Getting back to the land

Amethyst deceiver

This is one of thirty stunning photographs of mushrooms.  View the rest of the collection here.

Pacu Jawi

Pacu Jawi is an annual event held to celebrate the end of the harvest season in the Minangkabau Highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia.  It is essentially the racing of cows in muddy rice fields.

Read more about the Minangkabau culture here.

Pemba Flying Fox

Pemba is an island 50 miles off of the coast of Tanzania.  On Pemba (and no other place in the world) live fruit bats with a wing span of over 5 feet- the Pemba Flying Fox.  Roosts can contain over 800 bats.

Used as a food source for the local population their existence was threatened when hunters started using shotguns.  By the 1990's the bats' numbers were reduced to a few hundred.  The banning of shotguns and the introduction of ecotourism has resulted in their numbers increasing.  By 2007 they estimated there were 20,000 bats on Pemba.  Additional information available here.

Just a simple loading task

Edit (5/29/15)  

Apparently I was deceived by the video and for my protection and yours it was removed from youTube.  It was hard to believe, but was very entertaining.....

Silkworm

Sometimes you just need a hug

Joe Bonamassa's tribute to B.B.King

Jumping spider

Missed opportunity

Singin' in the rain

Photographer Max Ellis of Teddington, south west London managed to suspend the small umbrella with monofilament line after coating the handle with peanut butter and sunflower seeds.  Then he simply waited for the right moment to capture the image of a hungry squirrel.

Porsche 911

Chicago 1970's fashion

I smell gas

Art keys

Michael is an Australian artist who turns coins and discarded keys in to sculptures.  Additional examples here.

Down by the river

Good planning

Pretty in pink

Vermilion Cliffs, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Oak Beetle

Momir Bojic is a 71 year old Bosnian pensioner who evidently needed a long term project in his life. He built a Volkswagen Beetle from over 50,000 separate pieces of oak.

He spent two years covering the bodywork of a Beetle with thousands of hand crafted oak tiles. The additional oak pieces needed for the steering wheel, hubcaps, radio, etc. were made in his garden workshop.

The car is roadworthy and garners lots of attention where ever he drives it.  Additional images can be seen here.

, but wait there's more....

Bare essentials

A change in the weather

French vacation

Aging Bhudda

Three Indians

Totally tricked out

In the groove

Roadside assistance

Cool breezin'

Hard body