A Belted Kingfisher flies past me, but does not get past me!

in Japan

366/2020 - 2020 Vision ~ 033/366

Out with the family today. We had an enjoyable walk with the grandchildren and I would have loved to have posted a joyous photo of them but my son doesn't allow their photos anywhere on the internet.

So I settled for some good old barbed wire!

Thank you to everyone who pauses long enough to look at my photo. Any comments or Faves are very much appreciated.

A leaf was captured in a car door handle near my house in Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, Taken with my iPhone 14 Pro Max at Macro and Raw settings.

On it's drop from branch to ground some pine needles don't make it on their first attempt.

My husband promised me that if he could find one he would catch me a grasshopper so that I could take a photo! Today he spotted one and managed to catch it! Rather obligingly it then sat on his hand while I took a few shots! (No grasshoppers were harmed in the taking of this photo!!!!!)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGcO3JFn0rE

I'm so caught up

I'm so caught up on you

I'm so caught up

I'm so caught up on you

Even if I tried to change it

I can't

My memory's caught on you

Even if I try to think of something new

I can't

They're all of you

I'm denying

The feeling of my mind

The feeling of change

There's only one thing I can be certain

It's true

I'm still caught on you

'Cause I'm so caught up

I'm so caught up on you

I'm so caught up, baby

I'm so caught up on you

Oh yeah

Oh yeah (so caught up on you)

Every time I try to shake it

I can't

It's impossible to do

Even if I try to break it

No I can't

A broken memory of you

I've been to two hundred cities

Not known where I am

I've walked in the same direction

Again and again

Oh, baby

You making me crazy

You are always on my mind

You are always on my mind, yeah

'Cause I'm so caught up

I'm so caught up on you

I'm so caught up

I'm so caught up on you

Picture taken at Luane's world: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Le%20Monde%20Perdu/136/137/41

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtF9_FW2p64

I bought myself a Canon 70d and a 18-135mm lens. I feel like the happiest woman on earth right now. Like a little girl playing with her new toy. Getting through the manual now and soon hopefully I am able to shoot some beautiful pictures. Until then I still have some pictures shot with my 450d. Have a wonderful day!

A seabird pounces on some morsel of food.

Low tide at the beach.

Neinstedt / Harz / Saxony-Anhalt / Germany

Album of Germany (the east): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712099...

Now in special, anniversary round of We Love Role Play :

- Les Encantades - Sancia gown - 11 different colors, fatpack with hud to change every part of the gown

- Les Encantades - *LE* Sancia Crespina cap for Sancia gown, sold separetely

- [Moonlight Shadow] [MoonSha] Rustic Kitchen Long Table - Dark with decor

- Helheim to Valhalla Full Kitchen set to put separately every part to your liking: Cabinets, Sink, Oven, Stove, Corner Cabinet and Kitchen decor, with hud to change color

Special Anniversary Round!

Shopping Gallery

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- Pink Magic - Backdrop Medieval Kitchen @Mainstore

- Le Poppycock *Buttercup Farm* Hold Fast to Dreams pose with props (chickens)@ Mainstore

This is not a black and white shot.

Today was a lovey autumns day, the sun was out and although a little windy it was not the cold sort. I went for a walk down the country lanes and found lots to photo. This is one of my favourites!

we are at constant war with these big rodents

this is right outside the living room window - HSS!

Whilst eating my sandwiches in this Yorkshire Dales Woodland watching the Red Squirrels, I was joined by a couple from the Doncaster area who were holidaying in the Dales.

The lady left her bag on the ground and unbeknown to her she had this Red Squirrel raid her bag and no wonder as she had some hazelnuts in it! I managed to capture it as it made a bid for the nuts!

Thank you for visits, favs and comments, it's greatly appreciated!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA + Trioplan 100mm/2.8

Simple forms in art can be puzzling. "Is that all?" the layman quickly thinks, "What on earth is behind it?" Here, an influencer bends over the how and why. Without too much prior knowledge, everyone can see that the repetition tactic of 'minimal music' is brought to life visually. Variations on a fixed form amuse and sharpen the mind.

For example, the monumental blocks of Carl Andre (US, 1935-2024) seem strict and uniform, but no freshly sawn piece of wood is the same. Moreover, the layout on the floor has been played with considerably. The photo series by Jan Dibbets (1941, NL) joins this paradoxical game with forty colors. There is no system in it. He combats the uniformity with a personal follow-up.

All in all, the atmosphere is serene, yet lively. The visitor can wander around and sink into thoughts.

Following on from my previous shot over the barley www.flickr.com/photos/17469730@N00/53823550608/in/datetak...

This one was taken a little later and shooting across the tramline where I spotted a Seagull feather caught in the ears of the Barley, so this became my foreground and the first shot of a three shot focus stack towards the far trees and the setting sun.

As you can see the crop was still a little green but having gone down to check it out this morning I could see the crop has ripened a little more, so in the next day or so if the conditions allow i`ll pop back down to the field.

Red Squirrel

This very tattered and worn little mama left me 21 eggs today... she was busy right next to me and actually let me touch her wings!! That was a sure sign for me to continue to collect and rear the Monarch eggs.... today I released #218....

Cell phone images...

IF YOU HAVE A GARDEN, PLEASE PLANT MILKWEED.... THEY NEED OUR HELP TO SURVIVE!!

Just been caught off Bangor pier this crab was in the plastic bucket of water.

Jacob sheep at Charlecote Park.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/warwickshire/charlecote-park

texture thanks to Kerstin Frank.

Happy Textural Tuesday everyone.

A petunia bloom had fallen and caught between the slats of my bench. I like how my bench is weathering in well.

Please, have a bigger look, by hitting 'L' , then viewing Full Screen.

Chanse on the couch napping. 13yrs old this Dec.

I woke up one morning a few years ago and discovered I was old. In truth, there were warning signs all along starting back in my late 30s. This gigantic dairy barn once was a beehive of business nearly all day long and now sits empty. But the warning signs started years ago with inflation and soaring costs of land, feed and livestock. My father bought his first 160 acres at $74.75 per acre. When he retired, farmland in our county was going for over $2,000 an acre, a totally different world.

Shake The Disease 🎶

Eastbourne 2020

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Was quite something to see the successful fishing expedition of this Pied-billed Grebe at the pond. Got close to a dozen fish while we watched, one after another!!

...thought of a second title: "Skipped Breakfast" torn between the two