I did have a steam and fence shot, but I've left that at home, this one is a reminder of the snow just before Christmas so festive and now just a distant memory it would seem.

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also called European Siskin or just Siskin

Spinus spinus

sijs of sijsje

Tarin des aulnes

Erlenzeisig

Jilguero Lúgano

Lucherino

Lugre

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but I chased him away from the camera.

In general, I love winter. It is extremely photogenic season. But today the cold hit us. Unpleasant wind and freezing rain, not snow, turned the car into a frozen cube of ice, wind gets everywhere, there's no wintery white and no matter how hard I'm trying, I feel cold and miserable. So I've decided to post a warmer picture today.

This flittery butterfly would lite on our limone tree but would not be still for a second..my first Swallowtail shot this season...

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I can hear you but I won't

Some look for trouble while others don't

There's a thousand reasons I should go about my day

And ignore your whispers, which I wish would go away, oh-oh-oh

You're not a voice

You're just a ringing in my ear

And if I heard you, which I don't

I'm spoken for, I fear

Everyone I've ever loved is here within these walls

I'm sorry, secret siren, but I'm blocking out your calls

I've had my adventure, I don't need something new

I'm afraid of what I'm risking if I follow you

Into the unknown

Into the unknown

What do you want? 'Cause you've been keeping me awake

Are you here to distract me so I make a big mistake?

Or are you someone out there who's a little bit like me?

Who knows deep down I'm not where I'm meant to be?

Every day's a little harder as I feel my power grow

Don't you know there's part of me that longs to go

Into the unknown

Into the unknown

Where are you going?

Don't leave me alone

How do I follow you

Into the unknown?

……But deep down still ticks like a good one! This much loved Mantle Clock belonged to my Granddad George Busby Noon, I well remember him winding it up every week 50 or 60 years ago! See previous image to learn more about ‘George’. The Big hand measures less than 2 inches (4½ CM), taken for Macro Monday theme “Wabi-sabi”. Alan:-) HMM……

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Little egret (Egretta garzetta).

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No wish but to dive in deep

What’s it to be done

No breath to hold in deep

What’s it to be done

In a sea within a whirlpool, I am

No wish to answer to anyone

What’s it to be done?

Poetry by Attar of Nishapur

Translated from Persian

we saw this blond male a few times in Mara North Conservancy, while he was in the company of a female of a small pride. Initially she refused to mate with him but we heard afterwards that they were seen while mating.

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David Byrne

... but we do not represent hope for them!

Let us keep the flowers in the soil; no plucking!

― Mehmet Murat ildan

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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.

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'Snowdrops: Theirs is a fragile but hardy celebration... in the very teeth of winter.'

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No sit-in here,but there have been several in Union Square in the past.Historically,most marches,sit-ins,and protests have been on the northern end of the intersection. The people in the shot are most likely students from NYU taking their lunch period,although some also live in dorms in the area.They're sitting on steps in the southern end of Union Square Park where protests have been as of late.Love those street lamps:-) Union Square:Colonial-end Crossroads forgotten-nyc.com,Jul 2nd.Check out this great link.I like the one with all the cool fedora hats occupiedmedia.us/2012/03/a-brief-history-of-union-square-...

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Udaipur region, Rajasthan, India

This small and shy heron has a huge distribution range covering many continents and so it is not surprising that there are 21 recognized subspecies

also called Green-backed Heron, Mangrove Heron and Little Green Heron

Butorides striata

mangrovereiger

Héron strié

Mangrovereiher

Garcita Azulada

Airone striato

Socózinho

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………But there was no show - Spiderman was obviously off on the World wide Web somewhere! Just have to make do with boring old Moths then, who for some reason seem to fly off when Batty Bat comes out to play!! For the interested I created this Spooky Tabletop shot by simply Bluetac'ing a wobbly translucent toy bat on to my Mac screen, whilst displaying a Web shot I took at Tarn Hows (Cumbria) and ‘Click’ this ‘Spooky Night’ shot was taken! The eyes were added using the Radial Filter tools in Lightroom 6. Don’t be too frightened and do have a Happy Smile On Saturday folks. Alan:-) HSoS…….

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but i'm still a bish.

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..to the one I posted a while back

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Taken with studio lighting.

'Studio' being my bedroom windowsill.

'Lighting' being light reflected off my make-up mirror :-))

I was pleased with what the little Fuji macro could do, still want some extension rings though!!

iPhone 6 snapseed mextures

As I was driving into work, the morning sun was making its way thru the mist and fog, trees are just starting to burst with color and I couldn't help myself but to pull over and take it all in. I drove up on this ridge and parked. I walked up to the open gates and noticed several small spider webs, glistening from the dew in the morning sun and started snapping away, I was very excited to see these come out so well on my iPhone. Tiny moments otherwise unwitnessed, my "stopping to smell the roses" moment.

But I know I live half alive in the world,

Half my life belongs to the wild darkness.

Galway Kinnell

Happy fluttery Friday flickr friends! I hope you all have to best day ever. I am going to be gone most of the day, but I will be back later on today to get to your new uploads. Much hugs and love coming your way!

Hugs,

Kim

But its simplicity makes it Beautiful.

near Udaipur in Rajasthan, India

Historically this was considered to be a subspecies of the Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo ). This one is a bit smaller and often has more color in its plumage than the Eurasian.

also called Indian or Bengal Eagle-Owl

Bubo bengalensis

Bengaalse oehoe

Grand-duc indien

Bengalenuhu

Búho Bengalí

Gufo reale di roccia

bufo-indiano

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……But don’t be frightened, it’s not an Alien it’s only an ‘Alan’. Me making a spectacle of myself for ‘Smile on Saturday’ and the theme this week is ‘Profile Portrait’. I can tick that box if you smiled. Well it’s the W/End, stay cosy & locked down to stay safe and to keep EVERYONE else safe too! A VERY BIG THANK YOU to ALL the key workers who are carrying on to benefit the rest of us - we applaud you all. Alan;-)👏👏👏👏👏

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This is not fair....they have built the country, and this is what they get.

"But is that true? Because a tree in spring buds and comes greenly into leaf, are those leaves therefore the tree? If the newborn twigs and their leaves were all that existed, they would form a vague halo of green suspended in mid-air, but surely that is not the tree. The leaves, by themselves, are no more than trivial fluttering decoration. It is the trunk and limbs that give the tree its grandeur and the leaves themselves their meaning. There is not a discovery in science, however revolutionary, however sparkling with insight, that does not arise out of what went before. 'If I have seen further than other men,' said Isaac Newton, 'it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants." — Adding a Dimension: Seventeen Essays on the History of Science, by Isaac Asimov.

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Menar Lake near Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

a species with a huge distribution range

Plegadis falcinellus

zwarte ibis

Ibis falcinelle

Sichler

Morito Común

Mignattaio

Íbis-preta

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Admittedly, it was a big crop, but it was really nice to see the adult and the young eaglet be in the same space. I wonder what the adult might have been communicating to its offspring?

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On the higher mountains the first snow has fallen, but here around this meander of river the last colors of autumn are resisting. I think it deserved a photo.

Sulle montagne più alte è caduta la prima neve, ma intorno a questo meandro del fiume resistono le ultime cromie autunnali; credo meritassero una foto.

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Calm seas today, but tomorrow? Well, it may be tough, with Great Southern Ocean storm waves ripping into the rugged limestone cliffs of Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia.

At dusk a golden ray swept across a red sunset.