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Fiona looks modelling 3 different looks from her latest makeover photoshoot, a Bridal look, Elegant and Office :) What a nice variety, she looked fantastic!
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Marching cubes algorithm is applied with two different min/max thresholds (black and yellow surfaces)
Here is Ricky wearing the bracelets that I made~ I really like this style on him even if it is very out of character x3
I usually try to make space for the subject, especially above it in situations like this, but decided to make a different composition and I turned out interesting.
if there wouldn't have been bokeh balls there to kinda make it a bit interesting i'm pretty sure this shot would have turned out not as great.
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There really are a lot of different Russula species and I'm struggling to ID this one. Everything I suspect though is rare so I'm doing some cross referencing. This one was going over a bit but the colours are still astonishing.
Thank you all for your interest and kind comments - very much appreciated.
It's so much fun trying on my boots. Same outfit purchase in Arizona but with different boots. The brown boots were bought out west while the boots on the left are my 7 inch locking ankle boots
The female watched me intently and waited without moving. For some reason, Male didn't come out of his nest much and didn't show himself. I didn't get a chance to take different photos of what I believe are a young Caucasian Squirrel couple. Their ears are like radar. I had to move very slowly on the monopot. I can't say that they like the shutter sound very much. They suddenly dive into their nests and come back out of their nests very slowly in a controlled manner. Today, I spent about 4 hours patiently sitting in the olive groves from time to time.
Patience was the first thing I learned in nature photography. Good luck if there is a reward after long hours. It is possible to say that today was a lucky day for me.
Climate change affects nature differently in every corner of the world. The last four weeks have been extremely windy in the North Aegean region and the last few days have been rainy. Like most red squirrel populations, spotting a Caucasian Squirrel is definitely becoming a rare sight. Extreme heat has not started in the region yet and I see them less than last year. I know that Caucasian Squirrels spend the hottest hours of the day in their nests built in centuries-old olive trees.
Today, the weather in Turkey's North Aegean Region was cloudless and 30 degrees Celsius. The century-old olive tree hollow of Mr. and Mrs. Caucasian Squirrel couple Near the olive tree, about 3 meters away, they were aware of my presence even though I was wearing camouflage.
I hope you'll enjoy the my Caucasian Squirrel series as much as I enjoyed taking them.
The Caucasian squirrel lives in the hollows of centuries-old olive trees. The number of Caucasian squirrels in the North Aegean region is decreasing every year, noticeably.
Like most red squirrels, spotting a Caucasian Squirrel is definitely becoming a rare sight. Climate change affects nature differently in every corner of the world.
The Caucasian squirrel - Sciurus anomalus ; The Caucasian squirrel or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.
The species is usually said to have first been described in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae,and named Sciurus anomalus. However, some authors argue that this work was actually published in 1788, and that the true first description was made by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1785.
Description -
Caucasian squirrels are small tree squirrels, with a total length of 32 to 36 cm (13 to 14 in), including the 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) tail, and weighing 250 to 410 g (8.8 to 14.5 oz). The color of the upper body fur ranges from greyish brown to pale grey, depending on the subspecies, while that of the underparts is rusty brown to yellowish, and that of the tail, yellow brown to deep red. The claws are relatively short, compared with those of other tree squirrels, and females have either eight or ten teats.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich described the Caucasian squirrel in 1885 as "Its color is grayish-brown above, and yellowish-brown below".
Physical Description -
Caucasian squirrels have a dental formula of incisors 1/1, canines 0/0, premolars 1/1, and molars 3/3, totaling 20. They have four fingered fore feet and five fingered hind feet. Sex differences in body length or mass are not evident.
Distribution and habitat -
Caucasian squirrels are native to south-western Asia, where they are found from Turkey, and the islands of Gökçeada and Lesbos in the west, Iran in the southeast, and as far as Israel and Jordan in the south.It is one of only two species of the genus Sciurus to be found on Mediterranean islands,and, although Eurasian red squirrels have been recently introduced to some areas, is the only species of Sciurus native to the wider region.
The species mainly lives in forested areas dominated by oak, pine, and pistachio, up to altitudes of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Biology and behavior -
The squirrels are diurnal, and solitary, although temporary groups may forage where food is plentiful. Their diet includes nuts, seeds, tree shoots, and buds,with the seeds of oak and pine being particularly favored. Like many other squirrels, they cache their food within tree cavities or loose soil, with some larders containing up to 6 kg (13 lb) of seeds. They live in trees, where they make their dens, but frequently forage on the ground, and are considered less arboreal than Eurasian red squirrels. They commonly nest in tree hollows lined with moss and leaves, and located 5 to 14 m (16 to 46 ft) above the ground, but nests are also sometimes found under rocks or tree roots. Their alarm call is high-pitched, and said to resemble the call of the European green woodpecker, and they mark their territories with urine and dung.
Breeding occurs throughout the year, but is more common in spring or autumn. Litters range from two to seven, with three or four being typical, and the young are fully mature by five or six months of age.
Conservation -
A survey in 2008 found that the species remained abundant within Turkey, however declines are noted in population within the Levant region. The guides for a survey in 1993 in Israel stated that they considered the species to be nearly extinct within the area studied. Whilst the Caucasian squirrel is threatened by poaching and deforestation, the declines recorded are not sufficient to qualify them as anything other than "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1] Hunting of the species is banned by the Central Hunting Commission, and the Caucasian squirrel is protected by the Bern Convention and the EU Habitats Directive.
This information is sourced from "Wikipedia".
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15th July 2015 - A different view of the statue of Captain Johnnie Walker (Sub Hunter) forever looking out upon the Western Approaches.
The following is taken from the Liverpool Echo website:
IT was long, agonising, bloody and the only conflict of World War II which prime minister Winston Churchill said kept him awake at night.
But even so, that must have accounted for an awful lot of sleepless nights as the Battle of the Atlantic raged – or simply ground on relentlessly – for the entire span of the war from September 3,1939, to May 8, 1945.
Yet without the extreme courage, dedication and ingenuity of Capt Johnnie Walker both the Battle of the Atlantic and the war itself would have been much shorter with Britain forced to surrender to Germany.
As an island nation dependent on imports, our merchant fleet could have been crushed by Kriegsmarine and the country starved into early submission to Hitler’s Nazi regime.
Winning the Battle of the Atlantic to keep the supply lines open from North America and the West Indies was as important to this nation's survival as had been the Battle of Britain in 1940.
Thankfully for all of us, it was a case of “cometh the hour, cometh the man”. Ironically, in spite of his later phenomenal wartime success and nicknamed U-boat Killer Number One, Walker was not always perceived to be a navy high flyer.
Born in 1896, Frederic John Walker joined the Royal Navy as a 13-year-old. He passed out top of his class at Dartmouth and received the King's Medal.
He fought in World War I and, aged just 21, became involved in the battle against U-boats that was to dominate his career.
Walker was one of the first volunteers to study on specialist courses at the newly-formed anti-submarine school at Portland, in Dorset.
By 1926, he was Fleet Anti-Submarine Officer in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets. But his field of expertise was not then fashionable, with a trend towards bigger and better surface ships with huge artillery firepower.
Yet while the land battle barely started in the first year, a period dubbed the ‘phoney war’, it began at sea within 12 hours and Liverpool was in the front-line.
The passenger liner SS Athenia was torpedoed and sunk, out-bound from Liverpool to Canada with the loss of 117 lives.
However this was merely a curtain-raiser as Britain and its Allies announced a naval blockade of Germany the day after the declaration of war and Germany responded in kind.
In less than a year of Athenia’s loss, the Battle of the Atlantic was at its height in mid-1940. Britain was swept into a deadly struggle for food and freedom, and it made Liverpool central to the Allies' defiance of Nazi Germany.
Convoys gathered largely in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to make the perilous voyage across the U-boat infested North Atlantic to Liverpool. Although convoys were the best system to protect merchant vessels, losses of ships and crews were horrendous.
As the Battle of the Atlantic spun out of Allied control, in a period dubbed “happy time” by the U-boat crews, Walker came to the attention of Commander-in-Chief of the Western Approaches, Admiral Sir Percy Noble, and in 1941 was given command of the sloop HMS Stork as senior officer of the 36th Escort Group.
While Walker and his family moved into Grassendale Park, Aigburth, on the banks of the Mersey, his escort group’s home was Bootle's Gladstone Dock and its first success came in December 1941 with the protection of convoy HG-76.
This was Walker’s chance to prove his theory that the battle should be taken to the enemy, with the offensive use of air and sea forces giving the best chance of doing maximum damage to U-boats while continuing to protect convoys.
Yet in 1942 alone, 1,664 Allied ships totalling almost eight million tons were lost, the great majority due to U-boat attacks. While Britain and the Allies were being pummelled on this scale, the invasion of Europe could not be contemplated.
Because of this, the gentlemanly Noble was replaced by the tougher Sir Max Horton, who took over as C-in-C at the Western Approaches command bunker, beneath Derby House, Liverpool.
Admiral Horton was a World War I submarine commander and his knowledge of this particular warfare led to a new strategy. More destroyers and frigates were needed to chase, harry and destroy the U-boats.
In June 1942 Walker was appointed as Captain (D), Liverpool, but he badgered the Admiralty to let him “stop sailing a desk” and go back to sea.
As a superlative sailor, Walker was the ideal man to carry out Horton’s advanced strategy and turn the hunters into the hunted.
February 1943 saw Walker get his wish with command of the newly-built HMS Starling. Half of his old crew from HMS Stork joined him.
The 46-year-old took overall command of the 2nd Support Group comprising escort warships HMSs Wild Goose, Wren, Kite, Cygnet and Woodpecker.
The basic theory was to send the escort warships ahead of their convoys and force the U-boat wolf-packs underwater so they could not torpedo the merchant ships, but could be depth-charged.
The success of this strategy made his name synonymous with the spirit that helped win the Battle of the Atlantic. He hunted down 25 U-boats and urged his 2nd Support Group.escort group on to other "kills", often through a loudspeaker on his flag ships.
In one dramatic offensive, when three U-boats were destroyed, Walker hoisted the historic signal “General Chase”, which had been used only twice before: once by Sir Francis Drake when he sighted the Spanish Armada.
He often hunted his victims well away from the merchant ship convoys. On one trip two U-boats were sunk 40 miles away from the convoy. On another occasion, he hunted U-202 to exhaustion over 14 hours.
But it was also the increasingly exhausted Walker who faced a premature end as his battle against the U-boats came at a heavy cost.
He died on July 7, 1944, two days after collapsing from a stroke during a visit with his wife Eileen to a Liverpool cinema. He was just 47.
He had a naval record second to none, with 25 1/2 U-boat kills credited to him, the half being shared by the RAF. His legacy is brilliant, far-seeing concepts for anti-submarine training.
Such was his renown that the Admiralty went so far as to state: “Captain Frederic John Walker more than any other won the Battle of the Atlantic.
“His methods had amazing success and, more than any other factor, gave the Royal Navy supremacy. No tribute could be too high for the work he carried out.”
Captain Johnnie Walker is profoundly deserving of this statue at Liverpool Pier Head, unveiled by Prince Philip, who himself was based at Western Approaches.
The rose was hand forged by my old boyfriend, Mike Mize. We argued and he could not sleep with the full moon blazing in the great picture window. He said he went down to his forge and worked on this piece for me. A love letter was with it, like a mad woman I threw it away. Blah blah blah. It started with “My love for you will last as long as this rose.” He was killed in a car accident April 9, 2000. Drunk Driving landed him in a creek at about 3-4 AM. So tragic, he left a son in high school and a wife!! A Wife!!! He told me he was divorced but I found out that the papers were not filed. I was so angry over that I kept it to myself, she had breast cancer and passed away unnecessarily. She waited too long to get it checked and it was just awful. She started out with an alternative medicine quack and not a doctor. It still bothers me that people don’t understand that they have a responsibility to be here for their children at whatever cost. Her cancer was the kind that is genetic and she could have lived a full life with surgery and reconstruction. He didn’t have to go to a bar across a mountain and get stinking drunk. He was five miles from his family farm. The tow truck driver said that the cab of his truck smelled of whiskey so strong that if you lit a match it would catch fire. So unnecessary and irresponsible. I’m by no means a saint, I know that life happens and it’s hard, full of unpleasantries, and you can’t always get want you want. To quote Mick Jagger. Thank you for your time reading this poorly written note. Thank you for your visit, fave and comments. I’m very grateful for each one. 🙏☮️
Bombus sylvestris - Forest Cuckoo Bee
Male
Two very different looking bees here but actually two different colour forms of the same species.
The Forest Cuckoo bee has more variants even than this, but I found the the standard form with the yellow and white and the melanistic all black versions of the Male on the same Forest ride in Harwood.
The very tip of the tale only is red, on both forms which helps identify it from the ‘classic‘ bumblebee.
Cuckoo bumblebees do not collect pollen and are actually parasitic on several bumblebee species, laying their eggs in their nests instead.
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