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As the cold deepens in Alaska - one of the first chores each morning is to light the wood stove. We no longer chop kindling to get a fire started. Good old "fat wood" is the secret to get your fire roaring quickly.

(I got this shot of Doc as he was lighting the three fat wood sticks that ignite the logs.)

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Rose-Mary,

Used: Own photo, Pixabay, Photoshop, Filter Forge

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If you can, try to see different colors as figure and ground.

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2022

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Rose in watercolor

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A blustery day in Southeast Alaska. Time to settle in with a good book, and listen to the rain as it taps at the window panes.

A miniature copy of “Spinario”, a Greco-Roman Hellenistic bronze sculpture of a boy withdrawing a thorn from the sole of his foot, now in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome.

Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto

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Modest Woman,

used: Pixabay- Photoshop - Filter Forge

"He knew that this temple was the place required for his invincible intent [...]"

From the short story 'The Circular Ruins' by Jorge Luis Borges

I miss you.

B&W Women, Used, Filter Forge, Pixabay, Photoshop

Fantasy-World,

used: Filter Forge, own photo, Pixabay, Photoshop

If I put a description here, I would just be misleading you.

Day 263

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Little by little, Alaska's old and historic lodges are fading from sight. The old timers that built them have passed on, and the kids left behind have no interest in maintaining them. The big cities beckon - and another lodge is reclaimed by mother nature. Over the years I have seen a number of them disappear. I'm just glad that I got to spend time in their cozy interiors, while enjoying good conversations with the folks that built them so very long ago.

Vivid Sydney is coming up!

Hart to believe a year has gone and time to post one more from last year's display.

We are going in about two weeks time, this time with the D 800, hopefully that means better photos.

Can't wait to see what they got on this year.

More info about it here: www.vividsydney.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwvuuqBRDG95yR6tmfg9oBEi...

Till then, I hope you enjoy this one.

As always! Thanks for looking

Norbert

Taken at Brown's Family Farm and Market near Ross, Ohio and then digitally manipulated.

WEST USA

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Just playing around manipulating photos and having some light entertainment.

Created for SOTN Challenge 50 - Dark Abstracts and inspired by the Native Americans belief in the influence of the spirit world of the natural world

Credits

dreamcatcher and

Skulls, bones, flints and tools are free, no atrribution required images from pixabay

All other photographic elements and textures are my own work.

No matter how cold or blustery it is outside - Doc. Doolittle must feed the birds. This year two dozen wild spruce hens have discovered the birdseed, and now flock around Doc. when he fills the feeders. Disgruntled Magpies try to chase them away, but to no avail, oh well . . . as Doc is fond of saying; "Everything has to eat."

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Something very different this time, I always wanted to try this sort of thing.

When I looked through my surfing shots, this one was the perfect series to give it a go.

Hope you like it, constructive criticism is more than welcome.

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Norbert

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It wouldn't be autumn if I didn't have some Indian corn in my home. Many years ago my hubby and I grew it on our farm. The kid's and I had the best time pulling back the husks and discovering the rich colors that lay beneath each ear. Just another wonderful memory I have tucked away in my heart and mind.

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I found this mirror and played around with it until I was really confused.

Thanks to Podsville for the tools needed to make the magic easy. He knows not what he's done.