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Från kronogård till utarrenderad egendom
Även från 1600-talet finns uppgifter om skatt som betalades i form av mjöl och ål. Ålgård var en kronogård (ägd av staten) fram till 1689. Då donerades gården till kronobefallningsmannen (kronofogde) Johan Seth, som också bodde där något år. Gården förblev i släktens ägo till 1827.
Därefter kom en period med många ägarbyten, ibland bolag med flera ägare, ibland enstaka eller enskild ägare. Fåtal ägare har själva varit mjölnare. De som ägde fastigheten fick som regel en viss procentdel av intäkterna från kvarn, såg och ålfiske. Periodvis har ytterligare en arrendator eller en dräng tagit hand om djur och jordbruk.
Den ursprungliga kvarnen låg vid Grindsbyvattnets naturliga utlopp. Vattennivån i Grindsbyvattnet reglerades genom ett dämme fäst i berghällarna en liten bit nedströms. Järnbultarna från de gamla dammluckorna finns fortfarande kvar alldeles under den lilla träbro som byggts över vattnet.
A butterfly gardeners delight. this variety of the passion vine is a host plant for the gulf fritillary butterfly, zebra longwing, variegated fritillary and the julia. The flowers are lightly fragrant and provide a nice purple pop of color in the garden. The zebras gulfs are starting to show up daily. I'm looking for the Julia, hope they show up soon.
Been along time since i've done anything I think is worth posting....
shot swerv and bile for the paint.
Autumn - Höst bliss at Kvarnbacken in Mårdsjön, Jämtland, Sweden.
I love seasons and the autumn is special with its colours, the crisp and clear air in the mornings.
What is your Autumn or season feelings?
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A candid snapped at the Ozora Festival ground.
Barcelona hosts a huge heritage of Modernist (Art Deco) architecture: dozens of buildings, some of them very well-known all over the world, like Sagrada Familia Temple, La Pedrera or Casa Batlló. But there are some other buildings, not very much visited, which are authentic jewels of Modernism Heritage. Especially the case of the Hospital de Sant Pau i la Santa Creu (Hospital of the Holy Cross and Saint Paul): huge, impressive, and a great example of XIX century public buildings architecture. After more than a century as the home of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, an ambitious restoration project following the transfer of all healthcare activities to the new Hospital has restored the cultural and artistic glories of the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, the most important work of Catalan architect LluÃs Domènech i Montaner - Hospital de Sant Pau i la Santa Creu, Barcelona, Spain
Back together again, friends I've worked with in the past, so many years... Elli Pinion to the far left, VWBPE photographer, (me), in the middle and please if you know who is to my right, share...
Volunteer and Staff area: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Gateway/129/36/24
Join us at the Conference, here's the calendar -> vwbpe.org/program/vwbpe-calendar
Knockhill Racing Circuit, Fife, hosted Scottish Legends Cars Championship races, July 2023.
Shown here is Number 85 entered by Mark Beaty.
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One of the features of the Sk8 Park in Grimsby, Ontario is a group of small billboard-style panels specifically intended to host the artistic expressions of those visiting the site. As a result, graffiti is encouraged in places that are acceptable. Furthermore, periodic cleanup of the panels by town staff ensures regular refreshment of the subject matter. This image was taken in mid-February, the dead of Winter, so the snow-covered park was not in regular use and had not been for several months. The last round of painting had been ignored, likely waiting for Spring to get a refresh, with the consequence being the multiple layers of paint had weathered and flaked off leaving colourful abstracts when viewed up close. This section features and area with yellow and green patches. - JW
Date Taken: 2019-02-21
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D7100 fitted with an AF-S DX Nikkor 12-24mm 1:4 lense set to 12mm, Daylight WB, ISO100, Program mode, f/8.0, 1/250 sec. PP in free open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image width to 9000px, adjust Tone Curve 2 in parametric mode by darkening the ‘Darks’ and ‘Lights’ slightly, enable HDR Tone Mapping and apply a light amount of HDR, enable Shadows/Highlights and recover highlights just enough that the ‘white’ areas of paint show detail/texture, boost contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, set White Balance to Daylight (5300K), boost Vibrance, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: increase overall contrast, fine tune overall tonality using the Tone Curves tool, sharpen, save, scale image to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 2048px wide for posting online, sharpen slightly, save.
Aristolochia is a large plant genus with over 500 species. Its members are commonly known as birthwort, pipevine or Dutchman's pipe and are widespread and occur in the most diverse climates. The flowers of this Giant Aristolochia are up to one foot in diameter. The flower is filmy and unusual. It is the host plant of the large and beautiful Polydamas Swallowtail butterfly.
Swallowtail caterpillars have a defense mechanism called osmeterium. Osmeterium is a fleshy organ where caterpillars store essential oils from their host plants, also known as terpenes. These oils coat the normally hidden osmeterium which can be everted or pushed out when the caterpillar is threatened.
The osmetierium are usually a bright warning color like red, yellow or orange and, because of the terpenes, they smell quite foul. Having to move swallowtail caterpillars to new host plants also means butterfly growers get their share of terpenes as the caterpillars arch backwards wildly, smearing predators faces and keepers hands alike with these gross smelling oils. Each species has its own unique odor based on what plants the caterpillar has been eating.
Video of caterpillar eating... and eating... and eating!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dryUAicVSEQ
Here is one of it laying eggs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_A-v-9BQlo
And here is a caterpillar transforming into a cocoon.
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Polydamas caterpillar on Aristolochia vine
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL
For more, see my set Lubbers, Butterflies and Bees.
With apologies to Jesse and the family! Taken in my garden amongst the Pig Faces.
The genus Argiope includes rather large spiders that often have a strikingly coloured abdomen. These spiders are distributed throughout the world. Most countries in tropical or temperate climates host one or more species that are similar in appearance. The etymology of Argiope is from a Latin word argentum meaning silver. The carapace of Argiope species is typically covered in silvery hairs, and when crawling in the sun, they reflect it in a way that gives them a metallic, white appearance.
In Australia, Argiope keyserlingi and Argiope aetherea are known as St Andrew's cross spiders, for their habit of resting in the web with paired legs outstretched in the shape of an X and mirroring the large white web decoration (the cross of St. Andrew (having the same form). This white zigzag in the centre of its web is called the stabilimentum or web decoration.
In North America, Argiope aurantia is commonly known as the black and yellow garden spider, zipper spider, corn spider, or writing spider, because of the similarity of the web stabilimenta to writing.
The average orb web is practically invisible, and it is easy to blunder into one and end up covered with a sticky web. The visible pattern of banded silk made by Argiope is pure white, and some species make an "X" form, or a zigzag type of web (often with a hollow centre). The spider then aligns one pair of its legs with each of the four lines in the hollow "X", making a complete "X" of white lines with a very eye-catching spider forming its centre.
The zigzag patterns, called stabilimenta, reflect UV light. They have been shown to play a role in attracting prey to the web, and possibly in preventing its destruction by large animals. The centres of their large webs are often just under 1 metre above the ground, so they are too low for anything much larger than a rabbit to walk under. The overtness of the spider and its web thus has been speculated to prevent larger creatures from accidentally destroying the web and possibly crushing the spider underfoot.
Other studies suggest that the stabilimenta may actually lead predators to the spider; species such as A. keyserlingi place their web predominantly in closed, complex habitats such as among sedges.
As Argiope sit in the centre of their web during the day, they have developed several responses to predators, such as dropping off the web, retreating to the periphery of the web, or even rapidly pumping the web in bursts of up to 30 seconds, similar to the motion done by the unrelated Pholcus phalangioides.
The male spider is much smaller than the female, and unassumingly marked. When it is time to mate, the male spins a companion web alongside the female's. After mating, the female lays her eggs, placing her egg sac into the web. The sac contains between 400 and 1400 eggs.
These eggs hatch in autumn, but the spiderlings overwinter in the sac and emerge during the spring. The egg sac is composed of multiple layers of silk and protects its contents from damage; however, many species of insects have been observed to parasitise the egg sacs.
Like almost all other spiders, Argiope are harmless to humans. As is the case with most garden spiders, they eat insects, and they are capable of consuming prey up to twice their size. A. savigny was even reported to occasionally feed on the small bat Rhynchonycteris naso.
They can potentially bite if grabbed, but other than for defense, they do not attack large animals. Their venom is not regarded as a serious medical problem for humans; it often contains a wide variety of polyamine toxins with potential as therapeutic medicinal agents. Notable among these is the argiotoxin ArgTX-636 (A. lobata).
A bite by the black and yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) is comparable to a bee sting, with redness and swelling. For a healthy adult, a bite is not considered an issue.
Though they are not aggressive spiders, the very young, elderly, those with compromised immune systems, or those with known venom allergies should exercise caution, just as one would around a beehive.