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If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee.
A. A. Milne
the geraniums were really buzzing today with at least 40 to 50 assorted bees!!
texture thanks to Spektoral Addendum.
How I quickly do up blogging credits in Firestorm - emberrandt.blogspot.ca/2016/11/how-to-quickly-do-up-blogg...
Make a noise so I know you're there
Just a touch is enough for me my dear
– Gossling, Wild Love
Thanks as always to Evelyn Flint for the background!
..for a tiny male Anna's Hummingbird.
"Anna’s Hummingbirds are among the most common hummingbirds along the Pacific Coast, yet they're anything but common in appearance. With their iridescent emerald feathers and sparkling rose-pink throats, they are more like flying jewelry than birds. Though no larger than a ping-pong ball and no heavier than a nickel, Anna’s Hummingbirds make a strong impression. In their thrilling courtship displays, males climb up to 130 feet into the air and then swoop to the ground with a curious burst of noise that they produce through their tail feathers."
~www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Annas_Hummingbird/
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
I have lost my perfect hearing.
My whole life I have enjoyed exceptionally acute hearing in both volume and frequency range. Sadly, since my one infection during the last 5 years that I believe to be Covid, I suffered ongoing random occurrences of vertigo that would last for just 24 hours at a time. Immediately after one of those vertigo attacks a few months ago I awoke with sudden onset screaming tinnitus that has been with me ever since. Overnight I lost a lot of hearing range in the upper frequencies too. From hearing clearly up to 21khz to my hearing now falling off from 6khz and above. My audiologist confirmed that, anecdotally, there has been a massive increase in cases of tinnitus in people following Covid infections. It is and has never been 'just a cold'.
It saddens me so much that I can now no longer enjoy perfect peace and quiet.
I have other symptoms commonly found in 'Long Covid' too. I did so well to avoid infection only to get ill early last year.
Thank you all for your support, comments and favourites. They are all greatly appreciated.
Take care.
I'm aware I haven't been down to see a sunset for ages, probably as we seem to be stuck in a grey misty spell of weather with no sun and no rain. I'm off to Bristol today, to meet someone and possibly spot some buildings to sketch. Ocean of noise is by Arcade Fire , I need to visit that ocean of noise again soon
Welcome to New York! You can only wonder who decides what’s necessary noise and what isn’t, can’t you? Which in turn raises the question of subjectivity and objectivity... and who’s to decide that?
An interesting philosophical debate, no doubt. But meanwhile, my simple mind was quite amused by the street sign, which I spotted in Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village – so here it is.
With the sun getting close to setting the glinting has started as this eastbound Erie Lackawanna passes a semaphore as it approaches Marion, Ohio with 4 E8's making beautiful noise - February 14, 1976.
Before the spring Warbler invasion, Re-processed images I took in Brisbane, Australia in 2013 to remind me to go back!
Issigonis Special. Cultra Hill Climb, June 2016.
www.auto-britannia.co.uk/2017/07/31/the issigonis-lightweight-special/
Waterfalls of the Bolshoy Rufabgo stream are a cascade of waterfalls in the Maykop district of Adygea (Russia), 2 km from the village of Kamennomostsky, upstream of the Belaya river.
Waterfall "Noise" is located to the left of the trail, it meets guests and escorts. This is a high and beautiful waterfall that will never tire of pleasing visitors to the gorge.
This past Wednesday I did something that I have not done in several months. I dragged my carcass out of bed and drove to be in “my spot” at Muscatatuck NWR for daybreak. So much has changed there over the years. The roads are much better but several fields that once provided the best hunting area for its raptors are now covered with thousands of saplings. If this growth continues, I will have little to no reason to make the drive…a sad reality.
One thing that hasn’t changed is my ability to make noise. I have a favorite, time tested and proven noise that I make when no one else is around. It has made coyotes, deer, eagles, elk, seals, bear, mink and otters stop in their track and look at me. Direct eye contact provides the best of photo ops! I hope to someday cross paths with a Honey Badger to see if it works…we all know they don’t care!
Early Wednesday I spotted bevy of 5 otters hunting one of the creaks on Muscatatuck. They were heading away from the bridge I was on, but knowing the refuge, I knew they would pass under another one further south if they maintained their course. I also knew that they would take several play, rest and eating breaks along the way. There was no way to estimate their arrival at the next bridge.
I made a few laps around the refuge, checking to see if they had made it yet, nothing. The entire time I was questioning myself with if I even wanted to photograph the otters. When you do the math, statistically I have photographed any single otter at Muscatatuck several times over the years, maybe even as a pup. I reminded myself what a blessing it is just to see them.
On my third and final lap, I could see the ripples in the water and bubble paths…a sure sign that otters were hunting below. I extended my monopod, steadied my stance and waited. Within seconds three otters surfaced as if they were synchronized swimming. I swung my lens in the area of the closest one and took a few shots. It noticed me right away and was in the process of staring me down to determine my threat level when I decided to make my noise. Instantly it opened its mouth as if to smile…I know…anthropomorphism at its best!
No matter how much things that we cannot control change, we can all still make our noise!
Adventure before dementia!
Garden with colourful plants, shrubs and water features, created by eminent Japanese designer Shoji Nakahara in 1991 as part of the Japan Festival.
Perfectly manicured, the landscape garden’s waterfall quietly trickling is the only background noise you’ll hear. It’s easy to see why it made the list of most beautiful places in London.
The three-step waterfall symbolises mountains and deep gorges while the large pond depicts a vast ocean – a natural landscape in miniature form.
Traditional Japanese garden elements such as stone lanterns (Toro) and a stone wash basin (Tsukubai) are also present.