Jay - Garrulus Glandarius

Although they are the most colourful members of the crow family, jays are actually quite difficult to see. They are shy woodland birds, rarely moving far from cover. The screaming call usually lets you know a jay is nearby and it is usually given when a bird is on the move, so watch for a bird flying between the trees with its distinctive flash of white on the rump. Jays are famous for their acorn feeding habits and in the autumn you may see them burying acorns for retrieving later in the winter.

The word jay has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a person who chatters impertinently.

The term jaywalking was coined in 1915 to label persons crossing a busy street carelessly and becoming a traffic hazard. The term began to imply recklessness or impertinent behavior as the convention became established.

In January 2014, Canadian author Robert Joseph Greene embarked on a lobbying campaign among ornithologists in Europe and North America to get Merriam-Websters Dictionary to have a "Jabber of Jays" as an official term under bird groups.

Population:

UK breeding:

170,000 territories

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Hiding - Reef / Rides (1999)

Hiding

Riding

Hiding oh don't you want to go away?

I'm feeling that I'm far away today

Away

I'm feeling that I'm far away today

.....

I Talk To The Wind - King Crimson / In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)

I talk to the wind. My words are all carried away. I talk to the wind

The wind does not hear. The wind cannot hear.

You don't possess me, don't impress me. Just upset my mind.

Can't instruct me or conduct me. Just use up my time.

I talk to the wind. My words are all carried away. I talk to the wind.

The wind does not hear. The wind cannot hear. I talk to the wind.

Said the straight man to the late man: Where have you been?

I've been here and I've been there and... I've been in between.

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Insect Near Piha Beach - Four Tet / Sixteen Oceans (2020)

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The antipodes of where I was born and who I am are in the north of New Zealand near Auckand. But they are not on land, they are in the ocean. I am glad to know that the opposite of me is in the ocean, because the sea has always given me happiness and tranquility. The Four Tet insect, which was near Piha beach, was absolutely right.. Both my antipode and the insect are... Hiding Near Piha Beach... Away...

Escondido.

Cabalgando.

Escondido ¿no quieres irte lejos?

Hoy siento que estoy lejos.

Lejos.

Siento que hoy estoy lejos.

Auckland's West Coast, New Zealand. Waitakere coast near Piha Black Sand Beach.

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Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughan / Rock Masters: Texas Flood (2005). Live in Austin, Texas

Sacred Island (Moku La'a) - Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues Band / Taj Mahal & the Hula Blues Band: Live from Kauai (2015)

PS: Estoy fuera mirando dentro.

PS: He estado aquí y he estado allí... y he estado en el medio.

PS: Y mis pies están gastados... pero son cómodos...

♫♪Given to fly (Pearl Jam)♫♪

Lago de Atitlán desde Panajachel (Guatemala).

Sigma 10-20mm + Cokin filter : GND8

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A slide I was given which was fairly easy to restore, despite the state of the cardboard mount.

Written in very faded ink I could read the word 'Puerto' which I think is Spanish for seaport, so it doesn't really narrow down where this was or what this interesting scene is. I'd guess the slide was about 20 years old at least.

Adapted from a slide taken in the late 1980s.

Given a warm glow treatment.

Taken with a Pentax MX.

Given a slower shutter speed, the bread proves a popular choice!

Although autumn has now well and truly given way to winter here in Melbourne, there is still a great deal of colour around if you remember to take your time, stop and smell the roses, like this dainty little pale pink beauty which I saw on poking its head out from amidst a hedge of bright red berries on a walk in early June.

The day I took this photo was a lovely and sunny day with bright blue skies: although there was a definite crispness in the air if you were out of the sun.

Given its unpredictable temper, the African buffalo is particularly difficult to tame and has never been domesticated like its relative, the Asian water buffalo. Additionally, these animals are considered to be extremely dangerous. They fiercely protect themselves and each other against predators and are known to move in to support another buffalo that is under attack by a lion or other predator. They are very courageous animals.

Given the choice between an eagle on the wing and a duck, I'll take an eagle. But I need only go to Salem to find a shooting gallery's worth of ducks. Mallards! Quack! c.2022 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1.com

"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours." C. S. Lewis

ROTTERDAM, 2e Maasvlakte - The Container ship Ever Given (built in 2018), which got stuck in the Suez Canal in Marc 23h, arrived after 106 days in the Dutch Port of Rotterdam after being released by authorities in Egypte.

The 400-metre (1,312-foot) vessel is carrying about 18,300 Containers on board. Belonging to the largest Contaner Ships in the World.

I used to live in the house on the right when I was very young. It was haunted... that or I was having a bad reaction to the Phenobarbital I was given for my seizures.

Given a slight blur treatment. He seemed pleased I'd refilled the seeds dispenser.

Same rose, different look!

I added a light vignette which I thought suited it very well.

I have a very similar rose growing in my garden, which seems to given up flowering now so this one is from a bouquet ....

Given a colour modification & slight blur, the loft conversion continues to be a very popular way of extending the living space in houses.

🎶 JESSE COOK & JILL BARBER - PETITE FLEUR

Little Flower

I have hidden

Better than anywhere else

In the garden of my heart

A little flower

This flower

Prettier than a bouquet

It secretly keeps

All my childish dreams

And the love of my parents

And all these clear mornings

Made of happy distant memories

When life

At times betrays me

You remain my happiness

Little flower

If I could

Recall my twenties for a moment

To breath

This perfume that I loved so much

In my heart

You will always bloom

In the grand garden of love

Little flower

Take this gift

That I always kept

Even when I was twenty

I have never given it away

Don't be afraid

Plucked from the bottom of one's heart

A little flower

Never dies

Osteospermum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae. They are known as the daisybushes or African daisies. It has been given several common names: African daisy, South African daisy, Cape daisy and blue-eyed daisy. Osteospermum used to belong to the genus Dimorphotheca, but only the annual species remain in that genus; the perennials belong to Osteospermum. It has been given several common names: African daisy, South African daisy, Cape daisy and blue-eyed daisy. There are about 50 species, native to Africa, 35 species in southern Africa, and the southwestern Arabian Peninsula. They are half-hardy perennials or sub-shrubs. 21471

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Also known as Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, this species was given an IUCN status of critically endangered in 2015. Only eight years prior, in 2007, its IUCN status was "near threatened", and it was subsequently degraded down through "vulnerable" and "endangered" to its current status. The BirdLife International Fact Sheet for this species estimates that there are only 22,000 individuals left in the world. The biggests threats are poisoning (a technique used to kill predators of livestock, this species and other carrion feeders are also impacted), medicinal purposes, and habitat loss. This species is also considered the highest flying bird in the world. There is documented collision with a commercial airliner at 37,000 feet (the bird was sucked into the engine, killing the bird; the engine was shut down and the plane landed safely).

[Belacce]- Mika Eyes & SoHee Collection.

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This old oak tree has suffered serious damage some time ago, but it appears healthy and the years have given it an interesting form.

White River Marsh State Wildlife Area

Saint Marie, Green Lake County, Wisconsin

DE224815

So, I had actually given up hope in finding a suitable location to shoot sunrise. my first pick was inside a cloud. washed out, so I went to a backup location that I just KNEW was perfect.... sun was rising behind me. Tried three other locations with similar results. I was defeated, so on my way back home from much further than I wanted to try I pulled over onto the shoulder of the road, and checked my sun tracker app one last time.... Low and behold there it was, with ten minutes to get set up before rise I pulled everything out and hoped the mist I was sitting in would clear enough for the sun to shine through. I wasn't disappointed, and I hope I managed to do it some justice as the light just exploded around me.

ISO 160

Aperture f5.6

SS 1/4th

Focal Length 16mm

Haida filters stacked both the 3 and 4 stop soft grad filters.

This work is done for continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations with especially appreciating music during these lockdown times.

Also for Finding the Beauty in the World Today Despite the Hardships Given Us by the Coronavirus.

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️

Culzean Castle was constructed as an L-plan castle by order of the 10th Earl of Cassilis. He instructed the architect Robert Adam to rebuild a previous, but more basic, structure into a fine country house to be the seat of his earldom. The castle was built in stages between 1777 and 1792. It incorporates a large drum tower with a circular saloon inside (which overlooks the sea), a grand oval staircase and a suite of well-appointed apartments.

In 1945, the Kennedy family gave the castle and its grounds to the National Trust for Scotland (thus avoiding inheritance tax). In doing so, they stipulated that the apartment at the top of the castle be given to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower in recognition of his role as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during the Second World War. The General first visited Culzean Castle in 1946 and stayed there four times, including once while President of the United States.

...my tripod is here! I didn't bring mine from Malaysia as our luggage was too heavy when we traveled to UK :)

Thanks to Amazon for their speedy delivery, I received my Giottos tripod today. It is a heavier (2.1 kg) tripod compared to my Manfrotto back home, which I think is better given the weather here in Scotland.

Will try to get some shots with it this weekend... depending on the weather though. Have a great weekend!

Explore front page (#6) on 17-Oct. Thanks!

This is from the apple orchard near my house. The owners have given me permission to wander in there and take photos. It's a dreamy experience.

Piha, Auckland, New Zealand

Pearl Jam - Given to Fly

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This orchid was given to me as a Christmas present in 2020. It was given to me as a 'Blue Orchid'.

I was pleased to see that it was setting new buds Christmas 2021 a year later. I was interested to see what it's natural colour would be as blue orchids have die injected into them.

This little beauty has emerged over the last few days. It is still only 5mm across, so I am looking forward to seeing it in full bloom (along with the other 4 blooms)

Given how introspective the “One Is The Loneliest Number” lyrics are and how generally downbeat the song is, one might suspect that it was inspired by a relationship break up or some other sad situation. In reality, however, Harry Nilsson was compelled to pen "One Is The Loneliest Number" after he made a phone call but got a busy signal. The “beep, beep, beep,” of the engaged telephone line caught his attention and the singer-songwriter incorporated a similar sound into the opening piano chords of his song.

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sharpness and detail will go a long way to render it commonplace :-)

George Davison

Truth Matters! Science Matters!

sunrise, atlantic beach, north carolina

A magical find given the time of year. I found this gem one day but waited for the next as I wanted the sun to play in the scene. My biggest fear was that a woodland critter would nibble on it during the night but it was intact. I returned 2 days later to take another image and the cap was gone, nowhere to be found.

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Day 19 of 20 of albums that influenced my musical tastes.

Seven - James

"Laugh at the wonder of it all

Laugh so loud you break the fall

And you see the gathering clouds

Cry at the sadness of the world

Cry so long you break its cold

And you hear the gathering sounds

Do everything you fear

In this there's power

Fear is not to be afraid of"

Thank you very much for all your kind messages and comments on my last photo. We are safe and sound. The hurricane passed a little bit farther, so it was only a lot of rain and puddles, but no wind, at least here.

Sadly, there were destruction on the coast of the beautiful Riviera Maya. Now, Delta is approaching the coast of the Louisiana, Hope no human losses are given there.

A (happy) Monochrome Bokeh Thursday for everyone!

James: youtu.be/gyjJN65cx_k

or almost twenty years later: youtu.be/YDbS5Fmk3LY

Given to me on the 13th November and still in Bloom...

Eriksberg Shipyard; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriksbergs_Mekaniska_Verkstad

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden. It is situated by Kattegatt on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000.

Gothenburg was founded as a heavily fortified, primarily Dutch, trading colony in 1621. In addition to the generous privileges (e.g. tax relaxation) given to his Dutch allies from the then-ongoing Thirty Years`War, the king also attracted significant numbers of his German and Scottish allies to populate his only town on the western coast. At a key strategic location at the mouth of the river Göta älv, where Scandinavia's largest drainage basin enters the sea, the Port of Gothenburg is now the largest port in the Nordic countries

Gothenburg is home to many students, as the city includes the University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology. Volvo was founded in Gothenburg in 1927. Other key companies are SKF and Astra Zeneca.

www.goteborg.com/en/

I'll be honest. This past September, I was feeling a little discouraged and stressed out. With constantly feeling anxiety, grief, and being sick, I felt like i was doing everything wrong. And then this absolute peach joined our sim. She has brought so many new spectacular players in by the droves, has rped with everyone under the sun. She's been so welcoming, so kind and is such a creative and fun roleplayer, and has given a whole new spark and life to our community. Thank you so much for joining the TMR famjamborie. And congratulations on RPer of the month. it is so well deserved <3

come roleplay with us <3

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This island of volcanic origin was given this name for a reason. The uninhabited island of Suluda is washed by clear waters with a turquoise hue. And snow-white sand on it gives even more resemblance to the Maldives. There are many beautiful bays around the island itself. A long anchorage with access to one of the 3 beaches on the island gives unforgettable impressions and beautiful pictures to remember.

shape - Arana - Numb

mesh head - Lelutka - Avalon 3.1

skin - Human Glitch - Nyaskin

hair - Tram - L0325

dress & gloves - Absence - Ember

boots & socks - Usagi Society - Runa

tattoo - Corazon - Legend

I had a walk up to this old Hawthorn on Bordley Moor....sadly now bereft of any sign of life. It did sport a few leaves a while ago but nothing now, and many of the branches have been smashed by the elements. Sad to see it falling apart as it has given a few togs like me a reason to wander these limestone heights over the years.

Given my latest run in with a wave, I took panda down to the beach as my wave spotter. He didn't do a very good job as a large wave came and washed him away.

At least it wasn't me!

Well been a week since my last post and working on some new hobbies so this isn’t my usual post. I have begun to treat myself with some preventative herbal medicine right now I am working on my immune defenses given its everything season out there. I spent many months reading and researching and have narrowed some things down that seemed to have some great abilities to fire up the immune system pre sickness and I think this one so far is a winner you can look up the ingredients and their benefits on your own if you are interested as I can only tell you what works for me.

Immuno-T

1 part each dried Elderberry, Rose Hips, Echinacea Root, Astragalus, Ginger

I like mine herbs powdered so mix in a spice grinder for maximum extraction; otherwise 3-4 tsp in a 1l mason jar filled with boiling water, let steep 10 minutes drink then hot or cold and a spoonful of honey makes the medicine go down so does a slice or two lemon.

I took this on Oct 24th, 2021 with my D850 and Tamron 15-30 f2.8 G2 Lens at 30mm, 5s, f8 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Topaz ,and DXO

Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress

"Every chip from every cup

Every promise given up

Every reason that's not enough

Is falling, falling at your feet

Every one who needs a friend

Every life that has no end

Every knee not ready to bend

Is falling, falling at your feet

Have come crawling, falling at your feet

All fall down, all fall down, all fall down,

All fall down, all fall down, all fall down, all fall down, all fall down..."

From The Million Dollar Hotel: youtu.be/mwrZD27i5iI

given to me from my grandsons...

I planted them outside and these images were taken through my front window.

With all the rain and wind we're getting.... the petals are all on the ground!!

18-May-2023

One of the most fascinating aspects of meteorology is its interaction with landforms and geography in general.

A given flow, a given front, a given Low (pression) do not live on their own, but in the interaction they have with the earth's surface, loading themselves with moisture as they cross oceans, seas and large lakes and releasing it when they encounter barriers such as mountain ranges.

The mountain ranges create thermal contrasts and accumulate clouds on the windward slopes (stau), greatly increasing the rainfall on these slopes and limiting it (possible Foehn) on the leeward ones.

The higher and longer the chain, the more these phenomena are exacerbated.

Meteorology, in the interaction of tropospheric dynamics with the earth's surface, generates microclimates, i.e. particular and recurring meteorological trends over small areas which are markedly different (in rain-thermal terms) from the trend that should occur within the climatic belt to which the small area belongs and which differs from the others, even contiguous ones, according to the variations brought about by the orographic variables.

Meteorology is much, much more than the (complex and fascinating) weather forecasts, which "today" are computerized by powerful calculators which, starting from data taken in real time from weather stations all over the planet, issue a series of short and medium term projections on how the meteorological situation will evolve subsequently.

I had almost given up on getting one of these late-flying darners perched this year - when this guy just appeared and landed ahead of us, camouflaged in dappled light! We were almost to our car. We had taken a long walk along the river where we saw one flying recently, with no luck. He not only appeared but patiently let me approach him ever-closer and move to get lateral shots as clouds cleared.

Only 2 dragonflies fly this late & both are northern species that range into Canada and peter out with us. We have to drive a bit closer to the mountains to get Autumn meadowhawks, which have wrapped up early this year. Shadow darners are here locally but very scarce. Unless a late meadowhawk shows up - this guy will be my last ode of the year & the end of a very tough season.

Happy Dragonfly Wednesday!

For the SoS group: 'Dolls'

I've collected Kokeshi dolls over the years, having been given my first one way back when - before I knew anything about their place in Japanese culture. Now I love to use them in my photography, as well as just enjoying them!

Have a happy Cliche Saturday too - and a sunny weekend 😊

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Still Life Compositions: Here

My Simple Pleasures set: Here

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