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In this open landscape of the Charente Maritime the weather can change very rapidly from bright sun to storm - with dramatic light effects.
More from the "Landscapes with & without people" set...
PS May 2016: this was originally posted at rather low resolution and the compressed version did not show the textures of the filed and clouds – so I have re-posted a bigger version...
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"The forecast is calling for Sun & More Sun
this week in my neck of the woods. It's a
good thing because tomorrow's election
day in Mississippi. I've already voted an
absentee ballot....since I'll be doing my
patriotic duty again.....working at the polls."
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"Don't know if your voting booth will be
open on Tuesday....but if it is I hope you'll
be able to get out and vote. And thank God
we still have a choice.....AMEN?"
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"Wishing you all a week full of Sunshine!"
~Mary Lou
Papercuts- Gym Class Heroes
I wanted to do this picture as I have had too many friends in tears because they are struggling with depression paying for their pills. ..... I know the pain Bi Polar is my destructive mistress .. I know shes abusive and I need to keep her off my doormat .. but I miss feeling fully being able to fly artistically .... its a struggle to remind my self that she leaves a mess and people who I love in tears .. I miss the rush but remember the people that your beast hurts if you dont keep the gates closed.... if your struggling dont go down the rabbit hole find the rope ....
The Aurora forecast websites indicated that there may be the possibility of a light show, so I took the chance to head down to North Island's south coast...and was glad that I did! There was still a reasonable amount of moonlight, but not enough to drown out the aurora. It's unusual to get colours other than red visible this far north (41°24'S), especially with such low KP values (this was only KP5).
Looking out into Cook Strait, with the Seaward Kaikoura Range (upper South Island) is just visible in the far-right. The Large Magellanic Cloud is in the centre of the image.
The Saturday morning forecast was for showers, so I headed out to take advantage of a dry spell.
Facing east from Kelley Point, a City of Portland park, the Columbia River is busy with activity on Saturday morning, with a tug boat pilot steering grain vessels to load up and then head in the opposite direction to Japan, S. Korea, China, and also to Egypt [the hard wheat grown in the Columbia River Basin is ideal for making noodles].
This great and powerful river now has many major dams [see maps] and with that has interfered with the salmon fishery. Government has stepped in, but with marginal results. Salmon and a predator, a harbor seal, both listed as endangered, are protected, but with tens of billions spend on salmon run restoration, the seals eat salmon like grapes.
Other interests along the river include the native peoples, electricity producers and consumers, agriculture, transportation industries, and recreational fishermen/women, and sailors, canoe and kayakers,, wind-surfers, etc.
Kelley Point is at the confluence of Oregon’s other main river, the Willamette River, flowing from South to North and meeting here.
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The mountain in the background is Mount Adams in Washington State, part of the Cascade Range.
Why is it that so often when I go out for a long drive, the weather forecast is wrong?! Far too many of my photos have uninteresting, cloudless, washed-out skies. Nothing I can do about it, though it does make me wonder how many photographers get their spectacular skies with a little help from Photoshop : )
This photo, zoomed in from the road, was taken five days ago, on 30 October 2017. I spent the day driving mostly roads that I had been along before (a round trip of 230 km). I still find a few roads so confusing! My destination was partly to check on two old barns that I had only seen and photographed once before. Having been there with my daughter in January 2015, I knew that there were several other old barns and homesteads en route. This day was definitely a barn day, not a bird or wildlife day. Once again, I added a touch of filter in post-processing, to bring out a bit more detail.
The large barn in a photo I posted the other day was one that I had been looking forward to finding and seeing for the first time, which I finally did in January 2015, with my daughter. I would love to have been able to get photos from both sides of it, but it was in a farmer's field that was, of course, private property.
The second old barn that I saw in this area is in far worse condition, but I love it. It was funny, because I was standing in the road and had already taken a handful of photos of this crumbling, weathered structure, when I noticed someone walking towards me in the distance. Talk about deja vu! I started walking towards her and it turned out that she lived at the farm just down the road, but had previously lived in the house next to the decaying barn and it was her property. She told me to wander wherever I wished, take as many photos as I wanted. I laughed and said that in January 2015, when my daughter and I had been standing right there in the road, a lady came by on her horse and told us the very same story - it must have been the same person! Felt so good!
Another place I stopped at was a farmyard full of old barns, sheds and vehicles. I pulled over and stood by my car to take a quick shot of an old, blue truck from across the road. A person happened to just appear, walking across his farmyard, so I called out to him and we had a delightful chat. I think he was very amused at my passion for old things and told me to walk around and take whatever photos I wanted. Which I did, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! The blue truck in a photo posted a few days ago was just one of several old vehicles, mainly cars. I told him what an amazing place he had, full of interesting things. I got the impression that he saw things very differently - lots of old things that needed fixing or tidying up : ) I told him to just leave everything as it is - a photographer's dream : )
On the way home, I called in at the Saskatoon Farm to see if the restaurant was still open, but it had just closed (3:30 pm). I realized I had been enjoying myself so much that I had totally forgotten to eat anything all day. Managed to get a much-needed cup of coffee, though, and I did buy a box of frozen, uncooked Saskatoon Berry and White Chocolate scones. I bought some of these last time I was there and they are so good, piping hot, straight out of the oven.
The weather forecast looked promising for last Sunday morning, and I thought that perhaps I could take advantage of what looked like a rare chance of some clear skies for the sunrise in the Bay Area. So I made it to Pillar Point Harbor before dawn, but drove through a lot of fog along CA-1, and it was definitely not the clear morning I was hoping for. In the end though, I got to spend some nice time with a bunch of shorebirds in their breeding plumage. This is a willet who warmed up to me and hung around fairly close, giving the opportunity for some nice shots.
I've occasionally been lucky enough to take the helm of canal narrowboats. So I was mightily impressed to see how well the helmsman of Alfons Marie negotiated two 90 degree plus a draw bridge within just a couple of hundred metres.
The main photo shows the barge leaving the raised bridge and passing in front of Sneek's Waterpoort. This was erected in 1613 to connect city and harbour. It formed part of the city's defensive walls, but when large parts of these were demolished in the early 18th century, it was fortunately decided to leave the Waterpoort intact.
One of the photos below shows Alfons Marie approaching the draw bridge having made a 90 degree starboard turn. The other photo shows how she has completed a 90 degree turn to port having successfully negotiated the narrow passage.
The basin may look large but with so many other craft around in high season, this was far from a simple manoeuvre for such a large vessel!
View over my back fence...limbs from my Corkscrew Willow dripping wet
from the snow. We're expecting 4 inches overnight..
Canon 50mm f/1.4 prime lens, no flash.
The forecast for Northern Lights was looking excellent so I decided to drive north of the city to see what I could see.
As I was driving I could see a Red Alert email from Aurora Watch, so I thought I was in for a good show.
No moon until after midnight, clear skies, no wind. Couldn't be better.
And I got there.... and nothing :(
There must have been a good show somewhere, but not from here.
I got a few shots of the stars at least so it wasn't a total waste.
Another bonus was a coyote sang me a little song for a short time.
Luckily, the weather forecast for the day before yesterday, 11 June 2021, was good, as I just had to escape from the banging and drilling noise that is created by the workmen still repairing my building. On top of that, there was additional banging and drilling as a different repair company came to my neighbours' homes to start repairs on ceiling damage caused by a leaking dishwasher. Most unfortunate for both families! Walls are thin enough that noise from one home is heard in others. Anyway, I had a great day out, quiet and rewarding. Sunny, but the wind increased as the day went on and the further south I travelled. A total of 254 km driven this day.
All the roads were ones that I had driven before, apart from one short back road. Bird sightings made for a great day, even though they were all familiar species. A Red-winged Blackbird - surprise, surprise! - was the first bird to be seen, followed by three Wilson's Snipe, all perched on fence posts.
A Bobolink was one of the highlights of the day for me. Perched on a fence post, singing its little heart out, it gave me a chance to take a short video. Of course, the bird would have to land on a fence post (seen in the video) that had rather annoying, long blades of grass across its face, ha. I didn't want to restart my car and reverse to get a slightly better view, in case the bird flew. Hearing their song is such a delight. After looking at many Bobolink photos on Google, I think the beak of the bird I photographed must have some kind of deformity on the lower mandible. If that is the case, then I suspect this bird is the same individual that I photographed last year, at exactly the same place.
Before heading further south, I caught sight of a very distant bird of prey, perched on a fence post. I will need help to identify what kind it was. After quite a drive, I almost missed two Swainson's Hawks that were on fence posts, with a couple of bare posts in between them. Unable to stop in time, I cautiously reversed, expecting that both would fly off. Luckily, they both stayed and I was able to get a few photos - such beautiful birds. Came across a pair of Mountain Bluebirds along the same road.
Of course, seeing a few favourite silos and a barn or two makes any day special. By the time, I reached the silos, though, the wind had picked up and it was all I could do to take a few quick shots. A few photos were taken from the road, looking down on the Bar U Ranch. Later in the summer, I will hopefully visit the whole ranch again.
Heading eastwards, I returned to the city via the south-east. Eastern and Western Kingbirds, plus a few 'regulars', added to the enjoyment of the day.
TODAY'S WEATHER FORECAST
Today's weather forecast, RAIN. Don't forget your umbrella.
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Netanyahu ("have Gaza and West Bank!") is missing here, for example. And a lot of others can be added, too...
Nevertheless: I wish all Flickr friends a peaceful, good, healthy New Year
It was supposed to be raining. And blowing. Don’t let anybody forecast failure for you. Just show up and see what happens.
From the overlook at Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR
50mm
F32@1/15th
ISO 400
Retouched (dust spots)
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The forecast for today was a dark and dull one, but i took a risk to get some autumn photos in Brighton.
Here we see Brighton & Hove 814 (Sir Charles Thomas-Stanford) on service 24 to Churchill Square. 09th November 2011.
No, not to worry, C.W. McCall is nowhere to be seen.
Weymouth Bay's ever-changing passenger ship scene took another twist and turn today. In deteriorating conditions, a convoy of three vessels arrived to join four that were already there at the start of our walk above Ringstead Bay.
First in was TUI Marella Discovery. This was closely followed by Norwegian Cruise Line's massive Norwegian Bliss. They are the two vessels to the left of the photo as you look at the screen. Out of shot and moored much further out, the third ship in the convoy was TUI's Marella Explorer. All arrived from the west. I don't know why Marella Explorer moored so far out as we assumed all three were moving to a sheltered anchorage with several days of south-westerly gales forecast.
For the record, the other ships from left to right are Cunard's Queen Victoria; P&O Britannia; Cunard's Queen Elizabeth and P&O's Aurora. The tanker Aitolos makes up the numbers.
This track is for everyone but especially Rick Gulden. Thanks for all the musical links Rick! PS : The sound is good though the hand-held video is a bit dodgy.
Bithbox # 150
The forecast was for a very pleasant afternoon in mid-March so we set up a small group shoot at a parking garage in downtown Boise. The weatherman lied. It was bitterly cold, windy, and then it snowed a bit. The poor models froze but toughed it out.
Sammy is a real trooper - she is definitely petite but full of adventure. She was shivering almost the whole shoot but never complained - and she looked beautiful doing it. I love shooting with her and we just click. The cool thing about this shoot was right at the end Sammy was so cold she grabbed her dog blanket for the car and we made it work - and it kept her warm. Life is good!
Sunday, 16 February 2020: our temperature this morning is -7C (windchill -9C). Sunrise is at 7:47 am, and sunset is at 5:54 pm. Forecast is for partly cloudy with a few snow flurries into the afternoon.
After my complicated, time-consuming drive in the city two days ago, yesterday, 15 February 2020, was another challenge. A group of friends was meeting at Griffith Woods for a morning birding walk. I had avoided several previous walks there, as I knew that I would have to face the absolute nightmare of road construction that side of the city. They are building a massive Ring Road around the whole city. This is causing an absolute nightmare for drivers, to put it very mildly, and will take a few years to complete.
Most of my drive would be on familiar roads, but I knew the last part would not be pleasant. They desperately need some new road signs and signs that are accurate. On the drive to the park, I found myself in the wrong lane, heading north on Sarcee Trail. Thankfully, there was no traffic coming towards me, and I was able to cut through some muddy ground and large, orange barrels and quickly continue in the opposite direction. I couldn't tell where I was going - the whole landscape has changed - and was so relieved when I saw a sign pointing to the road to the park.
Our walk gave us a few very nice sightings, with a male Three-toed Woodpecker being the highlight. It was a long way away, so I don't know how someone was able to spot it. It was also good to see a Tundra Swan hanging out with a group of Canada Geese in the creek. A lone White-tailed Deer female was a happy sight to see, too.
After our very enjoyable walk, I arranged to follow friend, Tony, out of the whole area, as I knew I would never be able to find the correct roads. Thanks to a sign that said "South Sarcee", we found ourselves heading north on that road. My friend kept driving further and further north, and I suddenly wondered if I might be following the wrong car! A few more roads and turns and I was more than happy to see familiar Crowchild Trail. Shortly after reaching home, an email arrived, about the "scenic route home". No kidding, ha! At least now, if I ever tried getting to this park again, which is highly unlikely, I would have some idea of how to get home.
Friday, 26 March 2021, just after 11:00 pm. I have just checked the weather forecast, out of curiosity. Wish I hadn't! So thankful that all the scaffolding around my building will not be installed till 5 April.
"Some very rosy spring-like warmth this weekend will vanish quite thoroughly by Monday. In its place will be the effects of an incoming system which looks to bring a wide swath of snow, heaviest in the mountains and foothills of Alberta, and northern and eastern Saskatchewan. Much more impactful will be the system's strong winds, gusting 80-90 km/h for most of Monday across the two provinces. Blowing snow is a guarantee."
All five photos were taken on 4 July 2015, at the Olds College Botanic Gardens and Wetlands. I am adding the description that I wrote under a previously posted image taken on the same trip. It was an interesting and enjoyable outing, including seeing the barn and a cluster of mushrooms.
"Yesterday, 4 July 2015, was the Nature Calgary annual bus trip, and this year it was a visit to the Olds College Botanic Gardens and Wetlands. The College is approximately 95.0 km north of Calgary, roughly a 55 minute drive. This once-a-year outing always feels so good for everyone - no driving, simply relaxing on a bus. We had about three hours there, which sounded short, but in fact worked out quite well.
The mission of the College is:
"Our goal is to develop a Botanic Garden on the Olds College campus, which introduces, conserves, and maintains a diverse, well-documented and accurately labeled collection of prairie hardy plants.
Our collections will preserve our natural heritage, expand the role of Olds College as a Centre of Excellence in Horticulture, and gain formal recognition with the Canadian Botanical Conservation Network (CBCN) and the American Public Garden Association (APGA).
Olds College Botanic Garden will enhance and support education, training, demonstration, and applied research programs that span the generations and encourage the exchange of information and ideas with industry, students, other botanical gardens and the public.
The Botanical Garden will also raise awareness with the public regarding the importance of sustainable environments."
About the College:
"Not just a walk down the garden path, the gardens are designed to meet the instructional needs of courses and programs on campus, and are used as the location and subject matter for research projects. The Botanic Gardens are an aesthetically beautiful, diverse and well-maintained garden and constructed wetlands. Highlights include our collections of hardy peonies, lilies and roses, natural areas, a wide variety of aquatics, herb garden, fabulous annual displays each year and much more.
The Gardens are comprised of three phases spread over 25 acres and are populated with a wide ranging collection of prairie hardy plant material, both native and ornamental. The most established parts of the garden are the Central Portion opened in 2002.
The third and most recent phase of our Botanic Gardens is the East Portion which contains the Treatment Wetlands, opened in early September of 2013.
The three phases when considered together include naturalized landscapes, specialty gardens, walking trails, demonstration plots, an arboretum and 20 constructed treatment wetlands and display ponds. The area is complete with two public gazebos, an amphitheater and event areas. The Botanic Gardens & Treatment Wetlands has the ability to host weddings, reunions, graduations, workshops, and boasts 1.3 kilometers of trails throughout the gardens and wetlands.
Botanic gardens are quite different from other public garden spaces or show gardens. To be able to be identified as a botanic garden, several criteria must be met. For example, botanic gardens must:
Be open to the public
1. Exhibit a degree of permanence
2. Use a scientific basis as the foundation for their collections
3. Document and monitor the collection
4. Communicate information to other gardens, institutions and the public
The Botanic Gardens and Treatment Wetlands at Olds College is dedicated to meeting all criteria and continuing to expand its value to the college and extended community."
The forecast for this morning wasn't very promising so we decided to stick close to the car. Moab is famous for dinosaur fossils so we wanted to check them out. We went to Mill Canyon to see the Dinosaur Trail - we bounced along a short rutted dirt road with sandy washes - glad we had the Outback. The trail itself was ok but not as good as we expected. There were many signs describing what we were looking at but you really need a vivid imagination to actually see the fossils. After that we decided to head out to the Fisher Towers, reached on Utah 128, a very scenic road that heads NE out of Moab toward Castle Valley and Colorado. Fisher Towers were great but we knew we were not going to have much of a sunset (when the Towers turn bright red) so we checked out some of the side roads in the area. Great choice. The first stop was a boat launch on the Colorado River. Great views and the clouds were ideal for HDR shots. Next stop was near the Onion Creek (?) Road. We found an equine trail and Heather darted off to a nearby rise for a better view. Another great choice. By then the wind was picking up, the temps dropping, so we decided to head to the Moab Brewery for the chicken wings happy hour. Not a bad day at all!
I took these photos in early March 2020.
Forecast Summary
"Heavy, blustery showers will feed in from the northwest today affecting all parts, with the risk of hail and thunder. There will be sunny spells in between the showers but it will feel cool, especially in the strong wind."
BBC Weather
034/365,
For my video;
youtu.be/t-kPZKiACkc?si=1mcIDaG_nnn30xdm,
Balcony view,
-3C,
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada