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Adult life for a cheetah in the wild is difficult. Cheetahs in the wild (both male and female combined) have an average age span of 10 – 12 years. The average lifespan of an adult male in the wild skews lower (8 years), due in part to territorial conflicts with competing groups of males. Adult mortality is one of the most significant limiting factors for the growth and survival of the wild cheetah population. The cheetah’s unique body structure: flexible spine, semi-retractable claws, long legs and tail allow it to achieve the unbelievable top speed of 110 km/hr (70 mph). [Credit: Cheetah Conservation Fund]
Tour Umweltzentrum Heerser Mühle / Bad Salzuflen / 04.08.2019 / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Westphalia
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Socotra cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis is endemic to Arabia, found nowhere else across the globe apart from the Arabian Gulf and Arabian Sea.
Socotra cormorant is among the most skilled fish-catching birds in Bahrain and Arabian Gulf. It dives more than 10 m chasing fish underwater.
The nesting colony of Socotra cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis on Hawar Island, south of Bahrain, is among the largest in the world. As the case with other cormorant species, nesting colonies of Socotra cormorant fluctuate widely in size over time.
Socotra cormorant lays eggs in small depressions in the ground with thousands of dense nests forming sizable breeding colonies. As such, heavy rain and cold winter temperatures often lead to mass mortality of eggs and chicks.
Seagulls are among key predators of Socotra cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis on Hawar Islands. Despite continuous protection by parents, gulls succeed to prey on cormorant’s eggs and young chicks.
A Boat Lies Waiting, David Gilmour.
A beautiful track and well worth a listen. It is about loss and mortality.
Something I never knew
In silence I'd hear you
And a boat lies waiting
Still your clouds all flaming
That old time easy feeling
The mortality rate will always remain stubbornly fixed at one death per person. Likewise, there will always be just one sunset per day, this is how it looked a short distance from my home on November 2nd, 2010.
Red Squirrel - Sciurus Vulgaris
Highlands, Scotland.
The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.
Red squirrels that survive their first winter have a life expectancy of 3 years. Individuals may reach 7 years of age, and 10 in captivity. Survival is positively related to availability of autumn–winter tree seeds; on average, 75–85% of juveniles die during their first winter, and mortality is approximately 50% for winters following the first.
Although not thought to be under any threat worldwide, the red squirrel has nevertheless drastically reduced in number in the United Kingdom; especially after the grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the 1870s. Fewer than 140,000 individuals are thought to be left in 2013; approximately 85% of which are in Scotland, with the Isle of Wight being the largest haven in England. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project,[26] supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. The population decrease in Britain is often ascribed to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, but the loss and fragmentation of its native woodland habitat has also played a role.
In January 1998, eradication of the non-native North American grey squirrel began on the North Wales island of Anglesey. This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour is also populated exclusively by red rather than grey squirrels (approximately 200 individuals).
Unfathomable Sea! whose waves are years,
Ocean of Time, whose waters of deep woe
Are brackish with the salt of human tears!
Thou shoreless flood, which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of mortality!
And sick of prey, yet howling on for more,
Vomitest thy wrecks on its inhospitable shore;
Treacherous in calm, and terrible in storm,
Who shall put forth on thee,
Unfathomable Sea?
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
The Prime Minister of Singapore on the Novel Virus, on 8th February ( only a few minutes long )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNw1pyksKHo&t=159s
" The new virus is much less dangerous than SARS. The mortality rate is so far only 0.2%; seasonal influenza has a death rate of 0.1 % ... " (1:50 min)
And what the PM chose not to make it too explicit is that, this virus, for some reason, essentially targets Chinese nationals, particularly those from Hubei ... So, unless you're from there, don't panic !
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Hebrew Melody
Hassid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfCjgI50Fo
Heifetz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs01MOw81BY
Meditation
Hassid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnO_Wqvu6Bc&list=PLQ9ptUxBWov...
Heifetz
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gMAm8OxzGU
Josef Hassid
Edward Elgar - La Capricieuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZhs4JcGyI
Kreisler - Capricho Vienes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RGibmk88xM
Souvenir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqhncQTMw8s
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Szigeti : Schubert Fantasy in C Major
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttaiv0BLxTI
Kreutzer Sonata, with Bartok
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZG2iKESTLk
With Schnabel
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT1VJ0OPgqs
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My personal point of view : had I been able to capture a more sizable boat, it woud probably be a plus to the composition ? As to the plant in front, perhaps a wider frame would have better effects... As it stands now, other than a record of what one could expect to see there, the emotional import is somewhat light...
So the story begins
City dweller
Successful fella
Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money."
Caught in a rat race terminally
I'm a professional cynic
But my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit
Caught up in the century's anxiety
Yes, it preys on him
He's getting thin
Try the simple life
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats
And the food he eats
In the country
He takes all manner of pills
And piles up analyst bills
In the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm
Lots of rural charm
In the country
He's got morning glory
And life's a different story
Everything's going Jackanory
Touched with his own mortality
He's reading Balzac
And knocking back Prozac
It's a helping hand
That makes you feel wonderfully bland
Oh it's a century's remedy
For the faint at heart
A new start
Try the simple life
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
He's got a fog in his chest
So he needs a lot of rest
In the country
He doesn't drink smoke laugh
Takes herbal baths
In the country
But you'll come to no harm
On the animal farm
In the country
In the country, in the country, in the country
Blow, blow me out
I am so sad, I don't know why
Blow, blow me out
I am so sad, I don't know why
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats
And the food he eats
In the country
He takes all manner of pills
And piles up analyst bills
In the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm
Lots of rural charm
In the country
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
He's got a fog in his chest
So he needs a lot of rest
In the country
He doesn't drink smoke laugh
Takes herbal baths
In the country
But you'll come to no harm
On the animal farm
In the country
I wanna be, I wanna be
Striped Treasureflower, Gazania linearis. According to www.atozflowers.com/flower/gazania/ it symbolizes Wealth.
"And all your money won't another minute buy"
—Kerry Livgren, Dust in the Wind.
Happy Smile on Saturday!
I Have Conquered Time' is a composite created for a series called 'Time' . I did not have the resources to photograph the images in the series, after much deliberation, took out a 10 image a month subscription from Shutterstock.
I will create new combinations of these images every month and add them to the series.
Bird of paradise flower, Strelitzia sp., backlit by the rising Sun. Earlier photos of this individual are in the first comment. This will be my first post in the Challenge on Flickr group, which by chance starts its “floral and high contrast” theme today.
♫ Wind Beneath My Wings ♫ - Bette Midler
“This Noise from My Fingers”
by John Rybicki
It astounds me the ways
I scale the sky. Every day I have to
relearn my body.
Who will tell us to the world?
Our children whose heads we breathe into
like seashells casting those spells
our mothers once wooed us with?
A playground where we became the mist
hanging over everything?
We knew it was our insides
tugged inside out at last.
Once when I was a boy on the dodge
hopping fences, I let my leg hang over the lip
to that other world. I stopped
on top of that wobbly fence,
and hit the pause button on the world.
I held it all: the shadows from the plum tree
whose fruit we used to peg cars with;
the dust from my father’s broom;
even the boys chasing after me.
I knew the time was passing
and took even the shadows of the branches
into those pockets God had sewn
into my body for the traveling.
I kissed the moment flush
on the mouth then let it go,
surrendered again to the earth
with silencers on my tennis shoes.
Maybe time itself came brushing
the trail behind me until it vanished
clean off the grass, and I took up residence
with all the other balloons
floating along the landscape.
NOTE: The back ground was taken by me and digitally painted and the humpback whale is a 3D sculpture I designed which you can see in the Exploratorium of Art - FOCUS Galleries
Red Squirrel - Sciurus Vulgaris
Highlands, Scotland.
The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.
Red squirrels that survive their first winter have a life expectancy of 3 years. Individuals may reach 7 years of age, and 10 in captivity. Survival is positively related to availability of autumn–winter tree seeds; on average, 75–85% of juveniles die during their first winter, and mortality is approximately 50% for winters following the first.
Although not thought to be under any threat worldwide, the red squirrel has nevertheless drastically reduced in number in the United Kingdom; especially after the grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the 1870s. Fewer than 140,000 individuals are thought to be left in 2013; approximately 85% of which are in Scotland, with the Isle of Wight being the largest haven in England. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project,[26] supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. The population decrease in Britain is often ascribed to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, but the loss and fragmentation of its native woodland habitat has also played a role.
In January 1998, eradication of the non-native North American grey squirrel began on the North Wales island of Anglesey. This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour is also populated exclusively by red rather than grey squirrels (approximately 200 individuals).
a beautiful facade on the rio dei ognissanti, architectural surgical procedures evolving, scarring evident, inevitability of transience on display, and yet ... a beautiful facade on the rio dei ognissanti.
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Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (Juv)
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The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
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“O, let me kiss that hand!
KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.”
- William Shakespeare
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3pOuAvVjFA
I miss you (Long Distance Relationship) - Ep 01 [ Love is in small things : S3 / Puuung ]
IN ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE
In another time another place
in an orange grove in an empty space
grew a lemon tree oh so prettily
and one of lime in another time
You took an axe and cut it down
you took my heart and steeped it in undiluted lime
you soured the earth where my tears fell
and felled our love in another time
The sunlight fell on iridescent insect wings
the flesh of the lime glowed with luminosity
the trees filled up with the yearling bird that sings
of love and loss that opened up in another place in me
The sunsets where it meets the Earth
the curvature cradles and lulls it with soft symphony
I sit and watch the clouds float by before my eyes
and fall asleep in another place in harmony
Before I wake I perchance to dream a little dream
gently trembling leaves that glimmer with sweet hoping rhyme
and clarity and sweet charity sits within me like a ripening fruit
easily resting and blossoming with love in another place in another time.
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We can still love, but we cannot touch. It is hard to bear for those of us who are tactile and demonstrative, but still harder for those whose advances we must reject in order to preserve our lives. Text and emails suck! Easily misinterpreted. Skype and 'phone are better, but slightest little noise in background is misinterpreted! Green-eyed monster, jealousy raises it's ugly head, breathes fire like a dragon that stirs the fear in the pit of my belly and his fear is greater and I cannot do anything to alleviate a fear that is my own too. We are a mass of contradictions and deep-seated insecure afflictions. Stuck on a roller coaster ride, up and down. Stuck on a merry-go-round, round and round. Come full circle back to the beginning. No-one's winning. Stay safe. Stay well. That's our mantra now. Some things remain the same. Some things will be lost forever. It's not all bad. Some good will come of all of this. I never really had a life plan. My life is often put on hold through illness, but now I find myself making plans. Copious notes in previously unused journals. I have a stack of them. It's what people gift to me. My love of writing and art defines me in their eyes and I do not mind. I am always pleased to hold another heavy tome in my hand, to pick up my pen, to doodle, to write and now to make my plans. It occupies me. If I do not stay occupied, the current situation will consume me and I'm not ready to be eaten … not yet, so back down green-eyed, fire-breathing dragon. There's nothing for you here. Go find another snack : 0)
Embrace this moment, remember
We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion
There is not much left of Lex`s build in this one. But please check out his sim. Drown in creative, surreal oddness from the bottom of his heart.
Sparrowhawk - (F) Accipiter Nisus
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Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend to take smaller birds, including tits, finches, and sparrows; females catch primarily thrushes and starlings, but are capable of killing birds weighing 500 g (18 oz) or more.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World; while birds from the northern parts of the range migrate south for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian sparrowhawks breed in suitable woodland of any type, with the nest, measuring up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown-spotted eggs are laid; the success of the breeding attempt is dependent on the female maintaining a high weight while the male brings her food. The chicks hatch after 33 days and fledge after 24 to 28 days.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage. The species features in Teutonic mythology and is mentioned in works by writers including William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Male Eurasian sparrowhawks regularly kill birds weighing up to 40 g (1.4 oz) and sometimes up to 120 g (4.2 oz); females can tackle prey up to 500 g (18 oz) or more. The weight of food consumed by adult birds daily is estimated to be 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz) for males and 50–70 g (1.8–2.5 oz) for females. During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons. Species that feed in the open, far from cover, or are conspicuous by their behaviour or coloration, are taken more often by Eurasian sparrowhawks. For example, great tits and house sparrows are vulnerable to attack. Eurasian sparrowhawks may account for more than 50% of deaths in certain species, but the extent varies from area to area.
Males tend to take tits, finches, sparrows and buntings; females often take thrushes and starlings. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. More than 120 bird species have been recorded as prey and individual Eurasian sparrowhawks may specialise in certain prey. The birds taken are usually adults or fledglings, though chicks in the nest and carrion are sometimes eaten. Small mammals, including bats, are sometimes caught but insects are eaten only very rarely.
Two Gannets on the Bass Rock just about to knock beaks which is a mating ritual. These birds pair up for life and return to the same 300mm x 300mm territory each year to build a nest, mate and raise young. Despite the hight numbers of gannets on the Bass Rock the mortality rate of yearling gannets is high at 60% when they head off out to sea for the winter on their own... its just the harsh environment that gets them!
Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus (M)
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called "the kestrel".
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.
Kestrels can hover in still air, even indoors in barns. Because they face towards any slight wind when hovering, the common kestrel is called a "windhover" in some areas.
Unusual for falcons, plumage often differs between male and female, although as is usual with monogamous raptors the female is slightly larger than the male. This allows a pair to fill different feeding niches over their home range. Kestrels are bold and have adapted well to human encroachment, nesting in buildings and hunting by major roads. Kestrels do not build their own nests, but use nests built by other species.
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest. Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age; possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.
Population:
UK breeding:
46,000 pairs
“The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.”
- Homer, The Iliad
Ash tree on limestone, facing Whernside, Yorkshire Dales.
Natural woodland is scarce in the UK uplands, from centuries of preference for pasturing sheep in particular. Lately, the remnant native ash trees of the Dales are direly threatened by disease ...
Why might this matter? Because woodland is a natural climax that creates & maintains soil fertility along with ecological diversity. And it could be argued that as humans, for our mental & planetary health we need trees.
But we are all mortal, as is the planet we ride on and the universe in which it sings.
Who knows where we're headed?
Grip the gunwales ...
Forgot to post this before...
"An oldie but a goodie" ;)
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This piece is a part of my Vanity project which shows and/or includes my hand/s as my rendition of a self portrait because I choose to show who I really am through every lines of my hands.
Now I am set free
My mortality gifted in trust
A leap of faith into the void
Eternity waits beyond the abyss
My blood and breath have gone from me
But I am more than just a man on a tree
My passion is spent
My journey nearly complete
I have cracked open the sky
And a new age begins
It will be with you
Despite your sins
There is no going back
And I know I must treasure this time
As there is now only forwards
And to love you was my dearest wish
It makes it easier to now approach fate
And my death with only a traitor's kiss
There is just this single work today, because what could I possibly follow it with. Interestingly, this is an iPhone image, and not my usual practise. I use my iPhone for reference shots usually. I did not have my camera this day, not expecting to pass by Wilmington in Sussex, UK, but events meant that I did, and I stopped because I needed to. The light was just so, so I took the shot.
I returned, many times, with my camera, but could never repeat it. And you never can, can you? And is that not perfect in the end? He has gone. Whatever I do, even now, would not be the same. The light was perfect, the sky was brilliant, I was there at the right time in exactly the right place.
So here it is, my work for Good Friday.
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Trapped at home for the last 5 days by the dreaded uric acid crystals in my foot, I thought I’d inflict another Victorian Angel memorial on the flickrverse.
In some sort of mitigation my meds are distorting my perception of the world, either that or Twitter is.
HP5 simulation, edited in Neo/Exposure X7
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Flowers. Flower shops are closed. Graveyards are open. Flowers to express mourning and grief about corona harvest are to be seen on fresh graves
I admit to having some anxiety about the US elections. There’s a lot at stake, and many people have lost confidence in the process.
Common Green Darner, Anax junius, with ants, spiders, and Crepe Myrtle debris in the pool after a storm.
Alternative title: “Dead in the Water”, representing my performance review for Nate Silver and 538, who once again demonstrated sophisticated cluelessness.
Flowers. Flower shops are closed. Graveyards are open.. Many variations of flowers expressing mourning and grief of the relatives