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FTR104 / F-HFTS is about to take-off at Ouessant (LFEC) air field to Brest Guipavas airport (LFRB). One of the shortest flights in Europe with a flight time around 15 minutes.
© Gauthier Bonnet - Tous droits réservés
I guess the meet wasn't that fresh after all!!! poor woody!!!
Macro Monday project - 03/02/09
“From the Fridge”
Sadly in November 2020 we had to have the lovely Mandy put to sleep. she became very poorly she was 14 so a good age she was a rescue cat and had her for 2 years. Hopefully she had a much better life with us and we loved her very much,. January 2021,,, Here is Nellie who we got from the local RSPCA. She is 15 year old , totally deaf, has very stiff back legs, and a teary eye, She has the loudest meow we have ever heard before (perhaps because she is deaf) and she love fuss and loves to nuzzle our faces. We hope she will have a happy safe, loving home with us in her elderly years ..xx
My body will not move. It’s like my skin has been nailed to this uncomfortable bed. The sheets are stiff and pale. My heart races faster, like rain that makes beating patterns on a window. My stomach tightens and my throat swells, my fingers clench and my veins ache. I want to breathe so badly, by myself. I want to be able to sit up and walk and run and dance. I want to be able to speak and hear and see. All by myself. Not with tubes and men in white suits helping me. This is my body, this is my mind. I know the control panel better than anyone else yet I feel as if the floor is foggy and wet. My feet slip and my fingers sprawl out, trying to reach for the buttons. My mouth opens trying to let my voice carry the commands but before I can, I’m choking on this thick, smoky fog that fills my brain.
You started in a cell. A little small space where you eventually grew out of. You were too big and your plans were too vast. You spread from each and every area of my life and body silently. Silently until the day your foggy smoke stole my only secret place. Silently until the day you took everything from me. Silently until you had grasped your goal of silencing me.
“What is it like?” I know many people wonder. However, all I can imagine is myself in this dark room. The walls are made of stone and they exhale cold air like a violent wind. My body is always chilled and the food that passes through is always sour. I have no appetite and I inhale the deadly fumes of disease. There are fingers that twist themselves in my long hair. They twist and twist until the pain in unbearable. Yet they keep turning and winding. Suddenly, my scalp just surrenders and I watch my hair fall to the ground in little wisps. One at a time until I begin to panic. My feet scramble as I reach out trying to catch the little pieces. I place them back on my head hoping they’ll stay but am constantly devastated when they disobey. Everything I have. Everything that belongs to me, you have destroyed. You get smarter and I get weaker. You keep winning and I keep being thrown against these walls by your mighty winds. One day this has to end. One day, I had told myself, you would just give up.
You haven’t yet. I used to worry you never would. But then I realized I spent so much time thinking about you surrendering that I had forgotten that there are somethings in this world that I do not need to share.
So to your ugly, monstrous face I will tell you:
I will not share my hair, or my lungs, or my bones, or my skin, or my speech, or my eyes, or my ears. I will not share my past, or my present and especially not my future. I will not share my hopes, or my courage or my strength. I will definitely not share my health.
And surely Cancer, I will not share my life with you.
(Keep an eye on my stream if you can for the next couple of days - hopefully tomorrow - because I have an important message/idea for all of you. About Cancer. And about Hannah Martin)
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2 days ago my photobuddys and me made a daytrip to italia,
the planned destination was mount "plattkofel" (2969 meters) at sunset.
not often, I was so completely exhausted as that day. The trip was not only high, it also wos very long and cold on top of the mountain.
But by scrolling my raw-files, I realize that I would have missed something.
It was a amazing trip, the mood was absolutly breathtaking and the stiff muscles should be gone tomorrow. :-)
thanks for watching.
September 1996
Film: Fujichrome Velvia 50ASA.
Camera: PENTAX-LX.
Lens: smc Pentax-M 50mm.
Filter: Hoya Polarizer.
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 sec.
While we staying at The Crescent we had several walks around the town, the weather was variable to say the least! The Village Saver had some stiff competition from Buxton Bargains!
I've always liked these kinds of shots and after seeing the great work by Toni_V and his excellent information on his techniques for taking them I knew I needed to try it out!
First off let me just say that this takes an awful lot of trial and error so my hat is off to Toni_V for all the great images he has produced and I thank him for his help.
I even set up a home-made camera rig attached to the headrest mounts. I shot a few hundred images with the camera attached to different points on the rig. I even had my laptop set-up to control the camera in tethered mode (very cool BTW)
I really wasn't all that happy with any of those though. Still need to tweak the rig and add extension rails to give more flexibility for different angles and more stiffness so the camera doesn't move at all.
This shot I took the next night with the camera resting on my left shoulder and jammed between the B-pillar and my cheek (I'll call this the Toni_V technique). It about the best one from the other night. Still not 100% happy with it but it is a start and a good learning experience. Next time I will make sure the windshield is clean at least! :-)
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Nikon D200 | Sigma 10-20mm lens | f/6.7 @ 3 seconds | ISO 280
i woke up this morning with a stiff neck! the bf had one last night, must have been contagious! hehe. so i went around school all day feeling really out of place. it really makes me feel like i have a permanent problem. strange. so i took a nap, was pampered (and still is) by grandma, and took a heating pad to my neck. you know that awkward turn you do when its sore? like...if someone is addressing you and you can't turn that way, you feel like an idiot having to turn your WHOLE body in that direction. ahhh!
i hope this is gone tomorrow. and i look like a giraffe in this :] this is not my real neck length...
Miami, FL. January 17, 2021. Hasselblad 500 C/M /Carl Zeiss Planar 2.8/80 T* lens/ Kodak Portra 800 film.
After the seeds disburse, the sepals look to me like little dried flowers.There are well over 100 species of goldenrod and most likely none of them make you sneeze; ragweed is to blame for that. This is stiff goldenrod.
My first decent shot of the falls!
Ohhh my legs are stiff today, lol!!
But of course it was worth it!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridal_Veil_Falls_Provincial_Park
Why do I call it that? Because the crew ran into some sort of an issue (later revealed to be an expired blue card) and had to run the whole train to Butler, long hood forward. I'm guessing that the engineer will be glad when today's work is done.
Stiff, fused knee right side. Her knee joint fused together in completely straight position by mistake during immobilisation for treatment of a septical bacterial inflammation (year 2001) and was not possible to break up again with any hope of function.
Dendrocopus major
Mórchnagaire breac
[order] Piciformes | [family] Picidae | [latin] Dendrocopos major | [UK] Great Spotted Woodpecker | [FR] Pic épeiche | [DE] Buntspecht | [ES] Carpintero Picapinos | [IT] Picchio rosso maggiore | [NL] Grote Bonte Specht
spanwidth min.: 38 cm
spanwidth max.: 44 cm
size min.: 23 cm
size max.: 26 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 10 days
incubation max.: 13 days
fledging min.: 20 days
fledging max.: 24 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 4
eggs max.: 7
Status: Recent colonist to broadleaf forests in eastern Ireland.
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been evaluated as Secure.
Identification: About the same size as Mistle Thrush. A distinctive black and white bird when seen well. The face, throat and underparts are white, while the back, rump and tail are black. Also has a large white patch at the base of the wings, while the vent is pale red. In flight, the wings are mainly black, with obvious rows of spotting on the primaries and secondaries. Adult male Great Spotted Woodpeckers are identifiable by a small red patch on the back of the head. Adult females have a black nape and crown.
Similar Species: None in Ireland.
Call: The most frequently heard call is a loud "kick", when agitated given in a continous series. Does not sing, but has distinctive drumming display from early Spring onwards. Drumms last between 1 and 2 seconds.
Diet: Feeds on insects found in wood, as well as pine cones in autumn. During the breeding season, may also take eggs and chicks of other birds. Will visit garden bird tables in suburban areas.
Breeding: Only a handful of pairs breed in Ireland, usually in oak woodlands with some coniferous woods nearby. A common species in Britain and Continental Europe and frequently visits bird feeders in gardens. Breeds in nestholes it excavates in decaying wood.
Wintering: Great Spotted Woodpeckers remain on their territory during the winter. Young birds move to new territories in autumn
Where to See: The good places to look for Great Spotted Woodpeckers include the woodlands around the Glendalough Lakes, as well as Tomnafinogue Wood in south County Wicklow.
Great-spotted Woodpecker is the most widespread and common woodpecker on the European continent. Male has black and white plumage, with red vent and rear crown. Forehead is buffy-white and crown is black. Cheeks and throat are white with a black moustache, joining the red nape, descending towards the chest and joining again the black back while it borders a white patch on the side of the neck. Upperparts are black, with white large patches on wings and white edges on primaries. Tail is black with white spots on outer feathers. Underparts are whitish with a broad black semi-collar on upper breast, and red vent. The strong pointed bill is black, eyes are dark, circled by fine white stripe. Legs and zygodactylous feet are greyish. It has long sticky tongue, to extract insects and larvae from bark crevices. Female has entire black crown. Juvenile has red crown and duller plumage than adults. Birds of west and south of Europe have brownish-white forehead and underparts, and weaker bill. Birds from Algeria and Tunisia have black and red chest, and red of the vent extending to belly.
Great-spotted Woodpecker feeds mostly in trees, on trunks and large branches. It drills holes to get sap, and the insects attracted to it. Rarely feeds on the ground. It catches pine-cones or nuts between the bark, in order to open the seeds with its beak. The routine is to work upwards on the trunk, and also side to side, taping the bark to extract food from crevices, with the tip of its sticky tongue. Spring is announced by early morning drumming, and aerial chases with 2 or 3 birds through the canopy, while they chatter loudly. Flight displays are performed by both adults. They perform spiral flights and align close to the trunk with semi-open and quivering wings. The Great-spotted Woodpecker is very shy, and outside breeding season, solitary. It roosts in old holes in trees.
Habitat
From arctic taiga through boreal and temperate to Mediterranean and alpine forest zones, wherever there are trees of any sort with sufficient growth to accommodate nest-holes. Isolated and scattered trees in parks, avenues, gardens, orchards, and open or miniature woodlands less favoured, unless adjoined by larger stands of broad-leaved, coniferous, or mixed tree species, latter being commonly preferred.
Other details
Dendrocopos major is a widespread resident across most of Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global range. Its European breeding population is extremely large (>12,000,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in a few countries during 1990-2000, populations were stable or increased across the majority of its European range—including sizeable ones in France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine and Russia—and the species remained stable overall.
Two races inhabiting the Canary islands of this widespread woodpecker are included in Annex I. The race canariensis, endemic to Tenerife, is estimated at about 100 breeding pairs; the race thanneri, endemic to Gran Canaria, at maximum 250 breeding pairs. Both are strictly dependent on native pine (Pinus canariensis) forests and are vulnerable
Feeding
Mainly insects, but tree seeds (mainly of conifers) often staple diet in winter; bird eggs and nestlings may be common in diet during summer. Climbs trees in search of insects using stiff tail-feathers as prop; may hang upside down from branches but never proceeds head downward. In summer, pokes and probes fissures in bark for surface insects and uses bill as forceps to pull away bark. In winter, seeks insects in decaying trees mainly by hacking and pecking at bark and wood, knocking off loose material with lateral blows of bill and cutting grooves with vertical blows. Chisels holes up to 10 cm deep to expose wood-boring beetles and larvae. Tongue extends up to 40 mm and harpoon-like tip used to impale soft-bodied prey; harder insects adhere to tongue bristles coated with sticky saliva. In many populations conifer seeds important in winter; cones gathered and taken to ‚anvil‘ (often specially prepared) for extraction of seeds. Fleshy fruits regularly eaten in summer and autumn. Locally, may be major predator of tit nestlings, especially Willow Tit. Drills rings of holes round trees to drink sap oozing out, or possibly also to eat exposed cambium of tree or to feed on insects attracted to sap.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 1,000,000-10,000,000 km². It has a large global population, including an estimated 24,000,000-37,000,000 individuals in Europe (BirdLife International in prep.). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Great-spotted Woodpecker nests in holes. Both adults excavate this hole, in March and April. They use a new nest each year, excavating the hole during one or two weeks, depending on the hardness of the wood. The chamber of the nest is about 30 cm deep, and the entrance is oval-shaped, at about 4 m above the ground. The chamber is lined with wood chips. The female lays 4 to 7 white eggs, between mid-may to early June. Incubation lasts about 16 days, done by female during the day, and by male at night. Chicks hatch altricial, and both parents feed them. They fledge at about 18 to 21 days of age. They reach their sexual maturity at one year. Adults keep the nest clean, removing chick's droppings. Young are very noisy. Adults remain in nearly area while chicks are in the nest. This species produces only one brood per year.
Migration
Largely resident and dispersive; N populations also subject to eruptive migration. Juvenile dispersal often over 100 km, and up to c. 600 km. In N Europe, periodic eruptive movements triggered by poor crop of pine or spruce seeds, begin in late Jul; small groups and loose flocks migrate S & W, and occasionally large numbers involved, e.g. 2240 through Pape, in Latvia, during Aug-Oct 1999, and Sizeable flocks recorded in N Britain in autumn 2001; individuals may stray more than 3000 km, some reaching oceanic islands. Similar movements in Far East, but less well studied; stragglers found even on remote islands. Also, populations in mountain areas descend to valleys in winter. (del Hoyo J Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds) 2002)
With a stiff breeze carrying the roar of twin Napier engines, D9009 powers over the Royal Border Bridge at Berwick-Upon-Tweed with 1Z55 Crewe to Edinburgh Waverley 'Eidyn Burgh Scot' charter. The train is running ahead of schedule after missing its booked stop in Crag Mill Loop.
The sun and crystal clear conditions made the matching coaching stock and glistening two-tone green paintwork on the loco that little bit better!
Bored stiff, and stiff with cold. The lookout flag-man yawns his way through his shift, riding on the end wagon of a spoil train in the intense cold at Zhalai Nouer open cast coal mine.
Zhalai Nouer, Nei Mongol. China
January 2008. © David Hill.
The Queen disliked court life, etiquette and stiff dignitaries, official dinners and all that was official really!
She liked it at the country side with her lov... eehr! peasant friend, but he was so stuck in his farming ways, actually they got along better when they were not speaking to much!
the Queen has another place to go when she really wanted to be alone and calm down from official court life!
Her very own secret Garden, she had stumble up on it by chance a forgotten garden in the middle of the castle a locked door she broke up in her pursuit of some excitement, there it was a forgotten dead garden forgotten by time, all plants were crumbled dusty dead things!
But with some love and water she got some of them to revive and sprout new leafs, that is how it all started!
Then she would ask her "peasant friend" for seed whenever she was visiting him, an if you flirted with the sate mage a little bit she would get some rare seeds from hinterland Kingdoms she never ever heard about and much less could pronounce!
year by year, she got her little secret garden more flowering and full of small critters, she placed a big lock on the door so no one could enter her private garden...
she really has green finger and now she would be interested in that new fruit the mage had introduced her to, where they called Banananas?