The oxeye daisy is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia, and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)

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Sigh! Another introduced and invasive plant in North America.

Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. June 2022.

This Sheep is a Resident at a Community Farm on a Estate in East Hull.

Not mine, I'm afraid, but adorable just the same. Ziggy likes eating carrots, running around like an idiot and chewing furniture. HSS everybody!

8 week old Lesser Tenrec

This Cat just appeared on my Daughters Doorstep one Day..It seems to have made its home there now .It gets on well with her other two Cats. It is now a loving family Pet ..

Taking a rest with her Owner on a Bench in Hull City Centre ..

My favorite lilac

The Damrak houses first introduced me to the Dutch word gezellig (meaning cozy or homely) I was always wandering in from the train station after dark and I would constantly stop and stare at these houses thinking it felt like an incandescent oasis in a city of fluorescents, warming the night and the Damrak with its soft glow.

When you walk by during the day usually things are shut tight against the throngs of tourists walking back and forth from the central station but at night when the crowds have dissipated the curtains open and the world seems to be welcome to become a witness to the nocturnal activities of the residents.

The Damrak historically was originally part of the Amstel river below the Dam that gave Amsterdam its name, Rak means a straight stretch or place to gain speed, so the Damrak was actually the straight piece of river below the Dam across the Amstel where sailors would pick up some speed on their home stretch to the port of Amsterdam.

I took this on Sept 10th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 44mm 25 sec f/11 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO

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

My Neighbours 10 month old Black Cat ..

This sweet girl is one of six baby red squirrels frolicking all over the front yard for the past few weeks. There will be more but this group is the first. Three out of the six have distinct white streaks and this girl is pure blonde with just hints of red. I have never seen one like her before in my life. I am wondering if the light grey male squirrel that has settled here since winter is the dad. I've been spending time with them all and they have become quite friendly. We shall see who stays and who goes once they get older.

I want to introduce You Veronica. I met her in Gerstruben in the Allgäu Alps. As a model, she acted very professionell and cooperative. I found that name on one of her earmarks written by hand. The fact, that someone gives names to his livestock is telling a lot how he is treating them and a lot about the agriculture in this region. It was really keen, to see that.

Ich möchte Euch einmal Veronika vorstellen. Ich habe sie in der Nähe von Gerstruben im Allgäu kennen gelernt. Als Modell verhielt sie sich überaus professionell und kooperativ. Der Name stand handschriftlich auf einem der Anhänger im Ohr. Die Tatsache, dass jemand seinen Nutztieren einen Namen gibt sagt viel über die Art aus, wie er mit Ihnen umgeht und über die Landwirtschaft im Allgemeinen in dieser Region. Das zu sehen hat mich wirklich begeistert.

Adopted on 6/13/10. A very energetic Wire Haired Terrier

Meet my stalker, Spike the Wood Pigeon. Unable to find a mate and rejected by his parents, Spike has taken a liking to me. He comes and sit next to me when I'm taking photo's in the garden. He waits at my backdoor each morning until I feed him, he won't let me stroke him but I have to be careful when I'm walking because he gets under my feet. I have to sit with him when he feeds, if I leave him he flies off leaving his food and won't come back until I return. He has a distinctive white spike on his white on his left side, hence the name.

Airtia Shadoan is my adult character that I play at Mischief Managed.

A pureblood witch potioneer, she has a tricky way about her . . .

{Skin by Nueve / Hair by Stealthic / Pose by Amitie }

Rescued on 01/23/10

For those of you who missed my post a few weeks ago I sadly lost my pet beardy Roxy (only about 3 yrs old) and thought the only way to move on from losing such a gentle and beautiful little friend is to get another one so this one is a little different to Roxy.....an East Coast Leatherback Bearded Dragon ....only 4 weeks old and a tiny 3 inches long at the moment.

Introducing the Giulia head from Akeruka! She comes with 4 different ear types so you can be human, vampire, elf, or mermaid!

Head: Akeruka ADVX Giulia Head V1.5 Beta

Skin: Moccino

Eyes: Avi-Glam

Hair: Tram

Scales: Izzie's

Thanks to my friend Liz for introducing me to ball photography. I love the clarity of the reflection.

Introduced as a game species in Sierra Espuña Natural Park. Often very hard to find.

Spain; Espuna, Murcia 17/2/23

220c 8 - TAC_5608~12_HDR - lr-ps-wm

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*introducing the Boo!* xD

This is Chris, he's my boyfriend, and since May 2021 my hubbie, I love him super much! =^_^=

We know each other from such a long time, and some years later we got more stable, I'm so lucky to have him!

A lot of the things that make me who I am are because of how we've evolved as couple ♥.

I never do posts like these here, just silent random pics n selfies when I feel like it...but this is so important to me - and also it was like RIDICULOUS that in all this time we never did a 'proper', edited pic couple pic.

I hope we can find the time for more and this isn't just an exception, it's so cute to show a bit of how we are together!

Also, yes, I call him 'Boo' 'cause we're kind of super silly :D

This is all for now,

thankies for supporting my tiny blog ♥

kissy!

J

Introducing another of my wild friends, Pancake, the dunnock.

Pancake is one of an enthusiastic and animated troup of dunnocks among the larger flock of different species that hang around our garden. I can't tell the dunnocks apart, except for Charlie (uploaded previously: www.flickr.com/photos/pogspix/52476354419) and Pancake, who both take food from my hand.

Pancake is recognizabe because of her beautiful markings ... and her habit of being right at, and nearly under, my feet in her quest to be at the front of the queue for food---I have to be extremely careful as I walk around the driveway, to ensure she doesn't live up to her name!

Here she is, waiting a bit more patiently, on a snow-glazed log a few weeks ago.

"Hali" is a Micro American Bulldog. She is a Bitch and is 10 months old.

Photo taken by kind permission from her owner/s

Sadly our sweet Paddy has passed away at 14 years old <3

We miss him greatly... until we meet again. <3

Our little Peppa now has a new sister Rosey to play with :)

Couple weeks ago we had to send off to doggie heaven our 13 year old schnauzer that had a stroke.

After a long search, Moose has joined the Krach household to bring some new joy ... and to keep our 10 year old schnoodle busy. Moose is a puppy schnauzer with lots of spunk ... and kisses too.

Captured here when we took Moose down to visit with my Dad on this lovely Autumn day in Maryland where Moose got to play with our dog, and my sister's dogs as well. While being tiny ... he played very well with them. Wore them all out quickly actually.

He seems to not be camera shy as well ... which is nice for me ;)

I will introduce You the city of Grasse in Southfrance during the next days. Since the 16th century that city is wellknown for the producing of perfumes. There are still some quite important perfumefactories located here. It became famous because of the novel (and the screen adaption) "The perfume" by Patrick Süßkind. I recommend to read this very good book before comming here the first time. It will give you a much closer access to what You find here and You can see more than just the tourist attraction.

In den nächsten Tagen möchte ich hier die Stadt Grasse in Südfrankreich vorstellen. Bereits seit dem 16. Jahrhundert ist die Stadt ein bekannter Ort der Parfümherstellung. Es befinden sich noch immer einige sehr bekannte Parfümhersteller hier. Berühmt wurde Sie durch den Roman (und die Verfilmung) "Das Parfüm" von Patrick Süßkind. Ich empfehle jedem, der zum ersten mal hierher kommt vorher dieses sehr gute Buch zu lesen. Das verschafft einen viel intensiveren Zugang zu dem, was man hier vorfindet und man sieht mehr als nur die Touristenattraktion.

This is My Mums Guide Dog Daisy.

She Really is A Very Special Girl and Just Adorable,

Super Intelligent and My Mums Best Friend 💜

Taken with my 35mm Prime for that DOF (Depth Of Feeling 😉)

Introducing Lucy. She is my son's pet and has just moved into the living room while we fix Erics floors. The poor creature has managed 7 years but now it's time for her to put up with my camera. She doesn't mind at all. The most cheerful little soul she is!

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Our new puppy -an apricot standard poodle boy!

How hard is it do you think to get four people to agree on a name? The front runner at the moment is Harpo. He will have the same golden curls as the famous Harpo Marx.

George the cocky was quite interested in the pup and behaved reasonably well but as soon as the pup starts crying, George, not be outdone, does his monkey impersonation much louder, drowning out the howls of the pup. Then George throws in a bark or two. It’s all “look at me, Look at me.” Alfie the budgie looks on and wonders what all the fuss is about.

We have an interesting time ahead to try to socialise the puppy in the crucial next few weeks when it is the very thing we are unable to do. We have bought an App that plays all sorts of noises to expose him too and we have been encouraged to dressup and wigs, glasses and hats so he is exposed to different looks. We will take him in the car to look out the window and do what we can to help him understand the world is more than just our home and the four people in it.

Is it too soon to say I am in love?

At the Thornapple Plaza

Арония черноплодная, или Черноплодная рябина (лат. Arónia melanocárpa) — плодовое дерево или кустарник, вид рода Арония семейства Розовые. Аронию черноплодную выращивают как пищевой, декоративный и лекарственный кустарник.

Aronia melanocarpa, called the black chokeberry, is a species of shrubs in the rose family native to eastern North America, ranging from Canada to the central United States, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south as far as Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia. This plant has been introduced and is cultivated in Europe.

Introduced in CH

Canton of Aagau, Switzerland

..Starling offspring.

Katanuma lake is the small volcano lake in Narugo ,Miyagi prefecture.

One of my favorite lakes.

The water is highly acidic and no fishes live.

I introduce some photos

潟沼は宮城県鳴子にある小さな火山湖です。

私の好きな湖のひとつです。

水は強酸性で魚はいません。

何枚かの写真を紹介します。

Location : goo.gl/gJ6Klz

The path around the lake

Hazel Madeline Carstairs-McAlpin

b. April 11, 2029

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Wild South Africa

Kruger National Park

I encountered this Cheetah family on the Mopani road not far from the Phalaborwa gate. I spent at least 20 minutes alone with them before the next homo sapiens arrived and had enough time to bond with the kids. The mother was a bit uninvolved and constantly looked the other way. She is the one in the background. I was selfish and parked my vehicle far away from the Cheetahs in such a way so that nobody could pass me and approach the animals to take photos with a mobile phone or the like and in the process chase them away. I really had a royal time. Haven't seen Cheetahs in three years.

a part of "Monstrously Nice", Crammed Organisms 2008

blogged here: yarn-n-coffee.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-love.html

Dark day in the bird blind. I really wanted to practice using low shutter speeds and see if I could improve the images using curves and WB without introducing too much noise.

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Heath Common - Wakefield. W. Yorks 2024

Ilford FP4 > pushed iso 250

Minolta Dynax

Adox Adonal Dev

Epson Scan

Red Deer - Cervus elaphus

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.

The red deer is the fourth-largest deer species behind moose, elk and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European red deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. Subtle differences in appearance are noted between the various subspecies of red deer, primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican red deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea. The deer of central and western Europe vary greatly in size, with some of the largest deer found in the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe.Western European red deer, historically, grew to large size given ample food supply (including people's crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts.

The European red deer is found in southwestern Asia (Asia Minor and Caucasus regions), North Africa and Europe. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated land mammal still existing in Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa, with the population centred in the northwestern region of the continent in the Atlas Mountains. As of the mid-1990s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were the only African countries known to have red deer.

In the Netherlands, a large herd (ca. 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaarders Plassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France the population is thriving, having multiplied fivefold in the last half-century, increasing from 30,000 in 1970 to approximately 160,000 in 2014. The deer has particularly expanded its footprint into forests at higher altitudes than before. In the UK, indigenous populations occur in Scotland, the Lake District, and the South West of England (principally on Exmoor). Not all of these are of entirely pure bloodlines, as some of these populations have been supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University of Edinburgh found that, in Scotland, there has been extensive hybridisation with the closely related sika deer.

Several other populations have originated either with "carted" deer kept for stag hunts being left out at the end of the hunt, escapes from deer farms, or deliberate releases. Carted deer were kept by stag hunts with no wild red deer in the locality and were normally recaptured after the hunt and used again; although the hunts are called "stag hunts", the Norwich Staghounds only hunted hinds (female red deer), and in 1950, at least eight hinds (some of which may have been pregnant) were known to be at large near Kimberley and West Harling; they formed the basis of a new population based in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Further substantial red deer herds originated from escapes or deliberate releases in the New Forest, the Peak District, Suffolk, Lancashire, Brecon Beacons, and North Yorkshire, as well as many other smaller populations scattered throughout England and Wales, and they are all generally increasing in numbers and range. A census of deer populations in 2007 and again in 2011 coordinated by the British Deer Society records the red deer as having continued to expand their range in England and Wales since 2000, with expansion most notable in the Midlands and East Anglia.

A path in the forest 森の径

I love the sceneries in daily life, espacially that are seen in nature.

The sun set , forest, farm, mountain stream , flowers and so on..

I introduce some sceneries I encountered in the past few months.

日々見る景色が好きです。

特に自然の中の景色が好きです。

入日、森、田園、渓流、花など。

この数か月間に出会った景色を紹介します。

Location :https://goo.gl/2sSdni

Introducing New Valiant Eyes from IKON.

Available exclusively at 📌 FaMESHed event until December 27th

Then afterwards at IKON 📌 Store

35 colors to choose from, Sold individually or in packs.

Each purchase includes BOM/system eyes and lelutka Evo/X appliers.

I am wearing the shade Dusk available in the Arcane pack

Credits

Uzu - Clara dress - red

WINGS - ER1226

Magika - Oh Deer Headband

Midnight Magic Necklace

ChicChica - Gift box

Synnergy Tavis - Festive Purse

Photo taken at Frost Peak

...one of the world's sweetest cats!

Introducing another canine I met, Hiccup. She was at the Duncan Farmers Market with a lot of people around to meet and greet so wasn't into being still. As a result I was lucky to capture this portrait. She's such a friendly soul.

Introducing New Lodestar Eyes from IKON.

Available exclusively at 📌 Cosmopolitan event until December 21st

Then afterwards at IKON 📌 Store

35 colors to choose from, Sold individually or in packs.

Each purchase includes BOM/system eyes and lelutka Evo/X appliers.

I am wearing the shade Evening available in the Celestial pack

Credits

Backdrops By Damien marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/12388

:::ChicChica::: Gift box

Addams - Santa Fur Trim Bustier