Colourful Birds
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(pt. 2) It hasn't been doing much besides raining lately but I am happy for a warmer winter after having a few horrific ones. Anyhow, this is another shot from the First Snow series.
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The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world.[2] It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Dunlin - Calidris alpina
The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–2. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a person or thing with the given quality. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alpina is from Latin and means "of high mountains", in this case referring to the Alps.
It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East. Birds that breed in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic migrate short distances to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although those nesting in northern Alaska overwinter in Asia. Many dunlins winter along the Iberian south coast.
An adult dunlin in breeding plumage shows the distinctive black belly which no other similar-sized wader possesses. The winter dunlin is basically grey above and white below. Juveniles are brown above with two whitish "V" shapes on the back. They usually have black marks on the flanks or belly and show a strong white wingbar in flight.
The legs and slightly decurved bill are black. There are a number of subspecies differing mainly in the extent of rufous colouration in the breeding plumage and the bill length. Bill length varies between sexes, the females having longer bills than the males.
mc zenitar 50mm f/2 (it looks like Chinese streamed bun,focusing ring not smooth, very ugly lens but the glass is very good 😂)
Dunlin - Calidris alpina
The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–2. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a person or thing with the given quality. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alpina is from Latin and means "of high mountains", in this case referring to the Alps.
It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East. Birds that breed in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic migrate short distances to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although those nesting in northern Alaska overwinter in Asia. Many dunlins winter along the Iberian south coast.
An adult dunlin in breeding plumage shows the distinctive black belly which no other similar-sized wader possesses. The winter dunlin is basically grey above and white below. Juveniles are brown above with two whitish "V" shapes on the back. They usually have black marks on the flanks or belly and show a strong white wingbar in flight.
The legs and slightly decurved bill are black. There are a number of subspecies differing mainly in the extent of rufous colouration in the breeding plumage and the bill length. Bill length varies between sexes, the females having longer bills than the males.
1. It occurred last night on April 07, 2020.
2. It is the largest Moon (Super Moon) for the year 2020.
3. It is called Pink Moon because of its hue due to refection of vast fields of pink flowers that are in bloom (springtime bloom) in North America.
4. I have taken this photo from our apartment last night (04/07/2020).
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
Die Ziesel (Spermophilus, Syn.: Citellus) sind eine Gattung der Erdhörnchen, die in Eurasien in 15 Arten verbreitet ist. Dabei umfasste die Gattung lange Zeit deutlich mehr Arten, die auch in Nordamerika vorkommen; diese wurden jedoch nach einer Revision auf der Basis morphologischer und molekularbiologischer Daten in insgesamt acht Gattungen aufgeteilt.
European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ground_squirrel
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae.[2] It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order. It is to be found in eastern Europe from southern Ukraine, to Asia Minor, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and north as far as Poland but the range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains.
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
My Ziesel /Ground squirrel album is here:
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My Hungary tour album is here:
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My 2019-2022 tours album is here:
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My nature album is here:
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
Die Ziesel (Spermophilus, Syn.: Citellus) sind eine Gattung der Erdhörnchen, die in Eurasien in 15 Arten verbreitet ist. Dabei umfasste die Gattung lange Zeit deutlich mehr Arten, die auch in Nordamerika vorkommen; diese wurden jedoch nach einer Revision auf der Basis morphologischer und molekularbiologischer Daten in insgesamt acht Gattungen aufgeteilt.
European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ground_squirrel
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae.[2] It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order. It is to be found in eastern Europe from southern Ukraine, to Asia Minor, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and north as far as Poland but the range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains.
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
My Ziesel /Ground squirrel album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/2y1524
My Hungary tour album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/06PRz63n8B
My 2019-2022 tours album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/SKf0o8040w
My nature album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/27PwYUERX2
My Canon EOS R / R5 / R6 album is here:
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My miscellaneous album is here:
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
Die Ziesel (Spermophilus, Syn.: Citellus) sind eine Gattung der Erdhörnchen, die in Eurasien in 15 Arten verbreitet ist. Dabei umfasste die Gattung lange Zeit deutlich mehr Arten, die auch in Nordamerika vorkommen; diese wurden jedoch nach einer Revision auf der Basis morphologischer und molekularbiologischer Daten in insgesamt acht Gattungen aufgeteilt.
European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ground_squirrel
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae.[2] It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order. It is to be found in eastern Europe from southern Ukraine, to Asia Minor, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and north as far as Poland but the range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains.
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
My Ziesel /Ground squirrel album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/2y1524
My Hungary tour album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/06PRz63n8B
My 2019-2022 tours album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/SKf0o8040w
My nature album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/27PwYUERX2
My Canon EOS R / R5 / R6 album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/bgkttsBw35
My miscellaneous album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/ubwV7qGXSB
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
Die Ziesel (Spermophilus, Syn.: Citellus) sind eine Gattung der Erdhörnchen, die in Eurasien in 15 Arten verbreitet ist. Dabei umfasste die Gattung lange Zeit deutlich mehr Arten, die auch in Nordamerika vorkommen; diese wurden jedoch nach einer Revision auf der Basis morphologischer und molekularbiologischer Daten in insgesamt acht Gattungen aufgeteilt.
European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ground_squirrel
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae.[2] It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order. It is to be found in eastern Europe from southern Ukraine, to Asia Minor, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and north as far as Poland but the range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains.
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
My Ziesel /Ground squirrel album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/2y1524
My Hungary tour album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/06PRz63n8B
My 2019-2023 tours album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/SKf0o8040w
My nature album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/27PwYUERX2
My Canon EOS R / R5 / R6 album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/bgkttsBw35
My miscellaneous album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/ubwV7qGXSB
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Europäischer Ziesel (Spermophilus citellus) - European ground squirrel
Die Ziesel (Spermophilus, Syn.: Citellus) sind eine Gattung der Erdhörnchen, die in Eurasien in 15 Arten verbreitet ist. Dabei umfasste die Gattung lange Zeit deutlich mehr Arten, die auch in Nordamerika vorkommen; diese wurden jedoch nach einer Revision auf der Basis morphologischer und molekularbiologischer Daten in insgesamt acht Gattungen aufgeteilt.
European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_ground_squirrel
The European ground squirrel (Spermophilus citellus), also known as the European souslik, is a species from the squirrel family, Sciuridae.[2] It is among the few European species in the genus Spermophilus. Like all squirrels, it is a member of the rodent order. It is to be found in eastern Europe from southern Ukraine, to Asia Minor, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and north as far as Poland but the range is divided in two parts by the Carpathian Mountains.
A Text2 Dream DDG work created from a Wombo Dream work that had been laid on a 24" square and turned at an angle, originally from a previous artwork created in PSE21 from my bird photo.
Eight layers in total and then further manipulated in Topaz Studio.
Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments!
I am ecstatic to announce that today (November 2) it is raining in Southern California !!!!!!!!
The European herring gull (Larus argentatus) is a large gull, up to 66 cm (26 in) long. One of the best-known of all gulls along the shores of Western Europe, it was once abundant.[2] It breeds across Northern Europe, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Baltic states. Some European herring gulls, especially those resident in colder areas, migrate further south in winter, but many are permanent residents, e.g. in Ireland, Britain, Iceland, or on the North Sea shores. They have a varied diet, including fish, crustaceans, and dead animals, as well as some plants.
While herring gull numbers appear to have been harmed in recent years, possibly by fish population declines and competition, they have proved able to survive in human-adapted areas and can often be seen in towns acting as scavengers.
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The Jubilee River is a hydraulic channel in southern England. It is 11.6 km (7.2 mi) long[1] and is on average 45 metres (148 feet) wide.[2] It was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s to take overflow from the River Thames and so alleviate flooding to areas in and around the towns of Maidenhead, Windsor, and Eton in the counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. It achieves this by taking water from the left (at this point eastern) bank of the Thames upstream of Boulter's Lock near Maidenhead and returning it via the north bank downstream of Eton.[3] Although successful in its stated aims, residents of villages downstream, such as Wraysbury, claim it has increased flooding in those locations.[4]
"Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton Flood Alleviation Scheme" (MWEFAS). The choice of a name for the river was put to the local population in a poll.[12] The result was a strong preference for 'Jubilee', as it was being completed in Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee year of 2002 and one of the Queen's main residences is at Windsor Castle, in one of the three towns being protected by the scheme.
Source; Wikipedia
Jubilee River, Buckinghamshire
May 2022
The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world.[2] It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Warwick Bar Conservation Area covers an area of 16.2 hectares (40 acres) where the Birmingham-to-London Grand Union Canal meets the Digbeth Branch Canal.[1] It was designated such status on 25 June 1987.[2] It covers the entire length of the Digbeth Branch Canal through the Eastside area and a section of the River Rea. To the south is the Digbeth, Deritend and Bordesley High Streets Conservation Area.[1]
The conservation area includes three of the statutorily listed buildings in Birmingham, each built by the canal company in the 1840s and 1850s, and a locally listed canal warehouse built in 1935. In total, there are five listed buildings and six locally listed buildings.[1] One locally listed building, the former Co-op furniture factory works (1899) on Belmont Row was destroyed by fire on 11 January 2007 in a suspected arson attack. Seventy-five percent of the building was damaged by a fire which caused the roof to collapse and which also destroyed seven arched windows.[3] On 18 January 2007, the façade of the building, which had survived the fire albeit smoke damaged, collapsed in on itself in high winds owing to the lack of support it received after the fire had been put out. This building had been due to be redeveloped as part of the Ventureast regeneration project
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The mansion was built in the 1850s for Absalom Sharp (1824-1893), a prominent cotton merchant from Pennsylvania.[2] Additionally, he owned up to 900 acres of cotton fields and farmland.[3] Whereas upstairs there used to be a ballroom, it was reconverted into bedrooms as well as a dining-room and a study in the 1870s.[2]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 19, 1982. It now serves as a bed & breakfast
Good morning folks and hope a wonderful weekend and the week ahead will be awesome for everyone.
I'd very much like to take a moment here to say that everyone I follow I consider a good friend and artist, and absolutely love the work everyone puts up here on Flickr, it's just getting to be a bit to much for me to handle time wise, so for the people posting 3-4-5 images a day please forgive me if I miss an image or 2, it is not intentional, it's all about the time spent on the computer. Even when I don't post I make sure to comment and try never to miss a post, it's just a bit much right now so please forgive me, have a great day and thank you for visiting and understanding.
The red kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species is currently endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa, though formerly also occurred just outside in northern Iran.[2] It is resident in the milder parts of its range in western Europe and northwest Africa, but birds from northeastern and central Europe winter further south and west, reaching south to Turkey. Vagrants have reached north to Finland and south to Israel, Libya and Gambia.
The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae. The scientific name comes from Latin ardea "heron", and purpureus, "coloured purple".[2] It breeds in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.
2020.05:
I'm testing the use of my images in other ConTexts. Ideally, this will help focus on some of my discussions. I am also using images like this to accumulate Findings that may help me improve the Tales that are now a Work-In-Progress.
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Rankings ...
Highest position: 124 on Sunday, June 2, 2013
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2013:
These cherry blossoms are just like the ones I've remembered for the past 44 years from a visit to Traverse City, Michigan.
It was a real pleasure to be able to get back here to refresh the memories and capture some images.
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5.: Findings:
5.0: Preamble
5.1: a MicroToc should be helpful.
5.2: Grammarly is a useful tool in several ways.
5.2.1: It suggests grammatical improvements.
5.2.2: It expands flickr's writing canavas.
6.: Conclusions:
6.0:
6.1: It will be necessary to remove MicroContent from Flickr to a wiki envirponment.
7: Recommendations:
7.0:
7.1: Test a GitHub wiki.
7.1.1: github.com/HwWobbe/WipHww/wiki
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Dunlin - Calidris alpina
The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–2. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a person or thing with the given quality. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alpina is from Latin and means "of high mountains", in this case referring to the Alps.
It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East. Birds that breed in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic migrate short distances to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although those nesting in northern Alaska overwinter in Asia. Many dunlins winter along the Iberian south coast.
An adult dunlin in breeding plumage shows the distinctive black belly which no other similar-sized wader possesses. The winter dunlin is basically grey above and white below. Juveniles are brown above with two whitish "V" shapes on the back. They usually have black marks on the flanks or belly and show a strong white wingbar in flight.
The legs and slightly decurved bill are black. There are a number of subspecies differing mainly in the extent of rufous colouration in the breeding plumage and the bill length. Bill length varies between sexes, the females having longer bills than the males.
Continuing the series I started several weeks ago, progression of a stormy sunset into dusk, I guess this is part 2, it actually gets even better, part 3 and for coming tomorrow and the day after, sometimes it's better to keep uploading from the same spot consecutively.
1. It is hard to take a selfie in focus
2. It is hard to toss leaves and not look goofy at the same time
3. who cares when you are having fun!
Prominent Physcian in Herkimer, Left to the city.
Herkimer County Historical Society is located in the 1884 Suiter Building, a historic home in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York. It is a 2 1⁄2-story, wood frame structure with red pressed brick walls laid in black mortar built in 1884. It features a complex pitched roof of slate with a brick corbelled cornice and terra cotta ornament along the roof edge. There is also an octagonal peaked roof above the corner tower. Built originally as a private home, it was unfinished at the time of its builders death in 1925 and given to the Herkimer County Historical Society who occupied it in 1935.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972
Love their big, shiny black eyes :)
The Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa. It is closely related to the yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) but differs in that it has no band of yellow fur around the neck, has slightly smaller ears, and is usually slightly smaller overall: around 90 mm (3.54 in) in length and 23 g in weight.[2] It is found across most of Europe and is a very common and widespread species, is commensal with people and is sometimes considered a pest.[1] Other common names are long-tailed field mouse, field mouse, common field mouse, and European wood mouse. Wikipedia
Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Katendrecht, Migratiemuseum, Tornado, People (uncut)
Back to the Rotterdam MigratieMuseum (and the Tornado). It is situated in what was once a part of the giant San Francisco veem (harbour storage facility). It has been thru a lot. It was built for the HAL transatlantic shipping company in 1898, and its middle part was destroyed during WW2. The left part of the building (Fenix 1), among other things, served as a temporary art exposition space and now functions as the basis for the FenixLofts luxury apartment building. Ah, the story of gentrification.
The Migration Museum is in the right part of the former Veem, also known as Fenix 2. It once housed a Van Gend & Loos logistics hub, the Pinball Museum, the ‘Circuscentrum op De Kaap’ (Codarts Circus Arts school), and, last but not least, the Posse Brasserie.
It was spectacularly transformed (design Bureau Polderman & the Chinese MAD Architects) into the Fenix-Migration museum, with the ‘Tornado’ staircase (on display here) as its centre (designed by Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD).
And don’t think the museum is all about form and less about content. The way it commemorates the millions of emigrants who left Europe and Rotterdam in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is fascinating. The portrayal of the more recent migration to Europe is also documented excellently. For instance, there’s a dusty Peugeot 404 pick-up on display that was used to transport migrants through the Sahara to Libya on their way to the risky Mediterranean crossing.
Pretzel logic is a Steely Dan song from the eponymous album.
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HMM!! today is 5 years since i retired....i tell those who ask, "i really can't tell you how much i miss working...but it's not much" ;-)
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tea oil camellia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Camellia oleifera, which originated in China, is notable as an important source of edible oil (known as tea oil or camellia oil) obtained from its seeds.[2] It is commonly known as the oil-seed camellia or tea oil camellia, though to a lesser extent other species of camellia are used in oil production too.
It is widely distributed in China and is cultivated extensively there. It is found in forests, thickets, banks of streams and foothills at elevations of 500 to 1,300 metres.[3]
This species looks much similar to Camellia sasanqua except the dark green, evergreen leaves are a bit larger, three to five inches long and two to three inches wide. Single, white, fragrant flowers are produced in mid to late fall, and this large shrub or small tree will reach a height of 20 feet with thin, upright, multiple trunks and branches. The crown forms a rounded or oval vase with lower branches removed.[4]
The seeds of Camellia oleifera can be pressed to yield tea seed oil, a sweetish seasoning and cooking oil. In tea seed oil, oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid comprises ~80% of the total fatty acid content - the oil is similar in composition to olive oil.
Tea oil is also known as "Tea Seed Oil" when sold as cooking oil in supermarkets throughout Australia, New Zealand and the United States.[5]
It can also be used in textile manufacture, soap making and as an illuminant.[3] Camellia oil is also traditionally used to protect Japanese woodworking tools and cutlery from corrosion and is currently sold for that purpose.[6][
Üstí nad Labem_Labe_Elbe_Větruše_Czechia
Ústí nad Labem (Czech pronunciation: [ˈuːsciː ˈnad labɛm] (About this soundlisten)), formerly known by its German name Aussig,[1] is the 7th-most populous city of the Czech Republic. It is the capital of its eponymous region and district. Ústí is situated in a mountainous district at the confluence of the Bílina and Elbe rivers. It is a major industrial center and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction.
Ústí nad Labem was mentioned as a trading centre as early as 993.[2] In the second half of the 13th century, King Otakar II of Bohemia invited German settlers into the country and granted them a German form of municipal incorporation, thereby founding the city proper.[2] In 1423, as King of Bohemia, Sigismund pledged the town to Elector Frederick I of Meißen, who occupied it with a Saxon garrison.[2] It was besieged by the Hussites in 1426: a German army of 70 000 was sent to its relief but the 25 000 besiegers defeated them amid great slaughter on 16 June; the next day, they stormed and razed the town.[2] It was left derelict for three years before rebuilding began in 1429.[2]
Ústí was again burned down in 1583 and was sacked by the Swedes in 1639 amid the Thirty Years' War.[1] It also suffered grievously during the Seven Years' War and was near the 1813 Battle of Kulm between France and the alliance of Austria, Prussia, and Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.[2] As late as 1830, its population was only 1400.[2]
As part of the Kingdom of Bohemia, it was eventually incorporated into Austria and heavily industrialized over the 19th century. After the Compromise of 1867, it headed the Aussig District, one of Austrian Bohemia's 94 District Commissions (Bezirkshauptmannschaften).[3] In the 1870s, with only 11 000 people, it was a major producer of woolen goods, linen, paper, ships, and chemicals and carried on a large trade in grain, fruit, mineral water, lumber, and coal.[1] By 1900, large-scale immigration had boosted the population to nearly 40 000, mostly German,[2] and added glassworking and stone to its trades.[2] The local river port became the busiest in the entire Austro-Hungarian Empire, surpassing even the seaport in Trieste.[citation needed]
The factories of Aussig—as it was then known—were an early center of the National Socialism ("Nazi") movement. The German Workers' Party in Austria (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in Österreich) was founded on 15 November 1903 and later gave rise to the Sudeten German Party and Austrian National Socialism. Their books continued to be printed in Ústí even after the formation of Czechoslovakia in 1918. During the 1930 census, Ústí nad Labem was home to 43 793 residents: 32 878 considered German, 8 735 Czech or Slovak, 222 Jews, 16 Russians, and 11 Hungarians.[4] Ústí was ceded to Nazi Germany with the rest of the Sudetenland in October 1938 under the terms of the Munich Agreement. On New Year's Eve of that year, the Nazis burnt down the local synagogue; a meat factory was later raised in its place. The Jewish community in Ústí nad Labem was mostly exterminated over the course of World War II amid the Holocaust. In April 1945, the city was severely bombed by the Allies.[which?]
Under the terms of the Potsdam Conference and the Beneš decrees, the city was restored to Czechoslovakia and most of its German population expelled after Germany's defeat in World War II. In May 1948, the Communist government passed a new constitution declaring a people's republic. Communism continued until the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall set off a series of events which are now known as the Velvet Revolution. Today, Ústí nad Labem is a major industrial city of the Czech Republic with substantial chemical, metallurgical, textile, food, and machine tool industries.
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Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge[1] in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel.[2] It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282.
After ordering a Helios 40-2 in the middle of July I still not have it since they told me that the Russian factory is producing some other stuff for the government. I then looked for alternatives and found the Cyclop 85mm f/1.5 which shares the optical design with the Helios 40-2, but it's actually a lens for a Russian night vision goggle. Luckily, I found a guy not too far away from my hometown selling this night vision device for less than half the ebay price (since people know about the similarity to the Helios 40-2 it seems like prices went up quite a lot). It has a few scratches on the full metal barrel and a few dust specks inside, but the lens elements do not have any scratches. Yesterday, I went out with this lens and made a few test shots. I really like the lens, but since it is made for a night vision device, it has no aperture and it also lacks coatings which means that it is very prone to flare. Anyway, it is really fun to use and I think it was worth the money :)
PS: Tomorrow I'm leaving for Barcelona and I'll be back on next weekend. I hope that I can get some beautiful architecture shots there. Have a great week my Flickr friends!
Deuteronomy 22:5 “A woman shall not wear a man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God.”
Canadian pastor arrested again after protesting against a new (unconstitutional) law that prohibits demonstrating at drag queen shows aimed at children.
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Luke 17:2 “It is better for him if a millstone is hung around his neck and he is thrown into the sea, than that he may cause one of these little ones to sin.”
The night yard job had just finished tying down the train they had dumped on the loop track at Two Harbors as another Minntac loader departed up the Loop Line (Two Harbors Subdivision)
As opposed to before when inbound pellet trains would be split into multiple pieces in order to be dumped and shoved towards the loop line the new loop constructed in 2024 iirc allows inbound trains to go straight into and through the dump shack and continue ahead onto the loop line outbound tracks from the north. The power then runs around the train, EOT is moved to the tail and the train is ready to go again without a new brake test. This has resulted in a drastic reduction of yard employees at Two Harbors including all locomotive mechanical staff, many carman jobs, all utility conductor jobs and reduction from 3 daily yard jobs to 2.
It's relatively rare to get a well lit train departing with another on the loop. I got greedy and wanted a telephoto shot to go along with this hence leaving the departing train too far left in the frame. A nice opportunity for a visiting Julien Boily and myself.
Camera: Canon Eos 7D
Lens: EF24-105mmF/4L-IS-USM
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 40 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/125
ISO: 100
Valley of Fire State Park is the oldest state park in Nevada, USA and was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1968.[2] It covers an area of almost 42,000 acres (17,000 ha)[3] and was dedicated in 1935. It derives its name from red sandstone formations, formed from great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays.
Valley of Fire is located 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Las Vegas, at an elevation between 2,000–2,600 feet (610–790 m). It abuts the Lake Mead National Recreation Area at the Virgin River confluence. It lies in a 4 by 6 mi (6.4 by 9.7 km) basin.
Complex uplifting and faulting of the region, followed by extensive erosion, have created the present landscape. The rough floor and jagged walls of the park contain brilliant formations of eroded sandstone and sand dunes more than 150 million years old. Other important rock formations include limestones, shales, and conglomerates.
The park entry from Interstate 15 passes through the Moapa Indian Reservation. The park has a visitor center that should be visited by anyone planning any off-road activities.
The site is marked as Nevada Historical Marker #150.
Source: Wikipedia
Black & White Photography:-
Black and white photography emphasizes the contrast of shadows.
1. It focuses on light, shadows, and texture.
2. It seems much more dramatic because the only two elements defining a black-and-white image are light and shadows.
3. It can draw drama to a certain part of an image’s composition.
4. It’s often used when the photographer intends to emphasize on light, shadows, and textures!
And over the many years, I have come to see through thier work of many renowned photographers; like Ansel Adams for one in Black & White photography and some of those even on Flickr.
Which I admire very much of Samuel Collazo for his very Black and White Fine Art, in his Light and Shadows work: www.flickr.com/photos/scollazo/
Black & White Photography: Will always create compelling compositions and striking images, which colour cannot compare or compete with!
Many thanks for your kind comments and compliments on the difference between Colour and Black and White editions from you here, my good flickr friends !!!
Well, you might as well hear the whole story on this guy. I was yanking up spent poppy plants in my yard and lo and behold a perfect green Monarch pupa dropped to the ground. I was horrified. There was some hope though - a tiny threadlike piece was still attached to the pupa top. My old mind started working. I can tie it back onto a plant of my choice. With what? Kitchen twine was the only thing that came to my panicked mind. So first I tied it to the pupa thread, and then onto a milkweed stem. It looked really beautiful and healthy. In fact, by the next day the transformation started as the color pigments inside began to show. I knew it would eclose the next morning and I began to visualize how I would photograph the tiny spectacle. I checked the next day early, inspected for a chink in the pupa, and decided I had time for breakfast and filling the bird feeder. Duties done, I gathered my camera gear, and expected I would settle onto a low stool and watch the wondrous show. Here's the "worst of times" part 2. It was already out. I missed probably by 10 minutes since the wings were already straightened out. He (yup, another boy) was hot to trot too - gone within another hour or so. To quote another piece of literature: "All's well that ends well."
Day of the Dead seems to be more of a thing here in Arizona than Halloween.
Facts about Day of the Dead
1. It's not the same as Halloween. While Halloween is celebrated Oct, 31. Day of the Dead is Nov 1 & 2
2. It originated in Mexico and Central America.
3. It's a celebration of life, not death.
3. Offerings are laid out for the dead known as ofrenda in Spanish. These are items that the spirits will enjoy when they come back to earth to visit their living
4. Flowers, butterflies, and skulls are typically used as symbols.
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. One of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers, it hybridizes to a limited extent with the collared flycatcher.[2] It breeds in most of Europe and across the Western Palearctic. It is migratory, wintering mainly in tropical Africa.[1][3] It usually builds its nests in holes on oak trees.[4]
Urban Red Fox ~ Catford ~ London ~ England ~ Thursday July 4th 2019.
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My local garden fox finally brought her cubs out during the day yesterday for the 2nd time, she has 2 it would appear...:)
Have a great Friday Y'all..:)
Carmel Market (Hebrew: שוק הכרמל, Shuk HaCarmel) is a marketplace in Tel Aviv, Israel
The Carmel market was established in the 1920s.[2] It is bordered by Allenby Street and Magen David Square and is principally located along Carmel Street (which becomes King George Street after Magen David Square), but has expanded over time to streets such as Nahalat Binyamin Street.
The market is open every day of the week, except Shabbat (Saturday), and sells mostly food but also a variety of items such as home accessories, and flowers. Tuesdays and Fridays are the signature days at the market as several independent artists and vendors sell unique crafts, art, and jewellery along Nahalat Binyamin Street.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel_Market
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Zumbadorcito / Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima vieilloti).
(Residente común) (Subespecie Endémica de la Hispaniola e Islas Adyacentes).
El colibrí zumbadorcito, también llamado zumbador verbena, zumbadorcito, zumbaflor zumbadorcito (Mellisuga minima), es una especie de ave de la familia Trochilidae, orden Apodiformes.
Vive en la República Dominicana, Haití, Jamaica y es migrante en Puerto Rico. Sus hábitats son los bosques lluviosos tropicales y subtropicales a baja altitud, así como los bosques primitivos muy degradados. También suelen frecuentar las plantaciones agrícolas, jardines y bosques de matorral.
Es muy pequeño, mide unos 6 cm de longitud (incluyendo el pico) y su peso no suele rebasar los 2,5 g. De hecho es el segundo colibrí más pequeño del mundo
La principal diferencia morfológica entre ambos sexos es la cola ahorquillada y casi completamente negra de los machos, a diferencia de la de las hembras, más corta, redondeada y con barras blancas en las plumas rectrices exteriores
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The vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima vieilloti)
(Common Resident) (Endemic Subspecies of the Hispaniola And Associate Island)
is a species of hummingbird found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica, and is a vagrant to Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and heavily degraded former forests.
It is considered the second-smallest bird in the world after the bee hummingbird. Typical length is 6 cm (2.4 in), including the bill, and weight is 2–2.4 g (0.071–0.085 oz).[2] It also has among the smallest eggs in the bird world, with an average length of 1 cm (0.39 in) and weight of 0.375 g.
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Lugar de Captura / Taken :Alma Rosa, Santo Domingo Este.
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ORDEN: APODIFORMES
FAMILIA: TROCHILIDAE
NOMBRE COMUN: Zumbadorcito
NOMBRE CIENTIFICO: Mellisuga Minima
INGLES: Vervain Hummigbbird.
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We took an all-day photography tour with Oahu Photography Tour. It was a lot of fun. I recommend it highly.
This is the Byodo-in Buddhist Temple on the east coast of Oahu. South of the Polynesian Cultural Center and north of Kailua.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byodo-In_(Hawaii)
The Byodo-In Temple (Japanese: 平等院テンプル, Byōdōin Tenpuru) is a non-denominational Buddhist temple located on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi in Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. It was dedicated in August 1968 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants to Hawaiʻi.[1]
The temple is a replica of a 900-year-old Buddhist temple at Uji in Kyoto Prefecture of Japan.[2] Contrary to popular belief, it is not a functioning Buddhist temple in the proper sense as it does not host a resident monastic community nor an active congregation.[3] Inside the Byodo-In Temple is a 18 ft (5.5 m) statue of the Lotus Buddha, a wooden image depicting Amitābha.[2] It is covered in gold and lacquer. Outside is a three-ton, brass peace bell.[2] Surrounding the temple are large koi ponds that cover a total of 2 acres (0.81 ha). Around those ponds are lush Japanese gardens set against a backdrop of towering cliffs of the Koʻolau Range. The gardens are home to sparrows, peafowl, and swans.[4] The temple covers 11,000 sq ft (1,000 m2).[5]
Ancient Japan
Byodo-In Temple is a smaller-scale replica of the Byōdō-in, a World Heritage Site near the ancient city of Kyoto, originally a monastery founded by Fujiwara no Yorimichi in 1052 of the Heian period. It was famous for its Vairocana statue. The statue was lost and replaced in 1053 with a large wooden statue of Amitābha, a national treasure carved by the Japanese artisan Jōchō.
The Amitābha statue stands in the midst of the Phoenix Hall (鳳凰堂, Hōōdō), an artistic reproduction of Sukhavati, the pure land of Amitābha. It is called the "Phoenix Hall" in English in reference to the two fenghuang birds stretching their wings upon the temple roof. Fifty-two wooden images of bodhisattvas surround Amitābha, dancing and playing musical instruments on floating clouds.
From 2001 to 2007, the temple underwent restoration in the spirit of preservation of Japan's ancient heritage.
Modern Hawaiʻi
Byodo-In Temple was commissioned and built largely by concrete (the original is wooden without the use of nails) in 1968 at its present location in the Valley of the Temples to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the arrival of Japanese culture to Hawaiʻi.[6] It was dedicated by Governor John A. Burns, a favorite of the Japanese community for his long service for the cause of Japanese rights during the state's territorial years. Japanese immigrants entered the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi and later Territory of Hawaiʻi to labor in the sugarcane and pineapple plantations. They joined the Chinese, Filipino, Korean, native Hawaiians and Portuguese.
Haiku thought:
Crimson halls reflected,
Byodo-In cradles stillness—
Buddha’s gaze unmoved.
Hawaii 2025
Oahu 2025
Chesapeake & Ohio 4-6-4 No. 490 rests on indoor display at the B&O Railroad Museum. 490 was built by ALCO in 1926 as a 4-6-2. It was converted to a 4-6-4 and streamlined in 1947, shortly before C&O began curtailing passenger operations. It would serve for only six more years before being retired in 1953. 490 has the distinction of being the last C&O steam locomotive to haul a scheduled passenger train. It was thankfully stored by the C&O in Huntington, WV for many years before being donated to the museum in 1968.
Carmel Market (Hebrew: שוק הכרמל, Shuk HaCarmel) is a marketplace in Tel Aviv, Israel
The Carmel market was established in the 1920s.[2] It is bordered by Allenby Street and Magen David Square and is principally located along Carmel Street (which becomes King George Street after Magen David Square), but has expanded over time to streets such as Nahalat Binyamin Street.
The market is open every day of the week, except Shabbat (Saturday), and sells mostly food but also a variety of items such as home accessories, and flowers. Tuesdays and Fridays are the signature days at the market as several independent artists and vendors sell unique crafts, art, and jewellery along Nahalat Binyamin Street.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmel_Market
Eastern Bluebird at Kleb Woods Nature Preserve near Tomball Texas
The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American migratory thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards.
The bright-blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, makes this species a favorite of birders. The male's call includes sometimes soft warbles of jeew or chir-wi, or the melodious song chiti WEEW wewidoo.[2] It is the state bird of Missouri[3] and New York.
Prominent Physcian in Herkimer, Left to the city.
Herkimer County Historical Society is located in the 1884 Suiter Building, a historic home in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York. It is a 2 1⁄2-story, wood frame structure with red pressed brick walls laid in black mortar built in 1884. It features a complex pitched roof of slate with a brick corbelled cornice and terra cotta ornament along the roof edge. There is also an octagonal peaked roof above the corner tower. Built originally as a private home, it was unfinished at the time of its builders death in 1925 and given to the Herkimer County Historical Society who occupied it in 1935.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972