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By popular demand (two requests) I'm posting a Greater Roadrunner as part of my desert denizen series.
From the Cornell Lab:
"A bird born to run, the Greater Roadrunner can outrace a human, kill a rattlesnake, and thrive in the harsh landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy blue-black crest and mottled plumage that blends well with dusty shrubs. As they run, they hold their lean frames nearly parallel to the ground and rudder with their long tails. Roadrunners have evolved a range of adaptations to deal with the extremes of desert living. Like seabirds, they secrete a solution of highly concentrated salt through a gland just in front of each eye, which uses less water than excreting it via their kidneys and urinary tract. Moisture-rich prey including mammals and reptiles supply them otherwise-scarce water in their diet."
This one was photographed scurrying around in Big Bend National Park.
Managed a quick trip to the beach in order to see if California is OPEN yet. Most coastal access remains closed, with all parking areas blocked.
But I found this Guy racing around a rest stop, and managed to get a shot before he raced off.
For a generation of viewers, the familiar “beep, beep” of Warner Brothers’ cartoon Roadrunner was the background sound of Saturday mornings.
(Although commonly quoted as "meep meep", Warner Brothers, the current owner of all trademarks relating to the duo, lists "beep, beep" as the Road Runner's sound, along with "meep, meep." )
Despite the cartoon character’s perennial victories over Wile E. Coyote, real-life coyotes present a real danger to Roadrunners; Coyotes can reach a top speed of 43 miles an hour—more than twice as fast as roadrunners.
Roadrunner can outrace a human, kill a rattlesnake, and thrive in the harsh landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy blue-black crest and mottled plumage that blends well with dusty shrubs. As they run, they hold their lean frames nearly parallel to the ground and rudder with their long tails.
Roadrunners have evolved a range of adaptations to deal with the extremes of desert living. Like seabirds, they secrete a solution of highly concentrated salt through a gland just in front of each eye, which uses less water than excreting it via their kidneys and urinary tract. Moisture-rich prey including mammals and reptiles supply them otherwise-scarce water in their diet. Both chicks and adults flutter the un-feathered area beneath the chin (gular fluttering) to dissipate heat.
Roadrunners eat poisonous prey, including venomous lizards and scorpions, with no ill effect, although they’re careful to swallow horned lizards head-first with the horns pointed away from vital organs. Roadrunners can also kill and eat rattlesnakes, often in tandem with another roadrunner: as one distracts the snake by jumping and flapping, the other sneaks up and pins its head, then bashes the snake against a rock. If it’s is too long to swallow all at once, a roadrunner will walk around with a length of snake still protruding from its bill, swallowing it a little at a time as the snake digests.
Based on banding records, the oldest roadrunner was at least 7 years old.
- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Cat's Whiskers in the KLCC Park serve as border plants and given their year 'round presence some of the walks are always bordered by pretty white flowers. So you could be forgiven for thinking they're merely ornamentals. But Orthosiphon also has excellent medicinal qualities especially for illnesses of the urinary tract. That's for what they've traditionally been used in this part of the world.
It's difficult to get a good photo of these clusters, so I thought I'd give you a shot from the top down.
There was a bit of joyful noise when Jimmy tried the new "urinary care" cat food tonight.
Since he was diagnosed with a urinary problem, he has shown disdain for Hills C/D special foods (dry and wet), as well as the Science Diet and Purina Focus diets for cats who develop crystals in their urine. In fact, he seems a little depressed when we keep putting these inedible foods in front of him.
Our vet suggested one final diet to try: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets UR (Urinary St/Ox)
The company will refund your money if your cat doesn't like it (per our vet). We picked it up this afternoon, and Jimmy's face went down into the bowl and stayed there. He likes it!
Még nem tudni a pontos diagnózist, de valószínűleg felfázott, rosszabb esetben vesegyulladása van. Sokat jár a wc-re, de sajnos alig tud pisilni.
Tegnap voltunk a dokinál és nagyon megkínozták, vettek tőle vért, kapott antibiotikumot és C vitamint injekcióban. Megmérték a lázát, hőemelkedése volt. De a vércukor szintje rendben, hasonló az emberéhez 3,8. Még várjuk az eredményeket.
these were the cleanest urinaries I ever seen, cannot avoid to shot to such a difficult image to find.
Eran los urinarios mas limpios que he visto nunca, no pude evitar capturar tan dificil imagen.
In folk medicine, the cherry stalks are therefore used in many areas, such as irrigation, as a detox, in urinary tract infections, gout and even when coughing.
Cherry stalks are likely to have in addition to vitamin C and flavonoids also a relatively high content of polyphenols, which indeed have an antioxidant effect - thus helping with the purification.
Also potassium salts, which have a diuretic effect, should be abundant, which could be a reason for the diuretic effect.
Furthermore, it would be conceivable that mucilage is present, which cause a calming of the mucous membranes and thus relieve the cough. (Text: www.kottas.at)
An old image of my closed website from 2005. She was a star*.
It was found that Pochiko is suffering from renal calculus and urinary calculus.
She is to have a surgical operation on the day after tomorrow.
I believe that everything goes well but Pochiko got old...
Rosa laevigata, or the Cherokee rose, is used in traditional medicine for urinary, reproductive, and digestive health, and its extracts offer antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and skin-care benefits.
In Chinese traditional medicine, Rosa laevigata fruit and root have been used for centuries. The fruit is believed to consolidate "essence," reduce frequent urination, manage metrorrhagia, and act as an intestinal astringent to control diarrhea. The root is traditionally used to strengthen essence, treat spermatorrhea, enuresis, dysentery, diarrhea, uterine prolapse, hemorrhoids, and burns. Regional records also suggest its use for hypospermia, leucorrhea, pubic erections, chronic deficiency diarrhea, stomach discomfort, bruises, lumbar pain, rheumatic joint pain, and uterine prolapse (Wikipedia)
This was captured at Heide Herb Garden in Bulleen, Victoria, Australia.
He was adopted as a kitten about 3 months old, after a car accident and a surgery. He lived with us for about a month. Unfortunately, he died after a repeated urinary tract infection. Paraskevoulis had been a lovely tender little cat.
Incontinence
The loss of ability to control urination is a common problem that affects as many as one in three people. It can be easily cured or at least made manageable. As a man, you're more at risk of one of two types of incontinence as you get older:
urge – an overpowering urge to urinate followed by heavy leakage
overflow – small leaks from a full bladder
Data show that incontinence is less prevalent in men than women, which may explain the dearth of studies focusing specifically on men.
As men age, their rate of suffering from UI increases from 4.8% at ages 19 to 44 to over 21% by the age of 65 years.
“Sadly, many men with UI do not have the emotional and physical ability to adapt to these stressful situations and, instead, choose to suffer silently”
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For help, read the following web site.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/urinary-incontinence/10-ways-to-sto...
I shot this on Saturday evening, after Scotch came home from his Friday morning throat surgery on his almost completely paralyzed larynx. He's going to have to tolerate his portrait being taken a bit longer now, though I'm fairly certain he won't have any objections.
He's had health issues since arriving in Los Angeles at the very end of December and while some were just symptoms of aging, the most prominent issue was Laryngeal Paralysis which ultimately seemed to be what would cut his long life short. It was manageable last Fall when it first came up and the cool weather suppressed a lot of the associated problems. The move here began in mid december and was in part a chance photograph my way across the country but also to take a seasoned canine roadtripper on the ultimate 4,000+ mile late in life car ride and eventually his first chance to see the ocean.
Out here, the condition began to worsen pretty quickly, even with the cooler, breezy winter conditions and once the temperatures began to rise again, I started to worry he wouldn't survive the summer. He stayed in most of the spring and summer in the air conditioning and his activities became very limited, despite his best efforts to continue doing the things he loved. Trip after trip to the vet for things including getting a urinary tract infection, contracting ecoli, and losing his hearing caused him to be terrified of the car since that seemed to be the only time he was forced to go anywhere. When he finally hit 13 at the end of October, I was extremely relieved because I thought maybe he'd be able to stick around through the fall and winter, however his conditions worsened dramatically after, with his terribly labored breathing switching to silent, very strained gasps for air. Even 5 minutes out and back in for the bathroom would cause either 45 minutes of uncontrollable panting or this fish out of water type gasping until he'd wear himself out enough to fall asleep.
About a week ago, I realized that he was dying and even though he was happy, his body wouldn't allow him to function properly. I tried everything I could to keep him calm and comfortable, while figuring out how to deal with all this myself. When it finally seemed like he may only have a few days left, I began to panic and decided the only chance he had would be to see if the surgery was still an option. When I called Thursday morning, they asked if a visit on Monday would work and I told them I didn't think he'd survive until then so he went in first thing Friday. If he was still a candidate for the surgery, he would have it later that morning and sure enough, I got the call around noon that the surgery was a success and "textbook" and that he'd be ready to come home with a new lease on life after this last minute reprieve of sorts.
I've never had to deal with a senior dog before Scotch entered that phase of life and for the first 3 years of his life, thinking he'd make it to old age seemed entirely unlikely as he dealt with numerous issues including seizures, extreme nervousness and anxiety and the inability to productively socialize with other dogs as a result. As he got older and healthier, I still sort of expected those seizures to return or some byproduct of those conditions to affect his health but overall he stayed very healthy. However, this past week, I finally realized I would have to make a decision very soon on whether or not his suffering was too much for him to endure.
I'm sure if you've read my descriptions about him over the last year or so, it may seem like I'm obsessed with him or too emotional about his outlook and to some degree that's true but really, he's more than just a dog to me. He represents a time period in my life that I've tried to hold onto for a long time. After my baseball career ended and I struggled to figure out my purpose, Scotch entered my life during a time when life was starting to look up. Over the last 13 years, nearly every aspect from that segment of my life have slowly disappeared: friendships ended, relationships came and went, all my belongings and reminders got lost or simply fell apart from age and he somehow became the very last link I had to all that. Through all the good times and bad, the one constant has been Scotch and I appreciate that more each day.
So anyway, extremely relieved Scotch is still around and I imagine as a result, the descriptions with his portraits will slowly become much more positive and optimistic. It sort of started to feel like I was writing an obituary with each posted portrait and sometimes I'd end up deleting the shot since what I wrote up was so depressing to read. I don't know how much time he will ultimately have but hopefully he can live out the rest of his life without much pain and discomfort and enjoy each day to the fullest :)
SCOTCH
Age 13
Hollywood, California
November 5th, 2016
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WILD CARROT
Also known as Queen Anne's Lace. The seeds are a beneficial antiseptic diuretic useful in the treatment of cystitis and prostatitis. Also, the seeds are used for the prevention and washing out of gravel and urinary stones. As a diuretic, it helps with dropsy and the elimination of uric acid from the body (thus, used for gout). The seeds, which are high in volatile oil, are soothing to the digestive system, useful for colic and flatulence. Some herbalists employ the seeds as an implantation preventer. The root is very high in Vitamin A and minerals. The juice is reputed to have anti-cancer activity. The root helps to expel worms and is an effective antacid for heartburn and gastritis. A poultice of the root is excellent for first aid, especially for itchy skin. CAUTION: Queen Anne's Lace has several poisonous look alikes. Do NOT use this herb (seeds) with pregnancy.
It's Kedi's birthday today, she is 9 now.
Unfortunately, this day is not how I imagined it would be...Kedi is ill. She has had a chronic urinary infection for years, but yesterday night I noticed she seemed to be troubled by it more and she also seemed to have a bladder infection.
I took her to the vet just now and he has kept her there to try to find the problem and give her something so she will experience less pain.
Poor baby...
One of the reasons cats get these problems is stress. I now am facing a difficult situation because there's a big possibility that Moppie and Pruttel being in the same house are one of the stressfactors, if not the major one.
This photo I took a little while ago. I can only try this when she's resting and even then she will soon get annoyed and tear the hat apart.
We often call her 'Kedilek' which is sort of phonetic for caddilac. Which explains the title.
Please send some positive vibes to Kedi via the universe, she sure needs it right now (and so do I).....
Where the hat came from: www.mixitup.nl/trend/trends/2620/goedgemutste_innocent_sm...
Update:
She's back, still drowsy from the aenesthetic. The vet gave her antibiotics, took an x-ray which showed no stones in the bladder and cleaned everything up. Now 'll have to experiment further to see what will make her thrive better.
Edibility
- Leaves and flowers are edible.
Ayurvedic medicine
• Leaf- leprosy, intestinal parasites, eye problems, skin ulcers
• Bark - pain and fever.
• Flower - bile suppression, intestinal worms and phlegm.
• Fruit - piles, intestinal worms, urinary disorder, nose bleeding , phlegm, eye problem, diabetes, wounds and leprosy.
• Twig - cough, asthma, piles, intestinal worms, spermatorrhoea, urinary disorders, diabetes.
• Gum - ringworm, scabies, wounds and ulcers.
• Seed pulp and oil- leprosy and intestinal worms.
• Neem oil may be useful for gingivitis.
• Oil used intravaginally for spermicidal and contraceptive properties.
source: stuart xchange
A second urinary catheter was placed in the urethra to help determine that the foreign body in the bladder was indeed a urinary catheter, thus verifying the need for surgery.
Keiko is fifteen years old. A couple months ago she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. We are treating with pills and she seems to be tolerating them well.
I noticed the other day that she was having potty problems so took her to the vet and they confirmed she has a mild urinary tract infection so we immediately put her on clavamox [ oral antibiotics].
Unfortunately, it made her sick [vomitiing, diarrhea and loss of appetite] so I emailed my vet last night and she said to take her off right away. Keiko has lost weight the past six months and is quite frail so we hate to see her not feeling well.
I took these pics this morning... Mother's Day [ Sunday- May 12] as she went outside to eat grass. We love Keiko so much and it saddens us to see her have health issues. We are doing all we can to keep her well but we know that given her advanced age, every day is a gift.
After having lost Jasmine in March, we cannot fathom the thought of losing another.....so we have put all day trips on hold and will tend to Keiko as much as possible.
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Tramcar 122 was built by Officine Elettro Ferroviarie Tallero in 1937,originally for the Milan to Monza line. In the 80s it was mainly used on the runs to Cusano, on the Carate line, and the short branch to the residential area named Milanino, in what was called by the drivers "the local service".
Image taken at the Via Valtellina tram station on April 1985. On the right an old urinary, one of last in the city.
A lot of weeds on the railways lands, but they provide a lot of great textures.
From my set entitled
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In my collection entitled “Goldenrod”
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod
The goldenrod is a yellow flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.
About 100[1] perennial species make up the genus Solidago, most being found in the meadows and pastures, along roads, ditches and waste areas in North America. There are a handful of species from each of Mexico, South America, and Eurasia.[1] Some American species have also been introduced into Europe some 250 years ago.
Many species are difficult to distinguish. Probably due to their bright, golden yellow flower heads blooming in late summer, the goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for causing hay fever in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by Ragweed (Ambrosia sp.), blooming at the same time as the goldenrod, but is wind-pollinated. Goldenrod pollen is too heavy and sticky to be blown far from the flowers, and is thus mainly pollinated by insects.
Goldenrods are easily recognized by their golden inflorescence with hundreds of small capitula, but some are spike-like and other have auxiliary racemes.
They have slender stems, usually hairless but S. canadensis shows hairs on the upper stem. They can grow to a length between 60 cm and 1.5 m.
Their alternate leaves are linear to lanceolate. Their margins are usually finely to sharply serrated.
Propagation is by wind-disseminated seed or by underground rhizomes. They form patches that are actually vegetative clones of a single plant.
Goldenrod is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera that feed on goldenrods. The Goldenrod then forms a leathery bulb (called a gall) around the invading insect as a quarantine to keep it confined to a small part of the plant. Parasitoid wasps have learned to find these galls, and lay eggs in the insect after penetrating the bulb. Woodpeckers have learned to blast open the gall and eat the wasp-infested insect holed up in the center.[2]
Goldenrods can be used for decoration and making tea. Goldenrods are, in some places, held as a sign of good luck or good fortune; but they are considered weeds by some.
Goldenrods are mostly short-day plants and bloom in late summer and early fall and some species produce abundant nectar when moisture is plentiful before bloom, and the bloom period is relatively warm and sunny. Honey from goldenrods often is dark and strong due to admixtures of other nectars. However when there is a strong honey flow, a light (often water white), spicy-tasting honey is produced. While the bees are ripening the honey there is a rank odor and taste, but finished honey is much milder.
British gardeners adopted goldenrod long before Americans. Goldenrod only began to gain some acceptance in American gardening (other than wildflower gardening) during the 1980s. A hybrid with aster, known as x Solidaster is less unruly, with pale yellow flowers, equally suitable for dried arrangements.
Solidago canadensis was introduced as a garden plant in Central Europe, and is now common in the wild. In Germany, it is considered an invasive species that displaces native vegetation from its natural habitat.
Goldenrod is a companion plant, playing host to some beneficial insects, repelling some pests
Inventor Thomas Edison experimented with goldenrod to produce rubber, which it contains naturally.[3] Edison created a fertilization and cultivation process to maximize the rubber content in each plant. His experiments produced a 12 foot tall plant that yielded as much as 12 percent rubber. The rubber produced through Edison's process was resilient and long lasting. The tires on the Model T given to him by his friend Henry Ford were made from goldenrod. Examples of the rubber can still be found in his laboratory, elastic and rot free after more than 50 years. However, even though Edison turned his research over to the U.S. government a year before his death, goldenrod rubber never went beyond the experimental stage.
The variety Solidago virgaurea is a traditional kidney tonic. It has aquaretic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and antiseptic action and seems to increase kidney output.[citation needed] This makes it useful as an agent to counter inflammation and irritation of the kidneys when bacterial infection or stones are present.[4] Such use is in combination with other herbs that create a synergistic therapeutic effect on the urinary system. As in other areas of herbalism, blending creates a therapy greater than the effect of a single herb alone. The aquaretic action is also useful in helping to dissolve kidney stones by diluting their components and preventing them from recurring. See herbal medicine. Goldenrod has also been used as part of a tincture to aid in cleansing of the kidney/bladder during a healing fast, in conjunction with Potassium broth and specific juices.[4] 'Solidago odora' is also sold as a medicinal, for these issues: mucus, kidney/bladder cleansing and stones, colds, digestion.
The goldenrod is the state flower of the U.S. states of Kentucky (adopted March 16, 1926) and Nebraska (adopted April 4, 1895). It used to be the state flower of Alabama, being adopted as such on September 6, 1927, but was later rejected in favour of the camellia. Goldenrod was recently named the state wildflower for South Carolina.
In Midwestern states in the mid-twentieth century it was said that when the goldenrod bloomed, it would soon be time to go back to school--the blossoms appeared in mid- to late August, shortly before the traditional start of school on the day after Labor Day.[5]
In Sufjan Stevens' song, Casimir Pulaski Day, the narrator brings goldenrod to his girlfriend upon finding out that she has been diagnosed with bone cancer. Carrie Hamby's song, Solidago, tells the story of Thomas Edison's experiments with making goldenrod a domestic source of rubber during the 2nd world war.
The Sweet Goldenrod (Solidago odora) is also the state herb of Delaware as of June 24, 1996. [6]
Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) growing on ChromID CPS chromogenic agar. Isolate from a 5 year old male child with urinary tract symptoms and pyrexia
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