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English translation:
Feeling
One is happy,
the other is sad,
he whispers: pray, kneel, make one last wish.
One is happy, the other is sad,
he whispers: smile.
One is happy,
the other is sad,
he whispers: pray, kneel, make one last wish.
One is happy, the other is sad,
he whispers: smile like me.
It kind of feels like
being stabbed with a knife,
It kind of feels like—I can’t hear you well, what?
You look almost afraid, whoa man, that makes me want to cry.
It kind of feels like that, it kind of feels like that.
It kind of feels like being stabbed with a knife.
It kind of feels like— I can’t hear you well, what?
You look almost afraid, whoa man, that makes me want to cry.
One is happy and the other is sad.
It kind of feels like
being stabbed with a knife,
It kind of feels like— I can’t hear you well, what?
You look almost afraid, whoa man,
that makes me want to cry,
I can’t stand watching.
And the other one is sad.
It’s like how a homo feels
When he doesn’t like the men,
Like a stoner looking for his fix,
it’s not his fault he can’t stop feeling tormented.
He perceives your body like it were sound,
then suddenly, in-between the two,
he reconsiders everything and counts on the fingers of his one hand
all the loves they threw,
and there will still be fingers remaining,
but that’s a thing everyone knows!
And one is happy and the other is sad,
he whispers: pray, kneel, make one last wish.
One is happy, the other is sad,
he whispers: smile like me.
And one is happy
(It kind of feels like)
and the other is sad,
(being stabbed with a knife,)
he whispers: pray,
(it kind of feels like—)
kneel, make one last wish.
(I can’t hear you well, what? You look almost afraid,)
One is happy, the other is sad, he whispers: smile like me.
(whoa man, that makes me want to cry.)
It’s that kind of feeling.
translator: frog
Depth perception is the ability to see the world in three dimensions and to perceive distance. Although this ability may seem simple, depth perception is remarkable when you consider that the images projected on each retina are two-dimensional.
It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.
-- C. W. Leadbeater
Taken in our garden this Spring.
The tulip is a perennial, bulbous plant with showy flowers in the genus Tulipa, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted and which belongs to the family Liliaceae.
The genus's native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, North to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China. The tulip's centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains. It is a typical element of steppe and winter-rain Mediterranean vegetation. A number of species and many hybrid cultivars are grown in gardens, as potted plants, or as cut flowers.
Tulips are spring-blooming perennials that grow from bulbs. Depending on the species, tulip plants can be between 4 inches (10 cm) and 28 inches (71 cm) high. The tulip's large flowers usually bloom on scapes with leaves in a rosette at ground level and a single flowering stalk arising from amongst the leaves.Tulip stems have few leaves. Larger species tend to have multiple leaves. Plants typically have two to six leaves, some species up to 12. The tulip's leaf is strap-shaped, with a waxy coating, and the leaves are alternately arranged on the stem; these fleshy blades are often bluish green in color. Most tulips produce only one flower per stem, but a few species bear multiple flowers on their scapes (e.g. Tulipa turkestanica). The generally cup or star-shaped tulip flower has three petals and three sepals, which are often termed tepals because they are nearly identical. These six tepals are often marked on the interior surface near the bases with darker colorings. Tulip flowers come in a wide variety of colors, except pure blue (several tulips with "blue" in the name have a faint violet hue).
The flowers have six distinct, basifixed stamens with filaments shorter than the tepals. Each stigma has three distinct lobes, and the ovaries are superior, with three chambers. The tulip's seed is a capsule with a leathery covering and an ellipsoid to globe shape. Each capsule contains numerous flat, disc-shaped seeds in two rows per chamber. These light to dark brown seeds have very thin seed coats and endosperm that does not normally fill the entire seed.
Etymology
The word tulip, first mentioned in western Europe in or around 1554 and seemingly derived from the "Turkish Letters" of diplomat Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, first appeared in English as tulipa or tulipant, entering the language by way of French: tulipe and its obsolete form tulipan or by way of Modern Latin tulīpa, from Ottoman Turkish tülbend ("muslin" or "gauze"), and may be ultimately derived from the Persian: دلبند delband ("Turban"), this name being applied because of a perceived resemblance of the shape of a tulip flower to that of a turban. This may have been due to a translation error in early times, when it was fashionable in the Ottoman Empire to wear tulips on turbans. The translator possibly confused the flower for the turban.
Tulips are called laleh (from Persian لاله, lâleh) in Persian, Turkish, Arabic, and Bulgarian. In Arabic letters, "laleh" is written with the same letters as Allah, which is why the flower became a holy symbol. It was also associated with the House of Osman, resulting in tulips being widely used in decorative motifs on tiles, mosques, fabrics, crockery, etc. in the Ottoman Empire
Cultivation
Tulip cultivars have usually several species in their direct background, but most have been derived from Tulipa suaveolens, often erroneously listed as Tulipa schrenkii. Tulipa gesneriana is in itself an early hybrid of complex origin and is probably not the same taxon as was described by Conrad Gesner in the 16th century.
Tulips are indigenous to mountainous areas with temperate climates and need a period of cool dormancy, known as vernalization. They thrive in climates with long, cool springs and dry summers. Tulip bulbs imported to warm-winter areas of are often planted in autumn to be treated as annuals.
Tulip bulbs are typically planted around late summer and fall, in well-drained soils, normally from 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm) deep, depending on the type. Species tulips are normally planted deeper.
Propagation
Tulips can be propagated through bulb offsets, seeds or micropropagation. Offsets and tissue culture methods are means of asexual propagation for producing genetic clones of the parent plant, which maintains cultivar genetic integrity. Seeds are most often used to propagate species and subspecies or to create new hybrids. Many tulip species can cross-pollinate with each other, and when wild tulip populations overlap geographically with other tulip species or subspecies, they often hybridize and create mixed populations. Most commercial tulip cultivars are complex hybrids, and often sterile.
Offsets require a year or more of growth before plants are large enough to flower. Tulips grown from seeds often need five to eight years before plants are of flowering size. Commercial growers usually harvest the tulip bulbs in late summer and grade them into sizes; bulbs large enough to flower are sorted and sold, while smaller bulbs are sorted into sizes and replanted for sale in the future. The Netherlands are the world's main producer of commercial tulip plants, producing as many as 3 billion bulbs annually, the majority for export.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, the exceptions being the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and bare facial skin of all species become brightly coloured before the breeding season. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America and from polar regions and the open ocean. Pelicans frequent inland and coastal waters, where they feed principally on fish, catching them at or near the water surface. They are gregarious birds, travelling in flocks, hunting cooperatively, and breeding colonially. Four white-plumaged species tend to nest on the ground, and four brown or grey-plumaged species nest mainly in trees. The relationship between pelicans and people has often been contentious. The birds have been persecuted because of their perceived competition with commercial and recreational fishing. Their populations have fallen through habitat destruction, disturbance, and environmental pollution, and three species are of conservation concern. They also have a long history of cultural significance in mythology, and in Christian and heraldic iconography. 28041
Although it is the very same winter, I am 4985 miles away and my ears do not perceive the explosions. My ears are not my mind.
Milwaukee Lakefront
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Greatness is not achieved by ridicule, malice, injustice or relishing in the perceived misconceptions of a being. It is achieved in the ability to inspire another to be, to become even greater than they are.
Damien Godard
“Highly sensitive people are too often perceived as weaklings or damaged goods. To feel intensely is not a symptom of weakness, it is the trademark of the truly alive and compassionate. It is not the empath who is broken, it is society that has become dysfunctional and emotionally disabled. There is no shame in expressing your authentic feelings. Those who are at times described as being a 'hot mess' or having 'too many issues' are the very fabric of what keeps the dream alive for a more caring, humane world. Never be ashamed to let your tears shine a light in this world.”
― Anthon St. Maarten
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The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.
Vincent van Gogh
We don't need to explain our love. We only need to show it.
Paulo Coelho
Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things. Once you perceive it, you will begin to comprehend it better every day. And you will come at last to love the whole world with an all-embracing love.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
The sunsets of Northern Sea in Belgium, are truly stunning!! I have personally experienced those of the beautiful Flemish city of Oostende, during the Summer and Early Autumn days ! I have stayed by the sea a few times with my family, or alone. It has been a mystical experience, really!!
Here you can perceive within 4 phases a truly magnificent sunset , while the sun is setting , creating through the skies and everywhere around , a sensational, serene, multicolored , velvety experience !
We walked past this shop, and after glancing at it's contents i just had to run back to it. Feeling the awkwardness of both my own desire to photograph the amazing sight of all these jars while not wanting to be perceived as a tourist, I asked the purveyor if it was alright to photograph his store. I explained that I live in Morocco and am not actually a tourist, and he surprised me with his response. He said 'it makes no difference, all are welcome'.
Lies waiting a spark, to invigorate a flame
A spark pervasive, in darkness always
Every atom advancing, perpetual in ethereal waves
Every Sun an atom and every atom a sun
Though candles are different, with same fire they burn
Like atoms of life of vain personalities
Every living being, deriving motivating force
From the living ocean of power, the unlimited source
All bodies are mine, one and same consciousness pervading
'Beyond' is just what the senses can't perceive
- Anuj Nair
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big big hugs to all of you..........
this one goes out to my dear friend Philippe Sainte-Laudy.
miss my alsace......
look HeRe for his wonderful website, where I picked the texture I used for this picture.
merci, mon cher ami......
my friends, as you have noticed life is buzy here, my first course is soon over and I am a very good student.
thank you all for your friendship.
take all good care
see you soon
I like this tree, I think its the colour of the bark and the seemingly random growth of its branches. I tried to get a longer shot but it didn't feel right, so up close and personal was the way to go. I will revisit this character as I want to see how I perceive it when things start to turn green. Taken at Whiteleaf, Buckinghamshire
this endangered beauty (due mainly to the loss of habitat) is the largest grouse in north america....'lek activity'......dancing to impress local 'hens' as well as potential challengers...being late in the breeding season I saw no hens on this trip however up to seventy five 'males a struttin'....it's amazing how all grouse species seem to blend perfectly into their surroundings and will 'freeze' when they perceive danger from above....
At sunrise on a cliff overlooking Lake Ontario, a newly-landed Nashville Warbler examines the rolled up leaves for insects.
This was one of about twenty species of Warbler that had arrived that morning, dozens of birds all pushing each other out of perceived ‘hot spots’ for bugs. The beneficiary of that push was anyone with a camera: in the early light, the birds dropped down out of the canopy in their search for food.
That meant that some of the more difficult birds to photograph, because of their fondness for the upper branches of trees, were accessible. This Nashville showed off its field marks that give it its French name: the grey cheeks were fully on display.
Oddly, at what was the peak of the spring migration in Prince Edward County, there were very few birders and few among them had cameras. The entire Prince Edward County National Wildlife Area, a large swath of shoreline and mixed habitats, was mostly without people.
As I have mentioned earlier, I had a few lifers on this visit, as well as a lot of fun, especially with my friend Paul. The enthusiasm of the spring migration was infectious, and everyone we did meet was friendly and sharing news of sightings.
“The sentiment may perceive and love the universe, but the universe cannot perceive and love the sentiment. The universe sees no distinction between the multitude of creatures and elements which comprise it. All are equal. None is favored. The universe, equipped with nothing but the materials and the power of creation, continues to create: something of this, something of that. It cannot control what it creates and it cannot, it seems, be controlled by its creations (though a few might deceive themselves otherwise). Those who curse the workings of the universe curse that which is deaf. Those who strike out at those workings fight that which is inviolate. Those who shake their fists, shake their fists at blind stars.”
― Michael Moorcock, The Knight of the Swords
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Deutschland ist dicht besiedelt. Viel zu dicht, wie ich meine. Trotzdem immer wieder schön, den Blick mal in die Ferne schweifen lassen zu können.
Germany can't offer the endless expanses of parts of America. Nevertheless, there is always a look that we perceive as wide.
Thanks for all your support! ( this is a repost from before the SNOW)
Happy week and lovexox
The sense of light is more than a brightness one might experience on a sunny afternoon.
The light is perceived as being a living radiance that permeates everything, everywhere, always. The light is immediately understood to be the true source of all things, the foundation on which the physicality of the material world is built.
"Unable to perceive the shape of you,
I find you all around me.
Your presence fills my eyes with your love.
It humbles my heart, for you are everywhere."
Hakim Sanai’s, Walled Garden of Truth
4/6
Not so the forest rebel.
He has a tough decision to make: to reserve the right—at any cost—to judge for himself what he is called upon to support or contribute to. There will be considerable sacrifices, but they will be accompanied by an immediate gain in sovereignty. Naturally, as things stand, only a tiny minority will perceive the gain as such. Dominion, however, can only come from those who have preserved in themselves a knowledge of native human measures and who will not be forced by any superior power to forsake acting humanely.
[E. J.]
Well… here’s one more Vertorama from my most productive shoot of my trip… our sunrise photoshoot at the Waterfowl lakes.
This one came out looking nice and cool… and blue… and symmetrical… and tranquil… exactly how I perceived it at the time!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 18mm, aperture of f16, with a 0.77 second exposure.
Click here to check out my Vertorama tutorial.
The modern church was built in 1692 on the site of its predecessor. According to the plan is a typical Ukrainian tripartite temple with faceted Babintsev, nave and altar. Due to the lack of arches interior space is perceived as a whole. The temple is decorated with observance of the canons of the academic school. On the walls there are about 40 scenes in which dominates the biography of the Prophet Elijah. On the walls of the chapel, a plurality of ancient icons.
Сучасну церкву збудували у 1692 році на місці попередниці. За планом це типовий український тридільний храм з гранчастою бабинцем і вівтарем. Через відсутність арок внутрішній простір сприймається як єдине ціле. Храм оформлено з дотриманням канонів академічної школи. На стінах близько 40 сцен, в яких домінує життєпис пророка Іллі. На стінах безліч старовинних ікон.
У першій половині XVIII століття було збудовано двоярусну дзвіницю та встановлено церковну браму в стилі українського бароко, виготовлену київським архітектором Григоровичем-Барським. У 1755 році полковий осавул Павло Іванович Гудима провів реконструкцію храму, в процесі якої було добудовано Іоанно-Предтеченський боковий вівтар. А його брат Федір прийняв священний сан і служив в Іллінському храмі в 1740-х роках.
Splashes of Color.
The sound of water, rambling.
Flow of all moves on.
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Confinement is an illusion.
Allow your thoughts and actions to flow above and beyond the perceived banks of imprisonment.
In short, free your mind, the rest will follow.
as silent knowing it is completely detached from the thinking mind, the perceiving senses, the doing body, the happy or unhappy person. Whatever you perceive is there in the field of knowing but it is not you. ....
away for a month or so. Thanks to all! <3
3.1.2012
Suprematism is an early twentieth-century art movement focused on the fundamentals of geometry (circles, squares, rectangles, triangles). The term refers to a form of abstract art based on the supremacy of pure artistic expression rather than on a visual or literal depiction of objects. It is entirely subjective and gives room for the artist to present what they think or perceive versus what they may see.
Наші прадіди вірили, що відьми не мають сили над горобиною. Українці вірять, що в протистоянні з Росією, яка наче відьма намагається занепастити Україну, Украіна переможе І повернеться до мирного життя.
Наші прадіди вважали горобину, нарівні з дубом. липою, вербою священним деревом. Вони вірили, що в кроні горобини ховаються Перунові блискавки (такі ж червоні, як її ягоди). Гілка горобини з ягодами сприймалася як символ палиці Перуна, здатної захистити людину від усіх бід. З давніх-давен існувала заборона pyбати, ламати, обpивати квіти і ягоди горобини. Дозволялося зрізати її великі гілки тільки для палиць священнослужителів та подорожніх, які вирушали в далеку дорогу.
Our great-grandfathers believed that witches had no power over rowan. Ukrainians believe that in the confrontation with Russia, which is like a witch trying to destroy Ukraine, Ukraine will win and return to a peaceful life.
Our great-grandfathers considered the mountain ash to be equal to the oak. linden, willow sacred tree. They believed that Perun's lightning (as red as its berries) hides in the rowan tree's crown. A rowan branch with berries was perceived as a symbol of Perun's staff, able to protect a person from all troubles. From time immemorial there has been a ban on picking, breaking, and washing rowan flowers and berries. It was allowed to cut its large branches only for the sticks of clergymen and travelers who set off on a long journey.
"But friendship is precious,
not only in the shade,
but in the sunshine of life,
and thanks to a benevolent arrangement
the greater part of life is sunshine."
~ Thomas Jefferson ~
The quote reminds me of one of my favorite words
. . . GESTALT . . .
(When one can experience the beauty of a simple arrangement as a whole unit and not as individual segments.)
Slipping and sliding this evening with a snapshot of a beautiful floral arrangement, wherein one of its parts was composed from the entire arrangement!
Wild South Africa
Kruger National Park
Zebras have excellent eyesight, being able to see well during the day and at night, while wildebeest, which have poor eyesight, have a good sense of hearing and smell. Scientists believe that zebra may even be able to see in color. A combination of their good eyes, ears and noses increases their chances of sensing danger. When a zebra perceives danger it will bray loudly, warning the rest of its own herd as well as the nearby wildebeest.
Sevilla, ES, 2023
[PT] Entre ruas, sombras e ficções
Contemplo ruas, pessoas e pedras, entre ficções e esquecimentos, inspirado no poeta, talvez, percebo as sombras dos gestos de outros, a poesia do crepúsculo, um desassossego.
“...todos somos igualmente derivados de não sei quê, sombras de gestos feitos por outrem, efeitos encarnados, consequências que sentem.” (Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego, v.164)
[ES] Entre calles, sombras y ficciones
Contemplo calles, personas y piedras, entre ficciones y olvidos, inspirado en el poeta, quizás, percibo las sombras de los gestos de otros, la poesía del crepúsculo, una inquietud.
“...todos somos igualmente derivados de no sé qué, sombras de gestos hechos por otra persona, efectos encarnados, consecuencias que sienten.” (Fernando Pessoa, Libro del desasosiego, v.164)
[ENG] Between streets, shadows and fictions
I contemplate streets, people and stones, between fictions and oblivion, inspired by the poet, perhaps, I perceive the shadows of the gestures of others, the poetry of twilight, a restlessness.
“...we are all equally derived from I don't know what, shadows of gestures made by someone else, embodied effects, consequences they feel.” (Fernando Pessoa, Book of Disquiet, v.164)
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
~Rabindranath Tagore~
“Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”
~Alan W. Watts~
Una mattina........
This magnificent male Roo lives in the wild on Raymond Island with his family.
The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus: the red kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia. The Australian government estimates that 34.3 million kangaroos lived within the commercial harvest areas of Australia in 2011, up from 25.1 million one year earlier.
As with the terms "wallaroo" and "wallaby", "kangaroo" refers to a paraphyletic grouping of species. All three refer to members of the same taxonomic family, Macropodidae, and are distinguished according to size. The largest species in the family are called "kangaroos" and the smallest are generally called "wallabies". The term "wallaroos" refers to species of an intermediate size. There is also the tree-kangaroo, another genus of macropod, which inhabits the tropical rainforests of New Guinea, far northeastern Queensland and some of the islands in the region. A general idea of the relative size of these informal terms could be:
wallabies: head and body length of 45–105 cm and tail length of 33–75 cm; The dwarf wallaby (the smallest member) is 46 cm long and weighs 1.6 kg;
tree-kangaroos: from Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo body and head length of 48–65 cm, tail of 60–74 cm, weight of 7.2 kg (16 lb) for males and 5.9 kg (13 lb) for females; to the grizzled tree-kangaroo length of 75–90 cm (30 to 35 in) and weight of 8–15 kg (18–33 lb);
wallaroos: the black wallaroo, the smallest by far, with a tail length of 60–70 cm and weight of 19–22 kg for males and 13 kg for females;
kangaroos: a large male can be 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 90 kg (200 lb).
Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. Like most marsupials, female kangaroos have a pouch called a marsupium in which joeys complete postnatal development.
The large kangaroos have adapted much better than the smaller macropods to land clearing for pastoral agriculture and habitat changes brought to the Australian landscape by humans. Many of the smaller species are rare and endangered, while kangaroos are relatively plentiful.
The kangaroo is a symbol of Australia and appears on the Australian coat of arms and on some of its currency and is used by some of Australia's well known organisations, including Qantas and the Royal Australian Air Force. The kangaroo is important to both Australian culture and the national image, and consequently there are numerous popular culture references.
Wild kangaroos are shot for meat, leather hides, and to protect grazing land. Although controversial, kangaroo meat has perceived health benefits for human consumption compared with traditional meats due to the low level of fat on kangaroos.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo
Raymond Island (Gunai/Kurnai language: Bunjil-baul) is a small island in the Gippsland Lakes in eastern Victoria, Australia, about 300 km (190 mi) from Melbourne. The island is approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) long by 2 km (1.2 mi) wide, and is just 200 m (660 ft) off the coast, across from the town of Paynesville. The island is named after William Odell Raymond, originally a magistrate from New South Wales who established himself as a squatter in Gippsland in the 1840s.
Raymond Island is well-known locally for its large koala population, originally introduced to the island in 1953, and for the Raymond Island Ferry, a chain ferry that links the island to Paynesville on the mainland.
For further information please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Island
As seen...
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.
“The patterns we perceive are determined by the stories we want to believe.” - John Vernon
The last few days have been cold enough to produce a show of frosty fringes along the river where we sometimes walk. This particular pattern really caught my eye. I haven't discovered the "story" it tells but I do love the pattern. Maybe sometimes it is just an appreciation of something rather than an interpretation.
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I perceive this rude and unwelcome
“Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden.”
-Phaedrus
The war changes the meaning and perception of many ideas, things, and words. Until February 24, 2022, this bas-relief was perceived as it should be - "Venus and Hephaestus". But now I look and see other images - "A Ukrainian woman with a baby in her arms is escorting her husband to war with the enemy."
Війна змінює зміст і сприйняття багатьох ідей, речей, слів. До 24 лютого 2022 року цей барельєф сприймався мною як і повинно бути - «Венера и Гефест». Але тепер я дивлюся і бачу інші образи - «Украінка з малюком на руках проводжає чоловіка на війну з ворогом».
Happy Macro Monday ... what we perceive as smooth concrete becomes a jagged surface to traverse.
This was the second capture I was able to successfully take of these small wonders that never to seem stop moving.
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I perceive this rude and unwelcome
Hummingbirds are by nature feisty. Anna's are downright combative. At my feeder on my back patio, a single male will fight any perceived threat to its nectar supply though it will, if necessary, literally draw blood from an opporing male. You see, as far as a male hummingbird is concerned, the feeder and any female is his.
I've never seen real damage done, but I've seen a hummingbird use its beak as a spear. And that's what was about to happen when I came upon these two on opposite sides of a thistle. This ended in a standoff where the humingbird on the far side essentially said, "You're nuts! I'm going to that thistle five feet to my right!"
Btw, I'll never capture, but I have seen an Anna's male's courtship display. It wiull fly to perhaps 100 feet while the female watches from a perch close to the ground. And then, in a swan dive, the male tucks its wings in and torpedoes at speeds (according to U. C. Berkeley biologists) of up to 100 mph and when he gets to the bottom of the dive, you'll hear a "Click!" I've heard that, and three years ago, three graduate students at Berkeley recorded the disaplay found that the "Click" was created by the male rubbing the two tail feathers together as it broke and climbed once more for another dive. How could a female refuse?
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Sunrise in our Moravia has many colors. Some colors see the eye of man. Some color see the optical lens. Some colors capture the camera's chip and record them in mathematics. But the most important is the author. He lives here and perceives those colors as his brain has recorded.
I hope some of you may be able to come to the opening of my new exhibit on May 17, 1pm at Kultivate Signature Gallery.
"stopping the world to perceive your own reality"
review: modemworld.me/2020/05/21/cybeles-spaces-between-in-second...
A further development of our old Viking boats.
Barges in Norway are boats that are usually between 7 and 15 feet long and have one or two pairs of oars, but large barges with both decks and deep keels are known, also from other countries. The Skagerrak area is perceived as the core area for the barges, and here the normal size is usually 12-15 feet, but there have been examples of 20 feet. However, they have spread to the whole country, and are also used in large parts of the world elsewhere, many places under the name 'Norwegian barge' (but this does not mean that all barge-shaped boats in the world were originally imported from Norway!)
The barge, like all other Norwegian rowing boats, is clinker-built (see clinker-built boats) by board. Typical of barges is that they lack keel; the bottom is therefore as round as the mirrors, and where the keel sits on other boats, the barge has a flat bottom table. But it is usually nailed to a small keel fin at the back of the bottom table, and the barge will be a good sailor if it gets a deeper keel put on. They are widest and deepest slightly behind the middle.
The barge is easy to row and very easy to turn, and it is therefore nice to turn forward in convoluted waters. But even though it has a certain seaworthiness, it does not do well against the sea with the "bowl" shape and the mirror across the front. When standing in it, especially in the "snout", it can be very unstable and difficult to keep the balance in.
In addition to being an all-possible boat, barges were also used in the past as a ship's boat on larger schooners and ships. Today, they are also used as a motorboat with an outboard motor mounted on the transom, which has often had an extra mounting plate fitted.
In Østfold, the word oak or oak is used for barge. This has a connection back to the log boat which could be a hollowed oak log.
The Holmsbu frame from Buskerud is the most advanced, more elongated and has a beautiful spring. It is also the most popular type also known as «Norwegian barges».
In Nordhordland, the term 'ferry' is used on a barge with a fairly large mirror in front
Around Trondheimsfjorden, the barge is called skeis.
At Hitra, the name kjoks is also used for barges.
In Sørlandet, the barge of the fisherman Markus in the novel Kilden, according to the author Gabriel Scott, is completely flat-bottomed and with vertical sides, and thus in reality a flat boat, with a capacity for two targets and a rower.
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Not so the forest rebel.
He has a tough decision to make: to reserve the right—at any cost—to judge for himself what he is called upon to support or contribute to. There will be considerable sacrifices, but they will be accompanied by an immediate gain in sovereignty. Naturally, as things stand, only a tiny minority will perceive the gain as such. Dominion, however, can only come from those who have preserved in themselves a knowledge of native human measures and who will not be forced by any superior power to forsake acting humanely.
[E. J.]
Ecclesiastes 1:17-18
King James Version
17 And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow
I stopped by a roadside pond where I saw Avocets wading. As soon as I stepped outside, a male (Top L) enaged in this crouch behavior and came toward me. It then flew to the road behind my car (Top R), and started calling and distracting.
When I looked back at the pond, I saw two Avocet chicks (Bottom L). The male flew to the chick's location and ushered them farther away from me and into denser vegetation. A female flew in and made noisy circles around me until she perceived the threat was over. She then joined her mate and chicks now on the far side of the pond.
Beaver County, Alberta.
The compression of distance through my long lens gives the appearance that this first- or second-year juvenile American Alligator was unconcerned with my presence, which was not as close as it seems. It would have been quick to hit the water had it perceived a threat, especially now that mama gator is no longer around for protection since she has a new nest to guard. On a mudflat on Horsepen Bayou.