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This little good girl followed me around when I was out with my camera till I took a picture of her.. she insisted. Least I can do is dedicate my ‘picture a day’ to her.
' dreaming is tasting of the mind and feeling is like seeing to the blind '
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no big glittery icons or invitations , please !
The last mushrooms (I think) collected this year, this time only honey fungus :)
Honey fungus (Armillaria mellea), is a basidiomycete fungus in the genus Armillaria. It is a plant pathogen and part of a cryptic species complex of closely related and morphologically similar species. It causes Armillaria root rot in many plant species and produces mushrooms around the base of trees it has infected. Armillaria mellea is widely distributed in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The fruit body or mushroom grows typically on hardwoods but may be found around and on other living and dead wood or in open areas. Armillaria mellea mushroom are considered good edibles, although some individuals have reported "allergic" reactions that result in stomach upsets. The mushrooms have a taste that has been described as slightly sweet and nutty, with a texture ranging from chewy to crunchy, depending on the method of preparation. Can also be pickled and roasted.
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Ostatnie już (chyba) grzybki zebrane w tym roku, tym razem same opieńki :)
Opieńka miodowa (Armillaria mellea) – gatunek grzybów z rodziny obrzękowcowatych. Występuje na wszystkich kontynentach z wyjątkiem Antarktydy i Ameryki Południowej. W Europie Środkowej jest pospolita, w Polsce również. Pojawia się najczęściej jesienią od września do listopada, ale czasami może pojawić się nawet na początku sierpnia. Zwykle występuje gromadnie, czasami bardzo licznie. Rośnie na drewnie (pnie, pniaki, gałęzie, korzenie) różnych gatunków drzew liściastych w lasach, ogrodach, parkach i sadach. Opieńka jest pasożytem atakującym zarówno martwe, jak i żywe drzewa. Wywołuje u zaatakowanych drzew chorobę o nazwie opieńkowa zgnilizna korzeni prowadzącą do obumarcia drzewa i powodującą białą zgniliznę drewna. Opieńki są grzybami jadalnymi. Są smaczne, twarde, o łykowatym, mniej wykorzystywanym do konsumpcji trzonie. Do spożycia używa się najczęściej młodych kapeluszy. W stanie surowym lub niedogotowanym opieńka miodowa może być trująca. Dlatego też należy ją najpierw obgotować przez około 5 minut i odlać wywar, po czym dopiero poddaje się ją dalszej obróbce.
When you come across a friendly dog, the owners are usually friendly too! In this case, both were enjoying a crisp winter's day. In our case, we took a break on the way home after having to drive an hour out of town to buy a roof rake to clear off some of the snow! The stores in our city were completely sold out.
This lovley Hawker let me get in realy close, I even had time to switch to a macro lens, see following images!
Warmed up on my finger, then flew off! Andrena sp I think!
Upton Magna - Shropshire
Thanks to Bernhard Jacobi for the ID and info:
"scotica f
most likely stylopized
(more hair on metasoma, less developed scopa, smaller head)"
Really friendly Robin was actually eating seeds out of my hand !!! and he even posed for a couple of pictures :-))
Waves crash along the shore of Friendly Beaches in Freycinet National Park, Tasmania Australia. Friendly Beaches are important nesting areas for shorebirds like pied oystercatchers, hooded plovers, red-capped plovers, fairy terns, and little terns. From October to March, the park asks visitors to, “walk as close to the waterline as possible to avoid beach-nesting shorebirds.”
Friendly Islands docked at Johor Port, Malaysia. Pic taken from Northshore Cove.
Ship name: Friendly Islands.
Flag: Liberia.
IMO: 9615042.
MMSI: 636015708.
Vessel Type: Cargo Ship / Bulk Carrier.
*Note: More Ships, Boats and Watercraft pics in my Ships, Boats and Watercraft Album.
part of a heavy wrought-iron gate in the urban gardens ... a beautiful piece of craftsmanship ... I am admiring it every time I am there (I might show you the other, bigger part of it sometime later)
Do you see a friendly face with moustache here, too ?
(I am sooo very prone to pareidolia ; ))
52 in 2023 challenge: #35 = Heavy
(I am slowly catching up)
[ Pentax K-70 + vintage manual Meyer-Optik Görlitz Oreston 50mm f/1.8 ]
A motor cyclist gives a wave to the crew on Chicago & North Western F7 417 as it leads 425 and four more sisters on the freight from Belvidere. This is south of Elgin IL. at what I believe is Route 25, now a four lane road. April 1980.