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another in the never-ending series featuring the architectural and cultural delights of Wood Green in north London. Here we see the top deck of a multi-storey car park that has been used by people with rubber (and money) to burn, leaving behind an exotic tapestry. The car park is private property, I discovered, and I was escorted from the premises by a security operative who asked me why I was taking pictures of the ground and walls etc. A good question…
The pretty blue forget-me-not flowers of green alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) are attractive but it soon becomes a weed in damp shady gardens. It is pollinated by bees and bumblebees.
Green alkanet is a member of the forget-me-not family, Boraginaceae, and is related to borage and comfrey.
Hairy stems to 80cm (32in), leaves broadly ovate and noticeably bristly. Bright blue forget-me-not type flowers with white centre, 8-10mm (½in), open from pink buds and are borne April to June.
Self-sown in a wild part of my garden, I do love to see them, as well as knowing that they support bees!
Morelia viridis, taken at the Singapore Zoo. Too close for comfort?
"The Green Tree Python is remarkable in several ways: one, it uses thermoreceptive labial pits to help capture its prey -usually at night, and two, it goes through a drastic ontogenetic color change between childhood and adulthood. Green Tree Python neonates can range from highlighter yellow to brick red or brown. Juvenilles are born fully developed hatched from eggs incubated by the female snake in the hollow of a tree. Females can often give birth to 12-25 eggs in a clutch. Every adult has slightly different coloration, but most are green with some variation, depending on selective breeding or locality. ... Green Tree Pythons feed on small mammals such as rodents and sometimes reptiles. Despite many references to it in books Green Tree Pythons do not eat birds. ... To capture their prey the pythons hold on to a branch with their prehensile tails and strike out from an s-shape position. Green Tree Pythons also have a particular way of resting in the branches of trees... they loop a coil or two over the branches in a saddle position and place their head in the middle." - Wikipedia
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After raining all day Saturday, it finally cleared Sunday afternoon and the birds and lizards came out of hiding.
Note- the c stands for cropped- the s stands for signed :)
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For being a large city, Pittsburgh does have a good bit of green space. I came across this cool little courtyard downtown yesterday.
CANON FD 135 f2,5 EOS-mount conversion by "The Lens Doctor", wide open plus extension tube CANON EF 12II
Bus No.: 88288
Body: KIA Motors
Model: KIA Granbird SD-I - Greenfield
Engine: Hyundai D6AC
Route: Taytay-Quiapo
Location: R. Magsaysay Blvd., Sta. Mesa, Manila
*my ride from FEU to Pureza. sa wakas nasakyan ko rin yan, next naman yung Aero Space LS nila.
I quite like the contrast between the dark green wood anemones in the foreground and the bright, fresh green of the trees coming into leaf.
Sigma 30 1.4 @ Canon 7D