Rita Mae Brown

One Caress

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Because birds fly seemingly effortlessly, something that we cannot do at all, we tend to think of them as nimble and flawless. Yet, just like us, they can fail and make mistakes, sometimes quite painful.

Here is a failed landing of a tree swallow, observed at the Heinz NWR.

I followed a Julieanne Kost tutorial the other day and somehow I must have missed a step because it wasn't supposed to be quite like this. One day I will start again but in the meantime I thought I'd keep this anyway, I quite liked it.

These are 10 images of mine, severely cropped after applying 2 blur filters.

Faun Piper Bento Mesh Head ("Lamb" skin, bodies/heads for both female & male; mood HUD) BOM: BeSpoke originally @ The Skin Fair now closed. It is now at the BeSpoke store at maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Honeydale/128/128/1012

Bento Mesh Body: Maitreya Lara

Hair: Elijah by DOUX

Lips: Blair Lip Intensity 1 by [theSkinnery]

Eyeliner: Blueberry by Bold & Beautiful

Ensemble: Flower Nymph & Forest Nymph by Clover

1st Headdress: Dawn by LOVE

2nd Headdress: Wild Bloom (blue) by LODE

Compatible Nails w/ Spring Bloom add-ons: Astralia

Faun Legs & Tail by BentoBox (w/ texture HUD)

Summer Leaf Necklace: Shiny Things

Pan Flute (animated w/ music): WetCat&OhDeer

POSE: *Child's Play* - Devil's Playground by Le Poppycock

Magical Pony Rainbow Unicorn Wanderers: JIAN

Magical Pony Olympian Pegasus Companion: JIAN

SIM: Lost Unicorn @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lost%20Unicorn/220/151/25

Lincoln County-Washington State

“There's always more to share

The Source that never fails

That thing that's always there

It never disappears

And while in trying times

It shines like crystal

Breaking the Surface

Showing our purpose”

~Ane Brun~

~from her song~ “Breaking the Surface”

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Rainbow Springs, Florida, USA

There are places where you simply stand out without being aware, hiding is a challenge :).

After having our first warm day of this spring, which short lived, a cold front came in with rain and freezing rain. I hope this yellow daffodils will survive.

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Body Tattoo: John Tattoo - CACTUS

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Pose: OBLIVION POSES - TRAUME

included in pack 3 statick poses(no included skate)

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I can confirm most tourist disappear with a 30 second exposure but some just linger on :)

Eastern Dwarf Frog (Litoria Falax).

She wants to imitate the lady painted on the wall. It is not very successful.

The wind blew down my perfect reflection shot expectation

Branch line train Sahriin Gol - Darkhan, Mongolia 🇲🇳

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CSX train M416-05 was at Harper's Ferry crossing the Potomac River and exiting Maryland.

Landfall is made and the westbound is now in West Virginia. This daily manifest runs between Rocky Mount, North Carolina and terminates in Cumberland, Maryland.

The good stuff (EMDs) were of course trailing the GE.

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Pescadero State Beach, between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, California. My favorite place on the coast.

From my Stuff in the Sand collection.

Tripod too low, would have been great, but it still amused me! Fail!!! Not expecting any faves or views😀😀

The business on the ends are definitely closed and the cooperative in the middle seems to be. Probably victims of COVID. This is not a terrible neighborhood.

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Strange & creepy community with a giant inactive church.

View from my cousin home.

@ Kinak Lagoon, Katmai NP, Alaska. On Flickr Explore Aug 8, 2022 #312.

After flapping and running along the water for a bit and not getting airborne it gave up and dove under the surface. Must have been embarrassed with a boat load of people watching.

Malachite ( Siproeta stelenes)

Raised and nurtured in captivity at St. Louis Zoo

St. Louis, Missouri

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One of the latest electrification projects in Poland, before the communism finally collapsed, was that of the line between Piła and Krzyż, in fact a fragment of famous Ostbahn line. I suppose further plans would enhance the electrification to Gorzów and finally Kostrzyn at the German border, but let's focus on this very part, that would logically close another electrificated parallel connection East - West.

The concept not only materialized on drawing boards, but first works started, and soon ended as the situation in Poland changed rapidly after 1989 and all that remained were these poles installed for catenary, just outside of Piła in direction of Krzyż. Anyway, they were there for several years, as I don't know whether they're sill there.

It's not the end of the story, as the idea comes every couple of years. Actually there're some design works and it's said that thanks to EU funds the electrification, at least from Piła to Krzyż, would take place in the second half of 2020s.

And the picture: SU45-221 with evening regional passenger train no. 3322 from Kostrzyn to Piła Główna, before reaching the terminus. It passes precisely Powodowo Prefabet junction (the switch is just after the last wagon). May 1, 2003.

Photo by Jarek / Chester

Jeden z ostatnich jeszcze komunistycznych projektów elektryfikacyjnych dotyczył odcinka Ostbahny między Piłą i Krzyżem, co sensownie uzupełniałoby zelektryfikowany ciąg Kutno - Toruń - Bydgoszcz - Piła - Krzyż i otwierałoby dalsze możliwości nad kontynuacją do Gorzowa i w końcu Kostrzyna.

Projekt wyszedł nawet z fazy projektowej, bowiem znakiem pierwszych prac elektryfikacyjnych są te słupy, widoczne na fotce. Na zdjęciu co prawda widzimy tylko dwa - ostatnie, ale jest ich dużo więcej w kierunku Piły. Jest, albo było, bowiem zdjęcie z 1 maja 2003 roku, a po tym czasie tematu nie zglębiałem, więc może w końcu słupy zdemontowano.

Temat elektryfikacji tego odcinka jest wciąż żywy, aktualnie trwają kolejne fazy projektowe i mówi się, że drut zawiśnie na tym odcinku Ostbahnu jeszcze w drugiej połowie lat 2020.

Na fotce SU45-221 z pociągiem osobowym 3322 z Kostrzyna do Piły Głównej, tuż przed końcem podróży. Pociąg właśnie minął posterunek bocznicowy szlakowy Powodowo Prefabet (rozjazd ledwie widoczny za ostatnim wagonem).

Fot. Jarek / Chester

... from now on only with cable release it seems ...

Skogås Centrum

Stockholm, Sweden

@ Kinak Lagoon, Katmai NP, Alaska

I ordered the pattern from Etsy, reduced it some, and made this catnip fish for our cat family. (hand-stitched, mind you) Instead of filling it completely with dried catnip, I made a cylindrical pouch and inserted it along with the stuffing.

As you'll see in the following photographs, there just hasn't been much enthusiasm for the fish toy. I wonder if Jimmy made a peace pact with the fish.

A Palm Warbler misses it's first hovering grab of a tiny bug.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Finally got close to the red boat, after 4 years of failed promises to self. I will be back, and I hope soon. Bitten by the red boat bug,and now I hardly think I'd stay away so long. I intend to get even closer, because I won't be barefooted next time. Them stones felt like a Chinese foot massage on my soles.

Meanwhile, this shot is given the HDR treatment.

Lilette Point, Carriacou, Grenada Grenadines (Caribbean)