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Okay, it's not actually within our backyard, but it's just beyond it. The yard behind our house borders a large park that is just being developed. The park was recently seeded, and the straw was put down as mulch. I took this shot while standing on our backyard deck. I think these Sandhill Cranes must have been eating the grass seed.
I know that there's not a lot going on in this image. But I rather like the repetitive poses of the birds, and I thought it was kind of cool that I could get this shot without leaving home, so I decided to go with it. The abundance of Sandhill Cranes in the area near our new home in Michigan has been one of the pleasant surprises of living here.
“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance.” ~Steve Maraboli~
with two kinds of Phlox / Flammenblume (Phlox paniculata)
in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
for a HMBT !
for a happy Sunday!
Japanese Anemones / Herbstanemonen (Anemone japonica) in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
More anemones in my personal "from-spring-to-autumn" Anemone Collection.
Looks like spring has reached my home area East-Westphalia, Saturday pleased with beautiful weather and sunshine all day long. We took advantage of the situation and used the day for an extended hiking trip around river Weser with the finishing move in Porta Westfalica featuring a perfect sunset.
Porta Westfalica, Ostwestfalen, Germany
Can't quiet remember how so much green filled the background, I better go and take another look in the garden
It was a bit too hot for this old guy to go looking for Elephants or Alligators, so I had to settle for taking Pics of the Hummingbirds that frequent my backyard. I believe this is an Allen’s Hummingbird.
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The Allen's Hummingbird:
In early spring, a narrow strip of scrub and chaparral along the Pacific Coast starts buzzing with the sights and sounds of the coppery and green Allen's Hummingbird. Males flash their brilliant reddish orange throat and put on an elaborate show for the females, swinging in pendulous arcs before climbing high into the sky and diving back down with a sharp squeal made by their tails. These early migrants mostly spend the winter in Mexico, but some stay in southern California year-round.
Allen's Hummingbirds breed in a narrow strip of habitat along coastal Oregon and California. Male and female Allen's Hummingbirds use different habitats during the breeding season. The male sets up a territory overseeing open areas of coastal scrub or chaparral, where he perches conspicuously on exposed branches. The female visits these areas, but after mating she heads into thickets or forests to build a nest and raise the young.
The Allen's Hummingbird is a remarkably early migrant compared with most North American birds. Northbound birds may depart their wintering grounds as early as December, arriving on their breeding grounds as early as January when winter rains produce an abundance of flowers.
Like other birds, Allen's Hummingbirds use their feet to help control their body temperature. When it's cold outside they tuck their feet up against their bellies while flying, but when temperatures soar, they let their feet dangle to cool down.
The oldest recorded Allen's Hummingbird was at least 5 years old when she was captured and rereleased in California during banding operations in 2009. She was banded in the same state in 2004.
(Sony, 200-600 @ 594 mm, 1/640 @ f/6.3, ISO 8000, edited to taste)
The little farmer gathers the harvest…
Skippy envisioned his universe
with the help of the following amazing creations:
Serenity Style's Bentley Farmhouse Shed!
hive’s Birch Trees, Oak Trees, ground leaves, falling leaves, fence, old tractor, and harvest hay bales!
Keep planting your seeds.
Keep playing and growing.
Keep shining bright!
Spring is exceptionally beautiful this year in the Netherlands. Because of all the rain, it almost looks like the tropics so lush it is everywhere.
It forced me to take my other camera out of the bag, and go out trying to catch it in the landscape. Especially where water meets forest and meadows, the landscape is spectacular.
How different it was last year when it was already very dry in many places. This photo was taken near the start of the hike around the lake of Ankeveen (see fi www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/35404695624/in/album-...).
A mix of 6 Wombo images, all done with Pixelmator Pro and then a bit of a painterly look created with Impresso Pro.
Prompts:Thanksgiving wreath, cornucopia, Autumn leaves
Style: The City
Input: on normal, the image below. I used this textured chipmunk photo for the color palette. That way, all the results were easier to blend together.
Starting another week! HSS!
All who enjoy using this app are invited to join and post your creations in my new group, Wombo World.
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If you enjoy using Wombo as a part of other creations, check out Wombo Art Blends.
Twin Lakes, Colorado. A rainy cloudy day. Still a lovely spot to stop and enjoy. From the wildflowers (rabbitbrush) to the surrounding mountains high above timberline and twin lakes nestled below.
Hope you all have a wonderful new week.
Thank you for your support and visit!
I'm back home after a week and a half in Victoria. It will take me a little while but I'll do my best to catch up. I've missed you all!
This is handheld, taken inside without flash, so not as clear as I would have liked, but...
The blossom is out, vibrant, thick and billowing and there's lots of it along the canal side in Berlin near where I live. The image I ended up with reminded of the 1985 movie Mask with Cher and Sam Elliot, where in a scene a deformed man uses cotton wool to describe what "Billowing" is to a blind girl played by Laura Dern.
Unfortunately for me I am out of action for the next little while, I slept awkwardly and I awoke with my wrist in absolute bits, but thank god I get out of doing the washing up for a few days! But my partner is amazing at looking after my injured paw.
I hope everyone is well, had a great weekend with new opportunities ahead and so as always, thank you! :)
A secret little lake in my neighborhood I love to visit in the evening hours to relax. Löhne, Ostwestfalen, Germany
Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Macro Mondays. Theme: Copper
(60 image focus stack with Helicon Focus)
For an image with scale, see here:
This is a rose called Cream Abundance that I have in my patio garden. It's a pic from some time ago that had a white background, and more recently I decided to do a bit of enhancement by adding a more colourful effect to it.
after a long pandemic winter, i'm amazed by the abundance in my garden. it's never been so full and vibrant. as if responding to all the losses; offering hope, beauty, and light.
I went looking for Lazuli buntings at Jackson Bottom, and was amply rewarded, seeing three separate males, and a couple of females. But, they were all pretty far off. Then I went to Tualatin River national Wildlife Refuge, and found at least as many, and this one landed in a tree next to me. What more could I ask!?!?
Darling Tonia had been hauling in 30lbs of apples a day, we have more apple sauce in jars now than I've eaten in my life. :-)
I wasn't going to post this since my 'bucket of blood' didn't take the world by storm, but I just gave Charlotte some advice that I thought that I should heed. It's my photostream and I like it. :-)
Native insects enjoying living without the stress of drought. Droughts are believed to cause anxiety to insects living in organized societies.
Perhaps insects are more sentient than we had imagined in their own way.
One of those special moments in life.
SK 40mm f1.9 at f1.9 P4190893
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
my garden teaches me—again and again!—about presence, courage, and grace. i’m trying to live from abundance not scarcity; from love not fear. these happy purple chives remind me to dance and sing.
KP Treat This ~ 1 November→7 Nov. 2022 thanks to skagitrenee for the source images shown in the first comment box flic.kr/p/2nVPi6n and flic.kr/p/2nVMUws
cornucopia Pixabay
Searching through the abundance of clover in my yard, I thought I had chosen two very small perfect clover and one little imperfect clover. When converted to black and white the details were revealed. Turns out all three are beautifully imperfect, just as nature intended.
#MacroMondays #imperfection
A passage Red-necked Stint feeds on brine flies at a salt pan on Rottnest Island. There were clouds of these flies along the shoreline giving lots of food for these, Stilts, Avocets and Turnstones
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“Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come,
and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast,
that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice.”
By: Algernon Sidney
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