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The sixth month of the year, so six promises ....
I promise to try to listen and love compassionately
Take time to savour the delights of nature
To laugh more and see the lighter nature in humanity
To take risks creatively
Take time to count my blessings and give thanks
Strive to create Heaven on Earth in my garden and anywhere else if at all possible
Capital Virtuosi play Percy Grainger ~ Handel in the Strand ~
*Et parce que le dimanche c'est couleurs, d'après certain(s).
Happy Easter to all my Flickr's Friends.
LACPIXEL - 2022
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Sunset in the Mojave Desert, Twentynine Palms, California
As 2022 draws to a close, I am looking forward to turning the page on this year, which has been a difficult one for me, and starting the new chapter that is 2023.
There are a few lines from a Josh Groban song called "Thankful", that I have always loved:
Even with our differences
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each others' light
For me, Flickr has become a beautiful place to find that light and that connection, especially in a world that seems to grow increasingly dark and troubled. So I want to share a deep and sincere Thank You to all my Flickr friends and contacts for the light you give and all the ways in which you uplift my spirit. Thank you for sharing your talents and creativity which both awe and inspire me, for sharing your beautiful places, special moments, and great adventures, for your thoughtful and generous support of my photography and writing, and most of all for your personal kindness, caring, and humanity. I truly enjoy all of the conversations, comments, and connection with each of you, and am incredibly thankful for your encouragement and good wishes through some of the tough times this year.
I am profoundly grateful to have met such wonderful people here on Flickr. Because in the words of the incomparable Maya Angelou in the poem below,
"Nobody, but nobody, Can make it out here alone.
I wish each of you health, happiness, and beautiful light (both in photography and life) in the new year ahead!
Alone
by Maya Angelou
Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
There are times we might forget that beauty can not only be seen on the outside, but remember beauty radiates from within as well.
#PryceBloomofSpringCampaign Thank you Lawrence to asking me to take part in such an amazing and inspiring challenge
Do we really believe that our brain is big enough to understand all there is? Do we think that the world is an object that we can control, exploit and manipulate? If 'yes' is our answer, there can be no dialogue between ourselves and the world. Our monologue would dominate and ultimately result in silence. Fuji X-Pro1 plus Helios 44M-7 at F11.
"We should indeed keep calm in the face of difference, and live our lives in a state of inclusion and wonder at the diversity of humanity." - George Takei
Sometimes, it´s harder to Dream...
My Deep Biophilia
Our secret language
Project "The Traveler"
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Refuge de Gialorgues (2275 m alt.)
National Parc of Mercantour (South France)
Please, have a visit to the world scientist's warning to humanity. Thanks.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished archive shot from February 2019.
The blown out background sometimes impossible to avoid in a city grid at higher latitudes and perhaps why this shot was left in the archive so long. Enjoy.
I allowed myself to borrow a few images from different locations and arranged/assembled those to combine this image.
Starfield background.
Planet Earth
Knight with a Sword (The Guardian)
United Nations Logo
COVID 19
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Black and white re-edit of a shot from May 2017. Enjoy!
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
A previously unpublished shot from August 2015.
Wishing all of my Flickr friends a wonderful weekend of photography. Keep the shutters clicking in this increasingly insane world we share. Stay safe all.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Colour re-edit of a shot from February 2019.
I love the harsh winter sunlight kissing peoples faces as they emerged from beneath the 'Hielanman's Umbrella' on Argyle Street in the city. Enjoy!
"Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited."
Margaret Mead
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Mesquite Dunes, central Death Valley California. The human scale is so clear from this image. We are living on the thin surface of a planet we must care for.
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland, captured in January 2025.
Buchanan Street is the second busiest pedestrian shopping street in the UK, second only to Oxford Street in London, and is home to flagship stores of top fashion brands replete with stunning displays and security guards. It always captures my attention that you can peer down this grotty alleyway as you walk between those flagship stores. It reminds me of the false front architecture of old Wild West towns.
Wishing you all a fabulous weekend my Flickr friends.
Stay safe and keep the shutters clicking.
Washington Post
This is the Reality of Trump's America
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-a-humanitarian-cr...
I just cannot believe that this is still continuing and that NOTHING is being done about it. All children belong to HUMANITY and should be covered by human rights!!!
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
Patrimonio Natural y Cultural de la Humanidad.
Provincia de Jujuy, Región Noroeste, ARGENTINA ;)
Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Jujuy Province, Northwest Region, ARGENTINA;)
Taken at Thunnus Bay at the Fantasy Fair Event
I read a report last year of a research crew doing a deep sea dive and amongst the things that floated past the camera was one of these, a 6 pack strip which I took as my inspiration. It seems they get everywhere - a reminder to ensure you rip/cut it apart before you trash them this summer because land animals and even pets get trapped in them.
This gorgeously textured tail by Auro is beautiful to observe in movement in the half-light and I recommend you check out the demo if you're from the Mer Community but note its for the Riptide tail only at present.
⦿ [AURO] : Te Moana - Ria - Fatpack [Yin & Yang] (Texture for the Riptide Tail only)
Creator's Flickr
⦿ Schelm : FF007 - Kundan Maang Tikka (Jewellery set with full colour hud)
Creator's Flickr
⦿ [+Oblivis+] : FF Artifact Rainbow Obsidian Dagger Set
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⦿ Air : _Olga halo_gold_CM
Creator's Flickr
⦿ Naminoke Flower Corydoras (Whimsical fantasy fish)
Creator's Flickr
⦿ Tristan Flinders - :: Hellbourne - Male - Velour Fantasy tattoos. (Many layers and colour matches for Velour fantasy skins included)
⦿ [Aii & Ego} + Riptide Mermaid +
⦿ [Aii & Ego} + Bleeding Heart Cuff Jewelry +
+ Demonic Touch +
⦿ [Aii & Ego} + Shadowmancer Neck Collar +
+ Webbed Hands +
⦿ WINGS -HAIR-EF0208
⦿ CAT&CO - Vampiric Elf Ears
⦿ ((Krature)) - Rings - Unrigged Accessory (drink rings)
⦿ ((Krature)) - Glimmer - Fairlands Forever Edition
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Body: Legacy
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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland, captured in April 2025.
I do love to see some individual style going on. I hope that you are all well and are having a great week. Take care my Flickr friends.
This impressive bronze sculpture ("Leaf Spirit") was originally made for the Chelsea Flower Show (2017) and a year later moved to Kew Gardens, London. It has been photographed thousands of times and, I am sure, will be so in the future. The sculptor, Simon Gudgeon, used the idea of the imprint of leaves to make a connection between the human face and nature. If we take nature apart, we also destroy the human face. Something to think about. Ignore the date. This shot was done on the 10th of May 2021.
Un grand singe, figé par l’objectif du photographe, semble pris dans une contemplation interdite. Son regard, chargé de désir et de fascination, se pose sur la compagne du chef de la troupe.
Pourtant, il reste immobile, comme paralysé par les règles tacites de la hiérarchie sociale des primates.
Ce moment suspendu témoigne non seulement de la complexité des interactions sociales chez les grands singes, mais aussi d’une humanité troublante dans leur comportement, rappelant parfois nos propres dilemmes silencieux face à l’interdit …
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A great ape, transfixed by the photographer's lens, seems trapped in a forbidden contemplation.
His gaze, charged with desire and fascination, rests on the leader's companion.
Yet he remains motionless, as if paralysed by the unspoken rules of primate social hierarchy.
This suspended moment not only testifies to the complexity of social interaction among the great apes, but also to the disturbing humanity of their behaviour, sometimes reminiscent of our own silent dilemmas in the face of the forbidden...
credit : G.Potgieter - PdF
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"My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together."
Desmond Tutu
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its battle against the forests, this victory will be humanity's greatest defeat!”
~ Mehmet Murat ildan
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Archive image from an Anti-Trump Rally in George Square, Glasgow, in July 2018.
We are one species and we are one humanity. I do not care what skin colour you have; I do not care where you come from; I do not care what your religious beliefs are; I do not care what your gender is; I do not care what your sexuality is; I do not care what disabilities you have and I do not care how old you are. I care that you are human, that you are an individual and that I will treat, respect or judge you equally based upon that simple fact - that you are human. Nothing else matters. One species and one humanity.
Please stay safe and take care of each other in this very messed up world we share right now.