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Perfectly describes the recent 2021 tax season. Let's call this month the, "Give your accountant a much needed break Month!"
The Botanical Garden, Medellín, Colombia.
Heliconius ismenius is found in Central America and northern South America. They are abundant as far south as Ecuador and Venezuela and as far north as southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.
H. ismenius are more commonly called "the tiger-striped long wing butterfly" . H. ismenius's nickname is derived from its long wing structure as well as the beautiful burnt orange and black stripes. Pierre André Latreille, a French zoologist, described Heliconius ismenius in 1817.
Described as "perhaps the most notable wooden Orthodox church in Finland", St Nicholas' Church in Joensuu, the second largest Orthodox parish in Finland after Helsinki, was built in 1887.
It is located at one end of Kirkkokatu (Church Street) - the Lutheran parish church is at the other end.
I described a pure natural garden yesterday, and here's another example. Not a plant out of place up in the mountains.
Worcester Cathedral has important parts of the building dating from every century from the 11th to the 16th. Its tower in the Perpendicular style is described by Alec Clifton-Taylor as "exquisite" and is seen best across the River Severn.
2016 02 18 165334 Worcestershire Worcester Cathedral LR
Beautiful. How else can I describe the dawn sunrise this morning. When you have to get up at silly O’ clock which was 3:25 am in the morning I always debate the night before will it be really worth it? I look at my weather apps, I check the tide, I check the sea conditions trying to find something to tell me to stay in bed. The fact I’m checking all this stuff I’m already committed, I will always go for it, and usually the sunrise is not too special. Don’t get me wrong once I’m out at that time regardless of the conditions it the best feeling in the world, I’m always at peace with the world. But this morning was something else, the sunrise could not have been better, it was beautiful. Now all I have to do is get a photo that gives me something back of that morning.
Fundo Alto Nieva in northern Peru.
This species was first described in 1983 and has an extremely limited range in northern Peru. In spite of its rarity it is an easy bird to see since a pair become habituated to worms at this private reserve. I will post a photo of the female later.
This 1/20 second exposure was handheld.
You might describe this LF Faith Dress & Fur Stole as making a provocative statement and intended to make someone feel sexual desire. I don’t know about you, but for me this dress raises the temperature in the room significantly.
Yesterday, being sexy was about particular grooming, tight-fitting clothes and makeup. Today, we understand that being sexy has more to do with a certain je ne sais quoi, an elusive pleasing quality.
Although science has tried to measure what makes a person more appealing, most of us know that attractiveness can’t be boiled down to algorithms. Real sexiness is in the eye of the beholder. Wearing this dress however certainly adds to warming one's eyes, of course.
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The S. Bento railway station, in the city centre of Porto is often described as one of the most beautiful train stations in the entire world. The walls and ceilings covered with 22 thousand tiles - azulejos - by Jorge Colaço, painter, caricaturist and potter.
The red rock cliffs are associated with the Canyon of the Colorado River. Just left of center are the Fisher Towers, which call to climbers and photographers. Snow caps the La Sal Mountains, which are East of the Moab. In the foreground is a area that could be described as arid grassland or perhaps desert. Note the corral to the left.
Christmas is described as a time of peace and joy, but for many, it brings feelings of sadness and abandonment. It is for those that I share this image of a unique tree. For me, it is a symbol of perseverance and hope.
This is an ‘Ohiʻa Lehua tree. It is the most common native endemic tree found in the state of Hawaiʻi, meaning it is found there and nowhere else in the world. Amazingly, it has adapted to grow directly in lava rock. Those who have experienced lava know that its shards are hard and sharp. Nice to look at, lava is inhospitable terrain. But the seeds of the ‘Ohi’a Lehua blow in the wind and settle in cracks in the lava, and find a way to survive, creating beauty along the way..
Hawaiians utilize the hardy tree for building houses, canoes, spears, while the flowers are used in lei and sung about in chant and hula. Flowers are considered sacred to the goddess of lava and volcanic eruptions, Pele.
These trees are home to many native insects and even rare native tree snails! The ʻōhiʻa lehua flowers are an important food source for birds, they sip the nectar from the red blossoms and glean insects in bark and leaves.
There are many versions of a legend about the ʻOhiʻa Lehua tree. One is of a couple who were madly in love- a man named ʻŌhiʻa, and a woman named Lehua. One day the volcano goddess Pele, taking the form of a beautiful woman, saw ʻŌhiʻa and was attracted to him. However ʻŌhiʻa refused Pele because he was in love with Lehua. Pele in her fit and fury, then turned ‘Ōhiʻa into a tree. Lehua, hearing of her lover being gone, asked the gods to turn her into a flower so she could be with him, which they did. To this day, if you pick the lehua blossom from the tree, it is said that it will rain because the two lovers have been separated.
Sparky described this one as the shot of the day which is a bold statement to make for a Shed photo, but it was great to capture recent German arrival and Beacon Rail Leasing liveried 66797 (operated by GB Railfreight).
The Euro shed is seen passing through the idyllic scenery of Barrow-upon-Trent with the 6X44 11.10 Bescot-Toton departmental, the "X-Ray" denoting the inclusion of out of gauge points carriers in the consist.
I can’t describe to you what a welcoming sight this was the night I decided to go exploring at dusk by myself with my camera, after docking near shore whilst on a Murray River houseboat with 10 friends. I’ve never had the best sense of direction, and a few quiet beers during the day didn’t help fine tune that sense at all. No phone reception, only had thongs on my feet (flip flops for our American friends), being devoured by mosquitos and who knows what other little critters in the dark. After a couple of hours lost, the lights of the houseboat were a most welcome sight , a beacon of safety, warmth, beer and friends. Would I do it again? Without a moments hesitation 😉
The 10 of us on the boat were all good friends but started to drift apart. Too much pier pressure I guess. Someone started playing Maroon 5 , which we didn’t think appropriate. Still, whatever floats your boat. Thankfully a near disaster brought us all back together. We went too close to a Bluetooth obstruction, started to sync. Brought back the words the hire guy had told me when I asked do houseboats sink very often? He said usually just once. Had to find a boating equipment sale to fix things up, was quite an oar deal. And one of the guys hurt his tooth, but luckily we found a tooth ferry! But happy to report that friend-ship prevailed and I’m now a recovering aquaholic 😀
Hope everyone is having a good run into Christmas, cheers
The Torre Glòries a.k.a. Agbar is a high-rise building designed by French architect Jean Nouvel. It is located in the Poblenou neighbourhood of Barcelona. According to its architect, the tower is intended to recall the shape of a geyser rising into the air. It was inspired by Montserrat, a mountain near Barcelona. In an interview, Nouvel described the tower as having a phallic character. It measures 144 m.
Newly described and separated from what is now known as the Eastern Spiny Knob-tailed Gecko (Nephrurus asper). N. eromanga is found west of the Central Queensland "downs" country from south of Mt Isa through Winton and down to about Windorah in the Eromanga basin for which it is named.
This specimen is from Dajarra, Queensland, Australia
The geothermal field is believed to have a surface area of approximately 3 km². Most of the springs are aligned along a 100m wide strip of land running in the same direction as the tectonic lines in the area, from south to southwest. The strip is 500m long and culminates near what once was the seat of the lords of Haukadalur.
The area became active more than 1000 years ago and comprises more than a dozen hot water blow holes. Although the geyser is less active these days, it did lend its name to hot springs all over the world. It was the first geyser described in a printed source and the first known to modern Europeans and along with the geyser in Yellowstone National Park in the United States, Geyser is the most famous geyser in the world.
The family is highly diverse, containing 24,000 described species.
The specimen shown is rather large (compared to other parasitoid wasps), around 5mm. It is a male, thus no ovopositor.
Interference colors in the wing are remarkable (especial the red-orage), the structure seems to be more complicated than just a "single layer thin film".
A portrait is shown here (UVIFV)
Mitutoyo 5x NA 0.14, tube lens: 125mm (Raynox)
Illumination: White diffused oblique, and backlight
Having described the situation in Czechia, I only feel like our home country of Poland is an interesting comparisson to make when it comes to single carriage deliveries.
As far as I remember, PKP Cargo officially removed single carriage deliveries from their services in 2011. Since then, the strategy was almost abandoned and the company transports bulk materials almost exclusively. The very few single-carriage deliveries aren't really organised as a system and are a real pain for PKP Cargo, which is why meeting local cargo trains is such a rarity over here.
The trains, as opposed to the classic system, also don't run on year-long schedules, and instead they are ordered on demand, which makes them very irregular. One such train is the local cargo train from Zajączkowo Tczewskie to Starogard Gdański Przedmieście, where PolPharma's pharmaceutical company is located.
By sheer luck, I managed to get a picture of the train on its return journey from as TKS 553048/9 Starogard Gdański Przedmieście - Zajączkowo Tcz. ZTB. The haulage that day was done with the retro-painted SM42-741, due to a defect on one of the modernised 6Dg locomotives - another stroke of luck! The pictured train is about to pass the passenger stop in Rokitki Tcz. with its one tank wagon, made for transporting hihgly concentrated sulfuric acid. Given the fact that the train runs around once a month, or even less frequently, I'm happy that I even managed to see it.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Someone once described trees as "poems written upon the sky." Exactly!
This tree is another example of a Norfolk Island Pine, and I photographed it while visiting New Zealand. I composed this image while visiting New Zealand. It is a picture of a Norfolk Island Pine, framed by a cloudy sky. Someone once described trees as "poems written upon the sky," and I found this tree to be an example of this. I also consider this tree - its symmetry almost perfect - to be a fine example of 'architecture in nature'.
The Norfolk Island Pine, is not a pine, but rather a member of a related genus. It is found throughout the South Pacific. The first European known to have sighted Norfolk Island was Captain James Cook. In 1774, on his second voyage to the South Pacific in HMS Resolution, Cook noted the presence of large forests of tall, straight trees that appeared to be suitable for use as masts and yards for sailing ships. However, when the island was occupied in 1788 by convicts transported from Britain, it was found that Norfolk Island pine trees were not resilient enough for such use and the idea was abandoned.
In the late 1950s, a trial shipment of Norfolk pine logs was sent to plywood manufacturers in Sydney, New South Wales, with the hope of developing a timber export industry on Norfolk Island. Although the plywood companies reported excellent results, the industry was deemed not sustainable by the Norfolk Island Advisory Council, which decided to reserve timber production for local use. The timber is good for woodturning and, together with the similar Cook pine, is extensively used by Hawaiian artisans.
Described as the longest-lived butterfly in North America living as long as eleven to eighteen months. Unlike most other butterfly species the Mourning Cloak spends most of its life as an adult butterfly (not larva or egg).
It is most often seen in early Spring because it survives the harsh winter months as an adult. Spring is the most likely time to see it basking in the sun and defending its territory against intruders (such as a photographer). It is not attracted to flowers, but loves to land on your head or your outstretched arm and stays there for a while.
During the hot summer months the Mourning Cloak disappears, estivating to preserve energy, hiding in tree cavities and in other sheltered places. They have only one brood. It is always a very lucky day to see a freshly minted individual during the early summer months.
Jumping spiders use their legs to pounce on their prey, which is typically other insects. Amazingly, jumping spiders don't have special leg muscles, like grasshoppers, to help them leap. They propel themselves by suddenly changing the blood flow in their body. Terminix
Jumping spiders or the Salticidae are a family of spiders. As of 2019, it contained over 600 described genera and over 6000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Wikipedia
Crib Goch is described as a "knife-edged" arête in the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The name means "red ridge" in the Welsh language.
The highest point on the arête is 923 metres (3,028 ft) above sea level. All routes which tackle Crib Goch are considered mountaineering routes in winter or scrambles in summer—meaning that they must cross "graded territory" as defined in Steve Ashton's Scrambles in Snowdonia. The easiest of these lines (the ‘bad step’ part of the route) is given a scrambling grade of Grade 1 (the most difficult being Grade 3—routes more difficult than Grade 3 are considered rock climbs).
Stockentenpaar | Pair of mallards
Their behaviour is described in the well-known German children's song ‘Alle meine Entchen’. Here are the lyrics:
Alle meine Entchen
Schwimmen auf dem See
Schwimmen auf dem See
Köpfchen in das Wasser
Schwänzchen in die Höh'
My translation:
All my little ducklings
Are swimming on the lake
Are swimming on the lake
Their heads are in the water
Their tails up in the air
This song has the simplest melody imaginable: upload.wikimedia.org/score/0/q/0ql2zr3n5lzbcbfxcl5w8mssf9...
I took this photo in the Floridsdorfer Wasserpark in Floridsdorf, the 21st district of Vienna.
Tenant describing the old apartment block he has been living in since the days of the German Democratic Republic.
Could not describe nightswimming...
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Described by Sir David Attenborough as ‘one of the 12 wildlife wonders of the world’, the Bass Rock is a sanctuary for gannets, hosting over 150,000 of them during peak breeding season. Not only is it the closest bird sanctuary to the mainland, but it also saw the first ornithologists, who gave the gannet the scientific term Sula Bassana or Morus Bassanus.
My daughter described this photo as a chef's kiss. I had to look it up.
NOUN
" a gesture in which a person kisses the tips of their pinched-together fingers and thumb and then waves the hand with the fingers splayed, in order to indicate that something is excellent"
Taken in Humber Bay Park West, Toronto, while I was on a walk with 3 of my friends. Thanks for visiting, much appreciated.
Der Schwarzmilan oder Schwarze Milan (Milvus migrans) ist ein etwa mäusebussard-großer Greifvogel aus der Familie der Habichtartigen (Accipitridae). Im Gegensatz zum nahe verwandten Rotmilan (Milvus milvus), dessen Brutgebiet sich im Wesentlichen auf Europa beschränkt, hat der Schwarzmilan ein riesiges Verbreitungsgebiet, das neben großen Teilen der Paläarktis weite Bereiche des indomalaiischen Faunengebietes sowie Australasien einschließt. Entsprechend dieser weiträumigen Verbreitung werden bis zu zwölf Unterarten beschrieben, von denen sieben als allgemein anerkannt gelten.
The Black Kite (Milvus migrans) is an approximately buzzard-sized bird of prey of the hawk family (Accipitridae). In contrast to the closely related Red Kite (Milvus milvus), whose breeding range is essentially limited to Europe, the Black Kite has a vast range that includes large parts of the Palearctic, wide areas of the Indo-Malayan faunal region and Australasia. In accordance with this wide distribution, up to twelve subspecies are described, seven of which are generally recognised.
Mark Twain described the Heidelberg Castle in his 1880 travel book A Tramp Abroad…
“A ruin must be rightly situated, to be effective. This one could not have been better placed. It stands upon a commanding elevation, it is buried in green woods, there is no level ground about it, but, on the contrary, there are wooded terraces upon terraces, and one looks down through shining leaves into profound chasms and abysses where twilight reigns and the sun cannot intrude. Nature knows how to garnish a ruin to get the best effect."
Heidelberg Castle is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.
The castle has only been partially rebuilt since its demolition in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is located 80 metres (260 ft) up the northern part of the Königstuhl hillside, and thereby dominates the view of the old downtown.
The earliest castle structure was built before 1214 and later expanded into two castles circa 1294; however, in 1537, a lightning bolt destroyed the upper castle. The present structures had been expanded by 1650, before damage by later wars and fires. In 1764, another lightning bolt caused a fire which destroyed some rebuilt sections.
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Mark Twain beschrieb 1878 in seinem Buch Bummel durch Europa das Heidelberger Schloss folgendermaßen:
„Um gut zu wirken, muss eine Ruine den richtigen Standort haben. Diese hier hätte nicht günstiger gelegen sein können. Sie steht auf einer die Umgebung beherrschenden Höhe, sie ist in grünen Wäldern verborgen, um sie herum gibt es keinen ebenen Grund, sondern im Gegenteil bewaldete Terrassen, man blickt durch glänzende Blätter in tiefe Klüfte und Abgründe hinab, wo Dämmer herrscht und die Sonne nicht eindringen kann. Die Natur versteht es, eine Ruine zu schmücken, um die beste Wirkung zu erzielen.“
Das Heidelberger Schloss ist eine der berühmtesten Ruinen Deutschlands und das Wahrzeichen der Stadt Heidelberg. Bis zu seiner Zerstörung im Pfälzischen Erbfolgekrieg war es die Residenz der Kurfürsten von der Pfalz. Seit den Zerstörungen durch die Soldaten Ludwigs XIV. 1689 und der Sprengung durch französische Pioniere am 6. September 1693 wurde das Heidelberger Schloss nur teilweise restauriert. Nachdem am 24. Juni 1764 Blitze die teilweise renovierte Anlage in Brand gesetzt hatten, wurde die Wiederherstellung aufgegeben. Die Schlossruine aus rotem Neckartäler Sandstein erhebt sich 80 Meter über dem Talgrund am Nordhang des Königstuhls und dominiert von dort das Bild der Altstadt. Der Ottheinrichsbau, einer der Palastbauten des Schlosses, zählt zu den bedeutendsten deutschen Bauwerken der Renaissance.
Typically, Gerard used a very sensual image, that of a ripe berry bursting with fluid full in the mouth, to describe how Christ’s instress, once acknowledged, could flood and change a person: “How a lush-kept plush-capped sloe / Will, mouthed to flesh-burst, / Gush!—flush the man, the being with it . . . / Brim, in a flash, full!—Hither then, last or first, / To hero of Calvary, Christ, ’s feet— / Never ask if meaning it, wanting it, warned of it—men go.”
-A Heart Lost in Wonder The Life and Faith of Gerard Manley Hopkins, Catharine Randall
How to describe this tree? Grumpy? Something hurt it long time ago and now it must grow misshaped. But it grows, it grows. Having a handicap is not the end of life...
Also, if you're into calm music, check my soundcloud:
Christ is described at Chora as "Land of the Living"
[Χώρα των ζώντων]
music:
Medieval Byzantine Nativity chant (Kathismata of Christmas).
Title: "Μυστήριο ξένον" (Wondrous Mystery)
Service: Matins of Nativity
Performers: Greek Byzantine Choir
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photo:
inner narthex dome with Genealogy of Christ
from the Cycle of Christ's Infancy and Ministry
Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, Istanbul
www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/exhibitions/Byzantium/html/bu...
Chora Museum, Chora Monastery (Contantinople)
Μονή της Χώρας, Μουσείο Χώρας, Κωνσταντινούπολη
Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, Kariye Kilisesi, Istanbul
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chora_Church
www.columbia.edu/cu/wallach/exhibitions/Byzantium/
www.byzantium1200.com/chora.html
www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/istanbul-st-savior-in-...
www.doaks.org/library-archives/icfa/moving-image-collecti...
Described by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website as a “pint-sized predator of birds, small mammals, and insects,” northern shrikes are unique among the song birds for their dietary preferences. Their hooked bills, resembling those of raptors, enhance their ability to kill and shred the flesh of their vertebrate prey. They are capable of capturing more prey than they can eat at a given time, and will impale animals on thorns or short branches for later consumption. They will also kill relatively large prey using this same technique, lowering the time and energy it takes to dispatch them.
~ anonymous
Crazy Tuesday - theme of September 22, 2020: High Key
High Key is a term to describe images that are bright and contain little to no shadow - referring to scenes that possess a lot of whites and light tones, but very minimal mid-tones and blacks (that's what I found as general definition).
Taking / editing high key images is rather difficult for me (not wanting to blow the highlights) - I more often tend to do low key ;))
Tiny blossom and a book I randomly took from my shelf (it's poems from Rainer Maria Rilke - The Book of Hours / The Book of Pilgrimage)
HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday :))
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Verrückter Dienstag - Thema am 22. September 2020: High Key
High Key ist ein Begriff zur Beschreibung von Bildern, die hell sind und wenig bis gar keine Schatten enthalten - damit sind Szenen gemeint, die viel Weiß und helle Töne, aber minimale Mittel- und Schwarztöne aufweisen.
Die Aufnahme/Bearbeitung von High-Key-Bildern liegt mir tatsächlich nicht so sehr - ich neige eher zu Low-Key ;))
Winzige Blüte und ein Buch, das ich wahllos aus meinem Regal genommen habe (es sind Gedichte von Rainer Maria Rilke: Das Stunden-Buch - Von der Pilgerschaft)
Einen schönen Dienstag !
I cannot quite describe which is more special, seeing the sun first rise and light up the orange canyon walls or having an entire National Monument to yourself. Either way, it made for one very beautiful and special morning. Colorado National Monument is one of the lesser known beautiful places in Colorado as it is farther away from all of the big mountains and ski resorts that Colorado is known for. However, it is still definitely worth stopping to see if you are out in the Western part of the state. I am very thankful I got to make this side detour over here and witness such an incredibly beautiful and special morning that the Lord had made!
Described by Winston Churchill as one of the most beautiful places he knew, Castle Tioram, pronounced 'Cheerum' is located on a rocky tidal island, Eilean Tioram in Loch Moidart in the Western Highlands on the west coast of Scotland. Tioram is the Gaelic word for dry and the island is only accessible at low tide across a sandy spit. It stands where the waters of Loch Moidart and the river Shiel meet.
Tioram Castle was the seat of power of the medieval Lord of the Isles and is the ancestral home and former seat of the Macdonalds of Clanranald. It was strategically located guarding the movement between the southern Hebrides and Skye or the outer isles. It also monitored the inland route past Loch Shiel. The castle was the main fortification protecting Moidart, Rum, Eigg, Canna, the Uists and Barra.
Tioram Castle was burnt on the orders of the last chief of the direct line when he set off to join the ill-fated Jacobite uprising of 1715. The idea was to keep it out of the hands of the Hanoverian forces. The castle was never restored and has been unoccupied since then. It is regarded as the most significant symbol of the rise and fall of the Lordship of the Isles, still visible today. Undoubtedly it is the most beautiful.
The curtain wall of the castle is believed to be from the 13th century. The tower and other interior buildings are from the 14th to 16th century. A five-sided structure whose high walls have rounded corners, its shape is in keeping with the natural outline of the island. There is no access to the buildings because of the risk of falling masonry.
The Sky Road on Ireland's west coast is described as a 20 km jaw-dropping scenic loop near Cliftden and is part of the stunning Wild Atlantic Way. We were fortunate to have beautiful weather so we could see across the turquoise waters out to the many small islands to the west. We had a wonderful day driving north from Galway, up through Connemara National Park where we visited Kylemore Abby and on up to Aasleagh Falls. Breathtaking scenary.
The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is a species of eagle-owl, a type of bird that resides in much of Eurasia. It is also called the Uhu and it is occasionally abbreviated to just the eagle-owl in Europe and Asia.
It is one of the largest species of owl. Females can grow to a total length of 75 cm (30 in), with a wingspan of 188 centimetres (6 feet 2 inches). Males are slightly smaller. This bird has distinctive ear tufts, with upper parts that are mottled with darker blackish colouring and tawny. The wings and tail are barred. The underparts are a variably hued buff, streaked with darker colouring. The facial disc is not very defined. The orange eyes are distinctive. At least 12 subspecies of the Eurasian eagle-owl are described.
Eurasian eagle-owls are found in many habitats; mostly mountainous and rocky areas, often near varied woodland edge and near shrubby areas with openings or wetlands. They also inhabit coniferous forests, steppes, and remote areas. Occasionally, they are found in farmland and in park-like settings in European and Asian cities and, very rarely, in busier urban areas.
The eagle-owl is mostly a nocturnal predator. Predominantly, they hunt small mammals, such as rodents and rabbits, but also birds and larger mammals. Secondary prey include reptiles, amphibians, fish, large insects, and invertebrates.
acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
This work describes the current situation on social media where Western countries impose cultural ànd political censorship by proxy on their citizens.
It must be compared with the witch hunt of the Nazi regime
It is based on personal experience (my tweets are hidden under the message "offensive tweet", Flickr removed my painting "Dein Kampf" as a group photo (I replaced it with "Das radikal Böse"), on Facebook I regularly cannot request personal profiles, the operation of my PC is sabotaged, etc.
The censorship against the silenced majority is supposed to make you believe that you have lost.(Naomi Seibt, Jan 12, 2021)
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Jan Theuninck is a Belgian painter
www.boekgrrls.nl/BgDiversen/Onderwerpen/gedichten_over_sc...
www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.be/wiki/index.php/Yperite-Jan...
www.graphiste-webdesigner.fr/blog/2013/04/la-peinture-bel...
charterforcompassion.org/belgium
Cornell describes the Virginia rail as a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae. They remain fairly common despite continuing loss of habitat, but are secretive by nature and more often heard than seen. This one was heard, then barely seen at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina.
The resplendent quetzal was first described by Mexican naturalist Pablo de La Llave in 1832.It is one of five species of the genus Pharomachrus, commonly known as quetzals. Quetzal is usually specifically used to refer to the resplendent, but it typically applies to all members of the genera Pharomachrus and Euptilotis. Some scholars label the crested quetzal as a very close relative of the resplendent, and either suggest the crested quetzal to be subspecies of the resplendent or the two form a superspecies. The quetzal clade is thought to have fanned out from where it emerged in the Andes, the resplendent quetzal being the youngest species. The name of the genus, Pharomachrus, refers to the physical characteristics of the bird, with pharos meaning "mantle" and makros meaning "long" in Ancient Greek. The word "quetzal" came from Nahuatl (Aztec), where quetzalli (from the root quetza, meaning "stand") means "tall upstanding plume" and then "quetzal tail feather"; from that, Nahuatl quetzaltotōtl means "quetzal-feather bird" and thus "quetzal".[10]
Two subspecies are recognized, P. m. mocinno and P. m. costaricensis, although there is an ongoing debate in the scientific community about whether costaricensis should be recognized as a distinct species.[11] The specific epithet mocinno is a Latinization of the name of the biologist José Mariano M. Mociño, a mentor of his
Dactylorhiza majalis (Orchidaceae) 195 24
This species was first described from Dresden, Germany by Reichenbach in 1828 and was initially ascribed the title Orchis latifolia which after several reclassifications became the Dactylorhiza majalis we are familiar with today. Its name refers to the month of May which although accurate, is very much at the start of what is an early flowering season for an essentially montane member of the Dactylorhiza genus.
Dactylorhiza majalis is a widespread species with a range throughout the central European alpine region from northern Spain through to the Dolomites and the mountains of eastern Europe, possibly as far as Russia. It can be found in damp or wet conditions on alkaline or mildly acidic substrates in lowland sites or upland areas up to a height of approx 2000 meters.
It is a species that can vary greatly in its vegetative characteristics but seems to be strangely consistent in flower formation, despite frequent genetic ingression by other similar species from within the genus. The plant itself is robust and the inflorescence, although sturdy is not particularly tall or dense, carrying flowers that are not strikingly marked and appear to be more uniformly purple than Dactylorhiza alpestris which has a distinct and more extensive white peripheral area surrounding the stigmatic cavity.
The leaves are normally dark green and heavily spotted with purple or dark brown blotches on the upper sides, though this cannot be taken as diagnostic as there are recorded examples of both non spotted examples and those with heavy double sided blotching.
Source: John and Gerry's Orchids of Britain and Europe
Observers repeatedly described Hopkins as stooping down to study wet sand or blades of grass or little blue flowers.
… It was not unusual for nineteenth-century poets to associate nature with heightened emotional states, or even to bind it to the notion that God himself may have written nature like a book. This book could reveal the divine to those who had eyes to read. Keats had coined the phrase “egotistical sublime” to describe Wordsworth’s enhanced self-consciousness in the presence of nature. Hopkins, on the other hand, instressed the sublime to enhance his other-consciousness…
… Ultimately readers would find in Hopkins’s words a refreshing, liberating way of receiving and holding the body of God.
-The Gospel in Gerard Manley Hopkins Selections from His Poems, Letters, Journals, and Spiritual Writings Edited by Margaret R. Ellsberg Foreword by Dana Gioia
These four adjectives aptly describe one of my favorite birds, the Steller's Jay. The Steller's Jay in this image is the Rocky Mountain form with a white streak above the eye and a partial white eyering.
Photographed at about 8,200 ft. near Powderhorn Ski Resort, Grand Mesa, Colorado.
This book is better described in the links below than I can do here, I have only just received it. “WITCHES of SCOTLAND is a campaign for justice; for a legal pardon, an apology, and a memorial for the thousands of people – mostly women - that were convicted of witchcraft and executed between 1563 and 1736 in Scotland.” From the ongoing campaign this book has been delivered. It has has a great jacket to light and the wonderful design covers a great document that delves into a previously often overlooked history.
© PHH Sykes 2025
phhsykes@gmail.com
How to Kill A Witch builds to form a rich patchwork of tragic stories, helping us comprehend the underlying reasons for this terrible injustice, and raises the serious question - could it ever happen again?
Unveiling the truth behind centuries of injustice.
www.witchesofscotland.com/book
WITCHES of SCOTLAND
is a campaign for justice; for a legal pardon, an apology, and a memorial for the thousands of people – mostly women - that were convicted of witchcraft and executed between 1563 and 1736 in Scotland
Bloopers and Re-edits
In concluding this current series of night photographs I thought I'd describe some of the problems involved in choosing the right edit for a night shot - colour and black and white. My first version of this shot in December 2019 can be seen for comparison here: www.flickr.com/photos/luminosity7/49215280311/in/album-72...
This is the entrance gate to Luna Park in the Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda. It was built in 1912 and has Australia's oldest wooden roller coaster, The Scenic Railway (the second oldest in the world), which runs around its boundary.
Well, strictly speaking this is another shot of the same scene. The first blooper I made in my initial selection was to take no account of the compositional advantages of people in the photograph. Four years ago I simply didn't understand how important people can be as elements in a frame. If you want an artistic model for this, look at some of the Australian artist Jeffrey Smart's paintings, especially "Cahill Expressway" (1962). www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/3000/
That single figure makes the painting.
So you'll see in 2019 I overlooked two key figures that add interest to this scene. The first on our far left is the man standing with cap in profile against that wall that is bathed in yellow light (What is he doing? Waiting for someone?). The second figure on our far right is running from the bus towards the entrance of Luna Park. But in 2019 I chose the RAW file which neglected the foreground activities and design on the concrete. Both critical to the balance of the composition.
The second (and frankly, most embarrassing) blooper has to do with balancing the colours. In the 2019 version they are a total mess. Where did all that blue in the face come from? I am much more concerned now for accuracy of colour rendition whilst still happy to play them up for effect (we don't want a bland view that merely reproduces what our eyes can see). But unless the colours are balanced (and getting a white balance first is critical for this) and the exposure levels are congruent with the actual scene, all sorts of problems emerge.
There are more than enough problems in night colour photography as it is. And one of the reasons why I think most night shots are easier to process in black and white, is that you get fewer artefacts - or unwanted results - and when you do you can hide them to a large extent. Part of the reason I chose to produce such a dark version in 2019 was an attempt to hide some of these artefacts. In fact all I needed to do was get the colour balance right in the first place. This re-edit is a much truer version of the original scene and most importantly, the atmosphere.