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Autumns Last Hurrah...
The seasons come and go so fast they hardly seem to last very long, that is until winter finally arrives with all its bluster and bravado.
Once that bone chilling cold finds its way deep into your bones, you think "when will this ever end."
Suddenly almost imperceptibly the temps start to be less drastic and soon enough, this season too has passed and a milder climate is on its way. Once again we hope for spring and all the new life it brings.
This shot exemplifies the struggle as one season ends and another begins.
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The back story to this image, well known to my personal friends, is that these two guys gave me the experience of a lifetime. Without getting into the whole story, which I’ve published before, they managed to take down a full-grown male giraffe. This is a shot taken after they feasted and had a chance to clean themselves up. There’s something about their stature, no bravado, just going about their work as kings of the jungle. Here they are, a bonded pair, taking a well-deserved rest. I pay homage to them. (Panthera leo) (Canon 1DX, Canon 200-400 f/4 @ f/5.6, 1/320 second, ISO 1600)
Rented a boat to sail around the harbour of Manta Ecuador and came upon this beautiful boat that was built from many scraps and still managed to float.
It was anchored just inside the harbour where the Pacific Ocean rolls into South America with bravado, blue and green.
It was a beautiful day and the sunlight brightened the boards and plywood that made this beauty.
I hope it is still sailing the ocean and the fishers are still pulling in their crop.
Whitetail Deer, first year fawn siblings, male (left) and female (right), Brown County, Wisconsin USA.
The male fawn was stomping and snorting at me while his sister was a calm witness to the bravado.
Rebel without a cause -
These days it seems that many of us are inclined to do that. Showing a bravado for anything and everything of little importance, hence the firearm in this image, to have irony of anti-rebellion (which itself is a rebellion). Anyhow, hope each of us find more meaningful issues to rebel against.
Featuring [Deadwool] Worn Out Jeans at Lost&Found event also Barrow Bracelet from MINIMALat MOM
Without - Nate Connelly - Listen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4uSzrsOQr8
Spending all my nights, all my money going out on the town.
Doing anything just to get you off of my mind.
But when the morning comes,
I'm right back where I started again.
Trying to forget you is just a waste of time.
* chorus
Baby come back.
Any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you.
Baby come back. (Yeah.)
You can blame it all on me.
I was wrong and I just can't live without you.
All day long, wearing a mask of false bravado
Trying to keep up the smile that hides a tear.
But as the sun goes down,
I get that empty feeling again.
How I wish to God that you were here.
* chorus
Now that I put it all together,
Give me the chance to make you see.
Have you used up all the love in your heart?
Nothing left for me.
Ain't there nothing left for me?
Oh the stand-offs, bluster, bullying and bravado - just another day at the feeders and flowers!
Male broad-tailed hummingbird taken in Colorado.
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This is a statement made by somebody who visited St Andrew's, today an Anglican parish church in Wimpole, and just a few meters away from Wimpole Hall (Cambridgeshire). There is a reason why this (former) village church has a neoclassical frontage. The medieval building was demolished and the village plus its life cleared away when Wimpole Estate was redesigned in the mid-18th century. The land-owning aristocracy had no qualms in driving the people away, resettle them miles away, demolish the old village and rebuild the church (1749) in a style that fitted in with that of the Hall. Fuji X-E2.
Come to the edge.
We might fall.
Come to the edge.
It’s too high!
COME TO THE EDGE!
And they came,
and he pushed,
and they flew.
~ Christopher Logue
Brandgans - Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis).
Very common. Actually we have close to a million here in winter. 60% of the Eurasian population (-;
Gracie Jo is waiting for me to open the window, but Cousin is in the cat enclosure looking in. (series of 3)
The male loon will skim across the surface in a territorial display. I have also seen them do this when no other creature is near, so I assume they enjoy it!
Common Loon - Gavia immer
Plongeon huard - Colimbo Grande
Blue Sea, QC
A visit to a building site that Michael and I had been eye-ing up for a good few years now.
We've been doing this for a while but I really haven't built up any confidence or inate ability. Michael on the other hand has gained complete, maximum bravado. Never concerned to try a way in, to push his luck. It's quite something - I'm often in awe of him (mostly whilst I'm nervously hiding in a shadow).
This shot was taken near the top of the site, from which one day someone will have a lovely coastal view.
HFF
Out walking around and found this...I loved the bravado of the little bird and wanted to share it, but the surroundings were so "messy." So, I resorted to a little HSS work.
The sensei trained her first ever best friend -the baby dog secret moves of how to be a pitbull with awesome karate moves. . The sensei has crossed over and the clinging monkey aka baby reptilian shape shifter now five has impressive moves and bravado. She is the sensei mini me.
I'm faking glory
Lick my lips, toss my hair
And turn the smile on
And the story's brand new
But I can take it from here
I'll find my own bravado
Style Roll
Garb: Leather Trench and Three Piece Suit by Hoorenbeek
Chapeau: The Fielding by Contraption.
Specs: Alfred by Deep Static
Props by Contraption, Level 9, !Reliquary! and Grall
Location: Whitby (maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cloud%20Lake/227/161/1702)
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For no less than 35 years, Marshal Tito was the face of Yugoslavia. He moved on the stage of world politics with bravado: he opposed the almighty Soviet Union, his Tito-ism formed the ideal buffer against Stalinsm for the West. In short, Tito put Yugoslavia on the world map. More importantly, Tito has managed to maintain stability in Yugoslavia all these years. How did he manage to keep those very strong nationalistic feelings in check all these years? Tito just said: Don't whine, shut up. Most importantly, Tito, with a sophisticated strategy, made sure that no people felt like a minority. No one is better or more valuable than another. As the leader of his partisan army, which consisted of different population groups, he was the only one who really stood above the parties. Especially in the early years of his reign unsavory things happened. Indeed. People who opposed him during the war or shortly afterwards have been disabled. Thousands of people have been murdered and beaten to death. The problem with dictators, and Tito was of course a dictator, is that they don't have suitable successors. No one can and should stand in their shadow, so when such a ruler dies, power falls into the hands of all kinds of incapable figures. After Tito's death in 1980, Yugoslavia is rapidly declining. The increasingly poor relations between the different population groups eventually culminate in a civil war. You can still find slogans of Tito at the most southern point of Croatia, at the abandoned Prevlaka Fortress: Tito - leads our way - to je naš put.. On the road to Prevlaka Fortress we pass beautiful Italian cypress trees.
Prevlaka is a peninsula at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor - Montenegro. It is the southernmost point in Croatia. There is a neglected fortress from 1870. It was bombed in 1943 and this is still clearly visible. There are plans for restoration. The reserve is totally overgrown, but nature is breathtaking. There is a beautiful view from the terrace. Prevlaka's strategic location and proximity to a naval base have led Prevlaka to several quarrels between Croatia and Yugoslavia. In the early 1990s, during the Croatian War of Independence, Yugoslavia occupied the peninsula. In 1996, the two countries agreed to demilitarize it, and UN observers came to monitor it. Recognized as a territory of Croatia in 2006. Worth a visit if you like abandoned ancient ruins. On the road past beautiful Italian cypress trees to the most southern point of Croatia.
Maar liefst 35 jaar lang was maarschalk Tito hét gezicht van Joegoslavië. Met bravoure bewoog hij zich op het toneel van de wereldpolitiek: hij joeg de almachtige Sovjet-Unie tegen zich in het harnas, zijn titoïsme vormde voor het Westen de ideale buffer tegen het stalinisme. Hoe slaagde hij erin die zeer heftige nationalistische gevoelens al die jaren in toom te houden? ‘Tito zei gewoon: “Niet zeuren, bek houden.”‘ Het belangrijkste was dat Tito er met een uitgekiende strategie voor zorgde dat geen enkel volk zich een minderheid voelde. Niemand is beter of meer waard dan een ander. Als leider van zijn ,b>partizanenleger, dat uit verschillende bevolkingsgroepen bestond, was hij de enige die werkelijk boven de partijen stond. Vooral in de eerste jaren van zijn bewind zijn er onverkwikkelijke zaken gebeurd. Inderdaad. Mensen die hem tijdens de oorlog of vlak daarna tegenwerkten zijn uitgeschakeld. Duizenden mensen zijn vermoord en doodgeslagen. Na Tito’s dood in 1980 gaat het snel bergafwaarts met Joegoslavië. De steeds slechtere verhoudingen tussen de verschillende bevolkingsgroepen culmineren uiteindelijk in een burgeroorlog. Er zijn vandaag de dag nog steeds slogan's te vinden van Tito, zo ook bij het verlaten Prevlaka Fortress Tito lijdt ons de weg - Tito - to je naš put.. Prevlaka is een schiereiland bij de ingang van de baai van Kotor - Montenegro. Het is het meest zuidelijke punt van Kroatië. Er is een verwaarloosd fort uit 1870. Er zijn plannen voor restauratie. Het reservaat is totaal overwoekerd, maar de natuur is adembenemend. Vanaf het terras is er een prachtig uitzicht. In het begin van de jaren negentig, tijdens de Kroatische Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, bezette Joegoslavië het schiereiland. In 1996 kwamen de twee landen overeen om het te demilitariseren, en VN-waarnemers kwamen het volgen. Erkend als een grondgebied van Kroatië in 2006. Een bezoek waard als je van verlaten oude ruïnes houdt. Op weg langs prachtige Italiaanse cipressen naar het meest zuidelijke punt van Kroatië.
I'm faking glory
Lick my lips toss my hair
And turn the smile on
And the story's brand-new
But I can take it from here
I'll find my own bravado
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There are evenings when anticipation feels like a language all its own—soft, breath-held, luminous.
Tonight I wait for him in the hush of twilight, draped in the Nightshade Mini by 1 Hundred, a whisper of elegance against my skin, a promise threaded into every seam. The world is quiet but I am not—I am alive with the expectancy of his key in the lock, the warm gravity of his return, the quiet space where our thoughts meet like hands intertwined beneath the pines.
This dress is simplicity refined—no unnecessary flourish, no borrowed voice.
Its silhouette is soft and feminine, falling in an A-line sweep that skims the hips and floats with every sway. The neckline dips with subtle seduction, framed by fine straps that rest like intimate secrets across my shoulders. A delicate pattern of evening flowers blooms across the fabric—just visible, just mysterious—like moonlit gardens hidden beneath velvet shadows. It is a softness that knows its power, a sweetness edged with something darker, deeper, beautifully tempting.
There is history in a garment like this—echoes of the 1960’s revolution of femininity, when women reclaimed both softness and strength in a single hemline. Audrey’s simplicity, Bardot’s sensuality, the understated sexuality of a slip dress worn not with bravado but with knowing. This mini is that heritage rewritten—modern, irresistible, made for the woman who whispers rather than shouts yet commands every glance.
HUD-driven and designed to adapt to desire, it offers **6 seductive colorways, the freedom to mix & match, the option to tint + glow, and even minipack choices for the woman who never wants just one flavor of night.
It fits effortlessly to:
• Lara X / Petite X
• Reborn
• Waifu / Juicy
• Kupra
• Legacy / Perky
• Bombshell
I stand here waiting—hands warm from holding tomorrow in my mind, heart full with the sweetness of what comes after the door opens. I know when he sees me in this dress, he will smile the way he always does, like he remembers why we chose each other. We will speak in low tones about what comes next—our future, our dreams, our whispered plans—and the night will belong to us.
You may find this Nightshade Mini at the 1 Hundred Mainstore, where desire meets design, and elegance blooms like night jasmine in the dark.
"Fashion is at its most powerful when simplicity makes the heart race."
Blauwborst - Male White-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica cyanecula), singing with conviction.
Couldn't get as close as I wanted, but liked his singing bravado.
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I decided quickly I was not going to mess with this ginger tom - just one shot and I was off!
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Where Winter Begins And Fall Ends...
The seasons come and go so fast they hardly seem to last very long, that isuntil wintere finally arrives with all its bluster and bravado.
Once that bone chilling cold finds its way deep into your bones, you think "when will this ever end."
Suddenly almost imperceptibly the temps start to be less drastic and soon enough, this season too has passed and a milder climate is on its way. Once again we hope for spring and all the new life it brings.
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Baardmannetje ♂ - inquisitive Bearded Tit male (Panurus biarmicus), checking me out.
This year's numbers are way lower.
Black Drongo / ফিঙে / भुजंगा / ಕಾಜಾಣ
A flycatching avian virtuoso of India and East Asia, the Black Drongo is a ubiquitous denizen of forests, wetlands, gardens, and open expanses. Different species of drongo are mostly black, but they aren’t boring because they sport many shiny (or matte) feathers to their character -
• superb agility and audacious bravado that enables them to fearlessly harass birds of far grander stature,
• masterfully mimic the calls of their feathered neighbors,
• free-riding cattle and feed on insects flushed by the conveyance.
• serenade the landscape with a varied repertoire of tones.
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Step into the spotlight and let every curve speak in whispers of glamour and seduction—because the Kari Dress by LF Fashion wasn’t made for the modest. It was made for moments when you want all eyes, and I mean every last one, on you.
This is no ordinary dress. It’s a sensuous sculpture, a masterpiece that hugs the body with unapologetic intimacy. The plunging keyhole neckline, held together by a sultry gold ring clasp, dares to bare while the asymmetrical silhouette slides down your form, revealing just enough to leave them aching for more. One leg escapes dramatically through the swirling embroidered lace and sheer glitter mesh, while the optional bra and pantie pieces underneath tease like whispers in silk.
Inspired by the golden age of high glamour—think late '70s disco decadence meets '90s Versace red carpet bravado—the Kari Dress channels the spirit of every femme fatale who ever knew the power of a well-cut slit and a stolen glance.
✨ This stunning outfit includes:
• 13 dress versions
• Separate glitter overlay
• Coordinating heels
• Matching lingerie
• A Mega Color HUD offering 20 dazzling nuances + mixable palette options for infinite styling pleasure
💫 Compatible with:
♡ Legacy
♡ Legacy Perky
♡ Maitreya
♡ Maitreya Petite
♡ Reborn
♡ Waifu
♡ Lara X
♡ Lara X Petite
♡ Kupra
♡ Erika
♡ Bombshell
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Now tell me… what color would you dare to wear when you know the world is already watching?
I do not see Orioles that often, and this pair was harassing a young bald eagle who sat on a branch, that was just ... too close. Mr Oriole was doing most of the bravado, but Ms Oriole was doing her part too.
Not long ago, in fact weeks ago right at the start of May we had some unexpectedly expected frost. Happens almost every year as Spring takes hold and Winter has a last display of bravado.
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Stand-off. Two Kookaburras (or Laughing Kookaburras) have a bit of a staring competition with a Noisy Miner in a local street. Despite the well known bravado of the Noisy Miners, I think the outcome was a draw!