Have an enjoyable Weekend

Have an enjoyable weekend

TRIP TO MINSMERE, very enjoyable, good company, but the birds were hunkered down in high winds and squally showers, but the feeder's section gave me a few chances to use my camera. This unobtrusive little woodland bird kept me entertained for a while.

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Trust you all have a good weekend, despite the UK rain,

stay well and safe, God bless you all.......................Tomx

Spent an Enjoyable Morning in 2017 with a pair of Royal Terns… Life is Good.

Royal tern usually feed on small fish such as anchovies, weakfish, and croakers. Fish are their main source of food but they also eat insects, shrimp, and crabs.

When feeding on small crabs the royal tern does not use its normal plunge-dive technique, but instead uses short shallow dives so that they are concealed from their prey. The royal tern also uses this technique when hunting flying fish.

The royal tern nests on island beaches or isolated beaches with limited predators. It lays one or two eggs, usually in a scrape, an area on the ground where a tern has made a small hole to lay its eggs.

In some cases, tern eggs are laid directly on the ground, not in a scrape. The eggs incubate from 25 to 30 days; after the eggs hatch the chicks remain in the scrape for about a week. About two weeks after hatching the chicks

(Nikon D500, 300/2.8 + TC, 1/1000 @ f/8.0, ISO 200)

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Had an enjoyable morning watching this cutie.

The House Finch

House Finches, particularly males, can look very different from one to another. This is largely due to differences in their diet rather than regional differences. Even though all of eastern North America’s House Finches are descended from the same few birds released on Long Island (meaning they’re much more closely related to each other than they are to birds across the West), there aren’t any strong differences in size, shape, or color between the two regions.

A highly social bird, the House Finch is rarely seen alone outside of the breeding season and may form flocks as large as several hundred birds.

House Finches feed mainly on the ground or at feeders or fruiting trees. At rest, they commonly perch on the highest point available in a tree, and flocks often perch on power lines.

During courtship, males sometimes feed females in a display that begins with the female gently pecking at his bill and fluttering her wings. The male simulates regurgitating food to the female several times before actually feeding her.

House Finches eat almost exclusively plant materials, including seeds, buds and fruits. Wild foods include wild mustard seeds, knotweed, thistle, mulberry, poison oak, cactus, and many other species. In orchards, House Finches eat cherries, apricots, peaches, pears, plums, strawberries, blackberries, and figs.

(Nikon, 500 mm +TC 1.4, 1/800 @ f/5.6, ISO 2500, processed to taste)

For an enjoyable view, find a Reddish Egret and watch it for awhile. It will perform like few other birds, running around, stop-starting, raising its wings like an umbrella shading the water, crouching and stretching...all to "scare up" some fish for a snack.

I have seen other egrets mimic this behavior occasionally.

This Osprey made for an enjoyable shoot this morning.

Came home and put on some Bob Seger. “Against the Wind” ... I'm older now but still runnin against the wind :)

The osprey (also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk) is a fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upper-parts and predominantly greyish on the head and underparts.

The osprey tolerates a wide variety of habitats, nesting in any location near a body of water providing an adequate food supply. It is found on all continents except Antarctica.

** We have returned from a very enjoyable week in Sussex . It was a chance for Mary to catch up on the part of the country she grow up in and it is a beautiful part of England

I need to sort out the photographs I took on the trip. In the meantime this was an image from a walk we took in a local bluebell wood before we went away. It was a dull day but I think it made getting the exposure correct much easier

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We had a enjoyable visit to the the RHS garden at Harlow Carr near Harrogate last week . It was a bright crisp day with just a little snow on the ground . The snow certainly helped these bright Cornus alba 'Sibirica' shrubs to look their best

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Mating ceremony of Asiatic lions / Asiatische Löwen (Panthera leo persica) in Gir National Park, Gujarat, India

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Enjoyable ride to view the Capitols Sites in Downtown Ottawa Canada 241

I checked out a park nearby that is fairly wild. There is trails that pass a thin stream. Quite lovely really. But what was awesome is to get close to this group of turkeys? and see them wandering oblivious to everything around them. They were adorable and very amusing. My sight is poor and I struggled clicking and seeing. Then with movement I finally got it there was two not one ;) Most enjoyable too was no humans around just birds and sounds of nature in Hayward regional shorelines.

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While enjoyable at any time of year, the crisply bitter Negroni seems particularly well-suited to springtime imbibing. Composed of only three ingredients measured in equal amounts......

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I spent an enjoyable evening in Leeds with a great group of people from a facebook photography group I'm a member of. We stayed around the area next to the canal side behind Bridgwater Place and took some photos. Here are some of mine.

I wish I'd known you could go up to the Skylounge in the Hilton building next to us; one of the things I really want to do is take a shot of Leeds (or any city) from a high vantage point, especially after dark!

Had an enjoyable evening at South Gare on Teesmouth near Redcar, Teesside at the weekend. Treat to dramatic skys, double rainbows, glorious light and sunset over the quaint Paddy's Hole. Not bad for an evening at a local spot for me.

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Ilheus da Ribeira da Janela rocks in front of a bouldery beach

at Ribeira da Janela, Madeira, Portugal

for an enjoyable 'Travel Tuesday'!

I spent an enjoyable morning in some local Oak woodland on Sunday, surrounded by birdsong. I sat still against a mossy rock for an hour or so and waited to see what birds came close. Eventually I got a reasonably clear sight of this male Pied Flycatcher through a tangle of branches. This is a reasonably big crop.

An enjoyable hour or so spent at South Stack with my dad. Arrived just in time for the moody sunset. So windy though! Thanks very much for viewing.

Wishing everyone very enjoyable holidays and a very happy 2021. May it be a year of joy, peace and health.

I shall try to catch up in the next couple of days with my friends and contacts. Have a very enjoyable Christmas if you celebrate it.

The photo is of the Bloom, an installation at the Vivid Festival in 2018.

Have an enjoyable day friends.

While it's enjoyable to see these orioles feeding on the oranges, here I've chosen an image that shows the bird in a more natural setting.

The oriole perches in the just-leafing-out cherry tree as it determines if it's safe to fly down to the beckoning oranges.

Enlarge for a more immersive view...

I will probably post one more Baltimore oriole image tomorrow, but it will have a surprise twist to it :) Any guesses as to what that might be???

I spent an enjoyable evening in Leeds with a great group of people from a facebook photography group I'm a member of. We stayed around the area next to the canal side behind Bridgwater Place and took some photos. Here are some of mine.

I wish I'd known you could go up to the Skylounge in the Hilton building next to us; one of the things I really want to do is take a shot of Leeds (or any city) from a high vantage point, especially after dark!

Enjoyable couple of hours with Peter Hulance,

Phil Selby,

Paul Scott, and

Fiona Turnbull on a frosty, foggy sunrise shoot in the Avebury/Silbury Hill area.

A forest walk with random trees decorated in baubles; it makes the walk so much more enjoyable

Enjoyable day out to celebrate Red Squirrel day.

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I enjoyed visiting this location so much the first time I was here, I made it a point to include it in my travels again this year. There were quite a few people here this time round enjoying a swim or just the incredible views. It was a beautiful and enjoyable day.

With Bob Marley song I wish you good move!

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Wishing all of you a wonderful and enjoyable new week. I am off and running, going for another shoot in the North Bay. The weather is gorgeous and almost too sunny here for photography but will give it my best anyhow. Darn harsh light drove me crazy yesterday. Not the sharpest and the clarity is lacking, but my lenses are not really designed to take decent landscapes. I like the composition and thought I would post it anyways. Hope you enjoy this perspective of the GG Bridge! The Golden Gate bridge is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year. Happy Anniversary GG Bridge!

Will catch up with you all later. Im behind AGAIN! Enjoy a lovely day!

Hope you all saw in the New Year enjoyably . I like January 1st, spring is now ahead of us rather than behind. It's time to get this years seed and plant catalogues out and beginning ordering . While I don’t go in for resolutions though I do have a few wishes for 2021 none of them very profound.

It will be good to be able to pop into a pub and have a pint . I am desperate to see some live music. It would be good to leave these islands and see somewhere abroad again . I would also love to reverse Brexit though that’s not going to happen. Whatever you wish for I hope it happens.

The photograph was shot at Castle Howard in the Spring the gardens filled with daffodils . This was our last outing before the first lockdown

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Got a deeply enjoyable shot superquickly this time. The dark green makes all the difference against the sun (almost hugging the contours) - superb view.

Due to my health condition, I am unable to hold or stabilize a camera for extended periods of time. Additionally, using a tripod has never been enjoyable for me, as it would cause pain when trying to position it correctly and constantly bending over to check the viewfinder. Consequently, I have chosen to explore digital AI artwork as an alternative. I understand that this may not be everyone's cup of tea, as it diverges from traditional photography. However, I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Currently, digital AI artwork fulfills that purpose, at least for the time being.

Enjoyable morning out around the coastline of the Wirral. Oli and Megs had asked me to get a few photos of them in action together. Much harder than it looks, especially as most of the time and despite their express instructions of wanting a shot with both of them in they seemed to spend as much time away from each other as it was possible.

I have better individual shots but this was the only one I managed with both of them in. Oli racing across the waves in the foreground and Megs catching what I believe the cool kids call "some air."

Yesterday afternoon it was enjoyable while waiting for the right moment of light. More and more deer came out of the forest. If you look closely, you can count 11.

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Snow Crystal(s) of Translucent Folding is a Golden Oldie in ‘origami world’ and I finally found all seven variations, if you include the basic form too then there's eight of them.

I made a kind of systematic view, to show you all the variations.

There is the basic form (on the left in the middle with 3 arrows), which can be altered into 3 'Snow Crystals'.

The 'hexagon-crystal' at the bottom has one variation and the one on the right has three.

It is always a big surprise how a model can change just by adding a few more simple folds. Origami and folding is great fun ;-))

Model: origami Snow Crystal

Design: Kunio Suzuki

Diagrams in:

- Tanteidan Convention Book #4

- or in the book 'Enjoyable Origami to decorate your Living' by Tomoko Fuse

Folded from a hexagon 7cm, 'Anett"-paper

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It was an enjoyable day of playing with colors, sharing in the festival's kinship among others; friends, family and even strangers. An explosion of color that brought everyone together. Just for a few hours, no one cared about religion, race or even age. As long as you were moving, you got hit with beautiful light.

The two walked home, still feeling the adrenaline and playfulness from the last few hours of dancing, dodging more colorful mess and just smudging more powder over anyone. Seems like she was not done yet when she reached over and put more hand prints on any white part of his white fabric, if there was any left even.

He just shook his head and didn't make it easy before pulling her closer into a warm hug that she made full by rubbing herself over him like a cat just to get him more colorful than he already was.

After all, no celebration is complete without your favorite person.

P.S. Happy Holi, everyone! :D

Enjoyable few hours with this local rarity. It never came close but fairly pleased with this effort.

Enjoyable day on the Farne Islands, Northumberland.

Enjoyable day on the lake in the Fall.

So enjoyable to go to a wedding and not be stressed about having to photograph it. . . oh, do we have stories to tell . . .

Enjoyable few hours entertained by the comings and goings of Common Crossbills whilst waiting for the Two-barred Crossbill to make an appearance.

Enjoyable day out to celebrate Red Squirrel day.

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