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There is no greater warrior than a mother protecting her child. ♥
-N. K. Jemisin
A gorilla mom with her son at the zoo.
(Beautiful Capture Wk 4)
Both Mom and Dad were protecting the nest, making lots of noise and diving at me as I took baby pictures.
I've never seen a robin hover!
"Metamorphosis" est une idée selon laquelle le corps humain n'a pas de limites de transformation. Comme un caméléon, il s'adapte; comme un virus, il mute; comme une personnalité, il change. Ainsi se crée une métamorphose, une complexité organique. Work in progress...
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"Metamorphosis" is a concept about the unlimited transformations of human body. Just like a chameleon, it's fitting, just like a virus, it's mutating, just like a personality, it's changing. Something new is about to birth, a metamorphosis, an organic complexity.
Work in progress...
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The Security Branch provides security services for government departments and agencies occupying space in owned or leased buildings where the Division is the service provider.
Jaguar mom and its cub.
The jaguar is a large felid species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas.
Its distinctively marked coat features pale yellow to tan colored fur covered by spots that transition to rosettes on the sides.
Photo taken at Porto Jofre, Pantanal-MT
protective of his colorful sidewalk mosiac, an art vendor glances in concern at my curious picture taking
London, UK
Technique: I was sitting in front of my solitary bee house and I noticed that when other bees got close to this Mason bee she would dart out of the Crown Bee guard tube as if to scare them off. The next day I went out to check on her and the tube was full and capped.
Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F11, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (over 1x) + 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 am sharing this photo for a bigger reason than sharing a photograph I took. I am doing so in order to talk about a trip I have coming up in January to Kolkata, India. I will be working with an amazing organization called Blossomy to teach photography to survivors of human trafficking.
I want to do my part to raise money for the trip, so I have organized a unique portrait session on October 13th in Los Angeles, CA. Each person will get their own unique portrait as well as a 15 inch print inspired by the above photograph. The cost is $500 a person, and 60% of the profit goes to the trip to India.
If you are interested in signing up for a session, please check out this blog post for more information: shadenproductions.com/blog/2012/09/27/unique-portrait-pho...
An emperor goose female protecting her nest while I was doing research on the Yukon Delta NWR in Alaska. Notice the leg bands and already marked eggs.
still from my garden, the weather is still clement enough for them.
An opening bud and two bodyguards, together they hand in beauty, LOL
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It was over 98 degrees at this Osprey nest site. The two little offspring were panting, to cool off. Osprey mom was providing shade by opening her wings. The Willamette River was just some yards away, yet she stayed providing shelter for a long period until dad Osprey came in with a big fish to feed, and hydrate the little ones. Spectacular!!
Many thanks to everyone who takes the time to look and comment on my images - very much appreciated.
I couldn't resist uploading another one..She seemed ok with all the photographers, but always kept a protective eye on any new visitors.
Hi all, I hope you all are well. I have some catching up to do. This is my new iPhone. I am quite happy with it.
As a belated mother's day present to my mum, I took her out for the day last Friday. it is a family tradition that we do this as she doesn't get out much any more. We went to a farm shop that I know near Raglan, and had some wonderful bacon rolls and bought some ham. Then we went round the back to admire the latest batch of pigs, since they raise their own pigs there too. Not so much food miles as food yards!
Anyway, this is mum, a Duroc, and the latest offspring. Rachel the owner said that mum is extremely protective, and indeed she didn't take her eye off us for a moment whilst we stood admiring and taking pictures.
At a tourist location in England a visitor felt the need of her sons welfare in greater need than hers
This wall surrounds the edge of Catty Crag Quarry to prevent sheep, or inattentive walkers, tipping over the cliffs.
Cotherstone Moor.
Some friend's of mine have just had their first baby. I wanted to give them a portrait of them all together. I had something like this in mind but really didn't think it would turn out as well as it did :-)
Gulfstream Park is a racetrack and county-approved casino in Hallandale Beach, Florida. During its annual meet, which spans December through October, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in the United States.
Gulfstream Park was opened on Wednesday February 1, 1939 conducting a four-day meeting. The initial meeting had a crowd of 18,000. In 1944, the track was reopened by James Donn, Sr. for a 20-day meeting in December. The Gulfstream Park Handicap was first run in 1946 and the Florida Derby began in 1952. In that year the clubhouse was built and the Grandstand seating was expanded.
In 1952 the clubhouse was erected and a new addition was put on the grandstand. It also marked the first running of the Florida Derby. The following year, the Florida Derby became the first stakes in Florida with a $100,000 purse.
The 1955 Kentucky Derby winner and Horse of the Year Swaps set a then world-record of 1:39 3/5 for a mile and 70 yards while carrying 130 pounds in the Broward Handicap. The following year was just as exciting at Gulfstream when Gen. Duke equaled the world record of 1:46 4/5 in defeating Bold Ruler in the Florida Derby.
In 1959, a new era at Gulfstream began with the opening of its world-acclaimed turf course. In 1961, James Donn Jr. became president of Gulfstream. It also marked the construction of what was then the world's largest tote board.
Following the death of his father, James Donn Jr., Doug Donn was elected Gulfstream Park's president.
In 1961, James Donn Jr. succeeded his father as president of Gulfstream Park. In this year the Clubhouse was enlarged and the then-world's largest totalisator board was installed in the infield. A big break for Gulfstream Park came in 1972, when the track was awarded "middle dates" for a 40-day January through April meet.
In 1980, Hall of Fame rider Angel Cordero Jr. set a meeting record with 60 winners.
In 1982, the Grandstand was renovated with new architecture and in 1984 the renovation of the clubhouse was completed. In 1986, the renovation of the track was completed with the new Gulfdome, a domed dining terrace. In 1989 Gulfstream Park hosted the Breeders Cup for the first time (which it did again in 1992 and 1999).
Gulfstream played host its first Breeders' Cup World Championships in 1989, highlighted by the Classic match-up between Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Sunday Silence and Belmont Stakes winner Easy Goer. Gulfstream would host the Breeders' Cup again in 1992.
In 1990, the track was purchased by Bertram R. Firestone.
Jockey Julie Krone took the jockey's title in 1993 with 98 winners. In 1994, Holy Bull won the Florida Derby while, in 1995, Cigar won the Donn Handicap and Gulfstream Park Handicap on his way to a perfect season. Meanwhile, '95 Florida Derby winner Thunder Gulch would go on to win the Kentucky Derby. Monarchos would repeat Thunder Gulch's feat in 2001.
In 1994, a half interest in the track was sold to Nigashi Nihon.
The track was purchased by Magna Entertainment Corporation, in 1999 for $95 million. In 2010, the ownership of the track was taken over by Magna parent MI Developments Inc. (MID). The track is currently owned by The Stronach Group since July 3, 2011.
Hal's Hope, winner of the 2000 Florida Derby, would return in 2002 to win the Gulfstream Park Handicap. The 2002 season was also highlighted by the first running of the popular Sunshine Millions, pitting Florida-breds vs. California-breds for purses totaling $3.6 million. Palm Meadows, Gulfstream's state-of-the-art training facility in Palm Beach County, was opened on Nov. 29, 2002.
Trainer Todd Pletcher started his unprecedented run of nine consecutive training titles in 2004.
The track began a $130 million renovation of the grandstand and clubhouse in 2004 and slot machines were approved for the track in 2004. It now hosts all of the races in the series of races known as the Sunshine Millions. The series now consists of the:
Sunshine Millions Classic
Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes
Sunshine Millions Distaff
Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf
Sunshine Millions Sprint
In 2006, Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey rode his last race aboard Silver Tree in the Sunshine Millions and the great Barbaro would win the Florida Derby before making headlines with his victory in the Kentucky Derby.
The renovation, first effective for the 2006 spring meeting, was heavily criticized by racegoers and commentators, who felt that the new racino laid its emphasis entirely on the casino part, destroying the racetrack's atmosphere.
In June, 2011, Tim Ritvo was named President and General Manager of Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino. He was a prominent jockey and racing official at Suffolk Downs in the 1980s before establishing himself in the 1990s as a leading Florida trainer. Ritvo has also served as Vice President and Director of the Florida Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association.
In April, 2012, Javier Castellano, who collected his first Gulfstream title by riding a record 112 winners, scored his 3000th career success aboard Virtuously on Feb. 24 and Todd Pletcher, who claimed an unprecedented ninth consecutive training title at Gulfstream with 72 trips to the winner's circle, recorded his 3,000 career victory when he saddled Spring Hill Farm for a winning performance on Feb. 11.
In 2012, Stronach Group named Tim Ritvo, Chief Operating Officer of its Racing Division.
March 2, 2020 Tim Ritvo stepped down as COO of Stronach Group operated tracks, which include the troubled Santa Anita racetrack in California. He left to “pursue other opportunities.”
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_Park
www.gulfstreampark.com/shopping
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For everyone who moaned about my lack of protective gear on my bike here I am now wearing a jacket, boots and sun glasses to protect my eyes. BTW already managed to sell the red bike in amazingly quick time. makes me think I should have asked for more money!
Lots of little tubes in the early flowering in bushland around melbourne. They occur in the heathy forests and it seems the long tubes encourage birds like honeyeaters and discourage predators like ants - who might eat the deeply-placed ovules and thus mean that seeds won't develop. But the birds with long beaks go for the nectar. This particular plant varies in its flowers - plain cream or red and cream - but the same species. Below are more pics and one of its habitat.
EXPLORE #488 August 7 2009
From Wikipedia:
The Portobelo and San Lorenzo fortifications are situated approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) from each other on Panama's Atlantic coast. Portobelo's military structures provided a security cover on the Caribbean part of the Panama harbor whereas the fortifications at San Lorenzo protected the Chagres River at its mouth. The port was built as an alternate Caribbean terminal to the one at Nombre de Dios to navigate through the Isthmus of Panama. The primary purpose was to avoid the land route which was affected during the rainy months. The Chagres River-Cruces access was a combination of the waterway and terrestrial route built as an alternative to the approach to Portobelo via Camino Real and Panama City.
As the village's importance grew, security concerns were addressed by building military fortifications from 1600 till the last fortifications at Santiago and Fernando on the bay in 1753. In all, 10 different fortifications were built on the hills behind Portobelo port, making it the "most heavily fortified Spanish coastal control point in the Americas". Many of the fortifications were attacked and crumbled to heaps of rubble; only the fortifications built in 1753 have survived in good condition, as Admiral Vernon bypassed Portobello during the last battle. Earlier, Sir Francis Drake was unsuccessful in attacking the fort as he succumbed to fever and was buried in the bay. But he had burned Nombre De Dios in 1596. His lead casket buried in the sea bears his name. In 1597, after Drake’s episode, the Spanish Empire decided to fortify the port as the treasury was moved to Portobelo. Fort San Felipe was built first at the entrance to the harbor and was fortified with 35 canons. Fort San Jeronimo was built on the eastern part, and Fort Santiago de la Gloria, on the western part of the bay. In 1668, the Welsh Buccaneer Sir Henry Morgan attacked Portobelo, using ladders wide enough to carry 3 men abreast to scale the walls of the fortifications. For a month the pirates occupied the city, but no substantial damage to the defensive structures was reported. In 1688 English Pirate Bartholomew Sharp and French buccaneer La Sound attacked the fortifications and caused different degrees of damage. Attacks in 1744 spared the forts but the customs house was severely damaged.
For more than two centuries after the last fortifications were built in 1753, there was total neglect of the forts and battlements resulting in vegetation overgrowth, till the Government of Panama decided to restore them. After Panama became an independent country, Spain abandoned the San Lorenzo Fort in 1821. Following the merger of Panama with Columbia, the fort was used as a prison.