Originally posted on Hundredpics:
A red-legged falcon has been posing several days for photographers in Tuusula, close to Helsinki.
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Fox
Originally posted on Chaotic Shapes:
I Finished up the drawing on Thursday. There were many different guesses on what this could be. Some were correct, others close. A few were off by a lot. I’m not saying there’s a correct image of this drawing, you create whatever you want. What you see is what you…
Ruins with a Brave Heart
Originally posted on Marrow:
I’d stopped off for a bite of lunch in the Scottish Border town of Melrose. It was a cloudy, cool day, and as I warmed up over some homemade tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, the Appalachian sounds of Dolly Parton’s voice drifted through the small tea shop. I can’t…
Did Jesus use these steps?
Originally posted on Ferrell's Travel Blog:
Jesus observed the Passover of the Jews somewhere in the upper city of Jerusalem, the present Mount Zion. Scholarly consensus locates the house of Caiaphas at a site near the Cenacle on Mount Zion. Another site, further down the slope toward the Pool of Siloam, is held by…
Red-backed shrike
Originally posted on Hundredpics:
Red-backed shrike scoping around on the top of a cattail.
Upper Kananaskis Lake – summer mornings
Christopher Martin Photography This summer I feel like I have rediscovered the Kananaskis Lakes located in the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. In particular, I have spent a lot of time at the upper lake. The peaks that ring the lake have appealed to me recently in a new way and I have been drawn to…Read more »
A dance with Sandhill cranes
Christopher Martin Photography Sandhill crane couples dance with each other. I found this pair in a field west of Bragg Creek and was lucky to be able to watch them. A few Canada geese watched the dance as well. They seemed to watch with little interest. Far less than me. View original post
Ireland, Sligo – The Town and the Poet
Originally posted on Have Bag, Will Travel:
“In a year’s time when the newspapers have forgotten me, dig me up and plant me in Sligo.” – W.B. Yeats I confess to being disappointed when we first arrived in Sligo. It appeared rather austere and grey and subdued and dull compared with the colour and vibrancy and the vivaciously…
Greenshank
Originally posted on Hundredpics:
Was a fearless bird, did not leave even if I moved closer and closer.
#139 in the berries
Christopher Martin Photography I found grizzly bear #139 between the Upper and Lower Kananaskis Lakes last weekend. He has a history of being in the news over the past couple of year (not a problem bear just one that people find with relative frequency so there are a fair number of images and articles on…Read more »