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The tour continues.
Each day now has the same structure: Get up at about seven, breakfast at half eight, meet at the vans at half nine for the drive to the first site, stay there two hours, drive to next site, have lunch before another two hours searching, and on the drive back to the hotel, one last stop of an hour or so, go to the square for a beer, debrief at seven fifteen before going for dinner at eight.
Rinse and repeat.
Monday was the same as above. Each day the sites and butterflies are different, of course, and we never know if we will see what we hope to see at each site.
Breakfast is simple: a roll or two, yogurt, coffee, then back to the room to prepare to leave.
Unlike the previous tour, we try to rotate which bus we sit in each day, so not to create cliques, I sit in Dave's bus, though Gillian in the front seat talks all say, all day about nothing really, just to fill the silence, and is certain she is right about everything.
Again through the mountains, poor villages, and bright green lush fields before we turn down a track through a forest to come to a wide grass area, which had a small bog at the bottom, too muddy for much exploring, and anyway these early season butterflies don't frequent the bog. Our target was the Spring Ringlet.
We wander off, and despite it being warmer than the day previous, butterflies were slow to wake up, so it was an hour really before we saw any. Two tattered Iberian Scare Swallowtails delighted us all, as they fed on fresh Blackthorn blossom, and the usual suspects of Orange Tips, Provence Orange Tips, Queen of Spains all flew through.
Up on the wooded slope, news came that the Ringlets had been found, so we go off to explore, with only a couple of folks getting shots. We did find the first orchid of the trip, a tiny Early Purple growing in the shelter of a hollow.
Back down to the vans for a short drive to the lunch site, near a waterfall.
It was already very warm, so I sat on the tailgate while the others went off, however I would be rewarded with fine views of a newly emerged European Swallowtail, an Iberian Sooty Copper and a Green Underside Blue.
Which was all nice.
On the road again to the final site, a narrow country lane leading to a ravine, where in an abandoned field, we had hoped to see the rarest of the lot, a Sooty Orange Tip.
In fact the site was rich in butterflies, with many Blues, and the other Two Orange Tips, a Provencal Fritillary.
A shout went out, and news that a Sooty Orange Tip had been seen, and indeed it had. The flighty butterfly was speeding round the field with half the group in pursuit, it likes only Hoary Mustard to feed on, and it did pause twice, but I wasn't fast enough to get shots. It flew off and was last seen disappearing into the afternoon haze.
FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Members of the original 281st Assault Helicopter Company "Intruders," stand with their namesakes; G Company, 2nd Assault Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade "Intruders." When G Co. was formed, leaders looked to the past to find an appropriate name for the new company, and discovered the 281st performed a very similar mission during the Vietnam War. These Vietnam veterans were invited to 2-10's organizational day, giving the Intruders, both young and old, a chance to meet.
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continued experiments in extreme depth of field.
taken during the Seattle Flickrites Photostroll Jan 2010
On Feb 6, 2019, Continuing Education instructors and staff got together for a day of learning and development.
Random shots of the trailer conversion showing the completed demolition of the inside walls, the entry tile and flooring materials that will be getting installed in the next few days. Also a shot of Cassie's new haircut, some of the "master's" woodshop and etc ...
Continuing the series on Southern India specialities from the brief visit in 2008. Hoping to post more in the near future.
Minivets are the quintessenial Asian forest species. Seeing flocks of these gleaming little birds flitting over the emerald canopy is one of the joys of Asian birding.
Rasmussen split the subspecies of Scarlet Minivet from Western Ghats and Sri Lanka as Orange Minivet (_Pericrocotus flammeus_) giving the remainder of the Scarlet Minivet complex the same (_P speciosus_) with the note that more work is needed on this complex. True to the name, the male of this Western Ghat form is distinctly orangish though the exact tint varies considerably with the angle of the light. The female has distinct yellow spectacles and slatier grey upperparts extend further onto the crown (vs. other races of Scarlet). Munnar, Kerala, August 2008.
Continued progress on the restoration of a 1957 Chevy Nomad being built up as a street rod. Working on the glass installation doors here.
Day 10. FlyLady says: "Today we are going to learn the power of just 15 minutes. This is all about getting started and giving ourselves permission to stop when the timer goes off. You can't restart the timer. The timer helps to keep us focused on what we are doing."
I continued from where I left off yesterday. So, I'm still in my carft room, working my way around the room clockwise.
Photo1:
There's my hubby's camera bag again. I put it on his desk yesterday. We obviously need proper places for our camera bags.
In a white box there are toys from my childhood. I want to buy a good box for them and go through them before I store them.
Photo 2:
In a transparent plastic box there are some toys, which are in current use, but "on hold". We don't keep all the toys available for the kid all the time, but change the available toys every now and then, so he won't get bored with them. I dusted and reorganized the box.
Photo 3:
It looks a bit better now that I decluttered the area and put all the blue boxes in one pile instead of two.
Those boxes contain all kind of stuff from the craft room. I started to reorganize the room ages ago and got some sorting done at the time. I have to go through those boxes again, so it will be easier to continue the project. They're not going to stay in the room after I have finished.
FlyLady continues: "Then set your timer for another 15 minutes and sit down and put your feet up and read a favorite magazine till the timer goes off."
Links:
101019-N-1531D-082 - OREALLA, Guyana - (Oct. 19, 2010) The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is currently anchored off the coast of Guyana to conduct a Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked aboard Iwo Jima will work with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis)
More from that zines on toast talk. That light blue guy in the middle wasn't part of that talk, he was just some guy selling his zines and looking snazzy.
These ones are in my little 'quick sketches of people in funny colours' moleskine. I've drawn in there lots lately but haven't scanned any; I'll do it when it's finished. See me, trying to draw people. (cheers urban sketching symposium!)
101022-N-4153W-092, SKELDON, Guyana (Oct. 22 2010) US Navy and United States Public Health Service Doctors visit with locals in Skeldon, Guyana, October 22, 2010. Iwo Jima is currently anchored off the shore of Guyana in support of Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked onboard Iwo Jima will work with partner nation's teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations to improve mutual understanding of current medical issues. (US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Weyers/Released)
81 kW Photovoltaic system, 25% of building electricity, carbon reduction = 90 tons/year. Photo credit: Rachel Stone
"THE SALON 2013" is a woven grass installation by Studio Kabuya (Adria Garcia and Sarah Kavage) created in the meadow adjacent to the North viewing tower at the Green River Natural Resources Area (GRNRA), 21250 Russell Road South, Kent, WA.
The winding twists of braided grass comprise a living sculpture which will continue to grow until it is overtaken by the landscape from which it sprouted. Woven from August 11-18, 2013 it should be visible well into 2014.
FREE all ages events will mark the opening and dedication of the installation. More at studiokabuya.com/gallery-of-projects/the-salon/events-at-...
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8/2/73 continued: " . . . We stopped at 6 pm at Sheldon for a little rest. Quite a little city -- I saw a book store advertising 30,000 titles. A nice park and river by the Little Sioux.
"Stopped for the night at Ambrose Call State Park, near Algona -- beautiful woods. Talked to the ranger and some folks from Iowa. A family came in late in a HUGE travel trailer. The guy went on and on about what a primitive campground it was. No hookups here -- now that's REALLY primitive."
8/4/73 "Yesterday's events: Left Ambrose Call about 10:30 am and went on to Charles City, Iowa. Bought a Chicago Tribune but couldn't find Time magazine or anything similar. Called Mother and told her all was well.
"We stopped at Spillville to see the Bily Clocks, carved by the Bily brothers in American primitive style. Spillville is a Czech settlement. Dvorak spent the summer of 1893 there.
"We got to McGregor on the Mississippi, and found it so beautiful we stopped at Pike's Peak State Park -- same Pike that later invented Pike's Peak in Colorado.
"P---- and I did a lot of moving in the night -- it rained, and we had to get up and put up the tent -- everything got soaked. It's 12:30 and we haven't got going yet. The couple next to us are from Iowa. His grandfather settled here and didn't have to clear any trees -- this must have all been prarie. He says the southern part of the state is drier and poorer. The north, around Spencer, is the best farm land in the state."
FORT CARSON, Colo. – Staff Sergeant Cedric Woodyard, Infantryman, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discusses future employment opportunities with Sgt. 1st Class Cindy Kirksey, Army Reserve Career Counselor, Army Reserve Careers Division, and Staff Sgt. Derek Hood, Army Reserve Recruiter, Army Recruiting Station 6436, during a Job Fair at the Elkhorn Conference Center on Fort Carson, March 13, 2012.
(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Andrew Ingram, 4th Inf. Div. PAO)
Vanier College has a new campus near the Acadie metro at 550 Beaumont street, 2nd floor (Montreal, QC, Canada).
To read the news release about our new location, visit bit.ly/2IwvZFi
Vanier’s new Continuing Education location will be used for some Attestation programs, including our new international Attestation programs, and some Language School classes.
Upcoming courses there include English Oral Communication bit.ly/2ANBafO & French Oral Communication bit.ly/355xkwp.
Random shots of the trailer conversion showing the completed demolition of the inside walls, the entry tile and flooring materials that will be getting installed in the next few days. Also a shot of Cassie's new haircut, some of the "master's" woodshop and etc ...
A new dawn for Task Force ODIN.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Lieutenant Colonel Jon Tussing, commander, Task Force ODIN VI, calls on the new task force Soldiers to continue where their outgoing counterparts of Task Force ODIN V left off, during a Transfer of Authority ceremony at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, June 14, 2011. The Soldiers of Task Force ODIN provide intelligence and reconnaissance assistance to Soldiers of U.S. Division – North, with a focus on neutralizing the threat of improvised explosive devices.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Ingram, USD-N PAO)
101022-N-4153W-107, SKELDON, Guyana (Oct. 22 2010) US Navy and United States Public Health Service Doctors visit with locals in Skeldon, Guyana, October 22, 2010. Iwo Jima is currently anchored off the shore of Guyana in support of Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked onboard Iwo Jima will work with partner nation's teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations to improve mutual understanding of current medical issues. (US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Bryan Weyers/Released)
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Continuing on down Elam. Most of these are rentals, some boarded up but still amazingly intact after 125 years. Fine detailing can be seen on all these houses including pressed tin, patterned slate, stained glass and other details.