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This was a very rushed hike to see Goldstream park on the way to the ferry. Would we be late or would we make our ferry. After waiting for a rather large lady that I didn't want to mess with finish her swim I managed to get a quick shot in and bolt for the ferry. Yes it looks like an Elephant!! Thanks for looking. Kris.
Todays sunset was magic! The clouds were breathtaking and at one point it seemed as if the sun had a friend!!!
It was unbelievably beautiful. Just had to share. Might even put put some more photos of it when I get them ready.
hope you like them.
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) female
Mama Frogmouth resting in the shade on this day in 2019. I noted on the file that the temperature on that day was 44°C (111°F) Dad was sitting on the nest. By comparison today is a glorious 25°C (77°F)
For those not familiar with the Frogmouth, they are not an Owl, being most closely related to the Nightjar Family.
Sadly they didn't return to this nest site last year or this year.
Solovetsky Monastery was an another great attraction for me for years. It was found in 1429 and used to be a place of strong people, full of spirit and faith. For a long time in XX century, these islands in White Sea were the place of GULAG. For all the Russians this place represents the power and the fortitude of the spirit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solovetsky_Monastery
We visited this place in the best time of the year, when the sky is clear and the temperature is higher than 0 Celcius:-) Here is the early morning panorama of 3 shots, hdr. Original size - 7796x4210 pics.
Thank you for all the comments and favs, my friends.
She was struggling big time in swallowing her dinner like that. Then she flew away and I don't know the end of the story...
The End!
This was one of two nearly images which were burned out at the top of the frame. I was about to discard them when I suddenly thought that they might look better if they were severely cropped. I look forward to seeing your wonderful images my friends.
It was raining on the North-West side of my office and sunny on its South-East side. So I ran to the emergency staircase and there was this fantastic double rainbow, extending well over North-East to East and covering the Crossing Stadium, part of Josaphat Park and, hardly visible in the distant haze, the whole area of Brussels Airport.
Shot from the top floor of the Brusilia Residence in Schaerbeek, a municipality of Brussels.
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Was riding around in the burbs trying to find anything of interest. Up this street, down this one, or across that one. Came across this - thought it was kind cool. Shot in B&W 😃
There was a bit of blue in the sky after days of chill and darkness. I betook myself to the Gaasperplas, Gaasper Lake, on the edge of the south of Amsterdam. Not many signs yet of awakening Nature; but I did see some Robins preparing to nest. A bit early I would think. And then there was this bright, yellow Cornelian Cherry, that I've admired often in the past. It's just prettily bursting forth from its buds.
I was feeling cute today so I thought I would snap a picture.
Head - Lelutka Fleur
Skin - The Skinnery
Hair - Stealthic (Always)
Freckles - Izzies
Lips - Call Me Beauty
Eyes - Avi Glam
Judgement was solemnly passed...
''You are not from these lands and have been found guilty of terrorising and killing the local wildlife''
''How do you plead?''
The evidence was overwhelming and the Mink knew it...
''Guilty your honour''
''Then you shall be sentenced to death by metal trap., have you anything to say?''
''Yes I do'' said the Mink
There was a stunned silence in the courtroom., what could the Mink possibly say?
''Respectfully., it's you who are guilty of of putting me here in these lands., all I do is what comes naturally to me.. What do you expect me to do? Starve to death?''
The judge stopped to think for a moment...
''Well I think we'll just ignore all of that., the truth can be a bit inconvenient at times and there's no point in complicating things...
Put him in the metal trap and kill him anyway''
''Next case?''
''Red Squirrel complaining about being evicted by imported Grey Squirrels your honour''
Luckily Jonathans coat has capacious pockets into which the little Fuji fits quite snugly. These leaves were on the pavement of the street. It was a moments job to take the Fuji and grab the shot/ shots tbh... I love it but don't know what the little fruit is so late in the year....
#MacroMonday
#Nuts
Pareidolia gone nuts? I was lucky that I still had the package of walnut halves that I'd bought for the "In Ice" theme (please see the first comment). So I thought I'd continue that story: a "brain", finally freed from the restrictions of its former ice skull housing – what would it do? I think it would begin to curiously discover its new world, discover its own intellect (without the interfering thoughts of its previous owner) – much like a child that grows up and gets more and more independent, and has an enormous hunger for knowledge, but also for mischief and fun :) My first idea was to make a pair of glasses for the brain / walnut; I thought I'd use jewellery wire for it, but then I looked at the small walnut halves and the thin wire, and thought: impossible! Unachievable! Too difficult for my clumsy hands! Well, I might have given it a (most likely unsuccessful) try, but went looking for nuts in the toolbox instead, nuts small enough to serve as eyes. So may I introduce you to Frankie, the brain that set out to conquer the macro world – but should adjust its eyes first :)
Happy Macro Monday, Everyone, stay safe and healthy!
Die Muttern aller Kopfnüsse
So erschien mir dieses Thema zunächst – es erwies sich dann aber als erstaunlich leicht und schnell umsetzbar. Zum Glück hatte ich noch Walnüsse vom Thema "In Ice" übrig, und so dachte ich auch gleich daran, die Geschichte des "Gehirns" im Eisschädel (siehe ersten Kommentar) weiterzuspinnen. Was würde so ein Gehirn, plötzlich ganz auf sich allein gestellt, weil vom Eise, damit aber auch von den störenden Gedanken seines ehemaligen Besitzers befreit, wohl tun? Ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass es wie ein Kind seine neue Welt erkundet, wissbegierig und neugierig, dabei auch stets zum einen oder anderen Unfug bereit. Um also der Walnuss alias Hirn ein Gesicht zu geben, dachte ich daran, ihm / ihr eine Brille aus Schmuckdraht zu basteln. Je mehr ich aber überlegte, wie ich das wohl elegant anstellen könnte (z.B. unter Zuhilfenahme von Buntsstiften für die runde Gläserform), ohne mir dabei die Finger und gleich auch noch den Draht unrettbar zu verbiegen, desto lauter wurde der (gedankliche) Ruf nach einer einfacheren Lösung. Also habe ich den Werkzeugkasten nach möglichst kleinen Muttern als "Augen" durchstöbert – und wurde zum Glück fündig :) Darf ich also vorstellen: Frankie, das Hirn :)
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne erste Mai-Woche, passt gut auf Euch auf und bleibt gesund!
I was surprised to see this ruby-throated hummingbird today since they are usually all gone by mid-September. I have found a few procrastinators over the years that have stayed around until early October so it will be interesting to see how long this hummer holds out before flying south. It's always a good idea to keep your hummingbird feeders out and filled until mid-October here in the Driftless Region to help out any late-migrating hummingbirds.
The museum was founded in October 1983 in Toronto at Exhibition Place and later moved to Ontario Place theme park.
In 1994, it moved to St. Marys, Ontario.
The Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to preserving Canada's baseball heritage which dates back to June 4, 1838, when a game which very closely resembled today's game of baseball was played in Beachville, Ontario.
The Hall gained some major attention when Pete Rose became eligible for election for earning his 4,000th MLB hit while playing with the Montreal Expos in 1984, however Rose has yet to be elected to the Hall.
These two Cinnamon Black Bear COY ( cub of the year) didn't know what to make of the large noisy motor home that was passing near by.
I was walking down the street and saw these dried leaves resting on a bus stop bench. The bokeh is from cars driving down the road.
HBM!
I was out of town all day today so will try to catch up with commenting tomorrow.
I was thrilled to have captured this Forster's Tern in flight (bif not being my forte) and I like the fact that a person is included in the frame. It puts the bird in context and shows how they both share the same space. This picture was taken early in the morning in Daytona Beach, Florida, last February.
Thank you kindly for your support and comments.
Un gros merci de votre soutien et de vos commentaires.
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I was not going to submit to this today but then remembered I had some probably never used pics of Russel here.
The decision was to shoot and edit or look for an older shot. I went with the less work scenario.
Happy Smile on Saturday
Was nice to see this lake again without all the ice and snow that was there in early Summer last year.
Der Gollinger Wasserfall, eigentlich Schwarzbachfall oder Schwarzenbachfall genannt, ist ein im Tennengau (Österreich) an der Gemeindegrenze zwischen Golling an der Salzach und Kuchl gelegener Wasserfall. Der Wasserfall hat um die 100 Meter und kommt direkt aus der Schwarzbachfall-Höhle.
I was walking part of the old Pilgrims' way in kent. The worn path used since the murder of Thomas Beckett some 900 years ago. The Pilgrimage started in Winchester and across fields and thickets for more than 150 miles. It was extremely wet and slippery after the night down-pour, but the reward lies with ample Brambles that lined the track.
Was visiting the University of Tartu Botanical Gardens.
Don't ask me about the names of the plants/flowers. I don't know and don't care much. I was just admiring the beauty... and taking pictures. :D
After everything was said and done and we were gathered together under the High King of the Reunited Kingdom, hope prevailed!
We made our way to Rivendell.
Once there, we gathered one last time.
Wise words still echo in my head:
"All we can do is forge ahead..."
"it is not over."
Indeed, it is through the grace of God, his blessings, and direction that we begin again.
A new start.
This is another photo from the Tallahassee area at the Tallahassee museum . The cypress trees reminded me of a cathedral or some other form of architecture. I spent a good deal of time there with my good friend and created new memories for a new start.
Thank you all for your kind favs and comments. I will come visit your kingdoms in time.
Here we are back at Boka Waterfall. This time at eye level. That was the highest point of my tour. After that I went down again.
As you can see, the storm clouds have scrambled up the mountainsides a bit now that they have unloaded a large part of their load directly over me. A significant portion of it is now in my pants and shoes.
What now appears is not quite as dramatic as in the other photo, but I was still very enthusiastic for two reasons.
On the one hand, these huge amounts of water shoot directly out of the mountain. I've always pictured the source of a river as a gentle murmur rather than such a thunderclap. Just as a reminder, the first step of this waterfall is 106 meters high.
On the other hand, I discovered a green heart above the waterfall, drawn by bushes on the rock. The water is flowing directly from the tip of the heart. Do you see that too?
By the way, the photo is a panorama of 4 upright shots. That was necessary, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get all of this great scenery in one picture.
Hier sind wir wieder zurück am Boka Wasserfall. Dieses Mal auf Augenhöhe. Das war der höchste Punkt meiner Tour. Danach bin ich wieder abgestiegen.
Wie Ihr sehen könnt, sind die Gewitterwolken nun, da sie einen großen Teil ihrer Last direkt über mir abgeladen haben, ein Stück weit die Berghänge empor geklettert. Ein nenneswerter Teil davon befindet sich jetzt in meiner Hose und meinen Schuhen.
Was nun zum Vorschein kommt ist nicht ganz so dramatisch wie auf dem anderen Foto, hat mich trotzdem aus zwei Gründen sehr begeistert.
Zum einen schießen diese Unmengen an Wasser direkt aus dem Berg. Ich habe mir die Quelle einen Flusses immer als ein sanftes Plätschern vorgestellt und nicht als solch einen Donnerfall. Nur zur Erinnerung, die erste Stufe dieses Wasserfalls ist 106 Meter hoch.
Zum anderen habe ich oberhalb des Wasserfalls ein grünes Herz entdeckt, gezeichnet von Büschen auf dem Fels. Das Wasser ströhmt dabei direkt aus der Spitze des Herzens. Seht Ihr das auch ?
Bei dem Foto handelt es sich übrigens um ein Panorama aus 4 hochkant Fotos. Das war nötig, sonst hätte ich diese großartige Kulisse nicht komplett auf ein Bild bekommen.
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Der Rhein, ein Fluss der mit seinen 1233 Kilometern Länge sechs Länder durchquert, kreuzt in Eglisau die Bahnstrecke Eglisau-Neuhausen, doch bereits ab Schaffhausen ist die Bahnstrecke in Ufernähe unterwegs.
Neben Regionalzügen mit extrem hoher Kapazität alle 30 Minuten (ich rede von 3-6 Doppelstockwagen! In Baden Württemberg wäre das ein dreiteiler Hamster), ist jede Stunde ein IC pro Richtung nach Zürich oder Singen unterwegs.
Alle zwei Stunden sind die SBB-IC sogar über die Gäubahn bis Stuttgart durchgebunden und werden noch mit Lokomotiven der Baureihe RE420 gefahren. Jedoch sind einige Umläufe schon mit den neuen DB FV KISS anzutreffen, die ab Juni weiter ausgeweitet werden sollen.
Grund genug die 420er an der landschaftlich äußerst schönen Strecke noch einmal zu besuchen und den Trip mit einem Ausflug an den Rheinfall abzurunden.
So war es kein Zufall, als 420 143 mit dem IC280 nach Stuttgart oberhalb des Rheinfalls anzutreffen war und die Fotografen den Auslöser betätigten.