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If there's one thing that keeps me calm and refreshed every day, it's going out for quiet adventures in the company of just my dogs and camera, and allowing my mind to wander in thoughts and prayers.
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Watching the herd. The boy should work on a farm, maybe I'll hire him out. Related to the following picture...⬇️
This is the only remaining tulip left from the ones I planted years ago, and it doesn't always get to bloom stage. This year, it's definitely there!
in the Wetlands
Nature Preserve
Captured w/Apple iPhone 8 Plus back dual camera 6.6mm f/2.8
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He just keeps muttering to himself that he never even saw the punch coming. I tried to console him by saying it was nothing but a lucky punch. I'm sure he'll get over it soon enough.
P.S. If this title doesn't make sense, the previous photo will explain it all.
2018 continues to be the year that keeps on giving with CN. 1 of 2 SD40-2W's that were test beds for LNG fuel, 5258, and its distinct SD45-esque flared radiators paired with 1 of 3 BCOL Dash-9's in the red, white, and blue scheme lead M391 through Morrice, MI. Take it while you can get it, new power is en route to CN that will probably end opportunities for sets like this.
My heart is what keeps me ticking.
A slightly more abstract interpretation of the Macro Monday theme "Tick".
This is an ECG of a normal heartbeat, the series of bumps in focus together form one complex, which is a single heart beat. There is a P-wave, then the spike is a QRS complex followed by the T-wave.
It took a few weeks, but Chicago is no longer playing second fiddle to New York. At least for one day, Chicago can proudly boast of the worst air quality IN THE WORLD! YEAH!!
With the Canadian wildfires still burning, this issue seems like it's going to be gift that keeps on giving for quite a while. How is it that every year we seem to be able to say "I've never seen anything like this!" for a different reason
I'm glad for what keeps me afloat.
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We had a break in this week of rain (which is totally unnatural in the first place), so I dragged my camera out to my favorite field and ran around until I was too cold and soaked to keep shooting. There was the most amazing double rainbow, and I could see the point where all four rainbow ends touched the grounded. Maybe it's some leftover from my childhood that I still feel like heading toward them, although I know I'll never catch them.
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Depression afflicts millions
it keeps us in cages for long periods of time..
we are locked inside a fog and feel like a cloud surrounds us
we feel pain with no scars...
Psychological pain hurts deep so deeply we stop functioning we stop wanting to live.
Anything would be better than dark dismal anxious hopeless, helpless, worthlessness
we have a melancholic view of our life and our surroundings..................
We have no escape.
family and friends try to offer support but that doesnt work.
We obsess and ruminate we repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat how bad we feel and how horrible THINGS are.
IT OFTEN PUSHES FRIENDS AND FAMILY AWAY WHO CANT STAND THE RUMINATING AND THE WHINING AND THE COMPLAINING AND THE REPETITION
THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
we see only the glass half full.
and Depression kills. Like Cancer, Like Heart disease, like Sepsis.
ya cant just snap out of it,
ya cant just brush yourself off and cheer up MATE!
ya cant just pull yourself up by your bootstraps.
DEPRESSION KILLS!
DONT grin and BEAR IT!
there is help!
Rx: get it!
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Passion keeps you moving forward my passion is photography. Five years ago today I sat opposite a doctor who looked me in the eye and without hesitation said, “it’s cancer.” That nightmare began when an emergency room radiologist read my x-ray for a dislocated shoulder and saw a “spot” on my lung which led to a countless doctor appointments, tests and procedures accompanied by uncertainties and fear.
I chose to keep this fight to survive private allowing few people into my circle of confidence, people treat you differently when the word cancer is involved and I needed a sense of normalcy. You may be wondering why I am sharing this publicly now. Five years is a huge milestone because my surgical oncologist said I had a 50% chance of still being alive in five years post surgery. A follow up scan and subsequent biopsy several months after surgery revealed the other lung also had cancer which reduced my longevity significantly. When I met with my radiation oncologist he said to me, “this is a marathon.” That scared the crap out of me because I’ve always thought of myself more of a sprinter I wasn’t sure I was up for the challenge.
Things that have helped me get to this five year mark are faith, family, friends and photography. Flickr became a daily anchor in my life during recovery from surgery. I would look at photos and dream of getting back to being out in nature to make my own photos and to be able to travel again. Flickr helped keep my focus on beauty and creativity and positive things especially during times of disparity and fear. My life has changed I’ve had to learn new ways to do the things I love but the point is I am still doing the things I love to do. I’m happy to still be around to learn new things and use photography to express myself.
The takeaway I hope you will have after reading this post is to do what you love and love what you do life is filled with hopes and dreams twists and turns and it’s not what happens it’s how you handle things, it’s how you choose to live each today.
I’m grateful for my husband who has supported my decisions on treatment and how I choose to be a survivor. I’m also grateful for having one of the best treatment centers and oncology teams in the country to see me through this journey.
The past year my travel plans were altered due to the COVID pandemic so I carved a new path I spent weeks camping while studying deer behaviors and habits which is why there are so many deer photos in my stream. Make lemonade from the lemons in front of you.
Oh and by the way if you've read this far the photo I chose to post today is a whooping crane. What better example of survivor could I have chosen these birds were on the brink of extinction and they are still here they are true survivors.
To wind this up firstly thank you for reading this post to the end. Thank you for your support in the Flickr community. Should our paths cross in the real world please treat me as you would any other fellow photographer and forget the disease I am living with.
This little fox keeps me active and gives me so much and asks nothing in return.
Winters here are long, dark and to me depressing.
So, having something like her to look forward to each day really helps the short dark days pass more quickly.
It gets me out of the house.
I get exercise, fresh air and I have a great time while doing it.
I think it is what helps keep me young! :-)
Camera settings: f/4.5 - 1/320 - 235mm - ISO 320
The cutting-edge technology that keeps the Silverstone motor racing track in tip-top condition could be coming to Croydon. John Bownas spoke to the team hoping to bring it here.
Pot holes – we all hate ‘em, and Croydon certainly has its share.
But now, the borough’s highways team is taking a lead from the people responsible for maintaining Silverstone’s grand prix circuit.
New technology that is good enough for the world’s top racing drivers is being tested in Croydon to see if it is up to the council’s exacting standards.
If trials are successful, the infrared-powered Nu-Phalt repair system could become invaluable to Croydon’s road repair crews who would be the first in London to realise its potential benefits.
Apart from a significant possible cost saving, the biggest advantages that the new technique has over traditional methods are:
•speed: a typical 1 square metre repair can be completed in just 20 minutes; currently, the same job takes considerably longer, and would be only a temporary fix;
•durability: the infra-red triggered thermal bonding means that patch repairs are far more permanent and blend seamlessly into the surrounding road surface;
•environmentally friendly: the process starts by recycling the existing macadam and needs only a small amount of new material to top off the repair.
The council has recently announced a multi-million pound investment project to resurface many of its roads.
However, there will always be a need for fast and efficient repairs in those cases where small patches of tarmac work loose.
This can happen at any time of the year – although it is usually after spells of wet or cold weather that these small holes open up to create a real headache for motorists and cyclists.
In total, the council’s emergency repairs operation currently costs about £560k every year in manpower and materials – and that’s not including the money that is budgeted separately for the major road resurfacing schemes that we will be seeing a lot more of over the next few years.
Steve Iles is the council’s head of highways, and he knows better than anyone else in the borough just how big a task it is to stay on top of the thousands of road repairs that his teams have to carry out every year.
Talking to Your Croydon about this mammoth job and his hopes for the promising high-tech solution, he first ran through some of the big numbers involved.
“We’ve got nearly 3,000 roads in Croydon, and these all get inspected by the council at least twice a year.
“We look out for any problems that might have arisen since the last visit – and particularly any new holes or cracks that could pose a hazard.
“Since January our system’s logged nearly 5,000 new reports from both streetscene inspectors and those members of the public who phone or email to tell us about possible problems.”
In that same time we’ve managed to fill in or repair about 9,800 – but there’s still around 8,600 that we know about waiting to be fixed.
“That takes a lot of doing,” continued Steve, “I’ve got six full-time staff who spend the majority of their day out doing this sort of work.
“And when they can’t do road repairs, because of snow and ice, they drive the gritting lorries to try to keep the roads clear.”
Tony Whyatt is the highways engineer whose research into improved technology solutions has led to the trial of the Nu-Phalt system.
“I’m really optimistic about how this will save us time and money.
“We reuse most of the existing road material on-site and need to add only a small amount of fresh material to each repair.
“There’s no noisy compressors, and the system cuts the number of vehicles and staff involved in each repair.
“We also minimise disruption to traffic – which is good for drivers – and these repairs can be driven over again almost immediately they’re finished.”
Indeed, driving away from our meeting with Tony we drove over a number of holes that had just been filled – and the first thing we noticed was that we didn’t notice them at all.
The repaired road was as smooth as the day it was originally laid.
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The cutting-edge technology that keeps the Silverstone motor racing track in tip-top condition could be coming to Croydon. John Bownas spoke to the team hoping to bring it here.
Pot holes – we all hate ‘em, and Croydon certainly has its share.
But now, the borough’s highways team is taking a lead from the people responsible for maintaining Silverstone’s grand prix circuit.
New technology that is good enough for the world’s top racing drivers is being tested in Croydon to see if it is up to the council’s exacting standards.
If trials are successful, the infrared-powered Nu-Phalt repair system could become invaluable to Croydon’s road repair crews who would be the first in London to realise its potential benefits.
Apart from a significant possible cost saving, the biggest advantages that the new technique has over traditional methods are:
•speed: a typical 1 square metre repair can be completed in just 20 minutes; currently, the same job takes considerably longer, and would be only a temporary fix;
•durability: the infra-red triggered thermal bonding means that patch repairs are far more permanent and blend seamlessly into the surrounding road surface;
•environmentally friendly: the process starts by recycling the existing macadam and needs only a small amount of new material to top off the repair.
The council has recently announced a multi-million pound investment project to resurface many of its roads.
However, there will always be a need for fast and efficient repairs in those cases where small patches of tarmac work loose.
This can happen at any time of the year – although it is usually after spells of wet or cold weather that these small holes open up to create a real headache for motorists and cyclists.
In total, the council’s emergency repairs operation currently costs about £560k every year in manpower and materials – and that’s not including the money that is budgeted separately for the major road resurfacing schemes that we will be seeing a lot more of over the next few years.
Steve Iles is the council’s head of highways, and he knows better than anyone else in the borough just how big a task it is to stay on top of the thousands of road repairs that his teams have to carry out every year.
Talking to Your Croydon about this mammoth job and his hopes for the promising high-tech solution, he first ran through some of the big numbers involved.
“We’ve got nearly 3,000 roads in Croydon, and these all get inspected by the council at least twice a year.
“We look out for any problems that might have arisen since the last visit – and particularly any new holes or cracks that could pose a hazard.
“Since January our system’s logged nearly 5,000 new reports from both streetscene inspectors and those members of the public who phone or email to tell us about possible problems.”
In that same time we’ve managed to fill in or repair about 9,800 – but there’s still around 8,600 that we know about waiting to be fixed.
“That takes a lot of doing,” continued Steve, “I’ve got six full-time staff who spend the majority of their day out doing this sort of work.
“And when they can’t do road repairs, because of snow and ice, they drive the gritting lorries to try to keep the roads clear.”
Tony Whyatt is the highways engineer whose research into improved technology solutions has led to the trial of the Nu-Phalt system.
“I’m really optimistic about how this will save us time and money.
“We reuse most of the existing road material on-site and need to add only a small amount of fresh material to each repair.
“There’s no noisy compressors, and the system cuts the number of vehicles and staff involved in each repair.
“We also minimise disruption to traffic – which is good for drivers – and these repairs can be driven over again almost immediately they’re finished.”
Indeed, driving away from our meeting with Tony we drove over a number of holes that had just been filled – and the first thing we noticed was that we didn’t notice them at all.
The repaired road was as smooth as the day it was originally laid.
For the Macro Monday theme "Tick".
The mechanism that keeps a watch ticking (although these have now been refashioned into my favourite cufflinks).
What keeps mankind alive?
The fact that millions are daily tortured
Stifled, punished, silenced and oppressed
Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance
In keeping its humanity repressed
And for once you must try not to shriek the facts
Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts
(What Keeps Mankind Alive? - Tom Waits)
I’m still working on older images I’ve not posted until now… it keeps me busy until my next foray with the camera. As likely is the frame of mind of my photographer friends, I’d rather be out shooting, but it is satisfying to see the results. I have many things that will keep me close to home for the most part over the coming month, though we are going to attend my family reunion in the first week of April. That will be in Vidalia, Georgia, a spot in this world made famous by, of all things, onions. The first time Joyce attended, we arrived the night before. I opened the window as we drove along the outskirts of town through huge agricultural fields, fragrant with nearly ripe onions… “Smell that”, I asked Joyce. “Yeah, and it’s making me hungry”, she answered. The soil in this place is freakishly low in sulphur, which makes the Vidalia onion among the sweetest in the world. By the way, that’s pronounced Vie-day-lee-a, not Vid-a-lee-a. Pronounce it wrong there and you will be assailed with the likes of “You ain’t from around here, are you, honey? Well, bless your heart.” That “bless your heart” part of that statement does not mean what many folks not from around those parts think. It is southern vernacular for “you likely don’t have it altogether”… that’s the nice way of putting it.
I would like to find a good place to grab a decent shot of the onion fields there, but the next planned shoot will be at the Wings Over Wayne air show at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on April 27th. I love landscape photography, but the challenge of a good air show is as much fun to me as anything. We’re also bringing some Chinese friends who are excited to go, as they’ve never seen anything like it before.
The next trip after that brings me back here to Linville in early May, likely to set up on Hawksbill Mountain and Table Rock in Linville Gorge. I Can’t wait… hope to see you there.
Rosie keeps a plethora of brushes on hand for her artwork.
Blythe a Day - Plethora - 3/15/25
Rosie Red Blythe
Clothes - Etsy
most miniature art supplies - made by me
Brushes - made from toothpicks and foil.
Large clear jar - hair spray cap
Wooden art box - Ebay
miniature water color paintings - image I printed from the internet
Easel, chair - Barbie art set repainted
cabinet in back - wooden frame that I remade into a doll cabinet
Billy appears to be keeping Cindy safe as they sleep together in the office chair in the kitchen. 12:35pm, Friday the 6th of November, 2015.
On occasion, in this rather crazy and serendipitous world of ours, you may be fortunate enough to meet a person who shares with you a number of characteristics or traits, whether they be a soulmate, or just a like minded soul.
Well, thanks to Flickr, I have "met" (not physically but mentally and spiritually) a number of such like minded souls (since I already have my soulmate). If you follow my photostream you will know that I am blessed to be surrounded by a number of artists, including the artisan who gave me this present, and more so, a gift that goes far beyond the present itself. Made with love, it really is the gift that keeps on glistening.
I am one of those people who really enjoy Christmas. I enjoy it for many reasons, not least of all because I get to give gifts I have gathered throughout the year to my family and friends, and I get to wrap them up in beautiful papers and bows. I don't do it for the accolades, or even for a word of appreciation. I do it because I really get so much pleasure from the gift of giving, and the art of gift giving. This artisan friend of mine is exactly the same, and a rare individual who truly appreciates the art of giving and sharing art. I feel exactly the same when giving gifts. Often it is far more than the gift itself, but the experience of receiving the gift and the delight, joy and anticipation of carefully unwrapping a piece of art, to reveal a piece of art that I am giving.
Imagine my excitement and sheer delight when my artisan friend from half way across the world sent me the most wonderful gift of a handmade tassel. This collage is made up of images I took when I received it, with the tassel at its heart, and details of the tassel tall around it.
The present came presented in pink tissue paper. As the tissue paper fell away, it revealed an ornately decorated box featuring an actress from an Eighteenth Century opera by Rameau or Lully, performed for the Sun King, as well as a beautiful French court shoe, tied with a pink satin bow decorated with bejewelled lace and silk flowers. Inside on the underside of the lid was the actress' male theatrical companion, whilst wrapped up in a star spangled transparent bag, the beautiful tassel sat on a soft bed of padding.
The tassel itself is made up of carefully selected ribbons and laces, and even a few skeins of woven wool, mostly in shades of dusky pink (one of my favourite colours), decorated with the most remarkable collection of silver charms, all of which are connected to me in a personal way: teddy bears and a hearts, love tokens, kisses, stars and a wonderful book of faerie tales which reads "once upon a time".
As you know, if you listen to my teddy bears, I'm an old softie - even more than they are - so by the time I reached the tassel, I was a blubbering mass of tears, not because I was unhappy, but because I was so touched that my artisan friend took the time to create a gift of art, so deeply faceted with layers of her careful observations of me, my likes and passions, that it quite stunned me!
I shall be forever grateful to this wonderful friend, who truly is proof that love is the indeed the gift that keeps glistening!
Merry Christmas to you all!
These are a few items I found at the cabin we stayed in last week. I loved this little book ,mainly for the illustrations. I was intrigued by the bird who was almost as large as the baby, and the strange look of the doll or little girl who has fallen. The camera was made from 1940 to 48 and the book was published in 1932.