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Painted a lot of this sketch on holiday recently. Nice way to unwind but the sun was a bit bright. Just glad I was not on holiday last week.
Invasive plant hopper that feeds on the sap of many different plants. Spotted lanternfly (lycorma delicatula)
Dear Nam Ing, we never met, but I was there when you passed. I've stood on the place where you slipped, and I thought to myself, this is one of the most dangerous places I've ever been. I will always try to keep your memory close to my heart. Although we never met, I know you. We've stood side by side in spirit. I will remember you always when I'm deep in the back country taking risks, and I will moderate with your spirit in mind.
Not far from this location the night before @naminou fell 300 feet at Boardman to his death. It has weighed on my mind ever since.
In regards to the photo it is a two photo composite stitch with this composition in mind. One taken at astro twilight for the foreground, and another taken from the same spot a few hours later to capture the night sky. It was also completely shot in jpg on accident (new camera), but came out very well considering this fact.
This is an engineers set square, used to check right angles. But right angles are not the same on a curved surface are they?
Looks like a drone view, but I was on a cliff looking down.
Diablo Lake, along the North Cascades Highway in Washington State. The emerald green color is caused by the suns reflection on glacier-ground rock dust suspended in the water.
Glam Affair has me SPEECHLESS.
This rarely happens. I can never not find a word. I’m awesome with words. But I have none to tell you how in love with skin I am.
Could this be the skin I move on from Anna with?
Oooohhhhhhh….
Backstory; I always wore my Lel Raven head, always.
I changed shapes, but I used to wrong head for the shape, bc, you know, I just graduated from Silly Goose university.
So my avi looking all cute with the wrong head for the shape but it’s ok. She’s cute.
I always notice Skin Creators use Lel Avalon for their ads.
So now that I’m wearing Avalon, completely by accident, and I’m blogging these gorgeous Glam Affair skins, it’s like the missing piece of the puzzle fell into place.
These skins looked incredible on Raven, they are PERFECTION on my new shape.
TL;DR - I’m a goose and wear Lelutka Avalon now.
ANYWAY!!! Let’s talk about THIS skin.
This Glam Affair skin, Aga.
If it’s not in their mainstore now, it’s guna be, real soon.
And you should definitely go grab a demo and see just how amazing it looks on your avatar, and then buy it, because this is perfect.
As always, three options in your chosen skin tone. Dark brows, light brows and no brows.
And let me tell you, these brows are a big part in what made me fall in love with this skin.
Shown in Sienna B, on Lelutka Avalon.
Glam Affair mainstore here maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beauty%20Avatar%20couture/...
I couldn't find a decent description of this spot, but it is located in the Truso valley in Georgia, and earlier I posted a picture of that scenic valley (www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/49212632131/in/datepo...) where we stayed the night and enjoyed the spectacular setting of this Caucasion mountainscape.
What you see here are travertines, a sort of terraces formed by local springs, that contain a lot of minerals. The most famous terraces I know can be found in Turkey (Pamukkale).
The ones here are mostly orange and white, and if you look closely you can see a continuous film of water flowing over the rocks, depositing more material.
20 September 2019 I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
We had a short sunny moment yesterday morning and I went to a nearby meadow to search for the remaining insects. I found this Meadow Brown who posed nicely for me on a field scabious. Probably not the most interesting butterfly we have here but cooperative. :)
Featuring |
NOCHE: Spiked Collar Black
Polar Bunny : Nevan Eyes @ The Warehouse Sale
Cruel : Madame Corset @ The Warehouse Sale
Lilithe' : Samovila Tattoos @ The Warehouse Sale
SAPA : 164.8
Velika Kladuša / Una-Sana / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Album of Bosnia and Herzegovina: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712442...
I can't see you from up here, it's a little foggy, but I know you are there. Take care , be kind and I will see you in the new year eventually !
While watching the sun slowly set over the Aegean Sea I thought of Flickr friends and thought I would set up this glass of Alpha beer to you. Luckily it didn't fall as there were seagulls waiting below hoping for something.
Cheers
Ian
Sorry I am on holiday and not commenting for a while but will be back in about 10 days
... sorry, but i really love this one....
Shen-Ju Chang and Anna Kiskachi preparing their baroque chamber music concert...
She rises not as art, but as testimony.
Strength flows where His Spirit moves, and purpose awakens where faith remains. What God forms, He empowers. What He calls, He brings to life.
This is the same image as before but I have removed the tourists to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
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Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Donnain) is a small tidal island where three lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh, in the western Highlands of Scotland; since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland. A picturesque castle that frequently appears in photographs, film and television dominates the island, which lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the village of Dornie.
Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of just one person, but there were no "usual residents" at the time of the 2011 census.
Eilean Donan, which means simply "island of Donnán", is named after Donnán of Eigg, a Celtic saint martyred in 617. Donnán is said to have established a church on the island, though no trace of this remains.
The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan Macrae. In the early eighteenth century the Mackenzies' involvement in the Jacobite rebellions led in 1719 to the castle's destruction by government ships. Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap's twentieth-century reconstruction of the ruins produced the present buildings.
But the last day of summer
Never felt so cold
The last day of summer
Never felt so old
The last day of summer
Never felt so cold
~ The Cure
If you live anywhere warm as I do, you are waiting on pins and needles for summer to end! I received by first ‘Fall/Autumn’ Group Gift today and I AM HERE FOR IT.
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Credits: beachysl.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/the-last-days-of-summer/
An ode to Salt. RIP to the movie sequel that we never got to see.
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A blooming butterfly bush (Buddleja, but, now, in autumn, the butterflies. have flown south.
Decatur (Glennwood Estates), Georgia, USA.
27 September 2020.
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"But Why?"
She is not sick. The whole family have taken a liking to lying on the bit of bare ground in the corner where I am trying to get grass to grow. They spread themselves out like this, and will stay dead still for up to quarter of an hour, then get up and toddle off as right as rain.
Admittedly she does look a bit scruffy, but she has just finished rearing a bub or two, and is moulting.
Urban Canberra, Australia, 2019.
Couldn't think of an adequate story to go with this image. I'm drawn back to what it means to me looking at it. All I could think about was this song. It reminds me of my older brother I guess. Perhaps because I sat alone when photographing this scene, watching the darkness envelope these beautiful mountains and wished I wasn't. It brought back memories of many a late night spent with my older brother when we were teens. I took great comfort and trust in our conversations, his advice and opinion. We talked about everything under the sun and I remember many times sitting together and watching the stars rise high in the skies like a million tiny lanterns. It was my brother who also showed me this song before he left for boot camp. Since then we've both grown up and moved to different states but I think of those nights often when I'm up late.
Here's to
starry skies and memories of long nights... to loved ones who were willing to sit with us in both the cover of darkness and in the beauty of light.
Thank you as always for listening to my ramblings...
xx
Rachel
Shy but striking. Bullfinches bring a brilliant burst of colour to the UK’s woods. The species depends on trees for much of its food, feeding on seeds and buds.
Females have a dull grey-pink breast. Both sexes have a white rump that is particularly noticeable when in flight. They have black wing markings.
The species has a short, strong beak that is typical of the finch family. In terms of overall size, bullfinches are a little larger than a robin.
Christmas without You · TAEYEON
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNi_nYsP65o
That first December when it unexpectedly snowed
The holidays that we spent together
That winter, we were happy with whatever we did
Our eyes held each other
All the memories with your warmth
Comes to me at the end of the cold wind
The season has come outside the window
I can’t avoid it anymore
Today, I hope the snow won’t stop all day
So it can cover my lonely footprints
Without you
The whole world is Christmas but I’m without you
Dazzling Christmas but I’m without you
After a sad day passes without being with you
I’m falling asleep alone, without you
The cold days continued and you were my only
Summer time (You’re my sun to shine)
It was so hot in your arms
I didn’t even know winter was coming
I try not to look at my lone reflection on the shop windows
I try smiling so my heart won’t shake
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The whole world is Christmas but I’m without you
Dazzling Christmas but I’m without you
After a sad day passes without being with you
I’m falling asleep alone
Da dararab Da dararab
Da dararab Da dararab
Beautiful memories, like snowflakes
Melt in my hands
It’s Christmas for everyone but I’m without you
Happy Christmas but I’m without you
The season I always walked with you (that winter)
Is still going on somewhere in this world, forever
After a long night’s dream, Without you
No no, Christmas but I’m without you
But you only get a rainbow if the sun is out. But then you also get more harsh light if the sun is out. And the area is pretty enough even without the rainbow. This waterfall is literally right off the parking lot. No hike required, but if you do walk around a little, you will see other interesting things. Big Island, Hawaii, USA, December 2018
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From the 2011 archives. I took this shot on a trail in Utah, somewhere between Park City and Heber. It was a colorful day, but I thought this one looked better in black and white.
Milky Way Shoot but no Milky Way
This was supposed be a Milky Way Shoot from last Summer. Yet despite careful planning the weather will do what it wants and clouds started rolling in a few hours before the sunset. The cloud cover just continued as the evening when on and it became “clear” we were not going to get our Milk Way shoot. We setup our lights anyway and as you can see, the shoot wasn’t a total waste of time.