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University of Dundee Botanic Garden
one for my spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
& a little music should you like
Amy Rigby - Dancing with Joey Ramone
Botanic Park Belfast.
Orange pollen load on display
For my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
& music if you like:
SuperOrganism Something For Your M.I.N.D.
I watched her and a few other bees for quite a while. Only visiting the flowers that had lost their petals at the base of the foxglove flower stem. See picture in comments for context.
We think of foxgloves as not being attractive/accessible to honey bees but clearly there are exceptions! Presumably these flowers must still produce some nectar after the petal tube has been lost.
A slightly unusual one for my spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
For my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
The Mock Turtles - Can You Dig It?
Taraxacum officinale
Great fun to watch them on dandelions - they really get stuck in!
check out my google spreadsheet of honey bee on named flowers pictures here:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Didnt have my macro with me so took this at a bit of a distance with the 750. Pictures would have been better with the 50mm lens and the Raynox.
I certainly didnt notice the little solitary bee at the base when I was photographing the honey bee. It popped out for me just now as I am posting it on Flickr! I quite like little surprises!
for my Honey bees on named flowers set!
...And also for adding eventually to the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W... (please do consider checking it out if you have time!)
Hope Sandoval - Suddenly Beside You
not a great picture but it is a new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set! so I am posting it.
...And also for adding eventually to the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W... (please do consider checking it out if you have time!)
Lou Doillon - Devil Or Angel
I believed initially that that this is an Albatross, but I have been advised that it is most likely an Australiasian Gannet (even though its in NZ), fittingly captured over water with a boat behind in the background. Please let me know if my identification of the bird is still wrong (I hope it's not just a seagull with long wings...)
Shot on Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.
From the web: (NZ Birds Online): "New Zealand holds the bulk of the Australasian gannet breeding population, with about 13% of the population breeding in Australia. The New Zealand population was about 46,000 pairs in 1980-81 and continued to increase at about 2% per annum".
EDIT - A quick bit of spreadsheet magic suggests that this means there should now be just under 100,000 ("99,578") breeding pairs in 2019 unless things have gone very wrong for them.
pollen load much smaller and less clear in this one
aka black parsley - impressive big flowers.
At University of Dundee Botanic Garden
a new one for my spreadsheet!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Cirsium arvense beside my wildlife pond
A nice dark bee with pollen loads are clear to see - cream coloured.
Lovely to see the summer weather back for another while!
For my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
REM - Indian Summer
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I like the way they dribble up and down the court
Just like I'm the King on the microphone, so is Dr. J and Moses Malone
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My favorite play is the Alley Oop
I like the pick-and-roll, I like the give-and-go
'Cause it's basketball, uh, Mister Kurtis Blow
Matthias Church
(Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle)
Budapest, Hungary
09-11-2024
Processed: 03/05/25
I create spreadsheets before I leave on any trip, filled with information on what I want to photograph, and when, so I can keep moving, and get the most out of my time. I had the Matthias Church listed on my spreadsheet for the second of two days in Budapest. It's on the site of one of the oldest churches in Budapest, founded in 1015. It's been remodeled many times since then. In the 13th and 14th century undergoing massive redesigns. The last major redesign, restoring it to an earlier version, was in 1893.
I snapped some photos as I advanced up the street leading to the church. Here is a view from about a block away.
When I got to the site, and angled my camera for multiple shots, I noticed something familiar. I'd photographed so many cathedrals and churches in three different cities in a little over a week. I'd actually photographed THIS church the previous evening. It's flanked by the Fisherman's Bastion fortress, but I couldn't see that from this view. What was familiar was a little model of the church over near that blue gazebo. So I've got shots of this particular church at night and during the day.
It felt really weird when I realized I'd already been there, but had scaled the steps leading to the other side the previous evening, and had taken the bus down the hill.
Generally I work from home on Friday which means I get to stay in my pajamas while working through emails and spreadsheets but it also means that my supervisor keeps a close eye on what I'm doing.
Fyero doesn't allow for slacking so it's all work no play on the days I stay home.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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"You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" by The Beatles (although I love the Pearl Jam cover too!)
Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone, I can't go on
Feeling two-foot small
Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say
Hey, you've got to hide your love away
Hey, you've got to hide your love away
Tower Bridge, London
Last year a bunch of us arranged to meet up in London for a social outing with the odd stop off for pics. It was a great day out and much banter has passed in the intervening months about doing it all again, although we can't decide on where. So, taking the bull by the horns here is another call out to all you reservoir togs (see tags... you know who you are) about a second meet up, again in London. Several missed out on the first trip so why not London again!
We went on 8th April last year, just before the Easter weekend and so to gauge the interest this time around, here are some preliminary dates to get the ball rolling... 25th March, 7th, 14th April.
It would be great to grow our numbers and so if I've not tagged you in, it's because I don't know everyone personally, but it's an open invitation so just comment your interest to this posting and I'll add you to the tags list. Having just seen Gary Oldman's Oscar winning performance in Darkest Hour (nailing my colours to the mast here!) this could be our finest hour!
No pressure to commit if this isn't your bag or the dates don't suit, however, the spreadsheet is ready, it just needs you lot.
I occasionally work an afternoon at home or fire up a spreadsheet on the weekend. This is the typical help I get in my home office. Jasper thinks its all horribly boring and will sometimes put his head in my lap or bring me a toy to tempt me away. Then resume his spot in front of or on the couch if his boring human can't break away
Blue Grape Hyacinths - Muscari armenicum
Rowallane in the walled garden yesterday.
The bees were loving them!
For my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Some poppies result in very dark pollen loads. These ones were resulting in light cream loads as seen in this picture.
University of Dundee Botanic Garden
one for my spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Early Yellow Bidens
a new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set!
...And also for adding eventually to the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W... (please do consider checking it out if you have time!)
A real gem of a plant I think - grown into a very big plant in a large pot on the patio - I was surprised at how spectacular this has been. Great to see the bees find it!
& talking about real gems :
Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker
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at Rowallane in the walled garden
a new one for my Honey bees on named flowers set set
And will also go on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
I completed a couple of projects last year. In January 2021, Larry and I started a project to achieve 65 summits in the year I turned 65, and we completed that one in September. Over the years, we have travelled throughout Canada, and recently we were thinking about whether we had visited each and every Province and Territory, there are 13. With our trip to the Yukon in 2021, we realized we had indeed visited each one. This year, I thought I would keep track of the different birds I see over the year, and see what kind of number that brings. For me, different means different, and so it won't be an exact species count, as in some species, the males and females are more-or-less identical, and in others they different, and so I will count the males and females in those species as different birds. With Northern Flickrs, there are distinct variations, based on under-feather colourings, with Red-shafted, Yellow-shafted variations, and a hybrid of the two. For this project, I'll count each variation if there is one, and each of the different genders if they are visually different, as different birds. As with my summit project, I'll maintain a thorough spreadsheet. Wish me luck! PS I may turn it into a post-one-a-day project, except the photos won't necessarily be taken on different days. Today I have already four different birds done, but will post the rest over the next few days...
Not far behind train 291 was train 499 with a single CP GEVO up front. It's seen crossing the North Fork of the Crow River just west of Regal, slowing as the 291 is taking the siding up ahead at Murray to meet an eastbound out of Glenwood. At least these 8800 series GEVO's were still pretty clean at this point. I actually kept a spreadsheet to track how many of CP's fleet of GE's I photographed leading trains along here from 2008 to 2015. The 100 units of this 8760 to 8859 order were definitely the most common. According to those records, I have pictures of 77 of them leading trains, many of them multiple times, including the 8802 on three separate occasions.
another one in the herb garden within the walled garden at Glenarm Castle.
Who needs to go any further than a few miles from home? ...
with this lovely sunny weather - lovely short staycation on the North Coast
for my Honey bees on named flowers set!
...And also for adding eventually to the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W... (please do consider checking it out if you have time!)
Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World
I went to try to get a decent picture of a honey bee on Himalayan balsam for my bees on named flowers spreadsheet docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
The Himalayan balsam has taken over the banks of the Lagan and is beyond control now I think. It does a lot of damage but the bees love it.
A good picture of this combo has eluded me. ...And continues to do so. Weather and light were not great. There were honey bees (our association apiary is about 800m away) on the balsam flowers but I managed no postable pictures.
This is what you do when it’s bucketing it down with snow and your feet are almost solid ice from a couple of hours scrambling around at dawn on a winters morning. You head for the shelter of a pine forest and crawl around in frozen vegetation till you come up with a composition your happy with. Mind you, I must have looked a real sight making this image. I was hovering very low over a frozen puddle (not sure how deep it was, but I desperately balanced myself in a contorted position to ensure that I didn’t find out). Whoever said that landscape photography was a serene, calming, romantic experience? Who gave the impression that it was an existentialist pastime? I wouldn’t have it any other way!
I did consider cropping this to a square (before anybody suggests it), I also considered posting my landscape version, but for some subtle subconscious reason, this version just had the edge.
Out of interest, I’m giving a talk this Thursday evening and I’m going to do a questionnaire to solicit phrases that best describe good landscape photography and I’ve made a questionnaire that if you have five minutes I'd appreciate you filling in , cheers in advance! P.S. I’ve made the form anonymous so unless you want to make your views known to me or anybody else you can always put your name on your results (o:
UPDATE: View the results here
So you wanna know something interesting about me and Summer? We've owned a house together for over four years, been married for just over three years (yes, we lived in sin for a year...GASP!), and we still don't have a joint checking account. We probably won't get one anytime soon either. So twice a month I bust out the handy-dandy monthly expenses spreadsheet and split all the bills down the middle. I then tell Summer what she owes me, she cuts me a check, and I pay all the bills. Might not be the easiest system in the world, but it works for us...
At this point my lens jammed and was stuck on my camera until I got back from the trip and worked out how to unjam it (brute force).
I developed in caffenol but my clever spreadsheet that works out the quantities of chemicals was wrong - so the negatives were clearly underdeveloped. But thankfully all was salvagable in the end.
also called the white rose of York,
At Kew
Orange pollen load on view.
for my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go (eventually!) on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Just at the entrance to Othello Tunnels , textures were so beautiful that I was going back and forth … shooting gorge and shooting rocks . Such a different view from same place.
I really needed something different than looking at the spreadsheets and bunch of papers. Last few weeks were busy , so was rest of the year and year before. I think we do way more than we used to do, I think it started with Blackberries … I don’t think there is way to go back
In the early 1900s, the Canadian Pacific Railway decided a route was necessary to link the Kootenay Region with the BC coast by rail. The railway was built over three mountain ranges. In the Coquihalla Gorge – the river cut a 300 foot deep channel of solid granite. A straight line of tunnels were built through it which are known now as the Othello Tunnels.
in the Rock Garden at Kew
for my Honey bees on named flowers set
And will also go (eventually!) on the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
Useful font for adding some authentic lego lettering to any project. A simple frame allows you to add one row of lettering at a time without the fear of total collapse that comes with most of my other lightsaber based MOCs. I built a spreadsheet to calculate how much space the lettering will take up but I'm still tweaking that. goo.gl/sbjtkF if you want to have a play around with it. Be warned though it's rather primitive and probably wrong at this stage!
I spend so much of my days working from home looking at spreadsheets, so it’s lovely to have this pot of cactus on my windowsill. It’s a great bloomer.
A rather more popular meadow flower than my previous picture (creeping thistle).
for my Honey bees on named flowers set!
...And also for adding eventually to the botanically sorted spreadsheet at:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W... (please do consider checking it out if you have time!)
Protex - Popularity
His owner has been slaving over Excel spreadsheets all sodding day long, so he took Danbo to the skate park just before it went dark today to unwind. A robot really is man's best friend. The dog came too.
a new one (I do of course already have Cotoneaster horizontalis) for my much beloved and very nerdy spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-_uJANb_oKgIZLEvm0mFjYq3W...
pollen load clearly seen - grey cream colour with quite a wet looking texture
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I adopted Jimmy and Mack a couple weeks before Christmas 10 years ago. Both had colds (feline herpes) which is contagious to other cats so I kept them in our fully furnished basement away from Ella. In addition to their colds, they also both had coccidia, giardia, congestion, conjunctivitis, diarrhea and neither would eat. And if all that wasn't enough, Jimmy also had a urinary tract infection, crystals in his urine and a horrible eye ulcer. During those first couple getting-to-know-you weeks I had to have a spreadsheet to keep track of all their medications and when each needed to be administered.
So, that Christmas season I spent every minute I was home in the basement medicating sick kittens, cleaning up diarrhea and wracking my brain trying to come up with something tasty and smelly enough to tempt them to eat. They were so sick. Since bringing them home I had never seen them play or heard them purr. I was exhausted and questioning whether everything I was putting them through was worth it to them or if euthanasia would be more humane.
One afternoon, I turned off all the lights in the basement except for the tiny lights on a table-top Christmas tree. I laid down on the couch under a downy comforter to look at the pretty lights and just be near my sick kittens. I closed my eyes and was about to fall asleep when I felt Jimmy's little feet walk up along my body until he settled in the crook of my arm and for the first time, started to purr.
In that dark, quiet moment Jimmy was content, I was at peace and we were together. It was perfect.
Happy Caturday: Memories
I got to 100 subs on Youtube last night. I am so thrilled. I'm like Monk. I love round numbers.
My livestream last night was a lot of fun for me as Mia popped by for a chat and we talked for a couple of hours. First time for me to talk to Mia. She had popped by because she'd seen an earlier stream where I talked about takoyakis and decided to try it out.
Unfortunately there was music that YT had to clip out due to copyright -- which they did and magically they kept my voice and the video visuals. However YT cutting the music out for a minute also chopped out the chat for the whole 2 hours so you won't be able to see Mia's side of the conversation. I probably sound like a crazy person talking to myself, lol.
I showed off some free stuff I got at Valentine Shop & Hop, picked up some more free stuff. I found FabFree's spreadsheet on all the gifts invaluable in choosing what fits my current needs. Then took a detour to Cica Ghost's Dark Fairytale exhibit and a hop over to Digital Art - Cammino & Vivo Capovolto.
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In my video description is the list of free stuff I'm showing off in my thumbnail and opening scene. You can use the FabFree spreadsheet to search the store's name and get the store's V S&H slurl.
Free stuff Showing:
Eden Garden Forgotten Fountain by Naughty Bits (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Gleaming region)
Dog&Cat on the heart by DUMAY (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Halycon region)
Free stuff Wearing:
little hearts on head by Lf Design (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Hollyhock region)
Off-the-shoulder sweater - LaraX by Web Dew (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Gleaming region)
Divine Roller Skaters Maitreya & LaraX by Spoiled (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Frosted region)
LOVE Female Earrings (PBR Material) by Hipster Style (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Halycon region)
Billie BB Rainbow by Mina Hair (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Hollyhock region)
Ombre - Lips (Evo X) - Sweet Kisses - Glossed & Tint by Liv Black (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Golden region)
Heart tears- Pink Metallic by RBento (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Halycon region)
Heartskip Eyes by Adore & Abhor (free gift at Valentine shop and hop Frosted region)
Places I visited in this livestream:
Cica Ghost's Dark Fairytale
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Digital Art - Cammino & Vivo Capovolto
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My YT channel
Holly.
I used to call myself an experimental photographer, then I became a bit embarrassed about it so I thought of something else.
But, unfortunately, it’s a true description. I’m experimenting at being a photographer. But I doubt I’ll get much further than that because whenever I try something I never hang around to perfect it. There’s always the next idea to try, the next lightbulb lights up and it always looks far more interesting than hanging around to get better at something…
This is my second attempt at combining intentional camera movement with a close-up subject. I think it works because of the colour contrast, and the still-evident prickles of the Spring holly leaf. It was taken when I first had the bright idea in March, in the local woods.
This is another one for my 100x project exploring motion in photography. Apparently, according to Andrew’s spreadsheet, I am currently about 14 images behind, so you can expect more blurry pics sometime soon... provided I don't get another idea :)
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the blurry bits. Happy 100x :)
Nearly 40 years ago it was very different & on 15th March 1986, we ended up in wrong place at the right time, as all the information we had about The Vulcan Vantrain promoted by the Loco Club of GB & SEG (Southern Electric Group) was from the leaflet advertising the tour several months earlier!
After picking up Roger at Brentwood (convenient for the M25), I drove us to Sole Street & we waited & waited without any sign of the tour, because 1Z25 (0755 SO London Paddington - Ashford [Kent] via North Kent Coast on the leaflet, was revised to run via Tonbridge & Hastings at the last minute, after the line was cleared for mki stock a few days earlier. It got very close passing Swanley at 0921, three minutes early!!.
These photo's have not been uploaded before, because it has taken a lot of time (now available) & effort to research this railtour, as my spreadsheet for that year & the paper notes I still have had no record of it, just lot's of loco & unit numbers taken at Hoo Jn, Sole Street, Ashford & Tonbridge, but thanks to "Six Bells Junction", I think I have identified the trains correctly!!!
73003 - 1Z25 (1315 SO STP Charter from Folkestone Harbour to Ashford [Kent, return of 1216 dep), which was formed of 6 coaches & named The Vulcan Vantrain by joint promoters the Loco Club of Great Britain & the SEG [Southern Electric Group]) - Ashford Area - afternoon - 15/03/86.
Twistleton Scar End, Ingleton
Part two of our adventure into the Yorkshire Dales saw my trusty Sherpa Eddie Norgay and I head south west to Ingleton for Twistleton Scar. A major accent carefully planned down to the smallest detail although spreadsheets were not required this time.
We parked the car at base camp in sight of our goal on the more difficult west face before changing wellies for boots (it's not easy driving in wellies so note to one's self for future expeditions). After a gruelling walk along difficult to follow paths and across fast flowing rivers we reached camp 1, which was identifiable by an ice cream van, that had driven up the same path but from the east side. We needed to fuel our bodies ahead of the final accent - apparently they don't stock energy bars so we had to make do with a couple of 99s!
We left the day trippers to circumnavigate around the ridge and headed for the switchback path that leads to the plateau and our goal. Clearly this was a very difficult climb as my Sherpa, weighed down with all our photography equipment plus two tripods (Mrs R had declined this trip) was feeling the strain and stopped momentarily to catch a breather.
I pressed on, against the howling winds... no wonder the day trippers had faltered at this final hurdle! Upon reaching the summit I surveyed the landscape - not a single solitary person could be seen, apart from my trusty Sherpa making the final push up the infamously dangerous section simply known as "the path". I unpacked my Union Jack and planted it firmly between some cracks declaring this peak for Queen and country as well as naming the area - The Lancashire Dales, after all, it is on our side of the country.
Since our accent was unsupported, we both knew our time on the summit was limited due to the thinness of the air and so we took our photos of the limestone pavement and wind ravaged trees before making the long decent back to back camp, which surprisingly you can see from the top.
People may ask why we undertook such a dangerous expedition to summit one of the most difficult accents in the UK but as George Mallory once said about Everest... because it's there!
Many thanks to the Yorkshirephotoexplorer a.k.a. Sue for the info and excellent directions. Found it no problem and parked on Thornton Lane (approx postcode LA6 3PL for future reference)
Note: some fabrication of the facts may have crept into the telling of this story but the ice cream van bit is true... ask my Sherpa.