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Somehow this photo got lost from my photo stream with all the thousands of views , hundreds of comments and favorites . As it is my absolute fav of all times I introduce it again and would like to thank you for all for your previous visits, comments and awards.
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing on a grassy ground.
Wiewiórka (Sciurus vulgaris) stojąca na trawiastym podłożu.
This stem hugs the kitchen window and the heat from the window allows it to continue blooming while the other blooms have been damaged by frost.
I gave Reia a new mask, but i don't think it really matches the armor. I don't have the old mask anyway because I gave it to some dude at BrickFair so oh well lol. Also I wanted to try out a new background/light combo, as well as a new mist or steam effect.
I shot this beautiful bird last sunday. Being a tiny thumb sized bird it was quite shy...had to squat on the ground amid reeds and ankle deep muck for about 15 minutes before they planned to settle down again and then gave me these shots. It was a real treat...they are smaller than sparrows and very brightly colored. In the breeding season the male becomes completely red.
This photograph made it to explore on Apr 28, 2008 #464
Third and final pyramid of Sneferu, c. 2600 BC
The third largest and first successful true pyramid
This is a photograph of a Red Eyed Tree Frog, taken in Costa Rica, Central America. I took this at dusk against a dark background.
SUNRISE - Islamorada, Florida U.S.A.
Wahoo's Bar & Grill - Restaurant & Marina
Spring 2021 - The Florida Keys - 5/16/21
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - Sunday Morning]
*[had to get up 'pretty-early' to get this - it was worth it]
"Very little is known about the dahlia before the time of the Aztecs. It is believed that the Aztecs used parts of the dahlia for food and medicine. The mountain regions of Mexico and Guatemala are the birthplace of today's dahlias and they have continued to be grown there.
Discovery in the 16th century
In 1570, King Phillip II of Spain sent Francisco Hernandez to Mexico to study the natural resources of the country. He stayed for 7 years and described plants that resemble dahlia species under the names Acocotli and Cocoxochitl. The first drawings were made of the dahlias by an associate who was travelling with Hernandez and were published in 1651.
The next time dahlias appear in history is 1789, when the director of the Botanical Garden at Mexico City sent plant parts to Antonio Jose Cavarilles, who worked at the Royal Gardens of Madrid in Spain. From these he grew 3 new plant forms, Dahlia pinnata, D. rosea, and D. coccinea. He named the genus after Andreas Dahl, a Swedish botanist.
Seed and plant parts from these dahlias were sent throughout Europe beginning in the early 1800s. As hybridization work continued, the first fully double forms began to make their appearance, as did many new colour combinations. In 1872 a crate of dahlia tubers was sent from Mexico to Holland, however upon arrival it was discovered that only one tuber had survived the long Atlantic crossing.
This lone tuber of a new variety (D. juarezii) produced a bright red bloom with petals that were rolled back and pointed. Interest in the dahlia by plant breeders was renewed at once and the successful combination of this new variety with earlier varieties served as the parent stock for the current lists of dahlia variations.
It was during this time that the scarlet Dahlia coccinea was crossed with a mauve-flowered species, possibly D. pinnata, which ultimately resulted in the first modern dahlia hybrid (Lawrence 1929). The new hybrid was easy to grow and hybridize so they quickly became very popular in European and American gardens.
After 200 years of culture, selective breeding, and hybridizing, today's dahlia has one of the largest variations of forms, colours, and sizes of any flower grown. More Dahlia hybridizers are active now than at any other time in history, which means a constant addition of varieties each year.
Today, this flower remains the National Flower of Mexico where its great beauty was first discovered by the mighty Aztec Indians so long ago."