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Female Impala with Red-billed Oxpecker in the Kruger Nationalpark, South Africa
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2022
"Ce qui éclaire l'existence, c'est l'espérance." Jean d'Ormesson
"What illuminates existence is hope." Jean d'Ormesson
Lac de Vallon is located in Haute-Savoie, at an altitude of 1,080 metres, in the commune of Bellevaux, on the Brevon, a
tributary of the Dranse which flows into Lake Geneva (France).
Le lac de Vallon se trouve en Haute-Savoie, à 1 080 mètres d'altitude, sur la commune de Bellevaux, sur le Brevon, un affluent de la Dranse qui se jette dans le lac Léman (France).
“The daily hummingbird assaults existence
with improbability.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin
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To this assembly-place, be praised.
The existence of him, who brought us.
Awoken within lifeless-sorrowed bodies,
The existence of him, who dressed us.
Pîr Sultan Abdal ( 1480 - 1550 )
Kudu, also known as the Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), is a magnificent antelope species found in various parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is a large and majestic animal, renowned for its unique and striking appearance.
Physical Characteristics:
The Kudu is one of the largest antelope species, with males, known as bulls, weighing up to 600 kg (1,300 lbs) and standing around 1.5 to 1.7 meters (5 to 5.5 feet) tall at the shoulder. Females, known as cows, are smaller and lighter.
Both males and females have long, spiral-shaped horns. The horns can grow up to 1.8 meters (6 feet) in length in males, while in females, they are shorter and slimmer.
Appearance:
Kudus have a beautiful coat with distinctive white stripes along their sides. These stripes are believed to act as a form of camouflage in their woodland habitats, helping them blend in among dappled sunlight and shadow.
The coat coloration varies, but they are generally reddish-brown with a tinge of blue-grey in some areas. The undersides are usually pale.
Habitat and Behavior:
Kudus are found in a range of habitats, including woodlands, savannas, and dense bush areas. They are adaptable animals but prefer regions with enough vegetation for cover.
These antelopes are mainly browsers, feeding on leaves, fruits, and shoots. They have the ability to reach high branches to access food that other herbivores might not reach.
Kudus are predominantly nocturnal, which means they are most active during the night, helping them avoid predators and the heat of the day.
Males are typically solitary or found in small bachelor groups, while females form small herds, often accompanied by one dominant male.
Conservation Status:
The Kudu population is generally considered stable, but some local populations face threats due to habitat loss and hunting for their meat, hides, and horns.
Conservation efforts focus on preserving their natural habitats, implementing anti-poaching measures, and promoting responsible tourism to protect this iconic African species.
Kudus are not only remarkable creatures for their physical beauty but also for their role in maintaining the ecological balance of their habitats. As such, efforts to safeguard their existence are crucial for the overall health of Africa's biodiversity.
Bastian watches a visiting magpie.
Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) Danish: Husskade. Bastian (mixed breed), 16.06.2023. Shot through glass.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
"Find a calm lake and wait for the twilight in silence! There, existence will visit you with all its magnificence! The existence of the Existence can best be felt in the presence of dimness and in the absence of crowds and noises!"
- Mehmet Murat Ildan
The sunshine of the day gives way to the "Sunshine of the Night" on the shores of Esther Lake in Grand Portage State Forest near Hovland, Minnesota.
Credit @ :Fanatik Architecture
Building : :Fanatik Architecture: PANTHEON
Debris : :FANATIK: DEBRIS Stone 1
Rock : :FANATIK: ROCK BOULDERS F
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Grass by Heart Garden
Harmony Moon Lily - Short - White Blue - circle - AM - C/M
Harmony Wild Iris - SHORT - Purple - circle - AM - C/M
Harmony Wild Poppies - SHORT - Red - circle - AM - C/M
Harmony Wild Poppies - SHORT - Blue - circle - AM - C/M
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when I am another, my acts
are more mine when they are the acts
of others, in order to be I must be another,
leave myself, search for myself
in the others, the others that don't exist
if I don't exist, the others that give me
total existence, I am not,
there is no I, we are always us,
life is other, always there,
further off, beyond you and
beyond me, always on the horizon,
life which unlives us and makes us strangers,
that invents our face and wears it away...
from sunstone
octavio paz
“You are alive, and you don’t need to justify your existence. You can be the biggest mystery in your own story.”
― Miguel Ruiz
Well I sure am the biggest Flickr mystery :-). And I couldn’t even try to explain my existence or non existence, let alone justify it.
🙋♀️ My friends can I ask you to just fave if you like what you see ? My stream is mysteriously (suspiciously) empty.. so on a mission now to provide a show case.
Thank you from my heart to all of you who never forget or desert me, and for your warm welcome back. I hope I can repay your kindness, in whichever way possible. ❤️
🎶. youtu.be/m9f4XtNj1Vg Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift “The Joker and the Crown
Hair: Exile - Jordan
Skin: Deetalez - Anais
Hat: CerberusXing - Vicious Vaccine Hat
Outfit: Salem - Tinkerer Dress @Engine Room
Gloves: Skellybones - Rayne Claws @Engine Room
Long exposure by stacking 74 photos of 1sec exposure over a 5sec interval. First intention was to take 1 long exposure of 2min+, but due to heavy gusting, it was not possible to do this without vibrations in the photos. Blankenberge - Belgium
A solitary pansy ekes out an existence in a narrow crack between the paving stones where ants have disturbed the soil below allowing it to find enough nutrients to survive.
Pose - La Plume - Lilou - 07, available here maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Highland%20Park/174/64/2001
Nails - Tulssy Nail's Art - Spectral, available at Sense Event until Sept 8 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DreamsLand/176/128/1501
Hair - Stealthic - Lilium Hair
Dress - *CK* - Candy Cotton Dress
Socks - *CK* - Candy Cotton Socks
Taken at ..::Sol Existence::.. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sol%20Existence/215/130/43
Somewhere in between
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Deafening silences that envelop existence sinking into nothingness.
Silence, to remind us that we all need to feel life.
If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
~ Toni Morrisson ("Song of Solomon")
ex·is·tence (ig-zistins) | The fact or state of existing; being.
Sunset jump!
The Emerald Coast
Destin, Florida
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For this week's Macro Monday theme "Hot or Cold". Making metal catch on fire.
First of some fun playing with various shutter speeds.
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✎ Featuring: COSMOPOLITAN’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY ROUND - 1'ST PART (Until May 14th)
✎ Credits:
» Flora Hoop Earrings - by Sigma at Cosmopolitan Event
» Mia Eyes - by .Euphoric at Cosmopolitan Event
» Denica Jumpsuit - by Amias at Cosmopolitan Event
» Ledemis Wedges - by Fransela at Cosmopolitan Event
» Boho Hanging Chair - by InsurreKtion at Cosmopolitan Event
» My Heart - flowers - by :LW: Bento Poses at Cosmopolitan Event
✎ Others:
» Gloss Hair - by Lamb
» Maddy Rings - by Vibing
» Taffy Nails - Ascendant
» Existence Tattoo - by Vegas
» Azalea Pose - by Serendipity
IN EXPLORE 29-11-2022 St Matthew's Church was consecrated in 1837 to be the parish church for the new parish of Richhill. The building itself was repurposed from its prior existence as the market house for the village, which had been built in 1752.
A sneaky snap of my dear friend Gorba, chilling at Luanes World @ Slice of Heaven
Listen and Escape Everything
“Any new possibility that existence acquires, even the least likely, transforms everything about existence.”
Milan Kundera
Slowness. 1995
«Cada nueva posibilidad de la existencia, incluso la menos probable, transforma la existencia entera»
La lentitud. 1995
Milan Kundera (UK: /ˈkʊndərə, ˈkʌn-/, Czech: [ˈmɪlan ˈkundɛra]; 1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Czech-born French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979 but he was re-granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
One of my favorite writers ever. Rest in peace.
For all the time of its existence, fortress has changed 3 names. The original name is Agarani (historians have identified it as Kojris tsikhe). It is located on Mount Azeula (Trialeti Ridge). The exact date of construction of the fortress is unknown. According to archaeologists, it was built in the late eighth-early ninth century. It controlled the caravan route from Gardabani to Shida Kartli and from Tbilisi to Trialeti.
Since 1080, the fortress passes to the Seljuk Turks. Under their rule, the name Ker Oglu appears. This name is common to this day. Then the fortress passes to Emir Fadlun.
1118. The fortress was recaptured by David IV Agmashenebeli (the Builder) from the Ganja Emir Fadlun. After some time, the fortress again passes to the emir, then, after three months of fighting, the fortress again passed to David. In 1123, David IV gave the fortress to Prince Ioane Orbeli.
1177. The fortress appears in the history of the uprising against Tsar George III (the father of Queen Tamar). The princes of Orbeli (or Orbeliani) did not share something with the king, they made a noise. The rebels took refuge in the fortress, and in the same year the fortress was taken by storm. As a result, the Knizia were defeated, losing all their lands.
And what about without Queen Tamar (1184-1212). The chronicles mention that Tamara, who was seriously ill, spent about six months here.
Since the XV century, Agarani belongs to the Solagashvili family and appears in the sources as Kojris-tsikhe. The ruins of the Kabensky Monastery are relatively close by. One of the churches was a tomb of this kind.
In 1488, Iranian troops besieged the Kojor fortress. After that, the fortress does not particularly appear in the chronicles. Only the appearance of the palace in the XVII century is mentioned. There were no other key events in the history of the fortress.
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The music box ballerina and the old jack-in-the-box, both trapped within the confines of their respective existence. He obsessed with her ethereal beauty, going round and round in a frozen pirouette and she obsessed with the desire to escape his all consuming, penetrating and captive gaze.
“You know when things get inside you and you can't stop going round and round the same piece of misery.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
“I've thought about nothing else but you.”
― Iris Murdoch, The Black Prince
“Do you know that one day I'll kill you? I won't do it because I'm no longer in love with you, or because I'm jealous, but—I'll just kill you for no better reason that I sometimes long to devour you.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler
Obsession.
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From it's most earliest days in the early 1900's to it's sad end in the mid 1950's Packard maintained a signature design element on their grill surrounds. Starting lower on the sides the grill surrounds would bump up and raise in the center, and you will find versions of this on every model of every Packard for every year of Packard's existence. When I first came upon the Reo in the photo the first thing I noticed was the Packard like grill surround, and thinking, in fact, that it was indeed a Packard. Well, that was only true until I noticed the emblem in the center with the letters R E O emblazoned on it. Like Packard in their day, Reo was considered somewhat of a luxury automobile, and as such, they were priced accordingly. I suspect, however, that they didn't have the same panache that Packard enjoyed. So, was the Packard like grill surround on this 1930 Reo a design coincidence, or could you say that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?" REO, the company, was founded by the former founder and owner of the Oldsmobile company, Ransom E. Olds (Notice the first letters in his name REO.) The company started in Lansing, Michigan, and had a long and somewhat successful history producing cars and trucks from 1905 to 1975. In 1936, Reo stopped producing cars in favor of devoting it's time to the end in 1975 to producing trucks.
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Although truck orders during World War II enabled it to revive somewhat, the company remained unstable in the postwar era, resulting in a bankruptcy reorganization. In 1954, the company was still underperforming, and sold its vehicle manufacturing operations (the primary asset of the company) to the Bohn Aluminum and Brass Corporation of Detroit. Three years later, in 1957, Reo's vehicle manufacturing operation became a subsidiary of the White Motor Company. White then merged REO with Diamond T Trucks in 1967 to form Diamond Reo Trucks. In 1975, this company filed for bankruptcy and most of its assets were liquidated. Volvo later took over White and thus currently owns the rights to the REO brand name.
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