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Lake Great Prespa, Florina, Macedonia, Greece.
Near this location, Lake Prespa joins Lake Little Prespa.
A protected area which is National Park, Natura 2000, Ramsar site, Transboundary Park.
Renards, nuisibles vraiment ?
Chaque année ce sont plus de 600 000 renards qui sont tués en France par le lobby de la chasse sans aucune raison scientifique... Comment dans le pays de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry peut-on encore persécuter cet animal si fascinant ? Ils sont des êtres doués de sensibilité. Ils sont nos racines. : Si vous prenez l'ensemble des mammifères terrestres de cette planète :
36 % sont des êtres humains, 60% des animaux d'élevages pour nourrir l'humanité, et seulement 4 % sont des animaux sauvages. 4%... Comment avons-nous pu fermer les yeux sur notre folie ? Enfant j'étais déjà fasciné par les animaux. Jamais je n'aurais cru pouvoir vivre toutes ces années à leurs côtés. J'ai sans doute vécu les meilleurs années de ma vie en admirant la nature mais surtout en prenant conscience que nous ne sommes pas seuls. La planète n'est pas notre dû et les animaux ne sont pas à notre service. Des siècles d'héritages culturels, religieux, philosophiques nous l'ont fait croire mais il n'en est rien ...et si on retrouvait l'enfant qui sommeille en nous ? Ils ne sont ni nos amis, ni nos ennemis mais ils aimeraient juste qu'on les laisse tranquille... à MÉDITER
Image prise depuis la tente affût et dans un milieu naturel .
PS : Un grand merci à toutes celles et ceux qui choisissent de regarder , de commenter et d'aimer mes photos . C'est très apprécié , comme vous l'avez constaté , je ne répond plus directement suite à votre commentaire juste pour dire en fait " merci et bonne journée " , mais en retour je passe laisser une petite trace chez vous sur une ou plusieurs de vos éditions . Merci de votre compréhension
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Foxes, pests really?
Each year, more than 600,000 foxes are killed in France by the hunting lobby for no scientific reason ... How in the country of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry can we still persecute this fascinating animal? They are sentient beings. They are our roots. : If you take all the land mammals on this planet:
36% are human beings, 60% are animals raised to feed humanity, and only 4% are wild animals. 4% ... How have we been able to close our eyes to our madness? As a child I was already fascinated by animals. I never thought I could live all these years with them. I have undoubtedly lived the best years of my life admiring nature but especially realizing that we are not alone. The planet is not our due and animals are not at our service. Centuries of cultural, religious and philosophical heritage have made us believe it, but it is not so ... what if we found the child that lies dormant in us? They are neither our friends nor our enemies but they would just like us to leave them alone ...
Image taken from the hide tent and in a natural environment.
PS: A big thank you to everyone who chooses to watch, comment and love my photos. It is very appreciated, as you noticed, I do not answer any more directly following your comment just to say in fact "thank you and good day", but in return I pass to leave a small mark with you on one or more of your editions. thank you for your understanding
I mentioned yesterday the philosophical importance of seeing the world as a subject in relation to us. The camera becomes an extension of our body. Here is an example. I was taking some farm photographs when this beautiful creature came right up to me.
[Make sure you enlarge its beautiful face.]
Japanese gardens are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden designers to suggest an ancient and faraway natural landscape, and to express the fragility of existence as well as time's unstoppable advance. Ancient Japanese art inspired past garden designers. By the Edo period, the Japanese garden had its own distinct appearance.
The Auburn Botanic Gardens are a botanical garden located in Auburn (a suburb of Sydney), New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1977 and covers an area of 9.7 hectares. There are two lakes, a waterfall and bridges. Duck River winds through the garden. The garden is maintained by Cumberland Council. It is open daily, and there is a small entry fee on weekends. The Japanese gardens, which have hosted couples from overseas, are one of the main attractions. 12554
Why do we find it so important to measure the passage of time? Can we not just appreciate the time that we have? See the beauty and enjoy the goodness that lies in the moment as we live it and stop living by clocks and calenders and we may all have more time to enjoy.
Inspired by the poetic and philosophical novel The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, published in 1943. The book has been translated into over 505 different languages and dialects worldwide, being the second most translated work ever published, trailing only the Bible.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince
Photo taken from my neighbour's flower garden, Clarence-Rockland, Easter Ontario, Canada
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Inspiré du roman poétique et philosophique Le Petit Prince d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, publié en 1943. Le livre a été traduit dans plus de 505 langues et dialectes différents dans le monde, étant le deuxième ouvrage le plus traduit jamais publié, derrière la Bible.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Petit_Prince
Photo prise du jardin fleuri de mon voisin, Clarence-Rockland, Easter Ontario, Canada
Philosophical reconstruction by Franco Raggi in 2006 for Attese Edizioni. As seen at the Ceramics Museum in Savona, Italy.
It's all here, the light and dark side of life, of us. The bud, stands for potential. The petals, protection or a cage? Tell me more little flower.
This contemporary stainless steel and red cedar sculpture represents the concept of entering traditional territory as one enters Mosquito Creek Marina / Squamish Nation land from the North Vancouver waterfront. The artistic design concept behind the piece is the historical architecture of the Coast Salish people. The philosophical context of the sculpture is about returning to ancient wisdom and ancient knowledge that has been lost in our recent industrial era.
The Philosophical Hall at the Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czechia (the Czech Republic's official short name as of 2016)
(unless you made and paid for a reservation months beforehand, you are not allowed inside and can only admire the room from the doorway; photos can be taken only if you pay extra for a photo permit; best viewed enlarged for details)
Abbot Vaclav Mayer, during the last quarter of the 18th century, decided to build new library premises for the numerous acquisitions so he ordered the Philosophical Hall to be built by the naturalized Italian architect Johann Ignaz Palliardi. The hall is 32 meters long, 10 meters wide and 14 meters high, flanked on all sides by rich walnut wood bookcases. The highest shelves are only accessible from the gallery which is accessed by secret spiral staircases in both corners, masked by false book covers.
The ceiling was painted by Viennese artist Anton Maulbertsch over a period of 6 months, aided by only one assistant. The painting called The Spiritual Development of Mankind depicts the development of religion and science, guided by Divine Providence in the center of the painting, surrounded by virtues.
In the 19th century, Napoleon Bonaparte's wife Marie Louise visited the library and donated a four-volume work on Louvre museum paintings and Versailles gardens. The gift was stored in the tall bookcase that dominates the left side of the hall. On the top of the bookcase, there is a marble bust of Francis I, Emperor of Austria and Marie Louise's father.
The total number of volumes in the hall exceeds 50,000 works. In 2010, the Philosophical Hall was completely restored.
The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel pronounced [t͡ʃimiˈtirul ˈvesel]) is a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureş county, Romania. It is famous for its colourful tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction.
The unusual feature of this cemetery is that it diverges from the prevalent belief, culturally shared within European societies – a belief that views death as something indelibly solemn. Connections with the local Dacian culture have been made, a culture whose philosophical tenets presumably vouched for the immortality of the soul and the belief that death was a moment filled with joy and anticipation for a better life (see also Zalmoxianism).
In 2017 there was published the first book, which is a collection of the epithaps from the Merry Cemetery, by young author Roxana Mihalcea, who gathered the epithaps in the volume Crucile de la Săpânța [1] The indisputable merit of this work is the gathering of several hundred legible epitaphs from the Sapanta crosses. The author's texts enrich each chapter with in-depth commentary, accessible to the contemporary public, especially to the urban, less familiar with the rites of rural life in the past. So, the funerary lyrics from Sapanta get a sense beyond the disappeared world it evokes, giving readers valuable information about the everyday life of the village.
A special dedication to Carlton Holls.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny. Aristotle.
Aristotle (384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition. His writings cover many subjects including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theatre, music, rhetoric, psychology, linguistics, economics, politics, meteorology and government. Aristotle provided a complex synthesis of the various philosophies existing prior to him. It was above all from his teachings that the West inherited its intellectual lexicon, as well as problems and methods of inquiry. As a result, his philosophy has exerted a unique influence on almost every form of knowledge in the West and it continues to be a subject of contemporary philosophical discussion.
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A philosophical and impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
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Un safari photo philosophique et impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
“If you can sit on it, they will come”
HBM Chat #11
Neighbor: “Hi Neighbor!”
Wife: “Hi Neighbor, how are you?”
Neighbor: “I’m good. I have a question though.”
Wife: “Sure, go ahead.”
Neighbor: “I know Steve is trying to be an internet influencer and bring more popularity to the world of benches. But I have to admit I didn’t understand Steve’s Happy Bench Monday post today.”
Wife: “What didn’t you understand?”
Neighbor: “I mean, it’s not even a real bench!”
Wife: “Oooof! Don’t say that to Steve!”
Neighbor: “Why not? It’s only a big flat rock next to a steep path that just happens to be the right height for sitting.”
Wife: “Yeh, that was in Arches National Monument in Utah, and he sat on it for a loooong time before we resumed the hike. In his mind that makes it a bench.”
Neighbor: “I admit it functions like a bench – but does that actually make it a bench?”
Wife: “You do NOT want to get him started on bench Zen!”
Neighbor: “What??”
Wife: “I’m just warning you. Do not question the reality of benches. He is prepared.”
Neighbor: “Sounds like he’s gone off the deep end and wants to be a some charismatic bench cult leader more than a bench influencer.”
Wife: “He’s more convincing than you might think.”
Neighbor:: “What did he say?”
Wife: “He quoted Adam Grant, who said ‘We don’t see things as they are – we see them as we expect them to be.’”
Neighbor: “Grant Schmant…”
Wife: “George Lucas said, ‘Always remember, your focus determines your reality.’”
Neighbor: “The ‘Star Wars’ guy?”
Wife: “Then he hit me with Plato who said, ‘The world is a shadow of the true reality that is the world of forms.’”
Neighbor: “Plato never said a rock is a bench!”
Wife: “He concluded with Einstein who said, ‘Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.’"
Neighbor: “I think it’s just a lot of mumbo-jumbo so Steve could justify sneaking a nice scenic panorama into a bench-only photo group.”
Wife: “That’s not beyond him, and I did question that.”
Neighbor: “So what did he answer?”
Wife: “He said, ‘I sit, therefore I am…on a bench.’ HBM!”
Je vous présente mon ami Peanut avec qui j'entretenais des discussions philosophiques, le lendemain de Noël ! : )
On a jasé pas mal ! : ))
I present my friend Peanut with whom I was having philosophical discussions the day after Christmas! :)
We chatted a lot! :))
Greenland - Ummannaq
Outside almost every house there were dogs in chains. They are not to be patted, since they are not pets, but working animals on "summer vacation" This on was very philosophic and untouched of wandering turists
"Many of us seem to carry time, all its weight,
into the present, see it not, call it our fate…”
-- William J. Jr. Atfield
IILICIT GLIMPSE the April/May 2026 exhibition @ the Annex of Nitroglobus
Philosophical Spine of the exhibition
In Ilicit Glimpse, visibility isn’t passive or total; it is something I shape with intention. In a world that constantly floods us with images, I treat privacy as both power and practice, revealing only what I choose, when I choose it. What is unseen is not empty space; it carries meaning, where imagination, curiosity, and desire meet restraint. Mystery is not absence; it is allure, subtle and deliberate, resisting anything predictable or obvious.
This work questions how often sensuality is overplayed, expected, and consumed in art. Sensuality is still present, part of being human, part of being a woman, but it is not treated as spectacle. Instead, I let presence, gesture, and shadow carry intention, story, and quiet confidence. What I choose not to show matters just as much as what I do show. Even the viewer’s gaze shifts here; it becomes less about simple looking and more about a quiet negotiation with distance, discretion, and the work itself.
I hope it captivates you.
Opening party:
📅 Monday, 20 April 2026
🕛 12 PM SLT / 21:00 CET
🎵 Music by DJ NOIR
Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Homestead/165/4...
My heartfelt thanks to Dido Haas for inviting me and welcoming me into her amazing gallery.
The two main halls of the Strahov Library in Prague house about 200,000 volumes. This is the Philosophical Hall, which is 32 m long, 22 m wide and 14 m high. The ceiling fresco by Viennese painter Anton Maulbertsch was painted over six months in 1794. It is called "Intellectual Progress of Mankind" and is a concise depiction of developments in science and religion, their mutual impact on each other, and quests for knowledge from the oldest times until the time the hall was built.
Once guarding Southampton from sea attack, since the 1930s these walls have been land-locked, the area reclaimed from the sea in order to expand the docks and be able to cope with the much larger liners being built in the 1930s (This was the largest non-rural land reclamation project in Europe) Instead of the sea gently washing against the base, at night the walls are bathed in colour sequenced lights. I didn't know these lights were here, don't normally wander around the city at night. Not sure if I like it or not. I don't like how the old horse trough has been dumped there on what was once the beach, seemingly cos 'they' could think of no better place to put it! But I'm learning to become more philosophical rather than irate cos it is better for one's health and peace of mind :-)
52 in 2016 # 48 Night time and 116 in 2016 # 51 Purple Patch