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This is a broken hanging pot which was painted white. It had 2 holes on either side for the wire and I stuck this pansy in one of them. The pansy is a gift because it appeared together with the frost and it is amazing to me how such a dainty beauty can blossom now. I don't even remember ever having pansies in the pot where it grew. Another little one on the make, so I felt ok to cut this one. It now lives in a tiny vase on the window sill.
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East Africa
Gerenuks are built to stretch high when they are on their hind legs which is why their necks and legs are so long.
To take a photo of one standing completely upright can not be done successfully without having to see them from farther away.
Some are like sheep where I am one that will bury them and follow my own way .
Selections. // Female Solo Set 1
5 poses in this pack
Tell me your secrets
I won't repeat them
This tug in my chest makes it hard to get rest
And I think that I'm better off dead
Tell me you mean it, give me your pieces
This hole in my heart makes it hard to restart
And I think that I'm falling apart
God only knows why
It comes and it goes
And gets lost on me
I'm scared that it shows
And I, I'm scared to believe
'Cause I love you, but sometimes, I'd rather die
Than have to feel this way inside
Tell me it's over, at least I'm closer
This weight on my neck makes it hard to connect
And I'm staring at my feet again
I don't think they know it, how bad I'm broken
The colors you see have become lost on me
And I can't find the route of the bleed
The National Trust is one of the most important organisations in the UK for bluebell conservation. A quarter of the Trust's woodland is ancient or semi-natural; the ideal habitats for bluebells. Here are six facts you may not know about them:
The bluebell has many names: English bluebell, wild hyacinth, wood bell, bell bottle, Cuckoo’s Boots, Wood Hyacinth, Lady’s Nightcap and Witches’ Thimbles, Hyacinthoides non-scripta
It is against the law to intentionally pick, uproot or destroy bluebells
If you plant bluebells, you should make sure it's the English bluebell, not the Spanish version. This is a more vigorous plant and could out-compete our delicate native flower
Almost half the world's bluebells are found in the UK, they’re relatively rare in the rest of the world
Bluebell colonies take a long time to establish - around 5-7 years from seed to flower.
Bluebells can take years to recover after footfall damage. If a bluebell’s leaves are crushed, they die back from lack of food as the leaves cannot photosynthesise.
I'll never be a wildlife photographer but could not resist sharing the cuteness of this beautiful red squirrel when I got the opportunity to see them at Pensthorpe Natural Park last week. I feel like I can identify with him, totally ignoring his salad and eating a cookie instead :)
Pensthorpe have 2 breeding pairs of red squirrels- many of the babies born here are released on the Isle of Anglesey as part of a managed release programme. You can read more about it (and see a lovely photo of a baby!) here:
www.visitnorfolk.co.uk/inspire/Pensthorpe-red-squirrels-2...
Shot at only 120mm through a mesh fence and cropped more than anything should ever be cropped!!
We have a ton of Peacocks that wander around the ocean side of Cape Canaveral. The story I heard was a farmer had them years ago and when he sold his farm he left them and well the flourished. Not sure how true it is, I have had stories about other birds that are living outside their native area before.
Call them flyover states, the sticks, rural, back of beyond, whatever you wish, but places like this are the heartbeat of America. In Wisconsin.
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You can do it too! What? Hike! We were also able to go on beautiful hiking tours in Luxembourg. For example, in the near-natural Mullerthal, also known as Luxembourg's Little Switzerland, you can hike through sandstone cliffs or climb them.
The Gerbera Daisies have been showing off since they were planted. I kept expecting them to wane because that has been my past experience with them. However, they really seem to love living by the pond. When one flower withers another takes it's place.
They have been very good to put out seeds as well. Perhaps some volunteer Gerberas will appear in the near future.
The box stores have begun to sell them once more. Naturally, since the ones here are doing so well, I somehow ended up with more. This image was taken a few days ago. The new ones are yellow. I am sure they will show off for a photo soon.
I believe it shall be another glorious day here in the sunshine state. There are still several migratory birds visiting and the number of butterflies seems to increase daily.
Peter Pan (male bluebird), is still acting like a baby so it looks like there will not be any bluebird nesting in the yard this season.
The cardinals are building a nest in a small cedar tree that is growing in the bog. I can't decide if that's a good location or not. That are is certainly popular with the other birds and we do get racoons, snakes, and opossums here in the yard. The cedar is very scratchy. Perhaps the texture will keep the predators away. I hope so anyway.
Enjoy your wonderful Wednesday and happy snapping.
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Gipsy, the little kestrel from Schloss Harburg trains his wings. Even if he can't fly yet, he keeps holding them up in the wind to feel the air currents that will soon carry him up into the sky.
Soon he will be hovering over the fields in this stance, keeping an eye out for unwary mice.
By the way, kestrels are the only birds of prey (that I know of) that can fly on the spot because of their low weight, the shape of theit feathers and their special flight technique. This technique is called windhovering flight. Buzzards sometimes try it too, but none masters it as perfectly as the kestrel.
Gipsy, der kleine Turmfalke von Schloss Harburg trainiert seine Flügel. Auch wenn er noch nicht fliegen kann so hält er sie doch immer wieder in den Wind um die Luftströhmungen zu fühlen, die ihn bald in den Himmel tragen werden.
Bald wird er in dieser Haltung über den Felder schweben um nach unvorsichtigen Mäusen Ausschau zu halten.
Turmfalken sind übrigens auf Grund ihres geringen Gewichtes, der Form ihrer Federn und ihrer besonderen Flugtechnik die einzigen Raubvögel (von denen ich weiß) die auf der Stelle fliegen können. Diese Technik nennt sich Rüttelflug. Auch Bussarde versuchen sich manchmal darin, doch keiner beherrscht es so perfekt wie der Turmfalke.
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This beautiful toucan is a Fiery-billed Aracari which was hard at work providing for its family. Here it’s shown returning to the nest with two eggs in its bill. There are many species of toucans, several of them found in Costa Rica. Aracari’s are basically toucans with more slender bills. I read that toucans often take over abandoned woodpecker nests, but sometimes can’t fit their giant bill inside. Instead, they fold it over their back and stay in an upside-down position while inside the nest. Problems of having a big schnoz. (Pteroglossus frantzii) (Sony a1, 200-600mm at 518mm, 1/2500/second, f/6.3 ISO 1000)
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During the Summer especially when the sprinkler system is on Dragonflies for some reason love these white Echinacea when wet, you can actually see them move their head to the direction of the water,
This lovely origami model is called "Rain Star" or in Spanish "Estrella de la Lluvia", because when it was created by Aldo Marcell it was raining ;-)
I wanted to see what the difference is when I changed the color, so that's why you see 2 variations, I like them both....which one has your preference?
I put them on a mirror so you can see at the same time the other site.
Model: Origami Rain Star / Origami Estrella de la Lluvia
Designer: Aldo Marcell
Paper: 30 pieces of rectangle kamipaper 1:3 (2,5x7,5cm)
Final height: 8cm
There is a video tutorial by Evan Zodl, if you want to fold it too ;-)
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"I think I could turn and live with the animals
they are so placid and self contained.
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not wake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied,not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth'-Walt Whitman
I love Walt Whitman, but I do wonder if animals are actually happy? I think their lives are actually quit difficult, and often made more so by us.
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Probably one of the most photographed, most tourist packed and most overrated locations in Norway, in my opinion.
We were leaving Lofoten when I took this picture. It was a brilliant sunset and I hadn't yet been able to take that "classic" Lofoten picture. When I saw this view here I just stopped and took some pictures, because OF COURSE I need to have something. I think it turned out very well.
My thoughts about Lofoten, well, it's not ideal for travelers who want to sleep in tents. Do yourself a favor and go there with an RV or something like that. Be prepared to not find any parking places, especially in Henningsvær for example. Reine was also full of people and we only found a free parking spot after six in the evening. Other people were parking along the main road but I wasn't brave like them. I already got stuck once on this trip.
I have to say I prefer southern Norway with its majestic fjords and valleys to Lofoten, but Lofoten definitely has a unique look and so, so many bridges.
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The little man shares stories with his new friends...
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following elegant creations:
Rezz Room's Sitting Puppy, Puppy Duo, Up Puppy, Sleeping Puppy, Walking Puppy, and Dog Toy, which are all part of the American Bully Puppy Set!
Void's Caterpillar Light, Calla Lilies, Planter Side Table, and Greco Rug, which are all part of their new A+ Collection!
Meshworx's Ria Loveseat!
All of the above can be found at this month's A+ Event!
In addition, Skippy wears the cool new Vale Koer Fortune Track Set, available at The Men's Dept.!
The little prince also created his world with Vale Koer's Bobasopa Apartments Skybox!
Let's keep creating a universe where kindness and compassion are the foundation.
Keep shining so bright, my friends!
- I loved to do this look, the "Notsobad" (tshirt), fix wells with this new Shorts + hoodie around (by Legal insanity)
I can't forget this amazing watch from ZOOM (U can find it at monsieurchic, LM at credits).
And how forget this amazing PokemonGO sandals ?... IMPOSSIBLE !, u can find it at tmd and be happy :D
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Listen this music and be happy:
SBTRKT - Never Never
Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house located in Benthall close to the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge.
The Benthalls was a family whose Catholic sympathies led them to incorporate into the house several secret places for priests.
«In your lifetime you will have many reasons to be happy. One of them is called water, another is called wind, another sun, and it always comes as a reward after the rain».
~ Luis Sepulveda, The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
Not that easy to see them. They only appear in the open to feed. Diet consists of insects, insect larvae and grass seeds.
Known in Brazil as "sanã-carijó".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Mustelirallus Bonaparte, 1858
Species: M. albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)
Binomial name: Mustelirallus albicollis
Synonyms: Porzana albicollis
I don't think that i have ever had more birds in the garden than this year, mainly great tits, sparrows and blackbirds. The blackbirds have been rare for years and I'm happy that they are back, Tofu is even more excited than I am and spends hours watching them. They often land on the lawn to look for insects and worms and could be an easy prey for a cat. Luckily Tofu enjoys observing birds much more than chasing them.
You could probably get three different portrait shaped photos out of this one but I still think it is kind of neat to get all three of them on one tree.
Simply wonderful week it was in Tuscany, together with a group of lovely colleague photographers. Okay, the weather wasn't quite the way we would have liked it to be, but on the first day we were so so lucky with the misty circumstances. More to come.
They call them house wrens for good reason. I found this female sneaking into one of several wren houses in my dad's back yard. House wrens also nest in the top "T" pipe of his clothes line pole, bringing back to mind the old saying that house wrens nest in everything from a bomb shell to a boot heel.
You never know what you'll come across while driving! Thankfully I spotted them well in advance.
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Identity Three THE JESTER is a fusion of 2 versions of a single macro photograph of a bougainvillea branch on la light box..
The title is based on Jungian Personality Archetypes. This version plays with the mind a bit, making us ask: Plant or animal.? This is relevant in the days of genetic modification, AI, experimentation with identities and cross cultural exchanges of all sorts...
NOTE: the bright colored bracts of Bougainvillea are leaves, the little flowers are within them. The plant is also a Jester of sorts!
Yesterday I saw a wood duck in a little lake near the dancing hall were my little girl trains. I did some photos, but it was late for december (3h30 PM) and raining, so absolutely no light. Even if these photos are not the nicest ever, I'm happy with them because I barely see this kind of duck (only few time a year). So I'll try to post other photo later, I picked one in the serie.
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Aeschylus.
A day at Marymere Falls
While we were caring for our 4 grandkids, we took them for a easy hike up to see Marymere falls near Lake Crescent. It was raining off and on, which is normal weather here. You can see the moss that grows on the trees. Lots of deer and animals live in this forest. The air here is so refreshing to breath in, scents of evergreen needles, the moss, the wild flowers and even the weeds. People you meet on the trail are so nice and have big smiles.
3 million people visit the Olympic National Park. Since we live here, we tend to take it for granted.. Good to get out and share the beauty with our Grandkids.
Well I tried to get them. But my shots were rubbish, so distracted was I by a chance meeting. And the ponies wouldn't co-operate.
I was very surprised to find the road down from the Cat and Fiddle was free of snow. And so I headed down to see 'my' ponies, the subjects of several recent shots. But when i got to the valley bottom I immediately scanned the hillside looking for the ponies and noticed with some disdain that there already appeared to be a photographer out in the snow with them. But I confidently (with a few slips and slides on the soft snow) strode out to assert myself. In fact the woman was facing away taking some shots when I rudely called out something like "These are my ponies!" At which she swung round, took stock of me and said, " I know who you are, and you are the reason I'm here! I've been hoping to meet you for a long time! You're.......... Where's your dog?"
Well, I was staggered. I had never met or seen the woman before......ever! I have been recognised many times before by my dog. But never without Darcy. Ahhhh! She recognised the Orange Blob!!!
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