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By the color around the bib of the white crowned sparrow there has been an indulgence in organic fruits and seeds and now soaks up the early morning sun
It was so peaceful and tranquil, and I was most content clicking and enjoying the nature around me. You can imagine my surprise and ever so slight indignation when I realised I had to share the lake with another person who has just started setting his boat. It turned ok(ish) at the end, the guy adding scale to this scene and giving me an idea to bring my own kayak next time.
Coucou tout le monde c'est Billy au clavier.
Voilà, on vient de rentrer de chez ma gentille véto. Je pense que môman a raison, la véto est amoureuse de moi mais grave comme il faut, elle a passé plus de temps à me papouiller et à me dire plein de mots d'amour que des soins. Entre nous, je préfère ;-)
Alors, pour mon menton, c'est une grosse plaie pas belle à voir du tout (moi j'ai pas vu mais j'ai vu la tête de môman, mamie et ma véto et ça avait l'air bien dégueu!). On m'a nettoyé convenablement la plaie, on m'a même enlevé des petites touffes de poils et du coup on voit ma peau rose cochon en dessous :-p
Pour ne pas que j'aie trop mal, on m'a fait une belle piqure de cortisone et j'ai pas bronché.
Pour l'intérieur de ma bouche, c'est pas pire qu'avant, y a même un léger mieux par rapport au mois de mai. Il n'y a plus d'ulcères au niveau du palais mais par contre y a des zones très rouges au niveau des gencives. Et puis on a peut être eu l'explication de cet abcès. En fait la grosse canine en haut à droite (on la voit pas sur la photo évidemment mais c'est de ce côté là) est tellement longue qu'elle a creusé un trou dans la "lèvre" de la machoire inférieure :-( on dirait le foureau d'une épée il paraît mais comme la gencive de cette dent là est très enflammée, c'est sûrement ça infecte une veine qui arrive sur mon menton et qui fait que l'infection sort par là...
Donc voilà la mauvaise nouvelle de la soirée c'est que je vais retourner sur la table d'opération mercredi! On va m'enlever cette saloperie de dent et puis une autre aussi un peu plus loin. Et d'ici là ça sera antibiotiques matin et soir, pweeerk.
Môman a eu un peu peur mais la véto a dit que si elle proposait cette solution c'est qu'elle avait confiance, que vu mon âge y avait un risque évident mais il y a aussi des techniques d'anesthésie moins lourdes et que de toute façon avant l'opération on allait me faire des analyses de sang et un examen des reins et qu'elle choisirait alors l'anesthésie qui convient le mieux. Du coup c'est môman qui avait pas l'air fier dans le cabinet de la véto parce qu'il faut pas oublier que j'ai un souffle au coeur aussi. Moi personnellement je m'en foutais, j'étais déjà retourné dans ma caisse après qu'on m'ait dit que j'étais le plus beau, le plus brave et le plus gentil, na!
En tout cas môman vous remercie tous pour vos gentils mots, elle est très touchée et elle vous embrasse tous très fort. Moi je vous envoie plein de ronrons et je file me coucher, vais rêver à ma véto! A bientôt!
Something a little different this evening - a shot of my dog, happy as a clam sitting on the red sand of PEI!
With her head laid on her back, this female Canada Goose sat quite contently and watched what I was doing. I didn't get close as to disturb her, but as I got up to leave she lifted her head ever so slightly. I left some corn close by for her and went on my way.
The Season's First Snow
Mourning Dove looking unhappy about the early snow
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Peul (Fulani, Fulbe, Fula) herdsmen with traditional wide-brimmed fibre-and-leather conical hats meet at the weekly market in front of Djenné's Great Mosque. A colourful multiethnic gathering of herders and traders converges at the mosque from the surrounding regions and fertile flood plains of the Niger River inland delta in central Mali. Digital film scan, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, shot directly under the noonday sun, circa 1976.
The Great Mosque of Djenné towers over the market in a seemingly apocalyptic backdrop on this day. The mosque is considered the world’s largest adobe building and one of the greatest achievements of Sudano-Sahelian architecture, unique to the semi-arid Sahel zone that stretches across northern Africa just south of an encroaching Sahara.
These Peul herdsmen are likely from the class of “free nobles” (mostly nomadic herders, religious and political leaders, some tradesmen and sedentary cultivators) at the top of a highly stratified caste-based Peul society.
Ethnographers distinguish this class from lower-tiered occupational groups or “castes” (griot story tellers and song-praisers, artisans, blacksmiths, potters, woodworkers, dress makers) and descendants of slaves (labourers, brick makers, house builders).
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Postrscript - The enchanting Arabian Nights imagery emanating out of this ancient marketplace at the time if this photo shoot (1976) is reminiscent of a seemingly bygone Sahelian era devoid of smartphones, credit cards and packaged safari tours.
Nowadays, nascent tourism is on hold and easy access to markets, pastures and farmlands is hampered as ethnic strife and inter-communal violence continue to erupt under a fragile or failed Malian state with a troubled history of military coups.
The current military junta relies on mercenaries from the private Russian-backed Wagner Group for its security needs, coinciding with the recent French withdrawal of troops from the region. By providing protection to the Malian military regime, the Moscow-centered paramilitary group has increased its power and access to Mali's scarce natural resources.
In 2018, Human Rights Watch reported that the Mopti region of central Mali has become an epicentre of inter-rethnic conflict, fuelled by a steady escalation of violence by armed Islamist groups largely allied with Al Qaeda’s advance from the north since 2015.
Recruitment to the militant Islamist movement from Peul pastoral herding communities has inflamed tensions within sedentary agrarian communities (Bambara, Dogon, Tellem, Bozo and others) who rely on access to agricultural lands for their livelihood.
Predominantly Muslim but opposing ethnic self-defence militias on both sides have been formed for the protection of their own respective communities. This has contributed to a continuous cycle of violent attacks and reprisals touching villages and hamlets, pastures and farmlands, and some marketplaces.
While communal tensions are profoundly connected to a larger ethnopolitical conflict unfolding in northern Mali, chronic insecurities around the ancient town of Djenné and in the broader central regions of Mali are exacerbated by longstanding indigenous concerns over a struggle for scarce natural resources - agricultural land for settled farmers versus water and grazing land for semi-nomadic Peul herdsmen.
Efforts at mediation in the area around Djenné and the grand mosque include a Humanitarian Agreement specifically among Bambara and Bozo farmers, Dogan "hunters" protecting farmers' interests and Peul herders, all committed to guaranteeing the freedom of movement of people, goods and livestock in the "Circle of Djenné" situated in the Mopti region of central Mali.
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"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common – this is my symphony."
William Henry Channing (150 years ago)
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I hope all of you had an amazing Christmas and spend some great time with you loved ones. We had always passed through the two northern most state parks in the Big Sur coastline in search of the more epic roadside vista points. From the pacific coast highway theparks don’t look as interesting as the southern part of Big Sur where the road is hugging the rugged coastline. This shot was taken at the beautiful Point Lobos state park on our first day. Due to the state preserve rules we had to get out before sunset and we didn’t have a lot of clouds to work with but the setting sun during golden hour provided some beautiful lighting on the coastline and the haystacks near the coast.
I used a longer focal length to make this shot and my goal wa just to get the golden light and the little bit of fog that was starting come in. No filters were needed here as the sidelight was just magnificent. If you zoom into the image you will be able to notice that the rocks are teaming with wildlife. I missed my telephoto lens sorely here but thankfully the longer end of my 70-200 came in handy.
I'm back to BH!
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Hibiscus is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are renowned for their large, showy flowers and those species are commonly known simply as "hibiscus", or less widely known as rose mallow.
The genus includes both annual and perennial herbaceous plants, as well as woody shrubs and small trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek name ἰβίσκος (hibiskos) which Pedanius Dioscorides gave to Althaea officinalis (c. 40–90 AD).
Several species are widely cultivated as ornamental plants, notably Hibiscus syriacus and Hibiscus rosa-sinensis.
A tea made from hibiscus flowers is known by many names around the world and is served both hot and cold. The beverage is known for its red colour, tart flavour, and vitamin C content.
...perchè tutte le donne sono un po' civettuole...
-Vale, devi fare qualche foto con più pathos!!! Click...
-Click, ha abbastanza pathos questa foto???? ;P
A La Ronde is an 18th-century 16-sided house located near Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon, England, and in the ownership of the National Trust. The house was built for two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter. It is a Grade I listed building as are the adjacent Point-In-View chapel, school and almshouses, Together with a manse which were also built by the cousins. The gardens are Grade II listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
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La quatrième gare de Heerlen a été conçue par l'artiste Michel Huisman et fait partie du Maankwartier. Il a été mis en service le 5 août 2019, après que les voyageurs aient dû se contenter d'une station d'urgence pendant sept ans.
Heerlen's fourth station was designed by the artist Michel Huisman and is part of the Maankwartier. It was put into service on August 5, 2019, after travelers had to make do with an emergency station for seven years.
A NaNa le gusta mucho el frío, la veo super contenta con el tempo que hace estos días :D
Adoro las gafas de Grell! Adoro el outfit de Grell en general ~ *___*
Date: June 2025
Medium: Digital Photomontage and Digital Photograph
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Dimensions: 15" x 20"
© 2025 Tony DeVarco
Credit: Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879) "Annie Hill" (deail), 1864, Albumen silver print
27 × 20.9 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.), 84.XZ.186.101
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Downloaded from the Getty Open Content portal: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/58679/julia-margaret...