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Precious, sweet, loving, friendly, bouncy, entitled, stubborn, mischievous, destructive, curious, funny, beautiful, maddening, disobedient, warm, happy, snuggly, large, furry, endlessly fascinating friend.
My surprise gift one year ago.
I wouldn’t trade him for anything.
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Weather can be devastating and destructive...but also stunningly beautiful. Yesterday's chase started southeast of Globe, took us down to exploding storms near Safford and finally to this spot at the Marsh Station overpass where a huge outflow boundary created a big line of cells and one of the most spectacular sunsets I've ever seen. The bolts were in many directions and it was hard to focus on one area. You can go to my FB page Mike Olbinski Photography to see the live video I did from last night to see how it truly looked.
I went to the middle of this overpass where I've been many times...the time-lapse looking straight down Interstate 10 with the sunset explosion and lightning everywhere is gonna be one of my favs from the summer.
Great having my kiddos along, plus teaming up with my buddy John Sirlin....we've had a two solid chase days together this week and seen two gorgeous sunsets along with fantastic lightning
Alien art
My picture above is showing that an alien bird is picking up a leaf.
Development of some aliens from an animal stage to a developed stage ( at tree of life) might take very long time or the expected development might not happen at all if some components don't come together.
The environment, the world they are in, might not be very rich for the development of the aliens, and/or biological development might head in a very different direction. Their "tree of life" might not have proper branches for a progressive development. The tree would be weak, like a tree in a desert.
For a chemical reaction, we have to have specific atoms. We need substances to create other substances. For reactions to happen, we have to have some conditions present at the place where the reaction should happen.
Already developed aliens would be the lucky ones, passing all hurdles. When we consider the existence of billions of stars, planets and a lot of different places within planets in our universe, the probability would be very hight to be lucky for some aliens.
Another issue is that we might not see any alien at all because of the distance between stars and galaxies. Non of us ( we and aliens ) might reach the very high development to create very high technology to fly that far ( the distance between galaxies getting more in each day, expanding universe ) before our universe collapse, before the black holes pull the galaxies, before the stars of the planets explode, before the artificial intelligence takes over ( AI doesn’t need to be conscious and alive, and doesn’t need to have feelings and emotions. it can survive on its own if it is programmed properly ), etc.
Al might be the biggest threat to humans and aliens, it could wipe out them very easily. The creation of very destructive Al is possible when we consider how much hatred there are in our world between nations, races and between the people with different religions.
I know first hand how destructive squirrels can be, especially in an attic, but you have to admire their agility and resourcefulness. I watched this little guy for about ten minutes. He knew I was watching, but went about his business as if he were totally alone.
“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the facade of pretence. It's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.”
― Adyashanti
Macro Mondays – My Favourite Novel (Fiction), Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.
The first novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting was first published in 1993 and takes the form of a collection of short stories, written in either Scots, Scottish English or British English, revolving around various residents of Leith, Edinburgh who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are implicitly portrayed as addictions that serve the same function as heroin addiction. The novel is set in the late 1980s and has been called "the voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent".
The novel has since achieved a cult status, added to by the global success of the film based on it, Trainspotting (1996), directed by Danny Boyle.
"Alcohol is a pervasive fact of life, but an extraordinary fact, pleasurable and destructive, anathematized and adulated, and deeply ambiguous ... the genie in the bottle." Griffith Edwards.
Ireland is undoubtedly a country associated with beer, and among all those produced on the island, the most famous internationally is without any doubt the one that bears the surname of Sir Arthur Guinness, who was its creator in the year 1759. Nowadays, its brewery located in Dublin is one of the most modern in the world, and can produce 3 million pints of this stout per day. Its flavor does not leave anyone indifferent, and even if it is not true, an Irish joke says that the beer is made with water from the nearby river Liffey.
Although you can enjoy a Guinness in any Irish pub, a different option is to go to the Guinness Storehouse to visit the museum that shows its history and production. The tour ends with a pint of the dark elixir in a bar located in the last floor of the building from which you have a magnificent view of Dublin.
Both my girlfriend and I avoid alcohol for most of the year, and we always advise consuming it in moderation. Still, we did not want to miss the opportunity to show this famous place in Dublin with our particular artistic touch.
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"El alcohol es un hecho omnipresente de la vida, pero un hecho extraordinario, placentero y destructivo, condenado y adulado, y profundamente ambiguo ... el genio en la botella." Griffith Edwards.
Irlanda es un país asociado sin duda a la cerveza, y de entre todas las que en la isla se producen, la más famosa a nivel internacional es sin duda la que lleva el apellido de Sir Arthur Guinness, quien fuera su creador en el año 1759. Hoy en día, su fábrica de cerveza localizada en Dublín es una de las más modernas del mundo, y puede producir 3 millones de pintas de esta cerveza negra al día. Su sabor no deja indiferente a nadie, y aunque no sea así, una broma irlandesa dice que la cerveza está realizada con agua del vecino río Liffey.
Aunque se puede disfrutar de una Guinness en cualquier pub irlandés, una opción diferente es acercarse a la Guinness Storehouse para recorrer el museo que muestra la historia y elaboración de la cerveza. El tour termina con una pinta del oscuro elixir desde un bar localizado en la última planta del edificio desde el que se tiene una magnífica vista de Dublín.
Tanto mi novia como yo evitamos el alcohol durante la mayor parte del año, y siempre aconsejamos consumirlo con moderación. Aún así no queríamos dejar pasar la oportunidad de mostrar este famoso lugar de Dublín con nuestro particular toque artístico.
No, I don't know why Linnaeus presumably gave this Papilio its specific name 'demoleus'. Demoleus was a Greek soldier in the famous siege of Troy who was killed by Aeneas, that hero of Troy, sung by great Vergil. Aeneas then took his armor and gave it as a second prize to Mnestheus (incidentally, there's also a Skipper Butterfly called Mnestheus) at the Sicilian Games which he later organised.
Anyway... This marvelous Swallowtail Butterfly makes its home in the fine Butterfly House of the new Botanic Gardens of Utrecht University. It's called a Lime Butterfly because it favors those citrus trees and it is often seen as an invasive, destructive pest. Here in this glasshouse it does no harm and delights its observers! One of whom went home to a delightful rereading of a part of the Aeneid...
Some critters I enjoy seeing in the yard, and some I do not. This is one that I do not wish to see! They are very destructive, dig huge holes in the ground etc. However, when he is right here.... as in only about 6 feet from me, the squirrels disappear and my bird feeders are temporarily safe. :) They say there is good in everything! LOL
Noisy, colourful, slightly destructive and bloomin' hard to get a decent shot of as they are always so high up in the trees! On this occasion my 100-400 was not with me...oh well!! As good as it gets with a 55-200 and a huge crop 😁
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
"Technology is destructive only in the hands of people who do not realize that they are one and the same process as the universe." Alan Watts
Balance sheet of life ..
This tree trunk with its textured bark, lying on the beach, attracted my attention yesterday.
"Humber Bay Park West is a narrow park jutting out into the water of Lake Ontario in the City's west end. It's an excellent spot for bird watchers hoping to find interesting waterfowl and shorebirds. Along the shores of Humber Bay West, you'll also spot a wide variety of ducks overwintering in Lake Ontario. Combine your walkthrough Humber Bay Park West with a loop around Humber Bay Park East for a great day of hiking. A number of parking lots and paved pathways make this an accessible park."
Just mixing it up, stay healthy and hopeful. #BeKind
The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. —Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
— John Hancock
New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
this tree has a prominent place at home since many years, a painting by PeterPhillips peterphillipsart.co.uk/portfolio/hadrians_wall.html
I have just read in my newspaper about a trial planned in Newcastle - and have only just found out that one of England's most distinctive trees has been felled (already last autumn) by some idiots: the famous sycamore of "Sycamore Gap" on Hadrian's Wall.
I love this landscape and I loved this tree too. I am shocked and sad .... The old germanic people as well as native americans considered tree vandalism (Baumfrevel) as a heavy crime - to be punished by the gods... Why do people do so many senseless and destructive things? For me, this is another reason to think about Freud's theory of the death drive:In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (German: Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiveness.
It seems to me that the way we treat people, trees and nature in general in these times underlines Freud's theory very strongly. Will we ever find an inner attitude and a way of life that respects and loves people, fauna and flora - and guarantees every creature space to live, enough food and air to breathe???
[22:38] Cam Scorfield nods passively at Laurick, his attention drawn towards the smaller hybrid he had just left in the cell. "Hard at work, yeah?", he queries in an unemotional tone.
[22:39] Laurick Scarbridge's hands were wrapped behind his back as he watched the monitors of the cells. He turned his head to regard Cam, and with a grin on his full lips replied, "Science is never work," then he turned his head to look back at the cells.
[22:41] Cam Scorfield draws a deep breath and swallows, "What'd you do....to the young 'brid if ya don't mind my query..."
[22:42] Laurick Scarbridge turned his head, as his eyes seemed to brighten up when he looked at Cam. He'd hit the right spot. Laurick reached up and tapped at the tip of his nose as he spoke, "I cut his head open. Then using the technology of the base of the excruciator I've been working on, which is magnificent in itself, I rewired him. I think I might have worked a little too hard, well, no, I don't. But! Kwa hoo hoo hoo! Either way. I rewired him. I removed his aggressive circuitry. Little things were wired to fight, that they were!"
[22:44] Cam Scorfield clenches his jaw, grinding his teeth as he speaks, "Yeah...I know alot about that. First hand knowledge, if you get my drift. Knew a guy once, had his head all screwed up...rewired so to speak. People who did it thought they were doing it for the better, you know?", he stops a moment to suppress a cough, "But they were just doing it to control him. That what this is?"
[22:45] Laurick Scarbridge just tapped at the tip of his nose as he leans in, "I'm not doing it for the betterment of anything. There's no point to lie. I hate life. I hate /all/ life. I want it dead. I want it gone. I want it buried. This is just one step to cowtailing creatures like this," he said, tilting his head from side to side. He turned his gaze back to the prison cells, "It's a measure to another measure. That is all. "
[22:47] Cam Scorfield purses his lips, "Kind of a fucked view if you ask me, saying ya hate life. Yer alive, so technically you'd hate yourself...", he squints his good eye, the cybernetic one staring at him intently, "...self destructive."
[22:48] Laurick Scarbridge didn't even look at Cam when he said that, and just laughed, "Kwa hoo hoo hoo!" His point was likely made by that reaction.
[22:51] Cam Scorfield curls his lip, "Know your type well....", he takes a step towards Laurick, tilting his head to the side. "You started with the little one, didn't you?"
[22:52] Laurick Scarbridge turned his head toward Cam with that same grin that was always on his lips. His heterochromic gaze locked onto the cybernetic implant of the crusted soldier, "I started with the most aggressive. There was no particular order. Only as I felt like it."
[22:55] Cam Scorfield 's jaw clenches , "I don't like the way you think, Clyde.", he takes another step forward, "Acting all billy on ruggers, it ain't term in my book. People like you...way you think...make me sick."
[22:57] Laurick Scarbridge just grins all the same as he turned to face Cam, "Oh? Is that so? What makes you think I care what makes you sick and what doesn't? Do you think that will make me sleep less soundly at night? Do you think I am bothered by it? If I cared what you thought, or what they thought, or what anyone would think, do you think that I would do such things? Kwa hoo hoo hoo!" He laughed and shook his head as he tapped at the tip of his nose, still grinning, "Science is the name of the game. Deaths are acceptable. Failures are not. If they die even in success? I still don't care. Either way, I don't care. That I don't."
[23:01] Cam Scorfield 's nostrils flare, "Let me tell you something about science...", he flexes his fingers into fists and back out, showing Laurick his hands, displaying the scarring of his skin, "I know it well. I know death well. Twenty four hours a day for a year I experienced death. I never slept, couldn't. You know what you learn from that? Death isn't special, it's ordinary. Life isn't special. I am incapable of caring one way or another what you think, what you say. I'm not trying to be the big man here, I'm not trying to scare you. But say that shit again, and problem, shiv?", he spits to the side, "I fucking hate scienpricks."
[23:07] Laurick Scarbridge glanced down at the scarring on his hand curiously for a few moments. The red headed Corporal tilted his head from side to side and then looked up when Cam finished speaking. He looked up with that same full lipped grin, "I don't care what you're trying to do. I will continue to do what I do, and you will continue to do what you do." He shook his head, then turned his gaze back toward the cells, "Death isn't special at all. Life isn't special. I agree with you, that I do. It is all the same thing. We're all already dead anyway, so why bother struggling with it? I hate it. I'll make it stop," he said, then looked back to Cam, and tilted his head from side to side once more, "If I can make more realize that this existence isn't worth living, and have them off themselves before I have to, then I've done my job. It's that simple, that it is." He closed his eyes, and then opened them again slowly while he looked at Cam. He never stopped grinning widely. "And all the same, if you'd like to, I'd be more than happy to fix that little problem you have with your hand. I could fix that glitch with your eye. I could fix your skin. I could stop that pain that you feel if you wanted. But, I think you like it. In a way, I think you love it. You know, the way that a warrior would wear his scars? I wear mine as well. I wear my pleasure. This is my pleasure. But, all the same, I could take that away from you. But even then, I could just take your life from you as well. Hm. I don't know," he practically coo'd the last words and tilted his head from side to side. His gaze moved back to the cells. "For now, they still have their's."
[23:11] Cam Scorfield hisses through clenched teeth, "For guy who talks alot you don't listen for shit, Clyde. Kinda bullshit Doc Loire used to tell me....don't talk to me about pain, you don't know about pain.", a high pitched metallic whine shrieks from his mouth as he bites down in anger, grinding his teeth, "Keep it up, bleeder. One thing I know for certain, what goes around comes around, shiv?" He takes a step back, turning towards the door.
[23:14] Laurick Scarbridge just laughed all the same, "Kwa hoo hoo hoo! I wonder, you're right, I don't know pain. But, I wonder, what do you know about the Northern Virginia area in the shattered union of the United States of America, blue eye?"
[23:17] Cam Scorfield stops midstep, "I give about a fuck all, Clyde." He pulls his berret off and rubs the back of his head, "All talk, no trousers. Fucking typical."
[23:20] Laurick Scarbridge laughs once more, then turned his gaze toward Cam, "There's a reason that I am here, blue eye, as I'm sure there's a reason that you're here too. The people in the city are there because they're afraid of dying. The Black Star legion is there because they're pushing against the World Union. The Legion that stays in this city, stays here because they're afraid of dying. Do you ever wonder why the soldiers in Midian are in Midian? I don't. We are there because we aren't afraid to die; we know we're already dead. Look up a small town on the Northern Virginian area, Retz. Look up the 'Massacre of Retz' in the UAC database. You'll see why I'm here, Blue Eye. That you will. Kwa hoo hoo hoo!" He laughed and turned to look back at Fluffy coddling Haku.
[23:21] Cam Scorfield nods slowly, "Should look up Lead Pipe of Truth , Clyde. You'll get to know it soon....assure you.", he pulls the door open and stomps out, puffing his cigar like a freight train.
[23:22] Laurick Scarbridge let Cam have the last word, but he had the last laugh, finding the remark rather humorous, "Kwa hoo hoo hoo!"
Non-asbestos 12-inch square ceiling tile adhered to non-asbestos gypsum-panel substrate with asbestos-containing adhesive daubs. See asbestos ceiling tile here.
In this particular instance, if abatement is necessary, removal of the glue daubs from the drywall ceiling substrate would likely be "easier" than if the adhesive were applied to plaster or concrete material due to the fact that the paper surface typically just peels away when removing the daubs while they remain intact. Although this process would leave a tattered, unattractive surface all over the drywall.
Plaster, concrete, or other hard substrate surface frequently involves manual chipping, obviously causing damage to both the brittle asbestos adhesive and substrate and requiring construction of a proper enclosure to assist prevention of potential contamination issues.
Oftentimes, if the entire ceiling system is to be removed and the asbestos glue pods may be impacted by the destructive removal process, an enclosure is constructed with plastic sheeting and HEPA air machines to contain the work area and should be conducted by properly trained and licensed asbestos abatement workers.
Two days before the total destruction from the damaging storm of May 21 this old apple tree with blossoms still in tact in the old orchard on the waterfront trail of lake Ontario in Squires beach , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , May 19. 2022
Four days after the destructive storm of 21 May 2022 that destroyed life and did damage to buildings and nature it wrecked this beautiful old apple tree with blossoms in the old orchard on the waterfront trail of lake Ontario with a blue sky in Squires beach , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , May 24. 2022
Looking down at the front end of my bicycle
Bicycle
Four days after the destructive storm of 21 May 2022
old apple trees with beautiful blossoms
old orchard on the waterfront trail of Lake Ontario
blue sky in Squires beach
May 2022
Blossoms
Flowering trees
apple trees with blossoms
old orchard on the waterfront trail
Old orchard
Trees with blossoms
vista with colourful trees ,
bulrushes
tall grasses
the large stone block walls
system to keep the Carp from entering Duffins marsh and creek system
viewed from the bridge across the marsh in Squires beach
Having a nice walk with granny in the woods
Family
Sunset
May 2022
Shrubs
Oak tree
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Orange yellow Tamarack tree
Duffins trail
blue sky
cloud cover
yellow Tamarack tree
Tamarack tree
Tamarac
American Larch tree
Beautiful Nettles and it’s flowers
Nettles
Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario
Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario
Black eye Susan’s
Colourful bird houses
Autumn
Shadows
Reflections
Garter snake
Large mushroom
Bird houses
Autumn
Duffins creek
Discovery bay
cropped photograph
closeup photograph
Martin’s photographs
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
Duffins creek
Favourites
IPhone XR
Mushroom
Large Mushroom
wildflowers
Trout lilies
Lake Ontario
Mouth of Duffins creek marsh
white Deadnetles
River
Dogwood
Woods
Granny
Favourites
White Trilliums
Duffins marsh
Duffins trail
Ferns
Trilliums
Large tree
In explore
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Four days after the destructive storm of 21 May 2022 that destroyed life and did damage to buildings and nature it wrecked this beautiful old willow tree on Duffins creek with a blue sky in Discovery bay , Martin’s photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , May 24. 2022
Looking down at the front end of my bicycle
Bicycle
Four days after the destructive storm of 21 May 2022
old apple trees with beautiful blossoms
old orchard on the waterfront trail of Lake Ontario
blue sky in Squires beach
May 2022
Blossoms
Flowering trees
apple trees with blossoms
old orchard on the waterfront trail
Old orchard
Trees with blossoms
vista with colourful trees ,
bulrushes
tall grasses
the large stone block walls
system to keep the Carp from entering Duffins marsh and creek system
viewed from the bridge across the marsh in Squires beach
Having a nice walk with granny in the woods
Family
Sunset
May 2022
Shrubs
Oak tree
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Orange yellow Tamarack tree
Duffins trail
blue sky
cloud cover
yellow Tamarack tree
Tamarack tree
Tamarac
American Larch tree
Beautiful Nettles and it’s flowers
Nettles
Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario
Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario
Black eye Susan’s
Colourful bird houses
Autumn
Shadows
Reflections
Garter snake
Large mushroom
Bird houses
Autumn
Duffins creek
Discovery bay
cropped photograph
closeup photograph
Martin’s photographs
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
Duffins creek
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MEDUZA, Becky Hill, Goodboys - Lose Control
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I know I can be destructive
And I can change the atmosphere
All I ask from you is patience
Some patience, some patience
Just let me know
Can you be the one to hold and not let me go?
I need to know
Could you be the one to call when I lose control?
When I lose control (I, I)
When I lose control (I, I)
When I lose control (I need your love)
When I lose control (I need your love)
When I lose control (I, I)
When I lose (I, I)
Could you be the one to call
When I lose control
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"When the world seems crazy, chaotic, destructive, you can choose to create your own world of peace and love. You do not have to immerse yourself in the illusion of craziness. You can create your own heaven on earth by being kind, surrounding yourself with good people, and nurturing the earth" (unknown)
I guess if you concentrate on one spot for too long , your eyes can become fixated and locked until you start banging your head. It gave me a headache just watching this male pileated woodpecker "bang his head against the wall". They have a lot more white on them than I expected.
Fire can be terrifying, especially when it's out of control. As an Australian, from a country where bushfires are unfortunately frequent and destructive, I have a real and justified fear of fire.
And yet, I also can't help but be captivated by the Shawn Colvin song 'Sunny Came Home', a deceptively light and pretty-sounding song that is essentially a dark murder ballad about a female arsonist who comes home after some time away (possibly in prison, or worse) with a vengeance, intending to commit devastating acts of arson against those who she perceives to have wronged her.
As abhorrent as I find the notion of vengeance to be, and as much as I fear fire, a part of me is nonetheless drawn to this song about Sunny. Arson is primarily a male domain, and female arsonists are very rare, making this song fascinating from a psychological perspective. Clearly, Sunny isn't simply obsessed with fire or with the burning of random things for fun; for her, her intended arson spree is personal, and though we are not sure if the wrongs she thinks were committed against her by others are real or imagined, what she's about to do is about as real and serious as things can get.
Kids, though, don't try this at home!
On a personal note, I actually had a lot of fun setting my Second Life building platform on fire to take this picture. But don't worry, fire extinguishers were on hand, and the fire was put out again without any real damage being done. Sadly, though, no handsome firemen were in attendance. I really should have planned that part better, huh?
Subject: Abstract wheel of a destructive force.
Medium: Digital Artwork.
Inspiration: Feeling anxious about the recent decision made by the US The Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade and what is to come next...
A destructive little beetle, they can kill an Ash tree if left unchecked.
They are not native to the U.S. and were most likely brought over from Asia in shipping crates.
They were not identified in the U.S. until 2002 and first seen in Canto, Michigan. Now you can find them scattered in areas as far as Colorado and as far south as Louisiana.
If I had known what this was and how destructive they are, I might have crushed his little head!
Trees on a trail at a small creek in Darlington Provincial park , Martin’s photographs , Courtice , Ontario , Canada , July 14. 2022
American Larch trees with beautiful small cones
Tamarack trees with beautiful small cones
Cones
Blooming Dogwood
flowering white dead nettles
Looking down at the front end of my bicycle
Bicycle
Four days after the destructive storm of 21 May 2022
old apple trees with beautiful blossoms
old orchard on the waterfront trail of Lake Ontario
blue sky in Squires beach
July 2022
Blossoms
Flowering trees
apple trees with blossoms
old orchard on the waterfront trail
Old orchard
Trees with blossoms
tall grasses
the large stone block walls
system to keep the Carp from entering Duffins marsh and creek system
viewed from the bridge across the marsh in Squires beach
Having a nice walk with granny in the woods
Family
Sunset
Shrubs
Oak tree
Trees with blossoms
Trees
Stones
Reflections
Reflection
Dogwood
Duffins trail
blue sky
cloud cover
yellow Tamarack tree
Tamarack tree
Tamarac
American Larch tree
Beautiful Nettles and it’s flowers
Nettles
Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario
Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario
Autumn
Shadows
Reflections
Large mushroom
Bird houses
Autumn
Duffins creek
Discovery bay
closeup photograph
Martin’s photographs
Ajax
Ontario
Canada
Duffins creek
Favourites
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Mushroom
Large Mushroom
wildflowers
Trout lilies
Lake Ontario
Mouth of Duffins creek marsh
white Deadnetles
River
Dogwood
Woods
Granny
Favourites
White Trilliums
Duffins marsh
Duffins trail
Ferns
Trilliums
Large tree
A large warbler of the northern spruce forests, the Bay-breasted Warbler benefits from spruce budworm outbreaks when the caterpillars provide abundant food. Spraying to control the destructive outbreaks may have reduced populations of this warbler.
Elephants are kind of 'natures redecorators'. They can clear an area of trees pretty thoroughly, and while it's destructive, it does allow for new growth in the area. All part of the circle of life :-)
South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
Ernest Dimnet