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the cape daisies on the terrace are busy and persistent bloomers 😃 This photo is a month old but they are still active 😉 Wish you a happy Friday ☀️ TGIF!!!
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro
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Persistent crab apples (Malus species, Roseaceae) in winter covered in frozen fog
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Keel strand seen from Minaun Hill, Achill Island - Co Mayo, Ireland.
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St. Kitts & Nevis
left the Atlantic Ocean, right on the Caribbean Sea, in the middle St. Kitts and in the background the island of Nevis.
Il suo nome corretto è Saint Cristopher e Nevis e deriva dallo scopritore di questo piccolo paradiso terrestre caraibico: Cristoforo Colombo.
Stato insulare dell’America Centrale, Saint Kitts e Nevis corrisponde a un micro arcipelago formato soltanto da due isole appartenenti al gruppo delle Piccole Antille. Di origine vulcanica, le isole hanno i larghi picchi centrali ricoperti dalla giungla e pendii ripidi che conducono a spiagge disabitate.
La vasta maggioranza della popolazione vive vicino al mare, dove il terreno è piano. Qui, musei, antiche locande,piantagioni da zucchero e chiese seicentesche si susseguono ... non esistono costruzioni più alte di due piani. Numerosi fiumi scendono dalle montagne in entrambe le isole, fornendo l’acqua necessaria alla popolazione locale. Saint Kitts e Nevis devono la loro fama soprattutto alle tartarughe marine che hanno eletto questo piccolo Stato a loro personale nursery e vi tornano per nidificare proprio sulla spiaggia nella quale sono nate. Molte le attività educative e le forme di eco turismo incentrate proprio sulle tartarughe, che possono anche essere adottate a distanza. Queste due splendide isole tropicali formano il Paese più piccolo dell’Emisfero Occidentale e ciò consente ai turisti di visitare le loro principali attrattive in due o tre giorni, riservando il resto della vacanza per rilassarsi. Grazie al clima da favola, infatti, è possibile abbronzarsi e fare lunghi bagni praticamente tutto l’anno. Per gli amanti dello snorkeling, infine, Saint Kitts e Nevis rappresenta un vero e proprio parco giochi, dove perdersi tra pesci pagliaccio, tartarughe marine e coralli.
La Capitale Basseterre si trova nell’isola di Saint Kitts ed è stata fondata dai francesi nel 1627. La città si affaccia su una baia delimitata da colline di un verde smeraldo e accoglie la maggior parte della popolazione delle due isole. Il nome della capitale è una delle poche tracce rimaste della colonizzazione francese, dal momento che attualmente l’influenza dominante è quella inglese. Anche dal punto di vista urbanistico, Basseterre ha un’impronta chiaramente anglofila. Sebbene l’incendio del 1867 abbia distrutto quasi tutti gli edifici storici, alcune case vittoriane in pietra con il piano superiore in legno sono ancora visibili e offrono alla vista lo spettacolo delle loro fantasiose decorazioni sempre molto appariscenti.
“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” – Albert Einstein.
Consistency, persistency, and hope will help you navigate those dark clouds of doubt and tribulation. They will help keep you in flight through your storms.
This image is on the cover of the second installment of the "Blue Daunia" series now available on Kindle on Amazon. The paperback version will follow in a few days. Enjoy!
Our persistent marine layer has deposited dew drops on this lovely decorative dahlia, making it even more beautiful. It is growing in a pot just outside the dining room window.
Happy Wednesday! Take care and stay safe.
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Lucas Lameth - Seventh Heaven @ the Seasons Story
1. Spare Comforts
2. Porcelain reed diffuser
4. Seaglass Lamp
7. Sable Faux Fur Rug
8. Halcyon Accent Table, Mint
9.Halcyon Accent Table, White
10. Promise of Angels
12. Calming Candle
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Lucas Lameth - Vision of Hope Gacha
1- 3 "Extinct" framed art
5. Frequent Flyer
6. Persistent bloomers
7. Healing soaps
9. Crystal t-lite holder
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DRD - Cute Cat Slippers @ the Crossroads
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This hungry squirrel in my garden, didn't get the memo that the cone was there to prevent it from getting to the bird seed, not to use it as a comfy seat while having a feast, making a mess lol!
Best viewed large.
Happy new week my friends =)
Contrails (short for condensation trails) or vapor trails are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust or changes in air pressure, typically at aircraft cruising altitudes several miles above the Earth's surface. Contrails are composed primarily of water, in the form of ice crystals. The combination of water vapor in aircraft engine exhaust and the low ambient temperatures that exist at high altitudes allows the formation of the trails. Impurities in the engine exhaust from the fuel, including sulfur compounds (0.05% by weight in jet fuel) provide some of the particles that can serve as sites for water droplet growth in the exhaust and, if water droplets form, they might freeze to form ice particles that compose a contrail. Their formation can also be triggered by changes in air pressure in wingtip vortices or in the air over the entire wing surface. Contrails, and other clouds directly resulting from human activity, are collectively named homogenitus.
Depending on the temperature and humidity at the altitude the contrails form, they may be visible for only a few seconds or minutes, or may persist for hours and spread to be several miles wide, eventually resembling natural cirrus or altocumulus clouds. Persistent contrails are of particular interest to scientists because they increase the cloudiness of the atmosphere. The resulting cloud forms are formally described as homomutatus, and may resemble cirrus, cirrocumulus, or cirrostratus, and are sometimes called cirrus aviaticus. Some persistent spreading contrails contribute to climate change. R_825
During my trip to Prince Edward County during the spring migration, we had one morning that stood out, thanks to a huge influx of birds. As is often the case in this part of the world, a few species were predominant in the arrivals. Thanks to its cheery, loud and persistent call (perfectly captured in its French name) the Least Flycatchers were easily noticed. And that call quickly eliminated the challenges of Empidonax identification.
This bird, found/heard on the edge of Lake Ontario as the sun began to rise, was focused on mating and eating (perhaps not in that order) and as with other birds arriving after a long trip, it was pretty indifferent to a respectful birder/photographer.
During migration, this tiny insectivore will fly over fifty miles a day to get to its breeding grounds.
Golden Plover persistent and somewhat special whistling tones are very characteristic, and can be heard over long distances. Everyone who has walked in the mountains during the summer in Norway has probably become acquainted with the Golden Plover. At least they have heard the monotonous sound, if they have not seen the bird itself.
In Norway, Golden Plover is found almost all over the country in higher-lying areas. It is quite shy and it usually do not get closer than 20-30 meters.
Even though the Golden Plover is a wading bird, it is not often you see it out in the water in search of food. It is more associated with dry mountains moors, where it also nests. When it gets to cold in Norway, the Golden Plover migrate to Southern and Western Europe.
Photographed with: Canon 600D
Persistent male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker returns to check his work.
Uncommon migrant. Note the faint yellow coloration on his breast.
Some trees seem attractive year after year to these critters. This particular tree located in my rear yard has hosted spring revisits for many years. Also, evidence exists to suggest the running sap also provides a food source to early spring butterflies (Mourning Cloak, Eastern Comma, etc) that do not sip nectar and early arrival hummingbirds.
A pair of firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus) copulating on a tree bark. Firebugs are well known for copulating for many hours, even whole week.
Para kowali bezskrzydłych (Pyrrhocoris apterus) kopulujących na korze drzewa. Kowale są poszechnie znane z trwających wiele godzin, a nawet cały tydzień, kopulacji.
Persistent cirrus clouds have given southern Arizona beautiful fire skies at sunset and sunrise lately.
Dinosaur National Monument is known for, of course, an incredible array of dinosaur fossils. And we were also impressed with the beautiful and dramatic landscapes including canyons carved by the Green River.
From the monument's website:
Geologists call the process of canyon formation downcutting. Downcutting occurs as a river carves out a canyon or valley, cutting down into the earth and eroding away rock.
At Dinosaur National Monument, canyon walls reveal textbook examples of folded and faulted rocks formed during the past two billion years. Many of the 23 rock layers exposed within the monument are visible only in the river canyons. Without the slow, persistent downcutting of the Green River, these impressive, colorful rock layers would lie buried deep beneath the Earth's surface.
persistent internet issues keep plaguing my home. The Tech said it may continue until they can check out the whole neighborhood.
I might be on and off Flickr during this time.
Persistent offshore winds the last couple of days have flattened this part of the Tasman Sea adjoining the NSW Far South Coast at Cuttagee. Ominous rain cloud moving in from the southwest suggest quite different conditions tomorrow. A horizontal stitch of two frames taken by Petrov, a Phantom 3 Advanced quadcopter.
I spotted this rainbow as I headed home from Baton Rouge last month. I kept watching it for the whole half hour driving time and couldn't find a good spot to pull over until I was a couple of miles from my house. Even after stopping and snapping a few, I could still see it through the trees at my house.
But that's not the important thing. The important thing is that this shot has a fence in it for Happy Fence Friday... :)
Persistent poor weather/light and uncooperative wildlife are combining to make an unhappy photographer. So another dip into images from Yellowstone proved good for the morale !!
This praying mantis has lost half of it’s right arm and his left wing, and is keeping in it’s effort to survive.
Ephesians 6:10-12
New International Version
The Armor of God
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.