View allAll Photos Tagged scratchy
Whitethroats (Sylvia communis) are common summer migrant warblers whose scratchy warble is a familiar sound in the countryside at the moment. Usually they sing from hedges or bushes but occasionally they indulge in song flights over their habitat. When they do this they splay their tails to show off the gleaming white outer tail feathers, which can be seen here. The white throat is also evident.
They are sometimes called Common Whitethroat to distinguish them from the scarcer Lesser Whitethroat. Their scientific name communis also means common, although their numbers took a dramatic crash in 1969 following a severe drought on their wintering grounds, the Sahel region of west Africa. The numbers have slowly built up since then, but haven't fully recovered forty five years later.
The first photo from our Point Perp trip. I shall give you one each day.
The man behind the lens in front of the lens. Neil Monteith cranking his tips off on this sporty Point P jaunt.
Bayside Upper, Point Perpendicular, NSW, Australia.
© Lee Cujes 2006
We catch up with French illustrator – Frédérique Bellier, better known as Lili Scratchy! Read our full interview with here over at our website here:http://www.thelittledromstore.com/session-8-lili-scratchy/
” I would tell all aspiring illustrators out there that having the sensibility is more important than the technique. To feed your spirit, with readings, exhibitions, movies and music. Keeping your eyes & ears open very big!!!” ~ Lili Scratchy
Lili Scratchy’s badges and postcards are also available at the little drôm store!
Shot this morning with the old rolleicord im fixing. This is the first time the film got badly scratched, im wondering if i loaded it wrong. Scan of darkroom print.
Expired 2004 Pan F+ @ ISO 40 courtesy of Robert Hakim
~ Handmade texture available for use~
~ Please credit me if used. Please do not re-distribute as your own ~
~ I would love to see what you have done, if you would like to put a small size sample in my comments, thanks & have fun~
~ Handmade texture available for use~
~ Please credit me if used. Please do not re-distribute as your own ~
~ I would love to see what you have done, if you would like to put a small size sample in my comments, thanks & have fun~
An extremely difficult bird to photograph, it is easily heard but not so easily seen, as it skulks around in tangled undergrowth, only occasionally appearing in an exposed place to sing some of its frantic churring scratchy song. I sat for 4 hours in the hide in front of its favourite singing perch before it revealed itself enough for a photo!
View this is lightbox!
Taken at the same time as 'cornfield kid'
-----------------------------------------------
We usually muck around in this field over the spring, he seems to hate it once the crops have ripened... But i though i could get a few good shots so he had no option =P
He's looking kinda uncomfortable here. I think this shot shows exactly how he feels, drowning in corn =P
Lego 71005 The Simpsons Minifigures.
This set was released in 2014.
Scratchy
Scratchy is a thoughtful and kind-hearted cartoon feline who wants nothing more than to eat his best friend Itchy. Unfortunately for him, Itchy is a lot better at tormenting cats than Scratchy is at catching mice!
[Text from Lego.com]
My throat is scratchy again; and I still have a cough. It's time to see the doctor.
I arrived in Hong Kong yesterday evening, around 11pm. I stayed up until 2am. I feel ok today; I'll go shopping later, mark some papers, and run; and then I'll head to church and afterwards, some CSP peeps and I will consume some vegetarian foodstuffs.
I enjoyed Singapore. It was nice to explore their culture as, again, seeing how other Asian people live helps me to properly frame my own experience as a foreigner living amongst Hong Kong people. I have begun to discard my animus towards the Hong Kong culture, to be replaced with a sense of amusement, and pity at how we, the people in Hong Kong, live.
The following is information that was recorded in my journal during my journey:
Some observations made during my first night in Singapore:
- the airport, opened in 1991, has a very 1980's, Miami-Vice, vibe
- Singapore is wired; free, sometimes wireless Internet is available everywhere, even in McDonald's!
- Singapore has much in common with the well-developed parts of Panama City: the weather is hot and humid; there are grassy sidewalks, and palm and banyan trees everywhere; there are many residential and commercial low-rises that actually shut off their lights at night
- I saw a homeless guy laying out on a sidewalk
- the older Chinese lady, who works at the gas station convenient store that I visited, spoke very comprehensible English; something must be working in Singapore's education system!
5/5/06 - I just showered and I'm going to sleep soon. It's been a very long day; I'm tired; and I reinjured my right foot while walking to the hotel this evening. I woke up this morning and watched the NETS game before Garlanda and I went downstairs for a nice, filling, buffet breakfast. We ate well and were happy, even though it was raining outside. After breakfast, we walked to the SMRT station and bought our E-Z cards and then we went to Sentosa Island, via cable car. Sentosa island is a well-landscaped, well-planned island that serves as a beautiful, tourist-destination day-trap, and the southernmost point of continental Asia! We checked out the southern tip of the island, and then we headed back into the city as it began raining. Back in the city, we checked out Little India. This place was part Hong Kong, and part colonial Indochina. Much of Little India is housed in this huge building complex that resembles what the HK government has dreamt up to house HK's wet markets and chicken markets. The other half of Little India is a sprawl of European-colonial architecture. It was enjoyable to tour through the area as there was much color, and aroma. We ate lunch at the Banana-Leaf cafe where we ordered much, delicious Indian food that was swiftly eaten on a Banana Leaf. It was quite the culinary experience. After lunch, we went to Chinatown to visit the oldest, and most amazing Hindu temple in Singapore. The temple is full of strange, mind-blowing images of various deities. I enjoy visiting temples of eastern religions and this was no exception. I get a big buzz from viewing icons that are beyond my frame of reference. Chinatown is a pleasant area. The main street, Pagoda street, is a long street (alley, perhaps?) lined with bric-a-brac hawkers and trinket shops. Like Little India, there is some beautiful, colorful architecture. We then visited St. Andrew's church, which is the oldest church in Singapore. Next, we visited the Raffles Hotel, home of the Singapore Sling. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to view the lobby as there is a strict dress code for men - no shorts - while women are free to come and go, naked, if they want, as they please. To top off our tour of the city hall area, we saw the world's largest, and underwhelming fountain. For our nightcap, we made the long journey over to the Singapore zoo, where we went on their "night safari" and had the wonderful opportunity to view creatures of the night! Part of the tour was conducted on a tram and the other part was on foot. The highlight of the trip was walking in a mangrove environment with huge bats hanging overhead. These bats were big, and we had to duck, and run, to avoid disturbing them; and again, they were huge, and tired; and we were frightened as we were in such close contact to them and had to walk around and underneath them! After viewing the creatures of the night show, which was lit-up with idiotic flash photography, we made the long trek back to Chinatown, where we then began, what seemed to be, and even longer walking trek back to the hotel. We took a different route as we couldn't figure out how to return to the hotel from the Outram SMRT station. Garlanda, the navigational wizard, was able to successfully guide us to the hotel, from the Chinatown SMRT station.
Here are some more observations:
- Singapore people let passengers alight from trains first, before barging into the train; the trains are quieter as there is less noise-spam from the SMRT, and people don't use their mobile phones as frequently, and extensively as their HK counterpart; the seats are also wider, and there is more room in the car as it seems like few people use the train
- Singapore girls are absolutely gorgeous because they aren't afraid to show some skin; Hong Kong girls should take a page out of the Singapore book!
- students, like those in Korea, can wear sneakers
- everyone speaks English; something is definitely going right for their education system
- people are much more relaxed; their is rarely any running up and down escalators
6/5/06 - I slept for about 10 hours last night, and it was good. However, we missed breakfast so we went to Clarke Quay where we ate lunch at the Brewerkz. I had a satisfying "New York" pizza, along with a pint of their Cherry microbrew - it wasn't too sweet. I don't recommend drinking a cold beer, on an empty stomach, in the hot sun, after doing some strenuous walking: it's a recipe for drunkeness and dehydration! Well, a fruit fly drowned in my beer and that was the end of that. I also read the I-S magazine during lunch and it certainly seems to lack the content of the plumper, HK magazine. Garlanda and I split up afterwards, and it is obvious that we have been on increasingly divergent paths; however, it was good to know that we at least started our journey, and ended it, on the same page. I went back to Chinatown and bought a nice, $11SGD "light" shirt; oh, and then I got lost trying to find my way back to the hotel! Eventually, after wandering around and fretting for awhile, I walked to the Outram station, inquired about the "Outram Prison" exit, and then navigated my way back to the hotel from there.
I recommend Singapore and the Singapore Airlines-sponsored, Singapore Stopover tourist package. It's a convenient, inexpensive way to view a most wonderful city. In case you missed it, here are the pictures.
Chief Wiggum, Scratchy, Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Marge Simpson, Milhouse, Maggie Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Itchy, Homer Simpson, Grampa, Ned Flanders, Mr. Burns, Bart Simpson and Apu Nahasapeemapetilon