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This Beech tree lined road in Glendalough looks as though its glowing from the coppery golden hues radiating from the leaves.
I have never seen colour quite like it in all my many previous Autumns.Id love to take a photo the four seasons on this road and I will get back to do them over the next year hopefully!!!
The title of my pic is a corruption of the title of Patrick Kavanagh`s poem " On Raglin Road "
" On Raglin road, on an Autumn day.
I saw her first and knew, That her dark hair
Would weave a snare, That I might one day rue,
I saw the danger, yet I passed, Along the enchanted
way,
And I said let grief, be a fallen leaf,
At the dawning of the day "
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If you zoom in on the "white" house at the end of the road, and look at the upstairs window, you van see the copper/gold of the trees reflected in the glass. Ive just noticed it.Amazing really!
Do hope you like my photo and have a great weekend!
Pat.
My photos are also on Flickr River below;
What though the radiance
which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass,
of glory in the flower,
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind
--William Wordsworth
HMBT!
this creek is a little bit lazy right now, so it managed to get itself frozen in this quiet spot with a wonderful pebbled surface that sparkled in the sun... a beautiful surface to play with.
Even though I had to get up at 4:30 this AM to meet up with some friends from the photo club to go to Lunenburg for sunrise. Sunrise was a bit disappointing but we had a lovely day anyway, and the weather turned out great..a breezy -1 C but sunny... There is a wooden statue covered in a big tarp on the deck of the red shed which I decided to clone out..it was just not very pretty LOL
Though I've already posted this photo, I kept thinking that a little more straightening wouldn't be a bad idea. The other one was a little too crooked for me!
:-)
Want to thank everyone for the nice comments, awards and invites. Afraid I've had quite a lot of matters to attend to recently and then then unfortunately I got sick.
But I'm getting my strength back now and I will be back soon! Looking forward to it!
Though you wouldn't have known that yesterday, it poured with rain.
Loved it !
More rain today as well.
Orange Ranunculus flower
Have a fantastic week
though it may look like this is awful weather and a storm is about to fall down on my head, it actually was delightful warm and sunny weather at the sea with the clouds inland.
Though named "Common" this babbler is anything but common in our state.
This is hard to find babbler whose habitat is grasslands and dry farmlands found scattered across the state. The bird doesn't sound like a babbler even whose calls are often a cacophony of coarse noises. The behaviour is similar to other babblers which are social birds and often found in groups of 3-4 or more.
We sighted a pair of them on the edge of a hill on a dangerously steep slope and think there could be 3-4 in that area based on calls heard. All of them were foraging solitarily and not in a group.
This is my best shot of the bird and my first post of this species in flickr.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
European Buzzard [Buteo buteo]
This youngster has been flying around my hill with his mum, for the past few weeks. They call to each other as, I assume, she is showing him how to hunt.
Here, he was sitting on a telegraph post, continually calling for his mum, who was very conspicuous in her absence. Maybe she had gone hunting by herself - or maybe she thought the time had come to loosen the apron strings and let junior get on with it by himself. Such a sad, sad sight. He was was still there, hours later, as I was returning home.
Poor wee soul!
Over my track,
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
“If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my crying in the rain.”
🎼Crying In The Rain” - Everly Brothers
a bad image is a bad image :-)
Charles Traub
HMM! HPPT! Justice Matters! Indict Trump!
rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Over time, I've been building my castle of love
Just for two, though you never knew you were my reason
I've gone much too far for you now to say
That I've got to throw my castle away
Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true
Though you never knew it was of you I've been dreaming
The sandman has come from too far away
For you to say come back some other day
And though you don't believe that they do
They do come true
For did my dreams
Come true when I looked at you
And maybe too, if you would believe
You too might be
Overjoyed, over loved, over me
Old houses always have vibes. This one was particularly interesting. It is maintained beautifully, but has some rather strange vibes coming off of it is in an area that could be very busy. It brings nothing to the area because it’s been closed for quite some time.. i’ve always thought when I see really interesting properties if walls could talk, what would they say? This house didn’t seem to be able to share. No one seems to know the story of the closures of every business that has tried to survive in this historic building. The only comments I obtained from a couple of locals is that the place is haunted and very creepy.. one lady shared a worker has been coming and going doing some restoration and his constant companion, a small, mixed breed dog stops, staring at the door, and refuses to go in even though her owner is in there. That is a curious thing. As the little dog is quite adventurous per the lady, and always accompanies him on all jobs . hmmm
Even though quite common and actually not found in prairies, it's one of my favorite warblers. Always very accommodating to photograph, usually at head height. I had my eye out for this pretty male in Markham Park as many friends had posted beautiful shots.
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Good Stewards of Nature
** More roof top’s this time though its a small village in Provence that sits in the Alpilles mountains
Les Baux-de-Provence is a settlement in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in Provence . The village is considered one of the most beautiful in France .It is located in the Alpilles mountains, atop a rocky outcrop that is crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. Its name refers to its site: in Provençal, bauç is a rocky spur. From the village name the word bauxite was coined for aluminium ore when first discovered there by geologist Pierre Berthier in 1821.
Although it is not high the Alpilles range stands out impressively, as it rises abruptly from the Rhône valley and from the very flat alluvial plain of Crau. The range is about 25 km long by about 8 to 10 km wide, running in an east-west direction between the Rhône and Durance rivers. The landscape of the Alpilles is one of arid limestone peaks separated by dry valleys.
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Think there were 17 of them though iirc from my youthful dabbling in school productions.
Another from Loughrigg, when the mist was at it's thickest.
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
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Depths of Depression - Las Garzas - Nov 2018 - LR-2
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I don't think that kindness is a weakness,
I don't have a problem with compassion,
Tell me what you're thinking?
Would you like to be so high?
Could you give consideration to something that you did not realize?
Would you close your ears to the things you did not believe?
Tell me would you be strong? Would you be the one to carry on?
Half don't come here, half don't come here,
Half don't come here, so I do.
It's gonna be alright.
Though named "Common" this babbler is anything but common in our state. This is hard to find babbler whose habitat is grasslands and dry farmlands found scattered across the state. The bird doesn't sound like a babbler even whose calls are often a cacophony of coarse noises. Its behaviour too is unlike other babblers which are social birds and often found in groups of 3-4 or more. But this Common Babbler is often sighted alone or in a pair at best.
We sighted a pair of them on the edge of a hill on a dangerously steep slope and think there could be 2 of them in the area based on calls heard.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
The fortress Grünwald is probably a hidden gem of Munich. It is located in the most expensive and luxurious district of Munich and surrounded by mansions and villas of footballs stars, millionaires, CEOs of several major German corporations and old aristocracy with some money :-)
The fortress got its current shape in 15th century. It was used as a country residence of Bavarian dukes, later as hunting lodge, powder magazine and VIP state prison (apparently not a very harsh one, though - all the prisoners either escaped or got their freedom back quite soon) Now the fortress belongs to the Free State of Bavaria and can be visited daily from 9 till 4 p.m.
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The bridge below connects Grünwald with Pullach, the richest community in Germany :-)
Even though this female Kestrel has lost a couple of tail feathers and is regrowing them, she is still quite an acrobat, it's like watching poetry in the sky !!
that's the day i was born and hence, i had a birthday on april 9th, 2009! AHHHH!
it was a fun day. though it ended with bloatedness after drinking a soy chai at a restaurant. it was the powder mix chai, which, from experience, tends to be laden with dairy... Oh NOES! . . .
in any case, it was still fun. a guy gave me a HUGE purple cellophane wrapped basket of homemade peanut butter cookies he made himself, pretty white roses, funny balloons, and a card about BOOTYBUTTS (the card i received at work was about a toilet and poo... ironic much?)! his mom got me a to-die-for gift card to starbuck's (i whole-heartedly support the local coffee and tea shops, but sometimes, they just aren't around when you need 'em the most!)
then he and i went out to breakfast/lunch/brunch/whatever you wanna call it at T.C. Eggington's. they have great vegetarian choices... "portobellini"... yum! on the way to breakfast, we saw a mother and her tiny baby ducks by the freeway in the puddle-y canal/gutter/whatever you wanna call that. it was cool because it was my birthday and they were cute, yet odd because it was by a freeway and not in a park, or in my school's irrigation or something. them duckies must be suffering economically too, eh?
so after that, i contemplated going back home to work on a commedia dell'arte mask for theatre class, but decided to just veg and hang with this guy at his apartment (i find vegging out, doing nothing a bit difficult to do sometimes).
later on, we met up with my parents to eat dinner at the Euro Cafe in Gilbert, AZ. a great foodsie greeky place. and that's where, you know, *ahem*... the soy-chai-laden-with-dairy-omg-why-did-i-order-this fiasco happened. so after dinner, with all of us feeling like cows (even though i hardly ate anything and they ate like contestants in a hotdog eating contest), we went to Wal-Mart of all places. i'm particularly NOT a Wal-Mart fan, but since i was at Wal-Mart and it might be cheaper than at other places, i bought vanilla soy ice cream because i was magnetized/hankering for some.
we finally headed home around 11pm, after which i quickly shoved this guy out the door and kissed him goodbye, so i could heat up some of those peanut butter cookies and WHAM BAM!... inhale hot cookies n' ice cream. mmmmmmmmmm... no cake this year. and i wanted it that way. no one even sang to me either i noticed, but that's perfectly ok. it's not a crime. wait wait...i take that back: he played the weird al birthday song... so essentially, i was sung to in mp3 format. :)
oh yeah, and at work today for my 'employee birthday'... i made up fruit, granola, & yogurt parfaits for everyone. someone bought all the ingredients (i requested it instead of birthday cake), and i went right to work -- whipping up those babies during my lunch break. i was so amazed some people didn't know what a parfait was or how to make them.
well, now they know :)
suffice to say, i'm on a parfait kick now. i hadn't had one in a year before that day. soy yogurt though. yes, please. :)
p.s. thanks dude for taking these kickity arse photos!
Twop like a TwitterBunny
Mama Vixen, watching over her five kits. It's hard on her. Thank you so much for likes earlier today. I realized I had repeated image, and corrected. Much appreciated.
Though it's still quite cold, lots of Andrena bees foraging on the Weeping Willow. And where there are Andrenas there are likely to be predators. And such a one is our Cuckoo Bee, Nomada flava, that - small as it is - preys on Andrena larvas... Pretty creature though!
Though often thought that tulips come from Holland they are in fact native central Asia and Turkey and the name Tulip comes from the Persian word meaning turban.
is really one of life's sensational pleasures. You may say, "Oh, darn it!" in between sneezes and try to act as if you weren't enjoying it, but as an old hay-fever sufferer, I know the kick that can lie in a good sneezing spell, provided you have the time to give to it and aren't trying to thread a needle :-)
Robert Benchley, "Hiccoughing Makes Us Fat," 1932
HSS!! Science Matters!
rose, 'Rainbow Sorbet', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
Though this episode begins in a more traditional non fiction way, with many facts about how many mushrooms perish when the snow falls and temperatures plummet, the episode evolves further with a more empathetic feel. Even a mushroom documentary film maker must show the human side to the mushrooms and how they can suffer. Thus, there is a definite arc to the episode with a thrilling culmination of the collective voices of the mushroom community as they proclaim the following poem:
For days, we witnessed the ominous
“Winter is Coming!"
Well, winter is here, with it’s equal
wonder and terror
We cling to each other
like words in a sentence
without as many spaces.
We are withered, weathered,
and struggling to survive.
Lost souls shivering below flying doves
Past selves and Future selves
Culminating in a grim present moment
How much longer must we suffer and
Yearn for each sliver of daylight?
Oh, won’t some sweet soul
Come gallantly along
Crunching on the oppressive white
Pick us up out of our misery
Tear us from the dark tree bark
With all the dirt that hides under fingernails
And eat us alive?
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Also known as the Golden Browed Bulbul, this is an endemic bird of South India and Sri Lanka. The bird is bright yellow and easy to identify in the bush and canopy where they are sighted. Apparently, this subspecies of the bird we shot in the Malabar region / Western Coast is a bit paler than the subspecies on the other coast - though I haven't seen it yet.
The birds are of the same size as other bulbuls - maybe 20 cms - and are found in small groups. We sighted several around fruiting trees such as wild berries, Figs and they were quite loud during the time. The calls were a tad easy to remember and just like other bulbuls they were noisy. This is the start of their breeding season and hence I think they were out more than usual.
Many thanks in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
Hi all !!
There you go, I worked on this photo. I love this character. My crazy little demon from the future. He still has his lover and robot ... still his conscience and dragon. And he still continues to do stupid things. Even though I struggle in the cyber world, I love taking pictures of this character more and more. Maybe I should give him a name ... I tried to do a "movement" on this picture... Hope you like it!
Story : "Come here !! You're mine. Only to me! Even if I have to fall to catch up with you. I will devour you. Because you are mine."
Thanks for watching and your support !! ♡
The music : 🎵.
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Even though a new pool was created ...
I hope we will be able to enjoy it at Furillen in the summer.
Furillen --Will be closed on Monday
... even though it's Monday 😉
hoverfly on Echinacea petal in my garden. Happy Blue Monday!! 😄☀️
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro @f5.6
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Had to stop even though driving to work last week :) Waitati is just 10 minutes north of town on our so-called Northern Motorway which is mostly just a normal road with one lane of traffic each way.
Hope you are enjoying your Sunday, ours is just an hour from finishing.
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SYNNERGY Pose - "Lay Low" is a 30L Saturday exclusive for October 3rd. Includes pose (mirror) and earphones.
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.....though not much of that on offer 'today'!
A fine afternoon during October half-term and a very busy Ben A'an in the Trossachs. Ben A'an isn't particularly significant in terms of height, standing at just 454m /1490ft, but it's views over the beautiful Loch Katrine to the Arrochar Alps on the west bank of Loch Lomond, and many more besides, are truly incredible. :
First of all, apologies for not having been around. I’ve been following his example of staring into the distance and striving for a complete state of comatose oblivion. And obviously, this worked rather well for me and him. Even though I recently picked up the camera again, did not really find anything worthwhile to record. My lack of motivation was and is a contributing factor.
Merry Christmas to all of you and having the best of intentions to post some more. Same as last year, I still dislike Christmas songs intensely, so I am using this one as an alternate.
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
William Wordsworth
Blue-gray gnatcatchers are, without a doubt, one of the most special and entertaining birds the US has to offer. With a pretty sky-blue back contrasting with a paler shade of blue, along with white and black, they boast what I think is one of the more underrated color combinations when it comes to Neotropical migrants, and I’m sure they know it because they sure like to flip those tails around (kidding, that’s a foraging technique). That isn’t the only thing about them that’s underrated; males are pretty great songsters too, emitting an intricate series of what is both their own little babbles and little phrases of other species songs. I even found yesterday that they are able to mimic new vocalizations on the spot. Unfortunately, these guys have the luck of returning earlier than the warblers, and they only get two weeks of fame before what many people consider the real show falls upon our forests. That’s okay, though- they get right to pairing up and nest-building and have fledged young by the end of June, so I think they couldn’t care less about how much attention we pay to them.
Even though I'm traveling in preparation for the holidays, my mom made sure I still had space to get some work online done.
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