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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”
― Albert Einstein
~Vincent Van Gogh~
This is one of the rejects for 64 color's Blue Violet. I just thought it was too purple :) But I have to post this, because when I was taking the shot I was thinking of my dear friend Jainbow :) This is for you Jane! ♥
This Wax plant has refused to flower for the twenty years or so that I have had it. I have tried every means possible and hope every year that something works! Sigh! I am considering singing to it to shock it into action.
After a few unsuccessful hours butterfly hunting on Denbies hillside(the weatherman had promised sunny intervals..ha!) with only a few bugs to fire at,on the way back up to the top I spotted this bright fella at the bottom of a grass clump. Decided at least get something.He didn't want me sticking my lens near him ,so he fluttered up to the top of this grass stem stopped for a few seconds and took off down the hillside.I managed three shots when he stopped at the tip.What an amazing coloured moth,hope you think so too.Made the visit worthwhile....I reckon.
P.S you try saying the Latin name after 3 coffees...
Please view large...he deserves it.Thanks.
Taken for the Macro Mondays group theme "White on White". I found this quite a challenge - very difficult to keep the whites white!
Image © 2019 Nicola Riley
One of only two found today on Denbies Hillside...more to come,hopefully.
Please view large..cheers.
The whistle has been opened to allow the steam to escape. The image is 2" tall by not quite 3" wide. I'll be out of the country starting tomorrow so will be unable to respond to comments or comment on other images. Have a great week everyone and Happy Macro Monday!!
“Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.”
~James Cromwell
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. ~Albert Einstein
A really old book of sea stories which was presented to my late Father-in-Law in 1931, folded open and photographed from the end. HMM
"If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans." James Herriot
I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such beings as crawl on earth. Mahatma Gandhi
MM Redux 2019 - Complementary Colours
Taken for the Macro Mondays theme 'Chip'. This chip is on the base of a wine glass, which I photographed in front of a Rotolight.
Image © 2017 Nicola Riley
Really liked the idea of Bokeh this week, been meaning to have a go at this for ages after reading about it. Two robot Christmas tree decorations and some lights in jars plus several attempts at getting the right amount of light and focus, simple really!! HMM.
“It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” —David Attenborough
“Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just... start.”
~ Ijeoma Umebinyuo
An euro scrubby made in Poland. These are the best little kitchen scrubbers. This one I folded over a LED light to try and create a sense of water, grass and a sunset/sunrise.
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again. ~Gautama Buddha
The snake that cannot shed its skin perishes. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
I put the seed in my helping hands alligator clamp and placed it on a window ledge. I then sprayed the seed with water. This is an 8 image in-camera stack.
Violet is the most soothing, tranquilizing and cooling color vibration. It encourages the healing of unbalanced mental conditions in people who are overly nervous or high-strung. Foods of the violet vibration are: purple broccoli, beetroot and purple grapes. ~Tae Yun Kim
Violet goes better with Yellow:)
“Life' wrote a friend of mine, 'is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.”
~ E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
“We're wired to see patterns
like pictures in grilled cheese.
On Mars, in stars, in cliffsides Oh, the things we once believed!”
― Joseph Raphael Becker,
“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” – John O’Donohue
Allow
There is no controlling life.
Try corralling a lightning bolt,
cntaining a tornado. Dam a
stream and it will create a new
channel. Resist, and the tide
will sweep you off your feet.
Allow, and grace will carry
you to higher ground. The only
safety lies in letting it all in –
the wild and the weak; fear,
fantasies, failures and success.
When loss rips off the doors of
the heart, or sadness veils your
vision with despair, practice
becomes simply bearing the truth.
In the choice to let go of your
known way of being, the whole
world is revealed to your new eyes.
~ Danna Faulds