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This morning I visited the colony of Grey-headed Flying Foxes (aka Fruit Bats) spread along the Yarra Yarra River. I knew they had their young around this time and I was very pleased to be able to photograph some with their mothers.
(Pteropus poliocephalus)
These two Peacock Butterflies landed on some old slabs in the garden today so not the prettiest of settings. A larger shot of one of them as they would not get closer together for me ... ☺
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay,
I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody's sin
You got to lose to know how to win
Large Willow trees and one large Willow tree with entrance at the base of it’s trunk and their shadows on the shore of Duffins creek marsh in Discovery Bay , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , June 8. 2020
large Willow tree with entrance at the base of it’s trunk
shadows
Large willow trees in the water also hanging over the water
seeing very high water levels this spring in Discovery bay
Sweet rocket flowers
Willow tree
Large willow trees on the shore of Duffins creek
purple sweet rocket wildflowers on the shore Duffins creek
Duffins creek seeing high water levels this spring
June 2020
Purple sweet rocket wild flowers
A tree with beautiful trilliums at its base
the woods
great view past the trees over Duffins marsh
Trilliums
The beautiful lookout in the woods on the shore of Duffins marsh
shore of Duffins creek marsh
lookout point
half circular positioned group of white rocks
great view over Duffins marsh
Beautiful flowering trees
blue sky with beautiful clouds
White DeadNettles
weeds
For-get-me-nots flowers
Solomons Seal
Beautiful Solomons Seal flowers
Moss
Coltsfoot
Tamarack trees with cones
Tamarack trees
cones
Dogwood
Trees with their shadows
Lichen
Fungi
Logs
Discovery bay
Sky
Flowering shrubs
Flowers
Large Oak tree
Fallen tree
Ontario
Ajax
Canada
Pickering
Martin’s photographs
Discovery Bay
Trees
Sunset
Favourites
IPhone XR
Squires Beach
Duffins Creek
Waterfront Trail
Rotary Park
Lake Ontario
Bridge
Bridge across Duffins creek marsh
Sticks
Stones
Fallen trees
Fallen tree
Fungi
Mushrooms
Sand
Beach
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Tall grasses
Duffins marsh
Duffins creek
Duffins trail
May 2020
7 months after fledging their nest a couple of juvenile kingfishers are still holding onto their parents territory even though most of their fishing spots are now flooded (they prefer shallow, slow moving water). But they're finding enough food to survive, so If they can last a few more months on the Don they could be challenging their parents for the rights to breed on this stretch River in the spring.
Their paintings are very similar to the Chinese paintings, I have to say, more or less, they were influenced by Chinese techniques....here is another note: Japanese artists combined traditional Chinese ink and brushwork techniques, however they included patterns and bright colors which made the paintings very decorative.
In this case, they do look like Chinese paintings.
This is another shot from Grasmere Lake on a very still September evening. I wanted to capture the concentric circles around the Swan. I used HDR again from a single RAW image.
This photo was short-listed by National Geographic for their 2015 Photo contest. It can be seen and downloaded as a wallpaper from here: photography.nationalgeographic.com/contest-2015/gallery/w...
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Another feel good picture (I hope) to brighten the day. This is the tiniest calf I have seen in my life, it is very young. You can still see part of the placenta between the legs.
It was running around like a little puppy, and it really emanated how happy you can be, just to be alive. This little calf is lucky, because it can stay with the mother at a hobby farm.
Most of the time calfs are taken away from their mother already after one day. The blessings of industrial farming.
(Grus canadensis) Sandhill Cranes are known for their dancing skills. Courting cranes stretch their wings, pump their heads, bow, and leap into the air in a graceful and energetic dance. This one was tossing a leaf continually into the air - presumably to impress the female.
Interesting Facts:
Although some start breeding at two years of age, Sandhill Cranes may reach the age of seven before breeding. They mate for life—which can mean two decades or more—and stay with their mates year-round. Juveniles stick close by their parents for 9 or 10 months after hatching.
The earliest Sandhill Crane fossil, estimated to be 2.5 million years old, was unearthed in the Macasphalt Shell Pit in Florida.
Sandhill Crane chicks can leave the nest within 8 hours of hatching, and are even capable of swimming.
The oldest Sandhill Crane on record was at least 36 years, 7 months old. Originally banded in Wyoming in 1973, it was found in New Mexico in 2010.
“Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.
Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.
Their language has been lost.
But not the gestures.”
― Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiratio
This is the cracked rough bark of an old cherry tree
The tree was standing in the garden of my father's childhood home and had to be felled when I was a teenager. I can still remember the delicious cherries and climbing the tree when I was a kid.
My father painted a view of the property on a slab of the tree and later gave it to me as a gift. It is a beautiful memento : )
Macro Mondays - theme: tree bark
the bark of this slab is 2 cm wide; lit with a reddish LED-light
Happy Macro Mondays, everyone !
(I will catch up tonight)
View of the Atlantic Ocean from the Santuário da Peninha, Serra de Sintra, Portugal. In the Chapel, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rocks, women used to pray for the return of their sailor husbands.
Helenium is a genus of annuals and deciduous herbaceous perennials in the sunflower family native to the Americas.
They bear yellow or orange daisy-like composite flowers. A number of these species (particularly Helenium autumnale) have the common name sneezeweed, based on the former use of their dried leaves in making snuff. It was inhaled to cause sneezing that would supposedly rid the body of evil spirits. Larger species may grow up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall.
The genus is named for Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus and Leda. Helenium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus behrensii.
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use - mainly from H. autumnale and H. bigelovii. They are useful for late summer and fall bloom, usually in less formal compositions. They are appropriate for native gardens in areas where they are indigenous, and they look wonderfully in bouquets. Annual species are easily grown from seed, and perennials should be divided every year in order to retain their vigor. The soil should be fertile with a generous amount of organic manner in the form of compost, manure or other decayed organic matter in addition to, perhaps, an application of a complete fertilizer in spring. Heleniums should be grown in full sun average to moist soil with good drainage. They are drought tolerant, but should be watered on planting and regularly until established. The following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
'Baudirektor Linne'[10]
'Blütentisch'[11]
'Butterpat'[12]
'Feuersiegel'[13]
'Gartensonne'[14]
'Karneol'[15]
'Moerheim Beauty'[16]
'Ring of Fire'[17]
'Rubinzwerg'[18]
'Sahin's Early Flowerer'[19]
'Waltraut'[20]
'Wesergold'[21]
Helenium Hybrid has brilliant yellow petals surrounding spherical brown cones covered with golden pollen. It grows to 0.9 metres (3 ft) tall and takes up about 0.6 metres (2 ft) of space, the hardiness zone rating is 4-9. Its Flowers appear for six weeks from mid to late summer and attract butterflies in droves. It provides a splash of colour when many other perennials are starting to fade, it may accompany ornamental grasses, Phlox and Liatris.
The UK National Collection of Heleniums is located at Yew Tree House, Hall Lane, Hankelow near Audlem in Cheshire.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenium and www.saga.co.uk/magazine/home-garden/gardening/plants/pere...
These heleniums were photographed at Pashley Manor Gardens. At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
These are the same flowers as my last post taken a week ago. ... how things change so fast this time of year. ENJOY THE WEEK AHEAD!
THANKS FOR VISITING!
I thank everyone for their appreciation, comments and awards in the groups. Stay safe my friend!
Agradeço a todos pela apreciação, comentários e prêmios nos grupos. Cuide-se amigo!
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Sabiá-do-campo
Arte Digital - Digital Art
Image-editing
Effects - Texture - Collage
Double Exposure
Software: Pixlr; Windows, PicsArt Photo Studio
In my garden
Brasília, Brasil
Visual Artistry Group
Wow, que surpresa. Estou feliz em ver minha foto do Sabiá (Chalk-browed Mockingbird) como capa do grupo. Agradeço pelo prestígio!
17/05/2020
Art Week Gallery Group
Bird Art
23/07/2020
It was fun to watch their antics in the water from a distance.
A large gull found throughout northern Europe. Adults have a fairly pale gray back, pale eye, and dull pinkish legs. Takes four years for immatures to progress from mostly brown to fully white and gray adult plumage; intermediate plumages are often mottled and messy. Extremely variable plumage can make identification a challenge. Adults can normally be identified by a combination of their large size and pale-gray back. Usually shows a dull pinkish base to the bill by the first winter, and develops a pale eye by the second winter. Some immature birds can fade to almost white, especially in their first or second summer, but they always show darker wingtips. Occurs inland and along the coast, frequenting fishing boats, beaches, lakes, and landfills. Often forms large flocks with other gulls. Google
The Copper Basin Magma Turn wrapping through the desert outside of Florence as they make their way towards from Hayden, AZ. Thanks to great help from a local railfan who gave the tip off on the run & nailed the time on when they’d hit Florence. As I pulled up I heard these guys working hard through the desert and had to make a running dash up the mountain. Made it up to the spot for the shot as they began to take the bend around the sweeping curve. Talk about timing! Felt like I was dying after, but the shot was worth it!
Skin: Asahi fantasy skin (Ocean) by Gloom www.flickr.com/photos/dahviegloom
Hair: Synth by Beusy *This item was at the Hair Fair event!* www.flickr.com/photos/colorlessisblogging/
Glasses: Koneko glasses by Pushin’ Daisies www.flickr.com/photos/sugarysweeties/
Outfit: Usami by #MEWSERY www.flickr.com/photos/kittycutiepie
Eyes: Angela eyes by polarbunny www.flickr.com/photos/130201439@N02/
With their work completed at Standard Steel in Burnham the crew is headed back to Lewistown and will work in the industrial park located west of the yard before tying up for the day.
We sit in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains and can see them from 23km away. On this evening the colors of the setting sun touched the tops of those distant mountains and delivered a marvellous light show. A 2x converter helped bring it into view while the colors burned into the clouds above.
rock's peony
Related Topics: Paeonia suffruticosa Brown’s peony tree peony Chinese peony European common peony
peony, (genus Paeonia), genus of about 30 species of flowering plants (family Paeoniaceae) known for their large showy blossoms. All but two species are native to Europe and Asia, and several species are cultivated as ornamentals and for the floral industry.
European common Peony
garden peony
There are three distinct groups of peonies: the herbaceous Eurasian peonies, the Asian tree, or moutan, peonies, and the North American peonies. The herbaceous peonies are perennials that grow to a height of almost 1 metre (about 3 feet). They have large, glossy, much-divided leaves borne on annual stems produced by fleshy rootstocks. In late spring and early summer they produce large single and double flowers of white, pink, rose, and deep crimson colour. The fragrant Chinese peony (P. lactiflora) and the European common peony (P. officinalis) have given rise to most of the familiar garden peonies. P. lactiflora has provided hundreds of cultivated varieties, including the Japanese types, with one or two rows of petals surrounding a cluster of partially formed petals in the centre (petaloid stamens).
The tree peonies are shrubby plants with permanent woody stems. The plants sometimes attain a height of 1.2 to 1.8 metres (about 4 to 6 feet). They begin flowering in late spring. The blossoms vary in colour from white to lilac, violet, and red. Tree peonies require a hot dry summer season for best growth, and they can be grafted in late summer or autumn on the roots of herbaceous peonies. Horticultural varieties have been developed from the Chinese species P. suffruticosa. A race of hybrids, developed by crossing P. suffruticosa with the yellow Chinese P. delayavi, has both single and double flowers, sometimes tinged with red. Many varieties have been grafted onto supportive rootstock and so cannot be readily propagated by simple division. Peonies are seldom grown from seeds except in breeding programs; the seed takes about two years to germinate.
Two peony species are native to North America. Brown’s, or western, peony (P. browni) ranges from California to Montana, and California peony (P. californica) is found only along the Pacific coastal mountains of California and Mexico.
Birds puff up their feathers to trap heat next to their body, or to dry out after a bath. They also fluff up their feathers when they are stressed or sick. Or while they are preening. And males may fluff up a bit when they are doing their courtship dancing...This one was seen Early morning on a TV Aerial ..
So their are two types of people in this world. Ones who like to wear chains... and those who don't.
Personally I love the look and feel of cold steel against my body. They make me feel like a strong sexy woman who can conquer anything.
Promagic has come out with this amazing chain lingerie called Naazuk for the March round of the Arcade. Naazuk comes in four colors black, gold, silver, and rose gold.
Made for the maitreya, hourglass, and freya bodies Naazuk is perfect for all you warrior princess types. So when Arcade opens on March 1st make sure to check out Promagics Naazuk.
For more information on this look and others check out my blog:
And they will come, mistaking their charms,
hummingbirds and cute butterflies
to find the livelihood of his life
in the honey of my fragrant flowers.
How joyful will life be, then,
when I can offer my friend pollen
to living beings so beautiful and innocent,
sweet food and protective shelter!
Oh land that feeds my roots!
Getting away from you is my lively desire.
Elevate me, give flowers, many flowers:
That is my mission and that is my heaven.
And just as they die without fear,
the men who were active, honest and good,
my mission accomplished... oh mother earth,
turned into dust I will return to your bosom.
by Vicenta Castro Cambon
ELVION, Mirage (71, 150, 32) - Moderado
“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing
Mallards aren't looking their best at the moment, being in "eclipse" plumage. Everything goes during this moult and for now they are hanging out in itchy flocks shedding feathers everywhere. Drakes are still recognisable by their all-yellow bills, the females bills are mottled orange. These were on the River Leven at low tide today
I love how these leaves get spots and HOW THEY TURN THESE bright colors in autumn!
HAVE A GOOD DAY YOU GUYS --AND AS ALWAYS THANKS FOR VISITING!
Hathi Parvat (6727 m), located in the extreme north Uttarakhand (India), derive their name from their resemblance to Elephant.
“Where we are, there is light.” The wind blew hard from the east and the trees rustled their branches. “From where I’m standing… it is warm enough.”
K. Ancrum, The Wicker King
K. Ancrum is the author of the award-winning thriller The Wicker King, the interstellar lesbian romance The Weight of the Stars, and the Peter Pan thriller Darling. Ancrum is a Chicago native passionate about diversity and representation in young adult fiction.