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“Is marijuana addictive? Yes, in the sense that most of the really pleasant things in life are worth endlessly repeating.”
I went macro shooting and this is what I got....not macro.... I got an addictive issue with these clouds.
For playtime today I used the Mirror Lab app on Android, which is a bit addictive but great fun.
I’ve noticed before that if you mirror (or kaleidoscope) organic subjects you often get intriguing and pleasingly natural results. So when I saw a bowl of dead and dying chilli plant leaves I took some pics on my phone.
These were processed on my phone and the exposure was tweaked a little afterwards in Affinity.
I hope you enjoy them, anyway. There are five in the set, and I’ll post a link to the in-camera image in the first comment. This one is for Sliders Sunday :)
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Sliders Sunday :)
Well, this is the final one of my trilogy of pano-sabotages for now. I'm glad I tried out this very addictive new art form - thanks to you all for your encouragement!
This one is - again - heavily recoloured and a texture been added; you can see a small copy of the original shot in the first comment box below. The weather being very wet today, it's another indoor shot, this time in my lounge.
''The mirror crack'd from side to side'' title of this is from the poem The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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One of my guilty pleasures is keeping figurines like Playmobil.
This can be addictive pleasure and burning holes in pocket.
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*this seat gives a lingerie and a mask as prop*
Note: adca making addictive!!
Some scientists believe that milk protein can be addictive. When digested, milk protein creates casomorphins, which are opioid-like compounds that can trigger addictive responses in the brain.
I don't know about the casomorphins but the three shots of rum help.
Diamond painting is a great way to spend time during lock down. Be aware, it is addictive.
Diamond painting is a combination of cross-stitch and paint-by-numbers. "You use an applicator to apply hundreds of tiny sparkling resin rhinestones, one-by-one, on an adhesive color-coded canvas painting," she explains. The end result is a vivid, shimmering work of art.
This is one I finished yesterday.
This is addictive!! Karen_Chappell has a fabulous set of Glass images in her photostream and I have been wanting to try some ever since I first discovered her great work. www.flickr.com/photos/karennfld/sets/72157623221665395/wi...
...in the nature. I was lucky finding these just around the corner from my house. :) Why is it so addictive to shoot berries and fruits?
Vacation is over for now, which means less time for Flickr. :( Try to visit contacts every now and then! Have a great up-coming weekend!
“Sewing is as addictive as a drug, twice as expensive, with no rehab, legal and gets you hooked in an instant” – anonymous.
Well, I don’t know about sewing, but I know that collecting Sylko cotton spools is! What started for me as a collection of about a dozen brightly coloured spools has quickly escalated into a collection of several hundred in a multitude of colours (both bright and pastel), and is still growing! In spite of my best intentions of not letting it get out of hand, the number of spools that arrive on a nearly daily basis at the moment is really rather ridiculous even for me, and my partner despairs, as I pursue some of the rarer coloured spools! However I cannot help myself. I just adore all the wide and varying shades and their wonderful names!
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 13th of September is "multicoloured collection", and as you may well know, I am a collector of many things. This meant the hardest part of this theme for me was choosing a collection that was brightly coloured enough for this week! I ended up settling upon pieces from my vintage spool collection, choosing an array of brightly coloured cottons including “coral” “gay kingfisher” “yellow” “oriental poppy” and “radiant blue”. I hope you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile!
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
In 1802 James Coats set up a weaving business in Paisley. In 1826 he opened a cotton mill at Ferguslie to produce his own thread and, when he retired in 1830, his sons, James & Peter, took up the business under the name of J. & P. Coats. In 1952 J. & P. Coats and the Clark Thread Co. merged to become Coats & Clark's. Today, the business is known as the Coats Group.
The Anchor brand can trace its history back to 1866 when the Clark family adopted the Anchor brand for their embroidery threads manufactured in Paisley, Scotland. Embroidery threads came into being circa 1812 when supplies of silk became unobtainable in the UK due to a blockade by Napoleon. Two weavers, James and Patrick Clark, turned their attention to cotton and managed to produce yarn which was sufficiently fine, smooth and strong to be used instead of silk for weaving. Sewing thread was primarily silk or linen at the time and the Clark brothers developed their cotton yarn into the first cotton sewing thread.
Chocolate can feel addictive because it hits several brain and body reward systems at once, even though it’s not considered addictive in the same way as drugs like nicotine or alcohol.
Here’s what’s going on:
1. It activates the brain’s reward system
Chocolate—especially milk and dark chocolate—contains sugar and fat, a powerful combination that triggers dopamine, the “feel-good” neurotransmitter. Dopamine reinforces behaviours your brain wants you to repeat.
2. Sugar causes quick pleasure (and cravings)
Sugar raises blood glucose quickly, giving a short burst of energy and pleasure. When levels drop afterward, your brain may crave more to get that feeling back.
3. Fat makes it extra satisfying
Fat slows digestion and enhances flavour, making chocolate feel rich and comforting. This increases the desire to keep eating it.
4. Mild stimulants are present
Chocolate contains small amounts of:
Caffeine and Theobromine
These can slightly boost alertness and mood, reinforcing the reward effect.
5. It’s emotionally comforting
Many people associate chocolate with reward, stress relief, or nostalgia. Emotional comfort can strengthen cravings even more than chemistry alone.
6. Habit and expectation matter
If you regularly eat chocolate when stressed or tired, your brain learns to expect it in those moments—making cravings feel automatic.
Important note:
Chocolate cravings are usually about pleasure and habit, not physical dependence. That’s why people can stop eating chocolate without withdrawal symptoms, even if it feels hard at first.
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Creating these orbs / Amazing Circles is so much fun and addictive. This one created from a crop of an iris blooming in my garden somewhat covered with pine pollen. Tis the season for that ! !
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More dark chocolate-covered sponge candies. Unlike the last time I posted a photo of the confections, I had to take a bite to reveal the goodness within the chocolate shell.
These pieces are smaller than the ones I photographed last time, allowing me to fully comply with Flickr Rule #1 while minimizing the dietary downside to consuming these guilty pleasures.
A traditional view of this famous bridge in Lisbon, Portugal.
The architecture of the cable-stayed bridge is really addictive with its viaducts and pylons from which cables support the bridge deck.
The area along the seaside is very popular with walkers, runners, fishermen and... photographers!
this playful and curious calf showed a lot of activity . . . get closer each breath cycle . . . swimming with whales is some kind of addictive :)
Rempeyek.. deep fried peanut cracker popular in Asia.. each region will have their version.. with topping include anchovies and dried prawns
"Surfing is addictive, not only because of the sensation that you get from sliding down a wave that is in motion and that disappears when it reaches the shore, but also because of the contact with the sea that always makes you feel good: whether they are small or large. the waves, that is indifferent"
WSL surfer Gony Zubizarreta.
*Inhales deeply* ....what an intoxicatingly addictive pipe! Comes with realistic looking smoke. Hits the spot. :p Find this at the Fantasy Gatcha event. Some great items on offer.
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There is something addictive to me about nature and being out in absolute silence. I struggle deeply with noise and chaos. I feel every noise and every word reverberate through my brain. I don't come equipped with a "tune it out" gauge or maybe mine's just broken. Instead my brain just feels scrambled. it's hard for me to write or even speak coherently when I'm surrounded by noise. That is why when I found photography it became an excuse, a reason to give myself a break. Being a mom can be tough because obviously a lot of that noise comes from the children (whom I love deeply might I add) that surround me. Before I invested my soul into photography I would feel guilty if I "longed for" or needed a "break". I would question myself and feel like I was an awful Mom for needing to get away... Photography is the way that I find peace and relax my mind. Standing out in this stretch of road, the fog hanging over the trees and the absolute silence - I feel an absolute surge of euphoria. My mind is free too wander, uninterrupted. This was last night. It was cold as heck, I could see my breath easily and after awhile the cold drizzle actually turned to huge drops of slushy snow. I was cold. It didn't even matter. I had silence all to myself, the quiet to breathe in and just close my eyes (don't worry I wasn't applying these relaxing techniques in the middle of the road!) Of course just like our ability to appreciate light and joy stems from our familiarity with darkness and sorrow, the appreciation of silence is there because of the noise. There is nothing wrong with the right noise either... Someday I will miss the noise of little voices, pattering footsteps, even the arguing. I realize this. I embrace noise to a point. But I also have come to realize that silence is just as important to my happiness. And once I get the picture, all those feelings come back when I'm staring at the road again on my screen. It's a small way of transporting myself back til next time.Sorry for the book, thank you for listening to my rambling thoughts!
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One of the most addictive and beloved destinations I've had the pleasure to visit many times. And hopefully I will return often again.
The afternoon sun illuminates the outlet of this special lake. A couple other gawkers join me taking in this impressive view.
A view from the rock pile above in comments.
As always, your visits, faves, comments and suggestions are appreciated.
Enjoy a wonderful Sunday!
taking pleasure in the small satisfaction of camera movements, of lens tilt, and having the foreground fence and mid-ground chair equally represented in focus - large format is such addictive fun...
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so i saw that picnik is closing down?! omg. :( what are you guys going to do? hopefully they'll have most of the effects still on google+.
as you can see, i've gone from addictive vibrant editing to addictive soft editing. lol.
i'm going to get the photographs for my next agma assignment done tomorrow! a bit late, but I've been so busy.
this picture makes me happy.
Is a smoke flavoured beer, a speciality of the Bavarian city of Bamberg. A bit strange at first, it quickly becomes addictive.
All sins tend to be addictive and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.
W.H.Auden
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I've always been fascinated with the transition from day to night. I love standing outside as daylight fades and darkness descends as if a curtain has been pulled. It's a wonderful time for photography, but even more so from a life experience standpoint. Over the years I've developed a habit of wrapping the session as twilight fades. Most of the sky drama tends to depart with the sun and photos tend to take on a muddy and indistinct appearance. That's how things stood until early July when Comet NEOWISE appeared. Suddenly I went into full-on night photographer mode. Now instead of packing it in at sunset, I found myself not even beginning a session until an hour or two after. It's a bit more involved than causal daylight shooting. Ordinarily I shun tripods on account of the way they tend to diminish spontaneity. However they are a must for night work. The shots tend to be a bit more static but I've found that doesn't necessarily mean they are less compelling. I feel a high level of energy being outside at night, particularly being out in open farmland completely alone, surrounded my expansive areas of inky shadows. There's anxiety from not knowing what's out there as well as contemplation of what could be out there. It's simultaneously frightening yet energizing. I quickly found that even after the novelty of seeing the comet faded, this energy remained and it's very addictive. I've made several more night forays since this discovery. The night sky is still fascinating. But so too is the landscape. The night sky transforms every nuance of the places I've come to know mostly by daylight. Light, shadow, color, clarity, it's all twisted at night. Places I know intimately appear strange, mysterious and even eerie at night. This lake, a quaint and picturesque local landmark by day takes on the look of a still frame from a hour film by night.