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One of my favorite locations in Autumn.
I had a little trouble with lens flare, but I was able to clean it up.
Camera: Sinar Alpina 4x5.
Lens: 90mm Nikkor.
Film: Ilford Ortho Plus.
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Usually a large group of siskins winter here but this winter hardly any were seen. On a sunny day I was able to photograph a few.
I was able to photograph my first Lazuli Bunting of the year at the Jesperson Dike in Chilliwack this morning. I only found the one, but that may be due to all the farm work going on and the smell. The farmer had cut the hay and was spreading a manure slurry on the fields.
Not been able to get out for a few days so I've found some photos of our last Australian trip in 2009. Who knows when we'll ever get out there again. We have two grandchildren we have not yet seen
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I haven’t been able to go out and work on my night time series for the past several weeks. But my camera still calls to me, so I’ve returned to the studio, so to speak, to shoot flowers. I decided to use light painting. The result is really an eclectic mix of styles. Each day, I ran with whatever idea came to me, and improvised as I went along. So this is more an odds and sods collection than a series of thematically connected images. There has been a lot of discards along the way, but enough keepers to start posting. It is keeping me engaged, and I hope to soon get back out under night skies.
For a look at them as a collection, check out, Flowers & Light Painting
This lovely spot is situated near the Amsterdam red light district. By exposing for the highlights, I was able to preserve the sense of intimacy.
Enjoy!
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Alas yesterday night cloudy skies aborted any reasonable attempts to capture the first full moon of 2025, the Wolf Moon though I was able to make out Mars a steady light below the moon through my lens but unable to capture any usable frames because the cloud cover. However this evening, clear skies allowed me to capture a few frames at 98.2 % full, 2025’s Wolf Moon. OM Systems Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark III Olympus OM Systems Olympus M.Zuiko 100-400mm f5.0-6.3 Olympus 2X MC-20 Teleconvertor #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @kehcamera @mpbcom @visitcalifornia #grassvalley @nevadacountyca @visitgrassvalley #omd #olympusphotography #olympus #microfourthirds #micro43photography #micro43 #wolfmoom #wolfmoon2025
I went to the Contemporary Hotel to shoot the fireworks. My bad - I didn't pay attention to the schedule and fireworks started 2 hours later than I thought and I had to leave so no fireworks. On the up side the monorails were running a heavy schedule. This caused a train to come to a complete stop right in front of me. I was able to grab this non-blurry, non-grainy shot at night.
There is probably a rule of bird photography - that you must show at least one eye of each bird in a shot. Anyway - I am defying that rule here. Spent a wonderful hour with this pair of Bearded Tits / Reedlings as they moved along the reedbed looking for fresh reed seeds opened by the frost. It wasn't supposed to be nice weather, but ended up being glorious all day, with virtually no wind.
The pair were snuggled up preening each other, haven't seen that with Beardies before and it was a bit special to be able to watch. Very much in love.
Taken in Suffolk.
This morning I was woken up by loud roaring thunder. I was not able to fall back asleep so I decided to go take pictures. This shot was taken during blue hour from Treasure Island. This was a very quick edit and upload. It has been ages since I have taken a photograph. It felt really good to get out again with my camera.
He saw that Buddhists and Christians must dialogue at a profound spiritual level since those who experienced self-transcendence were no longer in isolation but were able to accept others with openness, freedom, and love, and to dialogue with them at a mature level. Merton noted, “The more I am able to affirm others, to say ‘yes’ to them in myself, by discovering them in myself and myself in them, the more real I am. I am fully real if my own heart says yes to everyone.”
-Thomas Merton’s encounter with Buddhism and beyond: his interreligious dialogue, inter-monastic exchanges, and their legacy / Jaechan Anselmo Park, OSB.
Is Canada Run By Criminals For Criminals:
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Many of us have been warning about this over the years, but on a global scale. If you look into the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Bank for International Settlements, along with the many tentacles involved with them, it starts to become more and more obvious that the world is run by criminals for criminals. How about the United Nations? Or how about Black Rock, Vanguard, and State Street? Or how about the gun smuggling, drug trafficking CIA? How come intelligence agencies have steered our culture through TV, movies, news, music, art, and propaganda? The whole LGBTQ and transgender thing is not organic. It has been pumped with all kinds of money from banks, billionaires, non-governmental organizations, corporations, and governments (public-private partnerships). How many wars in my lifetime were organic? Were strings being pulled in such a way as to prod things towards war? Should we mention how things are being steered towards digital IDs, biometrics, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Social Credit Scores, Universal Basic Income, and 15-minute cities? What if we add advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum computing? What about computer-brain interfaces? But there is no merit in what I have said for the naive and lazy. For the ignorant, it is just conspiracy theories.
Yet the Bible warns that in the end there will be widespread sexual immorality. It also warns of an authoritarian system that will be linked to the economy. However, in a post-Christian (antichrist) culture, this stuff is all laughable.
2 Timothy 3:7 “Always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.”
Was able to capture the classic "misty water' shot without the use of an ND filter...by shooting past sunset....
For the love of color.
To be able to look at an ordinary scene and see the beauty in its structure and inherent design.
I’m still chasing Stephen Shore and the transparency and 2D flatness of space.
In this case I forced myself to choose only one angle in which to shoot this station. Now, Stephen Shore was forced by the fact he was using 8x10 color negatives which cost a lot to develop and print. In my case I wanted to follow that rule. And here it is. Thanks
I always admire people who can just "do" street photography. They are up there, in my book, with those who seem to be able to waltz into a forest, snap a photo and walk away with an amazing shot. I like to dip my toes into both genres but am never really happy with the results. In fact I seem to recall making it a new year's promise a few years ago that I'd try more when it comes to both street and woodland photography.
With this in mind I headed down to Littlehampton beach front for a spot of street photography. Parked the rental car and tried to pay for my stay - 2 hours should be enough I thought - only for the pay machine to throw a fit and declare it's card reader non-operational. I fumbled in my wallet and frustratingly only had enough coppers and half pennies for one hour of parking. I'll make the most of it I thought and headed off to this location. After a few minutes of standing here, waiting and working on my composition a primary school class and teacher showed up. Not wanting to get into trouble, or get suspicious looks thrown my way I wandered 250 or so meters away to another shelter/bench like this. Set up again only for the same class to show up and sit there after a few more minutes. Frustrated I stomped back to the original location. Almost 20 minutes in and I hadn't really gotten anything. Lo and behold, a few minutes later the same class came back. The teacher grinned at me and I knew then she was doing it deliberately. So I stood my ground, pointed the camera in this direction and waited her out. She blinked first, sheepishly herding her class away to the right of this scene. Victory! But it cost me 25 minutes of my one hour of parking.
Came away with some shots that I'm really happy with though they feel a little same-y with the cool shapes that meander across the scene. I did try and get the odd cyclist but couldn't time it quite right with them being half hidden behind the structure. Guess I need to get out and practice street photography more then....
I was able to catch the first low level flight for the type in the UK this week - & in lovely evening light.
Hiking to about 1500ft-ish above the road turned out about the perfect height to watch it as they gracefully passed through the Valley.
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A sunset is like the internet wisdom. Everybody likes it on screen ,but who's really able to feel it?
ILDSS,my Sunbeam💕
On a short outing to Queen Elizabeth Park this weekend, the clouds parted and I was able to get this nice shot.
I was able to get really close to this Kingfisher. They are extremely shy. It was a good day.
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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few days ago i went to this pass where i was surprised by a strong and cold wind; luckily i was able to take cover behind the wall of San Nicolao chapel whose roof appears here in the photo; here i enjoy my lunch looking at Pizzo San Giacomo (in the centre) in front of me, a steep mountain near the border between Italy and Swiss
Val Bedretto, Swiss
Yes ,I agree that one can find beauty even in the ugliest things but this doesn't mean that we need to focus only on them. Many "fellow photographers and artists" prefer to show only this ugly kind of beauty and they call it a style . Some others are using "artistic" ways to kill innocence and joy just because they have been taught that making everything to appear meaningless and dirty is "cool." Art is not only to provoke. Propaganda art has very often served the dark side. Provocation always serves a purpose and spreading negativity with the excuse of making art seems very suspicious. I am not able to judge the photographic skills of a person but I can tell if a photo causes me heavy feelings and if it helps evil to be spread. We need to be very carefull with what we post and what we fav, always taking in consideration the impact that they may have on a fresh untouched soul...
ILD,my Sunbeam💕
I won't be able to take a walk tomorrow, or probably the day after, so this will have to suffice for my Thursday Walk. There are only so many places within walking distance of my work that I can get to in a reasonable amount of time. The small, man-made ponds by the hotel across the street rarely have much of interest.
And then I saw a bird's nest. At eye level. One click of the shutter and I knew this was going to be today's picture.
After not being able to beat it to Tipp City I tried to shoot in Dayton where somehow it passed me without me knowing. I beat it to Hamilton and then Sharonville where directional running is used between Csx and NS.
Csx Q507-06
Csxt 8540 SD50-3
Csxt 5420 ES40DC
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Csxt 7877 C40-8W
Like I have said in the 2 previous photos of this Snowy, "It was my First Ever Encounter with a Snow Owl". I can't believe how fortunate I was to be able to actually get photos of this beauty. In the first comment I will try and place a copy of this photo without a crop.
Was able to capture one in flight. Known as an Australian Sugarbag Bee and is approximately 3.9-4.3 mm in length.
Three of these guy's were coming through the marsh right at me. But I spooked them before I was able to get a super shot of them. Drat...
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16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)
16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)
1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)
7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)
1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. 3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.
5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them." 6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?'" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: 9 That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:1-13)
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Tha Gyar Hit Phaya is one of the smaller pagodas but it is possible to climb to higher levels through small tunnel stairways and able to walk around the outside of pagoda through narrow walkways. This temple provides wide views of the surrounding temples. Parts of the pagoda and it’s walkways is falling apart. It is located on Bagan-Nyaung-U Rd north of Old Bagan Myanmar.
Milkyway Above Crater Lake
This was easily my most challenging shot from my 8 day trip to the Northwest last July. To start with, July is already pretty late if you are trying to shoot the full arch of the Milky Way over the horizon, so I knew I might not be able to fit it into the frame...but I thought it was worth a try.
Secondly, when I pulled in to Crater Lake about 30 minutes before sunset after driving for 16 hours I found that the entire Western side of the rim was closing at 8:45 PM for road work. This meant no sunset and presumably no Milky Way shot. They said they would be leading caravans through until 9 PM and then everything on that side of the park would be closed. I hadn't seen anything online about the entire West side of the lake being closed.
Undeterred, I followed along behind the car in front of me when they allowed us in, but I ditched out of the line as soon as we passed the Watchman Overlook. While the other cars dutifully exited the West side, I pulled over to a pull out and just waited after I passed all of the equipment and another flag man. I was clearly out of the construction area and I was hoping that once it got dark, no one would notice me.
Sure enough, several more caravans passed me and a few construction trucks, but apparently no one cared that I was parked in a pull out off of the road. I took a short nap and waited for the sky to grow dark enough. When I got out of the car, I instantly regretted not packing for the mountains as the wind was howling and it supposed to get into the 40's over night. It was almost a mile walking back in the dark to the Watchman Overlook. Just as I had feared, the arch of the Milky Way was already high in the sky, but I set up my tripod as quickly as I could and managed to grab several shots before the arch was directly overhead. I used the Rokinon 12mm 2.8 fisheye which seemed to well in this instance as I was able to pull the arch into the frame. I think the lake and foreground was a 2 minute exposure and I blended it with a 25 second exposure for the Milky Way. I only had a few tries before the arch was out of the shot.
After heading back to the car, I kept driving North until I had cleared the restricted area and pulled into another parking lot where several other folks were already camped out for the night. I tried to get some sleep, but the Prius kept bouncing in the high wind and I finally gave up around 2 AM and just kept driving North to my next stop which was Proxy Falls.
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Was able to spot this dude in the woods. Hand held shot at 500mm in low light condition - thanks to the VR on the lens with 1/20 sec.
I wasn't able to finish downloading my photos from my trip 2 weeks ago. This is my last little (Ghost) town #8 Bala, KS. This is what is left of an old filling station.
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After crossing the Republican River, I headed for Clay Center to get something to drink at the convenience store. I then headed for Bala, KS.
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We had been thinking about hiking Cwm Eigiau for around a year but it took a while to finally get around to it. We first saw the valley while hiking Pen Llithrig yr Wrach which is one of the mountains which overlooks it.
The pathway is fairly flat and the linear walk is around 7 miles. The ground can be a little boggy in some areas but it is easy to find your way around without getting wet. At the end of the cwm there is series of old quarry buildings that belonged to the Cwm Eigiau Slate Quarry and Cedryn Quarry and they sit underneath Wales' second highest mountain: Carnedd Llewelyn.
The reservoir, Llyn Eigiau, was the scene of tragedy in 1926 when the walls of the dam burst resulting in the deaths of 16 people and the flooding of local homes and roads. You may also be able to find remains of several aircraft which crashed in three separate periods from the 1940s to the 1950s.
Was able to capture these four geese in an interesting pose, all seem to be focused in different directions while forming a kind of diamond shape on the water.
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It is incredible to be able to enjoy a completely snowy landscape with the light of the full moon, it is the closest thing to being on the moon! Additionally, if the Northern Lights show up, the enjoyment is the best! The Kirkjufell, or better known in Game of Thrones as The mountain in "Beyond the Wall", is a highly recommended place to visit if you travel to Iceland. I hope you like this lunar landscape illuminated by the Northern Lights and the full moon.
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I just returned from a 3 week road trip through the US Southwest. That's the reason why I wasn't very active on social media lately.
It was mainly a family vacation and not an astrophotography trip. The bright moon kept me from doing astrophotography during the first two weeks, but it was nevertheless an awesome journey. I was able to show some of the stunning spots I visited during my previous astro travels to my wife and kids and I scouted a few new possible spots for the future. We did a lot of fun hikes and drove quite a few remote dirt roads.
During the third week, I was able to sneak away and capture some nightscapes. The images are, however, still sitting on my SD card and will have to wait a while for processing, as my work will already take me back to Los Angeles tomorrow.
To convey the feeling of a night under the starfilled desert sky, I publish the above image. I captured it in early February during a Los Angeles layover.
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Canon EOS Ra
Sigma 28mm f/1.4
iOptron SkyTracker Pro
IDAS NBZ filter
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6 panel panorama. Each a stack of 6 x 30s @ ISO1600, f/2 unfiltered + 3 x 60s @ ISO6400, f/1.4, filtered
Foreground:
Panorama of 6x 5s @ ISO100, f/8 during blue hour
One of my favorite animals to photograph; though rarely seen. These little guys can be so cute with their distinctive masks.
on this cloudy dull day I happened across 3 youngsters that were just walking into the woods and i was able to get a few shots of them on the snow, followed by many in the trees.
Tagged by Gaia, George, Guy who love blythe and Jane. Thank you guys, and sorry for super delay!
1. I was born in 1973, Showa Era, in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka. I was born at 3:31AM, my weight was 3150g, primiparity for my mom though she had an easy birth.
2. I remember I have played with 2nd and 3rd gen Licca when I was a child. But unfortunately, I don't have them. Maybe my mom did throw them away.
3. I loved Toshi-chan, Seiko-chan when I was an early elementary school child.
4. I met Western music when I was 10 or 11 years old. I loved G.I. Orange and Culture Club!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!! G.I. Orange was a big hit ONLY in Japan, they were clutch player, British idol band though.
5. I met the Beatles when I was 13 years old. My friend Dan-chan was a big fan of them. She told me about everything of them. (She had a many rare records, also videos too)
6. The first concert was the Street Sliders for me. I was sooooo excited, I will never forget the moment when I got a firsthand look at them. They had acted in US bases named Fussa/Tokyo before they debuted.
7. I had an after-school job when I was a high school student. I did a lot of jobs, waitress of beer garden, staff of mover, cash register of pharmacy etc.... I wanted to get a money to go to concert, to buy dresses! Hahaha. I never studied anything(omg!), just go to concert, chat with friends. ;-P If I can return in those days, I want to study English!!!!!! LOL!
8. By way of the high school, I moved to Fukuoka City to go to the fashion school with my friend Masako, she's a childhood friend. We had wanted to break away from our parents. Our parents gave willing agree to it because our parents were friends, too. They were relieved I and Masako being together.
9. I met my hubby when I was 19 years old in 1993(it was before my birthday). I have a crush on him ever since the day we met. Hehehe. However, we're ALWAYS fighting! Our first fight was when we had not passed as much as one month. LOL.
10. By way of the fashion school, I got a job in the fashion company. I did a many things, salesgirl, planning to sales etc... in this company. I worked for 6 years half.
11. My dad killed himself by hanging when I was 25 years old. My families were really broken heart, especially my mom was filled with hurt feelings because she found him. Fortunately, I had my hubby and many many good friends. They picked up the pieces of my broken heart.
12. I moved to Tokyo in 2000 because my hubby had lived in there for work. It was painful choice to me. Because my hubby has already kept waiting for me for even 3 and a half years. But one thing I'm always worried about is my mom. However fortunately, I have sister and brother. So I moved to Tokyo, anyway.
Also my most favorite band named Blankey Jet City has dissolved in 2000. I've never loved any band like them before, and I guess I will never love any bands like them in the future. I still miss them so much.
13. As you can see, I've been crazy about music since I was a child. The music changed my life. The music of Japanese idol, Pops, Rock'n Roll, etc... And I met a lot of good friends, especially when I was in my late teens to my early twenties, and they still keep friends with me.
14. I got some jobs in Tokyo. The desk work in music office, waitress in cafe etc. Sometimes, I had tried to make both ends meet by working two jobs. Yes, Tokyo is too hard to live. And then, I got a desk work in software company. I worked for 6 years and half. Now, I'm looking for a job. Suitable job? Stimulating work? Job suitable to my ability? I still don't know what I can do though, what I want to do.....
15. I met with Blythe in 2006. I had known Blythe since before though it was the first time to know they were able to custom. I saw "Hedwig Blythe" on TIB, and then I thought "Ohhhh!!! We can custom them??? I want to try it!!!". My first Blythe were Samedi Marche Encore and Excellent Hollywood. Of course, my first custom was Hedwig.
16. I joined to MySpace in 2007. Because I wanted to find some doll friends in overseas, Japanese doll circles were looks oversaturated, segmentalized, too much mature. So I wanted to find some overseas friends. Unfortunately, I can't login to MySpace now because I forgot password and which email address I added it..... LOL.
Happily, I have flickr account, so my circle of doll friends are getting bigger and bigger! You're my treasures!!!
Thank you for reading til the end!
I tag anyone and everyone who wants to do this!
Last but not least(it's 17 things, lol), I got married after dating for 13 years in 2006!!
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I haven’t been able to go out and work on my night time series for the past several weeks. But my camera still calls to me, so I’ve returned to the studio, so to speak, to shoot flowers. I decided to use light painting. The result is really an eclectic mix of styles. Each day, I ran with whatever idea came to me, and improvised as I went along. So this is more an odds and sods collection than a series of thematically connected images. There has been a lot of discards along the way, but enough keepers to start posting. It is keeping me engaged, and I hope to soon get back out under night skies.
For a look at them as a collection, check out, Flowers & Light Painting
sunset
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I was able to know a many great pictures taken by many users on flickr.
I started to take pictures with DSLR since 1st Jun 2012.
This year, between May to April, my several photos were chosen to "Explore" by chance.
I would like to thank flickr, my friends, my contacts and all flickr users.
Thank you very much. Kiss!
Explored at flickr on 9th May 2013. Thank you!
I was also able to capture the female foraging by herself. The details of her plumage are more easily seen in this view, with her precise head colors so visible. The brown/orange feathers on her back are also so helpful in I.D.
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Been away a bit.
Baffled how it happened but the Monday after Christmas began coughing. Started as a tickle. Then turned croup like. Was able to get to urgent care that Thursday and a rapid test was positive for covid.
Because of my recent cancers I qualified for the myoclonal antibody treatment. Felt remarkably better for a bit.
But this sure has been a roller coaster.
I feel so bad for the unvaccinated. If I've been this awful after three Pfizers, I can't imagine surviving without having been vaxxed.
I had been given Prednisone for the croup/bronchial inflammation which I didn't start taking until I lost the sense of smell. Surprisingly the sense came back after two days.
A week after I showed symptoms, Kim showed, but hers were very different. She had severe nausea and headache. She hasn't had the respiratory involvement, but her test this past week was also positive. She's on the recovery roller coaster too.
Sometimes we feel some better, then it all hits again.
Been using our large gym ball to lie over. Way back at the beginning of the pandemic a bunch of us who had been Physical Therapists had talked about the importance of lying prone and the importance of postural drainage, which we used to do for patients in the hospital before Respiratory Therapy took it over.
Lying on one's chest on the ball supports the diaphragm and makes coughing more comfortable. Pushing forward to get the head low and butt high will help get secretions moving and excreted. Plus rolling on the ball is very good for the back.
I suppose my involvement here at Flickr will be a bit spotty for awhile yet. Hope everyone stays well.
This has been baffling. We've been masked whenever we've left the house. Kim goes to work but since she showed symptoms after me, I'm the likely one to have given it to her. In the week before showing symptoms I'd been once to the grocery store. And I've always double masked. I've always brought along my alcohol spray bottle to spray down the shopping carts.
One thing we haven't kept up is the wiping down of the grocery items before bringing them into the house. And we haven't been wiping down the Amazon packages that get delivered. But that method of transference has always been very low on the list. Being unmasked in a closed space has always been the chief method of transmission.
Go figure.
How exciting to be able to get two really great life birds this month!! I saw the report for an Emperor Goose in Pacifica this morning so we headed over. It was somewhat distant but so happy to get to see this beautifully striking goose!
On the way back to the car, we passed an NBC news crew walking on the path that had come out to do a story on this goose. The reporter asked me if she could interview me, but I declined. I saw the news at 5 and they had a short clip but no interviews. It was a good reprieve to go see the goose and great to see something positive reported on the news instead of the doom and gloom we have all been experiencing.
I'm looking forward to being able to watch a new season of life in the nest with Abigail and John Osprey..
Hopefully, come April, I'll find them both back at their nesting platform working on patching up their home after a long winter.
Last year they were able to raise 3 healthy chicks that were able to fledge and head out on their own. Keeping my fingers crossed they'll have another successful year.