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I recently rediscovered this beautiful old graveyard in Windsor, Ontario. As I wandered around on this sunny fall afternoon, I was thinking about these departed souls. As I begin my ‘golden years’, I’m reminded how quickly time goes and the need, even more then ever, to cherish every moment.
Neulich... 😄
»Die he willste han? Waat..., isch plöck' se Disch, Leevsche!«
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I've been posting images of two great horned owlets lately. This image is of another recently fledged owlet on the west coast of Florida. One of the parents was sitting directly above the owlet (not pictured) and the other was in a nearby tree keeping a close eye on junior.
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Life's a long, long road, if we are lucky. For so long I've just followed the road, it seems with one wheel stuck in a rut at the side steering me along without me being in control. And it has gone on and on. There's a crossroads further down in the picture, in the middle of nowhere. No signs. No landmarks. Just an empty crossroads where two roads meet on the barren moorland. I'm getting near there. Do I carry on straight or turn, left or right, and explore a bit to the side...perhaps it was a waste of time, the wrong choice....nothing to see down there, and return to the junction.
I'm almost at that point, decisions, decisions in deciding if I leave so much of what I've known, work, Cheshire and the hills around, friends, goats, North Wales and take a change in direction.
We've found a place. A long way north. Seven hours drive north to Acharacle, Argyllshire at the far end of Loch Shiel. Mountains, lochs, deer, little beaches with white sand, heather...........
I've seen recently how hard it is to leave everything you've known and strike out somewhere else when my son took his young family off to New Zealand. They'd said they never could have anticipated how difficult it would be to say "Goodbye". My turn soon.
I recently visited APCA, an NGO for cats and farm animals, located in Uruguay in the department of Canelones.
APCA arises from the need to generate a safe place for the rehoming of colonies of feral, endangered or abused cats. They currently also have farm animals that have been rescued from human abuse.
The work they do is exceptional.
Among the animals rescued there are cases of cruelty, accidents, paralysis, cancer and other diseases, as well as cats that have been abandoned.
In viable cases, they are available for responsible adoption.
🐾 APCA.UY
learning to fly.... if you followed along in the spring and early summer,on Instagram, then you know that one of the Osprey nests I watch had been having major trouble,first the male disappeared for a three days ,then the female abandoned the nest to search for food after the male didnt come back. She left the eggs for over two hours,which usually results in a failed nest,however, after she came back,and the male returned, she continued to sit on the eggs for another three weeks. I was more then a little astonished after that time to see two heads peaking up over the nest. We lost one of the babies along the way, sibling rivalry?,fell out of the nest?, I never could tell. Anyway, you are looking at the surviving chick who is all grown up and fledged the other day, I think its a female with that feathery collar,but sometimes when they are young they can change as they mature. So glad to see one made it and I am hopeful that the female of this nest (e37 from NY) comes back next year for another shot at a family..
Not been that happy with my macro raindrops recently. As there were loads around this morning I practised.
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Recently Fledged Downy Woodpecker in my yard in Chester County, PA.
It is always great to see the next generation of birds in my backyard. They often male amusing mistakes while learning to fly and survive.
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I've recently watched an interview with Salvador Dali where he was stating that all his artwork are based on his dreams coming to him 10 minutes before he was fully asleep.
Dali learned over time to take control of his lucid dream state and with that, he mastered accessing his subconscious and used what he had found in his act of creating. Of course, the way he materialized what he found is truly amazing as well, in any ways, all his artwork are now fascinating manifestations of one man's creative mind, ideas and experiences, for all of us to see and wonder about.
This all made me think, this 10 minutes time period of lucid dream state, mystical space before we all are fully gone somewhere else; I cannot help noticing a parallel notion happening in the way nature behaves just before it awakes or falls asleep; the most unexpected, wonderous and profound events, colours, particles, sensations are seem to manifest themselves in those couple of minutes of lucid dream states of nature, just before it all settles again.
Image taken of Kinlochard Stone Jetty at Loch Ard, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
This White Morph (Reddish Egret) had such a wonderful hair style that I had to feature it. Taken recently at Fort De Soto Park. (Egretta rufescens) (Sony a1ii, 200-600 lens @600mm, 1/4000 second, f/7.1, ISO 640)
"'Cause memories can be friends
Or they can take you to a place
That you never thought you'd be again
And take you to a place
That you never ever thought
That you would see again"
"Recently" - Jim Croce
Sculpture - Animals
We are so fortunate that these works of Art are available to us to see. From the gigantic to the very small, they can be viewed everywhere. A real treat is a double-decker bus ride, you just never know what you will see from the top-deck. These images are just a few of what has been taken recently.
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I've been busy repainting the inside of my favourite cave at Maori Bay recently. Hope you like what I've done with the place! Single exposure, painted with a 'special' torch. (No photoshop)
Over the past couple of days I have been in Scotland along the Fife Coastal trail and there are some beautiful little harbours in this corner of Scotland. Though I thought Crail was by far the most picturesque of those I saw. Certainly worth a visit if you are ever in the area.
Sorry for the lack of activity here on Flickr but recently I have been puttting a lot of effort into my motorsport feeds on here and also on Instagram. Not everyones cup of tea but a great hobby of mine.
Many thanks for taking the time to view this and other images in my stream. Instagram kev_mac_66
Detailed look at the recently installed patterned cladding of the new Regent Park South Community Centre, part of the Regent Park revitalization project. Designed by CS&P Architects Inc.
I forget where this graveyard is located exactly, maybe near Portapique? Anyway, it was a beautiful and very interesting location. It looked like a forest grew over this graveyard in the last 100 or more years and was only recently cut, maybe by one of the members of the Durning family? The majority of the graves here are of the Durning family so I'll go with that...if anyone in the area knows please fill me in!
Taken in Nova Scotia, Canada.