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So you got a little heartbreak
Feeling like a dumb chump
Laying in left field
Can't believe you got dumped
Everything gone wrong
But you're listening to the right song
Grab yourself a cheap seat
Floating or flying
Anything southbound
Heading to the islands
Grab a little white sand
Maybe get your blues tanned
Riptides rippin'
The sunset's dippin'
You smile that smile
Keep on sippin'
Time flies
Sitting in the sun
When you're feeling numb
Time flies
When you're having rum
Yeah, you find a little beach bar
Down on the water
Sail away the Captain
Feeling Jolly Roger
Talking to a cutie
Heading for the booty
Riptides rippin'
The sunset's dippin'
You smile that smile
You'll be saying
Time flies
Sitting in the sun
Yeah, when you're getting some
Time flies
When you're having rum
Yeah
Riptides rippin'
The sunset's dippin'
You smile that smile
You'll be saying
Time flies
Yeah, when your in the sun
Yeah, when you're feeling numb
Time flies
If I could say anything, anything
What would it be?
A good question for a distant reality
I would tell you that I love you
Even when it didn't show
I would tell you that I love you baby,
By now I hope you know.
If you could go anywhere, anywhere
What would you see?
Take a step in any direction,
It's make believe
If your mind is always moving
Its hard to get your heart up off the ground
Yeah, your mind was always moving
Your thoughts never made a sound
We won't break if we let go
You and I already know
We were bound to be set free
Even surely, here we are now
You can say anything
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Seit eiin paar Tagen türmen sich am Elbufer bei dem Wehr unter der Geesthachter Elbbrücke am Elbstrand teils meterhohe Eisberge. Seit Tagen kämpft die in Geesthacht stationierte Eisbrecherflotte gegen eine gewaltige Eisbarriere am Stauwehr und formt die Eisdecke auf dem Fluss in kleinere Eisberge, die nun bei Niedrigwasser am Ufer der Elbe gestrandet sind.
„Das hatten wir so auch noch nicht“, sagte der Leiter der Spezialschiff-Flotte beim Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt (WSA), Andreas Schultz gegenüber der „Bild“-Zeitung. „Damit das Eis vernünftig ablaufen kann“, müssten mindestens 500.000 Liter Wasser pro Sekunde stromabwärts fließen. Zuletzt seien es aber nur etwa 300.000 Liter gewesen.
Quelle: Auszug aus derTagesschau
Panorama aus 4 Aufnahmen
For several days now, icebergs measuring up to several meters high have been piling up on the banks of the Elbe near the weir under the Geesthacht Elbe bridge on the Elbe beach. For days, the icebreaker fleet stationed in Geesthacht has been battling a massive ice barrier at the weir, breaking up the ice cover on the river into smaller icebergs, which are now stranded on the banks of the Elbe at low tide.
“We've never seen anything like this before,” Andreas Schultz, head of the special ship fleet at the Waterways and Shipping Authority (WSA), told the “Bild” newspaper. “In order for the ice to flow away properly,” at least 500,000 liters of water per second would have to flow downstream. Recently, however, it has only been about 300,000 liters.
Source: Excerpt from Tagesschau
Panorama from 4 images
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
EDIT: First: Nope - thats not me!! xD Second: You may have noticed I didn't report "back" ... well... I AM but I discontinued Blogging ... so ... nothing new here in a while. Maybe I'll add something soon but not in the context of "blogging" ... :)
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Hey there ... I'm just about to leave for vacation! Finally ... You'll have noticed I didn't do anything here the past few weeks, well, RL consumes a load of time actually, so I won't come up again before coming back in September :D
I had never seen anything like it. She said to me, “I really love this photographer.” So, I said to myself, “If I could take pictures like this guy maybe she will love me too.” So, I went out and spent all my monthly allowance on a used Leica. I actually tried to imitate the imagery of Cartier-Bresson. Of course, it didn’t work. The young female student ran off with a history professor, and I was left with Cartier-Bresson. That’s what started me off. I began to take street photographs :-)
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Stare me down across the table
While I look outside
So many things I'd say if only I were able
But I just keep quiet
And count the cars that pass by
You've got opinions, man
We're all entitled to 'em
But I never asked
So let me thank you for your time
And try not to waste any more of mine
Get out of here fast
I hate to break it to you, babe
But I'm not drowning
There's no one here to save
Who cares if you disagree?
You are not me
Who made you king of anything?
So you dare tell me who to be
Who died and made you king of anything?
Because adulting, bedtimes, and the end of the weekend is no damn fun.
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European hornet closeup (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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European hornet (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland
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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:
I guess you can tell by the look on its face that this is not a happy hornet. That's not unusual for hornets - truth be told, variations of "not happy" "angry", or at least "badly irritated" seem to be pretty much their natural state of mind - but what's interesting about the fella above is that he also wasn't exactly sober.
To spell it out more clearly: that was one hammered hornet. It was so drunk in fact, it couldn't fly for two seconds straight without crashing. I shot that photo in my garden last fall, but as with all my pictures, I'll try to give you a bit more context.
Every year at least one hornet queen decides that some crack or hole inside the thick stone walls of my 400-year old house in Ticino is the perfect place to raise her royal family.
That in itself wouldn't pose a problem, but if there's one thing we know about "royals", it's that they're a complicated bunch (though it has to be said for both princes William and Harry that they rarely build little palaces inside the walls of some stranger's house, but I digress).
There is a slight potential for conflict; in my experience, all hornets are born with a sweet tooth and a bad temper, and particularly when there's ripe figs in my garden, tensions can rise.
That is entirely my fault though, because I still sometimes foolishly try to negotiate the human place in the food- (or rather: fruit-) chain, despite knowing perfectly well that fig season isn't the time to want to improve human-hornet relations, as any attempt in that regard will inevitably follow the same frustrating pattern:
Human: "Oh hello there Ms Hornet, how nice to meet you here at the fig tree - isn't the weather just lovely?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "There is really no need to be so angry, dear Ms Hornet: we're all friends here, and there's enough figs for all of us! How are the kids, I mean... larvae?"
Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."
Human: "Jeez, OK - relax! I can see you have a sting, I'm going, all right? You can have all the figs Ms Hornet, see: I'm already leaving!"
Hornet: "Bzzzzz. Yes, I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Don't come back. Bzzzzz."
And that's how THAT conversation goes.
Yet despite our occasional differences (like when I nearly died of smoke inhalation because Her Royal Hornet Majesty had decided my chimney was another suitable place for her nest), I'm happy to report we generally get along quite well, unless... - well, unless the hornets are intoxicated.
It's one of nature's lesser known facts (or perhaps its dirty secret) that many of our friends in the animal kingdom occasionally like to get high, and hornets are no exception. Not on anything illegal, mind; they are law-abiding insects after all, so you won't see them smoke crack or snort cocaine (although with some hornets I wouldn't rule that out completely 😉).
No: their usual drug of choice is alcohol, which my irritable neighbors find - surprise! - in my fig tree. Once some of the overripe fruit start to ferment, their potent juices become a magnet for hornets - and that's when the trouble starts.
It should come as no surprise that "hornets and hooch" are an inherently problematic combination. Because the crux with alcohol is this: it doesn't alter your personality, it only brings out the character traits that are already there without a filter, so you just become a terribly unrestrained version of yourself when you drink too much.
Which with hornets - who aren't the most cheerful bunch even on a good day - is a recipe for disaster. They are MEAN drunks - and I'm not kidding, oh boy. All that bottled-up anger constantly boiling underneath that shiny, chitin surface from the moment they hatch is finally released into the world, and it's not a pleasant sight, let me tell you.
Alcohol REALLY doesn't seem to improve their mood, and the other animals in my garden all agree (and I concur) that the fig tree would be a much happier place if the hornets just smoked weed and listened to Bob Marley instead (if them getting high can't be avoided altogether).
To be fair though, not all hornets have a drinking problem. Most of them behave responsibly and "don't drink and fly" (which I'm sure is a motto that gets taught in hornet school from an early age). And they don't get high all year long: It's only when fall arrives that the hornets like to have a merry get-together in my fig tree to get a good "buzz on".
But you know how it is: just like with any good party, there's always the ONE guy who can't hold his liquor and basically turns into your angry, drunk uncle at Christmas who starts picking fights with every one at the dinner table and insists on letting you know - very loudly - what he thinks about Trump or Biden or the Corona virus once he's had one too many.
Which finally brings me back to the fella in the photo above, because apparently he was THAT guy. That particular "drunk uncle" hornet sat underneath the fig tree on a fallen (and pretty rotten looking) fruit and was deep into its cups. As soon as it saw me, it started to buzz angrily and seemed intent on a confrontation, but it didn't manage to get airborne for more than a second.
After a few more failed attempts to lift off and a few more angry "Bzzzzzz" sounds (I think I actually did hear the words "Trump", "Biden" and "Corona" in there 😉), it just went back to boozing on the juices of the spoiled fig on the ground.
I left it to its own devices, happy that I got this quite expressive shot. 😊
P.S. I think it was actually a crazy, drunk AUNT - not an uncle 😉)
P.P.S. Just to make sure we understand each other (maybe as a disclaimer for readers who come to this gallery for the first time and aren't familiar with my kind of humor): I love the fact that these beautiful insects visit my garden. Watching how these efficient predators hunt wasps, horseflies or other insects is incredibly fascinating (adult hornets themselves mainly feed on sugary plant juices, but they hunt because their young need protein to grow).
Hornets may seem like they're constantly angry (which to me is funny - hence this text), but they're not; they're actually very peaceful towards humans, and even when you compete for a ripe fig with them, their furious buzzing is mostly just a bluff, and I've never been stung (and I don't know anyone who has).
Due to the unfounded fear many people have of hornets, who often get exterminated because they're confused with common wasps, this species is threatened in many countries (in Germany for example, hornets are a protected species). But unless you step (or sit) on them or destroy their nest, hornets don't attack, and even when they're drunk, they are usually so incapacitated that they are completely harmless (just like your uncle/aunt 😉).
So if you have hornets in your garden, just enjoy watching them and please don't harm them! 🙏 🙏 ❤ ❤
With that being said, I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!
I thought I heard something just under my bedroom window. So I walked the wall that marks the Mansion ground to see if some critters dig under it. But I couldn't find anything. Maybe I just dreamt it? But at least I could try out my new jacket to see if it is of any use when it gets colder
You know that feeling you get where you want to be left alone. You dont want to have anyone ask anything of you and you only want to have to consider yourself for once. Well I get that now and then because my life is so busy and I got what I wanted on Monday when everyone was off doing their own thing and I was left alone overnight ALL ON MY OWN. And it was great.....for about an hour ;-)
notice anything about the pattern in the chipped paint on this wooden cat's nose? i didn't until i got it up on the laptop screen!!
this is one possibility for the macromonday theme for 3/11 for imperfection.
#MacroMondays and #imperfection
its nose is less than a half an inch from side to side
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Not a huge waterfall though. Just some trickling waterfall. The bigger one is 2 miles ahead and the way is treacherous
Point Arena Lighthouse is perhaps the most breath taking lighthouse along the California coast. The tallest of the lighthouses in California, its location along the Mendocino County Coastline is also the closest to the Hawaiian Islands --not that it means anything--it's just a fun fact. Usually there is healthy blanket of fog draped along the coast during the spring months. I was lucky on this early spring morning to catch this venerable old lighthouse aglow with the radiant light of a brand new day.
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My attempt at the "Smle on Saturday" theme "ANYTHING WITH A!"
A is for Adapter... and I have more of those than I can count. Still there's always that odd lens, which won't fit into any of them. You know how it is.
Shot with a Leitz "Xenon 5 cm F 1.5" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Just about everyone these days has regrets and/or pain that we hide from the light. We bury all of it behind a host of facades and show the world our smile all the while triggers abound and some days just getting to the computer is almost too much. We hide behind these perfect avis all the imperfections we fear will make people see us in a different light. It is these imperfections however, that make us the human beings that we are. And just so you know, being human is beautiful, the broken spaces and hidden corners of the soul show strength and beauty. Life isn't always easy but it is worth it.
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Some things are better off forgotten
We bury them in places that we really only visit by ourselves
Oh, and you were a version like no other
Oh, they never tell you what to do when all you see is gone
What's the sense in anything when what they say is wrong?
Oh, what do you wanna hear?
Do you wanna know how many times I tore myself apart
'Cause you're not here?
And oh, why do you wanna know?
Does it make you feel alive?
I had to die to finally let you go
Stop me, I find myself believing
Oh, a story gets rewritten so a blasphemy's permitted once again
Oh, and you were so perfectly imperfect
Oh, they never tell you what to do when all you have are lies
What's the sense in anything, it's just one more goodbye
Thank you Lya Seerose for letting me bring to life this picture ! If you don't already know her, run check out her amazing work :)
Here is the story she wrote for this :
Three days. The hunt lasted three entire days. It was a personal matter for her, he would not escape this time. When she started to look for him, she first heard rumors spreading about « this charming nobleman with a damned smile » that just rented the biggest mansion in the smallest village the farthest away from his last home. She knew immediately it was HIM. Finding him was easier than she thought, she just had to follow the words on the streets, the tittle-tattle of Ladies swooning and blushing and the praise of Gentlemans vowing about his good reputation and his manners after only a few hours with this man. He was a master of disguise, his sweet talk could make you do anything that he chose to and his stare alone could force any last bit of resistance out of you. No one unprepared stood a chance against him, he had that power, a dark one and he was using it to play with people, making them puppets in his private theatre
But she would not be fooled like them, not again, she knew too good now who she was after and that the next time that they would meet eachother, one of them would not see the light of the day again. When she finally caught up with him he was sweet-talking a blond-haired girl in the streets, drawing the contours of her face with his satin gloved finger and the Lady was having a hard time keeping her composure. He had that effect on you, making you a weak creature between his hands. The day was about to end but it was still too early, and, for the lucky innoncent girl, people were still roaming the streets. He was well aware of that so he decided to return home and just wait for the night to fall completely, to help cover his steps as well as his sins before coming back for her, later. He took a last look at her appetizing throat and left. At the end of the street, he turned around the corner, proceeding to walk back to the mansion with no idea he was being followed by a retributive shadow this time. When he entered the deep and dark woods in front of the propriety, the pitter-patter of the civilized word vanished completely and all was calm around him. That's when she decided to stop the hunt. No more prey and predator, no more hiding and lurking.... only Him and Her, reunited once again. She stepped out in front of him in the pale moonlight, revealing herself to his gaze, and simply said to that smirking bastard « - Darling, smile for me one last time ! » while aiming at him
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In his beautiful palace by the sea, the Prince of the Peacocks proudly shows his betrothed, Princess Petunia his prized pet parrot, and offers her a posy of pretty petunias.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 20th of July is “P… in the picture”, where the image can be anything, but must contain something that begins with the letter P. That left me lots of choices. I had a few runners-up that were photographed first, such as a peridot and pearl pin, and my beloved Paddington bear, but in the end the Playmobil won out because I could include multiple items beginning with the letter P: prince, princess, peacocks, parrots, a perch, a posy of petunias, and even for those of you who are very observant, a grey pigeon amongst the white and blue doves. Even the background is a P for it is made of paper, as is the floor, which is patterned, and since everything else in this picture is Playmobil, I would say that it is practically perfect for the theme! I hope you think so too, and that it brings a smile to your face!
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.
Accessible only by a seasonal road that is literally miles from anything, the cloudy skies were only a minor setback as Q102 snakes along the Athabasca River as it approaches the eastern border of Jasper National Park.
My kitchen window faces west, and the setting sun's light filters thru some trees and under the overhang of the deck of the apartment above mine.
There's always a shadow show, and it's always different, but this late evening's dim light brought in a visitor.
He didn't stay long as he was already beginning to drift into the hallway.
He's never come before or since.
I didn't add anything to this, it's simply him.
The Quiet Man.
Out walking with Tasku this morning I was surprised but delighted to see several Holly Blues on this plant. Surprised because mostly they are on the move and rarely settle. Then I realised they were laying eggs (I have one photo to put up where that is obvious). On returning home I looked in my book and realised that the plant must be a type of ivy as the second brood only lay eggs on this particular plant - and the first brood, in April, only lay on holly. Fussy insects! I will have to go back to see if can spot any eggs and again in a few days to look for the caterpillars.
I'd only taken my camera as I wanted to try out my new macro lens so that was an extra bit of luck. 😊
ANSH 125 (7) anything blue
Weekly Alphabet Challenge 'graceful' theme 33/52
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I am not going to do anything with you: not if you mean by that “do something to you” without your leave. We might do some things together. I don’t know about sides. I go my own way; but your way may go along with mine for a while. …
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A fine day in the forest today with an old friend, talking and catching up, balancing rocks, taking photos and talking with Ents
Riverside ~ Time Travellers
The RWE EL1s are anything but beautiful, but they are unique and now quite old machines so well worth documenting. The RWE, or Rheinbraun railway is a quasi insular operation between the companies brown coal mines and powerplants just west of Cologne, Germany. The network consists of two primary routes, the Nord-Süd Bahn and the Hambachbahn. Last Saturday I made my first visit to the network with the idea to focus on the Nord-Süd Bahn. This train showed up exactly as I arrived and was happy to so quickly get a EL1 led train. Unfortunately things went downhill from there.
A few notes for those interested in photographing this line and also not so familiar:
1.) Blocks A -E of Kraftwerk Neurath have were shut in March of this year, meaning that the classic shot from the overpass with the power plant in the background is now impossible. Good for the environment, tragic for the photographer.
2.) 90% of trains shove back towards Frimmersdorf, making west/northbound shots very difficult.
3.) There are very few good photo locations on the Nord-Süd Bahn, this one being the best. Unfortunately this spot happens to be right in the path of the cooling tower exhaust shadow! About 30 minutes after this photo the spot was fully in the shadow. I didnt really find a satisfactory angle the rest of the day, in most of the other segments the light is wrong for southbounds or very overgrown.
Ill have to try again for the Hambach side, on this visit getting there would have been a pain due to the closure of the Aachen - Köln line due to a derailment. (always something wrong with that cursed line)