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Painted Lady butterfly taking nectar from a wild Coneflower Daisy.
Common though less abundant this year.
Never though I'd be seeing this bird in Arizona. So glad I did, along with many others. This one individual has been at one of my favorite birding spots for a couple of months - Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, AZ. Sept. 2020
Though 'Common' is part of its name, that doesn't mean that this dragonfly isn't beautiful and full of amazing details and color.
This one is clinging to the seeds of our Yellow Loosestrife plant and is posing perfectly for me :)
Best seen when enlarged...
though you wouldn't say, and at first sight I was disappointed, but behind this old wall is the most wonderful possado you can imagine.
Possado San Millan is run by Pillar and this treasure is in her family since 1100 (!!!).
You enter this possado through a incredible huge wooden door, just left behind the green.
On the plaque on the facade it says that this house is called Casa Dios Gil D Gibaja. It is the oldest building in San Millán and only left over Roman architecture in Sepúlveda.
We stayed in this incredible wonderful possado for 2 days.
It is an oasis.
In my album Hiking in Spain you can find 2 interior images of Possado San Millan
with a texture of Kerstin Frank
...though the Swedish team surprises the world : )
P.S. Sweden meat England the 7th of July (Quarter final in WC)..... and my neighbour are English : ))
Moment at home, Lionheart Zira.
Closest landmark:
Even though I'm facing my 73rd Birthday next week, I believe Photography still brings out the child in me sometimes, especially when I get around the corner of a new to me location and I'm hit with such beauty as this that I came across today. I call them Serendipity moments and they are absolute treasures.
Though I have tried to capture the scene as I saw it, in all its wonderful colours and textures, the camera will never match the wonder of the human eye.
Though Machu Picchu estate belonged to Pachacutec, religious specialists and temporary specialized workers (mayocs) lived there as well, most likely for the ruler's well-being and enjoyment. During the harsher season, staff dropped down to around a hundred servants and a few religious specialists focused on maintenance alone.
Though to be honest, this garden center goes for the whimsical look all year round. They sell flowers, antiques and baked goods, eclectic to the core! And you wouldn't regret taking a box of blueberry muffins home along with your hanging basket!
Though this old train station is no more of transport, it was said that back in the day people who got off the train were miners, visitors or other forms of business men. People have said their were many old saloons and inns where people stayed until their stay was over. Now this area is an old memory of history that throughout time has modernized or has become no more
Sunrise at Tannery Park. Though downtown Toronto is over 50km away, you can still see the Toronto CN tower with sun rising from another end of the lake. Nice to capture the mom and daughter walking along the pier to lighthouse, but stopped and attracted by Toronto skyline…
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Though the forest is dark and deep making most shots without a tripod unrealistic, infra red makes it come alive. Like magic. We are looking here at a scene illuminated by the non-visible light spectrum above 750 nms. The normal range of vision is between 380 and 700 nms, and in this case the forest is very dark later in the afternoon. But the air is alive with infra red and illuminating the tree ferns with a transcendental glow. This is where infra red photography thrives.
One of my all time favourite reggae tracks, and a great finale to the Toots and the Maytals gig last night, 54-46 was my number , classic. This shot of the shore platforms at Nash Point is vaguely numerical in it's geological formations so that's close enough!
It's also my birthday today, so we're off to see The Jesus and Mary Chain tonight, I doubt they'll be as good as Toots though, he was amazing!!!
Though I'm excited for Spring to come I love the subtle tones of the winter-scorched Alberta landscape.
Even though this was taken a long way off and the tone and light quality is not too good I quite like the result which looks like I have used an effect on it ...... I watched this family of Canada Geese for quite a while and until mother and the six gosling's were all settled down for the night dad stood watch over them as the caring father he was - once he was quite happy all around was safe he then rested himself.
It has been quite hot and humid again this afternoon which didn't stop Cleo from going outside whereas Tofu and Sethi both preferred to stay indoors. She has always liked summer and warm weather although this summer almost is too much even for Cleo. There is hope for the next few days, though, as they may be slightly cooler.
Though not as flashy as her male counter part, I have always thought the female Cardinal to be a magnificently gorgeous lady.
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Though many consider Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber) a nuisance, or even a weed, I deliberately planted it in my garden for the pollinators. It’s very popular with hoverflies but it is particularly attractive to Humming Bird Hawk Moths when they come over to the Uk from other parts of Europe. Night flying moths also love it !
One of my favorite residential buildings in San Francisco, though I'm a bit conflicted with the photo. I hate all the telephone and internet cabling in the upper part of the frame, and there wasn't room to frame the shot without including the more modern cars at left of frame. Ah, well...maybe this one will grow on me.
Doppelspitze / Foto unverändert - Alle Rechte vorbehalten © AndiDroid ;-)
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Even though this fascinating geological formation is named for it's color, orange, I liked the way the textures and definition stood out in b/w.
Some pics of Mammoth Hot Spring's Orange Spring Mound in comments.
Thanks for taking a look!
I spent about 3 hours standing in the rain yesterday waiting for the thunderstorms to pass over. The first one came and went without any joy but as the second came though I heard a few rumbles then the rain came in pouring down over Loch Lomond. I would like to say this is one image but sadly trying to catch lightning during the day from previous experience is tricky so instead I filmed it on high res video until I had a strike. Then took some stills and blended the lightning into the shot from the video so I had a higher quality image.
A colorful medium sized raptor found pretty much across the country - though in varying frequency. In Goa and Karnataka, I sighted 1000's literally. The sky was full of them everywhere within 4-5 kms of a water body - and there were water bodies everywhere.
This is a male based on the colorful plumage and it was sitting atop this coconut tree and preening itself. This was shot in some mudflats and there were 1000's of waders. The bird would dive and scare the birds making the large flock of waders move up and around several times. I suppose it was tiring them out before making a capture.
Interestingly, on the tree behind the bird were two rare White Bellied Sea Eagles - think there was a nest there. That large eagle was a lifer for me, but couldn't manage anything more than a record shot.
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After leaving Burrator on Thursday I head up to Great Staple Tor for sunset. The sky was looking great and there was some nice late afternoon light but in the end, the sun dipped below some low cloud and sunset was a bust.
I did manage to get a few shots while I was up there though so I'll be posting some of those over the week.
No definition tonight though I was tempted to add one to this shot. Perhaps I will do another "defined" version at a later date :-)
This is a Lancewood (NZ native) tree that grows in our garden, it has a long slender trunk and tuft of leaves at the top. It's probably about 3 -4 metres tall ( I am hopeless at estimating heights). The juvenile form is quite different from this, you would hardly tell it was the same plant.
I am going to be away for the next couple of days so I will wish you all a wonderful weekend now.
Though I battled blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned
Though these birds are daily visitors to the backyard and are often seen in pairs, I had never got a good shot of both in the same frame. So I was lucky when I saw this pair together on the stub of a dead coconut tree. Dead trees do attract a lot of birds and give great opportunities for us to get good shots of them. In this shot one can clearly see the difference in the crown and crest of the male and female. The bird on the right is the male and has a red crown and crest. The female on the left has a black forecrown spotted with white, with red only on the rear crest.
Even though I'm/we're in quarantine, I can still see the season change to Spring and the Bluebirds which are in themselves, a ray of hope. Praying that we all get through this and hoping you all stay healthy and safe. God bless.
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The Pleasure and Pain
t's been a while since you came around
I missed you so. You know you broke me down, why
I was ready to give it one more try
Play on
While you were gone I tried to mend my heart
But I didn't know even where to start, I
Rather be with you even when we fight
I'll take all you offer,
Because it's all the same
The thorn with the flower
The pleasure and the pain
I'll climb up that mountain
Because it's you again
I can't live without it
The pleasure and the pain
I love the way that you keep it real
You're not afraid to tell me the deal and
You tell me when I'm wrong, when I'm tripping out
'Cause a man like me, needs a woman who
Who walk the wall and is a warrior too, but
With that comes the truth and there is no doubt
That I'll take all you offer,
Because it's all the same
The thorn with the flower
The pleasure and the pain
I'll climb all the mountains
Because it's you again
I can't live without it
The pleasure and the pain
I think this time we can make it trough
I'm still the me and you're still the you, the
Only difference will be within our minds
I'll take all you offer,
Because it's all the same
The thorn with the flower
The pleasure and the pain
I'll climb up that mountain
Because it's you again
I can't live without it
The pleasure and the pain
I'll take all you offer,
Because it's all the same
The thorn with the flower
The pleasure and the pain
I'll climb up that mountain
Because it's you again
I can't live without it
The pleasure and the pain
I'll take all you offer,
Because it's all the same
The thorn with the flower
The pleasure and the pain
I'll climb up that mountain
Because it's you again
I can't live without it
The pleasure and the pain
Though there are still some colored leaves on the trees, many of them are already fell off... The winter season has come to Tokyo.
Though nothing, will keep us together
We could steal time, just for one day
We can be heroes, forever and ever
What'd you say?
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, forever and ever
Oh, we can be heroes, just for one day
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in memory of David Bowie
"Have you always been a refugee
Going back to where you came
And even though you are much older now
In your heart you feel the same
Tell me how it used to be
Swimming in the coldest sea
And if you hide your memory
Could you open up your Heart
To a world that tore you apart ?"
from - "The Coldest Sea" by Joseph Arthur
Miles Davis- "Circle" from "Miles Smiles"
the song by Joseph Arthur "The Coldest Sea 🌊 "
One photo. Image, textures and digital painting by me, Tom.
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"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." Omar Khayyam
Though not nearly as nice as the scenery out in Yellowstone Park, Winneshiek County's coldwater streams offer comparable trout fishing. Coldwater creek contains wild brown and brook trout in addition to stocked rainbows. I had the stream all to myself tonight as most anglers have hung up their fishing rods for the year.
Though I was over the top thrilled to finally see and photograph three different badgers in one day during our visit to Badlands National Park, the local Prairie Dog population was less enthusiastic...lots of warning calls and disappearing into their burrows.
Several months ago, I posted a shot of another badger chowing down on a PD after successfully excavating it from its burrow. This guy/gal was less successful and gave me a good workout trying to keep up as it scurried across the dog town looking for a meal.
First off, let's establish size here. Even though this has been shot with a macro lens, this is nowhere even close to a macro shot, not even close-focus! In fact, this is (on sensor) about 5:1 or about 1/5 life size. This (harmless to humans) wasp from head to tip of her ovipositor is around 15 cm (6") !!!, and yes you can tell it's a female, because she has an ovipositor (duh). This is the largest parasitic wasp in North America, at it's very northern boundary on the north coast of Lake Erie. I did try to get in for a macro shot of her face, but she was having no part of that paparazzi crap. First time I've ever seen this beauty, and trust me I was borderline catatonic with the excitement! Two-image stack, handheld.
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Though looking a little worse for wear, this sweet set of former AT&SF motors are seen climbing the grade out of the Colorado River Valley west of Needles, California on a beautiful Spring evening. I can't believe this was fifteen years ago already!
Though he may not be the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time), there's no doubt, IMO, that he's a handsome fellow, nonetheless.
Though most ladybugs eat other insects, a few species are actually herbivorous, which means that they’ll snack on leaves and can themselves be considered pests.
A Cypress Swamp in the Mercer Arboretum north of Houston, Texas. Though it may seem otherwise, the water level is lower than usual.
The woody knobs are "cypress knees" -- they provide these tall trees oxygen, nutrients and stability not otherwise available in the primordial ooze. A bald cypress can live up to 600 years, though there are some as old as 1,000.
... though hopeful the bad weather will miss us down here, those of you who love snow are welcome to my share! I'd rather not be breaking limbs whilst the Health Service is overstretched......
Another from our walk at Pennington Marshes near Lymington, beautiful if chilly morning followed by lunch out.