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The Shawmere River off of Highway 101 West located in the Township of Murdock in Northeastern Ontario Canada
Note: Smoke from the forest fires in the area
The Shawmere River is a river in Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the Ivanhoe River.
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There was a Jabiru standing here but she flew off - and with dignity, despite her size. Jabirus come here only seasonally, from the Northern Territory - maybe seeking water? Anyhow, I mainly see Jabirus at the estuaries, so this sighting here, in the arse end of town, was a treat.
The eastern garter snake has a wide range across eastern North America, as far north as southern Ontario and Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, along the eastern shores of America to the Mississippi River.
The eastern garter snake will live in a variety of environments, with a preference for grassy or shrubby fields, including abandoned farmland, outbuildings and trash dumps. In particular the snake likes to inhabit stone walls that separate the forest from fields. It is also found along moist habitats such as lakes, rivers, streams, swamps, bogs, ponds, drainage ditches, and quarries. Snakes are present in urban environments in habitats that include "city parks, cemeteries and suburban yards and gardens". Eastern garter snakes like to conceal themselves under logs, stones and other debris that allow them to bask in the sunlight and quickly seek refuge from predators.
Eastern garter snakes mostly eat toads, frogs, slugs, and worms, but they will eat almost anything they can overpower. The eastern garter snake is broadly considered non-venomous. (Wikipedia)
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This snake was enjoying the sun in early spring. It was probably just recently out of hibernation and was looking for food and warmth. It watched me for a while as I struggled to get a photo with the wrong lens, and then finally left me to my own devices. I ended up with two good shots from this encounter.
Trail 10, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2022.
A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild species – Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana. The banana plant is the largest herbaceous flowering plant. All the above-ground parts of a banana plant grow from a structure usually called a corm. Plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy, and are often mistaken for trees, but what appears to be a trunk is actually a "false stem" or pseudostem. Bananas grow in a wide variety of soils, as long as the soil is at least 60 cm deep, has good drainage and is not compacted. The leaves of banana plants are composed of a stalk (petiole) and a blade (lamina). The banana fruits develop from the banana heart, in a large hanging cluster, made up of tiers (called hands), with up to 20 fruit to a tier. The hanging cluster is known as a bunch, comprising 3–20 tiers, or commercially as a banana stem, and can weigh 30–50 kilograms. Individual banana fruits (commonly known as a banana or finger) average 125 grams, of which approximately 75% is water and 25% dry matter. The fruit has been described as a leathery berry. There is a protective outer layer (a peel or skin) with numerous long, thin strings (the phloem bundles), which run lengthwise between the skin and the edible inner portion. The inner part of the common yellow dessert variety can be split lengthwise into three sections that correspond to the inner portions of the three carpels by manually deforming the unopened fruit. In cultivated varieties, the seeds are diminished nearly to non-existence; their remnants are tiny black specks in the interior of the fruit. 32533
We took a longish walk from Halvergate across the Norfolk flatlands to Berney Arms Windmill and visited this cracking mill on the way.
A bit of a muddy walk and there was no shelter at all from the wind as there were only a few trees and no landscape features to break up the wind!
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This grid from the drip tray of an Espresso machine helps account for any spillage.
Taken for the "Crazy Tuesday" theme of 5/24/2022: HOLES.
Flows into the Great Miami River just above the confluence with the Ohio River. It drains the fields and lakes at Oxbow Nature Preserve and floods them when the Ohio River is high. Many trees barked by the beavers.
This white-painted drainage mill was built in 1820 and worked for nearly 120 years. A good example of a mill that has been raised.
On east bank of the River Thurne, close to the village and close to the Lion Inn.
Just a little something that we all normally walk past in our hurried lives but which happened to catch my eye. It’s always intriguing the looks I get when I stop to photograph the common things in life.
There is nothing like being here. After languishing over many beautiful photos, works of art, taken at this location in general, I had to try it myself. Believe it or not, we kind of got lost and didn't make it to the site as early as I had planned. Thank goodness, it would have been too early.
It takes time to sift through the many files taken and stored, as all of you know. It will take me months to view and review the multitudes, but this one, although not my favorite view, is my favorite for today. I love the tones and the depth!
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Seen next to the Noddle Hill Nature Reserve .in East Hull..( I uploaded another Photo of this Dyke on March 25th which see )
A view through the trees of a restored mill on the River Yare near Reedham. You can't drive here so you have to park up at Reedham and then it's about a 40 minute walk along the river.
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