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Looking close... on Friday! theme : Food Peels
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“There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The theme for “Looking Close… on Friday” on the 12th of February is “roses”. I thought this perfect “Black Magic” rose bloom with her velvety petals, taken in the Alister Clarke Rose Garden of the St Kilda Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, was the right choice. I think she is very beautiful, and represents the shape, form and rich colour that make roses such a favourite flower.
The “Black Magic” rose is loved worldwide for its fascinating deep, dark red, almost black coffee coloured velvety petals and continuous flowering. The blooms are a classic rose shape with a high pointed centre. “Black Magic” is one of very few red roses to produce excellent blooms during our hot summers. “Black Magic” was bred and introduced by Tantau in 1997. Rosen Tantau, located in Northern Germany, has been breeding roses successfully for more than a century. One of its specialties is the creation of Hybrid Tea Roses suitable for the garden and cut flower industry. Black Magic has become very popular around the world as one of the best deep red roses which is relatively disease resistant and produces many quality flowers throughout the entire season.
The St Kilda Botanical Gardens are a very beautiful place to visit, not least for all for their wonderful array of roses found in the Alister Clarke Rose Garden. The site of the St Kilda Botanical Gardens were established in the 1800's. The municipal council petitioned the Department of Lands and Survey to make this segment of land bordered by Dickens Street, Tennyson Street and Blessington Street a Botanic Garden. The gardens were formally established in 1859 when a boundary fence was erected. By 1907 significant donations of money and plant material had led to the establishment of a rosary, extensive flower beds and a nursery. Exotic forest trees were planted during the 1870s and Australian species were included in 1932. In the 1950s the Alister Clarke Rose Garden was established and a Sub-Tropical Rain-forest conservatory added in the early 1990's.
The mesh on my sports bra.
Happy looking close....on Friday!
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One of my attempts at the "Looking Close… on Friday" theme "Spider and/or Spider Web"
Shot with a Carl Zeiss "S-Biogon 40 mm F 5.6" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Der alte Fußball“TOR“
Auswahlfoto:
Für“Looking close…on Friday!“ am 29.04.2022.
Thema:“SMILEY“😊
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Pebbles and a silver fish make a necklace here. When it's very hot in the summer I put it in the fridge before I wear it :)))
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#Baumrinde#
Auswahlfoto:
Für“Looking close….on Friday!“
Thema:“Tree Bark“ am 13.05.2022.
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Close-up of Theodor Seuss Geisel's eyes of his memorial statue in front of the Geisel library on the UCSD campus. Better known to the world as Dr. Seuss. Here is a shot of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Memorial Statue that includes the Cat in the Hat.
Shot for ‘Looking close… on Friday!’, theme ‘Eyes’
Water droplets decorate the surface of a clover leaf.
Featured in Flickr's "World Photography Day 2026: Nature (#WPD26Nature)" gallery on August 5, 2026 as a cover photo.
My entry for the Looking-Close-on-Friday theme 'Bears'. The oldest bear is more than 60 years old and such a dear fellow, always taking care of the younger ones that have joined the family over the years coming from different countries of the world.
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This English made late Victorian (circa 1890 - 1900) brooch of a circlet of flowers and leaves is made of 18 carat gold and features sixteen seed pearls. You will notice that each flower is slightly different, which indicates that they have been made by hand, as has the detailing on each petal. With its curling foliage and flowers, it is very Art Nouveau in style.
Private collection
The theme for “Looking Close on Friday” for the 28th of January is “round in a vertical photo”. I thought that this elegant brooch against a black velvet background was the perfect choice. I do hope that you like it, and that it makes you smile.
Took me a while to find a flower in our garden. This one was on the ‚wild trail path‘ of our pets that is running from frontporch alongside the wall of our house down to their most fav ‚business‘ places - and it survived. Sprayed it with water then placed my Olymp cam on the ground and taking the shot all the while keeping the pets at bay who were very nosy.
The flowers of this paeonia are huge,10 to 17 cm wide. This year I have about 12 flowers.
Happy looking close....on Friday!
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I have a gazillions of horses (well not so much truly after I got Marie Kondo'ed :D) and was thinking of the porcelain pair which the interested viewer can find in one of my albums here on Flickr, and since they are in a group I wanted to find something different and then focused on this pendant that must be 4 decades old ... I got it from my parents during horse-crazy-girl-times back in the days and there was nothing than my horse Nicky and me... While working on this shot I realized that his left front leg is shorter, worn off through the years. I used to wear a necklace 24/7 - never took it off, not even when showering or at night (you can see ne wearing it on my older selfies here ). So this shows on this little fellow. I do have a golden seahorse pendant, and I frantically looked for it but so far couldn't find it - it was worn off at the loop and I meant to bring it to a goldsmith - before covid. Pls cross fingers I ' ll find it! Thanks
October 8, 2021
Looking close… on Friday! Theme: chocolate
Homemade Freshly bake Dark Chocolate Fudge
My grandmother had a sewing machine she used for alterations. My mother also had a sewing machine. I learned at a young age to use my mom’s sewing machine to made a few pillows out of scrap fabric.
I loved being creative from a young age and once I got to middle school would frequently use my elective credits for Home Economic classes. I continued to take those classes through high school. I got good enough sewing to make myself a few shirts and a 3-piece suit. When I graduated high school, the Home Ec. Department awarded me with a small Home Ec. Scholarship (the first boy in the history of my school to earn one).
My grandmothers sewing supplies were passed to my mom. And when my mom stopped sewing, she gave me her machine and sewing box. This collection of buttons likely has a few buttons over 60 years old. My grandmother would have been tickled to see this photo.
I never through out a button. You never know when one will come in handy! (I have the same philosophy for spare nuts, bolts and screws)
Shot for Looking Close… on Friday!, Buttons
Looking Close…on Friday - Clothing Label Brand
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I almost lost my marbles today,
they just kept scattering every which way .....
I finally got them to lay still :)
Happy looking close....on Friday!
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Black & white stripes... rendered in black and white.
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Created for the "Looking Close... on Friday!" theme, CATS IN BACK & WHITE.
Das Labyrinth der Meister is a boardgame for 2-4 players where you aim to collect as many ingredients (the round small and numbered pieces( for your magic as possible. They are scattered on the board that consists of slideable cards that build pathways - not only can you make way for your own but screw it up for your opponents, too. A fun and strategic game!
Zwei Jungs und ein Bier. In diagonaler Konzentration.
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And who gets it? No one, the bottle was already empty – and the two were about to clear the tables in the beach bar ...
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Und wer kriegt es? Keiner, die Flasche war schon leer – und die Beiden waren dabei, in der Strandbar die Tische abzuräumen ...
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Trip to South Africa. /// Reise nach Südafrika. /// Mossel Bay
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