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A warm January this year brought local storms rather than wide blizzard snowstorm! This barn looks like it could face one of those cold damp days despite the deceiving golden grasses.
I have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me
A thousand teeth and yours among them, I know
Our hunger's appeased
Our heart beats becoming slow
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(Falling in fields - 3)
This is a common butterfly of damp grassland and woodland rides and is often mistaken for its cousin, the Small White. It can be found from spring through to autumn in parks and gardens, as well as less-urban areas such as meadows and woodland rides. The so-called green veins on the underside of the adults are, in fact, an illusion created by a subtle combination of yellow and black scales. This is one of the most widespread species found in the British Isles and can be found almost everywhere although it is absent from Shetland and areas of the Scottish Highlands.
The first image from my winter paddle around the Lakes yesterday. It started out grey and windy with the odd flurry of rain before the real wet stuff came in later!
I had passed this place many years ago on an orienteering race. I have been meaning to return with a camera for ages and I decided to get around to it as I knew with all the rain that the waterfall at the end of this old quarry would certainly be flowing!
The only problem I had with this shot was the wind! The tripod was being buffeted constantly and more worryingly the branches on the trees were moving wildly. So it took quite a few attempts without upping the shutter speed and ISO to get this one!
A flashy Common Checkered Skipper butterfly fanning its wings as it maneuvers to clear moisture from its body after a short rain shower.
Localized populations can be abundant near Red/White Clover. Somewhat scarce this year.
Even as a child, creepy thoughts went through your mind when you heard stories from the moor where people can sink. If you see places like that, the old stories come back to you.
Schon als Kind gingen einem gruselige Gedanken durch den Kopf, wenn man Geschichten aus dem Moor hörte, wo Menschen versinken können. Sieht man solche Stellen, kommen einem die alten Geschichten wieder hoch.
in my garden - eery day they get a little taller, and a little nearer to unfurling...
For my 365 project #13
The Sound of Silence
Song by Disturbed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usN-pKfw6Q8
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Le%20Monde%20Perdu/208/255/20
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams, I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light, I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
Then the sign said, "The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls
In tenement halls"
And whispered in the sound of
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Gordon Jenkins / Nat Simon
The Sound of Silence lyrics © Paul Simon Music, Pattern Music Ltd.
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So half past February and that means spring is coming, things are happening in the south and soon things will be blooming in Oklahoma, looking forward to life once again.
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I think Wales must have the worst weather, which is a shame as the scenery (when you can see it) is so beautiful.
Thank you for the graydaze texture ghostbones/skeletalmess