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No voy a hablar de lo que vosotros conocéis muy bien!!
Aquí estoy , aunque yo misma no lo crea…Recorriendo en la realidad, la costa que conocí con imágenes observadas por tantos años…El nombre real es el de playa de Aguas Santas y está situada en la parroquia de A Devesa en Ribadeo. Tiene el título de la playa más espectacular del mundo y con mucha razón claro.
Cuando mejor se puede disfrutar del paisaje, es con la marea baja , como en este momento que me tocó visitarla , se podía caminar por la arena fina, tranquilamente entre los acantilados. Tampoco nos dieron mucho tiempo los “señores del Transcantabrico”… Pero recorrimos un poco, para ver las grietas y galerías de rocas que se han formado por la erosión y nos quedamos con sabor a poco . La próxima visita, si la hay claro, será para quedarnos unos días.
As we fall into our dry season let's celebrate the past winter one last time.
And there you have it, my complete list of plants my Black Thumb can handle -- Bougainvillea, Lavender, Golden Poppies and Agapanthus -- luckily the colours blend well together
As noted by JJ Audubon: "The Black-poll Warbler is a gentle bird, by no means afraid of man, although it pursues some of its smaller enemies with considerable courage. The sight of a Canadian Jay excites it greatly, as that marauder often sucks its eggs, or swallows its young. In a few instances I have seen the Jay confounded by the temerity of its puny assailant.
The occurrence of this species so far north in the breeding season, and the curious diversity of its habits in different parts of the vast extent of country which it traverses, are to me quite surprising..". Birds of America.
As the rich, golden puddle of moonbeams dances gleefully upon the borders of the crisp, sharp edged shadows of darkness, the usual nightly cacophony is strangely absent as the mist begins to shroud the forest in silence.
Something must be amiss; this is too perfect. The silence is broken, a sound like rain is coming from the creek. The water darts everywhere with the sound of a million voices whispering secrets. The air is warm and heavy, filled with the pungent scent of death. We know HE is near.....
(#2 in the series Night of the Werewolf. Kudos to my daughter, Christen, who wrote most of the narrative.)
As the morning sun gently breaks through a blanket of heavy clouds over the Wellington coastline, its golden rays kiss the calm sea, creating a serene yet dramatic contrast. The horizon fades into the soft silhouette of distant hills, hinting at the promise of rain. A tranquil moment where nature’s elements dance in harmony, painting a picture of calmness as the day begins.
As soon as school starts we head to Steamboat Rock State Park, that greenbelt yonder named after the Mesa behind it. I've hiked the length and breadth of it and all around it. :-) One of my favorite places anywhere. this view was taken from a small day use park across Banks Lake just off the road with a little hiking to get down here. Neat place to check out if you are passing by.
As far as Yorkshire is concerned the Greenshank is a passage bird. One example here has been seen at Wintersett for the last week. It will have come down from Scandinavia or Russia and be en route to Africa.
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As the day draws to a close, CPKC's Windermere sub way freight pounds out the last few miles on the crews day as they near their terminus at Fort Steele. Pacing these EMD's at 50MPH never gets old.
... wouldn't that be wonderful ??
Free as a bird
It's the next best thing to be
Free as a bird
Home, home and dry
Like a homing bird I'll fly
As a bird on wings
The Beatles (Free As A Bird / Anthology)
for Macro Mondays - theme of April 6th, 2020: Plastic
'PIEP bag clip' you can use to seal bags and packaging ... or as a peg.
I bought the birdies to adorn wrapped gifts with them, but kept two as they are so cute ... I try to avoid plastic wherever possible, but here I took the bait of the creative marketing team of the manufacturer : ))
(width of this birdie: 4.5 cm)
Shot against the window of my study which is decorated with an ornament I made of window colours some years ago
Happy Macro Mondays !
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Frei wie ein Vogel
... wäre das jetzt nicht wunderbar ??
für die Gruppe Makro Mondys - Thema am 6. April 2020: Plastik
Tütenclip / Verschluss zum Frischhalten von Lebensmitteln oder zur Not auch als Wäscheklammer benutzbar.
Ich habe die Vögelchen gekauft, um damit eingepackte Geschenke zu verzieren ... aber zwei davon habe ich behalten, weil sie so süß sind
(Breite dieses Vögelchens 4,5 cm)
Einen schönen Montag Abend euch allen !!
Rapeseed, also known as rape, or oilseed rape, is a bright-yellow flowering member of the family Brassicaceae, cultivated mainly for its oil-rich seed, which naturally contains appreciable amounts of erucic acid. Canola are a group of rapeseed cultivars which were bred to have very low levels of erucic acid and are especially prized for use as human and animal food. Rapeseed is the third-largest source of vegetable oil and the second-largest source of protein meal in the world.
As Fall approaches, everything in the piney woods will get a layer of free mulch, compliments of Mother Nature.
As seen looking thru the St. Columban Cemetary we find Canadian National 4-8-2 6060 heading east at Saint Columban, Ontario. Having turned on the wye at Clinton she is returning to Toronto via Stratford on September 23, 1978.
As a result of its volcanic origin, Lipari is covered with pumice and obsidian. Pumice mining has been a large industry on Lipari, and the pale pumice from Lipari was shipped worldwide.
This part of Bodmin Moor, near Minions, a few miles north of Liskeard, has the remains of three neolithic stone circles known as The Hurlers, as well as several individual standing stones such as the one pictured. They are thought to date from around 1500 BC. Although there have been many theories, no-one knows for certain what their purpose was.
Tin and copper mining took place throughout this area until early in the 20th century, and many of the engine houses and other remains can still be seen. The engine house in the distance housed a 50-inch pumping engine, installed in the 1880s. The mine shaft it served reached 720 feet and was part of the South Phoenix Mine. The engine house is now a visitor centre.
As the first rays of morning sunshine hit the tops of the trees, Norfolk Southern train 20H rolls east with the Conrail and Delaware & Hudson heritage locomotives on the point. The D&H engine is the newest addition to the NS heritage fleet.
As a brilliant man once said “A shot in the dark beats a walk in the park” ….and really who could possibly argue with that. 👍
As the early morning sunlight gently filters through the canopy of trees
The sun's golden touch makes the ordinary extraordinary, turning the park into a place where time slows down, and every moment is cherished.
As far as I can tell this is either a Golden (or yellow) dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) or a Helina Abdominalis fly, if anyone knows which for sure.....then I'd love to know. Olloclip macro @ 14x, handheld, Hisy remote, tweaked in 'Photos' on Mac and Snapseed on iPad Pro.
As was typical before homes had electricity, the kitchen was separated from the main house to prevent the heat of cooking from rising into the living quarters. At the Poe House, the kitchen is on the far side of the covered back porch, allowing easy access during inclement weather. 'The ramp is a modern addition built to make the house museum ADA compliant. HSfS
As we are 100% organic gardeners, the struggle with molluscs has been an almighty one this year due to all the extra rain. They have munched their way through nearly every crop and flowerbed with relentless enthusiasm and tiny ones getting primed for next year are everywhere. Garden snails are nocturnal and there's nowhere they like to spend the day more than parked up in the perfectly concave leaves of sedum spectabile. These three looked too perfect to ignore so it was a photo opportunity must. It would of course be very easy to rearrange snails to your hearts content, but these three were genuinely found in this very ordered arrangement.
We walked along to a local bar that had a good view out over the water. We were hoping for a sunset, however it didn't really look like that would happen. Then, the weather gracefully treated us to more than we had hoped for!
Taken with my Fujifilm X-T30 II camera and a XF18-55mm lens.
Sorrento coast, Italy.
As the sun rose above the rocks of the Cataract Gorge the morning air was indeed sweet. Especially since it had been a while since I'd taken an early walk in the area. That smell of freshness is hard to describe, but it is closely allied to the feeling of freedom. I wish I could translate the bush smells to you via the camera, but you'll just have to use your imagination. All around the birds were singing.
[It's actually quite fun to double click and roam around this photo. There's lots to see.]
As we head into the long Thanksgiving Day weekend, I for one have many reasons to be thankful, one of course has been the opportunity to meet each of you. Thank you for your support and may you all have a fantastic holiday.
As usual, I left my house a little later than I wanted to. On I-180 there was a construction zone that slowed me down. I kept glancing over my left shoulder watching the deep red appearing in the sky. Nice cloud formations to. I arrived about 15 minutes before sunrise. I got into hurry mode, set my f stop, got the camera on the tripod and started shooting. I actually missed the best light, but hey, this is good. I didn't realize until later I was shooting at a crazy high iso when I was using a tripod.
As the SD50's were quickly falling from favor in 2007 on the UP and going into storage and retirement, it was a great catch at the time to see one leading. This Mo-Pac veteran is accompanied by an Ex-SP SD40M-2 on UP Train MTRLI 23 south at MP 44 on the UP Jonesboro Sub., former Cotton Belt territory.
At the time I knew the SD50's were on borrowed time, but as it turns out both of these engines had run out their last miles for the Union Pacific by the end of 2008 with the massive storage lines that turned into a motive power purge.
Locomotives: UP 9837, UP 2665
1-23-07
Dexter, MO
Two former Northern Pacific GP9s on Montana Rail Link's Paradise Local run around their train to head back to Paradise. I'm standing on the Milwaukee Road's Pacific extension right-of-way which crossed the NP (later BN) here in St. Regis. The portion of the bridge over the main line that was taken out was re-used by the MRL to cross Sixteen Mile Creek when MRL extended the siding at Lombard. On the other end of the bridge is a golf course that has obliterated the old Milwaukee.
The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii), also known as Wallich's pheasant, is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. It is the only member in the genus Catreus. The scientific name commemorates Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich.
The cheer pheasant is distributed in the highlands and scrublands of the Himalayas region of India, Nepal, Kashmir, and Pakistan. They are found mainly in the west of Nepal, Kumaon, Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Simla States, Bussahir, Kullu, Chamba till about the Hazara District. Surveys in 1981 and 2003 in the Dhorpatan area of western Nepal established 70 calling sites, suggesting substantial numbers exist in this area (about 200 birds). In another survey in 2010, cheer pheasants were detected in 21 calling sites in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. They are found mainly above 6000 feet altitude and up to 10000 feet in summer.