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"Let their beauty bring a smile, let their company bring you happiness, and let their wings take away your sorrows."
--Gilberto Sanchez-Perez
Saw this precious little beauty sipping nectar from these lovely cherry blossoms at Huntington Beach Central Park!
I would like to thank everyone who stops by to view, fave or comment! I truly appreciate your support and encouragement..
HFF
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♥ If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
♥ All of us have opportunities every day to encourage others and help them grow and flourish.
HSS 😊😊😍
You are all amazing people and very much appreciated. You are the wind beneath my wings. By now you will know that I live to create and have progressed over the years through help and guidance from you. Encouragement and support are defining factors in progressing and you have been and still are there despite my constantly going in new directions and always experimenting. The production of art is exciting and you have all made it even more so with your input and your patience, thank you so much!
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️❤️
Hello Everyone!
It is a privilege to witness tender interactions such as this parent coaxing the wee one to move into the water. This gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling which I wanted to share with you. For Wannabe Warmer Wednesday, a day to encourage warmth of spirit or weather. WWW!
Thank you for stopping by and for your comments. I do love hearing from you! Have a terrific day!
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"No Pen can describe it, no Tongue can express it, no Thought conceive it, unless [by] some of those who were in the Extremity of it."
Daniel Defoe's description of the great storm of 1703 in his book The Storm published the following year.
Thank you for your visit and taking time to comment, fave or invite my photo to your group. Your encouragement is really appreciated.
All photos and textures used are my own.
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My wife was trying to encourage my younger daughter to finish this long slope.
Main Summit of Joy Mountain. 3,416-metre-high (11,207 ft)
with tender encouragement
decay nurtures life
I take off my shoes
my sincere thanks to all who share the space here... it means a lot!
and for those who might be interested, I've made a small series of umbrella fern images here: www.behance.net/gallery/91607797/where-the-umbrellas-grow :-)
Thank you, my flickr friends, for your support and encouragement, without which, there is no motivation for me to explore possibilities.
Thank you, my flickr friends, for your friendship, without which, photography is just a lonely hobby.
My friends, You Light My Fire.
Light My Fire The Doors
I know I am being anthropomorphic but it did appear that the peacock was admiring the roses. Taken at the David Austin rose gardens and nursery, Albrighton, Shropshire, England.
Thanks everyone for your kind support and encouragement.
Copyright © 2012 Child of the King Photography
This image is protected under the United States and International Copyright laws and may not be downloaded, reproduced, copied, transmitted or manipulated without written permission.
Thank you so much for your visits, comments and encouragement! YOUR KINDNESS IS TRULY APPRECIATED!.
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With thanks to Kim Klassen for the texture.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
The family is both the fundamental unit of society as well as the root of culture. It ... is a perpetual source of encouragement, advocacy, assurance, and emotional refueling that empowers a child to venture with confidence into the greater world and to become all that he can be.
Marianne E. Neifert
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I will be away from this site until early in the new year. I wish everyone a happy and joyful Festive Season.
Thank you for the encouragement visitors to my photostream have provided with comments, favs and views. I have also enjoyed the many great pictures posted by FLICKR friends, my FLICKR followees and others posting on the site. Cheers.
On the edge of Custer Gallatin National Forest, near Livingston, MT. Aug 2019
What I wouldn't give for lush lands, a light rain, and balmy weather right now (Feb. 17, 2021) 😞
This cub was sent up the tree when a boar came into the area. Once mom gave the all clear, it took the cub a while to get down. Practice, practice, practice.
We had gone to the beach to photograph patterns of blown sand in the snow but instead, found ourselves on a totally bare sandy beach. Lot's of ice still out on the lake but the snow had gone in less than 24 hrs on the warm sunny day. While waiting to see what the sunset would present, three riders and their horses came down the beach. One of them, a very reluctant pinto (I think that's the horse breed) being ridden bareback, would not cross the stream with any amount of encouragement. Finally, one of the other riders came back across and splashed through again to show how it's done. With some very loud snorts and whinnies the pinto finally went through.
Shooting directly into the sun, which is something I'm not fond of doing, there was no time for fine tuning the camera settings for fear of missing the moment. I just went with what I had.
For Looking close on Friday.
Theme: Not a Real One
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
Hebrews 6:17-18 New International Version (NIV)
17 Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. 18 God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.
For Smile on Saturday!
Theme : Free theme.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
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To give you a little encouragement in the midst of these horrific fires going on in Australia, meet one of the dogs saving koalas from Australian wildfires - a true story:
Thursday, January 9, 2020
As Australian wildfires endanger the lives of thousands of koalas, one dog is stepping up to save her fellow furry friends.
Taylor, a four-year-old English Springer Spaniel, is trained to sniff out koala fur and droppings, said her owner and professional dog trainer Ryan Tate.
To date, Taylor has rescued eight of the country's iconic marsupials from wildfires, which have destroyed more than 2,000 homes, claimed at least 26 human lives and potentially killed thousands of koalas.
Some of these animals were hospitalized, and others were taken to areas deemed safe, Tate said.
Tate and his skillful pup have been traveling along the east coast of Australia for nearly three years. Over her lifetime, Taylor has found more than 50 koalas.
Tate said when the air is still, koalas' scents descend from treetops to the ground, so when Taylor smells an animal, she will sit below a tree and point up.
In more difficult conditions, like the recent fires, she's also trained to find their droppings, and fresh poo is a good indicator that koalas are nearby.
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Whispering encouragements into the Lamb's ear was all it had taken. Chaos watched as the Lamb opened the first seal, the fingers of her many hands playing along her staff accompanied by the soft metallic sounds of the lantern chain moving against the steel. Whether or not the female figure actually has a face beneath the inky black shroud is a question that has gone unanswered since the beginning.. A few more words are muttered but impossible to make out. Her voice, if that's what it was, came out like a soft breeze moving through the trees, and low enough that only the Lamb could hear them. Moments later the second seal is broken followed by the third...and then the fourth. The air grew heavy as the doors opened, each revealing a mounted figure looming out of the foggy darkness. The four moved toward Chaos, two taking up positions at each of her sides. Raising her right hands, the staff and chain clutched within the triple grip, she extends her arm forward. Not a word was spoken, but as the lantern swung slowly the four urged their mounts into a gallop. The apocalypse is a child of Chaos. It's siblings, Pestilence, War, Famine and Death were it's heralds. Riding far and wide they bestowed their gifts upon humanity, feeding Mother Chaos as they left countless mired in the mortal coil. Like a snowball rolling down a hill and growing with each revolution, so too will Chaos grow in the end of days.
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I was resting on a rock contemplating the views of the mountains when I noticed these beautiful fucsia Dianthus Oschtenicus enjoying a summer sunbath.
It was funny capturing them with my telelens.
I hope you spend a nice Tuesday and I send you all the patience to overcome these times we´re living. Much encouragement and patience to all of you.
Press "L" to enlarge the picture.
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Estaba descansando sobre una roca contemplando las vistas de las montañas cuando noté estas hermosas Dianthus Oschtenicus fucsia disfrutando de un baño de sol veraniego.
Fue divertido capturarlas con mi teleobjetivo.
Espero que pases un buen martes y os envío toda la paciencia para superar estos tiempos que estamos viviendo. Mucho ánimo y paciencia para tod@s.
Pulsa "L" para agrandar la foto.
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"Resistiré" es una canción popularizada por el grupo español Dúo Dinámico, aparecida en su álbum de 1988 En forma.
El 1 de abril de 2020 se lanzó como sencillo una nueva versión titulada "Resistiré 2020". Esto debido a que durante el confinamiento de la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus de 2020, la canción se popularizó en España y comenzó a ser cantada desde las ventanas y los balcones para dar ánimo al resto de la población, aislada en sus hogares. La canción se ha identificado como un himno de resistencia y superación ante la crisis sanitaria. Con tal motivo, Cadena 100 grabó una nueva versión, a beneficio de Cáritas.
"I will resist" It has become one of the most well-known songs of the group, especially after being included in the soundtrack of Pedro Almodóvar's film ¡Átame! (1990) and being chosen as an anthem during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, being played in many cities and neighborhoods of the country every day at 8 pm along with the applause that Spanish citizens dedicate every day to their health services. (from Wikipedia)
We will resist, my dear: youtu.be/hl3B4Ql8RtQ
Wife: “Hi neighbor!”
Neighbor: “Howdy! How are you and Steve?”
Wife: “I’m good, but Steve is in his office looking cross-eyed at his computer and chanting something about ‘I want more Faves.’”
Neighbor: “Huh?”
Wife: “He’s sorting and re-sorting all the photos he took on our vacation and ranking which ones to post in his vacation slide show based on a spreadsheet that predicts which ones will get the most “Faves.”
Neighbor: “Really? What is going into his 'Favorites analytics?'”
He is rating eye-catchability scores, creating most unusualness tiers, and developing predictive categories of what he thinks other people will prefer.”
Neighbor: “Not what HE likes the most? Sounds obsessive.”
Wife: “He’s like a Bench-Gollum pursuing the precious ‘Fave’ ring.”
Neighbor: “So what’s he going to do with more ‘Faves’ if he gets them?”
Wife: “Good question. Nothing I guess, but he’s always after them.”
Neighbor: “Do you think that adds to his enjoyment of Flickr…or takes away?
Wife: “Another good question. He wants them badly, but the funny thing is when he DOES talk about Flickr, “Faves” is not what he mentions.”
Neighbor: “What does he mention?”
Wife: “Well, he’s tells me about some funny comment he read, or a great photo he saw, or an idea from seeing someone else’s work. I never heard the end of it when someone dedicated a bench photo to him.”
Neighbor: “So Steve actually has friends?”
Wife: “I know, that’s surprising. The funny thing is he has friends he’s never actually met. Some share birds he’s never seen, some share sketches and paintings, and others share what they ate for dinner. He seems to enjoy it all. He even ‘knows’ some on-line pets he cares about.
Neighbor: “But his goal is to get more ‘Faves’?”
Wife: “I guess…”
Neighbor: “As a casual observer it seems like he has a great deal of fun with the ‘Happy Bench Monday’ crowd and writing his silly stories.”
Wife: “Yes, he loves it when people actually read them.”
Neighbor: “But ironically the HBM photos get fewer ‘Faves’ than the landscape, wildlife and macro photos he posts.”
Wife: “Yeh, that’s true.”
Neighbor: “So it’s really the conversations, encouragement, and community that he enjoys – more than just accumulating views and ‘Faves’.
Wife: “Very wise neighbor. I wonder if he will ever figure that out?”
Neighbor: “Maybe, but that will require some maturity.”
Wife: “So…no then?”
Neighbor: “Well, I guess anything’s possible. What are you thinking?”
Wife: “HHBM!”
Neighbor: “Huh?”
Wife: “Hopeful Happy Bench Monday!”
I took this photo at Portmore Lough RSPB nature reserve. These gorgeous Konik ponies seemed to go off for a wee chat together and I thought the scene was just too adorable :)
Can't believe that it's exactly a month today to Christmas..... I have so much to do.... so I apologise once again for running behind with my comments on your photos....
Thank you for your continued support and encouragement, I appreciate it so much :)
Have a great Monday, even if it is Monday LOL
I think this flower is gently pushing his shy buddy to go out and join the bunch. Go on! You can do it!! We all need a friend who will encourage us to be our best.
More encouraging on black -- press L!
A big thank you to all of you for all your love, friendship, encouragement and support x
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4D1a00cbFA
TIME OF NO REPLY – NICK DRAKE
THIS IS THE SUMMER OF MY TRANSITION
The devil that was within me
that found me, then drowned me
could not withstand
the beauty of my love for him
the softness of my gentle hand
could not witness the words that I wrote
could not cope with love that gave him hope
he inhabited my soul and it choked him from within
now he scurries through the darkness
avoiding any last vestige of light; avoiding my eyes
he hides and he lies to rid himself of the truth
that he found within that last dance
he burned me, he scorned me, but then he adored me
he haunted my dreams and begged my return
but I found myself healing as I walked along the shore
the pace of my mind slowed; the peace of my mind showed
that at last I could let go and be myself once more
I walked in his shadow, until I found the light
before I lived like a shadow with no strength to fight
A poor tortured soul; I know how that feels
when love can't release him; thaw his soul cold as steel
Sometimes our love falls on stony ground
like the softness of rose petals and the hope that we once found
dashed against the rocks of life's lessons
deafened by the torment that resounds within our caissons
and lifts us up above the maelstrom of the storms
that threaten to define us and defile us; confine us
This is the summer of my transition
as I find my way back to the right path that heals me
I leave him far behind me; the nightmare recedes
now I sleep like an angel on clouds of soft dreams
and feel lucky that I am still here
amid the love of all my friends.
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My artwork is a compilation of 3 of my photographs
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Thank you so much for your visits, kind comments and encouragement.
Wishing all my Flickr friends a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year
Many thanks for all your support and encouragement this year I have really appreciated it.
All the best
David
Smile on Saturday: Blue for You
Today is ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day. My thoughts and encouragements on this day go to all the people who suffer from that disease, but also those who struggle with mental or physical issues. Sometimes we wish there was a miracle solution, but there isn't... yet. Spreading awareness is the first step towards better understanding, research, treatment, support... and hopefully, eventually, getting better.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUWyTPiceA
Many thanks for your support encouragement.
Best wishes for this festive season.
The hadeda ibis is found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa in open grasslands, savanna and wetlands, as well as urban parks, school fields, green corridors and large gardens
It feeds mainly on earthworms, using its long scimitar-like bill to probe soft soil. It also eats larger insects, such as the Parktown prawn, as well as spiders and small lizards. They have also been spotted eating fallen avocado's that have turned soft. These birds also favour snails and will feed in garden beds around residential homes. They are particularly welcomed on bowling and golf greens because they are assiduous in extracting larvae of moths and beetles that feed on the roots of the grass. It is not clear how they detect these, but it seems likely that they can hear their chewing and digging.
PS: I am now away traveling for a few days and then with very little internet so I will try to keep up to date with all my flickr friends or catch up on my return. Thanks for all; the support and encouragement.
Laghetto di Favogna, Favogna di sotto - Trentino Alto Adige.
Happy Sunday to all of you!!!!
Thanks Friends!!!!
Thank you for your visits, comments and encouragements! :-)
Your kindness, interest, and encouragement mean a great deal to me. You have helped and are helping me to grow. Learning is a pleasure, but you all make it even more pleasurable.
With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️
We're an agreeable little gang really. All about encouragement and positivity you know. None of us shamelessly trying to outscore the others or anything underhand like that. Although sometimes, but not always, there's a kind of unspoken competition going on. It's never announced that there even was a contest taking place until after the event, and there's no official judging panel. What tends to happen is that the other two look at the back of your camera, coo in grudging appreciation and say something such as, “yes, you've won that one.” No big prize giving ceremony - no brand ambassadorship or gift wrapped set of brand new magnetic filters, no silverware, nor even a bottle of fizz. Chances are the award will have been entirely forgotten later or the winning image cancelled by a late entrant that was stolen from the gods at last light. As accolades go in our world, being told you've won that one is about as good as it gets.
This afternoon we were crashing around beneath the canopy in the woods at the edge of the moor, exploring the network of small tracks that led away from the main path, seeking out lone forest oddities, the ones that somehow stood out from the surrounding pack. In deepest February only the firs and spruces held their foliage, while the rest stood spartan and unadorned, save for the creeping strangulation of ivy tendrils and thick coats of green moss that spread across the bark and protected it from winter’s advance. Ferns hung from huge Ent faces in bearded tresses. And all was silent here beneath the forest roof. Except for the inane twittering of three middle aged men with cameras, who could be surprisingly noisy at times.
This fine beast of the forest was just waiting to be discovered. A soaring tower of sprawling green limbs, all knobbled and gnarled, trapped within a nest of bare twigs waiting for spring to arrive and dress them with new life. It seemed as if at any moment it might uproot itself and march across the glade in our direction, waving multiple arms in fury and driving us from the forest so it could continue its winter slumbers in peace. A perfect subject for the long end of the telephoto lens to pick out the elements that caught the eye and frame them against the dark forest background. It seemed that I was the only one who spotted it. But then again, I was the only one who was looking through the viewfinder at more than three hundred millimetres. With a wider lens, the Ent might have been lost in the forest confusion. There were a number of equally characterful specimens to be found here in the forest, but this one had the added attraction of offering a shot with a complete absence of distracting sky poking through holes in the canopy behind.
When you're rewarded with the honour of “today's winner” by your comrades, the standard response is to rebut the unwarranted praise in favour of one of their efforts with a vaguely plausible level of self denial, before reluctantly accepting the news with no small degree of sanguine modesty. Maybe a shrug in a “how did that happen?” sort of way. It simply wouldn't do to go racing through the cover, arms aloft and singing “We are the Champions,” at the top of your voice. Not cricket at all you know. I tried to remember this and merely nodded and allowed myself a quiet grin as the Tolkienesque forest guardian was unanimously acknowledged to be today's winner.