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Two weeks hiking in Scotland. We started off in Dumfries and Galloway.
The first hike of the holiday took us up Merrick from the car park near Loch Trool. A misty morning on the way up, the sun broke through as we were heading down from the summit.
Windows exercises
- The window on the right is from a photo***.
- The window on the left is just a painting exercise.
Trying to put together what I've learnt in
Mayad Allos' 'ILet's Turn Everyday Architecture into Art' course.
*** Photo credit (permission obtained Thank you!):
Flickr Knipserkrause
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The blue shutters are a bit overpowering but there's nothing that can be done about it anymore.
Well, it could, but I think I'd stuff it up :D
A4 ARCHES med. 300gsm
Daniel Smith paints
These children had fun playing with their toy canoe.
Taken just off Kitava Island, where crystal blue waters wash the white sandy beaches.
May the image of these children remind us all that the world we are creating is also for the younger generation.
May they continue to enjoy each day.
This photo of two tiny European Skipper butterflies was taken on 23 July 2015, at Darryl Teskey's property. These unusual butterflies have such large eyes : )
"The eyes of Skippers are different from those of other butterflies. They have a space between the cones and rods which allows light from each ommatidium to spill into neighbouring rods, effectively increasing their resolution and sensitivity. As a result Skippers can fly very accurately from one spot to another. This different type of eye structure is one of the reasons why taxonomists place them in a different super-family to all other butterflies - the Hesperioidea."
Source: www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Anatomy.htm
On this day, five of us spent the day botanizing the land belonging to Darryl Teskey, SW of Calgary and W of Millarville (maybe a 40-minute drive from Calgary). This was the first time I had been there and I'm so glad I was invited to go - I would have missed all sorts of things, including a family of Ruffed Grouse and several fungi. These Grouse were the rare rufous-morph, and we startled them when we were walking through the forest in their direction. Usually, you don't see Grouse because they are so well-hidden. When you get fairly close (sometimes very close) to them, they suddenly "explode" from the tangle of shrubs and plants of the forest floor, making ones heart beat fast! We were taken by surprise when we came across a nearby statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. A nice idea, I thought.
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, many places treacherous with so many fallen logs which were often barely visible. I have never, ever seen so many tiny Skipper butterflies - there must have been hundreds or even thousands of these bright orange beauties that were flying or perched on flowers of every colour.
Fortunately, the rain stayed away until we started driving back to Calgary. Quite a lot of black clouds, reminding me of the tornado that passed through Calgary just the day before (22 July 2015).
Our purpose, as always, was to find and list everything that we saw - wildflowers, trees, grasses, birds, insects, fungi, etc.. Our leader then compiles an extensive list of our finds and this is later sent to the landowner, along with any photos that we might take. Always a win/win situation, as the landowner then has a much better idea of just what is on his property, and we have a most enjoyable day.
Two Graceful white Swans swimming in the lake, swans in the wild. The mute swan, latin name Cygnus olor.
It’s doubtful that both vehicles broke down in the same spot or the Bedford is about to tow both in one go but my extensive notes of the incident don’t help, they neither recall what bus was involved, the location or the date because I never made any notes. I have a feeling this was Wilmslow Road not far from Didsbury or Christies, either way it depicts a stricken GMT Standard behind GMT’s own tow vehicle back when operators recovered their own.
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I took this as soon as I got back from school - the light was amazing, and it disappears really quickly so I raced out to the field to get some shots... golly it was chilly. Hopefully worth it though...
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I absolutely love how this one came out. I really hope it comes across as a really old photo. There might actually be four good wheels, but we only see two so I said two.
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Explore, October 25, 2007
A hundred Northern Elephant Seals bleat and scream and snort and bellow on the beach and in the surf at Piedras Blancas on the southern Big Sur coast.
My seagulls and other birds album.
"50+4 Τales of the sea":Τhassos culture festival 2012.(Solo exhibition)
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