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A veces me paro a pensar si el hecho de volcar mi fotografía en un camino mas profesional acabará erosionando un poco mi pasión por las personas anónimas... sin embargo, miro atrás y solo la veo crecer con el tiempo. Esto me tranquiliza y me anima a seguir explorando las oportunidades sin la preocupación de perder aquello que puso una cámara en mis manos.
Sometimes I stop to think whether the fact to turn my photo into a more professional way eventually eroded a bit of my passion for anonymous ... however, I look back and see only grow with time. It calms me and encourages me to continue exploring opportunities without worrying about losing what you put a camera in my hands.
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The ngutuparore/wrybill is a small pale plover which breeds only in braided rivers of the South Island. It is the only bird in the world with a laterally-curved bill (always curved to the right), which it uses to reach insect larvae under rounded riverbed stones. Wrybills are completely dependent on braided rivers for breeding; all their life stages are predominantly grey, and highly cryptic among the greywacke shingle of the riverbeds.
The wrybill is an internal migrant. After breeding, almost the entire population migrates north to winter in the harbours of the northern North Island, notably the Firth of Thames and Manukau Harbour. On their wintering grounds, wrybills form dense flocks at high-water roosts; the highly-coordinated aerial manoeuvres of these flocks have been described as resembling a flung scarf.
Wrybills are small, pale plovers that are much more approachable than most New Zealand waders. Their underparts are white, with a black upper breast band from mid-winter to the end of the breeding season. The upper parts and sides of the face are pale grey, and the forehead white. The bill is long and black, with the distal third curved 12-26° to the right. The legs are dark grey to black. The sexes are alike in eclipse plumage; juveniles lack the black breast band. In breeding plumage, males are distinguishable by a black line above the forehead; this is highly variable however, and difficult to see in some individuals www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz
My first butterfly for this year (finally!), enjoying the afternoon sunshine by King's Wood earlier today.
We had a much welcome warm and sunny spell last week (hope that isn't all we're going to get of that sort of weather this year) and saw four butterfly species locally, all out from hibernation, here is a small tortoiseshell.
Pinguicula pumila
We have six different species of butterwort that grow here in northwest Florida, and this on is the smallest of them. It often grows in groups. The flowers range in color from almost white to occasionally purple. The rosette of basal leaves is not much larger than a quarter, and the flower stems are less than five inches tall. It also occurs throughout the state and is the only butterwort in Florida that is not listed as threatened or endangered.
When walking on the mountain, it pays to look down as well as around. The number of small beautiful small plants and insects is countless. Here, in the moss, you see these small plants reaching for life, despite the harsh conditions.
Small business have a high attrition rate. Those that survive the cash-flow difficulties of the first year are a minority of all those that open full of hope. And then when the founder ages out or changes careers, unless a suitable successor or buyer comes along, the enterprise comes to a close. Judging from the relatively large, well-established property and wide parking area, this restaurant attracted local residents and passing highway motorists for many years before ending operations. Perhaps the end years coincided with the proliferation of cheap, portable fast-food franchises. But even today there is a niche for dress-up, sit-down, "slow" food places with ambitious menus and fine meals.
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Io is the solar systems most active volcanic object. Earth is it's only volcanic rival. The highly elliptical orbit around Jupiter compresses the moon's surface. Extremely high voltage runs through the small moon [400,000 volts] as it passes through Jupiter's powerful magnetic field. We could not land on it's surface. ( we'd be toast, literally) We can visit through our imagination. Similar in size to our own moon, Io has a similar distance from Jupiter. (262,000 miles)