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Summer is beginning to take a toll on everybody and that's what the cats are like almost all day. I don't mind if they sleep during the day but it's difficult if they are hyperactive during the night and expect you to be awake too.
This kind of photo always allows me to inspect Fynn's tongue which used to be full of ulcerations due to his cat flu but looks pretty good right now.
"Old man's BeardOld man’s beard or ‘traveller’s joy’ – Clematis vitalba This is a vigorous climber. The French name for old man’s beard is ‘herbe aux gueux’ – the beggar’s or rascal’s herb. This is a reference to its use by beggars; they used its acrid sap to irritate the skin to give it a sore and ulcerated look – in order to induce sympathy in, and perhaps a donation from, passers by!"
www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/woodland-flowers/white-flowers/o...
In the UK and many parts of Europe, it may be seen in a variety of habitats such the edges of woodlands, hedgerows, or within woods where a gap in the canopy has formed; though it does tend to like chalky soils. Whilst it is fairly common in the south of England, it is less common as one goes north.
yesterday, thurs, aug 11th, jones had all his teeth pulled except 4 in front. he suffers from a condition called CUPS [chronic ulcerative paradental stomatitis]. he develops sores all over his gums and very fetid breath. he's been treated for years with antibiotics.
the last resort is pulling all the teeth. our vet left in 4 in the front so his tongue won't fall out. he's on more antibiotics and rimadyl for pain and swelling. poor baby.
he's very brave.
except he bit sean the vet tech when sean was trying to get him out of the cage. sean is very patient with jones and told me not to apologize for jones being jones.
mr j ate his dinner last night, pureed, with all his medication. he slept well other than drooling blood all night, played today, and is interested in food and treats.
think good thoughts for our mr jones. he deserves some relief from gum pain in his later years.
I know he must have been miserable.
sweet boy. stoic and non-complaining. except for vet tech biting.
the last of them, pulled yesterday.
jones was diagnosed with CUPS some time back and spent a lot of his life on antibiotics because of his mouth sores. our vet finally pulled all but four of his teeth, hoping the front four would keep his tongue from falling out.
but the last ones got horribly infected and after more weeks of antibiotics, the last ones went.
he wasn't feeling so hot when he got home, but he insisted on eating all his dinner. brave boy.
CUPS: Chronic ulcerative paradental stomatitis
I converted the photo from duo green to black and white. the scan showed 4 bloody teeth.
a very slapdash polaroid transfer below.
This is Churchill, our latest adopted oldie. He is a 13 year old golden retriever. He has quite a few issues, some we weren't expecting but he's here now and here is a warts and all photo after a visit to the vet. He had to have dye in his eye to check for ulceration. Luckily there wasn't any. He does have very badly infected ears and a massive hotspot on his chest. He had to have a huge area of fur shaved off. He didn't want that bit in the photo. He also has very bad arthritis. Hopefully it won't take too long for us to get him in better condition.
The seedhead of Traveller's Joy or Old Man's Beard in mono for the Macro Mondays challenge B&W!
Old Man’s Beard or ‘Traveller’s Joy’ (Clematis vitalba) is a vigorous climber. The French name for old man’s beard is ‘herbe aux gueux’ – the beggar’s or rascal’s herb. This is a reference to its use by beggars; they used its acrid sap to irritate the skin to give it a sore and ulcerated look – in order to induce sympathy in, and perhaps a donation from, passers by!
In the UK and many parts of Europe, it may be seen in a variety of habitats such the edges of woodlands, hedgerows, or within woods where a gap in the canopy has formed; though it does tend to like chalky soils. Whilst it is fairly common in the south of England, it is less common as you go north.
The flowers of Clemtis vitalba appear in August and September. When the plant has finished flowering, the developing seeds (known as achenes i.e. a one seeded fruit) retain part of the flower – the style. This has long, silky hairs, which form the grey tufted balls that are so conspicuous in some woodlands and hedgerows in autumn and winter. These are, indeed, the ‘old man’s beard’. These silky structures are important in the dispersal of the seeds.
Old man's beard or 'traveller's joy'.
The French name for old man's beard is 'herbe aux gueux' – the beggar's or rascal's herb. This is a reference to its use by beggars; they used its acrid sap to irritate the skin to give it a sore and ulcerated look - in order to induce sympathy and perhaps a donation from passers by!
Photography should be real, truthful and hit hard at the senses whether it's a man without legs or a lovely sunset.
I do shoot both!
Part of my repertoire is shooting people in pain.
Social outcasts, people who have no advocacy and who survive on the generosity of others due to their disabilities.
I don't see life through rose colored glasses.........
For the last 4 decades I have been a physician, a shooter , a donator and a spiritual humanitarian visitor/ lecturer in international psychiatry on behalf of worldwide charitable organizations.
Here are just some of the organizations i have been associated with.
You can help if you want to. The world needs you. Here are some organizations that could use your involvement ones that i have been exposed to.
SINCE 1990:
1. Medical Benevolence Foundation www.mbfoundation.org/ since 1994.
( INDIA, VIETNAM, BANGLADESH,THAILAND, INDONESIA,HAITI,Dom Rep etc.)
2. Medecins sans frontieres-DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
3. ASHA in DELHI slums INDIA
4. Paraiso Assistance Program- built a hospital in Paraiso in the Domincan Republic
5. CRY AMERICA.ORG helping the impoverished children of INDIA
america.cry.org/site/index.html
6. Presbyterian Church in Thailand, India, Indonesia .
7. RIchardson Leprosy Hospital/Miraj Medical Center INDIA
leprosyhistory.org/database/archive695
8. Lectured and held several conferences, seminars about international psychiatry and culture attitudes towards medicine in both the third world and in the USA.
( INDIA, PERU,VIETNAM, BANGLADESH, THAILAND, etc etc etc )
9. North Village Leper Colony for the aged lepers and AIDS HOSPITAL & Medical OUTREACH IN CHIANG MAI
Dr. James McKean founded this hospice
leprosyhistory.org/geographical_region/site/chaing-mai
10. ROW MISSIONS BEN MATHES A GREAT MAN DOING GREAT THINGS
IN THE WORLD ON THE RIVERS OF THE WORLD
www.missionhope.org/ben-mathes
11.ANGKOR HOSPITAL For CHILDREN in SIAM REAP CAMBODIA
12. St Vincents children hospital
13. Soho house charity for Children with Cancer- Jean Clarkson
14. Tracy Alvas MISSION 4 Multiple Sclerosis- Red Bank NJ.
www.nationalmssociety.org/Chapters/NJM
15. Dr TULSI DAS in BENARES, INDIA has a program that is very poorly funded but visits leprosariums...
in the monkey temple of BENARES aka VARANASI
I recently spent time in three leprosy colonies where untrained volunteers cut through the dead skin of the feet of people with Leprosy. This alleviates some of the pain because although lepers do not feel their lesions the lesions do start to ulcerate and cause pain locally. Under poor lighting and in filthy surroundings this was being done
at all the centers.
www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/en/news/articles/2020/2020022...
16. Miraj- Sangli Indian psychiatrists- recently lectured in Feb 2013
Giving doesn't only mean money. I've visited Presbyterians missions worldwide to provide emotional and monetary support to let these selfless people who work for peanuts helping those who have no voice and no medical help in their countries, know their actions are not overlooked and are what makes the difference to so many millions of the downtrodden & disenfranchised worldwide.
17- Most recently i am involved with the CATHOLIC CHURCH in INDIA helping build homes for LEPERS and their children and schools for the children. The stigma of LEPROSY is huge and though CHILDREN do not have the disease due to ignorance they are not allowed in the general population.
This is being done in PURI, in the state of ORISSA in INDIA.
18-Shriners children hospital
DO SOMETHING TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE.
Photography’s new conscience
Couldn't decide on color or B&W.
This little sweetheart just can't turn the corner on the horrible ulcerative colitis. Next step is a visit with an internal medicine specialist. Between Buster's torn ACL, Blue's eyes and little Bruno. I can't catch my breath.
This portrait of Katherine Parr is clearly from a template produced for multiple portrait copies of the queen to be hung in the halls of English nobility. It seems to generally fit the overall image of Katherine as reddish-blonde-haired, blue eyed, healthy, and attractive.
Portrait painted by an unknown artist, possibly a follower of Hans Eworth, in the 16th century.
Oil on panel. Collection of Appleby Castle.
Philip Mould: "As the famous rhyme suggests, Katherine Parr’s record as the last of Henry VIII’s six wives was unique. She survived. Though Anne of Cleves, the sad ‘Flanders Mare’ unable to arouse England’s most insatiable monarch, lived on until 1557 it is only Katherine who was neither divorced, beheaded, or died. She was by any standards a remarkable woman: beautiful enough to marry the King of England, despite having neither royal nor court background; shrewd enough to remain his Queen, despite court plots and an attempt on her life; and courageous enough to sustain the Protestant cause, despite Henry’s latent sympathies for the Roman faith. She was Regent of England during Henry’s invasion of France in 1544. And with her publication of religious works such as Prayers or Meditations in 1545, she became not only the first English Queen to publish a work of prose, but the first woman to do so in the sixteenth century.
Katherine became Queen of England in July 1543. Henry was her third husband, but, on this occasion, not her first choice. She had instead fallen in love with the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour, and was understandably wary of Henry’s past form when it came to marital relations. Five wives had failed – what chance did a sixth have of success? Nonetheless, to turn down the King’s offer of marriage was unthinkable. Katherine, a deeply devout woman, determined that if she was to be Queen, she would be Queen with a purpose. That purpose was to further the cause of the Protestant Reformation.
In doing so Katherine, literally, risked her life. Never afraid to exercise her sharp mind, Katherine had become accustomed to discussing religion with Henry VIII. Though this was at first welcomed by the King, the conservative factions of court and church were terrified of any radical words whispered into the Royal ear - that after all was how Anne Boleyn had first led Henry towards Lutheranism. To conservatives like Bishop Gardiner and Chancellor Wriothesley the answer seemed obvious – Katherine should meet the same fate as Anne. At first, Henry, increasingly irascible from ulcerated legs, indicated that Katherine’s days were numbered. An arrest warrant was drawn up, and, amid rumours of ‘a new queen’, arrest could only have been followed by death. But Katherine succeeded in persuading Henry of her good faith and innocent naivety. “Is it even so, Sweetheart?”, said the King, “Then perfect friends we are now again…” Thus did Tudor Royalty kiss and make up.
Katherine’s victory checked any conservative renaissance in the final years of the King’s reign. From now all eyes turned to the future (Protestant) reign of Edward VI. Here, Katherine appears to have been less successful, and for once followed her heart rather than her head. With ill-considered haste, she took Thomas Seymour as her lover within weeks of Henry’s death in 1547, and married him just months later. In doing so she lost any chance she may have had in exercising power during Edward’s minority. And yet, perhaps her final and most enduring success was yet to come, for in helping to restore the Princesses Mary and Elizabeth to the line of succession she had extended the Tudor dynasty by half a century. Katherine died after giving birth to a daughter in 1548.
The iconography of Katherine Parr is of particular interest. It is ironic that so few portraits of the Queen appear to survive, given that she was the foremost patron of portraiture in mid-Tudor England. There are several reasons why the Queen liked portraiture, not least because she evidently liked art. But perhaps the most intriguing reason may lie in Henry VIII’s habit (undoubtedly annoying to Catherine) of repeatedly portraying himself with Jane Seymour. Was Katherine’s jealousy manifested in art? Was her decision to commission the first full-length portraits of Elizabeth and Mary as Princesses, part of her desire to elevate them from illegitimate bastards to heirs of the English crown? Whatever the reasons, her legacy to the advancement of English portraiture cannot be doubted.
There are five recorded certainly known portraits of Katherine Parr that survive. The first is a miniature formerly in the collection of Horace Walpole (now at Sudeley Castle), which is probably by Lucas Hornebolt. The second and third, in the National Portrait Gallery, are a full-length (once erroneously called Lady Jane Grey) by Master John, and a half-length by an unknown artist. A fourth (Lambeth Palace) shows a young Katherine in the 1530s. And now the present example represents a fifth, and shows the Queen towards the end of her life.
And yet, Katherine’s own records show that she commissioned at least more than a dozen portraits of herself; “give me one of your small pictures”, her fourth husband Thomas Seymour wrote, “if ye have any left…” The contrast between Katherine’s commissions and those extant portraits gives a useful indication of how little survives from the sixteenth century – in this case less than a third. The Queen’s chamber accounts show that John Bettes the Elder painted up to seven miniatures – none survive – and nor apparently do any other miniatures by Hornebolt, aside from the possible Sudeley example.
Records also show that Katherine was painted by Hans Eworth, the Dutch artist considered the closest thing to Holbein’s heir . Such patronage was an indication of Katherine’s desire to support the new, for Eworth had only arrived in England c.1543. His earliest known work is dated 1549. The almost enamel-like flesh tones and bright colouring of the cheeks in this portrait, together with the distinctive modeling of the eyes, may suggest that the artist of this picture was influenced in some way by Eworth’s now lost original. The accomplished handling of the detail in Katherine’s out-turned collar, and the delicate portrayal of her hair, is also reminiscent of Eworth’s Mary Neville, Lady Dacre (National Gallery of Canada). That the jewelry Katherine wears in this portrait is similar to that recorded in her inventories, not to mention the intelligent depiction of Katherine’s slight physique, further suggests that it is based on a contemporary ad vivum example."
So I got to the vet's since my delivery arrived early. Saw a vet I hadn't met before, she was out on maternity leave. She is so nice and gave both kitties a good exam, and did a fluorescent test on Linus' eye. Really helpful that the techs all have pics on their phones from when they first arrived and and after so the vet had a good point of comparison & history. She suspects Linus has cloudy vision at best in that eye, one area is still ulcerated so he is on a new ointment with steroid for the next week. He now weighs 3.6 lbs and charmed everyone today!
Lucy's eye is clearing up so she'll just get the ointments for a few more days. Lucy seemed thin to me but she gained a good amount of weight, 3.1 lbs. Think they just have different shapes.
A first and only find for me.
Brown Moss Shropshire UK 9th May 2016
Schizophyllum commune
Possibly the most dangerous thing you could come in contact with in the wild... " they have been linked to such adverse health effects as brain abscess, fungus ball in the lungs, sinusitis, allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis, ulcerative lesions of the hard palate, chronic lung disease, meningitis, and onychomycosis. In one case, the fungus had grown through the soft palate of a child's mouth and was actually forming mushrooms in her sinuses... " (thanks Blueswami.com) Also known as 'Split gills' these fungi are possibly the most widespread species on earth, being found on every continent except Antarctica. Be careful with these although the aren't poisonous.
The year is 1666, and my name is...well, it doesn't matter anymore.
This city is engulfed in the plague: inside and outside. From the infested London, rats have arrived to Gotham on the board of "Cathriona", and the infestation has begun to spread here - silently and gradually. Dozens of dozens of diseased denizens are now dying right at the streets, tearing apart their ulcerated skin. Nights are lit by blazing flames of the bonfires in which corpses are burned. It seems, the God left us. But I don't want to believe it. I can't believe it.
I am the one who stood before the Holy Sepulchre, who saw the Lord's miracle, who is now guided by His hand.
Perhaps I am unable to cure the city from the plague, but I can deal with another, invisible disease. Noblemen, deep in lechery and corruption, enjoy the pleasures of this world while ordinary people die from the plague. Higher priesthood turned away from their faith and sworn fealty to Baphomet. Insolent marauders pillage houses which have lost their owners - and sometimes even living ones are no obstacle to them.
Not for that I had wandered in the dark caves of the Holy Land, surrounded only by bats and memories of the daylight. When my last inner fear died in this perpetual darkness, I realised my own holy mission. I've chosen the bat as my own symbol, as it was the only living being that stayed with me throughout my journey. And, having managed to survive, I returned to my hometown.
But alas - now I have to hide my face beneath a mask, a plague doctor's mask. I believe, however, that the day shall come when I'll take it off - and the city shall see the face of its saviour.
This moc was built for the contest dedicated 80 years of Batman universe. It's some kind of rethinking Batman for the renaissance
I think it's turned out pretty interesting character
Also here's my trying to translate description from Russian language to the English. Thanks for help SpaceGlove
Apparently you are protected from dogs when you place yourself inside this ring..according to Sunny. We are sad today, we had to euthanize a feral cat at the ranch named Edgar, he ulcerated his eye in a fight and it was so badly infected there was nothing the vet could do for him. Please spay and neuter your pets that run loose, this could have been avoided.
It you would like to donate to his memorial fund to help offset cost to keep the other neighborhood feral cats healthy, and get the new ones spayed/neutered please visit:
any amount is appreciated. Thank you
Pulmonaria (lungwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia...
The scientific name Pulmonaria is derived from Latin pulmo (lung). In the times of sympathetic magic, the spotted oval leaves of P. officinalis were thought to symbolize diseased, ulcerated lungs, and so were used to treat pulmonary infections. The common name in many languages also refers to lungs, as in English "lungwort" and German Lungenkraut. In some East European languages, the common name is derived from a word for honey, e.g. Russian medunitza and Polish miodunka.
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Pulmonaria (lungwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Europe and western Asia...
The scientific name Pulmonaria is derived from Latin pulmo (lung). In the times of sympathetic magic, the spotted oval leaves of P. officinalis were thought to symbolize diseased, ulcerated lungs, and so were used to treat pulmonary infections. The common name in many languages also refers to lungs, as in English "lungwort" and German Lungenkraut. In some East European languages, the common name is derived from a word for honey, e.g. Russian medunitza and Polish miodunka.
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Welt-CED-Tag am 19. Mai
Zu den häufigsten chronisch entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen (CED) zählen Morbus Crohn (Entzündung des Magen-Darm-Traktes, vom Mund bis zum After) und Colitis ulcerosa (Entzündung des Dickdarms), wovon über 300.000 Menschen in Deutschland betroffen sind. CED-Betroffene müssen meist mit massiven Beeinträchtigungen im Alltag leben. Die Einschränkungen betreffen fast alle Bereiche des Lebens, nicht zuletzt, weil neben dem Verdauungstrakt auch Entzündungen an Augen, Haut, Leber oder Gelenken auftreten können.
Mit dem Welt-CED-Tag soll mehr Aufmerksamkeit für Betroffene geschaffen, die Öffentlichkeit mehr über die Erkrankungen informiert und so das Bewusstsein für CED erhöht werden.
Herzlich willkommen auf LEBEN MIT CED!
World IBD Day on May 19th
The most common chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) include Crohn's disease (inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the anus) and ulcerative colitis (inflammation of the large intestine), which affects over 300,000 people in Germany. Those affected by IBD usually have to live with massive impairments in everyday life. The restrictions affect almost all areas of life, not least because, in addition to the digestive tract, inflammation of the eyes, skin, liver or joints can also occur.
World IBD Day aims to raise awareness for those affected, inform the public more about the diseases and thus increase awareness of IBD.
A fine seven-arch bridge spanning the former ford at Dunkeld.
Completed in 1809, by Thomas Telford.
The Tay shown here is at low Summer levels, a time for greased line salmon fly tactics with small single-bend flies like Dunkeld or Blue Charm.
A.H.E. Wood pioneered these light greased silk line techniques on the Dee in Aberdeenshire. Also widely used on the Tweed, and elsewhere. Transforming salmon fishing from the former heavy sunk-line ways employed previously, using deeply sunk large "flies" averaging 2 inches in length.. These two waters being those producing more and higher average weight salmon than most other East Coast salmon rivers.. Salmon fishing these days is now the palest shadow of what it was in Wood's day. Massive high seas overfishing of both salmon and their prey species, plus the effects on purebred wild stocks of mass escapes of low grade farmed salmon from ill maintained seawater pens.. all have combined to reduce salmon runs to the point where now only a few relatively productive rivers have any legal right to take even a few salmon for the table. These pressures began in the 1960s when the salmon disease UDN (Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis) first appeared in our rivers. The Edinburgh Government still does nothing to curb the blight of salmon farming on our sheltered inshore waters, mainly since against all biological advice it backed this "new industry" - now largely owned by Norwegian investments with no interest in the preserving the formerly massive asset of huge stocks of Scottish wild Atlantic salmon that was then the envy of all Europe. Anglers from the rest of the world used to visit Scotland annually for our salmon fishing, bringing in huge revenue to the country's economy generally and to the rural economy in particular. Mostly all gone now.
DARK PURPLE - The Clematis Viticella (variety "Tuczka"?), commonly known as "Italian leather flower", "purple clematis" or "Virgin's bower", is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family of genus Clematis; it is native to Europe. The genus name is from Ancient Greek clématis, ("a climbing plant"). Over 250 species and cultivars are known.
The clematis, despite being present for thousands of years in European territory, appeared in our gardens only in the Middle Ages ... and right at the return of the crusaders. Probably the more or less professional growers (a nice piece of land was a coveted reward for those who retired from their arms) thought of reproducing the pavilions that were made with jasmine in the East with the clematis. Clematis is perfect and only shadows when needed, that is, in the middle of summer. So it was grown in abundance and the peasants got into the habit of cutting off its branches and adorning their fields, ensuring that this favored the crops. In England it was even nicknamed "joy of the traveler" because it also grew freely in the woods and at the edges of the roads.
Alpine clematis, also called blue, although the color tends to veer towards violet, is currently one of the most widespread, because the mountain dwellers were among the first to cultivate this flower in the garden, given that they used its leaves to treat the sores difficult to heal, ulcers and even ulcerated skin tumors, both for men and for pets. Too loved in the Middle Ages not to end up at the stake of witches in the so-called Age of Reason! By studying methodically it was found that the plant belongs to the ranunculacee family, and is therefore potentially poisonous.
The clematis that grow in our gardens today (which no one uses to treat wounds anymore), all come from America, from Siberia, if not even from China, because, after three abundant centuries of oblivion, they were reintroduced as exotic ornamental plants , exclusively for the suggestion of colors.
Sources: Wikipedia; Mary Falco, "The Garden of Astarte - Clematis".
Sony a6000 with Selp18105g and Polaroid CPL filter. Natural light. Minimum edit in Adobe Lightroom.
#flower; #violet; #purple; #green; #black; #dark; #bloom; #five; #star; #nature; #soft; #silky;
#fiore; #viola; #verde; #nero; #fioritura; #scuro; #cinque; #stella; #natura; #soffice; #setoso; #clematide; #medioevo;
I noticed something odd about this gull. It flew fine but hobbled a little bit when walking. One leg had a swelling high on it. Had to wait for it to have its left side facing me to take a shot. Appears to be a growth with ulceration on the end.
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
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He came out of the shadows
full of ulcerated wounds
filled with maggots
the SIKHS without a blink of an eye
proceeded to cleanse him
as best as they could
He might not be alive
today
The street clinic 365 days a year
CHADNI CHOWK
OLD DELHI
Photography’s new conscience
That's a kind of photo I could take of Fynn every day, especially as he is very focused on me now when it comes to keeping him company or playing with him.
I'm still pleased with the effect of the Chinese herb pills on his health. He has less problems to breathe through the nose and he eats better as the ulcerations on his tongue seem to recede. I so hope that this is not only a temporary effect.
Taken just before. (6/6/07). This information is well worth reading, especially THE EYES
THE GREEN JUMPING SPIDER
Also known as the Clown Spider and Northern Green Jumping Spider. It is a mormon!! lol. Its species Name is “Mopsus mormon”.
Phylum: ARTHROPODA
Class: ARACHNIDA
Order: Araneida
Family: Salticidae
Body length: female: 16 mm male: 12 mm
Habitat: Usually found on green leaves in the wetter regions of coastal NSW and Queensland
Toxicity: Uncertain; the venom tends to cause painful bites in humans; ulceration at bite sites is possible but probably rare
This is the largest jumping spider in Australia. The most important characteristics of the female of this species are its variable but generally leaf green colour, the distinctive white patch around the eyes, and the two black lines along the dorsal abdomen. The male has a prominent fringe of white hairs on each side of the eye pattern. The front pair of big eyes cover half of its dark face, below are the very large fangs, and the legs are green to dark red in colour. The one I have in this photo is a female. Here is a photo of the male and around its head there is the hairy white clown:- www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=291855469&context=se...
When the jumping spiders move or jump, they always leave a safety line of silk behind. If the jump fails the spiders can crawl back to its original position and this prevents them from falling down.
Here is how someone described the nest:- “The Green Jumping Spiders like to hunt and build nest among long sword shape leaves. We found this nest in early summer, and noticed a interesting feature. A male and a female lived together in this nest. There were three compartments, male and female lived in different compartments. The middle compartment was the egg sac. The male was in the top and the female in the bottom compartment. Each compartment was like a tunnel, with opening at both ends. We also found another Green Jumping Spider nest near by. This nest, as most other jumping spider nests we found, was only the female with her egg sac, not male was found.”
THE AMAZING EYES!! TRULY AMAZING EYES OF THE MOPSUS MORMON!
Daylight hunters with multi-purpose vision.
Jumping spiders are most active during the day. They have excellent vision which they use to hunt prey and recognise mates and enemies. Jumping spiders can leap more than 20 times their own body length, propelled by their back legs. However, when pouncing on their prey, they make shorter, more accurate leaps.
When hunting, the eyes of jumping spiders see in three different ways, using THREE different sets of eyes:
* The spider first senses movement of distant prey with the side eyes (PLE), which provide a blurry wide-angle image.
* Once movement is detected, the spider turns in that direction and locks onto the moving prey with the large, middle front eyes (AME). These eyes provide a clear, focussed telephoto image, probably in colour. The spider can track moving prey both by body movements and by using muscles to internally swivel the elongated eye capsules so that the light sensitive retina of each eye remains locked on the prey.
* While the spider stalks closer, it uses the side front eyes (ALE) judge the distance to the prey. When it judges the prey to be close enough (about 2 - 3 cm), the spider leaps.
What an astonishing creature!!
Fynn peeking around the corner of the house yesterday. He looks much better these days but he still has some health issues. When we tried to stop treating him with antibiotics a week ago (he has received various antibiotics for more than two months now), the ulceration in his mouth and nose deteriorated again rapidly. Therefore we had to put him back on antibiotics. He is still sniffing and sneezing a lot but all in all he seems to feel much better, is playful and has gained some weight again. Fynn has lost a lot of fur during his sickness, probably due to the medication but the quality of the fur is slowly getting better again too. His coat doesn't look as fuzzy anymore as it did two or three weeks ago. I hope that he will make some more progress and that spring and warmer weather will finally help him to fully recover.
Explored #94 on January 2, 2010 ----> Oh, thank you so much everyone!
I have been tagged by the lovely Westsidebeadery {Barb}. Now I must list 10 things you may not know about me...
1) I am a collector of sorts: my collections include Lucille Ball memorabilia, Audrey Hepburn memorabilia, books (novels, art books, cook books, coffee table books: I have over 500 titles), owl items, decorative cups, and coats.
2) In the second grade my teacher yelled at me in front of everyone for not writing in complete sentences, waded up my paper, threw it in the trash and made me go back to my seat and start the assignment all over again. From that moment on (up until middle school) I would start crying any time I didn’t understand something right away for fear of messing up or looking stupid. I am still a stresser and a perfectionist to this very day.
3) I want a dwarf bunny. Please, someone get me a dwarf bunny. I have checked out so many books on owning them from the library and have fallen in love. I think he/she would be the perfect pet to keep me company in an art studio (Claude, my cat, would get into too much mischief).
4) In my senior year of high school of was voted Youth of the Year by the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce and was in a parade where I rode on top of a Porsche with my name on the side.
5) I have a horrible time sleeping. I always have so much running through my mind. I am also very sensitive to sound and light and if it isn’t completely quiet and pitch black it’s impossible for me to sleep. I even have sleeping pills that I take but I hate relying on them (besides, they don’t always work for me).
6) I love cooking, ESPECIALLY baking and if I wasn’t an artist and had decided for that to be my career path I think I would have become a baker and would have specialized in decorating cakes. Other dream careers of mine include being a Disney Princess (I swear, if they called me up right now to be Ariel or Snow White I would hop right on a plane immediately), a librarian (which I declared to my parents at the age of five due to my love of reading), Fashion Designer, children’s book illustrator (which I’m diligently pursuing), Zoologist (I absolutely love animals) and Broadway Musical star (Sadly, I cannot sing or dance).
7) For those of you who follow my stream, you know I have been waiting for my CBEST scores to come in. Well guess what everyone... I passed each section with flying colors!! You needed a total score of 123 and I achieved a 154. I am a HORRIBLE test taker so you can't even begin to imagine how happy I was at the news! Thanks to everyone who sent out brainy vibes to me that day. Now I please ask you to do it again the morning of January 9th because that is when I will be taking my Praxis Tests (but more on that later).
8) I took piano lessons for 11 years but hardly ever play anymore (I hate performing in front of people). It is a dream of Cory’s to get me a lovely piano someday so we can accompany each other: Him, plucking the guitar strings and me, tickling the ivories.
9) As much as I adore fashion and dressing up, I would wear pajamas all the time if I could.
10) I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis a little over a year ago. I write a blog about my experiences dealing with this chronic condition. I have a medication/vitamin organizer that features every day of the week on it and has a side for AM pills and a side for PM pills. It makes me feel like such a little old lady.
So, now I must tag 10 others. If you're tagged, make a list of ten things that we don't know about you! Even if you aren't tagged, I would love for you to participate! I can't wait to read them! (Also, if you have already been tagged OR do not wish to participate just message me so I can remove you and pick someone else) :)
Acorns play an important role in forest ecology when oaks are the dominant species or are plentiful. The volume of the acorn crop may vary wildly, creating great abundance or great stress on the many animals dependent on acorns and the predators of those animals. Acorns, along with other nuts, are termed mast.
Wildlife that consumes acorns as an important part of their diets includes birds, such as jays, pigeons, some ducks, and several species of woodpeckers. Small mammals that feed on acorns include mice, squirrels and several other rodents.
Ponies eating acorns
Large mammals such as pigs, bears, and deer also consume large amounts of acorns; they may constitute up to 25% of the diet of deer in the autumn. In Spain, Portugal and the New Forest region of southern England, pigs are still turned loose in dehesas (large oak groves) in the autumn, to fill and fatten themselves on acorns. However, heavy consumption of acorns can be toxic to other animals, such as horses and cattle.
The larvae of some moths and weevils also live in young acorns, consuming the kernels as they develop.
Acorns are attractive to animals because they are large and thus efficiently consumed or cached. Acorns are also rich in nutrients. Percentages vary from species to species, but all acorns contain large amounts of protein, carbohydrates and fats, as well as the minerals calcium, phosphorus and potassium, and the vitamin niacin. Total food energy in an acorn also varies by species, but all compare well with other wild foods and with other nuts.
Acorns also contain bitter tannins, the amount varying with the species. Since tannins, which are plant polyphenols, interfere with an animal's ability to metabolize protein, creatures must adapt in different ways to use the nutritional value acorns contain. Animals may preferentially select acorns that contain fewer tannins. When the tannins are metabolized in cattle, the tannic acid produced can cause ulceration and kidney failure.
Animals that cache acorns, such as jays and squirrels, may wait to consume some of these acorns until sufficient groundwater has percolated through them to leach out the tannins. Other animals buffer their acorn diet with other foods. Many insects, birds, and mammals metabolize tannins with fewer ill effects than do humans.
Species of acorn that contain large amounts of tannins are very bitter, astringent, and potentially irritating if eaten raw. This is particularly true of the acorns of American red oaks and English oaks. The acorns of white oaks, being much lower in tannins, are nutty in flavor; this characteristic is enhanced if the acorns are given a light roast before grinding.
Tannins can be removed by soaking chopped acorns in several changes of water, until water no longer turns brown. Being rich in fat, acorn flour can spoil or get moldy easily and must be carefully stored. Acorns are also sometimes prepared as a massage oil.
Acorns of the white oak group, Leucobalanus, typically start rooting as soon as they are in contact with the soil, then send up the leaf shoot in the spring.
Whitby Park Ellesmere Port Cheshire
An insect on a Self Heal plant. Self-heal is a herb used for inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, problems in the stomach and intestines, sore throat, and other conditions. Taken with a 10mm extension tube on a 50mm lens at The Bradford Creek Greenway in Madison, Alabama
I followed it around for a few minutes. An adult gull, otherwise healthy looking. Not catchable, flies and walks very well with a slight limp. Not sure what this is, considered fishing weight but when examined on the computer, looks organic, not metal or plastic. No sign of any fishing line or hook or anything else entangled. So, maybe cancer, maybe injury that got infected and has ulceration. Maybe benign growth. I have never seen anything like it, have you?
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
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Holy Anger
I was in an emergency room late one night. Victims of Satan filled the halls. A child—puffy, swollen eyes, beaten by her father. A woman—bruised cheeks, bloody nose. “My boyfriend got drunk and hit me,” she said, weeping.
Jesus saw victims of Satan too. He saw a leper one day…fingers gnarled…skin ulcerated…face disfigured. He got indignant. A holy anger, a compassionate disgust…and it moved him to action. I’m convinced that the same Satan stalks today, causing hunger, confusion in the Mideast, the apathy in Christ’s church. And Satan giggles among the dying.
Oh, dear Father, May we never grow so holy, may we never be so mature, may we never be so religious, that we see the footprints of Satan and stay calm.
From God is With You Every Day. Max Lucado
The Atheist Delusion
Scoobie turned 16 yesterday. I'm terribly afraid this could be Scoobie's last birthday. She has been throwing up clear liquid for about a month now. We took her to the vet a couple months back and she said that Scoobie did have some partial kidney failure but that was common for kitties her age and for her weight. (In case you didn't know, Scoobie is a tad overweight). She was also dehydrated and had a big ulcerated gum. We had that fixed and now she is eating canned food that has more liquid. She is supposed to eat a special kidney food but she does not like it so we are just thankful she is eating the canned food right now. She is very lethargic today and if click on this link, it will take you to a video of me petting her. She doesn't even seem to respond. It is very sad. I am trying not to cry. I don't want to lose her. :-(
Poor Rilly isn't well.
At lunchtime she came in from the garden and I noticed that she wasn't opening her right eye. She was walking quite gingerly, probably because her depth perception was messed up. I had a look and, without pulling too hard and hurting her, I found that her eye would not open at all. I couldn't see any gunk and she didn't seem to be screwing it up. I tried washing it but it made no difference. The vet around the corner is only open on Wednesday evenings and Thursday afternoons so I made an appointment at the second closest branch and a friend drove us there that evening.
Rilly spent the afternoon snoozing on my bed. About half an hour before we were due to leave I startled her and she woke and opened her eye. She immediately closed it again and kept it closed.
The vet had a good look, ascertained that the eye was not scratched or ulcerated but that she did have an infection in it and that the pupil was slightly smaller than her 'good' eye. He gave her a painkiller/antiinflammatory injection which he said would last for a couple of days. She has an antibiotic paste to rub into her gums twice a day and eye drops three times a day for ten days.
She was very quiet on the drive home, I think she might have been a bit stoned. She's bright and perky now but sticking close to mummy.
Tuesday, 5th January 2021.
Random fact for today - it is eleven years today since I arrived in New Zealand with a residence visa.
Update on 8th January. She's had a check up and the vet is very pleased with her progress.
The year is 1666, and my name is...well, it doesn't matter anymore.
This city is engulfed in the plague: inside and outside. From the infested London, rats have arrived to Gotham on the board of "Cathriona", and the infestation has begun to spread here - silently and gradually. Dozens of dozens of diseased denizens are now dying right at the streets, tearing apart their ulcerated skin. Nights are lit by blazing flames of the bonfires in which corpses are burned. It seems, the God left us. But I don't want to believe it. I can't believe it.
I am the one who stood before the Holy Sepulchre, who saw the Lord's miracle, who is now guided by His hand.
Perhaps I am unable to cure the city from the plague, but I can deal with another, invisible disease. Noblemen, deep in lechery and corruption, enjoy the pleasures of this world while ordinary people die from the plague. Higher priesthood turned away from their faith and sworn fealty to Baphomet. Insolent marauders pillage houses which have lost their owners - and sometimes even living ones are no obstacle to them.
Not for that I had wandered in the dark caves of the Holy Land, surrounded only by bats and memories of the daylight. When my last inner fear died in this perpetual darkness, I realised my own holy mission. I've chosen the bat as my own symbol, as it was the only living being that stayed with me throughout my journey. And, having managed to survive, I returned to my hometown.
But alas - now I have to hide my face beneath a mask, a plague doctor's mask. I believe, however, that the day shall come when I'll take it off - and the city shall see the face of its saviour.
This moc was built for the contest dedicated 80 years of Batman universe. It's some kind of rethinking Batman for the renaissance
I think it's turned out pretty interesting character
Also here's my trying to translate description from Russian language to the English. Thanks for help SpaceGlove
An attractive village and a delight to visit.
It lies in a delightful small valley in South Oxfordshire.
The name derives from Ae-whylme, meaning 'waters whelming' and refers to a spring which forms the King's Pool (reputedly a place where Henry VIII bathed when staying at Ewelme Palace). This spring is the source of the fast-flowing Ewelme Brook.
The Ewelme Brook was at one time used extensively for the cultivation of watercress. However, during the last quarter of the 1900s, regulations prevented the sale of watercress from Ewelme. This, together with greater competition from other areas and countries, led to the industry's demise. Production ceased in 1988.
Although watercress is no longer grown commercially, the beds still extend through the entire length of the village as a reminder of times when the local industry thrived. The 6.5-acre site is now owned and conserved by The Chiltern Society.
In the 15th Century, Alice Chaucer, granddaughter of poet Geoffrey Chaucer, devoted her life to transforming Ewelme into the perfect village. Married to William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Alice built the church and adjacent cloistered almshouses. In 1437, she built a school, which is now believed to be Britain's oldest school building still in use as a local authority school.
Both Alice and her Father are buried in St Mary's Church.
Jerome K. Jerome, the author of Three Men In A Boat, is also buried in St. Mary's churchyard.
The King's Pool
A historic spring-fed pond at the head of Ewelme Brook, formed by clear artesian springs rising from the chalk of the Chiltern Hills.
The pool is steeped in royal associations.
In the 1540s, King Henry VIII visited the royal manor in Ewelme several times.
Records show that he held a Privy Council in Ewelme on the 25th and 26th August 1540 whilst on honeymoon with his new Queen, Katherine Howard.
Legend has it that Katherine playfully pushed him into the pool.
Legend also has it that the King bathed his ulcerated legs in the spring waters of the pool.
Later, the manor passed to Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth I, who is believed to have spent part of her childhood here. She reportedly returned as queen with her close companion Robert Dudley.
Sadly, Elizabeth allowed Ewelme Palace to fall into disrepair, and it was finally completely demolished by 1613 on the orders of King James I.
Though the original royal residence no longer survives, the King's Pool remains a tranquil focal point in Ewelme—a place where nature and the Tudor era come together.
I was diagnosed a little over a year ago with Ulcerative Colitis, and during this time I have had an endoscopy, a colonoscopy, two flexible sigmoidoscopies, medication changes, acupuncture sessions, chiropractic sessions, and many consults with various doctors and specialists.
Well, yesterday marked my second acupuncture session and my diet consult with my acupuncturist/chiropractor. He said that in order to escape the pain of my acute flare-ups from UC, it would be in my best interest to become Vegan.
I know I can do it and have actually thought of becoming a Vegan before. If you have any Vegan recipes, cook book recommendations, or tips for me, I would love to hear them.
I don't know how this is all going to turn out in the end, but I am more than willing to do it if it means being well again.
Hope you are all having a lovely weekend... miss you... hope to feel well enough soon to be back here on a more regular basis...
Canadian Forces Snowbirds (431Squadron) show there love for the CH.I.L.D. Foundation with stunts above Semiahmoo Bay and the White Rock Pier YesterEve 08-06-2014
The CH.I.L.D. Foundation was established in 1995 to fund research for children who are stricken with Crohn’s Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, and liver disorders.
The Canadian Forces Snowbirds (431Squadron) are Ambassadors to the CH.I.L.D. Foundation, the only charity so designated in Canada. Each year they perform an amazing aerial show at this free family event in different cities throughout British Columbia.
This year ‘Snowbirds Fly for CH.I.L.D.’ took place over White Rock Beach on August 6, 2014 @ 530 P.M. To show your appreciation for this free family show, please ‘Text-to-Donate’ by simply texting the word SNOWBIRD to 41010 to make an automatic $10 donation to The CH.I.L.D. Foundation. This donation will automatically appear on your next phone bill, it’s as easy as that!
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Black Mare with unusual markings
Date of Birth: 1993
Came to Remus Sanctuary in 2009
This beautiful mare with amazing head markings was found dumped in a field in Braintree. The angle of this photo hides the fact that her stomach looks like that of a cow with udders, and is extremely swollen, this is because having been bred from too much her Linear Alba has torn and caused what is effectively a massive rupture.
When Minstral came to Remus Sanctuary, staff felt that it would be unlikely they would have her for long, but they were determined to do the very best they could for her.
She lives in a paddock on her own, but with other horses around her so that she has company but cannot be kicked or chased.
In 2016 a badly ulcerated left eye just would not clear up, and with veterinary advice the decision was taken to remove it after it ruptured. Thanks to the care and expertise of veterinary surgeon Mark Murrell, the Animal Health Trust, and dedicated nursing from the sanctuary staff, she came through this trauma very well.
The year is 1666, and my name is...well, it doesn't matter anymore.
This city is engulfed in the plague: inside and outside. From the infested London, rats have arrived to Gotham on the board of "Cathriona", and the infestation has begun to spread here - silently and gradually. Dozens of dozens of diseased denizens are now dying right at the streets, tearing apart their ulcerated skin. Nights are lit by blazing flames of the bonfires in which corpses are burned. It seems, the God left us. But I don't want to believe it. I can't believe it.
I am the one who stood before the Holy Sepulchre, who saw the Lord's miracle, who is now guided by His hand.
Perhaps I am unable to cure the city from the plague, but I can deal with another, invisible disease. Noblemen, deep in lechery and corruption, enjoy the pleasures of this world while ordinary people die from the plague. Higher priesthood turned away from their faith and sworn fealty to Baphomet. Insolent marauders pillage houses which have lost their owners - and sometimes even living ones are no obstacle to them.
Not for that I had wandered in the dark caves of the Holy Land, surrounded only by bats and memories of the daylight. When my last inner fear died in this perpetual darkness, I realised my own holy mission. I've chosen the bat as my own symbol, as it was the only living being that stayed with me throughout my journey. And, having managed to survive, I returned to my hometown.
But alas - now I have to hide my face beneath a mask, a plague doctor's mask. I believe, however, that the day shall come when I'll take it off - and the city shall see the face of its saviour.
This moc was built for the contest dedicated 80 years of Batman universe. It's some kind of rethinking Batman for the renaissance
I think it's turned out pretty interesting character
Also here's my trying to translate description from Russian language to the English. Thanks for help SpaceGlove
Macro Mondays 'poisonous' theme. I have had a fascinating week researching poisonous plants and discovered that the humble buttercup, under it's golden yellow guise, is actually rather sinister and unpleasant.
I found an interesting website named The Poison Garden where I got this information: 'Ingestion produces inflammation of the mouth followed by abdominal pain. Ulceration of the mouth and damage to the digestive system follow. Diarrhoea occurs and urine can be bloody. Convulsions precede death. Protoanemonin is volatile and can be given off when handling the plant leading to eye and nasal irritation.'
I also found this short film of a tour around 'The Poison Garden of Alnwick'. It makes compelling viewing.
This flower and bud measures 2.5cm
Years ago, creeping buttercups were held by children under their noses to test their fondness for butter. Children were warned not to chew the flowers or the leaves, because they are capable of raising blisters. Centuries ago, beggars used the sap to ulcerate their feet to arouse pity. Creeping buttercups, originally from Europe, are now naturalized over much of the Northeast. The genus is named from the Latin for "little frog," an allusion to the aquatic habitat of some species
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This is a test of my new tamron macro lens at 90mm, f2.8 and the iso at 1250 as this was shot at dusk!
Thank you :)
Alcohol is a natural irritant to the digestive system, even for people who do not suffer from colitis or other digestive diseases. For those who have ulcerative colitis, it is imperative to avoid drinking alcohol. www.pinterest.com/pin/488992472012762339/