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SPRING in Monferrato. Rolling hills characterize this area of Monferrato, a area between the right hydrographic side of the Po River, the Ligurian Apennines, the Langhe and the Roero.
Isola d'Asti locality Isola Villa (or Isola Alta), Tanaro Valley, Piedmont, ITALY.
Blouse+Skirt: LORIEN FOLKSY (at WLRP)
Shirt: :: ANTAYA :: Bom modesty shirt with mesh collar (at WLRP)
Headband: sacrilege - leather headband (at WLRP)
Necklace: Meva Fleur Necklace
Hair: *barberyumyum*P18
Potted tomato plant: OW Tomato
Holding pose: my own
Villa with private garden: Del-ka Aedilis - Villa Rustica
Watercolour on 140 lb Arches Cold Press paper.
This was done in a workshop at our local art centre today. The daisies were masked first, then the paper was wet totally, the background laid down and the surrounding grasses and flowers added. When dry the misket was removed and shadow was then added on the daisies. I may do a little more work on this tomorrow after I have a fresh look at it.
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
This is another re-edit of an old photo that I like.
Tyree Basin is named for the Tyree family who homesteaded in the basin in 1909 - just 20 years after South Dakota became a state. Twin boys were born to the Tyree family there in 1916. Eugene died at birth, but Howard lived another 88 years. In 1954 Howard found his twin brother's grave. It was marked only by a pile of rocks on a hill. Howard left a bottle there in the rocks to identify the site. In the 1960's a scout troop came out and placed a marker and built a fence around the grave. The main visitors to the grave site are bison. Over the years the bison have damaged the original fence and so the National Park Service fixed the original fence and built a barbed wire fence around the grave site to protect it. When Howard died, he was cremated and his ashes were brought here to be with his twin brother's remains. The Badlands did not become a National Park until 1978.
I came out here to do a hiking loop through the Badlands. I had seen the grave marked on the USGS map and made my way to it as part of my hike because I thought that a grave within a National Park was a highly unusual thing. I was not aware of the history until later. This photo was taken a few miles north of the grave site on the evening of a really spectacular sunset.
Olympus OMD EM-10 with Olympus 17mm f1.8
2023 Nebraska State Fair - 3rd Place - Sunrises, sunsets, weather
These three you ladies were in such a hurry they could have been racing; or maybe just wanted to get out of the rain. St Peter’s Square Manchester; where else?
By the sacred grove, where the waters flow
We will come and go, in the forest
In the summer rain, we will meet again
We will learn the code of the ancient ones
In the forest
By the waterfall, I will hold you in my arms
We will meet again by the leafy glade
In the shade of the forest
With your long robes on, we will surely roam
By the ancient roads, I will take you home
To the forest
In the forest, in the forest
In the forest, in the forest
With your long robes on, we will surely roam
By the ancient roads, I will take you home again
To the forest
Satisfy the soul baby
Birds sing all day long of the mother lode
We can let it roll, in the forest
With your long robes on
I know where you're coming from
By the big oak tree you've gotta come and go with me
In the forest, in the forest
In the forest, in the forest
By the waterfall
I will hold you in my arms, and we will meet again
By the leafy shade, in the, in the forest
Satisfy the soul
Birds sing all day long of the mother lode
We can surely let it roll, in the forest
With your long robes on
I know where you're coming from
We will surely roam, down by the ancient roads ,by Van Morrison
Arrowe Brook
After the heavy rain yesterday the brook was flowing quite heavily. Arrowe Park looking great in early Autumn!
I made a MOC! I love it. Creds to neighborhood bricks for the wall design. Vikrainian soldier in a trench battling against Germainians.
Decided to have a go at reprocessing this pic of 37402 leaving Kirkby-in-Furness with the 2C47 1731 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle 7/5/18. (Taken using a pole)
the village somewhere in the mountains surrounding town of Hsipaw. Shan State, Myanmar.
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A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and
careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift;
above all it teaches entire trust.
(Gertrude Jekyll)
Colorful Nature - Pink or Purple Wednesday
Looking close... on Friday! - Pretty in Pink
(photo by Freya, edit by me)
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In-flight Refections.
Flock of American Avocets in early morning light at Bombay Hook NWR in Delaware
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Photo of Muttel Bridge taken from a boat, which is a pedestrian (and bike) bridge over a canal. This area may be a reclaimed part of Alappuzha.
Reclamation of Vembanad Lake started in the late 19th century and continued until the mid-20th century.
The construction of the Thanneermukkom salt water barrage in 1974 bisected the lake into a brackish part in the north and a freshwater part in the south. It has a lock for houseboats.
Vembanad off Alappuzha is now freshwater. It was a great benefit for the rice farmers in Kuttanad but created a water hyacinth problem and a decline in fish catch.
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taken in the green season in the Moremi part of the Okavango Delta in Botswana (2010)
from the archives
a fairly young Lioness with a still unblemished face is quite nervous because a large nomad male Lion had crossed into the territory of its pride while the dominant male of the pride was not in the area.
The nomad had been calling during the night and he passed through our mobile tented camp just before sunrise.
The afternoon before we had seen an older Lioness moving away from the pride and her older cubs. Probably she wanted to divert the nomad ...
IUCN RED LIST STATUS: vulnerable
panthera leo
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In the small town of Wülfrath in the heart of the Bergisches Land region, there is an unusual attraction: artificial sheep. However, these sheep are not the usual animals you see in the fields. They are made of fiberglass and were designed by local artists.
The idea came about in 2007 as part of the "Art and Sheep" art project. The organizers wanted to bring art into public spaces, using the theme of sheep as a symbol of the region and its rural environment.
Twelve artists from Wülfrath and the surrounding area were each asked to design an empty sheep according to their own ideas. The results were so impressive that the sheep quickly became the town's trademark.
Each sheep has its own character and its own story. For example, there is the sheep "Flocke", which looks like a fairy tale character with its woolly fur and golden horns. Or the sheep "Rudi", which was decorated with graffiti elements by an artist and is now emblazoned on the wall of a parking garage.
There are now over 30 artistic sheep in Wülfrath, which can be seen in various places around the city. Some stand in front of stores or restaurants, others in parks or public squares.
The sheep not only have an aesthetic function, but also contribute to the city's identity and sense of community. They have become a popular photo motif and provide but not only a tourist highlight. They also have a social function. Some sheep were designed by young people, who thus had the opportunity to live out their creativity and identify with their hometown.
All in all, the art project "Art and Sheep" is an example of how art in public spaces can strengthen the identity of a city and promote a sense of community. The art sheep have made Wülfrath a distinctive place and bear witness to the creativity and wealth of ideas of the people in the region.
found in Castlemaine, Central Victoria, Australia
At 120 km driving distance from Melbourne. Castlemaine is the main town, officially a city, of The Shire of Mount Alexander, in central Victoria. Population these days about 9000.
Castlemaine began as the centre of the Mount Alexander gold fields in 1850. It was briefly larger than Melbourne, as that city's population moved to Castlemaine to seek it's fortune. Population these days about 8000.
It was the richest alluvial gold field in world history and that title has not yet been surpassed.
At it's height one of the weekly convoys alone, shipped 3 tons of gold to Melbourne.
However, the rich alluvial diggings were worked out within 15-20 years.
Castlemaine was where the "little fellows" became rich, with nearly all the gold being found within 4m of the surface.
Thus small groups of men could band together and work a stake together in the hope of winning the lottery.
My zoom lense was very busy as I watched this New Holland honeyeater fly around the Callistemon bush and drink from the flowers. Many shots were taken but few made the cut, such as this one.
The Seeklause in Steeg is a dam built at the beginning of the 16th century that can be used to regulate the water level of Lake Hallstatt, in Upper Austria.
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A few weeks back our camera club had an outing to Canary Wharf in east London to photograph a 'winter lights' display, a selection of light displays scattered around Canary Wharf (some of them very good) that got underway once it got dark.
The meet up was at 5:30 pm but I decided to make my way there beforehand and so arrived in the early afternoon for what I hoped would be some long exposure photography. That didn't really turn out too well to be honest but I am forever the architectural enthusiast and so I set about shooting some of the architecture around the estate with a wide angle lens.
One of the compositions I saw in my mind's eye almost immediately was this one with all the vertical shapes in the frame. And for once, in a winter that has been as dull and gloomy as I can remember here in the UK, for once it was sunny and gloriously bright. The whole world seems lit up when the sun shines, our moods become more open and people linger in sunny spaces where otherwise they would slink back to their offices and places of work. It was just lovely to be out with a camera.
This was not a long exposure as you can probably see but the water was still and the reflections on it were clear. It's March as of tomorrow and I'm really starting to imagine we'll soon be getting more of this kind of weather... please!
A white Christmas would be wonderful, of course. But we've only had one (across the board) six times in the last 120 years. So there's no point in getting upset about it.
If there's no snow, then at least some sunshine would be nice. Unfortunately, it's been gray and foggy for days (at least here where I am). So, sunshine is probably out of the question.
Luckily, there's still the sunshine in my heart, which I hope to tap into with this photo and activate when needed.
Happiness, and the feeling of happiness, isn't dependent on chance or external circumstances. It's a conscious decision that strongly depends on how I evaluate a situation, where I direct my attention, and, of course, on my general outlook on life.
With that in mind, on this penultimate Monday flower greeting of the year, I wish you a large dose of sunshine in your heart and thus a sunny and joyful week.
And this is regardless of the weather.
Eine weiße Weihnacht wäre natürlich richtig toll. Doch hatten wir diese (flächendeckend) gerade einmal 6 Mal in den letzten 120 Jahren. Es lohnt sich also nicht, sich darüber zu ärgern.
Wenn schon kein Schnee da ist, dann wäre doch wenigstens Sonnenschein schön. Leider sieht es (zumindest hier bei mir) seit Tagen grau und neblig aus. Das mit der Sonne wird dann wohl auch eher schwierig.
Zum Glück gibt es noch die Sonne im Herzen, die ich mit diesem Foto ansprechen und bei Bedarf aktivieren möchte.
Glück und auch das Glücksgefühl ist nicht von Zufällen und Rahmenbedingungen abhängig. Es ist eine bewusste Entscheidung die stark davon abhängt, wie ich eine Situation bewerte, wo ich meine Aufmerksamkeit hin lenke und natürlich wie meine generelle Einstellung zum Leben aussieht.
In diesem Sinne wünsche ich Euch am vorletzten montäglichen Blumengruß das Jahres eine große Portion Sonne im Herzen und damit eine sonnige und fröhliche Woche.
Und dies unabhängig von meteorologischen Rahmenbedingungen.