Your R System Images - August 2026

Buildings from the 19th Century Randall Square industrial park and mill district along the Moshasuck River in Providence, Rhode Island. Both have been repurposed for office space.

2 Charles Street. The Fletcher Manufacturing Co. built in 1869. It has brownstone trim, a mansard roof, and bracketed dormers. Narrow fabric including twines, yarns, wicks, and boot, shoe, and corset laces were manufactured there.


1 Charles Street. The Stillman Brass Foundry, a small flatiron-style mill structure built in 1871.


Who knew there as a small waterfall nestled in the trees along the river?

The Rod Stewart of cardinals?

Walter,
Very well done! I love the colors, particularly of the bricks.

SwampGrizz said:

Very well done! I love the colors, particularly of the bricks.

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Thank you, Dale!
It was a hazy day, so DxO Photolab Smart Lighting and Clear View filters helped to reveal more of the actual color .

PKM-UK said:

Dover Castle commands the Strait of Dover, a position of strategic importance throughout history.

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Another stunning and enjoybable set of images to pique to the imagination and curiosity of my history-interested mind. It was fascinating to learn how this structure was adapted over time to meet contemporary challenges.

I really appreciated the crisp detail of the second shot.

Double Crested cormorant enjoying lunch in the local storm water run-off pond. Our city does not stock these ponds so it is a goldfish or Prussian carp that people have released into the water. But it does give me something to shoot.

Somewhere along River Drive, a scenic, picturesque roadway running along the west shore of the Seekonk River in the Blackstone Park Conservation District on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island.

My best guess, mottled ducks gazing at the Seekonk River. (Image crop)

Time for a swim.

SwampGrizz said:

Walter,
Very well done! I love the colors, particularly of the bricks.

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Focusing on bricks...

(Yup, some of them are blue. Quite possibly bricks with a ceramic facing.)

Omlette feet

More colored bricks…green in this case, and most likely ceramic as well….

Grumps said:

some of them are blue. Quite possibly bricks with a ceramic facing

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The cobalt blue accents look sharp.

SwampGrizz said:

green in this case, and most likely ceramic as well

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The greens also have a nice look against the lighter color bricks.

Wren, fresh out of the bird bath....



I'm not sure what happened here... Either it was a crash landing, or if someone buzzed the tower without permission.



The little dude on the feeder is probably thinking "WTFO" ??!?

Images from a brief mid-journey stop-off at Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Wales. (Ongoing essential repair and conservation work is creating a slight case of over-scaffolding blight - though this is preferable to having bits of it fall on your head and will hopefully allow it to be enjoyed by future visitors).

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL E/ ViewPoint, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Studio. Compilations feature Karen - R7 and Phil - R5 II).

You can find out more about Tintern Abbey by clicking Here.

Phil and Karen


1. Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn) sits on the Welsh bank of the River Wye and was founded in 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It was the first Cistercian foundation in Wales - and the second in Britain (after Waverley Abbey).



2. Initially, a simple stone church and cloisters were built (of which little remains).



3. In 1269 work on a new abbey church began and this grew into one of the masterpieces of British Gothic architecture. Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk, the then lord of Chepstow, was a generous benefactor in rebuilding the church.



4. In 1536 Tintern surrendered during the first round of the dissolution of the monasteries * and the once majestic abbey began slowly to turn into a ruin. (* Between 1536 and 1541, King Henry VIII disbanded over 800 Catholic monasteries, abbeys, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland).



5. Since 1984 the site has been managed by CADW, the Welsh Government's historic environment service, and is visited by 70,000 people each year (70,002 including us - Phil captured bottom right). (Currently, there's a 10% discount on admission prices due to the ongoing disruptions).



6. As part of the celebrations to mark the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, a fresh faced Phil Moore clambered up the muddy slopes of the River Wye at Tintern Abbey having successfully completed The 100-mile Canoe Test.



(Sources: CADW, Wikipedia, Phil Moore).