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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

♀️ Ocreatus underwoodii

(Booted Racket-tail / Colibrí de raquetas)

It is a very small hummingbird:

M: 12-15 cm including the tail (7,5 cm) – F: 7,5-9 cm

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

Stavo in un momento no, senza idee, testa vuota, giorni che studio cosa postare per l'Anno Nuovo cercando qualcosa di differente dagli anni scorsi, setacciando foto vecchie e nuove, niente mi convinceva, alla fine son caduto su questa elaborazione di un bacio ed 8 sorrisi di 9 amiche fatta anni fa per gioco ed ho pensato: eccola!

Chiedo scusa a tutte le flickeramiche perchè forse avreste preferito baci e sorrisi maschili, ma sono difficili da scovare in casa mia, sin da bambino io ho avuto sempre un debole per le femmine, scusatemi ed accettatelo perche lo posto con affetto sincero.

Sereno Anno Nuovo a tutte ed a tutti dal profondo del mio cuore

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I was in a bad moment, out of ideas, empty-headed, days spent studying what to post for the New Year, looking for something new, different from previous years, sifting through old and new photos, nothing convincing me. At the end, I stumbled upon this elaboration of a kiss and 8 smiles from 9 female friends I made years ago for fun, and I thought: here it is!

I apologize to all the female flickers friends because perhaps you would have preferred male kisses and smiles, but they are difficult to find in my house. Since I was a child, I've always had a weakness for females. Forgive me and accept it because I post it with sincere affection.

Happy New Year to everyone from the bottom of my heart

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Finca Alejandria, Km 18 Via Cali-Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia.

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

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White-booted racket-tail - male - The white-booted racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Ecuador. This very small hummingbird is quite spectacular, as males have conspicuous puffy white leg feathers and a long and green tail, with the central two rectrices extended, with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets." Males have a metallic-green body and black wings, while females are white below with green speckles, have a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration, and have smaller leg puffs. This species favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

Picture taken at Alambi - Ecuador.

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In my garden. La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

♀️ Ocreatus underwoodii

(Booted Racket-tail / Colibrí de raquetas)

It is a very small hummingbird:

M: 12-15 cm including the tail (7,5 cm) – F: 7,5-9 cm

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

Pukao, the headdresses of the moai.

The pukao were large cylinders made of volcanic red slag that adorned the heads of the Easter Island statues.

The pukao is an ornament, made with red scum from the Puna Pau crater, which was placed on the head of the statues of the most important ceremonial platforms on Easter Island.

Several archaeological studies indicate that the manufacture of the pukao occurred in times after the elaboration of the great statues, some even suggest that the extraction works in Puna Pau began when the quarries of Rano Raraku had already been abandoned.

In comparison with the almost 1,000 statues recorded, only about 100 pukao have been located, 70 of them demolished in the vicinity of the ahu and another 30 that still lie in the Puna Pau quarry. It is possible that there are more pieces buried in the paths or incorporated as recycled construction material into the ceremonial platforms themselves, making it difficult to define the total number of pukao that were carved.

This mismatch between the number of pukao and statues is explained because the pukao were added only to the moai that stood on certain selected ceremonial altars. In fact, these places already stood out from the rest for a very elaborate architecture, such as can still be seen in

* the Ahu Nau Nau on Anakena beach, flic.kr/p/t7Ueut

* the Ahu Hanga Te'e in Vaihu, flic.kr/p/tsFLyb

* the Ahu Akahanga flic.kr/p/2jDdHM6 or

* the impressive Ahu Tongariki. flic.kr/p/2jxPtKY

With their incorporation into these ceremonial centers, the pukao further enhanced the images of the ancestors, as they gained height and were more imposing. This increase in monumentality is consistent with the hypothesis that the development of the pukao would be associated with the growing competition between tribal groups, who manifested their rivalry, making bigger and bigger moai on more elaborate altars.

Timelaps of the elaboration of the new Westworld Medieval Sim part 2

In my garden. La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

It is a very small hummingbird:

M: 12-15 cm including the tail (7,5 cm) – F: 7,5-9 cm

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

One of my orchids

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PALAZZO TARUGI

Sul lato nord della piazza, di fronte al campanile del Duomo al n.3, si eleva l’imponente Palazzo Tarugi, già Nobili, bella costruzione attribuita in passato al San Gallo, più recentemente si pensa al Vignola come progettista. Il palazzo, tutto rivestito in travertino, spicca per il poderoso impianto e il rigoroso uso degli apparati decorativi cinquecenteschi. I prospetti sono divisi da una balaustrata in due ordini, quello inferiore comprendente il piano terra e il piano nobile, ritmato da semicolonne ioniche poggianti su alti piedistalli. Nella campata centrale, più ampia, una fascia rigonfia incornicia il portale, alla cui sinistra le arcate si aprono in un loggiato angolare, mentre a destra sono chiuse e accolgono due finestre. Il piano nobile presenta finestre con timpani curvi su mensole. Nell’ordine superiore, dove la balaustra sostituisce la trabeazione, la partitura è ottenuta con mezzi pilastrini dorici, le finestre ripetono, nelle cornici, quelle sottostanti. In corrispondenza del loggiato inferiore si apriva anche qui una loggia angolare oggi murata.

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Mylor area

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Rebaño de ovejas y cabras bajo la atenta mirada de su pastor.

La tradición textil también tuvo mucha importancia en el siglo XX, especialmente a través de la elaboración de fajas, son famosas las de Cinctorres, actualmente se tejen las fajas que vemos en las Muixerangues, Castellers, San Fermines y de los Costaleros.

Flock of sheep and goats under the watchful eye of their shepherd.

The textile tradition was also very important in the 20th century, especially through the elaboration of girdles, those of Cinctorres are famous, currently the girdles that we see in the Muixerangues, Castellers, San Fermines and the Costaleros are woven.

Cinctorres (Els Ports/ Castelló/ Comunitat Valenciana/ Spain)

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Val d' Orcia - HDR

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Church of San Domenico with its bell tower

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Alden Biesen is the name of the former Land Commandery of the German Order in Rijkhoven, Bilzen and until 1795 the headquarters of the Biesen Balie. Alden Biesen has now been expanded into a cultural center of the Flemish Government. The architectural elaboration of the whole shows a surprising duality between on the one hand a medieval enclosed moated castle with martial significance and on the other hand the whole gives form to a wide open classicist-conceived castle.

Alden Biesen is de naam van de vroegere landcommanderij van de Duitse Orde in Rijkhoven, Bilzen en tot 1795 de hoofdzetel van de balije Biesen. Alden Biesen is nu uitgebouwd tot een cultuurcentrum van de Vlaamse Overheid. De architecturale uitwerking van het geheel geeft blijk van een verrassende dualiteit tussen enerzijds een middeleeuwse besloten waterburcht met krijgskundige betekenis en anderzijds geeft het geheel vorm aan een weids openliggend classicistisch opgevat kasteel.

Wikipedia

In my garden. La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

It is a very small hummingbird:

M: 12-15 cm including the tail (7,5 cm) – F: 7,5-9 cm

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

Timelaps of the elaboration of the new Westworld Medieval Sim part 2

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Large scare machines at the amusement park

Eilean Donan Castle went through several phases of development from the earliest fortifications of the 13th century through to its destruction in 1719, and the subsequent reconstruction in the 20th century. The first phase comprised a curtain wall enclosing much of the island with a tower house added in the 14th century. In the 14th or 15th century the outer wall was abandoned and a smaller enclosure built around the tower house. More development within this courtyard took place in the 16th century, as well as the addition of defences on the eastern side. The castle was almost totally destroyed in 1719, after which almost 200 years passed before reconstruction began. Although some archaeological evidence has been recovered from the island, much material was lost during the reconstruction works making it difficult to build a clear picture of the early castle. Very little historical evidence survives.

The castell of Ylen Donen is composed of a strong and fair dungeon upon a rock, with another tower compasd with a fair barmkin wall, with orchards and trees, al within ane yland of the lenth of twa pair of butts almost round. It is sayd of old that castel consisted of seven tours.

The only drawing of the castle prior to its destruction was made in 1714 by Lewis Petit (c. 1665–1720), a military engineer with the Board of Ordnance who came to Scotland in 1714 to survey Fort William and other defences in the area. Among the drawings he produced are a plan and elevation of Eilean Donan, which clearly show that the castle was largely derelict by this time, with only a building at the southeast corner being roofed. In the 13th century, a curtain wall or wall of enceinte was constructed around the island, enclosing most of the area above the high tide line. Scant remains of these walls can be traced on the ground, running around the northern end of the island. The eastern and southern segments of this wall are largely obscured by later development, although the enclosure is assumed to have contained an area of around 3,000 square metres (32,000 square feet). At the northern point of the wall the foundations of a large tower survive, measuring around 12 by 13 metres (39 by 43 ft) and the remains of foundations suggest further towers at the north-east and southwest corners of the enclosure. The enclosure was accessed via a sea-gate in the north-west curtain wall, where a small beach would have allowed boats to be drawn up. Another beach to the southwest may have formed a second access. Archaeological excavations in 2008 and 2009 confirmed the presence of these walls, and also found evidence that metalworking was taking place in the northern part of the castle. A tower house or keep was built against the curtain wall at the high point of the island, probably in the 14th century. The tower measured 16.5 by 12.4 m (54 ft 2 in by 40 ft 8 in), with walls 3 m (9 ft 10 in) thick. The vaulted ground floor was originally divided in two, with a stair in the north wall giving access to the first-floor hall. Above this were probably another two storeys, including a garret. The tower, according to Petit's later drawing, was topped by crowstep gables, and surrounded by a walkway and bartizans (small turrets) at the corners.

At an unknown period, probably in the later 14th century or early 15th century, the outer wall was abandoned in favour of a smaller defensive enclosure, around 25 m (82 ft) square. The entrance to this smaller courtyard was from the east. The reasons for this change are unclear, though it is suggested that the smaller area would have been easier to defend. During the 16th century, two buildings were added to the southern periphery of the enclosure. A small house was constructed within the southeast angle of the wall, with a circular stair-tower on its northern side giving access to the walkway along the eastern curtain wall. Located just inside the gate, this is likely to have served as a house for the castle's constable or keeper, and is the only building shown with a roof on Petit's survey. At the southwest corner of the enclosure, an L-plan block was put up, possibly as late as the early 17th century. The southern part is sited outside the line of the inner curtain wall, with a northern wing, which may have been a slightly later addition, inside the wall.

A mural chamber within the keep

In the later 16th century, the castle was extended eastward to create a bastion or "hornwork", providing a more securely defended entrance. The hornwork comprises a pair of walls enclosing a triangular courtyard, linking the east wall of the castle with an irregular hexagonal (or heptagonal) structure. This structure, 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) across, contains a well at its lowest level, 5 m (16 ft) across and 10 m (33 ft) deep. This led MacGibbon and Ross to describe the structure as a water tower or cistern. However, the presence of a door on its eastern side is shown in 19th century photographs, indicating that it was built as the main entrance to the castle. The water-filled interior would have been crossed by a removable bridge, presenting an obstacle to attackers. From the bridge, access to the castle would have been up a flight of steps, into the triangular courtyard, and through the gate in the east curtain wall. It is possible that the hexagonal bastion was roofed to serve as an artillery position. Dredging of the reservoir in 1893 recovered two brass guns, referred to as "double hagbuts", and measuring around 1 m (3 ft) long with a bore of around 25 millimetres (1 in). Also recovered was a yett, an iron gate, probably installed in the east door to the bastion, but now on display inside the castle. At some point in the 17th century, this elaborate access was abandoned and a more convenient entrance opened in the south wall of the hornwork. By 1714, Lewis Petit's drawing clearly shows that the castle was largely derelict, with only the house at the southeast corner being roofed. Four years later, it was completely demolished, and, by 1912, very little of the castle was still standing.

The present castle buildings are entirely the result of 20th-century reconstruction by Gilstrap-Macrae, who commissioned Edinburgh architect George Mackie Watson to draw up the plans. Although the rebuilding followed the extant ground plan, the details of the present castle differ from its original appearance. The survey drawings by Lewis Petit were not rediscovered until the restoration was almost complete, and the restorers therefore were forced to rely on less accurate interpretations such as the work of MacGibbon and Ross, who attempted a plan of the remains in the late 19th century. The clerk of works, Farquhar Macrae, is said to have based the reconstruction on a dream in which he saw the restored Eilean Donan.Rather than a genuinely medieval castle, Eilean Donan is described as "a romantic reincarnation in the tradition of early 20th-century castle revivals." John Gifford, analysing the building against the Petit survey, notes a "fussy elaboration of what was probably plain originally, and an omission of decoration where it once existed", and describes the interior as "a rubbly Edwardian stage-set for life in the Middle Ages".

The castle is today entered from the south, via a modern portal complete with a portcullis. Above the door is a Gaelic inscription which in translation reads: "As long as there is a Macrae inside, there will never be a Fraser outside", referring to a bond of kinship between the two clans, and a similar inscription which once adorned the Fraser's home at Beaufort Castle. Above this is carved the coat of arms of John Macrae-Gilstrap. The portal gives access to the courtyard, the level of which has been lowered exposing the bedrock around the tower house. The present buildings at the southeast of the castle reflect the form of the earlier structures, including the circular stair tower, but are larger in extent. To the southwest only the southern portion of the L-shaped block was reconstructed, as a plain three-storey house, while in place of the northern wing is an open platform giving views over the loch. A small tower occupies the north-west angle. The keep itself follows the original dimensions, though the formerly subdivided ground floor is now a single room: the tunnel-vaulted Billeting Hall. Above on the first floor is the Banqueting Hall with an oak ceiling, and decorated with coats of arms and 15th-century style fireplace. The main ceiling beams in the Banqueting Hall are of Douglas Fir and were shipped from British Columbia, Canada as a gift from the Macraes of Canada. Small mural chambers within the walls are accessed from each hall.

Timelaps of the elaboration of the new Westworld Medieval Sim part 2

Finca Alejandria, Km 18 Via Cali-Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia.

Ocreatus underwoodii

(Colibrí de raquetas / Booted Racket-tail)

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

It is a very small hummingbird:

M: 12-15 cm including the tail (7,5 cm) – F: 7,5-9 cm

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

♀️ Ocreatus underwoodii

(Booted Racket-tail / Colibrí de raquetas)

It is a very small hummingbird:

M: 12-15 cm including the tail (7,5 cm) – F: 7,5-9 cm

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

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The Barossa Valley. Some comparative restraint tonight.

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Alden Biesen is the name of the former Land Commandery of the German Order in Rijkhoven, Bilzen and until 1795 the headquarters of the Biesen Balie. Alden Biesen has now been expanded into a cultural center of the Flemish Government. The architectural elaboration of the whole shows a surprising duality between on the one hand a medieval enclosed moated castle with martial significance and on the other hand the whole gives form to a wide open classicist-conceived castle.

Alden Biesen is de naam van de vroegere landcommanderij van de Duitse Orde in Rijkhoven, Bilzen en tot 1795 de hoofdzetel van de balije Biesen. Alden Biesen is nu uitgebouwd tot een cultuurcentrum van de Vlaamse Overheid. De architecturale uitwerking van het geheel geeft blijk van een verrassende dualiteit tussen enerzijds een middeleeuwse besloten waterburcht met krijgskundige betekenis en anderzijds geeft het geheel vorm aan een weids openliggend classicistisch opgevat kasteel.

Wikipedia

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Finca Alejandria, Km 18 Via Cali-Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia.

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...

Architectural elaboration: Daniel Libeskind

La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

♀️ Ocreatus underwoodii

(Booted Racket-tail / Colibrí de raquetas)

It is a very small hummingbird:

M: 12-15 cm including the tail (7,5 cm) – F: 7,5-9 cm

The Booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird found from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. This is a spectacular hummingbird - males have a short blackish bill, metallic green body, black wings, and elaborate tail. The tail is long and green, and the central two rectrices are extended with bare rachises tipped with blunt "rackets". Females are white below with green speckles and a white-tipped tail lacking racketed elaboration.

Both sexes of Booted Racket-tail show puffy white leg feathers. This very small hummingbird favors humid woodland edges in mid-elevations in the Andes.

neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...