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I've been crushed beaten down
And I'm frozen to the ground
Like a fool I've trusted you
Still I'm hopelessly in love
I never thought that I would be this helpless
I can't believe I'm giving in for you
I've been crushed, I've had enough
Now I wanna leave but I'm lost
So now I can't break away
Although I've made up my mind
My heart is refusing me
(hey yeah ey ey)
My heart is refusing me
Me for you, you for me
It was us against them all
But slowly it came to me
What was underneath it all
I never thought that you could be this reckless
I can't believe you're doing this to me oh
Strip me down I'm naked now
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Even today, travelers to Greece can still find many hidden treasure destinations which retain their almost unspoiled beauty, such as the island of Trizonia.
As hard to believe as it may be, because Greece has such a long coastline, as well as almost innumerable islands, there still are a wealth of locations which would make one think that these places are off the map.
One such island without a doubt, is Trizonia, located in the Corinthian Gulf just 400 meters (1,312 feet) off the southwestern coast of the region of Fokida.
The island is said to have been named for the sound of its crickets, which you can always hear singing away while you are there.
This is the famed island which, after visiting it in the 1960’s, Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis attempted to buy — lock, stock and barrel — from the local people who lived there by offering them an enormous lump sum of money.
The locals refused, famously saying that this specific paradise was not for sale. Minas, a local restaurateur, shared with the Greek Reporter that occasionally the thought does cross his mind that “it would have been good if Onassis had bought it.”
The islanders’ refusal is what led Onassis later to buy the island of Skorpios in the Ionian Sea, which he made into his own personal Eden.
The island of Trizonia has been called by many a miracle of nature. While staying on the island, which is just 2.4 square kilometers, or barely one square mile, travelers can forget everything from the outside world, including cars, motorbikes, noise — and stress.
Trizonia is also an island garden of sorts, boasting almond, prickly pear, eucalyptus, holly, plum, and olive trees, as well as pine and cedar trees throughout.
The island only has 40-50 residents in the winter. However, Minas maintains that “in the winter it’s a bit difficult, it gets a bit cold, but if you have good company, good wine and good food, everything is fine.”
With a natural, unspoiled landscape that amazes visitors, its lacework of interconnected, continuous beaches, and sapphire waters, Trizonia and its singing crickets beckon to the discerning visitor who needs a break from the modern world.
Edward Blaquiere, a former lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a well known philhellene of his time, visited Trizonia in 1825 and he mentions a ruined village. He also mentions the excellent harbour of the island which is sheltered from all winds. The Greek military leader and politician Andreas Londos came to Trizonia in 1827 with 500 soldiers. In the ensuing battle with the 2000 Ottomans who were there at that time, the Greeks under the guidance of Londos won, causing great damage to the Ottoman army.
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Later in the morning and still dark in another part of the Borough (Leyton this time), the clean up continues.
Furry therapists are the best, always there to comfort, listen and not judge.
For today's theme 'Wise words'.
Evie obliged here for me, cats refused and Olive was distracted lol.
End of 2016 in Bangkok. I wonder if we will ever be able to travel again.
The quite sensible measures taken by the government against the spread of the coronavirus in the country are opposed and sabotaged by a not inconsiderable number of opponents of vaccination and coronavirus measures. In numerous Austrian cities, they took to the streets yesterday, and the tone is clearly getting harsher. The blind rage of these people is directed not only against politicians, but increasingly also against hospitals, so that they have to be protected nationwide by the police from these terrorist assholes. Just imagine that!
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One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "iSpy"
I = Ink
Shot with a "Tomioka-Copal 71 mm F 4" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
I liked the way the telegraph pole cut this into two pictures; the men collecting the bins on the pavement and the refuse truck fighting through rush hour traffic.
Stack of old magazines and sales catalogs, ready for the refuse and then be reincarnated as new pages.
For Looking close on Friday!
Theme: Matchsticks.
Des friction lights de John Walker aux lucifers de Samuel Jones
Le pharmacien John Walker est celui qui a inventé, en 1827, la première allumette qui s’allume par friction, comme on la connaît aujourd’hui. S’inspirant des travaux d’un physicien et chimiste irlandais, Robert Boyle, il imagine un mélange qui, par friction sur une surface rugueuse, peut s’enflammer. En bon scientifique qu’il était, et ne voulant pas faire connaître le procédé de sa découverte, il refuse de la breveter, se contentant de commercialiser lui-même son produit, et de vaquer à ses occupations de pharmacien, botaniste et minéralogiste. Ce procédé de fabrication des allumettes finit par être breveté sous le nom de lucifers par un certain Samuel Jones. Les lucifers présentaient néanmoins de nombreux problèmes : flamme instable et violente, odeur désagréable. On dit que malgré tous ces désagréments, le nombre de fumeurs augmenta en raison de cette invention. Ils pouvaient enfin déambuler dans la nature, avec leurs cigarettes, cigares et pipes, en toute indépendance.
From John Walker's Friction Lights to Samuel Jones' Lucifers
In 1827, the pharmacist John Walker invented the first friction-lighting match, as we know it today. Inspired by the work of an Irish physicist and chemist, Robert Boyle, he imagined a mixture that could ignite by friction on a rough surface. As a good scientist, and not wanting to make the process of his discovery known, he refused to patent it, contenting himself with marketing his product himself, and going about his business as a pharmacist, botanist and mineralogist. This process for manufacturing matches ended up being patented under the name of Lucifers by a certain Samuel Jones. However, Lucifers presented many problems: unstable and violent flame, unpleasant odor. It is said that despite all these inconveniences, the number of smokers increased because of this invention. They could finally wander around in nature, with their cigarettes, cigars and pipes, in complete independence.
Un grand merci pour vos favoris, commentaires et encouragements toujours très appréciés.
Many thanks for your much appreciated favorites and comments.
Cutting and chewing on the front end and waste packaging on the refuse end. Beware Crinum Lilies... you are their favorite meal!
Biscayne Park, FL
"I refuse to accept despair as the final response to the ambiguities of history.
I refuse to accept the idea that the “isness” of man’s present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal “oughtness” that forever confronts him.
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him.
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality."
-Rev Dr MLK Jr
April 4th, 1968. The world lost a poet of justice, a defender of truth and a warrior for humanity.
Thank you to the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr for his many contributions to humanity and civil rights.
#MLKDay
This was a man who not only wished to be remembered, he also wanted to tell us how. And the Anglican Church, St Andrew's in Wimpole (Cambridgeshire) in this case, totally agreed and offered its services, as she always used to do, to the self-importance of an overbearing noble family. These were people who automatically, without being voted in, were members of Parliament and representing interests no other than their own. So, I will not give the name of this person (d. 1834) who made sure that he was depicted in the robes and with the paraphernalia of the Knights of the Garter. The hard work of real memory, however, must include all those whose presence and contribution is excluded from this monument of political narcissism. Fuji X-E2.
I like how this proud gerbera daisy refuses to give in to the chill of Autumn.
A closer look.
HBW !
I'm doing some volunteer work these days and may not get to your wonderful images right away...please bear with me!
Drum had to go on a business trip. So I decided to stay home and have a movie night and popcorn. Suddenly appeared Sir Elton, elegantly dressed in a pink tuxedo. He was bored, and he wanted to go dancing. Can you imagine what happened?. When I saw his pretty face, I couldn't refuse. Time to party!
♫ Flavour - Time to Party (feat. Diamond Platnumz) [Official Video] ♫
Everyday na party
Everyday na jolly oh
Oya move your body
No time for story oh
Uhnn where my woman?
We suppose to dey party oh
No time to check time
Everybody shekelebe
Shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh, shekere
Time to party oh oh, shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh
Time to party oh oh
Oh, shakiti, ehn
I like it when you do Shaku (do Shak)
Bakiti, eh I like it when you ko sabo, (kosa)
Mayoyo, (oh ma) changu cha ngama
My oyoyo, (oh ma) wasije kudanganya
The way you whine and roll it umeteka my heart
And I can't control it
Nataka mwenzangu
I say de ade adedede
I say nyonga uniteke
De ade adedede
Dance weh dedede
Shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh oya shekere
Oh my baby oh eh, shekere
Time to party oh oh, shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh
Time to party oh oh
Girl, your body sweety sweety (sweety sweety)
And your fine face pretty pretty (pretty pretty)
The way you whine
You be naughty naughty (naughty naughty)
And your back side bu kwa egweji, oh
Aliko dey here
You suppose to throway
Adenuga dey here
You suppose to throway
Who's your daddy?
Too much money oh
Follow your leader one, two (Original Mr Flavour)
Everybody shekere lei
Shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh oya shekere
Oh my baby oh eh, shekere
Time to party oh oh, shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oh my sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh
Time to party oh oh
Shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh, shekere
Time to party oh oh, shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh
Time to party oh oh
For this my party
Manya plenty oh
I say for this my party
You go chop plenty o
Uhnn where my woman?
We suppose to dey party oh
No time to check time
Everybody, shekerebe eh
Shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh oya shekere
Oh my baby oh eh, shekere
Time to party oh oh, shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh
Time to party oh oh
Shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh, shekere
Time to party oh oh, shekere
Oya mama eh eh, shekere
Oya sister eh eh, shekere
Oh my baby oh eh
Time to party oh oh
Heard a bull frog croaking loudly then walked to the other side of a back pool and found this one hiding in the heavy shade as shown in next photo, but a ray of sunlight finally broke through to light it up. Waited several minutes but it never moved and refused to croak while I was watching so left. I'm sure it wanted to continue call for a mate and didn't want to give up its place. Still wanting to get a photo of one croaking, maybe someday. :)
I refuse to join some rat race to have the best rendition of whatever. When I'm ready, I will transmute.
I keep and value things for a long time. Unfortunately I cannot say that for people.
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