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old-ish pic. Outtake of another 365 image.
I didnt go to Turkey. I've been stuck in hospitals and bed since last week unable to move. I have a really shitty case of sciatica and I've been given no solutionals to help fix it. Only a ton of pills to make the pain go away temporarily. I cant stand or sit up for more than a couple of minutes at a time and when I do, I feel the pain of it for ages afterwards. I'm even finding it difficult to type this but I thought I would update.
I'm just very unlucky when it comes to Istanbul. The last 2 times I've booked flights to visit there, I've gotten severely ill at the last minute. Unfortunetly this time, this shit is expected to last up to 6 weeks so that means I wont be able to shoot for a long while which is a piss take. My whole easter break is being spent in pain in bed. Pissed. I'm very drugged up and bored and would appreciate reading stuff so write to me on formspring! link is in the previous upload.
Taken last September 2016 in my garden this white was making the most of the fading flowers and looking a little jaded itself also.
I saw some butterflies in my travels last year that had considerable wing damage sometimes missing great chunks out of them yet still managing controlled flight with little effort it seemed.
I on the other hand am suffering currently with a bout of sciatica
and am finding it difficult to function at all !
Hey ho !
Image will enlarge slightly.
had to stick with home garden pics as i have pretty bad sciatica and its very painful getting into certain simple everyday positions
It’s not going to happen I started to realise as limped back from a forced walk on a very cold Tuesday morning wracked with sciatica pain in my right leg. We had planned a week away in a cottage in Hayfield from Friday. It’s only six miles away from my son’s in Chapel so we were going to use our time seeing our grandchildren and maybe a bit of Peak photography. We did not see the Chapel Bawn’s at Christmas so it was a much needed reunion. I’d been complaining from an ache in my right hip for over a week, which I put down to the cold, a few pain killers and it’s usual gone, but not this time. Then Friday came I had a terrible night with the pain, Saturday morning I was in agony. I was crying with the pain, Carla was helpless manipulating the bad leg trying to give me some relief. After a hellish weekend I called a Chiropractor clinic @FulwellChiropractic for help, these people were great. The receptionist put me on to the Chiropractor Peter who called me back, and after a talk put me back to the receptionist who arranged an appointment the next day, only to phone back within the hour to arrange an appointment that day at 3pm. I went not knowing what to expect but hoping for magic. Although the session was very reassuring the magic wasn’t there and the realisation this would be a long haul started to dawn. Now it is Thursday and I’m just about managing to concentrate long enough to put this post together, a very appropriate photo I took in December. I had another session with the Chiropractor this morning and we have a six week plan. I’m also talking to my GP tomorrow mainly to get a medical note to claim my money back from the cancelled cottage, I’ll also ask for more pain killers hopefully more helpful to this nerve pain that Naproxen is not touching. So although I’m in a bad place and I can’t yet see through the trees, I’m going to try and stay focused on the positives and remember a quote from Charlie Mackesy great “The boy, the mole, the Fox and the Horse”, Mole “Is your glass have full or half empty”, Boy “I’m just glad I have a glass”. Goodbye and keep me entertained with your photography.
Looks like maybe a little Sciatica twitch today :))
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So here is an odd one.
In early 2015 when I'd caught the flu, my coughing was so bad, the muscles caused the vertebrae to squeeze down on an already flattened L4-5 disc. Tremendous sciatica ensued.
Lumbar epidural injections saved me.
One time when arriving for my scheduled epidural, my third or fourth that year, i noticed this window of the adjacent building.
Happy Window Wednesday!
I created this on my iPad from a photo and used a new compatible online editing program to create something different ... although it felt quite limiting. Don't have my usual editing programs available to me right now as I'm laid up with sciatica. Ouch! Just got PS back and now can't access it. Grrrr! Okay enough moaning. Back to seeing what else I can come up with on this thing. 🤔😊
EXPLORE - 26.9.2017
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIEWS, COMMENTS AND FAVES, ETC.
The pineapple (Ananas Comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.
ETYMOLOGY: The first reference in English to the pineapple fruit was the 1568 translation from the French of André Thevet's The New Found World, or Antarctike where he refers to a Hoyriri, a fruit cultivated and eaten by the Tupinambá people, living near modern Rio de Janeiro, and now believed to be a pineapple.
Later in the same English translation, he describes the same fruit as a "Nana made in the manner of a Pine apple", where he used another Tupi word nanas, meaning 'excellent fruit'.
OLD WORLD INTRODUCTION: While the pineapple fascinated Europeans as a fruit of colonialism, it was not successfully cultivated in Europe until Pieter de la Court (1664–1739) developed greenhouse horticulture near Leiden.
Pineapple plants were distributed from the Netherlands to English gardeners in 1719 and French ones in 1730.
MEDICINAL: Among the medicinal properties of the fruit, the most notable is that of bromelain, which helps metabolize food.
It is also a diuretic, slightly antiseptic, detoxifying, antacid and vermifuge.
Its use has been studied as an aid in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, and obesity control.
PRODUCTION: Today, pineapple is the second largest tropical fruit crop in terms of volume, surpassed only by banana (Musa paradisiaca).
The main producers are Costa Rica, Brazil, the Philippines, Indonesia and India, which account for 50% of production. Other important producers are Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Thailand and China. The most important cultivar is the so-called 'smooth Cayenne', originally from French Guiana. (Source: Wikipedia)
ANANAS COMOSUS (PIÑA), 2025
La piña (Ananas comosus) es una planta tropical con un fruto comestible; es la planta económicamente más importante de la familia Bromeliaceae.
ETIMOLOGÍA: La primera referencia en inglés a la piña fue la traducción de 1568 del francés de The New Found World, or Antarctike de André Thevet, donde se refiere a un Hoyriri, una fruta cultivada y consumida por el pueblo tupinambá, que vivía cerca de la actual Río de Janeiro, y que ahora se cree que es una piña.
Más adelante, en la misma traducción al inglés, describe la misma fruta como una "Nana hecha a la manera de una piña", donde utilizó otra palabra tupí, nanas, que significa 'fruta excelente'.
INTRODUCCIÓN AL VIEJO MUNDO: Si bien la piña fascinó a los europeos como fruto del colonialismo, no se cultivó con éxito en Europa hasta que Pieter de la Court (1664-1739) desarrolló la horticultura de invernadero cerca de Leiden.
Las plantas de piña fueron distribuidas desde los Países Bajos a los jardineros ingleses en 1719 y a los franceses en 1730.
MEDICINAL: Entre las propiedades medicinales del fruto, la más notable es la de la bromelina, que ayuda a metabolizar los alimentos.
Es también diurético, ligeramente antiséptico, desintoxicante, antiácido y vermífugo.
Se ha estudiado su uso como auxiliar en el tratamiento de la artritis reumatoide, la ciática, y el control de la obesidad.
PRODUCCION: Hoy la piña es el segundo cultivo frutal tropical en volumen, sólo superado por el plátano (Musa paradisiaca).
Los principales productores son Costa Rica, Brasil, Filipinas, Indonesia, India, que concentran el 50 % de la producción. Otros productores de relieve son Kenia, México, Nigeria, Tailandia y China. El cultivar más importante es el llamado 'smooth Cayenne', originario de la Guayana Francesa. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
I know that I may be rushing the season, but he is just too darn cute not to use for the letter E!
I am going to be keeping my photos simple this month, as I am limited in the space I currently have available to set up. (see photos in comments.)
I developed a very painful back condition the day before
Christmas (of course!) and have been diagnosed with sciatica, which is when your back pinches the major nerve going through your spine and down your legs. I spent two very painful weeks on my back on ice and taking lots of muscle relaxers, but with proper care, time, and a really good chiropracter, I have been slowly improving. I am still limited in what I can do and how I can move, have have to be very careful no to overdo it, but at least I am able to take pictures! I have also started reading the Harry Potter books, something I meant to do but never got around to, (no spoilers please!) because it’s something I can do while laying flat on my back. Might as well enjoy myself while I’m being miserable! :-)
February Alphabet Fun Month 2022
An unexpected snow storm has turned my world into stark black and white.
Sorry for being away so much, everyone! Plagued with painful sciatica so it's difficult to sit at my computer and keep up with Flickr right now. Do stay cozy and warm, dear Flickr friends, and enjoy a relaxing day!
Dear my Flickr friends,
For the last two weeks, I have been agonised by sciatica which has limited my daily activities. For a while, hopefully not for long, I cannot be as active as usual. Just let you know.
Have a great weekend!
My apologies to all who follow me. Haven't been able to get out to take any photos this past week due to an attack of Sciatica. Much better now. Far Ings, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire
there are days when i think,...
how the fuck did i wind up walking behind a young Japanese lady dressed as Alice, in the rain, on the coast of a fishing village, in the middle of the Japanese countryside, with a medium format film camera that is probably giving me sciatica?
then i come to me senses and i thank fuck for everything that went wrong to get me here :)
always jump first, worry about the landing later :P
The "Trapped nerve" saga is heading to a conclusion, (I hope).
The pain is still there but manageable most of the time - I am still fairly careful of some movements - as some still result in swearing and grimacing.
I managed a morning at the Mid Devon show at the weekend - four hours and I was ready to sit down for a while - but nice to be getting out and about again.
Soon be back on the bike.
The trapped nerve series:
Dangers of Photography #137 - Moments after this was taken, I aggravated my sciatica with a heroic lunge to save my tripod and camera from sliding off the frosty jetty, resulting in me spreadeagled, inches from water, but triumphantly holding the camera equipment aloft. It's a risky busines this hobby of ours...
A selection of my images are now available to purchase at James Bell's site here and at Getty
I had hoped to post something a little more up to date today as i have been struggling with sciatica for the past fortnight and there were a couple of bits heading for Cornwall today however the Britannic Explorer stock was cancelled, I got stuffed by a cloud for the Class 50 at Bodmin so i gave up and went home before the Clay turned up
So, we have another selection of oldies starting with 43126 'City of Bristol' ready to lead a Westbound HST away from Newport on a Paddington to Swansea run
Out for my first "proper" mountain bike ride in Drumnadrochit. My fitness wasn't great last time I was out, this time it is even worse! The sciatica that I was given by the minor RTA incident is making itself evident still which is more than a little debilitating.
My mini route is now divised though so I am going to try and do this a couple of times a week until I have regained some fitness and then see where we go from there.
I'm trying something new and a bit different...partly forced on me through having sciatica and not being able to get about but mostly from some vague idea of pushing myself to experiment. I'll post a few and please let me know what you think. These are a few shots deliberately over exposed with a large aperture and fixed focus lens...50mm with 2nd curtain flash...I kind of like them but maybe just me?
Dry Creek Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. This is one of my favorite hikes, mostly due to the forest you pass through to get to the falls, though having this at the end is a nice little bonus. I remember this hike particularly well, for unfortunate reasons. Climbing up the hillside to get this photo strained by back. Hiking back out carrying my camera gear with a strained back aggravated it even further. The next day I woke up with sciatica, and so began several months of "fun". But then again, getting sciatica led to me starting my Domesticity series. And at least I made this photo in the process, or rather these two photos as this is a stitch from two vertical images made on my Pentax 6x7.
Good morning folks, I was going to take the weekend off but being home bound and caring for my wife right now I though I would post an image taken on my Eagle trek to the hinterlands These birds are endangered here in Florida and the numbers are dwindling rapidly, hence the banding. There is no series of these guys, but nothing to new here of late because of my wife's bout with here Sciatica, cna hardly walk and am now confined to the house for a while, helping out.
Have a great day, weekend and thank you so much for stopping by.
............but no one was alone because this black headed gull had a more interesting one in the Fendrod Lake beneath it (next along in photostream)
Taken on an impromptu and very short visit to the Fendrod Lake today
I have had severe sciatica for 6 weeks. I cannot sit at my desk. I found a pic I didn't have to edit.
The "trapped Nerve" series continues:-
Pinched nerves, also known as compressed nerves, can happen anywhere in the body where nerves are found. They can cause pain, tingling and numbness in various body parts. When nerves become pinched in the back, which is often the result of problems within the spine, simple movements can be difficult and painful.
In some cases, these symptoms can be resolved with exercise.
The Slump Stretch
Sit straight and with good posture in a chair with your back pressed against the post of the chair.
Raise and extend one leg straight out so that your toes are faced towards the ceiling while keeping the other foot flat on the floor.
Simultaneously bring the ankle of your raised leg towards you while also lowering your head towards it.
While lowering your head, allow your upper back to come off the post of the chair and bend your upper body downwards to create a forward slumping position.
Hold the previous position for at least 10 seconds. Then, return to sitting straight with proper posture and repeat the steps with the opposite leg.
Repeat this stretch 5-10 times with each leg.
A little better every day.
The trapped nerve series:
Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae native to most of Europe and North America. Common names include elder, elderberry, black elder, European elder, European elderberry, and European black elderberry.
Elderberry is used for the common cold, "the flu" (influenza), and H1N1 "swine" flu. It is also used for HIV/AIDS and boosting the immune system. Elderberry is also used for sinus pain, back and leg pain (sciatica), nerve pain (neuralgia), and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).11 Jun 2021
Casthorpe
Struggling with sciatica after "doin me back in" a couple of weeks ago...ain't life a b****r.???
A touch of filter was added to this image in post-processing.
A beautiful, sunny day today, Saturday 27 April 2024. Just looked at the weather forecast for the next few days and found that after tomorrow, the next five out of six days are forecast to have snow/rain.
Yesterday, 26 April, I managed a short drive SE of Calgary. Thought I had better make the most of clear roads before the bad weather arrives. All familiar, much-travelled roads this time, around the Frank Lake area and while heading back home.
I bumped into a huge group of people who were on a special outing to Frank Lake, led by Greg Wagner, who takes care of the lake areas and does a tremendous job of recording every bird seen, all year round and for many years. Not just once a day, either! Yesterday, he was showing the participants the various viewing points around the lake and I happened to see the cars coming towards me along one of the roads. I turned around and caught up with them. They had just one more location to visit, but one had to drive on a rough, non-road to get there. I would have been almost the last person to get there if I had gone, with a long walk to get to the lake edge. I knew I couldn't do that, with painful sciatica or bursitis in my right side, so I continued on my own journey. Good to see you, Greg, even if for just a few moments.
A bit of information about Greg:
ebird.org/region/CA/post/greg-wagner-march-ebirder-of-the...
So many birds in the area are far, far away - and I still don't possess a pair of binoculars after about 18 years of birding! (By the way, the birding blind area at Frank Lake is still extremely flooded.) However, I was happy to spend a bit of time watching and taking a few photos of the closer birds on my way home. Mainly Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds, plus a few Coots and European Starlings. At one point, there was an absolute frenzy of a group of Starlings and both species of Blackbirds on the ground, all mixed together. I had to take a bit of video, through the windscreen so poor quality.
The eye of a man who's got sciatica and a potentially herniated disc in his back.
Yes, it's excruciating.
Ranunculus:
Like most of the Crowfoots, the Bulbous Buttercup possesses the property of inflaming and blistering the skin, particularly the roots, which are said to raise blisters with less pain and greater safety than Spanish Fly, and have been applied for that purpose, especially to the joints, in gout. The juice, if applied to the nostrils, provokes sneezing and cures certain cases of headache. The leaves have been used to produce blisters on the wrists in rheumatism, and when infused in boiling water, as a poultice, at the pit of the stomach.
A tincture made with spirits of wine will cure shingles very expeditiously, it is stated, both the outbreak of the small pimples and the accompanying sharp pains between the ribs, 6 to 8 drops being given three or four times daily. For sciatica, the tincture has been employed with good effect.
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A beautiful, sunny day today, Saturday 27 April 2024. Just looked at the weather forecast for the next few days and found that after tomorrow, the next five out of six days are forecast to have snow/rain.
Yesterday, 26 April, I managed a short drive SE of Calgary. Thought I had better make the most of clear roads before the bad weather arrives. All familiar, much-travelled roads this time, around the Frank Lake area and while heading back home.
I bumped into a huge group of people who were on a special outing to Frank Lake, led by Greg Wagner, who takes care of the lake areas and does a tremendous job of recording every bird seen, all year round and for many years. Not just once a day, either! Yesterday, he was showing the participants the various viewing points around the lake and I happened to see the cars coming towards me along one of the roads. I turned around and caught up with them. They had just one more location to visit, but one had to drive on a rough, non-road to get there. I would have been almost the last person to get there if I had gone, with a long walk to get to the lake edge. I knew I couldn't do that, with painful sciatica or bursitis in my right side, so I continued on my own journey. Good to see you, Greg, even if for just a few moments.
A bit of information about Greg:
ebird.org/region/CA/post/greg-wagner-march-ebirder-of-the...
So many birds in the area are far, far away - and I still don't possess a pair of binoculars after about 18 years of birding! (By the way, the birding blind area at Frank Lake is still extremely flooded.) However, I was happy to spend a bit of time watching and taking a few photos of the closer birds on my way home. Mainly Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds, plus a few Coots and European Starlings. At one point, there was an absolute frenzy of a group of Starlings and both species of Blackbirds on the ground, all mixed together. I had to take a bit of video, through the windscreen so poor quality.
Been thinking about Nancy Baker recently, the homeless woman I've written earlier stories on. She was in such bad shape last time I saw her late Sept, beaten & badly bruised, I wondered if she had, in fact, survived the incredibly harsh 08/09 winter in Toronto. Yesterday, I saw Nancy & her boyfriend Bruce panhandling on the street.
She was still in the wheelchair, her legs & feet so swollen she couldn't wear shoes. Sciatica, she said. She was swigging the last dregs of a large size bottle of Listerine, their affordable drug of choice. Told them I would not give them money, as it would most likely be used to buy more Listerine, but would buy food, whatever they wanted, and coffee. Quite frankly, they were so smelly & dirty it was not a good idea to take them into the restaurant. I asked if they would wait in the nearby parkette while I got the food. Turkey & bacon sandwich for Bruce, ham & swiss for Nancy :) Nancy survived the winter because, since November, she's had a room in Strachan House, a converted warehouse of 76 units, a city 'Homes First' project to get people off the street. But she hates it. She says bed bugs are rampant (bite marks on her exposed arms & legs attested to that) & that it's full of crack dealers. There's a communal kitchen. "But everyone steals your food to buy crack ". Now the weather is good she sleeps in the park. I've never researched Strachan House so I only have Nancy's version of the truth. I asked if she ever buys crack & she admitted she does. She's always been willling to answer any question I asked. Except about her daughter, from whom she is estranged. She won't talk about her. Hurts too much, I guess. Bruce has been in the Don jail for the past 5 months, charged with assault. Assault on Nancy. Released recently, his lawyer got him off on an 18 month suspended sentence & 3 years probation. He insisted he didn't beat her up. Nancy..... said nothing. She did not attend the court hearings. Two more of her street friends died this winter. Two more for Toronto's Memorial Wall to the Homeless. She too expects to die on the street. Nancy is 50 years old. How many more winters can her feisty spirit carry her through? There but for the grace of God.....
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NB : I have Nancy & Bruce's permission to write about whatever they tell me. Many thanks, everyone, for your most empathetic response. Have a good day / evening !!
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My apologies to all who follow me. Haven't been able to get out to take any photos this past week due to an attack of Sciatica. Much better now. Far Ings, Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire
Obsessed with medication at the moment. I have a slipped disk (probable) or at very least sciatica, and moving at all is very painful. Taking this picture was agony. I am only allowed half of one of these tablets so it is cut at the half way point
After 4 months and 6,000 miles... tomorrow marks my last full day with the little Panda courtesy car!
No... the Jeep has not been fixed yet. But the Toyota is being handed over on Friday morning so I will be dropping this back at the garage doing the repairs and walking around the corner to the Toyota dealer. Which just leaves the small issue of what I am going to do with the Jeep?
I am currently working on two ideas. Either sell it to the repair garage if they will take it - they are a Jeep main dealer, although it is a bit on the old side - or sell it to CarWow. The latter will involve the repair shop returning it to me on a flat bed as it won't be insured as of Friday and then CarWow picking it up on another flat bed to take it away again! All more hassle and stress.
But the wee Panda has been a little Trojan, we have been all over the Highlands together working, even down into Argyll! It is basic so I have had to use my phone as a satnav and rely on the voice prompts to get me where I need to go, and it is a little cramped which has probably not been helping with the sciatica, but it has done pretty well all things considered, particularly as it has seen us through a Highland winter!
So here's to the plucky little car on a properly wet and windy day!
This may be one of my last photos for some time. I have chronic Sciatica and find it uncomfortable to sit still. The drugs I have been given also make me sleepy. Let's hope it passes soon.
Currently keeping the sciatica pain at bay (although the stretching exercises are doing their stuff).
More photos of Nigel! I'm easing back into photography after my bout with sciatica! I want to finish season 2 of YOUNG DOLLS IN LOVE!
More photos of Nigel! I'm easing back into photography after my bout with sciatica! I want to finish season 2 of YOUNG DOLLS IN LOVE!
My sciatica pain prevents me from sitting on hair chair. But these were surprisingly "OK". Or maybe I didn't spend that long finishing meals.
In full Gloria Gaynor mode ;-) A grabshot after a long day both volunteering and being on the other side of it, benefitting from the best advice I've had in the last year about chronic back pain and sciatica due to a bulging disc and root nerve inflammation. This is one of the few daffodils in my garden to have survived the 'Beast of the East'
Praying for those in Afghanistan & those in Tennessee affected by the flooding.. so please sweet Tennessee Flickr friends please check-in & let us know you're safe!!! As for me l've had some cancer proceedures on my neck below my jaw on the right side. Latest brachytherapy where they implant radium seeds/beads around the cancer & then will remove the implants after a couple of weeks. Praying the cancer then will be gone then. They will do scans to determine that. Also fighting a major battle with sciatica in my left hip & leg. The pain can be ferocious but l am blessed cause l know it could be worse!! Miss each of you so much.. pray you're all well & no COVID!! BLESSINGS & HUGS FROM TEXAS!!!
My first stab at a DCR Chaddesden - Carlisle VQ empty box wagon move saw Dave McDigital & I heading for the S&C with a relatively positive weather forecast.
With my current sciatica issues I wasn't able to shoot the train from anywhere requiring a long walk so options were reduced.
We were going to head for Ais Gill but we weren't confident about the weather there and when the train stopped reporting at Hellifield we had to err on the side of caution and remain further north in case it had picked up time.
After reconnoitering and rejecting both Langwathby and Lazonby we settled on Howe & Co.
I'd have preferred to be somewhere more scenic out on the moors but it wasn't to be on this occasion.
56091 leads 56103 past the fine (and leaning!) Midland Railway 'box which once oversaw extensive sidings here.
I went to Wiston steam fair today to try and catch up with my strangers project. I haven't taken a strangers pic for at least a month and I find the longer I leave it the harder it becomes to approach people. Everybody seemed to be in groups so I was fast loosing my confidence. Then I saw this guy by an old style caravan, leaning heavily on his walking stick. He smiled as I looked at him and I went over to talk. Meet Bernard.
I started by asking Bernard if he would be more comfortable sitting but he explained that he couldn't sit down because of his sciatica. He'd fallen on black ice in the bullock yard in 2010 and he'd had a lot of health problems since then. He showed me his knobbly hand and wrist which had been broken in 3 places as he raised it to protect his face in the fall. He told me all about the difficulties he'd had getting any treatment as they just expected him to take pain killers for the rest of his life. Something he didn't intend starting at his age.
Bernard proudly told me he'll be 85 in September and he has lived in Southwater, in the house he was born, all of his life. His sister lives next door. I commented that he probably knows all the neighbors but he said they are all long gone, especially since they built all the new houses. We agreed that in a few years time there wouldn't be many people left in the uk who had lived in the same house all their lives.
Bernard was a HGV driver most of his life but his dad had always worked on the farm so he knew all about farming and could turn his hand to most things. He told me all about his dad teaching him traditional hedge laying and then getting him to work on miles of hedge. He said if he got it wrong his dad would just come along and knock it all down and tell him to do it correctly. He didn't make many mistakes after that.
www.countryfile.com/countryside/ancient-art-hedgelaying
Check out the rest of the stranger portraits in my project at Chris's 100 Strangers Project:
www.flickr.com/photos/chris_marina/sets/72157644764299551/
And find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page: www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/
A beautiful, sunny day today, Saturday 27 April 2024. Just looked at the weather forecast for the next few days and found that after tomorrow, the next five out of six days are forecast to have snow/rain.
Yesterday, 26 April, I managed a short drive SE of Calgary. Thought I had better make the most of clear roads before the bad weather arrives. All familiar, much-travelled roads this time, around the Frank Lake area and while heading back home.
I bumped into a huge group of people who were on a special outing to Frank Lake, led by Greg Wagner, who takes care of the lake areas and does a tremendous job of recording every bird seen, all year round and for many years. Not just once a day, either! Yesterday, he was showing the participants the various viewing points around the lake and I happened to see the cars coming towards me along one of the roads. I turned around and caught up with them. They had just one more location to visit, but one had to drive on a rough, non-road to get there. I would have been almost the last person to get there if I had gone, with a long walk to get to the lake edge. I knew I couldn't do that, with painful sciatica or bursitis in my right side, so I continued on my own journey. Good to see you, Greg, even if for just a few moments.
A bit of information about Greg:
ebird.org/region/CA/post/greg-wagner-march-ebirder-of-the...
So many birds in the area are far, far away - and I still don't possess a pair of binoculars after about 18 years of birding! (By the way, the birding blind area at Frank Lake is still extremely flooded.) However, I was happy to spend a bit of time watching and taking a few photos of the closer birds on my way home. Mainly Yellow-headed and Red-winged Blackbirds, plus a few Coots and European Starlings. At one point, there was an absolute frenzy of a group of Starlings and both species of Blackbirds on the ground, all mixed together. I had to take a bit of video, through the windscreen so poor quality.