Happy spring all fine Flickr friends.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF60neguk

Texture my own, filter: Topaz

Generally quite dark compared to other orb web spiders and can be found close to water where their webs are spun on fencing, buildings and bridges and rarely on vegetation. Close to a river near me where I live a river flows under a road in a tunnel these Orbweb spiders can be found and seen in their webs close to the lights that help to light up the pathway where they have the best of both worlds, warmth from the lights where I have even seen the adults spiders here in February with snow outside and plus their prey such as moths and flies are attracted to the lights also. Its amazing to see their webs so close together and not eating each other, nature can be truly amazing at times.

Europe, The Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Rotterdam Zuid, Kop van Zuid, Trompetjes (cut from all sides)

Testing out the macro capabilities of the Sigma 150 with the lens wide open for the first time. The subject: our 'little trumpets' - or 'saxophones'? ;-)

This is number 1246 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.

The soundtrack: Compared to what - Eddie Haris & Less McCann.

Le Martin-pêcheur, remarquable par sa silhouette caractéristique et ses couleurs éclatantes, est un oiseau de taille modeste, Perché, il se tient dressé. Le corps, court et trapu, paraît disproportionné comparé à la grosse tête prolongée d'un long bec en forme de poignard (4 cm). Les minuscules pattes rouges et la queue très rudimentaire sont également les signes caractéristiques du genre Alcedo. Les deux couleurs dominantes du plumage sont le bleu, pouvant passer au vert selon la luminosité sur le dessus, et le roux orangé chaud sur les parties inférieures. De plus près, on distingue le dessus de la tête et les ailes bleu verdâtre, le dos et la queue bleu clair variant du bleu azur au bleu cobalt ainsi que la gorge blanche. Les côtés du cou également blancs sont bordés au niveau de la joue d'une tache orangée soulignée elle-même d'une large bande bleue. Le bec du mâle est entièrement noir, celui de la femelle est teinté de rouge ou d'orangé à la base de la mandibule inférieure. Le juvénile ressemble à l'adulte, mais avec le plumage plus terne et plus vert. Les pattes sont grisâtres. Les ailes courtes sont animées de battements soutenus permettant un vol très rapide et droit.

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The Kingfisher, remarkable for its characteristic silhouette and bright colors, is a bird of modest size, Perched, he stands erect. The body, short and stocky, seems disproportionate compared to the large head extended by a long beak-shaped dagger (4 cm). The tiny red legs and the very rudimentary tail are also characteristic signs of the Alcedo genus. The two dominant colors of the plumage are blue, which can change to green depending on the brightness on the top, and the orange red hot on the lower parts. Closer to home, there is the top of the head and the greenish-blue wings, the back and tail light blue ranging from azure blue to cobalt blue and the white throat. The sides of the neck also white are bordered at the cheek of an orange spot underlined by a broad blue band. The beak of the male is entirely black, that of the female is tinged with red or orange at the base of the lower mandible. The juvenile resembles the adult, but with the feathers duller and greener. The legs are grayish. The short wings are animated by sustained beats allowing a very fast and straight flight.

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Morten Harket -

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

( 어바웃타임 About Time 2013)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7rHKInYjTU

[lyrics]

You're just too good to be true

Can't take my eyes off of you

You feel like heaven to touch

I wanna hold you so much

At long last love has arrived

And I thank God I'm alive

You're just too good to be true

Can't take my eyes off of you

Pardon the way that I stare

There's nothing else to compare

The sight of you makes me weak

There are no words left to speak

So if you feel like I feel

Please let me know that it's real

You're just too good to be true

Can't take my eyes off of you

...

..

..

.

Like North Falls further upstream, Middle North Falls has certain characteristics which one could argue give it an edge when comparing it to the park's main attraction, South Falls. Despite being considerably shorter, Middle North Falls is a markedly amorphous waterfall which changes physical shape in a very dramatic way as the volume of water in North Silver Creek changes. The 106 foot tall falls take the form of a narrow column of water during the summer months, funneled to perhaps 5 feet wide at most by a narrow runnel in the bedrock. With greater stream flow in the winter and spring months however, North Silver Creek sheets out across the 60-foot wide creek bed and turns the falls into a broad curtain of water, with part of the falls impacting on a twisting chute of basalt which then slides to join the more volumnous half of the creek in the plunge pool.

Middle North Falls is one of four waterfalls in Silver Falls State Park which features a trail which traverses behind the falling water. Unlike the other three, the trail leading behind Middle North Falls is a dead-end, constructed purely to allow access to additional views of the falls.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimmed;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st,

Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,

When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,

So long lives this,

and this gives life to thee.

Water rails are more often heard than seen. Related to Moorhens, they are very secretive birds living and breeding in freshwater wetlands. Their distinctive calls are often compared to piglet squeals.

Water rail (Rallus aquaticus).

© 2022 Marc Haegeman. All Rights Reserved

The Great Dividing Rangei is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the fifth longest land-based range in the world. It stretches more than 3,500 kilometres (2,175 mi) from the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through New South Wales and then Victoria. Its mountains are small compared to those in many other parts of the world.

This was taken from the air in the early morning near Paluma about 80 km northwest of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It is on the eastern edge of the Great Dividing range which receives high rainfall. The vegetation here consists of rainforest and tall Eucalypt forests. The sky is hazy from smoke.

The rock type is granite. The area is quite rugged with deep gorges.

Thank you for visiting. I appreciate the faves and kind comments very much.

When I compare

What I have lost with what I have gained,

What I have missed with what attained,

Little room do I find for pride.

I am aware

How many days have been idly spent;

How like an arrow the good intent

Has fallen short or been turned aside.

But who shall dare

To measure loss and gain in this wise?

Defeat may be victory in disguise;

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.

Loss and Gain ~ Longfellow

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Change Islands

on film

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Nikon FM10 | Nikkor 35-70mm | Kodak Gold 200

Digitized with Sony A7riii | Skier Sunray Copy Box 3

Home developed in Cinestill Cs41 | 3.5 min dev, 102 F / 8 min bleach & fix, 105 F

Negative Lab Pro v2.2.0 | Color Model: Basic | Pre-Sat: 3 | Tone Profile: LAB - Standard | WB: Auto-Neutral | LUT: Frontier

雌蕊はとろけて見えなくなって仕舞いました(^^;

Zeiss 50mm Planar f/2

SÜDAFRIKA( South-Africa), Hermanus . Glattwal .

Endlich mal eine Fluke (quer stehende Schwanzflosse der Wale ) , wenn auch ne recht kleine .

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Glattwale gehören zu den größten Säugetieren; im Vergleich zu anderen Bartenwalen sind sie jedoch nur mittelgroß. Nordkaper und Südkaper sind etwa gleich groß und gleich schwer; sie werden meist etwa 15 Meter lang, maximal kann die Körperlänge 18 Meter erreichen. Ihr Gewicht liegt zwischen 50 und 56 Tonnen.

SOUTH AFRICA( South-Africa), Hermanus . Right whale .

Right whales are among the largest mammals; compared to other baleen whales, however, they are only of medium size. Northern right whales and southern right whales are about the same size and weight; they are usually about 15 meters long, with a maximum body length of 18 meters. They weigh between 50 and 56 tons.

youtu.be/0-EF60neguk

struthio molybdophanes

as compared to the Common Ostrich, the plumage of the male Somali Ostrich is more densily black, the bare areas are blue-grey and the eyes are grey-brown. The female has blue-grey eyes.

IUCN RED LIST STATUS: vulnerable

Somalische struisvogel

Autruche de Somalie

Somalistrauss

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Hello guys, here is my new skin "Barbie" for the Powder Pack of May 2021 and comes with 9 skin tones. This same skin has a version for Lelutka Evo X and Genus (you will get the version of the pack you purchased).

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*If someone asks me, this skin is not the same as my "Pretty Princess" skin. The only thing that is similar is the area of the skin's eyes (and I'm using the same mesh eyes). If you compare both skins, the two will be quite different.

In all of creation not much can compare to this beauty! If you gave a kid a crayon and asked them to dream up a mythical bird of prey and they came up with this you may well ask them to not to be so silly! But feast your eye's! It's real and utterly staggering!

This is a resident raptor of the subcontinent seen all through the year, but becomes more visible after the rainy season starts. Their range though is pretty large spreading all the way across to Europe and parts of Africa.

The Snake eagles prefer snakes as their main diet and hence the name. We see them often on the edges of lakes or in grasslands where snakes are easy to catch for these birds. These are also one of the few eagles that I know of that hover in the air just like a Kestrel although at significant height compared to the Kestrel.

These Eagles are generally seen mornings and evenings like this on the top of trees in the grasslands roosting and waiting for the Sun to come up since they are quite dependent on thermals to fly high.

Thanks in advance for your views and feedback.

Someone has written that this snowdrop is a bit of a scraggly affair compared to the common, single kind. Nonetheless, I rather like it. Apparently it was already being grown in England in the Duchess of Beaufort's garden around 1700. Whether that was its first bedding I don't know but soon it could be found all over western Europe. And today it's a spring garden's favorite.

This further shot of the endangered Iberian Lynx shows it with its black tipped tail raised.Mainly nocturnal and handsomely spotted, they have long cheek whiskers and tufted ears and are smaller than the Lynx from northern Europe, being up to 30Kg. in weight compared with about 38Kg in the northern species. Its main food consists of rabbits and ducks.

Various plants in the arboretum in Rogów. It's nice to walk there among this greenery :)

The Rogów Arboretum, established in 1925, is the Station of Protection and Shaping of Forest Ecosystems. It covers an area of 54 ha and is of an exceptional character as compared with other centers of the type in Poland or Europe, because it has been built from the very beginning as a research – didactic object and, moreover, it was located in the forest and has been tightly connected with the forest experimental study from the moment of its origin. The Arboretum consists of three basic parts: the dendrological collections (about 22 ha), the forest experimental plots (about 18 ha) and the alpine garden (1.5 ha).

The dendrological collections that is tree and shrub individuals planted either separately or in groups or small area forms, are mainly concentrated in the central and southern part of the Arboretum, covering a total of 2350 species and varieties. The Arboretum’s specialty is its collection of maples and shrubs from China. This segment is managed naturally, having the look of more a forest park than a typical botanical garden. The trees give the shelter and the proper microclimate for the introduced trees and shrubs.

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Bujna roślinność w arboretum w Rogowie. Miło tak spacerować tam wśród zieleni :)

Arboretum w Rogowie – należy do grupy najcenniejszych, najbogatszych w gatunki i odmiany drzew i krzewów tego typu ogrodów w Europie. Położony jest w dawnym siedlisku leśym i ma charakter parku leśnego. Od początku istnienia (1925 r.) podlega pod Wydział Leśny SGGW. Na jego obszarze znajdują się jedne z najbogatszych i najciekawszych kolekcji drzew i krzewów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Najchetniej odwiedzanym miejscem w ogrodzie jest alpinarium. Oprócz wyniesionych na 2 m ponad poziom gruntu skalniaków, założono tu ciąg strumyków, kilka oczek wodnych i 5-arowy staw z wyspą. W rogowskim alpinarium można obejrzeć ponad 400 gatunków i odmian roślin, pochodzących z gór całego świata. W większości są to byliny, ale nie tylko. Rosną tu także krzewy i drzewa terenów górzystych, np. majestatyczne świerki serbskie, kształtne limby czy srebrzyste jodły kalifornijskie.

Compare with;

darkened: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51894457252

lightened: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51895418561

This is a single frame taken at maximum fire. This lasted essentially for only 2 minutes.

Picture of the Day

Red Deer - Cervus elaphus

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor, Iran, parts of western Asia, and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains region between Morocco and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the only species of deer to inhabit Africa. Red deer have been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Peru, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina. In many parts of the world, the meat (venison) from red deer is used as a food source.

The red deer is the fourth-largest deer species behind moose, elk and sambar deer. It is a ruminant, eating its food in two stages and having an even number of toes on each hoof, like camels, goats and cattle. European red deer have a relatively long tail compared to their Asian and North American relatives. Subtle differences in appearance are noted between the various subspecies of red deer, primarily in size and antlers, with the smallest being the Corsican red deer found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and the largest being the Caspian red deer (or maral) of Asia Minor and the Caucasus Region to the west of the Caspian Sea. The deer of central and western Europe vary greatly in size, with some of the largest deer found in the Carpathian Mountains in Central Europe.Western European red deer, historically, grew to large size given ample food supply (including people's crops), and descendants of introduced populations living in New Zealand and Argentina have grown quite large in both body and antler size. Large red deer stags, like the Caspian red deer or those of the Carpathian Mountains, may rival the wapiti in size. Female red deer are much smaller than their male counterparts.

The European red deer is found in southwestern Asia (Asia Minor and Caucasus regions), North Africa and Europe. The red deer is the largest non-domesticated land mammal still existing in Ireland. The Barbary stag (which resembles the western European red deer) is the only member of the deer family represented in Africa, with the population centred in the northwestern region of the continent in the Atlas Mountains. As of the mid-1990s, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria were the only African countries known to have red deer.

In the Netherlands, a large herd (ca. 3000 animals counted in late 2012) lives in the Oostvaarders Plassen, a nature reserve. Ireland has its own unique subspecies. In France the population is thriving, having multiplied fivefold in the last half-century, increasing from 30,000 in 1970 to approximately 160,000 in 2014. The deer has particularly expanded its footprint into forests at higher altitudes than before. In the UK, indigenous populations occur in Scotland, the Lake District, and the South West of England (principally on Exmoor). Not all of these are of entirely pure bloodlines, as some of these populations have been supplemented with deliberate releases of deer from parks, such as Warnham or Woburn Abbey, in an attempt to increase antler sizes and body weights. The University of Edinburgh found that, in Scotland, there has been extensive hybridisation with the closely related sika deer.

Several other populations have originated either with "carted" deer kept for stag hunts being left out at the end of the hunt, escapes from deer farms, or deliberate releases. Carted deer were kept by stag hunts with no wild red deer in the locality and were normally recaptured after the hunt and used again; although the hunts are called "stag hunts", the Norwich Staghounds only hunted hinds (female red deer), and in 1950, at least eight hinds (some of which may have been pregnant) were known to be at large near Kimberley and West Harling; they formed the basis of a new population based in Thetford Forest in Norfolk. Further substantial red deer herds originated from escapes or deliberate releases in the New Forest, the Peak District, Suffolk, Lancashire, Brecon Beacons, and North Yorkshire, as well as many other smaller populations scattered throughout England and Wales, and they are all generally increasing in numbers and range. A census of deer populations in 2007 and again in 2011 coordinated by the British Deer Society records the red deer as having continued to expand their range in England and Wales since 2000, with expansion most notable in the Midlands and East Anglia.

Sun backlit with less flare compared to previous photo

3 bull elephants at a waterhole in the Tembe Elephant Park in KZN near the southern Mozambique boarder with South Africa. Well known for their large tusks. Great simply ''being there''.

Nothing Compares...

I really don't know!

The 'oysterlings' are a bit tricky. C. cesatii has quite different spores when compared to C. variabilis but after that it gets harder.

Here is a fossa, it is a cat-like mammal that is closely related to the mongoose family, although, many people compare it to a small cougar. It is a carnivore endemic to Madagascar, and is currently considered in a vulnerable state.

This particular animal was relatively calm around people it seemed due to it being a frequent visitor to the bush camps garbage dump.

There is no

Life I know

To compare with

Pure imagination

Living there

You'll be free

If you truly

Wish to be

"Willy Wonka"

Candid portrait of two men, seen at Ballinrobe Racecourse on a blindingly sunny day.

It is situated in Veliko Tarnovo, a city in the central part of northern Bulgaria which served as the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185 – 1396) and the home of the Bulgarian Tsars from that period.

Veliko Tarnovo became the capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire in 1185 AD, after the uprising of the Bulgarian brothers Asen and Peter. It was a revolt of the Bulgarians living in the Byzantine Empire and was caused by an increase of the imperial taxes that led to resurrecting the independent medieval Bulgarian state conquered by Byzantium in 1018 AD.

After creating the new Empire, the brothers made Tsarevets the main fortress and it was considered the most impregnable and the most important one in Bulgaria, often compared with Rome and Constantinople in magnificence.

However, in 1393, Tsarevets was conquered by the Ottoman forces and burned down. The restoration of the fortress began in 1930 and was completed in 1981, in honor of the 1300 anniversary from the establishment of the Bulgarian state (681 AD).

Scaled to same dimensions on Photoshop ,same perch at different time to show size difference

The Semipalmated Sandpiper (L) and the Least Sandpiper (R), are the two smallest Sandpipers and often flock and forage together during migration. Their body lengths are about six inches.

The Semipalmated Sandpiper has Black legs and a black bill which is shorter and straighter than the longer and downward curving bill of the Least Sandpiper. The Least Sandpiper has yellow legs and rufous feather edges.

Sturgeon County, Alberta.

This is a remake of this nearly six-year-old photo by Tom Westbury: www.flickr.com/photos/drbnwy/32999224292/

As you can see the location has changed little since 2017. The addition of solar panels to the building and the presence of the electric car are interesting markers of the slow move toward "greener" technology, I think.

Although I used my camera's 7x6 setting to replicate the format of Tom's Mamiya the composition is significantly different. Apparently my Fuji's 50mm lens is not as wide as Tom's 65mm lens (I'm quite sure I stood as far back from the building as possible at the location). And Tom's camera seems to have been positioned slightly lower than mine - I assume because Tom's Mamiya has a top-mounted viewfinder and mine does not.

This is the first time I've done this experiment of "copying" another photo. I thought it was an interesting exercise, and although I've not precisely matched the tones of Tom's Portra film in post-processing I've gone some way toward it (the wet road in my version didn't help).

I have several other shots from this area, some of which I have processed in a similar style and will share over the coming days.

Much respect to Tom and his original image, which I love. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, right?

Processed in Microsoft Photos

180 mm equiv. (medium-tele)

Exp. Corr. Value: +0.0 EV

Exp. Program: Normal

Metering mode: Spot

WB Settings: Auto

The little alpine garden in Rogów. It's a popular place in the arboretum :)

The Rogów Arboretum, established in 1925, is the Station of Protection and Shaping of Forest Ecosystems. It covers an area of 54 ha and is of an exceptional character as compared with other centers of the type in Poland or Europe, because it has been built from the very beginning as a research – didactic object and, moreover, it was located in the forest and has been tightly connected with the forest experimental study from the moment of its origin. The Arboretum consists of three basic parts: the dendrological collections (about 22 ha), the forest experimental plots (about 18 ha) and the alpine garden (1.5 ha), which is the most popular for visitors. In addition to the rock garden, which rises 2m above ground level, streams have been created to run through the garden and several smaller ponds have been built, along with a larger one, which contains an island. The alpinarium offers a display of over 400 species and infraspecific taxa of plants, originating from mountainous regions all over the world.

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Ścieżki w alpinarium. Jest to popularne miejsce w rogowskim arboretum :)

Arboretum w Rogowie – należy do grupy najcenniejszych, najbogatszych w gatunki i odmiany drzew i krzewów tego typu ogrodów w Europie. Położony jest w dawnym siedlisku leśnym i ma charakter parku leśnego. Od początku istnienia (1925 r.) podlega pod Wydział Leśny SGGW. Na jego obszarze znajdują się jedne z najbogatszych i najciekawszych kolekcji drzew i krzewów Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej. Najchetniej odwiedzanym miejscem w ogrodzie jest alpinarium. Oprócz wyniesionych na 2 m ponad poziom gruntu skalniaków, założono tu ciąg strumyków, kilka oczek wodnych i 5-arowy staw z wyspą. W rogowskim alpinarium można obejrzeć ponad 400 gatunków i odmian roślin, pochodzących z gór całego świata. W większości są to byliny, ale nie tylko. Rosną tu także krzewy i drzewa terenów górzystych, np. majestatyczne świerki serbskie, kształtne limby czy srebrzyste jodły kalifornijskie.

...in honor of Professor Gallantic's Art History II (Renaissance to the Present) course at Tufts University...

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abriola

An rainbow welcpmed me and my wife. An rainy day

This year, the colors of the tree turned to the red amd yellow slowly.

And I don't think the montain is beautiful compared with that of the past years.

But I enjoyed the autumn sceneries of Zao Echo Line in Occtober.

I introduce some photos/

今年は、樹々の色が変わるのが遅かったようです。

そして、この数年と比較すると、そんなに美しくなかったように思います。

それでも、10月に蔵王エコーラインの秋景色を楽しみました。

写真を紹介します。

#Fallen Gods Hunt Day 1

Shhhhhhhhh

On peut le comparer à cette pierre si rare,

Dont la couleur dépend des effets de lumière,

Ou à Ces statuettes vendues dans les foires,

Annonçant, bleues ou roses, le temps qu’il devrait faire.

Ses reflets ont parfois le blanc de l’innocence,

D’une étendue de neige au lever du soleil,

De la candeur intacte, qui est propre à l’enfance,

De la virginité d’une vie en éveil.

Sa lueur peut se faire aussi noire que la nuit,

Profonde et ténébreuse, aux instants de détresse,

Elle est quelquefois grise comme un jour de pluie,

Aux heures de solitude, d’ennui et de tristesse.

Il a de temps en temps le bleu de l’océan,

Ou d’un ciel sans nuages, propice aux rêveries,

Un bleu calme, infini, limpide et reposant,

Comme ces quelques trêves, offertes par la vie.

Il peut devenir rouge, de colère ou de sang,

Ou rouge de passion, brûlant comme la braise.

Il se teinte d’un vert presque phosphorescent,

Quand l'espoir apparait ; que les doutes se taisent.

Il peut briller de rose quand naît le romantisme,

Scintiller du violet de la délicatesse,

Étinceler de jaune ; empreinte d’égoïsme,

Ou flamboyer d’orange aux moments d’allégresse.

Mais quel est ce mystère aux teintes volatiles ?

Est-ce un jeu de lumière ? Est-ce un caméléon ?

Non.

C’est le cœur d’une femme aux nuances subtiles,

Dont la couleur varie au rythme des saisons.

Liliane ROSATI

We can compare it to this rare stone,

Whose color depends on light effects,

Or to these statuettes sold at fairs,

Announcing, blue or pink, the weather forecast.

Its reflections sometimes have the white of innocence,

From an expanse of snow at sunrise,

Intact candor, which is proper to childhood,

Of the virginity of an awakening life.

Its glow can turn as dark as night,

Deep and dark, in moments of distress,

She is sometimes gray like a rainy day,

In times of loneliness, boredom and sadness.

It has from time to time the blue of the ocean,

Or of a cloudless sky, conducive to daydreams,

A calm, infinite, limpid and restful blue,

Like these few truces, offered by life.

It can turn red, with anger or blood,

Or red with passion, burning like embers.

It is tinged with an almost phosphorescent green,

When hope appears; let the doubts fall away.

It can shine rosy when romanticism is born,

Sparkle with the violet of delicacy,

Sparkle with yellow; imprint of selfishness,

Or blaze orange in moments of joy.

But what is this volatile-hued mystery?

Is it a play of light? Is it a chameleon?

No.

It is the heart of a woman with subtle nuances,

Whose color varies with the seasons.

Une femme est comme un arc-en-ciel... elle donne à la vie ses couleurs lumineuses. Bonne fête à vous toutes et merci de mettre autant d'éclat et de douceur dans nos vies.

A woman is like a rainbow... she gives life its luminous colors. Happy holliday to all of you and thank you for bringing so much brilliance and sweetness into our lives.

© All rights reserved Arnaud Chatelet. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.

Skylar Grey - Come Up For Air

I'm no good for you

I'm not what you need

You've made it very clear

Though I disagree

Enough to let you go

To let you drift away

Cause once you navigate these troubled waters

I believe that someday you'll return

And I will still be here

When you come up for air

Do you what you gotta do

I'll wait for you, to come for air

Cause this whole wide world

There's no one else for me

So while you search the seas for answers

I will still be waiting here

Make sure you dive down deep

Because if you do

Even though it takes a thousand lifetimes

My love, I know you're finally gonna see the truth, and you'll return

And I will still be here

When you come up for air

Do you what you gotta do

I'll wait for you, to come for air

And even if this really is the end

I'm sure I'll be alone until I'm dead

Cause no one else will ever quite compare

To them it wouldn't be fair...

In case anyone is frightened by temperature changes of our planet.

Grok Question:

Average annual temperature of Yukon compared to Hawaii?

Answer:

The average annual temperature in Yukon, Canada, is considerably lower than in Hawaii due to their vastly different climatic conditions:

* Yukon: Given its subarctic climate, the average annual temperature varies by region, but for Whitehorse, a significant city in Yukon, the average would be around 0°C (32°F). However, considering the entire Yukon territory, including colder areas, the average might be even lower, possibly around -2°C to -4°C (28°F to 24°F).

* Hawaii: With its tropical climate, the average annual temperature for Hawaii is much higher, typically around 75-78°F (24-26°C) at sea level. This average can slightly vary between islands but remains consistently warm year-round.

So, when comparing the average annual temperature:

* Yukon: Approximately -2°C to 0°C (28°F to 32°F).

* Hawaii: Approximately 24°C to 26°C (75°F to 78°F).

This comparison clearly shows Hawaii's much warmer climate in contrast to Yukon's cold, subarctic conditions.

Compared with most herons, Green Herons are short and stocky, with relatively short legs and thick necks that are often drawn up against their bodies. They have broad, rounded wings and a long, daggerlike bill. They sometimes raise their crown feathers into a short crest. Seen at Shark Valley National State Park.