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GREAT photos Janis! You make the place look sooooo awesome! Sea Caves are neat. I think the biggest one on the west coast is Painted Cave on Sta. Cruz Island off of Sta. Barbara. I led trips where we pulled a 75' boat into it a quarter mile or so. Amazing.
Love yer waves and your ferns. Awesome sauce!
Thanks for posting. Was that Manhattan or New England style clam chowder? Or is there a British one?
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and was amazingly surprised at the taste. Beside being salty it was more heavily tasting of seaweed!
#1 GREAT photos Janis! You make the place look sooooo awesome! Sea Caves are neat. I think the biggest one on the west coast is Painted Cave on Sta. Cruz Island off of Sta. Barbara. I led trips where we pulled a 75' boat into it a quarter mile or so. Amazing.
I tipped the Masai Mara guy who was guarding the area who tipped me off! He was a real warrior, in Kenyan viewpoint. Knife and sling shooter to fight a lion or hippo sort of thing.
Not at all sure what this mammal is, but it is apparently hard as hell to find in enough daylight to capture in a photo.
Have some fun, folks!
Stay well!
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My first hit was something in the racoon family. But it's also a little cat-like. I wouldn't have a clue, but dystopian, our resident naturalist will help identify it.
Enjoy your get-away.
I tipped the Masai Mara guy who was guarding the area who tipped me off! He was a real warrior, in Kenyan viewpoint. Knife and sling shooter to fight a lion or hippo sort of thing.
Not at all sure what this mammal is, but it is apparently hard as hell to find in enough daylight to capture in a photo.
Have some fun, folks!
Stay well!
@janis b
that featured a hippo bar. The bar was on a pond's bank. As the sun went down, we watched about 40 or so hippos leave the water. I think I was drinking Kilimanjaro beer.
The guide made the announcement of the sighting before dark, before the hippos climbed out of the water, so I followed him to the tree.
Only one other person walked with him.
I will come back with the name of the park shortly. I remember a hippo was within 50 feet of me when I left my room to go to the breakfast area. I put my back to the wall of the building, shouted for help, and another Masai Mara warrior shooed him off.
I will edit with the name of the park.
My first hit was something in the racoon family. But it's also a little cat-like. I wouldn't have a clue, but dystopian, our resident naturalist will help identify it.
Enjoy your get-away.
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Drinking beer from the highest mountains in the desert of Africa, what a paradox, but also makes sense somehow ; ).
#2.1 that featured a hippo bar. The bar was on a pond's bank. As the sun went down, we watched about 40 or so hippos leave the water. I think I was drinking Kilimanjaro beer.
The guide made the announcement of the sighting before dark, before the hippos climbed out of the water, so I followed him to the tree.
Only one other person walked with him.
I will come back with the name of the park shortly. I remember a hippo was within 50 feet of me when I left my room to go to the breakfast area. I put my back to the wall of the building, shouted for help, and another Masai Mara warrior shooed him off.
I will edit with the name of the park.
@janis b
that came into being under Kenyatta. Without research, it was Kenyatta National Park, or something similar.
You would walk out of the "hotel" down a wooden walkway, hang a left, go to the bar. It was a covered but open circular facility. They served drinks, people sat under cover, several feet above the water, and snapped photos of the hippos leaving the water.
I got there early, got a great place for photos, and all of them were awful, due to the darkness and my camera. Maybe one is salvageable. They are for me, to trigger my memory of that incredible event.
I took a picture of a bird there, will try to find it, share it.
Again, no way 10 years later, I know the bird species, so that is for others to figure out.
@on the cusp
Love to see the bird pic otc! I have Birds of East Africa field guide on the shelf here so am well-armed. Right there next to my Field Guide to Australian birds.
#2.1.1.1 that came into being under Kenyatta. Without research, it was Kenyatta National Park, or something similar.
You would walk out of the "hotel" down a wooden walkway, hang a left, go to the bar. It was a covered but open circular facility. They served drinks, people sat under cover, several feet above the water, and snapped photos of the hippos leaving the water.
I got there early, got a great place for photos, and all of them were awful, due to the darkness and my camera. Maybe one is salvageable. They are for me, to trigger my memory of that incredible event.
I took a picture of a bird there, will try to find it, share it.
Again, no way 10 years later, I know the bird species, so that is for others to figure out.
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ohhhhhh noooo! I don't know what that is! Janis you have wayyyyy to much confidence in me. Medium and small African mammals are a big weak spot for me. I have seen that beast in a nature show, and maybe in a zoo... but I can't think of what they are called.
My first hit was something in the racoon family. But it's also a little cat-like. I wouldn't have a clue, but dystopian, our resident naturalist will help identify it.
Enjoy your get-away.
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before I lose confidence in you! So far this is number one ; ).
#2.1 ohhhhhh noooo! I don't know what that is! Janis you have wayyyyy to much confidence in me. Medium and small African mammals are a big weak spot for me. I have seen that beast in a nature show, and maybe in a zoo... but I can't think of what they are called.
before I lose confidence in you! So far this is number one ; ).
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What, wait, they are only supposed to be in China and the Himalayas. Question is still open.
#2.1 ohhhhhh noooo! I don't know what that is! Janis you have wayyyyy to much confidence in me. Medium and small African mammals are a big weak spot for me. I have seen that beast in a nature show, and maybe in a zoo... but I can't think of what they are called.
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great call Dawn! That very animal went through my head when I saw it, but knew they are Asian and not in Africa. It is something similar to that though.
What, wait, they are only supposed to be in China and the Himalayas. Question is still open.
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@on the cusp
That's the closest thing I can come up with searching mammals of Kenya.
I tipped the Masai Mara guy who was guarding the area who tipped me off! He was a real warrior, in Kenyan viewpoint. Knife and sling shooter to fight a lion or hippo sort of thing.
Not at all sure what this mammal is, but it is apparently hard as hell to find in enough daylight to capture in a photo.
Have some fun, folks!
Stay well!
Great pic BR! I love bark. Nice lichen there too. To learn trees, you have to learn bark, and like anything you learn, it gives you more appreciation. For deciduous trees there are months of the year the bark is all you have to work with. Jeffery Pine bark smells like vanila. In case you ever see anyone sniffing pine trees.
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I am short on time... but here are a few shots of one of this weeks' treasures...
The Zebra Longwing, or Zebra Heliconian is the one member of a huge family of tropical butterflies that is regular in the U.S. It is found in Florida and parts of Texas, and as a stray to AZ even. In my part of Texas (south central) they are irregular. I have not seen one in four years, whilst in wet periods and good invasion years (they come north from Mexico) you might see a few in a walk in riverside woods. This one showed up at our flowers Monday and was still here today. The dings in the wings make it individually identifiable.
There have been thousands of Snout butterflies passing by. Spraying water on the patio brings them in by the hundreds.
Have a great weekend all! Be well, play it safe!
edit: changed tripical to tropical. I am tripical myself...
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displaying its brilliant red spots on the pastel coloured flowers is beautiful. Thanks dystopian.
I am short on time... but here are a few shots of one of this weeks' treasures...
The Zebra Longwing, or Zebra Heliconian is the one member of a huge family of tropical butterflies that is regular in the U.S. It is found in Florida and parts of Texas, and as a stray to AZ even. In my part of Texas (south central) they are irregular. I have not seen one in four years, whilst in wet periods and good invasion years (they come north from Mexico) you might see a few in a walk in riverside woods. This one showed up at our flowers Monday and was still here today. The dings in the wings make it individually identifiable.
There have been thousands of Snout butterflies passing by. Spraying water on the patio brings them in by the hundreds.
Have a great weekend all! Be well, play it safe!
edit: changed tripical to tropical. I am tripical myself...
@dystopian
those zebra butterflies. I've seen them for decades. I live in a downtown area but it has always been full of flowering plants. I know zilch about butterflies and thought they were zebra swallowtails. LOL Rec'd!!
I am short on time... but here are a few shots of one of this weeks' treasures...
The Zebra Longwing, or Zebra Heliconian is the one member of a huge family of tropical butterflies that is regular in the U.S. It is found in Florida and parts of Texas, and as a stray to AZ even. In my part of Texas (south central) they are irregular. I have not seen one in four years, whilst in wet periods and good invasion years (they come north from Mexico) you might see a few in a walk in riverside woods. This one showed up at our flowers Monday and was still here today. The dings in the wings make it individually identifiable.
There have been thousands of Snout butterflies passing by. Spraying water on the patio brings them in by the hundreds.
Have a great weekend all! Be well, play it safe!
edit: changed tripical to tropical. I am tripical myself...
I am tempted to send this photo to the tree expert I had hired lately to evaluate the health of our huge old birch trees. He was excellent in explaining what trees do when stressed by winds and bacteria. It's amazing what nature does to keep on going on. They fight bravely and smartly, they are true heroes, imo.
I would say that tree is very sick just by looking at it. You may know better.
Thanks for this friday night series. Something I always enjoy.
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Hi Bollox, and all
Thanks for posting. Was that Manhattan or New England style clam chowder? Or is there a British one?
Cave and Wave
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Janis
Your second shot could be a wonderful oil painting of a wild coast. Lovely stuff.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
It is the wild West Coast of Auckland!
Thanks Bollox.
I thought the photo looked a bit solarised,
which makes some sense considering the contrast of the dark cliff and the brilliant white waves crashing.
beautiful pix Janis!
GREAT photos Janis! You make the place look sooooo awesome! Sea Caves are neat. I think the biggest one on the west coast is Painted Cave on Sta. Cruz Island off of Sta. Barbara. I led trips where we pulled a 75' boat into it a quarter mile or so. Amazing.
Love yer waves and your ferns. Awesome sauce!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
I tasted the foam created by the waves,
and was amazingly surprised at the taste. Beside being salty it was more heavily tasting of seaweed!
What was in a tree in Kenya (Can't remember the species!)
I tipped the Masai Mara guy who was guarding the area who tipped me off! He was a real warrior, in Kenyan viewpoint. Knife and sling shooter to fight a lion or hippo sort of thing.
Not at all sure what this mammal is, but it is apparently hard as hell to find in enough daylight to capture in a photo.
Have some fun, folks!
Stay well!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Hi OtC
My first hit was something in the racoon family. But it's also a little cat-like. I wouldn't have a clue, but dystopian, our resident naturalist will help identify it.
Enjoy your get-away.
I remember being at a national park
that featured a hippo bar. The bar was on a pond's bank. As the sun went down, we watched about 40 or so hippos leave the water. I think I was drinking Kilimanjaro beer.
The guide made the announcement of the sighting before dark, before the hippos climbed out of the water, so I followed him to the tree.
Only one other person walked with him.
I will come back with the name of the park shortly. I remember a hippo was within 50 feet of me when I left my room to go to the breakfast area. I put my back to the wall of the building, shouted for help, and another Masai Mara warrior shooed him off.
I will edit with the name of the park.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
What a trip, a Hippo Bar!
Drinking beer from the highest mountains in the desert of Africa, what a paradox, but also makes sense somehow ; ).
I think it was the first park
that came into being under Kenyatta. Without research, it was Kenyatta National Park, or something similar.
You would walk out of the "hotel" down a wooden walkway, hang a left, go to the bar. It was a covered but open circular facility. They served drinks, people sat under cover, several feet above the water, and snapped photos of the hippos leaving the water.
I got there early, got a great place for photos, and all of them were awful, due to the darkness and my camera. Maybe one is salvageable. They are for me, to trigger my memory of that incredible event.
I took a picture of a bird there, will try to find it, share it.
Again, no way 10 years later, I know the bird species, so that is for others to figure out.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
a bird I might be able to do? ;)
Love to see the bird pic otc! I have Birds of East Africa field guide on the shelf here so am well-armed. Right there next to my Field Guide to Australian birds.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
ohhhh nooooo! ;)
ohhhhhh noooo! I don't know what that is! Janis you have wayyyyy to much confidence in me.
Medium and small African mammals are a big weak spot for me. I have seen that beast in a nature show, and maybe in a zoo... but I can't think of what they are called.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
You're allowed three strikes, dystopian
before I lose confidence in you! So far this is number one ; ).
three is it?
Can I buy some extra strikes? I'm gonna need wayyyy more than three Janis!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Could it be a Red Panda?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/28/red-pandas-are-actually-tw...
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/red-panda
What, wait, they are only supposed to be in China and the Himalayas. Question is still open.
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Allegedly Greek, but more possibly fairly modern quote.
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great call Dawn!
great call Dawn! That very animal went through my head when I saw it, but knew they are Asian and not in Africa. It is something similar to that though.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hyrax maybe?
That's the closest thing I can come up with searching mammals of Kenya.
This shit is bananas.
great pic BR!
Great pic BR! I love bark. Nice lichen there too. To learn trees, you have to learn bark, and like anything you learn, it gives you more appreciation. For deciduous trees there are months of the year the bark is all you have to work with. Jeffery Pine bark smells like vanila. In case you ever see anyone sniffing pine trees.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
zebra!
I am short on time... but here are a few shots of one of this weeks' treasures...
The Zebra Longwing, or Zebra Heliconian is the one member of a huge family of tropical butterflies that is regular in the U.S. It is found in Florida and parts of Texas, and as a stray to AZ even. In my part of Texas (south central) they are irregular. I have not seen one in four years, whilst in wet periods and good invasion years (they come north from Mexico) you might see a few in a walk in riverside woods. This one showed up at our flowers Monday and was still here today. The dings in the wings make it individually identifiable.
There have been thousands of Snout butterflies passing by. Spraying water on the patio brings them in by the hundreds.
Have a great weekend all! Be well, play it safe!
edit: changed tripical to tropical. I am tripical myself...
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
The last photo of the Zebra butterfly
displaying its brilliant red spots on the pastel coloured flowers is beautiful. Thanks dystopian.
I live in central FL and we have
those zebra butterflies. I've seen them for decades. I live in a downtown area but it has always been full of flowering plants. I know zilch about butterflies and thought they were zebra swallowtails. LOL
Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Bollox, the longer I look at your photo
the more I enjoy the subtle colours and soft light. I also really enjoy the depth of field, it makes the photo quite magical.
The essay's picture of the tree ...
I am tempted to send this photo to the tree expert I had hired lately to evaluate the health of our huge old birch trees. He was excellent in explaining what trees do when stressed by winds and bacteria. It's amazing what nature does to keep on going on. They fight bravely and smartly, they are true heroes, imo.
I would say that tree is very sick just by looking at it. You may know better.
Thanks for this friday night series. Something I always enjoy.