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A very tiny dewdrop suspended from a single strand of spider silk
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Nikon D90 + Tamron SP 90mm + Build-in Flash with Diffuser + Handheld.
Orlingbury is the next village to where I live, in the north-east of Northamptonshire. At the heart of the village is the Church of St Mary. The present building, which is Grade II*-listed, was erected in 1843 on the site of a medieval church. The original structure had deteriorated to such an extent that it was felt that it was impossible to repair, so despite some controversy from a few villagers it was demolished and rebuilt in the 14th century English Decorated style. This provided the opportunity to add a north transept and vestry. The old church had a steeple at its west end but the new one has an impressive tower containing a belfry at its centre.
The tall tower, a local landmark which can be seen from many miles around, was surmounted by a parapet and pinnacles. However, in 1971 these were judged unsafe and had to be lowered by 10 feet making the new height 90 feet. Parts of the removed stone work can be seen in several houses and gardens around the village. The tower clock was given by the villagers to commemorate Queeen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. The original mechanism is still being used today.
The belfry, which is reached by a spiral staircase accessed from the churchyard, contains six bells. Three of the bells, the 2nd, 3rd and Tenor, are contemporary with the church. In 1919, the old 4th bell was recast as a thanksgiving for peace after the First World War and the 1843 bells were re-tuned and re-hung in the original oak frame. In 1993, as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations, a further bell was added to make a ring of six and the 4th (the original third) was recast.
"Não existem documentos que registrem a criação da Orquestra Ribeiro Bastos, embora possa se supor que a corporação descenda de um dos dois grupos musicais atuantes na Vila de São João del-Rei desde meados do século XVIII.
A Ribeiro Bastos mantém, ainda hoje, a maioria de seus compromissos tradicionais com a Ordem Terceira de São Francisco de Assis e com as irmandades de Nosso Senhor dos Passos e do Santíssimo Sacramento feitos naquela época. Três missas semanais (às quintas-feiras, sextas-feiras e aos domingos), novenas e festas religiosas como a Semana Santa e o Corpus Christi, patrocinadas por aquelas irmandades, têm sua parte musical executada pelos músicos da orquestra.
A formação de jovens músicos sempre foi uma preocupação da Orquestra Ribeiro Bastos. Curiosamente, estes músicos têm buscado se profissionalizar, rompendo com o amadorismo que se verificou a partir deste século, quando as centenárias corporações passaram a contar com integrantes preocupados, sobretudo, em preservar a prática musical herdada a despeito de sua capacidade técnico-artística."
Documents do not exist that register the creation of the Orchestra Ribeiro Bastos, even so can assume that the corporation descends of one of the two operating musical groups in the Village of São João del-Rei since middle of century XVIII.
The Ribeiro Bastos keeps, still today, the majority of its traditional commitments with the Order Third of San Francisco de Assis and with the brotherhoods of Ours Gentleman of the Steps and the made Santíssimo Sacramento at that time. Three weekly masses (to the thursday, fridays and to the sundays), religious novenas and parties as the Week Saint and the Christi Corpus, sponsored for those brotherhoods, have its musical part executed by the musicians of the orchestra.
The formation of young musicians always was a concern of the Orchestra Ribeiro Bastos. Curiously, these musicians have searched if to professionalize, breaching with the amateur that if verified from this century, when the centennial corporations had started to count on integrant worried, over all, in preserving the practical inherited musical comedy the spite of its capacity technician-artistic."
I drove down the lower hollow yesterday,
wanted to see if I could spot the Golden Eagle again...
nope... saw lots of Ravens, maybe they chased the Eagle off.
but I did get some shots of the crazy Cucumber tree and stopped by the old church.
there was a nice patch of daisies and I thought I'd put one in my hair...
but wait, maybe a shot of this pretty bloom with old church bokeh...
and...
holy shit (literally) - good thing I didn't put that posie in my hair right away.
there, below the petals - was a Jagged Ambush Bug.
it would of sucked out my brains!!!
more photos below...
thx for NO blinking seizure-like annoying glittery graphical nonsenese ;O)
Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you.
And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up.
~Michael Moore
they kinda look like they're gossiping about someone,
maybe me?
Roma is feeling much better and ready to play ball most of the time. She has a ball in every cup holder. Yes, Roma did get shaved for the summer, the long coat was too much in the heat and for the vacuum cleaner.
Two exposures merged in Photoshop Elements 8 and then converted to black and white with an added infra-red treatment.
Distribution:- Northern California, South West Arizona, Southern Texas, Cuba, South America, Falkland Islands.
Habitat:- Dry or wet prairie areas, lightly wooded areas, improved or semi-improved pasture & almost always in open countryside. Cara Caras do not usually congregate, instead pairs spread themselves thingly over wide areas.
Feeding:- Highly opportunistic in their feeding habits, they will feed on carrion and live prey. Their extremely varied diet consists of fish, insects, birds, rabbits, skunks, prairie dogs, squirrels, frogs, crabs, lizards. and young alligators.
Behaviour:- Diurnal & non miratory. Hunting is on the wing, from perches & on the ground. Along with vultures they regularly patrol highways in search of carrion. However, they are dominant over the larger bird & will drive it from the road kill.
The Cara Cara is a very intelligent bird and learns very quickly, I've seen some amazing behaviour from them.
Vision 2020...Jumping spiders have very good vision centered in their anterior median eyes (AME). These eyes are able to create a focused image on the retina, which has up to four layers of receptor cells in it.
from Wikipedia
Nikon D700 + Tamron SP 90mm + Ring Flash + Handheld.
The Sarawak River is a river in Sarawak, Malaysia. It is an important source of water and transportation for the inhabitants in southwestern Sarawak. It is also used in water-related sport activities such as the annual Sarawak Regatta which attract tourists from all over the world
from Wikipedia
Nikon D700 + Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 + Handheld
Another shot of a Harris hawk from cluny clays. I was out hunting with these birds and was amazed at the speed they hunt down their prey it is quite incredible.
Explore #381, July 13, 2009. This is an image of one of my antique postcards, mailed in 1910. It shows a Hopi woman doing the hair of an unmarried girl. According to the card, the large hair whorls represent squash blossoms, the Hopi sign for purity. Taken with my Canon A590 IS, and spruced up in Picasa.