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What is looking like an Inspection is in reality a search for Tiny Teddy in this Harley Shock Absorber. The two bears were on a walk through the neighborhood where they found this interesting "Spring" on a Harley motorbike. Curious Tiny Teddy was too tiny for this spring and fell through. HONDA came home crying and telling me what had happened. Fortunately we could get TINY out without any injuries.
And now the tiny little Trouble Maker got grounded for the rest of this week !
[Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)]
Photo taken October 13, 2022 and
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Explore Worthy, Challenge 122 -Summer Garden.
Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
“...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight...”
Rolling green hills (which are not quite as green yet due to the time of year) and behind them the rugged and steep peaks of the Wendelstein massif in the Bavarian Alps. A sight full of contrasts that immediately fascinated me.
It feels so good to draw my attention to these wonders of nature, to absorb the beauty and to remain in humility. I'm trapped and at the same time I feel so free. Caught in awe and freed from the need to take sides and formulate judgments.
Sanfte grüne Hügel (die auf Grund der Jahreszeit noch nicht ganz so grün sind) und dahinter die schroffen und steilen Gipfel des Wendelsteinmassivs in den bayrischen Alpen. Ein Anblick voller Gegensätze, der mich sofort begeistert hat.
Es tut so gut meine Aufmerksamkeit auf diese Wunder der Natur zu lenken, die Schöheit in mich aufzunehmen und in Demut zu verharren. Ich bin gefangen und gleichzeit fühle ich mich so befreit. Gefangen in der Erfurcht und befreit von der Ntowendigkeit Partei zu ergreifen und Urteile zu formulieren.
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Remains of abandon Midland Valley RR bridge over Bird Creek in Avant Oklahoma. Midland Valley was a short line between Hope, Ark and Wchita, Ks. The line was absorbed by Mo Pac and almost all it's original line and track is now abandon
There are some places where, when you are there, you feel disconnected from the world. Places that people that live there are so relaxed and laid back that even if you spend just a few hours at their homeland, you absolutely feel their slow and relaxing rhythm. One of these places is Little Cayman, the smallest of the 3 islands that make up Cayman Islands. You can drive and circle the entire island within 30-35 minutes. It only has one perimeter road and 2 roads across. No big resorts, fancy restaurants and touristy attractions. Just beach homes, lots of piers and a few sandy beaches. You get that experience from the moment you step in the plane that takes you from Grand Cayman. There is only one airline and the plane has only 17 seats. It's so small, that you can't even stand. Then you arrive to the airport, which really isn't an airport, it's just an airfield where anyone can get into the "terminal". No security whatsoever and that perimeter road goes through the airfield. If you ever find yourself visiting Cayman Islands, I totally recommend taking 1 or 2 days to just relax, absorb the Caribbean atmosphere and feel off the grid at a place like Little Cayman.
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
absorbed by the enchantment produced by the water by that current of aquatic energy lost among the mountain of chestnut trees
During sunset, the snow-white walls of the monastery absorb sunlight.
View of the New Jerusalem Monastery from the wall.
The New Jerusalem Monastery is one of the most famous and revered monasteries of the central part of Russia, the main feature of which is that the Resurrection Cathedral located here was built in the image and likeness of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Calvary in Jerusalem, although the outer monasteries are completely different from each other.
In the Resurrection Cathedral, as in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, there are three main shrines of Christians:
Golgotha is a small rock where Christ was crucified (in Greek the word "Golgotha" means a frontal place)
Cuvuclia - a small chapel with the Holy Sepulcher, the burial place of Christ
Temple of the Resurrection of the Savior, the place of the life-giving resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Golgotha, the place of the crucifixion of Christ, is located on the second tier of the temple; a staircase to the right of the main entrance leads to it. In a small room, a cross was installed, made in Jerusalem and the same size as the Jerusalem Cross of God. Also here is a stone with a crack imitating a rock that broke at the time of the Savior’s death, when the blood of Christ was shed on it.
On the west side, a rotunda was attached to the temple with a huge two-tier dome, in the center of which was built a cavern, that is, a chapel with the Holy Sepulcher. Here is a bed on which the body of Christ was placed in a cave on the side of Mount Calvary.
In the temple next to the entrance is the Stone of Anointing, to which the Savior’s body was transferred, when it was removed from the cross, here he was anointed with peace (fragrant oil) and prepared for burial.
In the New Jerusalem Monastery, as in Jerusalem, the entrance to the temple is located on the south side. In the eastern part is the underground church of Saints Constantine and Helena, located at a depth of six meters. The legend has been preserved that it was at such a depth that Queen Helen found the Life-giving Cross. The Israeli temple of Constantine and Helen carved into the rock.
“I have a lot of chameleon qualities, I get very absorbed in my surroundings.”
- River Phoenix
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTkUplF5VIE
AUTUMN LEAVES - Eva Cassidy & the London Symphony Orchestra
Now that Summer takes it's leave
and dragonflies fly off to places where I've never been
all that remains are faded remnants; leaves and weaves
of the empty spaces held fast between my dreams
The Autumn air smells cool and sweet
with rotten windfall apples and fruit
fly-blown and maggoty at my feet
intoxicating the air; stuck with prickly thistly hirsute
My eyes are drawn to narrow slits
peering between my lashes
the sentinels of pegs are pits
burned and coal-like; ombred ashes
The golden orb web spider's lacework
is spun and hanging out to dry
warm September sun a simmering perk
of the shimmering dream catcher that caught my eye
Sombre hues and orbs of light
fill the air with tangible tones
feelings are high; moods delight
a poet's dream felt deep in bones
Tread gently on the fallen leaves
make your footprint light
enrich the Earth will all it needs
go with the flow; embrace the endless night
For after Autumn, Winter follows
and the land falls asleep and hibernates
but Spring will come; fill up the hollows
and Summer will come to warm terracotta slates
The stillness of the evening; the peace and quiet
the quickening mood when Summer visitors flee
is felt very deeply in the fading riot
of flowers beneath the weeping willow tree
I shed not a tear at Summer's end
for every time comes and goes with reason
and I am a chameleon that twists and bends
and acclimatises to every season.
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The "ghosts" on the bridge where not intended. I was just too absorbed with the setup and composition to notice them.
I used a ND1000 filter (Big Stopper) for the long exposure and additionally a soft gradual ND8 filter to darken the upper right corner.
EXPLORE del 23 de FEBRERO del 2.023.
"DECORATIVE ORNAMENTAL TREES FOR STREETS"
El árbol ornamental es el que se planta, cuida y se utiliza
con intenciones decorativas en calles y jardines - sobre
todo - en todo el Levante mediterráneo.
Las naranjas urbanas plantadas por los ayuntamiento son
amargas y no aptas para el consumo humano, porque su
piel absorbe todos los gases y productos tóxicos derivados
de la polución urbana como el plomo y los metales pesados
de las emisiones de los vehículos.
The sea is a melting pot of dreams that absorbs and digests the dreams of the whole world
H θάλασσα είναι ένα χωνευτήρι ονείρων που απορροφά και χωνεύει τα όνειρα όλου του κόσμου
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♫ Mood ~ Tritonal & LEVV - Medicine
A Crazed Girl
by William Butler Yeats
THAT crazed girl improvising her music.
Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,
Her soul in division from itself
Climbing, falling She knew not where,
Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship,
Her knee-cap broken, that girl I declare
A beautiful lofty thing, or a thing
Heroically lost, heroically found.
No matter what disaster occurred
She stood in desperate music wound,
Wound, wound, and she made in her triumph
Where the bales and the baskets lay
No common intelligible sound
But sang, "O sea-starved, hungry sea.'
“And they lived happily ever after” is one of the most tragic sentences in literature. It is tragic because it tells a falsehood about life and has led countless generations of people to expect something from human existence which is not possible on this fragile, imperfect earth. The “happy ending” obsession of Western culture is both a romantic illusion and a psychological handicap. It can never be literally true that love and marriage are unblemished perfections, for any worthwhile life has its trials, its disappointments, and its burning heartaches. Yet who can compare the numbers of people who have unconsciously absorbed this “and they lived happily ever after” illusion in their childhood and have thereafter been disappointed when life has not come up to their expectations and who secretly suffer from the jealous conviction that other married people know a kind of bliss that is denied them..Life is not paradise. It is pain, hardship, and temptation shot through with radiant gleams of light, friendship and love.”
Joshua Loth Liebman
12-february-2021: snow is white, so it is a body that reflects light 90% (albedo 0,9 out of 1), therefore maintaining the originary wavelength.
Contrary to what is believed, it is clear bodies, those that reflect the light the most, apparently "color themselves" more, reflecting and therefore making the wavelengths of the colors of the light they reflect reach from those bodies; on the other hand, it is the bodies that most absorb light, especially dark ones, those that light up well and change their apparent color less, precisely because they absorb light, which does not mean "turning on", but making it one's own by not showing it.
The snow, therefore, pure white, is really white only when illuminated by an equally clear and pure light, like the sun on a clear day; already in the shade, on a bright and flawless day, we notice that it generally becomes bluish, reflecting the light of the clear sky, as well as in the evening.
But it can have many shades, even very strong ones, such as pink-orange at sunset, or the less fascinating yellow and gray in pale sunny or cloudy days.
Absorbé par un docu' sur l'univers, l'insomnie est son fléau
Les yeux sur un écran jusqu'à voir fluo
J'regarde par la fenêtre la Lune est verte
Plongé au confluent des époques
J'ai jamais voulu m'y faire, elle pleut
Tu me fais défier les lois du sommeil
Me retourner la nuit au point d'enlever les lattes du sommier
Le bruit des feuilles mortes qui rayent le trottoir
Mon reflet dans cette flaque mais j'peux plus me voir...
Seemingly absorbed in distant thought, a mature gent keeps a close clutch on his afternoon latte in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 400, f/5.6, 105mm, 1/160s
We've had fresh snow each morning for the past several days. Walking in the woods is even more delightful than usual; the snow absorbs sounds and makes conditions meditatively beautiful.
This is from yesterday's morning hike.
The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares in the Central Region of Singapore, adjacent to the Marina Reservoir. The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden (in Marina South), Bay East Garden (in Marina East) and Bay Central Garden (in Downtown Core and Kallang). The largest of the gardens is the Bay South Garden at 54 hectares designed by Grant Associates. Its Flower Dome is the largest glass greenhouse in the world. Being one of the popular tourist attractions in Singapore, the park received 6.4 million visitors in 2014, while topping its 20 millionth visitor mark in November 2015 and over 50 million in 2018.
Supertrees are the 18 tree-like structures that dominate the Gardens' landscape with heights that range between 25 metres and 50 metres. They were conceived and designed by Grant Associates, with the imaginative engineering of Atelier One and Atelier Ten. They are vertical gardens that perform a multitude of functions, which include planting, shading and working as environmental engines for the gardens. The Supertrees are home to enclaves of unique and exotic ferns, vines, orchids and also a vast collection of bromeliads such as Tillandsia, amongst other plants. They are fitted with environmental technologies that mimic the ecological function of trees: photovoltaic cells that harness solar energy which can be used for some of the functions of the Supertrees (such as lighting), similar to how trees photosynthesize, and collection of rainwater for use in irrigation and fountain displays, similar to how trees absorb rainwater for growth. The Supertrees also serve air intake and exhaust functions as part of the conservatories' cooling systems. There is an elevated walkway, the OCBC Skyway, between two of the larger Supertrees for visitors to enjoy a panoramic aerial view of the Gardens. Every night, at 7:45pm and 8:45pm, the Supertree Grove comes alive with a coordinated light and music show known as the Garden Rhapsody. The accompanying music to the show changes every month or so, with certain themes such as A World of Wonder and A Night of Musical Theatre, which features excerpts/pieces from films like Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean. 31761
Glastonbury Tor is a hill at Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The whole site is managed by the National Trust, and has been designated a scheduled monument.
The conical hill of clay and Blue Lias rises from the Somerset Levels. It was formed when surrounding softer deposits were eroded, leaving the hard cap of sandstone exposed. The slopes of the hill are terraced, but the method by which they were formed remains unexplained. Artefacts from human visitation have been found, dating from the Iron Age to Roman eras.
A female with a unique beauty all her own.
Do you ever wonder why Bluebirds are blue? It's actually not from blue pigment but from the structure of their feathers. Small air pockets and melanin pigment crystals in each feather bulb scatter blue light and absorb the other wavelengths. The fine structure of the feather gathers the bouncing blue wavelengths together and directs them outward.
Therefore in essence, it is a simple trick of the light. So when Henry David Thoreau said "The bluebird carries the sky on his back", he was actually speaking literally.
Taken at Iona Regional Park.
Les marquis de Savignac avaient un certain attachement à cette demeure ; mais le temps passant, absorbés par leurs activités militaires et par leurs occupations à la Cour de Versailles, ils négligèrent de plus en plus leur château de Savignac.
Le marquis Jean Louis de Lubersac, ayant émigré à la Révolution, ses biens furent confisqués et vendus. Le Château, la forge et le domaine furent acquis en 1819 par Louis Combescot, issu d'une famille de maîtres de forges et maître de forges lui même.
Lui et ses descendants firent déblayer les ruines irréparables dues à la vétusté et au manque d'entretien, puis s'efforcèrent de maintenir beauté et vie à cette demeure. Le classement du château parmi les monuments Historiques intervenu en 1979, a permis d'entreprendre les restaurations qui s'avéraient indispensables.
Il faut noter encore que la famille Combescot maintint et développa l'activité de la forge jusqu'à une date relativement récente : le haut fourneau fit couler sa dernière coulée en 1930 et les ateliers de fabrication de pointes et de clés de boîtes de conserves furent définitivement arrêtés en 1975.
La forge, classée Monument Historique, est maintenant la propriété du Département de la Dordogne. Celui-ci a entrepris un vaste programme de rénovation et de mise en valeur afin d'y créer un musée de l'ancienne métallurgie, très active dans la région.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires, encouragements et critiques toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
Deep in the woods an autumnal leaf (Red Maple; Acer rubrum) absorbs the sun's rays for the last time.........
The photo was taken while the leaf was still attached to the tree; the lens flare was caused by shooting into the light.
Mixed deciduous/coniferous forest, West Quebec, Canada
Photograph taken 12 October 2017
Camera: Olympus EM1
Lens: Vintage Meyer Optik Görlitz Trioplan Red V 50/2.9 (Altix)
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Look up into a white pine, and with a little luck you’ll see the nests of bald eagles near Wild Walk. This is your chance to climb into one of those nests. It’s the highest point of Wild Walk, and you’re invited to rest here and look out across a forest that stretches as far as you can see. It’s home to trillions of lives, spinning away forever. We share this world with all those lives. It’s fascinating to sit in the nest of a great bird, and absorb the view and all it houses.
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01-April-2023
As you can see in this upper part of the path, where the stony environment is always a great shoulder for the contrasts with the sky, the path, in front of me, is barely visible and little better (in terms of walkability) than what is off the path (like walking on stone eggs...), here the work of the ankles is considerable, moreover it is good to return to the part where the path is more visible before total darkness, as the references are very few (even with the headlamp I had with me).
Finally, remember that ice crystals, the ones that make up snowflakes, are completely white and therefore reflect light and colors almost 100%, while water droplets, which make up raindrops, mainly absorb light and refract it, coloring themself little or nothing but generating the rainbow which instead does not occur with completely snowy precipitations.
I did stand in the balcony for quite a long time to absorb all the beauties that day had to offer in silence and prayed with gratitude for the enormous gift, until the natural sunset lights almost faded and the city lights started appearing everywhere like breaking the silence in a very solemn moment.
I kept repeating dhikr in my heart- "Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, Subhan-Allah-il-Azim" (Subhan-Allahi wa bihamdihi, Subhan-Allah-il-Azim" (Glory be to Allah and His is the praise, (and) Allah, the Greatest is free from imperfection); almost like a reflex, and with the feeling as if the whole world had paused for the moment.
I went back to my old childhood days - the first days of falling in love with the beauties of the creations; where sunset skies were perhaps the most inspiratory of all other nature elements I was attentive to - the days when I used to enjoy the enchantments every day standing on the rooftop with the whole sky above me and wondering with fascination how much beauties can this little world within the great universe out there hold. The days were good; sweet and good ❤️
PS. I finished my journey with 'The Hobbit' and it kind of left an unexpressable heartache inside me. It was a great adventure, after all.
In a matter of weeks, the sunflower has become a worldwide symbol of support for Ukraine and its resistance against Russian aggression. [...].
Brought to Europe in the early 17th century from North America, the sunflower eventually found its way to Ukraine. Hot summers and rich soil made growing the plant easy, and its seeds quickly became a popular snack.
Today, sunflowers grow prolifically throughout Ukraine [...]. The country exports most of the world’s sunflower oil, making it [...] an obvious choice for their national flower. [...]
In 1996 at a missile base in southern Ukraine, [...] officials planted sunflower seedlings on a former missile silo, launching the sunflower to stardom. [...].
Known to absorb harmful toxic elements and radiation from the soil, sunflowers were planted after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Toronto Star March 17, 2022