PostsCommentsPayoutseolianpariah2 (71)in Shadow Hunters • 14 hours agoentry smash 403: scaffolding shadowsearlier this year some exterior repairs were going on at my neighbors house. their house is quite close to ours so there was a bit of disturbance with parking,eolianpariah2 (71)in FungiFriday • 2 days agofrosted fungiteolianpariah2 (71)in Shadow Hunters • 3 days agoentry reflections 248a couple of weeks ago i posted from the swimming pool at the community center for Waterville Estates. what i didn't mention then was that there are two pools ateolianpariah2 (71)in Wednesday Walk • 4 days agoa december morning walkit snowed in the night so i was anxious to get out and have a look. the snow barely covered the ground but on my car windshield there was only ice crystals. ifeolianpariah2 (71)in Shadow Hunters • 5 days agoentry smash 402: puppy on dirt parking lotwhile i was waiting for my wife to finish her marketing i knew it would be a while so i wandered around the dirt parking lot to where some puppies were playingeolianpariah2 (71)in Feathered Friends • 6 days agoentry smap 247: white-cheeked barbetif there's a white-cheeked barbet Psilopogon viridis in your neighborhood you will definitely hear it even if you don't see it. their green backs and brown and white heads afford excellent camouflage aseolianpariah2 (71)in Fascinating Insects • 7 days agococonut rhinoceros beetlethe coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros are large, impressive looking, solid insects, among the strongest in the world. but they are well known for attacking coconut and other palm trees. thougheolianpariah2 (71)in Photography Lovers • 8 days ago13 minutes of an October sunset it was great autumn weather on October 10th and the sky to the west looked like there would be a great sunset so i drove about 15 km to Omlidstranda, and took a walk along the coastal area with the fjord/seaeolianpariah2 (71)in Visual Shots • 9 days agoEastern Gray Squirrel(Sciurus carolinensis)eolianpariah2 (71)in Shadow Hunters • 10 days agoentry reflections 247it's getting colder and a thin layer of ice forms when the water is still, only to thaw when the temperature rises a little or the waves break up the ice as wareolianpariah2 (71)in Feathered Friends • 11 days agoentry smap 246: negotiating for peacewhite doves have a long history of being a symbol for peace from various cultures around the world. these days the prospect of peace around the world is nearereolianpariah2 (71)in Shadow Hunters • 12 days agoentry smash 401: fun with composite shadowsnormally one would expect two separate people to have two more or less separate and distinguishable shadows but when things line up just right their shadows comeolianpariah2 (71)in Feathered Friends • 16 days agosmap 245: black-rumped flamebackthe black-rumped flameback Dinopium benghalense is the most common woodpecker we see in our garden, as here on a coconut tree. typicallly they will climb up teolianpariah2 (71)in Shadow Hunters • 17 days agocelebrating smash 400 from Vikerøybruto celebrate we decided to visit a small island called Vikerøy. it's very close to the mainland so there is a peculiar drawbridge to cross to get to the island, but it is only permitted for residents andeolianpariah2 (71)in Photography Lovers • 18 days agoa chilly november afternoon sunset at Omlidstrandawith our town on the west coast of a peninsula we don't get dramatic sunsets facing the sea but just a 20 minute drive to the other side is Omlidstranda. it's a campground with a nice sandy beach and aneolianpariah2 (71)in Hive Collectors • 19 days agomy vinyl lp collectionTime it was, and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence, A time of confidences Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph Preserve your memories; They're all that's left you Bookends Simon and Garfunkeleolianpariah2 (71)in Shadow Hunters • 21 days agoentry reflections 246last month we were visiting my brother in New Hampshire, having a wonderful time outdoors in the beautiful mountain autumn foliage. but that is not what i am posting about here. it was quite cool and aftereolianpariah2 (71)in Visual Shots • 22 days agoOctober forest scenes from New Hampshirewe had the fortune of visiting my brother in New Hampshire just around the time the foliage was at it's peak. it's a wonderful time of year with the crisp cool mountain air and the bright foliage shiningeolianpariah2 (71)in Photography Lovers • 23 days agoremarkable seaice formations in the canalone of the most fascinating scenes in the early winter is the variety of ice formations on the canal in the park. early in the winter the temperature swings considerably above and below 0 C so when theeolianpariah2 (71)in Feathered Friends • 24 days agoentry smap 244: male mallardMallard ducks Anas platyrhynchos must be one of the most common ducks in the world. they manage to thrive in a great variety of climates, including the harsh northern winters of Norway. the males or drakes