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...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
Trying to catch up my delay ... (which is still very big) ... but I need to post a new photo from time to time ...
Thank you in advance for all your faves and comments. I might answer several WEEKS/MONTHS later. And I might post several photos in the meantime.
Merci d'avance pour tous vos faves et commentaires. Je vous répondrai peut-être dans plusieurs SEMAINES/MOIS. Et je posterai peut-être plusieurs photos entre temps.
Here is a 1st photo of our 2022 summer vacation of 20 days in the Alps. I had never hiked as much as this summer (18 days out of 20 days of presence) because exceptionnally in 2022, there were very few storms, very little rain and a lot of sun (but there were often clouds without rain too).
Voici une 1ère photo de nos vacances d'été 2022 de 20 jours dans les Alpes. Je n'avais encore jamais randonné autant que cet été (18 jours sur 20 jours de présence) car exceptionnellement en 2022, il y a eu très peu d'orages, très peu de pluie et beaucoup de soleil (mais il y avait souvent des nuages sans pluie aussi).
France. Alpes. Département de l'Isère (38). Massif des Écrins. Vallée du Vénéon. Photo prise lors d'une randonnée en aller-retour effectuée en famille dans le Vallon des Étages, au départ du Hameau des Étages. C'était mon 5ème jour de rando sur les 18 jours où j'ai pu randonner lors de notre séjour alpin de 3 semaines pendant l'été 2022 et notre 4ème jour de rando à 4 en famille (nos 2 filles nous ont beaucoup accompagné au début du séjour mais moins après).
La photo a été prise au début du Vallon des Étages, dans lequel beaucoup de choses portent son nom et on les voit d'ailleurs toutes sur cette photo :
- Le Ruisseau du Vallon des Étages,
- Le Col du Vallon des Étages (au fond au centre),
- La Pointe du Vallon des Étages (à gauche du col),
- Le Glacier du Vallon des Étages (au fond).
Rien que ça ! 😂
J'avais sélectionné cette randonnée car je trouvais que la Pointe du Vallon des Étages qui trône au fond du vallon était particulièrement photogénique et je n'ai pas été déçu. 😊
Pour l'anecdote, nous sommes montés par la rive gauche du ruisseau et j'avais prévu qu'on traverse le ruisseau pour revenir par la rive opposée. Mais nous n'avons pas trouvé de passerelle ni de gué aisément franchissable à l'endroit prévu. Nous avons longuement cherché un passage sur plusieurs centaines de mètres en amont ou aval, mais sans succès. Malgré le manque de pluie et la sécheresse, le ruisseau était impétueux et trop large, avec un débit assez impressionnant et un fort courant. C'était sans doute dû à la fonte du Glacier du Vallon des Étages qui se trouve en face nord et qui s'élève au-delà de 3000m d'altitude. Notre plus jeune fille a réussi à traverser à un endroit (bravo à elle ! 👏) mais nous n'avons pas osé l'imiter alors nous lui avons fait faire la traversée en sens inverse pour revenir du même côté que nous. 😂 La pauvre a été piquée un peu plus tard par une guêpe après avoir heurté sans s'en rendre compte avec son pied ou son bâton un petit nid de guêpes (une 10aine d'alvéoles et quelques adultes). Elle s'est rendue compte à quel point une piqure de guêpe était douloureuse ... 😥 Heureusement, elle n'est pas allergique. OUF ... 🙏 Pour que personne d'autre ne vive la même mésaventure, j'ai détaché le nid du rocher sur lequel il était accroché, en plein milieu du sentier et je l'ai éjecté quelques mètres plus loin avec un long bâton. Mais j'avais très peur et il m'a fallu de nombreuses tentatives infructueuses avant de mettre enfin en plein dans le mille. Heureusement, nous n'avons pas subi d'autres représailles pendant cette délicate opération. Peu après, un groupe de 5 à 10 personnes a emprunté le sentier. Je leur ai peut-être évité le même désagrément que celui subi par notre fille ?...
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
The White Canvas Gallery presents an open challenge to enable you to stand united for peace. Lets disown the mindless violence around us and lets DO something about it as artists. Rules of this challenge are pretty simple.
RULES
1. Post one pic on your flickr stream with this theme in mind. All creative decisions are yours. You can post more if you like, no ones gonna shoot you *grins*.
2. Nominate at least 3 other of your friends to post a pic with this theme. Tag them on the pic if you like.
3. All pics done for this challenge can be posted to this group.
www.flickr.com/groups/istandforpeace
4. Please add the text below the line in your description of your picture so that anyone who wants to know the theme and refer to rules can come back here.
5. If anyone not tagged here wants to do this challenge, tag yourself here and do it :).
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The White Canvas Gallery presents an open challenge to enable you to stand united for peace. Lets disown the mindless violence around us and lets DO something about it as artists.
My Nominee is : Each Friend, Follower and Stalker of ME!!!
Rules of the challenge (go to this link): www.flickr.com/photos/goodcross/28068142260/in/dateposted/
Ella was the type to lean a little more towards ‘live and let live’ when given the chance, but she didn’t take lightly being cheated or otherwise done wrong. It was the principal of the thing that she tended to take issue with. Even on the wrong side of the law, she still had a moral compass, though perhaps it didn’t always point due north.
Ella had met her share of shady characters throughout her travels. There was always some degree of dishonesty to a man, she reckoned, but it was all about how much you could live with at the end of the day.
Unfortunately, they’d pin these little tin stars to just about anyone’s chest that would have them, and sadly, hiding behind that little star tended to make a slightly bent man break completely bad.
Ella could wager the lawman had no clue what he was doing when he made eyes for the dappled stud she rode into town on, and she had hard money on the fact that he had no idea what he was calling down on himself when he pulled his gun on her, telling her she’d make it to see another day if she just handed over the reins. Little did he know…
There were few things she held in high regard these days, with all the hard living she’d come to know so well, but Mille and the dappled palomino were two things she held dearest. A history of loyalty had tied them together, and it would take more than some twisted town sheriff to pull them apart.
There are times when knowing when to fold means living to see another day, and though the reins about burned her hand as she handed them over, she knew she’d be seeing the man again, and very soon.
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❁ Lelutka
⍟ Doux
❁ Amias
☼ Hazel
⍟ Stoic
☼ Salem
⍟ Riders
❁ Tres Blah
☼ Cheval D'or
⍟ Teegle
Special thanks to my bestie, Tupper, for putting up with my shenanigans
tomorrow is the last day of school :')
i got a couple of good mosquito bites while i was out. not cool.
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.
Beautiful, but Moody September……
Last September was quite rainy here in Belgium, though not cold…I decided to walk with my dog that lovely , calm afternoon , around lovely Lake Genval…
A certain moment I entered into the Yachting Club lovely area, and proceeded onto its wooden platforms to take some pictures. It was really so lovely and calm, though cloudy..
But here's a question. Why are these wet but the two in the previous posting were complexly dry even though they were part of the same group?
Dewdrop Mottlegill (Panaeolus acuminatus)
The best revenge in the world is success they say.. but a little bit of voodoo goes a long way, too!
Most of these things are from The Gacha Garden this November!
Check out the event's flickr too! Gimme Gacha Flickr
What I am wearing ( @ The Gacha Garden )
The hair: {Limerence} Ember hair with hat RARE
The eyes: {Demicorn} Blip Eyes - Rainbow SOI
The necklace: Necklace Zodiaque Silver Lara - Nord Embel'Lys
Clothes from Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA:
1 RARE Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA - Jacket
5 Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA - Black handbag
10 Art&KO - Autumn style GACHA - Black pants
The skybox (also @ The Gacha Garden)
[Since1975] Ivy Street Gacha RARE
Things from OTHER places:
The pose and voodoo doll: Secret Poses - VooDoo Doll 7 (@ Spookzilla October 2019 by TR Events)
The rings:
4. lassitude & ennui Pearls ring - silver (@ Gachaland October 2019)
6. lassitude & ennui Ouija ring - silver (@ Gachaland October 2019)
The corpses and biohazardous waste containers: #Outbreak Containment - GOTHIC HORROR SHOP, BIKER STORE - MP
The lipstick: [POUT!] Revolution lipsticks
The eye makeup: ~Shiny Stuffs~ CATWA Bedroom Eyes Appliers
The body: Maitreya Lara
The head: Catwa Catya
This is a pretty area of Acadia National Park that many do not see, but it is well worth the extra travel to get to.
I've no idea how old this fence is but it looks old. I bet it stands for a lot more years though.
Happy Fence Friday!
But how he set – I know not –
-Emily Dickinson
This is my image for category 104 – Terracotta, in the group 120 pictures in 2020.
Xander, following his sister & pouring water on himself on a sunny but Winter day.
CoF160: Portrait & Sharp
WPDPeople
The past two years I've happily watched a volunteer perennial plant return to my garden. Even though it towered over my other plants, I loved how many insects seemed to adore it. Then a friend mentioned I was growing Tansy Ragwort.
I discovered Tansy ragwort reproduces by seed. A single plant is capable of producing up to 150,000 seeds, which can remain viable for up to 15 years. Seeds in the upper 2 cm of soil remain viable for 4 to 5 years. Plants can flower from June to October, but typically start to form seeds by mid August. It only seemed right to remove the plant with its bright yellow flowers and make this tribute to their short life in my garden. Something tells me the plant will appear next year....and the year after. :)
But - What if there's a bigger picture?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Yasgzjc0w
credits - Mattew West
DSC01671-12
But when you get behind the camera you can be involved without being on centre stage. I learned quickly that I could participate in the things I loved while taking pictures. Photography was my way of fitting in :-)
David Young
HPPT! Justice Matters! Indict Trump!
rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
" Och! but Im weary of mist and dark,
And roads where theres never a house nor bush,
And tired I am of bog and road,
And the crying wind and the lonesome hush,
And I am praying to God on high,
And I am praying Him night and day,
For a little house-a house of my own,
Out of the wind and the rains way "
{ Padraic Colum 1881-1972 }
This poem is called " The Old Woman of the Road " and I learned it as a child in school.
After the famine was over in 1850, there were upwards of one million people homeless who just drifted from place to place depending on the goodness of strangers to help them. This poem is based on one such woman who longs for a little house of her own, "Out of the wind and the rains way"
I think its very sad and rather beautiful. We should think on these things in todays modern society and the many homeless immigrants who come to our countries seeking help and a better life.
P@t.
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.
... 1967 Cat Stevens
(I like the Rod Stewart version myself...but here is Sheryl Crow if you want a listen:D)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TGiqef2Fp0
I would have given you all of my heart
but there's someone who's torn it apart
and she's taken almost all that I've got
but if you want, I'll try to love again
baby I'll try to love again but I know
The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest
'cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed
when it comes to lovin' me she's worst
but when it comes to being loved she's first
that's how I know
The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest
I still want you by my side
just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
cause I'm sure gonna give you a try
and if you want, I'll try to love again
but baby, I'll try to love again, but I know
The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest
'Cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed
when it comes to lovin' me she's worst
but when it comes to being loved she's first
that's how I know
The first cut is the deepest, baby I know
The first cut is the deepest
12~52
Sandhill crane spurning the advances of a potential suitor. Or maybe it's just a game they play. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico.
but also to point out to everyone a new and modern way of discovering the world of science, of technology and everyday life :-)
Alexander Rodchenko, [1891 – 1956] Soviet graphic artist, sculptor, painter and photographer
HMM!! Democracy Matters! Resist the Authoritarian Felon in Chief and his Cabinet of Stooges and Buffoons
waterlily, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
but making your nanny feed them for you ;-)
T. H. White
HMM!! Climater Change Matters! Resist!!
hemerocallis. day lily, 'Always Afternoon', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Gone but not forgotten - He brought joy to many of us but he died on the 15th. Found on the ground under a tree. He worked hard to survive but it was not to be as it was so cold and not enough food to sustain it. Some of the other birds have taken to eating the fortified suet -it is amazing
Hi, Me again...
In April 2021, I received my first 35mm as a gift from a fellow photography enthusiast. I seriously had no idea what I was doing but I immeditely knew I enjoyed it. The sound alone was enough to give me shivers!! Since then, I have shot a few rolls of film, find myself in possession of 5 new cameras, managed to process 2 rolls at home, 'scan', and now I'm ready to put them out there.
I don't ever profess to be a perfect photographer. If fact, I'm usually incredibly insecure. Digital photography always had me seeking perfection. It is silly because life isn't perfect, but regardless, I feared things like proper exposure and unconventional subjects. (Yes....insert eye roll here!)
The thing about film though, it has given me freedom it be imperfect, appreciate 'flaws' and embrace everyday life in an authentic and unpolished way. Film has given me permission to love the imperfect and see it for all its beauty. Also, the fact that my hands are on it from start to finish....well that... that alone gives me immense satisfaction.
So.....I'm saying be ready for the perfectly imperfect. And just to prove it...I resisted the urge to edit out my chicken pox scars. :-) I'm going to be brave and start sharing what I've been working on and what I love.
Here goes....
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Nikon FM10 | Ilford HP5 400
Digitized with Sony A7riii | Skier Sunray Copy Box 3 | 135 Skier Sunray Film Holder
Home developed in Cinestill Monobath | 3 min, 80 F
Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: B+W | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: LAB - Standard | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: Frontier