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Double-crested Cormorant
During the breeding season, adults develop a double crest of stringy black or white feathers. This guy has the best eyebrows ever
Macro Mondays
Theme: Dutch Angle
Size : Less than 3x3 inches
The subjects are plastic jelly moulds stacked up underneath the kitchen tap. The tap is turned on with a slow drip and I just fired away...after many shots, this is the best with two stringy drops on different levels.
There a 2 light sources , the kitchen ceiling light and a spot light at 8 o'clock.
Many thanks for your visit, comments and faves...it is always appreciated...
HMM
posted for Saturday Self-Challenge: seasonal
We found this witch hazel aka hamamelis coming into flower in the winter garden at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens.
Its strange flowers with small centres and long stringy petals always fascinate me. When full out, their scent is pervasive.
This variety: hamamelis intermedia robert
Hello you lovely people!
I wish you a very happy new year and hope you had a great start so far °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°
This year there are amazing events again. I am sure you might have checked out some already but in case you didn't: Japonica is taking place right now and Dura made some new hair for us at Salon52
Take care you all and I hope to see some of you on the upcoming events ♡
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Hair: Dura - B88 - FAT PACK A @Salon52
Haori: ::Gabriel:: - Kasane Haori - FUUJIN RAIJIN @Japonica
Top: ::Gabriel:: - Leather Samui top - Black @Japonica
Pants: ::Gabriel:: - Leather Samui Botom - Black @Japonica
Necklace1: ::Gabriel:: - Arhat Necklace - Dark wood
Necklace2: [MANDALA] - OKAKI necklace
Necklace3: v i o l e t t a - wagara simple choker (kingyo)
Necklace4: Clemmm - Clingy Stringy Choker v1 - Black
Katana: nani - kunoichi - katana 1 [hold] (Thank you, Betty-kun! ♡)
Pose: RK Poses - Jeremy 3
Spirits: -ATTIC- - Water Drop Spirit - Wave/Sleeping/Curious/hug
Bamboo lights: *::who what::* - Take akari - green
Hello lovely people! (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ♡
I'm very proud to announce Dura's new release for the next round of TMD, starting on the 5th of October. This is an undercut hair and it comes with three different options for the bangs! It was hard to decide which bang style to pick for the ad picture because each of them looks marvelous. I'm very thankful that Chiaki-sensei puts so much time and effort into her releases and adds possibilities to customize the hair. This gives all of us the chance to create a unique style. I hope you'll have as much fun playing around with the options as I did! Thank you for your hard work, Chiaki-sensei! ♡
Also, Neo Japan has started on the 28th of September! ◝(✯◡✯)◜ I AM HYPED! This round is packed with amazing releases and I am very excited to share some of them with you today! If you guys haven't had the chance to check this event out yet, please feel free to grab a taxi here!
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Outfit:
Hair: Dura - U95 @TMD - COMING SOON!
Jacket: ::Gabriel:: - Metal arm jacket @Neo Japan
Pants: REPRESENT - Berzerk Cargo
Katana: W-Zero - Katana - red @Neo Japan
Eyes: Clemmm - Voir Eyes - Red
Choker: Clemmm - Clingy Stringy Choker
Septum: -[TWC]- - Gear Septum Gold
Ears: ^^Swallow^^ - Pop Pixie Ears
Earring: {-Maru Kado-} - Skull Earrings
Eyeshadow: [CerberusXing] - Bakemono Eyeshadow Set
Decoration:
Goldfish: AIR - SOUGYO @Neo Japan
Tassel: AIR - Karyobinga - 17 F Arm Red
Hello you lovely people! (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)♡
I am so very excited to be blogging for Dura and their new hair for TMD today. The next round will starth on the 5th and they really excelled themselves this time! It comes in two different styles - also a mirrored version is available. I hope you guys enjoy this blog post! Have a wonderful time ~ ♡
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Mask: *::who what::* - kitsune men - white
Eyes: Clemmm - Devoid Eyes Gray
Necklace: Clemmm - Clingy Stringy Choker
Nosebleed: Clemmm - Nosebleed
Jacket: [Gild] - Militaric @Hipster Men
Prosthetic Arm: [ContraptioN] Compass Hideout - SK3LET0 Series
Rings: [ContraptioN] - Desideratus Rings
Septum: -[TWC]- - Gear Septum Gold
Piercings: {-Maru Kado-} - Body Piercing
Lip Piercing: Little Fish - Ezili Lip Ring Set
Face chain: +HILU+ - IKIGARI FACE CHAIN @Neo Japan
Ears: ^^Swallow^^ - Pixie Ears
Decoration:
Torii: Boon - Myojin Torii Stone
Path: {vespertine} - garden pebble pathway
Shrine: Boon - Hokora gohaigu
Cat statue: {-Maru Kado-} - Koma-neko2
Sakura tree: 8f8 - Single Young Sakura PINK with Beads
Black flowers: *::who what::* - koume PendantLight
Macro Monday
Theme: Cheese
Size: Less than 3x3 inches
We don't eat a lot of cheese but I found a packet of Tasty cheese in our fridge.
I warmed a few strips of the Tasty cheese in the microwave and while it is still warm I pulled at it to produce stringy cheese.
I manage to attached the stringy ends to the base of two spoons that are placed slightly apart.
The subject looks like a bacteria with filaments !
The only light source is natural light through the window. I used a green cloth for the background.
Many thanks for your visit, comments and faves...it is much appreciated..
Peaceful MM
Another safari story from Sabi Sands Reserve, South Africa.
This is Sampson. Sampson watched the sushi train ( what we call safari jeeps full of tourists) from behind his favourite branch — the one that let him spy without looking like he was spying.
Sampson thought the nearest jeep was "hraaargh". Luckily, I happen to speak fluent lion. Even more luckily, I can apparently hear them think. It's a gift. I don't like to talk about it. What hraaargh translates to is "lunch on wheels".
Grrrmmphh, Sampson thought:
“What's on the menu today?”
He followed this with "Hraaagh-gruumph graffle graffle":
“Safari jeeps are like a box of chocolates ... you never know what you're going to get.”
As the jeep rattled closer, I could hear Sampson mentally reviewing today's selection:
• RrrawwrRon — not much meat, but quite crunchy
• HnnnrrrHannah — sweet on the palate; more of a dessert
• GraaawFred — plenty of meat on this one; best when aged a little
• HrrrffLydia — slightly stringy, but with a pleasant tang
• RaaaghTim — a bit chewy, best eaten before he starts screaming
• HraaRory — spicy, unpredictable and may bite back
• RrrrumphGavin — tough exterior, surprisingly tender centre
Sampson blinked slowly, the way lions do when contemplating life's great mysteries, like deciding between meal choices. The tourists snapped away, blissfully unaware that the lion behind the branch was giving them Michelin-star reviews.
I heard one final thought:
"Grrnnngh-hrrrff":
"Tomorrow’s batch might have better flavours. Humans really should come with nutritional labels."
Thanks for stopping by and for any comments — always appreciated!
“You couldn't have strength without weakness, you couldn't have light without dark, you couldn't have love without loss”
― Jodi Picoult
Hello you lovely people (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡
I am very excited to share the new hair from Dura with you today! Every time I get to blog for them it feels like christmas to me.
The new release will be available inworld soon at the next round of TMD.
As always Dura did an amazing job and I absolutely love their new unisex hair. It comes in two different styles, so you guys have some diversity to play around with. I really wanted to show you guys both of the hairstyles so I took two pictures and fiddled them together in photoshop. I hope you guys enjoy it!
I wish you all a wonderful weekend ♡
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On Left:
Hair: Dura - U88 - FAT PACK A: Hairstyle2 @TMD
Eyes: Somnus- Wild eyes - Green
Lipstick: Avoixs - #IFFY Lips_4 HUD
Blush & Scratches: Clemmm - Scratched Blush
Shirt: ::Breath:: - fetish outer
Necklace: ::Gabriel:: - GEAR Necklace - Black
Tattoo: DAPPA - Hanzo
Collar: E.V.E - Broken Chains {Connected} Collar
On Right:
Hair: Dura - U88- FAT PACK A: Hairstyle1 @TMD
Jacket: ::Breath:: - KIMONO jacket
Pants: [Gild] - Roll up denim pants_FAT
Necklace: v i o l e t t a -wagara simple choker (kingyo)
Necklace: Clemmm - Clingy Stringy Choker v1 /// Black
Plant on head: +Half-Deer+
- Nature Head - Mr. Sprout
Fox mask: Caboodle - Zenko Kitsune Mask - RARE
Hand: *Katat0nik* - (clown) BENTO Prosthetic Hand
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- lovely to see this bush with unusual flowers blooming in January
- and to smell its beautiful fragrance on a sunny day
💞 many thanks for visiting my photostream 💞
My husband and I were in the mountains when we came across this interesting fence. It was full of all kinds of interesting things like stringy moss. HFF!
Chaos embodied in a young Redbud Tree, Cercis canadensis, planted between the road and the old woodland in Cullinan Park, Sugar Land, Texas. Reminded me of the stringy distribution of Dark Matter on a cosmic scale, and of Vincent van Gogh’s “Flowering Plum Tree” (after Hiroshige, 1887), and especially “Almond Blossom” (1890), painted just before his death. Saw an exhibit of his work at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam some decades ago, which was interspersed with work by his contemporaries, treating similar subjects in not too dissimilar styles. On every wall, the merest glance would suffice to identify van Gogh, which invariably jumped out of the crowd to grab my attention.
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Female Baltimore orioles are looking for nesting material now. Long stringy fibers are favored for her fancy weaving.
Let's take a moment to reflect. What's stringy and holey and orange all over? Look into my crystal (well, metal) ball for the clue. Obviously the ball isn't the subject matter because you can clearly see what that is. The subject surrounds the ball and is inside it via its reflection. Too easy, hey?! HMM!
Notice the long black stringy beard dangling down from this male's chest. Hens don't grow beards. His body feathers show a nice colorful sheen in the bright sunlight.
Macro Mondays, Took about 3 yrs in the desert, grow box hiding from the bright sun and keeping watered, Finally I made some Yummy Rhubarb.
Is Rhubarb a Vegetable or a Fruit? Rhubarb is a vegetable often thought to be a fruit. There's actually a good reason for this confusion: in 1947 the USDA classified it as a fruit because the tariffs on bringing fruits into the country were lower on fruits than vegetables.
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including Corymbia, they are commonly known as eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. 29926
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> In an extraordinary **lush summer garden**, beneath an ancient **stone arch covered with roses and foliage**, a magnificent **long-haired ginger cat** leaps horizontally through the air with joyful, spontaneous energy. Its movement appears captured at the decisive instant by a wildlife photographer, suspended for a fraction of a second between takeoff and landing.
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I am the happiest person alive today. My two favorite stores did a collaboration for this round of Epiphany and I've been happy dancing all day (I think I annoyed my brother to death hohoho). This is like a dream come true and I love what they made. Such. amazing. work!
Thank you Maru Kado and Dura! ｡ﾟ(TヮT)ﾟ｡
Also, thank you Sangwoo-chan for your patience and for joining me in this picture (っ˘з(˘⌣˘ ) ♡
She's so patient with me. Thank you for always being at my side, even when I am busy and unsocial. I'm always happy to have your company. You mean the world to me ♡
- Credits -
Hair: {-Maru Kado-} & Dura Collaboration02_Bob1 (monster) - Rare1 @Epiphany
Hoodie: DUFAUX - takeshi hoodie - black @NeoJapan
Eye Patch: [CerberusXing] - Bloody Cyclops
Eye: Clemmm - 16mm Eye /// Mutated Coal (L)
Necklace1: Clemmm - Clingy Stringy Choker v1 /// Black
Necklace2: Lucas Lameth - Vintage Coin Necklace
Hand: [ContraptioN] - SK3LET0 Series Prosthetic Arm
Pants: Caboodle - Neo Harem Pants @NeoJapan
Shoes: Bleich - Warning - Ink 2 @TMD
Backdrop: Taikou - late night tunnel backdrop
Pose: [west end} - Bento Poses - Even Flow - Couples Pose
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The 1816 Owens-Thomas House in Savannah,Georgia's historic district.The shot was taken from a tour trolley.The English Regency architectural home was by George Welshman Owens,a local lawyer,and one-time mayor of Savannah,for $10,000 at the time.The Thomas family maintained the house for several decades until,a granddaughter of Owens,Margaret Thomas,bequeathed it to the Telfair Museum of Art in 1951.In 1825,the American Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette stayed as a guest of the Owens at the house,and also addressed the public from the house's unusual cast-iron veranda shown in the front.
www.telfair.org/visit/owens-thomas/
The tree you see here is the Southern "Live"Oak (Quercus Virginiana).They are commonly seen on the streets of Savannah,most of which were planted between 1898 and 1925.The tree has stringy Spanish moss hanging from its drooping branches,a little bit of it can be seen near the top of the trunk.Another tree commonly seen on Savannah's streets is the palmetto or "palm"tree.
From the Victorian Heritage Database statement of significance:
"The Port Welshpool Long Jetty was constructed at a site chosen by a Royal Commission on Outer Ports (1927). The jetty and its facilities were identified as key to developing the eastern Bass Strait fisheries and of linking to Tasmania to supply fish to the mainland. Construction began in 1936 and finished in 1938. The jetty was built using yellow stringybark sourced from near Woodside, east of Yarram.
As constructed the jetty was 850m long, with varying widths along its length, the maximum being originally 7.2m, later 9.1m. The jetty was lengthened to 908m in 1982 for the supply of the Bass Strait oil and gas industry. Originally designed to take locomotives, it was built with longitudinal decking supported on bearers with longitudinal beams supported by stringers. It was engineered to take substantial loads, sufficient for steam locomotives on a 5 foot 2 inch gauge rail line. The jetty broadened as it turned in a unique and substantial curve to the Lewis Channel. The raked pile construction provided for a robust structure in contrast to piers and jetties in sheltered bays.
The jetty was purpose-built for coastal traders, but has had a variety of uses, including as a base for mine sweepers during and immediately after WW2; as the home base for the fledgling offshore oil and gas industries in Bass Strait and as a recreational fishing platform. Its isolation from residential areas facilitated its use as a dangerous goods jetty for King Island and Tasmanian mines."
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, they are commonly known as gums or eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. 14413
This fledgling snowy egret was trying to fly from branch to branch when I saw it fall. It successfully grabbed long stringy branches that hang down from the eucalyptus tree where they nest. It slowly made its way up to higher branches. I photographed this bird at the W. 9th St. rookery in Santa Rosa, CA.
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, they are commonly known as eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. 14430
Long ago there lived a very old man.
This old man loved money and was so mean that he wouldn’t spend money on a barber or scissors.
He let his hair and beard grow so long it trailed along the ground as he walked.
Sometimes he even tripped over his beard but he didn’t care. He still wouldn’t spend money on scissors no matter how many times he fell over it.
He wouldn’t eat more than one egg, one crust of bread, one carrot and one apple each day so that he could save money to get more gold.
This old man loved gold and had collected so much of it that his house was full.
He could hardly get inside his own front door. He had to squeeze in past the piles of gold. His bed was so full of gold he couldn’t sleep.
Still, it wasn’t enough for him and one day he went out and got more gold.
He was crossing a meadow with a huge sack of gold when a group of fairies noticed his long hair and beard trailing in the distance.
Curious, they flew closer and saw that his sack was full to the top of shiny gold coins.
Just that day the fairies had been building a house.
The house was round so they were looking for something to make a round roof.
They decided that a gold coin would make a perfect roof for their house.
They told the old man that if they gave him just one shiny coin they would carry all the gold for him and place it in his house.
They also promised him good luck forever.
But the old man said no and shooed the fairies away.
As he shouted at the fairies his long hair flew about in the wind. The poor fairies had to jump up and down to stop themselves from tripping up over its stringy ends.
The fairies weren’t angry but they saw that the old man needed to learn a lesson about greed.
So they found a long sharp blade of grass and cut a hole in the old man’s sack.
Then with a quick flick of their magic wands, they turned the gold into buttercups.
As the old man walked across the meadow the buttercups tumbled out of his sack and a fairy wind came and blew them all around.
Soon the meadow was yellow with buttercups and all the gold was gone.
The fairies made a roof for their house from buttercups and they all agreed that the buttercup roof was more beautiful than gold.
The tree actually seems to have a face. You can see its nose and mouth, one eye and stringy hair. Mr. Boulder is slumped over facing away from the viewer. Its back and the back of its head showing much like “The Thinker” would appear from behind.
Through the trees, down the road and around the corner.
A misty summers morning contrasting with stringy bark trees shedding their bark.
Koalas survive on stringy eucalyptus leaves, which are filled with toxic molecules that render the plant inedible to basically every other living thing. Koalas, though, evolved the ability to flush the toxins out quickly, so they can eat their way through pounds of leaves each day without getting sick. All the energy and chewing requires a lot of energy hence - if you can find one with its eyes open you can count it a lucky day.
A macro image of some interesting looking seeds from a bush a came across on a morning outing. The stringy tails really give these a tadpole like look. Unsure of the ID of this plant so if you happen to know please comment below.
Thanks for viewing and have a great day!
Common names: Florist Gum, Argyle apple, Mealy Stringbark, Penny Gum, Silver Dollar tree, Silver-leaf Stringy bark.
Botanical name: Eucalyptus cinerea.
Family: Myrtaceae.
Taken in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa.
As a kid I planted, as my first gardening attempt, Scarlet Runner Beans. They grew profusely but while pretty, the beans proved to be stringy and unpalatable.
Recently, while visiting a neighbour, I noticed she had the same beans growing up her porch supports and they were attracting a lot of hummingbirds!
This year I planted my own and they make a bright showing of many flowers which indeed attracted both bees and hummingbirds. So far the hummingbirds zip away as soon as my camera is out!
Puffing Billy Railway is in the Dandenong Ranges, 40 KMs (25 miles) East of Melbourne. After leaving Puffing Billy Belgrave Station, the line passes through the lush green Sherbrooke Forest with Stringy Barks and Tree Ferns lining the track. The route is quite a challenge for the locomotives with many sharp curves and steep climbs. It's also a treat for train photographers.
Here I am on the bottom of the river nestled into the stringy, parasitic dodder plants looking upward and the fish are swimming above the camera.
The water is so clear you can see the clouds on the horizon and the distorted top of a cypress tree above the fish on the right.
I purposely cropped it so that there was more sky than earth showing, and love the illusion that the one fish looks like it is swimming above the clouds in the air!
I have manipulated the photo to look more like an illustration for a book.
I'm back from my art class and will be slowly catching up with all of you! Have a great week my friends!
aka witch hazel aka hamamelis
I thought to try to capture a single flower of a witch hazel bush in macro plus its stringy petals.
Seen in the Winter Garden at Hilliers.
thank you for all your visits, any faves and comments
Eucaliptos
Eukalypten
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, they are commonly known as gums or eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a "cap" or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a "gumnut".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus
Florida
Yosemite National Park, Olmos Point.
Here’s what I found on pine trees in the highest elevations of Yosemite National Park.
Exerpt from: "Trees of Yosemite National Park" by Ansel F Hall
1921.
“The Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) is an inhabitant of the upper slopes and is generally found above the Valley rim on exposed rocky sites where its gnarled form picturesquely decorates the bare granite pavements. Scattered specimens may be found struggling upward in most unhospitable places almost to timberline. The characteristics which easily identify the species are (a) its gnarled form, (b) its thin, stringy, light cinnamon-brown bark, (c) its tiny scale-like leaves which are arranged in whorls of three around the branchlets and are closely pressed to the twigs, and (d) its fruit which is a small blue berry with a sweetish, pungent, aromatic taste. The berries are really modified cones.”
I didn't feel well yesterday with a bad chesty cold , so I decided fresh air was better than being inside . I wandered along the beach on an afternoon when the cloud just dulled the scene . What to do. I remembered Maura had suggested a table for two and she'd bring the wine. Sadly there was only enough driftwood for a table for one at The Snow White Diner. The waiter was dumb. The spaghetti was particularly stringy and tasted like old rope , and the wine was very salty. All in all I was glad Maura wasn't there as she'd have been so disappointed. It's a sad reflection that so many marine creatures end up eating plastic , and indirectly we do too . So sad.
The Snow WhiteDiner is by The Handsome Family .
This is for Maura