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I loved sparklers as a kid. I found some again and they're quite cheap.
The mosquitoes are bad at the moment so I'm burning citronella oil to discourage them.
Still love sparklers :)
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CoF105: Fire/Colour
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the last one of the series, for now; I had to manipulate the heck out it. the wings seemed to be growing out of his head.
I have been discouraged.
I can't stand to watch the news and listen to mr trump and his misogynistic views.
it hasn't started raining yet and it looks like it may go north of us. I wanted a small deluge. the area needs it.
I've been binge watching on netflix. longmire was excellent, but I started watching bloodline and the family members in it are despicable. I guess I don't need yucky people.
my mind is a creative blank.
whew!
my whine is temporarily over. thank you for listening.
I need to get on to answering email.
***OH, AND BEFORE I FORGET, LYNNSPO181, LYNN, REMINDED ME. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR DYLAN FOR HIS WONDERFUL NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE.
My plans do not always work as I intended - this was early morning, and the water access I had scouted on Google maps was a big failure. New construction, heavy cranes, and big fences prevented access, and I had no Plan B for the area.
The morale of the photo; failure is part of the process.....do not let a lousy shoot discourage you.
GPS is the exact spot of the shot.
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James Joyce (Ulysse (1922)
You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness there inside you
Can make you feel so small
But I see your true colors
Shining through
See your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow
Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember when I last saw you laugh
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there
193. Clancy, 3yrs 30wks
Saturday Morning Post comes to you live from the rain-drenched hills of Mer Bleue. Actually, this rise is the remains of one of the islands that existed thousands of years ago in the Ottawa River, which has now migrated half a dozen or so kilometers north of here.
Dad and I love walking in the rain as much as any other time, really, me because rain or shine I don't care as long as I'm outside, him because it makes for a nice change of atmosphere for photos, as long as it's not coming down too hard--he's always worried about his camera, though it's been completely faithful over the years.
Bye 'til next week!
Mer bleue, Ottawa, ON
P.S. Dad had posted a second photo for our SMP but it was deleted by Flickr's Aviary Editing program when he tried to add my name (A Clancy (Pants) Photo) to it. Needless to say he was not happy--though of course we have it backed up in our archives--because he is very careful of his choices and positioning of said photos in his photostream, specifically Saturday pics, as they are placed in chronological order to reflect my age. It is the second time this has happened, and he has heard, and it can plainly be seen with a quick perusal of Explore picks, that Flickr does nothing to encourage the placement of bold script or stamps on photos. And though a quick look above will confirm that my name could not be considered bold by any means, he wonders if Flickr has somehow contrived to throw the occasional wrench into their script program to discourage this, or if they simply couldn't care less about addressing the problem.
Adding my name with a different editing program before uploading is the answer to this, of course, it's just that we started with this one and doubt we could replicate it with anything else, and we like it the way it is.
Anywho, he will not upload the photo again, except possibly later for a Tuesday Throwback, as we would have had to delete this one as well and start over.
Clancy: Okay, Dad, you had your say yesterday (if you didn't see it, he posted a sad photo of me temporarily with a complaint about this), and this today, so now it's time to drop it, right? Right?
Dad: Oh all right.
“Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.”
Just moments before his appearance, I was very letdown and a bit discouraged because I thought I wouldn't be able to capture the Kingfisher. There was only one hour left, so it was now or never.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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Brought these, as they looked ready, only when I looked through the viewer did I spot the bumble bee, it stayed there the whole time, I thought is was dead, but no, it was just gorging on the pollen.
After the shoot, I put it outside and it flew off in freedom!
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae.
Prickles occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves.
These are an adaptation that protects the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant.
Interesting bit: Carduus is the Latin term for a thistle (hence cardoon, and chardon in French), and Cardonnacum is the Latin word for a place with thistles.
This is believed to be the origin of name of the Burgundy village of Chardonnay, Saône-et-Loire, which in turn is thought to be the home of the famous Chardonnay grape variety.
I wish you all the very best and thank you for all your kind words, time, comments, likes and faves. Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)
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THISTLES, flowers, portrait, mauve, bumblebee, carduus, design, colour, "conceptual art", square, studio, "Magda indigo", black-background, "Nikon D7000"
When life refuses to slow down, photography suffers. In more ways than one.
First, not much time to be active around these parts, although I miss Flickr. And second... I let my photographic equipment sort of abandoned for a few months, which together with unusual high levels of humidity in the house, led to... fungus inside my telephoto lens. Not a small one, either, and it became another discouraging factor. It's an 8-year old lens and replacement will have to happen, but not now. For now, it still kinda works. This photo was taken today with it and while far from perfect, I liked the effect.
In 1975 Gene Thornton criticized the New Topographics movement as "neutral unemphatic photos that look like a machine happened to photograph what was in front of them".
Well now in the modern age that occurs with the Google Maps car. We have all seen it with its array of cameras upon the roof taking photographs of "what happens to be in front of them".
But when you see that the Google Maps car actually took a better New Topographics than you did it can be a bit discouraging... 😒...
See for yourself. Go to Google Maps and type in 1836 W. Fullerton Chicago. Then hit the street icon on the top left. Once your there turn the camera north and move yourself about 50 feet east... Now that's a great Topographics shot of these same two trees. Made by a car !!!!!
Moral of the story -- Yes, I'm going to trick out my 2003 Grand Marquis car with a bunch of cameras on the roof.
View from the Licking River Historical District in Covington, Kentucky. Cincinnati's Central Business District is reflected. The Roebling Suspension Bridge is to the left. The yellow light near the center of this image discourages geese from staying in this area.
Brought these, as they looked ready, only when I looked through the viewer did I spot the bumble bee, it stayed there the whole time, I thought is was dead, but no, it was just gorging on the pollen.
After the shoot, I put it outside and loaded, it flew off in freedom!
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae.
Prickles occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves.
These are an adaptation that protects the plant against herbivorous animals, discouraging them from feeding on the plant.
Interesting bit: Carduus is the Latin term for a thistle (hence cardoon, and chardon in French), and Cardonnacum is the Latin word for a place with thistles.
This is believed to be the origin of name of the Burgundy village of Chardonnay, Saône-et-Loire, which in turn is thought to be the home of the famous Chardonnay grape variety.
I wish you all the very best and thank you for all your kind words, time, comments, likes and faves. Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)
For more: www.indigo2photography.com
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
THISTLES, flowers, portrait, mauve, purple, bumblebee, carduus, design, colour, "conceptual art", square, studio, "Magda indigo", black-background, "Nikon D7000"
Did I ever mention it's a bit windy at times in San Francisco? Taken at the Sea Lion Statue - Pier 39. The statue commemorates the sea lions who have taken over the docks along side Pier 39. While we were there, a sign was up stating they were all out feeding, so we didn't see any at all... other than this statue. When the sea lions first started using the docks in 1990, I remember there were some attempts to discourage them from hanging out there. The efforts proved unsuccessful, and they now appear here to stay. theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/california/articles/... HWW!
This time in living color, with the b/w version below.
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While I don't encourage or discourage award groups invitations, you should know that I no longer give them or redeem them. It fits my too-busy-or-too-lazy schedule.
Either with or without awards, I look forward to reading your comments - no matter how brief or time delayed they may be by your too-busy-or-too-lazy schedule. :-)
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“La navidad me deprime pero la Pascua me llena de alegría. Un Dios que se hace niño es desalentador. Un pobre hombre que se hace Dios es otra cosa”
Amélie Nothomb (escritora)
"Christmas depresses me but Easter fills me with joy. A God who becomes a child is discouraging. A poor man who becomes God is something else"
Amélie Nothomb (writer)
Entered in TMI’s October 2024 mid-month challenge
"In the Style of ... Diagonals"
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She's bold and beautiful. She loves to take the birdseed but her favorite habit is drinking the syrup for the hummers and orioles, much to my dismay. I discourage her and the dogs discourage her however she comes back for it each day. This is her third summer being a professional thief.
Last year my wife and I made our first trip to Costa Rica. One of our stops was Laguna Lagarto. This eco lodge has a King Vulture. photo blind. They put out a carcass which attracts the vultures. After we had been in the blind for about an hour and a half, we still had not seen a King Vulture and it was raining. We were getting discouraged when suddenly a King Vulture swooped in and scattered a few Black Vultures that had arrived earlier. Before we knew it, three other adults and one immature bird also appeared. One of the vultures perched up on a 6-foot-high stump and a second King Vulture approached it with the idea it was going to take over the perch. The photo shows the perched vulture staring down at the approaching intruder, who was unsuccessful in securing the perch.
Male and female : sequel
The fertilization was almost successful, but a second male unfortunately joined, discouraged the female and ate the spermatophore.
Image 7 : The first time that I could see clearly how the thread taken by the male out of the spermatophore was free from the spermatophore itself, the female can than follow the male while eating from the thread and she normaly goes than over the spermatophore.
Can you follow the story ? :-) "See notes on the photos"
Opitter : in the garden
The king.
And he doesn't look too happy or relaxed. Look at those laid-back ears! We gave him lots of space and shot from cover as much as possible.
Meanwhile, he was working hard to keep his small group of cows together and discourage any interlopers with antlers. The lesser bulls stayed some distance away and did not challenge. I heard from my friend Paul that a short while later he was deposed by an even bigger bull - which is hard to imagine. I mean... this guy is a beast!
Rain sprinkled down, not a problem, and the light was soft and even. Great shooting conditions - far better than bright sunshine and dense shadows. Exposures were easy. What a morning!
Photographed along the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park, Alberta (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Shots from three National Parks in the Northern Territory of Australia is my theme for today. What's in a name? The explorer Phillip Parker King was the first English navigator to enter the Gulf of Carpentaria. He made a number of explorations in the area between 1818 and 1822 and named the rivers after the crocodiles which he mistook for alligators as his journals note.
"Alligator River" refers to the Alligator Rivers region in Australia's Northern Territory, which includes the East, West, and South Alligator Rivers. This area, a significant portion of which lies within Kakadu National Park, is known for its rich biodiversity and is home to large populations of saltwater crocodiles. The rivers are a popular spot for nature activities and fishing, but swimming is strongly discouraged.
Walking Amid the Nation's Rarest Pine Tree
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, located on the cliffs above Torrey Pines State Beach, is a 1,750 acre reserve dedicated to preserving its namesake, the Torrey Pine tree and other indigenous wildlife in its native environment. A coastal wilderness of pine forests and sandstone canyons, the park has a series of well-kept trails that wind along the cliffs offering breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean. With both easy, family-friendly paths and more advanced trails, the park provides a great hiking experience for all levels.
Virtually everything in Torrey Pines is protected, from the Peñasquitos River Valley on the east side of the highway, to the Natural Reserve lands on the west, to the Underwater Ecological Reserve offshore. The world-famous Torrey Pines Golf Course helps to safeguard the southern end of the bluffs from development while the rugged cliffs do their part to discourage access and crowds.
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve is home to approximately 3,000 of our nation's rarest pine tree—Pinus torreyana, which only grows here and on Santa Rosa Island off the coast near Santa Barbara. The park preserves not only the trees, but also one of the last great salt marshes and waterfowl refuges in Southern California.
HSS
With cooler temps upon the Great Lakes region, lets take a look back a few months. It's July in Wisconsin which means it's hot and muggy. The 27th was one of those days where you'd sweat a gallon standing still. That did not discourage the intrepid seeking to soak up the sun while we had it, including the four foamers following a Sunday grain extra west. With the switch lined reverse for movement on the last bit of the Madison Sub, L724X with WAMX 4219 and 5906 are on the point of 105 grain empties for Boscobel. A few kayakers enjoying the lake have even taken notice too. Through trains bypassing Johnson Street Yard and taking the northwest causeway are not the most common sight. Since late 2012 when I made the move to Madison, I've only seen a handful of afternoon WBs in this kind of light.
Madison is a city surrounded by water. Lake Monona borders to the north side while Lake Mendota borders to the south side, and the city is jammed down the isthmus between the two (somewhat shown in this photo). Thus, easy access to the city is restricted to either end of the isthmus. However, railroads forged a third path. When the Milwaukee & Mississippi and Beloit & Madison were building north into Madison, instead of going around Lake Monona, they constructed causeways across an appendage of the lake called Monona Bay. The Milwaukee was the first to cross, skirting the southwest side of the city and setting up a depot there. The Beloit & Madison (C&NW) was second, and opted to cross the length of the isthmus and circle the north side of Lake Mendota. They built a causeway north across the bay. The result was a quite unique location where two railroads crossed each other in a body of water. This crossing was called "Monona Tower" and "Tower MX" in Milwaukee and North Western nomenclature, respectively. Ground level shots do not do the place justice and it is better appreciated from the sky. In this shot, you can hardly distinguish the routes; the Reedsburg Sub crosses the Madison Sub under the 6th car. My Madison Sub Album and Reedsburg Sub Album show some other ground level photos I've taken here.
As always, a big thanks to those who came in with the assist here. I wouldn't have even half the photos I do if it weren't for the help of others.
Several hot springs near and above the waterfall warm the water. At one time, tourists went swimming at the base of the falls but erosion and the difficulty of getting to the base has caused the park service to discourage this activity.
Happy Waterfall Wednesday!
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
-Lucille Ball
Explored - Jul 2, 2009
A shot from the classic Tunnel View turnout taken a couple of weeks ago. I was pretty discouraged to see thousands of dead trees, especially pines, in Yosemite due to drought. This shot shows a scattering of some of them in the valley bottom. You may notice the lack of the usually visible waterfalls which are frequently dry by this time of year. Otherwise it was a great trip as always!
he TrwynDu Lighthouse at Penmon Point measures 29 metres in height and was designed by James Walker and built in 1835-1838. The lighthouse was originally manned by two keepers, however these were withdrawn in 1922 when the lighthouse was converted to unwatched acetylene operation.
The Lighthouse is situated on a low-lying rock surrounded by shingle beaches. The circular stone tower is distinguished by three black bands on a white background. It has a stepped base designed to discourage the huge upsurge of waves that had afflicted earlier lighthouses on the site and reduce the force of the water at the bottom of the tower. The tower has a crenellated stone parapet, in preference to iron railings on the gallery, and narrows in diameter above the half-way point. These are a features used by Walker in his other lighthouse designs.
A Northwestern Crow (Corvus caurinus) At least that's what I'll call it! Can anybody actually tell the difference when you only have one Crow to look at! All I know is this guy likes to steal our suet. I try to discourage it, but I can't watch all day!
This huge eucalyptus tree occupies the center of a traffic circle on the UC Berkeley campus. Traffic is very light on campus, as cars are restricted. Eucalyptus trees were imported to California in the late 19th century for potential lumbering, but it never proved successful. Since then, they have proliferated. They work in their native Australia, here they contribute largely to the possibility of FIRE and are an increasing problem. They drop a great deal of combustible waste (leaves, peeling bark, full of oil), and are messy. In some areas controlled by the university they are being removed and discouraged.
HTmT!
(although this is a tree I can't encourage; it's 'tremendous' in SIZE ONLY)
It's not too uncommon to find a pile of sherd placed on a rock at ancient ruins in the US. I think it's a good thing. I think it allows visitors to see something cool. I think it discourages people from pocketing the sherds because I'd imagine if someone saw individual sherds, they might think, 'it won't hurt if I take just this one scrap,' versus, 'these were obvious here for a while for all too enjoy.' I hope.
grammarist.com/usage/shard-or-sherd/
A shard is a broken piece of china, glass, ceramic, etc., with edges that are sharp. Usually, shards are the result of shattering something such as a dish or glass. The word shard is derived from the Old English word sceard, meaning gap or incision. The plural form of shard is shards.
A sherd is a broken piece of pottery with edges that are sharp, usually referring to one that is found in an archaeological site. In essence, the words shard and sherd are interchangeable, though the term sherd is favored by archaeologists. Sherd is an abbreviation of the word potsherd, which has been in use since the 1300s. The plural of sherd is sherds.
...most likely graffiti by a discouraged Flickr or Facebook member...hey...please fave this for him....lol
Goldfield, Nevada
The International Car Forest of the Last Church
HAPPY SLIDERS SUNDAY !!
Poor little half-wild flowers*, imprisoned behind a wire fence.
CLICK on image to look close.
There is quite a lot of heavy sliding going on here, but I tried to keep the result looking at least somewhat natural.
*The prisoners may be one of the numerous kinds of Erigeron, commonly known in English as fleabane.
Why "bane?"
The dried flowers were/are said to kill or at least discourage fleas.
Location: A front-yard private garden, with a wire fence between it and the public sidewalk. Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Flower Power.
«Italian windows are never innocent. When they are portrayed – in a painting, a film, or a song – there is a reason. […] Notoriously, we are unenthusiastic about air conditioning. It upsets our stomachs and discourages poetry.»
Beppe Severgnini, La Bella figura. A field guide to the italian mind
You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Though I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it
And the darkness inside you
Makes you feel so small
But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So, don't be afraid to let them show
Just show your true colors
True colors
Ooh, are beautiful like a rainbow
Show me a smile
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
Just call me up
'Cause you know I'll be there
And see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
That's why I love you
So, don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Oh, like a rainbow
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Joshua 1:9 New International Version (NIV)
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Buddy likes to lay on Rod's clothes. Rod has tried to discourage this, but Buddy is a cat and he thinks everything in this house is his.... 😆
Australian Brush Turkey
This magnificent male started scratching around 6 weeks ago at the back of our yard, under a stand of bananas. That's after eating a whole hand of green bananas the previous month. Between turkeys, bats and possums, we really don't stand a chance when it comes to any ripe bananas for our table.
Anyway... this turkey has now built a rather impressive nest by raking up all the leaves and our garden looks perfectly neat, he has saved me a lot of work and he is really welcome.
He's been at it most days, and all day long of late. Spring has arrived overnight - as it tends to do in our subtropics- and time is of the essence... He must impress the females by building a mound that they will judge good enough to lay into. They do no nest-building at all, they have life well worked out.
This morning a potential lady friend turned up to inspect the work. The nest builder got all excited and dashed from one end of the yard to the other, climbed up and down the nest mound, dug a few small holes in it to show off the quality of the building materials, all the while his bright yellow wattle was swinging in all directions. We were most impressed by this bout of vigour. The mound seems to be the right shape, a good height, in the best location...The female had a good look around, paid no attention whatsoever to him and then just walked away... leaving us feeling awfully sorry for him, and he - well devastated and rather tired-looking.
Not to be discouraged, he then spent the entire rest of the day raking up the leaves from under the nearby mango tree. The mound gained another foot in height. After such an exhausting day he finally retired to bed in our neighbour's rainforest...
And he completely missed what happened next... A female turned up on dusk and started to dig a hole in HIS mound! She was still fussing around when it got dark. We suspect a fresh clutch of eggs is now buried deep within the nest. There's no guarantee our turkey is the father but we sure are glad that his hard work is starting to pay off.
He will spend the rest of the breeding season making sure the mound temperature is kept constant for the eggs to hatch. Several females will no doubt lay in it. He will keep checking the temperature with his beak. If it is too high, he will ventilate the mound by removing some of the detritus. If it is not warm enough, he will scoop more leaves onto it.
We look forward to the chicks hatching. They will be fending for themselves from the very start as no parent will be there to look after them and show them the ropes..
Who ever said our turkeys are brainless??!!
I've been marveling at the fact that the squirrels who come to eat the seeds that I scatter on the ground for the birds have never looked up to the feeders. That changed yesterday. After deciding the "squirrel proof" feeder was too much work, this one decided he would have a go at the suet feeder. It only hangs about 2 feet off the ground! His leap was short and it was a scramble to get himself attached enough to try to eat any of it. At which point, I stepped in and discouraged any further attempts. :)
This,Bonheur’s best-known painting,shows the horse market held in Paris on the tree-lined Boulevard de l’Hôpital,near the asylum of Salpêtrière,which is visible in the left background.For a year and a half Bonheur sketched there twice a week,dressing as a man to discourage attention.Bonheur was well established as an animal painter when the painting debuted at the Paris Salon of 1853,where it received wide praise.In arriving at the final scheme,the artist drew inspiration from George Stubbs,Théodore Gericault,Eugène Delacroix,and ancient Greek sculpture:she referred to The Horse Fair as her own "Parthenon frieze."