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The day Tyranno dreaded all year had come: his appointment with the dentist. Dentist? Had Velocy gotten a new job? No. But last year's appointment hadn't gone well for the dentist. To avoid further troubles (and not to fall out entirely with the poor man in case she needed dental care herself), Velocy had decided to take the matter in her own... mouth. It was time to scrape. A lot. "Oh, Tyro, Tyro... Too many potato crisps, too many sweets, too much chewing gum. Just look at your mighty chompers. You'll be laughed at for these ridiculously smoothed toothy pegs. Where's their ferocious sharpness, where's the edge? All munched away." "Oh, come on, Velocy, get started. You know how much I hate this", Tyranno interrupted. "Take that wooden thing and get it done. There's my New Year's Eve binge-watching bag of potato crisps waiting." "Hm", Velocy mused. "I thought I'd take the metal toothpick. It's much more efficient and much sharper." "Met-al? Velocy, dear, please... no, please don't. I promise that from now on, I'll brush my teeth after every single meal. It's my New Year's resolution." "OK, OK, wood it is", Velocy said. "But wait a minute! Do I see some decay in that grinder? I think I'll also need the drill."
This is not the original idea I had for "Toothpicks" a few weeks ago (I had skipped), but since I found I still couldn't realise that idea for "Redux", I first tried this and that with the metal toothpick, liked nothing, panicked (my usual procedure, it seems), so I quickly improvised something. I remembered my last MM image of 2024 ("Guilty Pleasures"; please see the first comment) that had involved Velocy, the fierce Velociraptor lady, and Tyranno, the mighty, slightly dumb (yet soft and sweet at heart) Tyrannosaurus Rex. So I thought I'd conclude my MM 2025 with the two of them as well.
Next to "Toothpicks", this image also includes "Imperfect" (my setup and Tyranno's teeth), "Plastic" (which both Schleich figurines are made of), and, of course, "Figurine". I did focus stacking and combined the 15 single images in Helicon Focus (method C, S4), because in-camera stacking rendered Velocy blurry. Size info: The broken toothpick is 3 cm/1,18 inches long.
HMM, Everyone! Wishing you a Happy, healthy, inspired 2026!
Kufstein ist eine Stadtgemeinde in Tirol an der Grenze zum Freistaat Bayern. Die Stadt liegt im Tiroler Unterland und Unterinntal und ist mit 18.973 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Jänner 2017) nach Innsbruck die zweitgrößte Stadt des Bundeslandes.
Kufstein is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 18,400, it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The greatest landmark is Kufstein Fortress, first mentioned in the 13th century.
Such a treat to finally get the elusive Barn Owl to soak up the last rays of sunshine alongside me on a winter's day...❤️
Myths, Legends and Rock Formations:
Due to the strange rock formations, and some formations on a wall in the form of writing or signs, Pedra da Gávea carries along with its name many legends and myths. Among the main myths and legends, one of them involves characters engraved in stone and the hypothesis of the Phoenician sphinx. Another theory that some raise about Pedra Gavea is that there is a great portal to Agartha.
By observing the stone well, several associations can be made and below are some of the most common ones.
The Giant's Head or Emperor's Head:
Looking at Pedra da Gávea, seen from Pedra Bonita or from the Canoas road that goes around Pedra Bonita, as well as from the Hang Gliding and Paragliding ramp that is almost at the top of Pedra Bonita, you can see the head of a large sculpted giant in stone. Whether an accidental work of nature or not, the resemblance is very great and it really does look like a sculpture.
As to this resemblance, whatever the cause of such formation, not even the most skeptical of men can deny.
Enigmatic Inscriptions:
At the top of the Rock, next to the Head on the left, beginning of the video, there are some formations and erosions that look like inscriptions or what look like letters carved in the stone. With the naked eye it is not always possible to see, but looking at enlarged photos taken with telephoto lenses that provide better details at long distances, one can see what appear to be inscriptions (words engraved in stone) of some primitive alphabet.
What most intrigues many observers of Pedra da Gávea is not exactly the shape of a "human head" at one end, nor the shapes of "portals" that may be random formations, made over the years, by erosion, a natural phenomenon.
Some observers are not satisfied with admitting that the marks in the form of writing are a mere chance of nature. This fact suggests a curious and creative hypothesis to try to explain the enigma of the writings on the stone.
First Findings About Engraved Characters:
The shapes of the rock, which bear resemblance to a human face, drew attention for a long time, as well as the characters that were also first objects of study since the time of Dom João VI's stay in Brazil.
Friar Custódio, a religious specialist in epigraphy, that is, studies of stone engravings, made a report about the inscriptions on Pedra da Gávea, and concluded that they were made at the time of the discovery of Brazil, and this report was delivered to Dom João VI .
In 1839, the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute decided to analyze the subject, and organized an expedition for this purpose. Historians J. Cunha Barbosa, Manoel de Araújo Porto Alegre and imperial chaplain J. Rodrigues Monteiro participated.
The report that followed, after the expedition and subsequent analyses, recognized Phoenician characters in the inscriptions, appearing to have been made in antiquity, and being deteriorated by time. However, the report also saw the inscriptions as a product of erosion, which ultimately led to the hypothesis that the characters were made by nature to prevail.
However, in 1928, a new hypothesis appeared that attributed the engravings of characters in Pedra da Gávea to the Phoenicians.
The last translation made below shows the sequence of these studies.
Jeth-Baal or Yet-Baal, is a name that refers to two twin brothers, older sons of Badezir.
And finally, what does this mean? Looking back at history, there existed in the year 856 BC, a Phoenician King named Badezir, who according to the first translation replaced and succeeded King Jethbaal, his father, on the royal throne of Tyro. But according to the second translation, Badezir was the father of the Jeth-Baal brothers.
If this hypothesis were confirmed with archaeological evidence, it could be believed that the Phoenicians were in Rio about 800 years before Christ, and that Pedra da Gávea would be a tomb where Badezir or Jeth-Baal would be buried, and human features shaped on the stone would be the face of Badezir or Jeth-Baal.
Whose face would the sphinx be, already eroded by erosion, and without the nose? It would be the representation of the face of King Badezir or Jeth-Baal. And was that formation really the representation of an unfinished sphinx? Or eroded by erosion?
There are those who claim from the height of all their wisdom that it is a sphinx. And one of the staunchest defenders of this hypothesis is the president of the Brazilian Association of Speleology and Archaeological Research in Rio, Roldão Pires Brandão, who stated:
"It is a sphinx engraved in granite by the Phoenicians, which has the face of a man and the body of an animal lying down. The tail must have fallen off due to the action of time. The rock, seen from afar, has the grandeur of monuments pharaonic figures and reproduces, on one of its sides, the severe face of a patriarch".
Pedra da Gávea is also related to the Agartha portal, an entrance to a subterranean world inside the Earth, arising from the Hollow Earth theory.
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Credits:
Drone footage taken by my mountaineering guide, Marcelo Kastrup (Adrena Rio);
Song: The Floating World by Simple Minds (Album Cry).
No AI was used on the Clipchamp platform.
Summer Photo from Tyros Peloponnese Greece. www.hotel-paraskevas.com/en/peloponnese-travel/quiet-beac...
I really enjoyed the drive down this road this past Monday! The name of the road is the N Fork Rd, Tyro, VA and I'm guessing this road is about 10-15 miles long, all gravel and much of it single lane. We were going in slow motion and able to back up and look at stuff that caught our eyes and this was one of those things. (there was No other traffic on the road!) I tried a google search to see what they were called but failed to find them. So all I know is that they were pretty and I'm glad I got to see them. Have a blessed day everyone! :)
A walk in the nearby forest despite rain and fog. Tried to capture something from the dreary side of autumn. A prominent foreground is crucial but difficult to find.
Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28–42 cm (11–17 in) in length and weigh around 300 g (10.5 oz).
The name is derived from its distinctive call.
They are found in habitats ranging from humid forest to arid savanna, as well as in suburban areas with tall trees or near running water. Even though they belong to the larger group known as "kingfishers", kookaburras are not closely associated with water.
There are 4 sub species;
Rufous-bellied kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud)
Spangled kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) –
Blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Tyro Mill
Massies mill, VA
There were no signs around this old mill, though it was just outside the town limits of Massies Mill, VA. I am guessing it is Massies Mill. If anyone knows please let me know.
This beauty is located about 30 miles out of Lexington, VA
A beautiful place to stay for your holidays. Check our hotel in Tyros, Peloponnese Greece: www.hotel-paraskevas.com/en/places-to-stay-in-greece
'Cinnamon', the barn owl - Tyto alba, is one of my favorite owls - their heart shaped face makes them stand out, but really is designed to help them hear even better - their hearing is very acute often hunting in the complete darkness.
This barn owl lives and demonstrates at the Duncan Raptors.
"The spangled kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) also called Aru giant kingfisher, is a little-known species of kookaburra found in the Aru Islands, Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands of southern New Guinea. Practically nothing is known of its family life or breeding biology."
A walk in the nearby forest despite rain and fog. Tried to capture something from the dreary side of autumn. A prominent foreground is crucial but difficult to find.
This image is included in 4 galleries:- 1) El Plein Vol curated by jd.echenard, 2) Fantastic Animals 8 by afortiorama, 3) Flowers 2 by tyro 5 and 4) Birds by tyro5.
I was introduced to this part of Virginia by a girl I met in high school. That's going back 35 years now. Her dad is the last of three brothers who purchased several contiguous parcels fronting the South Branch of the Tye just after the catastrophic flooding caused by the remnants of hurricane Camille.
Over the decades I have had the privilege of getting to know many branches of this gracious, down-to-earth and fun-loving family. Like any family they have their quirks, foibles and skeletons but their overriding hospitality and good-natured love of life trumps all.
They have been my family and opened their hearth and hearts to me when I sorely needed the warmth. This year has has seen the awful quenching of one of the great lights of my life. Again I seek the redemptive smiles and laughter of their campfires and the soothing water of the Tye. I am not healed and will not be whole again but I can still smile and laugh and cry.