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It's been around my garden a few days and for once I managed to get some photos of it open. I've only ever photographed this kind closed before.
52 photos - 2016 : Distractions from work (My only work being gardening and housework so seeing nice butterflies is distracting)
Yesterday warmed close to 60; I nearly finished with my neglected housework, so I had a little time to go out and shoot. Less than an hour. I still hurt too badly to carry my 200-500 around for birds (not that many anyway), so I started around my house with my Macro then put on my rarely-used-anymore 55-300 and walked down the street to the river.
While trying to sneak up on a Great Blue Heron (failed), I heard something below me and looked down to see this Snake. I can't ID it at all, but the round of its pupils tells me it wasn't poisonous. Neither was it aggressive nor in any real hurry to get away. It rested in the leaves and let me get a few shots of it. Looks like it's shedding skin or prepping for Winter--however snakes do so--I'm not that well-versed in Snake behavior. I've never seen one out this late in the season, though one January a few years ago, when it reached over 70 degrees, I found one by my parking spot at school. I'll have a couple more to post of this Snake--same pose, one cropped differently, one exposed a touch darker. This is the most life-like (in hopes for an ID).
I took a few different shots yesterday, and having the 55-300 redirected my attention from Birds and the like to other subjects I'll be posting here and there, a little out-of-the-ordinary for me, but nice to have something different, to retrain my eyes, so to speak. I do know that mere half an hour or so I was out has killed my left thumb and wrist today, but I anticipated that, as it already hurt when I was out. I do apologize again for posting and running as I've been, but life is busy and painful. Yes, today is a day off, but since I worked these last two days on backed-up housework, today is backed-up school work. It never stops. I hope over Thanksgiving Break or sooner, as things mellow some, I'll be able to catch up on your streams--I do look at your awesome posts, though. Kneeling over to photograph this critter didn't help my back whatsoever--walking with a cane more and more, as the arthritis / DJD is getting into my spine.
Thanks for Reading and Viewing. Any ID or information on the snake would be appreciated!
sorry I got a bit waylaid trying a dress hence the long wait for a narrative.
Well lets face it you have plenty of time to read it :-)
Here I am doing the housework the other day, See Cindy I do stuff around the house.
OK that's a lie! I was just moving everything back after taking some photos lol
This is the kind of ting I have been wearing around the house lately as its easy to wear, the skirt can go with a couple of tops so I don't get bored with the same look all the time. My wife got me a skirt the other day and when I shook it out I thought that ain't going to fit its way to small! But fit it did yay.
Think my mood is improving a little so that's all good. and its meant to be nice this weekend
Darlings, these large, manly shirts will need ironing once they are dry. I work my fingers to the bone but you won't hear me complain.
Tea dresses are delightfully practical. Easy to put on, and take off when you need to, good for doing the housework in but still looking like a fashionista.
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Laos has remained virtually unchanged for half a century. Rich in history and culture, Laos and its peoples, more than 47 ethnic groups, harmonize life to ancient rhythms and traditions that evoke timeless Asia. The vast majority of Lao people live in Laos is approximately 4 million. Laos is generally very rural areas, and Many Lao people support by agriculture, with rice being the most important crop. Women hold dual responsibility for farm at home. In rice farming women in Laos have a substantial role. Traditionally, men plough, make bunds and prepare seedbeds, and women do more than half of the transplanting of rice, weeding, harvesting, threshing and post-harvest operations. Aside from this enumerated work, a gender division of labour exists in Laos which assigns women the major responsibility for childcare and housework. As household size averages seven people these tasks require numerous hours of work each day in addition to women's work outside their home. Such hard life for elderly women where life expectancy is 59 years est. 2008. Although the trappings of the modern world are becoming increasingly visible, Laos remains the least developed country in Southeast Asia. Laos has enjoyed high economic growth, despite poor national infrastructure and a dominant, inefficient agriculture sector. It is also heavily reliant on international assistance programs. In 1998, Laos began formal negotiations with the World Trade Organization. In 2008 a 5.60 US$/day per capita.
Along the way to Wat Luang temple in Pakse we met this old woman. She was sitting in front of her house busy with household duties. Lao women have played a central role in the national country's and household economies over the past two decades. Women's participation exceeds men's in the economically active population. Due to dual responsibility for farm and household they are usually overburdened with work. At home some of these duties include water collection, which may take two to three hours a day; husking rice for family consumption, which may require two hours of work; milling rice; and caring for the sick and the elderly. Girls assist their mothers with these chores and they are often made responsible for care of younger kids. In spite of their major economic contribution, women are generally not considered as workers. However, women, particularly older ones, do control household budgets and share in financial decision making. However, for some intangible reason, the Lao people are still wonderfully friendly, hospitable and passionate. They do not have much, but show it off with pride and wear warming smiles.
Laos, is nog één van de weinige overgebleven communistisch regimes en is ook één van de armste naties van Azië. De huidige regering kwam aan de macht in 1975 en legde onmiddellijk een onbuigzaam socialistisch economisch programma op. Verandering begon in 1986 met de losmaken van beperkingen op privé-onderneming. Sinds dien heeft Laos een hoge economische groei, ondanks arme nationale infrastructuur en een overwegende, ondoelmatige landbouwsector. Het is ook zwaar afhankelijk van internationale hulpprogramma's. In 1998 begon Laos formele onderhandelingen met de Wereld Handelsorganisatie. De gemiddelde verdienste per dag is 5,60 US$ per hoofd.
Opvallend is de sterke positie die de vrouwen binnen de familie innemen en ze doen zelfs het meeste werk op de rijstvelden. De natte rijstbouw is het voornaamste middel van bestaan. De vrouwen en mannen in Laos blijven ondanks hun moeilijke bestaan altijd vriendelijk en gastvrij. Ze hebben niet veel maar stralen altijd met trots hun warme glimlach uit.
The parents really work as a team. Protection, hunting, teaching, nurturing, feeding, and yes, even bringing more spanish moss to spruce up the nest (or add more warmth).
A new to me 400mm lens is showing up tomorrow (Sigma 135-400mm) so if I come up missing for a few days, I will be back. And be very very quiet, I am hunting Eagles (said in my best Elmer Fudd).
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A boring housework day and so something quick from the garden. I didn't look far, as these daisies caught my eye :)
Nobuo on the table in our former house in California in July of 2015, with a dusty computer behind him.
The We're Here! gang is protesting today.
I did actually have the last piece of chocolate from the package I'm holing up IN my mouth...but you'll just have to take my word for it.
My inspiration: flic.kr/p/2qGdBaG
Doing a little housework ... there are quite a few of these guys around lately gracing the yard with their beautiful songs
A woman in a village in Zanzibar, cooking for her family. No electricity , no running water no closets or drawers. You have to admire this woman.
To be fair John's no stranger to housework but I appreciate it more when I'm not feeling 100%. Besides that I thought it'd make a good halfway through my 366 picture :)
I definitely have the dreaded lurgi :)
We're back at the old tree that housed all the Pied Cormorants on the side of the Waimanu Lagoon near the Waikanae River estuary. There were four birds in particular who seemed to be arguing loudly over who was going to occupy one particular branch. So of course: I photographed them...!
It wasn't until I got home that all became clear: there were two adults and two chicks. (In the photo above, one chick is stretching upwards, the other is partially hidden by its mother's neck!).
Dad appeared to be annoyed that Mum was doing housework instead of feeding the babies, and both he AND the chicks were making their feelings known: "C'mon woman" he was heard to cry as he flapped his arms in frustrated annoyance. "Forget the housework and feed these noisy darn kids! Can't a Guy get any peace and quiet around this place?!?"
Mum simply ignored him, and carried calmly on with her housework...!
The kids were also upset, and let Mum know in no uncertain terms that they weren't impressed! "Mum" they squeaked in their shrill little voices, " MUM...!!! C'mon...!!! We're absolutely STAR-ving...!!!"
But Mum ignored them; housework came first...!
Then finally turning to the clamouring children, she quietly hissed, "I'll get to you Kids in a moment...! In the meantime: be quiet...!" She wasn't at all successful in stilling their frantic demands, but she stoically continued on with her housework for at least another 10 minutes, ignoring the protests of her husband and her children...
This, I have to admit, was the first time I'd seen Pied Cormorants (or any type of cormorant for that matter) in a tree, in a nest, and with chicks, and I have to admit: it was really quite exciting!
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Not too much going on around here today; caught up on housework and laundry this morning and spent the majority of the afternoon working on actual work stuff. Blah.
I did sneak outside for a couple minutes before the freezing rain started and spotted these two camped out in a tree. Not often you see these guys before you hear them so I took the opportunity to grab a quick shot.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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After waking up the intention was to do some housework in less glamorous clothes. But, after dealing with some correspondence and paying some bills I saw an opportunity to take a few shots and the housework will have to wait until tomorrow. Luckily there was a break in the poor weather for lighting of a few poses.
I really love this large on black :-)
This is indeed my garden, pictured earlier this summer, I needed to look at something cheerful and sunny after all the rain and gloomy weather!! Some of the taller plants have been battered and broken by the amount of rain we've had since then, and my garden is looking decidedly sorry for itself...in accordance with the quote, my house ought to be gleaming :-)))