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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 I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow
In my opinion Cyndi Lauper provides the best description of this picture.
A colorful staircase somewhere in Germany.
Every criticism and comment is very much appreciated.
It died, but its growth form may give some insight to its death. At the top left of the tree is a proliferation of branches that is decidedly non-juniperish. Forest biologists call these witches brooms, and they occur in a variety of conifers and deciduous trees. They are usually caused by fungi, viruses, or plant parasites called mistletoes. This growth may have been the last straw for a tree growing in an arid environment.
Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness, Utah
My wife and I loved Brienza but it didn’t exactly return the favor, during the our passeggiata before supper my wife had a flip flop fail catching her death trap of foot wear in a sidewalk crack falling forward into a very solid bus bench made of some very hard steel which split her scalp open. We cannot say enough good things about the help of the locals, the farmacia supplying bandages and advice until the ambulance medics arrived that eventually closed her profusely bleeding wound.
Other than this life threatening incident that started our visit, we thoroughly enjoyed the city, it is a lovely place with a small cozy old town that surrounds a castle at its heart and peak built by the Lombards back in the 8th century from which the city grew around. We also enjoyed the our accommodations at a B&B called La Voce del Fiume (The Voice of the River) a lovely artisanal restored setting with amazing views over the countryside and a wonderful host who that I am sure we scared to death arriving back from our walk covered in blood and bandages.
The center piece of the city is its castle Caracciolo di Brienza and has been since its construction consisting of 365 rooms that follows the ancient tradition of building each room for a day of the year. The sight of the castle rising above the city during the daylight is wonderful but it truly comes into its own when evening falls and the fully illuminated fortress shines over the city like a beacon. This shot captures the castle at the end of the day and is one of the few we have of the city for the previous mentioned reasons I remained on concussion watch that evening
I took this on Sept 25, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 85mm 1/50s f`11 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved
In my heart that I left unspoken
- Rascal Flatts
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
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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
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.
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.
Three images but one bottle. Attached to the cork is an LED light that keeps changing colour. For the dark days I really like it as a table lamp.
I kept taking images as the light changed and selected these 3 colours for today's SoS!
I wish I could do the same image with changing lights, i.e. three videos. I could try but am not sure I have the necessary skills.
Hope you are having a good Saturday, keep smiling :)
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
Sorry but I did not take this today. This is from Monday, when the sunlight was just gorgeous!
Today I was watching my brothers baseball game, and it was about 85 degrees so not terrible. But when I got home, I realized that the whole back of my shoulders were completely burned! I've never been burned before this year, and I hate it!
The way is narrow, but there is always room for a little panache.
Tiny rolled wing stone fly on the edge of a rose petal.
Ranges from 5mm to 13mm, usually under 10mm.
I didn’t get the illumination from the flash that I would have likedd on this one, wrong settings. Nevertheless I still find it rather appealing. I was scanning the flowers through my 20x magnifier on the back of the Lcd when I came across this elegant fellow. I took two shots in quick succession, he was in the first but not the second….
Tahoe Rim Trail, Sierra Nevada mountains, California
ID'd by Dr. Art Shapiro, UC Davis. "The blue is lit in a way that makes the hindwing ventral pattern difficult to make out, but I'm pretty sure it's a female Arrowhead Blue, Glaucopsyche piasus."
Ken Davenport (butterfliesandmoths.org) - same issue with angle of photograph, but accepted as probably arrowhead blue.
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
E X P L O R E D
Little Owl
Athene noctua
steenuil
Chevêche d'Athéna ou Chouette chevêche
Steinkauz
Mochuelo Europeo
Civetta
Mocho-galego
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After the winter aconites, snowdrops, and crocuses, the small irises appeared. They were so lush after a long time.
Be prepared she said
But then I forgot the map
Man, I’m really lost.
My keychain safety items: 1) Cash canister with $20 note in case I'm ever standed in Arizona and need money for a beer and cheeseburger, 2) My trusty multi function Victorinox knife in case I need to cut down a tree to make a fire, 3) A mini LED flashlight in case I find myself in absolute darkness and need to see what’s biting my leg, and 4) A whistle in case I fall off a trail, roll down a steep ridge past a big log and get wedged under thick brushes next to a mosquito infested creek.......and need to get someone's attention. Submittal for the Feb 1, 2021 Macro Monday’s theme of “Safety.”
Funny isn't it how you can find a quote for every single situation you're in or feeling....grin!
Been busy house-hunting and preparing our container arrival next week from Costa Rica....but not too busy to squeeze few hours per week to FLickr and dwell on my photography :):)
Will pop in and say hi to your beautiful photos...
but ...
Don't block the way to peace and serenity !
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You know this is one of those pics that I've been wanting to post since 2016, but somehow it always got moved to the back. I actually like this one a lot, so finally here it is!
Been a bit distracted lately but one thing I was working on was a B&W shot of the garlic family, This is one shot from that study.
It seems like I took this a long time ago but I see it wasn't that long. I hope this shot provides a moment of distraction.
All the best in these turbulent times and hope this day finds you safe and in good health! The cause of my distraction and reason I've been a bit absent from flickr lately is I'm approaching retirement and I'm a bit stressed. I was looking to finish out my 40 year career in style, big luncheon planned, lot's of hugging, reminiscing with old friends. Now with the added concern over COVID-19, we postponed the luncheon and I've been working from home for the last week. I cleared out my desk from work but still have another week, 10 days to be precise until my last day on 31 March. Very strange indeed and now I just want to get to the 31st and quell some of this anxiety along with the uncertainty of COVID-19. Well, I'll hang in there so we'll see!
Hunker down, wash those hands and keep your distance from other folk but most of all remember that we're all in this together.
"I'm called Little Buttercup, dear Little Buttercup,
Though I could never tell why.
But still I'm called Buttercup, Poor Little Buttercup,
Sweet Little Buttercup, I!"
Lyrics from "I'm Called Little Buttercup" from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "H.M.S. Pinafore" with lyrics by William Schwenck Gilbert.
A few weeks ago, I received a new and beautifully hand painted German half-doll in the most lovely shade of yellow, which I must confess is not a colour I see a great deal of on half-dolls. Luckily it was lovely and sunny a few days after I received her, so I decided that I could not wait to photograph her any longer, and share her with you.
I decided to feature Little Buttercup (as I am calling her) in this shot, and because she has such a wonderful yellow outfit with a hint of blue from the ribbon straps of her hat tied in a dainty bow at her throat, I decided to feature her with yellow and blue pieces from my vintage haberdashery collection. Little Buttercup, a spool of azure blue Arma Lustre Machine Twist and a golden yellow unpierced spool of Eagle Machine Silk are set upon a backdrop of yellow netting embroidered with blue flowers. They are accessorised with some beautiful blue satin roses some vintage blue and white lace ribbon, a French silver étui featuring fine repoussé work of a rose, a pair of Victorian silver sewing scissors, several small Art Deco lemon yellow glass buttons with gold painted geometric patterns and a buttercup yellow Edwardian crosshatch pattern button made from pottery.
The "half-doll" is a dainty porcelain or bisque figurine, fashionable in the early Twentieth Century with an upper body, head, arms, but no legs. These dolls were produced in the thousands at the height of their popularity by German factories such as Dressel and Kister, Heubach, Goebel and Kestner. Later they were produced in France, America and later still, in Japan. They commonly served as handles and toppers for fabric covers made for powder boxes on ladies’ dressing tables and small brushes, however they were also made for jewellery boxes, pincushions, tea cosies and other covers. In this case, I know that my German half-doll featured as the topper for a rather bulky yellow and blue tea cosy that did not suit her fine and delicate features, so I removed her from it.
Arma Lustre Machine Twist was manufactured by The English Sewing Cotton Company Ltd. (specifically made at their specialised mills using imported Egyptian cotton). The English Sewing Cotton Co. was formed in 1897 as an amalgamation of several major British thread firms to compete globally. "Arma Lustre" was introduced as a heavily mercerised cotton option designed specifically for domestic lockstitch sewing machines. The use of a smooth, barrel-shaped wooden spool with a stamped bi-color paper label dates this reel to between 1898 and 1910, prior to the widespread implementation of mass cardboard cores and standardised synthetic dyes in the 1920s.
Eagle Machine Silk was manufactured by the Brainerd & Armstrong Company, and the Nonotuck Silk Company (Corticelli), and produced out of New London, in Connecticut. I have very few American spools in my collection, but this one arrived inside a beautiful antique walnut sewing box from the 1860s. The distinctive Americana eagle trade emblem with outstretched wings was a prominent trademark for high-grade New England silk mills supplying premium pure machine silk. During the 1880s when this spool was produced, American manufacturers supplied domestic markets with "about 50 to 100 yards" spools wrapped around squat, wide-flanged wooden bobbins specifically to solve threading and snapping problems in early mechanical sewing setups.