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Seems like this little spring cub is manning the lost & found these days. LOL. Spring cubs, much like our own children, they are quite fascinated by the smallest of things ... sometimes it's a box, or a tool, perhaps a branch, or even a camera or a tripod, or in this case a hat that was obviously dropped by an onlooker. Well, it didn't seem to matter as this little one played with that thing non-stop, though honestly I'm not sure who was having more fun ... the cub or the photographer (me) happily clicking away during its antics. LOL. Tucked in closely to its mom, it tossed that hat around, put it in the water, retrieved it from the water ... though it just wouldn't put it on ... guess it wasn't its size or style. ;-). Either way, it was a fantastic encounter for me and great entertainment for the cub. By the way, no one came to claim it from the cub ... smart move I'm sure.
Hope that made you smile, even a fraction of what it did me. Happy Tuesday!
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Getting drenched at Goðafoss waterfall...
The Goðafoss (Icelandic: waterfall of the gods) is a waterfall in the Bárðardalur district of North-Central Iceland at the ring road, where the Sprengisandur highland road begins. The river Skjálfandafljót falls 12 meters in a half circle over a width of 30 meters.
They're getting big. It won't be long before the fledge the nest. They're very active in the nest and this was the only time I could see the two of them in the viewfinder at the same time. My sightline into the nest is a very small window, so I'm happy to get this to keep an eye on them.
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Cafe at Friedrichstrasse, Berlin
explored: 2013-01-26 #278
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During our sailing days on Georgian Bay, we often had to get our bearings using the onboard navigational tools and lining up the range lights when coming into a port. Landforms were very deceiving when you saw them from offshore. This range light is found in Southampton on Lake Huron. It will be a few weeks yet before this light sees any boats coming into port.
I've had a great week off from work but today I need to get my bearings for Monday morning when I pack up for another work day!
I came across this field full of snow geese and noticed that they were in rows !!!! Very orderly, I must say !! Actually, they had landed in the stubble of a harvested corn field and it is easier for them to navigate by staying in the corn rows !! Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Zoom in to spot the tiny dew drops 😊
Woodland ringlet - Rundaugen-Mohrenfalter - Erebia medusa
Focus stack of 7 individual captures
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Caution...when someone tells you to get a grip...apparently around their neck is not what they meant:)))
Texture with thanks to Lenabem Anna
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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.
I get so lonely
Can't let just anybody hold me
You are the one that lives in me, my dear
Want no one but you
A male mountain bluebird crouches and spreads his wings in preparation for flying off the post. It gives a hop and a flap at the same time to get launched. It all happens so fast, the next frame in a high speed burst showed the bird well off the post.
"Pardon", I said. Then she repeated, "You might want to get out to capture that weather". That was more than I originally heard, however out I jumped. We pulled out across the highway in a large safe area. I wanted to include the roadway as a bit of a leading line. The extreme brilliance of the shot meant no tripod would be required.
It was a weather front that was coming toward us, but still miles away. When we got back on the highway and drove in its direction, even the mountains seemed to disappear into this monster.
"A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner."
- Seth Godin
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Great Blue Heron getting ready to take flight. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, September 2025
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Bulls*** Asymmetry Principle
The amount of energy needed to refute bulls*** is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it.
Also known as Brandolini’s Law, the Bulls*** Asymmetry Principle captures a circumstance we’ve all experienced. Those with an indifference to the truth are at an advantage. An argument is easily made. But dissecting a claim and verifying propositions and evidence is tiresome. And what if it’s part of the bulls****er’s plan to keep us busy refuting his nonsense?
I share the above principle, created in 2013 as a segway into this photograph. It is from my archives and was taken on 07 October, 2018 in Silver Glen on the docks of The Juniper Club.
As a tradition, I pass on photographing blue herons as they have become like robins…they are everywhere and way too easily photographed! In this case, a large pickerel looking to be near death swam slowly just below the docks. The heron stabbed it, snatched it up, walked it over to the grass behind the dock and proceeded to try and swallow it. As I sat in my chair fishing, I lifted my camera that unfortunately had my 600mm on it, deciding to capture its attempt to swallow the fish whole. This shot is not cropped vertically, it was all I could get without getting up and walking away.
Watching as it lifted it, I did some “Fancy Cyphering” (Jethro Bodine reference) and realized that the length of the fish was greater than the length of the heron body (minus tail feathers) and if swallowed, some of the fish’s tail would surely be in the heron’s neck. Not to mention the girth of the fish. I sat my camera back down to watch the action. The heron rocked the pickerel back and forth a few times building momentum, then with what seemed to be all the strength it had, while maintaining this grip, swung the fish high in the air and swallowed it with ease!
I watched in amazement as the large lump in its throat quickly slid out of sight and into its stomach! My mind quickly spun back into fancy cyphering mode as I tried to guess the weight of the bird* vs the weight of the fish…and if it would be able to fly now with that heavy a load of cargo?
*I just googled the average weight of a blue heron. It can range from roughly 4-8lbs. Let's call this one 6lbs…the fish was certainly in the 4-5lb range…that is a huge get for this hunter!
It continued to stand around for a few minutes until I decided to change locations. Once I got up, it swatted down for takeoff, pushed off the dock into the air. Remarkably, the weight of its meal didn’t seem to slow it down a bit.
Had I not seen “the swallow” for myself, I might have thrown the BS card on someone else telling this tale!
Don't ask me how, but guess who hit the big time
Don't look now but guess whose back in town
It's so easy don't even have to try
Your the winner you can take the prize
It's a dream come true which one will it be
It's a dream come true we'll just wait and see
Only the lucky one's get to steal the show
Only the lucky one's really get to know
Only the lucky, Only the lucky one's get Lucky
Same old story somethings never change
With a beautiful girl everything's prearranged
Your whole life it comes to you for free
You wear it well it comes so naturally
It's a dream come true which one will it be
It's a dream come true we'll just wait and see
Only the lucky one's get to steal the show
Only the lucky one's really get to know
Only the lucky, Only the lucky one's
Don't ask me how, but guess who hit the big time
Don't look now but guess whose back in town
It comes so easy don't even have to try
You're the winner you can take the prize
Lucky ones
Only the lucky one's really get to know
Only the lucky, Only the lucky one's
~Loverboy
Song: Lucky Ones
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Get Up
Song by Shinedown
Get up, get up
Get up, get up
Get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
I know you're clinging to the light of day
To tell you everything's a-okay
And medication don't do much
Yeah, it just numbs the brain
Guess you might say I'm a little intense
I'm on the bright side of being hell-bent
So, take it from me, you're not the only one
Who can't see straight (can't see straight)
If you were ever in doubt
Don't sell yourself short, you might be bulletproof
Hard to move mountains when you're paralyzed
But you gotta try
And I'm calling out
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Get up, get up
What's taking so long?
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Stop stalling, I'm calling out
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Get up, get up
Ain't nothing wrong
'Cause I believe you can be whatever
And I agree you can do much better, trust me
Everybody wants to sing their song
So, Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On?"
Ain't nothing normal when it comes to you and me
I'd rather twist myself in knots than watch you give up on your dreams
If you were ever in doubt
Don't sell yourself short, you might be bulletproof
Hard to move mountains when you're paralyzed
But you gotta try
So I'm calling out
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Get up, get up
What's taking so long?
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Stop stalling, I'm calling out
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Get up, get up
Ain't nothing wrong
'Cause I believe you can be whatever
And I agree you can do much better, trust me
Yeah, I don't know why I never talk about it
I guess that's probably part of the problem
Yeah, sometimes you're wrong, sometimes you're right
Just gotta keep moving
Yeah, I'm just gonna keep moving
Today, tomorrow, gonna get
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Get up, get up
What's taking so long?
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Stop stalling, I'm calling out
Get up, get up
Get a move on
Get up, get up
Ain't nothing wrong
'Cause I believe you can be whatever
And I agree you can do much better, trust me
Get up, get up
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Thank you Photoclub for the incentive to get out and try something new again... ♥
So they said let's get physical and sweat. Have you ever done Yoga? They teach you healthy mind/healthy body and visa versa.
So here you go... and you can't go have the burn without your friends in arms with you... One zonked out 15 minutes into the exercise. One started to combust... and of course my faithful little buddies dancing on the music box. Meow decided now was a good time for a cat nap in the sun
🎼: Let's Get Physical ~ Olivia Newton John~
Let's get physical, physical
I wanna get physical
Let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk
Let me hear your body talk
Let's get physical, physical
I wanna get physical
Let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk, your body talk
Let me hear your body talk
Some honourable mentions: Rezz Room for the combustable Pug and my cat; Aardvark for my little critters (they are my heart ♥); Synnergy Tavis for the back drop; Thank you to the other designers for my hair.. clothing etc.
Found this black-crowned night-heron getting into position for hunting in the marshy shallow water. They can be quite patient too, sometimes found hunched over in the same position for an extensive time while waiting on some type of aquatic delight. They will defend their "hunting grounds" or territory as well, should another opportunistic feeder come along.
What I find most fascinating about them is that quite striking red eye ... they simply grab my attention.
Happy Sunday everyone!
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Getting near the north end of the south bridge as it nears Pass Island. Strawberry Island in the center. Ben Ure Island now in view on the right beyond the tip of Whidbey Island.
Ben Ure Island has quite a disreputable and sad history, which I will share tomorrow with the better view from the north channel between Fidalgo and Pass Islands.
Enjoy a wonderful Wednesday!