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CN A408 rolls through Mason, Illinois after picking up a GTW GP38-2 and a long cut of petcoke at Effingham.
We hiked up the steep old Mason Lake trail and down the new Ira Spring trail. The old trail gives opportunity to see several small waterfalls along Mason Creek.
Happy Waterfall Wednesday!
Explored.
Along NW 3rd Street across from Lummus Park by the Miami River stands one of the city's oldest structures, the pre-art deco Scottish Rite Temple, opened in 1923. Miami, Florida, USA.
A lo largo de NW 3rd Street, frente a Lummus Park junto al río Miami, se encuentra una de las estructuras más viejas de la ciudad, el pre-art deco Templo del Rito Escocés, inaugurado en 1923. Miami, Florida, EE. UU.
The Ira Spring Trail leads to Mason Lake, one of my favorite alpine lakes. It is very high given all the snow melt and rain.
At 15 years of age, two of our four cats passed in 2020. Mason and his sister, Mollie, remain, but are nearly 16. It is time to celebrate their lives more fully.
A walk around Central London to look at the Christmas lights 🎄 Fortnum and Masons known as “The Queen’s Grocer” selling the best small & large handwoven wicker luxury food hampers !! There is an food hall selling worldwide products & if you fancy some Beluga Caviar from 12 year old whales & it’s available !! for delivery.Also in store are the best luxury gifts for all the family. I watched a TV program about this world renowned store.
I recently was hired out to take some photos for the band Mason from West Palm Beach, FL
They were playing as "Fight in you" but decided to change their name back and start adding their old songs to their setlist (which I was very excited about)
Big ups to Randy Hernz - www.flickr.com/photos/yostuhfoo/ for helping on this shoot!
Check out the band at www.myspace.com/wearemason
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Mason, Texas, TX. Rural, landscape, countryside, nature, tree, iPhone, iPhoneography, Hipstamatic, HipstaPrint, Ȯggl.
After a cold snap we have spring like conditions and this male Blue Mason Bee hatched today. A bit messy cause he hasn't had a chance to clean himself off. After warming up on my finger he took flight.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/60, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 2x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1/3 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Denoise AI and Clarity in that order. I dragged the shutter to help expose the natural light in the background.
At the moment the rescue group I help out have ben inundated with kittens that we have to say no at the moment due to not having enough room or carers. so I hope little Mason finds a home soon.
*This is not one of the tabby brothers but another kitten from another litter.
Mason was one of a four-kitten litter gifted to us in 2005 by a little pregnant stray we named Coconut. Sixteen years of wonderful memories would follow. Thank you, Coconut.
50mm, f/2, AI Nikkor
With no work in Effingham, CN A408 passes through the town of Mason, Illinois as it rolls on down towards Centralia. Mason was named for Roswell B. Mason, former Chief Engineer of the Illinois Central and the 25th Mayor of Chicago.
Male of Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina.
Technique: It was a cool day (18C) with partly cloudy skies and intermittent light showers -perfect weather to go looking for solitary bees since they'll have a tough time keeping their metabolism up. I got lucky and found this Mason bee semi-dormant in my Lavender.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black.
Abispa splendida
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Family: Vespidae
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Order: Hymenoptera
The genus Abispa comprises solitary wasps that are collectively known as the large mason wasps and the genus includes some of the largest wasps in Australia. They are sometimes incorrectly referred to as hornets but are not closely related to the social wasps of that name.
Abispa splendida is found throughout most of the eastern coast of Australia from northern Queensland down to the Victorian border.
They are solitary wasps and build mud pot-shaped nests in sheltered locations. The adults feed on nectar and this individual was feeding on Grevillea flowers. The females forage for caterpillars to provision the mud nests for their larvae.
This species was first described as Odynerus splendidus by Guérin in 1838.
On the way to the falls I found these little falls. Masons Falls is not accessible to the bottom, yet! That's for another day when I have more time, equipment and support in the mean time this will have to do...
Male of Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina.
Technique: It was a cool day (18C) with partly cloudy skies and intermittent light showers -perfect weather to go looking for solitary bees since they'll have a tough time keeping their metabolism up. I got lucky and found this Mason bee semi-dormant in my Lavender.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (around 3x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on the Canon flash mount, E-TTL metering). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. I used an artificial flower to keep the background from being black. I n post I used Topaz Labs Sharpen AI, Denoise AI, and Clarity.
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Mason, Texas, TX. Rural, landscape, countryside, nature, tree, iPhone, iPhoneography, Hipstamatic, HipstaPrint, Ȯggl.
The first male Red Mason bee of the year in our garden on the bee hotel. The Red Mason Bees are solitary bees that live in aggregations, but each bee is working for itself. They use holes such as hollow plant stems, or holes in walls and wood to lay their eggs. Each female bee provisions the cavity with pollen, and when she has collected enough she will lay an egg and seal the nest chamber. Mason Bees seal the entrance with mud. When the egg hatches, the tiny 1.5mm larvae eats the stored pollen. The larvae pupate in the late summer and overwinter as fully developed adults, wrapped up in a protective cocoon. Red Mason Bees have a single flight period, from spring usually coinciding with the flowering of Apple Blossom. The male Red Mason bees emerge first and tend to wait in the area waiting for the females to emerge. The females tend to emerge anywhere between several days to two weeks after the first male.
These emerged a few days ago, but they disappeared when the weather took a turn for the worse. Today was really nice and warm and got up to 62F. The bees were out again! There are several sub-species of mason bees, not all of them are the shiny green you usually see in photos.. They don't have hives, but instead nest in holes...either those made for them in "bee houses" that humans provide, or holes found in nature. Each female bee makes her own nest, and lays and cares for her own eggs.