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This Townsend's warbler was posed in the bushes the other day; with the one leg up, it reminds me of a statue of some heroic figures!
Trujillo has toured all stages of history, from Roman town to medieval city, which has served to obtain the titles of Very Noble City, Very Loyal, Insigne and Very Heroic.
A heroic President on horseback, but instead of George Washington in uniform it's Ronald Reagan in a t-shirt. A tribute to Reagan's visit to Dixon in 1950, when he rode in the town's "Injun Summer Days" parade. - See more at: www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/31830#sthash.YosrjNTA.dpuf
dedication
this picture is dedicated to the valiant, tireless and overworked women and men around the world who, at great risk to themselves and to their families and friends, fight, sacrifice and increasingly die heroically trying to treat, save, comfort and console the infected and keep safe their communities.
in this time of great human suffering, uncertainty and angst, my heart weeps for these amazing people with tears of profound awe, sorrow and, most of all, thanks.
please, if you are able, raise your voice and your wallet to support and fight hard from the outside so that those on the front lines inside can do their best safely with the personal protective equipment they terribly need and so-richly deserve.
life is short. please do not forget to share the love you have while you can.
finally, many thanks to each of you for your consistent, heartwarming friendship and kind words of support. you put smiles on my face each and every day and i am deeply appreciative.
keep the faith and be safe.
- j. k.
dayton, ohio
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"and i would give up everything
and if you were to come up clean
and see you shine so bright in a world of woe"
--timothy seth avett, scott yancey avett, robert william crawford
🎧 the avett brothers → salvation song ❥
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stealthic » hysteria (unrigged)
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hotdog » slender suspender trousers (plain)
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tram » a419 hair
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toksik » dearest nails (group gift)
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hotdog » her respectable dress (black stripe)
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♥ friday » obel heels (coal) [maitreya, not shown]
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jian » duck family
jian » floppy ear bunny collection
studio skye » justic fence set
studio skye » wild grass
[schultz bros.] » 1926 model 2 door (decor)
[schultz bros.] » church of the damned
jubjubs » stuff horror tools (pitchfork)
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⁰ [bom] → see: bakes on mesh by jeremy linden
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#physicaldistance
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#staysafe
#playsafe
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// . posted . tuesday, march 31, 2020 11:38:35 am est
I wonder
does Artificial Intelligence have courage
will it stand in the gap to protect freedom and love
will it take that bullet with true heroics
or will just give us over to a faceless coward
the father of this life
created a thing not known to stand above
but to creep and crawl like a snake in the mud
they tell us it's purpose is for the greater good
but how can that be
without a tongue to taste
a heart to feel
or a hand to hold
all that is truly good noble and bold.
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Lat.: Panorpa communis
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Obere Belpau, Belp, Schweiz / Switzerland
Photography is a kind of overstatement, a heroic copulation with the material world
Susan SontagOn Photography
Discusión / discussion [Esp. /Eng]
Las luces altas están sobreexpuestas pero manteniendo un mínimo de textura (se puede apreciar la señalización horizontal del asfalto de Pº Echagaray, un pié de árbol...), y las bajas están retocadas para eliminar cualquier detalle y convertir los diferentes planos en un puro elemento geométrico, retocando puntualmente la curva de luminancia para conseguir destacar el pequeño graffiti. El cut-out (desaturado selectivo) es obvio, y como Todd Ye comenta, busca destacar la combinación rojo-negro deliberadamente, haciendo un guiño a los colores anarquistas. La basculación del encuadre se apoya en un punto áureo (vértice del triángulo gris inferior izquierdo, que "apunta" al graffiti, para que gane relevancia). He buscado provocar una sensación de frialdad geométrica e inhumana, descuido urbano, la ciudad como escenario inhóspito en el que las cuentas mal pagadas del sistema se reflejan en graffitis que intentan marcar territorio "humano".
The highlights are overexposed while retaining a minimum structure and detail (see the arrows on the traffic lanes, the base of a tree...). The lowlights are worked to remove any detail and turn every plane into a single geometric element, touching the luminance curve to enhance the small graffiti. The cut-out is obvious, and as T.ye points out, it deliberately looks for enhancing the red-black combo, winking at the anarchist colors. The pitch of the frame relies on an aureal point (the vertex of the grey triangle at the bottom left corner, which points out to the graffiti to highlight its presence). I've tried to convey a feeling of a cold and inhuman geometry, urban negligence, the city as a bleak stage where the graffitis mirrors the system's debts, pretending to stak a claim over a human territory.
Oceanarium | I confess that at first I had thought that the oceanarium was one of those small aquariums where fish live suffocated in glass domes. But it's nothing like that. The pools here are built using the island's own corals, and there swim sea turtles, cat sharks, barracudas, mere dolphins and so many other species of sea animals.
What I liked the most here was watching the shark feeding moment and the dolphin show, but don't go thinking that you can swim with them. On the island, only keepers have access to animals. From the oceanarium to my next destination, it was about 20 minutes on a speedboat, and I confess I was looking forward to arriving soon.
Brave best of Neptune's crew lost stealing wind and greedy sea
Heroic in sacrifice
Moored fast in memory
New saviours ride their foamed wake
steel strong arms pass duty on
Guardians of the dark wedged deep
Fear to face, honour won.
Nick Jenkins 2009
Wundervoller Sänger: ein Zaunkönig (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Wonderful singer: a Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
* Norddeutschland | Niedersachsen | Northern Germany | Lower Saxony
The seed may have landed on the road, but that didn't stop this heroic poppy from sprouting, growing, and now trying to bloom.
For the #FlickrFriday theme #hero
"The monument features a 28-foot (8.53 m) heroic-sized bronze sculpture, Angel of the Resurrection, that portrays Michael the Archangel lifting up a dead soldier out of the "flames of war". This is set upon an 11-foot (3.35 m) black-granite base, with two inscribed dedications and four bronze plaques listing the 1,307 names in alphabetical order. The work was designed and created by Walker Hancock (1901–1998), Instructor of Sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Hancock had been one of the "Monuments Men" who recovered art looted by the Nazis."
This image is dedicated to the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barak Hussein Obama. OK, he might never get to see this image and he might never get to know about this dedication either. What a pity, he doesn’t know what he is missing. LOL!
So you might be wondering why I am doing this. The sitting president has on his desk a proposal to create a new national monument called Bear Ears. This national monument would give protection to 1.9 million acres and contains more than 100,000 cultural and archeological sites. At the moment this area is the most significant unprotected archeological area in the United States.
There is a fierce political battle going on. On one side republican Utah representatives Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz who are telling constituents for three years that they have been drafting legislation to protect the area, but they failed to introduce legislation containing specific boundaries and provisions. It became increasingly clear that the so-called negotiations that they aimed to run out the clock on the Obama administration’s ability to use the Antiquities Act to create a national monument.
On the other side of the rope is an unprecedented Inter-Tribal Coalition of 26 tribes and other environmentally interested organizations trying to get the President of the Untied States of America to sign the bill before he leaves the office beginning of next year.
Obama has previously showed vision and courage in using this authority, and creating a Bears Ears National Monument would be very much in that tradition and fully justified by the facts.
You got interested? Support the initiative by adding your voice!
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I saw this heroic night heron standing guard the other day while taking my infrared camera for a walk at Lindo Lake in Lakeside. I used channel swapping to get the blue tint that you see in this image. Here is a link to a tutorial on playing with infrared images. www.lifepixel.com/photo-tutorials/infrared-photoshop-videos
Other infrared images that I've posted on Flickr can be seen in my creatively named Infrared album which has over 700 images in it..
You are aged 11, or 12 max, and you have uncovered a Disgraceful Thing right under the very noses of the grown-ups who just won't listen, not even the ones with sensible shoes.
Bravely, you and your little gang and little blue and orangey red boat set about exposing the Disgrace and crikey, you've caught them red handed !
Now you need Aunt Fiona or Uncle Tommy - the only decent grown-up in the village - to arrive in the nick of time to take charge of the baddies and this is the very boat they should arrive in.
Gosh !
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Monty looking heroic at the top of Drygarn Fawr in Mid Wales. Drygarn Fawr has got to be one of the bleakest places I know in Wales, especially on a day when there is a biting wind, the temperature is around zero and the cloud threatens to engulf the hilltop. It is hard work under snow and ice. This hill has two of the biggest cairns I know of, both of which were built by the workers who built the dams in the Elan Valley far below.
All legends has a beginning. The legend about Anendra starts with her heroic battle with the enormous sea serpent Ilur, a cunning beast who attacked Anendra and her group as they stopped to rest for the night. Ilur swept up from the sea and in one fell swoop ate Anendra’s best friend Wherendy. In fury and despair Anendra and her partner Vidlur rush to defend their baby and Anendra’s little brother. A great battle between the elves and the sea serpent ensues. Anendra mortally wound Ilur and all survive the encounter within an inch of their life.
Anendras bravery is seen by a travelling mistral hiding on the other side of the shore and he makes several ballads about her. But that is only the beginning, Anendra and Vidlur are from two opposing elf clans but have found each other and choose their family before the clan. Anendra’s battle with Ilur is the starting point of Anendra’s rise to power and eventually she is the one uniting all the elf clans. Her rule, strength of will and great love for her family and people are talked about to this very day.
Nebbiolo Vineyards, in Canavese, Piedmont, Italy.
These vineyards are called
" Heroic viticulture "
because of the very difficult steep slope mountain territory were they are grown.
Vini Cascina Figliei
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Been very upset and angry over the past couple of days. Didn't go out anywhere all day today. I was sat next to my picture window, working, when it rained cats and dogs for a few minutes and then the skies turned War-of-the-Worlds rusty-red. And then sun shone and this rainbow lined my street. I came out with my camera and took a few shots. This is a panorama from 5 vertical images, which failed to get me in a better mood.
Nonetheless, I am always amazed by the fact how a bright rainbow can overcome dark, gloomy skies. It's so fuckin' heroic!
And my favorite landscape picture from the Yellow Mountains.
It's possible I screamed my lungs out, out of amazement.