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There is a big colony of these living in the parking lot date palms at Buena Park Place mall on La Palma! Between Walmart and Portillo's. They have dug nest holes in the upper trunks

New metal door that will never have peeling paint

Weatherbeaten, peeling paint, old wood door with window in upper half

I'm sure someone has said it better than I can, in an eloquent or clever way. Why is it when you finally have a home improvement done, it's less trouble and expense than you imagined AND you wish you would have done it years ago?

“I like to be chic,” he said. “I go to school like this.” -this kid is a character from a YA novel!

My photo shows detail from a Roman fresco (wall painting) in a corridor at Villa A, the luxurious so-called ‘Villa Poppaea’ at ancient Oplontis (modern day Torre Annunziata) in the Bay of Naples, Italy. The fresco depicts a small light brown bird standing on a small pinky-brown wooden shelf, against a vibrant red background panel. The bird is shown in profile, facing left, with plummage painted in various shades of light brown and grey to beautifully depict detail of its feathers. The bird is lowering its head with beak open, about to peck into a fig on the shelf in front. There are two further figs painted behind the bird which have already been pecked into. The figs are painted light brown. The figs which have already been pecked into have cream flesh and red seeds.

This little bird survived a volcanic eruption!

Buried by volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, this Roman fresco of a little bird pecking at fruit re-emerged looking as delightful as it did some 2,000 years ago!

Villa Poppaea, ancient Oplontis, Italy
📷 by me

#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology

I feel the same about those dockless scooters like Lime

A female Masked Trogan sits on a branch facing the camera with a freshly caught moth in her beak against a deep forest background. As she crushes the moth, it crumbles into a silvery dust around her face. Scientific name: Trogon personatus Conservation status: Least Concern

Saying a special hello to @robcrank68.bsky.social for his early morning thumbs-up on today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #lunchtime 🙏

A normally ultra-shy female Masked Trogan came to feed and gave us quite a show. Such that even local bird experts were clicking away!

#Colombia #birds #BirdsSeenin2025

Here's a scary portrait I took of a seagull about to swallow a crab. 🫣 I post a new image from myself most days. If you like wildlife photography please consider giving me a follow! ☺️

#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

The sound of tiny tree frogs!

MOLE!

Close-up of a small bird with a golden-olive body, finely barred chest, red crown and cheek patch, and a pointed bill, perched on a branch against a soft green background.

A male Golden-olive Woodpecker at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica today

#birds #nature #woodpeckers

Spectacular

The Oregon event was an assignment at a public relations conference my sister attended. She had the town mayor take the podium: "What can I say? We blew it!"

📸 Albert Dros
#closeuphotography, #autumncolor

Maybe they can finally afford some extra vowels for their name now

I wonder what he is fed at these State dinners

Smug looking Chevy Chase doll next to possibly Mexican Santa

Celebrate the birth of Jesus with Clark Griswold or Santa Carlos? CVS has some quality holiday decs!

Two spectacled owls with bright orange eyes perched side by side among dense green leaves, looking toward the camera.

For #Birdoftheday and #TwosDay, a mated pair of Spectacled Owls getting ready for the night's hunt at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#birds #owls #nature

And a SAM BROWNE BELT!?

I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering

This took place in the East Wing. We already had a ballroom!

A blue jay on a maple tree in my backyard, red and yellow leaves behind him

Post a blue jay for reasons 🪶⚾️

Don’t blue jays look great in October?

Realizing I haven't heard them for a few weeks now. Hope they are enjoying Mexico

I once found author Christopher Pike lurking around the YA section of the bookstore I worked in. He was checking on sales of his books? Of course I knew the origin of his pen name!!

Go Dodgers!

Thank you! I'm still learning

What a spectacular bird! Are those red lores?

Are you saving seeds from these to plant?

Is it a coincidence that the FBI director lives in Las Vegas?

A brilliant green hummingbird with a coppery head is on a red heliconia bloom. Its wings are spread wide.

🪶 Another contribution for #BirdOfTheDay theme of #green. This is a coppery-headed emerald. I have posted from this group, but I don't think this one has made an appearance. #birds #photography #birdphotography

Fascinating. I was thinking Julian/Gregorian, but this is much more satisfying. Enjoyed an April afternoon among those stones a few years back