Facts
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The Quilt
by John RobbThey notice but are too afraid to ask…. They notice the pieces of her life that make up her personality. The occasional parts of her t…
In reading when facts are stranger than fiction part of me said there was a springboard I could use from Jo’s work so I gave it a try for a written work.
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A Father brings his child back from residential school. From one of my stories in “Stories Moshum & Kokum Told Me”.
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....a painting oil on canvas …this has helped my healing thru’ helping others…for the homeless orphans of Uganda as sung and written with them by Joseph Arthur..’Thinking of you’....A River blue ..100% proceeds go to this charity Uganda Africa..inspired by the song ‘A river blue’ featured in M.I.A. ...
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.850 views….enter the incomparable Kingdom of God.. He said ‘I will be with you ‘til the end of time’.... Can’t exist ........ Thinking of you’ ....100% proceeds to charity wateraid first digital painting,, .
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656 views ...enter the enchanting kingdom of the faeries.. they shower us with dust filled dreams,goodness and light ….. a first experimental digital creation of a faerie..I painted the faerie on my tablet then enhanced her graphically…white rabbit... ‘Thinking of you’ .
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.589 views …the old horse transitioning from horseflesh to spirit, his long and arduous journey is over..he’s goin’ home… my Granny always said ‘Live old horse and you’ll get grass”... Home ...saveourwildhorses.com ..At the turn of the 19^th century there were millions of horses running free on the Western range. By the time bills passed to protect them in 1959, 1968 and 1971, the vast herds had become so reduced that they actually faced extinction. / ... I sketched the horse on my tablet in Corel and layered the graphics on top in photoshop+Corel ..featured in ‘The Healing Journey’
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can you see what I can see …. the pattern/colouration of this pinto appears like a friesian cow …. or am I just going batty? a friesian ......
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series one of many??
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I used to think hummingbirds used their bills as straws to suck up nectar, but they actually extend their very long translucent tongues into feeders and flowers to get the goods! According to a website about ruby-throated hummingbirds, here are some interesting facts about their phenomenal tongues: “The tongue of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is split and somewhat broadened and brushy at the tip. Hummingbirds lap up nectar with their tongues by extending and contracting it about 13 times per second. They do NOT use the tongue and bill as a straw.” I got this shot of a hummingbird as it flicked its tongue in and out of its bill after feeding on the sugary nectar I provide for them. If I’m not mistaken, that bit of reddishness visible inside the tongue (View larger) is probably some leftover nectar the little biddy is slurping up.
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Mixed media: collograph, watercolour and photoshop
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Watercolour on Collograph, unique state Paper: BFK Reeves 300gsm white One Facts: / One is its own factorial, and its own square and cube (and so on, as 1 × 1 × … × 1 = 1). One is the first figurate number of every kind, such as triangular number, pentagonal number and centered hexagonal number to name just a few. Because of the multiplicative identity, if f(x) is a multiplicative function, then f(1) must equal 1. It is also the first and second numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, and is the first number in many mathematical sequences. As a matter of convention, Sloane’s early Handbook of Integer Sequences added an initial 1 to any sequence that didn’t already have it, and considered these initial 1’s in its lexicographic ordering. Sloane’s later Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences and its Web counterpart, the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, ignore initial ones in their lexicographic ordering of sequences, because such initial ones often correspond to trivial cases. One is the empty product. One is the smallest positive odd integer. One is a harmonic divisor number. One is often the internal representation of the Boolean constant true in computer systems. One is neither a prime number nor a composite number, but a unit, like -1 and, in the Gaussian integers, i and -i. The fundamental theorem of arithmetic guarantees unique factorization over the integers only up to units (e.g. 4 = 22 = (-1)4×123×22). One was formerly considered prime by some mathematicians, using the definition that a prime is divisible only by one and itself. However, this complicates the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, so modern definitions exclude units. The last professional mathematician to publicly label 1 a prime number was Henri Lebesgue in 1899. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_(number)
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In seas of myth, the truth does lie / So hidden from both you and I / Truth only found by sharpest eye / Through falsehoods far from short supply / / Enlightenment’s the path I seek / The given facts I must critique / I often find these facts oblique / While finding truth at times seems bleak / / No myth can with the truth replace / For myth does truth only erase / So truth it is, I always chase / And only truth, will I embrace / / This fractal artwork was inspired by my thoughts of our continual struggle to sort out the truth from all the illusions that are presented to us these days. We are bombarded with information to absorb, yet so little of that information is actually factual. It is only by keeping an open mind to all things that we are able to see within shades of grey where the truth normally resides. / / This was created in ChaosPro. The original is 6000×6000 pixels at 300 pixels per inch. The gradient was created in the ChaosPro gradient editor that comes bundled with ChaosPro. This artwork is difficult to see over the internet, so I have included a couple of / detail cutaways below to better give a feeling for the artwork. / / / / / /
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*MISTAKE CHANGED. Appologies to the first couple of buyers for the spelling mistake. The info was from the Army website, I did question it, but found the same facts with the same mistake on several websites, so believed it to be correct. However, this has now been corrected. Challenger 2 facts. / The tank alone took me the best part of 4 hours to complete…what being ‘snowed in’ in the UK will do to you :D
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Featured in #1 Artists of Redbubble – 2/09 / Featured in 50 Things – 3/09 50 Things about Butterflies / 1. Butterflies are from the Lepidoptera family / 2. Lepidoptera means scaly (lepido) winged (ptera) / 3. There are 2 related super-families, the true butterflies (Papilionoidea) and the skippers (Hesperoidea) “butterflies.” / 4. There are over 20,000 species of butterflies in the world / 5. 725 species have occurred in North American north of Mexico, with about 575 of these occurring regularly in the lower 48 states of the United States, and with about 275 species occurring regularly in Canada. Roughly 2000 species are found in Mexico. Over 180 species have been recorded in Florida, with 40 of those unique to the state / 6. The average life span is about 4 weeks. Monarchs, Morning Cloaks and tropical heliconians can live up to nine months. / 7. At least one stage in a butterfly species’ life cycle must be resistant to freezing if the species is resident. Most butterflies that live in cold climates spend the winter as caterpillars, while almost as many spend the winter as pupas. / 8. A few species, mainly tortoiseshells (Nymphalis) and anglewings (Polygonia), spend the winter as adults, hibernating in holes in trees, in crevices in man-made structures, or in other shelters. A very few species spend the winter as eggs. / 9. Most adult butterflies drink nectar from flowers through their proboscis (tongues), which function much like straws. / 10. The caterpillars almost all eat plant matter. Mainly the caterpillars eat leaves, but some species eat seeds and seed pods while others specialize on flowers. / 11. Most butterflies lay their eggs on plants that will be eaten by the caterpillar, when it hatches. / 12. Butterflies have a sense of smell, they have chemoreceptors at the ends of their antennas and on the bottoms of their “feet!” / 13. Many species of butterflies migrate, not just the Monarchs. / 14. Butterflies go through a complete metamorphosis; egg, larva (capterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), adult (imago) / 15. Butterflies exclusively fly in the day, have narrow antennae, which are thickened at the end (clubs). In the quiescent position butterflies mostly fold the wings up over the back. / 16. The family tree of butterflies can be found in binominal nomenclature as follows. Kingdom: ANIMALIA Phylum: ARTHROPODA Class: INSECTA Order: LEPIDOPTERA Suborder: DITRYSIA Superfamily: PAPILIONOIDAE 17. There are 4 sub-families LYCAENIDAE (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks) NYMPHALIDAE (Admirals, Emperors, Tortoiseshells) PAPILIONIDAE (Swallowtails, Swordtails, Birdwing butterflies) PIERIDAE (Whites, Yellows, Sulphurs) 18. Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches / 19. Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow / 20. Butterflies can reach speeds of 12mph and a few can reach 20mph! / 21. Butterfly body temperatures need to be 86 degrees to fly. I’ve read where they can’t fly if the air temps are below 70 degrees, but I have seen them flying around my yard in temps below 70. / 22. Representations of butterflies are seen in Egyptian frescoes at Thebes, which are 3,500 years old / 23. Antarctica is the only continent on which no butterflies have been found / 24. The Brimstone butterfly (Gonepterix rhamni) has the longest lifetime of the adult butterflies: 9-10 months / 25. Butterflies and insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton. This protects the insect and keeps water inside their bodies so they don’t dry out / 26. Butterflies are necessary pollinators / 27. There is much mimicry in butterflies, where non-toxic butterflies mimic in color and patterns those that are toxic; Viceroy (non-toxic) and Monarch (toxic) / 28. In the insect world, orange and black are warning signs to predators not to eat them, they could get sick and/or die / 29. Butterflies take refuge at night in trees, under leaves, and in tall grasses / 30. The scales on the wings overlap like shingles and make up the color and pattern on the wings / 31. Some butterflies have summer colors and winter colors, as well as size differences and reproductive activities / 32. Butterflies have 2 compound eyes and the caterpillars have 6 pair of eyes called ocelli / 33. Only 1% of 100 eggs produced by a butterfly will live to become another adult butterfly / 34. The act of a butterfly “hatching” from the chrysalis is called eclosing / 35. The caterpillar will go through 4 to 5 molting stages called instars before becoming a chrysalis, where they can double in size with each molt / 36. It takes about 30 days for the butterflies to go from an egg to an adult / 37. It is a myth that you will harm or kill a butterfly by touching its wings, although it may lose a few scales, but hold them gently if you must / 38. Along with nectar from flowers, butterflies will consume nutrients from tree sap, fruit, dung, carrion and dissolved minerals in wet dirt or sand / 39. Many species maintain territories and actively chase other species or individuals that may stray into them / 40. There are at least 19 species that are listed as threatened or endangered of becoming extinct / 41. Want butterflies in your backyard? Plant butterfly friendly nectar and host plants / 42. NEVER USE PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES OR OTHER HARMFUL CHEMICALS / 43. Create your own Backyard Wildlife Habitat and get it certified through the National Wildlife Federation and/or Join the Monarch Waystation program. I am members of both / 44. The 4 essentials to a butterfly/wildlife friendly yard Food Water Shelter A place to raise young 45. Plant native plants – less maintenance, pest resistance, wildlife friendly, non-invasive / 46. Butterflies do not urinate or defecate. If one drinks too much water they will expel it from their abdomen / 47. A caterpillar will eat 27,000 times its own body weight / 48. Adult butterflies do not sleep or urinate. Caterpillars defecate and it is called frass! / 49. The caterpillar is one of the most often mentioned insects in the Bible / 50. Partial proceeds of all sales of any of my butterfly prints is donated to MonarchWatch and/or Butterfly Conservation Initiative. So far I have been able to donate $20.00 to MonarchWatch, not much, but every little bit helps. / / / / /
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Kodiak Bear is the largest of all the brown bears of the Alaskan coast and islands, which weight up to 680 kilogram. Also known as the Big Brown (because of the size) and the Alaskan brown bear these giants fatten on everything from mountain blueberies to washed-up whale carcasses, but their particular prey is the big Pacific salmon that come up the coastal rivers each summer to spawn. Seeing a Kodiak bear rearing its monstrous bulk in the air to spot a likely fishing hole, one finds it hard to realize that it was born blind and helpless, an infant the size of a rat and weighing less than a pound Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) is the largest terrestrial carnivore. It is a variety of brown bear living Alaska. The kodiak bear draws its name from the island Kodiak, one of the islands of the gulf of Alaska, but one also finds some on the peninsula and the close islands, like Afognak and Shuyak. / The size of the large males exceeds 3 m and their weight can reach a ton. As in all the brown bears, the color is very variable from one individual to another. Some are greyish, others very dark, others of brown clearly drawing on the yellow. / Like the polar bear, the poverty of the vegetation in the sorry areas where it saw makes it primarily carnivorous. Kodiak bear is a placid and solitary animal of which the independent source of food seems to be consisted of salmons that it sins in the rivers and the brooks. On the Kodiak island, kodiak bear eats many plants and salmon. Bear has always been my Winter Totem, awakening the power of the unconscious and this last full moon of Winter it was a most beautiful gift to share space with their strength and inner-knowing. Photograph taken at Olympic Game Farm in Sequim, Washington where retired movie and television animals roam… Bear Necessities
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The covered bridge sits just outside of the City of Lancaster. We have a bunch of them in the county. Lovely things, eh? And then there’s the New York taxi. Hmmmm… Okay… okay… I imagined him plucked out of the crunch of the big city to careen about the county’s back roads. What could be more bucolic than a covered bridge or more urban than a fat yellow cab? Which one is lost? Out of place? The cab? The bridge? Or… me? What this is about, if that’s what you’re wondering… is what America’s going through just now. The city’s come through the rural bridges. Now what that means, will mean… Click here to join me wondering about the photograph as a fact. But stay here to ponder whether this image is much different… and probable… than say a polar bear in church? Have things now forever changed? Or will the taxis go back home? — I wonder about that stuff… here . / - / . / / . /
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Fact No. 39 – Tasmanian Devils fib!
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the fact is, sometimes it’s hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun.
by Natalia Campbell~quote by Jenny Bicks. Featured on Feet First group in May 2009 /
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I like these little bean-shaped people. I’m going to call them The Derrdoos and draw them again. /
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This is my response to those who persist with conspiracy theories about NASA faking the moon landing…
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“The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence – the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence – not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool – his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.” Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) – Wahpeton Santee Sioux Bas Relief in PS / Original photo taken at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Wacipi August 15th, 2009.
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This is also true. /
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“When the last red man has become a myth among the white men, when your childrens children think them selves alone in the field, upon the highway or in the silence paths of the woods, they will not be alone. In all the earth there is no place dedicated to solitude. At night when the streets of your cities are silent, and you think them deserted, they will throng with the returning hosts that once filled them and still love this beautiful land.” / Chief Seattle Taken in natural light, as is
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