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Never ceases to amaze me how hummingbirds can keep their bodies absolutely still (look at those tiny feet!) even when their wings are beating something like 15 times per second. Really is a miracle of nature...
In 1869, Captain Clark partnered with George Hearst to build a wharf out on the end of the point so sailing ships could tie up and load and unload goods. A small community was growing on the small peninsula near the 1869 wharf, but the wave action near the wharf was too severe for ships to tie up there and the wharf was abandoned. In 1878, Hearst built another wharf far inside the bay and the small community that had been developing near the old wharf now moved to be nearer the new wharf. A general store, Sebastian's Store, originally located near the old wharf, was put on skids and dragged by oxen to its present location near the new wharf. Shore whaling continued on the point until the mid-1890s. It ceased for a short time, started up again in 1897, and continued to about 1908 when it ceased for good.
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" Even if the dark wouldn't guide me
I will be looking for proof in the soil
Shadows are black, their choruses, they turn
In the evening light
They washed away the evidence
In the river joy
Nothing is left of it
Just the pain of guilty eyes
And I follow, follow them down
I remember the time
When the dark felts were high
We were trampling lines
Looking up at the sky
Where is the future
We long for in life
Miss you from the bottom of my heart
And as the light of day moves faster I feel,
The loss of-
They washed away the evidence
In the river joy
Nothing is left of it
Just the pain of guilty eyes
And I follow, follow them down
I remember the time
When the dark felts were high
We were trampling lines
Looking up at the sky
When we cease to exist ... "
- Mire Kay -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGW5SkZkE9k
Thank you so much in advance my dear friends for the faves, awards and comments. Forgive me if I cant respond sometimes. Work has been stealing my time from Flickr. But for sure and 100% I read all your comments and always so grateful for it. Take care my sweet friends. Hugs to all 💞
I have scarcely left you
When you go in me, crystalline,
Or trembling,
Or uneasy, wounded by me
Or overwhelmed with love, as
when your eyes
Close upon the gift of life
That without cease I give you.
My love,
We have found each other
Thirsty and we have
Drunk up all the water and the
Blood,
We found each other
Hungry
And we bit each other
As fire bites,
Leaving wounds in us.
But wait for me,
Keep for me your sweetness.
I will give you too
A rose.
Absence by Pablo Neruda
Mount Thielsen, or Big Cowhorn , is an extinct shield volcano in the Oregon High Cascades, near Mount Bailey. Because eruptive activity ceased 250,000 years ago, glaciers have heavily eroded the volcano's structure, creating precipitous slopes and a horn-like peak. The spire-like shape of Thielsen attracts lightning strikes and creates fulgurite, an unusual mineral. The prominent horn forms a centerpiece for the Mount Thielsen Wilderness, a reserve for recreational activities such as skiing and hiking. Thielson is one of Oregon's Matterhorns.
The seventh highest mountain in the Oregon Cascade Range, Mount Thielsen has a summit altitude of 9,182 feet.
We drove around for about an hour until I found a good vantage point from which to shoot.
“If I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may.”
― Vincent van Gogh
Your ferry to Northern Shore
It never ceases to amaze us when one of these large birds takes to the air with effortless grace. As large as they are they seem weightless once airborne. The American White Pelican is one of the largest North American birds, they are majestic in the air. The birds soar with incredible steadiness on broad, white-and-black wings. Their large heads and huge, heavy bills give them a prehistoric look.
Kinda neat how we can capture a single moment in one photograph
an old 20D shot
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Psalm 45
I counted my graves, and there was nothing for me to say. I am old; I recognize it but I don't realize it. I wonder if a person ever really ceases to feel young — I mean, for a whole day at a time :-)
Mark Twain, age 67, 1906
not coincidentally, i am 67 years young as well...but rarely for a whole day ;-(
dahlia, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Little Tern - Sterna Albifrons
Norfolk
As seen on BBC Springwatch Ep 7 08/06/2022
This delightful chattering seabird is the UK's smallest tern. It is short-tailed and has a fast flight. Its bill is a distinctive yellow with a black tip. It is noisy at its breeding colony where courtship starts with an aerial display involving the male calling and carrying a fish to attract a mate, which chases him up high before he descends, gliding with wings in a 'V'.
Its vulnerable nesting sites and its decline in Europe make it an Amber List species. It is also listed as a Schedule 1 species in The Wildlife and Countryside Act.
This bird breeds on the coasts and inland waterways of temperate and tropical Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in the subtropical and tropical oceans as far south as South Africa and Australia.
There are three subspecies, the nominate albifrons occurring in Europe to North Africa and western Asia; guineae of western and central Africa; and sinensis of East Asia and the north and east coasts of Australia.[4]
The little tern breeds in colonies on gravel or shingle coasts and islands. It lays two to four eggs on the ground. Like all white terns, it is defensive of its nest and young and will attack intruders.
Like most other white terns, the little tern feeds by plunge-diving for fish, usually from saline environments. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display.
At the beginning of the 19th century the little tern was a common bird of European shores, rivers and wetlands, but in the 20th century populations of coastal areas decreased because of habitat loss, pollution and human disturbance.
The loss of inland populations has been even more severe, since due to dams, river regulation and sediment extraction it has lost most of its former habitats. The Little Tern population has declined or become extinct in many European countries, and former breeding places on large rivers like the Danube, Elbe and Rhine ceased. Nowadays, only few river systems in Europe possess suitable habitats; the Loire/Allier in France, the Vistula/Odra in Poland, the Po/Ticino in Italy, the Daugava in Latvia, the Nemunas in Lithuania, the Sava in Croatia and the Drava in Hungary and Croatia. The status of the little tern on the rivers Tagus and lower Danube is uncertain.
...than with someone fake !
Who ceases to be a friend, has never been it or never will be...
and some persons don't deserve our friendship for several reasons : he or she never believed you... or was with you, only out of interest... or else, simply betrayed you while you trusted, lied to you, etc.... But one thing for sure, a fake friend, does'nt really care about you. He or she is too selfish to think about it...
Maybe someday, alone in front their mirror, they'll regret to have acted badly those impostors of real life, but those of Second Life too, behind their avatar.
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Thought to be one of the largest stone windmills in the country Great Haseley windmil has origins dating back to 1760. It ceased its working life in the early 1900’s and it wasn’t until 2013 when it was restored to its former glory. This shot was taken at sunset but in editing I decided I liked the muted tones of the desaturation effect the best.
I have scarcely left you
When you go in me, crystalline,
Or trembling,
Or uneasy, wounded by me
Or overwhelmed with love, as
when your eyes
Close upon the gift of life
That without cease I give you.
My love,
We have found each other
Thirsty and we have
Drunk up all the water and the
Blood,
We found each other
Hungry
And we bit each other
As fire bites,
Leaving wounds in us.
But wait for me,
Keep for me your sweetness.
I will give you too
A rose.
Absence by Pablo Neruda
my textures
Berlin backyards never cease to give me the kick. I know this place very well and have been there many times. The great thing about it is, it always changes. Give it a year or two and then it will look totally different again. You may not believe that this is only a few hundred meters away from some of the most expensive areas in Berlin.
Why do I love this city so much?
Now you know...
The team behind map6collective chose me to take over their instastream this week.
Tune in. I will post a few of my personal faves there. Hope you will enjoy the tour...
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The night never ceases to be filled with madness, the humans driven by fear are acting desparate and Flit grows tired of trying to educate them.
She fires three warning shots into the crowd hoping they'll give thier heads a shake and get back in the game of life.
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Introduction
Almighty God's Word "You Should Know That the Practical God Is God Himself"
www.holyspiritspeaks.org/videos/practical-god-is-god-hims...
Almighty God says, "God’s appearance in the flesh means that all of the work and words of the Spirit of God are done through His normal humanity, and through His incarnate flesh. In other words, God’s Spirit both directs His human work and carries out the work of divinity in the flesh, and in God incarnate you can see both God’s work in humanity and completely divine work; this is the real significance of the practical God’s appearance in the flesh. If you can see this clearly, you will be able to connect all of the different parts of God, and will cease to place too much of a premium on His work in divinity, and to be too dismissive of His work in humanity, and you will not go to extremes, nor take any detours. Overall, the meaning of the practical God is that the work of His humanity and of His divinity, as directed by the Spirit, is expressed through His flesh, so that people can see that He is vivid and lifelike, and real and actual."
Image Source: The Church of Almighty God
This is a piece by Nancy Rubins at The Art Institute of Chicago. It really reminded me of a collection of broken worn out elements of childhood, which is something I feel like would be an apt metaphor for a lot of things-how technology has replaced actual wholesome sensory experiences for many kids...or how the pandemic has created a situation in which kids don't have the same rich childhood experiences anyway. In the background of this piece is a part of the Chicago skyline and my partner, Cinchel, who is the only one to see me without a mask each day for these past or so days. Feels a little surreal and strange and all of it very unwelcome in my brain but I feel a greater sadness to those who were alone and didn't want to be or those who were with someone and were abused or in a toxic situation.
That's the thing about humans, I guess. We're always capable of so much creative and also love for each other but what will we probably leave behind when we cease to exist? We'll leave behind a collection of broken down products.
www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9524/nancy-rubins-our-friend-fl...
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Camouflage in the Natural World never ceases to amaze me. Treecreepers are no exception. Despite being constantly on the move they can be difficult to see and follow. With its huge feet clinging to the rough bark of an Oak tree in the New Forest, this one was searching in the grooves for insects.
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ya gotta get ‘em while they’re hot. :-)
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bearded iris, 'Wonders Never Cease', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
The towels cease to be toys when the sun goes down... it's time to sleep. He lies down, sleeps, wakes, and repeats the cycle. A cyclical existence devoid of mystery, forest, or freedom; nothing but repetition within walls never meant for him. A creature made for the treetops, living a life without adventure.
It had been a long time since I last went to the zoo. Chimpanzees always catch my eye with their almost human-like gestures. I managed to salvage this photo a bit; it was very dark, as it was overcast and there wasn't much light inside the enclosure. Next time, I'll bring a different lens for my camera.
The texture and shapes of the weathered cliffs along this coast are superb. Even though I was chasing landscapes yesterday, I couldn't resist one of the wonderful patterns. No title would be suitable, so Cease and Desist by Brakes is as good as any.
is that its primary raw materials are light and time.
John Berger
HFF! Truth Matters! Lies have consequences!
bearded iris, 'Wonders Never Cease', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
The coal fired power plant was built in 1906-1907, extended in 1925-1929 and ceased operation in 1966.
A slight change of position, crop and exposure time to a previous shot from the same trip. I love how you can slow down time in photography and smudge moments.
The title is a line from this poem:
Dover Beach
BY MATTHEW ARNOLD
The sea is calm tonight.
The tide is full, the moon lies fair
Upon the straits; on the French coast the light
Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand,
Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay.
Come to the window, sweet is the night-air!
Only, from the long line of spray
Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land,
Listen! you hear the grating roar
Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,
At their return, up the high strand,
Begin, and cease, and then again begin,
With tremulous cadence slow, and bring
The eternal note of sadness in.
Sophocles long ago
Heard it on the Ægean, and it brought
Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow
Of human misery; we
Find also in the sound a thought,
Hearing it by this distant northern sea.
The Sea of Faith
Was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore
Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled.
But now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
Retreating, to the breath
Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear
And naked shingles of the world.
Ah, love, let us be true
To one another! for the world, which seems
To lie before us like a land of dreams,
So various, so beautiful, so new,
Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light,
Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.
Gardens of Great Britain – National Open Garden Scheme
This is another series of photographs taken in the many National Open Gardens we have visited over a period time. It never ceases to amaze how many gardens there are just for Essex and the variety of planting they show, long may it continue. The Yellow Book lives.
I never ceased to be envigorated by waves crashing on the shore. This was a very windy day and the tide was high. The waves were rolling in and crashing on the shore. The wind was so strong in the opposite direction (northerly) that it was blowing the crest of the wave in the opposite direction. You can also see the debris and shingle being tossed about in the wave as it breaks. If you look closely you can see a gull just to the left of the spray.
Here in this stump he has several voles stashed. When he first came to retrieve one he positioned himself over the stash much like a bird sitting on eggs perhaps to warm them up a bit before consuming them.. It was bitter cold that morning. This bird never ceases to amaze me.
Gardens of Great Britain – National Open Garden Scheme - Furzelea
This is another series of photographs taken in the many National Open Gardens we have visited over a period time. It never ceases to amaze how many gardens there are just for Essex and the variety of planting they show, long may it continue. The Yellow Book lives.
This is the second of three postings.
Detail shot of Musée d'Orsay, an art gallery in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the River Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built in 1898 - 1900.
The station was designed by three architects, namely Lucien Magne, Émile Bénard and Victor Laloux.
I understand that the building ceased being a railway station in the 1970s and, at one point, it was threatened with demolition.
The museum officially opened in December 1986.
Photo taken in May 2026.
© 2015 Garry Velletri. All rights reserved. This image may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my permission.
Never ceases to amaze me when the sun just catches the head of many of our common ducks and portrays some beautiful colors which are normally hidden from view as can be seen in this Pintail duck
This 1948 Vignale bodied Packard started life on a 1938 Packard 120 chassis, and drivetrain, and was finally completed and registered as a 1948 automobile! More of the story below.
Throughout the Second World War mysteries would abound; pieces of art and precious metals would be hidden or disappeared. Then there would be the mysterious case of a Vignale-bodied Packard. In the years following the Second World War, American automakers wanted Europe as much as European builders needed America. This mutual need for each other would produce a one-off Packard that would cause many to wonder what could have been.
In 1948, Alfredo Vignale's firm in Turin would produce a purpose-built Packard. The combination would be intriguing in its own right. However, the story surrounding it would make it all the more captivating.
According to Ralph and Adeline Marano, the current owners of the 1948 Packard Vignale Victoria, 'Nobody knows much about it'. The legend the Marano's believe true would include the 1938 One Twenty chassis being shipped to Vignale's studio before the war and then being hidden away until it was completed in 1948. While plausible, there would be the simple fact Vignale had not established his own carrozzeria until after the end of the war. It is entirely possible he took on the project fully intending to establish his own place, then came the outbreak of the war and everything would be put on hold.
However, there is another theory about the order of events. Following the war the United States was stronger economically than Europe. However, Packard would actually be on the decline and would need that 'something' to help bolster its sales and widen its market. Amongst American audiences, Packard was synonymous with quality. Unfortunately, the company's sales base appeared to be reaching its limit. Therefore, the company would not only seek a new look to foster sales at home, but, they would also look to those more affluent customers in Europe who could still afford to pay for the quality of one of their cars.
In addition to longing to widen its possible market, Packard would realize that there was a market for the smaller European sportscars in the United States. Throughout the war, American servicemen had had the opportunity to see, and perhaps drive, some of the smaller coupes from European automakers. Returning to the States, this would be a potential market Packard believed it could address.
Packard was keen to test the waters. Therefore, they would take one of their One Twenty chassis, originally registered in 1939, and would send it across the Atlantic to Italy. The chassis' destination would be a coachbuilder in Turin, Italy by the name of Carrozzeria Vignale.
Alfredo Vignale had started out working for none other Pinin Farina. After the Second World War Vignale would decide to start his own effort and would soon earn praise for his designs. This recognition and praise would lead to Vignale creating bodies for the great Italian automakers Ferrari and Maserati. Vignale's reputation was well deserved and was the perfect place for Packard to send their chassis in hopes of receiving a fresh and inspiring design.
Vignale would set to work. Abiding by the purpose and the inspiration Vignale would end up designing and building a convertible coupe to rest atop the One Twenty chassis. The result would be striking. Though the chassis underneath would be nearly a decade old, the body resting on top would be ahead of its time and of great quality.
Some of the features of the car include a hood capable of being opened from either end and beautifully-blended sheetmetal that wraps completely around the undersides of the car to form belly pans. Right down to the Fiat model taillights, the overall design of the car would a European flair to it. Lighter than a standard One Twenty and powered by a straight-eight engine producing around 120hp, it is more than likely the Vignale Packard would be faster. But, even if the car wouldn't win a drag race with its more standard brethren, the Vignale Packard would go on to win a number of awards in major concours events
Unfortunately, while much of the story surrounding the car's birth would be something of a mystery, so too would its early years. It would seem clear the car would be owned for a period of time by Mark Smith and Norman Wolgin. What is much more obvious is the fact the Maranos would negotiate to purchase the car in 1989 and has remained with them ever since.
In 1954, Packard would purchase Studebaker in hopes of benefiting from the company's larger dealer network. Unfortunately, the merger would be fraught with conflict, which would hurt both companies terribly. Looking at the merger of Packard with Vignale's design, while it would be a surprising, if not strange, marriage, there are a whole lot of questions based around the notion of what could have been. Perhaps Packard and Vignale could have been one of the first to bring two continents together in car design. In the end, both companies would eventually fade from existence altogether. Packard would be lost forever while Vignale would be absorbed by an American company in Ford, but, would well and truly cease to exist by the mid-1970s. Perhaps Packard needed Vignale and Vignale needed Packard, and, the 1948 Packard Vignale Victoria is a mere taste of what the future might have held.
Even though I live close by this location, and have been here many times. I never cease to be mesmerized by this stunning environment. From the color of the water, richness and fullness of the moss and the maturity of the forest as though it has been here forever. Just an astounding place and I hope my image can convey some of that.
McKenzie River, Oregon.
It ceased to hurt me, though so slow
I could not feel the Anguish go—
But only knew by looking back—
That something—had benumbed the Track—
Nor when it altered, I could say,
For I had worn it, every day,
As constant as the Childish frock—
I hung upon the Peg, at night.
But not the Grief—that nestled close
As needles—ladies softly press
To Cushions Cheeks—
To keep their place—
Nor what consoled it, I could trace—
Except, whereas 'twas Wilderness—
It's better—almost Peace—
Emily Dickinson
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales.
The 18-arched stone and cast iron structure is for use by narrowboats and was completed in 1805 having taken ten years to design and build. It is 3.7 metres wide and is the longest aqueduct in Great Britain as well as the highest canal aqueduct in the world. A towpath runs alongside the watercourse on one side.
The aqueduct was to have been a key part of the central section of the proposed Ellesmere Canal, an industrial waterway that would have created a commercial link between the River Severn at Shrewsbury and the Port of Liverpool on the River Mersey. Although a less expensive construction course was surveyed further to the east, the westerly high-ground route across the Vale of Llangollen was preferred because it would have taken the canal through the mineral-rich coalfields of North East Wales. Only parts of the canal route were completed because the expected revenues required to complete the entire project were never generated. Most major work ceased after the completion of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in 1805.
The structure is a Grade I listed building and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
National Open Garden Scheme - Gardens of Great Britain – Ultingwick, Ulting, Nr. Maldon, Essex.
This is another series of photographs taken in the many National Open Gardens we have visited over a period time. It never ceases to amaze how many gardens there are just for Essex and the variety of planting they show, long may it continue. The Yellow Book lives on.
to love is to battle, to open doors,
to cease to be a ghost with a number
forever in chains, forever condemned
by a faceless master;
the world changes
if two look at each other and see ...
...
if two, dizzy and entwined, fall
on the grass: the sky comes down, trees
rise, space becomes nothing but light
and silence ...
from sunstone
octavio paz
With the fall-winter transition under way, reptile activity will be slowing down for the season. The Desert Patch-nosed Snake (Salvadora hexalepis) is one species that never cease activity fully. You can find this species somewhat active during the warmer days or under surface cover on the warmer winter days. This particular snake was sitting at a trails edge in the early morning beneath some thicker bushes awaiting the sun to warm the ground up.