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Orange Army Ant (Eciton hamatum) & Ectatomma tuberculatum - Cordillera Escalera Conservation Area, Peru
Its a rough world out there, the Ectatomma ant being transported hasn't even started its adult life and already its being transported away by a raiding party of orange army ants (Eciton hamatum). At this point its fate is sealed and its not pretty, for Eciton hamatum feeds on other insects specifically other social insects like ants, bees, and wasps. This subadult Ectatomma ant who had come so close to adulthood will likely be taken to a nearby location and dismembered into more manageable pieces and carried back to the bivouac (moving army ant nest) for consumption. The orange army ants had raided a nearby Ectatomma nest and were carrying their spoils home, they were crossing over a dry streambed on some sticks that provided a nice natural bridge for them and this is where I set up camp. Photographing such quick little insects at extreme magnification presents a lot of challenges but luckily I had lots of opportunities as these ants just kept streaming by, lots of failed shots but some keepers resulted as well.
Back to Garry Point today where there were a ton of parking spaces available, unlike the chaos of Sunday. The park was still busy but manageably so. It was so pleasant strolling under the canopy of pink blossoms. It makes you feel Spring as well and truly arrived.
The trail around the Ubehebe Crater are long and provide spectacular 360° views. Once you climb the rather steep hill, the trail becomes a reasonably easy hike. It does narrow down to only a foot wide at some places, but still manageable.
Death Valley National Park, California
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Anyone with little kids will probably remember the dinosaur cartoon movie series called "The Land Before Time" (mine watched this pretty obsessively for a time). I've been fascinated by this particular waterfall ever since I first saw photos on flickr about 3 years ago. I find the combination of the basaltic columns on the gorge walls together with the extensive green moss, and the way the light streams through the mist to resemble something right out of prehistoric earth. I finally got an opportunity to visit during a recent trip through Oregon, Washington and BC. It rained excessively for the first few days of the trip but finally cleared up on my last 2 days so I drove from BC down to Oregon to shoot Abiqua (yes, I'm a bit crazy, that was a *long* drive).
I was a bit worried about the condition of the dirt road and steep trail leading to the fall. It's a short but fairly intense hike down to the falls, especially after a hard rain, but it was manageable even if it left my legs screaming after I finished the hike back up to the car.
It was an immensely satisfying visit and I enjoyed it every bit as much as I had imagined I might. The flow over the falls was quite heavy due to the recent rain, and as a result there is a large volume of spray in the air. I had to wipe down my lens nearly every shot and still had more than 2/3 of the shots ruined by water drops. But thankfully a few were clean enough to use. In times of lower flow I might have ventured to take a shot from the other side of the river, or roamed around to get other angles, but the river was definitely not crossable on this day.
I will definitely visit Abiqua again in future, and the appearance changes significantly from season to season so I look forward to taking the shot from some different angles and with new looks. The fall scene is of course enhanced by the presence of beautiful yellow maple leaves strewn just so across the rocks. A seasoned photographer might be rather suspicious of such fortunate leaf placement. I can honestly say that I did not place these, though it is highly probable that another photographer did. As far as I witnessed though, the scene was totally natural!
"I Made This"
Well, I did microwave it. I got two emails asking if I was going to do anymore "I Made This" contributions. I am real flattered that people looked forward to them. The answer is.....you bet!! I have a long list of stuff I was to make and new recipes I want to try. But, the freezer is so full of stuff, there is not room for one more thing. So I am taking a week or two to empty it out. Or at least get it more manageable. Then it is back to doing more home cooking!
By the way, this is a Healthy Choice "Cafe Steamer" Balsamic Chicken dinner. Pretty good actually. I sprinkled it with parm of course.
I live on a flower farm and collaborate with my daughter on various art projects. We also just sell flowers and try to keep them going all year. My favorite flowers, however, are the ones that just pop up in the fields - the wildflowers.
I'll be on a posting vacation after today because I am going to be very busy for a few weeks. I don't have many friends here because I try to keep it small and manageable. I will peek in when I get bored and sprinkle some of those pink stars around.
The image above is a picture of the original art, which was made with flowers,leaves and stems. Oh, and a sparkle for the eye.
Sally Snail ~ by me
In a garden lush,
In very nice place,
Lives a snail named Sally
With a slow, steady pace.
Through dappled sunlight
She glides with such grace
Leaving shimmery trails
In her unhurried race.
Exploring each corner,
Where wildflowers bloom,
She savors the scents
In the quiet afternoon.
She climbs up the stems,
To the very tip-top.
She tastes the sweet nectar,
Just a delicate drop.
In the cool of the evening,
Under a silvery moonbeam,
She curls in her shell
And begins to dream.
With patience, her virtue,
And calm as her guide,
Sally teaches to slow down
And enjoy the ride.
After winter - The last frosty days are over and it doesn't look like winter in the near future (which doesn't necessarily mean anything). But the sun is getting higher every day and possible short cold spells are manageable.
The wind sweeps across the Ampertal and blows the autumn leaves away. Pasture and fence near Zolling.
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No, that arrangement was not for social distancing. But could be taken as a good way to keep social distancing as I probably had no one around me within few kilometers of radius. I wish it was summer and I could just get to such a place with no risk of corona or whatever else. However for now for the 3rd week in row; I am super compliant. Just went out twice to buy some food. That is it.
Last year during autumn I went to this region to mainly photograph the autumn color. It started becoming a bit fresh at night. But pretty manageable. Based on my watch, the lowest of that night was -2.8° C. So a nice and warm sleeping bag along with a woolen cap was good enough for a comfortable night. You can see the ground. It is of thick grass. The natural mattress. On top I added my self-inflating camping mattress. Wow, better than my bed at home. Well, my home doesn't have that view. So it has to be better right? :)
Now regarding the picture. It is a composite. 9 images stacked for the sky at F5.6 @30 seconds ISO 12800. One image of the rest of the image at F5.6 @8 minutes ISO 400. Few under exposed images for the tent. I could have probably avoided the different exposures for the tent if I would have carried my lovely hand torch which has a low power mode with very mild light. But I didn't take it as every small weights count when you have to go up couple of hours on stiff with a 25 KG bag pack. I had no intention of timelapse, so for images; I could also throw in more exposures to avoid carrying an extra torch.
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Thank you for enjoying the images of Tunisia. We have lingered here longer than I had planned. There are others in the album entitled, "Tunisia." At the end of the trip, I travelled to Sousse and then to Hammamet.
Hammamet is a smaller town on the Gulf of Hammamet and a popular resort town. Through out history, it was a desire place to conquer. First, it was a Roman colony, then it was ruled by the Spanish and the Turks. Rommel used it as a headquarters during World War II.
As a matter of fact, I saw many old pictures of World War II tanks as I explored Tunisa. This is the medina of the town. A small and manageable medina to walk though and enjoy. It was originally erected during the 15th Century.
All that remains of what is believed to be the world's first integrated slate mill, built in 1859, at Dyffwys Casson Quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog. The raw blocks of slate were reduced to a manageable size on the right hand side and then transferred to the saw tables down the centre of the mill The splitting and dressing took place along the left hand side of the building and the waste from this process was disposed of to rubbish wagons through the openings on the left. The finished slate left the quarry via an incline which connected to the Ffestiniog Railway.
La Gomera, San Sebastian, Calle de Ruiz de Padrón.
San Sebastián liegt an der Ostküste der Insel. Wer dort ankommt begreift schnell, dass er sich in der Hauptstadt einer Insel befindet, die authentisch ist und wo die Uhren anders ticken als anderswo. Die Stadt, in die schon Christoph Kolumbus seinen Fuss setzte, ist so überschaubar, dass alles in greifbarer Nähe liegt. Ein Einkaufstag hier verläuft ohne Stress und lädt dazu ein, in den urigen Läden in der Calle Real herumzustöbern.
La Gomera, San Sebastian, Calle de Ruiz de Padrón.
San Sebastian is located on the east coast of the island. Anyone who gets there quickly realizes that they are in the capital of an island that is authentic and where the clocks tick differently than elsewhere. The city in which Christopher Columbus set foot is so manageable that everything is within reach. A shopping day here is stress-free and invites you to browse the quaint shops on Calle Real
Very much an image that typifies Venice. I just wonder whether the proposed daily entrance fee will put off any of the hoards that flock to the city 365 days of the year. To be fair to the Vencians, their city really is overrun at times and the fee should help fund flood protection projects as well as perhaps reduce the dialy footfall to more manageable levels.
I was thinking the other day about road atlases and maps, and when I last used or even saw one. I remember the maps in the glove compartment of my dad's car back when I was a kid. Printed on a giant sheet of paper, folded, and refolded a dozen times like an accordion to get the thing down to a manageable size. I recall seeing dad fumble with the maps, and the frustration of trying to fold them back the way they came. Or the classic scene of the map spread out across the hood of a car so it could be studied in its entirety. Road maps seem to have gone the way of the telephone book. No one really relies on them much these days. Time marches on.
A meager yet sufficient and manageable harvest from the two-tier espalier apple tree. Three varieties but the overwhelming majority are one type from one of the three primary scaffold limbs. I don't know what any of the varieties are or what they are named, but they were good, crisp and flavorful off the vine. Lenore turned a good portion of them into tarts. I'm not much for baked fruits, apples are an exception. The tarts I will admit were delicious.
Fuji Instax Mini. 08Sep2019.
Bridal Veil Falls
Tasmania
When looking at images of Tasmania, I found these falls to be infrequently photographed but its appearance drew me there immediately! It is located near the Lemonthyme lodge just north of Cradle Mountain National Park. After a 45 minute walk along some trails that were pretty boggy at the time, this waterfall and Champagne falls were flowing briskly. There were too many shadows to used a very dense ND filter to good effect but with a 2 stop ND and GND held diagonally across the image, the light was manageable. The main difference between most waterfalls and icelandic waterfalls is that in Iceland, there are no trees! Hence the waterfalls tend to look more open and vast - taking nothing away from falls like this though.
Jafar: Alladdin, know you this! I shall rule Agrabah and the Genie will serve me! And Jasmine will be my queen!
Oh, I love these performances of Alladdin!
They're so authentic!
Alladdin: Well, know YOU this, Jafar! I shall have the Genie, and the beautiful Jasmine and save money on my taxes as well by using PapriTax!
What??
PapriTax?
Jafar: I know that YOU know this, Alladdin, that I am the sovereign of Agrabah and so I determine the taxes!
Alladdin: We ALL know that when the oppressive monarchy weighs down on us through taxes, PapriTax is right there by our side! They will find all the loopholes and exemptions to reduce our tax burden to a manageable rate!
...
Is this...?
Jafar: Curses! My sovereign treasury foiled by PapriTax again!
Alladdin: It's the only way I'd face tax season!
It's a commercial!!
We wanted authentic Alladdin!
Oh, it says in the program that to defray costs, the Bijou Planks Theater is not using commercials but may employ subtle product placement.
GAH!!!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Jafar: And how might I reach my sworn enemy of PapriTax?
Alladdin: 1-800-PAPRITAX of course! They have dedicated anti-Jafar representatives ready to serve you 24/7!
I took this photo of the Milky Way at Spaceobs, which runs great sky watching sessions near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. This telescope is the largest one available for public viewing in South America,and it allows you to see that Alpha Centauri is indeed a multiple star system (you can see alpha and beta).
The sky was not 100% clear but manageable. In the background you can see the Licancabur volcano.
Running westbound toward Cumbres Pass, just a mile ahead, a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight negotiates the horseshoe curve at Milepost 329.8, on what is today referred to as "Tanglefoot Curve", with K-36s 487 and 488 in control. Known historically as "Cumbres Loop", this track feature, just southeast of Cumbres Pass, is one of many "detours" on the railroad, which don't go in the desired direction, but help to keep the grades manageable for narrow gauge rod engines, by following the contours of the land.
This image was captured during an October 2012 photo shoot on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, organized by Lerro Photography.
"That's it! End of the line."
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 was passed to give homesteaders and others living in rural America a Fair Chance.
"For how long? We've run this all the way to the back-end of nowhere, but you know some fella's gonna get an idea to settle a plot out past this and start farmin."
Following 74 years to the day after the Homestead Act, these two pieces of legislation did perhaps more than any other to enable Americans to build and settle in otherwise harsh conditions of remote areas.
"Then we'll come back then and run it more."
In the 1930s, the provision of power to remote areas was not thought to be economically feasible. A 2300 volt distribution system was then used in cities. This relatively low voltage could be carried only about 4 miles before the voltage drop became unacceptable.
REA cooperatives used a 7200 volt distribution network, which could support much longer runs (up to about 40 miles). Despite requiring more expensive transformers at each home, the overall system cost was manageable.
"Plus, now that we're setting all these poles, who knows what else they'll eventually run?"
The REA was later used to string telephone wire and is still in operation with the most recent provisions being to provide broadband internet.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Yorkshire Co.
1927 Ford Model TT
Cherry Picker Construction Truck
Taiwan
Gral Guido
Después de la Independencia, Juan Manuel de Rosas, prominente hacendado, decidió impulsar la colonización y el poblamiento de la cuenca del Salado, y encomendó a su topógrafo, el agrimensor Senillosa, el relevamiento de la zona, con el objeto de fundar nuevos pueblos. Por decreto del 25 de diciembre de 1839, y tras la Revolución de los Libres del Sur, el gobernador Rodas decidió dividir el territorio al sur del Salado en nuevos partidos, más manejables, y nació entre ellos, el “partido del Vecino”, separado del partido de Tandil, sobre tierras de Don Cornelio Pizarro, quien fue su primera autoridad. No obstante, la riqueza de sus tierras, el partido careció de cabecera y de urbanización durante varias décadas, hasta que empezó el tendido del ferrocarril del Sur, hacia 1860. En 1887, se inaugura la estación Velázquez del ramal Dolores-Ayacucho, alrededor de la cual se empiezan a asentar trabajadores del ferrocarril y pobladores rurales de partido, y así en 1888 se funda el primer poblado del partido. En 1890, ante elcrecimiento experimentado por la población, los vecinos peticionan la autonomía municipal, la cual les es concedida en febrero de 1891. Ese mismo año, se impone al pueblo y a la estación ferroviaria el nombre de General Guido, en recuerdo del militar, político y diplomáticoTomas Guido, amigo y colaborador del general San Martin.
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Gral Guido
After Independence, Juan Manuel de Rosas, a prominent landowner, decided to promote the colonization and settlement of the Salado basin, and entrusted his surveyor, the surveyor Senillosa, the survey of the area, in order to found new towns. By decree of December 25, 1839, and after the Revolution of the Free South, Governor Rhodes decided to divide the territory south of the Salado into new parties, more manageable, and was born among them, the "party of the Neighbor", separated of the party of Tandil, on lands of Don Cornelio Pizarro, who was his first authority. However, the wealth of their lands, the party lacked head and urbanization for several decades, until the laying of the Southern Railway began, around 1860. In 1887, the Velázquez station of the Dolores-Ayacucho branch was inaugurated, around which began to settle railroad workers and rural people of the party, and so in 1888 the first town of the party was founded. In 1890, before the growth experienced by the population, the neighbors petition for municipal autonomy, which is granted to them in February 1891. That same year, the name of General Guido is imposed on the town and the railway station, in memory of the military, political and diplomaticTomas Guido, friend and collaborator of General San Martin.
Memories flash back at unexpected moments. You never know what will trigger it. The pain never fully goes away, it just gets manageable. You never "get over it". The wounds scar over, but it can take so little to re-open them. But we can stay silent no longer. It HAS TO END.
Kraków zoological garden in the Wolski Forest.
Opend in 1926 has grown from a small menagerie to a 20 hectare park offering visitors the chance to see nearly 1500 animals of almost 300 species, but still manageable in size.
Luxulyan Valley, Cornwall.
A mostly sunny day, but I waited for the sun to disappear behind a cloud to make the contrast more manageable.
Surreal Stunning SprayPainted Sky Summer Sunset Seaside Scene (SOOC) - IMRAN™
This beyond stunning surreal seaside sunset sky scene seems spray-painted across the area. This is an absolutely unedited, unfiltered, unprocessed color SOOC (straight out of camera) image, simply stitched together from 6 portrait (vertical) handheld 13 years old Nikon D300 photos taken at my blessed home on Tampa Bay, Florida. The original stitch was 120MB which I reduced to a more manageable quarter sized image of 30MB. But the magical effect is still clearly visible.
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I felt so bad about not heading down town last weekend to shoot the cherry blossoms. I just had to go after work on Tuesday. I'm glad I waited... the crowds were manageable, a lot less than a Saturday afternoon. On top of that, I can't recall ever seeing night time shots of the cherry blossoms.
Technically speaking, I used a tripod and my RS-60E3 remote switch. This is a cabled shutter release, and I think it's responsible for some shake... I need to be more careful next time - or use my infrared rc-1 remote trigger.
Here is a cool-looking kleptoparasitic wasp called Gasteruption boreale. The presence of an ovipositor tells us it's a female, but unlike some other Gasteruption species, the ovipositor has a somewhat manageable size. There are others where it is way longer than the entire wasp.
This particular one was hanging out next to where a annulate masked bee (Hylaeus annulatus) just had laid her eggs - no doubt hoping to lay her own egg on top of the bee's.
A shot of the poor bee in question can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52182563184/
Another model based on the incredible designs of EC-Henry: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeA777Ru7aI
This particular ship, a YX-950 freighter, is supposed to be about 3x larger than the Millennuim Falcon. To make it more manageable, I downsized the whole thing by ca. 1/3. I also bulked the fuselage up a bit to fit a fully fleshed out hangar inside.
Credit goes to:
- EC-Henry for the ship design
www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmnhtABNKjwsrln3xP0Cig
- Aniomylone for the snowspeeder
www.flickr.com/photos/anio-ucs/8035839278/in/dateposted/
- Brick Vault for the cargo crates
Named for the mountain laurel that grows abundantly in this area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Laurel Falls trail leads to the 80-foot Laurel Falls waterfall. The Laurel Falls Trail extends 2.6 miles and is the longest of four paved trails in the national park. The elevation gain during the hike is a manageable 314 feet, which is an easy 273 feet per mile.
Originally, the Laurel Falls Trail was built in the 1930s as an access trail for fire crews in the event a blaze broke out in the Cove Mountain area. Thirty years later its popularity as a hiking trail coupled with natural erosion created the need for the trail to be paved. Today, it continues to be a park favorite, rated as a moderate hiking trail. The round-trip from the start of the trailhead to the waterfall and back takes about two hours, or a bit longer if you spend more time taking pictures and enjoying the scenic views.
This photo is of the upper section of the falls near the bridge and, as you can see, includes the magnificent colors of autumn. Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
As with the pictographs of ancients, modern grafitti gets down to basics, and this face seemed very human, very mindful. Alleys have that dark energy, of delivery men, garbage cans, shortcuts, homeless, and probably some drugs, and gang fights, and who knows....still there is another urban world to experience just by walking down it with a camera. This one is in Ellensburg, WA, a small University Town, still civil, still manageable, and the graffitt isn't desperate, yet.....
I have a Kiev 4 camera that... lets say needs some work. Most of its idiosyncrasies are manageable, but folks who have shot one of these cameras are probably aware of how widely variable the frame spacing can be. Mine only came with a used film spool, not an actual takeup spool, so I made my own by cutting a slot in the film spool and gluing canister caps to each side. It works now after I've hammered all of the metal edges down around the lip of the spool, but the first attempt... didn't. This was the result. The modified spool bound up for the last 10 or so frames and I only noticed once I made it to frame 40 without having to rewind. In the end though, I kind of like the look in a weird collage sort of way.
Shot on a Kiev 4, scanned with an XT5
In questa immagine posto il mio corredo di macchine analogiche due Olympus una OM1 ed una OM10. La prima acquistata oltre 10 anni fa da un sito inglese, l'altra presa durante questo periodo natalizio ed arrivata in perfette condizioni. Ho sempre amato queste macchine fotografiche, per il loro design, la loro manegevolezza, bellezza ed estrema funzionalità. Sono però giovane anagraficamente, quando ho iniziato a fotografare e studiare fotografia, possedevo già macchine analogiche munite di autofocus. Così nell'era digitale, ho scelto di cercarle per ricominciare a fotografare in analogico, scegliendo questa fotocamere progettate dal grande ingegnere Maitani. Un caro saluto a tutti gli appassionati.
In this image I post my set of analog cameras, two Olympus, an OM1 and an OM10. The first one purchased over 10 years ago from an English site, the other one taken during this Christmas period and arrived in perfect conditions. I have always loved these cameras, for their design, their manageability, beauty and extreme functionality. However, I am young in age, when I started taking pictures and studying photography, I already owned analog cameras equipped with autofocus. So in the digital era, I chose to look for them to start taking pictures in analog again, choosing these cameras designed by the great engineer Maitani. Warm greetings to all enthusiasts.
I've long wanted to spend some time at the top of Mount Spokane under starry skies and I finally got the chance Sunday night. If you could drive to the top it would be an easy outing but they close the upper gate at dusk and chase everyone from the top so it requires camping below and hiking 2 miles in the dark.
It was cold and windy but magical up there with a new moon and manageable light pollution, although you can see the bright glow of Spokane on the horizon in this photo.
The trip down was more adventurous than planned because at 1 a.m. the road became an obstacle course of spooky glowing eyeballs lit up by my headlamp. I got comfortable with the bright still eyes of the deer, but it was the dimmer, wide-set eyes, peering at me lower to the ground that set me scurrying off the road and down the ski slopes to hopefully avoid what I'm sure was a bear, or a cougar, or a rabid hybrid of both cougar and bear that is indigenous only to Mount Spokane. (Your imagination does weird things to you when hiking in total darkness.) Thankfully I made it back to my car before the "bougar" could get me. Next time I'll hunker down in the Vista House until dawn.
Straight up 3rd Ave East (north) in Owen Sound. A cold night and a lone walker. The sidewalks are blown out but still not that manageable.
It's always a lot easier to capture realistic-looking photos in a forest on overcast days.
The dynamic range is much more manageable, and the colours always come out looking nice and saturated.
But somehow... for me the forest is missing something without the sunlight... that extra element of magic isn't there.
Besides... if taking sun-star photos in the forest was easy... I'd probably be bored with that by now.
What fun is life without a challenge (or two)? :)
I took this photo yesterday afternoon... in my new favourite part of the Knysna forest.
This year, I traveled up north to see the mighty spectacle of the Aurora Borealis, the northern lights. The picture was taken in the blistering cold north of Kiruna.
I fact, it was so cold, I had issues with the focal distance of my lenses. In order to get a sharp projection, I had to select a more narrow aperture, which necessitated a long exposure. I assume it may be due to the adapter ring I'm using to mount the EF lenses to my RF camera. Luckily I was able to capture the aurora at a time when it was both comparatively stable and also very bright.
For anyone wanting to capture the aurora themselves, I recommend: a wide angle prime lens, testing the maximum ISO setting for your camera that produces a manageable amount of noise, opening the aperture wide, max. 1s shutter speed for the fast movement and very warm clothes.
The peanut seems a little too large for this small bird but it will be able to peck at it till it breaks down into manageable pieces.
These days my garden is small and quite manageable, having moved last year from a much larger property. The winter months have been spent working on landscaping and planting and now that spring has arrived, I’m starting to see the fruits of my labour. Brings joy to my heart. It’s the simple things…
My first grilling session of the summer (not of the year, I grill all winter as well). These are beef ribs, almost as big as those in the Flintstones. For some reason, the butcher cut these into shorter segments, as though he was going to cut short ribs and then changed his mind. But they were more manageable than a full sized rack, so it worked out well.
We lost our dog Lucy early this morning. She was a rescue dog from a kill shelter in West Virginia and had a very gentle and friendly disposition. She was a cattle dog corgi mix. We think she was about 9 to 10 years old. She started having mild but manageable seizures a little over a year ago. Despite more than a few visits with vets, they could not determine the cause. Late Thursday evening Lucy had a total of 4 full blown seizures. We rushed her to an emergency vet facility that's open 24 hours. They determined, after bloodwork, that her blood sugar was extremely low and was causing the seizures. They were pretty sure that based on the past year history, she had an insulinoma, which is a tumor on her pancreas, and causes excessive insulin. The prognosis for this is not good. Operations are 50/50 and do not increase the life span for more than a year. They got her stabilized and she went to our vet in the morning. They checked blood sugars all day, started her on prednisone, gave us a revised meal schedule, and seemed to think she was stable. We brought her home Friday evening and she seemed OK for a few hours but had another seizure around midnight. Despite Karo syrup on the gums and small amounts of food the seizures continued through the night. When she wasn't having one, she wandered aimlessly around the house and really seemed to not know where she was. My wife and I couldn't bear to watch her suffer any longer knowing that this was not going to improve.
From a kill shelter to 4 more good years of life.
Rest peacefully my friend.
It's getting harder and harder to shoot loaded coal trains on the UP, and shooting ones that aren't double length as well.
Today I guess I got lucky and got a clean UP ES44AC leading a loaded coal train at Krieger. Train is crossing over from M1 to M2 in the background at Loring.
It was bit windy today, but manageable considering the cold temps. I even managed to get a run in today in this frigid temps. No rest for the weary.
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This is a short hike from the road (about 300m), a beautiful 30ft waterfall. Park on the road above the falls near the bridge. The trail is steep and a little difficult but manageable.
This ends the day trip I was on......
The long journey nears its end as UPs donation train passes the small town of Durant, Iowa and the cemetery beside it. As our train nears the homestretch, one can't help but marvel at the whole thing. Long-dead locomotives and even rollingstock, each one carrying with it plenty of history and stories alike, now have a fresh chance at life they wouldn't have gotten otherwise. The Challenger has been dormant for a dozen years, and the 5511 five times that. Even the DDA40X, not pictured here, hasn't been roaming around for a fair few years now. It will be one hell of a day when they and the rest of the equipment have new life breathed into them.
I can't even imagine how insane the roads and photolines will be when those days come. Oh, boy. At least they were somewhat manageable here. More than once, people came and parked right in front of my shot, but thanks to another railfan intervening, we got the space cleared for our shots, and we got that striking view of the slow moving train. The days storms can be seen back behind the dormant steamers, and in fact some of those clouds were just overhead. Very, very narrow timing granted us a sliver of clear sky and the light we needed for our shots. Nice when things work out that way, eh?
Here in the northern hemisphere, the long six-month progression into ever increasing darkness comes to a halt today. The winter solstice has finally arrived. Although a full three months of winter lies ahead, at least we've reached the darkest day. That's a huge psychological boost for me. Dealing with cold and snow is one thing, but the shortened daylight is the part that really gets to me the most. I'm a very visually oriented person. Existing in darkness greatly inhibits vision, and as a result hinders my creative endeavors, at least to an extent. Even mundane tasks seem more challenging. I find night driving in particular very uninteresting. In summer, my gaze is constantly shifting as I drive, taking in the scenery and evaluating photo possibilities with each passing mile. Winter night driving reduces my visibility to the narrow cone of light emitted by my headlights. In that sense, my (traveling) world is greatly diminished. Although we have an enormous hole to climb out of, knowing that we are on the side of increasing daylight somehow makes everything more manageable. None of this has anything to do with the photo, yet I still feel a connection. There's a feeling of despair in the model's expression, but somehow a glimmer of hope seems to seeps in. With many time commitments this time of year I'm just not outside shooting as much as in autumn. However I continue to troll my recent photo archives, pulling up images like a squirrel finding buried nuts. My session with Jill has proven to be a veritable root cellar of imagery that might well carry me through spring.
MONTANE WOODCREEPER Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger in the Mindo Valley in northwestern Ecuador. This Montane Woodcreeper captured a cicada a little while prior to this photo. This is the 3rd in a series of 5 photos that shows the woodcreeper making two attempts to swallow the cicada. This photo shows the Montane Woodcreeper following the first unsuccessful attempt to swallow the cicada. The woodcreeper has just ejected the partially swallowed cicada and this photo shows the woodcreeper flipping the cicada up into the air to catch it in a more manageable orientation prior to making a second try to swallow it. This photo was taken on a sunny morning on November 18, 2012.
The Montane Woodcreeper is a member of the avian family Dendrocolaptidae.
Esta foto de un ave de nombre común Trepador Montañés Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger se sacó cerca de Mindo, Ecuador el 18 de noviembre de 2012. Hace momentos, este trepador capturó una chicharra. Esta foto es la tercera de una serie de 5 fotos que muestra el Trepador Montañés haciendo dos intentos de tragar la chicharra. Esta foto registra un momento después del primer intento de tragar la chicharra. El trepador ha expulsado la chicharra de la garganta y lo ha dado un capirotazo hacia arriba para agarrarlo nuevamente con una orientación más favorable.
El Trepador Montañés pertenece a la familia Dendrocolaptidae.
For OPTIMAL VIEWING of this Montane Woodcreeper tossing up a cicada, VIEW AT THE GIGANTIC SIZE (1832 x 1800) use the direct Flickr link: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/82065...
The image above is Photo No. 3 in the sequence. The links to the other photos are as follows:
Photo No. 1: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/82049...
Photo No. 2: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/82066...
Photo No. 4: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/82068...
Photo No. 5: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/82063...
Jenny Winwood was moth-watching on a Sunday evening when she was bitten by an awful Eric Smithson, of the Cobble Hill Smithsons, . . .after a moment of shortness of breath, she discovered in her uneven reflection, that she had acquired Eric's bad hair, . . . there was not much she could do to rid herself of the bad hair, . . .she tried to wash the badness out, cut it to a manageable shape, even tie it up, But to no avail, her bad hair kept coming back.