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After months of removing drift and fighting different Ohio River levels, the Skipper's River Cafe is offshore and opened for business. Getting the barges moved to their seasonal location created a lot of speculation. New Richmond is ready for it's boating season.
Former wool mill, Italy.
Lanificio Rossi was the largest Italian wool company at the beginning of the twentieth century, with numerous factories in the Vicenza area. This factory was built for a capacity of 12,000 spindles in 1869. Despite this, due to wrong management choices and financial speculation, the Lanerossi group experienced a period of crisis after the mid-nineteenth century. In 1987 the company was taken over by its competitor Marzotto from nearby Valdagno, who, however, no longer invested in the Lanerossi brand. The various plants were gradually dismantled.
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.
A single P42 leads P029 west on the left-hand main at Gaithersburg. After a few months of speculation, the Chargers finally made their debut on the point of one of the Capitol trainsets a few days prior to this. While P42s should remain the norm south of Washington for a while, I was glad for a chance for one more shot of a P42 on the Met (which feels weird to say).
United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh
Victoria Street in Edinburgh Old Town is one of the most photographed locations in the city. Its gentle curve and colourful shopfronts make it a favourite spot for tourist photos, postcards and TV adverts.
Victoria Street was built between 1829-34 as part of a series of improvements to the Old Town, to improve access around the city. On the north side of the street, a terrace was built, with a series of arches underneath which were later filled with shops. Today, the street is a charming corner of the Old Town, but recent speculation suggests that a relic of its darker past may still exist. This was the location of Major Weir’s house, a man notorious as ‘the Wizard of the West Bow’, who was executed for witchcraft in 1670. It was thought that his house was completely demolished when Victoria Street was built, but it now seems that some parts may still exist, hidden in the Quaker Meeting House on the upper terrace. An intriguing thought for those visiting to shop, dine or looking for the unexpected.
Hindleberg ist the easternmost mountain is Austria, geologicaly it belongs to the Carpathian Mountain chain. A lookout tower - Königswarte - (publicly accessible) and a listening station are built on its top. There is much speculation about the listening-station and theories that it is financed in part by the NSA. Not so kosher for a neutral country like Austria, who knows...
This winter, I have frequently seen Pronghorn - Antilocapra americana, often referred to as antelope - near the turnoff to Grasslands Park, feeding on spilled grain in the wheat fields. This is an early morning shot. There were about 75 in sight that day in a large, scattered herd.
Known to be the second fastest runners in the animal kingdom, just behind the cheetah, pronghorn have been clocked at 55-60 mph, and can maintain a steady, 30 mph pace for many km. No North American predator can catch them, which leads to speculation that they evolved to be able to outrun a now extinct predator.
Look at their blocky bodies and rather spindly legs. Born to run, they have extra-large lungs and heart for oxygen intake and rapid pumping of blood. To see a herd or even a few individuals shift into high gear on the run is simply breathtaking; they flow like water over the land, running effortlessly. These five are merely trotting. Late winter, dawn sky.
Photographed near Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Tamon (多聞) is usually translated to "hall turret." Fujimi-tamon is built on the stonewall of Hasuike-bori moat that protects the Honmaru compound of Edo Castle. Behind Fijimi-tamon, there used to be Honmaru Goten (本丸御殿 Main Palace), now a large lawn-covered space in Imperial Palace East Garden flic.kr/p/2qWuHsj.
There used to be 26 Tamon in Edo Castle but this one and those attached to Fushimi-yagura at Nijuubashi seem to be the only survivors.
This section of the stonewall protrudes from other sections so that it would facilitate sniping enemies trying to climb the stonewalls.
Hasuike-bori (蓮池濠) is almost filled with siltation. Hasuike means lotus pond, but it looks rather a silver grass pond.
Imperial Household Agency may have filled the Hasuike-bori at the base of Fujimi-yagura to make a pathway to connect between Honmaru and Nishinomaru, and the separated southern half of the moat came to be called Hamaguri-bori. It is my speculation based on that the demolished turret facing Hamaguri-bori was called Hasuike Tatsumi-yagura (蓮池巽櫓 flic.kr/p/2qVBjkG).
Hasuike-bori makes the boundary between Honmaru and Nishinomaru compounds. This photo was taken from the Inui street on the Nishinomaru side.
The church of Saint Dunat, located near the village of Kornić on the island of Krk, is believed to date from the 12th century, although there are speculations that it was built earlier. The church was heavily damaged in an explosion in 1945, after which it was reconstructed.
Herrmann Julius Meyer provided the association with two million marks in start-up capital for the construction of affordable housing. In 1900, it was converted into the Meyer'sche Häuser Stiftung (Meyer Housing Foundation), which still manages the housing estates today and continued to exist in the GDR, even though the allocation of housing there was regulated centrally by the state. The second estate (see picture) was built between 1899 and 1901 in Leipzig as a closed block with corner towers and baroque domes. It was designed by Leipzig architect and master builder Max Pommer, who was chairman of the association's board, at a time of rapid population growth when speculation, rent gouging and cramped, unhygienic living conditions hit workers particularly hard. In 2025, the foundation will celebrate its 125th anniversary.
Our universe is huge, and it looks like we might have more of these huge things, a lot universes. One universe will be not logical.
A line, in mathematics, going trough the space is straight and infinitely long according a definition.
Speculation:
A line extends beyond our universe. How far it goes and how many universes will be when we count them along the way of a line are very mysterious. Not just in one way, we have to count both ways of a line. Light rays bend in space. If a line bends in space like light rays when it goes between universes, galaxies and black holes, we will have a curved line. If the bending is too much that we might have a circle out of a line.There is a high probability that each line will not have the same fate.
Is it really important for us to know what is going on up there while we are very busy with our fight for survival? Yes, it can remind us that we are not in a small box.
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituents being the compounds ibotenic acid and muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.
a n g e l s on assignment ?
a s c e n d i n g otherworldly souls . ..
rising to h i g h e r levels, values, or degrees ?
[all speculation of course] ? ? ?
~ another f l e e t i n g moment capture,
these clouds did not stay around long for a photoshoot :)
Kachidoki and Harumi are reclaimed lands constructed in the late 19th century just after Tsukishima. These old reclaimed lands had been used mostly for factories and warehouses.
In the 1990s and onward, Japanese corporations moved their factories to Southeast Asia and China, which resulted in the conversion of former industrial areas for the residential purpose. It is another reason for the mushrooming of high-rise condos in the Tokyo Bayside.
The price hike of real estates and the construction boom of high-rise condos are observed not only in Tokyo but also in other major cities in Asia. It is supposed that they are spurred by foreign investments and speculation.
The Kingston parakeets are feral rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) that live in the suburbs around Kingston, South West London, England, numbering at least 6,000, with some estimates as high as 50,000 individuals. The origins of the flocks are subject to speculation.
The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle on the Mainland of the Orkney Isles, Scotland. There is still speculation about the actual age of the Ring but It is generally thought to have been erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC
The Ring of stones stands on a small strip of land between two lochs, the Loch of Harray (which is freshwater) and Sternness (which is saltwater) and is some 104 metres in diameter.
This stone ring is not alone in Orkney. Within a 2 miles radius from Brodgar there are two circle-henges, four chambered tombs, groups of standing stones, single stones, barrows, cairns, and mounds.
The exact purpose is of the Ring is not known, but its proximity to the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Maeshowe tomb make the Ring of Brodgar a site of major importance.
This is a re edit of a photo previously uploaded looking eastwards across the Trent Valley in Nottinghamshire, with Sturton Le Steeple church forming the focal point. It results from idle speculation on my part about how good the cable removal tool is in Photoshop. Pretty good as it happens! All the overhead pylons and cables have gone. I'm in two minds about its use....am I taking a photograph or creating an image? But then as soon as you start shooting in RAW, exposing for highlights and then playing with the sliders in Lightroom you start to put your own spin on a photo. Interesting to see how it fares in comparison to the original.
Former wool mill, Italy.
Lanificio Rossi was the largest Italian wool company at the beginning of the twentieth century, with numerous factories in the Vicenza area. This factory was built for a capacity of 12,000 spindles in 1869. Despite this, due to wrong management choices and financial speculation, the Lanerossi group experienced a period of crisis after the mid-nineteenth century. In 1987 the company was taken over by its competitor Marzotto from nearby Valdagno, who, however, no longer invested in the Lanerossi brand. The various plants were gradually dismantled.
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Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur usually involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not definitively understood, though they have been a topic of scientific speculation, as well as a subject of philosophical and religious interest, throughout recorded history. The scientific study of dreams is called oneirology.
Photographs, which cannot themselves explain anything, are inexhaustible invitations to deduction, speculation, and fantasy... The very muteness of what is, hypothetically, comprehensible in photographs is what constitutes their attraction and provocativeness :-)
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prunus mume, japanese flowering apricot, 'Nicholas', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Last week I started seeing reports of a Cape May Warbler at a popular migrant trap Galveston and at first I thought it must be a misidentification since Cape May Warblers don’t usually show up until the end of spring migration (late April to early May). However, someone posted some photos with their report and sure enough it was a legitimate Cape May! I had some commitments so I wasn’t able to make a trip out to look for it until Saturday and unlike most of the other migrants that had been seen recently the Cape May Warbler was still hanging around feeding on bottle brush flowers. Thankfully he hung around for a few photos during our visit but probably the most fun part of seeing this bird was the speculation about what he is doing here now. Maybe he was with us all winter?
Setophaga tigrina
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I had several versions of this gentleman, using different dof's, and actually went back and forth as to which one to upload. I finally settled on this one, because of the intensity drawn to the one eye by the shallow dof. Somehow, his worry or thought, or whatever process is going on inside him intensified ten-fold this way.
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As viewed from the iconic Empire State Building’s 86th floor observatory the equally iconic triangular shape of the Flatiron building at the intersections of Fifth Avenue and Broadway. When this building was built in 1902 by the George A. Fuller Company of Chicago designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham it was officially tagged as the Fuller Building but its name was changed to Flatiron reflecting its shape and the name of the area which went by Flat Iron prior to its construction. This significant intersection marked the northern terminus of what was referred to as ‘Ladies’ Mile’ which was at the turn of the 19th Century among the most important and prominent shopping districts in Manhattan, thus why the Fuller Company chose its location. A 21 story steel frame skyscraper with white terra-cotta cladding, it has been dwarfed by neighbors the New York Life Tower and the MetLife Tower but its unique shape, it’s primo location have made it one of New York City’s most beloved and photographed icons and the neighborhood where it resides now is known as the Flatiron District.
Believe it or not, when it was finished, there was an observation deck about the perimeter of the roof that can be seen in this image which was closed as other buildings soon surpassed the building’s 21 story height. So there was a lot speculation when the building was completed that it’s narrow design and extreme (for the time) height would make the building unable to withstand strong winds. The building was mocked and given the name Burnham’s Folly after architect Daniel Burnham. Time has vindicated Mr. Burnham’s design as it has withstood and prevailed. The shape of the building does have an effect of wind currents, specifically creating a downdraft by the downdraught effect which essentially causes the wind to increase as it reaches the base of the Flatiron. Much to delight of young gents when the building first opened, the wind gusts often lifted ladies skirts exposing their ankles (let’s remember we’re talking 1902).
Captured on Olympus E-5 with a Olympus Zuiko 12-60MM F 2.9-4.0 SWD lens, hand held (tripods are not allowed on Empire State Building Observation unless you get a permit), processed in Photomatix, edited in Abobe Photoshop Elements and cleaned up in Adobe Lightroom.
Hello out there! This is my last image for this week. We are going on canonying excursions in the next few hours. I will be back with more images on monday :) Have a perfect weekend, dear flickr friends! Take care!
* those who watch my photostream more often may know about the title ;) Speculations welcome :-D
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see it Large On Black
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The beautiful door of St Edward's Parish Church in Stow-on-the-Wold, flanked by two Yew trees. There is some speculation that this was Tolkien's inspiration for his illustration of the west gate of Moria, in his novel, The Lord of the Rings
The okapi /oʊˈkɑːpiː/, Okapia johnstoni, is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Central Africa. Although the okapi bears striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe.
The animal was brought to prominent European attention by speculation on its existence found in popular press reports covering Henry Morton Stanley's journeys in 1887. Remains of a carcass were later sent to London by the English adventurer and colonial administrator Harry Johnston and became a media event in 1901.Today, about 10,000–20,000 remain in the wild and as of 2011, 42 different institutions display them worldwide.
Okapis have reddish dark backs, with striking horizontal white stripes on the front and back legs, making them resemble zebras from a distance. These markings possibly help young follow their mothers through the dense rain forest and may also serve as camouflage.
The body shape is similar to that of the giraffe, except okapis have much shorter necks. Like the giraffe, the okapi has long legs and a robust body. Both species have very long (about 35-cm), flexible tongues used to strip leaves and buds from trees.
The okapi's tongue is also long enough for the animal to wash its eyelids and clean its ears (inside and out). This sticky tongue is pointed and bluish-grey in colour like that of the giraffe. Male okapis have short, skin-covered horns called ossicones. Their large ears help them detect their predator, the leopard.
Okapis are 1.9 to 2.5 m (6.2 to 8.2 ft) long (from the head to the base of the tail) and stand 1.5 to 2.0 m (4.9 to 6.6 ft) high at the shoulder. They have 30- to 42-cm-long tails. Their weight ranges from 200 to 350 kg (440 to 770 lb).
Los Angeles Zoo. California.
This is the first young Warbler that I've seen in the reserve for the winter season. The number of Warblers in the reserve has been way down since the Hurricanes Ian and Nicole. Those Hurricanes occurred during the start of the migration, and I think that they went to a different area in the south. This would have resulted on the babies being imprinted on a different location, and therefore, they would migrate to this new location. This is just speculation on my part, but I think it's reasonable.
The Home of Jenny Greenteeth,
The Pool has a "sinister reputation", with rumours that the pool is "bottomless".
If that isn't haunting enough, a strange story linked to Doxey Pool and Blakemere Pool continues to cause intrigue.
It is claimed that both pools are home to an evil mermaid called Jenny Greenteeth, with a possible sighting of the "blue nymph" way back in 1949.
Florence Pettitt said she saw a weird creature emerge from the pool just before she was due to take her morning swim.
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It may have been a figlment of Miss Pettitt's imagination, but the speculation and rumours has created a chilling atmosphere in the area.
It is a peaceful location in the wilderness of the Peaks but its quiet, isolated location does make you wonder if there really is something lurking in the waters
This tiny structure sits on the grounds of a local community center where I grew up in Maryland.
Lots of great memories of summer camp attended and softball games cheered for here.
There's much speculation as to whether this was an old schoolhouse back in the day or perhaps the only remaining out building from the farm that once occupied this land.
Irregardless...I've always loved imagining what purpose it may have served all those years ago. 13 years after moving away from home...I was happy to see this little building still standing!
Good stuff :)
United Kingdom, Wiltshire, Stonehenge
No place has generated so much speculation and wild theories as the standing stones of Stonehenge. After driving for miles through the rolling hills and plains of the English countryside the sight of this unusual structure makes people gasp. A walk around it only provokes more strange feelings. There's a sense that this is something very important. It taunts us with it's mystery. For over 5000 years it has stood silent vigil over the earth. It has been excavated, x-rayed, measured, and surveyed. Yet despite all that has been learned about its age and construction, its purpose still remains one of the great mysteries of the world.
Low-rise housing from another time in the shadow of a volume that seeks no relationship. The existing fabric reduced to backdrop. Rules lose force where authority begins.
Encounter on site:
While photographing this scene, someone called out to ask what I was doing. I told him I was fascinated by the contrast between the oversized new volume and the older structure beside it.
He replied that it made him uncomfortable. Introducing himself as the owner, he took a photo of me in return and asked whether I was shooting this “for a lawyer.”
I reassured him that there was no need to worry — that this was an artistic project. Judging from his gestures, he took that as irony.
The moment stayed with me. It revealed something beyond architecture: a tension embedded in the site itself. When a building feels controversial enough that documentation is suspected to be legal evidence, it suggests that construction here is not merely about housing, but about contested decisions, scale, and authority. Built on fragile ground.
In response to the much appreciated curiosity and speculation on yesterday's upload, I present the actual image which in it's own right provides a fair to middling copy of that famous horror mask from that movie series, the name of which I have no idea. I do know that mask was actually loosely based on Munch's "The Scream." I'm sure you can pick it out and at the same time see what the components of the image actually are. And while I hesitate from "defining" any conceptually abstract work for the viewer, I do so here with an additional view in comments. The only difference between yesterday's image and this is that the previous photo was rotated, cropped, and darkened a bit once I defined the concept in my own mind. And yet even with these minimal adjustments, quite a difference indeed...
These are both SOOC and one of the curiosities I've discovered is how the camera deals with light and shadow in the snow on very sunny days. It often varies from shot to shot...sometimes dramatically.
Formakin House is an early 20th-century mansion within the Formakin Estate in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is located just to the west of the village of Bishopton. Formakin House was designed by architect, Robert Lorimer for wealthy businessman John Holms,. Lorimer produced designs for the house in 1909, in the style of a 17th-century Scottish tower house. The shell of the house had been completed by 1913, when work stopped as Holms had lost money on a bad speculation, and a fall from a horse supposedly upset his mental balance, further work was carried out in 1920, but the house was never completed. When Holms died in debt in 1938, Formakin was sold to the Bradford-born entrepreneur Albert Ernest Pickard, owner of the Britannia Panopticon among other Glasgow ventures. By the 1970s the buildings and grounds were derelict. After Pickard died the Renfrew District Council campaigned to save the estate, eventually purchasing it in 1984 with funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. Formakin was operated as a visitor attraction for a time, and plans were made to redevelop the buildings and grounds. The venture was not successful, so between 1988 and 1999 the estate buildings were restored and converted into 17 dwellings by Country House developer Kit Martin.
My camera was in my lap as I sat opposite these gentlemen on the other side of the town square - they did not know I was photographing them. I imagined their conversation ... "I think he is a foreign man but he has been here many times before ... perhaps he married a Portuguese girl?"
- Loures, Portugal -
Colossal headfrom the 2nd century BCE Greek Hellenistic period, found in a gymnasium at Pergamom Turkey.
There’s speculation, that Alexander the Great is the subject, the seductive visage similar to many of the idealized portrayals of the young conqueror of the period.
Super moon eclipse in pink aka blood moon in apocalyptic prophecy and the end times speculation.
The bare tree branches are poplar trees shedding their autumn foliage
#supermoon #moon #moonlovers #lunareclipse #luna #bulan #bloodmoon #bloodmooneclipse #apocalypse #compositephotography #sonyphotography #nightphotography
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Unusual to find sunning themselves in the same location several days in a row . . . some speculation the lodge may have been flooded with the high waters . . . I'm wondering however, if these might be two year-olds given the boot?
Beavers are monogamous, mating for life. Each beaver colony normally consists of two parental adults, the yearlings born the previous year, and the newborn kits. Just prior to the birth of the young, two-year-olds are forced to leave the parental colony and create their proper lodge and dam. Beavers breed in January–February, have a gestation period of three and a half months and give birth to two to four young. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beaver
housing shortage and dormant building plots due to property speculation - Wohnungsnot und ruhende Baufelder durch Grundstücksspekulationen
I did not come to the university because I did not know the idea of the good, but to learn why the idea of the good is valid, why and whether values had meaning. Yet I discovered that values sweet to taste proved sour in analysis; the prototypes were firm, the models flabby. Must speculation and existence remain like two infinite parallel lines that never meet? Or perhaps this impossibility of juncture is the result of the fact that our speculation suffers from what is called in astronomy a parallax, from the apparent displacement of the object, caused by the actual change of our point of observation?
--Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man’s Quest for God: Studies in Prayer and Symbolism
Greece, Rhodes near Ladiko bay
This sp. closely resembles some species of another, only distantly related group of Aculeata wasps, Scoliidae, esp. Scolia hirta and Scolia fallax. It is hard to explain what is the advantage of mimicking another wasp when both possess sting. Stizoides tridentatus is a kleptoparasite of Sphex ssp,, so one can speculate that the resemblance simply averts the attention of the host from a seemingly neutral insect. However, this is simply speculation...
Wyoming, USA - In a bizarre turn of events, residents of the picturesque state have reported multiple sightings of peculiar flying objects resembling ice cream cones soaring through the sky. Speculation and excitement have reached unprecedented levels as the enigmatic phenomena continue to captivate the imagination of the community.
Reports describe the objects as large, sometimes dripping cones, adorned with vibrant colors and trailing delicious-looking swirls of ice cream. Witnesses claim the cones maneuvered gracefully, exhibiting precise movements that defied the known laws of aerodynamics.
Government agencies have also been drawn into the frenzy, with local law enforcement working alongside federal agencies to investigate the reports. Official statements from the authorities emphasize that the sightings are being taken seriously, and all efforts are being made to determine the origin and nature of the flying ice cream cones.
Conspiracy theorists, as expected, have put forth a range of intriguing explanations. Some claim that the cones are a secret government project, while others suggest a playful extraterrestrial or extradimensional presence.
While skeptics argue that the sightings are nothing more than an elaborate prank or an optical illusion, the fervor surrounding the flying ice cream cones shows no signs of abating. Wyoming's skies have become a stage for the unexpected, leaving residents and visitors eagerly awaiting the next sighting and wondering what secrets these frozen delights might hold.
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Red backed Shrike - Lanius collurio
The red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae. The breeding range stretches from Western Europe east to central Russia but it only rarely occurs in the British Isles. It is migratory and winters in the western areas of tropical Africa.
Once a common migratory visitor to Great Britain, numbers declined sharply during the 20th century. The bird's last stronghold was in Breckland but by 1988 just a single pair remained, successfully raising young at Santon Downham. The following year for the first time no nests were recorded in the UK. But since then sporadic breeding has taken place, mostly in Scotland and Wales. In September 2010 the RSPB announced that a pair had raised chicks at a secret location on Dartmoor where the bird last bred in 1970. In 2011, two pairs nested in the same locality, fledging seven young. In 2012 there was another breeding attempt, this time unsuccessful, probably due to a prolonged spell of wet weather. In 2013 breeding was again confirmed in Devon, with two young fledged at a new site.
This return to south western England has been an unexpected development and has raised speculation that a warming climate could assist the bird in re-colonising some of its former haunts, if only in small numbers.
Population:
UK breeding:
1-3 pairs
UK passage:
250 birds
Hwy 1 - Minnesota
Photo archiving today from our October trip to Ely and the "North Shore" of Lake Superior. This area has been quite popular for spotting moose over the years, but lately it would be a very rare event!
There have been several reasons given for the rare moose sightings by local authorities, but sadly it's still pure speculation why they seem to be disappearing!
Fact: The moose population is still down 58 percent since 2006.
Still Paradise to me . . .
Copyright 2016
While not my most stellar image, it's probably the best I have of the recently demolished Deshler depot as I only made it up that way a few times. After years of speculation, rumors finally came to fruition, and the structure was reduced to rubble by 10:50 AM on August 11th. Pictured is Q352 heading west past the depot in February.
Following the death of Mevlânâ Celâleddin-i Rumi, the Architect Bedreddin began to build a tomb in memory of him, and it was completed in 1274. Although there are several speculations about the initial version of the tomb, it is acknowledged that Karamanoğlu Alaeddin Bey (1357-1398) had it built in the sliced shape and that the exterior walls of the dome were covered with tiles in a restoration. Known as the oldest samples of the exterior materials of the dome, those tiles were produced by applying the color-glaze technique. Today some of them are stored in the warehouse of the Konya Museum Directorate, and some other pieces are exhibited in famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
As seen in the literature, the tiles of the dome, also known as Kubbe-i Hadrâ, were renewed in 1677, 1698, 1791, 1797, 1816, 1835, 1866, 1909, 1949, and 1965. According to the 17th-century records, the tiles used in the restoration in 1698 were produced by applying the underglaze technique in Iznik. Since 1816, Kütahya tiles have been preferred for the restorations in the Mevlânâ tomb.