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I've always thought of boot buttons as black, but it seems some of them were very colourful. I don't know how many buttons were on each boot, but it's hard to imagine pulling a boot on and having to draw each button through a hole with a button hook. I guess they got used to it, but what a performance! Both the boot buttons and the folding button hook date from the 1910s. The buttons are ⅜" wide.
An eastbound freight train crosses the James River before ducking into Little Tunnel at Lyle VA on September 8th 1990. This scenic view from Button's Bluff has long been a railfan favorite. No photographer listed, JL Sessa collection.
Button Bay State Park on Lake Champlain, Ferrisburgh, VT and the spine of the Green Mountains.
Lens Type - smc PENTAX-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL II
Lots of buttony goodness.
1. 'Strawberry Sundae' wall art closeup, 2. 2006 Holiday Ornament Swap, 3. buttons on a blue plate, 4. Close up of Buttons, 5. Amo botões!, 6. Button flower, 7. lovely, 8. row of buttons, 9. red buttons and linen, 10. buttons, 11. buttonpillow, 12. Button Tree, 13. botones, 14. rewind-button, 15. Button Drawer, 16. Applique on front pocket, 17. Button Storage, 18. Untitled, 19. vintage button swap sign-ups are closed, 20. Pink&Brown Button Bracelet, 21. Green*Button*Necklace, 22. Button Flowers, 23. Bracelets, 24. Sent - Goodies, 25. Buttons
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Silk Button Galls, my favourite galls, are created by the Silk Button Gall Wasp (Neuroterus numismalis)!
Neuroterus numismalis is a gall wasp that has two generations per year. One being sexual and the other agamic (all female and needs no male to reproduce). The sexual generation causes Blister Galls on Oak leaves. Whereas the agamic generation causes Silk Button Galls on the underside of Oak leaves. This gall wasp is common and widespread in Britain.
The Silk Button Galls are abundant on the underside of the Oak leaves and can reach 3 mm across. This gall holds the agamic generation and looks like a thick, rolled edge disk with a deep central pit and gold hairs, there is no mark on the top of the leaf. It is a single cell gall holding one wasp and can be seen from August to October, until the leaves fall in autumn. The wasp larva will mature in August but remain in the gall on the ground throughout the winter, emerging the following year from February to April.
The Eastern Tiger Yellow Swallowtail is a common summertime visitor to our yard. This one has lost a piece of a its tail wing tip, I so wanted to Photoshop it in, but decided that wouldn't be "honest." Swallowtails live for about two weeks and can get ragged looking pretty quickly.
I had to make these as a custom order for a little girl's room... I just love the way these flowers look so modern and fresh!
Every year they appear I am fascinated by these amazing little galls! They take their name from the fact that they look like little buttons woven from golden threads! These beautiful looking little galls are made by the asexual generation of the wasp Neuroterus numismalis.
Silk Button Galls are abundant on the underside of the Oak leaves and can reach 3 mm across. They contain the agamic generation of the Silk Button Gall Wasp (Neuroterus numismalis) and look like a thick, rolled edge disk with a deep central pit and gold hairs, there is no mark on the top of the leaf. The galls are a single cell gall holding one wasp and can be seen from August to October, until the leaves fall in autumn. The wasp larva will mature in August but remain in the gall on the ground throughout the winter, emerging the following year from February to April.
I live in Canada ... land of winter .... this is a button I couldn't live without. It's my car-starter. No matter how windy, snowy, cold, and shivery it is, my car is nice and warm when I climb in and the icy windshield is now clear!
For Macro Mondays theme; "Button(s)"
(This tiny button is at the end of my little 4" flashlight.)
HMM to all.
Yesterday afternoon, 1 May 2015, I left home to drive SE of the city, with Frank Lake as my main destination. I was there on 26 April with quite a large group of birders and the lake was so beautifully calm - made for some nice reflections. Yesterday was the opposite, with very strong winds, making it really difficult to stand and especially hold a camera. The wind started a short while after I left home and I did wonder what it was going to be like at Frank Lake. The highway south is through pretty flat, prairie land and so there is little to break the force of the wind. As a result, I had to grip the steering wheel the whole drive, trying to keep my car within the lines of my lane. A few hours of gripping my camera and bracing myself against a wooden corner at the bird blind (hide) didn't help. Last night and today, my shoulders and arms are so painful, having triggered the inflammation in both shoulder rotator cuffs again. Fortunately, today will be a lot more relaxing.
I didn't see many species of bird yesterday afternoon, as my main focus was on the Eared Grebes, that I love seeing and photographing. Far more of them than a few days earlier, probably because they were trying to find a slightly more sheltered bit of water instead of the huge expanse of open lake. Saw a Coot or two, a few Canada Geese, maybe 15 or so White-faced Ibis in flight. Saw a couple of Yellow-headed Blackbirds, one Red-winged Blackbird, a Ruddy Duck, and endless noisy Gulls. Drove past the Great Horned Owl family and all looked well. I went all the way round the lake, but didn't see any birds at all along these gravel roads. I love driving the backroads of the prairie landscape.
The trip was worth it, though (apart from my painful arms!). Now I just have to go through and delete all the dozens of very blurry Grebe shots. Hardly unexpected, though, given the very windy day. I was just amazed that a few photos look like they may be sharp enough to post! This one really shows why I think their eyes look like red buttons : )
Why would a button be bittersweet? Well, because my 16-year old daughter, Anna, can't work buttons. Sometimes the things I take for granted hit me in the gut. I'm pretty far down this path of mothering a child with special needs, but there are still milestones that sting. It can be something simple like knowing other girls her age are wearing makeup (Anna has no interest) or dating (Anna desperately wants a boyfriend) to the bigger things like getting a driver's license (that won't ever happen) or going to junior prom (Anna should be in 11th grade this year but we had her repeat kindergarten). I remind myself of the progress she's making and that she is on her own timeline, but when I saw this week's theme... "Buttons and Bows"... I got a pang. She can't work a button, she doesn't have the fine motor control, so for me, the button is bittersweet.
19.366.2012
Camera Canon EOS 7D
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/3.2
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 500
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash On, Fired triggering 580exii through umbrella left :)
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