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While I was shooting that cactus flower in the hot house at the botanical gardens, kneeling in a plant bed, I hear from behind me, "Don't bother that nice man, honey." I look up to see this child about a foot away from me. I smile at him and he says, "Hi!"
"Hi!" I reply. "How are you today?"
"Okay. What's that?"
"That's called a 'tripod'. My camera can attach right up here."
"What's that?" he asks, pointing to another place.
"That's my camera bag. All my equipment is in there."
"What's that?"
"That's a big lens in it's case."
"What's that?"
"That's a strap to hold the lens to the bag. Hey. How about I take your picture, huh?" I look up at his mother and ask if it's okay. Since I had my close-up lenses on I made him practically stick his nose into my lens.
Of course the first thing I noticed about this child was the pattern of stuff on his face. He must have pressed up against something dirty with a texture of some sort. I left the snot and scab and all the rest unretouched as well. Why not?
Closeup of the mosaic pattern of the wing cut from pieces of porcelain tile. The base of the entire dragonfly was cut from pieces of granite then the porcelain pieces were glued on mesh then thinset on the granite to provide a good base for weather conditions.
Blankie first arrived in our family shortly after the birth of our first daughter, over a decade ago. Back then, he was clean, smooth and bright - he was covered in broad stripes, and each of these was a different primary colour. Just perfect for a bed in a nursery.
Daugher #1 slept under him, but showed him precious little notice other than that. Ditto for daughter #2. It appeared that Blankie was doomed to a purely functional existence, providing an invaluable night time service, but never being treasured. Being appreciated, but never being loved.
That was, until daughter #3 arrived. For she not only slept under Blankie, she slept with him (for, indeed, he became a personified 'he' under daughter #3's care). Then he started to go everywhere with her. She snuggled him, she played with him, and she dragged him across the floor, the ground and wherever she wandered. He was always with her.
As a result, Blankie started to suffer from a bit of wear a tear. First, his stuffy started to come apart. Then so did his seams. And then his stuffing fell out of his gapping seams. He started to fray around the edges, then in the middle.
Many times Blankie has been to the Blankie hospital (otherwise known as Granny's) where the Blankie Doctor (otherwise known as Granny) has stitched, sowed and repaired him over and over again. He's now about half the size he once was, as he has had to have been folded over numerous times in the repair process. All his stuffing has long since disappeared. His primary colours are faded and jaded.
But he is still loved as much as he ever was, however raggedy he may look. And tonight, he will be snuggled tightly as he drifts slowly and peacefully off to sleep...
Eagles at the Conowingo Dam in northeastern Maryland on the Susquehanna River just northwest of where the river empties into the northern part of the Chesapeake Bay.
If you see a distressed or dead manatee, call FWC's Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-3922.
Activities were conducted under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit #MA770191.
2006 NYC Big Apple Grapple XXIX, USA/International Pro Arm Wrestling Championships. Competitors complain for 5 minutes about getting the right hold, then the hold breaks and both wrestlers get pissed, so they tie their arms together -all for a three second match.
Picture taken by Cassini spacecraft during the closeup with Enceladus on 28 October 2015. This closeup was the last and the closest flyby with Enceladus.
This picture shows the region of the Tiger Stripes, i.e. fractures in the icy crust from which geysers of water vapor and organic compounds are observed.
Original raw image was rotated and contrast enhanced.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Thomas Appéré
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Image acquise par la sonde Cassini lors de son survol du satellite Encelade le 28 octobre 2015. Ce survol était le dernier et le plus rapproché avec Encelade.
Cette image montre la région des "Tiger Stripes", les griffures du tigre. Ce sont des fractures dans la croûte glacée d'où émanent des geysers de vapeur d'eau et de composés organiques.
L'image originale brute a été pivotée et son contraste augmenté.
Crédit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/Thomas Appéré
All within the same hour or so of the dog walk I'd seen loads of Buzzards, a pair of Kestrels, a Spotted Flycatcher, and had witnessed an amazing aerial display. I even saw a Kingfisher for the first time in my life! (It wasn't neatly sitting on a post conveniently posing for photos though, as I imagined it would be after seeing all the gorgeous captures on Flickr. It was bombing down the length of the river like a speeding bullet! I only know it was a Kingfisher because the blur was an incredibly bright blue colour).
All I need now, I thought, is a really good detailed close-up. I was walking round the edge of a field, under the shade of the surrounding trees, and stopped under one to play ball with my poor patient dogs. On the first throw I heard a flap of wings above me. I looked up, thinking I'd disturbed a pigeon - and there was this Buzzard, hardly 20 foot above my head!