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Silver Long Jawed Orbweaver
Spider - Rouge Park, May 2015
These build their webs in strategic locations to catch flies, moths, and other insects. Birds and other small animals often eat these kinds of spiders. They are very common in tree branches that overhang lakes and streams - Wiki.
The "downside" of indoor / outdoor Kitties.
Bobby went outside Friday night (six weeks ago) as usual, I have not seen him since. We have had super hot and heavy rainstorm weather, so I hope he is with somebody, only because the other options are all bad.
Still holding out hope of his coming home.
Checked Animal Control / Shelter - very nice lady named Amy - Added Bobby to the missing Kitty list.
The wooden choirstalls are based on those in Chester Cathedral which date from the 14th century. They were carved in the workshop of Ferdinand Stuflesser at Ortisei, a village of woodworkers in the Tyrol.
I hope someone was coming to pick me up. Carrying home, books, bags, and the trombone, the downside of the brass section, carrying the damn horn home every day.
Contemplating a long walk home from school....
I remember this. The last day of school. Check out the car in the parking lot. I have a clarinet, a trombone, a big-ass purse, tennis shoes, notebooks, stuff I cleaned out of my gym locker. I remember dragging the lot home somehow. Can't remember who was with me who took the photo. This must have been 9th grade, 1960s.
A friend of mine said tonight that she thought that divorce should be illegal. [She has been married three times.] I said that that has already been tried. She said that divorce is just too hard on kids.
This time in my life - as my parents' marriage teetered on the edge - was filled with so much sadness, so much hopelessness. If you are a sensitive little sponge, you absorb all of the feelings you are marinating in and think that "it" is "you." It's only taken me several decades to sort through "mine" and "theirs" even partially.
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“What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how
infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and
admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like
a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet,
to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me—
nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.”
— Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2
"There is freedom for man without God, as Nietzsche imagined him; in other words, for the solitary man. There is freedom at midday when the wheel of the world stops spinning and man consents to things as they are."
Albert Camus
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"While sitting in a large group of meditators at the Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) headquarters with Shinzen Young recently, I bumped into another metaphor for dukkha — background radiation. As I sat I noticed a pervasive sense of feeling, feeling with an emotional coloring. Although subtle, it was clearly perceptible. It seemed to be a tinge of sadness, poignancy, or some such quality as that. It was radiating in the background of my awareness. It was neither pleasant nor unpleasant, and I wondered if that was dukkha? As long as there is a story of me there will be this background radiation. When it is no longer present, I suppose I’ll be enlightened, but I don’t expect this anytime soon!"
Dukkha: The Buddha’s Metaphor for All That Ails You - Mindfulness Matters
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The only downside to my Mauritius holiday was a late decision to save weight by leaving my old 400D camera behind - and I left the macro lens on it!! Doh!! So all of these were taken with my 100 - 400 lens which was easier to get shots with, but of course not the same quality shots. However I still managed a few OK ones.
With greateful thanks to Nick Morgan who blogged his 2011 visit to Mauritius here and this gave me all the ID's in one place! And even checked out the main one for me with his local reference book! An invaluable help!
Cheers Nick! nickmorgan-butterflypictures.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/...
I think I have this one ID'd correctly now, but there are other possibilities, so please correct me if I'm wrong. I think it's the Mauritian Friar (Amauris phoedon). I saw what I think was a number of these on the road down past Chamarel, in the lower reaches of the Black river Gorge, and this one, in front of the Bras D'eau visitor centre. It is listed as vulnerable by IUCN and only found on Mauritius and Reunion.
There are more shots of the other species that I found in the comments below (scroll back through comments) and in the set here - www.flickr.com/photos/85387952@N00/sets/72157635338092479/
All my other sets of species can be found in an organised form here - www.flickr.com/photos/85387952@N00/collections/
One downside of extremely long exposures.
The tree I put my pinhole in decided to fall down.
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The downside to concrete block foundation walls is the fact that they are porous. International building code laws require that the outside of foundation walls be covered with a water repellent tar-like material. That is a good step to try to waterproof your block foundation wall, but it is not foolproof. It is simply the first step of many you will end up taking to keep your basement dry. Keep your dream home design simple yet very effective, this helps you every way in getting the project done in time.
The Lady Chapel was actually built by Dunn & Hansom in 1888. In 1898 the chapel was decorated under the supervision of Sir Ninian Comper; it is acknowledged as one of his most complete and successful schemes.
Dating from c.1882, the Abbey church of St Gregory the Great is one of only three minor basilicas in England. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the Abbey as "the most splendid demonstration of the renaissance of Roman Catholicism in England. If ever there was an excuse for building in period forms in the twentieth century, it is here"
One downside: the entire stage lost power and therefore sound near the end of Record Shop. Happily it was restored quickly, but it turned out to be a temporary reprieve... Oh, and they didn't do Ghost With A Hammer In His Hand (I don't think, anyway), which is my favourite. Never mind.
The downside of every road trip I go on. Seeing the many enslaved animals along the way, knowing their fate. I feel terrible being able to enjoy my life which is all my own, meanwhile they're denied the right to their own lives, treated as mere property for human use. Soon they all are killed for unnecessary human pleasures. If the individuals in this photo aren't dead yet, they will probably be very soon. Simply for a pleasant taste. We don't need animal products to live. Unnecessary harm to others is wrong. Please go vegan!
2008 j 028. 29.12.2008. 12.14. Middlebrough County Borough's highways department made its own distinctive style of concrete road name signs, as seen here. When Teesside County Borough took over in 1968, this style of sign was continued for a few years, but has not now been manufactured for decades - many still survive in Middlesbrough though.
RF Running Day 24 March 2019. RF429 pulls forward to pick up the many photographers waiting to return towards Cobham. It was worth a damp knee to achieve this shot with the daffodils.
A flight of steps from the ambulatory leads to the Lady Chapel of Downside Abbey church. Between the gates is this statue of the Virgin and Child installed in 1915 and carved from lime wood to a design by Sir Ninian Comper.
RF Running Day 24 March 2019. Having reversed into the side road, RF429 is seen back nearer to the point on the Common at Downside where the 215A used to terminate. Slightly incongruous to have a conductor on a bus proclaiming itself to be a one-man bus.
I love the bright white petals and the way they contrast with the orange gold pollen. And so does this flower fly!
But there's a downside to this floral beauty! It produces stick-like burrs that grab onto your pants and shoes by the hundreds! And are hard to get off. It's Spanish Needles! Now you know...
This native plant is a summer annual about 2-5' tall; it is more or less erect and branches occasionally. The blooming period is late summer or early fall. Each flowerhead is replaced by a seedhead that is globoid in shape and about 1 inch across. The long narrow seeds (achenes) spread outward from the center in all directions. Each mature seed is linear in shape and has 2-4 short awns at its tip. Each tiny awn has downward-pointed barbs. The root system consists of a branching taproot. This plant spreads by reseeding itself.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the fresh or dried tender shoots and young leaves are used as a leaf vegetable especially in times of food scarcity. It is an ingredient of sauces accompanying the staple food. The leaves are, fresh or after parboiling, dried in the sun and stored as powder for the dry season. In Uganda, the leaves are boiled in sour milk. Old leaves are not suitable for consumption because they have a bitter astringent taste.
Bidens pilosa is used as a medicinal plant in many regions of Africa, Asia and tropical America. Roots, leaves and seed have been reported to possess antibacterial, antidysenteric, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antimalarial, diuretic, hepato-protective and hypotensive activities.
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies.
Hover Flies ( known in America as Flower Flies ) belong to a large family of small to big flies. They are true flies or Diptera, with only one pair of wings in the Family Syrphidae. Wasps and bees have two pairs. Many species of hoverfly larvae prey upon pest insects, including aphids and the leafhoppers. Therefore they are seen in biocontrol as a natural means of reducing the levels of pests.
Spanish Needle, Spanish Needles, Bidens bipinnata, Bidens pilosa Linnaeus, Aster family (Asteraceae)
Flower Fly, Hover Fly, Syrphidae
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Butterfly Garden, Miami, FL
The downside of tourism: what used to be the seminario San Antonio Abad now is the Hotel Monasterio where international tourists spend $$$ to stay in luxury in a former monastery--which used to be dedicated to ascetic life. It is a shame. There are other projects like this under way in Cusco where an international hotel chain guts a magnificent historic structure and transforms it into a five-star hotel. This hardly can be compatible with Cusco's status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Here is the hotel's (owned by Orient-Express) web site--the only way to see the gorgeous cloister.
www.monasteriohotel.com/web/ocus/hotel_monasterio.jsp
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IP1xSSIAAw
And the lovely chapel unfortunately also is not accessible to the public.
THE HAZZARD RANGE HERALD
Hazzard Range County Sheriff's office Sheriff Travis Martin , Head Administrative Secretary RUTH Montoya and Information Specialist Tom Night talk with County Commissioners Neal lopez and Sandy Driftwood about the Commission vote to take the county Commission from 7 Commissioners to 5 Commissioners. Chair Commissioner George Dallas "G.D." told the Herald that just like last year the budget needy cut and this would be the best choice and make since . G.D. also said that all departments and offices have reorganized and are doing more with less .