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There 's nothing like cool temperatures and fresh air to raise the spirits. during my forays to the Alabama Hills the temperature can get up into the 100's and when they do, this is where I seek refuge. At around 9000 ft in elevation the difference in temperature is about 15 degrees and there nothing better the a fine mist that floats away from the falls right onto your weary soul.
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I hope you find the following information useful about these lovely sheep. From: www.herdwick-sheep.com
"Herdwick Sheep
Herdwick sheep are the native breed of the central and western Lake District and live on the highest of England’s mountains. They are extremely hardy and are managed in the traditional way on the Lake District fells that have been their home for generations.
The word “Herdwyck”, meaning sheep pasture, is recorded in documents going back to the 12th century. Herdwick sheep are the most hardy of all Britain’s breeds of hill sheep, grazing the central and western dales of the Lake District with fells running to over 3000 feet.
Herdwick farms have typically less than 100 acres of lower, more productive land and rely on the common grazings of the high Lake District fells. The lambs graze with their mothers on the “heaf” belonging to that farm instilling a life long knowledge of where on the fell they should be grazing. This is crucial as the central Lake District fells are inaccessible and a sheep which strays from Borrowdale to Eskdale will involve a 100 mile round trip by road for the farmer to collect it.
The Herdwick’s hardiness and ability to graze over a wide area of fell is key to the maintenance of the Lake District landscape as we know it."
PARTIRONO PER LA GUERRA PIENI DI SPERANZA: QUALCUNO AVEVA SPIEGATO LORO CHE LA GUERRA E' BELLA E UTILE. NON SONO MAI TORNATI...
With all of the nightscaping that I have been doing lately, my stream is looking a little dark, so I have decided to start posting some of my favorite day shots to help brighten it up.
Here's an early evening photo taken in the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs Colorado. As I was waiting for the sun to go down, I watched the shadows stretch across the park and sunlight started to illuminate the top of the Tower of Babel formation and thought I would snap a few. :)
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Exposure row
It had rained the whole day like from tubs. Actually, I planned, the Neist Point, the small peninsula
to take photos on the Scottish island Skye in the southwest in the sundown. But the weather meant it differently.
When I wanted to make a few test shots Late afternoon, it heard to rain for one moment on and the sky opened
for a short time before the coast. From approx. 100 admissions, were at the end only useful.....
Lleve el diablo lo hermoso
de mis cuernos,
Haga mis feos pies el
cielo eternos:
Así frecuentemente
El hombre se deslumbra con
lo hermoso;
Elige lo aparente,
Abrazando tal vez lo
más dañoso;
Pero escarmienta ahora
en tal cabeza.
El útil bien es la mejor
belleza.
Felix María de Samaniego.
I took this photo for the theme "A look in the mirror" of the Smile on Saturday group. The sewing items are usually stored in a box and haven't seen the light of day in a long time as sewing isn't exactly one of my talents. In fact I hardly manage to sew on a button. At least they have been useful for a photo now. HSoS !
Je me plains toujours des gens qui laissent leur bouteille vide sur les ponts mais pour une fois j'ai trouvé çà utile..
I ' m always complaining about people who let their empty botles on the bridges but for once I found it useful..
The [useful] friend that i can remove or rezz everywhere, to change skin...or mood . To scream at or delete , to tell my fake story before i logoff...
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All I have or should
want to be but never could
It's coming at, it's coming at, it's coming at my heart
To spoil my soul with fire
All my eyes can see is
born out of your imagery
It's coming at, it's coming at, it's coming at my heart
To scorch the earth with fire
Tell me who you really love
Tell me who you really love
The sun was playing hide and seek with this thick fog that day.... And trees, our beloved trees are always playing as useful landmark, aren't they?
Music from Erik Satie, Gnossienne I
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This is the canal which links the Cagliari salt evaporation ponds (now dismissed) with the harbour. The salt collected in the ponds was loaded into barges and then a tug carried the train of barges to the harbour where the salt was unloaded to be shipped.
In ancient times the barges were pulled by horses.
Nemophila, a popular flower that blooms in spring.
Every spring, I go to take photos in a large national park, famous for this flower, but it has been closed this year.
That's why this year I shot a Nemophila on a small flowerbed in a nearby park.
Thank you for the many good wishes for 2015 I received from you the last couple of days. My deepest apologies for not having returned them yet.
We had four great days in London including NYE and enjoyed every single minute. Special thanks to Co-Member Zach Williams who provided very useful insider information for the trip.
The theme for MM is hand tool. My tiny scissors are just right for daisy cutting!
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Literally. Once useful as well as decorative this old barn built from lovely local stone is a now just an attractive-looking reminder of the past.
100x 2023 edition - Northumberland revisited - 10/100
Zicrona caerulea can reach an adult size of about 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in). The body is uniformly metallic blue-green (hence the Latin name caerulea, meaning blue). In the immatures the abdomen is red with black markings.
These bugs are useful predators of leaf beetles in the genus Altica, of larvae of various beetles and caterpillars of moths, but it also feeds on plants. Eggs are laid in the spring. New adults of this univoltine species can be found from July onwards. This bug overwinters as an adult.
Sunrise on the coastline of El Médano in Tenerife. Another abstract using intentional camera movement (ICM) while I was waiting for the sun to rise.
Sunrise Photography in Tenerife
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Taken at the Great Central Railway in Loughborough, found this old, though still useful shed - I liked the way the light fell on the doors.
Sticky and useful, inkcaps were used as a source of ink for important documents to guard against forgeries.
They cause serious problems when consumed with alcohol hence the common name Tipplers Bane.
During my morning shooting with David Frey at LaJolla Tidepools, I scrambled from one location to the next gathering up every composition I could see. It was nice to watch the colors in the sky slowly morph from deep blues to purples and then to yellows and oranges. A miracle that most take for granite. :)
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Generational definitions are most useful when they span a set age range and so allow meaningful comparisons across generations. That is why the generations today each span 15 years with Generation Y (Millennials) born from 1980 to 1994; Generation Z from 1995 to 2009 and Generation Alpha from 2010 to 2024. And so it follows that Generation Beta will be born from 2025 to 2039.
Mark McCrindle
Morning dew - a very useful natural phenomenon. It accumulates the energy of the stars, moon, sun, earth, water, plants, air, and is a natural concentrate of many biologically active substances.
Our ancestors believed dew nectar of immortality, and made good use of its medicinal properties in their lives. In particular, they ran naked in the dewy grass, washed with dew, collected it in a wooden bowl and was used as a cure for many diseases. Healing "Amrita" filled people strength, health, prolong youth and beauty.
The man who appreciates the beauty of nature and the world is much richer and happier than those who do not notice this.
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What a treat to get a glimpse of this bird, especially in such lovely early morning light. This gives a useful size comparison.
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This is the unadulterated .jpg straight out of the camera with no further processing whatsoever.That includes no in-camera special effects like HDR, focus stacking, selective colour rendition, NOTHING.
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Selective focusing is a useful tool, but it can be improved by a random ray of sunshine. Well, everyone gets lucky sometimes !
I found this dried lavender at a garden centre yesterday and thought it would look nice in a vase. It does smell lovely too AND it may turn out to be useful as a photo prop. :)
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A large duck, generally common and familiar within its extensive range. Males are distinctive with iridescent green head, yellow bill, chestnut breast, and gray body. Females are mottled brown with orange and black splotches on the bill. Found anywhere with water, including city parks, backyard creeks, and various wetland habitats. Often in flocks, and frequently mixes with other duck species. In North America, females can be tricky to distinguish from American Black Duck, Mottled Duck, and Mexican Duck where ranges overlap. Those species are all darker-bodied than Mallard. A good view of the wing can be helpful, too: white wingbars on the leading and trailing edges of the blue wing patch are bolder on Mallard. Frequently hybridizes with those species, which can be even more confusing. Any bird with extensive white in the tail or curled feathers above the tail has some Mallard genes. (eBird)
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Nearly two weeks ago, I tripped and fractured my elbow. After a week in a sling, the surgeon let me ditch the sling and start using my arm cautiously. The arm is painful and stiff and I cannot do anything for very long.
These little mallards, still growing their wing feathers, reminded me of me today. Ready to go but held back by less than useful wings/arms.
Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. August 2025.
Canon EOS 6D - f/7.1 - 1/60 sec - 100 mm - ISO 1250
- for challenge Flickr group: Macro Mondays,
theme: Circles
- Primary colors (or primary colours) are sets of colors that can be combined to make a useful range of colors. The primary colors are those which cannot be created by mixing other colors in a given color space.
For subtractive combination of colors, as in mixing of pigments or dyes for printing, the primaries normally used are cyan, magenta, and yellow, though the set of red, yellow, blue is popular among artists.
Created for the "PANO-Vision" Group's first annual contest "Kick Out the Winter Blues".
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Pano-Sabotage shots collaged with some straight "SOOC" imagery, then mirrored and layered in panels and edge treatments.
The iPhone 6 doesn't do night shots very well but in this case the lights on the trees and the reflections on the marble and in the windows provided just enough for this image to be useful.
Image created Jan 4, 2018
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We saw these beautiful torch gingers all over the Hana coast in shades of pink and red. The ginger plant has a huge number of variations and is probably the most useful of all flower species on Maui. It is used as a main ingredient in many Hawaiian dishes and grows very prolifically in all areas. The blossoms have no smell until they are squeezed in the palm of your hand, which releases a very fragrant, candy-like smell.
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Helenium is a genus of annuals and deciduous herbaceous perennials in the sunflower family native to the Americas.
They bear yellow or orange daisy-like composite flowers. A number of these species (particularly Helenium autumnale) have the common name sneezeweed, based on the former use of their dried leaves in making snuff. It was inhaled to cause sneezing that would supposedly rid the body of evil spirits. Larger species may grow up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall.
The genus is named for Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus and Leda. Helenium species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Phymatopus behrensii.
Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use - mainly from H. autumnale and H. bigelovii. They are useful for late summer and fall bloom, usually in less formal compositions. They are appropriate for native gardens in areas where they are indigenous, and they look wonderfully in bouquets. Annual species are easily grown from seed, and perennials should be divided every year in order to retain their vigor. The soil should be fertile with a generous amount of organic manner in the form of compost, manure or other decayed organic matter in addition to, perhaps, an application of a complete fertilizer in spring. Heleniums should be grown in full sun average to moist soil with good drainage. They are drought tolerant, but should be watered on planting and regularly until established. The following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-
'Baudirektor Linne'[10]
'Blütentisch'[11]
'Butterpat'[12]
'Feuersiegel'[13]
'Gartensonne'[14]
'Karneol'[15]
'Moerheim Beauty'[16]
'Ring of Fire'[17]
'Rubinzwerg'[18]
'Sahin's Early Flowerer'[19]
'Waltraut'[20]
'Wesergold'[21]
Helenium Hybrid has brilliant yellow petals surrounding spherical brown cones covered with golden pollen. It grows to 0.9 metres (3 ft) tall and takes up about 0.6 metres (2 ft) of space, the hardiness zone rating is 4-9. Its Flowers appear for six weeks from mid to late summer and attract butterflies in droves. It provides a splash of colour when many other perennials are starting to fade, it may accompany ornamental grasses, Phlox and Liatris.
The UK National Collection of Heleniums is located at Yew Tree House, Hall Lane, Hankelow near Audlem in Cheshire.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenium and www.saga.co.uk/magazine/home-garden/gardening/plants/pere...
These heleniums were photographed at Pashley Manor Gardens. At Pashley you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
120 in 2020
113. Useful
An useful way of up cycling an old tyre!
Spotted in the woods on my walk last week, this home made swing was designed and made by two 11 year old girls. And no, I didn't take up their offer of trying it out!
Loggerhead Shrike, Juvenile
Summer Lake Wildlife Area, OR
If you are out in grasslands with scattered shrubs and see insects, lizards, birds, or small mammals impaled on thorns it may very well be the mark of a Shrike. Though it is classified as a songbird, it behaves much like a raptor. Lacking talons like raptors have, shrikes will skewer their kills on thorns or barbed wire for an easy snack later. In breeding season this behavior is useful when trying to keep up with the demands of feeding their young, in winter the larders of impaled prey provide food when prey is scare. (Cornell’s All About Birds)
Double Arch is a natural sandstone formation in one of the best (in my opinion) parks in all of America, Arches National Park. This particular set of arches were formed differently from most of the arches in the park. It is what is known as a pothole arch, formed by water erosion from above rather the standard erosion for arches, which is normally from the side. The larger opening has a span of 148 feet (45 m) and a height of 104 feet (32 m). These dimensions give the arch the tallest opening and second-longest span in the park. For scale, the lower right of this shot contains a group of people sitting in shadow.
The arches are open for exploration, but you have to be pretty nimble to get up to the top of the “window”. This open permission to climb can make photographers have to wait quite a while to get a clear shot like this one as the area can be crawling with tourists. Normally I avoid crowds by going very early for sunrise or late for sunset, but this tactic doesn’t work with Double Arch as it lies in shadow and mostly along an East-West axis, so the light for sunrise and sunset is not optimum to catch that natural amphitheater effect you see here.
Arches National Park contains the highest density of arches in the world, more than 2000 natural sandstone arches. It also features a variety of unique geological formations such as Balanced Rock, The Three Gossips and The Tower of Babel. It borders the Colorado River on the Colorado Plateau and is 4 miles north of Moab, Utah. It’s truly high desert, receiving an average of less than 10 inches (250 mm) of rain annually. In spite of it’s relatively remote location the park received more than 1.6 million visitors in 2018 and the lines to get in can be long…so get there early!
The shot: Admittedly I have glaring vertical polarization here from the CPL. At the time there was a lot of stray light flooding into my viewfinder and I didn't catch the mistake. A 90 degree turn of the filter could have fixed it. I have since started using a large oval eyecup to prevent light pollution into the viewfinder, and I highly recommend this useful addition to your camera.
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Common chiffchaff - Mosquitero común - Tjiftjaf - Phylloscopus collybita
The common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), or simply the chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic.
It is a migratory passerine which winters in southern and western Europe, southern Asia and north Africa. Greenish-brown above and off-white below. It has a number of subspecies, some of which are now treated as full species. The female builds a domed nest on or near the ground, and assumes most of the responsibility for brooding and feeding the chicks, whilst the male has little involvement in nesting, but defends his territory against rivals, and attacks potential predators.
A small insectivorous bird, it is subject to predation by mammals, such as cats and mustelids, and birds, particularly hawks of the genus Accipiter. Its large range and population mean that its status is secure, although one subspecies is probably extinct. [extracted from Wilipedia]
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