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#SundayFunday - Lyrics

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I have always loved this song. It's meaning relates to every feeling that I feel when I am with Him. This is to me the meaning of deep love between two souls.

That Arizona sky burnin' in your eyes

You look at me and, babe, I wanna catch on fire

It's buried in my soul like California gold

You found the light in me that I couldn't find

So when I'm all choked up

But I can't find the words

Every time we say goodbye

Baby, it hurts

When the sun goes down

And the band won't play

I'll always remember us this way

Lovers in the night

Poets tryin' to write

We don't know how to rhyme

But, damn, we try

But all I really know

You're where I wanna go

The part of me that's you will never die

So when I'm all choked up

And I can't find the words

Every time we say goodbye

Baby, it hurts

When the sun goes down

And the band won't play

I'll always remember us this way

Oh, yeah

I don't wanna be just a memory, baby, yeah

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo

Hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo

So when I'm all choked up

And I can't find the words

Every time we say goodbye

Baby, it hurts

When the sun goes down

And the band won't play

I'll always remember us this way, way, yeah

When you look at me

And the whole world fades

I'll always remember us this way

Relating to things that influence your mind in a way you do not notice. Not recognized or understood by the conscious mind, but still having influence on it

As the darkness gets darker, the light shines brighter Ish 60:1-3

2 Corinthians 10:5

Casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. John 12:24,25

Keep thy heart with all diligence;

for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4;23

Put on the whole armor of God Ephesians 6:10-18

Psalm 34

James 4:6

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

“God resists the proud,

But gives grace to the humble.”

This is installment number 2 of the Billy Joel collection. It's amazing how Billy captured every day scenarios that anyone can relate to.

This song is dedicated to everyone that is being told what is best for them or that they are doing something wrong.

It's important to have strong convictions and stay true to yourself. While it's great to receive advice from others, ultimately it's up to you to make your own decisions in order to achieve true happiness. Failure to do so can lead to feelings of regret, which can be a burden to bear on your own. It's crucial to follow your dreams and pursue your passions in life, as this is the surest way to live a fulfilling and satisfying life.

♫♫Tunes♫♫

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Lyrics

Got a call from an old friend we used to be real close

Said he couldn't go on the American way

Closed the shop, sold a house, bought a ticket to the west coast

Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.

I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm alright

I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home

I don't care what you say anymore this is my life

Go ahead with your own life leave me alone

I never said you had to offer me a second chance

(I never said you had to)

I never said I was a victim of circumstance

(I never said)

I still belong (still belong)

Don't get me wrong (don't get me wrong)

You can speak your mind but not on my time

They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place

Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody else

Oh, but sooner or later you sleep in your own space

Either way it's okay, you wake up with yourself

I don't need you to worry for me 'cause I'm alright

I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home

I don't care what you say anymore this is my life

Go ahead with your own life leave me alone

I never said you had to offer me a second chance

(I never said you had to)

I never said I was a victim of circumstance

(Gf circumstance)

I still belong (still belong)

Don't get me wrong (don't get me wrong)

You can speak your mind but not on my time

I don't care what you say anymore this is my life

Go ahead with your own life leave me alone

Wicked is always relatable.

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**relate to this so much. always ready for next adventure..counting down!

No worries folks ... they didn't jump! ;-)

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Oh, why can't I be what you need?

A new improved version of me

But I'm nothing so good, no, I'm nothing...

Just bones, a lonely ghost burning down songs

Of violence, of love, and of sorrow

I beg for just one more tomorrow!

Where you hold me down, fold me in

Deep deep deep in the heart of your sins

I'd break in two over you

I'd break in two and each piece of me dies

And only you can give the breath of life!

But you don't see me, you don't

Here I'm pinned between darkness and light

Bleached and blinded by these nights

Where I'm tossing and tortured till dawn

By you, visions of you, then you're gone

The shock bleeds the red from my face

When I hear someone's taken my place

How could love be so thoughtless, so cruel?

When all, all that I did was for you...

I'd break in two over you

I'd break in two and each piece of me dies

And only you can give the breath of life!

But you don't see me, you don't

I'd break in two over you

I'd break in two and each piece of me dies

And only you can give the breath of life!

But you don't see me, you don't

I'd break in two over you

I'd break in two over you

Over you

I'd break in two

I would break in two for you

Now you see me

Now you don't

Now you need me

Now you don't

You are one of God's mistakes,

You crying, tragic waste of skin,

I'm well aware of how it aches,

And you still won't let me in.

Now I'm breaking down your door,

To try and save your swollen face,

Though I don't like you anymore,

You lying, trying waste of space.

Before our innocence was lost,

You were always one of those,

Blessed with lucky sevens,

And the voice that made me cry .

My Oh My.

You were mother nature's son,

Someone to whom I could relate,

Your needle and your damage done,

Remains a sordid twist of fate.

Now I'm trying to wake you up,

To pull you from the liquid sky,

Cause if I don't we'll both end up,

With just your song to say goodbye.

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The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.

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relating to the universe or cosmos, especially as distinct from the earth.

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Managed a quick trip to the beach in order to see if California is OPEN yet. Most coastal access remains closed, with all parking areas blocked.

But I found this Guy racing around a rest stop, and managed to get a shot before he raced off.

For a generation of viewers, the familiar “beep, beep” of Warner Brothers’ cartoon Roadrunner was the background sound of Saturday mornings.

(Although commonly quoted as "meep meep", Warner Brothers, the current owner of all trademarks relating to the duo, lists "beep, beep" as the Road Runner's sound, along with "meep, meep." )

Despite the cartoon character’s perennial victories over Wile E. Coyote, real-life coyotes present a real danger to Roadrunners; Coyotes can reach a top speed of 43 miles an hour—more than twice as fast as roadrunners.

Roadrunner can outrace a human, kill a rattlesnake, and thrive in the harsh landscapes of the Desert Southwest. Roadrunners reach two feet from sturdy bill to white tail tip, with a bushy blue-black crest and mottled plumage that blends well with dusty shrubs. As they run, they hold their lean frames nearly parallel to the ground and rudder with their long tails.

Roadrunners have evolved a range of adaptations to deal with the extremes of desert living. Like seabirds, they secrete a solution of highly concentrated salt through a gland just in front of each eye, which uses less water than excreting it via their kidneys and urinary tract. Moisture-rich prey including mammals and reptiles supply them otherwise-scarce water in their diet. Both chicks and adults flutter the un-feathered area beneath the chin (gular fluttering) to dissipate heat.

Roadrunners eat poisonous prey, including venomous lizards and scorpions, with no ill effect, although they’re careful to swallow horned lizards head-first with the horns pointed away from vital organs. Roadrunners can also kill and eat rattlesnakes, often in tandem with another roadrunner: as one distracts the snake by jumping and flapping, the other sneaks up and pins its head, then bashes the snake against a rock. If it’s is too long to swallow all at once, a roadrunner will walk around with a length of snake still protruding from its bill, swallowing it a little at a time as the snake digests.

Based on banding records, the oldest roadrunner was at least 7 years old.

- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

(600 mm, 1/2000 @ f/9.0, ISO 1000)

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The Art Gallery, a two-storeyed masonry structure with a corrugated iron gable roof, is located on the eastern corner of the site fronting Abbott and Shields Streets. This Georgian Revival building was designed to be extended to the northeast along the Shields Street frontage, with a repeat of the portico on the western end of that facade, but this extension has never occurred. The building has glazed bricks with rendered quoining and opening surrounds. The Cairns Art Gallery (formerly known as the Cairns Regional Gallery) was officially opened on 15 July 1995 as a not-for-profit company managed by a Board of Directors. The building is a restored 1936 government building. The dream of a public art gallery for Cairns began to take shape in 1979 and over the next sixteen years it took a shared passion and vision for the future, as well as the tenacious commitment of Cairns Mayors, Councillors, State Ministers, artists and members of the community to raise over $2 million to repurpose the heritage listed Public Curators Building into an award-winning gallery. The Cairns Art Gallery is now one of Australia’s leading public galleries recognised for the excellence of it's programs and collections relating to the unique heritage and living culture of North Queensland in the context of the world’s tropic zone and the Asia Pacific region. 22681

The Swiss Way relates the history of Switzerland surrounded by a scenic landscape. The trail was constructed as a joint project of the cantons on the occasion of the 700th anniversary celebrations of the Confederation (1291-1991). It begins on the Rütli Meadow, where the Confederation was founded, and ends in Brunnen in the Swiss Expatriates Square (Platz der Auslandschweizer).

This piece of national architecture of 19th Century relates to south of Polavshchyna and that as of nowadays has disappeared. It was built in 70th of 19th Century.

The house from Revasivka village has never been reconstructed since it had been built. Its window frames were re-made in the mid-50th of 20th Century. The walls are decorated with clay of different color; inside there is a carved cupboard, painted trunk and national pictures in interior.

The house from Revazivka village was discovered in 1976 by an architect Lukianchuk V.D. and restored in the Museum in 1977-1978.

Few words about Revazivka village, as it were never mentioned in modern sources. In the middle of 19th Century, this village was called Novakivka and belonged to Ploshchanska volost of Poltava povit in Poltava hubernia.

It was a village of a proprietor, with 179 souls in 18 yards. Officially, Revazivka is called sloboda. There were 219 inhabitants in 44 homesteads.

Nowadays, the village of Revazivka has joined to Grekopavlivka village. It now relates to Stovbynska village council in Novosanzharskyi district of Poltavska Region.

The house is of two rooms (a home, a mudroom), of combined structure. A two-room house could be met only in poor villages belonging to proprietors. A three-room house was more traditional for Poltava area.

The house is built on piles. Above the windows, piles are covered with shingles. A longitudinal ceiling beam and upper parts of piles have tips on sidewall adjacent to the stove, so forming reasonable overlap of the roof. A lumber lay on tips to support auxiliary beams of the roof. Ceiling comprises ceiling beam and slyzhni. The slyzhni are surfaced by caber, and then covered with clay.

The four-slope roof of the house is low, supported by rafters and covered with cane sheaves, as there were a lot of cane in the waterlog river valley near Revazivka.

Combines, log and framework structure of a national dwelling on south Poltavshchyna was typical of this region, poor in building wood.

Especially interesting was filling of this house’s framework walls: there were twiggen with mullein. This grass grew high near Revazivka, and had strong stems. The local say: “Even shipworms never eat mullein”.

This is a house of two rooms (a home and a mudroom) with framework and log walls. Under the windows, walls are framework: horizontal hlytsi are nailed to vertical piles, with osier between them. Above the windows, planks of three parts are fixed to piles. A longitudinal ceiling beam is fixed thereto and two transverse ones (one in the home, another – in the mudroom). The longitudinal beam and tops of planks have overlaps on sidewall, adjacent to the stove, so forming reasonable overlap of the roof. Inside and outside, the house is clayed and whitewashed, except for back wall, only clayed. The house stays now on concrete basement.

Area – 53.92 square meters (5.15 x 10.47).

Хата з с. Ревазівка, Новосанжарського р-ну, Полтавської обл.

Пам′ятка традиційного народного будівництва XIX століття в південній Полтавщині, яких на даний момент в регіоні не існує. Побудована в 70 – ті роки ХІХ століття.

Хата з с. Ревазівка від її існування не перебудовувалася. У середині 50-х років ХХ століття перероблені віконні рами. Підводка стін кольоровими глинами, різьблений мисник, мальована скриня, народний живопис в інтер’єрі.

Хата с. Ревазівка виявлена в 1976 році архітектором Лук′янчуком В.Д. і реставрована в Музеї у 1977 – 1978 роках.

Коротко про село Ревазівку, оскільки в сучасних джерелах воно не згадується. Поселення Ревазівка в середині XIX століття називалося Новаківка і належало до Площанської волості Полтавського повіту Полтавської губернії.

Було воно поміщицьким селом і проживало там 179 душ у 18 дворах. Старожили розповідають, що Ревазівкою володів пан Ревазов. У 1926 році Ревазівка офіційно зветься слободою, з числом мешканців – 219, які проживали у 44 господарствах.

Зараз село Ревазівка з’єднане з селом Грекопавлівкою і належить до Стовбинської сільради Новосанжарського району Полтавської обл..

Хата дводільна /хата, сіни/, комбінованої конструкції. Дводільні хати траплялися тут тільки в бідних поміщицьких селах. Традиційно на Полтавщині було тридільне житло.

Хата збудована на сохах. На сохи, вище вікон покладено ощіп. Подовжній сволок та верхні вівнця ощіпу мають з покутнього причілку випуски, утворюючи значний винос даху. На випуски укладено брус, на який спираються наріжники даху. Основу хатньої стелі утворюють сволок і слижні. По слижнях укладено щільно жердини, а зверху шар м’ятої глини.

Чотирисхилий дах хати невисокий, на кроквах. Покриття з очерету, техніка – «парки». Очерету біля Ревазівки росло багато на заболоченій річковій долині.

Комбінована зрубно – каркасна конструкція народного житла південної Полтавщини була характерною для цього регіону, бідного на будівельний ліс.

Особливо цікавим було заповнення каркасу стін даної хати с. Ревазівка: стіни були заплетені коров’яком. Коров′як поблизу Ревазівки ріс високий, з міцним стеблом. «Коров′яка і шашель не бере».

Дводільне житло (хата, сіни). Стіни каркасно – зрубні. До вікон стіни каркасні: до вертикальних сох прибито горизонтальні глиці, між якими всторч заплетена лоза. На сохи, вище вікон, покладео ощіп з трьох вінців. В ощіп врубано подовжній сволок та два поперечні (один у хаті і один у сінях). Подовжній сволок та верхні вінця ощіпу мають випуски з покутнього причілку, утворюючи значний винос даху. Хата ззовні і всередині обмащена і побілена крім задньої, порудованої стіни. Хата встановлена на бетонний фундамент.

Площа - 53,92 м2 (5.15 х 10.47).

that relate to my experiences :-)

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Entropy is a physical property of one system that relates to its degree of disorder. It is a concept I came across when at university, and I confess I had much trouble grasping it. The second principle of thermodynamics -- which Einstein considered to be the first law of all sciences -- states, in very simple terms, that unless you do something (some work is produced) systems will always get more and more disorganised.

I now see it everywhere....

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The house relates to the middle 19th Century; its last owner was Kuryk Mykola Vasylovych. The house comprises of three parts – a house, a mudroom and a small house. Its external walls aren’t covered, only strips are painted around its windows and doors. Such strips are specific for houses from Vyzhytskyj and Putylivskyj districts of Chernivtsi Region. Art painting and strips are very distinct decorations for houses of lowland Bukovyna. The house’s joyful interior is created by grapes depicted on the stove, around windows and on pokut (the sacred place of a traditional home). The most widespread patterns in Korytne village are grapes, arrow-wood leaves, hops and crosses on bases.

The house is built of smereka and poplar wood, its area equals to 58.8 square meters.

Хата із села Коритне Вижницького району Чернівецької області

Датується серединою ХІХ ст. Останній власник - Курик Микола Васильович. Складається із трьох частин - хати, сіней і хатчини. Зовні хата не мащена, тільки підведені смуги коло вікон та дверей. Така підводка характерна тільки для хат з Вижницького та Путильського районів Чернівецької області. Характерною декоративною оздобою для хат підгірської Буковини є розпис і підводка. Святковий інтер’єр у великій хаті створює розпис у виноград на печі, коло вікон на покуті. Найбільш поширений розпис у с.Коритному – «виноград», «калиновий лист», «хмелик» та «хрести на постаменті».

Хата з Буковини. Складена вона з кругляка смереки і тополі в прості замки з торцями. До верхів зрубу торці подовжуються і переходять ніби в кронштейни. Дах чотирисхилий, покритий соломою.

Площа споруди – 58,8 кв.м.

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Still in my garden.

Scam or mistake - you decide! This relates to copyright accusation (libellous) on my original photo 'G'Day' of this same flower on my photostream where someone is trying to claim it as theirs.

This photograph here is also of the same flower, taken as the EXIF data shows - exactly 2 and a half minutes after the first, but from a slightly different angle.

Did the person alleging copyright breach take this one also? If they think someone with a 90% sight loss is an easy touch - that would be a mistake.

I have also added on my photostream a photo of the same flower *G'Day 2* taken just now after the accusation with the same yellow dogwood and rose leaves. In this one the dahlia is looking tired.

You can see the original accusation and my responses on my original photo here.

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It is a ridiculous claim and can havee no foundation.

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Blueberry - Dynamite - Scarf and Perf @ Main Store

Blueberry - Dynamite - Leggings @ Main Store

Blueberry - Dynamite - Jackets with Pockets @ Main Store

Blueberry - Can't Relate - Boots Flat & High Heels @ Main Store

TLC Feeding Gallinule [Common] Set @ The Cosmopolitan until Jan 25, 2020

TLC Feeding Gallinule [Spot-flanked] @ The Cosmopolitan until Jan 25, 2020

TLC Feeding Gallinule [Common] @ The Cosmopolitan until Jan 25, 2020

TLC Feeding - Water Lilly Path @ The Cosmopolitan until Jan 25, 2020

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Conservatory Red RARE @ The Epiphany

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Farm Stool EXCLUSIVE @ The Epiphany

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Bag of Hearts Red @ The Epiphany

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Bag of Hearts Pink @ The Epiphany

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Lovers Rug Jeans @ The Epiphany

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Lovers Rug Farm @ The Epiphany

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Column Lamp Red @ The Epiphany

KraftWork Farmhouse Romance . Column Lamp Pink @ The Epiphany

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It relates to 18th Century. As of the time of transfer to the museum, the house was the oldest in the village and belonged to Oros family. The house has two premises: house and mudroom. It is one of the most ancient types of house planning in Zakarpattia. Walls of the house are constructed with wide oak cut blocks. Its high four-sloping roof is covered with straw.

This house is the oldest Zakarpattia house in our museum. It displays specific features of national building in valley of Tereblia-river and the middle reaches of Tysa River. The house’s area is 35.4 square meters.

Look at the exterior of the hut:

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Характерною ознакою житла лемків (етнографічної групи українського народу), як і бойків, були білий та синій кольори.

Хата із с. Теребля, Тячівського району Закарпатської області

Датується XVIII ст. На час перенесення до музею хата була найстарішою в селі і належала родині Оросів. Хата дводільна: хата, сіни – є одним із давніх варіантів планування житла на Закарпатті. Стіни хати складені з широких дубових колених брусів. Високий чотирисхилий дах вкритий соломою.

Це найстаріша хата Закарпаття в експозиції нашого музею. Вона розкриває особливості народного будівництва у долині ріки Теребля та середньої течії р. Тиси. Площа хати — 35, 4 кв.м.

-Hair: Little Bones - lead hair

-Glasses: Mowie - Naya sunglasses

-Necklace: Supernatural -

Madeleine Necklace

-Gloves: Sweet Thing - Lolita Lace Cuffs

-Jacket: ISON - gina jacket

-Top: SEUL - Cotton Crop Turtle

-Skirt: toksik - Cushy Skirt

-Belt bag: SEUL - Petite Belt Bag

-Fishnets: Blueberry - Can't Relate Fishnet Stockings

When arriving at Sargeant Beach, I could not help but notice the most unusual item that had floated ashore. A tree branch had lodged itself in the rocks on the beach in a most usual, and peculiar way.

It was fun working on this articulated and oddly shaped newcomer to Sargeant Beach. I wanted to illustrate that its final resting place, left it reaching for the sky. That it still longs to get back to the ocean. and how it relates to its surrounding area. While a forested area is close by, it seems to hover over distant islands. And how its unique form, differs from the rest.

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Shot @ Subway in Palakkarai , Trichy , Tamil Nadu , India.

Shot in natural light.

I tried to relate the bicycle in the mural / wall art on the left to the bicycle on the right.

Also a boy in the mural looking at the stairs , to the stairs which is on the right.

A photographer is always the second person in the picture. :)

I really relate to Mina's expression here these days.

From the Crazy Cat Café in Milan, Italy

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The epitome of Catalan culture is the Liceo Opera House. One of its most glamorous settings is the Hall of Mirrors. It has allegorícal paintings on the ceiling with texts relating to opera and music Most of today's opera goes end up there during intermissions.

Sunset, St.Kilda beach.

This year, the FFF+ monthly challenge of FOTF has changed from 'five images on the fifth' to 'freestyle on the fifth', where each month a member of the group chooses a theme and the image can be a single image, a collage or anything you like as long as it relates to the theme and is uploaded on the fifth of each month.

This month the theme of 'reflection' was chosen by Jenni.

I had several ideas in mind for this wonderful theme but after spending almost the entire month struck down with the flu and still recovering, time and the will to do anything, was not on my side.

I actually wasn't going to post anything at all for this months theme as I didn't feel it was creative enough but the lovely Margaret convinced me to, so thank you so much my dear friend.

The River Ver in Hertfordshire is a chalk stream and has cut, modestly I should say, into the surrounding limestone - just enough to create a path through the Chiltern Hills, and enough for the Romans to build a road here connecting London with the North. The history of the village of Markyate is entirely shaped by this road (and its successors) and all the functions relating to the transport of goods and people. Some houses such as these ones in the foreground have crept up the flanks of the river ("Pickford Hill" in this case), but most stayed down in the valley ground. Up on the hills you would find farms and agriculture. It is also true that small industries have moved in - together with lots of interesting people who decided to leave the big city.

Three things relating in light,

shadow, shape, pattern and color are assembled here for Macro Mondays theme "Perfect Together

Image spans 2.25 in on the long edge.

A lone egret stands in shallow water, staring out like it’s contemplating every questionable life choice that led it here. Maybe it’s judging the fish. Maybe it’s judging us. Maybe it’s just waiting for someone, anyone, to bring it a coffee.

Its posture says “I’m majestic,” but its expression says “I’m two minutes away from quitting this entire ecosystem.” The wind ruffles its feathers in that dramatic, over-the-top way that only nature’s most theatrical birds can pull off.

There’s no danger here, no lurking horror just a bird who looks like it’s silently narrating a documentary about how tired it is of everyone else’s chaos. And honestly? Mood.

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Kinetic Photograph made with one single long exposure shot, printed straight out of camera.

If you’d like to read more details about how the shot is made see below. And for more of my kinetic photographs here’s my set, "Drawing with Light"

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Kinetic: Relating to, caused by, or producing motion.

These are called “Kinetic” photographs because there is motion, energy, and movement involved, specifically my and the camera’s movements.

I choose a light source and/or subject, set my camera for a long exposure (typically around 4 seconds), focus on my subject and push the shutter button. When the shutter opens I move the camera around with my hands...large, sweeping, dramatic movements. And then I will literally throw the camera several feet up into the air, most times imparting a spinning or whirling motion to it as I hurl it upward. I may throw the camera several times and also utilize hand-held motion several times in one photo. None of these are Photoshopped, layered, or a composite photo...what you see occurs in one shot, one take.

Aren’t I afraid that I will drop and break my camera? For regular followers of my photostream and this series you will know that I have already done so. This little camera has been dropped many times, and broken once when dropped on concrete outside. It still functions...not so well for regular photographs, but superbly for more kinetic work.

The house relates to the middle 19th Century; its last owner was Kuryk Mykola Vasylovych. The house comprises of three parts – a house, a mudroom and a small house. Its external walls aren’t covered, only strips are painted around its windows and doors. Such strips are specific for houses from Vyzhytskyj and Putylivskyj districts of Chernivtsi Region. Art painting and strips are very distinct decorations for houses of lowland Bukovyna. The house’s joyful interior is created by grapes depicted on the stove, around windows and on pokut (the sacred place of a traditional home). The most widespread patterns in Korytne village are grapes, arrow-wood leaves, hops and crosses on bases.

The house is built of smereka and poplar wood, its area equals to 58.8 square meters.

Хата із села Коритне Вижницького району Чернівецької області

Датується серединою ХІХ ст. Останній власник - Курик Микола Васильович. Складається із трьох частин - хати, сіней і хатчини. Зовні хата не мащена, тільки підведені смуги коло вікон та дверей. Така підводка характерна тільки для хат з Вижницького та Путильського районів Чернівецької області. Характерною декоративною оздобою для хат підгірської Буковини є розпис і підводка. Святковий інтер’єр у великій хаті створює розпис у виноград на печі, коло вікон на покуті. Найбільш поширений розпис у с.Коритному – «виноград», «калиновий лист», «хмелик» та «хрести на постаменті».

Хата з Буковини. Складена вона з кругляка смереки і тополі в прості замки з торцями. До верхів зрубу торці подовжуються і переходять ніби в кронштейни. Дах чотирисхилий, покритий соломою.

Площа споруди – 58,8 кв.м.

Once upon a time in a blue pond,

there was a beauteous young swan

with a grey colored head…….

Hlif at the Pond,Tjörnin in Reykjavik.

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No, the needle I am writing about here is not the one famous and infamous needle in the haystack (this is a German proverb, in case readers from further away couldn't relate to it). Unfortunately, you'll have to look for it yourself if necessary (good luck, by the way).

I'm talking about the not-so-famous Wehl-Needle, a climbing rock in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains that can be seen so majestically before you here.

The approximately 30 meter high rock is located not far from the famous (and not infamous) Bastei Bridge, which you can see in the background here (if you make a little effort).

Even further back, almost completely covered by fog, the mount Lilienstein (also famous and not infamous) can just about be seen.

Nein, die Nadel von der ich hier schreibe ist nicht die eine berühmt und berüchtigte Nadel im Heuhaufen (Hierbei handelt es sich um ein deutsches Sprichwort, falls die Leser von weiter weg damit jetzt nichts anfangen konnten). Die müsst Ihr bei Bedarf leider selber suchen (viel Erfolg übrigens).

Ich spreche von der nicht ganz so berühmten Wehlnadel einem Kletterfelsen im Elbsandsteingebirge, der hier so majastätisch vor Euch zu sehen ist.

Der ca. 30 Meter hohe Felsen befindet sich unweit der berühmten (und nicht berüchtigten) Basteibrücke, die Ihr hier im Hintergrund sehen könnt (wenn ihr Euch etwas Mühe gebt).

Noch weiter hinten, fast vollständig vom Nebel verhüllt ist der Lilienstein (auch berühmt nicht berüchtigt) gerade noch so zu erkennen.

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As a freelancer I can relate to this image, the struggle to make living using antiquated equipment, the long hours and stressful delays.

I made the image in taxi on the way back from a meeting with a potential client on the banks of the Cairo Nile, we were stuck in the mother of all traffic jams, the driver was tired and stressed, I was, for once content as I had eaten fish and concluded what I thought was a successful meeting. Now I look back, the real success was this image, which is one of my favourites.

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Every week at school we get a board assignment. Basically we come up with a photograph relating to the theme given for that week, we print a 8x10 of it, put it up in the school, and the staff have green dots they put next to the photos they like for the week. At the end of the year the photographer with the most green dots gets some sort of prize. This weeks theme is Season Change. I actually really like how it turned out. Wish me luck for those green dots ;)

I know I say this every time, but I think I’ve found my “I’m in love I’m wearing this every day” skin. Dixie.

From Glam Affair, at Equal10.

You gotta get it, I’m wearing it on Lelutka Raven and hoooollllyyyy weooowww she’s STUNNING.

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Did you get the HD Hot Lipstick (for Lelutka EvoX) by Top1Salon from Level yet?

I did.

You definitely should have this in your inventory. Fer sher.

Get your peach to Level

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the exit sign also relates to life and i cant help but to include this great song with words that relate to anyone, any religion, everyone, every religion. and if it doesn't, it should.

i think its from the Adi Granth where Baba Farids poems were included. that is what i love about Sikhism, it is written by many saints from several religions. so much for one dominant religion over others! the Sikhs honor all religions that relate to God.

the MUSIC: Farid Baba

Probably the most commonly seen hawk in the mid-latitudes of North America, red-tailed hawks are also amazingly variable in their plumage colors and patterns. The spring 2025 edition of Living Bird (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) has an instructive story on this variation, based on the doctoral dissertation of a student at Cornell. He concluded there are at least 16 subspecies of red-tailed hawks associated with fairly distinct geographic locations, with color variation relating to the habitat (e.g. light morphs in warm climates, dark morphs in cold climates).

Yesterday, I biked over 30 miles round trip to The The Baháʼí Temple/House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois. It was a beautiful day and lots of families were being careful but were still celebrating graduations. This little girl seemed to exist outside time and space. I do like the idea of meditation and prayer though I am not so great at it. I get my enlightenment by taking photographs like these, though, and the feeling it gives me to put my experiences to images that will last forever. Most of the time, I can usually find something I did wrong about a photo and am very self critical. Once in awhile, I feel like I finally got everything right about the human experience and how I relate to it.

Here's more about The Baháʼí Temple:

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Spacial definition : of, relating to, or involved in the perception of relationships (as of objects) in space and the presence of air within a defined area.