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There is still a lot of snow in our backyard garden in Sapporo. The plants are patiently waiting for their time to come.
Camera: Canon EOS 80D.
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM.
Edited with GIMP.
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Identification: Fringes are brown. Upperside of male forewing is dark brown with little contrast and no white overscaling. Upperside of female forewing is light brown with a contrasting pattern and large transparent spots. Underside of hindwing is usually without 2 spots below the apex. Male has a costal fold containing yellow scent scales; female has a patch of scent scales on the 7th abdominal segment.
Wing Span: 1 7/16 - 1 15/16 inches (3.6 - 4.9 cm).
Life History: To seek females, males perch at the ends of twigs on hilltops or slopes about 1 foot above the ground. Mating has been observed around midday; females deposit eggs singly on new growth of the host. Caterpillars feed on young leaves and rest in leaf nests. Caterpillars of the last brood hibernate.
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Creative Hibernation
If watercolor photographs
Dissolve in grays
I welcome winter
To hibernate in poetry
Engraving these words
Deeply
Completely
Without confusion or unrest
That my existence is amiss
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©Christine A. Evans 12.2.17
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This is a close-up HDR photo of air bubbles that formed in the ice in the shallow channels beside the river.
The weekend before the last I was really mad at myself for being too lazy to get out in the cold in the morning, and by the time I was motivated, I didn’t have much time. Nevertheless, I thought I could take a short walk with my camera at lunchtime, so I was going to drive to a specific place in my hometown from which I knew that it had potential for some nice images. However, there was quite a layer of snow on the road and so I couldn’t drive up the hill, mostly because I had to slow down to get around the only tight turn. I really regret not getting out sooner because then I could have walked up there, but that’s the way it was. So I spent the following week hoping for some snow the next weekend.
Fortunately, it snowed the next Friday and this time I was sure to get out, no matter what the weather conditions are. The next morning, we woke up, put on several layers to protect ourselves from the cold and started our hike up the local mountain. Since not a single person had hiked up there that morning, we had to fight our way through a calf-high layer of snow resulting in a hike that took us more than two hours instead of the 45 minutes it takes us to get up there in summer. Of course we stopped a few time to take some images, but mostly with our smartphones as the snow was beautiful, but I found the scenes were lacking some mist that reduces the chaos and typically drastically simplifies such forest scenery.
Once we reached the top, we were very happy that the hut was open and we could warm up and get something to drink and eat. After a fairly substantial lunch, we decided to start our descent, but before I really wanted to walk up the last few steps to the summit cross, especially since a bit of mist was rolling in. I knew that I had once taken a quite nice image at this spot, but I noticed that my girlfriend wasn’t really in the mood to wait long for me since it was really cold and windy out there. So I hurried up, took out my camera and snapped a few handheld shots, and I was really glad I did when I looked at them on the laptop. Even though it was not exactly what I had imagined, I really like how this image turned out. I hope you like it too!
Es werden im Februar keine Fahrkarten für Schiffsfahrten in diesem schönen Reetdachpavillon am Ankerplatz Büsum verkauft.
No boat tickets are sold in February in this beautiful thatched roof pavilion in Buesum
Hibernating buses, Ester, Alaska, 12/13/2018. Awakening in late spring and ravenous, these colorful Alaskan buses will consume thousands of tourists during Alaska's short summer months only to return to their long slumbers under a blanket of snow for the duration of the cold, dark months of winter. ;)
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Keeping warm and cosy in these challenging times.stay safe and well dear flickr friends... have a lovely weekend ❤️
is a covert preparation for a more overt action - Ralph Ellison.
Sorry my friends, I have been away a lot lately, mostly due to really bad internet breakdowns and also some work to catch up... I've been hibernating from my photography as well, which saddens me a lot...Happy Tuesday my friends...Hope the air traffic ban in Europe ease up, I'm expecting friends and sad that they won't be here :(
Out for a hike today at Stiglmeier Park on a beautiful spring day we came across a group of about 6 garter snakes.
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Part 2 of 2 The sleeping Queen Wasp
European Wasp: Vespula germanica
Here she is again this time in a front on position, it's easier to see in this pose how she's holding onto the leaf with her mandibles.
She's also waking up from her hibernation and not looking too happy, we have something in common!! Lol.
„A few are still standing there, have survived the long dry phase, and the subsequent rainy days with quite manageable amounts of water seem to have helped them a little.
They still nourish the already significantly fewer bees, wasps and bumblebees before hibernation returns to them..."
(Photo 2/2 - the big one)
„Ein paar wenige stehen da noch, haben die lange Trockenphase überlebt, und die darauffolgenden Regentage mit durchaus überschaubaren Wassermengen scheinen ihnen dann doch etwas geholfen zu haben.
Noch nähren sie die bereits deutlich weniger gewordenen Bienen, Wespen und Hummeln, bevor auch bei ihnen die Winterruhe einkehrt…“
(Foto 2/2 - die Große)
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„Ich danke an dieser Stelle allen Followern, allen neuen Followern, und all jenen die einfach so mal vorbeischauen. Ich sage Danke für alle bisherigen und für Sie all die neu hinzukommenden Fav‘s und Kommentare. 🙏“
My personal challenge for 2022 - I'll try - and do my very best...
Meine persönliche Herausforderung für 2022 - ich werd's versuchen - und mein Bestes geben…
In February we spent a few days in Biei, located in the central region of Hokkaido, Japan. It is a hilly region with nice trees and waterfalls. We walked in hardened snow on farmland and found the skeletons of some lonely greenhouses waiting for spring.
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