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A Rufous Hummingbird digs deep in search of nectar, it was an amazing scene of activity as the morning broke and they began to feed
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon virescens) on a Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) at the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
mileage 23
because my tire and odometer are being changed, I will be back to '0' on the next ride so remember this number, 87. I'll call this the pre-season and tack that mileage on at the end of the season.
But until it warms up again, I'll be picking up sticks.
"Down on the left a busy little digging mechanism had come into view, emitting jets of green vapour and working its way round the pit, excavating and embanking in a methodical and discriminating manner. This it was which had caused the regular beating noise, and the rhythmic shocks that had kept our ruinous refuge quivering. It piped and whistled as it worked. So far as I could see, the thing was without a directing Martian at all..."
Martian machine from Jeff Wayne's The War of Worlds, 1998 PC strategy game. Reference image.
Render by P681.
In the trees by the Holme Observatory this Goldfinch was happily feeding on pine seeds sheltered from the winds.
I like to watch the gulls hunting for crabs.
The do this funny shuffling like dance until the feel the crab in the sand and then dig it out with their beak.
This guy found himself a nice little blue crab.
never sure which gulls are which! ID somebody??
Please help identify this lovely bird. It's not that small, about the size of a pigeon....
With a bit of "digging" on my part, it could be a female Northern flicker.
Nagarkot , Nepal! It was chilly morning. Went for a walk in Nagarkot, I wish I had take many more photos.
If some racers wander off the beaten path they can end up in the soft dirt. And this can happen. (DSC_4152.jpg)
With Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, and Nathan Myhrvold (former CTO of Microsoft). The founders of Google and Twitter were to my right for this TED Braintrust lunch.
An usual confluence of invitations had me dining with Gates for lunch and dinner on the same day (coincidentally, philosopher-king Daniel Dennett was also at both meals).
After we sat down, Gates lamented the setback from the Muslim clerics who preached that polio vaccines made the girls infertile: "The anti-vaccine movement has killed many people. It's frustrating. But we are working with the clerics. It is very hierarchical, so we can start at the top. In the next three years, we will either conquer polio, or we won't. It's a very important time."
E-P5 / Olympus 60mm 2.8 / Raynox DCR-250
Messing around with a new technique, doing combined natural light and flash focus stack of unknown parasitoid wasp. Was observed taking massive beetles much larger than itself from a tree in a controlled fall and dragging them into a burrow in muddy soil next to mangroves.
With the rear of the train clearing a speed restriction right behind me the helpers and DPU dig in and start the hard shove up Bozeman seen rolling down the Livingston West Long Lead.
New Girl in Town, Chapter 4 of The Black Duke of Nightrose, a continuing photographic melodrama, sponsored by Laminak, your first stop for all your medieval/gothic furnishings needs. See the main store at maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Queens%20Lake/127/134/22.
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And now to our story....
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Digging into History
Young Hollish then spent the rest of the day in the Castle's vast library, and after climbing several ladders to find unused, dust covered cabinets locked with strange spells and heavy iron bands, she came away with a family history of Nightrose.
No such traditions as the Duke described were mentioned, and certainly nothing about flaming puppies of any kind. It did however mention that every other Solstice, the Duke's bride had to be sacrificed to appease "The Vengeful Harpy of the Woods"...whatever that was.
It said this Harpy was kept imprisoned just beyond the tree line towards the coast and she resolved loudly to go investigate it that very evening.
The Duke, sneaking around behind her...was less than pleased about that resolve, but grateful that being young and mostly innocent she tended to speak all her thoughts out loud as exposition.
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Decor - Lord Audley Armchair and Footstool, Double Wheel Candelabra, Rotating Bookcase and assorted decor by Laminak, (maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Queens%20Lake/108/129/25)
Additional Decor by Noctis
His pose by Indigo
Castle Blackrose by Varonis
Kevin is played by a Sentient Sludge from Quills and Curiosities.
Garb:
HIS: Acolyte II from RFyre, Alaric Beret by Nyoko
HERS: Gown from Kitty Creations
Musical Inspiration - Paranoid by Palaye Royale (youtu.be/7J2uP7RRnfQ)