" A cold wind sets upon my back

The sky is getting full

And turning black

I lost my way

When I lost you

I need a moment more

This can't be true

The one that I need

Help my see beyond the surface

My purpose

You were my north-star

You were my always

You were my compass

Now I've turn sideways

Who did you turn too

What can you say

Ashes, ashes.. "

- Claire Guerreso -

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZyq_B_vMQU

A flock or bevy of Trumpeter Swans flying low over Martindale Flats in Central Saanich, BC.

I had just taken shots of another group flying higher in the sky and was exposed for them, when this group on the ground took off as well. The results were a tad underexposed, but I love the mood it created. I cropped a bit close on purpose and composed it to create some tension in the frame. (It also didn't help that I was near enough, I clipped the first bird, leaving me with few cropping choices).

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On this sad day for France, I am speechless...

(Why the Malachite - the colours of the French flag all present.)

I have created a group "Je suis Paris" for the purpose of sympatizing with the people of France. Please post your contributions to that group.

(For what its worth, this image was captured in the wild in the Kruger National Park.)

Children joyful dancing in the sun

With a blissful ignorance of what's to come

When the guardsmen start to struggle

And the barriers give way

We're broken and we wither in the fray

We are husks

Alive but barely breathing

Sometimes we pull ourselves together

But our efforts fade away

We are dust

Crumbling by the moment

We try to push away the ending

And black roses fall the same

Running off afraid of what's to come

When you're facing down the barrel of the lawman's gun

But the saints have learned the secret

And the rebels know the same

We're killing just to bury our remains

We are husks

Alive but barely breathing

Sometimes we pull ourselves together

But our efforts fade away

We are dust

Crumbling by the moment

We try to push away the ending

And black roses fall the same

Preludes of every stanza

End on repeating notes

A tale of woe and sadness

Chоrus of silent throats

We try and keep a memory

Transcribing every line

But when they turn to ashes

We perish slaves to time

Burned out on borrowed moments

Used up like cigarettes

We feel our time expiring

But it's not over yet

Each finds a meager purpose

Though our cold grave awaits

We face the morbid beauty

Of our collective fate

We are flawed

Chained to the laws of nature

I guess we'll have to teach each other

To leave legends to our names

We are husks

Alive but barely breathing

Sometimes we pull ourselves together

But our efforts fade away

We are dust

Crumbling by the moment

We try to push away the ending

And black roses fall the same

We are husks

Alive but barely breathing

Sometimes we pull ourselves together

But our efforts fade away

We are husks

Alive but barely breathing

Sometimes we pull ourselves together

But our efforts fade away

We are dust

Crumbling by the moment

We try to push away the ending

And black roses fall the same

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is to find the most comfortable place in the house to hang out and nap.

3/3- Comme je n'avais pas bougé depuis un bon moment on peut dire que c'est lui qui est venu à moi sans le faire exprès sans doute. C'est mon premier face à face avec junior. Il y en aura plusieurs autres mais plus jamais aussi près

3/3- As I had not moved for a long time, we can say that it was he who came to me without doing it on purpose, no doubt. This is my first face-to-face with junior. There will be several more but never so close

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From 7th Street in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

... are my reality... 🎶

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(Thanks Karol for finding this song title)

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In my garden. La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

12 cm (4.7 in). The male White-sided Flowerpiercer is all black with white tufts on the sides. The female is a uniformly rich brown with white tufts on the sides.

The White-sided Flowerpiercer (Diglossa albilatera) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. The hooked, upturned bill is used to puncture the bases of flowers for the purpose of feeding on nectar. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest at altitudes between at least 1800 and 2800 m.

Source: Wikipedia

"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

~Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912

Sometimes I think that he poses for these photo ops on purpose...He likes to go up to this landing, and then has trouble navigating the hardwood stairs on the way down.

HFF...

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Storm - Lifehouse

How long have I been in this storm?

So overwhelmed by the ocean's shapeless form

Water's getting harder to tread

With these waves crashing over my head

If I could just see you

Everything would be alright

If I'd see you

This darkness would turn to light

And I will walk on water

And you will catch me if I fall

And I will get lost into your eyes

I know everything will be alright

I know everything is alright

I know you didn't bring me out here to drown

So why am I ten feet under and upside down?

Barely surviving has become my purpose

'Cause I'm so used to living underneath the surface

If I could just see you

Everything would be alright

If I'd see you

This darkness would turn to light

And I will walk on water

And you will catch me if I fall

And I will get lost into your eyes

I know everything will be alright

And I will walk on water

And you will catch me if I fall

And I will get lost into your eyes

I know everything will be alright

I know everything is alright

Picture taken at: Trace

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The Winter Wren is a plump round ball with a stubby tail that it usually holds straight up. Its bill is small and thin

Nockamixon State Park, Quakertown, PA, USA

Nikon Z9 and Nikon 500 mm 5.6 PF Lens ISO320 f/603 1/250 with fill flash

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Stone Harbor Point, New Jersey, USA

During August and September, we observed 4 juvenile Piping Plovers in the same general area of the beach. They were usually in the tire tracks or up in the dunes on the dry sand. Nice images but I prefer my shorebirds in the surf or on the wet sand. It was late in the afternoon with about 90 minutes of light left when we came upon our 4 friends. Were where they? In the tire tracks of course. We had to make a decision. Do we wait and hope that the birds move to the water or continue on our way and hope to find something else to work with. We decided to give them 15 minutes. Boy am I glad we waited. They did indeed head to the water and were outrageously cooperative. They made up for all the hours we patiently waited over the summer. We took tons of images but this was my favorite.

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For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name's sake, Lead me and guide me. - Psalm 31:3

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Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Titusville, Florida, USA

This good looking guy took a bath (of course his back was to me), then began to preen his feathers. It's breeding season so he wants to look his best for the gals.

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Nikon D500 camera with Nikon 500mm f5.6 E PF lens.

1/2000 F5.6 ISO 640

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

—Galatians 2:20

In the area of East Bali the "Salak“ - snake fruit are especially sweet and famous for their quality! Along the small road we can find small shops where women are selling fruits and herbs, also for traditional medicine. The black banner sign above tells, there are herbal products available for heart problems, impotence, and pregnancy disorders.

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The New Synagogue on Oranienburger Strasse in the district of Berlin-Mitte is a building of outstanding importance for the history of the Jews in Berlin and an important architectural monument. It was inaugurated in 1866. The remaining part of the structure is a listed building.

It was once the largest and most important synagogue in Germany and today is not only a place where Jewish life is practiced, but also a popular tourist attraction.

Who likes to read more about the architecture pleas check:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Synagogue_(Berlin)

Today's Sunday is national mourning day, in Germany a public holiday to commemorate those who fell in the Second World War. therefore with these pictures I include the memory of the fate of the Jewish fellow citizens who were inflicted so much suffering in this period and who have an infinite number of deaths to mourn.

Deutsch:

Die Neue Synagoge an der Oranienburger Straße in der Spandauer Vorstadt im Ortsteil Mitte von Berlin ist ein Gebäude von herausragender Bedeutung für die Geschichte der Juden in Berlin und ein wichtiges Baudenkmal. Sie wurde 1866 eingeweiht. Der noch vorhandene Teil des Bauwerks steht unter Denkmalschutz.

Sie war einst die größte und bedeutendste Synagoge Deutschlands und heute nicht nur ein Ort, an dem das jüdische Leben praktiziert wird, sondern auch ein viel besuchter Touristenmagnet.

Wer mehr wisse echte:

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Synagoge_(Berlin)

Volkstrauertag

Der heutige Sonntag ist Volkstrauertag, in Deutschland ein Feiertag zum Gedenken an die Gefallenen des Zweiten Weltkriegs. deshalb schließe ich mit diesen Bildern das das Andenken an das Schicksal der jüdischen Mitbürger denen in dieser Zeitperiode so viel Leid zugefügt wurde und unendlich viel Tote zu beklagen haben mit ein.

I took this photo in 1999 with an analog Canon EOS AZ300 camera, and Kodak Gold negative film, ISO 100. Then scanned it with a Nikon Coolscan LS40ED film scanner.

(Neg.Jack1,05-1999_030)

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7DWF: Crazy Tuesday: New purposes/aspirations

In my garden. La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

Nothing wrong with its bill. The hooked, upturned bill is used to puncture the bases of flowers for the purpose of feeding on nectar.

The Rusty Flowerpiercer is a small tanager of South American mountains. The species is found in forest, edge habitat, and gardens between 1500 and 3000 meters from the coastal mountains of Venezuela south along the Andes to northern Argentina. Total length, both sexes: 11 cm.

Neotropical Birds Online: <a href="http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=634956"

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Edwin Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, USA.

It's that time of the year. The boys are showing off for the girls, but she's playing hard to get.

Nikon D500 camera with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter.

1/12500 f5.6 ISO 800

Look on my suffering and deliver me,

for I have not forgotten your law.

Defend my cause and redeem me;

preserve my life according to your promise.

Salvation is far from the wicked,

for they do not seek out your decrees.

Your compassion, Lord, is great;

preserve my life according to your laws.

Psalm 119:153-156

This song sparrow is resting in a redosier dogwood shrub. These wonderful bushes grow naturally in the wet barrens here at Chipera Prairie, but do just as well when planted in the front lawn for decorative purposes.

Also known as Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, this species was given an IUCN status of critically endangered in 2015. Only eight years prior, in 2007, its IUCN status was "near threatened", and it was subsequently degraded down through "vulnerable" and "endangered" to its current status. The BirdLife International Fact Sheet for this species estimates that there are only 22,000 individuals left in the world. The biggests threats are poisoning (a technique used to kill predators of livestock, this species and other carrion feeders are also impacted), medicinal purposes, and habitat loss. This species is also considered the highest flying bird in the world. There is documented collision with a commercial airliner at 37,000 feet (the bird was sucked into the engine, killing the bird; the engine was shut down and the plane landed safely).

“The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows—a wall against the wind. This is the willow’s purpose.”

- Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

Mako's Take

A ring-necked duck floating around Pond 6 with purpose. A poorly named duck. In just the right light you can see a faint chestnut-colored ring around the base of its neck. Not a great mark to identify this species in the field, but according the the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the ring around the neck stood out to a 19th century biologist that described the species using dead specimens. I've never seen a dead one, so I'll have to take their word for it.

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Ilot du Jardin, entre la plage de l'Estagnol et le fort de Brégançon

A coastal path (or a littoral path) is a trail along a sea shore or a lake shore. For pedestrians, and sometimes for bikers or equestrians. At the origin, these paths were created for customs watching of the ships sending ashore boats with to-be taxed or forbidden goods.

Now, in some countries, these coastal paths are clean, with equipment such as benches and information boards, for touristic purposes.

Un sentier littoral, parfois surnommé « sentier ou chemin des douaniers » en France, est un espace de déambulation piétonne en bordure du domaine maritime (mer ou océan). Généralement bien aménagés car à forte valeur touristique ajoutée, les sentiers littoraux permettaient souvent à l'origine d'assurer l'intégrité douanière du territoire, en réservant à l'État la gestion des frontières.source wikipédia

My purpose for this shot was to make it look like a drone picture, and I think I went pretty close to it!

I absolutely adore this spot, by far my favourite view from Passo del Lupo.

If you go to Marche I strongly suggest you to visit this amazing place.

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Hemkund Sahib in Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India.

Newtown Beverage.

London – In and around Brick Lane

This collection of images was taken in and around Brick Lane, London. This is an area full of New and Old Architecture, Markets, People, Graffiti, Doors, Churches and much more.

This selection is mainly Graffiti, Doors and Shop Fronts. I have made up some frames out of Doors, Walls and Other Material, hope they fit the purpose.

This is the first of a number of postings.

" A Hover Fly and Nectar..."

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"A soul living in tune with its internal purpose is bound to create utter magic" ~ Drew Chadwick

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Tilburg, Willem II Straat (NL) 28-07-2016

Willem II Straat, ter hoogte van huisnummers 13 en 15

De straat is genoemd naar koning Willem II, die graag in Tilburg verbleef en er een paleis heeft laten bouwen. Het paleis is nu in gebruik als stadhuis en wordt vooral gebruikt voor de raadsvergaderingen, het sluiten van huwelijken en voor representatieve doeleinden.

Willem II Straat, near house numbers 13 and 15

The street is named after King Willem II, who liked to stay in Tilburg and had a palace built there. The palace is now used as a town hall and is mainly used for council meetings, marriage ceremonies and for representative purposes.

Willem II Straat, in der Nähe der Hausnummern 13 und 15

Die Straße ist nach König Willem II. genannt, der gerne in Tilburg verblieb und dort einen Palast errichten ließ. Der Palast wird heute als Rathaus genutzt und hauptsächlich für Ratssitzungen, Hochzeitszeremonien und zu repräsentativen Zwecken genutzt.

Willem I StraatI, près des maisons 13 et 15

La rue doit son nom au roi Willem II, qui aimait rester à Tilburg et y fit construire un palais. Le palais est maintenant utilisé comme hôtel de ville et est principalement utilisé pour les réunions du conseil, les cérémonies de mariage et à des fins représentatives.

Willem II Straat, cerca de las casas números 13 y 15

La calle lleva el nombre del rey Willem II, a quien le gustaba quedarse en Tilburg y construir un palacio allí. El palacio ahora se usa como ayuntamiento y se usa principalmente para reuniones del consejo, ceremonias de matrimonio y con fines representativos.

Willem II Straat, vicino ai numeri civici 13 e 15

La strada prende il nome dal re Willem II, a cui piaceva rimanere a Tilburg e lì fece costruire un palazzo. Il palazzo è ora utilizzato come municipio ed è utilizzato principalmente per riunioni del consiglio, cerimonie matrimoniali e per scopi rappresentativi.

Willem II Straat, perto dos números 13 e 15

A rua tem o nome do rei Willem II, que gostava de ficar em Tilburg e teve um palácio construído lá. O palácio agora é usado como uma prefeitura e é usado principalmente para reuniões do conselho, cerimônias de casamento e para fins representativos.

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I just wanted to sneak into the forbidden part of the library for study purposes.. really! Unfortunately professor Dane caught me, the man is alert like a three-eyed lynx - 20 points deducted for... which house was I in again?

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dust bunny . wiccan book stack

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Venturing a little bit outside my comfort zone :-)

Yogi Bear camera, HP5+

HC-110 dilution H, 8 min

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No actual purpose to this shot than a new profile picture. I know, vastly underwhelming!

Current mood: Aephamener - Bloodline 🎵

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No bajaré los brazos. No perderé la fe... seguiré batallando.

Para Crazy Tuesday Theme: "New purposes" 7DWF <3

Life is a Rainbow: Color Gris

Just outside of town is this newly abandoned place. I should probably stop for a better shot but it is on a fairly busy road.

Happy Truck tHuRsDay

Southerness Lighthouse, near Dumfries. This was only the third purpose-built Scottish lighthouse back in 1749, but Southerness Lighthouse is still standing today. Southerness is a beautiful part of Dumfries & Galloway to visit.

Didn't get what's the purpose of it but i caught in the photo. This was near Ness Beach, Shaldon.

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Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, USA

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For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age...

Titus 2:11-12

Red Brick Wall......

The Distillery district is a group of historic buildings re-purposed to attract the younger generation. amidst all the concrete and red sand brick i found this shot of the old sand brick wall with the small beer keg door really caught my eye.. our walk through the distillery district was full of surprises as the artwork is very unique and well worth the trip downtown.

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