Cape Verde

Ladder-backed Woodpecker - Battiste Bed, Breakfast and Birds, Hereford, Arizona

This is a better photography of the this species than the one I had previously posted. The previous post was Bird Species (# 30) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/259878091

Is it bad luck to photograph under a ladder? Trail #3 through Rocky Hollow requires going up (or down) three ladders.

Everybody is looking for answears, everybody wants to know how the story started and how it will end… what’s the use in half a story, half a dream. U gotta climp, all the steps in between. 👱‍♀️🎧🎶 The Ladder ( Prince ) Finland.

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Dedicated to Tim Noonan on his birthday on 23 June.

Do check out his cool photostream here:

www.flickr.com/photos/timnoonan/

The rectangular geometrics caught my eye.....

Then it was a matter of waiting for the moment....

Jacob's Ladder is a bridleway between Kinder Scout plateau and the hamlet of Upper Booth in the Vale of Edale, in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. In the 18th century Jacob Marshall farmed the land at Edale Head, at the top of what became known as Jacob's Ladder. He cut steps into this steep section of the route up to the Kinder plateau, Jacob's Ladder is also a biblical term referring to the ladder to heaven which Jacob dreamt about.

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Zeche Zollverein Essen

I continue to be a fan of woodpeckers, and I continue to chase these fascinating birds around, trying to get satisfying photos of each species. I have a few species to go, and I have several better photos to go, too.

I first captured the LBWP a few years ago in Arizona, but I wasn't satisfied, so I kept after this guy when in Texas this year. Surprisingly hard to get a good photo of the LBWP. I had a few shots on tree trunks that were fine, but none of them shined. This shot is a little different. Conditions were a bit dark because of dissipating rain. The bird's beak is open because the temperatures and humidity were high. I try to avoid shots during heat when the birds are essentially panting like dogs, but this is the shot I like best for now.

As with all bird photography, the hunt continues. A better shot is always out there.

Ladder Stile, On the Long causeway,on the way up to stanage..... March 2017, Peak District, UK

This is my contribution to the Looking close... on Friday Group.

The theme for today is: White.

I must admit, I took sooooo many pictures of white stuff around my house for this theme. I was never happy with any of my white pictures. This one is no exception, but at least it made me smile. And I hope it will make you smile too.

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts / positive vibes!! It is truly appreciated, and I will try to catch up with all your beautiful photostreams and return the favor as soon as possible!! Have a great day and see you soon!!

Campbell, California.

Looking down the bridleway route up Jacob's Ladder at the head of Edale.

Art installation by Billi Thanner in the Stephansdom. The neon gold luminous ladder starts from the baptistery inside the cathedral, "pierces" the vault and continues outside to the top of the south tower. The light installation has been on display since Easter and will be until the end of May.

""Vielleicht verleiht ... eine leuchtende Himmelsleiter am Kirchturm Zuversicht, dass es eine Auferstehung aus der Pandemie geben wird", heißt es in einem dreiseitigen Bericht in der ansonsten kirchendistanzierten Wiener Stadtzeitung "Falter" (31.3.) über Thanners Kunstinstallation und weitere Realisierungen moderner Kunst in Gotteshäusern." www.erzdioezese-wien.at/site/home/nachrichten/article/929...

www.falter.at/zeitung/20210330/stairway-to-heaven

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Goldfield, Esmerada County, Nevada

Shot standing handheld at 5.28 meters. www.flickr.com/photos/bronosefoetoes/33446757818/sizes/o/

Zeche Zollverein

Ladder Canyon is not far from the Salton Sea in California. The Canyons steep walls are easily scaled due to several ladders and ropes that have been set up along the trails.

Taken in Second Life at: Taken in Second Life at Furillen

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Textures: www.flickr.com/photos/49123319@N08

Outfit: Diana Lingerie - L.I.C. Main Store

The male is now using the feeder. Sometimes both are there at the same time.

A metallic abstraction with just a touch of plastic!

Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic. It is played between two or more players on a gameboard having numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped or hindered by ladders and snakes respectively.

The game is a simple race contest based on sheer luck, and is popular with young children. The historic version had root in morality lessons, where a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes). A commercial version with different morality lessons, Chutes and Ladders, is published by Milton Bradley.

For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders