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A last look at one of the Tulips that brightened some dull days, and caught the sun when it shone... I enjoyed them so much I will have another go next year. They were nothing like the ones I ordered, but no less lovely for that.
The Heron was chased off by another Heron, who did not want to have him fishing near to his area... Taken at Bushy park on Sunday.. so much going on there at moment
Had a hard time leaving Texas because the clouds this morning had me mesmerized. I kept stopping and taking pictures as the greatest Artist/Creator of all showed off with a constantly changing cloudscape. This was down along the border on US-90, not much in the way of landscape, but who needs landscapes when the heavens play.
I've got some other interesting shots from this morning I'll be posting from time to time.
Here a link about this type of cloud formation, Thanks again Alex M
Undulatus asperatus: A new category of cloud.
www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/10/11/undulatus_as...
Snowy Egret
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Red-collared Widowbird. The breeding male is jet black and develops a 20-centimeter floppy graduated tail and, in some areas, a crimson collar and/or crown. The female and non-breeding male has dark-streaked upperparts, pale unstreaked underparts, and a yellowish eyebrow and face, and lack the long tail. Pairs breed in open grassland, savanna, scrub, and cultivated areas. The species may flock, often with other seedeaters, and move locally when breeding is over.
Info source URL: ebird.org/species/recwid1
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Photo capture date & Location: 2017-11 Rietvlei Nature Reserve
"Cuando me refiero a encontrar a la persona indicada no me refiero a encontrar a alguien que resuelva mis problemas, ni que me sirva de muleta para cuando me sienta decaída. Tampoco me refiero a alguien que esté siempre pensando en mí, que me extrañe o que sienta que me necesita. Sino a encontrar a alguien que esté ahí, que comparta el tiempo conmigo ya que yo le compartiría el mío también. Alguien que sepa estar sin mí pero que prefiera estar conmigo, alguien que sienta y actúe pensando en un “nosotros” y no en un “tú” y un “yo” por separado. Alguien que me ame porque sí y no porque yo le ame"
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On an evening rural driveabout, I spotted a driveway of sorts off to my left with a barn atop the little hill. I was immediately past it, but I backed up, parked, and walked a little way in to get this photo. I would have loved to have gone farther up the incline but didn't want to trespass even more.
Ralston's Cairn, Glencoe, Scotland
As I’m shortly to set off for a 2 week trip to Glencoe & Isle of Skye I thought I’d post an image I took in Glencoe a little over a year ago.
I’d seen photos of the Ralston Cairn on Flickr and saw a YouTube vlog on it a few years ago so I knew roughly where it was but had not actually tried to find it before. It’s one of those ‘honeypot’ images that divides opinions and given the main subject of the image is man-made even I wondered about shooting it. However, as I’d never shot it before I thought it was worth tracking down and seeing if there might be a nice sunset too. Alas there was nothing going on in the sky so I just fiddled around with various focus-bracketed compositions and chose this. No points for originality but it will do for me and it’s crossed off my list of Glencoe shots…..unless I’m in the area and it looks like a decent sky will be likely. Who knows, might happen this month when I’m up there although I want to seek out a few new places as well as some ‘tried-and-tested’ ones. If I’m absent until later in March you know why!
The Ralston Cairn is dedicated to Ralston Claud Muir, a train driver on the West Highland Line and avid hiker, especially within the Glencoe Glen.
Sadly Ralston fell ill on Christmas day 1999 and died 16 days later on 10 January 2000 from multiple organ failure caused by Leukaemia. He was only 32 years old.
The Glencoe Glen was his favourite place to hike and his friends and/family thought it fitting to erect an everlasting monument to his memory. His ashes are also interred at this spot. His friends and family still visit the monument, often with a wee dram of whisky to toast to his memory.
www.livebreathescotland.com/ralston-cairn-glencoe/
© All rights reserved to Steve Pellatt. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
Southern-crested Caracara. A bird of prey very common in South America.
Carancho (Caracara plancus)
WEEK 21, 2022
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TODAY, WE ARE OFF TO JAPAN, the land of the rising sun...
A BIG tick on our bucket list!
Look forward to some superb images? Fingers crossed eh.
SAYONARA, M, (*_*)
After reading about a unique waterfall located within what was described as a slot canyon less than 90 minutes from home, I knew I had to see it for myself.
Directions ended with: "At the end of the trail, follow the manway (unofficial trail) up, around the first waterfall, climb a small rock wall, and hike the remainder of the way to the next falls in the streambed". This translated into: Geezers like me will be sore the next day and will need to make an offering of a full dose of Ibuprofen to the trail gods.
Bailey Falls is located near Greeneville, TN in Cherokee National Forest, past Margarette Falls on the West Fork Dry Creek and is further divided into an upper and lower falls. The lower falls are shown here, with the top of the upper falls visible here as the first drop. The Lower Falls are 20 feet in height and the canyon section surrounding the plunge pool being perhaps 8 feet in width. With the rhododendrons overhanging the canyon from both sides it had a cave-like appearance. What it lacks in size it makes up for in beauty. There is only here. There is only now, and it is good. Off Trail Zen.
Handsome aerialists with deep-blue iridescent backs and clean white fronts, Tree Swallows are a familiar sight in summer fields and wetlands across northern North America. They chase after flying insects with acrobatic twists and turns, their steely blue-green feathers flashing in the sunlight. Tree Swallows nest in tree cavities; they also readily take up residence in nest boxes.
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- from the Grubigstein (2233m), Tirol - Austria
- with the Zugspitze (2962m) in the background at the left in the clouds