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I cooked!
That's the makings of a very hearty pea soup on the wooden spoon which has been in my family for over 50 years!
Technically, although we received over 10 inches of snow, New York City did not have sustained winds of 35 mph which would qualify the storm as a blizzard. Shucks!
The last town before Tamworth and half way from Barraba is Manilla of about 2000 residents and displaying some more lovely heritage building. Built in 1900, which it proudly displays The Imperial Hotel, Manilla sits proudly in the main street and looking pretty good. There is another Imperial pub up the road at Bingara. And about 100 more throughout Australia!
Looking back to the starting point of our walk. Hill is relative I suppose - a feature of that size would not be named elsewhere
That we are looking for knowledge about how the universe runs, almost the whole of our life. When we think we understand the universe, we die. The other moments we just enjoy this earth...
(University Greenwich)
These twelve images, out of about 150 frame sequence I captured, shows the basics of a great grey owl as it eats a dietary staple, a vole.
1. This great grey owl has a vole trapped in its talons down in the grass and is now looking around for anything threatening.
2. Proof that it has indeed captured the vole.
3. Giving the rodent a little squeeze to damage it sufficiently so that it dies or becomes otherwise inert.
4. Next is to reposition the vole so it can be swallowed headfirst.
5. The first part of swallowing smaller prey whole is to lean over, quickly open the beak, and thrust the head down over it.
6. Typically, this motion is done two to three times.
7. Once about halfway in, the owl will typically tip its head back a bit, and open wide.
8. Between gravity and swallowing actions, the prey is pulled fully into the throat.
9. Well, except for the tail and possibly a leg, as in this case.
10. Job done! But what to do with that dried grass?
11. Open wide, give the head a shake and swallow a few more times to try to ingest or dislodge the grass.
12. Finally, give a satisfied smirk to the photographer. That last bit of grass can be dealt with later.
And that, my Flickr Friends, is how it is done. You are now fully versed in the process, so feel free to try this at your convenience at home.
Reflection of a tree in a pond at Challenger 7 Memorial Park, Webster, Texas. This photograph is upside down. The wood in the upper right is the boardwalk supporting the photographer.
42073 alongside the River Leven at Fell Foot shortly after sunrise on Thurs 4th November 2021.
A Peter VC charter.
Australian Hobby (Falco longipennis) female
I popped down to to see the Hobby Family today, there was a lot of flying going on, Mum seemed to be teaching the young to hunt. One of the young is very confident, one is till very much learning (see tomorrow).
Archiving and I'm running low! This was one of my luckiest sky days ever to me. Just one right after the other. This day I took over 60 shots in 30 minutes. God was puttin' on the prettiest show up there I'd ever seen. Here's another shot the same day.
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I walked about a mile before I found these lovely Shaggy Scalycaps only to realise that I had left the camera battery on charge in the house!!! Big Doh!!! I knew there was a spare in the car, decided to go back for it. That's how much I love fungi :-)
Nutmeg & Entwined. Camille (hair with hat and headphones) @ Shiny Shabby
Cynful Exposed sweater
OVH Patrick jeans
Nutmeg: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Neva%20River%20Village/184...
Entwined: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Entwined/131/151/22
OVH: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Atlantico/141/17/3001
Shiny Shabby: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shiny%20Shabby/137/129/21
New Look!
Head: LAQ Lisa
Skin: LAQ 1.5 for Belleza
Face Applier: LAQ Emmy - 1.5 tone
Hair: Truth Jamie - Red
Sweater: Blueberry
Eyes: IKON Triumph - Dew
Body: Belleza Freya
I can look older in real life, I guess. :D
This was my view out the front window of a tour bus. The Manhattan Bridge joins Brooklyn with Manhattan. For a proper perspective you can see it here just to the north of the Brooklyn Bridge