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An aloe.
UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley.
Focusing on light, texture, and form. The spines and swords give it a special appeal. Even better enlarged!!
Sharpes of Nottingham: (VCZ 155) an Alexander R-type bodied Volvo Olympian, painted in two-tone blue livery and captured here entering the Imperial War Museum's Duxford Airfield site whilst attending the 2012 Showbus event there.
© Christopher Lowe.
Date: 16th September 2012.
Ref No. 0031662.
A juvenile Sharp-shinned Hawk, starting to show it's adult colors. Sitting on a garden hook waiting for songbirds.
Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie,
I don't need a reason why
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man
Two pairs of scissors giving a couple of V shapes!
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Male Baltimore Oriole, De Pere, Wisconsin USA
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lens with Canon ef 1.4x ii extender
Pocket Knife
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Handsome Chinese vagrant draws fans of 'homeless chic'
Identity of 'Brother Sharp' – dubbed China's coolest man – remains a mystery
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing, Thursday, 4 March 2010
The photograph shows a starkly handsome Chinese man walking with a model's measured gait, and wearing a rag-tag but well co-ordinated overcoat on top of a leather jacket. His eyes peer into the middle distance, in what one fan described as "a deep and penetrating way", and he strides confidently forward.
But this is no catwalk model. This is a homeless man in the city of Ningbo. And now a band of web followers are calling him the coolest man in China.
His good looks and bohemian dress sense have won him thousands of online fans after a resident of Ningbo posted a picture online. Web users in China have called him the "Beggar Prince", the "Handsome Vagabond", and, most often, "Brother Sharp".
He is 5ft 8in, around 35 years old, and always has a cigarette between his fingers. He also appears to have a fondness for women's clothes, which has only served to fuel his status as a fashion icon. His good looks are reminiscent of popular Asian actors like Takeshi Kaneshiro or the Oscar- nominated Ken Watanabe.
One particularly striking picture juxtaposes Brother Sharp's with a model showing the latest Dolce & Gabbana collection. "Look at him wrinkle his brow... nothing needs to be said... sexy...", ran one comment on the Tianyu site.
Another wrote: "He doesn't really look like a beggar, more like a vagabond. The quality of this person's tops are all not bad, a down jacket, cotton jacket, even a leather jacket inside, and though they're a bit dirty, they're all in good condition, not the kind that beggars find from the trash."
The suggestion that homelessness can be cool chimes with a fashion trend that many have considered tasteless: in January, the designer Vivienne Westwood presented a "homeless chic" show in which models were styled to look like rough sleepers, a move prefigured by Ben Stiller's satirical film Zoolander, which featured a similar show called Derelicte. Two years ago the supermodel Erin Wasson revealed the homeless were her fashion inspiration, saying: "When I... see the homeless, like, I'm like, 'Oh my God, they're pulling out, like, crazy looks and they, like, pull shit out of like garbage cans.'"
But anyone with similar designs on Brother Sharp's sartorial tips is out of luck. His identity remains a secret, and social workers in Ningbo say they want to keep it that way. "Homeless people are vulnerable. It is incorrect to use them for entertainment purposes," said one worker at a homeless centre in Ningbo. Brother Sharp is said to appear mentally disturbed when approached on the street.
In China, begging is technically illegal, as the Communist Party-run state provides all a citizen could need. In reality, the rapid development of the Chinese economy in the last 30 years has marginalised many.
The rumours surrounding Brother Sharp's true identity persist. Some say he is a university graduate who lost his mind after his girlfriend left him. Others have blogged about how they sought him out and tried to help him find work or to go back to his family, but that he appeared frightened and cried out without speaking.
The local government in Ningbo said it had a policy of looking after the homeless, and that it would extend the same treatment to Mr Sharp.
On April 29th I started my day at 2:45 am. I drove with three friends to a lek in Southern Alberta. We had to be in the blind by 5 am. It sure took a long time before there was enough light to take photos. We could hear the grouse. They were making many sounds and we could see their outlines in the dark. It was another great day. The last time I was out there was two years ago.
This one seemed to be the alpha male. He took a minute to survey the field of birds and gave us a very nice view of detailed plumage that they sport.
I was using a brand new camera so I had many photos to delete and of course far too many photos over all. Most photos were only cropped. I didn't adjust any colors. Some photos are not even cropped.
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Adrienne cinched her backpack shut with a sharp tug. “Phone, film camera, notepad, pencils, flashlights, the spotlight… and enough batteries to survive the apocalypse. Plus, a canteen. Tell me we’re not missing anything.”
Kayla held up two small travel clocks. “These. One stays at the cavern entrance. The other comes with us. If time slips again, I want evidence.” Her voice thinned. “Four days vanished. Four. And we were inside for minutes.”
Adrienne exhaled slowly. “That’s… actually brilliant.”
“And,” Kayla added, “you can explain to Reyka why we’re going back.”
Adrienne shot her a look. “Me? He ordered us not to go back.”
“No,” Kayla said, steady but uneasy. “He 'advised' us not to. There’s a difference.”
Adrienne’s eyes narrowed. “He was hiding something. I could feel it.”
Kayla shrugged, though unease flickered across her face. “I felt that too. Maybe he suspected something but didn’t know for sure. Either way, we’ve been inside once. We know what we’re walking into.”
They stepped outside.
The rain had stopped hours ago, but the air felt heavy, as if the storm hadn’t really left.
They took two steps—and froze.
Huge muddy tracks looped around the building—deep, smeared impressions circling the apartment like something had paced there for hours. The densest cluster right at their doorstep, as if something had waited there. Watching.
Adrienne’s voice came out thin. “That… dog did follow us.”
“Maybe it wanted shelter.” Kayla shut the door behind them.
The latch clicked.
Both girls stiffened.
Carved into the wood—fresh, raw, splintered—was a single word:
DANGER
A cold ripple crawled up Adrienne’s spine. “That wasn’t here last night.”
Kayla crouched, studying the grooves. “These cuts are new. Hours old at most.” She swallowed. “Who would do this? And why leave it for us? It has to be some kind of joke.”
Adrienne’s voice tightened. “A joke that’s going to cost us our security deposit.”
Adrienne scanned the street. Empty. Too still. No birds.
“We’re being watched,” she whispered. “I can feel it.”
Kayla straightened slowly.
“Maybe this is what Reyka meant… when he said to use extreme caution.”
Adrienne’s fingers tightened around her backpack straps. “Let’s go. I’m hungry. We can talk more at breakfast.”
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Calidris acuminata
11 Nov 2016
CA, LA Co., LA River at Willow Street
Found by Bob Schallman earlier in the day
#BioCup2018 round 1 entry.
With his bristly black mustache, stylish hat, and his trusty revolver by his side, this sharp-shootin' desert succulent plant was unstoppable in his day.
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Safety razor Merkur 25C - made in Solingen, Germany - loaded with a platinum plated Personna blade, made in Israel. Very sharp... ;-)
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