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this is how i spent my weekend! i went to the mountains to have an adventure with strangers who became friends. We played intense games and I fell a couple of times hahaha and there was a lot of mosquitoes o:
Yuba looks a bit confused - Argent just whacked him and he didn't know why. The reason is that Yuba got too close to Argent, who strictly enforces her zone of exclusion from any and all cats (especially since the dominate cats - Assam and Nobuo - died). This is Argent's fight-or-flight reaction, with an emphasis on the fight part.
Mixing It Up A Bit For Seafood Polyamory - IMRANâ„¢
I love Japanese foods. Two of the best nearby Japanese places can tell it’s my order from my frequent orders of things like Salmon Lover’s Delight, etc.
This time I faked them out by ordering a Tuna Lover’s Delight. I’m polyamorous in good food and sashimi too. 😉😉
They did not disappoint. Look at how bright and fresh the tuna pieces were. Were, because they were Gone In 60(0) Seconds.
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In a desperate search for a title for this (I'm really at a loss for titles lately), I searched for quotes using various combinations of words this photo made me think of, and "pond fairies" brought up:
The Doctor: Who's Amy? You were Amelia.
Amy: Yeah? And now I'm Amy.
The Doctor: Amelia Pond. That was a great name.
Amy: Bit fairy tale.
As a member of a family of Doctor Who geeks, this works for me.
A bit later in the day upon my return to the mud flats, the area was hosting some different occupants. This photo was taken looking east in the same area. A couple of alligators had claimed the area as their own and were soaking up the sun. The nearest alligator is likely a mature female in the seven-foot range. The one behind her is about nine feet in length. This is the same area that was occupied by the two Ibis and the Snowy that I posted yesterday. They were not the most cooperative pair of gators and slid into the water before I could get closer. I didn’t notice it when I was taking the capture, but the one in the background appears to have an injury just in back of his eye. Not enough dof to confirm that injury as I was focused on the one that was nearer to me.
Just a bit of a footnote. I was reluctant to post large photo after a company from China stole a number of my photos and had them posted one of their websites. I have started posting full size photos of some shots so that people can see a bit more detail in the alligators. As Sue noted, you can click on the large version to see the scales and the eye on this particular gator.
I’m still running behind as I has some business to take care of today but will get to everyone’s photos directly. Have a wonderful weekend.
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It's Woodpecker Wednesday. To mix things up just a bit, I'll try to limit Acorn Woodpeckers to every third week. I don't want you to get tired of a favorite bird of my, both in beauty and behaviorally.
The Red-breasted Sapsucker is native to my home range. (Yes, I have a range: it's about 300 yards in any direction if walking, 12 miles if driving, and I refuse to fly anymore until I have leg room. Oh, how I envy the Acorn Woodpecker!) The red-breasted sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America. I can tell you that if you want to see one, find a forest of redwoods or, better, a wooded area with mixed species of trees. The sapsucker has definite preferences: Mt. Diablo is not one of them. I found this one outside the town of Copperopolis in the Sierra Foothills.
The red-breasted sapsucker, the red-naped sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) and the yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) were formerly treated as a single species, the yellow-bellied sapsucker. The red-breasted and red-naped sapsuckers interbreed where their ranges overlap.[8] Sapsuckers are in the Picidae, or woodpecker, family, in the order Piciformes.
These birds make various noises; their vocalizations include a variety of chatter, squeals, and scream-like calls, and they also drum with their bills on various surfaces. Many of these noises serve to establish territory and attract a mate. This is in addition to the noise made by drilling holes for feeding and by excavating nest cavities. Not all woodpeckers peck on something other than wood to call for a mate or announce their territory. I came upon an Acorn Woodpecker that had found a water pipe to his liking, but he got no results until he switched to a metal drain pipe on a home. I can tell you right now; you do not want to live in that house. The sound can travel, especially in the gullies around a mountain, for up to three miles.
Red-breasted sapsuckers breed from southeast Alaska and British Columbia south through the Pacific Coast Ranges of western Washington and Oregon and northern California. The breeding habitat is usually forest that includes pine, hemlock, Douglas-fir, fir, and spruce, though they are known to use other woodland habitats. They prefer old-growth forest. They require living trees to provide the sap on which they feed.
It would be great if I could find woodpeckers whenever I want, but other than the Nuttall's here, they are not plentiful. I don't know why - there doesn't always have to be a "why" - but when I'm walking in the woods up by Redwood National Forest, or bird trees in southern Utah, and mixed wooded areas in Sequoia, NP, when I hear a woodpecker, I have to stop. I have to look and try to find the bird. Such is not the same when I hear a wren or a robin or other songbird. I don't know what it is, but I love the rhythmic drumming of a woodpecker. With most species, there are at least two or three types of drumming and I find them fascinating. I do wonder if they use the drumming with echos in forests for a specific reason. Btw, if the drumming is fairly regular, it may very well be a sapsucker that circles the trunk of a tree to get sap flowing, and then covers its tracks again so to speak to get the "sweet nectar." They also will eat bark beetles and other destructive insects, so if you ever see one, enjoy it with your eyes and ears. If I see one more kid with a slingshot ("arrested" by a park ranger while the parent stood by), I'd be happy to give my lecture and a thousand hours of cleaning up after people on the Pacific Rim Trail.
I could not find Copperopolis on the Flickr map. It's off Route 4 coming in toward Yosemite. I chose another town in Gold Country that is on the map, and still ended up with Rawhide which I've never heard of before. Copperopolis is just south of Gold Country and southeast of Groveland which you will find once you're in the area. Hopefully you'll find the three species of woodpeckers that I did when we spent a week in Copperopolis (no room at the Inn at Yosemite so to speak).
Bit gritty and grainy. I have always loved the backs of old London houses, the bits you shouldn't see!
this dress is from BHS and was nice to wear but was a tad to dull the blue dress hanging up to right your left looked fab but was too small so I am keeping a an eye out for it in a uk size 18
The Gangnam area in Seoul is famous for its modern touch, but it also hosts one of the holiest temple in Korea.
The temple is called Bongeunsa and occupies a large area in one of the world's most valuable real estate area.
The driver of 66168 takes an opportunity to catch up on his phone during a lull in proceedings at Taunton .
66168 was one end of the 0121 Par - Westbury RHTT , assistance at the other end was from 66023 .
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Bit of an experimental one as I woke up too early. Decided to have a play in Photoshop with some heavier post and a little comping using 2 diff exposures. Bit OTT, few areas could do with tweaking but overall reasonably happy with the end result. Need to find the time and patience to spend an hour or two on one shot.
Elizabeth finds the large bundle of holiday scrap material and sorts for the perfect pieces for her 2016 holiday crafts. In the chair at the table is "Katie" - Maddy-the-owner's 8 year old daughter, ready to participate in Saturday's craft class. One could assume Elizabeth will be sitting at the "Kiddie Table"....
Was a bit more careful on leveling these 2 photos for the merge. The 1-3 dilution of developer is also a bit better
Bit more windy today on the Aberdeen Beach than eight years ago. Didn't stay longer than this photo.
A bit of a mystery pic - The Metadata says: Taken in 1942 - Aleppo - Baghdad Railway - Syrian Railways - Lebanon Lignes Syriennes de Baghdad (LSB) Geo Egestorff 0-8-0 loco No. 862.
It's a former Prussian G8 0-8-0 with a modified chimney arrangement. At least 48 were supplied by France to the Societe Ottomane du Chemin de fer Damas-Hama et prolongements -DHP for short - in 1939, but my source says these were numbered 801-848..
I can only find passing reference to the LSB in Hughes Middle East Railways and no loco numbered 862. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough? There is also a pic of loco 863 in the collection.
Image shared with the permission of the National Railway Museum (Australia) Archives: Arnold Lockyer Collection/ Photographer John Goggs - Ref: 7-1214-b-425
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A little bit more water related shots. Today was one of those lazy days. The kind of days that I hope to avoid in the future so I don't risk missing a day unneccessarily for this 365 project. I originally planned to do a photowalk on my lunch hour, but change my plans. The moon was amazingly huge near the horizon this morning, but I didn't have much time to stop, much less on a busy road where I had the best view. I had other ideas too, but for one reason or another decided not to go with those (I don't think I would have been happy with those ideas anyway).
So today you get an oil and water shot - not as simple as I thought, but that may have been because I might have had WAAAAY too much oil that it all globbed together. I found this shot to be a bit interesting with some water bubbles clustering together on top of an oil droplet, creating some interesting refraction patterns. One of those "good enough despite rushing it" type of shots in my book, but definitely could have been a bit better if I had taken some more time to plan it.
Duplicated the layer and change the blending mode to overlay to bring out the colors a bit more. Added a levels layer, a brightness/contrast layer, and an exposure layer and adjusted the blends and opacity until I got something I liked. Also cropped a bit to this composition. The background is a 12 inch by 12 inch patterned print that I found at a local craft store and placed underneath the container with the water (a Brita water pitcher).
NOTE: When uploaded to Flickr, it appears that Flickr has desaturated some of the colors slightly. I have played around with some settings, but some changes seem to affect other information in the file I uploaded. Right now, I am just going to go with what Flickr presents. I am too tired to mess around with it some more.
Full 365 set can be seen here.
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Good spot from a Liverpool based friend here. Bonus Rover 100 in the background.
Bit of a shame the Chevette has been out of MOT for nearly a year... after failings its test last year.
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