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These fishermen are bringing their catch of the day for sale at the "Old Port" in Marseille. The Port has been the natural harbor of the city since Antiquity. The area became mainly pedestrian in 2013 and now enjoys a revived Mediterranean atmosphere. This popular Port is now often visited by hordes of tourists.
These flowers (Identify plant.net told me what kind they were. I have no idea who Lemmon was.) have been growing, untended, in an area in the suburbs of San Diego for several years, and they seem to be doing fine, whatever the rainfall.
Thanks for looking! Isn't God a great artist?
~These things listed will be @ the December round of the Arcade,
thank you so much Stella xx
1.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Ice Rink RARE
16.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Sign And Lamps
18.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Ladde
13.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Santa Ice Skates
14.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Deer Ice Skates
6.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Shining Angel
9.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Bench With Snow
7.Sese - Gazebo Winter Ice Rink - Shining Deer
~Lamps are from Apple Fall called Orsett Single Lantern
~Bows are from Apple fall and are Free
~Christmas tree is from DaD called"Les Memoires Christmas Tree"
and i bought it at Uber
These flowers were growing in the hotel garden in Fort Lauderdale, taken the first morning of our vacation. Best viewed large.
These cufflinks were once worn by my grandfather. My grandfather always wore a suit, tie, hat and, how could it be otherwise, cufflinks. After many years, the cufflinks are still together, an inseparable pair, how romantic is that?
These beautiful flowers were growing at a restaurant along our Big Sur drive in California. I do not know what type of flower they are but some of you will know just by looking . . . please help.
These pale green assassin bugs are beautiful but deadly predators on other bugs they find in the forest. Amazingly, they can produce glue from glands on their front leg to lay sticky traps on the leaves and then sit back and wait for a hapless bug to get stuck there. They then stab said prey with a long needle-like beak and inject enzymes into the captured insect to dissolve its insides - sucked out then through that "straw" like a milkshake. Something to think about next time you visit the local soda shop.
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were just having a blast creating havoc in the middle of the river. The little dude on the left was the one inciting most of the action, LOL. He's also the same cub that was harassing mama bear in my previous post. This is similar to a pic I posted a while back. Got a ton of them playing. So fun to watch. Hope you don't get bored with grizzly bear pics. I know I never could. But maybe I'm weird, who knows, LOL!
These are the only red leaves I have seen this year, the colors for the most part seem very muted, only a few places with pretty color.
I took this at Beaver Park yesterday, it was very overcast and damp but seeing this really brightened my day!
These American snout flies are always neat to see out in the woodlands where they live during the summer. Notice the long duck-like beak that let them drink nectar from deep inside a flower, reaching areas that other flies can't reach. That gave rise to their former common name, the American Heineken fly, a reference to an old ad run in the UK claiming that Heineken (beer) refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach. The American snout fly is a member of the hover fly or flower fly family (Syrphidae) depending on your preference. By the way, this guy grew up eating animal dung as that's what females lay their eggs on. I'll bet he's glad to be an adult drinking sweet flower nectar now!
These lovely roses were taken in our garden this summer 2024.
A rose is a woody perennial of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae. There are over 100 species. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing or trailing with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwest Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 7 meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses.
The name rose comes from French, itself from Latin rosa, which was perhaps borrowed from Oscan, from Greek ρόδον rhódon (Aeolic βρόδον wródon), itself borrowed from Old Persian wrd- (wurdi), related to Avestan varəδa, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr.
The leaves are borne alternately on the stem. In most species they are 5 to 15 centimetres (2.0 to 5.9 in) long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. Most roses are deciduous but a few (particularly from South east Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.
The flowers of most species have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. There are multiple superior ovaries that develop into achenes. Roses are insect-pollinated in nature.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Many of the domestic cultivars do not produce hips, as the flowers are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.
Rose thorns are actually prickles - outgrowths of the epidermis. While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are technically prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). (True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself.) Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and Rosa pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight prickles, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses have only vestigial prickles that have no points.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose
These two kids are a lot of inspiration for me. I hope not to get bored with it, which seems to become a series. Still untitled, however.
I was thinking, looking at the image, of how much freer and happier the times of my childhood were compared to today's childhood. But will it be like this or is it just an adult vision? One thing is certain. The world was smaller, the space around the house was wild enough for explorations of all kinds and, above all, we were always outside, without too many commitments, less controlled, without a cell phone and with the keys in the lock on the front door.
I found this musical mashup and found it interesting. Not many DJ can mix songs in a good way. I prefer one song at a time if this happens.
Bob Marley and Billy Idol - "With a Rebel Yell, She Cried, 'Don't Give Up the Fight'"
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I wish everyone a good week
These great waterfalls are a hidden treasure of Upstate NY, right on the town of Cohoes. Very recently the site was remodelled and open to the public.
I took this pic at the end of summer, so the water flow was not too high and it did not cover the floor where I was standing.
To find extraordinary things, go to the ordinary streets!
― Mehmet Murat ildan
I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I just love doing ICM's and multiple exposures and having the surprise of how they end up looking when I upload them. Here I was walking down by the Lonsdale Quay - there are still people there, but it's so much quieter since Covid.
This was done in camera - an ICM taken with my Lensbaby Velvet 56.
It's fun to zoom in and see all the details.
Close up of the dial with part of the cuff of an old-style blood pressure machine or to give it, it’s proper name, a sphygmomanometer! They have pretty much become obsolete in the western world but still very common in the less developed areas. The ones we use now are increasingly digital!
These beauties are such a delight to see flying around in the garden. So it's always nice to see that they are making more.
I always worry a little about them when they are on their honeymoon. They are very easy to spot and they are a highly sought after meal for birds.
Speaking of birds, the house finches have started visiting once more and I have seen a bunch of the tiny little guys that stick to the treetops. Well, I guess you can say I have seen them :) I haven't gotten a good look at the treetop hoppers, they move so quickly and stay so high. I know they are there, I hear them and see the activity. It's time to clean up boggy creek for the little migraters.
I will be on and off a while. I have a bunch of indoor projects in the works plus outdoor maintenance and company coming soon.
I hope your weekend is spectacular. Happy snapping.
At low tide we can observe the little snails on rocks. I was capturing this one when a higer waves came through, got my foot we, again.
Had this one for a while. The first wisteria I saw all year, now it's all long gone. I hope everyone has a good week.
These are the Stretton Hills, just outside the town of Church Stretton, part of which can be seen on the far right. The rocky top in the centre is known as the Devil's Mouth. This is part of Burway Hill with Townbrook Valley, leading down to Church Stretton, on the right.
To the left of centre is the hill known as Caer Caradoc, which is some 1,500 feet above sea level. It is the highest point on a high, narrow, northeast–southwest "whaleback ridge", sometimes called a hogsback ridge.
This shot was taken from the Long Mynd, which rises to almost 1,700 feet above sea level. All these hills are volcanic in origin and are formed of narrow ridges of resistant Pre-Cambrian rock thrust upwards by movements deep down along the Church Stretton fault, which runs from Staffordshire to South Wales.
This whole region is known as the Shrophire Hills, and is an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
These guys are easy to hear as they deliver their two-note call in a subdued tone from the tops of tree canopies. They seem to fly about languidly, but they can be hard to lay eyes on because of dense foliage.
I was able to photograph this bird three separate times, but all shots had limited light. In another, the bird was perched a bit too high.
I wish this shot were brighter, but it does show a sense of the dense tropical forest.
These two flew in behind my house around sunset, just before a thunderstorm broke. The image is noisy due to the low light conditions...
At first I was disappointed that a train was stopping in the middle of my early morning photo. Then again...
Abandoned house or train-station beside the Thompson River, west of Kamloops, BC.
These beautiful blue flowers will cover parts of the yard each spring. I love seeing them.
Lowell Township, Michigan
Moments like these don't come along that often, so when they do you just have to take a detour over to the lake and capture the moment.
These red day lilies pack a punch of bright colour and I noticed that pollinators were quite attracted to them. Can you find the tiny hoverfly?
Thank you for your visits and comments, they're all greatly appreciated. Have a great day!
These cottages on the hillside lie between the Stiperstones National Nature Reserve to the north-west and The Long Mynd to the south-east. I personally believe that this area is one of the prettiest in the whole of England. The Shropshire Hills is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the south-west of the county, covering some 310 square miles and extending to the border with Wales.
In our livingroom, these colorful Dutch Tulips
Canon 70D with EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Falcon Eyes SKK-2150D flash set
Falcon Eyes Diffusion umbrella, Jinbei Diffusion jumbo umbrella
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These grosbeaks at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, have been keeping their distance and not allowing close photos. This bird was the exception however. It was first seen in a tree at some distance, (photo in comment 1 below), but then flew towards the camera and landed very close for feeding near the ground. During this time it turned several times and allowed the side shot shown in comment 2 below.
These oculi or circular openings are typically found in the porch areas of the old townhouses in Melaka / Malacca. They provide for communication between neighbours as well as cross ventilation.
Blaumeise Weibchen /Eurasian blue tit female (Cyanistes caeruleus)
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These mating thick-headed flies look almost identical to the mason wasp that I photographed and posted on Flickr yesterday! However, they are flies and not wasps, if you can believe that, and so have no ability to sting. But that's no comfort to area bumble bees, for after mating here, the female (on the bottom) waits for a bumble bee to land on a flower and start gathering pollen. Then she pounces on its back and pries an opening between the bumble bee's abdominal segments and lays an egg before flying off. Notice the hook-like structure on her last abdominal segment for doing this, working like a can-opener. After hatching inside the bumble bee, the baby thick-headed fly starts eating the bumble bee's insides. It takes about 10 days for the larval thick-headed fly to eviserate the bumble bee and just before dying, the bumble bee buries itself in the dirt, giving the fly larva a nice safe winter home. Next spring, the thick-headed fly larva will pupate and then emerge as a new adult thick-headed fly when the bumble bees are abundant and active.
These are my neighbor's cows. I stopped on the way home and shot this. The cows just stood and watched me.
In reference to the many comments about the thorns in the upper corner: I leaned down and ducked my head under a barbed wire fence to get this shot. The thorns were hanging down from the fence and I am fine! LOL
Seen in Explore #271