Enchantement's Viking Saga PHOTO CONTEST

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a Phlox / Flammenblume (Phlox paniculata)

in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

... as climate change is becoming more and more evident with more frequent extreme weather events such as heat waves, thunderstorms, drought and flooding - it is high time for more serious efforts!

When you feel weak,

when you need a shoulder to lean on,

a hug to warm you up,

I will be here.

I will be here to remind you of your worth,

to tell you how beautiful life is when you believe in yourself,

when you don't need confirmation from anyone.

I'll be here to help you spread your wings

and fly high, my little butterfly.

I love you, Athena...

🎧Here for You

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a Coneflower Sombrero Salsa Red / Roter Sonnenhut (Echinacea x hybrida 'Balsomsed')

in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend.

Staying below 1.5 degrees is the only chance we have of avoiding these tipping points and stabilising our world again.

(Sir David Attenborough)

Good luck for COP 26 beginning in Glasgow tomorrow

and that it will have better results than just more 'hot air'

and the further formulation of noble goals that no one is seriously trying to achieve ...

Earth needs tangible actions at all levels of human existence!

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NO MULTI INVITATIONS in your commenTs, Tks.

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a blossom und bud of a Pink butterfly tree / Orchideenbaum (Bauhinia purpurea)

in the lovely garden of Castle Bera, Bera, Rajasthan, India

I had so many combinations of houses on various coloured paper it began to confuse me.

Happy Macro Mondays

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a Moss rose / Portulakröschen (Portulaca grandiflora)

in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

Thank you to all my followers for every fav, award, comment and group invite ... ♥

Thank you to all my sponsors for the trust ♥

And a "special-big-thank-you" to:

My Italia... for handle all my moods, for all the wonderful pics & every great moment together ♥ ;)

Sophie... for be the best twin I've ever had ;) ♥

Valeria... for all special conversations ;) ♥

Aminius... for every song & the best Nemo-Dori mix ;) ♥

Arnno... for all the football talks & for accepting my inside-jokes ;) ♥

Don't organize a party now ;))) ... it's NOT a good bye ;)) it's only time for vacations :)))

See you in a while ;)

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Aimee

A papal approach

with this red rose in a vase

for all creatures and our wonderful planet

and especially for all of you, who also celebrate your Birthday on the 15th of October ;-))

These are for you, from our garden, as I'm going away on holiday for a few days soon. Off to the Lake District with my lovely sister, Margaret, so I won't be around at all from Saturday 20th for about a week. I'll be very busy in the meantime, getting things ready for our holiday and for her stay with me either side of our trip up there as well - can't let her see how much housework I've neglected ! I do the driving while she navigates so I even have to clean my car - can you imagine !! :o)

...these berries will remain 'ripe for plucking' until it's a bit colder; then the birds (cedar waxwings?) come and within two days have both trees stripped bare....I've seen the results, not the actual feasting.

Today has packed a Fall punch, not a short sleeve t-shirt day....

...maybe the same for some of you, for others you are experiencing glorious Spring budding!

Thank you for stopping by flickr friends....I always appreciate your visits.....Pat...xo Enjoy the weekend!

*****Preparing for a Fall trip

....to northern MN....will leave on Sunday Oct. 9 for a week, hoping some beautiful colors remain...wifi a little iffy, but my plan is to check in on you during the week....of course the camera is going along:)...

GOOD BYE, Steve-h, my flickr friend since ever.

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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not in figures on a dial.

We should count time by heart throbs.

He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

[Aristotles]

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Hawaii

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a star on the back of a Persian Buttercup / Ranunkel (Ranunculus asiaticus)

in a vase, taken in the 'kitchen studio' ;-))

“Someday we shall look back on this dark era of agriculture and shake our heads. How could we have ever believed that it was a good idea to grow our food with poisons?”

(Jane Goodall)

Takakkaw Falls in Yoho National Park. It reminded me of Yosemite Falls in California as it was so majestic. It rained most of the day as we were headed up North of Banff in search of this park. In retrospect, how lucky was I that we had inclement weather to add to this beautiful waterfall?

Luna accepts to keep this hat on her head just for Love.

Luna for Happy-Caturday theme : "For love".

Happy Caturday and Happy New Year to all my Flickr's Friends❤

LACPIXEL - 2022

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For TMI's Alphabet Challenge #10

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Thanks everyone for your views, comments, awards, invites and faves.

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Für:“Crazy Tuesday“ am 21.03.2023.

Thema:“Handmade for Me“ (handgefertigt für mich)

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Have a sunshiny Sunday my dear friends !!!!!!!

Thank you for all your wonderful comments and for your friendship.

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Nobody will keep election promises

Nobody will listen to your concerns

Nobody will help the poor & unemployed

Nobody cares

Nobody tells the truth

If Nobody is elected things will be better for everyone

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TonkTastic - Beret

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Graffiti on wall in Guelph, Ontario / Macdonell St. parking lot - artist unknown

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Back when all my little goals seemed so important

Every pot of gold fill and full of distortion

Heaven was a place still in space not in motion

But soon

I Got You

I got everything

I Got You

I don't need nothing more than you

I got everything

I Got You

We went walking through the hills

Tryin' to pretend that we both know

Maybe if we save up

We can build a little home

But then the hail storm came and yelled

"You need to let go, you've got no control"

No

I Got You

I got everything

I Got You

I don't need nothing more than you

I got everything

I Got You

This weight's too much alone

Some days I can't hold it at all

You take it on for me

When tomorrow's too much

I'll carry it all

I Got You

And when tomorrow's too much

I'll carry it all

I Got You

I Got You

I got everything

I Got You

I don't need nothing more than you

I got everything

I Got You

For some reason, when converting this image to black and white, I first thought of hope for the new year. This lone, lit snowflake in my neighbor's yard just seemed to symbolize these feelings.

"Give me hope in the darkness that I shall see the light." I hope 2022 brings us much happiness, good times and a safer future.

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Thank you for your interest and your view - comments are very welcome.

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for Ukraine, a magnolia from our garden

happy sliderssunday ♥

My deepest sympathy with your loss, dear friend.

May you feel supported and comforted by your family and all your friends!

I was on fire for you

where did you go

I could have died for you

How could you not know

I was alive with you

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...And let this year will be better... :)

Looking close... on Friday! - theme: "New Year Cards" :)

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In 1908, the Düsseldorf-based Central-trade-ssociation for Rhineland, Westphalia and neighbouring districts praised a competition for a fountain in front of the Düsseldorf Art Palace.

As a "figurative representation of the iron industry and the mining industry," it was to be sent to the 1902 on the site on the banks of the Rhine (then Kaiser Wilhelm Park, now Rheinpark) the industrial and commercial exhibition was held.

Among the 44 designs submitted, the jury, which was prominently occupied by the painter Fritz Roeber, the painter Georg Oeder, the architect Wilhelm Kreis and the Düsseldorf garden director Walter von Engelhardt, was Prize awarded, so also do not recommend a design for execution. It was initially planned to give the authors of the shortlisted drafts the opportunity to revise them in a second stage of competition (a closer competition).

The fountain was built in its original form between 1911 and 1913. While the Düsseldorf architect Gotthold Nestler designed the actual well complex, the sculptor Friedrich Coubillier created the three bronze figures "Schmied Vulkan," "Bergmann" and "Hüttenarbeiter." Miner and cottage worker are depicted in the loincloth. The bronze casting of the figures took place at the Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer.

On the occasion of the opening of the Grand Art Exhibition in 1913, the industrial fountain in front of the former Art Palace was inaugurated. In 1925 the fountain was dismantled there because of the extensive new buildings at the Ehrenhof.

In 1939, the three sculptures were erected in a new facility on Fürstenplatz in Friedrichstadt. In 1942 the figures were to be melted down as metal donations by the German people for armaments and were removed. However, they remained intact, and in 1950 they were restored.

Ready for takeoff

One of my personal favourites. The light was simple breathtaking. I was hoping to get this girl to pose for a sunset picture but she had other ideas and flew immediately after this pic. This was the only one that turned out as I had slowed my shutter speed down to prepare for a portrait. I am overjoyed with the overall result.

for that extra touch

in December of 2006

Every Spring I search for Loons along the Milwaukee Lakefront. They Usually stop by on their migration to lakes in Northern Wisconsin. They bring with them their beautiful haunting calls that take me back through time <3

"And then I hear

outside, over the actual waves, the small,

perfect voice of the loon. He is also awake,

and with his heavy head uplifted he calls out

to the fading moon"

"The Loon"

Mary Oliver

Thank-you to all who take the time to comment on my photos it is greatly appreciated <3

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a Cape Daisy / Kapkörbchen (Osteospermum)

found on Christmas Eve in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

"I want you to act as if the house is on fire, because it is."

Great Thunberg at World Economic Forum, Davos, 24 January 2019

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This dress is absolutely stunning!

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