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Felt very lucky today. This is the first time I've ever seen a little wood mouse in the wild. I took LOTS of shots lol :-))
Krzywiń is a small town in the province Greater Poland, with approximately 1,700 inhabitants. It was a private clergy town belonging to the Benedictine abbot in Lubin. The first preserved mention of Krzywiń as a town comes from 1272. In 1382, the city was destroyed during domestic fights, the reconstruction took place half a century later. In 1447, the location privilege was renewed. The center of the development was a Market Square with a town hall (the present one comes from 1905) in the south-eastern frontage. In the middle of the Market Square there is a statue of St. Wawrzyniec street and the frontages are built with houses from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The market was revitalized in 2014 and is a major tourist attraction.
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Krzywiń jest małym miastem w woj. wielkopolskim, liczącym około 1700 mieszkańców. Było prywatnym miastem duchownym, należącym do opata benedyktynów w Lubiniu. Pierwsza zachowana wzmianka o Krzywiniu jako mieście pochodzi z 1272 roku. W 1382 roku miasto zostało zniszczone podczas walk domowych, odbudowa nastąpiła pół wieku później. W 1447 miało miejsce odnowienie przywileju lokacyjnego. Ośrodkiem zabudowy był czworoboczny rynek z ratuszem ( obecny pochodzi z 1905 roku) w pierzei południowo-wschodniej. Na środku Rynku znajduje się figura św. Wawrzyńca a pierzeje zabudowane są domami z przełomu XIX i XX wieku.
Rynek był rewitalizowany w roku 2014 i jest dużą atrakcją turystyczną.
Another shot of young Blackie, the baby blackbird from a few weeks ago as it went on an expedition through our garden. It is quite well grown up now and thriving! There are plenty of worms in this neck of the woods!
Happy Feathery Friday!
Lybia tessellata is a species of small crab in the family Xanthidae. It is found in shallow parts of the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Like other members of the genus Lybia, it is commonly known as the pom-pom crab or boxer crab because of its habit of carrying a sea anemone around in each of its claws, these resembling pom-poms or boxing gloves. L. tessellata is a small crab growing to a width of about 2.5 cm (1 in). The carapace is trapezoid in shape and the margin has a distinct tooth-shaped projection on either side, just behind the short-stalked eye. The surface of the carapace is marked into several differently coloured, geometric regions by a network of dark lines giving it the appearance of stained glass. (Wikipedia)
It was cool to watch her
Marie was hungry
Checked if the fish was breathing
Mouth to mouth resuscitation could be an option
I at least thought she was thinking that and I do have skills in being mental or call it good in telepathy if you want
You can just ask Mark, lol
She chose mouth to body and was eager to see if she managed to resusciate the fish
December is here and Christmas is just around the corner – why don’t I look more cheerful! Maybe these delightful Christmassy bits and pieces from YS&YS, available from the December Arcade event, will help put a smile on my face
Quickie pic~ Some gacha items!
Emoji Cloud~ Pure Poison- Enlove Emoji (Rare)
Hoodie Dress, w/tail~ Loki- 01 Meow Meow Gacha - Kitty Overall (Rare)
Choker~ Loki- 14 Meow Meow Gacha- White Kitty Bell Choker
Mask~ Loki- 02 Meow Meow Gacha- Happy Face Mask
Nails~ *PH-PL*- Pretty Guardian//bento nail #02
This is from a series I took in Cleethorpes, I just loved the channel and reflections winding its way to the deeper part of the Humber Estuary.
This is a stunning series of waterfalls and it is hard to get the magnitude in a single shot, so I used a big lens to concentrate on some of the detail instead. I used a slowish shutter speed as I wanted to keep some structure in the water.
This is the landscape I have been visiting for my upcoming series: "Closer to the matter".
I took this image from my room in the first night while I stayed there.
It is handheld at ISO 4000 without image stabilization, which means kind of useless closer up.
Nevertheless it shows the atmosphere so well, I didn't want to keep it for myself.
(ISO 4000, f2 @ 32mm, 2sec., 22:11)
A resident starling and a winter visitor to our region. These birds share the same habitat as other starlings and are similar in behaviour to the Brahminy starling or Rosy Starling. They are found often on the Acacia bushes on the roadsides or trees in flocks near water bodies. I think this one is an immature one based on the colors which are still too pale and have a silky smooth appearance.
The birds are local migrants - I am not sure where they migrate from to our region yet though. Just like Rosy Starlings, they are seen together in pretty large groups of 20-30 and more. I sighted a large flock on a lake bank and the light was just fantastic. They were foraging on the road side bushes and were unmindful of our presence. I had a great time shooting thee beautiful starlings.
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... the bokeh is so in love with the flower
in royal blue that it forms a heart :-)
Happy Monday everyone!
This is about as far as we wanted to get into the back country desert with the 4 wheel drives we were renting ... no need to get stuck and then needing rescue. Amazing scenery there in Utah.
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1. It is hard to take a selfie in focus
2. It is hard to toss leaves and not look goofy at the same time
3. who cares when you are having fun!
WSOR (probably L595 crew) is rolling through Brandon, WI. with grain and freight from Oshkosh, and 25 grain cars from Ripon. They will drop the freight at Horicon, pick up 2 more SD40-2's, and continue on to Granville, where the next crew will bring it to Chicago.
HaPPY LaDYBuG iN The GReeN BaMBoo
Hope you are fine, my friends.
This week was a good one, yours too?
Slowly the things in my life clear out and the sun is coming over the hill again and shines in my face.
Thank you all for your kind friendships and your wonderful comments and emails over the last days.
Helps me a lot
Wish you a great weekend
Play it loud…………….
And yes, this Photoshop plugin is called fractalius.
Only available for windows, grrrrrrrrr,.-(((
Glen Canyon Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States, near the town of Page. The 710-foot (220 m) high dam was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) from 1956 to 1966 and forms Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the U.S. with a capacity of 27 million acre-feet (33 km3). The dam is named for Glen Canyon, a series of deep sandstone gorges now flooded by the reservoir; Lake Powell is named for John Wesley Powell, who in 1869 led the first expedition to traverse Colorado's Grand Canyon by boat.
The dam's economic justification was questioned by some critics. It became "a catalyst for the modern environmental movement," and was one of the last dams of its size to be built in the United States. The dam has been criticized for the large evaporative losses from Lake Powell and its impact on the ecology of the Grand Canyon, which lies downstream; environmental groups continue to advocate for the dam's removal. Water managers and utilities state that the dam is a major source of renewable energy and provides a vital defense against severe droughts.
Today, Glen Canyon and Lake Powell are managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
This is my first storm chaser picture i have ever done. Last night i was happy to shoot this picture in my hometown in Germany. I had a lot of fun and I think now I will often chase a storm. I hope you enjoy it.
Shoot with Nikon D800 and Sigma 20mm Art.
The Dranse de Morzine is a French river that flows through the Haute-Savoie department.
With a length of 26.4 km, the Dranse de Morzine rises below the Tête de Bostan (2,406 m) and the Col de Bretolet (1,936 m) on the French-Swiss border in the Chablais region. It is fed by a number of torrents from various cirques located between the Hauts-Forts (2,466 m), the Pointe de Fornet (2,300 m), the Pointe de la Léchère (2,175 m) and the Tête de Bostan.
It joins the Dranse d'Abondance at Bioge (in the commune of Reyvroz), and from there they form the Dranse, which flows into Lake Geneva, forming the Dranse delta between Thonon-les-Bains and Publier.
La Dranse de Morzine est une rivière française qui coule dans le département de la Haute-Savoie.
D'une longueur de 26,4 km, la Dranse de Morzine prend sa source sous la tête de Bostan (2 406 m) et le col de Bretolet (1 936 m) à la frontière franco-suisse, dans le Chablais. Elle est alimentée par un certain nombre de torrents provenant des divers cirques situés entre les Hauts-Forts (2 466 m), la pointe de Fornet (2 300 m), la pointe de la Léchère (2 175 m) et la tête de Bostan.
Elle rejoint à Bioge (commune de Reyvroz), la Dranse d'Abondance, à partir de là, elles forment ensemble la Dranse qui se jette dans le Léman en formant le delta de la Dranse entre Thonon-les-Bains et Publier.
It is interesting how deep shade changes the color of the water. In other locations with more sunlight, the golden trees reflected gold in the water. Here in the shade the colors are entirely different.
The cathedral is named after the 6th-century Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) cathedral in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), which was dedicated to the Holy Wisdom rather than to a specific saint named Sophia. The first foundations were laid in 1037 or 1011, but the cathedral took two decades to complete. According to one theory, Yaroslav the Wise sponsored the construction of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in 1037 to celebrate his decisive victory over the nomadic Pechenegs in 1036 (who thereafter were never a threat to Kyiv).
The grand Cathedral of St. Sophia the Wisdom of God has already been located in the historical center of ancient Kyiv for one thousand years. It is the most ancient Christian church that is fully preserved in the East Slavic area. Being born in the era of Christianization of Rus’ it became the cradle of Kyivan Christianity, statehood and culture, development of which was carried out under the sign of Sophia the Wisdom, which patrons the world. Saint Sophia the Wisdom of God, after whom the cathedral was named, is one of the fundamental ideologemes of Eastern Christianity. It is associated with the image of sovereign statehood wisely kept by God. The idea of Saint Sophia had been preserved as a basis of spiritual life of the entire population for centuries. The humanity can’t exist without this idea as a Christian nation, as a Church, because the idea of St. Sophia was identified with the wisdom of new Christian religion.
Location: Mirage @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mirage/137/161/41
Under the water
It's cold and it's grey
My torrid autumn
Another season decays
Open up the hollow
And my walls come down
I'll tell you it's a problem
Just when no one's around
But then
I know what's wrong
God you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will draw my line
I will draw my line
Burning my cathedrals
'Cause I don't pray anymore
Look at all these people
These tragic little people
They're smiling and they don't know what for
But then
I know what's wrong
God you complicated everything
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will blur my line
I will blow my line
Our houses are haunted
Torn and deserted
They're made of my secrets and shame
Baby I want it
But I know I'm not worth it
I can't even sell you my name
But then
I know you're wrong
God, you took it all away from me
I know you're gone, gone, gone
This is where I will cross my line
I am crossing my line
.... between "I like you" and "I love you? "
Beautifully answered by Buddha :
When you like a flower, you just pluck it.
But when you love a flower, you water it daily.
One who understand this, understands life.
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This is called Yarn Bombing... and at the Stony Brook Museum, there are many trees that are covered in this colorful and very time consuming art form...
If you have never heard of this before, I thought I'd share... if you Google Yarn Bombing, you will see this is done all over the world!!
“Stories of imagination
tend to upset those
without one.”
(Terry Pratchett)
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Image is of the working end (ie the head end) of a Cecropia Caterpillar, as it munches through a massive amount of cherry tree leaves. This is the same caterpillar that I photographed a few weeks back but now almost twice the size.
Click on the image to zoom in progressively ....
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Une clé pour le thème "high-key" de Macro Mondays
A key to Macro Mondays' high-key theme
EF100mm f/2.8 L IS USM + tubes allonges 68mm
Stack de 112 images capturées avec Helicon Remote et assemblées avec Helicon Focus
"Macro Mondays"
"High Key"
Burg Vischering is a moated castle on the northern edge of the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Lüdinghausen, Germany. Despite an almost complete rebuilding in the 16th century (a fire destroyed most of the castle in 1521), the castle has largely retained its fortified character. Among the numerous castles and palaces in Muensterland, it is one of the oldest and best-preserved fortifications in the region.
The tower was also used as a watchtower in the past, and the uppermost of its storeys is occupied by a guardroom with a window on each of the eight sides. The slate-covered roof of the tower is crowned by a wooden crown with metal cover and a weather vane.
Today, the castle complex serves as a cultural centre for the district of Coesfeld. Concerts and lectures, for example, take place in the Rittersaal, while the rooms on the upper floor are used for temporary exhibitions of art and cultural history.
Stowe Gardens is a National Trust property located in Buckinghamshire, England. It is a Georgian landscape garden and park that is open 365 days a year. The majority of the gardens, along with part of the park, passed into the ownership of the National Trust in 1989.
Wiki link - Stowe_Gardens.
This is Gracie Jo, the semi-feral cat we are trying to coax indoors. Today's forecast was for a "wintry mix", lots of wind, etc. At lunch time, Gracie Jo ran pretty quickly to the back door (before I could take her food up to her heated area in the workshop), so it seemed like a good time to try whisking her inside. I got her into the laundry room without her biting or scratching me. Just about that time the wind picked up and the rain turned to sleet & I think Gracie Jo must have been okay with being inside for a little while.
Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near to the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years, becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539. Wikipedia
Amsterdam - Marnixstraat
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Ceriagrion coromandelianum is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. it is commonly known as Coromandel Marsh Dart and Yellow Waxtail. This species can be found in South Asian countries such as: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal. This male was seen in Sri Lanka.
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