Utata Thursday Walk 369 May 16, 2013

"I know that if I ever go looking for my heart's desire, I'll never go any further than my own back yard. For if it isn't there, I never really lost it." (Dorothy) ~ The Wizard of Oz

I didn't want a pond. I thought it would be too much work. Turns out that it's not too much work. It's a marvellous place to sit beside and watch.

We're busy putting in an irrigation system so I've no opportunity to go for walks beyond my own yard.

Striding Edge

Dave Strider Cosplay

A Water Strider, one of the many aquatic insects that prove the health of the creek.

Strider looks fantastic in his all white outfit and wings.

Early Feb 2012

Oct 19, 2014 Manhattanville College in Purchase hosts one of the many American Cancer Society’s annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraising walks. ©maria r. bastone.

Oct 16, 2011 NYSUT members participate in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer at Woodbury Commons in Central Valley..

Sheila Manning [chair, Newburgh Teaching Assistants..

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Striding Edge, Lake District.

Taken on a walk up this ridge and down Swirral December or January, 2008.

Oct 19, 2014 Manhattanville College in Purchase hosts one of the many American Cancer Society’s annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer fundraising walks. ©maria r. bastone.

Strider old gelcoat bubbles 2015

Purple Stride Race - Delaware 2016

Nathi im roten Pumptrack im Indoorbikepark "Stride" in Strasbourg (F)

WNPR's Anna Sale speaks with a STRIDE program participant at the State Capitol Tuesday, June 16. Photo by Patrick Skahill

α6000+E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS

@Osaka

I didn't realize until I got this back on the computer that there was more then one water strider there.

Sneyd Striders Pud Run 2016

Striding Edge from the summit of Helvellyn

Purple Stride Race - Delaware 2016

Palma Marathon / Half Marathon / 10k. Palma, Mallorca, Spain

Water Strider, walking on the water amidst interesting topography of surface tension, wind on the water, currents, and water plants.

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A lone figure peers over the edge.

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A water strider in monochrome.

@ Grant & Gumby's wedding

i made this for someone on myspace to use as a sign.

credit:google

Water striders mating on a leaf. Frame 3991

Dave Strider - Homestuck @jcbpvs

Strider Knives - 12/31/2010

San Marcos, CA

The tachometer sensor fitted on top of the motor. It senses the rotation of a slotted disk inside the motor housing.