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Surrounding St. John the Baptist church, Markyate, Hertfordshire. This is a very old fence and I do not know who put it there. If it was the Church, then in order to place a boundary between the sacred and the profane (sheep and cow very likely being in the profane bracket). If it was the landowner, the person owning the mansion Markyate Cell, it was probably meant to keep the commoners off his land. Anyway, the iron fence is still there and telling you to respect boundaries. Leica M8, Voigtlaender NC 1.4/35 wide-open.
FeelingGood-NinaSimone
the Calm Room. Just finished the bulk of decorating it. We just bought our new house and Abi and I are working hard on making it home. So far, so good.
Mariposa is wearing:
Pure Poison - Dhalia Nails -
[-KC- ADEL HEELS / PAIR
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.0 Tattoo Layer
DOUX - Melinda Hairstyle
LeLUTKA.Head.Nova.1.2 (SL)
.:[PUMEC] :. - / Mesh Ears\
LeLUTKA.Eyes.Nova.1.2
DAZED. Ring Septum
Pure Poison - Dhalia Rings -
[Commoner] TidBit Band / Color-Change
~~ Ysoral ~~ .:Luxe Ring Emotion
Angelle large hoop earring 100mm very thin gold
BOOSH - Suri Top Lara Leopard
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.0.1
[RHUDE] Star Nose Ring 24K
BOOSH - Suri Bell Bottom Lara Black
"Digo o que penso e, muito simplesmente enuncio factos pois que, apesar de poetisa, ligo bem maior importância aos factos do que às palavras por bonitas que sejam. Palavras são como as cantigas: leva-as o vento."
Florbela (que nos) espanca
"I say what I think and, very simply, I state facts because, despite being a poet, I attach much more importance to facts than to words, no matter how beautiful they may be. Words are like songs: the wind carries them away."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFppTBdCse8&list=RDGMEM6ijAnF...
Simply Three - Rain (Original Song)
Though yesterday morning was exceptionally misty, this chocolate brown Common Buzzard stood out clearly whilst perched on a dead tree stump in a roadside field. A beautiful specimen of a local commoner and I personally liked they way the fog created a washed-out background.
The legend of this castle says that Charles VIII rewarded a certain Lafon, commoner by birth, for his bravery and temerity during the Italian military campaigns by making him a knight.
The king granted him also the privilege of building towers and machicolation, a right then reserved to the nobility.
The knight of Lafon also chose a star for his coat-of-arms, The Castle is in the beautiful village of Autoire , Lot , France
Sky burial (Tibetan: བྱ་གཏོར་, w bya gtor), lit. "alms for the birds") is a funerary practice in the Chinese provinces of Tibet, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia and in Mongolia proper wherein a human corpse is incised in certain locations and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements (mahabhuta) and animals – especially predatory birds. The locations of preparation and sky burial are understood in the Vajrayana traditions as charnel grounds.
The majority of Tibetans and many Mongolians adhere to Vajrayana Buddhism, which teaches the transmigration of spirits. There is no need to preserve the body, as it is now an empty vessel. Birds may eat it or nature may cause it to decompose. The function of the sky burial is simply to dispose of the remains in as generous a way as possible (the source of the practice's Tibetan name). In much of Tibet and Qinghai, the ground is too hard and rocky to dig a grave, and, due to the scarcity of fuel and timber, sky burials were typically more practical than the traditional Buddhist practice of cremation. In the past, cremation was limited to high lamas and some other dignitaries, but modern technology and difficulties with sky burial have led to its increasing use by commoners.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial
Granola Mojave Set @ Uber:
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Granola. Mojave Sectional Sofa. White. PG.
Granola. Mojave Short Cactus.
Granola July GG @ the Main Store:
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Daydreams/89/154/31
Granola. July GG. Message In A Bottle.
Granola. July GG. Seashell Candle.
Granola. Odeletta Radio Cabinet. White. @ The Main Store:
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MADRAS Aish Fireplace Set @ The Main store:
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MADRAS Aish Fireplace
MADRAS Aish Bottle Decor
MADRAS Aish Mirror Black/White
MADRAS Aish Fireplace Tool
MADRAS ARMADA Chandelier Brass @ The main store:
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THOR assorted Gachas @ The Main Store:
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..::THOR::.. Nautical Oil Lamp
..::THOR::.. 30's Gramophone
..::THOR::.. Earphones
..::THOR::.. Vintage Telescope
..::THOR::.. Paper Sheets
..::THOR::.. Antique Book
..::THOR::.. Bird Cage Small
..::THOR::.. Vintage Hat - lay
..::THOR::.. Andraus Helmet - RARE
..::THOR::.. Shocking Helmet - RARE
Insurrektion French Moments @ The Main store:
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[IK] French Moments - Eiffel Lamp
[IK] French Moments - Notre Dame Deco Set
Mudhoney Main store:
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MudHoney Finley Books
MudHoney Books - Advice
MudHoney Paint Books
Serenity Style- Jacob's Books Part of Jacobs set @ the Main store:
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Other Decor Photographed:
Ariskea[Pine].Old Books
Acorn Bookends -Dachshund
Apple Fall Althea Rug - Antique Dark
Apple Fall Recipe Books
Apple Fall Tea Tins & Tea Books
Apple Fall Mercantile Bookshelf
Apple Fall Books - Arrangement 1
Apple Fall Books - Arrangement 2
Apple Fall Books - Arrangement 4
Apple Fall Stacked Books
Apple Fall Books & Map
West Village Charleston Curtains - Cream
22769 - Old Office Fan - COMMON
Tentacio Good feeling laptop
Tentacio Good feeling tulips
Tentacio Good feeling bag
llorisen // chester lacquered console
Foxwood - Tea time - Clutter 2
Foxwood - Tea time - Sleepy Kitten (static)
Foxwood ~ Delilah ~ Spaniel Resting (static)
Nutmeg. Vintage Clutch
Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Horse Statuette
Nutmeg. Jewel box
Nutmeg. Dacha Old Wooden Chest
*LODE* Decor - Bougainvillea Vase [pink]
Bauhaus Movement - Virginia Candles
Fancy Decor: Vertical Candles (white)
FD & Commoner: Planted Basket (white)
-tb- Spring Living - Vintage Books
Compulsion ferns
{vespertine} - sketchbooks & magz 2
[Commoner] The Murphy Collection / Row of Books
KOPFKINO - Magic Potions and Books
I rarely would upload more than one picture of a set, but I felt Stjerne needed a happy picture with the castle cats too. You can follow her story on my blog, here
Like much of England, the site of the New Forest was once deciduous woodland, recolonised by birch and eventually beech and oak after the withdrawal of the ice sheets starting around 12,000 years ago. Some areas were cleared for cultivation from the Bronze Age onwards; the poor quality of the soil in the New Forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste", which may have been used even then as grazing land for horses.
There was still a significant amount of woodland in this part of Britain, but this was gradually reduced, particularly towards the end of the Middle Iron Age around 250–100 BC, and most importantly the 12th and 13th centuries, and of this essentially all that remains today is the New Forest.
There are around 250 round barrows within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. One such barrow in particular may represent the only known inhumation burial of the Early Iron Age and the only known Hallstatt culture burial in Britain; however, the acidity of the soil means that bone very rarely survives.
Following Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, according to Florence of Worcester (d. 1118), the area became the site of the Jutish kingdom of Ytene; this name was the genitive plural of Yt meaning "Jute", i.e. "of the Jutes". The Jutes were one of the early Anglo-Saxon tribal groups who colonised this area of southern Hampshire. The word ytene (or ettin) is also found locally as a synonym for giant, and features heavily in local folklore.
Following the Norman Conquest, the New Forest was proclaimed a royal forest, in about 1079, by William the Conqueror. It was used for royal hunts, mainly of deer. It was created at the expense of more than 20 small hamlets and isolated farmsteads; hence it was then 'new' as a single compact area.
The New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king's thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail. Twelfth-century chroniclers alleged that William had created the forest by evicting the inhabitants of 36 parishes, reducing a flourishing district to a wasteland; however, this account is thought dubious by most historians, as the poor soil in much of the area is believed to have been incapable of supporting large-scale agriculture, and significant areas appear to have always been uninhabited.
Two of William's sons died in the forest: Prince Richard sometime between 1069 and 1075, and King William II (William Rufus) in 1100. Local folklore asserted that this was punishment for the crimes committed by William when he created his New Forest; 17th-century writer Richard Blome provides exquisite detail:
In this County [Hantshire] is New-Forest, formerly called Ytene, being about 30 miles in compass; in which said tract William the Conqueror (for the making of the said Forest a harbour for Wild-beasts for his Game) caused 36 Parish Churches, with all the Houses thereto belonging, to be pulled down, and the poor Inhabitants left succourless of house or home. But this wicked act did not long go unpunished, for his Sons felt the smart thereof; Richard being blasted with a pestilent Air; Rufus shot through with an Arrow; and Henry his Grand-child, by Robert his eldest son, as he pursued his Game, was hanged among the boughs, and so dyed. This Forest at present affordeth great variety of Game, where his Majesty oft-times withdraws himself for his divertisement.
The reputed spot of Rufus's death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. John White, Bishop of Winchester, said of the forest:
From God and Saint King Rufus did Churches take, From Citizens town-court, and mercate place, From Farmer lands: New Forrest for to make, In Beaulew tract, where whiles the King in chase Pursues the hart, just vengeance comes apace, And King pursues. Tirrell him seing not, Unwares him flew with dint of arrow shot.
The common rights were confirmed by statute in 1698. The New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were created in the 18th century for this purpose. In the Great Storm of 1703, about 4000 oak trees were lost.
The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under the New Forest Act 1877, which confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and entrenched that the total of enclosures was henceforth not to exceed 65 km2 (25 sq mi) at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
As of 2005, roughly 90% of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923 and most of the Crown lands now fall inside the new National Park.
Felling of broadleaved trees, and their replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. Further encroachments were made during the Second World War. This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaved woodland. Rhododendron remains a problem.
During the Second World War, an area of the forest, Ashley Range, was used as a bombing range. During 1941-1945, the Beaulieu, Hampshire Estate of Lord Montagu in the New Forest was the site of group B finishing schools for agents[18] operated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) between 1941 and 1945. (One of the trainers was Kim Philby who was later found to be part of a spy ring passing information to the Soviets.) In 2005, a special exhibition was mounted at the Estate, with a video showing photographs from that era as well as voice recordings of former SOE trainers and agents.
Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the New Forest Heritage Area in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999, and it became a National Park in 2005.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest and www.thenewforest.co.uk/
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Elm. Elodie Solo Frame//Oh Darling
No59 Brandy Set
At Access
[Merak] - Potted Plant C
[Merak] - Potted Plant A
Other items used ~
7 - Sinners Repent! *COMING SOON*
7 - An Orange On A Blue Background
7 - Cat Burglar Thrift Store Painting
7 - Leo Cushion (modified to fit Soy. Mini Leather Stool)
Elm. Astrid Decor ~ Disco Ball [Decor Only]
KraftWork Wicker Armchair . Beech/Beige
[Merak] - Athena Console Dark
Pitaya - Teste di moro - vase w flowers Blue
BROKEN ARROWS - Tatham - Rug - Dark
(NO) Abstract Face Vase - Carly - Brass
(NO) Abstract Face Vase - Rosa -Gold
(NO) Fruit Vase - Avacado
{vespertine}- peace lily plant
{vespertine} - mistletoe cactus
dust bunny . hanging plants . spider planter
Fancy Decor: Jansen Frans Hals Portrait A
Fancy Decor: Rossi Sculpture
Fancy Decor: Philips Round Painting
Fancy Fall Camellia Rustic Stool
West Village Wicker Basket
Apple Fall Books - Arrangement 8
Apple Fall Old Canvas Trunk
AF Bambi Figurine
Atelier Burgundy + Pitaya . Vinyl Heaven . Rug II
Atelier Burgundy . Hanger Dog Sketches
Atelier Burgundy . Cactus
Cat cushion unlinked from Petite Mort- Frida Silk Cushion Sofa
Nutmeg. Estate Bedroom Radiator / 2 (colour modified)
MADRAS Vaso Liscio 2 M2
floorplan. colorblock portrait / stare
floorplan. colorblock portrait / bouquet
[Rezz Room] Dachshund Adult Animesh (Companion)
:HAIKEI: Put the blue sky / Gacha / {5} (neon bluesky)
[ kunst ] - Metal ashtray
[Commoner] Break-Up Survival Kit / Little Black Book
Dutchie trunk
(Milk Motion) vintage needlepoint frame 5
The Box Bug is a relatively large reddish-brown squashbug, distinguished from the commoner Coreus marginatus by the narrower abdomen and more pointed lateral extremities of the pronotum. Nymphs have a green abdomen.
Historically very rare and known only from Box Hill in Surrey, where it feeds on Box trees, this bug is expanding its range and now occurs widely in the south-east of England and beyond. It is exploiting different foodplants, and has been found on hawthorn, buckthorn, yew and plum trees.
Uncommon to fairly common but local around steep coastal cliffs topped with spongy grass swaths; also inland locally in mountains of southern Europe. Found in pairs or groups around cliffs, probing in adjacent grassy areas and fields. Flight aerobatic, wheeling and swooping in updrafts. Distinctive if seen well, with bright red bill and legs. Juvenile has shorter, yellowish bill—compare with Alpine Chough. Often in same areas as usually commoner Eurasian Jackdaws; in flight, note broad, deeply fingered wings of chough vs. paddle-shaped wings of jackdaw.
Toubkal National Park, Morocco. March 2019.
Holy WOW is it great to post again!
Life is hectic, as you know, and I have been climbing the proverbial walls trying to get back online for enough time to write a good, long post about fashion and stories inspired, of course, by the latest round of We <3 Role Play. Yeah, it's a bit late in the month but there's still SO MUCH TIME to get out there and browse. <3
SO HAPPY TO BE BACK!
Oh yeah, blog post is here!
Stjerne's story 2
"Hurry up girl, that laundry wont fold itself, will it now ?!" The overseer had caught Stjerne starring at the cats again. Oh she wished that soon the day would come where she and her gender could be free again, just like the cats.
Credits & close ups
Virtue @2nd chance
Pose: IPoses
When You Kiss Me(Shania Twain)
Mariposa is wearing:
LUXE. Stellar Necklace Silver
Kibitz - Sandrian rings - silver
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.0 Tattoo Layer
N-core KATE Diamonds "Fatpack" for Maitreya High Feet
LeLUTKA.Head.Nova.1.2 (SL)
.:[PUMEC] :. - / Mesh Ears\ - Just Space
LeLUTKA.Eyes.Nova.1.2
nose ring silver
[Commoner] TidBit Band / Color-Change
[BREATHE]-Inci Bracelet-Black
-Pixicat- Tova.Belt - DarkBlueFade (Maitreya)
LeLUTKA.Piercing.Lip.1.2
~~ Ysoral ~~ .:Luxe Ring Emotion
LeLUTKA.Teeth.1.2
[[ Masoom ]] May Top Lara
-Pixicat- Tova.Boyfriend Jeans - DarkBlueFade (Maitreya)
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.0.1
*Besom~ Pesha
They feed on cypresses & so have, unsurprisingly, got a lot commoner in modern times.
Eardington NR, Shropshire.
Hit 'Em Up Style(oops!)-Blu Cantrell
Mariposa is wearing:
Cae :: Blessed :: Necklace
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.0 Tattoo Layer
/ HEAD / lel EvoX BRIANNON 3.1
/ EYES / lel EvoX 3.1
*PKC* Nia Nose Ring - Left
[Commoner] TidBit Band / Color-Change (wear/add)
Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.0.1
~~ Ysoral ~~ .:Luxe Ring Emotion :.(Left)(T)
/ TEETH / LeLUTKA 3.1
:: PM :: Who Romper Trendy MESH FITTED
*Besom~ Pesha
Serapias vomeracea (Orchidaceae) 144 24
This is one of the commoner members of a relatively small genus whose name refers to the ploughshare shape of its lip. Serapias vomeracea is easily the largest of the genera and on occasion can reach a height of 60cms, with up to 12 individual flowers arranged along a lax inflorescence, colour varying from yellow/orange to deep mahogany red.
It has a wide distribution ranging from the lower Alps of Switzerland down to the Mediterranean and Cyprus in the east, where although it can be abundant.,
Unfortunately identification is seldom straightforward and interbreeding with S. bergonii and indeed other Serapias species has in many places produced large hybrid swarms of indeterminate parentage.
Source: John and Gerry's Orchids of Britain and Europe
I took a series of shots of this pale phase Arctic Skua taking a bath in a freshwater pool on St Kilda. I liked this one because of its twisted posture complimented by the splash of water. Dark morph birds are commoner in coastal populations in the south of the range and comprise about 75% of the breeding population in Britain. But in the far north, eg Spitsbergen, pale morphs predominate. The latest population estimate for Britain is 785 pairs, all around the coasts and islands of north and west Scotland. Though they winter at sea further south off the coast of south western Africa so passage birds can be seen almost anywhere at the coast.
Lovely to see this foal running around with a group of horses in The New Forest. These ponies are wild and graze all over the forest. They are owned by commoners of the forest. To be allowed to graze your stock on the forest you have to own land so you can bring the animals in if required. There are approximately five thousand ponies grazing on the forest.
Wearing:
""D!va""Hair "Kate" (New at Collabor88)
Luas Mineko Kimono & Shoes
Air_Mistletoe
Partners:
JIAN Forest Cat Companion (New at FaMESHed)
{-Maru Kado-} CAT_02 (tetsudai/2Li)
Decorations:
[ kunst ] - Sewing machine table
[MB] Ozouni Server (Touch)
*FG* Yukimi Sweets Set (At Japonica)
*FG* Hime Matsuru Set
26, [[RH]] YUUKAKU -Round table-
[ zerkalo ] Music is Life - Recordplayer - Red
[ zerkalo ] Music is Life - Record Player Stand
[Commoner] Chatterbox / "New Year - 2018"
1,[[RH]] YUUKAKU -Building- RARE
Details: melodiesofsl.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/dancing-in-dark-in-p...
Designers: Atomic, Commoner, Spellbound, Flite and more.
Events: Collabor88, Arcade, Cirque De Seraphim, Uber.
Like much of England, the site of the New Forest was once deciduous woodland, recolonised by birch and eventually beech and oak after the withdrawal of the ice sheets starting around 12,000 years ago. Some areas were cleared for cultivation from the Bronze Age onwards; the poor quality of the soil in the New Forest meant that the cleared areas turned into heathland "waste", which may have been used even then as grazing land for horses.
There was still a significant amount of woodland in this part of Britain, but this was gradually reduced, particularly towards the end of the Middle Iron Age around 250–100 BC, and most importantly the 12th and 13th centuries, and of this essentially all that remains today is the New Forest.
There are around 250 round barrows within its boundaries, and scattered boiling mounds, and it also includes about 150 scheduled ancient monuments. One such barrow in particular may represent the only known inhumation burial of the Early Iron Age and the only known Hallstatt culture burial in Britain; however, the acidity of the soil means that bone very rarely survives.
Following Anglo-Saxon settlement in Britain, according to Florence of Worcester (d. 1118), the area became the site of the Jutish kingdom of Ytene; this name was the genitive plural of Yt meaning "Jute", i.e. "of the Jutes". The Jutes were one of the early Anglo-Saxon tribal groups who colonised this area of southern Hampshire. The word ytene (or ettin) is also found locally as a synonym for giant, and features heavily in local folklore.
Following the Norman Conquest, the New Forest was proclaimed a royal forest, in about 1079, by William the Conqueror. It was used for royal hunts, mainly of deer. It was created at the expense of more than 20 small hamlets and isolated farmsteads; hence it was then 'new' as a single compact area.
The New Forest was first recorded as Nova Foresta in Domesday Book in 1086, where a section devoted to it is interpolated between lands of the king's thegns and the town of Southampton; it is the only forest that the book describes in detail. Twelfth-century chroniclers alleged that William had created the forest by evicting the inhabitants of 36 parishes, reducing a flourishing district to a wasteland; however, this account is thought dubious by most historians, as the poor soil in much of the area is believed to have been incapable of supporting large-scale agriculture, and significant areas appear to have always been uninhabited.
Two of William's sons died in the forest: Prince Richard sometime between 1069 and 1075, and King William II (William Rufus) in 1100. Local folklore asserted that this was punishment for the crimes committed by William when he created his New Forest; 17th-century writer Richard Blome provides exquisite detail:
In this County [Hantshire] is New-Forest, formerly called Ytene, being about 30 miles in compass; in which said tract William the Conqueror (for the making of the said Forest a harbour for Wild-beasts for his Game) caused 36 Parish Churches, with all the Houses thereto belonging, to be pulled down, and the poor Inhabitants left succourless of house or home. But this wicked act did not long go unpunished, for his Sons felt the smart thereof; Richard being blasted with a pestilent Air; Rufus shot through with an Arrow; and Henry his Grand-child, by Robert his eldest son, as he pursued his Game, was hanged among the boughs, and so dyed. This Forest at present affordeth great variety of Game, where his Majesty oft-times withdraws himself for his divertisement.
The reputed spot of Rufus's death is marked with a stone known as the Rufus Stone. John White, Bishop of Winchester, said of the forest:
From God and Saint King Rufus did Churches take, From Citizens town-court, and mercate place, From Farmer lands: New Forrest for to make, In Beaulew tract, where whiles the King in chase Pursues the hart, just vengeance comes apace, And King pursues. Tirrell him seing not, Unwares him flew with dint of arrow shot.
The common rights were confirmed by statute in 1698. The New Forest became a source of timber for the Royal Navy, and plantations were created in the 18th century for this purpose. In the Great Storm of 1703, about 4000 oak trees were lost.
The naval plantations encroached on the rights of the Commoners, but the Forest gained new protection under the New Forest Act 1877, which confirmed the historic rights of the Commoners and entrenched that the total of enclosures was henceforth not to exceed 65 km2 (25 sq mi) at any time. It also reconstituted the Court of Verderers as representatives of the Commoners (rather than the Crown).
As of 2005, roughly 90% of the New Forest is still owned by the Crown. The Crown lands have been managed by the Forestry Commission since 1923 and most of the Crown lands now fall inside the new National Park.
Felling of broadleaved trees, and their replacement by conifers, began during the First World War to meet the wartime demand for wood. Further encroachments were made during the Second World War. This process is today being reversed in places, with some plantations being returned to heathland or broadleaved woodland. Rhododendron remains a problem.
During the Second World War, an area of the forest, Ashley Range, was used as a bombing range. During 1941-1945, the Beaulieu, Hampshire Estate of Lord Montagu in the New Forest was the site of group B finishing schools for agents[18] operated by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) between 1941 and 1945. (One of the trainers was Kim Philby who was later found to be part of a spy ring passing information to the Soviets.) In 2005, a special exhibition was mounted at the Estate, with a video showing photographs from that era as well as voice recordings of former SOE trainers and agents.
Further New Forest Acts followed in 1949, 1964 and 1970. The New Forest became a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1971, and was granted special status as the New Forest Heritage Area in 1985, with additional planning controls added in 1992. The New Forest was proposed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 1999, and it became a National Park in 2005.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest and www.thenewforest.co.uk/
This male Hooded Merganser briefly swam with the 2 male and 1 female Common Mergansers. It soon took off up river.
Fall leaves reflect a delicate yellow on the water at Prince Edward County's Hamilton Wetland, illuminating a Long-billed Dowitcher (right) and a Lesser Yellowlegs (left) with an autumnal glow, two shorebirds briefly stopping over on their north south journey to warmer wintering grounds.
Long-billed Dowitcher is a rare but annual visitor to the County. Its presence became more apparent after bird watchers learned to distinguish it from the commoner Short-billed Dowitcher.
The call for one is diagnostic - a sharp "keek" for Long-billed and a mellow "tu-tu-tu" for Short-billed. When birds are silent, subtle plumage differences come into play. On juvenile dowitchers, such as this one, the focus is on the tertials, the feather grouping at the top back end of the bird overlaying the folded wings and tail. The Long-billed's are plain grey narrowly edged with rusty brown. In contrast, the Short-billed's same set of feathers are tiger-striped orange and dark.
The scene looks quite idyllic, but the wetland is in fact a large watering hole for a herd of cattle. Mesmerized by the photo opportunity, I crouched oblivious in the mud at the edge of the pool, focussed on the birds, until a soft mutter beside me indicated the cows had arrived and wanted a drink. I calmly backed away. Cows are really big up close!
According to legends recorded by the missionaries in the 1860s, the island originally had a very clear class system, with an ariki, king, wielding absolute God-like power ever since Hotu Matua had arrived on the island. The most visible element in the culture was production of massive moai that were part of the ancestral worship.
With a strictly unified appearance, moai were erected along most of the coastline, indicating a homogeneous culture and centralized governance. In addition to the royal family, the island's habitation consisted of priests, soldiers and commoners.
Easter Island is a great mystery
"The New Forest pony is one of the recognised mountain and moorland or native pony breeds of the British Isles. All ponies grazing on the New Forest are owned by New Forest commoners – people who have "rights of common of pasture" over the Forest lands. An annual marking fee is paid for each animal turned out to graze."
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Dahlia's Cora's Summer Champagne Set @*Summerfest*
Dahlia - Cora's Summer Champagne - Champagne Ice Bucket - Rose
Dahlia - Cora's Summer Champagne - Champagne Bottle - Rose'
Dahlia - Cora's Summer Champagne - Blackberries - Silver
Dahlia - Cora's Summer Champagne - Cocktail Mixer - Rose
Dahlia - Cora's Summer Champagne - Table - Silver
Dahlia - Cora's Summer Champagne - Glass Rose' - Rez
Dahlia Clarina Gacha @ *illuminate*
Dahlia - Clarina - Panna Cotta - Cherry - .06 C/M
Dahlia - Clarina - Seltzer Bottle - Gold - 12. C/M
ACORN Cocoon Bags @ *Uber*
ACORN Cocoon Bag -Feather Green
ACORN Cocoon Bag -Feather Multi
Serenity Style- Summer Essentials Gacha @ *PocketGacha*
Serenity Style- Summer Essentials Towels
Granola Solana Set @ *Summerfest*
Granola. Solana's Beach Umbrella. Taupe&Navy.
Granola. Solana's Pouf. Cream.
Granola. Solana's Pouf. Print1.
Granola. Solana's Lantern1.
Granola. Solana's Lantern2. 1
Granola. Solana's Candles. Bamboo Print2.
Granola. Solana's Candles. Bamboo1.
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LB_RainbowEucalyptus{Animated}4Seasons @ *illuminate*
LB_SpringBlossoms{Animated}*4Seasons @ *Limit 8*
tarte. Floating Dock Set @ *Summerfest*
tarte. floating dock (w lights)
tarte. beach towels A
tarte. beach towels B
tarte. beach lights
O.M.E.N- @ *Summerfest*
O.M.E.N - Watermelon Slices
O.M.E.N - Watermelon Napkin
brocante. hillbilly hot tub / turquoise A @ *Summerfest*
Fancy Decor Jean Set @ *Summerfest*
Fancy Decor: Jean Table
Fancy Decor: Jean Chair
Fancy Decor: Jean Wood Tray
Fancy Decor: Jean Wire Lanterns (short)
Fancy Decor: Jean Wire Lanterns
Fancy Decor: Iced Tea
Kalopsia Summer Chill @ *Summerfest*
Kalopsia - Summer Chill - Basket Pink
Kalopsia - Summer Chill - Radio Pink
Kalopsia - Summer Chill - Lazy Chair
Kalopsia - Summer Chill - Magazine Pink
PILOT - Beach Bag [Blue Stripe] @ *Summerfest*
MudHoney Blaire @ *Summerfest*
MudHoney Blaire Round Beach Towel - Adult
MudHoney Blaire Sandals Prop
Kuro @ *Summerfest*
Kuro - Summer lantern
Kuro - Summer signs
Kuro - Summer crates
Hive @ *Summerfest*
hive // orange juice prep
hive // bowl of fresh oranges
hive // flip flops . tropical
hive // summer tote
[Commoner] Pallet Chair (Cool White)
HPMD* Shrubs- paleYellow
This image sums up my feelings following a disappointing 10 day trip to the Arctic. Whilst there were, of course, some special moments (the visit to the Little Auk colony being one of the few really good photo opportunities), the trip was most notable for what we didn't see - not even a distant sighting of a bear (the main reason for paying a small fortune for the trip), no grey (red) phalarope and only brief flypast views of long tailed skua, ivory gull and king eider all of which I had hoped to photograph.
Weather and ice conditions continually frustrated plans and the last few days of the trip were largely unproductive. We did see several whales and had a fantastic afternoon on a beach with Walrus. The scenery was spectacular (although again, we were bitterly disappointed to have just the one magical day in the pack ice) and we obviously saw plenty of the commoner seabirds.
So back to this grumpy looking little bird which I have shamelessly anthropomorphised whereas the reality is that he appears to have a nice full crop and is actually therefore probably a pretty content Little Auk despite the weather and his apparent expression.
The group of birds I was photographing contained all three species of the three commoner sandpipers and i managed to photograph the complete set
Leaving my accommodation before first light reached the last stop of my Mayday UK tour, Frampton Marsh in Lincolnshire, just after dawn and had the place almost to myself.
The Black-winged Stilt that has been there a few weeks was one of the first birds I picked out, a silhouette directly into the sun beside the visitor centre.
Duly observed I headed off along the footpath to see what else was about but my luck was in as just as I headed down the track to the hides she flew across and landed on the waters edge nearest to the path with the sun now directly behind me.
Common in other parts of Europe especially around the Mediterranean the Black-winged Stilt is becoming commoner in the UK with some successful breeding attempts in recent years, including this reserve in 2023. and I’ve seen a few but never this close.
Some extremely wealthy person near St. Louis has built this absolutely massive mausoleum with room for an extended family. Yet no one is interred and no family name appears anywhere on the structure.
Three New Testament quotes have been engraved on the structure including "In my Father's house there are many mansions."
As funerary architecture, it's impressive and fascinating. But as a non-religious, non-wealthy commoner I find this oddly anonymous display of inordinate wealth and conspicuous virtue signaling to be equal parts desperate and creepy.
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Thank you to Jack Hanby for reminding me that I owned this beautiful sofa.
A Merlin this morning at the Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. I walked up to it and it didn’t fly away, so I was able to get a photograph.
Usually I don't display images in which the bird is looking directly at the camera. In this case the stare was so intense I decided to make an exception. Makes me think of "Blue Steel" from Zoolander.
When I started birding many decades ago, Merlins were vey rare. But they have made a remarkable comeback and are now one of the commoner local raptors.
In the spring and fall they patrol headlands along the shore of Lake Ontario, watching and waiting for small migrant songbirds struggling to get back to land after being caught over the water at dawn. Terrible scenes and feathers drifting down from the sky.
I wouldn't say I actively dislike them, but the carnage can be disturbing. They also catch and eat migrating Eastern Red Bats.
A long day alone
Emptiness is so real
Never having peace of mind
Running from what I can't see
And there is nowhere left to hide
Turn and face these empty eyes
All alone, heart untold
"Break Me Down - Red"
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For the Smile on Saturday group - theme Pigs and Piglets
Every autumn hundreds of domestic pigs, owned by commoners in The New Forest, are allowed out to roam the Forest to eat nuts including acorns, chestnuts and beechmast which are poisonous to the New Forest ponies. A pig will pick up an acorn, crack it like a nut and eat the kernel after spitting out the harmful skin, whereas if ponies eat too many green acorns, the tannins in them can destroy their liver. Commoners must pay a fee for each pig which must have a ring put through their noses to limit ground damage by rooting (there would be no ground left if they didn't wear the rings). Like many things New Forest, Pannage, known as ‘Common of Mast’, is one of six ancient rights accorded to commoners from the era of William the Conqueror and is believed to be unique in the UK. Pannage this year started on 13 September and finishes on 14 November. It is wonderful seeing them all running around.
Chuffed to add this rare species of bee-fly to my garden list today. Hardly an award-winning shot, but it identifies the species. This southern species is moving northwards & recently reached Shropshire. Told from the much commoner dark-edged bee-fly (B. major) by the dots on the wings. Also tends to have a dark tail.
We think this may be the most northerly Shropshire record so far. Thanks to Nigel Jones for confirmation.
Telford.