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As we walked across a small bridge at Hall Memorial Park, we spotted this Crow. He was walking back and forth on the bridge as he grappled with a piece of food. Now you know how this works, you never miss an opportunity for an up close and personal picture. We were not sure what he was having for lunch, but it made for an interesting image.
Nymphoides crenata, commonly known as wavy marshwort, is an aquatic perennial herb of the family Menyanthaceae endemic to Australia, found in all mainland states and the Northern Territory. It is a stoloniferous, floating, perennial with stems up to 3 m long. The petioles of the basal leaves are from 8–42 cm long. The leaf lamina are ovate to circular, and deeply cordate and vary from 3 to 15 cm in length. The stem leaves are smaller, and sometimes kidney-shaped. The flowers heterostylous, (see the gallery) and there can be from 8 to14 in clusters subtended by 1–4 stem leaves, or sometimes in spaced pairs along a short inflorescence. The calyx is from 5.5 to 16 mm long and the corolla from 20 to 50 mm in diameter. There are usually 4 lobes (sometimes 4 or 6) and there are usually 5 stigmas (but from 2-5). It grows on floodplains, in swamps, lagoons, irrigation channels, and also in temporarily inundated depressions, and in slow-flowing streams where the depth of the water is up to about 1.5 m deep, usually on mud, and it will persist on drying mud. 13171
As is often the case it's worth looking behind you.....I was set up on another composition and happened to turn round. From my angle these 2 birches seemed to intertwine as if they were performing in front of a rather straight and stiff audience! Despite the lovely frosty conditions at the time, this was the first image of the day and the only decent one I made - funny how sometimes you just don't see things despite beautiful conditions!
While I love shopping, baking, cooking and decorating for the holidays, I detest wrapping. This is the best I can do! I love using bags.....they have saved me at this time of year!
"Little Island at Pier 55 (stylized as Little Island @Pier55) is an artificial island park in the Hudson River west of Manhattan in New York City, adjoining Hudson River Park. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it is near the intersection of West Street and 13th Street in the Meatpacking District and Chelsea neighborhoods of Manhattan. It is located slightly west of the Manhattan shoreline atop Hudson River Pier 55, connected to Hudson River Park in Manhattan by footbridges at 13th and 14th Streets.
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Little Island, a new, free public park pier within the larger Hudson River Park, opened to the public on May 21, 2021, providing New Yorkers and visitors from around the world with a unique green space unlike any other in New York City. Planned in partnership with the Hudson River Park Trust, Little Island was funded primarily through Barry Diller and the Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation through an extraordinary philanthropic gift to the Hudson River Park.
Components of the pier, nestled among more than 350 species of flowers, trees and shrubs, include a 687-seat amphitheater and an intimate stage and lawn space, along with dazzling views of other portions of Hudson River Park, New York City and the Hudson River.
Little Island was designed by Thomas Heatherwick of Heatherwick Studio, with landscape design by Signe Nielsen of MNLA.
Little Island’s distinct exterior is supported by concrete piles. On top of the piles, 132 concrete “tulips” make up the structure of the park. Each tulip’s shape is unique and has a different weight load capacity to hold the soil, lawns, overlooks and trees. The original Pier 54 piles remain to provide habitat for aquatic life."
--- hudsonriverpark.org
Note: I finally visited here yesterday. It's something to explore when visiting NYC. Here you can see the WTC (World Trade Center) and Witney Museum in distance. BOY! even it's only in mid-80'sF yesterday, but, the humidly was unbearable. Was planning to visit "Witney Museum" nearby, it was closed (on Tuesdays). Here is close to the "High Line" and "Hudson Yards", so that you can also visit.
The best time to visit here is at dusk, you'd see the sunset in wide open view. My daughter & I were there around 3pm, when it was too sunny and humid.
As the heavens prepare for an imminent downpour, nature paints a breathtaking scene in the mountains of Tuscany.
Italy experiences a period of intense rainfall as dark clouds dominate the sky. The relentless downpour transforms the landscape, turning streets into temporary rivers and fields into saturated patches of earth. People navigate through the rain, seeking shelter and utilizing umbrellas and raincoats to stay dry. The heavy rainfall showcases the power and unpredictability of nature, reminding us of our vulnerability in the face of natural forces.
The little man shares stories with his new friends...
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following elegant creations:
Rezz Room's Sitting Puppy, Puppy Duo, Up Puppy, Sleeping Puppy, Walking Puppy, and Dog Toy, which are all part of the American Bully Puppy Set!
Void's Caterpillar Light, Calla Lilies, Planter Side Table, and Greco Rug, which are all part of their new A+ Collection!
Meshworx's Ria Loveseat!
All of the above can be found at this month's A+ Event!
In addition, Skippy wears the cool new Vale Koer Fortune Track Set, available at The Men's Dept.!
The little prince also created his world with Vale Koer's Bobasopa Apartments Skybox!
Let's keep creating a universe where kindness and compassion are the foundation.
Keep shining so bright, my friends!
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Thank you for putting up with me flickr friends. I know I type dyslexic all the time without realizing it. I leave words out of my sentences completely. My friends tell me they have learned a new language by being my buddy on instant messages. Now I just noticed I have been handing out spanish invites to all of my friends for two days! I told you yesterday I am still silly. Well here you go!!! LOL
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As some of you know, I love my country and i feel blessed and privileged to have natural pools like this here!
Taken in Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras.
As seen on my drive and converted to monochrome.
I later cleaned it of web (they're back anyway) and the front bumper enjoyed a sanding disc prior to being re-painted.
As summer draws to a close, I thought it would be very appropriate for the Macro Mondays theme 'Leaf' to show a tiny bit of the decimation of my hosta plants! I have given up on my Gastropod Relocation Programme, and the snails seem to be enjoying themselves immensely.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
As it arrived, covered in dust and bent horns (since fixed & it's a good runner).
Did Australian National actually have any of these in real life?
More snow has arrived up North and more is forecast for here, so I might as well post more snow pictures. This one from the beginning of January.
I was about to leave this spot when the lamp came on, so I had to take picture.
Ahlice in Roots
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“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
as a beautiful stallion in motion
Gypsy stallion, Maverick.
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Pouring rain here so going through archives
As the title says, the center of a daffodil (Narcissus) growing on the grounds of Boulevard Baptist Church, Anderson, South Carolina. Pollen is clearly visible.
Thanks for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
Blessed Good Friday.
Also known as Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, this species was given an IUCN status of critically endangered in 2015. Only eight years prior, in 2007, its IUCN status was "near threatened", and it was subsequently degraded down through "vulnerable" and "endangered" to its current status. The BirdLife International Fact Sheet for this species estimates that there are only 22,000 individuals left in the world. The biggests threats are poisoning (a technique used to kill predators of livestock, this species and other carrion feeders are also impacted), medicinal purposes, and habitat loss. This species is also considered the highest flying bird in the world. There is documented collision with a commercial airliner at 37,000 feet (the bird was sucked into the engine, killing the bird; the engine was shut down and the plane landed safely).
As the new year starts its pace we have some hopes, dreams and wishes. It's always a new beginning. Human's wish of happiness lives forever.
Here's the photo of the first minutes of the new day. One of the best days of recent summer that we spent on the shores of Baikal lake in Siberia.
I wish you all the best in 2022, good trips, beautiful photos and peace inside.
Thank you for all the comments and faves, my friends.
World Wildlife Day / Tag des Artenschutzes yesterday on 03.03.2019, here a belated portrait of the endangered
European wildcat / Europäische Wildkatze (Felis silvestris silvestris)
Wildlife enclosure / Wildfreigehege Wildenburg, Kempfeld, Hunsrück
She was found with a broken jaw and is now living in the wildlife enclosure Wildfreigehege Wildenburg, Kempfeld, Hunsrück, as she isn't able to catch her food in the wild anymore.
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As sunset approached a storm passed us to the west. There was thunder and lightning and ominous looking clouds.
This photo was taken from our backyard.
This is an image from the only day during our two-weeks-roundtrip around Iceland which I did not enjoy. We wanted to visit Aldeyjarfoss, a waterfall which is very tough to access in winter and early Spring but offers the most astounding setting within columnar basalt rock. The only day we had for doing so promptly brought weather misery. We got there only half way with our campervan, had to park kilometres away from the place, rescued four very silly young girls who I guess had recently made their driving license and had tried to access the waterfall with their 4x4 ending in terrible failure and them being stuck in an ice hole. After all that excertion we went on our hike to get to the waterfall, got lost in bad weather, poor visibility and snow that reached up to our waste soimetimes. In the end we only got short glimpses of the river and its strange volcanic rocklands but never reached the waterfall and were rather happy just to having made it back to our van :) And so it goes ... :p