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Looking Close... on Friday: Tip
On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)
The famous "Mirador del Rio" viewpoint is located at an altitude of 475 meters above sea level against a rock on the northern tip of the island of Lanzarote.
In the past this point served as an lookout post for the Spanish army and an artillery-garrison post was built next to it. Some ruins of the buildings are still visible.
During the day it is always extremely busy with tourists, but when you return late at night you are all alone with nature and you can hear the roar of surf far below.
The setting sun colors the rocks and the plateau in the most different and beautiful brown tones and from the far south fog banks enter the island.
A heavenly feeling..........
One from the archives for the Looking Close on Friday theme of tip. I have no idea what the plant is!
I have been missing in action - painting holiday cards. :)
I'll do my best to catch up in the next few days!
CPKC is really pushing the limits of their mainline in the Mississippi River floodwaters in downtown Davenport, IA as an empty ballast train heads north with KCS 3967 and KCS 4405.
Another northbound would follow the ballast train 1.5 hours later and the mainline will possibly shut down yet today with floodgates closing at Waterworks.
April 29, 2023.
Giant Swallowtail butterfly taking nectar from a wild Coneflower.
Common though not so abundant this year.
did try to put the Tears for Fears track here (tipping point) but for some reason I keep on getting a bad link - so I shall hum instead -----^^
When in the country I use to find antlers that had been shed, trick is to beat the field mice to the prize. That is my tip of the day on getting antler tips.
A freshly emerged female, nectaring on Forget-me-nots - soon attracting attention from a number of amorous males (Nottingham, UK) (1681).
This male Orange Tip was taking a few minutes rest on his favourite sprig of Hawthorn, from defending his patch. Orange Tip season seems to be almost over. A shame as I love to see them in spring, and this was a bumper year for them.
Anthocharis cardamines (OrangeTip) is a small butterfly belonging to the Pieridae family. They emerge in early April. The males can be easily recognized by the orange tips of their wings which the females don't possess. They can be found throughout Europe and temperate Asia as far as China.
The remains of a hortensia flower, a little bit of one of the flowers is still holding on.
Happy looking close....on Friday!
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