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This is me walking through the kitchen. We do that a lot. Since we enter the house through that garage door, most of our time spent in the kitchen is just passing through.
hmmm, the kitchen looks cleaner in sepia. Perhaps I should paint it sepia.
And me.
While roseate spoonbills are well known for their gorgeous pink plumage, I also love their red legs. This one was nice enough to showoff both!
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I found this guy on my walk this morning. It is interesting how long his legs are and how he is using them to stay put. Thanks for the ID Paul - this is a Crane Fly. Although they are sometimes referred to as Daddy Long Legs - this isn't the Daddy Long Legs that I am familiar with - the ones I know don't have wings.
I have a huge amount of photos shot over several years which were passed over in favour of the shot I preferred the most on the night. This is one example.
I can only imagine I rejected this one at the time due to the suspiciously wide pose by Tim G!
Lightpainting shot in the Peak District with Tim Gamble kindly posing.
Also had to check that the title, "Legs Akimbo" was actually a thing. I've been using the phrase for years and I just googled it to make sure it wasn't inadvertently an offensive phrase! It's not...
The uncovering of portal gates, constructed by ancient civilizations, revolutionized space travel and exploration. However, the pioneers who arrived at Trosie N9 were ill-equipped to confront the challenges posed by the local wildlife...
"When resting the supporting foot is set below the center of gravity. This position stresses the lateral ligaments of both knee and intertarsal joints but these ligaments are well developed in birds. ... A vertically aligned leg as is the case during bipedal standing is followed by an instable body. This means that the unipedal stance of birds should not need much muscular energy expenditure.
Most birds stand or sleep on one leg without having specializations in their legs. The leg is positioned in such a way that the body is well balanced without much additional muscle activity. Most long-legged birds like flamingos and storks have specializations in the hip joint and intertarsal joint which help stabilizing a body which is far from the ground. So far an often cited snapping mechanism has been demonstrated convincingly only in the ostrich, a long-legged bird who does not stand on one leg. Whether there is a similar mechanism in long-legged birds standing on one leg is unclear. It seems that the extra-labyrinthine sense organ of equilibrium in the lumbosacral vertebral canal plays an important role in keeping balance when standing on one leg. This sense organ may even be a prerequisite for easily standing on one leg.
A useful function of standing on one foot with hiding the non-feathered part in the plumage is to reduce heat loss. Such a function is supported by recent quantitative behavioral observations. As to standing on one foot while preening or without hiding one foot in the plumage one might argue that the ability to stand easily on one foot is used even when there is no need for a reduction in heat loss, i.e. thermoregulation is probably an important but perhaps not the only function of standing on one leg. "
Walking along the footpath enjoying the assignment. Its nice to have one that I can be a lil cooler.
Jon took care of the boy and used all the tricks he learned during his journey to smuggle the two of them back to their hometown. It was a long journey, yet with each step towards their families, they felt happier. But as Jon spotted his father he didn't even greet him properly. He shouted excitedly: "Father, father, Abdul..we have to take care...." Suddenly he saw how a tear ran down his father's cheek. "Son, how? Where have you been?", he stammered. Other people at the Marketplace recognised Jon and shouted: "He's back! And the kidnapped boy is with him! Jon is here!"
Jon's father said: "Jon whatever happened: Let's bring the blacksmith's son to his family. They're experiencing the worst time of their lives right now. Let's redeem them."
There are no Options anymore, sorry. There will be one final vignette soon :))
Hope you enjoy :)
(Linked for the frog-peppers, just realized that he used Joker's hair too, great stall!)