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A long exposure, landscape image of a local Portknockie lad considering taking on the very large waves breaking over the harbour wall.
A week or so ago, I wrote about my favourite (endangered) Garry oak meadow. I wasn't very clear. As often happens, I was arguing from more than one place at once. A couple of commenters misunderstood me completely... and I don't blame them. I was pretty muddled. Here's what I was trying to say (and I'll try to be clearer).
Our world has reached a stage where hardly anything is "natural." Think about it. Try to name just one thing. It's nearly impossible, given how much we humans have altered the planet. Even the weather... which would seem the most natural thing of all... is so mucked up because of what we've done to the environment.
Last year, some scientists reported the results of their study of highrise window grime around Toronto. They found significant amounts of chemicals banned in North America for decades... presumably carrried here by atmospheric systems from less developed countries with fewer regulations.
More recently, I listened to a radio doc. in which a young Canadian recounted her experience living in China for a year. She tried to ride a bicycle and couldn't; couldn't breathe. Even walking, she said she sometimes vomited from the sheer thickness of the air pollution.
Tempting, when you hear that, to look around smugly at your own apparently wide-open spaces, and clean air, and pristine wilderness... but, no. It's not pristine. Nothing is any more. Because the whole broader global ecosystem has been altered in presumably irreversable ways.
And here's another anecdote to illustrate the point.
Some years ago, there was a massive fire in Yellowstone Park; it burned for weeks. It stymied all firefighting efforts and, at one point, someone said "Why not let it burn?" That's what would happen in nature, after all. Forest fires were part of the natural order of things... clearing out brush and dead wood and whatnot and making space for rejuvenated habitat.
But that only works within a natural system. And we ain't got one. Not any more. And no... I'm not despairing... just trying (not too successfully I fear) to make my argument that almost NOTHING is natural.
Living in houses? Driving cars? Using computers? Flying in planes? It's all way-out shit when you really stop and think about it.
Which makes rubber masks seem... well... if not natural, then certainly within the range of "normal" in today's world.
But... wait. There IS something natural left.
Love. Long may it reign. And may we some day reach a place where no one is judged or punished or ostracized for who they love. Because that's the most unnatural phenomenon of all.
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Tempted, all is vacant
I've been down before
I need replacement
Who knows just where the end is
Who cares what you're defending
I can't see
What you want from me
I can't be, no
What you want me to be
Angel...
Decending, she's never faking
You can see her eyes
There's no mistaking
She knows where the end is
She says just stop pretending
I can't see
What you want from me
I can't be, no
What you want me to be, no
Angel of mine
Angel...
But she said
I'm not bothered
And you're the same
Well I'm done with love
And you're to blame
Sit down
Why don't you listen
Have an open heart
Whoa to our position
Something a bit different. The lighting on the boat and the trees is from a "street" lamp (obscured by the foliage). It looks HDR'd but actually, no. It looks unnatural but I think it works somehow.
A young peregrine falcon was perching at the top of a tree. A jackdaw decided to perch next to it. Within seconds the falcon launched an attack. The jackdaw had a narrow escape!
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A young peregrine falcon was perching at the top of a tree. A jackdaw decided to perch next to it. Within seconds the falcon launched an attack. The jackdaw had a narrow escape!
Pre COVID I often visited the woods at Morgaston and then wandered into the house grounds of The Vyne NT property - I am a member- and wandered round the lake to the cafe for lunch before returning. These days of course all walks have to stop at the gate to this very tempting path unless you have booked a space. I am looking forward to a time when there is less danger of infection and when we do not have to plan everything in advance!
A happy, creative and, above all, healthy new year for all Flickr friends.
Allen Flickr-Freunden ein glückliches, kreatives und vor allem gesundes neues Jahr.
On the subject of Bows and Buttons, I decided on the first time for the bows. But I particularly like clear, geometric shapes and patterns, and it tempts me to try it this time with the buttons.
Beim Thema Bows and Buttons habe ich mich beim ersten Mal für die Schleifen entschieden. Doch mir gefallen besonders klare, geometrische Formen und Muster, und da reizt es mich, es diesmal mit den Knöpfen zu versuchen.
Thank you for visits, comments and favs!
Vielen Dank für Eure Besuche, Kommentare und Sternchen!
Over and over
Waves of frightening feelings
Floating, weightless, I'm willing
My will keeps bending and breaking, honey
Hold me, trust me
Let me ride in your love all night, babe
Hold me, touch me
I wanna die in your love all night, babe
Lost in your light, baby
I wanna stay right here all night, baby
Let's get lost in the light, baby
I wanna stay right here all night, baby
Oh, now everything's vivid, vivid
Torture tempted with pleasure
I'm reckless, tangled, suspended
You want it all, nothing's wasted, woman
Hold me, trust me
You know you can hide in my arms all night now
Hold me, trust me
I'm gonna ride in your love all night
I'm
Lost in your light, baby (Alright)
I wanna stay right here all night, baby (Alright)
Let's get lost in the light, baby (Alright)
I wanna stay right here all night, baby
(All night, alright)
Midnight, your eyes
Bitter wine, conversations
You and me, some money, babe
I don't need a paycheck (Don't need a paycheck)
One taste and I'm hooked on it
Don't laugh, I know you want it
I'm addicted to your light
Lost in your light, baby
I wanna stay right here all night, baby
(All night, darling)
Let's get lost in the light, baby (All night)
I wanna stay right here all night, baby
(All night, all night)
Let's get lost in the light, baby
ENG: Recently I had time again for a stroll in the City West. So I was once again tempted to go to the KaDeWe (department store of the West). Honestly, my last visit is certainly 20 years ago. ☻ Price-wise, nothing has changed, as can be seen from the bottles of wine from the last post. Therefore, there is today something sweet from chocolate for the soul of me for you on the eye. Here, a bottle of wine alone has already cost from 120 euros. Purely architecturally, something has changed, as can be seen in the new escalator system. But more about that later.
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GER: Letztens hatte ich mal wieder Zeit für einen Stadtbummel in der City West. So kam ich mal wieder in die Versuchung ins KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) zu gehen. Ganz ehrlich, mein letzter Besuch ist bestimmt schon 20 Jahre her. ☻ Preislich hat sich nichts verändert, wie an den Flaschen Wein zu erkennen ist vom letzten Post. Deshalb gibt es heute etwas süßes aus Schokolade für die Seele von mir für euch aufs Auge. Hier hat eine Weinflasche allein schon ab 120 Euro gekostet. Rein architektonisch hat sich schon was verändert, wie am neuen Rolltreppen System zu sehen ist. Dazu aber später mehr.
This week has been colder and the instinct to stay inside a warm cafe with a warm cup pf tea is inevitable. The taste was strawberry, reminding me of Summer ....
Wish you all a beautiful Sunday .
Venomous voice, tempts me
Drains me, bleeds me
Leaves me cracked and empty
Drags me down like some sweet gravity
The snake behind me hisses
What my damage could have been
My blood before me begs me
Open up my heart again
And I feel this coming over like a storm again
And I feel this coming over like a storm again
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Culebra verde de la Hispaniola / Hispaniola Green tree snake (Uromacer catesbyi)
Uromacer catesbyi is a green, short-snouted colubrid snake that is endemic to the island of Hispaniola and its satellite islands. It is commonly called the blunt-headed green treesnake. Uromacer catesbyi is always green, and its maximum body length (measured snout-to-vent) is 830 mm. There are eight recognized subspecies of Uromacer catesbyi.
Uromacer catesbyi is one of three species in the genus Uromacer, a group of tree snakes endemic to Hispaniola. It has the widest distribution of the three species and is found throughout Hispaniola and its satellite islands. It prefers wooded habitats. Of the three species of Uromacer, it is the easiest to identify because of its blunt head and short snout; the other species, U. oxyrhynchus and U. frenatus, have pointed snouts. Uromacer catesbyi is also the only Uromacer species that is both terrestrial and arboreal.
This species is often found sitting in bushes and low branches. It is both an active forager and a sit-and-wait forager. It is also the most generalized forager of the Uromacer species; it preys on both frogs and lizards, while U. oxyrhynchus and U. frenatus only prey on lizards. Some people who have been bitten by U. catesbyi have reported a burning sensation, which suggests that the species, like many rear-fanged colubrids, is mildly venomous.
Reino:Animalia
Clase:Reptilia
Sub- clase:Lepidosauria
Orde:Squamata
Sub orden:Serpentes
Infra orden:Alethinophidia
Familia:Dipsadidae
Genero:Uromacer
Nombre comun: Culebra verde de la Hispaniola
Nombre cientifico:Uromacer catesbyi
STATUS: ENDEMICA DE LA HISPANIOLA
Death Valley National Park's Eureka Valley in April, 2018.
The main paved road over the mountains from Big Pine that leads to Eureka Valley tends to be closed in the winter (it's probably blocked by deep snow as I write this in late January 2021). The road from the south new Scotty's Castle is a rough unpaved road and it can get washed out and close for extended periods. I've gotten two flats at once on that road, and I was lucky not to get three at once (like I did driving to The Racetrack then White Mountain Road in 48 hours a couple of years ago). Other access options to Eureka Valley tend to be even worse (Steel Pass is best attempted in a narrow, short-wheelbase 4WD vehicle.
If visiting in the more comfortable winter storm season, it's prudent to bring lots of tire repair supplies, a tire inflation pump, not to mention ample water and food. I'm tempted to attempt a visit as storms pass through the area this week, it might be possible to get in, but not out.