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Dahlia Lady Darlene 20cm (8" diameter) bloom with a visitor, from my garden.
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Heading out when I looked left and saw this visitor 2 doors up...pretty sure its a Mistle Thrush (bigger, pale wing edges, please correct me if wrong)...a nicer angle not possible without trespassing and a knock on the door!
The Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto (16 hectares) are botanical gardens located on the western shore of Lake Maggiore in Pallanza, Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Italy.
The gardens were established 1931-1940 by Scotsman Neil McEacharn who bought an existing villa and its neighboring estates, cut down more than 2000 trees, and undertook substantial changes to the landscape
Today the gardens contain nearly 20,000 plant varieties, representing more than 3,000 species, set among 7 km of paths. Among its collections are azalea, cornus, greenhouses of Victoria amazonica, and 300 types of dahlias. It also contains a small herbarium and the founder's mausoleum.
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Mooie zonnebloem die Bijen aantrekt.
sunflower and the bee
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Interesting juxtaposition of a cattle farm against a Wind Farm. I captured this image while visiting the southernmost point in the Big Island of Hawaii and, for that matter, in the United States.
The Tawhiri Power LLC is an independent power producer that supplies electricity for the State of Hawaii. The Pakini Nui Wind Farm is Tawhiri's principle project and is located near South Point on the Big Island of Hawaii. Since 2007, the wind farm has supplied approximately 18,000 Hawaiian homes per year with a green and renewable source of electrical power.
About the Wind Farm:
The south point area of Hawaii is one of the best places in the world for a wind farm because of its exceptionally strong and consistent trade winds. As as result, Tawhiri Power LLC selected this location for the Pakini Nui Wind Farm.
Construction of the wind farm began in August of 2006 and was completed in early 2007. On April third, 2007 the wind farm began commercial operation. There are a total of fourteen General Electric 1.5 Mega-Watt SE turbines at Pakini Nui. These turbines can provide nearly 21 Mega-Watts of electricity for the Big Island of Hawaii.
The Pakini Nui Wind Farm is located 7 miles down South Point Road from its junction with Route 11.
Visiting Cardinals the local cardinals like to visit my neighbors bird feeder, I guess they like the variety, shot in North Carolina.
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Dag took me on a tour here. in December last year.
This was taken in one of the Calas Galadhon sims, I forgot which one :-)
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
I wandered up to the Heathdale - Glen Orden Wetlands this morning to see how they are looking after all the rain yesterday. I have not seen them this wet since 2014. Occasionally I will see one or two Gulls there, today there was a flock of about 80 working along the D I Drain.
USS Bonhomme Richard
On this week in 2017 the USS Bonhomme Richard, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship visited Melbourne. She is seen here alongside Station Pier at Port Melbourne.
I saw this Fashionably Dead outfit while in the store looking at the April 30th Saturday Sale when I noticed that this outfit was the same price. I later came across the commuter rail car in the Orchid Island sim, and the idea popped into my head. Having been able to visit home as travel restrictions have eased, I took a pic at the spur of the moment. It about sums up how I felt about going home.
Thanks to Alicia West for looking at my few pictures for the the last two years and persisting in encouraging me to resume posting.
An unusual visitor to our garden and particularly to this tree (no flowers). Taking a break whilst sunbathing I guess.
Shot with the fully manual vivitar 75-205 f3.8
Comments welcome as always and thanks for looking.