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Christmas is less than a fortnight away and nature here in Ostwestfalen is like early Spring. We used Sunday afternoon for an extended hiking tour around home waters of the river Werre in the Löhne area.
Less than half an hour later we got caught in another heavy shower.
Taken at Cosmoston, Penarth South Wales
Lavender Cotton blooms taken at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. This species is Santolina Virens. They are quite small, the one in focus measures about 1.5 cm in diameter.
The knees get a good work out because they are less than a foot above the ground.
Many thanks for your visit, comments, invites and faves...it is always appreciated.
Peaceful Bokeh Wednesday
#SundayFunday #Darkness
Because your heart loves who it chooses, without any doubt or reasoning...
The world is full of love that goes unspoken. It doesn’t mean that it is felt less deeply… its beauty and its pain are in its silence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPG1n1B0Ydw&list=PLvFYFNbi-IB...
Why don't you stay
I'm down on my knees
I'm so tired of being lonely
Don't I give you what you need
When she calls you will go
There is one thing you should know
We don't have to live this way
Baby why don't you stay
"I like not to say much,
I don't say much.
I like to look up,
I look up at endless songs.
With my shadow to fly, to fly,
to catch stars on the bottom,
at the bottom, bottom of your music.
And when the frost falls, the frost,
to circle like full, full
moon in your scene.
Let the lights be dim, dim,
if stars were bright, bright
in your hands to leave.
My eyes, try to find me, find me,
search the streets of silence,
alone I will I erase my form."
A rather common warbler found throughout the Himalayan Belt. We sighted them almost everyday much of the journey. I know now that these are endemic to the Himalayas.
These are small birds - maybe less than 10 cms and incredibly active in the roadside bushes, trees and clumps of vegetation. I love the color of these birds and they are quite agile. The birds feed on small seeds, tree insects like Spiders, caterpillars and berries maybe. We never saw them on the ground anytime and most of the time were shooting almost 70-80 deg upwards. Except onetime when we were overlooking a valley and got this shot!
Thanks in advance for your views, faves and feedback if any.
Less exuberant than the males of the species, now I present two photos of females of Brazilian Ruby Hummingbird/ Heliodoxa rubricauda.
In my observation of the behavior of these females they seem less territorialists than the males. I saw many of them sharing food without fights, something very uncommon between the males of the species.
Maybe I'm wrong, correct me the specialists, please!
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Taken with my Sony SLT a65V with my Tamron SP AF60mm f/2 DI II LD (IF) 1:1 macro lens
Karl is starting to relearn walking and I just got my first Covid vaccination - things are looking up!
Here's the second photo from last Monday night when I was treated to several magnificent courting dances by a pair of young swans at Whitlingham Country Park. I'd deliberately gone at a time when there would be beautiful lighting, but couldn't have predicted being so close to such a romantic natural display of affection. I feel so privileged, and I do hope you enjoy the images <3<3
Another very early morning shot at high ISO, taken before we could readily see the birds with the naked eye. Here a chicken displays next to a cow patty.
but you can always make it less thankless. :-)
Robert Brault
HBW!
hybrid magnolia, 'Opal', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Passing an abandoned pier, a fishing trawler heads to work on a misty morning in Casco Bay off the coast of Portland, Maine. Thanks for viewing! I appreciate your support moor than you know :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/8.0, 155mm, 1/1000s
BIG THANK YOU TO MY FRIEND Carl's Captures FOR THE TITLE!!
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“Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.”
― Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngCi6PGDiWw
SOLITAIRE – ANDY WILLIAMS
Little Tawny Mining Bee
on my Henry Moore
drying out; hoping for the sun
lots of pollen for your store
Solitary little Bee
he loves playing Solitaire
flying here and there and then
hovering in the air
back to Earth and nourish it
doing the very best you can
avoiding all the chemicals
laid down and sprayed by mortal man
in my garden you'll be safe
nowhere will you ever find
any unnatural substances
here there's only peace of mind
a haven; a little Heaven here on Earth
Garden of Eden that's for sure
stay here with me and you'll be safe
in my world; resting on my Henry Moore.
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PERSONAL CHALLENGE : 4. MINIMALISM
Hello People!
I've been after the Red-headed Woodpecker for a few years now and finally met with success this past summer (on a fencepost no less)! This entailed driving up and down country roads in the Interlake region, around 150km north of Winnipeg which is at the far northern part of their range.
The Red-headed Woodpecker is a North American bird. Its range is from central southern Canada and then south to Florida. Sadly, their numbers are decreasing because of habitat destruction.
Happy Fencepost Friday! HFF!
I really appreciate your views and comments, THANK YOU! Have a terrific day and weekend ahead!
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Sorry, can't help it but as an ex-C.F.O. of a cut flower company my mind just works this way.
At over 200 flowers per showing, and with at least 3 bloomings so far, my $ 4.99 plant provides beauty for .009 cents.
If only my product cost that little when we supplied Trader Joe's with their flowers.....