VAL PELLICE-PIEMONTE-ITALY (Una piacevole sorpresa)

so this is a golden pheasant, obvs, but also goes by Chinese pheasant and rainbow pheasant. Which makes me believe it’s should really be called the alias pheasant.

Off for a mini four day holiday so I leave you with these classic old folk song lyrics to try and say without slipping up & sniggering 😉

I’m a mother pheasant plucker, I pluck mother pheasants.

I’m the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker to ever pluck a mother pheasant.

I’m not the pheasant plucker I’m the pheasant plucker’s wife, I’ve been plucking Mother pheasants my whole pheasant plucking life.

I’m not the pheasant plucker I’m the pheasant plucker’s mate, I’m only plucking Pheasants ’cause the pheasant plucker’s late.

I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's wife

And when we pluck together it's a pheasant plucking life

Hello All!

This image is a reminder to myself that there are some pleasant things out there in this world of ours. Giant Swallowtails do not come to Manitoba, so it was a big thrill for me to see one! This image was taken at the Butterfly Exhibit which was hosted by the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Summer 2018.

Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes)

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A pleasant unexpected encounter on my path.

Soundtrack : Oliver Nelson Septet - Stolen Moments

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The Ashridge Estate in Hertfordshire, near Berkhamsted, provides the basis for this woodland walk. Managed by the National Trust, the Ashridge Estate is at its best in early May, when the bluebells and cowslips are in bloom. An easy route with only one steepish climb it is a pleasant way to spend a few hours.

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In the distant past, while Summer was pleasant, this would not be a sight that I liked seeing in mid-August.

Tropical Storm Henri Warning is in effect for us! 😂

Happy Day to you!!

Brattleboro, Vermont

Sliders Sunday

A peahen visited my house in mid of day on a hot Indian summer, just before the start of monsoons.

Guincho, Cascais. Portugal

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Pleasant evening spent at Glen Canyon Overlook as the sun slowly sets - Page, Arizona, USA

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Once in a while, I see people riding on the beach and it's always a pleasure for me to see a horse. I couldn't tell if Tidda was more interested in the dog or the horses. I had her on the leash, of course, because you don't want to risk spooking a horse.

Viewed from the footbridge at Mount Pleasant level crossing, tidy looking 33117 passes Southampton Bevois Park sidings with a parcels train in the summer of 1983.

Thanks to [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johndedman] for identifying the train, this is likely to be 3o21, the 2108 Preston to Southampton Western Docks.

Prominent are the cement hoppers belonging to Rugby cement which, at the time, were filled by a daily train from Halling in Kent. Also visible are several ERF (Foden) cement tankers which would have been used to distribute the cement locally.

Bevois Park sidings were disused for many years but returned to use as an aggregate terminal in December 2015. In 2023 the terminal is served several times a week with stone from Whatley Quarry in Somerset.

Photograph by an unknown photographer, now part of my collection.

Coast Guard passing Eastern Prom Portland, Maine

Fly Fishing in the South Platte River, Pike National Forest

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Tucked away in the Smokey Mountains, Tennessee.

NKP 765 leads a passenger excursion West through Pleasant Lake, IN.

Bench Monday

Rio Grande 3131 and 3130 depart Magna, Utah on the Garfield Branch with four cars for Roper Yard on June 12, 1998. This would be the last time I would photograph all-D&RGW power on the Midvale Tramp.

This rural church seems to be a bit more modern than some of the others I've photographed recently. My favorite part is the bell located outside the entrance.

Crawford County, Indiana

Cape Coral

to find Columbine in bloom at this time of year in my garden....

This photo was taken a couple hundred yards from yesterdays spot and is looking up river. The color had begun to fade. I wanted a more inclusive view of the river. The difference between high and low tide here is about 5 feet or so and the ice is constantly shifting and breaking.

September 2, 2021

Old Threshers Reunion

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Lions are the only cats that live in groups. Lions are the second largest cat on Earth (after Siberian Tiger).

It was a pleasant 4-eye meeting (early morning, Engelhard Dam Road). He gave me few seconds to take some photos and then suddenly started roaring. At first I was a little bit in panic, but after few seconds I unerstood that this was not for me, he was calling his friends.

Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.

South Africa, Kruger National Park

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