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I folded this origami Chrysanthemum Ball (Yasuko Suyama) as a present for my neighbor, who moved recently to an other house. I remembered that she liked this one, so I refolded it ;-)
This is the top view and you can see clearly the chrysanthemum.
Here you can see two different views, where you can see the joint element better, created by Tomoko Fuse.
It's nice one, but..... you need glue.
It is folded from 6 chrysanthemums, kamipaper 15x15cm and 8 joint elements kamipaper 7,5x15cm.
Diagrams in NOA magazine #263.
Seeing clearly and living life as I should.
What is in the past will remain there.
"There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it." — Amanda Gorman
🎼: I can see Clearly Now~ Johnny Nash~
✈️ : NordShore
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)
Sun-shiny day
The Mind Is Like Water, When Its
Turbulent, It's Difficult To See, When It's
Calm, Everything Becomes Clear.
~Prashad Mahes~
* We made a trip to Filey the other day I have not visited this little town for some time . It sits between Bridlington and Scarborough it's also at the end of the Wolds Way trail. This is a shot of the Brigg or as it is known locally Carr Naze. It was used in many of East Yorkshire cowboy films .
When you stand on the beach at Filey you can really see how the way the landscape changes on the East Coast of Yorkshire . If you look south you are able to see the sheer vertical Cliffs at Bempton these are chalk cliffs , in fact the northernmost chalk cliff in Britain. I have posted many shots of these cliffs as it is the site of the RSPB bird reserve .
If however you look to the North, Filey Brigg’s crumbling red cliffs look like badlands from the Wild West. The cliffs of Carr Naze, especially on the side facing the bay, are mostly composed of glacial deposits which are soft and easily eroded. Underlying these, and showing more clearly on the seaward side, are a succession of limestone and sandstone strata. At low tide these rocks can be seen to form an extensive platform on the bay side and towards Brigg End
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Lifeboat zooming in to the beach area for a rescue.
You can also clearly see where the old coast railway line was crossing the viaduct. This line was closed back in the 1960s, remember it well, also remember walking home along it from the Summer dances. Happy days.:-)))
which can be clearly seen and found, with all forms of graffiti and street art splashed on them, that covers the decaying old buildings and archways that ring out the joys of being alive again, thanks to these cool street artists!
Digbeth of Birmingham is well renowned for all street artists from all over the world to visit and come to leave their mark, stamped on these old industrial buildings, that was once known around this part of Birmingham City; for being a part of 1000 Trades!
So, Digbeth still stands and remains to tell the stories of the long and forgotten days!
Which I am glad to say, from all the new Moden infrastructure buildings, that are taking place throughout the City Center of Birmingham; which is only made of Steel & Glass!
Many thanks for your comments and compliments from you here, my good flickr friends !!!
In the early days Veere was a flourishing commercial city. This prosperity can be found in the beautiful historical premises. The town of Veere arose in the twelfth century. The following centuries the town was being used to store Scottish wool. Veere still has these typical Scottish homes, which were built in the sixteenth century by rich Scottish merchants. At the Kaai in Veere, two of these Scottish houses still stand, and they remind people of the wool trade back in those days. Antique collections of the last private owners are among the things which can be admired here. Also fans of porcelain, furniture, style rooms and stitch costumes have much to look at. In the Scottish houses you can regularly go to see different expositions of the artists from Veere.
Big church
Big church Veere
The big church is from 1348 and it is a really great sight. As from 1811 the church was being used by Napoleon’s soldiers as a military hospital; the church was a beggars house and a barrack for a while as well. You can still clearly see the traces of an eventful past.
The church of Agios Athanasios Gerakion Laconia. 12th century. Hellas. Columns, and marble used are clearly visible, probably from the nearby ancient temple of the god Ares. During the construction of some churches around the village, such as the church of Agios Athanasios, Agios Ioannis Chrysostomos, etc., marbles were also used, which obviously came from ancient temples, buildings and statue pedestals.
Hi all !!
This time, I wanted to work on the white. Clearly, I am totally struggling in the light. I hope you like it. And just: Alphaaa i hate youuu !! : D (too difficult to work with).
Story : My other. My soul has petrified to stone. I try in vain to bring it back to life. "I beg you ... Come back."
Thanks for watching and your support !! ♡
The music : 🎵.
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NEW @ Chain on my head : "ROZOREGALIA_NARUSAZA*HEADCHAIN(Descule)_Friends" at TMD Event and soon at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Rings : "ROZOREGALIA_NARUSAZA*RING(Alphamale)" at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Wings : "ROZOREAGALIA_KALAVINKA*WING(Soar)" at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Choker : "ROZOREGALIA_AQUILAGI*CHOKER( Lunar Mare )" at :::R O Z O R E G A L I A:::.
@ Body and face wounds and dirty : "A! Apocalyptic Wounds BOM" at Absinthe! Mainstore.
NEW : @ Spider earings : "HORL - Spider Earrings" at The DarknesS Event and soon at HORL Mainstore.
@ Broken statue (my backdrop for this picture) : "R.O.T. Studio's. - Quality 100% mesh -digital art cyberhell" at R.O.T. Studio's. Mainstore and Marketplace.
I want what I wanted
Oh, what a fool believes
I got 'er in my sight, but
Just out of reach, oh-oh
Here we go around, (round, round, round)
Run-run-runaround, yeah! (round, round, round, round)
Here we go around, (round, round, round)
She's given me the runaround, oh, ow! (round, round, round, round)
Waa~ Waa~ Waah~~~
If I had panned over to the right a bit more and forgot about the 1/3 rule (river), I would have nailed a better composition and showed more of the Painted Rock.
The rocks were dark so I couldn't see clearly how much of the it I had cutoff at the time, plus I was rushing to chase the golden light in the next overlook (less than 20 minutes to sunset).
Lessons learned!
"Painted Rock of the Black Canyon, the most famous outcrops in the park solid rock wall that has all sorts of striations on it, stands at ~2247 feet (685 meters) high and is the tallest cliff in Colorado.
The Gunnison River is 48 miles long, but only 14 miles run through the national park. The park is known for its incredibly narrow canyons, which were carved over millions of years by the Gunnison River cutting through ~1.7 billion year-old Precambrian metamorphic rock. Towering cliff faces of foliated gneiss and schist line the canyon walls and create beautiful rock exposures."
Thank you for looking; please be safe and be well!
Clearly this little guy is doing his best Oliver Twist imitation...but received a far better response from me. While I spend far too much time chasing the large grey and black squirrels off my deck, I love the miniature reds. They are just a wee bit bigger than a chipmunk and I rarely see them as they are amazingly quick and skittish with a remarkable ability to just simply disappear, but they suddenly decided just this year to visit my deck. I have encouraged this behavior by offering cashews...which they apparently love as much as I do. To date, I've succeeded in getting them within inches of my hand but not eating out of it. It will take patience but I am optimistic.
By the way, does anyone read Dickens any more?
Clearly the lizard in this shot is asleep, hence the title of this shot. At the same time, the title refers to the Australian Aboriginal creation belief system which is based on the inter-relation of all people and all things. The Dreaming connects the Aboriginal spiritual world of the past with the present and the future and is the connection between all living things, including this lizard which I saw in the desert of Central Australia.
This photo clearly shows the difference in snowfall between the eastern and western banks of the Kurobe-gawa gorge.
Snow field in the right is called Tanbo-daira that is famous for the colouring in autumn.
Kita Alps located east of the Kurobe-gawa is officially called Ushiro-Tateyama Renpou (後立山連峰) meaning Hind-Tateyama Mountain Range based on a Kyoto-centric geographic perception.
People in Nagano prefecture do not use this name often.
Clearly I was drawn to these narrow alleys of old Girona. One more set of stairs with this POV. I liked this one for its particularly gritty feel. 3 exposure HDR.
.... the sheep are taken down from the higher ground to the lower land at lambing time. An interesting feature of this landscape is that in the middle ground you can still clearly see the outline of what were known as Lazy Beds. In Famine time when the potato crop in lower areas was being destroyed by potato blight people moved higher up - often into areas with little or no soil, and unsuitable for tillage - trying desperately to grow enough potatoes to feed their families. The hope was that their might be no blight on the higher ground. Sadly they were wrong. Their futile efforts at cultivation still mark the landscape in many areas such as this in West Mayo, one of the areas worst hit in famine times (Circa 1847).
Our yard in Holland, Massachusetts
I had been trying periodically to photograph a Rose-breasted Grosbeak in our yard. This morning I thought I heard one "singing up a storm." It had been a few year since I first made this mistake, but I clearly confused this bird's call with the Grosbeak's. Nonetheless, he was a welcome visitor to our yard.
“Sexual love betrays itself most clearly as a lust for possession: the lover desires unconditional and sole possession of the person for whom he longs; he desires equally unconditional power over the soul and over the body of the beloved; he alone wants to be loved and desires to live and rule in the other soul as supreme and supremely desirable. If one considers that nothing less than excluding the whole world from a precious good, from happiness and enjoyment; if one considers that the lover aims at the impoverishment and deprivation of all competitors and would like to become the dragon guarding his golden hoard as the most inconsiderate and selfish of all “conquerors” and exploiters; if one considers, finally, that to the lover himself the whole rest of the world appears indifferent, pale, and worthless, and he is prepared to make any sacrifice, to disturb any order, to subordinate all other interests- then one comes to feel genuine amazement that this wild avarice and injustice of sexual love has been glorified and deified so much in all ages- indeed, that this love has furnished the concept of love as the opposite of egoism while it actually may be the most ingenious expression of egoism.
At this point linguistic usage has evidently been formed by those who did not possess but desired. Probably, there have always been too many of these. Those to whom much possession and satiety were granted in this area have occasionally made some casual remark about “the raging demon” as that most gracious and beloved of all Athenians, Sophocles, did; but Eros has always laughed at such blasphemers; they were invariably his greatest favorites.”
Clearly I have found my Blue Period! Taking photographs in the late afternoon has produced these - the clouds here were amazing!!
This is a song that always cheers me up!
I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies.
I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
..... and finishes with lots more sunshiny days
Written and first released by Johnny Nash 1972. It was covered by many artists throughout the years, including a 1993 hit version by Jimmy Cliff.
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Clearly seen is the tomial tooth, used to dispatch their victims, by severing the spinal cord. Also note the cones in their nostrils used to diffuse the air velocity in high speed stoops.
Click to enlarge.
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright, bright sun shiny day
I've got several captures of Australian Reed Warblers I was unsure of their quality. Topaz processing made me curious and I tried it on this image. I like the result. Although not that much different from the ususal processig I apply in DxO and Nik, but less work (-;
(Acrocephalus australis)
I saw several orioles on this trip but this specimen gave me the best photo opps. I was disappointed to find one out of focus oriole that I never noticed until I was going through my photos. I had been focussing on a different bird and never noticed it. Luckily I didn't have such a problem with this one. I have other pics I will post of this bird later that clearly show the yellow/orange shoulder mark that separates this from the hooded oriole.
Hello Devin dreamer,
Proudly we want announce that Devin´s Eye is open now and has a new face, we hope you will like it.
Devin´s Eye open it´s doors on Saturday at 12 pm slt for public again.
Of course again it´s a very photogenic spot for lover of nature and scenes.
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Clearly the light is the star of this particular show - the light was delightful - the knackered old fence really helps with the foundatio of this scene
Tweedledum and Tweedledee are characters in an English nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's 1871 book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Their names may have originally come from an epigram written by poet John Byrom. The nursery rhyme has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19800. The names have since become synonymous in western popular culture slang for any two people who look and act in identical ways, generally in a derogatory context.
The words "Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee" make their first appearance in print as names applied to the composers George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Bononcini in "one of the most celebrated and most frequently quoted (and sometimes misquoted) epigrams", satirising disagreements between Handel and Bononcini, written by John Byrom (1692–1763): in his satire, from 1725. Some say, compar'd to BononciniThat Mynheer Handel's but a NinnyOthers aver, that he to HandelIs scarcely fit to hold a CandleStrange all this Difference should be'Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee!
Although Byrom is clearly the author of the epigram, the last two lines have also been attributed to Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. While the familiar form of the rhyme was not printed until around 1805, when it appeared in Original Ditties for the Nursery, it is possible that Byrom was drawing on an existing rhyme.
The characters are perhaps best known from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice Found There (1871). Carroll, having introduced two fat little men named Tweedledum and Tweedledee, quotes the nursery rhyme, which the two brothers then go on to enact. They agree to have a battle, but never have one. When they see a monstrous black crow swooping down, they take to their heels. The Tweedle brothers never contradict each other, even when one of them, according to the rhyme, "agrees to have a battle". Rather, they complement each other's words, which led John Tenniel to portray them as twins in his illustrations for the book.
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Rudbeckia /rʌdˈbɛkiə/ is a plant genus in the Asteraceae or composite family. Rudbeckia flowers feature a prominent, raised central disc in black, brown shades of green, and in-between tones, giving rise to their familiar common names of coneflowers and black-eyed-susans. All are native to North America, and many species are cultivated in gardens for their showy yellow or gold flower heads that bloom in mid to late summer.
The species are herbaceous, mostly perennial plants (some annual or biennial) growing to 0.5–3.0 m tall, with simple or branched stems. The leaves are spirally arranged, entire to deeply lobed, and 5–25 cm long. The flowers are produced in daisy-like inflorescences, with yellow or orange florets arranged in a prominent, cone-shaped head; "cone-shaped" because the ray florets tend to point out and down (are decumbent) as the flower head opens.
A large number of species have been proposed within Rudbeckia, but most are now regarded as synonyms of the limited list given below.
Several currently accepted species have several accepted varieties. Some of them (for example the black-eyed susan, R. hirta), are popular garden flowers distinguished for their long flowering times. Many cultivars of these species are known.
Rudbeckia is one of at least four genera within the flowering plant family Asteraceae whose members are commonly known as coneflowers; the others are Echinacea, Dracopis, and Ratibida.
Rudbeckia species are eaten by the caterpillars of some Lepidoptera species including cabbage moths and dot moths.
The name was given by Carolus Linnaeus to honor his patron and fellow botanist at Uppsala University, Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660-1740), as well as Rudbeck's late father Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630-1702), a distinguished Naturalist, Philologist, and Doctor of Medicine (he had discovered the lymphatic system), and founder of Sweden's first botanic garden, now the Linnaean Garden at Uppsala. In 1730 Linnaeus had been invited into the home of the younger Rudbeck (now almost 70) as tutor his youngest children. Rudbeck had then recommended Linnaeus to replace him as a lecturer at the university and as the botanical garden demonstrator, even though Linnaeus was only in his second year of studies. In his book The Compleat Naturalist: A Life of Linnaeus, Wilfred Blunt quotes Linnaeus's dedication:
So long as the earth shall survive and as each spring shall see it covered with flowers, the Rudbeckia will preserve your glorious name. I have chosen a noble plant in order to recall your merits and the services you have rendered, a tall one to give an idea of your stature, and I wanted it to be one which branched and which flowered and fruited freely, to show that you cultivated not only the sciences but also the humanities. Its rayed flowers will bear witness that you shone among savants like the sun among the stars; its perennial roots will remind us that each year sees you live again through new works. Pride of our gardens, the Rudbeckia will be cultivated throughout Europe and in distant lands where your revered name must long have been known. Accept this plant, not for what it is but for what it will become when it bears your name.
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I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Jimmy Cliff
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
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Bright (bright) sunshiny day
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Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA
01-16-22
Shot from above Point Vicente. Pelican Cove, Abalone Cove and Portuguese Point can be seen pretty clearly. The farthest Point in the distance is Point Fermin in San Pedro.
Clearly the best thunderstorm of 2021 for me.
That afternoon storms formed on the east side of the Bihar mountains in western Romania. They were struggling and didn't want to enter the interior of the Carpathian basin.
However, in the early evening when a cold front moved in from the west, storms activated.
One developing storm throwed several very close lightning bolts near my location.
One of them is here in the picture....
Song by Jimmy Cliff
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies
I can see clearly now the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
Bright (bright) sunshiny day
Bright (bright), bright (bright)
Bright sunshiny day