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Having fun with Khayrullo Dadoboev (Tadjikistan) and Berkant Çakıcı (RUS / Turkey) before starting Tamburi Mundi Festival 2022, Stadtgarten Freiburg (GER)
Berkant Çakıcı died of heart attack on January 2, 2023, while performing on stage.
“People who’ve never read fairy tales, the professor said, have a harder time coping in life than the people who have. They don’t have access to all the lessons that can be learned from the journeys through the dark woods and the kindness of strangers treated decently, the knowledge that can be gained from the company and example of Donkeyskins and cats wearing boots and steadfast tin soldiers. I’m not talking about in-your-face lessons, but more subtle ones. The kind that seep up from your sub¬conscious and give you moral and humane structures for your life. That teach you how to prevail, and trust. And maybe even love.” ― Charles de Lint
And more lessons... lots of lessons today .... starting out with, if it's a 70 degree day in November, forget the work you are supposed to be doing and do what you WANT to do .... which leads to a mission to find more props for upcoming adventures, and a phone call, which I ignored the first time, but the second time, I figured I should answer, only to have a friend say to me... "I'm in Home Depot and pints of fake blood are $1.69... how many should I pick up for you?" Wait... what? Blood .... in Home Depot.... and I find myself saying... uh..... get me 3, no ... never mind, I'll go to my Home Depot and get them, you don't have to get them for me.... and that, was pretty much the end of any chance of getting things accomplished.... a fog machine (YeY!! I've always wanted one....) several pairs of crazy tights, a Halloween wreath, a bag of bones,a deer antler headband, candles and more.... and yes, a pint of fake blood later, the day was out of control. All plans of accomplishing anything were forgotten, I put on hiking books, noted that it looked like it would be a good sunset, and headed off into the woods...where I lost all track of time and missed what I'm sure WAS a spectacular sunset, judging by the deep pink that I could just see through the trees in the woods ... and when I finally made it out of the woods... there was pretty much no light left.... and no point in even trying to do anything constructive, with pretty much no way to justify how I had spent my day off. But, hey!! I now have a fog machine... and a pint of fake blood! (Yey, me!!) But, wait.... what was the lesson that I learned..... ? I forgot.
What says summer fun more to a kid than violin lessons? Aww...I wanted to go to math camp this year!
Earlier this year my son had me drive us up into the hills above our town to give me a few pointers about manual settings and such. It was just about sunset when we got there and not too much to snag a shot of, but I like this one. I like the gate, center of the dark saddle, kind of seems like it has a few things to say... even in its silence.
Taken in the hills above Ventura, California where we live.
My sons photostream-
Large motmot of tropical lowland forest and edge, mainly in humid areas. Perches low to high, usually in shady areas. Blue crown with a big black central patch, unlike solid blue of Blue-capped Motmot, which occurs to the north. Plumage overall less contrasting in pattern than Turquoise-browed Motmot, with much smaller tail rackets. The name ‘motmot’ comes from double-hooting call of this species, which can sound like an owl, and is mainly uttered around dawn.
San Ramon, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
There are lessons to be learned from watching wildlife.
Perseverance, alertness and the battle for life marks nearly every individual creature.
Temporary defeats normally lead to upcoming successes.
(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)
“Nature does not ask permission. Blossom and birth whenever you feel like it.” -Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Nature can teach us a lot of things and one I’ve learned from her is to be yourself without apology. You shouldn’t need validation or permission from others to be true to yourself. As long as you’re doing no harm and you’re happy, that’s what should matter.
Connect with nature, explore your passions, do what you love. No competition with others, no trying to be better than others. Just be.
Notebooks from Soul Flower, bandana from Carolina Mfg..
I needed to post something pretty and bright this evening to cheer me up. My old pc crashed big time today, along with a ton of recent shots. I hadn't backed up for over two weeks!
Yeah, yeah, I know! :-(
Please cross your fingers for me in the hope that those geeky guys coming tomorrow can retrieve them!
I didn't really like the other portrait so I just dicided to use a photo of Katness from Hunger Games. Btw I love the movies and especially the books!
A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.
Robert Benchley
no rules, no limitations, no boundaries it's like an art™
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Here is a three shot panoramic view of the sunset from a week ago. This was at the very peak of the colors in the sky for that sunset. Within ten more minutes all color was gone. This shot also confirms that if I do some LE there in the future, I need to try some at eye level as I like the light that comes through the benches out on the pier. Lower vantage shots that I have taken here keeps the benches right at the horizon and hides a lot of their detail.
While this image is such fun to look at, it is also a reminder to me of the mistake made this day shooting there. You will notice on the pier the camera on the tripod taking the long exposure. I cannot post the image taken at that time (which was during the peak of colors for this sunset) as I got lost in taking these handheld shots and ended up exposing the LE way way too long. I need to have a timer there with me if I am going to get distracted like I was with the colors and reflections going on around me.
You would also think with today's electronics you could get the "Bulb" time specific and then walk away and not have to be there to shut it off.
Oh well - gives me a good excuse to try again. Though not today as there is not a cloud in the sky :(
Costa Rica Continued....
On December 19th my wife and daughters did some ziplining and rapelling at a place in Cartago Province called Explornatura and me and my son went on a hike at the same place to see what wildlife we could find. Unfortunately it had been raining all morning and although it stopped for a while when we first arrived the rain started up again while we were hiking. Luckily we were prepared with rain gear but not many animals showed themselves. These animals were seen before and after the rain.
My wife and daughters had a great time on the zip lines and saw a sloth and they highly recommend this place:
Look. Seeing is not enough.
For in life – even what looks constant –
Changes.
So watch carefully – do not let the
Shadow fool you. It is a part of
The picture – even if I did not want to.
But the picture is what it is, and this shadow
Becomes a story by itself.
And understanding that even things I do not
Like, that seems to be wrong – are lessons for life
Its where creation begins.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rwgZetada8
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When a Bird is alive... it eats Ants,
When the Bird is Dead... Ants eat the Bird!
Time & Circumstances can change at any time...!
Don't devalue or Hurt anyone in life.
You may be powerful today.. But Remember,
Time is more powerfull than you!!!
one tree makes a million match sticks...
but when time comes..
only one match stick is needed... to burn million of trees!!
So be Good and do Good...
Paper, pen and black ink,
Suzkou, China,
brush, ink and rice paper,
green tea, in a cup.
Hanchizi Xiaoqu, Anhui, China
A thought occurred to me yesterday:
If you get to paradise but those who made the most inhospitable of places home are not there with you... are you there yet?
Inspired by British Columbia's flag, the early morning sun, and blood orange juice...
It goes without saying its about time something were dedicated to Phil.
A small school supported by Save the Children UK NGO in the mountains near Muzaffarabad in Kashmir, Pakistan.
April 2006.
[Please enlarge to read the history text.]
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it – always.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi.
What the Ukrainians are doing now continues in a long line of struggles for freedom in Eastern Europe. We must be inspired by their example to work in whatever way we can to bring freedom and liberation to all people. Resist the tyrants and they will fall.
***BOYCOTT THIS GROUP!**********
I have been banned from a little group called "Worldwide Photography" for posting my opposition to Putin's War in Ukraine. This was just a summary decision announced in this thread.
www.flickr.com/groups/ww-photo/discuss/72157721916159941/
According to this Admin speaking out against an unjust war is "hate speech". This Admin Putin-lover has even said he will report us to Flickr. If this idiot (Stalin called Western fellow travellers "useful idiots") can't distinguish between a just and unjust cause it shows how deeply flawed and ready for total collapse our Western civilization is. I strongly suggest you boycott this group.
When you check out the Admin's own page you will see it is full of pro-Russian images. www.flickr.com/photos/-eu
I've blocked him as well.
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the sun sprinkled in my eye
just as it sparkled on the wheatgrass
blowing in my front yard.
the squirrels argue
maypole-ing around
the ponderosa pine.
I wonder
where does their drama lie?
round and round
trying to catch each other's tails
the sun shimmers on them too
but they are too busy to notice.
Bathroom items, drawn using "finding squares" set up. I am still getting used to using a double page spread and very much distracted by the seam, so I used my Corel to get rid of the shadow and line on this. The seam accounts for much of the wonkyness of the soap distributer , but not all of it! :>}
Lesson #1: Don't underexpose your film...
Luckily, I still have one more roll of this.
Shot on my Nikkormat using Kroger 200 film.
Okay, I'll admit it. I hit a processing point where every photograph I touched was not turning out. At all. It was very frustrating, so (along with participating in some holiday weekend activities) I took a break from pictures.
Today, I thought I'd give some of the images another go. And I was very excited with how they were turning out!
Hooray for a brief brain break! Hooray for the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown!
And hooray for Distressed Jewell and SkeletalMess!!!!
Explored Oct 22, 2012
We had just finished a wonderful tall mast sunset sailboat cruise this summer in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, and were walking back to the car. I happened to turn around and see this scene unfolding. I grabbed my camera one more time and ran down to the docks to capture this wonderful scene of a Father teaching his kids to fish in the last of the evening light.