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After running some errands I wasn't planning on doing anything else for the day, but a hot tip about a daylight EDPL made me muster up enough motivation to go out. Here we see EDPL blasting south by CPR-33 in Deerfield, MA with a pair of GP40's powering the 35 car train. CPR-33 is one of the last interlockings on the Conn River that still uses B&M searchlight signals (the other being the southern home signal at CPF 385). As I type this post, EDPL is currently tied down on the Controlled Siding at CPR-1 in Springfield, where it will be capped with a Cab Signal equipped leader for the rest of their journey overnight to Plainville.

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From my urban shots, no AI

A different hued version of an earlier work.

Semisonic.

 

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

And you use it only for me

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

And you use it only for me

 

So use it and prove it

Remove this whirling sadness

I'm losing, I'm bluesing

But you can save me from madness

 

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

And you use it only for me

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

And you use it only for me

 

So save me I'm waiting

I'm needing, hear me pleading

And soothe me, improve me

I'm grieving, I'm barely believing now, now

 

When you are flying around and around the world

And I'm lying and lonely

I know there's something sacred and free reserved

And received by me only

 

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

And you use it only for me

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

And you use it only for me

 

So use it and prove it

Remove this whirling sadness

I'm losing, I'm bluesing

But you can save me from madness, now, now

 

When you are flying around and around the world

And I'm lying and lonely

I know there's something sacred and free reserved

And received by me only

 

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

And you use it only for me

Nobody knows it but you've got a secret smile

 

Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it

But you've got a secret

Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it

But you've got a secret

 

Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it

But you've got a secret

Nobody knows it, nobody knows it, nobody knows it

But you've got a secret

 

Nobody knows it, nobody knows it...

LightRoom is so impressive, how it stitches images. But give it a complex scene and unsurprisingly it can struggle for perfection. You have to look fairly hard for the flaws, and many may not see them. Believe it or not, in this shot are hidden fairies, pixies, gnomes, panthers, snakes and killer worms. Everywhere. Padley Gorge is enchanting, magical and mystical, so atmospheric.

...but still plum blossom... X)

iPhone 6 snapseed mextures

As I was driving into work, the morning sun was making its way thru the mist and fog, trees are just starting to burst with color and I couldn't help myself but to pull over and take it all in. I drove up on this ridge and parked. I walked up to the open gates and noticed several small spider webs, glistening from the dew in the morning sun and started snapping away, I was very excited to see these come out so well on my iPhone. Tiny moments otherwise unwitnessed, my "stopping to smell the roses" moment.

We were doing a 10K run, but I always carry a camera in my backpack....Comes in handy on ocassions like these...

Pretty good sunset that night at Schwacher. Three exposure HDR. I could have just used one of the exposures, but wanted more detail to work with in the shadows. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2020

 

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But love keeps getting stronger <3

From the slopes of Culardoch we can see our 2nd climb of the day, Creag an Dail Bheag. The original summit was the crags centre picture, but has been moved since to the outcrop on the right. We'll have to drop back into the glen and start the climbing again, but first let's make the summit of Culardoch, which is where we are now.

 

Culardoch is a Corbett standing at 900 meters (2952 feet), while Creag an Dail Bheag stands at 863 meters (2831 feet).

Still only 7 months but Spuddy knows how to pull a daft face !

Weathered Wood Spokes possible from a custom fence or special feature, but looks nice and worn, fond it along the way..

photographybyjw Weathered Wood Spokes wheel half rustic worn old

rural country

I am getting a little fed up with the constant rain but my heart goes out to those who's homes and even livelihoods are affected. The sun is just dropping below the horizon here and a few rays are still hitting the rocks on the sea shore. I remember taking this shot as if it was yesterday and gradually putting my camera back in the bag reluctantly because it was a beautiful evening.

The blind is down in my PC room but I can hear the rain hitting the window....I can hear the rain on my window pain just came involuntarily into my mind. Your ear worm for today folks Sue :))

...I could sit on your knee!"

But how to climb up? Minimus wants to see the world around him, and not just the floor!

With M.E. a large part of the world at my feet does comprise the indoor floors. 😊

 

For the 'Smile on Saturday' group: "the world at your feet"

 

Cliché and Smile on Saturday: Here

iPhone shots: Here

My Simple Pleasures set: Here

A mother’s love is like an everlasting bed of roses, that continues to blossom. A mother’s love bears strength, comfort, healing and warmth. Her beauty is compared to a sunny day that shines upon each rose petal and inspires hope.

― Ellen J. Barrier

 

While out shooting with my Flickr friends on Friday, we spied this mother with her little girl. With their almost matching hats and the sweet stuffed rabbit the little girl was holding onto tightly, I couldn't resist taking a few shots, but didnt' want to get their faces in it.

 

HBM!

Kleine zonnedauw, spatulate-leaved sundew, Drosera intermedia

according to circumstances; but, on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take interest in the things that are and are to be, and not in the things that were and are past :-)

Henry Ward Beecher, "A Completed Year," 1882 December 31

 

HPPT!! Integrity Matters!

 

hybrid camellia, 'Londontowne Blush', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina

But don't play me love 😊🌟

 

...::: 다비 (DAVII) - Don't play me love

:::...

 

아니 이게 대체 무슨일이야

보고도 믿기지 않아 oh my god

부끄럽지 않아 ill just say my mind

너를 보니 두근두근 온 맘 다

 

Oh i feel so blessed

찌질했던 난 없어

Change of my lifetime

Now everybody knows

You r my lifetime

 

So Don't play me don't play me love

 

죽든지 살든지 내 안엔 온통 너야

가득히 가득히 널 채워 넣어야 돼

예측불허의 세상 속에서

내가 널 만난게 필연이야

I'm not curious

Life's like a mist

Beauty but beast

안개 속 피어난 꽃 한송이

 

나타나

취하지 않아도

 

과학도 논리도 설명할 수 없어 my love

이별도 우주도 우리 이길 순 없어

 

So Don't play me don't play me love

(Love is so hard

But u make it easy)

Don't play me don't play me love

The ocean, the sky, the weather are unpredictable at the beach. A photographer must go often to experience the various moods. Sometimes it's almost ho-hum but other times, as in this particular evening, the time of the Super Tide, it becomes a magical experience.

 

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A common garden bird throughout much of Asia, found in open forests, fields, and parks; introduced to several regions around the world. Often tame and approachable. Brown overall with a rosy breast and a unique white-spotted black nape patch. Plumage shows slight regional variation: western birds have dark centers to wing feathers, lacking in eastern birds. Turtle-doves are larger, have black centers to wing feathers and stripes rather than spots on the neck. Coos loudly and often: “coo-a-roooo”. (eBird)

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A familiar bird to us but welcome nevertheless. We saw or heard this pretty dove most days during our time in Singapore, usually deep in the trees or on the ground.

 

Lorong Halus Wetland, Singapore. March 2024.

Birding Singapore.

I've shot this place before, but due to the limitations of the 35mm lens I had to get it from the side. Returning with the Ricoh GR and re-shooting I was able to get the shot I originally wanted and capture all of its decrepit glory :-)

But my Shotgun was bigger!

Her name was Lottie. She just loved to be the first up to the top of the hill in the morning, out of the dark, to see the sunrise. Even if it meant standing around, waiting patiently, in the cloud or mist. Whilst the others slumbered or started to graze down below she would be waiting for the first hints of pink or orange to pierce the grey of dawn and warm her heart!.

 

Each time she left the warmth of where she had bedded for the night she would try to shake out her mane but the tangle was steadfast, irritating her. Even as she climbed the slopes she would try to tease it out on the spikey gorse and whin bushes or shake it out in the wind. But annoyingly it would not go. Just a few greying strands pulled out. Some little bird would find it in a month or two to line its nest with. Would the knot stay with her forever she wondered as she stood expectantly on her spot? Hmmm

Yesterday afternoon (6/19) I noticed frequent visits to my feeders so I decided to get a few photos. I was hoping that a colorful male would show up, as he did earlier in the day, but no luck. I got good photos of this female, Yakima County, Washington.

 

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I love Nuthatches especially as they are a fairly recent addition to Scotland's birdlife. About 50 years ago they had a tiny foothold in the Borders but in the last thirty years or so they have expanded considerably spreading north and west quickly. The prime driver in this is the increase and popularity of bird feeding and Nuthatches can't resist a peanut. A pair were dominating the feeders today and cleaned out the peanuts. This is a female with light chestnut undertail coverts and a grey, rather than strong black, stripe through the eye.

but not complaining when its 40+ in Greece now

** Another autumn scene from New England I have posted quite a lot but I could not bare to delete any of them it was after all a once in a lifetime experience . Taken on Chocorau lake in New Hampshire in 2017

 

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM. I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .

 

Carcès (pronounced car-says') is a village in the Var, between Cotignac and the Thoronet Abbey. It's quite a large village, laid out in a rectangle, with the different parts of the village separated somewhat from each other. One part, perched on a low hill and called the old town (vieille ville), has a lot of stone walls and stone arches. The "newer" parts of Carcès, though, have narrow streets, vaulted passages and medieval portails and ancient houses and doorways. All in all, Carcès is a very interesting village to visit. One of the most striking things about Carcès are the trompe l'oeil wall murals and the colorful fish-scale wall tiles on some of the houses.

 

The mairie (town hall) and the library (médiatheque municipale) are located in a quiet little square completely surrounded by buildings, at the site of an old olive-oil mill, the "Huilerie St Charles". In a hidden little passage behind the library, the large iron waterwheel is still in place against the back of the building.

 

Commerce and Cafés

 

Carcès has a good variety of shops for every-day needs, including gift/souvenir shops, banks, and a post office.

The selection of terrace cafés seemed a bit limited, but we did find a couple that were nicely acceptable. One is located on the Place des Martyrs de la Résistance (Place de l'Hotel de Ville on the town map), shaded by enormous platan trees and bordered by ancient buildings and the picturesque bell tower with campanile on top and arched passage at the bottom. The fountain here, with a tall column and four carven faces is nicely grungy on one side, accentuating its age.

 

Saturday morning market day is a real event in Carcès. The market fills several streets in the central part of town, and there's a good variety in the types of stalls, including, clothes, baskets, cooked foods, Provencal and local specialities, olive-wood items, fruits, vegetables, and so on. The nearby Lac de Carcès, about 4 km south of town, is pretty, but doesn't have beaches, swimming, boating or water sports.

 

Cabro d'Or Legend (Légende de la Cabro d'Or). The legend of the mysterious golden goat is popular in Carcès, with the town's main hotel-restaurant named after it.

 

Trompe l'oeil Murals

 

There are four main trompe l'oeil wall mural locations, but smaller ones decorate buildings here and there in the town.

1 - at the Ofice de Tourisme building (corner of Rue Marechal Foch and Ave G. Clemenceau), depicts sacks and barrels being hoisted up the side of the building to be stored in the warehouse.

2 - at the top of Rue Marechal Foch, close to the Office de Tourisme, a group of Royals are standing inside an arched passage.

3 - Rue Hoche at the northern edge of town, a woman hangs clothes on an upper-floor terrace while a man presses grapes around the side of the ground floor.

4 - Rue Florentin Giraud, the long "maison de repos" building has a wonderful collection of different facades, pastel colors, shutters and balistrades, pillars, tiled roofs and drain pipes.

The wall paintings are all done by the same artist: Michel DEGUIL. His phone number is on the "maison de repos" facade.

 

Fountains

 

A guidebook from the Office de Tourisme lists 19 fountains on a "Circuits des Fontaines et Lavoirs", similar to the (Gonfaron). Touring Carcès to locate the fountains would be a fun way to see the town, but you would have to mark the locations on a map yourself.

 

The village of Gonfaron, about 20 km to the southeast, also has a circuit of discovery for their village's 16 ancient fountains, and they have an animal legend with their "flying donkey".

 

For further information please visit www.beyond.fr/villages/carces.html www.provenceweb.fr/e/var/carces/carces.htm?r=1&Largeu... and www.provenceverte.co.uk/discover/carces.php

Christmas decorations in Union Station are always a treat each year. Finding new compositions though can be tough. I've shot this comp in the night before with low light, but I think I like this one better as it shows off more of the rich detail in the ornaments.

 

Mike D.

A few weeks back, I uploaded a video of the two in courtship mode. Also took a few photos! Lots of vegetation so a bit busy, but thought I'd upload anyway as they're such beautiful lizards!

Étang de Bellebouche - La Brenne - France

 

Female above and male in comments (viewable large)

Viola arvensis

Acker Stiefmütterchen

I couldn't tell you exactly why but this one is going in a very small pile of my images that I think are pretty good. Doesn't mean you have to feel the same way but I love it. This little shed is a fantastic location and I've shot it under many different conditions from 'holy crap' sunsets to incredible smoke skies due to massive bushfires and this foggy sunrise. It looks very rural but it's actually very close to housing estates, I can only hope it doesn't disappear in the name of progress..

Sunny but what a wind, not a day to be on your bike. Actually, it felt dangerous and I was glad when we were back home.

 

HFF!

Macro image of wildflowers, taken in Texas

“But at times I wondered if I had not come a long way to find that what I really sought was something I left behind”

 

~ Thomas West

 

In truth, this umbrella really belongs to a story involving a portrait of a Chinese couple, but that's a rather boring tale. I'd rather ponder this image as a metaphor for needful things left behind. Perhaps a reminder during this Christmas season to treasure the tresures we already have. Too often we leave them behind in the cold.

But from a warmer, sunnier day, a Cloudless Sulphur.

Outfit : ;Moon Amore: Camelia Outfit / Camisole, Metal Rose Esembme, Panty. At C88.

Nails : *PL* bento nail #105. At The Enchantment.

Hair : [^.^Ayashi^.^] Kaori hair. In main store.

Crown : CA Chocolate Atelier - Nelly [Crown]. In main store.

Skin: ::Loa:: Clara Skin ~LeLutka EVO X Heads~ (Ivory). At Enchantment.

Head : Lelutka - Gaia.

Eyeliner : Shiny Stuffs EvoX I'm So Goth Shadows Liner 2. At TLC Oct, or in main store.

Lipgloss : Shiny Stuffs EvoX Posh Gloss 7. At Ebento.

Eyes : Yoshi - Clara @ Enchantment

 

Pose : Be My Mannequin ? Sugar Plum Dance. At Enchantment.

 

Decor :

 

Backdrop : MINIMAL - Ivoire Backdrop. In main store.

 

KOPFKINO - Blanche Caged Candles. In main store.

KOPFKINO - Blanche Grandfather Clock. In main store.

KOPFKINO - Blanche Picture Frame. In main store.

KOPFKINO - Mayfair Recamier - Creme. In main store.

 

Christmas Tree with presents : +Half-Deer+ Christmas Tree II. At C88.

 

Ariskea[Nutcracker] Nutcraker [Gold] and [Pink] In main store.

 

DS - Victorian Serving Wagon Silver. At Enchantment.

But - What if there's a bigger picture?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Yasgzjc0w

credits - Mattew West

  

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Day 301/366 of Project 365 (Tuesday, 2020 October 27 - 170th consecutive daily photo): Two adjacent dogwood leaves--one red with tinges of yellow, the other green with tinges of red, and their tips curling in opposite directions--photographed on a cold, dark, dreary, overcast, and drizzling morning.

I close my eyes and picture

The emerald of the sea

From the fishing boats at Dingle

To the shores of Donaghadee

 

I miss the river Shannon

And the folks at Skibbereen

The moorlands and the meddle

With their forty shades of green

 

But most of all I miss a girl

In Tipperary town

And most of all I miss her lips

As soft as eiderdown

 

Again I want to see and do

The things we've done and seen

Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar

And there's forty shades of green

 

I wish that I could spend an hour

At Dublin's churching surf

I'd love to watch the farmers

Drain the bogs and spade the turf

 

To see again the thatching

Of the straw the women glean

I'd walk from Cork to Larne to see

The forty shades of green

 

But most of all I miss a girl

In Tipperary town

And most of all I miss her lips

As soft as eiderdown

 

Again I want to see and do

The things we've done and seen

Where the breeze is sweet as Shalimar

And there's forty shades of green

  

Written by Johnny Cash in 1959

  

www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0oTDS9ur_U

  

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