@ Willie Creek Pearl Farm, Western Australia.

Where the blues are almost overwhelming.

(Podiceps cristatus) amore travolgente

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While the light tries to make its way

through the menacing dark clouds

swollen with rain ...

The sea waves rise roaring,

shaken by a raging wind ....

Everything seems to be crossed

by uncontrollable and overwhelming forces ...

da forze incontrollabili e travolgenti ...

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🌊 🌊 ♫♬Vivaldi ♬♫ 🌊 🌊

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MANY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU! :)

A small clump of common poppies manage to lift their heads above the overwhelming horde

We're done! This yellow beauty (it's yellow indeed!) concludes a super-long series of 50 staircase images in a row 😊

When I started to post the first image in mid Jan I had no idea that daily posts of staircases would continue for almost two months. Thank you so much for your unbroken, overwhelming response!!!

I really never expected this and I appreciate it a lot🙏🙏🙏

His size and presence was overwhelming.

Events in the world are overwhelming. With the help of two combined photos, I tried to convey my mood.

Disturbing background - Lake Seliger during sunset before a thunderstorm.

Human emotions - Sergey Tabachnikov - guitarist, musician, leader of the Nobody.one group. Having no musical education, he became one of the most popular guitarists in the country.

Tabachnikov plays compositions that are completely different in style. But critics and viewers agree that his work is still closer to instrumental and blues rock.

Taken @ Walsh County Fall 21

♫ TUNE ♫

"Happy Loner"

Waking up late, I feel demotivated

Everything's wrong, guess my thoughts escalated

When I'm alone, things are under control

When I'm alone, I can turn off the world

I try to escape, but I can't lose my mind

That's why I can live a conventional life

'Cause I'm happy being a loner

Happy being a loner

I'm sick of it all, I wanna give it up

But I'm on the edge

And I feel like everything's too much, too much, hmm

Too much, too much, hmm

They don't understand, why I like being alone

I don't wanna be so accessible

Emotionally I'm on the edge of a knife

That's how I learn, that's how I learn to survive

If I'm alone then you'll never find

The truth about me that I'm losing my mind

And it's too hard to pretend

So I stay away from my friends

'Cause I'm happy being a loner

Happy being a loner

I'm sick of it all, I wanna give it up

But I'm on the edge

And I feel like everything's too much, too much, hmm

Too much, too much, hmm

I pick up on everybody's energy

Always used to feel like there was something wrong with me

(Wrong with me)

When the world is overwhelming, I need to breathe

'Cause I'm happy being a loner

Happy being a loner

I'm sick of it all, I wanna give it up

But I'm on the edge

And I feel like everything's too much, too much, hmm

Too much, too much, hmm

Too much, too much, hmm

Too much, too much, hmm

The highest point in the community is the summit of the 988-meter-high Hohe Peißenberg. Because of its overwhelming panoramic view, it is also called the “Bavarian Rigi” or, much less often, “mons parnanssus”. It is considered the most beautiful panoramic mountain in Bavaria and is a popular destination. The mountain's early nicknames were "mons doctus" because of its scholarship and meteorological research. The majority of the inhabitants live on the south side of the mountain, another smaller part is on the west side (districts: Hetten and Buchschorn), a small proportion of the inhabitants is on the north and east sides.

The main town is on the left bank of the Ammer River. The Ammer flows through the Ammer Gorge below the south side of the village.

Steveston Fishing Village on the Fraser River @ Sundown

Richmond

BC

Canada

Kissed by light are some of the Fishing vessels moored at Steveston Docks.

Canada's Largest Fishing Harbour

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay healthy

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Christie (happiest) by the River

~Nautical me

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and sometimes the world can be in a drop.

A combination of afterglow and sunrays continuing to extend the day as long as visually possible.

Last Light - Twilight - Golden Hour - Blue Hour

Bridge Lake is an unincorporated recreational community located at the eastern end of Bridge Lake in the Interlakes District of the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its centre is the small Bridge Lake General Store.

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

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A cloud over the harbour appears to project coloured light upwards looking much like a wall sconce.

Vessels moored at Steveston Docks:

Ku'ulakai - Miki Tugboat 1944, said to be the only intact Miki tug in Canadian waters.

Belima - is a Fishing Vessel built in 1951 and currently sailing under the flag of Canada.

Alaska Queen ll - Fishing Vessel that was built in 1943, currently sailing under the flag of Canada.

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

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There is a sacredness in tears

They are not the mark of weakness but of power

They speak more eloquently than 10,000 tongues.

They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

Golden Hour over a Red Barn

Winter Scene

Beautiful British Columbia

Canada

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zAThXFOy2c

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Happy Clicks,

~Christie

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'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'

The Coast Mountains are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia south to the Fraser River. Wikipedia

Area: 336,962 km²

Farmland - Cranberry field

PITT POLDER - PITT MEADOWS

BRITISH COLUMBIA

CANADA

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Stay healthy

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~Christie

A natural occuring sunstar, back lit through one of the Western Investors front windows.

Steveston Dock's stormy skies set the stage for a moody by bright harbour scene.

Western Investor (Built: 1980) - Fishing Vessel

Ku'ulakai (Built: 1944) - Miki Tug

...and a variety of other commercial boats as seen here in Canada Largest Fishing Harbour

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships

Nautical Me

~Christie (happiest) by the River

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Pacific Navigator Pilot Boat on return to Steveston Harbour

A pilot boat is used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting.

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

*Best experienced in full screen

Bridge Lake is an unincorporated recreational community located at the eastern end of Bridge Lake in the Interlakes District of the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its centre is the small Bridge Lake General Store. Wikipedia

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

*Best experienced in full screen

Zibska Dress: Lilitu [The Secret Affair 15 Sept]

:::K&S::: ~Katya~ poses 14

marketplace.secondlife.com/p/KS-Katya-poses-14/10393875

OCEAN DEFIANT (MMSI: 316038834) is a Tug sailing under the flag of Canada. Her length overall (LOA) is 20 meters and her width is 7 meters.

Moored on the Fraser River

British Columbia

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Happy Clicks,

~Christie

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** No copies please

Dock pilings look like candles in the light

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

~Christie by the River

** Best experienced in full screen

'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'

Mighty Fraser River

Coastal British Columbia

Canada

The Fraser River /ˈfreɪzər/ is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver]. The river's annual discharge at its mouth is 112 cubic kilometres (27 cu mi) or 3,550 cubic metres per second (125,000 cu ft/s), and it discharges 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean.

The river is named after Simon Fraser, who led an expedition in 1808 on behalf of the North West Company from the site of present-day Prince George almost to the mouth of the river.

WIKIPEDIA

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Happy Weekend

~Christie

(Happiest) by the River

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'You were born an original, don't die a copy'

Mighty Fraser River catching the last light of the day

Garry Point Park

Steveston, British Columbia

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

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Sunburst lights up a ship anchored in English Bay

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

Foreground: Two Lifeguards maneuvering their small Lifeboat

COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co., Ltd. is a Chinese international container transportation and shipping company. It is a subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Holdings, and its parent company is China's state-owned COSCO Shipping. Wikipedia

Headquarters: Shanghai, China

Founded: 2016

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.

Stay Healthy

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Commercial Fishing Vessels Moored:

Pacific Lion

Miss Trimar

Northern Shore?

Steveston Fishing Village

Canada's Largest Fishing Harbour - Sundown

Steveston Harbour is situated on the banks of the Fraser River

Richmond, BC

Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all good health.

Happy Clicks,

~Christie by the river

As the sun went lower on the horizon, the incredible paint job on this 1950 custom built Mercury seemed to burn 'hotter' like the sun!

1950 Merc

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHY0YxdswyY

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

~Christie by the River

** Best experienced in full screen

'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'

Steveston on the Fraser River

Richmond, British Columbia

Canada

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

*Best experienced in full screen red heart

Builder: Sylte Shipyard Ltd. (2018)

Measurement: (metric)17.96m x 8.08m x 4.30m

Hull: Steel

Gross Tonnage: 125.94

Registered Tonnage: 94.45

Engine: 2-594kw diesel engines

Engine Propulsion: Twin Screw

*Unverified info. as per online sources

Golden Ears Bridge spanning the Fraser River

British Columbia - West Coast Winter

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

PIPER - PA 31

Private Plane backlit by golden winter light, parked on a snowy tarmac outside the hangar.

Pitt Meadows Airport

Pitt Meadows, British Columbia

Canada

Always looking for a subject and perspective a little different than others.

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

~Christie by the River

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Why be a copy, when you were born an original

Filtered light rays back lights the mast of the tilting sailboat

The conditions were windy, and kite boarders shared the waterway.

Squamish, British Columbia

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay healthy

Happy Clicks,

~Nautical me - Christie

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Little aluminum runabout buzzing laps around Alouette Lake, under the sky's changing sunset colours.

British Columbia's Coastal Mountains

Canada

Alouette Lake, originally Lillooet Lake and not to be confused with the lake of that name farther north, is a lake and reservoir in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the southeast foot of the mountain group known as the Golden Ears and is about 16 km in length on a northeast-southwest axis. Wikipedia

Alouette Lake is in Golden Ears Provincial Park, which is one of the largest parks in British Columbia.

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay healthy

Happy Clicks,

~Nautical me - Christie

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Alaska Queen ll - Fishing Vessel

(IMO: 5232907) is a Fishing Vessel that was built in 1943 (78 years ago) . Her length overall (LOA) is 22.34 meters and her width is 6.53 meters.

Currently sailing under the flag of Canada. Formerly also known as MERMAID II. It's gross tonnage is 106 tons.

* Please note, This Information has been taken from online sources and has not been verified to be accurate.

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

*Best experienced in full screen

The vessel SOLITA ( MMSI 316004681) is a Fishing vessel and currently sailing under the flag of Canada.

False Creek is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver. It separates downtown from the rest of the city. It was named by George Henry Richards during his Hydrographic survey of 1856-63. George Richards named False Creek during his survey of the coast in the mid-19th century. While traveling along the south side of the Burrard Inlet, he thought he was traversing a creek; upon discovering his error, he gave the waterway its modern name. Wikipedia

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.

Stay Healthy.

Happy Clicks

~Christie

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Various Fishing Vessels moored in Richmond, BC

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

Burrard Inlet @ Sundown

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

Vancouver Island mountains in the background

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay healthy

Happy Clicks,

~Nautical me - Christie

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Seaspan Trio

British Columbia

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay healthy

Happy Clicks,

~Christie ( happiest ) by the River

Nautical me

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...:::: How U doing - Younha :::...

Whatever.

If the clouds lift and you are lucky

Like a rainbow of transparent pieces

I was able to think about it

Then we

The relationship is

By chance, he comes up and leaves,

The more I try, the more it hurts.

I've become like this

Trying to keep my heart in my mind

Being an adult who can hug a child

I'm proud of it

Sometimes it's a little overwhelming, but I endure it

I know I'll fall asleep for tomorrow

I don't cry anymore

How you doing

I hope you're doing well

Don't be hurt by the words that were mistakes.

Even if I can't go back, I remember it

It's deep in my heart

Where're you going

If we were together by now

I think it would have been nice

Still, there must be a reason

I like it

I hope you're doing well too.

How you doing

I hope you're doing well

Don't be hurt by the words that were mistakes.

Even if I can't go back, I remember it

It's deep in my heart

Where're you going

If we were together by now

I think it would have been nice

Still, there must be a reason

I like it

I hope you're doing well too.

Trying to keep my heart in my mind

Being an adult who can hug a child

I'm proud of it

Sometimes it's a little overwhelming, but I endure it

I know I'll fall asleep for tomorrow

I don't cry anymore

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Stay Healthy

~Christie

*Best experienced in full screen ❤

Lazy days and Weekends

Alouette Lake

British Columbia

Canada

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.

Happy Clicks,

~Christie

* Best experienced full screen

Various types of boats tie up at Steveston docks. Including the vessel named 'STAR'

Canada Largest Fishing Harbour

A dramatic looking cloud cover moved across Steveston Docks, making for a moody but bright presence.

The scenic, Steveston Heritage Fishing Village is a charming & ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC on the Mighty Fraser River

Paramount Gulf

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

I 💖 Steveston

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you so much for your overwhelming support. Always enjoy your visits and comments

Happy Clicks,-

~Christie (happiest) by the River

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*** No part of this image may be copied, reproduced, or distributed outside Flickr, without my express written permission.

White Rock is an oceanfront city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of Metro Vancouver.

White Rock has a moderate climate, with average daily high temperatures of 23 degrees Celsius in summer and 6 degrees Celsius in winter.

White Rock is named for a distinctive large white boulder on its beach near the promenade, a glacial erratic that migrated south during the last glaciation. The 486-ton granite boulder was kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds whose guano covered the rock, so much so that 19th-century sailors used it as a beacon. However, it is now kept white through monthly applications of white paint by the city parks department, and has been a popular graffiti target for over thirty years.

Legend.

The large, white rock is mentioned in the legends of the local Coast Salish peoples. One legend says that the white rock marks the landing spot of a stone that was hurled across the Strait of Georgia by a young chief It was said that he and his bride would move from Vancouver Island to wherever the rock landed to make a home together.

Information complied from Wikipedia

I truly appreciate your kind words and would like to thank-you all, for your overwhelming support.

~Christie

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Boats moored and reflecting off the rippled waters of False Creek.

Bridges Restaurant (Yellow Building) is located on Granville Island is the heart of Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

Amongst hundreds of boats moored:

Richardson's Point ( Dedicated to Darlene )

Seadog

Slipstream

False Creek is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver. It separates downtown from the rest of the city. It was named by George Henry Richards during his Hydrographic survey of 1856-63. George Richards named False Creek during his survey of the coast in the mid-19th century. While traveling along the south side of the Burrard Inlet, he thought he was traversing a creek; upon discovering his error, he gave the waterway its modern name. Wikipedia

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.

Stay Healthy.

Happy Clicks

~Christie

**Best experienced in full screen

Steveston docks stormy skies set the stage for a moody by bright harbour scene.

Moored:

Ku'ulakai - Miki Tugboat (1944) 💖 I love this tug

....and various other Steveston Harbour boats

Steveston is an ever so romantic fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River

Canada

Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.

If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'

www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764

Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships

Nautical Me

~Christie (happiest) by the River

>>>Best experienced in full screen<<<

*** No part of this image may be copied, reproduced, or distributed outside Flickr, without my express written permission.

Design: Subject and style, write-ups, descriptions, words and language are my own ideas. Please do not copy. Thank-you

Fraser River

British Columbia

Canada

Thank-you so much for your overwhelming support. Always enjoy your visits and comments

Happy Clicks,

~Christie by the River

>>>Best experienced in full screen<<<

*** No part of this image may be copied, reproduced, or distributed outside Flickr, without my express written permission.