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Saturday Symmetry

High-maintenance courtyard.

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34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
(St Luke's Gospel, ch.23)

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At last, last Thursday.

Are we out of the woods yet?

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Wings on Wednesday - 

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

The Reluctant Leaver - 

part 3

When the parent tried to turn the fledgling away, it banged its beak upon the adult's head!

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Shipping by...

The RFA "Tidespring" A136 is a brand new ship! She was launched in 2015, but not commisioned to service until November 2017 - this was taken early December, so am guessing it was her maiden voyage!!! She was built in Korea and travelled via Japan and Hawaii to get to the UK. Another photographer was alert this day... click here to see his rather more glorious shot!!!

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Monday's Critters - reruns

Cattle on the range. Woko, NSW, Australia.

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MOONdays

Forgot I had this... that's Mars, the pinprick beside Luna... Nov 2016. 

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Saturday Symmetry

Wrought iron again provides the symmetry... snow provides the ambience! 

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"Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping."
(Julia Margaret Cameron)

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Thursday. It points to the weekend.

Dixon's Chimney, Carlisle.

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Wings on Wednesday - 

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

The Reluctant Leaver - part 2

The lazy fledgling managed to coax just a little from the parent.

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Shipping by...

Freezing air has the same effect as heat shimmer! Looking from Ardentinny along to Finnart oil terminal, the Trossachs as a backdrop.

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Monday' Critters - reruns

Indian Squirrel

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SUNdays

Stonehaven beach.

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Saturday Symmetry

Up... or down?

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"The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough."
(Saint Patrick)

I know, I know...it's tomorrow, but am sticking to my own posting criteria...

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Then Thursday came... and went... such are the tides of time.

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Wings on Wednesday - 

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

The Reluctant Leaver - part 1.

Yes, another little series; this fledgling herring gull ought to have been foraging entirely on its own six months before this was taken - some teenagers just won't go! Here, it is tapping the parent's beak...

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Shipping by...

Another day, another view of the shore where the Hutch sits. From the car ferry.

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Monday's Critters - reruns

As this winter did not yield many new critter shots, am going to pick out a few of my earlier offerings and give them another viewing.

A different kind of mantis. Mumbai.

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SUNdays

The flock turned up on a critters post a few weeks back... but widening the lens and lifting it a tad, brought in the sun...

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Saturday Symmetry

A basalt rock wall, an old quarry, has symmetry in its asymmetry - its an abstract painting!

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"My parents live in the part of the United States that is Canada. It is so far north that Minnesota lies in the same direction as Miami. They have four distinct seasons: Winter, More Winter, Still More Winter, and That One Day Of Summer." 
(W. Bruce Cameron)

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And here it is, Thursday.

Shingle beach of Stonehaven.

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Wings on Wednesday - 

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in photographing birds.

 It was a long stretch of the lens... but wee cock Robin posed prettily!

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Shipping by...

 The RD50 couldn't be found on a search, so she's keeping a low profile, here on Loch Long. Not that the gulls know that!

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Monday's Critters

Scraping the barrel for 'critters'... there was a rare sighting from the Hutch; we don't generally get snow lying down here on the Clyde coastline, but this winter is making an exception. The kids made the most of it and produced quite a magnificent snow critter!!!

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SUNdays

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Saturday Symmetry

A footbridge of steel and concrete. Industrially pretty.

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"Winter is the season of recovery and preparation."
(Paul Theroux)

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Another first Thursday on the 1st. Is this a good thing?

This may be the last time you see the mirror cube of the Cairngorms. Take a long look.