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En 1930, André Bérard démarre les travaux de la piscine d’eau de mer filtrée, stérilisée et chauffée, considérée comme la plus belle d’Europe. Avec une largeur de 66 mètres, 500 cabines et des gradins de 1800 places, elle accueille de nombreuses manifestations nautiques et des défilés de mode. La piscine est détruite au début des années 80 et remplacée par l’Aqualud.
L’avenir du front de mer est aujourd’hui en plein questionnement avec, entre autres, le projet d’un hôtel luxueux en lieu et place de l4Aqualud et ses toboggans délirants qui ont fait valser plus d’un enfant.
Ma petite choupette sera stérilisée et pucée demain, espérons que tout se passera bien.
Bonne journée à tous.
My little Maya will be sterilized and chipped tomorrow, hope everything will be fine.
have a lovely day everybody
A great old shop front in Olhão.
"Analises Químicas e Productus Esteriladus" Translates as "Chemical Analysis & Sterilised Products" and "Produtos Químicos e Farmacêuticos" Translates as "Chemical Products & Pharmaceuticals".
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I ventured through a hole in the fence that I had never noticed before, and found myself in a kind of untouched extension of the nearby Parque de Bellver. and there I found three distinct colonies of feral cats.
While I was there, a fellow came along with a bag of food. He said that he comes three times a week, and another person comes on the other days. The cats are all sterilised, and they also had shelters placed here and there.
It was wonderful to find them like that, cared for and living well in an extensive natural environment, away from the eyes of most people (human traffic would be quite low, although I did notice that there were some bmx tracks).
This beauty is just one of them.
An old shot I've just got round to processing - (I'm very slow)
This week is the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London so this one seemed appropriate - I've posted a wider shot of this evening before with the old wooden posts in the foreground.
Here I'd zoomed in to 55mm to get more detail in Tower Bridge & the City but had to create a pano to include the Shard & Tower 42.
I particularly liked the burning red reflections in the windows of the Thames Clipper & Tower 42 in this one.
One of those grey overcast days where I wasn't expecting any colour but the Sun broke under the cloud right at the end.
The sky colour was so intense that the raw file was too saturated to need any increase.
The Great Fire of London was started in Pudding Lane by the Royal Baker (inadvertently) in 1666 - so they say.
Luckily very few people were thought to have been hurt & the fire succeeded in sterilising most of the run down slum filled bits of London that had been ravaged by the Great Plague.
For some reason Great Fires, Puddings & Bakers brought 'The Great British Bake Off' to mind.
If you're a fan of the show like my wife - (although I suspect the real reason she watches it is to see the steely eyed scouser - Paul Hollywood) - & you're a serious baker - be sure to turn off the oven before going to bed :))
Thanks to everyone for taking the trouble to view comment or fave.
Myway, La jeune poupée, va quitter le foyer qui l'a vu naitre au début du printemps dernier.
Elle est stérilisée, depuis deux jours, et l'on prépare sur la table les papiers qui officialisent son adoption.
Montage par mon amie, Alchimiste...et affiché avec son autorisation...
Il y a tellement d'autres chats qui ne sont pas rescapés...Ils prolifèrent, errent et souffrent...
La stérilisation des chats errants serait une bénédiction...Une pétition est en cours...Votre signature serait très appréciée...Partagez cette pétition...Cliquez sur le lien suivant
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Merci de votre support! Thanks for your help!
It's that time again, except it isn't. This photo is from five years ago. Our feeders were busy with many species of garden and farmland birds but not this year or last year. The feeders are the same, the nesting spots are still there so were are the birds? Maybe another question; where are the insects? We have more variety of wild flowers supposed to attract insects in our garden but where are they? Maybe it is true, monocultures sustained by nitrate rich fertilisers and use of strong insecticides, together with hydrocarbon derived pollution are sterilising the countryside. Constant expansion and building on the green spaces are choking the pollinators. All I know is as as a child I remember lots of butterflies, moths, grasshoppers, wasps, bees, blow flies and the list goes on. Now I see a single bumble bee and it's an event.
What are we doing to our world?
Espèce exotique introduite, l’Ibis sacré (Threskiornis aethiopicus) se concentre dans l’ouest de la France. Il est présent de manière permanente notamment dans le Morbihan, la Loire-Atlantique, la Vendée et la Charente-Maritime. Il est également observé occasionnellement dans d'autres départements.
Bien que classé parmi les espèces exotiques envahissantes en France, la LPO considère que l’ibis sacré ne présente pas un risque sur les autres espèces. et s'interroge sur la poursuite des opérations de régulation alors même que la lutte a un impact sur les colonies d’oiseaux du fait du dérangement occasionné par les opérations de stérilisation.
An introduced exotic species, the Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is concentrated in the west of France. It is present on a permanent basis, notably in Morbihan, Loire-Atlantique, Vendée and Charente-Maritime. It is also seen occasionally in other departments.
Although classified among the invasive exotic species in France, the LPO considers that the sacred ibis does not present a risk to other species. and questions the continuation of regulatory operations even though the fight has an impact on bird colonies due to the disturbance caused by sterilization operations.
She was sterilised a few days ago and it took her a while to get used to the cone. She's still not too happy about it but at least there is some resigned acceptance. Herminio is so accommodating!
At this time of the year, my wife makes Marmalade from Seville oranges. We store the marmalade in saved jars that have been sterilised and enjoy the contents throughout the year. The labels are made from old postcards, wrapping paper and old Christmas cards. Likewise, the string/twine is recycled from a variety of sources. Finally, all the orange peel and pith is dumped in the compost bin.
A beautiful boquet of roses for my lovely wife Katrin for achieving her Sterilisation Technician's Diploma recently
‘Rosemary’. A second appearance but its getting desperate now!!! Parsley & Sage are there but down right off view:-) Another busy day in the garden, emptied the greenhouse, cleaned & sterilised it ready for another year of tomatoes - they’re in pots and are currently back & forth house & greenhouse. The usual reminder of the importance to STAY AT HOME to stay VIRUS FREE and to NOT be a vehicle to pass it on to others, Alan:-)
366 - I’ve decided to do this to force me to pick up a camera other than when we are away on our travels (they will be posted as normal) - I will be interested to see what transpires, they will be varied I’m sure so we’ll see where inspiration takes me over the course of the year, hopefully at the end of it I will be a better photographer. Feel free to critique as you see fit, but please don’t feel obliged, I anticipate they will not be to all tastes. Have a great year and if you also have embarked on a 365 project then good luck in seeing it through, Alan:-)
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This is Bonnie our newest rescue dog who we have had for just over a week.
Bonnie was found living on the streets in Greece a mere skeleton of a dog with her mother and brother. The mother was feral and too scared of humans to bring round. She tried biting though fear so once sterilised she was returned to where she was found. Bonnie and her brother Clyde were still young enough to bring around only due to a bad virus they picked up on the streets Bonnies brother was rushed to the vets but sadly died. Which left only Bonnie. We took her as we know we can help turn around timid dogs that wouldnt otherwise get a chance. Bonnie is a little star as you can see she is off lead already and her recall is great.
How rewarding these rescue dogs can be :)
Following on from yesterdays upload, not 30 m down the road a Macaque strolled across the road in front of our tuk tuk and then I noticed quite a number of them hanging out in the tiny village, sitting on verandas and in peoples yards.
I loved the casual position of this guy. Photo taken from the Tuk Tuk.
There is a love hate relationship with the Monkeys. A guy drove past us on a motor bike with one sitting as a pillion passenger.
Apparently some people keep them to climb up palm trees to retrieve coconuts.
I have read that this may not always be a good experience for the monkeys and they can be used for work under slave like conditions. Like elephants which will be in another upload. The macaques are a tourist attraction but many people have been injured when they try to snatch food and they can become quite aggressive. The populations on this Island don't seem to be very large at all but they have clearly become a problem in other parts of Thailand where Government have formed anti-monkey police units and are undertaking "mass arrests".
"In April, after growing complaints from residents, authorities started rounding up thousands of the monkeys and putting them in large enclosures to be sterilised and registered while they try to find a more permanent solution.
But soon after the "arrests" had begun, about 30 monkeys escaped and stormed the police station".
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-10/anti-monkey-police-unit-th...
Allium ursinum
Species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae
Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Eurasia, where it grows in moist woodland.[2] It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium. There are two recognized subspecies: A. ursinum subsp. ursinum and A. ursinum subsp. ucrainicum.[3]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
Wild garlic in Hampshire, UK
Etymology
The Latin specific name ursinum translates to 'bear' and refers to the supposed fondness of the brown bear for the bulbs; folk tales describe the bears consuming them after awakening from hibernation.[3] Another theory is that the "ursinum" may refer to Ursa Major, as A. ursinum was perhaps one of the most northerly distributed Allium species known to the ancient Greeks,[3] though this hypothesis is disputed.[4] Common names for the plant in many languages also make reference to bears.[5]
Cows love to eat them, hence the modern vernacular name of cows's leek.[6] In Devon, dairy farmers have occasionally had the milk of their herds rejected because of the garlic flavour imparted to it by the cows having grazed upon the plant.[6]
Ramsons is from the Old English word hramsa, meaning "garlic". There is evidence it has been used in British cuisine since the Celtic Britons over 1,500 years ago.[7]
Early healers among the Celts, Gaels, and Teutonic tribes and ancient Romans were familiar with the wild herb who called it herba salutaris, meaning 'healing herb'.[7]
Description
1885 illustration from Otto Wilhelm Thomé
Allium ursinum is a bulbous, perennial herbaceous monocot, that reproduces primarily by seed. The narrow bulbs are formed from a single leaf base[8] and produce bright green entire, elliptical leaves up to 25 cm (10 in) long by 7 cm (3 in) wide with a petiole up to 20 cm (8 in) long.[8] The inflorescence is an umbel of six to 20 white flowers, lacking the bulbils produced by some other Allium species such as Allium vineale (crow garlic) and Allium oleraceum (field garlic).[9][8][10] The flowers are star-like with six white tepals, about 16–20 mm (5⁄8–13⁄16 in) in diameter, with stamens shorter than the perianth.[8]
It flowers in the British Isles from April to June,[8] starting before deciduous trees leaf in the spring. The flower stem is triangular in cross-section and the leaves are broadly lanceolate, similar to those of the toxic lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).[3]
Similarity to poisonous plants
Allium ursinum (left) and Arum maculatum (right) growing side by side in a woodland
Plants that may be mistaken for A. ursinum include lily of the valley, Colchicum autumnale, Arum maculatum, and Veratrum viride or Veratrum album,[11] all of which are poisonous. In Europe, where ramsons are popularly harvested from the wild, people are regularly poisoned after mistakenly picking lily of the valley or Colchicum autumnale.[12]
Grinding the leaves between the fingers and checking for a garlic-like smell can be helpful, but if the smell remains on the hands, one can mistake a subsequent poisonous plant for a safe one.[12] When the leaves of A. ursinum and Arum maculatum first sprout, they look similar, but unfolded Arum maculatum leaves have irregular edges and many deep veins, while ramsons leaves are convex with a single main vein. The leaves of lily of the valley are in pairs, dull green, and come from a single reddish-purple stem, while the leaves of A. ursinum each have their own stem, are shiny when new, and are bright green.[13]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland.[2] It can be found in temperate Europe from Ireland east to the Caucasus.[citation needed] It is common in much of the lowlands of the British Isles with the exception of the far north of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.[14] The ursinum subspecies is found in western and central Europe, while the ucrainicum subspecies is found in the east and southeast.[3]
A. ursinum covers the forest floor in early May (Riis Skov, Denmark)
It grows in deciduous woodlands with moist soils, preferring slightly acidic conditions. In the British Isles, colonies are frequently associated with bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), especially in ancient woodland. It is considered to be an ancient woodland indicator species.[15]
Ecology
As its name suggests, A. ursinum is an important food for brown bears.[16] The plant is also a favourite of wild boar.[citation needed]
A. ursinum is the primary larval host plant for a specialised hoverfly, Portevinia maculata (ramsons hoverfly).[17]
The flowers are pollinated by bees.[18]
Uses
All parts of A. ursinum are edible. The leaves can be used as salad, herb,[19] boiled as a vegetable,[20] in soup, or as an ingredient for a sauce that may be a substitute for pesto in lieu of basil. Leaves are also often used to make garlic butter.[21] In Russia the stems are preserved by salting and eaten as a salad. A variety of Cornish Yarg cheese has a rind coated in wild garlic leaves.[22] The leaves can be pickled in the same way as Allium ochotense known as mountain garlic in Korea.[23] The bulbs can be used similarly to garlic cloves, and the flowers are also edible. Parts of the plant can be used for preparing Van herbed cheese, a speciality of the Van province in Turkey.[citation needed]
Popular dishes using the plant include pesto, soups, pasta, cheese, scones and Devonnaise.[citation needed]
The leaves are also used as fodder. Cows that have fed on ramsons give milk that tastes slightly of garlic, and butter made from this milk used to be very popular in 19th-century Switzerland.[citation needed]
The first evidence of the human use of A. ursinum comes from the Mesolithic settlement of Barkær (Denmark), where an impression of a leaf has been found. In the Swiss Neolithic settlement of Thayngen-Weier (Cortaillod culture), a high concentration of pollen from A. ursinum was found in the settlement layer, interpreted by some as evidence for use of the plant as fodder.[24]
Herbal remedy
Allium ursinum has been credited with many medicinal qualities and is a popular homeopathic ingredient. It is often used for treating cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive problems, as well as for the sterilisation of wounds.[25]
Various minerals are found in much higher amounts in Allium ursinum than in clove garlic. It is sometimes called the "magnesium king" of plants because of the high levels of this mineral found in the leaves.[citation needed]
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Allium ursinum
Species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae
Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Eurasia, where it grows in moist woodland.[2] It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium. There are two recognized subspecies: A. ursinum subsp. ursinum and A. ursinum subsp. ucrainicum.[3]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
Wild garlic in Hampshire, UK
Etymology
The Latin specific name ursinum translates to 'bear' and refers to the supposed fondness of the brown bear for the bulbs; folk tales describe the bears consuming them after awakening from hibernation.[3] Another theory is that the "ursinum" may refer to Ursa Major, as A. ursinum was perhaps one of the most northerly distributed Allium species known to the ancient Greeks,[3] though this hypothesis is disputed.[4] Common names for the plant in many languages also make reference to bears.[5]
Cows love to eat them, hence the modern vernacular name of cows's leek.[6] In Devon, dairy farmers have occasionally had the milk of their herds rejected because of the garlic flavour imparted to it by the cows having grazed upon the plant.[6]
Ramsons is from the Old English word hramsa, meaning "garlic". There is evidence it has been used in British cuisine since the Celtic Britons over 1,500 years ago.[7]
Early healers among the Celts, Gaels, and Teutonic tribes and ancient Romans were familiar with the wild herb who called it herba salutaris, meaning 'healing herb'.[7]
Description
1885 illustration from Otto Wilhelm Thomé
Allium ursinum is a bulbous, perennial herbaceous monocot, that reproduces primarily by seed. The narrow bulbs are formed from a single leaf base[8] and produce bright green entire, elliptical leaves up to 25 cm (10 in) long by 7 cm (3 in) wide with a petiole up to 20 cm (8 in) long.[8] The inflorescence is an umbel of six to 20 white flowers, lacking the bulbils produced by some other Allium species such as Allium vineale (crow garlic) and Allium oleraceum (field garlic).[9][8][10] The flowers are star-like with six white tepals, about 16–20 mm (5⁄8–13⁄16 in) in diameter, with stamens shorter than the perianth.[8]
It flowers in the British Isles from April to June,[8] starting before deciduous trees leaf in the spring. The flower stem is triangular in cross-section and the leaves are broadly lanceolate, similar to those of the toxic lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).[3]
Similarity to poisonous plants
Allium ursinum (left) and Arum maculatum (right) growing side by side in a woodland
Plants that may be mistaken for A. ursinum include lily of the valley, Colchicum autumnale, Arum maculatum, and Veratrum viride or Veratrum album,[11] all of which are poisonous. In Europe, where ramsons are popularly harvested from the wild, people are regularly poisoned after mistakenly picking lily of the valley or Colchicum autumnale.[12]
Grinding the leaves between the fingers and checking for a garlic-like smell can be helpful, but if the smell remains on the hands, one can mistake a subsequent poisonous plant for a safe one.[12] When the leaves of A. ursinum and Arum maculatum first sprout, they look similar, but unfolded Arum maculatum leaves have irregular edges and many deep veins, while ramsons leaves are convex with a single main vein. The leaves of lily of the valley are in pairs, dull green, and come from a single reddish-purple stem, while the leaves of A. ursinum each have their own stem, are shiny when new, and are bright green.[13]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland.[2] It can be found in temperate Europe from Ireland east to the Caucasus.[citation needed] It is common in much of the lowlands of the British Isles with the exception of the far north of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.[14] The ursinum subspecies is found in western and central Europe, while the ucrainicum subspecies is found in the east and southeast.[3]
A. ursinum covers the forest floor in early May (Riis Skov, Denmark)
It grows in deciduous woodlands with moist soils, preferring slightly acidic conditions. In the British Isles, colonies are frequently associated with bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), especially in ancient woodland. It is considered to be an ancient woodland indicator species.[15]
Ecology
As its name suggests, A. ursinum is an important food for brown bears.[16] The plant is also a favourite of wild boar.[citation needed]
A. ursinum is the primary larval host plant for a specialised hoverfly, Portevinia maculata (ramsons hoverfly).[17]
The flowers are pollinated by bees.[18]
Uses
All parts of A. ursinum are edible. The leaves can be used as salad, herb,[19] boiled as a vegetable,[20] in soup, or as an ingredient for a sauce that may be a substitute for pesto in lieu of basil. Leaves are also often used to make garlic butter.[21] In Russia the stems are preserved by salting and eaten as a salad. A variety of Cornish Yarg cheese has a rind coated in wild garlic leaves.[22] The leaves can be pickled in the same way as Allium ochotense known as mountain garlic in Korea.[23] The bulbs can be used similarly to garlic cloves, and the flowers are also edible. Parts of the plant can be used for preparing Van herbed cheese, a speciality of the Van province in Turkey.[citation needed]
Popular dishes using the plant include pesto, soups, pasta, cheese, scones and Devonnaise.[citation needed]
The leaves are also used as fodder. Cows that have fed on ramsons give milk that tastes slightly of garlic, and butter made from this milk used to be very popular in 19th-century Switzerland.[citation needed]
The first evidence of the human use of A. ursinum comes from the Mesolithic settlement of Barkær (Denmark), where an impression of a leaf has been found. In the Swiss Neolithic settlement of Thayngen-Weier (Cortaillod culture), a high concentration of pollen from A. ursinum was found in the settlement layer, interpreted by some as evidence for use of the plant as fodder.[24]
Herbal remedy
Allium ursinum has been credited with many medicinal qualities and is a popular homeopathic ingredient. It is often used for treating cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive problems, as well as for the sterilisation of wounds.[25]
Various minerals are found in much higher amounts in Allium ursinum than in clove garlic. It is sometimes called the "magnesium king" of plants because of the high levels of this mineral found in the leaves.[citation needed]
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first stage of making indian lime pickle
indian lime pickle recipe www.taste.com.au/recipes/indian-lime-pickle/34a44dcd-0475...
stage (1)
slice 8 limes into wedges
cut each lime into 8 wedges
place in a bowl
sprinkle a tablespoon of salt over the lime wedges
cover and set aside in a cool, dry place for two days
stir occasionally in that time
stage (2) will be two days from today flic.kr/p/2nVyNCq
stage (2)
heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat
add the mustard seeds
add the garlic, ginger, cumin, coriander, chilli powder
stir in the lime mixture, water, sugar and vinegar
bring to the boil
reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally for 15 minutes or until the mixture is thick
spoon into sterilised jars
place in fridge for one week to develop the flavours
to be used as a side serving for curry meals
it's my first attempt. i had ripe limes to hand and used them.
that could be my first mistake. maybe they should be green. time will tell ...
update result indian lime pickle spicy, tasty, punchy
patak's lime pickle www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/pataks-lime-pickle-28...
ps i'm not recommending any of these cookery adventures. they suit my personal taste. photographing to encourage myself to eat more healthily
www.flickr.com/groups/cooking_is_my_hobby/ helps to gather ideas and encourages me to continue with healthy eating by learning from others if you're interested in cooking, sometimes or a lot, or enjoy the cooking of others, you're always welcome ...
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Sadly all of the 12-13 kittens are eaten up by feral dogs in ladakh region . This is Alarming and soon all wildlife will be eaten up by feral dogs due to uncontrolled population of Dogs in the region with zero efforts by Govt to control population . sterilisation is not the solution as a dog lives for 10-13 years in if they only sterilize Dogs in next 10-15 years they will eat up everything in region .
Happy GGT!!!
I'm really sorry I'm behind with my comments - came home from work to - wait for it - a dog that was shooting poo from his behind - you think urrrghhhh??? I had to deal with the aftermath...Ella got it her hair and went wild and took over the bathroom, Flora and Henry spent the next hour bathing dogs and I spent the evening bleaching, sterilising, scrubbing, washing and cleaning. Two dogs looking for home - any interest????? (NO I DID NOT TAKE PHOTOS!!!!!!).
Petite chatte de refuge. Elle sera adoptée bien vite. Elle porte une collerette car elle vient d'être stérilisée.
36 Yishan Rd., Shanghai
To understand the fiasco of China's epidemic prevention, please read these reports:
www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2900...; cn.nytimes.com/business/20220525/china-covid-zero/dual/
To know what has happened in Shangai since March, 2022, watch these videos: youtu.be/DGL29gU_I8o , youtu.be/HQxJBhR5ZzU, and read these stories: www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/business/shanghai-xinjiang-chi..., www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/business/china-zero-covid-xi.html and www.voanews.com/a/foreign-businesses-consider-leaving-chi...
In the night of March 27th, an announcement was made by the Shanghai government to close Pudong and Puxi in succession.
At midnight that night, Pudong went into lockdown first. On the following day, the residents in Puxi rushed to buy vegetables, meat and fish, and food prices soared.
However, this marketplace was ordered to suspend its business to be disinfected and sterilised. Large quantities of vegetables had to be piled up on the streets and could not be brought into the marketplaces. It was almost like a war was coming. Residents who came to buy vegetables had to seek other places or wait until this marketplace reopened.
ENG: A 7 mm medical implants titanium screw by the KLS Martin Group company from Tuttlingen for facial fracture plates. As a comparison of sizes in this macro photography I put a 1 Euro coin in the background.
GER: Eine Medizinische 7 Millimeter Titan Implantat Schraube der Firma KLS Martin Gruppe aus Tuttlingen für Gesichtsfraktur Platten. Als Größenvergleich bei dieser Nahaufnahme habe ich im Hintergrund eine 1 Euro Münze gestellt.
Thanks to mistinguette.mistinguette for the inspiration on yesterday's Macro Mondays pool.
I was immediately reminded of the old adverts for milk, and knew I had to have a go at this myself. For some reason I have a milk bottle lurking in with vases, so it was sterilised and pressed into service... Lit from above with a Lumee.
No Humphreys were harmed in the making of this image.
Treasure Hunt 42: Milk
More than 20 years ago now I moved to Greece to help volunteer at a dog shelter. This was the first dog I sent from the shelter to be rehomed and his new mum became my partner when I returned to the UK. Several years down the line he developed Lymphoma. We were told that without treatment he had only weeks to live so we went for it. Zorba had another 2.5 wonderful years with us and was so loved at our local vets that they started coming out to Greece with us to help sterilise the strays out there.
Zorba's legacy still lives on ❤️
ENG: Medical plate with 13 mm screw implants by the KLSMartin company for the facial reconstructions.
GER: Medizinische Gesichtsrekonstruktions Implantate der Firma KLSMartin. More information in German under de.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLS_Martin_Group!
Every July a Romani family camp on the verge at the junction of Aston Lane and the A51 for a couple of days as they pass through Stone. They cause no trouble, leave no mess and although they are wary of outsiders, they're always cheerful and happy to enjoy a bit o' craic about horses, dogs, the weather and so on. The Roma should not be confused with Irish travellers; they are a distinct ethnic group with their own Indo-Aryan language, their lineage has been genetically traced back to the castes and tribes of northern India. Unfortunately they are still widely persecuted and abused; as late as 2004 the Czech Republic operated a policy of coercive sterilisation for Roma women and in 2010 France attempted to forcibly 'repatriate' 54 separate Romani family groups. Quite where a nomadic peoples who have wandered across Europe since 500AD were supposed to go back to, the French Government didn't say.
My partner and I run a small UK registered animal charity called Caring For The Animals Trust. www.caringfortheanimalstrust.co.uk
We mostly concentrate on funding sterilisation campaigns in Greece, but also support individuals who run shelters to help alleviate the suffering of the strays.
Meet Bruno such a transformation from the skin and bones that was rescued.
If you like to see dog pics please feel free to add me 😁
She had 2 lovely kitties,Delores and Gandalf:-) She's a very good momcat,i thought she may battle because she has only 3 legs but she's managing fine. We're having her sterilised end of January though,this will be her only litter.
Commentary.
Either side of the Suffolk/Essex border is “John Constable” country.
Dedham, to the south of the River Stour meadows is in Essex.
On the north side of the flood plain is East Bergholt.
Here, near the famed boat-building dry-dock, Willy Lott’s Cottage and Flatford Lock is Flatford Mill, originally built in 1733.
In this image we look north from the Stour tow-path
across the mill-pond to the renowned building.
There is a timeless quality to this rural area.
Perhaps, because John Constable immortalised
this area in his superb oil and water-colour
paintings of early 19th. Century Suffolk, we dare not desecrate its spirit, soul and quintessentially rural character.
Even though his landscapes might be regarded as idealised, romanticised and sterilised he could only paint what he saw.
The abject poverty and fragility of such rural communities
is hard to portray in landscape paintings.
However, his portrayal of trees, skies, light,
buildings, ponds, rivers, fields, animals and working people
is simply the work of a genius, a master at work.
His passion and talent, inspired my own,
for this very special environment.
Allium ursinum
Species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae
Allium ursinum, known as wild garlic, ramsons, cowleekes, cows's leek, cowleek, buckrams, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, Eurasian wild garlic or bear's garlic, is a bulbous perennial flowering plant in the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It is native to Eurasia, where it grows in moist woodland.[2] It is a wild relative of onion and garlic, all belonging to the same genus, Allium. There are two recognized subspecies: A. ursinum subsp. ursinum and A. ursinum subsp. ucrainicum.[3]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
Wild garlic in Hampshire, UK
Etymology
The Latin specific name ursinum translates to 'bear' and refers to the supposed fondness of the brown bear for the bulbs; folk tales describe the bears consuming them after awakening from hibernation.[3] Another theory is that the "ursinum" may refer to Ursa Major, as A. ursinum was perhaps one of the most northerly distributed Allium species known to the ancient Greeks,[3] though this hypothesis is disputed.[4] Common names for the plant in many languages also make reference to bears.[5]
Cows love to eat them, hence the modern vernacular name of cows's leek.[6] In Devon, dairy farmers have occasionally had the milk of their herds rejected because of the garlic flavour imparted to it by the cows having grazed upon the plant.[6]
Ramsons is from the Old English word hramsa, meaning "garlic". There is evidence it has been used in British cuisine since the Celtic Britons over 1,500 years ago.[7]
Early healers among the Celts, Gaels, and Teutonic tribes and ancient Romans were familiar with the wild herb who called it herba salutaris, meaning 'healing herb'.[7]
Description
1885 illustration from Otto Wilhelm Thomé
Allium ursinum is a bulbous, perennial herbaceous monocot, that reproduces primarily by seed. The narrow bulbs are formed from a single leaf base[8] and produce bright green entire, elliptical leaves up to 25 cm (10 in) long by 7 cm (3 in) wide with a petiole up to 20 cm (8 in) long.[8] The inflorescence is an umbel of six to 20 white flowers, lacking the bulbils produced by some other Allium species such as Allium vineale (crow garlic) and Allium oleraceum (field garlic).[9][8][10] The flowers are star-like with six white tepals, about 16–20 mm (5⁄8–13⁄16 in) in diameter, with stamens shorter than the perianth.[8]
It flowers in the British Isles from April to June,[8] starting before deciduous trees leaf in the spring. The flower stem is triangular in cross-section and the leaves are broadly lanceolate, similar to those of the toxic lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).[3]
Similarity to poisonous plants
Allium ursinum (left) and Arum maculatum (right) growing side by side in a woodland
Plants that may be mistaken for A. ursinum include lily of the valley, Colchicum autumnale, Arum maculatum, and Veratrum viride or Veratrum album,[11] all of which are poisonous. In Europe, where ramsons are popularly harvested from the wild, people are regularly poisoned after mistakenly picking lily of the valley or Colchicum autumnale.[12]
Grinding the leaves between the fingers and checking for a garlic-like smell can be helpful, but if the smell remains on the hands, one can mistake a subsequent poisonous plant for a safe one.[12] When the leaves of A. ursinum and Arum maculatum first sprout, they look similar, but unfolded Arum maculatum leaves have irregular edges and many deep veins, while ramsons leaves are convex with a single main vein. The leaves of lily of the valley are in pairs, dull green, and come from a single reddish-purple stem, while the leaves of A. ursinum each have their own stem, are shiny when new, and are bright green.[13]
Distribution and habitat
It is native to Europe and Asia, where it grows in moist woodland.[2] It can be found in temperate Europe from Ireland east to the Caucasus.[citation needed] It is common in much of the lowlands of the British Isles with the exception of the far north of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland.[14] The ursinum subspecies is found in western and central Europe, while the ucrainicum subspecies is found in the east and southeast.[3]
A. ursinum covers the forest floor in early May (Riis Skov, Denmark)
It grows in deciduous woodlands with moist soils, preferring slightly acidic conditions. In the British Isles, colonies are frequently associated with bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), especially in ancient woodland. It is considered to be an ancient woodland indicator species.[15]
Ecology
As its name suggests, A. ursinum is an important food for brown bears.[16] The plant is also a favourite of wild boar.[citation needed]
A. ursinum is the primary larval host plant for a specialised hoverfly, Portevinia maculata (ramsons hoverfly).[17]
The flowers are pollinated by bees.[18]
Uses
All parts of A. ursinum are edible. The leaves can be used as salad, herb,[19] boiled as a vegetable,[20] in soup, or as an ingredient for a sauce that may be a substitute for pesto in lieu of basil. Leaves are also often used to make garlic butter.[21] In Russia the stems are preserved by salting and eaten as a salad. A variety of Cornish Yarg cheese has a rind coated in wild garlic leaves.[22] The leaves can be pickled in the same way as Allium ochotense known as mountain garlic in Korea.[23] The bulbs can be used similarly to garlic cloves, and the flowers are also edible. Parts of the plant can be used for preparing Van herbed cheese, a speciality of the Van province in Turkey.[citation needed]
Popular dishes using the plant include pesto, soups, pasta, cheese, scones and Devonnaise.[citation needed]
The leaves are also used as fodder. Cows that have fed on ramsons give milk that tastes slightly of garlic, and butter made from this milk used to be very popular in 19th-century Switzerland.[citation needed]
The first evidence of the human use of A. ursinum comes from the Mesolithic settlement of Barkær (Denmark), where an impression of a leaf has been found. In the Swiss Neolithic settlement of Thayngen-Weier (Cortaillod culture), a high concentration of pollen from A. ursinum was found in the settlement layer, interpreted by some as evidence for use of the plant as fodder.[24]
Herbal remedy
Allium ursinum has been credited with many medicinal qualities and is a popular homeopathic ingredient. It is often used for treating cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive problems, as well as for the sterilisation of wounds.[25]
Various minerals are found in much higher amounts in Allium ursinum than in clove garlic. It is sometimes called the "magnesium king" of plants because of the high levels of this mineral found in the leaves.[citation needed]
Gallery
Colónia de gatos
Esterilizados e protegidos ao abrigo da C.M. Portimão
É favor não mexer
Portimão Cámara Municipal
Cat colony
Sterilised and protected under the C.H. Portimão
Please do not move it
Portimão City Hall
Colonia de gatos
Esterilizada y protegida bajo el Ayto. de Portimão
Por favor, no la mueva
Ayuntamiento de Portimão
nadorcott orange segments blended using the nutribullet, poured into a sterilised jar and placed in the fridge goodfruitguide.co.uk/product/nadorcott-afourer/
to be used as topping on yoghurt, custard, rice pudding, oats ...
nadorcott orange flic.kr/p/2k518oK
ps i'm not recommending any of these cookery adventures. they suit my personal taste. photographing to encourage myself to eat more healthily ...
i've created a new group www.flickr.com/groups/cooking_is_my_hobby/ to gather ideas and encourage myself to continue with healthy eating by learning from others if you're interested in cooking, sometimes or a lot, you're always welcome ...
C'est une bien belle chose que ce contentement, que cette absence de douleur, que ces jours supportables et assoupis, où ni la souffrance ni le plaisir n'osent crier, où tout chuchote et glisse sur la pointe des pieds. Malheureusement, je suis ainsi fait que c'est précisément cette satisfaction que je supporte le moins; après une brève durée, elle me répugne et m'horripile inexprimablement, et je dois par désespoir me réfugier dans quelque autre climat, si possible, par la voie des plaisirs, mais si nécessaire, par celle des douleurs. Quand je reste un peu de temps sans peine et sans joie, à respirer la fade et tiède abomination de ces bons jours, ou soi-disant tels, mon âme pleins d'enfantillages se sent prise d'une telle misère, d'un tourment si cuisant, que je saisis la lyre rouillée de la gratitude et que je la flanque à la figure béate du dieu engourdi de satisfaction, car je préfère une douleur franchement diabolique à cette confortable température moyenne ! Je sens me brûler une soif sauvage de sensations violentes, une fureur contre cette existence neutre, plat, réglée et stérilisée, un désir forcené de saccager quelque chose, un grand magasin, ou une cathédrale, ou moi-même, de faire des sottises enragées...
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962)
romancier, poète, peintre et essayiste allemand
Extrait de "Le Loup des steppes"
(Composition, collage, dessin)
Inspiration Comedia dell'arte,
"Femme Fatale de la Saint Valentin"
A glass bottle of milk!
When did you last have a glass bottle of milk?
We managed to get a couple of bottles of milk from a farm shop, instead of mass produced milk in plastic bottles.
Feels like a real treat.
Only difference to the old days is that it’s a litre bottle and not a pint, and it has a screw top.
I used to deliver milk for a couple of hours before school, when I was 15 yo.
On the milk round we delivered… Farm bottled milk (green top), Pasteurised milk (silver top), semi skimmed milk (red and silver top), skimmed milk (red top), sterilised milk (a top that you had to get off with a bottle opener), full cream milk (gold top), and gills in half pint bottles (green top) .
The milkman would pick me up at 6.00am and drop me off at school at 8.00am, on Saturdays we delivered double, and had to go back to the farm to re-load up, we finished at 12.00 ; we were also taken for breakfast on Saturdays to a cafe… for a chip butty and a horlicks.
I got £1.20 per day, and £2.40 on Saturdays. I was quite well off!
The Bishnoi are a tribal/religious sect whose belief in the sanctity of the environment, and the need to protect trees and animals dates from the 15th century.
Bishnoi (also known as Vishnoi) is a Hindu religious sect found in the Western Thar Desert and northern states of India. They follow a set of 29 principles/commandments given by Guru Jambheshwar (1451-1536). Jambheshwar founded the sect at Samrathal Dhora in 1485 and his teachings, comprising 120 shabads, are known as Shabadwani. There are an estimated 10,00,000 followers of Vishnoi sect residing in large number in states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.
The 29 tenets of Bishnoism state:
Observe 30 days' state of ritual impurity after child's birth and keep mother and child away from household activities.
[To prevent Infant and Mother from external infection]
Observe 5 days' segregation while a woman is in her menses.
[For Comfort and Hygiene]
Take bath daily in the morning before sunrise.
Obey the ideal rules of life: Modesty, Patience, Cleanliness.
Pray two times everyday (morning and evening).
Eulogise God, Vishnu, in evening hours (Aarti)
Perform Yajna (Havan) with the feelings of welfare devotion and love.
Use filtered water, milk and cleaned firewood.
Speak pure words in all sincerity.
Practice forgiveness from heart.
Be merciful from heart.
Do not steal or keep any intention to do it.
Do not condemn or criticize.
Do not lie.
Do not indulge in dispute/debate.
Fast on Amavasya.
Worship and recite Lord Vishnu in adoration
Be merciful to all living beings and love them.
Do not cut green trees, save the environment.
Crush lust, anger, greed and attachment.
Cook your food by yourself.
Provide shelters for abandoned animals to avoid them from being slaughtered in abattoirs.
Do not sterilise bulls.
Do not use or trade opium.
Do not smoke or use tobacco or its products.
Do not take bhang or hemp.
Do not drink alcohol/liquor.
Do not eat meat, always remain pure vegetarian.
Do not use violet blue colour extracted from the indigo plant.
La petite Snowy est née le 20 juin 2016, durant les quelques jours du Solstice d'été. Elle est toute blanche, avec des yeux jaunes. La vétérinaire qui lui a prodigué ses premiers vaccins, la classe comme "race européenne". En langage plus concret ; c'est une "race commune". C'est une petite extrêmement dégourdie, joueuse, et très souvent en recherche de découvertes. Mais la petite n'en pas encore la permission de sortir. Une fois qu'elle sera stérilisée et identifiée, il lui sera permis de procéder à des sorties sous surveillance.
Visited the DHL depot on the Team Valley to collect a parcel, I was greeted by this grubby looking buzzer to attract someone’s attention.
Eng.: Depicted is a titanium orbital reconstruction base plate with 4 mm screws from the Swiss company Medartis.
Ger.: Abgebildet ist eine Titan Augen Höhlen Rekonstruktions Boden Platte mit 4 Millimeter Schrauben von der Schweizer Firma Medartis.
Not sleeping tablets, but Campden tablets, used for sterilising, spilled onto a bed of polystyrene (a sleeve used around glass bottles for packaging). Shot using a tripod, external shutter control with a 55mm lens, F5.6, sidelit with a daylight lamp.
I struggled for inspiration for this challenge. Ended up quite pleased with the texture of the tablets, even though I had thought they would be too smooth, and so had deliberately chosen a rough backdrop.
DSC_0846_v1
Glyn Nelson
Early this fall we made a journey to the middle of Norway. The ferry crossing by HNL (Holland Norway Line) from the Netherlands, was canceled three days before we left, due to a bankruptcy of this company, which meant we had to make unexpected long car trips northwards in a very short time. However, driving through the Norwegian landscape is absolutely not an unpleasant activity.
Our destination was Jotunheimen and the western side of Jostedalsbreen, Europe's largest mainland glacier.
This short series therefore is almost entirely dedicated to fascinating glacier tongues, usually depicted only small, to mountains, waterfalls and swirling streams.
Phenomenal right away, those blue offshoots, especially when you realise these ice caps are shrinking every year. Several people know how I love landscapes. They are a common thread through my life. And landscapes are vast, maybe that is why most photographers tend to reach for (ultra) wide-angle lenses.
But this would be different.
My recently purchased Rolleiflex from the late nineties, would lead me to a completely altered experience. For almost the entire trip I only had this twin lens 6x6 medium format film camera in my hands, with its Planar 80mm 1:2.8 lens, equivalent to 52 mm focal length in 35 mm format. A single standard lens for the entire lay-off and all the sceneries !
Yet limitations generate creativity and to my own surprise I never felt hampered for a singular moment. Wandering through that landscape, with a small bag, containing this little gem, an orange, red and ND grad filter, was such a joy.
When I took out my used twin-lens camera, with its funny winder handle, that I occasionally gave a single turn to advance the film, I had to smile more than once because of the ingenious venerable mechanism.
Film is alive !
Rolleiflex 2.8 GX, orange filter. Shot on Tri-X @400, developed in our small GP's lab, in which we sterilise small instruments, that I was able to darken completely.
Developer: DD-X 1:4 for 8 minutes, 20 °C. Agitation: 2 inversions every 30 seconds. Stop bath 2 min. Ilford fixer 1:4 for 5 minutes. 5, 10, 15, inversion washes to give 10 minutes. Final water bath : 1L distilled with 5ml of Ilfotol,
Epson V850 scanner, Silverfast 9 Ai, film holder no glass. Some minor Lightroom editing.
Un des fort nombreux chats qui occupent les dépendances, stalles, fenières, et étables d'une vieille ferme en Cévennes.
i was hooked by the texture and colour of the dead roses, in contrast to the sterilised feeling of the tiles. :)
Commentary.
Either side of the Suffolk/Essex border is “John Constable” country.
Dedham, to the south of the River Stour meadows is in Essex.
On the north side of the flood plain is East Bergholt.
Here, near the famed boat-building dry-dock, Willy Lott’s Cottage and Flatford Lock is Flatford Mill, originally built in 1733.
In this image we look north from the Stour tow-path
across the mill-pond to the renowned building.
There is a timeless quality to this rural area.
Perhaps, because John Constable immortalised
this area in his superb oil and water-colour
paintings of early 19th. Century Suffolk, we dare not desecrate its spirit, soul and quintessentially rural character.
Even though his landscapes might be regarded as idealised, romanticised and sterilised he could only paint what he saw.
The abject poverty and fragility of such rural communities
is hard to portray in landscape paintings.
However, his portrayal of trees, skies, light,
buildings, ponds, rivers, fields, animals and working people
is simply the work of a genius, a master at work.
His passion and talent, inspired my own,
for this very special environment.
Yuko (left), and Yuki (right) huddling together under the dining table after a traumatic day at the vet. We sent them for sterilisation, but it turned out both were female.
In the 90's during Alberto Fujimori's presidential reign the Peruvian government had a controversial birth control program. In total some 300,000 (272,028 women and 22,004 men) were sterilised and thousands have since claimed that it happened without their consent. They were almost exclusively indigenous people living in rural areas of Peru.
More information can be found on the following interactive website which aims to shine light on the sterilisations and give the people affected a voice.
Alberto Fujimori was recently released from prison eight years early resulting in protests throughout Peru.
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