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The Everglade snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) is awide-ranging New World raptor species found primarily in lowland freshwater marshes in tropical and subtropical America from Florida, Cuba, and Mexico south to Argentina and Peru. The subspecies from Florida and Cuba (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) was first listed as endangered pursuant to the Endangered Species Conservation Act in 1967. The common name used in theoriginal listing was Everglade snail kite and this remains unchanged in the official FWS Code of Federal Regulations, even though the official name for the species is now simply snail kite. The Florida population of snail kites is considered to be a single population with considerable distributional shifts. The combination of a range restricted to the watersheds of the Everglades lakes, Okeechobee and Kissimmee,and the upper St. Johns River, with a highly specific diet composed almost entirely of apple snails (Pomacea paludosa), makes the snail kites survival directly dependent on the hydrology and water quality of these watersheds. Each of these watersheds has experienced,and continues to experience, pervasive degradation due to urban development and agricultural activities.
I found this female at Joe Overstreet Landing on Lake Kissimmee in Osceola County, Florida.
If the truth be told I'm not really a beer drinker but I think I'm going to try this, tonight, whilst sitting back and watch the television!!
The INNIS & GUNN beer is called The Original and the label describes it as the following ...
This beer is single malt whisky cask matured to unlock natural hints of vanilla, toffee and oak
It certainly reads as a tasty beer and, fingers crossed, it will be!!
365/2023 - A Never Ending Journey ~ 365/032
Stay Safe and Healthy Everyone!
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March 2009, Holi in Goa.
In north India riot rules the festivities of Holi and most ( ok...some that I know ..) urban people dread the very thought of being subsumed in colors, water and sheer exuberance of human beings wanting to tar every face with paint.
In Goa it is not a fanfare of such excessive proportions. It is sedate and low key.
The only visible signs of people who celebrated the Holi festivities were westerners with dry paint/powder in the secluded enclaves of Anjuna and Vagator.
I do not think in North India you would venture out on a Holi day with a camera to take pictures but later afternoon in Goa was just fine.
A candid capture at the Looda restaurant in Anjuna.
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/1250)
Aperture: f/1.8
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
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The first Japanese 35mm pentaprism SLR came on the market in 1957: the "Asahi Pentax". In the face of fierce competition from mirrorless cameras, Pentax continues to manufacture single lens reflexes with a glass prism finder, believing that an electronic finder cannot replace the experience of direct viewing on a ground-glass screen. With the K-3iii Monochrome (2023) they stick to this philosophy.
Here a view of the slow-speed dial of the original Asahi Pentax, taken by the Pentax K-3iii Monochrome.
The lens used is the magical SMC Pentax Soft f:2.2 85mm (ca.1985), together with its companion and contemporary, the Pentax Rear Converter-A 1.4x-L, giving a focal length of ca. 120mm. The lens was stopped down to its minimum aperture of f:5.6, resulting in an actual aperture of f:8 with the converter.
The K-3iii Mono was mounted on a tripod with a heavy ball-head plus a focussing-rail. A halogen lamp was reflected from the ceiling.
From top to bottom the subject as shown measures just under three inches.
HMM!
Since the last 3 uploads have been takes on this photo, thought I'd post the SOOC original.
My long time friends will recognize this scene. I have taken hundreds (at least) of photos of this spot where the Pacific comes up a fjord about 20 miles, to go another 5 or so , to the town from which I drive. It is a large body of water; heart-shaped, surrounded by tree covered mountains whose contours flow gently down to the water. The wild beach I sit on (kept purposely so by the park/marina on the other side) faces this view at such a slope that maximum warmth from the sun that tracks across the width of the valley is felt on my winter-weary face. I am an unabashed sun lover, and believer in it's life giving forces. Not that I am a sun worshiper.....I am also an unabashed black sheep Christian. (But that's another story).
Sometimes, on a foggy day, when everything is grey and white, and the ceiling is so low, I feel suspended in a narrow version of reality where nothing exists except me and the ducks swimming by. I meditate upon their existence, soak up the life force from all the living entities on mountain and in sea......and find that deep peace that comes when one completely lets go of everything except the Now.
Then I know, at the center of my being, that there IS a loving creative spirit behind it all, within it all, within me......and this Spirit is here with me Now. And humans are created to walk with Him in our lives, trusting Him enough to surrender to Him, accepting His plan for us. How wonderful this Earth would be if we all did that. That is the true story of the Garden of Eden.
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The Calla's are still not bug ridden around here yet (probably the endless rain and colder than normal temps)...phew, last year it was a disaster - most were devoured before they even opened.
Update 6/12/ 2008 - For what it's worth, be very careful with 'Shift-Delete' on Windows machines! I deleted the the PSD for this and a couple other images yesterday and was unable to recover them...ugh! I still had theoriginals on the camera though...phew.
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I got nothing for the 80's. Literally...Was looking for props, but I guess I didn't keep any around. Donated all of my cassettes a couple of months ago. Figures..when you get rid of something...you suddenly need it. Shit hell.
Last Sunday my husband and I went for a drive on Amherst Island. We had never been there before and so thought we'd check it out. Emily (eRachel11) had gone there in the winter on a bird photography workshop hoping to capture some images of owls. We met up for dinner one evening and had a really nice visit. She's all the way from Alabama and so I figured it was time I check out what was in my own backyard. Some of the road sides were covered with these purple flowers, it was quite beautiful. Anyway, we had a nice Sunday afternoon drive.
Sunday our daughter Charissa comes home, we can't wait to pick her up and see her! She's been in Oregon for the last eleven weeks working at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch. She's home for a week to attend her graduation from high school and then will head back to Oregon for another 5 months. It'll be nice to have her home for a week.
Enjoy your weekend!
HFF!
A fence shot from last week when my husband and I went to the beach. The sun created such beautiful light and shadows in the wind swept sand.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
~ hff!
there are notes just for Rita here on this one :-)
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Thought I'd slip in a fence before hitting the road. This is our sand riding ring, there are a number of maple trees that surround it so it's quite beautiful in the fall when the leaves change colour. I'm hoping to see a lot more colour as we head down through New York and Pennsylvania today.
Hope you all have a wonderful restful weekend!
~hff
My bits and pieces from Downtown, Nashville, Tennessee. The Bar-B-Que and Pralines were to die for, didn't try the Hog Dogs.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!!
Texture by Lenabem-Anna.
What it looked like to start with.
Connected to my Sliders Sunday photo:
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Bom dia....
Ultima sexta feira do ano. Viva com intensidade.
May you have a terrific Friday. It's the last one of the year.
make the best of it/
Calla Lily ~ Zantedeschia aethiopica.
If you zoom in you'll see a tiny raindrop on the right of the flower.
Here's the slide:
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46/52 Theme: Poem
"A poison tree" by William Black.
I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe:
I told it not, my wrath did grow.
And I waterd it in fears,
Night & morning with my tears:
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
And it grew both day and night.
Till it bore an apple bright.
And my foe beheld it shine,
And he knew that it was mine.
And into my garden stole,
When the night had veild the pole;
In the morning glad I see;
My foe outstretched beneath the tree.
This poem that I love, I took it from one of my favorite TV series "The Originals" I leave here a recited part of it "
Haven't posted a fence image in a while, I took this a few weeks ago when I was out for a drive with my husband. We love just heading out for a drive down country roads and through little country towns.
Have a great weekend!
~ hff!
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The lake is about 30m above sea level, the camera at 140m and the cliff facing it at 100m. But I 'see' the lake at about 100m.
A somehow related image. Kind of opposite effect, I think.
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Used with permission on p.68 in Tourist Guide 2013
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I woke up to beautiful sunshine again today and went out early to take some pictures and was reminded again of how blessed I am.
I live in a beautiful country, I can walk around freely without fear. My country is not war torn. I have so many freedoms and so many blessings.
This morning I felt blessed just to be able to go outside and feed our horses. It was so quiet and peaceful apart from the birds chirping...but to me that is peaceful and they make up one of the most beautiful orchestras.
Sometimes life can get so crazy and I can forget to take in the little things that are all around me:
Birds chirping
Seeing the sun shine so beautifully on the dew covered plants
Taking the time to pet my horse instead of rushing back to the house
Picking wild raspberries
Finding joy in watching two little chicks with their mother
Watching the neighbour cat as he's on the prowl and giving him a little pet and scratch
Sitting and listening to the gently falling rain
Watching the clouds move by so quickly on a windy day
Life is so short, it goes by so quickly, I don't want to take it for granted, I don't want to waste this time that I have been given.
Have a blessed weekend!
HFF!