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The hosts' son is turning into quite the little host himself. He kept my beer nice and cold with frequent additions of ice cubes.
Look who was helping me as I wrote a letter of recommendation for a friend. Mei made sure that my arm was properly plastered to the couch so that only my fingers would move over the keyboard.
I dont even ask how he gets into these situations anymore :)
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I met David Owen who was collecting for the Help the Heroes charity at the Steyning country fair. He saw my camera and asked if I wanted to take his photo. I was running late so could not have a longer chat with him, unfortunately.
I have had some really bad things happen to me over the past week, so I am diving head first into what I know best: my dolls. These dolls were supposed to have outfits made for them, but the person who was supposed to make them is out of my life. Any help would be appreciated! Please note I am on a very tight budget.
For this Aurora, I am looking for her peasant dress made by Mattel for this specific doll.
Helped by children from Mexico. The boy is decorating the surface with shells.
Santa Cruz beach.
Ajudat per un nen mexicà , que decorava la closca amb trossos de petxines. Platja de la Santa Creu.
"Welcome caravaner
Free pulling help from the Riihivuori office
014-338 4747
STEEP CLIMB
Skiing center Riihivuori"
I wonder if they would've pulled me had I called...
On the south side of the summit there is a decent gravel road which you can almost ride all the way up with a bike. This sign is from that road.
On the northeast side there is a smaller and steeper road that goes straight up on the side of the ski slope.
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I have no clue how to crop this, tried many different, but didn't like any. Please feel free to add notes as your suggestions? Thanks! Maybe it's an action photo masquerading as a portrait? (I know I should've ridden further into the frame, but only had time for a few takes!)
TURTLE DOVE SUMMER
Below are my observations at the nest in the Summer of 2016 of the now very rare in the U.K. Turtle Dove. Mark Joy 3.3.2017
I record nests of Unprotected (NON Schedule 1 bird species) for the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) Nest Record Scheme. This helps the BTO in producing nesting data and highlights species which may need help through conservation work or even highlights success stories for certain species in the short or long term.
Turtle Dove Summer - Mark Joy
7.6.2016 10.35 a.m. Saw my first a Turtle Dove of the year when it flew and settled and rested on an electric wire near the above area.
7.6.2016 1.30 p.m. Saw 2 Turtle Doves resting together on electric wires close to this area.
15.6.2016 4.11 p.m. Saw 2 Turtle Doves flying low along river.
19.6.2016 Heard a Turtle Dove purring near me in thick riverside bushes. I began checking each bush and a Turtle Dove flushed from a Dog Rose bush close to the river. I looked into the bush and found a nest containing 2 eggs. Approx 1.8 metres off the ground. The front of the bush was quite open but a tall elder bush hid it from view from eye level.
25.6.2016 11.48 a.m. Approached the above nest very cautiously and observed from 20 yards through my camera lens the head of an adult Turtle Dove through a gap in the Dog Rose bush as it was sitting on the nest incubating the eggs. I left without disturbing it.
25.6.2016 1.45 p.m. Searched half a mile away down river, checking every one of many bushes and thickets and a young, recently fledged, Turtle Dove flew out of a bush.
29.9.2016 10 a.m. Approached the Turtle Dove nest, the sitting adult flew off revealing 2 young Turtle Doves on the nest, several days old.
30.6.2016 Set up my hide under the Elder bush near the Dog Rose bush containing the nest. 6.45 to 7.00 p.m.an adult Turtle Dove came and fed both young at the nest. Left hide set up there as it was very hidden and unobtrusive.
1.7.2016 8.35 a.m. Adult not on nest or in the vicinity. 2 young resting in nest and made clicking noises with their beaks as I walked past them to my hide.
10 a.m. an adult settled in a nearby bush and began purring. The young responded with some sounds back to it. It walked through branches from this bush to the nest and fed the young from 10.02 to 10.05 a.m.and remained standing on the nest near them until 10.15 a.m.
4.47 p.m.it began pouring with rain but the 2 young were very sheltered from it.
5.23 p.m. Heard an adult settle in a nearby bush and at 5.27 p.m.it was purring to the young as it rested on a Dog Rose branch a few feet from the nest. It fed both young together (2 beaks in its mouth and throat) from 5.27 p.m.until 5.29 p.m.and then stood near them on the nest. Rain had now started to drip through the branches so it sat on and brooded them both from 5.32 p.m. until 6.10 p.m. One was totally covered by the adult but the second one because of their growing in size was tucked at the front off the adults chest. It preened the front unhidden chick and itself as it sat there. It then walked along the branches out of the bush and flew to get more food. I waited a few minutes then left.
2.7.2016 8.58 a.m. Arrived and sat in my hide. No adults on the nest or in the vicinity.
1.29 p.m. An adult Turtle Dove flew straight in and perched on a large Dog Rose stem in front of the nest and fed both young until 1.32 p.m.
6.18 p.m.an adult was purring nearby in a bush. It came to the nest and fed the 2 young from 6.30 to 6.32 p.m.and then left. I left a few minutes afterwards.
3.7.2016 8.00 a.m.arrived and went into my hide. No adults around.
8.17 a.m. An adult was purring nearby and walked to the nest after first settling in a close to Hawthorn bush and then flying onto the Dog Rose bush. It fed the young from 8.19 to 8.21 a.m. I left my hide at 11.30 a.m.
4.7.2016 1.25 p.m.arrived and went into my hide. No adults around.
One of the young Turtle Doves on the nest had been making 'hungry tweets' at 2.10 p.m.so I guessed correctly that it wouldn't be long before the adults returned to feed them. I was proved right when at 2.19 p.m.an adult flew onto the right hand side of the Dog Rose bush and walked along branches to the nest and fed both young until 2.21 p.m.
The next visit was just the same to the nest & the adult fed the young from 7.11 to 7.12 p.m.
While the adults were away collecting food the young were preening themselves a lot now and flapping and testing their well feathered wings.
When they knew the adults were nearby and coming to feed them they always became excited , standing up, even at a quite early age and also with much wing flapping, even more as they were older...often covering the adult's body with their wings!
5.7.2016 2.50 p.m.arrived and went into my hide. No adults around again.
3.45 p.m.an adult fluttered in and was purring in a nearby bush. It came to the nest and fed the young from 3.52 to 3.53 p.m.
6.39 p.m.an adult fluttered in and was purring in a nearby bush. It or its mate, came to the nest and fed the young from 6.44 to 6.46 p.m.
6.7.2016. 3.20 p.m. Got into my hide. The 2 young weren't standing or resting on the nest but were on a Dog Rose branch very close to it. 3.22 p.m.both young climbed back onto the nest.
4.32 p.m. I heard both Turtle Dove adults settle in bushes on different sides of the Dog Rose bush. One was purring and walked in from the right and fed the young from 4.35 to 4.36 p.m.
8.20 p.m.an adult flew to the Dog Rose bush, both young rushed off the nest & down a large branch to meet it very close to my hide's hidden window. It fed them from 8.20 to 8.21 p.m.
7.7.2016 8.25 a.m.arrived at my hide.
11.08 to 11.10 a.m. an adult Turtle Dove came and fed the 2 young.
4.12 to 4.13 p.m. an adult Turtle Dove came and fed the 2 young.
9.7.2016 Today was the day that I was there to actually witness both young fledge!
3.50 p.m.arrived at my hide.
5.35 p.m. An adult Turtle Dove flew and settled in a Hawthorn bush just to the right of the nest on branches overhanging the water. As soon as it began purring, one of the young Turtle Doves walked off the nest down a large bare Dog Rose branch and actually flew 8 feet from the nesting bush to land on a Hawthorn branch at the side of one of its parents. The other fledgling followed it straight away and landed on the branch, the other side of the adult! Both young had just fledged successfully!
Their parent fed them then flew away, presumably to collect more food.
Both young birds sat happily side by side on that same branch while I packed my hide and equipment up. They had survived everything, including the many Magpies and Carrion Crows which , the summer before had decimated at the egg stage, the only 2 Turtle Dove nests in that area.
Before I left them for the very last time, I said my goodbyes to them, thanked them for their company over the last two weeks and wished them well on their first long flight to overwinter in Africa. My parting words were 'take care and I hope to see you and your parents here next spring and summer'. Then I left, and I will forever remember my last view of them as they were cosily nestled next to each other on that Hawthorn branch.
Mark Joy
3.3.2017
I am making a new moc. Of course its going to be a snow one. I need help on who should be fighting against each other. Should it be the Russian spetsnaz against the guy with the decal made from roaglaan the guy in the middle? or should they be fighting against the apoc scavengers?
My story is that the Russians are going to take over the world and the scavengers are trying to fight back.
Alright guys thanks!
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who made this painting?????
I think this may be early New York and possibly the Empire State Building in the background?
Elymus salinus (Leymus salina) in the sagebrush steppe along Hwy 191 north of Helper, Utah, just across the Carbon County line in Duchesne County, Utah (near the east end of Emma Park Road). This area is dominated by Artemisia tridentata vaseyana (note the inflorescence arising from the top of each shrub), Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Ericameria nauseosus, Tetradymia canescens, and the grasses Elymus salinus, Elymus elymoides, and Stipa hymenoides. Agropyron trachycaulum and Bromus inermis are common in the most disturbed areas such as roadsides. Bromus tectorum as absent from the sagebrush steppe of this area, which is expected for mountain big sagebrush steppe.
Regarding Elymus salinus, the lemma midribs not lined up with the short narrow subulate glumes, and the inflorescence spike has mostly one spikelet per node, which combined with rhizomatous but bunched growth habit are distinguishing of Elymus salinus.
600 Yelpers (and their +1's) got their Nerd on at the Yelp Helps 2013: Nerdy Dancing Kick-Off party! Dresses in their best pocket protectors, suspenders, and freshly polished glasses guests enjoyed food, drinks, and fun from 25+ great local business! Guests also donated cash and school supplies to Hawaii Literacy at the door. Being a nerd has never felt so good! Photos by Jolene Kaneshige Photography. Photo booth shots from Photo Ops Hawaii.