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(To those who celebrate it.)
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“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”
― Erma Bombeck
No, this isn’t an outtake from previous themes! I’ve shot recent images for bubbles and orange, so this shakes them up into one!
A single slice of satsuma in a shot glass with added fizz.
Unfortunately no alcohol was consumed in the making of this image.
One of the most beautiful flowers I know belongs to this tree, that has leaves that smell like peanut butter. The flowers however, are very delicate and has magical fragrance.
Keeping a simple abstract that caught my eyes down an alley. A garage door holding its own!
Amazing how nature and time create such beautiful lines and textures.
-- have a great weekend too!
The fall season for Grizzly Bears is all about eating. Some items consumed during fall include: pond weed root, sweet cicely root, bistort root, yampa root, strawberry, globe huckleberry, grouse whortleberry, buffaloberry, clover, horsetail, dandelion, ants, false truffles, and army cutworm moths.
Forever frozen,
heart of this dear Autumn Rose.
Extinguished,
burning flames once consumed. Trapped,
frozen like glass.
A memory set in glass.
My memory to last forever. Forever frozen,
to gaze upon her beauty.
Be that as it may,
her heart still burns.
Thawing the ice,
to burn once more,
my dear Autumn Rose.
A quick segway once more to a frozen late Fall rose. The dew was just beginning to thaw and the petals were peeling open as the ice began to melt. I composited a motion blur capture on the background. This gave me the impression of a glass surface. A gift to all of my Flickr friends for the time, kind words and support. From the man who doesn't show his face, but hopefully shows what lies within.
Paris - Boulevard de Magenta - Place de la République
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This composition popped into my mental viewfinder as I was traversing the slope at The Hangings, Whiteleaf. Aside from the bow of the trunk with its smattering of orange, the fallen tree being slowly consumed by the woodland floor made for an engaging image.
This Common Loon was searching for food on a lake one morning on a lake in Alberta, Canada.
Common Loons spend a lot of their time working shallow waters for fish: swimming slowly and sticking their heads into the water to look for fish, then diving suddenly when they spot their food.
Their diet consists primarily of small fish, which they catch and swallow while on underwater dives. An adult may consume two pounds of fish per day. They also consume crayfish, insects, crabs and snails.
- Gavia immer
Taken from the top of Whiteleaf Cross, Buckinghamshire. Capturing the few trees on the slope that escaped the blanket of fog.
He will consume me.
He will use me.
He will lie.
He will be passionate.
He will be poetic.
He will own me.
He knows this
Up close and personal with this wonderful tree that seems to be doing its best to ensnare me with its writhing snake like branches. Taken at Brush Hill Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire, on a very chilly January morning.
A shot from a few weeks back when our holly still had its berries. They have mostly been consumed at this point. Glendale, Missouri
I last shot this tree at the start of the year when it was frosty and backlit with the morning sun, today though I was treated with some glorious mist and couldn't resist another shot. Taken at Brush Hill Nature Reserve, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.
A shot from the side of the path as I was consumed by green as I ambled my way through the woods at Whiteleaf yesterday. I was quite taken by the silvery trunk being slowly consumed by the green moss working its way up.
# The Mississippi Delta / was shining like a National Guitar
/ I am following the river / Down the highway / Through the cradle of the Civil War # - - - Graceland by Paul Simon.
This is not the Mississippi Delta, it is the Macalister River that is shining like a National guitar near Licola in Victoria, Australia.
National guitars have a stamped metal body that is reflective.
There was mist floating through the folds in the mountains and, as the German Proverb states – “The mountains make the mist and the valleys must consume them”
One of my attempts at the "Smile on Saturday" theme "capture the time".
Shot with a Nikon "LS-3510AF 50 mm F 3.5" (scanner) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
L'aigrette garzette mesure entre 55 et 65 cm avec une envergure de 85 à 95 cm. Elle pèse 500 g en moyenne. Il n'y a pas de dimorphisme sexuel. Elle est entièrement blanche avec un bec noir légèrement gris bleuté à la base et ses pattes sont noires avec des doigts jaunes. En période nuptiale, elle porte sur la nuque deux longues plumes fines de 20 cm environ appelées les aigrettes
Elle est présente en Europe du Sud, sur tout le pourtour méditerranéen jusqu'en Afrique subsaharienne.
L'Aigrette garzette se rencontre dans toutes les zones humides aux eaux peu profondes, lagunes, claires à huîtres, avec une prédilection pour les eaux saumâtres. Elle est aussi fréquente le long des cours d'eau que dans les marais dans certaines régions. Souvent observée en compagnie d'autres ardéidés.
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of three to five bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents for about three weeks. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.
Its breeding distribution is in wetlands in warm temperate to tropical parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. A successful colonist, its range has gradually expanded north, with stable and self-sustaining populations now present in the United Kingdom.[2]
In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia to over-winter there. The birds may also wander north in late summer after the breeding season, and their tendency to disperse may have assisted in the recent expansion of the bird's range. At one time common in Western Europe, it was hunted extensively in the 19th century to provide plumes for the decoration of hats and became locally extinct in northwestern Europe and scarce in the south. Around 1950, conservation laws were introduced in southern Europe to protect the species and their numbers began to increase. By the beginning of the 21st century the bird was breeding again in France, the Netherlands, Ireland and Britain. Its range is continuing to expand westward, and the species has begun to colonise the New World; it was first seen in Barbados in 1954 and first bred there in 1994. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird's global conservation status as being of "least concern". source Wikipédia
This is another photo from our trip to the Wägitalersee. It was very foggy and I saw those trees in the distance, barley visible.
Orb-weaving Spider
Generally, orb-weaving spiders are three-clawed builders of flat webs with sticky spiral capture silk.
The building of a web is an engineering feat, begun when the spider floats a line on the wind to another surface. The spider secures the line and then drops another line from the center, making a "Y". The rest of the scaffolding follows with many radii of nonsticky silk being constructed before a final spiral of sticky capture silk.
The third claw is used to walk on the nonsticky part of the web.
Characteristically, the prey insect that blunders into the sticky lines is stunned by a quick bite, and then wrapped in silk. If the prey is a venomous insect, such as a wasp, wrapping may precede biting and/or stinging.
Many orb-weavers build a new web each day. Most orb-weavers tend to be active during the evening hours; they hide for most of the day. Generally, towards evening, the spider will consume the old web, rest for approximately an hour, then spin a new web in the same general location. Thus, the webs of orb-weavers are generally free of the accumulation of debris common to other species, such as black widow spiders.
Nikon, Sigma 180 2.8, 1/250 @ f8 ISO 800
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae. The genus name comes from the Provençal French Aigrette, egret a diminutive of Aigron, heron. The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of bluish-green eggs is laid and incubated by both parents. The young fledge at about six weeks of age.
Its breeding distribution is in wetlands in warm temperate to tropical parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. A successful colonist, its range has gradually expanded north, with stable and self-sustaining populations now present in the United Kingdom.
It first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996
In warmer locations, most birds are permanent residents; northern populations, including many European birds, migrate to Africa and southern Asia to over-winter there. The birds may also wander north in late summer after the breeding season, and their tendency to disperse may have assisted in the recent expansion of the bird's range. At one time common in Western Europe, it was hunted extensively in the 19th century to provide plumes for the decoration of hats and became locally extinct in northwestern Europe and scarce in the south. Around 1950, conservation laws were introduced in southern Europe to protect the species and their numbers began to increase. By the beginning of the 21st century the bird was breeding again in France, the Netherlands, Ireland and Britain. It has also begun to colonise the New World; it was first seen in Barbados in 1954 and first bred there in 1994. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird's global conservation status as being of least concern..
Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm searching in my room
Unless I try to start again
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I know it's not alright
So I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit tonight
Just love the outstretched branches seemingly trying to ensure that this is its space. Also some rare birch make an appearance instead of the more common beech that seem to dominate the local woods. Taken at Whiteleaf Woods, Buckinghamshire.
Nal
Tram: H0125 Hair
Mon Cheri: "Seduce Me" Bra
RKKN.: Lea's Biker Jacket
RKKN.: Zoe's Joggers
Lan
Moon: Consume Hairstyle @Mainstore
Giz Seorn: Nixie Puffer Jacket
E-Clipse: Janis Jeans Stonewashed
"Our December" Bento Couple pose by K&S @Kawaii Nation
Masked Flowerpiercer for a perfect Blue Monday!
Masked Flowerpiercer is a common constituent of the Andean avifauna. It ranges from the coastal mountains of northern Venezuela south to northern Bolivia, principally at elevations above 2000 m, and it is generally found in humid montane forest and its borders, including those close to treeline. It is a sociable species, often being found in monospecific groups, sometimes up to 30 strong, but also within mixed-species flocks, e.g. with other flowerpiercers, tanagers, warblers, and others. Masked Flowerpiercer is a striking and easily recognized bird, characterized by its largely ultramarine plumage with a contrasting and rather large black facial mask and bright red irides. Masked Flowerpiercer usually is considered to be resident, but there are suggestions that it makes seasonal altitudinal movements or migrations, at least in parts of its range. This species is omnivorous, consuming fruit, nectar, and insects. Despite being widespread and common, shockingly little is known about the breeding biology of Masked Flowerpiercer.
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Yes, those beautiful flowers have to stand and take assault after assault from bees and insects. And coming in is this huge bumble bee with it's proboscis out and ready to consume some nectar! It's a good thing there is a symbiotic relationship between insects like the bumble bee and flowers!! I'm fascinated by these beautiful bumble bees. I found the bees at the Botanical Gardens in Anchorage and have been working with different camera gear and techniques to see which is better suited for these shots. This bee was identifed as a Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee on iNaturalist.
Taken 14 July 2017 at Botanical Gardens, Anchorage, Alaska.
There's nothing like consuming several small pieces of chocolate candy. Just don't do it too close to bedtime or you'll pay the price...says someone who knows. ;) Happy Halloween
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A Roman mosaic depicting, in the upper part, a cat which has caught a bird of some kind, and, in the lower part, two ducks (with, what the museum label describes as lotus flowers. I take their word for it.). This is the central motif of a floor mosaic dating to around 100-75 B.C. and it is made of opus vermiculatum, one of the most time-consuming (and therefore costly, I would assume) ways to do a mosaic. Funny thing is, if you look up that term on English Wikipedia, this piece of mosaic is what is used to illustrate the concept.
Now on display at Museo Nazionale Romani, in Rome.
One of the last leaves on a tree in my back yard. This shot was taken with a vintage Soviet Jupiter 37A 135mm lens with a deep red filter attached (vintage filter). The leaf itself was already very red, but I like the experimental red sky in the background.