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© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished shot from March 2019. Enjoy!
Found some time, after taking down the Holiday Lights and Christmas Decorations, to scoot over to a local wildlife sanctuary; the trip paid off ;-)
Cooper’s Hawk:
Among the bird world’s most skillful fliers, Cooper’s Hawks are common woodland hawks that tear through cluttered tree canopies in high-speed pursuit of other birds.
Dashing through vegetation to catch birds is a dangerous lifestyle. In a study of more than 300 Cooper’s Hawk skeletons, 23 percent showed old, healed-over fractures in the bones of the chest, especially of the furcula, or wishbone.
A Cooper's Hawk captures a bird with its feet and kills it by repeated squeezing. Falcons tend to kill their prey by biting it, but Cooper’s Hawks hold their catch away from the body until it dies. They’ve even been known to drown their prey, holding a bird underwater until it stopped moving.
Once thought averse to towns and cities, Cooper’s Hawks are now fairly common urban and suburban birds. Some studies show their numbers are actually higher in towns than in their natural habitat, forests. Cities provide plenty of Rock Pigeon and Mourning Dove prey.
(Nikon Z8, 600/6.3, 1/640 @ f/6.3 ISO 90, edited to taste)
I'm revisiting images of the many faces of Keefer Lake, my home. This is a 'redo' of a photo taken in April, 2009. The thickest and strangest fog/mist formed over the ice on the lake in a pastel 'winter blue' I had not seen before. It was like being inside a Salvador Dali painting! Although we often have ice fog we have not had anything quite like this one ever since.
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What follows is a (very) short story of mine written in the same year the photo was made ... the story and the photo seemed related somehow - at least to me?
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'Finding it, solving it, living it.'
Cool blue seemed to describe what he was seeing. It was soon dark and with it he feared he would be left to himself and he knew from experience that was not safe. How to feel it seemed always to be the fundamental problem but there were countless other difficulties that he constantly confronted and tonight seemed no different. Why is it that the ordinary takes priority over the real issue? Laziness, he supposes … do what is in front of you and brighter in your eyes rather than deal with the shadows in your mind, the things that are off to the side.
With the passing of those thoughts the blue was already gone and only patches of grey lined the horizon and shaped the trees and lake in front of him. Black and white would be easier he mused, grey was the problem of course. Joseph had always known that the lake would be the place where he found it and solved it. However, there was little warmth yet and more to be done. It wasn’t a case of deciding where to start because he knew already there was no beginning. He wasn’t even sure if there would be an ending? What to do at any given time about it he had concluded is about energy and attitude and distractions. The right proportions are essential and even distraction is needed in a measured and timely way. He had not seen in any sustained way that magical place … only glimpsing it from time-to-time although that was enough and it kept him coming back. Joseph often claimed that his only enduring trait was curiosity although he was credited by others as having more. He didn’t seem to care or need their praise and usually shrunk from it when it was offered … shyness perhaps, perhaps not? He reasoned that it wasn’t relevant anyway and wouldn’t help with finding it.
Idleness is, a friend of, maybe a prerequisite to the pursuit of it and Joseph had time on his hands now. You had to be sure though that the distractions of idleness didn’t overwhelm the quest. It was too easy to see them as reprieves when really they were quest busters. Peace of mind was not the same as the lack of stress that sometimes accompanies idleness and Joseph believed it was all about finding peace of mind. The glimpses of it had shown him that idleness only provided a useful means for having time to chase after the peace. “Maybe it wasn’t so much as chase, as follow” Joseph concluded. Curious people are often alone with their thoughts and comfortable in them. Thinking is not being idle although it might appear to be that to those observing.
MJH (2009)
My little friend here sat on the post looking out on the yard and I am sure keeping that right eye on me. This one is a bit skittish but I did manage to get close enough that I did not need to crop this at all.
I may not always have time to thank you all for your visits and comments but rest assured, that I do read them and am very appreciative that you took the time to pop by and see what I see here "North of 7" in Rural Eastern Ontario (North Frontenac Township) or, where ever else I might be with my camera now that I am retired and loving it.
Ⓒ Sharon Wilkinson aka Sharon’s Shotz, All Rights Reserved
The CHCPTL got first dibs for working Midway on this morning and they are stretched out all the way down to the Commercial Lead at St. Anthony. The Portland Z is waiting back at Van Buren while the South Seattle Z is pulled up here at EBCS Midway anticipating a tailend setout. East Hump kept main 1 open for other moves, and following a CPKC train was TCW's St. Paul Turn.
*Working Towards a Better World
Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world. - Jonathon Porritt
In reality, we haven't escaped the gravity of life at all. We are still beholden to ecological laws, the same as any other life-form. - Janine M. Benyus
Our relationship with nature is more one of being than having. We are nature: we do not have nature. - Steven Harper
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction. - Rachel Carson
The underlying economic logic of an economy based on unlimited growth remains largely unchallenged in public discourse. - Timothy C. Weiskel
A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is as bad as an act of cruelty to a human being. - Mohammed
The missing link between animals and a truly humane mankind is man himself, who does not yet see himself as a part of the world, claiming it instead for himself. -
Dr. Michael W. Fox, One Earth, One Mind
Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is--whether its victim is human or animal--we cannot expect things to be much better in this world. -Rachel Carson
We must never permit the voice of humanity within us to be silenced. It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man. - Albert Schweitzer, quoted in Reverence for Life
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜
A minor derailment on the Gallup sub has the majority of eastbound low priority getting parked all the way to Seligman in an effort to single track through the Z's. Poor stack train was still trying to make it through Winslow after the major derailment the week before. Sucks to be an S train.
Z SBDAUG7 03L
S LHACLO1 24A
Maine, AZ
2.4.21
Photo information:
Film type: 135.
Film name: Fomapan 100@200.
Exposure program: Aperture Priority
Light source: Daylight
Developer: Kodak D-76.
Developer dilution: 1+3.
Developing time: 18'30".
Filter(s) used: no.
Scanner manufacturer: Epson.
Scanner model: Perfection V550 Photo.
I had got up early to shoot sunrise and got nothing because of the haze/smog. I came out half an hour later and got this.
We had spent the night at the fort which was amazing but hot water didn't seem to be a priority hence quite a stinky trip to Jaipur after breakfast.
To draw the monkey's attention, I snap fingers, gesture, whistle...., but the distraction proves too great to ignore.
Monkey forest - Ubud - Bali - Indonesia
So we went to the beautiful National Trust site Attingham Park. Clearly the priority was to check out the refreshments first! ;)
Waiters or waitresses know well to give priority to the people who have been waiting the longest. We also tend to give priorities to certain people who we consider more important in our life. Who gets to take priority in your life? Then he or she must be lucky ones to have the privilege💙💖 That's why I like Tanya's song, 'Priority' so much!
服務生很清楚哪位客人先來，哪位後到，一切有順序，少有人對這樣的優先權有異議... 你的心裡也有著份名單，只給特別的某個人這樣殊榮的優先權，這也不容旁人置喙的... 所以我一直喜歡蔡健雅爽朗豁達地唱著這首歌... 優先權
Tanya - Priority優先權
Our first surprise : the gentoo penguins are waterbirds but their nest is far from the sea, sometimes on hills.
For us, as short time visitors, the rules are simple :
Clean your clothes and bags before landing, never put anything on the ground, never sit down, never get on your knees, never approach less than 5 meters from animals, give them a total priority, move back if they come to you.
And enjoy, it's magic !!!
Falkland islands.
Three day lillies in the garden this morning! They bloom and fade in a flash, so ...work will just have to wait.
With Oregon’s Mt. Hood towering above in the background, an eastbound BNSF Portland to Chicago priority intermodal passes Horsethief Butte between Dallesport and Wishram, Washington on a warm and dry summer morning
Again today it was -19C feels like -28C out there. I ran out and took a whole three photos of frozen bubbles before giving it up and coming in.
Prior to that though, I again noticed our Manitoba Maple Tree had a flock of visitors to partake in the scrumptious maple keys for breakfast before flying off down the road. As it was too darn cold I again grabbed the camera and shot these through the bathroom window glass. This is SOC no edits other than resized for the web. The sky is really that gorgeous deep blue which just goes to show once again how darn cold it is.
I want to thank each and everyone for your comments and visits to my little space here on Flickr. Although, I may not get to respond to all the comments left, rest assured, I read them and appreciate them all more than you know however, awards and invites aren't necessary.
Worrying about the upcoming grade crossing wouldn't be the first thing on my mind as I headed across the North Dakota countryside on this farm road west of Douglas.
CP 3015 leads westbound crude oil empties on CP's Newtown Subdivision in late 2011, the year the four-axle restriction on this line was lifted.
To see what this looks like when the water is much lower, check out Robert Scott's image from summer 2017.
One of my most prized possessions: a roll of dutch priorty mail stickers. It allows me to send postcards all over the world.
I highly recommend postcrossing.com
No flowers: 8/20
hey everyone! I didn't post yesterday. I didn't take anything was proud of, and even this I don't like very much. I'll try to get something better tomorrow. Tonight is the lacrosse banquet though, and tomorrow I have church. This is certainly a busy time of the year! But don't worry... photography is definitely a priority now.
Have a great week!
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explored!
Takumar f2.8 - 105 mm manual lens fitted with #1 and #2 extension
tubes stacked. Aperature priority, natural light.
Ukrainians are changing hunting weapons for military ones, the hunt for the aggressor has begun, Ilford HP5+ 400
… and getting my attention. She doesn't quite accept my work on the keyboard when she wants attention (snuggling on my shoulder while I type is only good for a brief time.) She is more than happy to block keyboard access and ability to see display both. Tikki also gets attention by opera arias, moving pictures hanging from walls and sinking claws delicately into my leg but let’s stick with this. Happy Caturday 5 June 2021 “Getting Attention.”