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This photo gave me the honorific 2nd place in the NatureFriends Greece photo competition for 2014 called "Greece - small, beautiful, amazing destination".
This is part of an M&S tableware set called Autumn Leaves.
I started collecting it when I got married over 50 years ago and have added to it over the years, often as because it was going out of fashion, but it's timeless to me.
It's stoneware and very long lasting.
Had this female for a week or so before she finally moved on her way for Fall migration. She had a broken bill that is obvious but, she managed well from what I could see. If these birds were a little bigger, they would rule the planet. Archilochus colubris
I followed this old boy for about 20 minutes, and every 50 feet, or so, he would stop and spend several minutes in this pose, sniffing the air so powerfully I could hear it clearly. There were at least half a dozen of more doe's nearby, and he was out to find where those girls were hiding. There was going to be a party at Fort Worden tonight.
Mamere's food dispensers..
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Curry Rice Set Faypack @ Tokyo Zero | Apr 10 - 25 8AM SLT maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TOKYO%20ZERO/13/128/2500
- Vegetable Curry,
- Deep Fried Shrimp Curry,
- Cutlet Curry,
- Hamburger Steak Curry, &
- Fukujin Zuke
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Easter Macaron @ Cosmopolitan | Apr 4 - 16 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/No%20Comment/128/67/22
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Cat Hamburger @ Planet 29 | Mar 29 - Apr 22 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Planet29/87/126/21 * LM has changed.
Sakura Cream Latte @ Sakura Matsuri | Apr 8, 7am - May 1, 12am SLT maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ryukyu/231/38/28
This is but a short drive from where I have moved to and it's truly lovely to have somewhere to go in winter to photograph wildlife. This pup was pretty close to the viewing path and had just fed.
This was just after the peak at 75% coverage in our area. The light cloud cover made seeing and photographing easy.
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radiant .l. dylan john sparkes
youtu.be/yo2oo2zxTss?si=sDowKZze_fcso5Yz
Time slips through our fingers,
like water in a cracked glass.
We wait for the minutes to settle,
but they never do.
Yesterday is a shadow
in the corner of today,
a ghost that lingers
in the dimming light,
its whispers etched
on the diaries of memory.
And tomorrow is a tide,
pulling the present toward its shore,
never stopping, never still,
yet always just beyond reach—
a promise, a mirage,
woven from the threads of longing.
The clock hands march,
relentless as fate,
while we chase the echoes
of moments already lost,
and dream of those
not yet born.
by bes~• January 2025
On this day, I took a walk through our neighborhood, shooting all kinds of stuff using my 2nd digital camera. Who knew the journey it would take me on to this day. Such a fun hobby. HSoS!
For “look through the fence” challenge in Smile on Saturday! 😊
This cub wanted to come check out my little den but I told him he needed to go downriver and catch up with his mom.
His mom was down in the water way over to the right and out of the frame. I'd been standing on the porch of my cabin waiting for the two of them to head on downriver so I could go get some coffee.
But this little guy was so curious and walked up close to my porch where I was standing. Don't worry, I was right by my door and could have stepped in very quickly.
He was just curious and wanted to check me out for a second and then went on down the way to catch up with mom.
There's no crop on this
This wintering Oregon subspecies posed for me at the Chilao Campground that will close for the winter tomorrow, Sunday, November 19, 2017
... a big text of the city and regency of Pringsewu which is emblazoned on Pringsewu Monument [Tugu Pringsewu] that located next to Taman Indah Gading Mas [Gading Mas Beautiful Garden] in Pringsewu regency, province of Lampung, Indonesia.
"Thank you very much for all your faves and stay healthy" 😃
This was a hike in Kodachrome Basin State Park outside Cannonville, Utah. Hiking in the sun is not Jasper's "thing" but he was a trouper and motored on, pausing to pose when asked.
This guy caught me by a total surprise, just like falling instead of a launch, and this is the very best I could do. Tomorrow I will start a series I'm very proud of, and one I've never been able to get in 20-years, so I'm very happy indeed.
Thank you for stopping by, it is always so very much appreciated.
This summer we had two young visitors from NZ, and one day I took them to Thonon-les-Bains for the day; to thank me they gave me this pretty ceramic heart they found in an antique shop.
Width of photo including chain = 7cm.
This squirrel in my yard 3-5 days after leaving its tree cavity may now be my current "yard squirrel." It found my squirrel feeder immediately. All of my yard squirrels over the years proved to be females.
Spent some time this week putting a ton of miles on the car in Colorado. I have been wanting to visit this site for awhile now and I finally had the chance to do it. The day we arrived, the weather provided blue skies but the weather can change quickly in a valley like this. I’m told this is the most photographed spot in Colorado. These “Bells” or mountains are both 14k feet high. This one lone stray cloud came swooping in while I was setting up this shot. We hiked past the lake for a little bit but never made it to Crater Lake down the path. The Aspens were in full bloom this week. I kept studying which week might be best to see it. Some of my research was to look at hotel prices to see when they were spiking. This proved to me a good measuring stick. Overall I was extrememly happy with my travels. We covered alot of ground and this was one of the highlights. I have to say this rivaled the Tunnel View of Yosemite for me in terms of being an impressive view to witness in person.
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Mike D.
Tonight I learnt the difference between a recently rained upon mole hill and a fresh recently rained upon cow pat by feel !
With this colorful photo, which was deliberately taken with this motion blur, I wish you all a wonderful Poppy-Monday and of course the rest of the week.
We can see a lot of ourselves by looking at the poppy flowers and grasses moving back and forth in the summer wind.
As a rule, we too are firmly anchored to the earth, even if only because of our personal values. Each of us has something within us that is immovable. No matter what is happening around and no matter how much the wind of life pulls and shakes us. We shape these values ourselves. Based on the experiences we have in our lives. The strongest of them usually come from our childhood.
Most of the time, these roots serve our protection and stability. With them we are able to withstand even the harshest storms, to stand against the wind or, if necessary, to bend to it at times. Thanks to the anchor, we always stay where and who we are despite everything and are able to pick ourselves up again and again.
But sometimes we realize that our values, or rather the way we weight them, prevent us from developing ourselves. That we are trying to bloom in the wrong place, so to speak. Then it is up to us (because no one else can do this for us) to change our anchor point.
The key is always to be aware or make ourselves aware of what makes us flourish and what makes us wither.
And so I wish you all a stable and at the same time dynamic week. With lots of sun and fresh wind.
Mit diesem farbenfrohen Foto, welches bewusst mit dieser Bewegungsunschärfe fotografiert wurde, wünsche ich Euch allen einen wunderschönen Mo(h)ntag und natürlich auch eine ebensolche Restwoche.
Durch den Anblick die Mohnblüten und Gräser, die sich im Sommerwind hin und her bewegen, können wir viel von uns selbst erkennen.
Auch wir stehen, in der Regel, fest verankert auf der Erde und sei es auch nur auf Grund unserer persönlichen Werte. Jeder von uns trägt etwas in sich, was unverrrückbar ist. Ganz gleich was um und herum geschieht und ganz gleich wie sehr der Wind des Lebens an uns zieht und rüttelt. Diese Werte prägen wir selbst. Und zwar auf Grund der Erfahrungen, die wir in unserem Leben machen. Wobei die stärksten davon meist aus unserer Kindheit stammen.
Meist dienen diese Wurzeln unserem Schutz und unserer Stabilität. Mit Ihnen sind wir in der Lage auch härtesten Stürmen zu trotzden, uns dem Wind entgegen zu stellen oder uns ihm, wenn erforderlich, auch zeitweise beugen. Durch den Anker bleiben wir trotz Allem immer wo und wer wir sind und sind in der Lage uns immer wieder aufzurichten.
Doch manchmal stellen wir fest, das unsere Werte oder besser gesagt die Art, wie wir sie gewichten, uns an der eigenen Entfaltung hindern. Das wir sozusagen am falschen Ort versuchen zu blühen. Dann liegt es an uns (denn kein anderer kann dies für uns tun) unseren Ankerpunkt zu verändern.
Das Entscheidende dabei ist immer, sich bewusst zu sein oder sich bewusst zu machen, was uns blühen und was uns welken lässt.
Und so wünsche ich Euch allen eine stabile und gleichzeitig dynamische Woche. Mit viel Sonne und frischen Wind.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
I dug this out from the hard drive. I havent shot anything new in a year or more. I still have a few tucked away here and there, I may dig those out between now and when I get my new table built.
Thanks for looking, I hope everyone enjoys.
(White Capped variant!)
This small bird is a winter migrant to India from parts of the Central Asia and middle East. It prefers dry areas and desert regions for its habitat and we found it all over the desert - infact it was the most common bird in that area - more than the myna's or bulbuls and sighted in the dry bushes and often coming to the ground.
Wikipedia refers to three distinct morphs of the bird and we sighted all 3 of them, though 2 seemed fairly common - the 3rd one - the white cap - was a bit uncommon but did sight a few times. The one we get down in the Southern India has white on the belly all the way till the neck. We never found it in our home state despite searching several seasons, but am so am glad that we sighted all the 3 variants.
Thank you very much in advance for your views, faves and feedback.
This is a Satoyama path from Takayama, the village of Chasen (tea whisk), to Kurondo-ike Pond, the headwaters of the Tomio-gawa River.
The welcoming touch of the mountains is long gone. Now it is a desolate place, where only the memory lives
This was taken at last year's Pawsitive Café in Rochester, NY. I recommend visiting!
**All photos are copyighted**
A first run at this object with my own setup, guided exposures. Guiding graph was quite exceptional with RMS error at 0.03" then later 0.07" but I tossed away 1/2 my lights over 2 nights due to some trailing at the edges. Discovered this was due to the reducer slightly unscrewed. Some high cloud in a couple of the shots made the seeing wobbly so guiding wasn't perfect all night. Will add more data next time we have clear skies. Everything was iced up after 2 nights outside in -4 deg C temps, but dew band heaters kept going. So did I by sitting indoors and watching it all on Teamviewer! I still have a little amp glow on the right from the 700D! Updated the HC and MC on the mount too, but still not totally satisfied with the way it is performing. Everything looks pretty tight but the Alt axis is still 'rocking' slightly in its locked position.
15 x 120 sec lights @ISO 1600
15 dark
10 dark flat
10 bias
10 flats
Stacked in DSS
Processing in CS5
Equipment:
Skywatcher 120ED Esprit
0.85x reducer/field flattener
Celestron AVX
Orion 50mm SSAG guidescope
Canon 700D (unmodded)