for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Pic taken at Sunnys Studio and Mall using Rain

'Roundhill has its hat on'

The sun 🌞 can be seen setting behind Kelston Roundhill with the city of Bath below having baked in several days of extreme sun 🔆

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Looking from the Lilienstein in the Saxon Switzerland some minutes after sun rise. It was a great morning, felt like beeing

above the clouds.

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Its July 1975 were at Genoa City Wis with the Sunday only train leaving the station heading to Lake Geneva Wis with a Crandall unit leading the way .The following month Aug 1st 1975 all commuter trains going to Lake Geneva would come to a stop and service would get cut back to Richmond IL

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Its Thirty Thursday ! we go back to March 1975 Were at Griffith Ind with C&O GP-30 leaving the Erie tracks and getting onto the C&O heading to Cincinnati Ohio .today all this track is long gone

Its been a very hot day and I think its going to be a hot night too! :)

A willow warbler with food for its fledglings in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire.

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Lynn just popped her head out of the front door and announced "Its Snowing".....and an idea popped into my head .....turn the lights on in the back garden.....take a shot and see how it looks ......i like it

Its my wedding anniversary tomorrow and i thought I would celebrate by posting a photograph of a recently married couple, who like myself (many years ago ) are starting on a journey. One that I have loved and still love.

Sitelle et son nichoir d'oiseaux - Nuthatch and its birdhouse

its contribution and at the same time its limitation...

Paul Strand

HMM! HBM!! Words Matter!

butterfly, identification welcome, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

Its not about the blackbird but the whole capture with the wonderful winter colours mixed with the snow..

Its not how many groups you can get your picture in, its the people that make Flicr

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If I leave here tomorrow

Would you still remember me?

Cause I'm as free as a bird now

And this bird you can not change

But please don't take it so badly

Cause Lord knows I'm to blame

its a shame it wasn't good light , only 1/100 sec.

Given the Beauty of this Flower and its Visitor, clearly the Devil lost! The ancient story goes that the vernacular name of Succisella inflexa, Southern Devil's Bit (Morsus diaboli), goes back on the enmity between the Devil and Beneficial Nature. Our Scabious once in the dawn of humanity was a Heal-All, much to the dismay of the Devil who sought only anguish for humankind. Out of pure spite he bit off the main part of Scabious's root - regard its shallow rooting today - hoping the plant would die. Hence 'Devil's Bit'. Of course, Succisella didn't die but it did lose its healing powers. In compensation it remained attractive and beautiful, full of Plenty for myriad insects among which Butterflies and also this marvelous Hoverfly.

Belted Flyer. Volucella zonaria, by the standard of Hoverfly sizes, is very large; it measures about 2.5 cm (=almost an inch) compared to the 2-3 mm (.09 inch) of the smallest ones. And Zonaria's color is striking as well, very orange-yellow, mimicking a Hornet. So often it's called the Hornet Hoverfly. Entirely harmless, though; not a devil at all in her!

Its a rainy misty day back in Aug 1978 were between Morris and Joliet IL with eastbound with E-units and F-units with a freight train from Rock Island IL [Happy F-unit Friday ]

Or maybe this marmot has watched The Lion King once too often :-)

Riffelberg, Switzerland

As its still Ferrari Friday, here is a shot from the assembly road at Goodwood of chassis 2129GT, a Ferrari 250 GT SWB/C sold to Garage Francorchamps for Willy Mairess to race in 1960.

This car took the victory at the Tour de France on its maiden race, driven by Willy Mairesse and Georges Berger, under number 157. It then took second at the 1000km Paris with Wolfgang von Trips partnering Willy Mairesse.

In 1967, under the ownership of Bill Lake, the car had sliding windows fitted rather than the factory vent windows.

In 2001 Adrian Beecroft took ownership, and the car was fitted with registration "SSL 899".

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Its curled proboscis is covered in nectar and pollen.

Heliconians live far longer than most butterflies because of their ability to externally ingest pollen on their proboscis. Instead of two or three weeks, they can live up to 9 months!

The Tiger Longwing, Hecale Longwing, Golden Longwing, or Golden Heliconian (Heliconius hecale) is a Heliconiid butterfly that occurs from Mexico to the Peruvian Amazon.

Heliconius hecale

Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL

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its early morning sunrise with golden Covered wagons coming into Waseca Min on the former M&StL line heading south .We ended up following this Train all the way to Albert Lea .Happy F-unit Friday

Its so wonderful to hear the loons mournful cry on the lakes once again now that they are back.

Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada

Lakeway, TX. Sony nex5r and EL Nikkor 50/2.8 enlarger lens.

56091 makes its presence known hammering through frosty Daresbury with 4Z19 0800 Ravenhead Sidings to Chaddesden Yard empty box wagons. Could have done with it running half an hour later but beggars can't be choosers...!

This is the first time a DCR Class 56 has worked on this circuit and appeared because there was no Class 60 available; previously a DB Class 60 was hired in as and when required. The maintenance of the Class 60's has recently been transferred from Toton to Leicester (perhaps at the end of the warranty period) so this could explain the substitution.

Originally the path to return the empty wagons to Chaddesden Sidings was in the system for Tuesday but happily the 56 was required elsewhere so the train ran on Monday to coincide (for once) with a nice forecast.

its amazing how the sun is shining right through ear. looks like a bulb in her head

Its an aerial transfer bridge that carries a segment of roadway across a river. The design has been used to cross navigable rivers or other bodies of water, where there is a requirement for ship traffic to be able to pass.

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Its just art or whatever

Its not everyday you get to see a beautiful Firecrest, so I thought I would put a few more on!!

Lake Cunningham, Nassau The Bahamas

vacation is end ='(

** بليييز اي كومنت فيه صورة بحذفه

Well its been over a year since this little guy has stole our hearts. He is such a great dog and makes me smile every day. I found this photo from last year, hope you like it too.✌️😎

Its the first time I've found toad spawn and they are in long sausage like strings :)

Happy weekend everyone :)

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Its may 1981 CNW commuter train being pulled by former CNW E-unit is over taking the Bird the Hottest train on the system

With its’ RS3L blaring, M356 crawls past the SOO/WC era depot in Lomira, WI, with a C40-8W leading. These are slowly getting rarer and rarer, so when they lead, I try and get out for them

a very peculiar wader / shorebird, not only because of its double name but more so because of its behavior.

From Wikipedia:

"The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrates mainly on oceanic routes, wintering at sea on tropical oceans.

The typical avian sex roles are reversed in the three phalarope species. Females are larger and more brightly coloured than males. The females pursue males, compete for nesting territory, and will aggressively defend their nests and chosen mates. Once the females lay their olive-brown eggs, they begin their southward migration, leaving the males to incubate the eggs and care for the young. Three to six eggs are laid in a ground nest near water. Incubation lasts 18 or 19 days. The young mainly feed themselves and are able to fly within 18 days of birth.

The red phalarope is about 21 cm (8.3 in) in length, with lobed toes and a straight bill, somewhat thicker than that of red-necked phalarope. The breeding female is predominantly dark brown and black above, with red underparts and white cheek patches. The bill is yellow, tipped black. The breeding male is a duller version of the female. Young birds are light grey and brown above, with buff underparts and a dark patch through the eye. In winter, the plumage is essentially grey above and white below, but the black eyepatch is always present. The bill is black in winter.

When feeding, a red phalarope will often swim in a small, rapid circle, forming a small whirlpool. This behaviour is thought to aid feeding by raising food from the bottom of shallow water. The bird will reach into the outskirts of the vortex with its bill, plucking small insects or crustaceans caught up therein. They sometimes fly up to catch insects in flight. On the open ocean, they are found in areas where converging ocean currents produce upwellings and are often found near groups of whales. Outside of the nesting season they often travel in flocks."

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Phalarope à bec large

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With its scruffy crest and long bill this Dalmation Pelican put me in mind of "Big Bird" in Sesame Street. It Looks as if it is stifling a laugh.

This is a captive bird I photographed at Arundel last year.

Dalmation Pelican are one of the world's heaviest flying birds. Former inhabitant of Britain's wetlands they haven't been wild in the UK since medieval times when people started to drain swamps, bogs and lakes to farm the land. Its name comes from their supposed place of origin - Dalmatia, Croatia, altough it is found across large parts of Europe and Asia. One arrived in Cornwall in May 2016 and stayed for the year. The bill pouch flashes orange in the breeding season. It has a scruffy crest, wingspan over 3m, They are good swimmers (webbed feet) and splendid fliers.

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