Also known as the flower of paradise. To appreciate the beauty of this flower I felt it necessary to isolate it from the tree's foliage. The image was taken at the RBG (Royal Botanical Gardens) where the out-of-focus soft water movement was also taken. The stone angel and the clock (mine) were added as a symbolic representation of paradise.

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Rippled angular architecture from another photo of the library.

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Last week, I took a drive out of the city and tooled around on a few country roads. The hedgerow of trees caught my attention so out came the camera. The ground was still frozen and topped with ice. I couldn't help but choose this effect from Topaz Studio to create fiery trees to contrast with the ice (and maybe even melt it lol).

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Migratory Note: I've spotted a Red-tailed Hawk, Merlin Falcon, and Dark-eyed Juncos.

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March is a wonderful month in Alaska. You can just feel spring in the air, as the sun radiates its warmth, and the days lengthen. We no longer need to keep the wood stove stoked all day, thereby saving what is left of the precious woodpile, after a brutally cold winter.

It is this time of year, that most rural Alaskan's start scoping out the forest, for the trees that will be needed for next winters fuel.

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Photos and textures used are my own.

Lots of room to roam, when you live at the top of a summit.

Not a window was broken

And the paint wasn’t peeling

Not a porch step sagged -

Yet, there was a feeling

That beyond the door

And into the hall

This was the house of

No one at all.

No one who breathed

Nor laughed, nor ate

Nor said “I love,”

Nor said “I hate.”

Yet something walked

Along the stair

Something that was

And wasn’t there.

And that is why weeds

On the path grow high,

And even the moon

Races fearfully by –

For something walks

Along the stair -

Something that is

And isn't there.

By Vic Crume

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Can you hear them?...

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I adore peonies, they smell so nice and the show of them has been spectacular this year. These are the classic pink ones, edited and dressed-up in Topaz Studio.

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I had no specific reason for the caption except perhaps that I love Johnny Reid's romantic song entitled, "Dance With Me." Here is the Utube Link if you'd like to listen:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo1xgTb-jM8

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During the winter in the far north, the landscape isn't entirely white. Blue shadows skip across the landscape settling into every nook and cranny.

Lovely Autumn,

used, Photoshop, Pixabay, Filter Forge

Tiger

used: Filter Forge, Photoshop

With "termination dust" on the mountains - (the first snow on the mountains that announces the start of winter in Alaska) - the golden glow of the sunset bathes our bench and fire ring in sunlight one last time, before we put them under cover for the winter. HSS!

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...when time stands still

Rippled photo of a primary color painted wall along 4th Avenue South in the SODO neighborhood.

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Hmmm.... What's this? A canon and a wedding chapel? The canon and this world-famous wedding chapel at the Top of the Rock Ozarks Heritage Presserve really don't have anything to do with each other... after all, wouldn't a canon be overkill for a shotgun wedding? :D Actually, the canon is kept in operating condition and it is shot at sunset each evening to herald the end to another day while someone plays bagpipes in the mountaintop outlook (which overlooks the chapel). At this time of the year, the sun was setting behind the chapel... which made for some dramatic photos.

Unforunately, it was a perfectly cloudless evening, so I added the cloud layer in post processing to create this composite.

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Created for the Kreative People July Challenge 41 - Summer Expo from a photo I found my archives when I was looking for something else all together;-)

The textures WrappingPaperBokeh1 and SandAndSea are my own.

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For the group "Sliders Sunday".

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This is a scene that was shot during the Christmas holiday in 2013 in the mangroves just north of the Ponce De Leon Historical Park on Charlotte Harbor in Punta Gorda, Florida. The area is known for its plumed birds and wildlife... and gorgeous sunsets.

I had walked along the shoreline trying to find a good spot to photograph the little island out in the water (seemingly made of roots and trees). I would have loved to have had some sort of boat to get around... and thereby possibly avoiding the no-see-ums that were thick in the underbrush. It was warm and humid so I was wearing shorts. The bites on my legs itched fiercely for days! So, while the approach of the ducks may look perfect... I'm not so sure that my approach was. :D

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Wildflowers grow prolifically along Alaska's roadside's each summer. There are miles upon miles of pink, purple, and yellow flowers.

This little bouquet popped up at the end of our driveway, along with many other varieties. After our long cold winter - it is so wonderful to see color again.

Our wilderness neighbors seem to be taking turns visiting us each morning. This morning before the crack of dawn, our two moose emerged from the forest to chomp on what ever goodies they could find on what was once a garden plot.

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