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The official weather forecast seems accurate and there is some stuff on it's way. The change in the light was astounding around mid-afternoon as seen here.
A very odd day in more ways than one as I had to spend a couple of hours unblocking our main drain to the road, about 30 metres away and all in hot sunshine. Clearing the blockage was unpleasant obviously but fairly quickly resolved. It is the clearing up afterwards that takes the time. Just thought I would share that with you!
Leander is obscured from view by the steam from 45407 as the LMS pair power through Wetheral station with 'The Hadrian' railtour on the 7th March 2015.
Back to posting a few old images from my archives. With snow forecast for the next few days, it's not likely that I will be taking any new photos.
I will be adding the description that I wrote under a different, previously posted photo taken on the same day.
I think this was my favourite bird to see during our five day stay at the Asa Wright Nature Centre, on the island of Trinidad (off the coast of Venezuela). I had seen photos of them before six friends and I went on this adventure, and I was hoping so much that we would see one. I need not have worried, as there were many of these small, purple/blue birds each day. Just love their bright yellow legs and feet.
"The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced birds have been recorded on Tobago.
The purple honeycreeper is 4.5 in (11.5 cm) long, weighs 0.42 oz (12 g) and has a long black decurved bill. The male is purple with black wings, tail and belly, and bright yellow legs. Females and immatures have green upperparts, and green-streaked yellowish-buff underparts. The throat is cinnamon, and there is a blue moustachial stripe. The call of purple honeycreeper is a thin high-pitched zree.
This is a forest canopy species, but also occurs in cocoa and citrus plantations. At the upper limit of its altitudinal range, it frequents premontane rainforest, usually rather low-growing (33–50 ft/10–15 m) and full of epiphytes and mosses.
The purple honeycreeper is often found in small groups. It feeds on nectar (particularly from bromeliad and similar flowers, to which its bill shape is adapted), berries and insects, mainly in the canopy. It is a bold and inquisitive bird, responding readily to the call of the ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) by coming out of cover and searching for the presumed predator to mob it. The female purple honeycreeper builds a small cup nest in a tree, and incubates the clutch of two brown-blotched white eggs." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_honeycreeper
This adventure was only the second holiday of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my great friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself! We were so lucky with our flights, as we were just in time to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up the mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a minibus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
Even after 8 months, I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
This is a video that I found on YouTube, taken by Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson, at many of the same places we visited on Trinidad and Tobago. Not my video, but it made me feel like I was right there still. Posting the link here again, so that I won't lose it."
I also came across the following 27-minute YouTube video of the flora and fauna of Trinidad, filmed by John Patrick Smith in February 2015.
Another day, another walk. Forecast was good so set off from Little Langdale and headed over Wrynose Fell to Pike of Blisco. From there we dropped down to Red Tarn and threw in Great Knott before the see saw crossing of Crinkle Crags. Descended to Three Tarns and sat for a while pondering Bow Fell and soaking in the sunshine and views. Decided to save Bow Fell for tomorrow and opted to head down Hell Gill to the ODG for some liquid refreshment. Somehow it managed to get quite dark so it was a moonlit wander back over the pass by Blea Tarn and down Little Langdale. By the time we got back it was definitely time for bed....
Shipping forecast and gale warnings
The shipping forecast is issued four times a day at 2300, 0500, 1100, 1700 UTC and covers a period of 24 hours from 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 UTC respectively.
The waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas shown on the map.
The forecast contains details of gale warnings in force, a general synopsis and sea-area forecasts containg forecast wind direction and force, weather and visibility.
Gale warnings are issued as required throughout the day (for winds of Gale Force 8 or more).
fortes, Dogger, German bite, viking,
www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/marine-shipping-forec...
The weather forecast wasn't looking favorable for viewing the eclipse so I didn't go anywhere special. We just happened to have a brief clearing in the clouds and I grabbed a couple of shots off of my patio. My neighbor had their patio light on so I was fighting light pollution while taking these. Not the sharpest but astrophotography isn't my strong point so I'm happy with these.
Pretty cool structure on this dying updraft in northwest Kansas. We had forecasted this day to be the best photographically of the three day chase we had due to the relatively slow storm motions and looping hodographs. Unfortunately only a few weak storms fired near the warm front but we managed to make the long drive north and caught this supercell before it died. It had a beautiful spinning updraft and the best structure I've seen so far this year.
I chased this last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, so I'll be sharing a few storm photos over the next week or so. It was a fairly frustrating trip photographically, but we did catch at least four brief tornadoes, one large tornado after sunset, several funnel clouds, and a few cool supercells.
Wednesday, 14 February 2024: our temperature just after 2:00 pm is -5°C (FEELS LIKE -11°C). Sunrise was at 7:51 am and sunset will be at 5:49 p m. Cloudy this afternoon, with some snow in the forecast for later today.
Another day of diving into my archives, as I have still not been getting a chance to get out for a drive. If I wrote a description under any previously-posted photos that were taken on the same days as these 'new' photos posted this afternoon, I will add it under today's uploads.
“Pileated woodpeckers, the largest woodpeckers in North America, hammer their heads into trees with a force of 15 mph, 20 times a second. So how do their heads not turn to mush? Thick muscles, sponge-like bones, and a third eyelid keep bird brains intact. "If you get hit hard in the head, you can break blood vessels behind the eye or traumatize nerves behind eye," said University of California Davis ophthalmologist Ivan Schwab. ‘Seeing patients in car accidents and knowing what woodpeckers do made me wonder why these injuries don't happen in woodpeckers.’
Last fall, Schwab was honored with an Ig Nobel award, the irreverent version of the Nobel Prize, for his research on how woodpeckers avoid headaches, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
Along with their straight-as-an-arrow strikes at the tree, which safeguards against head trauma, birds' bodies are designed to absorb the impact. One millisecond before a strike comes across the bill, dense muscles in the neck contract, and the bird closes its thick inner eyelid. Some of the force radiates down the neck muscles and protects the skull from a full blow. A compressible bone in the skull offers cushion, too. Meanwhile, the bird's closed eyelid shields the eye from any pieces of wood bouncing off the tree and holds the eyeball in place. The eyelid acts like a seat belt and keeps the eye from literally popping out of the head," Schwab told LiveScience. "Otherwise, acceleration would tear the retina." The outside portion of the eye itself is firm, filled with blood to support the retina from being jostled around.
Bird brains also remain rigid during head banging. Injuries to the human head make our brains bounce back and forth in the cerebral spinal fluid, bathing the organ, but woodpeckers have virtually none of this fluid. While scientists can't be certain that woodpeckers don't get headaches, Schwab pointed out that the birds are at least very tolerant of headaches.” From Science on NBC News, 1 August 2007.
www.nbcnews.com/id/16531772/ns/technology_and_science-sci...
"Photo was taken on 4 December 2014, when I went for a short walk in Fish Creek Park. That week, I was trying to do several short walks to see if it made any difference at all to the level of pain in my back. The weather has been beautiful recently, too – we all know that it is going to change back to “winter” again before too long. Also, a short time in the park can (if you are lucky!) be simply amazing.
I happened to come across this female Pileated Woodpecker near the base of a tree. Almost impossible to get a sharp photo because she just didn’t stop banging her head against the tree. So many photos had to be deleted, ha. While I was trying to catch one split second when the action actually slowed down, a much smaller bird flew over my head and landed on the same tree, about 4’ higher. Could not believe my eyes when I saw that it was a male Black-backed Woodpecker (rare in Alberta, just like the two American Three-toed Woodpeckers that I saw in a different part of the park, on two different days that week). Talk about being lucky!
Later: ha, returned to the same area the next afternoon, thinking it would be nice to try and get some better shots. Well, there was no sign of either species, of course - in fact, very few birds of any kind. I did see a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers high up on two of the tallest trees, and there were a few Chickadees."
Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland
A loosely planned Sunday sunrise with a cursory glance at the weather.
The cloud cover was initially very heavy, breaking up around 0650 and playing ball until about 0715.
Unfortunately, it wasn't brilliant, but this is one of those 'snapshot' moments - two other togs on the beach, doing their thing.
The forecast was rain at Reading this morning but wow did it come down. 220 018 has just arrived and if the driver has any sense he will walk through the train to change ends! 220 018 at Reading with 1M34 0845 Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly.
Film of Horns of Alligin Traverse:
Beinn Alligin via Deep South Gully and The Horns of Alligin…
“What a place!” – You may hear this a few times during the video but if you’ve ever been to Torridon, you’ll understand why this phrase was used – A LOT! ;)
With the Easterly winds in control of the weather, west was best, and in fact the only place that seemed to be getting any sunshine this weekend was the North West Highlands! More snow was forecast for the eastern side of the country down to sea level so I made the decision to head to Torridon! I had already driven 150 miles on the Saturday (following a family day out) before I even started packing the car and setting out for my adventure. A further 200 miles later and I arrived in the Beinn Alligin car park at 9pm and got ready to settle down in the back of the car. A rather cold night followed and despite there being a million stars in the sky as I fell asleep, when I woke it was cloudy, snowing and a tad breezy!!
My plan was for Deep South Gully a route that I had wanted to tackle for some time. I remember seeing its deep gash from the northern slops of Beinn Dearg on a winter traverse a few winters back and it looked amazing! The timing seemed perfect as no new snow had fallen in the area and a thaw earlier in the week had turned to cold frosty weather – hopefully freezing up any soggy snow held in the gully! The avalanche forecast for the area was on the lowest rating so I was really looking forward to this I was also eying up a traverse over The Horns and two Munros however due to the high winds I was unsure as to whether I would continue round The Horns of Alligin to complete the traverse or come back down via the first horn – only time would tell what the winds would be like on the ridge!
I eventually dragged myself out of bed and faced the cold, brewing up a coffee as soon as I could! Soon I was striding along the NTS path with Beinn Alligin revealing herself, she was looking might fine – a Jewel indeed.
I was heading up the same path I had taken to gain Beinn Dearg on a wonderful winters day a few years ago. The landscape was looking great however there was something missing here- snow!!! It was a bit thin to say the least (read no snow below 750 metres!!) and I was starting to worry that I was going to be trying to head up a rocky gully!! You can’t see the gully when approaching from this direction until it opens up in front of you, and when you get to this point, you really cannot miss it!! A deep chasm on the side of Na Rathanan and today the snow was indeed there in fact it was spilling out from the gully leaving a large fan in the glen (I just couldn’t see it on the approach!).
Excited I soon got the crampons on as the wind buffeted me from side to side and I was soon making my way up the “fan of snow” towards the chasm. The snow, even at this low level was firm Neve and things looked promising. I was glad to reach the gully as the steep sides sheltered me from the winds and I made easy progress. The gully was banked out and well stepped out, making progress fine
It’s not a place to rush up and I stopped many times to take in the atmosphere (and get the camera out!). Massive ice formations decorated the chasm walls and the views back through the slit of the cleft were , well “Torridonian!”.
As the gully trends right its starts to steepen and in lean conditions I had read that there are a few chockstones that require a squeeze through. Not today, these were well and truly buried! The climb to the top was magnificent and as with most gullies the gradient steepened further as I neared the top. What a place to be! Soon I was standing between the first and second horns and the views were incredible. A decision now had to be made on whether to continue round the traverse or have a short day and head back over Horn number one! The winds didn’t seem too bad so I decided on the traverse! Before long I realised that this was the correct decision. The scramble over horns two and three was fantastic. Striding along the airy ridge to the summit of Na Rathanan is amazing and I would have been happy had I called it a day here! The scrambling was grand and the views even better!
Next up was the steep pull to the highest point of the day – Sgurr Mor. The high winds arrived as I gained altitude, but with them being easterlies, they helped push me towards the snowy summit! It was grand to be back here and it brought back memories of my last visit to the summit – a wild camp with a visit from the aurora borealis! However on this occasion the winds saw my visit to the summit as a brief one and I was now being pushed and blown back down past the Eag Dubh – care was required as the gusting winds were knocking me about now! Didn’t fancy a slip down the Black Cleft!
As I reached the bealach I found a sheltered spot and in the sunshine , it now felt like spring! A short break for lunch and I was soon scrambling my way to Tom na Gruagaich. It was still relatively early and I had been lucky that I had only met one other party when descending Sgurr Mor. On the top of the second Munro I met some other lucky people who were enjoying the snow capped views and blue skies, including Mike from Mountain and Sea Guides. It was great to catch up with Mike as I hadn’t seen him in nearly ten years.
Soaking in the views, I soon had to descend as I still had a long car journey home! The crampons remained on until I exited Coire nan Laogh as the snow was nice and firm all the way down enabling speedy progress
Another cracking day in Torridon and a route I have wanted to do for some time, now under the belt. I think the smile is still on my face
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EXPLORE : April 24, 2008 # 131
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Lover's forecast today..
My cloud of thought starts flowing to you...
Softy misty wind Kisses the blue sky...
Open up your HEART door..
The travelling LOVE-caravan are coming more....
Knock!! Knock!! I hope you at home..
I am sending my Thai Food with LoVE to you...
Just for you...GUTEN APPETIT with my Thai Food....
Send you sweet smile and warm love from, always..
Ich liebe dich..I LOVE YOU now and forever, my Dearest..
J-A-S-M-I-N-E..
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GREEN PAPAYA SALAD
It is a Northeastern food that is eaten with sticky rice and other Northeastern dishes such as laab, beef salad and bamboo shoot salad.
The two most popular types of green papaya salad have either dried shrimp or salted crab. Green papaya salad with dried shrimp and peanuts is called som tum thai. The green papaya salad with salted crab is called som tum pbooh. The majority of the ingredients are the same.
INGREDIENTS (For 2 Servings)
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 lime
2 cups green papaya, shredded
6 green beans
1 clove garlic
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
1 tablespoon dried shrimp
2 chili peppers
5 cherry tomatoes
2 tablespoons peanuts, toasted
PROCEDURE
In Thailand, green papaya salad is made using a clay mortar, wooden pestle and a spatula. Smash a clove of garlic first. Then add green beans and halved cherry tomatoes. Pound a few times just to bruise the beans and get the juice out of the tomatoes. Add chili peppers and crush them just enough to release the hotness, unless you like your salad really hot. Add the green papaya, dried shrimp, toasted peanuts, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar. Use the pestle to push the mixture up in the mortar and the spatula to push it down so that the mixture is mixed well.
However, if you do not have a big enough mortar you can crush garlic, tomatoes, green beans. Set them aside in a large bowl. Add dried shrimp, fish sauce, lime juice and palm sugar to the bowl. Add green papaya and mix well. Serve with sticky rice and a sliver of cabbage, green beans and Thai basil.
For som tum pbooh, omit the dried shrimp and toasted peanuts and add salted crabs instead. I microwave the salted crabs for 30 seconds before adding them to the papaya salad to kill any residual bacteria. Add only half of the fish sauce called for because the salted crab can be quite salty.
TIPS
The balance of fish sauce, lime juice, palm sugar and peppers listed here are guidelines. Som tum is an individual dish that you will find you might like your with more, say, lime juice than what the recipe calls for.
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Samutprakan, Thailand..
The forecast called for thunder showers, but for most of the day the sun was shining and the clouds were nowhere in sight.
Suddenly, 20 minutes after leaving Merrickville, the clouds gathered and the atmosphere changed completely. I had to pull over and take a photo before the storm hit - the almost painterly-like sunset/cloud streak mix was incredible.
The drama queen in me really enjoys a good cloud-gathering before a storm. A very powerful and demanding scene indeed.
If the bell is wet, it's raining.
If the bell is swinging, the wind is blowing.
If the bell casts a shadow, the sun is shining.
If the bell does not cast a shadow and is not wet, the sky is cloudy.
If the bell is not visible, it is foggy.
If the bell is white, it is snowing.
If the bell is coated with ice, there is a frost.
If the ice is thick, it's a heavy frost.
If the bell is ringing, there is an earthquake.
If the bell is under water, there is a flood.
If the bell is warm, it is sunny.
If the bell is missing, there was a tornado.
If the bell is wet and swinging violently, there is a hurricane.
If the bell has white splats on it, watch out for seagulls.
Storm in making
Mother nature committed to perform as expected in local forecast, quick thunderstorm. quick click with iphone.
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Stena Forecaster arriving at Birkenhead's Twelve Quay's Terminal to replace her sister Stena Forerunner who departed for Europoort.
Name:Stena Forecaster
IMO:9214678
Flag:Sweden
MMSI:266040000
Callsign:SCKZ
Vessel type:Ro-ro Cargo
Gross tonnage:24,688 tons
Summer DWT:12,300 tons
Home port:Gothenburg
Class society:Det Norske Veritas
Build year:2003
Builder: DALIAN SHIPYARD - DALIAN, CHINA
"Daily Report: Twitter’s Fourth-Quarter Forecast Spooks Investors" by JIM KERSTETTER via NYT t.co/WmvETPDAan (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/659361294089367552)
With the imminent demise of HST's along the north Cotswold line and beyond to Hereford I have taken every opportunity avaialable to capture the last days.
43174 with 43022 on the rear head through very murky conditions on the approach to Ledbury tunnel on 5-2-19
Had it been sunny the shadows would have caused a problem at this time of year
The working was the final regular day time HST service, the 1W00 0821 London Paddington to Hereford operates by Great Western Railway
The last HST through to Hereford operated on the 15-2-19
The Malvern hills which are normally visible have disappeared from view due to the cloud and mist.
Well I was shooting fall colors in Zion National PArk when I saw that they had forecast snow for Bryce Canyon, so instead of heading back to LA, I headed out to Bryce Canyon! And I was treated to snow, sun, clouds, snowstorm, and then a glorious sunrise over the s-capped hoo-doos in Bryce! :)
Sony A7RII Bryce Canyon & Zion National Park Autumn Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscapes
Been busy traveling and shooting landscapes and working on my books The Golden Hero's Odyssey about the golden rectangle and divine proportion I use in a lot of my compositions! Also working on my physics book on Dynamic Dimensions Theory! The equation d4/dt=ic is on a lot of the 45surf swimsuit and shirts and all! :)
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Beautiful snow covered hoo-doos in Bryce Canyon! Bryce Canyon hoodoos all covered in snow! Beautiful Bryce Canyon Fine Art Sunrise!
My fine art landscape lenses for the A7RII are the Sony 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE F4 ZA OSS E-Mount Lens and the Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Lens ! Love the Carl Zeiss and super sharp Sony Glass!
Bird migration forecasts show predicted nocturnal migration 3 hours after local sunset and are updated every 6 hours. These forecasts come from models trained on the last 23 years of bird movements in the atmosphere as detected by the US NEXRAD weather surveillance radar network. In these models we use the Global Forecasting System (GFS) to predict suitable conditions for migration occurring three hours after local sunset. These maps also show precipitation forecasts (outlined and shown in grayscale). Note, areas forecast to experience precipitation and bird migration may overlap, and predictions for migration intensity may be highly variable in these locations.
Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology currently produce these forecasts. Leon Levy Foundation, Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission supported this research, with additional support from University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Oklahoma. The BirdCast project was created with grant awards from the National Science Foundation and subsequently supported by awards from Leon Levy Foundation.
Well I was shooting fall colors in Zion National PArk when I saw that they had forecast snow for Bryce Canyon, so instead of heading back to LA, I headed out to Bryce Canyon! And I was treated to snow, sun, clouds, snowstorm, and then a glorious sunrise over the s-capped hoo-doos in Bryce! :)
Sony A7RII Bryce Canyon & Zion National Park Autumn Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscapes
Been busy traveling and shooting landscapes and working on my books The Golden Hero's Odyssey about the golden rectangle and divine proportion I use in a lot of my compositions! Also working on my physics book on Dynamic Dimensions Theory! The equation d4/dt=ic is on a lot of the 45surf swimsuit and shirts and all! :)
Follow me & 45surf!!
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My fine art landscape lenses for the A7RII are the Sony 16-35mm Vario-Tessar T FE F4 ZA OSS E-Mount Lens and the Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Lens ! Love the Carl Zeiss and super sharp Sony Glass!
Posting four photos taken yesterday, 29 December 2024, SE of Calgary. Had hoped that I might just be lucky enough to see a Snowy Owl, but no luck this time finding my first Snowy for this winter. Looking back on Flickr, most of my old Snowy Owl images were taken in the month of January.
Seeing the return of snow forecast for the next few days, yesterday seemed to be a good chance to get out. It did snow last night, but not a great amount. The weather yesterday was supposed to be good and it turned into a beautiful day. The skies at times were just gorgeous during the five hours that I was out. It made such a welcome change from the overcast, white skies that I had on recent drives.
Birds were scarce. Only one bird of prey was seen, perched on a tall power pole. Before I managed to get a photo of it, from a distance, a pick-up truck came from behind me and off flew the bird. This has happened many times before, on an empty, quiet back road and just when I come across a bird to photograph, along comes the only vehicle, spooking the bird into flight. A lone Ring-necked Pheasant male more than made up for it, though. First caught sight of it way down the road, running through the tall grasses and plants. When it reached a nearby farm, it took off, flying, and disappearing. The only other birds I saw were a couple of Ravens and several Black-billed Magpies.
Old barns and homesteads were enjoyed, as always. Most, if not all, were familiar ones. Not sure when I will get out again, as four of the next five days are supposed to get snow. Just thankful for yesterday.
As in augury and divination, the laws of correspondences and of the interrelation of all parts of the cosmos imply that it is possible to interpret the invisible and forecast the future by observing visible signs.
Forecast said clear skies so I headed to London for some urban star trails. Drove beneath clear skies for just over 2hrs before reaching my first location. Within 15 minutes the starry sky had succumbed to a layer of misty cloud.
Chasing pockets of clear sky around the city for three hours, a futile attempt to be in the right place at the right time, I captured only a handful of shots including this, straight up the Heron Tower. Mist has its uses.
By 3am, with a 90+ minute return journey still ahead, it was time to point the car homeward. Above Clapham Common, a mere ten minutes later, the sky cleared and remained so the whole way home.
D300 w/ 50mm AF-S
JPG from the camera
Upcoming forecast indicates that there will be few more days of snow before the rain comes. It is good to go out and see the different side of Vancouver.
I took both Sony A7R4 with 24mm and X-H with 50-140 with me as I didn't want to swap lenses in between. I am actually surprised I have no problems using both system simultaneously. As much as I like the prime lens of 24mmGM, XF50-140mm offers so much versatility.
It is still one of my favorites Fujifilm lenses along with XF90mm, XF56mm, and XF23mm.
Location: Stanley Park, BC (Canada)
Today is forecast to be the warmest day of the week (a whooping 20 degrees!) and so it's my only chance to wear a skirt. I told my friend Meghan this on the walk into the building and she thought I was ridiculous.
But I pulled on my warmest tights, a nearly boot-length skirt and tall boots. A little cardigan and a tank and I was good to go. I considered buttoning the sweater all the way down and belting it with a skinny little black belt, but decided against it.
A new kind of style and I´m very happy to try something new :)
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