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The other day I saw a pigeon drown. At first, I didn't know what it was - was that a duck bobbing up and then down again in the pond? No, this bird was smaller and grey. It must have misjudged the thickness of the layer of ice on the pond, mistaking it for solid ground. The ice had turned out to be much too thin to take the pigeon's weight and it had plunged into the water, close to the small island in the pond's middle but much too far to reach for a bird unused to swimming. It came up again but couldn't stay upright, its head landing in the water again. And then it stopped moving.
The river and adjacent pond with parkland are within comfortable walking distance, so whenever there was an hour to spare I walked over (or I stopped on the way home from work in the last couple of days) to take some pictures.
I've been posting them over on twitter @sista_ray but I also want to dump them here in one place. I've started experimenting with twitter moments - which is a handy way to group tweets. Still, I can't quite let go of dreamdwidth and even livejournal (grudgingly accepted the TOS to keep up with what's left of my friendslist).
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I've been posting them over on twitter @sista_ray but I also want to dump them here in one place. I've started experimenting with twitter moments - which is a handy way to group tweets. Still, I can't quite let go of dreamdwidth and even livejournal (grudgingly accepted the TOS to keep up with what's left of my friendslist).
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Yellow iris at the pond.
May. 17th, 2017 11:32 amHave some pictures from last week when the th flowers were still very new - now there is much more but I'm at home nursing a cold.
In German Iris pseudacorus is called Sumpf-Schwertlilie or Gelbe Schwertlilie or Wasser-Schwertlilie (swamp, yellow or water sword lily). For some reason even though they are not closely related to lilies, the whole genus of Iris (a word which is in use in German, too) = Schwertlilie. I can see where the sword comes from - the leaves.
Well, the yellow iris or yellow flag is quite common around here - and it is an invasive species in other parts of the world.
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In German Iris pseudacorus is called Sumpf-Schwertlilie or Gelbe Schwertlilie or Wasser-Schwertlilie (swamp, yellow or water sword lily). For some reason even though they are not closely related to lilies, the whole genus of Iris (a word which is in use in German, too) = Schwertlilie. I can see where the sword comes from - the leaves.
Well, the yellow iris or yellow flag is quite common around here - and it is an invasive species in other parts of the world.
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Autumn picture dump.
Oct. 9th, 2016 07:31 pmAutumn at the playground.
Took the bikes out yesterday and had a look at a playground that we hadn't been to. The kid got a handy little map at school showing all the best spots in town, so there was a new place to discover.
Kid liked it - I didn't think it was that spectacular but one of the better-maintained ones around.
While the kid played, I took my first real autumn pictures of the season.
( Autumn at the playground )
Took the bikes out yesterday and had a look at a playground that we hadn't been to. The kid got a handy little map at school showing all the best spots in town, so there was a new place to discover.
Kid liked it - I didn't think it was that spectacular but one of the better-maintained ones around.
While the kid played, I took my first real autumn pictures of the season.
( Autumn at the playground )
Late summer.
Sep. 4th, 2016 06:22 pmWe've had a couple of sunny days, some of them even rather hot, but today there has been quite a bit of rain, too. Yesterday the sun was out, but there was already this late summer feeling in the park - lots of spiderwebs, fading flowers and the first yellow leaves.
Here are some of the pictures I took:
( Plants )
Here are some of the pictures I took:
( Plants )
Common butterflies.
Jul. 20th, 2016 04:28 pmInstead of playing Pokémon Go which is hugely popular here (and played by children and adults) I decided to catch some living creatures with my camera.
They might not be imaginary, but I think they are still fantastical - at least when you look closely at them.
( Butterflies )
They might not be imaginary, but I think they are still fantastical - at least when you look closely at them.
( Butterflies )