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Blaue Spinds der amerikanischen Soldaten,als
Erinnerung!
Zu sehen auf der Bundesgartenschau 2023
in Mannheim,im #Spinellipark#.
Auswahlfoto:
Für:“Smile on Saturday“am 06.05.2023.
Thema;“Blue for You“
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ham buffet for tea centred with french mustard
gammon joint slowly cooked with onions in cast iron pot covered in water and lid on. brought to the boil then hob turned very low just above 1 and left to cook very slowly
cooked gammon boxed and in the freezer
the gammon stock will be used when making dahl curry
ps i'm not recommending any of these cookery adventures. they suit my personal taste. photographing to encourage myself to eat more healthily
www.flickr.com/groups/cooking_is_my_hobby/ helps to gather ideas and encourages me to continue with healthy eating by learning from others if you're interested in cooking, sometimes or a lot, or enjoy the cooking of others, you're always welcome ...
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For the 2006 Commonwealth Games 72 (representing the 72 countries competing) fish sculptures were made. Sadly I couldn't find the plaque for this one.
Looking for magic? You'll find it @ Midsummer Enchantment till July 8. Favorite fantasy designers from across the grid gather for this special event.
Info & links on my Dark Blog ~ aznanasaccouterments.blogspot.com/2023/07/062423me04.html
The Redruth Drapery Stores Limited. Building dated 1919. Long closed as a drapery store. The business has since housed many businesses but sadly none them last for long. Now for sale again at £225,000.00
HSS!
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For the 197th “Treat This” challenge at Kreative People.
Thanks to brillianthues for the great source image – visible below in the first comment box.
The tip jar at my local coffee shop in Cochrane, Alberta. For Macro Mondays - Details from my Neighbourhood.
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Well, one of our national papers said the entire country would be in for a week of crippling cold & "snow hell" this week, due to a double vortex (they are famed for rather erm... dramatic weather predictions!). Somehow, I don't quite feel this counts as "snow hell" but even though we only got a teeny tiny dusting of the white stuff here, Flynn still had a blast. It turns out you don't need very much snow to make a collie go crazy!
I've never seen Flynn play in snow before & wasn't sure how he'd take to it. You can never tell with this dog - he's the sort who'll happily swim in a river in December but then refuse to go out in the garden because the ground is frosty! Apparently Flynn approves of snow: he likes eating it, skittering about on it, catching snowballs & most of all, he likes biting at the flakes kicked up as I walk. He spent a lot of his time prancing & bouncing along backwards in front of me, (occasionally crashing into bushes!), whilst watching my feet with that manic look that collies have so perfected & from time to time, leaping in to grab at flying snow. I gave him the ball to hold, so that when the excitement got too much, he'd chomp on that & not on the end of my boot!
Early morning shot of this female Northern Harrier on the hunt for it's breakfast. It was hard to grab focus. Love watching these birds hunt. Central Bucks PA.
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For one moment…
However brief in time…
You were there…
On the horizon…
One connection…
Between the sky and sea…
There you were…
A vision…
I set my sights on…
For no distance was too long…
To reach my destination…
Beacon of light…
And though it seemed so vast to me…
The sea…the sky all around…
You were there…
On the horizon…
One glimmer of hope…
For one moment…
However brief in time…
Within grasp…
Within reach…
And within one moment…
I glanced the other way…
To find that in an instant…
You were gone…
LFA
Lodi Gardens,Delhi.Neither the weather nor the light was very conducive for photography but I tried my best.:-)
When you're feeling lost in the night
When you feel your world just ain't right
Call on me, I will be waiting
Count on me, I will be there
Anytime the times get too tough
Anytime your best ain't enough
I'll be the one to make it better
I'll be there to protect you
See you through
I'll be there and there ain't nothing
I won't do
I will cross the ocean for you
I will go and bring you the moon
I will be your hero, your strength
Anything you need
I will be the sun in your sky
I will light your way for all time
I promise you
For you I will
I will shield your heart from the rain
I will let no harm come your way
Oh, these arms will be your shelter
No, these arms won't let you down
If there is a mountain to move
I will move that mountain for you
I'm here for you, I'm here forever
I will be your fortress
Tall and strong
I'll keep you safe, I'll stand beside you
Right or wrong
TAKEN BY:
Patrick Parenteau
Swallowtail for Lunch
Very large praying mantis devouring a black swallowtail that it caught on a convolvulus flower at Conowingo
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She stood for a long moment watching the water, as if waiting for something to emerge from the silence beneath the arches.
The concrete above her repeated itself again and again, a quiet tunnel of light and shadow, while the river moved slowly past. For a moment the world felt ordered—lines, reflections, and a solitary figure standing at the center of it all.
Some places ask nothing of us except that we pause long enough to notice them.
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
― C.S. Lewis
Model: Kirstie McHugh
Created for Kreative People ~Treat This # 303
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This is for Macro Monday's "Crack" theme. I'm finding these challenging, but really good to stretch the imagination & photography skills.
So this is a crack in one of the bricks on our house. Rotated horizontally for easier viewing. A couple of things this made me think about:
My wife is going to kill me because the first time I post a photo of the bricks that make our house, I post a cracked one. With a weed growing out of it. 😬
Isn't it cool the way nature takes over manmade items eventually, our house being 25 years old (this is probably more a testament to what a lazy handyman I am looking after the place). I love those old temples in Cambodia where the trees have consumed the temples. They look amazing! 😮 Must dig out some old pics of that.
Rotating the pic to horizontal made me wonder what if we lived in a horizontal world, you know if there wasn't gravity & stuff, what would humans look like? Would we be horizontal instead of standing/sitting vertically as well? Would we have 2 legs& 2 arms on the same side of the body? Would we watch TV sideways? We would look at contact's photos on Flickr laying down, in which case this photo would be the right way up. Or would it. Too hard to think about for this tired brain 🤔😵💫
Anyway I digress sorry, have a fantastic week ahead ✌😀
For Sliders Sunday, I made a composite image from two of my own images one of which is an ICM taken in camera at evening hour. There was some editing post blending. It now shows a truly gusty day!
In memory of Christopher, son of our friends Robin & Jean. Christopher suddenly passed away recently at the age of 42. He is leaving such a hole in his family's heart and lives. Ken & I are sending out hugs to them all, sending out energies into the universe, and hoping that our daughter, Jamie, was there to give Christopher a hug and tell him how our families are linked across the miles, and through Flickr. How sorry we are for his passing.
Please, if you can, light a candle for Christopher. He will be missed SO very much.
"On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life."
May your pain and distress float away like bubbles that burst in the blue sky.
Thank you all my dears Flickr friends for your sweet comments! I do appreciate them very, very much
Imagine John Lennon
My Books:
My book "Discover GUIMERÀ" (preview)
My book "Discover SANTA PAU" (preview)
My book "Discover BESALÚ" (preview)
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
And no Hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no country
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
Maybe someday you will join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no posessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
Or Brotherhood of Man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
And maybe someday you will join us
And the world will be as one
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
Maybe someday you will join us
And the world will be as one...
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It's been almost two weeks since I last posted a picture of my favorite tree. I think I can come up with another one now.
For everyone who sees it for the first time (which can't be many) the tree stands on the small mount Winter in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
When this photo was made, sunrise was still at least 30-45 minutes away. So I experimented a little to find a slightly different variant of the well-known composition.
The result was a shot from a little further away, so that the structure of the rocky ground and this small heather island also get some attention.
A small positive side effect is that by using a larger focal length (53 instead of the usual 35mm), the mountains in the background are moved a little closer and therefore have more effect.
So I can get used to this variant quite well.
Inzwischen ist es so ziemlich zwei Wochen her, dass ich das letzte Bild von meinem Lieblingsbaum gepostet habe. Ich denke, da kann ich jetzt schon mal wieder eins bringen.
Für alle, die ihn das erste mal sehen (was nicht viele sein können) der Baum steht auf dem kleinen Winterberg im Elbsandsteingebirge.
Als dieses Foto entstand, war der Sonnenaufgang noch mindestens 30-45 Minten entfernt. Also hab ich ein wenig herumexperimentiert um einmal eine etwas andere Variante der allseits bekannten Komposition zu finden.
Das Ergebnis war eine Aufnahme mit etwas weiter Abstand, so dass die Struktur des felsigen Untergrundes und diese kleine Heide-Insel auch etwas Aufmerksamkeit bekommen.
Kleiner positiver Nebeneffekt ist, dass durch die Verwendung einer größeren Brennweite (53 anstatt sonst 35mm) auch die Berge im Hintergrund etwas näher gerückt sind und somit mehr Wirkung zeigen.
Also ich kann mich mit dieser Varianbte ganz gut anfreunden.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
A low-flying Northern Harrier scanning the ground for activity. I was walking in the pomegranate orchard near the YWAM base where my wife and I are volunteering. I had my camera, but I was climbing a steep section where I wasn't expecting much bird activity. Imagine my excitement when I saw this guy just beyond the fence in the adjacent field. HWW
Perfect for black and white. But even pretty good for color once the clouds started thinning out.
Davenport Landing, just north of Santa Cruz, California.
Found in Explore, September 5, 2023.
While I was out this afternoon, I stopped for an hour at one of our commonly known eagle's nest. A mature eagle was hunkered down in the bowl, with its head just barely visible, which indicates they are sitting on eggs. It was quite cold and windy while I watched. About a half hour into my visit it got up and started to stretch, and then took to the air for one circle before returning to sitting duties. This was caught at that time.
Taken in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on 25 March 2017.
Not a typo - I took a shit through a box grater with some light at the end and then played with it just for fun! I really like my grate mountains! :D
photo and model by ton
hunt gift horn for ORIGAMI
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ORIGAMIの夏イベント用のギフトです。
「和風な龍の角が欲しい！」と言ってた本人にモデルさんもお願いしましたYO☆
Nova Shape for LeLUTKA Nova Head – Maitreya
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“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
~Japanese Proverb~
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
~Molière~
“Don't give up! It's not over. The universe is balanced. Every set-back bears with it the seeds of a come-back.”
~Steve Maraboli~
“Be the kind of person who dares to face life's challenges and overcome them rather than dodging them.”
~Roy T. Bennett~
It’s hard to stay strong when you feel like giving up. It feels like your world is crumbling down around you, and there is no option out. The reason why we think like this is because we forget about the big picture. We focus on the minor things and not the major things that are important in our life.
Every day is a struggle if you have a negative mindset, when you are wallowing in pity and misery it is hard to see the good and the true potential that is inside of you....
Take the challenge! Always!
My dear Flickr friends I was very pleasantly surprised to read all your heartfelt comments on my previous image...
I thank you all and each one of you for stopping by, for taking the time to read my thoughts and give me your support....
I couldn't ask more, I feel soooo grateful :-))))
You were of a significant help to me...
Much love xoxo
I get high with a little help from my friends :-)
From photo shoot for Orina's new album. Usually I'm avoiding to upload several images from the same shoot in a row, even several images with the same model (maybe I'm wrong here, what do you think?), but my friend Orina releasing new music and I'm trying to help. Besides, all session turned up very different.
When I invite Sparkles over for a drink or three, it kinda sorta always ends up something like this: a dance-off in the greenhouse with the greenhouse security camera catching the antics! This is really colorful, right?! And we’re looking very sunkissed here, but you know, it’s greenhouse lighting, extra fine tuned for uhm, pot plants. And yes, I have fluffy boots in every color including Georgia red!
I wanted to show Spark my prized cannabis plant, so after our fourth or fifth margarita, we danced through the doors to admire the blue-ribbon worthy greenery (okay, maybe not quite blue ribbon!) and I forgot to switch off the security cameras. But ... a win for us, a drunk selfie for the collection without even having to snap it ourselves. Plus, bonus points for Sparkle actually sparkling like a unicorn here as well! Love you, Sparkling girl, and cheers to another adventure with photographic evidence for the memory album. Yay! PS: your version is so ace!🍷🍷🍷
I hope everyone is having a fantastic fall ... I have been sporadic with my Flickering because, well, it's football season and as everyone knows, I'm obsessed. Go Dawgs! Sending tons of love! xo ❤️🏈
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
Sacred Kingfisher
Scientific Name: Todiramphus sanctus
Description: The Sacred Kingfisher is a medium sized kingfisher. It has a turquoise back, turquoise blue rump and tail, buff-white underparts and a broad cream collar. There is a broad black eye stripe extending from bill to nape of neck. Both sexes are similar, although the female is generally lighter with duller upper parts. Young birds are similar to the female, but have varying amounts of rusty-brown edging to feathers on the collar and underparts, and buff edges on the wing coverts.
Distribution: The Sacred Kingfisher is common and familiar throughout the coastal regions of mainland Australia and less common throughout Tasmania. The species is also found on islands from Australasia to Indonesia and New Zealand.
Habitat: The Sacred Kingfisher inhabits woodlands, mangroves and paperbark forests, tall open eucalypt forest and melaleuca forest.
Seasonal movements: In Australia, Sacred Kingfishers spend the winter in the north of their range and return south in the spring to breed.
Feeding: Sacred Kingfishers forage mainly on the land, only occasionally capturing prey in the water. They feed on crustaceans, reptiles, insects and their larvae and, infrequently, fish. The birds perch on low exposed branch on the lookout for prey. Once prey is located, the Sacred Kingfisher swoops down and grasps it in its bill, returning to the perch to eat it.
Breeding: For most of the year Sacred Kingfishers are mainly solitary, pairing only for the breeding season. Usually two clutches are laid in a season. Both sexes excavate the nest, which is normally a burrow in a termite mound, hollow branch or river bank. The nest chamber is unlined and can be up to 20m above the ground. Both sexes also incubate the eggs and care for the young.
Calls: The voice of the Sacred Kingfisher is a loud "ek ek ek ek" repeated continuously throughout breeding season. Birds also give a "kee kee kee" in excitement and a series of chirring, scolding notes when alarmed.
Minimum Size: 19cm
Maximum Size: 24cm
Average size: 21cm
Average weight: 45g
Breeding season: September to December; occasionally extended to March, if conditions are favourable.
Clutch Size: 3 to 6
Incubation: 18 days
Nestling Period: 26 days
(Sources: www.birdsinbackyards.net and "The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds - Second Edition")
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