Daily themes - January 2024

[peterob]

Like Kath I wasn't really expecting to see ice rather than water yesterday morning when I went down to the meadows for a walk but there was quite a lot of sheet ice on the puddles. It must be a left-over from Saturday because it was very cold Friday night and Saturday night. I should have looked ahead to the upcoming themes and made some closer-up pics.

Not very visible - part frozen puddles.

DSCF6797.jpg by Pete, on Flickr  

[zx9]

Other than a brief cold snap at the end of November we have not had much in the way of frost this year. Some old ones..

Visitez La grotte de Glace. by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

IMG_3901 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[zx9]

Workshop frozen in time.

Brooklands workshop IMG_3036edit20240109 by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[aitch]

Jan 9, 2024 9:09:03 GMT Kath said:

Jan 9, 2024 8:30:50 GMT petrochemist said:

Being incased in plastic this fellow isn't moving again
black scorpion 2 stack by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Ooh, my cousin had one of those in a bottle.  I was staying with my aunt for some reason, and her two children were away at boarding school.  I was being nosy and having a look at his bookshelves when I found the scorpion.  Decided his bookshelves didn't need my attention after that.  I'd have been about 8.

How about one of these?

[spinno]

Basketball, such a fast moving game

[dreampolice]

Pretty chilly Lake Michigan.

chicago6 by Nigel G, on Flickr

chicago2 by Nigel G, on Flickr

chicago5 by Nigel G, on Flickr

chicago1 by Nigel G, on Flickr

[spinno]

it was cold in the hall last night...

[kate]

Escallonia

escallonia frost by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[petrochemist]

Jan 9, 2024 9:09:03 GMT Kath said:

Jan 9, 2024 8:30:50 GMT petrochemist said:

black scorpion 2 stack by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

Ooh, my cousin had one of those in a bottle.  I was staying with my aunt for some reason, and her two children were away at boarding school.  I was being nosy and having a look at his bookshelves when I found the scorpion.  Decided his bookshelves didn't need my attention after that.  I'd have been about 8.

I assume yours was dead not kept as a pet

This one is relatively big, so apparently wouldn't have a really bad sting, I have another much smaller one among my collection of creepy crawlies etc to photograph.
The plastic used to encase them is sadly not very even (refraction between layers) & causes all sorts of awkward reflections... 

Just slipping one out from a bottle could make it much easier to get interesting angles (provided it's not going to get you!)

[petrochemist]

Jan 9, 2024 12:05:05 GMT aitch said:

Jan 9, 2024 9:09:03 GMT Kath said:

Ooh, my cousin had one of those in a bottle.  I was staying with my aunt for some reason, and her two children were away at boarding school.  I was being nosy and having a look at his bookshelves when I found the scorpion.  Decided his bookshelves didn't need my attention after that.  I'd have been about 8.

How about one of these?

I went to a BBQ once that had loads of exotic foods, including locusts, which my youngest was happy to work his way through. No scorpions IIRC, but surely the chocolate wouldn't go well with them. They're out of stock at the moment, so I guess I won't find out.

[kate]

Hedgerow

Commonly found here in our climate. Fuchsia.

fuchsia hedge by Kate Ferris, on Flickr

[zx9]

Wootton #2 IMG_8293edit by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

[zx9]

And in contrast to the cold hedge above.

Beech by Keith Hudson, on Flickr

A nice warm hedge.

[petrochemist]

Hedgerows tend to frame act as a frame in many of my shots, but here are a couple of aerial IR shots that show quite a few:
UK Return flight, aerial IR (720nm) by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

return flight 4 UK town 720nm small by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr

(The darker bands are houses)

[petrochemist]

Some of my macro/close up shots are taken in hedgerows
Fly & wasp in infra red by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr