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Taking full advantage of a victim of Storm Dennis.
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) (also called hoodie)
Oban Bay Argyll - Scotland
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Ligustrum vulgare (wild privet, also sometimes known as common privet or European privet) is a species of Ligustrum native to central and southern Europe, north Africa and southwestern Asia, from Ireland and southwestern Sweden south to Morocco, and east to Poland and northwestern Iran.
It is a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, growing to 3 m (rarely up to 5 m) tall. The stems are stiff, erect, with grey-brown bark spotted with small brown lenticels. The leaves are borne in decussate opposite pairs, sub-shiny green, narrow oval to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced in mid-summer in panicles 3–6 cm long, each flower creamy-white, with a tubular base and a four-lobed corolla ('petals') 4–6 mm diameter. The flowers produce a strong, pungent fragrance that many people find unpleasant. The fruit is a small glossy black berry 6–8 mm diameter, containing one to four seeds. The berries are poisonous to humans but readily eaten by thrushes, which disperse the seeds in their droppings.
I always thought it was ironic that the spider has this particular marking. Crosses represent both death and resurrection - in this case the prey only receives the former. I figured this was good for a combo BBBT and Arachtober. Happy Arachtobutt! She really displays the cross well here. It also really reads well in the thumbnail image.
Cross Spider - Neoscona crucifera
Coal Creek Trail
Lafayette, CO
Also know as: common dormouse
Scientific name: Muscardinus avellanarius
This is the first dormouse I have ever seen, they are very rare in my part of the UK, shame the brambles got in the way and hopefully next time I will get a much better picture, but still really excited just to have seen it.
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"""This Santa is preforming his task by educating the young reindeer how they should run on gras, when there is not snow at all! It happens more and more these days, that they have to travel through areas under different weather conditions.
As you can see, they are good listeners and also eager to start their actually training on the gras. Santa's sleigh with the big bag is already on standby."""
These origami models are all designed by Jo Nakashima, except for the bag, which is a traditional origami Waterbomb. And he has made a video-tutorial for all the models:
+ a simple change , that allows Santa to stand easily
I folded:
- Santa Claus from a paper 17,5x17,5cm kamipaper
- the reindeer from 17,5x17,5cm brown glassine -paper
- Santa's bag from 17,5x17,5cm red glassine-paper
- Santa's sleigh from 20x20cm double-colored kraftpaper
Also, call locally Carancho, it is a distinct species from the Northern Crested Caracara we had previously seen in Texas and it is not as common in the Falklands as the Striated Caracara. See previously posted images underneath.
#MacroMondays
#Candle
Mikado, also known as pick-up-sticks or jackstraws, is a game of skill of European origin that, at least according to (German) Wikipedia, was already played in ancient Rome. It is named after the highest scoring stick (blue), the "Mikado", which refers to the Japanese emperor.
This is a slightly different, new type of Mikado, and its rules are simple: clear the game board without tossing the burning candle over or lighting the "active" playing candles in the process, and do it before the red candle burns down (which happens quite fast with these thin candles).
Initially, I wanted to build a much larger Mikado pile with more candles, but they kept rolling away, so I focused on creating a nice-looking pile instead.
Size info: Each candle (except the lit red one, which I cut in half) is 6 cm/2,36 inches long, so together with the negative space (I also slightly cropped the image), the width is about 2,75 inches.
HMM, Everyone!
Also named Turdus Migratorius.
The vast majority migrant North from USA in March. Breeds take place throughout Ontario and in winter fly south back USA.
Also, da komme ich her. Man erkennt die Hauptstrasse durch den Ort, die von Bourg-Saint-Maurice hochkommt und dann weiter zum Iseran führt. Im Ort selbst heißt die Route de l'Iseran Avenue Olympique.
Also known as Sideroxylon Rosa, this Australian native tree is indigenous to eastern Australia. It has distinctive, rose blossoms and very dark brown to black coloured bark which is deeply furrowed and does not shed. ... A hardy tree that can grow in areas of very little rainfall but can also tolerate high rainfall.
Also known as El Molina de El Tostón, this is an old, traditional windmill near El Cotillo on Fuerteventura.
Also known as the Red-crowned Amazon, Green-cheeked Amazon, and Mexican Red-headed Parrot.
First described in 1853 by John Cassin, an American ornithologist.
Also known as "red split lentils" or "lentilles corail" in French.
The whole composition is about 1,5 inch wide.
HMM !
THE CORMORANT ALSO DIVES IN WINTER.
El cormorán es un ave acuática que bucea hasta 10 metros para pescar y a pesar de no tener las plumas impermeables también bucea en invierno - sin miedo al frío - en el puerto de Cambrils.
La fotografía está realizada en el puerto de Cambrils al atardecer con los últimos rayos de Sol.
“Ladies should also remember that gentlemen look more to the effect of a dress in setting off the figure and countenance of a lady than to its cost. Very few gentlemen have any idea the value of ladies' dresses. This is a subject for female criticism. Beauty of person and elegance of manners in women will always command more admiration from the opposite sex than beauty, elegance or costliness of clothing."
- The Scholars' Companion and Ball Room Vade Mecum
Thomas Hillgrove, 1857
Visit beautiful Valmoor
also on the trip today down unknown roads, spot a Mustang II and get my camera ready, snap a shot in passing but wait! Had to turn around for a Superbird! Nice guy, nice cars, caught him getting ready to go to a show.
……. A shot from the cold snap we had late last year - amazing how the Hoar Frost forms long sharp needles on a straight stem!! An also-ran for Smile on Saturdays theme Frosty Flora on Saturday. Alan:-)
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Also on hand at Brewster were a couple "tiger" 40-2's getting PTC Mods in them. It's a busy place that serves as the nerve center for WE's operations.
Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary character originating in Eastern Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts on Christmas Eve of toys and candy or coal or nothing, depending on whether they are "naughty or nice". He is said to accomplish this with the aid of Christmas elves, who make the toys in his workshop at the North Pole, and flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air. The modern character of Santa is based on traditions surrounding the historical Saint Nicholas, the English figure of Father Christmas and the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas.
Children in the UK, USA and many other countries, such as Japan, open their presents on Christmas Day, December 25th. The latest presents are opened on January 6th (a month after the earliest). This is known as Epiphany and is mainly celebrated in Catholic countries such Spain and Mexico.
This photo for Macro Mondays is less than 21/2" including negative space. String lights on background.
Macro Mondays -- #Tradition
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Beautiful Peonies and some trees at the annual Peony festival held at the Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens also there is beautiful trail and creek that runs through the Oshawa Valley concervation area , Martin’s photograph , Oshawa , Ontario , Canada , June 17. 2020
Rotary bridge
Rotary bridge plaque
Plaque
Having a walk on this beautiful autumn day on trail
Eastbourne park
large trees
edited photograph
Having a walk
autumn
Bridge
Oshawa creek
Bridge across Oshawa creek
trail in Eastbourne park
trail in Eastbourne park in Oshawa
Alliums
Lilacs in the Kinsman Valley view park
Kinsman Valley view park
Lilac trees
Peony
Peony Festival
Botanical gardens
Oshawa Botanical gardens
Martin’s photographs
Edited photograph
Oshawa
Ontario
Canada
June 2020
Gazebo
Gazebo at the Oshawa Botanical Gardens
Peony Festival at the Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens
Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens
Oshawa Valley
IPhone XR
Favourites
Hosta
Hosta collection
Oshawa Garden Club Hosta Collection
Oshawa Garden Club
Martin’s photographs
Cropped photograph
Alliums and Peonies at the Annual Peony Festival in Oshawa
October 2016
Trail in Oshawa conservation area
Having a walk
large trees
IPhone 6
We having nice a walk at Oshawa Valley Botanical gardens trail in the Oshawa Valley concervation area
June 2021
IPhone XR
Park bench
Lilac
Alliums
Peonies
Annual Peony Festival in Oshawa
Lilacs in the Kinsman Valley view park
The coyote, also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf, is a species of canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. Wikipedia
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..also of fight it symbolizies strenght and fire also passion...red is a wonderful color!
Ribes sanguineum
Tutsham Mill, also known as West Farleigh Oil Mill, is situated at Teston Lock on the River Medway. It was a water-powered oil seed cake mill, originally of the 19th century. John Rennie is reputed to have built it in 1808. The first known operators were Startup and Philpott from about 1839 onwards. In 1847 the mill was taken over by Thomas Boorman.
It became Boorman, Wild and Co., operated by Robert Manning Hayman in 1862. Robert Leigh of Barham Court installed Anglo Machinery for a short while. It was leased by the Stewart Brothers from 1882 and by Spencer of Strood from 1884 to 1885.
The mill was partly destroyed by fire in 1889 and is now ivy-covered ruins, which are still visible.