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The maturing contemplative is too poor to be concerned with spiritual progress. If there is a measure of spiritual progress, it will be found in the rib cage of failure: in our debilitating faults, our defeats, our wounds, our solidarity with those who are marginalized from every circle of meaning they belong to. This seems to be the way Divine Love works, to seek out and indwell where we hurt most. This is the obscure realization of receptive mind…
… The fruit of practice is compassion, born of the fragrant wound of solidarity with all that is. It has nothing to do with outcomes assessments. We cannot behold if we are trying to assess.
-An Ocean of Light Contemplation, Transformation, and Liberation, Martin Laird, O.S.A.
Twins thinkin of da same thing
It is da dedication of its use to da pursuit of da Divine ......
.......which renders it a catalyst to worship
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"Da inherent imagination and spiritual receptivity is definitely influenced by dis differential chemical endowment.".
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meditation philosophy chakra dimension cosmic divine future ascension transcendence Maya calendar Change Consciousness Ascension Spirituality Light new old ways Livin in Balance
great mass awakening Spiritual Love n Light
Quantum Change
Harmonic Symmetry Multidimensional Sacred Geometry
Positive Vibrations n Energy Planetary Awakening
Quantum Resonance
Maya Long Count Healing Light Workers
A young leucistic buck with with a following of does won in a battle I watched just this week. He is tasting the air to pick up clues to receptive doe(s). He is young and it will be interesting to see if he hangs on to them.
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How do you do flickR???
It is da dedication of its use to da pursuit of da Divine ......
.......which renders it a catalyst to worship
...............~~~~~~~~~
"Da inherent imagination and spiritual receptivity is definitely influenced by dis differential chemical endowment.".
....~~
meditation philosophy chakra dimension cosmic divine future ascension transcendence Maya calendar Change Consciousness Ascension Spirituality Light new old ways Livin in Balance
great mass awakening Spiritual Love n Light
Quantum Change
Harmonic Symmetry Multidimensional Sacred Geometry
Positive Vibrations n Energy Planetary Awakening
Quantum Resonance
Maya Long Count Healing Light Workers
Fallow deer buck tasting the air for female fertility. The receptive period doesn't last long and the buck's need to be alert to the timing.
The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man.
William Beebe
This Pronghorn Antelope buck will not let this doe wander too far off now that she seems to be showing signs of being receptive to breeding.
home is always receptive to light and shadows and therefore produces a soft glow. gathers all in it's world yet can hold infinitesimal whispers of the nothing and allows a chance to be still.
in this space, the tea time reminds us, "sorrow shared is sorrow halved and joy shared is joy doubled" such layering of time holds infinite wisdom here.
forever - autumn-summer-winter-rain. and after moving through temporary landscapes, there is a place in the heart that will never be filled, but as we enter into this sheltering calmness, we also emerge into exactly who we are, we emerge tenderly into radiant being - transparent and full of love 🌞 ↟ 🏠 ↟↟↟
To Build A Home (Piano Slowed & Reverb)
🏠 I. Allegro ¥
This is a photo of sand washed up on a beach rock by the surf. I like this vertical orientation of the image. To me, the 'U' shape is a visual metaphor for an attitude of receptivity to inspiration.
Brown Hare / lepus europaeus. Lincolnshire. 11/04/22.
I had watched this buck hare lope across a disused runway on the airfield. Nose to the ground I felt sure he was scenting for a receptive female to mate with. In this image he had reached the overgrown grassy edge, closest to me. He became more cautious, even though I was well concealed.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
"Let us open our leaves like a flower,
and be passive and receptive." (John Keats)
(view on black)
Have a wonderful Sunday!
A snowstorm and freezing temps don’t deter this Yellowstone Bison from foraging... A Magnificent Survivor !!!
Bison are the largest land-dwelling mammal in North America. Males (2,000 lbs./900 kg) are larger than females (1,100 lbs./500 kg) and both are generally dark chocolate-brown in color, with long hair on their forelegs, head, and shoulders, but short, dense hair on their flanks and hindquarters.
Calves of the year are born after 9 to 9-½ months of gestation. They are reddish-tan at birth and begin turning brown after 2-½ months. Both sexes have relatively short horns that curve upward, with male’s averaging slightly longer than those of adult females.
All bison have a protruding shoulder hump. Large shoulder and neck muscles allow bison to swing their heads from side-to-side to clear snow from foraging patches, unlike other ungulates that scrape snow away with their front feet.
Bison are agile, strong swimmers, and can run 35 miles per hour (55 kph). They can jump over objects about 5 feet (1.5 m) high and have excellent hearing, vision, and sense of smell.
Bison are mostly active during the day and at dusk, but may be active through the night. They are social animals that often form herds, which appear to be directed by older females.
Group sizes average about 20 bison during winter, but increase in summer to an average of about 200, with a maximum of about 1,000 during the breeding season (known as the rut) in July and August.
During the rut mature males display their dominance by bellowing, wallowing, and engaging in fights with other bulls. The winners earn the right to mate with receptive females. Once a bull has found a female who is close to estrus, he will stay by her side until she is ready to mate. Then he moves on to another female. Following courtship, mature males separate and spend the rest of the year alone or in small groups.
Group sizes decrease through autumn and into winter, reaching their lowest level of the year during March and April.
Yellowstone bison feed primarily on grasses, and other grass-like plants in open grassland throughout the year. They typically forage for 9 to 11 hours daily.
Bison are ruminants with a multiple-chambered stomach that includes microorganisms such as bacteria and protozoa to enable them to effectively digest plant material. Bison alternate between eating and ruminating, which is regurgitating partially digested food and chewing it again, to allow microorganisms to further break down plant material into volatile fatty acids and other compounds. Their large digestive tract allows them to digest lower quality foods with greater efficiency than other ungulates such as cattle, deer, or elk.
Wolves and grizzly bears are the only large predators of adult bison. Dead bison provide an important source of food for scavengers and other carnivores.
(Nikon, 80-400 mm 5.6, 1/500 @ f/6.3, ISO 220)
We can consciously become sensitive to our own energy fields, and we can manipulate this energy to increase our sense of pleasure and enhance our spirituality. When we admire something, our energy expands to encompass the object of our desire. We are more open and receptive. The essential principle is -if we are open, and ask, we shall receive.
It is an interesting experiment to try this for yourself -fill a room with your energy, imagine it in whichever way suits you. Make the energy thick like a fog, the diffuse like soft mist. Expand outwards; cover your house, town, country to the universe itself! Then constrict it into a tiny point of awareness inside your body.
Your ability to perceive your energy field will develop as you practice noticing how you react on an energetic level. By consciously expanding energy fields (and you can use whatever inspires you to facilitate this) you can tune into t he pleasure and sense of well-being it evokes. During conflict, a challenging time to practice this, expanding your energy field will certainly have a calming, healing effect.
Allow spirit to touch your soul! This creates a certain energy (like brain waves or magnetic force) which attracts guidance in the form of synchronicity and dreams.
The Fog. Nellie Vin. Limited Edition. Color. Film.
The Ring Tailed Lemur have scent glands on their wrists and chests and they use these for marking their foraging routs, the males have a horny spur on each wrist gland which they use to pierce tree branches before scent marking them, they also put the secretions from their wrist onto their tail. The Lemurs eat leaves, flowers and insects and they can also eat fruit, herbs and small vertebrates. The females are dominant within the group and this gives them the right to choose which food they wish to eat. Females give birth from about three years of age and usually once a year after that, they are only receptive for one or two days a year and the gestation period is between 4.5 to 5 months, they usually give birth to only one infant but if food is plentiful they can sometimes give birth to twins.
Scientific Name: Equus grevyi
Description : The Grevy's zebra is the largest living wild equid. It can be distinguished from other species of zebra by its larger ears and narrower stripes. Vertical stripes cover most of the head and body, with the exception of the belly, which is white. The stripes are narrow and close-set, being broader on the neck, and they extend to the hooves. The belly and the area around the base of the tail lack stripes. The legs are long and are marked with horizontal stripes which extend down to the hooves.
A broad black stripe runs along the centre of the back, and is separated from the other stripes by a narrow white zone. The mane is very tall and erect, and also striped. Its head is large, long, and narrow with elongated nostril openings. The eyes are large, round and heavily fringed. It is mule-like in appearance with a brown muzzle and a relatively short, strong neck. The ears are very large, rounded, and conical. Foals are born with brown and white striping, with the brown stripes darkening to black as they get older. They have a mane that extends to the length of the back and shortens when they reach adulthood. There is no difference between the sexes.
Head and body length: 250-300 cm
Height at shoulder: 140-160 cm
Tail length: 38-60 cm
Weight: 352-450 kg
Distribution : Southern and eastern Ethiopia, northern Kenya.
Habitat : Sub-desert, plains and arid, open bushed grasslands.
Food : Herbivorous nomadic grazer: feeds primarily on coarse grasses and sedges, but will eat bark, leaves, buds, fruits, and roots. Grevy’s zebras have incisors that they use to clip grass and numerous cheek-teeth that grind their food.
Reproduction and Development : Within a single population, around ten percent of the mature stallions will occupy territories from which they have sole access to receptive females, although other males are still tolerated within the area, provided females are not in oestrus. Amongst these territorial stallions, the most dominant ones control territories near open watering holes, which mostly attract mares with foals, while more subordinate stallions control territories away from water with more abundant vegetation, which mostly attracts mares without foals. The resident stallions of territories will try to subdue the entering mares with dominance rituals and then continue with courtship and copulation.
Grevy's zebras can mate and give birth year-round, but most mating takes place at the beginning of the rainy season and births mostly take place in August or September after the rainy season. Mares become sexually mature at three to four years. A female in estrous may wander though as many as four male territories a day and will mate with the dominant stallions in each of them. Bachelors, or outside territorial stallions, sometimes "sneak" copulation of mares in another stallion’s territory. While female associations with individual males are brief and mating is promiscuous, females who have just given birth will reside with one male for long periods of time and mate exclusively with that male. Lactating females are harassed by males more often than non-lactating ones and thus associating with one male and his territory provides an advantage as he will guard her against other males.
Gestation of the Grevy's zebra normally lasts 13 months, with a single foal being born. Within an hour after birth, the young are up and about. Initially, the mare and her newborn stay away from the others for a few days, preventing other mares from approaching her foal. Isolating the foal in this way helps with bonding and prevents it from accepting another female as its mother. She imprints her striping pattern, scent and vocalization on her foal. After this period of bonding, and until the foals reach the age of three months, females form small groups (three females and their foals). Mares may leave their foals in "kindergartens" while searching for water. Kindergartens tend to be guarded by an adult which may be a territorial male. Foals remain dependent on their mother’s milk until six to eight months of age and stay with its mother for up to two to three years.
Adaptations : Zebras rely largely on their sense of sight and hearing. Large eyes set far back on the head give a wide field of view. The large ears can rotate to pick up sounds from many directions. The zebra’s stripes are used as a camouflage to hide the zebra from its predators. The stripes on a moving zebra serve as a disruptive pattern, confusing a pursuing predator. Long legs and hooves help the animal to run fast. A zebra can run up to 64 km/h. Speed is its only defense from predators (lions, cheetahs, and hyenas), from which they can outrun over long distances.
As a response to the sparse plant life in their habitat, Grevy's zebras usually do not form stable herds and only congregate during periods when they must migrate to find grazing or water. Grevy's zebras have a much more open society than those of other equid species and associations between individuals, other than between a mother and her foal, rarely last for more than a few months.
Male territories are patrolled and marked with dung and are the largest of any living herbivore - up to ten square kilometres. Territorial males also vocalize loudly to assert their dominance within the territory. To adapt to a semi-arid environment, Grevy's zebra foals take longer intervals between suckling bouts and do not drink water until they are three months old. Stallions have large testicles and can ejaculate a large amount of semen to replace the sperm of other males. This is a useful adaptation for a species whose females mate polyandrously.
Threats to Survival : There has been a 70% reduction in population size in the last 30 years. Threats include hunting for skin and meat, and loss of grazing habitat and access to water, due to competition with increasing herds of domestic livestock. Additional threats are due to reduced river flow due to irrigation, and uncontrolled tourism in reserves, which causes disturbance and destruction of vegetation.
Status : IUCN: Endangered; CITES: Appendix I
Zoo Diet : High fibre bulk cube, timothy hay, carrots, and apples.
Toronto Zoo Website
"Chocolat is my favorite because it's beloved by everyone who sees it. I've never had that experience: I've never had a movie where people come up to you and say, 'Thank you.'"
-- Producer David Brown
Mmmmm....
Chocolat is sweet! In it, mysterious strangers, Vianne (Juliette Binoche) and her daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), wander into a quiet French village and set up a chocolate shop. For these villagers, such a change to the status quo--in the middle of Lent, no less--sparks endless speculation and gossip. While the town mayor, Comte De Reynaud (Alfred Molina), is determined to evict these newcomers from his town, the villagers are more receptive to Vianne's magical concoctions and unique views. Affecting everyone's lives, Vianne not only tips the town's status quo but also finds herself changed for the better. "I think what's wonderful about the story is that by Vianne selling small dreams and little comforts through chocolates, she's going to bit-by-bit transform people's lives." Juliette Binoche said. "That's always frightening when you have an outsider because things can change."
Based on the best-selling novel by Joanne Harris, Chocolat reunited Johnny Depp with What's Eating Gilbert Grape? director Lasse Hollstrom. I was very excited about that! I was also thrilled with the rest of the cast. Aside from Chocolat's star, Juliette Binoche, it includes Alfred Molina (who worked with Johnny in Dead Man), Lena Olin (Lasse Hollstrom's wife, who costarred with Johnny in The Ninth Gate), Carrie-Anne Moss (the lady from The Matrix), and Judy Dench. (They don't call her Dame for nothing.) Although she has a small part, most exciting to me was that Leslie Caron was also in this movie. Yeah, Leslie Caron of An American in Paris (Gene Kelly's Oscar-winning musical, which I've seen a zillion times)! Johnny gets to work with the coolest people.
Who doesn't want some Chocolat?
With an international cast, French subject, and Swedish director, Chocolat was a surprise hit around the world. From Kansas City to Berlin, producer David Brown noted, "The audience reaction is almost identical. It's remarkable how universal this story is." I can attest to this, as I saw Chocolat in Akron, Ohio, with my parents and a visiting Japanese business associate: We all really enjoyed it.
Chocolat has so many unique ingredients--a mix of interesting characters with strong personalities, a sprinkling of fantasy, a splash of adventure--It's hard not to find something to like about it. Even though it takes place in France, audiences related to this story and its characters, recognizing that the village could just as easily be their hometown. "Chocolat is a fable-like story. There are elements of fantasy in it, but Lasse always keeps it grounded in a kind of emotional reality," scriptwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs said. "Even if there's something magical going on, there's an emotional honesty about the performances and how the scenes are done that I think is one of Lasse's great strengths as a director."
"Hey, Melissa, where's Johnny?"
My dad asked me this, in a loud whisper from a few seats over, midway through Chocolat. While my eyes rolled at the time, it's a fair question: Johnny doesn't show up until the second half of this movie. But he was keen to work with Lasse Hollstrom again, hoping to show that he was in a better mood and easier to work with than he was during the Gilbert Grape shoot 7 years before.
This time, Johnny plays Roux, a traveling Irishman with his gypsy family--more outsiders (or, as Compte De Reynaud describes them, "ruthless, godless drifters"). Johnny was hooked as soon as he read Chocolat's screenplay and connected to the story's theme: "It's okay to break the sort of boundaries of what's normal," he said. "You've got to step outside of that and break the routine and not be so afraid to try new things."Aside from a new accent, Johnny shows off his guitar-playing skills in Chocolat, tackling some blues and Django Reinhardt tunes. (Now, that's exciting!) "He's a terrific musician," Lasse Hollstrom observed. "And he really enjoyed the whole angle of this story, of this character."
Lasse Hollstrom created a relaxed, happy set, even though everyone was sick of eating chocolate--some even physically--by the end of the shoot. (Johnny doesn't even like chocolate!) The director allowed all the actors to contribute ideas on any level. "Lasse is always hypersensitive to not just the emotions of the scene, but the emotions of the actors before going into the scene, the emotions of the crew," Johnny explained. "It allows you the freedom to be comfortable, to just create something on the spot, not just stick exactly to the words, but maybe find something different." As he did on the Gilbert Grape set, Lasse Hollstrom encouraged such improvisation. The collaborative atmosphere garnered positive results: While filming Chocolat, he noted, "I think it will show on the screen that we actually had fun making it."
Chocolat was nominated for a bunch of different awards all over the place, and won a few. Its five Oscar nominations included acting honors for Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench as well as nods for best music, best writing, and best picture.
The Kitties are chocolat-covered.
There are too many great characters in this movie to fit into one scene, so I created my own mixture. On the morning of the chocolate festival, Vianne (Lily) feels defeated, that everyone in town is against her. Having always travelled with the Northern wind, she feels it calling her to her next unknown destination. Just as she and Anouk (Mini) are set to leave, however, Josephine (Lena Olin/Ashes) reminds them of all the lives they've touched and the loving community they've harvested.
-- Armande Voizin (Judi Dench/The Mother Kitty) and her daughter Caroline (Carrie-Ann Moss)
are finally on good terms.
-- Caroline has eased up on worrying so much: Allowing her son Luc (Aurelien Parent Koenig/Simon) to ride his dad's bike around town is a big step!
-- Guillaume Blerot (John Wood/B.J). and Madame Audel (Leslie Caron) are finally out on a date, taking Charlie (the dog) out for a stroll.
-- Roux (Gordon) has returned! Maybe it's to check his handy-work on Vianne's front door, or maybe he's realized something more important.
-- Of course, Pantoufle is there too...for now. (All good stories should include a kangaroo, don't you think?)
-- And, don't worry--I don't think anyone but Pere Henri (Hugh O'Conor/Comet) has noticed Comte. De Reynaud (Norman), who has passed out after a valiant battle against Vianne's blasphemous window display of chocolates and all that it and she stand for.
When Comte. De Reynaud awakens, will he finally give in to all these changes in his town and accept Vianne with an open heart? Will the townspeople embrace the newfound lightness Vianne has instilled in them? Will Vianne be willing to break her own traditions by staying put, surrounded by a community she helped create? See the movie to find out. (I don't want to tell you everything!) For once, I recommend a chocolate snack instead of popcorn.
Bon Bon, anyone?
Next, Johnny gets dressed up for two cameo roles in Before Night Falls. One is clearly prettier than the other....
(To see images from Chocolat, visit Melissa's Kitties' blog here: melissaconnolly.blogspot.com/2012/05/johnny-kitties-celeb...)
It is da dedication of its use to da pursuit of da Divine ......
.......which renders it a catalyst to worship
...............~~~~~~~~~
"Da inherent imagination and spiritual receptivity is definitely influenced by dis differential chemical endowment.".
....~~
meditation philosophy chakra dimension cosmic divine future ascension transcendence Maya calendar Change Consciousness Ascension Spirituality Light new old ways Livin in Balance
great mass awakening Spiritual Love n Light
Quantum Change
Harmonic Symmetry Multidimensional Sacred Geometry
Positive Vibrations n Energy Planetary Awakening
Quantum Resonance
Maya Long Count Healing Light Workers
I crossed paths with her in a downtown drugstore and couldn't resist complimenting her great outfit. She seemed receptive to the compliment and thanked me. "You can probably tell I'm not a fan of modern clothing styles. I said " Yes, I can tell. Is this your everyday wardrobe or are you dressed for a special event?" She replied "No. this is pretty much everyday me." Meet Stephanie.
I told her of my Human Family photo project and asked if it would be OK for me to photograph her on the street once she cashed out. She said that would be fine. "Actually, this isn't the first time a stranger has asked to photograph me." I wasn't surprised at all.
After a short wait outside the store on Kingston's main drag, Princess Street, Stephanie emerged. I introduced her to my wife and simply photographed her in the middle of the busy sidewalk.
When I noticed her brightly colored backpack I asked for another photograph from the side to show the contrast. "Sure" was her friendly reply. "Actually, the backpack is the only modern piece of my wardrobe today."
Stephanie said she and her husband are involved in reenactments as a hobby. Her outfit, she explained, is an 1812 military uniform. She said the vest reflected another era but I can't remember what it was.
Invited to share a message with the world, she said "Just be happy."
I thanked her for participating in my project and she said she was happy to. I said it was nice meeting her and she made a point of saying "Nice meeting you, too" to my wife who was near the curb, dodging pedestrians.
Thank you Stephanie for participating in the Human Family photo project. Your photo and story are my 887th submission to the group.
More street portraits and stories can be seen at:
This male Fiery Skipper (right) was courting this receptive female (left) in the garden.
Howard County Conservancy
Mt. Pleasant
Woodstock, Maryland
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Inhalein da Breath of da Godz
Da inherent imagination and spiritual receptivity is definitely influenced by dis differential chemical endowment It is da dedication of its use to da pursuit of da Divine ......
.......which renders it a catalyst to worship
Intentional camera movement: a low success ratio mode of shooting. But when it works, you have something unique. I was about to run a photo workshop at this location, and scouted it in advance to ensure it hadn't changed since my previous visits, that we'd have access, all those little considerations. Managing a group is all about details. For starters, make sure people are relaxed and comfortable - they will be more receptive.
Anyway, there I was, walking a forest trail, and trying to push my own envelope, too. I have a lot of photos of trees; I lived in coastal British Columbia for nearly 40 years, on the edge of the world's largest temperate rain forest. But there are always new ways of seeing. I didn't take the camera off the tripod. Slow shutter, hold still an instant and then pan.
Photographed in Cowichan River Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2009 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Here's another Prickly Pear bloom, not quite open, salmon-pink, almost abstract in this view.
Although I don't remember making this shot, nearly ten years ago, I do remember the day. Late June, peak of the spring-summer transition. I did a long solo hike among the buttes, starting at dawn. Flowers, insects, landscapes.
This image - overlooked for a decade - is more about a feeling than anatomical details. Can I get to the essence of the flower without really showing all that much of the flower? After more than 60 years of photography, its inherent mystery still captivates. What is this response to beauty that we all share and seek out?
Many years ago, one of my students - who just happened to be the head of a university chemistry department - wanted to know "the rule" for photographing backlit flowers. The formula. I told her the truth: there is none. It's more a game of intuition. The deeper your connection, the truer your result (assuming you have a grasp of how your camera works and how to make the technical choices to produce a desired outcome). With the entire vast green prairie stretching around for miles in every direction - rolling hills and flat-topped buttes, steep ravines and clusters of wildflowers, great bowl of blue sky above dotted with puffy cumulus clouds, cracked and dried clay soil pushing up native grasses, spiders and insects darting here and there for cover as monstrous hiking boots clomp past, the ever present possibility of a wildlife encounter (deer, bison, pronghorn, coyote, rattlesnake, golden eagle), all of it in constant, flowing change - how does the eye and mind come to rest on a single emerging cactus flower, and visualize a photo in the raw material there? I don't know. But I do know there's no formula.
Addendum: After writing and posting this, looking through my Inbox I found a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson, who suggested that creativity "...consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind."
Receptivity. Letting the world in... the spirit, if you will. Pretty good clues as to what's going on. It starts inside oneself. Set the table properly, and the banquet is yours.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2013 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Wetenschappelijk: Leptidea sinapis
Scientific name: Leptidea sinapis
As its name implies, this species is found in woodland rides and margins. However, colonies in the south west of its range can be found in more-open areas such as disused railway cuttings and meadows. Suitable habitat is characterised as being warm, sheltered and damp, where both larval foodplants and nectar sources are in abundance. Foodplants include various vetches and trefoils. Nectar sources include a variety of flowers, favourites being Bramble, Bugle, Ragged Robin and Birds-foot Trefoil. In hot weather, males can also be found taking mineral salts from puddles.
Despite relatively short-term increases, the long-term view is that this butterfly is in decline and is therefore a priority species for conservation efforts. This butterfly has suffered due to a change in woodland management and, in particular, the reduction in coppicing that allows new woodland clearings to develop that provides the conditions suitable for this species. Even improvements in habitat management will not guarantee that the species will reappear from areas where it has been lost, since it is not a very mobile species and may not, therefore, be able to recolonise naturally.
Males are the more active of the two sexes and can be found patrolling for females, rarely stopping to rest or feed, especially in sunny weather. On dull days, the butterfly will rest on the underside of a leaf with its wings closed and, when disturbed, the butterfly will fly into thick undergrowth.
The courtship of this butterfly is an amazing spectacle. Male and female face each other with wings closed and intermittently flash open their wings. At the same time, the male waves his proboscis and white-tipped antennae either side of the female's head. If the female is receptive to these signals, the female bends her abdomen toward the male and the pair mate, staying coupled for around 30 minutes
pothead pixiee
It is da dedication of its use to da pursuit of da Divine ......
.......which renders it a catalyst to worship
...............~~~~~~~~~
"Da inherent imagination and spiritual receptivity is definitely influenced by dis differential chemical endowment."
Don’t mess with mama! A vigilant mother seal, at right, charges a male seal that tries to come ashore in the same sandy cove as her pup. The female (tagged RL42, Leia) was mother of the third Hawaiian monk seal pup born on Oahu in 2021. After this encounter, the 19 year old male (tagged RE74, Benny) decided to move several hundred meters down the shoreline to his own private beach. He may have just wanted to haul out in the warm sun, or may have been checking to see if the female, with a pup that was almost weaned, was receptive. An observant ghost crab cautiously runs for cover.
When I joined Flickr, it was so I could enter a photographic competition. I never imagined, fifteen years later that I would have so many followers, have shared so many images, or have made some of the best friends I have (even ones whom I have never physically met but have connected with emotionally and spiritually). Thanks to Flickr, and the exposure it has given my work, my images have appeared in books, journals and magazines around the world, I appear on numerous websites, and I have three postage stamps all featuring my images. The world of social media can be ruthless, yet here on Flickr, I have found a kind, friendly and receptive community of like minded people ready to embrace other members. I have much to be grateful about, thanks to Flickr.
So, happy twentieth birthday, Flickr! Thank you for everything you are, and all that you do. I am paying tribute to this wonderful platform by using the Flickr livery of bright blue and hot pink in a still life using my latest obsession, cotton spools.
When it was my birthday a few months ago, a very dear friend who enjoys photography as much as I do, and knows that I collect beautiful and vintage pieces, gave me a wonderful selection of antique ribbons, buttons, buckles, lace and other fine notions. She also gave me three follow up tins of similar delightful gifts for Christmas.
Amongst the gifts was a pretty ribbon of vibrant blue and white embroidered daisies, some blue, magenta and pink crocheted daisies from Poland, some Estonian hand dyed lace and some tiny segments of crochet, all of which I have set up on the back terrace against one of my antique embroidered Art Deco doilies from the 1930s, and accessorised with some peacock blue silver and enamel buttons from Birmingham, hallmarked 1910, some tiny Japanese cloisonné vest buttons from the 1880s, some pink rose buttons from the 1960s, a Victorian spool of W. and J. Knox peacock blue linen thread and a spool of Dewhurst's Sylko Rose Pink cotton which dates from between 1938 and 1954.
W. and J. Knox Ltd was first established over two centuries ago when the Knox family set up a small textile mill in Kilbirnie to spin the locally-grown flax fibre and to manufacture linen thread. It was first registered as a company in 1778 then subsequently named W. and J. Knox in the 1800s by the sons of the founder. The Knox family was involved with the company for the first 200 years, with ownership passing through the generations, and agents being set up all over the world. Hearsay places an agent in New Zealand only ten years after Captain Cook’s discovery, and written records show trade agreements in place in the early 1800s in Canada. Cosalt plc purchased the company from Linndustries in the 1970s, with ownership passing to the local management team in 2004, following an MBO. Two centuries after opening, Knox is still based in the same Ayrshire town, and is now owned by the local management team, following an MBO from Cosalt plc in 2004.
Belle Vue Mill, commonly known as Dewhurst’s, was built by Thomas Dewhurst in 1828. It opened in 1829 as John Dewhurst & Sons and was one of Skipton’s largest spinning and weaving mills. The mill’s position next to the Leeds Liverpool Canal meant that raw cotton could be shipped in by boats from Liverpool. Finished goods would then be sent back the same way ready for distribution. Coal to power the machine’s steam engines was also delivered by barge. In 1897 Dewhurst’s was bought by the English Sewing Cotton Co. It continued to produce Sylko, one of the mill’s most famous products. It was produced in over 500 colours and sold throughout the world. Sylko cottons are still available at haberdashers today.
Edit me
make me whole
take me apart
and then
in the fragments
find the meaning
and piece me
back together
again
because from now on
I will never be
the same
the same
or different
because
I'm rearranged
Edit me
because you want
to know me
edit me
because you might
be afraid of
reading between
these lines
My Studio was bare studs when we bought it we insulated and drywalled and painted.
Even did magnetic receptive paint on two walls. Most things are various Ikea finds made into useful items for me.
It's breeding time for wild turkeys and the hen flocks are scattered. Gobbler wander around looking for a receptive hen.
Our beautiful world, pass it on.
This is a photo backlit by the light from the window of an acrylic abstract painting that I did a while ago that has the theme of receptivity to divine love, or higher levels of being.
Mile Sur Mera Tumhara, To Sur Bane Hamara
forever entwined softness in our hearts
newly present in your care, i find myself
returning to our daily minds with richer access
she greets us on a dance into thought and nuance.
tending away from twisted realm - the restless one
beyond the lip of patter, glide of threading the seams.
cup to lips minus confounding of intracranial abstractions.
boundless delta of every thought, never emptied of all d' nuances
eyes alighted upon soft landings. placed so gently,
pressed into basement of her eyelids; truest note.
incorruptible living in the exact shape of your words
one who find your words, you shall be beloved.
my heart finds a greater repose, restful to my eye
heartlight revealing itself to the receptive eye;
eyework - an extension of her rhythm with the world.
as it does not exhaust the determined roots,
cultivated practice of collecting windfall joy;
of being wholly herself - eyelids returning with wonder -
endless, eternal, immense, infinite breaths
imbued with bead of freshness. fulfilled.
your intuitive care captures small revelatory moments
love in all its manifestations, a beautiful unfolding
big-hearted gesture of your touch, i glow with gratitude
how much warmth, enveloping. i open my heart a little more
interacting presences - emanations of Tenderness 🌸
to a million dreams my mind hosted, bestowed one Heart
how to explain this wholeness? ever expansive sense of kinship
not an easy work at all, still an effortless one:
Eterna, i am pleased to tell You, 因你，有我。 - oski -
fully present to wonder of you. Thank you. Mil gracias.
Excerpt from Cdr. Bannon’s log: Our next mission has brought us to Quarzite. For some reason one of our research departments has been involved in a high priority project, and they are in need of crystals for some kind of weapon.
Our mission was to find a viable location for a base of operation, where our scientists could validate the purple Quarzite crystal.
Cdr. Bannon: Lord Kadus. Come in. Transmitting my current coordinates. This area has a high density of crystals, and is accessible enough for the crew.
Lord Kadus: Roger that Commander! We will proceed to the location immediately.
Cdr. Bannon: What do you think Lord Kadus?
Lord Kadus: Commander. This site will be perfect for a mining operation. Let’s hope these crystals are receptive for our synthesis process. Cdr. Voluth! How’s the test coming along?
Cdr. Voluth: Just a few moments Lord. My men are working on it.
Lt. Scientist Ralvand: Commander Volut, Sir. These crystals are crude, but the test puts them well within the viability spectrum! These crystals will work!
Lord Kadus: Excellent!!! Begin setting up the mining site immediately! Commander Bannon, good work. You should return to High Command. They’ve requested you personally.
Cdr. Bannon: Yes Lord.
"Your thoughts reshape your brain, and thus are changing a physical construct of reality."
listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHage8fhVJs
[Happy new year, friends. This year, for me, will be about respecting my time and myself by making space for me to breathe and take pause. Understanding my own limitations and being patient with myself as I diligently plod away on my own personal journey, learning and hopefully growing.
This image is a fairly direct interpretation of how I'm entering 2016: receptive, grounded, hopeful, willing. I hope you all had a beautiful first day of the rest of your lives and would love to hear your resolutions or general thoughts on the coming year and what you're looking ahead towards.
Thank you to Lizzy Gadd for helping with this image.
The quote above is pulled from this most wonderful article I thoroughly enjoyed reading: psychpedia.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-science-of-happiness-... ]
it's how i do flickr
How do you do flickR???
It is da dedication of its use to da pursuit of da Divine ......
.......which renders it a catalyst to worship
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"Da inherent imagination and spiritual receptivity is definitely influenced by dis differential chemical endowment.".
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Chicory è uno dei rimedi floreali del dott. Eduard Bach, favorisce la solidarietà verso il prossimo, fa distogliere l'attenzione da se stessi, fa cessare l'aggressività.Il blu di questo fiore dalla breve vita è fluido, delicato e ricettivo,gli insetti ne sono incredibilmente attratti
Chicory is one of the flower remedies of Dr. Eduard Bach, promotes solidarity towards others, draws attention away from oneself, stops aggression. The blue of this short-lived flower is fluid, delicate and receptive, insects are incredibly attracted to it
"McDougall Church at Morley, Alberta, was built in 1875 by Reverend George McDougall. It had long been the desire of George McDougall to open a mission among the Stoney-Nakoda and Blackfoot people of southern Alberta. Numerous factors had, up to that time, prevented a missionary effort, but by the early 1870s, McDougall felt the time was right. The Morley mission would not only serve the Aboriginal people, but also afford an opportunity to establish a more permanent relationship with the Blackfoot Nation.
Established during a period of discontent among the Aboriginal population, the Morley mission was received with mixed feelings. Many welcomed the arrival of the missionaries, Others among the tribe, however, were less receptive and kept their distance. Today, this historical mission church is a popular stop for photographers." - www.mcdougallstoneymission.com/about.php
The LORD begot me,
the beginning of his works,
the forerunner of his deeds of long ago;
From of old I was formed,
at the first,
before the earth.
When there were no deeps I was brought forth,
when there were no fountains or springs of water;
Before the mountains were settled into place,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
When the earth and the fields were not yet made,
nor the first clods of the world.
When he established the heavens,
there was I, when he marked out the vault over the face of the deep;
When he made firm the skies above,
when he fixed fast the springs of the deep;
When he set for the sea its limit,
so that the waters should not transgress his command;
When he fixed the foundations of earth,
then was I beside him as artisan;
I was his delight day by day,
playing before him all the while,
Playing over the whole of his earth,
having my delight with human beings. (Prov 8:22-31; NABRE)
I was brought forth, I was there, I was beside him—from Bulgakov in the East to Merton in the West the Christian Wisdom tradition hears in these lines the music of an expansive divine-human mystery, a dual hymn evoking not only the presence of Christ, the uncreated Wisdom of God who orders and “plays” in the universe, but also, through Christ’s humanity, as it were, the primordial presence of the human race, created Sophia, in whom God rejoices and delights always...
... This reaching across the threshold of eternity and history, heaven and earth, divinity and humanity, comprises the erotic structure of the whole Bible. Bulgakov thus envisions Sophia as the eros of God become one with creation, the love between Father, Son, and Spirit that “opens room” in God’s self for creation and incarnation. As Merton proclaims, we are “saved by love, yes, even by eros.”..,
... “In me the world is present, and you are present. I am a link in the chain of light and of presence.” The Wisdom tradition gives a positive language, that is, a Name, to an experience that resounds in persons and cultures everywhere: the intuition of nature’s silent receptivity and gratuity, its beauty, mystery, and ontological depth in God—Sophia. Life itself, fundamentally, is on our side.
-“Christopher Pramuk, At Play in Creation,
Of the Nymphalidae family, this butterfly is found in moist open areas in rocky places, wooded streams, marsh edges, and shale barrens. All day long, males patrol near the host plants for receptive females. Eggs are laid in bunches of about 40 on the underside of host plant leaves. Caterpillars eat leaves, and young ones live and feed communally. Third-stage caterpillars hibernate.
Caterpillar hosts are Asters, in the sunflower family.
Adult food consists of Nectar from flowers of dogbane, fleabane and white clover.
They range from Newfoundland and northern New England west across the Great Lake states and southern Canada to British Columbia; south in the western mountains to Utah, southeast Arizona, and southern New Mexico; south in the Appalachians to Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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What are friends for if not a place to rest your weary head? Monk seals do not live in colonies and though usually solitary they sometimes need encounters. A young, molting female (left) was making her way to the water after spending the night in the beach naupaka. This male came ashore nearby and galumphed over to greet the female, probably to see if she was receptive. They rolled in the sun and sand for a while, and then departed different directions. The male is RO40 “Ka’ena” born in 2006. The female is known as “Lina” RL98 born in 2019. Female Hawaiian monk seals reach sexual maturity at 5 or 6 years old.
Endemic to Hawaii, this species of monk seal was established in the archipelago millions of years before the human populated main volcanic islands emerged above sea level. The original seal occupied islands have since receded to coral atolls and are part of Papahānaumokuākea. Recent population estimates indicate a slight increase to 1,570 individuals throughout the Hawaiian archipelago. However, Hawaiian monk seals remain endangered and among the rarest of marine mammals.
An old, one-eyed White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) buck makes a run at a doe in the south Texas brush country of Willacy County.
During the rut, a particularly receptive doe may entice a buck by initiating a game of cat and mouse, where she runs seductively to and fro in an attempt to illicit a chase response. More often than not, however, it is the buck that will pursue the doe, advancing toward her with his head lowered communicating his clear intention to mate. Does that are not yet receptive or unimpressed with their suitor will spurn his advances. A buck guarding a doe will make several of these “buck runs” until he receives indication from the doe that she is ready to breed.
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Quietly and naively enough, I thought this was going to be an easier theme.
I am not a loud person, normally. I embrace quietude as a part of my labyrinth of a heart. Therefore I am made of intricate silences.
However I am unable to listen to silence anymore. I live with a condition called tinnitus, and have so for almost 10 years. When I was 13 I was diagnosed with chronic hearing loss on one ear, but I refused to let it dictate my life. There are days that I struggle to hear perfectly well, but other days the constant background ringing of a thousand whistles go by unnoticed. But if I am alone in the dark, or in the sea, or in the forest I can not hear the vast emptiness of nature anymore. And although it brings me sadness sometimes, it makes me also feel grateful. Because despite being unable to hear some birds singing I can still watch their flight. Despite sometimes being unable to hear the foliage of the trees giggling with the wind, I can still hear them sometimes, if loud enough. I can still hear the laughter of my friends and family, and engage in familiar conversations as if I had nothing wrong going on. And I feel blessed.
I comprehend the vastness of limitations and the beauty of blessings. I have both and I am receptive of both. It is what I am, and I must learn to love both parts equally. If not always, at least try to accept that silence is yet a way to perceive the lack and fullness of something. It is but a point of view; and it can change within the powerful need to be receptive of everything that makes me, me. The raw, messy, incomplete and imperfect me.
One of our many endemic Western Cape reeds.
Botanical name: Willdenowia glomerata (female plant).
Family: Restionaceae.
Taken at Kirstenbosch gardens, Cape Town, South Africa.
Victoria's Riflebird (male)
Ptiloris victoriae
November 8th, 2018
Lake Eacham, Queensland, Australia
Canon EOS 1D X Mark II
Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens
Canon 600EX II-RT flash
The spectacular male Victoria's Riflebird putting on a show for the ladies! This photo doesn't really do this bird's plumage justice - their colours are just astonishing. Their plumage is jet black, with an amazing splash of blue/green iridescence colouring on the head & throat & a beautiful bronze colouring across their abdomen. When the dappled rainforest light hits their feathers, the black has a wonderful purple tinge to it & the iridescence feathers light up in an incredible array of colours.
The male selects an appropriate vertical platform to perform his ritual, usually a dead tree trunk or stump. In order to attract a female, he lets out a series of raspy 'yaars' calls to alert her of his presence. When the male begins to display, he erects the feathers of his throat & sides to accentuate the bright colours of his plumage. He curves his rounded wings above his body, tilts his head back & opens his beak wide to reveal the brilliant deep yellow of his throat.
Once he has the attention of a female, then the real show begins - the dance! He starts quickly moving from side to side, in an almost mechanical like fashion. He will slowly 'bounce' on the spot, without ever leaving his feet, & he will manoeuvre his body in the direction of the female as she moves about the rainforest.
Once a receptive female lands on the display in front of him, the pair begin an elaborate courtship routine that sees them dance from side to side, with their heads on opposing angles to each other. The male will continually hide his head from the female behind his wings during this routine. He will perform his 'wing clap' display that all but embraces the female with rapidly alternating wing extensions at a progressively rapid tempo, until he wins her over & copulation commences.
An amazing encounter to witness!
In reactive mind, whenever our attention was stolen by a distraction, our attention immediately clung to the distraction. The clinging mind immediately produced a story in our heads about what or whom we are angry at, envious of, ashamed of, puffed-up about, greedy for, envious of. But now, in receptive mind, characterized by a liberating release into our practice and hence cleared of so much mental clutter, all the prepositions fall away. We easily shift our attention from what we are aware of—anger, joy, fear, pain, shame, happiness, peaceful recollection, pride, despair, what have you—to the awareness itself, the very aware-ing, before the clinging mind whisks up a frothy story of anger, joy fear, pain, happiness, recollection, pride, despair. When the “of” falls away there is quite simply no one there to launch a story to tell, no video to play, no one there to comment, chatter, or cling. There is simple joy, fear, pain, happiness, peace, pride, despair that is naked of all narrative. There is no isolated, separate self to whip up all these stories in our heads.
-An Ocean of Light Contemplation, Transformation, and Liberation, Martin Laird, O.S.A.
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There is no Mystery by Klaus Schulze
Canon EOS 300D - f/6.3 - 1/1000sec - 100mm - ISO 100
The very interesting bi life of a water lily.
- Each flower has many petals surrounding both male and female reproductive parts, and is only open during the daytime for three days.
- Female day:
see: flic.kr/p/H14dpD
On the first morning, the flowers produce a fluid in the cup-like center and are receptive to pollen from other flowers. However, they are not yet releasing pollen themselves. Pollen-covered insects are attracted by the sweet smell, but the flower is designed so that when they enter the flower, they fall into the fluid. This washes the pollen off their bodies and onto the female flower parts (stigmas) causing fertilization.
- Male days:
On the second and the third days, the flowers are no longer receptive to pollen, and no fluid is produced. Instead, pollen is released from the stamens (the flexible yellow match-shaped structures in the flower center). Visiting insects pick up the pollen and transport it to flowers in the first day of the flowering cycle.
- After the three days the flowers are brought under water by coiling their stalks. The seeds mature under water and after several weeks are released into the water.
There’s nothing better than hanging around a busker. The trick is ignore them and start checking out the audience and in the case of Amsterdam you have a veritable cornucopia of individuals from which to shoot at a leisurely pace, waiting for those perfect expressions.
It helps that the busker is good and the audience is, shall we say, receptive!