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One candle for Looking Close... on Friday! It was time I lit this candle. I don't know how long he has been with us, but he has been unpacked and packed up for many years now. It must be a childhood thing, I remember the disappointment of how quickly these novelty candles disappeared once lit after the excitement of finding them in my Christmas stocking, so find it hard to let them go now!!! I need therapy!
“Contemplative prayer is a deepening of faith that moves beyond thoughts and concepts. One just listens to God, open and receptive to the divine presence in one’s inmost being as its source. One listens not with a view to hearing something, but with a view to becoming aware of the obstacles to one’s friendship with God.”
- Thomas Keating, The Human Condition: Contemplation and Transformation
This family of Mother Goose and young Goslings are out for a family stroll as always closeness counts for comfort !
Pushing on that trigger is like pulling magic into my very soul...Darrell.
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I don't think that the small screens of our mobile devices do a justice to this photograph... just an observation ;-)
Teignmouth, Devon, UK
Helgoland series: Closeness
Northern Gannets are very gentle and affectionate towards their partners. Sometimes the lifelong bond between the breeding partners seems almost tangible.
Basstölpelpaare gehen sehr zärtlich miteinander um - zwischen ihnen wird die lebenslange Bindung fast greifbar.
Auckland, New Zealand
I have not before been able to get this close to a wild Pheasant. I tried to stalk it and got reasonably close but it was turned and walking away, while keeping watch. It was heading toward where my wife was waiting for me and moved closer to her than it was to me. I thought I would try sitting motionless and asked Annette to slowly approach the bird, and the strategy worked. It slowly walked towards me, seeing Annette, who was the one moving, as the threat.
I know that is not so polite to overlook or overhear the conversation of some strangers... actually I was interested in shooting this beautiful small fountain near Via Babuino but “the laws of street photography” and very “speakable” poses of those men made me break the rules of politeness, especially it was “the time of closing arguments”...
Best to: View Large and On Black
This is a friend of Taty holding her newly delivered turquise crystal skull while Taty was taking photos of both. It was a month or so ago, but I thought to place these now here and wish you a great blue Monday and a superb week ahead from me Willem and Taty.
No Post Processing used - no treatments, no cropping, and as is from the camera. The only thing added is the water mark - signature.
Georgina is featured in this clip, she doesn't appear to like tour helicopter noise, they run up and down the coast. She did come rather close to me I was prepared with bear spray, fortunatley not required. This day I was shooting by myself so I'm sure she was a little more comforatble than pervious days.
Up Close
Anna's Hummingbird
Henderson, Nevada
The Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a dazzling, jewel-like bird native to the western United States, Mexico, and parts of Canada. Known for their iridescent plumage, the males sport brilliant metallic pink or red throats, known as gorgets, which shimmer in sunlight. Their heads can also display a vibrant pink crown, while the rest of their plumage is primarily green and gray. Females and juveniles lack the vivid head coloring but still have hints of iridescence on their throats.
These birds are small, measuring about 4 inches (10 cm) long with a wingspan of 4.7 inches (12 cm), yet their energy and agility are extraordinary. Anna's Hummingbirds are famed for their high-speed flight, including acrobatic dives during courtship, where males can reach speeds of nearly 50 mph (80 km/h).
Adaptable and vocal, they emit a sharp, metallic "chip" and a high-pitched whistle. They are frequent visitors to flowers, feeders, and gardens, sipping nectar with their long, specialized beaks and tongues, while also preying on tiny insects for protein. Unlike many hummingbirds, Anna’s Hummingbirds can stay in one area year-round, even in cooler climates, thanks to their ability to enter torpor—a state similar to hibernation—on cold nights.
CSX train Q371-19 barrels down the Philadelphia sub as they are a few miles out from Bayview yard. I got to the crossing with about 10 seconds to set up and take picture, luck was on my side. On this day CSXT 8908 is leading with two other locomotives in tow. It’s nice to see an EMD product leading every now and then around here.
Close to you I will always stay.
Close to you, though you're far away.You'll always be near, as though you were here by my side.
No matter where, in my dreams, I'll find you there.Close to me, sharing your caress.
Can't you see you're my happiness?Wherever you go, my heart will go too.
What can I do?
It only wants to be close to you.
Wherever you go, my heart will go too.
What can I do?
-Frank Sinatra
A view down Elmslac Close into the Market Place in Helmsley complete with the wonderful example of electrical wiring.
The building on the right is the Black Swan Hotel so beware there are no ghosts looking out of the windows. I think this is the Elizabethan section but overall the hotel has a history dating back more than 500 years.. So it's unsurprising there's a few resident spooks too
If you zoom into the market square the detail is quite clear I always think of this as the distant past looking in at today's so called better life as we rush from here to there
Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Rye Dale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale of Pickering. (wiki)