Though I seriously have no idea how they fit those teeth into their mouths.
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved
This week we have another fine fungal photo from Opus, who makes magic happen with his detailed macro portraits. He’s also sent us a photo to give some perspective and scale to the close-up work.
Opus plans to nurse the garden along for a bit and then return it to the wild.
Moss Garden ©Opus, all rights reserved
Moss Garden – overview ©Opus, all rights reserved
As promised, there will be pictures. Lots, though I noticed that I took less pictures this year because after all, I went there before. Let’s start with some from the zoo. A great southern hornbill. I also add some others as to not spam my “own” blog with many different posts.
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved
Probably a breeding female. Or a napping one…
Now for some frogs…
©Giliell, all rights reserved
©Giliell, all rights reserved There was a lot of plants around acting as some sort of natural filter
©Giliell, all rights reserved
And finally a water lily. There be fairies.
©Giliell, all rights reserved Off focus but too pretty
©Giliell, all rights reserved No, absolutely no post production on this one.
We’ve gotten some wonderful pictures of baby ravens from Anne, Cranky Cat Lady. Her daughter Emily Davis took the photos and Anne has been kind enough to share them with us.
…they run from the first time she spotted the nest through their fledging. They were still being fed by the parents at that point, even though they were almost adult-sized.
These are your basic Common Raven (Corvus corax), also known as the Northern Raven. The nest was in La Jolla, on the UC San Diego campus in Southern California
May 16/19, ©Emily Davis, all rights reserved
Nightjar has sent us her monthly look at the light conditions in her world and, as always, the photos are fabulous. Enjoy.
©Nightjar,all rights reserved
Early morning at the park ©voyager, all rights reserved
Tomorrow I’m going to be having my last 6 teeth removed and 2 dental implants inserted. It was supposed to be sleep surgery, but the Dr. won’t take the risk because of the combination of drugs that I take so I’ll be awake, which sucks. I will get nitrous oxide and I have some marijuana oil for before and after which the Dr. says will be fine by him. I’ve been told to expect a few bad days post-op which could mean a bad week or two factoring in my fibro. Why am I telling you all of this?
Well, Jack and I have decided to take a virtual vacation. Starting tomorrow until August 19/19 Jack’s Walk won’t be here. You’ll just have to guess what the Bubba and I are up to. Tree Tuesday will also be absent for the next 2 weeks, but Fungi Friday will be here and so will the daily books. Next week the books will feature a few of Caine’s favourite artists and I know you won’t want to miss that. Giliell will also be back from holiday next week and I know she has lots to share from her vacation in Spain. Those are all good reasons to keep tuning us in.
Jack and old, toothless me will see you soon.
Milkweed ©voyager, all rights reserved
Poor Jack didn’t get out for a walk this morning. I turned off the A/C last night and opened the windows and by this morning the house was filled with humidity. I get this weird ataxia that puts me into slow motion and makes it feel like I’m moving through jello and high humidity is one of the things that can set it off. It took me a while just to get out of bed and I couldn’t make my hands work and I was feeling very frustrated. The jello wouldn’t lift even after the A/C cleared the house. I managed to get to pool therapy at noon and that really helped a lot, but by the time I got home it was too hot for Jack to go out. I promised to take him for a nice stroll around the neighbourhood after supper, but he isn’t bothered by the missing morning outing. At least that’s what he says – maybe he’s just being kind.
These photos were sent in by one of our readers, VBFF, and I absolutely love them. I am very much missing my east coast beach this year and these pictures gave me a great big smile. Sand + water + driftwood = happiness. Thanks!
©VBFF, all rights reserved
©VBFF, all rights reserved
Going in circles ©voyager, all rights reserved
The weather’s turned hot and humid again so Jack and I are back to early morning walks and let’s just say that early morning is not my best time. Jack doesn’t care about the time, though, so I decided the river was a good choice because Jack can frolic and I can sit and drink coffee and watch him. That’s what I call win – win. The water was a bit muddy, but Jack came out smelling fine(ish) and the towels were wet, but not dirty so he didn’t even need a hosing down at home. That’s a win – win – win. Not bad for dishwasher of a day.
When watering my citruses today, a movement caught my eye in one of the bowls. A tiny black parasitic wasp in a struggle with a spider twice its size. I did not have my camera with me and of course, I could not go and get it, so I snapped at least a few pictures with my phone. I assume the wasp has won and laid the spider aside for afters because it has left it lay there all limp and motionless, danced around a bit and then left.
Pictures below the fold – content warning spiders and predation.
Lofty has sent us the happiest little flowers I’ve ever seen.
Winter is also the time for some of our eucalyptus to flower. Most do it way up in the sky and usually you only know by the carpet of spent pale yellow flowers on the ground underneath the tree. This one however (a street tree) offered its flowers at eye level for my camera to snap at. The size of the flowers is around 25mm or 1″ long.
Eucalyptus Flowers, ©Lofty, all rights reserved
From Nightjar,
Z is for Zaffre
Zaffre.
A deep blue pigment obtained from cobalt ore. I thought these Lithodora prostrata flowers were close enough.
Link to previous alphabet post
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It’s obvious that Nightjar put a lot of time and thought into this project and I thank her so much for sharing it with all of us. The series has been full of surprises and gorgeous photography and along the way I learned a few new colors and fell in love with a jet black cat, who is my final choice for favourite – B is for Black Mia with the soft green eyes.
Queen Anne’s Lace, ©voyager, all rights reserved
Well, call me sleeping beauty because that’s about all I’ve done in the past 24 hours. Yesterday after my injections I lay down. That was around 7 pm and I more or less slept until 2 o’clock this afternoon. That’s 19 hours of sleep, one right after another. I must have gotten up to pee once or twice because I didn’t pee the bed, but I don’t remember. I don’t think I’ve ever slept so long, not even as a slothful teenager.
Since I’ve woken up I’ve managed to take Jack for a walk and… nap. It seems that 19 hours was not quite enough sleep because every time I sit down I conk out. I’m pretty sure if I go to bed now I’ll sleep until morning so that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Night, night.