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Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
hbw :)
~Hershey's
Things I ♥ Month Continues! Look at this sad excuse for a Hershey's Kiss. Did you know that there are more than 80 million kisses made every day at the Hershey plants? And because someone in quality control didn't do their job, I now have to ask my lovely wife to "Be my Alentine".
Valentine's Day: When I was little, this day represented a time to be creative with construction paper, scissors & glue so I could profess my love for whomever I had a crush on that school year. Now I simply do creative bookkeeping to justify spending $8.95 on card that plays a schmaltzy song & leaves glitter everywhere. But I still love Alentine's Day!
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sunday 4.jan.09 - its snowing today here !
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~ happy scarlet sunday~
thanks for the wonderful title , Elisabeth!
thank YOU ALL so much for your lovely comments, faving, invites , ideas and awards!
with a couple of exceptions, i've posted plumeria flowers for this holiday... below the posts since i started flickering! (been here for just over six years!)
again, happy holidays!!!!
Camping trip this weekend was cancelled ... so I was out in the garden chasing things and I caught this :-)
~Author Unknown
It's Take a Seat Week! Celebrating those places where we can relax and put our feet up.
Park Benches: Who doesn't love to just cop a squat on a scenic bench? From Michigan Avenue in Chicago (pictured here) to rural settings, sitting back while taking in the sights is a favorite pastime. Plus, I'm super lazy, so that helps make it even more enjoyable.
Note: Thank you to all of you who have sent your well-wishes, support & understanding during this hectic time! Happy to be back in Chicago and with my friends in FLICKRLAND! :)
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Ceriagrion tenellum, les desea felices fiestas
La foto está hecha a última hora de la tarde y su boca está roja de la cantidad de mosquitos que se engulló
~Author Unknown
More Michigan...at this brisk time of year: crisp, blustery and beautiful. And look at me--I have a fence on a Friday....woo-hoo! HFF!
Still missing you all--hope to catch up to the comment train this weekend! Thanks for your support! :)
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II
Aperture: f/11
Focal Length: 19mm
ISO Speed: 100
Flash: Off
Exposure: 1/250
Filter: Lee soft GND 0.6
RAW File Processing: Lightroom 3
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~William Shedd
Happy Fisherman's Fence Friday! One more sunny, salty & scenic shot from our trip down the coast to Monterey this past Saturday. Speaking of weekends, I'm glad this crazy week is over so I can get caught up on your streams! :)
Thank you all for your feedback & support!
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 85mm f/1.2L II
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 85mm
ISO Speed: 50
Flash: Off
Polarizer/Filter: B+W MRC
Exposure: 1/2500
RAW File Processing: Lightroom 3
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Gear
Pentax K3
49 mm Extension tube
inverted smc Pentax A 50 mm f/1,7
Metz 52 AF-1 1/128 + diffuser
Most of the shots taken at f/5.6.
Reproduction ratio should be 1,98:1
note to self: when using a spray bottle, a full pump is not necessary.
hey people! it's wednesday! woo hoo! and you know what that means?! we're that much closer to the weekend! yippee!!! i'll be visiting your streams on my lunchbreak today, via iPhone! take care, my friends!
A few final shots from my quick visit to Seattle. Hope you enjoyed the Northwest as much as I did. :)
Thank you all for your feedback & favs!
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I've been rummaging my archives lately, deleting unworthy images to clear some disk space.. I found out that I still have dozens of pix still good enough to show you, guys!.. might still be enough till the month end...lol
So please bear with me if I flood you with old "treasures" of mine!
Have a great Thursday!!!
on Explore!!
Red spider mites fighting in a territorial dispute ☺️
Today I was watching some red spider mites in the sun and they are quite fascinating. There are some with long front legs and flatter bodies and others with short legs and more rounded bodies - not sure if these are male and female, juvenile and adult or different species even. The ones with the long front legs appear to patrol a 'territory' and any other mite with similar long front legs that enters that territory is challenged in a fight; the ones with short front legs and round bodies that enter the territory are ignored. These things are really small, probably about 1mm long, and surprisingly fast, so I had to get inventive with some extension tubes and a reversed macro lens to get the magnification needed which is now somewhere about 3:1 - macro is anything of 1:1 or greater so this is approaching the limits of what is possible in the field. The images have been cropped for framing and to provide further 'magnification'.
You'll note that the mites have 8 legs not 6 so are not insects but are arachnids, related to spiders, ticks and scorpions.