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My thoughts are with all those affected by yesterday's horrific killings in Paris. A sad, sad day, indeed.
This is the fourth, and I think it will be the last, photo of one of two Common Loons seen at Emerald Lake, British Columbia, on 11 July 2015. Rather a distant shot, but I didn't dare crop it any closer than I did. That day, I had a wonderful day out with friend Sandy, driving westwards from Calgary and eventually reaching the next province, British Columbia (B.C.). Sandy had two destinations in mind - a stop at the Spiral Tunnels and then to explore the forest around Emerald Lake. I had only been to B.C. a handful of times in 37 years, so this was an absolute treat.
"The lake is enclosed by mountains of the President Range, as well as Mount Burgess and Wapta Mountain. This basin traps storms, causing frequent rain in summer and heavy snowfalls in winter. This influx of moisture works with the lake's low elevation to produce a unique selection of flora. Trees found here are more typical of B.C.'s wet interior forests, such as western red cedar, western yew, western hemlock and western white pine. The alluvial fan on the northeast shore produces wildflowers in abundance during late June and early July.
Due to its high altitude, the lake is frozen from November until June. The vivid turquoise color of the water, caused by powdered limestone, is most spectacular in July as the snow melts from the surrounding mountains.
The first European to set sight on Emerald Lake was guide Tom Wilson, who stumbled upon it by accident in 1882. A string of his horses had gotten away, and it was while tracking them that he first entered the valley. The lake had an impression on even the most seasoned of explorers: "For a few moments I sat [on] my horse and enjoyed the rare, peaceful beauty of the scene." It was Wilson who gave the lake its name because of its remarkable colour, caused by fine particles of glacial sediment, also referred to as rock flour, suspended in the water. However, this was not the first time Wilson had dubbed a lake 'Emerald'. Earlier that same year he had discovered another lake which he had given the same moniker, and the name even appeared briefly on the official map. This first lake however, was shortly renamed Lake Louise." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Lake_(British_Columbia)
Our trip started just after 7:00 am, to get a good, early start, especially before the temperature soared. The drive from Calgary to Emerald Lake takes about 2 and a half hours and is a 218.5 km drive via Trans-Canada Hwy/AB-1 W. We took a quieter route home at the end of the day. Rain arrived just in time for this drive home and, by the time I got back to my car in Calgary, the rain was really heavy and a few of the roads were beginning to flood very quickly. It was raining again this morning. I was kind of hoping for a few rainy days, as I suddenly have a build-up of quite a few very major, very urgent things to deal with and I didn't want to be tempted to go out with my camera.
Shortly after we began our walk though the forest along the right hand side of the lake, we heard a commotion coming from the water. When we found a place to see through the trees, we could see two beautiful Common Loons and a female duck with several babies, possibly Common Mergansers. My guess would be that the Merganser mother kept chasing away the Loons, creating a lot of splashing. This distant photo of one of the Loons was taken at the end of our walk. It was in the smaller section of the lake at Emerald Lake and we noticed it when we were walking along the boardwalk/bridge. It was swimming towards us and I managed to get one quick shot. Then it swam under the boardwalk and was disappearing into the distance by the time I took this shot. This photo also shows why this lake is named Emerald Lake : )
Also, at the beginning and the end of our "hike", we watched a family of Violet-green Swallows that were nesting. Not sure how many young ones there were, but I saw three. Though we do get these birds in Calgary, I've never seen one properly - just when a mass of Swallows swarms over the Bow River and someone calls out "Violet-green!" The adults flew to feed their babies at top speed and barely stayed a second at the nest hole. I was just thrilled to see one of these birds - thanks, Sandy, for your patience, allowing me to try and get a few photos! Thanks, too, for such a great day, as usual!
A beautiful collar with hud included, 3 different textures. Simple, subtle and pleasant, just for the body Niramyth-Aesthetic.
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Took this photo at KAMEYAMA-SYACYU (亀山社中) in Nagasaki.
Color converted to B&W by Photoshop Elements.
Smew
Scientific name: Mergellus albellus
This small duck is an uncommon winter visitor to the UK, where they're usually found on lakes, reservoirs and gravel
The smew is a small sawbill, a group of ducks named for their serrated bills. They're diving ducks, which spend a lot of time under the water hunting for food - mostly aquatic insects in summer and small fish in winter.
Smews are winter visitors to the UK, with most birds not arriving until at least December and leaving again by the middle of March. They spend the summer in the taiga forests of northern Scandinavia and Russia, where they nest around lakes, ponds, rivers and other water-logged places with lots of trees. The females lay their eggs in holes high up tree trunks, lining their nest with soft down feathers. They often use old cavities excavated by black woodpeckers, though they'll happily use large nest boxes instead. The ducklings will jump down to the ground at just a day or two old and make their way to the nearest water.
Outside of the breeding season, smews can sometimes form large flocks but are usually found in small groups. In the UK, most sightings of smews involve single birds, or very small groups. The best place to look for a smew is on a lake, reservoir or gravel pit; often places that hold wintering goldeneyes can also attract a smew. Some sites reliably host a smew or two, or even a small flock, every year. Most of the smews that make it to the UK are females or young bird, as the adult males tend to stay closer to their breeding grounds.
The number of smews reaching the UK each winter has decreased dramatically in recent decades and they are now considered a scarce visitor. In the mid 20th century, hundreds would spend the winter here, with a record 144 counted at a single London reservoir in 1956. By contrast, in 2019 it was estimated that only 130 smews wintered in the whole of Britain. This decrease has been attributed to the effects of climate change, with warmer winters meaning the birds don't need to travel as far from their breeding grounds to escape freezing conditions. However, smews are very prone to move around in winter in response to the weather conditions, so spells of very cold weather on the continent can push more across the North Sea to the UK.
Adult males are unmistakeable, with a striking black and white plumage. They're mostly white but with a black back, grey flanks, and narrow black lines on the sides of the breast and rear of the head. They also have a black patch around each eye that reaches the base of the short, dark bill. They have longer feathers on their crown that form a drooping crest.
Did you know?
Male smews are sometimes known as 'white nuns' because their crest and pale plumage gives them the impression of wearing a white hood. Females and young birds are referred to as 'weasel-coots', or more commonly 'redheads', due to the chestnut colour of their head.
Winter is here… well in northern BC anyway. WC 3026 and 3027 go about switching Canfor as the snow falls in Fort St John.
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This is a series of postcards photographed by Victor Ross from Petawawa, Ontario during the late 1930's. These are postcards numbered R-22 & R-25 (the R stands for "Ross").
There is also a line of postcards "Victor Ross" made with the "V" - which stands for the Victor. Both the V's and the R's were in his folder that was produced around 1940.
Victor George Krigger/Thrasher (Ross)
1909–1966
BIRTH 3 OCT 1909 • Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 10 SEP 1966 • Petawawa, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
Victor George Krigger (Ross) was born on October 3, 1909, in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, his step-father, William Ross, was 28 and his mother, Mary, was 28. He had three sons and three daughters with Ethel May James. He died on September 10, 1966, in Petawawa, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 56.
Evolutionists are always searching for that elusive "missing link" to prove their belief/theory.
Interestingly, Evolutionists are yet to discover that link.
Is this, perhaps, the "missing link" that proves fungi evolved from coral.
It was discovered at the seaside in Noosa Heads National Park, Queensland.
Taking shots from our basement window gives me a different point of view of our Backyard Harvest Fest setup, and it's visitors.
When this squirrel showed up, peeked inside the jack-o-lantern Goodie Bowl and saw the assortment of nuts tucked away, it's almost like it did a double take. Now, how to get this thing home before someone else steals it!
Limited to 40 minifigures, The Smoking Bat is the first pad printed minifigure that we have printed ourselves here at CyclopsBricks(another printer is currently print the Grumpy Crusaders). He is available on the CyclopsBricks site now so get him while you can! These will be shipping out this weekend!
The CyclopsBricks Team
This is a very first image from a short series of images with magnificent autumn reflections in calm water.
This image represents and an alternative point of view on the World around us, on human perception, on amazing things around us that we can see only if we change a perspective...
This is simply a different take on my Glowing Jones Soda photo. This time, rather then just putting the glow sticks in the bottles, I decided to cut the glow sticks open and pour them in. It was a lot of fun doing this, not to mention really messy. By the time I was finished half on my room was glowing as well as my face and arms. I have a few other photos from this shoot that I'll post at some point.
Website: www.rapidconversation.com/
If you haven't seen the first photo you can check it out by following the link below!
www.flickr.com/photos/rapidconversation/5649210111/in/pho...
Spring is making its way into Lapland slowly but surely. Weather is getting warmer day by day and long gone are the days with only few hours of daylight. Unfortunately, also trees have lost their beautiful snow-cover.
My two personal favorite times of the year in Lapland are fall colors and mid-winter. Still, there is something magical about the spring.
Taken March 2021.
, but its complicated ..
We Barely Make it ..
* Texture Credits Goes To My Lovely Friend BntAl3nabi Thank Yow !
*MADE IT TO EXPLORE FRONT PAGE
I finally bought this camera despite the rumor of the possible launch of its upgrade. The sad part was I had to sell two of my lenses and my D200. The sadder part was one of those lenses has my most viewed photo in flickr. Hopefully the saddest part won't come yet which is the release of the upgrade.
For the time being, I'll have fun with this camera first. Like what Chase Jarvis said "The best camera is the one that's with you". =))
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Strobe info:
SB600 grid cam left @ 85mm, 1/2 power
SB900 snoot cam left @ 200mm, 1/64 power
triggered via PWii
"I think the night is more alive and even more richly coloured than the day. . . . If only one pays attention to it, one sees that certain stars are citron yellow, while others have a pink glow or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expiating on this theme, it should be clear that putting little white dots on a blue-black surface is not enough."
Vincent Van Gogh
The hunter is rising in the Autumn night sky, heralding the imminent arrival of Winter. Sometimes having a hazy night helps accentuate the brightness and colour of stars. Here we see the Constellation Orion rising through the cloudy, autumnal colour on the horizon, with Meissa, Bellatrix and Betelgeuse showing their colours.
Happy Easter!!
"Unconditionally"
Song By Jencarlos Canela - Live VIDEO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcRUJZ4V5-o
Easter Donut Nests – simple as 1-2-3
See ‘how to’ on blog, Baking is my Zen.
bakingismyzen.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/easter-donut-nests...
Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.Locally it is often referred to simply as The City. The borough is coextensive with New York County, founded on November 1, 1683, as one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. The borough consists mostly of Manhattan Island, bounded by the Hudson, East, and Harlem rivers; several small adjacent islands; and Marble Hill, a small neighborhood now on the U.S. mainland, physically connected to the Bronx and separated from the rest of Manhattan by the Harlem River.
Manhattan is often described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, and the borough hosts the United Nations Headquarters. Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world, and Manhattan is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization: the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Many multinational media conglomerates are based in Manhattan, and the borough has been the setting for numerous books, films, and television shows. Manhattan is historically documented to have been purchased by Dutch colonists from Native Americans in 1626 for 60 guilders, which equals US$1050 today. (borrowed from Wikipedia)
Perile, Come She Will
This is where he said to meet; did she have the wrong address? It was in a part of town unknown to her, and she had gotten lost. The nice young man at the service station she had stopped at had most kindly given her directions.
The area was bit seedy, and dirty, and ……were the dance club, The Rapscallion he had called it.
Maybe it was at the end of this alley, she wondered, and moved to go down it…… but faltered, as the alleys’ dark passageway rather put her off. She thought it over, and as she did her mind went to last weekend….
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It had been the charming young stranger she had met last week who had suggested they meet tonight, and he had given her directions to a dance parlor he had called Rapscallion. Private he said, not even listed, he had told her, but well worth the visit, he had promised her.
Still standing in front of the dark alley, She shivered delightfully as she relived it all. She had met him last Saturday at her Cousin Sarah’s wedding. reception.
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He had come up to her, quite shyly, and had meekly asked for a dance, as though her denying him would be pure devastation to his being.
The name he had whispered in her ear as they had dance was Hallowick, Robin Hallowick, mimicking a James Bond Movie.
It had been wonderful and she had had the time of her life. The only blemish was the diamond clasp form her satin cape, turning up missing, they had looked for it everywhere. She still held out hope that it would still be found. He himself had been ever so devastated over her losing the expensive piece, almost as bad as she had felt. She had covered her own feelings and tried to ease his mind, saying she had several more at home in her collection.
It was then Robin had suggested he repay the wonderful time he had had by taking her out for an evening of dancing at the exclusive club called Rapscallion . She had never heard of it, or her cousin. He had invited them both, but unfortunately her cousin Sarah would be on her Honeymoon.
He had said to her, looks like just me and you kid, a devilish smile spreading across his face, and she had absolutely just melted on the spot. Sarah, who was always worrying over her, had urged her to accept his offer, not that she had needed much prodding from anyone. Accepting, he had kissed her hand, and then had her write down the address for a promised romantic evening( her belief) . He then, speaking French, had bid her “un au revoir fond”, and had left for an urgent business appointment.
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So that evening she had anxiously driven into the city, literally squirming in her seat the whole hour long trip
She now shivered with excitement, but then remembering the the area she was in, she turned back to the street as she wistfully looked at her Rolex; she had been waiting for almost 30 minutes. She decided to walk a little ways down the alley, but if she found nothing there….. she decided to head home. She did so hate to leave her house empty for very long. She had given her 3 servants the night off with the anticipation of some extracurricular activities with the charming Robin Hallowick.
Then she saw a figure detached itself from the shadows, oh good, she thought, a local, perhaps he can help me?
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Please follow Perile for more adventures down a quite crooked path.
Today I got up really inspired and with a new project idea :)
My new project is called "Beatle's Songs". As you can guess, I'll take photos with lyrics of Beatles songs [and with all the fab four single careers] (:
The first song I've chosen was Because. That song is so beautiful to me. I love it :)
Before I start to visit you, I must confess that I don't really like those photos I've taken to start my project :( I'm really disappointed with the result, but I've decided to upload it anyway! I intend to take a new shot with this lyric someday soon (:
formspring :)
366 2024 - The Future is Now - Day 361 - December 26
The Flickr Lounge - Weekly Theme 52 - Reflection - We have two nice small ponds at the RV park we are staying at, the ducks really like them!
It is very rare to see such a train in the middle of the city. Color was great ,especially the orange painting.
It is extremely rare in UK skies to have four largely clear nights in succession, even rarer to find that the 'seeing' for planetary imaging is steady enough on all four, especially while Saturn remains so low in UK skies. Such was the case here and these are my successive best sequences of Saturn on each of those nights. Each image is the best RGB sequence that night combined with the best infrared image of the night as the luminance channel. A close look will show that the night of 15th July was marginally less steady for detail than the other three nights.
Peter
Equipment used:
ZWO ASI174MM mono CMOS camera, IR and RGB filters, 2.5x PowerMate, 14inch f/10 LX200 SCT, EQ8 mount
Happy Pride Month! Everyone is Batman, the coolest hero around. At least by his definition. :)
Just a little mod of the EIA set using 100% genuine Lego parts.
"... to not let the past get in the way of the present." (Dr. Maggie Bloom, from A Million Little Things)
Created for EXPLORE Worthy - The Monthly Quote, June (2022 Art)
Main image from PD.
Frame, from PngWing.
Birds, mine, created in PSE.
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Hyakunin isshu (百人一首) is a traditional anthology style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology. Literally, it translates to "one hundred people, one poem [each]". It also refers to the card game of uta-garuta, which uses a deck composed of poems from one such anthology.
this is my mother 's wrinkles. hand,,,yes super hand lol
おはじきをなんなくこなした孫におばあちゃんは これはどうだ！と出してきた百人一首。。。。
しいて、わかりやすいように絵のほうをならべましたが、さすがに百人一首は 学校にはなかったようです。。。。
おばあちゃんのしわしわの手が 印象的です。
「難しすぎるカルタじゃない？！」と お手上げの娘(孫）でした。
Bournemouth is a coastal resort town on the south coast of England, east of the 96-mile-long (155 km) Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 183,491, making it the largest in Dorset. With Poole to the west and Christchurch in the east, Bournemouth is part of the South East Dorset conurbation.
Before it was founded in 1810 by Lewis Tregonwell, the area was a deserted heathland occasionally visited by fishermen and smugglers. Initially marketed as a health resort, the town received a boost when it appeared in Augustus Granville's 1841 book, The Spas of England. Bournemouth's growth accelerated with the arrival of the railway, and it became a town in 1870. Historically part of Hampshire, it joined Dorset with the reorganisation of local government in 1974. Through local government changes in 1997, the town began to be administered by a unitary authority independent of Dorset County Council, although it remains part of that ceremonial county. Since April 2019 the unitary authority has been merged with that of Poole, as well as the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch to create the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority.
The town centre has notable Victorian architecture and the 202-foot (62 m) spire of St Peter's Church, one of three Grade I listed churches in the borough, is a local landmark. Bournemouth's location has made it a popular destination for tourists, attracting over five million visitors annually with its beaches and popular nightlife. The town is also a regional centre of business, home of the Bournemouth International Centre or BIC, and a financial sector that is worth more than £1,000 million in gross value added.
Twine is a light string or strong thread composed of two or more smaller strands or yarns twisted, and then twisted together.
Knots are bonds.
Playing with twine, lol.
I mean, at my age? And why not, the creative juices were flowing, you try and stop them! Hahaha
It was a fun afternoon... more to come.
Have a glorious day and thank you, M, (*_*)
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Home is a shelter from storms - all sorts of storms.
William J. Bennett
La casa è un rifugio dalle tempeste, tutti i tipi di tempeste.
William J. Bennett
North Fort Myers is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 36,609 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
North Fort Myers is located at 26°42′N 81°53′W (26.7029, -81.8844),[3] northwest across the Caloosahatchee River from Fort Myers proper.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 54.6 square miles (141 km2), of which 52.6 square miles (136 km2) is land and 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) (3.61%) is water.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
Commentary.
Albury is a small village strung along
the valley of the River Tillingbourne.
Formerly, this was an industrial valley with many mills and forges.
It is below the chalky North Downs to the north.
The southern part of the village
rises up the Wealden Sandstone hills.
The cottages, in shot, have amazing and massive, decorated chimneys designed by Augustus Pugin.
They seem disproportionate to the dwellings
and are reminiscent of the many huge chimneys
at Hampton Court, on the River Thames.
Though often busy with through traffic,
Albury still seems to be in a time-warp.
Certain corners seem unchanged for centuries
and “Far from the madding crowd.”
This is an older picture of Cleo, taken in late November with the last flowers in our garden in the background. I have decided to post this picture for several reasons. First, I think that Cleo looks quite lovely here, a little serious maybe but that's not unusual for her. Second, just like Cleo I'm longing for sunshine, warmer temperatures and the return of the flowers and this picture has a touch of spring. And third, at the moment it's impossible to take nice pictures of Cleo as she is in such a bad mood because of the weather that the camera would probably explode if I gave it a try. I hope that she will be less grumpy when Spring finally arrives.
ꒌ ﹏﹏ Под пуним оптерећењем, узводно, изгледа као да корито потискује ниво воде наниже.
► █░▓ ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ Marina bravely pushing upstream, forcing the huge mass of water to rise in front of her bow. This inland freighter under the flag of Netherlands is 135 meters long and of 11 meters width. At the moment of publishing she is stopped at her destination in Zuid Hollandsch Diep near Moerdijk.
Olympus E-M1 orig, Olympus M.75-300mm f/4.8-6.7ii half-way zoomed in at 156 mm (312 mm in full-frame terms). Overexposed ⅔ of a stop. Handheld with support. Shutter speed priority 1/640 of a sec resulting in f/5.7 at ISO 4000. AWB. Sooc jpeg edited in Photos 10.0. Uncompressed, cropped to 16×10 format.
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Frogs! The mission is ahead of you, you have trained long and hard for this. Phase One is complete. The FrogPod factories have built our attack wings..
You are task to invade all the different worlds at BW.
Time is short, Operation Oscar launches June 16th. So climb in your FrogPod DropFighters and take off!
Goodluck.
ATTENTION! RIBBIT!
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I was honoured by being named Brickworld Master last year and following in the footsteps of Arthur Gugick (who gave out scorpions last year for no apparent reason), I decided to do something to mark that occasion and pay tribute to some of the builders I look up to whose work has inspired me. I tried to combine a few of their iconic looks/builds into a single silly simon build. :)
I'll leave it up to you, intrepid reader, to try to figure what I stole from whom.
Started the hike at 1am in the morning with nothing to guide us but the moonlight.
Wanted to get to this before sunrise and it paid off wonderfully.
This was shot near the Olympic National Forrest in Washington.
Canon 300D
18-55 EFS @ 22mm
1/60
F8
ISO 100
Here is a nice photo of a Pacific Ambush Bug (Phymata pacifica, Phymatidae) on a leaf of Coffeeberry that was flowering. These tiny predators have remarkable armor that reminds me of crabs or traditional Japanese armor. Now look at the other Ambush Bug I found in this photo. That one might be a nymph, but even so - are they the same or different? (San Marcos Pass, 13 July 2018)