Mr Handsome himself... Basil.... just making my day at the British Wildlife Centre, UK

Tricolored Heron making himself known to all.

One of the old my favourite Vas'ka's pictures. He is a little impudent in this picture, but he is very handsome, and he knows it himself!

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In 1964 the young Paul Simon wrote The Sound of Silence, a song that more than half a century later is still sadly valid. He couldn’t imagine that in 2020s we would still talk about his dialogue with the most intimate part of himself, opened by one of the most beautiful opening words ever written.

There have been multiple theories about the meaning of this song. For example, some believe it is related to the death of JFK or the Vietnam War. But many think it is something simpler. And the author himself has verified that it has to do with something as simple as lack of communication.

This is a message that resonates, even more, today than it did 59 years ago, which is perhaps what led Disturbed to create a hauntingly beautiful cover of the song. It was most famously played live on "Conan" on March 28, 2016, and the video of it on YouTube has garnered a mere 75 million views since.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUOACGtGfA

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The bottom of the region of Mani, Cape Tainaron with the half-moon bays of Marmari and Porto Kayio on either side of the middle finger of the Peloponnese. This is the south-east end of continental Europe.

The cape took its name from the mythical hero and son of Zeus, Taenarus, who was believed to have built a town named after himself at the narrow isthmus located near the tip of the peninsula.

Here is the Cave of Hades, the gate to the Underworld where Hercules descended to kidnap and bring Cerberus to Earth for his twelfth labour and Orpheus to bring back to life his beloved wife, Eurydice.

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L'Hypolais polyglotte s'entend plus qu'elle ne se voit sur ses lieux de reproduction. Mais une fois un chant localisé, il est possible de trouver assez facilement le chanteur qui ne craint pas de s'exposer au sommet d'un buisson ou au bout d'une branche. En revanche, le reste de l'activité de l'espèce, comme la recherche de nourriture, échappe à l'observation car elle se déroule au sein de la végétation ligneuse. Lorsque les jeunes ont quitté le nid, on peut percevoir leurs petits cris de quémande typiques tandis que les adultes arrosent copieusement l'importun de leurs cris d'alarme insistants.

Le vol de l'Hypolaïs polyglotte est en général bas et direct lorsqu'elle vole d'un buisson à l'autre. La migration nocturne "longue distance" suppose une capacité de vol soutenu importante.

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The polyglot Hypolais gets along more than she sees on her breeding grounds. But once a localized song, it is possible to find quite easily the singer who does not fear to expose himself at the top of a bush or at the end of a branch. On the other hand, the rest of the activity of the species, such as foraging, escapes observation because it takes place within the woody vegetation. When the young have left the nest, one can perceive their typical little quivering cries while the adults copiously water the importunate of their insistent alarm cries.

The flight of the Polyglot Hypolaïs is usually low and direct when flying from one bush to another. Long-distance nocturnal migration assumes significant sustained flight capability

The Blue Springs nature reserve - Tomaszów Mazowiecki

They will swim to the shore, and with undisguised great joy he posed for 10 minutes, letting himself be approached at arm's length.

A Dartford Warbler briefly shows himself on the gorse on a Devon Heathland.

Azizi (previously known as Flora!) washing himself amidst holding his strawberry. What you see is him creating his own dribble in order to wash his face. He does this ritual every evening, usually after his tea.

Let him soothe your soul, just take his hand (Dr. Feelgood)

Some people call him an evil man (Dr. Feelgood)

Let him introduce himself real good (Dr. Feelgood)

He's the only one they call feelgood (Dr. Feelgood)

{ ..إبتـسـم ليَ لجـلّ ترجع لي سنيني

رَشْفـة الـ ح ــــبْ خـير يقآل عـلميــاً..:

بنْـبـضكـ "نبض قلًبـــي في شَرَاييني..

كنـَه موجـزْ خَبَر عـاجل و حصْريـاً .. }

He who binds to himself a joy

Does the winged life destroy;

But he who kisses the joy as it flies

Lives in eternity's sun rise.

William Blake

Somehow I inherited old books from my family of origin. Such as this one, printed in 1900, entitled "The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas More; Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes". The thin piece of tissue or vellum protects an old photo or lithograph of the man himself.

Do you remember when vintage or antique books were assembled with such care?

Less than 3 inches/ 7.6 cm across.

The wonderfully sociable Juba treating himself to a Cheetah beauty regime. Photographed at Zululand cat conservation project, South Africa

I admit that I had planned another kind of photo of my chess pieces but it seems that my cat didn't like the setup. He jumped onto the chess board, chess pieces were flying all over the place and he was obviously very pleased with himself. I gave up and took a photo of the "slightly" modified scene. Cats always win ...

Posted for the Smile on Saturday theme "Tabletop Game Components".

Note from the designer himself:

"The rabbit, with its beady eyes and its waistcoat must certainly be considered to be the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland."

Like the Owl (see first comment box) it has a foot, which enables the top-heavy figure to stand. Both origami animals have the same "Owl-base" ( see second comment box).

Model: Origami Rabbit

Design: James Sakoda

Diagrams in the book: 'Modern Origami' by James Sakoda

Paper: 15x15cm white tant paper. Final height 11cm, because of those long ears ;-))

If you are interested to see more of his 'modern origami-models', you are invited to visit my origami-album James Sakoda. Enjoy ;-)

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”

― Josh Billings

The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you.

Deuteronomy 31:8

And he was successful. Seconds later, he caught a Zitting Cisticola for a meal. This is a migratory raptor from Central Asia that come in large numbers during winters to India. They can be commonly seen across the countryside and mostly in grasslands where they roost communally.

We sighted one on this fence preening and he spent around 5 minutes cleaning himself up. Then suddenly he dived flew behind the vehicle and landed in a far away field. He had a Zitting Cisticola, a small warbler in his claws which he finished pretty quickly.

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A buck seems to admire himself in his reflection before taking a drink. Photo taken Nov 7, 2021

Description in English and Dutch

Mr. Monster was taking a leisurely stroll along the canal in Kinderdijk, admiring the magnificent reflections of the clouds in the water. As he stopped to take in the breathtaking view, he began to dream away to the past and found himself learning about the incredible history of water management and windmills in the Unesco area. He was transported back to a time of innovation and discovery, when Dutch engineers perfected the art of controlling the water and safeguarding their land from the ever-present threat of flooding. He saw the development of the windmills from their early days to the 19th century, when they were used to pump water to and from the canals. As he continued to take in the scenery, Mr. Monster knew that he had been granted a unique opportunity to learn about the history of the area and all that it entailed.

Nederlands

Toen Marco een aantal jaren geleden tijdens zijn wandeling in Kinderdijk stopte om een aantal foto's te maken van het prachtige landschap, werd hij betoverd door de schoonheid van de weerspiegeling van de wolken op het water. Starend naar de wolken droomde hij weg naar het verleden en begon daar te leren over de geschiedenis van waterbeheer en molens in het Unesco-gebied. Hij werd meegenomen naar een tijd van innovatie en ontdekking, toen Nederlandse ingenieurs de kunst van waterbeheersing perfectioneerden en het land beschermden tegen de voortdurende dreiging van overstromingen. Hij zag de ontwikkeling van de molens vanaf hun vroege dagen tot de 19e eeuw, toen ze werden gebruikt om water naar en van de kanalen te pompen. Marco wist dat hij een unieke kans had gekregen om de geschiedenis van het gebied te leren kennen en alles wat daarbij kwam kijken.

Helios-Sonnenuhr Ausschnitt 7,5 x 7,5 cm - 2,95 x 2,95 inch

Am Anfang den Tag und seinen Zeit zu messen hat der Mensch der sich selbst als Schattenwerfer benutzte. Im antiken Griechenland wurden Schattentafeln gefunden auf denen in Abhängigkeit von der eigenen Schattenlänge die Tageszeit angegeben wurde. Schattentafeln wurden im Römischen Reich und bis ins Mittelalter benutzt. Als Maßeinheit dient die Länge des eigenen Fußes.

Im 12. Jahrhundert tauchte in Europa der Polstab auf, womit die Sonnenuhr wie wir sie heute kennen geboren war. Mit dem Stab als Gnomon entstand ein Mittagsweiser, der die Schattentafeln ablöste.

Die heutigen Sonnenuhren zeigen mit Hilfe des Standes der Sonne am Himmel die Tageszeit an.

„Sonnenuhren sind seit der Antike in Gebrauch und waren noch am Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts meistens gemeint, wenn von Uhren gesprochen wurde. Bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts dienten sie noch in der Beschränkung auf die Anzeige der Mittagsstunde (sogenannte Mittagsweiser) zum Justieren der noch zu ungenauen mechanischen Uhren.[3] Heute stellen sie häufig nur noch Schmuck an Gebäuden, in Gärten und in Parks dar. Moderne Sonnenuhren in relativ aufwändiger Bauweise – zum Beispiel mit Bernhardtscher Walze oder die Helios-Sonnenuhr – sind in der Lage, sogar die „amtliche“ Zeit zu allen Jahreszeiten auf die Minute genau anzuzeigen, also zum Beispiel die MEZ oder auch die MESZ.“ Wikipedia

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnenuhr

Helios sundial cut-out 7,5 x 7,5 cm - 2,95 x 2,95 inch

At the beginning to measure the day and its time man used himself as a shadow thrower. In ancient Greece shadow tablets were found on which the time of day was indicated depending on the own shadow length. Shadow panels were used in the Roman Empire and until the Middle Ages. The unit of measurement is the length of the own foot.

In the 12th century the pole staff appeared in Europe, with which the sundial as we know it today was born. With the staff as a gnomon, a noonday wise man was created, who replaced the shadow tablets.

Today's sundials indicate the time of day with the help of the position of the sun in the sky.

"Sundials have been in use since antiquity and were still mostly meant at the beginning of the 19th century when clocks were mentioned. Until the beginning of the 20th century, they were used only to indicate the midday hour (so-called "Mittagsweiser") in order to adjust mechanical clocks that were still too imprecise.[3] Today, they often only represent jewellery on buildings, in gardens and in parks. Modern sundials in a relatively elaborate design - for example with the Bernhardtscher roller or the Helios sundial - are even able to display the "official" time to the minute in all seasons, for example the CET or also the CEST. Wikipedia

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnenuhr

Here is Reg the parakeet sitting on my camera strap. For the Smile on Saturday group - theme From The Ground

He had seen himself in my lens

Sometimes just sitting on a branch can be dangerous. This Kookaburra flew in and landed on this branch near me, only seconds later the little Grey Fantail started buzzing and swooping him, obviously telling him he was invading his territory. It lasted a few minutes and the Kookaburra decided it would just move on. The Grey Fantail looked very pleased with himself.

For Definitely Dreaming week 44 theme of "Dangerous".

Amsterdam - Westerdokskade

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The Krall Barn is believed to be the oldest existing log barn in Lebanon County. The effort to save it first kicked off in 2007, when the structure, then located east of Schaefferstown, was saved from destruction by a cooperating owner, Howard Scharff, who worked with Schaefferstown’s Bill Ross by offering to donate the barn if it was dismantled. The way it stands now, most of the exterior of the Krall Barn is nearly complete. But there are many smaller, inside projects yet to be tackled. The education center is expected to make it easier for visitors to enjoy their time at the 110 acre historic site that features three locks of the Union Canal, an engineering feat visited by none less than President George Washington himself during its construction.

-Jeff Falk -www.lebtown.com

(Panthera leo) 0N0A4853 Masai Mara Triangle - Kenya

enjoying the view

Thank you for your kind comments.

Enjoy your weekend.

in a famous 1939 speech to the Physics Department at Princeton, "You have to exercise for a week to work off the thigh fat from a single Snickers." :-)

Dave Barry

rose, 'Secret', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina

-Josh Billings

Meet Meesha! We will be picking her up in short week now as the newest member of our crazy family. I am nervous and excited all at the same time. A new puppy can be fun but can also be a lot of work! Wish me luck! Hehe!

She is a Siberian Husky, for those of you that were unsure. Also, yes I know this is taken with a phone and not my camera but I could not resist an early picture of her! Look at that little sweet face! :)

PS Tossing around having an IG account just for her, haha! I think I just may be a dorky dog mom already! Nothing wrong with that though! :)

Hatari finds himself in a truly disturbing world this time fighting against decomposing giants and a myriad of other monsters...

Taken in Shutter Thugs

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[Topaz Studio 2]

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A Southern Rockhopper soaring above his colony - - oh wait - - hes standing on a rock - - he almost fooled himself.

Southern Rockhopper - Falkland Islands

"Gibt es noch mögliche Geschichten, Geschichten für

Schriftsteller? Will einer nicht von sich erzählen, romantisch,

lyrisch sein Ich verallgemeinern, fühlt er keinen Zwang, von

seinen Hoffnungen und Niederlagen zu reden"

Steigenberger Hotel, Hamburg

Possible Stories (*)

"Are there still possible stories, stories for a writer? Doesn't he want to tell about himself, romantic, lyrical, to generalize the "Me", Does he not feel the urge to talk about his hopes and defeats..."

Wild South Africa

Kruger National Park

Just before sunset . It was a dry gusty afternoon with lots of dust around. The elephant initially didn't allow the buffalo to drink but eventually gave in. The same elephant was kept from drinking for a long time by an old elephant bull who occupied the water hole for himself for quite some time. It must be the dust and setting sun which give this image its special tones and atmosphere.

I'm sure, Jeffrey sees himself as a king.

For the Happy Caturday group theme "One word" (to describe your cat).

-Philippians 2:8

I wanted to do something special for Easter so for the first time ever I have tried to add a text my image. 'Tis the season to step out of the comfort zone and be brave. :)

Happy Easter once again my dear Flickr Friday! Thank you for all your support and your friendship!

Explored October 5, 2020

#sliderssunday

Do you remember the Mendelian laws of inheritance? We've learned them in school on the basis of how the eye colours of fruit flies (the notorious Drosophila Melanogaster) are inherited to further generations according to dominant or recessive characteristics, although Gregor Mendel himself conducted his groundbreaking genetic experiments with pea plants. Unfortunately, the significance of Mendel's laws was never truly understood or acknowledged in his lifetime (1822 – 1884). His studies, however, were rediscovered three decades later, at the turn of the 20th century, and, following their rediscovery, American biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866 – 1945) began to experiment with Drosophila in his "Fly Room" at Columbia University. It was Morgan who discovered that genes are carried on chromosomes; he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1933. Further Fly experiments (with a less successful outcome) were conducted by a certain Dr. Seth Brundle in 1986 (aka "The Fly"). So where exactly does my image come in here, you may have already asked yourself (if you haven't stopped reading my lengthy introduction long before – which I could totally understand). Well, during one of those numerous teaching experiments with fruit flies, which numerous generations of students have conducted ever since modern genetics became part of school curriculums, something must have gone very wrong. And who knows, maybe Dr. Seth "Brundlefly" Brundle himself had led one of those biology experiments? Experiments in which some dinosaur genes were mixed with those of an innocent fruit fly... Which resulted in the creation the biggest Drosophila the world has ever seen – the Olympic Brachosophila Megalogaster? Nonsense, of course, and you know it ;-) But doesn't this kaleidoscoped image of the Olympic stadium's interior (the roof, mostly, taken at a dutch angle) look just like an ultra close-up of a (fruit) fly's face? Not one that you'd like to see buzzing around your fruit bowl, that's for sure, but let's say that the other "third party genes" that were used in this crazy experiment came from a puppy. So this would be the friendliest, cuddliest giant dinosaur puppy fruit fly you'll ever come across :) OK, I'd rather stop before you start to believe that I was a part of those experiments as well ;-)

Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and take care, dear Flickr friends!

Drosophila Megalogaster – Schau mir in die Augen, Kleines :)

Ihr erinnert Euch doch bestimmt noch alle an die Mendelsche Vererbungslehre und die berühmte Drosophila Melanogaster mit ihren dominanten bzw. rezessiven Genen, die über die Vererbung der jeweiligen Augenfarbe entscheiden. Was wäre, wenn jemand bei einem der unzähligen Biologie-Experimente, die Generationen von Schülern mit Fruchtfliegen durchgeführt haben, nicht nur Fruchtfliegen(-Gene) gekreuzt, sondern evtl. noch ein paar Dinosaurier-Gene dazwischen gestreut hätte? Das Ergebnis könnte die größte Fruchtfliege sein, die die Welt je gesehen hat, die unglaubliche "Olympische Brachosophila Megalogaster" mit Augen so groß wie zwei Stadiondächer ;-) Nun ja, Ihr habt es schon erraten, dies ist eine kleine Spielerei mit einem Foto vom Olympiastadion für den Sliders Sunday. Ich hatte hier einfach aus Spaß mal eine Aufnahme mit schräger Perspektive gemacht und dabei überwiegend das offene Dach mit ins Bild genommen. Nachdem ich in Photoshop das Bild kopiert, gespiegelt und neu zusammengesetzt hatte, schaute mich plötzlich eine riesige (Frucht-)Fliege an ;-) Keine, die man gerne daheim um den Früchteteller herumschwirren sehen möchte, aber ich kann Euch beruhigen: Bei dem manipulierten Experiment kamen als "Drittanbieter-Gene" nicht nur die eines Dinosauriers hinzu, sondern auch die eines kuscheligen Welpen. Diese Fliege ist also gaaaanz lieb und verschmust und will bloß spielen ;-)

Ich wünsche Euch einen guten Start in die neue Woche, bleibt gesund und passt auf Euch auf!

I know it well, I don't know it again

Then see what is coquetry, what is manners.

That's how he sells himself at a price.

That's why this heart is crazy

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SALVATION THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS ALONE!

❤️❤️ IT'S ALL JESUS AND NONE OF OURSELVES! ❤️❤️

16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the SALVATION of everyone WHO BELIEVES: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM GOD IS REVEALED, a righteousness that is by FAITH FROM FIRST TO LAST, just as it is written: "THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY FAITH." (Romans 1:16-17)

16 KNOW that a man is NOT justified by observing the law, but by FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be JUSTIFIED BY FAITH in CHRIST and NOT by observing the law, BECAUSE BY OBSERVING THE LAW NO ONE WILL BE JUSTIFIED. (Galatians 2:16)

1. Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2. BY THIS GOSPEL YOU ARE SAVED, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

3. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4. that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5. and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8. and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

9. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11. Whether, then, it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11)

7. Therefore Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9. I am the gate; whoever enters through me WILL BE SAVED. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10. The thief comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL. (John 10:7-10)

Jesus came to bring spiritual LIFE to the spiritually dead and set the captives FREE! FREE from RELIGION, ERROR and outright LIES, so WE might serve THE LIVING GOD! In SPIRIT and in TRUTH!

So you'll KNOW, and not think you're to bad for God to love. The Christian LIFE isn't about how good WE are, because NONE of us are! It's about how GOOD JESUS IS! Because JESUS LOVES US, so much he died in our place and took the punishment for all of our sins on himself. The wages of sin is DEATH, and Jesus died that death for YOU and I. The good news is there no more punishment for sin left, we were and are all born forgive as a result of the crucifixion of God himself on the cross that took away the sins of the whole world. All we have to do is believe it, and put your Faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. That my friends is REAL UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! YOU ARE LOVED. ❤️ ✝️ ❤️

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On the way home from a walk the other day, I noticed some lovely native Bluebells surviving in a tiny patch by the side of the road. When I got home, I told the Sherpa I was going to try to photograph them and would be about 15 minutes.

It was heading towards sunset and the clouds were that wispy, ethereal shape that holds the promise of colour. So after the blue bells, I drove down to the lake for a “quick” look and found a pelican to photograph. I then thought it might be a good time to photograph my favourite little church. I realised I didn’t have my phone but knew if I went back home to let the Sherpa know, I might miss any sunset action. A “quick” look wouldn’t hurt. The clouds were gorgeous but didn’t colour up too much. As I packed up and left, I noticed the sky was a fiery red to the west so I was once again lured by the chance of a red sky reflected in another lake near- by. At some point at this lake I realised I had lost my Filter holder. Grabbed the torch and went looking. No luck. It was dark by then and I realised that what was meant to be 15 minutes was in fact about two hours. When I got back, the Sherpa was pulling into the drive. He was beside himself and had been searching for me for the last hour. Six missed calls on my phone.

I felt very guilty but it is so easy to get lost in time when you are out photographing. None of the images were worth the stress I caused!

Okay Lance, here he his, Cav, Mr. Handsomeness himself

Last one : Pour ne rien laisser de mes rush chez Joël Bast ... Comme quoi avec le numérique on ne jette rien !

Au contraire c'est Rabelaisien même.

Merci d'avoir suivi cette série à tous

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Last one: To leave nothing of my rush at Joël Bast ... Like what with the digital one does not throw anything!

On the contrary, it is Rabelaisian himself.

Thank you for following this series to all

I'm revisiting images of the many faces of Keefer Lake, my home. This is a 'redo' of a photo taken in April, 2009. The thickest and strangest fog/mist formed over the ice on the lake in a pastel 'winter blue' I had not seen before. It was like being inside a Salvador Dali painting! Although we often have ice fog we have not had anything quite like this one ever since.

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What follows is a (very) short story of mine written in the same year the photo was made ... the story and the photo seemed related somehow - at least to me?

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'Finding it, solving it, living it.'

Cool blue seemed to describe what he was seeing. It was soon dark and with it he feared he would be left to himself and he knew from experience that was not safe. How to feel it seemed always to be the fundamental problem but there were countless other difficulties that he constantly confronted and tonight seemed no different. Why is it that the ordinary takes priority over the real issue? Laziness, he supposes … do what is in front of you and brighter in your eyes rather than deal with the shadows in your mind, the things that are off to the side.

With the passing of those thoughts the blue was already gone and only patches of grey lined the horizon and shaped the trees and lake in front of him. Black and white would be easier he mused, grey was the problem of course. Joseph had always known that the lake would be the place where he found it and solved it. However, there was little warmth yet and more to be done. It wasn’t a case of deciding where to start because he knew already there was no beginning. He wasn’t even sure if there would be an ending? What to do at any given time about it he had concluded is about energy and attitude and distractions. The right proportions are essential and even distraction is needed in a measured and timely way. He had not seen in any sustained way that magical place … only glimpsing it from time-to-time although that was enough and it kept him coming back. Joseph often claimed that his only enduring trait was curiosity although he was credited by others as having more. He didn’t seem to care or need their praise and usually shrunk from it when it was offered … shyness perhaps, perhaps not? He reasoned that it wasn’t relevant anyway and wouldn’t help with finding it.

Idleness is, a friend of, maybe a prerequisite to the pursuit of it and Joseph had time on his hands now. You had to be sure though that the distractions of idleness didn’t overwhelm the quest. It was too easy to see them as reprieves when really they were quest busters. Peace of mind was not the same as the lack of stress that sometimes accompanies idleness and Joseph believed it was all about finding peace of mind. The glimpses of it had shown him that idleness only provided a useful means for having time to chase after the peace. “Maybe it wasn’t so much as chase, as follow” Joseph concluded. Curious people are often alone with their thoughts and comfortable in them. Thinking is not being idle although it might appear to be that to those observing.

MJH (2009)

Bosque Del Apache, NM

Its been warm today with temps reaching 30+, and as Razz is off all walking duties until further notice both him and Rups had a very chilled day with their mum x (that is after Razz helped himself to my spring onions and cosmos seedlings and i banned from the garden into the house for a while! lol )

We are hoping to get the results from Razz's heart monitor this week! It would be nice to think that soon we will all get back to walking and photographing the valley again!

Taken on my iphone and converted in LR !