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I missed the excitement around 5:30pm last night.My partner grabbed my dslr w tele and took the photos.He's been seeing snowys a lot this year on the way home from work and finally one camped out near our place so he could take photos with a decent lens.Yay!I hope I get to see one of these snowy owls too.Previously

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I was taking photos of the chunky river ice and I thought this one looked like a turtle.

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Finally, something interesting to photograph out there this winter.Ponderosa Pine:Mailbox:Hark a Lark:I thought that was unusual to see a horned lark hopping around in February, but references say "year round" resident in North Dakota.cornellHis pose makes me laugh.hmhbooks peterson field guideYellow brow (Northern race) vs White brow (Prairie race)

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This is the best movie I've seen in a long time.I loved all the characters.I laughed. I cried.I guess some thought it wasn't harsh/blunt enough, but to me, it showed plenty.Especially the more subtle corrosive every day devaluing of human beings.imdbebertwikiAibileen Clark to 3-year-old Mae Mobley:"You is kind. You is smart. You is important."cliptrailer

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Ludovico EinaudiLove that name.wikib. 23 Nov 1955.Born in Turin (city) Piedmont (region), Italy.Italian contemporary music composer and pianist.groovesharkimdbgoogle

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I like this song.It's that background beat stuff that's so catchy.GroovesharkGavin DeGraw(Nope, that's the only song I like.)Not Over YouYouTubewikiGavin Shane DeGraw (b. 4 Feb 1977)Grew up in New York.He was recently (Aug) hospitalized after being assaulted and then hit by a taxi.Whoa.Not Over You released in May.First time I've heard it.songfactsa "collaboration with One Republic's lead singer

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This was a fun relaxing funny movie.Exactly what I needed at the time and I'm glad I bought the DVD because I'll watch it again.I thought Owen Wilson was the perfect fit for the character Gil.Midnight In ParisWho are the people that Gil meets after midnight?Ebert

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Avicii - LevelsVia:YouTube Rewind 2011Ultimate Dog Tease, Talking Twin Babies, The Force: Volkswagen Commercial, etcI also like:Avicii - Fade Into Darkness (Official Vocal Edit)Both 2011 songs.wikiTim Bergling (b. 8 Sep 1989)Known professionally as Avicii, Tim Berg, The Phoenix, Lois C, and Tom Hangs.A Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer.

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Photos above from photojojo.Via:dig photo schoolBookmarked these items and plan to buy them eventually.Blog for reference.I did not know a person could bounce pop-up flash. Sounds like it would be a very weak flash, though, and not sure how well it would work. I'd like to try it.Photojojo links:Bokeh KitBokeh Kit$25.00Popu up flash bounceAlsolightscoop.comBounce Pop-up Flash(SLRs only) Works on

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We heard about snowy owls in the area (active during daytime) so we went for a drive.No snowy owls, but what do we have here?A golden eagle.Location near the Missouri river.He seemed kinda scraggly; made me think he was a juvenile.Didn't get any clear photos. We returned to the area next day and didn't see anything.cornellenaturenpwrc

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Can't find this on my blog, so post again.Grooveshark:heartbeatsThe ones I wanted:Scala & Kolacny BrothersJose GonzalezThe Knife

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Viareddit (13Dec11)ANDreddit2 (31May10)Open Browser Tab 1 Tab 2Tab 3Music is:Turnabout Jazz Soul - Track 8 - Godot - The Fragrance of Dark Coffee

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My new printer (supposed to use less ink):Kodak ESP C315 Wireless Color Printer with Scanner & Copieramazon(Was $79.00)I followed the setup instructions without problems.Until...I had to install the print driver from the CD.The CD just spun and spun in the drive and would not install.So I googled the driver, downloaded from the Net and installed without problems.It also prompted me for a firmware

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Nickelback has a new album out.Here & Now21 Nov 11I like:When We Stand TogetherLullabygrooveshark

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Good album!Intense.Ceremonials (16 tracks total.)Florence + The Machineuk album has acoustic versions of some of the songs. (20 tracks total.)17. Landscape18. Heartlines (Acoustic)19. Shake It Out (Acoustic)20. Breaking Down (Acoustic)Favs (YouTube):No Light, No LightShake It OutHeartlines vs Heartlines AcousticSpectrumBedroom HymnsMOREGrooveshark links:Green River OrdinanceFavs:

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audiofil.esvia:mefiI tried the music category.Who Is Singing Me Lullabies?Interesting storyQuantum CelloCellist Zoe KeatingWow, that first piece of cello music is fabulous! Crank up the sound when she starts playing.The song is on her 2010 album, Into The Trees, and the title is Escape Artist.Listen to it at her website.Loved the photo of her with the cello on her back.Found the Flickr link at

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I found an interesting tidbit about the downy woodpecker and the goldenrod plant.Both are common/abundant in North Dakota, so maybe I'll get a chance to photograph them together some day.The article said "Canada" goldenrod?(Mag quote: "It attacks two species within the Canada goldenrod complex almost exclusively.")Winter Treat For DowniesBirdwatching magazine December 2011 issueSee also:

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wikiRobert Burns (b. 25 Jan 1759 – d. 21 Jul 1796)Died at the age of 37.Burns statue in Dorchester Square, Montréal, Québec (wiki):Red Red Rose wikiBurns worked for the final ten years of his life on projects to preserve traditional Scottish songs for the future. In all, Burns had a hand in preserving over 300 songs for posterity, the most famous being "Auld Lang Syne".Burns referred to it (Red

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wiki28 Feb 1533 – 13 Sep 1592Lord Michel Eyquem de MontaigneOne of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance.Known for popularising the essay as a literary genre.Popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism.Photo from Flickr (creative commons):This statue stands in front of the Sorbonne university in Paris.Paris 2006 SetParis 2009 SetWherever your life ends, it is all

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So there is almost nothing online about this movie.I didn't think it was *that* bad. lolIt's different.I bought the DVD for $10.00 at Target or WalMart.There's a long list of song credits at the end of the movie.The two I wanted were:Gone Away From MeBy Ray LaMontagneMovie Scene - Dancing in the CafegroovesharkSongmeaningsNot the Real ThingBy Teddy GoldsteinMovie Scene - Song is played at the

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Along the Missouri again, same area as the previous mature bald eagle photo.The regal head:

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wiki (Edits mine.)Jules Gabriel Verne (b. 8 Feb 1828 - d. 24 Mar 1905)A French author who pioneered the science fiction genre.He is best known for:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870)A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864)Around the World in Eighty Days (1873)Dug up the epub ebooks from mobileread forum. Sometimes those are formatted better.Verne, Jules:Five Weeks In A BalloonA

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Digging around in archives again.I like this poem:By William Butler Yeats (b. 13 Jun 1865 – d. 28 Jan 1939)Photo from wiki(Edits mine.)archiveW B Yeats - Collected Poems, 1889-1939archive2W.B. Yeats; a critical study (1915)gutenbergYeats, W. B. (William Butler)mobileread forum lrfYeats, William Butler: Collected Poems(Calibre can convert lrf to epub.)

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So we had a little excitement Saturday...On a trail by the Missouri.Here's a favorite inflight photo:Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)npwrcThe bald eagle is uncommon in North Dakota and is usually seen along the Missouri River in late fall/early winter and in the spring during migration to its northern breeding grounds.Bald eagles do not acquire their white-colored head and tail until about 4

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Some recent photos of a trail along the Missouri river after the summer flood.Some of the trees had water marks almost 6 feet high.At one point the trail just disappeared. Washed away as if it never existed.How about a tune with that.I like this song.Road Less TraveledBy George StraitCountry genre, not something I usually go for.wikiGeorge Harvey Strait (b. 18 May 1952)American country music

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I think these are Amur Maples.They sure are pretty this year.Lots of trees still have green leaves right now, which is unusual for our area.usdaAmur maple (Acer ginnala)ndsugoogle images

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In the East - fabulous sunrise:With the tele:In the West - moon in trees:I like how the tree branches seem to be holding up the moon.Moon in clouds:Moon again:October's full moon is called Hunter's Moon.Googling tells me it's supposed to be the smallest full moon of the year 2011, or furthest away from the earth.Well, it was really beaming forth into the window right before the sun came up. Hard

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Dug this out of the public domain archives, so I'll post the links and poem here.Photos from:Wiki(Edits mine.)Robert W. Service poetry at:gutenbergarchivePoem images from:archive sourdough(Edits mine.)mobileread forum epubService, Robert W: Songs of a SourdoughLarry Beck recites the poem:YouTubeHe goes a little too fast, but pretty good overall."The poem, written by Robert Service, is performed

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Some photos I like from a photo walk.(Continuing the into the sun tall tree shadows photography study.)Red Admiral Butterfly. I like the angle and the wood texture background. I thought it might be unusual to see butterflies this late in the autumn? Captured another one on camera but could not positively identify.

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Swarms of noisy Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) passed over our place yesterday (12 Oct 11).North Dakota is on their migration route.First the V:Then the swarms:This is the closest one captured:cornellnpwrc

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How about some music with my latest imagery.Eddie Vedder is always good. (I love his voice.)Acoustic #1From:Pearl Jam Twenty Album (Sep11).Eddie at/on Grooveshark

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Playin' around in Paint Shop Pro:VM Toolbox Crystal Ball Filter/Plugin (Free):VM Natural Lakeside Reflection Filter/Plugin (Free):I love the peachy orange, gold and green leaf colors on these.Cropped Original:Kaleidoscope:

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I'm not sure what kind of tree this was.I thought maybe sumac, but I thought sumac leaves turned red in autumn?Anyway, I was standing underneath it taking photos of the leaves hanging down around me.The leaf colors were actually more muted greens and golds, but I pumped up colors and contrast and they turned rust and brilliant green.Kaleidoscope:

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Waiting for the coffee, looked out the window, and...Attention!Nature is putting on a fabulous sunrise show this morning.Go.Now.East:West:Up:

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I liked this one:So I went out to the same area and shot more the next day, but the lighting wasn't quite the same.More contrast, and the foregrounds were too dark, so didn't get the brilliant green grass I wanted.(S3 Canon Point and Shoot camera.)This next one has quite a bit of post processing, but I like it.Here's the Original, no post processing:What I did in Paint Shop Pro:Lifted the Shadows

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I punched in "Leaving On A Jet Plane" at Grooveshark search to see if there were any versions I had never heard before.GroovesharkWrong attributions here. Mostly, the ones sung by Chantal Kerviazuk are misattributed to someone else. Kerviazuk's version seems to be a popular one, but wasn't a favorite of mine. The Glee one isn't too bad. ;) The hyper version by Me First and The Gimme Gimmes

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Typically a mushroom on this same tree at the same time of year.

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Fishin' chair on river sandbar:Fishin':

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River is low, lots of sandbars out there now.My fav:More:

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Loved the boat water pattern on these:

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On the dirt bike trail.Different views of bridge.It was an interesting photography subject.Full bridge view:I like how it curves around instead of a typical straight across view.These next few feel like aerial views, but they're not. Maybe that's why I like them.The next one was done with telephoto zoom. We did not walk on the bridge. Signs said danger and no trespassing.

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Right now, it's the perfect outdoor weather.I love the autumn sun.I love the cool crispy mornings.I love the colors.Is there anything I don't absolutely adore about autumn?I don't think so.Nothing I like better than to wander a new outdoor trail on a cool calm clear crispy autumn morning, with my camera, of course.The trail:But first,Wild turkeys:I thought the turkeys at alert attention with

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I'm just going to appreciate this cute little sparrow.And I don't even want to try and hunt down what kind it is.Sparrows are tough to identify.

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I'm sure seeing a lot of caterpillars this year at this time.Zebra caterpillar (Melanchra picta):Probably considered a garden pest, but I thought the patterning close-up was wonderful to look at.bugguideOrder Lepidoptera - Butterflies and MothsNo Taxon MothsSuperfamily NoctuoideaFamily Noctuidae - Owlet MothsSubfamily Noctuinae - Cutworm or Dart MothsTribe HadeniniGenus MelanchraSpecies picta -

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More photos of clouds.This one is a "moose" cloud:Always fun to get the moon in the clouds:

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Full moon in the morning western sky.I was playing around with different effects in Paint Shop Pro and liked this softborder effect.It looks like it could be water in the background.Or it could be looking out a window.

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Lined up, ready to go:Trying to come up with something different for the typical field bales photo. I like it. Gold morning sunlight.

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Falling Wolf Cloud:Hot Air Balloon Cloud:Those birds in the clouds are pigeons(?):These next ones were tone mapped (psp9 clarify) at maximum once in Paint Shop Pro X3 which greatly increases cloud definition.I like the nifty dramatic texture this creates on clouds sometimes. More realistic at lower settings though.Camera Notes: I haven't taken very many cloud pictures lately. I had my S3 Canon

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The big event this weekend was discovering a great horned owl sitting high up under a bridge.Closeup:We found him about 8am during a morning walk and took a bunch of photos with my S3 Canon.Then we came back with all three of my cameras about 11am.Still there. None of my/our photos turned out very well (poor close up detail) because of the lighting, angle, distance, etc.I think that's the first

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Talk about blending in, huh.Here's a closeup crop:I just spent hours trying to ID this dragonfly.Family Aeshnidae - Darners maybe?This pic is close (green form female darner):greennatureMore Links:odesforbeginnersDragon or DamselGOOD visuals here.Eyes and wing spread are Dragon.Abdomen looks more like a Damsel, though?bugguidenpwrc

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The year was 1986.I was leaving Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry:I was at the World Trade Center107th floor Observation deck:

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I thought it would be interesting to see what the newspaper front pages look like today.newseumI like uncluttered presentations the best.Winners (of the ones I looked at): Sun-TimesChicago, IllinoisSioux City JournalSioux City, Iowa

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I LOVE that I was able to capture this moment in nature.The road was thick with fog in this one spot and I stopped the car and took the shot.

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The quote is attributed to: Gary Snyderfrom "Little Poems for Gaia,"in the book, "Axe Handles."

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350Z Nissan.I think it's a 2005.Just happened to be in a nice setting for a photo during my photo walk.google images

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I like the tree trunk background.I like the blue sky showing through the leaf holes.

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Possibly a yellow woolly bear.Wooly, wolly, woolly, woolley, wollybear, yellow bear, lol.I see different spellings.Autumn/late summer must be the time for caterpillars.butterfliesandmothsVirginian Tiger Moth or Yellow Woolybear MothSpilosoma virginica (Fabricius, 1798)bugguidegoogle imagesThe black and orange woolly bear that I posted earlier was an:Isabella Tiger Moth (Isia isabella)

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I love blue with orange/yellow and red with green/gold/yellow.

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There's probably a story behind this, but I don't know what it is.I've seen it before elsewhere.Is it a cowboy thing?Good photography subject, I thought. Liked the background hills.Note: I gave these photos a little bit of a color and contrast boost with blend layers in Paint Shop Pro.

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Flax fields are a pretty rusty brown blanket this time of year.I tried different compositions on this field with the wind turbines background.I love this one where I crouched down so the flax balls popped up:It's the only one I got like that. Wish I would have gotten more.You can squish the dry crispy flax balls/capsules between your fingers to see the seeds inside.The seeds taste about like

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Love the colors.They are so cute."Woolly Bear" - isn't that a wonderful and fitting name for it too.google imagesWoolly Bear Caterpillar becomes anIsabella Tiger Moth (Isia isabella)google imagesstages piclarva, adult, cocoon stages imageLink referred to in post is dead. (Dated 9/30/2009.)2009 Archives here but post no longer exists.Is it woolly or wooly?enchantedlearningenature

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I love this stuff.Some kind of sage, I think.Russian sage maybe?I want some.Take picture.

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Native August/September plant Curlycup gumweed always looks so yummy cheerful.Bugs and butterflies love the stuff.4 butterflies on a plant:Clouded sulphurs or Orange sulphurs?Previously:sulphursgumweed

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I think this is a Meadow Fritillary.butterfliesandmothsMeadow Fritillary (Boloria bellona)Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 2 inches (3.5 - 5.1 cm).North Dakota ButterfliesbugguidenpwrcAtlas of North Dakota Butterfliesnpwrc - Meadow Fritillaryndsu

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Previously:Minot Souris FloodBismarck Missouri FloodSo Minot Souris river area went down fairly quickly:But for the Bismarck area, it was a l-o-n-g flooded summer:The stench, the bugs, blocked roads, closed off areas, people canoeing to their flooded houses.I wonder what is going to happen to all those old cottonwoods that were standing in water for months.Some of them must be over a 100 years

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I discovered a free magazine download online.Diet & Nutrition MagazineI was reading the July 2011 issue.Kathy Smith, well known fitness guru, is 60 years old now, wow.Food pyramids current and past.Corn info - how to choose it, store it, cook it, recipes.Dance DVDs.There are recipes online too.Overnight Cherry Almond OatmealSounds good.

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I'm really into this song: Hey, Hey, Hey A few more from Michael Franti & Spearhead (same album): The Sound Of Sunshine I'll Be Waiting Album at Amazon wiki on Franti

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Experiment: Music vs. Treadmill I was wondering how he was going to get off that thing without hurting himself, lol. The song is: Untouched By The Veronicas

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Just for something to do I ran Paint Shop Pro Kaleidoscope on some of my photos. Here's some I liked. Maple Leaves Photo: Spirea Leaves Photo: Petunia Blossom Photo:

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Menu Change: View, Page Source moved to Tools, Web Developer Ctrl/U still works. View Page Source also shows up on the Right Click popup menu of web page. Reference (MozillaZine forum)

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Don't Wanna Go Home By Jason Derulo Stronger Erick Morillo & Eddie Thoneick Feat. Shawnee Taylor - Stronger (Club Mix) The road that you travel, Walk as far as it goes. Don't you ever forget, That you're never alone. So when you feel like you've lost your way, Something will show you the path to take. Because you're stronger... Because you're stronger. Stronger than yesterday. Stronger that

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wikigoogle images

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Foggy dewy morning.Saw lots of these:

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I love the bokeh background on this photo.It was shimmer or sunlight on water:Sometimes shooting into the sunlight is a good thing.

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Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris rapae)OrSmall WhiteSame Tribe as Checkered White.bugguide imagesbugguide treeTribe Pierini - Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, AlbatrossesGenus PierisGenus Pontia

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Graffiti:

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Moves Like JaggerBy Maroon 5Good workout song.I just discovered jog.fm.It tells you what BPM a song is and gives a list of songs by BPM.130 BPM

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The first thing that comes to mind upon spotting one is B-I-G butterfly.monarch-butterflyGood photos of Caterpillar to Chrysalis to MonarchThe male monarchs have a black spot (scent scales release pheromones) on each of the hind wings over a vein.obsessionwithbutterfliesGood Male vs female photos here.previously

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One I LoveBy Coldplay

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Field walk.The dragonflies were active.npwrcOdonata of North DakotaOrder Odonata (toothed ones) - dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera)Family LibellulidaeWidow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) npwrcbugguide (libellula - skimmer)Family LibellulidaeWestern Meadowhawk (Sympetrum occidentale)npwrcbugguide (sympetrum - meadowhawks)I love this one:

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Sometime Around MidnightBy The Airborne Toxic EventDefinitely captures the emotions of the story with this song.I don't think I'd want to call myself an airborne toxic event. lolwikiIndie rock band from LA, CA.On 5 Aug 2008, the band released its first full-length album, The Airborne Toxic Event.On 6 Dec 2008, iTunes named "Sometime Around Midnight" the #1 Alternative Song of the Year on their

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In the backyard. I slowly/quietly opened the side garage door and then took photos.Fawns are very skittish and I was surprised that he let me get several shots before he ran off.Oh, he knew I was there right away and was looking right at me.On this one, I think he was looking for his mama and then took off after her.I thought that it was the perfect pose.

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Chasing a cotton ball (cottonwood tree) with a camera as it wafts down to the ground. Not an easy task to get in focus!

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Learning to FlyTom Petty w/ Stevie NicksLive from Gatorville 2006One of my all-time favorite songs.I've never seen/heard this version before.Another Version

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Another one to add to my list of North Dakota birds photographed.Northern Rough-winged Swallow(Stelgidopteryx serripennis)cornellenature

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Stay The NightBy James Blunt

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Got my first photos of this bird so I can add it to my list and blog it. If I get more/better photos I'll add them here.This is the first time I've noticed those patches of white on the wings.cornellNote female is brown with yellow patches and white streaking.The other bird with the male yellow-headed blackbird was a male house sparrow.

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North Dakota Crop Circle - Ha

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Orange Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium)They photograph better in the shade. In the sun, the colors look too harsh.

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I've been tracking Minot's Souris river levels too, yet another record breaker.The second crest rose so fast and high that they had little time to prepare for it.The Souris has never been that high since records were kept dating back to 1881.Other smaller towns along the Souris, like Burlington (above Minot), Sawyer, Velva (below Minot) also had flooding problems.Charts mine, data here.North

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Garrison dam has turned into quite the tourist attraction this year with the first ever spillway opening and the high release levels.I wasn't all that interested in going there because I had already seen photos and videos online. I was wrong.Much more impressive to go there in person and have the sensory experience of that water bursting and splashing out.The down side is that viewing areas are

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We were at the monastery beside/on University of Mary campus South Bismarck with overlook views of the Missouri river.I was interested in these nifty fernlike trees.I think they are sumac trees.ND Tree Handbook(See section III small trees.)Family Anacardiaceae (cashew/sumac)The tree body looked more like the image of Sumac, Smooth (Rhus glabra)Similar to Staghorn sumac but shorter.But I think

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I'm getting fewer and fewer *new* birds to post as most of the calendar photos are repeats from previous months or the birds are not in North Dakota.July has:1. Western MeadowlarkVery common around here.Blogged previously here and here.2. Evening Grosbeak is a winter bird in North Dakota.3. Bay-breasted warbler is a migrant.My owl calendar has a photo of three burrowing owls.We are supposed to

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Two songs:Gold In The Air Of SummerBy Kings of Convenience"an indie folk-pop duo from Bergen, Norway."The words aren't sad, but the music sure is.Nostalgic, I guess.Without giving anything away,I can say it's by the sea.It's a house that used to be the home of a friend of mine.Without giving anything away,you'll find ships inside of bottles,and the garden's overgrown,the house is white but the

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Went for a walk in the field and kept getting different sparrow photos.And I'm like, oh no, yet *another* sparrow. LOLSparrows are so difficult to identify.I think I probably ended up with several ones I already have, Grasshopper, chipping, clay-colored, etc.I like this one of the clay-colored sparrow (previously):One sparrow photo really has me stumped, but I didn't like the background on it

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Daisies, Roses, DandelionsBy Wind And WillowMark and Sarah TillmanListen at bandcamp.Photo from facebook.Edits mine.

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The back of a waxwing showing the red and yellow markings:(previously).

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Holding A HeartBy Girl Named Toby (Toby Lightman)bandcamp"Once upon a time a girl named Toby met a boy named Todd. Together they wrote strange and beautiful pop songs, recorded them and now they belong to you..."released 17 Oct 2010Toby Lightman: Vocals, Guitar, StringsTodd Wright: The Other Stuff

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More Filter/Plugin fun:Andrew's Filters 56 CirculationAndrew's Filters 13 Windows BlindsFilter Factory A Sabers Explosion One, Filter Factory M FaceterFilter Factory E Flower IIAndrew's Filters 52 Crazy Wave (Seamless)Andrew's Filters 17 Flame LinesPreviously

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Hey, I like the new Coldplay song, Every Teardrop is a Waterfall.YouTube(Dated 2 Jun 11)Image creation note:Obviously using the song cover art for inspiration.VM Instant Art - Colorfield Generator, Texture, VM Distortion - Brightness By BrightnessBauhaus 93 font with white outline and blurry shadowRaindrop Tube

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