I forget who told me this, but the rain actually interacts with the oils from the leaves on trees and plants which is released in the air and leaves that wonderful earthy smell after it rains.
More interesting still, was finding out that smell actually has a name. It's called "petrichor," from the Greek words "petra," meaning "stone," and "ichor," which refers to the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods.
For me, it seemed fitting to equate the smell to the blood in the veins of the earth and tree gods.
I forget who told me this, but the rain actually interacts with the oils from the leaves on trees and plants which is released in the air and leaves that wonderful earthy smell after it rains.
More interesting still, was finding out that smell actually has a name. It's called "petrichor," from the Greek words "petra," meaning "stone," and "ichor," which refers to the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods.
For me, it seemed fitting to equate the smell to the blood in the veins of the earth and tree gods.
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Musty and crisp. Damp and earthy. When the rake scratches the ground, aromas swell the olfactory. Mushroomy fertile grub juice kinda sensations. Yumm. Wants to share a dinner with a salamander, show me her detachable tail trick, ya know.
I forget who told me this, but the rain actually interacts with the oils from the leaves on trees and plants which is released in the air and leaves that wonderful earthy smell after it rains.
More interesting still, was finding out that smell actually has a name. It's called "petrichor," from the Greek words "petra," meaning "stone," and "ichor," which refers to the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods.
For me, it seemed fitting to equate the smell to the blood in the veins of the earth and tree gods.
conjure up such visceral memories. I live in a part of Southern California that has not had a lot of rain this year. But when the rain does come, my garden comes alive with smells that feed my senses. It's as if we are in "commune" with each other.
Apropos of that, I recently finished a wonderful book titled, "The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben, which describes how a "community" of trees actually communicate with each other. Wohlleben who had spent over 20 years working for the forestry commission in Germany before putting his ideas about ecology in practice, observed a fascinating "forest etiquette".
Trees of the same species, when left to root in large populations, "alerted" each other of predators who eat their leaves by releasing a scent that the other trees of that same species recognized. Once recognized, the trees release a toxin that makes their leaves inedible for the predators.
What I found interesting about this phenomena, is that it happened only when trees of the same species grew together in large collectives, like a forest. When their numbers dwindled, or they were taken out of the forest to live with trees not of their species, they did not follow the same "etiquette"
I guess there's a lesson in there somewhere, eh?
#1.1.1 Musty and crisp. Damp and earthy. When the rake scratches the ground, aromas swell the olfactory. Mushroomy fertile grub juice kinda sensations. Yumm. Wants to share a dinner with a salamander, show me her detachable tail trick, ya know.
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I forget who told me this, but the rain actually interacts with the oils from the leaves on trees and plants which is released in the air and leaves that wonderful earthy smell after it rains.
More interesting still, was finding out that smell actually has a name. It's called "petrichor," from the Greek words "petra," meaning "stone," and "ichor," which refers to the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods.
For me, it seemed fitting to equate the smell to the blood in the veins of the earth and tree gods.
Always good seeing you too Janis
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Just came in from picking persimmons because the rats are eating them. Rats.
I just read what you said...
Well, thank you. I am touched. Really. Gobsmacked. Well... thanks, shucks I don't know what to say. All the folks here are such an inspiration to me. I alternate between being hopeful and being freaked out. This little community has kept me sane. I so appreciate the news, the photos, the music, the poetry, the cynicism (I am not a cynic, I am a realist), the space for people to agree to disagree. The humor. So thanks back atcha and thanks to y'all, every one of you.
I alternate between being hopeful and being freaked out. This little community has kept me sane. I so appreciate the news, the photos, the music, the poetry, the cynicism (I am not a cynic, I am a realist), the space for people to agree to disagree. The humor.
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Just came in from picking persimmons because the rats are eating them. Rats.
I just read what you said...
Well, thank you. I am touched. Really. Gobsmacked. Well... thanks, shucks I don't know what to say. All the folks here are such an inspiration to me. I alternate between being hopeful and being freaked out. This little community has kept me sane. I so appreciate the news, the photos, the music, the poetry, the cynicism (I am not a cynic, I am a realist), the space for people to agree to disagree. The humor. So thanks back atcha and thanks to y'all, every one of you.
I alternate between being hopeful and being freaked out. This little community has kept me sane. I so appreciate the news, the photos, the music, the poetry, the cynicism (I am not a cynic, I am a realist), the space for people to agree to disagree. The humor.
@janis b
I picked all I could reach. Tied the ladder to the tree but when I got to the top it slipped a bit so I had to navigate down without it. I refuse to share them with rats.
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I picked all I could reach. Tied the ladder to the tree but when I got to the top it slipped a bit so I had to navigate down without it. I refuse to share them with rats.
@magiamma
Here the deer stand on their hind legs to get at the highest ones. The original natives here used them for all sorts of stuff including dyes. I am using some in an experiment that involves alcohol. These turn purple and ripen in September, often flocks of orioles will raid the trees, which there are a gillion of here.
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I picked all I could reach. Tied the ladder to the tree but when I got to the top it slipped a bit so I had to navigate down without it. I refuse to share them with rats.
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Just came in from picking persimmons because the rats are eating them. Rats.
I just read what you said...
Well, thank you. I am touched. Really. Gobsmacked. Well... thanks, shucks I don't know what to say. All the folks here are such an inspiration to me. I alternate between being hopeful and being freaked out. This little community has kept me sane. I so appreciate the news, the photos, the music, the poetry, the cynicism (I am not a cynic, I am a realist), the space for people to agree to disagree. The humor. So thanks back atcha and thanks to y'all, every one of you.
Fall was very late getting here this year but, when it came it was amazing. Now I'm spending hours every day raking leaves and it looks like that's going to go on for awhile because my trees are still loaded. But the colors have begun to fade. I love walking through piles of them and kicking my feet. Just like a little kid. Again. And the smell.
Thanks for hosting tonight, Janis.
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I get mostly only endless varieties of green, which is also of course satisfying in its breadth.
I remember kicking through piles of leaves, so I know the feeling. Enjoy snoopy.
Fall was very late getting here this year but, when it came it was amazing. Now I'm spending hours every day raking leaves and it looks like that's going to go on for awhile because my trees are still loaded. But the colors have begun to fade. I love walking through piles of them and kicking my feet. Just like a little kid. Again. And the smell.
But my phone made it too yellow/orange and I couldn't correct it. The cemetery decked out in autumn is so fun to walk through. The top one is what people who do bonsai try to grow. Except not quite so many bare branches.
What is your autumn like? Do you have the type of trees that can turn or don't they grow there.
But my phone made it too yellow/orange and I couldn't correct it. The cemetery decked out in autumn is so fun to walk through. The top one is what people who do bonsai try to grow. Except not quite so many bare branches.
What is your autumn like? Do you have the type of trees that can turn or don't they grow there.
But my phone made it too yellow/orange and I couldn't correct it. The cemetery decked out in autumn is so fun to walk through. The top one is what people who do bonsai try to grow. Except not quite so many bare branches.
What is your autumn like? Do you have the type of trees that can turn or don't they grow there.
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that's a wowzer yellow tree. From this year? Do you compost your leaves. The smell is great. And even more so after it rains. Any rain in your future?
Fall was very late getting here this year but, when it came it was amazing. Now I'm spending hours every day raking leaves and it looks like that's going to go on for awhile because my trees are still loaded. But the colors have begun to fade. I love walking through piles of them and kicking my feet. Just like a little kid. Again. And the smell.
Thanks for hosting tonight, Janis.
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Once they turned they were very vibrant this year and the color seemed to last longer too. You should see some of the reds. No I don't compost because I don't have anywhere that I can plant a garden. My yard is ringed by trees and the roots are very close to the surface. The one spot that could be a garden doesn't get enough sun. And the roots are pushing up my sprinkler hoses in the one spot that does get decent sun. I can send you some if you want.
Seriously, my trees are a PITA during the fall. I'll spend hours getting them out from behind the fence and off the lawn and I'll look out a few hours later and you'd think I didn't do a thing. I sigh a lot during this time of year. But then there's that smell of autumn. Love it. Yes we are getting light rain now and more next week. Boy do we need it after not much snow last year. This year is supposed to be warmer than usual and that's not good for the ski resorts.
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that's a wowzer yellow tree. From this year? Do you compost your leaves. The smell is great. And even more so after it rains. Any rain in your future?
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Once they turned they were very vibrant this year and the color seemed to last longer too. You should see some of the reds. No I don't compost because I don't have anywhere that I can plant a garden. My yard is ringed by trees and the roots are very close to the surface. The one spot that could be a garden doesn't get enough sun. And the roots are pushing up my sprinkler hoses in the one spot that does get decent sun. I can send you some if you want.
Seriously, my trees are a PITA during the fall. I'll spend hours getting them out from behind the fence and off the lawn and I'll look out a few hours later and you'd think I didn't do a thing. I sigh a lot during this time of year. But then there's that smell of autumn. Love it. Yes we are getting light rain now and more next week. Boy do we need it after not much snow last year. This year is supposed to be warmer than usual and that's not good for the ski resorts.
trees hadn't turned yet or didn't turn at all. My uncle said that ours were late because of the heat and the drought, but other parts of the country had plenty of water and not as much heat. But what's weird is the ones on the mountains turned in early September, were not vibrant and faded fast.
I took a picture to show how green ours still were and two days later they turned almost completely. I have never seen this happen. Chlorophyll has to stop before they will turn from what I've read, so why didn't it in so many places?
Another thing I love about this season is the noise they make when it's windy. I'm listening to this now. Wish I had a fireplace ...
trees hadn't turned yet or didn't turn at all. My uncle said that ours were late because of the heat and the drought, but other parts of the country had plenty of water and not as much heat. But what's weird is the ones on the mountains turned in early September, were not vibrant and faded fast.
I took a picture to show how green ours still were and two days later they turned almost completely. I have never seen this happen. Chlorophyll has to stop before they will turn from what I've read, so why didn't it in so many places?
Another thing I love about this season is the noise they make when it's windy. I'm listening to this now. Wish I had a fireplace ...
trees hadn't turned yet or didn't turn at all. My uncle said that ours were late because of the heat and the drought, but other parts of the country had plenty of water and not as much heat. But what's weird is the ones on the mountains turned in early September, were not vibrant and faded fast.
I took a picture to show how green ours still were and two days later they turned almost completely. I have never seen this happen. Chlorophyll has to stop before they will turn from what I've read, so why didn't it in so many places?
Another thing I love about this season is the noise they make when it's windy. I'm listening to this now. Wish I had a fireplace ...
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trees hadn't turned yet or didn't turn at all. My uncle said that ours were late because of the heat and the drought, but other parts of the country had plenty of water and not as much heat. But what's weird is the ones on the mountains turned in early September, were not vibrant and faded fast.
I took a picture to show how green ours still were and two days later they turned almost completely. I have never seen this happen. Chlorophyll has to stop before they will turn from what I've read, so why didn't it in so many places?
Another thing I love about this season is the noise they make when it's windy. I'm listening to this now. Wish I had a fireplace ...
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I've plenty of leaves of the eucalyptus genre. So, maybe not so much. I have started leaving the leaves at the base of my trees as I read that they use them to grow the next season.
Once they turned they were very vibrant this year and the color seemed to last longer too. You should see some of the reds. No I don't compost because I don't have anywhere that I can plant a garden. My yard is ringed by trees and the roots are very close to the surface. The one spot that could be a garden doesn't get enough sun. And the roots are pushing up my sprinkler hoses in the one spot that does get decent sun. I can send you some if you want.
Seriously, my trees are a PITA during the fall. I'll spend hours getting them out from behind the fence and off the lawn and I'll look out a few hours later and you'd think I didn't do a thing. I sigh a lot during this time of year. But then there's that smell of autumn. Love it. Yes we are getting light rain now and more next week. Boy do we need it after not much snow last year. This year is supposed to be warmer than usual and that's not good for the ski resorts.
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One lid pours, the other flap sprinkles. Mostly misting due to the ocean spray. Vaporized salt essence. Mixed with shellfish and seaweed aromas. Guess I'll have to make a chowda!
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that's a wowzer yellow tree. From this year? Do you compost your leaves. The smell is great. And even more so after it rains. Any rain in your future?
@QMS
I like. Misting or pouring. Folks who live in the Arctic have many names for snow. Need to explore the possibilities with rain.
#2.2 One lid pours, the other flap sprinkles. Mostly misting due to the ocean spray. Vaporized salt essence. Mixed with shellfish and seaweed aromas. Guess I'll have to make a chowda!
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#2.2 One lid pours, the other flap sprinkles. Mostly misting due to the ocean spray. Vaporized salt essence. Mixed with shellfish and seaweed aromas. Guess I'll have to make a chowda!
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My old Instamatic 104 does not do justice to the colorful fall foliage, at least compared to what the optical nerves send into the cranial developing lab. So here is a typical New England scene -- hazy gray without the flashcube.
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Bought the lighthouse for a buck and spent a million to restore it. Must have some tree shots here somewhere?
While you're looking through your photo box, tell me, is that lighthouse still standing in the ocean? What an act of love it must have been to restore it. Wow!
My old Instamatic 104 does not do justice to the colorful fall foliage, at least compared to what the optical nerves send into the cranial developing lab. So here is a typical New England scene -- hazy gray without the flashcube.
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Bought the lighthouse for a buck and spent a million to restore it. Must have some tree shots here somewhere?
I like the subtle colors in it. Where did you take that?
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Hey snoop. It is the Sakonnet lighthouse marking the entrance to the Sakonnet River from Rhode Island Sound. Sakonnet is trans-mutated from the Wampanoag tribe's word for 'where the black geese fly'.
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Does it take 110 film or larger? I think that some of the older cameras and their limitations took great pictures because of that. Grainy and not as sharp can add to the photo. This is why I'm hanging on to my film cameras. Depending on the subject matter I think a little bit of grain adds to them. Do you think that you would have gotten the same effect if you used a modern one with 28 mgp?
Then again it could have been the haze.... but I do like it.
#4.2#4.2 Hey snoop. It is the Sakonnet lighthouse marking the entrance to the Sakonnet River from Rhode Island Sound. Sakonnet is trans-mutated from the Wampanoag tribe's word for 'where the black geese fly'.
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the picture box used 126 film, 12 exposure. My grandad had a darkroom set-up in the basement. Still have his slides and carousel. He had and old Leica bought in Germany circa 1930's.
Does it take 110 film or larger? I think that some of the older cameras and their limitations took great pictures because of that. Grainy and not as sharp can add to the photo. This is why I'm hanging on to my film cameras. Depending on the subject matter I think a little bit of grain adds to them. Do you think that you would have gotten the same effect if you used a modern one with 28 mgp?
Then again it could have been the haze.... but I do like it.
I used a Hasselblad at my work and thought it was a PITA to use and really didn't see that much difference from 35mm. It had two zeiss lenses but I just didn't like it. Leicas use zeiss lenses too IIRC. Do you have his? Darkroom work is so much fun. I'm hoping I can get one again. Got just the right spot for it too.
#4.2.1.1 the picture box used 126 film, 12 exposure. My grandad had a darkroom set-up in the basement. Still have his slides and carousel. He had and old Leica bought in Germany circa 1930's.
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funny you are. Cute little light house. And great colors. Love the name - where the black geese fly. Are there black geese? I only know Canadians, geese that is.
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funny you are. Cute little light house. And great colors. Love the name - where the black geese fly. Are there black geese? I only know Canadians, geese that is.
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Probably Brant, the 'black' goose. It often winters in bays along both coasts where there are beds of eelgrass. It is a dark goose that probably wintered in the area. I think they are considered one species now, but some think there are 3 species. The west coast birds darkest, Black Brant, east coast birds paler bellied most just call them Brant.
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funny you are. Cute little light house. And great colors. Love the name - where the black geese fly. Are there black geese? I only know Canadians, geese that is.
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More evocative than Cape Cod, which I found very disappointing... and crowded.
My old Instamatic 104 does not do justice to the colorful fall foliage, at least compared to what the optical nerves send into the cranial developing lab. So here is a typical New England scene -- hazy gray without the flashcube.
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My wife and I lived in Mass. almost a year in 84. I built up Cape Cod as this great birding place, knew all the history, first chance we had was Labor Day weekend. Found ourselves in bumper to bumper stop and go in a gay pride parade in P'town (Provincetown) with more lingere than I have ever seen, of types I have never seen, mostly on really very pretty boys. My wife was in shock. So was I. We were trying to go birding. It was nuckinfutz! It's great during the week from after Labor Day until Memorial Day. Plymouth Rock was the real disappointment. Maybe stub your toe on it? I was expecting Morro I guess.
More evocative than Cape Cod, which I found very disappointing... and crowded.
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If not a Falcon, it appears to be pure spirit. The view from soaring above the trees makes me want to fly. Thanks Janis!
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BTW, the lighthouse still stands in spite of the ocean's deliberate efforts to submerge it.
I can just as easily imagine you flying, as I can imagine you winging your way through the water.
#5 If not a Falcon, it appears to be pure spirit. The view from soaring above the trees makes me want to fly. Thanks Janis!
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BTW, the lighthouse still stands in spite of the ocean's deliberate efforts to submerge it.
Ahhh, janis, I do love me some trees, love to hug trees,kiss them, lie down under them, climb in them, and I do love your photos of them and the others shared here tonight.
During our two trips to NZ some years ago we especially liked seeing the ancient plants and the mystical rivers and stunning coastal rock formations in the Punakaiki area.
But I am not going to share a tree picture tonight.
I had originally planned to post this comment in the EB for joe but he is out of town. Decided to post it here instead. It has political content so hope that is not a faux pas .
Cheetah
jb and I love cheetahs, or as people of more recent British descent say, Cheetah for both singles and a group.
This shot was taken through the trees which you can see as blur in the foreground so was difficult to manual focus with the telephoto through the branches. No tripod as we were in our compact rental car. Not the best photo, but still I wanted to share the good luck document.
How many cubs can you see?
Those who read mhagle's essay earlier this week may have followed one of the links there to Deep Adaptation ? One of the things I will grieve for if predictions continue to come true is wildlife. It is hard to accept that these beautiful creatures, already so endangered, will most probably go extinct, and sooner rather than later.
Ahhh, janis, I do love me some trees, love to hug trees,kiss them, lie down under them, climb in them, and I do love your photos of them and the others shared here tonight.
During our two trips to NZ some years ago we especially liked seeing the ancient plants and the mystical rivers and stunning coastal rock formations in the Punakaiki area.
But I am not going to share a tree picture tonight.
I had originally planned to post this comment in the EB for joe but he is out of town. Decided to post it here instead. It has political content so hope that is not a faux pas .
Cheetah
jb and I love cheetahs, or as people of more recent British descent say, Cheetah for both singles and a group.
This shot was taken through the trees which you can see as blur in the foreground so was difficult to manual focus with the telephoto through the branches. No tripod as we were in our compact rental car. Not the best photo, but still I wanted to share the good luck document.
How many cubs can you see?
Those who read mhagle's essay earlier this week may have followed one of the links there to Deep Adaptation ? One of the things I will grieve for if predictions continue to come true is wildlife. It is hard to accept that these beautiful creatures, already so endangered, will most probably go extinct, and sooner rather than later.
Nice photo of the jaguar. Taking it through the trees adds to it. I see at least 3 cubs and maybe there's one hiding behind the tree limb? I see two ears in front of the rock.
Ahhh, janis, I do love me some trees, love to hug trees,kiss them, lie down under them, climb in them, and I do love your photos of them and the others shared here tonight.
During our two trips to NZ some years ago we especially liked seeing the ancient plants and the mystical rivers and stunning coastal rock formations in the Punakaiki area.
But I am not going to share a tree picture tonight.
I had originally planned to post this comment in the EB for joe but he is out of town. Decided to post it here instead. It has political content so hope that is not a faux pas .
Cheetah
jb and I love cheetahs, or as people of more recent British descent say, Cheetah for both singles and a group.
This shot was taken through the trees which you can see as blur in the foreground so was difficult to manual focus with the telephoto through the branches. No tripod as we were in our compact rental car. Not the best photo, but still I wanted to share the good luck document.
How many cubs can you see?
Those who read mhagle's essay earlier this week may have followed one of the links there to Deep Adaptation ? One of the things I will grieve for if predictions continue to come true is wildlife. It is hard to accept that these beautiful creatures, already so endangered, will most probably go extinct, and sooner rather than later.
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Makes me angry that people think it's okay to sell cheetahs. They are so amazing. Thanks for the photo. Sweet babies.
The Deep Adaption article by Jem Bendell is well worth the read and is easy to read as well. I did a whole essay on it and cannot recommend it enough. Scribbler or Hester also made a plug for it a while back too.
Ahhh, janis, I do love me some trees, love to hug trees,kiss them, lie down under them, climb in them, and I do love your photos of them and the others shared here tonight.
During our two trips to NZ some years ago we especially liked seeing the ancient plants and the mystical rivers and stunning coastal rock formations in the Punakaiki area.
But I am not going to share a tree picture tonight.
I had originally planned to post this comment in the EB for joe but he is out of town. Decided to post it here instead. It has political content so hope that is not a faux pas .
Cheetah
jb and I love cheetahs, or as people of more recent British descent say, Cheetah for both singles and a group.
This shot was taken through the trees which you can see as blur in the foreground so was difficult to manual focus with the telephoto through the branches. No tripod as we were in our compact rental car. Not the best photo, but still I wanted to share the good luck document.
How many cubs can you see?
Those who read mhagle's essay earlier this week may have followed one of the links there to Deep Adaptation ? One of the things I will grieve for if predictions continue to come true is wildlife. It is hard to accept that these beautiful creatures, already so endangered, will most probably go extinct, and sooner rather than later.
Ahhh, janis, I do love me some trees, love to hug trees,kiss them, lie down under them, climb in them, and I do love your photos of them and the others shared here tonight.
During our two trips to NZ some years ago we especially liked seeing the ancient plants and the mystical rivers and stunning coastal rock formations in the Punakaiki area.
But I am not going to share a tree picture tonight.
I had originally planned to post this comment in the EB for joe but he is out of town. Decided to post it here instead. It has political content so hope that is not a faux pas .
Cheetah
jb and I love cheetahs, or as people of more recent British descent say, Cheetah for both singles and a group.
This shot was taken through the trees which you can see as blur in the foreground so was difficult to manual focus with the telephoto through the branches. No tripod as we were in our compact rental car. Not the best photo, but still I wanted to share the good luck document.
How many cubs can you see?
Those who read mhagle's essay earlier this week may have followed one of the links there to Deep Adaptation ? One of the things I will grieve for if predictions continue to come true is wildlife. It is hard to accept that these beautiful creatures, already so endangered, will most probably go extinct, and sooner rather than later.
But let us not dwell in the sadness tonight, rather share more of the beauty and wonder of this amazing life and planet!
We are off for a Friday Night binge of Hulu.
Hugs to you all!
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with fresh Spring growth. Send a little prayer for their continued existence, as they are highly threatened by a pathogen, and they are NZ's oldest trees.
with fresh Spring growth. Send a little prayer for their continued existence, as they are highly threatened by a pathogen, and they are NZ's oldest trees.
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speaking of being up in the trees... when John Muir lived in Yosemite Valley, he once tied himself into a tree on a ridge overnight to experience a lightning storm from inside it. It is a miracle we got to read anything else from him after that.
I lived in Big Pine CA for a short while and spent a lot of time in the White Mtns. where Methusela the 4-5000 year old Bristlecone is, and a bunch of 3-4000 year old youngin's. There is a great trail there through them off 156 at Westgard Pass east of Big Pine.
#5.2 are some of my favorites. Hanging out with them in the upper reaches gives wind a new meaning. Sculpted by forces beyond our ken.
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the wing tip is too rounded. Not the best angle for calling it, however.
I think it's a falcon?
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just for your reference, mixes Accipitridae and Falconidae, so if it is a NZ bird, and that is the gamut, I'd go with the Harrier, which is generally treated as an accip. I just checked, and they do have Buteos in NZ, and the seeming coloration makes me think Ferruginous Hawk. Do you know roughly how big it was?
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except that it was probably 50% bigger than a black-backed seagull, and 100% longer than a Kereru, which are more commonly present. This bird looked most unusual to me.
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just for your reference, mixes Accipitridae and Falconidae, so if it is a NZ bird, and that is the gamut, I'd go with the Harrier, which is generally treated as an accip. I just checked, and they do have Buteos in NZ, and the seeming coloration makes me think Ferruginous Hawk. Do you know roughly how big it was?
I don't recall seeing one from home before, but there is a large colony that lives around the heads and 15 miles up the coast. I wish I hadn't been looking through the camera lens when it passed in front. Hopefully I'll see the bird again from the same perspective.
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just for your reference, mixes Accipitridae and Falconidae, so if it is a NZ bird, and that is the gamut, I'd go with the Harrier, which is generally treated as an accip. I just checked, and they do have Buteos in NZ, and the seeming coloration makes me think Ferruginous Hawk. Do you know roughly how big it was?
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I'd say a buteo or small eagle type of raptor. Falcons have narrow pointed wings, these are the broad soaring wings of a hawk or small eagle.
I think it's a falcon?
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your bird looks largish to me and the wings are very broad. The harriers in general have narrower wings and really are not a large raptor, fairly slim of build. smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk for instance. Your bird seems bigger and heavier bodied. I wish there were a few more pixels to work with. And that I knew new zealand birds. I have a birds of Oz guide, which likely isn't much help.
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I don't recall seeing one from home before, but there is a large colony that lives around the heads and 15 miles up the coast. If you don't think so, than it was most likely from the information you and el provided a Buteo.
#5.4.1 your bird looks largish to me and the wings are very broad. The harriers in general have narrower wings and really are not a large raptor, fairly slim of build. smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk for instance. Your bird seems bigger and heavier bodied. I wish there were a few more pixels to work with. And that I knew new zealand birds. I have a birds of Oz guide, which likely isn't much help.
Thanks for hosting janis. I have been to the town clock every day this week to join in kaddish for the deaths of the people in the synagogue in Pittsburgh. It is symbolic as there is no minion but we are joined in spirit.
It is healing. We read the names of the Jews just killed, Blacks killed praying in their church, the gays gunned down while dancing, and others killed in hate. We cannot read all the names of everyone as the list goes on in both directions of time forever - but it is powerful and healing.
The woman with the prayer shawl is my ex co-convenor for SC4Bernie. I am an ex now too. The guy with the pony tail started sc4b and the other two people I just met. Plus a Jew passing by, stopped, said kaddish with us, said thank you and left.
May the Earth heal. So mode it be.
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Thanks for hosting janis. I have been to the town clock every day this week to join in kaddish for the deaths of the people in the synagogue in Pittsburgh. It is symbolic as there is no minion but we are joined in spirit.
It is healing. We read the names of the Jews just killed, Blacks killed praying in their church, the gays gunned down while dancing, and others killed in hate. We cannot read all the names of everyone as the list goes on in both directions of time forever - but it is powerful and healing.
The woman with the prayer shawl is my ex co-convenor for SC4Bernie. I am an ex now too. The guy with the pony tail started sc4b and the other two people I just met. Plus a Jew passing by, stopped, said kaddish with us, said thank you and left.
I'm really tired of all the hate that is daily tweeted by a very irresponsible individual.
Thanks for hosting janis. I have been to the town clock every day this week to join in kaddish for the deaths of the people in the synagogue in Pittsburgh. It is symbolic as there is no minion but we are joined in spirit.
It is healing. We read the names of the Jews just killed, Blacks killed praying in their church, the gays gunned down while dancing, and others killed in hate. We cannot read all the names of everyone as the list goes on in both directions of time forever - but it is powerful and healing.
The woman with the prayer shawl is my ex co-convenor for SC4Bernie. I am an ex now too. The guy with the pony tail started sc4b and the other two people I just met. Plus a Jew passing by, stopped, said kaddish with us, said thank you and left.
I'd dump a few on you, because trees are art, and I have a ton of mediocre pictures of really groovy trees:
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I'd dump a few on you, because trees are art, and I have a ton of mediocre pictures of really groovy trees:
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them, but if you ever get down to the Anza-Borrego desert, check out Yaqui Well. A ton of gnarly twisted trees, also El Capitan State Beach, also in CA, near Santa Barbara.
#7 Had to dig into the Instamatic memory banks for a twisted tree...
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I've loved cemeteries my whole life. My brother and I used to go to them whenever we traveled.
This is from the Nevada City, NV one and there's 3 different ones in it. Of course most of the graves are from the 1800's.. I have a photo of the gate from a different angle and I used 400 b & w but set my speed accidentally at 100. Oops. Yep. They turned out very dark and I had to do a lot of work printing it so it turned out. But I like how the photos look with so much contrast.
California is full of little cemeteries all across the state. Driving up to the Sierra and I'd pass 15-20 roadside graves. I grew up behind the one I walk at now. It was much scarier when I was younger. There was a eyrie mood to it yesterday. I couldn't figure out why until I remembered it was Halloween.
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I spent some time hanging out in our high-school newspaper and yearbook staff’s darkroom — remembering this from over fifty years ago now — and have always found the process of photo developing and printing fascinating.
So many memories evoked by that smell, from the chemical baths used . . .
I've loved cemeteries my whole life. My brother and I used to go to them whenever we traveled.
This is from the Nevada City, NV one and there's 3 different ones in it. Of course most of the graves are from the 1800's.. I have a photo of the gate from a different angle and I used 400 b & w but set my speed accidentally at 100. Oops. Yep. They turned out very dark and I had to do a lot of work printing it so it turned out. But I like how the photos look with so much contrast.
California is full of little cemeteries all across the state. Driving up to the Sierra and I'd pass 15-20 roadside graves. I grew up behind the one I walk at now. It was much scarier when I was younger. There was a eyrie mood to it yesterday. I couldn't figure out why until I remembered it was Halloween.
Kids come by the cemetery to take pictures and I've asked if they were using digital or film and it was film. I'm glad to hear that because it teaches them about composition and lighting. Plus there are books about doing it.
I read Ansel Adam's books on lighting and his darkroom techniques. He was my favorite photographer back in the day.
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I spent some time hanging out in our high-school newspaper and yearbook staff’s darkroom — remembering this from over fifty years ago now — and have always found the process of photo developing and printing fascinating.
So many memories evoked by that smell, from the chemical baths used . . .
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Kids come by the cemetery to take pictures and I've asked if they were using digital or film and it was film. I'm glad to hear that because it teaches them about composition and lighting. Plus there are books about doing it.
I read Ansel Adam's books on lighting and his darkroom techniques. He was my favorite photographer back in the day.
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My two favorite things
Trees and Rain.
Thanks Janis!
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Hi zoe, always nice to see you.
I love the rain in all its different moods, and all the lushness it creates. That one moment was especially heart throbbing, and felt like magic.
That wonderful smell after it rains...
I forget who told me this, but the rain actually interacts with the oils from the leaves on trees and plants which is released in the air and leaves that wonderful earthy smell after it rains.
More interesting still, was finding out that smell actually has a name. It's called "petrichor," from the Greek words "petra," meaning "stone," and "ichor," which refers to the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods.
For me, it seemed fitting to equate the smell to the blood in the veins of the earth and tree gods.
Always good seeing you too Janis
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Nice zoe
"For me, it seemed fitting to equate the smell to the blood in the veins of the earth and tree gods."
Just found this ...
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Great description of the smell of the woods in the fall
Musty and crisp. Damp and earthy. When the rake scratches the ground, aromas swell the olfactory. Mushroomy fertile grub juice kinda sensations. Yumm. Wants to share a dinner with a salamander, show me her detachable tail trick, ya know.
Your descriptions
conjure up such visceral memories. I live in a part of Southern California that has not had a lot of rain this year. But when the rain does come, my garden comes alive with smells that feed my senses. It's as if we are in "commune" with each other.
Apropos of that, I recently finished a wonderful book titled, "The Hidden Life of Trees" by Peter Wohlleben, which describes how a "community" of trees actually communicate with each other. Wohlleben who had spent over 20 years working for the forestry commission in Germany before putting his ideas about ecology in practice, observed a fascinating "forest etiquette".
Trees of the same species, when left to root in large populations, "alerted" each other of predators who eat their leaves by releasing a scent that the other trees of that same species recognized. Once recognized, the trees release a toxin that makes their leaves inedible for the predators.
What I found interesting about this phenomena, is that it happened only when trees of the same species grew together in large collectives, like a forest. When their numbers dwindled, or they were taken out of the forest to live with trees not of their species, they did not follow the same "etiquette"
I guess there's a lesson in there somewhere, eh?
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thanks for the lovely image
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sweet... janis
Just came in from picking persimmons because the rats are eating them. Rats.
I just read what you said...
Well, thank you. I am touched. Really. Gobsmacked. Well... thanks, shucks I don't know what to say. All the folks here are such an inspiration to me. I alternate between being hopeful and being freaked out. This little community has kept me sane. I so appreciate the news, the photos, the music, the poetry, the cynicism (I am not a cynic, I am a realist), the space for people to agree to disagree. The humor. So thanks back atcha and thanks to y'all, every one of you.
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I am equally touched by you all, thank you.
Persimmons, yum!
Only another half year. Enjoy for me, for now!
wish I could share them with you...
I picked all I could reach. Tied the ladder to the tree but when I got to the top it slipped a bit so I had to navigate down without it. I refuse to share them with rats.
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Glad you got down safely
and can enjoy their sweet orange-ness.
Deer love the native Texas Persimmon
Here the deer stand on their hind legs to get at the highest ones. The original natives here used them for all sorts of stuff including dyes. I am using some in an experiment that involves alcohol.
These turn purple and ripen in September, often flocks of orioles will raid the trees, which there are a gillion of here.
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Trees ... I love trees
Fall was very late getting here this year but, when it came it was amazing. Now I'm spending hours every day raking leaves and it looks like that's going to go on for awhile because my trees are still loaded. But the colors have begun to fade. I love walking through piles of them and kicking my feet. Just like a little kid. Again. And the smell.
Thanks for hosting tonight, Janis.
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Thanks for all the colour snoopy!
I get mostly only endless varieties of green, which is also of course satisfying in its breadth.
I remember kicking through piles of leaves, so I know the feeling. Enjoy snoopy.
The bottom one was amazing to see in person
But my phone made it too yellow/orange and I couldn't correct it. The cemetery decked out in autumn is so fun to walk through. The top one is what people who do bonsai try to grow. Except not quite so many bare branches.
What is your autumn like? Do you have the type of trees that can turn or don't they grow there.
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Where I am there are very few deciduous trees.
There are a few introduced ones that turn colour in Autumn, and they are spectacular.
Really nice sd. Don't you just love Fall ?!
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that's a wowzer yellow tree. From this year? Do you compost your leaves. The smell is great. And even more so after it rains. Any rain in your future?
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This tree was really that yellow and from a week ago
Once they turned they were very vibrant this year and the color seemed to last longer too. You should see some of the reds. No I don't compost because I don't have anywhere that I can plant a garden. My yard is ringed by trees and the roots are very close to the surface. The one spot that could be a garden doesn't get enough sun. And the roots are pushing up my sprinkler hoses in the one spot that does get decent sun. I can send you some if you want.
Seriously, my trees are a PITA during the fall. I'll spend hours getting them out from behind the fence and off the lawn and I'll look out a few hours later and you'd think I didn't do a thing. I sigh a lot during this time of year. But then there's that smell of autumn. Love it. Yes we are getting light rain now and more next week. Boy do we need it after not much snow last year. This year is supposed to be warmer than usual and that's not good for the ski resorts.
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"I can send you some if you want" ; )
"Once they turned they were very vibrant this year and the color seemed to last longer too."
That made me wonder what they know and what their doing?
People from all over the country were saying that their
trees hadn't turned yet or didn't turn at all. My uncle said that ours were late because of the heat and the drought, but other parts of the country had plenty of water and not as much heat. But what's weird is the ones on the mountains turned in early September, were not vibrant and faded fast.
I took a picture to show how green ours still were and two days later they turned almost completely. I have never seen this happen. Chlorophyll has to stop before they will turn from what I've read, so why didn't it in so many places?
Another thing I love about this season is the noise they make when it's windy. I'm listening to this now. Wish I had a fireplace ...
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It sounds maybe,
like they were in a rush to do what they need to do to survive, and the mountain tree's process was inhibited by the cold?
I wish you had a fireplace too. But then, you have your dogs to keep you warm.
has to be cold and dry
For a lot of trees if it stays wet and warm they just turn brown and fall off.
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I can hear it in my imagination only
The leaves don't fall until December here in Southern California. Makes for an odd Christmas feeling.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Thanks snoopy...
I've plenty of leaves of the eucalyptus genre. So, maybe not so much. I have started leaving the leaves at the base of my trees as I read that they use them to grow the next season.
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Rains today reminded me of a spice shaker
One lid pours, the other flap sprinkles. Mostly misting due to the ocean spray. Vaporized salt essence. Mixed with shellfish and seaweed aromas. Guess I'll have to make a chowda!
never thought of rain coming from a spice shaker...
I like. Misting or pouring. Folks who live in the Arctic have many names for snow. Need to explore the possibilities with rain.
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Nice thought magiamma,
Looking forward to your explorations. Sounds like a good track for inspiration, one that would inspire me too.
Love this image...
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
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By the banks of the St. Croix. Wisconsin is the far background.
... and I had to fiddle with sepia settings...
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Your sepia settings are very special.
Thank you for both beautiful photos, Bollox.
I like to fiddle
as Washington burns.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
; )
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yags...
Hi Bollox. Yet another gorgeous sepia. So love the 'colors'. Hola to Fred.
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Caio!
from Fred.
Gëzuar!!
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Meio!
to Fred.
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Ahh, I too love trees
My old Instamatic 104 does not do justice to the colorful fall foliage, at least compared to what the optical nerves send into the cranial developing lab. So here is a typical New England scene -- hazy gray without the flashcube.
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Bought the lighthouse for a buck and spent a million to restore it. Must have some tree shots here somewhere?
Hazy gray and stormy in NE is beautiful!
While you're looking through your photo box, tell me, is that lighthouse still standing in the ocean? What an act of love it must have been to restore it. Wow!
Yep. Hazy and stormy makes for great light
I like the subtle colors in it. Where did you take that?
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Subtle light
Hey snoop. It is the Sakonnet lighthouse marking the entrance to the Sakonnet River from Rhode Island Sound. Sakonnet is trans-mutated from the Wampanoag tribe's word for 'where the black geese fly'.
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So your Instamatic is an older camera?
Does it take 110 film or larger? I think that some of the older cameras and their limitations took great pictures because of that. Grainy and not as sharp can add to the photo. This is why I'm hanging on to my film cameras. Depending on the subject matter I think a little bit of grain adds to them. Do you think that you would have gotten the same effect if you used a modern one with 28 mgp?
Then again it could have been the haze.... but I do like it.
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If I recall correctly
the picture box used 126 film, 12 exposure. My grandad had a darkroom set-up in the basement. Still have his slides and carousel. He had and old Leica bought in Germany circa 1930's.
Is that film 2 inches and square?
I used a Hasselblad at my work and thought it was a PITA to use and really didn't see that much difference from 35mm. It had two zeiss lenses but I just didn't like it. Leicas use zeiss lenses too IIRC. Do you have his? Darkroom work is so much fun. I'm hoping I can get one again. Got just the right spot for it too.
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Evening q....
funny you are. Cute little light house. And great colors. Love the name - where the black geese fly. Are there black geese? I only know Canadians, geese that is.
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Yes, the Wamponnoag tribe had a different name for
the white honkies. moxie or some such /s
Brant
Probably Brant, the 'black' goose. It often winters in bays along both coasts where there are beds of eelgrass. It is a dark goose that probably wintered in the area. I think they are considered one species now, but some think there are 3 species. The west coast birds darkest, Black Brant, east coast birds paler bellied most just call them Brant.
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Very evocative
More evocative than Cape Cod, which I found very disappointing... and crowded.
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Maybe you can get back sometime
in Spring or Autumn, to say, Cape Breton, Canada.
Cape Cod !
My wife and I lived in Mass. almost a year in 84. I built up Cape Cod as this great birding place, knew all the history, first chance we had was Labor Day weekend. Found ourselves in bumper to bumper stop and go in a gay pride parade in P'town (Provincetown) with more lingere than I have ever seen, of types I have never seen, mostly on really very pretty boys. My wife was in shock. So was I. We were trying to go birding. It was nuckinfutz! It's great during the week from after Labor Day until Memorial Day. Plymouth Rock was the real disappointment. Maybe stub your toe on it? I was expecting Morro I guess.
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And for all you lovers of birds and trees ...
I think it's a falcon?
Indeed
If not a Falcon, it appears to be pure spirit. The view from soaring above the trees makes me want to fly. Thanks Janis!
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BTW, the lighthouse still stands in spite of the ocean's deliberate efforts to submerge it.
Hi pure spirit
I can just as easily imagine you flying, as I can imagine you winging your way through the water.
Good evening , janis b and all photogs!
Ahhh, janis, I do love me some trees, love to hug trees,kiss them, lie down under them, climb in them, and I do love your photos of them and the others shared here tonight.
During our two trips to NZ some years ago we especially liked seeing the ancient plants and the mystical rivers and stunning coastal rock formations in the Punakaiki area.
But I am not going to share a tree picture tonight.
I had originally planned to post this comment in the EB for joe but he is out of town. Decided to post it here instead. It has political content so hope that is not a faux pas .
Cheetah
jb and I love cheetahs, or as people of more recent British descent say, Cheetah for both singles and a group.
This shot was taken through the trees which you can see as blur in the foreground so was difficult to manual focus with the telephoto through the branches. No tripod as we were in our compact rental car. Not the best photo, but still I wanted to share the good luck document.
How many cubs can you see?
Those who read mhagle's essay earlier this week may have followed one of the links there to
Deep Adaptation ? One of the things I will grieve for if predictions continue to come true is wildlife. It is hard to accept that these beautiful creatures, already so endangered, will most probably go extinct, and sooner rather than later.
Then I was further saddened to see this tonight:
But let us not dwell in the sadness tonight, rather share more of the beauty and wonder of this amazing life and planet!
We are off for a Friday Night binge of Hulu.
Hugs to you all!
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One for sure,
maybe two?
"faux pas ", what's that ; ).
I will follow your links later, thank you. Have fun you two this evening!
Thanks, same to you!
3 Cubs
1. head profile facing left, at bottom left of the boulder mother is standing on.
2. back and head facing boulder in center of boulder
3. head facing toward us, right of the boulder.
There was another female sighted while we were there that had 5 cubs. Very unusual.
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Glad to see you tonight
Nice photo of the jaguar. Taking it through the trees adds to it. I see at least 3 cubs and maybe there's one hiding behind the tree limb? I see two ears in front of the rock.
Don't be a stranger.... hi, jb.
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Hi do...
Makes me angry that people think it's okay to sell cheetahs. They are so amazing. Thanks for the photo. Sweet babies.
The Deep Adaption article by Jem Bendell is well worth the read and is easy to read as well. I did a whole essay on it and cannot recommend it enough. Scribbler or Hester also made a plug for it a while back too.
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The trees are Kauris
with fresh Spring growth. Send a little prayer for their continued existence, as they are highly threatened by a pathogen, and they are NZ's oldest trees.
Bristlecones and Manzanitas
are some of my favorites. Hanging out with them in the upper reaches gives wind a new meaning. Sculpted by forces beyond our ken.
I remember Bristlecones and Manzanitas
from travels in CA and OR. But I never climbed them. I'm glad you survived your attempt at being a bird.
bein' up in the trees
speaking of being up in the trees... when John Muir lived in Yosemite Valley, he once tied himself into a tree on a ridge overnight to experience a lightning storm from inside it. It is a miracle we got to read anything else from him after that.
I lived in Big Pine CA for a short while and spent a lot of time in the White Mtns. where Methusela the 4-5000 year old Bristlecone is, and a bunch of 3-4000 year old youngin's. There is a great trail there through them off 156 at Westgard Pass east of Big Pine.
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A raptor for sure, but I suspect not a falcon --
the wing tip is too rounded. Not the best angle for calling it, however.
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Hi el
NZ raptors ...
http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/sites/all/files/FALNOV_FG.pdf
Well, that certainly confuses, the matter. That page,
just for your reference, mixes Accipitridae and Falconidae, so if it is a NZ bird, and that is the gamut, I'd go with the Harrier, which is generally treated as an accip. I just checked, and they do have Buteos in NZ, and the seeming coloration makes me think Ferruginous Hawk. Do you know roughly how big it was?
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No idea really,
except that it was probably 50% bigger than a black-backed seagull, and 100% longer than a Kereru, which are more commonly present. This bird looked most unusual to me.
I'm thinking now of another possibility, a Gannet?
I don't recall seeing one from home before, but there is a large colony that lives around the heads and 15 miles up the coast. I wish I hadn't been looking through the camera lens when it passed in front. Hopefully I'll see the bird again from the same perspective.
great pix Janis
I'd say a buteo or small eagle type of raptor. Falcons have narrow pointed wings, these are the broad soaring wings of a hawk or small eagle.
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So maybe the Swamp Harrier?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_harrier
Thanks for your eagle eye.
I'm not getting a harrier off it... :)
your bird looks largish to me and the wings are very broad. The harriers in general have narrower wings and really are not a large raptor, fairly slim of build. smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk for instance. Your bird seems bigger and heavier bodied. I wish there were a few more pixels to work with. And that I knew new zealand birds. I have a birds of Oz guide, which likely isn't much help.
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Do you think it could be a Gannet?
I don't recall seeing one from home before, but there is a large colony that lives around the heads and 15 miles up the coast. If you don't think so, than it was most likely from the information you and el provided a Buteo.
evening all...
Thanks for hosting janis. I have been to the town clock every day this week to join in kaddish for the deaths of the people in the synagogue in Pittsburgh. It is symbolic as there is no minion but we are joined in spirit.
It is healing. We read the names of the Jews just killed, Blacks killed praying in their church, the gays gunned down while dancing, and others killed in hate. We cannot read all the names of everyone as the list goes on in both directions of time forever - but it is powerful and healing.
The woman with the prayer shawl is my ex co-convenor for SC4Bernie. I am an ex now too. The guy with the pony tail started sc4b and the other two people I just met. Plus a Jew passing by, stopped, said kaddish with us, said thank you and left.
May the Earth heal. So mode it be.
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for all the care you provide to a world that is suffering.
I'd vote a thousand times if I could
I'm really tired of all the hate that is daily tweeted by a very irresponsible individual.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Good evening, Janice, et. al. I saw trees and figured that
I'd dump a few on you, because trees are art, and I have a ton of mediocre pictures of really groovy trees:
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I managed to somehow lose these two
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Thanks el...
Great series. Trees are definitely art. Edit.
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Oh man, now you've thrown down the gauntlet
Had to dig into the Instamatic memory banks for a twisted tree...
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from an old bone yard in Maine
Not only a tree,
but a figurative representation of death. Cool.
Not sure what the roots are grasping
But I see a figurine of a ballerina somewhere in the trunk.
It's definitely a choreographed performance.
; ).
Most of my pics aren't on flickr and I'd have trouble finding
them, but if you ever get down to the Anza-Borrego desert, check out Yaqui Well. A ton of gnarly twisted trees, also El Capitan State Beach, also in CA, near Santa Barbara.
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Great boneyard
I've loved cemeteries my whole life. My brother and I used to go to them whenever we traveled.
This is from the Nevada City, NV one and there's 3 different ones in it. Of course most of the graves are from the 1800's.. I have a photo of the gate from a different angle and I used 400 b & w but set my speed accidentally at 100. Oops. Yep. They turned out very dark and I had to do a lot of work printing it so it turned out. But I like how the photos look with so much contrast.
California is full of little cemeteries all across the state. Driving up to the Sierra and I'd pass 15-20 roadside graves. I grew up behind the one I walk at now. It was much scarier when I was younger. There was a eyrie mood to it yesterday. I couldn't figure out why until I remembered it was Halloween.
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Are there still places one can go to learn “the Darkroom Arts”?
I spent some time hanging out in our high-school newspaper and yearbook staff’s darkroom — remembering this from over fifty years ago now — and have always found the process of photo developing and printing fascinating.
So many memories evoked by that smell, from the chemical baths used . . .
High schools are still teaching darkroom work
Kids come by the cemetery to take pictures and I've asked if they were using digital or film and it was film. I'm glad to hear that because it teaches them about composition and lighting. Plus there are books about doing it.
I read Ansel Adam's books on lighting and his darkroom techniques. He was my favorite photographer back in the day.
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Here too,
which is encouraging. I think it's essential to the understanding of the fundamentals of photography.
Thanks for the trees el,
and the other wildlife.
My pleasure
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