… words cannot describe the feeling I got on coming face to face with the famed Torres, the highlight of a 4 day trek through Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Magnificent and awe-inspiring, it was all I had imagined and more … Happy New Year folks!

I cannot take any of the credit for the composition of this image. The Thistle seeds were wafted by the breeze and then captured in flight by a Small Scabious flowerhead to form natures very own artistic composition. I've just removed the background!

Sheep are herd animals. They stand against each other because that is the safest way. Their head down is just a relaxed attitude. Usually a few are alert. A tree provides a little bit of shelter and security, at least one spot from which danger cannot come. (Google)

You cannot learn in a vacuum. The whole history of photography is a free and open treasure trove of inspiration. It would be masochistic to deny its riches and usefulness :-)

David Hurn

HGGT! HFF! Justice Matters! Indict Trump!

cosmos, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina

cannot change its hue, though its heart break :-)

Muriel Strode

HMM!! Character Matters!

water lily, denver botanical garden, colorado

Monarch butterflies cannot bite, and drink through a long tongue called a proboscis that works like an eyedropper drawing up nectar. Like a retractable garden hose, its tongue coils up under its lower lip when not in use. Once the Monarch butterfly is hatched, it only lives for approximately 2–6 weeks.

zoom in to appreciate

Thanks to everyone that views and comments on my images - very much appreciated.

© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. On all my images, Use without permission is illegal.

"Gazing at people, some hand in hand,

Just what I'm going through they can't understand.

Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,

Just what you want to be, you will be in the end."

- The Moody Blues -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs4RG9u8IVU

" My body is young but my soul is old "

- AURORA -

something for someone who will never be able to repay you :-)

John Wooden

HPPT! Kindness Matters!

prunus mume, japanese flowering apricot, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

"We cannot solve our problem with the same thinking we used when we created them." Albert Einstein

+Credits+ in my blog.

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[Shirt] #69 ARCBACK - Shirt - Gray (TMD Weekend Sale)

I cannot touch a camera without expressing myself :-)

Andre Kertesz

HMM! Ukraine Matters!

anemone poppy, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina

I cannot recommend the full-day Denali bus tour enough. There is only one road in Denali National Park. There are no privately owned vehicles allowed past the 15 mile point, and the park operates two bus tours that go further. On our bus tour - the Kantishna Experience - we were able to see several grizzlies. At least 8 of which were no more than 50 yards away.

It rained all day, which made viewing Denali all-but impossible, but seeing all of this wildlife was more than worth the trip. This yearling was with a sibling and their mama foraging for berries. By mid-August, these bears can think of nothing else. They need to gain weight in advance of the winter months when they will be hibernating. They were not disturbed by the diesel bus or the shutters clicking away near by...but this guy did seem to be having enough of the cold rain.

Congrats on Explore!

#166 ⭐ February 23, 2023

Recognition:

Merit Image - FEB 2023, Professional Photographers of California (PPC), Animal category

Merit Image - NOV 2021, Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC), Nature/Landscape category

Quando avrete abbattuto l’ultimo albero, quando avrete pescato l’ultimo pesce,

quando avrete inquinato l’ultimo fiume, allora vi accorgerete che non si può mangiare il denaro

(Proverbio Indiano)

Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.

Cree Prophecy)

large view on black ...

photo 106/365

exolore #375

april 01/2009

Since I am travelling I cannot respond to comments, sorry.

It simply takes too long with weak internet

An der Alabaster Küste ** in der Normandie (aber auch teilweise in der Picardie) findet man in den kleinen Orten mit Strand und Meerzugang - z. B. Cayeux sur Mer oder Criel sur Mer - immer wieder diese Badehäuser. Sie dienen zum Umkleiden und aufbewahren von Bade/Strandutensilien privater Besitzer

**120 km

Lage. Die 120 km lange Alabasterküste erstreckt sich von Le Havre an der Mündung der Seine nach Nordosten bis hinter Le Tréport an der Grenze zur Region Picardie.

⭐️Thank you in Advance for your kind ‘Faves’ Visits and Comments they are so very much appreciated. 👍

I cannot always ‘Thank’ everyone individually, for their Visits and ‘Faves’ however, I will always try to respond and thank all those that leave a ‘Comment’. If I do not reply to your 'Comment', it is not because I am ignoring you, it's because I have not seen the 'Comment'.

Your 'Comments' do not always appear in 'Notifications' or Flickr mail, so, I am sorry for any delay in responding. Often your 'Comment' is only spotted 'On the Page' on the day, that I see it. (seen ONLY when replying to someone HAS 'Commented' on the image, and I see a notification)

I am back but cannot promise new photos any time soon. Instead, here is a very, very old photo.

Morlaix is a small town in Brittany. It's claim to fame is a railroad viaduct, a feat of XIX c. engineering. But this is not it. It is old stairs with a gutter in the middle on Rue des Vieilles Murailles that leads from the charming old center up the hill where the castle once stood.

“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,

Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,

It lies behind stars and under hills,

And empty holes it fills,

It comes first and follows after,

Ends life, kills laughter.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien

Mood

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I cannot believe its over a decade since I visited Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire given its relatively close by to me . Mind you in Yorkshire we are spoilt for choice if you want to visit historic monasteries as well as Fountains there are other historic abbeys at Jervaulx, Bolton, Whitby, Rievaulx, Kirkham and Byland all well worth a visit.

Fountains abbey sits on the banks of the River Skell in North Yorkshire. It is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years, becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution, by order of Henry VIII, in 1539.

The medieval architecture is superb, including a surviving 168 ft. tower. It is regarded as one of the finest monastic sites in Europe and is classed as a World Heritage site.

The shot looks onto the West door of the Nave with a view of the tower

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

You cannot sweep the rain away

Or hoover up a cloud

The only thing that you can do

Is scream quietly aloud

IView On BlackI

MY LaST oNe FRoM The aLSaCe…….

This will be my last upload from my beloved region the Alsace.

Sad but now my sun is shining in another place.

Cannot wait to explore my new region.

Sorry for my absence, as you know things will be packed and this evening the dinner is made with my good friends I leave in this region.

Merci l´alsace for having me here….was a fantastic time………..

Play it loud…

♪♪♫ L I S T e N ♪♪♫♪♪♫

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just enough to get in the way of a busy person :-)

Robert Brault

HBM!!

geranium?, private garden, boulder, colorado

We cannot pluck a flower without disturbing a star.” ..... Whatever the mood or the circumstance, the essence of its quality may linger in the silence that follows.

The wonders of Mother's Nature and it's pure beauty to shine out its love; which is all around us to see from the elegance, that can be achieved when all that is superfluous has been discarded and the human being discovers simplicity and concentration: the simpler and soberer the posture, the more beautiful it will be.

This sweet flower is known to be Ohio Spiderwort(Widows Tears/Bluejacket) and I just loved the way it popped out its gorgeous colour of dazzling purplish-blue, and its cool yellow tears to me here!

Many thanks to you here, for your cool comments and compliments, my cool flickr friends !!!

~True friendship cannot be forged overnight. It has to be tested by time over and over again. Thank you for being my true friend and my only soulmate!

It’s hard to meet people in life who are willing to give everything without the hope of any return. I call myself lucky because I have someone like that in my life. It’s you!

You have always been there in my hard times and my heartbreaks. I thank god everyday for blessing me with such a true friend like you my sweet Beth♥~

Some Noise...

Cannot find any info on the Memorial ....... Just north of the Wrigley Building on the Westside between Two Hotels...

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“You cannot defeat darkness by running from it, nor can you conquer your inner demons by hiding them from the world. In order to defeat the darkness, you must bring it into the light.”

― Seth Adam Smith

I was challenged by my friend Lya Seerose to partake in the #guardyourlight challenge. Thank you for that !

Waves

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🎶 BILLIE MARTEN - WINTER SONG

This is my winter song to you

The storm is coming soon

It rolls in from the sea

My voice, a beacon in the night

My words will be your light

To carry you to me

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love

They say that things just cannot grow

Beneath the winter snow

Or so I have been told

They say we're buried far

Just like a distant star

I simply cannot hold

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.

Martin Luther King

For some reason this quote came to my mind immediately when I took this photo. It may have to do with the dark times we are going through and the fact that we all need some light to cheer us up. This is why I chose this photo for this week's theme 'Quote' of the 'Smile on Saturday' group.

Cannot seem to comment. Flickr is acting up....

It is annoying!!

Sometimes it is difficult getting the right look in a fence shot. Sometimes it is the editing that brings it to life.

Happy Fence Friday

I cannot remember how I did this or if I did this. It could be Apophysis or an x-ray of my head? A special post for my confused mates Tony and Bev I think...maybe they are someone else? BTW two posts today...please look below this one for me :)

♥ Love and Peace to you all! Have a great day my friends and thank you for your visits!

©2009 BlueLily all rights reserved

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face"

You cannot kill a breeze, a wind, a fragrance; you cannot kill a dream or an ambition. ~ Michael Onfray

I cannot recall such a superb display of May blossom as we've had this year.

I can confidently cast a clout or two now!

For those with an interest in our sayings:

www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/till-may-is-out.html

Thank you so much buddy, it's always a pleasure to take photos with you! Watch out for Edu's amazing version!

мy мυѕιc "INZO - Overthinker"

"A person who thinks all the time

Has nothing to think about except thoughts

So, he loses touch with reality

And lives in a world of illusions

By thoughts, I mean specifically, chatter in the skull

Perpetual and compulsive repetition of words

Of reckoning and calculating

I'm not saying that thinking is bad

Like everything else, It's useful in moderation

A good servant, but a bad master

And all so-called civilized peoples

Have increasingly become crazy and self-destructive

Because, through excessive thinking

They have lost touch with reality

That's to say

We confuse signs

With the real world

This is the beginning of meditation

Most of us would have

Rather money than tangible wealth

And a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed

And to read about it the next day in the newspaper

Is oddly more fun for us than the original event

This is a disaster

For as a result of confusing the real world of nature with mere signs

We are destroying nature

We are so tied up in our minds that we've lost our senses

Time to wake up

What is reality?

Obviously no one can say

Because it isn't words

It isn't material, that's just an idea

Reality is

The point cannot be explained in words

I'm not trying to put you down

It's an expression of you as you are

One must live

We need to survive, to go on

We must go on!"

“Love is passion, devotion – someone you cannot live without. Find someone you are crazy about and who loves you as much as you love them. How do you find someone like that? Forget the mind and just listen to your heart. ” (Rendezvous with Joe Black)

♫ Moody's Mood For Love - Quincy Jones, James Moody, Brian McKnight ♫

Credits: Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Lis.Blog

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determination against the rain giving it all they have in the homestretch is what it takes to be a winner with the best time.

“Yellow is synonymous with you

I cannot see anything yellow without thinking of you

and the daffodils are blooming despite the stormy weather

and the rain reminds me of you too … “ - AP

In memory of my friend …

Mon cher ami, please let me know what you see beyond the observable universe …

“Beyond the observable universe is something wonderful …

Simply é and much more … “ - Ciprian

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3TvXZtXtu8

The Bridges of Madison County – Standing in the Rain

The greatest influence on our lives

at the time is not always known

but looking back I see the truth of it

now the most beautiful of us has flown

we didn't always see eye to eye

but made our peace and recognised something more than love

so gentle and so fragile; mutually in sync

a poet and another poet flying high above

you hid your deepest secret very well

I did not guess and that was your intention

you knew my heart would break and I would fall

but don't you know you made me strong; did I forget to mention

some of all the poetry we shared

the thoughts; the impossible maths that disappeared

into the ether long ago before we reconciled

and only fragments of the fire remain to whisper in our ears

to infinity and far beyond we said ...

I look up at the newest, brightest star

and everything I feel is still remembered

will last the distance no matter how near or far

Remember, mon cher, the words I wrote to you

they are imprinted on my soul forever

you reached out and touched my life in ways I cannot still explain

you are irreplaceable; you know that I will never

forget the codes and seemingly nonsensical ways of our communication

to anyone else that saw it; must have thought

who are these two; these poets; who do they think they are

but it does not matter; all that matters was that you taught

to look beyond the ordinary everyday things of our existence

to reach for stars into infinité

I am risen up to be a better person; little é and much more

you are infinite, mon cher ami …

- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author

Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission

Para 52 Still Lifes

Semana 2: No puedo vivir sin ello 🍫📚🌼

"You cannot see your reflection in boiling water. Similarly, you cannot see the truth in a state of anger. When the waters calm, clarity comes."

( well said butthead )

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You cannot be who you are not.

Simply rest, sit still and unknot.

You may even try to emulate and inspire, but it's the inner self that you'll transpire.

― Ana Claudia Antunes

HMB!

even if the skies are black and blue

but always clam after the storm

Cannot wait to start a relaxing fortnight here, Blavand, Jylland, Denmark

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

Max Muller

“A waterfall cannot be silent, just as the wisdom. When they speak, the voice of power speaks.” – Mehmet Murat ildan

You cannot control the actions of others, but you can control the choices you make

She cannot stand the little black box anymore so its been difficult to photograph Ms. Lottie. As you can see she has a bit of a stink eye, or perhaps she is thinking of something else...

She sits on my dresser now as it is high up and in a corner - I placed a knitted block of yarn on top and oh my how she loves that!

Be well and please be safe!