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We have a family of foxes up the end of the garden under the shed. The warren seems to span the back of our garden and the garden behind the fence which is uncared for anyway. We've seen them at night but this was a rare daytime visit by 3 out of the 4 cubs coming under the gap in the photo. Mother wasn't around and No.4 was absent as well. But I reached for my superzoom Fuji and managed to get a few shots off at long range. Something seems to have caught their attention in this one but at least it meant that they were standing still. They have been creating havoc these past two weeks so blocking up the gap in the fence seems to have calmed them down a bit.
I certainly had their full attention for a few moments while I snapped off some quick photos before leaving them to explore this section of the forest on their own.
Giant otters eat their prey face first. By starting at the head, otters can quickly disable their prey by crushing the fish's skull. This also ensures that the fish’s sharp fins, spines, or scales are swallowed in a more manageable way as the body follows head-first.
Captured during a photo tour with Juan Carlos Vindas of Neotropic Photo Tours. www.neotropicphototours.com.
but their hearts forever :-)
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my mother, dianne, passed away yesterday...i was fortunate enough to be holding her hand at the time, telling her that i love her...rest in peace mom...love always, ira
Take a look at PANO -vision, it is very adictive.
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Close-up image of a late blooming, naturally seeded Sunflower in a garden in Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. Taken with the Canon 5D4 and their 50mm 1.4 lens with a shallow depth of field of f/2.5. Cropped and edited in Lightroom.
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... but there's still something about this one that I really like. Not sure what it is.
If you have lost a loved one, know that because of the Conservation of Energy, their energy has not died. Remember the First Law of Thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. All their energy, every vibration, every BTU of heat, every wave of every particle that was your loved one remains with you in this world. Know that amid energies of the cosmos, they gave as good as they got.
All the photons that have ever bounced off their face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by their happiness, by the touch of their hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by the one you love. And as you grieve, know that the photons that bounced from them were gathered in the particle detectors that are your eyes, that those photons created within their constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whose energy will go on forever.
According to the Law of the Conservation of Energy, not a bit of them is gone; they're just less orderly.
-Adaptation of "Eulogy from a Physicist" by Aaron Freeman
It's funny how such creatures, simplistic in so many ways, can inhabit personalities more complex and deep by comparison to the shallow, murky waters of the WalMart kiddie pools that some human beings are made of. He was my shadow, my sentinel, my buddy, my pal. Little did I know that this Valentine's Day gift from an ex would lead to a lasting companionship who's absence is felt, even to this day.
Some people would scoff and say "Oh, it's just a cat." As heartless as those people are, he was so much more than the sum of himself. He probably would've followed me through the Gates of Hell and back, if I'd let him... and give them a piece of his mind in the process, since he was a chatterbox.
Where people would often fail, he would succeed.
Rest in peace, buddy.
In honor of the souls lost so close to my home, let's please embrace each other a little more.
We are all too disconnected. We look for faults not similarities. We are not loving or compassionate enough. We have abandoned the village concept in favor 'every man for himself.' It's not every single one of us, but I find the gap between the next human being and me to be ever widening. I will hold a door open for 9 people and only one will even look up and notice. I smile and others often don't smile back. We are too busy. Too focused on owning things and being mad at politicians. Blame, anger, frustration, greed, anxiety, measuring success by the wrong things. This is a depressed place. We need to love more, accept more, give more, be accountable, kind and compassionate. It's in us. We have forgotten. I hope we can find within ourselves our light and start giving it away generously and with great hope.
Robins use their sense of sight to find worms, When robins tilt their heads, they're actually using one eye to look for worms in their underground tunnels—and the other eye is focused above, so the robin can spot predators, too!
Paper, gouache, watercolor 2010
This picture is part of the series "Their Secret ..."
he series "Their Secret ..." is dedicated to flowers,their soul ...
In particular, this picture is my impression of viewing one of the Roses
Their fishing talent at work is mesmerizing. They can scan the ocean from a height of 70 feet, lock into a school of fish, then dive nearly straight down to snag one.
Sorry, another from the basement! You will be sick of them by the time I'm finished. I need a few more shots for a special project :-)
I went to take more photos of my pears this morning and discovered that they are looking a little sad to put it kindly:-)
Paper, gouache,watercolors , 2003
This painting is one of the series "Their secret ..."
The series "Their secret ...", is dedicated to the flowers,
their soul ...
Specifically, this picture is my impression from looking at one of Orchids
nataliantonovich.com/painting/ln/eng/d0/series/d1/9e52d36...
American Aisne-Marne Memorial, Château-Thierry, Aisne, France.
Designed by Paul Philippe Cret on Hill 204 overlooking the Marne river at Château-Thierry, it commemorates the services of American and French troops in the Aisne-Marne region in 1918.
On the east side the American eagle bears the inscription “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds”.
© 2023 Marc Haegeman. All Rights Reserved
Westbound stacks split their way through North East, PA., as they haul tail between the old freight station and a long out of service tower. The old freight station is owned by the Lake Shore Railway Museum, and is preserved by them as such. Wish I could say that about the tower, as someone can correct me, but I think the tower is gone. The industrial building you see in the background is Welch's Foods, home of those juices, jam's, etc.and the destination of many of the grapes you see growing along this stretch of the old NYC mainline.
Eyes just opened on 10 day old chicks. Interesting to watch them peer around at their surroundings from inside their nest.
In North America, Barn Swallows are spring time arrivals from their South American winter. Although their flight acrobatics are extraordinary, their colours and markings are equally noteworthy. From Cornell: "The Barn Swallow is the most abundant and widely distributed swallow species in the world. It breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere and winters in much of the Southern Hemisphere." www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow/overview
their most precious possession - their ignorance ;-(
Hendrik Van Loon ( 1882 – 1944) a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author
HMM! HPPT! Science Matters! Resist the Ignorant Orange Clown Prince!!
rose, 'Dream Come True', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Things blossom in their time.
They bud and bloom, blossom
and fade. Everything in its time.
(Neil Gaiman)
Colorful Nature - Pink or Purple Wednesday
Weekly Theme Challenge - Spring
Looking close... on Friday! - Flower Buds
(photo by Freya, edit by me)
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When It All Falls Down.
The darkness tries taking over me at night
I’m not afraid anymore
I walked through the fire and I made it, I made it.
Got myself up off the floor
I was locked in a cage of my own damn state of mind
Depression don’t you call
Depression don’t you call
You’ll get a busy tone
The darkness tries takin over me at night
‘Oooh’ No warnin’ when it all falls down.
Yeah
When it all falls
I’m not ashamed anymore
When my light fades away, I won’t fake it, won’t fake it
Cause now I know I’m not alone
Everybody got their own shit, bad days, pain to face
Depression makes you small
Until you see you’re powerful
The darkness tries takin over me at night
‘Oooh’ No warnin’ when it all falls down.
Yeah
The darkness tries takin over me at night
‘Oooh’ No warnin’ when it all falls down.
Yeah
When it all falls down.
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Their bright turquoise head and back and orangey-copper breast are a dazzle of colour and make this bird easy to identify. A male kingfisher will have a completely black beak while a female has an orange patch at the base.
They possess exceptional fishing skills and at just 12cm high with strident blue plumage and the flying-style of a speeding bullet they are exceptional hunters. They eat a versatile diet that includes fish, insects, and other prey. I could sit and watch them all day, such beautiful skilful birds.
Hummingbirds split from their sister group, the swifts and tree swifts, around 42 million years ago. The common ancestor of extant hummingbirds is estimated to have lived 22 million years in South America. They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which flap at high frequencies audible to humans.
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"Birding is a three-dimensional pastime. It’s superior to, say, mushrooming, where the quarry is never higher than your shoelaces. And, of course, misidentifying a bird won’t kill you. Now, while all the mushroomers get busy writing angry op-eds, let me explain.
Birds fly. The sky’s the limit. One can’t go birding without looking up. The entire forest is stratified, from the treetop warblers to the ground foraging turkeys. And in the middle: thrushes.
Members of the thrush family spend much of their time on or near the ground. They forage on foot.
Males on territory might sing from a treetop, but they are often content to croon from a lower branch in the canopy. Birders sometimes complain about “warbler neck,” the pain that comes from looking high into the trees. Nobody complains about thrush neck.
Robins and bluebirds are thrushes. They’re easy to tell apart. The rest? Not so much. All the medium-sized thrushes are various shades of brown, with whitish, spotted breasts. So when walking in the woods, identification becomes easier if you start with a default bird: everything is a hermit thrush, unless it isn’t.
The hermit thrush is the most common and widespread thrush in Maine. It is comfortable in the understory of both hardwood and softwood trees. It forages through the leaf litter on the ground. When surprised, it may fly to a nearby branch where it can look you over and assess the threat, perhaps raising its tail or wiggling its wings. In other words, it’s easy. Its reddish tail contrasts with its brown body, confirming the identification at a glance. The whitish breast is lightly spotted.
Hermit thrushes don’t go far in winter. Most stay in the states. Some are even found on Christmas bird counts in Maine. They are the earliest of the brown thrushes to return, and start singing in late April.
Like their cousins, the song is an ethereal, flute-like melody, rising and falling. "
by Bob Duchesne (serves as vice president of Maine Audubon’s Penobscot Valley)
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……. The Magnolia has gone from bud to peak in a very short space of time and indeed some petals are beginning to fall but oh what a show it has been this year! That's my #088 shot of the day and as ever taken on my phone in Apple RAW and edited in Lightroom. Feel free to zoom in to see the lovely waxen petals. Alan:-)
For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 113 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...
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©Alan Foster. All rights reserved. Do not use without permission.……
People just decide that their boat isn't worth it anymore, they dump it or maybe it breaks down. According to CJ a local boat captain it costs they county about 15k to remove these boats and they only have a budget each year of 85K. So, when these owners determine enough is enough for them, they remove the VIN numbers and anything of value and let the rest of us pick up the mess. I really dislike people like that. Best part.... If you look at the name of the boat close up... Integrity.
In remembrance of the start of the Battle of the Somme, which started on July 1st 1916 and on that day alone 57,470 British soldiers were injured and 19,240 lost their lives and to this day is the bloodiest day in the history of the British army.
R.I.P
The Coso Petroglyphs have been subject to various interpretations as to their meaning and function. One perspective argues that the drawings are metaphoric images correlated with individual shamanic vision quests. Alternatively it has been argued that they are part of a hunting religion that included increase rites and were associated with a sheep cult ceremonial complex.[3][4] However these alternative explanations might be somewhat complementary in that the medicine persons could have been the artisans but their messages might have often been associated with religious observances centering on the veneration of bighorn sheep.[5]
In addition to the extant petroglyph rock art, the Coso People carried out extensive working of obsidian tools and other 'manufacturing.' There is considerable archaeological evidence substantiating trade of these products between the Coso People and other Indigenous peoples of the Americas and Native American tribes.[6] For example, distant trade with the southern Californian Pacific coast Chumash People is confirmed by archaeological recovery from California sites in San Luis Obispo County, California[7] and other coastal indigenous peoples' sites.
Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons are situated on property of the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station. The two canyons are a designated U.S. National Historic Landmark. In 2001, they were incorporated into a larger National Historic Landmark District, called the Coso Rock Art District.[8]
In 2014, the Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival was created as an annual celebration and showcase the petroglyphs located in the two canyons.
I borrowed all this info from wiki
Dey gointuh make ‘miration ‘cause mah love didn’t work lak they love, if dey ever had any. Then you must tell ‘em dat love ain’t somethin’ lak uh grindstone dat’s de same thing everywhere and do de same thing tuh everything it touch. Love is lak de sea. It’s uh movin’ thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore.
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:Moon Amore: La viuda Veil
{Rosier} / Chloe Nightgown (from SAMHAIN: A PAGAN FESTIVAL 10/20)
Violent Seduction - Hera Gloves (Black)
Birch trees need to be self reliant since they usually have no neighbouring tree species to give them shade or protection. They grow a lot faster than many other trees. But it also means that they “burnout” sooner from overtaxing their resources. In the book “The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben”, Peter says this, “ Birches rush through life, live beyond their means, and eventually wear themselves out.” Sounds like some people I know. Keep it simple folks. Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday.
Galapagos Islands
Off the coast Of Equador
San Salvador Island a/k/a Santiago Island
James Bay
The Galapagos marine iguana is an ugly reptile with amazing abilities. Charles Darwin on visiting the islands classified the animals as revolting. I found them to be very fascinating.
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile. They can dive down up to 30 feet into the water to find food. They have a natural ability to swim and to move around with speed.
Since much of the Galapagos Marine Iguana’s time is spent in the water there is still a great deal that we don’t know about them. It is known that they must come to land to help with regulating their temperature. The water is too cold for them to remain in it all the time.
When the body temperature drops too much, they have a hard time moving and that makes them vulnerable to predators such as frigate birds and the Galapagos hawk. They will become more aggressive too when they are cooler. They tend to spend time on rocks by the water with their head upwards to soak up as much sunlight as they can at once. - Wikipedia
The Arecaceae are a botanical family of perennial plants. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are colloquially called palm trees. They are flowering plants, a family in the monocot order Arecales. Currently 181 genera with around 2600 species are known, most of them restricted to tropical and subtropical climates. Most palms are distinguished by their large, compound, evergreen leaves, known as fronds, arranged at the top of an unbranched stem. However, palms exhibit an enormous diversity in physical characteristics and inhabit nearly every type of habitat within their range, from rainforests to deserts.
Palms are among the best known and most extensively cultivated plant families. They have been important to humans throughout much of history. Many common products and foods are derived from palms. In contemporary times, palms are also widely used in landscaping, making them one of the most economically important plants. In many historical cultures, because of their importance as food, palms were symbols for such ideas as victory, peace, and fertility. For inhabitants of cooler climates today, palms symbolize the tropics and vacations. Most palms are native to tropical and subtropical climates. Palms thrive in moist and hot climates but can be found in a variety of different habitats. Their diversity is highest in wet, lowland forests. South America, the Caribbean, and areas of the south Pacific and southern Asia are regions of concentration. Colombia may have the highest number of palm species in one country. 36744