Lowland Plain Trail

Broad Run Park

The Parklands of Floyds Fork

Louisville Kentucky

Camera - Nikon D750

Lens - Nikon 24-120mm f4g

Photo uploaded - July 14, 2020

View of Hope, Derbyshire peaks

This beautiful bird of paradise is in our garden. Copyright: Sweezey Pictures/Ken Sweezey

Macro Mondays

Made of metal

for happy smile 😚 on Saturday

#FULL OF MEMORIES

Featuring some new items from Vespertine, Illusions of Grandeur and Kraftwork.

From Vespertine the Summertime Fruit Snacks!! Don't look at them too long, you are bound to start drooling!

Pictured:

{vespertine} - summertime fruit platter.

{vespertine} - summertime fruit salad bowl.

Now at the Vespertine mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pure%20Dreams/132/106/18

Vespertine Flickr: flic.kr/ps/GN4JK

From Illusions of Grandeur is the Lemon Espalier which will be available at the Boardwalk Event starting July 15th.

Illusions of Grandeur Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mon%20Petit%20Chou/47/82/24

Boardwalk Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Von%20Strauss/54/72/24

Illusions of Grandeur Flickr: flic.kr/ps/3BfY6S

From Kraftwork the Comme des Fleurs Bouquets. They come in a version to hold and a decor version as well. SOOOOO cute!! Pictured:

KraftWork Comme des Fleurs Bouquet Blush Decor

KraftWork Comme des Fleurs Bouquet White Decor

Find them at the Belle Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Belle/125/113/2986

Kraftwork Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/KraftWork/55/84/22

Kraftwork Flickr: flic.kr/ps/2Tqjs4

From Nutmeg various collections:

Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Paintings

Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Window Frame Headboard

Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Chandelier (Medium)

Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Drapes

At the Anthem Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Anthem/86/161/1114

Nutmeg. Grandma's Cottage Bench Light Adult

Still available at Kustom 9 for a short time: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/kustom9/116/98/22

Nutmeg. Romanov's Shabby Table White

Available at the Nutmeg Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/REKA%20RKKN/129/126/21

Nutmeg Flickr: flic.kr/ps/Yr6Sn

Other items pictured:

8f8 - Empty Spaces - Buttercups

8f8 - Empty Spaces - Not Empty Anymore - OLDYELLOW

Loft& Aria - Somerset Light

Heart - Wild Forest Rose - White Climbing

dust bunny . dwarf fruit trees . green apple tree

dust bunny . dwarf fruit trees . cherry tree

West Village Classic Watering Can - Galvanized

Fancy Decor: Briar Lemonade Holder

Thanks for dropping by! 😊​

Explore Aug 29/08 ..Bald Eagle - View large - Sun is shinning from behind the eagle making for tough lighting conditions from this viewing side. Carrying piece of octopus. ISO 800--F14--1/1000 sec. IMG_0621

Stepping into Stockholm this time with my lens after countless scenes from other corners of Sweden, I'm excited to finally bring you the vibrant pulse and modern edge of Södermalm. Bright skies, bold design, and city buzz. Stockholm, you're officially on the map.

Your visit means so much to me, each fave and comment keeps the spark shining bright. Sending a big heartfelt hug from Stockholm to you...

(Western Australia) Of course all the clouds had to blow away.

Do you ever have one of those moments when you just have to stop your vehicle immediately, grab your camera and shoot?

This field seemed to have a bit of everything going on......light, vibrant colour, water, reflection, mood, clouds, silhouette.

What really caught my eye were all the pretty layers.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for viewing.

The Falls of Falloch (Eas Falloch in Scottish Gaelic; meaning the Hidden Falls) is a waterfall and picnic area, north of Loch Lomond.

Located just of the A82, 3 miles south of Crianlarich.

When you park in the car park, it's only a short 5 minute walk to the falls. You can view the falls from the riverbank, or a specially designed cage.

The Falls are part of the River Falloch which ultimately run into Loch Lomond.

The pool at the bottom of the falls is called Rob Roy's bathtub - I tried to find out why, but couldn't find the reason. I did find out it was popular with wild swimmers.

A rather nice sky on the commute home.

Taken with the Leica Summilux Steelrim at f/1.4. Notice the flare on the yard lights to the right of the frame, stopping down just a little makes the flaring go away.

'Bowl of Beauty' Peony is famous for its huge, hot-pink outer petals that surround a soft and frilly ivory-yellow center, with each bloom measuring up to 10" across.

One of the most attractive peonies available, and one of my faves to photograph ..

An incredible place of pristine turquoise waters, white sand and lichen painted fiery red rocks.

Found this while digging around in the archive. From our visit to the gardens on the Isle of Mainau in Konstanz, Germany. A lovely, lovely place filled with gardens and trails and benches and many, many flowers.

more Flowers

more Germany

Pentax K-3 - HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4.5-6.3 ED PLM WR RE

(IMG38980ec3a)

Flamboyance of Flamingos is another term for a flock, this group is relaxing and grazing, they are a colorful group! Found in my travels along the way.

(Coven of Crows: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Liminal%20Worlds/139/37/25 )

Street of Montreal

Leica 35mm F2.0

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This "city" is a New Mexico State Park in one square mile of Chihuahuan desert at 5,200 feet elevation. It is made up of large, sculpted rock formations rising around 40 feet. Erosion created these enigmatic shapes over millions of years.

Happy Slider Sunday!

The Houses of York and Lancaster....1455-1485...not much of a game about it though...

Another shot from deep in the archive...back in the 550D days :)

One of my favorite authors, Italo Calvino, one of my favorite books.

“You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade. Best to close the door; the TV is always on in the next room. Tell the others right away, "No, I don't want to watch TV!" Raise your voice -- they won't hear you otherwise -- "I'm reading! I don't want to be disturbed!" Maybe they haven't heard you, with all that racket; speak louder, yell: "I'm beginning to read Italo Calvino's new novel!" Or if you prefer, don't say anything: just hope they'll leave you alone.”

Monet spent the summer of 1867 with his family at Sainte-Adresse, a seaside resort near Le Havre. It was there that he painted this buoyant,sunlit scene of contemporary leisure,enlisting his father (shown seated in a panama hat) and other relatives as models. By adopting an elevated viewpoint and painting the terrace,sea,and sky as three distinct bands of high-keyed color,Monet emphasized the flat surface of the canvas. His approach—daring for its time—reflects his admiration for Japanese prints. Twelve years after it was made,Monet exhibited the picture at the fourth Impressionist exhibition of 1879 as Jardin à Sainte-Adresse.

“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”

― Sylvia Plath

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOiW_xY-kc

EVERYBODY HURTS – R.E.M.

A Day in the Life of an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) or What it is to be Me ...

The darkness fell on me like a hungry wolf

and cloaking me in velveteen

it disappeared me into oblivion

The cool wet earth squelched between my toes

and the holes in my boots

widened like the mouths of ravenous dogs

The stench of the marshlands

hit my nostrils full pelt

and brought me to my knees

whereupon it dissipated into nothingness

The moon looked down forming an eye

like the Eye of Horus

and the tree licked with long lashes

the cold night air that seeped through the gaps

and steeped in abject misery time after time elapsed

and the world I'd inhabited for so long collapsed

The limbs of the forest and leaves that fell

and intricate tendrils coiled and toiled

in the frozen breath and the belly of the earth

I felt the cloying darkness descending fast

The carpet of Autumn was widespread

and dawning on me now was the realisation

the dread of Winter was arriving

devoid of polite and solicitous invitation

with total disregard or due consideration

The search for the last leaf left

was fast approaching from every compass point

and I stood still as Winter swept around me

my ankles bitten hard and knees grazed

by the North wind ice-tipped arrows

The Moon was orange and looked warm

as it reflected the Sun back to it

like a mirror at a fairground distorted and forlorn

and hid the truth as even our own eyes thus deceived us

The impression was of the fiercest heat

and the facade kept on growing

building on the illusion

that stills the beating of my heart

the last breath on my lips so blue

the final moment when it comes

is as seamless as the first

and yet the hunger and the thirst

are no longer felt

are surplus to requirement

all that is needed now

is completeness

of the circle of life

and stillness

peace and quiet

profound or without ground

desire no longer felt

and all the sins wiped clean

cleansed and bathed

and laid in readiness

for the cycle to begin again

and again

and again

ad infinitum

world without end

oh the hopeless futility of it all

and yet

I had found love

I had found beauty

I had found a pathway

through every uncertainty

and I kept on going

no matter what

I am small

I am a speck

and yet

I am not beaten yet …

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Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission

Seen in the environment museum of Stymphalia

Spring flowers and sunset light - what do you want more :) And I still can't get enough of these amazing flare rays the Helios produces under certain conditions. Hope you like it too!

Port of Blyth from Cambois beach, Northumberland, England, UK

I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful, an endless prospect of magic and wonder.

~ Ansel Adams ~

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Comment by cocoesperanza

"So she took her love for to gaze awhile

Among the fields of barley

In his arms she fell as her hair came down

Among the fields of gold "

♫ Fields of Gold ♫

Thanks, coco !!!

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"Fields Of Gold"

When we walked in the fields of gold

Merlin at the top of a wardrobe asking for caresses.

Posted for happy Caturday's theme: "Communication"

LACPIXEL - 2021

Fluidr

Please don't use this image without my explicit permission.

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Lake of Constance, Hard, Austria

This was one of my favourite light displays at Vivid this year. It was amazing to walk through here!! If you look carefully, you can see all the people in there. Last weekend Sydney was struck by extreme weather and this display was damaged by the gale force winds. It has now been fixed. In fact, lights at Vivid were switched off for two nights, except for The Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This was for safety reasons because of the weather.

Sorry everyone for not being on Flickr much lately, I've been so busy. I will have time over our long weekend to catch up:)) Have a wonderful weekend my friends!

One of the best Day of the Dead paintings I have seen on this wall in the restaurant Dos Bandidos in Broken Arrow. Have a fantastic Wednesday Walls!

Another architectural composition of Moscow.

Borodinskiy bridge over the river Moscow

At the core of the modern bridge - bearing arch bridge, built in 1911-1912 by engineers NI Oskolkov, MI Schekotova and architect RI Klein (featuring AD Chichagova) as a monument to the Battle of Borodino to 100- anniversary of World War II. Rebuilt in 1952 and 1999-2001, with the replacement of carrying spans, extension and superstructure supports.

Stalin skyscraper built in the years 1948-1953 (architects Professor Vladimir Gelfreikh, MA Minkus). The central volume includes 27 floors, the building height - 172 m. The building is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Russian Foreign Minister).

A characteristic feature of skyscrapers is a great emblem of the USSR on its facade. Emblem mounted in reinforced concrete, is located at an altitude of 114 m and covers an area of 144 square meters.

On the left hotel Belgrad On the right hotel Golden Ring.

"smile on saturday"

Many of you will go what the heck is wrong with Brat. Nothing. This is for all of us that at one time or another suffered some form of abuse. This is something for people to sit back and think... and please do before you speak. Words hurt as much as the physical abuse.

So chins up, set your boundaries, be yourself a beautiful angel inside and out. Let the bruises heal and find that inner beauty again.

🎼: Because of you~ Kelly Clarkson~

✈️ : Fae Forest

I will not make

The same mistakes that you did

I will not let myself

Cause my heart so much misery

I will not break

The way you did, you fell so hard

I've learned the hard way

To never let it get that far

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you

I am afraid

I lose my way

And it's not too long before you point it out

I cannot cry

Because I know that's weakness in your eyes

I'm forced to fake

A smile, a laugh everyday of my life

My heart can't possibly break

When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you

I am afraid

I watched you die

I heard you cry every night in your sleep

I was so young

You should have known

Better than to lean on me

You never thought of anyone else

You just saw your pain

And now I cry in the middle of the night

For the same damn thing

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I try my hardest just to forget everything

Because of you

I don't know how to let anyone else in

Because of you

I'm ashamed of my life

Because it's empty

Because of you

I am afraid

Because of you

Because of you

Valley of Fire State Park near Overton, Nevada. An absolutely beautiful place to visit

In Greek mythology Icarus was the son of the craftsman Daedalus. It was Daedalus who made the wings of feathers and wax that he and Icarus used to attempt to escape Crete. Unfortunately Icarus did not pay attention to Daedalus' warnings about flying too close to the sun. Soon the wax melted and Icarus fell out of the sky to his death.

The lesson in this moral tale is to beware of hubris. As an ancient Hebrew proverb puts it, "Pride goeth before a fall." And Icarus' fall was tragic. But we can forgive Icarus for wanting to soar to the heavens as he had seen the birds do countless times. Don't kill the dream for risk of failure. That dream drove Orville and Wilbur Wright to achieve the once unthinkable - powered human flight.

... fields of daffodils at RHS Wisley. A treat for Mr T and I last Saturday - a welcome break from the stresses of preparing to move house on 15 April! (We exchanged Contracts on April 1st - happily it wasn't a joke!!)XX

No title …..yet……

If you have a suggestion for this photo, don't hesitate to tell me.

Thanks and enjoy the beginning of the weekend. ;-))

~~~~~~

Update: I got beautiful suggestions for a title, like:

- I see the Light!

- Come closer !

- Optical illusion

- Licht en schaduw ( in English: Light and Shadow)

- Reflect on my glasses

- Not too much light please…

- Time on a shadow

- Mirror of soul

-Time to put your glasses on

- Square peg in a round hole

It is hard to choose, but I did… and it will be "Mirror of soul" !

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

It was one of this mornings with some low hanging mist in between the hills of my hometown. As the sun came over the horizon, the small beech forest was flooded with fresh morning light and I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.

Music recommendation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly03DKdUF-k

November 2018 | Tannenberg

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De monniksparkiet of muisparkiet (Myiopsitta monachus) is een parkiet uit Argentinië en het zuidelijke deel van Brazilië in Zuid-Amerika. Als exoot doen deze vogels het goed in Europa en Noord-Amerika.

Monniksparkieten hebben een opvallende groene kop, een olijfgroene buik en een lange, groene staart. Hun voorhoofd, teugel, wangen, kin, keel en de bovenborst zijn lichtgrijs. Het verenkleed bij beide geslachten is gelijk. Ze hebben een kromme papegaaiensnavel, die lichtbeige-roze is. Het verschil tussen mannetjes en poppen is nauwelijks te zien. Men gaat ervan uit dat poppen iets groter gebouwd zijn dan de mannen. De lichaamslengte bedraagt 29 cm en het gewicht 125 gram.

In het wild bestaat het menu voornamelijk uit bloemknoppen, jong blad, boombast, bessen en verse zaden. In de broedtijd worden ook rupsen en kleine insecten gegeten.

Per keer legt het vrouwtje vijf tot twaalf eieren. Deze worden in ongeveer 24 dagen uitgebroed. Zowel het mannetje als het vrouwtje helpen mee met het uitbroeden van de eieren en met het opvoeden van de jongen.

Met dank aan wikipedia

Barcelona, Spanje

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A foggy morning at the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, better known from James Cameron's "Avatar".

A lot of fog moved around the karst mountains, of which there are more than 3000 in the national park.

One minute after this picture the fog became so dense that we could not see anything for the rest of the day ... except fog ;-))

Wish you good light for the coming year ... and that you see more than just fog!

Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!

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the eternity between Monday and the next weekend...

Happy Macro Monday everyone!

This cube is part of a perpetual calendar I have, consisting of four cubes (weekday, 2x date, and month), its edge length is a little less than 1 cm (= about 0.3937007874 inches). I put it on a mirror and used a table-top tripod. Light sources were the ceiling light and a little bit of blue hour remaining light from the window.

The first rays of sunshine, on a near deserted Surfers Paradise beach.

Shades Of Green !! The gorgeous Crimsom Rumped Toucanet is another species one can see while visiting Ecuador ! This was taken on our recent trip to Ecuador and it was a first for me. Beautiful and great fun to see and photograph !!

Wishing you all a great and blessed day !!

#Contained for #MacroMondays

Sky reflected from windows. Image measures 5cm across.

“Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering ‘It will be happier.’”

– Alfred, Lord Tennyson

St Giles' Cathedral - Edinburgh

St Giles' Cathedral, also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. Its distinctive crown steeple is a prominent feature of the city skyline, at about a third of the way down the Royal Mile which runs from the Castle to Holyrood Palace. The church has been one of Edinburgh's religious focal points for approximately 900 years. The present church dates from the late 14th century, though it was extensively restored in the 19th century, and is protected as a category A listed building.

Today it is sometimes regarded as the "Mother Church of Presbyterianism". The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Giles, who is the patron saint of Edinburgh, as well as of cripples and lepers, and was a very popular saint in the Middle Ages. It is the Church of Scotland parish church for part of Edinburgh's Old Town.

Source - [Wikipedia]