... a find in the forest this morning. I had to lay down to

photograph these tiny beauties.

I found the leaf with the tiny drops in our vinyard...

a small oxalys leaf growing almost on the ground.

There again I had to learn that you have to go down

to your knees infront of the wonders of nature...

The view the other way around from the hill in the back:

flickr.com/photos/lightspectrals/1540588923/

If you want to see what the sculpture looks like in close up:

flickr.com/photos/lightspectrals/334204561

My stream on black (www.darckr.com)

www.darckr.com/username?username=28317755@N00

Couldn't resist taking this piece outside to capture the beautiful evening light through her beautiful curves. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing - let your light shine.

for all your wonderful photograps & comments in this past year.

I appreciate them so much.......... and I am so thankful for having

such wonderful friends here in flickr world!

Repost

Fresh off the 2019 Polar Vortex, it's time to turn back the clock to the first time this term entered into the widespread American lexicon.

The new year of 2014 introduced most people to the term "polar vortex." Just days into the start of the new year and most of the central and eastern United States was plunged into bone-chilling sub-zero temps, with many seeing the coldest temps in 30 years, while others saw the coldest in recorded history. In the Upper Midwest, the polar vortex was accompanied by blizzards that saw heavy snow, high winds, and total white-out conditions. This extreme cold went on for a few days. It wouldn't the the last polar vortex of 2014, but it was definitely the worst.

The effects were very visible on Lake Michigan. Most of the lake was covered in ice. Large ice boulders built up on the shores. On the eastern shores on the west side of Michigan, people were walking on the ice a mile out from shore. The lighthouses were frozen tombs of encased ice.

So it was good timing when a week later I embarked on my previously-scheduled first lighthouse tour. In St. Joseph, the piers were impassable without crampons. The catwalks were encrusted with windblown ice. Despite the cold, the beach was surprisingly crowded. But after what came before, no one was complaining when the high temps hit 5 Degrees! By then it was practically shorts weather!

I will be off for vacation... heading for the south of France.

Wishing you all a wonderful time, too. See you in about 10 days time!

In the dark forest I suddenly saw this leaf in the warm sunshine seeming to glow from its inner.

The Blue Hour. 30 minutes after sunset.

Inner Light

Creation from the moment I am living now

and this magnificent orchid ;)

Thank you for tre Great comments and for on Explore ;)))

Merci !!

Simone xxxxxxx ;))

(Rev Blackgold)

I think I already uploaded a similar one... just set this one as wallpaper on my screen

and liked this blue so much... a little change in this autumnal colouring.

Sulaika & Venice

(our dog is the one to the left, Sulaika)

I always wonder how dogs perceive their

surrounding world over their nose..........

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... or just being a little bit grumpy?

Explore highest position: #28 on Thursday, January 1, 2009

Tanti auguri per un felice 2009 a tutti gli amici di Flickr!

Happy New Year to all Flickr Friends!

View On Black

Ti ho intravista al lume di una rosa

svanire lesta nel buio della notte.

Sappi che quella rosa rimane sempre accesa

semmai ti andasse di ripassar di qua.

I glimpsed you by a roselight

quickly disappear into darkness of night.

I let you know that rose is always switched on

In case you happen to pass here again

© Bruno Campestrin

All rights reserved

Loving tenderness abounds for all

from the darkest

to the most eminent one beyond the stars,

Exquisitely loving all

she bequeaths the kiss of peace

upon the ultimate King.

*Hildegard of Bingen

or: Orange Crush

I remember some orange lemonade with this name...

must be over 30 years ago... I don't even know if it still exists.

or... as wonderfully suggested from @ires:

"Ready to emerge from its cocoon!"

SPLASH!!! I spend more then two hours observing my children and a wonderful duckfamily having lots of fun in a river-swimmingpool in france...

...it is cold and rainy outside - just felt like searching

for some summer colours in my archives :)

These little flowers are made out

of little white shells...

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection." Buddha .