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It’s been a rough week. A little over a week ago I got pretty badly injured on my knee during the football game. Already I’ve had an operation to the torn menisci, and high likely there will be another one within a few months. I’m only aloud to walk a few meters in the house, so making (landscape)photographs is impossible and I thinks it’s needless to say that hurts. But is it? My (very sweet) girl saw my struggle and came up with a wonderful idea. “Isn’t there a place I can drive you to? Where you just can get out the car and make a shot?”, she asked. “Uh, well, I don’t know… Maybe, yes! The tulip fields of course!” Actually I wasn’t feeling that much inspired anymore by the tulips, as I’ve shot them quite a few times now, and normally I would go out around sunrise or sunset. But it was all the more fun now. We drove a lot around the fields, searching for one which was easily accessible (even with crutches), and finally found this field. This one also has its lanes directly towards the sun, so I waited some time for them to line up and made this shot with the Nisi 15mm and its wonderful sunstar (in my opinion at least). A nice boost and a strong reminder to stay positive, hopefully soon enough I will be out and about again on my own, and my loved camera of course!
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Thousands of people poured into Manchester City Centre on 24th August 2024 for the annual Pride celebrations.
The streets were filled full of colour as the Manchester Pride parade set off from Deansgate. Taking on a 'Buzzin to be Queer Theme' inspired by the hardworking Manchester bee, 17,000 took part in the parade - the biggest ever number of participants according to Pride bosses.
Held each year, the parade takes place from Deansgate towards the Gay Village and sees thousands of people line the streets to take in the positive vibes of the event and to show unity with the LGBTQ+ community.
As usual, this year’s parade saw drag artists, community groups and allies take part, with the likes of Danny Beard, Tia Kofi, Su Pollard, DJ Paulette, Russell T Davies and Charity Shop Sue amongst some of the famous faces taking part.
Amongst the corporations, community groups and clubs taking part in this year’s parade were the Manchester Runners, George House Trust, Aer Lingus, Moxy Manchester, African Rainbow Family, The Proud Trust, Village Manchester Football Club and Heart radio station.
Speaking about the parade, Mark Fletcher, CEO of Manchester Pride, told the Manchester Evening News: “I am overwhelmed by the turnout of the Parade this year - it is the longest parade we have ever had, and that’s an achievement considering what we’ve had in the past. It’s free for all the community groups and LGBTQ+ organisations to take part, and we always encourage them to take part as much as possible. One of the things I always say is how proud I am of our allies who take part in the parade too.”
Adding about the theme to this year’s parade, Mark said: “We wanted to take the worker bee, which represents Manchester, and adopt that almost in a way that charts the progress of how far we’ve come in terms of LGBTQ+ equality as well as the need to ‘buzz’ the progress on a little bit too. That’s why we created the Progress Bee - we’ve used that symbol as a degree of ownership and identity. It’s part of the fabric of what Manchester stands for, and the support that we’ve had and that so many pioneers have stepped out and pushed the movement forward.
“We wanted to chart it as a hive of progress recognising all of those that have gone before us and those who take the bee on today and march for continued progress.”
Pose : ::RBento:: Backbone -Couples Bento pose
Rbento Shop : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lost%20Inhibitions/166/188/25
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
I think this is either a small milkweed bug or a scarlet plant bug, although the color pattern and markings don't quite match the images of either of these bugs. This was on goldenrod in my summer garden. Can anyone provide a positive ID?
Thank you all for your continued and positive support in 2025! It is so much appreciated. Also for your love, friendship, kindness, and our shared love of the arts. May 2026 be a good year for you filled with good challenges and peace. Sending love to you all .
Endangered Species
Positive parenting during juvenile owl, even Burrowing owl is no exception also.
When we be there with searching many locations.
Also received prompt and friendly locals. Thanks a lot for them.
We know that and all Owl family, that's very different way and nesting. (Nearly 95% of the risk)
However, I saw other photo have 7 juvenile standing in nest(hole).
Have you see 7 standing there with any photo before?
So absolutely natural rules will remain in balance and some reason for keeping.
Please do not over and intervention by human, sustained natural and balanced ecology, humans will be balanced, human shared with nature and learn!!!
We live and we learn!!!
www.naturecanada.ca/endangered_know_our_species_burrowing...
I've just learned that at Marwell Wildlife Sanctuary in the UK, the last Amur leopard there has died. Staff had named him Akin. This is very sad news.
I would always make sure to visit him when travelling back home if I could include a trip to Marwell. He had been at the sanctuary for 20 years.
Over the years, the Amur leopard has been hunted mercilessly, its homelands gradually destroyed by unsustainable logging, forest fires, road building, farming and industrial development.
But! Recent research shows conservation work is having a positive effect and wild Amur leopard numbers are believed to have increased, though there are still only around 100 adults in the wild, in Russia and north-east China.
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While most of the northern states, and Canadian Provinces have already had their first snowfall of the year, the coastal region of BC has been blessed with positive temperatures and near constant rainfall instead. In spite of this, I set off this past weekend to shoot the Fraser Canyon. Train activity was quite slow for a Saturday morning, so I was forced to pivot from my plan to stay on the 'CP' side of the canyon, and instead go wherever the traffic was moving.
After hearing that I would have an extended drought of eastbounds running up the Cascade Sub, I headed over to the Yale Sub to wait for the next westbound departing Boston Bar. A new location that was on my list, was on the east side of the Chapman's Bar Tunnel. Credit for figuring out this location goes to Ryan A, who shot a great scene here a week prior. (Thanks Ryan!)
Above CN M311 winds its way through the curves between Komo and Chapmans, held to restricted speed on account of a slide fence under repair.
Not one for everyone, but trying to find something a bit different at Cardiff Central this tele-view captures the 7.05pm Westerleigh Murco - Robertson Sidings empty petroleum tankers (6B47) disappearing away from the Welsh capital and heading west to Pembrokeshire for another refill.
DB Cargo 'Sheds' 66034 and 66176 are doing the honours and don't look like they are sparing the horses either as they catch a bit of sundown glint.
On the left is the once sizeable Cardiff Canton depot (86A), back in the 1970s home to numerous class 37s on coal-traffic duties from the Valleys, as well as visiting locomotives from other regions. Nowadays it's perhaps even busier, but this time mostly with Transport for Wales's DMUs engaged in the more intensive schedules now operating in these parts. It still sees a bit of locomotive activity however looking after the small fleet of TfW class 67 'Skip' units used on their longer distance passenger services. In this shot a couple of class 231s can be seen, and a class 197, which I believe to be 197019.
I was taken by the way the rampant purple-flowering weed growing in the permanent way was capturing the last of the sun's rays. Sadly I haven't been able to get a positive ID on it.
8.57pm, 10th June 2024
Sarah
the mighty midway in all its glory
Shock Of The New!! Challenge # 41.0 ~BRAINSTORMS
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New Challenge # 132.0 - Hot Colour Fusion
Positive Lightning Strike, Distance ca. 4,29 kilometers.
Coesfelder Berg, Coesfeld, Germany, 07-06-2016
Location of the strike: Coesfeld, Dülmener Straße, near Am Teigelkamp, positive polarity, 145 kA.
I am giving you an 'OVERDOSE' of fresh, soft pastel colours!
Made to cheer you up!
DRY Soft pastels: This is the most widely used form of pastel.
The sticks have a higher portion of pigment and less binder, resulting in brighter colours. I used to work a lot with them years ago...
These here are Chrysanthemums or more commonly named 'MUMS'.
Brings some positivity in these dark days, no?
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and thank you for your visit, M, (*_*)
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Chrysanthemums, mums, flowers, pink, mauve, blue, white, studio, black-background, colour, design, square, "Nikon D7000", "Magda indigo", Pastel
Panasonic DC-LX 100 II
Panasonic Leica DC Vario-Summilux 1.7-2.8/10.9-34
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This is from the inside of the GMC I posted yesterday. The truck was on an abandoned farm east of Innisfail, Alberta.
My first self-made tattoo^^
I admit it doesn't look perfect but it doesn't matter, I'm proud of it!
I paid attention to the symbols because that's the important thing.
Star, feather, butterfly, crescent, lotus flower and infinity, all symbols for positive dreams, worked into a dreamcatcher.
I will not give up on my dreams, no matter what happens
"Accept the fullness in life's balance, which demands that there are positive gifts along with adversity."
- Bryant McGill
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George and I both love Sadie and appreciate that she is a good girl but we don't completely understand her. Her energy level varies between not wanting to get off the couch to doing happy dances during an hour-long walk. She is pretty good with the cats. She loves smelling them (especially under their tails). Jimmy lets Sadie sniff to her heart's content - Mack and Ella aren't that comfortable with Sadie yet but they aren't afraid of her.
So this is our good Sadie Girl... one month and three days post her final heartworm treatment.
“Be positive. Stay happy and don't let the negativity of the world get you down.”
― Germany Kent
I've been home from work for two weeks now, and I have joined the ranks of people that no longer know what day it is. I'm OK with that! For 4 + years I have worked every weekend... and now.... every day is a weekend!
I have started several projects, finished none. Today I decided to start cleaning the basement. Bad decision. I've been opening boxes and seeing stuff that I haven't seen for years... some I'm looking at and wondering why the heck I bothered to put it in a box and save it in the first place... and then there is the really cool stuff that I haven't seen in years... that I end up taking out and playing with. Yeah... it's not going well... it's not going well at all. But tomorrow is another day... and it's a "weekend"!
Did find some handspooled Aviphot Chrome 200 on the interweb. This is a ISO200 slide film using an emulsion historically made by Agfa and is the stock that was used to make Rollei CR200.
I shot two rolls of this stuff in Burano, Venezia. I like shooting these expired slidefilms. You never know what you're gonna get. I understand this is not for everyones liking.
Did not apply any colorcorrection/whitebalanse when scanning. Cheers, Jonny
Burano, Venezia, Italy
Fujifilm GA645 Professional
Agfa Aviphot Chrome 200
(expired 20xx)
Dev; Bellini E-6
Wisely, Step 10 does not emphasize a moral inventory, which becomes too self-absorbed and self-critical, but speaks instead of a “personal inventory.” In other words, just watch yourself objectively, calmly, and compassionately. You will be able to do this from your new viewing platform and perspective as a grounded child of God. “The Spirit will help us in our weakness” (Romans 8:26). From this most positive and dignified position, we can let go of, and even easily admit, our wrongs. We are being held so strongly and so deeply that we can stop holding onto, or defending, ourselves. God forever sees and loves Christ in us; it is only we who doubt our divine identity as children of God.
We now have an implanted position and power whereby we can see ourselves calmly and compassionately, without endless digging, labeling, judging, or the rancor that we usually have toward our own imperfection. Don’t judge, just look can be our motto— and now, with the very eyes of God. That will awaken consciousness, and then things will usually take care of themselves, with even the least bit of honesty and courage. A wonderful Indian Jesuit, Anthony de Mello (1931–1987), used to say, “Awareness, awareness, awareness!”…
… To be fully conscious would be to love everything, on some level and in some way—even our mistakes. To love is to fall into full consciousness, which is contemplative, non-dualistic, and includes everything—even “the last enemy to be destroyed, which is death itself” (1 Corinthians 15:26). That is why we must, absolutely must, love!
-BREATHING UNDER WATER SPIRITUALITY AND THE TWELVE STEPS, RICHARD ROHR
The colour yellow is primarily associated with spreading happiness and joy; however, it is also the ideal colour for symbolizing friendship. With their bright hue and cheery personality, yellow flowers can be used to better someone's day and increase the positive energy in a room.
Yellow roses whisper the secrets of
laughter and long talks with friends.
(unknown)
Weekly Theme Challenge - Yellow
Looking close... on Friday! - FILL THE FRAME with ONE FLOWER
(photo by Freya, edit by me)
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Our Garden
At this moment of time the Garden has become an oasis of colour and peace.
Because my movement is now restricted, I can indulge my hobby with greater joy. My wife does the majority of the work (Bless Her) and I get the worst part, I do the photography. Seriously though, there is that positivity which very much helps the mental process, it keeps my mind focused and stimulises the brain. Hope you enjoy.