Laughter is both an opposite and an equal

to falling

For both moments of humanity

You forget about your physical Pain

Poverty

Genocide

Discrimination

and are simply complex molecules moving

Dancing frantically

Trying like mad to keep you alive.

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The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan, keel toucan, or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize.The species is found in tropical jungles from southern Mexico to Colombia. It is an omnivorous forest bird that feeds on fruits, seeds, insects, invertebrates, lizards, snakes, and small birds and their eggs.

Seen here in the cloud forest of Costa Rica.

a perfect day.

( you're right, this is a smile. yet i had a laughter in my mind )

“I remember

That I have fallen

Amidst the laughter

That surrounds me, and that sometimes

It gets too loud.”

― Jordan Hoechlin

Blog Post

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Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter — to all these music gives voice... and we see reality in a new way, as if we were sitting by a mountain lake and contemplating hills and woods and clouds in the tranquil and fathomless water.

Albert Schweitzer

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A magical place in the Austrian Alps - high mountain lake Mooserboden at elevation 2040 metres.

Kaprun high mountains reservoirs, State of Salzburg, Austria

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See my new photos in the "My Travels" album:

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Осенняя мелодия горного озера

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Радость, печаль, слезы, плач, смех - всему этому музыка дает голос... и мы видим реальность по-новому, как если бы мы сидели у горного озера и созерцали холмы, леса и облака в безмятежной и бездонной воде.

Альберт Швейцер

Волшебное место в австрийских Альпах - высокогорное озеро Моозербоден на высоте 2040 метров.

Высокогорные водохранилища Капрун, федеральная земля Зальцбург, Австрия

is the language of the soul

Leeds city centre

I think laughter is the best medicine. If you can’t laugh at yourself, then you can’t laugh at life and the silliness of it all.

David Hasselhoff

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

Charles Dickens

A good time to laugh is any time you can.

Linda Ellerbee

A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.

John Cleese

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Charlie Chaplin

Life is better when you’re laughing.

Anon

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Victor Hugo

Of all days, the day on which one has not laughed is the one most surely wasted.

Sebastien Roch

A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

Shirley MacLaine

Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.

Sean O'Casey

A smile starts on the lips, a grin spreads to the eyes, a chuckle comes from the belly; but a good laugh bursts forth from the soul, overflows, and bubbles all around.

Carolyn Birmingham

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

W. H. Auden

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere.

Dr. Seuss

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

Peace Gardens, Sheffield

We walked past this on our Good Friday walk from Postbridge through Bellever Forest. Doesn't look like a working farm anymore and the farmhouse further along has boarded up windows.

The farm has been there since 1733 and is in an abandoned state, however living here would be quite a remote existence.

Although I have geotagged this image, it is a relative approximation.

..I cannot tell you how much fun I had the other morning when I threw a handful of dandelion seeds into the frozen birdbath. My husband gave up waiting to have breakfast with me;)

is like a windshield wiper, it doesn't stop the rain but allows us to keep going.” ~ Unknown

From last night @ the lake's fishing pier.

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I have decided that ~ Christian~ thinks I am into lifting weights. ☺

Thank you for asking me to collab with you Christian truly it was fun and funny... next time leave the book at home... all I truly wanted to do was go for a walk with the dogs... Not carry another load... hahaha

Hugs you Truly thank you for being you!

The scene was created at the beautiful sim of ✈️ : Frogmore

A gift from my grandparents back in the 1960’s. This is one of so many gifts I received but the real gift they gave was love. My grandparents are and forever will be the two biggest hearted most perfect couple I’ve known. Although I miss them every day, I try very hard to make them proud and to give my grandchildren the same in return. Their gifts are more rare and valuable than this watch could ever be. 💜

I ran down to the beach, which probably was not the brightest of my own ideas as it was icy, cold, and it was early in the morning. At this point I didn't care. I prayed that the Lord would paint the sky and I was not about to miss the beauty He had in store. I set up my equipment as quick as possible and kicked my legs out on the beach and shot picture after picture and just sat there and laughed. I laughed in joy with the Lord and I will forever remember how special this morning was! He is so good and full of beautiful surprises for His children and for the brokenhearted in the world. I am so thankful that God is infinite as it means I can spend the rest of my life discovering sweet and amazing truths about Him and yet there will still be more to find!

Taken on trek to Har Ki Doon in Garhwal Himalayas, India

On the evening of march 26 and 28, the russian occupation army once again attacked the Dnipro with "shahed" kamikaze drones... These were some of the most massive shellings that the Dnipro has seen in three years of war. The "Bartolomeo" hotel and restaurant complex was destroyed - a place where life was seething and laughter was heard, now turned into ruins. Residential buildings were destroyed, dozens of other civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged, a school was damaged, cars burned, windows were knocked out... In the middle of the courtyards where children usually ran, craters formed, glass and drone debris fell. Unfortunately, there were casualties - as a result of the aggressor's shelling, four people were killed, 25 people were injured that terrible evening...

#russiaisaterroriststate

Laughter - games

Riverlight apartments, Nine Elms

Seems an appropriate title. These belong to my neighbour.

From "Cat's Cradle"

By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Positivity doesn't hurt either.

"Always find a reason to laugh, it may not add years to your life but it surely will add life to your years"

Palliative care. End of life care. Two more days to live, says the doctor with the computer screen. He is like a visitor from another planet. Making pronouncements, about life or death. Does not know the "patient". Then, "four weeks to live". That was four months ago. The "patient" gets tenderness from the nurses who are talking with him, touching him, listening to his stories. The patient is asking them about their lives, their hopes and all the suffering. Suddenly, worlds of communication are opening up. Stories are shared. The patient is a person again, laughing, sometimes about the doctors, sometimes in the face of life's end. That laughter!

Fuji X-E2 plus Helios 44M-7 wide-open.

Hoppy Easter Everyone!!

May you all be blessed as much as I am with Best Friends♥

Nothing compares to the stomach ach you get from laughing with your Best Friends♥

CKEY Poses

Aorta's Photo.

Clary's Photo

Justice's Photo

Polly's Photo

Rage's Photo

Hannah and Anita having fun at Rye Beach, NH

Thanks to all for your comments, your favorites and your visits.

Greetings.

Gracias a todos, por vuestros comentarios, vuestras favoritas y vuestras visitas.

Saludos.

Another light check that ended working for me. I guess the trick is shoot when the person is most comfortable..

.... is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Victor Hugo

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...there is nothing worth the wear of winning than laughter and the love of friends...

-Hillaire Belloc

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Victor Hugo

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Because she's arabian .. !

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears. ~ Kahlil Gibran

PS: She's a kid :), dont forget *mashalla*

I'd appreciate comments about the piece itself, it'll be a great benefit to me to improve my work. thanks alot :)!

This is my favorite quote from a book I read this year by David Yoon entitled Frankly in Love about young forbidden love first between a Korean American boy and a white girl at his school and then oddly between two Korean Americans..it's about friction within the culture...it's about a stubborness that refuses to take a break and it's about terminal illness too...and friendship...and sexual orientation as well just a bit.

It's complicated.

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