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the shade garden is coming on quit well plants to be seen are a mix of primulas and aquilegia foxgloves selfheal teasels muscari armeniacum in front corner gooseberry and a fern and an acer in the pot
Back yard fences, right up against the edge of the park.
Redwood Regional Park, Oakland, EBRPD
Luminar 3
The northeast facade of Kings Weston house, now the back, with later structures obscuring the original appearance
Looking north from Bishop Pass into the John Muir Wilderness and the Inyo National Forest.
The trail is visible in the 2nd quadrant of the photo between the lakes and the talus.
Also visible are Bishop Lake, Saddlerock Lake (11,128' / 3391m) , Ledge Lake, and Long Lake as well Hurd Peak (12,237' / 3729m).
Look back up at Bishop Pass from down in the valley.
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The Class of 2019 marched back from Camp Buckner, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 completing Cadet Basic Training. The New Cadets and cadre passed parents, family and community members as they marched down Washington Road crossing in front of the Superintendent's House - Quarters 100 and then to the apron in front of Washington Hall. Family, friends and supporters proudly held up signs celebrating the end of Cadet Basic Training. They will begin the process of reorganizing into their academic year companies today. Congratulations to the Class of 2019 (and families)!
Day 315 [11-10-2016]
Long exposure galore. With sunset now starting at 4:30 in the afternoon, I have been limited to taking long exposures every day. I am having a lot of fun with it though. Today, I did some experimentation with my zoom lens, zooming in and out while during the exposure. It created some very cool double exposure looks that I enjoy. Long exposures have to be one of my favorite things to do in the world of photography. I love how beautiful the world looks at night and capturing the smooth glassy reflections in the water and the starry sky, it is magical.
I can't wait to see what the next day brings!
Taken by : Nora ( My Sister ) Thanks Nora :)
Edited by : me
You wish you could bend, but then you just break.
You reach for your keys. Now you’re driving away.
Can’t hear your thoughts for the sound of the rain.
And you hope that you’ll never come back here again.
We become who we are when we fall apart,
So don’t you want to…
Start a new day.
And let yourself go.
‘cause your head seems to know this is right
But your heart isn’t sure.
Crash like a wave.
‘cause a wave needs to crash.
Don’t be afraid. Just get on the train.
Take it right off the tracks.
And never look back.
And now you can say what you needed to say.
And that’s just a risk that you’re willing to take.
Your friends, they’re all jaded and cynical.
But you’ll find the answer; I think that you already know.
Lovely Sunday & happy new week to all...
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Bird: Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
Yes, the focus is off a touch...but I like the pose and the perch. Was so excited
to see this beautiful hawk in this great light that I guess it was a little hand-held shake,
as well. Give it your best shot...do it to the best of your ability...and never look back.
Red-shouldered Hawk ~ Florida Wetlands
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The Red-shouldered Hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered Hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.
Adults have brownish heads, reddish chests, and pale bellies with reddish bars. Their tails, which are quite long, are marked with narrow white bars. Red "shoulders" are visible when the birds are perched. These hawks' upper parts are dark with pale spots and they have long yellow legs. Western birds may appear more red, while Florida birds are generally paler. The wings of adults are more heavily barred on the upper side. Juvenile Red-shouldered Hawks are most likely to be confused with juvenile Broad-winged Hawks, but can be distinguished by their long tails, crescent-like wing markings, and a more flapping, Accipiter-like flight style. In direct comparison, it is typically larger and longer proportioned than the Broad-wing, though is slightly smaller and more slender than most other common North American Buteos. This bird is sometimes also confused with the widespread Red-tailed Hawk. That species is larger and bulkier, with more even-sized, broad wings and is paler underneath, with a reddish tail often apparent. The Red-tail is also more likely to soar steadily, with wings in a slight dihedral.
Prior to 1900, the Red-shouldered Hawk was one of the most common North American raptors. Population densities have decreased precipitously due to the clearing of mature forests (principally the wet hardwood forest they prefer) since that time. The changing of habitats has led to a general population increase of the Red-tailed Hawk, an occasional predator of its cousin. Additionally affecting the Red-shouldered Hawk was the greater availability of firearms in the early 1900s, leading to unchecked hunting of this and all other raptor species until conservation laws took effect in the latter half of the 20th century. Local forest regrowth and the ban of hunting has allowed Red-shouldered Hawk populations to become more stable again and the species is not currently considered conservation dependent. In Florida, the Red-shouldered Hawk is perhaps the most commonly seen and heard raptor species. However, human activity, including logging, poisoning from insecticides and industrial pollutants, continue to loom as threats to the species.
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Ah well back to reality, back to work after the lovely 6 days in Scotland.!
I work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service in and around the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
It’s a great job and I feel very honoured to be able to help people at their point of need.
Check out the website for all sorts of info re YAS and the work we do.
www.yas.nhs.uk/our-services/emergency-ambulance-service-999/
We decided to escape Christmas again and head to the Lake District for a few days. We drove up to Irton on Christmas Eve after work. Unlike last year (front wheel puncture on M6) we had a really good run up. It’s about 140 miles to Irton where we were staying. The last 50 miles around the south end of the National Park is good driving and we made it during daylight. There was some beautiful light which I sort of knew we wouldn’t be getting much of later on – and we didn’t.
On Christmas Day Jayne woke with quite a bad cold, I was just in the middle of a mild one. The plan was to be on Sca Fell Pike summit around midday. It was fine we set off up Lingmell, which is a fair old plod, it was soon apparent that Jayne wasn’t too well, she was really struggling to breath. About ¾ of the way up she had a bit of a panic attack, feeling that she couldn’t breathe. It took me a while to sort her out. It was a combination of her having a virus, lack of steep hill fitness and the extra weight of a fairly heavy bag combined with frustration at having to walk at, what was, for us, a very slow pace and feeling as though she was holding us back. I gave her the option of turning back or going on at a really steady pace – we had all day and nothing else to do so there was no rush. It wasn’t anything that we couldn’t deal with by just turning around. The cloud was down to 2500 feet so we lost visibility, then it started to snow – just like last year! Lingmell was catching a really strong wind, fortunately the slopes of Sca Fell Pike from Lingmell Col were calm. We plodded through the cloud and snow and hit the summit at 12.00. A walker going down told us that we would have it to ourselves, and we did. We didn’t linger long and dropped back down to Lingmell col. I decided we would head toward Styhead along the Corridor Route and from there back down the valley to Wasdale Head. It was sleeting and as we headed from Styhead we had very heavy rain on our backs, We met a few walkers but not many. The water had started to get through to our backs where our backpacks sat over the last couple of miles. We were glad to be back at the car. Nine miles and a good soaking. We had a brew in the car and headed back to Irton Hall for a bath and a drink.
Boxing day brought torrential rain so we had a car day. 150 mile grand tour of the Lakes and its previously flooded areas. The River Derwent was very high but as we now Know, other areas were getting it worse.
Sunday dawned calm and fine, I grabbed some shots of Wast Water and Wasdale in calm conditions. We parked at Wasdale Head and the plan was to walk up to Beck Head and over Kirk Fell. The cloud was sat on Kirk Fell and not budging but Great Gable was clear se we went over Gable instead. Needless to say the cloud was (just) down when we summited, you could just see under it but it wasn’t worth taking photos. We had the summit to ourselves, briefly, it was cold and considering how Jayne felt we legged it down the tourist path to Styhead and back to the car for a brew. Six miles and we still had half of the day left to do a bit of touring.
Monday, the Boxing day Bank Holiday, was dull – very dull – and it stayed that way all day! It was windy so there was no messing about taking Wast Water shots. We parked near the road junction at Greendale and followed the road towards Netherbeck Bridge. We hadn’t ever walked the Valley path alongside Nether Beck and a windy day seemed a good time to do it. We were aiming for Haycock, where Jayne had badly gashed her knee and needed a deep wound stitching four years ago. It was an interesting walk and it will be very nice in good light, one to remember, it was also very long, getting on for five miles from leaving the car. As we got nearer the col between Scoat Fell and Haycock the wind was unbelievable, we couldn’t talk over the noise and were being propelled up the slope. On the col it was difficult to stand, our hoods were wipping our faces even though they were pulled tight. We got behind the wall and used it as a shelter to the summit. Once there we huddled behind the wall while I tried to decide the safest way off. I had wanted to go back over Scoat Fell and Red Pike and follow Overbeck as it was a route that we hadn’t done. We wouldn’t have been able to stand in these wind speeds. I decided to head into the wind across the summit and down the SW facing slope around Gowder Crag – where Jayne had her previous accident – I was hoping for some shelter until we got lower and fortunately there was a bit of relief from being battered. We headed south to Middle Fell, Jayne queried why we were going over it and not around it! We both got toppled by a freak gust on Middle Fell but it was nothing to worry about. Again, it was good to get back to the car. 9.4 miles and nearly 4000 foot of climbing, it was ok for a winters day. We had time to drive along the coast and ended up at St Bees as the sun finally appeared from under the cloud and gave us a very brief sunset, disappearing behind some lower cloud not to be seen again. I managed to grab a few shots in the strong winds. Reading the mountain weather forecast later it had forecast 80 mph winds on the summits.
Back to work the day after.
Today was the first day of my junior year of high schoollll. :)
Sunglasses - Charlotte Russe ($6)
T-shirt - Kohl's
Skirt - Thrifted ($3)
Belt - Forever 21 ($1)
Jazz Shoes - UO via Gabe's ($7)
Wood Ant aggressively driving off any predator, even if they're only hunting for focus! Brentmoor Heath, Surrey Wildlife Trust
Suffolk, VA - 01 SEP 2013
I cooked (smoked) these pork baby back ribs on my 22.5-inch Weber Kettle using apple wood and cherry wood for about 6 hrs at 250 degF.
Removed the membrane, slathered with yellow mustard, put some Lambert's Barbeque Sweet Rub O'Mine on the ribs. Smoked for 3 hrs unwrapped, then wrapped in foil with a splash of apple juice and put on grill for 2 hrs. Then unwrapped and put some BBQ sauce on them and then cooked uncovered for about an hour.