Mum would be pleased her thanksgiving cactus is flowering again.

Self-portraiture is a singular in-turned art. Something eerie lurks in its fingering of the edge between seer and seen.

-- Julian Bell

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Nothing in a portrait is a matter of indifference. Gesture, grimace, clothing, decor even – all must combine to realize a character.

-- Charles Baudelaire

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I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

-- Francesco Clemente

Sunlight,bring out the Flowers.

Rocky shores and windswept trees are common to the islands of Lake Nipissing in Ontario Canada. Photoshop for reflection

Artist Cosima von Bonin's "What If They Bark" installed on the High Line"

Large burl on old beech. Apparently this gall is caused by the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefacienscrown.

Portrait of a juvenile Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) spotted in our backyard

Spat over Napo's empty food bag. Goshii wanted it, She got it, Or maybe he made reference to the old bag!

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A boat decaying on the shingle beach in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. The title is inspired by the Joy Division song - my personal favourite.

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Maybe its my height or maybe its my inner girl, but heels have always been the quintessential piece to my wardrobe. I don't feel complete without the 'right' pair of shoes.

Some people say heels make them feel powerful and others say sexy. For me, I feel complete and confident and I wear them because of that. The fact that they make me a little taller, just another bonus...almost can reach the top shelf in the cupboard. :-)

When two worlds collide

This particular spot, at Ruakura in Hamilton, in the closest railway line to where I live. Naturally, that means it is also the most visited, and thus the most overused. In the never ending search for something other than a plain wedge shot, I have found myself trying some strange things...

As I have shown in some of my previous photos, I quite like the depth of field style, a bit like this. So, I have tried nearly every sign, rock or flower around here to find something, anything nice. The best I've gotten so far is the image above, which has a nice low perspective that is different to many of my other attempts.

A shame about the boring (but not surprising) DL, but otherwise a decent shot, I think.

The continuing story of the wasp nest in my fence. All three of them are touching antennae and communicating: "Hey let's get that guy with the camera - he's getting a little too close." They didn't attack and I still maintained my delicate relationship with the colony. I knew if I took enough shots I'd get something cool like this trio.

They remind me of a tri-blade propeller on an airplane.

Yellow Jacket - Vespula pensylvanica

My Backyard Fence

Lafayette, Colorado

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the something wrong is of the nature of a deceit

2 days ago we drove through the mountains in Norway in our Audi Q4 50. We climbed up over 1400m 3 times and down twice. Third time up we arrived at our cabin. Car is loaded with 2 adults and a dog with gear for hiking 2 heavy ebikes and cart for the dog. Total distance driven 210 kms At times my consumption was showing 78 kwh per 100 kms going up extrememly steep roads but average consumption for the trip was 19 kwh per 100 kms. Started the day at 100% battery and arrived with 40%. The bikes on back did not make much difference in consumption. My guess would be one more kwh per 100kms on this trip. Don't listen to people who claim EV's don't work

We all love taking photographs., but the more shots we take the more difficult it is finding something new to take

Well I'd never seen or photographed a Mountain Hare before!

Thanks big Bunny!

"Freakshow Circus" by Curemore

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This was to be my first loon portrait of the season. As you can see, the subject had other ideas. This represents his rapid submersion at just the moment of the click. Since I have about 629 similar portraits of the loons, I thought it was due time to post one. This one actually resulted in some interesting (to me) contrasting lines with the ripples in the water and the reflection of the shoreline. So my vanishing subject actually created an abstract of sorts with his departure. And vanishing they are, in that once they dive, it is entirely likely that they will not resurface at any point in the immediate vicinity, their distances underwater on their fishing forays remarkable.

Isha and Eep

Tine Turner

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Lyrics

Tears will leave no stains

Time will ease the pain

For every life that fades

Something beautiful remains

We're living in a world of stars and dust

Between heaven and all that surrounds us

We're travelers here, spirits passing through

And the love we give, is all that will endure

Hey now, what we had is gone

But I still remember you

Just like a rose after the rain

Something beautiful remains

Tears will leave no stains

Time will ease the pain

For every life that fades

Something beautiful remains

Now the darkness falls

The sun is going down

One by one, the stars are coming out

Tide comes in, washes footprints from the sand

As one day ends, a new day must begin

Hey now, though we are apart

You're forever in my dreams

Hey now, love is lost again

What you gonna do about it?

What you gonna say?

Something beautiful remains

Tears will leave no stains

Time will ease the pain

For every life that fades

(Something) something beautiful remains

And you wonder sometimes how you carry on

When you've lost the love the you knew

But it's alright, alright

To your own heart be true

Tears will leave no stains

Time will ease the pain

For every life that fades

(Something) something beautiful remains

Tears will leave no stains (tears will leave no stains)

Time will ease the pain (time will ease the pain)

For every life that fades (for every life, for every life that fades)

Something beautiful remains (something beautiful remains)

Tears will leave no stains (something beautiful)

Time will ease the pain (time will ease the pain)

For every life that fades (every life that fades)

Little Blue Tit in the garden tree and it looks very interested in something up there . You never know where or what these little characters will do next so you cannot plan a shot but only capture something they get up to as it happens .

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Die alte Mundharmonika von meinem Vater.(geboren 1911.)

Ein liebes Erinnerungsstück,er spielte mir als Kind immer etwas vor.

An Geburtstagen spielte er ein Ständchen.

(a second later she discovered me)

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...this way comes.

I remember, as a child, the worse thing that my parents could say to me when I was scared at night and couldn't sleep, was "there's no such thing as ghosts." It was like an invitation for the ghosts (that were clearly listening), to prove them wrong.

Sheena 2yrs 7months old