German Village Ducks and Cat

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Like a ghost from the tomb

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 296 is Cloudspotting.

I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers,
From the seas and the streams;
I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
In their noonday dreams.
From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
The sweet buds every one,
When rocked to rest on their mother's breast,
As she dances about the sun.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.

The rest of The Cloud by Percy Bysshe Shelley is here.




P.S. Now for the critters:


I think this is a tree swallow:

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Muskrat, Orb Cat, and more

Here's a muskrat in Lake Siri:

I think this is a Slaty Skimmer (note the dark eyes and face):

A male Fishing Spider, Dolomedes tenebrosus (I have a picture of a large female here):

Capacapon Mountain Orb Cat:

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