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"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
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Happy birthday my dear sis ... make all your wishes come true Tara
.......How do you expect me to remember your birthday,
when you never look any older? :)......
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Gorgeous texture provided by:'Playingwithbrushes'
Stock butterflies by 'shoofly-stock'
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One of very few ancient landscapes remaining in London, these medieval marshes right next to the River Thames were closed to the public for over 100 years and used as a military firing range.
We managed to acquire the site in 2000 and set about transforming it into an important place for nature and a great place for people to visit. Now you can expect to see breeding wading birds in spring and summer, and large flocks of wild ducks in winter.
Birds of prey and rare birds are regularly seen too. There are also water voles in the ditches and rare dragonflies flit across the boardwalks.
There is an innovative visitor centre, with huge picture-windows that look out across the marshes. It is full of environmentally friendly features and already boasts a handful of prestigious architectural awards.
There is also a shop and cafƩ and a new wildlife garden and children's adventure play area too. A full events programme offers something for everyone, and while we still have several years to go to finish all the visitor features out on the reserve, it is already an incredible transformation. Boardwalks throughout the reserve give access for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
Opening times
From 1 November to 31 January, we're open from 9.30 am - 4.30 pm. From 1 February to 31 October, it's 9.30 am - 5 pm. We're closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Entrance charges
Car park: voluntary Ā£1 donation. Reserve: Free to RSPB members and residents of Havering and Thurrock. Non-members: Ā£3 adult, Ā£1.50 child, Ā£9 family (two adults and up to four children). There are extra costs for some events - please check when you book.
If you are new to birdwatching...
Birds are easy to see year round. The reserve runs a number of regular events for birdwatchers throughout the year, from novice to expert, including weekly Wednesday guided birding walk with Howard Vaughan, dawn chorus walks, winter spectacle birding event, a new birdwatching club for children, February's flock bird event and spring walks. There are also designated open days and weekends. Please see the events pages for further information.
Information for families
There is an evolving events and walks programme specially designed for families, with activities for all. All the reserve's paths and boardwalks are family and wheelchair friendly. There are also Adventure and Toddler's Playgrounds.
Information for dog owners
No dogs allowed, except registered assistance dogs. However, dogs are allowed on the Thames riverside path - a public footpath and cycleway running adjacent to the reserve.
Star species
Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
Avocet
The delicate forms and and piping 'kluit' calls of avocets are becoming a more and more frequent site at Rainham throughout the year.
Lapwing
Lapwings from different places visit Rainham Marshes during the year. Wintering birds are replaced by breeding birds in spring and other birds that have bred further north pass through in summer and autumn.
Little egret
Little egrets can now be seen here in large numbers right throughout the year. Dispersing juvenile birds lead to a sudden rise in numbers in late summer and autumn.
Peregrine
The large concentrations of wildfowl and waders regularly attract hunting peregrines - especially in autumn and winter.
Ringed plover
These neatly banded waders can be seen performing their 'run and stop' feeding routine here.
Seasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
Wheatears, stonechats, oystercatchers, hobbies, curlews, swifts, sand martins, house martins, warblers, marsh harriers, reed buntings, water and short-tailed voles, damselflies, marsh frogs, grass snakes, water shrews.
Summer
Black-tailed godwits, whimbrels, greenshanks, snipe, little egrets, dunlins, lapwings, teals, swifts, common sandpipers, ruffs, starlings, avocets, yellow wagtails, oystercatchers, yellow-legged gulls, bank and water voles, water shrews, marsh frogs, wasp spiders, red foxes.
Autumn
Marsh harriers, arctic terns, bearded tits, thrushes, finches, skylarks, meadow pipits, jackdaws, stonechats, hen harriers, goshawks, merlins, peregrines, short-eared owls, barn owls, avocets, black-tailed godwits, white fronted geese, pintails, wigeons, crickets, butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, stoats, weasels, red foxes.
Winter
Bullfinches, ringed plovers, oystercatchers, golden plovers, water and rock pipits, little egrets, snipe, chiffchaffs, curlews, lapwings, dunlins, redshanks, shelducks, peregrines, kingfishers, short-eared owls, red foxes, stoats, weasels.
Facilities
Visitor centre
Car park
Toilets
Disabled toilets
Baby-changing facilities
Picnic area
Group bookings accepted
Guided walks available
Good for walking
Pushchair friendly
Viewing points
Currently two bird hides, family orientated Marshland Discovery Zone and several open viewing areas.
Nature trails
There are a network of nature trails currently in place, which are utilised for specific guided walks and events. There are approximately 2.5 miles plus of nature boardwalks, all designed for wheelchair and pushchair access.
Refreshments available
Hot drinks
Cold drinks
Sandwiches
Snacks
Shop
The shop stocks:
Binoculars and telescopes
Books
Bird food
Bird feeders
Nestboxes
Outdoor clothing
Educational facilities
The Education team offer a comprehensive and exciting array of curriculum linked field study visits for all school levels. We have Woodland, Reedbed and Marshland Discovery Zones, an Environment and Education centre, fully equipped classrooms, specific study areas, pond dipping areas and lots more. It's a safe and inspiring environment to get close to nature. A selection of lifelong learning courses on a variety of topics are run throughout the year, along with a range of children's activities, including holiday clubs. Please contact us for further details.
Cafe
Our cafe gives magnificent views not only over the ancient wildlife-filled grazing marsh, but also across Old Father Thames which flows majestically past the window. It is the perfect place to relax after exploring our nature trails or as a respite stop after the hustle and bustle of shopping nearby.
We serve our own exclusive coffee that is grown, imported and roasted by us. It's Fairtrade, organic and certified bird-friendly by the Smithsonian Institute, so now you can help save nature simply by enjoying a great cup of coffee!
Whether you are after a refreshing cuppa and a slice of our fabulous home-made cake, or a filling sandwich, panini or jacket potato, you will find something to tickle your taste buds. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Opening hours
From 1 November-31 March, we're open from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. From 1 April-31 October it's 9.30 am to 5 pm. We're closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Highlights from our menu:-
Fabulous home-made cakes
Locally-made soup
Freshly-prepared jacket potatoes with a variety of fillings
Locally-baked pies and pasties
Made-to-order toasties, paninis and sandwiches
Lovely cafe with warming soup and fantastic cake. Yummy!
Access to the cafe
The cafe is fully wheelchair-friendly.
Children welcome
We're happy to serve smaller portions and we can also warm baby food in the microwave.
We use local ingredients
All produce is sourced locally where possible, including ham, bacon, sausages, soup and pies.
Dietary requirements
Jacket potatoes, sandwiches etc all have veggie options, as well as a veggie pastry. We have vegan meals. The soup and jacket potatoes are wheat-free; some gluten-free cakes are available.
Accessibility
8 August 2013
This is a Summary Access Statement. A full access statement is available to download from the webpage.
Before you visit
Clear print site leaflet available from our reserve reception
Free entry for RSPB members, residents of Havering and Thurrock. For other visitors admission charges apply. Carer or essential companion admitted free with disabled visitor
No dogs. Registered Assistance dogs only
Visitor Centre, car park and reserve trails are open 9.30 am to 4.30 pm from 1 November-31 March and 9.30 am to 5 pm from 1 April-31 October; closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Check accessibility for events and activities.
How to get here
Purfleet Railway Station is a 15 minute walk to reserve
Bus stops near the reserve entrance.
Car parking
110 spaces and seven Blue Badge spaces
Gates locked at 5 pm
Surface is loose gravel
No formal drop-off point
No height restrictions.
Visitor centre and shop
Ground floor shop, slight slope to heavy door with 10 mm lip, normally open. Assistance bell. Non-slip tiles. Reasonable lighting. Some display units tall or deep. Pen and paper available. Bird seed bins are outside the shop.
The visitor centre and cafe are on first floor, accessed by a long ramp left of Blue Badge parking. Entry by two sets of double heavy doors opening outwards. No threshold. NOTE JUNE 2012, power assistance is out of order so an alternative bell is provided.
Step-free, level access throughout and non-slip tiles. Lowered counter section. Good lighting. Pen and paper available. Binocular hire. Staff available to assist.
Nature trails
Three signposted trails, a mix of flat gravel surface paths and boardwalks. Information boards in large print. Trails start at the visitor centre across a short section of non slip grill with a short steep section. You can leave the reserve part way round and along the River Thames. Use the one way turnstile or gate (Gate key code available from reception)
Viewing facilities
Four hides on the circular walk. None on the Woodland walk. All level entry either adapted for wheelchair spaces or designed for everyone to gain the same great views. Marshland Discovery Zone has touch interpretation. Shooting Butts Hide has 14 stairs and a lift.
Toilets and baby changing facilities
Accessible toilet on ground and first floors (Baby changing in first floor)
Catering
CafƩ on first floor. Good lighting. Non slip tile flooring. Self-service. Menus are clear print. Staff available to assist.
Picnic area
Eleven tables with wheelchair spaces, on soft and hard surfaces, level ground behind visitor centre. Alternatively, a table in the adventure playground and toddler's play area. Visitors are welcome to consume their own food and drink here.
Education facilities
Education team offer a wide and exciting array of curriculum linked field study visits at our Environment and Education centre, fully equipped classrooms, specific study areas, pond dipping areas.
Help us improve accessibility by sending feedback to the Site Manager.
For more information
Rainham Marshes
E-mail: rainham.marshes@rspb.org.uk
Telephone:01708 899840
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How to get here
By train
The nearest railway station to this reserve is Purfleet. Purfleet train station is on the C2C line from Fenchurch Street. The reserve is a 15 minute walk from the station following the brown pedestrian signs along the riverside path. Turn right out of the station and then join the path at the Royal Pub. Follow the Riverside path and then cross the Mardyke Bridge to the Visitor Centre.
By bus
The ensignbus 44 bus route which runs between Lakeside and Orsett Hospital, Grays, stops near the reserve entrance on New Tank Hill Road. This bus runs every hour and up to 30 minutes during peak periods. The service is operated by Ensignbus (01708 865656).
By road
The reserve is located off New Tank Hill Road (A1090) in Purfleet which is just off the A1306 between Rainham and Lakeside. This is accessible from the Aveley, Wennington and Purfleet junction off the A13 and J30/31 of the M25.
Cycling at Rainham Marshes
RSPB Rainham Marshes is just a stone's throw from London, easily accessible by public transport, on foot and by bike. Located on ancient marshland nestled beside the river Thames, it really is a special place to enjoy the great outdoors.
The reserve itself offers a leisurely amble in a superb setting with fantastic facilities such as an award-winning, eco-friendly visitor centre with cafe and shop.
If cycling is your thing, a brand new cycle route links the villages of Purfleet and Rainham. This runs beside the reserve, following the Thames, looping round and passing the stone barges.
Both on the reserve and along the riverside path, you will see a variety of interesting, sometimes rare, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians as well as bugs and beasties of all kinds. You will also be able to learn so much of the history and importance of this area.
Our work here
Rainham Marshes protects an ancient, low-lying grazing marsh in the Thames Estuary. Its complex of wet grassland and ditches, together with rank grassland and scrub, supports many breeding and wintering birds.
Wildlife also includes scarce wetland plants and insects, and a key population of the nationally declining water vole.
The site has a history of neglect, but the RSPB is working to restore important habitats and improve their biodiversity. This will transform a former wasteland into an important natural asset, and help raise public awareness of local conservation issues.
Managing the marsh
Birdlife on the marsh includes breeding waders, such as lapwing, redshank and snipe, as well as important numbers of wintering wildfowl, waders, finches and birds of prey.
We plan to enhance the habitat for these birds by creating a mosaic of unflooded tussocky grassland, flooded short grassland and semi-permanent pools. This will also benefit important plant species, such as golden dock.
Meanwhile we will improve the ditch system for the benefit of water voles, reptiles and amphibians, invertebrates and breeding birds.
Leaving well alone
We will leave the areas of tall rank grass and scattered scrub unmanaged in order to retain their existing conservation value. Wildlife in these habitats includes small mammals, reptiles and invertebrates, and birds such as wintering short-eared owls and breeding stonechats.
We will also look after sandy areas for their specialist insect life.
Silt lagoons
Lagoons on the reserves are currently used for commercial silt dredging. We will work around this in order re-create and maintain a complex of brackish lagoons and reed-swamp for important wildlife, including breeding, wintering and passage waterfowl.
While some lagoons will remain operational, we will manage others rotationally and keep the rest permanently open.
Access for all
We aim to make the site accessible to everyone, without impinging on the dredging operation or compromising our conservation priorities. We will develop and promote the reserve as a major visitor attraction and centre for environmental education. We aim to encourage interest in local and general conservation, and create a broader understanding of the work of the RSPB.
Funding
Current work is being funded by the EUās Interreg IVA Two Seas Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013, Homes and Communities Agencyās Parklands Funding administered by Essex County Council, and Biffa Award and Veolia Cleanaway Havering Riverside Trust, both through the Landfill Communities Fund.
Thanks to help on the reserve from employees of Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Earthwatch, Barclays, Royal Mail, Family Mosaic, Ipsos Media we have been able to deliver more for wildlife and people at Rainham Marshes.
Wasn't expecting to see some of these in Dover tonight, and these vehicles were on SouthEastern Trains Rail Replacement Services From Dover to Canterbury East and Faversham, and this was the best I could do in the dark as my camera didn't want to behave itself again.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
The weather was half-way decent yesterday afternoon so I'd actually half expected my Naturalist Friend to call around. We made off for the Aekingerzand on the border of the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland more or less to the south of Groningen near the town of Appelscha. This is a drift-sand dune landscape - one of the very few in the Netherlands, and it's been made into a natural reserve to preserve it from encroaching forestation and agriculture. It's a marvelous, even a bit of a desolate area. But there's lots to see if you've an eye for it. Right on the border there's also a pretty fen pond appropriately named 'Grenspoel'. The dunes themselves go by the Dutch for Bald Dunes. Stark Scots Pines - Pinus sylvestris - define the horizons whether - unusually - blue or gray with clouds.
One of three kinds of heather here is this Empetrum nigrum, Black Crowberry. At this time of the year the fruits are particularly beautiful. These berries are edible; they taste a bit like watered-down blue berries, and they quench the thirst of Sand Walkers.
The last decades has seen a re-arrangement of botanical classification through the advances of e.g. DNA research. Formerly the Empetraceae were their own family. A decade ago especially molecular analysis led botanists to make Empetraceae a subgroup of the larger Heathers, the Ericaceae. But our Empetrum nigrum retained it's name, derived from Dioscorides in Ancient Times who'd seen Empetraceae growing on rocky and sandy places. Such is the Aekingerzand.
As to be expected, the background hasn't changed much here: goo.gl/maps/Kh4LdV72X5ZfARsg6
The Renault 6 GUR 139L was a 1972 845cc model which made it 1984. The rather clumsily colourised, locally-registered Triumph 2000 HPB 988K did slightly better, being taken off the road in 1985.
Beige Audi 100 behind the Renault 6, and another one parked on the left?
The Rover P4 coming around the corner looks a little dated, but as I've seen on other cards they appeared to remain in use longer than some of their contemporaries.
The dread hand of the yellow colouriser appears to have been at work again.
Unsent card published by Bennett Publications, ref. 11261. I think I only have one other card by them.
As expected, the guy came back. After telling him that I was pretty pissed about that lame blue pill, he made me an offer that needed less choosing. LetĀ“s see what the red one does...
Kenmawr
From "The Peanuts Movie", Craig and Bryan Schulz, Blue Sky Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation, 2015. Screen capture, 2016, adapted. It is a wonderful movie. Check it out if you haven't already. No rights assumed.
"Expect Some Unicorns to Lose Their Horns, and It Wonāt Be Pretty" by STEVEN DAVIDOFF SOLOMON via NYT t.co/Y4Ksyzhh8O (via Twitter twitter.com/felipemassone/status/689597401951256576)
I expected to miss this by a minute or so upon arriving back from Marks Tey but either a track circuit or signal failure on the up starter saw this held at Clacton End Junction for some time before creeping up to CO1040 enabling me to not only capture this view but also one from the end of the platform before they finally passed the signal at caution.
āThough I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seedā¦Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.āāHenry David Thoreau, āThe Succession of Forest Treesā
āAs Emerson said, āThere is one mind common to all individual minds.ā Just as the acorn has a need to become an oak tree and the grape seed has a need to become the grapevine, so you will draw out of the Divine Mind whatever is necessary for your needs.āāEric Butterworth, āThe Creative Lifeā
this flower ripe
giving me a glimpse of eternity
of Divine providence,
grace,
that life will continue;
reminding me
of the God seed within us all
of the ripening Divine Light
that gives us wings
to be flowers of light
reminding me
of ideas simmering
ready to be launched.
praying all our hopes-and-dream-seeds
will find fertile ground
and blossomā¦
- 52 weeks: the 2016 edition, week 45 theme: Upside Down
- 52 Weeks of Photography: 45/52
- 52 Weeks Project: 45/52
Sometimes things don't go the way you expect them to, there are days when everything goes upside down, but there is no need to despair, everything has a solution, you just have to be patient, temper your nerves and mind, breathe several times and see things from another point of view ... :-)
A veces las cosas no salen como te las esperas, es mĆ”s, hay dĆas en los que todo sale al revĆ©s, pero no hay que desesperar, todo tiene soluciĆ³n, sĆ³lo hay que ser paciente, templar los nervios y la mente, respirar varias veces a fondo y mirar desde otro punto de vista... :-)
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Ooh, I wasn't really expecting her today since her tracking had not updated to show she was in Atlanta this morning, but here she is and looking so much like spring - and it's very spring-like in Atlanta today. Thank you so much Lynne - I <3 her! She hasn't completely told me her name yet, but we think Blossom may figure into it :).
8/52 Weeks of Blythe 2011
Towards the end of 2000 and into early 2001 First attempted to rationalise its First Manchester and First Pennine operations. And, as might be expected, things went decidedly pear-shaped. It didnāt help that there seemed to be two totally different interpretations of what should have been going on from within different First management teams. And, if they had no idea, then what hope was there for the rest of us?
Now, First PMT in Stoke, who ran Pennine on their own licence, believed that First Manchester were loaning vehicles in to them to help out at Pennine, for which PMT were making internal payments, with a view to operations being fully transferred over to First Manchester control as of April 2001. However, this didnāt seem to be the view of the team at Walshaw Street, who straight away began absorbing the Pennine fleet by commencing repaints into First Manchester orange and renumbering the fleet by adding a random seven in front of the existing PMT three digit number.
What can only be described as chaos reigned for several months. Recording exactly which company was running what became virtually impossible, as both operatorsā discs were passed around vehicles on an increasingly haphazard basis. In the end, the full takeover finally took place - with the PSV Circle recording the official date as 01/03/2001 to coincide with the final service registration transfers over from PMT to First Manchester. What had been happening in the interim could hardly be described as complying with the law.
Here we see First's one-off ex-Singapore Olympian, recently painted in orange and with interim fleet-number 7700. Sadly, she looks in a bit a state, with a missing destination blind and wayward wipers. Further identity crisis was also caused, as this particular vehicle retained Pennine branding under the driver's cab window at repaint.
Ashton, Wellington Road, 31/12/2000.
Valhall is an oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Discovered in 1975, production began in 1982 and is expected to continue until 2050
Woodcrest- Unincorporated Perris/Riverside, CA
9/1/17
It's back!
Let me start by saying wow, I never expected to see a Superlight Curotto Can again after this same truck was switched to Commercial collection Summer 2016. In 2016 WMmaster626 and I were informed by Dave, a Moreno Valley driver, that Paul (the Superlight driver) was now driving a ASL. There is also a picture from Moises Aguirre from Flickr that shows the Superlight on Commercial (www.flickr.com/photos/wmtrucks/34552959740/in/dateposted/). Both WMmaster626 and I were upset by the news and regretted not going back to get more footage of the Superlight.
The way WMmaster626 and I found out the Superlight was returning to residential is quite interesting. Both of us were getting a tour of the Waste Management Corona yard by the Fleet Manager Tom, who started out in Moreno Valley (the yard where the Superlight resides). We had conversations about the drivers and trucks in Moreno Valley, all of whom Tom knows. We never brought up the Superlight but eventually we brought up Paul (who drove the Superlight). Tom told us how Paul used to drive this one of a kind truck from Heil with a custom Curotto Can (the Superlight) and how several people from WM liked that truck and the custom Curotto Can. We told Tom how we found that truck on route once and how it was one of our favorite trucks. Tom then informed us how the Superlight had already or was going to return to residential services shortly. WMmaster626 and I were in shock and could not believe what we had just heard. After the great tour in Corona we immediately headed to Woodcrest and we found a Python driver in Woodcrest who informed us Paul was still driving a ASL. Two weeks later WMmaster626 heard from Tom that the Superlight was officially back on route in Woodcrest. In early 2017 the Woodcrest routes were altered so the next week while WMmaster626 was in Washington I headed to Woodcrest once again see the Superlight and find out which portion of Woodcrest it was servicing. I found Paul on route with the Superlight now collecting Green Waste, WMmaster626 was glad to hear the Superlight was back on route and was looking forward to seeing it in person. The next month in October 2017 WMmaster626 and I returned to Woodcrest and filmed more footage of the Superlight.
During my September trip, I found the Superlight Curotto Can collecting Green Waste in Woodcrest. There are many green carts out on the Friday route so I was able to see many carts collected. Paul is a great driver and knows how to operate the Superlight in fast, smooth cycles. Woodcrest is a great area and unique to SoCal, most of Woodcrest has a Country feel to it with huge properties, some residents even own horses. Woodcrest was also once services by NEWCO Waste Systems and there are multiple black and blue ex NEWCO carts in the area, there are even a few NEWCO dumpsters still in the area. This is the only Waste Management Curotto Can Heil in SoCal, the next closest is most likely Oakland California. This is most likely the only Superlight Curotto still in service. Republic Services Pacheco used to have a Superlight but I do not believe it is still around.
Thank you to the driver Paul and a big thank you to Tom for informing us the Superlight was back, you made our day. Thank you to everyone for watching and let me know what you think of the video.
Just returned from the monkey temple down the road from our place.
Never know what to expect upon arriving and this trip was no different in that respect.
Coming around a corner at the base of the mountain I could hear festive music unlike the other day when all I herd was temple dogs barking and monkeys fighting.
Getting closer I observed workers putting up bleachers and a stage along with canvas shade with plastic chairs common here in Thailand.
Music sounded old Thai and very pleasant to the ears.
Spotted some shade under a big old tree close to where the bananas had been, pulled in and dismounted with camera in hand.
Slowly walked over where some monkeys were devouring a pile of Jack Fruit, found a safe comfortable spot and just started watching.
Seemed to be a number of females young and old, most with new born baby's in tow.
After about 10 minutes I noticed the females were having some kind of dispute among them. Soon it was obvious what was taking place !
Older females were attempting to kidnap the baby's from the younger females, which is only a guess on my part.
Many ideas come into play, sense there was a new Alpha Male ruling the tribe maybe they were trying to kill off the old Alpha's off spring. Maybe they were jealous, maybe I don't really have a clue !
A couple kidnappers ran off into the jungle with a new born never to be seen again. This is real life in the jungle. Brutal at times, Beautiful at others.
This little guy was terrified but reunited with his mom only seconds after this photo, she was only an arms length away and keeping a close eye on him.
Right after arriving the sun broke through the overcast sky and the temperature sky rocketed as did the humidity!
Figured a rain storm was about to take place at any time, so I shot fast.
Didn't take long and a couple of rain drops hit my hat, large like a marble and fast. Stepped back under an over hang of rock and boom sky opened up.
While standing there big vans started pulling in full of Thais here for some type of Buddhist ceremony.
As fast as the rain came it ended but one could see this is only the first of what the sky had in store for us.
Fired off a couple hundred more shots and figured this is good for today as lightning was now starting to make it's presence known in a violent display of noise and light.
Pulled the rain cover over the Think Tank Bag, mounted my ride and headed for home before being caught up in another down pour that was on it's way.
4 clicks from home the sky once again opened up right behind me and started to do it's thing.
Leaned forward, twisted the wick on my scooter and went for it.
Had no choice, rain was right on my heals, falling faster and faster and catching up quickly.
Came flying down the drive way and into the carport just as the whole sky lit up and opened up, close one...;-)
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Of course WeeNee and The Worm were nice and dry waiting for my return, they both had been stretched out on the steps under cover with out a worry in the world.
For the most part I made it unscathed, slightly wet on the back and top of shoulders, no big deal at all.
Right now it's hard to see the other side of the river it's coming down so hard, monsoon will be here in June.
As for the duct tape, knife, and tape is if I get bit, wrap it and head for help. Knife is for what ever use it needs to be used for.
For the next week or so there will be a number of monkey photos coming, hope your up for it. Thanks in advance ..;-)
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Taken hand held under a triple canopy jungle
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Jon&Crew
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Everyone expected Michigan to roll over the University of Akron Zips, but the Zips nearly stole a victory at the Big House, losing 28-24, when Michigan stopped Akron from inside the Wolverines' 2-yard line on the very last play of the game
Hidden away amongst the rugged West Texas Mountains is the tranquil Coal Mine Ranch. The ranch is privately owned so one must be invited, tho' what's more, is one must know how to navigate the unmarked dirt roads to arrive there. An off-road vehicle is a must, too. Once at the Coal Mine Ranch, satellite radio is the only connection to the civilized world; otherwise, expect one of the most relaxing times you could ever have in the wild.
The Coal Mine Ranch is featured in my second book, "El Paso 120 : Edge of the Southwest" which shows the incredible landscapes of West Texas, Southern New Mexico and ... well, El Paso. All areas included in the book are 120 miles or less from the City of El Paso, Texas. Upon release, "El Paso 120" went on to become a best seller and was recognized by the Texas Book Festival as one of the best Texas photography books of the year. The book is available to purchase from any major book sellers such as Barnes and Noble , Amazon or Waterstones
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A window with birds from Sporon Hungary for Window Wednesdays.
Captured in the main old city square, late in the afternoon Oct. 2014 with an Olympus EM10 and edited this morning.
One expects to see cattle roaming freely in in India but for some reason it did not occur to me that national parks are also home to free range cows. The large mammal in the distance on the right side is a nilgai, the largest antelope species in Asia.
This is the closest I have ever gotten to a mink and it was in a place that I would have never expected to see one.
I was sitting on a log at the Crystal Springs Rhododendron garden watching a green heron preening itself on a snag. I heard a bunch of splashing behind me but thought nothing of it because there were several geese coming in and out of the water in that direction. The splashing got really close and I took a look behind me and there it was, a mink had hopped out of the water and was about 5ft away from me, staring at me on the stone wall. A split second after we made eye contact it jumped back into the water and hugged the wall until it turned the corner. I got up and followed it and it climbed on top of a hollowed out log and started to shake itself dry.
By this time I was in a bit of shock and was not really prepared to take a good shot because I had been messing with my settings right when he popped up.
I snapped a few of him drying off and then he jumped down into the hollowed out log and disappeared from sight for a few seconds. Then popped his head out of the log for this shot. It was a really nice start to my spring break.
Motherhood - Expect the unexpected!
My middle daughter and I were making cakes for tomorrow's cake walk at school. As a mom, baking is something I do regularly. It actually relieves stress for me. In any case, I was having her pat her hands together to make a bit of "dust" in the air. I wanted to capture the idea of motherhood being "messy, but sweet", and she turned toward me and blew the cake mix at me instead! As I said, if there is one thing 15 years of motherhood has taught me, it's to always, "expect the unexpected!"
Wasn't expecting to see these in Tenterden!, and these vehicles were parked in Tenterdens Town Coach Park and were possibly on runs to the big Homeswood School nearby, while Kent Coach Tours GN05DZU was in Service on route 293!
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw This Week!!
Yes I'm back again.
However due to my main computer on which I edit my work being struck down with a big bad virus, this picture and all the others I am uploading, were Unedited but have now been replaced with Edited versions. So enjoy and Thanks for your patience and understanding.
I do still hate everything about this shit that is new Flickr and always will, but an inability to find another outlet for my work that is as easy for me to use as the Old BETTER Flickr was, has forced me back to Flickr, even though it goes against everything I believe in.
I don't generally have an opinion on my own work, I prefer to leave that to other people and so based on the positive responses to my work from the various friends I had made on Flickr prior to the changes I have decided to upload some more of my work as an experiment and to see what happens.
So make the most of me before they delete my acount: www.flickr.com/photos/69558134@N05/?details=1, to stop me complaining!!
In a future post apocalyptic world not very far from now, justice has a new name The Druidess Of Midian!
A bit of fun shoot at Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury, Essex, with C-Imagery.
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So, bet ya weren't expecting the next part so quickly. This...was an absolute bugger to edit. Powerpoint really didn't help, especially with the middle pic. There's a line through it, can't do anything about it, so just ignore that. I was up till all hours putting that pic together. Surprisingly, Kylo Ren's lightsaber makes for good heat vision, just in case anyone's struggling. Anywho, I'll stop boring you with the details, and start on the next part in the story.
Fire and Furies
Just as Lucius finished, a sonic boom shook the plane. "They're here" Zod muttered, looking through the walls with his X-ray vision. Although weaker than Kara's, his vision could just about make out three figures. The Furies. Wonder womans elite soldiers, who would stop at nothing to achieve their goal. The team shuffle, uneasy. Green arrow begins pacing. Muttering something about a canary. Seeing this, Zod takes control. He was a general, and he was damned well going to control this situation. "Form up, flyers in front, everyone else in back" He marched up to Zataro. "You are responsible for them. Transport them out of here, we will hold them off for as long as we can."
"They won't let us escape, this is the end" Zataro murmured "this is it, we can't escape this."
Huntress slumps to the ground, head in hand. With Bruce gone, it is like the fire has died from her heart. "He's right. Sure there's more of us, but they're the Furies. They level cities, hunt down dissidents. Compared to them, we're like ants. They can crush us any time they please."
"No!" Zod shouted, putting his foot down "We won't let it end this way, falling like birds, shot by the hunter. I won't let it end like this. Now get a hold of yourselves and get these people to safety. You'll know when the time is right"
The team does as Zod says. When it comes to strategy, he and Batman were the best. And with Batman gone, Zod is their best bet for survival. They form up. Elizabeth stands by the controls, ready. "Open the door" Zod commands. Lights blare and sirens wail. The air is sucked out of the cabin, but the team stays strong, protected by Zataro's magical shield. Once covering the entire plane, he has retracted it, so that it only envelops the non-flyers. Zod and Kara step out, standing on the edge of the platform. "We're really doing this, huh" Says Kara, almost to herself. "I see them" Zod shouts "Get ready"
He nods, and the two Kryptonians blast their heat vision at the Furies, burning the air around them. The remaining flyers, Martian manhunter, Captain Atom and Artemis rise into the air, floating inches off the floor. With a sweep of his arm, Zod gives the signal. They hurtle out of the plane, whooshing past the Kryptonians. "We will hold them here, thin the herd" he says, willing more power to his heat vision.
Undeterred, the Furies move closer, dodging the beams of fire as if they are merely birds in the sky. They move quickly, yet gracefully, cutting through the air, as if it isn't there. Unlike the resistance members, they do not speak. They have done this countless times before. This is not the first time they have had to cut down those flying through the air. Doctor Light, escaping with his daughter. Maxwell Lord, trying to flee to the stars in a homemade rocket. They have succeeded in the past, and they will succeed now. Artemis, Manhunter and Captain Atom, hands blazing with flame, rush to meet them, ready for a fight.
It looks like the new Bratz art style may be "the norm" very soon! I was expecting them to wait until the fall since the current style is being used for the spring lines :P Could this be why the commercials are taking so long? As of the 17th, the SP12 commercials (or at least one of them) were in their final editing stages according to MGA. Shooting for another Bratz commercial starts next month. :)
Photo from the Film Independent Spirit Awards gift lounge. While it's a step down from the days of OOAK Bratz celebrity auctions and Bratz parties at the Grammys, I am happy to see MGA actively promoting the Bratz at "big"(ish) events again ^_^ Pix here: www.zimbio(dot)com/pictures/VJ0CXvtwLBf/Official+Presenter+Gift+Lounge+2012+Film+Independent/browse (Replace "(dot)" with a period ;))
We're expecting a bit of weather. Predictions are for between 15-20 cm before morning. Maybe. I'll not hold my breath.
Here in the city, we rarely get the severe weather that is predicted. But just a few km outside and it could be havoc.
I'd gone for lunch with an old friend and as we finished the snow started. I thought it very pretty and took my time before getting on the streetcar home.