michigan towns, we have a spot inside the river lined with fish shanties, smoke houses, and big reels used for drying and mending cotton gill nets, though many are switching to nylon nets now.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #history #GreatLakes #fishing #LakeMichigan
December 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Port Arend, 1959
Like most other Lake Michigan towns, we have a spot inside the river lined with fish shanties, smoke houses, and big reels used for drying and mending cotton gill nets, though many are switching to nylon nets now.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #history #GreatLakes #fishing #LakeMichigan
Like most other Lake Michigan towns, we have a spot inside the river lined with fish shanties, smoke houses, and big reels used for drying and mending cotton gill nets, though many are switching to nylon nets now.
#ModelRailroading #Oscale #history #GreatLakes #fishing #LakeMichigan
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Will work for food:
Currently unemployed but experienced in nativities, gets along well with sheep and camels, has carried the occasional virgin mother-to-be and, in the springtime, at least one savior-to-be. References.
#NiceStories #donkeys #asses #unemployment #WorkWanted
Currently unemployed but experienced in nativities, gets along well with sheep and camels, has carried the occasional virgin mother-to-be and, in the springtime, at least one savior-to-be. References.
#NiceStories #donkeys #asses #unemployment #WorkWanted
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Will work for food:
Currently unemployed but experienced in nativities, gets along well with sheep and camels, has carried the occasional virgin mother-to-be and, in the springtime, at least one savior-to-be. References.
#NiceStories #donkeys #asses #unemployment #WorkWanted
Currently unemployed but experienced in nativities, gets along well with sheep and camels, has carried the occasional virgin mother-to-be and, in the springtime, at least one savior-to-be. References.
#NiceStories #donkeys #asses #unemployment #WorkWanted
Port Arend, 1959
Hutchinson Bros. opened up one end of this building and poured a new slab for what Susan had hoped would be a retail fish market she'd run. Now it looks like it'll be the shipyard tool shed and toilet.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #SmallDream #diorama #GreatLakes
Hutchinson Bros. opened up one end of this building and poured a new slab for what Susan had hoped would be a retail fish market she'd run. Now it looks like it'll be the shipyard tool shed and toilet.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #SmallDream #diorama #GreatLakes
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Port Arend, 1959
Hutchinson Bros. opened up one end of this building and poured a new slab for what Susan had hoped would be a retail fish market she'd run. Now it looks like it'll be the shipyard tool shed and toilet.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #SmallDream #diorama #GreatLakes
Hutchinson Bros. opened up one end of this building and poured a new slab for what Susan had hoped would be a retail fish market she'd run. Now it looks like it'll be the shipyard tool shed and toilet.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #SmallDream #diorama #GreatLakes
Does it feel a bit like little Miss America was walking down a dark and icy road when a Mack truck, out of control and with some big orange evil asshole at the wheel, came careening around the bend? Yeah, we heard it coming, but . . .
#MackTruck #America #ModelRailroad #Ogauge #TootsieToy
#MackTruck #America #ModelRailroad #Ogauge #TootsieToy
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Does it feel a bit like little Miss America was walking down a dark and icy road when a Mack truck, out of control and with some big orange evil asshole at the wheel, came careening around the bend? Yeah, we heard it coming, but . . .
#MackTruck #America #ModelRailroad #Ogauge #TootsieToy
#MackTruck #America #ModelRailroad #Ogauge #TootsieToy
Snow day in Sturgeon Bay 's no day to be walkin' apparently; nobody else out there on my usual stroll yesterday. Just me in my long johns and layers with my not-too-trusty phone cam. (The best camera is the one you have with you.)
#photography #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #Tugboat #GreatLakes
#photography #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #Tugboat #GreatLakes
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Snow day in Sturgeon Bay 's no day to be walkin' apparently; nobody else out there on my usual stroll yesterday. Just me in my long johns and layers with my not-too-trusty phone cam. (The best camera is the one you have with you.)
#photography #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #Tugboat #GreatLakes
#photography #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #Tugboat #GreatLakes
'Round the Freakin' Bend
(In Port Arend, 1959)
You can REALLY go nuts when you begin detailing the details. I mean, there isn't even any gullshit in this scene yet!
#diorama #ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #miniature #Ogauge #GreatLakes #FishingBoat #harbor
(In Port Arend, 1959)
You can REALLY go nuts when you begin detailing the details. I mean, there isn't even any gullshit in this scene yet!
#diorama #ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #miniature #Ogauge #GreatLakes #FishingBoat #harbor
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
'Round the Freakin' Bend
(In Port Arend, 1959)
You can REALLY go nuts when you begin detailing the details. I mean, there isn't even any gullshit in this scene yet!
#diorama #ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #miniature #Ogauge #GreatLakes #FishingBoat #harbor
(In Port Arend, 1959)
You can REALLY go nuts when you begin detailing the details. I mean, there isn't even any gullshit in this scene yet!
#diorama #ModelRailroad #Oscale #ScratchBuilt #miniature #Ogauge #GreatLakes #FishingBoat #harbor
December 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Port Townsend, 1959
Down in Fish Town, the Irish Setter, Arlo, senses it may have been a good lift as Susan Hutchinson again prepares to hand up the bow line to the returning "Laura Marie". Harold tries to look busy with something over near the smokehouse.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #GreatLakes
Down in Fish Town, the Irish Setter, Arlo, senses it may have been a good lift as Susan Hutchinson again prepares to hand up the bow line to the returning "Laura Marie". Harold tries to look busy with something over near the smokehouse.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #GreatLakes
November 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Port Townsend, 1959
Down in Fish Town, the Irish Setter, Arlo, senses it may have been a good lift as Susan Hutchinson again prepares to hand up the bow line to the returning "Laura Marie". Harold tries to look busy with something over near the smokehouse.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #GreatLakes
Down in Fish Town, the Irish Setter, Arlo, senses it may have been a good lift as Susan Hutchinson again prepares to hand up the bow line to the returning "Laura Marie". Harold tries to look busy with something over near the smokehouse.
#ModelRailroad #Oscale #Ogauge #GreatLakes
I don't think Salty Maple Frost is actually the name of a new Thanksgiving dessert, but it does sound pretty good.
#photography #winter
#photography #winter
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I don't think Salty Maple Frost is actually the name of a new Thanksgiving dessert, but it does sound pretty good.
#photography #winter
#photography #winter
America, my country, 'tis of thee I sing the blues
Land that the Pilgrims' tried, I can hardly see you, the varied hues
of your pilgrims
to be worn without pride now
And those few native to this place
must live to see their land disgraced
#HappyThanksgiving #snowed #photography #OurLittleTown
Land that the Pilgrims' tried, I can hardly see you, the varied hues
of your pilgrims
to be worn without pride now
And those few native to this place
must live to see their land disgraced
#HappyThanksgiving #snowed #photography #OurLittleTown
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 AM
America, my country, 'tis of thee I sing the blues
Land that the Pilgrims' tried, I can hardly see you, the varied hues
of your pilgrims
to be worn without pride now
And those few native to this place
must live to see their land disgraced
#HappyThanksgiving #snowed #photography #OurLittleTown
Land that the Pilgrims' tried, I can hardly see you, the varied hues
of your pilgrims
to be worn without pride now
And those few native to this place
must live to see their land disgraced
#HappyThanksgiving #snowed #photography #OurLittleTown
Leap of Faith ~
How many hundreds -- no, thousands -- of times; on foot, bicycle, car, & truck have I made this leap through mid-air? And you? How brave we are! (Well, it IS a tiny bit unsettling to stand astride the gap.)
#drawbridge #photography #symetry #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #OurLittleTown
How many hundreds -- no, thousands -- of times; on foot, bicycle, car, & truck have I made this leap through mid-air? And you? How brave we are! (Well, it IS a tiny bit unsettling to stand astride the gap.)
#drawbridge #photography #symetry #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #OurLittleTown
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Leap of Faith ~
How many hundreds -- no, thousands -- of times; on foot, bicycle, car, & truck have I made this leap through mid-air? And you? How brave we are! (Well, it IS a tiny bit unsettling to stand astride the gap.)
#drawbridge #photography #symetry #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #OurLittleTown
How many hundreds -- no, thousands -- of times; on foot, bicycle, car, & truck have I made this leap through mid-air? And you? How brave we are! (Well, it IS a tiny bit unsettling to stand astride the gap.)
#drawbridge #photography #symetry #SturgeonBay #GreatLakes #OurLittleTown
Bounty ~
Johnny Mack pauses for half a minute for a quick word with son-in-law C.M. Ford. Hoping to get caught up enough to park their trucks on Thanksgiving day. "Hellovalottacorn out there," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Ogauge #Oscale #diorama #1/48
Johnny Mack pauses for half a minute for a quick word with son-in-law C.M. Ford. Hoping to get caught up enough to park their trucks on Thanksgiving day. "Hellovalottacorn out there," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Ogauge #Oscale #diorama #1/48
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Bounty ~
Johnny Mack pauses for half a minute for a quick word with son-in-law C.M. Ford. Hoping to get caught up enough to park their trucks on Thanksgiving day. "Hellovalottacorn out there," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Ogauge #Oscale #diorama #1/48
Johnny Mack pauses for half a minute for a quick word with son-in-law C.M. Ford. Hoping to get caught up enough to park their trucks on Thanksgiving day. "Hellovalottacorn out there," he says.
#ModelRailroad #Ogauge #Oscale #diorama #1/48
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 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