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As seen in Essex.

I appreciate your comments and views. I will be off here for about 10 days will be commenting as I can . Have a great day everyone.

A kestrel sitting on an overhead wire in the village of Whittington in Gloucestershire.

This is the exit point of the Wire Pass trail (which passes through a narrow slot canyon) at the conjunction where it enters Buckskin Gulch in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. I love walking in slot canyons. Note the hiker near the far wall for scale.

For Macro Mondays #holes theme

Just one hole visible here (which I think is ok for the theme), and I'm kind-of excited that you can actually see all the way through it. Unfortunately, there's not much of interest on the other side, so it really isn't worth bothering to look. Plus looking closely would probably draw far too much attention to the detail, including a thread that I couldn't get rid of :-(

An interesting theme; got me thinking about how important holes are. Nice for them to get a bit of attention :-)

oh and I'm conscious that my photostream has been a bit monochromy of late - not quite sure how that happened :-) ; trying to get back to some colour soon, but this shot kind of lent itself to subtle toning

@ Finland 2022

This is the first swallow I met this spring. Swallows are back and they are now building their nests with mud and hay. This one is taking a rest, from its work. Notice the beak (its tool for the constructions) covered with mud.

#Camu

Metallic Wire for MacroMondays.

Song by Pixies.

Wires on an old fence covered in tiny ice crystals from days of sub zero temperatures and heavy frosts.

something new... felt like being creative today :)

inspired by my daily routine at work!!! just like a machine I go...go...go... Like we all do!!! Happy Monday everyone!

View On Black

I expect to see wires hanging from poles, but usually not quite like this,

Alviso, California.

Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, occasionally corrupted as bobbed wire or bob wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property. It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle).

Michael Kelly Invented the First Barbed Wire Fencing

The first wire fences (before the invention of the barb) consisted of only one strand of wire, which was constantly broken by the weight of cattle pressing against it.

Michael Kelly made a significant improvement to wire fencing, he twisted two wires together to form a cable for barbs - the first of its kind. Known as the "thorny fence," Michael Kelly's double-strand design made fences stronger, and the painful barbs made cattle keep their distance.

Joseph Glidden Was Considered the King of the Barb.

Joseph Glidden's design made barbed wire more effective, he invented a method for locking the barbs in place, and invented the machinery to mass-produce the wire.

Living patterns of the nomadic Native Americans were radically altered. Further squeezed from lands they had always used, they began calling barbed wire "the Devil's rope."

After its invention, barbed wire was widely used during wars, to protect people and property from unwanted intrusion. Military usage of barbed wire formally dates to 1888, when British military manuals first encouraged its use.

During the Spanish-American War, Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders chose to defend their camps with the help of barbed fencing. In turn-of-the-century South Africa, five-strand fences were linked to blockhouses sheltering British troops from the encroachment of Boer commandos. During World War I, barbed wire was used as a military weapon.

Even now, barbed wire is widely used to protect and safeguard military installation, to establish territorial boundaries, and for prisoner confinement.

I found this barbed wire along with the male Blue Dasher Dragonfly perched on it, at a Polk County park along Lake Kissimmee. Polk County, Florida.

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Tiny Mantis on the clothes line

A nearsighted macro look at wire fencing. Very nearsighted and very close ;-)

Just having fun!

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Wild South Africa

Kruger National Park

A look at the gothic architecture of the Old Joliet Prison through the razor wire atop the fence surrounding the Penitentiary. The prison opened in 1858 and closed in 2002.

I hope some of my friends who are bird experts can identify these birds for me.

Not too long before becoming young and restless, the fledgling Barn Swallow did receive an energy transfusion sufficient to sustain it during its solo flight along Rettilon Road on Bolivar Peninsula.

Circles of razor wire on top of a fence.

Odd one out.....

Plakias bay - Southern Crete

All those dedicated to whom every hope is denied

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Panasonic Lumix G7 / 70

Kit Lens 14-42mm

Fast Stone

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Inside of a Western Electric series 2500 desk telephone manufactured by Stromberg Carlson circa 1975.

Happy Sliders Sunday!

Plymouth, Michigan