Kousa Dogwood berries are small fruits, averaging 2 to 4 centimeters in diameter, and have a uniform, globular, to slightly oval shape. The fruits are a type of drupe, comprised of 20 to 40 individual carpels that fuse to form a spherical appearance and are connected to slender, elongated, and fibrous light brown-green stems averaging 7 to 10 centimeters in length. The fruit's skin is semi-thick, rough, and taut, covered in small bumps, creating a pointed, ridged appearance. The surface also ripens from green to orange-red or red-purple and has a gritty and grainy feel with a bitter, astringent taste, making it somewhat unpleasant to consume. Underneath the skin, the bright orange-yellow flesh has a slippery, lightly mealy, sticky, custard-like consistency. The solid, pulpy flesh also encases a few to many small seeds that should be discarded when eaten.

Select Kousa Dogwood berries that are bright red and feel soft to the touch. The fruits should be slightly squishy, which signifies that the flesh has converted most of its starch into sugars for a sweeter eating experience. Ripe Kousa Dogwood berries are consumed for their flesh, discarding the skin and seeds. The flesh has a sweet, tropical, and earthy taste with a unique blend of pumpkin, mango, and persimmon-like nuances. Kousa Dogwood berries are available in the late summer through fall.

Kousa Dogwood berries, botanically classified as Cornus kousa, are the fruits of a deciduous flowering tree belonging to the Cornaceae family. [...]. Kousa is derived from the Hakone dialect on Honshu Island in Japan, where the fruiting dogwood tree was once called "Kusa," eventually being altered to "Kousa." The Asian varieties are also known as Japanese dogwood, Chinese dogwood, Korean dogwood, and Japanese Flowering dogwood. [...].

Kousa Dogwood berries are a source of calcium to build strong bones and teeth and carotene to produce vitamin A in the body.[...]. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the fruits are used as an anti-inflammatory, an aid to cleanse the liver, and as an ingredient to help improve energy levels.

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The strange thing is that there was at least one thread of consistency between my high school and my university. Both had the same school colors. My high school called the school colors scarlet and gold while my university called it cardinal and gold.

This hundred percent cotton shirt of mine was bought after I graduated for a big discount in the employee store at HQ. The shirt fits a bit more snugly now.

my photostream is just a massive experiment...I want some consistency

Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi - Appartamento del duca del Chiablese - Sala da gioco.

La sala di maggior consistenza per ampiezza e stile negli appartamenti del duca del Chiablese è senz'altro la sala da gioco, un grande spazio destinato allo svago della corte inserito in una sala di forma rettangolare con gli angoli smussati e due grandi nicchie nei lati più corti.

Il soffitto, decorato da Giovanni Pietro Pozzo nel 1765, riprende gli stessi motivi esotici e orientaleggianti delle pareti che svolgono il ruolo di elegante cornice al mobilio da gioco presente all'interno della stanza.

Questo comprende un salotto della metà del XVIII secolo (foto), un tavolo da gioco in stile Luigi XV con una preziosa scacchiera intarsiata in ebano e avorio, una scrivania con raffinate figure in avorio intarsiate dell'inizio del XVIII secolo.

Stupinigi hunting lodge - Apartment of the Duke of Chiablese - Game room.

The room of greatest consistency in terms of size and style in the apartments of the Duke of Chiablese is undoubtedly the game room, a large space intended for the recreation of the court inserted in a rectangular room with rounded corners and two large niches on the most short.

The ceiling, decorated by Giovanni Pietro Pozzo in 1765, takes up the same exotic and oriental motifs of the walls that play the role of an elegant frame for the play furniture inside the room.

This includes a mid-18th-century sitting room (photo), a Louis XV-style game table with a precious chessboard inlaid in ebony and ivory, a desk with fine inlaid early 18th-century ivory figures.

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Endless repetition is a common form of brainwashing.

Endless repetition is a common form of brainwashing.

Endless repetition is a common form of brainwashing.

Endless repetition is a common form of brainwashing.

Endless repetition is a common form of brainwashing.

At least there is some consistency here.

Familiarity can also breed contempt.

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If you haven't found the time to enjoy love, don't waste time feeling sorry for it. It is only a question of mature consistency.

Formation and consistency of sweets

...consistency of wet cement...bad shoveling!!

2027 was a rough year for Arwen Blackwell..

The 6th year Slytherin went through many things she could have avoided if she had only listened to her head and not her heart..

Nevertheless, she made new friends, and learnt valuable lessons from her experiences..

And who knows.. Maybe listening to her heart wasn't much of a bad thing in the end...

"Come a little closer, it's alright

I'll be your character with flaws tonight

Come a little closer, my firefly

You're not the only one who doesn't want to be alone tonight.."

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Guess I just felt like taking pictures again.. Hurray for 0 consistency from me :^)

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2/3 cup butter (extra to grease the ramekins)

4 ounces dark chocolate, chopped

4 eggs

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

Vanilla ice cream, for serving

Butter 6 ramekins and line with a disk of parchment paper, and then butter the parchment. In a double boiler, bowl or saucepan, very gently, melt the butter and chocolate together over a hot water bath.

In a separate mixing bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until thick, pale, and with a ribbon consistency.

Beat in the flour, and finally, add the chocolate mixture. Pour the mixture into the ramekins and chill.

Just before serving, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Place the ramekins on a baking sheet, and bake until the top is set, 12 to 14 minutes. Remove. Let sit 5 minutes, before unmolding onto plates. Serve with fruit or caramel sauce, or a scoop of ice cream.

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Moonrise at Mono Lake, California. I arrived at my target site on Mono Lake with minutes to spare. My DeLorme PN-20 GPS has a Sun/Moon feature that confirmed the moon rise time, but it also shows a compass with the Sun and moon on it, so I could point the sun symbol towards the setting sun and there was an arrow pointing to the approximate place on the horizon where the moon would come up. I walked a couple of hundred yards until I could line that forecasted rise spot up with the tufa limestone structures that I wanted to shoot. By the way, you can get a Java program for cell phones that support Java that will do the same thing (most phones know your approximate location info from the position of local cell towers, some provide location based services using a GPS signal).

The moon started to peek out over the hills right on time, and I adjusted my tripod position maybe 6-12 feet to place the moon where I wanted it in the scene. I started with a 70-200mm lense and gradually worked my way up to a wide angle lens as the sunset darkened and spread across the sky.

I often bracket different development settings and tools to use on early edits during postprocessing so I can close in on the best settings and techniques for a given site and lighting conditions.

For this result I left the white balance "as shot", but I think the camera saw the scene differently and the actual event was a bit less blue (at least to my mind's perception... there's truly no such thing as "reality" when it comes to white balance and color perception). The light does of course shift more towards blue as sunsets progress, so it could well be my perception or my memory that varies from the event. The people who claim to produce an accurate copy of a given moment crack me up. Accurate to an electronic device, to one person, or to which people, and under which ambient lighting conditions? I don't believe that there is any consistency in color perception from person to person (let alone from the original event to viewing a representation of it under different lighting conditions). The whole claim is a farce. Must I "go with the flow" and pretend, or is it safe to observe that the "just as it happened" emperor truly has no clothes?

You can look up times for your next full moon rise (at sunset) and set (at dawn). On June 26, 2010 in Western states we you have the bonus of a penumbral lunar eclipse as the full moon sets to the west just before sunrise. The details and links to moon time calculation resources are provided here:

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Inedible mushrooms are also often called “Toadstools”. They are not recommended for consumption, most often due to their taste, hard consistency or too small size. But some of them are poisonous and hallucinogenic.

I envy people who know how to pick mushrooms... I don’t know how, in the forest I see a lot of beautiful things, but not mushrooms, they always hide from me. My older brothers refused to take me into the forest, they had to look for me, not mushrooms :)

Il est classé au titre des monuments historiques par arrêté du 20 février 1941. Le château présente une architecture singulière qui associe avec talent des parties empruntées à l’architecture médiévale et d’autres qui témoignent de l’influence de l’époque : la Renaissance. Ce château emblématique du Bergeracois est demeuré imperturbable depuis la fin du XVIe siècle, alors que la qualité de ses vins était notoire bien au-delà des frontières de l’Aquitaine. Cette constance fait figure d’exception dans une région où les guerres, les révoltes paysannes ou la révolution ne laissèrent guère en repos les aristocratiques façades qui parsemaient le paysage.

it is classified as historical monuments by decree of February 20, 1941. The castle presents a unique architecture which combines with talent parts borrowed from medieval architecture and others which bear witness to the influence of the time: the Renaissance . This emblematic Bergerac chateau has remained unruffled since the end of the 16th century, when the quality of its wines was known far beyond the borders of Aquitaine. This consistency is an exception in a region where wars, peasant revolts or revolution hardly left the aristocratic facades that dotted the landscape at rest.

Pool from the set 41090 Olivia's Garden Pool. I just made it longer. As the water in my pool I used shampoo thick consistency which I bought at the supermarket last night.

I'm going on vacation next week. So hope I can take some outdoor photos...

I hope everyone will have an unforgettable summer!!! XD :D

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One hour later, two towns later, three shutter clicks later, same thing.

Consistency is the name of the game.

Hamlet, IN

Throughout Our Lives We Need to Ask

What things excite you, makes you come alive?

We need to go out and do them!

While there is a need for consistency in life

Whatever adds that smile to your face

That glean to your eye

Do it!

Share it with others

Experience what excites others

Make the world a better place for all!

Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one early afternoon in Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park. This is from an overlook with a view extending to the northwest to the waterfall itself with the Kaministiquia River. In composing this image, I attempted to capture a look across the waterfall while centering the waters coming down across the image center. I wanted to include some of the nearby trees as well as distant shoreline. I later worked with FilmPack 8 and used one of the presets along with a sky replacement for the overcast skies that day, using an image captured with my Nikon D850 SLR Camera from out in west Texas.

Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean - Paul Simon

Érase una vez un océano, pero ahora es una cordillera. Algo imparable se puso en marcha. Nada es diferente, pero todo ha cambiado. Es un trabajo sin futuro y te cansas de estar sentado. Es como el hábito de la nicotina, siempre estás pensando en dejarlo y yo pienso en dejarlo... todos los días de la semana.

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One of the great mysteries of science and for scientists has been the behavior of migratory animals when they navigate the open sea, where there are no visual reference points. And the greatest mystery has always been the ability of turtles to travel thousands of kilometers and mysteriously return to the beach where they were born. Turtles have feeding grounds and breeding grounds separated by great distances of several thousand kilometers. Sea turtles are possibly one of the living beings with the greatest capacity for navigation and orientation. A few years ago, science rendered its verdict on this astonishing ability. Turtles are able to detect the lines of the Earth's magnetic field and use it as a "map" to navigate and travel within it, covering enormous distances. This allows them to return, many years later when they reach maturity, to the same beaches where they were born to lay their eggs and give birth to a new generation of baby turtles (on average, it usually takes 20 years to reach this level of development). When they are born, the young turtles memorize the data (or pattern) of the magnetic field of their home beach and store it in their brain, in their memorie. This data they will later use to return across the open ocean. They detect the intensity, inclination, magnetic declination, and other parameters of the magnetic field of the place where they were born, and as they grow, the young turtles learn to distinguish the magnetic field and the different parameters and variations this magnetic field has in the places they encounter along their journey. This allows them to compile a "magnetic map" in their brains that allows them to navigate between specific feeding and nesting areas by reading and using the detected magnetic field lines. This way, they always know their position, longitude, and latitude. To put it more simply, they have and use a map, just like you and I, except it's a magnetic map, through which they travel, or if you prefer, they have built into their brains, something like a compass or GPS to navigate thousands of kilometers. At the end of the last century, a colony of turtles that departed from the beaches of Japan began to be monitored. Approximately two decades later, when they had reached sexual maturity, they returned to the beach where they were born, traveling a great distance, almost 15,000 kilometers. However, migratory movements and the distance traveled are currently being studied in a population of turtles that departed Papua New Guinea heading for North America. (I imagine monitored by satellite.) These turtles have reached sexual maturity and are returning to their native beaches. It is believed that these sea turtles, once they reach their place of origin, will have made a journey of almost 20,000 kilometers. While scientists worked for centuries to invent instruments for maritime navigation, sea turtles moved away from the coasts and into the mysterious oceans unknown to humans, deciding at every moment where they wanted to go. While navigators and sailors clung to the coast, never straying far from land so as not to get lost and be able to return home, sea turtles, thousands of miles away, decided when to change course and return with extreme ease... to the place where they were born.

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¿De nuevo en casa?

Noooooo... nunca volveré a casa.

¿Piensas en casa de nuevo?

¡Nunca pienso en casa!

Pero entonces llega una carta de casa. La letra es frágil y extraña. Algo imparable se pone en movimiento. Nada es diferente, pero todo ha cambiado. La luz a través del vitral era cobalto y roja y los puños y cuellos deshilachados fueron remendados por halos de hilo dorado. El coro cantó: ""Érase una vez un océano"" y todos los viejos himnos y apellidos bajaron revoloteando como hojas de emoción...

Nada es diferente... pero todo ha cambiado...

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Legend has it that when the dinosaurs exercised their tyranny on Earth, the turtles decided to return to the oceans. But Nature made them pay a price. The eggs from which the next generations of turtles would hatch had to be buried on the beaches for incubation. The turtles had to return to land, even if only for a brief moment, to deposit the eggs as an offering to Nature so that the next generations of turtles would hatch on land, on the beaches, and then return to the ocean. The life of turtles is an odyssey. Throughout their lives, they must overcome many difficulties. When they are born on the beaches, many predators wait to feed on tiny turtles that measure only four centimeters and weigh 20 grams. Only 10% make it to the sea. But their odyssey continues for years, overcoming dangers. They also encounter many predators on their journeys across the sea. Only when they reach maturity and have a strong shell do they live safer and longer. But only one in every thousand turtles reaches maturity. Even with strong shells, they are attacked by sharks and orcas. The life of turtles is a constant struggle. There is no animal species that has such calmness, perseverance, constant, determination, and resilience. In nature, it is not the strong who survive, but those with the ability to adapt to circumstances, to ecosystem changes and fight. It is not the strongest who survive, but the most intelligent, constant and adaptable. The true masters of the oceans aren't the aggressive sharks and orcas. The true masters of the oceans are the intelligent octopus... and the persevering, sage and tenacious turtle.

Surviving Sea Turtles - National Geographic Wild

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The "Caretta caretta" is a large sea turtle and is the most common and widespread species of sea turtle on the coasts of Catalonia and the Mediterranean. It spends most of its time at or near the surface, making it very easy for fishermen to catch. This is why it is commonly known as the "loggerhead" (silly, foolish) turtle. I hope that one day someone will change the vulgar and stupid name used to describe one of the most intelligent species in the oceans and give it a more respectful name. One of the greatest dangers to turtles is precisely the fishing nets that fishermen carelessly abandon on the seabed, just like trawling nets. These nets become a death trap for the turtles.

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Ocean Bloom - Hans Zimmer ＆ Radiohead / (Blue Planet II, produced the BBC Natural History Unit, 2017)

Open your mouth wide. The universal sigh. And while the ocean blooms it's what keeps me alive.

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Life's An Ocean - The Verve

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Turtle - Thomas Newman

"Turtle" is a song written by Thomas Newman for the soundtrack of the film "Cinderella Man." I don't know the meaning of the song or what it has to do with a film based on the life of a boxer. Only Newman knows that. But the explanation could be the following, although I'm not sure about it. "Cinderella Man" is a film based on the true story of a boxer, James J. Braddock, who received the nickname "Cinderella Man" for having the ability to win fights, even though he was never the favorite and was infinitely inferior to his rivals technically. Braddock was American but his roots were Irish (perhaps this is why the song "Turtle" has a musical base of Irish Celtic music). He retired from boxing due to frequent injuries to his right hand. Furthermore, when the Great Depression hit in 1929, he had to work for years as a stevedore in the port to earn money and support his family. Given his precarious financial situation, he decided to return to boxing, trying to use his left hand to box. Eventually, he was presented with the opportunity to challenge Max Baer, a very strong and technically gifted boxer, for the world title. Baer was a boastful, arrogant, and brutal boxer who boasted of having killed two boxers in the ring. Baer was infinitely superior to Braddock, both in strength and technique, as the betting odds indicated. In fact, Baer didn't even train or prepare for the fight. During the fight, Baer was all about foolishness and clowning around in the ring. He mocked his opponent, belittled him, and underestimated him, knowing he was better than Braddock and would beat him sooner or later. Braddock took heavy blows from Baer. He endured them with consistency and patience. He withstood all of Baer's heavy right hands as best he could. He never let his opponent knock him down. As the fight progressed, Baer grew exhausted and lost strength, ultimately losing the fight against Braddock "Cinderella Man.". Max Baer underestimated his opponent. He failed to realize that "no one is better than anyone else" and that overconfidence can lead to failure. He failed to see that arrogance, vanity, haughtiness, or feeling superior to others are bad traveling companions that are useless in learning to overcome oneself every day. They distance you from sacrifice and effort, from dignity and honesty, something that Braddock did possess. But having come this far, what does this story have to do with the song "Turtle" on the soundtrack? Perhaps the explanation lies in the fable of the tortoise and the hare, where the two challenge each other to a race. The cunning and confident hare, aware of its speed and the tortoise's slowness, feels far superior to it. The hare mocks the tortoise, belittles and undervalues it. Meanwhile, the tortoise walks at its slow but steady pace, aware of its limitations, never giving up even when everything is against it, and continuing to strive to the maximum and with perseverance. In contrast, the confident and swift hare decides to rest next to a tree and falls asleep. But when it wakes up, it's too late. The slow but steady tortoise, who hasn't given up, reaches the finish line and wins the race. The fable invites us to reflect on the fact that it's not good to belittle or mock anyone. That "no one, absolutely no one, is better than anyone else." That overconfidence, vanity, arrogance, and hubris are bad traveling companions. Fables, nature, our own lives, always find a way and a time to show us that we're not the best, that we're not as strong or as smart as we thought. Life, sooner or later, eventually finds a way to teach us a lesson, learning from that lesson depends solely and exclusively... on you.

PS: I know. I don't like boxing either. I don't approve of it, and I don't find it exemplary. But even in a boxing movie, you can find something that will help you in your life. Even if it's just a song. Anyway in English, the word "turtle" is used for sea turtles and "tortoise" for land turtles. Conclusion... I don't know why Newman composed a song called "Turtle" for the Cinderella Man soundtrack. But it's a song I really like, and I was looking for an excuse to include it in this photo. And I also wanted to remember the other turtles... the land turtles. And I couldn't find a land turtle song I liked.Only Newman knows why he titled it... "Turtle."

PS: In Celtic culture, turtles have a multifaceted symbolism: they symbolize longevity, endurance, protection, security, stability, perseverance, experience, and wisdom. Braddock had Irish roots. An Irish person is considered a person of Celtic descent. And perhaps this is why Newman titled his song "Turtle." But only Thomas Newman knows that.

PS: "No one is better than anyone else". But you believed... that you would win...

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¿Y cuándo cobraré mi billete de lotería y enterraré mi pasado con mis cargas y mis conflictos? Quiero sacudir cada rama del Jardín del Edén y convertir a cada amante... en el amor de mi vida.

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Le grand bleu (Pat)

2nd Movement of the Odyssey... (of the Turtles) - Incubus

4th Movement of the Odyssey... (of the Turtles) - Incubus

PS: Supongo que una vez... fui un océano...

House Automotive and Alexander Bermudez Team Up for a Run at the Championship

Two emerging names in Porsche Club Racing are joining forces to create one winning team...House Automotive, an exclusive Porsche only Service Facility with a 5-Star Reputation and Alexander Bermudez, piloting a Porsche Boxster Spec (BSR). Alexander snatched second place, in the 2014 Porsche Owners Club Cup Championship.

Early on, Alexander showed great potential as an upcoming

driver by consistently finishing on the Podium, earning him the POC Most Improved Driver award in 2012. This year, Alexander made the leap to Cup racing, which not only includes a wheel to wheel element, the competition was also larger and mor intense. Drivers in the class had more experience than Alexander, which led him toward initiatives to keep an open-mind and focus on what makes a great fundamental driver, consistency and perseverance. As a result, Alexander Bermudez is now a contender for the Championship in his second season of POC Cup Racing. He also holds track records at Laguna Seca with NASA and the PCA track record at Auto Club Speedway as well as the POC Track record at Willow Springs International Speedway and Spring Mountain Motorsport Park.

The results and progression of Alexander’s racing led to House Automotive taking in interest in supporting Alexander’s march for a championship. Greg Hwang, President of House Automotive states, “Alex has a genuine passion for driving and House is excited to extend its reach to Porsche Clubs and anyone that shares the same passion for driving.”

House Automotive has become a solid name in the Greater Los Angeles region for Porsche owners to seek Service or Repairs for their Porsches. Like Alexander Bermudez, House has had great results and seen rapid growth. Clear evidence is displayed on multiple sites with 5-star ratings as the average across all media channels for their Superior Customer Service. This opportunity aligns with House’s future offerings and direction that include House Motorsports, a national parts supplier which is geared towards avid car enthusiasts seeking to increase the performance of their vehicles.

As of this announcement, House will partner with Alexander for the 2015 season. Alexander has shared great enthusiasm with the sponsorship by stating, “I am very excited to be a part of the House Automotive brand, it's really an honor to be associated with a business that takes so much pride in what they do. Together, I look forward to a successful 2015 season with the POC.”

Look for Alexander Bermudez in the Dark Blue Porsche Boxster with House Automotive Livery at all Porsche Owner’s Club races this season. You can watch the progress on Alexander’s fan page at Alexander Bermudez Automobilist and as well at House Automotive’ s Website, www.HouseAutoGroup.com .

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Everything in life takes courage. Each new adventure we take, takes courage and a leap of faith.

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.” – Maya Angelou

“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou

🎼: Pocketful of Sunshine ~ Natasha Bedingford~

✈️ : LeLoo's World

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah...

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine

I got a love and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh-oh

Do what you want but you're never gonna break me

Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh-oh

Take me away (Take me away)

A secret place (A secret place)

A sweet escape (A sweet escape)

Take me away (Take me away)

Take me away (Take me away)

To better days (To better days)

Take me away (Take me away)

A hiding place (A hiding place)

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine

I got a love and I know that it's all mine, oh, oh-oh

(Got a love and I know that it's all mine)

Do what you want but you're never gonna break me (Oh)

Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh-oh

(Never gonna shake me, never gonna shake me)

In the modern accounts of our origin story all life came from the sea and migrated to the land. This is even true of ancient creation stories. In Genesis 1:20 the very first forms of life were created thus: "And God said, 'Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures."

My title "Mother's Milk" is not just a reference to the milky consistency of the sea in this long exposure (enlarge and let the eye take you to the light on the horizon). It also concerns the fact that the seas are indeed our source of all life on earth. But the sea is a dangerous unforgiving beast, and that is the reason for the lighthouse, and why old salts understand that if you wish to work at sea you need to respect her.

In recent hours we have learned the sad fate of five people who joined the resting place of 1,500 souls on the Titanic over 12,000 feet below the surface of the ocean. The sea is still our major source of life, but at its depths dangers lurk. Instinctively we know that.

Dans un immense ciel d'azur flottent trois objets livides et monumentaux, semblables à des nuées solides. Magritte a sans doute découvert dans l’atelier de Dalí des œuvres comme Le jeu lugubre qui tirent parti de la métamorphose des formes. Au climat hallucinatoire de Dalí, Magritte préfère la consistance ouateuse des nuages. Le torse de femme et le tuba sont ici accompagnés d'une chaise dans une association qui semble purement aléatoire. Malgré la vraisemblance mimétique donnée par Magritte à des objets de son répertoire, ceux-ci se donnent sous le jour de l’absence.

In a huge azure sky float three livid and monumental objects, like solid clouds. Magritte has undoubtedly discovered in Dalí's studio works such as Le jeu lugubre which take advantage of the metamorphosis of forms. Magritte prefers the fleecy consistency of clouds to the hallucinatory climate of Dalí. The woman's torso and the tuba are here accompanied by a chair in an association which seems purely random. Despite the mimetic likelihood given by Magritte to objects in his repertoire, these occur in the light of absence.

I took Hermes out in the garden. He does not mind as long as there is no rain (he is afraid of losing his consistency - the fear of a plaster cast man).

Lutefisk is a traditional dish of some Nordic countries.

In Norway, Lutefisk is traditionally served with boiled potatoes, mashed green peas, melted butter and small pieces of fried bacon.

Some use syrup, brown goat cheese and mustard in addition.

It is traditionally part of the Norwegian julebord (get together-parties throughout December).

Every restaurant with respect for themselves has this on their menu.

It is gelatinous in texture. Its name literally means "lye fish".

Some might think it doesn't look particular tasty, the clue is to close your eyes, open your mouth and in gets the fork, hurry swallow and take a sip or two of what you have in your glass and open your eyes again.

Try to recover.

Drink more.

It works perfectly, you might get the chance to get a little salt fishy jelly taste gliding on your tongue, but if you hurry and eat some lovely bacon you will get over it.

As mom says "Lye kills everything and cleanses your body!"

That really says it all...

I did use lye to get rid of paint on a little house I had in the garden, just mentioning...

(NB! I had a house, had.. )

Lutefisk is dried whitefish (normally cod, but ling and burbot are also used) treated with lye.

The first step is soaking the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent, producing a jelly-like consistency, good grief.

When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) is caustic, with a pH of 11–12, wow!! To make the fish edible (hahahahaha, edible!!), a final treatment of yet another four to six days of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed.

Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked in 20 minutes, and if you are lucky the fish will literally disappear and it will not be much left.

(Wikipedia, well some of it)

I survived, btw

And I'm drunk too!

😄

MYANMAR, Burma -Dorfleben am Inle-See, "Bonbonfabrikation"

Was aussieht wie kleine Schnecken sind Bonbon.

Das ist nicht nur interessant sondern auch lecker.

Die an der Wand aufgehängten Teigstränge werden geschwungen und geschlagen bis sie die richtige Konsistenz und Stärke haben. Dann werden sie geschnitten, geformt und in der Sonne zum Trocken ausgebreitet. Viele Grüße an HARIBO und Co.

MYANMAR, Burma -Village life at Inle Lake, "candy manufacture".

What looks like small snails are candies.

This is not only interesting but also delicious. The strands of dough hanging on the wall are swung and beaten until they have the right consistency and strength. Then they are cut, shaped and laid out in the sun to dry. Greetings to HARIBO and Co.

Beauty, charm and the glow.

In it's most accepted definition, glamour is photography that focuses on beauty and charm. This is unlike fashion photography. This field can often feel similar in posing and lighting.

Glamour Glow is a micronized compact powder with exceptionally soft and silky consistency, for glamorous light and glowing effects on the skin. Often used in theatrical and modelling settings.

Candid shot, Coffee#1, Wellington, Somerset, UK.

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So I've made a change - for the first time in I don't know how long, my primary camera shoots with a 4:3 ratio instead of the 3:2 ratio I've become so very used to.

Over the years I've messed with pretty much every ratio you can imagine, including none at all. I've studied and studied those who inspire me and it's apparent that certain crops suit certain scenes and styles of photography - I photograph interiors and find 3:2 way too thin and long. I'm waiting to see if this new ratio suits the photos I add to my Flickr stream. Time will tell.

Keeping to a crop ratio is both a blessing and a curse for me (it may feel that way for some of you too?!). You'll notice that my stream has had the same 3:2 crop for a long time now. Until this photo. There's something to be said for consistency. In that sense, everything sits well together and if the style of photographs remain the same, I find it creates a sense of cohesion, togetherness. But sometimes it's also freeing to break the mold you set yourself, so here goes... Wish me luck and I hope you all continue to enjoy the photos!

“Sure it'll be grand!”

Fiona’s attitude to all of this was worryingly relaxed. The big sign written in red by the gatepost was clear enough, but she was quite insistent that we wouldn’t be shot at, even though we were about to enter the grounds of an Irish Defence Force firing range. Doubtfully, I trotted along after my cousin and her two gangling hounds, expecting to hear the first rifle crack at any moment. But for a few minutes, all was peaceful as we gazed across the harbour towards Cobh, where our late grandfather was born a hundred and twenty years earlier. We were indeed questioned by a young man in civvies, who told us we needed to go because he was leaving and was about to close the gate. I breathed a sigh of relief. And nobody shot at us. The locals here really are quite sanguine about stuff and nonsense that would cause a minor security incident at home. Try that on Salisbury Plain and you'd probably be in a bunker underneath it half an hour later, trying to convince military intelligence that you're not in the pay of some rogue power, and were only out for an innocent stroll with the dogs.

A couple of days later I was encountering evidence of a similarly easy going approach to life here on the Dingle Peninsula, a place where nobody seems to be in an enormous hurry. It took me a while to notice it, and at first I thought the gesture was the Kerry equivalent of the “thank you” wave employed by motorists when one driver waits to let oncoming traffic pass through a bottleneck in the road. I get quite cross if I haven’t received a thank you wave. Don't you? Especially if you have the right of way but you're in a benevolent mood and wave a queue of approaching cars through? No? Well you're a better person than me then. Back here on the peninsula it occurred to me that I hadn’t actually stopped to let the car come past me because, although it may have been a bit on the snug side, the road was comfortably wide enough for us both to proceed without coming to a halt. Not long afterwards, the next driver to come my way did the same thing. I replied in kind and felt good about the world. From then onwards, I watched for, and witnessed the barely imperceptible gesture almost every time I passed another car, no matter how narrow or wide the road might be. It seems here that the casual lifting of an index finger from the steering wheel is just a way of saying “hello” to passing drivers. That's a finger, not the finger. At least I hope it is, because otherwise I’m wondering what I was doing wrong with such splendid consistency. Especially as I was making sure I returned the greeting each time, sometimes even being bold enough to initiate the exchange as confidence in my surroundings grew. What a lovely human gesture it is. An effortless one that costs nothing too. Much nicer than the other way in which some road users are all too keen to lift a finger when they feel you’ve offended them. Although that’s rare in Cornwall because we’re a pretty relaxed kind of community too.

It was as I took this final batch of shots towards a snowy Mount Brandon that I was treated to an even more unusual display of consideration by one of the locals. By now I was standing next to the roadside by the car at Clogher Head, still unable to sever the Dingle connection and set off in the direction of Inch Beach. To my lasting surprise, the approaching small van actually stopped right there on the road to let me finish taking my pictures. He wasn't to know that the telephoto lens was trained on the distant Brandon Mountain range and that nothing within the first two or three miles immediately before me was going to appear in any of this group of pictures. But what generosity of spirit. Can you imagine a driver stopping in the middle of the road so that some lone oddity might point his camera into space where you live? No, me neither. Of course it's not exactly the M25 interchange near Heathrow Airport here when it comes to traffic volumes, but even so it's a refreshing display of how effortlessly thoughtful some people are. And I was clearly wrong in thinking that the regulars of Kruger's, where I'd stopped for a pint the previous evening, never left the warmth of the bar to feel the Atlantic breeze at their backs. I instantly recognised the wisps of grey beneath the black and white bucket hat, the crumpled profile and the impassive eyes that gazed ahead, just as I'd seen them as I left the bar and stepped outside into the rainy night. A perfect Kerry gent, in a quiet and undemonstrative sort of manner. Never once did he turn his head towards me and engage in any kind of way. He just waited patiently until I held the camera at my side again. For a moment I thought he might wait there silently all day in the politest of standoffs if I kept on shooting, as if some invisible barrier had been lowered across the road in front of him. What else could I do but offer a “thank you” wave? When I pretended that I was finished, he shuffled into gear, and off down the road towards Ballyferriter Village he went. I waited until he was out of sight, and then carried on shooting.

I came across this Owl about 6 weeks ago while the trees were still not fully leafed out and photographic conditions were easier. I did see a mate but I never saw newly fledged Owls. I might have heard the cries of young Owls wanting to be fed but it might have been something else. I was able to photograph it on several occasions but never with any consistency. I shot it mostly because it was in my neighborhood and I would see it sometimes when I went for a walk. It was fun but I am not a major Owl shooter, I like Woodpeckers more.

Depols BR232-052 was our early start in KamZab. The heavy train from Doboszowice was lined up in two parts in the station and made ready for departure. A good picture

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already came in the box. For the journey of the first train (to Strzelin) we took position on the slope before Starczów. The morning silence was a great pleasure until the departure. The howling of the radiator fans grew louder and more intense until we could finally see the top of the train. Slowly it all went, without unnecessary haste, but still with a certain consistency. I like to think back to that moment.

Sombreru: Una seta de aspectu robustu, sólidu, compactu En un principiu ye hemisféricu que evoluciona lentamente a convexu o planu convexu. Son de un tamañu apreciable, miden aproximadamente entre 4 a 17 cm. en ejemplares desarrollaos. De coloración algo variable que va desde el blancu al marrón ocráceu, siendo el color más habitual un blancu cremosu. Tien una cutícula separable, de textura lisa y pruinosa.carne blanca consistente ,con un agradable olor y sabor a harina fresca mushroom of aspectu robustu, solid, compactu In a hemispheric principle that evolves slowly to convexu or planu convexu. They are of an appreciable size, measure approximately between 4 to 17 cm. in developed specimens. Of variable coloration that goes from the blancu to the brown ocráceu, being the most habitual color a blancu cremosu. It has a separable cuticle, with a smooth and pruinous texture. It has a white consistency, with a pleasant smell and taste of fresh flour.

Hebrews 5:14 “But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.”

Built in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, it is one of the most important and stylistically unified examples of early Gothic architecture.

Laon Cathedral is one of the most elaborate and best-preserved of the early French Gothic cathedrals. It is notable for the stylistic unity and consistency maintained over the different phases of its construction.

Transition zones can be exciting locations to photograph wildlife. in this place, near the mouth of a creek flowing from the hills and emptying into Juan de Fuca Strait, I have photographed river otters, belted kingfishers, and - one morning in April - a pair of Common Mergansers. My friend Pia lived alongside the creek the entire time I knew her - 35 years.

During that same period, I moved 21 times. Pia was unusually stable in a restless age: a rock of consistency compared to my other friends and myself. I will always associate this place with her. I made this shot from her deck. Not quite eye level, but close enough.

Photographed at Tugwell Creek, on southern Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2013 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Diospyros kaki, also called persimmon, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Diospyros. Although its first published botanical description was not until 1780, the kaki is among the oldest plants in cultivation, known for its use in China for more than 2000 years. In some rural Chinese communities, the kaki fruit is seen as having a great mystical power that can be harnessed to solve headaches, back pains and foot ache.

The persimmon (kaki) is a sweet, slightly tangy fruit with a soft to occasionally fibrous texture. This species, native to China, is deciduous, with broad, stiff leaves. Cultivation extended first to other parts of East Asia, including Japan where it is very popular. It was later introduced to California and southern Europe in the 19th century, to Brazil in the 1890s, and numerous cultivars have been selected. A variety is Diospyros kaki var. sylvestris Makino. When ripe, this fruit comprises thick pulpy jelly encased in a waxy thin-skinned shell.

In many cultivars, known as the astringent varieties, the fruit has a high proanthocyanidin-type tannin content which makes the immature fruit astringent and bitter. The tannin levels are reduced as the fruit matures. The fruit of those cultivars is not edible in its crisp, firm state; it tastes best when allowed to rest and soften after harvest. It has a soft jelly-like consistency and is best eaten with a spoon. The Japanese 'Hachiya' is a widely grown astringent cultivar. Other cultivars, such as 'Fuyu', do not contain tannins when firm. Those can be eaten like an apple or can be allowed to go to any stage of ripeness, including to the jelly-like stage. These non-astringent varieties are, however, considered to have a less complex flavor.[

"Kousa Dogwood berries are small fruits, averaging 2 to 4 centimeters in diameter. The fruits are a type of drupe, comprised of 20 to 40 individual carpels that fuse to form a spherical appearance.

The surface also ripens from green to orange-red or red-purple and has a gritty and grainy feel with a bitter, astringent taste, making it somewhat unpleasant to consume. Underneath the skin, the bright orange-yellow flesh has a slippery, lightly mealy, sticky, custard-like consistency.

The flesh has a sweet, tropical, and earthy taste with a unique blend of pumpkin, mango, and persimmon-like nuances."

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Lamma Island was named Lamma only because of a chart reading error by Alexander Dalrymple in the 1760s. He had acquired a Portuguese chart to the entrances to the Pearl River and, close to the west of the island, the Portuguese owner had written "Lama". Dalrymple misinterpreted that as the name of the island. However, it was a Portuguese notation as to the holding (consistency of the seabed from the point of view of anchoring there), which was (and is) mud – in Portuguese "lama".

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Die Konsistenz von Schwarz

The consistency of black

One down, 15 to go.

I am replacing the screen on the solar screens. The frames are metal. The corner bracket inserts are plastic and have dry rotted out. They crumble. The corner bracket inserts into the metal frames are stuck and need to be soaked in hot water, to soften the plastic to a consistency so I can either pick out or push it inside the frame channel with my handy screwdriver. What should be an easy enough job, is taking more time than expected.

Everyone/anyone is invited to help or for that matter listen to me creatively curse.

PS Yesterday I replaced the car battery. :)

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i post something,

not much thought in it,

not much feeling,

not much humor,

not much work,

a snapshot,

a brief irony,

not me,

not me at all,

i think about my stream, my chaotic stream,

my unthemed, lumbering, chaotic stream of images and words,

i revisit an image from someone i know,

re-read the caption there.

oh, should have read this more carefully,

someone has passed away,

someone loved,

someone beautiful,

an artist, a muse, a poet,

should have noticed that before i commented,

should have taken more than a moment to understand what she was saying,

what she was feeling,

have i offended in my haste,

my superficial starlight dimming,

no, i don't think so,

no,

not entirely deep, not profound,

a little angular and not straightforward,

not an 'oh so sorry to hear' expression at all,

but not completely incomprehensible,

not completely without feeling,

if you look at it just this way,

squint your eyes a bit.

i visit the stream of the loved one gone,

such a vision,

such consistency,

so true,

so surreal,

so deep deep deep,

my work seems rather small,

this posting i made, more insignificant,

in the face of all that emotion,

right there,

image after image after image,

consistent vision,

something in the world, a chronic ache,

a beating heart,

right there.

delete my post,

sorry to everyone in my head, but i said i would do this,

gave ample warning,

'i am fickle, i am troubled from time to time, i will feel things differently a year from now, a month from now, a minute from now, now',

gave ample warning,

sorry,

sorry.

so

this,

this other something,

airy,

weightless against the sky,

balance there,

just there,

the beauty of waves,

of tides,

reflections on the shore,

coincident, coherent, accepting, tolerant, peaceful,

a runic reminder of the simple things,

the simplest things,

a caress,

a wave,

a smile,

a tear,

an embrace,

to dance, to dance,

to sway, to turn, to pirouette,

to reach toward the heavens,

to stretch my fingers as far as they will go,

to feel the misty mixture of warm cool air,

to forget myself,

to lift gently off the ground and fly,

unnoticed,

away into the clouds.

this is the comment i should have written, would have written, felt deep inside,

if i had taken more than an instant then.

littletinperson

El Forn, Canillo, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees

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MYANMAR, Burma -Dorfleben am Inle-See, "Bonbonfabrikation"

Was aussieht wie kleine Schnecken sind Bonbon.

Das ist nicht nur interessant sondern auch lecker.

Die an der Wand aufgehängten Teigstränge werden geschwungen und geschlagen bis sie die richtige Konsistenz und Stärke haben. Dann werden sie geschnitten, geformt und in der Sonne zum Trocken ausgebreitet. Viele Grüße an HARIBO und Co.

MYANMAR, Burma -Village life at Inle Lake, "candy manufacture".

What looks like small snails are candies.

This is not only interesting but also delicious. The strands of dough hanging on the wall are swung and beaten until they have the right consistency and strength. Then they are cut, shaped and laid out in the sun to dry. Greetings to HARIBO and Co.

Ilford Pan F

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As much as I want to have a "my film/dev combo" and methods worked out for consistency, once in a while I´ll make some sidestepping to explore all these lovely materials and crafts out there... This time: PAN F from Ilford.

I don't know what this is.....it has little blue flowers and spotted leaves that kind of have the look and consistency of lamb's ear. .........it's Lungwort!

"Horses make a landscape look beautiful."

~Alice Walker

"When you know a horse it is obvious that they care about their keepers. It is obvious when they are happy, when they're angry, when they're sad, when they're hurt, and when they're just playing around. It is obvious when they don't want to do something, even if it's good for them, and it is obvious whether they're going to let you make them do it anyway. They fight, play, get jealous, are greedy, brave, or scared, just like any other animal. They crave attention and approval, like a dog does. They see you as family, despite knowing you are not a horse.

A good relationship with a horse means trust, which is largely based on consistency and reliability. They have to believe you will protect them, and in turn they will protect you, sometimes with their lives if needed. I've seen very large horses try to hide behind their keepers when they were scared, and I've seen them stand between their keepers and aggressive animals like coyotes and even a bull. In a good relationship with a horse you could sleep in the middle of the pasture they graze and they would protect you, from anything, including other horses. And they know you'll protect them and not lead them to harm. With a good relationship you can sleep in the saddle and the horse will be careful not to let you fall off and they won't wander into trouble, although sometimes they'll just go home if you stop telling them where to go. They sometimes trust you enough to let you ride them right off a cliff, or into deep water, to their own deaths.

They are proud, graceful , loyal, beautiful animals. You don't own a horse, you care for one. They aren't pets, they are family members. And like children, they are expensive, time-consuming, long-term commitments." Ryan Mattes

Figols, Alt Urgell, Pre Pyrenees, Catalunya, Spain

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Esglesia Sant Climent, Coll de Nargo, Alt Urgell, El Cadi, PrePyrenees, Catalunya, Spain

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