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Playa del Aguilar

Cacti are thorny plants that grow in dry and arid areas because they have the capacity to store water inside. They are very resistant and love sunlight.

In the many visits I made to the cactus area in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro I was surprised by the delicacy of the flowers in contrast to the plant.

Here I present two species with flowers of very delicate texture and beautiful colors.

 

Echinocereus cinerascens with flower in lovely mauve color, and 12cm in diameter.

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”

 

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Taken at Suaka...long time ago.

I was so happy to find this little pelargonium still flowering in a sheltered corner of the garden :) We've been away for a few days enjoying the winter sunshine but I look forward to catching up with everyone now we're home :)

 

Many thanks for all the kind comments and faves on my images. They are very much appreciated.

Joshua Tree National Park, California

  

Alone you wait

For rains that never come

They praise your strength

And marvel at the way you thrive

But no one ever thinks to ask

Hey, are you okay?

They never see the days

You bend until you nearly break

Or plummet down in free-fall

With no safety net beneath

Your solitary soul is all

On which you can depend

Yet you carry on and search within

Brave the dark til sunrise comes

Then they return to say

‘How beautiful and strong’

 

resilience

noun [ U ]

the ability to be happy, successful, etc. again after something difficult or bad has happened.

 

We´re all in on this together and we´re going to survive.

Let´s make the world a better place....

Kolmannskuppe shows us how we shouldn´t do it.

 

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Juegan los niños arropados por el ocaso llamado ewarumaná que en su lengua significa ; “oscurece el mundo”. Poética frase que muta entre sombras al retorno de waröpö (la noche) y la resiliencia se mezcla con la incertidumbre…F.O.G.

  

The children play wrapped in the sunset called ewarumaná which in their language means; “darkens the world”. Poetic phrase that mutates between shadows at the return of waröpö (night) and resilience mixes with uncertainty...F.O.G.

  

Vivitar 28mm1:2.5 Auto-Wideangle on Fujifilm XE1

This little Michigan Lily grows with a few friends in the ditch alongside of our road. Years ago they grew in abundance along the roads in our area, but once the county began mowing along the road right of way, the lilies disappeared. You can imagine my delight a few years ago when I saw them making a comeback in the ditches where the mowers can't reach.

 

It is more vivid in LARGE!

 

Peeblespair Website ~ Instagram

Salida procesional del Cristo de la Expiración. Úbeda. Viernes Santo de 2011.

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Tattoo - [RESILIENCE] Tattoo - El Mariachi @ Manly Arena Event

 

Pant - [ENFORCER] Pants Bird

 

Pose - Lush Poses - Cansado - Men Pose Pack @ Manly Arena Event

 

A long exposure during Storm Otto. Alas only a tiny rainbow that morning.

I can't think of the perfect title for this. Suggestions?

I got to spend a few days in Yellowstone this winter and got a lot of bison images. I always tell myself, anyone can get a bison picture, but it's harder to get a good bison picture. So I try to work harder at it.

"A shimmer of sky falls to the water, its wings soaked but firm. The blue butterfly clings to life like twilight clings to the day's last breath." -Millie Cruz©

 

-A big and striking butterfly, the Large Striped Swordtail inhabits moist savannas and coastal forests and in South Africa can be seen through most of Limpopo, low-lying parts of Mpumalanga and most of Kwazulu-Natal. Adults of both sexes, on the wing from spring to autumn and boasting a wingspan of around 7cm, can often be seen visiting flowers but the males – as depicted in some of the images below – are especially fond of muddy puddles as well and will often congregate there in large numbers. These butterflies are very strong fliers.- Source: dewetswild.com/

 

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Cacti are thorny plants that grow in dry and arid areas because they have the capacity to store water inside. They are very resistant and love sunlight.

In the many visits I made to the cactus area in the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro I was surprised by the delicacy of the flowers in contrast to the plant.

 

This is Tacinga palmadora, very common in the hinterlands of Northeast Brazil. The color of the flower oscillates between red and intense orange.

Nothing much worth mentioning in between other than the release of Huawei's CFO and perhaps the subsequent interview of her Alstom counterpart from France...

 

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Heifetz en vivo en Paris - live in Paris with exceptional sound qualities

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsfMaslQt1U

 

Virginia Zeani: Bellini - I Puritani, 'O rendetemi la speme... Qui la voce... Vien, diletto

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdOvAmc044Q

 

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Francescon Merli, a not so well known but marvelous vocalist :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNg-b13I8v4

 

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Nicola Martinucci: "Nessun dorma" ( 1996 )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Fmayo-c3o

Antonio Cortis - Nessun Dorma - 1929

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIi4kJTx1uk

 

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Georgi Nelepp - "the most exciting" Bolshoi tenor amongst Ivan Kozlovsky, Georgi Vinogradov, and Sergei Lemeshev -Charles Haynes calls Nelepp "the most exciting" of them, with a compelling ring and a sense of urgency - Eleazar`s aria - La Juive

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNeuWM5Fgw&list=RD69_YHJ1O8D...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpHMcgtiIK8

 

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Riccardo Stracciari ~ Il balen (1917)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvptueEvytw&list=RDHvptueEvyt...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL1uRmP61h8

  

DOWN IN THE VALLEY - IVAN SKOBTSOV

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILrqO16q0ac

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu0rzgRV_Ks

  

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MARIO FILIPPESCHI - Rigoletto "La donna è mobile" ( '56 )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHqIY8Jx6dM

 

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Othello's Willow Song

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtOfHBaNqM

 

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Daniele Barioni, "with the most beautiful tenor voice of our age. Had he not slipped away ( because of the premature death of his wife?), we all have to eat radishes..." according to Mario del Monaco in 1959

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEP4A1Z4w5U

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKs89DBhHUk

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ootHoKvoUIo

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIn9PENl00U

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wXA70c5ePE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FtFSIFUdHs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvYXDrGrKek

  

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Titta Ruffo ( 1877- 1953, Hybrid Verismo school )

Walter Legge: "From the his first phrase the audience was vanquished by the overwhelming beauty of his voice—manly, broad, sympathetic, of unsurpassed richness. Such ease of production, such abundance of ringing high Gs! But more: Ruffo's infinite subtlety, variety of tone-colour, interpretive insight and sincerity, his magnificent control, stupendous breathing powers, and impeccable phrasing stamped him as a genius."

Both Battistini and Ruffo displayed exceptional vocal agility and control plus the ability to sustain a long legato line.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpC2v8VbQWI&list=RDpcGrpLAH3Q...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcGrpLAH3QQ&list=RDpcGrpLAH3Q...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRd0-YgAsk

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwhj8dlFxk&t=188s

 

He shared the same vocal teacher with:

  

Mattia Battistini ( 1856 – 1928, essentially a Bel Canto singer )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB23GBDlAnM

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEYOJT6N9fI

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yvpjz29tAE

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB23GBDlAnM&list=RDMMpB23GBDl...

 

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Forgotten Great Baritones VIII : Granforte

( "He shares the pre-Warren "Big Three" designation, along with Stracciari & Ruffo! " )

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJOD3wk0hM&list=RDag_j3rYtHh...

 

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LA GRANDE NOTTE A VERONA 1988

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRzhM4qkUEw&t=1909s

 

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Somehow Backhaus is one of my favourite pianists, and his 5 Beethoven Piano Concertos here are newly mastered:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg29kX1lUg8

 

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Having stumbled into this astounding performance by Julian Sitkovetsky :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmbO-XmI5lM

 

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Lauri-Volpi canta A te o cara (in tono - in Re maggiore) dai Puritani di Bellini

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DREGB2x0naE

 

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Ricardo Odnoposoff plays Zigeunerwiesen

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pWCgE_KbiU

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3hAFJ6vL_4

 

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Rudolf Kehrer ( Solo pianist of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 1961, he won the All-Union Contest )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KejspsnuvnM

 

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The Little known Horowitz Recital in Moscow, 92

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VQUgrX3H8A

 

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Mischa Levitsky (1898-1941) - a student of Michalowski, Stojowski, and Dohnanyi - Gluck-Sgambati Melodie from Orfeo, 1923

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfzvszq8duY&list=RDZfzvszq8du...

 

Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso in E Major Op.14

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NBAr9tSRnc

 

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Mario Basiola, teacher of Beniamino Gigli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi among many other successful singers: La favorita

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9F3oKwuSQ

Barbiere di Siviglia "Largo al factotum"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRC6W9RYHU

 

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Halina Czerny-Stefańska: Chopin, Grande polonaise brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 22 (Remastered 2021)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0iI38KYnLs&list=OLAK5uy_nmun...

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Psychological resilience

in the greenhouse during the time of corona.

 

Polaroid SLR 680, b&w polaroid 600 film.

 

**my laptop has a new battery, but now the power cord doesn't work.

my weather station is winking at me even after I replaced all the batteries.

I got leon's flu so I will be off for a bit.

I know things could be worse.

Antonieta Dress _ Moon Amore

 

Hyalin stockings _ AZOURY @ Kinky maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Liberty%20City/140/128/32

 

Nimue Mask _ Zibska @ Ritual maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shimmering%20Lake/206/67/2506

 

Satinights ( hair & mask ) _ *Vanity Hair* @ Mainstore maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Azures%20Echo/152/52/1051

 

taken @ Digital Art - Cammino e Vivo Capovolto ( Retrospect )

  

O Superman - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkfpi2H8tOE

 

The words were snapped at Laurie Anderson's exhibit at the Hirshhorn - hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/laurie-anderson-the-weather/

Lonely Hawthorn, Dartmoor UK

Outfit - DarkFire - Carly Fishnet Tee with Legging Shorts, available here maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Angels%20Islands/159/131/24

 

Hair - DOUX - Damiana Hairstyle

Tattoo - [RESILIENCE] Tattoo - Blossom

 

Taken at Cape Sans Blas maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vintage%20Style/160/17/23

I haven't taken the time to identify this species of groundcover but am always taken by its appearance and resurgence when the snows of winter fade away and before any other green appears. An evergreen maintaining its leaves and berries throughout the year, this was taken a few days ago....it is now again buried beneath yet another fresh snowfall which graces the landscape this morning.

"I’m in love with cities I've never been to and people I've never met." - John Green

 

Stand By Me | Playing For Change Band | Live in Brazil

Lots of shit going on IRL, it’s nice to bounce in and take a random snapshot in SL and focus my brain power on something other than work.

was hiking through a narrow slot canyon when I came upon a tree growing in the deep sand. What a surprise! Beautifully framed by the towering rocks, it seemed to belong there even though the growing conditions are harsh.

Malham lone tree at sunrise.

Sony A99 + Carl Zeiss16-35mm + ND8 filter + polarizer

 

PN Los Alcornocales - Andalucía

At 🚕 Temptation Event🚕

  

💕💝{omk} Lola PVC MOD Heart Mini💕💝

💕💝[RESILIENCE] Tattoo - Astral 💕💝

  

Temptation Event Round 8 video

  

Thank you so much Sana

Came across this weather beaten tree while hiking on Bodmin Moor. Used a 10 stop filter to help give a sense of movement.

the secret power of your inner resources...

A fluffy weed amid verdant stillness !!

In the heavy rain he stands tall

Alone but never truly alone

 

Is it defiance?

No...it is strength and resilience

 

Green story

You have to see it with your heart...not only with your sight

 

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