Alfie Smith is a singer, prolific songwriter, an accomplished performer and talented multi-instrumentalist. He was on the stage at least at 4 performances at the recent 'Winterfolk Festival' in Toronto. He is more into folk and blues, so since I prefer jazz, I do not get to see him often.

'Winterfolk Festival' featured some 80 shows on one weekend and for $30 all inclusive pass you get introduced to some interesting music. OK, food and drink is not included. He performed with a living legend of Canada's folk scene David Essig and Kevin Breit, one of the most versatile jazz and blues guitarist in the city.

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So hard to get a decent shot with all the tourists in the way!!

Palma, Mallorca, Spain

I was right behind him with lime green shorts & orange tank top.

*Working Towards a Better World

An important quote by Chris Hydes we should all take heed and try and implement this action in each of our societies.

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Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Halterner Heide

L'Atomium, Brussels, Belgium

Sony SLT-A77V / Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8

❀Bop - The Beatles - All You Need Is Love❀

There's nothin' you can do that can't be done

Nothin' you can sing that can't be sung

Nothin' you can say, but you can learn how to play the game

It's easy

Nothin' you can make that can't be made

No one you can save that can't be saved

Nothin' you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time

It's easy

All you need is love

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A very special project by the beautiful Trinket BloodBunny! This product is very near and dear to her heart, as well as to the many it represents proudly!

Smitten prides themselves on representation for all, therefore they included several color options for LGBTQ+ members so everyone can enjoy this cute throw!

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CHUVAS E RAIOS...

- Sempre tivemos o desejo de conseguir capturar em imagens um raio. Mas não é fácil e não possuímos o saber de técnicas mais amplas que permitam esta proeza com uma captura fantástica, inclusive não procuramos aprender até mesmo por não possuirmos equipamentos que nos permitiriam realizar uma captura mais profissional. No entanto, nada disto nos impede de efetuar algumas tentativas. E este dia foi propício e conseguimos 3 momentos (imagens); enfim, eis nosso singelo trabalho e tentativas neste sentido.

RAIN AND LIGHTNING...

- We always had the desire to be able to capture lightning in images. But it's not easy and we don't have the knowledge of broader techniques that allow this feat with a fantastic capture, we don't even try to learn even because we don't have equipment that would allow us to make a more professional capture. However, none of this prevents us from making some attempts. And this day was favorable and we got 3 moments (images); finally, here is our simple work and attempts in this direction.

Did I tell you how much I love to shoot birds in flight?

Many thanks for your comments, faves, and follows :)

Juan Carlos

Antigua

This is my last picture of the year, and the title says it all. No matter what tradition it is made in, it is the togetherness and love that counts! Please keep the love going for our children's sake in 2025. Please don't lose it; it is the most important thing in our life.

This photo was taken on my cell phone by one of my family members. I don't know who to give credit to, but BRAVO to whoever took it, you created a photo of the year. Thank you, and thank you, my family, for everything!

With heartfelt and genuine thanks for your kind visit. Have a beautiful day, be well, keep your eyes open, appreciate the beauty surrounding you, enjoy creating, stay safe, and laugh often! ❤️❤️❤️

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Politikens Hus, The city hall square, Copenhagen.

Photographing in Japan - Sapporo

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Why Barbados?

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Boosting a list of some of the top all inclusive resorts, vacation rentals and holiday homes you are sure to find a quality pick from many luxurious rentals around this amazing island.

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Halles du Boulingrin, Reims

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Excerpt from www.milton.ca/en/news/exclusively-inclusive-traffic-boxes...:

The Town of Milton, with partners Arts Milton and Red T Media, are excited to launch a two-year public art project funded by the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism's Anti-Racism Anti-Hate Grant Program.

This year "Exclusively Inclusive” is a public art project that explores the themes of racism and hate with the hope that we can all do better. Ten artists have created art to be placed on certain traffic boxes in Milton. The traffic box art speaks to inclusion, diversity, and equity themes. The artists themselves represent diverse backgrounds and experiences, and each artist has brought their unique perspective to the themes of the collection. Part of the images created for the traffic boxes are included in an exhibit in Holcim gallery, along with an additional art piece contributed by each artist.

The first of the traffic box installations have occurred with the remaining nine installations occurring over the next while.

"As A Place of Possibility, the Town of Milton aims to be a community that is a leader when it comes to welcoming diversity and celebrating inclusion. There is no place for hate and racism in our community. Sharing messages of inclusion, diversity and equity through art provides an opportunity for individuals of all ages to see, reflect, and start the conversation. We are fortunate to partner with these talented artists, and thank Arts Milton and Red T Media their leadership on this public art project that delivers such an important message.”

Kristene Scott

Commissioner, Community Services, Town of Milton

List of traffic box locations and artists:

•Allycia Uccello: Main Street & Nipissing (Lowes entrance to Milton Mall)

•Nargis Naqvi: Louis St Laurent Ave. & Farmstead Drive (across from Boyne Public School)

•Reilly Knowles: Louis St Laurent Ave. & Leger Way

•Désiré Betty: Main Street at the Milton Leisure Centre

•Poonam Sharma: Thompson Road & Nipissing Road

•Katika Marczell (AKA Candy Press): Main Street & Sherwood Community Centre

•Hope Flynn: Main Street & Maple Avenue/ Sinclair Boulevard

•Aparna Rangnekar: Main Street & Thompson Road (across from the FirstOntario Arts Centre Milton)

•Omar Hopkinson (Oms): Thompson Road & Drew Centre (close to the Lions Sports Park)

•Jungle Ling: Maple Avenue & Galbraith Avenue

Innenhafen Duisburg

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Law of the Copyright nº 9,610, Febr.19,1998: it forbids to the reproduction or spreading with commercial ends or not, in any media, also in the Internet, without previous consultation and approval it author.

Haleakalā NP, HI

Can't have one without the other.

This photo was taken at the exact same place just an hour earlier as the last photo I posted from Haleakala's summit. I think it's a great example of how different lighting and a different camera lens can drastically change the photo. The prior photo had a great view and I would consider it more of a "documentary"-type photo, one that shares more or less what my eyes saw at that time. This photo to me is much more ripe with visual metaphor and meaning to me - one might say "artsy."

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Captured: February 2018

Camera: Nikon D610

Lens: Nikon 70-200 f/4

Settings: ISO100, 145mm, f/11, 1/30 sec

It's the job of the staff to make us feel like royalty here. They do it with polished warmth, efficiency and style from the moment you arrive at reception. Any attempt to manoeuvre your own suitcase is a non-starter, even though it’s on castors and could be pulled along by a four year old with breathless ease. Try draping a beach towel over your sunbed and watch the attendant come sprinting over the hot sand to take over the job, followed by an eager waiter taking your drinks order. Nothing is too much for the people who work at the Cleopatra. Accidentally mention you’re going to the coffee machine for a cappuccino and Ahmed has raced off to fetch one before you’ve even got up from the table. The young waiters fuss and fawn over Ali, who in many cases is just about old enough to be their grandmother, with a fondness that finds me asking myself searching questions. The almost exclusively male workforce don’t quite understand your average western relationship though. Why are they calling me “boss” when it’s clear to anyone that she's in charge? Some British men correct their Egyptian hosts, pointing at their wives and explaining who really pulls the strings. “She says jump, and I ask “how high” mate,” they guffaw at our bemused hosts.

Then there’s Ibrahim the towel origami king, who services our room and rubs his stomach in genuine concern as each morning he asks us whether we’re feeling better after that unfortunate spell with the pharaoh’s revenge that's dogged the last few days. During our stay the creations he’s left in the apartment for us to discover after an afternoon down at the beach or by the pool have become ever more ambitious. Courting swans, a dog (or was it a pig?), a perfectly formed elephant, a cat with a long tail and an octopus. Although Ali said it looked like something else. Best not to dwell on that. To finish off, we’ve been treated to a monkey suspended from a coat hanger in the doorway, and finally a crocodile, six feet long, with a banana wedged between its wide open jaws. For each of these he’s used two plastic bottle tops to animate his fluffy white menagerie and given them eyes to see with. Ibrahim has earned a generous tip.

We aren't used to service like this and in truth we're not entirely comfortable with it. Wealthy ninety year old widows carrying tiny poodles in their arms at the Negresco in Nice are treated like this. Russian oligarchs richer than Croesus on their superyachts at Puerto Banus are treated like this. It's a big culture shift for a pair of country bumpkins like us. Normally we pick up a small economical car at the airport, drive to the resort and quietly assimilate into the background with as little fuss as possible. We go to the local supermarkets for supplies, just like at home. We take lunch at unfussy restaurants and cafes and sit anonymously at the edges looking in. Independence is our thing, and you can’t watch glowing sunsets on the beach if you’re supposed to be queuing up in the dining hall and filling up on the all inclusive buffet while Ahmed fetches you a glass of red wine.

Getting used to the all inclusive formula is a bit strange too. Neither of us have ever done this before. You could spend the entire day eating if you wanted to. In fact some of the clientele seem to be doing exactly that. People keep bringing us drinks, and apparently we’ve paid for them already. In other resorts we’ve seen the coloured wristbands worn by almost everyone else except for ourselves. The trouble is you risk becoming a slave to the place, tied to mealtimes, not daring to go out for fear of missing what you’ve paid for. Here in Egypt it seems the obvious thing to do, and it's a big success. Perfect for holidaymakers who want to lounge by the pool. The food is far better than we had expected it to be. But I’m not sure we’d do it again.

It’s a regular melting pot here, in a place where even the continents are blurred. I assumed we were in Africa, so it came as a bit of a surprise to be told that this part of Egypt is in Asia. Guests from seemingly every corner of the world, all rubbing along happily together, despite the differences the people who lead the countries they’ve come here from may have with one another. Maybe everyone should move to Sharm el-Sheikh in a bid for world peace. Well, everyone apart from the overly loud and drunken Bristolian who’ll happily tell anybody who happens to be within audible range about his errant brother, currently a guest elsewhere in the world, courtesy of His Majesty’s Prison Service. I suppose at least he’s drowning out the evening entertainment on the stage by the bar, which at this particular moment happens to be the Birdie Song, for which someone has devised lyrics. In French. Just because somebody tells you something’s fun, it doesn’t mean it’s fun. We ask the waiter for four lumps of cheese to insert into our ears. I suppose in this place of relentless luxuries you can’t have it all, can you?

This is the final image from the Egypt series. Many thanks for taking the time to view and comment. And if you're still reading, that especially means you.

Der unverbaute Balkonblick nach Süden ins Cuxhaven-Hinterland – hier im Mietpreis inbegriffen.

Die freie Aussicht ist in Cuxhaven nicht selbstverständlich. Die Zahl großer mehrgeschossiger Gebäude ist in den Touristenzentren von Döse und Duhnen beachtlich. Und an etlichen Stellen sieht man aktuell Bauaktivitäten erheblicher Größenordnungen.

All inclusive, like the hotel I have stayed in. With views like this just meters away, I had to see it to believe it. And so, I hope, one day will you.

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