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Nature Reserve, Kent
The adder is the UK’s only venomous snake. It spends its days in woodland, soaking up the sun and swallowing its prey whole. While it’s more common than you might think, a loss of suitable habitat is threatening this special snake.
"I might as well be in a garden
I said, ah
A smell in the air is a dripping rose
(You could be the one for me)
Another soul to meet my void then
Of anything bare that's made of gold
A physical kiss is nothing without it
And you close your eyes to see what it's done
The body that lies is built up on looking
Cause all that remains before it's begun"
- Chet Faker, Gold
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Where to shop ▸ chloedakota.com/2016/09/28/anything-bare-that-is-made-of-...
i like Minneapolis a lot, and this is a particularly nice place. in the heart of the city. The famous St. Anthony Falls are by now a completely artificial hydrotechnical contraption. But the might of the river is still quite evident. The falls used to be the place where Mississippi stops being navigable, and served as the source of wealth for Minneapolis, providing power to its numerous mills.
Caithlin might not look as a striped cat, but actually ruddy Somalis are tabby and the stripes are clearly seen in the forehead.
Posted for the "Happy Caturday" theme "Owner's choice".
Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 08.04.2021.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
For some, this time of year might be pleasantly warm, even hot. Yet for others, this is probably the coldest time of the year.
When is the Midpoint of Winter? Many people think the midpoint of winter is always Groundhog Day, but it varies. If you check the latest edition of the Farmers' Almanac, you'll see that it's Thursday, February 3, 2022—the exact halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.
This bit of info was taken from the Farmer' Almanac!
I haven't had much time to visit SIMs these past months, one of them being Nelipot, always so beautiful. I'm so glad I had the chance to see it before the snow melted away ; )
Photo Location ~ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Safe%20Haven/18/92/22
Flickr Group ~ www.flickr.com/groups/14758902@N20/
... and dogs ...it might not be the easiest endeavor to attempt, and these two whippersnappers are a handful, but it is a lotta fun! I have survived last week's rambunctious real life Corgi/plush toy debacle and my back is now feeling pretty close to a hundred percent, which shocks me because I was on the verge of thinking I needed medical intervention just to move after it happened, good grief! Thank you to everyone for the well wishes and positive energy and advice, you guys were right about heat and ice, it worked! 😊❤️
And this goat, oh my goodness, when I saw these goats at Arcade, I knew I had to have the black one! He is oh so chic and was the perfect finishing touch to a black outfit, and let's be honest, black outfits rock! This skirt, yeah, I dunno. Casual shopping attire, you know! In real life, this would be switched for a cute denim mini minus the suspect side slits, and I'd call it done! Goat, optional! haha
I hope everyone’s week is off to a great start with only pain-free happy moments! xo 💞
"It might take a year,
it might take a day,
but what’s meant to be
will always find it’s way..."
― ♥
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Oh so quietly... ♫ Birdy - Quietly Yours ✨
White sails and off shore lights
We were passing ships in the night
Now I’m tracing shadows on your back
Like I dreamt so many times
Oh for so long I’ve been waiting
For so long, for a love like this
And I was so sure baby
I’d lost you for a minute but
There’s the sweetest
Spring at my door
Can you feel it?
...
I’ve always been yours
Only yours
Quietly yours
Only yours
I’ve always been yours
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Motley Crue
Now listen up
She's razor sharp
If she don't get her way
She'll slice you apart
Now she's a cool, cool black
She moves like a cat
If you don't get her game
Well, you might not make it back
She's got the looks that kill
That kill
She's got the looks that kill
That kill
She's got the look
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
Now she's bulletproof
She keeps her motor clean
And believe me, you
She's a number thirteen
The church strikes midnight
She's lookin' louder and louder
She's gonna turn on the juice, boy
Then she turns on the power
She's got the looks that kill
That kill
She's got the looks that kill
That kill
She's got the look
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks
Now listen up
She's razor sharp
If she don't get her way
She'll slice you apart
She's a cool, cool black
Moves like a cat
If you don't get her game
You might not make it back
She's got the looks that kill
That kill
She's got the looks that kill
That kill
She's got the look
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill
She's got the looks that kill...
It might have been a tranquil sunset to enjoy, but mosquitoes began to swarm us from the marsh. . .so we did not linger to enjoy the fading rays of gold. . .
This insightful Russian documentary on the personal life of the Dalai Lama had been removed from this site and just now I found it restored and decided to accompany the documentary with a collage.
Please take time to view. It's difficult to find. (Only itunes Australia has it for rent/sale)
In the documentary "Sunrise/Sunset", the Dalai Lama states one does not have to be a believer to attain Enlightenment.
This truth might appeal to you as it does to me.
Also inspired by the Dalai Lama’s baggy eyes in this film, I’ve increased my own practices :)
www.cultureunplugged.com/play/8467/Sunrise-Sunset--Dalai-...
My own recent sunset (including orange ring around the Buddha) photos taken from house viewing window following a torrential rain provide the collage base followed by that gifted by A. Walden. Thank you Alan.
Namaste
jana
Lyrics by Jones 2.0, Fearless Soul | Music Composed by Patrick Rundblad
Transcript – “I AM ME” Official Music Video – Fearless Soul
I AM ME.
I’ll never pretend to be another.
I will never want to BE another.
I will not change who I am just to fit in.
I AM ME.
I am not perfect… but I’m working on myself… working to become the best version of myself.
I’m not putting on a mask no more
The true me can’t stay hidden
I’m not putting on a show no more
I’m not gonna act to fit in
Yeah I might not be perfect
but I’m working on my best version
I’m on my way
Yes I’m on my way
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in?
I won’t.
I am me.
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
In my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me.
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in?
I won’t.
I am me.
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
In my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me.
Yes I am
I am me
I’m not putting on a mask no more
I’ve got my own life to live
There’s so much more I can give
I walk my own path
I won’t pretend to be another
Never want to be another
Won’t apologize for being me
That’s all I can be.
Yeah I might not be perfect
But I’m working on my best version
I’m on my way
Yeah I’m on my way
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in?
I won’t.
I am me.
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
In my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me.
Yeah I might not be perfect
But I’m working on my best version!
I’m on my way.
I’m on my way!
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in? I won’t.
I am me
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
in my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me
Yes I am
Yes I am me
...City
While Rome is the Eternal City one might call Berlin the eternal building site. Or The Unfinished City. Construction cranes are as prominently featured in Berlin's skyline as sights. And it can happen that, if you haven't visited a place in a longer while ("easy" in pandemic times), you'll find old, familiar buildings gone, while new buildings seem to pop up out of nowhere everywhere. I've taken this image last week after a visit to the Futurium (a "House of the Future", opened in 2019 – I'll post images from there soon); in the foreground you can see the river Spree, and the glass building on the left is Berlin's Central Station, the Hauptbahnhof (HBF). Noteworthy: The HBF's upper platforms aren't fully roofed, because the Deutsche Bahn (DB; the German Railway Company) wanted to open the HBF in time for the 2006 World Football Championship by all means, and it would have taken until 2008 to finish the roof. The irony: All the construction parts needed to finish the roof were already manufactured. To this date these parts are stored on the premises of Berlin's East Station. Will the roof ever be finished? Who knows... The construction site you see in front of the HBF has nothing to do with the HBF's roof. It is that of the new S 21 suburban railway line, which is scheduled for completion in 2022. Allegedly...
At first, I wanted to process this as a monochrome, because the scene is rather busy. But I liked all these colours. So I thought "embrace the chaos, embrace the construction site and all those cranes", and do it in colour ;) The final image is an HDR made from three images (in HDR Efex), with further processing / sliding steps in Color Efex.
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and healthy, and take care!
Die Unvollendete
Rom ist ja bekanntlich die Ewige Stadt. Und Berlin könnte man getrost als die Ewige Baustelle bezeichnen. Oder auch als Die Unvollendete. Baukräne gehören zur Berliner Skyline wie seine Sehenswürdigkeiten. Gerade in Pandemiezeiten, wenn man manche Orte schon lange nicht mehr besucht hat, kann es dann auch passieren, dass alte, vertraute Gebäude plötzlich verschwunden sind, während allerorten Neues entsteht. Dieses Foto des Hauptbahnhofs mit einem Seitenarm der Spree im Vordergrund habe ich vergangene Woche nach einem Besuch des Futuriums (2019 eröffnet, Fotos von dort zeige ich demnächst) gemacht. Die Baustelle am Europaplatz, die Ihr hier seht, bedeutet allerdings nicht, dass die Deutsche Bahn nun doch das Dach für die oberen Bahnsteige des Hauptbahnhofs verlängern würde. Die dafür nötigen Bauteile, längst fertiggestellt, lagern weiterhin (hoffentlich gut verstaut) am Berliner Ostbahnhof. Diese Baustelle gehört zur neuen S-Bahnlinie S21, für die ein unterirdischer Bahnsteig gebaut wird. Geplante Fertigstellung: 2022. Warten wir's ab.
Ich wollte das Foto erst als SW / getöntes Monochrom bearbeiten, weil hier ja ganz schön viel los ist. SW sah mir aber zu trüb aus, weshalb ich bei Farbe geblieben bin. Das Foto habe ich in HDR Efex aus einer 3er-Belichtungsreihe erstellt und für Sliders Sunday in Color Efex noch den einen oder anderen Filter (ich weiß wirklich nicht mehr, welche Filter genau) angewendet.
Habt einen guten Wochenstart und passt weiterhin gut auf Euch auf!
#InternationalWomensDay
#March8
Not a ladybird which might have been a slightly more appropriate "supermodel" for International Women's Day because of its name, but an equally pretty Cryptocephalus bipunctatus. The whole supermodel thing is a relic of the past anyway, but unfortunately, we still haven't freed ourselves from questionable beauty "ideals" that often come across as beauty dictates. Social media and "influencers" don't make it any easier, especially not for the younger generation that is exposed (and exposes itself) to what one might call the "daily dose of beauty brainwash", recently taken to the next level with the all-new "beauty filters".
In Berlin (and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, one of Germany's Northern federal states), March 8 is an official holiday, but not (yet?) in the other 14 of our 16 federal states. So this Wednesday – where all shops, schools, etc. are closed (and the weather is too ghastly to go outside – winter made a snowy-wet, cold reappearance) – feels like a very quiet, lazy Sunday, and I have too much time for writing rants instead of simply letting you enjoy this adorable, brightly orange beetle, a member of the so-called "Fallkäfer" (Cryptocephalinae) subfamily of the leaf beetle family. The name "Fallkäfer" (a beetle that falls or drops) derives from their distinctive habit of dropping abruptly when disturbed. This image also is a true oldie, I've taken it back in June 2017 at the beautiful public park Britzer Garten. The focus is ever so slightly off and more on the plant than on the beetle itself, but I think it's still sharp enough in general.
Wishing all of my female Flickr friends a Happy International Women's Day!
#sliderssunday
Explored 23 May, 2021
You might wonder about the title. Well, what you see in the photo is the river Spree taking one of its many bends across Berlin, and this particular area that you can see on the opposite river bank is also called "Spree-Bogen", "Spree bend". This area used to be the home of the Meierei C. Bolle (dairy farm C. Bolle) that was founded in 1879 during one of Berlins particularly strong periods of growth. The two glass towers belong to an U-shaped building ensemble that was the (rented!) seat of our Federal Ministry of the Interior from 1999 - 2015.
This is one of the images that needed time to "develop". I've tried several different processing approaches over the past months, and I was never really happy with any of the results, because I always found the sky too blue, the image too bright, the clouds not nice enough... I once even replaced the sky in Luminar, but didn't like that, either. So back to the original sky, and just the other day, when I gave it another go, I finally stumbled upon the solution. In a first new version I had processed the image in HDR Efex, kind of liked it, but still found the image too bright. Just for fun, and for comparison purposes, I decided to also process the image in Aurora HDR, tried a few of my favourite presets that I use as starting point in Aurora, and... Bingo! In the "Dramatic" preset collection, there's a preset called "Sleepy Drama" which desaturates the blue tones and adds a darker look to any image – and that did it, at least for me. I still tweaked the preset's settings to my liking, and, in Color Efex, added some Brilliance and Warmth. I hope you like the image :)
Happy Sliders Sunday, stay safe and healthy, and take care!
Bolle reiste jüngst zu Pfingsten...
Blick auf das Spree-Bogen-Areal, gelegen an einem von sehr vielen Spreebögen durch Berlin. Auf diesem Areal wurde 1879, während einer besonders starken Wachstumsphase Berlins, die Meierei C. Bolle erbaut, deren Gründer Carl Bolle allerdings nichts mit dem bekannten (und so lustig wie hintergründig makabren) Bolle-Lied zu tun hat, dessen gesamten Text (bitte alle Strophen lesen, es lohnt sich) Ihr hier finden könnt: STRG/CTRL+ de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolle_reiste_jüngst_zu_Pfingsten. Es passt nur gerade so schön zu Pfingsten ;)
Die beiden Glastürme sind Teil des U-förmig gestalteten Spree-Bogen-Gebäudes, das von 1999 bis 2015 das Bundesministerium des Innern beherbergte (zur Miete!). Diese Bild hat sprichwörtlich Zeit zum Entwickeln gebraucht, ich habe über die Monate immer mal wieder diverse Ansätze ausprobiert, aber es hatte bislang nie richtig "Klick" gemacht, immer war mir der Himmel zu blau, das Bild zu hell, die Wolken nicht schön genug... Einmal habe ich sogar in Luminar den Himmel ausgetauscht, was mir aber auch nicht gefallen hat und sowieso nur eine Notlösung sein sollte, weshalb ich schlussendlich doch beim Original-Himmel geblieben bin.
Kürzlich habe ich dann noch einmal einen Anlauf in HDR Efex gestartet, was mir schon recht gut gefiel, mir aber immer noch zu hell war. Nur aus Spaß und auch zum direkten Vergleich habe ich mich dann noch durch meine Lieblings-Presets in Aurora HDR geklickt. Meistens nehme ich in Aurora eines der "Dramatic"- oder "Artistic"-Presets als Ausgangspunkt für die weitere Bearbeitung. Hier war es das "Sleepy Drama", das – endlich – den Knoten löste. Für den "sleepy" Look werden die Blautöne entsättigt und für das "Drama" wird die Tonwertkurve in Richtung Tiefen korrigiert. Ich habe dann noch eigene Anpassungen vorgenommen und abschließend in Color Efex etwas "Brilliance and Warmth" hinzugefügt. Mit dem Ergebnis bin ich recht zufrieden, zufrieden genug jdf., um es Euch zu zeigen. Ich hoffe, das Bild gefällt Euch auch :)
Ich wünsche Euch schöne Pfingsten, passt weiter gut auf Euch auf und bleibt gesund!
might start with their shirt sleeves ;-)
Garth Henrichs
HPPT!!
rose, 'Dream Come True', little theater rose garden, Raleigh, north carolina
Surely, one might think this lonely place,
a frozen wasteland filled with silent echoes.
The myth quietly concluded from illusion of surface.
One simply need only peer inside the texture of ice.
Within crevices and cracks, a strange inner world of life
slowly breathing, beating, swimming and swirling.
For seeds of dissent spring loudly within the frozen shore.
Continuing the "Nature on Ice" series. Having late night fun with more experimentation inspired by the effects of ice, colored light and perhaps my recent efforts into oil painting.
Thanks for the favs and kind compliments. They are much appreciated!
No one said that tears do not escorreriam by the face, but smiling maybe you can use those tears as spiritual cleansing and let it rain. Rain until the sun reappears and overflow you from light. No one said that you would be able to see clearly everything around you, but smiling maybe you will rediscover the path after tripping a few times. Nobody said it would be easy and its not!.
Someone might like this little commercial done in our town.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EywHgVgtG4
My stats are not the same any more. Numbers way off from where they used to be. I wish flickr would tell us when they are going to change stuff.
Happy Slider Sunday
If only she could speak............if ONLY she might tell us her Story.....
The pride, the warmth, the happiness,.......the joys, the laughter,.......all the memories she shared.............
IF only she could tell her story.............
I would love to hear her tale.................................
a beautiful little romantic spot offering lots of mystery and I decided to believe that this might be one of the many spots Icelanders tell stories about trolls, alves or hidden people. The landscape certainly invites to create such myths.
might as well snap a photo. Had to take off my gloves and capture the scene I was seeing while I was down. Always thinking "photos" LOL
I was asked by someone yesterday if I really had gone bike riding, so I just thought I'd show you a picture my daughter took of me after one of my falls along the trail through the marshmallow field. I'm not sure how many marshmallows I crushed here but I also took out a small tree.
a pic of my daughter April in first comment box below
One might wax eloquent on the migratory powers of our Hoverfly! It has been found flying over the Ocean more than 200 km from the coast. But even more interesting is a discovery made in 2015 in Spain by Antonio Robledo, head of research&development of Biobest Sistemas Biológicos. Researching pest control on paprika in greenhouses, he found that Eupeodes corollae is an excellent natural assistant to farmers. Its larvae feed on the aphids that terrorise those pepper plants. And besides the adult Hoverfly is an excellent pollinator for the flowers that will yield the peppery fruits. A dual purpose insect and eco-friendly, too. In 2019 Robledo's discovery began to be implemented on an industrial scale.
In the photo Eupeodes is not 'working' - perhaps on migratory holiday from Spain - but indulging on Oxalis articulata, Pink Sorrel, in the Amsterdam Hortus.
This might not look much to you, but I was looking over a kind of canyon next to Gullfoss Waterfall (it's wrong to add the word waterfall as foss means just that anyway) and I saw Lupine fields in the last rays of the sun. I think the people in the yellow car were probably camped there and like me enjoying this wonderful moment.
This was taken on an occasionally perilous drive along the Newlands Valley in the Lake District. This is one of the less photographed areas in that part of the world for some reason but has some really spectacular viewpoints. Having given the matter some considerable thought, perhaps “perilous drive” might just explain the “less photographed” bit .....
You might remember the little Barn Owl I posted at the end of February. Here he is again, same day, same tree cavity, just getting a little bored. Feel free to view large - has some pretty nice detail even at ISO 3200, full 62 mp frame, uncropped.
Picture might be available without watermark for free, just DM.
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The Livraria Lello might be the most beautiful bookshop in the world but its certainly the busiest . There were crowds of people inside that totally stopped ones enjoyment of the place . It would be a lovely place to explore when it is closed to the public . One of the reasons its so dammed popular is the Harry Potter connection apparently JK Rowling was inspired by this building to start writing the books . I did my best to find a POV that did not include too many people this was the best I managed . It does show off the rather marvellous staircase
The Livraria Lello is a bookshop in the centre of Porto.Along with Bertrand in Lisbon, it is one of the oldest bookstores in Portugal and frequently rated among the top bookstores in the world
The owners hired engineer Francisco Xavier Esteves to construct the new bookstore on Rua das Carmelitas in 1906.The ample interior space is marked by a forked staircase connecting to a gallery on the first floor with detailed wood balusters.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.
I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO
WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT
I have turned off comments because try as we might - tethering phones - hotspots mobile data etc etc it has still taken me 45 minutes to comment on three photos in the order they came to my mail so I am giving in. We have come away to our caravan near Skegness because I am still unwell. I have been told there are internet cafés etc but that idea does not appeal at all so I shall hopefully catch up about Tuesday or Wednesday,,I do thank you all so much for your good wishes but I truly truly absolutely hate the amount of PVCs I am now getting ( you may need to google that If you wonder what they are ) mine are so bad they leave me utterly depleted with them being 1 in 4 and sometimes even 1 in 2 for up to two hours once they start and with a slow heart rate of 30/31 which makes me feel really feint at times and can be very awkward depending if I am nowhere close to our car.
The most likely cause is stress and/ or fatigue…I already had Nuclear stress gated heart scans a couple of years ago and anything that could sort of ‘cure’ these horrible things carries its own risk of heart attack and the PVCs themselves at the rate I get them is not known for causing a Myopathy. Funnily enough when I am actually taking a photo- particularly using manual vintage lenses I completely become one with the camera ( eventually if my dogs lose interest) and only afterwards do I feel the exhaustion and the PVCs kick in and can last minutes or hours..no pattern. Like I said more likely overdoing things but it is photography that drives me and the photography I see on Flickr that keeps me inspired….I am not after pity if you know what I mean. Just understanding but until you ever get this crappy thing you won’t really understand just how bad it can affect you and nothing helps it…the stuff that possibly could I cannot take because of my normally naturally low heart rate.
to many of you, this might not be worth mentioning - for Californians, it's a blessing!
Explore # 213
You might be thinking that I went to Mars for this photo, but in fact I found this cool beetle crawling around locally at Cardinal Marsh last summer. This unique beetle is designed by nature to look like a dangerous stinging wasp so potential predators steer clear, even though it's totally harmless. Adults like this one likely feed on tree leaves and sap while their larvae consume the wood in decaying oak trees.
Seeing that it's World Photography Day, 2022, I thought I'd post this trio of successive images, taken days apart. This clematis flower bud was damaged by some insect, maybe this flea beetle. The damage allowed me a view of the internal bits of the flower before it opened. A 10-image, handheld focus stack.
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Some of you might remember that I gave a program over Zoom about birds along trout streams last night to some Trout Unlimited Chapters. In preparation for that program, I went out to a nearby trout stream yesterday evening to refresh my memory about the birds that trout fishers might find there. I even found a few trout willing to rise to my fly! It was definitely a good way to end the day and get ready to talk about birds and trout.