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Local legend suggests that this bridge was started by Bishop Henry Cheyne in the late 13th or early 14th century and completed by Robert the Bruce. Whilst this may or may not be true, historical documents show that the bridge we see today was the result of rebuilding work in three phases in the early 17th century.
This was the main crossing on the Don leading to the north from Aberdeen and vice versa prior to the construction of the adjacent Bridge of Don in 1831. Today the Brig o’ Balgownie is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
I've got that right, don't I?
A few have mentioned they never tire of fall foliage shots and I reckon we'll continue to test that theory for a while. The winds over the last few days have done their annual duty, yet the oaks endure as they tend to do, the last to give up the ghost...tho some only do so with the arrival of new buds in the spring, somehow hanging on throughout our trying winter.
Another very nice day for late October, so off we go to the canoe to enjoy a relatively rare windless day.
The petals have fallen but the stamens and style (pistil) of a glory bush, princess flower, or Lasiandra, Tibouchina sp, persist.
Thank you for your visit. I appreciate any faves or comments that you leave very much and I am grateful for invitations too.
It is unfeasible for me to take only one photograph or choose one image that I truly believe captures the essence of that place. It just doesn’t happen that way for me :-)
Justin Borsuk
HGGT! Justice Matters! No one is above the law!
echinacea, coneflower, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina
That's what I decided to do when I spotted these Sunflowers. I started with What if and finished with Why Not : )
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The Sunflower:
Helianthus is a genus comprising about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae commonly known as Sunflowers. Except for three South American species, the species of Helianthus are native to North America and Central America.
The best-known species is the common sunflower (Helianthus annuus), whose round flower heads in combination with the ligules look like the Sun. This and other species, notably Jerusalem artichoke are cultivated in temperate regions and some tropical regions as food crops for humans, cattle, and poultry, and as ornamental plants.
(Nikon Z6, 24-120/4.0 @ 84 mm, 1/20 @ f/4.5, ISO 100, edited to taste)
Listening to Carole King today… another old Rocker that’s made beautiful music for a number of years.
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958. King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years.
Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter.
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The Hooded Merganser:
Spotted this Female Hooded Merganser Strutting Her Stuff after finishing a breakfast of Frog Legs alfresco. The legs were still attached to the frog, so it took her awhile to dine, but she seems to have had a Happy Ending : )
Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They find their prey underwater by sight. They can actually change the refractive properties of their eyes to improve their underwater vision. In addition, they have an extra eyelid, called a “nictitating membrane,” which is transparent and helps protect the eye during swimming, like a pair of goggles.
Hooded Merganser ducklings leave their nest cavity within 24 hours of hatching. First, their mother checks the area around the nest and calls to the nestlings from ground level. From inside the nest, the little fluffballs scramble up to the entrance hole and then flutter to the ground, which may be 50 feet or more below them. In some cases, they have to walk half a mile or more with their mother to the nearest body of water.
The oldest recorded Hooded Merganser was a male and at least 14 years, 6 months old when he was shot in Mississippi in 2009. He had been banded in Minnesota in 1995.
(Sony, 200-600 @ 600 mm, 1/400 @ f/6.3, ISO 5000, edited to taste)
Hoping that everyone of you is having a safe jump into the new week ... without getting too wet :-))
Happy Monday!
Common Water Frog / Teichfrosch (Pelophylax esculentus)
in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
It happens sometimes, that I don't see in the drawings of the sequence of the folding steps, what a designer means. It took me a while before I saw that this Hippopotamus had his mouth width open ;-)
Another three-legged 'abstract' origami animal by James Sakoda with his 'Eight-Point Star' (see first comment box) .
Model: origami Hippopotamus
Design: James Sadoka
Diagrams in the book 'Modern Origami' by James Sakoda
Paper: 15x15cm golden foil with pattern
Final size 'Hippomotamus': 9cm width, height 4,5cm
If you are interested to see more of his 'modern origami-models', you are invited to visit my origami-album James Sakoda. Enjoy ;-)
... with some swallows / Schwalben catching breakfast in the rising mist at Malchower See, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- foto © Eugenio Costa - Tutti i diritti riservati
Un raggio di sole ravvivò quel giorno iniziato con cupe nubi.- Ritratto street
A ray of sunshine revived that day started with dark clouds. - Street portrait
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The true story that led visionary automotive engineer Caroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and gifted racing driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) to build a groundbreaking racing car for Ford Motor Company capable of overthrowing the racing team's supremacy. 'Enzo Ferrari on the mythical circuit of the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1966...
In 1966 with a hat-trick of the American cars, the success is present but not everything goes as planned…
but the Ford GT40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans again in 1967, 1968 and 1969, and remains the only American car to count victories in La Sarthe.
movie trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYgDtY2AMY
Taken at Billionaire GP
Credits car : team Beck
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For the Macro Mondays theme: “What is that?”
Have a guess ;-))
And a lovely start of this week!!
Update: it is a macroshot of a zipper ;-))
When this Coffee Scoop was new it was bright shiny Gold...... Over the years of regular use Gold disappeared.... Leaving only plastic
That said it Perfect in delivering the right size of Coffee....
A cone stalker......
That's quite a small variety of cone flower making this chap a pretty tiney variety of bee. I like the way he appears lost in a sea of yellow :^)
Close up he looks quite the mini bruiser.
… and closer to the training pen. This look is very familiar to anyone who has horses. We see a beautiful morning fresh with new possibilities to up our horsemanship game, and our equine bestie sees his friends loafing around in the pasture and grieves the ever increasing distance between his destination and his oats! Not to worry, Roanie, I foresee carrots in your very near future!
Happy Friday, everyone! Wishing you happy trails and a weekend filled with all of the things you love the most! ♥
CHEF Temari challenges us to express the secret life of flowers ...
➤ Your image must include one and only one flower though that same flower may be repeated up to 12 times.
➤ You must use a basically two-toned background with colors derived from your flower.
➤ Include at least one sphere or bubble.
➤ The image must have from two (min) to five (max) fairies and/or butterflies and/or bees.
➤ NO BIRDS.
All items are from my own photos.
The last picture from my project series to "forest and fog" or "fog and forest"? No matter, it's giant fun. Both walking in the foggy winter forest as well as the photographing. I am very happy when the pictures also liked one or the other. Enjoy your time, makes the best of it and stays healthy.
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For some that phrase would describe their eyes after a late night of partying and ringing in the New Year. For me on this first morning of the 20s, it meant first-light reaching Towers of the Virgin in Zion National Park.
Being a native East-Coaster, who has transplanted to life on the West Coast, I still feel that the New Year occurs when the crystal ball drops in New York, and that's the end. So, with the aide of staid Springdale, Utah, it was easy to get an early bedtime on New Years Eve so we could begin the trek to the Canyon Overlook Trail at 6:00 AM to catch first-light and sunrise from this vantage.
The trail is a relatively flat mile hike with a few tricky spots where the ice and slickrock conspire to give even the most sure-footed concern in the dark. Once we reached the overlook, I was a little concerned that our cold trek may have been for naught, due to the heavy cloud cover. Though they were thick overhead, there still was some clearing to the East, along the sun on the horizon to light a narrow band, reflecting off the cloud bottoms and warming the sheer rocks faces of the Temple of the Virgin ahead. This image was captured about 10-15 minutes before the local sunrise time, and is considerably brighter than what we saw with our eyes, due to the 20-second exposure.
Once the actual sun rays reached the Temple directly, the light only lit the areas seen here in red for less than 5 minutes before disappearing above the clouds for the remainder of the day.
Recognition:
Merit, Nature/Landscape category - JAN 24 PPSDC Image Competition, San Diego
Selected for Display, Color Scenic Landscape: Winter - JUN-JUL 2023, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA
that bloom, shed and then simply go.
That's the wonders of life: One minute you're here and the Next minute you're gone!
This is where Mother Nature teaches us, how fragile we can become and yet still contain within ourselves, what we really are and should be.
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Nearby our camping place you find this former manor -
nowadays converted for tourists.
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In der Nähe unseres Campingplatzes findet man diesen ehemaligen Gutshof - jetzt umgerüstet für Touristen.
Stocky heron that roosts in groups in tall trees, usually beside water (including mangroves). Adult is rufous with pale breast and a black cap. Immature is heavy streaked, and can be easily confused with Striated Heron (black crown), Black Bittern (darker, with yellow neck stripe), or Australasian Bittern (which is a much larger bird). (eBird)
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We spent the morning on the Yellow Waters Billabong and Jim Jim Creek of Kakadu National Park, looking for birds and crocodiles. We came across the adult and immature night-herons as we moved slowly through the mangroves and fields lining the river.
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tropical Australia.
Yellow Waters Cruises.
Havoc
Havoc . Lemonade Dress
Rigged for Kupra, reborn, legacy, hourglass, maitreya
Heartsdale Jewellery
[HJ] Cannes Collection
new release for the Sense Event opening on the 16th.
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A storm glass is a glass tube filled with multiple chemicals, and it is said that the weather in the near future can be known from the state of the solution, precipitation, and crystals.
Crystals have appeared today, so the weather will be bad soon.
that person will always find a way to make time for you. No excuses, no lies and no broken promises" ❤️️
Taken at the beautiful Tulum reserve
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all that remains when an iron foundry becomes an art gallery
alles, was bleibt, wenn aus einer Eisengießerei eine Kunsthalle wird
Carlshütte, Rendsburg-Büdelsdorf
Jesse Cook: All That Remains