TINY confiding species found in a wide range of habitats, the male posted above and the female lack the red ear patch and are paler blue in tone. Commonly encountered along bush tracks, primarily a ground seed feeder.

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MINUTE WOODLAND kingfisher, the size of a blue tit,

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=========================================================Perched near fresh water to drink, but hunts insects around damp grassy margins, or picks them off on the surface of the water.. Africa's smallest kingfisher., and it made my day, as have got seen one for several years !!

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SMALL and compact bird with a relatively short. dark tail. This male was seen at Sandwich Bay Kent and was the only bird of note seen today, and a bit distant, hope you enjoy it!

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LOCAL PAIR of Stonechats, always can be counted on to be found, did not disappoint me, and posed so well, it would have been rude of me not to take a few images, hope you enjoy.

Expect like everybody else am chomping at the bit to get out farther afield, lets hope Doris has some good news for us on Monday !!!!!

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STONECHATS are easy to find if you visit a suitable habitat, birds often perch conspicuously and announce their presence with harsh, agitated calls. Seen at the ancient highway at Sandwich Kent.

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"JESUS loves you, YES YOU !"

Let him into your life !!!!

WELL MARKED and distinctive warbler, the Sedge Warbler has a lively and beautiful song that is a useful aid to identification. This one was deep into the reeds but found a small gap to focus through, love seeing them.

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"COUNT your blessings, name them one by one, you be surprised what the good Lord has done !"

DISTANT CAPTURE, Noticed this beautiful male, doing short sorties to catch flying insects then returning to the same twig, the plan was to, increase the ISO, for a faster shutter speed and focus on the twig and keep firing shots until it returned, took a few attempts, but had three good images to show for it. Seen at Oare Marshes NR. Kent UK

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Hope you are all well, keep me entertained looking at your amazing images, God bless.................................Tomx

PAIR OF STONECHATS feeding their young on the ancient highway Sandwich Bay Kent, a real joy to see, one of my favourite birds. It perches conspicuously and frequently flicks its tail to add to the entertainment.

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CONSPICUOUSLY PERCHED HIGH UP, standing guard for the other stonechats feeding on the ground, and they take turns to do this, and this is your opportunity to photograph the guarding one, I took a few shots, But I made a very basic error, I looked down at my camera screen, to see how well the image looked when returning my eyes to the bird it was gone, and I never found them again.

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Enjoy the weekend, do hope the new restrictions in your area do not affect you too much, Stay safe, cut down your contacts, just talk to the animals, God bless..................Tomx.

A SMALL and compact bird with a relatively short, dark tail. Often perches on the highest part of a plant, and flicks its tail while uttering a harsh alarm call. Mostly found on heaths, commons and gorse-slopes near the coast. Resident all year round !

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LATE OCTOBER, Stonechat with caterpillar ...!!!!!!

TRAVELLED to Northforland, Thanet, Kent, to find a pair of stonchats, the only pair there, have found them for the last three years, THIS TIME my searching was all in vain, felt like I had lost friends in these birds, Made my way back to the car, got in and was getting ready to drive off, when I looked up, it was as seen above, sitting on the fence, opposite the car,and bringing me this juicy present, Wow, how the almighty looks after me !............

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STONECHATS are fairly easy to find as they often perch conspicuously and announce their presence with harsh, agitated calls. Find them at heaths, commons, and gorse-slopes near the coast, and this year seems to be a larger influx of them, so good to see.

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UTTERS a harsh tchak call, like two pebbles being knocked together, and unlike me I took a step too many, and he was gone.

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The Natal Multimammate Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the Natal Multimammate Rat, the Common African Rat, or the African Soft-furred Mouse. This macro shot of a 12cm example is captive bred.

UNOBTRUSIVE little woodland bird, this one lost his nest in a decaying tree stump, during the resent thunderstorms, and is now proceedind to go for a second brood. Seen with cobwebs fot the new nest., wish them more luck this time.

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NEST BUILDING TREECREEPER spent a very happy two hours watching them gather up all sorts of material from tree bark to spider webs as seen above and flying to their nest site a hole in a tree. Its needle-like bill is ideal for probing the bark, and its spiky tail is used on the main tree trunk to support its self, am looking forward to recording the whole nesting process if I am lucky.. Seen at my Local Nature Reserve.

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"Ow HAPPY DAY when JESUS washed my SINS away !"

"" LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU ! "

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VERY SPECIAL ENCOUNTER ! so much that I am showing a second image of the same bird, a first for me ! Gave me so much joy, you have to suffer another. Am about to put together a set of Juvenile birds, as there are so many about.

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This Six-lined Racerunner, a native species, was seen in Wheatridge, Colorado, on the green-belt pathway along Clear Creek.

Its body was about 7" long (12cm), and its tail was equally as long. True to its name, it skittered quickly in dry leaves and twigs alongside the path, its bright green a sharp contrast to the brown ground cover.

Males of this species have a blue underside (as seen in this picture); females have a whitish underside.

The scientific name in some field guides was Aspidoscelis sexlineatus; in other guides it was grouped in the genus of Whip-tailed lizards and named Cnemidophorus sexlineatus.

The Red-browed Finch is found in grassy areas interspersed with dense understorey vegetation, often along creek lines.

The Red-browed Finch feeds on seeds and insects on the ground, but sometimes perches on seeding grass heads.

Photographed, Maleny, Queensland, Australia.

Steve Hitchcock © All rights reserved

FLICKING its tail, wadering towards me, with its jucy catch , this male stonechat small and compact but a real beauty, stands its ground, and looks me in the eye, we both know the message, get any closer, and with a hursh agitated call, "tchak" I will be gone. So I stayed in my laying position, and enjoyed his company.

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""Hello, how are you? Hope you are doing fine too and in a good shape! Wanna play? ;-))""

Yip, I'm back…..have to find my Flickr-rhythm again though….so I will try to catch up with you all ……

Meanwhile have a nice start of your weekend ;-))

In addition to the renovations and garden work, I continued to fold, of course, no big surprise here ;-))

Here you see an origami cat-model, by Fred Rohm. Folded from a 15x15cm black washi-paper with cuts creating for the legs. Final size: height 12cm, width 8cm.

Interesting to fold ;-))

Model: origami 'Cat' or origami 'Halloween Cat'

Design: Fred Rohm

Diagrams:

- in the BOS-booklet #49 "The World of Fred Rohm" by Pete Ford

- in the book "The Best of Origami" by Samuel L. Randlett

- also on the CD 'The Origami World of Neal Elias' by Dave Venables and Marc Cooman

~~~~You can hear it in the sunset sky .....

it must be quiet ...

then you hear it ……

"I'm on my way......

take care ......

stay safe at home ........ ~~~

I used a black patterned handmade paper (21x21cm) for folding this origami 'halloween' bat. At the place where the eyes and mouth would be, I pasted a small piece of red paper on the back, so that the eyes and mouth would become red instead of black.

Final size: length 12cm, height 8cm

Model: origami Bat

Design: Hiroaki Kobayashi

Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book #25

Iguazu National Park, Misiones, Argentina

Very small parrots ( 12cm / 4.7" )

Found in the area where we spotted the beautiful Yellow-fronted Woodpeckers

also called Cobalt-pumped Parrotlet

Forpus xanthopterygius

Spix' Muspapegaai

Toui de Spix

Blauflügel-Sperlingspapagei

Cotorrita aliazul or Catita enana

Pappagallino aliblu

tuim

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My photos may not be used on websites, blogs or in any other media without my written and explicit permission.

FLICKS its tail, steadily working its self towards me, its seen me, but the meal worms are too much a temptation, this small compact bird, favours heaths, commons and gorse slopes. Most adults are all year round residents.

This bird was just amazing ! have found a new friend.

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a large view of a dragonfly on a stone

you can zoom in for more details

macro photo with a macro lens

Distance : 12cm (5inches) from the head of the dragonfly

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~~~"Really, mama, those chocolate eggs were so big and so colorful……"

Little bunny tells about her dream, she had last night to her brother and mother.~~~

I was just passing by when I overheard their conversation ;-))

It is a great model to fold. For the big one I used a silver foil piece of paper 30x30cm and for the little ones, each one piece 15x15cm.

Final size big one: length 12cm, height9,5cm width 5cm

Final size little one: lenght 6cm, height 5,5cm, width 2cm

Model: origami Rabbit

Design: Gen Hagiwara

Diagrams in Czech Origami Convention Book 2013

STONECHATS are fairly easy to find if you visit heaths, commons and gorse-slopes near the coast, birds often perch conspicuously and announce their presence with harsh, agitated calls. Seen at Cliftonville Margate Kent UK.

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ADULT MALE, to compare with the female posted before, has a blackish head, white on the side of the neck and a dark back. The breast is a orange/red. They nearly always work in pairs, or small groups, and one will always be high up, as a look out, as its partner feeds. from the ground. This is the golden chance to photograph them.

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FREQUENT visitor to our gardens, always a joy to see their antics, so colourful , sexes are similar, The blue tit must be one of the easiest birds to observe in Britain on a daily basis.

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Cacti are thorny plants that grow in dry and arid areas because they have the capacity to store water inside. They are very resistant and love sunlight.

In the many visits I made to the cactus area in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro I was surprised by the delicacy of the flowers in contrast to the plant.

Here I present two species with flowers of very delicate texture and beautiful colors.

Echinocereus cinerascens with flower in lovely mauve color, and 12cm in diameter.

When I saw this funny model, I knew I just had to fold it. Origami is on my mind too :-)) I used a sheet of yellow kami paper 30x30cm. Final size: height 12,5cm, width 12cm.

Info below from the book:

~~~"Siente el pensamiento, piensa el sentimineto"

(translated: Feel the thought, think the feeling)

Miguel de Unamuno 1864-1936

This figure is dedicated to all those who love origami and have a head full of "bow ties".~~~

Model: Mente Papiroflexia / Origami on the mind

Design: Fernando Gilgado Gomez

Diagrams in the book: Papiroflexia Bicolor by Fernando Gilgado Gomez

These two Siamese cats are having a conversation……….;-))

Have an enjoyable Wednesday !

Model: origami Siamese Cat (lying)

Design: Roman Diaz

Diagrams in the book "Origami chess-Cats vs Dogs" by roman Diaz

Model: Siamese Cat (sitting)

Design: Roman Diaz

Diagrams in the book "Cat Origami" by Roman Diaz

Both folded from blue foil 20x20cm.

Final height:

- lying cat: width about 12cm and height 8cm (including the tail)

- sitting cat: width about 8cm and height 9,5cm

"You know what Sunday is, it’s a day with a lot of potential for naps."

Quote - Polly Horvath

This model makes me smile, every time I look at it ;-)) Hope it happens for you too!

It is als a great model to fold

Enjoy your Sunday ;-))

Model: origami Cat Lying

Design: Mitsuda Shigeru

Diagrams in the Tanteidan Magazine #186

Paper: Duo Tai paper black/white 30x30cm

Final size: length about 17cm, width about 12cm, height about 4cm

This weekend I spend some time to fold the ‘Potted Plant’-variations. Each of them is made out of four elements:

- the flowerpot

- the bloom

- the leaves

- and the stem

On the left 'Daffodil', in the middle 'Poppy’ or 'Pansy' and on the right ‘Crocus' or ‘Tulip'.

Final height 12cm.

Paper: double colored Kraft paper

I made a photo of each ‘Potted Plant’ and then ‘merged’ the 3 photos together :-))

Model: Origami Potted Plant

Design: Max Hulme

Diagrams in the B(ritish)O(origami)S(ociety) Booklet # 73: Max Hulme - Selected Works, A Second Selection

For the 😄 HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄 theme: "Complementary Colours"

A last different shot of the origami Hedgehog, now playing in the garden with his leaf ;-))

Happy Monochrome Thursday ;-))

if you want to see more photos of this origami model, please visit my Origami - Kouji Nakagawa album.

Model: origami Hedgehog

Design: Kouji Nakagawa

Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book #8

Paper: 35x35cm brownish elephant-hide paper.

Final size: height 5cm, width 12cm, length 12cm

"" Hello…., here I am ;-))

Have a wonderful Wednesday! ""

This little origami hedgehog found an autumn leaf to play with.

You can see the backside .

It is the result of the 'Paper Art series'. Thanks for following it. And in case you didn't see the 'in-between-foldings' (Paper-art series), just click on the links here below:

- Paper Art 1

- Paper Art 2

- Paper Art 3

- Paper Art 4

- Paper Art 5

Paper: 35x35cm brownish elephant-hide paper.

Final size: height 5cm, width 12cm, length 12cm

Model: origami Hedgehog

Design: Kouji Nakagawa

Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book 8

Update:

Model: origami Hedgehog

Design: Kouji Nakagawa

Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book #8

Paper: 35x35cm brownish elephant-hide paper.

Final size: height 5cm, width 12cm, length 12cm

if you want to see more photos of this origami model, please visit my Origami - Kouji Nakagawa album.

"""You probably won't know him, but in 'Origamiland" this Santa is a very famous celebrity.

In his younger years he climbed the "Steep Pencil", height 3850cm, in a record time of 3:13.26 hours!! A special achievement, especially since he reached the top all by himself without tools.

The top of this unusually shaped mountain had crumbled over time, allowing our hero to balance on it for a while to rest an to be fit again for the return journey.

Fortunately, just at that moment a drone passed by to capture this special moment for eternity.

And of course this result has made it into the Santa Book of Records!''' ;-))

Model: origami Papa Noel /Santa Claus

Design: Fernando Castellanos

There is a photo-tutorial , from the designer himself.

I folded this Santa Claus from one piece of kamipaper 15x15cm.

Final size: height 12cm, width 7,5cm

"""Birds flying high you know how I feel

Sun in the sky you know how I feel

Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel

And this old world is a new world

And a bold world

For me

And I'm feeling good

I'm feeling good"""

Lyrics - Nina Simone, from the song Feeling Good

Wishing you all a fabulous feeling good weekend ahead with lots of sunshine and happy smiles. Wish we could fly into the blue sky like this little origami Barn Owl. ;-))

It is from the same designer, as the model I showed you yesterday (in case you missed that, see first comment box). It is a newer model, but you can see they are related by the shape of their eyes and head.

I folded it with a selfmade two layers Unryu tissue paper, 30x30cm. Kind of experimenting in glueing paper together. This came out all right.

Final size: height 12cm, length 15cm, width 4cm

Model: origami Barn Owl 2.0

Design: Riccardo Foschi

There is a video tutorial

"The train is a small world moving through a larger world."

Quote - Elisha Cooper

This is also a 3D train, and stand by itself, but is rather flat ;-))

I folded both parts from a 21x21cm double colored kami-paper. Trains can have a fancy color too, right?, especially in Origami-land ;-))

Happy a joyful start of your weekend!!

Final size:

Locomotive: height 8cm, width 9cm

Passenger car: height 5cm, width 12cm, but it includes the coupling part.

Length of the whole train once connected is about 18cm.

Model: origami Locomotive and Passenger Car

Design: Katsuhia Tamada

Diagrams in the NOA-magazine #362

Another example of modular folding, but this time it is flat ;-)

You see both sides of just one origami model:

- on the left the frontside looking like a snow crystal or star

- on the right the backside looking like a flower.

You need 6 modules. I used six pieces of kamipaper, size 11,9x11.9cm. Final size: diameter 12cm.

Model: origami Star Crystal

Design: Sayoko Kuwabara

Diagrams in NOA magazine #412

I think 'Cabriolet' is the name for this model, but I don't read Japanese...... , but it is a nice origami car too and folding it, was fun ;-))

I colored the tires black.

Folded using a square grid-division 40x21.

Model: origami Cabriolet

Design: Akira Kawamura

Diagrams in the (only in Japanese language) book: 'Origami Vehicles in the New Style by Akira Kawamura' (Shoin Culture Books)

Paper: folded from rectangle golden tissue foil 34x18cm

Final size: 12cm long, 5cm width, 4,5cm height

First try with my new Shen Hao filmback. The filmback works on my "Graflex Speed Graphic" and allows recordings in the format 6cm x 17cm. I'm quite happy with the recording. However, you can see that the lens from the 1960s has trouble with edge sharpness. The circle of light is large enough, but the focus is only up to 12cm. Well, I guess I'll have to look for another lens!

Camera: Graflex Speed Graphic

Filmback: Shen Hao 6x17

Film: Ilford HP5 400

Developer: Ars Imago Monobath

Scanner: Epson V850 Pro

ScannerSoftware: SilverFast

""" Psst, don't tell my little one you found me......just let him search a bit longer, I'm always nearby , so don't worry ;-))

Oh, you haven't seen him yet? Well, there is a photo of my precious in the first comment box.""", says the mother Cat.

I really do like this wonderful origami cat, her pose, her look and of course the whole folding process ;-)) It is a rather new design, 2020. The kitten, I posted yesterday, is also from the same designer, so they are really family ;-))

I folded it with one piece of patterned gold foil, 35x35cm.

Final size: length 12cm, height 8cm. width about 5cm

Model: origami Cat

Design: Gen Hagiwara

Diagrams in Tanteidan Magazine # 190

Have a lovely Friday and a good start of your weekend!

""By, by…...., I'm leaving again…….. ;-))

Have a wonderful Wednesday! ""

This little origami hedgehog is on his way to the garden again ;-))

Here you have the complete view of this model.

It is the result of the 'Paper Art series'. Thanks for following it. And in case you didn't see the 'in-between-foldings' (Paper-art series), just click on the links here below:

- Paper Art 1

- Paper Art 2

- Paper Art 3

- Paper Art 4

- Paper Art 5

Paper: 35x35cm brownish elephant-hide paper

Final size: height 5cm, width 12cm, length 12cm

Model: origami Hedgehog

Design: Kouji Nakagawa

Diagrams in Tanteidan Convention Book #8

if you want to see more photos of this origami model, please visit my Origami - Kouji Nakagawa album.

A pair of Sand Martins cozying up outside their nest hole.

Sand Martins are the smallest of the hirundines, having a length of only 12cm.

Many thanks to all who take the time to view, comment or fave my images.

Leica M10 / Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar ZM 4/85 mm

Hoh & Hahne, Leipzig

1900 - 1903, Dry Plate 9 x 12cm

German Field Glasses from 1917

More information about this camera and the field glasses in my museum:

lippisches-kameramuseum.de/HuH/HuH_Plattenkamera_9_12.htm

lippisches-kameramuseum.de/Fernglaeser/Galilei_Fernglas_1...

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Quote - Leonardo da Vinci

James Sakoda created with his 'Eight-Point Star' (see first comment box) a few three-legged 'abstract' origami animals, like this this horse. I love it ;-))

Model: origami Horse

Design: James Sadoka

Diagrams in the book 'Modern Origami' by James Sakoda

Paper: 15x15cm silver foil

Final size 'Horse': 12cm width, height 6cm

If you are interested to see more of his 'modern origami-models', you are invited to visit my origami-album James Sakoda. Enjoy ;-)

A PERKY LITTLE WARBLER, and one on my want list, a joy just to watch and photograph, a bird that is protected by law, because its red listed, numbers suffer in bad winters, are numbers are in decline. This was seen at rspb Farnham Heath Surrey, u.K

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Pleas enjoy the weekend, stay safe, God bless you all,.........................Tomx

“Sometimes, the best adventures are the ones we can only dream about.”

Quote ― Wilbert Awdry

These 'dinky toy' trains remind me of 'Thomas The Tank Engine, because of the colors and their shape, I guess. Funny, that I found a quote of the author of those great stories ;-))

Anyway, yesterday I showed you the whole train set (see first comment box, if you missed it), today a different view on the locomotives and their first car for three reasons: First the left red one has a different folded front and chimney, second I did a color change, third just because I like them ;-))

This will be also the last photo of this mini train series. Thank you all very much for your very nice and kind comments, views and favs, much appreciated!

I will be off for two weeks. Have fun and sweet dreams, take care and see you later ;-))

Paper:

I used double colored Kraft paper red/gold.

Both the locomotives are made out of three parts:

- the body 24x12cm,

- the wheels 19x11cm

- the red chimney 18x10cm and the golden chimney 20x8cm

Ensemble them together and you get the locomotive. No cuts, no glue.

Final size: length 12cm, width 3,5, height red locomotive 6,5cm, golden one 8,5cm

The little car is folded from a piece of Kraft paper 14x5cm

Final size: length 5cm, width 3,5 cm, height 4cm

Model: origami Locomotive and Car

Design: Akira Kawamura

Diagrams: Origami Vehicles in the New Style by Akira Kawamura

Drakolimni (dragon lake in English) of Smolikas mountain is an alpine all season lake situated west of the summit at 2150m of elevation. The lake a 'brother' to the well known Drakolimni of nearby Tymfi, this one although is smaller but deeper. It is heart shaped with red soil bottom, it serves as a perfect campsite with crazy good views of the summit and three trails passing through (around) it.

This lake is home to Alpine Tritons (Triturus alpestris) 10-12cm long lizards that can both swim and walk on land, even tho they aren't under extinction we must protect them.

Mount Smolikas (Greek: Σμόλικας, Aromanian: Smolcu) is a mountain in the Ioannina regional unit, northwestern Greece. At a height of 2,637 metres above sea level, it is the highest of the Pindus Mountains, and the second highest mountain in Greece after Mount Olympus.