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The quiet of the arroyo wraps around the mountains and allows the desert birds their turn to be heard. A gentle breeze ruffles the grasses and flutters the flowers as it hugs the rocks jutting from the wall that used to be a giant mountain.
I have been spending some late afternoon, early evening time in a pretty secluded spot on the Lake - bugs of many kinds all over me - trying to locate the Pied-billed Grebe, and watching for any other activity. If one sits still enough, long enough, something is bound to happen…
These very young Wood Ducks ambled onshore and were completely oblivious to me, at least initially. The female with them stayed on the water in a supervisory capacity. Eventually a few of them noticed me, and I slowly brought up my camera while going from sitting to lying down, all in an effort not to spook them. The little photo bomber in the bottom right seemed full of beans, and they stayed for a couple of minutes, before re-entering the water.
There are often three or four sets of Wood Duck young on the water at this time of the year. I especially enjoyed the brief interaction with these ones as I had to misfortune to see a similarly-young duck caught by a Snapping Turtle a couple of weeks ago. Initially I didn’t understand the screaming and thrashing, but with binoculars I ended up figuring it out. It took a while to get that out of my head - I know predation is all around in natural settings, but that was a really unpleasant experience. These guys - who I know may suffer the same fate - cheered me up for the few minutes they were there.
We're probably all trapped in the Upside Down. How else could we explain the fact that we still have a Mind Flayer for a president?
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Depot Solo #1 - Mandy El-Sayegh (artist).
www.boijmans.nl/tentoonstellingen/depot-solo-mandy-el-sayegh
A very good, well known photographer l follow, once said he hates having to think of titles for his photographs, while I am no where near this guys standard I share his pain 😕
A lone figure walks under the swooping arches of the Dongdaemun History & Culture Park in South Korea.
April 2019
The Figure Eight Pools are a unique formation of natural pools on the rock shelf on the coastline of the Royal National Park south of Sydney. It takes some planning to reach this spot as only, safely, accessible at low tide. We walked there from Otford Train Station and return. A very hot and humid day so we were soaked of sweat getting there. My second visit. As I learned from my first visit a few weeks, the waves can be very unpredictable so easy to get hit by a wave as happened then! This perfectly shaped pool is deep and looks very picturesque from any angle, framed by the ocean on one side with dramatic cliffs on the other side. Hardly any people at the time, = very unusual so had time to male the most of it experimenting with different points of view. This classic composition turned out the best I think.
Finally figuring out my life, my purpose, my goals and dreams that i want to accomplish <3
oh and this outfit is fire, tagged the creator
(Title in memory of the time when we were taking our German Shepherds to GSD training classes !)
A little Stink bug had just landed on a wooden board, close to where I stood, when this Wall Lizard came to check on a possible snack. Seeing what kind of insect it was, the lizard was performing a U turn when I captured it. I was glad it stopped to check on me, too :)
Miki Ando of Japan performs during the women's free event of the NHK Trophy Figure Skating competition in Nagano, central Japan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Commissioned Elvis figure, 21" tall. They wanted the younger, skinnier Elvis. My Wife made his suit.
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