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Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
I was literally only a couple feet away from him, though the photo was taken through glass so it took so it took a while to get a good angle without reflections, etc.
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium - Powell, OH
Everyone was crowded around taking selfies, so I couldn't get a closeup. Seeing my camera, one lady actually apologized to me when he swam away, and I just smiled and said I knew there was no chance. After everyone wandered off, I staked out the corner and waited. It took 15-20 minutes, but he came back, and I got my shot.
A friend shared some apples her father grow in his orchard with me and recipe to make Spiced Apple Cake. These apples produce such wonderful fragrant the store brought ones don't come even close.
An experiment that didn't turn out quite as well as I had hoped. Took several tries to line up the Apple logo reflection with the image on my monitor.
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?
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.
a closeup of the laburnum tree on the cusp of flowering, about to flower
meteorological spring begins 1st march ends 31st may
astonomical spring begins 20th march ends 21st june
www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/seasons/...
for many years my garden was a shrubbery flic.kr/p/Lhv9ag which i loved. a picket fence covered in an ivy hedge coming down in a storm flic.kr/p/2gnCyih meant that over time changes had to happen flic.kr/p/2mn2x8a i'll be glad when the trellis is covered in honeysuckle and jasmine. that's the plan ...
www.flickr.com/groups/gardening_is_my_hobby/ helpful for ideas. thank you for sharing