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I found these on the ground, in the ‘wild’.
Berries are so autumnal, only very few are edible now, except for the birds and other animals.
A jelly made from them is popular for dressing game.
According to Robert James in 1747, the fruit is excellent for treating the scurvy, and the exudates from the bark is good for the diseases of the spleen.
When dried and powdered the berries have been turned into a type of bread, and in an infusion make an acidulous drink.
A gargle made from the berries is good for a sore throat and inflamed tonsils.
However, it is bitter – very bitter.
Sorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as white-beam, rowan, service tree and mountain-ash.
This upright, tree is the most compact of the Rowan trees making it ideal for small gardens.
Fluffy, white corymbs of flowers appear in April-May that are popular with bees.
Mid/dark green pinnate foliage turns vibrant shades of orange and red in the autumn which complements the reddish orange berries that hang in heavy clusters and are a treat for the birds.
Popular folklore maintains that a heavy crop of fruit means a hard or difficult winter.
Similarly, in Finland and Sweden, the number of fruit on the trees was used as a predictor of the snow cover during winter.
However, as fruit production for a given summer is related to weather conditions the previous summer, with warm, dry summers increasing the amount of stored sugars available for subsequent flower and fruit production, it has no predictive relationship to the weather of the next winter.
Have a great day and thanks for viewing, M, (*_*)
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Near The Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Florida
USA
This young common gallinule came out from hiding to check out what was going on by the water.
The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere, the common gallinule is likely the most commonly seen rail species in much of North America, excepting the American coot in some regions.
The adult gallinule has dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. It has a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.
This is a common breeding bird in marsh environments and well-vegetated lakes. This species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures. It forages beside or in the water, sometimes upending in the water to feed. Its wide feet allow it to hop about on lily pads. It is often secretive, but can become tame in some areas. Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the common gallinule remains plentiful and widespread.
The common gallinule will fight to defend its territory. The nest is a basket built on the ground in dense vegetation. Laying starts in spring, between mid-March and mid-May in northern hemisphere temperate regions. About 8 eggs are usually laid per female early in the season; a brood later in the year usually has only 5–8 or even fewer eggs. Nests may be re-used by different females. Incubation lasts about three weeks. Both parents incubate and feed the young. These fledge after 40–50 days, become independent usually a few weeks thereafter, and may raise their first brood the next spring. When threatened, the young may cling to a parent's body, after which the adult birds fly away to safety, carrying their offspring with them. – Wikipedia
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater - love the emu bush flowers.
Scientific Name: Acanthagenys rufogularis
Description: The medium-sized Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater has a grey crown scalloped brown, a mottled grey-brown back, a white cheek with spiny bristles to below the ear, and an orange-brown throat and chest. The underparts are white, streaked brown, the wings are grey, with white-edged feathers, and the long tail is dark grey-brown with white tips. The pale blue-grey eye is surrounded by bare pinkish skin and the pink bill has a black tip. Young birds are browner and have yellow cheek spines. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters are sociable and aggressive, and are often seen or heard in large flocks, foraging high in trees.
Similar species: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater looks like a small wattlebird, but has a distinctive orange chest and throat, white cheek spines and a bicoloured (pink and black) bill.
Distribution: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found across mainland Australia, especially in the arid interior, reaching the coast from Esperance, Western Australia to Melbourne, Victoria. It is also found on Kangaroo Island. It is absent from the east coast, and is not found in the northern tropics from the Kimberley region, Western Australia to Cape York, Queensland.
Habitat: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found in dry woodlands, mallee and acacia scrub, especially with a porcupine grass understorey. Also found in coastal scrubs, woodlands along rivers and, occasionally, mangroves. May be found in orchards.
Seasonal movements: Sedentary in the south of its range, partially migratory in the north.
Feeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeds mainly on nectar and fruit, but may also eat insects, reptiles and baby birds. It forages in the dense foliage and outer branches of trees, but may sometimes feed on the ground or take insects in the air. Around Barcaldine, they love the emu bush flowers, and come in droves when it is flowering, as do other honeyeaters.
Breeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater builds a deep, suspended, cup-shaped nest of plant fibres and grasses bound with spider webs and lined with soft materials, which is placed from 1 m to 13 m from the ground. The female incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes feed and care for the young.
Calls: Gargling or bubbling notes and whistles; also, single loud 'tock'. Can mimic other species.
Minimum Size: 23cm
Maximum Size: 26cm
Average size: 24cm
Average weight: 52g
Breeding season: June to January; can breed year round.
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 14 days
Nestling Period: 15 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Scientific Name: Acanthagenys rufogularis
Description: The medium-sized Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater has a grey crown scalloped brown, a mottled grey-brown back, a white cheek with spiny bristles to below the ear, and an orange-brown throat and chest. The underparts are white, streaked brown, the wings are grey, with white-edged feathers, and the long tail is dark grey-brown with white tips. The pale blue-grey eye is surrounded by bare pinkish skin and the pink bill has a black tip. Young birds are browner and have yellow cheek spines. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters are sociable and aggressive, and are often seen or heard in large flocks, foraging high in trees.
Similar species: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater looks like a small wattlebird, but has a distinctive orange chest and throat, white cheek spines and a bicoloured (pink and black) bill.
Distribution: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found across mainland Australia, especially in the arid interior, reaching the coast from Esperance, Western Australia to Melbourne, Victoria. It is also found on Kangaroo Island. It is absent from the east coast, and is not found in the northern tropics from the Kimberley region, Western Australia to Cape York, Queensland.
Habitat: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found in dry woodlands, mallee and acacia scrub, especially with a porcupine grass understorey. Also found in coastal scrubs, woodlands along rivers and, occasionally, mangroves. May be found in orchards.
Seasonal movements: Sedentary in the south of its range, partially migratory in the north.
Feeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeds mainly on nectar and fruit, but may also eat insects, reptiles and baby birds. It forages in the dense foliage and outer branches of trees, but may sometimes feed on the ground or take insects in the air.
Breeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater builds a deep, suspended, cup-shaped nest of plant fibres and grasses bound with spider webs and lined with soft materials, which is placed from 1 m to 13 m from the ground. The female incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes feed and care for the young.
Calls: Gargling or bubbling notes and whistles; also, single loud 'tock'. Can mimic other species.
Minimum Size: 23cm
Maximum Size: 26cm
Average size: 24cm
Average weight: 52g
Breeding season: June to January; can breed year round.
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 14 days
Nestling Period: 15 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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Yes there are many people who are forced to live in the shadows because of their circumstances.....scared every moment of the night & day
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The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae).
The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere it is likely the most common rail species, except for the Eurasian coot in some regions.
The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. The frontal shield of the adult has a rounded top and fairly parallel sides; the tailward margin of the red unfeathered area is a smooth waving line.
In the related common gallinule of the Americas, the frontal shield has a fairly straight top and is less wide towards the bill, giving a marked indentation to the back margin of the red area.
The common moorhen gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened. A midsized to large rail, it can range from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and span 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. The body mass of this species can range from 192 to 500 g (6.8 to 17.6 oz).
This image was taken at the Low Barnes Wildlife Reserve in the North East of England
Near The Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Florida
USA
This young common gallinule came out from hiding to check out what was going on by the water.
The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere, the common gallinule is likely the most commonly seen rail species in much of North America, excepting the American coot in some regions.
The adult gallinule has dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. It has a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.
This is a common breeding bird in marsh environments and well-vegetated lakes. This species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures. It forages beside or in the water, sometimes upending in the water to feed. Its wide feet allow it to hop about on lily pads. It is often secretive, but can become tame in some areas. Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the common gallinule remains plentiful and widespread.
The common gallinule will fight to defend its territory. The nest is a basket built on the ground in dense vegetation. Laying starts in spring, between mid-March and mid-May in northern hemisphere temperate regions. About 8 eggs are usually laid per female early in the season; a brood later in the year usually has only 5–8 or even fewer eggs. Nests may be re-used by different females. Incubation lasts about three weeks. Both parents incubate and feed the young. These fledge after 40–50 days, become independent usually a few weeks thereafter, and may raise their first brood the next spring. When threatened, the young may cling to a parent's body, after which the adult birds fly away to safety, carrying their offspring with them. – Wikipedia
"Oceans on Fire: Sabotage at sea", by Martin Granger.
The background:
"When Nathalie Thompson’s cameraman doesn’t show at the airport alarm bells start to ring. But, with a TV commission on the table and a job to do, she sets off across the world to make a documentary on ocean energy and its positive effects on climate change.
As the camera rolls Nathalie’s worst nightmares slowly unfold; accidents happen, drilling rigs sink and marine structures are mysteriously damaged. At the same time a US senator, involved in a controversial new law concerning ownership of the seas, is caught in a sordid sex scandal.
With rumours of bribery and corruption at every turn there’s more to her film footage than shale fracking and ocean engineering. In her quest to uncover the truth, Nathalie is in for a nasty surprise as she finds herself embroiled in a dangerous world of conspiracy, mayhem and sabotage."
Folkloric
- In the Cordilleras, used to treat nausea, headache, fainting, malaria, and sore throat.
- Nausea and fainting: Squeeze rind near nostril for irritant inhalation.
- Decoction of roots used for dysentery; root-bark as febrifuge.
- Crushed leaves applied to forehead for headaches.
- Leaf decoction for eyewash and to bathe a feverish patient.
- Mouthwash and gargle for sore throat and thrush.
- Decoction of pounded leaves, with leaves of Areca catechu, drunk for stomachache.
- Externally, fresh juice is used to clean wounds; roasted, for chronic sores.
- Juice used for irritation and swelling of mosquito bites.
- Poultice of leaves applied to ulcer wounds.
- Lime oil extracted by steam distillation of the fruit rinds used for colds, sore throats, bronchitis, asthma.
- Used for arthritis, obesity, cellulite and as tonic and astringent.
- Malays sip the fruit juice as a remedy for coughs.
- In Senegal and Sierra Leone, juice, sometimes mitigated by being mixed with oil, used as vermifuge.
- Poultice of leaves for skin diseases or on the abdomen after childbirth.
- In Malaya, root decoction used for dysentery.
- In Yucatan, root decoction used for gonorrhea.
- In southwest Nigeria, roots, bark, stem, twigs, leaves and fruit used in treatment of malaria.
- In Pakistan, Northern Ethiopia, and Nigeria, plant and fruit used in the treatment of hypertension and other cardiac problems. (17)
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Not only stinking cute, but also heroes. It's time to honour these two former stray dogs on death row turning life-savers. Today nine years ago, Christmas 2009, Noodles (right) and Scout (left) suddenly started barking, whining and howling. When I let them out of the room to see what alarmed them, they ran to the bathroom door. We found my husband, Carsten, in the shower, unconscious. He was already gargling water because his body had blocked the drain. We were really lucky we found him that quick. If it hadn't been for the dogs, we would have started looking for him too late. He had a severe brain hemorrhage due to a ruptured aneurysm. The emergency doctor put him in an induced coma. Chances of his survival were still low at this point. After several operations the long way back into life started.
Everything turned out well in the end. We were really lucky and our luck came in the form of alert dogs, wonderful doctors, and my husband’s amazing recuperativeness. Did I mention that I love these dogs to bits?
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more practice for MM. Za'atar is quite confusing because it means the herb oregano, and a mixture of herbs and spices. Some labels have it as thyme, but Nigel Slater said it was oregano on his TV programme when he visited a grower in Lebanon, and I believe him.
Here on the left, za'atar from Lebanon: oregano, salt and sesame seeds; on the right; za'atar from Egypt: oregano, sumac and sesame seeds. Can be used as seasonings or mixed into olive oil to make a dip for bread.
This is what my Spice book says: "A Middle Eastern condiment made from herbs derived from local versions of thyme, oregano and basil mixed with sesame seeds, sumac and salt. ... Most sources give za'atar the herb as Origanum syriacum, but Ottolenghi and Tamimi describe it as a type of hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) native to southern Europe... used from the 16th century in gargles and skin washes. Za'atar the mix, by contrast, is sprinkled over chicken, hummus, salads and the thick yoghurt labneh."
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I found these on the ground, in the ‘wild’.
Berries are so autumnal, only very few are edible now, except for the birds and other animals.
A jelly made from them is popular for dressing game.
According to Robert James in 1747, the fruit is excellent for treating the scurvy, and the exudates from the bark is good for the diseases of the spleen.
When dried and powdered the berries have been turned into a type of bread, and in an infusion make an acidulous drink.
A gargle made from the berries is good for a sore throat and inflamed tonsils.
However, it is bitter – very bitter.
Sorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as white-beam, rowan, service tree and mountain-ash.
This upright, tree is the most compact of the Rowan trees making it ideal for small gardens. Fluffy, white corymbs of flowers appear in April-May that are popular with bees.
Mid/dark green pinnate foliage turns vibrant shades of orange and red in the autumn which complements the reddish orange berries that hang in heavy clusters and are a treat for the birds.
Popular folklore maintains that a heavy crop of fruit means a hard or difficult winter.
Similarly, in Finland and Sweden, the number of fruit on the trees was used as a predictor of the snow cover during winter.
However, as fruit production for a given summer is related to weather conditions the previous summer, with warm, dry summers increasing the amount of stored sugars available for subsequent flower and fruit production, it has no predictive relationship to the weather of the next winter.
Have a great day and thanks for viewing, M, (*_*)
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Berries, red, Rowan, Sorbus, leaves, Autumn, "mountain ash", design, "conceptual art", studio, black-background, square, "magda indigo"
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I found these on the ground, in the ‘wild’.
Berries are so autumnal, only very few are edible now, except for the birds and other animals.
A jelly made from them is popular for dressing game.
According to Robert James in 1747, the fruit is excellent for treating the scurvy, and the exudates from the bark is good for the diseases of the spleen.
When dried and powdered the berries have been turned into a type of bread, and in an infusion make an acidulous drink.
A gargle made from the berries is good for a sore throat and inflamed tonsils.
However, it is bitter – very bitter.
Sorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as white-beam, rowan, service tree and mountain-ash.
This upright, tree is the most compact of the Rowan trees making it ideal for small gardens.
Fluffy, white corymbs of flowers appear in April-May that are popular with bees.
Mid/dark green pinnate foliage turns vibrant shades of orange and red in the autumn which complements the reddish orange berries that hang in heavy clusters and are a treat for the birds.
Popular folklore maintains that a heavy crop of fruit means a hard or difficult winter.
Similarly, in Finland and Sweden, the number of fruit on the trees was used as a predictor of the snow cover during winter.
However, as fruit production for a given summer is related to weather conditions the previous summer, with warm, dry summers increasing the amount of stored sugars available for subsequent flower and fruit production, it has no predictive relationship to the weather of the next winter.
Have a great day and thanks for viewing, M, (*_*)
for more: www.indigo2photography.com
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Berries, red, Rowan, Sorbus, leaves, Autumn, "mountain ash", design, "conceptual art", studio, black-background, square, "Magda indigo"
Maroon Sulzers In Danzey Green
West Coast Railways 47802 gargles it's way through Danzey Green with 1Z41, the return 'Stratford Flyer' from Stratford-upon-Avon to Manchester Piccadilly. 47245 'V. E. Day - 75th Anniversary' was on the rear, having led the inbound.
This is a new location for me, and one I rather enjoyed with all the sheep roaming around. Danzey is also a rather special place for me, having been introduced to the quiet station by my late uncle, Mike, and our subsequent visits for 1Q48 over the months. With it having been his birthday on the 7th, Danzey seemed a more than appropriate location to catch this tour. Sure, it's not English Electric, but Leander failing the FTR and getting subbed by this whopper Sulzer pairing must have been some kind of intervention. ;-)
Another photo for you, Uncle Mike.
Double trouble! British Railways liveried LSL D6817 and D6851 are seen gargling through Fiddlers Gill with 1Z44 from Perth to North Road. This is I believe the 5th leg of Hosking’s private tour around the Uk. (27/09/20)
Why does it sound like you're gargling marbles?
Built for my Iron Builder round against Mike Nieves.
Follow me:
Dulce Et Decorum Est - Wilfred Owen
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Gas! Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime. . .
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.
This figure was done to honor all the men, women and animals who gave their lives for their country during the First World War. Their sacrifice made the world what it is today, and should never be forgotten.
May they rest in peace.
The new water sculpture "Mother" in front of Hyllie water-tower. The developments in the Malmö suburb of Hyllie continue to amuse. This is a few hundred metres from Emporia and the main sports arena.
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Scientific Name: Acanthagenys rufogularis
Description: The medium-sized Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater has a grey crown scalloped brown, a mottled grey-brown back, a white cheek with spiny bristles to below the ear, and an orange-brown throat and chest. The underparts are white, streaked brown, the wings are grey, with white-edged feathers, and the long tail is dark grey-brown with white tips. The pale blue-grey eye is surrounded by bare pinkish skin and the pink bill has a black tip. Young birds are browner and have yellow cheek spines. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters are sociable and aggressive, and are often seen or heard in large flocks, foraging high in trees.
Similar species: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater looks like a small wattlebird, but has a distinctive orange chest and throat, white cheek spines and a bicoloured (pink and black) bill.
Distribution: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found across mainland Australia, especially in the arid interior, reaching the coast from Esperance, Western Australia to Melbourne, Victoria. It is also found on Kangaroo Island. It is absent from the east coast, and is not found in the northern tropics from the Kimberley region, Western Australia to Cape York, Queensland.
Habitat: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found in dry woodlands, mallee and acacia scrub, especially with a porcupine grass understorey. Also found in coastal scrubs, woodlands along rivers and, occasionally, mangroves. May be found in orchards.
Seasonal movements: Sedentary in the south of its range, partially migratory in the north.
Feeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeds mainly on nectar and fruit, but may also eat insects, reptiles and baby birds. It forages in the dense foliage and outer branches of trees, but may sometimes feed on the ground or take insects in the air.
Breeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater builds a deep, suspended, cup-shaped nest of plant fibres and grasses bound with spider webs and lined with soft materials, which is placed from 1 m to 13 m from the ground. The female incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes feed and care for the young.
Calls: Gargling or bubbling notes and whistles; also, single loud 'tock'. Can mimic other species.
Minimum Size: 23cm
Maximum Size: 26cm
Average size: 24cm
Average weight: 52g
Breeding season: June to January; can breed year round.
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 14 days
Nestling Period: 15 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
© Chris Burns 2017
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The photo set had been bought in preparation but what she hadn’t expected was the hilarious image of the infant in the pumpkin that was entirely too big for her yet. Curious eyes looked up at her as she tried to settle her somewhere so she could still get the photo. Thankfully, well fed, well slept, Eden was more than happy to curiously explore the inside of the fake pumpkin, even a blanket put in place couldn’t help the infant hold her body up enough. A happy gargle came from Eden as Akemo tried to tuck in some of the blanket that had been a gift from Willow and the twins, something familiar to her in those nights spent in the crib.
Yet no success with the pumpkin.
Frazzled, Akemo blew out a breath, sending her hair moving and heard the sound of almost bells- a sharp giggle and she blinked in surprise down at the infant below her. She was too young yet surely- but the sound came again as she huffed out a breath at herself and that same bang shifted across her face. Akemo echoed the laugh, wiggling her daughter free to lift her up to her, watching as those eyes that had faded from their newborn blue to the soft brown that remind her so much of the little one she always saw in her dreams.
The sound echoed over and over again until a little tired huff came from Eden and Akemo had to wipe the tears from her face - nearly belatedly remembering the makeup. A quick check let her know that all was well, and she was grateful. Turning to the small delivery box that had already been opened she removed the small cap and bib that had already been washed with her sensitive skin Formula. Handing Eden the small pacifier she watched as her daughter turned and latched onto it.
An idea struck, and she scooped up both baby and Pumpkin, and even though there was no way to hide her arm… she shifted the camera on the stand and set the timer before taking a few steps back. Adjusting the bib into place she helped to put the cap on and adjusted it into place… and checked. “You look perfect,” she grinned at her sweet little slumped daughter before moving to get into place.
“Okay. This may be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.” Still the hormones, Akemo told herself as she blinked away happy tears, reaching over to half-lean Eden against the pumpkin and reaching her arm to hold her, surprised as tiny hands closed around her hand. She glanced down, then remembered to look up just as the click of the camera went off.
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In architecture, a gargoyle (/ˈɡɑːrɡɔɪl/) is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortarbetween. Architects often used multiple gargoyles on buildings to divide the flow of rainwater off the roof to minimize the potential damage from a rainstorm. A trough is cut in the back of the gargoyle and rainwater typically exits through the open mouth. Gargoyles are usually an elongated fantastic animal because the length of the gargoyle determines how far water is thrown from the wall. When Gothic flying buttresses were used, aqueducts were sometimes cut into the buttress to divert water over the aisle walls.
The term originates from the French gargouille, which in English is likely to mean "throat" or is otherwise known as the "gullet";cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, gargula ("gullet" or "throat") and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Portuguese and Spanish garganta, "throat"; gárgola, "gargoyle"). It is also connected to the French verb gargariser, which shares a Latin root with the verb "gargle"and is likely imitative in origin.[5] The Italian word for gargoyle is doccione or gronda sporgente, (but also gargolla o garguglia, when it has a grotesque shape) an architecturally precise phrase which means "protruding gutter."
When not constructed as a waterspout and only serving an ornamental or artistic function, the correct term for such a sculpture is a grotesque, chimera, or boss. Just as with bosses and chimeras, gargoyles are said to frighten off and protect those that it guards, such as a church, from any evil or harmful spirits.
A French legend that sprang up around the name of St. Romanus ("Romain") (AD 631–641), the former chancellor of theMerovingian king Clotaire II who was made bishop of Rouen, relates how he delivered the country around Rouen from a monster called Gargouille or Goji. La Gargouille is said to have been the typical dragon with batlike wings, a long neck, and the ability to breathe fire from its mouth. There are multiple versions of the story, either that St. Romanus subdued the creature with a crucifix, or he captured the creature with the help of the only volunteer, a condemned man. In each, the monster is led back toRouen and burned, but its head and neck would not burn due to being tempered by its own fire breath. The head was then mounted on the walls of the newly built church to scare off evil spirits, and used for protection.[6] In commemoration of St. Romain, the Archbishops of Rouen were granted the right to set a prisoner free on the day that the reliquary of the saint was carried in procession .
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Well known and conspicuous, eight subspecies of this pied relation of the butcherbird ensure that their presence is represented throughout Australia. Their melodious, gargling yodels are the true sound of the bush (sorry, kookaburras!)
This is one of the white-backed forms.
Imagine with me. Imagine you are standing in the middle of this creek. The ankle-deep water is cold but not chilly. The clouds are dark but not immediately threatening. The creek is flowing towards you from those distant mountains and a distant time beyond your imagination. All its messages for you are embedded in its constant gargle. You listen to this primordial hymn and feel the universe weaving through the present moment. Now, look around. Primitive cairns are diligently holding the line and whispering to the creek where to go. How to flow. When a rock interrupts her flow, she pauses briefly as if to shift her glance, swirls around a little to acknowledge the rock’s presence in her path, and then flows right around it, creating a frothing prophecy of eternity in her wake.
Imagine with me. Imagine you are the creek. You are the flow. Peace is you.
Found growing along the rocky headland of Yallingup only meters from the pounding surf.
An edible bushfood. The red purple fruit has a flavour described by some as like salty apples.
Its thick fleshy leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and the juice from the leaves used to soothe stings or burnt skin. The juice from the leaves can be mixed with water and used as a gargle for sore throats and mild bacterial infections of the mouth. The fruit has a mild laxative effect.
The prostrate, creeping succulent is one of about 20 species of the genus Carpobrotus, most of which are native to South Africa. Six are indigenous to Australia.
Coastal Pigface
Family: AIZOACEAE
Genus: Carpobrotus
Species: virescens
Origin: Busselton and Surrounds
Near The Gulf of Mexico
Southwest Florida
USA
This young common gallinule came out from hiding to check out what was going on by the water.
The common gallinule (Gallinula galeata) is a bird in the family Rallidae. It was split from the common moorhen by the American Ornithologists' Union in July 2011. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals, and other wetlands in the Americas. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere, the common gallinule is likely the most commonly seen rail species in much of North America, excepting the American coot in some regions.
The adult gallinule has dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. It has a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.
This is a common breeding bird in marsh environments and well-vegetated lakes. This species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures. It forages beside or in the water, sometimes upending in the water to feed. Its wide feet allow it to hop about on lily pads. It is often secretive, but can become tame in some areas. Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the common gallinule remains plentiful and widespread.
The common gallinule will fight to defend its territory. The nest is a basket built on the ground in dense vegetation. Laying starts in spring, between mid-March and mid-May in northern hemisphere temperate regions. About 8 eggs are usually laid per female early in the season; a brood later in the year usually has only 5–8 or even fewer eggs. Nests may be re-used by different females. Incubation lasts about three weeks. Both parents incubate and feed the young. These fledge after 40–50 days, become independent usually a few weeks thereafter, and may raise their first brood the next spring. When threatened, the young may cling to a parent's body, after which the adult birds fly away to safety, carrying their offspring with them. – Wikipedia
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ROWAN and Hawthorn berries.
I found these on the ground, in the ‘wild’.
Berries are so autumnal, only very few are edible now, except for the birds and other animals.
A jelly made from them is popular for dressing game.
According to Robert James in 1747, the fruit is excellent for treating the scurvy, and the exudates from the bark is good for the diseases of the spleen.
When dried and powdered the berries have been turned into a type of bread, and in an infusion make an acidulous drink.
A gargle made from the berries is good for a sore throat and inflamed tonsils.
However, it is bitter – very bitter.
Sorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as white-beam, rowan, service tree and mountain-ash.
This upright, tree is the most compact of the Rowan trees making it ideal for small gardens. Fluffy, white corymbs of flowers appear in April-May that are popular with bees.
Mid/dark green pinnate foliage turns vibrant shades of orange and red in the autumn which complements the reddish orange berries that hang in heavy clusters and are a treat for the birds.
Popular folklore maintains that a heavy crop of fruit means a hard or difficult winter.
Similarly, in Finland and Sweden, the number of fruit on the trees was used as a predictor of the snow cover during winter.
However, as fruit production for a given summer is related to weather conditions the previous summer, with warm, dry summers increasing the amount of stored sugars available for subsequent flower and fruit production, it has no predictive relationship to the weather of the next winter.
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Another from our visit to Sandgate park Storrington.
With this image it was all the roots and foliage broken up by splashes of colour of the Rhododendrons, and a nice path to lead the eye through the image.
Not been out with the camera this week, I picked up a chest bug along the line somewhere, I now have a voice like a bucket of gravel, feels like I have been gargling with it gravel to.
DRS 37419 ‘Carl Haviland’ and 37407 ‘Blackpool Tower’ are seen gargling through Wishaw with this months PLPR from Mossend Down Yard to Mossend Down Yard. (03/09/20)
There was a little break in the Leaden-Grey Skies, so I biked out to the Stadspark to see what I could see.
Here's pretty Prunella vulgaris, Self-heal. Apparently it is or was used in herbal medicine against throat aches and more specifically for an aggravated form of tonsillitis. It seems - at least that's recorded by Abraham Munting (1626-1683), and no doubt others before him - that it works best if one gargles with an infusion of Prunella after a blood vessel under the tongue has been opened...
No, I didn't bike home for such an incision but for a glass of nice red wine in the Chills with which the Summer of 2015 inflicts us.
March is not a good month over here for garden flowers. Found this lone one this afternoon and it will probably be gone by tomorrow.
Flower is 50 mm in diameter.
Looking close... on Friday! ~ Flora in March
Medicinal uses of sour fig plant.
There are numerous medicinal uses. It is used as an enema for children, those with allergies or diabetes. The leaf juice is astringent and antiseptic and is used as a gargle for sore throats as well as diphtheria, thrush, digestion, dysentery, bruises, scrapes, cuts, sunburn and ringworm.
The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the waterhen, the swamp chicken, and as the common gallinule is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World.
The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests. Elsewhere it is likely the most common rail species, except for the Eurasian coot in some regions.
The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. The frontal shield of the adult has a rounded top and fairly parallel sides; the tailward margin of the red unfeathered area is a smooth waving line. In the related common gallinule of the Americas, the frontal shield has a fairly straight top and is less wide towards the bill, giving a marked indentation to the back margin of the red area.
The common moorhen gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened.[8] A midsized to large rail, it can range from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and span 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. The body mass of this species can range from 192 to 500 g (6.8 to 17.6 oz).
This is a common breeding bird in marsh environments, well-vegetated lakes and even in city parks. Populations in areas where the waters freeze, such as eastern Europe, will migrate to more temperate climes. In China, common moorhen populations are largely resident south of the Yangtze River, whilst northern populations migrate in the winter, therefore these populations show high genetic diversity.
This species will consume a wide variety of vegetable material and small aquatic creatures. They forage beside or in the water, sometimes walking on lilypads or upending in the water to feed. They are often secretive, but can become tame in some areas. Despite loss of habitat in parts of its range, the common moorhen remains plentiful and widespread.
The birds are territorial during breeding season. The nest is a basket built on the ground in dense vegetation. Laying starts in spring, between mid-March and mid-May in Northern hemisphere temperate regions. About 8 eggs are usually laid per female early in the season; a brood later in the year usually has only 5–8 or fewer eggs. Nests may be re-used by different females. Incubation lasts about three weeks. Both parents incubate and feed the young. These fledge after 40–50 days, become independent usually a few weeks thereafter, and may raise their first brood the next spring. When threatened, the young may cling to the parents' body, after which the adult birds fly away to safety, carrying their offspring with them.
For more information, please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_moorhen
Folkloric
• Antiseptic and deodorant: Apply crushed leaves on affected area.
• Cough and asthma: Take decoction of leaves as tea.
• Insect repellent: Burn leaves.
• In other countries, used to combat malaria.
• Used as antiseptic gargle.
• Used for lung infects and bronchitis.
• Oil used for croup and spasmodic throat problems.
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Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater
Scientific Name: Acanthagenys rufogularis
Description: The medium-sized Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater has a grey crown scalloped brown, a mottled grey-brown back, a white cheek with spiny bristles to below the ear, and an orange-brown throat and chest. The underparts are white, streaked brown, the wings are grey, with white-edged feathers, and the long tail is dark grey-brown with white tips. The pale blue-grey eye is surrounded by bare pinkish skin and the pink bill has a black tip. Young birds are browner and have yellow cheek spines. Spiny-cheeked Honeyeaters are sociable and aggressive, and are often seen or heard in large flocks, foraging high in trees.
Similar species: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater looks like a small wattlebird, but has a distinctive orange chest and throat, white cheek spines and a bicoloured (pink and black) bill.
Distribution: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found across mainland Australia, especially in the arid interior, reaching the coast from Esperance, Western Australia to Melbourne, Victoria. It is also found on Kangaroo Island. It is absent from the east coast, and is not found in the northern tropics from the Kimberley region, Western Australia to Cape York, Queensland.
Habitat: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is found in dry woodlands, mallee and acacia scrub, especially with a porcupine grass understorey. Also found in coastal scrubs, woodlands along rivers and, occasionally, mangroves. May be found in orchards.
Seasonal movements: Sedentary in the south of its range, partially migratory in the north.
Feeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater feeds mainly on nectar and fruit, but may also eat insects, reptiles and baby birds. It forages in the dense foliage and outer branches of trees, but may sometimes feed on the ground or take insects in the air.
Breeding: The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater builds a deep, suspended, cup-shaped nest of plant fibres and grasses bound with spider webs and lined with soft materials, which is placed from 1 m to 13 m from the ground. The female incubates the eggs alone, but both sexes feed and care for the young.
Calls: Gargling or bubbling notes and whistles; also, single loud 'tock'. Can mimic other species.
Minimum Size: 23cm
Maximum Size: 26cm
Average size: 24cm
Average weight: 52g
Breeding season: June to January; can breed year round.
Clutch Size: 2 to 3
Incubation: 14 days
Nestling Period: 15 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net)
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