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Elsie, listening intently to the next-door neighbour's dog. He's a Jack Russell terrier & a hyper one at that (not helped by the fact I strongly suspect he's rarely walked). Our gardens are solidly fenced off, so he can't see us but of course, he still knows when we're out the back. Whenever we happen to be in our garden the same time as the dog is out in his, all you can hear from behind the wall is a jangling tag as he skitters furiously up and down and a constant grrr-woo-woo-woo-oof!!! The slightest sound of movement from me, or the pets will set him off.
Elsie seemed very curious about all the noise and excitement coming from the other garden and sat transfixed for ages. She can be a little overly confident round dogs at times. I think it might be partly because Barney's such a pushover and just lets her wallop him round the face for no reason... Hopefully though, she wouldn't be foolhardy enough to venture into the other dog's garden when he's out there because I have a feeling he wouldn't take kindly to the intrusion!
I took this two weeks ago, uploaded it on the day - then totally forgot to make it public until this evening... oops!
Full disclosure, folks. I wasn't going to post this one but I thought posting the pretty wasn't that fair. So here's an ugly one.
One of the three cubs of Amani, who were successfully reared by their Mum and are now on their own to fend for themselves in Masai Mara.
These three, 2 males and 1 female, have been very successful having formed a good working coalition.
Camera Model : Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Exposure : 0.016 seconds
Aperture : f/5.6
ISO Speed : 200
Lens : Canon EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x
Trinity Alert, currently moored on the waterfront, Ipswich Suffolk (UK). Trinity House’s Rapid Intervention Vessel (RIV), ALERT, delivered in 2006, has been designed with buoy handling, wreck marking, towing and multibeam and side scan hydrographic surveying capability.
Traffic Technician, Cpl Windeler guides a CC-130 Hercules aircraft from 436 Transport Squadron at CFS Alert, Nunavut on June 18, 2021.
Photo: Sergeant Vincent Carbonneau, Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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Le Cpl Windeler, technicien des mouvements, guide un avion CC-130 Hercules du 436e Escadron de transport à la SFC Alert, au Nunavut, le 18 juin 2021.
Photo : Sergent Vincent Carbonneau, Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
The humming birds are at the feeders almost continually right now fattening up for the trip down south to start soon. The sun is getting lower in the sky and the days all ready noticeably shorter!
Torre de la Vela - La Alhambra, Granada (Spain).
The last shot of The Alhambra / La última foto de La Alhambra.
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The ground plan of the Watch Tower (Torre de la Vela) is of 16 meters x 16 meters and its elevation is of 26,80 meters. It has a solid base and four floors with arches supported by pillars. During some time this tower was used as a dwelling, so it was modified. On the second floor there were merlons until the 16th century. In 1840 the current bell was put on the western façade and it had to be rebuilt in 1882 because a bolt of lightning damaged it.
The bell is an important element of this tower. Its chime used to indicate the farmers of the Vega, the meadow of the valley, the hours when they had to water the fields at night. The bell started striking at 8 or 9.30 p. m. and it kept doing so at different intervals with different chimes until 3 or 4 a. m., depending on the season. This bell was also used to call the inhabitants of Granada in case of danger. Nowadays, it is only on January 2nd that the Watch Tower and its bell are in the minds of all the inhabitants of the city. That was the date when the Catholic Monarchs took the city and the tradition says that every young woman who is still single and who strikes the bell, will get married before the end of the year.
The view from the top of the tower is marvellous, as it is possible to enjoy at the same time, the city of Granada, the Sierra Nevada, the Vega and the villages of the surroundings.
Source: www.alhambradegranada.org/historia/alhambratvela_en.asp
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CASTELLANO
La planta de la Torre de la Vela mide 16 metros de lado y 26,80 metros de alto. La base es maciza y tiene cuatro pisos con arcos apeados por pilares. Durante algún tiempo, esta torre se convirtió en vivienda, por lo que su aspecto ha cambiado con respecto al que tuvo en sus orígenes. En el segundo piso tuvo almenas hasta el siglo XVI. La ubicación actual de la campana en la fachada occidental es de 1840 y tuvo que ser reconstruída posteriormente debido a la caida de un rayo en 1882.
La campana es la gran protagonista de esta torre. Antiguamente, su toque servía como reloj nocturno a los agricultores de la Vega para regar sus campos. Comenzaba a sonar de 8 a 9:30 de la noche, y seguía sonando a distintos intervalos y con distintos toques hasta las 3 o las 4 de la mañana, según la estación del año. Esta campana también ha servido para llamar a los granadinos en caso de peligro. Hoy en día, es el día 2 de enero de cada año cuando la torre de la Vela y su campana recuperan el protagonismo que tuvo antaño. En conmemoración de la fecha en la que los Reyes Católicos tomaron Granada, existe una tradición por la cual todas las muchachas solteras de la ciudad que hagan sonar la campana el 2 de enero de cada año, contraerán matrimonio antes de que termine el año.
El paisaje que podemos observar desde la torre es maravilloso, ya que es posible disfrutar de un solo vistazo de una panorámica de la ciudad, Sierra Nevada, la vega y los pueblos de los alrededores.
Fuente: www.alhambradegranada.org/historia/alhambraTVela.asp
A female Northern Flicker. She is a regular at our suet feeder during the winter but has been away over the summer. It's nice to see her back today!
Scan of a vintage Lotto-shape game piece from a vintage board game purchased on Etsy from Dime Store Chic.
Morning breaks on the 2014 red deer rut, and a doe and stag browse together before the fighting begins..
Backlit and shot using exposure compensation, for more on the technique please visit www.lawriebrailey.co.uk/blog
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We finally turned Ava’s car seat to face the front that day and tested Evan to see if he was tall enough to ditch the booster seat. Spoiler alert: he was not quite tall enough. He was very very close, but he couldn’t quite sit all the way back and still have his feet flat on the floor. We ended up trading the high-backed booster for the smaller one for now, so at least there was a little sense of progress made.
I realise with the wonders of the World Wide Web and flickr we are able to share our images across countries and continents and thought it might be worth sharing a little bit of information on the red squirrels that I have spent a fair bit of time with in recent weeks.
The red squirrel is native to Britain, but its future is increasingly uncertain as the introduced American grey squirrel expands its range across the mainland. There are estimated to be only 140,000 red squirrels left in Britain, with over 2.5 million greys. Sadly endangered throughout the UK as vast tracts of land become the domain of their dominant, non-native grey cousins, red squirrels are relatively easy to spot in Scotland, which is home to three quarters of the British population. The bushy tail and tufted ears combine to make the red squirrel one of the country's most endearing mammals.
As the end of winter approaches the red squirrel will lose the impressive tufted ears and much of their winter coat so I thought this is a good time to capture some of their behaviour while they still look in prime condition. The red squirrel is extremely agile and prefers to travel from tree to tree rather than on the ground. They always seem to be on the move, whether it be chasing on another or searching for food and they manage to perform various acrobatics along the way and this is what I have tried to capture in this series of images.
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At last my computer seems to be free of binary brain farts! It would appear that upgrading to Chrome has solved my browser issues and some fiddling done by my friend within the bowels of Macland has resolved other Mactwitches. Words like 'cache' and 'proxi-thingy' were banded about, much to my confusion...I'm such a dinosaur when it comes to geekology! I just use these damn things, I don't have to know the in's and out's of a car engine in order to drive the car, that's what mechanics are for! :-) Still, I must brush up on my geek, it would save time, cursing and lots of baleful glaring at the screen if I could at least resolve the basic problems that happen with my computer.
The above shot was taken last year on an excellent day out photographing a local quartet of Andalusian horses that I've come to know. Elegance and strength all wrapped up in beautiful, refined looking bodies.
Mane feature on Black. :-)
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The driver is keeping a sharp eye on the road ahead at Threlkeld Quarry. The locomotive is Ruston and Hornsby class '48DL' 4wDM works No.242918 of 1947.