Very rarely do you ever get any sun into Eardington Cutting for steam pictures. This morning was one of those rare occasions were the Saints were looking down on GWR 2999 Lady of Legend.

Rarely do I shoot directly in the sun, but these maple leaves on our path caught my eye today. Another belly shot.

If they look too vivid, let me know. I did not increase saturation, but I do know how to lessen it. Might depend on all of our monitors.

A tad chilly and windy; we had to scurry to find warmer hats and gloves ;-)

Very rarely have I come across a hare as laid back and confiding as this one, allowing me to share its world for so long a period.

The location was a grassy bank on the edge of a stubble field beside a wood. The track I crept along was slightly uphill enabling me to keep low until I dropped down and inched gently forward on my knees in order to photograph it eye to eye.

I make no apologies for posting several more intimate images after this one of it nibbling the grass, scratching, washing, grooming and glancing casually my way from time to time by way of checking that all was still ok.

Pleasingly, when I carefully backed away, overjoyed and thankful, it just carried on with its Brown Hare business.

I rarely post two pictures on the same day. But I had already taken this photo for the Looking Close... on Friday! group's birds theme when I realized that today would have been my mom's 99th birthday. For several years after she died, I went for a photo walk on her birthday and then posted an image. Somehow I let that habit slip when we moved here a few years ago. So I went to my archives to find a bird photo to post today in her memory and for the group. Unfortunately, my skills and camera are not up to a live bird close up. So the (previous image) post for my mom is post processed, and the one for the group is this little sculpture. It's about 3 inches (7.6cm) long and 2 inches (5cm) high. The background is an art glass "basket" by Preston Singletary.

The fire lily bears large, bright orange-red flowers that create a firework display in the garden. Therefore, it's not surprising that it is a highly sought-after garden plant.

But this well-known lily is unfortunately rarely offered because propagation is relatively time-consuming. The brood buds that form in the leaf axils only develop into flowering bulbs after several years.

Ha, and I have it in my garden! 😀

The fire lily grows wild in the foothills of the Alps and from South Tyrol to the Pyrenees.

Lilium bulbiferum is classified as endangered on the German Red List. It is therefore of particular ecological value.

Feuerlilie (Lilium bulbiferum)

Die Feuerlilie trägt große, leuchtend orange-rote Blüten, die ein Feuerwerk im Garten entfachen. Deshalb ist es nicht verwunderlich, dass sie als Gartenpflanze sehr begehrt ist.

Aber diese altbekannte Lilie wird leider nur äußerst selten angeboten, da sich ihre Vermehrung als relativ langwierig gestaltet. Denn die sich in den Blattachseln bildenden Brutknospen wachsen erst nach einigen Jahren zu blühfähigen Zwiebeln heran.

Ha, und ich habe sie im Garten! 😀

Die Feuerlilie kommt als Wildpflanze in den Voralpen und von Südtirol bis zu den Pyrenäen vor.

Lilium bulbiferum ist auf der Roten Liste für Deutschland als gefährdet eingestuft. Sie ist deshalb ökologisch besonders wertvoll.

I rarely see the yellow females - only when I spot a mating pair. The red males perch on grasses out over our larger reservoirs and mountain lakes. Even more rarely do I spot one with the big spots in their wings - once considered a separate subspecies. Lathem Reservoir, North Georgia

Not very sharp - sorry! Was trying not to spook them on a hot & humid day

I rarely see Lesser Goldfnches. I have only seen a couple of them at my home. Not a great photo but I wanted to document this bird. Photographed through window glass. At most this bird stopped by for 3 minutes. IMG_4599

I rarely have candy at home.

Fortunately, this pack of marshmallows was in my cupboards when the Candy theme was announced.

The silky texture of these pastel colored candies reminded me of the sweetness and carefree nature of childhood .... in regressive mode. 😉

i rarely see ladybugs and when I do I get so excite, so I carried the one in the previous shot on the green stem over to my cone flowers for another photo op.

Thanks for all your comments and visits... I am so guilty of post-and-run I apologize...going for a long walk with a friend this AM..

sorry you will rarely find a continuity in my pictures, I demand a lot from you, but the world is just too interesting to always commit to the eternal same, at least for me ... ;-) ...

Der Hirsch (stag), so der Titel des Kunstwerkes von Bertram Jesdinsky, der schon eine sehr der Natur angenäherte Form besitzt, interessiert sich für 3 Blätter, die auf einer orthogonalen, unnatürlichen Steinanordnung liegen ...

und im Grunde zeige ich hier eine ungewöhnliche Szenerie seiner Ausstellung, denn der Künstler scheint Kind geblieben zu sein, und das ist die beste Voraussetzung für Neugier und kreative Kunst, eine Ausstellung, bei der ich dachte, sie ist auch für Kinder interessant ...

Als das Kunstwerk ein bestimmtes Stadium erreicht hatte, patinierte er es und um den Atelierboden zu schützen stellte er es auf Metalplatten.

Man erreicht die Patinierung von Kupfer durch Oxidation der Oberfläche ... durch die Salze der Salpetersäure, also durch Nitrate. Die grünweiße Schicht ergibt dann einen Rostschutz.

Zufällig entstanden durch die herabtropfende Salpetersäure auf den Bodenplatten Bilder ... sie nennt er "Salzbild II, III, XII" usw..

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White-Tailed Deer.

From between 27 to 45 inches tall and 6 to 7 feet long and weighing 150-310 pounds (male) and 90 to 211 pounds (female). Tan or reddish brown in summer and grayish brown in winter. Belly, throat, nose band, eye ring and inside of ears are white. Tail brown and edged with white above often with a dark stripe down the center and white below. Black spots on side of chin. Buck's antlers can spread to 3 feet. Does rarely have antlers. Fawns are spotted.

The White-Tailed Deer inhabits farmlands, brushy areas, woods, suburbs and gardens.

They range throughtout the southern half of the southern tier of Canadian provinces and through most of the United States except for the Southwest.

Kensington Metropark, Livingston County, Michigan.

We have driven past this reserve many times over the years always without stopping.

Thus we decided it was time for a visit and it certainly won't be our last.

A sign board illustrated the regularly seen and rarely seen wildlife on offer. Amongst the latter was the red squirrel, so imagine our delight minutes into our walk when this beauty ran out, right in front of us.

Red Squirrel (Sciurus Vulgaris)

Highland Titles Nature Reserve, Duror - Scotland

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I'm going to do something I rarely do. Load a B&W and color version of he same shot. I just can't decide.

Bruges, such a beautiful city. I admit I rarely went to it, although it's not that far from my home. The reason is, I'm not such a big fan of medieval architecture, I prefer modernism. How could I be so wrong. I managed to make some incredible long exposure shots, definitely will go again.

When I first spotted the doe and fawn mule deer, they were standing in a rain catch basin with a 4 foot brick retaining wall. The catch basin was about 50 yards down a hill densely covered in chaparral. The only way to get it was via a power utility access road closed off to vehicular traffic. When I walked down the road to get a shot of the mule deer, I spotted this beautiful graffiti on the far side wall. It is likely only a very few people have seen this art (until this photo).

The Baltic Sea and its daily business. It is my penultimate photo. We had a good rest here on vacation. I had a little time to experiment here. It's amazing how differently people spend their vacation by the sea.

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Rarely see them folks, they are remarkably beautiful and so different than the R.S.'s and will take all I can.

Have a great Friday and a great weekend, and as always thank you for visiting and for commenting.

I so rarely do a horizontal layout, but this one just worked better that way. A week ago all the dogwood trees barely had buds...

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I rarely photograph these woodpeckers, which are very common in our area. Yet they are truly beautiful, especially in winter.

Même s'ils sont très communs, ils sont d'une grande beauté, spécialement en hiver.

Quebec, Canada

I rarely manage get decent shots of my Dads dog, he’s not keen on electronic devices and as soon as you look in his direction he gets up and come for a fuss! So, this is one of those rare times when he posed, and even offered a wry smile of sorts!

The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather. This species has rarely been observed in Europe. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Naturæ in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos. The northern mockingbird is renowned for its mimicking ability, as reflected by the meaning of its scientific name, 'many-tongued mimic.' The northern mockingbird has gray to brown upper feathers and a paler belly. Its wings have white patches which are visible in flight.

The northern mockingbird is an omnivore. It eats both insects and fruits. It is often found in open areas and forest edges but forages in grassy land. The northern mockingbird breeds in southeastern Canada, the United States, northern Mexico, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the Greater Antilles. It is replaced further south by its closest living relative, the tropical mockingbird. The Socorro mockingbird, an endangered species, is also closely related, contrary to previous opinion. The northern mockingbird is listed as of Least Concern according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The northern mockingbird is known for its intelligence and has also been noted in North American culture. A 2009 study showed that the bird was able to recognize individual humans, particularly noting those who had previously been intruders or threats. Also birds recognize their breeding spots and return to areas in which they had greatest success in previous years. Urban birds are more likely to demonstrate this behavior. Finally, the mockingbird has influenced United States culture in multiple ways. The bird is a State bird of 5 states, has been used in book titles, and has also been used in popular songs and lullabies among other appearances in U.S. culture.

Northern mockingbird. Los Angeles. California.

rarely captured in the open, moose are natural brousers and spend most of their time in the brush....rocky mountain national park...

Selten diese Farben den 2. Tag in Folge vor einem Gewitter, es sah schlimmer aus als es dann am ende war!

Rarely do I get these shots, and I didn't do so well this day with my new camera and Florida's bright morning sun.

“Мною редко кто восхищается. И что с того? Так даже лучше!” 😔 Rosa canina.

Rosa blanda, commonly known as the smooth rose, meadow/wild rose, or prairie rose, is a species of rose native to North America. Among roses, it is closest to come to a "thornless" rose, with just a few thorns at the base. The meadow rose occurs as a colony-forming shrub growing to 1 m (3.3 ft) high, naturally in prairies and meadows. The roses are quite variable, the characteristics such as leaf tip number of prickles and glandular hairs usually do not always remain constant, thus it is often confused with Rosa arkansana or Rosa carolina, the two other prairie rose species.

Common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a somewhat woody, perennial herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, usually with bright blue flowers, rarely white or pink.Common chicory is also known as blue daisy, blue dandelion, blue sailors, blue weed, bunk, coffeeweed, cornflower, hendibeh, horseweed, ragged sailors, succory, wild bachelor's buttons, and wild endive.

When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem. It can grow to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall. The leaves are stalked, lanceolate and unlobed; they range from 10–32 cm (4–12+1⁄2 in) in length and 2–8 cm (3⁄4–3+1⁄4 in) wide. The flower heads are 3–4 cm (1+1⁄4–1+1⁄2 in) wide, and usually light purple or lavender; it has also been described as light blue, and rarely white or pink. Of the two rows of involucral bracts, the inner is longer and erect, the outer is shorter and spreading. It flowers from July until October.

Rarely seen in the open for more than a few seconds, this Water Rail bucked the trend and waded in front of a hide for more than 10 minutes to the delight of visitors at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Slimbridge reserve in Gloucestershire.

Rarely seen in these heavily farmed areas, but recalled from childhood hedgerows and meadows. Now they are mainly seen as the flowers of remembrance as Armistice Day approaches. Beautiful and delicate - brightly they shine!

For the Smile on Saturday challenge: "Poppies"

Cliché and Smile on Saturday: Here

Flowers wild and local: here

Cleo rarely visits the world on the other side of the fence as usually she doesn't see any sense in summoning the energy for such an endeavor. It's not easy for a cat of her size to climb over a fence. She has a ladder on my side of the fence which makes it easier for her but there still remains the big question how to get back. The neighbour hasn't seriously considered yet to put a ladder on his side of the fence as well. When Cleo has ended up in the neighbouring garden and wants to return home she often rather walks around the neighbour's house and along the street to our front door where she has to wait until someone finally lets her in. As she can't reach the door bell that can take a while. If she is lucky a neighbour who sees her informs me that "the big cat" is waiting in front of the door. Cleo doesn't consider "big cat" as a compliment, btw. :) Happy Fence Friday !

We rarely see Monarchs in Spring here since we are on their return route south in the Fall. But we've seen several this Spring - and this old, faded lady Monarch below visited our milkweed plants on April 14th laying eggs. But I could never find any caterpillars - until today!!! So far - there are 6! So ... the nursery is back in business.

Btw - for those of you who saw our garage full of plants protected from the threat of frost back on April 21st (photo below) ... these eggs/caterpillars were stuffed into the garage all along ;-)

Have a Happy Mother's Day!

I rarely get to see the Chipping Sparrows up close but this one was perched in our Rose of Sharon tree outside the kitchen window.

When it turned its back to me I couldn't help but notice how pretty its plumage is. It almost looks like this one is wearing a cozy little shawl over its shoulders.

I rarely take or post pictures of a captive bird but this feisty little Kestrel certainly caught my eye. He was born and raised in captivity and is part of a traveling educational show performing during the Fall Family Day at Upper Canada Bird Sanctuary. The other raptors--a Harris's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, a Barn Owl and Peregrine Falcon were so well trained they could be taken off leash and allowed to fly freely in the field and trees. Really amazing to see how they would then return to their trainer. Not so, this little guy. He would love to escape and I am sure you would never see him again!

These tiny birds rarely stay still for long but are generally not too timid of humans.

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I love coffee! Morning, afternoon and evening but I rarely have coffee after 10 am so it's a special treat!

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Rarely did one encounter a perfect A-B-A set of F units on CP (except on the 'Canadian'). Here FP7 4037, F7B 4435 and FP7 4040 sit at Quebec Street in London. 4037 was the last unit to retain its maroon-and-gray livery with script lettering, and was to be repainted a few months later.

I rarely ever stick with a look for very long, but this is a fave. Too lazy to edit this in anyway.

I rarely see oat fields, but when I took a detour on my way home from work yesterday, I found this one. However, the tree has found its way to my photostream before.

View On Black

You rarely see the orange on these grasshoppers unless they're flying but for some reason this guy was sitting so some of the orange was in view.

California Orange-winged grasshopper (Thanks to Alice for the ID)

Santa Ynez Canyon

I rarely watch TV except on Weekends. Recently came across Yannick Bisson (i'm a longtime fan) and binged 14 seasons of Murdoch Mysteries in 7 weeks.! Hoping the US shows season 15 soon.

“We are rarely aware of the tangent of the beyond at the whirling wheel of experience.… What is extraordinary appears to us as habit, the dawn a daily routine of nature. But time and again we awake. In the midst of walking in the never-ending procession of days and nights, we are suddenly filled with a solemn terror, with a feeling of our wisdom being inferior to dust. We cannot endure the heartbreaking splendor of sunsets.”

-Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion (New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951), 35.

I rarely spend time photographing UP's 34 mile Salt Lake Subdivision. The surroundings are not particularly scenic, bordered by the I-15 superslab, heavy traffic, warehouses, and housing developments. When I saw this move, I had to give chase. The MROOG 06 (Roper to Ogden transfer) rolled by with a single GE C44ACM leader. It was relatively clean, so I gave chase. Being the journey would be in the thick of rush hour traffic, my options were limited. I decided to go for Cherry Hill with the sweeping 2 degree curve at Burton Lane in Kaysville. I managed to arrive with five minutes to spare, and would later discover the train had 235 cars, 82 loads, 153 empties, 15,671 gross tons, 13,938 feet of train, 1x1x1 DPU, all GEs.

Life rarely exists just in black and white, it is made up of countless shades in between. Every story holds layers, perspectives, and quiet truths that are not always visible at first glance.

Life is far more complex than it appears on the surface. Every person, every situation, every story holds more than one perspective. There are emotions, histories, and unseen reasons that shape what we do and how we feel.

Understanding comes when we step back from judgment and open ourselves to the deeper truths hidden between the lines.

True understanding begins when we step back from judgment and open our hearts to the deeper truths hidden between the lines.

So be humble and kind, and open to the different shades each on of us are made up of.

Compassion grows when we remember that there is often more than one side, more than one reason, and more than one truth.

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One rarely sits under the coffee filter, waiting for the precious coffeinated elixir dripping through.

For this week's Macro Mondays "Look up" challenge, that's exactly what I did.

And once the photoshooting over, I poured myself a nice cup of Joe!

Rarely for me, I have chosen to upload two pictures of the same train I got a photo of it before it got on the bridge before switching to a wide focal length to take in a much bigger scene. I think it works great and is well worth the climb up the embankment

Rarely have I seen such a profusion of blackthorn blossom as this year - 2 years of warm weather and plenty of rain - blackthorn seems to like global warming even if it frightens the rest of us. And then this herd of female fallow deer walked into the frame - my kind of photo bomb :)

I very rarely walk along the North bank of The Thames when I'm in London. I think it's because the South bank is where most of the bars, restaurants and other weird and wonderful things happen and the North bank is more geared towards the businesses etc. So, on Saturday morning after the sun had risen and was too bright to shoot down river I took a walk over to the other side.

The Shard is currently London's tallest building, a lot of people love it, a lot of people don't. But I'm one of those that do, I think it's a great looking building and one that's always worth photographing.

I've seen a few views from where this shot was taken, mostly on the upper level, but as it was busy with people I moved down to the ground so I didn't get in anyone's way. I set up my camera for a long exposure, using the steps and London Bridge to frame The Shard, and with the early morning sun giving the bridge a nice orange glow I think it came out ok.

I have to apologise for the title, it was the first Shard pun that came into my head lol!!

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Rarely have we had that much snow in Berlin in recent years - and when it is combined with a blue sky it really is a delight.

Tricolored Herons are quite common here in Southeast Florida but given their good looks and antics they are rarely taken for granted. Sometimes they fish like Reddish Egrets, throwing out their wings to cause shade from which they can more easily spot their prey. I see this more often in saltwater environments than fresh water. At Wakodahatchee Wetlands, a freshwater habitat where this image was taken, they tend to fish on the fly, catching small minnows by darting their bill underwater as they fly past. Snowy Egrets tend to fish the same way. In this image, the water was dark and the light was primarily landing on the bird, nicely separating it from its background. It gave me a nice low bank with a reflection to boot. (Egretta caerulea) (Sony a1, 200-600 lens @ 600mm, f/6.3, 1/4000 second, ISO 640)