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Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male resting on the "lek" or "dancing grounds" in the prairie grasslands of west central Saskatchewan near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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22 May, 2013.
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A little round metal thing at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. No certain what this was used for. It does have windows so maybe someone inside guided ships and boats entering Sharpness Canal.
On a very misty (and cold) walk, I came across a fence of barbed wire which was heavily frosted, and I liked the picture it made.
NLZ 708
Van Hool Alizee / Volvo B12B
Sharpes of Nottingham
Location: Bourton on the Water Coach Park
Date: 24/09/2016
Sharp-tailed Grouse, in common with some other grouse species, gather at communal display grounds or leks. The complex 'tail-rattling' display is performed with the wings outspread and the neck feathers pulled back to expose the bare purple skin. The tail is raised and vibrated to create a rattling sound and, at the same time, the bird moves in a curving 'dance' with rapid and audible foot-stamping. During the display the birds also make strange, unearthly hoots and quacking noises. This male flew onto a nearby fence post to gain a bit of height and competitive advantage over its rivals.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper photographed at the Galilee Bird Sanctuary in Narragansett, RI on 18 November 2021.
Just taking a break from work on a Saturday ... Had these pins lying around in my desk... spread them out and started clicking .....
Mission District, San Francisco.
I guess I did kick that can to get it into position, otherwise I didn't touch a thing. An all to familiar sight in SF.
This is an early Sharp 8 transistor, AM/SW set. I really like the badge in the middle of the speaker grill borrowing heavily from the Cadillac medalion. As automotive motifs were popular during the 1950's this was most likely a tribute to the V8 engine......of course it also represented the transistor count......
The placement and contour of the volume and tuning knobs create a nice symmetry. Althought the cabinet is a drab, military grey the radio still manages to look "sharp".
The Sharp logo is present on the bottom left, it's just hard to see as it blends into the chrome grille.
Sharp made this radio for the Golden Shield company as well. It can be found as a model 7040 without the 'V8' badge in the middle of the speaker grille. Also found as a Golden Shield model 7000 with a different shortwave band.
If I had my life to live over I'd like to make more mistakes next time. I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more actual trouble, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones. You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute. If I had to do it again, I would travel lighter than I have. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds, I would pick more daisies.
Nadine Stair
This is the 4th best folding knife on the world... I present you Pteryx L2 made by Mr. Lasky - Slovak knife maker
A new visitor, wonder why all the little birds were gone this AM and why there was a fresh blood trail in the snow, This guy like little birds. Sony A580 Tamron 200-400
On the left is VanHool T916 Astron 7OWX and on the right is VanHool T917 Astronmega 2TYX, at Duxford Showbus 2011
A recent backyard visitor, this Sharpie let me get within a few feet before moving to a taller tree.
Calidris acuminata
11 Nov 2016
CA, LA Co., LA River at Willow Street
Found by Bob Schallman earlier in the day
This sharp-looking Custom Volkswagen Beetle branded with the classic Mooneyes logo is part of the Mattel Hot Wheels "HW Performance" mainline subseries, which features Hot Wheels with real brands.
This particular Hot Wheels VW Bug possesses all three qualities that I treasure most in Hot Wheels car:
1) It has both a die-cast metal body and a die-cast metal chassis, rare for a mainline (re: regular) Hot Wheels car today, although, since the Custom Volkswagen Beetle is a fairly small Hot Wheels car even by 1/64 scale standards, I don't think using a metal chassis instead of a plastic one is that much of a money drain for Mattel.
2) It's based on an actual licensed car (albeit a heavily-customized one in this case; though Hot Wheels has done at least a dozen different Volkswagen Beetle castings over the past almost half-century so it's not like I don't have plenty of "straight" Volkswagen Beetles). There are some "original" Hot Wheels designs I like such as "Avant Garde", though, even when it comes to fictional Hot Wheels designs, I generally prefer ones that have elements of real cars in them ("Avant Garde" is quite obviously a modern reimagining of the Citroen DS, for example).
3) It has a licensed sponsor logo. I've always been fanatical about wanting actual logos on Hot Wheels cars even when I was a little kid in the late 1970s and early 1980s. And Mooneyes is one of the all-time great racing part sponsor logos, right up there with Champion sparkplugs and Clay Smith Cams' "Mr. Horsepower".
This Custom Volkswagen Beetle is right up there in my top 5 mainline Hot Wheels cars of 2014 (along with "Herbie" the Love Bug Volkswagen Beetle, the two colours of the Mustang Funny Car, and the Morris Mini with the Union Jack on the roof). And I always wanted a Custom Volkswagen Beetle Hot Wheels car in yellow, so that's an extra point for it.