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... with just a tinge of yellow-green ...
... to enhance the atmosphere of horror. Mmm! ( ツ)
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Welcome to the unofficial website of the All Blacks.
This is an all-black, female carpenter bee; not the prettiest of bees despite its rather attractive bluish iridescent wings and shiny, blackish, black-lead makeup - No swooning, please!
Happy Halloween!
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Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long, palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white, pink, purple or blue, often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it is not waterlogged. Propagation is by semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed, or by division in autumn or spring. Confusingly, geranium is also the common name of members of the genus Pelargonium, which are also in the Geraniaceae family and are widely grown as horticultural bedding plants. The shape of the flowers offers one way of distinguishing between the two genera Geranium and Pelargonium. Geranium flowers have five very similar petals, and are thus radially symmetrical (actinomorphic), whereas Pelargonium (and also Erodium) flowers have two upper petals which are different from the three lower petals, so the flowers have a single plane of symmetry. 32157
Cattleya is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals. Epiphytic or terrestrial orchids with cylindrical rhizome from which the fleshy noodle-like roots grow. Pseudobulbs can be conical, spindle-shaped or cylindrical; with upright growth; one or two leaves growing from the top of them. The leaves can be oblong, lanceolate or elliptical, somewhat fleshy, with smooth margin. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme with few or several flowers. Flowers have sepals and petals free from each other; the lip or labellum (lowermost petal), usually has a different coloration and shape from the rest of the flower and covers in part the flower column forming a tube. There are four polliniums (bag-like organs that contain pollen). The fruit is a capsule with many small seeds. 32070
Been up all night looking at falling stars :) Last night was supposed to be a once in a year thing. Found out it is hard to catch them :) Anybody know the rest of the song :) The elevation is almost 10,000 ft, I think that is why it is so clear and so many stars.
Greated for : Artistic Manipulation Group MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #8
Thanks to all who take the time to visit and comment on my photo stream....it's greatly appreciated. Also for all of the invitations to join or post my photos into groups
The Little (Anthochaera chrysoptera), also known as the brush wattlebird, is a passerine bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae and is the smallest of the wattlebirds.
Easily distinguished from Red Wattlebird by the lack of pink wattles below the eye, they are found in southeastern Australia. It is typically very active and vocal with a rough, loud, squawking call.
I grow flowering natives close to my back door to attract honeyeaters. There I can sit with my camera and wait to get the photos I want. Three species of honeyeaters visit my yard when the the bushes are in bloom.
Jökulsárlón beach, an endless source of fascination for me. I think I could stay there eternally, watching, listening and contemplating.
The area around Crested Butte is famous for wildflowers in summer and colors of aspen and cottonwoods in fall.
The juxtaposition of brilliant colors appears almost every fall. The reds always catch my attention, but this year I noticed that as the red foliage fades, it seems to turn maroon and then to tan or brown. I am not sure that that happens every year.