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November 17, 2016
Relent:
[ri-lent]
verb (used without object)
1. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
2. to become less severe; slacken
verb (used with object)
3. Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
4. Obsolete. to cause to slacken; abate.
5. Obsolete. to abandon; relinquish.
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I get a bit of slack for my choice of footware on a regular basis. I often wear nice dresses paired with sneakers or casual flats.
For me, comfort almost always wins out. That seems to make me strange in a fashionable world, but hey, what can I say?
Years of uncomfortable shoes and sore feet have taught me that style just isn't worth it. So I've adapted a new motto and I just let things jive.
If the shoes match nothing, they must match everything.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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Image Notes:
My only "nit" is that the necktie's prims push through the collar and of course... the piece is not mod. No mod clothing is always a contention with me (it makes no sense and there's no protection against copybotting), however, Blak Opal does very nice work so I'll forgive this.
Background:
This set came about as a result of my Lady PF and I taking photos for our lands on Syzygy Selene, which we are slowly transforming into more of a romantic haunted place. Thusly, we need ghostly images for a couple of areas.
We thought something that you see here apropos for the gentleman touring and "working" his grounds. Besides, she likes me in my shirtsleeves, which I so seldom wear.
I wanted to wear Schadenfreude's Oxford, but that wasn't quite what I had in mind. So I popped over to Blak Opal and was pleased to discover this wonderful Northmore Vest Collection. Mire makes some of my favourite trousers on the Grid, so those were a must. I seldom wear any footware other than something by the inimitible Jeepers. And of course, Silent Sparrow offers up the best selection of gloves in my inventory.
In summary:
Shirt & Vest: BlakOpal Northmore Vest-gray stripe by blakopal Galicia of Blak Opal
Trousers: *Mire* Victorian Plaid Trousers Black by Ross Myhre of Mire
Gloves: Aconite Gloves by hyasynth tiramisu of Silent Sparrow
Shoes: Franken Black by Eponymous Trenchmouth of Jeepers
Monocle: GC-Monokel (Dark-Knight clock) by Grazioso Alekseev of Crie Style
Pocket Watch: *Mire* PocketWatch Silver by Ross Myhre of Mire
Hair: Elliot - LightBlond by Gurl 6
Location:
Syzygy Photo Studio Planetoid: slurl.com/secondlife/Syzygy%20Pyxis/34/35/2661
... and today's nifty little ensemble was picked with a trip to the pumpkin patch in mind, hence short White Stuff pinafore with oversized Naughty chenille jumper in brown.
footware notes - Hunter wellies are a must for trogging thru muddy pumpkin fields
... and the damn patch was closed when we got there, due to flooding, so all this was completely OTT!~
Chocolate craftsmanship in the Chocolats Colas workshops in Maule, France. Everything is edible apart from the laces. Website: chocolatscolas.fr/
Fairy Glen is small gorge on the outskirts of Betws - y - Coed, North Wales. It is a popular tourist location. The walk to the Glen is quite nice along a wooded path. There are a few steep steps near the area so good footware is a must.
A young man overloads his modified tricycle used to pick up materials for recycling in order to make a little money to survive in Manila, Philippines. And yes, there is a foot in the pile. It is attached to his coworker who is lying on top of the heap on cardboard. Reprocessed and rereleased without watermarks and framing.
This is the sole of a SIDI Dragon Carbon mountain bike shoe with the Shimano cleat that clips onto the pedal.
I bought these on Rose's MP store but she has them in world for L$55 Glorious days. I am wearing them on my Legacy body and my daughter is wearing them on her Kupra body, which you can see her wearing on her Flickr. Comes with Color Hud. Rose's MP Link
marketplace.secondlife.com/pt-BR/stores/233963
Rose's in-world store: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Eduisland%205/61/74/1987
Former York Knitting Co. 'Harvey Woods' underwear factory, 1920s - Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
P7171557 Anx2 Q90 1200h 1.5k f25
I saw an article In Outdoor Photography Magazine on Kilve beach and dispite how the weather looked at the time headed off for the 2 hour drive, In the acticle it said it was a difficult beach to photograph and they were not wrong, there is so much going on here that it' difficult to find a good place to set up, that being said when the dull sky bightened and the sunset arrived, WOW it's stunning.
If you decide to go make sure your footware is good and grippy as I had to cut short my visit when I slipped and ended up in the sea :-)
Gonna go back when the tide is receeding and I have a 10 stop filter in my possesion.....
Pete... dedicating this one to you as it is in portrait mode......
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
Eastern Brown Snake
Pseudonaja textilis
Alternative name/s: Common Brown Snake
Similar species: Other members of the genus Pseudonaja
Size Range: Average around 1.5m (total length). The largest specimen reliably measured and recorded had a total length of 6 feet, 7 1/4 inches (= 2013 mm). There is some suggestion that snakes in the northern part of the range are larger than those in the southern part. Broad-scale clearing of land for agriculture, while disastrous for many native creatures, has proved a boon for the Eastern Brown Snake, and their numbers have proliferated thanks to the ready supply of rodents that followed. Despite the free pest control they offer to farmers and landholders, brown snakes are still widely seen as dangerous pests themselves.
Identification: A medium sized snake, with a slender to moderate build and a smallish head barely distinct from the neck. Body colour may be almost any shade of brown, ranging from near black to light tan, chestnut or burnt-orange. The head colour of dark individuals may be slightly paler than the rest of the body, but otherwise the dorsal colour is fairly uniform (a very few scattered dark scales may be present). Hatchlings have a prominent dark patch on the top of the head and across the nape, and some hatchlings also have dark bands down the entire length of the body. These markings fade as they mature, however in some populations the bands are retained into adulthood. Ventral surface is cream, yellow or orange, and blotched with pinkish-orange, brown or grey. Body scales are smooth and slightly glossy. Eyes are medium size and shadowed by an obvious brow-ridge. The iris is usually orange thickly rimmed with black, and the pupil is round. Midbody scales in 17 rows, ventrals 185-235, anal scale divided, subcaudals divided (rarely a few single anterior scales). The Eastern Brown Snake is easily confused with other members of the Pseudonajagenus that overlap its distribution, and close inspection is generally required to distinguish them. Pseudonaja textilis is separable from the Speckled Brown Snake (P. guttata), Western Brown Snake (P. mengdeni) and Northern Brown Snake (P. nuchalis) by its flesh pink (as opposed to predominately black) mouth colouration, and from the Peninsula Brown Snake (P. inframacula) by its blotched ventral surface (versus an entirely dark brown or grey venter). P. textilis may also be distinguished from the Strap-snouted Brown Snake (P. aspidorhyncha) by its smaller, more rounded rostral scale (as opposed to an elongate, squared-off rostral). Unrelated species similar to the Eastern Brown include the Mulga Snake (Pseudechis australis) and Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus).
Habitat: Eastern Brown Snakes can be found across a wide range of habitats (excluding rainforest and alpine regions), however they seem to prefer open landscapes such as woodlands, scrublands, and savannah grasslands. In arid inland areas they inhabit watercourses and swampy areas that receive at least some seasonal flooding. The species can be particularly abundant in rural areas that have been heavily modified for agricultural purposes, and is also frequently encountered on the suburban periphery of many large towns and cities. When inactive they shelter beneath fallen logs and large rocks, within deep soil cracks, and in animal burrows, and will readily utilize man-made cover, e.g. sheets of iron, building material, etc.. In the southern part of its range at least, Eastern Browns are known to share the same shelter site over winter, but whether the snakes are mutually attracted to each other at this time, or simply find the same shelter site independently of each other is unknown.
Distribution: The species is widespread throughout eastern Australia, from northern Queensland to South Australia, with isolated population occurring in central and western Northern Territory. Pseudonaja cf. textilis also occurs in southern and eastern New Guinea. The New Guinean populations were once thought to have been introduced by human activity, however genetic evidence suggests the species reached New Guinea from northern Queensland (far eastern populations) and Arnhem Land (southern populations) during the Pleistocene.
Seasonality: Along a standard transect in central southern New South Wales, Eastern Brown Snakes were encountered at the highest rate in spring, followed by autumn and summer/winter. They can be found active on mild winter days and have been observed basking in air temperatures as low as 14º C. Males usually become active earlier in the season than do females (in spring, most road-killed snakes are males).
Feeding and diet: In the wild, Eastern Brown Snakes eat a variety of vertebrates, including frogs, reptiles and reptile eggs, birds and mammals, particularly introduced rats and mice. Smaller snakes, up to a snout-vent length of about 70 mm, eat proportionally more ectothermic prey, such as lizards, while larger snakes tend to consume more warm-blooded prey. In captivity, they are known to be cannibalistic, especially so in over-crowded conditions, and may prey on snakes of almost similar size, e.g. a 165cm specimen once consumed a 150cm cagemate. Occasionally these snakes may attack prey that is too large for them to swallow, e.g. a wild Eastern Brown was observed to grab and then attempt to ingest (unsuccessfully) a large Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) (the dragon survived the attack, which raises the question of whether this potential prey species may be resistant to the snakeâs venom). Brown snakes hunt by actively looking for prey and searching in likely hiding places. They have good eyesight and once prey is detected they will give chase and subdue the prey using both venom and constriction. Eastern Browns are mainly diurnal hunters however during very hot weather they may delay foraging until late in the afternoon / early evening.
Breeding behaviours: Breeding activity for Eastern Brown Snakes begins in mid to late spring. In the wild, males have been observed engaging in ritual combat for access to receptive females. The combating snakes intertwine tightly and wrestle for up to half an hour or more, with each snake trying to push down and overpower the other. Females start to develop yolking follicles between early and late spring (mid-September to end of November), and have oviducal eggs from mid-spring to early summer (late October to late January). In captivity, mating has been observed in mid-spring (early October), with copulation lasting for at least 4 hours. Females may have the ability to store sperm for several weeks after mating, with one female caught on 12th November that did not lay her eggs until the following 9th January, a period of 58 days or over eight weeks. Females can lay up to 25 eggs (15 on average) in a clutch, and in captivity females have been recorded coiling around their eggs for several hours after laying, which may be seen as a low level of maternal care, or possibly just the snake recovering from the exertions of labour. Depending on the incubation temperature the eggs may take from 36 days (30ºC) to 95 days (25ºC) to hatch. Under favourable conditions females may be able to lay several clutches in one season. Eastern Browns are known to use communal nests, with one containing a large numbers of eggs found in an abandoned rabbit warren. Hatchlings may stay in the eggs for four to eight hours after slitting before poking their heads out, withdrawing back into the egg if frightened. Once fully emerged they may begin to show the characteristic threat display of the species with 15 minutes of emerging. The hatchlings vary greatly in size both within and among clutches. For example, the hatchlings of one clutch varied from 243-275 mm in snout-vent length (n = 21) and from 8.2 to 10.4 g (mean = 8.9 g) in weight (n = 15) while the hatchlings of another clutch varied from 189 to 202 mm in snout-vent length and 3.5 to 3.9g (mean = 3.8g) (n = 6) in weight. All hatchlings have bands on the head and neck but they differ strikingly with regard to the body pattern. Some are plain and some are banded, and both colour patterns are produced in the same clutch. There appears to be no correlation between colour morph and sex, and the pattern type is independent of incubation temperature. Growth rates for elapids are relatively high (compared to pythons at least), and sexual maturity may be reached in a few years, e.g. one female captive-bred Eastern Brown that hatched in early autumn mated in the mid-spring of her third activity season at 31 months of age. The life span of wild Eastern Browns is unknown, however they have been recorded to live as long as 7 years in captivity, and like other large species of elapids can probably live for at least a decade.
Predators: The speciesâ known predators include birds of prey and feral cats. They appear to have immunity to the venom of a would-be predator, the Mulga Snake (Pseudechis australis), as well as their own species (one snake that had been swallowed by another Eastern Brown was regurgitated an hour later, apparently not too much worse for wear). However they are not so fortunate with the effects of cane toad venom and rapidly die from ingesting them. Countless brown snakes fall victim to road vehicles every year (both accidentally and on purpose), while many others are killed on sight by landowners. Known endoparasites of Eastern Brown Snakes include cestodes (tape worms), nematodes (round worms) and pentastomids (tongue worms).
Danger to humans: Because the Eastern Brown Snake can cope and even thrive in areas of human disturbance, and its natural range happens to include some of the most populated parts of the country, this species is probably encountered more than any other type of snake. Being an alert, nervous species they often react defensively if surprised or cornered, putting on a fierce display and striking with little hesitation. However, if approached over a distance, they will usually choose to flee or else remain stationary, hoping to avoid detection. The approach distance tolerated before the snake flees is temperature dependent - snakes with a body temperature of < 24º C allow significantly closer approach than do snakes with a body temperature > 24º C. When confronted by an intruder, the Eastern Brown displays one of two forms of threat. In the mild threat, the snake raises the head and anterior part of the body slightly off and parallel to the ground, with the neck spread laterally and slightly hooked but the mouth closed. In this posture, the snake faces the threat side on. If issuing a strong threat, the snake raises the anterior part of the body well off the ground in an s-shaped coil and with the mouth slightly open, ready to strike - in this posture, the snake faces the threat more squarely. Strikes delivered from this posture are slower but more accurate that strikes delivered from other postures. The common feature of both displays is the spreading of the neck, and this behaviour precedes most bites. Observations in captivity have shown that for strikes in general, no matter what the posture, there was no correlation between strike speed and ambient temperature (18º-36 C), body mass or sex. Strike speeds ranged 0.25-1.80 m/sec (mean = 1.11 m/sec; n = 48). The lack of correlation between strike speed and temperature is unexpected in an ectotherm, and suggests that hot snakes are no quicker in their strike than a cool snake, contrary to the common perception. Relative to other similar-sized elapids the fangs of the Eastern Brown are quite small (around 3mm), as is the average venom yield (around 4mg, although the record venom yield was 67mg). However what the snake lacks in venom delivery it makes up for in potency. The venom contains powerful presynaptic neurotoxins, procoagulants, cardiotoxins and nephrotoxins, and successful envenomation can result in progressive paralysis and uncontrollable bleeding. Occasional fatalities have occurred as a result of bleeding into the brain due to coagulation disturbances (consumptive coagulopathy). As the initial bite is generally painless and often difficult to detect, anyone suspected of receiving a bite from an Eastern Brown Snake should call for medical attention without delay. This species has the unfortunate distinction of causing more deaths from snake bite than any other species of snake in Australia. Many bites have been a direct result of people trying to kill these snakes and could obviously have been avoided. Simple precautions, such as wearing long pants, thick socks and solid footware when working or exploring outdoors greatly reduces the risk of being envenomated should there be a close encounter with a startled snake.
(Source: australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/eastern-brown-sn...)
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A vendor at her "stall" in a "market street" in the center of the city. Every afternoon the 'street' comes alive with vendors (many of my shots over the last six months have been taken along this street), it is a small street that runs between two of the major streets in the center of the city. Everything from fruit and vegetables to footware is available along the busy street, the vendors spill out on to the road making it virtually impossible to pass along the street other than by foot
A track gang were working at Peradeniya Station when our charter special passed through.
I guess you learn not to rest those heavy jacks on your toes.
Sri Lanka. February 2020. © David Hill
If you have a shoe fetish, you may want to visit the virtual shoe museum.
If you like shoe portraits; take a look at Gwen Murphy's foot fetish shoe sculpture series.
If you like music;
The temptations 1972 single version.
We're here visiting Rock 'n roll shoes
Closeup of my Teva adventure sandals. I won’t be wearing these much longer because cold weather is coming. I used my Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 at f4.
Went to Stanage Edge again on sunday but as usual, for me, the weather was rubbish, headlights on at 3.30 pm ( the place really really hates me)... So I'm posting a shot fronm Kilve I took a couple of weeks back.... My 10 stop is on its way so I reckon I'll be heading this way again real soon
I saw an article In Outdoor Photography Magazine on Kilve beach and dispite how the weather looked at the time headed off for the 2 hour drive, In the acticle it said it was a difficult beach to photograph and they were not wrong, there is so much going on here that it' difficult to find a good place to set up, that being said when the dull sky bightened and the sunset arrived, WOW it's stunning.
If you decide to go make sure your footware is good and grippy as I had to cut short my visit when I slipped and ended up in the sea :-)
Gonna go back when the tide is receeding and I have a 10 stop filter in my possesion.....