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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.

 

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"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).

Lorsque l'existence ne cesse de placer des obstacles sur votre chemin, n'y voyez pas une douleur à surmonter, mais l'occasion de demeurer plus fort. Si vous n'étiez pas en capacité de la relever, elle ne vous serait pas imposée. Restez serein face aux soucis que la vie dépose sur votre route. Ayez confiance et gardez espoir. De merveilleux jours ensoleillés vont arriver.

Joëlle Laurencin

 

When life keeps placing obstacles in your path, don't see it as a pain to overcome, but as an opportunity to stay stronger. If you were not capable of overcoming it, it would not be imposed on you. Remain calm in the face of the worries that life throws your way. Be confident and hopeful. Wonderful sunny days will come.

Joëlle Laurencin

PARABÉNS, FELIZ ANIVERSÁRIO minha tão amada "filhinha Brisinha", muito obrigada por você existir em minha vida!

Deus te abençoe doçurinha!!

8 aninhos,....te amo demais!

Salve 15.10.2015

 

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CONGRATULATIONS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY my so beloved "little daughter Brisinha" , thanks so much for your existence in my life!

God bless you honey!!

8 years old,...I love you so much!

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La Nature pourtant reste à jamais entière,

C’est que tout corps grossit de ce qu’un autre perd ;

C’est d’automnes flétris que le printemps est vert.

Ainsi, rien ne s’arrête et tout se renouvelle ;

L’existence est un prêt ; la vie est mutuelle

De Rerum Natura, Livre II (Titus Lucretius Carus, 99BC.–55BC.) Traduction : André Lefèvre

 

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Smile on saturday - From the ground.

Rasnov Citadel was built as part of a defence system for the Transylvanian villages exposed to outside invasions. Archaeological research revealed the existence of fortification traces on the citadel hill since prehistoric and Dacian times. The medieval citadel of today is considered to be built between 1211 and 1225, during the rule of Teutonic Knights in Burzenland (Țara Bârsei a historic and ethnographic area in southeastern Transylvania, Romania with a mixed population of Romanians, Germans and Hungarians). (Wikipedia)

Bastian watches a visiting magpie.

Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) Danish: Husskade. Bastian (mixed breed), 16.06.2023. Shot through glass.

 

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"Creo que una de las mejores sensaciones del mundo es reírse con otro y, a mitad de la risa, darte cuenta de cuánto disfrutas con esa persona y de su existencia."

 

"I think one of the best feelings in the world is laughing with another and, half laughing, realizing how much you enjoy being with that person and their existence."

 

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Antonio Orozco, una y otra vez (acústico)

 

Dedicada a l@s que siempre están 🙏 y también a los que se fueron pero se quedaron en el corazón.

  

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Thank you all for your visits and comments.

 

"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.

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

~Jim Fowler~

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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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Thomson's Gazelle, wildebeest and zebra gather at the waterhole at the Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania.

Existence is short but if you need me

You can find me trapped between

The open mouth of the sky monster

Glaring eyes above and below

Teeth that pierce the clouds

A forest face and a dense destructive blue

 

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and blow it upwards.

 

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water, light and plants. Three fundamental elements for our existence even if in passing.

Amsterdam - Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat

 

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Existence is not a reflection, it is not flying in the air or walking on water, but walking on the earth and leaving your mark.

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Hair - Stealthic - Lilium Hair

Dress - *CK* - Candy Cotton Dress

Socks - *CK* - Candy Cotton Socks

 

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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.

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.

 

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The Emerald Coast

Destin, Florida

 

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Somewhere in between

 

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"...I ponder of something terrifying

'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind

I find over the course of our human existence

One thing consists of consistence

And it's that we're all battling fear

Oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here

Oh my, too deep, please stop thinking

I liked it better when my car had sound

There are things we can do

But from the things that work there are only two

And from the two that we choose to do

Peace will win and fear will lose

It is faith and there's sleep

We need to pick one please because

Faith is to be awake

And to be awake is for us to think

And for us to think is to be alive

And I will try with every rhyme

To come across like I am dying

To let you know you need to try to think

I have these thoughts, so often I ought

To replace that slot with what I once bought

'Cause somebody stole my car radio

And now I just sit in silence

And now I just sit in silence

And now I just sit

And now I just sit in silence

And now I just sit in silence

And now I just sit in silence..."

"I am lighthouse rather than lifeboat. I do not rescue, but instead help others to find their own way to shore, guiding them by my example."

- Unknown

 

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Something different and high key.

You were taken away by the wind,

but a breeze brought me the most beautiful whisper...

...What we have in our hearts is the only truth,

and if we deny it, we deny our own existence.

Very cool exhibit at ARTECHOUSE, DC

 

Another reflection, but no puddles this time :)

Nevada City is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana, United States. In the 1880s, it was one of the two major centers of Commerce in what was known as one of the "Richest Gold Strikes in the Rocky Mountain West", sharing this role with its sister city Virginia City. Since the late 1990s, Nevada City has become a tourist attraction for its collection of 19th century buildings within or surrounding the Nevada City Museum & Music Hall.

Archaeological evidence found between the Music Hall and the Nevada City Hotel would indicate earlier than mining era habitation, possibly by white hunters or trappers. The earliest white hunters and trappers in the area had no conscious intention of establishing a city on the site, because the existence of a city would have presumably destroyed their economic base, which was based on the harvesting of beaver.

 

Nevada City, settled June 6, 1863, contemporary in settlement with Virginia City, as miners following the Fairweather party settled the length of Alder Gulch, and established homes, and businesses in convenient locations, the length of the gulch was known as 14 mile city. Nevada City was the first to become an incorporated city, on February 9, 1865, fully constituted a body corporate and politic. In 1896, the Conrey Placer Mining Company was organized to dredge the gulch for the next 24 years, destroying many of Nevada City’s buildings. The dredges were then disassembled and the heavy wooden barges were left to slowly be reclaimed by nature.

Nevada City was populated by placer miners working several mining districts including Browns Gulch just south of the town and Granite Creek, about two miles northwest of Nevada City. Nevada City was occupied by residents as early as June 6, 1863, and its boom era was between 1863–1875, at this point it was boasted that Nevada City was home to dozens of stores and housing that stretched for six blocks (“Nevada City.”). By 1869, the population of the mining camp had fallen to about 100 people. In 1869 mercantile representation included three general stores, and two saloons. In April 1872, the city contained one miners' store, one brewery, blacksmith shop, butcher shop, livery stable, and a Masonic Hall. Most of the citizens were engaged in mining pursuits, but some of the residents had farms and stock in the valley. In 1875 Nevada City's Population was still in decline, by 1880 the Nevada City census listed 50 people occupying 16 dwellings (US Census 1880). The most commonly listed occupation of Nevada City's working class was "placer miner."

When the mining had come to an end in 1922, about $2.5 billion worth of gold in today's market had been extracted.

 

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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A roadside barber on a Monsoon afternoon.

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

[Sidney Hook]

 

This curved line in the foreground is actually a mushrooms.

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