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DAZZLINGLY ATTRACTIVE bird, not often seen in our corner of Kent UK, and was not expecting to see it in the Grove Ferry Feast Hide, but what a joy when it landed, he caught a couple of tiddlers and was off, leaving me with the biggest grin ever.
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I went to Lake Artemesia in College Park, Maryland and wasn't expecting anything, but was richly rewarded to see several Wood Duck females and their broods. Here is a close up of one of the ducklings as they foraged among the Lilly pads on the lake. Such a cute little thing!
Taken 6 June 2016.
Floating leaves in a small water basin
today in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
If you like to see more pictures from this 'city paradise', take a look at my Botanical Garden Album.
closer than expected for such a shy species and it was in this spot just long enough for one shot.
dendrocopos major
grote bonte specht
pic épeiche
Buntspecht
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Another shot from my evening walk earlier this week. It's a silhoette of a dandelion, what more can I say?
It was a perfect evening for this so expect a few more of these on my photostream in the next few days....
I'm in Stowe, Vermont for the weekend. The hike to Bingham Falls was a little more icy than expected, but the payoff was huge. What a scenery of icicles!
Happy Sunday all!
By the way: This is a popular swimming hole in summer. No one swimming today :)
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I thought it was so funny to see this place in Santorini with the table on the outside of the building so high up....a cool optical illusion! Last Caturday was dinner for one and this Caturday is dinner for two!
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some sad news I have been expecting arrived yesterday ...
my dear Aunt Mal passed after battling cancer for many years ..
she had a good life and lived her entire life in Wales .. . she loved horses and farms .
when she discovered she had cancer she immediately arranged to hike the Pennine Way .. . this National Trail chases along the mountain tops along the rugged backbone of England and offers 268 miles of the finest upland walking in England. A once in a lifetime experience.
her energy and laughter and encouragement will be with me forever .. some special light never dies .. I miss her already ..
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You might not expect to come upon a castle while visiting Spokane, but that is exactly what you will do if you visit the Spokane County courthouse. Most of us associate such architecture with romantic old castles in Europe, or perhaps something out of the world of Walt Disney or fairy tales. To find such a building in the center of a modern, growing regional hub city such as Spokane is a bit startling.
The courthouse is said to closely resemble two famous 16th century chateaux in the Loire Valley of France, the Chateau de Chambord, built in 1519 and the Chateau d'Azay Le Rideau built in 1516. Many architects through the years have commented on the masterly replica of a 16th century French Renaissance design, its fine lines of style and proportion with regard to the towers and turrets, the sculpture, iron and brickwork which excel in pattern and craftsmanship. Detailed exterior trim such as shell patterns with wreaths and festoons and decorative arches are a few of the outstanding features of its design. The beautiful center tower, now lighted at night, is a masterpiece of detail in itself.
At Jazz Festivals you must expect all kinds of music. Montreal dedicates different stages to different genres, so you kind of know what is happening. Matthew Whitaker was a new name for me and he was playing on 'Blues Stage'. I did not expect Steve Wonder, but if you close your eyes, that's who was on the stage (except he doesn't sing). Matthew is only 22 years old and he made it in NYC already. I only realized at the end of the concert, when he was led of stage, that he is blind.
Matthew Whitaker -piano, organ
Ivan Llanes- percussions
Marcos Robinson -guitar
Liany Mateo -bass
Johnny Steele-drums
214. Montreal P1660923; Taken 2023-July 07. Upload 2023-July 10.
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. (Alice Walker)
more in my set lines and curves
(better on black)
A tiny percent of rain —and lack of wind—drew me outside to photograph wild daisies of some sort. Borrowed my husband's Nikkor 200mm macro/prime lens and rested it on the trusty monopod. On my knees shot.
I know, based on my husband’s reaction, that this will appear too shallow for many. Don’t worry; I don’t expect you to comment ;-)
♫ Mood ~ Shinedown - Simple Man
See No Evil
by Billy Collins
No one expected all three of them
to sit there on their tree stumps forever,
their senses covered with their sinuous paws
so as to shut out the vile, nefarious world.
As it happened,
it was the one on the left
who was the first to desert his post,
uncupping his ears,
then loping off into the orbit of rumors and lies,
but also into the realm of symphonies,
the sound of water tumbling over rocks
and wind stirring the leafy domes of trees.
Then the monkey on the right lowered his hands
from his wide mouth and slipped away
in search of someone to talk to,
some news he could spread,
maybe something to curse or shout about.
And that left the monkey in the middle
alone with his silent vigil,
shielding his eyes from depravity's spectacle,
blind to the man whipping his horse,
the woman shaking her baby in the air,
but also unable to see
the russet sun on a rough shelf of rock
and apples in the grass at the base of a tree.
Sometimes, he wonders about the other two,
listens for the faint sounds of their breathing
up there on the mantel
alongside the clock and the candlesticks.
And some nights in the quiet house
he wishes he could break the silence with a question,
but he knows the one on his right
would not be able to hear,
and the one to his left,
according to their sacred oath--
the one they all took with one paw raised--
is forbidden forever to speak, even in reply.
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Though the beautiful sunrise on Saturday morning did not bring the long-awaited migration, things changed Sunday morning. It was my last full day in the County, and we were pretty keen to see an uptick in arrivals after a few days of getting to know the early arrivals. And, for the second year in a row, we were treated to a fallout.
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That is Paul’s checklist for the first hours of the Sunday. It was a pretty extraordinary bursting of the dam. Most of those birds were arriving for the first time, and birds that might be in separate waves arrived all at once.
One of the features of a fallout is that birds are suddenly all around, and often in places one might not expect to find them. They look a bit stunned, and it takes a few minutes before the two instinctive drives - food and reproduction - take over. Insects are sought after and songs fill the air, and the numbers of the fallout make competition for food and mates quite intense in a small area. Many of the birds will start fanning out pretty quickly.
This bright male in his breeding colours is finishing off the midges on this branch. As is often the case the birds are more concerned about food than they are about the small handful of people in the woods Sunday morning. For the first few hours there may have been a half dozen of us at most, slack-jawed at the sudden richness of the migration.
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"Noi che lo cerchiamo ovunque, l'amore dico, e lui sempre lì sospeso da qualche parte, fra l'attesa di qualcosa che sarà e il ricordo di qualcosa che è stato."
(da "Dormi stanotte sul mio cuore")
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She's 8 and a figure skater. Or so we thought. In January of 2023, she joined girls under 9 hockey. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to be already travelling to her first tournament and seeing her actually win. She's one of the smallest out there but she plays with heart and those little legs can fly.
As much as it is all for fun, before every game she becomes silent as she waits to take the ice. This is her wait before the championship.
'Always Expect the Unexpected' as the 'Colloquial Saying' goes.
This is the second of two recent stunningly beautiful rainbows.
Despite our squally showers this afternoon and this evening - this was the scene at 9.15pm tonight from the rear of my home looking East just before sunset at 21.45pm.
At the time, there was another heavy rain shower as the sun sat low above the horizon in the West to the front of my home.
Quite remarkable!
Wishing you all a Safe and Happy Weekend!
"Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up
where no seed has been. I have great faith in a seed.
Convince me that you have a see there.
and I am prepared to expect wonders.'
~Henry David Thoreau
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maybe I just don't open my eyes enough as I've neer seen one before so wasn't expecting it to be called a common blue lol
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THE PLOUGH BOY
The plough boy wends his merry way
and whistles up the sun today.
Yesterday he made it rain,
and ploughing was postponed again!
Tomorrow if his notes are low
Perhaps we will be in for snow.
But if his tunes are all displeasing
Expect a bitter morn-with freezing!
The Pipevine Swallowtails have been doing great on their own this year. There have been more in the yard than in previous years. I have only raised three so far but can't actually count them until they eclose. They are in the pupal stage in protective custody.
However, if all goes well I will have six more to raise. This beauty was sitting on the porterweed when I spotted her. But then she flitted on over right beside me and deposited six beautiful orange eggs. She even let me do a little video clip with my cell phone. Then when she was finished, she flitted away. Of course, I went in to get my snips (clippers) so I could collect the eggs without damaging the plant.
Today, I shall be doing a bit of Hurricane prep. I hear we are going to have a small one move through this weekend. I was really hoping to skip the hurricanes this year 😂. Butterflies don't like hurricanes. They can handle the rain well enough but the wind is not good for them. For the most part, I expect that they know it's coming and they will either leave the area or take cover in one of the oaks. Butterflies predict the weather better than the weather people.
UPDATE: It appears that the word of mouth info I received about the hurricane was not exactly correct. We are expecting a tropical storm. Still, precautions need to be made and I am ready for what comes.
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Some sun beams find the way through the overcast sky at Koh Samui, Thailand! Maybe a tropical storm will be coming soon. The Thai fishermen have moored their boats at the shallow low tide shore.
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Don't expect miracles to arrive with fireworks and fanfares. They appear quietly, modestly, on Angels' wings.
I went to Cape Spencer expecting colorful sunset, well that did not happen. But I had some fun climbing up the rock and catching my self jumping on top of it. Finally this global current of taking picture of my self is reaching me, here is a SELFIE ! I also saw a little whale close to shore for free, I did few cruise to observe whales that were not succesful.
Here is the robin mother who is tending to the eggs shown a few days ago. Still actively tending to them, so I expect little robins soon!
See my journey in Gazipasa Turkey youtu.be/5MqJ_88XpZ8
At an altitude of 11,000 meters in the region of Eastern Europe. Golden hour!