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A blue-clad person walks along a Florence sidewalk
Late in August, we ended our lengthy travels — the last four weeks of which were in the UK and Europe — in Florence, Italy. We had met family in the Chianti region, where we all stayed together for a week, and since we would begin our homeward flight in Florence, we decided to at least spend a couple extra nights there before departing. I suppose the main thing I discovered during our brief Florence visit was that two nights (two half days and one full day) was not nearly enough time to explore this city!
Our first Italian city was Bologna, where I noticed the color palette of the buildings was different from what I'm used to — almost everything was some shade between a dark tan and brown, all earth tones. We soon figured out that this was typical in all of the areas of Italy we visited. You see those colors in this photograph, with slight variations plus a bit of blue-gray around one door frame. Coming from the high-tech world of the San Francisco Bay Area, I was also struck by the natural wear on buildings in Italy — many had cracks, areas "needing" paint, and might seem to lean a bit. I discovered that this isn't really a sign of decay, just the nature of the many older structures that give the place its character. This photograph shows, for me at least, one other characteristic I found in Italy, namely the remarkable light. Here it is the stark midday light, but it is often softened by a kind of gentle atmospheric haze or by low clouds. I think I now understand much better the nature of the skies I've seen in paintings from this part of the world.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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"Good Ship Venus", also known as "Friggin' in the Riggin'", is a bawdy drinking song devised to shock with ever increasingly lewd and debauched sexual descriptions of the eponymous ship's loose-moraled crew. The tune usually used (especially for the chorus) is "In and Out the Windows".
It is possible that this song was inspired by an actual event, where a female convict (Charlotte Badger), sailing on the colonial brigantine Venus, convinced members of the crew to commandeer the vessel, sailing from Port Dalrymple, Tasmania, (now part of George Town, Tasmania) in 1806.
Despite various reports, the ultimate fate of the Venus is unknown. This may have led to speculation by those left behind, with fantasies leading to the creation of this drinking song. One of the verses also refers to a 'Charlotte':
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Candid shot, Brixham Pirate festival 2019.
Quilt is approx. 54"w x 72"L
Made from a couple of Roll Ups (aka Jelly Rolls) of the 2014 new Kona Cotton Solids - all 32 colors!
For the front border & the back, I added Essex Yarn Dyed Linen in Denim to the mix. I love what that added to the quilt.
Simple quilting on each side of the horizontal seams using Aurifil 50wt #2600 thread made it even easier.
I used the same pattern as the one I designed for the Denver Girls quilts a couple of Christmases ago.
The front of the quilt is made from 3 blocks that are 11 strips high by 48" across. Each color is separated by a 2" finished square of Kona Cotton Solid in White.
The back has one of those blocks turned vertically.
I'm in love with this color palette & am so pleased with how the colors fell (darker colors on the left & lighter colors on the right). I just used the colors as they were bundled & this is the result.
Linked to:
Anything Goes Monday - marelize-ries.blogspot.com/ - 10/13/14
Fabric Tuesday - quiltstory.blogspot.com/ - 10/14/14
Show & Tell Tuesday - ihavetosay.typepad.com/randi/ - 10/14/14
WIP Wednesday - www.freshlypieced.com/ - 10/15/14
Finish It Up Friday - crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/ - 10/17/14
Bloggers Quilt Festival - amyscreativeside.com/blog/ - 10/24/14
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a large species in the dove and pigeon family. The three Western European Columba pigeons, common wood pigeon, stock dove, and rock pigeon, though superficially alike, have very distinctive characteristics; the common wood pigeon may be identified at once by its larger size and weight, and the white on its neck and wing. It is otherwise a basically grey bird, with a pinkish breast. Adult birds bear a series of green and white patches on their necks, and a pink patch on their chest.
Juvenile birds do not have the white patches on either side of the neck. When they are about six months old (about three months out of the nest) they gain small white patches on both sides of the neck, which gradually enlarge until they are fully formed when the bird is about 6–8 months old (approx. ages only). Juvenile birds also have a greyer beak and an overall lighter grey appearance than adult birds. The call is a characteristic cooing, coo-COO-coo-coo-coo.
In the colder northern and eastern parts of Europe and western Asia the common woodpigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed and often abundant resident. In Ireland, woodpigeons are commonly seen in parks and gardens and are seen with increasing numbers in towns and cities.
For birds that survive the first year the typical lifespan is thus only three years, but the maximum recorded age is 17 years and 8 months for a bird ringed and recovered on the Orkney Islands. (wikipedia)
The common or garden Woodpigeon is very underrated. What a stunning bird. Taken at Soldier's Point, Dundalk.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus) is a small gull. This gull breeds almost entirely in the Western Palearctic, mainly in the south east, especially around the Black Sea, and in central Turkey. There are colonies elsewhere in southern Europe, and this species has undergone a dramatic range expansion in recent decades.
The Mediterranean Gull is slightly larger and bulkier than the Black-headed Gull with a heavier bill and longer, darker legs. The breeding plumage adult is a distinctive white gull, with a very pale grey mantle and wings with white primary feathers without black tips. The black hood extends down the nape and shows distinct white eye crescents. The blunt tipped, parallel sided, dark red bill has a black subterminal band. The non breeding adult is similar but the hood is reduced to an extensive dusky "bandit" mask through the eye. This bird takes two years to reach maturity. First year birds have a black terminal tail band and more black areas in the upperwings, but have pale underwings. (wikipedia)
A recent colonist, the Mediterranean Gull arrived in Ireland in 1995 and first bred in the Republic in 1996 in Co. Wexford. Prefers low lying islands near the coast on which to breed. Only two or three pairs breed but this is likely to increase with more and more birds seen in suitable habitat in the breeding season. Regularly breeds, at Ladies Island Lake in Co. Wexford, along with other nesting seabirds, including Black-headed Gulls, with which it is often associated. In winter, Ireland attracts birds from northwest France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and the Baltic States, occurring from September to April.
This is the second record of Mediterranean Gull for Griffith Park in Co. Dublin. An fine adult bird beginning its moult to breeding plumage. Great to see.
This medium duty maintenance truck is either a Peterbilt 330 or 337 model with rollup door service body.
Ham & carrot/zucchini omelet rollups, ham & cream cheese & pickle rollups (I wasn't sure what she would think of the kosher dill, but she puckered up and scarfed it down!), cottage cheese with wheat germ and strawberry heart. Grapes, apple, carrot sticks and kiwi.
Filthy habit I know. Actually I think rolling is pretty good for you as long as you don't actually smoke 'em.
This was taken last weekend, shortly after (1) England beat Estonia at football and (2) Rich bought an XBox360 in a fit of licentious extravagance. Beers all round, then!
Tech Note
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I didn't quite get the lighting effect I was after (very flat and even). One of the strobes was behind the camera, on a stand and pointing up at the ceiling. No problems there. The other one was on a table to the right of the shot, also pointing at the ceiling. But I had it set to wide-angle mode which means it was spraying light all over the back wall too - as you can see. I'm not that bothered as this series is just for fun. But I'll be sure to think about my set-up a bit harder next time.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn. A bird of wetland areas, it can be seen around lakes, rivers, ponds, marshes and on the sea coast. It feeds mostly on aquatic creatures which it catches after standing stationary beside or in the water or stalking its prey through the shallows.
Standing up to a metre tall, adults weigh from 1 to 2 kg (2.2 to 4.4 lb). They have a white head and neck with a broad black stripe that extends from the eye to the black crest. The body and wings are grey above and the underparts are greyish-white, with some black on the flanks. The long, sharply pointed beak is pinkish-yellow and the legs are brown.
The birds breed colonially in spring in "heronries", usually building their nests high in trees. A clutch of usually three to five bluish-green eggs is laid. Both birds incubate the eggs for a period of about 25 days, and then both feed the chicks, which fledge when seven or eight weeks old. Many juveniles do not survive their first winter, but if they do, they can expect to live for about five years.
The main call is a loud croaking "fraaank", but a variety of guttural and raucous noises are heard at the breeding colony. Grey herons have the ability to live in cities where habitats and nesting space are available. In the Netherlands, the grey heron has established itself over the past decades in great numbers in urban environments. In cities such as Amsterdam, they are ever present and well adapted to modern city life. They hunt as usual, but also visit street markets and snackbars. Some individuals make use of people feeding them at their homes or share the catch of recreational fishermen. Similar behaviour on a smaller scale has been reported in Ireland (Dublin, Galway and Cork). (wikipedia)
A rough looking young bird perched out on some fencing along the River Tolka running through Griffith Park, Drumcondra in Dublin.
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Rollup doors on building 696, San Jose.
This photograph is a bit of a study in “accidental geometry” that I encountered while on a walk earlier this fall. The two roll-up doors are almost but not quite perfect mirror images, but the surrounding walls are almost opposites, light and dark, and the whole thing is set off by horizontal areas at the top and bottom. There is one little asymmetrical element in the numbers next to the right door — but even there you can find a certain interesting formal pattern if you look for it.
This probably doesn’t seem like my usual subject, but I can assure you it is the sort of thing I see quite often — more often, in fact, than autumn aspens, rugged seashores, deserts, and alpine mountains. It is the terrain of my regular pandemic walks in a circle that extends across a several mile radius from our home. In one direction I often end up passing through light industrial areas, including some that might seem just a bit sketchy. In fact, as I made this photograph I was standing within feet of the temporary pandemic homes of trailer-dwellers parked on the street.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
*miniature, real, 100% edible*
Well, you know we had pancakes yesterday, so I had to make a mini pancake bento from the little drops of batter that fell into the pan! TinySprite has pastrami and turkey rollups, Ojai tangerines, strawberries, peapods, grapes and a tiny (cheese) plate of a short stack: 2 (real) pancakes, colby cheese "pat of butter" and (real) maple syrup. Plus my favorite nori utensils...
She will leave the peapods there, but still I have to put them in...
Today is our annual Sushi Day Party, celebrating sushi, sashimi and Japanese culture in general. Sorry I forgot to invite you. :P
Gummy Nigiri. Quick and simple recipe.. make Rice Krispy Treats (recipe on the box or on the marshmallow package), place a gummy fish, swedish fish or whatever else sounds good (or gross) and wrap with a cut strip of fruit rollup. We made Gummy Temaki rolls too, but they didn't look as good.
TinySprite may be going through a growth spurt, or maybe just a big eating phase.... whereas before she would say and sign "more" nicely, now she screams "MORE PLEASE!" (at least she adds the please..!)
So, she gets two kinds of corn tortilla rollups: turkey, cream cheese and spinach..... and cheddar, roasted red peppers and spinach. Also the superripe kiwi, black grapes and carrot flowers for color.
Rollups made with nitrite-free ham, colby jack cheese and baby spinach. Broccoli, which she will eat as long as there's only one. Lychee with blueberry panda face, sliced mango and chopped yellow peach.
TinySprite watched me take the photo and she waved to it, saying "hi lunch!"
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Common Wasp can be found in many types of temperate habitats. Found usually in open habitats including urban areas, which in the Irish context means it is fairly ubiquitous and can be found almost everywhere.
Nests are mostly subterranean (8-15 cm in depth) (e.g. in rodent burrows or earth cracks). Aerial nests are always in enclosed spaces (e.g. tree hollows, attics, wall voids, dense vegetation). Aerial sites are more frequent in urban areas.
Adult wasps leaving and entering a colony often carry materials which have a nutritional or nest-building function, and sometimes a sanitation or nest-cooling function. The main materials brought into a colony are fluids, including water in the crop, and pulp and flesh carried in the mandibles.
The pulp is used as a building material for the envelopes and combs of the nest. V. vulgaris is known to use rotten wood.
The fluids, with their dissolved carbohydrates, and the flesh are used to maintain the metabolic activities of the larvae and adults, for the growth and development of the larvae, for egg maturation in the queen and to build up reserves in the newly reared sexuals. Water is used in the nest building process and as an aid to reducing colony temperature when it becomes too hot. In general, water is obtained from open sources such as ponds and streams, fluids from the nectaries of flowers, extra-floral nectaries (e.g. laurel), honeydew, ripe fruit, sap flows and mad-made sweet substances.
Prey and flesh food are usually derived from live insects and other arthropods, particularly spiders, but are also scavenged from dead arthropods and vertebrates including man-derived sources. For example prey items usually consist of flies, lepidopteran larvae, spiders etc.
Generally from early March to the end of October (essentially once the warmth of Spring arrives until the colony terminates due to the cold weather that winter brings at the end of the year). Some colonies may overwinter, dying out in early spring.
Found throughout mainland England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Also recorded from the Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands, Outer Hebrides, Orkneys and Shetland. Elsewhere, it occurs in Europe, North Africa, northern and central Asia from Turkey to Japan and introduced into Iceland, New Zealand and south-eastern Australia. (National Biodiversity Data Centre)
This wasp was feeding on an apple half that I put into my garden for the local Blackbirds. Fantastic looking insects.
A cute little pinwheel bento consisting of her favorite sandwich stuff. And a cute set of fruit pairs. Love those stem and leaf picks🌿
Please read more about this bento at my blog: Happy Little Bento!