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A change of scenery and a visit to our local sea front for some long exposure therapy during the recent high tides
This is what I call a "rocks, trees, trail" arrangement that I find commonly in CCC/WPA parks. A smaller but similar arrangement can be found off one of the overlooks in Shenandoah NP, developed at the same time as this park, Richfield County Park. An old fieldstone staircase takes you down the bluff to the river on the right. Last year, I went over when a new park superintendent cleared a downed tree here and he was amazed. "Who did all of this work?" The ghosts of the WPA spoke on that day.
A drake Mallard washes up, dunking his head under the water repeatedly and shaking off the excess. It's nesting season and he has to look his best!!
Burnham Prairie
Egret take-off at Bombay Hook NWR.
A number of great egrets, snowy egrets and great blue herons were fishing along a channel as the tide came in, so there were continuous squabbling over fishing territories. This egret had just been evicted by another egret and was flying further down the channel looking for a fishing spot.
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Baby wood duck standing on a lily pad shaking off :-)
It was 100% worth getting up at 5:30 to see this!
This bee look-alike (Syrphid Fly ?) had just taken off from the Mexican Marigold in the rear. Seen in the Herb Garden at the Huntington Library & Botanical Gardens.
Lyrics from the band "Shonen Knife"
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I have been to london one time
I have been to hong kong one time
Everywhere in the world is good
But osaka is the best town
My favorite town osaka
I have been to tokyo one time
I have been to nagoya one time
Everywhere in japan is good
But osaka is the best town
My favorite town osaka
Surf Scoters take to the wing, amazing how these birds can so quickly detect better feeding grounds and move around so continuously
Black Hills Country Byway, an 18 mile unimproved dirt road between Safford and Clifton, Arizona. It was once the main road and originally was built with chain gang jail labor.
We had turned off the byway and headed down Dead Man Canyon Road which is substantially worse. Spots like this you need to get out and see exactly what that soft area is ahead of you.
Explore January 9, 2022
We got 20 inches of snow Friday night. Not much compared to years ago, but substantial for 2022.
Thank you for your visit, I hope you will enjoy the details in Large!
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On a recent camping trip we enjoyed observing the loons on the lake we were camped at. Sometimes they came in quite close to shore, but in this case we were actually in our kayaks shooting toward the shore. Love it whne they do the shake off. Happy Wing Wednesday!
Looking across the Thames estuary with Southend pier and the local amusement park's ferris wheel in the foreground, on a cold but bright January day.
Lehigh Railway's 2nd job heads north through Wysox after swapping the lead unit due to what i believe to be an air issue. This was my first visit to the LRWY and i was very happy to get the 1751 leading, I will definitely be back again soon.
Have you ever thought about living "off the wall"? That's what the two characters of my latest creation did. They probably ended up living like this because of an all-out war that wiped everything out. However they seem quite happy.
This diorama joins my two previous post-apoc works, namely Floating Dystopia and Crazy Bus.
I included some references and easter eggs: the tile with the Blue Cottage as a tribute to set 21338; the Citroën 2CV as an homage to Hayao Miyazaki; the white boat (on the roof!) for my recent 1OK IDEAS Stilt House; many other details that come from my previous works.
Have fun spotting them all!
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تــمــنــيــــتـــك وقــلــت فـي خــاطــري لــيــتــه تــمــنــانــي ... وانـــا مــا كــل واحـــد شـــافــتـــه عــيـــنـــي تــمــنـيـتـــه
عــلـى كـــيـــفـــك تــذكــــرنـــي عــلــى كــيــفــك تـنــاســانــي ... وانــا طــاريـــك ولا يــوم فــي قــلـــبـــــي تــنــاســيـــتــه
زرعــتـــــك وردة(ن) حـــمــــرا تـــزيــــن كـــل بــســتـــانـــي ... دفـنــت الـقـــلـــب فـــي تـــربــه مــشـــاعـرنـا و خـلـيـتـه
انــا الـــمـجـــنـــي عــلـــيـــه الـي يــقـــدر طــعـنــــة الــجـانــي ... لان جـرحــه يــــذكــرنــي بـــطـاريــــه لا حـــســـيـــتـــه
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They seek them here,
they seek them there;
those illusive Coy Carp pair..
AI/GIMP MANIPULATION/PIXLR EFFECTS
Digital art.
New! Challenge 228.0 ~ Autumn Colours ~ The Award Tree ~
Migratory birds are passing through Alberta, some of these birds like Goldeneyes will nest in Calgary and neighboring areas. With most of the lakes and ponds still frozen, early birds were attracted to few open bodies of water which allowed a closer look at these birds.
Large numbers of Goldeneyes were seen along with Pintails South East of Calgary, this is a composite giving a closeup of male Goldeneye taking off.
Common goldeneyes breed across the forested areas of Canada, Minnesota, Michigan, Alaska and the northeastern United States.
NEW: FANATIK - Canary Palms (Main Store)
NEW: C.H.C (Cindy Henusaki Custom Cars) - Takeo (C.H.C Main Store)
Both of these items have PBR Textures
Taken with some difficulty through our neighbour's tree at almost the same spot as the Possum/Galah confrontation the other day - we heard a Kookaburra laughing and I noticed one sitting on the far right end of the power pole cross arm (out of sight on the right) followed by a Magpie landing on the other end. Oh no, problems for sure. As I grabbed the camera and moved a bit to position myself, at the left hand end and middle were a further two Kookas with the Magpie keeping a watchful eye....surprisingly close. Magpies take exception to Kookaburras and usually take chase. In time, as I typed this the Noisy Miners joined in. The Kookas decided to retreat as usual. Game over.
Today 19 June.