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You are much more likely to come across grey squirrels - also known as eastern gray squirrels - in England, Wales and much of Northern Ireland.
Grey squirrels are quite at home in woodlands but are also a common sight in many urban gardens and parks. This species is from North America and was introduced to the UK, possibly as early as the 1870s - NHM
I must venture to brownsea island to see the red squirrels!
I love to find old Boggle games to use the letters in altered art projects. I usually throw the board away but this time I decided to alter that too! Entered in the ArtChix weekly challenge on Helga's blog. The theme is Make a Grid of Art. Take a look here: myartisticlife.typepad.com/my_artistic_life/
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Roulette Farm (right)
At the time of the Battle of Antietam, the farm was home to William and Margaret Roulette and their five children. The Roulettes did not own slaves, but did employ Nancy Camel, a former slave, as a domestic servant and a 15-year-old African American man named Robert Simon also resided on the property, working as a farm hand.
During the battle, thousands of Union soldiers from Gen. William H. French's division moved across the Roulette farm and even through the buildings on their way to the fighting along the Sunken Road. Damage to the Roulette house, property and crops was extensive. A shell even knocked over their beehive, causing temporary chaos among the inexperienced troops of the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry.
In the aftermath of battle, the Roulette barn was used as a field hospital for many of the Union wounded during the Sunken Road fighting and 700 soldiers were buried in mass graves in his fields. One eyewitness, Chaplain Henry S. Stevens of the 14th Connecticut Infantry, wrote of the damage to the house: "Bullets pierced it on the day of battle, and one huge shell tore through the west side, a little above the floor, and going through the parlor in an upward course passed through the ceiling and a wall beyond and fell harmless amid a heap of rubbish it had created, where we saw it many times that day. During the battle the rooms were stripped of their furnishings and the floors were covered with the blood and dirt and litter of a field hospital..."
Despite filing claims with the federal government for damages to his property totaling more than $3,500, William Roulette received no compensation for his home and outbuildings, though he did received a payment of $371 for a hospital claim.
Mumma Farm (left)
Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) Mumma lived here with their 10 children, Samuel having inherited it from his father in 1850. It was Samuel who had given some of his land on which to build the Dunker Church.
As the armies began to move into place around Sharpsburg the Mummas were told they should leave. They gathered clothing and packed the family silver in a basket, but left everything behind as artillery fire broke out overhead. The parents and younger children travelled in a two horse cart while the older children walked, escaping to Manor Church, about four miles to the north. It was good that they did. Their home became the site of some of the earliest fighting in the battle, and their buildings the only buildings on the battlefield purposely destroyed in the fighting. The house, barn, and two outbuildings were burned by withdrawing North Carolina troops to keep them from sheltering Union sharpshooters.
The Mummas returned to the loss of everything they owned, which they estimated as worth around eight to ten thousand dollars. Over the winter they lived on the Sherrick farm near the Burnside Bridge, and rebuilt in 1863. The current house was rebuilt on the original foundation. After the war the Federal government refused compensation for the Mummas’ loss because the damage was caused by Confederates, and compensation was only paid for damage caused by Federal troops.
American Wigeon AMWI (Anas americana)
This hen had young with her and was not sure if i was a threat or not...so was sounding the alarm to her ducklings
Pouce Coupe, British Columbia, CANADA
(near Dawson Creek)
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Taken on July 15, 2016
One of the few original buildings that survived the battle on September 17, 1862. The Mumma Springhouse dates to the 1790s.
"S. N. Mumma & Co., packers of and dealers in leaf tobacco, Landisville, Pa. Represented by ________."
Mumma , Please come soon...We are Hungary .Its a Mother's Day tribute!
to day is a great day for our fostering mother
to day is Mothers Day
on this day i was lucky to shoot a series of photos of three kids of parakeets ,who were waiting for food they are fully dependent on their mother for food,shelter, protection ,
we respect all life giving mothers to day
to submit our all well wishes by virtue of this we all are here
god bless every mother of every species
Rakesh Sharma
Please see this live video on the rose ring necked parakeets and fostering to their offspring by crop milk and idle parental care exhibition behavior to-above photo series
Its a Mother's Day tribute!
in my you tube account named as desertsanddunes
the link is given below
So now my strobist studio is all setup and raring to go. I finally got myself a charcoal black background.
Shot setup:
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 50mm f/1.4 EX DH HSM
Shutter Speed: 1/100 seconds
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO Speed: 200
Strobist:
1 Vivitar 285HV - 1/16th power into a White reflective Umbrella at camera left - 4 ft from subjects, high
1 Vivitar 285HV - 1/16th power bounced off a white shoot through umbrella at camera right - 5ft from subjects, high
and a very patient mother
The battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, near the little village of Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the bloodiest single day in American history. At the end of one day of fighting, approximately 23,000 men had become casualties; either killed, wounded or missing. Every year in early December the National Park Service commemorates the sacrifices made by these men by staging a grand illumination of the battlefield with over 23,000 luminaries spread across five square miles of the landscape. The full scope of the tragedy of Antietam cannot be conveyed by numbers or statistics alone. But the visual portrayal of the enormous number of casualties as depicted with the glowing lights so densely placed across seemingly endless acre after acre of farm land is truly stunning.
Once we entered the battlefield the drivers were all instructed to turn off their headlights to avoid spoiling the effect of the luminaries. However, the cars' brake lights provided some eerie blood-red illumination to the foreground in some of our photos. We were not allowed to exit our vehicles or even to stop, other than as necessary in the bumper-to-bumper stop and creep traffic. Consequently all pictures other than the map and first three photos were taken by Glenn while I drove.
Each luminary represents one man who, on that day in September 1862, became a casualty. Therefore, one of these lights represents John Atherton, a relative of mine who had his left elbow smashed and permanently disabled when a Confederate cannon ball struck a stone wall near where he was fighting.
We had put on some Civil War music to listen to as we drove through the battlefield, and it was just by chance that as we were driving past the first large field of luminaries the Stephen Foster song, "Was My Brother In The Battle" came on with its melancholy lyrics:
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Tell me, tell me, weary soldier from the rude and stirring wars
Was my brother in the battle where you gained those noble scars?
He was ever brave and valiant, and I know he never fled
Was his name among the wounded or numbered with the dead?
Was my brother in the battle when the tide of war ran high?
You would know him in a moment by his dark and flashing eye
Tell me, tell me, weary soldier, will he never come again
Did he suffer with the wounded, did he die among the slain?
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Day 99
My mum was having a nap today and started having a nightmare which left her crying in her sleep. Hermione stood over her watching her then curled up next to her!
He wanted his mom to carry him..
He is one of my friend's kid.. He is jus 2 yrs .. very cute n naughty !!!
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Mumma Farm
Samuel and Elizabeth (Miller) Mumma lived here with their 10 children, Samuel having inherited it from his father in 1850. It was Samuel who had given some of his land on which to build the Dunker Church.
As the armies began to move into place around Sharpsburg the Mummas were told they should leave. They gathered clothing and packed the family silver in a basket, but left everything behind as artillery fire broke out overhead. The parents and younger children travelled in a two horse cart while the older children walked, escaping to Manor Church, about four miles to the north.
Mumma Meo! I was entranced yesterday by our beautiful five month old snow leopard cubs and their mother, Meo, pictured here.
I am still learning to properly use my new Olympus E520 DSLR, but this is one of my favourite photos of Meo
It is not always easy nor indeed possible to eliminate the cage wire from the photos, but this time, Meo came quite close to the perfect position!
Meo and her cubs were quite slow to come into their yard, preferring to stay in their night den. Eventually her cubs wandered to the extreme right hand side of the enclosure, and peering over the side fence, into the next yard - that of their father Leon!
The cubs were trying to see Daddy.
Meo was keeping a close-eye on them all, and at one stage sprinted over to the side-fence, perhaps as a warning for Leon to keep his distance.
In any event, there are secure fences between them, so the cubs are very safe.
Just as well, as on the OTHER side, there is an adult Persian Leopard, and it often climbs up the fence to look straight at the cubs - no doubt seeing them as tasty snacks - though it would have to face a VERY angry Meo first!
The female cub is called Tashi and the male cub is called Gobi.
Tashi is the Tibetan word for lucky, while Gobi is the name of a large national park in southern Mongolia where the snow leopards are found in the wild.
Tashi and Gobi are the first snow leopards born at RMZ in 20 years, so they are extremely loved and cherished, and will be a source of delight for RMZ staff and visitors for years to come.
The cubs are utterly adorable and gorgeous.
Their mother Meo is a very relaxed mother, and is doing well.
Only a week ago, the cubs were weaned off Meo's milk, and now just eat meat.
The cubs were born Dec 7 2008 to first-time Mum Meo and Father Leon.
Meo is 6yo, and came to RMZ in June 2003 from her birthplace at Stuttgart Zoo, Germany, and Leon was born at Taronga Zoo in October 2001 and came to RMZ in October 2007.
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Victoria, Australia