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We started Sky on the kitty-cat version of Prozac a few weeks ago and it really seems to be working. He’s a lot more mellow and just seems more… comfortable with himself. Still playful and willful but nowhere near as anxious. We take being pet owner/care-givers quite seriously and want our animals to be healthy and happy while they are with us.
Yes, he does have an unusual face. The snout is slightly more elongated than our other cats giving him more of a "Pathera" (the big cat species) or lion-esque look. He is over 13 lbs. (6 kg), a very solid cat (a healthy amount of fat) and has soft, dense fur like a teddy bear toy.
Taken with the iPhone's "Portrait" mode with an Æ’/2.8 aperture.
This image looks head-on at P158 Mysing, a Hugin-class guided-missile patrol boat. It was taken in the summer of 1985 off the-then Soviet port of Liepaya in what was is now Latvia. A group of three Hugins cruised past us whilst we loitered off the port.
The Hugins were 150-ton, 35-knot guided-missile patrol boats that could carry up to six Penguin surface-to-surface missiles (Swedish RB-12s) - a container for one can just be seen aft on the port side (the squared-off pyramid nose). Mounted on the bow was a 57mm gun, with rails strapped on either side of it for 103mm rocket flare launchers.
Visible low on the bow forward of the gun are four nine-barrel Elma ASW-600 multiple grenade launchers. These fire 5.5kg grenades designed to penetrate a submarine's hull and thus sink it, in the least lethal manner (according to Swedish advertising!). The grenades fire shaped charges that the Swedes claim were capable of penetrating even the inner hull of a double-hulled submarine. The initial system had a range of 300m and was upgraded to reach a range of 500m. The grenades could be fired in patterns of nine, 18, 27 or 36 grenades in a salvo and could be used in very shallow water (less than 10m depth, presumably for use against midget submarines).
Each Hugin was 36.5m long, 6.2m in the beam and had a draught of 1.6m. They were manned by three officers and 19 men. Surprisingly, their diesel engines were retreads, having been taken from the earlier Plejad-class torpedo boats.
Mysing was retired in 1995 after 15 years's service.
I took this from aboard HMS Boxer. The image has been scanned from a B&W negative.
Johnsons Coaches of Henley-in-Arden are a smart and friendly independent operator. They operate a fleet of between 50 and 100 buses and coaches, and maintain these to a high standard. Drivers are polite, friendly and proud of their work, as seen here by one of the company's drivers.
Johnsons' SN58 FWL is seen departing the Meon Vale housing development while operating a 3 towards Stratford-upon-Avon. The 3 operates up to every hour between Lower Quinton and Stratford, with one bus in each direction per day going to Shipston-on-Stour. SN58FWL was new in February 2009 to Whites Coaches, Shetland Islands. After leaving them, it was acquired by Johnsons to operate along side four other examples of the vehicle type (two 13 and two 63 plates). It is a Scania K230UB/Scania OmniLink.
ODC safety equipment.........quite a grip with those claws.......wings are just fall back equipment....... & by the way, he says "hi"......
Probably the most common warbler around south FL in the fall and winter. Several other warblers have similar coloring, but the Palm distinguishes itself with its constant tail pumping and preference to feed on the ground. Their small, loose groups are often quite friendly, even tame as they are away from their breeding grounds. The yellow underparts place this bird in the yellow or eastern group.
[Explore January 24, 2015....#142]
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
everywhere i walked in Grindlewald, cows would run to the fence and stare at me. maybe tourists usually give them treats or something. My path was going down so this cow was above me looking down.
I was feeling under the weather a few days ago, and a friend stopped by with these fragrant lilies.
118 in 2018: #39 Strong Smelling
This just makes me smile.
From Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls (3rd printing, 1985)
I'm not sure kids would be too hip on the prune ear (oops, excuse me....dried plum).
...as opposed to my previous post, "haunted house" - the scenery here looks very different in day light :) spent a week in France this summer, with friends in their renovated traditional Normandic house. full spectrum converted camera with 590 nm filter, colours processed in lightroom. appreciate your comments and faves!
I think I used all the "masks" I have in the house..
time to invade other people's houses ! or go shopping for some more ! :)
TOTW "state of mind": I'm feeling trapped. I reached a point of saturation with my life.
I can't take it anymore. Things have to change. Now.
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Amihan Buslines 12858
DaewooBus BV115 Santarosa Cityliner Replica
Location: Naga City Central Bus Terminal, Ninoy and Cory Avenue, Central Business District II, Brgy Triangulo, Naga City, Camarines Sur
While TNR this week, I have made friends with many nearby outdoor cats. This one is quite geriatric and arthritic. I met the owner yesterday and was told I could give her food and affection...so that's what I've been doing.
More cats below ....basically "drive by" cats where i'm trapping. I had NO luck catching the two remaining cats today.......'am about ready to accept defeat in getting the entire family. I've got another TNR assignment for Monday....if it doesn't snow.