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About an hour past sunset on a humid evening. The sky was actually cloudless, but the air was very thick and humid, so the far off town lighting was illuminating the sky creating some interesting lighting across the scene.
Quick story about Iguana. Many moons ago I accompanied my son and a few of his 7th grade classmates to Guyana. We were in the Amazon forest being cared for by a very nice woman and a woodsman who would lead us to find snakes and other critters in the forest. The woman asked me if I would like Iguana for dinner and I said “Sure, I’ll try it.” She brought some to the camp, which had no electricity or refrigeration of any type. The Iguana were on the ground with their legs were tied behind their back. I asked our caretaker if the meat would spoil if it wasn’t cooked that day. She laughed and informed me that they Iguana were very much alive and would keep for days. The kids heard that and next thing I knew the Iguana were set free. I can honestly say I was not disappointed.
With that diversion aside, this guy was changing positions in the snag at Green Cay and gave me this interesting pose in the strong morning light. (Green Iguana with a most creative scientific name: Iguana iguana) (Sony a1, 400mm, f/2.8, 1/1600 second, ISO 640)
About as shot.
"Watch a Spotted Towhee feeding on the ground; you'll probably observe its two-footed, backwards-scratching hop. This "double-scratching" is used by a number of towhee and sparrow species to uncover the seeds and small invertebrates..."
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Next week the forecast calls for a spot of sun. Not a sun lover, but it might help photos to have more definition. Cannot use auto-ISO in many situations; ridiculously high ISO amount.
Belgium, 2020
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About two years ago, I said in my then last shot of Datai Bay (Andaman Sea, Straits of Malacca, Malaysia) that it was hard to leave the Bay, in being such a calm, beautiful place; with also the plus of both an ancient rainforest and a world top 10 beach (National Geographic).
I suggested that maybe I’d return the following year. Well it took two years and here I am again, at the same resort and loving it again already; although more overcast and rainy than before, making this shot look very blue also due to the late afternoon.
Aside from being a beautiful place, the resort has a commitment to environmental sustainability involving complete recycling of waste, no single use plastic, wildlife totally protected, which is all another attraction for me in being in environmental consulting.
The shot posted above "Return to Datai Bay", will naturally be followed by a few photos. With beach views looking across the Andaman Sea at the idyllic islands of Tarutao National Park, Thailand, established in 1974, and comprised of 51 outstanding forested islands and coral reefs.
The southernmost end of the Thai park lies on the border with Malaysia, just north of Malaysia's Langkawi island, where this photo was shot from Datai Bay. It offers yet another beautiful nature place to visit in this tropical part of the world.
Samsung S23 Ultra 5G Camera
The title of my fifth image in this series says it all, I think. Suddenly the sun was out and this single flower just presented itself in all of its beauty.
All pictures in this series will be added to my tulip folder If you are interested in some general information about tulips, there's a longer text alongside this picture of a wayside tulip and finally there are some thoughts about this series attached to the first picture in it.
Out and about today in Northumberland - hello, Spring - and saw an early rhododendron flowering. And then had some fun playing around with it. Thought this processing gave it a 'ghostly hand appearance' which I rather liked. I am very easily pleased.
About every 5 to 10 miles along the Illinois Central is a town. And with that town is a grain elevator of some size. Not all ship by rail, and even some that could, choose not to, but most make great props for trains. Humboldt is no exception. Southbound train A408 has a good roll on 'em as it passes another elevator owned by Total Grain Marketing, a fixture in grain in this area of Illinois.
What about this for a find! Just 7 of these currently on the roads, this one has been off the road since 2007 but it has recently sold on www.carandclassic.co.uk for £650 so l assume it will be on the road again!
A farewell to Greece / "My first memory is of light -- the brightness of light -- light all around.” ― Georgia O'Keefe
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Athens, 2020
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It's only been about a couple of days
You must have gone and put a spell on me
I can't get you out from under my veins
Singing oh my Lord
She'll be the death of me
I'm not the one to normally play the fool
So tell me brother what's a man to do
Half mad, half mad
Going crazy over you
Singing oh my God
If you're the fire I'm the fuel
Well my mama, yeah she'd always say
It's stupid to get in between
A woman who knows what she wants
Well I guess I made that mistake
I'm young and foolish or brave
And she's made her way into my heart
I gotta get out
This is what you get when you fall in love
No one ever said how good it hurts
I tried once, but it's once too much
You end up getting burned
I'm like the gasoline you light the match
Ain't no one else who can burn me like that
So I cross my heart, kill my desire
This is what you get when you play with fire
Ooooh oooh
This is what you get when you play with fire
Ooooh oooh
This is what you get when you play with fire
I'm a pyromaniac it ain't safe
'Cause you've got troubles written over your face
You say lover gotta have a little faith
Thinking that I'd have mercy
But I know you ain't a saint
~*~Nico Santos - Play With Fire ~*~
TROPIX // Hangar Additional Room BackDrop - 02 - modified with pieces of a second BackDrop copy
The Garden sits nestled in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon overlooking the city and providing a tranquil, urban oasis for locals and travelers alike. Designed in 1963, it encompasses 12 acres with eight separate garden styles, and includes an authentic Japanese Tea House, meandering streams, intimate walkways, and a spectacular view of Mt. Hood. This is a place to discard worldly thoughts and concerns and see oneself as a small but integral part of the universe.
Born out of a hope that the experience of peace can contribute to a long lasting peace. Born out of a belief in the power of cultural exchange. Born out of a belief in the excellence of craft, evidence in the Garden itself and the activities that come from it. Born out of a realization that all of these things are made more real and possible if we honor our connection to nature.
About 5 years ago, posts were set around the perimter of the small reservoir where I like to photograph to keep motorized vehicles from damaging the shoreline. This year, the lake level has dropped considerably leaving spaces along the edges where ATVs can slip through, which they have. The once quiet campgrounds and forest are now abuzz with the sound of 100 lawn mowers.
At another lake, higher up on the mountain, similar posting has kept ATVs out of the marshy flat that surrounds half of the lake's perimeter. On my last visit, someone had unbolted a cross beam allowing entry to the wetland leaving deep grooves in the mud and flattened grass.
Just because you can go there, doesn't mean you should.
This is about a mile from Great Oxendon, which is a small village in the north of Northamptonshire. It is about three miles south of Market Harborough, which is just over the Leicestershire border. The village, which is a mile or so west of here, is on the main road between Harborough and Northampton. "The George" pub-restaurant on the main road was one of my favourite eateries. It is sadly now closed, of course. The village was once served by a railway line between the two towns, but it was a victim of the Beeching cuts, and was first closed to passenger traffic in 1960. It then had a chequered history finally closing to all traffic in 1981. The former railway tunnel at Great Oxendon is now part of the Brampton Valley Way footpath. This surrounding beautiful rolling countryside is predominantly farmland.
A farewell to Greece / "My first memory is of light -- the brightness of light -- light all around.” ― Georgia O'Keefe
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Heraklion, Knossos, 2020
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About the English name common to our flower The Botanical Magazine of 1792 remarks sharply: '"Virginia Stock", a name highly improper, as it is found to be a native of the Mediterranean coast'. Regardless, it often after two centuries still goes by that moniker. The scientific name 'Malcolmia maritima' was devised by William Townsend Aiton (1766-1849) in 1812, to honor famous English nurseryman William Malcolm (fl.1750-1789). Earlier (e.g. by great Linnaeus) it had gone by the generic name 'Cheiranthus'.
This pretty little flower hails originally from the coasts of Greece and Albania but has become naturalised all over the world. Its colors move from white to yellow and a variety of pinks and purples and sometimes even red.
Eastward train No.50 headed for Waterloo on the ex-Illinois Central Chicago to Omaha main. Ackley was once the diamond crossing with the Minneapolis & St Louis Ry main line between Mason City and Marshalltown. Today the east west line is operated by the CN. The M&StL is abandoned to the north, while the connection track here in the foreground connects to the Iowa River RR shortline that goes to a small ethanol plant about nine miles south of Ackley.
She's about to earn some bragging rights
I'm 'bout to give it up like I've been holding back all night
Girl, take pride in what you want to do
Even if that means a new man every night inside of you
Baby, I don't mind
You can tell by how I roll
Cause my clique hot and my cup cold
My talk slurred cause I’m so throwed
And I'm wiping sweat from my last show
And he's TG and I'm XO
I'm only here for one night
Then I'mma be a memory
Say it in my ear, so I can hear what you say to me
I got cups full of that Rosé
Smoke anything that's passed to me
Don't worry 'bout my voice
I won't need it for what I'm about to do to you
Bad bitch, girl I think I might get used to you
I might have to take your number when I'm through with you
All I ask of you is try to earn my memory
Make me remember you like you remember me
Bad bitch, girl I think I might get used to you
I might have to take your number when I'm through with you
All I ask of you is try to earn my memory
Make me remember you like you remember me
Enough reminiscing about the extreme cold that isn't really my thing. Let's go back to warm sunshine on the Missabe's Iron Range Division in 2003. Was a beautiful May day, with pairs of clean maroon tunnel motors all day long.
Here the DM&IR standard I/D train of two SD40-3s have just weighed out and departed Highland, passing Lauren, MN on the gorgeous evening of May 31, 2003. DMIR 406 and 409 lead the 116 cars of Minntac pellets starting to head down the grade on their last leg, 13 miles from Two Harbors.
While we knew this was too good to last (the CN takeover would be announced five months in the future), I never would have predicted back then that these same two tunnel motors would last into 2019 still hauling Minnesota iron ore!
About half way between Hervey-Jonction and La Tuque, QC stands the Rivière-du-Milieu trestle, a metal structure similar to the more famous (and easier to photograph) Cap-Rouge trestle. It is much shorter, but actually a few meters higher, making it the highest railroad bridge in the province. Here, CN's daily La Tuque turn out of Garneau yard is inching its way across the structure, which is permanently restricted to 10 mph, with a few dozen cars for the WestRock paper mill in La Tuque. Make sure to check my man Julien Boily's take on this scene. Consist : CN 3171, CN 2870.
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Me gusta leer y me gustan los libros, me gusta adentrarme en las historias que me cuentan. Y me encanta José Saramago, tengo uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco... unos cuantos libros de él. Es todo un placer leerlo.
I like reading and I like books, I like to delve into the stories they tell me. And I love Jose Saramago, I have one, two, three, four, five ... a few books from him. It is a pleasure to read.
Y ya puestos, una canción de un brasileño, pero que comparte idioma con el escritor.