Doing what comes naturally.

(Gastrophysa viridula)

The length of the green dock beetle varies between sexes, with the males being 4 mm and the females being 7 mm. During the mating season, females have enlarged abdomens. Both sexes are green with a metallic shimmer, which, depending on the light, can be gold green, blue, purple, violet, or red.

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Anderson's Dock, Ephraim, WI.

There is always something interesting at the West Sayville Dock. I sat in my car to sketch this.

MediaCityUK, Salford Quays

It's really Dock 9, but this gives the best viewpoint with that glorious sunset behind the BBC buildings that never seems to materialise whenever I go there. The '9' is embossed with anecdotes and witticisms from people who use to work in Salford Docks long before it became the media centre of the north.

At least I've bagged another of my planned shots for my "batter the Quays" project... only another 34 to go!

Lively scene, with the Tate of the North gallery across the dock.

Boston dock area, fishing boats, swing bridge, landscape and a crane. Boston, Lincolnshire, UK.

on a campion seed head!

Five Acres - Cornwall

A fine old steam powered bus with an eye-catching new purpose.

A calm Winters evening...

Looking down False Creek for a parking spot.

There is a quality to the light in Cape Cod that amplifies the minimal spareness of the landscape. A stunning contrast to the riot of fall colour inland.

Boston

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Jarrell Cove State Park, Harstine Island, Washington 2017

Boat Dock (TDE) overlooking the lake- Photo Courtesy of Mina - Photographer @Picturesque

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Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom.

A great city, well worth a visit.

Coreus marginatus

Horseshoe Plantation

South Downs 05-05-2023

Workhorses of the orbital space-stations, docking barges were often overlooked and overworked. The ships were usually owned and operated by independent companies, who would paint them in distinctive colour schemes. Four examples are illustrated here.

Earth's crammed with heaven,

And every common bush afire with God.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Brewster,Ma.

Designed by Jesse Hartley, Stanley Dock opened on 4 August 1848. The dock is the only one in Liverpool which was built inland, all the others being built out from the foreshore. The original quay warehouses are of a similar design to those at Albert Dock and are grade II* listed buildings. The warehouses were built to five storeys, covering an area of 12,000 sq yd (10,000 m2). Between 1897-1901, the southern part of the dock was filled in to build the large Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse by Anthony George Lyster. The northern warehouse has since been developed in to a hotel devoted to the White Star Line's RMS Titanic liner, which has strong links to the area's history of docks and shipping.

Summer is back and Cider has resumed his role as the surveyor of all lake activity.

Another Dock shot of some custom work done - Photo Courtesy of Mina - Photographer @Picturesque

This is the last one in this series of dock photos.

Docks at Lake Jackson on a rainy day.

Lake Jackson near Jackson, Georgia USA

Jasper County

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Fuel dock at Alton Marina on the Mississippi River in Alton, Illinois

North Wall Quay | Conference Centre by Kevin Roche, 2010; One Spencer Dock offices by Scott Tallon Walker, 2008

If it wasn't for Rudi, I'd stay home and watch University Challenge. The clouds on the horizon didn't look too promising but we went anyway. And it was glorious. I don't think the photo can show how marvellous those colours were!

Nothing like an empty swim dock to signal the end of summer

Dock on Lake Mallalieu in Hudson, WI

Returning from a sunrise paddle on Lake Louisa, Quebec. Waterproof canvas spray cover on my hybrid canoe helped with the cold. Note the frost on the dock.

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91/100 Paddles, 2016.

River Leven, Dumbarton