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Situated appropriately on the corner of Cock Lane in the City of London he marks the northern boundary of the Fire of London in 1666. The Puritan Christians attributed the fire to Papists or Gluttons so this figure was depicted as a fat boy (well, fat for the 17th century I suppose).
The statue used to be mounted of the wall of the Fortune of War pub which stood on this site and was demolished in 1910. This establishment was more notorious for being where resurrectionists (better known as grave robbers and body snatchers) displayed their ill gotten gains in a back room to be selected by surgeons from nearby St Bartholomew Hospital for medical experimentation. I don't think I'd have risked the pork scratchings.
Tout leur plait à ces gros goinfres. Et on dirait que ma mangeoire leur sert aussi de WC (il va falloir que je la nettoie)
These big gluttons like everything. And it looks like my feeder also serves as a toilet for them (I'll have to clean it)
Wolverine...The wolverine Gulo gulo (Gulo is Latin for "glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae (weasels). It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids. The wolverine, a solitary animal, has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself.
I have become a hummer glutton. These are the last 3 pic I will post to the Hummer Set. They are however, in my opinion, among the best so I hope they have not worn out their welcome, quite yet.
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Well it is still bloomin' windy and there is still no chance for leaves so what to do instead? Head to the beach and build a delicate rock balance and dare it to defy the wind?
The forecast was set to deteriorate by lunchtime so I headed to the coast. The wind was very strong there and my optimism dwindled. I had in mind something like the stack I built at Robin Hood's Bay. That one withstood the wind perhaps this one will?
The tide was due in by lunch so I set to work collecting flat stones and pebbles. I set the camera up first in the vain hope that I might get a picture and started on the construction.
The first effort had a horrendous wobble three-quarter built, the lower few layers were rolling on their pebbles and it soon fell. I tried again and dismantled the next two tries in order to concentrate on stopping it wobbling so much although it was impossible to eliminate entirely.
Always expecting it to topple I added each new layer one at a time until I finally got it done. I thought it might need another layer (I still do looking back at the pictures) but sometimes you can't push it any further. The proverbial last straw.
Now, a bit panicky, as it swayed quite a lot to and fro, I waited for the sun to come out. It needed to be front lit or else the contrast was too strong. As it seems to be with recent luck it there was blue sky either side of where the sun was with a strip of grey cloud right through the middle. It didn't look like there would be any decent light anytime soon.
But despite the nerve jangling wobbling it stayed upright and within half an hour I got all the pictures I wanted. Quite perplexed how it was still standing I thought I would try and capture a time lapse of the incoming tide. I set everything up and sat back and waited.
I looked at my watch - it was 11.30 and the tide would be fully in in 3/4 of an hour. The wind was really cold but I thought I could handle the shivering until the tide arrived. I am not so sure about the sculpture.
What seemed like an age had passed and the tide was still not in. I looked at my watch again and it said 11.30! What? I must have read it as 11.30 when it was 10.30!
Glutton for punishment that I am I couldn't stop the time lapse capture as the sculpture still stood. Sat in my 9 coats and 4 hats I practiced my powers of telekinesis. "Fall over! Fall over! Fall over! That way I can go and get warm!"
It wasn't working.
Still the tide marched in and still the stones wobbled and rocked. Didn't seem like anything could topple it.
As the hypothermia took hold I whispered to myself "just hold on, don't fall asleep, someone will rescue me soon." I took my emergency chocolate bar from my pocket and split it into quarters. "I will have to ration it" I thought "it might be a long time before anyone finds me."
"I am so very cold mummy."
And then it happened. A series of quite violent wobbles lead to its final demise. It sacrificed itself so that I might live.
PS. the lit up look of this photo was done with a reflector not in photoshop.
Call me a glutton for punishment, but I really enjoy photographing Spaceship Earth with a telephoto (or a super-telephoto) as much as I enjoy shooting it with an ultra-wide angle lens. The Alucobond has such personality that you can't capture wide, but it shows up when you're tight.
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Addison, my bad girl...she is fiery, mischievous and does whatever she wants, pretty much. Oh, and she cleans up quite well. I like this naughty, naughty chick...and I MIGHT enter her to Elo's Miss America contest at Simmuse...might...I won't get picked, but I might do it...I'm a glutton for punishment. :-)
Mmmmmm let me see? Who was it who tore open two sachets of cat food, ate the lot and then puked all over the floor so I got to step in it when I came home last night? Oh yes I know who it was. He is such a glutton. We have a very small house so the boxes of cat food are often left out. Everything had to be locked away this morning before I left the house. I am going to have to buy a 'cat safe' to store the food in.
Lola is still with us ( and sometimes our neighbour). I have put posters up in the local shop with a photo of her but have heard nothing yet.
No plans for the weekend so we will go with the flow
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Wishing you a happy weekend
Clash of the titans, Lackford lakes. This glutton tried to swallow its quarry for nearly an hour. I do not know the end result, I imagine the bird either choked to death, or sunk. Something special to witness though. I was preparing to leave the hide, when this battle popped up in front.
Parasitic nesting cowbird was actually doing pretty well finding food on his own, but he still wanted more! Definite glutton.
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John Heinz NWR, near Philly airport. . . . . . #0902
Thanx for the visit! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ### .
"Battling beauties!"
Here is my first series of "Hummer wars". Hummingbirds of all varieties are amazingly territorial and will chase each other to no end when they feel threatened or guarding "Their" feeder or flowers. Like many other small birds and mammals, I find the challenge of capturing these speed demons in pairs very rewarding. It certainly rates as one of the most difficult behaviors to photograph, as many of my photographer friends can attest to, but l am a glutton for punishment!
I just love these little flyers and last night while walking the dogs around the house, low and behold I was blessed to be in the presence of my favorite insect. It was clearly stuck on a web and I was not going to let my friend go down by death by spider. I gently preyed him away from the web on the wall. Then the glutton for punishment had to fly back into it. We went about 4 rounds of this and finally I got my little friend in both hands and walked down the driveway to set the little flyer free.
I am a glutton when it comes to these chocolate waffer cookies ... yummy!
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Not really fair of me to label this gecko a glutton, as this is a modest meal, and the only meal I've seen it eat. They move amazingly fast when going after prey, and then shake their heads violently once they've caught something. Some of the blur in this shot is due to the gecko head-shaking, and the rest is my technique ;-)
I'll be suprised if anyone else knows or remembers this guy, I don't know too much about him myself, I just really like his music I recently discovered. I don't know what he's doing now, or if he's still alive though. Making him was pretty easy, he looked strangely similar to Hugo Strange, so I modified his head slightly to match more, probably could have done better with the 3D goatee, still not a bad fig though.
My sweetie loves me when I have food in my hands, especially human food. She is a snob when I have nothing to offer for her belly, unless she wants my lap. But, she senses when I am sad or in distress of sorts, and she comes to sit or lie down by me. She is my confidant and she never tells on me! And she is a cutiepie albeit a chubby one - like me!
CC, you expected to see her photo, didn't you?
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The lady was so busy on this flower that she gave me ample opportunity for a mug-shot!
Note: I shoot NEF (Nikon RAW format), which I sometimes crop to get an attractive picture. So I did with this one: what you see here is maybe one fifteenth of the original photo! This is my solution for not having a decent macro lens...
Grote Markt, Mechelen
28-9-2016
De (zwerf)afvalzuiger Glutton wordt geproduceerd en gecommercialiseerd door het bedrijf van de ontwerper: Lange Christian S.A. Deze in marketing afgestudeerde autoliefhebber kwam op een dag op het idee om voor de straatvegers een zuiger te ontwerpen voor alle soorten afval.Hij bracht een antwoord op de behoefte aan schonere steden en gewaardeerde reinigingsteams die dankzij geschikt materiaal gemotiveerd zijn.
The Glutton waste vacuum cleaner is a mobile, very easy to handle and self-propelled machine, able to collect all kinds of waste that can pass through a tube 12.5cm in diameter.
It deals efficiently with both industrial and urban waste: paper, cardboard, cigarette packets and butts, cans and glass, plastic or metal bottles, dog faeces, dead leaves, waste trapped in tree grills, wood, steel and aluminium chips etc.
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me: and why don't you like coffee?
her: because it's dark,... like my soul,...
me:... alrighty then,...
me: and sneezes?
her: because it fucks with my thug.
buttery: you should see her sneeze,... it really does fuck with her thug.
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you know how some people are born into greatness while others are unwillingly thrust into it?
Daisy is of the latter,.... she will go on to do something truly epic, in one way or another,... but it will be because everyone else would fuck it up from being afraid.
She's tougher than she gives herself credit for,... and yet so much more delicate than she looks.
She'll always be the girl that I make faces at when I see her put sugar on her rice.
except this Friday,... i promised i wouldnt make faces and that I'd try sugar on my rice,....
I'm a glutton for punishment I am....
cock-a-doodle-doo
to YOU!
so many tools
but no rules
what goes around a button?
. . . a glutton
(actually, a goat
without a coat)
Happy Weekend, everyone!
Maybe I'm putting out too much seed? Or, maybe some birds are just gluttons?!
This is a tufted titmouse, almost unrecognizable here.
........................................ Large Size is a Major Hoot and a Must See!! ........................................
Hope is a subtle glutton,
He feeds upon the fair;
And yet, inspected closely,
What abstinence is there!
His is the halycon table
That never seats but one,
And whatsoever is consumed
The same amounts remain
-LXXXVI, Emily Dickinson
Gulo gulo
The wolverine (/ˈwʊlvəriːn/) (also spelled wolverene), Gulo gulo (Gulo is Latin for "glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids. The wolverine, a solitary animal,[1] has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself.
The wolverine is found primarily in remote reaches of the Northern boreal forests and subarctic and alpine tundra of the Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest numbers in northern Canada, the US state of Alaska, the mainland Nordic countries of Europe, and throughout western Russia and Siberia. Its population has steadily declined since the 19th century owing to trapping, range reduction and habitat fragmentation. The wolverine is now essentially absent from the southern end of its European range.
I shoot this photo in the wildernes between Finnish and Russian border in June 2017
Every once in a while, I cannot resist the temptation to place a rather cliched image. THis is hardly the most original shot of an African sunset, but in my defense, it is quite pretty! In case you are a glutton for punishment, here is a slightly different shot of the same tree www.flickr.com/photos/petefoley/6246688266/in/photostream