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....so the friend that had the graflex on the shelf has some really nice and unusual plants and flowers in their magical gardens..Although the light was hard for me, as well as the necessary concentration for focus-es...I did manage to get a few nice macros or impressions...
Actually my wife gave these to me - too long in the leg for her but OK for me. Oh, and the beads. So generous.
A rarely sighted beast in the South West, this Alexander Strider bodied Dennis Lance was operating for Alpha Coaches of Honiton during the Sidmouth Folk week.
The owner Ray Borkowski used to operate a pair of Leyland National for this once a week service but both have now departed the fleet.
(Unknown species), Family: Gerridae
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, or jesus bugs.
Water striders are anatomically built to transfer their weight to be able to run on top of the water's surface. As a result, one could likely find water striders present in any pond, river, or lake. Scientists have identified over 1,700 species of gerrids, 10% of them being marine.
Water striders are able to walk on top of water due to a combination of several factors. Water striders use the high surface tension of water and long, hydrophobic legs to help them stay above water.
Water striders are aquatic predators and feed on invertebrates, mainly spiders and insects, that fall onto the water surface. Water striders are attracted to this food source by ripples produced by the struggling prey. The water strider uses its front legs as sensors for the vibrations produced by the ripples in the water. The water strider punctures the prey item's body with its proboscis, injects salivary enzymes that break down the prey's internal structures, and then sucks out the resulting fluid.
Newport Strider L69EKG which has been a member of the Robinsons of Appleby fleet for some years, now moving on to a new home. The door intentionally left part open on "single control" to illustrate a once common useful feature on Newport vehicles.
'Hell Striders' - I haven't painted an illustration from my 'Exotic Slaughter' world for some time, but have had lots of ideas in my sketchbook just waiting for the time to be bought to life! So here's the 'Hell Striders' - Huge, genetically engineered creatures, tethered to vast gas filled airships, that pump flammable gases down to them, channeled through umbilicals, a capable of projecting the flames hundreds of metres across the battlefields and trenches of WW1. Two handlers ride on it's back, controlling the fire spitting, temperamental beasts, and ensuring the gas supply from the airships is constant. Great herds of these monsters, slowly stride across non mans land, spewing inferno's and death as they sweep by. Feel free to share....
Holman Street ferry station, Brisbane River. You can see how they have kept the old ferry building in the front which compared to the new ones is very basic, typical Queensland weatherboards. Part of the structure of the new station can be seen behind the lady coming off the ferry. Holman Street is at Kangaroo Point and right across from the eastern end of the city and Eagle Street, from which a cross river ferry runs.
The Tall Strider is a mechanized stilt walker, commonly used for recon units or urban operations however here we see a different aplication as the pilot is snagging some apples of this apple tree.
Yeah, this is another part of my Dieselpunk layout from Bricktopia, inspired by the Tall Boys from Dishonored I've always wanted to try my hand at a mech like this.
A Man striding past a window with a reflected church, Aberdeen Broad Street near Marischal College. On my way to work clock on the spire says 7.55.
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