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Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located on Highway 101, in Jefferson County, 27 miles (43 km) south of the town of Forks.
Like virtually all beaches on the northern coast, Ruby Beach has a tremendous amount of driftwood. It is notable for the number of sea stacks there.
The beach is so called because of the ruby-like crystals in the beach sand.
”Drilus flavescens” is one of the most extreme cases of sexual dimorphism in insects. The females of this beetle look like a caterpillar – so called larviform females – completely lacking wings and other adult characters. Adult males are approximately 10 millimetres long. They have long comb-shaped antennas, probably utilized for detecting pheromones of females.
This dragonfly would NOT leave my truck antennae alone! There is an amazing
resemblance.
Another Silly Saturday greeting
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It is Calendar Season Launch time at Page-a-Day so they are having a 20% OFF SALE on Tuesday SEPTEMBER 6 with code WELCOME22@ at pageaday.com. Great way to find gifts for all your nutty friends (or send them a link with a "hint hint" note ) Sorry, for U.S. residents only. Canadians can buy at Calendar Club or amazon.ca or your local bookstore. Thanks for supporting my squirrels! Thank you to everyone who already ordered!!!!! www.pageaday.com/products/the-secret-life-of-squirrels-wa... #calendar #squirrels #miniatures #wildlife #handcrafted #madebyme #squirrelsofinstagram #squirrellove #nutty @workmanpub @pageadaycal @workmanpubkids
They say patience is a virtue and while I want to believe it is an asset, sometimes it is downright painful. Rather, sometimes we are just lucky. This is a place where I have photographed before so I went back in the late evening to catch some light in the sky.
This time I was lucky enough to catch a train as well. I could hear its shunting in the distance as the hulking beast made its way slowly through the trees. Changing lenses to go wider was necessary so I had to be quick with my Lee GND filter. The result came out rather well.
the genus is named after the Swedish baron Alströmer who brought them back from a trip to South America in 1753.
Also called the Peruvian Lily or Inca Lily, is a South American genus of about 50 species of flowering plants.
Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity, one in central Chile, the other in eastern Brazil.
Species of Alstroemeria from the Atacama Desert of Chile are winter-growing plants while those of Brazil are summer-growing.
The flower, which resembles a miniature lily, is very popular for bouquets and flower arrangements in the commercial cut flower trade.
They have a vase life of about two weeks.
Take care, be safe!
Thank you, M, (*_*)
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Alstroemeria, Peruvian-Lily, Inca-Lily, flowers, pink, buds, stamen, petals, design, studio, colour, "black background", square, "magda indigo"
A large falcon that is endemic to South Asia including parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. This is as large as a Peregine Falcon and taller than Saker Falcon, but more leaner unlike the bulky build of Saker Falcon or Peregrine Falcon. We sighted them on two days in action - they were hunting in the area and one of them was fighting with the Saker Falcon. They seem to be quite common in the desert regions and as a fan of falcons was delighted to be sighting them and seeing them in action.
This was sighted in Pokhran, again a desert region. The bird was hunting in the area possibly targeting the many small birds like Pipits, Larks, Crested Larks, Wheatears etc.. There was no dearth of prey. Unfortunately, we didn't see it with any catch though and we were in a rush to see the Indian Bustards, so had to move along.
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By Catherine Boeckmann
February 9, 2024
The daylily is an amazingly low-maintenance perennial. It’s virtually disease-free, pest-free, and drought-resistant; it’s also not picky about soil quality. Plus, the flower has a long bloom period! Here’s how to plant and care for daylilies in your garden, as well as how to easily propagate them for more plants!
About Daylilies
The daylily’s botanical name, Hemerocallis, comes from the Greek hemera (“day”) and kallos (“beauty”). The name is appropriate since each flower lasts only one day! However, each scape has 12 to 15 buds on it, and a mature plant can have 4 to 6 scapes, which is why the flower seems to bloom continuously.
Originally from Asia, these plants have adapted so well that many of us think of them as natives. Imagine the excitement of a 16th-century explorer cruising the Orient and finding these gorgeous plants! European gardeners welcomed daylilies into their gardens, and when early colonists sailed for the New World, daylilies made the crossing with them.
Despite their name, daylilies are not “true lilies” and grow from fleshy roots. True lilies grow from onion-like bulbs and are of the genus Lilium, as are Asiatic and Oriental lilies. In the case of daylilies, leaves grow from a crown, and the flowers form on leafless stems—called “scapes”—which rise above the foliage.
There are thousands of beautiful daylilies to choose from. Combine early, midseason, late blooming varieties, and repeat bloomers to have daylilies in flower from late spring through the first frost of fall. If you see a height listed alongside a daylily variety, this refers to the length of the scape. Some can reach 6 feet tall!
For more information please visit
www.almanac.com/plant/daylilies
These Daylilies were photographed at Pashley Manor Gardens. At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
Plenty of birds were stirring to life before the sun rose, including this little swan family. There were actually two cygnets, although one is hedden behind one of the parent birds. Can you also spot the pelican?
This photo is from Marado [Mara Island]. Marado represents the southernmost point in South Korean territory. The island is about 30km from the southern port of Jeju and the trip by ferry took about 15-20 minutes. The island is comparatively small (approximately 0.3 square kilometers) and you can walk around its entirety at a leisurely pace in about 90 minutes. Marado is home to about 90 residents and "…has long been known for its population being composed of strong women and docile men." (Wiki). While there, we saw traditional "haenyeo" women divers actively working at their trade of free diving to gather seafood.
This is in th e"Not Terribly good club" I heard when I got to Royal Park today there was a female Pink Robin hanging around the park. I finally found it, but could not get a clear shot of it. There's always tomorrow.
This is a shrine set in shallow water just south of Isola del Tinetto. South of Porto Venere, Cinque Terre. I couldn’t find out much about this statue but I imagine it is some sort of sea faring shrine.
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet.
Rumi
Autumn Tides, La Flotte Harbour, counting by numbers.
A knot is one nautical mile per hour (1 knot = 1.15 miles per hour ).
The first Cathay 747 freighter to receive the revised livery with Cathay Cargo titles.
LJN is off to New York JFK via Anchorage as CPA3296 on this very hot summer afternoon.
This is usually a busy area with tourists getting on and off gondolas. This evening I just saw one rat swimming away. At night when it's quiet, apparently rats rule the city according to a local.
"The tower is perfect! I'll take it!"
"But you haven't even seen the inside."
"Shut up! Take my money!"
"But I'm not sure...."
"Gimme the keys. You should go. I want to start moving some stuff in right now. On second thought, you should stay. I might need some...help."
Somewhere in northern Illinois
December 4, 2024
And for the "well ackchyually" crowd, I realize that real estate transactions don't happen that fast. But in Murder Shack World, they do.
And yeah, I think it's an old church.
More of my murder shack pictures
And pictures of some murder shacks - with commentary
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blue skies and spring blossoms. The approaching spring fills me with such happiness!!!
This is for the group Parallel Vision~Word of the Week~Happy(~.~)
Now that flickr is working again, I will be doing some catching up! Thanks to all of my wonderful contacts, for all of your encouragement and support. You are all so sweet and inspire me to no end!
Edit~I used this texture from les brumes as well as one from Skeletal Mess.:-)
"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have the eyes to see them." (John Ruskin)
Have a fine day - I'll try to visit your photostreams tonight...
This is a merged image of 3 sets of HDR. Since the low fog changed rapidly and HDR can present its 3D effect. Lake Kawaguchi Bridge is showing in the fog.
拍攝富士山雲海時，發現HDR比較能呈現雲海立體的感覺，所以拍攝了三組各七張的相片，組合成這張全景，下面若隱若現的是河口湖大橋。
~天下茶屋前, 河口湖, 山梨県, 日本
Lake Kawaguji, Japan
- ISO 100, F16, 1/80~1/2 sec(3 sets of 7 shots HDR), 70 mm
- Canon 5D MarkIII with EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens
- Sunrise @ 6.16am (112º) / Shot @ 6.45am
- Visibility 0.21km @ 7.00am/ Humidity 100% @6.50am
- Temperature 11.1ºC @ 6.50am
This is the oldest British flyable aircraft.
Built in 1912 by Robert Blackburn, it is the only one of this model constructed.
If you look very carefully, you can just see the engine cylinders, below the propeller shaft, which rotate around the crankshaft in the opposite direction to the propeller, as this is a rotary engine (not to be confused with a radial engine.)
Turns are aided by warping or twisting the wings via cables. Wing warping was invented and patented by the Wright Brothers, who vigorously defended their patents - it is likely that Wilbur, in particular, spent more time in court than he ever spent in the air.
Despite its fragile appearance, the Blackburn type D was capable of 60mph and a flight duration of more than 2 hours.
The aircraft was damaged in a landing accident in 1914 and later purchased by Richard Shuttleworth. It was restored to flight in 1947 and can be seen on calm days flying at The Shuttleworth Collection's base of Old Warden.
This is what happens when I try to take a shortcut home to make it in time for dinner and end up choosing the least safe route. Sammy and I almost became dinner ourselves!
I'm wearing:
MadPea Shark Bite Hat
MONTANA Tee by Cold-Ash
CHINO Shorts by Cold-Ash
[P.0.E] - Messenger Bag (Demo) Crate
REBELLION = "ELLISON" SANDALS
Props:
Synnergy Flooded Room Backdrop (dismantled and altered for my scene)
Dock piling (2 Prim) by Kagehi Kohn
My lovely pet ♥
JIAN Pets Splashy Spaniels / Brit. Gold
The bitey sharks:
JIAN Sharks
Background was taken at Fruit Islands Surf beach (Frozen Banana)
Your first love is always alive and lives all time in your heart. How much you try to forget.It never goes away from your heart!
It happens only for once and second time is always a compromise made to forgot the first love.
The first love was,is and will be serene...
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Klein, kleiner, am kleinsten - die kleinste in Mitteleuropa heimische Eule.
Small, smaller, smallest – the smallest owl native to Central Europe.
My Owl album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/c6H5w912H9
My tours album since 2019 is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/SKf0o8040w
My bird album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/1240SmAXK4
My nature album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/27PwYUERX2
My Canon EOS R / R5 / R6 album is here:
www.flickr.com/gp/jenslpz/bgkttsBw35
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Sperlingskauz (Glaucidium passerinum)
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperlingskauz
Der Sperlingskauz (Glaucidium passerinum) ist die kleinste in Mitteleuropa heimische Eule. Auch weltweit gehört die Art zu den Zwergen unter den Eulenvögeln. Der Sperlingskauz ist ein Bewohner des paläarktischen Nadelwaldgürtels, in Mitteleuropa waren seine Vorkommen lange Zeit auf montane Wälder und Wälder in Mittelgebirgslagen beschränkt.
Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_pygmy_owl
The Eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) is the smallest owl in Europe. It is a dark reddish to greyish-brown, with spotted sides and half of a white ring around the back of the neck.[3] This species is found in the boreal forests of Northern and Central Europe to Siberia.
[ Long Way Down ]
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Bachalpsee is a mountain lake close to the First above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland. The lake is located at an elevation of 2,265 m above sea.
Gen Sir Richard Shirreff, Nato's former deputy supreme allied commander Europe, said "yet again we have an American president who has launched a war of choice with no clear understanding where this thing is going to end".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y4458d9jdo
Well this all seems remarkably familiar. I don't suppose we will get to know - but I wonder who is benefitting from this "non-war war".
(Obviously arms manufacturers will, but who else?)
I wish you a wonderful weekend, my friends!
Goblin Valley State Park is a state park of Utah, in the United States. The park features thousands of hoodoos, referred to locally as goblins, which are formations of mushroom-shaped rock pinnacles, some as tall as several yards (meters). The distinct shapes of these rocks result from an erosion-resistant layer of rock atop relatively softer sandstone. Goblin Valley State Park and Bryce Canyon National Park, also in Utah about 190 miles (310 km) to the southwest, contain some of the largest occurrences of hoodoos in the world.
The park lies within the San Rafael Desert on the southeastern edge of the San Rafael Swell, north of the Henry Mountains. Utah State Route 24 passes about four miles (6.4 km) east of the park. Hanksville lies 12 miles (19 km) to the south.
It is the first photograph here in flickr that I took with my iPhone...for some good reasons. When we entered the park we faced a sandstorm...I took the first images with my Sony stored in a plastic bag but quickly realized that it would be really dangerous for my camera because the sand was just over all and so I finally was happy to at least have my iPhone available to take some photographs...
Hoodoos im Koboldtal
Goblin Valley State Park ist ein State Park in Utah, USA. Der Park verfügt über tausende Hoodoos, die aus pilzförmigen Felsnadeln bestehen, von denen einige mehrere Meter betragen. Die unterschiedlichen Formen dieser Gesteine resultieren aus einer erosionsbeständigen Gesteinsschicht auf relativ weichem Sandstein. Der Goblin Valley State Park und der Bryce Canyon National Park, ebenfalls in Utah, etwa 310 km südwestlich, enthalten einige der größten Vorkommen von Hoodoos der Welt.
Der Park liegt in der Wüste San Rafael am südöstlichen Rand von San Rafael Swell, nördlich der Henry Mountains. Die Utah State Route 24 verläuft etwa 6,4 km östlich des Parks. Hanksville liegt 19 km südlich.
Es ist das erste Foto hier in Flickr, das ich mit meinem iPhone aufgenommen habe... aus guten Gründen. Als wir den Park betraten, sahen wir uns einem Sandsturm gegenüber...ich machte die ersten Bilder mit meiner Sony in einer Plastiktüte, aber es war wirklich zu gefährlich für meine Kamera. Und so war ich letztendlich froh darüber, mein iPhone zur Verfügung zu haben, um ein paar Fotos zu machen ...
Uncommon to locally fairly common summer migrant to Europe from winter grounds in Africa. Found in heathland, open farmland with hedges and scattered bushes, especially thorny plants on which prey (small birds, large insects, rodents) can be impaled in "larders." Hunts from perches atop bushes and on wires, but at other times is retiring and easily overlooked. Male distinctive, with blue-gray head, black mask, rusty-brown back; female has warm brown upperparts, fine dark scalloping on breast and flanks. (eBird)
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So many shrikes! I had no idea that there were so many species to be found. This beauty was frequently seen sitting on posts and poles, waiting for the unwary bug to fly by.
Gyulyovtsa, Bulgaria. May 2016.
Neophron Tours.
Rudesheim is situated in the the Rheingau and Rüdesheim Rhine River Gorge winery area.
There are dozens of wine tasting and buying venues in Rudesheim. This is one restaurant, tasting room and wine store in Rudesheim.
The room is the cellar of the hotel Felsenkeller.
There are a total of 380 winemakers in the region marketing their own products. Most are family run companies tending vineyards of between four and eight hectares. There are also three local cooperatives and around two dozen large wine estates (between approx. 10 and 50 hectares). These export a considerable proportion of their production and thus contribute to the fame and reputation of Rheingau Riesling.
Knowledge is no matter of time. If you have good books You have the key to knowledge. And knowledge is power.
Anaklia (Georgian: ანაკლია) is a town and seaside resort in western Georgia. It is located in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, at the place where the Enguri River flows into the Black Sea.
The earliest settlement on Anaklia's territory dates back to the mid-Bronze Age and is typical to the Colchian culture. It is the Classical Heraclea of Colchis, Anaclia of later authors, and Anarghia of Archangelo Lamberti and Jean Chardin (both the 17th-century travelers). After the fragmentation of the Kingdom of Georgia in the 15th century, it was an important fortified town, sea port and fishing station within the Principality of Mingrelia. In 1723, the town was captured by the Ottoman Empire and converted into its maritime outpost and slave-trading locale. Western Georgian kingdom of Imereti regained control over Anaklia in 1770, seizing the opportunity of Ottoman Empire being at war with Russia (Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)). Solomon I, the king of Imereti, was supposed to be supported in this endeavor by a small Russian contingent under General Totleben, but the Russian troops retreated before a clash against the Turks.
In 1802, Kelesh-Bey Sharvashidze, the pro-Turkish ruler of the neighboring Principality of Abkhazia, capitalized on the internecine feuds in Mingrelia, and forced Prince Grigol Dadiani of Mingrelia into surrendering Anaklia, taking Grigol’s son and heir, Levan, as a hostage. When Mingrelia accepted the Russian protectorate in 1803, the Russian commander in Georgia, Prince Tsitsianov, demanded that Kelesh-Bey release Levan. On his refusal, Tsitsianov sent Major General Ion Rykgof into Abkhazia. In March 1805, the Russians took hold of Anaklia and threatened to march against Sukhum-Kaleh, forcing the Abkhazian prince to release Dadiani. The capture of Anaklia drew an Ottoman protest, however, and Tsitsianov hastened to disavow his subordinate and even apologize for his action, removing a Russian garrison from Anaklia. However, the incident added to an increasing tension between the two empires. When the next Russo-Turkish War broke out in 1806, the Russian forces restored Redoubt Kali and Anaklia to the Mingrelian prince Levan who would later relinquish the control of these forts to the Russian administration. (See Russian conquest of the Caucasus#Black Sea Coast.) In the 1850s, Anaklia was a small but strongly fortified seaport, which had a custom-house and carried on a considerable trade with Turkey.
Subsequently, the importance of the Anaklia port significantly reduced, but it remained a minor Black Sea Fleet base in the Soviet times.
After the War in Abkhazia (1992–93), a Russian peacekeeping post was opened at Anaklia in 1994. In 2006, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia reported numerous damages inflicted by the Russian soldiers upon the 17th-century fortress of Anaklia and accused the peacekeepers of installing latrines and baths within the walls of the fort. Following a series of protests by the Georgians, the Russian military post was withdrawn in July 2007.
A monument has been erected in Anaklia on May 21, 2012, commemorating Russia's expulsion of the Circassian people from the region following the conclusion of the Caucasian War in the 1860s. The May 21 date was chosen to coincide with the day on which the Circassian people themselves commemorate the expulsion, which the Georgian government has recognized as an act of genocide. The monument was designed by Khusen Kochesokov, a sculptor from the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria.
Hohenschwangau Castle is a 19th-century palace in southern Germany. It was the childhood residence of King Ludwig II of Bavaria and was built by his father, King Maximilian II of Bavaria. It is located in the German village of Hohenschwangau near the town of Füssen, part of the county of Ostallgäu in southwestern Bavaria, Germany, very close to the border with Austria.
This is as much of the sunset we saw from Mynydd Gelliwastad last evening as we turned around and drove home. Taken in the same spot as in my previous upload.
Berlin 2016
This is a continuation of the "Project" I started last year.
This year I will post a Pic a day.
This year will be B/W Year.
So that is 365 B/W Snaps to get through......I nearly have to feel sorry for you.......haha
But I Don't
I'm that kind of Guy........!!!!!!!!!! haha
This will allow me to devote a bit more time to on going projects, but if I see an opportunity to post something new, different, maybe even Interesting I will do so!!!!!!
Then again I might just sit around and drink some Red Wine and to hell with it!!.....hahaha
Title for this year was lifted from the Byrds song, lyrics by Pete Seeger and not at all inspired in any way from the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Here it is the middle of January, and still no snow except on the mountains tops. The temperatures so far this winter have been namely above 0°. It's rare for Skaha Lake to freeze over, but normally by this time of the year there should be some ice along the shoreline. The sign on the red buoy is warning swimmers of the extreme drop-off on this part of the beach.